Item, the same daye paied to my lorde chamberlayne, for the kinges offering at our lady in the walle at Calays, vs.

Item, the same daye paied for a bote, to bringe the kinge a'bourde and than a'lande at Calays, vs.

Item, the xiij. daye paied for bringing of the kinges stuf to the water side, and than for a bote, vs.

Item, the same daye at night delivered to the kinges grace, to playe with maister Weston at tabulles, iiijli. xiijs. iiijd.

Item, the forsaied xiij. daye paied for bringing more of the kinges stuffe to the water side, and than for a bote, iiijs. viijd.

Item, the same daye paied for a bote to bringe the king a'bourde the ship at Calays, iiijs. viijd.

Item, the xiiij. daye paied to the kinges owne handes, for his offering to our lady in the Rocke at Dover, iiijs. viijd.

Item, the xv. daye paied to Stephan Lile for commyng over from Calays to Dover, in rewarde, ixs. iiijd.

(p. 273.) Item, the [xxv.] daye paied to maister Longe for th' expenses of the fawconers and the hawkes that the Frenche king sent to the king at Calays, xlijs. viijd. (p. 275.)

An original commission under the king's sign manual, dated Calais, 4 Nov., for the officers of the Jewelhouse to impress cartes or waynes, and carte-horses or oxen, to convey, either from Dover or Sandwich, to the Tower of London, "all suche our jewels and plate as we send now at this present time from our towne of Cales, beying ther lately occupied for the affaires of us and of our derest cousin the Frenche king,"—is preserved in MS. Cotton. Titus, B. 1. p. 57.

Knightes made at Callais on Allhallowen day, Anno D'ni 1532, in the xxiiij yere of the reigne of the kinge.

(MS. Cotton. Claud. C. I. p. 115.)

Sir Thomas Darcy of Essex.

Sir Humfrey Forster of Barkshire.

Sir John Ackett of Waterton, in Irelande.

Sir George Somersett of Northampton.

Sir George Gryffith of Staffordshire.

Sir William Neweman of Northampton.

Sir Edward Aston of Staffordshire.

Sir Thomas Palmer, Capitayne of Newenham bridge, dubbed by the kinge the 10. of Novembre.

SURVEY OF DILAPIDATIONS AT CALAIS, IN 1530 OR 1531.

(MS. Cotton. Calig. E. 1. pp. 77b and 78.)

The date of this document is nearly determined by the mention it contains of accounts of 22 Hen. VIII. It shows that the public buildings and fortifications of Calais, as well as the private property within the town, were now in considerable decay, and that even the sum of 40007. was required for this object, notwithstanding the 20007. ordered, and we may suppose expended, for the like purpose in the year 1523 (as shown in p. 98). When the king visited Calais in person in 1532, he authorised very extensive repairs, of which the particulars are stated in the document which will follow the present.)

(Burnt at the head) of the com ch, right in the mydway [betwixt] that and Becham tower, conteyni[ng. . . . ] foote wherof ys fallyn downe [into the] holow, that which must be takyn dow[n at] the leest by estemacion that ys alle re[ady. . . . .]

...

Item, another warde of the southe syde of . . . which ys the vth warde from Devylyn to[wer, is] fallyn down, and must be takyn downe from... tower, conteyning in length clxxxix. foot.

Item, the wharffe from Sercher's tower to the s ... the sluse in Paradise, conteynyng in length c . . . . foote, whiche ys fallyn and fallyng down, w[hich to] remedy must be new made.

Item, the wharffe before Lanterne gate, co[nteyning] in length cclxxxvj. foote, ys downe and redy [to fall] down, and must also be new made, or ellis th[e tide] wyll aproche Lanterne gate.

Item, the hedd bytwene bothe stayres byfore the Lanterne gate, and also the pere that standeth in the Fishers gapp, must be new made also.

Item, the hole charges of bothe the wardes of the wallis fallyn down, and to be takyn down and newe made, by estimacion wolle coste above ccli. sterling, besydes stone, brykkes, and the kinges owne masons. [ . . . . . . the greate the tide] commyth sodenly and oftyn, so that the [remedy] cannot be welle had now. The carpenter

estemyth it woll spende vj. or vij. c tonnys of ty [mber,] every ton vjs. viijd. sterling, with the fraught and caryage. Summa, ccxxxiijli. vjs. viijd. sterling.

Item, the ireon workes wolbe above ccli. sterling.

Item, the see clay, which must be diggide at the flow marke without Newham brydge, and to be caride to the towne by wagons, wolbe above cli. sterling.

Item, where that opon the last warrant delyverde unto [the] surveiour, William Lambert, directide to Mr. Robert Fouler, [vice] treasourer of Calais, bering date at Ampthill the xjth day of September, to delyver unto the saide William Lambert, then employede on the kinges workes, of suche money as were than in the hands of the saide Mr. Fouler, opon his [account] for the yere ending at Myghelmas in Ano. xxijmo H. viij. alle which moneye so delyverde ys nowe clerely spent and gone opon the same, so nowe must be new warrant unto the saide Mr. Fouler for other money for these f[oresaid] workes now knowen of grete importaunce over and b[eyond] other works yet in hande, and not alle fynyshed, [as] the sluce without the Watergate, the utter [ward] at Rysebancke, and within the towne at Mylkgate, [and at] Devylyn tower with the ij. wards joynyng to him [at the] syde, with ther mownte and platforme, as hyt is . . . with also sewing and mending the bray, callyde Mr. L. . . . bray, with harde stone, and amending of the see [wall] with see turff and burras.

