KING JOHNS HOUSE AT TOLLARD ROYAL. 1 7 



The walls of the King's chamber were painted, and tapestries 

 were hung about them. These, with the King's bedding and 

 Other necessaries, were carried about on sumpter horses in the 

 train of the King. The furniture of a King's chamber (thirteenth 

 century) has been described from documents of the age in 

 Vol. XIX., page 75. 



The foundations uncovered fifty feet south-west of the house 

 seem to have been those of the kitchens, in which case the hall 

 would not have been far off. 



There was a chaplain's chamber in the group, for there is an 

 order still extant for the pay of " our chaplain at Cranborne 

 20s.," signed by the King on Jan. 25th, 1207. On Feb. iSth in 

 the same year the King sent one dolium of wine to the house ; 

 there were therefore cellars here. In 12 13 the King ordered the 

 seven men who were in charge of his harriers at Cranborne to 

 be paid, so there were kennels ; and we know there were ward- 

 robes, stables, and other offices, and, in all probability, other 

 chambers similar to this, though they may have been of timber, 

 so the whole range of buildings would have had an imposing 

 aspect. 



