NOTES. 377 



" To be Disposed of, At Barton under Needwood, near Litch- 

 " field, Staffordshire, Otter-Hounds, exceeding staunch, and 

 " thoroughly well trained to the hunting of this Animal. The 

 " Pack consists of nine Couple and a Terrier, and are esteemed 

 " to be as good, if not the best, Hounds in the Kingdom. In 

 " the Winter Season they hunt the Hare, except about two 

 " Couple and a half that are trained to the Otter only ; but 

 " there are about two Couple of Harriers, that have never been 

 " entered at the Otter, which will go with the rest; beside three 

 " Couple of Year-old Hounds, now fit to enter at either or 

 " both ; and one Couple of Whelps, ready to go to Walks. The 

 " greatest part of them are the Blood of as high bred a Fox- 

 " Hound as any in England. The Proprietor disposes of them 

 "for the two following reasons only: First, because all the 

 " Otters except about three or four, are killed within this Hunt, 

 " which consists of all the Rivers in this County, (except the 

 " Dove, where Otters are not to be killed with Hounds,) Lei- 

 " cestershiie, and Warwickshire ; but more especially, because 

 " the Proprietor finds himself too infirm to follow them. None 

 " but Principals will be treated with. Direct to Walter Bid- 

 " dulph, of Barton aforesaid, Esq.: by whom all Letters from 

 " Principals will be duly answered. 



" N.B. Mr. Biddulph has killed within these last six Years 

 " with these Hounds, above Burton upon Trent only, seven ty- 

 " four Otters. There are six Spears to be disposed of with the 

 " Hounds." 



Page 3. Noble Mr. Sadler. 



Ralph Sadler, or Sadleir, of Standon, in the County of Hert- 

 ford Esq. ; only son and heir of Sir Thomas Sadler, and grand- 

 son of Sir Ralph Sadler, Knight-Banneret, celebrated in the 

 times of Henry VIII., Edward VI., Mary, and Elizabeth. He 

 married, in 1601, Anne Paston, eldest daughter of the very 

 eminent Sir Edward Coke, Lord Chief-Justice ; in 1606, he suc- 

 ceeded to the family-seat of Standon, and he died without issue, 

 on February the 12th, 1660 (1661); Scott's Sadler's Papers. 

 He appears to have had a great attachment to angling, and Sir 

 Henry Chauncy, in his Historical Antiquities of Hertfordshire, 

 p. 2)9, says of him, that " he brought an action of trespass 

 " Quarr n ft tirmis against John Hyat in the Court of King's 

 " Bench, for fishing in the river Standon leading through his 

 "own land, and for erecting a weir there; and he obtained 

 "judgment thereupon. He delighted much in hawking and 

 " hunting, and the pleasures of a country life; was famous for 

 " his noble table, his great hospitality to his neighbours, and 

 " his abundant charity to the poor." The original edition of 

 Walton's work in this part reads as follows. " Viator. Indeed, 



