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of various colours, and seem to have been laid with some atten-tion : —

-“ Bpabrtr foftf) pognttpl * ufj point after Qtfjer.”t

The Refectory at Christ Church , Oxford , built in the reign ofHenry VIII. , was paved with green and yellow tiles: the whole numberwas 2600, and each hundred cost 3s. 6d. The Hall at Hampton Court ,and a room at Wimbledon , called the Lower Spanish Room, were“ floored with paynted tyle.”

Boarded floors were of coarse but substantial workmanship; tworemarkable instances may be mentioned. The upper floors of Salmes-bury Hall, built in 1532, were massy planks; and, instead of crossing, layparallel to the joists, “ as if disdaining to be indebted to them for support.”At Godman Hall, Cumberland, the boards or planks of the floor abovethe principal story were grooved into each other, to prevent assaults fromabove; — for the predatory parties on the Borders did not proceed by sapand undermining; but, by a compendious method, strove to unroof thebuildings, and let themselves down by ropes and ladders.

The roofs of the great halls are evidence of the perfection at whichcarpentry had arrived; but joiners’ work was rude,;}; as is particularlyvisible with respect to internal doors. In the early part of the period ofwhich we are speaking, these were seldom framed; (their hinges, — irongarnets,—were sometimes of elaborate and ornamental forms); havingarras before them, they were little seen, and on that account probablynot much regarded. But in Elizabeth’s time, doors of all kinds werepanelled, and in many instances decorated with paintings. Aubrey de-

* Tiles in squares or dies, in checker-work. + One square after another,

t The fittings in chapels, screens in halls, and external doors, are exceptions. From thenames which occur, there is reason to suppose that Flemands were employed on such works.