. London . ANCIENT PLATE 200 LONDi <\ it had a chimney and a fireplace ; the walls were hung roundwith kitchen utensils, tools, and weapons ; a window openedto the street, the upper part of which was glazed, while thelower part could be closed by a stout shutter ; the door opinedInto the street ; there was another door at the back, whichopened upon a buttery, where there stood ranged in a row sixcasks of wine. One folding table and two chairs served for h. THE CONDUIT, NEAR BAYSWATER their wants, because they were not rich enough to entertain their friends. A ladder led to the upper room, w
. London . ANCIENT PLATE 200 LONDi <\ it had a chimney and a fireplace ; the walls were hung roundwith kitchen utensils, tools, and weapons ; a window openedto the street, the upper part of which was glazed, while thelower part could be closed by a stout shutter ; the door opinedInto the street ; there was another door at the back, whichopened upon a buttery, where there stood ranged in a row sixcasks of wine. One folding table and two chairs served for h. THE CONDUIT, NEAR BAYSWATER their wants, because they were not rich enough to entertain their friends. A ladder led to the upper room, which was an attic or garret, built of wood and thatched with rush. Here was the bed with a mattress, three feather beds, and two pillows. A great wooden coffer held their household gear; here were six blankets and one serge, a coverlet with shields of sendall (a kind of thin silk), eight linen sheets, four table-cloths. The clothes, which were laid in chests or hung upon the wall, consisted of three surcoats of worsted and ray ; one coat with a hood of rLANTAGENET 201 perset (peach coloured cloth), and another of worsted ; tworobes of perset ; one of medley, furred ; one of scarlet, furred;a great hood of sendall with edging ; one camise (only one !)and^half a dozen savenapes (aprons). One perceives that theinventory omits many things. Where, for instance, were thehosen and the shoon ? For kitchen utensils there were brasspots, a grate, andirons, basi
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