ROBERT TYRWHITT, ESQ., ELEVENTH MASTER. 127 



Paul Stacey, yeoman pricker, who was succeeded by Francis 

 Dodsworth (December 11, 1(335), was paid at the rate of 2s. Qd. 

 a day for wages and 40s. per annum for livery. William 

 Wetherall was thereupon a[)pointed to fill the vacant post. 

 William Basse obtained Wetherall's place ; and John Crockford 

 became lymberman vice Richard Crockford, dead or retired, by 

 virtue of H.M. letters under the signet, dated June 2.3, 1636. 

 The King's free gifts to the hunt-servants for their attendance 

 during the summer season amounted, in addition, to 1.54/. 7s. 



1637-38. — The account for this year, from September 29, 

 1637, to September 29, 1638, amounts to 1,338/. Os. OhUd. 

 There is no change in the personnel of the staff, except the 

 appointment of George Fryer, groom, vice William Rawson; 

 Robert Bedborough, vice R. Pattison and W. Pitman, vice 

 William Connock, deceased. The King's free gifts to the hunt- 

 servants were 157/. 10s. The Master is called Sir Thomas 

 Tyrwhitt, knight — clearly a mistake by the engrosser, who 

 should have written " Robert Tyrwhitt, Esq." 



1638-39.— The account for this year, ended at September 29 

 1639, amounts to exactly the same sum as the preceding one. 

 The Master is here styled " Robert Terwhitt, Esq." He received 

 33/. Qs. Sd. " for his wages per annum, payable quarterly and 

 due for one whole year ended at Michaelmas 1639." 



1639-40. — The account for this year, ended on September 

 29, 1640, amounts to 1,340/. 6s. b\d. It is the penultimate, 

 and, moreover, the last complete one preserved in this series 

 during the reign of Charles I. It is consequently replete with 

 the establishment of this branch of the Royal Buckhounds. 

 A brief analysis of the interesting facts and. figures contained 

 therein must be especially welcome here, particularly as we 

 shall find no further details during the ensuing dark and 

 dismal twenty years. 



First and foremost comes Robert Tyrwhitt, Esq., the Master, 

 at the head of the hunt-servants of this branch of the pack, 

 whom we find in the receipt of his salary in full, for one whole 

 year ended at Michaelmas 1640, amounting to the usual sum 

 of 33/. 6s. 8c/. 



