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load ; and wrought stone at 6d. a foot. In 1668 it gives $s. 6d. 

 a load, and buys over a ton of firestone. In 1673 it gives 

 iod. a foot, and in 1696 buys a quantity of firestone, the 

 amount not given, but at a high price, probably 403. a ton, and 

 from a distance. 



Purbeck is bought at Eton in 1624 at ^d. a foot, and at 

 Winchester constantly. It costs 6d. in 1649, and appears to 

 be brought to the doors at that price, for some not carried is 

 at 2\d. It is at 4\d. without carriage in 1662, at 6d. in 1674 

 and 1675. Marble is bought for paving the chapel in 1636 

 and 1639 at about is. %\d. the foot in the first year, and at 2s. 

 in the second, the latter material being named ' black Brabant.' 

 A little more is purchased in 1646 called white at 2s., probably 

 for repairs after the Parliamentary occupation. In 1702 the 

 chapel of King's College is paved at a cost of 300. 



In 1630, the City of London, rebuilding or repairing New- 

 gate gaol, gave is. yd. and is. 6d. a foot for Ketton stone, 

 is. 8d. for Portland, is. id. for Oxford, $d. for Purbeck. For 

 Kentish ashlar they paid %d. a foot, and for Kentish pan 

 is. ^d. No stone appears among the items in the repair of 

 the City churches. But Wren purchases stone for Westminster 

 Abbey. In 1697 he gives 8d. a foot for new Purbeck, 2s. $d. 

 for Burford ashlar, and 3^. $d. a foot for Skew Burford. In 

 1698 he gives 2s. $d. for plain freestone, $s. $d. for Skew Bur- 

 ford, and 3^. 6d. for freestone drip. These are by the foot. He 

 also buys paving stone at los. a ton. In 1699, Burford skew 

 is 3-r. a foot, Portland ashlar 2s. 6d. In 1700 Burford stone 

 is 3^. gd, Guildford cubic is. ^d. and Purbeck 8d. In 1701 

 Burford stone is 2s. 2d., Guildford is. ^d. In 1702 Burford 

 ashlar is 2s. 2d. t Portland 2s. 6d. and paving stone again los. 

 a ton. Wren was an excellent judge of materials, and his 

 materials have stood the test of the London atmosphere, 

 under which the New Palace of Westminster was being rapidly 

 turned into Epsom salts. 



MILLSTONES. A few entries of these articles have been 

 found. But they are generally of inferior quality, and not 



