In the G. W. A. for 29 and 30 occurs a curious entry by the Master of the Great Wardrobe:—"I doe hereby charge myself with 5,000 Livres by me received in the realm of France for gold and silver fringes by me there sold, belong to a rich embroidered Bed of his said Majesty, which at one shilling and sevenpence ꝑ lib. English. Being the value of the Exchange at that time, amounts to £395 16s. 8d.
"(Signed) R. Montague.
"May 28, 1678."
14 Car. II. c. 13. Statutes at large. The Acts of Charles II. date from the death of his father; so the year of the Restoration, 1660, is counted as the thirteenth of his reign.
1662. State Papers Dom. Charles II. Vol. lv., No. 25. P. R. O.
He pays £194 to his Laceman (Tenentori) for 3 Cravats "de poynt de Venez," and 24s. per yard for 57 yards of narrow point "teniæ poynt augustæ," to trim his falling ruffles, "manicis cadentibus," etc.—G. W. A. Car. II. 24 and 25.