I think I'd better tidy up before I disappear for the weekend. Oddly enough, I'd put in one question I thought would be really easy and one I thought would be very hard. Those are the two we're left with (though Raedwulf has satisfied ous one one, I think ... thanks). I'll leave it up to you to decide which is which. Here's my notes on the remaining two.

1300-1400 - FALSE - Well, one out of three's not bad! ... From The Pardoner's Tale "As riot, hazard, stewes, and taverns; / Where as with lutes, harpes, and giterns, / They dance and play at dice both day and night, / And eat also, and drink over their might;" (this is not the only example of a traditional pub session in Chaucer). Chaucer didn't mention Morris Dancing, nor Hunting the Wren. If he had done the latter, I'd have been the first to put it into the DTStudy: Cutty Wren thread!!!

1400-1500 - FALSE - The office of the Exchequer, so called because it made use of the new technology (the Exchequer or Counting Table), was introduced during the reign of Henry I (1100-1135). It worked in a way similar to an abacus and the English Exchequer continued to use it for tallying tax payments and the like until 1826. Now, they say they use computers ...

Thanks for your patience, and all the work you put in! I really appreciate it!

Cheers!
Ian