INDEX AND NOTES.

Abbots Robert, a waterman, 59.

Abingdon, 246, 247, sæpe, 248.

Acton Robert, the king's sadler, 68, 72.

Adington, the skinner, 101, 183.

Alard ——, a jeweller, 185, 195.

Alberton Richard, a falconer, 221.

Aleyn Thomas, 81, 124, 188, 203.

From the entry, in p. 124, it would appear that this individual was a tradesman.

Alleys, for cleaning the, in Windsor park, 32.

Alford Master Thomas, 19, 20, 58, 142, 176. See also Alvard.

Alile, 217.

A person attached to the jewel house.

Alms, the King's private, 9, 19, 32, 36, 41, 42, bis, 59, 90, 106, 117, 125, 134, 145, 159, 173, 174, 182, 185, 194, 197, 208, 225, 254, 256, 264, 266, 272, 273, 274, 276, 278.

----, paid in, on Good Friday, 40.

----, money given to the Princess Mary to be distributed in, 127.

----, expences of a funeral paid by way of, 172.

----, money given to be distributed in alms during the king's journey, 265.

Upon the large sums expended in charity, some remarks will be found at the commencement of the volume.

Almayne, to an, i.e. to a German, 117, 193.

Almayne, to a gentleman of, 178.

Alvard Thomas, 96, 116, 199, 228, 231.

This appears to be the same person who is sometimes called Thomas Alford. See Alford. He is supposed by Mr. Ellis to have been keeper of Cardinal Wolsey's wardrobe, and which opinion is confirmed by the entry in p. 116. A very interesting letter from him to Cromwell in 1529, detailing the particulars of the last interview between Wolsey and the king, has been printed by Mr. Ellis, and also by Mr. Singer. If the conjecture be correct that he was the individual who is noticed in other parts of the book by the name of Alvord and Alford, it is manifest that after the Cardinal's decease he held an office of trust under the king.

Amadas Master Robert, 97, 104, bis, 188.

Apparently a jeweller.

Ambassador, the Pope's, 9.

Ambassador, to a doctor, being nephew to the bishop, who was ambassador here, 49.

From the manner in which this payment is mentioned it may be inferred that it was a gratuity to the individual, in consequence of his relationship to the ambassador.

Ambassadors, paid for the rent of a house intended for them, 74.

The king being then, September 25, 1530, at Waltham Abbey, a house was engaged for the use of some ambassadors who were to have had an audience there, but they evidently did not occupy it.

Ambassadors, to servants of, 104, 106, 135.

Ambassador of France, 106.

Ambassadors of Hungary, for the expenses of the, 160.

The only embassy from Hungary noticed by Hall was in March 1527, when the Count of Ottonbrough, John Burgrave, and others had an audience of the King at Greenwich. After which, that Chronicler says, "they were well cherished and diverse tymes resorted to the courte and had greate chere and good rewardes, and so the 3rd. of Maie next ensuying they toke their leave and departed homeward." If this entry related to them, it is evident that they were on one occasion received by Henry at Grafton.

Ambassador, money paid to the Scotch, 250.

Like the gratuity to the relation of the ambassador, in p. 49, this appears to have been a present.

Ambreys, eight cupboards, some with Ambreys and some without, 93.

"A cuppborde of waynscote with ambries."—Harl. MSS. 1419, f. 55. This word is supposed to have meant originally, a little purse wherein money was put for the poor, and at length was used for any hutch or close place to keep meat left after meals; a cupboard for keeping cold victuals.—Todd's Johnson. It is evident however from the manner in which the word is here used that it was part of a cupboard rather than the cupboard itself, though it might have been appropriated, as a sort of safe, for the keeping of cold meat. Mr. Markland suggests that in the present instance "ambreys meant cupboards within cupboards, or places of more secure concealment."

Ambrose, a painter, 221. See "Painter."

Ampthill. See Antill.

Amsham Richard, 70.

Apparently a draper.

Anchor for an, for the king's boat, 262.

The small sum paid for an anchor, a cable, and a sail, five shillings, is worthy of attention as shewing the value of such articles at the period.

Andrew, the Italian friar to, 117, 128.

Angell John, the jeweller, 139.

Angling rods given to the king, 65, 240.

The proof which these entries afford that Henry the Eighth was an angler, must interest the disciples of Isaac Walton. But Henry was not the only English monarch who was attached to the pursuit, Charles the Second, as well as his present Majesty having frequently sought relief from the cares of state in that tranquil amusement.

Anguisshe Lady Margaret, 98, 183, 281.

---- Earl of, 180, 247.

Archibald Douglas, 6th Earl of Angus, in Scotland, who, in 1514, married Margaret queen dowager of Scotland and sister of Henry the Eighth, from whom he was divorced before 1526. Angus had fled into England and placed himself under the protection of Henry, who, in 1532, settled an annuity of 1000 marks upon him; and he remained in England until the death of James, King of Scotland. The Earl died in 1556. Lady Margaret Angus was evidently the issue of that marriage, and consequently the king's niece. She was at the time, when some pocket money was given her, little more than fifteen years old. This distinguished woman was the mother of Henry Lord Darnley, father of King James the First, and progenitrix of every subsequent monarch of this country.

Annys or Ans Vincent, a jeweller, 218, 220.

Anservis, a friar at Guildford, 63.

Ansham, 220.

Ansley Bryan, 103.

Apparently a tradesman.

Ansley Anthony, 134, 183, 193, 283.

All the entries in which this person's name occurs relate to the expences of playing at tennis, hence it may be inferred that he was the keeper of the ground; or perhaps the marker.

Anthony Anthony, 161, 179.

A person of these names was Master of the Ordnance to Henry the Eighth, and made the celebrated drawing of the "Henry Grace de Dieu."—See a note to Archæologia, vol. vi.

Anthony Mark, 109, 157, 165.

Apparently a Venetian merchant.

Anthony a Sackbut, 174.

Anticks, for two brought to the king, 226.

Two buffoons, or two grotesque figures, might be meant by this entry, for Shakspeare seems to use the word in both senses, "We can contain ourselves were he the veriest antick in the world."—Induction, Taming the Shrew. "Indeed three such antics do not amount to a man."—Hen. V. act iii. sc. 2. Dr. Meyrick, however, with more probability, suggests that it referred to "two antiques," the taste "for articles of that description being then at its height in England, as it had been previously in Italy, on the revival of the arts." In old inventories, "one antick head piece," "one antick armour," often occur. Milton also, says,

Il Penseroso.

Antill 68, bis, 69, sæpe, 70, sæpe, 161, 163, bis, 167, 168, 236, 237, 238, 248.

----, keeper of the parks at, 70, 162, 163, 238.

Ampthill, in the hundred of Redbornstoke, in Bedfordshire. In 1441, William Beauchamp, Lord St. Amand, possessed it in right of his wife, and sold it to Sir John Cornwall Lord Fanhope, one of the heroes of Agincourt, and who, according to "Leland, builded the castelle of Antehill of such spoils as it is said he won in France." In 1453 Henry Duke of Exeter, son of Fanhope's wife, by her first husband, entered into a bond of 6000 marks to abide by the arbitration of Sir Thomas Bourchier respecting the manor of Ampthill and some other estates. In 1524, Roger de Grey Earl of Kent, alienated it to the Crown. It was made an honor by act of Parliament, the preamble to which states, that it was Henry the Eighth's intention "to erect, build, and edifie upon his grace's manor of Ampthill, sumptuous, stately, beautiful, and princely buildings." Ampthill has derived a mournful interest from its having been the residence of the unhappy Katherine, during the early part of the proceedings relative to her divorce, and she was cited from thence to attend the Commissioners at Dunstable. Henry was evidently at Ampthill in August 1530, September 1531, and July 1532. Mr. Lysons, says, no account of the manor is to be found during several subsequent reigns. The palace was allowed to go to decay. James the First bestowed the honor on the Earl of Kelly, but it soon reverted to the Crown. The custody of the Great Park was granted to Lord Bruce in 1613, and his descendants became lessees of it, in whom it continued until 1738, when the lease was purchased by the Duke of Bedford, and it was exchanged in 1800 to the late Earl of Upper Ossory. In the 17th century a family of Nicholls were lessees of Ampthill Great Park, and after the Restoration it was given by Charles the Second to Mr. John Ashburnham. In 1720, his descendants sold it to Lord Fitz-William, from whom it was purchased, in 1736, by Lady Gowran, grandmother of its late owner, the Earl of Upper Ossory, who died in 1818. That nobleman erected a column, in 1770, on the scite of Ampthill castle, upon which are inscribed the following beautiful lines by Horace Walpole.

Lysons' Bedfordshire.

Apothecary, Sergeant, to the, 79, 146.

One of these entries is curious, as the Sergeant Apothecary appears to have brought some gloves to the king. They were probably perfumed gloves.

----, Culberd or Cutberd, the king's, his bills paid, 44, 124, 165, 203, 251.

----, master John, the, 147.

Apparel for Lady Anne, paid for making, 179.

Apparelling for the, of a falconer, 39.

Appeached [query impeached], to one that impeached Massy, 69.

Apples brought, 36, 78, 147, 178, 181, 186, 237, 242, 258, 265, 266, 282, 283.

Apples, Quene brought, 163.

Armacan, Bishop of, 104.

The Bishop of Armagh, in Ireland, which See was then filled by John Kite, who resigned it in 1531.

Armerer, William the king's footman's wife, 17, 78, 84, bis, 104, 122, 197, bis, 217.

Armeston Clement, 112.

Armourer at Windsor, to the, 155.

Armourer to the, 44, 184, 194, 196, 234.

----, paid the, for garnishing books, 214.

The word garnish is used very indefinitely; it here seems to have meant placing clasps on books.

Armoury at Windsor, the keeper of the, 41.

Armoury, to two persons of the, 259.

Arms the King's, to Henry Maynering for making the, 166.

From the charge 8l. 19s. as well as from the word "making," it would seem that the royal arms were in this instance carved.

Arnolde Henry, the shoe-maker, 219, 281.

Arras for, 59, 215.

Arrows for, 40, 47, 265.

----, paid for shooting, 50.

----, paid for forked, 50.

----, brought, 64, 83.

Arrow head's given the King, 216.

Arthur the luter, 131.

Artichokes brought, 72, 77, 117, 142, 163, 169, 218, 220, 224, 232.

Arundel Earl of, 146.

William Fitz Alan, K.G., who succeeded to that dignity in 1524, and died in 1543.

Arundell Master, 60.

Probably Sir John Arundel, ancestor of the present Lord Arundel of Wardour. He was made a Knight of the Bath in 1495, and a Knight Banneret at Tournay, and died in 1545.

Ashrigge, 67, bis.

Assheley Hector, keeper of Hounsdon, 42, 60, 73, 81, 111, 136, 161, 174, 211.

All the payments to this individual were for the buildings at Hounsdon, which will be more particularly alluded to.

Asshley Thomas, 215.

Servant to Lady Ann Rochford.

Astell Edmond, keeper of Greenwich Park, 205, 213, bis, 217.

These payments relate to Greenwich Park, or for the food of the deer in it.

