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thing belonging to y e said fort." The eighth article in the 

 agreement runs thus — "That the Governor, with Sir Ch r - 

 Luckner, thire servants, and all officers and souldiers in the 

 fort, have free liberty to march from hence to Fallowpit with 

 there usuall amies, drums beating, and collars flyinge, with 

 boundelars full of powder, and muskets apertinable, and 

 after three vallues to yield up theire armes to those whome 

 Corronell Welldon shall appoint to receive them — the Gover- 

 nor, Sir Ch r- Luckner, with both thire servants, likewayse y e 

 officers in common, excepted." 



When the tide is particularly low, numbers of bullets, 

 large clumsy pieces of metal, are found. 



"A large key, said to have belonged to this fort, is 

 preserved by the representatives of the Governor's family. 

 It is sixteen inches long, and two-and-half inches wide at 

 the bit or ward."* 



For the expenses of the garrison, Sir Ed. Fortescue had 

 an order from the Commissioners of the County of Devon, 

 dated from the Charter House, Exeter, the 12th day of 

 August, 164-4, assigning him the weekly contributions of 

 the parishes of Malborough and Portlemouth — the former 

 amounting to £11 15s., and the latter to £6, making 

 together £17 15s. weekly; and this he continued to receive 

 till the first day of November in the same year, when it was 

 further ordered by the said Commissioners that he should be 

 paid £14 weekly by Mr. Geo. Potter, supposed to be the 

 receiver-general for the county. This, perhaps, proceeded 

 from the Parliament army having by that time possessed 

 themselves of the neighbouring district, so as to prevent 

 these payments from being made by the parishes to the 

 royal party. It appears that the Governor received also a 



* Hawkins. 



