THE KING'S HOUSE 99 



will amount to the some of one thousand five hun- 

 dred three score and three poundes 12 shillinges 

 and six pence besides the timber for all the said 

 workes which is to be felled in the said Forrest and 

 brought to the said place at which by the estimate 

 will amount to two hundred and fifty loades for the 

 fellinge and carriage whereof speciall warrant and 

 directions shall be forthwith given." 



Then follow all Mr. Chamberlayne's detailed 

 accounts and charges, only interesting for contrast- 

 ing the prices with those of the day. 



For instance, two wheelbarrows cost 3d. and 4c?. 

 apiece. I have just paid 31s. 6d. for a new one in 

 1915. A pickaxe, however, cost I6d. Labourers 

 got from 6c. to 12cZ. per day. The latter, no doubt, 

 were skilled artisans. 



The work, however, though authorised, and no 

 doubt in part carried out in the reign of Charles I, 

 was not completed until after the Commonwealth, 

 in his son's reign, for the final account of the sums 

 of money recently spent " in repairs to His Majesty's 

 house at Lyndhurst" 1057, 175. 9d. is settled by 

 Lord St. John in 1672. 



Previously to that date Charles II had spent in 

 1669 a sum of 500. In the following year 1500 

 were raised by tops or lops, to be employed in 

 rebuilding the stables, and the total sum spent in 

 1671-72 came altogether to 1750. 



