SIE EOBEET DUDLEY, FIFTH MASTER. 57 



under the attainder. This John Dudley, Viscount Lisle, Earl 

 of Warwick, and Duke of Northumberland, K.G., E.M., married 

 Jane, daughter of Sir Edward Guildeford, Knt., and had issue 

 seven sons and two daughters. His fourth son, Robert Dudley, 

 afterwards Earl of Leicester, was appointed Master of the 

 " Privy " or Household branch of the Royal Buckhounds on 

 November 11, 1551, and to the same office again on May 28, 

 1572. 



The few days Lady Jane Grey reigned preclude anj^ 

 information of the Household branch of the Royal Buckhounds 

 in her time, consequently we find ourselves harboured in the 

 reign of Mary (July 6/19, 1553 — November 17, 1558) before 

 one can say " Tally-ho ! " Neither Mary nor her royal consort, 

 Philip of Spain, seem to have been imbued with that love for 

 field sports usually so characteristic of the English sovereigns. 

 During her father's lifetime Mary was persecuted for her 

 religious opinions, and when she succeeded to the throne she 

 became an easy prey to the fanatics, by whom she was driven 

 to sanction alleged atrocities which rendered her " sanguinary 

 reign " notorious. Philip was morose ; he had no sympathy 

 with the habits and customs of the people of this country; 

 yet on one occasion, as recorded in Machyn's " Diary," he "rode 

 hunting in the Forest [of Waltham], and killed a great stag 

 with guns." This is the only allusion we have found of 

 King Philip participating in the chase during his residence 

 in England; nevertheless, we must not dogmatise upon the 

 apparent dearth of the Royal sport, as it may, for all we know 

 to the contrary, have flourished, though no details of it have 

 been preserved. Such a hypothesis is not too far-fetched, 

 inasmuch as the Royal hunting establishment was sustained 

 as in the days of yore. Fortunately the accounts of the 

 Treasurer of the Chamber of the Household of Philip and 

 Mary are extant, and from the facts and figures therein set 

 forth, we ascertain the following particulars relating to this 

 branch of the Royal Buckhounds for the year ending December 

 31, 1557, from which it appears that some of the hunt servants 

 who officiated in the reign of Henry VIII. were still to the 



