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
It may perhaps be worth observing, that in the inventory of the
effects of Henry V. we find "1 Penner, et ung _Ynk horn_ d'argent
dorrey, pois vj unc', pris l'uncè ij_s._ vj_d._" valued at xv_s._
_Rot. Parl._ vol. iv. p. 226. Thus it seems the word was applied
to a vessel for holding ink rather than to the material of which
it was made. Those mentioned in these Accounts must have been very
common ones, as a dozen cost only two shillings.
Kildare Earl of.
The wife of this Earl, Elizabeth, daughter of Thomas Marquess of
Dorset, received a quarterly pension from the King of 33_li._ 6_s._
8_d._ _Book of Quarterly Payments_, 29-33 Hen. VIII.
Kingston Anthony.
"Mr. Anthony Kingston, Warden of the Hawks. _Book of Quarterly
Payments_," 29-33 Hen. VIII.
Latimer Master, for preaching before the King.
It was probably to this occasion that Bishop Latimer alludes in a
Sermon preached before the Duchess of Suffolk in 1552. Speaking of
a woman who was accused of having killed her child, whom he visited
in the prison at Cambridge, and ascertained to be innocent, he
says, "Immediately after this I was called to preache before the
Kyng, whyche was my firste Sermon that I made before His Majesty,
and it was done at Windsor where His Majestye, after the Sermon was
done, did most familiarly talke with me in a gallerye. Nowe when I
sawe my tyme I kneelyd downe before His Majesty, openynge the whole
matter," &c. The story is however too long to be inserted. Fol. 14.
Printed at Aldersgate, 1584.
Molino Idrom.
Le Neve says he was an ambassador. _Lansd. MSS._ 737.
Moret Hubert.
His portrait was painted by Holbein, and engraved by Holler.
Walpole's _Anecdotes of Painting_.
Mules, 260. Addenda, p. 366.
In April, 1530, two mules cost 22_l._ 10_s._ and in September,
1532, the sum paid for three was 35_l._ Thus the price continued
very nearly the same.
Norris Sir Henry.
He was gentleman waiter to the King, and was the only person
permitted to follow him into his bedchamber. _Archæologia_, vol.
iii. p. 155. Cavendish says he was also Groom of the Stole, vol.
ii. p. 25. It would be most unjust to allude, ever so casually to
Norris, and omit to state that he was offered a pardon if he would
confess that Anne Boleyn was guilty, but that he preferred his
honour to his life.
Owche.
An _owche_ also meant bosses, buttons, clasps, or any ornamental
trinket. The custom of wearing a brooch, or some kind of ornament,
in the front of the hat, is noticed by all our old poets. See
Massinger, by Gifford, iv, 213; Jonson, do. ii. 406.--M.
Pole Mr. Addenda, p. 365.
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