INDEX AND NOTES. (continued 2)

Every entry relating to money lost at any kind of game is referred to under this head, in order that there might be one complete reference on the subject. As they are fully noticed at the commencement of the volume, any remarks here would be superfluous.

Gammage, Sir William, 100, 184.

Garard or Garet, Henry, shoe-maker, 30, 75, 103.

---- ——, the falconer, 28, 95, 187, 203.

Garden at Greenwich, for keeping the, in order, 50.

----, paid for trimming the, 177.

Garett's wife, paid to, 206.

Garney Master, 214.

Garnish, buttons to garnish caps, 25, 33.

"These buttons were placed on the under side of the rim of the cap. See the portraits of the period."—M.

Garnishing and a desk, paid for, 123, bis.

---- books, paid for, 214, 123, bis.

The word is thus used by Skelton. Speaking of a book he says, "To beholde, howe it was garnished and bound encovered over with gold of tissue fine. The claspes and bullions were worth a M pound," p. 46. See Book.

---- of two bonnets, &c. paid for, 268.

The four last references are inserted to show the different ways in which the word "Garnish" was used.

Gathered for a church, to women that, 36, 257.

Collections for some pious purpose.

Geese, green, brought, 41, 99.

---- brought, 181, 187.

Gelded deer, a, 13.

Geldings, for, 12, 119, 282.

----, the boys of the running, 259, 263, 276.

----, for the diet of the, 107, 114.

Gelding, paid for a, for the king's closet, 9.

---- brought, 26, 44, 104, 149, 224, bis.

----, stalking, meat for a white, 132.

Gentleman of Italy, to a, 150.

George, St. to a poor woman that begged in the name of, 150.

Gere, paid for, for the children of the stable, 182.

Gere for Sexton the fool, for, 205, 215.

----, for making, 270.

As in three out of the four instances in which this word is used it evidently referred to fantastic dresses or the appendages to them, it may be inferred that the children of the stable were ludicrously habited, and which is the more probable if the conjecture which has been hazarded be correct, that they were employed in riding racing horses. Gere was, however, sometimes used for the ornamental parts of dress, for Louis XII. king of France, is described in a letter from the Earl of Worcester in 1514, as "devysing new collers and goodly gere for" the queen his bride.—Ellis's Original Letters, second Series, vol. i. p. 236. Mr. Markland observes "this word, per se, meant clothing simply. From the days of Spenser to those of Swift, when magnificence or ornament is implied, the word is accompanied with some epithet; thus 'gorgeous gear' in the former, and 'glittering birth-day gear' in the latter. See Masking." Shakspeare, however, uses the word in the sense which it is supposed to be employed in the text:

Love's Labour Lost, A. 5. Sc. 2.

Chaucer uses Gere for articles of any kind, but in one instance he applies it to articles of dress:

The Clerkes Tale, l. 8248.

Gibson Richard, 77, 250, 270.

Gifford, Master George, 120.

Gilding, paid for, 97, 123.

Giles, the Groom of the Crossbows, 25, 70.

Girdles, leather, paid for, for knives, 161, 168.

---- to a, for a wood-knife, 173, bis.

Girdles, for a, 81, 208.

----, for a chain made for a, 268.

These girdles were undoubtedly a splendid part of dress, and were in some cases proportionably expensive. Several notices of Girdles occur on the Rolls of Parliament, and in the Testamenta Vetusta. Among the expenses of Peter Martyr in 1547 was, "for riband for a gyrdel 1s. 2d." Archæologia, vol. xxi. p. 472.

Glamorganshire, 69.

Glasier, paid to the, 111.

Glass, paid for a, 10, 15, 51.

Glasses brought to the king, 18, 142.

It is difficult to say whether these entries referred to looking or drinking glasses. See Looking-glasses.

---- of Rose water brought, 63.

----, a steel, 81.

A mirror of polished steel.

---- with orange water, brought, 166.

---- with waters brought, 5.

Glastonbury, Abbot of, 146, 224, 225.

Gloucester, Abbot of, 28, 43, 106, 112, 188.

Glove, Hawk's, 83.

----, shooting, for a, 46.

Gloves, paid for, 138, 146, 208.

---- Spanish, for, 267.

By the Parliament which met in the 3 and 4 Edw. IV. 1463-4, Gloves were forbidden to be imported, Rot. Parl. vol. v. p. 507, and which is the only notice of them in those records. In the bill of the expenses of Ochin and Martyr in 1547, Gloves are frequently mentioned; for "a Hatt and Glovys for Bernardinus at Basell, 9s. 3d." "for a pair of furryd Glovys for P. Marter, 13s." and at London, "for two payer of Glovys for them, 15s."—Archæologia, v. xxi. p. 472.

Glover Thomas, 47.

Godsalve, clerk of the signet, 59, 106.

Gold, the hosier, 3, 23, 54, 133.

---- edges of, paid for, 76.

Goldsmith's work paid for, 155.

Goldsmith, the king's paid, 192, 236, 267.

----, to Cornelius the, 262.

Gonson William, 148, 232.

Good Friday, alms on, 40.

Good ——, of Windsor, 52.

Goodryke, Doctor, 8.

Goshawk, paid for a, 9.

----, for a, upon the cage, 16.

---- a, brought, 60, 62, 237.

---- to the keepers of the king's, 56, 80, 118, 162, 183.

Gough John, 144.

Gown, for a, 115.

----, to a priest to buy himself a, 280.

Grafton, works at, 160.

----, 159, 160, bis, 161, 238, 239, 240, 241, 248.

---- Park, to the keeper of, 160, 241.

Grane John de, a jeweller, 271.

Grapes brought, 168, 174, 254, 264, 267.

----, &c. brought to the Marchioness of Pembroke, 267.

Grass, paid for taking the king's horses to, 142.

Graunt Francis, 72.

Great Seal, vide Seal, 148.

---- Master of the French King's children, to the, [Anne de Montmorency,] 59. See France. "Grece time," for attendance on the king during the last, 186.

Thus also used by Cavendish: "My lord continued at Southwell until the latter end of grease-time," p. 255. Probably grass-time, as both these notices refer to about the middle of June. We find in these accounts an entry of "taking the king's horses to grysse," for grass.

Grene William, 107, 182.

Grene, ——, 247, 265.

Greenwich, 13, 14, 16, 17, 18, 20, 23, 33, 39, 47, 50, 53, 54, 60, 78, 79, 84, 86, 87, 88, 93, 94, bis, 96, 103, 110, bis, 113, 114, 122, 127, sæpe, 128, bis, 132, 134, 135, 139, 175, 179, 190, 192, 195, 205, 210, 211, 213, 215, 219, 224, sæpe, 228, 256, 275, 276, bis, 278, 280, 281, 283, bis.

----, paid to poor people of, who were expelled at the time of the Plague, 79, 104, 125, 129, 173, 182, 207, 262. See Banished.

----, for the expenses of the house at, 127.

----, the bailiff of, 263.

----, to the bailiff of, for people banished that town, 173.

----, paid for trimming the garden at, 177.

----, to the daughter of the gardener of, 193.

----, Walsh, the gardener of, 165, 207, 213, 218, 225, 231, bis, 242, 250, 263.

----, paid for keeping the garden and house there clean, 206.

----, paid for thorns and labourers for, 205.

---- Park, to the keeper 17, 176, 189, 194, 230, bis.

----, to the wife of the keeper of, 127.

----, for necessaries for, 217.

----, paid to the keeper of, for mowing the brakes, 265. See Brakes.

Gresham Richard, mercer of London, 7, 116, 261.

Father of the celebrated Sir Thomas Gresham, the founder of the Royal Exchange, and, whom Mr. Lodge happily terms, "the great patriarch of commerce and of commercial finance." This Richard Gresham was a mercer in London, and, according to the same elegant writer, was "agent for the crown with the trading interest, or, as it was called, king's merchant, an office of the highest importance and trust, inasmuch as it united the duty of raising money for the royal occasions by private loans, with that of protecting and cherishing the sources from which they were derived." He was knighted, and became Mayor of London in 1537, and died in 1548. See also Ward's Gresham Professors.

Greyhounds brought to the king, 19, 65, 70, 148, 161, 223, 236, 242, 245, 247, 256, 257, 275.

Greyhounds, chaste, 58, 174. See Chaste.

----, to ten men that rowed in the, 127.

----, for waiting with the, 228.

A boat so named.

Griffiths ——, 165.

Grisling William, Mercer, 74, 117.

Groom Porter, the, 120.

Grooms, paid to two, 137.

Grysse, [i. e. Grass,] the king's horse sent to, 263.

Guard, to the yeomen of the king's, 114.

A list of the yeomen of the Guard in the 17 Hen. VIII. will be found in the Ordinances for the Royal Household made in that year.

----, one of the, sent to fetch a hawk, 115.

----, to one of the, on his marriage, 131, 218.

----, to one of the, for shooting, 135.

----, to one of the, 151, 197, 223, 269.

Guard, paid to the, for eating a, buck, 156. See Buck.

Guilford, 62, 63, sæpe.

----, to the Friars of, 150.

---- Park, to the keepers of, 150.

---- Sir Edward, 87, 99, 184, 276, 279.

Apparently the father-in-law of John, afterwards Duke of Northumberland. He was Marshal of Calais, Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports, and Master of the Ordnance, and married Eleanor, sister and co-heiress of Thomas West, Lord de La Warr, and who was probably the lady referred to in the next article.

---- Lady, 103, 184.

Guilliam, the Crosbow maker, 19.

----, 25.

----'s Richard Ap, 40, 108.

---- the king's fletcher, 40.

----'s, the two, 11, 14, 17, 18, 38, bis, 44, 53, bis, 61, 73, 75, 78, 84, 86, 98, 121, 126, 138, 139, 153, 164, 165, 170, 173, 175, 183, 187, 197, bis, 200, 206, 219, bis, 233, 234, 259, 261, 264, 281.

----, Little, of the Private Chamber, 100, 110, 114.

----, Little, to, because he was sick, 94.

----, Little, to a surgeon for curing, 128.

----, Grand, of the Privy Chamber, 114, 130, 141, 210, 245.

Of these two individuals little, or rather nothing is known, beyond the fact established by these accounts, namely, that they were entirely supported at the king's expence; hence it may be inferred that they were favourite servants, or "diverting vagabonds," to the king, perhaps a character a shade more respectable than his jester and fool. See, however some conjectures about the two Guilliams under Fool, ante.

Gun, a hand, brought, 104.

"The name of hand gun succeeded to that of hand-cannon, and when the lock was added, was superseded by that of arquebus." See Specimens of each kind in Skelton's "Illustrations of Arms and Armour." M.

----, for trimming the king's, 194.

Gunner's wife, of the Tower, 105.

----, to a, to buy a horse, 180.

----, to a, 233.

Guylde, [i. e. Gild,] to, 97.

Gyngell's kind, [i. e. Gingell's breed] whelps, of, brought, 244.

Guyse, Monsieur, 268.

Hadstone Henry, 207.

Hall Mr., 39.

Hall Richard, 91, 129, 175, 204, 216, 247, 279.

Apparently a groom.

----, the treasurer's servant, 149.

----, Marshall of the King's, 243.

Hampton Court, 22, 25, 27, 43, 53, 55, 56, bis, 57, 58, bis, 60, sæpe, 65, bis, 66, 67, 68, bis, 75, 77, 79, 80, bis, 83, sæpe, 89, ter, 91, bis, 92, sæpe, 93, sæpe, 101, 139, 140, bis, 141, sæpe, 142, 144, 145, 147, sæpe, 177, 178, 180, 189, 254, sæpe, 255, sæpe.

----, the ferryman at, 147.

----, gardener of, 26, 75, 176, 221, 225, 255, 264.

