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ARCHITECTURAL ANTIQUITIES.
specting the prices of labour and of materials, at the time when the spire was erected.
We also obtain from this source a knowledge of some terms and particular customs,
which cannot fail to gratify the antiquary. The original book or record is lost: and
it is feared that the copy or extracts from it are not strictly accurate in phraseology,
names, and dates. One instance is pointed out by Mr. Espin : where appletre-wwfa,
is written for appletre-raes*.
EXTRACTS FROM AN OLD BOOK RESPECTING THE BUILDING, &c, OF
LOUTH SPIRE, OR BROACH.
Item, paid for stone and expences at the quarrel for the broach :*— Item, paid to John Chap-
man, merchant, William Johnson riding to the quarrel by four days and other two men charing
stone, and to William Nettleton in his expences 6s. 8d. :—Item, paid to William Johnson for his
labour 12d. • and his horse-hire 13c?. :—Item, paid to the quarryn for stone at that time AOs. :—
Item, paid William Kelsey two loads 3*. Ad. Robert Kelsy one load 20d. and William Offrey one
load 20d.
Memorandum.—There is coming home stone to the broach 10 score foot and 5, and to the
gallery within the steeple 40 foot grofts and 10 orbs. Item, paid to William Nettleton, riding to
the quarrell for to buy stone to the broach by four days 2s. and to John Miller for his horse-hire
and his own cost 20d.
N. B. John Cole, master mason from 1501 to 1505-6.
Item, paid to John Cole, master mason of the broach for making molds to it by four days
2s. bd. :—Item, paid for pack-thread, glue, and nails, 3^.:—Item, paid to William Thomas one
day Ad. to John Anter one day Ad. and Thomas Garbaid one day Ad. bearing timber forth of the
lochf Is. :—Item, paid by the hands of John Chapman merchant, and William Johnson, at two
times for stone to the broach and to the gallery within the steeple to William Benneit and John
Loveley quarriers 80s.
Memorandum.—That master mason and William Johnson bought stone at the quarrell of Roger
Hanking and Edmund Shepherd 100 foot, price a foot 2\d. and so they gave them 3s. Ad. and
William Camworth 100 foot, price 2\d. a foot and they gave him 3s. Ad. also John Glover for
eight load great stone from Wigfurth to Appletre-nuts 3*. Ad. and also to the said master and
William for their cost 3s. Ad. also paid to master mason another time for to bear to the quarries
* This term means the same as spire. In a subsequent extract the word steple occurs, and implies the part we
now call the tower.
t Loch, or looch, is a place to lay stone in.
ARCHITECTURAL ANTIQUITIES.
specting the prices of labour and of materials, at the time when the spire was erected.
We also obtain from this source a knowledge of some terms and particular customs,
which cannot fail to gratify the antiquary. The original book or record is lost: and
it is feared that the copy or extracts from it are not strictly accurate in phraseology,
names, and dates. One instance is pointed out by Mr. Espin : where appletre-wwfa,
is written for appletre-raes*.
EXTRACTS FROM AN OLD BOOK RESPECTING THE BUILDING, &c, OF
LOUTH SPIRE, OR BROACH.
Item, paid for stone and expences at the quarrel for the broach :*— Item, paid to John Chap-
man, merchant, William Johnson riding to the quarrel by four days and other two men charing
stone, and to William Nettleton in his expences 6s. 8d. :—Item, paid to William Johnson for his
labour 12d. • and his horse-hire 13c?. :—Item, paid to the quarryn for stone at that time AOs. :—
Item, paid William Kelsey two loads 3*. Ad. Robert Kelsy one load 20d. and William Offrey one
load 20d.
Memorandum.—There is coming home stone to the broach 10 score foot and 5, and to the
gallery within the steeple 40 foot grofts and 10 orbs. Item, paid to William Nettleton, riding to
the quarrell for to buy stone to the broach by four days 2s. and to John Miller for his horse-hire
and his own cost 20d.
N. B. John Cole, master mason from 1501 to 1505-6.
Item, paid to John Cole, master mason of the broach for making molds to it by four days
2s. bd. :—Item, paid for pack-thread, glue, and nails, 3^.:—Item, paid to William Thomas one
day Ad. to John Anter one day Ad. and Thomas Garbaid one day Ad. bearing timber forth of the
lochf Is. :—Item, paid by the hands of John Chapman merchant, and William Johnson, at two
times for stone to the broach and to the gallery within the steeple to William Benneit and John
Loveley quarriers 80s.
Memorandum.—That master mason and William Johnson bought stone at the quarrell of Roger
Hanking and Edmund Shepherd 100 foot, price a foot 2\d. and so they gave them 3s. Ad. and
William Camworth 100 foot, price 2\d. a foot and they gave him 3s. Ad. also John Glover for
eight load great stone from Wigfurth to Appletre-nuts 3*. Ad. and also to the said master and
William for their cost 3s. Ad. also paid to master mason another time for to bear to the quarries
* This term means the same as spire. In a subsequent extract the word steple occurs, and implies the part we
now call the tower.
t Loch, or looch, is a place to lay stone in.