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!X spaiTow-lulwk.* It may bo of interest to acid that the Gmnd 
I'alconer of Ii,nglancl at tliis time (1G08-1G18) who accompanied 
tlio King into Norfolk, by way of Tlieobalds, Koyston, and New- 
market, Avas Sir Patrick Hume, avIio some j'ears later was succeeded 
by Sir Thomas IMonson.f 
'I’liis may bo gathered from an order on the Treasury dated 
18th May, 1G18, which is still preserved, and is printed in Devon’s 
‘ Issues of the Exchecpier,’ commoidy called the ‘ Pell liecords.’ 
It runs as hdlows : — 
“ By order, dated 18th of May, KilS. To Sir Patrick Ilowme, Knight, 
master of His Majesty’s hawks, the sum of £2 Id. 4s. in full satisfac- 
tion and repayment of tlie like sum l)y him disbursed, by his Majesty’s 
special direction & commandment for the provision of divers hawks 
lor his Majesty’s disport and recreation, as hath aj>poared unto his 
Majesty by his bills of the particulars. By writ dated of May 
1G08 243. 4. 0. 
Under Sir Patrick Ilumo as head falconer wa.s John AVood, 
Avith assistants Kobert and Luke Wood.J 
’I'hey all seem to haA'e been masters of their craft, and excelled 
not only as falconers, but in the education and management of 
trained cormorants, in Avhich the King took groat delight, and in 
respect of Avhich ho spent a good deal of money. § 
* See also Stevenson, ‘ Birds of Norfolk,’ vol. ii. p. 82. 
t Amongst other members of the suite on this occasion Avas Lord Hay, 
an ancestor of a distinguished naturalist of our own day, the late Marciuis of 
Tweeddale. 
The Prince (Charles) had his own falconer, Mr. George Moncrieff, who 
Avas appointed “ to take charge & oversight of all such hawks as shall be 
lit for the recreation & disport of the Prince,” for which he received 
3s. 4d. a day, ‘‘ payable quarterly during pleasure.” 
t A singular parallel presents itself in the ca.se of the Brothers Barr, 
John, William, and Robert, who in her present Majesty’s reign have shown 
themselves as skilled in falconry as were the Brothers Wood in James the 
First’s reign. 
§ The .same distinguished foreigner who wrote the description a’oove 
referred to of Dotterel-hawking at Thetford, has left us an account of 
Cormorant-fishing in the same neighbourhood, a sport Avhich he Asas also 
privileged to witne.ss in presence of the King. [son Excellence le 
due de \\ urtemberg] soupa derechef avecq sa Ma** le.squelq en sortans de 
table entrerent en caros.se pour allcr a la riviere ou ils virent des cormorants, 
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