Wherof cmlxxj. yardes at iiijs. the yard, xxxiiij li. iiij s. and cmlxx. yardes iij. quarters, at iijs. viijd. the yard, xxxjli. vjs. jd.; in alle in moneye, lxvli. xs. jd. "Somme totalle of moneye paid for blakke velwette delyvered to xvj. of the seid gromys, that is to saye, to v. of theym xv. yardes, to x. of theym xv. yardes, and to one of theym ij. yardes, in alle in blakke velvette xxxij. yardes, at vij s. viij d. the yarde, xijli. vs. iiijd. "Somme totalle of money paid for cciiij.x. Millen bonnettes. Wherof delyveryd unto xlvj. of my lordes gentille menne, to cm, yomen, clerkes, and odyr, to iiijv. gromys, xxvj. abbeymenne, to x. chylder of the chapelle, to every of theym i. bonette. And M. Styward (iiij), M. Tresourer (iiij), and M. Comptroller (iiij), xij bonettes, in alle in bonettes delyvered ccmlxxix, of the whiche cciiij xx. x. bonettes ccmlxiiij. coste ijs. iijd. the pece, and xxvj. cost vs. the pece; in alle in moneye, lxiijli. xiijs. "And there remayneth yette in bonettes notte yette delyvered, xl. Millen bonettes. "SOMME totalle of moneye paid for blakke velwette, skarlette, redde cloth, and for Myllenne bonettes, as it dothe appere before in this booke, Ccxlili. iiijs. ix d., over and besides xl. markes delyvered to master Tresourer and master Comptroller for theyr lyvereys." f. 50. Here commences a fresh account, in which certain expenses, chiefly for provisions, are recorded day by day as they occur, from the 29th of July to the 4th of December. Mr. Sharon Turner, in his History of the Reign of Henry VIII. vol. i. pp. 211-213, has extracted some portions of this. It continues to the end of the volume. At the last page are these totals "Summa totalis denar' solut' per dictum dominum Itinerando per viam in isto itinere, prout particula patent antea, clxvli. viijs. viijd. "Summa totalis omnium soluc' predict' in hoc libro cont' м'm'ccciiij**vjli. xiiijs. vjd. q." That is, 2,3867. 14s. 64d., not, as Turner has it, 2,3467. 13s. 6d. A complete list of the fifty gentlemen who attended Wolsey on this occasion is supplied at f. 41, as follows Richard Page Thomas Henage CAMD. Soc. M. Fraunces Richard Pomerey John Dudley Roger Tempest William Drewry Arthur Newton Water Denys Richard Crake George Willoughby Raffe Pexall John Penyngton Thomas Tempest Antony Hansard Thomas Yorke John Eston [P. 33.] ORDER IN COUNCIL FOR THE ADVANCE OF 2000 li. FOR THE REPARATION OF CALAIS, UPON CREDIT OF THE WOOLS THERE; JULY 17, 1523. (MS. Cotton. Faust. E. vII. f. 41. On parchment.) The xvijth day of Juylle the xve, yere, &c. The kyng by th'avis of the lordes of his counsail and by th'assent of the maire and marchantz of the staple of Caleys, consideryng the greet reparacions that most of necessitee in alle. haste be maad at Caleys and in the marches there, hathe appointed therfore that of the wolles that nowe be at Caleys, wherof the king be agreement of the said maire and marchant; shal take one peny, and the marchant; an other; that is to say, after that xxmil, marc' be receyved to the kynges use of the wolles that be nowe there, and other xxmil, marc to be received to the use and disposicion of the said maire and marchantz of the same wolles there, there shal be delivered nowe anoon without delay or tarryeng by the same maire and marchantz to William Cantelowe vitailler of Caleys, wolle, suche as he wol agree him to receive, to the value of ijunil.li. after the price of wolle that goothe at the said staple. The said ij mil. li. to be employed for and aboute the necessarie reparacions of Caleys asfer as it shal mowe reche. For the whiche ij milli. worthe wolle soo to be received by the said William Cantelowe the said maire and marchantz shal haue repaiement and assignement of vs. of every xxs. assigned for every sak of wolle for the paiement of Caleys in the laste parlement holden at Westmynstre; that is to say, vs. of everyche of the said xxs. to be receyved for every sak of wolle that shal be shipped oute of Englande from Martynmasse nexte commyng forthewarde tille the said somme of ij milli. be fully repaied. And that for the deliverance of the said ij milli. worthe wolle in the manier and fourme aforesaide there shal be maad letres under the kynges prive seal to the said maire or his lieutenant, conestables, and felowship, &c. BENET. [P. 33.] THE PAINTER'S BILL FOR BANNERS, &C. FURNISHED TO THE DUKE OF SUFFOLK. (MS. Lansd. 