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'^ say that he had some at three severall times of the *' Captain and of his father within thèse fiye or six " yeares. Being asked whether they were serviceable, " he answered that he could not tell, but that he sold " the fowler and three chambers unto Gratian Borton, " without the consent of the Captain ; of what price " or weight the said peeces might be which he bought " he knoweth not, because he kept no account " thereof."

7. — " Thomas Master saith that he did helpe like- '^ wise to descend the sacker and was présent at the " shooting of the same, but he knoweth not who had " it, nor whether it was serviceable. Besides he saw " one or two fowlers at a smith house called Dorey, " not knowing whether they came from the Castle."

8. — " Hyw Richarson knoweth not that a sacker " of the Castle was sold unto the Seigneur of St " Ouen, but he knoweth of one which he hope to " descend, which was promised to be lent to the Pa^ " rishionners of St. Martin's and yet was tryed, but " yet he knoweth not whether it was serviceable. ^^ Being asked of other peeces, he knoweth nothing " but of one, which he saw at Cosmes Cabot, which, " as it was commonly said, came from the Castle, but " knoweth not whether it was serviceable.

9. — " Hyw Noël knoweth not what became of the " sacker that was descended for the Farishionners of ^' St. Martin's from a wall, nor whether it was ser- ^' viceable. Touching other peeces, he saith that he '' saw some at two smith's houses, called Cosmes Cabot

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^' and Thomas Borey, which they said came firom the " Castle; but he knoweth not whether they were ^^ serviceable, neither could he tell about what time " it was when he saw them there."

10. — ^^ Thomas Baudain saith that he knoweth not ^^ of any sacker that was sold from the Castle unto *^ the Seigneur of St. Ouen. Seing demanded if he ^' saw any fowlers transported from their places, he ^^ saw two at Cosmes Cabot's house, who told him << that they came from the Castle, but heremembereth ^' not the time, xmlesse it was about six or seaven " years agoe, not knowing whether they were of ser- '^ vice; fiirther he saith that he saw a sacker un- " mounted, bound with a circle."

11. — '' Jean Jeunes saith that he saw a sacker " before the gâte, bound with a drde of iron, which ^' was shott off in his présence, but he knoweth not '^ whether the same was serviceable, nor to whom it " was sold. Besides he saw a fowler at Cosmes Cabot's *' house, that came from the Castle, who told him that '^ he sold the same unto a stranger, with the Captain's " leave, six or seaven years agoe/'

12. — '^ Peter Payne deposeth that he can say ^* nothing that one peece was sold out of the Castle " unto the Seigneur of St. Ouen, or unto any other, " because he cometh seldome or never into the Castle."

13. — ^' Mathew Jeane saith that he knoweth no- ^* thing of the sacker, but he saith that he saw one ^< peece of iron^at Colas Blampied, smith, to be broken

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'' iti piËecefi, whiûh he said came from the Gââtk ab<mt " flve or six yearee."

14.» Clément Bastard saith that he did helpe to *' descend a sacker, which lay nnmounted upon a ^ parement in the Castle, buthe knowethnot whether ** it wafl serviceable, nor what became of it Being " asked of other peeces, he said that he saw one or " two at Cosmes Cabot, which he said came from the " Castle, but he knoweth not whether they were service- '* able, nor about what time it was when he saw them/'

1 5. — ^*' John Malet deposeth in ail things as Clément *• Le Bastard hath before deposed.'*

16.—'' Collas Blampied saith that he knoweth '' nothing of the sacker, but saith that for want of iron, " he bought of Sir Amias Foulet some peeces of the •* Castle^ about two ; the weight of them he knoweth ** not, neither whether they were then serviceable ; the ** which he broke and tumed into other uses for the ** benefitt of the labourers of the said Isle, about six *' or seavenyearesagoe, and that sithence that time he ** hath bought others of Mr. Anthony Poulet, which ** were not serviceable, the which he broke allsoe, and ^ ConTerted them to other uses."

lî. — ^^ John Le Breton saith that he knoweth ** nothing of the sacker ; touching other peeces he " feaith that he bought three fowlers and one harque- ** buse of Sir Amîas Poulet, the which he broke and ^' tconverted them to other uses for the benefitt of the " eotintry, but he neyer bought any of Mr. Anthony " Poulet''

18. — ** Thomw Dorey ctepowth and «iaith that he " knoweth not eny thing of the sacker, and saith that *' he bought both of Sir Amias Poulet and Mr. An- *^ thony Poulet, certain peeces.of iron, whicb he ©on- " verted to other use of daily labourers, »ot knowing " them 8«rviçeaWe for défense."

Bapport des Commissaires. Item, " ito the 4th, ^' that the said Anthony Poulet had i^ansported a ** sacker to the Seignor of St. Ouen, being owner of *' the Island of Serck, under her Majesty's dominions, <« but the same soe transported was never serviceable, ^ nor did apartaine to her Majesty, neither hath the ^' said Anthony Poulet sold away peeces of ordinance ^ called fowlers, oi other apartaining to her Majesty^ ".for défense of the Castle or Island there ; but the «< same saçker and œrtain fowlers and otbers were ^ iron ordinance of the Oastle, there amounting unto " five tunns, being un{»ofitable, i^nservioeable and " unmounted by the space of twenty yeares be&re, ^ and so fo\mà by sunrey taken by Commission, Anno ^ 1562, shewed alLso unto us, and therefc»:e were not *' put into the Inventory of munition, wherewith the ^ Captains «re charged, neither delivered in charge to ^^ the said Sir Amias Poulet, Knight, deceased, but ^ were afterwards Mld by the Right Honorable Am- ^ bsose, Earle of Warwidt, as it appeared unto us by ^ his deed daited the lOth of Nov^nber, 1574, for a " summe of money, tmto the said Sir Amias Poulet. " A particular note, containing every peece of the " which the said unserviceable ordinance was sold,