1617.] GARTERS. 195 



three groomes of the Chamber two groomes of the wardrobe 

 and one groome porter for rydinge waytinge and attendinge 

 in the Princes service from Whitehall to Theobalds, Royston^ 

 Newmarkett and back again to Theobalds the space of Ixvj 

 dales Mens Januarij, fifebruar et Martij 161 5 Cxvij'' Xiiij* 



(m- 57)- 



To him more for thallowaunce of himselfe one gent vsher 

 q'"ter wayter one yeoman vsher one yeoman hanger three 

 groomes of the Chamber twoe groomes of the wardrobe and 

 one groome porter for rydinge waytinge and attendinge in 

 the Princes service from S' James to Theobalds to Royston 

 to Abington, to Newmarkett to Thetford and soe back to 

 Greenwich in all the space of xxxj daies Menss Aprill et 

 Maij 1616, Iv" v' viij*^ (m. 57 d\ 



To William Connocke, Yeoman Pricker in the roome 

 and place of Thomas Murrall, deceased, at the like rate for 

 his wages, payable q''terly, and for his Livery xxs. p. ann. 

 payable at X'pmas, during his natural life, the first payment 

 to begin from the Birth of our Lord God last past, 161 5, By 

 virtue of his Ma*^' warr* vnder the Signett dated at New- 

 markett the xxviij"' of February Anno Regi Regis Jacobi, 

 xiij"°, due to him for three q'ters of a yeare ended at 

 Mich'as, etc. — Aces. Treasurer of the Chamber, MS., P.R.O. 



" April 3. The King retired to Newmarket ; after having 

 appointed Oliver St. John Lord Lieutenant of Ireland. 



" April 24. Francis, Earl of Rutland and Geo7'ge Villiers, 

 admitted into the Order of the Garter." * — Camden's Annals, 

 by Bishop Kenneth, stib anno, Feb. 12, 1616. 



Inundatio apud Newmarket. — Camden's Annals, Regni 

 Regis Jacobi L, p. 16, edit. Lond., 1691. 



In the month of February, 161 7, the king enter- 

 tained his Excellency Baron Winberg (who arrived at 

 Newmarket on some diplomatic mission from the Count 

 Palatine), when Sir Lewis Lewknor, Master of the 



* They were installed at Windsor, July 7, 1616. 



