haue aduised the said _sir Christofer Garneis_ to remaigne at Morpeth till the queneis comyng thidder, and then her grace may order and prepare euery parte of the said stuf after her pleasure and as her grace semeth moste conuenient,” &c.[83] A few particulars concerning Garnesche may be gleaned from the Books in the Public Record Office: (Easter Term, 18 Hen. vii.) “_Cristofero Garneys_ de } regardo de denariis per Johannem Crawford et } al. per manuc. for.[84] } xl. _li._” (i. e. in reward out of moneys forfeited by John Crawford and another upon bail-bond.) (1st Henry viii.) “Item to _Christofer Garnisshe_ for } the kinges offring at S. Edwardes shiryne the } vj. _s._ next day after the Coronacion[85] } viij. _d._” (Easter Term, 1-2 Henry viii.) “_Cristofero Garneys_ } vni generosorum hostiariorum regis [one of the } king’s gentlemen-ushers] de annuitate sua durante } regis beneplacito per annum } x. _li._ _Eidem Cristofero_ de feodo suo ad xx. _li._ per annum } pro termino vite sue[86] } xx. _li._” and we find that afterwards by letters patent dated 21st May, 7th Henry viii., in consideration of his services the king granted him an annuity of thirty pounds for life, payable half-yearly at the Exchequer.[87] (11th Henry viii.) “Item to _Sir Christofer Garnisshe } knight_ opon a warraunt for the hyre of his howse } at Grenewyche[88] at x. _li._ by the yere for one } half a yere due at Ester last and so after half } yerely during x yeres[89] } c. _s._” (20th Henry viii.) “_Cristofero Garnyshe militi_ de } annuitate sua ad xxx _l._ per annum per breve currens } Rec. den. pro festo Michīs ult. pret. viz. pro vno } anno integro per manus Ricardi Alen[90] } xxx. _li._” see above: this entry is several times repeated, and occurs for the last time in 26th Henry viii.[91] Bale mentions among the writings of Alexander Barclay a piece “against Skelton.”[92] It has not come down to us; but the extant works of Barclay bear testimony to the hearty dislike with which he regarded our author. At the conclusion of _The Ship of Fooles_ is this contemptuous notice of one of Skelton’s most celebrated poems; “Holde me excused, for why my will is good, Men to induce vnto vertue and goodnes; I write no ieste ne tale of Robin Hood, Nor sowe no sparkles ne sede of viciousnes; Wise men loue vertue, wilde people wantonnes; It longeth not to my science nor cunning, _For Philip the Sparow the Dirige to singe_:”[93] a sneer to which Skelton most probably alludes, when, enumerating his own productions in the _Garlande of Laurell_, he mentions,