80 THE HISTORY OF THE ROYAL BUCKHOUNDS. 



CHAPTER IV. 



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 for 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 their 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. 



The first payment to Sir Richard Pexsall, tenth Hereditary 

 Master of the Buckhounds, occurs on the Pipe Roll of the 

 county Sussex, for the 11th year of the reign of Henry VIII. 

 (April 22, lolO^August 21, 1520), when he received 50L 

 from the Sherifl:' of that county, due since the 4th Henry VIII. 

 (April 22, 1512 — April 21, 1513), the payments on account 

 of this portion of the pack having been often in arrears during 

 the reign of Bluff King Hal. About this time George Hunte 

 was the huntsman, and John Bland and Hugh Carter the yeo- 

 men berners. This Master obtained part payments on account 

 of the usual stipend allocated out of the issues of the county 

 Sussex, in support of his office, pretty regularly to the end of 

 the reign of Henry VIII. Lapses sometimes occur where the 

 roUs are imperfect ; and as it is hardly necessary to go into 

 these details year by year, it only remains to mention that 

 Reginald Harrington was the huntsman, and John Massey and 

 Thomas Cook were the subordinate officers of this pack for some 



