Chapter XIII: Part 13

"Rewards" given to those persons at the interview between Henry and
Francis the First in October, 1532. They had probably sung in the
king's presence, for which each party received 4_l._ 13_s._ 4_d._

Sittingbourne, 274, _sæpe_.

Skevington Master, 28, 162.

Skinner, ----, 75, 80, 265, 269, 271, 274, 281.

Sexton the Fool's servant.

----, to the, 44, 183, 261, 269.

Skins brought, 68, 72.

---- of Pawmpelion, 47. See PAWMPELION.

To which it is only necessary to add that they might have been
skins brought from Pampeluna, instead of Pampellone.

Skyppe Master, 32.

Skrenes, for stools, forms, and, 120.

Skutt John, 179, 223.

Sleves, paid for two pair of, 31.

Sloppes, paid for a pair of, 274.

Archdeacon Nares says, "Slops or trowsers, now familiarly used
for garments of all kinds," _Glossary_; and the authorities there
adduced prove the correctness of the definition. The pair bought
for the king cost 6_s._ 8_d._ "Sometimes I have seen Tarleton
play the clowne, and use no other breeches than such _sloppes_ or
slivings as now many gentlemen weare." Wright's _Passions of the
Mind_. Ed. 1601.

Smith Robert, 22.

Smythe Thomas, 170, 183, 219, _bis_, 238, 259, 261, 265, 269.

For the following Note relative to this individual, the Editor is
indebted to Joseph Gwilt, Esq. F.S.A. a descendant of his family:

"Thomas Smith, whose name so frequently occurs in these accounts,
was most probably afterwards of Campden, Co. Gloucester; he had
also a grant of the manor of Lyersocle, Co. Heref. jointly with his
son-in-law, Hugh Walshe, which was confirmed in the 35th of the
same king. That Smythe was a man of considerable importance, may
be inferred as well from his matrimonial alliances, as from the
inscription on his monument, in which he is described, '_a pueritiâ
suâ aulicus_.' In the College of Arms there is a grant to Thomas
Smith, by Christopher Barker, dated Boulogne 1544, and afterwards
confirmed by Gilbert Dethick, from which it appears that he was
at Boulogne in that year; probably attendant on the court there.
Elizabeth, the first wife of Thomas Smith, was daughter and coheir
of Eustace Fitzherbert, and relict of Edward Smith, of Cresing
Temple, Co. Essex, by whom she had two children. By Thomas Smith it
is not clear from the pedigrees, which exhibit some discrepances,
that she had issue. His second wife was Katharine, daughter of
Sir George Throckmorton, of Coughton, relict of Robert Winter, of
Hoddington; Co. Wigorn, by whom he had a numerous family. He was
Sheriff of Gloucestershire in the years 1571 and 1593 and died
1593. Over the place of his interment near the altar of Campden
Church, on the north side, is a canopied monument of the time
with his figure in knight's armour of the size of life. On the
compartments between the pedestals under the columns are bassi
relievi, representing his two wives, seven sons and six daughters.
On the western face of the monument, are the arms of Smith, viz.
a Fess between three Saltires; and in another escotcheon, the
Crest, viz. two Amphibamies indorsant. On the south side are three
escotcheons, the westernmost with the arms of Smith. The next
towards the altar, Smith impaling Throckmorton; and Olney, Spyne
and Bosson, quarterly. The last, Smith's impaling Fitzherbert in
the first and fourth, and two other coats quarterly. Against the
north wall of the chancel is the following inscription:--'Hic
jacet vir verus Christianus Thomas Smith Armiger quondam Manerii
di Campden Dominus, a pueritiâ suâ aulicus, qui suo tempore fuit
e consiliis Regis Marchiæ Walliæ bisque Vicecomes comitatus
Gloucestriæ, ac justiciarius pacis ejusdem comitatus usque ad
extremum ætatis, qui habuit duas uxores; primam Elizabetham Filiam
et hæredem Eustatii Fitzherbert Armigeri, secundam Katharinam
filiam Georgii Throckmorton Militis cum filiis et filiabus ut hic
patet qui obit die ... Anno Dom. MDXCIII.'

There is little, doubt that this Thomas Smith was the father
of Henry Smith, Esq. an Alderman of London, who is buried at
Wandsworth, and whose extensive charitable benefactions in Surrey
and elsewhere are universally known. He bore the same arms with a
difference, as appears by the funeral certificate, in the College
of Arms, Register i. 23. 30, and there are many other circumstances
which tend to strengthen such a conjecture."

It appears from the _Book of Quarterly Payments_ from the 29th to
the 33rd Henry VIII. in the library of the Royal Society, that
Smith was a Page of the Chamber, and received 10_l._ _per annum_
for his wages; and it is manifest from these entries that like
Smeton and the two Williamses, he was a peculiar favourite of
Henry, for all his apparel was paid for out of the privy purse, and
he accompanied the King to Calais in October 1532.

Smith Walter, 242.

----'s to, 111, _bis_, 238.

---- to a, in Deptford, 31.

---- the Master, 233.

---- to the, for bolts and rings for the King's chamber doors during
the progress, 251.

---- to the, for carrying locks with the King to Calais, 271, 281.

Snuffers, paid for, 4, 89, _bis_, 108.

Solicitor of the Staple of Calais, 93. See CALAIS.

Sodde wine, brought, 109.

Sodd the preterite of seethe, _i. e._ boiled.

Sokat brought, 67,

Spalding, Prior of, 137.

Spaniel a, brought, 5.

Spanish woman, to a, 110.

Spencer Master, to the keeper of his park, 157, 158, 242.

---- ----, 159, 236, _bis_.

Apparently Sir William Spencer of Althorp, ancestor of the Duke
of Marlborough and Earl Spencer. He was knighted in 1529, and in
the 23rd and 24th Henry VIII. was Sheriff of Northamptonshire. Sir
William died, however, on the 22nd June 1532, a month before his
servant is said to have brought a present to the King. His son and
heir was then very young, hence these gifts were probably sent by
his mother or guardians.

Spert Thomas, 171.

Spruce, [_i. e._ Prussia] costs of going into the land of, 181.

Spurs to the Choristers of Windsor, in reward for the King's, 55, 58,
253.

Money paid to redeem the King's spurs, which had become the fee
of the Choristers of Windsor, perhaps at installations, or at
the annual celebration of St. George's feast. No notice on the
subject occurs in Ashmole's or Anstis' _History of the Order of the
Garter_. The composition was 6_s._ 8_d._

Staber, Sir Lawrence, 132, 235.

Stable, to one of the, 23.

----, boys of the, 29, 38, 182, 230, 247, 281, 282, 283.

----, to Alexander of the, 276.

Stafferton ----, 253.

Stafford, a prisoner brought from, 207.

Stag a, brought, which the King had taken, 152.

----s brought, 66, 152, 155, 163, 193, 220, 235, 245, 254, 255.

---- paid for carrying a, to Windsor, 245.

