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College, Oxford, in his lifetime and at his death were equiva- 

 lent to i^Sooo, besides giving to the library a valuable col- 

 lection of manuscripts. He died in 1701, and was buried in 

 Westminster Abbey. 



The amount of money laid out on Newmarket 

 Palace in repairs and alterations in the months of 

 November, December, January, and Feb- cuariesii. 



re, r Newmarket. 



ruary, 1677-78, was /152. 1678. 



Among the materials used, the oak timber '^^^ Palace, 

 and deals cost ^23 9^-. (yd. ; lead, solder, and casting 

 old lead, £^ ia^s. ^\d. ; bricks, tiles, lime, and mortar, 

 ^6 Zs. z^\d. ; ironmongers' wares and smiths' work, 

 £20) \2s. J^d. ; flint stones, £2 ^s. od. \ sand and 

 gravel, ^8 12s. od. ; and glass and glaziers' work, 

 ^18 6s. 2wd. The cost for land carriage was £2 12s. 

 Carpenters', bricklayers', plumbers', and labourers' 

 wages came to ^31 i is. 6d. John Bennett, clerk of the 

 works, at is. id. a day for seventy-nine days, "together 

 with ij'* viij'' by him laid out for Broomes and a padlock," 

 came to £'/ os. iid. The taskwork included a pay- 

 ment for carpenter's work done in the stable, of 

 £2 6s. 6d. ; four pairs of window shutters cost £2 8i-. ; 

 other items of a similar nature make up the sum total 

 at foot of the account.* 



To Sackville Whittle, Esq'' Chirurgion in Ordinary to his 

 Ma*'^ Person for his riding charges and expences 

 in his Attendance on his Ma"*^ at Windsor & October. 

 Newmarkett by y'^ space of Ixj dales in August, 

 Septembr and October 1678 at xv^ f diem by warr*^ dated the 

 xvj'^of Deer 1678 . . . xlv" xv^ A.O.R. (Rot. in.) 



To John Chase, Esq'" Apothecary in Ordinary to his Ma'* 



* L.T.R. " Works and Buildings," No. 96, MS., P.R.O. 



