THE CHURCH OF ST, ANDREW, PLYMOUTH. 217 
The fees for burials, as I said, were received by the church- 
wardens and applied to the use of the parish; and this continued 
down to the time of the closing of the yard, and indeed to the 
present time. This was, as Dr. Wilson thought, very unusual, but 
you will recollect the custom prevailed at St. Budeaux also. In 
1635, the earliest time we can go back to, the charge for a 
grave for one adult in the yard was 6s. 8d., and for one in the 
church £1 6s. 8d. For a child the charge varied, being sometimes 
3s., and going downwards, probably according to age, to 2s., 1s. 8d., 
and even so low as Is. 6d. In this year there were 83 graves paid 
for. It is to be assumed that the other burials were uncoffined. 
In 1638, there is the following: ‘ Item received for a grave in 
the Church yard for a Dutchman coffined.” All the others are 
described as chested. Was there any difference between a coffin 
and a chest ? 
In 1644, two hundred and ninety-one graves are entered, but 
many do not seem to have been paid for, and the sums received 
were smaller than usual; 1s. 8d. and 1s. were often paid. 
I quote some special entries :-— 
1643-44. tem pd. for making 29 graves in October and 22 November 
Jor souldiers then slaine, xxvs. vjd. 
fd. for 34 graves for slaine souldiers and poor folkes, xvijs. 
fd. for 21 graves for souldiers and poor folkes, xs. vjd. 
Ld. for making 14 graves, vijs. 
fd. for making 18 graves for souldiers, poor folk, and cavallards, ixs. 
And later in the year 8s. for sixteen graves for soldiers, poor folk, 
and cavallards. These entries tell the story of the various skirmishes 
around the town in this year. In the following year the number 
of graves entered are no less than three hundred and seventy-three. 
Two hundred and eighty-four soldiers’ graves were paid for in this 
year. In 1645-46 are the last entries for soldiers’ graves. Sixty- 
two payments appear to have been made. The number of other 
graves (bodies chested) fell to one hundred and eleven; but all were 
not paid for, and the amounts for many were small. 
One or two inscriptions from stones in the yard may be quoted. 
“To Eliza Priest Stone, aged 41,—- 
While we this tribute to her ashes pay, 
And mourn her loss, we can with pleasure say, 
That she was mild and amiable through life, 
A tender mother and a faithful wife.” 
