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RECORDS OF THE OLD
CHARLTON HUNT

BY

THE EARL OF MARCH

M.V.O., D.S.O.

WITH ILLUSTRATIONS

IN PHOTOGRAVURE, COLLOTYPE, AND HALF-TONE

FROM PICTURES AT GOODWOOD

LONDON

ELKIN MATHEWS, VIGO STREET

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AUTHOR'S NOTE

The text which describes the illustrations (as far as the repro-
ductions of oil-paintings are concerned) is taken direct from the
catalogue of Goodwood pictures which was compiled by my mother
during the last few years of her life.

And my sincere thanks are due to my friend, Mr. W. J. Koberts,
for having so willingly placed at my disposal his skill and knowledge
of both indoor and outdoor photography, the results of which
appear in these pages. To him, and also to Mr. Elkin Mathews,
I beg to tender my complete and grateful appreciation of the
interest they have evinced in my venture from the outset, and of
the friendly advice (the outcome of their professional knowledge)
which has done so much towards lightening my task.

CONTENTS

CHAP. PAGE

Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . xi-xvi

I. Extracts prom Pamphlet entitled " Charlton and the

Charlton Hunt " . . . , . . . . . . . . 1

II. The Agreement between the Duke of Richmond and the
Earl op Tankerville touching the hunting op the

COUNTRY . . . . . . . . . . . . . , . . 9

III. "The Historicall Account op the Rise and Progress op

the Charlton Congress" .. .. .. .. .. 14

IV. Minutes op General Meetings op the Charlton Hunt . . 39

V. A List op the Duke of Richmond's Hounds , . , . 46

VI. Extracts prom the Second Duke of Richmond's Hunting

Diary, also Tom Johnson's Epitaph in Singleton Church 52

VII, Hunt Expenses in 1745-1746, etc. .. .. ., .. 94

VIII. Various Huntinc; Bills op First and Second Dukes op

Richmond . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101

IX. Earl op Tankerville's Instructions .. .. .. .. 107

X. Letters prom Sportsmen to Second Duke op Richmond . . 109

XI. The ' Sussex Garland ' — Hunting Songs . . . . . . 163

XII. Amusing Receipts for the bite op a Mad Dog, by Prince

Rupert, etc. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 172

XIII. Ichabod 174

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LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

Charles, Second Duke of Richmond {Photogravure) Frontispiece.

View of Charlton

Hunting Agreement between the Duke of Richmond
AND the Earl of Tankerville {Collotype)

Charles, Second Duke of Richmond when Earl op March

The Duke's Hunting Box at Charlton

"Tapster"

•' Grey Carey "

** Red Robin " , .

Tom Johnson's Cottage at Charlton

" Sultan "

"Sheldon"

Tom Johnson's Epitaph

The Fox Inn at Charlton ..

" Grey Cardigan "

Charles, Second Duke op Richmond, and Sarah his

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INTRODUCTION

In a deed box at Goodwood there has lain, undisturbed for
many years, a bundle of old papers and letters, tattered and
discoloured with age, and in some cases almost illegible, but
possessing for myself a most absorbing interest, for they
represent all that remains to chronicle the forgotten glories
of the old Charlton Hunt. And though I feel that the
matter contained in them must be of greater interest to
local sportsmen than to the hunting world in general, yet I
have been tempted to reproduce them as nearly as possible
word for word with the originals ; for it seemed to me, as I
struggled with the queer crabbed writing of the old yellow
manuscripts, that the quaint spelling and phraseology would
surely have some degree of fascination for hunting men of
the present day, many of whom would find constant
mention of their forbears throughout these pages.

But had it not been for the assistance given me in my
researches by a most excellent and concise Uttle pamphlet
entitled ' Charlton and the Charlton Hunt,' published some
years ago by Mr. T. I. Bennett, my task would have been
much harder ; and so, bearing this in mind, I place the said
pamphlet before the reader first of all, forming as it does a
key to much that follows.

The Agreement between the Second Duke of Richmond

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and the Earl of Tankerville, as to the hunting of the
country, explains itself. But as an instance of the punc-
tilious care with which matters connected with the " Sport
of Kings " were usually conducted in the good old days, I
may add that this Agreement is recorded upon a roll of
parchment of no less than seven feet in length, signed,
sealed, and delivered by both parties in the presence of four
witnesses

And so we pass to the ' Charlton Congress,' a curious
old manuscript book, on the fly-leaf of which the Duke has
made a note to the effect that " this was brought to me by
a Porter in the beginning of February 1737."

The writer appears to have remained anonymous ; but it
was undoubtedly the work of some local sportsman with a
pretty turn for poetry ; and notwithstanding the pomposity
of the little book, there are passages which must commend
themselves to many an M.F.H. and " hound-man " of the
present time, for they go to prove that with all his 18th-
century grandiloquence the writer possessed an intimate
knowledge of hound breeding and kennel management ; so
much so, in fact, that we incline to suspect the Duke of
having had a fairly shrewd notion as to the identity of the
poet, even though he would not give his friend away I And
then, in choosing extracts from the Duke's * Hunting
Journal,' arose my chief difficulty. For to me the account
of each day's doings proved so engrossing that I was sorely
tempted to hand it over in toto to the printer ; but the
result would have been so excessively bulky that wiser
counsels prevailed, and I have confined myself to selecting
only a few days out of each of the eight hunting seasons
which are recorded so fully in the Duke's handwriting.

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In these days of enormous fields and extensive
" capping," the account of the INIeeting at which the
" Gentlemen of Charlton " formed themselves into a regular
Hunt Club, strikes us with a quaint note. For we are told
that no stranger might appear in the field unless he had
been previously admitted by ballot, at which one black ball
was sufficient to exclude ; even then his visit was limited
to eight days and, should he wish to prolong his stay, a
further ballot was necessary ! And we learn that a
Meeting took place annually, at various London taverns,
at which Prosperity to the Hunt and the Memory of
Mr. Roper (the founder of the Hunt) were the chief
toasts.

The letters written to the Duke by his brethren of the
Chace contain, besides the hunting allusions, a sprinkling of
topics military, social, and political, many of w^hich, alas, I
am quite unable to unravel ; they must remain obscured by
the mist of ages as far as I am concerned ; but through
them all there runs the typical bonhomie and cordiality
of the genuine lover of the chace, and it is interesting to
note that many of them are written from hunting quarters
in the New Forest, whither the gentlemen of Charlton were
wont to betake themselves in the spring and autumn,
there to follow their favourite pastime, until it was time
to foregather once again in that " Great Hall," towards
the building of which they had so enthusiastically
subscribed.

The ' Sussex Garland ' of hunting songs, composed by a
native of Charlton, is copied out of the Hound Pedigree
Book, and is verbatim, with the exception of one stanza,
which I found it was absolutely necessary to bowdlerize

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before permitting it to appear in public ! There is an
unfinished appearance about the last one, which leads us
to suppose that there was probably a good deal more to
follow, but of this there is no trace.

And I think " Lord Tankerville's Instructions " deserve
a more than passing notice, for the advice contained
therein is so sound, notably the one referring to " confabula-
tions down wind," that many a callow sportsman (aye, and
full-fledged ones as well) might do very much worse than
commit them to memory for future guidance.

And so I off'er this scrap-book unreservedly, and without
apology for its incompleteness, to all who may care to turn
over its pages. For it is indeed a scrap-book, with no
pretensions at all to being a complete history of the
Charlton Hunt. But it has possibly the saving merit of
being original ; and if these scanty Records of the good
old days afford the reader one tiny fraction of the
fascinated interest which I have experienced in compiling
and arranging them in some sort of sequence, then shall I
be amply repaid for what, after all, has been but a labour
of love.

For to me Charlton and " The Forest " possess an old-
fashioned and indeed pathetic charm which a stranger can
never realise. The landscape and surroundings can have
undergone Httle change since the " Gentlemen of Charlton "
made the place the INIelton of the age ; and as on hunting
mornings we wend our way now and again through the
little old village, it requires but a small effort of imagination
to picture old Tom Johnson on that "lowering wintry
morn " in .January 1738, jogging along the narrow lanes on
his way to that historic meet at East Dean AVood, with the

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" glorious twenty-three hounds " clustering sedately round
his horse's heels ; we can see them return, late at night,
those fortunate few, mudstained and weary, but one and
all in that state of ecstatic delight which I think fox-hunters
alone can feel when they have ridden from start to finish of
the greatest hunt of their life-time — of " The greatest Chace
that ever was," for thus the Master describes it in his
Journal. And then, as the night wears on, we seem to
watch them still, those old-time sportsmen, as they gather
in the " Great Hall at Charlton." Hark ! my friends, to
their who-hoops and holloas as they drink again and again
to huntsmen, horses, and hounds, but most of all, we like
to think, to the memory of that gallant fox that has stood
up before them from dawn till dusk !

And then the solemn dehberation, and possibly no little
argument (for they are tired, and the port wine is old and
potent), as they settle down to the careful selection of the
quaint phrases which shall hand down to posterity the
** Full and Impartial Account " of this red letter day.

Ah well I Charlton is very silent now. Honest Tom
sleeps sound enough in the neighbouring churchyard of
Singleton ; dust long, long since are all the gay and gallant
company for whom the twang of his horn and his rousing
cheer were wont to set every nerve a-tinghng with that
electric thrill of dehght which we, their successors, know
and appreciate so keenly ; but as we ride slowly home along
the broad rides, in the dusk of a winter's evening, we who
know the old " Forest " and love it, not only for its own
sake, but for the sake of Auld Lang Syne, feel that we have
assuredly much to be thankful for in that the " changes and
chances of this mortal life " have not as yet succeeded in

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robbing us of the privilege enjoyed by our ancestors two
hundred years ago — the privilege of hunting a fox amidst
this glorious old world scenery, which, with its varied
charms of woodland and open down, can surely have but
little rivalry to fear throughout the length and breadth
of England.

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CHAPTER I

CHARLTON AND THE CHARLTON

HUNT

A Pa3iphlet written in 1888 by T. I. Bennett

We have all heard of Goodwood ; but where is Charlton ?
and what of it ? A httle more than a hundred years ago
these questions would have been exactly reversed ; then, all
the world had heard of Charlton, while the glories of
Goodwood, now become a household word among us,
slumbered in the womb of time. In an account of the
Judges' progress to Chichester in 1749 they are described as
being " entertained by the Duke of Richmond, at his seat,
near Charlton." The writer evidently either did not know
the name of Goodwood, or considered it would give no
information to his readers ; " near Charlton " was quite
sufficient guide as to its locality.

Charlton was the ^lelton INIowbray of its day, and the
Charlton Hunt the most famous in England ; the resort of
the great and wealthy, eager to participate in our national
sport of fox-hunting. King WilHam III. and the Grand

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Duke of Tuscany, then a guest in England, are recorded as
having been down to Charlton to witness a fox-chase : and
even the softer sex joined in the hunt, held their assemblies
in the village, and probably participated in the pleasure of
eating a Charlton pie, — a dainty then well known, though
now entirely forgotten, — forgotten, as Charlton itself now
is : the very traditions have nearly died out ; scarcely a
villager can now tell of its former renown, or talk of the
good old times. But to keep these in remembrance, to
commemorate something of the glories of Charlton, the
writer of these few pages has collected such information as
may interest those acquainted with the neighbourhood, or
loving the sport Charlton was so famous for ; for much of
which he is indebted to the courtesy of Charles Dorrien,
Esq., of Adsdean House, who possesses a curious MS.
account of the Hamlet and the Hunt.

Charlton, a ty thing of the parish of Singleton, lies in the
valley north of the Goodwood hills, and about a mile east
of the high road from Chichester to Midhurst. It is now
principally remarkable for its " Forest " — a large wood,
extending over 800 acres, belonging to the Goodwood
estate, but formerly the property of the Fitzalans, Earls of
Arundel, w^here this great family enjoyed the pleasures of
the chase, having a hunting-seat at Downley, on the verge
of the forest, of sufficient importance to be used as an
occasional residence ; indeed, two of the Earls are stated to
have died at Downley, — Thomas, in 1525, and WilHam,
in 1544.

From time immemorial, therefore, it appears that the
woods and pleasant downs of Charlton have been

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appropriated to the enjoyment of hunting and the chase ;
of later years more exchisively to fox-hunting ; and from
this circumstance only, Charlton derives its celebrity.

As long as the pursuit of the fox has existed as a
national sport, it is probable there was a ]Meet at Charlton ;
but it was first brought into notice from its being the
favourite resort of the unfortunate Duke of INIonmouth,
who probably owed his acquaintance with Sussex to his
friendship with Ford, Lord Grey (afterwards his second in
command at Sedgemoor), who was seated at Uppark, in
this neighbourhood. Monmouth appears to have had a
peculiar love of Charlton, saying jestingly, " When he was
King, he would come and keep his Court at Charlton."
So early, too, were his hopes of a future crown alluded to.
On one occasion he was so entertained and made much of
by the citizens of Chichester, being received by crowds,
welcomed by bonfires and ringing of bells, and subsequently
taken in state to the Cathedral, that Bishop Carleton
thought it necessary to write apologetically to the
Metropolitan to excuse the apparent want of loyalty to the
reigning sovereign. This letter, still extant, is dated
February 17th, 1679. Amongst those who paid their
respects to IMonmouth at this time were Mr. Butler, of
Amberley, ^M.P. for Arundel, and his brother-in-law, Mr.
Roper, whose connexion with Charlton, as subsequently
alluded to, is probably accounted for by this relationship.

Two packs of fox-hounds appear to have been kept at
Charlton at this time, belonging to the Duke of INIonmouth
and Lord Grey, the master and manager being the INlr.
Roper before mentioned, a Kentish gentleman, a great lover
of the chase, and possessing great knowledge of hounds and

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hunting. He was sufficiently intimate with IVIonmouth
to be obliged to leave the country on the unfortunate
termination of Monmouth's attempt to seize the throne,
taking refuge in France, where he made acquaintance with
the celebrated St. Victor, and enjoyed in the forests of
Chantilly the sport he was debarred from pursuing at home.
On the accession of William III., Mr. Roper returned, and
resumed the management of the hounds, which appear to
have become the property of the Duke of Bolton and
himself, and had soon the satisfaction of seeing a noble
party of lovers of the chase around him. Among the
earliest names mentioned were the Marquis of Hartington
(afterwards Duke of Devonshire), whose daring exploit of
riding down Leven Down, one of the steepest hills near,
and leaping a five-barred gate at the foot, was long
remembered ; Earl of Halifax, General Compton, Dukes of
Bolton and Grafton, Duke of Montrose, Lord Nassau
Powlett, Lord William and Harry Beauclerc, Lords
Forester, Hervey, Harcourt, and others. How these
noblemen were accommodated with lodgings is a wonder to
tlie present generation. Some of them had (probably) built
houses of their own, — the Dukes of Devonshire and
St. Alban's and Lord Harcourt amongst them ; and every
cottager, both in Charlton and the adjacent villages, had a
lodger in the hunting season : a golden harvest for them.
To add to the importance of the Hunt, the Earl of
Burlington, the Vitruvius of his day, designed them a
banqueting-room, where these votaries of Diana feasted
after the fatigues of the chase, and talked over the feats
of the day. This building was popularly known by
the name of Foxhall, from the gilt figure of a fox

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surmounting a tall flagstaff, erected in front of it, to show
the " southerly wind," so dear to fox-hunters, a gift fr'om
Henrietta, Duchess of Bolton, the daughter of the Duke of
Monmouth, who seems to have inherited her father's love
of Charlton. Both she and her youthful son, Lord Nassau
Powlett, were constant visitors there.

The fame of Charlton had now reached other countries.
St. Victor came from France to return his friend's visit, and
both that country and Germany sent admirers of the sport
to Charlton, with probably half the aristocracy of England,
amongst them the Duke of Richmond, who had purchased
Goodwood of the family of Compton in 1720 as a hunting
seat, and from thence brought both his Duchess and the
youthful Lord March to the meet at Charlton, while her
Grace, with her daughter. Lady Ann Lennox (afterwards
Countess of Albemarle), held assemblies in the evening at
Foxhall, countenanced by the presence of the Duchess of
Bolton, Lady Forester, and other ladies whom the
attraction of the chase had brought to Charlton, — a love of
hunting being by no means confined to the nobler sex.

The success and importance of the Hunt appears now to
have provoked the envy of the then owner of Petworth, the
proud Duke of Somerset, who, accustomed to be paramount
in West Sussex, could not brook the sight of horses and
hounds riding over his estate. His Grace's ire is amusingly
described as enquiring first of his neighbour, Sir William
Goring, of Burton, "Whose hounds they were, so
frequently coming near his house ? " and on being told they
were the " Charlton Pack, Mr. Roper's," cried out,
stammering with anger, " Who is he ? Where's his estate ?
What right has he to hunt this country? I'll have hounds

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and horses of my own," and, in spite of Sir William's
remonstrances, had kennels and stables built on the Downs,
near Waltham, called Twines (afterwards used by Lord
Egremont as racing stables), and even condescended to send
down first-rate cooks to tempt the Sussex gentlemen with
a sumptuous breakfast ; but they were faithful in their
allegiance to Charlton, and after a few years' vain endeavour
to carry his point, his Grace gave away his hounds, and
left the field in disgust.

We have now to record the death of the old Squire,
Mt. Roper, who so long had had the management of the
Charlton Pack, and had brought it to such perfection :
sportsman to the last, he had ridden with the hounds to
Findon, but, just at the find, dropped down lifeless on the
field, at the advanced age of 84. By his death, the hounds
became the sole property of the Duke of Bolton, who for a
short time devoted himself to Charlton ; but the attractions
of his second Duchess, Lavinia Fenton (the original Polly
of the Beggar's Opera), eventually drew him away from
Charlton altogether, and on his retirement, he gave the
Hounds to the second Duke of Richmond, who assumed the
entire management, assisted by Lord Delawarr, and having
for huntsman the redoubted Tom Johnson, so well known
with the Pack. The Hunt, in their hands, assumed an
importance and regularity scarce before known : every
morning a hundred horses were led out, each with his
attendant groom in the Charlton livery of blue, with gold
cord and tassels to their caps. Lords and Ladies continued
to flock to Charlton in the hunting season ; and the new
Master, the Duke of Richmond, in 1732, built the house,
still remaining, where he and the Duchess slept, to be ready

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for the early meet (eight o'clock in the morning). The
walls of the principal room are ornamented with paintings
relative to the chase, and stand almost the sole relic of the
" Charlton Hunt." About this time occurred that famous
Fox-chase, even now remembered in the county of Sussex,
lasting ten hours : an event of sufficient importance to cause
an account of it to be written and hung up in many of the
houses about, where the names of both huntsmen and
hounds are carefully preserved.

The Hunt continued to flourish during the life of the
second Duke of Richmond ; but at his death in 1750, his
successor, the third Duke, though a sportsman, was
probably not so devoted to the chase as his forefathers. He
indeed caused splendid kennels to be built for the hounds at
Goodwood ; but it is probable that the removal of the Pack
from Charlton detracted somewhat from its general
popularity, and accordingly we are not surprised to find, in
a fist of the " Goodwood Hunt," as it was then called, years
after, that the members of it were pretty much confined to
the county of Sussex. On the fourth Duke of Richmond
going to Ireland, as Lord Lieutenant, the hounds were
presented to King George IV., and soon after, symptoms of
madness showing themselves amongst the pack, they were
all destroyed.

So end the glories of Charlton and the Goodwood Pack.
Foxhall was pulled down ; the residences of the various
noblemen in the village have disappeared, (the Duke of
Richmond's lodging only remaining), with all vestiges of
the Charlton Hunt, once so famous ; and the villager, as
he hears the distant cry of Lord Leconfield's Hounds
occasionally in the neighbourhood, may wonder at those

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changes in the world which have given to that nobleman,
what all the rank and power of his great ancestor could
never command, — the privilege of hunting West Sussex.

Old Harry Budd, of Charlton, gamekeeper to the Duke
of Richmond, who died in 1807, at the age of 94, was one
of the last who remembered, personally, and could talk of
the frequenters of Charlton. He had heard his grandfather
speak of Monmouth, whom he had conversed with ; and
Harry had either seen himself, or heard from his grand-
father, the names of the following noted personages, as
visitors at Charlton: — Duke of Monmouth, Duke of Bolton,
Duke of Devonshire, Duke of Kingston, Duke of Montagu,
Duke of Montrose, Duke of Grafton, Duke of St. Alban's,
Dukes of Richmond, Earl of Pembroke, Earl of Lincohi,
Earl of Sunderland, Earl of Kildare, Earl of Dalkeith, Earl
of Halifax, Earl Delawarr, Viscount Downe, Viscount
Harcourt, Lord Ossulstone, Lord Hervey, Lord Walpole,
Lord Ravensworth, Lord Nassau Powlett, Lords William
and Harry Beauclerc, Lord Robert Manners, Viscount
Dursley, Lord LifFord, Lord Cowper, Lord Bury, Lord
John Cavendish, Count La Lippe, Baron Hardenberg, JNIr.
Watson Wentworth (afterwards Marquis of Rockingham),
Hon. I. Dormer, Hon. C. Bentinck, Hon. G. Bennett, Hon.
Colonel Waldegrave, Hon. General Brudenel, Hon. John
Boscawen, Hon. Captain Legge, Sir Wm. Corbett, Sir
Matthew Fetherstone, Sir Cecil Bisshopp, Admiral
Townsend, General Honeywood, General Hawley, Mr.
Percy Wyndham, Mr. Ralph Jennison (Master of
George II.'s Buck Hounds), Brigadier Churchill, &c., &c.

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CHAPTER II

AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE DUKE
OF RICHMOND AND THE EARL
OF TANKERVILLE TOUCHING THE
HUNTING OF THE COUNTRY

Treaty of Peace Union and Friendship between
the most High Puifsant and Noble Prince Charles
Duke of Richmond and Lenox Earl of March and
Darnley Baron of Setterington JNIethuin and
Torbolton one of the Gentlemen of His Majesty's
Bed Chamber and Knight of the most Noble Order
of the Garter and the most Serene and Right
Honourable Charles Earl of Tankerville and Baron
Ofsulstone of Ofsulstone Concluded at London on
the Eighteenth Day of March in the Year of Our
Lord One Thousand seven hundred and Twenty
Nine.

"CClbCrCHS the abovenamed most Puifsant and Noble Peers
are disposed towards one another with a mutual desire of
making Peace and heaUng now in their own times the
Miseries that have of late years wasted and destroyed the
County of Sufsex 'SBC it therefore known to all and singular
whom it may concern That the most Puifsant and Noble

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Charles Duke of Richmond and Lenox &:c. and the most
Serene and Right Honourable Charles Earl of Tankerville
&c. Consulting and providing for (as far as Mortals are able
to do) the Advantage Ease and Sport of their Friends as well
as the Tranquillity of the said County have resolved at last
to put an end to that War which was unhappily kindled
and has been obstinately carried on for many years which
has been both Cruel and Destructive by reason of the
frequent Chases and the Effusion of the Blood of so many
vixen Foxes Wherefore the said most Noble and Illustrious
Lords (after divers and important Consultations had and
held in London for that purpose having at length without
the Intervention of any Mediator overcome all the Obstacles
which hindered the end of so wholesome a Design have
Agreed on reciprocal Conditions of Peace Union and
Friendship as follows

Article 1. That there be and remain from this Day a
True Firm and Inviolable Peace a more sincere and intimate
Friendship and a Strict Alliance and Union between the
said most Puifsant and Noble Charles Duke of Richmond
and Lenox &c. and the most Serene and Right Honourable
Charles Earl of Tankerville &c. the Territories they now
stand or shall hereafter be pofsefsed of and also their
Servants so to be preserved and cultivated that the Parties
Contracting may faithfully promote each other's Interest
and Advantage and by the best means they are able prevent
and repel from each other all Damage and Injury.

Article 2. That a Pack of Foxhounds be maintained by
and between the said Charles Duke of Richmond and the

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said Charles Earl of Tankerville which shall consist of Forty-
Couple at the least.

Article 3. The Earl of Tankerville shall maintain and
defray all Expenses relating to the Hounds the Horses of
the Huntsmen and Whippers In Warreners Earth Stoppers
and all other Contingent Expenses whatsoever relating
thereto for the Sum of Two hundred and Nineteen Pounds
and One Shilling per Annum of Good and Lawfull Money
of Great Britain to be paid to the said Earl of Tankerville
by the said Duke of Richmond at four equal Quarterly
Payments the first Payment to be made on the first Day of
August next ensuing the Date hereof.

Article 4. The Duke of Richmond shall be at the Sole
Expense of buying Horses for his own Huntsman and
Whipper In.

Article 5. The Duke of Richmond is to pay the Wages
and Board Wages and to furnish the Cloaths of his
Huntsman Foot Huntsman and Whipper In.

Article 6. It is moreover Agreed by and between the
abovenamed Contracting Powers that the said Pack of
Foxhounds shall be kept

ffrom October the 15*^ to November the 15"' at Findon.
ffrom November 15*'^ to January 1^* at Charlton,
ffrom January 1^*^ to February l'*'^ at Up Park,
ffrom February 1**^ to JNIarch V^ at Charlton,
ffrom March V^ to April 1'*^ at Up Park.

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ffrom April 1^^ to the laying up the Hounds at
Lyndhurst.

ffrom the laying up the Hounds to October 15^*" at
Up Park.

These times of removing the Hounds to be observed
unlefs otherwise agreed to by the Consent of both Parties.

Article 7. It is moreover Stipulated and Agreed by and
between each of the Contracting Parties that John Ware
Huntsman to the Duke of Richmond shall have the Care
Direction and Management of His Grace's Horses belonging
to the Hunt when they are not under the immediate Care
of His Grace's own Groom.

Article 8. It is further Agreed by and between each of
the abovenamed Parties That John Ware and [ * ] Vincent
or the Huntsmen for the time being shall have equal Care
of the Hounds and equal Profits and Share of Perquisites
either arising by Field Money or by Hounds that are given
away or any other manner whatsoever relating to the
Hunt.

Article 9. This Treaty to continue and remain in full
Force untill the Death of one of the Contracting Parties
(which God for many years avert) or imtill one of them
shall give Six INIonths' Notice to the other of his Intention
to determine this Agreement In either of which Cases the
Entire Pack with the Whelps shall remain to the use of the
Survivor or Party to whom such Notice shall be given.

* Christian name unknown.
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3n IllIlitnC00 whereof the abovenamed Contracting Powers
have hereunto subscribed their Names and affixed their
Seals of their Arms at London this Eighteenth Day of
March in the Third Year of the Reign of Our Sovereign
Lord George the Second by the Grace of God of Great
Britain France and Ireland King Defender of the Faith &c.
Annoque Domini One thousand seven hundred and Twenty
Nine.

RICHMOND & LENOX.

j SEAL. J

TANKERVILLE.

Signed and Seal'd
in the presence of

Grafton.
St. Alb an 's.
Bolton.
Montrose.

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CHAPTER III

THE HISTORICALL ACCOUNT OF THE
RISE AND PROGRESS OF THE
CHARLTON CONGRESS

On the fly-leaf of the curious old manuscript book from
which the following poem is taken are written the words : —

" This was brought to me by a Porter in the beginning
of February 1737. R."

The note is in the Duke's handwriting, but there is no
indication anywhere throughout the Hunt Records as to the
authorship of the verses.

They explain themselves. Commencing with a rather
flowery description of the surroundings of Charlton, the
writer goes on to tell us how the Goddess of the Chase herself
selected this locahty as an ideal one in which to establish
the Headquarters of the Fox-hunting World ; how she
proceeded forthwith to stock the hills and dales with

" Foxes brought from Northern climes,"

" and Secretly turn'd out, by her command " —

— (rather a shady transaction, one would think, for a Goddess
to be mixed up in !) — however, this done, we learn that

" then her thoughts were where to choose her band,"

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and so particular was she in this repect that

" the first firm maxim she laid down was this "
" that blood in ev'ry vein should be the best."

