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raore Sequestrators, and it was their duty, from time to 

 time, to transmit to the Committees accounts of their 

 proceedings, and of the monies derived from the estates 

 linder their charge. 



One of these accounts accidentally came under my notice 

 lately in examining some old papers.* A slight note of its 

 Contents, vvith some Information (very imperfect I fear,) 

 respecting the parties and transactions mentioned in It, 

 may not be uninteresting to the Society. 



The document is the account of Mr. Edward Curll, one 

 of the Sequestrators for the Himdred of Catsash,1[ in this 

 county, and extends from November, 1645, to October, 

 1647, divided into three periods ; the first, from 20th 

 November, 1645, to 24th July, 1646; the second, from 

 24th July, 1646, to 30th June, 1647 ; and the third, from 

 SOth June, to the 22nd October, 1647. 



It details the proceedings against forty-three persons, 

 either resident or possessing property within the hundred, 

 and in some cases, it should be observed, Mr. Curll ex- 

 tended his Operations beyond the hundred. The gross 

 receipts for the whole period of the account, not quite two 

 years, amount to £1,455 : 13s. 9d., out of which the 

 8um of £99 : 8s. lOd. was disbursed for various charges re- 

 lating to the estates, and £63 : 5s. retained by Mr. Curll 

 for the expenses of himself and his two assistants, includ- 

 ino- their wages at 3s. 6d. a week each, and the keep of 



* The original is the property (if Wm. H. Helyar, Esq., of Coker 

 Court, to whom I am indebted for the loan of it. Much valuable treasure 

 of local and historical interest lies buried in many of our country man- 

 sions ; and if the owners would kindly allovv the musty Contents of their 

 old oak chests to be exhumed and examined, they would contribute very 

 materially to the success of our Snciety. 



t The Ilundred of Catsash, or Catash, lies north of the Hundred of 

 Stone, in which Yeovil is situated, and comprises many of the parishes 

 lying botween Yeovil and Castle Cary. 



