Book II.] THE KINGS RACING EXPENSES. 6i 



^3 6s. %d., which appears to have been the usual 

 allowance in such cases. In the race the jockeys wore 

 distinguishing colours — caps, jackets and hosen, as at 

 the present time.* In March, 1532, "the boye that 

 Ranne the Barbary horse" received a reward of 185-. 4^., 

 and the trainer obtained a similar gratuity from the 

 kincr. 



In a bundle of documents relating to the royal 

 stud, at this date, a payment of 2d. is charged, on 

 account of a black courser, " for all [oil] for ys legges 

 when rened [for his legs when he ran] agaynst Mr. 

 Karey's geldyng for a wager." f 



^ Governor of Rochester Castle, and afterwards a Knight of 

 the Garter, Warden of the Cinque Ports, and Treasurer of 

 the Household to Edward VI. In the 12th Henry VI 1 1, he 

 was one of the challengers against all gentlemen in feats of 

 arms for thirty days at the "joyous and gentle " Field of Cloth 

 of Gold. He was an expert horseman, and stood high in favour 

 of the king, who visited his stud in Kent when on his road to 

 Calais in 1532. Sir Thomas Cheyney died in 1559. 



^ In contradistinction to Lord Dacre of the North. The 

 above was Thomas Fines, who succeeded his grandfather 



* " Item the vij daye in February [1530] paide to John Scot for iij 

 doublets of Burges satin and for iij doublets of fustian with the making 

 and the lynyng for the iij boys that runnes the gueldings . . . xxxviij s. 

 vj d. Item the xxj daye paide to John Scot for making coats and 

 doublets for the running boys of the stabul . . . xlix s. Item payde to 

 X'pofer the mylanner for ij Ryding cappes of blac satin and lyned \vt 

 blac vellute for the king's grace . . . xx sP Mr. H. Nicholas, F.S.A., by 

 whom these Privy Purse expenses were edited, says : " Horses or 

 geldings, particularly racing horses, and horses ' that did run,' as well as 

 ' riding boys,' clothes bought for the boys ' that ride the running horses,' 

 and riding caps for them, are constantly spoken of ; and dogs for the 

 chase were a frequent, and doubtlessly acceptable present." — Introd. xxix. 



t Equi. Regis., MS., P.R.O. 



