Add MS 5750

Contents:

f. 1r: Section title-page in 19th-century hand: Lord Steward and Lord Chamberlain of the Household, Master of the Horse Pavilions, Tents, and Toyles.

f. 2r: Section title-page in 19th-century hand: Lord Steward's Department and Cofferer of the Household.

f. 3r: Receipt of £5,843 11s. 6 1/4d. from Nicholas Brigham to George Bredyman raised on the lay subsidy to be paid over to Thomas Wood, for the full payment of the surplus of Sir Richard Freston, late Cofferer of the Queen's Household, 3 Aug 1558.

f. 4r: Supplies (victuals and coals) for household servants, 23 Jan-5 Feb 1644, with the receipt of John Brabant for the same.

f. 5r: Order by the Council of State to supply Nicholas Bond to provide diet for the Danish Ambassador and his attendants, Whitehall, 18 May 1652.

f. 6r: Order to pay Richard Dalton, the King's Serjeant of the Cellar, £48 for lodging the King from 16 Aug 1660-18 Jul 1661, 22 Jul 1661. Signed by Edward Montagu, 2nd Earl of Manchester.

ff. 7r-v: Warrant under the sign manual and signet of King James I to Sir Lionel Cranfield, Master of the Great Wardrobe, to continue the livery granted as to Haunce [?Hans] Popleman as master cook to the late Queen Anne, 26 Nov 1619.

f.8r: Letter of William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley to the Master of the Wardrobe, for continuation of payment of 49s for one year's livery for the past and another for the present, to John Covell of the Orchard and Garden at Richmond, from the Court, 22 Apr 1588.

f. 9r: Section heading in 19th-Century hand: Lord Chamberlain with the Officers in his Department.

ff. 10r-v: Warrant under the sign manual and signet of King James I to James, Lord Hay, Master of the Great Wardrobe, for delivery now and each year of stuff at Christmas for the livery of William Herbert, 3rd Earl of Pembroke, Lord Chamberlain, Westminster Palace, 10 Jan 1616. Countersigned Hay.

ff. 11r-v: Warrant of Queen Elizabeth I to Sir Francis Knollys, now Treasurer of our Household and late Treasurer of the Chamber, to pay to Thomas Heneage, current Treasurer of the Chamber, the sum of our money and treasure still in his hands, Hampton Court, 10 May 1578.

f. 12r: Warrant for grant of £266 for reimbursement of expenses of John Pey and Robert Paddon, Clerks to Sir William Uvedale, Treasurer of the Chamber, arising from moves of King Charles I to avoid infection (the plague), May 1636-Jan 1637, Whitehall, 30 Jun [1637].

ff. 13r-v: Warrant under the sign manual of Queen Anne to allow Lord Edward Russell, late Treasurer of the Chamber, to allow £50 per annum paid to John Holbech, a Clerk in his office, St James, 10 Jan 1704. Counter-signed by Godolphin and directed to Brooke Bridges, Auditors of Imprests.

f. 14r Bill due to Richard Brackenburye, Gentleman Usher, and his assistants for making ready a dining house for Queen Elizabeth I at Stockwell, authorized by Henry Carey, 1st Baron Hunsdon, Jul 1588 (individual payments or invoice attached, f. 14.1)

f. 15r: Bill due to Richard Brackenburye, Gentleman Usher, and his assistants for making ready a standing house at Mr Townsend's for Queen Elizabeth I at Stockwell, authorized by Henry Carey, 1st Baron Hunsdon, Apr 1588 (individual payments or invoice attached, f. 15.1).

ff. 16r-v: Warrant under the sign manual and signet of King James I, to James Lord Hay, Master of the Great Wardrobe, to pay to Christopher Villiers, esquire, Groom of the Bedchamber, £40 per annum in lieu of livery, 26 Feb 1617.

ff. 17r-18v: Warrant under the sign manual and signet of King James I to William Feilding, 1st Earl of Denbigh, to deliver to Richard Turpin, Groom of the Bedchamber, certain quantities of stuff for a cloak, doublet and hose, 10 Dec 1622.

ff. 19r-v: Warrant, under the sign manual of King James I to deliver annually to John Lepton, esquire, Groom of the Privy Chamber, certain parcels of stuff for his livery, Winchester, 20 Oct 1603.

ff. 20r-v: Warrant under the sign manual and signet of King James I to James, Lord Hay, Master of the Great Wardrobe, to deliver to Robert Maule, Groom of the Privy Chamber, certain portions of stuff for his livery.13 Jul 1618.

ff. 21r-v: Warrant under the sign manual and signet of King James I to Sir Roger Aston, Master of the Great Wardrobe, to Beavis Thelwall, certain parcels of stuff for his winter livery, 27 Nov 1606. Countersigned by Aston.

ff. 22r-v: Warrant under the sign manual and signet of King James I to James, Lord Hay, Master of the Great Wardrobe, to deliver to Adam Hill, Page of the Bedchamber, parcels of stuff for his summer livery, Westminster Palace,10 Jul 1616.

f. 23r: Bill of William Calderwood and Thomas Johnson, Sewers of the Chamber, for allowance for waiting on William III, Prince of Orange and the Dutch nobility at Whitehall, 1677.

f. 24r: Warrant to Sir Edward Griffin, Treasurer of the Chamber, to pay William Calderwood and Thomas Johnson £40 for their attendance on William III, Prince of Orange, 18 Dec 1677. Countersigned by Arlington. With Calderwood's and Johnson's receipt.

ff. 25r-v: Certificate of the death of John Boras, Yeoman of the Chamber, on 23 Mar 1569, 2 May 1569.

f. 26r: Certificate of the death of William Payne, Yeoman of the Chamber, 4 Apr 1568.

f. 27r: Warrant to Sir Edward Griffin, Treasurer of the Chamber, to pay to William Cotton, Harbinger, £230 9s 0d for lodgings for Mary, Princess Royal of Orange and her servants for 10 weeks, 14 Mar 1661. Signed by Edward Montagu, 2nd Earl of Manchester.

ff. 28r-v: Warrant to Sir Edward Griffin, Treasurer of the Chamber, to pay to Thomas Lisle, one of the King's Barbers, £360, 24 Sep 1675. With his receipt.

ff. 29r-v: Warrant to Sir Edward Griffin, Treasurer of the Chamber, to pay to Raphael Folliard, one of the King's Barbers, £360, 24 Sep 1675. With his receipt.

ff. 30r-v: Certificate of the appointment of William Coxe alias Bailye of St Mary Overies [i.e. St Saviour, Southwark], as an Ordinary Waterman, 6 June 1569.

