CORNWALL AND THE SPANISH ARMADA. 159 



In July 1588, wlieu the Armada was daily expected, further 

 efforts were made, and the Deputy Lieutenants of Cornwall, R. 

 Grreynville, Fra^- Godolphin, and R''- Carew write on the 8th of 

 that month from St. Columb to Sir Walter Raleigh, stating that 

 the Cornish gentry would increase the armour for horse and 

 foot to the utmost of their power, and would furnish 200 horses, 

 200 armed pikes, 50 musketts and 50 calivers, and that they 

 had also taken order for the providing 2000 men for the defence 

 of the county. 



Thus the land forces were ample in amount, for in all 

 England a hundred thousand men, well drilled and provided with 

 weapons, were ready to take the field, and repel an invasion, 

 and their orders were in case they were obliged to fall back, to 

 lay the country waste in their retreat, so that the Spaniards 

 should find neither food or fodder. 



It has already been mentioned that the Lieutenants were, in 

 conjunction with Sir Rich''- Grenville, to throw up earthworks on 

 the coast, to resist an enemy whenever there was a prospect of 

 the Spaniards landing, and a map of the coast as it was to be 

 fortified still exists in the British Museum, and was printed in 

 the Journal of the Royal Institution for 1873, therefore it will 

 not be necessary to further refer to it. 



It is time now to turn to the naval defences. The English fleet 

 which was assembled at Plymouth not only consisted of Royal 

 ships (of which indeed there were but few), but also of ships 

 contributed by the different port towns, as well as volunteers. 



The Vice- Admirals for Cornwall were Sir Walter Raleigh, 

 of Cornwall, and Sir Edwarde Seymour, his deputy. 



The ships that were required to be furnished by the 

 Western Ports were as follows : — 



and accordingly the following Cornish ships joined Sir Francis 

 Drake at Plymouth. 



