62,2, SUNDRF ARTICLES. 



Clasps and hooks cost ^d. the dozen in 1515. Curtain-rings 

 $d. the dozen in 1570. A coffer costs is. 8d. in 1497, a candle- 

 mould in 1566, 5.9. 



In 1505 New College, Oxford, buys a clock for 3. In 1472 

 a 'spring' to a clock is purchased by King's College, Cambridge, 

 for id. In 1407 'cophini,' probably large baskets for holding 

 grain, cost lod. each at Lullington. 



In 1494 a pair of 'cruetts' cost <)\d., a cross of copper gilt 

 2os. 6d. in 1439. The latter appears to have been set up with 

 a sign at 'Gyngenis' Inn, a hotel which belonged to New 

 College. The sign for this inn painted on wainscot in the 

 same year cost i6s. Sd. That for the Bell Inn 1 , outside the 

 north gate, Oxford, in the next year, cost 4^-., and that for Pate's 

 Inn in 1444, I2,s. These entries point to the fact adverted to 

 already, that in the middle ages the landlord of premises was 

 expected to execute all repairs. 



In 1582 a doleum is bought for is. Sd. Such a price is 

 relative to that of barrels, pipes, and casks at earlier and similar 

 dates. 



Damask water is bought at 6s. a gallon in 1536. It is said 

 to be a perfumed water. Rose water is not unfrequently pur- 

 chased, but the quantity is rarely given. Once in 1574 it is 

 bought for the Oxford city feast at the rate of 6s. Sd. the gallon. 

 In 1536 it must have been much cheaper, as six pints are 

 bought, with two bottles, for 3.$-. In 1547 down costs 8d. a 

 pound. It was used to line or pad a winter robe. 



In 1464 three ivory combs are bought in London for is. 4^. 

 together. I have already adverted to the price of horse-combs 

 (p. 424). A curry-comb costs 2,s. 6d. in 1574, and a double 

 curry-comb 35-. in 1581. 



In 1419 the bailiff of Clarendon manor, in Wilts, buys nine 

 ferrets at is. 2,d. each, in order to catch the rabbits on the 

 .warren. The high price at which these animals are bought 



1 The Bell Inn here named was no doubt the local ancestor of a public-house which 

 was pulled down when the Randolph Hotel was built. The purpose of no building is 

 more unchanging than that of an inn. 



