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In 1552, by sec. 15 of the council ordinances, " for 

 the strength and wealth of the realm," commissioners 

 were appointed to view the state of the realm for 

 keeping of great horses, and to see whether the 

 statute made concerning the same was duly observed. 

 This referred to the Act passed i Edw. VI., cap. 5, 

 prohibiting the exportation of horses out of the realm 

 without the king's licence under his great or privy 

 seal ; and in consequence of the wars on the continent, 

 which created a demand for horses there, a proclama- 

 tion was issued on the 5th of October, 1552, to enforce 

 the observance of that Act. The same prohibition 

 had been enacted by the Act of 11 Henry VII., and 

 by several statutes of Henry VIII. 



During the reign of Queen Elizabeth ^'^ the Turf 

 made considerable progress in England and Scotland. 

 Good Queen Bess became its great patroness, kept up 

 the royal studs, probably entered and ran her own 

 horses, and frequently honoured race-meetings with 

 her presence. Race-meetings are specifically men- 

 tioned, and in some cases minutely described, at Salis- 

 bury, Doncaster, Huntingdon, Croydon (the Ascot of 

 that era), Richmond (Yorkshire), and Carlisle ; and in 

 Scotland there were probably several fixtures besides 



submission to the English monarch, was created a peer of Ireland, by the 

 title of Baron of Upper Ossory, in 1 541, and was knighted in 1543. Young 

 Fitzpatrick being retained at the English court as a hostage for his 

 father's good behaviour, as well as for his own education, he became the 

 favourite companion of the prince. When at an age to travel, Barnaby 

 went to the French court, furnished at King Edward's cost, and during 

 this period an interesting correspondence passed between them. In 1577 

 he slew the great rebel Rory O'More. He died at Dublin, September 

 1 1, 1 581. He had a rare stud of hobbies at one time, and was probably a 

 patron of the turf in the days of the Virgin Queen. 



