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BURIAL OF PERSONS HANGED. 371 1597. In 1596 there were fourteen burials. We shall hereafter refer to more recent registers. For the present we return to the accounts. There lie before us those, or fragments of those, which relate only to five of the years in Queen Elizabeth's reign, (1558, 1587, 1589, 1594, and 1596), to four of those of the reign of James I. (1606, 161 3, 1619, and 1622), and to ten in the time of Charles 1.(1627, 1629, 1631, 1632, 1633, 1634, 1635, 1637, 1639, and 1646). There are also a few parochial rates, three during the period of the Commonwealth. Part of the account for 1558 (1 Eliz.) is lost. We have, however, its title ; viz. (in Latin), " Parish of St. Thomas, near Launceston ;" and then (in English) : The Accompt made of same Geild by John Vosper and John Holman, wardens of the same, the viij daye of the monyth of October, yn the fyrst yer of the raigne of our sovayragn ladye Elyzabeth of England, Ffrance, and Ireland, Quene, de- fender, &c. The first receipt is of 36s. 7^d. from the old wardens. This is followed by a receipt of 7s. from Mark Olyver for " hoggencr's monye" Then come receipts for "a knyll (knell), and two other small matters ; and next are these entries : " For a ladder sold to Robt. Comes, 7d. ; of Thomas Hodge for a ladder ; 7d. ; of Wylliam Gylberd for a ladder, 6d. ; of Wylliam Vyell for a ladder, 2d. ; of John Adam for prisoners clotheys, 7s. 9d." Other credits for " Cherchyerd grasse," for knells, &c, succeed, and then another receipt from Thomas Holman, for prisoners clotheys, 8d. ; for a pound of wax sold, i4d. ; of gatheryd mony of the parish, 10s. 9^d. ; of Willm. Penter for a grave of hys cheld, 4d. &c. Total receipts, £4 13s. io£d. The payments comprise mending a bell clapper, wax, wekeyerne, tapers, candels, " franckynsens," a bell rope, bell collar, cord for the high cross, and the following : " for washing the prisoners' clothes, Lent assyses last past, 6d. ; for cariage of prisoners, and for ther beryng [burying], w* masse and dyrygs for them, 2s. 9d. ; for mendynge of grave yn ye churche, 6d." 2 b 2