BOOK V. 



MISCELLANEOUS OCCURRENCES AT NEWMARKET, 

 1609-1625. 



Works and buildings at Newmarket Palace during the reign of James I. 

 — The materials — Their cost — The workmen employed and their 

 wages — Description of the palace — And its appurtenances — ;£20,383 

 laid out on building there in sixteen years — The New Warren — 

 John Bancks appointed custodian — His functions and fees — Cost of 

 palling — Great Wilbraham — Little Wilbraham — Six-Mile-Bottom — 

 Szr Robert Vernon obtains the reversion of the Keepership of the 

 Palace — Succeeds to the appointment in 1616 — His patent — His 

 duties and remuneration — 1619. The King present at the races — 

 Valuation and taxation, with list of the inhabitants of Newmarket 

 in the reign of James L — Horses and horsemanship — James L on 

 riding and sporting subjects — His instructions to Prince Henry — 

 Famous race-horses of this era — Popularity of the Turf — Betting 

 by noblemen and gentlemen — The Earl of N'orthumberland — Im- 

 portance attached to horse-breeding — The King's four jockeys in 

 ordinary — Their wages and emoluments — The royal studs at Malmes- 

 bury, Newmarket, Tutbury, Cole Park, and Middle Park, Eltham — 

 Introduction of Eastern blood — The Markham Arabian bought by 

 the King — Its price — The Duke of Newcastle's comments on this 

 horse — George Digby sent by the King to the East to purchase 

 horses — Their cost — Sir Thomas Edniond^s Barbary horses at New- 

 market — The royal stud there — Spanish asses — Mules and jennets 

 — Retrenchment at the royal studs — Sully's present of horses to 

 James I. — St. Anthony the rider — He instructs Pritice Hetiry in the 

 manege — The Prince a famous horseman — St. Anthony's remune- 

 ration — His emoluments curtailed — Recouped in money — Curious 

 case of cors presente — Lord Gerard's Captain — Dispute relating to 

 the horse between the King and the Bishop of Coventry and Lich- 

 field — Captain sent to the royal stud at Newmarket — Spanish horses 

 imported by the Duke of Buckingham — The King's admiration for 

 horses and hounds — Horse-breeding in Yorkshire — Sir George 