Staines, to men of, 31.

Staker Sir Lawrence. See STABER.

Stalking Gelding, for meat for a, 132.

---- Horse, 162, 194.

---- Ox the, brought, 112.

A Stalking Horse, Archdeacon Nares informs us, was "sometimes a
real horse, sometimes the figure of one cut out and carried by the
sportsman for the following purposes. On being found that wild
fowl which would take early alarm at the appearance of man, would
remain quiet when they saw only a horse approaching, advantage was
taken of it, for the shooter to conceal himself behind a real or
artificial horse, and thus to get within shot of his game." In the
_Gentleman's Recreation_ both kinds of stalking horses, and the
manner of using them, are fully explained. All these entries on
the subject seem to refer to a real horse, and we learn from one
of them that an ox was employed for the same purpose. A _stalking
horse_ occurs in the list of Henry's horses in the _Ordinances made
at Eltham_, in the 17th Henry VIII. p. 200.

Standards, for carrying Plate, 43.

The word is used in a similar sense by Cavendish. "The King caused
to be sent him three or four cart loads of stuff, and most part
thereof was locked in great _standards_ (except bed and kitchen
stuff) wherein was both plate, and rich hangings, and chapel
stuff." Ed. _Singer_, 1825, vol. i. p. 224.

Steel Plate, bundells of brought, 87.

Stem and stem lock for the boat, 211.

Stephen, the hardwareman, 31.

----, the King's embroiderer, 124.

Steward Lord, 61.

Stocks, [_i. e._ Stockings] for pairs of, 94, 237.

Stonar Robert, keeper of Waltham Forest, 66, 164, 172, 235.

Stonar Sir Walter, 146.

Stone bows, strings for the, 19.

Stone, [in Kent] 266, 274.

Stony Stratford, 160.

Stools, for tables, forms, and, 220.

Strawberries brought, 45, 141, 147, 221.

Strene the, brought, 151.

This entry almost defies explanation. The only instance in which
_strene_ occurs in the Glossaries is synonymously with _strain_, a
race, descent, lineage. Hence it might, however unlikely, mean a
pedigree; but it is more probable that it was kind of _strainer_.

Strings for cross bows, 19.

String-maker for bows, his bill paid, 180.

Stubbes Doctor, 6, 23, 36, 114.

Stuff bought, 212, 213.

Stuff, paid for fetching, 122, _bis_, 128, 132, 139, 159, 177, _bis_,
208, 269, 274.

Stuff, for keeping the Cardinals, 126. See CARDINAL.

---- to a clock-maker, for such as the King bought, 215, _bis_.

---- paid for, 217, _bis_.

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

Sturgeon a, brought, 43, _bis_, 176, 226.

Subdean of the King's Chapel, 93, 200, 260.

Sucado brought, 184, 224.

Sugar brought, 176.

Suffolk Duke of, 15, 18, 24, 33, 64, 115, 154, 245, 251, 268.

Charles Brandon, Duke of Suffolk, Henry's brother-in-law.

Sun, crowns of the, 126. See CROWNS.

Surgery, for, 245.

----, paid to the French fletcher towards his, 67.

Surgeon, to a, that healed Little Guilliam, 128.

Sussex, 232.

Swan a, brought, 107.

Sweet waters, brought, 81.

Swords for, 51.

----, paid for keeping the King's, 108.

----, paid the cutler for dressing the King's, 272.

Sydney Sir William, 29.

Apparently Sir William Sydney, grandfather of Robert, Earl of
Leicester, a Gentleman of the Privy Chamber. His wife, who was
probably the Lady Sydney here mentioned, was Ann, daughter of Hugh
Pagenham, Esq.

---- Lady, 32, 201, 205, 213.

Sydrons, [_i. e._ Citrons,] brought, 80.

Sympringham, Prior of, 109.

Sypres, [_i. e._ Cypress wood,] a coffer of brought, 184.

Taberet Peter, a minstrel, 70, 209.

Tabulls, [Tables,] brought, 48.

Tables for playing the game so called. See _infra_.

Table, Chess, &c. 81.

Tables, money given the king to play at the, 272, 273.

_Tables_ is considered to be the old name for back-gammon. In
the frontispiece of Strutt's _Sports and Pastimes_ an engraving
of a _Table_ occurs. Sir William Compton, by his will dated in
1523, bequeathed to Henry "a little chest of ivory, wherof one
lock is gilt, with a chess-board under the same, and a pair of
_tables_ upon it, and all such jewels and treasures as are inclosed
therein." _Testamenta Vetusta_, p. 593. Tables are thus spoken of
in a _Knight's Instructions to his Daughters_, originally written
in French, in April 1371, and translated about the reign of Henry
VI. "Ther was a gentille knight's daughter that wratthed atte the
_Tables_ with a gentill man that was riotous and comberous and hadd
an evelle hede, and the debate was on a point that he plaide that
she saide it was wronge, and so the wordes and the debate rose so,
that she saide that he was a lewde fole and thanne lost the game in
chiding." _Harleian_ MSS. 1764, f. 7^{b}

Table of wood, for a, 199.

Tables, forms, &c. for, 220.

Table-cloths, for diaper for, 264.

Taffeta, crimson, in grain, for, 87.

Talbot, Bryan, 31, 43, 83, 96, 110, 135, 166, 175, 188, 212, 281,
284, 290.

Numerous as these entries are, they afford no information on the
situation which Talbot filled. His wages were 9_l._ per annum, and
we may infer that he was one of the servants.

Tallowing the King's barge, for, 45, 211. See BARGE.

Tar for the King's barge, 45. See BARGE.

Tarsel, paid for a, 10.

---- a, brought, 62, 187, 237, 244.

Or Tassell Gentle, properly Tiercell--the male of the Goshawk. It
is called gentle, from its docile and tractable disposition. Nares'
_Glossary_. The value of a tarsell in 1529 seems to have been
13_s._ 4_d._

Tate Bartholomew, painter, 120. See PAINTER.

Taylor, to a, 44, 199, 215.

---- James, a waterman, 78.

---- George, servant to Lady Ann Boleyn, 7, 9, 61, 111, 113, 114,
145, 179, 183, 203, 250, 261, _bis_, 264.

---- John, a waterman, 59.

Tebbes ----, of Deptford, 177.

Tempest Sir Richard, 247.

A reward of 10_l._ was paid to him at Abingdon in August, 1532, but
for what reason does not appear.

Tennis, money lost by betting at, 36.

----, money for, 86.

----, money lost at, 268.

----, to one that served on the king's side at, 180.

---- Play, for the costs of, 134, 183, 193, 206, 209.

---- ----, to Anstey of the, for balls at Calais and Greenwich, 283.

Tertagats paid for, 135.

This entry must mean targets or bucklers. The cost of "divers"
amounted to so large a sum as 61_l._ 2_s._ 8_d._

Tewke Sir Bryan, 19, 22, 24.

