Excerpt from History and Antiquities of Nottingham, Vol. 2: In Which Are Exhibited the Various Institutions, Manner, Customs, Arts, and Manufactures of the People; Their Social and Domestic Habits; Civil and Political Conditions, Under Every Successive Government, From Their Conquests by the Normans, Danes, Saxons The dwelling houses of town's people are much more comfort able now than formerly, the principal material employed in their erection was wood, the engraving we have given of the old town hall may serve as an example. Clocks with strings and weights hung against the wall, something like our Dutch clocks, are mentioned in the reign of Edward IV. April 4, 1480. To John of Paris, clock-maker, the sum of GBP16. Os. L0d., ordered for him by the said lord in the month of March for a clock, which has a dial-plate, and which sound the hours, garnished with all that pertains to it, which the said lord caused to be taken and bought, that he might carry it with him to every place whither he might go, but the enormous price of a clock in those days, would prevent their being common even among merchants and for he who would possess one, must pay as much money would pur chase an estate of sixty-four acres of land. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.