Aston Master, 244.

Astronomer, to Nicholas the, for mending a clock, 130.

Atkins Richard, 36.

Attorney to the King's, 135.

The Attorney General in May, 1531, was Christopher Hales, but it is not certain that the payment was to that officer.

Audley Lord, 65.

John Tuchet, who was restored to that dignity in 1512, and died ante 1558.

---- ——, his son's child christened, 145.

John Tuchet, Lord Audley, above mentioned, had issue, three sons, George, Edward, and Richard. George succeeded to the dignity in 1558, and had a son Henry, who also became Lord Audley, and it was probably that Henry who was christened in May 1531, and which would fix the date of his birth to that year, a point which has not been ascertained. Richard, the 3rd son of Lord Audley, also had issue, to one of whom this entry might relate, but the former is most likely. The state of the pedigree of that family is however so very confused and imperfect, that it throws no light on the point.

Audley, the king's servant, 204.

Augustine, the falconer 105.

St. Austins, i. e. Augustines Canterbury, Abbot of, 274.

John Sturvey, alias Essex, who was Abbot from 1523 until the dissolution.

Avelande Thomas, 46.

This individual seems to have been the proprietor of some land, which was bought to enlarge one of the parks at Windsor. It consisted of two acres of meadow; the sum paid for which, 4l., is worthy of notice, as shewing the price of land at the period.

Averay of the Botelles, 9, and Averay John of the cellar, 143.

Clearly the same person. He appears to have been attached to the cellar, and from the way in which he is described "of the bottles," they were perhaps entrusted to his custody.

Averay, 188.

Query,—If Thomas Avery, who in the 17th. Hen. VIII., was one of the Gentlemen Pensioners.—Household Ordinances temp. King Hen. VIII. p. 168.

Awbray, Yeoman of the Crossbows, 24.

Aynes Elizabeth, 184.

Badges on liveries paid for, 16.

It is scarcely necessary to remark, that the servants or retainers of eminent personages were distinguished by peculiar badges, which were placed on the arm and other parts of their dresses.

Bag for keeping the king's shirts in, 103.

Bags paid for, 110.

Bagot William, 157, 158, 159.

A seller of bows, pellets, or shot, &c.

Bagshot Park, to the keeper of, 152.

Baynton Master, 100.

Baker —— servant to the Princess Mary, 146, bis.

Bakhouse John, a soldier, 81.

"Ball" the king's dog for finding, 43.

Balls tennis, paid for, 283.

"Banished" to families sent out of Greenwich, 104, 125, 129, 173, 273, bis.

The last entry excepting one on this subject confirms the opinion relative to the former, namely, that they were families in which an infectious disease had appeared, and which were consequently sent out of Greenwich lest it should extend to the court, and endanger the royal person. The king however seems always to have borne the expences attending their removal, and which are deserving of notice as showing what was considered a sufficient sum for the purpose. Some of the persons thus "banished" were evidently above the lower orders, for we find that William Morley had six servants, and Hadstone, three.

Baptist John, an Italian Jeweller, 97, 99.

Barba John, a sackbut, 173.

Barbariste Horse [i. e. Barbary Horse], to Powle that keeps the, 165.

Barbary Horse, to the keeper of the, 133, 199, 204.

Henry's attachment to horses is manifested by numerous entries, and this horse, which is in one place called a "Barra horse," and in another the "Barbaristo horse," was apparently a favourite Arabian sent from some part of Barbary, from which it derived its appellation. Shakespeare also speaks of a "Barbary horse:"

Rich. II. A. 5. Sc. 5.

Merry Wives of Windsor, A. II. Sc. 2.

Barberries brought, 258.

Barde, for a, 9.

Or Barbe, explained by Dr. Johnson to be the trapping of a horse, also dressed in a warlike manner, caparisoned:

Hollingshed.

That citation as well as those by Arch. Nares, tend to prove that it was "a general name for the several pieces of defensive armour with which the horses of knights were covered in war." Little light is thrown upon the word by the manner in which it is used in this instance, excepting that it is spoken of in the singular number, and that it was for the king's use; but as Copeland is mentioned in another place, p. 18, as a mercer, it may be inferred that "the bard" was of cloth or silk, and which, if it was for a horse, renders it almost certain that it was a trapping or ornament, rather than a piece of armour. This idea is confirmed by the following passage in Hall: "The king kept a solempne justes at his manour of Grenewiche, he himself and xi wer on the one part and the marques of Exsceter with xi wer on the other parte. The kynges barde and base and all his bend wer of cloth of gold and silver richely embraudered, with a mannes harte," &c. p. 707. Dr. Meyrick observes, "The barde was the complete armour for the horse, though sometimes confined to the poitrail, which when made to reach up to the pomel of the saddle, was called haute barde." This horse armour was often covered with silk or cloth of gold.

Baret, ——, 252.

Barge, the king's, Johnson the master of, 7, 8, 10, 125, 182, 192, 230.

----, to the master of the Queen's, 107.

----, the king's new, 44, 155.

----, for repairing the king's, 45, 135, 169, 247.

----, for dressing the king's, 96, 155, 181, 281.

i. e. cleaning and perhaps ornamenting the barge.

----, paid to watermen for waiting with the, 112, 114, 120, 136, 139, 211, 215.

----, paid for the hire of a, 122.

----, for a hide to cover the king's, 182.

----, for trimming the, 44, 45.

----, for painting the, 44, 195.

----, the great, 208.

----, for tallowing and brenning the king's, 211.

This item refers to the process by which the bottom of an uncoppered vessel is cleaned. In the sixteenth century barges were as important parts of royal and noble establishments, as carriages are in the nineteenth. Henry frequently removed from Westminster to Greenwich and Richmond, and was almost always conveyed by water. His equipage was sent in a similar manner, hence the frequent charges for the great and little barges, boats, watermen, &c. The royal barge was doubtlessly extremely splendid, for it appears that the painting cost upon one occasion 30l. and upon another Vincent the painter was paid for the "trimming," by which is probably meant slightly painting and ornamenting, 15l. 4s. 9d. The best idea of its appearance is perhaps conveyed by the barges which now belong to the city companies, many of which are beautifully painted with allegorical figures, landscapes, &c. and gorgeously ornamented.

Barge, to the master of the king's for conveying his Majesty to Shepey, 266.

---- great, for serving the king with the, 279.

Bargeman, John, the king's, 110.

Bargeman, to one of the, for repairing the king's barge, 135.

Barker Ambrose, mercer, 188, 189, 282.

Barley ——, a priest, 169.

Barnard Matthew, a foreign merchant, 186.

Barnard's wife, 121, 256.

Upon one occasion she made a present of two shirts to the king, and on the other was paid for making eight shirts, 2l. 13s. 4d.

Barnardin, the gunner, 36.

Barnes, i. e. Berners Lord, 207.

John Bourchier, second and last lord Berners, the well known translator of Froissart and other works both from the French and Italian. He died on the 16th March, 1533. See Bourchier.

Barnwood Park, to the ranger of, 154, bis, and keepers of, 155.

Baron the Chief, 194.

Richard Lyster or Leicester, who held that office from the 15th May, 1530, until 1546.

Baroper Park, to the keeper of, 151.

---- ——, 152.

Beaurepaire, still called Baroper, situated between Reading and Andover, the seat of the ancient family of Brocas, from the Conquest to the present time.—M*.

Barra horse, i. e. Barbary horse, to the keeper of the, and for a bath for it, 204. See Barbary.

Bartelot Doctor, 146.

A Physician.

Basing, 18, 155, 231;

---- purveyor of the ship, 179.

Baskets to carry plate, 20.

Bath for a horse, paid for a, 204.

This item is not a little curious; 7s. 2d. for a bath for a horse shows the great attention which was paid to Henry's stud; yet it must be remembered that it was for the favourite Arabian before noticed as the Barbary horse.

Battersea, 24.

Baugh Doctor, one of the king's almoners, 9, 19, 32, 42, 59, 77, 90, 106, 117, 134, 145, 159, 174, 182, 208, 225, 254, 276, 280.

The large sums expended by the king in charity have been elsewhere noticed.

Bayles for the king's barge, 11.

A bail is a kind of small bucket, used for emptying the water which accumulates at the bottom of a boat. To "bail out a boat" is the expression still used by sailors for that operation.

Baynton Master, 36, 85, 209, bis.

Beagles, Robert Sheere, keeper of the, 17, 24, 31, 39, 45, 70, 79, 94, 125, 136, 219, 290.

These entries relate to the sums paid either as wages to the keeper of those animals, or for their food. His wages are said in some places to have been 5s. a month, but in others the 5s. a month is stated to be for meat for them, and as the latter entry never occurs near the former, and is uniformly the same in amount, it cannot be determined which is meant. That sum could scarcely have included both his wages and food for the dogs. Occasionally a reward of 20s. seems to have been bestowed upon him.

Beagles' meat, for 187, 199, 213, 231.

Beans brought, 218.

Bears, [Beres] to the keeper of the king's, 14.

If, as can scarcely be doubted, by "Beres" is meant Bears, this item proves that Henry had a kind of private menagerie, for it is not likely it could refer to the animals in the Tower.

Beaulie, the gardener of, 4, 5, 8, 18, 36, bis, 39, 44, 45, ter, 50, 56, 61, 72, 77, bis, 80, 81, 87, 96, bis, 103, 120, 124, 130, 142, 147, 166, 169, 176, 188, 197, 200, 207, 209, 219, 220, 224, 232, 235, 241, 256, 257, 264, 287, 288.

"New Hall, a magnificent mansion not far from Woodham Walters, formerly belonging to the Butlers, Earls of Ormond, after to Thomas Bollen, Earl of Wiltshire, of whom Henry VIII. purchased it by exchange, and making costly additions to it, gave it the name of Beaulieu, which, however, never prevailed among the generality."—Gough's Camden, vol. ii. p. 44. New Hall, or Beaulieu, is about five miles S. E. by E. of Maldon, on the side of the æstuary of the Blackwater.—"Leland states that when Henry 'ædes sibi comparassit cœperunt in immensum excrescere ingentibus Principis impensis, novumque juxta ac elegans nomen Belli Loci adsumere.' Camden informs us that the new name never prevailed among the common people; and after the king's death, it is presumed, the place resumed its original appellation of New Hall." M.

Bed, and appurtenances, paid for the making of a, 77.

Some curious descriptions of the beds of our ancestors will be found in the "Testamenta Vetusta" sparsim, from which an idea can be formed of their magnificence. Even in this era of luxury our beds are far inferior in splendour to those of the fourteenth, fifteenth, and sixteenth centuries.—"In the inventory of household furniture of Skipton Castle, taken in 1572, we have proof that a state bedchamber of that period 'was not inferior in magnificence, as far as its accommodations went, to the same apartment in a modern nobleman's house.'—Whitaker's Crav. p. 328. A 'bed of downe with a bolster' is there valued at Cs. 'The teaster of tynsell and blake vellvett with armes, havynge curtains of sylke, with frynges, 20l.'"—M.

Bedesmen, S^{r}. Torche the king's at the rood of Greenwich, 33, 188, 122.

