292 THE HISTORY OF NEWMARKET. [Book V. 



during his naturall life. And further of o'' more ample grace 

 certayne knowledge and meere mocon wee haue giuen and 

 graunted and by these presents wee do giue and graunt vnto 

 the said Robert Vernon for the exercising of the said office of 

 keeper of o' said Warren. . . . And for the keeping of o' 

 said game the wages and Fee of sixteen pence of lawful 

 money of England by the day. To haue and yearly to 

 receaue the said severall Fees and allowances to the said 

 Robert Vernon and his assignes ymediately and assoone as 

 the said office shall become voyd as aforesaid during his 

 naturall life out of o'' treasure remayning from time to time 

 in the Receipt of o"" Exchequ'' by the handes of o'" Thr'' and 

 Chamberlaynes there for the time being at fowervsuall termes 

 of the yeare that is to say at the Feastes of the birth of o"" 

 Lord God the Annuncacon of the blessed Virgin Mary the 

 Nativity of St John Baptist and St Michaell the Archangell 

 euen porcons to be paid tugether w*'^ all other allowances 

 p'ftts and Comodities to the same offices or any of them due 

 belonging incedent or apperteyning Although expresse mencn 

 &". In wittness myself &''. Under &°, And these o'' Ires 

 shalbe y' sufficient warrant and discharge in this behalf 

 Given vnder o' Signet at o'' Hono' of Hampton Court the six 

 and twenteth day of September in the tenth yeare of o^ raigne 

 of England Fraunce, and Ireland and of Scotland the six and 

 Fortieth. 



Endorsed — To o'' right trustie and right well-beloued 

 Cousin and Councello'' Henry Earle of North'ton Keeper of 

 o"- Priuy Scale.— Roll H., No. 88, MS., RR.O. 



Great Wilbraham is a parish and village, about eight 

 miles nearly west of Newmarket. The manors of Great 

 and Little Wilbraham, otherwise Temple, belonged formerly 

 to the Knights Templars, who also possessed the church 

 of Wilbraham. The estate of the Templars consisted chiefly 

 of lands given them by William Loveday, which were held 

 of the king, by the service of finding every year a sore 

 sparrow-hawk, to be brought to the king's court by the 

 proprietor, who had a right of maintenance for twelve 