---- Park, to the keeper of the, 26, 68, 75, 229, 255.

Hand guns, paid for a chest for the, 159. See Gun.

Handkerchiefs for, 104.

Hannibal ——, 197.

Hans, the falconer, 51.

Hanslop Park, to the keeper of, 160, 240.

Harcourt Sir Simon, 248.

Ancestor of the present Earl Harcourt. He distinguished himself at the sieges of Therouenne and Tournay, was knighted at the battle of Spurs, and died on the 16th January, 1547. Collins's Peerage. Ed. 1779. Vol. v. p. 268.

Hardwareman, to the king's, 24, 31, 73, 81, 94, 218, 234, 267.

Many of the articles which the "hardwareman" sold prove that the trade to which the word is now applied, differs materially from what it was at the period in question.

Hare, paid for finding a, 157.

Harington ——, a groom, 216, 247.

Harness, [i. e. armour "from the Celtic word Haern." M*] expences of bringing from Bologne, 54.

---- paid to the armourer for keeping clean the king's, 155, 196.

Harper, paid to a blind woman being a, 168.

Harriers, to the, 247.

----, to the office of the, 77, 164.

Harris Hugh, a falconer, 38, bis, 116, bis, 135, 142, 145, 185, 225, bis, 226, 259, 278, 284, bis, 287, 288, 290.

Hart Peter, 78.

Hart Sir, Percival, 136, 145.

One of the Sewers of the King's Chamber.

Hart Hounds, to the office of the, 153, 255.

Hartford, 71, 72.

---- Park, keeper of, 71.

Hartwell Park, to the keeper of, 161, 240.

Harvy Master, 162.

Harvy Sir Nicholas, to the nurse and midwife of his child, 197.

Ancestor of the Marquess of Bristol. He was gentleman of the privy chamber to the king, and one of his favorites. Sir Nicholas was thrice married and had issue by each wife; but it does not appear which child was honored by having the king for one of its sponsors.

Hasilbone, to the keeper of, 161.

Hasilrigg Robert, 92.

Hastings and Rye, for a plat of, 91.

As every entry relating to the fine arts is of peculiar interest, this is deserving attention; though from the word "plat" it would appear, that it was a plan rather than a painting. The sum paid for it to Vincent, the king's painter, was 3l. 10s. See Plat.

Hat, paid for a, 60, 268.

Havering, 170.

---- Park, to the keeper of, 170.

Hawe Christopher, 208. See Hawte.

Hawks, the king's, 15.

---- brought, 47, 49, 51, 54, 62, 105, 145, 146, ter, 151, 162, 210, 231.

---- a, that was eyred, 60. See Eyred.

---- a, found, 70, 110.

----'s glove, 83.

----, paid for fetching a, 115.

----, paid for "lying out to take," 157.

----'s hoods and hawk's gloves for, 159.

----, meat for, 3, 5, 25, 28, 30, 31, 34, 38, 42, 51, bis, 52, 71, 78, 85, 95, bis, 116, bis, 129, 133, 135, 140, bis, 163, 171, 181, 185, bis, 198, 200, 212, 216, 221, bis, 222, 225, 227, 229, 236, sæpe, 253, 254, 259, bis, 278, bis, 279, 284, bis, 286, 288, 289.

These numerous items of money for hawks' meat are more fully noticed at the commencement of the volume.

----, paid for taking up a, 256.

Hawks brought from the King of France, 269;

the expences of them, 275, 279.

---- to the Mew, 37.

The Mew was a close place in which hawks were confined whilst moulting. "The Mews at Charing Cross were so called because Henry the Eighth used them for his hawks on those occasions."—M.

Hawkyn, a falconer, 5, 31, 95, 140, 163, 181, 222, 236, 253, 287, 289.

Hawte Christopher, a falconer, 198, 216, 236, 287.

Hawys John, 47.

Hayes Cornelius, Goldsmith, 10, 134, 138, 156, 170, 179, 184, 188, 192.

Hay, paid for, 17, 86, 189, 213.

Healed, to the people that the king, 156, 160, 161, 163, 164, 170, 203, 213, 217, 221, 225, 243, 249, 253, 264, 272, 278.

These entries were of payments made to persons whom the king touched for the evil. It appears that they uniformly received 7s. 6d. each; a gratuity which at that period, and to poor persons, was very considerable. It tends also in a great measure to account for the prevalence of the custom; for a more convenient superstition could scarcely be devised.

Heath Cock, for a, 103.

Hedge and a ditch, for making a, 194.

Henawd [i. e. Henault] Park, to the keeper of, 170.

Henley Park, keeper of, 63.

Henchmen, for the rent of a house for the, 79, 125, 182, 209, 230, 265.

No word has been more commented upon than "Henchmen," or Henxmen. Without entering into the controversy it may be sufficient to state, that in the reign of Henry the Eighth it meant the pages of honor. They were the sons of gentlemen, and in public processions always walked near the monarch's horse: a correct idea may be formed of their appearance from the representation of them in one of the pictures in the meeting room of the Society of Antiquarians. It seems from these entries that they lodged in the house of Johnson, the master of the king's barge, and that the rent of it was 40s. per annum. Observations on the word will be found in Spelman's Etymol:, Pegge's Curiala, from the Liber Niger Edw. IV., Lodge's Illustrations, vol. i. p. 359, the Northumberland Household Book, Blount's Glossary.

Henchmen, to the yeoman of the, 209.

Hennage Sir Thomas, 8, bis, 25, 26, 29, bis, 43, sæpe, 50, 58, 66, 75, 79, 87, bis, 89, bis, 120, 141, 144, 148, 157, bis, 165, 172, 187, 195, 196, 219, 249, 254, 255.

One of the gentlemen of the privy chamber, and apparently the same individual, who was afterwards vice-chamberlain and chancellor of the duchy of Lancaster to Queen Elizabeth. His only child Elizabeth, who married Sir Moyle Finchard, was created Countess of Winchelsea, by Charles the First.

Henyngham George, 88, 132, 209, 235.

He was evidently attached in some way to the stables, as these items are of payments of money to him for horses, or provender for them.

Hens, to the purveyor of, 109, 119, 129.

---- brought, 103, 178, 194.

Hen taker, James Parker, the, 15, 25, 28, 33, 37, 41, 42, 56, 80, 92, 142, 168, 199, 226, 258, 282, 285, 287.

The hen taker and the Purveyor of Hens was probably the same person. His wages to which all these entries refer, were it seems 9l. per annum.

Herbs brought, 4, 36, 39, bis, 44, 45, ter, 50, 56, 57, 59, 72, 87, 96, 124, 130, 200, 209.

Heremyte, [i. e. Hermit] to a, 42.

Hermit of Deptford, to the, 150, bis.

Herington Rowland, 279.

Herytage Maister, 6, 40, 49.

Query, if not intended for Sir Thomas Hennage just mentioned.

Herons, for finding, 28.

Hertford, 24.

Hide, for a bare hide to cover the king's barge, 182.

Hind a, brought, 189.

"Hinging" over the gate, paid for the, 8.

Hingings to a merchant, for hangings and other merchandize, 243.

Apparently from the price, hangings of silk or rich stuff. A perfect idea of the richness and splendour of hangings at that period, may be formed from the description of those in the palaces of Henry the Eighth, in the Harleian MS. 1419, A. & B.; whilst of those used in the early part of the fifteenth century, a full account is given in the list of Henry the Fifth's effects on the Rolls of Parliament, vol. iv.

Hobart James, 71, 80, 92, 109, 117, 141, 152, 172, 181, 193, 203, 258, 279.

It does not appear who this individual was, but as every entry relating to him is of a payment for bringing marmelade, dates, sweet oranges, lemons, and "other pleasures," it may be inferred that he was a kind of pastry-cook.

Hobby, a dun, for meat for, 131.

----, for a, 119.

Hobbies brought, 28, 104, 224.

Hogsheads of wine, 98, 99.

Holand John, 218.

Hollys William, alderman of London, 170.

Afterwards Sir William Hollis. His will is printed in the Testamenta Vetusta, whence it appears that he died in 1542. He was Lord Mayor of London in 1539.

Holt, to the deputy of the, 151.

Honyson Guilliam, jeweller, 91.

Horden Thomas, 67.

Horns trimmed [probably for mounted] by the jeweller, for, 184.

Horses. See Gelding.

---- brought, 12, 13, 16, 54, 175, 211, 224, 245, 282.

----, for healing the king's, 20.

----, the day on which they ran, 25.

----, for drink given to the king's, 31.

----s' medicines, for the king's, 31, 118.

----, food for, 132.

---- Barbary, to the keeper of the, 133. See Barbary.

----, to the yeoman of the, 137.

----, paid the expenses of taking the king's to grass, 142, 263.

----, food for the stalking, 194.

----, a stalking, brought, 162. See Stalking.

----, paid for the hire of, 193.

----, to a boy that ran the Barbary, 199. See Barbary.

----, to the keeper of the Barbary horse, and for a bath for it, 204, 218.

----, to a Dompne, for riding two at once, 218. See Dompnu.

----, paid for, 88, 128, 139, 180, 250, 257.

"We cannot gather the prices of Horses from these accounts as often as it is desirable. Gilbert Talbot, afterwards Earl of Shrewsbury, in 1578, offers 33l. for two Fryseland Horses."—Lodge's Illustrations, ii, 171. "There was particular attention paid in this reign, as appears by several laws, to promote the breed of large and strong horses. Mr. Barrington on Statutes (p. 499) conjectures that Tournaments and other magnificent Pageantries being in vogue in the early part of this reign might have prompted these measures. Certainly the strength of the Horses would contribute to render Tournaments more safe to those engaged in them as well as heighten the general effect of the scene." M.

Notices of the value of Horses towards the end of the reign of Edward the First, will be found on the Rolls of Parliament, Vol. i. p. 228, 245; and in the Liber Quotidianus Contrarotulatoris Garderolæ, of the 28th Edw. I. sparsim. but particularly p. 77 et seq. They appear to have varied in price from one to ten pounds, and are minutely described both as to their colours and the purposes for which they were destined. Henry the Fifth's chariot horses, "Chivalx de Charrettz," were sold for 95l. 14s. 10d. Rot. Parl. vol. iii. p. 237. By statute 11 Hen. VII. chap. xiii. it was prohibited to export Mares or Horses beyond the sea. We find from these payments that on one occasion 37l., and on another 53l. were paid for horses; and that 7l. 10s. 3l. 6s. 8d. and 6l. 13s. 4d., were given at different times, for the purchase of a horse. In 1547 two of the horses which brought Bernardinus Ochin and Peter Martyr from Basell, were sold in Smithfield for 4l. 13s. 6d. Archæologia, vol. xxi. p. 473.

Horse, Master of the, 41, 54, bis, 88, 89, 91, 100, 132, 139, 164, 175, 176, 196, 197, 209, 250, 257, 260.

Sir Anthony Browne, Knt.

Horsley Park, keeper of, 61.

Hosen, for, 11, bis, 18, bis, 19, 23, 30, 38, 44, 54, 61, 66, 73, 86, 94, 98, 109, 119, 122, 133, 136, 137, 138, 155, 164, 170, 175, 186, 200, 219, bis, 237, 238, bis, 263, 265, 279, 283.

Hosen Points, 283.

Strings to fasten the hosen.

Hounds, the king's private, 49.

---- at Woodstock, for conveying and keeping of the, 50.

----, for keeping young, 50, 178.

---- brought, 60, 62, bis, 64, 65, 72, 144, 149, 152, 153, 154, bis, 167, 232, 240, 241, 242.

----, paid for finding the, 73.

----, to the keeper of the king's, for his wages, 92. See Raynesford.

