746 SUNDRIES. 



important. Scales and weights are at $s. lid. in 1589, at 

 4s. 8d. in 1593, a * &r. 9^- ' m 1619. In 1588 weights alone 

 are 2s. 6d., and a pile of weights is 5^. 6d. in 1609. 



Gold weights are priced at is. 8d. in 1618, at $s. 6d. in 

 1619, at 6s. and Js. lod. in 1623, at 6s. 8d. in 1632; a pair 

 of scales and two sets of gold weights cost Caryll Ss. yd. in 

 1641 ; a pair of gold weights is 4s. 6d. 



In some places corn-rents were received in kind. In 

 1601 a peck and half-peck measure cost is. 8d. In 1592 

 a bushel measure is 2s. 6d.\ in 1607, 5^. In 1623 and 1636 

 an hour-glass costs Sd. In 1590 a vessel stamp is 2s. ; in 1618, 

 4s. ; and in 1613 a brand-mark for wooden goods is is. 6d. 



There are a few entries which refer to sport and amuse- 

 ments. 



In 1583 Lord North gives 66.$-. Sd. for a falcon. In 1642 and 

 1643 hawks are bought at 1 each. Arrows are 3^. a dozen 

 in 1602. A bow is 8s. 6d. in 1612, a quiver 25-., and the 

 arrows 4d. each. In 1675 a mastiff costs 2s. 6d., and in 1692 

 a spaniel is bought for 43 s. In 1632 a hawk's bells and gesses 

 are is. $d., and in 1673 a dog's collar is 35-. 6d. ; a dog's chain 

 is is. 6d. in 1697. In 1649 a perspective glass is 4^. In 1685 

 a net is bought for 46s. 8d. at Canterbury ; in 1597 a partridge 

 net for 2s. ; in 1599 a teal net for is. ; in 1601 a sparrow- 

 hawk net for 35. ; another net for 6s. ; and a fish net for is. 

 In 1602 a fish net is only 8d., and in 1696 Caryll buys 

 two setting nets at i$s. each. A rat-trap costs is. 6d. 

 in 1636, 4s. 6d. in 1696. A mouse-trap is 4d. in 1607 and 

 1608, but a steelmouse-trap in 1674 is 2s. 6d., and a trap for 

 the pigeon-house in 1645 is 2s. 6d. Lastly, bird-lime in 1602 

 is $d. a pound. Cross-bow thread is is. 4d. a pound in 1600. 



In 1620 Shuttleworth gives 3^. 4d. each for two fiddles. 

 They must have been rude instruments. In 1666 Master 

 pays 14 for a viol. He also gives 25 s. for a pair of canaries, 

 and 21 s. for a double cage for them, in 1660. In 1668 his 

 boy's coral and coral necklace cost 27 s. In 1686 four nightin- 

 gale cages are bought in Oxford at 4s. 6d. each. In 1677 





