164 THE HISTOEY OF THE EOYAL BUCKHOUNDS. 



Robert Longville, yeoman, for his wages at lOd. W clay, and 

 19?. 2s. id. '^ ann., and 11. for his livery due at Christmas 

 for like time — 251. 6s. 6d. 



Under head of " annuities " we find extra payments to Henry 

 Taylor, late groom of the Buckhounds, for his pension at 8d. 

 a day, and to Francis Dodsworth, sergeant of the pack, "for 

 his charges in feeding and keeping the said hounds by way of 

 addition to his former allowance," 1561. 14s. ^d., for "his 

 Majesty's free gift and reward, as formerly usually allowed to 

 the huntsmen of the Buckhounds, for their attendance from 

 Midsummer to Michaelmas 1661." 



1662. Year ended at Midsummer 1662, made up of arrears for one 



year and a quarter. Total, 2,378?. lis. l^d. 



1663. Total, 1,950?. 19s. 9|d 

 1664-65. All payments in arrear. 

 1665-66. Ditto. 



1666-67. Ditto. 

 1667-68. Ditto. 



On March 16, 1668, it was ordered that the usual liveries 

 and allowances heretofore enjoyed by the hunt-servants were 

 to be discontinued after the ensuing Midsummer quarter, and 

 that the cost of this portion of the pack was to be retrenched 

 from 2,248/. 9s. Id. to 1,500/. a year (Add. MSS., 28,080, fo. 

 63), whereupon they petitioned the King to annul the order and 

 to restore them the remuneration which they were entitled to 

 receive according to the original establishment on the Civil 

 List. To this petition the King graciously assented ; but, so 

 far as receiving any pecuniary advantages, the unfortunate 

 hunt-servants were no better off than they were before. We 

 subjoin the details of those curious transactions as they are 

 found in the documents cited : — 



Statement by John Gary Esq. to the Council of State, August 22, 

 1667, relating to the cost of the Household branch of the Royal 

 Buckhounds : — 

 May it please your Lordships 



This is a true account of facts stipends and salaries as are 



