Cromwell employed him in a number of ways. In December 1537[23] he received 15_s._ for setting a great ruby, and 29_s._ for the gold in the ring. In November 1538[24] he was at work on the cup already mentioned for a New Year’s Gift to Henry, for which purpose he received 52 oz. of gold, and was paid nearly £20. Other work during these years consisted in making a George, setting stones in rings, making chains and trenchers, and repairing various Georges, Garters, and other jewellery belonging to the Lord Privy Seal, full details of which will be found in Mr. Cust’s paper, the last entry being dated 15th December 1539.[25] Footnote 23: _C.L.P._, vol. xiv. pt. ii. 782, ii. (p. 333). Footnote 24: _C.L.P._, vol. xiv. pt. ii. 782, ii. (p. 338). Footnote 25: _Ibid._, under various dates. An entry in the Book of Payments of the Treasurer of the Chamber for April 1539[26] shows him in another capacity, one, as already noted, in which the foreign traders in England were frequently employed by the Court. He received one shilling from the King’s purse for forwarding letters of importance to Christopher Mount and Thomas Panell, “his gracis servauntes and oratours in Jarmayne.”[27] Footnote 26: _C.L.P._, vol. xiv. pt. ii. 781 (p. 309). Footnote 27: Mr. Cust suggests that this message was addressed to Holbein. He says: “At Lady Day, 1539, he (Holbein) seems to have been still absent (in Basel), though he was back in England before Midsummer.” (_Burlington Magazine_, February 1906, p. 359.) This, however, is not probable. Holbein was certainly back from Basel by December 1538, when he received £10 for his journey to Upper Burgundy, and he presented a portrait of Prince Edward to the King on New Year’s Day, 1539. He received no salary on Lady Day, 1539, because he had already received a year’s wages in advance at Midsummer, 1538, to date from the previous Lady Day, and not because he was out of England. At this period messages and money were being constantly sent to Christopher Mount, who was much abroad on missions to the German Protestant princes, and the question of the marriage with Cleves was only one of the many affairs, and one of the least important, upon which he was then engaged.