A beadsman, it is scarcely requisite to remark, is an individual who is bound to pray for the person by whom he is supported. From the title "Sir" being applied to Henry's beadsman, it seems that he was a priest, and we learn that he received 40s. a year.

Bedill Master, 26.

Bedwell, keeper of the park of, 71.

Beads, for two pair of, 81.

Bekensell, or Bekensaw, a scholar of Paris, 23, 38.

Beks Master, 41.

Bells gilt, for hawks, paid for, 159.

They appear to have cost 7s. 2d. the dozen, or about seven pence three farthings each.

Belson John, 28.

It is quite evident, notwithstanding his name does not indicate it, that this individual was a Welshman, but of what situation in life does not appear.

Benet Doctor, 186.

Benton ——, 257.

Berewarde Sergeant, 187.

Berkeley Lord, 29, 43, 117, 140.

Thomas Lord Berkeley, who succeeded his brother in that dignity in 1523, and died on the 28th January, 1583.

Berkeley Lady, 48.

Apparently the wife of that nobleman, namely Cecilia, widow of Richard Rowdon, Esq.

Berkhampstead Park, in the county of Hertford, to the keeper of, 67.

Betting Money, lost by the king, in bets at shooting, tennis, &c. 36, 137, 189, 220, 226, 227, 229.

These entries are more fully noticed under "Gambling."

Bill, to a poor man that endeavoured to get one signed, 40.

Bills for bringing such as were assigned, 267.

"Bill", in both instances appears to be orders for payments. In the last, 23s. 4d. was probably allowed for the bearer's travelling expenses from London to Dover, and the former was a charitable donation to some unfortunate man, who was endeavouring to get an order signed.

Bird Henry.—See Byrde.

Biscuits brought, 169.

Bitch, for keeping the little white, 127.

----, the king's brought, 147.

Blackheath, for placing wine in the cellar, in the tower at, 98.

----, for making a wall upon the new ditch at, 213.

Black John, the hardwareman, 23.

Blackwall, 175.

Blade Smith, Maryon the, 108.

A sword-cutler.

Blake Francis, 93.

A footman.

Blanch John, 28.

A foreign minstrel.

Blind woman, to a, being a harper, 168.

Blount John, 16.

Blue Mantle, 15.

John Norbonne, who was created to that office, at Bridewell Place, by the Duke of Norfolk, Earl Marshal, on Allhallows-day, 1528, and was promoted to be Richmond Herald in 1586. He died in the tower, but for what reason he incurred the royal displeasure is unknown. The embroidery work for which he was paid 35l. was probably of the king's arms or badges.

Boar, a wild boar's head brought, 181.

Boars wild, brought, 5, 13.

Board, the, that stood in the chamber over the library at Greenwich, brought to York Place, 87.

Boards and nails paid for, 159.

Boats, for the hire of, 12, 14, 25, 87, 93, 118, 177, 195, bis, 208, 215.

Boat for tallowing and brenning the, 211.

---- and Barge, for oars, anchor, and cable, &c. and for expenses whilst painting the, 262.

----, paid for a, for the king's embarkation and landing at Calais, and likewise for that of his stuff, 272, 273.

---- paid for, for the king's embarkation at Calais, landing at Dover, and crossing the water at Sandwich, 273.

----, for matting the, 281.

This probably means covering the bottom of the boat on the inside with mats, to prevent the baggage and other articles put on board it from being rubbed or wetted.

----, to "dressing" the king's, 8, 96.

----, for repairing the king's, 45, 107.

----, a great load of books brought, 110.

----, paid to watermen for waiting with the, 112, 114, 120, 128, 136, 139, 201, bis, 215, 219.

----, for mending the king's great, 164.

----, for cotton for lining the king's, 182.

This is a singular entry. Lining a boat with cotton may either mean that cotton was used instead of oakum for caulking, or the inside of the after part of the boat might have been lined for the purpose of comfort in sitting, or leaning against the sides.

The note on barges applies in some degree to these frequent notices relative to boats, excepting that the former were chiefly used for the conveyance of the king and persons of consequence, whilst the latter carried his "stuff," that is, the necessary household goods, &c. and servants.

Bocher, the king's waterman, 128.

Bokeller-maker, i. e. Buckle-maker, 124.

Bolenger John, a Minstrel, 70, 129.

In one place he is merely called a Minstrel, but in the other he is specifically described as a Sackbut.

Bolayn Anthony de, a merchant of Paris, 15.

Boleyn Sir Edward, Knt. 10, 44.

Apparently the uncle of the celebrated Ann Boleyn. He married Ann, daughter and heiress of Sir John Tempest, but little more seems to be known of him.

Boleyn Lady Ann, 4, bis, 13, 44, 47, 50, 61, 72, 74, 88, bis, 90, 95, 97, bis, 98, bis, 101, 128, 179, 183, 217, 222, 223, 245.—See Pembroke.

Some observations on these entries will be found at the commencement of the volume.

Bolougne, 268, sæpe.

----, paid the king's offering to our Lady of, 272.

The king was at Bologne in November, 1532, and offered 11s. 3d. to the image of our Lady of that place.

Bolts and Rings for, 251.

We learn from this entry that when the king was in progress, a smith attended with rings and bolts for his Majesty's sleeping apartments.

Bone Sir Robert, 160.

This individual was overseer of the buildings at Grafton, from which it would seem that he was an architect. The title "Sir," probably implies that he was a priest, knighthood being then too highly estimated to be conferred upon any but persons of consequence.

Bonnets for the King, 15.

---- paid for, 23, 63, 94, 99, 123.

The word bonnet was used nearly synonymously with hat. They were usually made of cloth, and were sometimes ornamented with feathers, gold buttons, &c.

---- Milan, for, 24, 173.

What a Milan bonnet was, does not exactly appear. In both instances they were bought for the king's fool.

---- night, for two scarlet, 218.

Bonvice Anthony, 82.

Books paid for, 18, 44.

----, Mass, 24.

The price of six Mass books with velvet to cover them was 3l. 11s.

---- brought, 85, 89, ter, 106, 109, 110, 112, 116, 137, 190, 274.

With the exception of the last entry of a book given to the King at Canterbury, in November 1532, all the notices refer to books sent by Abbots and Priors, or of the removal of boat loads of books from one palace to another, between October 1530 and January 1532, but chiefly early in 1531, and there can be little doubt that they related to the subject which then occupied Henry's mind, his divorce.

----, inventory of, brought, 89.

The inventory in question was clearly the catalogue of the library in the Abbey of Reading, and was doubtlessly sent to enable Henry to ascertain if it contained any thing relative to the theological point in which he was then so deeply interested.

----, for printed, 101.

----, paid to an Armourer for garnishing, 123, 214.

Probably for putting on clasps.

----, paid for vellum and other "stuff" for the king's, 137.

---- sent to the bookbinder, 255.

Bookbinder, paid the, 189.

Boots, paid for, 30, 31, 123, 139, 183, 259, 264.

Bone ——, one of the hunt, 26.

Botelles, i. e. Bottles to Averay of the, 9.—See Averay.

Bottle for a, to contain salad oil, 12.

Boucher to, and his fellow on going to Calais, 124.

Bourchier Sir John, 54, 231.

Apparently Lord Berners.—See Berners.

Bouilloigne Anthony, 138.

A French merchant.

Bowge Skins, for, 90.

Budge skins. Fur, but more properly lamb's fur. They appear to have cost about 2s. 3d. per dozen.

Bowland, one of the stable, 17.

Bowls, money won of the king at, 20, 209, 210, bis, 211, bis, 212, 216, sæpe, 229, 278.

Bowling Alley, at Eltham, for making the, 218.

A bowling alley is a covered space for that game instead of a bowling green; the expenses of making the one at Eltham are said to have been 4l. 4s. 8d.

Bowman Thomas, 187.

Boworth, 270.

Bows for, 47, 50, 64, 158, 159, 265.

----, stone, brought, 104.

A bow for shooting stones.

----, yeoman of the king's, 75, 107.

---- fetched, 146.

----, paid to Bird for his fee, for the, 163, 263.

----, paid for pelletts, i. e. shot for the stone, 220.

Bowstaves for, for the king's use, 267.

Bowyer the, 24, 50, 55, 180.

Boys of the Stable, 3, 11, 12, bis, 18, 19, bis, 22, 23, bis, 29, 30, 31, 39, 44.

These items all appear to refer to the same persons, who seem to have been boys maintained for the purpose of riding race horses.

Boy, to one, that ran a nag, 39.

---- of the private chamber, 63.

----, the carriage of, to Bury, and their expenses at, paid for, 81.

Boy, a, sent from Lord Dacres to the king, 206.

Considerable trouble is said to have been used in procuring boys for the purpose of riding the king's racing horses, and for his chapel; and the expenses of sending one from the borders of Scotland appear to have amounted to 3l. 6s. 8d.

Brace of dogs brought, 156.

Brakes for mowing those in Greenwich Park, 230, 256.

Brakes are explained both by Dr. Johnson and Archdeacon Nares to be a thicket of brambles or thorns. The privilege of "mowing the brakes" is still reserved to the keepers of the royal parks in the instrument by which they are appointed. It possibly meant cutting the underwood.

Brandon Richard, 30, bis, 287, a Falconer.

Braser, for a, 46.

Worn by archers on their left arms.

Brass, paid for two curtalls [i. e. quintals] of, 170.

Brawn brought, 89.

Browtherer, i. e. the Embroiderer's bill, 128.

Bray Lord, 20.

Edmund, first Lord Bray. He was summoned to Parliament in 1529, and died in 1539.

Breams brought, 62.

---- bake, brought, 32.

Breech at Woolwich. See Woolwich.

Breme Richard, 128.

Brennyng the barge, &c. for, 211. See Barge.

Brereton Bryan A, 17, 74.

Brereton William, 51.

A "Master Brereton" who was a gentleman of the privy chamber, was sent from the king to Wolsey at Southwell after his disgrace.—See Cavendish's Life of Wolsey, p. 253. It was apparently this individual who was executed in consequence of his supposed connexion with Ann Boleyn.

Bridewell, to one that pretended a title to, 6.

Henry the Eighth erected a magnificent house on the scite of the ancient one of St. Bride, for the reception of Charles the Fifth, in 1522, and called it Bridewell. The king often lodged there, and held a parliament in it in 1525. It was the residence of Katherine in 1529, pending the proceedings relative to her divorce. Edward the Sixth gave it to the corporation of the city of London for an hospital. Why a person who pretended to have a title to it should be rewarded with 20s. it is difficult even to guess.

----, 118, 122, 132.

Bridge, for a private, at York Place, 20, 82, 93, 109.

Cavendish, in his life of Wolsey, speaking of the Cardinal's entertainments of Henry at York House, now Whitehall, says, "They thereupon looking out of the windows into Thames, returned again and showed him that it seemed to them there should be some noblemen and strangers arrived at his bridge as ambassadors from some foreign prince." Ed. Singer, v. 1, p. 151. Whether it was this bridge which Needham was paid for finishing in January, 1530, is uncertain, but in July following he was employed to build a private bridge.

