i62 THE HISTORY OF NEWMARKET. [Book III. 



*^ Sir Henry Vane was born in Kent in 1589. He was 

 knighted by James I. at Newmarket, in March, 161 2, and 

 appointed cofferer to Prince Charles, on whose accession he 

 was made a member of the Privy Council. He was sent on 

 several special embassies — to the Queen of Bohemia, in May, 

 1625 ; to Holland, as Ambassador Extraordinary in Feb- 

 ruary, 1628-9; returned to London in the following May, 

 but was again despatched to the Hague, on October 18, 1629. 

 He was recalled on November 2, 1630, and left Holland in 

 March, 163 1. His credentials as Ambassador to Sweden are 

 dated September 22, 1631. On February 3, 1639-40, was 

 granted "the office of Secretary of State to Sir Henry Vane, 

 Knt., Tr*^'" of H. M. Household during H. M. plesur." Through 

 being implicated by the indiscretion of his son, who stole 

 some important state documents from his father's cabinet 

 relating to the Earl of Strafford, he was removed from all 

 his appointments, and died in 1654, aged sixty-five. 



In January, 161 3,* James I. was again located at 

 Newmarket, when royal proclamations were issued 

 1613. against the use, manufacture, or importation 

 '^March' °^ pistols, and commanding the surrender of 

 November, all such ; and against the exportation of 

 corn and grain, on account of its high price and appre- 

 hended scarcity. After a brief sojourn the court 

 returned to the metropolis, which was en fete conse- 

 quent upon the marriage of the Princess Elizabeth 

 with Frederick, Palatine of the Rhine, titular King of 

 Bohemia, which was duly solemnized on the 14th of 

 February, with great magnificence. These festivities 

 (including the princess's portion of ^40,000) cost King 



* " For riding and attendinge his Ma"^ from Whitehall to Theobalds 

 Royston Newmarkett and Thetforde and back agayne by the space of 

 xxxiiij" dayes in the monthes of Februarie and Marche i6i2(-i3] Ixvj" 

 vj'." — Ace. Treasurer of the Chamber, series I., box G., bundle 4, m. 11 d. 



