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dealing with them in the chapter on fuel. But very similar 

 facts are discernible in examining the payment made for a 

 hundred faggots which are seen in the rate for making a load 

 of firewood. In 1583, 1584, and 1586 the payment is 8d. at 

 Kirtling and is. at Oriel College in the last year. In 1587 

 Le Strange pays is. 4*/., Oriel College is. id. In 1588 it is 

 is. 4d. at Hanesworth, while Magdalen College pays only ivd. 

 for oak and furze faggots, though it gives is. 6d. for binding 

 double-band faggots. In 1591 Oriel College pays 9^., and in 

 1593 Corpus Christi College is. y\d. In 1595 Cambridge 

 pays 9*/., Oriel College is. 8d. In 1596 Oriel College pays 

 is. and is. io*/., and in 1598 and 1599 Magdalen College is., 

 Lord Spencer in the latter year paying yd. In 1600, is. and 

 gd. are the prices paid by Magdalen College and Lord Spencer. 

 In 1601 Oriel College pays is. 8d. In 1602 Magdalen College 

 pays lojdf., Lord Spencer iod. and yd. In 1603 Oriel Col- 

 lege pays 2s. $d., All Souls College is. l^d. In 1604 Mag- 

 dalen College again gives io\d., Lord Spencer yd. ; but in 1605 

 Magdalen College pays is. 6d. In 1606 Oriel College pays 

 2s. 4^., and in 1607 Magdalen College is. ^d. 



After this year higher prices prevail. In 1607 the Oriel 

 College price is 2s. $d., in 1611 zs. 4d. t and the same at Cor- 

 pus Christi College. From 1612 to 1635, only one year being 

 missed, Oriel College pays 2s. 6d. ; though for three years, 

 1616, 1618, 1619, the Achers get the hundred made at is. 2^., 

 Corpus Christi College in 1624 at is. 6d. and at is. 8d., in 

 1627, though it also pays for a larger number, at zs. *]d.> and 

 in 1635 at 3J. In 1641 and 1642 Oriel College still gives 

 2s. 6d., though after this year the College ceases to enter par- 

 ticulars. In 1644 the owner of Hickstead gives only is. ^d. 

 In 1653 Winchester College pays is. $d. ; in 1661, is. ; in 1671, 

 is. z\d. In 1692 the price is is. $d. at Harting; in 1696, 

 is. 8d. ; in 1698, is. $d. ; and in 1699, is. 6d. 



Now it is clear from these figures that there were different 

 kinds of faggots, and that the South country article must have 

 been quite another thing from that of Oxfordshire. But there 



