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the glaze and fabric being similar to such tiles. We can suggest a fourteenth-century date. Group IV. 11 and 12. Five fragments and one complete tile, 0.8 in. thick and 4.1 to 4.2 in. square, of bright orange-red fabric with fine sandy temper, grey core and no keys. White slip decoration is less than ¹/₃₂ in. thick. No. 12 has slip over impression, whereas 11 has been decorated by stamp on slip. The glaze is pale yellow. These form part of a widespread group in west Kent, the designs following closely those of the Chiltern tileries,⁷but with variation. Slight differences in the decoration have already been noted, and it is likely that they come from more than one source. Although the typology of these 'Chiltern derivatives' has not yet been worked out, it is likely that they were made to the east of London.⁸Their occurrence in Cobham church, probably as part of the refurbishing carried out by Sir John de Cobham in the 1360s, suggests a late-fourteenth-century date. Group V. 13. One fragment of bright red fabric, grit temper and grey core; 0.75 in. thick and 4.3 in. square; very slight bevel and no keying. White slip decoration ¹/₃₂ in. thick, probably applied as slip over impression, although the tile is very worn. The glaze is greenish-yellow.		Fabric and design suggest Tyler Hill, near Canterbury, as the place of manufacture, and the tile probably belongs to the early fourteenth century. Group VI. 14. One fragment, 0.8 in. thick, of bright red fabric with grit temper and inclusions of partially-fired clay; oxidized throughout. No keys, and sides slightly bevelled. Slip decoration, ¹/₁₆ in. thick, is applied over impression; the glaze is yellow-brown and the design is badly handled. This is probably part of a group attributed to the 'Westminster tiler' and occurs elsewhere in Kent, e.g. Temple Manor, Strood.⁹ Group VII. Tile mosaic (Fig. 6). Thirteen tiles of dull buff to red fabric with coarse angular sandy temper, oxidized throughout, with no keys and a medium bevel. The mosaic is of two thicknesses: 1.1 in. and 0.9 in., which suggests that they came from two different pavements. ⁷C. Hohler, 'Medieva1 Pavingtiles in Buckinghamshire', Record of Bucks, xiv (1942). ⁸S. E. Rigold, in B. J. Philp, Excavations at Faversham 1965 (1968). ⁹S. E. Rigold, 'Two Kentish Carmelite Houses - Aylesford and Sandwich', Arch. Cant., lxxx (1965), 1-28.
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