... wages of seamen belonging to the fleet of the Cinque Ports and other towns, employed in the King’s service, fo. 279. 1,233 9 8 ------------- Amount of charges for the year L.32,820 15 3½ * * * * * Separate Disbursements. Alms and charitable donations of the King and his family, fo. 47. L.1,166 14 6 Necessaries for the King’s household, travelling expenses, ambassadors, messengers to Court of Rome, wages of King’s servants _not_ on the Marshall’s roll, &c. (Observ. on W. A. fo. viii.) 3,338 19 3 Expenses of messengers and others, despatched on King’s business, fo. 303. 87 11 1 Falconers, huntsmen, &c. fo. 309 77 6 11½ Allowance to bannerets, knights, clerks, and other servants of the King’s household for their winter and summer robes, fo. 331. 714 3 4 Expenses of sundry furnishings for the Royal household, including separate expenses of the Queen and her household, amounting to L.3668, 2s. 9d., and Chancellor’s fee, amounting to L.581, 9s. 9d. fo. 360. 15,575 18 5½ “The account then states the payments contained in this book to amount to L.53,178 15 0 “To which are added the expenses of the household contained in a separate account, amounting to L.10,969 16 0½ --------------- And “the whole of the national expenditure, within this department, during one entire year,” is stated at L.64,105 0 5 ============== It is added, “The account is corrected and approved by the comptroller in every page; but the balance is not struck. If we take, however, the sum told of the money received, which amounted to L.58,155 16 2 And deduct it from the money paid, we shall find a balance due to the accountant, amounting to 5,949 4 3” =============