HISTORY OF THE 

 MEYNELL HOUNDS AND COUNTRY 



CHAPTER I. 



account of the state of things preceding formation 

 of hoar cross hunt — verses on mr. vernon of 

 Hilton's wonderful run in 1770 — sudbury hunt- 

 ing SONG *' squire" OSBALDESTON ORIGIN OF THE 



LEEDHAMS — SYNOPSIS OF EVENTS FROM 1808-1840 — 

 LIST OF SUBSCRIBERS TO THE HON. AND REV. G. 

 TALBOT's HOUNDS — SONGS ON THE SUDBURY HUNT. 



It seems only right and fitting that a History of the 

 Meynell Hounds and Country should open with an account 

 in verse of a wonderful run with Mr. Vernon's hounds. 

 For Lord Vernon was the ancestor of the Meynell Hunt, 

 and the Vernons of Hilton are ancestors of his. When 

 once a Vernon of Hilton was engaged in a lawsuit with 

 Lord Vernon, counsel asked the former if he did not 

 belong to Lord Vernon's family, and the answer was, 

 " No ; Lord Vernon belongs to my family." For aught 

 that is known to the contrary, the Sudbury hounds, too, 

 might have been of the same blood as those Vernon 

 hounds of Hilton. If they were, they claimed a distin- 

 guished ancestry, for could any hounds be stouter than 

 those of which the following verses tell ? 



This song was made on the subject of the hounds of 



VOL. I. B 



