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Document 4

   

DOCUMENT NO.4: DETAILS OF BUILDING MATERIALS SUPPLIED AT DARTFORD 1541-1544

 

Thomas Sherborowe of London, smith, supplied six soldering irons for the plumbers to solder pipes....2s.6d.

Mr. Lye of Ipswich supplied 18 loads of oak timber at a cost of £5.11s.8d. The timber was transported to Dartford by river.

Thomas Mayo of Dartford supplied 13 loads of straw used to thatch the sheds at the Round Kiln in the Chalkpits at 20d per load.

Mr. Parkins of London supplied 1 dozen pails to be used by the bricklayers and mortar-men....2s. 6d per dozen.

Red Ochre was purchased from John Davy of London....three hundreds of ochre at 20d the hundred.

15,733 lbs of lead were brought from Westminster to be employed and expended in and upon the King’s building of his manor.

Myllys Dylbocke of Bexley, tilemaker, supplied 6,000 house tiles at 4s.6d per thousand.

William Kenham of Dartford supplied 2 bushels of tile pins at 6d the bushel.

John Sedcop of Bexley supplied 10 dozen hurdles for the construction of scaffolds at 2s. the load.

John Brett, tanner of Dartford, supplied five quarters of small hair at 15d the quarter.

John Warde of London supplied 22 tons of stone, for the battlements, at 10s. the ton. This stone was transported to Dartford by river.

Robert Staple of Orpington supplied 350 elm boards.

Thomas Edwards of Dartford supplied four dozen pounds of candles at 5s.

Mr. Dryver of Limehouse supplied 6 chawder of Newcastle coals to burn lime with.

Sander Maynarde of North Cray supplied 600 plain tiles at 4s. per thousand.

William Docker, blacksmith, of London supplied one pair of great hinges for the great gate for the West Gate weighing 200 lbs. at 2d the pound.

THE SOURCE OF EQUIPMENT AND MATERIALS

BRICKS Deptford
Horton
Wilmington
Limehouse
Bexley
TIMBER Dartford
Malling
Farningham
Tunbridge
Otford
Borden
Tunstall
Otford
Borden
Rodmersham
Stratford (East London)
Joydens (Bexley)
Weybridge (Surrey)
Chislehurst
Ipswich (Suffolk)
Lesnes Abbey
Sutton-at-Hone
Knole (Sevenoaks)
Bretons (Sevenoaks)
STONE Westminster (old Palace of Westminster)
Barking Abbey (Essex)
Canterbury (King’s Storehouse)
Greenwich (King’s Storehouse)
Maidstone
London
LEAD Canterbury
Westminster
LATHS Lewisham
Baddow (Essex)
TILES Rochester
North Cray
Dartford
Barking Abbey
PLASTER OF PARIS Rouen
Danzig

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