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ready for that purpose about that time: and will go to London with a plat of 

 all the levels of the courts and gardens. The pond, thankes be to God, will 

 metely hold water, but it will do better by that time it hath settled a year. The 

 dieh about the bounds is in a grete forwardness and will be finished within these 

 ten days, saving that piece between Croughton and Fitzwarrens which God send 

 a prosperous success and all the rest of my lord's Grace's affayres with ever- 

 lasting helthe unto your mastership and all your's. 



From Wilton." 



3. — The Same to the Same. 



1549. May 31. Fyrst, touching the conducte howse, Mr. Hynd can declare 

 the state thereof in more ample wise at his coming, but yet, as he can declare 

 also, we have made redy the pavours and all things necessary for the conduct 

 head, so that at his returne we shall have brycks and lead redy for hym to 

 begin the head and the vaute, and after that I doubte not to have water running 

 in the base court, or at least within 3 foot where is best to make the morter 

 heapes, because the water runnith there and the lyme below not far off. 



As touching the number of men, whereas it was reakined that we had 400, 

 we never had above 14 score (280), which being disposed abroad in many 

 workes seem but few in sight, and yet the number nevertheless. We never had 

 above 4 score and ten men at the top of the hill, and so I most humbly desyer 

 you to declare unto my Lord's grace, for I feare he thinketh the greatest nnmber 

 is here, and so peradventure look for much more work than is don. At the 

 conduct have been 3 score men all this year. 40 men at the quarr at Wilton : 

 24 men hedging the bowndes. 18 at Tud worth, besides the Frenchmen, which 

 have drawn above 300 ton of chalk and lyeth ready for carriage. 20 carts for 

 hauling row, sand and water for the brickmakers. At the quarrs at Shalborne, 

 Topnam Hill, and Westcombe 12 men trying for stone. Fears stone will be 

 lacking for the Foundacions, for the vi foot walls will drinke up muche of the 

 stone, and the vault of the conduit being made well nigh a thousand jeet long 9 

 will take much stuff. 



As touching the metall at Martens-hall hill ; whereas I told my Lords Grace 

 that the banks of Foscue his pitt fell downe when he came to the bur of his 

 metall, he is now cum to it againe and hathe fownd a stone wherein is metall 

 as he saith, and hath as much tyme for the profe of the same as he demanded 

 at the first. But as for Mr. Hance asketh leysur to Midsomer, having 8 of our 

 Devonshire men to his pit, and I think it he meaneth Midsomer come 12 months 

 for before that he will never fynd none where he searchith : and for Mr. Foscew's 

 stone I can find him a 1000 load of it within 6 foot of the ground where he 

 diggeth six fathom, but I cannot cause him to come to see the places where, 

 whatsoever the matter be. 



I have sent a wallet of stone to London, whereon I have written upon every 

 stone where he grew. 



Men were also employed in the Isle of Purbeck, digging. [See Letter 5.) 



4. — Me. John Barwick to Sir John Thynne. 

 1549. June 4. Sends a Note of all my Lord's Grace's Manors, Castells, 

 forrests, chaces, parks and mills within his office of Receipt in the counties of 

 Wiltes, Hampshire, Berks, and Gloucester. 



