60 THE HISTOKY OF THE EOYAL BUCKHOUNDS. 



Besides the " Hunt " proper, we find a pack of harriers now 

 mentioned, with a yeoman pricker, two j^eomen barrenters, 

 two yeomen fewterers, and two grooms. These officials received 

 only 11. 2s. Qd. each at Easter for their several liveries, 

 amounting altogether to 71- 17s. Qd. per annum. The Sheriffs 

 of Somerset and Dorset, however, were obliged to contribute 

 certain fees * yearly towards the maintenance of this pack. 

 It may be also noted that the Queen's falconers cost the 

 Royal Exchequer 1191. 2s. 8d., the leach 101., the crossbows 

 221. 13s. 2d., the toils 1171. Is. 6d, the keepers of Waltham 

 Forest 89?. 14s. lOd., the takers and keepers of pheasants and 

 partridges 24:1. 6s. Sd., and the keepers of beares and mastives 

 48?. 12s. 8Ul. 



From 1562 to 1567 we find no material alteration in the 

 annual cost of the Royal " Hunts," which were sustained at an 

 expenditure of about 861. a year. In 1565 Henry Harvey 

 succeeded George Nodes as Sergeant of the Buckhounds ; and 

 in 1567 Thomas Brown succeeded Ralph Mundy as a yeoman 

 pricker of the pack, with a salary of lol. a year, payable 

 quarterly during his life, and 20s. yearly for his livery coat. 

 In the account for the half year ended at Michaelmas 1567, 

 John Lynde, Thomas Dodsworth, Walter Dodsworth, and 

 Christopher Duck are specifically mentioned as "Grooms of 

 the Buckhounds," and were in receipt of 13?. 6s. 8d. per 

 annum for hounds' meat. We notice no change in the yearly 

 cost or the personnel of the pack until the year 1571, except 

 that John Grambold succeeded James Maperley, yeoman 

 pricker, who it appears died on December 21, 1567, and 

 Walter Godsone, one of the grooms of the Buckhounds, 

 deceased, was succeeded by Thomas Forest. Henry Sell, 

 another yeoman pricker, who died on February 21, 1565-6, 

 was succeeded by Henry Woop, with a fee of 6d. a day during 

 life, " and vj''. iij^ x*^. p ann. for his Lyveryes before tyme payed 



* Henry, Earl of Huntingdon, the Master, Is. ; Richard Lovelace, the 

 Sergeant, l^d. ; two prickers of horses, i.d. each ; two kennel servants and two 

 ground keepers, 2d. each ; two boys, \ld. ; food for two horses, 'i\d. ; forty dogs 

 and twelve greyhounds, each %d. ; and three bloodhounds, \d. each per day. 



