But they being strangers, thought it more méet for the assurance to suffer the cardinall to haue their benefices for a conuenient sum of monie paid them yearelie, where they remained, than either to be trou|bled with the charges of the same, or to be yearelie burthened with the conueiance of their reuenues vn|to them: so that all the spirituall liuings and presenta|tions of these bishopriks were fullie in his dispositi|on, to prefer whom he listed. He had also a great num|ber dailie attending vpon him, both of noblemen & woorthie gentlemen,What kind of persons he re|teined in his seruice. with no small number of the tallest yeomen that he could get in all the realme, in|somuch that well was that nobleman and gentle|man, that could preferre a tall yeoman to his ser|uice.

Ye shall vnderstand, that he had in his hall conti|nuallie three boords,The order of the cardinals house, and first of his hall. kept with three seuerall principall officers, that is to saie, a steward which was alwaies a priest; a treasuror a knight; and a comptrollor an esquier; also a cofferer being a doctor; three mar|shals; three yeomen vshers in the hall, besides two groomes, and almoners. Then in the hall kitchin, two clearks of the kitchin;The hall kit|chin. a clearke comptrollor; a surueior of the dressor; a clearke of the spicerie, the which togither kept also a continuall messe in the hall. Also in his hall kitchin he had of master cooks two, and of other cooks, laborers and children of the kitchin, twelue persons; foure yeomen of the scul|lerie, and foure yeomen of the siluer scullerie; two yeomen of the pastrie, with two other pastelers vn|der the yeomen.

The priuie kitchin. The scalding house. The pantrie. The butterie. The yewrie. The cellar. The chandrie wafarie, &c.Then in his priuie kitchin a master cooke, who went dailie in veluet or in sattin, with a chaine of gold, with two other yeomen and a groome: in the scalding house, a yeoman and two groomes: in the pantrie two persons: in the butterie two yeomen, two groomes, and two pages: and in the yewrie like|wise: in the cellar thrée yeomen, and thrée pages: in his chandrie two: in the wafarie two: in the ward|robe of beds, the maister of the wardrobe, and ten o|ther persons: in the landrie, a yeoman, a groome, thirtie pages, two yeomen purueiors, & one groome: in the bake-house, a yeoman and two groomes: in the wood-yard a yeoman, and a groome: in the barne one: in the garden a yeoman and two groomes: por|ters at the gate, two yeomen, and two groomes: a yeoman of his barge: and a maister of his horsse: a clearke of the stable, a yeoman of the same: the sad|ler: the ferrier: a yeoman of his chariot: a sumpter man: a yeoman of his stirrop: a muleter: sixtéene groomes of his stable, euerie of them kept foure gel|dings.