----, paid for sending the, from Ewelme to Woodstock, 154, and, ibid. to Oxford, 156.

----, meat for, 125, 133, 171, bis, 177, 180, 187, 198, 205, 210, 215, 222, 244, 251, 282.

----, paid for removing them, 161, 165, 167, 168, 232, 234, 238, 241, 244, 246, 248, 249, 253, 260.

----, to the keeper of the king's private, 290.

Hounslow, to the Friars of, 41, 127, 208.

Hounsdon, 72, 73, 76, 81, 177, 235.

----, for the king's buildings at, 42, 60, 111, 136, 161, 174, 210.

----, to the keeper of, 72, 168, 172.

----, to the Priest at, for tythes, 214.

Hounworth Park, keeper of, 49, 66, 142, 255.

House, paid for the rent of a, for Ambassadors, 74.

----, for the rent of a, 79, 125, 182, 209, 230, 265. See Henchmen.

----, for the rent of a, at Greenwich, for Lord Rochford, 128.

House, to the keeper of that in which the king slept at Canterbury, 266.

Howsell, for, 38, 40, 41.

The only explanation given of "Housel" in the usual Dictionaries and Glossaries, "the Eucharist," could not possibly apply to either of the instances in which it is used in these accounts. It was evidently a payment made to the king's favourite minions, the Jester and the two Williamses, but the precise meaning of the word has not been ascertained.

Hoyson William, Jeweller, 4.

Hubart, James. See Hobart.

Hugh, Old, 37, 38.

Hugh, Young, 38, 52, bis.

Hungary, for the expenses of the Ambassadors of, at Stoney-Stratford, 160.

Hunting, money lost at a wager in, 162, 163.

---- fish at Greenwich, 219.

Hunts, to the, 73.

---- to the, for their expenses going into Sussex, 232.

Hurlow Henry, 184.

Hurt Sir John, 49, 50, bis, 115, bis, 209.

From the appellation "Sir," being attributed, and the notice of a gown having been given to this individual, it would seem that he was a Priest; but this conjecture cannot be reconciled with his having been paid 22s. 6d. for his livery coat, nor, perhaps, with the frequent bets won by him at shooting. In one instance too "his fellowes" are spoken of. It is, however, certain, that he was one of Henry's numerous minions, in whose society he forgot the cares and dignity of a sovereign.

Hussey Lord, his child christened, 117.

John Lord Hussey of Sleford. He was beheaded in June, 1537, for being concerned in the insurrection in Lincolnshire. Lord Hussey left several children, one of whom appears to have been born in March, 1531, and to whom the king was very probably a sponsor.

Hutton Thomas, 169.

Jacson ——, 146, 218, 253, 267.

----, the hardwareman, 146, 165.

James, the Hen taker. See Hen-taker and Purveyor of Hens.

Jasper, falconer.

----, the gardener of Beaulie. See Beaulie.

Jenyns ——, a jeweller, 271.

Jerfalcon, [i. e. a Gerfalcon] paid in reward for one that died, 200.

Jerkyns leather, for, 54, 61.

Jeronom, Loyes, Jasper, and John de, 165.

Jester, Thomas the, to, 41, 126, 204.

----, to the French king's, 269. See Fools.

Jesus, to the Fraternity of, 46.

---- Aisle in St. Paul's, Proctor of, 114, 169.

Jewell house, 64.

----, for the redemption of a, 88.

This item admits of an inference which would establish a curious fact in the lives of Anne Boleyn and her sister Mary, namely, that the former had pawned a jewel to the latter, for the redemption of which 20l. was paid by the king's orders.

Jewellery, for, 4, bis, 7, 8, 9, 10, 15, 16, 21, 82, 88, 90, 91, 97, 99, bis, 103, 106, 138, 139, 155, 156, 157, 169, 170, 179, 185, ter, 193, 195, 210, 218, 220, 236, 257, bis, 261, 268, 270, ter, 271, 280.

The immense sums expended in plate and jewellery have been noticed in the remarks at the commencement of the volume.

Jewel house, 170, 217.

Ilgrase William, 280.

Impeached, 69. See Appeached.

Imperial, money lost by the king at the game of, 265, 278.

Of this game nothing is known, and perhaps these entries are the earliest, if not the only instances in which it is alluded to.

Instruments brought to the king, 26, 210.

Clearly musical instruments. Henry's attachment, and indeed proficiency in music, has been established by a note to Mr. Ellis's valuable Original Letters, Second Series, vol. i. p. 271, 272, where an account of His Majesty's musical instruments from the Harl. MS, 1419, A. is printed, and which are satisfactorily explained by that eminent music master, Mr. Ayrton.

John, Duke of S——, 132.

Johnson, 265, 266.

---- Henry, Cordwainer, 109.

---- Henry, 233.

---- John, master of the king's barge, 10, 79, 125, 192, 230.

Joiner, to a, 93.

Joly Jack, 89.

Who Mr. "Jolly Jack" was does not appear.

Joungevello ——, a French minstrel, 252.

Journey, paid the costs of a, 179, bis.

Joselyn, Groom of the Chamber, 204.

Ipolite, a minstrel, 28.

Ireland, hawks brought from, 162.

Iron work for York Place, paid for, 111.

Italian Friar, to the, 144.

Kelsay's wife, 153.

Kendall, coats of, 42, 51, 60, 139.

Keney, Vincent, Clockmaker, 91.

Kent William A, 161.

Keyho, 45.

Keys ——, 210.

Kildare, Earl of, 224.

Gerald Fitz-Gerald, ninth Earl of Kildare. His lordship was at this time in London. A curious account of the horses presented by him to different individuals is given in his Household Book in the British Museum. Harl. MS. 3756.

King's Evil, vide Sickness and Healed.

King the hosier, 170, 186, 219, 237, 265.

Kingston Master, 9, 95.

---- to, for his expenses when he was sent for Cardinal Wolsey, 115. See Cardinal.

Sir William Kingston, K. G. a memorable person in this reign. He filled the office of Comptroller of the Household, and Constable of the Tower of London, and was a Privy Councillor. He died in 1541.

---- Anthony, 226, 229.

Probably the individual whom Boswell, in his Lives of the Knights of the Garter**, confounds with Sir William Kingston, and who was provost martial to the forces sent to quell the rebellion in Cornwall in 1547. See some remarks relative to the error in question in the Testamenta Vetusta, p. 693, and in Lodge's Illustrations of British History, vol. i. p. 16. Note.

Kitchen, Clerk of the, 16, 119.

Knebworth, 163, 168.

Knevet Anthony, 10, 25, 86.

---- Sir Henry, 11, 17, 36, 53, bis, 96, 126, 183, 200, 203, 219, bis, 237, 256, 259, 261, 264, 265, 281.

One of the Gentlemen of the Privy Chamber, and evidently a particular favourite of the King's.

---- William, 5, 40, 127, 206, 241, 261, 281.

Probably the individual who is described in an inscription in Stepney Church as a Gentleman of the Privy Chamber, and as having married Avise, the widow of Nicholas Gibson. See Weever's Funeral Monuments, 4to, p. 309. He enjoyed an annuity from the king of 20l.

Knight, Doctor, 118.

Knives, for, 51, 174.

----, and sheathes of velvet, with girdles to them, 161.

Knives, paid for girdles and a chape for, 168.

Knives were worn at a very early period. In the 6 Edw. III. John Lord Grey of Rotherfeild, is stated to have been committed to prison for drawing his knife partly out of its sheath on William Lord Zouch, of Ashby. Rot. Parl. vol. ii. p. 656. Long knives, or other suspicious arms, were forbidden to be worn in the city of London or Westminster in 1351 during the sitting of Parliaments Ibid. p. 235.^a In 1363 the knives of trades-people and artificers were prohibited from being adorned with gold or silver, or precious stones. Ibid, p 278,^b 281,^b and in the 3 Edw. IV. knives were forbidden from being imported, Ibid. vol. 5, p. 507. Thomas Earl of Warwick, in 1400, speaks of knives for the King's coronation in his will; and Chaucer's allusion to the Sheffield whittle is well known,

Among the expenses of Ochin and Martyr, in 1547, before cited, is a payment of 2s. 8d. for "two payer of Tunbridge knives." The knife was placed in the girdle.

Labourers, to, 30, 39, 84, 94, 205.

Lace, yellow, for, 68.

Lampreys, baked, brought, 9, 28, 29, 95, 103, 106, 108, 117, 188, 193, 195.

---- salt, brought, 111.

---- pies brought, 184.

Lamhethe, [Lambeth,] 203.

Launcelot, a child of the stable, 29.

Langille William, the king's fletcher, 125.

Langey John, jeweller, 103.

Langley Park, to the keeper of, 246.

----, 244, 246, bis, 248.

----, paid for repairs at, 249.

Lanthony, [in Monmouthshire,] Prior of, 49, 53, 100, 108, 195.

Lanthony Cheses, brought, 220.

Lantrissen in Glamorganshire, 69.

Larder Thomas, 125.

Larenno Cardinal de, 264.

----, money lost to him at dice and tennis, 268, bis.

----, to his singers, 269.

The Cardinal of Lorrain. Tennis and dice seem almost as unsuitable to a Cardinal as a band of singers. On the 28th of October, 1532, when Henry ordered 9l. 6s. 8d. to be given to the French king's jester, and 4l. 13s. 4d. to the Cardinal's singers, Hall states that the king of Navarre, the Cardinal of Lorrain, and the Great Master and Admiral of France, dined with Henry at Calais; and these payments were evidently made for the amusement which they had afforded the party.

Large John, 90.

Lasala Nowell de, a minstrel, 170.

Last, and a line, for a, 48.

Query, if not a mistake of the writer for mast and a line. See Mast.

Laten, a desk garnished with, 123.

Laten, or Latton, was, Mr. Todd informs us, a mixed kind of metal, made of copper and calamine, said by some to be the old orichalc. The meaning of the word has, however, puzzled our best antiquaries. Mr. Douce says it is always used for brass, whilst Dr. Meyrick thinks it was copper gilt. See some Observations on the subject in a Note to the Archæologia, vol. xxi. pp. 261, 2. In the 3 Edw. IV. it was prohibited to import "Harneys for gurdels, of iron, of laton, of stele, of tyn, or of alkamyn." Rot. Parl. vol. v. p. 507,^a whilst in the 3 Hen. IV. Girdlers were prohibited from garnishing girdles with stones or metal "q' de laton, baterie, feer, et asser." Ibid. vol. iv. p. 73. In the 2 Hen. VI. the Commons complained that people had made "diverse workes of brauderie of unsuffisaunt stuff, and undwely wrought, as well upon velowet, and cloth of gold, as upon all other clothes of silk wrought with gold or silver of Cipre, and gold of Luk, or Spanyssh laton." Ibid. p. 255.^a On the Rolls of the 12 and 13 Edw. IV. we find "Basons conterfete of Latyn, and two other basons of laten" spoken of. Ibid. vol. vi. p. 37. Fabian, by his Will in 1511, ordered that a stone of marble should be laid on his grave, "about the borders whereof I will be fastened a plate of laton, within that plate graven thies words," &c. and Lady Mauley, in 1438, bequeathed xx marks "for a marble stone with her portraiture thereon in copper or latten gilt." In the agreement for the tomb of the Earl of Warwick in the 28 Hen. VI. it is covenanted that certain parts shall be made of the finest latten, and to be gilded, and which latten was to cost xd. per pound.—Dugdale's Warwick. It was used for crosses, candlesticks, plates for tombs, effigies, basons, &c. Testamenta Vetusta, pp. 148, 235, 261, 268, 510, 511, 610, 713. From these extracts it is almost certain that Latten, or Laton, was neither iron, steel, tin, alkamain, or baterie, but the conjectures of Dr. Meyrick, Mr. Douce, and Mr. Todd, remain uncontradicted. The metal itself still exists on the tomb of the Earl of Warwick just mentioned, hence there are means of settling the question.

