The King's Book of Payments, 1513

Letters and Papers, Foreign and Domestic, Henry VIII, Volume 2, 1515-1518. Originally published by Her Majesty's Stationery Office, London, 1864.

'The King's Book of Payments, 1513', in Letters and Papers, Foreign and Domestic, Henry VIII, Volume 2, 1515-1518, (London, 1864) pp. 1458-1463. British History Online https://www.british-history.ac.uk/letters-papers-hen8/vol2/pp1458-1463 [accessed 25 April 2024]



1513.	January.—New Year's Day. Rewards. Hance Geldergrene, for an instrument, 6l. 13s. 4d. Lord Grey, for a hawk, 40s. Partriche, the King's ser- vant, for oranges, 6s. 8d. A woman, for arrowheads, 6s. 8d. "One that gave the King three bagges," 13s. 4d.—2nd, 16th, 23rd, 30th, King at Greenwich; 9th, at Eltham. Sir Rob. Wingfield, in full payment of 896l. for his expences from 20 May 2 Hen. VIII. to 31 Oct., 29l. 6s. 8d. Harvey Howarde, loan, 66l. 13s. 4d. Wynesbury, revels, 66s. 8d. Ely, Scotch herald, 100s. John Symes, conducting "a certain person" from Bruges to Greenwich, 100s. John Polygraphe (Palsgrave), clk., school-master to my Lady Princess, year's wages, 6l. 13s. 4d. Ric. Smyth, 207 caps for the guard, 25l. 2s. Mortymer, embroiderer, 26l. 13s. 4d. Goldsmiths of London, jewels and plate for New Year's gifts, 118l. 18s. 10d. Alex. de Bruselles, jewels, 62l. 3s. 4d. Wm. Holand, plate, 28l. 5s. John and Harmon Cornelles, 40l. Wm. Lamberd, yeoman of the wardrobe of beds with "the late Prince," wages from last Candlemas to New Year's Day, 4l. 18d. John Hopton, for his great ship bought by the King, 1,000l. Knight and Style, through Friscobald, 200l. Amadas and Jourden, clipped money, the loss of which is 449l. 8s. 3d. Sir Wiston Browne, loan, 300l. Sir Rob. Sheffelde, speaker of the Parliament, reward, 200l. Ponynges, ambr. to the Duchess of Savoy and Prince of Castile, 100l. Sir Ric. Wingfield, "like costs," 66l. 13s. 4d. Sir John Wiltshire, "like costs," 60 days, 30l.; John Clifforde, 40 days, 13l. 6s. 8d.; Wm. Saxulby, 60 days, 20l.; and Th. Partryche, 60 days, 10l. Spinelly, 100l.; for spials, 100l. Young and Boleyn, 133l. 6s. 8d.; and Lancaster herald, 60 days, 12l. Lord Ferrers, loan, 666l. 13s. 4d. Windsor herald, going to the King of Arragon and the Lord Marquis. 10l. 13s. 4d. Wm. Kingeston, squire, 30l. John Porth, "3 new great books of paper royal, of the largest assise, bought by him for the King's rich jewels and plate, and for the repairing of the old book," 15s. 8d. John Browne, keeping the King's goshawk, 1 month, 12d. a day, 31s. Sir Charles Brandon, 19½ yds. tawny cloth of gold, 40s. a yd.—Total, 5,365l. 2s. 1d.
