Synopsis of Contents. 



Looted — How a New Road was Made There — Lord Dover's Military 

 Services — Sarsfield — Lord Dover Outlawed — ^The Cheveley Estate Seized 

 by the Crown — Proceedings Thereon — Lord Dover Receives a Free 

 Pardon — The Hearth Tax ... ... . ... . . ...page 37-53 



Stonehali in Moulton : Richard Moody and Arthur Prince of Wales — Hawkins; 

 at Partridges — George Moody's Hospitality — The Big Turnip — The 

 Willys Family — The Davers Family ... ... . 54-53 



I )itton Valence : The Coningsby Family — Playing Cards — The Tin ... 56-58 



Cheveley : The Seymour Family — Charles Sixth Duke of Somerset — His First 

 Wife — Her First, Second, and Third Husbands — Her Vast Possessions — 

 The Duke and James H. — The Duke and William III. — The Duke and 

 Queen Anne — -Master of the Horse^The Duke and George L — ■" The 

 Proud Duke " — The Duke and the Turf — ^The Duke's Racing Career — 

 The Duke and the Palace — The Duke Buys the Cheveley Estate — The 

 Duke's Stud — Origin of Ascot Races — The Judge's Chairs on Newmarket 

 Heath ... ... ... ... . . .. ... .. 59-69 



Newmarket Cricket — Great Match for .£1500 between Eton and All England 

 in 1 75 1 — The Captains — The Pitch — The Play — The Result — James Earl 

 of March and Duke of Queensbury — Running their Fathers — The Carriage 

 .\Latch — G.P.O. — The Duke of Kingston — Master of the Royal Stag- 

 hounds North of Trent — The Earl of Sandwich — The Viscount Howe — 

 General Sir William Draper — Colonel Townshend ,. ... ... 70-78 



The Manners Family — The Marquis of Granby — Lady Frances Seymour 

 — The Marquis Acquires the Cheveley Estate — His Military Career — 

 Charles Duke of Rutland — John Duke of Rutland — His Duchess — The 

 Duke and the Turf — Cadland's Derby — The Duke's Racing Establishment 

 at Cheveley — His Trainers and Jockeys — The Shooting at Cheveley and 

 at The Links — Charles and John Dukes of Rutland ... ... 79-86 



Saxtonhall: The Earls of Godolphin — Mr. Tregonwell Frampton's Dwelling 

 House — Sidney Earl of Godolphin — His Career at Court — His Career on 

 the Turf... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 87-94 



Francis Earl of Godolphin — Buys the Godolphin Arabian — Description of the 



Horse 95 



Incidents Relating to Him — Leaps from Obscurity to 1-ame — His Career at 



the Stud — His Owner's Career on the Turf . . ... 96-101 



Mr. Tregonwell Frampton — His Appearance at Newmarket — Where he 

 becomes a Personage' — His Letters Relating to l'"alcoary — Keeper of the 



