148 THE HISTOEY OF THE ROYAL BUCKHOUNDS. 



lusty, and led the gallants at the first ring above twenty 

 miles." (Memorials, p. 424.) 



It is a pure conjecture as to the hounds or the hunt- 

 servants that followed the lusty young stag in the rare run 

 enjoyed, on that occasion, by Colonel Ludlow and his Crom- 

 wellian friends. As above mentioned, nothing is heard of 

 the Royal hounds after the Civil War began. It is probable 

 the hunt-servants, loyal to, and adhering to the King, would 

 hardly participate in this " ring of above twenty miles." Who 

 can tell where the latter were on that particular day ? Sad 

 to say, the ultimate fate of some of those good and faithful 

 servants is put beyond a doubt. Soon after the Restoration, 

 a question arose in the department of the Great Wardrobe 

 as to the liveries of the servants of the Buckhounds redivivus. 

 It then and there transpired that the following " dyed before 

 ye King's arrival " — viz., Thomas White, Edward Stanton, 

 Anthony Holland, William Lowman, William Bathe, Edward 

 Lambert, Edward Kingleys, John Hakes, John Cockers, 

 William Cocker, William Ludman, George Fryer, Henry 

 Dover, William Hopkins, G, Williams, George Fowler, and 

 Ralph Read. Truly a sad finish to a sad chapter ! (Lord 

 Chamberlains Records, Series III., Bundle 2.) 



