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an entry which places the fact beyond a doubt, under date Dee. 
29th: “Item: P4 Comty Sam. Slade ye summe of 10/., & is for 
paymt of the like summe ynto Captain James Peares, for ye 
buyeinge of necessaryes for Maior Haines his funerall, who was 
lately slaine in assaultinge St. Buddox Church.” The funeral, by 
the way, cost a good deal more than this; for there are several 
subsequent payments on this behalf, some out of deceased’s arrears. 
And there is another December entry that is equally clear—one of 
£2 15s. paid to certain boatmen for pains and boat-hire in bringing 
in timber from Kinterbury work, and for five muskets and one 
carabyne, the 15s. being for the latter. 
Ricraft, already quoted, states that Kinterbury Fort was taken 
by sudden storm, which I interpret to mean by surprise. After 
Kinterbury and St. Budeaux were captured, Buckland Abbey was 
also taken by storm, and in it 100 prisoners. Saltash when 
captured had in it five pieces of ordnance. Ricraft speaks of 
Haynes as a gentleman of ‘“ worth and quality.” 
We find in the accounts under date January 5th: “Item: Pé 
Comry Sam. Slade 20s., and is for payment of ye like summe 
vnto Leiuet Kekewich for his psnte supply, haveinge beene lately 
wounded by the enemy at St. Budeax Church.” 
The last entry in the Siege Accounts of actual operations refers 
to Fort Arundel, a work of the enemy, apparently somewhere on 
the south of Cattewater, probably near Hooe, since we find it 
mentioned in association with a work at Plymstock. January 5th: 
‘‘Ttem: Pd Maior Barnes 16s. 8d., and is for paymt of ye like summe 
unto 25 souldiers ymployed in ye raissinge of fortificacions against 
Forte Arundell on ysueinge forth of ye fources of ye garrison on 
Saturday last.” 
The advance of Fairfax from Exeter to Totnes put an end to the 
Siege, which indeed had now become a mere name, and on the 18th 
of January it was finally raised. The Royalists decamped in such 
a hurry that they left guns, arms, and ammunition behind—seven 
of the former at Plympton. We need not follow up the narrative 
of Fairfax’s victorious march into Cornwall, where he caused 
Hopton’s forces to surrender, thus, as some of the old soldiers re- 
joiced, making them even for the Essex business. Fairfax had 
already retaken Essex’s guns at Bristol and Bridgwater. The 
garrison of Plymouth at this time is said to have numbered 2,500, 
besides the train-bands. 
