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A MEDIEVAL CITY

and especially Shambles, I/ittle Shambles, and the
passages leading from them, help one to realise the
appearance of mediaeval streets and ways.

C. BUILDINGS

Dwelling-houses ranged from big town residences
of noble or distinguished families, by way of the
beautifully decorated, costly houses of the rich
middle-class merchants, to the humble dwellings

COOKING WITH THE SPIT.

of the poorest inhabitants. Every type of house
from the palace to the hovel was well represented.
The Archbishop's Palace, consisting of hall, chapel,
quadrangle, mint, and gateway with prison, was
near the Minster. Beyond the fine thirteenth-
century chapel (now part of the Minster library
buildings) hardly a trace of this undoubtedly
splendid residence is left. The Percies had a great
mansion in Walmgate. In other parts were the
mansions of the Scropes and the Vavasours. It is,
however, the houses of the prosperous traders that
are the most interesting, for in them we see the
kind of house a man built from the results of
successful business. Most houses were of timber;
those of the more wealthy were of stone and timber,