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 268 REKT-ROLL OF THE DUKE OF BUCKINGHAM. Lord Howard) to Scotland, as Lieutenant and Captain of Edward lY., in 1481, with 3000 landmen and mariners, for sixteen weeks, the payment to each man by the week is computed at xv^. for liis wages, and for his vitels xii*^. The sum total in " money wages and vitels for sixteen weeks being VM. v. li." ^ At this time it appears that an ox could be bought for 20*. and a load of hay for 56'. 4d. In the reign of Henry VIL, 120/. was held sufficient to found a fellowship.^ The whole revenues of the estate given by Margaret. Countess of Richmond, for the foundation of Saint John's College, Cambridge, amounted to 400/, per annum only, wdiich was shamefully lessened by Henry YIIL On the fabric of that house were expended 4000/. to 5000/., "a round sum in that age,^' as it is termed, — small as it will strike us for collegiate buildings of great extent. At this time 12d. per week was allowed in common to a fellow, and 7d. to a scholar.*^ The largest sum ever paid in one 3'ear at the shrine of Thomas a Beckett, b}' as many as 100,000 pilgrims (1420), did not reach one-sixth part of the Duke's income, being only 954/. 6s. 3d. In 1482, a grocer's shop in Cheapside, then, as now, a main artery of the Metropolis, "• with a place above it," (perhaps a warehouse or store for goods), w^as let by Lord Howard for 4/. 6s. 8d. per annum.^ Lord How^ard seems to have taken out the rent, in wdiole or in part, in groceries. The vast estates of the Cliifords, in the time of the first Earl of Cumberland (temp. Henry VIII. ), in the rich vales of Yorkshire, produced only 1 71 9/. per annum.*^ From marriage settlements we may also gather what were regarded as adequate allowances for members of illustrious families. Thomas, Duke of Norfolk, on his marriage with the Lady Anne, the youngest daughter of Edward lY., settled on the lady, ''for sustentation and convenient diet in meat and drink," 20.s'. per w^ek. Also a sum of 51/. lis. 8d. was to be paid for the wages, diet, and clothing of the following persons — viz., two women, a woman- ^ Howard Household Books, edited by *■ Sermou «? .5«7Wrt, preface, p. xlv. J. 1'. Collier, Es(|. Preface, p. iv., and p. .0. ' Howard Household Books, preface, the Countess of Richmond and Derby. ^ Whitaker's Craven, p. 262. I'reface, p. xlv.
 * Bishop Fisher's Funeral Sermon on p. xxv. and p. 351.