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giving him notice." It appeared " that several persons had set 

 up ' kettles ' in their piivate cellars, particularly at Fowey, 

 Truro, and Penryn, where under pretence of remelting into bai's 

 tin duly coined in the block, they could iim down uncoined tin, 

 and defraud the king of the duty, and undersell the fair-dealing 

 merchant. "^^ Herle was re-elected mayor in 1704, and again in 

 1705. 



Henry Gregor, merchant, an ancestor of the Grregors of 

 Trewarthenick, was maj^or in 1G94. He bequeathed to the 

 borough the sum of forty pounds, "the Interest whereof is to 

 bee paid for the preachinge of a funeral sermon by some able 

 minister in memory of the said Mr. Henry Gregor annually att 

 or on the Eleaventh day of March." 



Notwithstanding all the safeguards adopted for preventing 

 peculation by the mayors, the corporation still found that men 

 sometimes abused their office ; of these was Stephen Pawley, 

 mayor in 1703. The official records give a full account of his 

 doings " 23 March 1704. Whereas Mr. Stephen Pawley late 

 mayr of this Burrough, has duringe the tyme of his Mayoralty 

 of, for, and w"^in the said Burrough had and reced of the Eents, 

 prolitts, and pquisites of the same Burrough diverse and sundry 

 sumes of money to a very great and considerable value, and also 

 diverse and sundry bonds, notes, Accts., and other papers 

 concerning and relating to the said Burrough for and coucerninge 

 ^ch ^Xho application and request has been Severall times 

 made to him not only by Mr. Henry Herle, and Mr. Ed. Thomas, 

 two of the Capital Burgesses of the said Hurrough, his stewards) 

 But likewise the said Henry Herle the p'sent Mayor : Yett 

 notwithstandinge the said Mr. Pawley haveing reseiving and 

 keeping these severall matters papers and things afores'^ Does 

 now altogether refuse to deliver vp Or account w*'' the May^' 

 and Magistrates of the said Burrough for the same, Therefore, 

 and for the reasons aboves'^ wee the said May'' and Magistrates 

 Doe hereby vuanimously consent and agree that ffrahcis Gregor 

 our Towue Gierke Doe forthwith prosecute the said Mr. Stephen 

 Pawley by all such lawf ull wayes and means and fsicj jnay or can 



* Calendar of Treasury Papers. 