	February.—King at Greenwich. Princess of Castile's off., 3s. 4d. Brandon, presting embroiderers, silkwomen and saddlers, 200l. Sir Rob. Drury, going to Scotland, 20s. a day, 100l. Amadas, 800l.; furnishing 200 jackets for the guard, 400l.; embroidery, 50l. Wm. Max, late a child of the Chapel, 40s. Wm. Fitzwilliam, loan, ("to be repaid upon Dame Lucy her lands,") 200l. Dr. Willesford, preaching on 13th, 20s. Sir Rob. Wingfield, for his horses and servants, 40l. John Gonson, "fetching of the carrack," 40l.; John Iseham, 20l.; and the loadsman of the carrack, 6l. 13s. 4d. Reward to the "Tosondour," 10l. The provincial of Greenwich, preaching, 20s. Sir Griffith Rice, conduct money of himself and his retinue returning from Guienne, 161l. 5s. Wm. Crane, gentleman of the Chapel, loan (through the Earl of Wiltshire), 1,000l. Serjeant of the vestry, repairing vestments and ornaments of the Chapel, 8l. 18s. 3d. Sir Wm. Sidney, spear of honor, year's wages, 60l. 16s. 8d. Sir Gilb. Talbot, in satisfaction of 10,000l., 1,203l. 14s. 6d. in coins of gold current at Calais. "Guides going with certain of the King's guard to take certain thieves in divers parts," 60s. Dr. Wystowe, preaching, 20s. Mr. Almoner, for the King's offering (20s.) at St. Thomas of Canterbury on St. Thomas's Day, 20s.; and for two men bringing tidings out of France, 46s. A man who came from a lord of the Emperor, signifying "what number of men he would bring to the King," 26s. 8d. Spangles and embroidery for jackets of the guard, 216l. 12s. 10d. 200 jackets, with spangles and embroidery, 450l. Making a brick wall, doors, hanglocks, keys, bars and windows, and "making sure" of the jewelhouse in the Tower, 7l. 15s. 9d. Ric. Pynson, King's printer, 10l. Dr. West, ambr. to Scotland, 60 days, 60l.; Rougecross, 6l. Th. Cheny, loan, 400l. Daunce, for the wars, 40,000l.; for the victualling and conveying over sea of the army, 51,000l.—Total, 98,380l. 12s. 10½d.
	March.—King at Greenwich. Dr. Longlande, preaching, 20s. Th. Pykeman, 8 bows for the King's use, 53s. 4d. Wm. Pole, "a bar hide for to cover a cart," 53s. 4d. Sir Hen. Sherborne, spear of honor, 60l. 16s. 8d.; same to Geo. Throgmerton, Wm. Fitzwilliam, and others. Embroidery and silks, 737l. 13s. 2d. Sir Rob. Wingfield, 200l.; for his horses in Flanders, 20l. Rob. Symson, surgeon, "healing of certain persons hurt upon the sea," 6l. 13s. 4d. Young and Boleyn, 100l.; Blewmantell, 14l. Dr. Roulond, vicar of Croydon, preaching, 20s. Mewtys, examination of certain thieves, 20l. Windsor, going to the King of Arragon, 13l. 6s. 8d.; and to a servant of that King, coming from the Emperor with letters of credence, 66s. 8d., by a bill of Mr. Almoner's hand. Spangles of silver, white and gilt, for 300 jackets "of the best asewte," 800l.; embroidery, 100l. Fernando de la Sala, for the carrack at Hampton, 6,000 ducats=1,300l.; "for his earnest for the same carrack," 10s. Wm. Skelley and Rob. Lee, refuse groats, the loss of which is 8l. Silks, velvets, sarcenets and cloths of gold, 1,381l. 10s. 3d. Tuke, posts and messengers, 200l. Delivered to Sir Hen. Guylford, "for the loan of 2,000l., in whose hands soever it be, in loan money by the space of 5 years lent unto him and assigned unto John Cavelera, 1,000 marks," 666l. 13s. 4d. Dr. Bryket, preaching on Palm Sunday, 20s. Princess of Castile's off., 3s. 4d. Pawne, posts between London and Berwick, 172l. 2s. 10d. John Dyngley, of the chamber, 40l. Th. A. Cornewall, conduct money for his retinue returning from Guienne, 38l. 12s. Master treasurer, for a man "who shall do the King's grace secret service," 6l. 13s. 4d. Colet, preaching on Good Friday, 20s. Yeoman of the Chamber, costs taking thieves, 19l. Sir Hen. Wyat, for coffers, cases and linen cloth for King's jewels and plate to go over sea with the King, 20l. Sir Weston Browne, advance of one year's wages, 60l. 16s. 8d. Arthur Plantagenet, same. John Polegrave, schoolmaster to the Princess of Castile, 66s. 8d. Sir Stephen Bull, annuity for half year, 20l.—27th, Easter Sunday. My Lady Princess's offering at her houseling, 3s. 4d.; at high mass, 3s. 4d. King's offering at Resurrection, 6s. 8d.; at his houseling, 10s. Offerings on Easter Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday. To one from my Lord Admiral, 20s.—Total, 9, 127l. 16s. 3d.
