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1 84 DUNHEVED. Trecarell, mayor. The farm of the Fish-stalls yielded £4 6s. 8d. The farm of Pesage [customary duty paid for weighing] produced 6s. 8d. The Service Box, 18s. The Gildhall and Pelary, the Hillond, and Penhole, the Wynde Myll and Charkefarthying, with the Rents of the Butchers, produced a total of ^36 9s. 8£d. Bodmam, Page, and Mary Lyon, Courtenay and Cade yielded together ^35 4s. 2d., and ilb. of pepper, and lib. of cummin. The admitted Burgesses paid 26s. 8d. Among those admitted were John Amades, Esqre., and Ralph Dery. The Casualties yielded ^"8 3s. 6d., among these being receipts of 6s. 8d. from John Kena for a fine in respect of one tenement called Wysh- worthy, and of £3 6s. 8d. for gardens of St. George, and of £3 of the gift of John Arundell, knight, for glazing the altar window, of one penny given to the store of the blessed Mary Magdalene, of 4d. for ringing the 4th bell, and of James Adam for the 4th and 5th bell in this year. The Wax rents paid by the free tenants for the year amounted to ten pounds. Total receipts, with the arrearages, ^96 7 s. 2jd. Besides the usual Rents Resolute is a payment to "the Lord the King for Polme garden, which sum ought to be paid yearly at the feast of St. Michael the Archangel, or within eight days following, 6s. 8d." [Edward the son of Hen. VIII., and after- wards Edw. VI. of England, was born 12 Oct., 1537, and was therefore at this time actual Duke of Cornwall, and entitled to this sum of 6s. 8d., but his father probably took all fruits of the Duchy during the minority of his son, and in fact until his own death.] Rent paid for the gardens of the fraternity of Jesus in this year, 15s. 6d., and for the gardens of the guild of St. John the Baptist, 5s. Total, ^7 os. nd. Nicholas Tawyll, "clerk, and parish priest," gets 18s. for reading the names of the saints in the Common Kalendar, and 4d. for praying for the soul of Walter Colles. The four chaplains receive their ordinary fees. The organist obtains a salary of 8s. 4-d., and John Pryn 10s., for play- ing the organ. Total of the pensions to Church ministers, ^25 10s. 8d. Twelve obits cost 27s. 2d.; the names have appeared in previous years. The Mayor and John Arundell, Knight (the Recorder), John Chamond, Knight (for advice), John Harrys, sergeant-at-law, William Dynham, chief steward, Walter Blygh, under steward, Thomas Peter, Mayor's sergeant, and the Collectors of rents, are paid usual amounts. Total, ^9 13s. 4-d.