Latimer Master, his expences in coming from and returning to Cambridge, 73.

----, for preaching before the king, 30.

These entries are of much interest. The first has been before noticed under Cambridge, and it is only requisite, in illustration of the latter, to observe, that it is evident this distinguished martyr preached before Henry on the second Sunday in Lent, namely the 13th March, 1530, and was rewarded with 5l. a sufficient proof that the king was pleased with his doctrines. "His crosier is still preserved in St. John's College, Oxford."—M.

Latronel, a jeweller, 270.

Lanners, [i.e. Laneretts,] brought, 51, 58, 141, bis, 149, 221, 224, 232, 236.

----, paid to persons for taking up, 51, 200.

----, for meat of a, 30.

----, for keeping a, called "Cutte," 288.

Launder, that washes the children of the privy chamber, 75, 112.

A Laundress.

----, to the, 165, 234.

Some curious particulars relative to the King's Laundress occur in the Ordinances of the Household in the 17 Hen. VIII. p. 215, who was, it appears, then called Ann Harris. Her wages were originally 10l. per annum, but she obtained an addition of 6l. 13s. 4d. more on one occasion, and on another, 66s. so that she ultimately was paid 20l. per annum. She was bound to provide "as much sweet powder, sweet herbes, and other sweet thinges as shall be necessary to be occupied for the sweet keeping" of the articles entrusted to her; and it was expressly stated that she was to find wood and soap and every thing else out of her wages. Two "standard chests" were, however, delivered to her, "the one to keep the cleane stuff, and the other to keep the stuff that hath been occupied."

Lawson Sir George, 14, 104, 282.

Layton Doctor, 63, 89, 105.

Probably Richard Layton, who became Dean of York in January, 1539, and died in 1544. His journey to Oxford in January, 1531, doubtlessly related to the king's divorce.

Lee Lawrence, keeper of the Hounds, 81, 92, 95, 99, 106, 112, 115, 125, 126, 134, 137, 139.

---- Robert A, yeoman of the Wafery, 52, 72, 73, 139, 177, 214, 218, 257.

----, [or Leigh,] Sir Robert A, 70, 80, 154, 237, 242.

Leman, Baptist, Jeweller, 185.

Lemons brought, 71, 92, 109, 110, 141, 152, 181, 193.

Lengar John, jeweller, 51.

Leonard Lord, 241.

Apparently Lord Leonard Grey, younger brother of Henry Duke of Suffolk.

Lesenture Marens, 57.

Leshe, yeoman of the, 75.

----, paid for fees for the, 163, 262.

---- of lanneretts, a, brought, 221, 224.

Letters brought to the king, 26, 28, 235.

----, two packets of, paid for bringing from Venice, 92.

Letter, one, brought in a purse by a monk, 239.

This is a curious entry, and may be explained by considering that it was deemed the most respectful, and perhaps the safest, manner of conveying a letter.

Lettuze, [Lettuce,] brought, 58, 169, 218, 220, 256.

Lewers of crimson velvet, 159.

Hawk's lewers; they appear to have cost 14s. each.

Lewkenor Master, 26.

Lewte, see Lute.

Lewys William, 37, 110.

Library at Greenwich, 87.

"The highest Library" at Greenwich contained, according to the inventory in the Harleian MS. 1419, A. f. 62, three hundred and twenty-nine volumes.

Lile Stephen, 273.

Lincoln, lord of, 26, 28, 67.

John Longland, Bishop of Lincoln. He was appointed to that See on the 20th May, 1520, and died 7th May, 1547.

Line, and a Last for a, 47, 55, 59. See Mast.

Linnen for Lady Anne Boleyn, for, 72.

---- Cloth, for, 97.

---- bags, for, 103.

Linnet, a, brought, 144.

Linzano Hannibal, 118.

Lion a, brought, 193.

---- of Sittingbourne, paid to the wife of the, 274.

The woman who kept the inn with the sign of the Lion at Sittingbourne, at which Henry seems to have stopped on the 19th Nov. 1532, on his return to Greenwich from Calais.

Lisle Lord, 112, 166, 271.

It is very difficult to say who was the personage to whom this title is here attributed, but most probably Arthur Plantagenet, natural son of King Edward IV. though the patent creating him Viscount Lisle was not dated until the 26th April, 1533.

Liveries, badges on, 16.

----, for, 8, 12, 15, 30, 31, 38, 39, 41, bis, 49, 53, 70, 71, 81, 101, 115, sæpe, 120, 179, 187, 201, 203, 205, 208, 209, 214, 217, 226.

Lock William, mercer of London, 14, 45, 74, 78, 87, 128, 144, 163, bis, 261, 276, 282.

Locks, paid for, 111.

----, paid the smith that carries the locks about with the king, 238, 244, 281.

Like bolts, locks seem to have been carried for the king's chamber door by the smith of the household wherever His Majesty went.

Lodge in Greenwich Park, the, 194.

London, water-bailiff of, 37.

----, freedom of, money given to obtain the, 219.

----, Mayor of, 48,

Sir Ralph Dormer, Knt., 226,

Sir Nicholas Lambard.

---- Thomas, 38, 287.

Longe, Master, 9, 162, 163, 275, 279.

Sir Richard Long, Knt. An account of him will be found in Mr. Gage's History and Antiquities of Hengrave, p. 119, from which it appears that he was a Gentleman of the Privy Chamber, Master of the buckhounds and hawks, High Steward or Keeper of several of the royal demesnes, and Captain of Guernsey. He was seated at Shengay and Hardwicke in Cambridgeshire, and married Margaret, only child of John Donnington, of Stoke Newington in Middlesex, and widow of Sir Thomas Kytson of Hengrave, who died in 1540, by whom he had a son, Henry, born 31 March, 1544, afterwards knighted, and to whom King Henry VIII. and the Duke of Norfolk were sponsors, and three daughters. Sir Richard Long died in October, 1544, and an abstract of his will is given in that admirable work. His widow married to her third husband John Bourchier, Earl of Bath, and died 12 January, 1561, æt. 52. Elizabeth, the daughter and heiress of Sir Henry Long, his son, married William Lord Russell, of Thornhaugh.

Long bows, to the yeomen of the, 180.

Looking-glasses, for, 251.

Lorraine, Cardinal of, 264. See also De Lareno.

Lovell, gardener of Richmond, 15.

----, Peter, a Frenchman.

Lovekyn George, 61.

Lloyd Edward, 112, 126.

Lubished Master, 44.

Luke Master, 236.

Luter, to Arthur the, 131, 233.

Lute-strings for, 25, 201. See Instruments.

Lyne Edmond, a huntsman, 53, 69, 92, 116, 141, 180, 202, 284, 286.

Lyle Richard, 233.

Lylgrave William, embroiderer, 128.

Lynney, one of the king's children of the stable, 29.

Lyveretts [Leverets] brought, 225.

Maiohu, Pilgrim, 165.

Malte John, 222, sæpe, 223.

Mancyon Andrew, 226.

Mantway, Marquess of, 280.

Apparently Frederick II. Duke of Mantua, who died in 1540. He sent Henry a present of mares in December, 1532, and whose servant received 46l. 13s. 4d. "in reward" for bringing them.

Mares brought, 280.

Mariner, to a, 274.

Marion, the blade smith, or cutler, 108, bis, 190.

Mark, of the Privy Chamber, 11, 14, 18, 38, 40, 44, 53, bis, 61, 73, 75, 78, 84, 86, 98, 100, 121, 124, 126, 138, 139, 153, 165, 170, 173, 183, 197, bis, 200, 206, 219, bis, 237, bis, 259, 261, 262, 264, 265, 281.

This person, who, it is manifest, was wholly supported at the king's expense, and who, it may be consequently inferred, was one of his favourite minions, was the notorious Mark Smeton, a musician, who was accused of criminal familiarity with Anne Boleyn, and upon whose cowardly perjury, chiefly, that victim was condemned. The best account of him is that given by Cavendish:

As his conduct was as dastardly as his birth was mean, he was put in irons when arrested, and afterwards hanged, whilst the other prisoners were beheaded.

Marmalade brought, 109, 117, 172, 224.

Marriages, paid to persons towards their, 17, 23, 27, 131, 134, 138, 143, 208, 209, 218, 251, 277.

Marshal of the King's Hall, to the, 191.

Mary Guylford, the king's ship, 18.

This vessel was built in 1524, and was one hundred and forty tons burthen. In November, 1526, she was at Bourdeaux.—Ellis's Original Letters, Second Series, v. i. pp. 219, 220.

Mary, Princess, the, 13, 55, 70, 98, 127, 146, bis, 148, 162, 183, 202, bis, 221, 262, 281.

----, to a physician for attending her, 146, 202.

Mary, the king's eldest daughter, afterwards queen of England. She was born on the 8th February, 1515, and was consequently about fifteen when she is first mentioned in these accounts. They chiefly refer to sums paid her for pocket money, which never exceeded 20l. at one time, or was less than 10l. Upon one occasion 10l. was given her to be distributed in charity. The only new facts connected with her life which they present are, that her royal Highness was ill in June or July, 1531, and apparently again in March, 1532.

Masking, gere for, 270.

Money paid for masquerade dresses when the king was at Calais in November, 1532.

Mason Richard, 24.

----, John, the king's scholar at Paris, 8, 71, 119, 190, 263.

Afterwards Sir John Mason, a Privy Councillor to Henry VIII. Edward VI. and Queen Elizabeth, and Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster. Having displayed much talent in Henry's presence, he was, at the suggestion of Sir Thomas More, sent to the university of Paris.—See Biog. Britann. Art. "Mason."

Mass Books, for, 24.

Massy, paid to him that appeched, [i. e. impeached,] 69.

An entry of 10s. given to an informer.

Mast and a line, for a, 55, 59, 96.

----, paid to the watermen for a, 140.

A mast and ropes for the boat, but the different prices paid for them are curious; on one occasion 4s.; on another 3s. 6d.; and on a third only 1s. 8d.

Master, Great, to the, 59, 268.

The first entry referred to Ann de Montmorency great master of the king of France's children, but whether the second related to him or to the Great Master of Henry's Household is not certain, but most probably to the latter.

Mastiffs, the king's, 7.

----, given to the king, 36, 251.

---- collars and muzzles for, 186.

Matches, money paid for two, lost by the king, 115.

Matting a boat, for, 281.

Mayling, cloths for, 159.

Cloths for wrappers.

Maynering Henry, 166.

The person who made the king's arms.

Meat, a present of, brought, 236, 255.

Medicines for horses, 118, 263.

The annual expense of "Medsons and drinks" for horses is calculated in the Ordinances of the Household, in the 17th Hen. VIII. at 10l.

Medlars brought, 176, 274.

Melons brought, 264.

Mercer, to a, for his bill, 128, 144, 188, 189, 261, bis.

Merchandizes, for certain, 243.

Mew, money given when the Hawks went to the, 37. See Hawks.

Mewles, [i. e. Mules,] brought, 33.

Michell, a Smith, 147.

---- ——, one of the king's guard, 269, 274.

Midwife, paid to a, 22, 197.

Probably money paid to a midwife when the king was Sponsor to the child.

Mighen Peter, 18.

Milan bonnets, for, 173, 208.

Miles Thomas, 123.

Milloner, to the, 33, 99, 129, 151, 164, 173, 174, 177, 185, 187, 193, 199, 208, 213, 262.

A milloner of the sixteenth, was evidently a different sort of tradesman from the milliner of the nineteenth century, for besides caps, bonnets, and gloves, he then sold knives, sheaths, girdles, jewels, &c.

