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the Establishment of Algernon Percy, Fifth 
Earl of Northumberland, which was com- 
menced in the year 1512, gives us a very 
valuable glimpse of the private stud main- 
tained by a great noble in Henry VIII.’s 
time. The list of the Earl’s horses “that 
are appointed to be in the charge of the 
house yearly, as to say, gentell horseys, pal- 
freys, hobys, naggis, cloth-sek hors, male 
hors,’ is as follows -— 
‘“‘ First, gentell horsys, to stand in my lordis stable, 
six. Item, palfreys of my ladis, to wit, oone for my 
lady and two for her gentell-women, and oone for her 
chamberer. Four hobys and nags for my lordis oone 
(‘own’ in this connection) saddill, viz., oone for my 
lord. and oone to stay at home for my lord. 
“Item, chariot hors to stand in my lordis stable 
yerely. 
‘Seven great trottynge horsys to draw in the 
chariot and a nag for the chariott man to ride—eight. 
Again, hors for Lord Lerey, his lordship’s son-and 
heir. A gret doble trottynge hors called a curtal, 
for his lordship to ride out on out of towns. Another 
trottynge gambaldyn hors for his lordship to ride on 
when he comes into towns. An amblynge hors 
for -his lordship to journeye on daily. A proper 
amblynge little nag for his lordship when he goeth 
on hunting and hawking. A gret amblynge gelding, 
or trottynge gelding, to carry his male.” 
In regard to these various horses, it may 
be added that the ‘“‘gentell hors” was one of 
superior breeding; the chariott horse and 
“gret trotting horsys” were powerful cart 
