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INTERROGA TORIES. 1 59 The second Int'gatory ys, Yf ye know by whom the said lands were given. To that the sayd Meyr & burgess's saye that theye know nott by whom yt was geven, nor who made it to be customary lande, nor who beulded the Towne fyrst, nor who made it a free burgh, but they saye that they hold the sayd burgh, w fc th'appances, of the Kyng's Ma tie yn cheff, to fee farme, as pcell of the Dukedome of Comewall ; and ferd r say that they ner herd but all the sayd lands dyd p'tayne, from the begynnyng, to the sayd Towne for the coforte and use of th'inhabytants throff, whych they have er had & enjoyed accordingly, w*out inte'uptyon of any man : And that the said lands be of the yerely value of fyftye pounds, or theyrabout, besyde the pfytts of the mketts/feyrs, and courts, & casualtees. The third Int'gatory ys, to what uses the lands were given. To that the said Meyr & Burgesses saye that the sayd land, as they have herd old men report, was appoynted to be used as above ys mencyoned, but for the wellfer of the inhabytants of the sayd towne, as the rulers thereof thought, most co'venyent by theyr dyscrecon. The fourth Inte'gatory ys, to what uses the pftts of the sayd lands hath been imployed. To that the sayd Meyr & Burgesses do say that they & theyr p'dcessors have imployed the pftts of theyr possessyons as here followethe, that is to saye, uppon the repacon of theyr chourche, townes' men's howses, pavyng of strats, mendyng of bryggs & hyeways to the Towne adjoynyng, to the fyndyng of men & gonys [guns] when the Kyng's grace doth requere yt : Also to pay the 'decern & quodecem' [tenths and fifteenths of State taxes] when ther is any granted, to pay the Fee farme of the Towne, to the necessary furneture of the Meyr's Fee, the Recorder's Fee, and the fees of the other offycers of the Towne : To the mayntenaunce of the Gyldhall & M-kethowses, to the mayntenance of the Almyshowse, wherein be vi poure peopell, towards the fyndyng of the. psons yn the Kyng's Gayle, and to dyves other goddely & necessary pposes, as by the Meyr for the tyme beyng hath thought most mete and covenyent. [There is a fifth Interrogatory, which will appear in our paper on the Church of St. Mary Magdalene.]