Well, in this the Huntress Goddess saw her wishes carried
out to the full ; for commencing with the unfortunate Duke
of Monmouth there was hardly a single aristocratic family
in Great Britain that did not send a representative, at one
time or another, to swell the ranks of the " Gentlemen of
Charlton," either as a member of that most exclusive Hunt
or as an honoured guest of the same.

The fruitless attempt of the Duke of Somerset (the then
owner of Petworth) to outrival the fame of Mr. Roper's
pack by establishing one of his own ; the consequent breeze
that ensued ; the death in the hunting field of the old
Squire ; the abandonment of his favourite pastime by the
Duke of Bolton owing to the superior charms of Miss
Lavinia Fenton, the celebrated actress, whom he eventually
married ; the tragic account of that black day upon which
Jack Ware, most indifferent of servants and huntsmen,
allowed the whole pack to run " amok " and destroy a large
number of sheep ; all these incidents are dealt with in the
Poem, which concludes with a description of the village of
Charlton as it appeared when at the height of its glory.

To his Grace the Duke of Richmond, Lenox, and Aubignie, &c.

My Lord.

The fine Chaces I have seen at Charlton, the Kind and
Generous reception I have met with froyr Grace, and the
rest of the Agreeable Company there ; tho' an Unworthy

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Stranger, who never can have it in his Power, to make the
Grateful Acknowledgement, which neverthelefs glows in his
Plebean Breast.

As it has been my Nightly Dream, so it has been my
Dayly talke, and my Study, to Learn as much as I could of
the first rise, and long continuance, of the most agreable
Society of the kind, that ever was

here it is my Lord, rough, and unhewn I send it you.

Omissions you'll excuse, the whole you must Despise,
but I have eas'd my minde, and have the Satisfaction of
taking this Occasion to assure your Grace ; with all respect,
that no body can be more your Graces

most Obedient
and most Humble
Serv*^-

Amidst the South Saxonian hills, there runs
a verdant fruitful Vale, in which, at once
fower small, and pretty Villages are seen;
Eastden the one, does first supply the spring,
whence milky Lavant, takes his future course ;
Charleton, the next, the beauty of the fower,
from twenty chalky rills, fresh vigour adds,
then swiftly on, his force redoubled, he
thro' all the meads, to Singletown does glide ;
more Strength, he there receives, at Westden next,
his last recruit he makes, then boldly runs,
till lefs confin'd, he wider spreads his Fame,
and pafsing Lavant, there he takes his Name,
he then begins, to do what good he can,
during his Short Uv'd, Transitory reign:

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here mills for corn, demand his present aid,

there Farmers beg ! his virtue he'll impart,

t' inrich their Lands, for greater future crops.

requests all granted, to the Ocean, he

as proudly marches, as the greatest of

all the confed'rate Rivers of the Land.

In this Sweet Vale, by hills, and Downs enclos'd,

an age ago, Diana fixt her Court.

her Nymphs, in other Regions she employs ;

in Softer Chaces, and in Summer Sports.

with Httle Beagles, or her deep mouth'd hounds,

on foot they hunt, on mofs, and in the Shade,

for pitty twere, to hurt, or tann a JNIaid.

The British Fiercenefs, to Diana known,

the inbred goodnefs, of their Coursers too ;

like all her Sex, She ev'ry where would be,

ador'd ; but how to suit it, with her Chastity ?

the Country's Beauty, and the Brittish hounds

tempted the Goddefs, here to raise her Fame ;

at last in private, weighing well her Scheme,

She thus resolves ! I'll be ador'd by men ;

by Britons bold, where Nymphs shall nere resort,

rough is their nature, and they love all sports ;

a new one, I'll Invent, to fit their Taste,

their hounds, their horses, and their daring youth ;

at once I'll suit them, and they'l still do good,

the wily Fox, their furious Chace shall be,

a small but well chose band, I'll then Select,

from all the huntsmen, Britain can produce ;

and Charleton, is the place, where I will fix

my Temple, where my Votarys shall hunt.

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Charleton, from whence so calld, no record tells,
unlefs that Charles of Richmond Duke, by Fate
long since determind there at last to come,
to grace her Beauty's, with his Pallace Gates,
and vye ChantilU, with her Neighbring Woods :

A vast, high Mountain, to the South doe's bear,

the Name, of one Saint Roke, unknown elsewhere,

a Roman, or a Saxon, Camp 'is trac'd

on his high Summit, In the Center there

a poste, and Stone well quadrate does appear :

a Lodge of ancient Masons here is held,

famous besides, for what did there occurr,

the Church was robb'd ; what's more, 'twas by a Peer.

Northward, and riseing close above the Towne,

another Mountain's Known, by Leving Downe ;

a Pirenean path, is Still there seen,

where Devons Duke, full Speed, did drive his well

bred Courser down, and flying, leap't five barrs ; f

incredible the Acte ! but still 'twas fact,

but Lo ! the next great pointe de vue,

the great conspicuous Bow, his bulk so vast,

his Length and height, his head so near the Clouds,

from Gallias shore, he's plainly seen, and Known ;

the boldest Land mark, of our British Coast,

* This refers to a hoax perpetrated by the Duke of Richmond upon the
Rev. Mr. Sherwin, his chaplain, whom he had robbed by a bogus highway-
man when travelling in His" Grace's family coach with the Duchess, who was
in the secret.

■j" This is still talked about.

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with Yews and black thorn, his great Crest is crown'd ;
green all the winter long, and white in Spring,
tis here wise nature, scorning all low Arts,
her various beautys, on each side imparts,
from Kingly bottom, here the wandring eye,
with Southern prospect all the Ocean views ;
sees all the Trade, that passes, to enrich
our Brittish Isle, or please Luxurious Tastes ;
in Peace ; tis this, the pleasing prospect yeilds,
in Warr ; the Dunkirk lurking privateer,
hov'ring along the Coast, is seen to Watche
like Ren, in warren, how to seize his Prey,
But hold, we wander from our first intent,
the Rise and progrefs of Diana's Court.
The all Directing Goddefs, having viewd
the vast Extent of hills, and Dales, that run
from East, to west, and all a mofsy turfe,
the noted, great, and proper distant woods,
and close recesses, here and there disperst,
the Badgers earths, where Foxes oft retreat,
when hard pursu'd, not trusting to their speed,
to each of these, some rustick name she gave,
which so Continue to this present Day ;
by this She meant, to assist her little Court,
when warmly Glorying in their Godefs praise ;
how to report, and how Describe, the Chace.
and next, with Foxes brought from Northern Climes,
and Secretly turned out, by her Command
She Stockt these mossy hills, and Bosquy vales,
and then her thoughts, were where to choose her Band ;
and Such, who would her Laws and rights maintain.

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A Grosveneur, a name the Norman brought.
She thought was requisite to rule the whole ;
since She, in Decency could not appear,
the first firm maxim, she laid down was this,
that blood, in ev'ry vein should be the best ;
to answer this, the first brave Youth She chose,
liad graceful mean, with waving locks adornd,
but empty head, tho' Sprung from Royal Loins ;
vigorous he was, and IVIonmouth was his Name ;
with him came T[ankervi]lle, Afsociate he,
in all his Follys, and his Infamy,

how could a Goddefs be so much deceiv'd ?

* * * *

Diana, still unheeding all Events
went on, in forming rules of Government,
the best bred Hounds of Vermin kind, well known,
were all Collected, into one choice Pack ;
and Horses too, the best of Blood were bought,
and all by her Directions, they were chose
of middle Size, with Nostrills wide, and Red,
the INIuzle small, and lean the head, and Jaw,
with open throat, no vives along the Chawle,
their Crests, and Shoulders thin, their AVithers Sharp,
too farr, they cant run backward to the Chine,
nor can the fillets, be too broad and round,
an Oval even croupe, the tail sett high,
large ribb'd, close Flank'd, and cushioned well behind
his brisket deep, his sides both long, and full,
his Joints well knitt, his legs, both flatt and short,
his feet, both hard and round, and rather small,
than large, for those no speed can ever show ;

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These very rules, she gave to choose her Hounds.
All hitherto proceeded well ; but Yet,
She thought her Pack requir'd some better Skill,
Ropero, then She brought, and gave to him
the care and management, of all her Mente :
He, deep in Knowledge, by Experience taught,
could talk upon her Darling Subject well,
pleas'd with the Sage, she gave him ample power,
to Cast, to cull, to breed, and do his best.

With pleasure great, the Goddefs saw her Court ;
each day gave Joy, each day encreast their Sport ;
Bacchus and Ceres, did their Board Supply ;
and Martha made their Beds, and made their Pye.

But now alafs, confusion seiz'd the Land,
And Mars, with malice calls his Sons to Arms :
First Monmouth's breast, he with ambition fir'd,
to head his Army, soon away he flew,
and took, the then thought faithfull T[ankervi]lle,
along with him, to share his Fortunes all :
but Oh ! how farr unfit, was Monmouths Skill,
to Lead on British Troops, or Seize the Throne :
he went, he came, he fought, betray 'd, was t'ane ;
he lost his head ; and Cupid lost a Dart.
Guiltlefs Ropero too, was forc'd to fly,
in those bad days, when Honesty, was Crime,
enough, for JefFrys to pronounce his Doom :
to France, then went, the ablest Huntsman here ;
and made acquaintance, with Saint Victor there
'till William, came, and settled Peace at home

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Diana Calls, Ropero soon returns ;

his Queen as soon declares him Grosveneur.
* « • «

Fame now had loudly Sung, of Charlton Sports,
from France, Saint Victor came to see his Friend,
the Great Tuscanian Duke, too, had been there ;
William the third, the Great, once saw a Chace.

Hence Jealousy, that gnawing Fiend, began

to rouse the Spleen, of a much prouder man,

the Second Duke of Brittain, and his Name

was Seymour, Somersett, his Title was,

his Castle Pettworth, distant three small Leagues,

not farr from which, a Worthy Knight there Dwel't,

a Sportsman good, as ever Sussex bred,

his Castle Hospitable, Burton call'd.

To him the Duke : Sir William who's this JNIan
that dayly, boldly dares, thus in my Sight,
to S cower along those azure hills we See ?
nay, even up to Petworth Walls he comes.

My Lord ; Diana's hounds they are ; I know
Ropero, Good Old man, her Grosveneur.
Diana's Grosveneur: — that place, I'll have,
my Lord, a Temple She at Charlton has,
at Compton too, another still she has,
at Findon likewise, does a Temple stand.

with Ire Stamring, his Slavics he loudly call'd ;
I'll have hounds, I'll have Horses, see't be done;

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S"" Knight, Diana's huntsmen we will be,
what Land pray has Ropero here, good Sir ?
where doe his Manors lye ? what right has he ?

My Lord. — I 'me told his Land, in Kent does lye,
his Right I doubt the Goddefs will maintain.

The Duke — nor Gods, nor Goddefses, I heed,

but Strait a Temple I will raise with Speed,

Diana, then may Like it if she please,

he Gave the Word ; twas done, he call'd it Twines,

a pretty Spot, and Just upon the Downes,

in Stalls magnificent his Coursers lay,

in Spacious Kennells, all his hounds did Play,

three times a week, he Sent his Cooks ore night,

and made a Feast, the Goddefs to appease ;

for she, to see his Pride was angry growne,

and bid her old Ropero keep his grounde.

A Civill warr, of Course was now began.

She knew her power, and Stood by her old INIan ;

in Andrews Form, herself was Spy to tell,

ere dawn of day appeard, which way he went ;

then after them, under the wind he drew,

and often took their Fox, and Swore 'twas his,

had found in such a wood, and ran two hours.

This Discord lasted for some months or more,
till one day, when the Knight, the Duke not out,
in Friendly manner to Ropero Spoke,
Brother, I think we spoile each others Sport ;

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I think so too, but who is most to blame ?

strong were the arguments on both sides held,

the two old Champions both were Loath to Yield ;

at last, preliminarys strong were drawn,

All warr, and future discord, should desist ;

but soon the haughty Soverains pride rebelld,

he gave away his Hounds, and left the Feild.

Now peace returnd, Sir William Joins the Court,
All lucky days now blefs their rural Sport,
neglected stands the stately Temple Twine,
a Nest for Vermin, or a Stye for Swine.

When now, another Noble Duke [of Bolton] appears,

gracefull his Air, and blooming were his years,

he long a faithfull votary had been,

and paid due homage, to the huntrefs Queen ;

but now, he begs admittance in her Bande,

Fresh Troops he brings, all under his Comand.

Ropero paus'd, but hke't the Kind of Hound,
which told, he soon the Goddefs willing found ;
and now they cull each pack, the choicest keep,
they found no Fox that ever did escape ;
for now against poor Ren the odds were vast,
at every check two packs there was to cast ;
John Gough, up wind, did all ways choose to go:
but, Harry Barratt, Downe he best did Know.

Till now, in homely manner they had Liv'd,
a small Dark Cell, and one poor Light had servd,

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to tell the Chace ; and sing the Goddefs praise ;

till Graftons Duke, and Burlington came down,

to see their Sport, so farr beyond their own ;

then Boyle, by instinct all divine began,

is this an Edifice for such a Band ?

I'll have the Honour to erect a Room,

shall Cost Diana's Train, but such a Sum ;

they all agreed, and quickly paid it down,

and now, there stands a sacred Dome [Foxhall], Confes't

the finest in the Country, most admird.
iH m * *

And now the Silvan Queen began to think.

Recruits would soon be wanting, to her Train,

young Novices She brought incUn'd to Sport,

and plac'tem all under Ropero's care ;

to be innitiate in her Rural Rights,

and learn of him, the practice of the Field ;

The Downy N[assau] first she brought, a Youth,

well made, and fair Boltona's chiefest care,

and then tall W[es]t, of Old Patrician Race,

whose warlike Ancestors at Bosgrove lye,

this Youth adept, to all he undertook,

soon took to hunting, and forsook his Book ;

the Old Man pleas'd, with so apt a Schollar

calld him his Son ; and wisht for such another,

W — t in return, did all he could to please,

he walkt, he talkt, he drefs't, his bootes, his Sleeves,

nay more his very shape, was grown like his.

But Lo ! the fatal Catastrophe draws near,
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in health, yet all his Strength and vigour gone ;

at Findon, he and Herbert, Sportsman true,

and Andrew, his most fiiithful Freind, went out

to Mountain Furres, fatal was the day !

A Fox just found ; gett on he cryes I and then,

that Instant fell, and Life that instant fled.

and thus llopero dy'd, at Eighty fower

a quick and sudden death, and in the Feild ;

could Julius Cesar ere' have wisht for more ? *

B — ns Great Duke, now him succeeds, in all

the whole comand of hounds as Grosveneur,

the Train encreases, and the Sport goes on,

pleasing were all the DeUan Virgin's Rules,

and happy was great Georges gentle Reign

and now Diana's leave first askt, there came,

from different parts, Sportsmen of difFrent Names,

from Adrians wall, two Nothern Peers there were

Montrose — the Duke, and Forester the Lord ;

with H[oneywoo]d the Gay, and K[ir]k the Grave,

a stripling too, who to the first was kin

sedate he was, and sly, and hunting lov'd.

as visitors, came full many a one,

of Germans, French, and Irish one, to see

the Sufsex Sport, or 'tast a Charlton pye.

then Graftons Duke, and farming Hallifax,

and W[alpo]lls Lord, and D[elawar]r, once W — st,

their diffrent Pallaces and. Stables had,

the gentle soft and meagre J[enniso]n,

from Humbers banks, on little Toby came.

G[odolphi]n too, would once essay to see,

* Assuredly not !
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on foot, for fear ; the side hill Chace, the best

when winds sett right, and Foxes take that way,

and Ch[urchi]ll — Ch — s best Rider in New Park,

for there is Scope, to lay his Courser out ;

but such as he, the Goddefs did disdain,

so gave him back to Venus, and the ]M[ai]ds.

the Ciprian Queen was not content with him,

her thoughts, were fixt on Delias choifest man,

whose breast, nor she nor Cupid yet had toucht.

A Nutt Brown Wench,* with Lightning in her Eyes,

white Teeth her Beauty, and a warbUng voice,

outdid herselfe, in acting of Distrefs :

admird by all, but most by B[olto]ns Grace;

The Queen of Love, who watcht him smild with Joy,

he's mine she Cryd, I have him he's my own ;

long Obdurate, he has my Laws refus'd,

but he'll repair that Crime by Constant Love.

Now, he to Charlton for awhile did come,
unwilling and asham'd to Leave the Sport ;
till forc'd at last, by Loves resistlefs power,
resignd his place, and Hounds, and left the Court.

Diana vexd, at being thus beguild
by venus, and that wicked Imp her boy,
resolves to trye how Hymen would agree
with early rising, and with long Fatigue ;
then strait on vigrous Lenox She does pitch,
who oft from Goodwood near, did use to come,

* An actress, called Lavinia Fenton (celebrated for her rendering of
" Polly Peachem"), whom the Duke of Bolton married.

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to pay her homage, at her stately Dome ;
he gladly takes the proferrd place, but begs,

that D r sub-Governor may be,

to keep her Rights, and Rule, when Absent he,

at Aubignie, or Georges Court, must be.

consent She Gives, and thus approves his choice ;

he lov'd Ropero, and Ropero him.

In Rufus wastes, he bears despotick sway,

where Bolderwood high elevated stands,

there in the Spring the hounds shall allways go,

there end the Sport, and pleasing dreams retain,

while basking in the Summer Sun they Lye.

That Care be his, to see them kept all clean,
to view their kennells oft, and see them feed,
to register their names, and how they'r bred ;
that Incest, foule, may never once intrude
to spoile the race, and vitiate the Blood,
be it likewise his Studyd Care, to choose
the proper shape, well bon'd, and wind with Nose,
let not thin beauty ever tempt his mind,
to make a Nurse of Female kind so shap'd,
nor of the males, a Stalhon ere to choose,
because at head, he once did foremost run ;
let Just proportion be in both the Rule,
what Shapes in this are wrong, let that Amend ;
in this. Idea Strong, must be his Guide,
and trust to nature what she will produce ;
let crofsings of the Kind be most his Care,
for hounds incestous bred, will soon be Currs,
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because the whelps by steady hounds were gott,

the Sexes both, must not with age be worn,

a youthful hound of three years old, well try'd

for wind and Stoutnefs, and Sagacious nose,

when North East wind, or frost exhaled leaves

the Tainted Turfe, or Fox got far before,

by Cunning turn, the scent by youth orerun,

when they do wildly stare, or rattling Fly

to every thing they smell, or takes their Eyes ;

then he, if backward soon he Casts to try,

shows innate Judgement, in a hound so young.

to him, a wise old Female put, who is

at most but six or seven years, well known

for finding first, or hitting faults, the same ;

or to a vnse and aged steady hound,

in Forreign pack, or in my own remarq'd,

his Pedigree, and most of all his nose ;

to him Conjoin a Bitch of two years old,

whose blood, without a Stain long clean has run,

altho' no wisdom yet she ere has shown,

her projeny will answer all his care,

both Strength, and Beauty, thus will they produce,

whereas old age, in both will still Deceive his hopes,

beware another Error, seen too Oft

in many Sportsmen, when their Youth is past ;

they breed for speed, when they no more can ride,

prepostrous thing ! a Boy I could forgive.

All hounds while Young too hard are apt to run,
they lead with Ignorance, and Burst the rest,
who breathlefs come, to mend the faults they make ;

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which done, away again they heedlefs fly,
despise the wiser heads of middle age,
till off their speed, or foild, with sheep,
UnwiUingly, submit to them to guide
the future Chace, in hopes of getting Blood.

Tis this, with care avoid, tho his great weight,

and even yours, should be a reason good ;

to teach you both, what hounds you ought to breed.

But since Ropero, and his Freind likewise,

in this one article did both mistake ;

I cant too much enjoyn this future care ;

remember this, that scenting days are rare,*

the reason why, e'en to my selfe unknown,

natures dark works, as yet to us untold,

consider then what hounds, without good Nose

can do, when cold East winds shutt up all pores,

nay more, a bright Sun shineing day thats Warm,

will cause the same effect, as rising Storms ;

then Speedy Noselefs hounds will Creep, or Stare,

while right bred, vermin, kind will hunt

and Stick at Marke, and walke a Fox to death.

Nor let him think, tis Shapes alone gives Speed,

in hounds, and horses, both his wind does that,

tis blood gives wind, proportion Just, the rest ;

then Stoutnefs Shines, when breathlefs Jades stand still.

Consult the Country first, for which you'd breed,

for this, or that, must difTrent hounds be bred,

* Too true, and still a mystery, even in these enlightened days.

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my Sussex hills require short backs, and wind,
for no Slight bonelefs baubles those can Climbe.

Early in Spring, let all the puppy's come,

winter Starvelings nere are worth the rearing,

then four or five, he ought at most to keep

of every Litter, they the prettiest markt,

the Spaniel Colour, or the Brown, reject

the Black Tannd Dog, does never take the Eye,

the all white hound, of Snowball kind, dont please,

the black pyed dog, with bright tannd edges round,

with buff, or Yellow head, and white the ground,

be this their Colour, they'l by marks be known.

Let Countrey walks be got, when once they'r weand,

at Butchers , Tanners, Farmers, and such like,

where not ore fedd, theyll keep their Shape and grow,

and some small knowledge learn, by prouling out.

whereas in Towns, they'r often fools, or spoild ;

ten Nurses forty Whelps will raise, each Year,

and ten times two, will Scarce supply the pack.

In Spring, again, CoUecte the Scatter'd youth,

in seperate Kennell let them all be clos'd,

two Moons at least, and blood them all at first,

least madness, mortal bane to all my hounds,

shou'd lurking lye, yet hid in their young veins.

And here good Judgement mostly is requird,
to choose for bony strength, for shape and size,
and all partiallity be then forgott,
the Slaves who tend the hounds, may take the rest,
the Season past, the Youth be then they'r care,

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to make them bold, but still obedient too :

to know their names, to come when calld and this

by daily walking out, in Couples Joind ;

till Autumn does draw near, the Game yet weak,

take out some few, with them, some steady hounds,

to find, and guide the yet unknowing Fools ;

till by instinct, by nature taught, they stoop

and know a vermin Scent, for which they'r bred,

avoid the Hare. I cannot that approve,

'Tis Sloth in Summer, or want of Game,

makes northern Sportsmen argue wrong in that ;

their Reason's only this, to make hounds Know,

when right, when wrong, and mind the Huntsmans rate,

my hounds when made no rate at all should hear,

it frights the guiltlefs, and baulks the old,

conscious they seem, expect the coming lash,

at distance humbly creep, or look dismayd ;

nor anxious more to find, they heedlefs walke

behind, and Shew distaste, nor will they beat

the thick grown coverts, whose invoven shades

the listning Fox conceale ; but pafs him by.

whereas when hounds no other Scent do know,

they'll wind him farr, they'l dash unawd by fear,

with emulation fired, they'l drive him out ;

with vermin Scent inspird, they'l tear their Skins,

or loose an Eye, unfelt, whilst in pursuit

with eager hast, they force their Thorny way.

November come, another draught must be,
he then must cast, the oldest worn out hounds,
a thing, ingratefull ! yet it must be done,

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Mars does the same, with old, tho' valUant men.*
the young ones too, by this time tryd, and known,
which enters not, which cannot run, or tires ;
away with such, let all be good he keeps,
and threescore Couple be at least the Stock,
to furnish hounds for thrice a week to Hunt;
and thirty couple at a times enough.

Let Terriers small be bred, and taught to bay,

when Foxes find an unstopt Badjers earthe,

to Guide the Delvers, where to sink the Trench ;

peculiar is their breed, to some unknown,

who choose a fighting biting Curr, who lyes

and is scarce heard, but often kills the Fox ;

with such a one, bid him a Beagle Join,

the smallest kind, my Nymphs for Hare do use,

that Crofs gives Nose, and wisdom to come in,

when Foxes earth, and hounds all bayeing stand.

This beagle blood, for this alone allow'd,

reject it in the pack in every shape,

the Ignorant, who oft have bred too high,

do falsly think, the Nose thus to regain,

the Crofs is wrong, it alters quite the breed,

makes Fox hounds hang, and Chatter, ore the Scent,

as Vermin blood makes Beagles overrun,

the Beagle, for the Hare alone design'd,

tho' Foxhounds some so falsly term, when small ;

if he marks well these hints, he cannot err.

* Vide the War Office List of Oificers on Half Pay.

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Your Slave [Jack Ware], who guides the Pack, I dont

approve ;
I have one [Tom Johnson] in my thoughts, as yet

Engaged,
with this I prophecy, some dire mischance,
be not dejected, but on me rely.

nor Guides, nor hounds, nor ought, shall wanting be,
whole packs I'll send, and that shall be my care ;
when Lenox thus, with Heart orejoyd replys,
Goddefs of woods, Tremenduous in the Chace,
of Mountain Foxes, and the Savage Race,
my Constant study it shall dayly be,
to mind your orders, and Commands obey,
with awful reverence will your rights maintain,
with hunting Songs still celebrate your praise.

Near Compton, where Ropero us'd to Hunt,
is seen a Castle fam'd for prospect fine,
ore sea, and Land, the view does far Extend,
Upparke tis calld, thus nam'd from Scite so high :
here T[ankervi]lle, the Freind of Monmouth dwelt,
and now a Noble Earl, of Stature low,
and haughty mein, good humourd tho: when pleasd ;
this Castle own'd, and the same Title bore,
his Youth with Northern Sportsmen he had spent,
his Father dead, to Sussex strait he comes,
with large Estate, and vigrous youth endued,
and hounds he'd have, without the Goddefs leave ;
this could not please, because twou'd Interfere,
Diana soon foresaw, it would not last,
She Knew the Youth, so flatterd him a while ;

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at last Contrives, with Lenos he should join,

about two years, this Fickle E — le did well ;

when on a Sudden, he abruptly breaks

all Tyes of Freindship, and from Charleton goes ;

takes halfe the hounds, which chanc't to be the best ;

while thus distrefsd, the Goddefs vows revenge.

another Petty, thoughtlefs, Squire appears,

and he foxhounds, and Coursers too, would keep ;

Diana soon demolisht all his Scheems,

She took away his Pack, and steeds, and all.

but Oh : mishaps ! no pleasure, without pain,

the fatal accident she had foretold,

at last befell her hounds, so much renown'd !

that vilest Slave, the Huntsman, Ware, his name ;

alone, and drunk, went out, and let the Pack

kill fourteen Farmers sheep, all in one day ;

Oh : fatall day ! and fatal so the next,

now melanchoUy scences, each Week produc'd,

some hounds were hangd, some cast, and still the best ;

to France some went, where Farmers nere complain ;

the best thus lost, the rest of little worth,

nay Emperor, that fine tho' wicked dog,

was all besmeard with blood of harmlefs Sheep ;

and Luther* too, Killd Lambs, the Shepherds care.

Enrag'd at this, the Silvan Queen declares

She'l still support her Train, new hounds supply,

her fav'rite Lenos, she one night Surprizd,

in Husko's f Shape, she came, and thus she Spoke ;

* chear up brave youth, for Fortune smiles on thee,

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* the finest Boy, and noblest post, thou hast ;

* the best old huntsman, with no bad hounds I bring,
'accept the present they from Spencer come,

* the youth Oblidges me, and gives them you.

To Bolderwood then strait repair, and there

you'l find Tom Johnsons hounds, and D r,

There Try, and choose the best, and form again
a formidable Pack, for Sussex Downs.

Twas done, the Sport again once more reviv'd,

with Transports new, the youth came posting down,

to Charlton, where new Sportsmen dayly come.

