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musters and charges therein in 1580 cost #4. And in 1581 
money was paid to Mr. Sherstone, Mr. Chapman and Mr. Peter 
Chapman for their expenses beyond the amount already received 
by them. 
The Musters were generally held at Wells, but sometimes in 
Kings Mead, where a tent was erected and the officers entertained. 
The armour was kept in a special room in the Council House 
under the care of an Armourer. Dolton was for many years 
Armourer, at a salary of £2 a year. 
The room was lined to keep off the damp, and in 1581 three 
pieces of Matting to hang the Armor on cost 4s. 
Sir Maurice Berkley and Sir John Horner were the leaders of 
the Bath Men, and sometimes the Muster was held at Mells, thus 
the Chamberlain, in 1578, charges 18d. for his charges and haules 
at Mells Muster, and 13s. 6d. for rydyng with Mr. Mathews to 
Sir John Horner about the Muster, the preparations for which 
are stated to have been, mending the Kalvers 16d., the cutler 
for a sword and dagger gs. 4d., mending 4 murryons 6d., for a 
sword and gurdell 8d., and the next year 16d. was paid for a 
sword gurdell for Mr. John Perman, bought of Robt. Stephens. 
Mr. Perman was Mayor in 1583—and the next year, Pepwell was 
paid 1s. 1d. for a paine of glass, and Yerland 3d. for settynge of 
hym in the Armory windows, while Butler received gs. rod. for 
cleaning 16 swords and 14 daggers, and 15s. for cleaning nine 
pairs of arlettes, and 6s. for 6 pair of Almond Ryvett. 
“The Armourers accomplishing the Knights 
With busy hammers closing rivets up, 
' Give dreadful note of preparation.”—Shakespeare. 
Mr. Perman had been paid 5s. 1d. for his charges at Wells. 
Muster, in 1578, and at the same time Mr. Robinson received 
23s. 11d. for the expenses of himself and two sowdgers, and 
2s. 6d. for going to Sir John Horner’s about the muster, and 
5s. tod. had been paid to the Constables for carrying up the 
Bookes to Sir Morysse Berkeley. The Powder cost 4s. and the 
matches 4d. 
