144 Wulfhall and the Seymours. 



boon timber-framed, there wore several gardens, M the Great paled 



pardon," "Mv Old lady's pardon," and My Young' Lady's garden." 



There was a Long Gallery, a Little court, a Broad ohamber: and a 



Chapel: as appears from those entries in the Household Book; 



*" Paid tor B p&stall for the Chapel, of 1 lb weight, 17cf." 

 f " Two morteyses for the Sepulchre, 13 lb. Is. tW." 

 *' Two tapers for the Chapel, GJ. Frankincense, Id. 



There was also a Kennel of Hounds. About the house was an 

 Establishment of -14 men of various positions, and 7 females. The 

 highest, the Steward, received £o 10s. Od. a year; the lowest, two 

 Turnbroehes (turnspits), each 18$. Id. a year. (Appendix, No. ii.) 



Queen Jane Seymour was married at Wulfhall, in 153(5, the year 

 of her father's death. In the farm-yard is still standing the fine old 

 barn made of wood and thatched, in which her wedding- festivities 

 wove kept. The Rev. G. Stallard, of Grafton, has kindly furnished 

 me with a drawing of it, for the purpose of being preserved in our 

 Magazine, which is the more desirable, because the old barn is in a 

 most dilapidated condition, especially as to the roof, and unless 

 speedily restored will soon cease to be the national curiosity that it 

 is. It is 17:2 feet long*, by 26 feet wide, inside, and there are still 

 to be seen, against some of the beams and walls, nails or hooks to 

 which were attached the tapestry and hangings used to smarten it 

 up for the dancers at Queen Jane's wedding. I was in hopes of 

 being* able to meet with all the particulars of that affair, but was 

 disappointed. There is however, an account of part of the expenses 

 of carpenter's work in altering Westminster Hall for her Coronation. 

 (Appendix, No. iii.) She died October, 1537, after about a year-and- 

 a-half of married lite. 1 In August, 1539, a few months before the 

 King's next marriage, with Anne of Cleves, (which took place in 

 January, 1540,) the King' and his whole Court came down to 

 Wulfhall on a visit to Edward Seymour, the late Queen Jane's 

 brother, afterwards Protector, but at that time Earl of Hertford. 

 Of this Royal visit every particular is preserved in the large Household 



* " Pastall : " meaning probably u Faschall." a large wax candle used at Easter. 

 + Morteyses : a kind of taper. 



1 For the account of some tapestry and bed furniture worked by Queen Jane 

 Seymour, see Appendix, No. xix. 