Briges Thomas, 249.

---- John, 171.

Broaches for, 82.

Broach with an amethyst, for a, 163, 262.

Broadheads for, 46.

Brockborow park, to the keeper of, 70, 162.

Apparently, Brogborough Park, near Amphill, in Bedfordshire.

Brokes Master, 154, 155.

Brombery park, to the keepers of, in reward and to their wives for meat and drink, 238.

Query, if this be not intended for Brogborough Park.

Brooms brought, 159.

Brown John, a shooter, 65.

Query, a game-keeper.

Brown William, 227.

Brown ——, 115, 237.

Browne Sir Anthony, 7, 26, 46, 75, 92, 97, 148, 153.

This well known favourite of Henry the Eighth was some years afterwards appointed Master of the Horse, and created a Knight of the Garter, and died in 1540.

---- John, 201.

Bruges satin, doublets of, 23.

---- for, 222.

Bryan Sir Francis, 9, 60, 72, 76, 83, 209, 211, 212, 216, 232, 243, bis, 244, 263, 274, 275, bis, 278.

Many of the entries respecting Sir Francis Bryan, one of the brightest ornaments of Henry's court, tend to confirm the idea of the intimacy between him and his sovereign. They show that he was constantly the king's companion in his amusements at shovel board, bowls, dice, primero, and other games; and on one occasion we find 50l. was given to his servant as "a token from the king to him," an expression which no where else occurs, and which, it would seem, was a delicate manner of making him a pecuniary present. He was the only son of Sir Thomas Bryan, who died in 1517, and was one of Henry the Eighth's Gentlemen of the Bedchamber. Bryan was the author of some sonnets which are inserted amongst those of the Earl of Surrey; and he is consequently noticed by Dr. Nott, in his elegant edition of that nobleman's productions. Hall also states many curious facts respecting him, particularly of the loss of one of his eyes at a tilting match.

Bryan, keeper of greyhounds, 58.

Bryce John, 155.

Bucks brought, 26, 49, 55, 60, bis, 67, 136, 150, 194, 229, 232.

----, paid to the guard for eating a, 156.

Why the guard should have been paid 40s. for eating a buck is not easily explained. If the guard consisted of very few persons, it might have been a sort of wager.

Buck, to the wife, where the king shot at a tame, 171.

Buckhounds, the king's private, 19.

----, for canvas to cover a cart for carrying the, 154.

When the king went to Ampthill, it seems that his hounds were sent there also, for the purpose of hunting.

----, paid to the office of the, for killing the first buck, 157.

----, to the office of the, 161, 257.

Buckhunts, paid to the, 254.

So little is known of the regulations of this office, that the Editor acknowledges himself ignorant of the cause of these payments.

Buckingham, 157, 242.

----, to the keeper of the house at, 242.

Buckram for, 223, bis.

Buildings for the king's, 161.

----, the king's at York Place, money for, 36.

----, the king's, at the More, 40, 49.

---- at Hounsdon, for the, 42, 60, 73, 81, 111, 136, 174, 211.

---- at Westminster, for the king's, 228.

Henry's taste for building has been often noticed, and these payments were for its gratification.

Bukworth ——, 229.

Bulkeley Master, 151.

Bulloyne, [Bologne], 54.

Bulstrode Lady, 4, 36, 112.

Burdet William, 142, 263.

Burial, paid the expenses of William Doddesworth's, 141.

----, paid by way of alms at that of Davy the footman, 172.

We are here presented with the expences attendant on the funeral of two menial servants; in one case it was sixteen, in the other fifteen shillings.

Bury, 81.

Business, the king's, money laid out for, by Thomas Alvord, 96.

----, to one sent on the king's, 252.

Bustards brought, 187.

Butter William, a keeper of Windsor Forest, 77, 128.

Buttons of gold for caps, 25, 33.

Butts Doctor, 262.

From the following passage in Cavendish's life of Wolsey, we learn that he was one of the king's physicians. "At Christmas he [Wolsey] fell sore sick that he was likely to die. Wherof the king being advertised was very sorry therefore, and sent Doctor Buttes, his grace's physician, unto him, to see in what estate he was." Cavendish then gives a conversation between Henry and the Doctor on the Cardinal's illness. Vol. i. pp. 220, 1, 2. There is also in that valuable work an engraving of a contemporary illumination, representing Butts receiving tokens of favour from Ann Boleyn for Wolsey. Dr. Butts is honourably commemorated by Fox, as the friend of Bishop Latimer. See also Gilpin's Life of Latimer, p. 42-45.

Butts, to a new pair of, 145, 148, 250.

Mounds of earth erected for the purpose of a target, against which arrows were shot for amusement.

Byfield, to the repairs of the Bridge at, 97.

Byflete Park in Surrey, keeper of, 62, 148.

Query, Byfield in Northamptonshire.

Byrch ——, 253.

Byrde Henry, yeoman of the Bows, 53, 75, 107, 163, 180, 186, 248, 263, 265.

Cable, for an anchor, sail, &c., 262. See Anchor.

Caffa white, for, 134.

A rich stuff. "In his gallery there was set divers tables, whereupon a great number of rich stuffs of silk in whole pieces, of all colours, as velvet, satin, damask, caffa, taffeta, grograine, sarcenet, and of other not in my remembrance."—Cavendish, vol. i. p. 182.

Cage, a goshawk upon the, 16.

Cakes brought, 52, 55, 63, 64, sæpe, 154, 155, 184, 228.

Calais, 267, sæpe, 269, 270, bis, 271, sæpe, 272, sæpe, 273, 281, 283.

----, of the money that came from, 34.

----, a soldier of, 81.

----, Solicitor of the Staple of, 93.

"The Staple of Wool was fixed at Calais by Edward III. in 1362.—Ellis' Letters, Second Series, vol. ii. p. 2."—M.

----, paid in charity on the walls of, 272.

----, paid the king's offering to the image of our Lady in the wall at, 272.

Cambric, ells of, 84.

Cambridge, the Vice Chancellor of, 30.

John Watson.

----, to Mr. Latimer and other scholars of, 73.

This item is of much interest. Gilpin, in his life of Latimer, says, that Dr. Butts, the king's physician, being sent to Cambridge relative to the divorce, applied to Latimer for his opinion and that of his friends upon the abstruse points in dispute, and finding them favourable to his wishes, brought Latimer with him to Court. It is possible that the entry in question referred to that circumstance; but it is most probable from the words of it that Latimer and the other scholars were afterwards sent for, instead of accompanying Butts.

Candish, servant of the Duke of Suffolk, 26, 154, 251.

Candisshe, 58.

The gardener at Wanstede.

Candles, paid for snuffers for, 108.

Candlesticks, paid for materials to make, 22.

Cane staff, a, brought, 104.

Canterbury, 266, 273, 274.

Canvas, for, to cover the cart with the hounds, 154, 233.

Capell Sir Giles, 6, 10, 42, 181.

Ancestor of the present Earl of Essex. He was knighted for his valour at the battle of Spurs, and is said to have attended Henry to Calais in 1532.

Capon, a fat, given, 178.

Capons brought, 50, 181, 207, 220.

Caps. See Night and Riding.

---- for, 33, 283.

---- for the riding boys, 101.

----, riding described, paid for, 173.

Cards, money delivered to the king to play at, 113, 115.

----, money lost at, 272, 276, 278.

The use of Cards in England was very common long before the period here alluded to, and it is only necessary to refer those who wish for ample information, to Mr. Singer's interesting inquiries on the subject. The following notices had however escaped his researches, though one of them is alluded to in a letter in the appendix to his work. In the 1 Edward IV. 1461, it was enacted, "that noo lord nor other personne of lower astate condicion or degree, whatsoever he be, suffer any Dicyng or pleiyng at Cardes within his hous or elles where he may be let it, of any of his servauntes or other oute of the xij dayes of Cristmasse, and yf any presume to doo the contrarie at any tyme that he avoyde hym oute of his hous and service." It is then provided that, "noon Hosteler, Tavener, Vitailler, Artificer or Housholder or other use any such play or suffre to be used any such play in their houses or elleswhere upon payne of prisonement and other arbitrarie at the kynges wille."—Rot. Parl. vol. 5, p. 488. In the 3 and 4 Edw. IV. 1463-4, "Cardes for pleiyng" were forbidden to be imported and sold in this Country, "upon peyne to forfeit theym."—Ibid. p. 507. In the 12th and 14th years of the same monarch, in a statute respecting the scarcity of bow staves it is said, "that the occupation of shotyng is thus discontynued and almost lefte, and the said Yomen in defaute of such Bowes, nowe usen unlawfull occupations as pleiyng at the Cardes, Dise plaiyng," &c.—Ibid. vol. vi. p. 156. The games at which Henry played appear to be Primero and Imperial. "Specimens of the court cards of a pack of the time of Henry VII. are given in Strutt's Sports and Pastimes, from the originals in the possession of Francis Douce, Esq."—M*.

Cardinal, a servant of the, 103.

It is too generally known to require repetition, that when Wolsey fell into disgrace, the king seized upon all his effect. This item informs us that the servant who brought the Cardinal's chariot horses received 20s.

----'s goods, the expenses of a ship for bringing the, 112.

This entry must refer to the expenses of bringing such part of the Cardinal's effects as were either at York or Winchester; but most probably the former, in which case it may be concluded that they were shipped at Hull.

----, to Sir William Kingston for his expenses when he was sent to bring up the, 115.

Sir William Kingston was sent by Henry to bring up, or in fact to take the Cardinal into custody, in November 1530, and found him at Sheffield Park, under the surveillance of the Earl of Shrewsbury. The particulars of his interview and subsequent proceedings, until death released his prisoner from the fangs of his tyrannical master, on Tuesday the 29th of that month, are fully related by Cavendish.—Ed. Singer, vol. i. p. 302, et seq. Kingston's expenses on that journey were, it seems, 41l. 10s. 10d.; but which were not paid him until the ensuing March.

Cardinal, paid for silk, for the, 116.

This entry must have referred to a transaction which took place many months before.

----'s plate and stuff, paid people for attending to the, 123.

----'s stuff for keeping the, 126.

We learn from this entry that Edward Lloyd, a person belonging to the king's wardrobe, was entrusted with the charge of all the Cardinal's goods. See also the item on the subject in p. 112, which has just been noticed.

Carew Sir Nicholas, 119, bis.

A Knight of the Garter, Master of the Horse, and Lieutenant of Calais. He was, says the most elegant of living biographers, "Henry's constant companion in all the splendid and romantic sports of his court, administered successfully to his pleasures, and was not without some secret share in his councils."—Lodge's Illustrious Portraits. Carew, however, like so many of his contemporaries, afterwards incurred the royal displeasure, and that displeasure was, in his case too, but the prelude to disgrace and death. He was arrested upon a suspicion of high treason, and beheaded on the 3rd March, 1539. He married Elizabeth, the sister of Sir Francis Bryan, who has been before mentioned in these notes, by whom he left issue. Whether it was this lady or her mother-in-law, Magdalen, daughter of Sir Robert Oxenbridge, widow of Sir Richard Carew, who is alluded to in the following entry, is not certain, but most probably the latter.