To Hunt, to shoot, to Dine at Goodwood some.

Goodwood I the place where all exoticks are,

from Cooks Exotick, to Exotick Bears ; *

but there too. Conjugal i^fFection Shines,

the finest Dutchefs, and the finest Duke,

hail happy Matron, hail most happy wife ;

Still blest, still Lov'd, tho' many years are past,

what amorous planett reignd when this fond pair

were gott, or born, or happily conjoin'd ?

the longest honey moon that ever shin'd,

and then, their blooming projeny to see ;

but Emelias f picture who can draw ?

the pretty 'st, prattling poppett ere was seen,

petitte Tripone, Jollie Mignone des Cieuse,

Soiez benite, soiez en toute heureuse.

* The Duke kept a small menagerie at Goodwood.
f Lady Emily Lennox, afterwards Duchess of Leinster and a celebrated
beauty of her time.

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here Shine the Nymphs, in Amazonian Garbe,
by Deha Trusted to Richmond as care,
Look how the keen Haralda foremost rides*
attended by a Youth on either side.

Fitzw — m, P[embro]ke, now comes cantring on,
of Gracefull Stature, this Hibernian Maid,
her Size and Limbs for Hercules a IMatch ;
some other Nymphs, at sundry times did come,
but these their beauty, or Complexion feard,
so soon returnd, for softer sports prepar'd.

A hundred speedy Coursers now are seen,

by diffrent names they each distinguisht stand

in seppr'ate stalls, attended by a Boy,

and one Sage Groom, does all those Boys Comande

each Sportsman has his stalls, and Groom apart,

(who also try's his Master to direct)

more regular than formerly was seen,

the whole, in every part does now appear ;

with velvet Caps, in Azure Vests they'r Clad,

with Golden loops alike, they all are made,

and each for use, wears couples at his side.

A warm, but small Apartment, each one has,

the Dukes alone appears magnificent,

conspicuous it stands [Foxhall], above the rest

And uniform, and nearest to the Dome.

the Albian Duke [St. Albans], the next best Pallace owns,

Just in the Centre of the Village, where

in Sacred Spott, white pallizado'd round

* I cannot put a name to this lady.

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appears a Mast Erect, of Monstrous height,

on top of which fly's waving with the Wind,

the Emblemattick Standard of the Queen

of Woods, whose favrite Colour's always green,

in which a Golden running Fox is seen,

and near, in verdant Feild inclosd, thro' which

the Lavant winding runs, and Lends his aid,

to clean three spacious kennells for the hounds,

who here all walke, to stretch their StifFned Limbs,

and in this Feild, the Governor resides ;

from whence he sees the JNIanagement of all.

And here a regular Front, full South appears,

a double Pallace, which three Freinds did rear.

The Strong Cavendo [Devonshire] owns the part of one,

Fauquier his Freind, in Attick Story Sleeps,

young Furious H[arcour]t, did the other build,

and great was the Expence and charge of both.

Adjoining this a large old Fabrick stands,

and three Northumber Youths, in that Do Dwell,

then East of this, close by the Lavant side,

a certain Br[igadier Honywood] has built his Hutt,

here he, his Slaves, and Strong made Coursers all,

with Pompey too, under one Thatch do Lye.

'tis thus we're told, the Tartars fierce still dwell,

fond of their Horses, of their dogs as fond ;

some more there are, but not worth remark,

where some, as little worth do sometimes come.

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CHAPTER IV

FROM THE HUNT PEDIGREE
BOOKS, ETC.

ROPER'S DEATH

In the " Hound Book," and quaintly sandwiched in
amongst the list of his hounds, appears the old Squire's
obituary notice. And yet, perhaps, the place is not so
inappropriate, for we are told that his was "a quick and
sudden death, and in the Feild " ; and surely this grand old
sportsman of eighty-four would have wished to have his end
recorded in no better fashion than amongst the names of
the faithful four-footed friends that were at once the pride
and dehght of his existence, and the witnesses of his
departure for the happy hunting-grounds of which he had
so truly earned the right of membership I

Mem"".

On the 26 Feb^. 1722/3 being Shrove Tuesday M'.
Roper died att Monckton Furzes.

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PROPRIETORS OF THE HOUNDS

1721.— Mr. Roper & Duke of Bolton.

1722.— Ditto.

1723.— Duke of Bolton alone.

1724.— Ditto.

1725.— Ditto.

1726.— Ditto.

1727.— Ditto.

1728.— Ditto.

1729. — Duke of Richmond & Earl of Tankerville.

1730. — Duke of Richmond, Earl of Tankerville, &

Gorton Orme, Esq*".
1731. — Duke of Richmond sole proprietor.

FORMATION OF THE CHARLTON HUNT

(from Hound Book)

At the Oeneral Meeting of the Members of the Charlton

Hunt held at the Bedford head Tavern in London.

On Sunday January 29'\ 1737/8.

Annual Meeting — Present.

Lord DelawaiT, in the

Chair.
Duke of Grafton.
Duke of Richmond.
Duke of St. Albans.
Earl of Godolphin.
Earl of Lifford.

Vise'. Harcourt.
Lord Hen. Beauclerk.
Lord Nafsau Paulet.
Hon"«. Jn. West.
Count Mau'^«. of Nafsau.
R'. Hon^'«. W'^ Conolly,

Esq'.
S'. Hen. Liddal, Bar*.

Major Gen'. Kirke.
Colonel Huske.
Rich''. Honywood, Esq'.
Ralph Jennyson, Esq^.
Edw*. Paunceford, Esq'.
W". Fauquiere, Esq^
Mons'. de Marpon.

The Duke of Richmond proposed to form the INIembers
of this Hunt into ii regular Society, which was agreed to

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Nemine Contradicente & the following Articles were
Resolved on and subscribed by the Members then present
and afterwards by the Absent Members, viz.

It is this Day agreed by Us whose Names are hereunto
subscribed, that no Person shall be of the Charlton Hunt,
who was not an Original Subscriber to the Building of the
Great Room at Charlton or a Subscriber to this Agreement
unlefs admitted under the following Rules.

1°'. No person to be admitted but by Ballot.

2*^. Any person that is desirous to be admitted a
Member of the Hunt must be proposed at Charlton, by one
of the Society, and his name affixed up in the Great Room
at Charlton, in the Form and manner following, viz.

1 recommend to be a Member of the Charlton

Hunt. As Witnefs my hand

3'"'^. The person proposed is not to be Balotted for, in lefs
than seven Days after his name is affixed up in the Great
Room at Charlton ; Nor is such Ballot to be by lefs than
nine persons of the Society, and the Ballot to be betwixt
the hours of Four & Eight in the Afternoon.

4*^ One black Ball is an Exclusion.

5*^ No person so excluded to be put in Nomination
again that Year.

6*^ If any Member of the Hunt is defirous that a Friend
may come to Charlton, he must first ask the Consent of
Such Members as are at that time at Charlton, which Leave
must be obtained by Ballot of the Members then present,
if they are not lefs than three in number Provided such
person so admitted, does not Stay more than the Space of

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8 days ; and the person so brought down, is to have his
Expences defrayed by the Member that recomends him.

7^^. If any Stranger is seen in the Field a hunting, he
may be invited that day by any of the Company and his
Reckoning to be paid by the persons then present.

8*^. The Duke of Richmond to bring whoever he pleases
from Goodwood to Dinner at Charlton.

9^^. Any Additional Article may be made by a Ballot of
nine persons, such Ballot to be in the Great Room at
Charlton to be determined by the Majority.

10^''. If any Dispute arise about the meaning of any of
the above written Articles, it shall be decided by the
^lajority of the Members prefent, at the General Annual
Meeting in London.

Names of the Original Subscribers {that are now
living) to the Great Room at Charlton.

The Duke of Grafton.
The Duke of Bolton.
The Duke of Devonshire.
The Duke of Newcastle.
The Earl of CarUsle.
The Earl of Burlington.
The Earl of Litchfield.
The Earl of Godolphin.
The Earl of Halifax.
The L*^. Visco*". Lonsdale.
The Lord Delawarr.

The Lord Lovell.
The R^ Hon'^^^ Hen. Pelham.
The Hon'^^^ L^ Genl Compton.
Count Maurice of Nafsau.
The Hon^'^ Arth^ Lowther,

Esq'.
The Hon^^^ S'. W^. Gage.
The Hon^'^ S'. Cha^ Wells.
Lieu*. Gen'. Honey wood.
Major Gen\ Churchil.
Robert Colvile, Esq*".

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Charlton.

Sunday: the 12^^ of February. 1737/8.
Being the first meeting after the regulating of the Society.

Edward Pauncefort,
Esq'"., in the Chair.

Present.

Duke of Richmond.
Duke of S'. Albans.

Brig'. Hen''. Hawley.
W". Fauquiere, Esq'.

William Fauquiere Esq^ ask'd the consent of the
members present for his brother Francis Fauquiere Esq^ to
come down to Charlton for eight dayes

It was accordingly balloted for in the manner Prescrib'd
in the sixth Article. And it was agreed to accordingly.

Tuesday 21 Feh^. 1737/8.

L*. DeLawarr, in the

Chair.
D. of Richmond.
D. of S». Albans.
Lord Harcourt.

Present.

Brigadier Hawley.
Rich'*. Honeywood,

Esq'.
W"". Fauquiere, Esq^
S'. Henry LiddeU.

S'. Robert Guideford.
Edw*. Paunceford, Esq'.
Ralph Jenison, Esq'.
M'. de Marpon.

The following, By Law was proposed and ballotted for
and carried in the affirmative.

That any Gentleman of the Neighbourhood or any
Gentleman that shall happen to be in the country, may be
invited to dinner by any of the Members of the Society.

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Charlton: Feb. 25'\ 1738/9.

Lord Hen''. Beauclerk,

in the Chair.
Duke of Richmond.

Present.

Duke of S'. Albans.
Hon'''«. John West.
Brig'. Hawley.
Rich*^. Honywood, Esq^

Edward Paunceford,

Esq'.
Will". Fauquiere, Esq^
Richard Meggott, Esq^

The following by-Law, was proposed, & ballotted for,
& carried in the affirmative. That every member of the
Charlton Hunt that has been at Charlton, any time dureing
the hunting season, & every new member, is to pay his
proportion of the extraordinary that year, & in case the new
member does not come, the Person that proposed him, to
pay for him.

Charlton: 24 Feh'\ 1744/5.
Present.

Ralph Jennison, Esq''.,

in the Chair.
D. of Richmond.
D. of S». Albans.

E. of Lincoln.

V. Harcourt.

Si-. John Miller, B*.

Ed. Pauncefort, Esq'"

Capt". Carpenter.
Will. Battine, Esq"".,

Sen'.
Will. Battine, Esq'.,

Jun"-.

This day The Duke of Richmond proposed that the
Earl of Dalkeith should have leave to dine at Foxhall,
which upon ballot was granted.

Then after dinner The Earl of Dalkeith was balloted
for, k. admitted a member of this Society.

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At the King^s Arms Tavern, Pallmall,
Sunday 28 January, 1749/50.

Annual Meeting — Present.

Duke of Richmond, in

the Chair,
Duke of Grafton,
Marquis of Granby,
Earl of Dalkeith,
Earl of Lincoln,
Earl of Loudoun.
Earl of Home,
Earl of Sufsex,
Earl of Harcourt,
Lord Vise*, Bury,
Lord Vise*. Trentham.

Lord Vise*. Howe.
Lord Vise*, Downe,
Lord Rob*. Manners.
Lord Delawar,
Lord Ched worth.
Lord Ravensworth,
Hont'«, Will. Keppell,
Hon"^ John West.
Hon'''^, CoP. Walde-

grave,
S^ Rob*. Smith, Bar*.
Adm^ Townshend.

L*. Gen'. Count Luches.
Lieu*. Gen^ Huske.
Will-". Conolly, Esq"".
Ralph Jenison, Esq^
W", F. S. Paul, Esq^
James Peachy, Esq"',
H. Vane, jun"^., Esq^",
G, B. Brudenell, Esq^
Cha^ Churchill, Esq^
Cap*, H. Norris,
Edw^, Sedgwick, Secry,

Prosperity to Charlton, the INIemory of INI". Roper, &
several other Healths were drank.

A Motion was made.

That from and after this 28^^^ day of January 1749-50,
no person shall be ballotted for, to be a Member of this
Hunt, according to the 3*^ Article, that shall be within
twenty measured miles of Charlton, at the time of such
Ballot, unlefs his Habitation should be within that distance,
and in that Case, he may be ballotted for, according to the
3*^ Article, if he is not within the Village of Charlton,
during the time of the said Ballot, nor any time in the day,
on which such Ballot is to be made.

And the question being put, it was carried in the
Affirmative, nem, contradicente.

and then the Society adjourn'd.

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CHAPTER V

A LIST OF THE DUKE OF
RICHMOND'S HOUNDS

24 Nov'., 1738

Bonny ...

Buxom

Countess

Cocker

Carver...

Careless

Climbank

Cruel f...

Cryer f

Dashwood

Drummer

Diamond

Emily ...

Emperor

Emperor

Edmund f

Gillian . . .

Gamester

Kitty ...

}

By Entered

Polewit & Dashwood 1737

Comfort & Ratler 1733

Madam & Trounser 1736

Kindnefs & Trojan 1736

Comely & Ranter ... ... ... 1737

M'. Orms's Virgin & old Jockey... 1734

Madam & M'. Herbert's Ranter ... 1734

Comfort & D. Rutland's Limner 1734

Orms's Virgin k old Jockey ... 1734

Bridget & Emperor 1737

Madam & Tapster... ... ... 1733

Lovely & Jockey ... ... ... 1733

Comely & Ranter ... ... ... 1737

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Limner
Leudy ...
Mode ...
Mimie ...
Nancy ...
Pompey f
Pompey
Ranter
Ringwood f
Roister
Rover ...
Sally ...
Sing well
Trounser
Tantivy
Tipler ...
Tosser ...
Tipsey ...
Tattle ...
Tickler
Traveller f
Venyf ...
Victor . . .

By
Curious Luther

Entered

1737

Sally & Luther ... ... ... 1737

Maiden & L*^. Tank"*^' ]\Iounter ... 1733

Young Madam k Wildman ... 1736

L'^. Walpole's Crimson & old Cocker 1734

Comfort & Pompey ... ... 1737

Daybel & Ranter ... ... ... 1737

Maiden & L*^. Tank""' Mounter ... 1733

Emily & Gamester ... ... 1736

Frisky & Driver 1732

Madam & M'. Herbert's Ranter ... 1734

Sally & Luther 1736

Busy & Tosser 1737

Emily & Trounser 1737

Cruell & L*^. Tank"*^'' Mounter ... 1732

Comfort & M". S^ John's Ranter 1736

The above twenty one Couple & half were bred by the
Duke of Richmond.

Careless ... Minion & Thumper.

Cruel S'. W°'. Twisden's Sempstress &

Mounter.
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Comely
\^SBScir ...
Drummer
Daybel

Doxey f
Didof ...
Finder . . .
IMadam
Merry lass
Musick f
Nelly ...
Pleasant
Ruler ...
Hansom

Ringwood
Sing well
Gillian . . .

Topper
Thunder

By

M'. Pelham's Drinkwell & Trounser.
Bridget & D. Richmond's Cocker.
Nelly & D. Richmond's Wildman.
JM"-. Pelham's Drinkwell & D.
Richmond's Trounser.

Madam & Mounter.

Nancy & IVIounter.

Old Bonny & D. Hamilton's Jugler.

Nelly & D. Richmond's Wildman.

Cruell & Ruler.

Sempstress & Tipler.

Nelly & D. Richmond's Wildman.

Fairmaid & T. Johnson's Con-

queror.
Betty &c D. Richmond's Luther.
... Pallas & M"". Withers 's Snowball.
... M^ Withers's Molly & L^. Craven's
Crowner.
M^ Morley's Dainty & Clouder.
Old Bridget & Morley's Victor.

The above nine Couple and half were given by Lord
Tanker ville in 1737.

Busy . . .

Bowler...
Crowner

From M'. Noel's.

L"*. Craven's Bridget & Warriour.

L"^. Craven Crowner
Andrew's Musick.
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Dido ... ... M''. Andrew's Juno & L*^. Griffin's

Cryer.
Flurry ... ... Conqueror & M^ Andrew's Juniper.

Gaylass . . . M^ Andrew's Fairmaid & M\ Noel's

Kuler.
Lucy ... ... L*^. Cardigan's Wonder & a Dog of

M'. Newby's.
Mopsey ... From M^ Andrews.

•P^ggyf ••• Tom Johnson's Strumpet & ]\P.

Andrew's Jovial.
Rival M'. Andrew's Madam & T.

Johnson's Conqueror.
Tanner ... M\ Herbert's Bridget & T. John-
son's Conqueror.
Trusty A Bitch of L*^. Byron's & M'.

Skipworth's Trusty.

The above six Couple came with Tom Johnson in 1735.

Cruel ... ... S'. Tho. Twisden's Kind.

Darhng ... From S'. John Miller.

Jenny f ... From M^ Noel got by Chanter of

the confederate hunt. Chanter
was full brother to M'". Herbert's
Ranter.

Luther . . . From M"". Herbert vide his Pedigree.*

Phillis ... ...1 From M'. Noel got by a son of

Taker f ...J M"". Thompson's Madcap.

Walcot f ... From ^I^ Noel vide liis Pedigree.

The above three Couple & a half were given hounds.

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Drunkard

Drummer f

Driver...

Dolley...

Darling

Dainty

Ratler ...
Ruler ...

Rifle f...
Ralley ...
Rachel...
Rubyf

Clouder

Carver...

Cloudy

Comfort

Kindness

Blumer f
Belman
Buxom f
Busy ...

Pyman

Goodwood f

Crowner

Capper

Lady f...

By

* ) Dash wood & Emily

Entered

1738

I L''. Tankerville's Ruler & Busy ... 1738

Crowner & Kindness

1738

Emperor & Comely

Emp'. &; L*^. Tankerville's Princess
Crowner & Molley...
From M'. Herbert.

1738

1738
1738

The above thirteen Couple were entered this year
In all fifty-three Couple and a half.

1738.

Crowner f

Belongs to David, & given him by
M'. Morley.

N.B. Those marked thus, f, with a crofs, were
death of the famous bitch fox, kil'd at South
Jan. 26, 1738-9. (Page 67.)

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The Pedigree of Luther sent to the Duke of Richmond by
M\ Bright of Badsworth, 1733.

S'. John Tyrwit's M'. Chaworth's Lord Byron's
Lifter. Comely. Bouncer.

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Lot. Bloomer.

L*^. Cardigan's
Lot. Tospot.

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Limner.

Rackit.

Luther.

L^. Cardigan's
Sussex Gamester.

M'. Huddleston's
Blameless.

M'. Vernon's

BIvEWCAP.

Bluebell,

from M^ Vernon

of Staffordshire.

JM'. Roper's
Tipler.

S'. W". Wyndham's
Transome. Ruler.

Rackit.

Limner.

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CHAPTER VI

EXTRACTS FROM THE DUKE'S DIARY

(ABOUT 45 DAYS' HUNTING)

In making these extracts from my ancestor's diary I have
endeavoured to select days which struck me as being note-
worthy by reason of some quaint expression, or unusual
incident, recorded by his pen.

And if my readers should find a sameness throughout
the accounts of the 45 days' hunting which I have tran-
scribed from the yellow pages (still rough with the sand
with which they were freely sprinkled in those pre-blotting
paper days) I crave their indulgence, inasmuch as the
" embarras de richesses " with which I found myself engaged
made it difficult to decide where to draw the line.

It will be noticed that each entry is headed by a list of
the horses that were sent out ; and that the Hunt Servants
appear in the right-hand column.

Mr. St. Paul was the Duke's stud groom. He was a
Frenchman, and came from the Richmond estate of
Aubigny, the residence of Louise de Querouaille, Duchess
of Portsmouth, and mother of the first Duke of Richmond.

But as for Tom Leaver, Will Macey, Joe Budd and
others who appear so constantly in these pages, there is
little, if anything, to be gleaned concerning them.

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They were undoubtedly local sportsmen in some way
connected with the Establishment of the Hunt.

Horses in

my Stable.

Horses in

the Huntsmen's
Stable.

Grey Carey.
Looby.

S^ William.
Slug.

Badger.
Frost face.

Windsor.
Forrester.

Sturdy lump.
Saucy face.
Cheat.

Gin.

Royal.

Fidler.

Post boy.

Pickadilly.

Spot.

Crop.

Walker.

Goliah.

Tuesday: Nov'. 21, 1737.

Gin

My Self.

Windsor ...

Tom Johnson.

Grey Carey

Tom Leaver.

Frost face...

David.

^neat ... ...

Joe Budd.

Walker . . .

Nim.

Found at the Willum, nine couple ran of with Lord de
Lawarr, over Bow hill to Charlton forrest, East dean wood,
Teglees, & back to Crows hole, the rest went with an other
fox to the Haslet, & because of my Lord Tankervilles
hounds made nothing of the scent, so try'd back to the
Willum, & from thence to Phillis Wood, where they found
a fresh fox, & ran several rings in the same wood, IMuncton
Parke, & Lukenor's Cops's, then over Cocking warren to the
Marios, then back to Lewknors Cops's, Sadlers Furz,
Muncton Furz, & to Muncton Parke, where wee took off, it
being night, & all the horses tired.

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Thuesday

: Nov^ 23.

Looby

My Self.

Badger

Tom Johnson

Slug

Will :Macey.

Pickadilly...

David.

Royal

Tom Leaver.

Spot

Nim.

Saucy face ...

]M^ S^ Paul.

Found in the Valdy, where the hounds ran several rings,
most excessively hard, for half an hour, then broke cover by
Heberdens feilds, over Binderton down, then down by
Binderton Farm, up to Crows hole, from thence directly up
Bow hill, down to Chilgrove, & from thence towards the
warren, along Chichester road, butt headed back again up
Bow hill, over to a Rue between the Willum, & East
Harden, where wee kil'd him, a dog Fox.

Tuesday : Nov'. 28.

Looby

My Self.

Badger

Tom Johnson

Slug

Will Macey.

Pickadilly

David.

Royal

Tom Leaver.

Spot

Nim.

Saucy face . . .

]\r. S^ Paul.

Try'd the Valdy butt the hounds did not find, yett a fox
stole away from the same cover behind us, & was seen &
hallood by the Duke of S^ Albans, Lord De Lawarr &:c ;
then went & found in Stoke Cops's, from whence wee ran
directly to Adsden, & there to ground, Nim Ives stay'd &
dug her, a bitch Fox, (butt she was brought home & given
to the hounds on Thursday, her under jaw being broke &
the young hounds wanting blood.) Then wee went to the
Willum, found imediatly, k ran several rings in the

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Badger

.. Tom Johnson.

Crop ... .

. David.

Walker .

. Nim.

Innums, Pittlands, Haslet, & back to the AVillum ; then
back to the Haslet, where I lost them, then they went to
Stansted Forrest, & there it beeing dark, they took off the
hounds.

Wednesday : Dec'. 6.

Sturdy lump My Self.

Gin Joe Budd.

Grey Carey Tom Leaver.

Royal ... Tom Dorden.

Found in Lewknors Cops's, run over the Hills above
Moncton Parke to Treford hanger, & from thence to the
Cops's below Hartin beacon, where the wind was so high,
wee could make nothing more of the scent, then in our way
home wee found a fresh fox, at the Marios, who ran directly
to the side Hills below Cocking warren, to Treford hanger,
&i. down to Bepton, from whence he went over to the
Comons, & so to Stedham where they kil'd him, a Dog Fox.
N.B. nobody besides the huntsmen were at the death butt
Lord James Cavendish.

Frost face

Tom Johnson.

Goliah

David.

Spot

Nim.

Munday: Dec', ll*^

Grey Carey My Self.

Gin Tom Leaver.

Fidler Joe Budd.

Found in the upper Teglees, took a turn round the
Teglees, over Eastdean Comon, through Randals bottom,
the upper Teglees again, over The Hill & Duncton road to
Duncton Chalkpit, through Borlavington hanger, up
through Hasle Coomb, over the top of farm Hill, through

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the feilds by twines, up Littleton bottom to Nomans land,
through the Binges to Sellers parke, & went into a Rabbit
berry, butt David pul'd her out by the leg, & lett her run off
in view of the hounds that kil'd her about five hundred
yards farther in the Binges, an old Bitch Fox.

Gin

Grey Carey

Royal ...

MuNDAY : Dec^ 18.

ISIy Self.
Tom Leaver.
Joe Budd.

Badger

Tom Johnson

Forrester ...

Billy Ives.

Goliah

David.

Fidler

Nim.

Found in the farther Feilders Furz, ran to the great
Feilders Furz, thence through M"". Ormes ground, up
GrafFam Hill to Eastdean wood, into Charlton Forrest,
back into Eastdean wood, & there went to ground in a
small hole, butt was dug out in a quarter of an hour, &
kil'd, an old Dog Fox.

N.B. I had two new Geldins come down.

Grey Carey
Ginn ...

Royal

Saucy face .

1738.
Saturday : Jan. 6.

Windsor
Goliah

My Self.
Tom Leaver.
Joe Budd.
M^ S^ Paul.

Walker . . .
Frost face...

Tom Johnson.
David.
Nim.
Billy Ives.

Found in Trumley Cops, ran to Cuckold-lee Crowshole,
up Bow hill by Bradley bushes, almost to the Willum, butt

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turn'd short back round by M^ Knights sumer house, down
through Westdean Warren, then up to the Hill, between
Binderton & Midlavant, then cross the Lavant up to the
Windmill upon Rooks Hill, then down Rooks hill to the
Valdy, from thence to Westerton, Sallycops, Hatt hill,
down through Strickland's Furz to Charlton Cops. There
by a false hallow lost the scent, being then at a dead fault
tho'. Try'd over the Harrow-ways, to the Valdy, Good-
wood Parke, Stricklands Furz, Eastdean Parke, & Charlton
Cops, butt could never recover the scent. It was afterwards
thought that the fox went to ground, amongst the Elder
trees by Goodwood Parke lodge, which was likely enough
because the hounds carry'd no scent beyond the corner of
the Parke Pale by the Valdy.

Thursday: Jan. 11

th

Slug

My Self

Looby

Tom Leaver.

v^neat ... ...

Joe Budd.

S'. William

Will Macey.

Badfifer ... Tom Johnson.

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Pickadilly . . . David.
Spott ... Nim.
Lord Harcourts
Grey Hawley Billy Ives.

Found in Stoke Cops's, run through Stoke Coney Cops
to Adsden wood, down by Racton Farm, to Bourne,
Bourne Comon, Stansted Forrest, so farr the scent was
toUerably carry'd on, butt then the coldest scent that ever
was round Stansted forrest, the new cutt Peices, Stansted
Forrest again, Stansted Parke, over by old Lodge, where the
scent began to mend, then to Watergate hanger, where in a

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hedge Row wee entapis'd * him, & ran him very hard by
Lordington wood to Stansted Parke, Stansted Forrest, the
new cutt peices, to Bourn Comon again, back to Stansted
Forrest, over the Earth at the Syndals to Racton Farm,
then by Lordington, up Adsden down, to Adsden Cops,
down again to llacton Parke, back again by Lordington
Meadows, up to the down, &; into Adsden Cops, & there
they kill'd him, an old Dog Fox.

MuNDAY : Jan. 15.

Grey Carey JNIy Self.

Sturdy Lump Tom Leaver.

Royal Joe Budd.

S^ WiU"\ ... Will Macey.

Saucy face ... M*". S^ Paul.

Windsor ... Tom Johnson.

Goliah ... David.

Walker ... Nim.

