364 THE HISTORY OF NEWMARKET. [Book XIII. 



was eldest daughter of Robert, Earl of Leicester, and of 

 Dorothy, the daughter of Henry, Earl of Northumberland. 

 She married, first. Lord Spencer, afterwards created Earl of 

 Sunderland, who was killed at the battle of Newbury, fighting 

 gallantly on the king's side ; they had three children, Robert 

 Spencer, 2nd Earl of Sunderland, and two daughters, the 

 eldest of whom was afterwards married to Lord Halifax. In 

 1652 Lady Sunderland was married a second time, to Sir 

 Robert Smythe, by whom she had one son. She survived 

 her second husband, and was buried in the vault of the 

 Spencer family at Brignton, in 1684. She was the Sac- 

 charissa of Waller, and as such, will live for ever. 



" The Masters of His Majesties Cock-Pit do desire all Gentle- 

 men that love that Game to send in their Cocks to the Pit at New 

 _. Market in such seasonable time as that they may 



1680. be fit to fight, they intending to begin the said Cock 



March. MatcJi on the \$th day of March ; and there shall 

 be Feeders ready to take care of their Cocks'' — (Official Ac- 

 counts.) "The London Gazette," Feb. 5-9, 1679, No. 1484. 



It seems a Racing Calendar was newly invented at 

 Newmarket during this meeting: — 



"This is to give notice. That at the Request of several 

 Persons of Quality and others, Mr. John Nelson doth keep a 

 Register at the Groom-Porters Office in Nezvmarket, of all 

 such Horse-matches, Foot-matches, Cock-matches, or Bets 

 relating to the premises, as any person therein concerned hath 

 or shall desire him to Register, to avoid such differences as 

 often arise by the loss of Articles and mistakes of Bets ; As 

 also for the Benefit of such as live far from London, and 

 design to be at Nezvmarket Meetings, who may, by that 

 means, know when the principal Matches are run. And if 

 any person is desirous to have a Copy of the said Matches 

 sent at any time to any part of England, he may either have 

 them from the said Mr. JoJin Nelson, at Nezvmarket, or upon 

 writing to him thither a Letter left for him at the Groom- 

 Porter's in Whitehall, with half a Crown for the Transcript, 

 and the said Copy shall be sent according to the directions 