Mines, the king's at Lantrissen in Glamorganshire, money to be expended on, 69.

That Henry interested himself in mining, is, the Editor presumes, a new fact in his character. From this item we learn that he worked a mine at Lantrissen in Wales, and ordered on one occasion that 23l. 16s. 6d. should be expended on it; and on another he caused 40s. to be given to a miner. "All mines containing gold or silver were styled 'mines royal.' Of the latter the richest in Wales are in Cardiganshire. These were leased by James I. to Sir Hugh Middleton, and the profits enabled him to bring the New River from Ware to London; and by Charles I. to Mr. Bushel, who had been in the service of Sir Walter Raleigh; and from this source of wealth he raised and clothed a regiment for the king. The Cardiganshire mines, or perhaps its richest one, called Cwm Symlog, which yields 100 oz. of silver to the ton of lead, may be alluded to in the text."—M.

Miner, to a, 43.

Minstrells, to, 12, 14, 15, 28, 33, 55, 64, 70, 83, 128, 134, 170, 190, 205, 252, 266.

Numerous as the entries relating to minstrels are, no additional information is afforded to what is contained in Dr. Percy's elaborate essay, though they frequently corroborate the statements therein. The frequency of these payments tend, however, to establish Henry's attachment to music. In the Ordinances of the Royal Household made at Eltham in the 17 Hen. VIII. we find that Hugh Woodhouse, the "Serjeant of the Mynstrills," had an annual fee of 10l. 16s. 10½d.

Mistelden, [i. e. Misselden] Abbot of, 237.

Molyn Jerome, 92.

Money won at the Rounds, 134.

---- borrowed for the king, 104.

---- brought to the king, 215.

---- given to an individual to be by him safely kept for the king's use, 231.

---- lent, 200, 210, 228, 231, 234, 244.

Monk, to a, 239.

Morant, William, 7, 166, 203.

More ——, 37.

----, for the buildings at the, 40, 49.

---- Park, the keeper of, 74.

---- William, 100, 187, bis.

----, to blind, and his fellows, 16, bis.

Moret Hubert, a jeweller, 185.

Morles William, 104.

Morys Christopher, 233.

Mote Park, to the keeper of, 252.

---- ——, 263.

Morys, i. e. Moors, for the board of two, 123.

Mowing, paid for, 176, 230, 256.

Mundy, Ralph, a huntsman, 5, 23, 133, 137, 142, 146, 149, 154, 156, 162, 165, 167, 171, 175, 176, 180, 181, 187, 194, 197, 205, 210, 215, 222, 226, 229, 236, 241, 244, 246, 251, 265, 275, 281, 282.

Muzzles for the king's mastiffs, 186.

Myllain, [i. e. Milan,] Bonet, 24. See Milan.

Myllane, [Milan,] 54.

Myllon, [i. e. melon,] a, given the king by an Italian, 248.

Mynion, the King's ship, 18.

In the list of Henry's navy, written on the 22nd October, 1525, and printed in Mr. Ellis's Second Series of Original Letters, vol. i. pp. 219, 220, the Minion is described to be "off the tonnege of CLX tonne, and all newe." She was at Bourdeaux in November, 1526.

Nags brought, 39, bis, 104, 224, 235, 267.

Nails, for, 45, 234.

Navarre Queen of, her painter, 221.

Naylinghurst, Hugh, 59, 105, 134.

A mercer.

Nedan James, the King's carpenter, 20, 82, 93, 109, 138.

Neghen Peter, 13.

Nelson John, 72.

Nets, paid for mending the King's, 70.

----, paid for carrying the King's, 139, 177, 214, 257.

Probably, Fishing Nets, which it seems were always carried with the king in his progresses; and hence it may be inferred that His Majesty was fond of the amusement.

Nevill Sir John, 167, 267.

Apparently the individual who served in the vanguard at the battle of Spurs. See Lodge's Illustrations, vol. i. p. 2.

---- Sir Edward, 272.

Younger brother of George Nevill, Lord Abergaveny, and ancestor of the present Earl. Sir Edward was distinguished for his knightly accomplishments, and was for many years honoured with Henry's favour; but being suspected of a design to advance Reginald Pole to the crown, he was accused and tried, and beheaded at Tower Hill on the 9th November, 1538. Cavendish informs us that he was "a comely knight, of a goodly personage."

Nevill, Master, to his son on his marriage, 277.

Probably one of the sons of Sir Edward.

New College, Oxford, to the children of, 244.

Newelm, 156, 248, bis, 249.

---- Park, to the keeper of, 248.

Newne —— of Canterbury, 12.

New Year's Gifts, 16, 101, 119.

Nicholas, Friar, 23.

Nicholas the astronomer, 130.

The annual fee of the astronomer to Queen Elizabeth was 20l.

Nicholas Doctor, a physician, 192.

He attended Wolsey in his last illness. See Cavendish, vol. i., p. 311.

Night-Caps, 23, 31, 218.

Night-Gown, for Lady Ann Boleyn, 223.

The minute way in which the materials for Lady Ann's night-gown are mentioned, cannot fail to excite a smile, even if it does not shock our modern ideas of delicacy. The whole expenses of it seem to have been 10l. 15s. 8d.

Nightingales brought, 235.

Nods George, a huntsman, 68.

Norfolk Duke of, 32, bis, 33, 41, 63, bis, 76, 107, 150, 156, 158, 168, 169, bis, 180, 212, 250, 264, 267, 268, 283.

Thomas Howard, third Duke of Norfolk, K. G. He was Lord Treasurer, to which office nearly all these entries relate.

Norice, [i. e. Nurse,] to a, 22, 197.

Norman, jeweller of Paris, 9.

Norris Master, 30, 175, 224, bis, 275.

Sir Henry Norris, gentleman of the Privy Chamber and Esquire of the body. His career is so well known that it is only necessary to remind the reader that he was suspected of a criminal intercourse with Ann Boleyn, and was consequently condemned and beheaded.

Northampton, 71.

----, Mayor of, 160.

Northern man, paid to a, 206, bis.

Northumberland Earl of, 18, 109.

Henry Algernon Percy, K. G: sixth Earl of Northumberland. He succeeded to that title in 1527, and was the individual who is supposed to have been attached to Ann Boleyn before her marriage. He was beheaded in 1553.

Norton Wood, to the Keeper of, 161.

Nott John, Groom of the Crossbows, 287.

Nowell, the King's minstrel, 64, 83, 205, 266.

Nuns of Canterbury, 22.

Nurse, paid to a, 22, 197. See Midwife.

---- to the Duke of Richmond's, 41.

Nuts given the king, 160.

As the Duke of Richmond was at this time twelve years old, it would seem that this gratuity was given to the woman who had nursed him in his infancy, rather than to the servant who had then the care of him.

Oars paid for, 6, 7, 262.

These entries shew the price of Oars, which it seems were sold for 1s. 6d. each.

----, boat with sixteen, 45.

Oats, paid for, 86, 189, 213.

Odal Thomas, 136.

Offering, paid for the King's, at Windsor, 140.

----, for the King's, to Our Lady of Walsingham, 214.

----, for the King's, to Our Lady of Boulogne, and to Our Lady in the Wall at Calais, and of the Rock at Dover, 272, 273.

Ogle Thomas, 3, 7, 12, bis, 18, 19, 23, 28, 29, 32, 83, 107, 114, 123, 132, 196, 198, 207, 212, 216, 217, 219, 230, 247, 259, 276, 282, bis, 283.

Apparently the person who is described as Gentleman Rider of the Stables, in the account of the Funeral expences of Edward IV. on which occasion he received 'nine yards of cloth, and the same quantity for his four servants. Archæologia, vol. iii. p. 386. From the Ordinances of the Household made in the 17 Hen. VIII. it appears that his annual wages were 20l. and that he was allowed one hackney.

Oil, salad, 12, bis.

Oking, 59, 60, 61, 62, sæpe.

Oliver ——, 69.

Oranges brought, 71, 80, 92, 105, 108, 109, 110, 117, 141, 152, 171, 172, 181, 193, 203, 258, 279.

---- water, a glass with, brought, 166.

---- pies brought, 32, 205.

Ordnance, paid the expenses of three persons' journey to Portsmouth to inspect the ordnance there, 233.

This entry is of some interest, both as it shews the manner in which forts were inspected, and the expenses of three officers of government travelling to Portsmouth, and their charges there for ten days. The whole amounted but to 5l.

Oret Andrew, 195. See Painter.

Organ maker, to Sir John the, 131, 280.

It is almost certain that this organ maker was a priest.

Osborne Thomas, mercer of London, 133.

---- William, skinner, 269.

Otener William, jeweller, 88, 157.

Otney William, 159.

Owche, [i. e. a brooch,] of gold, paid for, 193.

Ox, the stalking, brought, 112. See Stalking.

Oxenbridge, 25.

Oxford, Scholars at, 82, 125, 243, 260. See Scholars.

----, 3, 8, 13, 26, 156.

Oxford Lord, 127.

John de Vere, K. G. fifteenth Earl of Oxford, and Lord Great Chamberlain. He died in 1539.

Oxford, Old Lady, 89, 173, 277.

Most probably Elizabeth, widow of John de Vere, fourteenth Earl of Oxford, who died in 1526, S. P. and daughter and coheir of Sir Richard Scrope, Knt. younger son of Henry Lord Scrope of Bolton. She married first William Viscount Beaumont, and died S. P. in November, 1537. An abstract of her Will is printed in Testamenta Vetusta, vol. ii. p. 675.

Page Master, 141, 147, 159.

Page ——, 267.

Pages of the Queen's chamber, to the, 101.

---- of the King's chamber, 14, bis, 119, 187.

Painter, Vincent, the King's, 44, 91.

Painters to, for their livery, 120, 174.

---- paid, 44, 91, 120, 188, 195, 221, 261.

Painter, to the Queen of Navarre's, 221.

----, to Tote the, 261.

---- to a, for the expenses of painting the king's boat, 262.

As nearly all these entries respecting Painters are noticed by Mr. Horace Walpole in his Anecdotes of Painting, they afford no new information on the subject. The names of those who are mentioned are Vincent who painted a plat of Hastings and Rye, for which he was paid 3l. 10s.; Bartholomew Penne, Anthony Toto, Andrew Oret, and Ambrose, the Queen of Navarre's painter. Of Vincent, Mr. Walpole gives no account; Ambrose, he conjectures to have stood in but little estimation, because the sum given him for a picture was only 4l. 13s. 4d. but of Penne and Tote we have the following particulars: "Penne or Penn is called by Vasari not Bartholomew but Luca Penni; he was brother of Gio Francesco Penni, a favourite and imitator of Raphael. He worked some time at Genoa and in other parts of Italy, whence he came into England, and painted several pieces for the king and some merchants here. Vertue concludes that some scriptural subjects which he found in a small room called the Confessionary, near the Chapel at Hampton Court, particularly the Passion, were by Penn. Vasari adds, that Luca Penni addicted himself latterly to making designs for Flemish engravers. Toto was afterwards Serjeant Painter, and Rymer (vol. xiv. p. 595.) gives his letters of Naturalization. Speaking of Ridolphi fils de Dominique Ghirlandaio, he says, 'Chez lui il y avait Toto del Nuntiato, qui depuis s'en alla en Angleterre, ou il fit plusieurs ouvrages de peinture et d'architecture, avec lequel Perrin fut amitié, et a l'envie l'un de l'autre s'efforcoit à bien faire.' But Toto's works are all lost or unknown; his fame, with that of his associates, being obscured by the lustre of Holbein." Painters formed part of the royal Household, for besides the entries in these accounts of money to Toto and Penn for their livery coats, in the Ordinances for the Regulation of Queen Elizabeth's Household, "to the Serjeant Painter and other, to his appointment" is assigned a fee of 100l. per annum.

