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custom was continued as late as the reign of Charles I . The subjoined warrant,under the sign-manual of King James I. , directed to the Master of the GreatWardrobe, for supplying such allowances to Inigo Jones , is copied from a MS. in theBritish Museum .

“ Wee will and comand yo immediatlie upon the sight hereof, to deliver, or causeto be delivered, unto o welbeloved servant Inigo Jones , whom wee have appointed tobe Surveyor of o Works, in the roome and place of Simon Basill, decasd, these pcellhereafter following for his lyverie :—That is to saie, ffive yards of broad clothe for agowne, at twentie-six shillings eight pence the yard, one furr of budge for the samegowne, price four pounds, four yards half of baies to line the same gowne, at fiveshillings the yard, for furring the same gowne ten shillings, and for making the samegowne ten shillings; and farther, o pleasure and commandement is, that yearly, fromhenceforth, at the feast of All Saints, yo deliver, or cause to be delivered, unto thesaid Inigo Jones , the like pcells for his livery, w th the furring and the making ofthe same, as aforesaid, during his naturall lief. And these Ires, signed w th o r ownhand, shall be yo sufficient warrant, dormant, and discharge, in that behalf givenunder o signet, at the palace of Westminster , the sixteenth day of March, in thethirteenth year of o reigne, of England, France , and Ireland , and of Scotland thenine and fortith.

“ To o right trustie and wellbeloved James Lord Hay,

M r of our Great Warderobe now being, and to the M rof the same that hereafter for the time shall be.”

A subsequent warrant directs the payment of three years’ arrears : —

“ After my hearty comendacons:—Wheras there is due unto Inigo Jones ,Esquire, Survey r of his Ma" Workes, the some of thirty-eight pounds seavenshillings and sixe pence, for three yeares arreares of his lyvy out of the wardrobe, asqppeareth by three severall debenters: These are therefore to will and require yo tomake payment unto the said Inigo Jones , or his assignees, of the said some of thirty-eight pounds seaven shillings and sixe pence, according to his said debenters. Andfor soe doing this shal be yo warrant.

[Signature wanting .]

Other warrants authorise the issuing of liveries to Maximillian Poutrain, aliasColt, Master Sculptor of the Works; to John Green, Coffer-maker, 8tc. 8tc.