ff. 31r-v: Certificate of the appointment of Edward Adison of St Mary Overies, Southwark, as ordinary Waterman, 6 June 1569. Signed 'W. Howard'.

ff. 32r-v: Warrant under the sign manual and signet of Queen Elizabeth I to John Fortescue, Master of the Great Wardrobe, to deliver to 'o[u]r deare & wellbeloved woman Ipolita the Tartarian' certain parcels of apparel, 16 Jun 1564.

ff. 33r-v: Warrant under the sign manual and signet of King James I to James, Lord Hay, Master of the Great Wardrobe, to deliver to Archibald Armstrong [court jester] a coat, velvet and gold lace against the marriage of the Princess Elizabeth, 10 Feb 1613.

f. 34r: Warrant to Sir Edward Griffin to pay to Bridget Rumney, Strewer of Herbs, £6 for 6 months, 9 Oct 1663. Signed by Edward Montagu, 2nd Earl of Manchester. With her receipt, and mark, 14 Oct 1663, at the bottom.

ff. 35r-v: Warrant, under the sign manual and signet of of King Charles II, to Ralph Montagu, Master of the Great Wardrobe, to deliver to Eleanor Wall, Laundress, certain parcels of stuff for her livery, Westminster Palace, 10 Nov 1680. Counter-signed by Arlington.

f. 36r: Section title-page in 19th-century hand: Royal chapels, and closets for divine services, Lord Almoner, Maundy, and other alms, ranged and placed in the Department of the Lord Chancellor.

f. 37r: Section title-page in 19th-century hand: Royal Chapels and Closets for Divine Service.

ff. 38r-v: Warrant, under the sign manual and signet of Queen Elizabeth I, to Sir John Mason, Treasurer of the Chamber, to Richard Jugge, printer, certain sums for books delivered by him for the use of the Chapel, Greenwich, 22 Jul 1560. The books and prices are itemized: they include one great Bible, 2 lesser Bibles, 6 service books and 36 psalters.

ff. 39r-v: Warrant, under the sign manual and signet of Queen Elizabeth I, to Sir John Fortescue, Master of the Great Wardrobe, to deliver to Raphe Fletcher, Serjeant of the Vestry, certain parcels of stuff for the use of the Chapel, Westminster Palace, 4 Apr 1595. The warrant itemizes the cloths, textile, books and other impedimenta to be provided. The warrant itemizes the cloths, textile, books and other impedimenta to be provided.

ff. 40r-v: Warrant, under the sign manual and signet of Queen Elizabeth I, to Sir John Fortescue, Master of the Great Wardrobe, to deliver to John Thornborroughe, Clerk of the Closet, certain parcels of stuff for the use of the Closet, 4 Apr 1595. The warrant itemizes the cloths, textile, books and other impedimenta to be provided.

ff. 41r-v: Warrant, under the sign manual and signet of Queen Elizabeth I, to Sir John Fortescue, Master of the Great Wardrobe, to deliver to John Thornborroughe, Clerk of the Closet, certain parcels of stuff for the use of the Closet, 11 Oct 1601. The warrant itemizes the cloths, textile, books and other impedimenta to be provided.

ff. 42r: Warrant under the sign manual of King James I to deliver to Thomas Patten, Clerk of the Closet to Queen Anne, certain parcels of stuff, Westminster, 14 May 1604.

ff. 43r-v: Warrant under the sign manual of King James I to deliver to Thomas Patten, Clerk, certain parcels for the use of the Queen's Closet, Wilton, 6 Dec 1603. The warrant itemizes the cloths, textile, books and other impedimenta to be provided.

ff. 44r-v: Warrant under the sign manual and signet of Queen Elizabeth I to Sir Thomas Heneage, Treasurer of the Chamber, to pay £133 6s 8d to Richard Bancroft, Bishop of London, Chief Almoner, or John Dixe, Sub-Almoner, for alms on Maundy Thursday, Good Friday and Easter Week, 11 Apr 1595. With receipt of John Dix.

ff. 45r-46v: Warrant under the sign manual of King Charles I to Sir William Uvedale , Treasurer of the Chamber, to pay £30 to the Gentlemen of the Chapel Royal as a gift towards their feast, our camp, 18 Jun 1639. With receipt signed by John Cobe and Richard Portman.

f. 47r: Section title-page in 19th-century hand: Maundy and other royal Alms.

ff. 48r-v: Warrant under the sign manual and signet of Queen Elizabeth I to Sir John Mason, Treasurer of the Chamber, to pay to the Bishop of Rochester, Lord Almoner, or to Sir Thomas Norleye, Sub-Almoner, 200 marks, by way of alms, on Maundy Thursday, Good Friday and Easter Week, Windsor Castle, 10 Mar 1564. With the receipt from Thomas Norley.

ff. 49r-v: Warrant under the sign manual and signet of Queen Elizabeth I to Sir Thomas Heneage, Treasurer of the Chamber, to pay £133 6s 8d to John Piers, Bishop of Salisbury, Chief Almoner, for alms on Maundy Thursday, Good Friday and Easter Week, 9 Apr 1587. Countersigned Windebank and with the Bishop's (?) receipt verso. The Bishop's signatures has been cut away.

ff. 50r-51r: Warrant under the sign manual and signet of Queen Elizabeth I to Sir John Fortescue, Master of the Great Wardrobe, to deliver certain parcels of stuff (itemized) for the use of the Maundy for Maundy Thursday to Sir Thomas Gorges, Gentleman of the Wardrobe of Robes, Westminster Palace, 12 Apr 1595.

ff. 52r-v: Warrant under the sign manual and signet of Queen Elizabeth I to William Killigrew, Groom of the Privy Chamber, to pay £133 6s 8d to Richard Bancroft, Bishop of London, Chief Almoner, or John Dixe, Sub-Almoner, for alms on Maundy Thursday, Good Friday and Easter Week, Greenwich, 5 Apr 1596. With receipt of John Dix.

ff. 53r-v: Warrant under the sign manual and signet of Queen Elizabeth I to Sir John Stanhope, Treasurer of the Chamber, to pay £133. 6s. 8d. to Anthony, Bishop of Chichester, Chief Almoner, or Edmund Muns, Sub-Almoner, to be given as alms on Maundy Thursday, Good Friday and Easter Week, Richmond, 14 Mar 1600. With Muns's receipt.

ff. 54r-55v: Warrant under sign manual of King James I to Sir John Fortescue, Master of the Great Wardrobe, to provide linen, cloth and shoes to our Almoner, the Bishop of Chichester, for 36 poor men for Maundy Thursday, Westminster Palace, 5 Apr 1603.

