“And the accompt of this said lord’s receiver for the yeare following, in 2d Edward III., sheweth what he payd for dyinge of the white canvas into black, for coveringe of the chariot wherein the bodye of the king was carryed from Berkeley Castle to Gloucester; what the cords, the hors-collers, the traces, and other necessaries particularly cost, used about the said chariot and conveyinge of his body thence to Gloucester; for a silver vessell to put the king’s hart in 37_s._ 8_d._ (in uno vase argentes pro corde dicti Domini Regis patres reponend); in oblations at several times in the chapple of the Castle for the kinges soul, 21_d._; in expenses of the Lord Berkeley’s family going with the kinges body from Berkeley unto Gloucester, 18_s._ 9_d._; and many like particularities.” [27] About this period the records of the Castle testify that “from the manors of Ham and Cowley the following provisions were sent to the clerk of the kitchen for one year:--17,000 eggs, 1008 pigeons, 91 capons, 192 hens, 288 ducks, 388 chickens, 80 hogs, 110 porkers, 84 pigs, 45 calves, 315 quarters of wheat.” [28] In 1334 the retinue of the then Lord of Berkeley usually consisted of twelve knights, each with two servants and a page; twenty-four squires, each with one man and a page--making a total of 108 persons. £ _s._ _d._ His expenditure for one year was 1309 14 6 He saved 1155 18 8 --------------- 2465 13 2 A large sum for yearly income in those days. His armour cost 11 8 11 A hawk 0 15 0 A falcon 1 15 0 [29] “The governor, Sir Charles Lucas, with three horses and arms, and 50_l._ in money. Each field-officer, two horses; foot-captains, one horse; lieutenant and ensigns, sword but no horse; field-officers and captains not to exceed 5_l._, soldiers not 5_s._ 16th October, Colonel Barnes, on petition, nominated governor by the House of Commons.” [30] In reference to this apartment Horace Walpole, in a letter to the Rev. William Cole, dated 15th August, 1774, says:--“The room shewn for the murder of Edward II. and the shrieks of an agonising king, I verily believe to be genuine. It is a dismal chamber, almost at the top of the house, quite detached, and to be approached only by a kind of footbridge, and from that descends a large flight of steps, that terminate on strong gates--exactly a _corps-de-garde_.”