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Rent Roll of the Corporation of Barnstaple 1652/3
Transcribed by Jonathan Frayne
|  | £ | s. | d. |
| Mr. Gay for a house over Northgate | Â | 5 | 0 |
| Mr. Gay for a moytie of a tenement in High street, sometime Richard Marier | Â | 14 | 6 |
| Squire for the other moytie of the same tenement | Â | 14 | 6 |
| Richard Ferris for a tenement in Fishambles wherein William Bellew dwells | Â | 9 | 6 |
| Mr. William Wood for the tavern on the Kay | Â | 14 | 0 |
| Wood for the Customs House | Â | 4 | 0 |
| Peard for a tenement in the Kay, sometime mr. Darracotts | Â | 10 | 0 |
| Peard for setting out the said tenement further than it was before | Â | 1 | 0 |
| John Eales for his tenement upon the Strand | Â | 10 | 0 |
| John Eales for his pole before his window | Â | Â | 2 |
| John Boller for a little shop under the Guildhall | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Richard Harris for the moytie of a tenement in Crock Street | Â | 12 | 0 |
| Thomas Horwood for the other moytie of the said tenement | Â | 12 | 0 |
| Mr. Challinar for a tenement in High street, sometime Roger Beare's | Â | 19 | 0 |
| Margaret Hackett for a tenement in Bowtport | Â | 10 | 0 |
| Joseph Delbridge for his tenement in High Street wherein he dwells | Â | 13 | 4 |
| Joseph Delbridge for a tenement in High Street, Lewes Groves dwells | Â | 12 | 6 |
| Dorothy Hill for a tenement and two gardens at Litchdon, sometime Agnes Quicks | Â | 5 | 0 |
| John Gread for a garden at Litchdon, sometime Nath. Quick's | Â | 1 | 0 |
| Palmer for his marsh called Goose Leaze | Â | 6 | 0 |
| Lawrence Gay for his two tenements and gardens, sometime Rottenburies | Â | 13 | 4 |
| Richard Budd for his tenement in Southgate | Â | 13 | 4 |
| John Gill for two tenements in Boutport, sometime Nicholas Lang's | Â | 12 | 0 |
| Geffery Webber for a tenement next unto the Church stile, sometime William Yeo's | Â | 4 | 0 |
| James Oliver for a tenement in Anchor Lane | Â | 5 | 0 |
| Mr. Nicholas Dennys for Portmarsh | Â | 13 | 4 |
| Mr. John Downe for his little piece of ground in Barbican Lane | Â | 2 | 0 |
| Thomasyn Harris for a piece of ground upon the Kay | Â | 1 | 0 |
| Richard Blackmore for two tenements upon the Kay in the tenure of george Britton | Â | Â | 4 |
| Walter Lawnd for his tenement in Crock Street | Â | 13 | 4 |
| Hugh Badcock, of South Molton, for his tenement in South Molton | Â | 2 | 0 |
| Nicholas Cooke for a tenement in Crock Street, sometime Grace Gay's | Â | 17 | 0 |
| William Johnson for Castle Hayes | 2 | 6 | 8 |
| Richard Stanbury for a courtlage erected by Mr. Norris | Â | Â | 4 |
| Richard Oliver for a wellhouse upon the Kay | Â | 1 | 0 |
| Mr. Norris for fixing timber upon Lewes Downe house | Â | Â | 1 |
| Mr. John Doddridge for his courtlage upon the Kay | Â | Â | 5 |
| Susan Collibear, widow, for fixing timber upon the Kay Hall | Â | Â | 4 |
| John Witheridge for his new building and tenement near the Castle Hayes | Â | 2 | 0 |
| The widow Penrose for her tenement in Balhaye | Â | 1 | 4 |
| The Corporation of Barnstaple for a tenement in Balhay now the Bridewell | Â | 1 | 4 |
| Peter Rowe for his tavern upon the Kay | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| William Collibeare for fixing timber upon the Bridgland in Boutport | Â | Â | 4 |
| The Corporation of Barnstaple for a tenement in Balhaye, sometime Mr. George Peard's | Â | 1 | 0 |
| John Hawke for a tenement and garden in Castle Lane | Â | 2 | 0 |
| Mr. Richard Harris for a tenement in Balhaye, sometime Mr. Justinian Westcombe's | Â | 1 | 4 |
| George Plyme for a tenement at Litchdon which was Thomas Salterne's | Â | 10 | 0 |
| Mark Blackmore for a little shop under the Guildhall | Â | 2 | 8 |
| Katheryne Cleland for her tenement and new building in Mayden Street | 1 | 11 | 0 |
