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THE CASTLE OF EXETER. 135 Penruddock and Hugh Grove, Esqrs., suffered decapitation by order of the Lord Protector, for proclaiming their lawful sovereign, Charles IL, at Southmolton. After the restoration of monarchy, a magazine was erected within the Castle. The arms and ammunition, which for some time had been kept in the Chapel of St. John's Hos- pital, were ordered, on the 4th of September, 1663, to be removed thither. The order was signed by John Drake, sheriff of the county of Devon, and by John Northcote, John RoUe, John Bampfylde, and Henry Ford. Dr. Stukeley, who visited the Castle on the 1.9th of August, 1723, relates in his " Itinerary," vi., p. 157, that a narrow cavity runs quite round its outer wall, perhaps for the con- veyance of sound from turret to turret. Andrew Brice, in his " Geographical Dictionary," pub- lished in 1759, describing the Castle, says, "It had a sally- port, with a drawbridge, and that the former yet stands not quite ruinous, and by the rude vulgar has been called the DemVs Cradled This was towards Northernhay, the ditches of which never formed parcel of the duchy of Cornwall, but belonged to the Mayor and Chamber. In p. 266 of the "Act Book," 28th of January, 1600-1, the Mayor and Chamber admit that " Ed?eter is parccll of the Duchie of Cornwall." But for this they paid a consideration to the Crown. On the 18th July, in the first year of King Edward VI., they leased Northernhay to John Tuckfield, his wife and daughter, Katharine Rykard, during their several lives, for a fine of 406'. and a yearly rent of 20^., and a heriot of bs. In October, 1560, a lease was again granted, but with a proviso " that every man shall have free liberty, as in times past, for walking and recreation on Northernhay." In 1612, "Northernhay was levelled at their expence, and a pleasant walk made thereon, and upon the Mount over against Gallayit's Bower seats or benches of timber were erected." (Izacke's "Memorials.") And again, "The elm- trees in Northernhay (of above one hundred years' growth) were felled in 1642." And again, in 1664, "A pleasant walk made on Northernhay, and above two hundred young elms on each side thereof planted in 1662." And in the Act Books of the Chamber is an order, dated 21st July, 1696, "to pay thirty shillings to George White, the painter, for drawing a map of the Castle Ditches ;" and another of VOL. VII. T