Independently of gifts in charity, and to persons supposed to be healed by the King's touching them, payments of 10_l._ per month were regularly made to Dr. Baugh for his Majesty's private alms. Henry's principal associates, besides his fool, jester, Thomas Smith, Mark Smeton, the two Williamses, Domingo, and one or two other minions, all of whom appear to have been wholly supported and clothed at his expence, were his favorites, Sir Francis Bryan, Sir Henry Norris, Lord Rochford, Sir Francis Weston, Sir Edward Seymour, the Serjeant of the Cellar, and a few others; and on perusing the evidence here afforded of the favor which they enjoyed, and the intimacy to which they were admitted, the mind is impressed with horror at the reflection of how few of them escaped falling victims to his suspicion, jealousy, or revenge. But when the partners of his bed and throne met a similar fate, it would have been a subject of surprise had the companions of his hours of revelry and enjoyment, or the sharers of his sports and amusements been spared. Of Anne Boleyn and her family, numerous curious particulars will be found, many of which tend to show the manner in which she was treated at court from November, 1529, until her elevation to the throne; and as every thing which relates to her is of great interest, the following abstract of them may be acceptable. The precise time when Henry's attachment to her commenced is uncertain, but three years before her marriage, the Master of the Robes paid for some purple velvet for her; and on the 28th, for stuff prepared for her use. In December following, 180_l._ were given to her by the King's order: in April, 1530, her servant was paid for finding a hare;[141] and in May, the taylor and skinner were paid for her dresses; and bows, arrows, and other articles for shooting were bought for her.[142] The large share of the king's affection which she then possessed, and which was perhaps deemed to be the harbinger of her subsequent honors, is evident from the fact of the Mayor of London having sent her a present of cherries on the 5th of June; and the servant who brought them was rewarded with 6_s._ out of the privy purse. More bows were purchased for her on the 10th of that month; and in an entry in July as well as in the December preceding a person called George Taylor, is expressly styled, "my Lady Anne's servant." Linen cloth for her was paid for in September, in which month ten shillings were given for a cow that one of her greyhounds had killed. A remarkable entry occurs in November, in that year, from which it appears that Anne Boleyn had pawned one of her jewels to her sister Mary, and that Henry ordered 20_l._ to be given to redeem it; a few days afterwards, about twenty yards of crimson satin were purchased for her use. In December, eight guineas were given for budge skins or furs for her; on the 21st of that month she received twenty shillings in silver: the next day linen cloth for her shirts was