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medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture In a message dated 14/04/2006 19:06:40 GMT Standard Time, [log in to unmask] writes: > you've left out the part about whether this was land or water transport, > Gordon. > In fact, John, this ppears to have been land transport. Douglas Knoop and G P Jones (whose work on Vale Royal Saltzman was summarising) write in The Medieval Mason, 3rd ed, Manchester UP, 1967, page 45 that at Vale royal in the three years 1278, 1279 and 1280, 35,000 loads of stone were carted from the quarries at Eddisbury some 4 or 5 miles to the site of the abbey. The quarrier' wages amounted to £104 and the remuneration of the carters to £347. Gordon Plumb ********************************************************************** To join the list, send the message: join medieval-religion YOUR NAME to: [log in to unmask] To send a message to the list, address it to: [log in to unmask] To leave the list, send the message: leave medieval-religion to: [log in to unmask] In order to report problems or to contact the list's owners, write to: [log in to unmask] For further information, visit our web site: http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/medieval-religion.html