37 
months, which prohibition was repeated in 
July. In subsequent years, by the same 
means, he made racing, cock-fighting, bear- 
baiting, and gambling, illegal. 
Owing what he did to his cavalry, it was 
only to be expected that he should devote 
attention to the matter of remounts. He 
imported many Arabs, Barbs, and other 
horses suitable for the lightly armoured 
troops which had now replaced the knight- 
hood of former days ; he also took measures 
to encourage the breeding of. horses for 
hunting and hawking, sports in which he 
himself indulged. 
At what date stage-coaches began to 
supersede the old waggons, which (apart 
from saddle and pack horses) were the only 
means of journeying in England in Queen 
Elizabeth’s time, is not known. In the year 
1610, a Pomeranian speculator was granted 
a royal patent for fifteen years to run 
coaches and waggons between Edinburgh 
and Leith;* but not until the end of the 
Commonwealth (May, 1659) do we find 
definite mention of a stage coach in England 
in the ee nf a Vor clergyman.t 
* se Reagan on ‘es : Batly Use of Carriages in 
England,” Arch@ologia, 1821. 
| Ibid. 