	April.—King at Greenwich. Ponynges, going to the Duchess of Savoy and Prince of Castile, 200l. Sir Ric. Wyngefeld, 66l. 13s. 4d. Lancaster herald with them, 8l. Steward of the Lord of Lynney of the house of Fauconbrige in Flanders, 20l. Cramp rings of gold and silver, 71l. 6s. 1d. To one Ric. Semar, for carrying one Ric. Langdon prisoner from Exeter to London, 42s. 8d. Silks, 419l. 17s. 4d. Wm. Gonson, for third part of The Nicolas of London with all her apparel, and for service done, 233l. 6s. 8d. One that brought letters from the Pope of his creation, 6l. 13s. 4d. One sent from the Duchess of Savoy to my Lady Princess of Castile to be in her service, 20l. Wages of one sackbut, 16d. a day; and of German drumslads, at 12d. a day. Wm. Sabyn, bringing a letter from the Lord Admiral, 20l. Anth. Pointz, one year's wages, 60l. 16s. 8d. Wm. Pole, serjeant-at-arms with the Queen, loan upon recognizances in the Exchequer in the County Palatine, 66l. 13s. 4d. Silks and velvets, 865l. 0s. 8d. Sir Chas. Brandon, necessaries in the office of the stable, 500l. Sir Ric. Cholmeley and Sir Sampson Norton, finishing a tower at the back of the ordnance house in the Tower of London, 50l. Sir Edw. Cobham, spear, wages, at 3s. 4d. a day. Sir John Cutte, costs of prisoners from Winchester to London, 16l. 13s. 4d. In full payment of third part of the Great Nicholas of London, 133l. 6s. 8d. Anth. Cavelera, for crimson cloth of gold of tissue, 24 yds. at 6l. the yd. Daunce, for the wars, 40,000l.—Total, 44,251l. 17s. 7d.
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	May.—King at Greenwich. Wages of 20 yeomen at sea with the Lord Admiral, 8d. a day. John Blount, King's spear, wages, at 3s. 4d. a day. Silks and embroidery, 291l. 13s. 11½d. Eliz. Blounte, year's wages, 100s. Amadas, gilt and white spangles for 100 jackets of the best sort, and finishing 13 long coats for the henchmen, 800l. Cloth for the King, 26l. 0s. 8d. Velvets and silks, 15l. 16s. 8d. Amadas, making for the King whisseles, chaynes, braunches, bottons and agletts, 1,057l. 15s. 10d. Herald at arms, largess at creation of Viscount Lisle, 66s. 8d. Servant of Lord Walen, with letters of credence, 6l. 13s. 4d. Gentleman from the Emperor, and hence to King of Arragon, 100s. Offering at coming to Windsor, and at departing from it. Wages to 3 trumpeters going with Lord Steward on the sea, 4l. 4s. Steph. Coope, for the secretary of the Duchess of Savoy, 40l.; his costs going to the Duchess, 13l. 6s. 8d. Sir Chas. Brandon, for brawderers, sadlers, gold drawers, silkwomen and other necessaries for the stable, 1,100l. Somerset herald, going to the King of Denmark, 20l. My Lord Steward, upon bill of Master Almoner's hand, loan, 1,000l. Provincial of Grey Friars, for burial of Edmund de la Pole, 7l. 15s. 2d. Compton, for as much delivered to Sir Hen. Guylford for marriage of the daughter of Sir Th. Bryan, who has put lands in feoffment to the King's use for repayment, 333l. 6s. 8d. Master Grosson (Grocyn), 100s.; which the King gave in alms to a poor man "like to be lost." Spynelly, 50l. Tosaundor (Toison d'or), herald, 10l. Lord Lyngne's servant, 10l. Mr. Lovell, for persons beyond the sea, 10l. Master Almoner, for Mr. Fitzwilliam's servant, 40s.—Total, 5,937l. 12s. 11½d.
