344 THE HISTORY OF NEWMARKET. [Book VI. 



Charles Wrenn,^^^ or the survivor, &c., to be further disposed 

 of as they the said Sir George and Sir Charles, or the 

 survivor, &c., shall think fitt for the contynuance of the said 

 prize, according to the true meaning and intent of certeyne 

 articles made and agreed upon by the knights and gentlemen 

 of this county, for the contynuance and tryall of the said 

 prize ; and if anie controversie doe arise touching the pre- 

 misses, if then they and ev[er]y of them doe performe such 

 order as by the Temporall Chauncelor of this County shal 

 be sett downe — then this recognizance to be void," etc. 



" Note — That no ale was brewed for the King at Durham 



Castle till the fifth day of April, 1617 ; and on Saturday the 



tenth of the same April, the King came to the 



lfi17 ir ' o 



Castle ; and on Monday the next following the 



King travelled from the Castle to Woodham-moor, to a 



horse race,* which was run by the horses of William Salvin 



and Master Maddocks,t for a gold purse, which was intended 



to have been on the 8th of April, but on account of the 



King's coming, was put off till the 21st, which match the 



King saw." 



" Mr. Topp Heath, of Eden, Gentleman, dying upon 



Mainsforth-moor, coming fro' a horse-race and 

 1620. . ^ 



was buried ist April 1620." — Startees, "Hist. 



Durham," vol. iii., p. 333. 



^^^ Sir George Selby, eldest son of William Selby, Esquire, 

 of Newcastle, was sheriff of that borough in 1594, and mayor 

 in 1600, 1606, 161 1, and 1622. Sir George was knighted by 

 James I., whom he had the honour of entertaining during his 

 various progresses northwards, and was, in consequence, gene- 

 rally distinguished by the title of " the King's host." Indeed, 

 Sir George's splendid hospitality seems to have been a very 

 leading feature in his character, and not forgotten in his 

 epitaph. He died on the 25th of March, 1625, aged sixty- 

 eight. His splendid monument was removed several years 

 ago, and only underwent the fate of a still more illustrious 



* Hippodromum. f Rowland Madokes, Esq., of Skermingham. 