Pale John, 60.

Pale, for scowring the new Pale of the Park of Greenwich, 230.

Palfreys, for two, 209.

Palmer Sir Thomas, 17, 22.

Palmer ——, 32, 33, 267, 270.

This individual, like Domingo and a few others, seems to have been one of the "diverting vagabonds" of Henry's court. Upon each of the occasions on which he is mentioned, he is stated to have won money at dice from the King.

Pandolphin, Nicholas, a Frenchman, 6.

Pantry, Sergeant of the, 14, 108.

----, trenchers delivered to the, 191.

Paris, the King's scholar at. See Mason.

Paris ware, jewellery so called, 7, 79, 169, 257, bis.

Parker Henry, 118, 126,

Sir Francis Bryan's servant.

---- John, yeoman of the King's Robes, 16, 82, 254, 269, 271, 279, 282.

Parlan Park, keeper of, 67.

Paroke at Oking, to the keeper of the, 62.

A Park or Paddock, evidently derived from the Saxon Peaþþoc, an inclosure. M.

Parr Lady, 42.

Apparently Maud, daughter and co-heiress of Sir Thomas Green, and widow of Sir Thomas Parr, Knt. She was the mother of William, Marquess of Northampton, and of Katherine, who married Henry the Eighth. She died in December, 1531.

Parsons, the hen-taker, 285. See Hen-taker.

Partner, money given to the King to play at Cards, he to be partener with the Sergeant of the Cellar, 113, 115.

Partridges brought, 10, 64, 255.

Pasties of red deer brought, 267.

Patch, the King's fool, 19, 44, 51, 53, 86, 98. See Fool.

Pate John, 109.

Pavics, paid for xix pavics of Stele and other ware, 5.

Pavise or Pavice, is explained to be a large shield that covers the whole body; but such an article could scarcely be meant in this instance.

Paul's St. School, to the master of, 106, 186, 205, 231, 259, 280.

----, proctor of Jesus Aisle in, 29, 114.

Pawlet's Master, park, to the keeper of, 151.

Pawmpelion skins of, brought, 48.

Probably skins brought from Pampellone, a town in the department of Tarn, twelve miles from Alby. The word "Pawmpelion" does not occur in any Dictionary or Glossary.

Peaches brought, 253, 264.

Pearls for, 9, 82, 99.

Pears brought, 65, 106, 160, bis, 176, 178, 249, 252, 253, 254, 258, bis, 267.

Peascods brought, 136.

Peascods seem formerly to have been a favorite article of food. In "London Lickpenny," they are said to have been cried about the streets of London.

Peckham Lane, paid for making a way there against the king rode by, 177.

Pellets, [i. e. shot,] paid for, 19, 146, 157.

---- for the stone bow, 220.

Pembroke, Marchioness of, 254, 261, 272, 274, 275, bis, 276, 277, 282.

Ann Boleyn. See some remarks at the commencement of the volume.

Pene, Anthony, painter, 120, 174.

The Christian names both of Pene and Tote are transposed in the last entry. See Painter.

Penshurst, 114.

Pension, paid to a person in, of a groat a day, 164.

Pepins brought, 109.

"Perform," [i. e. to make up,] a sum, 26.

Periwig, for Sexton the fool, 13.

Pero, the king's minstrel, 83, 266.

Perpount William, draper, 82.

Pery Robert, 33, 52, 83, 100.

----, servant of the Marquess of Exeter, 62.

Perys. See Pears.

Peter, a falconer, 70.

Peter Maria, a sackbut, 173.

Petticoat, for a, 199.

Pety John, the minstrel, to, 52, 110, 114, 128, 147, 190, 234.

Pew of the Chapel, 78.

Pewe, to Our Lady of the, 174.

Our Lady of Pity, an image of the Virgin, sitting with the body of Our Saviour extended across her lap. Anthony Woodville, Earl Rivers, by his Will, dated on the 23rd June, 1483, ordered that his heart should be carried to Our Lady of Pue adjoining to St. Stephen's College at Westminster, and to be there buried; and if he died south of the Trent, he desired that his body should also be buried before Our Lady of Pue.—Testamenta Vetusta, vol. i. p. 380.

Pheasants brought, 10, 181, 265, 266, 271, 276.

Pheasant breeder, to the, 273, 280.

Phenwolf Morgan, jeweller, 7, 8. See Fenwolf.

Philberts [filberts] brought, 66.

Philip, paid to, for Lute-strings, 25.

---- of the Privy Chamber, to, 25, 26, 86, 100, 110, 169, 187, 269, 271.

----'s boy, 36, bis, 44, 53, 73, 86, 98.

Philipps John, smith at Westminster, 88.

---- Robert's wife, of Greenwich, 103, 110.

Physician, to one that attended the Duke of Richmond, 189.

----, paid a, 192.

----, to the Princess Mary's, 202.

Pictures brought, 87, 221.

Pipewell, 109.

Pissow Park, to the keeper of, 74.

Pitch for the King's barge, 45. See Barge.

Pitcher-House, to one of the, 251.

Pixell, servant of, 152.

Pixhalle's house, 151.

Plague, to poor people sent out of Greenwich in consequence of the, 79. See Banished.

Plat of Hastings and Rye, for a, 91.

Clearly a plan of those towns, the word plat occurs continually in a similar sense. Thus in the account in the Harleian MS. 1419, of furniture in Henry the Eighth's palaces, we find "a long case for plattes covered with vellett," "a case of tynne with a plat." "Certeyne plattes and petygrees in a Cupborde," &c. but the best idea of a plat is afforded by the plate in the second volume of Mr. Ellis's Second Series of Original Letters, which is called "A Platt of Calais." In the MS. from whence it is taken is a "Platt of the Lowe Countrye and Calleys, drawne in October, 37 Henry VIII. by Thomas Pettut." As in the Harleian MS. 1419, the word, "Mappes and Pictures" occur, it is evident that a plat differed from both, though it would appear from the engraving alluded to, that it partook of the character of each. The price of the "Plat of Rye and Hastings," which was executed by Vincent the King's painter, was 3l. 10s.

Plate, baskets to carry, 20.

---- and Jewellery, for, 23, 31, 103, 104, 105, bis, 188.

----, standards for carrying, 43. See Standards.

---- and stuff, paid to people for attending on that which belonged to the Cardinal, 123.

----, cotton bought to truss, 190.

Play, money borrowed at, 18.

----, money lent to the King at, 76, bis.

----, delivered to the King for, 94.

----, money for, 76, 94, 98, 101, 113, 131, 204, 205.

----, money, delivered to Lady **** for, 131. See Gambling.

----, money paid to Lady Ann Rochford, to, 131.

Playing at Tennis, for, 134. See Gambling.

Plesurs, oranges, dates, and other "plesurs" brought, 203.

Plovers brought, 110.

Plowfeld, clerk of the Wardrobe, 183.

Plume, for a, 268.

Plymer, or Plumer, Alart, jeweller of Paris, 9, 16, 21, 99, 106, 270.

Pocket-money, to the Princess Mary for, 70. See Mary.

---- for, to the Princess Mary and Lady Margaret Douglas, 183.

Points, Hosen for, 283.

Strings or fastenings for hosen.

Poles, paid for, 22.

Pole ——, Polle, Pollo. See Powle.

Polling John, to, 43.

Pomegranates brought, 95, 105, 141, 171, 172, 181, 258.

Ponds, for wading, 235.

----, for drawing the, at Antyll, 238.

Poor man, paid to a, in the harvest at Woodstock, 156.

---- woman, to a, that gave the King fruit, 160.

---- people, money distributed to, 282.

Pope's ambassador, 9.

---- Julius' game, money lost at, 274, 275, bis, 276, 277.

This game is mentioned in these accounts for the first time, hence no description can be given of it. All which can be inferred on the subject from these entries is, that it was played by four or more persons, and that it was not in use at Henry's court until the end of the year 1532. It is most probable that it derived its name from Pope Julius the Second, who died in 1513, and was possibly very similar to our present Pope Joan.

Popingay, one offered the King, 277.

Porpoise a, brought, 267.

Porter, to the Sergeant, 256.

Portsmouth, paid the expenses of inspecting the ordnance there, 233. See Ordnance.

Posset ale, for Sexton, 34.

Archdeacon Nares says Posset was a drink composed of hot milk, curdled by some strong infusion, which was much in favour with our ancestors both as luxury and medicine. "Posset ale" was probably hot milk curdled by ale, but whether given to the Fool as a "luxury" or "medicine" does not appear, as it is included in the expenses of his washing, shoes, and "other necessaries."

Post, paid to a, 56, 59, 196.

Pottersperry Park, paid to the keeper of, 160, 240.

Powle, the keeper of the Barra horse, 133, 165, 183, 199, 204, bis, 218, 247, 278. See Barbary Horse.

Pounder Sir William, 100, 183, 203, 214, 266, 281.

----, paid for the christening of his child, 214.

---- Lady, 124, 135, 137, 232.

It is manifest from most of these entries, that those individuals were especial favourites of Henry, who it seems acted as sponsor to their child, but the Editor has not been able to discover any particulars about them.

Pount John, 135.

Powell, a merchant, 167.

Presents brought, 74, 93, 250.

Prest, 83, &c.

This word occurs continually in reference to money advanced to servants on their wages, and clearly meant money paid to persons before their salaries were due. In the Shrewsbury Papers we find Lord Wharton informing the Earl of Shrewsbury in June, 1557, "The olde guarresone not paide for their half yeare, ended the xiiij of Febr. laste; and for this other half year which shall ende the xvjth day of Auguste, excepte money delivered in preste by the layte Treasourer which will appear upon declaracion of his accompt. Hear is noo Treasurer knowne, nor when they shall be paide." To which the Editor has added the following note: "This term, derived from pret, French, ready, was always applied to money transactions, but had various acceptations. In military affairs prest or imprest money usually meant the gratuity by which recruits were retained, from whence the well known phrase, 'pressing into the service.' In this instance it signifies the sums issued from time to time by the treasurer for the current use of the army." Lodge's Illustrations, vol. i. p. 237. The sense, however, in which this word is used in these accounts is derived from the French Prest, a loan. Cavendish uses it in precisely the same way. Speaking of Wolsey's pecuniary necessities he says "it was concluded that he should have by the way of prest, a thousand marks out of Winchester Bishoprick," p. 239.

Priest, paid to a sick, 77.

---- at Hounsdon, to the, 214.

---- to the, that sings at the Roods, 276.

----, money distributed to, 282.

Pricks, for making, 145, 148.

----, money won of the King at the, 266, 267.

Pricks were the points or marks in the centre of the Butts in archery.

Primero, the game of, 263.

A game at cards, said by some writers to be one of the oldest known in England. See Nares' Glossary, where the manner of playing it is fully described.

Princess Mary. See Mary.

Printed Books, for, 101.

Printer, to a, 44.

Printer, to the king's, 101.

Prison, paid to a poor woman to redeem her husband out of, 73.

Prisoners brought up, 153, bis, 207. See Traitor and Felon.

Proctor to the, that came from Cambridge, 30.

---- of Jesus' Aisle, in St. Paul's, 29, 114, 196.

Progress, money paid on the King's, 75.

---- paid the King's fool's expenses during the whole, 247.

---- for bolts for the King's chamber doors during the, 251. See Bolts.

Puddings brought, 50, 89.

----, to the woman that makes the King's, 83.

Pulter James, 241.

Purton, yeoman of the Toiles, 19.

Purveyor of Hens to the, 109, 119, 129. See Hen-taker.

Pury Robert, 122, 287, bis, 291, bis. See Pery.

---- William, 76.

Putney, 139, 142.

Pykering Sir William, 220.