ff. 56r-v: Warrant under sign manual and signet of King James I to Sir George Home, Master of the Great Wardrobe, to deliver to Robert Jossie, Groom of the Wardrobe of Robes itemized parcels of stuff for 37 poor men on Maundy Thursday, Westminster Palace, 26 Mar 1604.

ff. 57r-58r: Warrant under signal manual and signet of King James I to Sir Roger Aston, Master of the Great Wardrobe, to deliver to Lord Hay, gentleman of the Wardrobe of Robes, to deliver parcels of clothing and other stuff (itemized) for the poor on Maundy Thursday, Westminster Palace, 22 Mar 1607.

ff. 59r-v: Warrant under signal manual and signet of King James I to Sir Roger Aston, Master of the Great Wardrobe, to deliver to Lord Hay, gentleman of the Wardrobe of Robes, to deliver parcels of clothing and other stuff (itemized) for the poor on Maundy Thursday, Westminster Palace, 21 Mar 1609.

ff. 60r-v: Warrant under the sign manual and signet of King James I to Sir Lionel Cranfield, Master of the Great Wardrobe, to deliver to James Hay, Lord Hay & Viscount Doncaster, Gentleman of the Wardrobe of Robes, certain (itemized) stuff for the Maundy, Palace of Westminster,12 Mar 1621.

ff. 61r-v: Warrant under the sign manual of King Charles I to deliver to Robert Jossy, Yeoman of the Wardrobe, certain parcels of stuff (itemized) for the use of the Maundy, 28 Feb 1627.

ff. 62r-v: Warrant under the sign manual and signet of King Charles I to Sir William Uvedale, Treasurer of the Chamber, to deliver to George Mountain [Montaigne], Bishop of London, Chief Almoner, or to Dr Thomas Wilson, Sub-Almoner, £133 6s 8d for alms on Maundy Thursday, Good Friday and Easter Week, 20 Feb 1628. With Wilson's receipt, 20 Mar 1628.

ff. 63r-v: Warrant under the sign manual and signet of King Charles I to Sir William Uvedale, to deliver to Francis White, Bishop of Ely, Chief Almoner, or to Dr Roberts, Sub-Almoner, £133 6s 8d for alms on Maundy Thursday, Good Friday and Easter Week, 8 Feb 1637. With receipt.

ff. 64r-v: Warrant under the sign manual of Queen Anne to John, Viscount Fitzharding, Treasurer of the Chamber, to pay to the almoners £179 15s. for alms for one quarter of a year, 12 Feb 1703. Countersigned by Godolphin.

f. 65r: Section title-page in 19th-century hand: Master of the Revels, in the Lord Chamberlain's Department.

ff, 66r-67v: Warrant under the sign manual and signet of Queen Elizabeth I to George Bredyman, Keeper of the Standing Wardrobe in the Palace of Westminster, to deliver to Sir Thomas Benger, Master of the Revels, certain listed parcels of stuff for the making of masqueing garments, 10 Dec 1560.

f. 68r: Paper containing an account of costumes worn by six Ladies and Lords in a masque. Signed by John Tamworth, Groom of the Privy Chamber, n.d [1559-1569]. At the foot is noted: 'Worne owte at Richemonde in the prices Service and Geven awaye to straungers being olde stuffe and translated iij or iiij tymes before'.

f. 69r: Letter from [?] Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester to George Bredyman, authorising him to deliver, without a warrant, certain parcels of stuff to the Master of the Revels, 7 Jan 1579.

f. 70r: Letter from T. Blagrave, Edward Buggyn and Walter Fyshe (Tailor to Queen Elizabeth I) to George Bredyman, asking him to send a piece of black and silver stuff, St John of Jerusalem [i.e. the Revels Office in the old Priory Buildings of St John's in Clerkenwell, 10 Jan 1579.

ff. 71r-72v: Warrant, under the sign manual and signet of Queen Elizabeth I, to George Bredyman to deliver to the Officers of the Revels certain parcels of cloth of gold and silver, Richmond, 7 Jan 1579.

f. 73r: Section title-page in 19th-century hand: Royal band of Musicians with Trumpeters and Drummers.

ff. 74r-75v: Warrant under the sign manual and signet of Queen Elizabeth I, to Sir John Mason, Treasurer of the Chamber, to pay to Francisco de Venetia, violin, £15 for a set of viols, Windsor Castle, 31 Oct 1563. With receipt.

ff. 76r-v: Warrant under sign manual and signet of Queen Elizabeth I to Sir John Stanhope, Treasurer of the Chamber, to Thomaso Lupo, violin, wages of 20d per day, and £16 2s 6d by the year for his livery, Westminster Palace, 17 Nov 1599.

ff. 77r-v: Names of four musicians in ordinary at £40 per annum: John Banister, George Bingham, Robert Carr and William Clayton, n.d. [reign of William III].

ff. 78-v: Warrant under sign manual and signet of King Charles I to Sir William Uvedale, Treasurer of the Chamber, to pay Robert Dowland, appointed musician in ordinary for the consort in place of his father Dr [John] Dowland, deceased, the wages of 20d a day and £16 2s 6d per annum for his livery, 26 Apr 1626.

ff. 79r-v: Warrant under sign manual and signet of King Charles I to Sir William Uvedale, Treasurer of the Chamber, to pay Stephen Nau, composer for violins, annual wage of 40 marks, and £16 2s 6d for his livery, 22 Nov 1628. Countersigned by Montgomery, Lord Chamberlain, and Windebank his deputy.

ff. 80r-v: Warrant under the sign manual and signet of Queen Elizabeth I to Sir John Stanhope, Treasurer of the Chamber, to pay to trumpeters John Reyley and Griffin Martin 4d a day each, and to Marc Bailman 8d per day among them, in increase of their wages, Richmond, 2 Feb 1600.

ff. 81r-v: Warrant under sign manual and signet (the latter broken off) of King James I to Sir John Fortescue to deliver to Benedict Browne, serjeant trumpeter, and 16 other trumpeters, certain parcels of stuff for their liveries, Greenwich, 22 Jun 1603.

ff. 82r-v: Warrant under sign manual and signet of King James I to Sir Roger Aston to deliver to Adam Smetheman, trumpeter to Prince Henry, certain parcels of stuff (itemized) for his livery, Greenwich, 12 Aug 1606. Countersigned by the Earl of Suffolk, Lord Chamberlain, and Sir Roger Aston.

ff. 83r-v: Warrant under sign manual and signet of King James I to Sir Roger Aston to deliver to Randolph Floud, appointed trumpeter in the place of Archibald Sym, deceased, certain parcels of stuff (itemized) for his livery, Westminster Palace, 18 May 1607. Countersigned by the Earl of Suffolk and Sir Roger Aston.

