NOTES TO THE ILLUSTRATIONS. 245 



The following entries relating to the Royal Falconers are 

 extracted from the Privy Purse Expenses of King Henry the 

 Eighth, from November 1529 to December 1532 : — 



March 1530. — Itm the v days paid to the henne- 



taker for hawks mete . . . . . xs. 

 Itm to iiij of Maister Skevingtons sVnts in 

 rewarde for bringing iij hobbyes to the Kings 



grace iij li. 



Itm the xj daye of Marche paied to Garrat and 

 Richard the favvconers in rewarde for find- 

 ing the herons . . . . . . xs. 



Dec. 1530. — Itm the iij daye paied in rewarde 

 to S*" Richard Sandes s'v'nt for the bringing 

 of a Saker to the King at Hampton Courte . vs. 



Feb. 1532. — Itm the ij daye paied to Nicholas 

 Clampe one of the fawconers for one hole 

 yeres wages to ende at our lady daye in Lent 

 next . . . . . . . X IL 



Itm the iij daye paied to a stranger called 

 Jasper, fawconer, for vj Sakers and v 

 Sakeretts at viij corons a pece which amounts 

 to y,j viij corons . . . . xx li. xs viijd. 



July 1532. — Itm the X viij daye paied to a sVnt of 

 Sr John Bowcher's in rewarde for bringing of 

 a caste of hawks to the Kings grace . . xs. 



Sept. 1532. — Itm the xxvj daye paied to a s'v'nt of 

 my lorde of Derby in rewarde for taking up 

 of an hawke of the kings .... vjs viijd. 

 Itm to the same John Evans for the mete of iiij 

 hawks by the space of Ixxxxvij dayes for ev'y 

 one penny by the daye . . . xxxijs. iiijd. 



Nov. 1532. — Itm the iij daye paied to a s'v'nt of the 

 French e Kings in rewarde for bringing hawks 

 to the Kings grace to Calys c corons xxiij li. vjs viijd. 



Dec. 1532. — Itm the same daye paied to Bentley 

 for the expenses of the Frenche fawconers 

 by the space of a monethe . . . Iviijs xd. 



In the " Household Book" of the L'Estranges, of Hun- 

 stanton, CO. Norfolk, 1 5 19-1578, will be found many curious 

 entries relating to the purchase and keep of hawks in that 