Item, the brydge betwene the donge [on and the] castell to be new made or emendide a

Item, the dyke of the dongeon and the

to be clensyde and new

cast, and to be am[endid] where as appereth to be nede; and also the... to be amendide rounde about in all places where nede is.

Item, the walle of the base courte round about] to be reparyde as nedith.

Item, the walle betwene the watche tow [ers] ys fallyng downe, muste nedes be amendyde [with] deligence, or ellys it wolle fall downe into the [dyke,] whiche wolbe moche more chargeable.

Item, the Shaking tower on the north-est corner of the saide castelle to

be takyn downe and brought up agayne, with bothe the ij. wardes on the no[rth] of the same castelle to be amendide where as nedith.

Item, casting of the dyke of the saide castelle woll coste cli. sterling. Item, the estimat of these other works of the same castelle wolle amounte

above cccc[li.]

DEVICE FOR THE FORTIFICATION OF CALAIS, 1532.

(MS. Cotton. Faustina, E. VII. pp. 33-38. A second copy is in the same volume, pp. 103-105.)

For Mr. Amner,* towchinge the Fortyfycacion of Cales.

A DEVYSE made by the kinges highenes at his graces being at the towne of Calis, in the xxiiijth yere of his reigne, for the fortificacion of the said towne, as hereaffter followeth :

And the said

First, to make Becham's bulwerke so massy that it be not well bateable. And from the said bulwerke north-est into the see, to the full see-marke, to make a strong bulwerke with an arche for carriage to pass under; and gates to the same, to be opened and shitt as shalbe thought good. arche to be made so as a platforme may be made thereupon. bulwerke from the arche to the sea-wardes to be rownde, and to be made that the same may beate as well into the see to the mouth of the haven, as alonges the greve to Flaunders wardes, and the way to Lantern gate.

And the said

Item, to make a travers from Becham's tower to Becham's bulwerke, with an arche for the water to passe under: the said travers to be made as well for the defense of the brais as for the covering of the sighte of the same, soo as no man shall loke nor see alonges the said brais.

Item, from the est point of Becham's bulwerke to another point that is betwene that and the drawe-bridge of the said bulwerke, to be made rownde. And the doweve† at the ende of the said brais ther to be kytt and avoyded away, soo as the said bulwerke may beate alonges the flankes to Mylke gate. And the crosse wall nowe beyng for the olde sayly to be voyded and taken away.

Item, Becham's tower to be taken downe to the too wyndose at the nether end of the iveys groyng on the same; and the said tower to be massied up

* The king's almoner at this date was Edward Lea, Wolsey's successor as archbishop of York. † dove in the second copy, at fol. 103.

i. e. sally-port. In the second copy, at fol. 103, it is written saylewe.

with lyme and sand, stone, rubishe, and chalke, and on the topp thereof to be a platfourme.

Item, the bulwarke betwene Becham's bulwerk and Milkegate to be made so highe, and the canoners therof raysed, that the same may beate as well the parke as the downes, and that there may be made upon the highte of the said bulwerke a platfourme, if nede be, with a vaund mure.*

Item, betwene Becham's tower and Dewlin's tower is vj. towers, accompting the said Becham's tower for one, wherof iij. to be made massy, and iij. open, to beate the flankes of the diche.

Item, half way betwene Becham's tower and Dewlyn's tower, within the towne, a mounte to be made of (blank) foote square, for the beating of the parke, the pawne, the downes, and the contreth† all aboutes the same.

Item, a lighte bridge to be made besides the said mounte out of the towne, as well to geve socours to the brais, as to retire oute of the same into the towne, as the case shall require.

Item, the cannoners of the newe bulwerk at Mylkegate to be raised, and the splaies thereof to be made as the kinges grace hath devised, so as the same may beate both the flankes; and the inner wall of the said bulwerke to be taken downe, so as the said bulwerke may be open to the bulwerke before the gate.

Item, the said bulwerke before the said Milkegate to be made so massy that it be not bateable, and also so highe, in maner of a platfourme, that the same may not onely cover and defend the gate, and discover and beate into and over the newe bulwerke and brais into the parke, the downes, the pawne, and the contreth ther abouts, but also to beate alonges the flankes of the said brais for the defense of the inner wall and diche.

Item, the newe bulwerke at Dewlyn‡ tower to be rased viij. foote higher, and the splaies of the same to be made as the kinges grace hath devised; and the said bulwerk to be made further into the bankes of the brais on eyther side, as the ground ther well serveth for the same; and on eyther of the said sides a newe cannoner to be made, the one to beate alonges the flankes

*An avant-mur.

+i. e. country.

In the second copy this is called Dyvelyn tower, and in the Proceedings of the Privy Council in 1541, when its repairs were proceeding, Duvelyn and Dublyn bulwerk. (Vol. vii. pp. 213, 232.) There were a Beauchamp tower and a Develyn tower at the tower of London as well as at Calais (bird's eye view, 1597), but the latter in 23 Hen. VIII. is called Robyn the Devyll's tower. (Bayley's Hist. Appx. p. ix.)