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TOWER of London. The Constable. | 73 |
TOWER of London. The Constable.
or Marquis every Week 6s. 8d. And for every of his Gentlemen
6s. 8d. And for every of his Yeomen waiting upon him 5s. before
his Attainder; and after his Attainder, as their Majesties shall
appoint.
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Item, The said Constable shall have for every Earl and Viscount,
for the Suit of his Irons, 20 Marks. And for their Board every
Week, 46s. 8d. And for the Gentlemen and Yeomen, as in the
Duke's Diet before the Attainder; and after, at their Majesties Will.
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Item, The said Constable shall have for every Baron and Lord, of
the Degree as the younger Son of a Duke or Marquis, and for a
Knight of the Garter, for the Suit of Irons, 10l. And for his Board
weekly, 35s. And for his Gentleman and Yeoman, as before.
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Item, The aforesaid Constable shall have for every other Knight or
Gentleman, above One Hundred Pounds Lyving, for Suit of his
Irons, 5l. And also for his Board weekly, 23s. 4d. And for every
of his Gentlemen and Yeomen, as before.
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Item, The said Constable shall have of every Gentleman of
Livelode of an Hundred Pounds by the Year, and under, for the
Suit of his Irons, 40s. And his Board weekly, 17s. 6d. And other
Men not having Lands and Possessions, and yet having Goods
sufficient to find themselves, for Suit of Irons, 20s. And for their
Week's Board, 13s. 4d.
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Item, All other to live of the House; except their Majesties appoint
the same a better Diet by Warrant.
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Item, The Porter shall have of every Prisoner, commanded by the
King and Queen's Majesties for Treason to the said Tower, his
uppermost Garment, or agree with him for it.
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The Porter's Allowance.
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Item, He shall have of every Person delivered out of the Tower,
5s.
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Item, It is ordered, That the Constable shall no more take the
Bedding, Goods and Plate, or Money of any Prisoner attainted, or
not attainted; except that he may stay the same for the Time that
he be answered and contented for his Fees and Diets, after the
Rate aforesaid. And except that upon the Attainder of every such
Prisoner, the said Constable shall have their wearing Apparel and
Bedding of the same Prisoner so attainted, and the Plate and
Jewels of the same, if any do remain, to be kept to their Majesties
Use.
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These Orders were made out of the Queen's good Husbandry: For
these Allowances to the Prisoners, were made for the most part
out of the Princes Purses. What a Regulation and Reduction of the
Fees this was, may appear to him that shall compare this Note of
Fees following, brought in by the Lieutenant in the Reign of King
Edward the VIth, for the Duke of Norfolk, the Dutchess of
Somerset, and Edward Lord Courtney, Eldest Son to the Marquis of
Exeter, executed; Viz.
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The Fees varied.
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The Charges of the Tower, being rated after the Degrees of the
Persons, and Ordinary there accustomed.
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Thomas late Duke of
Norfolk, | Per Week, |
For himself, | 100s. 00 |
For his Man, | 6s. 8d. |
For Fuel and Candle, | 8s. 00 |
| 114s. 8d. |
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This was answered by Warrant Leiger in the First Fruits and
Tenths.
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The Dutchess of
Somerset, | Per Week, |
For her self, | 100s. 00 |
For Two Gentlewomen, | 20s. 00 |
For Three Men attending upon
her, | 20s. 00 |
For Fuel and Candle, | 20s. 00 |
| 8l. 00 00 |
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Edward Courtney, |
For himself, | 26s. 8d |
For his Man, | 6s. 00 |
For Fuel and Candle, | 5s. 00 |
| 36s. 8d. |
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This was answered by Warrant Leiger of the Treasurer of the
Chamber.
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Of later Times, these Constables have been more rarely set over
the Tower; (None, I think, thorough the long Reign of Queen
Elizabeth;) but instead thereof, a Lieutenant (who was an Officer
subordinate to the Constable and his Deputy) had the chief
Government of this important Place; and therefore was sometimes
called the Constable's Lieutenant.
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Lieutenant of the Tower.
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I meet with Two Lieutenants in former Times, who are said in
express Terms to be the Lieutenants of the Constables; Viz. John
Chauncy, Lieutenant of Holland, Duke of Exon, 31 Henry VI. and
John Winwike, Lieutenant to the Constable of the Tower, 16
Edward III. To whom a Command came, to this Import:
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Lieutenants of the Constable.
Record. Turr.
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Turr. London. Rex mandavit Johan. Winwike, Locumtenenti
Constabulario ejusdem, & W.L. Capital. Carpentar. suo, quod reduci
fac. Ingenium suum magnum ab Sandwico usque Turr.
prædict. & ad Naves arrestand. & capiend. pro Vectura, &c.
ejusdem. That is, Tower of London. The King hath commanded
John Winwike, Lieutenant to the Constable of the same, and W.L.
his Chief Carpenter, to being back his great Engine [a Ship, I
suppose] from Sandwich, to the Tower aforesaid; both to arrest
Ships, and to take for Fraught, &c. of the same.
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There were also in Times past, Custodes, or Keepers, sometimes set
over the Tower: Who had chief Power and Government of it; but
only the Title not so high as that of Constable.
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Custodes of the Tower.
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Yet Henry Fitz Aucher, who was Constable of the Tower, had a
particular Fee for keeping of the Tower, which was 50l. per
Annum; as tho' Constable and Custos had been Two several and
distinct Places. The Record runs, That this Henry Fitz Aucher,
Constable of the Tower, be paid ad Kaiam Regis, i.e. at the King's
Key, before the Tower, 20l. 12 Henry III. and 50l. per Ann. for
keeping of the Tower, Anno 13 Henry III. And 14 Hen. III. it is
recorded, That the Constable took 50l. for the Custody of the said
Tower.
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The King granted the Keeping of his Tower, with the
Appurtenances, and his City of London, to Thomas Ipgreve;
unà cum Armatur. instaurand. & Victualib. suis, per
Cirographum liberand. in the 52 H. III. Here was a Custos both of
the Tower and the City too.
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Record. Turr.
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Such another was Radulphus de Sandwich, in the 13th of Edward
I. Turris London, cum Pertinentiis, commissa Rad. de Sandwico,
quamdiu Domino Regi placuerit. Ita quod de Exitu inde proven.
Regi respondeat ad Scaccarium. 13 Edw. I. Idem Rad. habet
Custodiam Civitat. London, ut supra Et iterum, Anno 17.
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Record. Turr.
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Again; William Archbishop of York was Custos of the Tower, 1
Edw. I. And there was Order for the Payment of a Hundred Pound
for his Fee.
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Record. Turr.
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