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entry, and I have only recently discovered what I think was the 
reason for this appointment. 
You know that it is stated in the Black Book belonging to the 
Corporation that the tower was built in 1441. But so late as the 
20th February, 1499, the time when these wardens were appointed, 
payments in connection with its erection had not ceased, as we find 
from an old account book of the Town. From the entries, it would 
seem that Yogge was not at the sole expense of the labour. It is 
stated that Thomas Tresawell had delivered unto Rogger and Erie, 
wardens of "Seynt Andrew's Stypyll," £31 ; and John Painter, who 
was the mayor, had delivered to the said wardens for John Rowland 
and others, £23 6s. 8d. To these wardens, in all probability, was 
committed the task of seeing the completion of the tower carried 
out. The Abbot of Tavistock sent towards the cost 31s. 2d., and 
also ten quarters of lime. But still these payments may have been 
for repairs only. Would you know the name of the mason who 
built the tower ? It was John Andrew. 
I do not find anything of particular interest connected with the 
church after this. When the smash came, every ecclesiastical 
foundation in Plymouth, except that of St. Andrew, shared in 
the general ruin; St. Andrew being a parish church was spared. 
There is no record of the town paying anything to the king, or to 
any of those who were enriching themselves at the expense of the 
country and the people, as was done in numberless cases ; as, for 
instance, those mentioned by Oliver.* 4 At Crediton, the inhabitants 
were compelled, in order to save their church from destruction, to pay 
£200. The Abbey church of St. Albans was similarly saved by the 
payment of £400 by the townsmen. And Malmesbury the same. 
The Abbey churches of Tewkesbury, and even Westminster, were 
rescued from ruin by corresponding sacrifices. Edward, Duke of 
Somerset, had intended to demolish Westminster, to raise a palace 
for himself equal to his vast designs, and was only prevented by 
Dean Benson transferring to him much property, and to his brother 
Lord Thomas Seymour as much more, accompanying the gift to 
the latter with a letter beseeching him to stand their good lord and 
patron to preserve them in a fair esteem with the Lord Protector. 
Somerset made a rich harvest during the suppression of religious 
establishments. Latimer offered him 200 marks, and the king 
500 marks, if he would spare the church of Great Malvern. Lord 
Chancellor Audley offered Cromwell £20 for St. Osyth's Abbey in 
* Monast., p. 77. 
