66 THE HISTORY OF NEWMARKET. [Book TITI. 



Glass and glazing came to ^i6 ij". 7</. Workmen's 

 wages, etc., were at the same rates per diem as appears 

 in the first of these accounts. 



For the year 1 629-1 630, the sum of ^^169 17^-. ^d. 



was expended on the works and building in mending 



the racks, stalls, mangers, walls, and planks 



1629-30. . . 



in the stables. The floor of the tennis 

 court was repaired, and the walls painted ; mending 

 the pales of the dog-yard, and other works ; the 

 materials used, etc., are duly set forth, but call for no 

 comment. 



In the ensuing year's account, which amounts to 

 ^321 2s. ^d., there was a good deal of timber used. 



Paving tiles cost 20s. a thousand ; lime, 



1630-31. 



8i". lod. the chaldron ; sand, T^d., and 

 gravel, 8<^., the load; thirty-one " bzes " of sea-coals, 

 at ^d. the "bzes" [qy. bushels], cost £1 2s. Sd. ; 

 charcoal cost is. the "bzes;" four score candles, 

 weighing thirty-three pounds, at $d. the pound, came 

 to 13^. gd. Straw was purchased at 6d. the truss; 

 wax at i6d. per pound ; two buckets cost 2s. 6d. each. 

 Glass and glazing, as usual, was a heavy item, and 

 amounted to ^38 175. ^d. 



^135 1 6s. 6\d. was spent on repairs, etc., at the 

 palace for the year 1631-1632, including the cost of 



mending" the planks, stalls, racks, and 



1631-32 



mangers in the king's hunting-horse stable, 

 and the ordinary stable of the Master of the Horse. 

 The king and queen's and the Lord Chamberlain's 

 lodgings were also renovated. A new sewer, leading 

 from the court to the street, was constructed. The 



