150 THE HISTOEY OF THE EOYAL BUCKHOUNDS. 



the natural term of his life, with the deer therein ; also all the 

 lodges, barns, stables, houses, and edifices therein, with a 

 salary of 8d. per day ; pasture for 32 cows, 2 bulls, 10 geldings^ 

 4 breeding mares, one mare called a stalking mare, and one ox 

 called a stalking ox ; 30 loads of hay, to be moved yearly 

 upon the premises, and 20 loads of wood, called browse-wood, 

 and windfall wood yearly in the said park during his life. In 

 those days Marylebone Park was full of wild deer and other 

 game ; a royal preserve that frequently afforded the King and 

 foreign potentates rare sport. * It is now known as Regent's 

 Park, situated almost in the heart of London ; a delightful 

 retreat on a summer's evening, but at the very time when it is 

 most enjoyable the public are expelled, why or wherefore it is 

 impossible to say, except it is in fear they might (according 

 to precedent) go stalking the lions or similar big game in the 

 Zoo. Soon after the accession of Charles I., Mr, Gary obtained 

 from that monarch a confirmation of the Custody of Maryle- 

 bone Park, with all fees, rights, and privileges thereunto be- 

 longing. At this time he was a prime favourite with the 

 king, to whom he was one of the Gentlemen of the Privy 

 Chamber. In this capacity he was in frequent attendance 

 upon His Majesty until a few months before the surrender 

 of the royal garrison at Oxford, in June 1646. It seems, 

 however, that four years before the royal cause was abso- 

 lutely lost, he was appointed to the ofiice of Master of the 

 Privy Buckhounds to Charles, Prince of Wales, with the 



* The Duke of Holstein, " the Queen's Majesty's Brother," paid a hunting 

 Tisit to England, and " sondiie times " enjoyed the pleasures of the chase in 

 company with King James in the vicinity of the Metropolis, Windsor, etc. 

 When in London the Duke lodged at the Earl of Derby's house in Channel 

 How, then noted for its stables, etc. The Constable of Calais was also a 

 distinguished visitor in the hunting field at this time. 



" To S'' Kicharde Connigesbie Knighte Gentleman vsher dailie waitor for 

 thallowaunce of himselfe one yeoman usher fower yeoman twoe groomes of the 

 chamber twoe gromes of the wardrobe and one groome porter for makeinge 

 xeadie at Whitehalle for the Kinges Ma"'^ and the Duke of Houlsten twoe 

 severalle times when his Ma''" rode a huntinge vnto Mariboue parke by the 

 space of viij dayesmense Aprilis 1605 viij" xij*. iiij'^" {Wardrohe Ace. T. of C, 

 Lord Stanhoj}c, B. 3, vi. 133 d. See, further, Ibid., m. 135 d.) 



