466 JOURNAL OF THE PLYMOUTH INSTITUTION. 
In the same year we find the last of the charges for work done 
in connection with the leat proper. 
Itm rec of Diu's parsons | persons] toward the charges 
of bringinge in of the water over and aboue 
that wh hathe byn paide owte to diu's psons 
vppon soundrie reckninge w ought to be paied, 
whereof mentyon is maide in a bill of the 
pticulars thereof ; . ij xviij® 
Itm pd for makinge of the TINS by the myles & 
other worke . viljé 
Then we have 
Itm paied to St Frauncis Drake, kneight, towarde 
the bringinge in of the water w°h the Receavor 
allowed him in his rente dewe for the milles 
for one yere att Michelmas 1592 ; en 
And in the next mayoralty [Sir] John Gayer, 1592-3, we read 
Itm paied to St Frauncis Drake, knyght, in full 
paiment of the ccc" thatt the Maio™ and 
Coaltye were to paye hym for bringinge 
of the Riut and prchas of the land out 
wh the same is broughte which is 
allowed owte of the mille rent w°h was 
payable this yere : .» Xx" xy 
Part of the money paid to Drake was thus a set-off out of the 
rent due by him on the town mills; not the mills on the leat, be it 
borne in mind, but those at Millbay. Other part was raised by 
loan, and some by gift, or by assessment. One entry of the latter 
character has already been cited. Here is another under date 
1589-90, wherein at the close of the accounts it is stated— 
More to deducte owte of this Charge for monye by 
mr. Blitheman rec of Richard hawkins in parte of 
paimnt of 14 given towards the bringinge in of the 
water xv! wh xvi the towne standeth indebted to 
the water war : “a Sy 
The levy element appears in the following entry of 1591-2 :— 
Itm rec of Willyam Browne* for y* w° he was sett 
to paie toward the bringinge of the water v# 
and for monyes thatt he receaued of the 
water monye more then he hath accompted 
for all amounting to “xxvii xt 
* Browne was the Receiver of the year previous, in which the work was done. 