ff. 84r-v: Warrant under sign manual and signet of Sir John Stanhope, Treasurer of the Chamber, to pay to William Allen, appointed trumpeter, wages of 16d per day, Westminster Palace, 17 Feb 1617. Countersigned by the Earl of Pembroke, Lord Chamberlain.

ff. 85r-v: Warrant under sign manual and signet of King Charles I to Sir William Uvedale, Treasurer of the Chamber, to pay Josias Broome, serjeant trumpeter, the wages of 16d per day, Westminster Palace, 10 Mar 1626. Countersigned by Francis Galle.

ff. 86r-v: Warrant under sign manual and signet of King Charles I to Sir William Uvedale, Treasurer of the Chamber, to pay William Marre, trumpeter, wages of 16d per day, 12 Mar 1626. Countersigned by Windebank.

ff. 87r-v: Warrant under sign manual and signet of King Charles I to Sir William Uvedale, Treasurer of the Chamber, to pay John Holeman, appointed trumpeter in ordinary in the place of Roger Barefield, deceased, wages of 16d per day, 13 Mar 1626. Countersigned by R. Kirkham.

ff. 88r-v: Warrant under sign manual and signet of King Charles I to Sir William Uvedale, Treasurer of the Chamber, to pay Edward Juxe, appoined trumpeter in ordinary in the place of John Holeman, payment of 8d per day, Westminster Palace, 22 Mar 1626, Countersigned by R. Kirkham.

ff. 89r-v: Warrant under sign manual and signet of King Charles I to Sir William Uvedale, Treasurer of the Chamber, to pay Peter Jones, appointed trumpeter in ordinary in the place of Griffith Martin, deceased, wages of 16d per day, Salisbury, 7 Oct 1625. Countersigned by Francis Galle.

ff. 90r-v: Warrant under sign manual and signet of King Charles I to Sir William Uvedale, Treasurer of the Chamber, to pay William Ramzey, appointed trumpeter in ordinary in the place of John Ramsey, deceased, wages of 16d per day, Westminster Palace, 8 May 1626. Countersigned by R. Kirkham.

ff. 91r-v: Warrant under sign manual and signet of King Charles I to Sir William Uvedale, Treasurer of the Chamber, to pay Edward Juxe, appointed master trumpeter in the place of John Holman deceased, wages of 16d per day, Westminster Palace, 22 Oct 1626. Juxe was formerly on half-pay. Countersigned by the Earl of Montgomery, Lord Chamberlain, and R Kirkham.

ff. 92r-v: Warrant under sign manual and signet of King Charles I to Sir William Uvedale, Treasurer of the Chamber, to pay to Cuthbert Collins, trumpeter, currently on half-wages, to be paid 16d per day (in the place of Robert Broome, deceased), 4 Nov 1626. Countersigned by the Earl of Montgomery and Francis Galle.

f. 93r: Bill for £27 12s 0d from Robert Ramsey, Randall Floyde and Richard Stock, trumpeters in ordinary, for attending King Charles I, 1 Oct - 31 Dec 1636, allowed by the signatures of Philip, 4th Earl of Pembroke and 1st Earl of Montgomery, Sir William Uvedale and Ja. Cleghorne.

f. 94r: Warrant to Edward Montagu, 1st Earl of Sandwich, Master of the Great Wardrobe, to provide mouring suits and cloaks and plain black coats for the Serjeant Trumpeter, 16 trumpeters and a kettle-drummer, mourning suits (on occasion of the death of the Dowager Duchess of Savoy), 19 Jan 1664. Signed by Edward Montagu, 2nd Earl of Manchester.

f. 95r: Section title-page in 19th-century hand: Captains and Yeomen of the Guard, Establishments and Wages, Livery Coats, Watching Liveries; serving in departments above stairs in the Departments of the Lord Chamberlain.

f. 96r: Section title-page in 19th-century hand: Yeomen of the Guard, Establishments and wages, with the Superannuation Fund.

f. 97r: Receipt from John Hoo, servant to the Vice-Chamberlain, to George Bredyman, Groom of the Privy Chamber, for the sum of £792 to be paid to King Philip's Guard, for their wages, 18 Jul 1558.

f. 98r: Certificate of the death and burial of Thomas ap David Lloid, alias Thomas Floyd, Yeoman of the Guard (on 18 and 19 May 1569), 28 Jun 1569. Signed by two Caernarfonshire JPs and E. Wyngate, Clerk of the Cheque of the Guard.

f. 99r: Letter of attorney from Elizabeth Floyd, widow of Thomas Floyd, appointing Hugh Floyd of the Guard and Thomas Williams her attorneys, to receive the monies due to her late husband as Yeoman of the Guard, 28 Jun 1569.

ff. 100r-v: Warrant under the sign manual of Queen Anne to John Berkeley, 4th Viscount Fitzhardinge, Treasurer of the Chamber, for the payment of £2865 to the Yeomen of the Guard, for one half-year's attendance, St James, 5 Feb 1703. Countersigned Godolphin.

f. 101r: Warrant under the sign manual of Queen Anne to John Berkeley, 4th Viscount Fitzhardinge, Treasurer of the Chamber, for the payment of £588 12s. 6d. to the Clerks of the Cheque, Messengers and Grooms of the Great Chamber, for one quarter's attendance, St James, 27 Mar 1703. Countersigned Godolphin.

ff. 102r-v: Warrant under the sign manual and signet of King Charles I to Sir William Uvedale to pay 30 superannuated Yeomen of the Guard their wages, Whitehall, 10 Oct 1627.

f. 103r: Section-title in 19th-century hand: Yeomen of the Guard, Livery Coats and Watching Liveries.

ff. 104r-v: Warrant under the sign manual and signet of Queen Elizabeth I to John Fortescue, Master of the Great Wardrobe, to deliver to Thomas Ludwell, tailor, 306 1/4 yards black Lukes velvet, for making of livery coats for the Yeomen of the Chamber, the Yeomen of our Robes, the Yeomen Warders of the Tower of London, and Ralph Golborne, extraordinary yeoman (in all, 195 yeomen), Greenwich, 2 June 1573. Countersigned by Sir Christopher Hatton and E. Wyngate.

