1618.] THE SAVOY AMBASSADOR. 209 



being iiij'" weeks and a halfe f^ iiij" xl — Wardrobe Ace, 

 Treasurer of the Chamber, Series I., box F., bundle 4, 

 m. 804, MS, P.R.O. 



To John Coppin & Robt'e Glover twoe yeo'm of his Ma*^ 

 Chamber vpon warraunte dated at Whitehall x'"° die February 

 1617 for theire paines and Charges in bringing vp Robt'e 

 Hope and George Armstronge from Newmarket to the 

 Prison of the Gatehouse in Westminster x^' (m. 87 d). 



To Thomas Brooke vpon a warraunte dated at Whitehall 

 ij*^" Maij 1 61 8 for diverse Sermons preached before his Ma*y 

 in hunting Journeys at Royston, Newmarkett, and Thetford 

 from Mich'as 1616 to the xvij"' of March following xxix". 

 To the said Thomas Brooke vpon like warraunte dated at 

 Whitehall ij''" Maij 161 8 for diverse Sermons preached before 

 his Ma*-^' in his hunting Journeys at Royston Newmarket and 

 Thetford from Mich'as to Shrovetide 16 17 xix". — Ibid. 



To John Heborne, gent vsher and daylie wayter to the 

 Kinges Ma"® to him for thallowaunce of himselfe and one 

 gent vsher q'^rter waiter one yeoman hanger fower groomes of 

 the Chamber twoe groomes of the wardrobe and one groome 

 porter for ryding wayting and attending on the Kings Ma*^ 

 from the Court at Whitehall to Theobalds Royston and 

 Newmarkett and back againe to Whitehall, In all the space 



of xliiij'"" dales mens Januar. et Feb. & Mar. 161 7 iiijv^' xvj* 

 (m. 92). 



Sir John Finett, Assistant-Master of the Ceremonies, gives 

 the following description of the visit of his Excellency the 

 Ambassador of Savoy, whom he attended to Newmarket : — 

 " The Ambassador of Savoy coming the King at Nciv Market, 

 March the second, was by me fetched and conducted (in 

 the Lord Chamberlaines Coach with foure score Horses), in 

 company of Lord Worcester* (Sir James Spence, and Sir 

 William Anstroder), from his Lodging two miles out of Towne 

 there to the Presence Chamber, where he attended till the 

 Lord Chamberlain comming forth of the Kings withdrawing 



* Edward Somerset, 4th Earl of Worcester, an ancestor of the Dukes 

 of Beaufort (see ante, p. 132). 



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