Mr. Ellis states that this individual was Treasurer of the Chamber,
and was appointed Secretary to the King for the French tongue, with
a salary of 100 marks, in 1523. He purchased the manor of Layer
Marney in Essex in 1525, and was Sheriff of that county in 1533. He
died on the 26th October, 1545, and was buried at St. Margaret's,
Walbrooke. _Original Letters_, First Series, vol. i, p. 283. Mr.
Ellis has printed some, and referred to several of his letters.
Collins says, Tuke was Secretary to Cardinal Wolsey, _Peerage_, Ed.
1779, vol. i. p. 87. The entries respecting him in these accounts
only refer to the months of January and February, 1530, and relate
to payments of large sums to the Emperor, or for other purposes.
The whole amount paid into his hands on those occasions was
5143_l._ 8_s._

Tewksbury Abbot of, 149.

Thirlby Doctor, 262.

Afterwards the first and only Bishop of Westminster. Mr. Lodge says
of him in a note to a letter in his _Illustrations_, that he was
an able civilian, and was employed in several embassies by Henry.
He was translated to Norwich by Edward VI. and to Ely by Mary, and
died at Lambeth, 26th August, 1570. That elegant writer farther
observes, "The mildness of his conduct during the persecutions
of the Protestants by Mary, secured him a quiet retreat in the
following reign. In making a grave for the burial of Archbishop
Cornwallis, at Lambeth, in 1783, the body of Bishop Thirlby was
discovered in its coffin, in a great measure undecayed, as was the
cloathing. The corpse had a cap on its head, and a hat under its
arm."

Thomas, a footman, 94, 69, 142.

---- John, sergeant at Arms, 153.

---- the Jester, 41, 126, 204. See FOOLS.

Thomson, ----, 58, 177.

Thorns for Greenwich Park, paid for, 205.

Tierces of wine, for the lading of, 99.

Tissue, pieces of, paid for, 6, 105.

Token a, sent from the King to Sir Francis Bryan, 125.

The word _token_, per se, evidently meant any thing sent as a
mark of kindness. In this instance it was 50_l._ but it was more
frequently a jewel or other article of value. Thus in the instance
of Cardinal Wolsey, when Henry was informed by Dr. Butts that
unless he sent him some testimony of his favour he would die
within four days, "Even so will I, quoth the King, and therefore
make speed to him again, and ye shall deliver him from me this
ring for a _token_ of our good will and favour towards him, in the
which ring was engraved the King's visage within a ruby, as lively
counterfeit as was possible to be devised."--"And then he spake
to Mistress Anne [Boleyn] saying, 'Good sweetheart, I pray you at
this my instance, as ye love us, to send the Cardinal a _token_
with comfortable words, and in so doing ye shall do us a loving
pleasure.' Incontinent, she took her tablet of gold hanging at her
girdle, and delivered it to Master Buttes with very gentle and
comfortable words," &c. Cavendish's _Life of Wolsey_, Ed. Singer,
1825, vol. i. p. 226. An engraving of this scene is given from a
MS. in the possession of Mr. Douce in that interesting work.

Totehill, 107, 118, 120.

Tomb, paid for the King's, 101.

This entry is rather extraordinary, because Henry VIII. expressly
states in his will, dated on the 30th December, 1546, sixteen
years afterwards, that his tomb was not then made. He orders that
his body shall be buried in the choir of his College of Windsor,
"mid-may between the Halls and the High Altar, and an honourable
tomb for our bones to rest in be made, if it be not done by us in
our life-time." But it is evident from the item in question that
a tomb was began for him as early as December, 1530, towards the
expences of which Cromwell was then paid 13_l._ 6_s._ 8_d._

Torch Sir, the King's bedeman, at Greenwich, 33, 88, 122.

Tote Anthony, 174, 188, 251, 261. See PAINTER.

Towels for diaper for, 264.

Tower, stuff sent from the, to Windsor, 251.

----, the expences of rowing the King to the, 278, 279.

Towing, paid to the waterman for, 140.

Toyle, yeoman of the, 9, 19.

Traitor, for taking of a, 86.

Treasurer, the King's, 22, 62, 93, 117, 131, 149, 189, _bis_, 255,
272.

Until the 26 Henry VIII. 1532, Thomas Boleyn, Earl of Wiltshire,
father of Queen Anne, is said to have been Treasurer of the
Household; in which year Sir William Fitz-William, afterwards
Earl of Southampton, was appointed to that office; but in
the will of Sir David, Knt. dated in February, 1529-30, he
speaks of "Sir William Fitz-William, Treasurer of the King's
Household."--_Testamenta Vetusta_, p. 701; and there are other
causes for believing that he was Treasurer of the Household at the
whole period embraced by these accounts.

Tregonnar ----, 69.

Tremesin Peter, a dompnu, 218. See DOMPNU.

Trenchers, paid for, 14, 108, 191, 243.

Trimmed, caps trimmed and garnished with gold buttons, 33.

Trimming, paid for trimming horns, 184.

----, the King's barge, 44, 45.

----, a garden, paid for, 177.

----, the King's gun, for, 194.

These entries are inserted under the word _Trimmed_, or _Trimming_,
to shew the varied sense in which it was used.

Troughton Robert, 234.

Trussing Coffers, for a pair of, 49.

Packing Chests.

Truss, cotton brought to truss plate, 190.

To pack it so that it might not be injured by friction.

Tunbridge, 250.

Turkesses, for, 51.

_i. e._ Turquoises, which were then considered as valuable gems.

Twelfth Night, money given the King on, for play, 15.

Tyldesley William, Groom of the Chamber, 157.

Tylson James, 65.

Tymb' of Sables, brought, 105.

Tythes, paid for, 214.

Vanryketson David, 235.

Vaughan ----, Groom of the Chamber, 160.

Vellum, for, 137.

Velvet, purple bought, for Lady Anne Boleyn, 4.

---- for covering Mass Books, 24.

----, crimson upon velvet, 189.

Perhaps a kind of double velvet.

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

Venecian, paid to a, 157.

Venice, to a post from, 56.

Venison brought, 140.

Vestments, paid for making, 129.

Vice Chamberlain, to the, 283.

Apparently Sir Anthony Wingfield.

Villiers Christopher, 95.

Vincent, the King's painter, 44, 91. See PAINTER.

----, the Clockmaker, 93.

Viols, to three of the, 260.

A payment of 3_l._ 7_s._ 6_d._ to three persons who played on
the viols. Mr. Ayrton observes, "A chest of viols was a set of
instruments comprising a treble, a tenor, and bass viol, or what we
now denominate a violin, viola, and violoncello." Ellis's _Original
Letters_, Second Series, vol. i. p. 272.

Virginals, for, 37, _ter_, 110.

