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was 68j. 6d. y this would leave the others at 24*. $d. In 1619 

 the Warden's saddle at All Souls College costs 96^. yd., while 

 the Archers at Theydon Gernon pay i6s. for one. 



In 1621 All Souls College pays 15^. 6d. for a saddle. In 

 1622 Eton College gives 30^. for a fellow's saddle, New College 

 2js. In 1625 All Souls College pays tfs. yd. each for two 

 saddles, zos. yd. each for three. In 1626 Eton College gives 

 355. Sd. for a Spanish saddle and velure. In 1631 a saddle is 

 bought in London at 40^., and two side-saddles at the great 

 price of 12 los. each. Both these purchases are made by 

 Lord Spencer. In 1634 Eton College buys a black saddle 

 for J2s. iod., and a livery saddle for 2is. In 1635 Lord 

 Spencer gives 8os. for a saddle. In 1636 three saddles are 

 bought by Corpus Christi College for the President, a fellow 

 and a servant, at the collective cost of I22s. 6d. In 1638 

 the same College gives for the saddles of the President and 

 two servants 114$. 4d. In 1639 Eton College pays 26s. Sd. for 

 a sumpter-saddle, All Souls College 99^. 4d. for the Warden's 

 saddle. 



By this time, though the practice of keeping up the stable 

 was by no means abandoned, it became very usual to hire 

 horses from persons who made letting them their business, like 

 Hobson of Cambridge. Besides, the Civil War soon broke out, 

 and travelling on horseback became inconvenient. In 1646 a 

 new saddle is bought by Eton College for 2os. 6d., a saddle 

 and bridle by Corpus Christi College for IDS., and two ser- 

 vants' saddles at Winchester College at ijs. In 1647 a 

 saddle, bridle, and housing-cloth is bought by King's College 

 for 22s. In 1648 a saddle and bridle at Hampton are 

 bought for 13^., and in 1649 two' servants' saddles at Win- 

 chester College at 195. In 1651 the Corpus Christi College 

 saddle is 22s. 2d. ; in 1653, 6is., this being no doubt a purchase 

 for the President. In the same year All Souls College pays 

 4os. for a saddle. In 1654 Corpus Christi College pays 35^. 6d. 

 and Master 5u. for a cloth-saddle and decorations, bridle, 

 stirrups, girths, cover, horse-cloth, and saddle-cloth, probably 



