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isey-iake and wear in the manner as the Esquires and gentlemen which have land to rent to the value of © 1 L by year . C 15 . Clothiers shall make cloths accordingly , & c . ! Ehe Statute of Laboiu * ers , 23 Edw . 3 , c . 5 , was canfirmed in the 2 nd Richard 2 c . 8 and all Sheriffs

, , ahroTighout England were commanded to proclaim the saiae , * £ he 13 Eich . 2 nd , stat . 1 , c . 8 , ordained that the Justices of the Peace in every county , in two of their Sessions to be holden betwixt the Feast of Easter and S ± _ Michael , shall make proclamation by their

discre-& £ , -according to the dearth of victuals , how much every mason , carpenter , tiler , and other craftsman , ¦ workman and other labourers by the day , as well in largest as in other times of the year , after then * efegrae , shall take by the day with meat and drink , or without meat and drink , between the two sessions Be & resaid .

It -was ordered by the 12 Eich . 2 , c . 6 . That no aecvant of husbandry , or labourer , nor servant ( or ) fistiiicer , nor of victualler , shall from henceforth bear any ( buckler ) sword , nor dagger , upon forfeiture of & e same , but in time of war for the defence of the "realm of England , & c . They were , however , to have

lows and arrows , and use the same on Sundays and Islydays , and leave all playing at tennis or football , and other games called coits , dice , casting of the stone ( jEaHes ) , and other such importune games . By c . 3 of the same act , artificers , as servants and apprentices , were compelled to serve in harvest , to

eiai , gather , and bring in the corn . The 4 Henry IV ., c . 14 ( 1402 ) ordained that no Sibourer be retained to work by the week , nor that no labourers , carpenters , masons , tilers , & c , shall take any hire for the holydays , nor for the evens of feasts , where they do not labour but till the hour of noon , " bat only for the half day , upon the pain of paying to leaking for every time that he so doth the contrary , 3 XS .

161 . In the Inquisition taken on the 19 th day of March , 1345 , at Stamford , before Matthew Brown , IFSseheator of the Counties of Lincoln , JN orthumberjfeaut (?) , and Rutland , the following names occur in ifie . list of officers of Croyland Abbey : —

Eobert de Heten - Carpentaria . Simon de Elmington Comentarius . Eobert de Tatersall Plumber . The six greater officers of the Abbey were the—Magister Operis Master of the Works . Eleemosynarius Almoner . Pitanciarius Care of Pitances .

Sacristri Sexton . Camerariug Chamberlain . Celerarius Cellarer . —Bibliotlieca TopograpMa , Vol . iii ., p . 51 .

F 10 . . 49 . 162 . Tlie foundation stones of Deerhui-st Church , founded by Duke Odda , in . 1053 , aud of Ilewley Abbey , Oxford , founded by Ela Longespee , Countess

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of Salisbury , 1230 , are in the Bodeleian Library Oxford . — Gentleman ' s Mag ., I 860 , p . 622 . ' 163 . The Choir of Dunkeld Cathedral , built by Eobert the Mason , 1318-1337 . —The Cathedrals of Great Britain , Bev . Mackenzie Walcott , p . 335 . ( Fio-, 48 , Masons' Marks , Dunkeld Cathedral . ) b ' The foundation stone of the Nave was laid by Bishop Eobert Cardeny , on the 27 th April , 1406 .

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"Harry Gr . " ( Masonic Notes and Queries , No . 82 , ) asks for the names of buildings , on which "Mason ' s marks have been found . I send herewith a list of those in my possession . —B . "W . S ., Leeds . YORKCliffords Tower , 11 Cent .

Monk Bar , 14 Cent . * St . Leonard ' s Hospital . Multangular Tower , about A . D . 250 . St . Mary ' s Abbey , 1270 . Hospitium . The ' Cathedral . Crypt 1070 and 1160 .

, N . and S . Transepts and Nave . Ruins of the Archbishop ' s Palace . Cattoriek Bridge Ripon Cathedral , various dates . Fountains Abbey , various dates . Kirkstall Abbey , 1152 . Jervaulx Abbey , 1132 .

Roche Abbey , 1147 . Eurness Abbey , various dates . Bolton Abbey . Gloucester Cathedral , 1180 . Kirkby Lonsdale Bridge . New Shorehara . Church . Bristol Cathedral , 1160 . Knaresbrough Castle , temp . Henry 3 rd . Ashby de la Zouch Castle . ^ MALTON- —¦

Old Church . Tho Lodge . St . Michael ' s Chapel . Reading Abbey . Bradford Parish Church . St . John's Church , Leeds . Canterbury Cathedral .

"Worksop Priory . Haddon Hall Gateway , 1452 . Malmesbury Abby Church . Leicester , St . Marv do Castro , 1320 . St . Mary , Redclifte . Lincoln Cathedral , 1200 . Melrose Abbey .

Roslyn Chapel , 1446 . Brechin Round Towers , 1020 . Maison Dion , Brechin , 1264 . Melgund Castle , 1542 . Grantham Church . Tewkesbury Abbey Church , 1102 . Chichester Cathedral .

Leicester Castle . Carlisle Gateway , 1528 . Peterborough Cathedral , 1117 . Chapel Royal , Holyrood , 1128 , 1180 . St . Mary ' s Holyrood . Edinburgh Castle , Crown Room , 1600 . Holyrood Palace Tower , 1520 .

Grey Friar's Church , Edinburgh . Dunkeld Cathedral , 1227 . Cathedral of St . Magnus , Kirkwall .