Henchmen, for the rent of a house for the, 79, 125, 182, 209, 230, 265. No word has been more commented upon than "Henchmen," or Henxmen. Without entering into the controversy it may be sufficient to state, that in the reign of Henry the Eighth it meant the pages of honor. They were the sons of gentlemen, and in public processions always walked near the monarch's horse: a correct idea may be formed of their appearance from the representation of them in one of the pictures in the meeting room of the Society of Antiquarians. It seems from these entries that they lodged in the house of Johnson, the master of the king's barge, and that the rent of it was 40_s._ per annum. Observations on the word will be found in Spelman's _Etymol:_, Pegge's _Curiala_, from the Liber Niger Edw. IV., Lodge's _Illustrations_, vol. i. p. 359, the _Northumberland Household Book_, Blount's _Glossary_. Henchmen, to the yeoman of the, 209. Hennage Sir Thomas, 8, _bis_, 25, 26, 29, _bis_, 43, _sæpe_, 50, 58, 66, 75, 79, 87, _bis_, 89, _bis_, 120, 141, 144, 148, 157, _bis_, 165, 172, 187, 195, 196, 219, 249, 254, 255. One of the gentlemen of the privy chamber, and apparently the same individual, who was afterwards vice-chamberlain and chancellor of the duchy of Lancaster to Queen Elizabeth. His only child Elizabeth, who married Sir Moyle Finchard, was created Countess of Winchelsea, by Charles the First. Henyngham George, 88, 132, 209, 235. He was evidently attached in some way to the stables, as these items are of payments of money to him for horses, or provender for them. Hens, to the purveyor of, 109, 119, 129. ---- brought, 103, 178, 194. Hen taker, James Parker, the, 15, 25, 28, 33, 37, 41, 42, 56, 80, 92, 142, 168, 199, 226, 258, 282, 285, 287. The hen taker and the Purveyor of Hens was probably the same person. His wages to which all these entries refer, were it seems 9_l._ per annum. Herbs brought, 4, 36, 39, _bis_, 44, 45, _ter_, 50, 56, 57, 59, 72, 87, 96, 124, 130, 200, 209. Heremyte, [_i. e._ Hermit] to a, 42. Hermit of Deptford, to the, 150, _bis_. Herington Rowland, 279. Herytage Maister, 6, 40, 49. Query, if not intended for Sir Thomas Hennage just mentioned. Herons, for finding, 28. Hertford, 24. Hide, for a bare hide to cover the king's barge, 182. Hind a, brought, 189. "Hinging" over the gate, paid for the, 8. Hingings to a merchant, for hangings and other merchandize, 243.