SUNDRIES. 747 



Winchester College gave i s. for a fox ; in 1691 New College 

 gave 5^., and in 1699 All Souls College paid is. In 1616 a 

 chess-board is Sd. 



In 1650 a lady's thimble cost is. 8d. ; in 1655, 2s. ; her fan, 

 in 1659, los. Pen-knives are $d. to 6d. up to 1646; in 1698 

 one is 2s. Whalebone is 4\d. the yard in 1627. Combs 

 are from gd. to is., generally the latter ; but a lady's is 35-. in 

 1656. A barber's brush is from icd. to is. A pair of razors 

 costs only $d. in 1588 ; but in 1653 Master gives is. 6d., and 

 in 1668 9^. for one. A pair of pattens is io\d. in 1621. 

 A hat-case is 6s. Sd. in 1641 ; and, since I must bring it in 

 somewhere, the city of Oxford gives $s. 4d. for a cucking-stool 

 in 1616. 



Matting is sold by the dozen yards. It is 8s. 4d. in 1600, 

 2s. in 1633 (when it is said to be bulrush), is. in 1660 (probably 

 narrow for the College chapel), 14^. at the same place in 1665, 

 8j. in 1672, and 6s. in 1696. Besides a water-pot in 1618 at 

 3^., I have found a brass watering-pot in 1626 at 6s. 6d., 

 another in 1664 at $s. 4*/., a copper one in 1666 at 2s. 2d. t 

 and another in 1685 at 4s. 6d. Flower-pots are is. 6d. the 

 dozen in 1695. 



Spectacles are is. in 1587 and 1596, yd. in 1620. A spectacle 

 case is 6d. in 1696. Brushes are 6d. in 1596, nd. in 1597; 

 and painters' brushes A&d. in 1687. Candlewick is is. a pound 

 in 1585, is. 2\d. in 1616, when it is called canvas; cotton 

 wick 2s. a pound in 1621, and coarse wick 6d. in 1621 ; loj 

 dozen of what must be very common candle-wick is bought by 

 Lord Spencer in 1602 at 5*. the dozen. It is also bought at 

 7.y. the dozen in 1603. 



In 1589 Shuttleworth buys a quarter of a pack and one 

 pound of Irish yarn for the large sum of 4 14S. gd. The 

 nearest price of linen yarn to this year in the minor products 

 is in 1602 at ftd. The pack must therefore have been 

 at this rate about two hundredweight, and Shuttleworth's 

 quarter pack about 56 Ibs. 



In 1629 Eton College resolved to have a private wharf on 