	June.—5th, 12th and 13th, at Greenwich. Silks, 689l. 7s. 9d. Ponynges, reward, 100l. Master of the Rolls and Sir Th. Boleyn, 20s. a day each; Blewmantell, attending on them, 8l. Sir John Cutt, ordnance for the wars, 5,000l. John Millett, carriage of certain crowns beyond the sea, 20l. Hen. Smyth, building castle gate at Windsor and the manor of Ditton, 400l. Daunce, for the wars, 6 June, 40,000l. Ric. Sacheverell, treasurer of the vanguard, (besides 5,020 cr. of gold of the solyell at 4s. 4d., and besides 1,487l. 3s. in dandypratts,) 38,000l. Sir Rob. Dymmocke, treasurer of the rearguard, (besides 5,020 cr. of the soleil, and besides 1,400l. in dandypratts,) 18,000l. Sir And. Wyndesore, treasurer of the Middleward, by hands of Daunce, 60,000l. Daunce, in gold, to be sent to Southampton, to John Dawtry, for revictualling the army by sea, 5 June, 16,000l. John Millet to be conveyed to Gravelyng for use of the Emperor, 68,571 cr. of the sun, at 4s. 1d., and 21d. in silver = 70,000 cr. at 4s.=14,000l.; for loss of 3d. in every cr. "forasmuch as I am charged with 4d. in every cr.," 857l. 2s. 9d. Rob. Fowler, to Calais for the wars, 300,000l. Lord Essex, captain of the King's spears, 100l. Amadas, jackets of the guard and the henchmen, 1,937l. 4s. 5d. Th. Stranguysshe, provision for Berwick, to be repaid by obligation of the statute, 500l.; for keeping certain soottes and stockfish taken last year, 27l. 18s. Lord Barnes, loan, 400l. John Brown, King's painter, painting divers of the Pope's arms in divers colors, 4l. 8s. 8d. Vincent Woulpe, painting banners and streamers for 7 ships, 30l. Tuke, messengers, 400l. Pynson, printing and binding 1,600 books of "statutes of war," 16l. 13s. 4d. Sir Rob. Wingfield, 100l. John Twiselton, gilt cups and other stuff to go with the King this journey, 68l. 5s. 7½d. Ross, herald of Scotland, on Sir Rob. Wingfield's warrant, 100s. Sir Ric. Cholmeley, deputy lieut. of the Tower, 50l. Wm. Lambert, keeping the wardrobe of the late Prince Henry from 24 Dec. last to 4 May, 45s. 3d. Dr. Knight, ambr. to the King of Arragon, 100l.; expences of John Style with the same King, 100l.—Total, 498,274l. 13s. 0½d.
	July.—Amadas, gold stuff and silver, and to Mortemer brawderer, 857l. 8s. 6d. Horse harness and trappers of goldsmiths' work, 2,000l. Posselen Percy, King's cupbearer, 7½d. a day. Edw. Bensted, late treasurer of war with the Earl of Surrey in north parts, 39l. 8s. 4d. Ph. Tylney, wages, coats, and conduct money of soldiers with same Earl, 1,000l. John Bruges, alderman of London, for third part of the Nicolas Rede, 133l. 6s. 8d. Wm. Crane, cables, 94l. 7s. 1d. Keeper of the King's cloak, 4d. a day. Wm. Bounde, making the King's great ship and 4 new galleys at Woolwich, 600l. John Ricrof, malt, beans and oats for Calais, 500l. Victuals for the army against the Scots, 500l. Wages of The Gabriel and The George of Newcastle, one month, 12l. Pawne, workmen at Berwick, 300l. Amadas and others, 1,330l. 7s. 4d. John Cannys, of Antwerp, for 220 qrs. of wheat delivered to Th. Elderton, at 11s. 8d. qr.—Total, 7,651l. 9s. 1d.
	August.—Cutte, on a warrant signed by the Queen, to be laid out by direction of the Council, 100l.; for Ric. Hert, Lord Dacre's servant, bringing messages out of Scotland to Dacre, 40s. Geo. Harworde, for wages of Wm. Gonstone and other wafters by Dover and Calais, and for discharging ships in the Thames, 450l. Wm. Atclif, revictualling and wages of the Lord Admiral and ships in his company northward, 200l. Th. Elderton, upon warrant by the Queen, to be delivered to Abbot of St. Mary, beside York, 10,000l.; for his costs, 20l.—Total, 11,060l. 10s. 5d.
