57 8 ON THE PRICE OF TEXTILE FABRICS. 



now preserved in the British Museum, it is undoubtedly the 

 latter; in the other two cases it is bought by Master at Js. ^d. 

 and 6s. 6d. the yard. Master was by this time married, and 

 I think, from the other articles with which it is entered, that 

 it was probably a woman's stuff. Parragon in 1661 and 1671, 

 at is. id. and is., is bought at Horstead Keynes, and striped 

 Barras at London in 1699. Shalloon is found in 1648 at 6s. 

 Scarlet shalloon costs Js. in 1697. Scarlet is always the dearest 

 colour. 



In quitting the subject of woollen clothing, on the details of 

 which I have not I hope, considering the interest there is in 

 dealing with the early days of this great branch of English 

 industry, been unduly prolix, I may note that the payment 

 by the purchaser of the excise, first imposed by the 

 Parliament and afterwards copied by the King, is recorded 

 for the livery cloth at Eton. In 1644 the College pays 30^. 

 the piece; in 1645, 24*. ; in 1646, $6s. ; the last entry at the 

 same rate being in 1652. 



Cloth garments were lined, the most common material for 

 this being fustian, and the most common kind of fustian being 

 known as Holmes. It is a cheap material, being generally 

 priced between is. id. and is. 6d. a yard. Even cheaper than 

 this is Roan fustian at is. A dearer kind is Milan fustian at 

 3.$-. id. and 3^. ^d. But fustian was also used for clothing by 

 itself. Such is the green fustian bought in 1598 by Shuttle- 

 worth, and fustian at Worksop in 1601, at $s. Another kind 

 of lining is morkendoe or mokado, described as tufted, and 

 bought in 1583 and 1587 at is. the yard. Cotton lining is 

 also found in 1604, at lid. and 6d. ; in 1608 at is. 9 in 1616 at 

 is. id., calico lining in 1610 at is. 8d. In all cases, cotton 

 lining is bought for the clothing of servants and poor persons. 



Besides woollen cloths used for linings, others were manu- 

 factured for carpets, i.e. table covers and hangings. Such is 

 the broad green cloth at Oxford in 1584, at 6s. i\d., for carpets ; 

 the green cloth for the chapel of S. John's College in 1598 

 at us. id. y probably to cover the communion table ; the fifty- 



