[146] Including 1886l. 15s. 4d. for jewellery and plate, and 833l. for other articles to a merchant stranger, and for cloth of gold.
[147] The cause of this sum being so disproportionate to either of the others may be explained by there being included in it 2000l. lent to the Cofferer of the Household until Michaelmas next following; 2000l. placed in the hands of Thomas Alvard "to be by him safely kept for his Graces's use and behoof;" hence 4000l. of it cannot be considered to have been spent, a remark which also applies to a few other entries; and 2000l. for the King's buildings at Westminster.
[148] In this month Henry's interview with Francis the First, at Calais, occurred, and which accounts for the increased expenditure.
[149] Of this sum 3587l. 17s. 8d. were paid for jewellery.
[152] pp. [106], [107], [185], [192], [271], and sæpe.
[153] sæpe.
[154] sæpe.