A buff jerkin is an oiled oxhide jerkin, as worn by soldiers. He navigated with the Thomas Mercer chronometer he carried under his jerkin. Usually this comprised only a quilted "aketon" or jerkin and a conical steel helmet. They wore a leather jerkin, although individuals of high status wore high-quality metal armor. It is a two-story pink sandstone house, with a shingled Jerkin head roof. A battle jerkin and chest rig were known items. The main facade features a projecting two-bay cross-gable with a jerkin head roof. There is a jerkin head roof with dormer windows. At some point he made the priest Bales a jerkin. A tailor by trade, he was charged with making a jerkin for a priest.