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NOTES AND QUERIES. 



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by warrant of the said Committee, dated 7 De- 

 cember, 1647. 



Next occur a variety of miscellaneous items of 

 which the following are specimens : — 



" Paid unto Sir Peter Killegrew, Knight, for books by 

 him bought for his Majesty's use, and for his pains and 

 expences in sundry journeys from the Parliament and to 

 the King and Commissioners at Holdenby, Newmarket, 

 Cawsham, and Stoak ----- 82/. 17s. 



" Paid unto M"" Adoniram Bifeild, one of the Scribes of 

 the Assembly of Divines, to be distributed among such of 

 the assembly as are in greatest want, in pursuance of an 

 order of the Commons House, 15 January, 1644, and by 

 warrant of this Committee, 13 May, 1647 - - 500/. 



"Paid unto Frauncis Rowse, Esquire, to be by him 

 paid unto the six ministers sent by both houses of Parlia- 

 ment unto the University of Oxford for their mainten- 

 ance during their abode there upon the said service. 300/. 



"Paid unto James Usher, Doctor in Divinity, in part of 

 his allowance of 400/. per annum for his present support 

 Und subsistence, and encouragement in his studies for the 

 space of one whole year (except he shall be provided of a 

 competent good living in the mean time), by order of 

 the Commons House, 5 October, 1647 - - - 100/. 



"Paid to Lieutenant Richard Palmer, who lost his eyes 

 in the wars in Ireland for the service of the Parliament of 

 England, for his allowance of 40 shillings weekly - 82/. 



" Paid by order of the Commons, 6 January, 1647, to 

 M''. Stephen Kirke to be distributed by order of the Com- 

 mittee, to consider of suppressing the printing of unli- 

 cenced and scandalous pamphlets - - - 30/." 



It is stated in the Journals of the House of 

 Commons that on Monday the 15th November, 

 1647, were read letters of the 13th of the same 

 month from Captain Baskett, and from Colonel 

 Hammond, Governor of the Isle of Wight, signi- 

 fying that the King had arrived in that island. 



So pleasant was this intelligence to the Com- 

 mons House that on the same day rewards were 

 ordered to the messengers who brought the news, 

 and there issued simultaneously the warrants of the 

 Committee of Revenue for payment. Thus — 



" Paid by order of the Commons' House, 15 November, 

 1647, unto John Herring for bringing a letter from Cap- 

 tain Baskett that his majesty was arrived at Cowes Cas- 

 tle in the Isle of Wight 10/. 



" Paid by order and warrant of the same date unto 

 Captain Edward Rolfe for bringing the letter from the 

 Governor of the Isle of Wight to M'. Speaker, intimating 

 his Majesty's arrival in the said island - - 20/." 



After this are payments to Edward Carter, Sur- 

 veyor of the Works, on account of the expenses 

 of maintaining and repairing the various royal 

 palaces, and such like. 



I will extract only a few more specimens from 

 this Roll, otherwise I fear that I may encroach on 

 your space. 



" Paid unto M''. Dorothy Speckard, in pursuance of an 

 order of the Commons House, 16 November, 1647, for her 

 support and subsistence in regard of her great necessity 

 and perishing condition, and of her good affections ex- 

 pressed unto the Parliament, in part of 100/. - 75/. 



" To M''. Thomas Manlej' to supply the necessities of 

 the widow and children of Gabriel Esingwold, his Ma- 

 jesty's Coachman, by warrant, 27 August, 1654 - 10/. 



" To John Blackraan, Keeper of the Great Clock in the 

 New Palace of Westminster for one years wages, 25 De- 

 cember, 1647, 4/., and for ropes and reparations of the 

 Clock for a vear, 3/. 12s. 10c/., by two warrants dated 25 « 

 Sept. and 14' Dec. 1647 . - - - 7/. 12s. lOrf. 



" Paid unto M'. Thomas Manley, Purveyor of his Ma- 

 jesty's stables imprest upon accompt for oats, hay, straw, 

 &c. for nine of his Majesty's horses brought from the 

 race of Tutburj' in Staffordshire to be kept at Otelands, 

 and managed by M^ Robert and Richard Alexander, and 

 for grooms wages - - - - - - 110/. 



" Paid to the said M"". Robert and Richard Allexander 

 to provide great saddles, cavessons, snaffles, and other 

 necessaries to manage the said nine loose colts, by war- 

 rant 3 June, 1647 30/. lis. 



" Paid to the Right Honourable the Earl of Salisbury 

 for a Barbary Chestnut coloured horse bought of his Lord- 

 ship for a stallion for his majesty's race of Tutbury, by 

 warrant dated 27 May, 1647 - - - - 100/. 



" Paid unto Gyles Poynter, one of the grooms of his 

 Majesty's great horse stables, for his pains and charges in 

 leading down the said stallion to Tutbury, and for the 

 time he staid there and in his return, in part of 20/., by 

 warrant dated 4 December, 1647 - - - - 10/. 



"Paid unto M"". Edward Wade and M». Thomas Sy- 

 raon, chief gravers of the Mint, for making and engrav- 

 ing an original seal of silver for the Counties of Brecon, 

 Radnor, and Glamorgan, and for the silver thereof by 

 ordinance, 2 Sept. 1647, and by warrant of the Commit- 

 tee dated 5 Sept. 1647 10/. 



" Paid unto M"^ Griffith Bodurda, for rewarding such 

 persons as discovered the late plot and design to rob the 

 Receipt of the Exchequer, and those also who were active 

 in apprehending of divers who attempted the said rob- 

 bery, and defraying other charges incident, by warrant 



dated 7 December, 1647 20/. 



" Paid unto Anthony Owldfeild, one of the Adminis- 

 trators of Richard Brighara, late his Majesty's Coach- 

 maker, deceased, for a coach which the said Richard 

 Brigham provided for the King, with harness, bits, and 

 reins for the horses, by warrant dated June 24, 1647 



190/." 



It is now time to consider the next Roll, which 

 is perhaps more interesting than the former, on 

 account of its covering the period of the unfortu- 

 nate monarch's death. I do not propose to give 

 very numerous extracts from this Roll, as many 

 of the entries are merely duplicates of what has 

 already been submitted to the reader ; but there 

 are, nevertheless, several curious items which I 

 cannot refrain from noticing. 



Among these are expenses of providing apparel, 

 and such like, for his Majesty ; and from the word- 

 ing of the fifth of the following items it is to be 

 presumed that they were in pursuance of the 

 King's own orders, and therefore they present a 

 criterion, to a certain extent, of his Majesty's taste 

 in the matter of dress. 



" M' Clement Kj-nnersley, for 2 fine holland quilts, and 

 two fine Spanish blanquetts', by him provided for the King, 

 with necessaries and carriage, by warrant dated 12 July, 

 1648, and one acquittance ----- 14/, 



" William Pauncefoote, Tailor, for making 11 mourn- 

 ing suits, cloaks and coats to them, and providing of ne- 

 cessarii s for the footmen, trumpeter, and grooms, upon 

 the death of the Prince of Danemarke, by warrant dated 

 1 Feb. 1647, and two acquittances thereupon 



146/.45. lOd. 