105r-v: Warrant under the sign manual and signet of Queen Elizabeth I to John Fortescue, Master of the Great Wardrobe, to deliver to Thomas Ludwell, tailor, 308 yards black Lukes velvet, for making of livery coats for the Yeomen of the Chamber and other Yeomen (in all 196), Greenwich, 4 Aug 1581.

ff. 106r-v: Warrant under the sign manual and signet of Queen Elizabeth I to John Fortescue, Master of the Great Wardrobe, to deliver to John Dansone, tailor, 308 yards black two-pile velvet, for making of livery coats for the Yeomen of the Chamber and others (in all 196), Greenwich, 15 Jul 1598.

ff. 107r-v: Warrant under the sign manual of King James I to deliver to William Lambe, tailor, 88 yards of two-piled velvet, to be employed in guarding the coats of the Messengers, Westminster Palace, 17 Sep 1623.

ff. 108r-v: Warrant under the sign manual and signet of King Charles I to William Feilding, 1st Earl of Denbigh, Master of the Great Wardrobe, to deliver to William Lambe, tailor, 525 1/2 yards of black two-piled velvet, for guarding the coats of the Yeomen Ushers and other Yeomen (in all, 250 persons), Palace of Westminster, 27 May 1625. Countersigned Ro. Cocke.

ff. 109r-v: Warrant under the sign manual and signet of King Charles I to William Feilding, 1st Earl of Denbigh, Master of the Great Wardrobe, to deliver to William Lambe, tailor, 525 1/2 yards of black two-piled velvet, for making the coats of the Yeomen and Messengers of the Chamber and others (in all, 250 persons), Westminster Palace, 6 Jun 1625. Countersigned Ro Cocke.

ff. 110r-111v: Warrant under the sign manual of Queen Elizabeth I to John Fortescue to pay to Edward Wyngate, Clerk of the Cheque of the Guard, £221 for watching liveries for the Captain, Yeoman, Grooms and Pages of the Chamber, a list of whom is annexed (in all 207 persons, plus Sir Francis Knollys Treasurer of the Household), Greenwich, 24 Nov 1571.

ff. 112r-113v: Warrant under the sign manual of Queen Elizabeth I to John Fortescue to pay to Edward Wyngate, Clerk of the Cheque of the Guard, £221 for watching liveries for the Captain, Yeoman, Grooms and Pages of the Chamber, Greenwich, 8 Nov 1586. The officers are listed: 207 persons plus Sir Christopher Hatton, Vice-Chamberlain and Captain of the Guard.

ff. 114r-v: Warrant under the sign manual of Queen Elizabeth I to John Fortescue to pay to Edward Wyngate, Clerk of the Cheque of the Guard, £222 for watching liveries for the Captain, Yeoman, Grooms and Pages of the Chamber (listed: in all 208 plus Sir Walter Ralegh, Captain of the Guard), Westminster Palace, 7 Apr 1592.

ff. 115r-116r: Warrant under the sign manual of Queen Elizabeth I to Sir John Fortescue to pay to Robert Seale, Clerk of the Cheque, £224 for watching liveries for the Captain, Yeoman, Grooms and Pages of the Chamber (listed: in all 210 persons plus Sir Walter Ralegh, Captain of the Guard), Westminster Palace, 26 Jan 1599. Countersigned W. Ralegh and R. Seall.

ff. 117r-v: Warrant under the sign manual of Queen Elizabeth I to Sir John Fortescue to pay £223 to Robert Seale, Clerk of the Cheque, for watching liveries for the Captain, Yeoman, Grooms and Pages of the Chamber (listed: 209 persons plus Sir Walter Ralegh, Captain of the Guard), Westminster Palace, 24 Nov 1602. Countersigned R. Seall.

ff. 118r-v: Warrant and sign manual of King James I to Sir George Hume, Master of the Great Wardrobe, to pay to Robert Seale, Clerk of the Cheque, £240 for watching liveries for the Captain, Yeoman, Grooms and Pages of the Chamber (listed: 226 persons plus Sir Thomas Erskine, Captain of the Guard), Wilton, 26 Oct 1603. Countersigned R. Seall.

ff. 119r-v: Warrant and sign manual of King James I to Sir Lionel Cranfield, Master of the Great Wardrobe, to deliver to Robert Cocke, Clerk of the Cheque of our Guard, 437 1/2 yards of black two-piled velvet, for guarding the coats of the Yeomen Ushers and others (amounting to 250 persons), Westminster Palace, 31 May 1620. Countersigned Robert Cocke.

f. 120r: Section-title in 19th-century hand: Yeomen of the Guards, Arms, Halberds, Javelins, Bows and Arrows.

ff. 121r-v: Warrant under the sign manual and signet of Queen Elizabeth I to Ambrose Dudley, Earl of Warwick, Master of the Ordnance, to deliver to Edward Wingate, 131 livery bows, and 11 gilt javelins, for the furniture of the Guard, Greenwich, 19 Jun 1754. Countersigned by Sir Christopher Hatton and Edward Wyngate, with the latter's receipt.

ff. 122r-v: Warrant under the sign manual and signet of Queen Elizabeth I to Ambrose Dudley, Earl of Warwick, Master of the Ordnance, to deliver to Edward Wingate, 136 livery bows, 7 gilt javelins and 10 gilt halberds, for the use of the Guard, 13 July 1579. Countersigned E. Wyngate. With receipt.

ff. 123r-v: Warrant under the sign manual and signet of Queen Elizabeth I to Ambrose Dudley, Earl of Warwick, Master of the Ordnance, to deliver to Edward Wingate, 136 livery bows and 7 gilt javelins, Greenwich, 7 Jul 1582. With receipt.

ff. 124r-v: Warrant under the sign manual and signet of Queen Elizabeth I to Ambrose Dudley, Earl of Warwick, Master of the Ordnance, to deliver to Edward Wingate, 136 livery bows, 7 gilt javelins and 10 gilt halberds, Greenwich, 9 Jun 1583. Countersigned by Sir Christopher Hatton and E. Wyngate. With receipt.

ff. 125r-v: Warrant under the sign manual and signet of Queen Elizabeth I to Ambrose Dudley, Earl of Warwick, Master of the Ordnance, to deliver to Edward Wingate, 136 bows, 7 gilt javelins and 10 gilt halberds, Nonsuch, 20 Jul 1584.

ff. 126r-v: Warrant under sign manual and signet of Queen Elizabeth I to Thomas Heneage, Treasurer of the Chamber, to deliver to John Smythe, our fletcher, £36 to deliver to the Guard 135 sheafs of arrows, Greenwich, 23 Jun 1577. With Smythe's receipt.

ff. 127r-v: Warrant under sign manual and signet of King James I to John Stanhope, 1st Baron Stanhope, Treasurer of the Chamber, to pay to John Powell, our fletcher, £53 6s 8d for 200 sheafs of arrows (with cases and girdles) for our Guard, Greenwich, 30 Jun 1606. With Powell's receipt.

