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a second-hand purchase from some needy cavalier. In 1656 

 Winchester College pays 22s. each for new saddles and bridles. 

 In 1658 Eton College gives 22s. 6d. for a new saddle and 

 bridle, and in 1659 38^. for a saddle. 



In 1664 Eton College buys a new saddle and bridle for 

 44^., and Master a saddle for 28^. In 1665 Magdalen College 

 gives 525. for a saddle, and All Souls College $2s. 6d. In 

 1666 Master pays 5 for his wife's side-saddle and furniture. 

 In 1668 New College gives i2s. for a saddle. In 1669 King's 

 College pays 30^. for a saddle, and in 1670 385-. for the 

 Provost's saddle and i$s. each for two others. In 1678 Eton 

 College pays 26s. for a saddle and portmantle. This is 

 practically the last entry which I have found. 



In 1688 however Lord Lovelace purchases at Henley a 

 whole horseman's equipment, a wallet (which I presume is a 

 saddle-bag to carry necessaries), a pad, a saddle, and all furni- 

 ture trimmed with silver and gold, for 14. Later on we 

 shall find certain articles of domestic furniture which this rest- 

 less and expensive person purchased. 



Saddle-cloths are purchased from time to time, but it is not 

 quite clear whether they were put between the saddle and the 

 horse, or were employed as covers to the saddle in the harness- 

 room. The highest price at which I have found them is 8j. in 

 1638, the lowest $s. in 1628. In all cases they are bought 

 by Corpus Christi College. Once they are said to be made 

 of black baize, which confirms the impression that they were 

 put below the saddle on the horse. The average of twelve 

 entries is 4s. 4\d. 



Horse-cloths are occasionally found, sometimes said to be of 

 canvas, as in 1604, when six were bought at 3^. 2d. each by 

 Lord Spencer. In 1611 Corpus Christi College gives is. $d. ; 

 in 1 626, 5*. ox/. ; in 1627, 3^. $d. ; in 1635, 6s. 2d. In 1660 New 

 College pays 14^. +d. each for two ; in 1667, 4*. lod. each for 

 three. It is not easy to interpret such variable prices. 



Bits are found at very different prices. In 1583 I find them 

 at 2s. id., $s. (for the President of Corpus Christi College), ;uul 



