1632.] A ROYAL WAGER. 



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his return home," and thereupon petitioned the Council 

 to furnish him with a pass to enable him to undertake 

 the journey occasioned by the royal wager ; but whether 

 he survived the voyage or won the bet is equally 

 unknown.* This visit to Newmarket proved most 

 enjoyable to the court, and passed off to the satisfaction 

 of all concerned, f The doctors of the University of 

 Cambridge were entertained at the palace at a cost of 

 £Z6 i%s. MX 



Another royal visit to Newmarket took place in 

 October, and apparently extended over five weeks, but 

 it was curtailed " on account of the cold of 



, - „ p , . , October. 



that place. <§ 1 he kmg s progress to Scot- 

 land was decided upon, at this time, chiefly at the in- 

 stigation of the Marquis of Hamilton, ^^^ Master of the 

 Horse, II and there was a curious debate before his 

 Majesty, "whether his ships ought to be manned with 

 for every ton a man, or with a man for every two ton 

 only. Sir Robert Mansell,^^^ Sir Sackville Trevor,^^*^ and 

 others of the old captains, were of the former opinion ; 

 and some of the newer captains of the latter ; but the 

 King, when he comes to town, will add the breathern 

 of Trinity House to the consultation, and will be judge 

 and umpire himself."1i William Cavendish, Earl of 



* A curious wager of an angel laid by Charles I. to Lord Falkland, 

 relating to Lord Clarendon's handwriting, is mentioned by Lady Theresa 

 Lewis, in her " Lives," vol. i., p. 140. 



t State Papers, Dom., vols. ccxx-czyXw. ^ passim j " The Court and Times 

 of Charles I.," vol. ii. 



X Cofferer's Aces., Rot. 54. 



§ State Papers, Dom., vol. ccxxix., No. 56. 



II His accounts for this year are extant, but they do not contain any 

 reference to the Turf 



1" Mr. Prior to Lord Brooke, London, Oct. 25, 1632. 



