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p d to Daniell blowers for carienge of mucke from the Toune walle. . . . . . vi cl

for makinge iii supplicacons. . . . v s

th* was spent upon the quenes Carpinter. . v d for iiii or blockes th* was sett up to avoyde y e cartes fro the market. . . . * . xii d

p d for y tenne comandemets in y e church e for y e book of advtisement. . . . . . xvi d

anore for nayles & y e settinge uppo. . ii

1583

The entry of expenses incurred when "kagis weare hanged up " refers to the beacons.

p a unto the widdowe Couper for beero to y e

toune haule upon thelection daye.. .".

p d to Daniell Blowers for whippinge ofia

woman. . .. . . tt

p d for winterynge of y e toune bull in

Uountrye .. .. ......

p d to father blowers for fetchinge home of the

bulle ............

p d for a cart th* gromes maide was whipte at < p d to Robte nelson for a smockeaneckercher

& a napron for y j mother th 1 mo r grave

'

th fire

p d to y e comissarye for takinge of o r byalls in- dented for mariags & ca. . . . v

p d to John Fiske y xxviii* 1 daye of Aprill 84 for takinge batcher to prents & to dis- charge y u Toune of him. . . . . . iiiiu

p d tc manbye for killinge of a moulle. . . . i d to myles his wiPfe for beere when y kagis

weare hanged uppe j^i

p d to daye the vitler for beer when the kages

& the harneis weare hanged uppe iiii d t3 the pursivant th* brought y pclamacons for wyne. . . . . . . . 1^ _ 3

p a DO Robte nelson for a dooblet clothe for gates & for Lyninge Fasinge silke & buttons bothe for his Coate & Dooblett x s viii d p (1 to Smithe the Clarke for di a'yeres wagis

ended at christmes 84 ..Wf*1.. xxiii s iv d

p (l to gates for goynge to S r Robte wingeff eldes xii d more to him when he went from London to v

Ctourte > xii a

more to him for a paile th* the masons broke

him iiiid

p' 1 for lyninge for an upper boclye for v e I amo mother. . . . . . p " _ iiia

p d to John Cobbe for ii Salmons for y l! toune' vi* v (1 p d to gryffyn for y iiii lir waites d ynners . . xvi (1

Aldeburgh, Suffolk. ARTHUR T. WINN. (To be continued.)

PICKAXE. It may be worth noting Hugh of Abernethy, sheriff of Roxburgh, &c., rendered an account, not exactly dated, but printed in ' Exchequer Rolls of Scotland I.' (1878) 30, as of 1264-6, shewing that on the day of the account there remained in his keeping (inter alia}: "duo haubergelle, vnum pars calligarum ferrearum, quatuor- decim targys, et duodecim bipennes-piceys." The phrase seems worth noting for the supplement of the 'O.E.D.' Q. V;

NOAH'S AJRK COATS. In the middle of the nineteenth century this term was commonly applied to the long coats then worn by the Tractarian clergy, but I do not know whether it found its way into literature or not. It arose out of a picture in ' Punch ' of a little girl asking her mother "Why do those gentlemen wear coats like the funny little men in my Noah's Ark ? " The term "caught on " immediately. J. T. F.

Winterton, Lines.

THE ROYAL SOVEREIGN : PEPYS'S SALARY. The recent correspondence in the Literary Supplement of The Times on the subject of the Sovereign of the Seas (or the Royal Sovereign) has caused me to examine a laval MS. in the Library of the Reform Dlub which has not, I think, been described Before. It is evidently an official document and runs to 116 numbered pages of 8vo size, and is bound in black morocco with gold ooling. The title-page is as follows :

"The | method of Building, Rigging | Appareli- ng & furnishing his Ma* ies | Ships of Wirr according o | their Rates | with the exact Proportion <fe harge | of all things requisite thereunto | Also | "he charge of Wages & Victualls | and necessaries a well for Ships in | Harbour as att Sea. | The ber & charge of Officers | and Workmen at ach Dockyard | for building & repairing I his la* ies Ships | with the Salaries & Allowances | ranted by his Ma* ie | to | Comm rB & Officers | ppointed for | the Governm* | of the same."

The latest date mentioned in it is 1687, the date of the building of the Sedgemore, a vessel of the 4th Rate.

The list of ships is headed with the R 11 Soveraign, 1st Rate, and the following par- ticulars are given : Length of keele, 127 ft. ; breadth, 48 ft. ; depth, 19 ft. ; burthen, 1,545 tuns; Draught of Water, 22 ft. ; built arms 1637 at Woolwich by Peter Pett. The value of the hull, launched, is stated to be 29,840. The only other reference to the Royal Sovereign is on p.. 42 where it is stated that the masts cost 045 4s. Gd. It will be seen that the dimensions agree with the list