THE HISTORY OF NEWMARKET. [Book VII. 



course of true love," etc. — Royal commands — And their effect — Sir 

 Frederick Cornwallis — Departure of the court for Royston — ■ 

 Negligence of the officers of the Bedchamber — Allowances to the 

 palace officials for their lodgings out of court during the royal visit 

 — 1632. The Spring Meeting — Arrival of the King, Queen, and the 

 Royal Family — The King's wager with Mungo More — Gustavus 

 Adolphus and Wallenstein — The Doctors of Cambridge University 

 entertained at the palace— The Autumn Meeting — Visit of the King, 

 Queen, and court— Inclement weather — Sporting, military,' and naval 

 affairs — The Duke of Newcastle appointed to the Bedchamber — 

 Pays ;i^2000 for the post — Theatricals — A comedy in the Queen's 

 presence-chamber — Her Majesty performs the leading part — Dr. 

 Harvey, Physician to the Household, discovers the circulation of the 

 blood — The Marquis of Hamilton — Sir Robert Maiaisel — Sir Sack- 

 ville Trevor — Allowance for his lodging out of court — Incidental 

 charges at the palace during the royal sojourn — 1633. The October 

 Meeting — Brief visit of the King — The Doctors of Cambridge 

 University entertained at the palace — 1634. The Spring Meeting — 

 Arrival of the King, Queen, Prince of Wales, the ministers, and the 

 court — Enormous attendance — Life at Newmarket — -Alarming out- 

 break of fire — Promptly extinguished — A royal hunt — Accident to 

 the King— Tobacco — The races — The gold cup — Heavy betting — 

 A bad settling — Flight of the Earl of Southampton — The Doctors 

 of Cambridge University entertained at the palace — The autumn 

 reunion abandoned in consequence of the small-pox at Newmarket 

 — The Earl of Portland — 1635. The Spring Meeting — Intended 

 royal visit abandoned in consequence of the snow and frost — To the 

 great disappointment of the court — Allowances to officials, etc., at 

 the palace during this interval — 1636. Custodians of the palace and 

 gardens — Change of officials — Arrival of the King in January — 

 Orders for the preservation of the game — Hunting at Newmarket 

 prohibited — ^Popularity of the meet — Sir Robert Huddleston — Sir 

 John Carleton — Royal visit in October — Excessive poaching — Action 

 of the King thereon — His injunctions to the judges — Tavern-keepers 

 ordered not to cook any game under penalty of ^20 — Court etiquette 

 at Newmarket — -The case of Tom Killigrew's servant — The Vice- 

 Chancellor and Doctors of Cambridge University entertained at the 

 palace — The plague — Viscount Dillon — Sir William Uvedale — Sir 

 Thomas Hatton — The Dean of Durham — The Earl of Strafford — 

 Incidental expenses attending these royal visits — 1637. Expected 

 royal visit in the spring — Does not take place in consequence of the 

 plague — Further orders for preserving the game — The Russells of 

 Chippenham — 1638. Royal sojourn in the spring — Arrival of the 

 King and court — The chief ministers of state and the French 

 ambassador — Passing events — An enjoyable re'ujiion — Hats and caps 

 — Ship money — The Council of State summoned to Newmarket — 

 Conferences with the King — Coursing the bustard on the heath — 



