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628 MEDIEVAL ENGLAND
strongly of c
football, regards tennis as a good exercise for
young
men*. It was played, Stow remarks, by gentlemen in courts and
by people ofthe meaner sort in open fields and streets. The Privy
Purse expenses ofthe first two Tudor monarchs bear witness to
their fondness for the game, which, like most other games, was
played for stakes. Thus, for example, in 1530 there is an entry
Tor betting at tennes* 45^., and two years later at a game with
Monsieur de Guise and the cardinal of Lorraine the king lost
.46. is*. 4