	September.—Geo. Harwarde, for Gonstone and his company, in the narrow sea, 400l. Amadas, garnishing a headpiece with crown gold, garnishing a salet and mending a shapewe, 462l. 4s. 2d. Cutte, ordnance, 5,000l.; for coats, conduct money and wages for 500 pioneers, carters, &c., to be sent beyond sea, 300l. Wm. Bonde, for the great ship and galleys at Woolwich, 500l. Sir Rauf Verney, "to be employed about the necessary charges of the Princess," 40l. Lord Mountjoy, for 500 jackets at 4s., for the crews sent to Calais, 12 Sept., 100l.; for their conduct money, 40l.; for himself as chief captain, at 6s. 8d. a day, 9l. 6s. 8d.; and for 5 petty captains, 2s., 100 archers on horseback, 9d., and 390 yeomen on foot, at 6d. a day each, for 28 days. (fn. 1) Wm. Bulstrode, conveyance of ordnance with the Queen, northwards, 100l. John Dawtry, for the navy, this winter, 3,000l. John Haselwode, conveyance of the same to Southampton, 100s. Owen Holand, for conveying 1,500 Almayn rivets, northward, 26l. 13s. 4d. Miles Gerard, for the Lord Admiral, 1,500l. John Myllot, wages of men at the storehouse at Deptford, 52l. 7s. 5d.; for men at Erith, 26l. 8s. 8d.; for materials, 135l. 17s. 5½d. John Heron, of the custom house, for 200 tuns of beer, 238l. 7s. Gonston, wafting the narrow seas with certain ships (named), 600l.; conveyance of 400 pipes of beer, cables and ropes to the army in north parts, and in port of Southampton, for one month, 77l. 5s. 2d. Bryan Tuke, for wages for posts and messengers, 100l.—Total, 13,511l. 17s. 4½d.
	October.—Lord Mountjoy, conduct money homeward of crew of 500 men at Calais, 96l. 8s. 7d. Upon Queen's warrant, to John Heron, surveyor, of London, and Myles Gerard, for ships and crayers, transporting the King and army from Calais to England, and for ships of war, as the Lord Admiral shall appoint, 3,000l. Sir Ric. Cholmeley, upon Queen's warrant, for lodging and boarding Duke Langevile and 6 persons with him, in the Tower, for 3 weeks, 13l. 6s. 8d.—30th, at Windsor.—Total, 3,247l. 5s. 8d.
	November.—King at Windsor. Rose, Scotch herald, 100s.; and to Rougecross, accompanying him, 40s. Barnabas Geytan, bringing a letter from the Viceroy of Naples, of overthrow of the Venetians, 13l. 6s. 8d. Sir Edw. Wyseman, 2 months' wages, 10l. 3s. 4d. Hen. Smyth, towards repairs of Castle of Windsor, manor of Ditton, and preparation of the parliament chamber at Westminster, 200l. King's offering upon Monday at Sir Wm. Fitzwilliam's wedding, 6s. 8d.
	December.—King at Windsor. Sir Stephen Bull, half year's annuity, 20l. To Cornish, master of the children of the chapel, for singing Audivi on Allhallows day, 20s.; for St. Nicolas Bishop, 6l. 13s. 4d. For singing Gloria in Excelsis next Christmas Day, 40s. To Wm. Wynnesbery, Lord of mis-rule for next Christmas, 13l. 6s. 8d. Master Almoner, for a friar that came to the King from Jerusalem, 10l. Divers gentlemen of the north parts, 37l. 6s. 8d.—25 Dec. Pynson, printing of the enterdityng of Scotland, 40s. Sir John Nevill, provisions of ambling geldings, 40s. Leon. Frescobald, for ducats delivered to Th. Cheny beyond sea, 1,400l. Dr. Fairfax, for diet of Wm. Alderton and Arth. Lovekyn, for one year, 104s. Rob. Yaxley, Dr. in Physic, 10 weeks' attendance on the Princess of Castile, 13l. 6s. 8d. Edm. Lord Hawarde, wages for 3 years at 3s. 4d. a day, to 8 Dec. 8 Hen. VIII. Ric. Lord Grey, 3 months' wages, 15l. 6s. 8d. John Baptist, wages for last 3 years, 200l.—Total for Nov. and Dec., 2,911l. 16s.