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JOURNAL OF THE PLYMOUTH INSTITUTION. 
The early relations between Stonehouse and its important neigh- 
bour, Plymouth, seem to have been on the whole friendly. 
"Jamys Durneford, late of Estonhouse, squyer," left a legacy 
of £20, which is recorded in 1480 as having been applied towards 
making the "southe Ilde " of St. Andrew Church. 
A very interesting entry, the earliest of the kind, in 1494-5, 
shows the good feeling between the town of Plymouth and the 
Edgcumbe family, soon after they succeeded to the Durnford pro- 
perty, which then included in Plymouth itself the now extinct 
and forgotten manor of Sutton Radclyffe. 
"Coste done to mast r Eggscomb by advys of m r mayr m r 
Record the xij & the xxiiij when he was made knygt and shyryff. 
"ffirst for ij Sug r loffe weyeng xli qrtr iiijli qrtr y e of 
at xvij d and y e vjli at ij v d sm a iij s xi d 
"It ij botells of Redde wyne pee ix d 
"It a potell of Malmsey viii d 
" It a Galon of Clarett wyne & bayne wyne viii d 
" It a botell of bastard v d 
" lb do dos of pownegarnarde a pownde sedo & a 
dos do of Orenge." viij d 
And so I may quote as illustrative samples of good fellowship 
between the towns the following : 
"1512-13. Itm for a barell of ale & for bredde to 
make the men of Stonehouse to drynke when they 
were here at mavster iij d 
"1530-31. It p d for Sr pyrse Eggecombs dynn r when 
he had Communycacion with master mayre & his 
Councell of o r libertye of o r water of soure pole 
mylls x s 
"1545-6. Itm pd for drynke on maye daye for the 
men of stonehouse iij s iiij d 
Forty years later there are less satisfactory entries. For example : 
"1587-8. Itm for Conveyinge to Stonehouse of the 
dombe man that was made to speake." ij d 
If this stood alone it might be imagined that the dumb man 
had been forwarded as a curiosity ; but unfortunately there are 
too many entries of rogues and vagabonds being sent in the same 
