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1573 E 351/3337   36 steppes of stone and a new paire of staires of stone in the little courte by the tarreis as also in mending tarras
1585 E 351/3220   working of bastone and puttinge in of new somers and new joistinge and bordinge parte of the tarryes and laying of new leade upon the said tarris and new ruffe -castings the walles and making upp of tholde walles with brickes and also trussing up of the girders over the gallery, new joistinge of the greate chamber, settinge upp of the topp stones uppon the gable endes which were fallen down and new making of the creastes which were fallen down and rotted in diverse places, new working of sorles under the ballesters, over the tarrys, laying in of jollpeces in the side of the hall, trussing upp the somers with beams which were sunke doune in the presence and the gallery, drawing upp tholde roofe which was shrounke over the greate stayres by the king's lodginges, tylinge over th haule on both sides and the gallery, slating over the greate chamber and the presence chamber, new lathing with sheete lead and puttinge in of diverse peces and flashes of leade where nede required, sowdering over the chappell and the gutters of the Queene's lodginges, making and laying a new sesterne for carreinge the water from the double roofe over the chapple - mendinge of the Tarrys
1619 LR2/ 221   bourding upp the great garratt windowes and others with the old bourds that laye on the tarrys,
1634 NRO Ph35288 Northampton Deposition f.1 Q. 18 Item whither did you or any other to your knowledg weigh or caused to be weighed the Lead that came of a Tarris or long Walke belonging to the Honor howse of Grafton; how many Tunn of Lead was there of the said Tarris or long Walke when you weighed the same; where was the same Lead laid up; what Store of Lead was in Storehowses (as you believe) at such time as the Lead which came of the Tarris or long Walke was laid up by you or any other; whither was the foresaid Lead carried as you knowe or have heard or believe.
1634 NRO Ph35288 Northampton Deposition f.1 Q. 19 Item was not King James of famous memory in the time of his Progress feasted upon the foresaid Tarris or long Walke; was it not of a large and spacious buildinge;
1634 NRO Ph35288 Northampton Deposition f.1 Q. 20 Item was not the Lead which came of the said Tarris, Long Walke, Gallery, windows, Tower, or of or from any other building belonging to the Honor howse then remaining in some or one of those Storehowses since Sir Francis Crane came to have any interest in the Honor howse [of]i Grafton.
1634 NRO Ph35288 Northampton Deposition f.1 Q. 17 To the Seaventh Interr he saith that he hath knowne twoe longe entryes of seaven bayes a peece one is walke of six bayes, one Tower, and the Chappell belonginge to the said Mannor howse which were covered with leadd which said leadd or the moss parte thereof was laid up in Store howses as he verely beleiveth.
1634 NRO Ph35288 Northampton Deposition f.2 Q. 18 To the eighteenth Interr he saith that he this deponent did weigh the lead that came of the Tarrus or Longe walke belonginge to the Mannor howse of Grafton and saith that the same weighed twenty tunnes within within a quarterne or twenty Tunnes & a quarterne every tunne weighinge twenty hundred weight which lead was layde in the Cellar of the said Mannor howse & further he saith not.
1634 NRO Ph35288 Northampton Deposition f.2 Q. 3 - 6 To the third fourth fifth & sixth Interr she saith that at the tyme when the said Sir Francis Crane came to dwell at the said mannor howse the roomes next the Streete; the entry between the kitchen & Queenes Stable & divers other roomes adjoinenge thereunto the Longe gallery the greate chamber over the Cellar and many other roomes whose names shee knoweth not and alsoe a greate outward stable, and the Queenes stable were all covered and in reasonably good repayre and that the greatest parte of the Longe gallery, the gatehowse the Porters ward & below that a storehowse which was in good repayre the great Kitchen, the entry the Queenes stable & little [ease]i & the privy kitchen, a long tarras the Chappell, and Tower and other roomes behind the tower whose walls were standeinge a row of buildinge adjoynenge uppon the hall rangeing between the twoe inner courts the greate hall, another Tarras shooteing from the greate hall to the kitchen and another Tarras betweene the Courte and little gallery are all since taken downe and carryed away within these nine yeares by appoyntment of Sir Francis Crane as shee conceiveth because one Beddles Sir Francis Cranes servant said that he was to carry Warrants into the Countrye to the Constables to charge the countrye there abouts for carryinge away the same And that all the materialls were carried unto Stoke parke as she verily beleiveth because shee hath seen very many teames and carts loaden with the said materialls goe up Saunt hill neare to the said Parke And she further saith that the ground whereon the said buildings stood is devided into many several parts and employed to several uses. And shee further saith that the walls soe caryed away were of a greate height and thicknes and many windowes & Chimneyes in the said walls in good repayre.
1634 NRO Ph35288 Northampton Deposition f.3 Q. 19 To the nineteenth Interr he saith that Kinge James of famous memory was feasted uppon the longe Tarras in his progresse to this deponents knowledge.
1634 NRO Ph35288 Northampton Deposition f.5 Q. 20 To the twentyeth Interr he saith that the lead that was taken of one of the Tarras was laide up in one of the storehowses to his knowledge and that he did see a greate deale of lead more which lay in the other twoe storehowses the most parte whereof was remayneinge when Sir Francis Crane came thither.
1634 NRO Ph35288 Northampton Deposition f.1 Q. 20 To the Twentieth Interr he saith that the greatest parte of the lead that came of the said Turris [is this terrace?]sowth walke, entyes, tower, Chappell & windowes & other buildings of the said Mannor howse layde up in storehowses was remayninge there since the said Sir Francis Crayne came thither as this deponent well knoweth.
1634 NRO Ph35288 Northampton Deposition f.1 Q. 20 To the Twentieth Interr he saith that the greatest parte of the lead that came of the said Turris sowth walke, entyes, tower, Chappell & windowes & other buildings of the said Mannor howse layde up in storehowses was remayninge there since the said Sir Francis Crayne came thither as this deponent well knoweth.
1635 SP16/313 f.183 The rails and ballasters of three tarazes (terraces) being freestone and a yard high conteyning 25 bayes.