122 THE HISTORY OF THE ROYAL BUCKHOUNDS. 



P. Stacy, W. Rawson, W. Cocker, T. White, A. Holland, T. Lee, 

 H, Dodsworth, R. Walker, junr., E. Stanton, R. Norman, J. 

 Cocker, E. Dodsworth, W. Beale, J. Hake, R. Crockford, and R. 

 Pattison, yeomen of the said Buckhounds, to each of them I2d. 

 a day; R. Eldridge, J. Kipling, G. Fowler, R. Read, J. Williams, 

 W. Hopkins, W. Gwilliams, F. Becham, and J. Metcalfe, grooms 

 of the said Buckhounds, Qd. a day each. This was a considerable 

 increase under this head compared with the amount distributed 

 in the time of James I. 



1627-28. — The account for this year amounts to 

 1,214/. 14s. 6^d. We find all the hunt-servants as before 

 paid at the usual rates down to date ; and in addition the 

 names of Ralph Reade, John Williams, William Hopkins, 

 and George Fowler — in what capacity not stated — engaged 

 at 12fZ. each for their wages, and 205. each for their several 

 liveries. Henry Dover was appointed a yeoman pricker in 

 the place of Richard Hunt " at xx'^. ^ diem being the one 

 halfe pay to be paid quarterly. By virtue of his Ma*^l ires 

 vnder the Signett dated the xxvij*^*^ of Septemb'" Anno Tertio 

 Regis Caroli due to him for the like tyme." An increase in 

 the wages and emoluments of some of the stafi" is noticeable 

 in this audit. Thus, Richard Eldridge, yeoman pricker, 

 received for his wages 40/. per annum and 40s. for his livery. 

 The other instances recorded, being of less significance, call 

 for no minute notice here. The Kind's " free guift " to the 

 yeomen prickers, the waggoner, and the grooms of the Privy 

 Buckhounds, for their attendance from the Feast of the 

 Nativity of St. John the Baptist (June 24), until Michaelmas 

 1628, in addition to the above total, amounted to 158/. 5s. Qd. 



1628-29. — The account for this year amounts to 

 1,338/. 185. 6f(i. The only change that had taken place 

 within this year was the appointment of Thomas Oxley 

 '■ groom of H.M. Buckhounds in the room and place of John 

 Williams, deceased, at 13<:/. per day for his wages payable 

 quarterly, and 20s. for his livery payable at Midsummer, by 

 vertue of H.M, letters under the signet dated the 11th of 

 September in the 5th year of H.M. reign, the first paj'^ment 



