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provi'cons are laid ; fastning of quarters to the walls 

 for hangings in the new privy lodgings ; making 

 three new Doores of Oken boordes one between 

 the p'sence Chamber and Princes lodgings, and th' 

 between the Lord Fenton's Chamber and his Dyning- 

 roome, and the third for the Prince's wardrobe ; 

 making of tables tressells formes and Cupboordes 

 and doing sondry oth' needefull woorke aboute the 

 said house. Bricklayers and Tylers ymploied in 

 paving w'"" bricks a gutter betweene the King's house 

 and the house next adioyning ; making a vantle of 

 bricks from the said gutter throughe the Bottlehouse 

 and greate entrie to convey the Rainewater into the 

 old vantle ; paving with paving tyles the floores at 

 the staires foote going up to the pallett chamber ; 

 paving of div'se broken places in the hall ; making of 

 Raunee ; mendino- the broken harthes and Furnace ; 

 setting the panne in the Scullery ; tyling div'se broken 

 places over the Privie lodgings & over the olde lodg- 

 ings about the house ; Plaisterers ymploied in lathing 

 and laying with plaister of parris & lyme and haire the 

 outside and inside walles ceelings and p'ticons of the 

 newe lodgings, the stoare-house, the pantry, the 

 buttery, the wyne-seller, and the groomes of the privy 

 chamber their lodging. Thatchers ymploied in cover- 

 inor w'"" strawe the Back-side of the olde house over 

 the staires which were brought up at thende of the 

 lodgings and over the privy kitchin and scullery. 

 Plombers ymployed in laying w'*" sheete lead the greate 

 Cornish on the forefront of the newe lodgings, playning 

 and fitting of quart'' for footeplates there and helping 



