3i6 THE HISTORY OF NEWMARKET. [Book XII. 



markett to Euston in October 1672, for his attendance on His 

 Ma^' service at Newmarket from the iij''^^ to the xx"' of 

 October by warr* etc. {Ibid.) 



To James Pearse Esq'' Chirurgion in Ordinary to his Ma*^ 

 Household for his Charges and Expences being coraanded to 

 attend his Ma*' service and for his attendance vpon his Ma*"" 

 at Newmarkett from the second to the xxj*" of October 1672 

 at xx' Y diem by warr* etc . . . xix^'. (Rot. 97.) 



To Luke Hemings & Tho Smith two of the Kn* Marshalls 

 men attending his Ma*''' to Newmarkett xix daies from the 

 ij'* to y° xix*'' of October 1672 at v*' a day each wair* dated 

 the ix*" of Decb'" 1672 . . . ix" xl (Rot. 105.) 



To Jervace Price Esq'' Keeper of his Ma*' Private Armory 

 for riding Charges for himselfe and man in attending vpon his 

 Ma*'® with his Guns xxj daies from the first to y" xxj*" of 

 October 1672 at x^ T diem, as by bill & Warrant etc. . . . x^' x^ 

 To Richard Collins & W" Cotton Gentlemen Harbingers 

 for themselves & iij™ yeomen Harbingers for their attendance 

 vpon his Ma*'° at Newmarket xxvij daies in Sept'' and October 

 1672 at the rate of x' & v^ '¥' diem etc. (Rot. in.) 



Richard Blome * gives the following particulars of New- 

 market in his topographical description of Cambridgeshire, 

 Charles II. ^bout this period : 



1673. " Neiv-market, seated part in this County, and 



Newmarket, p^j-j- jj-, Suffolk, and in a large and pleasant Heath 

 so called; and although a Tozv?i of no long continuance, 

 yet it is a place well-known and frequented by the Gentry, as 

 being a usual place for Horse-rases and Hunting, by reason of 

 the commodiousness of its scituation. And in this Heath is a 

 Ditch, called by the Inhabitants the Devils Dike, which is 

 vulgarly said to be cast up by the Devil in one night ; whereas 

 in truth it was made for a defence of the East-Angles against 

 the Mercians, and as a division of their Kingdom. The Toiau 

 is not very large, yet containeth 2 Parish Churches, one of 

 which is in this County, and the other in S?ffolk; and 

 is replenished with well built Houses, where his 3Iajesty hath 



* " Britannia : or, a Geographical Description of the Kingdoms of 

 England, Scotland and Ireland," Lond. 1673, p. 31. 



