278 THE HISTORY OF NEWMARKET. [Book XL 



dated y« xxj"' of Aprill 1669 . . . xxvij"— A.O.R.D.C.T.C, 

 Bundle 398, Rot. 95. 



To Roger Harsnett & James Becke for their Attendance 

 on His Ma'"" at New Markett in March i668[69] xx"'' dayes 

 at x^ ^ diem to each of them by warrant etc. {Ibid.) 



To Doctor Thomas Waldron for his Attendance on His 

 Ma"*-" Household at Newmarkett in the month of March 

 166^ vij*"" dayes by warr' etc. {Ibid.) 



To Thomas Wetherall, Nathaniel Cotton, and W"^ 

 Cotton for their shares of xx" allowed to them, and Tho* 

 Samborne, at the usual rates, by warrant &c., for their 

 attendance on his Ma'"' at Newmarket xx'''^ dayes in March 

 i66f . . . xv^ (Rot. 119.) 



To the same for their shares of xvij'' viij^ allowed to Peter 

 Watson, Gentleman Harbinger, at the usual rates, for their 

 attendance on his Ma'^at Newmarket in April and May 1669 

 . . . ix''. {Ibid.) 



Thomas Elliot received i^200, without account, in payment 

 of his salary for keeping " the King's house lately bought at 

 Newmarket." The money came out of the loan of ^14,000 

 which the king had recently obtained from Alderman 

 Backwell : — 



Thorn Elliott, Ar. CC" absq' compo suli^ allocacon CC" ^ 

 Ann ^) labore et onibs custodiend' Domus Dm Re' invy^ empt' 

 apund Newmarkett et in oderand Camerar et supellesit et al 

 servic ib'm pro vno Anno finit at fest Annunc B'te B'te Marie 

 Virgis 1669, out of the 14,000" loane, %( Backwell, Per tras 

 de Privat Sigill dat xxv'" die Maij 1669 ... CC''— Pells 

 Exitus. Mich. 21-22, Charles H. vol. iii., p. 250, MS., P.R.O. 



The following description of Newmarket second 



Charles II. Spring meeting is taken from a translation 



Newmarket. ^^ " ^^^ Travels of Cosmo III., Grand Duke 



April— May. q{ Tuscany, through England, in 1669."* 



It seems that this rdiiniou at head-quarters was 



* London : Printed for J. Mawman, Ludgate Street, 1821. The trans- 



