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Also there is a good mynd of ironn wc of it all redy mayd xxic waygt wc is at Bristow in the costo dy of won thomas. ….. .. gaddes /
Also there (is) ii gaddes of irann redy made… the ironn myne…..ii gad wayth ic waygt a pece / this is all the ironne that is made at this (day)
Also there is above ground by the Ironne mynd xxc wayght of ironne ore wc the Ca of the said iron mynde affirms that every iiic wayght of ore shall mack a gad of iic wayght of ironne and som weyght mor the ….of ….. gad /
Also there is working in the sayd Ironne mynd iii men daylle wherof won hews the mynd another hews tymber to stay the mynd and another bears the ore upp the wiche. bear bring upp in a daye of the sayd ore a bove ground 1 C wayght.
wages of thos iii men that dygythe the mynd hath xii d a daye aftr the … of the forist of Dene / the iid man that charys the sayd ironne mynd hath vi d a daye the iiid man wcis the ….. of the wor a bove grownd hath vi d a daye / wc do amount ii sh each daye
All this myndis hath been dygyd by us at the kyngs coste
John Ellis
Willm Monmothe
Also there is a man and a hors that carrishe the sayd Ironne wor from the mynd to the forge wher shalbe moltynd wc hathe viii d the daye to go xvi tymes the daye and carishe at (each tyme) i c weyght wc do amount xvi c every daye
also ther ys v men won ys keppethe the ffire to mylt the sayd ironne wor hathe xii d a daye after the use of the forest fore sayd and there is iiii men at the byllos which of iii blows at a tyme and won of then stand voyd to refrecheth the other for the bloweth vi or vii hours at every gad is myltyng [&] thus the macke ii gads & day wc every gad weyghs Ic weyght and so(me) what morre wc every gad is rightways worth v .. the sayd iiii men that by the blowars and hewars of the sayd gad after yt is melting every day vii d oh by the daye wiche montyth ii s vi d the daye to the sayd men and xii d to the firman wc montythe iii s vi the sayd v men
Also there is iii men Colliers to macke colls for ye /sd ironne wiche hathe every of them vi d a daye amount every xviii d this is perteynyng to the sayd Ironne mynde
This mynd of Ironne is v fathom depe and iiii fathom in est wardes and v fot brode above and from the bottom unto the vaynes estwards iii fot
John Ellis
william monmothe