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VII. Particulars of the Expence of the Royal Household in the Reigns of Henry VII. Henry VIII. Queen Elizabeth, &c.

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 July 2012

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If we compare the expences of the Royal Household in former times with those of later dates, and observe the alteration of the value of money, and the progressive rise in the cost of provisions, the result will probably be, that the expence of His present Majesty's Household is not more than it was in the time of Queen Elizabeth, and is much less than it was in the time of her successor.

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Copyright © The Society of Antiquaries of London 1796

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page 81 note [a] A certificate of King Henry the Seventh's expences of his household of the years following:

page 82 note [b] A composition paid by the counties in lieu of purveyance.

page 84 note [c] ln the margin is written in another hand,

“butt ye beste of them wole have byn contente wth lesse

“then my book allowethe, rayther, &c.”

butt I will send some of them home yff my comts

be not better regarded,”

page 85 note [d] Sir Julius Cæsar's papers.

page 85 note [e] Ordinances of the Royal Households, p. 317.

page 86 note [f] It is so in the original.

page 88 note * This account is taken from a book in the possession of the rev. T. Wrighte, one of the Secretaries to the Society.

page 88 note † In this and the subsequent reigns the expence of the stables is included in the total sum.