A horse of S^

Har^. Liddels Billy Ives.

Try'd the Valdy, Broil Cops, Rows, (where the hounds
kil'd a martin) Rifles, Ashling woods, & all Stoke Cops's
without finding a fox ; butt whilst wee were drawing the
last, a Country Fellow Hallood a fox out of a hedge Row
by Adsden Farm, wee lay'd on to him, & ran him directly
to Stoke Coney Cops, from thence up Kingly bottom to the
top of Bow hill, there turn'd over Stoughton down, all along
Adsden down to Adsden Wood, where in the feilds below
wee lost him. Peck Williams hounds cornering into us,
however wee tryd all round Adsden, & then down to
Stoughton, butt as the night came on, wee took off, & went
home.

* Tapiscd = " lurked, lay hid " (Hearne), quoted in Halliwell's Dictionary
of Archaistns and Provincilisms, 1887. Cf. French, se tapir, " to crouch."

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Wednesday : Jan. 17.

Slug ...
Looby
Fidler... .
S^ William

My Self.
Tom Leaver.
Joe Budd.
M--. S^ Paul.

Badger
Pickadilly...
Frost face...

Tom Johnson.

David.

Nim.

Found a brace of Foxes in Red Cops, David went off
with ten couple of hounds to Halnaker with one, & every
body else follow'd the rest after the other fox through
Sellers Parke, up to nomans land, in S'. INIary Wood, down
into North Wood, as hard as hounds could run, there they
view'd her & kil'd her, a Bitch fox.

Then as wee mis'd David & ten couple of hounds, wee
gott as fast as wee could to Halnaker, where wee heard they
were gon downwards, & at Filkens's hole, wee gott into
them, & then with the whole pack wee ran him by Crocker
hill, through all the enclosures to Norton, from whence they
turn'd short up to Eastham Comon, leaving Crocker hill, &
Boxgrove of the left hand, & up to Eastham Comon feilds,
where in a hedge Row they kil'd him, a Dog fox.

MuxDAY : Jan. 22.

Slug

. JNIy Self.

Badger ... Tom .Johnson.

I^ooby

.. Tom Leaver.

Pickadilly David.

Royal...

Joe Budd.

Spott Nim.

S^ Will™. ..

. M\ S\ Paul.

L"^. De Lawarr's

ball horse Billy Ives.

Found in East Dean wood, ran the side hills over
Heyshot Hanger to the north gate of Charlton Forrest,

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butt came out imediatly by Lord Montagu's cops's to
Hering Dean, into the Forrest again by Foxley Cops, over
Cocking highway, through the marlos to Coney Cops, from
thence back again through the feilds over Cocking high way,
to Cocking course into the Forrest again, through the
Forrest & Eastdean wood, along the side hills, over
Woollavington down, Duncton high way, up through
Duncton Chalkepitt, down Barlavington hanger, through
Burton Parke, old Parke, Red hill, to Coates, leaving
Waltham Parke just on the right hand, over Midhurst
river, by Fitleworth bridge, where wee cros'd ; over the
Comon, to Stopham Common, where the fox was found
dead, wee beleive kil'd by a grey-hound & some currs, an
old Dog Fox. Wee ran two hours & thirty eight minutes,
& the hounds behaved extraordinarly well.

"Wednesday : Jan''^. 24.

Grey Carey
Saucy face ...

Fidler

Infant

S'. William

My Self.
Will Macey.
Joe Budd.
Tom Leaver.
S\ Paul.

Windsor
Post boy
Walker
Forrester

Tom Johnson.
David.
Nim Ives.
Billy Ives.

Found in the Winkin, three couple & a half, with David
took it & went off through Red Cops, Sellers parke, nomans
land, Glatten Beacon, to Glatten hanger, the rest took the
scent counter, & could never come up to the three couple &
a half till Glatton hanger, there in a hedge Row, went to
ground, wee left him to digg, & then wee went & try'd

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Dawtrys hooks, &; Kemps Rough peice, where wee had a
cold drag, which carry 'd us over Slyndon down, Ash Lee,
the Conygates, & so to the Ruel, there wee found, & had
presantly a lease of Foxes on foot, wee ran hard & chang'd
several times, & then the day altering to very bad weather,
& the scent dying every minute, wee took off & came home.
Nimm dugg out a bitch fox, which wee turn'd out of the
Window * at Fox-hall ; he also dug two badgers, & kil'd
them both.

THE GRAND CHASE

Feyday: Jan^ 26.

Slug My Self.

Looby Joe Budd.

Sturdy lump Tom Leaver.

then at Goodwood I took
Saucy Face INIy Self.

S'. Will™. ... Billy Ives.

Badger . . . Tom Johnson.

Pickadilly . . . David.

Walker ... Nim.

Frost face Billy Ives.

Here is the account of the greatest Chase that ever
was: —

A Full (J* Impartial Account of the late remarkable
Proceedings at Charlton,

It has long been a matter of Controversy in the Hunting
World, to what particular Country or Sett of Men, the
superiority of Power belonged. Prejudice, and PartiaUty

* Let us hope it was the ground floor.
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have had the greatest share in their Disputes, and every
Society their proj)er Champions to assert tlie Preeminence,
and bring home the Trophies to their own Country.— Even
Kichmond Park has its Dimmock. But on Friday, the
2Gth of January, 173^, there was a decisive Engagement on
the plains of Sussex, which after ten hours struggle has
settled all future debates, and given the Brush to the
Gentlemen of Charlton.

At a quarter before eight in the morning the Fox was
found in Eastdean wood, and ran an hour in that Cover,
then into the forrest, up to Puntice Coppice, thro' Herring
Dean to the INIarlowes up to Coney Coppice, back thro'
the INIarlowes to the Forrest west gate, over the Feilds
to Nightingale bottom, to Cobdens at Draught, up his
Pine-pitt hanger, (there His Grace of St. Albans gott a
fall) thro' my Lady Lewkner's buttocks, and mist the
Earth, thro' West dean forrest to the corner of Collar
down (where Ld. Harcourt blew his first horse,) crost the
Hacking place down the length of Coney Coppice, thro' the
INIarlow's to Herring Dean into the Forrest, and Puntice
Coppice, East Dean Wood, the lower Teagles, cross by
Cocking course, down between Graffam and AVoolavington,
thro' JNIr. Orm's park and paddock, over tlie heaths to
Feilder's Furses, to the Hurlands, Selham, Amersham, tln-o'
Totham Furses, over Totham heatli almost to Cowdrey
park, there turn'd to the Lime-Kiln at the end of Cocking
causeway, thro' Cocking Park and furses, there crossed
the road and up the Hills between Bepton and Cocking.
(Here the Unfortunate Lord Harcourt 's second horse felt
the Eflect of long Legs and a sudden sleep, the best

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thing belonging to him was his saddle which my Lord had
secured, but by bleeding and Geneva (contrary to the Act
of Parliament) he recovered, and with some difficulty was
got home, here INIr. Fouqueir's Humanity claims your
regard, who kindly sympathised with my Lord in his
Misfortunes, and had not power to go beyond him.) At
the bottom of Cocking warren the Hounds turned to the
left, across the road by the Barn, near Herring-dean, then
took the side hills to the north gate of the Forrest, (here
B"". Hawley * thought it prudent to change his horse, for a
True-hlew that staid upon the Hills, B. Ives hkewise took a
horse of Sr. Harry Liddels) went quite thro' the Forrest
and run the Foil, thro' Nightingale bottom, to Cobdens at
Draught, up his Pine-pitt hanger, to my Lady Lewkner's
buttocks, thro' every INIeuse she went in the morning, went
thro' the Warren above Westdean, where we dropt Sr. H.
Liddel, down to Binderton Farm, (here Ld. Harry sunk)
up to Binderton down, thro' Hayes bushes, Beechley
bushes, to the Voldi, through Goodwood Park, (here the
Duke of Richmond chose to send three lame Horses back
to Charlton, and took Saucy-Face and Sr. Wm. that were
very luckily at Goodwood) from thence at a distance
Ld. Harry was seen driving his Horse before him to
Charlton. The hounds went out at the upper end of the
Park up to Stretington road, by Sally Coppice (where his
Grace of Richmond got a somerset) through Hahiaker Park
over Halnaker hill to Sebbige farm, (there the Master of
the Stag-hounds, Cornet Honeywood, Tom Johnson, and

* A celebrated soldier of the day, he earned a reputation for relentless
severity towards enemies of the Crown, notably in the '45 rebellion.

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Nim Ives were thoroughly satisfied) up long-down, thro'
Eartham common Feild to Kemp's high wood. (Here
B. Ives tired his second Horse, and took Sr. Wm. by which
the Duke of St. Albans had no great coat, so returned to
Charlton.) From Kemps high wood the hounds broke
away thro' the Gumworth AVarren, Kemps rufF-piece, over
Slindon down, to Madhurst Parsonage where Billy came in,
with them over Poor down, up to Madhurst down,
Houghton Forrest where His Grace of Richmond, B^".
Hawley, and Mr. Pauncefort came in, the latter to little
purpose, for beyond the Ruel hill, neither Mr. Pauncefort,
or his Horse Tinker cared to go, so wisely returned to his
Impatient, Hungry Friends. Up the Ruel Hill, left
Sherwood on the right hand, crost OfFam hill to Southwood,
from thence to South Stoke to the Wall of Arundell river,
where the Glorious Twenty Three Hounds putt an end to
the Campaign, and killed The Old Bitch Fox, 10 mints,
before six. Billy Ives, His Grace of Richmond, and B'.
Hawley were the only Persons at the Death, to the
Immortal Honour of 17 stone ; and threescore, and at least
as many Campaigns.

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The Measure of the Fox Chase that was run Friday

Jan. 26, 1738-9.

Jan. 31 begun From the East Side of
East Deane wood to the lower Tegleys,
Buckleys, Mr. Orme's Park, Northwood
Farm, Selham Furzes, Fielders Hop
Garden, by Selham Barn, thro the in-
closed fields belonging to Selham and
Ambersham, to Ambersham Furzes, over
the Brook by Dunford Farm, to Aukers
Furze, cross Cocking Causey by the lime
kiln, to paddocks wood, Henly Coppice,
halfpeny wood, then cross the london
road, up by Herring-Dean Barn, to
Suncoombe, over Cocking Course to
Puntys Coppice, thru the Forrest by the
Stone Table, to Nightingale bottom, thro
the Hangers to Draught, up pine-pit Cop-
pice, to Downley house, WhistUng-alley
Coppice, Heydon Barn, Cross the South
end of AVest-Deane AVarren, by Binder-
ton Farm, up the Downs by Hayes
Bushes, thro Bickleys Bushes, cross the
inclosures into Valdy, thro Goodwood
Park and out at the upper Gate, the Miles. Furl. Rod.
whole in lengfth ... ... ... ... 24 6 31

'o'

Feb. 1 begun From Goodwood upper
Gate, cross above Saily Coppice to Lady
Derbys Rookwood, over by Halnaker

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windmill to Sebidge Farm, over long
Down, Eartham Common field, quite
thro Mr. Kemps high wood to the raild
peice, thro the inclosures to Slyndon in-
Down, to ^ladhurst parsonage, over
Madhurst down to Fair mile, thro the
inclosures to Madhurst Church and so to
Houghton Forrest, cross the road by the
way post, over Houghton Down, to South
wood, thro the inclosed fields of South
Stoke down to the Brooks, where the
wheel could not follow him. Miles. Furl. Rod.

the whole in length ... ... 11 3 24

AUowd for the Brooks, by JNIr.

Gideons's opinion ... ... ... 1 0 0

Allowd by Billy Ives for the 3 hours

running in Cover ... ... ... 20 0 0

57 2 15

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The Glorious Twenty Three Hounds that were at the
Death of the Bitch Fox below South Stoke, after
having run her from a quarter before Eight in the
Morning, till ten minutes before Six in the Evening,
on Friday the 26th of January, 1738-9.

Old Hounds.

Young Hounds

Pompey.

Buxom.

Doxy.

Ruby.

Taker.

Rifle.

Jenny.

Bloomer.

reggy.

Goodwood.

Dido.

Lady.

Musick.

Crowner.

Ringwood.

Drummer.

Lawyer.

Cruel.

Veny.

Edmund.

Walcut.

Cryer.

Traveller.

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Tuesday :

Feb. 13"\

S'. William

My Self.

Badger

Tom Johnson

Grey Carey

Will INIacey.

Forrester ...

Billy Ives.

Cheat

Joe Budd.

Goliah ...

David.

Infant

M\ S\ Paul.

Spott.

Nim.

Sturdy lump

L*\ JNIolyneux's
huntsman.

Found in the Valdy, went out for the sand pitts, butt
turn'd Short back to the Valdy, through Goodwood Parke,
over hasteds down, through the Winkin, North-hanger,
erofs the East-dean road, up the Teglees hill, through both
upper & Lower Teglees to East Dean wood, & Charlton
Forrest, there Ives chang'd, & after some turns to Herring
Dean, out by the barn, all along the Downs, over Cocking
Course, Hessiod down, WooUavington down, & up Duncton
hill to the Chalke-pit ; down Barlavington hill, by Duncton
Street to the Comon by Burton Parke, there were at a long
fault, & Nim with ten couple of hounds had gon down
before to WooUavington Parke, & was also at a fault, then
the fox was hallow'd up the hill, & both Parcels comeing
up, carry'd the scent into East-dean wood, from thence to
the lower Teglees, where she went to ground, &; a Terryer
kill'd her, a bitch Fox.

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Thursday

^ : Feb. 15.

Looby

My Self.

Fidler

S^ William

Will Macey.

Walker

Saucy face

Joe Budd.

Billy Ives

Baby

Tom Johnson.

his own mare

Royal

John Eastom,
L*^. JVlolyneux's
huntsman.

David.
Nim.

Found in the Valdy, ran through Goodwood Parke to
Strickland's Furz, over the Harrow ways to East dean
Parke, from thence to Charlton Cops, back again to East
dean Parke, the above holts, north-hanger. Red Cops, the
Winkin, East dean Parke again, Charlton Cops, back to
East dean Parke, above holts, north hanger, & Red Cops
again, so farr a very cold scent, butt from thence the hounds
ran as hard as hounds could run to Halnaker Parke, the
Red-bins, down between Boxgrove Street & Filkens's hole,
by Crocker hill, the back of Norton, down to Aldenbourn,
& between that (Sc Lidsey, they kill'd her, a Bitch Fox.

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LIST OF FINDS AND KILLS, SEASON 1738-9.

1738.

2. Found in the Valdy, butt did not kill.

Thursday, Nov

Saturday, „

Tuesday, ,,

Wednesday, ,,

Munday, „

Wednesday, „

Fryday, „

Munday, ,,

Tuesday, ,,

Thursday, „

Saturday,

Tuesday,

Fryday,

Munday,

Wednesday,

Fryday,
Munday,
Tuesday,
Fryday,

Munday,

Tuesday,
Fryday,

Dec'

4. Found in Farm Wood, dug & kill'd in
North Coomb ...

7. Found in the Valdy, butt did not kill.

8. Found in Phillis Wood, kiU'd in the

Marlows
13. Found in Rou Cops, butt did not kill.
15. Found in Dawtry's hooks, kill'd in

Charlton Forest

17. Found in the Ruel, butt did not kill.

20. Found in Broil Cops, butt did not kill.

21. Found in the Willum, butt did not kill.
23. Found in the Valdy, kill'd by Maj'.

Battines...

25. Found in the Ruel, butt did not kill.

28. Found in the Valdy, kill'd at Adeden ...
1. Found in the Ruel, butt did not kill.

4. Found in the Valdy, kill'd in the Binges
6. Found in Lewknors Cops, kill'd at

Stedham
8. Found in Lewknors Cops, butt did not kill.

11. Found in the Teglees, kill'd in the Binges

12, Found at Burton, butt did not kill.

15. Found in Charlton Cops, kill'd upon
Harteds Down ...

18. Found in Feilder's Furz, kill'd in East

Dean Wood

26. Found in Stoke Cops, kill'd at Stansted

29. Found at the Broil, butt did not kill.

a Bitch.

a Bitch.

a Bitch.

a Dog.

a Bitch,

a Bitch,

a Dog.

a Bitch.

a Bitch.

a Dog.
a Dog.

1735.

Munday, Jan'^^. 1.

Found in the Rous, kill'd in Broil Cops

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a Bitch.

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Fry day, Jan'y. 5.

Saturday,
Munday,

8.

Wednesday, ,, 10.

Thursday, ,, 11.

Munday, „ 15.

Wednesday, ,, 17.

Fryday,

19.

»

Munday,

>>

9-?

Wednesday, ,, 24.

Fryday, „ 26.

Munday,

29.

Thursday, Feb. 8.

Saturday,
Munday,

10.

12.

Tuesday,

>)

13

Thursday,

))

15

Saturday,

n

17

Tuesday,

)>

20,

Found in East Dean Wood, kill'd in

Randall bottom
Found in Trumley, butt did not kill.
Found in the Teglees, kill'd in the Teglees
Found in Trumley, kill'd in East Dean

XS^Fi^U ••• ••• ••• ••• y,.

Found in Stoke Cops, kill'd in Adeden

Wood ...

Found by Adeden, butt did not kill.
Found a brace in Red Cops, kill'd one in]

Kemp's high wood, and t'other in>

Eartham Coinon feilds ... ...j

Found in Hebedon Cops, kill'd in Arundel

hanger

Found in Arundel Parke, kill'd in W.

Burton Hanger
Found in East Dean Wood, kill'd upon

Hopham Comon
Found in the Winkin, butt did not kill.

Found in East Dean Wood,
kill'd below South Stoke.
The Great Chase

Found in Dawtrys hooks, kill'd by

Drought
Found in Puntys Cops, butt dug out a

Bitch at Hundon.
Found in East Dean Wood, kill'd in

Charlton Forrest
Found in Dawtrys hooks, kill'd in the

Rooks ...
Found in the Valdy, kill'd in the Teglees
Found in the Vady, kill'd at Alden bourn
Found in the Rooks, butt did not kill.
Found in East Dean Wood, butt did not

kill, however dug out an old Dog

fox.

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a

Bitch.

a

Dog.

a

Bitch.

a

Dog.

a

Bitch.

a

Dog.

a

Bitch.

a

Dog.

a

Dog.

a Bitch.

a Dog.

a Dog.

a Bitch,

a Bitch,

a Bitch.

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Thursday, Feb. 22. Found in Charlton Forrest, butt did not

kill.
Saturday, „ 24. Found in the Rows, butt did not kill.
Muuday, „ 26. Found in Red Cops, butt did not kill.

Ivill'd Dog Foxes ...

...

... 11

Bitch Foxes ...

...

... 16

In all

• • •

... 27 foxes.

Mifs'd killing

• • •

20 times

butt as four foxes were kill'd in twice

going out, wee, hunted in all ... 45 times.

N.B. — 16 weeks & four dayes at three times a

week makes ... ... ... ... 50 hunting dayes.

and the hounds being purg'd did not go

out for 8 days, so deduct ... ... 4 days.

remain

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MuNDAY : Nov". 5^^

Bamfeild
Grey Carey
x^neciL ... .
Slug ...
Jumper

INIy Self.
Will Macey.
Joe Budd.
M\ lloper.
IM^ S^ Paul.

Harcourt .
Windsor .
Worsley .
Cardigan. . ,

Tom Johnson.
Will Budd.
David.
Nim.

Found in the Valdy, run over Goodwood warren,
Stricklands Furz's, into East-dean parke, through both
AVinkins, over Lady Derby's sheep down, & at the rails
came to a faidt, so farr the hounds ran very hard, butt after

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several casts from thence, the fox was recovered by
Hahiaker street, & from thence they carry'd a cold scent
over Boxgrove Comon, Eastham Comon, Eastergate Cofnon,
& so into Glyndon Cops, from thence over Glyndon Comon
into Walburton Cops, there they had an entapis, butt to
no purpose, for the vv^ind being excefsively cold at North
East, the hounds could not carry on the least scent, so wee
took off & came home.

Saturday

: Dec^ S'\

Slug

My Self.

Jersey

Tom Johnson

Grey Carey...

Will Macey.

Post boy ...

David.

Bamfeild

Joe Budd.

Worsley ...

Nim.

v^neaL ••• ...

M". Roper.

Frosty face

Jack Row.

Found in the Redbins, ran through Lady Derby's
grounds, her Rookwood, over her sheep-down to Redcops,
North hanger the bove-holts, Eastdean Parke, then back
over Eastdean Harroways, through M^ Orms's, & Lady
Derbys winkin, over Lady Derby's sheep down again, into
Halnaker Parke, through the grove, down the Hanger in
the parke, through the Rookwood again, into the Chalk
pitt, two feilds beyond the Rookwood, there went to ground,
dug her & kill'd, a young Bitch fox.

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Tuesday: Dec^ 11

th

Sturdy-lump
Grey Carey..

Slug

\_/rie<*L ... ..

My Self.
Will Macey.
Joe Budd.
M^ Roper.

Jersey
Frosty face
Harcourt ...
Whitestock-j
ings ...)

Tom Johnson
Billy Ives.
David.

Nim.

Found a brace of Foxes in the WiUiam, Tom Johnson
with one & two brace & a half of hounds, went directly over
Bowhill to Jermyn-leath, the rest of the pack went off to the
Haslets, to Watergate, then turn'd back to the Innums,
down by the Pittlands, up to Long hill, the whole length of
that, crofs the Winchester Road, through North Harden
feilds, there by Jermyn leath, came into Tom Johnson ;
through Jermyn leath, to Phillis wood, back by PhilUs farm
& the Eslands to North Harden, from thence over the
Downs & Lord Tankervilles warren, into Upparke ; there by
the kitchen garden wall, turn'd back over Harting hill, then
up to Harting-beacon, & to Jermyn leath again, Phillis
wood & Huncton parke, back through Phillis wood again to
Jermyn leath, & there came to a dead fault, butt Tom
Johnson upon a cast to the Winden, either hitt it off again,
or found a fresh fox in the Winden, & from thence they ran
down almost to Chilgrove, round the enclosures there, &
back again to Philhs wood, Huncton Parke, through the
Winden to Lukenors Cops's ; there they had so many
scents on foot that they were forced to take off, tho' not
without very great difficulty, for the hounds were dispers'd
all over the whole country ; Tom Johnson was forc'd to go
to Charlton forrest where some of tliem had carry 'd a fresh

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fox from Lukenors cops ; & Nim Ives went back as farr as
Phillis wood to take off an other parcel that had also
carry'd a fresh fox thither, & David Briggs with difficulty
gott off the rest in Lukenors Cops's.

Wednesday: Dec'. 19*^''

N.B. I was still in London.
Cheat M^ Roper.

Jersey
Harcourt

.. Tom Johnson.
. . David.

Whitestoc

ings
Forrester

^"} Nim.

• • • '

.. Billy Ives.

Took a drag above Waltham, at the beginning of
Randall's bottom, which lasted half an hour to the further
side of East dean Wood, There he went off, round the out-
side of the forrest, through Herring-dean, was headed at
Cocking road ; came back through the feilds to Nightingall
bottom ; from thence to Broad-ham, through the bottom of
Charlton Forrest, & East-dean Wood, took a large ring in
the lower Teglees, & came back along the side hills, the out
side of Charlton forrest, through Herring-Dean, acrofs
Cocking-high way, up the INIarlows, as farr as Collar-down,
there abouts the hounds parted, about sixteen couple came
back almost to Coney Cop's, & thereabouts they changed.
The Fresh fox flew at once for Cocking Chalk-Pitt ; turn'd
there for Sadler's Fuzz's, butt went by them & cros'd, for
the side hills, & for the Winden, kept up by the outside, &
by Muncton Parke, through the feilds by Jermyn-leath,
cros'd there other feilds at the bottom for Treeford earth,

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from thence kept the steeps, up the trundle to Hartin-
beacon, there the company saw him, the hounds did not
view him, over Harting Windmill Hill into Upparke, by
the kitchen garden 6c Dog-kennell, close by the house, there
there was a short cheque, then cros'd him again close by the
front of the house, from thence to Lady-holt- Parke gate,
turn'd there over the Hill, for Harting down, & then for
Ditching Parke ; by the wood side they had a cheque, &
whilst they were trying, a man told them he saw him go
into the main earth, which proved true, so they came
home.

1740.
MuNDAY : March 17^^.

Gin My Self.

Grey Carey! ^^""^

I Johnson.

S^ WiUiam Will Macey.

Slug ... Will Green.

Bamfeild . . . Jemy Gardiner.

Royal ... Joe Budd.

Badger ... Tom Johnson.

Pickadilly David.

Spott ... Nim.

Forrester... Billy Ives.

Found in the Mario's, ran up to the hacking place,
through Coney Cops, then back again through the Mario's,
crofs Cocking high way, to the feild by Herring Dean, then
I saw the fox &; hollow 'd him back again to Cocking
Warren, into Coney Cops, to the Soveraign, Venus Cops,
through Lukenor's cops, Muncton Parke, Winden, PhilHs
Wood, Germin leath, to Upmarden, along Upmarden
down to Harting beecon, thence to the earth at Treford,

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went to ground & in the mean while a fresh fox came up
the Hill, through Germin leath, & a long the hills, leaveing
all the covers on the right hand till he came to Lewknors
Cops's, there wee had a dead fault butt recover'd it again in
Muncton Parke, for he was headed back by Workmen, then
wee carry 'd the scent as farr as Germin leath, butt could
make it out no farther, so Tom Johnson Cast to Treford
earth, & round to Lewknors Cops's, & there found Peggy
who had run him back by herself, then wee had several
rings upon a cold scent that at last wee could make nothing
of it, so came home, butt Walcutt & a Tarryer, ran him by
themselves to the Warren house at Cocking, where they say
he lep't up a top of the house, 6c came down the chimney,
& they call'd in the two dogs & catch'd her, & brough her
here, a bitch fox with whelp. David went oiF with 13
couple of hounds, & had a fine run along the side hills, to
Twines, butt there in the dry fallows could make nothing
of it.

Wednesday : Nov^ 5.

Sultan

My Self.

Jersey ... Tom Johnson

Sturdy lump

Johnson.

Worsley ... David.

Slug

Joe Budd.

was staked that day.

S^ WilKam...

Will Macey.

Forrester ... Jack Row.

Beat Dawtreys hooks, Kemps rough peice, all the
country by Burton, East dean wood &c Charlton Forrest,
without Finding. The first Blanc day, I ever saw in
Sussex.*

* Alas, there have been many since !

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MuNDAY : Nov". 10^^.

Sultan

. My Self.

Windsor ...

Tom Johnson

Looby

. W". Macey.

Walker ...

David.

Bamfeild ..

. Jock Johnson.

Forrester ...

Jack Row.

Royal

. Joe Budd.

■ 1 -wr 1 1

. 1 1 .rf-^

1 ■^ -■-* *

Found in the Valdy, ran through Goodwood Parke,
Coldings Cops, the Redbins, through Halnaker feilds, the
Rookwood, by the corner of Halnaker pond, to Lady
Derbys Winkin, Red Cops, just over the hedge into Sellers
Parke, back again through the north hanger, to East Dean
Parke, & Charlton Cops, back the same way through East
Dean Parke North hanger, & the Winkin to Halnaker
feilds, & Redbins, through Coldens Cops, to the Valdy, &
there ran the foil for near three hours, & being a very bad
scenting day lost him.

N.B. Grey Carey, dyed this morning.

Sturdy-lump

Slugg

S^ William...

Wednesday: Nov'. 12*^.

My Self.
Joe Budd.
Will Macey.

Frosty Face Tom Johnson.
Pickadilly David.
Whitestock-l
ings ...I

Jack Row.

