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yn ij shelffs endlonge towards the see very neer levell by estymacyon iij or iiij 

 foote in length devyded with dyvers joyntts, some one stone iiij loods and many 

 of them ij and iij loods apeoe and but one cowrse of stones yn every shelffe : 

 the bredth vii or viii fote, the thyknes betweene xij ynches and xv ynches, the 

 nerest end off the shelff towards the land ys at the lo -water mark att refe tyed, 

 so hytt cannot be broken butt att sprynge tyed. 



The alabaster ys a myle and a halfe from the towyche, att th'est end of the 

 He att a place calyd Worbarrowe, falen owtt of the wydest clyffe wyche ys 30 

 fadom hye, and lyeth att full see marke in rownde pecys of viii or ix towne a 

 pece : the utter partts of them being of whyte alabaster and full of craks : 

 wyche woll not ryse in breadth passing xij ynches square wyth a small thyk- 

 nes; and inwards towards the myds of the pece ys ij other cowlors of stone, 

 one somewhatt blaker then the other, much lyke unto a grey Marbull of the 

 wyche I wyll brynge a sample unto my Lord's grace withyn thys vij dayes ; 

 wyche stone wyll ryse to iij fote in length and xviij ynchys in breydth and vi 

 or viij ynches thyke, so thet I have sett 2 workmen upon brekyng of the same 

 att soche tyme as they canott worke for the water upon the towyche that I heve 

 also appointed them to breke. — From Wolf halle vi June. 



Your humble sarvytour 



ARTHUR Roods. 



To the right worshipful 

 Syr John Thynne Knyght 

 att Biainford. ( Brentford.) 



f>. — Beyan Teshe to Sir John Thynne. 



1549, June 7. My Lord's Grace's affayres proceed in as much haste as can 

 be with so few men. 'As touching the quarr at Shalborn, whereas it showed 

 very fair on the top we have serched the same and find it very little, though 

 the stuff be good the quantity is small, for which cause I am very sorry. At 

 Topnam Hill the pitt is full of water again, the wet wether hath been so much 

 and the bankes be fain again of the cliche upon Wylton Common whear the 

 cley is about a vi or vij lugges, and our men is uppon the same to amend it 

 again whiles the quick frithe is green. At Tud worth is about a 400 ton ot 



chalke redy drawn The stone of Wylton quar doth mak very 



good lyme and entend to make another Lymekylne for that stone ; and whereas 

 there is a great heap of dust made by means of the Rubbell which came out of 

 the quar, the same will serve very well to mengle with the lyme in the fylling 

 of the walls : for it is of itself very tough when it is beaten and tempered and 

 much more it wyl be tough when the lyme dothe helpe him to bynd. Thus 

 doth the best of the stone make good ashelour, and the ragged will serve for 

 the foundacions and fylling stuff, and the Rubbell for lyme and the dust for 

 rugh work, so that what so ever cost my Lorde's grace bestoweth there, it will 

 quit the cost. The brickmaker hath set fyer upon his kylne already and by 

 that tyme Mr. Hine cum he shall have brick enough for his conduit. 



I moste humbly desyer your mastership to send me by your letter worde what 

 tyme you think my Lorde's Grace wyll cum for there is nither lime, sand nor 

 stone carried, nor scant any place redy for it. I wold make the more haste of 



