[144] This sum included 4400_l._ paid to Sir Bryan Tuke, evidently for public affairs; probably embassies.
[145] This includes 1333_l._ 6_s._ 8_d._ for the payment of the "retinue" or garrison of Calais; 2490_l._ 1_s._ 4_d._ expended in jewels; and 100_l._ as a new year's gift to Anne Boleyn.
[146] Including 1886_l._ 15_s._ 4_d._ for jewellery and plate, and 833_l._ for other articles to a merchant stranger, and for cloth of gold.
[147] The cause of this sum being so disproportionate to either of the others may be explained by there being included in it 2000_l._ lent to the Cofferer of the Household until Michaelmas next following; 2000_l._ placed in the hands of Thomas Alvard "to be by him safely kept for his Graces's use and behoof;" hence 4000_l._ of it cannot be considered to have been spent, a remark which also applies to a few other entries; and 2000_l._ for the King's buildings at Westminster.
[148] In this month Henry's interview with Francis the First, at Calais, occurred, and which accounts for the increased expenditure.
[149] Of this sum 3587_l._ 17_s._ 8_d._ were paid for jewellery.
[152] pp. 106, 107, 185, 192, 271, and _sæpe_.
EXPLANATION OF THE ABBREVIATIONS USED IN THESE ACCOUNTS.
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AN ACCOUNT OF THE EXPENCES OF THE PRIVY PURSE OF KING HENRY VIII.
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