muster in August last past, xls; pd. 18th Aug. last to Richard Drake, towards the charge of the Tynners, vjl"; and at Morebath, in 1566 (p. 218), among particulars of soldiers' pay to the Pyners, vs (the "P" surely a misreading or misprint for "T"). The Hon. J. W. Fortescue kindly writes me that " the miners of the Stannaries were employed from very early times as sappers and miners for British Armies"; and among the Savile-Foljambe MSS.1 I note one dated 15 February, 1557, "at the English Camp before Hawme," warranting a payment by the Earl of Pembroke to Thomas Langford for the wages of "200 miners." "the In a Certificate of 1572 (quoted by Col. Walrond from State Papers, Dom. Eliz., Vol. LXXXIX, No. 26), nomber of th' abell men mustered within the said countie [Devon] as well Tynners as marryners" (i.e. inclusive of these) is set down as 9224. 12 In 1577 the "able men" of the county numbered 10,000 (Stowe MS., No. 570). The "Lay Subsidy Rolls,' at the Record Office, contain long lists of "Stannators " (i.e. Tinners); No. 1, of 11th Ed. III, giving a particularly full and clear roll of the names of those in the Ancient Demesne of Suthtauton." The South Tawton Churchwardens' Accounts mention musters at CHAGFORD (which Ormerod says was made a Stannary Town in 1328); but whether all the South Tawton men mustered there, or only such of them as were Tinners, I am not sure. There are also several allusions to "Foreigners," notably the payment, in 1586, for the discharge of the foreigners from bringing their armour to Dunsford (the seat of the rural deanery in which South Tawton then lay). Non-stannators —as such—were classed as "Foreigners" in the language of the Stannary Courts, e.g. . . . in Causes personal between tinner and foreigner" (Fodinae Regules, p. 12); but in this case we may perhaps interpret the word, in its wider sense, as non-natives of England. Foreigners were more heavily taxed in "Lay Subsidies,” etc., than natives; and in 1542, I understand, they were formally prohibited from carrying bow and arrows without the King's licence; but these considerations hardly bear on the items quoted. 1 Printed by the Royal Commissioners on Historical MSS., p. 7. 2 e.g. Nos. 15, 14, 14. Mr. Fortescue suggests that they may have been Foreign Mercenaries-Almains. In the Calendar of State Papers,1 I note under "Musters taken in the spring of 1539, Lydford," the memo : . . Most part of this parish be tinners, which do muster always before the warden of the Stannary." 21 April, 1577.2 Commissioners of Musters for Devonshire, to the Council. Have taken order for 500 men to be trained. Request directions from the Council to the Lord Warden of the Stannaries, as to the 50 men allotted for the tinners. Have not yet determined on the captains for training them. 3 (1580). General Certificate of all the able men within the four jurisdictions of the Stannaries in the County of Devon, viewed and mustered by Sir Arthur Bassett, deputy to the Earl of Bedford, Lord Warden of those Jurisdictions. The late Mr. P. F. S. Amery3 quotes from a State Paper of 1588, a report dated 18th March, sent by the Lord Lieutenant, the Earl of Bath, to the Council, stating that "divers gentlemen claim protection of the Stanneries, and refuse to attend the general muster." Of items in the South Tawton Accounts which relate or seem to relate to military matters, the following are the more noteworthy : 1524 ijs receptis de Joh'ne Baron p armis emptis. 1529-30 Sol' p factur' huius compot' & cedule int' co'is expens' viija. Sol' Willmo oxenham p factur' sedular' de le mowyste (schedule of the muster), iiijd. sol' 1551 (Subs.) 1553-4 petit alloc' de viijd payed to the sawdyers. for scrowynge of the harnys the Caryenge & re caringe of the same vs vd. 1554-5 paid unto Wyllyam Battyshell for fettyng home the church harnees vs ijd. paid to prolonge a nother day before the comyssioners iiijd. 1 State Papers, For. & Dom. Henry VIII, Vol. IV, Pt. I, p. 267. 2 Cal. State Pap., Dom. Eliz., ref. to Vol. CXII, 23. 3 Ibid., ref. to Vol. CXXXVIII, 36. In 1599 Sir Walter Raleigh was Warden of the Stannaries. (Add. MSS., 34,224.) 5 Devon N. & Q., April, 1900, p. 51, citing State Papers, Dom. Eliz., XXI. 1555-6 1556-7 to Wyllym Battyshill & John Dunnyng for there expences to appere before the comyssyoners xvd. to Robert Wonston for carynge of fursses for the fyre beken xvjd. too iiij men to appere before the comyssyoners iiijs. payd for caryche of the harnes & for mett & dre'cke and for the iiij men whyche dyd apere before Sr Thomas Denes iijs. for scowryng of the harnes ijs. to Wyllya' Smyth for the Tyn'ers xxijs. pd to Gregory at Ocha'tone ija. pd for lether for the harnes xijd. to Gregory for dressyng ye harnes ijs viijd. pd for a Narmyng Sorde xijd (i.e. an arming sword). 1557-8 layd out for settynge forthe of the ffereners xljs vd. pd to Mayster battyshil & his co'pany for rydyng to exeter there charges vjs viijd. 