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weekly contribution of £7 Is. 8d. for some time from West 

 Alvington, and that he was paid by them to the amount of 

 £245 16s. lOd. The Knight seems to have kept a very 

 regular account of his receipts and disbursements. At the 

 end of the account he observes that he has not taken a 

 single penny for himself as Governor. 



The question arises, how has this fort, rebuilt, and restored 

 in 1644-5, at a large cost, become an utter ruin, although 

 not destroyed in the siege ? Many buildings, less substantial, 

 and of greater age, remain. There seems little doubt that the 

 articles agreed upon were broken, viz., " that not any coate 

 of armes in y e dininge rume should be defaced, nor anything 

 belonging to y e said fort." Perhaps the Parliament feared 

 to allow a fort to remain intact which had for nearly four 

 months resisted all the attempts of the enemy ; and probably 

 an order was sent down for its destruction, which may have 

 been effected by its own gunpowder, after its " eight pieces 

 of ordnance were taken." 



Sir Edmund Fortescue married a daughter of Lord 

 Sandys. He was created a Baronet by Charles II., in 1664. 

 He lies buried at Delft, in Holland, where a monument is 

 erected to his memory. He was succeeded by his son Sir 

 Sandys, at whose death, without issue, the title became 

 extinct. 