A Virginal is thus explained by Mr. Ayrton. "The Virginal was that
which afterwards took the name of Spinnet, and differed from it
only in shape. The Spinnet was triangular, the Virginal oblong,
like our small piano fortes." Ellis's _Original Letters_, Second
Series, vol. i. p. 272. The item in p. 37, describes the different
kinds of Virginals with their respective prices; two pair in a box
with four stops, cost 3_l._; two pair in one coffer cost 3_l._, and
a little pair, 20_s._ For five pairs, on another occasion, 8_l._
6_s._ 8_d._ were paid.

Upshot, for one upshotte that he wanne from the King, 143.

In the sense in which _Upshot_ is there used, it seems to mean a
wager or rather stake, or sum played for.

Upton, the Church of St. Lawrence at, 36.

Vyne the, 151, 152.

The seat of Lord Sandys.

Wading, a pond for, 235.

Waders for, at Greenwich, 263.

Wafery, yeoman of the, 139.

Wager in hunting, money lost in a, 162, 163.

----, a curious, won, 263.

Waits of Canterbury, to the, 266, 274.

This is perhaps the earliest instance known of the use of the word,
in the sense of nocturnal musicians, as Archdeacon Nares, does not
cite any older authority than Beaumont and Fletcher. They appear
to have played to the King whilst at Canterbury, on his route to
Dover on the 9th October, and on his return the 18th of November
1532. Among the entries in the Household expenses of Thomas Kytson,
Esq. in January 1574, is "In reward to Richard Reede, one of the
_wayghtes_ of Cambridge, for his attendance in Christmas time
xxs."--_History and Antiquities of Hengrave_, p. 201.

Wakefelde, Shrobbe, and Hanley, to the rangers and keepers of, 160.

These three places are in Northamptonshire. Wakefield Lawn is now
the seat of the Duke of Grafton.

Wales, Greyhounds brought from, 162.

---- paid the expences of a journey into, 193.

Waleston Christopher, 255.

Wall, for a new at Blackheath, 213.

Walshe Master, 4, 16, _bis_, 53, 108, 146, 232.

Apparently Sir Walter Walshe, Knight, a Gentleman of the Privy
Chamber, who was sent to the Earl of Northumberland's house to
arrest Cardinal Wolsey. See _Singer's Edition of Cavendish_, 1825,
vol. 1, pp. 272, 275, _et seq._

Walshe Walter, 4, 44, 60, 74, 76, 79, 85.

It is most likely that this was the same person who is described
elsewhere as Master Walshe.

---- ---- 9, 22.

---- William, gardener of Greenwich, 39, 50, 84, 94, 124, 137, 163,
213, 218, 232.

----'s Daughter, 228.

Walsingham, for the king's offering to the image of our Lady of, 214.

Offerings to the image of our Lady of Walsingham, were common at a
very early period. William de Ufford, Earl of Suffolk, ordered by
his will, dated in 1381, that a picture of a horse and man armed
with his arms, should be made of silver, and offered to the altar
of our Lady of Walsingham. _Testamenta Vetusta_, p. 115. In the
_Vision of Pierce Plowman_ pilgrimages to our Lady of Walsingham,
are thus noticed. "Hermits on a heape, wyth hoked staves, wenten to
Walsingham."

Walter, a falconer, 38.

Waltham, 72, _ter_, 73, 77, 163, _bis_, 164, 171, 177, 230.

---- Forest, 43, 66.

---- ----, rangers and keepers of, 74, 170, 172, 235, 254.

---- to the keeper of the abbot's park of, 180.

Wanstead, to the gardener of, 34, 58, 75, 103, 122, 142, 167, 182,
206, 230, 260, 282.

Ward for the board of a person being in, 78.

Either a person under confinement, or more probably one of the
King's wards.

Warde Thomas, 53, 90, 145, 148, 250.

It is evident that he was an artizan of some kind, probably a
builder, as many of these entries relate to repairs at Windsor; and
the others to payments made to him for new butts, rounds and pricks.

Wardens brought, 105, 110, 126, 167, 265, 266, 274.

Large pears. Cavendish describes Wolsey as eating _roasted wardens_
at the moment in which he was seized with his fatal illness. "It
came to pass at a certain season sitting at dinner in his own
chamber, having at his boards end that same day, as he divers times
had to accompany him, a mess of the Earls' gentlemen and chaplains,
and eating of _roasted wardens_ at the end of his dinner, before
whom I stood at the table, dressing of those wardens for him,
beholding of him I perceived his colour often to change," &c. Ed.
_Singer_, 1825, vol. i. p. 300. In a poem written by Lydgate temp.
Henry VI. he thus alludes to _Wardens_.

"Eke othere frutes, whiche that more common be,
Quenyngges, peches, costardes, and _wardens_."

Illustrations to a _Chronicle of London_, 4to. 1827, p. 245.

Warden Lord, [of the Cinque Ports] 267.

Washing the Chapel, stuff for, 93.

---- for, 234.

Waters [probably sweet] brought, 5.

---- sweet, brought, 5, 15.

---- bailiff of London, 37.

Watermen, to the king's, 3, 4, 6, 8, 10, 11, _bis_, 12, 22, 24, 25,
29, 45, _bis_, 46, 47, _bis_, 54, 55, _sæpe_, 59, _bis_, 78, 79,
87, 90, 96, _sæpe_, 112, 114, 118, 119, 120, 122, 127, _bis_,
128, _bis_, 134, 136, 139, _bis_, 140, 142, _bis_, 164, 171, 174,
175, 177, 179, _sæpe_, 180, 182, _sæpe_, 192, _bis_, 195, 201,
_ter_, 208, 211, 215, 217, 219, _bis_, 228, 229, 251, _bis_, 252,
258, 260, _bis_, 262, _bis_, 277, 278, 279, 286, 291.

See BARGE and BOAT to which a set of watermen was of course
indispensable.

Waterman, to a, 89.

----, paid to a strange, 118.

Wax, for hard and fine to make Quariars, 116. See QUARIARS.

Wax, a tree of, 234.

Perhaps a taper or torch of large dimensions, standing upright like
the stem of a tree, and thus opposed to quariars.--M.

Webbe Henry, 97, 112, 168.

Neither of these entries afford any information as to who this
person was.

Weeding, paid for, 39, 50, 84, 94, 124, 206, 207.

Wellesborne Master, 97, 151, 210.

Probably Sir John Wellesborne, called in the _Ordinances of the
Household_, 17th Henry VIII. "Sir John Welshbone, one of the
Gentlemen of the Privy Chamber." On one occasion he borrowed of the
King, 60_l._ which was to be repaid in three years, and on another
he received a gift of 23_l._ 6_s._ 8_d._ "in reward."

Welshe ----, the Queen's servant, 183.

West John, one of the guard, 115, 131.

Westby Thomas, one of the King's Chaplains, 7, 24.

Westcote John, keeper of the park of Windsor, 13, 54, 140, 174.

---- ----, 275.

Westminster, 128, 142, 175, 277, 279, 281.

----, Abbot of, 148.

----, the clock-maker at, 58.

----, for the King's buildings at, 228.

---- Place, 234.

Westmoreland the Earl of, 5.

