This is perhaps the earliest instance known of the use of the word, in the sense of nocturnal musicians, as Archdeacon Nares, does not cite any older authority than Beaumont and Fletcher. They appear to have played to the King whilst at Canterbury, on his route to Dover on the 9th October, and on his return the 18th of November 1532. Among the entries in the Household expenses of Thomas Kytson, Esq. in January 1574, is "In reward to Richard Reede, one of the _wayghtes_ of Cambridge, for his attendance in Christmas time xxs."--_History and Antiquities of Hengrave_, p. 201. Wakefelde, Shrobbe, and Hanley, to the rangers and keepers of, 160. These three places are in Northamptonshire. Wakefield Lawn is now the seat of the Duke of Grafton. Wales, Greyhounds brought from, 162. ---- paid the expences of a journey into, 193. Waleston Christopher, 255. Wall, for a new at Blackheath, 213. Walshe Master, 4, 16, _bis_, 53, 108, 146, 232. Apparently Sir Walter Walshe, Knight, a Gentleman of the Privy Chamber, who was sent to the Earl of Northumberland's house to arrest Cardinal Wolsey. See _Singer's Edition of Cavendish_, 1825, vol. 1, pp. 272, 275, _et seq._ Walshe Walter, 4, 44, 60, 74, 76, 79, 85. It is most likely that this was the same person who is described elsewhere as Master Walshe. ---- ---- 9, 22. ---- William, gardener of Greenwich, 39, 50, 84, 94, 124, 137, 163, 213, 218, 232. ----'s Daughter, 228. Walsingham, for the king's offering to the image of our Lady of, 214. Offerings to the image of our Lady of Walsingham, were common at a very early period. William de Ufford, Earl of Suffolk, ordered by his will, dated in 1381, that a picture of a horse and man armed with his arms, should be made of silver, and offered to the altar of our Lady of Walsingham. _Testamenta Vetusta_, p. 115. In the _Vision of Pierce Plowman_ pilgrimages to our Lady of Walsingham, are thus noticed. "Hermits on a heape, wyth hoked staves, wenten to Walsingham." Walter, a falconer, 38. Waltham, 72, _ter_, 73, 77, 163, _bis_, 164, 171, 177, 230. ---- Forest, 43, 66. ---- ----, rangers and keepers of, 74, 170, 172, 235, 254. ---- to the keeper of the abbot's park of, 180. Wanstead, to the gardener of, 34, 58, 75, 103, 122, 142, 167, 182, 206, 230, 260, 282. Ward for the board of a person being in, 78. Either a person under confinement, or more probably one of the King's wards. Warde Thomas, 53, 90, 145, 148, 250. It is evident that he was an artizan of some kind, probably a builder, as many of these entries relate to repairs at Windsor; and the others to payments made to him for new butts, rounds and pricks. Wardens brought, 105, 110, 126, 167, 265, 266, 274.