[1] [2] Rich. Grafton. The inuenti|on of casting pipes.About this season the maner of casting pipes of lead for the conueiance of water vnder the ground, without occupieng of soulder to the same, was in|uented by Robert Brocke clearke, then one of the kings chapleins, an inuention right necessarie for the sauing of expenses: for two men and a boie will doo that in one daie, which before could not be doone by manie men in manie daies. Robert Cooper gold|smith was the first that made the instruments, and put this inuention in practise. ¶ In the verie begin|ning of this yeare, Anno reg. 29. certeine commissioners being sent into Summersetshire to take vp corne, the peo|ple began to make an insurrection: but by the wise|dome and diligence of yoong master Paulet & others the same was suppressed, and the beginners thereof, to the number of thréescore, were apprehended & con|demned, and fourtéene of them were hanged and quartered, one of the number being a woman, the residue were saued by the kings mercifull par|don.