15. Richard de la Warre, knight, ancestor to the present Earl de la Warr. 16. Thomas Lomley, de Lomley, ancestor to the present Earl of Scarborough.

17. John Broke, de Cobham, knight. Extinct in 1619.

18. John Blount, de Mountjoye, knight. Extinct in 1681.

19. John Stourton, de Stourton, knight, ancestor to the present Lord Stourton.

20. John Sutton, de Dudley, knight. Title in abeyance.

21. John Denham, de Caredenham, knight. Extinct in 1502.

22. John Arundel, de Maltravers, knight, son to the Earl of Arundel. Title passed to the Duke of Norfolk.

23. Edward (Grey) Viscount Lisle, knight. Extinct in 1504.

24. John Grey, de Powis, knight. Extinct in 1552.

25. Henry Clifford, de Clifford, knight, ancestor to the present Baroness de Clifford.

26. John Ratcliffe, de Fitzwater. Extinct in 1641. 27. William (Beaumont) Viscount Beaumont.

English Viscount. Title extinct in 1507.

NOTE 60.

His father was the first

The magnificence and state kept up by the great feudal barons of this time was little inferior to that of a court. The princely scale on which the establishment of the Earl of Northumberland was fixed is well known by the book of the orders given to his household, which was published some years ago. The actual household-book of Edward Stafford, Duke of Buckingham, containing the daily entries of his housekeeping expenses from Nov. 5, 1507, to March 22, 1508, conveys a no less striking idea of the wealth and profusion of the chief nobles of that day. In this curious document, which is in the possession of Lord Bagot, at Blithfield, besides the deliveries each day from the pantry, cellar, buttery, kitchen, chandlery, and stable, is regularly noted the number of individuals at dinner and supper; to which are added the names of the principal guests, and the number of their attendants. The following entry on the feast of the Epiphany, being written in the original MS. in old abbreviated Latin, I have, for the benefit of such of my readers as are unlearned, given in the translation of John Gage, Esq. F.S.A., as printed in the Archæologia.

The Lady Anne, sister of the Lord, and fifteen with her.

Robert Poyntz, knight, and nine.

Edmund Gourge, knight, and seven.

John Rodney, knight, and six.

Maurice Barkley, and nine.

Richard Barkley, and five.
James Barkley, and three.
Anthony Poyntz, and three.
Thomas Welshe, and three.
Richard Frye, and three.
William Kingston, and three.
Doctor Thower, and four.
The two Auditors, and five.
Robert P'rill (Peverill?), and two.
Humphrey Blount, and two.

John Burrell, and two.

Edward Garthe, and two.

The Bailiff of Hatfield Broadoak, and two.

The Bailiff of Oakham, and two.

The Bailiff of Navisby.

The Bailiff of Rowell.

Two of the Lord's tenants of Penshurst.

One of Blechingley.

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Hugh Boughey, and two.

The Receiver of Newport, and two.

William Kemys.

Thomas Morgan, and three.

William Morgan.

Two others, doing service to the Lord of Newport.

Twelve doing service to the Lord of Brecon, with ten attendants.

Master John Barton, chaplain.

Eighteen singers, and nine boys of the chapel.

The Receiver of Surrey and Kent, and three.

Three tenants of the Lord of Brecon.

The Vicar of Christchurch, and two.

Two cooks from Bristol; Henry Dunstan; the two minstrels; the six trumpeters; the four waites from Bristol; four players from Writhill; one bondman; the Abbot of Kingswood, and four with him; forty-two from the town, and ninety-five from the country.

Pantry. Spent, 678 loaves, 3 quarters, 2 manchets,* price 18s. 114d.; from which, in breakfasts, 48 loaves and a half; whereof, to the Lord, I loaf, 2 manchets; to the Lady, 2 loaves, 2 manchets; the Lord Stafford, 1 loaf, 1 manchet; the Lady Anne, 2 loaves, 2 manchets; the Lord Edward, 1; the Treasurer, 1; the Auditor, 1; William Kingiston, 1 loaf, 1 manchet; the Comptroller, half; the Kitchen, half; the Porter, half; the Stable, 2; the Gentlemen of the Chapel, 8; Gentlemen Strangers, and Bailiffs of the Lord from divers parts, 8; Robert Poyntz, knight, 4; Edmund Gourge, knight, and John Rodney, knight, 3; Maurice Barkley, 2 loaves, 2 manchets.

