Part 24

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

Bonnets for the King, 15.

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

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

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

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

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

Bonvice Anthony, 82.

Books paid for, 18, 44.

----, Mass, 24.

The price of six Mass books with velvet to cover them was 3_l._ 11_s._

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

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

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

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

----, for printed, 101.

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

Probably for putting on clasps.

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

---- sent to the bookbinder, 255.

Bookbinder, paid the, 189.

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

Bone ----, one of the hunt, 26.

Botelles, _i. e._ Bottles to Averay of the, 9.--See Averay.

Bottle for a, to contain salad oil, 12.

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

Bourchier Sir John, 54, 231.

Apparently Lord Berners.--See Berners.

Bouilloigne Anthony, 138.

A French merchant.

Bowge Skins, for, 90.

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

Bowland, one of the stable, 17.

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

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

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

Bowman Thomas, 187.

Boworth, 270.

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

----, stone, brought, 104.

A bow for shooting stones.

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

---- fetched, 146.

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

----, paid for pelletts, _i. e._ shot for the stone, 220.

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

Bowyer the, 24, 50, 55, 180.

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

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

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

---- of the private chamber, 63.

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

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

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

Brace of dogs brought, 156.

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

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

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

Braser, for a, 46.

Worn by archers on their left arms.

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

Brawn brought, 89.

Browtherer, _i. e._ the Embroiderer's bill, 128.

Bray Lord, 20.

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

Breams brought, 62.

---- bake, brought, 32.

Breech at Woolwich. See Woolwich.

Breme Richard, 128.

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

Brereton Bryan A, 17, 74.

Brereton William, 51.

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

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

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

----, 118, 122, 132.

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

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

Briges Thomas, 249.

---- John, 171.

Broaches for, 82.

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

Broadheads for, 46.

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

Apparently, Brogborough Park, near Amphill, in Bedfordshire.

Brokes Master, 154, 155.

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

Query, if this be not intended for Brogborough Park.

Brooms brought, 159.

Brown John, a shooter, 65.

Query, a game-keeper.

Brown William, 227.

Brown ----, 115, 237.

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

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

---- John, 201.

Bruges satin, doublets of, 23.

---- for, 222.

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

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

Bryan, keeper of greyhounds, 58.

Bryce John, 155.

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

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

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

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

Buckhounds, the king's private, 19.

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

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

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

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

Buckhunts, paid to the, 254.

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

Buckingham, 157, 242.

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

Buckram for, 223, _bis_.

Buildings for the king's, 161.

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

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

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

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

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

Bukworth ----, 229.

Bulkeley Master, 151.

Bulloyne, [Bologne], 54.

Bulstrode Lady, 4, 36, 112.

Burdet William, 142, 263.

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

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

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

Bury, 81.

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

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

Bustards brought, 187.

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

Buttons of gold for caps, 25, 33.

Butts Doctor, 262.

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

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

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

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

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

Query, Byfield in Northamptonshire.

Byrch ----, 253.

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

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

Caffa white, for, 134.

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

Cage, a goshawk upon the, 16.

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

Calais, 267, _sæpe_, 269, 270, _bis_, 271, _sæpe_, 272, _sæpe_, 273, 281, 283.

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

----, a soldier of, 81.

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

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

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

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

Cambric, ells of, 84.

Cambridge, the Vice Chancellor of, 30.

John Watson.

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

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

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

Candisshe, 58.

The gardener at Wanstede.

Candles, paid for snuffers for, 108.

Candlesticks, paid for materials to make, 22.

Cane staff, a, brought, 104.

Canterbury, 266, 273, 274.

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

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

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

Capon, a fat, given, 178.

Capons brought, 50, 181, 207, 220.

Caps. See Night and Riding.

---- for, 33, 283.

---- for the riding boys, 101.

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

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

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

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

Cardinal, a servant of the, 103.

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

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

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

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

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

Cardinal, paid for silk, for the, 116.

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

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

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

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

Carew Sir Nicholas, 119, _bis_.

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

---- Lady, 6.

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

---- labour, for, 234.

Carpes brought, 62, 74, 100, 267.

Carriage the, that came from Oxford, 3.

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

Carriage of deer, for the, 19.

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

---- of boys to Bury, 81.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

---- John, 41.

Cast of Lanretts brought, 141, 149.

A cast of lannerets, is a couple or set of hawks.--_See Lannerett, infra._

---- of Falcons brought, 198.

A couple of falcons.

Catalogue of books brought, 89. See Books.

Cavalcant John, apparently a merchant, 144, 198.

Cawsham Park, to the keeper of, 249.

Caversham Park, in Oxfordshire.

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

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

Cele, _vide_ Seal.

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

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

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

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

Chadwyke Peter, embroiderer, 103.

Chain, for a gold, 103.

----, for a, 268.

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

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

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

Chambers Doctor, 194, 243.

A Physician.

Chancellor of France, 48.

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

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

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

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

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

The surplices, vestments, &c.

---- men, to the, 149.

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

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

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

Chariot horses, brought, 103.

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

Charity, _vide_ Alms.

Chartesaye, _i. e._ Chelsea, 77, 148, _bis_, 253.

Chamley Master, 280.

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

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

Chelsea, _vide_ Chartesaye.

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

Cheses, Lanthony brought, 220.

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

Chess tables and men, 81.

Chest, paid for a, 138, 234.

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

Cheyney John, 46.

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