$6(5 



ANNUAL REGISTER, 1804. 



Item, that he make difference of 

 horses, geldings, or naggs, for gen. 

 tlenicn, yeomen, and groomes, with 

 preferment to the better sorte, ac- 

 cording to the men's places, and the 

 best shcwe for uiy lord's service : 

 and that he suffer no man to ride 

 upon horse, geldinge, or naggs, but 

 by his appointment, except their 

 honnors speciallie do give com- 

 niaiindcmente in that beehalfi 



Item, that he take order with the 

 coachmen and groomes of the 

 stable, for the safekeeping and 

 •well-ordering of the coaches, sad- 

 dles, bridles, clothes, and all other 

 furniture belonging to that office, as 

 may bee for the best preserving of 

 them, and their honnor's proiitt ; 

 and that hee see them carefullie to 

 keep the same, according to his ap- 

 pointment; wherein yf they be neg- 

 ligent, or faile in tlie performance 

 of their duties, then to see them 

 punished. 



Item, that hee take order with 

 them for luisbandlie usr.gc of the 

 haye, and to apportionate the pro- 

 vendci- to be allowed to everye 

 man's charge, according to thenom- 

 ber of horses that are in house; 

 the same provender to be bestowed 

 on the horses, without ymbeselling 

 or diminishing any parte thereof ; 

 and that they receave in no man's 

 horse, nor deliver fori lie any proven- 

 der or haye, but by the appoint- 

 ment of the gentleman of the horse, 

 or of some other cheef officer in his 

 absence;, and that Iiee cause all the 

 hay to be spent in the sbible to bee 

 made in bottles, foreseeing aito that 

 the racks wantespo staves, therebyc 

 to avoide waste and spoile. 



Item, that hee admitte no man 

 to have anie horsse or gelding kept 

 in my lord's stable, pastures, or 

 parks^ but suche as are allowed by 



their honnors' commaundment and 

 appointment; and that such as liave 

 hoi-ses so allowed, doo ride them 

 in ray lord's and their owne private 

 busines, and not his lord's, except 

 it be upon speciall occasion, which 

 is left to the consideration and dis- 

 cretion of the gentleman of the 

 hor'^se. 



Item, that hee suffer none to take 

 any my lord's geldings out of tlie 

 pasture without his lycense; neither 

 suffer any of the groomes to lend 

 out anye saddle, bridle, or other 

 furniture, without his privytie or 

 leave. 



Item, to avoide over-many hills 

 and reckonings, and to reduce all 

 householde expence into one ac- 

 compte of the steward's, his lord- 

 ship's pleasure ys, thattheire bee no 

 new furniture, of m hat kinde so- 

 ever, bought or taken upon creditte 

 from the Sadler's, or anye other 

 place, before the steward have scene 

 the di'caye and unserviceablenes of 

 the ould. 



Item, to avoide excessive charge, 

 his lordship doth expresslie com- 

 maund, that there bee henceforth no 

 fees, ether of horse, or any furni- 

 ture to them, taken or required by 

 the said gentleman of the horse, 

 other than suche as, after vie we 

 taken of the unserviceablenes of 

 them, by the steward, his lordship 

 shalbc pleased to give by his speciall 

 warrant or commaund. 



Item, his lordship's pleasure ys, 

 that the gentleman of the said horse, 

 twice in everie yeere at the least, or 

 oftciier, as occazion maye requier, 

 shall deliver to the stewarde a nota 

 of all the horses and furniture de- 

 cayed, and of every thing bought or 

 sould concerning the stable, or for 

 the furniture of horses. 



Item, hee shall weekelie exhibitt^ 

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