In Messes, 459 loaves: to the Tailor, 32; the Surveyor, 78; the Salter, 6; the Kitchen, for works, 9; the Chandler, 5; the Bear, 2; Alms, 4; Drinkings, 13 loaves and a half, 1 manchet; whereof to the Lord, 1 manchet; the Lady, 1 loaf, 1 manchet; the Lord Stafford, 1 loaf, 1 manchet; the Lady Anne, 1 loaf, 1 manchet; the Lord Edward, 1; the Treasurer, 1; the Chancellor, half; the Dean of the Chapel, half; the Secretary, half; the Almoner, nothing; Robert Poyntz, knight, 1 loaf, 1 manchet; Edmund Gourge and John Rodney, knights, I loaf, I manchet; Maurice Barkley, 1 loaf, 1 manchet; James Barkley and Richard Barkley,

*A manchet was a loaf of the finest white bread, weighing 6 oz.

1 loaf, 1 manchet; Sir Henry Sleford, half; the Auditor, 1; the Comptroller, half; the Kitchen, half; the Chief Cook, 1 quarter; the Porter, half; the Yeoman of the Chamber, 1; the attendants of the Lady Anne, 1.

Cellar. Spent, 33 pottles,* 1 pitcher, 1 quart of Gascony wine, price 668.; four pitchers and a half of Malvoisey, 4s. 6d.; 7 pitchers of Rhenish wine, 4s. 8d.; and one pitcher of Ossey, 12d.: whereof, in breakfasts to the knights, 1 pottle of Gascony wine, and a half a pitcher of Malvoisey.— Messes in the Chamber of the Lord and Lady, 1 pottle, 1 pitcher of Gascony wine, and 1 pitcher of Rhenish wine, and half a pitcher of Malvoisey; the Great Chamber, 1 pottle, 3 pitchers of Gascony wine, and 1 pitcher of Rhenish wine, and half a pitcher of Malvoisey; to the said Lord and Lady, and the aforesaid knights, 3 pitchers of Gascony wine, and 1 pitcher of Rhenish wine; the Kitchen, for works, 1 pottle; the Butler, 11 pottles of Gascony wine, 1 pitcher of Malvoisey, and 2 pitchers of Rhenish wine; Liveries, 2 pottles, 2 pitchers, 1 quart of Gascony wine, and 1 pitcher of Rhenish wine, and half a pitcher of Malvoisey; whereof, to the Lord and Lady, half a pitcher ; the Lady Anne, half a pitcher; Robert Poyntz, knight, 2 pitchers of Gascony wine, and half a pitcher of Rhenish wine, and a quart of Malvoisey; Edmund Gourge and John Rodney, knights, 2 pitchers of Gascony wine, and half a pitcher of Rhenish wine, and a quart of Malvoisey; Maurice Barkley, and William Kingiston, 3 pitchers of Gascony wine; Anthony Poyntz, Thomas Welshe, James Barkley, and Richard Barkley, 3 pitchers; the Treasurer, 1 quart; Waste, 4 pottles of Gascony wine, 1 pitcher of Malvoisey, 1 pitcher of Rhenish wine, and 1 pitcher of Ossey.

Buttery. Spent, 259 flaggons,+ 3 quarts (of ale); of which, to the Lord, half a flaggon; the Lady, half; the Lord Stafford, 1; the Lady Anne, half; the Lord Edward, 1 quart; the Treasurer, half; Robert Poyntz, knight, 1; Edmund Gourge, knight, &c., 1; Maurice Barkley and William Kingiston, 1; James Barkley and Richard Barkley, 1; and the attendants of the said. knights, 2; the Auditor, half; the Comptroller, half; the Kitchen, 2; the Porter, half; the Baker, half; the Stable, 1; the Gentlemen of the Chapel 3; and Gentlemen Strangers, 3.