ff. 128r-v: warrant under sign manual and signet of King James I to Sir William Uvedale, Treasurer of the Chamber, to pay John Powell, our fletcher, £53 6s 8d for 200 sheafs of arrows (with cases and girdles) for our Guard, 27 Mar 1618. With Powell's receipt.

f. 129r: Section-title in 19th-century hand: Master of the Horse, and other officers of the Royal Stables, with the furniture of them.

f. 130r: List of officers of the Royal Stable, 1544.

ff. 131r-132v: Warrant under the sign manual and signet of Queen Elizabeth I to George Bredyman, Keeper of the Wardrobe and Palace of Westminster, to deliver to Lord Robert Dudley, Master of the Horse, a foot-cloth for a mule, with head-stall, poitrell and reins, Westminster Palace, 30 Dec 1558.

ff. 133r: Warrant under the sign manual and signet of Queen Elizabeth I to George Bredyman, Keeper of the Wardrobe and Palace of Westminster, to deliver to Lord Robert Dudley, Master of the Horse, so many plumes and feathers as would be required at the coronation of the Queen, Westminster Palace, 7 Jan 1559.

ff. 134r-135v: Warrant under the sign manual and signet of Queen Elizabeth I to George Bredyman, Keeper of the Wardrobe and Palace of Westminster, to deliver to Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester, certain parcels of cloth, damask, etc, for the lining of a coach and covering for a saddle, Westminster Palace, 11 Mar 1567.

ff. 136r-v: Warrant under the sign manual and signet of Queen Elizabeth I to John Fortescue, Master of the Great Wardrobe, to deliver to Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester, or to Edmond Standen or William Le Grys [Grice or le Grice], Clerks of the Stable, certain parcels of riding equipment and stuff for the use of the Queen's Ladies and Gentlewomen, 8 Mar 1568. Countersigned by William le Grys.

ff. 137r-v: Warrant under the sign manual and signet of Queen Elizabeth I to John Fortescue, Master of the Great Wardrobe, to deliver to Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester, or to Edmond Standen or William Le Grys [Grice or le Grice], Clerks of the Stable, certain parcels of riding equipment and stuff for for the Queen's use (a detailed list), Westminster Palace, 16 Jun 1579.

ff. 138r-139r: Warrant under the sign manual and signet of Queen Elizabeth I to John Fortescue, Master of the Great Wardrobe, to deliver to Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester, or to William Le Grys [Grice or le Grice], Clerks of the Stable, certain parcels of stuff for the covering of a caroche, a coach and a litter, with other furniture for the Queen's use, St James, 15 Apr 1581. Countersigned William Le Grys.

ff. 140r-141v: Warrant under the sign manual and signet of Queen Elizabeth I to John Fortescue, Master of the Great Wardrobe, to deliver to Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester, or William Le Grys [Grice or le Grice], Clerks of the Stable, certain parcels of equipment and stuff for the Queen's Gentlewomen, Greenwich, 10 Apr 1587.

ff. 142r-143r: Warrant under the sign manual and signet of Queen Elizabeth I to Sir John Fortescue, Chancellor of the Exchequer and Master of the Great Wardrobe, to deliver to Robert Devereux, Earl of Essex, Master of the Horse or Robert Wright, Clerk of the Stable, certain parcels of equipment and stuff for the Queen's Gentlewomen, Greenwich, 18 May 1595. Countersigned by R. Wrighte.

ff. 144r-v: Warrant under the sign manual and seal of Queen Elizabeth I to Sir John Fortescue to deliver to Robert Devereux, Earl of Essex, Master of the Horse or to Robert Wright, Clerk of the Stable, certain parcels of equipment and stuff for the Queen's use, Greenwich, 20 Aug 1598. Countersigned Essex. Endorsed as the 'greate warraunt'.

ff. 145r-146v: Warrant under the sign manual and seal of Queen Elizabeth I to Sir John Fortescue to deliver to Robert Devereux, Earl of Essex, Master of the Horse or to Robert Wright, Clerk of the Stable, certain parcels of equipment and stuff for the Queen's use, Greenwich, 20 Aug 1598. Countersigned Essex. Endorsed as the 'particular warrant'.

f. 147r: Letter from [not given] to [not given], Auditor of the Stable, respecting his report of the surplus in the Stable accounts, my lodging in Ivy Bridge in the Strand, 12 Dec 1602.

ff. 148r-149r: Great warrant under the sign manual and signet of King James I to Sir Roger Aston, Master of the Great Wardrobe, to deliver to Edward Somerset, 4th Earl of Worcester, Master of the Horse or Sir George Wright, Clerk of the Stable, certain parcels of equipment and stuff for the use of King James I and Henry, Prince of Wales, Palace of Westminster, 10 Oct 1610.

f. 150r: Section title-page in 19th-century hand: Footmen, Coachmen, Grooms, etc, under the Department of the Master of the Horse.

ff. 151r-v: Warrant under the sign manual and signet of Queen Elizabeth I to John Fortescue to deliver to Richard Clarke and others, 8 of the ordinary footmen, crimson velvet for their running coats, Greenwich, 20 May 1573. Countersigned William le Grys.

ff. 152r-v: Warrant under the sign manual and signet of Queen Elizabeth I to John Fortescue to deliver to Richard Clarke and others, 8 of the ordinary footmen, crimson velvet for their running coats, Greenwich, 8 May 1574. Countersigned William le Grys.

ff. 153r-v: Warrant under the sign manual and signet of Queen Elizabeth I to John Fortescue to deliver to John Forrest and others, Grooms of the Litter, and to Stephen Harrovinge and others, Grooms of the Coaches, certain parcels of stuff for their liveries, Palace of Westminster, 11 May 1579. Countersigned W. le Grys.

ff. 154r-v: Warrant under the sign manual and signet of Queen Elizabeth I to Sir John Fortescue to deliver to Hugh Myller and others, 8 of the ordinary Footmen, to John Bamfilde and others, Grooms of the Litter, and to William Bownde and others, Grooms of the Coaches, certain parcels of crimson velvet for their liveries, Havering, 30 Aug 1597.

ff. 155r-v: Warrant under the sign manual and signet of Queen Elizabeth I to Sir John Fortescue to deliver to Hugh Myller and others, 8 of the ordinary Footmen, to John Bamfilde and others, Grooms of the Litter and to William Bownd and others, Grooms of the Coaches, certain parcels of crimson velvet for their liveries, Greenwich, 20 Aug 1598. Countersigned by Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex, Master of the Horse, and Richard Drake and Robert Wright, Clerks of the Stable.

