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wherever they attended the King in his royal disport, provi- 

 sions for horses, the number of horses varying from forty-eight 

 to eighty.* Snape, the marshal farrier, invariably pre- 

 sented a heavy bill for extras on account of the Royal Stud, 

 but independent of this, Woodcock, " yeoman farrier for His 

 Majesty's hunting horses," made a separate claim, and had his 

 claim allowed.! 



Horses were also required for the deer-van and the hound- 

 van. These were ponderous four-wheel waggons. One men- 

 tioned in the Accounts of the Great Wardrobe for 1630 cost 

 236/. ; repairing an old one cost 94/. 14s. 4id. ; the total cost 

 for incidentals, under this head alone, having amounted to 

 511/. lis. Sd. And from another source we find all Mayors, 

 Sheriffs, Justices, etc., were to see that due provision was 

 made, when required, for a sufficient team of horses or oxen, 

 with harness to draw the waggons to such place as the King 

 shall appoint.! 



* The Master and the hunt-servants also enjoyed a preemj^tion to obtain hay, 

 oats, and straw "at easy rates," which was ''a great benefit " to them. This 

 privilege, however, terminated ■^\T.th the reign of Charles I. In a MS. Book of 

 Stable Warrants, dated 1630, we find there were, at this time, "20 of the 

 King's hunting horses maintained on the establishment of the Master of the 

 Horse. Each of those animals was provided annually with a wattering head- 

 stall and reins of red leather, a pair of pastrons, trammels, a double collar, a 

 double reins, a white and green cloth, horse-howses lined with canvas and 

 Ijordered with white and green cloth, a canvas hood, a leading reins, a 

 sursingle of brown web, a horse-combe, a main-comb, a sponge, a round 

 hair brush, 48 ells of canvas for a bag, a dusting cloath, a hunting snaffle, a 

 girth, and a stirrup leather. The King was furnished through this Depart- 

 ment with 10 hunting saddles a year, which were covered with coloured velvet, 

 garnished with gold and silver lace and fringe. To each saddle there were 

 4 silver-gilt nails and silver fringe. Each saddle had an undercloath garnished 

 with silver and gold lace, stirrup leathers, gh'ths, stirrup irons, etc. All the 

 principal officials of the Household are mentioned as being entitled to certain 

 provision of horses and accoutrements for the same." — Lo7'd Chamberlain's 

 Records, G.W., vol. i., R.L. 829, etc. 



f " Henry Woodcock yeoman farrier for H.M. hunting horees for divers 

 drenches, oyntments and other medicines by him employed for H.M. service 

 for a year ended at Michaelmas 1640, 2GI. is. 2d." 



% " Thomas Jones, Esq., Master of H.M. Toyles by warrant dated the 18th April 

 1640 for his own, with John Wood and Asa Scandover, yeomen of the Toyles, 

 their allowances for taking red deer in eight walks in Windsor Forest, and for 



