96 THE HISTORY OF NEWMARKET. [Book VIII. 



Lord Treasurer of England. His lordship married, first, 

 Rachel, daughter of Daniel de Massu, Baron de Ruvigny, in 

 France, by whom he had two sons, who both died young, and 

 three daughters. He married, secondly, Frances, daughter of 

 Francis Leigh, Baron Dunsmore, which nobleman was created, 

 June 3, 1644, Earl of Chichester, with remainder, failing his 

 own male issue, to his son-in-law, and the heirs male of his 

 body by his lordship's daughter, the said Frances Leigh. He 

 died in 1653, and the honours of Lord Southampton, were 

 then augmented by the Earldom of Chichester. By this lady 

 his lordship had four daughters. The earl married, thirdly, 

 Frances, daughter of William, Duke of Somerset, and widow 

 of Richard, Viscount Molineux, but had no issue. He died 

 at Southampton House, " near Holborne, in the suburbs of 

 London," May 16, 1667, when all his honours, including the 

 Earldom of Chichester, became extinct. 



" The fame of Newmarket began soon after the 



destruction of the Spanish Armada. Some horses, 



Charles I wliich had escaped from the wrecked vessels, 



Newmarket, are Said to have been exhibited at that place, 



The Course 1 1 • 



and Stand, and to have astonished those who beheld 

 iemij.chariesi. ^j^^jj. extraordinary swiftness. In a very 



short space of time racing had grown fashionable, and 

 James L and his court became so enamoured of the 

 sport that a house was erected for their accommodation. 

 At the time of the Civil War this house sustained 

 considerable injury; and Charles IL, on ascending the 

 throne, and becoming chief patron of the Turf, ordered 

 it to be rebuilt. An engraving of the stand, temp. 

 Charles I., shows it to have been a substantial building, 

 having seven high windows in front, and four windows 

 at each end." — " Doncaster Races. Historical Notices," 

 etc., by William Sheardown, Esq., J. P., p. 3. 