Drew East Dean Wood, Charlton Forrest, Bove holts,
East Dean Parke, Charlton Cops, Red Cops, Binges,
Dawtreys hooks, & Littleton Bottom, without finding, then
wee try'd farm wood & had a scent, a man say'd he saw the

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fox, & every body thought it was a fox, except my Lord
De Lawarr, & Tom Johnson, & they gave their opinion * it
was no fox, however the hounds could do nothing, & it was
a great doubt, if it was a blanc day or not.

1741.
Thursday: Feb. 19^^

Bamfeild My S elf

Looby Joe Budd.

Jersey ... Tom Johnson.

Frosty face Billy Ives.

Pickadilly... David.
Whitestock-

Jack Row.

mgs

Found in East Dean wood, ran by the Stony house over
Dell Coomb, down by Waltham, up through Sellers parke,
to North hanger, the Winkin, to Halsted down, through
Stricklands Fuzz's, over the Harrow ways, through East
Dean Parke, the Boveholts, down crofs the road by East
Dean, up to Court hill. East Dean wood, Upper teglees,
back by Stony house again to East Dean Wood, Charlton
Forrest out at the North East Gate, back through Puntys
Cops into the Forrest, to East Dean Wood, upto Stony
house over Dell Comb, down by Waltham, up Sellers parke
to North Wood, back through Sellers parke crofs the road
by Drought house, up through Dell Comb to Stony house,
East Dean Wood, through Charlton Forrest to Herring
Dean, there the hounds lost the fox & most of the horses
blown up.

* And I am inclined to back their opinion.

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Tuesday : Feb. 24*\

Sturdy lump ]My Self.

Slug Jack Johnson.

Large Younglj^gg^^j_

horse

Badger
Forrester
Post boy
Spott

Tom Johnson.
Billy Ives.
David.
Jack Row.

Found in the Moutenes, butt came to a cheque in the
lane, & upon a cast hitt upon a martin,* & ran him several
rings in the Row Cops, & treed him, so took off & came
home.

S^ Harry
S^ WilHam
Slugg ...
Roger

Saturday : Nov'. 7.

INIyself.
Will Macey.
Joe Budd.
Jemy Gardiner.

Young horse Tom Johnson.
Harcourt ... David.

Whitestock- \
ings

"I

• • • /

Jack Row.

A Blanch Day.

Tryed the Valdy, Binderton plantations, Preston Corner,
all the Rows & Coppices about West Dean, Chorlton
Coppice, JVIolcomb fuzzes, & East Dean parke without
finding, butt wee did not go out 'till almost eleven o'clock
because of a very hard rain, & afterwards Fogg in the
morning.

* Curious !
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MuNDAY : Dec'. 7.

Lord Mayor Myself.
S^ Harry ... Joe Budd.
Bamfeild ... Will Green.

Jersey

Pickadilly

Whitestockings

Found in the Ruel, & ran a fox several rings in the Ruel
& Deans, (Sc earth'd him in the main earth in Hebedon
Coppice, then found an other in Waburton Cops's ran him
through Slyndon Parke, over Nore hill Kemps Rough peice,
Gumworth, Dowtreys hooks, Glatten Beacon, along the side
hill to Bignor Hill, there down the Hill to Bignor Parke, to
Red hill, to Burton Parke, the merry feilds they changed,
came up Barlavington hill over by Twines up to Dawtreys
hooks, over the Gumworth, the Rough peice, over Slyndon
Down, there the two Biddolphs knock'd up, down by Maye
farm, over Madurst Comon down, by the lone beech, to
Bignor hill again, & along the side hills, they came to a
cheque in Glatten hanger, there it being almost night wee
took off, the hounds fresh, butt all the horses knock'd up
except Lord Mayor, the hardest days work for hounds &
horses that I ever saw except the famous long chase upon
the [26th Jan^, 1738].

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1742.

FiNDEN : Thursday, Jan. 7.

Badger
Windsor ...

Tom Johnson.
David.

Whitestock-
ings

Jack Row.

S'. William... Myself.
Bamfeild ... Will Macey.
S^ Harry ... Joe Budd.

Found in the Juniper bushes, by the Stony Deans, ran
through the Stony deans, & up round Chankberry hill, down
to Wiston malthouse, then up by the Lyons banke &
Stenning holt to INIawdelin, over all the Downs away to
Applesham, down to the bank of the river, then turn'd up
by Lancing windmill, & then down to South Lancing, &
through the comon feild to the sea beach, there after a fait
a curr dog was seen to course her into the sea, & there
swam together, & then out of the sea over the beach, where
they stood at bay, & the hounds came up & kill'd her, below
the salts farm, a bitch fox.

Bamfeild
Slug ...
Tetlow
Red Robin

Tuesday: Nov'. 23^

Myself.
Joe Budd.
Jemy Gard'.
Will ]\Iacey.

Badger
Harcourt ...
Whitestock-
ings

Tom Johnson.
David.

Jack Row.

Try'd Eastdean parke, butt not finding, ^ the day
excefsively bad wee sent the hounds home to feed.

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Wednesday : Nov^ 24^^.

All the same horses as were out the day before.

Found in Charlton Forrest, & the hounds ran very hard
for upwards of seven hours, most part of it in Charlton
Forrest & Eastdean wood ; where they ran severall rings,
quite round both covers several times, & once carry 'd the
scent up almost to the upper Teglees, butt then brought it
back again to Eastdean Wood, & the Forrest, where all the
horses knock'd up, & the day growing very bad, were forced
to take off 'tho by farr the greatest number of the hounds
were quite fresh.

Wednesday: Dec'. 22^.

Sultan ...

My Self.

Badger

Tom Johnson

Slug

Joe Budd.

Harcourt ...

David.

Bamfeild

Jemy Gardiner.

Spott

Jack Row.

Sturdy
lump. J

Capt". Legge.

The Hounds hitt upon a drag at the bottom of Rooks
hill, & carry'd it through old warren to Preston Corner, butt
it growing worse & worse, wee found that they took it the
wrong way, so as it was back to Eastdean Parke, & a very
fine morning, wee went on to Ashling woods & there found
a fox that went over between down Farm & Adsden, up
juniper bottom & the black bushes, & the whole length of
Bow hill, butt above Chilgrove a fresh fox started up out of

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a single bush, 22 couple of hounds with Tom Johnson &
Jack liow stuck to the old scent, & the hounds ran very
hard through the Willam wood, the Haslets, & almost to
Stansted forrest, & back again to the Hasletts & there as
Tom Thought ran him to ground, whilst David with 13
couple of hounds & the rest of the company ran the fresh
fox in view by Chilgrove through Phillis wood & all
Lukenor's cops's, the Marloes & Charlton forrest to Punty's
Cops, there, by the help * of Young Battine's hounds they
divided, ran hare, rabit, & every thing butt fox, so wee lost
our scent & came home.

1743.

Thursday: Jan^. G^^.

Bumper ...
v^asLie ...

Tom Johnson
David.

Whitestock-j
ings ...)

Jack Row.

Red Robin My Self.
Lord Mayor Joe Budd.
Tetlow ... Jemy Gardiner.

Found in the ruel, ran through the deans Hebedon
Cops, Bay Coomb, & try'd Butthill earth, then back again
through Bay Coomb over fair mile, & up again to the ruel,
over Arundel parke, crofs the road to Torton Comon & back
again to the Deans, where a grey hound catch'd her, a bitch
fox. N.B. The grey hound was imediatly hang'd.f

* True sarcasm.

f Summary justice. But what did the owner say ?

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Charlton : Wednesday, Jan'"^. 12.

Roger ... Tom Johnson.
Harcourt ... David.

White 1 jackRowe.

Stockings)

Tetlow ... My Self,

lied Robin Jemy Gardiner.

Lord Mayor Joe Budd.

Bamfeild... M^ Sedgwick.

Found in the 'Bove holts, ran through East dean Parke,
over the Harroways through Strickland's Fuz's over
Hasted's down, by Lord Derby's lavender garden, up
through Halnaker parke, & the wildernefs, the Red-bins,
crofs the feilds through Eagly Cops down by Shopwick,
through the meadows to Leethorn, & down to Hunson
Farm, there about a quarter of a mile below the farm the
hounds had an entapis at him in a thick hedge row, & view'd
him crofs three meadows & kill'd him, a dog Fox.

The hounds went to Findon Jan 17'^ & return'd to
Charlton on the 12^^ of February, in which time they kill'd
four brace of Foxes.

Charlton : Munday, Feb"^. 21'*.

Bamfeild

My Self

Roger

.. Tom Johnson.

Tetlow ...

Jemy Gardiner.

Castle

.. David.

Slug

Joe Bud.

Spott

.. Jack Row.

Found in the ruel, ran through Hebeden Cops's up to the
earth at Butt Hill, Through Slyndon parke over the comon
to Walburton Cops's, then view'd him back out of the cops,
butt the scent did not lye a yard, then over the comon back

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to Slyndon Parish, & back through Hebedon Cops to the
ruel again then back again through the same Cops, & over
through Bay comb to the earth again upon Butt Hill, butt
tho he was view'd several times, the scent lay so very ill
that they could not hunt him a yard, & indeed so bad a
scenting day was hardly ever seen, so they came home.

28 Dec^, 1743.

the Great Stable.

In the Three Stall,

In the Huntsmans,.

Splints.

Bijoux.

Badger.

Bofs.

Irish Padd.

Keeper.

Slug.

Ashburnham.

Roger.

Sheldon.

Dick.

Bamfeild.

Harcourt.

Sturdy lump.

In the Hack Stable.

Castle.

Smith.

Grey Tatler.

Drewet.

Lord ]VIayor.

Riddolph.

True blew.

Salamanca.

Spott.

Roper.

Whitestockings.

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1744.
Wednesday : 18 Jan"^.

Lord Mayor
Bamfeild . . .

Ashburnham

My self.
(Tom Trow-
1 weather.
Joe Budd.

Whitestock-1

ings.
Castle

Dick

Tom Johnson.

... David.

[Tom Johnson's

• • • /

I boy.

A fox stole off from the merryfeilds, & was halloed by
M'. Orms north gate of his avenue, so the hounds were laid
on there, & they ran it very hard, up the steep part of
GrafFam hanger, over the Teglees to Randals bottom, crofs
the road up to the Binges, & from thence to Dawtreys
hooks, over Waltham Comon by the lone beech, & up to
Houghton Pound, & to Preist comb there the Fox headed
& turn'd back & ran all the side hills to Farm AVood, North
hanger & Barlavington hanger, there he went down the hill
& ran by Sutton to Bignor parke & Waltham Parke, & then
back to Farm wood where he went to ground in the main
earth, so he could not be dugg.

I went to London & the hounds were out butt three
times as it was a hard frost, & in the three times of going
out they did not find once, or had even a touch of a fox ;
they beat twice below the hills by ISIidhurst, feilders fuzz's,
Burton, & Bignor Parke & once at Chidham.

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Foxhunter.
L'^ Mayor.
Sturdy Lump.

D. Richmond.
D. S\ Albans.
L**. Harcourt,
S'. John Miller.
M^ Jennison.

Munday: 10 Dec'.
Harcourt

Spott ...

M'. Pauncefort.
M'. DayroUe.
Lieut"'. Fletcher.
M^ Tho. Hill.

,. Jack Woods.

David.
... Jack Row.

M'. Johnson of Chiches-
ter.
John Woods.
Da\'id Briggs.
John Row.

Found in the Valdy, ran over the Valdy corner, Good-
wood warren the upper corner of Molecombe, to East dean
Parke, several rings there then a hallow away between the
two parks, crofs the east dean lane &; up the forty acres,
over the side of North down, crofs to Laving down over the
top of it, then turn'd short to Broadham, singleton forrest,
& over Cocking high way through the INIarlo's, Hacking-
place, Cocking Coney Coppice, then by Lewknors Coppice
lowergate, & over the bottom of Collar down, crofs the
grounds to the warren, all through West dean warren,
headed into Crows hole grounds, crofs Binderton lane,
through Preston Farm yard up over West-dean down,
through old warren, down through the grounds, close by
Singleton, up by the hatt, & Pine pitt hanger, through ware
hill hanger, up the long slip, & Cocking Coney Coppice
in Cocking Warren, crofs the warren, then up the bottom
of it to Sadler's Fuzze, over the Hill by Linch hanger,
then along the side hill, to the bottom of Cocking Warren
again, (where the fox was view'd) crofs it, up to Cocking
Coney Coppice again, the IVIarlows, crofs Cocking Highway,
up through Singleton & Charlton Forrest to Eastdean wood

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great gate, then along the side hills, above Woollavington,
Dimcton Chalk-pitt, Barlavington Hanger, & North Combe,
above which in a hedge Row they kill'd him, a Dog Fox.
N.B. the chase lasted 5 hours & 11 minutes, of which
above 2 hours of it was cold hunting, almost every horse
knock'd up, however, David, L*^. Harcourt, S^ John Miller,
Mess""'. Pauncefort, Dayrolle, Fletcher & Hill, were in at
the death.

Thursday: 20 Dec''.

The Duke of Richmond was
in London.

Jack Woods
David

Jack Row

Harcourt.

Splints.
jWhite-
1 stockings.

D. of S'. Alban3.
M"". JeSison.

M^ Pauncefort.

M'. Hill.

Found in the Willam wood, went up the Hill to the
Innums, headed back & went over S tough ton down to
Ashling woods, stoke Coppices, the Rifles, & the Broil,
there ran him an hour & a half in one Coppice & kill'd him
a Dog fox.

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MONUMENTAL INSCRIPTION AT SINGLETON

CHURCH IN SUSSEX

Nkar this Place lies interred

THOMAS JOHNSON

WHO DEPARTED THIS LiFB AT ChARLTON

December 20'^ 1744.

From his Early inclination to Fox Hounds

He soon became an experienced Huntsman

His knowledge in this Profession wherein he

Had no superior and hardly an Equal,

Joined to his Honesty in every other particular,

Recommended him to the service and gain'd

Him the approbation of several op the Nobility

and Gentry. Among these were the LORD CONWAY

EARL OF CARDIGAN, The LORD GOWER, The DUKE

OF MARLBOROUGH and the Honourable M«. SPENCER.

The last Master whom he served, and in whose service

He died was CHARLES DUKE OF RICHMOND

LENOX AND AUBIGNY, who erected this Monument

To THE Memory op a good and faithfull servant

As a reward to the deceased,

And an incitement to the Living.

Go AND do thou Likewise, St. Luke Chap. x. ver. xxxvii.

Ou a slab below : —

Here Johnson lies, What Hunter can deny
Old honest TOM the Tribute of a Sigh,
Deaf is that Ear, which caught the oi^ning Sound,
Dumb is that Tongue, tohich chear^d the Hills around
Unjdeasing Truth, Death hunts us from our Birth
In vieio ; and Men, Like Foxes, take to Earth.

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f«»lt ms PLACK LIEMNTT-KRED

TllOM/VS 10HN5(W,

WIK. OEPAHTKI) mv LlfT AT OlARLTON

DEI tMBER 20™ J>H

...OMlll^EARlVlNnlNATION TO FOX HOUNDS,

MK MKiN mm: an kxpekiknc 1i huntsman

HIS KNoWLFJKJt IN -niL-; PROFTSXION. WHEREIN HV
HAD NOSl'rtRIOUR AND HARDLY AN EQUAL ,

JOIN i> TO m H(msT\ IN fxr.w other particuur

REl-OMMENlUl? HIM fO THE SERViri,ANDUAlNt)
HJM THE APffloaMlliN OK .SEVERAL OF THE NOBILITY.

,\v:)r.ENiiri' AMONt; these.webe the LordConWax

Eakl or Cakdig.an.the Lord Gower.The Duio:

or M\riboroii(;h AND the Honourable rf spencer

iHf. lAST Master WHOM he SERVt),AND« mthose SERvke

he died WA5 Charles Dun. or Richmond ,

LENOX AND AUmCNV, WHO ERECTED THIS MONUMENT

TO THE Memory or a good and FAiTHruLL Servant ,
AJ A Reward to the deceased,
AND AN Incitement to the Living

COANDIX)THOirUip:WLSr; S'LUKE,fHAP XVER XXXVU

Uxpin,. y Truth l>-r,*l,imMjusfnm,.mrhfllh^

MURAL TABLET PLACED IN SINGLETON CHURCH TO THE MEMORY
OF TOM JOHNSON BY THE SECOND DUKE OF RICHMOND

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TOM JOHNSON'S DEATH

Mem'".

On Thursday, 20 Dec'., 1744-.

Thomas Johnson dyed at Charlton & was buryed in the
Church at Singleton.

Fryday : 28 Dec'.

D. of Rich-) T> p ij
Bamfeild.

mond )

Jack Woods ...
David

Harcourt
Castle.

Jem. Gardiner Slug.

Jack Row

Spott.

Hobson ... Sturdy lump.

D. S\ Albans.

M^ Pauncefort.

AVhilst the hounds were beating of red Coppice a fox
was hallow'd out of a hedge row by East dean lane ; & as
wee were going to lay the hounds upon it, they crofs'd upon
a drag & found in East dean parke & ran down the feilds
between Eastdean & Charlton, then turn'd to Eastdean
Street where the fox was hollow'd & by their seing a collor
& linke of a Chain about his neck, it proved to be Lord
George's * fox, butt the hounds ran him so hard that they
could not be taken of, & ran him into the above holts,
where wee certainly changed to a fresh fox who went acrofs
North hanger. Sellers parke, all along the West side of long
down, through Earthham bushes, & the feilds to Boxgrove
comon, crofs Teen Wood, by Crocker Hill, crofs the high

* The Duke's 2nd son, aged 7.
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road & meados by my Lady Derbys decoy, where wee
thiiike wee changed again, then to Aldenburn & from
thence through Eastergate, to Yapton, & from thence down
to Bilsom, & down to Ehnor Coppices by the sea side, &
then turn'd up to Bourn Wood where he being a great way
before them wee lost him.

1745.
Charlton : Munday, Jan"^. 27.

went out.

D. Richmond Little John.

Harlequin.

John Smith.
John Woods.
John Row.
Thomas Perrin.

Found in East Dean wood, at least three brace of foxes,
so could have no sport for the hounds divided, one was run
to ground, one kill'd down by the forrest house, a dog fox,
& another kill'd down by Gralfam as said butt never
brought home, & another took a ring round the Teglees, &
all along the side hills from the upper teglees, to Charlton
Forrest & so back to east dean wood where wee conjectured
him also gon to ground, so gave the fox that was kill'd by
a bardie of hounds at the forrest house to be worry'd by the
pack, the first that was run to ground was allso dugg out of
a Rabbitt-borough, a dog fox, butt as the hounds had blood
enough, wee saved him.

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Wednesday : 26**^ Feb^^.

went out.
D. Richmond

Little John.

John Smith

Whitestock
ings.

Bamfeild.

John Row ...

Spott.

L'^. Harcourt

Lord Mayor.

Thol Perrin

Castles.

D. S'. Albans.

Lord Lincoln.

Mr,

Fisher.

Lord Hartington

S'. John Miller.

M'

Taaf.

Lord Dalkeith.

M'. Jennison.

Found in East Dean wood where there were severall
foxes on foot & the hounds in severall parcells, butt the best
of them ran one along the side Hills to Lavington, & along
the bottom there, then up Barlavington hanger, & down
again to Sutton, butt that was a fresh fox & the hunted one
went to ground in Farm-wood, where the Tarryers lay at
her & (after the hounds were taken of to go back to East
dean Wood where six or seven couple of old hounds were
running,) some country men got her out & brought her
home, & she was thrown to the hounds in Kennell, a
Bitch Fox.

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CHAPTER VII

EXPENSE OF THE HUNT IN 1745,

1746, ETC.

Abstract of the Expence of the Hunt in 1745.

New Forest.

5-i qrs. of oatmeal
57 qrs. of oats

1 „ of beans

9 Lds. of hay
33 Lds. of Straw
Grafs

Flesh 20 13 0 Wood 17 0 0
Farrier 8 12 6 Sadler 13 7 9
Apothecary ...

Candles 14 4 Cutter 2 2 0
Earth Stoppers
Huntsman's bills
Bricklayers & Carpenters
Odd things ...
Haifa year's wages ...

94

0

0

90 18 8
38 13 0

1 13 0
16 G 9
26 12

7 4
37 13 0
22 0 3
15 19 8

8 6

2 17
19 2

3 11
3 17

4
0
6
1
0

90 9 0

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Charlton.

42 qrs. of oatmeal ... ... ... 67 6 9

50qrs. ofoats ... ... ... 25 1 6

Ij „ of beans ... ... ... 2 2 0

12 Loads of hay ... ... ... 18 0 0

25^ Loads of Straw ... ... 15 6 0

Flesh 13 10 0 Wood 19 10 0 33 0 0

Farrier 5 18 3 Sadler 4 7 3 10 5 6

Candles, brooms, &c. ... ... 4 5 0

Earth Stoppers & Warreners ... 66 17 0

Huntsmen's bills ... ... ... 76 6

Bricklayers & Carpenters ... ... 5 9 9

Hounds
Horses

40 17 10

6 6 0

14 6 3

3 4 11

101 5 6

Budd'sbill

Odd things ...

Half a year's wages ..

421 0 6

Findon Kennel, a year's Kent ... ... ... 8 0 0

Uppark bills ... ... ... ... ... 66 5 4

875 9 1

The expence of ten Hunters for

His Grace's own use for one year

including Wages, Board-wages h

Liveries ... ... ... ... ... 418 14 4

To 5 Liveries for the Hunt ... ... 35 0 0

Total £1329 3 5

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Abstract of the Expence of the Hunt in 1746.

New Forest.

60 qrs. of oatmeal ...

96

15

6

85 „ of oats

52

16

0

6 „ of beans

8

6

0

12^ Loads of Hay

21

10

0

86 Loads of Straw ...

28

16

0

Grafs 8 8 0 Flesh 23 16 0

32

4

0

Wood 21 0 10 Candles 10 6

22

1

4

Farrier 11 11 7 Sadler 2 4 0

13

15

7

Apothecary ...

2

16

8

Earth Stoppers 5 18 0 Cutter 1 1 0

6

19

0

Huntsman's bills

5

9

6

Bricklayers, Carpenters, he.

2

17

9

Carriages 3 0 Odd things 1 13 11

4

16

11

Half a year's wages

83

14

0

382 18 3

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Charlton.

60 qrs. of oatmeal

92 0

0

47 J „ of oats

22 12

0

7 Loads of Hay

8 15

0

20 Loads of Straw ...

13 7

0

Flesh 25 13 2 Wood 22 3 1

47 16

3

Farrier 9 8 4 Sadler 15 3 G

24 11

10

Candles, brooms, &c.

1 15

9

Earth Stoppers & Warreners

45 7

4

Huntsman's bOis

10 7

0

Bricklayers, Carpenters, &c.

5 4

10

Hounds 3 15 0 Odd things 5 8 4

9 3

4

Budd's bills ...

9 8

0

Apothecary ...

12 4

11

Half a year's wages ...

89 15

8

— 392

8

11

Findon Kennel, a Year's Rent

... 8

0

0

Uppark bills

• « •

... 14

10

G

797

17

8

The expence of ten Hunters for
His Grace's own use for one year
including AVages, Board-wages h
J^iveries ... ... ... ...

To 5 Liveries for the Hunt

418 14 4
. 35 0 0

Total £1251 12 0

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To those who are famihar with the aspect of Charlton at
the present day, the following details will be interesting.

It is indeed hard to imagine that accommodation had to
be provided for no less than 143 hunters, with their attendant
crowd of grooms and helpers, for out of all this long list of
Quarters which existed in 1747 there remain but two which
can be located with any degree of certainty — the Fox Inn
and the hunting-box of the Duke.

John Budd, the composer of the * Sussex Garland ' of
sporting songs, appears to have figured prominently in the
provision of board and lodging for man and beast, but of his
hospitable roof no trace remains.

QUARTER FOR HORSES, 1747, AT CHARLTON

Quartered 7^^ Feb., 174|.

Duke of Richmond

M'. Brudenell

M^ Pauncefort

D uke o f G rafton . . .

S^ Will'". Corbett...

Coll. Honywood ...

S^ INIath'^ Featherstone

M^ O'brien...

Lord Lincoln

M'. Vane ...

Coll. Carpenter

Lord Harcourt

Lord Downe

I^ord Trentham

Lord Ravensworth

M'. Crawley

]\r. Varey ...

Coll. AValdgrave ...

M^ Fisher ...

■■■}

}

at the Duke of Richmond's.

at Chitty's.

at John Budd's.

at Lord Lincoln's.

at Lord Harcoiu't's.
at Lord De I^awarr's.
at Lord Eflingham's.
at Moll Rudd.

at L,\ Gen^'. Hawley's.

at Dearlings.

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Gates, hay &

straw to be

furnished from

Goodwood

Quarters for Horses.

Duke of Richmond

/'Duke of Grafton ..

S'. Will™. Corbett
Coll. Honywood ..

John Budd

Glover

Dearling

S^ ]\Iat". Feather-
ston.

M'. Obrien

Lord Lincoln

Capt°. Carpenter

Lord Donne

M'. Crowley

IVr. Varey ...
\]SV. Brudenell
jLord Trentham
•••(Coll. Waldgrave

Lord Harcourt

Lord Ravensworth

M^ Vane ...

or L*^. Trentham

INI'. Fisher, & who
y he pleases

10

8

10

14

7

5

6

6

8
8
8
4
8

6
8

16
143

in his own stables.

in huntsman's stables.

Hacks at M\ Bilsons.

at 1SV\ Hayley's stable.

at Chitty's.

at Chitty's.

in M^ Dayrolle's

stable,
in M\ Iremonger's

stable.

at Lord Hallyfax's.
at Lord Lincoln's,
at Lord De Lawarr's.
at L*. Gen". Hawley's.
at The Fox.
at Glover's.

at Lord Harcourt 's.
at Lord Effingham's.

at Dearling's.

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THE EARTH-STOPPERS ACCOUNT OF YOUNG
FOXES GIVEN IN MAY 30, 1747

A litter in Eastdean Wood.

A litter in the Marlows.

A litter in farmwood.

A litter in North Comb.

A litter in the Sheepwash Earth.

2 litters in Priest Comb & the Oars.

A litter near Bignor Park.

A litter in the AVilliam.

A litter in the Haslets.

A litter in Stoke Lithe.

They believed there were a great many more in other
places, but the above is all they are certain of.

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CHAPTER VIII

VARIOUS HUNTING BILLS OF FIRST
AND SECOND DUKES OF RICH-
MOND'S HUNTING DIARY

A SADLER'S BILL OF THE FIRST DUKE
OF RICHMOND, DATED 1705

[It is interesting to note that " a Larg Tand hoggs
Leather hunting Saddle & fiapps stiched with gould wire
Sterrips and Leathers & guirths," was only priced at £1 5s. ,
somewhat different to what we have to pay nowadays.]

His Grace the Duke of Richmond his Bill
March y^ 10, 1705.

Jmp". ffor a new paire of Larg pannils to a pos-|
tilhan Sadie ... ... ... ... ...j

fFor a new paire of " Sterrips " and Leathers...
ffor 2 new biickls and mending a hors Cloth)
& Sursingle ... ... ... ... ...j

ffor a Long postillian whip with a silk Lash
ffor a new Sham pad Sadie with Sterrips and )
Leathers & guirths ... ... ... ...j

Ap". 10.

ffor a new paire of houlsters & straps and)
houlster Capps ... ... ... ...j

f!or a sett bridle and brestplate & Crupper ... 00 07 06

101

£

s.

d.