ff. 156r-157r: Warrant under the sign manual of King James I to deliver to Anthony Bennet and others, the 16 ordinary Footmen, to John Kelley and others, Grooms of the Litters, and to William Bownde and others, Grooms of the Coaches, certain parcels of crimson velvet for their liveries, Hampton Court, 29 Jul 1603.

ff. 158r-v: Warrant under sign manual of King James I to John Stanhope, 1st Baron Stanhope, Treasurer of the Chamber, to pay to Henry Mangridge, Footman in Ordinary to Charles, Duke of York, £30 p.a. for his entertainment and salary, Palace of Westminster, 20 Jun 1612. Countersigned by Levinus Munck.

ff. 159v-160r: Warrant under the sign manual and signet of King Charles I to pay Case Searle and others, footmen, annuities of £40 each, 18 Mar 1626. Countersigned Windebank.

ff. 161r-v: Warrant under the sign manual and signet of King Charles I to pay Case Searley and others, appointed footmen to the Queen, annuity of £40 each, Palace of Westminster, 31 Oct 1626.

ff. 162r-v: Warrant under the sign manual and signet of King Charles II to Edward Montagu, 1st Earl of Sandwich, Master of the Great Wardrobe, to deliver to the Clerk of the Stables for the use of John Forbes and others, footmen in ordinary, and of George Murray and others, coachmen, parcels of stuff for their liveries, Palace of Westminster, 13 Aug 1660. Countersigned by George Monck, Duke of Albemarle and Sir Edward Nicholas.

f. 163r: Section title-page in 19th-century hand: Pavilions, Tents and Toils, Archery, Hunting, Bull and Bear Baiting.

f. 164r: Section title-page in 19th-century hand: Royal Pavilions, Tents and Toyles.

f. 165r: Orders from Robert Cecil, 1st Earl of Salisbury and Sir Julius Caesar, to Francis Goston and Richard Sutton, Auditors of the Prests, to allow Alexander Stafford, clerk, Comptroller of the Tents and Revels, £15 per annum for a house and lodgings (he had been dispossessed of the use of a house by the grant of the House of St John to Lord D'Aubigny), Salisbury House, 21 Apr 1612.

f. 166r-v: Warrant under sign manual and signet of King James I to John Stanhope, 1st Baron Stanhope, to pay to John Brenninge, Yeoman of the Toyles, wages of 12d per day and 40s annually for his livery coat, 5 Mar 1612. Countersigned Windebank.

ff. 167r-v: Warrant under sign manual and signet of King James I to John Stanhope, 1st Baron Stanhope, to pay to Robert Grave, Yeoman of the Toyles, wages of 12d per day and 40s annually for his livery coat, 5 Mar 1612. Countersigned Windebank.

ff. 168r-169v: Warrant under the sign manual and signet of King Charles I to Sir William Uvedale to pay to Humphrey Broughton, supernumerary Yeoman of the Bows, yearly fee of £18 over and above what is usually paid to the ordinary yeomen, Palace of Westminster, 30 Mar 1626. Countersigned Windebank.

f. 170r: Orders to pay Gowen Burton and three others £42 for attending on a large tent, provided and sent aboard on the service of the Elector Palatine [Charles Lewis], Whitehall, 25 May 1637.

f. 171r: Order to Sir Edward Griffin, Treasurer of the Chamber, to pay to Robert Chyld and William Bowles, junior, Masters of the Toyles, £637. 7s. 2d. for works and allowances in the Office of the Toyles for the last three years, 26 Sep 1663. Countersigned Edward Montagu, Earl of Manchester, Great Chamberlain.

ff. 172-v: Particular of works done in the Office of the Toyles, 1661-1663, for mending and repairing the toyles that were out of repair and broken by the wild cows.

ff. 173r-174v: Order of Lord Ashley, Lord Chamberlain to John Wood, Auditor for the Imprests, to allow a warrant to Edward Montagu, 2nd Earl of Manchester, for £2,590. 0s. 3d. for payment to Robert Child and William Bowles for work done in the Office of Tents, Hales and Pavilions, 27 Jul 1664. Signed Ashley.

f. 175r-176v: Warrant from Edward Montagu, 2nd Earl of Manchester to Sir Edward Griffin to pay to Robert Child and William Bowles, Masters of the Tents and Pavilions, £2590. 0s 3d., 22 Nov 1663. With receipts for the same.

f. 177r: Warrant from Edward Montagu, Earl of Manchester, to Robert Child and William Bowles, Masters of the Tents, to make preparation for fitting and furnishing the King's Pavilion Royal, and the rest of the Tents, for the progress of Their Majesties, Whitehall, 10 Jun 1665. Annexed is a list of tents to be provided.

f. 178r: Warrant [to Robert Child and William Bowles] for a tent to be provided for the King's Tailors at Hampton Court, 18 Jul 1665.

f. 179r: Warrant from Edward Montagu, 2nd Earl of Manchester to Robert Child and William Bowles, Masters of the Tents, Toyles and Pavilions, to provide a tent for Mr Jollyffe, the King's Shoemaker, 10 Jul 1665.

f. 180r: Warrant [to Robert Child and William Bowles] for a tent to be provided for the use of the Queen's robes, another for the Lady Suffolk, Mistress of the Robes, and a third for the Queen's Shoemaker, 28 Jun 1665.

f. 181r: Warrant from Edward Montagu, 2nd Earl of Manchester to Robert Child and William Bowles, Masters of the Tents, Toyles and Pavilions, to provide a tent for Mr Phesant, Poulterer to the Duke of York, 28 Jul 1665.

f. 182r: Warrant [to Robert Child and William Bowles] to pitch and erect the same number of tents as last used at Hampton Court, [17 Jan 1666: the date is cut off and is added in pencil in a much later hand].

f. 183r: Warrant from Edward Montagu, 2nd Earl of Manchester to Robert Child and William Bowles, Masters of the Tents, to provide a Pavilion Royal for James, Duke of York, two large tents for his retinue and three large tents for the King's service, to be pitched in Windsor Castle, 28 Mar 1667.

f. 184r: Warrant from Edward Montagu, 2nd Earl of Manchester to Robert Child and William Bowles , Masters of the Tents, to provide three or four tents to be set up at Dover, and ten others at Tunbridge, also four tents for the reception of the Queen in the Isle of Wight, 19 Mar 1670.

f. 185r: The Particulars of a Pavilion and Tents made for His Excellency the Lord Howard [Henry Howard, Baron Howard of Castle Rising], Ambassador Extraordinary to the Emperor of Morocco, [22 Jul 1669]. The date has been cut off.

