payments to Ralph Pacy, for repairing the shingles (roof?) (cyndulis), 14d. In payments to Richard of Cotingham, the smith, for mending the iron-work (ferramento) of the masons and quarrymen, 11s. 4d. In payments to four men emptying the bakehouse? (torallum, torreo?) and carrying lime into the hall, 3s.[1]
For 3½lb. of wax, bonght[2] for cement (ad cimentum), 21d. at 6d. a lb. In 2 lb. of frankincense. 6d. In 5 lb. of lees (coda) and 1 lb. of pitch, 6½d. Amongst the cost of utensils are the following; For a fork (tina) bought at Rothwell, for the use of the masons, 4½d. For a stoup (stoppa), 1¼d. For six spades (vanga), 10d. In payments to Baldwyn de Rokingham, for placing twelve rings (circulos) upon the forks and stoups of the material belonging to our lord the king, and for six wooden hoops of his own material upon the large standing vessels (cunas) with water near the cistern (mortuarium), 9½d. For six large hoops (opis) bought for one large vessel, with the wages of one man making a vessel, and mending other different forks, 6½d.
The next entries having reference to a quantity of iron bought at Nottingham, the account is rendered according to the pieces used. For two new wedges, made at the quarry of Welledon, and for mending a wedge, and for two small wedges for fastening the head of a hammer (marcell) with the same, three pieces; for mending a hammer, and making a new one, four pieces: for two irons for extending the cistern (mortar) from the wall, and buying one wedge, one piece: for eight bills (goiones), eight hoops (hopes), eight stocks, and half a hundred of nails for four barrows (cyveria), and in mending one wedge, four pieces: for making two new hammers, five pieces: for one iron dish (patella) in which the cement is burnt and made, together with an old dish, one piece: for mending three wedges, and making two new ones, three pieces: for making one new iron rake for the mason, and mending another rake, one piece: for making two new mattocks (ligonibus), three pieces: for four fastenings (gumphis[3]) for the door of pantry (del vit) near the small chamber close to the chapel, and for one fastening for the door of the same chapel, and two fastenings for the door of the pantry (del vit) in the tower, four pieces: for four fastenings for a door of the small privy