---- Lady, 6.

Carpenter, to Needham, the king's, 82, 93, 109, 138.

---- labour, for, 234.

Carpes brought, 62, 74, 100, 267.

Carriage the, that came from Oxford, 3.

What "the Carriage" was which is here mentioned is unknown.

Carriage of deer, for the, 19.

---- of nets, for the, 52.

---- of boys to Bury, 81.

---- of the king's stuff, paid for the, 58, 159.

Carrier, a dog given, which was a, 251.

Evidently a dog which had been taught to fetch and carry.

Cart, paid for a, and things belonging to it, 154, 156.

---- with the hounds for covering &c., for the, 233, 234.

Carter John, a waterman, 47, 155, 164, 169, 181, 182, 193, 197, 201, 208, 211, ter, 215, 247, 262, 266, 270, 277, 278, 279, bis, 281.

Carters, to the, that came from Oxford, 3.

Cary Thomas, 10, 59, 67, 81, 143, 144, 145, 226.

The greater part of these entries relate to money given "in reward," but two or three of them are of shooting money, whence it may be inferred that he was "one of the shooters" or game keepers.

---- John, 41.

Cast of Lanretts brought, 141, 149.

A cast of lannerets, is a couple or set of hawks.—See Lannerett, infra.

---- of Falcons brought, 198.

A couple of falcons.

Catalogue of books brought, 89. See Books.

Cavalcant John, apparently a merchant, 144, 198.

Cawsham Park, to the keeper of, 249.

Caversham Park, in Oxfordshire.

Cecill Richard, Groom of the Robes, 4, 8, 68, 159, 168, 274.

The father of William the first and celebrated Lord Burleigh. He was Groom and afterwards Yeoman of the Robes, and received several grants of lands from Henry the Eighth. He died in May, 1552.

Cele, vide Seal.

Cellar, Serjeant of the, 24, 32, 113, 115, 190, 216, 278.

Only two of these entries relate to expenses connected with this individual's official situation. The others were payments of money lost to him by the king at dice, cards, and bowls, excepting on one occasion, when money was paid him to be His Majesty's partner at one of these games. It is thus manifest that he enjoyed a large share of the king's personal favour. His name has not been precisely ascertained. Richard Hill, whose widow remarried Sir John Mason, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, was Serjeant of the Cellar in this reign, but in what years is uncertain.

----, the king's privy wine laid in, 182.

Cellaring wine, paid for, 98, 99, bis.

Chadwyke Peter, embroiderer, 103.

Chain, for a gold, 103.

----, for a, 268.

Chamber, the children of the king's, 155.

----, to a groom of the, 157, 159, 204.

Chamberlain, Lord, 5, 13, 60, 61, 152, 189, 272.

Chambers Doctor, 194, 243.

A Physician.

Chancellor of France, 48.

Chape, a, for knives, paid for, 168.

A Chape, is explained in Todd's Johnson to be "the catch of any thing by which it is held in its place, as the hook of a scabbard by which it sticks in the belt; the point by which a buckle is held to the back-strap;" also, "a brass or silver tip or case that strengthens the end of the scabbard of a sword." "'Chape' is sometimes applied to the hook of a scabbard, and at others to what is by Heralds termed the crampet, in which case the other metallic pieces on the scabbard are called Lockets. Chape like Chapter, seems to be derived from Caput."—M*.

Chapel, Master Cole, Subdean of the kings, 13, 82.

---- feast, for the, 64, 242.

----, stuff for washing the, 93.

The surplices, vestments, &c.

---- men, to the, 149.

----, to the hermit of Deptford, to repair his, 150.

----, to the Dean of the king's, for the chapel feast, "the old ordinary reward," 242.

Chapman keeper of the garden at Hamptoncourt, 63, 68, 249, 253.

Chariot horses, brought, 103.

Doctor Percy in his notes on The Northumberland Household Book conjectures that a chariot "bore no resemblance to the modern carriage of that name, nor was intended for the same use, but was simply a large waggon drawn by six or seven of the stronger kind of horses, called, on that account, 'large trotting horses.'" Mr. Markland, in his dissertation on Carriages in England, Archæologia, vol. xx. p. 405, coincides with the view taken of the point by Bishop Percy, and has cited several proofs in confirmation of it. Unfortunately the entry in question throws no light on the point, for the words "the chariot horses," might be used in the modern acceptation or in that of those gentlemen, who are however borne out in their opinion by the authorities which they have adduced, and which are farther supported by the will of Bartholomew Lord Burghersh, in 1369, who speaks of the "chariot" which shall carry his corpse to the grave. Humphrey, Earl of Hereford, in 1861, left legacies to his "vj charetters."

Charity, vide Alms.

Chartesaye, i. e. Chelsea, 77, 148, bis, 253.

Chamley Master, 280.

"Chast greyhounds," the king's brought, 58, 174.

What was meant by the king's chaste greyhounds is difficult to explain. That certain part of the greyhounds should be confined to perpetual chastity, is not a little curious, if such was the fact; but might not the word chaste have been used for "chace," i. e. greyhounds kept for the sole purposes of coursing, as distinguished from those which were admitted to the parlour, and to the presence of their royal master?

Chelsea, vide Chartesaye.

Cherries brought, 47, 56, bis, 57, 58, 143, 145, 148, bis, 225, bis, 228, 231, 232.

Cheses, Lanthony brought, 220.

---- brought, 4, 6, 49, 53, 89, 91, 154, 173, 237, 277.

Chess tables and men, 81.

Chest, paid for a, 138, 234.

---- for the hand guns, for a, 159.

Cheyney John, 46.

---- Sir Thomas, 6, 10, 238, 216, 265.

The Governor of Rochester Castle, and afterwards a Knight of the Garter, Warden of the Cinque Ports, and Treasurer of the Household to Edward the Sixth. In the 12th Hen. VIII. he was one of the Challengers against all gentlemen in feats of arms for thirty days, at the meeting of the Cloth of Gold, and as is evident from one of these entries, was frequently admitted to the society, and stood high in the favour of Henry, who it would seem, from the next entry, stopped at his house in Kent, on his road to Calais, in 1532. He died in 1559.

----'s park, to the keeper of, and to his servants, 266, bis.

Chickens brought, 126, 131, 193, 207, 215, 218, 229, 230, 242, 255, 264.

Child, to a poor, that the king's grace healed, 150.

Children of the King of France. See France.

---- of the Privy Chamber, 23, 30, 75.

----, for the board of, 28.

---- of the stable, 29.

----, riding, 29.

----, the king's, 66.

----, hosen for the, 109, 122, 155, 186, 219.

---- to the lawnder, that washes, 112.

----, paid to one for his expenses on his journey to provide, 140.

---- of the stable, for gere, for the, 182.

----, to a poor man that had thirteen, 93.

----, to the Master of the, 287, 291.

From the ordinances made at Eltham, for the regulation of the household, it appears, that he was the head of the "Gentlemen of the Chapel," and was allowed 30l. per annum for his wages.

----, expenses for the, 268. See Boys.

Chippings for hounds, paid for, 7, 19, 24, 45, 49.

Fragments for their food.

Choristers of Windsor, 58, 140, 214.

Christening of a child, paid on the, 106, 117, 136, 145.

It may perhaps be inferred that on each of these occasions the king was one of the sponsors.

Christmas, money given against, 11, bis.

Christopher, Milliner, 25, 63, 65, 76, 99, 151, 173, bis.

Citrons brought, 80.

Clamp Nicholas, a falconer, 17, 30, 34, ter, 38, 42, 71, ter, 85, ter, 95, sæpe, 129, ter, 130, ter, 181, 192, 198, 200, 221, 280, 285, 287, 288, ter.

All of these numerous entries were either payments of his wages or for food for the hawks.

---- Philip, 3, 38, 287.

Clayton the baker, 50.

Clays, a minstrel, 134.

Clerk of the Closet, 90.

---- of the Kitchen, 116.

---- of the Beds, wardrobe of the, 183.

Cleyton, 115.

---- Samson, 209.

Cloak, paid for a, for Lady Ann, all the materials of which are minutely noticed, 222, 223.

The manner in which even the most trifling article connected with this cloak is mentioned is not a little amusing. The whole expence attending it was 9l. 4s. 8d.

Clock, to the keeper of, at Hampton Court, 26.

----, paid for a, 16, 51, 62, 65, 91, 109, 189.

----, for mending, 58, 68, 92.

---- brought, 109, 135.

----, paid to the Astronomer, for mending a, 130.

----, for a, in a case of gold, 161.

----, for the expenses of keeping the, at Hamptoncourt, 194.

---- cases, for, 199.

Clockmaker, to Vincent the, 93.

----, to the, 94, 245, 252.

---- of Westminster, to the, 58, 68, 82, 120, 197.

----, paid the French, 189.

----, to a, 215, bis.

About the reign of Henry the Eighth clocks became a favourite article of luxury, and these entries shew the heavy sums which that monarch spent in the purchase of them. At the royal palaces of Hampton Court and Westminster it seems a person was specially appointed to regulate the clocks. "We have the price of a clock at a very early period, anno 1292, novum orologium magnum in Ecclesiâ (Cantuariensi) pretium, 30l."—Dart's Cant. App. p. 3. "Mr. Walpole has in his possession a clock, which appears by the inscription to have been a present from Henry VIII. to Anne Boleyn. Poynet, Bishop of Winchester, gave an astronomical clock to the same king.—Buckman's His. Invent. vol. i. p. 454."—M.

Closet, the King's, a gelding for, 9.

----, Westby, Clerk of the King's, 14, 24, 90, 174, 282.

----, to the Clerk of the King's, for necessaries, for the, 90.

Cloths, of Embroidery, 15.

---- paid for, to the Taylor, for Sexton's coat, 25.

----, of silver, plain, a piece of, 82.

----, of gold, black and tawney, a piece of, 82.

----, of gold, for, 133, 188, 190.

----, of gold tissue, for, 198.

Coats, for, 38, 40, 49, 66, 81, 95, 98, 119, 126, 132, 147, 225, 240, bis, 277, 281.

----, for making, 39.

---- of Kendall, 42, 51, 139.

----, livery, for, 130, 141, 142, 152, 162, 174, 175, 181, 198, 233, 250, 251, 252, 259, 260, 279, 281, 287.

Cobham Lord, 175.

George Brook, Lord Cobham, K.G. He succeeded to that dignity in 1529, and died in 1558.

Cocks, the footman, 9, 19, 126, 160, 188, 278.

Cofferer, Master to the, 30, 228.

Coffer maker, to the, 217.

----, i. e. box, 37.

----'s, trussing, for a pair of, 49, 81.

----, two, belonging to the king, brought to Westminster, 208.

Coffer of Cypress wood, a, 184.

