Chapter XII: Part 12

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
20_l._ at one time, or was less than 10_l._ Upon one occasion
10_l._ 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 10_s._ 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 4_s._; on another 3_s._ 6_d._;
and on a third only 1_s._ 8_d._

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
10_l._

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
23_l._ 16_s._ 6_d._ should be expended on it; and on another he
caused 40_s._ 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 10_l._ 16_s._ 10-1/2_d._

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 20_l._

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 10_l._ 15_s._ 8_d._

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
1_s._ 6_d._ 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 20_l._ 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 5_l._

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 3_l._ 10_s._; 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 4_l._ 13_s._ 4_d._ 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 100_l._ 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 3_l._ 10_s._

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 2_l._ 5_s._ 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 45_s._ 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 100_l._ 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 20_s._ 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 12_d._ 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 40_s._ in reward. In the same year 20_s._ were paid for a
lute for him; and it appears that in January 1532 he was ill, for a
physician was paid 40_s._ 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 20_s._ 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 13_l._ 9_s._ 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
20_l._ 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 20_l._ 10_s._ 8_d._

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
83_l._ 13_s._ 4_d._ he also gave exhibitions, the whole expences
of which in the same period were 63_l._ 6_s._ 8_d._ He moreover
supported two scholars at St. Paul's School, the charges for
which were 30_l._ 3_s._; making, if 13_l._ 9_d._ paid to the
master of that school in January 1531, be included, a total of
190_l._ 12_s._ 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 20_s._ 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, 14_l._ 9_s._ 4_d._

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 20_s._ 4_d._ 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 337_l._ 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 376_l._ 10_s._

Seymour, Robert, 273.

It has not been ascertained who this individual was. The entry
relating to him is a payment of 4_l._ 13_s._ 4_d._ 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._

Shrobbe, Hanley and Wakefield, to the ranger and keepers of, 160.

These three places are in Northamptonshire; the latter is now the
seat of the Duke of Grafton.

Shrobbes, to the keeper of the, 161, 241.

A walk in Whittlewood Forest.

Sick men, paid for, 77, 145.

---- priest, paid to a, 77.

---- woman, paid to a, 135.

---- people, paid to, whom the King healed, 16, 20, 37, 40, 46, 156,
160, 161, 163, 164, 170, 221, 225, 243, 249, 253, 264, 272, 277.

People supposed to be healed by the King's touch from the disease,
thence called the King's Evil. "Andrew Borde, who wrote his
_Introduction to Knowledge_, in king's reign, states, that 'the
Kinges of England, by the power that God hath gyven to them, doth
make sicke men whole of a syckness called the Kynges evyll.' This
extract and the entry above are sufficient to prove, were other
evidence wanting, that Dr. Percy was much mistaken in supposing
that 'this miraculous gift was left to be claimed by the Stuarts."
Some curious matter upon this subject is collected in a note by
Nichols, _Literary Anecdotes_, 195, II. 504, Reed, Shak. X. 243,
and see 195. Amongst the Conway papers (MSS) there is an order
for a proclamation, dated 13th May, 1625, to forbid the repair
of people to court till Michaelmas following, to be healed of the
King's Evil, and that for the future all shall bring certificates
from the minister, &c. of the parish, for that many being healed,
have disposed of their pieces of gold otherwise than was intended,
_and thereby fall into relapse_.' Sir Kenelm Digby informed Mons.
Moncenys, that if the person cured lost the piece of gold, the
complaint immediately returned. Moncenys' _Travels_, t. ii. p. 20.
Fabian Phillips, in his _Treatise on Purveyance_, asserts that the
angels issued by the Kings of England on these occasions amounted
to a charge of 3000_l._ per annum, p. 25. See Barrington _on the
Statutes_, 107, 8. M.--See also HEALED.

Sick, paid the surgeon's bill for Grand Guilliam when he was, 245.

Sickness, money given to a servant during his, 64.

Sidney. See SYDNEY.

Signet, to Godsalve, clerk of the, 106.

Silks brought, 18, 45, 78, 82, 116, 163, 262.

Silver, money in, delivered to Lady Ann Boleyn, 95.

Singers, to the French King's, and those of the Cardinal de Larenno,
268, 269.