106 THE HISTOKT OF THE EOTAL BUCKHOUNDS. 



the xxix*'^ of Auguste 1608 anno sexto Jacobi regis pred., xxxvij''. 

 vij^. vij'^. 



To Roberte Eayne aforesaid Sergeaunte of his Ma'"* saide Buck- 

 houndes at twenty markes '¥' ann. for the feedinge and keepinge of 

 the saide Buckhoundes, as S''. Pexall Brokas latelie hadd, payable 

 q"rterly and due to him for one whole yeare and a halfe ended at 

 Michas 1609 anno septimo Jacobi regis, by vertue of his highnes 

 warraunte vnder the Signett dated the xx"^ of January in the sixth 

 yeare of his Ma''* raigne . . . xx''. 



As the various phases bearing upon this incident are 

 recapitulated in our memoir of Sir Pexsall Brocas, it is 

 unnecessary further to refer to it here, It seems the salary 

 of the " lymmerman " on the staff of this branch of the pack 

 (yclept Richard Crockford) had been in arrears for " twoe 

 whole yeares " : 20d. per day for wages and 20s, a year for 

 livery, he was now paid in full 621. 16s. 8d. down 

 to Michaelmas 1G09 ; and William Lampard was appointed 

 a yeoman pricker vice Robert Rayne, promoted under the 

 circumstances above mentioned.* 



1609-10. In the account now under review we find the 

 Privy or Household branch of the Royal Buckhounds classified 

 under two separate heads : viz., "The Huntes for his Ma*^ Privy 

 Buckhounds," and " The Huntes for His Ma*^". Old Buckhounds." 

 The cost of the first-mentioned portion, from Michaelmas 1609 

 to Michaelmas 1610, is set down at 760/. 15s. 7d. ; the 

 latter at 309/. 7s. 3c/. ; consequently the new subdivisions of 

 this pack amounted altogether to 1070/. 2s. lOc/, A brief 

 analysis of this account shows that, under the first division, 

 the following held ofiice : viz., the Master, Sir Thomas Tyr- 

 ringham ; the Sergeant, Robert Walker, salary 51/. 3s. Sd,. a 

 year, and 100/. a year for keeping and feeding sixteen cuuple 

 of buckhounds ; Richard Brassy, yeoman pricker, salary 



* By virtue of a warrant tinder the signet dated at Westminster, January 12, 

 1608-9, Kobert Rayne, " Sergeant of the Buckhounds whereof Sir Pexsall Brocas, 

 Knight, is master," obtained a grant of 407. a year during his life, "'as Silvester 

 Dodsworth lately had." As we will presently see, this sum of 407. a year 

 previously had been paid out of the King's privy purse. 



