194 THE HISTOKY OF THE ROYAL BUCKHOUNDS. 



Shillings and Six Pence Farthing upon my Allowance of 234P "^ ann. 

 payable in the office of Treafer of the Chamber as Master of the 

 Buckhounds to his said late Ma*^ (to wit) from X*mas 1701 the time 

 to which I was last paid to the 8th of March following, being the 

 day of the demise of the said late King. Now Know Yee that I 

 the said Reinhard Vincent Baron Hompesch for good and valuable 

 causes and consideracons me hereunto moving have Eemised, Re- 

 leased, and for ever quitt, claimed and do by these p'sent for me my 

 Jieirs Executors Adm''^, and assign es and every of them clearly and 

 absolutely Remise, Release, and for ever quit claim unto the queens 

 most Excellent Ma*^ that now is her heirs and Successoi's, the said 

 sum of 468" 2^ 6^"^. due and owing to me in the said Office of 

 Treasurer of the Chamber upon my said allow'^'-' as Master of the 

 Buckhounds to His said late Ma*^ as aforesaid. In witness whereof 

 I have hereunto set my hand and seal the -^^ day of May in the 7th 

 year of the Reign of her Ma*^ Anne, Grace of God Queen of G' 

 Britain, France, Ireland, Defend'^ of the Faith, &c., Anno Dom. 

 1708. 



R. V. CoMTE d'Hompesch. 

 Signed, Sealed, and Delivered, in the presence of 



Fr: Hare. 



A : Oardonnell.* 



The Baron was engaged in the battle of Ramillies and other 

 hard fought fields during the Dutch wars, and subsequently 

 became Governor of Geertruidenberg in 1731, a post he held 

 to his death, which occurred in 1733. 



Now, having said so much of the two Masters of the House- 

 hold branch of the Royal Buckhounds in the reign of 

 William III., we must not omit to pay our little tribute to 

 the memory of this inonarch solely as a sportsman. This is 

 a difficult task, because, in the first place, there are so few 

 particulars to be found on the subject in the literary remains 

 of that era, and secondly, because the historical writers deal 

 almost exclusively with the campaigns, military and political, 

 which are so prominently associated with the reign of the 

 only " glorious, pious, and immortal sovereign who has had- 



* Lord ChamhtrlaiiCs Rtcords, Assigyiments, vol. f f^, pp. 38, 39. 



