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 446 Hiflory of Dojneftic Manners hall of Margaret Cottam, widow, of Gatefliead, in 1564, were " one iron chimney, one porr, one payre of toynges, gibcrokes, rakincroke, and racks." The gibcrokes was probably a fort of pothook or jack. Nearly the fame lift of articles occurs frequently in fubfequent inventories. In No. 280. Ornamental Fire-irons, Sixteenth Century. 1567, a houfekeeper of Durham had among other fuch articles "a gallons (gallows) of iron with iiij. crocks." The gallows was, of courfe, the crofs-bar of iron, which projefted acrofs the chimney, and from which the crooks or chains with hooks at the end for fuftaining pots were fufpended ;