278 THE HISTORY OF NEWMARKET. [Book V. 



to boorde up the pti'con in the p'sence. Sawyers 

 ymploied in cutting of timber into div'se and sondry 

 scantHngs ; and Labourers attending the said woork- 

 men & doeing sondry other necessary busynesses 

 there ; for p'formance of all wh"'' woorkes diverse quan- 

 tities of Em'pcons & Provi'con's have been made and 

 bought, the p'ticulars whereof, with their quantities, 

 nombers, and price, as also the chardge of carriage, 

 wage of artificers, woorkemen, labourers, & others 

 ymploied in these services doe hereafter more 

 p'ticularly ensue, viz." 



Then follow the different items, the materials used, 

 with the cost of each, from which it appears that four 

 chimney panels of stone cost i6i-. each ; 29ft. 6in. of 

 border-stone cost Zd. a foot ; timber cost Zd. a foot ; 

 deals cost ^5 146-. \d. the 100; ash poles, (:>d. each; 

 lime, Zd. the load ; sand and gravel, 6^. ditto ; bricks, 

 \y. \d. per 1000; laths, 'x,os. the load, etc. The 

 workmen's wages per day were as follow : — Masons, 

 \Zd. ; carpenters, from \od., to \^d. ; bricklayers, from 

 \\d. to \']d. ; plasterers, from \\d. to 22d. ; joiners, 

 \%d.\ plumbers, \Zd. \ labourers, from <^d. to \2d.\ 

 sawyers, 25. 6d. the couple. Two clerks of works had 

 \s. a day each. Piece-workers were paid a lump sum. 

 for a certain job, — all materials being found by the 

 king. Richard Griffin, for laying 303^ square yards of 

 bulrush mats in the king's new privy lodgings and the 

 noblemen's lodgings, finding mat-nails, pack-thread, 

 etc., was paid at the rate of Zd. per yard. The total 

 amount expended on the Royal Palace at Newmarket, 

 in this account, was ^457 6i". \\d. 



