1680. J TIPS. 361 



October 1679 at xv'' '¥ diem, by warr' dated the xj"' of 

 Octbr. 1670. etc. A.O.R. (Rot. 117.) 1679. 



To Thomas Fordham, Yeoman of the Bowes to October, 

 his Ma''*^ for his riding charges & other expences in his Attend- 

 ance vpon his Ma"° with his Guns at Newmarket xviij" daies 

 from the xxvj"" of September 1679 to y° xiij''' of October 1679 

 at v^ V diem by warr' dated xiij"' of December 1679 etc. 

 {Ibid.) 



When the Vice-chancellor and Heads of Cambridge Uni- 

 versity waited on the king at Newmarket, the following sums 

 are mentioned as incidental to the occasion : 



£ s. d. 

 For two fair Quarto Bibles for the two Clerks 



of the Kitchen ..... 

 To the Gentleman Usher .... 

 To Mr. Dunkley that waited in the Closet 

 To the Sewer & to the Butler 

 To the Under Officers in the Kitchen 

 To the Officers of the Wine Seller . 



To the Porters 



For 4 Coaches hired to carry the Doctors to 



Newmarket S'^ . . . . . . 03 00 o 



— Cooper's " Annals of Cambridge," vol. iii., p. 589. 



Prior to his departure for the spring meeting of 

 1680 the king had a merry time of it in the metropolis. 

 On the 8th of March his majesty supped Charles 11. 

 with the Lord Mayor in the Old Jury, when Newmarket. 

 he was attended by the Duke of York and March, 

 several of the nobility ; " a great many Lights and 

 Flambeaus being placed in the Balconies to lighten 

 the Streets they passed, and the Trained-Bands, that 

 had the Guard, making a Lane from Cheapside to his 

 Lordship's house, where the Lord Mayor, accompanied 

 with several of the Aldermen and the Sheriffs, re- 



