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 1688-89] Churchwardens Accounts. 37

tenure of William Sheere, deceased.]— Total rents xvij^' xiij^ ix*^.

{Other r^r^;//j-]— Richard Sawell and others his parteners fifor the markett howse and ffayres xij'' Itm Receyved of the pishioners of Tavistock towardes a rate made for the settinge fourthe of Souldyers for the guardinge of the Oueenes ma*'«^^ pson And towardes the mayneteynaunce of the Churche this yere as appeareth by a Booke of the pticulers thereof xxxj'' xMiij^' 'W ffytz August 18, 1588, vjw vj*^ Walter Barges for the fiformes of the Churche this yere ij^ ix'^ [Twelve and a half pounds of old Ire sold xij*^ ob 1307 weight of lead 'taken downe of the Porche and solde after the rate of x^ everie Hundred,' vj^' x* v'^.]

Total receipts Ixxvij^' v^ v*^ ob.

{Payments — The payments commence with the chief rents— total xxiiij^ ij^^ ob — which are paid to the Queen, John Glanvyle esq., the Portreeve, Charles Grills gent, my lorde of Bedfords Bayliff, Richard Hals esq his Bayliff (almshouse), John ffytz esq 'for the ponyon ende of the howse where William Vynton dwelleth,' also for parcel of the higher market house, one of the high rents paid to the portreeve being for parcel of the lower; 'for the suite at pcell courte by the yere vj*^.']

Itm gaue M' Bickell, W Batteshill, M"" Knighte, and other Preachers who preached att Seu^'all tymes in the pishe Churche this yere ix^ viij'^ Itm paide for a longe Rope for the Lower ende of the littell Bell x*^ Itm paide for Wyne and Breade this yere for the Comunyon Table Ix^ iij*^ Itm paid John Drake the Scholemaster for teach- inge in the Grammer Scole this yere xij^' Itm paide to Nicholas Watts for wages for teachinge of the littell Children this yere iiij'* Itm paide att the muster in August last past xl* Itm paide in August laste for the expenses of the Souldiers att Plympton vij^ Itm paide to John Purges for his paynes in goinge with the Thrum [drum] vj^ Itm paide the Eighteenth of August laste to Richard Drake towardes the charge of the Tynners vj" Itm paide to AP" ffytz which he loned M"" ffysher xx» Itm paide to M"" Nicholas Glanvile for the like xxiij^ iiij^ Itm paide vnto M"" Houghton, IVP Lybb, M"^ Dennes, M'" Moore, M"" Scawen, Richard Drake, Walter Kedleighe, and the widdowe Nicholl, everie of them x^ whiche they before had loned ]\P ffysher, in the whole iiij" Itm paide vnto Thomas Sowton, Walter Master, William Grills, Richard Brewen, and Peter Edgecombe for the like, eu''ie of them

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