00

03

00

00

03

06

00

01

00

00

05

00

01

05

00

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<£ s. d.
fFor a Cannon mouth bit & bosses ... ... 00 06 06

ffor Leather and new Lynings and Stiffining)

and macking 2 Luivre hoosses and bags ot| 01 08 00
yellow Cloth ... ... ... ... ...j

ffor a new paire of pannils to a pad Sadie ... 00 03 00
ffor a new paire of houlsters & Straps k]

houlster Capps
ffor a new paire of Sterrips and Leathers &

guirths

00 10 00

00 05 06

^ds)
• • • /

ffor a Cannon mouth bitt & bosses ... ... 00 06 06

ffor a new Sett bridle and brestplate & Cruper 00 07 06
ffor mending and edgin a Sadie ... ... 00 01 06

ffor 3 new paire of Cloack Strapps ... ... 00 02 00

ffor a Larg Tand hoggs Leather hunting

Sadie & flapps stiched with gould w""*" Sterrips J- 01 05 00

and Leathers & guirths
ffor a new paire of houlsters Lyned w'^'^ bayds

&j Strapps
ffor a steel-buckle furniture ... ... ... 00 09 00

ffor 6 yards of broad Silk orice Lace & 6 y*^' of)

narrow orice for the hoos & baggs ... ... j

ffor Lyning for y^ hoose & baggs & Lacing k)

macking them up ... ... ... ...j

May yM8.

ffor a new Duble guirth ... ... ... 00 01 04

ffor 2 new Sadie Strapes ... ... ... 00 00 04<

ffor Stuffing and Cleaning and mending 2)
Sadls & houlsters and furnitures ... ...j

ffor stuffing and mending a wattering Sadie... 00 01 06
ffor a new Duble guirth ... ... ... 00 01 04

102

00 08 00
00 09 00
00 09 00

00 18 06

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> 01 10 00

Aug^r27. £ ,. a

fFor a tand hoggs Leather hunting sadle &

flapps Trymed w*"® gould
ffor a paire of princes Mettell hunting Sterrips 00 06 00
ffor a paire of Sterrip Leathers and guirths ... 00 03 00

ffor Silk and Lyninff and makino- up a hoose)

, , ;q T • -4- > 00 18 00

and baggs and Lacing it ... ... . . . j

ffor a steel buckle furniture ... ... ... 00 09 00

ffor a new paire of houlsters Lyned w'^ bayes J

and strapps and a paire of houlster Capps . . . j

ffor a Cannon mouth bitt w*° princes mettell)

, ^ } 00 07 00

ffor a box & Cord ... ... ... ... 00 03 00

ffor a Larg ItalUan pad Sadie w'*^ a Rushey)

Leather Scuirt and a Cloth Seat ... ... j

June y*^ 28.

ffor a paire of princes mettell Sterrips ... 00 09 00

ffor a paire of Sterrip Leathers & a Trible fine )

., ^ ^ 00 04 06

ffor a steell buckle furniture ... ... ... 00 09 00

ffor a new paire of princes mettell bosses to)

^ ^ '00 02 00

1

id)

\ 00 16 00

v^ bitt
ffor a new paire of houlsters & straps &)

houlster Capps ... ... ... ...j

ffor pinking the Cloth and new Lyning and;

macking up a Cloth hoose & baggs...

ffor a Larg Sacking hors Cloth & bodyRowler 00 13 00

ffor a best Cooller w'^ Duble Raines Throat)

, , „ , ^ } 00 03 00
bands ik irunts ... ... ... ...j

Totall 19 08 06
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WILL^ LEACH TAYLOR'S BILL FOR HIS
GRACE FROM CHRISTMAS TO LADY
DAY, 1720. 24 10 11.

1725 Dec^ 27"\
For making a Hunting Coat and Veft
for Ij yard fine Scarlet at 165.
for 13 yards Shagreen at 45.
for silk Biichram Canvas and Twift ...
for 1 doz. and 3 Silver plate Coat buttons at 165
for 3 doz. and 1 Breaft Buttons at 105.

1726 .Tan^y. 25*^

For 2 pair Large silk Garters, at 35. Gd.

Feb. 4*\

For papering a blue velvet sute

March 1^

For making a Sute with Silver Loops both)
sides of y® Coat & veft bound ... ...j

for 7^ yards Cherry Color'd Italian IVIantua to)
Line the Coat at 85. ... ... ... ... j

for 9 yards Shagreen to line y'' veft (Sc breeches )

d) VjTO* ••• ••• ••• ••• ••« m • • J

for silk Buchram and Canvas ...

for 3 doz. and 4 Silver wyre Coat buttons at 135.

for 3^ doz. breaft at Gs. Gd.

for I Ounce silver Twift to y*" breeches

for pockets to the breeches

for silk to fow the Loops

104

£ 5. d,

00 16 00

01 04 00

02 12 00

00 05 00

01 00 00

01 10 10

00 07 00

00 02 06

02 05 00

03 00 00

01 16 00

00 04 00

02 03 04

01 02 09
00 04 00
00 03 00
00 03 06

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"(

for flannel to Interline the body of the waftcoat
for flannel to the sides of the Coat
for a pair large Silver Garters ...
for mending a p^ Buckfkin breeches &)
Mantua silk ... ... ... ... ...j

for mending a Buff veft and new lining the

for 1 yard shagreen to Hne the skirts

For papering 3 sutes ...

23^.

For making a p^ Velvet breeches

for 2^ yards Velvet at 2l5.

for 3 yards Shagreen at 45.

for pockets

for a p^ Silk Garters ...

for Silk Canvas Buckram and Buttons

ffor Button &; Loop to a dark padofse Coat

for papering a Sute

£ s. d.
00 03 06
00 02 00
00 08 06

00 02 06

00 02 00
00 04 00

00 07 06

00 04 00
02 12 06
00 12 00
00 03 00
00 03 00
00 03 00
00 01 06
00 02 06

24 10 11

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A RECEIPTED BILL OF JOHN WARE, WHOM
TOM JOHNSON SUCCEEDED AS HUNTSMAN

[The spelling is almost unique.

I imagine " paid for 2 Shows a honting " must mean
" shoes." And " a pare of bouts " at 125. strikes one as
being very reasonable, as also does the 5s. disbursed for a
fortnight's lodging at Findon ! !]

noumbr y^ 20 1730 his grace the duk of
Richmond bill

paid for bringn of a hound hom

paid for 2 Shows a honting

paid for whipcord ...

paid for ritng paper

paid for digen of a fox at findon

paid for bringn of a hound hom

paid for bringn of a teryor hom

paid for 2 Shows a honting

paid for a bed at fendon 2 weeks

paid for digen of a fox at findon

paid the smithes bill at findon

paid for a hors hire ...

paid for a pare of bouts for Jon rowU

paid for a pare of bouts for Richard taylor

... 0

1

0

... 0

1

0

... 0

2

6

... 0

1

0

... 0

3

0

... 0

1

0

... 0

1

6

... 0

1

0

... 0

5

0

... 0

2

0

... 0

6

0

... 0

1

6

... 0

13

0

... 0

12

0

2 11 6

To 23 No''^^ 1730

Goodwood the 23*^ of No"^^ 1730 Recvd there of His
Grace the Duke of Richmond by the Hand of Sat. Labbe
two pounds Eleven shillings & Sixpence in full of this Bill I
say Recvd by me

John AVare.

ior>

CHAPTER IX

EARL TANKERVILLE'S INSTRUCTIONS

Dated Christmas, 1746.

The Golden Rules and Etiquette of the Sport of Kings
have never been better set forth than in the following : —

The Hounds not to be kept behind the Huntsman in
the Morning to whatever Country they go, except at times
when they are oblidg'd to go through Covers.

The Whippers-in to be forward, and if any Hound, or
more happens to prole from the Roade they goe, to call on
them, but to use no whip, for if they know their Names at
Home, they'll obey abroad.

When you are come to your Beat the Huntsman only
to Speak to the Hounds, and the lefs the better.

The Whippers-in to have a good look out stop any
Hounds that Steales away with a Scent, and leaves the
Body of the Pack behind, unlefs tis a good one, and has
time to give notice for the rest to be well laid in.

The Whippers-in not to to speak by way of incouraging
any Hounds in Cover, but in case of Riot, then they shall
gently rate them off.

Afsoon as they have found, one Whipper-in to go with
the Huntsman, the other to stay behind, to bring any

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stragling or tale Hound, or Hounds, that may be left
behind, which will seldom happen if the two Boys knows
their Buisnefs, & dos -their Duty.

Tis not a part of the Buisnefs of a Whipper-in at any
time to Speak to a Hound, otherwise then keeping them
together, or rate into the Huntsmen, who shu'd always be
with the Main Boddy of the Hounds.

Nither Huntsman, or Boys, to Speake to the Hounds,
while running with a good Scent. On a midleing one the
Huntsman to incourage his Hounds at discretion, without
any other persons interfereing.

The Company always at a Distance that the Hoiuids
may not be hurryed, which is the lofs of many a Fox, as well
as the lofs of a great deal of Beauty a good Pack of Hounds
will shew at a Half Scent.

When the Hoinids from running comes to a Check, the
Huntsman is not to Speak, but allow the Hounds to have
their first Cast, and if after that, not hit off, the Huntsman
to observe the point at which they threw up, and then to
help the Hounds to the best of his Judgement, but without
hurry, for when a Fox is Sinking, time must be taken, as he
then runs short, and is often left behind by Clapping Down.

The Gentlemen for their own Sakes will Observe that a
Confabulation down the Wind often heads a Fox and
indangers the whole days Sport.

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CHAPTER X

LETTERS FROM BROTHER SPORTSMEN

From the Duke of Bolton* at Charlton, to the Duke of

Richmond, in London.

Dec. 6, 1727.

My Lord

I had the honour of your Grace's Letter, & as to the
diserter's being Try'd I beleive as you doe y'^ it is time
enough. The power for holding a Gen". Court ^lartial is
Lock'd up in my Closett att London, soe y' 1 can't refer to
y* till I come to town, butt I beg you will be soe good to
gett wone from the Warr Office, or a Copy of it, & bring it
down w*'^ you, cS^ y" I will send order's for y' Tryall, I beleive
any Thirten Comifsion Officer's may Compofse y" Court
Martial, butt y* you may easily know, as to our sport wee
had very good last Fryday, wee went outt on ^londay butt
were driven home by the Rain, soe wee hunted yesterday k
kill'd a fox y* gave us soe Little Runing, y^ wee intend to
hunt to day if the frost will lett us ; I hope you won't alter
your Resolution of coming, it is much desir'd by the whole
Company, butt most ardently by y' old Gen^.f who toast's
you every day, Honywood is a Little pleas'd att the

* The Duke of Bolton was Master of the Charlton Hunt from 1723 to
1728. The reference to Court-martial is obscure.

t '• Ye old Generall " is General Honywood, an original member of the
Charlton Hunt.

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oposition to your List, k wee all conclude y^ DeLawar
stay's for y* & some more weighty affaire, the Company
desire's there service to your Grace, & I beg you'I
believe me

My Dear Lord

Your Grace's most fjiithfull

&; Obedient Humble Srv^

Bolton.

From Mr, Charlton, at Charlton, to the DuJce of Richmond,

in London,

Nov. 26, 1731.

My Lokd,

The Hounds came hither on Satterday last having
bin purg'd that weeke at Findon before they came away,
& Jack Ware expecting to find yo"" Grace here did not write
you an account of it. Wee hunted on Monday at Burton
where wee fell in with a litter of Foxes & our hounds
divided. One parcell went over the lliver & run a fox to
ground about three miles, & y'^ other run a fox to ground at
Bed Hill near Burton park, wee afterwards run from Fox
to Fox till wee were forc't to take of. On Tuesday wee
carry 'd the Young Hounds to Old Park by the sea side
where after running an hour or two they kill'd a Fox, On
AV'ednesday wee went with the old & young Hounds
together to Farme Wood where wee found a fox who came
away all the good Country through the Teagles & was going
for Eastden Wood but M\ Ormes being out a shooting
there headed him & put us to a fault but wee hitt it of &
run him back the side hills to North comb, where he got

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into the Earth, Had he not bin headed wee had surely
kill'd him, wee afterwards went down to Burton & found a
Brace of Foxes & the Hounds divideing one part come up
the Hill & the other to Bignall park but it being late & the
weather bad wee were forced to take of & made it dark night
before wee came home. The Hounds are very w^ell (except
a few lame ones) & seem to be verry steady both the young
as well as the old, &c, if wee had but some rain I am
confident they will show yo" Grace verry good sport, but
without that the Ground is so dry it's allmost impofsible on
the Hills to do any thing & now wee have a hard frost that
has prevented our hunting to day as I fear it will do
to morrow, Yo' Horfes here are verry well & you have
three of M'". Orme's, which Jack Ware rides sometimes, I
hope tho the Frost continues wee shall have the pleasure of
seeing you here after the INIasquarade is over, M^ Hony-
wood is much yo"" Grace's hum''^^ Serv^ as well as

A. Charlton.

All the Wells here are quite dry & wee are forc'd to
send to Cocking * for water.

From Mr. Charlton, at Charlton, to the Duke of Richmond,

in London.

Dec. 3, 1731.

My Lord,

Wee were yesterday at the Ruell & the minute wee
came fell in with a litter of Foxes, wee were a good while
before wee cou'd stick to one, at last wee did & was verry

* Three miles away !
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near killing him, & unlefs he got into some hole, I can't
imagin how wee lost him, this being in the Ruell is the
occation of my writeing to yo' Grace to desire you to speak
to the D. of Norfolk about the ways in the upper part of
the wood to be cut, for they grown up so there is no
rideing. And as M^ Jbitson his old Steward is put of, a new
one won't do any thing without his Grace's orders, as I
beleive there is a good many Foxes there wee shall visit
that cover often, the sooner therefore wee can get the ways
cut the better. Wee were on INIonday at Old Park &c run a
Fox two or three hours but cou'd not kill him. Now there
is a prospect of the weather altering for the better I am in
great hopes of seeing some good sport, for yesterday I
thought the Hounds perform'd (considering the weather) as
well as cou'd be desir'd ; & I hkewise hope soon to see your
Grace here to be try'd, judg'd, (but I hope not condemn 'd)
for drawing your forces too near a neighbouring Prince's
Front Your Horfses came hither yesterday. Bay Bolton
continues lame, & Friend John ran away with the Boy into
a bush & has hurt his Eye so much that the Groom fears he
will loose it, the rest are all well ; I am

Yo' Grace's most faithfull

& obedient hum''*'' Serv*.

A. CiiART/rox.

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1832.

From Lord Delawarr* Bolderwood, to the Duke of Richmond^

in Loyidon.

[Jack Ware in disgrace.]

Oct. 2, 1732.

My Lord,

I came hither last night, and have this morning

viewd your Graces Hounds very carefully, and can assure

you there is either very much ignorance, or Neglect, in the

Composition of Jack Ware, nor Do I think Rowell quite to

be excus'd. I seperated from amongst the Old Hounds

eight Couple throughly INlangey, they say they have

anointed them and given them some /Ethiops IMineralis.

So I immediately purg'd them and with the Buckthorn

gave them some Flower of Sulphur, both to take off the

Griping quality of the Buckthorn, and so throw the

Humour out of their Blood. When I went from Hence I

thought such an Accident impossible to have happen'd, for

they were very clean, and since that have had seven times

Whey, and each time 2 pound of Brimstone, which course

of Physick would have cured the great Devil of the IMangs,

and now these have it, but I hope to sett them to rights ;

This was the IManner that made him bring in Such

Apothecarys Bills, and to be sure att this rate they will

want more Physick than Meat. With the remaining part

of the old ones We shall Hunt to morrow, the Ground is

* John, 1st Earl Delawarr, assisted the Duke in the management of his
hounds for many years.

He found Jack Ware a great trial, and was greatly relieved when Tom
Johnson succeeded as huntsman.

Bolderwood was the Duke's headquarters in the New Forest.

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soft enough, but if there does not come rain I will not go
out again.

The Young Hounds are still kept apart, neither have
they endeavourd to enter any of them, this Peice of
Easiness, may be lucky, for one of them calFd lluler bred
by M'. Ormes, did not care to feed last Friday, he was
immediately taken from the rest and lock'd up, he pin'd
away, and I had him dispatch 'd this Morning. He never
offered to bite as they say, so that It may be any thing else
as well as Madness, however this cannot affect your Old
Pack, they never having kept company togather : Neither
do I think it possible that Madness can without shewing it
self, be 19 weeks in any Dog (for so long it was last Friday)
since any Hound has been mad. This I beg you to talk to
some of Your Surgeons, Physitians, and Philosophers, and
send me their Opinion. Your Horses are very well and in
fine Order. I shall say no more att present on this Subject,
but assure you I will do my utmost to sett things to rights,
only if Lovell would recommend two or three couple of
truly good Hounds to you, I should not be against your
Buying them for I do not think three or 4 of the Young
ones will do. This is the present state of the case. When
will you have them go to Findon.

I orderd Whenever my Panicr de Gibier comes from
France to have it carried directly to your Grace if it is well
stockt, pray spare my ]\Iother a Brace. I desire my Lady
Dutchess to accept of my sincere respects, and that you will
beleive me My Dear Lord Duke Your Graces

Most faithfull and

Obedient Servant

DeLawakr.
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From Lord Delawarr, in the New Forest, to the Duke
of Richmond, probably at Goodwood.

Saturday, Oct. 7, 1732.

I had this Morning the favour of your Graces Letter,
with one inclosed for Jack Ware * He was so ashamed of the
Condition the Hounds were in, and does obey directions, so
wilHngly, when I am with him, and I think does to the best
of his Capacity, that I own I cannot have the Heart to give
him such a JMercurial, I truly think it more for your Graces
Service Not to depress his Spirits, with a Severe reprimand
for the fault he is so Sensible of. The Hounds have done
so well with their Physick given in that manner that I do
not doubt but to bring them as fine as Lap dogs into Sussex.

My Last gave you an account of our Sport on Tuesday
last. We w^ent out on Thursday, but when we were gone A
Mile, found A Violent storm of rain coming on, so return 'd
and put up the Hounds. Yesterday we went out with all
the Old Hounds, and 2 Couple of Young, we took a Drag,
and Hunted to him, it was not a Scenting Day, but we still
kept it moving, till we got near him, he would have got
into A Coney borough, but he chose so small a one that
the Hounds pulled him out without the Help of any Instru-
ments, it was just such a Days work as I could have desired
after their Physick, for the whole was over in two hours,
without any rain, and I brought them Home and fed them
att their usuall time, so that I do not doubt but they will

* Jack Ware was a most indifferent huntsman, and was superseded by
Tom Johnson the following year.

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be in rare trim on JNIonday. I take very particular Care
not to lett the Young Hounds come into the Same Kennel
with the Old nor feed with them. The Pack is likely to be
well in Blood, and to know an Earth, which is what I think
very lucky for they us'd frequently to leave A Fox att
Ground and never lay att the Earth, I hope we are very
secure from that att Present.

Old Driver * died yesterday att three o'Clock ; When we
lett the Hounds out on Thursday, he went very lame in his
shoulders, so I had him put back, and put by himself, he
fed as well as any Hound could do on Wednesday ; I gave
him IVIilk, and other INIeat, when he was put up, he lap'd
the Milk, and eat his meat, and when I came home from
Hunting Yesterday I saw him my self, eat his Meat att
12 of the Clock, and he died att 3 as I said before. I sent
for Harry Woods, and every body agrees it is not madness,
for he Swelld very much, he did not Slaver, nor howl,
neither would he have Chew'd his meat, three hours before
he died had it been JMadness, he was twelve years old and
no body thought he could have lasted this whole season.

I am very glad to hear. Your Grace mends so fast, and
hope to Meet you in Sussex, I do propose being with the
Hounds att Charlton the 20'^^ att farthest, if this Country
should be too wett, I will move them sooner, for I assure
you I shall have no Consideration, in being here longer than
is for the Benefitt of your Hounds, for 1 make no question
of perswading my Wife, to go to London.

Jack Ware told me yesterday (but I hope he is
mistaken) that the Copper att Charlton belongs to

* " Driver " was 8 years old, and was by Charlton " Bell " out of the
Duke of Grafton's " Shifter."

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Tankerville : if so has he not taken it away ? that is to be
look'd after, for we shall make a bad figure to come and
have nothing to boyl our Meat in for the Hounds. Pray
remember the Stables and Kennel att Findon.

By your Mentioning Misaubin, I suppose there is a
Happy reconciliation, of which I give your Grace Joy, as I
shall of every thing that can any ways contribute to your
Diversion being very truly my Dear Duke

Your ^lost faithfull

& Obedient Servant
DeLawarr.

I am Lady Dutchess most obedient, pray remember me
to my fellow traveller Tom Hill.*

From Lord Delawarr to the Duke of Richmond, probably

in London.

[On the subject of an unsatisfactory state of things at

Findon.]

Nov. 4, 1732.

I am sorry to find by your Graces Letter which I
received this Day that you have not received mine which I
writ this Day sevennight, it was full of my reflexions upon
the present state of Affairs att Finden. S' Rob* Faggs
Brutahty is what made me so very dilatory in my coming

* Tom Hill began as Tutor to the Duke when Lord March, and remained
Avith him for many years as a Private Secretary.

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down, for I thought it would be but a Dismall Life to sett
these long Nights by my self, and to Hunt with the Earths
unstop'd. S"^ Rob* may say what he pleases, but it is to
shew his ill Humour to S"" Cecyl in particular, and to the
rest of the world besides, for nothing can be more rediculous
than to say that He will lett them be stopt when
Gentlemen are there, but for the interim he will contrive to
have the Hounds kept so much from Blood that they will
not be able to shew sport to any one that does come.

I have had but one Letter from Jack Ware since they
have been there, so God knows what they do.

INI' Charlton and I intend to be down before the Time
for moving the Hounds, so that I will march my Forces
back to their Head Quarters. The Weather has been
excessively cold these ten Days so that I fear they have not
done much. I desire my humble Service to Lady Dutchess
and that you will beleive me My Dear Duke

Your Graces

Most Faithfull &

Obedient Servant
DeLawarr.

I have this Day an India Sow from Bengal with Pig,
would you have me save you one they say they are excellent
good meat.

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From Lord Delawarr to the Duke of Richmond, at Charlton,
in reply to a complaint of the latter as to the had
condition of horses and hounds when they arrived
at Charlton from Findon.

Nov. 30, 1732.
My Lord.

This is to acknowledge the favour of both your
Graces Letters, and 1 cannot but be very much concern 'd
to find by the first of them, as well as by JM"". Charltons,
that the Hounds are so very low. The Secret of that is
hard to unravell, unless you will think, that John Rowell is
old and Lazy and will not feed as he can ; and that the
other is young and ignorant how to do it. As to what he
alledges that they have not flesh enough it may certainly be
answerd, why have they not, who hinders it. They have
not been controul'd these five weeks that I know of, unless
it is a Greivance to have an account kept of what Oatmeal
is deliverd to them every week, but the quantity is not
limited, so that they have taken what they would, only
what they have taken is known, And you may See by the
Account of the Horseflesh which you have by you, that was
used in the Forest, that they were not Sparing, and how
their INIodesty comes to make them err on the other Side,
can proceed from nothing but their not paying those Bills
themselves. If the Servants will not cooperate it is
impossible for any mortal to have a Pack of Hounds in
Order. I own I rather think they seem by the accounts I
have received that they take Pains the otlier way, for

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without Skill any Dog will be fat that is not workd hard
which is their Case. Unless you will allow that the
quantity of INIedicines they have taken have quite torn their
constitution to Peices. As to the Poor work they made of
the JNIondays Chase, that I beleive may partly proceed from
there having been no rain since the Frost, and in that case I
never saw the Scent lay, for the Grounds allways carry.

As to you Graces 2*^ Letter which I receiv'd this Day, I
am sorry any Horses were purg'd without your knowledge,
and much more so that any should want it besides the two
y' are now purging, which I told you att Godalmin were to
be purgd att Findon, but I suppose the Distemper they had
there prevented it. I fancy that may have put them out of
Condition. For they were all purg'd before they left
Bolderwood, and came as clean and as well from thence as
any Horses in the World, as you saw, if you calld att
Charlton as your Grace told me you would. John Bud *
said he never saw the Horses come in such order for riding
in his Life. I have been very impatient to wait on your
Grace in Sussex, and I shall come very soon for I only stay
to sign some writing as Lord Cowpers Trustee and then shall
wait on you. I am, My Dear Lord,

Your Graces

Most Faithfull and
Obedient Servant
DeLawaur.

INIy most humble Service to her Grace.

* The author of the ' Sussex Garland.'
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As to their being sick with Antimony, it is a Cursed Lye,
for they both know they fed well with it, and after it. if you
give a Pound amongst the Pack, it will both Vomit and
Purge them, w'^^ in some cases is necessary, but 3 or 4
ounces mixt with a pound and half or two pound of
Brimstone, will only open them, if it is mixt as it ought
with the meat and not given in Lumps, but why always
Physick ?

From Lord Delawarr, in London^ to the Duhe of Richmond,
at Goodwood, A reply to various questions,

[The " insertion " mentioned is unprintable !]

May 31, 1733.

I had the favour of your Graces Letter, by the last
Post, And am glad so many [ ] Foxes got safe to Sussex
Eleven set out of Town, so one I perceive was lost or died
on the Road. As to the Register book of the Hounds it is
in the New Forest, I never trust it from the Place where
they are, so cannot have it copyd till I go into the Forest,
and then will not fail to have it done according to your
Desire.

As to the Queries you propose to me I shall answer
them as well as I can. Her Royal Highnefs* will not
be depucellee till August as it is thought. The Parliam^

* The Princess Royal. She married the Prince of Orange in March
1734.

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will probably rise in ten or twelve days. Lovel is not
certain of the Gold Staff. Lord Onslow goes as he did, and
so shall I in professing as I truly am

My Lord

Y"^ Graces

Most Humble &
Obedient Serv*^
DeLawarr.

The Duke of Montagu you may perceive is in good
health by the insertion he has made in this Letter. Lovel
is also here.

past 10 at night.

From Lord Delawarr, in London, to the Duke of EicJimond,

probably at Goodwood.

[INIostly about the Opera.]

June 16, 1733.

I hope that the Dutchess is now so well recover'd
that this Letter will not be inconvenient to your Grace, I
can truly assure you I was sensibly touchd when I heard
how very ill her Grace was, and do most heartily
congratulate you on her recovery. The last Letters from
the Forest give a very good account of your Hounds and
Horses. I have 3 Foxes att present in the House. Give

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me leave to advise you not to have many att the same time
in the Pen for they will dye with the Stench, and for want
of Liberty.

As to PoHtick News you have certainly heard all I can
possibly say, by other hands. Except that Lovel in a Day or
two is to have his Wishes ; but what ; he will not reveal, at
least to me, as soon as I know, I will not fail to acquaint
you with it.

There is a Spirit got up againt the Dominion of M"".
Handel, a subscription carry 'd on, and Directors chosen,
who have contracted with Senisino, and have sent for
Cuzzoni, and Faninelli, it is hoped he will come as soon as
the Carneval of Venice is over, if not sooner. The General
Court gave power to contract with any Singer Except
Strada, so that it is Thought Handel must fling up, which
the Poor Count will^not be sorry for. There being no one
but what declares as much for him, as against the Other, so
that we have a Chance of Seeing Operas once more on a
good foot. Porpora is also sent for. We doubt not but we
shall have your Graces Name in our Subscription List.*
The Direct", chosen are as follows. D. of Bedford,
L'^^ Bathhurst, Burlington, Cowper, Limmerick, Stair,
Lovel, Cadogan, DeLawarr, & D. of Rutland, S"". John
Buckworth, Henry Furnese Esq., S^ ]\Iic\ Newton ; There
seems great Unanimity, and Resolution to carry on the
Undertaking comme il faut. I propose to set out for
^F. Brights the latter End of Next Week. Various are
the Reports about the D. of ISIontagu, some say the
Gentlemen Pensioners, some the Governm''. of the Isle of

* The Duke was a prominent patron of the Opera and formed one of the
Syndicate whose names occur in the next paragraph.

