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for two brass mortars, three iron pestles, twelve iron spoons, to make leaden bullets 
(j piV plumb ’), ten moulds of “ laton ” to make the same; one pair of scales to weigh 
the- powder; thirty small barrels with “garnett,” hasps, and staples to hold and 
keep the leaden bullets (piP plumb')\ thirty small hanging locks ( serrur 5 parv ’ 
pend ’) for the aforesaid thirty barrels; 2201b. of saltpetre, two “sarces,” eighteen 
“belowes,” twenty-four leather bags to “deliver” the powder; earthen pots and 
pans to dry the powder at the lire and sun; 400 fagots of willow for making 
charcoal thereof, and 100 of “ talwode,” and half a hundred of fagots, bought at 
divers prices by John Derby, clerk; and also boatage, portage, and carriage of 
lead, guns, barrels, and other necessaries, to divers places, together with wages of 
workmen and labourers upon the making of the powder, bullets, ana charcoal 
aforesaid, for twenty-two days; likewise by the same John paid at divers times 
between the 1st day of March in the 44th year, and the last day of March in the 
48th year, 25 1. 45. 8 d. 
To Stephen Smyth for 200 “pycoys” price 12^. each; for thirteen iron 
“patell”’ for guns, price 55. each; for two great guns of iron, price 405. each; 
for forty iron “martels” for guns, price each 103.; for twenty-eight iron “drivells ” for 
the guns aforesaid, price 3d. ; for twenty-eight firing irons price 2 d. ; for ten pairs of 
iron forceps, price 105.; and for 120 quarrel heads for springalds, price 1 d. each, 
bought for the king’s voyage.19£. 25. 
Of John Derby , of the remainder of his last account , 184 lb. of powder for 
“gunnes,” proceeding from 135 lb. of saltpetre, and 49 1b. of sulphur vivum; 
242 lb. of pure sulphur vivum. 
Sum of the delivery of divers things . 
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Quarells, 44,351. 
Iron guns, 29. 
Guns of “laton,” 1 great gun with 3 “pootz.* 5 
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Barells, 1. 
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Iron cressets to cast fire, 4. 
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Iron martells, 6. 
Dry veils of iron, 28. 
Firing irons, 28. 
“Patellae” of iron, 13. 
Iron forceps, 10 pairs. 
Lead, 1 “ carratt ” and 6 “wagh.” 
Saltpetre, 1 pipe and 2 barrels, weighing 10501b. 
Gunpowder, 601b. 
“ Moldes called formes to make bullets,” 5. 
Sulphur vivum, 1261b. 
Let us examine the chief points worthy of notice in these accounts. There 
is a payment for helving or, as we should say, handling eight guns together 
with some hatchets. This word “ helvyng ” exactly corresponds with the 
French “ emmancher ” noticed in the accounts of the receiver of Caen. 1 It 
signified the manufacture and attachment of the stocks for the small guns. 
That they were very small there can be no doubt, for two great guns of iron 
1 See page 10, ante-. It is still a household word in the midland counties. 
