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who now hath the charge of the Castell and the Ilande is on John Heudey, 

 a very tale young man, and on that is thought to be evill affected in religion : 

 his father now dead, who had the charge before him, was accounted a papist, 

 and accused and long imprisoned in gayle for sedicius wordes against her 

 Ma"^. This yong man's mother knowen to be a papist, and not caring for 

 her bands wherein she stoode bounde to her MaM^^ use to appeare before us 

 at the Sessions as a recusant, for not comming to the Church, forfeiting the 

 same, hath forsaken her house and this countie, and is gone to a house of 

 S'' John Arrundell's, in Dorsetshere, called Chydiock, wher she and mani such 

 ar receaved and harbored, and wher this John Hendy hath of late ben with 

 her, coming and going this Michelmas term last to and from London where 

 he hath had accesse to S"^ John Arrundell ; no cause known. The estate that 

 S"^ John Arrundle hath in this Hand is but thre or four yeares now to come, 

 the reversion therof (as) here is graunted to Mr. Arthur George : the profit 

 that ariseth to S"^ John is nothing ; for Hendy payeth no more to him then 

 the same rent w"^"* S^ John payth to the Queen's Matie. Now wheras your 

 honors will me to certifie whom I think meet in these partes to be appointed 

 by your honors to take the charge of the He, being well affected in religion 

 and to her Ma*''== service, and that part of the countrey is so barren of such 

 gentlemen of ani account, for it is verie well knowne to my very good Lord 

 the Erie of Bedford, as I know none more fitt dwelling nerest to the place 

 then Mr. George Greynvile, now Shreiffe of the Countye, whom I assure 

 your honors to be a gent well inclined to religion and to her Ma'i^s Service. 

 On the Hand there is nether ordinance nor ani other kind of munition ; 

 nether doth ther anie apperteine therto as I am informed. For your honor's 

 better view understanding of the nature and qualitie of the He and the situ- 

 ation therof, I have, as well as I could, drawen a plotte of the same, and sent 

 it heerwith unto your honors, having added the new bulworkes wch I before 

 thought convenient to be made for the defence of the landing at the wall of 

 the iron gate. The charge of the bulworks, rampiers, and repairing of the ruined 

 walls will, as I judge, be made for on hundred marks or there about. For the 

 ordinaunce, as the three foulers, two sacars, or demiculverins, w*^ a dozen 

 or twenty muskets, would be sufficient munition ; the w^t is not to be gotten 

 in these ptes ; w'=^ I leave to your honor's consideration. And this is as much 

 as at this present I could do in performans of your honor's direction here in 

 being readie at all comaundment with a faythfuU hart to be employed in anie 

 service of her Ma"", whom I beseech God preserve and defend from traytrous 

 .practizes ; and praying God also to preserve your honors, I most humblie take 

 my leave. Eediford, this xxvii''^ of December, 1583. 



Your honor's most humblie at commandment, 



B. GEEYNVILE. 



From this time I have been unable to obtain any historical 

 account of Tintagel. During the Civil Wars and the Common- 

 wealth, the position was not of sufficient importance to be a bone 



