2o8 THE HISTORY OF NEWMARKET. [Book IV. 



In December " the States Commissioners ""'' went to 



an audience at Newmarket in seven coaches, and were 



lodged at Cambridge. At this time his Excellency John 



Baptista Giblione, Ambassador Extraordi- 



December. 



nary from the Duke of Savoy, was the king's 

 guest at the palace. During his Excellency's visit the 

 kitchener was allowed ^8 a day for all the ordinary 

 meats for his table, as also for the choicest fowl, fish, 

 baked meats, and other sorts of the best provisions 

 that could be procured for the season of the year. 

 The daily allowance for Canary, Rhenish, claret, and 

 white wine, was 25^-. ; for bread and beer, 12^-.; for 

 fruit and banqueting stuff, 40^. ; for oil and butter, 

 \os. ; for lemons and oranges, 4^'. ; for herbs of all 

 sorts, 4^. ; for sugar, \s. ; for billets, fagots, and coals, 

 20s. ; for light and torches, 6^-. ; and for the use of 

 plate, linen, and other necessaries, attendance, and the 

 hire of three cooks, 40^.f 



To William Pryce one of the gromes of the privie 

 Chamber vpon the Lorde Chamberlayiies warr' dated the 

 vij*'^ of February 161 8 for the lodging of himselfe and the 

 reste of his Followers at Newmarket from the xiiij"' of 

 November 161 8 to the xvi"^ of December next following 



* Their mission to Newmarket related to the hcence exacted by the 

 king from every Dutch fishing-boat that participated in the herring 

 fishery off the English coast, from which a large revenue was derived. 

 This tax was resented, but reluctantly paid, by the Hollanders, and the 

 Commissioners now pleaded that, as " the herring fishery is the greatest 

 support of the Commonwealth, and the only succor and relief of the 

 common people, and that as there were now great trouble amongst them," 

 they hoped that the fishing tax would not be demanded. It continued to 

 be paid until the reign of Charles II. (see Camden's "Annals," continued 

 by Bishop Kcnnett). 



t Pells," Order and Issue Books : Privy Seals," sub dato. 



