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Francescagreenstreet: Renamed to "C5/485/75 Inventory of M:r Thomas Gaskins yard ff. 1-7"

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Renamed to "C5/485/75 Inventory of M:r Thomas Gaskins yard ff. 1-7"

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 The prices of dales vary according to type as well as length, e.g.
 foot Dales 6:li 5:s p C:d
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 //of ffebruary: 1678//
-//?Cowering dales at//
+&#124;&#124;<tableborder="1">&#124;&#124;&#124;&#124;&#124;&#124;
-//Coarse dales over the same: ?pid//
+&#124;&#124;3: 3: 20&#124;&#124;?Cowering dales at  02:li=15:s=00:d p C:d = 15:? p ?&#124;&#124;10: 15: 05&#124;&#124;
-//Coarse dales at 3:li-5:s p C:d//
+&#124;&#124;1: 2: 0&#124;&#124;Coarse dales over the saw pitt  3:li 15:s  p C:d&#124;&#124;5: 12: 6&#124;&#124;
-//Oaken baulks XX ?IInterest;//
+&#124;&#124;1: 2: 0&#124;&#124;Coarse dales at 3:li-5:s p C:d&#124;&#124;5: 8: 4&#124;&#124;
 //Long double XXfers//
 //?Barlings 4:6 peece//

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 Christiaan van Bochove, ''The Economic Consequences of the Dutch: Economic Integration Around the North Sea, 1500-1800'' (Amsterdam, 2009)
 Aksel Erhardt Christensen, ''Dutch trade to the Baltic about 1600: studies in the Sound toll register and Dutch shipping records'' (E. Munksgaard, 1941)
-C.W Pearson, "England's timber trade in the last of the 17th and first of the 18th Century, more especially with the Baltic Sea" (London, 18XX)
+C.W Pearson, ''England's timber trade in the last of the 17th and first of the 18th Century, more especially with the Baltic Sea'' (London, 18XX)
 Tim Peck, ''The International Timber Trade'' (Cambridge, 2001)
 - See Ch. 1: Historical perspective, pp. 1-15; Ch. 3: Production & consumption of wood products, pp.46-73, especially 'Types of Product'

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 //?Roules X scrue ?& Male at//
 //ffathome of peeces at//
-//?Dram halfe Dales 58:?s p C:d//
+//?Dram halfe Dales 58:?s p C:d//<ref>See following usage: "There were visits to Warren's yard at Wapping, where Pepys saw the deal ships from Norway and learned the difference between Dram and Swinsound deals" (Robert Greenhalgh Albion, ''Forests and sea power: the timber problem of the Royal Navy, 1652-1862'' (Cambridge, MA, 1926), p. 50)</ref>
 /ould quarters at 6:d p peece//
 //Long ?sound dosbalkes 3:li ?10:s//
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 //fathom Lath wood 2:li p Xath//
 //Loade 2 Bundle Laths at//
-//Burlings 2:?s: 8:d p peece is//<ref>See the following usage: "The smaller spars, usually of spruce, were referred to as "boom," "cant," and "barling," according to size." (Robert Greenhalgh Albion, ''Forests and sea power: the timber problem of the Royal Navy, 1652-1862'' (Cambridge, MA, 1926)</ref>
+//Burlings 2:?s: 8:d p peece is//<ref>See following usage: "The smaller spars, usually of spruce, were referred to as "boom," "cant," and "barling," according to size." (Robert Greenhalgh Albion, ''Forests and sea power: the timber problem of the Royal Navy, 1652-1862'' (Cambridge, MA, 1926)</ref>
 //Double XXXXX 9:?£ p  C:d//
 //ordinary Dale 5:?s p C:d//
 //Five Baulkes 7:li p C:d//
-//Rack-Dales 3:li p C:d//<ref>See usage as follows: "Were the rack deals imported from Norway superior in your opinion to American pine ? — No ; inferior for almost all purposes. ('Minutes of evidence taken before the Select Committee on timber duties', in H.M.S.O., ''House of Commons papers'' (London, 1835), p. 315)</ref>
+//Rack-Dales 3:li p C:d//<ref>See following usage: "Were the rack deals imported from Norway superior in your opinion to American pine ? — No ; inferior for almost all purposes. ('Minutes of evidence taken before the Select Committee on timber duties', in H.M.S.O., ''House of Commons papers'' (London, 1835), p. 315)</ref>
 //plaine Dales//
 //halfe Dales 2:li 5:s p hund//

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 '''f. 7'''
 //An Accompt of the Goods that was//
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 //Slitt Dales 6:?li p hund//
 //Two Cutt Dales 8:?li p hund//
-//Dozen of pantyle Laths at 16:s a Dozen//<ref>See the following usage: "A pantyle lath is 1¼ in. wide and 1in. thick.  A bundle of pantile laths consists of 10 laths 12ft. long, or 120ft. of lathing.  A bundle of plain tile laths contains 100 when the laths are 5ft. long, 125 when they are 4ft. long, and 166 when they are 3ft. long: in fact, 500 foot of lathing in this form constitutes a bundle." (Francis Chilton-Young, ''Every man his own mechanic: a complete and comprehensive guide to every description of constructive and decorative work that may be done by the amateur artisan at home and in the colonies'' (XXXX, 1890), p. 619)</ref>
+//Dozen of pantyle Laths at 16:?d a Dozen//<ref>See the following usage: "A pantyle lath is 1¼ in. wide and 1in. thick.  A bundle of pantile laths consists of 10 laths 12ft. long, or 120ft. of lathing.  A bundle of plain tile laths contains 100 when the laths are 5ft. long, 125 when they are 4ft. long, and 166 when they are 3ft. long: in fact, 500 foot of lathing in this form constitutes a bundle." (Francis Chilton-Young, ''Every man his own mechanic: a complete and comprehensive guide to every description of constructive and decorative work that may be done by the amateur artisan at home and in the colonies'' (XXXX, 1890), p. 619)</ref>

