30 SANDSFOOT AND PORTLAND CASTLES. 



New making the vaults, being wholly decayed and sunk into ths 

 sea. Making 33 feet of stone gutters and a new bridge at the outer 

 gate. Repairing the stable and setting it upright. 



Repairing the upper platform, of which certain principals of timber 

 and lead were " rent and broken by violence of a culveringe of brasse 

 which brake, being shott and discharged in tyme of an occasion of 

 service." 



Supplying bars and cramps to support the lead work set over the 

 Queen's Majesty's arms. [This probably refers to the royal arms 

 worked in stone, now fixed in the chancel of Wyke church, having been 

 brought from Sandsfoot in 1825. The armorial coat would be that of 

 Elizabeth.] George Awdeney, " freemason," for taking down part of 

 the hall chimney and rebuilding it with a top piece cut and wrought in 

 divers vents thereby to convey the smoke, which otherwise at all winds 

 was very noisome. 



Masons, plumbers, tilers, smiths, and carpenters were paid 12d. the 

 day, the total expenditure on repairs being 383 Os. 2d. 



The outlay upon the weapons in the same years included axle trees 

 and wheels for the great ordnance ; nocking and trimming 40 bows 

 at 8d. each ; feathering 20 sheafs of arrows at 16d. each ; leather 

 bags for powder, and sheepskins for sponges for the ordnance. (P.R.O. 

 Declared acc'ts. Pipe office, 3570.) 



In 1594 Sir Geo. Trenchard and Wm. Bampfield received a 

 joint grant of the office of Captain, with 12d. the day for 

 themselves and 18d. for three soldiers. It will be noticed 

 that the captain's pay is the same as that of the artificers 

 previously mentioned. (S.P. Dom. Elizabeth, Vol. 249.) 

 No other repairs were carried out during Elizabeth's reign, 

 but in 1602 the Queen asked for a special return as to the 

 number of brass ordnance throughout the country ; the list 

 shows that Sandsfoot possessed one culverin and one demi- 

 culverin of that metal. 



During the two years 1610-11 Sir George Bampfield, the 

 captain, expended 211 5s. 6d. on reconstructive work and a 

 few additions, which included the following items 



Pulling down a ruined wall, laying a foundation 60ft. long, 6ft. deep, 

 and 10ft. thick, and rebuilding the old wall 15ft. above the foundations. 

 The carriage of " 400 tons of filling stuff " cost 20. 



Making with ashlar stone the wall and parapet of a new platform and 

 laying paving stones there. 



