28 THE HISTORY OF NEWMARKET. [Book VII. 



Office of Keeping his Ma** howse at Newmarket w"' the 

 fee of 12'' f^ diem and also the like fee of 12'^ "f diem 

 for Keeping the garden there during his life, and is vppon 

 surrender of Thomas Lovett who lately held the said Offices 

 and fees, Subscr by M'" Atturney gerall vppon significacon of 

 his Ma*^' pleasure by S'" Raphe Freeman and procured vt. super. 

 — Docquet Books, November, 1635, MS., P.R.O. 



Preparatory to the royal visit in the spring of 

 1636, Robert Ford, iinder-keeper of Newmarket Palace, 



1636 ^^^ P^^*^^ -^""^ ^'^^' ^"^^ °^ ^^^^ allovv^ance 

 January- of ^30 per annum ; and Robert Lindsey 

 was appointed keeper of the "house and 

 garden " there, with a fee of two shillings a day, on the 

 surrender of Thomas Lovett.* It is therefore safe to 

 assume that everything was ship-shape (ship-money 

 was the staple stakes at this time over which the king 

 eventually came to grief) against the arrival of his 

 Majesty, whom we find located at the palace on the 

 24th of January, 1636. The visit terminated on or 

 about the 5th of February, without any incident, 

 in which we are concerned, save the warrant to Sir 

 Robert Huddleston ^^^ for the preservation of the 

 game at Newmarket and thereabouts, with the Seven 

 Miles' Ditch, f and the following prohibition under 

 the king's own hand : — 



" Whereas wee are given to Vnder stand that our 

 hount grounds within the Bounds of Newmarket there 



* State Papers, Dom., vol. ccxcviii. 61. Lovett surrendered to him 

 May 9, 1638. Docquet Book, Nov. 30, 1635. 



t Ibid., vols. ZQ.y\\.-Q.cxw ., passim. This warrant was cancelled, but sub- 

 sequently renewed on the 19th of February, " for the preservation of his 

 Majesty's game of hares and partridges below the Beacon at Newmarket, 

 and the hunting fields, and the seven miles ditch." 