Cypress seems to have been held in much esteem for boxes from an early period. We find that John of Gaunt, in 1397, speaks of "a little box of Cypress wood," in his will. The following extract from "an account of Church Plate Money, Gold, and Silver Images," &c. delivered to Henry the Eighth, printed in "Memoirs of the Antiquities of Great Britain, relating to the Reformation," from the original, in the Bodleian Library, is a curious illustration of "Coffers."—"Paid, William Grene, the King's Coffer Maker for makyng of a coffer, covered with fustyan of Naples and beinge full of drawe boxes lyned with red and grene sarcynet to put in stones of diverse sorts vj li. xviij s. jd. And to Cornelys the lock smythe for making all the Iron worke, that is to saye the lock, gymowes, handels, ryngs to every drawe boxe, the price xxxvjs. iv d. Sum total, vij li. xiv s. v d."

Coffyn Master, 193.

Cole Mr., Subdean, of the King's Chapel, 82, 125, 165.

Colins, William, 243.

Collars, for the King's Mastives, 186.

Comptroller, Master, 69.

Confessor, to the King's, 33.

Coningsby John, 74.

Constans Robert, 129.

Conyers Lord, 12.

Christopher Lord Conyers, who succeeded his father in that dignity, in 1529, and died in 1538.

Coo Christopher, 170.

Cook, to Sir Anthony Browne's, 148.

The payment of 20s. in reward to Sir Anthony Brown's cook, must be considered to have arisen from his having on some occasion peculiarly gratified the king's palate.

Copartners. See Partners.

Copeland, of London, a mercer, 9, 18.

Cords, for, 159.

Cordener (Cordwainer), to the, 109, 126, 153, 179, 183, 197, 219.

Cornbury Park, to the keeper of, 246.

Cornelius, the King's goldsmith, 23, 31, 97, 103.

Cornelius Hays.

---- of the Tower, 186.

Costardmonger, to the, 97, 100, 109.

Cots, for deer, 17.

Though the word appears to be so written, and is therefore thus printed, there can be little doubt from the context and from other entries, that it was meant to be "oots," oats.

Cotton, 51.

---- George, 118, 134, 137.

Cottons, to the three, for sets lost to them at Greenwich, 143, bis.

It does not appear in what rank of life either George or the two other Cottons were, but all these entries relate to money won by them of the king at shooting.

----, paid for several yards of, 70, 159.

----, for lining the king's boat, 182. See Boat.

----, paid for to truss plate, 190.

Cow, paid for one killed, by greyhounds, 74.

The value of a cow, in 1530, seems to have been ten shillings.

Cowley, 207.

Cowpar, a falconer, 162.

Course, a, won of the king, 220.

Evidently a race won by Sir James Pickering against his dog, on which Henry seems to have betted 2l. 5s.

Coyves for the king, 84.

Coifs; linen bought, perhaps for night caps, or to wear under his bonnet.

Crabs, brought, 46.

Crane, Master William, 33, 52, 76, 83, 98, 100, 140, 227, 287, 291.

Cranes brought, 85, 187, 188, 300.

A crane was a favourite article of food, and formed an important dish at all great dinners.

Crepyne, or Cryspyn, John, jeweller, 4, 179, 210, 280.

Cromer Doctor, 137.

Cromwell Master, 101, 224, 261, 267, ter, 268.

This individual was afterwards the celebrated Earl of Essex. It is well known that he was taken into Henry's service on the fall of his former master, Wolsey, and was Knighted in the year when his name first occurs in these accounts, after which time he made rapid progress in the King's favour. These entries respecting Cromwell add in no other way to what is recorded of him, than as they confirm the opinion that he was frequently employed on services which were of a secret nature. The one relating to the payment of the king's tomb will be more fully noticed elsewhere, and in June, 1532, we find him presenting Henry with "Sucado and marmalade;" but the most remarkable entries are of large sums paid to him "by the king's commandment," without mentioning for what purposes. Indeed, on one occasion, there is a particular appearance of mystery in the disbursement. It is a payment to the king's jeweller of 46l. 13s. 4d., "Maister Cromwell knowing to what use it should be employed unto." The entries alluded to all occur in October, 1532, and the sums paid to him amounted to 826l. 6s. 8d., which may be supposed to have been privately expended at Boulogne, in relation to the interview with the French Monarch; but it must be remembered that Henry is, by some writers, supposed to have married Anne Boleyn early in the November following; hence, it is possible that these payments were in some way connected with that event.

Crossbows, Giles, yeoman of the, 24, 98, 180, 194.

----, groom of the, 25, 70, 180, 287.

Crossbow, forked heads for a, 67.

"These, in the time of Henry the Eighth, were confined to the chase. A specimen is preserved in the collection of Mr. Meyrick, and which is engraved in Skelton's Illustrations. The bow of the cross bow used with this arrow was wood instead of steel. See the representation of Maximilian I. in Derweiss Kunig." M.

----, a, brought, 83.

---- maker, to the, 111, 208.

Crowns of the Rose.

Coined by Henry the Eighth in 1526, and were current for four shillings and sixpence.

---- of the Sun.

Were French gold coins, so called from the mint mark. They were current in this country for four shillings and sixpence.

Cryspin John, a jeweller, 170, 210. Vide Crepye.

Cucumbers brought, 72, 163, 241, 242, 250, 264.

Cupboards, for, with and without Ambreys, 93.

This entry is more particularly noticed under "Ambrys," but a few words will here be said on the word "Cupboard." Some grounds exist for considering that it formerly meant a very different piece of furniture than a "case with shelves," as Dr. Johnson describes it, and as it is explained by Archd. Nares. The entry referred to in these accounts, it is true, appears to have been of an article resembling a modern cupboard; but it is by no means certain that such is the fact. From the following passage it would seem that the word was used for a kind of closet. Speaking of Lord Shrewsbury having appeared before the Privy Council of Queen Elizabeth to vindicate himself from some charges brought against him, a writer of the period says, "Yet, for that he did so instantly require to have their aunswere to that which he had propounded, his Lordship was desired to withdrawe himselfe from the table to the cupbord, which he did, and so uppon some consultacion amonge the reste of their Lordships then sittinge, his Lordship beinge agayn called to his place, it was," &c.—Lodge's Illustrations, vol. ii. p. 298. It could scarcely have been meant that Shrewsbury merely quitted the Council table and went to where the cupboard was placed, at a distant part of the room. The following extract however does not support the opinion, that a cupboard was a closet; but it could not have resembled the modern piece of furniture of that name. Cavendish, speaking of the chamber in which Cardinal Wolsey died, says "the windows being close shut, having wax lights burning upon the cupboard," &c. vol. i. p. 318. It is quite certain that an article called a cupboard was sometimes moveable. Robert Frevyll, by his will dated in 1521, gives his son John, among other articles, "a stone cobard in the hall."—Testamenta Vetusta, vol. ii. p. 575. Hall thus uses the word. "The Dutchmen bring over iron, tymber, lether, and weynskot ready wrought, as nayles, lockes, basketts, cupbordes, stools, tables, chestes, gyrdels with poyntes," &c. p. 587. In the account of the furniture of Henry the Eighth's palaces, in the Harleian MS., 1419, the word "cuppbord" frequently occurs; and the following extract supports the opinion, that it did not resemble the article now known by that name. "Item, one large cuppbord carpet of grene clothe of gold, with workes lyned with bockeram, conteyning in lengthe three yards iij q'ters, and three bredthes of the same cloth of gold," f. 20.

Curcean Nicholas, 215.

Curtalls (i.e. Quintals), of brass for, 170.

"Cut," the king's spaniel, 43.

"Cutte," the king's dog, paid for finding and bringing, 108.

"Cutte," a lanneret, so called, 288.

Cutberd, the king's apothecary, 44, 124, 165, 203.

Cutler, paid the, 190, 272.

Cypress wood, a coffer of, brought, 184. See Coffer.

Dacres Lord, of the North, 206, bis.

William, Lord Dacre, of Gillesland, alias of the North, who succeeded to that title on the death of his father in 1525, and died in November, 1563.

---- Lord, of the South, 211.

Thomas Fienes, Lord Dacre. He succeeded his grandfather in 1484, and died in 1534.

Damask crimson, ingrain, 87.

---- for green, 223.

Damsons brought, 65, 66, 243.

Dancing-dog, paid to a fellow with a, 188.

Darcy lord, 104, 160.

Thomas Darcy. He was summoned to Parliament as Lord Darcy in 1509, and became a Knight of the Garter; but having delivered Pontefract castle to the rebels under Robert Aske, he was arraigned on a charge of high treason, found guilty, and beheaded on the 20th June, 1538.

---- Sir Arthur, 117, 136.

Second son of Lord Darcy just mentioned. Dugdale says, that in September, 1534, he was made captain of Jersey, and in the 5 Ed. VI. Lieutenant of the Tower of London. It is singular, that in the only instances in which he is noticed in these accounts, it should be on similar occasions, the repayment of money which he had disbursed at christenings. He died in 1561, s. p.

Darell Lady, 50, 91.

Dart-heads for, 251.

Datchet, [Co. Bucks,] to the feryman at, 35, 54, 146, 252.

Dates brought, 203.

Daunce Sir John, 112, 113, 114.

David St. money given for keeping his feast, 28, 114, 197.

These were probably gifts to Welshmen, to enable them to celebrate the feast of their tutelar saint. In Mr. Ellis's Original Letters, First Series, v. i. p. 273, the following notice occurs among the expences of the Household of the Princess Mary between 1536 and 1545, and which tends to illustrate these entries: "Item, geven amongs the yeomen of the King's guard, bringing a leke to my lady's Grace on Saynt David's day, xvs."—M.

Davy Hugh, servant to the Princess Mary, 148.

---- Little, 144.

----, with a slit nose, 64.

This elegant soubriquet seems to have been used to distinguish him from Hugh Davy and little Davy—all of whom had perhaps the same baptismal name.

---- the footman, paid for his burial expenses, 172.

---- the footman's wife, to, 176.

A gratuity given to the widow of the servant whose burial expenses are just mentioned.

Dawson Thomas, 108.

---- Marshall of the king's hall, 191, 243.

Dean Sub, of the king's Chapel, to the, 46, 64, 149.

Deboyen Baron, in Ireland, 136.

It is difficult to say who was the individual referred to. The only name at all resembling it in the Irish Peerage, about the period, is Dunboyne; but that title was not conferred until 1537, six years after the date in question, when Sir Edmund Butler was so created.

Deer gelded, a, brought, 13.

---- "Quick," brought, 16.

Deer with young.

----, for taking and removing, 19.

---- red, brought, 100, 184.

----, a tame, brought, 149.

---- in Greenwich Park, paid for oats and hay for the, 17, 86, 213.

Delving for, 39, 50. See Diggers.

Denmark, to the king of Denmark's secretary, 142.

Denny Sir Thomas, 77.

Depeche, i. e. dispatch, to pay, 44.

Deptford, 31.

Deptford, the smith of, 40.

----, to the hermit of, 150, bis.

Derby Earl of, 168, 256.

Edward Stanley, third Earl of Derby, to which title he succeeded in 1521, and died in 1574. The first entry is of 3l. 6s. 8d. paid at the christening of his lordship's son on the 4th October, 1531. The Earl had issue four sons, but as the date of their births does not occur in the peerages, it is impossible to say to which this item referred.

Desk a, garnished with laten and gold, 123.

