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horses; the " curtal " was a docked great 

 horse; the "trottynge gambaldyn " horse 

 one with high and showy action, and the 

 41 cloth sek " and " male hors " carried 

 respectively personal luggage and armour. 



EDWARD VI. (1547-1553) AND QUEEN MARY 

 (1553-1558)- 



The brief reign of Edward VI. was pro- 

 ductive of little legislation that had reference 

 to horse-breeding. An Act was passed to 

 sanction the export of mares worth not more 

 than ten shillings, and another to remove 

 some ambiguity in Henry VIII.'s law con- 

 cerning the death penalty, without benefit of 

 clergy, for horse-stealers, 



If nothing was done to promote the 

 breeding industry during this reign, the 

 King's advisers took measures to raise 

 the English standard of horsemanship. 

 The Duke of Newcastle informs us that he 

 " engaged Regnatelle to teach, and invited 

 two Italians who had been his scholars, into 

 England. The King had an Italian farrier 

 named Hemnibale, who taught more than 

 had been known before " The farrier of old 

 times was the veterinary surgeon as the 

 barber was the surgeon and the invitations 



