*  furniture  of  the  parsonage,  the  wills  of  the  clergy  supply  us
authorities.     We  will  select   one  of  about  the  date  of  the

parsonage  house  which  we  have  been  studying,  to  help  us  to
f  fiimish  the  house  which  we  have  conjecturally  built. '  Here
tory  of  the  goods  of  Adam  de  Stanton,  a  chaplain,  date  1370

from  Mr.  Tymms*s  collection  of  Bury  wills.  "  Imprimis,  in
viii*-  and  i  seal  of  silver  worth  ijs."     The  money  will  seem  a

have  in  hand  when  we  consider  the  greater  value  of  money
pecially  the  comparative  scarcity  of  actual  coin.  The  seal  was
s  official  seal  as  chaplain  of  an  endowed  chantry;  we  have
iples  of  such  seals  of  the  beneficed  clergy.  "  Item,  iij  brass
•osnet  worth  xj*-  vj**  Item,  in  plate,  xxij**-  Item,  a  round  pot
r,  j*-  vj*-"  probably  an  ewer  and  basin  for  washing  the  hands,
till  used  in  Germany,  &c.  "Item,  in  iron  instruments,  vj*
i*-"  perhaps  fire  dogs  and  poker,  spit,  and  pothook.  "  Item,
essels,  iiij*-  ij*-"  probably  plates,  dishes,  and  spoons.  "  Item,
utensils,"  which,  from  comparison  with  other  inventories  of


262  The  Secular  Clergy  of  the  Middle  Ages.