Dessefort Anthony, a brush merchant, 243.

Dials for, 65, 91.

Dice, money given to the king to play at, and money lost by him at, 20, 32, 243, bis, 246, 248, 267, 268, 270, 271, 278.

Dice has been a favourite amusement in this country for many centuries, and Mr. Singer, in his interesting volume on Playing Cards, gives many curious particulars on the subject. Under the word "Cards" ante, extracts from the statutes restricting the use of them in the reign of Edward IV. have been inserted, to which the following from the Rolls of Parliament, of the 2 Hen. IV. 1410, may be an acceptable addition. The Commons prayed that servants and labourers who offended against the statute prohibiting them to play at "Coites, dys, gettre de Peer, Kayles, and autres tieux Jeues," should be enforced; to the enactments in which that Parliament added a punishment of six days, whilst such Mayors as neglected to enforce it were to be fined 20s. and Constables 6s. 8d.—Vol. iii. p. 643. In the 17 Ed. IV. 1477, a statute was enacted prohibiting "newe ymagined pleys called Closshe, Keyles, half Bowle, Handyn and Handowte, and Queke borde," it was recited that "the Lawes of the Lond" forbad "any unlawful plays, as Dise, Coyte, Fote ball, and such like Plays, but that every person myghty and able in bodie should use his bowe by cause that the defense of this lond stondeth much by archers."

Diet [food] of geldings, for the, 107, 114.

---- for little Guilliam's, 114.

Dieting of hawks, for the, 290.

---- of horses, for the, 32.

Diggers, paid to, 207.

Disport, to "disport," i. e. for pocket money, 98, bis.

Ditch and hedge, for making a, at Greenwich Park near the Lodge, 194.

Dobinson John, 91, 129, 175, 204, 216, 247, 279.

A person attached to the stable, probably a groom.

Dodisworth Walter, 160, 162, 165, 167, 171, 176, 180, 181, 187, 194, 197, 205, 210, 215, 222, 226, 229, 236, 241, 244, 246, 251, 265, 275, 281, 282.

A huntsman.

---- William, his funeral expenses paid, 141.

Does brought, 7, 42, 92, bis, 94, 107.

Dogs called "Cut" and "Ball," for finding, 43, 108.

---- brought, 13, 156.

----, paid to a person for making dogs draw water, 67.

This is the second entry relative to dogs being taught to perform certain tricks, for a dog has been before spoken of "that was a carrier."

----, collars and muzzles for, 186.

Dog-chain, for a, 94.

----, a race run against a, 220.

Dome man, i. e. Dumb man to the, 108, 176.

Domingo, 17, 32, 33, 37, 190, 204, 205, 267, 270.

This individual is thus noticed by Skelton:

Skelton's Poems, "Why come ye not to Court," Ed. 1736, p. 175.

The above extract presents us with the surname of Domingo, states that he was a Lombard, and had been under the professional care of Dr. Balthazar. Most of the entries in which he is mentioned relate to payments of money that he had won from the king at cards and dice, and which in less than three years amounted to above 620l. As the circumstance is alluded to by Skelton, the accuracy of that part, at least, of his account of Domingo is established. He was, like Palmer and others, one of Henry's "diverting vagabonds," and seems to have accompanied His Majesty wherever he went, for we find that he was with him at Calais in October, 1532.

Dompue, to one who rode two horses at once, 218.

This word does not occur in any of the usual Glossaries of Dictionaries. In the absence of any thing positive as to its meaning, a conjecture may be hazarded, and if erroneous perhaps forgiven. "Domter un cheval" is to break in a horse. Might not then a Dompue or Dompne, for it is doubtful in which way the word is spelt, mean a horse breaker, and which would fully agree with the sense in which it is here used?

Donne Sir Edward, 67.

Dorset Marchioness of, 149.

Probably Margaret, widow of Thomas Grey, Marquess of Dorset, K.G. who died in 1530.

Doublets for, 3, 11, 23, bis, 39, 51, 54, 87, 98, 119, 136, 199, 277, 281, bis.

Douglas Master, 163.

Douglas Lady Margaret, 98, 183, 281.

The king's niece. See Angus.

"Dove," to the wife of the, 72, 97.

To the woman who kept an inn with the sign of the Dove. Both these entries are to the same purpose, of money paid for linen cloth for Anne Boleyn, and which amounted to 23l. between September and December, 1530.

Dover, paid into the king's hand for his offering to our Lady of the Rock of, 273.

----, 273, sæpe.

---- Prior of, 223.

---- Castle, paid for carrying the king's stuff to, 274.

All these entries relate to money expended at Dover, when Henry landed there on his return from France in November, 1532.

Draper ——, 129.

----, to the, for table cloths, 264.

Dressing" the king's boat and "barge, 7, 11, 96, 155, 181, 281. See Boat.

Drinking money, paid the king's watermen for, 174.

Drombeslade, to Christopher and his fellowe, 250.

----, to two, 214.

A Dromslade is explained by Dr. Burney to be a species of Drum:—"And there they weere set forthe be five in a ray with standards born a fore them and drounslats playing afore them alle the way."—Fragment of a Chronicle, temp. Hen. VIII. Cotton. MSS. Vespasianus, A. xxxv.

Droyt John, a minstrell, 28.

Drulardy, a Frenchman, 65.

Dumb man, to a, 108, 176.

Durisme, [Durham,] Bishop, of 46.

Cuthbert Tunstall, who was translated to Durham from London in March, 1530. He was deprived in 1552, restored in 1553, again deprived in 1559, and died in November, in the same year, aged eighty-five.

Durisme, i.e. Durham House, 217.

Dyatter, i.e. dieter of the king's geldings, 29.

Dyngley Doctor, 8, 90.

Dyso John, 122, bis.

One of the king's watermen.

Dyrick's wife, 207.

Easter, paid against, 121.

Edgcombe Sir Piers, 153.

Ancestor of the present Earl of Mount Edgcombe. He was made a Knight of the Bath at the creation of Prince Arthur in 1489, and a Knight Banneret at Therouenne, and died on the 14th August, 1539. The entry relating to him is of 7l. 14s. paid to his servants for bringing two prisoners from Cornwall to London. A similar payment was made to him in 1491, "Item, to the servants of Piers Edgecombe that brought unto us two prisoners, fyve marks." Ellis's Original Letters, 2nd Series, vol. i. p. 173.

Edmond, keeper of Greenwich Park, 60.

----, a footman, 67.

----, 164.

Edward, the gardener, 145.

Elderton Sir Ralph, 106.

---- Humphrey, a falconer, 225.

Eltham, 218, bis, 220, bis, 221, 223, 224, sæpe, 225, 226, 227, 229, 275.

----, for repairs of the king's house at, 229.

---- Park, 220.

----, to the keepers of, 94, 230, 258, 265.

Elton Robert, a waterman, 263, 288.

Elys Henry, a falconer, 8, 23, 87, 98, 119, 136, 286.

---- John, master of the king's mine in Wales, 69. See Mine.

Elys Richard, a falconer, 38, 233.

---- the elder, 39.

----, young, 39.

Embroidery, clothes of, 15.

Embroiderer, to the king's, 103, 124, 128, 280.

Emerald, paid for an, 6.

Emperor, embassy to the, 19. Lord Herbert says, on the "8th December, 1529, he (the king) writ letters with his own hand to the bishop of Worcester and Sir Gregory Casilis, then with the Pope, to tell them that he had sent Sir Thomas Bolen, newly created Earl of Wiltshire and Ormond, with John Stokesley, elect bishop of London, and Edward Lee, as his ambassadors to the Emperor," on the subject of the divorce. The payment of the money for their expences was not however made until the 24th January following. We here learn that it amounted to 743l. 8s.

Emyson, Sexton's servant, 11, 94, 120, 138, 193.

Enfield chase, the rangers and keeper of, 74.

Erasmus an armourer, 22, 44, 62, 105.

Erbes. Vide Herbs.

Esthampstede, 66, 152, 153, sæpe.

---- Park, to the keeper of, 65, 153.

Eton, to poor women of, 36.

----, the provost of, 52, 55, 58, 63, 64.

Each of these entries excepting one, are of payments to the servant of the Provost for bringing cakes to the king, for the making of which we may infer that his servant was celebrated.

Evans John, a falconer, 37, 38, 51, ter, 78, bis, 110, 116, 133, bis, 140, bis, 141, 144, 171, 185, 212, 227, bis, 259, 278, 286, 287, 291.

All these entries were of payments for his wages, board wages, or for food for the hawks in his custody.

Evans Thomas, 187.

Everingham John, a waterman, 48, 108.

Evesham, abbot of, 116.

Ewelm, to the keeper of, in Oxfordshire, 154.

Ewry, one of the, 20.

Ewstace, a jeweller, 15.

Exeter, bishop of, 213.

John Voysey, dean of Windsor. He was appointed to that See in August 1519, and resigned it in 1551.

Exeter, Marquess of, 61, 62, bis, 149, 152.

Henry Courtenay, eleventh earl of Devon, who was elevated to the Marquisate of Exeter in 1525. This distinguished nobleman was the son of William, Earl of Devon, by Katherine, youngest daughter of King Edward the Fourth, and was consequently first cousin to Henry, a relationship which placed him much too near to the crown to be compatible with his safety; and, in 1538, he was suspected of high treason. Suspicion was then equivalent to guilt, and the Marquess was beheaded on Tower Hill, on the 9th of January 1539. "Of all victims of the jealous tyrant," the elegant Gibbon justly remarks, "the Marquess of Exeter is one of the most noble and guiltless." The entries in these accounts throw no light upon his character, nor are they of much interest, for they consist merely of rewards to his servants, or bringing presents of hounds to the King.

Exhibition of scholars at Oxford, for the, 125.

---- of scholars, 90, 125, 231.

For some remarks on this subject, see under Scholars, infra.

Eyred, for bringing a hawk that was, 60.

"To eyre," in falconry, is to build or rather to brood; hence we must infer that this entry related to a hawk that had been hatched at Elmley.

Falcons, for taking up, 20, 24, 187.

----, paid for, 9, 10, 92.

These items afford much information on the value of falcons at the period. Two falcons and a goshawk cost 3l. Five falcons and a tarsell were worth 8l. and five falcons 7l. 6s. 8d.; so that the value of a tarsell was about 13s. 4d.

---- brought, 87, 184, 198.

Falconer, paid to a, 129.

---- to, for their coats, 142.

----, and hawks given by the King of France, for the expences of the, 275, 279.

Falcons and hawks appear to have been the most frequent, as well as most valued presents, from one prince to another. These accounts present two instances of the kind, the one of the payment of 23l. 6s. 8d. to the bearer of a cast of falcons from the Duke of Ferrara, and the other of a gift of several to Henry, from Francis the First, at Calais. Upon that occasion falconers seem also to have been transferred to Henry's service; for we find a payment of 2l. 2s. 8d. for their exences, (p. 275) whilst some idea may be formed of the number of birds given to Henry from the item of 2l. 18s. 10d. for the expences of them for one month only. "The best falconers were Flemings, and even those who have attended hawks in England, until a late period, were procured from a particular district of Flanders."—M.

