Henry's attachment to naval affairs has been fully established, and he consequently paid great attention to his ships. A curious list of his Majesty's navy, in 1525, 6, is given by Mr. Ellis, in his _Original Letters_, second Series, v. i. p. 218 et seq. as a note to a very interesting letter on the subject from Sir Edward Howard, Lord High Admiral, in 1513. See also a letter from some ladies to the King from Portsmouth about the year 1540, acquainting the King with the pleasure they derived from inspecting "the Great Harry." _Ibid._ _First Series_, vol. ii. p. 126. ----, the Master Treasurer's, 6. Evidently the ship belonging to Sir William Fitz-William, afterwards Earl of Southampton, and which by his will dated in September, 1542, he thus bequeathed to the King--"Item, I give to the King's Majesty my _great ship_, with all her tackle, and my collar of the garter, with my best George beset with diamonds."--_Testamenta Vetusta_, p. 707. Individuals frequently owned ships which were employed in the King's service, and which seem to have been considered as a sufficient means of support, for Sir Edward Howard, the Lord Admiral, in his will dated in 1512, says, "Whereas I have two Bastards, I give the King's grace the choice of them, beseeching his Grace to be good Lord to them, and that when he cometh of age he may be his servant; and him that the King's Grace chuseth, I bequeath him my bark, called 'Genett,' with all apparel and artillery, and L _li_ to begin his stock with: the other I bequeath to my special trusty friend, Charles Brandon, praying him to be good master unto him; and for _because he hath no ship_, I bequeath to him C marks to set him forward in the world." _Ibid._ p. 534. ----, Purveyor of the, 179. Shirts for, 17, 53, 78, 84, _sæpe_, 97, 101, 104, 119, 121, 136, 197, 261, 283. ---- for washing Sexton's, 21, 34, 45. ----, for a bag for the King's, 103. ---- for making eight for the, King, 256. Shoes for, 30, 31, 34, 53, 119, 123, 136, 139, 183, 219, 259, 263, 264, 283. Shoemaker, to the, 30, 31, 53, 103, 139, 259, 264, 281. Shooters, to, 66. ----, paid to two of the, for their livery, 201. Shooting, for, 67, 72, 76, 85, 135, 144, 145, 156. ----, money lost by the King at, 50, 118, 120, 137, 159, 226, 229, 237, 250. All these entries refer either to money paid to individuals, as a reward for their dexterity in shooting, or to bets lost by the King at shooting matches. Shots, paid for seven lost by the King, 118. Shovelard, [_i. e._ Shoveller] a, brought, 175. Shovillabourd, Money lost by the king at, 188, 189, 195, _bis_, 209.