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Wight. I can muster no more News so shall trouble you
no more than to assure you I am with the greatest truth
My Dear Lord Duke

Your Graces

Most Humble and

Obedient Servant

DeLawarr.

From Lord Delawarr, Bolderwood, to the Duke of Richmond,

Goodwood.

[About a horse, and other items connected with the
Hunt.]

July 14, 1733.

My Lord.

I have this Day, with M^ Andrew, and Roger
Williams survey'd the Horse, and we do unanimously agree
that he is A very genteel Horse and sound ; but we do not
think him fit to carry more than twelve or thirteen Stone
att most, His Body being lengthy, and we are apprehensive
he will be A thin Carcass'd one when Drawn. So that
unless you send your positive Commands to the Man he is
not to come to you.

I expected my Groom this Day from M"*. Brights, but
he is not yet come. The King goes on Monday to
Hampton Court, So I hope to wait on you soon but believe
I shall take you in my return from the Forest and then 1

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can report to you how affairs are. The Brass Horns * went

last week and the Maitre de Musique sets out on Monday.

My most Humble Service to her Grace from My Dear

Lord Duke

Your Graces

Most Faithfull &

Obedient Servant

Delawarr.

From Lord Delawarr , Bolderwood, to the DuJce of Richmond,

Goodwood.

[Complaining of the bad state into which the Hounds

have been allowed to get by Jack Ware.]

Aug. 11, 1733.

My Lord.

I have been here A Week, and am sorry to tell you I
found a great number of your hounds very much tainted, and
not the old ones only, but some of the most hardy, as Tapster,f
Kindness, &c. And I am much afraid it will break out still
more in the Pack. I find they have been fed as high and
with as much flesh this Hot Summer when they have not
stirr'd as in the Winter, when they Hunt ; It is easy to
imagine the Consequence. I have now lowerd their Diet,
and they are in a Course of Physick, not but they have been
very lavish of it, but without knowing how to give it.

* The Huntsman, and probably one or two others as well, carried the
large circular French horn which will be seen in the illustration of " Grey
Cardigan."

I See illustration at page 47.

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I am obliged to go to Hampton Court Next Wednesday
so what commands you have for me I shall receive there,
and I propose to come hither again soon after the Installa-
tion, and I doubt not but to get the handsomest Pack I
ever saw. In order against you do Bolderwood the Honour
of a Visit. I have much to talk over with you. But I have
so far Ventured as to tell John Rowell that it is expected
from l^im that the Hounds are in good order, as to their
Health. He said then they shall if I may.* I told him I
depended he would, and it was expected from him. I shall
wait on your Grace soon att Goodwood if I do not see you
att any of the Ceremonies before the Wedding.f Your
Horses are perfectly well and fine. The Boys will Blow
the Brass Horn well, but Jack ware is as forward in 3 weeks
as one of the Boys was in two days as their Master says,
It was his desire to Learn, and not put upon him. My
Humble Service to her Grace I am My Dear Lord Duke

Your Most Faithfull

&i Obedient Servant
DeLawarr.

* This reply was not so ambiguous as it now seems. May was then still
used in its original sense of can.

■j" Probably the wedding of the Princess Royal, which had to be postponed
until the following year on account of the illness of the Prince of Orange.

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From Lord Delawarr, at Hampton Court, to the Duke of
Richmond, probably at Goodwood.

My Lord

[A caution against overstocking.]

Aug. 20, 1733.

I have Sent your Grace an exact List of your Pack,
and of the Puppys, by it you will perceive that you are
strong, and I fear will in another Year be overstock'd
if you breed so many. [But you are now to Consider
which Bitches you would have spaird ; I know no benefit
that will accrue by them unless it is more Hounds to
be given to the Huntsman.] I am sure 5 or 6 Bitches
will breed as many Hounds as any body can want. I
am in great Hopes You will do me the Honour to Come
to Bolderwood next Month, and I should be glad to know
what time you would hke, for I then would contrive to
make that my time for the Forest.

I calld att Hackwood, and the Duke of Bolton, bid me
let you know you may have the Hunter he recommended
to you, but his price is 150 Guineas. That is a great Price
so you should be well satisfied about him. I saw him he is
a fine strong Horse but I did not see him move. My
Compliments to Lady Dutchess, and believe me

Your Faithfull &

Obedient Servant

DeLawarr.

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LIST OF rUPPYS, 1733

Pymont

Crowner

Curious

3 att Good

wood
Sherewood
Conqueror
Smerkin

Blewman

Darling

Jumper

Jugler

Jupiter )

Juno j

Judith

Emperor

Dashwood

Bonny

Lovely

att George Etheredges ^
Thomas Brent
Farmer Savin

' Crimson & Cocker.

Richard Etheredge ]

Charles Earleys ...> Careless & Cocker.

John Plot ...
John Young

George Snouks

Ralph Street

Peter Dove ... , ^._ . _.

^ T . • . / Dido &; Jumper.

Farmer Lmnmorton ^

Haywood Mill

Edward Wild
W™. Wings
Peter Bailys
Alice Maizey

Kindness & L*'.

Tank"? Blewman.
Venus & D. of S\
Alban's Redcap.

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Virgin & Jockey.

4 att Bolderwood not yet put out.

12 couple, besides what y' Grace has att Goodwood
out of Young Madam & Comfort. We have no more
quarters in New Forest, except 2 to be kept at Bolderwood
which I hope will be 2 of the 3 you have out of Crimson &
Cocker.

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From Duke of Bolton ^ Newmarket, to the Duke of RichmoTid,

in London,

Oct. 6, 1733.
My Dear Lord

I had the honour of your Grace's Letter w''^ I would
have answer'd y^ last post butt I was willing to Inform
my self a bout the horfs of the man y' take's care of my
stud : he says w*" your Grace has here inclos'd. ISIy Lord
as he never was lame in his Life, & y'' I think him by much
the best & finest horse I ever saw, soe I was very desirous
to have you have him. I desire you'l keep him & hunt
him, his price is w* you please, or if you'l doe me the
Honour to accept * of him he is att your service. I shall
be att Swakeley on Wensday next, & I will waite on you
in town if I hear you are there for I am w**" y^ greatest
Esteem

My Lord

Your Graces most faithful!
Humble Ser'
Bolton.

* Better still !

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From Lord Delawarr, in London, to the Duke of Richmondy

probably in France.

[Complaining that Lord Tankerville has crowded out the
Duke of Richmond's hounds from the New Forest.]

Sept. 10, 1734.

I never wanted you so much in my hfe as at present.
That Dear Creature the Earl of Tankerville is Sending his
Foxhounds into the Forest, Consequently yours must move
for there is not Game for three Packs, I came to London
about it and only desired him to stay till your Grace came
over, that you might give orders where yours might go but to
No Purpose. So I am returning, to go to Lord Lymingtons
to day. This is hard & I think your Friend Tanky uses you
but very indifferently, for you will not have a whelp enterd ;
If I knew where I could Send them near Bear Forest I
would instantly, to Findon would be eternal Ruin, because
of the Sheep in the woods, too great temptation for young
Hounds. I beg to hear from you, and as soon as I get
down I will Send to see for some Place near Bear Forest.
I am INIy L*^.

Y'. Graces

Most faithfull

& Obedient Serv^

DeLawarr.

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From Lord Delawarr^ in the New Forest, to the Duke of

RirJimond, in France.*

Sept. 13, 1734.

My Lord.

I am to thank your Grace for the favour of yours of
the 3 Ins*, old S. from Paris. I rejoyce your Hounds I
sent you have given you so much Pleasure, and acquitted
themselves with so much honour when they encountered
those of your Brother Grand Ecuyer. I luckily have A
Couple of the Lancashire Chaps that were not able to
proceed farther than London att that time. So we have
the fewer to recruit for you. I have now good & Bad News
to Send you, the first is that your Hounds are well we have
hunted six times and kill'd Six foxes, a Brace Yesterday, so
miss'd but one Day and that was occassiond by A Violent
Shower, for I think they ran harder that day than I ever
saw them. The Bad is Andrews Black horse is Dead. He
hunted one day last Week, was rid by Tom who rid no
faster than I did on Scarborough. The Horse came home
perfectly well in all appearance but lay down in about ten
minutes and stretch 'd himself out and died. I am sorry
but Tom is mad, for he was A great Favourite. But as no
neglect or Carelessness was the Occasion of this Misfortune
I hope you will not have the worse Opinion of Old Tom.
Especially now IVI^ INIilburn is dead, and John Shaw I

* The Dukedom of Aubigny in France devolved upon his Grace in 1734,
and early in the following year he was appointed Master of the Horse to his
Majesty, to which coming event Lord Delawarr probably refers in his
mention of " your Brother Grand Ecuyer," evidently meaning the official
that held the corresponding position in the Court of France.

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Suppose Succeeds, So recommend Old Tom * to Succeed
John Shaw, which is not recommending a bad Servant I
assure you, But as he has always behaved well, desire his
preferment. & in it you will oblige ISIy Lord

Your Graces

Most Faithfull &
Obedient Servant

DeLawarr.

From Lord Delawarr, at Bolderwood, to the Duke of Richmond.

Probably about 1736,

When I assure your Grace, that I heartily wish you
were well enough to make me happy with your Company att
Bolderwood, I flatter my self that you do not doubt but
that my wishes are Sincere. 1 realy think we could shew
you some sport. We had eight hours rain on Monday
night, so Yesterday morning I sally 'd forth with 21 couple
of Hounds, we found a Brace of Foxes, and parted, Your
humble Servant, My Groom, and Kit, went with the biggest
Parcell, Jack Ware and Jo, with the others, who running
up the Wind of us did not hear our Parcell, We ran him
Very handsomely, an hour and a quarter, and then hard for
half an hour more, he had just time to gett into a Coney
borough the Hounds were so near him that a Couple got
into the Earth, and kill'd him, we dug out Fox and Hounds
in A quarter of an Hour and flimg him to the Pack, for

* Tom Johnson.
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Jack Ware, got to us with his Parcell just as we earth 'd. I
do not trouble you with the particular Names of the Places
we ran to, because I beleive you do not remember them.
But your Hounds perform'd well, and what pleases me
much is, I did not See a Hound run to the Water nor lap
coming home. I will be as good a Negus as I can, and
hope I shall have the pleasure of bringing them in good
order into Sussex, and finding your Grace there in good
Health.

I have taken upon me a little but do beleive you will
not disapprove, You must know that a little before I came
down when they were airing the young hounds, the Boys
got drunk and Jo was so drunk that he fell from his Horse,
who came home, after having drank as much as he pleased,
which had hke to have killd him. (spit fire).* The Boy came
home some time after in a drunken Condition, upon which
my Old Wiszled face Tom rebuk'd him, repHcation ensued,
and when I came I was acquainted with this affair, but after
I had writ my last. I sent for him, and have assured him
that if I See or hear any thing of the like for the future, I
will take your Graces Livery from him, and send him about
his business, he was much astonisht, and has promised never
to do so any more, and I beleive the rough side of my
Tongue may have done good. If I went too far you will
excuse me for I meant it for your Service. I will be as
little from them as possible, till the Parliament meets before
which time I hope your Grace will be able to Hunt, for till
their Brains are a little better settled, somebody must have
an Eye over them. I went out this morning to Air the
Young Hounds, they go very quietly, and do not so much

* The name of the horse.
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as look att a Sheep, and will not offer to run att the Deer,

how they will behave when they have found of a scent I

cannot say. I hope you have not forgot to write about

having the Kennell and Stables att Findon repair'd, pray

order the Troughs for the Hounds to feed in to be mended

if they want, or new ones to be made if these are past

repairing ; Consider the Time draws nigh. My most

humble Service to her Grace and beleive me my Dear Duke

your most faithful!

& Obedient Servant

DeLawarr.

From Mr, Peacheyy Newgrove ? to the DuJce of Richmond^

at Charlton,

[Thanking him for not considering him a " Spoilsport."]

Jan. 19, 1737.

My L^

I receiv'd you Graces of the IGth, I am obliged to you
for the just opinion that you entertain of me, that I would
not disturb the sport of any Gentlemen, to which I must
add, still less of any persons of Quality, and I assure you
least of all that of your Grace. I keep finders which are
half bred spaniels, & a brace of Greyhounds perfectly for
my health, & the morning at this time of the year being to
cold for old men, I goe out in the midle of the day, for
about three or four hours, & that is about three miles
southward of my house, and never up the hill I can assure
you that my finders can not hurt a fox, nor will they hunt
him, nor when I kept hound did ever suffer them to hunt a

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fox, well knowin that it spoils Hariers, as for my dogs if
they at any time are found running a fox, I desire they may
be shot, and shal be well pleas'd with it, and if that practice
be well follow'd as it should be, the fox hunters sport would
in a litle time cease to be interrupted, my L*^ I repeat it
again that I wish all dogs that follow foxes except the fox
hounds, were shot constanly on seing it, and I give free
liberty to any man to shoot mine on that occasion, and if 1
can in any thing be assistant in preventing the interruption
of the sport of the Charlton Gentlemen, I shal wilhngly be
serviceable in it, in this or any thing els, I shal be glad to
shew all respect to your Grace being very truly

Your Grace's

Most obedient and

Most Humble Servant

J. C. Peachey.*

From the Duke of Bolton, New Forest, to the Duke of

Richmond, Charlton.

[" Alverstone " is in the Isle of Wight, of which place
the Duke of Bolton was Governor, as well as being Warden
and Keeper of the New Forest.]

Dec. 24, 1737.

My Dear Lord

I had the honour & pleasure to receive your Grace's
kind Letter last night, & I am heartily glad to hear of your
good sport & y'' your hound's doe soe well, I hope you find

* Bravo, Mr. Peachey !
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the foxes as Stout as wee find y*" here for they have
generally run us very great Chase's before they are kill'd, I
hope you have had better weather y° wee have had for this
fortnight past for wee have bien outt butt three times, butt
y° good sport wee had make's some amend's, the foxe's
hereabout's grow scarce soe in a weak or ten day I shall
move to Aberstone & y° I will send over to your Grace &
doe my self the honour to accept of your kind Invitation.
I beg my Comphment's to my Bro'. Foxhunter's & hope
you will doe me the Justice to beleive me Your Grace

Most faithfull Humble Srv\

Bolton.

Major Brak desire's his Compliment's to y' Grace.

From Duke of St. Albans ^ Charlton, to the Duke of

Richmond^ in London.

Dec. 27, 1737.

I wish I could send y" a better account of our sport
yesterday or y*^ we had killed a fox w*"*" we want to do very
much at present, this being y^ third time we have gone out
w'^^'out killing, & the third of Delawar's going out y*' I
suppose he is not to see a fox killed, he hunts Wednesday &
Friday & Saturday goes away for y*" New Forest, y* he may
pofsibly hunt five times this year in Sufsex, for w''^' 'tis very
well worth while to keep five hunters, we found att the
lluel he came out upon Slinden Common but was headed
in by people att y° alehouse or y'' Brig' * & his Boy (old Tom

* Probably Brigadiei* Hawley : see page 63.

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says he wants as much rating as either Bumper or Dolly)
but came out again a little lower & so went over y'^
Common to Earthom Common over Hanaker windmill
Hill to Red Copse, where 'tis generally thought we changed,
from thence thro' y^ North hanger over Eastdean Lane to y^
Parks to Strickland's fuzzes Round Rook's Hill to Westdean
in a little copse he lay down a hare leaped up & mett y^ hounds
as they were running for him w*^ checked them a little w*^ a
good deal of Hallowing gave Ren an opportunity of getting
ground of them went back again to y Fuzzes & going up
y° Hill by Tom Strickland's he was coursed by his dogs, so
to my Lady Darby's & then we lost him, a bitter cold day
& a worse scenting day could not be, old Tom went out w'^
us but was not able to ride, we found the want of his head
more than once yesterday, M^ C. Bifshop mett us at
Madhurst as were going to y^ Ruel, he stays here till y°
Parliament meets, it was a pretty hard frost last night & y°
wind att North East, I hope we shall see y" on Thursday, I
am INIy Dear Lord,

Y' Grace's most obedient servant

S^. Albans.

Fro7n Lord Dclaivarr, in the New Forest, to the DuJce of

Richmond^ at Goodwood,

Undated, probably 1739.

According to your Graces Orders Tom Johnson
attends you, I fancy if you take him to Lewis Races he
may possibly find a horse there. In short you want five

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horses, Tom Johnson 2. Nim Ives 1. Kit Bud 1. David 1.
Tom will let you know how these are wanted.

If I have kept Doxy when you sent for her, you must
Excuse me, but I thought she would be fed enough, and
her bed good enough, in the Hall here, and I know you do
not suffer a hound to come in your Parlour att Goodwood,
but if you will have her I will send her.

As to Messieurs les Ministres, I have no sort of reason
to think, I have been very well treated by them. Cap*.
Lynn and I have seen what it is to be honest. The
Language the Duke us'd to me the other day, when I
ask'd when I was to have the Company, was, would you
have me kill a man ? but in short I shall be att Hampton
Court in about a fortnight, and the Devil may take the
Governm^ for me, if I have not all that was promis'd me,
for I swear I will fling it up.

I shall say nothing about the glorious number of hounds
you have because you know it, but why 16 Couple of
young ones ; and the Madness amongst those left at
Charlton ; why will you not make quick work, where there
is infection. God bless you, I wish Scarbrough* was better.
I fear yet we shall loose him If that is the fate, I loose a
friend, and the Ministry an Able Supporter. I am Dear
Duke

Y' Most FaithfuU

& Obedient Servant

DeLawarr.

* Richard, 2nd Earl of Scarbrough, died in 1739.

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From Duke of Orafton, London, to the Duke of Richmond^

Charlton,

Undated, probably 1739.

My Dear Lord

I am quite unhappy y^ I cant accept of your offer of
being at Charlton this year but as we have Hunted but
little at Croyden we might loose y^ right of being there
shoud we goe away at this time when we have a good many
Foxes likewise y® hounds are out of order & some of y°
servants Horses not fitt to ride your Country, these you
know are considerations in our Trade & therefore pray
beleive y' I am quite unhappy y*^ I dont wait upon you
when y® case is y^ one loves both y° country and y^
Gouvennour of It, I need not say. If It was pofsible I
would be with you My Compliments to y*" Duke of S'.
Albans, I wish you Good Sport & better weather I am with
Great truth your Graces Moft Obedient

Slave
Grafton.

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From the Duke of Somerscty Petworth, to the Duke of

Richmond, Charlton,

Jan. 26, 1739.

My Lord

The most Exceeding kind visitt the Dutchess of
Somerset and I Received yesterday morning from the
Dutchess of Richmond and from your Grace, is now &
will upon all occasions bee acknowledged with a true sens
of it & this day wee desire to have the satisfaction to know
that both your Grace's Returned SafFe & well to Charlton,
as I did perceive by the lookes of the Dutchess of Richmond
horse to bee very well rode by soe noble and soe Great
a Huntrefs to the very death of many ffoxes & soe
entirely to Her Grace's Satisfaction. I doe therefore take
hberty to send your Grace the Receipt to make cerstiall*
Balles to bee given night & morning to this Horse & alsoe
to your Grace's Hunters after every chace. the very same
Balles I have more than ffivety yeares practiced & my
Horses used to receive very great Benefitt by them, as I
hope yours will find the same good Effect upon using them.
I send your Grace a small Pott of the Balles to bee used
untill the Receipt dosse produce more by your own
Apothecary.

wee wishe both your Grace's good weather which will
add to the I'leasure & agreeableness in Every ffox chace
now & at your return from London, in the mean time

* Does he mean crystal ?

Charles, 6th Duke of Somerset, commonly called " The Proud Duke,"
died in 1748 at the advanced age of S7.

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wee doe presume to fflatter our selves with Hopes of the
Honour to sea both your Grace's here some houres longer
than yesterday.

I am with the utmost Respect & Sincerely,

my Lord,

your Grace's most
fFaithfull and most

obedient humble servant

Somerset.

Wee are all in this House very true k very humble
Servants to both your Grace's

From the Duke of Bolton, Burleigh Lodge, New Forest, to
the Duke of Richmond, Goodwood.

[Apparently suggesting that the New Forest is " over-
hunted " ; but the letter is rather confusing.]

March 28, 1740.

My Dear Lord,

I came to this place yesterday, my hound's came
here on Teusday the ground being soe dry att Sombourn y'
I could not hunt there, they hunted on Wenesday & kill'd
an old dog fox att Lynwood, Your hounds had a very great
Chase on Monday & Earth 'd in the Node's, they did not
find on Wenesday in the low Country, I find foxe's wery
Scarce in the forrest, I wen't outt to day & drew a great
deal of Likely Ground w^'outt finding. As 1 hear y*' Lord

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Delawar's Warlike preparation's will prevent his coming
hear this Season, if your Grace has a mind to see your
hound's, you will doe me great honour & pleasure if you will
come to this place w''^ w^ever Company you Like to bring
w"" you, here is good Wine, butt noe french Cook, five bed's
& only Perry, who can eat more y° any two people.

If your Affaire's won't admitt of your coming I should
hope y*' you would order your hounds to hun't noe more.
It is noe more y° w*^ my hound's shall doe w° I Leave them,
for I think if wee both hun't separate wee need not think of
coming here next year, the forrest is in good order, butt the
Weather is very cold, I had a Vissitt from M"". Johnson tliis
afternoon, I am w*'^ great Esteem.

Your Grace's
Most Obediend
Humble Ser^
Bolton.

From Lord Lincoln, Whitehall, to (he Duke of Richmond^

Charlton^

Dec. 18, 1742.

My dearest Lord

I wrote you a letter last post full of despair, about y°
cursed frost, but as thoughtlefs as Jack coul'd be for his
soul, forgot to send it, y° frost I thank my Stars is over,
so instead of a long, stupid, desponding letter, I will tell you
ye contents of it in a very few words. I began with
making apologies to y' Grace for not answering y' letter

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sooner (which to be sure 1 shou'd have done) however, I

laid y^ fault upon y^ Duke of Newcastle who constantly

told me we shou'd have businefs in y^ house of Lords which

wou'd oblige y' Grace to come up to town, I y° said a

thousand civil things to you for y'' kind offer of a bed at

Charlton, thank'd you over & over for y^ pains you have

been so good as to take about y^ Ballot, & concluded with

railing most damnably at y® weather, but now all is well, for

it thaws most deHghtfully, and I flatter my self I shall soon

have y^ pleasure of being a member of Charlton, I fancy we

shall be able to make up nine, if so, I shall have impudence

enough to take it for granted I shall be chose, & come down

immediately

I am y' Graces

Most sincere fi-iend

& humble Servant

Lincoln.

From Lord Harcourt* London, to the Duke of Richmond,

Charlton.

[Sporting and Political.]

Dec. 18, 1742.

My Lord

I received the letter Your Grace honoured me with,
and I most heartyly condole with your Grace upon the
badness of the weather. We had a fog last night which is

* Simon first Earl of Harcourt. Viceroy of Ireland in 1772. He was
found drowned in a well in his park, having it was thought accidentally
fallen in whilst trying to rescue a favourite dog, which was found in the
well standing on his master's feet, the only part of him above the water.

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not yet quite gone off, But the weather is milder than it

was, and the wind is got a httle more Southward, which may

perhaps bring about a thaw. I have just seen a Coachman

that I hope will do for your Grace's little horses, My Whip

tells me he is a very sharp lad, & likely to make as good a

AVorkman as any in England, I have agreed with him for

Nine pounds (wages) provided I like his Character, which I

shall send to know imediatly. I have also heard of a

Postillion, but I fear I shall have difficulty to get him, my

Coachman tells me he does not weigh more than four Stone

and a half, however as I know your Grace's horses, I shall

not hire him, or any other upon report, but by weight. If I

can find one to my likeing, I shall send him to Will

Manning, who may enclose him in a letter to your Grace or

have him conveyed to Goodwood some other way. If the

weather should allow us to meet your Grace at Charlton,

you may depend upon my best endeavours to muster as

many of our members as possible, tho I despair of bringing

the whole number togeather. I saw Jack Mordaunt

yesterday, and he seems very desirous of going to Charlton,

he says he has been there with the Duke of Bolton, which

he hopes will entitle him to a Seat in Fox hall, however I

believe nobody will pretend to give an opinion in an affair

so important, till Your Grace shall declare your Sentiments,

Now for Politicks S' Harry's differing from the rest of his

friends in the vote he gave, was a most disagreeable thing, I

love and value him so much, that I think his giving a vote

with the Opposition, upon such a question was too great an

honour to them, for it gave them an opportunity of

flattering themselves, that there was one honest man of

their opinion, which I hope will never be the case again.

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Your Grace knows S" Harry was for the Hannover troops,
the vote he gave was against allowing the Levee Money,
which between friends I think a most dirty affair, and I fear
will do more mischief to the cause, than the money allowed

can do service to At least I look upon it in such

a light, that inconsiderable as I am, I would have given a
good deal out of my own pocket, rather than to have seen
the discredit of such a demand, & the mischief it may do to
his Majesty & the Whig cause. I am My Lord tho in a
most round about way

Your Grace's ever

Obliged friend, & Humble Servant

Harcourt.

My compliments to y*" Dutchess, Henry Cheale,* Day
Rolle, & my friend L*^ George.

From Lord Harcourt, London, to the Duke of Richmond,

Charlton,

Dec. 15, 1743.

My Lord

I had the pleasure of waiting upon the Dutchess of
Richmond the night before last, and of finding her Grace
perfectly well. She told me that she expected your Grace
in town on Saturday next, which tempted me to put off
my journey to Charlton till about tuesday next, when I

* Norroy King at Arms.

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am informed your Grace proposes to return to Charlton,
at which time I shall be glad of the honour of attending
you. I propose to stay a fortnight at Charlton, which the
Duke of S* Albans will scarce believe. What I shall do
there is another question, for I dont know whether I have
a horse to ride, for I have had but a bad account, of a horse
I had from y*' Duke of Boltons upon which I had great
dependence. However let that be as it will, the company
of my friends. Good Punch, and a pipe of Tobacco will
make Charlton go down very well. General Wade kissed
his INIajesty's hand yesterday upon being appointed Field
Marshall, and CoiTiander in chief of the troops abroad. The
Scotch that were present looked as I fancy their countrymen
did, that were executed in the tower some time ago. How-
ever I heard some of them say, this morning, By God we
must wait upon him, tho perhaps it is not the promotion
we most approve of.

There was this morning a motion in the House of
Commons for an address to be presented to His Majesty,
that he would be pleased to enter into no new engagements
for the support of the Queen of Hungary, unless in con-
currence with the Dutch. Tho these are not precisely
the words yet they were much to this purpose, tho with
the addition of some aggravating expressions, that might
possibly create a debate. The particulars of which I suppose
Mr. Pelham will receive by this nights post. Tho if the
treat your Grace intends is be to morrow as I am informed
it is, your Grace may possibly have other busyness to
transact. Had I thouglit ]\Ir. Pelham's Election would
have admitted of sobriety, I should have done my self the
honour of attending it. But to play the fool as I did at

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Lewes is what I hope will not happen to me again. Lord
Falmouth has spoke to Lord Carteret and I believe to the
Duke of Newcastle for my friend Jack Boscawen to succeed
Captain Strickland, who two or three days ago gave up the
Comission he had in the horse Grenadiers. As by the turn
of affairs my friend may now reasonably expect some pre-
ferrment I should look upon it as the greatest of favours, if
you would speak a word to ISIr. Pellham to concurr with
them in their recommendations in case they should under-
take to serve him. I am My Lord with the Greatest truth

Your much obliged humble Servant

Harcourt.

