SIE THOMAS TYRINGHAM, EIGHTH MASTER. 115 



month, evidently on some day after June 21, when he 

 first received the official insignia of the Royal pack, which he 

 carried until he resigned it to his successor in October 1625. 

 His patent is one of the earliest (per se) that we have met 

 with relating to this branch of the Royal Buckhounds ; and as 

 will be seen by it that Sir Thomas obtained the appointment 

 for the natural term of his life, with an annual fee of 33/. (is. Sd., 

 payable half yearly, in equal proportions, by the hands of 

 the Treasurer of the Chamber of the Household. A further 

 interest is attached to this patent, because it recites that he 

 was entitled to hold the office in as full and ample manner as 

 enjoyed by his predecessors, amongst whom are mentioned Sir 

 Richard Long, Thomas Lord Darcy of Chiche, John Earl of 

 Warwick, and Sir Robert Dudley (afterwards Earl of Leicester), 

 or any other. 



The enrolment of his patent reads briefly thus : — 



" Rex om'ibu} ad quos, &c., sal'tm. Sciatis qu nos de gra nra 

 spiali ac ex eta daencil & mere motu nris dedimu} & concessim}, Ac 

 p' p'sentes p' nob' hered' & successorib5 n'ris damn'' & concedim} 

 dirco & fideli suien' nro' Thome Tyringham ar' uni generos Pencionar' 

 nr65 offic'm magri Canum nror vocat Buckhoundes. h'end ex'tend 

 tenend occupand & gaudend idem offic p'fat Thome Tyringham p' de 

 vel p' sufficien deputat sun' sine deputat suos sufficien ad tminu & p' 

 tmino vite ip'ms Thome Tyringham recipiend' leband & an'uatim 

 p'cipiend p' vad & feod suis in & p' eodem offic ex'cend et occupand 

 triginta tres libras sex solid & octo denar' p' manus Thesaurar nr 

 camere nr p' tempore existen ad tminos sn' Michls archi' et Pasche 

 equis porc'oib} una cum om'b} al' vad feod p'sic allocat regard 

 com'oditat et emolument dc'o offico quoquo modo spectan seu p'tineu 

 in tam amplis modo & forma p'ut Ricus Longe miles vel Thomas 

 d'nus Darcye de Chiche, aut Johes Comes Warwic aut Roburts Dudley 

 mil aut aliquis alius dim aliqui alij offic illud antehac occupans h'uit & 

 p'cepit h'uer & p'ceptr seu here & p'cip'e dehuer aut debuit in & p' 

 eodem absq' compo seu aliquo alio nob' hered & successorib} nris 

 p'inde reddend soluend seu faciend. In qo' expressa mencio, &c. In 

 cuius rei, &c., &c. R. apud Westm' vi'esimo primo die Junij." 



On September 17 Sir Thomas received a royal commission, 

 by which he was empowered " to take up, by himself or his 



