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at a yearly rent oi £6. In the 24 Henry VIII. Sir Giles 

 Alington, Knight, granted a lease to Henry Funston, 

 of Wood-Peyton, yeoman, of all those lands, meadows, 

 and pastures in Newmarket and Exning, with the 

 " Folde Course " belonging to the same, then in the 

 occupation of Joan Whithall, of Newmarket, widow, 

 for twenty years, at ^4 6s. per annum. In 16 Elizabeth, 

 John Markant, of Burwell, for fourteen score pounds, 

 sold, to John Apleyard, of Newmarket, the Saracen's 

 Head Inn, in Newmarket, with the appurtenances, 

 and 15 acres of land in Newmarket, Dyton, Saxton, 

 Cheveley, and Exning, which were bequeathed to him 

 by his uncle, John Markant. These high contracting 

 parties are denominated husbandmen. Newmarket 

 boasted of another large inn— the Angel — in those 

 days of Good Queen Bess ; * and probably many less 

 notable hostels for the accommodation of " man and 

 beast " flourished in other parts of the town about this 

 period. 



The following copy of the will of Symon Folkys, 

 junior, of Newmarket, dated January 4, 1526-7, con- 

 tains an allusion to an old custom in the construction 

 of the houses in the Market Place : — 



" In Dei Noie'. Amen. The iiij daye of Jan. in 

 the yer of our Lord God M^V^XXVI. I Symond 

 Folkys the younger of Newmarket in the Dioc. of 

 Norwich beinge in hool mynde, make my last Wyll 

 & Testament. Furst I bequeth my Soul to Al- 

 mightie God & our Layde St. Marie & to all the 

 Seyntes in Heven, & my Body to be buried within 



* MS. Additional 5823, fo. 240, 243. Brit. Mus. 



