Vm CONTENTS. 



CHAPTER III. 



THE HOUSEHOLD BRANCH: EDWARD VL~ELIZABETH. 



Celebrity of Hunting in England tnnjj. Edward VI. — John Dudley, Earl of 

 Warwick, Fourth Master: April 5 to November 10, 1551. — Sir Robert 

 Dudley, Fifth Master : November 11, 1551, to c. August 1553.— The 

 Household Pack tcmj). Philip and Mary. — The Hunt- Servants. — Annual 

 Cost of the Pack, — Accession of Queen Elizabeth. — Annual Cost of the 

 Pack. — The Hunt Servants. — Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester, Sixth 

 Master: May 28, 1572, to September 4, 1588.— State of the Pack to the 

 End of Queen Elizabeth's Reign. — Dearth of Hunting Intelligence.— 

 The Queen and Ladies in the Hunting Field. . ... 58 



CHAPTER lY. 



THE "HEREDITARY'' BRANCH: HENRY VIII.— CHARLES I. 



Sir Richard Pexsall, Tenth Master. — Sir John Savage, Eleventh Master. — 

 Sir Pexsall Brocas, Twelfth Master. — Dispute between James I. and 

 the Master. — Critical Affairs of the Pack. — It is abolished by Royal 

 Warrant.- The Functions of the Office conferred on the Sergeant of the 

 Household Branch. — Order Thereon to the Sheriff of Surrey and Sussex. 

 — Passing Events. — The Hereditary Pack given to Charles, Duke of 

 York. — Sir Pexsall Brocas continues to receive the Emoluments of the 

 Office.— The Hunt-Servants.— Thomas Brocas, Thirteenth Master.— The 

 Manor of Little Weldon, and with it the Nominal Mastership of this 

 Branch of the Royal Buckhounds, sold to Sir Lewis Watson. . , 80 



CHAPTER V. 



THE HOUSEHOLD BRANCH: JAMES I. (1603-1621). 



Annual Cost of the Pack during the Reign of James I. — The Master and 

 the Hunt-Servants. — Their Annual Salaries, Fees, and Emoluments. — 

 Sir Thomas Tyringham, Eighth Master: July 21, 1604, to March 

 25,1625. 95 



CHAPTER VL 



THE HOUSEHOLD BRANCH: CHARLES I. (1625-1649). 



Annual Expenses of the Pack during the Reign of Charles I., from 1625 to 

 1640.— The Master and the Hunt-Servants. — Their Salaries, Fees, and 

 Emoluments.— Sir Timothy Tyrell, Ninth Master : March 26, 1625, to 

 May 19, 1633.— Sir Thomas Tyringham (ii), Tenth Master : May 20, 

 1633, to January 1637.— Robert Tyrwhitt, Esq., Eleventh Master: May 4, 

 1637, to January 6, 1651, — Reflections on Sport with the Pack from 1608 



