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 ACCOUNTS. 151 Blessed Mary ; for " one unce " and £■ of silver for the staff of one mase of the Commonalty, to be made by "le workman," and for making the same new, 2s.; for one ''burs" bought by the stewards, for holding the money which they received by the collection of rents ; wages about the house called quadrangell ; for making a ditch between Scardon lands and Heye, 66..; for two " payre " of iron " gevys," bought by the bailiffs of the Commonalty, 2s. 2d.; for two "semes" and one "kniycche" of " spearrs ;" for cc and half and half a quarter of straw ; for bread expended upon the Election of a Burgess in Parliament at Le Gildehall, one halfpenny; expenses incurred at the Guildhall concerning the deliberation on distraining when there were arrears, and also as to selling the distress; for making a covenant for land of the priests in this year ; for washing the Church Gild of the Blessed Mary; for carriage of timber, by ten wains, from Huntene- ford to Launceston, at 8d. each waggon ; expenses of twenty men about the same, is. 8d.; wages to Richard Clokmaker for one lokke to the chest in the sun-dial before the Cross, is. 8d.; for carriage of timber from Berbygan to the Guildhall, 3d.; for " sarraring " timber, and for " plaunchyngg " the house of John Coullecote; to a mason for "playesteryng;" wages and materials for covering the Church and almshouse, and repairing houses of. specified persons; for 2 qrs. 3"bushells" of " lyme," called "le Brugge Lyme," and carriage of same to the town ; wages for " le fruthynge " of " le ditch " of the piece lately of Thomas Cade, and "le Comenmede;" for carriage of nineteen semes of helyngston from Bastehaye to the Church; for "thatchyng" of a hay house one day, 4d. ; expenses of the Mayor, and of Thomas Cork, when they rode to London on matters of the Commonalty in this year, jQ6 13s. 4d.; for expenses of the Mayor when he rode to Exeter towards the parliament at another time, 3s. 4d.; ditto of the Mayor and Commonalty when they were at Hey to overlook the bounds between the lands of Blygh, and the land of Champyon, and the lands of the Mayor and Commonalty, 2d.; for candles expended about "le masynnes " and. "le capenterys " in the house of John Colecote, id.; for two "semes of clotts" from Scardon, id. Total expenditure for the year, ^51 2s. 5fd. 1468. The following are entries taken from an account, on paper, headed Magister Nicholas Crese, date, 7 Edward IV.