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THE SCOTTISH KING’S HOUSEHOLD
but whether he was a Templar or not is unknown. The
English kings showed a preference for friars as Almoners in
the thirteenth century, looking to the Temple rather for the
banking of their private store of wardrobe money.1
The passage that speaks of the Almoner’s duties throws a
pleasing light on the charity of the Scottish King to his faithful
household servants, even towards his villeins. The Chancellor
visits yearly the hospitals of royal foundation. In 14242 the
Chancellor’s visitation of the King’s hospitals is ordered to
be held as aforetime. There are evidences that the English
Chancellor also performed this duty.3
X-XIV
It would be superfluous here to comment at length upon
these simple and interesting paragraphs. There is abundant
material for illustration to be found in the several statements
made concerning the English King’s household and schemes
for its reform which are already in print.4 The Scottish
‘ Clerc de la Provene ’ goes by a curious name. He is not, as
one expects, clerk of the avenary or horse-bait department,
but a provision clerk occupied in checking the livery, wardrobe,
and kitchen clerks.5
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The Justices in Ayre are not chosen from the household
officers, but the writer proposes that the Magnates shall assist
in choosing them. He is ready to adhere to the division
which seems to have been accepted in the thirteenth century,6
1 Curzon, La Maison du Temple de Paris, p. 250.
2 Acts Pari. Scot., ii. 7, cap. 2.
3 Mon. Ang., vii. 642 (date 1316); Cal. Pat. Polls, 1422-7, p. 37.
4 From the Constitutio Domus Regis, printed in the Red Book, onwards.
The Society of Antiquaries’ Ordinances and Regulations for the Royal Household
is a valuable repertory, but needs re-editing. Dr. Furnivall’s Hotisehold of
Edward II. (Chaucer Society) is crammed with good things. Much remains to
be done, for the manuscripts are many.
5 In the Exchequer Rolls, 1264, the name of Adam de Prebenda, Clerk of the
King, occurs in connection with the grant of a malt-house.—Excheq. Rolls, i. 10.
6 Exchequer Rolls, i. p. Ivi.
THE SCOTTISH KING’S HOUSEHOLD
but whether he was a Templar or not is unknown. The
English kings showed a preference for friars as Almoners in
the thirteenth century, looking to the Temple rather for the
banking of their private store of wardrobe money.1
The passage that speaks of the Almoner’s duties throws a
pleasing light on the charity of the Scottish King to his faithful
household servants, even towards his villeins. The Chancellor
visits yearly the hospitals of royal foundation. In 14242 the
Chancellor’s visitation of the King’s hospitals is ordered to
be held as aforetime. There are evidences that the English
Chancellor also performed this duty.3
X-XIV
It would be superfluous here to comment at length upon
these simple and interesting paragraphs. There is abundant
material for illustration to be found in the several statements
made concerning the English King’s household and schemes
for its reform which are already in print.4 The Scottish
‘ Clerc de la Provene ’ goes by a curious name. He is not, as
one expects, clerk of the avenary or horse-bait department,
but a provision clerk occupied in checking the livery, wardrobe,
and kitchen clerks.5
xv
The Justices in Ayre are not chosen from the household
officers, but the writer proposes that the Magnates shall assist
in choosing them. He is ready to adhere to the division
which seems to have been accepted in the thirteenth century,6
1 Curzon, La Maison du Temple de Paris, p. 250.
2 Acts Pari. Scot., ii. 7, cap. 2.
3 Mon. Ang., vii. 642 (date 1316); Cal. Pat. Polls, 1422-7, p. 37.
4 From the Constitutio Domus Regis, printed in the Red Book, onwards.
The Society of Antiquaries’ Ordinances and Regulations for the Royal Household
is a valuable repertory, but needs re-editing. Dr. Furnivall’s Hotisehold of
Edward II. (Chaucer Society) is crammed with good things. Much remains to
be done, for the manuscripts are many.
5 In the Exchequer Rolls, 1264, the name of Adam de Prebenda, Clerk of the
King, occurs in connection with the grant of a malt-house.—Excheq. Rolls, i. 10.
6 Exchequer Rolls, i. p. Ivi.
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| Description | Contents: The Scottish king's household and other fragments from a 14th century manuscript / Mary Bateson -- The Scottish nation in the University of Orleans, 1336-1538 / John Kirkpatrick -- Muster-roll of the French garrison at Dunbar, 1553 / Robert S. Rait -- The antiquity of the Christian religion among the Scots, 1594 / Henry D.G. Law -- The apology for William Maitland of Lethington, 1610 / Andrew Lang -- Some letters and correspondence of George Graeme / L.G. Graeme -- A Scottish journie, being an account in verse of a tour from Edinburgh to Glasgow in 1641, by P.J. / C.H. Firth -- Narratives illustrating the Duke of Hamilton's expedition to England in 1648 / C.H. Firth -- Certain papers of Robert Burnet ... Gilbert Burnet ... and Robert Leighton / H.C. Foxcroft -- Letters and documents relating to Robert Erskine, physician to Peter the Great, 1677-1720 / Robert Paul -- The will of Charlotte Stuart, Duchess of Albany, 1789 / Francis Steuart -- Index. |
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