Many of the entries respecting Sir Francis Bryan, one of the brightest ornaments of Henry's court, tend to confirm the idea of the intimacy between him and his sovereign. They show that he was constantly the king's companion in his amusements at shovel board, bowls, dice, primero, and other games; and on one occasion we find 50_l._ was given to his servant as "a token from the king to him," an expression which no where else occurs, and which, it would seem, was a delicate manner of making him a pecuniary present. He was the only son of Sir Thomas Bryan, who died in 1517, and was one of Henry the Eighth's Gentlemen of the Bedchamber. Bryan was the author of some sonnets which are inserted amongst those of the Earl of Surrey; and he is consequently noticed by Dr. Nott, in his elegant edition of that nobleman's productions. Hall also states many curious facts respecting him, particularly of the loss of one of his eyes at a tilting match. Bryan, keeper of greyhounds, 58. Bryce John, 155. Bucks brought, 26, 49, 55, 60, _bis_, 67, 136, 150, 194, 229, 232. ----, paid to the guard for eating a, 156. Why the guard should have been paid 40_s._ for eating a buck is not easily explained. If the guard consisted of very few persons, it might have been a sort of wager. Buck, to the wife, where the king shot at a tame, 171. Buckhounds, the king's private, 19. ----, for canvas to cover a cart for carrying the, 154. When the king went to Ampthill, it seems that his hounds were sent there also, for the purpose of hunting. ----, paid to the office of the, for killing the first buck, 157. ----, to the office of the, 161, 257. Buckhunts, paid to the, 254. So little is known of the regulations of this office, that the Editor acknowledges himself ignorant of the cause of these payments. Buckingham, 157, 242. ----, to the keeper of the house at, 242. Buckram for, 223, _bis_. Buildings for the king's, 161. ----, the king's at York Place, money for, 36. ----, the king's, at the More, 40, 49. ---- at Hounsdon, for the, 42, 60, 73, 81, 111, 136, 174, 211. ---- at Westminster, for the king's, 228. Henry's taste for building has been often noticed, and these payments were for its gratification. Bukworth ----, 229. Bulkeley Master, 151. Bulloyne, [Bologne], 54. Bulstrode Lady, 4, 36, 112. Burdet William, 142, 263. Burial, paid the expenses of William Doddesworth's, 141. ----, paid by way of alms at that of Davy the footman, 172. We are here presented with the expences attendant on the funeral of two menial servants; in one case it was sixteen, in the other fifteen shillings. Bury, 81. Business, the king's, money laid out for, by Thomas Alvord, 96. ----, to one sent on the king's, 252. Bustards brought, 187. Butter William, a keeper of Windsor Forest, 77, 128.