132 THE HISTORY OF THE EOYAL BUCKHOUNDS. 



hounds to the new King, with whom he was evidently a prime 

 favourite and a faithful servant. We have been unable to 

 Und any patent* of his appointment of Master of the Buck- 

 hounds to Charles I., but he is specifically mentioned as the 

 holder of that high ofiice in the grant of a pension of 100/, 

 a year for life given to him by the King, dated October 6, 

 1625. Burke asserts that Sir Timothy Tyrell was Master 

 of the Buckhounds to Henry, Prince of Wales, and an officer 

 of the bedchamber to Charles I. (" Dormant and Extinct 

 Baronetage "), but both of these assertions are probably in- 

 accurate. At all events, this Master of the Buckhounds was 

 in high favour at the court of Charles I., and that he knew 

 how to play his cards to his own advantage we have ample 

 evidence. Thus, in October 1628, Sir Timothy Tyrell and 

 Timothy Tyrell, his son, obtained a grant from the King 

 during their lives successively, of the custody and stewardship 

 of the Forest of Shotover and Stoe Wood, county Oxford, and 

 the herbage and pannage thereof, with all fees, liberties, and 

 commodities thereunto pertaining. Practically this amounted 

 to the disafforestation of those forests, and it soon afterwards 

 led to great disputes between the Admiralty and the grantees 

 concerning the timber required by the former for the wooden 



* In the patent of Master of the Buckhounds, which is transcribed in the 

 preceding chapter, it will be seen that James I. granted Sir Thomas 

 Tyringham the office for the natural term of his life. There is also a clause 

 by virtue of which he could transfer the office to a sufficient deputy, hence 

 it is obvious that on the accession of Charles I. some mutual arrangement 

 was made between the King, Sir Thomas, and Sir Timothy, whereby the 

 last-mentioned knight continued to act as Master of the amalgamated packs 

 — the Privy Buckhounds of the new King and the regal pack of the late 

 monarch. Sir Thomas Tyringham received his salary, amounting to 

 161. 8s. id. for the half year ended at Lady Day 1625 ; and the first payment 

 to Sir Timothy Tyrrel, succeeding Sir Thomas Tyringham as Master of the 

 Buckhounds to Charles I., occurs in the accounts of the Treasurer of the 

 Chamber for 1625 — "due to him for half a year began at Lady Day 

 [March 25, 1625] and ended at Michaelmas next following, 16Z. 8s. id." The 

 authority given for the latter payment is " H.M. letters under the signet, 

 dated at Westminster, Oct. 12, 1625." Unfortunately we have not been able 

 to find that warrant ; it would likely recapitulate the particulars of the 

 transaction, and probably confirm our conjectures upon that point. 



