SIR TIMOTHY TYRELL, NINTH MASTER. 131 



To Jerome Metcalfe, Anthonie Dodesworth, WilPm Gwillams, 

 & Francis Beawchampe grooraes of the said buckhoundes by the 

 said warr* at xx''. the pece '^ ann. for theire wages payable quarterlie, 

 and due to them for the aforesaid tyme — Ix"* 



Total CCCxx". vj^ vj". ob. ;,'. 



During the year ended atj Michaelmas 1614 the Duke of 

 York's pack of Buckhounds was sustained by the Royal 

 Exchequer at a cost of 427/. 8s. 9d. In 1615 and 1616 similar 

 sums were allocated for its support. Mr. Tyrell was still the 

 Master, nor was any change made in the hunt-servants, except 

 that Sergeant Rayne surrendered his office to Edward Hart,* 

 by virtue of H.M. letters under the Signet, dated at New- 

 market, February 30, 1615-6. When the Duke of York was 

 created Prince of Wales, on November 4, 1616, he entered 

 upon an establishment appertaining solely to himself and sus- 

 tained by himself, consequently we lose all trace of this tail, 

 or appendage, of the Royal Buckhounds, its Master, and its 

 staff, from Michaelmas 1616 until Michaelmas 1625. On the 

 Prince's accession to the throne this tail of the Royal Buck- 

 hounds again reverted to the parent kennel, and was again 

 amalgamated with the Household branch, under the Mastership 

 of Sir Timothy Tyrell, vice Sir Thomas Tyringham, resigned. 



In the meantime, we must hark back, and record in proper 

 chronological sequence that Mr. Tyrell, in 1614, married 

 Eleanor, daughter of Sir William Kingsmill, of Sidmanton, 

 county Hants, by whom he had issue four sons and three 

 daughters. He was knighted at his " Lodge in Oxfordshire " 

 by James I., when that sporting monarch was his guest there 

 during a hunting expedition on August 29, 1624. 



As previously mentioned. Sir Timothy retained his post of 

 Master of the Buckhounds to the Prince of Wales until the 

 death of James I., and on the accession of Charles I. he was 

 doubtless promoted to carry the horn of the regal hunting 

 establishment, and became pro foriYia Master of the Buck- 



* He obtained a pension of 90Z. 14s. id. a year on the accession of Charles I., 

 and was paid at that rate down to Michaehnas 1640. 



