CONTENTS. IX 



to 1(540. — Hunting Horses. — Hunting Matches. — The Koyal Studs.— 

 Deer- and Hound-Vans. — The Equerries of the Hunting Stables. 

 — Hunting with the Pack during the Commonwealth. — Poaching.— 

 Destruction of Deer. — Fate of the Royal Hunt-Servants. . . .119 



CHAPTER VII. 



THE HOUSEHOLD BRANCH: CHARLES II. (1660-1685). 



John Cary, Esq., Twelfth Master : .July 7, 1661, to February 5, 168.5.— 

 Expenses of the Pack during the Eeign of Charles II. — The Master 

 and the Hunt-Servants. — Their Salaries, Fees, and Emoluments. . 149 



CHAPTER VIII. 



THE HOUSEHOLD BRANCH: JAMES II. (1685-1688). 



Colonel James Graham, Thirteenth Master: March 25, 1685, to September 29, 



1688. — Expenses of the Pack during the Reign of James II. . . 177 



CHAPTER IX. 



THE HOUSEHOLD BRANCH: WILLIAM III. (1689-1702). 



James de Gastigny, Fourteenth Master : September 0, 1689, to c. July 1698. — 

 Reinhard Vincent, Baron Van Hompesch, Fifteenth Master: July 6, 

 1698, to March 8, 1702.— Annual Cost of the Pack.— Hunting in Holland. 

 — Hunting in England. — Fatal Accident to the King when hunting 

 with the Pack. — -Various Accounts of the Spill, and a Poor Record 

 of the Runs towards the End of his Reign . 184 



CHAPTER X. 



THE ''HEREDITARY" BRANCH: CHARLES I.~ANNE. 



Sir Lewis Watson, first Baron Rockingham, Fourteenth Master. — Edward 

 Watson, second Baron Rockingham, Fifteentli Master. — Lewis Watson, 

 first Earl of Rockingham, Si.xteenth, and Last, ■' Hereditary " Master. 203 



