VALUE OF HAWKS. 
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certain “ Household Books ” and “ Privy Purse Accounts ” 
of noble owners, which the invaluable labours of anti¬ 
quaries have placed within reach of the curious. 
We have been at some pains to collect and arrange the 
following entries, believing that the information which 
they supply will be far more interesting to the reader if 
allowed to remain in the form in which we have found 
it:— 
PRICES OF HAWKS. 
Itm the viij daye paied to Walshe for 
so moche money by him layed out 
for one goshawke and ij fawcons . iij li. 
Itm the xv daye paied for v fawcons 
and a tarsell ..... viij li. 
Itm the iij daye paied in rewarde to 
S r Richard Sandes s’vnt for the 
bringing of a saker to the king at 
hampton courte . . . . vs. 
Itm the same daye paied for fyve ffawcons vij li. vj/S. viij d. 
Itm the iij daye paied to a stranger 
called Jasper, fawconer, for vj sakers 
and v sakeretts at viij corons a pece 
which amot s to J-] viij corons . . xx li. x s. viij d. 
Itm the viij daye paied to maister 
Walshe for so much money by him 
paied for goshawks the which the 
king’s grace bought upon the cage . iij li. 