The entry relating to this individual is not a little amusing, for it seems that he won 2l. 5s. of the King by a bet that he would outrun his own dog. He is thus described by Lloyd. "His extraction was not noble, his estate but mean; yet was his person so comely, his carriage so elegant, his life so gravely reserved and studious, and his embassies in France and Germany so well managed, that in King Edward's days he was by the council pitched upon as the oracle, whereby our agents were to be guided abroad; and in Queen Elizabeth's, designed by common vote for the prince by whom we were to be governed at home. He received extraordinary favours, no doubt, so deserving he was: he wished no more, he was so popular; and when his service was admitted to Her Majesty's bosom, all fancies but his own placed his person in her bed." State Worthies, Ed. 1766, vol. i. p. 415. Sir William died at Pickering House in London in 1574, aged 58, and was buried under a magnificent tomb in the Church of St. Helen the Great and Less. Queen Elizabeth, according to his epitaph, was, "principi ommum illustrassimæ summus officris devotissimus." Pennant's London, p. 416. A copy of Edward the Sixth's "Instructions to Sir William Pickeringe, Knt. one of the Gentlemen of His Highenes Chamber toucheing the revocatione of Sir John Masone and the said Sir William to supplie his rome as residente ambassadore in Fraunce, dated 30th June, 1551," is preserved in the Harleian MS. 353, f. 113.^b If, as Pennant states, he was born in 1516, he could only have been sixteen years old when he ran a race with his dog, and thereby won a wager of 45s. from Henry, a time of life suitable to such an action; but it is singular he should have been knighted at so early a period.

Pylleson, Michell, 240.

Pyne, the hosier, 18, 19, bis, 44, 61, 66, 86, 94, 98, 109, 122, 131, 138.

Pynn ——, 85.

Pynner ——, 50, 115, 201.

Pyper Hans, and Bartholomew, his fellow, Dromslades, 214. See Dromslades.

Quanden Simon, a jeweller, 270.

Quariars, for wax to make, 116.

In the Northumberland Household Book is an entry of "wax wrought in Torches," and of "wax wrought in Quarions," which Bishop Percy thus explains. "A Quarion was a square lump of wax with a wick in the centre. Round lumps of the same are still used in the Royal nursery under the name of Mortises." The word also occurs in the same sense in a MS. dated at Eltham, January, 22 Henry VIII. and noticed in the Archæologia, vol. iii. p. 156. "An account was to be taken of all fuel, wine, &c. and wax lights, spent in the King's Privy Chamber, returning to the chaundry all the remains of mortars, torchers, quarries, prickets, and sizes."

Quarterage [i. e. Quarter's wages] for the watermen's, 279.

Quenay Vincent, [a Clockmaker,] 215.

Queen the, 43, 183.

An affecting proof of the little consideration in which the unfortunate Katherine was held is afforded by the fact, that during three years her name only twice occurs in the Privy Purse expenses of her royal husband, and then only in reference to two of her servants. Ann Boleyn is mentioned in almost every page, though she was then unmarried, and every buffoon and jester of the Court is frequently noticed, whilst the Queen of England is passed over in silence.

Quene apples brought, 163.

Queristers [i. e. Choristers]. See Windsor.

Quick Deer, brought, 16. See Deer.

----, Seal a, brought, 37.

Quinces brought, 170, 171, bis, 252, 256, 264, 266.

---- pies brought, 201.

---- baked, brought, 213.

Quiver a, brought, 83.

Radishes brought, 169.

Raisins brought, 109.

Ralph the huntsman, 41.

----, shirts for, 84.

Ramsey, Abbot of, 106, 190.

Rangers of Windsor Forest, 56.

Rasin ——, 97.

Rasmus, the armourer, 123, ter, 135, 228, 259. See also Erasmus.

Ratcliff Master, 200, 224, 268.

Apparently Sir Humphrey Ratcliffe one of the Gentlemen Pensioners. Upon one occasion it seems the King lent him 100l. He is spoken of in Cavendish's Life of Wolsey, Ed. Singer, 1815, vol. i. pp. 333, 4.

Rat-taker, to the, 228.

Raleigh Park, 16, 19.

Raynezford Humphrey, keeper of the King's private Buckhounds, 7, 19, 24, 28, 34, 38, 49, 55, 61, bis, 66, 67, 73, 77, 81, 86, 99, 105, 112, 115, 125, 126, 133, 137, 139, 142, 146, 154, 156, 160, 162, 165, 167, 176, 180, 181, 187, 194, 197, 205, 208, 210, 215, 222, 226, 229, 233, bis, 234, sæpe, 236, 238, 241, bis, 244, 246, bis, 248, 249, 251, 253, 260, 265, 275, 281, 282, 284, 290.

Reading, Abbot of, 65, 89, bis, 153, 158, 248.

Reading, 248, 249, bis.

Rebeck, for a, 114.

A stringed instrument resembling a fiddle. The price of a Rebeck in 1531, appears to have been xx s.

Rede, bailiff of Greenwich, 104, 173, 263.

---- John, gardener of Beaulie, 80, 81, 103, 234, 264, 288.

---- Marshal of the King's hall, 79, 125.

Reed, for the King's barge, 45.

Reed was probably used in cleaning the bottom of the barge. On such occasions it is affixed to a pole, set on fire, and applied to melt the mixture of pitch, &c. with which the bottom of an uncoppered vessel is covered.

Redemption of a jewel, for the, 88.

This curious entry is noticed under Jewell and Rochford.

Reding William, a mercer, 215.

Relick Water brought, 67, 148.

What Relick Water was cannot be exactly explained. On one occasion it was sent by the Abbot of Westminster, whose servant received 20s. for bringing it; and on the other, a glass of it was brought from Windsor to Hampton Court, the bearer of which was paid only 12d. It was probably a strong scented spirit, and from its name we may infer that its virtues were of a superior nature, even if they were not supposed to have been derived from some sacred object or ceremony.

Remnant of a piece of cloth of gold, 190.

Removing day, for the, 234.

The day upon which the Court removed from one Palace to another.

Renell ——, 267.

Rent of Houses, 79, 182. See Henchmen.

---- of a house at Greenwich, for my Lord of Rochford, 128.

Repairs of the king's house at Chatham, for, 229.

---- at Grafton, for, 241.

---- for, at Woodstock, 248.

Reppe Doctor, 8.

Retinue of Calais, for the payment of the, 43.

Rhods [i. e. Roods] to the priest that sings at the, 276.

Robbed, paid in charity to a man who was, 194.

Ribband for, 84.

Rice Master, 84, 167.

Richard, a falconer, 28.

Richmond, 15, 45, 60, 178.

----, the Gardener of 44, 66, 165, 168, 174, 181, 216, 249, 254, 264.

----, Keeper of, 76.

----, Duke of, 40, 41, 42, 131, 189.

Henry Fitz Roy, natural son of King Henry VIII. by Lady Elizabeth Talboys. He was born in 1519, and on the 18th June 1525, was created Earl of Nottingham, and Duke of Richmond and Somerset, K. G.; on the 26th of July following he was constituted Lord High Admiral. He married Mary, daughter of Thomas, Duke of Norfolk, but died before consummation on the 24th July, 1536. When the Duke is first mentioned in these accounts, he was eleven years of age: arrows were then purchased for him, and his nurse is said to have received 40s. in reward. In the same year 20s. were paid for a lute for him; and it appears that in January 1532 he was ill, for a physician was paid 40s. for visiting him.

Rider, to Alexander the, 184.

Riding boys, 29, 41, 83, 86, 91, 94, 98, 100, 107, 114, 123, bis, 131, 132, bis, 176, 207, 212, 216, 230, 259, 263, 276, 277. See Boys of the Stable.

Riding bonnets, for, 99.

----, Caps of black velvet, 25.

Ridley ——, a tailor, 215.

Rigeley Rowland, 109, 195.

Rights, paid to Mark and the two Guilliams against Easter for to take their, 121.

Upon this item the Editor is unable to throw any light. If it means a payment of their accustomed gratuity of 20s. each, at Easter, it would be intelligible, and it is difficult to explain it in any other way; for that money should be paid to an individual for receiving what was his "Right," seems almost absurd.

Rightwise, Master of St. Paul's school, 106.

The King ordered 13l. 9s. to be given to this person in January 1531, but for what reason does not appear.

Rings, for finding one of the king's, 20.

Rings and Bolts, for the king's chamber doors during a progress, 251. See Bolts.

Road, paid for improving a road against the king passed, 177.

Robes, groom of the. See Cecil and Parker.

----, Yeoman of the, 82, 269, 271, 279, 282. See Cecil and Parker.

----, Stuff delivered by the keeper, for the Marchioness of Pembroke, 254.

Roche ——, a mercer, 59.

Rochford Lord, 34, 37, 68, 72, 128, 144, 156, 189, 195, bis, 209, ter, 210, bis, 226, 232, 263, bis.

George Boleyn Viscount Rochford, the brother of Queen Ann Boleyn. The history of this amiable young nobleman is too well known to require any further notice of him in this place. Almost all these entries shew the high favour in which he was held by Henry, for it is manifest from them that he was the King's constant companion, and was always one of his parties, at shooting matches, bowls, dice, cards, and indeed at every other species of amusement.

Rochford, Lady Mary, 88.

Apparently the sister of Lord Rochford and Queen Ann Boleyn, though it is extraordinary that she should be called Lady Mary Rochford. She married first Sir William Carey, by whom she had Henry Lord Hunsdon, and secondly, Sir William Stafford, Knight. The entry relating to her is not a little curious; it appears from it that her sister Anne Boleyn had pawned a jewel to her for the sum of 20l. which was redeemed out of the Privy Purse expences by order of the King.

---- Lady Ann, 108, 111, 113, 123, 133, 215.

It seems that all these entries referred to Ann Boleyn, and ought to have been inserted under her name. They are, however, alluded to at the commencement of the volume.

Rods, binding rods for poles paid for, 22.

Rods, [Roods] to the king's bedesman at the, 122. See also Rhods.

Roger, 67.

Rogers ——, 186, 216.

Both these entries are of payments made to him for money won from the King at play.

Rolls, the Master of the, 33.

John Taylor, who was appointed to that office on the 27th June 1526, and held it until 1534.

Rolte John, yeoman of the Leshe, 75, 163, 263.

----, Sergeant, 155, 172, 235.

---- John, 229.

Romayne Henry, a smith, 111.

Romsaye ——, 245.

Roots brought, 4, 8, 96, 169.

Roses brought, 148.

Rosewater brought, 63, 181, 257.

Rother, [i. e. Rudder] for a new, 96.

Rotherham Master, 71.

Rounds, for making of, 107, 145.

A kind of Target at which arrows were shot, both for practice and amusement. Cavendish says, that when he was sent for by Henry to Hampton Court, after the death of Cardinal Wolsey, "I found him shooting at the rounds in the park on the backside of the garden, and perceiving him occupied in shooting, thought it not my duty to trouble him, but leaned to a tree intending to stand there, and to attend his gracious pleasure. Being in a great study, at the last the King came suddenly behind me where I stood, and clapped his hand upon my shoulder, and when I perceived him, I fell upon my knee. To whom he said calling me by name, 'I will,' quoth he, 'make an end of my game, and then I will talk with you,' and so departed to his mark, whereat the game was ended. Then the king delivered his bow unto the yeoman of his bows and went his way inward to the palace." Ed. Singer, 1815, vol. i. p. 328.

----, money won at the, 134.

Rowed, to the men that rowed the king, 127, bis.

Rowland ——, a keeper of Waltham Forest, 72.

Rowme, to Rutter, for his fee due for his rowme in Windsor Forest, 286.

