To my weel beloved John Staynford of Furnyvales Inne.
The instruccion to comune of to John Robynson of Carleton bysyde Snayth.
To enquerre and wyte whether the stoon may be sawed or nought. Whether it wille chippe or chynne or affraye with frost or weder or water.
Also that every pece of the stoon be iij. foote longe, and that xv. tunne tyght of the stoon be every stoon weel bedded into the walle and a foote thikke that it ryse in heighte a foote in the walle; and x. stones of the stoan must be ii. foote broad, and at the lest a foote and an half thikke. A stoon wil drawe the wighte of a pipe, as I suppose; the gret stones and nought the smallere stones shuld be sawed, so that every pece sawed shuld holde the seid lengthe of iij. foote, and the seid brede of ij. foote, and to be, after it is sawed, half a fote or lesse on thikkenesse, and thenne the brode sawed stones shulde evere stond in the werk betwen the seid weel bedded stonys that shuld ryse but a fote in the walle and ben ankered iche of hem with other; and this werk shat be strong j nowe, as werkmen seyn, and drawe but litill cariage. I wold have swiche stoan a xxti tunne tight caried to Moneslee in Norffolk between Crowmere and Bromholm, and but a myle from Bromholm.
To reporte plein answere of this bylle writen and how sone I myght have the seid stone caried to Monesle aforn seid, and for what price.
This werk is for a . . . W. PASTON.
'Sount due a mon sieur Will. Bardolf de ses gages en les lyueres a . . . de mon tres honneure seigneur le Count de Warrwick, capitayn illeoqes, iusques al iiij.e jour de febr. lan de Roy Henri Sysme tierce, ccccxiii_li._ xvj_s._ x_d._ qa.'
To my weel beloved John Staynford of Furnyvales Inne.
The instruccion to comune of to John Robynson of Carleton bysyde Snayth.
To enquerre and wyte whether the stoon may be sawed or nought. Whether it wille chippe or chynne or affraye with frost or weder or water.
Also that every pece of the stoon be iij. foote longe, and that xv. tunne tyght of the stoon be every stoon weel bedded into the walle and a foote thikke that it ryse in heighte a foote in the walle; and x. stones of the stoan must be ii. foote broad, and at the lest a foote and an half thikke. A stoon wil drawe the wighte of a pipe, as I suppose; the gret stones and nought the smallere stones shuld be sawed, so that every pece sawed shuld holde the seid lengthe of iij. foote, and the seid brede of ij. foote, and to be, after it is sawed, half a fote or lesse on thikkenesse, and thenne the brode sawed stones shulde evere stond in the werk betwen the seid weel bedded stonys that shuld ryse but a fote in the walle and ben ankered iche of hem with other; and this werk shat be strong j nowe, as werkmen seyn, and drawe but litill cariage. I wold have swiche stoan a xxti tunne tight caried to Moneslee in Norffolk between Crowmere and Bromholm, and but a myle from Bromholm.
To reporte plein answere of this bylle writen and how sone I myght have the seid stone caried to Monesle aforn seid, and for what price.
This werk is for a . . . W. PASTON.
'Sount due a mon sieur Will. Bardolf de ses gages en les lyueres a . . . de mon tres honneure seigneur le Count de Warrwick, capitayn illeoqes, iusques al iiij.e jour de febr. lan de Roy Henri Sysme tierce, ccccxiii_li._ xvj_s._ x_d._ qa.'
To my weel beloved John Staynford of Furnyvales Inne.
The instruccion to comune of to John Robynson of Carleton bysyde Snayth.
To enquerre and wyte whether the stoon may be sawed or nought. Whether it wille chippe or chynne or affraye with frost or weder or water.
Also that every pece of the stoon be iij. foote longe, and that xv. tunne tyght of the stoon be every stoon weel bedded into the walle and a foote thikke that it ryse in heighte a foote in the walle; and x. stones of the stoan must be ii. foote broad, and at the lest a foote and an half thikke. A stoon wil drawe the wighte of a pipe, as I suppose; the gret stones and nought the smallere stones shuld be sawed, so that every pece sawed shuld holde the seid lengthe of iij. foote, and the seid brede of ij. foote, and to be, after it is sawed, half a fote or lesse on thikkenesse, and thenne the brode sawed stones shulde evere stond in the werk betwen the seid weel bedded stonys that shuld ryse but a fote in the walle and ben ankered iche of hem with other; and this werk shat be strong j nowe, as werkmen seyn, and drawe but litill cariage. I wold have swiche stoan a xxti tunne tight caried to Moneslee in Norffolk between Crowmere and Bromholm, and but a myle from Bromholm.
To reporte plein answere of this bylle writen and how sone I myght have the seid stone caried to Monesle aforn seid, and for what price.
This werk is for a . . . W. PASTON.
'Sount due a mon sieur Will. Bardolf de ses gages en les lyueres a . . . de mon tres honneure seigneur le Count de Warrwick, capitayn illeoqes, iusques al iiij.e jour de febr. lan de Roy Henri Sysme tierce, ccccxiii_li._ xvj_s._ x_d._ qa.'
To my well beloved John Staynford of Furnyvales Inn.
The instruction to communicate of to John Robynson of Carleton beside Snaith.
To enquire and wyte whether the whether the stone can be sawn on not. Whether it will chip or chynne or affray with frost or weather or water.
Also that every piece of the stone be three foot long, and that fifteen full tons of the stone be every stone well bedded into the wall and a foot thick that it rise in height a foot in the wall; and ten. stones of the stoan must be two. foot broad, and at the least a foot and an half thick. A stone will draw the weight of a pipe, as I suppose; the great stones and not the smaller stones should be sawed, so that every piece sawed should hold the said length of three. foot, and the said breadth of two. foot, and to be, after it is sawed, half a foot or less on thickness, and then the broad sawed stones should ever stand in the work between the said well bedded stones that should rise but a foot in the wall and [be/been] [anchored/fixed] iche of hem with other; and this work shall be strong j now, as workmen say, and draw but little carriage. I would have swiche stoan a xxti tunne tight carried to Mundesley in Norfolk between Cromer and Bromholm, and but a mile from Bromholm.
To report plain answer of this bill written and how soon I might have the said stone carried to Mundesley afore said, and for what price.
This work is for a . . . W. PASTON.
'Sount due a mon sieur Will. Bardolf de ses gages en les lyueres a . . . de mon tres honneure seigneur le Count de Warrwick, capitayn illeoqes, iusques al iiij.e jour de febr. lan de Roy Henri Sysme tierce, ccccxiii_li._ xvj_s._ ten_d._ qa.'
Dear John
I want to commission you to find out for certain from John Robinson of Carlton, near Snaith, in Yorkshire, whether or not the stone I want can be cut, and whether it is likely to chip away or be badly weathered by frost or water.
I want every piece of stone to be three feet long, there to be a full 15 tons of stone, every stone fitted snugly into the wall, a foot thick and a foot deep.
Ten stones must be two foot broad and at least a foot and a half thick. I suppose a stone will carry the weight of a pipe; the bigger stones and not the smaller ones should be sawed, so that every piece sawed should hold the said length of three foot and the said width of two foot and be, after it is sawed, half a foot or less thick. Then the broad sawed stones should stand in the whole construction between the well-bedded stones that should rise a foot in the wall, and each of them anchored with the other, so that - as workmen say - there should be very little movement.
I would like the stones I have described, a full 22 tons of them, carried to Mundesley in Norfolk, which is between Cromer and Bromholm, and but a mile from Bromholm.
Please come back to me quickly with clear details of how much this will cost and how soon I can have the stone brought to Mundesley.
Yours faithfully
W Paston
