Part 32

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.