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horses suitable for heavy cavalry, and in Bath a proclamation 
for breeding them was read t2th June, 1580, the pursuivant 
being paid 3s. 4d. 4 
In 1573, 15 Eliz., letters patent were directed to the Mayor of 
the City of Bath for the time being, Sir Hugh Pawlett, Sir 
Maurice Barkeley, Sir George Norton, George Rogers, John 
Younge, Arthur Hopton, Esq., George Pereman, William Cavell, 
John Wyott, Thomas Turner, and John Davies, Aldermen, 
appointing them Commissioners to array, inspect, and arm men- 
at-arms, as well horse as foot, and arches and musketeers above 
the age of 16 and under 60, and ordering them to certify in 
_ writing, under their hands and seals, as quickly as possible, what 
they shall have done in the premises, and to follow the instruc- 
_ tions annexed, and such other instructions as should be issued by 
_ the Privy Council. 
Annexed to the Commission is “ A general direction for the 
_ Commissioners for the Musters in the Citie of Bathe, howe theie 
shall procede in the execution of the saide Commission.” This 
“Direction” recites that with the Commission for the general 
_ muster of the County of Somerset are sent instructions by the 
Privy Council, which contain many Articles “ verye mete and 
mnecessarie for the musteringe and trayninge up of Soldiers in 
Cities,” and instructs them that as the Queen has been pleased to 
direct a Special Commission to the City of ‘Bath, they are to 
‘require from the Commissioners in the “ Sheiers” next to them 
a sight of such instructions and a copy of such parts thereof as 
shall seem meet. 
_ Special attention was paid to the shooting of these citizen 
soldiers in Bath. 
_ In 1579, 44 was paid towards making the Butts on land, 
‘now called Butty Piece, adjoining the Common, close to the 
Town, and with the slope of the hill in their favour. 
