Parish priests and their people in the Middle Ages in England . f the thirteenth cen-tury, and in the succeeding centuries, a greater refine-ment of domestic customs was introduced, and otherapartments were added.* In the fifteenth and sixteenthcenturies, the walls of the hall were built a little higher,and an upper floor put in so as to convert the roofinto a sleeping loft, lighted by a couple of dormerwindows ; and this plan of a central hall with a loftover, its longer side to the front, flanked by a two-storybuilding at one end with its gable to the front flushwith the hall, and another bu
Parish priests and their people in the Middle Ages in England . f the thirteenth cen-tury, and in the succeeding centuries, a greater refine-ment of domestic customs was introduced, and otherapartments were added.* In the fifteenth and sixteenthcenturies, the walls of the hall were built a little higher,and an upper floor put in so as to convert the roofinto a sleeping loft, lighted by a couple of dormerwindows ; and this plan of a central hall with a loftover, its longer side to the front, flanked by a two-storybuilding at one end with its gable to the front flushwith the hall, and another building at the other endof the hall containing the ojffices, was the generalplan of the houses of the middle classes of the people. * Now hath each rich a ruleTo eaten by themselve,In a privy parlourFor poor man sake,Or in a chamber with a chimney ;And leave the chief hall,That was made for mealsMen to eaten in. The * Vision of Piers Ploughman. PARSONAGE HOUSES. 151 Thousands of them, more or less disguised by lateradditions, still remain all over the y<~y-z=^
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