Portsmouth, paid the expenses of inspecting the ordnance there, [233]. See Ordnance.
Posset ale, for Sexton, [34].
Archdeacon Nares says Posset was a drink composed of hot milk, curdled by some strong infusion, which was much in favour with our ancestors both as luxury and medicine. "Posset ale" was probably hot milk curdled by ale, but whether given to the Fool as a "luxury" or "medicine" does not appear, as it is included in the expenses of his washing, shoes, and "other necessaries."
Post, paid to a, [56], [59], [196].
Pottersperry Park, paid to the keeper of, [160], [240].
Powle, the keeper of the Barra horse, [133], [165], [183], [199], [204], bis, [218], [247], [278]. See Barbary Horse.
Pounder Sir William, [100], [183], [203], [214], [266], [281].
----, paid for the christening of his child, [214].
---- Lady, [124], [135], [137], [232].
It is manifest from most of these entries, that those individuals were especial favourites of Henry, who it seems acted as sponsor to their child, but the Editor has not been able to discover any particulars about them.