1624.] FALCONRY. 251 



markett twoe sevcrall tymes for the saide Ambassadours XYJ*" 

 dayes, in all by the space of Ivij dayes menslbz Februar et 

 Martij 1622 and 1623 -^^ xlvij" vij\ iiij'' (m. 158^;). — Ibid. 



To Willm Welde servaunte to Mr. Secretary Conwa}' 

 vppon Councells warr* dated the laste of February 1622 for 

 rydinge in poste from Newmarkett to London and backe 

 againe for his Ma'^' service O (m. 159.) More to him vppon 

 like warr*^ dated Marcij xxiij*^" 1622 for his postinge charges 

 from Newmarkett to London and backe againe iiij'' (m. 160). 



To Sir John Coke, knight, vppon the lord Chamberleynes 

 warr* dated xxiiij^'^ Jaunarij 1622 in reward to sondry 

 Preachers of Cambridge preachinge before his Ma*"^ in his 

 huntinge Yourneys at Royston, Finchingbroke and New- 

 markett at seuerall tymes between the vij"' of October 1620 

 and the sixteenth of December 1622 attested vnder the handes 

 of the Bishoppe of Durham and the Vicechauncello"" of Cam- 

 bridge Ixij" (m. i63</), — Ibid. 



Although ever^^thing was at sixes and sevens at 

 Whitehall, the king stole away to Newmarket in 

 January, 1624. He arrived there on the 1624. 

 I 7th, " against the advice of his physicians, January, 

 to see some hawks fly." A French nobleman, who is 

 described as " a good falconer," had recently arrived in 

 London, with a present of sixteen cast of hawks, some 

 horses, and "setting dogs," from Louis XIII. These 

 were destined for the royal mews, stables, and kennels 

 at Newmarket. This venatic envoy was received in 

 London with all the ^clat and ceremony accorded to 

 the highest embassies : " He made a splendid entry 

 with bis train by torch-light, and will stay till he has 

 instructed some of our people in this kind of falconry, 

 though he costs his Majesty ^25 or ^30 a day."* 



* Chamberlain to Carleton, London, Jan. 17, 1642. 