| Arthur Smale for a tenement at Litchdon, sometime Kingdomes | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| William Lee for his howse and courtilage at the Stoope | Â | 1 | 0 |
| Mary Brand, widow, for a tenement in High Street, sometime Thomas Litchton's | Â | 10 | 0 |
| Mrs. Sara Paige for fixing timbers upon the Guildhall | Â | Â | 4 |
| Dr. Henry Downe and Roger Jeffery for a wall in Paternoster Row | Â | Â | 2 |
| Mr. Nicholas Delbridge and Doctor Henry Downe for a wall | Â | Â | 1 |
| Thomas Mathewe for his howse upon the Strand, which was Mr. Ayre's | Â | Â | 4 |
| Thomas Mathewe for a plot of ground taken out of the Strand behind his howse | Â | Â | 4 |
| Peter Terry for a tenement adjoining to the churchyard | Â | 1 | 4 |
| Mr. Adam Lugg for a tenement in High Street | Â | 4 | 0 |
| The Receiver of Barnstaple for a high rente | Â | 2 | 0 |
| Mr. William Nottell for the house upon the Strand that was Mr. Crosse's | Â | 4 | 4 |
| Mr. William Nottell for a piece of land taken out of the Strand behind the said house | Â | Â | 6 |
| Mr. Hugh Horsham for a house upon the Kay wherein Cliverden sometimes dwelt | Â | 4 | 0 |
| Mile Chalden for a tenement in Bare street | Â | 10 | 0 |
| Lewes Mudd for a tenement and cellar at Southgate | Â | 1 | 0 |
| Joseph Bonifast for a shop under the Guildhall | Â | 10 | 0 |
| Mr. Bassett for the new work upon the Kay | Â | 4 | 0 |
| Mr. Bassett for a stable near the Easter slip | Â | 4 | 0 |
| Alexander Whiller for an Incrochin to a tenement in Boutport, sometime Nicholas Lang's | Â | Â | 2 |
| Mrs. Norris for a little shopp upon the Kay which was Quick's, with a gutter or throng adjoining | Â | 3 | 0 |
| Symon Amory for a tenement upopn the Strand next unto the Horsemill | Â | 2 | 0 |
| William Bragg for a tenement upon the Kay, adjoining to Sir John Acland's land | Â | Â | 6 |
| Anthony Palmer for a plot of ground taken out of the Strand behind Mr. Collibeare's cellar | Â | Â | 6 |
| Mrs. Susan Collibeare for the same howse wherein Mr. Richard Cox did dwell | Â | Â | 4 |
| John Paller for his sellars upon the Kay | Â | Â | 4 |
| Thomas Cox for erecting the front of his howse upon the town land at Southgate | Â | 1 | 0 |
| Mr. John Horwood for erecting part of his new building upon the town land at Grible's Corner | Â | Â | 4 |
| Mr. Arthur Peard | Â | 10 | 0 |
| Mrs. Wood for two tenements, a garden, and courtlage, which was in the tenure of Philip Ferris | Â | 6 | 0 |
| William Bragg for the widow Johnson's tenement near Hugh Punchard's | Â | 5 | 0 |
| Mr. Ricahrd Harris, merchant, for the house upon the Strand which was Mr. Westlake's | Â | Â | 4 |
| The same for a piece of ground taken out of the Strand behind the said howse | Â | Â | 6 |
| John Mynard for a house, garden and plot of ground taken in from the Strand | 1 | 10 | 0 |
| Mr. John Palmer for a courtlage for his warrhowses on the Kay | Â | Â | 6 |
| Mr. Thomas Coxe for putting of timber on the town land | Â | Â | 4 |
| Nathaniel Merrick for | Â | Â | 4 |
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| The summe is | £38 | 6 | 1 |
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| As the items do not amount to this sum, it is probable that a balance was handed over from the previous year which does not appear in this account. | |||
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| The rent of the shopps in the fishambles: | |||
|  | £ | s. | d. |
| Richard Plymm for a shop there | Â | 5 | 0 |
| Humphrey Barmes | Â | 16 | 0 |
| William Wood | Â | 12 | 0 |
| William Walters | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Robert Jetson | Â | 4 | 0 |
| Richard Sleeper | Â | 5 | 0 |
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| The shopp rent is | £3 | 2 | 0 |
Indexed by the North Devon Record Office as a Muster Roll, but seemingly more like a 'Armoury Roll'.