THE HISTORY OF NEWMARKET, 



AND 



THE ANNALS OF THE TURF. 

 BOOK VII. 



ROYAL SOJOURNS AT NEWMARKET. CHARLES T. 

 1627-1647. 



Expected royal visit in 1626 — Does not take place — Payments of arrears 

 to the under-keeper of the palace and gardens — The stables repaired 

 — Royal order to turn down partridges and hares in the New Warren 

 — And to remove dogs, guns, nets, etc., hurtful to the game — 1627. 

 The King's first visit as sovereign — Affairs of state — Coming events 

 cast their shadows before — Sporting affairs — Order relating to the 

 pales of the New Warren — The Earl of Marlborough — The King's 

 jockeys — Their wages and liveries — The marshal farriers — Allow- 

 ances to court officials — 1628. Royal sojourn in the spring — Arrival 

 of the King and court— Current events — The royal disports — The King 

 absorbed in the pastimes of Newmarket — State affairs neglected — 

 The minister in attendance grumbles — Directions for the preservation 

 of the game — And other matters thereunto belonging — 1630. Royal 

 sojourn in the spring — Arrival of the King, the ministers of state, 

 and the court — The Doctors of Cambridge University entertained 

 at the palace — Charles I. makes his first knight of Newmarket — • 

 Payment for repairing the pales of the New Warren — ^Visit of Rubens 

 —Paints a portrait of the King at the palace — The painter knighted 

 — Other honours conferred upon him — Diplomatic objects of his 

 visit — Commissioned by the King to paint the Throne-Room at 

 Whitehall — Incidental expenses for cleaning Newmarket palace in 

 1628, 1629, and 1630 — Fees claimed by, and allowed to, court officials 

 on the creation of knights, etc. — 1631. Royal sojourn in the spring 

 — Arrival of the King, Queen, the court, and a great number of 

 nobility and gentry — Dr. Grent's angling invention — Marriage of the 

 King's equerry with a maid of honour — Interest taken by the King 

 and Queen in the happy pair — A right royal wedding present — " The 



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