PHEASANTS FOR COVERTS AND AVIARIES. 



fui'tiislied Ijv the ' Privy Pursf Espouses of King Henry VIII.' 

 I''(ir t'x:nn]ile, under date xvj"' Nov. 1532, we hare: 



" ' Itm the same dayc jiaied to the fesaunt 



brech'r in rt'wardc . ... ixs. iiijd. 



" • ItiTi the XXV <laye ]iaied to the ju'este the 

 fesauut lireder at Elthani iu rcwarde ij 

 corons ... ... ... ... ... ixS. iiijd.' 



" And in December of the same year • 



■' • Itih the xxijd. daye paied to the freuch 

 Pre,ste the fesaunt l)reder for to live 

 him a gowne and other necesarvs .. xlS.' 



"]''i-c)ni these entries it wonld apjiear that even at this 

 date some ti'oulde and expense were lueurred in rearincr 

 ]iheasaids. No allusion, however, is made to thi'ir beino- shot. 

 'I'liey must have lieen taken in a net or snare, or killed with 

 a hawk. The last-named UKjde is indicated from another 

 source :* 



" ' Item, a, Fesaiit kylled with the Goshawke. 



■"A notice, two Fesants and two Partridtres kiUed with the 

 hawks.' 



"As a rule tliey are only referred to as being ' brouo-ht 

 in,' the bearer receiving a gratuity for his trouble. 



■'■Jau^- 1.^36-7. ItiTi. genen to Hunte 

 yeoman of the }ndtry, Ijriug-ing in Inr 

 gee two qwieke (/.c. live) phesauts vijs. vjd. 



■• ■ Ap'- 1537. ItiTi. yeueu to Greue tlir 

 [)trich taker luiuging a cowple of 

 Phesa.unts to my hidy's grace ... ... iijS. ixd 



'"Jan. 1.537-8. Itm. geuen to my hidv 

 Carow's s'ufit briugiug ,i, quicke 

 Phesauot . j-~ 



'"Jan. 1.5-i3-i. Itm. geueu to Hawkvn, 

 s'unte of Hertford liriugin^ a. phesant 

 andptrichest ' iij;. liijj • 



*■" Extracts from the Houseliokl and Privy Purse A<-coui,ts of the 

 L Estraasos of Hunstanton. 1519_b578.' (Tran.. Roy. Soc. Anti,, 1833 ) 



f-Th,. Pnvy Purse Expense-s of th.. Princes.s Mary, 15;!(!-1544 ' 

 (Edited l,y Sir F. Madden, 1S31.) ' 



