Besides pounds, shillings, pence, &c. the following coins are frequently mentioned, an account of the value of which between 1529 and 1532, may be acceptable:--
ANGELS.[150]--A gold coin of the value of 7_s._ 6_d._
ANGELLOTS,[151] or ANGELET, is described to have been a half-angel, current for 3_s._ 9_d._; but in the only place where it is mentioned in these Accounts, it must have been inserted by a mistake of the writer for _Angel_, as eighteen Angellotes are said to have amounted to 6_li._ 15_s._ i.e. 7_s._ 6_d._ each.
CROWNS.[152]--A silver coin generally worth 5_s._; but all the entries in which it is mentioned prove that its value was then but 4_s._ 8_d._
CROWNS OF THE ROSE.[153]--Gold pieces coined by Henry the Eighth in 1526: they were current for 4_s._ 6_d._
CROWNS OF THE SUN.[154]--French gold coins, so called from the Mint mark. They were current in this country for 4_s._ 6_d._
RIALS, OR ROYALS.[155]--A gold coin then worth 11_s._ 3_d._ a half and quarter real or royal were of proportionate value.
SOVEREIGNS.[156]--A gold coin of the value of 22_s._ 6_d._ from 1518 to 1534; after which they were current for 20_s._ The only entry in which they are mentioned is of a person having in 1531 borrowed 11_li._ 5_s._ in "Souferayns," _i. e._ ten sovereigns, for the King.
[137] See "Fools," the two "Williamses," "Thomas Smith," &c. in the Index.
[139] As every thing mentioned in the following pages is referred to in the Index, it has not been thought necessary to repeat the references to them.
[140] _Original Letters_, First Series, vol. i. p. 121.
[142] Cardinal du Bellai, in a letter to the Grand Master of France, the Duke de Montmorency, in 1532, says "Sometimes Madame Anne joins our party, each equipt with the bows and arrows, as is, you know, the English style in hunting." "The Lady Anne presented me with a complete hunting suit, including a hat, a bow and arrow, and a greyhound."
[143] Of this sum, which is so much greater than the usual monthly disbursements, 1743_l._ 8_s._ were for the expences of an embassy to the Emperor; 1340_l._ 7_s._ 6_d._ for the King's losses at play; 100_l._ paid into his own hands; 200_l._ advanced to one of his Majesty's servants for Henry's use, and 100_l._ for the wages of the crews of two of his ships.