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312 CHURCH OF ST. MARY MAGDALENE. of its erection, unless the expenditure for covering it in 1522, to which we have referred in p. 177, may be con- sidered such a contribution ; on the other hand, there is no known record of Trecarell's munificence. We have seen that he was an alderman of the borough during the mayoralty of John Bonaventure in 15 12, and that he was one of the ten persons to whom the Polholme Garden was conveyed in 1522. It is gratifying to be able to add, that for twenty years after the dedication of his church he was a conspicuous personage in Dunheved. In 1531 and 1533 he was its chief steward, and in 1536 and 1543 its mayor. He was buried at Lezant 9th June, 1544, being there registered as " Harry Trecarell, esq." We now transcribe a receipt by William Piper, mayor, for windows brought for the church in 1534 : viz. Thes Indentt r maed the viij day off March, ann° H. viij the xxv err [year], Wetneseth that I Wyllm Pyper, mayer off Lanston, have resseved off Thomas Arnalle certtayn yerem [qu. gearing, things prepared, or gerenda, things carried] ffor the Cherch of Marimawelen [Mary Magdalen] as ffollis : It : the fferst wendawe wayeng ijc & di xiiij li [2 cvvt. 2 qrs. 14 lbs.]; It: mor [more] the second wendawe, ijc di xli ; It : another wendawe, wayeng ijc iij qrs & ili ; It : mor, another wendawe, wayeng ijc di & xxvili ; It : mor, another wendawe, ijc iij qrs & vli ; It : mor, ij wendawes, wayeng vc di & xijli ; It. mor, ij wendaws, wayeng vc lxxijli [5 cwt. 72 lbs.] ; It. mor, another apenen wendaw [sic. in orig, meaning, "end window"] wayeng iijc & di & xxvijli; It. mor, ij syed wendawes, wayeng vc 1 pownd ; It. mor, aponyne [end] wendaw, wayeng ilijc; It. mor, a nother syed wendawe, wayeng ijc di & xxvjli; It. mor, the Gabell wendaw, wayeng vc ixli; It. mor, in hocks ffor the cherch liiijli ; It. mor, iron barr ffor a wendawe vijli. [The name Thomas Arnall appears on the indentation at the back of this paper. It was probably the duplicate left with the mayor, Arnall having retained the part signed by the mayor.] This singular document leads to the conjecture that the building, consecrated ten years before, was either incomplete