555 



canvas is bought almost exclusively for Cambridge, and ap- 

 pears to be used for the lower tables, and sometimes for the 

 stable. 



Normandy canvas is plainly a higher quality than Roan. 

 The average of twelve entries between 1613 and 1640 is 235-. 

 the dozen. It is quoted along with Roan, and is generally 

 used for the second tables at Cambridge. 



Lubeck,Lubick and Lubex is bought exclusively by Eton for 

 the boys' table-linen. It is a cheap coarse canvas, varying 

 from gs. to I2s. a dozen. The purchases are between 1621 

 and 1672. The average from sixteen entries is a little over 

 los. $\d. the dozen. 



Hamborough is found very generally, even at Oxford. It 

 may have been so named from its origin, but I think it is 

 probably a generic name for some kind of towelling. Even 

 when designed for this purpose it varies considerably in price 

 in the same year. In 1584, when it is bought for towels, it is 

 at i8j. the dozen, and the same price in 1599. ^ n l6o it costs 

 i6s. at Cambridge, us. at Oxford. In 1601 it is $s. at Cam- 

 bridge, I2s. at Oxford, but from these dates it varies from 

 1 2s. 6d. to 9^. 6d. An average of fifteen entries gives a price 

 close on 12s. $d. a dozen. 



Osenbrig is found occasionally, at Cambridge, Eton and 

 Oxford, and seems to be of about the same quality, to have the 

 same object, and to be about the same price as Hamborough. 

 The average price of it is us. yd. the dozen. I presume that 

 it is the same as the Oxenbridge of the earlier accounts, 

 vol. iv. p. 556. 



Between 1605 and 1636 occur eight entries of a canvas or 

 linen called Jackson's cloth. Except in one year, 1623, when 

 it is table-linen, it is a cheap fabric, apparently towelling, and 

 ranging between los. $d. and 1 2s. yd. the dozen. The material 

 is probably that of some dealer with whom the King's College 

 bursars dealt at Stourbridge. 



In i '>'>;, 1670 and 1674, Master buys Gent or Gentish 

 I lolland for shirts. This is probably Ghent cloth, so produced 



