1650.] SALE OF THE PALACE. 69 



In the meantime, however, the palace was surveyed, 

 preparatory to the sale, by order of Parliament, of the 

 manors, honours, and lands of " Charles 



1650. 



Stuart, late King of England, his queen, 

 and the Prince of Wales." According to this survey 

 (which was made in March, 1650), the palace then 

 consisted of the king's lodgings, the tennis court, the 

 kitchen, the long gallery, with the office therein, the 

 prince's lodgings, the keeper's lodgings, the pastery, 

 the buttery, and the wardrobe ; the prince's kitchen, 

 the stables, the barns, the riding house, the kennels, 

 the clerk of works offices, etc. ; the six-acre paddock, 

 the closes, the coach-houses, the brew-houses, the 

 gardens, etc. Certain auxiliary premises are mentioned 

 and known by the sign of the Greyhound. The new 

 warren, otherwise Hare Park, contained thirty-four 

 acres, all of which were valued at ^123 yearly, and on 

 the 8th of April, 1640. the whole property was sold to 

 Tobias Bridge, of London, for ^1722, as appears in 

 detail from the annexed transcript of the survey and 

 contract of sale.'" 



*' New-Market Court House with 



the Severall Ediffices and 



appurtennes in the County 



of Cambridge, is Vallued in. 



Com Cantabr'. Parcell of the possessions 



of Charles Stewart, late 

 King of England. 

 All that Capitall Messauge, Mansion-house, or 



* Augmentation Office, "Cambridgeshire, Newmarket House with 

 several other Edifices and Lands ; C. ii.," MS., P.R.O. 



