Note 169 — II THE ROYAL HOUSEHOLD

Abstract, 46; Devon, 17, 72 and passim; Cott. MS. Vesp. C. xiv, f. 108; Addl. MS. 33378, f. 34ᵛ; V. P. x. 102; Sully, 443; Boderie, i. 39, 272, 362. Sir Lewis Lewknor received a formal appointment as Master of Ceremonies by patent, with a salary of £200, on 7 Nov. 1605, but had in fact been exercising the functions since 1603. Amongst his assistants were Sir William Button, who was employed by 1607 and obtained a reversion of the post on 10 Sept. 1612, and John Finett, who ultimately himself became Master, and published a record of his service from 1612 in his Philoxenis (1656).