That Henry interested himself in mining, is, the Editor presumes, a new fact in his character. From this item we learn that he worked a mine at Lantrissen in Wales, and ordered on one occasion that 23_l._ 16_s._ 6_d._ should be expended on it; and on another he caused 40_s._ to be given to a miner. "All mines containing gold or silver were styled 'mines royal.' Of the latter the richest in Wales are in Cardiganshire. These were leased by James I. to Sir Hugh Middleton, and the profits enabled him to bring the New River from Ware to London; and by Charles I. to Mr. Bushel, who had been in the service of Sir Walter Raleigh; and from this source of wealth he raised and clothed a regiment for the king. The Cardiganshire mines, or perhaps its richest one, called Cwm Symlog, which yields 100 oz. of silver to the ton of lead, may be alluded to in the text."--M.
Minstrells, to, 12, 14, 15, 28, 33, 55, 64, 70, 83, 128, 134, 170, 190, 205, 252, 266.
Numerous as the entries relating to minstrels are, no additional information is afforded to what is contained in Dr. Percy's elaborate essay, though they frequently corroborate the statements therein. The frequency of these payments tend, however, to establish Henry's attachment to music. In the _Ordinances of the Royal Household_ made at Eltham in the 17 Hen. VIII. we find that Hugh Woodhouse, the "Serjeant of the Mynstrills," had an annual fee of 10_l._ 16_s._ 10-1/2_d._
Mistelden, [_i. e._ Misselden] Abbot of, 237.
---- given to an individual to be by him safely kept for the king's use, 231.
----, to blind, and his fellows, 16, _bis_.
Morys, _i. e._ Moors, for the board of two, 123.
Mundy, Ralph, a huntsman, 5, 23, 133, 137, 142, 146, 149, 154, 156, 162, 165, 167, 171, 175, 176, 180, 181, 187, 194, 197, 205, 210, 215, 222, 226, 229, 236, 241, 244, 246, 251, 265, 275, 281, 282.
Myllain, [_i. e._ Milan,] Bonet, 24. See MILAN.
Myllon, [_i. e_. melon,] a, given the king by an Italian, 248.
In the list of Henry's navy, written on the 22nd October, 1525, and printed in Mr. Ellis's Second Series of _Original Letters_, vol. i. pp. 219, 220, the _Minion_ is described to be "off the tonnege of CLX tonne, and all newe." She was at Bourdeaux in November, 1526.