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each. In 1584 the same nobleman buys a saddle and fur- 

 niture for 535. 4^/., and a pack-saddle for 5^. 6d. ; while 

 New College buys a saddle and furniture for the Warden 

 for 4Os., and an ordinary one for 2os. Lord Pembroke in the 

 same year gives qs. for a saddle, and 1 2s. for a ' styll ' for his 

 wife. I do not find this word explained. In 1585 Lord 

 North pays 505. each for two Spanish saddles, and 15^. for a 

 male saddle. Corpus Christi College buys a saddle and furni- 

 ture for the President in London for 535. 4^., and pays 2s. 6d. 

 for the carriage. In 1586 the President's saddle costs Mag- 

 dalen College 905-., while Lord North pays 28^. 6d. for a 

 furnished saddle, and i6s. each for two new motley saddles, 

 and 27^. a-piece for nine new large saddles. In 1587, when 

 the country was astir with the Armada, Lord North buys two 

 more new motley saddles at 13^. 4</., and another for 30^. 

 His own store probably supplied him with the means for 

 mounting the company of fifty horsemen which his accounts 

 show that he raised. A saddle, bridle and furniture cost 

 Corpus Christi College 54^. for the President; and three 

 saddles, each at 14*. 4^., are bought for the servants. Lord 

 Pembroke pays los. for one saddle, us. id. for another, in the 

 same year. In 1588 Cambridge gives 32^. for a spruce 

 saddle. In 1589 Lord North buys twelve new saddles at 15^. 

 each. Corpus Christi College pays i^s. for a fellow's saddle, 

 and the same price for each of two servants' saddles. 



In 1590 the Warden of All Souls College has a saddle and 

 bridle at the cost of 545-. In 1591 the saddle of the Corpus 

 Christi President costs 66s. %d. with its furniture, while four 

 others are bought for a fellow and three servants at i8j. ^d. 

 each. Two saddles are bought for the President of Magdalen 

 College, though probably not for his personal use, at 32^. 6d. y 

 for in 1593 tne College buys him one at 55^. lod. A new 

 saddle at All Souls College in this latter year is 14^., and one 

 at Worksop is us. %d. ; both are probably for servants. In 

 1594 Corpus Christi College buys two new saddles at i^s. ^d. 

 In 1595 a sumpter costs $6s. 8d. at Cambridge, and a 



