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THE MASON’S CONTRACT.

A bargain made betwixt Thomas Kytson, Knight, and Jhon East-awe.—The said Jhon must macke a house at Hengrave of all manor ofmasons’ worcke, bricklaying, and all other things concerning y e masondrieand bricklaying, as well as the laborers concerning the same, accordingto a frame which the said Jhon has seen at Comby.

Item, the said Thomas must dense y" mote as far as the foundacyonof the wall, that is to say, ij. parts of the house.

Item, the said Thomas schall make a baye window in the hall, of y esouth side, of freestone; and also shall macke y* freestone worke ofthe gate coming in at the bridge.

Item, the said Jhon shall dyck and macke y* residewe of the foun-dacyons of the said house within y e motte.

without licenses from the pavilion. During this time the bishop was empowered to take tollof every load or parcel of goods passing through the gates of the city. On St. Giles’s eve,the mayor, bailiffs, and citizens of the city of Winchester delivered the keys of the four city-gates to the bishop’s officers, who, during the said sixteen days, appointed a mayor and bailiffof their own to govern the city, and also a coroner to act in the said city. Tenants of thebishop, who held lands by doing service at the pavilion, attended the same with horses andarmour, not only to do suit at the court there, but to be ready to assist the bishop’s officersin the execution of writs and other services. Many extraordinary privileges were granted tothe bishop on this occasion, all tending to obstruct trade and to oppress the people. Numerousforeign merchants frequented this fair: and it appears that the justiciaries of the pavilion, andthe treasurer of the bishop’s palace of Wolvesey, received annually for a fee, according toancient custom, four basins and ewers, of those foreign merchants who sold brazen vessels inthe fair. In the fair several streets were formed, assigned to the sale of different commodities;and called the Drapery, the Pottery , the Spicery, &c. Many monasteries in and aboutWinchester had shops or houses in these streets, used only at the fair, which they held underthe bishop, and often let by lease for a term of years.— Condensed from, a note in Warton’sHistory of English Poetry.