The Privy Purse Expenses of King Henry VIII from November MDXXIX, to December MDXXXIINicolas, Nicholas Harris, Sir
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The Privy Purse Expenses of King Henry VIII from November MDXXIX, to December MDXXXII
Nicolas, Nicholas Harris, Sir
Henry VIII, King of England, 1491-1547; Prices -- Great Britain; Royal households -- Great Britain
his associates, being obscured by the lustre of Holbein." Painters
formed part of the royal Household, for besides the entries in
these accounts of money to Toto and Penn for their livery coats, in
the _Ordinances for the Regulation_ of Queen Elizabeth's Household,
"to the Serjeant Painter and other, to his appointment" is assigned
a fee of 100_l._ per annum.
Pale John, 60.
Pale, for scowring the new Pale of the Park of Greenwich, 230.
Palfreys, for two, 209.
Palmer Sir Thomas, 17, 22.
Palmer ----, 32, 33, 267, 270.
This individual, like Domingo and a few others, seems to have been
one of the "diverting vagabonds" of Henry's court. Upon each of the
occasions on which he is mentioned, he is stated to have won money
at dice from the King.
Pandolphin, Nicholas, a Frenchman, 6.
Pantry, Sergeant of the, 14, 108.
----, trenchers delivered to the, 191.
Paris, the King's scholar at. See MASON.
Paris ware, jewellery so called, 7, 79, 169, 257, _bis_.
Parker Henry, 118, 126,
Sir Francis Bryan's servant.
---- John, yeoman of the King's Robes, 16, 82, 254, 269, 271, 279,
282.
Parlan Park, keeper of, 67.
Paroke at Oking, to the keeper of the, 62.
A Park or Paddock, evidently derived from the Saxon Peaþþoc, an
inclosure. M.
Parr Lady, 42.
Apparently Maud, daughter and co-heiress of Sir Thomas Green, and
widow of Sir Thomas Parr, Knt. She was the mother of William,
Marquess of Northampton, and of Katherine, who married Henry the
Eighth. She died in December, 1531.
Parsons, the hen-taker, 285. See HEN-TAKER.
Partner, money given to the King to play at Cards, he to be
_partener_ with the Sergeant of the Cellar, 113, 115.
Partridges brought, 10, 64, 255.
Pasties of red deer brought, 267.
Patch, the King's fool, 19, 44, 51, 53, 86, 98. See FOOL.
Pate John, 109.
Pavics, paid for xix pavics of Stele and other ware, 5.
_Pavise_ or _Pavice_, is explained to be a large shield that covers
the whole body; but such an article could scarcely be meant in this
instance.
Paul's St. School, to the master of, 106, 186, 205, 231, 259, 280.
----, proctor of Jesus Aisle in, 29, 114.
Pawlet's Master, park, to the keeper of, 151.
Pawmpelion skins of, brought, 48.
Probably skins brought from Pampellone, a town in the department
of Tarn, twelve miles from Alby. The word "Pawmpelion" does not
occur in any Dictionary or Glossary.
Peaches brought, 253, 264.
Pearls for, 9, 82, 99.
Pears brought, 65, 106, 160, _bis_, 176, 178, 249, 252, 253, 254,
258, _bis_, 267.
Peascods brought, 136.
Peascods seem formerly to have been a favorite article of food.
In "London Lickpenny," they are said to have been cried about the
streets of London.
Peckham Lane, paid for making a way there against the king rode by,
177.
Pellets, [_i. e._ shot,] paid for, 19, 146, 157.
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