By the Rev. Canon </. E. Jackson, F.S.A. 213 



John Weekes ( n ™ 



TJ 1 rn 1 { Guild 



Humphrey Townsend ( Stcwards 



W m . Jeffrey f New 



Anthony Pierce \ G.S. 



John Mayo 



Walter Forraan 



Arthur Estmead 



Ben. Browne 



Eo. Forman 



Robert Jeffreys 



Stephen White 



Eliz. Hungerford 



John Noyee 



Jo. Parker 



Dorothy Flower 



Edward Hungerford, Esq. 



W m . Forman 



[No entries for 1649 and 1650.] 



Jo. Townsend 

 Jo. Dash 



W m . Nicholas, Constable 



Thomas Dash, Jun r . 



Jo. Landick 



Edw. Seager 



W m . Haskins 



Jo. Bale, Sen. 



Jo. Jones 



Thos. Hunt, Cler. 



Jo. Somers 



Wm. Nicholas 



Thomas Riley 



Rich d . Rogers 



Philip Orrell 



Peter Byre 



And many others." 



"1651. Whereas it hath been an ancient custom for those persons who held the 

 Town Stock on Bonds, the Interest of wh. was to be paid on 1st 

 Nov r ., in case they did not pay s d . interest, to pass the bonds on to 

 other persons, whereby much money was lost, It is oidered, That 

 if the holders of the new bonds do not in future pay up at once, 

 they shall be put in suit at court." 



I 1652. To souldiers travelling from Ireland 9/0 

 " For carrying O'Neale towards London 2/6 



11 Great injury having been done to trees in the Alders, Ordered, that they 

 shall be felled and sold, and after all expenses paid, the money to 

 be invested in stock and the interest given to the Poor as the Bur- 

 gesses shall think fit. 



" Paid to John Tubbs, for his plowe* to carry the saltpetre tubs 8/0 " 



1 1655. For setting of the Town crook 6 d 



" Stocks and Cage [Blind-house] repair 2/0 



Town Bridge 2/0. Patford Bridge 2/0 

 " For renewing the Charter 7 „ 0 „ 0 



M Candles, tobacco and a dozen of pipes sent for to the Town-hall /10 d . 

 " Candles at All Hallon day at night 2 d ." 



1 1657. The King proclaimed." 



'* 1658-9. To Capt. Lavington's souldiers when we proclaimed our most gracious 

 and merciful sovereign Chas II., a hogshead of beer 23/0." 



" 1672. Robert Hungerford, Esq., Guild Steward." 



• A «• plowe," in the West of England, means, not the instrument, but the team of horses that 

 draw it. 



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