House and Garden 
tion wisely determined to encourage the em¬ 
ployment of a safer material. One John 
Bristol was fined 2,100 tiles for 
shaving seven persons con 
trary to the order. 
John Bristow, in the 
reign of Henry V I. 
was fined 4,000 
tiles for disobedi¬ 
ence to the May¬ 
or, and any per¬ 
son who should 
quarrel was or¬ 
dered to pay six 
pounds of wax to 
a church in the 
town, and to th 
Guildhall 500 ti 
Sometimes these ar 
were very scarce. In the 
Paston letters we read that cottage, east 
in 1475 “there is none to 
get for no money.’’ And again: “Mas- 
ot¬ 
ter Stoby begs loan 
roof one of his fayrest 
of 
ne 
an 
tar 
tides 
and 
alms of tylle to 
chambers which 
standyth half-uncovered for 
default of tylle.” The maker 
tiles, the tegulator, was 
important person 
in medieval times, 
and his name 
often occurs in 
the lists of rustic 
inhabitants. 
I he mortar 
used in these old 
buildings is very 
strong and good. 
In order to 
strengthen the mor- 
used in old Sussex 
Surrey houses and 
elsewhere, the process of 
grinstead “galleting” or “garreting” 
was adopted. The brick¬ 
layers used to decorate the rather wide or 
AN OLD HOUSE AND ITS GARDEN AT BROOMHAM 
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