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NOTES AND QUERIES. [12 s. i. JUNE 17, wie.

Nov. 21 and 22, 1444, but also of Margaret of Anjou's arrival at Winchester on May 2, 1445. Our author ignores the coming of the Queen, and the Account-roll of 1444-5 contains nothing which establishes that the King then came with her to the College.

Walcott (p. 136) says that Henry " was again received at Winton " in 1442, and therefore treats the visit of November, 1444, as the third. See also Milner's ' Winchester,' i. 303, and Kirby's 'Annals,' 192. For this alleged visit in 1442, which our author does not countenance, these writers perhaps relied on the following entry in the Account - roll of 1442-3 :

"Et in datis Johanni Tresilian valetto corone et Thome Chamberlayn garcioni chamere domini Regis venient. ad collegium cum Episcopo Sar. xv die Novembris pro amicitiis suis habendis, xiii.9. inid" ' Custus necessarii.'

That entry by itself, however, scarcely establishes a Visit of the King in person.

The Third Visit (? 1446).

" Item idem xpianissimus Bex Anno domini millesimo cccc mo xlv to Et anno regni eiusdem Regis xxiiii to interfuit die dominica videlicet in festo Sancti Cuthberti in mense Septembris in hoc Collegio utrisque vesperis atqae misse : quo die ex gratia sua dedit Collegio optimam Robam suam una excepta furratam cum furrura de sables ad dei laudem et honorem beatisshr.e marie Virginis. Et obtulit xiiis. iiiuZ."

Here again difficulty about date arises. The feast of St. Cuthbert's translation is kept on Sept. 4, which fell in 1445 on a Saturday, and not (as our author states) on a Sunday. It was a Sunday in 1446 (25 H. VI.). There is no reference to this September visit in the Account-roll of 1444-5, and both the roll and the Hall-book for 1445-6 are missing.

Though the date of the visit may be uncertain, Henry's gift of his second-best robe is duly recorded in the inventory (in the 'Liber Albus ') under ' Vestimenta Aurea ' :

" Item unum vestimentum de panno aureo vocato cloth of tyssue factum de toga quam xianissimus princeps Rex Henricus sextus dedit Collegio habens unam casulam et unam capam et paruras pro tribus albis et duabus amictibus [et] duas stolas et tres fanellas factas de dicta toga, habens insuper duas tuniculas factas de panno consimili empto per Collegium."

The conversion of the royal robe into sacerdotal vestments is referred to in the Account-rolls :

" Et solutum Thome Savage pro panno aureo empto ad sectam Toge Regis nuper date Collegio pro capa fienda, xxxiiis. iiiieL" ' Custus Capelle,'

" Et in solutis Willelmo Tolond pro le Orfrayes pro capa et vestimentis fiendis de Toga data per dominum Regem et pro factura, in parte solucionis maioris summe, cum xviiidf. solutis Bawdewyn vector! pro cariagio eorumdem cape et vesti- mentorum, cis. via." 'Custus Capelle,' 1448-9.

The Fourth Visit (1447).

" Item idem illustrissimus princeps Anno domini millesimo cccc mo xlvi u Et anno regni eiusdem Regis xxv to in festo sancti Johannis de Beuerlaco videlicet septimo die maii contingente in dominica interfuit utrisque vesperis atque misse in hoc collegio : quo die similiter ex gracia sua dedit collegio vili. xiiis. iiiid. Et obtulit eodem tempore ad vices, xiii.s. iiiid."

Our author is wrong again. May 7 (the feast of St. John of Beverley) fell 'in 1446 on a Saturday, not on a Sunday, and the regnal year was then the 24th, not the 25th. The true date of the visit was Sunday,. May 7, 1447 (25 H. VI.), as is evident from the Account-roll of 1446-7 (Oct. 1,. 25 H. VI. Nov. 30, 26 H. VI. ), which contains the following entries under ' Custus forins.. cum donis ' :

" Et in expensis factis inter generosos et altos, de Famulia domini Regis venient. ad Collegium vii die maii, vis. vid. Et in expensis factis circa magistrum Willelmum Wanflett Electum Wynton.,, magistrum Willelmum Say, Danyell, tres alios armigeros de famulia domini Regis, Vicecustodem Oxon., Radulphum Lye, Blacman precentorem de Eton., Boston precentorem de Collegio regali Cantubrigie, Digleys, Crosby et alios generosos ac- familiares eorumdem venientes ad Collegium mense maii ad diversas refecciones, xxxis. ikL Et solut. pro expensis duorum equorum magistrl Gawfridi Hardigrave Vicecustodis Oxon. stancium in hospicio in Villa per iiii or dies et noctes eodem tempore, iiis. vid."

The company on this occasion therefore included Waynflete, now Bishop-elect of Winchester in succession to Cardinal Beau- fort, who had died on April 11, 1447v William Say, another of the guests, was a former Scholar of the College who became Dean of St. Paul's in 1457.

Here mention may be made of a very humble gift which the College gave to the King during 1447-8 :

" Et in solutis Johanni Norton carpent&rio laboranti in fabricando quoddam ligneum in- strumentum pro alta.ri de la closett domini Regis per ii dies, capit per diem iiiid. et prandium,. viiid." ' Custus Capelle.'

Perhaps ecclesiologists will be able from this description of the instrument to say what purpose it was intended to serve.

H. C.

Winchester College.

(To be concluded.)',