114 Sporting and Rural Records of the Cheveley Estate. 



Saxtox Hall, just beaten ; and it has been asserted that in consequence of the 



„ „ /lb. extra which Mr. Frampton's horse was supposed to have 



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Frampton. 



Exaggerations. 



Frampton's 

 dwellinar house. 



carried in the trial, was certain, at level weights, to win the 

 match. The greatest interest was evinced in the forthcoming match, 

 which is said to have been looked upon as a struggle for supremacy 

 between the north and the south; and the betting on it was far in 

 excess of anything that had been previously known. It was further 

 alleged that several estates changed hands after the race, and so 

 many gentlemen were completely ruined in consequence of the 

 vast sums lost thereon, that the Act of Parliament g Anne, 

 chapter 14, section 3, was passed, by virtue of which no sum 

 exceeding ;^io in bets could be recovered. If this be true, it is 

 another remarkable circumstance that no record of this match 

 should have been preserved. Even the names of the horses in the 

 match, the date of the race, and the course it was run upon, are 

 unknown. We are told, however, that Mr. Frampton's horse lost 

 the match. Doubtless the circumstances are greatly exaggerated. 

 In the meantime we must not lose sight of Mr. Frampton as 

 a tenant on this estate. His official quarters were within the 

 precincts of the Palace (p. 64), but his dwelling house — which was 

 near " the end of Newmarket," in the county of Cambridge, 

 between a certain lane (afterwards called the Shagbag), and the 

 way leading to Ashley and the Bowling Green on the sheep-walk 

 there — now the site of the late Prince Batthyany's, John Dawson's, 

 and Heath House. We have already seen how and when he 

 occupied this house and premises, and how he bequeathed them 

 to Francis, Earl of Godolphin, but " for want of proper words 

 in the said will the said gift amounted to no more than an 

 estate for life." When Lord Godolphin's tenure expired, the 

 dwelling-house and premises reverted to Edward Paston, Esq., of 

 Barningham, co. Norfolk, and the Hon. Charles Stourton Walmsley, 

 grand nephews and co-heirs of Mr. Frampton. The house and 

 premises was subsequently partitioned, and in after times other 

 portions of it were held by Richard Cripps, Esq., George Tutting, 



