38o THE HISTORY OF NEWMARKET. [Book XIII. 



Aprill 1680, and the ix*'' of October following at xv' ^ diem 

 . . . Ixviii^' xjMij*^. {Rot. 119.) 



To Thomas Fordham, Yeoman of the Bowes in Ordinary 

 to his M'^"® in part of xlij" allowed to him, by like warrant 

 etc, for his Charges in attending his M'"^''® with his Guns at 

 the same places the same time at v^ ^ diem . . . v'' x^ {Ibid.) 



To John Chace, Apothecary in Ordinary to his Ma*^ Person 



1680. t)y warrant of the Lord Chamberlaine dated the 



September, xij"' of November 1 680 for his Rydeing charges 



October. -^^ ^ns attendance upon his Ma*^' at Newmarket 



from the xyj*^ of September 1680 to the ix*'' of October 



following at xv^ ^ day etc. (Rot. 118.) 



To D'^ Nicholas Staggins, Master of his M^'" Musicke by 

 like Warrant dated the viij''^ of January i68o-[8i] fifor his 

 ryding charges in his attendance on his Ma*^ at the same 

 place, for the same time at x^ a day etc. {Ibid.) 



To Edmund Fowler, Musician in Ordinary for his like 

 charges in attending on his Ma*"^ Person at Newmarket from 

 the xvj"' of Septr 1680 to the ix'^ of October following at x^ 

 ^ diem by warr' etc. {Ibid.) 



John Wilmot, Earl of Rochester, the famous wit of 

 the court of the Merry Monarch, was, in some respects, closely 

 c. 1680. connected with the Turf as an owner of race- 

 John WUmot, horses and a prominent habitu^ at Newmarket 

 Earl of • T-, . , 1 



Rochester, a^^d Other meetmgs. Ihis nobleman was born at 



Memoir. Ditchley, in Oxfordshire, on the loth of April, 

 1647, and was educated at the free school at Burford. Here 

 he acquired the Latin language to such perfection, that to his 

 dying day he retained a quick relish for the beauties of that 

 tongue ; and afterwards became extremely versed in the 

 authors of the Augustean age, which he often read. In 1659 

 when only twelve years old, he was admitted a nobleman of 

 Wadham College, Oxford, and in 1661 was, with some other 

 persons of rank, created M.A. in convocation. Afterwards he 

 travelled through France and Italy ; and at his return fre- 

 quented the court, which, Anthony Wood observes, not only 

 corrupted his morals, but made him a perfect Hobbist in 