Ralph Neville, K.G. He succeeded to that dignity in 1523, and died
in 1549.

Weston Master, 15, 17, 18, 37, 38, _bis_, 44, 46, 50, 78, 86, 98,
126, 150, _bis_, 186, 227, 229, 232, 248, 265, 271, 272, 274,
275, 277, 278.

So little is known of the family of this individual, that the
following particulars may be useful. He was the eldest son of Sir
Richard Weston, of Sutton, Co. Surry, Knt. who in the Herald's
Visitations of that county, is styled "Miles pro corpore, Magister
Wardorum, Thesaurar' Calisie, et Sub-Thesaurar' Angliæ." Sir
Francis Weston was a Knight of the Bath, and Gentleman of the
Privy Chamber, and fell a victim to a supposed criminal intimacy
with Queen Anne Boleyn, in 1536. He married Eleanor, widow of Sir
Henry Knyvet, Knt. and daughter and sole heiress of Eleanor, (the
daughter and heiress of Sir Roger Lewknor, Knt. one of the co-heirs
of the Barony of Camois,) by her first husband, Sir Christopher
Pickering, Knt. By her, who remarried to her third husband, John
Vaughan, of Crickhowell, and died in 1582, Sir Francis Weston left
issue a son, Sir Henry Weston, Knt.: he was living in 1582, and had
one son, Sir Richard Weston, and two daughters, Jane and Anne. Sir
Richard was living in 1608, and his son Sir Richard was residing at
Sutton in 1623, and by Grace, his wife, daughter, and heir of John
Harper, of Chelston, in Co. Hereford, had issue Richard, then æt.
5, John, Henry, and Francis. The descendants of Sir Francis Weston
here mentioned are supposed to be extinct; and Mr. Lodge informs
us that in 1782, William Webb, Esq. assumed the name of Weston, in
compliance with the will of Mrs. Melior Mary Weston, the last of
that ancient family.--_Illustrations_, vol. i. p. 30, note. See
also the _Gentleman's Magazine_, vol. lii. p. 312. These entries
shew the high favor in which he stood with the King. Cavendish
makes him say,

"I was dayntely noryshed under the king's wyng,
Who highly favored me and loved me so well
That I had all my will and lust in every thyng,
Mynding nothing less than chaunce of my endyng;
And for my dethe that present is nowe here,
I looked not for, this fyvetie or thre-score yere."

Ed. _Singer_, 1825, vol. ii. p. 31.

Weston Lady, 32, 89, 253.

Perhaps the wife of Sir Francis Weston. She is alluded to in the
last note.

----, Young Master, 10, 11, 96, 162.

Probably Henry, the son of Sir Francis and Lady Weston, mentioned
in the preceding note. He was Page of the Bed Chamber to the
King.--_Archæologia_, vol. iii. p. 155, where he is stupidly
confounded with his father.

Wheeler of Hounslow, paid to a, 178.

Wheelwright, to the King's, 154.

Whelps brought, 175.

----, of a particular breed, brought, 244.

Wherry, paid for waiting with a, 192, 197, 201, 208, 215.

Whethers Richard, 115, 209.

Whichwood, to the Ranger and Keepers of the forest of, [in
Oxfordshire] 246.

Whistle a, brought, 253.

Perhaps a dog's call, or more likely a call for Hawks. A whistle,
was then, however, the insignia of a naval commander. Sir Edward
Howard by his will, dated in 1512, bequeathed "his rope of bowed
nobles that I hang my great _whistle_ by, containing CCC Angels, to
Charles Brandon," afterwards Duke of Suffolk. _Testamenta Vetusta_,
p. 534. The fact of Sir Edward's having thrown his _whistle_ into
the sea when forced overboard by the pikes of the enemy in an
attack upon some French ships in the harbour of Conquet, is well
known.

Whitney Chace, to the keeper of, 246.

Whittelwood, to the keeper of, 161.

Whittelwood, to the Lieutenant of, 241.

Whittlewood, or Whittlebury Forest, in Northamptonshire.

White Friars of London, to the Prior and Provincial of, 100.

Wight, the Captain of the Isle of, 51.

Wigston Roger, Solicitor of the staple of Calais, 93. See CALAIS.

Wild Fowl brought, 253, 279.

Wil---- Nicholas, 132.

William, Lord, 188, 251.

Most probably Lord William Howard, son of Thomas second Duke of
Norfolk, by his second wife Agnes sister and heiress of Sir Philip
Tilney of Boston, in Lincolnshire. He is stated by Collins, Ed.
1779, vol. v. p. 15, to have accompanied the King to France in
October, 1532, having in his retinue eleven servants and two
horse-keepers. At the coronation of Anne Boleyn he performed the
duties of Earl Marshal for his brother the Duke of Norfolk, who
was then ambassador in France. During the reign of Elizabeth he
distinguished himself as High Admiral of England, was created Lord
Howard of Effingham, and a Knight of the Garter. From his Lordship
sprung the Earls of Nottingham and Effingham, both of which titles
are extinct, and the present Lord Howard of Effingham. On the first
occasion in which he is mentioned in these Accounts he had won
9_li._ of the King at Shovel-board, and on the other 40_li._ were
given him "in reward."

Williams. See GUILLIAM.

---- John, 244.

Willy, a falconer, 71, 206.

Wiltshire, the Earl of, 8, 12, 19, 62, 137, 192, 209, _bis_, 210,
211, 221, 276.

Thomas Boleyn, Earl of Wiltshire, K. G. father of Queen Anne
Boleyn. One of these entries relates to the expences of his embassy
to the Emperor in January 1530, but the greater part of the others
are of payments of money won by him from the King at bowls and
shovel-*board.

Wiltshire, Countess of, 49.

Elizabeth, daughter of Thomas Howard, Duke of Norfolk, wife of the
Earl of Wiltshire, and mother of Queen Anne Boleyn.

Winchester, the Auditor of, 13.

----, 58.

Windsor Park, 32, 147, 252.

----, Gardener of, 39, 54, 105, 120, 168, 181, 201, 226, 252, 280,
286, 288.

----, keepers or rangers of the forest of, 40, 66, 77, 128, 153, 253,
254.

----, armoury at, 41.

---- Park, for land bought to enlarge the, 46, 52.

----, 49, 53, 54, 55, 58, 63, 67, _bis_, 80, 140, 145, _bis_, 146,
147, 148, 245, 249, _bis_, 250, 253.

Windsor, to the Choristers of, 55, 140, 253. See SPURS.

---- Forest, to Rutter for his "rowme" in, 286. See ROWME.

Wine white, of Galiake, paid for, 24. See GALIACK.

----, Sodd, _i. e._ boiled wine brought, 109. See SODDE.

----, for hogsheads and tierces of, 98, 99.

----, paid for the king's, 155, 231.

---- Porters, for laying in wine, to the, 182, 190.

----, two bottles of new, brought, 276.

