INTRODUCTION 



the Rev. Joseph Crewe, Rector of Barthomley and 

 Astbury ; Booth Grey, second son of Harry, fourth 

 Earl of Stamford ; Sir Henry Mai n waring, of Over- 

 Peover ; George Wilbraham, the builder of Delamere 

 Lodge ; his brother, Roger Wilbraham ; Richard 

 Walthall, second son of Peter Walthall, of Wistaston ; 

 Robert Salusbury Cotton, son of Sir Lynch Salusbury 

 Cotton, of Combermere ; and the Rev. Edward 

 Emily, whose connection with the county I cannot 

 trace. 



The original rules recorded in the first club-book 

 will not, after an interval of a hundred years, be 

 without interest to the modern sportsman, showing, 

 amongst other particulars, the hours which they 

 kept, and describing the dress in which our fore- 

 fathers took the field : 



"Tarporley Hunt, Nov. 14th, 1762. 



Mr. Lane, President. 



Mr. Booth Grev,l c . ■ 

 , , ^ - H Secretaries. 



Mr. Crewe, J 



Miss Townshend, Lady Patroness. 



" We whose names are hereunto subscribed, do 

 agree to meet at Tarporley twice annually. The 

 first meeting to be held the second Monday in 

 November, and the second to be fixed by the 

 majority of the members who shall meet at the first ; 

 each meeting to last for the space of seven days.^ 

 We do likewise agree to submit to all the underwritten 

 rules, and to all other such rules as shall be thought 



^ The first hunting day is meant by the second Monday ; the 

 Gentlemen having agreed to meet overnight, 



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