ic.TT.J THE KEEPER OF THE PALACE. 343 



together with all profitts comodites p'quisits emoluments 

 and appurtenances whatsoever to the said office belonging or 

 with the same att time or times heretofore vsually had received 

 taken or eionyed and in as large and ample manner to all 

 intents and purposes as the said Thomas Elliott or any other 

 person or persons whatsoever have held or enioyed or might 

 or ought to have had held or enioyed the same And 

 Further of o"" more ample grace certaine knowledge and 

 meere mocon we have given and granted And by these 

 p'"sents for us our heires & successors Doe give and grant 

 vnto the said Elizabeth Elliott for her paines and Charges 

 in keeping of o"" said House and in ayreing the Roomes and 

 household stuff thereof the wages and fee of two hundred 

 poundes by the yeare. To Have and yearely to receive and 

 perceive the said fee of two hundred pounds by the year vnto 

 her the said Elizabeth Elliott or her assignes for & during the 

 naturall life of her the said Elizabeth Elliott out of the 

 Treasurie of us o'" heires and successors att the Receipt of 

 the Excheq'' of vs o'' heires and successors by the hands of 

 the Treasurer Chancellor Undertras'"® and other officers of 

 Excheq^ of vs o'" heires & successors for the time being att 

 the foure most vsual Feasts or termes in the yeare (that is 

 to say) At the Feast of the Nativity of St John Baptsist St 

 Michael the Archangell the Birth of o'' Lord God and the 

 Annunciacon of the blessed virgin Mary by even and equall 

 porcons The first payment thereof to bee made at the Feast 

 of St Michaell the Archangell last past before the date of 

 these presents WHEREFORE o'' will and pleasure is & wee 

 doe hereby for vs o"" heires and successors authorize require 

 & Command the Trear^ Commissi©'"'' of the Treasury 

 Chancellor Under Treas'"* Chamberlaynes & Barons and all 

 other the officers and Ministers whatsoever of the Excheq'' of 

 Vs o'" heires & successors and of the Receipt thereof for the 

 time being to whome it shall or may appertaine to pay and 

 deliver or Cause to bee paid and delivered and to ^\\q full 

 allowance from time to time of the said wages or Fee of two 

 hundred pounds ^ anfi, Vnto the said Elizabeth Elliott and 

 her assifrnes for & durinir her naturall life according to the 



