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ready for that purpose about that time: and will go to London with a plat of 
all the levels of the courts and gardens. The pond, thankes be to God, will 
metely hold water, but it will do, better by that time it hath settledayear. The 
dich about the bounds is in a grete forwardness and will be finished within these 
ten days, saving that piece between Croughton and Fitzwarrens which God send 
a prosperous success and all the rest of my lord’s Grace’s affayres with ever- 
lasting helthe unto your mastership and all your’s. 
From Wilton.” 
3.—THE SAME TO THE SAME, 
1549. May 31. Fyrst, touching the conducte howse, Mr. Hynd can declare 
the state thereof in more ample wise at his coming, but yet, as he can declare 
also, we have made redy the pavours and all things necessary for the conduct 
head, so that at his returne we shall have brycks and lead redy for hym to 
begin the head and the vaute, and after that I doubte not to have water running 
in the base court, or at least within 3 foot where is best to make the morter 
heapes, because the water runnith there and the lyme below not far off. 
As touching the number of men, whereas it was reakined that we had 400, 
we never had above 14 score (280), which being disposed abroad in many 
workes seem but few in sight, and yet the number nevertheless. We never had 
above 4 score and ten men at the top of the hill, and so I most humbly desyer 
you to declare unto my Lord’s grace, for I feare he thinketh the greatest nnmber 
is here, and so peradventure look for much more work thanisdon. At the 
conduct have been 3 score men all this year. 40 men at the quarr at Wilton: 
24 men hedging the bowndes. 18 at Tudworth, besides the Frenchmen, which 
have drawn above 300 ton of chalk and lyeth ready for carriage. 20 carts for 
hauling row, sand and water for the brickmakers. At the quarrs at Shalborne, 
Topnam Hill, and Westcombe 12 men trying for stone. Fears stone will be 
lacking for the Foundacions, for the vi foot walls will drinke up muche of the 
stone, and the vault of the conduit being made well nigh a thousand feet long, 
will take much stuff. } 
. As touching the metall at Martens-hall hill ; whereas I told my Lords Grace 
that the banks of Foscue his pitt fell downe when he came to the bur of his 
metall, he is now cum to it againe and hathe fownd a stone wherein is metall 
as he saith, and hath as much tyme for the profe of the same as he demanded 
at the first. But as for Mr, Hance asketh leysur to Midsomer, having 8 of our 
Devonshire men to his pit, and I think it he meaneth Midsomer come 12 months 
- for before that he will never fynd none where he searchith: and for Mr. Foscew’s 
stone I can find him a 1000 load of it within 6 foot of the ground where he 
diggeth six fathom, but I cannot cause him to come to see the places where, 
whatsoever the matter be. 
_ I have sent a wallet of stone to London, whereon I have written upon every 
Stone where he grew. 
Men were also employed in the Isle of Purbeck, digging. [See Letter 5.) 
4.—Mr, Jonn Barwick To Sir JoHn THYNNE. 
1549. June 4. Sends a Note of all my Lord’s Grace’s Manors, Castells, 
forrests, chaces, parks and mills within his office of Receipt in the counties of 
Wiltes, Hampshire, Berks, and Gloucester. 
