Mary, the king's eldest daughter, afterwards queen of England. She was born on the 8th February, 1515, and was consequently about fifteen when she is first mentioned in these accounts. They chiefly refer to sums paid her for pocket money, which never exceeded 20_l._ at one time, or was less than 10_l._ Upon one occasion 10_l._ was given her to be distributed in charity. The only new facts connected with her life which they present are, that her royal Highness was ill in June or July, 1531, and apparently again in March, 1532.
Money paid for masquerade dresses when the king was at Calais in November, 1532.
----, John, the king's scholar at Paris, 8, 71, 119, 190, 263.
Afterwards Sir John Mason, a Privy Councillor to Henry VIII. Edward VI. and Queen Elizabeth, and Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster. Having displayed much talent in Henry's presence, he was, at the suggestion of Sir Thomas More, sent to the university of Paris.--See _Biog. Britann._ _Art._ "Mason."
Massy, paid to him that appeched, [i. e. impeached,] 69.
A mast and ropes for the boat, but the different prices paid for them are curious; on one occasion 4_s._; on another 3_s._ 6_d._; and on a third only 1_s._ 8_d._
The first entry referred to Ann de Montmorency great master of the king of France's children, but whether the second related to him or to the Great Master of Henry's Household is not certain, but most probably to the latter.
Matches, money paid for two, lost by the king, 115.
The annual expense of "Medsons and drinks" for horses is calculated in the _Ordinances of the Household_, in the 17th Hen. VIII. at 10_l._
Mercer, to a, for his bill, 128, 144, 188, 189, 261, _bis_.
Mew, money given when the Hawks went to the, 37. See HAWKS.
---- ----, one of the king's guard, 269, 274.
Probably money paid to a midwife when the king was Sponsor to the child.
Milloner, to the, 33, 99, 129, 151, 164, 173, 174, 177, 185, 187, 193, 199, 208, 213, 262.
A milloner of the sixteenth, was evidently a different sort of tradesman from the milliner of the nineteenth century, for besides caps, bonnets, and gloves, he then sold knives, sheaths, girdles, jewels, &c.
Mines, the king's at Lantrissen in Glamorganshire, money to be expended on, 69.