54 THE HISTOEY OF THE EOYAL BUCKHOUNDS. 



the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries it was one of the 

 duties of the Masters of the Buckhounds to contribute, to the 

 best of their ability, to the venatic predilections of the foreign 

 Ambassadors and the Corps Diplomatique generally, whenever 

 they would "a hunting go." 



John Dudley, Earl of Warwick, Duke of Northumber- 

 land, etc., fourth Master of the Household branch of the Royal 

 Buckhounds (temp. Edward VI.), from April 5 to November 

 10, 1551, was eldest son of Edmund Dudley, Viscount Lisle, the 

 celebrated lawyer and statesman of the reign of Henry VII. 

 He was born in 1502, and afterwards became one of the most 

 powerful subjects this kingdom ever saw. At the time his 

 father was beheaded he was about eight years old ; and, it 

 being known that the severity exercised in that act was 

 rather to satisfy popular clamour than justice, his friends 

 found no great difficulty in obtaining an Act of Parliament, 

 in 1512, to reverse his father's attainder and to restore in 

 blood and degrees his heir, so that he might inherit all his 

 deceased father's lands. After an education suitable to his 

 quality, he was introduced at the brilliant Court of Henry VIII. 

 about the year 1523, where, having a fine person and great 

 accomplishments, he soon became admired. He attended 

 Charles Brandon, Duke of Suffolk, in the expedition to France 

 against the Duke of Bourbon, and distinguished himself so 

 much by his gallant behaviour that he obtained the honour 

 of knighthood. In 1528 he attached himself to the suite of 

 Cardinal Wolsey, whom he accompanied in his embassy to 

 France, and in eight years afterwards he was made Master 

 of the Armoury in the Tower of London, for life, with the 

 wages of 12fZ. a day for himself, and 3cZ. a day for his groom 

 in the office. In 1 540 he was appointed Master of the Horse 

 to Anne of Cleves, and the next year, in the jousts held at 

 Westminster, he was one of the principal challengers, his horse 

 being accoutred with white velvet. On March 12, 1542, he 

 was elevated to the peerage, in the ancient dignity enjoyed 

 by his mother's family, that of Viscount Lisle, and was 

 appointed Warden of the Marches of Scotland in that year. 



