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remainder of his life. He married Dorothy, eldest daughter 

 of the Hon. William Howard, fourth son of Thomas, Earl of 

 Berkshire, by whom he had an only child, Catherine, who 

 married her cousin-german, Henry Bowes, Eai-1 of Suffolk and 

 Berkshire. 



In hunting up the life of this Master of the Buckhounds we 

 are losing sight of the Royal pack, the moving incidents of 

 the hunt, and the subordinate officers thereof. Unfortunately 

 there is very little available information under this head. All 

 we know is that Lawrence Babill and Lancelot Carlisle were 

 yeomen prickers, in the receipt of 851. each per annum. As 

 we have already recorded, the cost of the household part of 

 this pack, during Queen Elizabeth's reign, amounted on an 

 average to about 140L a year*. In the reign of James I. its 

 annual cost came to about 750^., exclusive of extras. Up to 

 the time of the " troubles " it cost the exchequer of Charles I. 

 about 1,300^. a year. Under Charles II. it involved an annual 

 expenditure of about 2,000^. ; but as the officers of the pack 

 were so irregularly paid — their salaries, etc., being constantly 

 in arrears — it is hard to say precisely what the cost was for 

 any clear year during the Merry Monarch's reign. In the 

 reign of James 11. the pack was supported at an annual charge 

 of 1,341?. 5s. But it must be noted that this King also kept 

 up a pack of foxhounds — a royal revival of the Plantagenet 

 era — which cost 700?. a year, and a pack of harriers which 

 cost 1,000?. per annum, a pack of otter and other hounds, while 

 Felton and Chiffinch, "Keepers of the Hawks," received 

 1,372?. 10s. per annum, consequently his hunting establishment 

 was more expensive than those of his predecessors. 



During the reign of Charles II. his brother, the Duke of 

 York, was one of the most enthusiastic sportsmen in the 

 Kingdom. In those days he not only hunted on every 

 available occasion with the King's hounds, but also main- 

 tained four packs of his own. His familiar letters to the 

 Prince of Orange* abound in allusions to hunting, racing, and 

 field sports. Unfortunately he rarely indicates the particular 

 * King William's Sealed Bag, 1674-86, Bundle iii. 



