Book I.] PROBABLE VISIT OF HENRY VII. 57 



assumption, it may, however, be just within the bounds 

 of probability, that Henry VII. paid a fleeting visit to 

 Newmarket when he and his son, Prince Henry, were 

 at Wilberton, where they were entertained by Arch- 

 deacon Alcock, for several days, during the progress 

 of the royal pilgrims to Ely, whither the king was then 

 journeying, for the purpose of offering his devotions 

 at the shrine of St. Etheldreda. 



