BOOK XI. 



NEWMARKET IN THE REIGN OF CHARLES II. 

 1660 1669. 



Dilapidated state of the palace at the Restoration — Petition of the 

 ex-custodian to the King — Description of the ruins — The royal 

 garden and the appurtenances — The new warren — Custodians and 

 gamekeepers re-appointed — Their duties and remuneration — Sz'r 

 Allan Apslcy —Cost of repairing the royal stables — Other officials 

 belonging to the royal establishment — Expenses relating to the office 

 of the Master of the Horse — The coursers, stallions, colts, and 

 hunters at the royal studs — The equerries— The surveyors of the 

 races — The yeoman of the race — The marshal farriers — The King's 

 jockeys-in-ordinary — The duties, privileges, and wages of these 

 officials — The Master of the Horse — His duties and emoluments — 

 State of the town after the Restoration — Number and names of the 

 householders in 1662 and 1664 — Lists of the principal inhabitants — 

 The ratable value of property in the town — Amount of taxation 

 derived by hearth-money — Origin, cause, and object of this tax — 

 Glance at the state of the royal revenue — Manorial matters — The 

 court-Ieet — The constables — The inspector of weights and measures 

 —The pindar — Their duties and emoluments — The pound — Fines 

 imposed on the owners of animals trespassing — Magisterial matters 

 — Dispute between the rival rectors of Cheveley — The Rev. 

 Abraham Wright in the wrong place — Proceedings before the magis- 

 trates at Newmarket — Justices' justice — The eviction — Suits relating 

 to the tithes — Nemesis — 1663. First notice of racing at Newmarket 

 after the Restoration — The spring meeting — Scenes on the course — 

 Match between the Duke of Richmond and Lord Suffolk — Betting 

 — Serious accident to the Duke of Monmouth when riding Lord 

 Thomond's horse — Noblemen jockeys — Pharmacology for turfites — 

 A remarkable cure — More races — Cole v. the Miller — End of the 



