ERRATA AND ADDENDA.

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.60should have been added.

Brereton William.

Some curious particulars of Brereton will be found in Cavendish'sLife 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 treeOonly 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 theBook 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 "Dompnewas 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'sAnnual Expencesamong the "Musicians and Players" are "Drumsteds 3, fee apeece 18l.5s." Dromslade is the Dutch for Drummer.

Gloves.

Gloves are thus noticed in theVision of Pierce Plowman;

"Yea I have lent lords, that loved me never afterAnd hath made mani a knight, both mercer and draperThat payd not for his prentishod onepaire of glovis."—p. xxiiij.

And again,

"And than gan a wastowre to wrath him and wolde have foughtAnd to Piers the Plowman he profer'dhis glove."

p. xxxiij. Ed. 1550.

On New Year's day, 32 Hen. VIII. Arcangell Arcan, Gunner, made the king a present ofperfumed 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 theBook 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 ungYnk hornd'argent dorrey, pois vj unc', pris l'uncè ijs.vjd." valued at xvs.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 33li.6s.8d.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'sAnecdotes of Painting.

Mules,260. Addenda, p.366.

In April, 1530, two mules cost 22l.10s.and in September, 1532, the sum paid for three was 35l.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.

Anowchealso 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 70li.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 Kingsscholar" 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 myremoving daysone at New Hall." Ellis'sOriginal Letters, Second Series, vol. i. p. 293.

Rights.

Much light is thrown upon this word, by the following entry in theBook of Quarterly Payments,29-33 Hen. VIII."Item for the Kingis offeringe this Sonday attaking his Rightsin the mornyng, vjs.viijd."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.

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

"Item for the Kingis offeringe this Sonday attaking his Rightsin the mornyng, vjs.viijd."

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 withromesI was by the kyng,The best I am sewer he had in my contrieStewart of the Holt, aromeof great wynnyngIn the marches of Wales, the which he gave to me."

And imputes to Norris the remark,

"Offices andromeshe gave me great plenty."

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

It is hence obvious that the explanation given in p.348is 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 aSloppe hosenot 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'sOriginal 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 theringing 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'sJonson, 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 "theKing'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 SingerOn Playing Cards,184. Earle, in hisMicrocosmography, says, that "She, the precise hypocrite, suffers not her daughters to learn on the Virginals, because of their affinity withorgans." p.97.—M. In the list of "Musicians and Players" in the account of Queen Elizabeth'sAnnual Expences, p. 266, are, "Virginall players,3, fee apeece, 30li." being nearly double as much as was allowed to any other musician.

Waits.

Dr. Pettingall, in his remarks on the "Gule of August," says, "what we at present call 'the waits,' or the music on the nights of the Christmas holydays, is only a corruption of the wakes or nocturnal festivities."Archæologia, vol. ii, p. 66.

⁂ The Notes for which the Editor is indebted to Dr. Meyrick are thus marked, M*; those which he owes to the kindness of Mr. Markland thus, M.

Preface,p.ii.l.12. It ought to have been observed, that the Library of the Society of Antiquaries contains similar Accounts of the 10th, 11th, and 18th years of the reign of Edward the Second, to those of the 38th of Edward the First; but which still remain inedited.

----,p.viii.l.12, for "the leaf was" read "the leaves were."

Page9,line26, for "vlxixli.vs." read "vClxixli.vs."

---- 30,51,58, andsæpe, for "lauret" read "lanret."

—ib.—— 17, for "hoses" read "hosen."

---- 130, —— 18, add from the Lansd. MSS. 737, "Dxvjli.xvijs.vjd.ob."

---- 131, —— 24,Ibid."Delivered."

---- —— —— 25,Ibid."Anne to."

---- 160, —— 29, for "Shrobbe hauley and Wakefelde" read "Shrobbe,Hanley, and Wakefelde."

---- 307, —— 17, for "court cards" read "coatcards."

---- 311, —— 15, for "Buckman" read "Beckman."

---- 347, —— 7, for "Chatham" read "Eltham."

---- 312, —— 42, for "James" read "William."

THE END.

Thomas White, Printer, Crane Court.

Transcriber's Notes:Simple spelling, grammar, and typographical errors were corrected.Punctuation normalized.Anachronistic and non-standard spellings retained as printed.Both "expence" and "expense" were widely used. The former predominated in the original and the latter in the editors remarks. Both were left unchanged. Used "Expences" in the title as that was the spelling used on the original title page. The Library of Congress and the British Library use the modern spelling "Expenses."Inverteted asterisms are denoted by ⁂.Pages xii & xliv added missing footnote anchors.Page xxii corrected footnote numbering errors.Page 82 changed "JULY" to "OCTOBRE" to agree with previous and following pages.I & J and U & V were intermixed in the Index in the original.Corrected placement of out of order Gammage, Sir William and Stuff bought index entries.This e-text includes characters that will only display in UTF-8 (Unicode) file encoding, such as:The "LATIN SMALL LETTER P WITH FLOURISH" is denoted by ꝓ.The "LATIN SMALL LETTER IS" is denoted by ꝭ.Œ, œ ("oe" ligature)If any of these characters do not display properly, you may have an incompatible browser or unavailable fonts. First, make sure that the browser's "character set" or "file encoding" is set to Unicode (UTF-8). You may also need to change your browser's default font. The freeJunicodefont works well.

Transcriber's Notes:

Simple spelling, grammar, and typographical errors were corrected.

Punctuation normalized.

Anachronistic and non-standard spellings retained as printed.

Both "expence" and "expense" were widely used. The former predominated in the original and the latter in the editors remarks. Both were left unchanged. Used "Expences" in the title as that was the spelling used on the original title page. The Library of Congress and the British Library use the modern spelling "Expenses."

Inverteted asterisms are denoted by ⁂.

Pages xii & xliv added missing footnote anchors.

Page xxii corrected footnote numbering errors.

Page 82 changed "JULY" to "OCTOBRE" to agree with previous and following pages.

I & J and U & V were intermixed in the Index in the original.

Corrected placement of out of order Gammage, Sir William and Stuff bought index entries.

This e-text includes characters that will only display in UTF-8 (Unicode) file encoding, such as:

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