The following memoranda of the wines used in England at that and
earlier periods, may perhaps be acceptable. In the _Vision of
Pierce Plowman_, we find

"Whyt wine of Osey, and red wine of Gascoyne
Of the Renne, and of the Rochell the rosted to defye,"

mentioned; and in the _Northumberland Household Book_ is an entry
of "x ton ij hogisheds of Gascoigne wyne, for the expensys of
my house for an hole yere, viz. iij ton of Rede wyne, v tonn of
Claret wyne, and ij ton and ij hogisheds of white wyne after
iiij_l._ xiij_s._ iiij_d._ the ton."--Ed. 1827, p. 6. In Lodge's
_Illustrations_, vol. i. p. 17, Thomas Allen, in a letter to
the Earl of Shrewsbury in 1516, says, "This day I trust to send
towards Wyndfield ij tonne wyne; wherof iiij hogshedd claret, ij
red wyne, on whit wyne, and th' oder punchin freche wyne. If hit
be well carried, I trust your Lordship will lik hit well. Hit will
cost v_li._ vj_s._ viii_d._ the tonne, wherof the weynes must have
for their labour xx_s._;" and in another letter, dated in 1517,
Allen informs the Earl; "I have bought iij ton of new Gascon wyne;
weather your Lordship woll have new or olde sent downe I cannot
tell. Your Lordship comands also iij hogsheds of wyne of ----
or of wyne of Graves, and iij hogshedds of suche Frenche white
wyne as ye had last yer of John Eston to be send; her is non yet
com, neder, as Alen Kyng sheweth unto me, wolbe befor Crismas.
Y^{r} Lordship hathe ij hogsheds of olde French wyne, of Byon, at
Coleharbert; as for Rynishe wyne there cam never non so bad as com
this yer; as sone as any comys that is good your Lordship shall
have therof. As Alen Kyng sheweth unto me ther was ij vessell of
Muscadyne wyne which wer good, the King had on, my Lord Cardinall
th' oder."--_Ibid._ p. 31. Among the expenses of the Household of
Thomas Kytson, Esq. printed in Mr. Gage's _History and Antiquities
of Hengrave_, is the following interesting account of the wines
used in the reign of Elizabeth, with their prices.--"December
1572, For xiij gallons of Muscedell, at ij_s._ viij_d._ the
gallon, xxxiiij_s._ viij_d._--for xx gallons j qrt. Malmesey, at
ij_s._ the gallon, with x_d._ for spoonage, and carriage xlj_s._
viij_d._:--for xj gallons iij qrts. Sack, at ij _s._ the gallon,
with iiij _d._ for spoonage xxiij_s._ x_d._;--for xij gallons j
qrt. Rhenish wyne xxiiij_s._ vj_d._" p. 193. No notice, however,
occurs of Gaillac wine, which we learn from these Accounts in
February, 1530, cost 5_l._ 8_s._ per ton; nor are any others than
Rhenish and Malmsey wines mentioned in the MS. dated "Apud Eltham
mense Jan, 22 Henry VIII," referred to in the _Archæologia_, vol.
iii. p. 156. The total amount expended in wines in the three years
embraced by these Accounts, was, 2,516_l._ 4_s._

Wodales Master, 13.

Woking Park, to the keeper of, 253.

Wolesnay, the treasurer of, 13.

Wolf Morgan, goldsmith, 79, 105, 169, 188, 257.

Wodde Thomas â, to, towards his marriage, 143.

Wolmer, to the debite of, 151.

Apparently a mistake of the writer for the deputy keeper of Wolmer
Forest.

----, forest of, 152.

Wolverstede, ----, of the Armoury, 49.

Wolsey. See CARDINAL.

Wolverd Thomas, 234.

Wood John, a keeper of the Goshawks, 15, 34, 56, 80, 98, 118, 162,
167, 183, 200, 258, 281, 287, 288.

Wood John â, 118.

Woodcocks brought, 131.

Woodhall, 46.

Wood-knives, 65, 153, 158, 173, 248.

What a _Wood-knife_ was has not been ascertained, nor does the
word occur in any Glossary. They were possibly knives used in
hunting. With a single exception, when 40_s._ were paid for one
with a girdle, these entries refer to presents of wood-knives from
the Abbot of Reading. "Query, if a _Wood-knife_ was that short
sharp-hanger, _couteau de chasse_, used in hunting, and with which
Sir Tristrem, and other scientific sportsmen dissected their spoil
with anatomical precision?" M.

Woodstock Park, to the Comptroller and Keepers of, 244.

----, 50, 154, 156, _bis_, 157, _bis_, 159, 241, 242, 243, _sæpe_,
244, 245, _bis_.

Woodstock, for repairs at, 248.

Woolwich, paid to a French Friar that undertook to stop the breach
at, 53.

This entry seems to be of a payment of 7_l._ to a French Friar, who
undertook to repair a breach in the walls of Woolwich.

Woman, to a poor, 30.

----, paid to a sick, 135.

Work and stuff for Ann Boleyn, 183.

Worcester, Earl of, 49.

Henry Somerset, second Earl of Worcester, and ancestor of the Dukes
of Beaufort. He succeeded to the dignity in 1526, and died in
November 1549.

---- Lady, 22.

Elizabeth, daughter of Sir Anthony Browne, and wife of the Earl
of Worcester just mentioned. The entry relating to her is of a
gratuity given to her nurse and midwife, hence it is certain that
her Ladyship was confined early in February, 1530. It must have
been one of her younger children to whom she then gave birth, for
her eldest son William, third Earl of Worcester, was born in 1527.

Worsley, Sir James, 141, 169, 224.

Ancestor of the Baronet's family of that name, he died in 1538.

Wright Andrew, 113.

Wylde William, 48.

---- Philip, of the Privy Chamber, 10.

Wylkinson John â, 14.

Wyllys William, a bargeman, 135.

Wytham ----, 14.

Wythers ----, 50.

Yardeley John, a huntsman, 33, 40, 60, 73, 83, 91, 111, 119, 132,
139, 149, 164, 175, 177, 190, 199, 214, 228, 258, 275, 285, 291.

York Place, 6, 8, 14, _bis_, 16, 18, 20, 22, 24, 25, 35, 43, _bis_,
45, 82, 89, _bis_, 93, 95, 101, 105, 106, _sæpe_, 108, 109, 110,
_bis_, 111, 115, 117, 127, 139, 144, 177, 188, 189, 190, 280.

York Place, Gardener of, 56, 57, 58, 59, 66.

----, Keeper of, 56.

York Place or York House, now called Whitehall, belonged to
the Archbishop of York, and was possessed by Wolsey in right
of that See. Henry seized it in 1529, and made it one of his
residences.--Hall says, "after Christmas, 1530, he [the King] came
to his manor of Westminster, which before was called Yorke Place,
for after that the Cardinal was attainted in the Premunire, and was
gone north-*ward, he made a feoffement of the same place to the
Kyng, and the Chapiter of the Cathedral of Yorke confirmed the same
feoffement, and then the King chaunged the name, and called it the
Kynges manor of Westminster, and no more Yorke Place." Ed. 1809,
p. 774. Abundant proofs, however, exist in these Accounts, that it
retained the name of York Place, until the period when they close,
December, 1532.

