1621.] BARON SCROPE. 321 



truth Is," writes Chamberlain to Carleton, " there 

 was no such mishap befel, nor any quarrel, only the 

 young gentleman had once won above ;^5000 pieces, 

 though he carried not half away. And, indeed, I 

 have not heard of greater play than was then [at 

 Henly] ; as for example, they played three pieces 

 glick, as ordinary folks used to play two-penny glick." 

 Again, under date May, 1623, he writes: " The Lord 

 Walden hath 111 luck of late ; for the last week he lost 

 above ;^i5oo in one day at bowls, at Hackney, and 

 ;^400 or ^500 two days before, all of which the Lord 

 of Montgomery carried off the greater part" (Birch, 

 vol. ii.). 



^^ Emanuel Le Scrope, nth Baron Scrope, of Bolton, 

 succeeded his father Sept. 2, 1609 ; president of the king's 

 council in the north in the reign of James I. ; created Earl 

 of Sunderland by Charles I., in 1627. He married Lady 

 Elizabeth Manners, daughter of John, Earl of Rutland, but by 

 her had no issue. He died May 30, 1630, when the title became 

 extinct. He had three illegitimate daughters — Mary, married 

 to Charles, Duke of Bolton ; Elizabeth, to Thomas, Earl Rivers ; 

 Annabella, to J. G. Howe, Esq., ancestor of Earl Howe. 



Dr. Tobie Mathew, in a letter to the Lord Treasurer, 

 expressed his disapprobation of the king spending so much 

 time in sporting affairs, and probably casting reflections on 

 the gambling, etc., at the court, was called before the Council ; 

 " and after some schooling, the Earl of Salisbury told him that 

 he was privy to his imprisonment," but, as a special mark of 

 clemency, gave him five weeks to settle his affairs and quit 

 the realm. This "storm in a teacup" soon blew over, and 

 some years afterwards Dr. Tobie Mathew became, by royal 

 will and favour. Archbishop of York. 



Parson Hinde, a Puritan writer of the period, severely con- 

 demned sports and betting of all descriptions ; he regarded 

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