By J. E. Nightingale, F.S.A. 



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laboryng with the seyde Johu vij dayes at the reryng of the forseyde hows with 

 mete and wages and mannys mete and drj'nke for alle the cariage of the seyde 

 tymber at Salesbury at the seyde William his owen coste And also paye to the 

 seyde John for the seyde hows rnakyng and tyinber therto fynding yn alle maner 

 wyse after the forme above seyde ymade and performed as workmanship axeth 

 xx. ti of money at iij dayes to be payd that ys for to seye at the begynnyng of 

 the seyde hows rnakyng yn tymber hewyng x markes : at the bryngyng horn of 

 the seyde tymber to Salesbury .x. markes and whanne the seyde hows ys ful 

 made aud doris and wyndowes y set up and hangeth .x. markes. To alle these 

 covenauntes wel and trewty to be performed the seyde Wylliam yn his party and 

 Robert Warmwell bynden hem to the seyde John yn xxti to paye yn the feste 

 of oure Lady above seyde And also yn the same wyse the seyde John yn his 

 party and Symond Poy bynden hem to the sede William yn xxti to pay yn the 

 feste above seyde In "Witnesse wherof the seylles of the seyd parteys of these 

 yndentures interchaungeably to these present in dentures er set the day and zer 

 aboveseyde." 



[Endorsed] 



" for byldyng a howse in the blew bore." 



The house was evidently completely framed of wood, and required 

 no other support. The enormous dimensions of the timbers used 

 are in striking contrast to the lath-and-plaster style of building of 

 the present day. There are few houses of this period now remaining 

 intact, but the core of many modernized dwellings are to be found 

 where the huge timber-framing forms the main support of a new- 

 looking building. 



The sum of £20, the amount of Fayrebowe's contract, would 

 represent something like £200 of our present money. Ten marks 

 of 135. 4<d. each form one third of the whole payment. 



It is impossible now to fix the exact locality of the house in 

 question, as the original "blew bore'''' no longer exists. Mr. Hatcher in 

 his " History of Salisbury, has shewn that the Market Place was for- 

 merly more limited in its dimensions than at the present time, and that 

 the existing Winchester Street was continued into Castle Street, 

 along what is now the Blue Boar Bow ; consequently the old u blew 

 bore" must have once projected into what is now the north side of 

 the Market Place, the remaining three sides being formed by the 

 present Oatmeal Bow, Butcher's Bow, and Queen Street. This may 

 be inferred from documents, dated 1360, and again in 1422, in which 

 mention is made of houses situated at the corner of Winchester 



