PLATE. GLASSES. JACKS. WEAPONS. 613 



jack costs is. 6d.\ in 1577 three black jacks are at is. Sd.; in 

 1579 one is at is. 



In 1482 leathern pots are bought at n^d., is. 4\d.> and lod. 

 each, the last two being described as gallon and pottle. In 

 1483 leathern gallon pots are bought in another place at is. 6d. 

 These are probably the same as jacks. In 1529 a leathern 

 bottle costs is. *jd. ; in 1530, is. $d. We are told in the latter 

 entry that the two bought by Sion were for the use of the carter. 

 A great copper beer pot is bought at Oxford in 1431 for 13^. 4</., 

 and a gallon beer pot in 1509 costs lod. 



The hall probably contained chests in which linen and the 

 commoner utensils of the table were laid aside. Such a chest 

 costs is. at Heyford in 1409, is. 6d. at Drayton in 1424, and 

 $s. Sd. at Sutterton in 1511. In 1558 a linen chest is bought 

 in London for 6s. lod. 



Weapons were hung up in the hall, as bows and arrows. 

 Bows were relatively speaking costly. I find them at is. Sd. in 

 1441 and 1450; at is. 4^., is., and is. 4d. in 1454; at is. ^d. 

 in 1458, and at is. ^d. in 1463. In 1470 bowstaves cost 11 

 the hundred. Arrows are bought at is. Sd. the hundred in 

 1441 for the navy, at is. i\d. the sheaf in 1461, at is. the 

 dozen in 1532, and at 2*. in 1548. In 1532 arrow-heads cost 

 is. yd. the jtwelve dozen. 



In 1441 lances cost is. each; in 1548, is. 6d.; and a javelin 

 in 1558, is. 6d. In 1447 a sword costs is. Sd. In 1462 

 twelve sallats with demi-visors cost js. ^d. together ; six Nor- 

 mandy bills is. gd. each, and a harness, save sallat and 

 greaves, .3 6s. Sd. In 1458 a sallat costs 6s. Sd.; in 1464 a 

 steel shamfron costs 6s. Sd., and a dagger $s. ^d. In 1468 

 two complete harnesses with ostrich feathers are bought for 

 6 i6s. Sd. and .7. In 1570 a shirt of mail costs i6s. Sd. 

 The equipment of a common soldier will be found in Vol. Ill, 

 p. 575, ii, under the year 1559. In 1569 a double case of dags 

 (long pistols) costs 40^-., and in 1582 New College bought a 

 pair of pistols for 125. 



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