sporting and Rural Records of the Cheveley Estate. 109 



but no results or incidents of importance transpire in connection 

 witli them. He was, liowever, officiating in his capacity of 

 Governor or Keeper of the Queen's Racehorses at Newmarket, 

 and was paid through the Office of the Cofferer of the Household, 

 from October lo, 1707, to September 30, 1708,* ;^6oo "pro 

 expcusis race eqiior." Early in the latter year, pursuant to the 

 subjoined Treasury letter, he received ^'500 to purchase race- 

 horses for the Queen : — 



My Lords and Gentlemen, 



My Lord Treasurer commands me to signify to you Her Majesty's 

 pleasure that £500 shall be forthwith paid to Tregonwell Frampton, Esq., 

 Keeper of Her Majesty's Race Horses at Newmarket, for buying of 

 running horses to be kept there for Her Majesty's use. And his Lordship 

 desires you will please to cause a warrant to be prepared and placed before 

 the Queen for her Royal Signature to authorise the Cofferer of Her Majesty's 

 Household out of such money as shall be issued to him for this purpose to 

 pay over the said sum of ;{^500 to the said Mr. Frampton accordingly, but 

 without setting him in super for the same in the Cofferers' Accounts. 



I am, &c., 



26 Feb., 1707-8. ,,, . 



\Vm. Lowndes. 



Saxton Hall. 



Tregonwell 

 Frampton. 



Queen Anne's 



Racehorses 

 at Newmarket. 



How this ;^5oo was invested it is now impossible to say. 

 Possibly some of it was allocated to purchase Pepper, Mustard, 

 and Star, which belonged to the Queen, and ran in her name. 



We now come in contact with the most remarkable incident 

 associated with Mr. Frampton's career on the Turf. It is probable 

 that after the death of Sidney, first Earl of Godolphin, Septem- 

 ber 15, 1 712, Mr. Frampton bought, or otherwise acquired, the 

 horse Dragon, which was matched by the late Lord Godolphin 

 to run against Lord Dorchester's Wanton at the Spring Meeting 

 of 171 1 (p. 92). It is possible there may have been two horses 

 of the name at this time ; but under the circumstances of the 

 case it is fairly safe to assume that the horse named Dragon, with 



* The Accounts of the Cofferer from 1704 to 1706 are missing. From 

 October i, 1709, to March 28, 1711, he received through this department /"iioo. 



