6l6 SUNDRF ARTICLES. 



in 1568, 3^. ; and in 1575, is. 6d. In 1566 a ladle and skimmer 

 are bought for 4^. 



A leaden cistern for the larder cost zjs. %d. in 1482. I do 

 not feel certain that a ' tapled ' in 1429, which was bought for 

 Js. jd. } and a 'renovatio' of the same item at Js. Sd. in 1437, 

 are articles also employed for the larder. 



In 1424 a meal-tub is bought for 8*/., and in 1574 meal 

 shovels for ^d. A new meat-bag costs icd. in 1496, and a meat- 

 safe is. id. in 1571. 



Mortars were largely used in the kitchen of the fifteenth 

 and sixteenth centuries. They are made of wood, stone, or 

 marble, and brass, the last being the most expensive. But the 

 charge is also relative to the size. In 1482 a brass mortar, 

 weighing nineteen pounds, costs 4^-. yd., i. e. $d. a pound, about 

 the rate of the time. In 1582 a brass mortar, the weight of 

 which is unluckily not given, costs $s. It probably weighed 

 about eight pounds. In 1541 and 1574 mortars which cost 

 is. and is. lid. are recorded, and may have been small brasen 

 articles. In 1448 I find a mortar, probably brass, at is. 4d. 

 In 1492 there is a marble mortar for is.; in 1536 a stone one 

 for 3^. ; in 1529 a great stone mortar for Ss. ; and in 1521 a 

 treen, i.e. wooden mortar, for id. A pestle costs $d. in 1415, 

 a great pestle is. 4d. in 1521, and a pestle and mortar is. in 



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The Cambridge obba of 14/3 and 1478, one of which is said 

 to contain three quarts, and both of which are bought at 7^., 

 are probably leathern jacks. Perhaps the olla of 1458, at the 

 same price, was the same or a similar article. 



The olla aenea.of my accounts is the copper or brasen pot, 

 hung over the kitchen fire. It varies greatly in price, even 

 under similar conditions of general prices. In 1448 three and 

 a ladle are bought for 13^. iid. The ordinary price of a brass 

 ladle at this time is lod. or iid., and the olla cost probably 

 some 4s. 4d. In 1474 the article is 4^. 2d. ; in 1482, 4*. id. ; in 

 1485, 3^. 6d. In 1487 it is 20.?. The purchase is at Sion, and 

 the dimensions in that rich nunnery were, no doubt, con- 



