JOHN GARY, ESQ., TWELFTH MASTEE. 155 



during the King's pleasure, as appears by the subjoined royal 

 warrant : — 



Charles the Second by the Grace of God King of England, 

 Scotland, France, and Ireland, Defender of the Faith &c. To the 

 Treasurer and Under Treasurer of Our Exchequer now and for the 

 time being Greeting. Our will and pleasure is and we do hereby 

 require and authorise you out of such oiu' treasure as shall from 

 time to time remain and be in the receipt of our Exchequer to pay 

 and cause to be paid unto our servant John Gary Esq. Master of 

 Our Privy Buckhounds or his asignees the sum of Five hundred 

 Pounds of lawful money of England by the year, without account? 

 for and towards all charges incident and belonging to the keeping 

 of our said Buckhounds (excepting only the feeding for which 

 Francis Dodsworth hath an allowance of One hundred Pounds by 

 the year formerly granted by Letters Patents from Our Royal 

 Father of glorious memory and lately confirmed by Us). The said 

 sum of Five hundred Pounds to be paid to the said John Gary or 

 his assinnee or assignees at the usual Feasts or Terms of the year, 

 that is to say, the Feasts of the Birth of Our Lord God, the Annun- 

 ciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary, the Nativity of St. John the 

 Baptist, and St. Michael the Archangle, quarterly by even and 

 equal proportions. The first payment thereof to begin from the 

 Feast of St. Michael the Archangle last past before the date 

 thereof. And to be continued unto him for and during Our 

 pleasure. In consideration of which allowance the said John Gary 

 hath resigned and given up his right or pretence to any pensions 

 or privy seals which were granted or intended him as Master of 

 the Buckhounds to Us when We were Prince of Wales, and since 

 our happy Eestoration amounting to Two hundred and twenty 

 Pounds by the year. And these our letters shall be your discharge. 

 Given under our Privy Seal at Our Palace of Westminster the 

 24th day of August in the 13th year of our reign. 



Samuel Pepys Dep' Com'"' de Sandw"^''. 



Mr. Gary's pension of 

 500^. per annum. 



To the Treasurer and Under-treasurer 

 of our Exchequer now and for the time being. 

 — State Pcvpers Domestic, Charles II., vol. xL, No. 53. 



