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held it for the king till 1 646, when it was 

 furrendered to General Mytton, who was 

 immediately made governor, upon ho- 

 nourable terms. It is now the property 

 of the crown.* 



In 1653 the annual expence of the gar- 

 rifon was feven hundred and three pounds, 

 and in 1696 the garrifon confifted of a go- 

 vernor, who, befides his pay as captain, 



i 

 had 2J. a day : a gunner, who had is. %d. 



a mattrofs (a foldier who affixed the gun- 

 ner) who had io*/. a company of foot, con- 

 lifting of a captain, at 8.r. a lieutenant at 

 4J. two ferjeants at is. 6d. each; two cor- 

 porals at is. each, and one drummer and 

 eighty foldiers at 8*/. each per day, with 

 an allowance of a milling a day for fire 

 and candle for the guard. -f- 



* Whitelock's Memorials, p. 213. Pennant's 

 Tour, II. 244. 



t Gfofe's Antiquities. 



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