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One chayne of goldo with longe linckes and hooks. 



One chayne of golde with a tablet havingc a i^icture of Christe in gokle. 



One chayne with a tablet of Cristall, 



A crosse of golde. 



One chayne of golde of Ssses* with fower diamonds and fower 



rubyes seit in a tablett. 

 One chayne of small Beadestones of golde. 

 One small chanye of golde with rough linckes, a tablet hanging into it 



with the picture of Christe and our ladye. 

 Two pendens of golde for the eares. 



Three hracelettes of golde eiche with a crosse of sondrye fashion. 

 A girdle of christall garnished with golde. 

 A payre of beades of beniamyn garnished with golde. 

 Three rings of golde with stones. 

 One round looxe of golde inameled with blacke. 

 One smale ringo of golde with a pearell 

 Three heads and three ringes of gold for walking staves. 

 One boole of gold and live spoones of gold. 

 Two pomanders + the one with a small chayne of golde and garnished 



with golde. 

 One pomander garnished with goldo and a pearll hanging to the same. 

 One small box with some muske in it. 

 A certyne quantitye in peeces of amber grene. 

 One hundred eighty and nine small stones which wee esteem to be 



garnetts. 

 Thirtye nyne aggates small and greate. 

 Eleaven other stones of a grene colour with spottes of reed. 

 One blood stone. 

 One white clothe in the whiche there goeth diverse small stones 



thought to be of small valew. 

 The saide casket garnished with golde with two keyes and a small 



chayne of golde to the same, the which casket and jowells before 



rehearsed Sir Francis Drake hath taken charge to delyver unto 



her Majesty with his owne hands at this presentes. 



July nth, 1587. 



Francis Godolpldn, John Hawkins, Edward Carew. 



* A collar of ss. was an ornament worn by persons of rank, its origin and meaning 

 are very obscure ; it was, however, a badge of the house of Lancaster, Ileniy IV's beiuR 

 the first reign in which it appears. It is generally thought to be a repetition of tho 

 initial letter of that King's favorite motto " Soveraigne," borne by liim while Earl of 

 Derby and retained at his accessien as a good omen. 



t An open work ball of gold or silver to contain a scented ball or perfumes. 