f. 186r: Copy of warrant of King Charles II to the Commissioners of the Treasury, to pay to Robert Child and William Bowles £7,000 to carry on affairs in the Offices of Tents, Toyles, Hales and Pavilions (with details of those tasks), 23 Mar 1671.

f. 187r: Warrant to pay to William Bowles, Master of the Toyles, £648. 1s. 4d. for charges expended by him in 1673 and for removing deer to replenish High [sic] Park, 5 Aug 1674.

f. 188r: Warrant from Robert Harley, 1st Earl of Oxford to Spencer Compton, Paymaster of Pensions, to pay to William Lowen £155. 10s. 0d., for the charges of removing 100 head of red deer, presented to Queen Anne by the Duchess of Newcastle, from Houghton Park, Notts., to Windsor Castle, 20 Oct 1711. With receipt for the same.

f. 189r: Section title-page in 19th-century hand: Masters, Officers and Servants of the Buck hounds and the other hounds, and liveries and wages.

ff. 190r-v: Warrant under the sign manual and signet of Queen Elizabeth I to John Fortescue, Master of the Great Wardrobe, to pay and deliver to Henry Harvye, Serjeant of the Buckhounds, such monies and stuff as was accustomed for his liveries and necessaries, Richmond,15 May 1564.

ff. 191r-v: Warrant under the sign manual and signet of King James I to James Lord Hay, Master of the Great Wardrobe, to pay yearly £3. 16s to Richard Eldridge, Groom of the Buckhounds, for his livery, Thetford, 10 May 1615.

ff. 192r-v: Warrant under the sign manual and signet of King Charles I to William Feilding, 1st Earl of Denbigh, Master of the Great Wardrobe, to pay to John Newton, appointed one of his Huntsmen in place of John Miller, deceased, £3 16s for his livery, Palace of Westminster, 2 Jun 1627.

ff. 193r-v: Warrant under the sign manual and signet of King James I to John Stanhope, 1st Baron Stanhope, Treasurer of the Chamber, to pay to Robert Walker and others, Yeomen of the Privy Buckhounds, 12d a day, as a free gift, during the summer quarter; and to Edward Walker and others, Grooms of the Buckhounds, and Richard Little, waggoner, 6d a day in like reward, Hampton Court, 27 Sep 1606. With receipt signed by the parties.

ff. 194r-v: Warrant under the sign manual and signet of King James I to John Stanhope, 1st Baron Stanhope, Treasurer of the Chamber, to pay to Richard Brasse and others, Yeomen of the Privy Buckhounds, and to Richard Crockford, 'lymier man' of the privy Buckhounds, 12d a day, as a free gift, during the summer quarter; and to Edward Walker and others, Grooms, 6d a day in like reward, Hampton Court, 26 Sep 1612. With receipt signed by the parties.

ff. 195r-v: Warrant under the sign manual and signet of King James I to Sir William Uvedale, Treasurer of the Chamber, to pay to Francis Dodsworth and others, Yeomen of the Privy Buckhounds, 12d. a day; Richard Hunt and two others, Yeomen of the Privy Buckhounds, 2s. a day; and to George Fowler and others, Grooms, 6d. a day, 28 Sep 1624. With receipt signed by the parties.

ff. 196r-v: Warrant under the sign manual and signet of King Charles I to Sir William Uvedale to pay to Edward Hart, Serjeant of the Buckhounds, £90. 14s 4d. yearly; to certain Yeomen of the Buckhounds (named, with sums) and to certain Grooms of the Buckhounds (named, with, with sums). Also an annual allowance of 20s for winter livery, Palace of Westminster, 25 Sep 1626.

ff. 197r-v: Warrant under sign manual and signet of King Charles I to Sir William Uvedale to pay Henry Dover and Francis Dodsworth, yeomen pinkers, 3s. 4d. a day to be equally divided between them, 27 Sep 1627. Countersigned R. Kirkham.

ff. 198r-v: Warrant under the sign manual and signet of King Charles I to Sir William Uvedale to pay to Anthony Holland and others, Yeomen of the Privy Buckhounds, 2s. a day; to William Reading and others, Yeomen of the Privy Buckhounds, 12. a day; to John Hake, Yeoman of the Waggon, 1s. 6d a day; and to George Fowler and others, Grooms of the Buckhounds, 8d a day, Westminster Palace, 25 Sep 1639. With receipts from the parties.

ff. 199r-v: Warrant under sign manual and signet of King Charles I granting to Thomas Thompson the place of a Groom of the Otter-Hounds, with 13d a day for his wages, and 20s yearly for his livery, Westminster Palace, 2 Mar 1626.

f. 200r: Wages and payments made to James de Gasligny, Master of the Buckhounds, paid 29 Mar 1694.

f. 201r: wages and payments made to James Walsingham, Master of the Beagles, paid 4 Apr 1694.

f. 202r: Section title-page in 19th-century hand: Hawki ng and Bear-Baiting.

f. 203r: Certificate of the death of Henry Bearde of Painswick, Gloucestershire, (24 Feb 1569), one of the Queen's ordinary Falconers, 28 Mar 1569, signed by Thomas Wye, JP, Richard Snelle, curate and four others.

ff. 204r-v: Warrant under the sign manual and signet of King Charles I to Sir William Uvedale, to pay to Robert Cutell. Falconer, wages of 12d. a day and 22s. 6d a year for livery, Westminster Palace, 15 Feb 1626. Countersigned by Thomas Galle.

ff. 205r-v: Warrant under the sign manual and signet of King Charles I to Sir William Uvedale, to pay to Richard Berwick, Falconer, the fees of two ostringers' places, amounting to 1s. 8d. a day, and 45s a year for his livery, 21 Apr 1626. Countersigned by Thomas Galle.

ff. 206r-v: Warrant under the sign manual and signet of King Charles I to Sir William Uvedale, to pay to Arthur Wichell, Falconer, the several fees and liveries of two ostringers' places, formerly granted to Richard Berwick, 7 Dec 1627. Countersigned by Thomas Galle.

f. 207r: Warrant to Sir Edward Griffin, Treasurer of the Chamber, to pay to James Davies, Master of the Bears, Bulls and Dogs, £10 for making ready the rooms at the Bear Garden, and baiting the bears before the Spanish Ambassador on 17 Jan 1676, 28 Mar 1676. Signed Arlington.

f. 208r: Warrant to Sir Edward Griffin, Treasurer of the Chamber, to pay to James Davies, Master of the Bears, Bulls and Dogs, £10 for making ready the game of baiting before the King at Whitsuntide, 8 Aug 1677. Signed Arlington.