BOOK III. 



ROYAL SOJOURNS AT NEWMARKET, JAMES I. 

 1605 1614. 



Introduction : The King's first visit— Proceedings of the Royal party 

 in the town — The Newmarket knights — A royal hunt — Field sports 

 — Departure of the King and court — The Earl of Worcester — The 

 Earl of Salisbury — Dr. Gilbert Primrose— Sir Alan Percy — Sir 

 Dudley Carleton — 1607. Royal sojourn in the autumn — The King 

 in the dumps — Foul weather spoils sport — Hunting and hawking 

 under difficulties — Great concourse of courtiers at Newmarket — One 

 of the royal jerfalcons lost — The King inconsolable — Exodus from 

 Newmarket^to Huntingdon — Horse-match between Lord Haddington 

 and Lord Sheffield— Court gossip— Lord Rutland and the forest 

 laws — The Griffin Inn purchased by the King— Probable site of the 

 palace — Other conjectures— i?/x/^6'/ Andrezus—Sir George Chaworth 

 — Viscount Haddington— Lord Sheffield — 1608. More about the 

 Griffin — The freehold purchased by the King — Copy of the con- 

 veyance — Royal visit in the Spring — The Secretary of State for the 

 sporting journeys — Sir Thomas Lake — Royal visit in the Autumn 

 — Prolonged sojourn of the King and court — The royal sports — 

 Affairs of State — 1609. Brief visit of the King in February — Pass- 

 ing events at the court during the royal sojourn — Honours and 

 emoluments showered on the Scotch — The cold shoulder given to 

 the English courtiers — Edmtatd Lacells — The October meeting — 

 Arrival of the King and court — Protracted sojourn of the King — 

 Inclement weather — The sports suspended in consequence of the 

 frost — The King's indignation— Vents his spleen in verse — Favour- 

 able change in the weather — The matches take place— Hard riding 

 — Hunting and hawking — Illness of Henry, Prince of Wales — The 

 King wins his matches — More bad weather— Another change for the 

 better — More matches— The King defeated by the Earl of Dunbar 

 — Sir Alexander Hay — Passing events at Newmarket — Life in the 



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