What tools were included in the 1399 York Minster lodge inventory?
According to the 1399 York Minster lodge inventory recorded in the Fabric Rolls, the tools and equipment kept in the lodge under the custody of the Keeper of the Fabric included 69 stone-axes, one big gavel, 96 iron chisels, 24 mallets, one compass, two tracing boards, one small hatchet, one handsaw, one shovel, one wheelbarrow, two buckets, one large four-wheeled truck, and two smaller trucks [3].
Other tools and implements specifically associated with stone laying were stored separately in the crypt rather than inside the lodge itself [3]. These included six stone-hammers, large setting chisels, ten "bering barwes" (thought to be hods), and appliances for winding up stone [3]. Notably, the Chapter at York did not possess any squares, levels, or plumb-rules when the lodge inventory was taken in 1399 [1][3].
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