The name of the rat-taker in the 30 Hen. VIII. was John Wolley. Book of Quarterly Payments, [29]-32 Henry VIII.
Relick water.
It has been suggested whether Relick water was not water in which some relicks had been immersed, with the view of giving it a sanative quality, which was probably supposed to be imparted to those who tasted of, or were sprinkled with it.
Removing day.
This expression was thus used by Henry the Eighth: Sir Thomas More informed Cardinal Wolsey that he asked Henry to dispatch some business on the day on which his letter was written; "his Grace lawghed, and saied, Nay by my fayth, that will not be, for this is my removing day sone at New Hall." Ellis's Original Letters, Second Series, vol. i. p. 293.
Rights.
Much light is thrown upon this word, by the following entry in the Book of Quarterly Payments, [29]-33 Hen. VIII.
"Item for the Kingis offeringe this Sonday at taking his Rights in the mornyng, vj s. viij d."
Thus it was clearly connected with a religious duty, though its precise meaning has not been ascertained. It is needless to observe that the conjecture on the subject in p. 347 is decidedly erroneous.
Rowme or Rome.