SYNOPSIS OF CONTENTS. 



Cheveley : Anglo-Saxon Period — Athelstan — Horse-breeding — Queen /Elfled 



— Edward the Confessor — Canute ... ... ... ... ... pas^e i 



Early and Mediaeval Period — William I. — The Peche Family — The Pulteney 



Family — Free Warren ... . ... ... ... . ... 2 



Ditton : Canute — William I. — Ditton Valence — The Valence Family, Earls of 



Pembroke ... ... ... .. ... ... ... ... ... 3 



Ditton Camois ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 4 



Cheveley: Military Services from 154810 1640 ... ... ... ... ... 5-g 



Rogues, Vagabonds, and Masterless Men .. . ... ... .... ... 7 



Licensing and Corn Laws from 1631 to 1634 — Prices of Com, &c. ... 10-13 



Ditton Valence : " The Links Beat " — Famous for Pheasants and Partridges — 



The Manor Acquired by Henry Mil. — ^Sir Giles Capel ... ... 14-16 



Cheveley : The Cotton Family — Sir Thomas Cotton — Surveys and Valuations 

 in 1519 — Sir John Cotton — The Cambridge University Plate — Sir J. H. 

 Cotton, Bart. — Sir Charles Cotton, Bart — Sir " Vinny " Cotton, Bart. 17-23 

 Sir John Carlton, Bart. — Appointed Master of the Game at Newmarket — 

 Turning Down and Preserving Game within the Verge — Action by 

 Charles I. Thereon ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 23-26 



The Jermyn Family : Sir Thomas Jermyn — Appointed Master of the Game at 

 Newmarket — Henry Lord Jermyn and Earl of St. Albans — Master of 

 the Horse to Queen Henrietta Maria — Ambassador Extraordinary to 

 Louis XIV. — Lord Chamberlain of the Household — Some Cheveley 

 Warrants — The Royal Jewel House — More Cheveley Warrants — Game 

 and Fruit ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 26-37 



Henry Jermyn, Lord Dover — Master of the Horse to the Duke of York — His 

 Popularity at Court — His Prowess in the Saddle — Rides and W'in.s a 

 Match against Charles IL — Lord Dover and James 11. — Cheveley Hall 



