Exeter, bishop of, [213].
John Voysey, dean of Windsor. He was appointed to that See in August 1519, and resigned it in 1551.
Exeter, Marquess of, [61], [62], bis, [149], [152].
Henry Courtenay, eleventh earl of Devon, who was elevated to the Marquisate of Exeter in 1525. This distinguished nobleman was the son of William, Earl of Devon, by Katherine, youngest daughter of King Edward the Fourth, and was consequently first cousin to Henry, a relationship which placed him much too near to the crown to be compatible with his safety; and, in 1538, he was suspected of high treason. Suspicion was then equivalent to guilt, and the Marquess was beheaded on Tower Hill, on the 9th of January 1539. "Of all victims of the jealous tyrant," the elegant Gibbon justly remarks, "the Marquess of Exeter is one of the most noble and guiltless." The entries in these accounts throw no light upon his character, nor are they of much interest, for they consist merely of rewards to his servants, or bringing presents of hounds to the King.
Exhibition of scholars at Oxford, for the, [125].
---- of scholars, [90], [125], [231].
For some remarks on this subject, see under Scholars, infra.
Eyred, for bringing a hawk that was, [60].
"To eyre," in falconry, is to build or rather to brood; hence we must infer that this entry related to a hawk that had been hatched at Elmley.