148 THE HISTORY OF NEWMARKET. [Book IX. 



made up by the Nobility and Gentry which are neigh- 

 bours or well-wishers to the Town." (The other sport 

 referred to is bull-baiting, established and endowed by 

 William, Earl of Warren, in the reign of King John.) 



" On Sunday night, the old Countess of Bucking- 

 ham feasted both their majesties in her lodgings at 

 Whitehall ; and on Monday night my lord 

 April. chamberlain * did the like at his lodgings 

 Charles I. ^^ ^^ Cockpit, after his extraordinary o-reat 



Winchester. , ^ . 



winnings at a horse-race at Winchester." — 

 Mr. Pory to Sir Thomas Puckering, Bart., Lond., 

 April 2 1, 1631. 



" Item. That the cittie shall yearlie provide a cupp of the 

 value of ^24, to be runn for at the race uppon Wendesdaie 



1634. in Easter weeke, accordinge to the Articles 



April. formerlie drawne." — Transcripts from the Muni- 

 Winchester. ^,{p^i Archives of Winchester, by Charles Bailey, 

 Town Clerk, p. 78. 



^' Item. It is agreed by the said Assembly that Ralph 

 Rigges, Esq'*", Mayor of the said city, shall have security 



1646. under the city scale to save him harmlesse for 



July. being engaged for the Race cupp, as shall be 

 Winchester, advised by the Councell of the said Mr. Mayor."— 

 Bailey's Municipal Transcripts, p. 78. 



Henry, Lord Clifford, to Sir Jacob Astley.^^'^ " I sent away 

 at night on Saturday to the Mayor of Berwick, who has 



* Philip, Earl of Pembroke. " Court and Times of Charles I.," vol. 

 i., p. 107. 



Betting was evidently very heavy in England at this time. The 

 Chevalier de Jarre received out of the Exchequer ^3000, which he "won 

 of the king at tennis." — Ibid.,^. 123. 



His Majesty laid a 100 to i, to 70 pieces, that the King of Sweden 

 would die from the effect of wounds he received at the battle of Naum- 

 berg. He won, although " there are divers merchants upon the Exchange 

 that offer yet to lay great wagers upon his life " {Ibid. pp. 203-211), see 

 post. 



