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sort) King Henrie the eight erected a noble studderie and for 

 a time had very good successe with them, till the officers 

 waxing wearie, procured a mixed brood of bastard races, 

 whereby his good purpose came to little effect. Sir Nicholas 

 Arnold of late had bred the best horsses in England, and 

 written of the maner of their production : would to God his 

 compasse of ground were like that of Pella in Syria, wherin 

 the king of that nation had vsuallie a studderie of 30,000 

 mares and 300 stallions as Strabo dooth remember, Lib, 16." 



That due attention, in some counties, was paid to the pro- 

 visions of the Act to keep up the breed of horses, is apparent 

 from the following presentment at quarter-sessions, at Salford, 

 Lancashire, at this period : — 



" Hundred de Salford :. The Presentm'" of the Jurates 

 theire whoe saye that concerninge the Carryinge or convey- 

 ing of horses and mares out of this Realme theye fynde 

 nothinge. And as towchinge thincrease & breedinge of 

 horses, geldinges and mares the said Jurates saye that the 

 Right ho. Edward Therle of Derby hath ij parkes w''>in the 

 said hundreth. The one Contayinge in Quantity 3 myles 

 Compas, and the other one myle, and hath mares for breede 

 accordinge to the statute. Edmunde Trafford esq*" hath ij 

 parkes w' in the said hundrethe, either of them contayningc 

 in Quantitie twooe myles Compas, and hath mares for breed 

 accordinge to the Statute. Robert Worsley knight hath one 

 parke in the said hundreth, contayning in ij myles in Com- 

 passe, and hath mares for breede accordinge to the Statute. 

 John Byron esq"" hath one parke in the saidde hundrethe con- 

 tayningc in Quantitie ij myles in Compas & hath mares for 

 breede according to the statute. John Bothe esq"" hath one 

 parke in the said hundrethe contayninge in Quantity ij myles 

 Compas and hath mares for breede accordinge to the statute." 

 — Harl. MSS., 1926, fol. 38^. 



Considerable attention was given to the due observance of 

 the statute for improving the breed of horses. The perform- 

 ance of these duties now devolved on the Earl of Surrey, 

 in whose hands they were effectually carried out ; and the 

 commissioners for increasing and improving the breed of 