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 ===Abstract===
 The technical vocabulary used by the appraisers to itemise the timber in George Moore's & Thomas Gaskin's timber yard is extensive.
-Timber is categorised as battens, balkeins, baulks, beames, boards, dales, lathes, lumber, sparrs, and stawes
+Timber is categorised as battens, balkeins, baulks, beames, boards, dales, lath(e)s, lumber, sparrs, and stawes/stavs
 Dales are prefixed cleane, coarse, covering/cawring, cutt, halfe, ?launick, ordinary, plain, rack, white
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 Boards are prefixed barrel, oaken, and elm boards
 Stawes are prefixed barrel stawes
 The prices of dales vary according to type as well as length, e.g.
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 //Coarse Dales over the saw=pitt at 3:li = 15:s p hund//
 //Coarse Dales at 3:li = 5:s p hund//
-//Oaken ?Bankes and ??Ankerst  0:li = 9:s p p:ce//
+//Oaken Baukes and ??Ankerst  0:li = 9:s p p:ce//
 //Long double ?Enfers 0:li = 2:s = 4:d p p:ce//
 //Barlings 0:li = 4:s = 0 p p:ce//<ref>See the following usage: "The smaller spars, usually of spruce, were referred to as "boom," "cant," and "barling," according to size." (Robert Greenhalgh Albion, ''Forests and sea power: the timber problem of the Royal Navy, 1652-1862'' (Cambridge, MA, 1926)</ref>

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 ===Abstract===
-The technical vocabulary used by the appraisers to itemise the timber in Thomas Gaskin's timber yard is extensive.
+The technical vocabulary used by the appraisers to itemise the timber in George Moore's & Thomas Gaskin's timber yard is extensive.
 Timber is categorised as battens, balkeins, baulks, beames, boards, dales, lathes, lumber, sparrs, and stawes
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 Drani Dales at 4:li = 15:s = p C:d
 Long Rack dales 4:li = 10s p C:d
 White Dales 3:li 7:s 6:d p C:d
 ?Mawa Dales at 3:li 10:s p C:d
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 Width of the timber is occasionally mentioned, e.g. "foote Elme boards p foote"
-Types of wood identifeid are oak, elm, and fir
+Types of wood identified are oak, elm, and fir
 Oak is priced higher than fir, e.g. oak balkes are prices ar 4:s per piece vs. 3:s per piece for fir balkes
-Some descriptions hint at the geographical origins of the timber, e.g. "Christiana ordinary"
+Some descriptions hint at the geographical origins of the timber, e.g. Christiana ordinary, Larwick dales, Drani Dales, ?Mawa Dales, ?Launick dales
 The colour of timber is occasionally described as white or yellow
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 //?LoXXX & 5:? Lath 20:?s p  Loade//
 //XXXXX halfe Dales at 5:li - 15:s p C:d//
-//Co?wringe Dales 2:li - 10:s p C:d//
+//Cowringe Dales 2:li - 10:s p C:d//
 '''f. 4'''
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 //?Mawa Dales at 3:li 10:s p C:d//
+//Covering Dales at 02:li=15:s p C:d//
+//Coarse Dales over the saw=pitt at 3:li = 15:s p hund//
+//Coarse Dales at 3:li = 5:s p hund//
+//Oaken ?Bankes and ??Ankerst  0:li = 9:s p p:ce//
+//Long double ?Enfers 0:li = 2:s = 4:d p p:ce//
+//Barlings 0:li = 4:s = 0 p p:ce//<ref>See the following usage: "The smaller spars, usually of spruce, were referred to as "boom," "cant," and "barling," according to size." (Robert Greenhalgh Albion, ''Forests and sea power: the timber problem of the Royal Navy, 1652-1862'' (Cambridge, MA, 1926)</ref>
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 ===Possible secondary sources===
 C.W Pearson, "England's timber trade in the last of the 17th and first of the 18th Century, more especially with the Baltic Sea" (London, 18XX)
 Tim Peck, ''The International Timber Trade'' (Cambridge, 2001)
 - See Ch. 1: Historical perspective, pp. 1-15; Ch. 3: Production & consumption of wood products, pp.46-73, especially 'Types of Product'

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 The prices of dales vary according to type as well as length, e.g.
-  Broad Dales at 15 p peece
+foot Dales 6:li 5:s p C:d
-  Cleane dales 15:d peece
+foot Dales 5:li 5:s p C:d
-  Slitt dales at 11:d p peece
+Drani Dales at 4:li = 15:s = p C:d
-  Halfe Dales slitt 5:d p peece
+Long Rack dales 4:li = 10s p C:d
 Quantities mentioned are dozens, quarters, fathoms, pieces