1558-9 1559-60 to Thomas Kellond senior for scowring of the church harneys xviijd. 1563 (Subs.) pade unto Wat. Gedlegh for sawldyers xxxiijs iiija. payd unto Master Battyshyll for Sawldyers cottes vs payd for ye makyng of Bottes xijd. 1569 (Subs.) paide to Mr Esbroke for the costletts ijli vjs viijd. 1569-70 pd for scowring of the churche harnys. payed for makyng of the beacon xvjd. 1570-1 to the Constable of the Hundred x3. 1571-2 to ij men to ryde to Credyton before the Justyces. pd for makyng of a byll for the muster of the pd for the leke byll for the tynn's (i.e. Tinners) xijd. 1572-3 payd to Richard Estbrooke for his rydyng to Mr 1536-7 Careye, xvjd. payd at the muster at Chagford for ent'yng of our bill vjd. payd for a murryn (i.e. Morion) and for other charges xjs ijd. payd John Thomas for ye discharge of the farynars from bringing of their armour to Dunceford xviijd. payd for the bill iiijd. 1589-90 payd for match for ye gunne men vjd.1 1590-91 for scowring the pish armour & strapping the same xxd. 1 Cf. Churchwardens' Accounts, St. Giles, Durham, 1595. "Paid to the connstaple for asesment to the Salt Peter man a penne of the pound xd." 1603-4 pd. unto John Battishill which he had bestowed upon certaine souldiers when he was Constable iiijs. pd. John Rowe Constable of the Hundred. 1650 1651 1648 1648 1662 1662 1663 1665 Andrew Burne for carrinige of souldiers 4s. pd to Wm Crocker & Joan Arscott quartering of souldiers. pd Mr. Oxenham the Hundred Constable. [This can hardly be young John Wykes, the head of North Wyke, who died 20 September, 1661, of consumption, but might, perhaps, be his uncle, John Weekes, of Blackhall, who died 1680.] pd. at Midsomer quarter for muster masters fee 5a. pd. to the soldiers that were prest away for Tangeer 4s 6d. It may be questioned whether the fire-beacons, referred to in the South Tawton Accounts of 1555-6 and 1569, were piled on the historic site of such signals in that district-the top of Cosdon, alias Cawsand Hill-or whether they flared from the church tower, in token of rejoicing,1 or possibly to summon the neighbourhood to a local muster. The Instructions2 "taken" at Exeter by the Earl of Bedford, Lieut.-General, in 1558, enjoin that "all suche Beacons as hath been accustomably used and sett uppon the see costs or else where they have byn last used, be . erected and reedifyed as in their former state,” etc.; and that men of understanding be appointed as watchers. 1 The Churchwardens' Accounts of St. Michael's, Worcester (transcribed by Mr. J. Amplett and Mr. Richard Murray, but not yet printed), show a payment in 1555, "To the ringers at the bondfire for the Queen." 2 State Papers, 1st Mary, XII, 67. ADDITIONAL NOTES. Page 345, ante, last paragraph. No Act for a subsidy appears amongst the printed statutes of 1 Ed. VI, but in that of 3 and 4 Ed. VI, ch. 23, "spiritual persons" are exempted, Page 350, ante, last line. A list of 1514 A.D., cited by Charnock, p. 90, includes: The Gabriel Royal, portage 800.-Sir William Trevenyan, captain; men of his own, 100; The Bishop of Exeter, 100; My lord of Arundell, 100; The Lord Sturton, 50; John Rutte, master; maryners, 250. Summa, 601. PAGES FROM A MANUSCRIPT HISTORY OF HATHERLEIGH. “PAGE” 2. BY JOHN M. MARTIN, C.E. (Read at Launceston, 29th July, 1909.) THE VICAR. THE Vicar of Hatherleigh in the time of Mr. Short, the writer of this manuscript, was the Rev. Cradock Glascott, whose faithful ministry for half a century was so highly appreciated by his parishioners that the congregation became too large for the church, and additional accommodation had to be provided by the erection of galleries. There was already a gallery, called the "singers' gallery, at the west end of the middle aisle in front of the tower, when Mr. Glascott came to the parish, and a new one was erected by subscription at the west end of the north aisle, in 1812. This was followed by another gallery at the west end of the south aisle, by Mr. Thomas Roberts, the handless schoolmaster, the outline of whose life was quoted from Mr. Short's MS. in my previous paper,1 for the accommodation of his boarders, whose number averaged eighty or more. Still more room was wanted, and steps were taken to provide it by obtaining a faculty for building a fourth gallery, also by subscription, outside the north wall of the church where the ground was sufficiently high to admit of a vestry being made underneath the gallery—an adjunct the church had not previously possessed, the east end of the south aisle having been used for that purpose. In my childhood I heard much of Mr. Glascott's goodness towards his poorer parishioners, his sympathy with the sick, and his zeal for the education of the poor. So great was the esteem in which Mr. Glascott was held 1 Transactions, 1906, p. 300. |