ADDENDA.

It is stated in p. 41, that the next page, _i. e._ f. 20 of the MS. is missing: the following notes of its contents, however, occur among the extracts made from the MS. by Peter Le Neve, Norroy King of Arms, early in the last century, and which are now preserved in the Lansdowne MS. 737. It will at once be seen that Le Neve has not copied the MS. literally; and there is cause to believe, either that he has omitted a few items, or that there was a mistake in the calculation of the person to whom these Accounts were entrusted. The latter conjecture is the more probable of the two, for Le Neve seems only to have copied the most striking entries.

_F. 20 of the MS. and page 42* of this volume._

APRILL 28. To the Hen taker for his liveray
cote xx [~s].

To the Fryers of Hounslow by
way of the Kings almes xx [~s].

In reward to Mr. Bekes serv^{t}
for bringing to the king green
geese iiij [~s]. viij d.

29. To Mr. Pole the King's scolar
by his grac[s] command iij C
corons lxx [-l]i.

To Lubished for himself and a
white fryer C corons
xxiij [-l]i. vj [~s]. viij d.

APRILL 29. To Taylor serv^{t} of Lady Anne
in reward for finding a hare iij [~s]. iiij d.

To the keeper of the great gardyn
at Beaulie l [~q]rters wages
due at Easter iij [-l]i. x d. iij [-l]i. x d.

To the said gardener for bringing
herb[s] to the king vj [~s]. viij d.

30. To my lord of Rochford for ij
mewles xxij [-l]i. x [~s].

To the Ferrymen at Dochet xx [~s].

To the owner of the medow
where the Kings gueldings
ranne, in rewarde xx [~s].

To Anthony of the Tennes play
for the costes at Tennes at
Windsore and the More by
the space of xj days
iij [-l]i. xiij [~s]. iiij d.

For a dousen of Ynk hornes ij [~s].

In reward to the Marques of
Mantway's serv^{t} vj [-l]i. xiij [~s]. iiij d.

To Choristars of the College
of Wyndesor in reward for
the king[s] spurres vj [~s]. viij d.

Su[=m] sol[^c] hujus } D CCC iiij^{xx} j [-l]i.
mensis Aprilis } xviij [~s].

[Signature: Henry R]

ADDITIONAL NOTES.

Bird's meat, 66.

Hawk's meat.

Boleyn Lady Ann.

The following are all the pages in which she is mentioned, whether
as "my Lady Ann," "Lady Ann Rochford," or as the "Marchioness of
Pembroke;" 4, _bis_, 10, 13, 44, 47, 48, 50, 61, 72, 74, 88, _bis_,
90, 95, 97, _bis_, 98, 101, 108, 111, 113, 123, 128, 131, 133, 179,
183, 216, 217, 222, 223, 245, 254, 261, 267, 271, 272, 274, 275,
_bis_, 276, 277, 282, ADDENDA, p. 366.

Bonvice Anthony.

He was a "merchant stranger." "A grudge" between him and other
foreigners and some persons in London, is noticed by Hall, ed.
1809, p. 718.

Brakes.

To the other references, p. 60 should have been added.

Brereton William.

Some curious particulars of Brereton will be found in Cavendish's
_Life of Wolsey_, Ed. Singer, vol. ii. p. 34, from which it appears
that he was Gentleman of the Chamber, and Steward of the Holt in
the Marches of Wales. Cavendish says he had "by colour of justice"
produced the execution of one Eton,

"A gentleman born, that thorowghe my myght,
So shamefully was hanged upon a gallowe tree
Oonly of old rankor that roted was in me."

Buttes Dr.

It ought to have been remarked that Dr. Buttes is introduced
by Shakespeare into "Henry the Eighth." His portrait occurs in
Holbein's picture in Surgeon's Hall of Henry giving the charter to
the Company of Surgeons.--_Anecdotes of Painting._

Chartesaye.

Chelsea, in p. 309, is an error of the press: the place meant is
clearly Chertsey in Surrey.

Crane, Master William.

He was the Master of the Children of the Chapel; and in the _Book
of Quarterly Payments_, 29-33 Henry VIII. an entry occurs of money
given to him for the performance of the children, evidently in
singing before the King.

Cromer Doctor.

He is described by Cavendish as a "Scots Physician." Ed. Singer,
vol. i. p. 222. Henry gave him 100 li. by his will.

Dompne.

It has been since suggested to the Editor by very competent
authority, that "_Dompne_ was the old English word for "Dominus,"
which was often applied to a priest; and that perhaps the
equestrian was such another as Sir John Hurt, see p. 330." Upon
the correctness of this explanation he cannot however refrain from
entertaining great doubts.

Dromslade.

In the account of Queen Elizabeth's _Annual Expences_ among the
"Musicians and Players" are "_Drumsteds 3_, fee apeece 18_l._
5_s._" Dromslade is the Dutch for Drummer.

Gloves.

Gloves are thus noticed in the _Vision of Pierce Plowman_;

"Yea I have lent lords, that loved me never after
And hath made mani a knight, both mercer and draper
That payd not for his prentishod one _paire of glovis_."--p. xxiiij.

And again,

"And than gan a wastowre to wrath him and wolde have fought
And to Piers the Plowman he profer'd _his glove_."

p. xxxiij. Ed. 1550.

On New Year's day, 32 Hen. VIII. Arcangell Arcan, Gunner, made the
king a present of _perfumed gloves_, and received xx d. in reward.
_Book of Quarterly Payments_, 29-33 Hen. VIII.

Hampton Court, to the feryman at.

To the other references add pp. 26, 255.

Hasilborough, 161.

In Whittlewood forest.

Henxmen.

Besides what has been said on Henxmen or Henchmen, it may be useful
to add that "the schoolmaster for the Henxmen" formed part of the
royal establishment, and the payment of his wages occurs in the
_Book of Quarterly Payments_, 29-33 Henry VIII. Hall also speaks
of such a person: "In the laste moneth called Decembre were taken
certain traytors in the citie of Coventry, one called Fraunces
Philippe, scholemaster to the Kynges Henxmen," &c. Anno 15 Hen.
VIII. Ed. 1809, p. 673.

Howard Lord William. See "WILLIAM" infra.

Ink horns. Addenda, p. 366.

It may perhaps be worth observing, that in the inventory of the
effects of Henry V. we find "1 Penner, et ung _Ynk horn_ d'argent
dorrey, pois vj unc', pris l'uncè ij_s._ vj_d._" valued at xv_s._
_Rot. Parl._ vol. iv. p. 226. Thus it seems the word was applied
to a vessel for holding ink rather than to the material of which
it was made. Those mentioned in these Accounts must have been very
common ones, as a dozen cost only two shillings.

