100 sporting ami Rural Records of the Cheveley Estate. 



Saxton Hai.i,. 



Tregonwell 

 Frampton. 



His 

 Predecessor's 



Petition 

 to James II. 



to him for the arrears and purchase money above ;^iooo, that 

 his Majesty will give him such relief, &c., &c. Now, it is clear 

 that Mr. Cockayne does not claim any remuneration or arrears 

 due to him for salary in his capacity of ex-Governor of the 

 King's Running Horses at Newmarket, as he only alleged that 

 he was entitled to a pension of ;^i5o a year from the Privy Purse 

 for having held that office. He cites no patent or warrant to 

 support his claim ; and he relies only on his right to obtain relief for 

 the money and the accrued interest on it, which he invested in 

 the house, which was afterwards bought from him by Charles II. 

 Mr. Cockayne's petition was laid before James II., at a Court 

 held at Whitehall on December 15, 1685, when the King was 

 graciously pleased to refer it to the Lord High Treasurer for his 

 consideration and report as to what might be fitly done therein for 

 the petitioner's relief. Nothing was done, and so the matter 

 ended. 



The petition, however, is an interesting document, because it 

 shows that another person was appointed Governor of the Running 

 Horses at Newmarket when Mr. Cockayne was dismissed or super- 

 seded in that post. Unfortunately the name of this person is not 

 given ; nevertheless, Mr. Frampton may have been the man. As 

 already seen, he had been a tenant on this estate from the year 

 1678 (p. 87), and was domiciled at Newmarket, where he was 

 already a prominent person for some years. At the same time 

 there is no justifiable corroboration for the assumption that he was 

 the successor to this post at, or immediately after, the time it 

 was vacated by Mr. Cockayne. Indeed, the first payment in this 

 capacity which can be traced to Mr. Frampton, through official 

 sources, does not occur until the year 1703, when he received 

 through the Office of the Cofferer and Keeper of the Great 

 Wardrobe, " for the expences of the race horses," from March 8, 

 1 701 [-2] to September 30, 1703, the sum of £'Joo. There is, 

 however, very little doubt that his usual allowance was ;^ioo a 

 year for each race horse belonging to the Sovereign under his 



