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charges of the brewery and cellar. In 1692 bottle corks are 

 at 1 3 s. the gross, in 1698 at 2s.6d. The difference is probably 

 one of quality. Bungs are is. a dozen in 1698 and 1699. 

 Wine bottles are 6s. a dozen in 1631 ; 3^. in 1697; and from 

 2s. 6d. to 3-r. in 1702. At the end of the century, wine bottles 

 are manufactured in England. 



The colleges, especially those of Oxford, were constantly 

 laying out their walks with gravel. It is bought by the load, 

 without carriage, and probably designates little more than 

 the price of labour at first. Gravel, though not of the best 

 quality, is abundant near Oxford. At first it costs 6d. the 

 load, then 8d., then icd. In the third decade of the seven- 

 teenth century, so often marked by a rise in prices, it rises to 

 is., at which it generally stands, though I have found it at 

 8d. in 1659. In 1668 New College buys a large quantity, 

 92 loads at iod., and in the next year a smaller quantity at 



Basins at is. yd. in 1586, a pile of graters in 1588 at 2s., 

 a halter in the same year at id., and a great jug at i s. $d. and 

 a pipkin in 1589 at 8d., have been noted. A gallon of goose- 

 grease costs 2s. 8d in 1585, and a pair of mill handles in 1587 

 2s. lod. Verdigris is $d. a pound in 1683, a board by which 

 to teach mathematics costs Corpus Christi College 3^. in 1653, 

 and wire-work is 8d. a yard in 1665. Six pairs of globuli 

 cost 55. a pair in 1690, being bought by Magdalen College. 

 Cobweb brushes cost 6d. each in 1695, and hand brushes 8d. 

 in the same year. Noggins are 6s. a dozen in 1664, and 

 35. 6d. in 1670. 



In 1585 a gallon of sage ale costs *jd. In 1685 a barrel of 

 mum is bought in London for 6js. 6d. The inclusion of this 

 article in the excise laws is proof that it was consumed in 

 England. It is beer in which malted horse-beans are used 

 with malt, and it is still I believe manufactured in Brunswick 

 and Hanover. Taps are 35. a hundred in 1606, of course 

 wooden. A quart copper pot is 4s. 4</. in 1671. 



In 1659-60 New College gives a gold chalice to the King 



