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College organs cost 25 7*. iod., and in 1554 those of 

 Magdalen, Oxford, 13 is. id. 



In 1449 a c great organ pipe ' costs New College 5^. 8d., and 

 must therefore have belonged, whatever it may mean, to an 

 older instrument than that bought in 1537. In 1573 All Souls, 

 which had probably by this time put an end to the semblance 

 of those religious offices for which it had been founded, and 

 was devoting its resources, as the accounts constantly suggest, 

 to the enjoyment of its fellows, sold 114 organ pipes for 38.$-. 6d. 

 (Vol. Ill, p. 579, iv). It appears from an entry in Vol. Ill, 

 p. 381, iv, that organ pipes in the sixteenth century were made 

 of brass. If the All Souls organ pipes were of this material, 

 the old metal contained in the 1 14 pipes was, to take the price 

 of old brass at the time, about 95 pounds. 



These organs were probably small, such as would be found 

 in parish churches and the chapels of colleges and small 

 monasteries. Those of the great cathedrals and opulent con- 

 ventual houses were no doubt much more costly. I have 

 found none of these, but the York fabric accounts give me two 

 entries of pairs of organ bellows, in 1418 and 1437, when the 

 price paid was 46^. Sd. and 36.$-. Sd. At this time, every effort 

 was being made to rebuild or enlarge the Cathedral of York. 



The First Reformation of Edward and the Second of 

 Elizabeth have left a record in the cost of Communion tables. 

 In 1550 New College set up the table at a cost of 7$., Mag- 

 dalen at i$s. In 1559 Magdalen pays 8^., and in 1563 King's 

 College, Cambridge, 30^. In Vol. Ill, pp. 645-54 will be seen 

 the charges incurred by King's, Cambridge, and Magdalen, 

 Oxford, on conforming to the changes introduced into ecclesi- 

 astical ritual by Edward, Mary, and Elizabeth. They may be 

 traced also in the alternate purchase of prayer and mass books, 

 and in the crucifix bought for los. in 1555. 



There are, beyond what I have already elsewhere commentt 

 on, under the head of silver plate and vestments, a few itei 

 of altar and church furniture, and some entries of incense. 



In 1494 six altar basons are bought by Sion at >jd. each, 



