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ij'' '^ diem Alano Bowett & Wiitmo Gardiner valect Barus' utriq' 

 eou' j'' ob '^ diem '^ vadiis suis & '^ putur' sex leporar' & xxiiij °'' 

 canu curren' '^ quotts' ob '^ diem affesto Sci MichTs Arcbe' anno 

 xx^° Begine buius usq' xxiiij ''° diem Junij tunc '^x sequen viltroq' 

 die computato except putnr' xv canii currene' Et '^ vadiis unius 

 valect barias' "^ xl dieb} in quadragesima qui erunt ad custodi dci 

 Jobi' '^ statut bospicij diie Regne & eidem Jobi' '^ vadiis suis in 

 cur' vij'^ ob'. '¥ diem Et '^'■fat' Jobi' Wether veante' ij^ ^ diem. 

 Et f*'rfat' Alana Bowett & Wiitmo Gai-diner valect' barns' utriq*" 

 ecu j*^ ob '^ diem W vadiis suis & '^ putur' sex lepoi-ar' & xxiiij°'' 

 canii curren W quott' eou' ob '^ diem a xxv die Jvinii anno xxj'"" usq'' 

 xxix diem Septemb'' tunc '^x sequen ultraq"^ die computato & '^'"fat' 

 Jobi' ^ duab} Robis suis xP & '^ Robis diet veantr' & Barns' cuilt' 

 eoii' xiij^ uy'* & "^ calcultar suis iiij** W diem viz de bomoi vadiis 

 ffeodi & Robis '^ uno anno funt's ad ffestii Sci' Miches Arcbe' anno 

 xxj™° Regine buius '^ JJ. '¥' '^'cessu uide & Cons' Baronu. in cons 

 casii hit' & annotat' in memor'** ex '^te Remem Thes' de anno xv'"° 

 Regine nuc Elizabeth viz int' precepta de termio sci Hitt Rotlo. In 

 quodm '^ cessu tangen' Johem Pelham. Ac nup vie' com' '^dcor' de 

 anno xiij™'' Regine '^dce. Ac '^ b're dfie Regine ntic de priuato 

 Sigillo suo '^fat' vie direct' ac tras acquietafic Roberti Creswell ar' 

 attornat' '^'dce' Jobi' de Recepcone."* 



Although we have not yet met with the actual — which was 

 probably retained by the Sheriffs — Privy Seal (without the pro- 

 duction of which the Hereditary Master could not recover his 

 annual stipend, or the wages and other allowances of the hunt- 

 servants under him, from the Sheriff of Surrey and Sussex), 

 we obtain all necessary details bearing on this branch of the 

 Royal Buckbounds, in the instructions here recited, the recapitu- 

 lation of the missing document in the Memoranda Roll, and the 

 full statement above quoted from the Pipe Roll. It will thus 



* Pipe Eoll, 20 Eliz., membrane, sub. tit. " Item, Sussex." As above 

 explained, this is the earliest reference we liave met with, in the sixteenth 

 century, to the Privy Seal, by which the SherifE of Surrey and Sussex was 

 warranted to pay the Hereditary Master of the Buckhounds, for the time 

 being, the fees, etc., appertaining to tlie office, amounting altogether to 50Z. a 

 year. It is obvious, however, that privy seals were issued to and received by 

 the said Sheriffs for this purpose, as they are recited every time the payment 

 was made, the first to Sir John Savage having occurred in the year 1574. 



