tioned, were given to the Abbot of Westminster, in exchange for King Richard's Crown.

To Thomas Peverel, BP of Worcester, Richard Crosby, Prior of Coventry, and to ye Mayor and Commonalty of that city, and Will. Waltam; a great gold collar of Ilkington (which was the King's Jewel when Prince of Wales) garnished with four rubies, four great sapphires, thirty-two great, and fifty three lesser pearls.— The weight, 36 §. oz. Pawned for £500-value £300.

Redeemed 6 Hen. VI.

To John Chittern and Walter Cook, Clerks, one pair of basons of gold, chased in the fashion of roses, pounced with great bosselets, garnished with sundry scutcheons. In the middle of the basons are the arms of St George, and around the arms of St Edward and St Edmund," the arms of the Emperor, the arms of England and France

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Bowls were frequently ornamented with bosses. Thomas Lyttelton, in 1481, bequeathed "a boll of silver embossed with round bosses." Testamenta Vetusta, p. 365. Bosselets were probably small bosses or studs.

b The arms of St. George, St. Edward the Confessor, and St. Edmund, King and Martyr, were frequently borne with those of the King. Richard the Second impaled his arms with those of St. Edward; and in the reign of Edward the First, we have proof that they were used on Banners in the field, for in a contemporary Poem describing the Siege of Karlaverock in 1300, it is said :

"Peu fist le roy porter amont

Sa baniere et la Seint Eymont

La Saint George e la Saint Edwart."

From the arms of the Emperor being on these basons it is most likely that they had belonged to King Richard the

departed,a the arms of the Principality of Wales, and of the Dutchy of Guienne, weighing together 28 lb 8 oz., price the ounce, 26s. 8d. value £458. 11s. 3d. deemed, 7 Hen. VI.

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To John Heend, Alderman of London, one Palet, called THE PALET OF SPAIN, garnished with thirty-five balays and bastard rubies, four sapphires, fifteen great emeralds, three-hundred small emeralds, and threehundred little pearls. The weight, 8tb 6oz., value £200. This with divers other jewels pawned for 500 marks.Redeemed, 4 Hen. VI.

Marks.

To the Dean and Chapter of the Cathedral of Exeter. 100 Mayor and Commonalty of Exeter.

100

John, Abbot of Tavistock..

100

30

Mayor and Commonalty of Plymouth

A great Tabernacle of silver gilt, garnished with gold, which belonged to the Duke of Burgundy, garnished with twenty balays, twenty-two sapphires, and one hundred and thirty-seven pearls. Fœdera, tome ix. p. 285, 286.

To the Mayor and City of London, 1st August, 1415, as security for the payment of 10,000 marks sterling,

Second, whose first wife was Anne, daughter of the Emperor Charles IV..

a i. e. quarterly.

which they had lent to the King, " de lour pure voluntee," which sum was to be paid at Christmas, 1416, by the receipt of the duties arising from all wool and tanned hides exported from the port of London, from the feast of the Nativity of St. John the Baptist next ensuing, until the whole sum was repaid; a collar called “Pusan d' Or,” worked with antelopes" set with certain precious stones, in a leather cover, sealed with the seal of the arms of the Revd Father in God, Richard, Bishop of Norwich, which was put in pledge. Ibid, p. 299.

PAWNED FOR WAGES,

IN THE

EXPEDITION TO FRANCE.

To Thomas, Duke of Clarence, 12 July, 1415, as security for what should be due to him and his retinue according to certain indentures. The redemption was to take place by the day of the feast of the circumcision, 1416, or the Duke might dispose of it; but if redeemed, it was to be restored by him whole and without damage or injury. Fædera, tome ix. p. 284.

A crown called THE HARRY CROWN, broken and distributed as followeth :

To Sir John Colvyl, a great flower de lys part of the said Crown, garnished with one great balays, and one other balays, one ruby, three great sapphires, and ten great pearls.-Redeemed 8 Hen. VI.