Kildare Earl of.

The wife of this Earl, Elizabeth, daughter of Thomas Marquess of
Dorset, received a quarterly pension from the King of 33_li._ 6_s._
8_d._ _Book of Quarterly Payments_, 29-33 Hen. VIII.

Kingston Anthony.

"Mr. Anthony Kingston, Warden of the Hawks. _Book of Quarterly
Payments_," 29-33 Hen. VIII.

Latimer Master, for preaching before the King.

It was probably to this occasion that Bishop Latimer alludes in a
Sermon preached before the Duchess of Suffolk in 1552. Speaking of
a woman who was accused of having killed her child, whom he visited
in the prison at Cambridge, and ascertained to be innocent, he
says, "Immediately after this I was called to preache before the
Kyng, whyche was my firste Sermon that I made before His Majesty,
and it was done at Windsor where His Majestye, after the Sermon was
done, did most familiarly talke with me in a gallerye. Nowe when I
sawe my tyme I kneelyd downe before His Majesty, openynge the whole
matter," &c. The story is however too long to be inserted. Fol. 14.
Printed at Aldersgate, 1584.

Molino Idrom.

Le Neve says he was an ambassador. _Lansd. MSS._ 737.

Moret Hubert.

His portrait was painted by Holbein, and engraved by Holler.
Walpole's _Anecdotes of Painting_.

Mules, 260. Addenda, p. 366.

In April, 1530, two mules cost 22_l._ 10_s._ and in September,
1532, the sum paid for three was 35_l._ Thus the price continued
very nearly the same.

Norris Sir Henry.

He was gentleman waiter to the King, and was the only person
permitted to follow him into his bedchamber. _Archæologia_, vol.
iii. p. 155. Cavendish says he was also Groom of the Stole, vol.
ii. p. 25. It would be most unjust to allude, ever so casually to
Norris, and omit to state that he was offered a pardon if he would
confess that Anne Boleyn was guilty, but that he preferred his
honour to his life.

Owche.

An _owche_ also meant bosses, buttons, clasps, or any ornamental
trinket. The custom of wearing a brooch, or some kind of ornament,
in the front of the hat, is noticed by all our old poets. See
Massinger, by Gifford, iv, 213; Jonson, do. ii. 406.--M.

Pole Mr. Addenda, p. 365.

Afterwards the celebrated Cardinal Pole, Archbishop of Canterbury.
He is said to have been allowed a large pension to enable him to
travel into Italy, but of which he was afterwards deprived. The
entry in these accounts of 70_li._ was, it is most probable, a
mere gratuity, or present, for we never find another instance of a
similar payment. As Pole was then thirty years of age, the title of
"the Kings _scholar_" is curious.

Rat-taker.

The name of the rat-taker in the 30 Hen. VIII. was John Wolley.
_Book of Quarterly Payments_, 29-32 Henry VIII.

Relick water.

It has been suggested whether Relick water was not water in which
some relicks had been immersed, with the view of giving it a
sanative quality, which was probably supposed to be imparted to
those who tasted of, or were sprinkled with it.

Removing day.

This expression was thus used by Henry the Eighth: Sir Thomas More
informed Cardinal Wolsey that he asked Henry to dispatch some
business on the day on which his letter was written; "his Grace
lawghed, and saied, Nay by my fayth, that will not be, for this is
my _removing day_ sone at New Hall." Ellis's _Original Letters_,
Second Series, vol. i. p. 293.

Rights.

Much light is thrown upon this word, by the following entry in the
_Book of Quarterly Payments_, 29-33 Hen. VIII.

"Item for the Kingis offeringe this Sonday at _taking his Rights_
in the mornyng, vj _s._ viij _d._"

Thus it was clearly connected with a religious duty, though its
precise meaning has not been ascertained. It is needless to observe
that the conjecture on the subject in p. 347 is decidedly erroneous.

Rowme or Rome.

This word is thus further illustrated: Cavendish makes Brereton say,

"Furnished with _romes_ I was by the kyng,
The best I am sewer he had in my contrie
Stewart of the Holt, a _rome_ of great wynnyng
In the marches of Wales, the which he gave to me."

And imputes to Norris the remark,

"Offices and _romes_ he gave me great plenty."

Ed. Singer, vol. ii. pp. 25, 34.

It is hence obvious that the explanation given in p. 348 is correct.

Sloppes.

This word is further elucidated by the following extract from a
letter from Richard Onslow, Recorder of London, dated in February,
1565, stating that in consequence of a recent Proclamation several
hosiers had applied to him to know whether they might "lyne a
_Sloppe hose_ not cutte in panes wyth a lynung of cotton styched
to the Sloppe, over and besydes the lynnen lynyng, and the other
lynyng straytt to the legg: whereunto upon consideracyon of the
wordes of the proclamacion I answered them all, that I thought
surely they could not: and that any loose lynyng not straytt to
the legg was not permytted, but for the lynyng of panes only, and
that the hole upper stock being in our Sloppe uncutt could not be
said to be in panes, wherewith they departed satisfyed. Sythens
which tyme dyvers of them have been wyth me and declared that for
as moche as they have refused to lyne the slopp so, their customers
have gone from them to other hosyers dwellynge without Temple Barr,
who not only have so lyned the Slopp, but also have sayd that your
Honour hath declared, that they may lawfully so doe."--Ellis's
_Original Letters_, Second Series, vol. ii. p. 307.

Skyppe Master.

A John Skyppe, clerk, was the King's almoner in the 30 Hen.
VIII.--_Book of Quarterly Payments._

Spurs to the choristers of Windsor, for the King's.

In the time of Ben Jonson, in consequence of the interruptions
to divine service occasioned by the ringing of the spurs worn
by persons walking and transacting business in Cathedrals, and
especially in St. Paul's, a small fine was imposed on them called
spur money, the exaction of which was committed to the beadles and
singing boys.--Note to Gifford's _Jonson_, vol. ii. p. 49.--M. The
custom is not yet extinct; but whether the entries referred to in
these Accounts were at all connected with it, is at least doubtful,
for it must first be shown that it prevailed at so early a period.

Tomb, the King's.

A doubt ought to have been expressed whether the payment in
question did not relate to the tomb of Henry the Seventh, though
the expression of "_the_ King's tomb" renders it more probable that
it referred to one commenced by Henry for himself.

Virginals.

This instrument, with a lady playing upon it, is given in the
series of cards so beautifully engraved by Jost Ammin: the fool is
in a ludicrous attitude in the back ground. See Singer _On Playing
Cards_, 184. Earle, in his _Microcosmography_, says, that "She,
the precise hypocrite, suffers not her daughters to learn on the
Virginals, because of their affinity with _organs_." p. 97.--M.
In the list of "Musicians and Players" in the account of Queen
Elizabeth's _Annual Expences_, p. 266, are, "Virginall players, 3,
fee apeece, 30 _li_." being nearly double as much as was allowed to
any other musician.

Waits.