CORirWALL AND THE SPANISH ARMADA. 



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Ordnance for St. Mawes. 



The Castle of St. Mawes. 

 beside Falmouthe 



Brasse 

 Ordinance 



Cast yron 

 Ordinance 



The Remains 

 • Demi canon * 

 Culveringos 

 Demi Culveringes one 

 Sacre one 



one 



2 



Culveringes one 



Demi Culveringes one 

 Sacre one 



iDimi canon shott 33"- 

 Culveringes shott 4<'- 

 Dimi Culveringes shott c. 

 Sacre shotte GO 



Mynion shotte mill 



The remains within the 

 saide Castle and a 

 supplie added for the 

 better furniture of 

 the same the 1 2th daj' 

 of June 1577 Anno 

 regni Dno Me Eliza- 

 beth Regina, 



Videlicet. 

 The supplie. 



f To be supplied in lieu") 

 I of 3slingesand2port- I 

 I peces unserviceable | £ s. 

 ■{ Dimi Culveringes 2 )■ 40 16 



and 2 Mynions way- 

 I ing 60001' 8<'- at 12d. 

 l^the c. 



f To be supplied viz.' 

 ' Dimi Culveringe 

 shott 200 

 Sacre shott 100 

 ' and Mynion shott ,^ £ 

 200 ' li 



waieiuge in all one 

 tonne T^- Ifiibs. at 

 8'i- the etii- weight 

 L amounting to 



iWith their furniture to be supplied viz. : for Dimi ] 

 canon one at C*' for Culveringe one at C^- for f £ s. 

 Dimi culveringes at £4 the pece 2 and for f 24 13 

 Mynions at 66^- 8''- the pece 2. In all J 



Small gonnes. 



tCalivers. -50 



iCurriors. 50 



* The dimensions of cannon in the time of Elizabeth were as follows :— The dcmi 

 canon was 6J inches bore and carried a shot weighing 33 lbs. The Culvering was ri\ 

 inches bore with 17^ lb. shot. The demi culvering was -i inches bore and tlirew a ball 

 weighing 9^ lbs. The Sacre and the Minion had both a 3i inch bore, the former throwing 

 a 5J lb. shot, and the latter one of 4 lb., the Falcon was 2J inches bore and carried a ball 

 weighing 2 lbs., and the portpece was a small piece of ordnance pn.hably of similar 

 dimensions. 



t The Caliver was a kind of short musket fired by a matchlock. 



X The Currior was a weapon chiefly used in sieges, with a longer barrel tlian an 

 arquebus. 



