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September.—John Cobb, master of the Plymouth post, had 10s. 
for bringing five prisoners from Dartmouth. 
October.—“ Item: P’ Mr. Olliver Ceely and Mr. Geo. Ratten- 
bury ye sum of £20, and is in xtn of such summes as have beene 
delivered by you in London in follunteermg and makeing pvision 
for ye garrison.” 
Nov.—Capt. Sampson Crabb had £1 for oversight of the work- 
men employed in repairing the damage at the outworks, &c. 
[Some of these repairs were made by the soldiery. There are 
several entries of payments to Capt. Rows’ men. | 
Nov.—Item: P* Charles Hoppeing for waeges by him disbursed 
to severall messengers sent to Mooreton and ye army for 
intelligence, £4 10s. 
Paid Christoper Martin for money by him disbursed for intelli- 
gence, 5s. 
Robert Mann, “ for his paines in goeing to Sir Thomas fairefexe 
at Ottery St. Mary, 40s.” 
Dee. 15.—Thomas Bolitho received £16 11s. 6d. for monies 
disbursed by him for materials and necessaries for the outworks, 
and “for carriadge of amunicon on ye yssueing fourth of the 
fources of ye garrison into the enemies quarters from ye 6 of 
Tber to this day.” 
Christopher Eaton, apothecary, for “medicines and _phisicke 
delivered for ye sicke soulders of ye garrison, from Feb., 1643, to 
January, 1644, £10 6s. 9d. On the 20th of January Eaton had 
also for physic £6 12s. 3d. 
Jan. 20.—The last entry in the account is for a payment to 
Edward Pattesone and Thomas Dalkeinge for ‘making and 
tarreinge [evidently a rude kind of waterproofing] capes for ye 
centinells at ye outworks.” 
WIDOWS’ PETITIONS. 
There are yet extant a number of the petitions presented by the 
widows of men who fell in the defence of Plymouth for relief of 
themselves and children. I quote an example, and also one pre- 
sented by the widow of a Royalist after the Restoration. The 
power of relief appears to have been in the county justices at 
Quarter Sessions. Other petitions which I have seen refer to 
Steven Webb and a man named Clarke, wounded at the storming 
of Warleigh House; one Bloye, slain in the field by the enemy in 
