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 1655-1725] Churchwardens Accounts. 51

[The almshouse lands are set forth as follows : — Given by John Couch, gent : Arther Cake for new house in Butcher Street, id. a year ; and house late widow Hocka- day, with garden, £t, 12s.; Daniel Budge for barn, meadow, and close at Banawel, ^^5 6s. ; John Wood for meadow at Ins well, £1 i6s. ; Elizabeth Hoidge for house at Banawel], £1 6s. 8d. ; Bartholomew Row, house and garden in West Street [;^3 6s. 8d.] ; Edward Bound, house and garden in West Street, £2 los. ; Stephen Chapman, house and garden in ford Street, 5s. — Total, £\8 2s. 5d.

[Given by Mrs. Agnes Servington : Charles Gary for tenement by the brook late John Haruye, ^i los., and garden beyond the malt mill, 17s. ; in all, £2 17s.

[Given by Mr. William Grills : George Smith, tenement at Gulworthy, £ ; James Rapson, ditto, 12s.; twelve shillings lost.

[Given by Mrs. Mary Glanvill, widow : Jacob Sanders for eighth part of a field called the Strout at Bowden hill, 4s.

[Given by Lady Knivet : Mrs. Russell, annual rent out of lands in Rubbytown, 12s.; Henry Mattacot for rent of lands there (elsewhere said to be in Cudliptown), 12s,, which was bestowed in turues distributed among the poor people in the almshouse on All Saints' day, Christmas-day, and Candlemas day.

[Given by Mr. Nicholas Watts : Mary Hockaday for a tenement on the Reeue, 15s., bestowed in books and given to several poor people.

[The payments to the almshouse people — eleven— were : July 26, 1724, £4. 19s. ; Oct. 30, ;^4 19s.; Jan. 27, £/\. 19s.; April 30, 1725, to ten, £/^ los.]

[?] Fragment of account i8th century.

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A Churchwardens' Record Book with the memorandum on the first page : — ' This booke is to Lye in the hands of the Churchwardens & is to be deliuered over from one to other yeare after yeare.'

Also the following :

'The 9**^ day of July, 1660. Memorandum that it is this day agreed by the Masters of the Towne & parish of Tauistocke that they will meet together in the

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