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 ACCOUNTS. 211 edifices, &c., to the same garden belonging : To hold to the said Mayor, Aldermen, and Commonalty for ever : To be held of the chief lords of the fee by the accustomed rents and services. Given on the ist May, 17th Elizabeth. 1576. The account of. Thomas Hickcs, Mayor. P d iij Italians vv ch had lost their shippe, i2d. ; for mending of the pewe w ch the prist doeth sit in, in the Church, 8d. ; for mending of the Pillory, 2d. ; to a po re lame man vv ch came from London, 6d. ; for fetching a woman from Petherwyn whose husband was put in the Pillory by M r Maio rs commandment, 4d. ; for a piece of tymber to make a rammer, and for a fraile to cary stones, 3d. ; for an acquittance for paym 1 of the rent due to the'poore of St. Leonards, 4d.; for a yard of canvas for Ffrostes doblet, i2d.; riding to Mr. Egecombe's, at Calstock, for that he wold take order for the bringing out of wheat into the markett, i2d.; W m Symons "hadd a new paier of garters, of silke, to bind W m Wyse withall," 2od.; for half a calyver, and for a moryan, ns. 4d.; going to Lesant to my L. Bishoppe w th a man that cut a purse in Rob* Hocken's shoppe, 6d. j for killing of wantes w th in this burgh grounde, 3s. 6d. The Mayor demandeth allowance for his expenses to London, w* his man and two horses, for the space of xxi daies, after the rate of 6s. 8d. every day, vij li; itm, the same tyme to one Mr. Gybbes, a counseler, for drawing up the bill of compt to the Lord Treasurer, xs. ; to Mr. Osborne's clarke for searching the recordes in his master's office, 2s. 6d. ; to Mr. Morley, clarke of the Pipe Office, for a copy of the pticulers in the same office, 3s. 4d.; to Mr. Smythe for subscribing his hand to the same pticulers, 3s. 4d. ; pd Jor the Towne Sea/e, 16s. ; to Froste, the chaple boye, against Xmas, 1576, iij and half yardes of fyne kersy, to make his hosen w th all, 4s.; pd for the measure for the bushell of ots in the market house, i6d. 1577. The account of Sampson Piper, gen: Mayor. Pd. for candells for the hall, at the first comyng of the newe Recorder, id.; for making cleane of ij mooryans, 6d. [Numerous entries appear in this account for leasing of stones for the waiemakers.] To one Michael Heine, when he was sworne in the hospitall of St. Leonardes, i2d.; pd. towards the Haven of Tyntagell, 6d. ; to the enterlude players, viz., my L. Stafford's men, 13s. 4d. ; to the p 2