NOTES ON THE EARLY HISTORY OF STONEHOUSE. 361 
The next entry is of peculiar interest, as showing the connection 
between the parish and the manor: " 1613 Att a lawe court holden 
at Stoneho wse, the [ eighth ] Aprile 1613, Sidrak Jory is chosen 
warden of . . . foresaid and at the same court Kodger ffeare- 
weather hallet is chosen collectors for the Poore the 
.... Parker and John Deye is appoynted collectors .... the 
bringing home of the watter f or .... [ This is attested by the 
signatures of] alex Ferrel, Eodg . . ., John Hingston, John 
Challons, Philip . . ., Sidrake Joary, Thomas Hawker, Joseph 
Hallet [ who marks with an H ] . . ." 
The only entry of definite payment on account of the water is 
in 1620, when Joseph Hallet and .... huchins report a receipt 
of 39s., of which part was from La wry for the chapel green, and 
28s. had been "gathered of the town." They had disbursed 32s. 
"to Mr. Beyle and William .... for bringing home the watter.' 
It may be added that this was done under a special Act of Parliament 
obtained by Stonehouse for the purpose in 1593, in virtue of which 
the Stonehouse waterworks still exist, and portions of the original 
leat. 
Other wardens named are : — 1614, John Hingston; 1616, . . . 
Huchins; 1617, J. Hallet; 1618, James Phillips; 1719, Edward 
Jeffry; 1620, Francis Roe; undated — John Masters, whose 
account is the first perfect one; 1625, Richard Roe and Richard 
Spurrell; 1626, John Masters, in whose year great sickness is 
recorded; 1627, Richard Spurwell; 1628, Francis Roe ; 1629, . . . 
Lawry; 1636, Robert Crees ; undated, John ffearwether ; 1639, 
George Ogle, who acknowledges money towards " the repay ration 
of the chapell," which thus dates the enlargement of the fabric, 
hereafter noted as the "new chapel;" 1640, Roger Toope; 1641, 
Elize Randle — here the new chapel is first named as such. Randle 
is also warden in 1642, ^in which year £7 19s. lOd. are spent on 
the poor, partly collected, and partly taken out of the box and 
gathered on fast-days. Lawry follows, and then a warden whose 
name is lost ; after which there is no entry until 1652. 
During the Commonwealth the record is kept with exceptional 
regularity : — 1652, Robert Cane, warden, John GefFerye, assistant. 
There is a curious touch of Puritanism in the entry — "Tho: 
GefTerye for ringine the Bell or rather towards his necessitie a 
shirt." 1653, Richard Tapson, qhosen by the "Church of 
Plymouth," but of a Stonehouse family. 1654, John Adams, 
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