To John Pudsey, Esq. a pinnacle of the aforesaid crown, garnished with two sapphires, one square balays, and six pearls.

This Collar also probably belonged to King Richard the second, whose device was an antelope. Regal Heraldry, p. 21. on the authority of Harl. MSS. 2259.

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To Maurice Brune, garnished as the former. deemed 9 Hen. VI.

pinnacle of the said crown, The weight 1 oz. 1a.—Re

To John Saundish, another of the pinnacles garnished as those above.-Redeemed 9 Hen. VI.

To Edward, Duke of York, an almes dish of gold, called THE TYGRE, made in the fashion of a ship, standing on a bear, garnished with nineteen balays, twelve great and fourteen other pearls. The weight 22 lb. 11⁄2 oz. Value the ounce, 26s. 8d. Value the ship, £332.—Redeemed 9 Hen. VI.

To Thomas Montacute, Earl of Salisbury, a great ship of silver over gilt, bearing twelve men at arms, fighting on the deck, and at each end of the ship a castle. The weight 65 lb. 3 oz. Value of the lb. 48s.; the oz. 48.

Item, two candlesticks of gold, each weighing 14 lb. 74 oz. Price the ounce, 26s. Ed. and several other vessels of plate and jewels.-Redeemed 9 Hen. VI.

To Robert Chalons, Knt. as security for his second quarter's pay, amounting to £45. 6s. 14d.; a cup of gold, two pots of silver gilt, and a small vessel of silver gilt. At Southampton, 14 July, 1415. Fœdera, tome ix. p. 288.

To Sir Ralph Shirley, by indenture dated at Winchester, 6 July, 3 Hen. V. to serve a whole year with six lances, (himself reckoned for one) and eighteen archers, a paxbrede of gold, enamelled white, and a crucifix, with an image of the blessed Mary, and John the Evangelist." Weight 5 oz. Value the oz. 26s. 8d. in all £6. 68. 8d.

a A similar article is bequeathed by the will of George, Earl of Huntingdon, in 1534, to the church of Ashby de la Zouche. "Item, my best pax of silver and gilt, with a crucifix, whereon are Mary and John." Testamenta Vetusta, p. 660.

Item, a little gold tablet in fashion of a mirror, garnished with three balays, nine pearls hanging on a gold chain, one part enamelled with the salutation of our Lady; on the other a looking glass. The weight 6 ounces, an half, and half a quarter. Value in all £12. Item, a cross of gold, garnished with four balays, six sapphires, and fourteen pearls. The weight 24 oz. 20a. Value the ounce 488., in all £5. Item, a great hawk's bowl of gold, with two vertorlls, and one warrok of gold, and thirty other bowls, all of one sort, their weight 12 oz. and 20d. Value the oz. 26s. 8d., in all 16 lb. 200.

To John Irby, one tablet of gold, garnished with four balays, eleven gross pearls, one great sapphire of the image of Christ, for the wages of one lance, and two archers.-Redeemed 26 Nov. 3 Hen. V.

To St Thomas Chaworth,

Sr William Harington,
Sr John Skydmore,
Sr Walter Beauchamp,
Sr Rowland Lental.
Sr William Talbot.

Sr Walter Hungerford.

To each of them, pawn'd for their wages, several vessels of plate and jewels, tablets, images, crucifixes, notredames, tabernacles, and the like.-Redeemed by Henry VI.

To Sir Thomas Dutton, a tablet of gold; on the top is the Trinity, and beneath at their feet the glorious virgin Mary; on the foot of the Table, are the three kings of Killen. It is garnished with twenty-seven gross pearls, seven of them each worth five marks, and the other twenty worth 30d. a piece. The weight 5 lb. 1 oz.-Redeemed 4 Hen. VI. Knighton, p. 2740 states, that this jewel was given to Richard the second, by the city of London, Ao 1292.—Value £800.