Note 157 — II THE ROYAL HOUSEHOLD
Reading edition
Nichols, Eliz. ii. 45, 51. 'Bouche' or 'bouge' of court is clearly from busca, bush, firewood. The allowance was as old as 1290, for Fleta, ii. 7, notes cibus, potus, busca, and candela amongst the Chamberlain's fees (cf. p. 37). It is set out for each officer in 1318 (Tout, 270) and c. 1478 (H. O. 15).