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difficulties, Shuttleworth gave 2Oj. for a case of pistols. In 

 1595 Lord Pembroke buys a rapier and dagger for los. In 

 1620 Shuttleworth buys a pair of French pistols for 30^., five 

 muskets with rests and moulds at 14^., and a sword and belt 

 for 7^. In 1621 he buys another musket for 135-. 6d. In 1627 

 match is bought at Chatham at 28^. the hundred. In 1639 

 New College buys 10 ells of match at 2*/., and a small quantity 

 of powder. 



The Oxford Colleges suffered severely during the siege. 

 They were compelled to pay considerable sums towards the 

 defences on the most vulnerable parts of the city, the north 

 and east. Thus, for example, New College paid 4 los. a 

 week to the fortifications, and other Colleges proportionately 

 to their means. The All Souls College account shows that 

 this College paid 96 in 1642-3 to the King's infantry, besides 

 paying for labour in entrenchments before Magdalen Bridge 

 and Christ Church. Besides spending considerable sums, they 

 incurred debts, Magdalen College being 1000 in debt at 

 the conclusion of the siege owing to advances made to the 

 King's cause. 



In 1650 Eton College buys two suits of armour at 205-., and 

 two pairs of pistols at ijs. and i$s., and New College three 

 pairs at 17^. 6d., zos., and 15^., and a fourth with holsters at 

 235-. In 1652 S. John's College, Cambridge buys a pair of 

 pistols at i8j., and a pair of holsters at $s. 6d. In 1654 New 

 College buys another pair at 2os. In 1650 Bering pays 26s. 

 for a sword. A curious item in the New College account of 

 1650 is that of fifteen rings for the gentlemen-at-arms, bought 

 at a cost of 1$ 8j. 6d. 



Among the accounts preserved in the Pepys MSS. of the 

 Rawlinson Collection (A. 176. 8) is an estimate of the cost 

 which would be incurred for raising a force of 26,000 foot, of 

 four regiments of horse each with 490 men, and 1,920 dragoons, 

 in so far as supplying them with arms is concerned. The date 

 of the estimate is 1659. 



The equipment is 17,334 muskets and bandiliers at i6j. and 



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