Reading, 248, 249, _bis_. Rebeck, for a, 114. A stringed instrument resembling a fiddle. The price of a Rebeck in 1531, appears to have been xx _s._ Rede, bailiff of Greenwich, 104, 173, 263. ---- John, gardener of Beaulie, 80, 81, 103, 234, 264, 288. ---- Marshal of the King's hall, 79, 125. Reed, for the King's barge, 45. Reed was probably used in cleaning the bottom of the barge. On such occasions it is affixed to a pole, set on fire, and applied to melt the mixture of pitch, &c. with which the bottom of an uncoppered vessel is covered. Redemption of a jewel, for the, 88. This curious entry is noticed under JEWELL and ROCHFORD. Reding William, a mercer, 215. Relick Water brought, 67, 148. What _Relick Water_ was cannot be exactly explained. On one occasion it was sent by the Abbot of Westminster, whose servant received 20_s._ for bringing it; and on the other, a glass of it was brought from Windsor to Hampton Court, the bearer of which was paid only 12_d._ It was probably a strong scented spirit, and from its name we may infer that its virtues were of a superior nature, even if they were not supposed to have been derived from some sacred object or ceremony. Remnant of a piece of cloth of gold, 190. Removing day, for the, 234. The day upon which the Court removed from one Palace to another. Renell ----, 267. Rent of Houses, 79, 182. See HENCHMEN. ---- of a house at Greenwich, for my Lord of Rochford, 128. Repairs of the king's house at Chatham, for, 229. ---- at Grafton, for, 241. ---- for, at Woodstock, 248. Reppe Doctor, 8. Retinue of Calais, for the payment of the, 43. Rhods [_i. e._ Roods] to the priest that sings at the, 276. Robbed, paid in charity to a man who was, 194. Ribband for, 84. Rice Master, 84, 167. Richard, a falconer, 28. Richmond, 15, 45, 60, 178. ----, the Gardener of 44, 66, 165, 168, 174, 181, 216, 249, 254, 264. ----, Keeper of, 76. ----, Duke of, 40, 41, 42, 131, 189. Henry Fitz Roy, natural son of King Henry VIII. by Lady Elizabeth Talboys. He was born in 1519, and on the 18th June 1525, was created Earl of Nottingham, and Duke of Richmond and Somerset, K. G.; on the 26th of July following he was constituted Lord High Admiral. He married Mary, daughter of Thomas, Duke of Norfolk, but died before consummation on the 24th July, 1536. When the Duke is first mentioned in these accounts, he was eleven years of age: arrows were then purchased for him, and his nurse is said to have received 40_s._ in reward. In the same year 20_s._ were paid for a lute for him; and it appears that in January 1532 he was ill, for a physician was paid 40_s._ for visiting him. Rider, to Alexander the, 184.