Farm at Greenwich purchased for Lady Ann Rochford, 113.

This entry is more fully noticed at the commencement of the volume, when speaking of Anne Boleyn, to whom it related.

Farnham, to the keeper of the place of, 151.

---- Park, to the keepers of,

Fees of the yeomen of the bows and of the Leshe, 75, 163.

Felon, paid for bringing up a, 46.

The only thing remarkable in this entry is, that such payments should be made out of the king's privy purse, or if that was the source of such disbursements that there should be so very few entries of the kind in as many years.—See Prisoner and Traitor.

Feneux Lord, to the keeper of his house, 273.

It is almost certain from this item that Henry lodged at Lord Feneux's house when at Canterbury. From the title of "Lord" being applied to him, it would appear that it was the house of Sir John Feneux, who was lord chief justice of England from 1496 to 1526.

Fenwolf Morgan, jeweller, 7, 8.

"Probably a Welshman; his name would be written Phenwolf, i. e. Wolf's-head."—M.

Ferman George, of Waltham, 74.

Ferrara Duke of, 198.

Ferrers Lord, 62, 64, 86, 144, 145, 232, 240.

Walter Devereux, seventh Lord Ferrers of Chartley, K.G. He succeeded his father in that dignity about 1497; in February 1550 he was raised to the dignity of Viscount Hereford, and died in 1558. All the entries respecting this nobleman refer to presents of dogs, &c. sent to the king, excepting one, when his servant had seized and brought up a traitor.

Ferror a, [query, a farrier,] 142.

Ferry-man's wife at Greenwich, to the, 13, 114, 263.

Ferrymen, 35, 54, 76, 83, 146, 147, 252, 255.

Ferrying paid for, 60.

---- the king's horses for, 203.

Fewater of the closet, to, 138.

Figs brought, 109.

---- of Portugal brought, 169.

Filberts brought, 66, 242, bis, 243, 250.

Fire pans, "going upon wheels" for two, 138.

Vessels for conveying fire from one apartment to another. "Pannes to make fyre in: Item, twoo rounde pannes of iron made six-square grate wise being uppon wheales to make fyre in."—Account of the Furniture in Henry VIII.'s Palaces, Harl. MSS. 1419. A. f. 30.

Fish, paid for watching a pond with, 72.

----, to men who helped to, 98, 172.

---- brought, 150.

----, expences of the watermen for attending at hunting the, at Greenwich, 219.

Fished, to men that fished before the king, 29.

Fishing for, 68.

It has been already remarked under "Angling," that Henry seems to have been fond of fishing, but those notices perhaps refer to drawing nets.

Fitzwater John, 194.

Fletcher the, 24, 40, 50, 53, 55, 125, 146, 180, 265, 280.

---- the French, 67, 188, 203, 234, 239.

---- to a, 104.

Flode ——, 132.

Florence ——, 212.

Floure ——, 248.

Flowers brought, 178.

Floyd ——, 167.

Fool, the king's, 11, 86.

----, paid for making gere for the king's, 205.

----, paid the expences for food of the king's, 247.

---- the, paid for his lodging and expences at Calais, 271.

----'s expences, paid the, at Canterbury, 274.

The subject of "Fools" has been so ably discussed by Mr. Douce in his Illustrations of Shakespeare, that it is unnecessary to say more on it here than what the entries in these accounts suggest. The only names of Henry's fools which have reached us are, William Somers, Sexton, and Williams. Sexton is however the only one of them who is mentioned in these pages, unless the others were described under the names of "Great and Little Guilliam of the Privy Chamber," of whom there are numerous entries, though the honourable addition of "the King's Fool," never once occurs to their names. Those to whom that appellation is given are "Patch and Sexton," and the manner in which they are spoken of is strongly corroborative of Mr. Douce's opinion, that "Patch" was another designation for "a Fool." In one page (86,) we find "Patch the King's Fool" and Sexton both noticed. But this by no means contradicts the idea that they were names for the same individual. Sexton, Mr. Douce says, was presented to Henry by Cardinal Wolsey, and the anecdote related by Cavendish of his having given another Fool, who, it has been observed, was called Williams, to the king after his disgrace, and the poor wretch's attachment to his master is well known. It is manifest from these accounts that the Fool had a man to wait upon him; for we find John Emyson frequently noticed as "the man that waits or attends upon Sexton," "the keeper of the King's Fool," "Sexton's man," and in others, "Sexton's servant." All payments for the fool's food, travelling expences, &c., for it seems he accompanied Henry wherever he went, were made to his servant or keeper, whose wages were ijd. a day, (p. 45,) or about 3l. per annum (p. 193,) and he was allowed, like the falconers and huntsmen, 22s. 6d. for his livery. Emyson appears however either to have died or to have been dismissed from his occupation before August 1532, for in that month, as well as in the October following, Green is described to have been Sexton's servant, but Skynner evidently attended him on his journey to Calais with Henry, in November in that year, and who is also mentioned as waiting upon him as early as September 1530, though Emyson was his keeper in December, 1529. It is remarkable that every entry relating to the Fool should be for his clothes, food, or other personal expences, and that he should never once have received a gratuity or "reward," of which there are so many examples to others. It has been conjectured that the witty sallies of these degraded creatures were frequently rewarded by handsome presents, but no proof of the fact in relation to Sexton occurs. Besides Emyson we find "Thomas the Jester" sometimes mentioned, who seems to have been more fortunate than "the Fool," for he received 20s. on one occasion, and 22s. 6d. on another, "in reward;" whilst Henry gave the French king's jester at Calais the large sum of 9l. 6s. 8d. on the day the King of Navarre, the Cardinal of Lorrain, &c. dined with him. According to the ordinances of the Royal Household made at Eltham, in the 17th Henry VIII. the king's Fool was allowed one hackney.

Footmen paid to the, 25, 254.

Footman, to one that "sued to be" a, 155.

Ford William, keeper of the king's mastives, 7, 186.

Forde ——, 269, 282.

Forfeited horses paid for, 268.

This singular entry must be left to the reader's superior sagacity. It clearly refers in some way to the "riding boys," or as they are there called, "children of the stable," but its meaning has escaped the editor's research.

Forked heads for the king's cross-bow, 67.

"See a former remark. They were for the arrows shot from the cross-bow".—M.

Forms, tables, &c. for, 220.

Foster Master, 214.

Fowl, paid for keeping the, in the garden at Greenwich, 206.

Fowler, 115.

---- James, keeper of the manor of Greenwich, 78, 127.

---- John, 209.

Fox, Master Edward, 73.

The king's almoner, and Provost of Cambridge in 1532. He was elected bishop of Landaff in 1535, and died in May 1538.

Fox a, brought, 80.

France King of, notices about his children, 59, bis.

Francis the first, king of France, his wife and children, were taken prisoners by the emperor at the siege of Pavia in 1525. The queen and the children remained in his hands until 1529, when it was agreed by the treaty of Cambray that they should be delivered to Francis on the payment of two millions of crowns. The money was soon raised, and Hall gives us a circumstantial account of the execution of the treaty, from which it appears that the Spanish commissioners met the Great Master of France at Bayonne, in March 1530, but the former objected to part of the coin on account of the weight, and therefore removed the children from Fountroby into Spain. The affair being thus delayed from March until June, Henry sent Sir Francis Bryan to pledge himself as security for the payment, and on the 1st of July queen Eleanor and the children were placed in the Great Master's hands. In July, Hall adds, "fyers were made in London and divers other places for the same consideracion and cause;" and it is worthy of remark, as a curious example of the change in the national policy, that precisely the same rejoicings took place when they fell into the emperor's power after the battle of Pavia a few years before. Hall, pp. 693, 772. From these accounts we learn that news of the event reached London on the 8th of July, 1530, by a Frenchman dispatched from the Great Master, and that on the 9th another messenger, probably from Sir Francis Bryan, arrived with similar information. Each of them received the same sum for their journey, namely, 23l. 6s. 8d.

---- King of, sent a brace of greyhounds as a present, 223.

---- ——, sent hawks to the king, 270.

---- Queen of, 248.

----, to the King of France's singers and jester, 268, 269.

Francis the Jeweller, 155.

Francis, George, the king's scholar at St. Pauls, for his expences, 171, 186, 205, 231.

Francis, Nicholas, 259, 280.

Also a scholar at St. Paul's school.

Frantic man, to the, 243.

Fraternity of Jesus, to the, 46.

Freedom of London, money given to a woman to obtain her husband's and her own, 219.

Freeman John, a jeweller or silversmith, 105, 188.

French Ambassador, 106.

---- Priest, to the, the pheasant breeder, 280.

---- Falconer, a gelding bought for the, 282.

Frenchman, paid to a, 169.

Friars, to, 41, 46, 71, 150, 175.

Friar Andrew, an Italian, 93, 144.

Frieze, coats of, 87.

"The materials of which the clothes of persons of rank were composed about this time consisted of velvet, satin, sarcenet, gold lace, and fur."—See Whitaker's Craven, 325. From the well known lines written on the marriage of Charles Brandon with the Queen Dowager of France,

To Mary:

To Charles:

"we might presume that frieze rarely formed the dress of persons of rank, but Jamieson in voce (Supplement) quotes from an Inventory of 1539, 'Ane goone of freis claith of gold.' In the following century frieze was more generally adopted. Fuller speaks of it as a coarse kind of cloth, manufactured in Wales, 'then which none warmer to be worn in winter, and the finest sort thereof very fashionable and gentile. Prince Henry had a frieze sute out of it,' &c. He adds, 'It will daily grow more into use, especially since the gentry of the land, being generally much impoverished, abate much of their gallantry.' Worthies, 553."—M.

Fruit brought, 15, 66, 97.

Furs, for furring Lady Ann Boleyn's gowns, 101.

---- for, 261, 269.

See Minsheu in voce "Furre," notes to Way's Fabliaux, and Testamenta Vetusta, for notices of furred garments. Numerous legislative enactments were made from the reign of Edward III. confining the use of fur to people of rank. See Rolls of Parliament, vol. ii. pp. 278, 279, 281, 282. Vol. iii. p. 63, vol. v. p. 505, vol. vi. 221.

Fustian, doublets of, 23, 51, 54, 87.

Fynchhampstede, 65.

Fyney, bailiwick of, 65.

Fytton, ——, 256.

Galiake, white wine of, 24.

Gaillac, a town in the department of Tarn in Languedoc, celebrated for its wines. Three tons then cost 16l. 4s. See Wines.

Galien, the Glasier, 111.

Gallipots, 58.

Gambling, see Play, ----, 14, 15, 17, 18, 20, 22, 32, bis, 33, 36, 37, 50, 76, bis, 94, 98, 101, 113, 115, 118, 120, 131, 134, 143, 144, 159, 162, 163, 186, 188, 189, 190, 195, 204, 205, 209, 210, 211, 212, 216, 220, 226, 227, 229, 237, 243, bis, 246, 248, 250, 265, 267, 268, bis, 270, 271, 272, bis, 273, 274, 275, bis, 276, bis, 277, 278, bis, 283.