Note 175 — II THE ROYAL HOUSEHOLD
Reading edition
J. C. Davies, The First Journal of Edward II's Chamber (1915, E. H. R. xxx. 662), gives extracts from a Chamber account of 1322-3, including a payment of 7 Jan. 1323 'a iiij clers de Sneyth iuantz entreludies en la sale de Couwyk deuant le Roi et monsire Hugh [le Despenser] de doun le Roi par les mayns Harsik liuerant a eux les deniers xlˢ', which adds an interesting early use of the term 'interlude' to those given in Mediaeval Stage, ii. 181, 256.