In Messes, 114 flaggons, 3 quarts; whereof, to the Lord, nothing; the Lady, half; the Lord Stafford, 1; the Lady Anne, half; the Lord Edward,

* A pottle was a measure containing 2 quarts.

† A flaggon was a measure containing sometimes 4 quarts, sometimes only 3.

1 quart; the Treasurer, half; the Comptroller, half; the Auditor, half; the Cook, 2; the Porter, half; the Baker, half; the Butler, 40.-Liveries, 13 flaggons; whereof, to the Lord, half; the Lady, half; the Lord Stafford, 1; the Lady Anne, half; the Lord Edward, 1 quart; the Treasurer, half; the Chancellor, 1 quart; the Dean of the Chapel, 1 quart; the Secretary, I quart; Almoner, nothing; the Auditor, half; Robert Poyntz, knight, 1; Edmund Gourge, and John Rodney, knights, 1; Maurice Barkley and William Kingiston, 1; Richard Barkley and James Barkley, 1; Anthony Poyntz and Thomas Welshe, 1; Sir Henry Sleford, 1 quart; the Comptroller, half; the Kitchen, 3 quarts; the Chief Cook, 1 quart; the Porter, half; the Yeomen of the Chamber, 1; the attendants of the Lady Anne, half.

Kitchen. Spent of the Lord's store, 36 rounds of beef, 21s.; 12 carcases of mutton, 14s.; 2 calfs, 5s.; 4 pigs, 8s.; 1 dry ling, 6d.; 2 salt cods, 5d.; 2 hard fish, 24d.; 1 salt sturgeon, 18d.

In fresh Achates. 3 swans, price 10s.; 6 geese, 2s. 6d. ; 6 sucking pigs, 38.; 10 capons, 6s. 6d.; 1 lamb, 16d.; 2 peacocks, 2s. ; 2 herons, 8d.; 22 rabbits, price 4s. 74d.; 18 chickens, 18d.; 16 woodcocks, 16d.; 9 melards, 224d.; 23 widgeons, 28. 104d.; 18 teals, 18d.; 20 snipes, 8d.; 9 dozen of great birds, 3s.; 6 dozen of little birds, 6d.; 3 dozen of larks, 9d.; 9 quails from the store, 44d.; half a fresh salmon, 18d.; 1 fresh cod, 8d.; 4 dog fish, 3s. 8d.; 2 tench, 14d.; 7 little bremes, 14d.; half a fresh congre, 8d.; 21 little roaches, 8d.; 6 large fresh eels, 3s. 4d.; 10 little whitings, 3d.; 17 flounders, 6d. ; 100 lampreys, 10d.; 3 sticks of little eel sowers, 15d.; 3 plaice, 9d.; 1 fresh..... 3s. 4d.; 400 eggs, 3s. 4d.; 24 dishes of butter, 2s.; 2 flaggons of . . . . . 8d.; 15 flaggons of milk, 15d.; 3 flaggons of cream, 3d.; 2 gallons of frumety, 8d.; 200 oysters, 4d.; herbs, 6d.

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Chandlery. Spent, of parish candle, 46 lb., price 3s. 10d.; sises, 3lb., 9 sises, price 194d.; quarriers 20, 2s. 6d., and 8 prickets, 5d.;* whereof, to the Lord, 6 sises and 4 quarriers; to the Lady, 4 sizes and 1 quarrier; the Lord Stafford, 2 sises; the Lady Anne, 3 sises and 1 pricket; the Great Chamber at supper, 8 sises and 3 quarriers ; the Hall at supper, the Treasurer, and Dean of the Chapel, 4 prickets; and Waste, 11 quarriers; Robert Poyntz, knight, 4 sises,

* Prickets were spikes to hold candles.