BOOK IV. 



ROYAL SOJOURNS AT NEWMARKET. JAMES I. 1615-1625. 



{Coutimied^ 



161 5. Royal visit in the spring — Arrival of the Marquis of Branden- 

 burg — Cost of his entertainment at the palace— Passing events — 

 Entering a new Secretary of State — Incidents in his journey down 

 and up — Severity of the weather — Field sport abandoned — Routine 

 affairs of State —Dispensation of court favours at Newmarket — 

 More royal visits in November and December — The Overbury 

 poisoning case — Home Rule — Arrival of the Venetian ambassador — • 

 And the Chancellor of Scotland — Dearth of lodgings in this " poor 

 villiage " — ^The King's " great horses " at Newmarket — St. Anthony 

 the rider — Villiers rising in the royal favour — Royal commands for 

 the preservation of the game at Newmarket — Sir John Throck- 

 morton — The Earl of Oriiiond — Sir William Woodhouse — Sir 

 Robert Drury — Sir Thomas Jermyti — Sir Nicholas Bacoft — 1616. 

 Arrival of the King and court — Royal sojourns in the spring and 

 autumn —The North-Sea fishing fleet refused a convoy — Action 

 of the Council thereon — Is ineffectual — The voyage abandoned in 

 consequence — The King orders the observance of Lent to be enforced 

 — No fish to be had — The King feasted by Lord Gerard — Somerset 

 sent to the Tower — Rise of Buckingham — Dignities showered on 

 him by the King — New Knights of the Garter — Newmarket peers — 

 Disgrace and dismissal of Chief Justice Coke— Steps taken by him 

 to regain the King's favour — He proceeds to Newmarket — Pro- 

 pitiates Buckingham — Bribery and corruption — Obtains access to 

 the palace — His interview with the King — Finess — Sojourn of 

 Prince Charles — H.R.H. created Prince of Wales — Formation of his 

 hunting establishment — Annual cost of his packs — Projected royal 

 progress to Scotland — The details arranged at Newmarket — The 

 King's own letter thereon — Incidental expenses attending the royal 

 sojourns— Another deluge at Newmarket — The Earl of Somerset — 