Rowme appears to have been a common expression for "place," or "situation," thus in Lodge's Illustrations, in a letter dated 28th April, 1516, "The Master of the Rolles is departed, and Doctor Tunstalle hath his rowme, as the saying is." Vol. i. p. 9. The fee in question was due to him by virtue of office, which was that of keeper of Windsor Forest.

Running the King's geldings, 18, 29.

---- boys, 54,

Boys who rode the king's racing horses.

Rushes, to burn with salad oil, 12.

Russell, Sir John, 18, 85, 118, 241.

Ancestor of the Dukes of Bedford, and founder of the honors of that illustrious family. He was created Baron Russell of Cheymes, on the 9th March 1538, was a Knight of the Garter, Lord Admiral, and Lord Privy Seal, and in 1549, was raised to the Earldom of Bedford.

Russell Lady, 107, 245.

Wife of Sir John Russell just mentioned. She was the daughter and co-heiress of Sir Guy Sapcotes, Knight, and widow of Sir John Broughton, of Teddington, in the county of Bedford.

Rutter William, one of the keepers of Windsor Forest, 40, 180, 286.

----, 227.

Rydley Robert, a taylor, 5, 60.

---- page of the king's chamber, 23.

Rye and Hastings, for a plat of, 91. See Plat.

Rye was at that time a sea-port of some importance, and maintained several ships of war. In Lodge's Illustrations, vol. i. p. 63, is a letter from the Privy Council, dated in 1544, in which the following passage occurs: "The town of Rye hath all this year had iij or iiij vessells abrode for the warres, and gayned very moche by it."

Rynning boys. See Running Boys.

Sabellius Davy, 132.

Sables several tymb' of, brought, 105.

Sacre. See Saker.

Sackbuts and other musical instruments, for, 86.

----, paid to, 129, 173, bis, 174.

----, to the one belonging to the French Queen, 248.

Persons who played on the Sackbut, i. e. a brass trumpet.

Saddler, the king's, 68.

Saddles, for, 257.

Sail, for a, 262.

Sakar a, brought, 91.

---- and Sakeretts, paid for, 192.

"A Saker is a passenger or peregrine Hawk, for her eyrie hath not been found by any. She is somewhat larger than the haggard falcon, her plume is rusty and ragged, the sear of her foot and beak like the lanner; her pounces are short; however she has great strength, and is hardy to all kind of fowl."—Gentleman's Recreation. A Sakerett was probably a young Saker. Six Sakers and five Sakeretts cost, in 1532, eight crowns a-piece, the sum paid for the eleven being 20l. 10s. 8d.

Sakfelde, the groom porter, 120.

Salad Oil, a potell of, 12, ter.

---- Herbs brought, 176, 216.

Salisbury Master, 65, 156.

Salmon, a fresh, brought, 31.

Sampson Adam, 105, 110.

Sandes, Sir Richard, 91.

Sandwich, 273, bis.

----, Friars of, 273.

Sandys' Lord, park to the keeper of, 151.

Satin Crimson, for, 86, 117.

---- black, for a cloak, 222.

---- Bruges for, 222.

Saumon John, 229.

Sawcy, to the Lieutenant and keepers of the forest of, 241.

Salcey, in Northamptonshire.

Scassebrig Thomas, one of the Pitcher House, 251.

Scawesby ——, 46.

Scholars at Oxford, gratuities to, 8, 157, 243.

---- at Paris, a gratuity to, 119.

----, for the Exhibitions of, 46, 82, 165, 207, 260.

----, for the Exhibitions of, at Paris, 8, 71, 90, 190, 263.

Scholars, to Mr. Ratcliffe, a scholar at Cambridge, 224.

Among the few redeeming traits in Henry the Eighth's character, was a love of learning, to which each of these entries bears additional testimony. Besides occasional gifts to Scholars of Oxford, Cambridge and Paris, and which in three years amounted to 83l. 13s. 4d. he also gave exhibitions, the whole expences of which in the same period were 63l. 6s. 8d. He moreover supported two scholars at St. Paul's School, the charges for which were 30l. 3s.; making, if 13l. 9d. paid to the master of that school in January 1531, be included, a total of 190l. 12s. spent from November 1529 to December 1532, for the encouragement and advancement of erudition; a trifling sum, it is true, when compared with recent instances of Royal munificence, but important when the value of money, and the manners of the times are considered.

Science, paid to a jeweller to be employed in his, 156.

The use of the word Science in this sense is rather curious.

Scot John, 23, 39, 87, 108, 132, 182, 205, 217, 277, 281.

A Mercer or Taylor.

---- Thomas, 173.

---- Richard, 194.

A gratuity of 20s. to him in consideration of his having been robbed.

Scotland, to a gentleman of, 56.

Scottish Ambassadors, money given to the, 250.

---- Gentleman, to the, 9, bis.

Scowring the new pale in Greenwich Park, 230.

Scrivan', Peter the, 23.

A Scrivener, who had probably been employed in transcribing; the sum paid to him was considerable, namely, 14l. 9s. 4d.

Scrivener of London, to a, 84.

Scullery, to one of the, 252.

Scut John, 6.

Sele, [i. e. a Seal] brought, 37, 46.

Seal Great, to a poor woman to purchase out, the, 148.

Apparently a gift of 20s. 4d. to pay the fee of affixing the great seal to some instrument affecting her interests.

Secretary Master, 26, 77, 144.

Probably the Principal Secretary of State, but it is not certain who filled that office, in 1530 and 1531. Cromwell was not regularly appointed to it until 1534; but it is most likely that he was the person so designated in these accounts.

Sergeant of the Cellar, 64. See Cellar.

----, Porter, 256.

Apparently Edmund Knyvett, who certainly held that office in August 1519. See Testamenta Vetusta, p. 568.

---- Apothecary, 146.

Servants, [i. e. Falconers, Huntsmen, &c.] wages and expences of, from January to March 1529, 284 to 289.

Service, to a German that offered his, to the king, 117.

Sets, for those lost by the king at Greenwich, 143.

Sets meant either games or wagers.

Sexton Philip, the fool, 5, 11, bis, 13, 17, 21, 24, 25, 31, 34, 38, 45, 61, bis, 73, 75, bis, 80, bis, 86, 120, bis, 138, bis, 139, 164, 168, 183, 193, 199, 215, 217, 231, 238, 247, 265, 271, 274, 281. See Fool.

Seymour Sir Edward, 5, 17, 36.

Afterwards the King's brother-in-law, and Duke of Somerset, the celebrated Protector of England. These entries show the familiar manner in which he was treated by Henry as early as 1529. The first item is of a payment to him of 337l. upon a reckoning between His Majesty and himself, and the second and third to money lost to him by the King at play. On one occasion Sir Edward won of Henry the large sum of 376l. 10s.

Seymour, Robert, 273.

It has not been ascertained who this individual was. The entry relating to him is a payment of 4l. 13s. 4d. which he had won of the King at Tables.

Shafts for, 47, 265.

Shalms, brought to the king, 26.

---- for Tenor and Treble, 86.

A Shalm is explained by Mr. Ayrton, whose professional reputation renders him excellent authority on such a subject, "to be the base Cornet." Ellis's Original Letters, Second series, vol. i. p. 273. Bishop Percy informs us that "it was a wind instrument like a pipe, with a swelling protuberance in the middle:"

"Item, my Lord useth and accustometh yearly when his Lordship is at home to gyf to iij of the Kyngs Shames when they come to my Lord yerly x s." Northumberland Household Book, p. 341. Cavendish says, when the king of France came, "he danced, and others with him, the most part of that night; my Lord's minstrels played there so excellently all that night, that the shalme (whether it were with extreme labour of blowing, or with poisoning, as some judged, because they were more commended and accepted with the king than his own, I cannot tell,) but he that played upon the shalme, an excellent man in that art, died within a day or twain after." Ed. Singer, 1825, vol. i. p. 114. Perhaps the earliest drawing of a Shalm extant, is in the Illustrations to the copy of Froissart, in the British Museum, Royal MS. 18 E. I & II.

Sheathes for knives, of velvet, paid for, 161.

Shepey, paid the watermen for rowing the King to, 262.

----, 265, 266.

Shere Robert, keeper of the beagles, 17, 24, 39, 50, 54, 59, 75, 79, bis, 89, 94, 111, 126, 136, 149, 166, 167, 177, 187, 194, 198, 204, 213, 219, 231, 246, 250, 260, 275, 287, 290.

---- John, keeper of the beagles, 125.

Sic in MS. but query, if not a mistake for Robert Shere.

Ship, paid for discharging the, that brought Cardinal Wolsey's goods, 112.

----s, paid when the King viewed his, 260.

Henry's attachment to naval affairs has been fully established, and he consequently paid great attention to his ships. A curious list of his Majesty's navy, in 1525, 6, is given by Mr. Ellis, in his Original Letters, second Series, v. i. p. 218 et seq. as a note to a very interesting letter on the subject from Sir Edward Howard, Lord High Admiral, in 1513. See also a letter from some ladies to the King from Portsmouth about the year 1540, acquainting the King with the pleasure they derived from inspecting "the Great Harry." Ibid. First Series, vol. ii. p. 126.

----, the Master Treasurer's, 6.

Evidently the ship belonging to Sir William Fitz-William, afterwards Earl of Southampton, and which by his will dated in September, 1542, he thus bequeathed to the King—"Item, I give to the King's Majesty my great ship, with all her tackle, and my collar of the garter, with my best George beset with diamonds."—Testamenta Vetusta, p. 707. Individuals frequently owned ships which were employed in the King's service, and which seem to have been considered as a sufficient means of support, for Sir Edward Howard, the Lord Admiral, in his will dated in 1512, says, "Whereas I have two Bastards, I give the King's grace the choice of them, beseeching his Grace to be good Lord to them, and that when he cometh of age he may be his servant; and him that the King's Grace chuseth, I bequeath him my bark, called 'Genett,' with all apparel and artillery, and L li to begin his stock with: the other I bequeath to my special trusty friend, Charles Brandon, praying him to be good master unto him; and for because he hath no ship, I bequeath to him C marks to set him forward in the world." Ibid. p. 534.

----, Purveyor of the, 179.

Shirts for, 17, 53, 78, 84, sæpe, 97, 101, 104, 119, 121, 136, 197, 261, 283.

---- for washing Sexton's, 21, 34, 45.

----, for a bag for the King's, 103.

---- for making eight for the, King, 256.

Shoes for, 30, 31, 34, 53, 119, 123, 136, 139, 183, 219, 259, 263, 264, 283.

Shoemaker, to the, 30, 31, 53, 103, 139, 259, 264, 281.

Shooters, to, 66.

----, paid to two of the, for their livery, 201.

Shooting, for, 67, 72, 76, 85, 135, 144, 145, 156.

----, money lost by the King at, 50, 118, 120, 137, 159, 226, 229, 237, 250.

All these entries refer either to money paid to individuals, as a reward for their dexterity in shooting, or to bets lost by the King at shooting matches.

Shots, paid for seven lost by the King, 118.

Shovelard, [i. e. Shoveller] a, brought, 175.

Shovillabourd, Money lost by the king at, 188, 189, 195, bis, 209.

Archdeacon Nares explains Shovel-board to be "a common trivial game, which consisted in pushing or shaking pieces of money on a board to reach certain marks. Shovel-board play is graphically described in a poem entitled Mensa Lubrica, &c. written both in Latin and English by Thomas Master. The English Poem is cited at large in Bliss's edition of Anth. Wood, vol. iii. p. 84. The table had lines or divisions marked with figures, according to the value of which the player counted his game. It is minutely described by Strutt, Sports and Pastimes, p. 267, as still in use in pot houses, and played with a smooth halfpenny. The game was also called Shove-groat, Shove-board, and Shuffle-board." Glossary.