44 THE HISTORY OF THE EOYAL BUCKHOUNDS. 



Raylegh, and of the lordships and manors of East Woodbury, 

 Thundersley, and Lonedon, Essex, and the herbage and pan- 

 nage of Raylegh Park, in as full manner as they had been held 

 by Thomas, Marquis of Dorset, then lately deceased. 



This Master of the Buckhounds' new year's gift to the king- 

 in 1532 was two "hyngers gilt, with velvet girdles," which 

 were probably intended to hold the couteoM de chase with 

 which the buck was gralloched when he was pulled down by 

 the hounds at the termination of a run. In the privy purse 

 expenses the following payments were made to Viscount 

 Rochester by the king's commands in 1532 : — 



Jan. 23. 45Z. won from the king at shovelboard,* and by betting 



on the same game. 

 Feb. 18. 36^. ditto. 



„ 22. U. 12s. M., ditto. 

 March 16. 40?. 10s., cUtto. 

 ,, 18. 9?. won at bowls. 

 „ 20. Is. %d. won at tennis. 

 April 20. 2/. 5s. won at bowls. 



„ 22. 30?. won ditto. 

 June 28. 18?. won at archery. 



July 19. 6?. 13s. M. for the king's huntsmen for their charges 

 going to Sussex. 

 Oct. 6. 55?. won from the king on a coursing match in Moat 

 Park. 



The following year Viscount Rochester was summoned by 

 the king to be present in the Parliament at Westminster on 

 February 5, 1533; and on the 25th of the following month 

 he witnessed the marriage of his sister to the king in the 

 private chapel of Westminster Palace, where Dr. Lee, the 

 learned Bishop of Lichfield, tied the nuptial knot. Shortly 

 after the ceremony that proved so fatal to him and his sister 

 he was again sent on an embassy to France. In connection 

 with this mission he received (March 11) 106?. 13s. 4f/. for 

 diets for fourteen days, beginning on that day. The primary 



* This game is minutely described in Strutt's " Sports and Pastimes," p. 267. 