858, f. 12b.) Parcellis of stuff made by John Browne, the kyngis paynter, for the hygh and myghtty prynce Charlis duke of Suffolke, then beyng apoyntted to be lyffetennaunt-generall of [the] Kyngis Ryall Armye in to the partyes of Fraunce in the yere of our lord God 1523, and the xx. yere of the rayne of Kyng H. viijth. Item, a standart wrowght with fyne golde and sylver, apon dowble sarsnet, and frynged with sylke, iijl. Item, ij. banners of your armys wroght with gold and sylver apone dowble sarsnet and fryngyd with sylke, vl. vjs. viijd. Item, x. gyttons of dowble sarsnet wroght with gold and sylver, and fryngyd with sylke, at viijs. iiijd. the pece, vjl. xiijs. iiijd. Item, a cote of armys wroght with fyne gold and sylver and in oyle upon dowbyll sarsnet, fryngyd with sylke, and lynyed with bokerame, for your herauld, xxvjs. viijd. Item, Iti skochyns in mettall on paper ryall with your armys, at xvjd. the pece, iiijl. vjs. viijd. Item, 1ti scochyns in coler on paper ryall with your armys, at xd. the pece, xljs. viijd. Item, ij. doseyne scochyns wroght with gold and sylver in oyle with your armys apone bokerame, at ijs. the pece, xlviijs. Item, ij. doseyne and iiij. flaggis and pencellis for your gracis caryage at xijd. the pece, xls. Browne the Paynter. Summa xxvjli. iijs. Payd 24 li. [P. 33.] KNIGHTS MADE BY THE Duke of Suffolk in France. 1523. (MS. Cotton. Claud. C. III. f. 99b.) Knightes made by my lorde of Suffolke in Fraunce at a towne called Roye in the tyme of warre, he beinge the kinges lieutenant, anno d'ni 1523, on Alhallowen day, in the 15. yere of the kinges reigne. Lord Herbert, sonne and heire to th' Erle of Worcester. Lord Powes. Sir Arthur Poole, brother to the lorde Montagu.* Sir Olyver Maners, brother to the lorde Roos. Sir Thomas Wentworthe. Sir Richard Corbett. Sir William Stourton. Sir Richard Sandes. +Sir Edmonde Beningfielde. +Sir Edward Seymour. +Sir George Warham. + Sir Walter Mantell. Sir Robert Jerningham. Item, the sayd lorde of Suffolke at the same tyme made these two knightes on the Ryver of Some. Sir John Dudley. +Sir Robert Utreight. Item, at Valenciennes the sayde lord of Suffolke made these two knightes the 3 day of December at the same tyme. Sir William Penyngton. Sir Bartholomew Tate. * Sir Geoffrey Poole was knighted by the King "at Yorke place, now called Whitehall, in the parlement tyme, Anno D'ni 1529." Ibid. p. 104. † The names marked † are accompanied in the MS. (one of Glover's) with trickings of their arms. PROCLAMATIONS RELATING TO THE GOVERNMENT OF CALAIS. Anno xiiij Henrici Octavi. A Proclamation comaunding all such persons as have the kinges protection for victualling of the towne of Caleys, speedily to send victualls thither, upon payne to forfeite their protection. (MS. Harl. 442, f. 41.) Henricus Octavus Dei gratia, &c. (to be proclaimed in London.) Forasmuch as the king our soveraigne lord hath nowe at Caleys a puissant army lying, for the victualling whereof necessarie yt is that provision from time to time be made, the kinges pleasure therefore is, that all such persons as have protections, by reason whereof they ought to provide vittailes for his said towne, shall ymediatlie provide bread, beere, and other vittailes for the same, and send them thither, upon paine of forfeiture of their said protections. And all other the kinges subjects whiche will send thither anie manner of like provision of bread, beere, and other vittailes, shall for the time of the abode of the kinges army there be discharged from payment of any manner of custome of all the said vittailes thither by them to be sent or brought. And allso the kinges counsell there being shall see all such vittailes well entreated, without exaction of any toll or custome there to be taken or exacted for the same. And that they shall have for theire vittailes such price given unto them as they may have reasonable gaine. Et hoc sub periculo, &c. (Letters patent, dated xxiiij Aug. anno regni xiv.) A Proclamation concerning such persons as have the kinges protection for vittailling of the towne of Caleys.* (MS. Harl. 442, f. 43.) Henricus Octavus, &c. (to be proclaimed in London.) Forasmuch as the king our soveraigne lord doth at this time send to Caleys a puysaunt army, for the victualling whereof necessarie yt is that provision from tyme to tyme be made, the kinges pleasure therefore is that * This Proclamation, though slightly varied in its terms, is in fact another copy of the preceding. See also Rymer's Fœdera, vol. xiii. p. 773. |