Mr. Solomon Dayrolles, Euston, to the Duke of Richmond,

Goodwood,

Oct. 6, 1744.

My Lord

According to Your Grace's directions, I wou'd have
taken the liberty to trouble you before this time with a
letter, had any thing occurr'd worth intruding upon a few
minutes of your leisure. There was ne'er a good Fox
Chace that I cou'd give you an account of, and it wou'd
have neither moved your pity nor given you any Entertain-
ment, had I inform'd Your Grace of the exquisite and
unaccountable pains I suffer 'd in one of my Feet, when I
lay at Chesterford in my way to Euston, and told you the
discourse I had with a Physician that happen 'd then to be
in the House, who declared to me, (tho' he did not say it to

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frighten INIe) that it was the forerunner of some dreadfull
distemper, and that the shortest and safest method to cure
my complaint, wou'd be to apply directly a Caustick to my
Foot. This terrible Sentence did not however prevent my
coming here, and it has had no other bad Consequence than
the lofs of a very good Chace this day sennight. Since
that I have been out three times. The first day we found
two Foxes but lost them both in a very little while. The
second day we kill'd one in his kennel, run another about
five miles and then lost him. This morning we had a chace
of about an Hour and very hard running, but the Fox was
headed and lost. Here I must again make mention of
Myself and perhaps move Your Grace's compafsion, tho' the
Duke of Grafton had no more bowels than a Flint ; tout au
Contraire, exprefs' Choler ; but this was more owing to his
disapointment than to my misbehaviour. As I was
galoping over one of his Heaths, my Horse struck into a
Conny burrow, fell down flat upon his side and flung JMe
some Yards before him with my side against an Old Mole
Hill. It was such a bang that I was speechlefs for some
time, however I mounted my stead again, and when -his
Grace came up with me, I was comforted in the same
manner as Job was by his Friends. After this we tried for
another Fox, but my pains increasing I went home to be
Doctor 'd a little, but finding myself better after some
inward & outward applications, I return 'd to the Company
when in my way I spied Renny who had stolen away
from behind the Hounds. I then gave them a view
hollow, brought them back, run him for an hour and a
quarter over the finest part of this Country, and kilFd him
with the whole l*ack at his Brush. This has made his

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Grace unknit his Brow, and curse the Rabbits and their
Burrows. To-morrow he sets out for London and is to be
here again next monday. For my part I remain here. We
have had ^I''. Hardenberg here this week, in his way to
Mylord Orford & Mylord Lovel qu^il est bien aise de
connoitre. I hope Mylady Duchefs and all your Graces
family continue in perfect health. INIy I beg the favour of
my very humble respects to Her Grace and to Lady Emily.
I am with the greatest truth and respect

Your Grace's
Most Obedient
Humble Servant
S. Dayiioli.e.

Mylord The Duke of Grafton INIylord Bishop of
LandafF and Baron Hardenberg desire their Compliments to
Y*^ Grace & to My Lady Dutches.

Frcnn Colonel Alartin,* FortwilUam, N.B., to the Duke of

Piiclimond, Goodwood.

May 14, 1745.

My Lord Duke

I am glad to find Your Grace has not left off Fox
hunting which 1 suppose is Your divertion in y° New Forrest.
No body is more strongly prejudiced for bodily Exercise
than myself, who have allways ufed it and I fancy it has

* He took an active part in suppressing the Rebellion of '45 and
subsequent campaigns on the Continent.

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preserved my Agility & Vigor beyond many I see Younger
& of better Constitution than myself. Col. Gardiner since
he is growing rich & Lazy is y® most alterd man I have
seen in so short a time, he stoops, pockes out his head, and
has y^ appearance of a Very Old Man.

I am sorry I can't have y*^ happinefs to be in an old
Corps for I am terribly afFraid of a reduction ; I think verily
this War is too Expensive to laft long, if there is no better
Economic of y"^ publique mony than there is here. You
Gentlemen who pay so largely to support y^' State must
soon grow weary of it. They are making a peice of road
here to pleafe one Great Man that he may drive eafily to his
houfe (when he gets one) tis about 40 miles where there is
to be 17 bridges one will cost 2 or 3000£ thro' a country all
rock & Bogg, where nobody will ever have occalion to pafs
but he himfelf & that perhaps but once more in his life if he
does that. The roads y* are made allready by M^ Wade
are very good of themselfs especially to y° man he has
appointed to look after them, but of very little ufe to y®
publique for theres neither lodging meat or drink or horses
or Carriages to be got on them. I have lately pafsd 4 times
thro' thefe West highlands where there is no road or hardly
track but yS mountains stand all round like a parcel of sugar
loaves on a grocers counter, where I got nothing to Eate or
drink but what I carried w*^ me, and at night no bed to lye
on. Your Grace may well call this a curfed Country ; and
I muft beg leave to Anathemize the animals bred in it, for
the Tartars themfelfs are not half so Savage as y® common
highlanders. The Gentry are so proud & National there is no
conversing with them, they are at home quite different from
what you see them about y° Court. To give You a small

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instance of what they are, & how they are affected to us of
y° South, a Gent", of quahty where I was laft quarterd was
very shy of being acquainted w*^ me till he saw I was
known to a certain Earl w'^'' a Green Ruban a great speaker
in Your houfe, he afked y^ Earl what sort of man I was, he
reply 'd a good sort of man, one of y® beft that come from
that Country. All y« Good Gen^ Wade did for this
country by laying out . . . Thousands of y^ Governm'^.
mony to . . . purpofe can't procure a good word from any
of them, they say he is no friend to Scotland w'^^ a man
muft be, or pretend to be, or he cant live here.

My Lord Duke
Your Graces most Obed^ Servant

B. M. Martin.

Fro7n Mr. Paunceforty Early Court, to the Duke of

Rickmondy Charlton.

Jan. 25, 1747.

My Lord Duke,

I have just now received a printed Summons to meet
the Gentlemen of the Charlton hunt, or send an Answer by
Friday, the latter was impossible for me to perform ; the
former indeed I might, was I not grown desperate enough
to own that I could not stay longer in town from a Young
IMistrefs I keep in the Country of 3 year's old ; & my
Mother who I had left not so well as I could wish. I must
therefore make an Apology for not waiting on your Grace
on Wednesday (tho' as yet have had no Summons) since had

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I staid in town, it would have prevented me the pleasure of
attending Your Grace at Charlton w*"^ I propose soberly to
perform ; that is, only to he drunk once a day after dinner
w^^ your Grace and then go write. Pray warn ]M^ Conolly
out of my Stables I shall fill the whole.

I am
Y"^ Graces

most Obed^ Serv^
Euw^ Pauncefort.

From Lord Delmvarr to the Duke of Richmond, at
Bolderwood, New Forest.

April 17, 1747.

My Lord.

I have as great Happiness as I can (when deprived
waiting on your Grace) in hearing that every thing within
Doors att Bolderwood has been to your Satisfaction, and
that Nanny has play'd her part well as to the sorts of
Provisions you like, being very desirous that whatever Place
I have any thing to do in may be agreeable to you. I am
glad you approve of the New Building, I think it will make
the whole very convenient, and prevent your being so much
straigned another Season ; but when I think how uncertain
the modern Sportsmen are, I then imagine any house will
be large enough. Your Grace was right when you thought
the room above Stairs was for the Books, they are to be
put there as soon as it is finished and dry, for the room
where they are now will be a passage room to the Bow

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Window room on that floor, When IMiss Wests are att
Bolderwood their Harpsicord will be also put there, so that
I intend it as a Family assembly room, which as it has no
communication with the old house, but by the new Stair
case, will yet remain quite private if any Strangers dine
with me, or if any very ceremonious person should by some
great miracle lay a night there. I now proceed to give you
my reasons for putting wainscot in the Stone Parlour. That
room is intended only for dining in when I come from
shooting in Winter, or with a small Company ; as the Guns,
Hats, Canes, Shot pouches, Dog couples, and many such
like ornaments, will be hung up there, the putting up of
pegs would be always making Holes in the Stucco, and as
the room is so fmall the Servants moving the Chairs and
Table would be eternally damaging the Stucco which would
ruffle my Sweet Temper. The other rooms are to be
stucco, only because it is cheaper for I own I do not love it,
because of the Eccho, which makes such a Confusion of
Sound, one cannot, without better Ears than mine, hear
one another Speak distinctly. As to the Square Holes
over the Chimney, I was told it was to save Bricks, and
discharge the Weight from each Arch of the Chimney,
it will be stop'd up in my stone parlour, but in the next
it will make an Excellent Cupboard for Madam Thorton to

keep Sweatmeats and Sugars very dry I hope you have

had, as much rain as we had last Wednesday Evening, that
and the Wind now changing will contribute to your Sport,
which I wish quite to your Grace's Satisfaction. To be
sure New hounds in a pack never show att first, but I have
always heard, from those that used to crack them up, only
of their very hard running, which caused me to doubt with

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my Self whither they were good nosed ones, and good
beaters ; your Grace will let me know that, for I never saw
them in my Life. The Duke of Newcastle tells me he has
wrote you all the news, so I do not presume to say one
word on that subject. I desire my Compliments to all your
Company and that you will beleive me to be with the
greatest Truth Y*" Graces

INIost Faithful! and
Obedient Servant

DeLawaiir.

From Lord Delawarr, in London, to the Duke of Richmondy

at Bolderwood.

April 21, 1748.

IVIy Lord.

I had the Honour of your Graces from Bolderwood,
and am glad you found that Place in such toUerable
condition, as to make me hope the continuance of your
favour to it. I can assure you, and I flatter my self you
think me sincere, that one of the greatest Pleasures in the
additions I made to the House was proposing by that, to be
able to accommodate your Grace rather better, than with
what you had been so good heretofore to take up with. I
think it now enougli, and convenient, and hope to have
some Comfort there, tho as yet have had very little pleasure,
from the uncertainty of the times, for some years past. If
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to have again some merry hours with your Grace in the
Forest, and att Charlton, and if a Birth day does not fall out
regularly att Bolderwood, we must make one ; and Charlton
I beleive generally every day is such. I am glad to find
Nanny keeps in your good graces, I dare answer she had
your bed well aird. And hope she will take care you
want not calverd Salmon or any thing else that country
affords. As to your proposal of planting, put in as many
trees as you please, and where you will, tho it is to be sure
the worst place in the world for that sport, I have planted
hundreds without any Success, and therefore would advise
planting them in basketts, I have tryed every other way.
The Earl of Lincoln sett out this day in order to hunt with
you on Saturday ; I beg you to keep him in some order, for
killing a Heath hen, or Partridge on the Heath, att this
Time is destruction. And tho I do not look on his
Lordship as a very excellent shot, yet I know by experience
that a Gun is A very dangerous instrument, for I remember
to have Seen A Gun go off in the late Lord Sussex's (Totty
Sussex we calld him) hand ; and he killd a Partridge, tho
he was looking another way, and did not see the couvee.* 1
must own your Grace was very alert, to sally forth
immediately on the going off, of the Snow, I hope now the
wind is come to the West, you will have better weather,
and better Sport, and should that lead the Earl into a Bog,
I hope you will not conceal it from me. Who have you
got with you ? If Pauncefort, I then suppose he takes up
his Habitation in the Library which I beleive he does not

* How history repeats itself ! For is not the very same feat recorded in
the ' Pickwick Papers ' as having been performed by the immortal Mr,
Tracy Tupman?

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think an unpleasant room. My Compliments to all I know,
and do me the Justice to beleive I am with the greatest
Truth My Lord

Your Graces

Most Humble and

Obedient Servant

DeLawarr.

From Lord Delmvarr, Bolderwoodf to the Duke of Richmond,

in London.

[" Heath Poults " must have been black game.]

Aug. 10 (1), 1748.

My Lord,

I am favourd with your Graces commands by Bud, and
send you two brace of Poults, that were kill'd on Saturday,
and immediately StufTd with Heath as they were intended
to be sent to you by M"*. Poole, but as he has put off his
journey for one day more, I send these by the Bearer, and if
we have any success this Day, will send you some more by
M'. Poole, I sent two brace by John Rowe which I hope
came good. Lord Ilchester has some complaint that he
writes me word makes him incapable of riding, So that he
could not come, as he intended, but if I see him this week
I will not fail to give him your message. I propose staying
here a fortnight longer and then paying my Respects to
your Grace att Goodwood, and hope you and Lady Dutchess

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will give us Leave to bring Miss Poole with us. I desire
my Compliments to Lady Dutchess and that you will
beleive me with the greatest Truth My Lord

Your Graces

Most Humble and
Obedient Servant
DeLawarr.

I never Saw your Hounds look finer in my Life.

From Lord Delawarr, Bolderwood, to the Duke of Richmond,

in London.

Aug. 14, 1748.

My Lord

I am glad the Heath Poults came safe to your Grace
and that they were so much to your Satisfaction. As to the
Affair of the Trap I can explain that to you when I see
your Grace for I bought them my self, and they are to set
on Bushes to catch the Hawks and Kites, tho when this was
taken up it was from one of the Dog Houses att the Stable
your Graces Hunters stand in. it was put every night
before the Hole where a Hen was sitting, and throw'd in the
morning ; when she had hatch 'd, the Trap was left in the
Place, and they carried it to Smith, who a little while ago
brought it to nanny again, but Some sort of Foxes or other
have had so many out of fourscore Chickens, that I have none
but what I buy ; And I am sure they are plenty, for M'.
Poole was surprized to kick them up in the Fern as we were

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Shooting, and that near the House. I shall trouble your
Grace with another Letter before I leave this Place but I
think We shall have the Honour of kissing your Graces
hands either the 23'^ or 24f*^. I am with the greatest Truth
^ly Lord

Your Graces

ISIost Humble and

Obedient Servant

DeLawarr.

From Lord Eglintoune, Somerley, New Forest, to the Duke of
Richmond, Goodwood or Charlton, asking for two hounds.

Oct. 29, 1749.
My Lord Duke

I am extremely glad to hear of your Grace's safe
arrival in this country as it renews our hopes of seeing
your Grace in this wild part of the world before the fox
hunting season is quite over. I have been out with your
Graces hounds & have the pleasure to afsure you they are
rather better than last season if that is pofsible. Those
your Grace had from Sir Charles Goring are remarkable
good hunters but I am apt to think there are some of them
which will not run so hard as your Graces old sort towards
the latter end of the day.

There are a couple of old bitches which Smith and John
Row* tliink too much wore out to breed out of and not

* John Smith succeeded Tom Johnson as huntsman ; John Row was
1st whipper-in.

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able to run if your Grace thinks them neither an ornament
nor of use to your pack I should be extremely obliged to
your Grace to place them in mine where they may still
make a figure at least in the way of gallantry as I am of
opinion (notwithstanding what those learned gentlemen say)
that the chip of an old block is often as good as the sprouts
of a young tree. I have the honour to be with the greatest
respect.

My Lord Duke

Your Graces

most obedient and

most humble Serv^ant

Eglintoune.

From the Earl of Dalkeith, Adderbury near Banbury ,
thanking the Duke of Richmond for the offer of some hounds.

Dec. 17, 1749.

My Lord

Since I had the Honor of seeing Your Grace I have
laid aside for the present the Scheme I had of Hunting Fox
with My Harriers, in performance of a promise I some time
ago made to M^ Selby (who has an House within two Miles
of this Place) not to Hunt upon Edge Hills after L**.
Leigh's Death, which Country MS. Selby out of compliment
to L*^. Leigh never went into, or more properly out of
compliment to L^ Leigh's Huntsman, as L**. Leigh never
came upon the Hills himself. I am very much Obliged to
Your Grace for thinking of me, and return you a great

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many thanks for your kind offer, a Present of the same sort
will be very acceptable to me, if ]\1". Selby should at any
time grow tired either of His Hounds or of this Country.
I am extreamly glad to hear Your Grace has had good
Sport, and I should think Myself very happy if it was in
My Power to wait on You this Christmas ; I fully intend
to have the Pleasure of attending Your Grace at Charlton
in February, and I shall always remain with the utmost
gratitude and sincerity Your Grace's

Most Obliged and
Faithfull Servant
Dalkeith.

From Lord Eglintounef Somerley, New Forest, to the Duke

of Richmond, in London.

[Thanking him for two hounds, and regretting that he
should have been wrongfully accused of encroaching upon
the Duke's country.]

Dec. 29, 1749.

My Lord Duke

I return your Grace a thousand thanks for the two
bitches your Grace may be sure they shall be taken
particular care of both on account of their own merit and
the person who gave them. I am sorry your Grace should
have been told that I have been destroying your hunt, I
promis'd your Grace I would not hunt that part of the
forrest and as I have most religiously kept my word I cannot
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complain as your Grace seems to credit such information.
Were I by chance my Lord to kill one of your foxes I do
afsure you I would be the first person to acquaint your
Grace of it myself. Tis true there has been a brace of foxes
killd in the upper part of the forrest by my hounds but they
were neither of them found there and I dare say your Grace
is too keen a sportsman to desire I should not follow them
I shall not trouble your Grace any further about this affair
at present but shall do myself the honour to wait on your
Grace the moment I come to Town and make no doubt
I shall satisfie you as to that matter mean while I hope your
Grace will do me the justice to believe that there is nobody
to whom I should be more sory to give cause of complaint
and that I have the honour to be with the greatest sincerity

My Lord Duke
Your Graces

most obedient and most
Humble Servant

Eglintoune.

From the Duke of Grafton, in London, to the Duke of

Richmond, at Charlton.

Dear Duke

Undated.

According to your Commands I send you Render, he
is an old Hound, has no 111 quahties so y* he may be Hunted,
never was lame in y® Shoulders till this seafon, which has
been y^ Cafe of severall others (nothing has been done to

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him for It) my old Friend Fregus whofe voice I rememberd,
gives an account of many fine chafes y*' you have had, but
tells me emphatically, y^ they have all been since y'^ L**
Delawar came av^ay, by his repitilion of this fact, I shou'd
fear my noble friend is not in y*^ good Graces of y* Bafe cour
at Charlton, we have had two or three days good sport
togeather ; yefterday we had y® beft chafe for three hours
y* I have seen this many a day I dont know y* y^ hounds
were at a fault in y^ whole time we were once near twenty
miles from y'' Place we found him. INIoft of our Horfes
were near up, being in a steep Country by Aylsford in Kent
were I never was before, my Compliments to all y*^ good
Company, with my refpects to Her Grace

I am your slave
Grafton.

It is now ten at night, my servant y* went this morning
is not come from Croydon I wifh y"" Hound did not goe
out with ten Couple y* were left at Euston & are juft
brought up & Hunted to day.*

* I cannot make head or tail of this sentence ! I gather, however, that
<( ye Hound " is intended by his Grace as an uncomplimentary reference to
his servant ; beyond that the meaning is obscure.

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CHAPTER XI

THE ^SUSSEX GARLAND'

(from the hound pedigree book)

These verses are taken from the pages of the ragged old
manuscript book which contains the names of the Hounds,
their Pedigrees, and the accounts of the Annual Meetings of
the Charlton Hunt. What particular station in life was
filled by Jack Budd of Charlton I know not ; but fi'om the
fact that several members of the Hunt kept their horses in
his Stables, and that he himself was a regular follower of
the hounds, I should imagine that he was a sporting farmer,
or something of that description. And it is not difficult to
imagine a pressing invitation being sent from Fox Hall, now
and again of a winter's evening, to Mr. Jack Budd, expressing
a hope that he would join the Gentlemen of Charlton over
their wine ; cannot we picture his jolly flushed face, as in
broad Sussex accents he trolled forth those home-made
stanzas of his, whilst the glasses and decanters danced and
rattled on the table, and the rafters of the Great Hall rang
with the rollicking chorus that followed each verse ?

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THE SUSSEX GARLAND BY JOHN BUD

OF CHARLTON.

1.

Charlton December twenty eight

Att half an hour past nine
His Graces loitering made it late

Yet we a Fox did find
In East dean Wood ; 'twas Kitty cross'd
Hark in, get on or you'l be lost

With a Hark Kitty, hark in hark.

2.

Ore Northern Down, all up the wind

Go on to Burnt Oak Gate
We all of us just there got in

The Hounds ran a great rate
Away they went for Herring Dean
Att Cocking road they turnd again

With a Hark forward hark on hark.

3.

Then down the Wind ore Cocking Course

Each man did push his Horse
To Tegleese gate, where Huntsman Hke

We stopd to see them cross
There first came Veny, Luther next
Young Trojan, Victor, then the rest

With a Hark forward hark on Hark.

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4.

Then ore the Hills for Sheep wash Earth
Twas stop'd, it would not do

From thence to Burton hanger Strait
They ran as if in View

Att Glatten Beacon up he came

But there was headed down again

With a hark Victor hark in Hark.

5.

Of all the Hounds of any Breed

Sure Victor is the Best
There he and Trojan took the lead

And kept it from the rest.
To West Burton & ore Berry hill
They had no Check nor n'ere stood still

With a Hark forward, hark on, hark.

6.

But there some Sheep did cause a stop

A Minute and no more,
For Victor cast, and hit it off,

For Preistcombe on before,
The Hounds they heard him, and came in,
For Horton Cliffs, they ran amain,

With a Hark Victor, hark on hark,

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Just by the Earth poor Ren was seen,

The Chace was not yet done.
Jack Ware leapt off, and strait brush'd in,

But Ken did further run.
Now all att Fault, both Man and Hound
Jack would conclude him gone to ground

With a Hoax cross him, hark again, hoax.

8.

Just then we heard a Halloo Clear
A Mile up wind att least

Hark halloo strait get up Jack Ware
This Trick it is his last

Away we went to Houghton Town

He there had bob'd all up and down,
AVith a Hark halloo, hark in hark.

9.

Through Farmers Yards, and their Wife hole,

We drove him all about
We saw him leap ore pales &; Walls

Att last he did get out
Then for Preistcomb again he ran
But att the Hedge was att a stand

AVith a AVhooup, AVhooup, AA^hooup.

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10.

His Grace of Richmond then and there

For to compleat the Day
Did get a Fall both fine &; fair

From off old Gary grey
While some did laugh his Grace said nought
But att John Shaw let fly a stroke

With a Hey day what now what now.

11.

Now I must tell you who they were

That rid this noble chace
First then was John Lord Delaware

Ive told you of his Grace
Next Jenison, a Northern Knight
Of Shire, &c Hawley a light weight

With a Hey for Goodwood, hark away hark.

12.

Tho last of all yet first in fame
Of Sportsmen that we know

Old Andrew sure I now must name
And best Companion too

He knows the Hounds and what they do

Can Ride and Drink and make Love too
With a Fal a la la.

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1.

There were three Jolly Huntsmen

And they would a Fox
And went to find old Reynards

Amongst the Woods & Rocks
With a Hoop, Hoop Hallow, Hark on Brave Boys
Hark Away, the Huntsman Cry'd

With a Twink, Twink, Twink, & a Twivee Twivee Twink
As we from the Kennel did ride Boys,

As we from the Kennel did ride.

2.

We threw into the Cover

To see what we could find
And soon we spyd Old Reynolds

Tripping it down the wind
With a Hoop Hoop Hallow hark on brave Boys
Tallie hors, the Huntsman Cryd
With a Twink, &c.
And down the wind we did ride Boys, &c.

3.

The Huntsman cry'd Away Hark Away

The Hounds together stuck
And Bravely they pursued him

And crossed over the Brook
With a Hoop Hoop Hallow Hark on Brave Boys
Hark forward the Huntsman cry'd
With a Twink, c^c.

And over the Brook we did ride Boys, he.

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4.

We being brisk and Airy

Did Gallop over the Plain
Whilst Emperor and Henry

The Chace they did maintain
With a Hoop, Hoop, Hallow, Hark on Brave Boys
Aye (hats Good The Huntsman cryd
With a Twink, &c.
And over the Plain we did ride Boys, &c.

5.

Att length we saw an Old Shepherd

As we were ganging along
And there we spyd old Reynolds

The Ews and I^ambs among
With a Hoop, Hoop, Hallow hark on brave Boys
Whooo The Huntsman cryd
With a Twink, &c.
And over the Plain we, &c.

6.

Poor Reynolds being weary

Could neither goe nor stand
And now he must surrender

And be att our Command
With a Hoop, Hoop, Hallow hark on brave boys
Whoo Whoop The Huntsman cryd
With a Twink, &c.
And so poor Reynold dyd Boys

And so poor Reynold dy'd.

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1.

Co3iE listen awhile

Of Fox hunting I will sing
Which on our Sussex downs

Is sport for any King
And to Sussex we will go, &c.

2.

That all men are sportsmen

I hold for to be true
For some scent or another

Each man he doth pursue
And a Hunting we will go, kc.

3.

Some Hunt after Riches

While others seek the Chace
But they who love a keener sport

Will hunt a pretty face
And a Hunting we will, &c.

4.

All on a Morning fair

To Eastdean Wood we went*

To hunt a Captain Fox
It being our Intent

And a Hunting we did go, &c.

* This song quite probably may have been descriptive of the Great
ChaBe of Jan. 26, 1738, from East Dean Wood.

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5.

This Fox having defeated

A Duke I shall not name
We were resolved to Hunt him

For to revenge the same
And a Hunting, &c.

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CHAPTER XII

AMUSING RECEIPTS FOR THE BITE
OF A MAD DOG

From the Hound Book, again, I extract the quaint Pre-
scriptions which follow.

Truly our ancestors were valiant men ! For surely
" Scrap 'd Pewter " strikes one as being a curious ingredient
wherewith to compose physic for a poisoned system — but
perhaps the Strong Ale and Treacle may have had a good
deal to do with rendering it, if not wholly innocuous, at any
rate more or less digestible. And, as regards Doctor Mead's
Receipt — he, by the way, was the Duke's medical adviser for
many years — it is evidciit that he relied largely upon the
efficacy of cold water as a panacea for the disorders of his
day. Well — perhaps he was right I For there are those
that darkly assert (and low be it whispered) that, in spite of
the glamour and romance with which we love to envelop the
days of powder and patches, a bath of any sort was such a
rarity that the mere fact of prescribing a cold bath daily for
a month would have been sufficient in itself to terrify any
invalid into rude health, without any further demand upon
the weird nostrums of the apothecary of the period.

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PRINCE RUPERT'S RECEIPT FOR THE
BITE OF A MAD DOG.

A Large handful! of Rue, A Handfull of Red Sage, A
Handfull of Ground Liverwort, two Heap'd Spoonfulls of
Scrap'd Pewter, six heads of Garlick, one pound of Venice
Treacle or Mithridate, three quarts of Strong Ale.

Put all into a well glaz'd Earthen Pot, stop the Pot
very Close with Paste, set it over the Fire, and as soon as
it has boyld, Take the Pot off the Fire, and set it to
Infuse, by a Gentle Heat, for 24< hours, then press it, and
strain it off for use.

To a Man give 5 Spoonfulls, IMorning & Evening, for
3 days, and repeat it att the next Full & New Moon.
The same quantity once a Day to a Dog.

Dress the Wound with old Mithridate.

DR. MEAD'S RECEIPT FOR THE BITE OF

A MAD DOG

Lychen cinereus terrestris half an ounce,

Black Pepper two drams.

Make this into four doses.

To be taken every morning fasting for four mornings
in half a pint of Cows' Milk Warm.

The Patient must go into a Cold Bath every morning
fasting for A Month. Then three times a Week for a
fortnight. He must be dipt all over, and not keep his head
above water more than half a minute.

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CHAPTER XIII

ICHABOD !

And now, my reader, Charlton slumbers once again, almost
as profoundly as it did long, long ago, before the advent of
old Squire Roper and his pack marked the commencement
of half a century of prosperity for the little hamlet such as
it will never see again.

For the Duke died in 1750, and from that moment the
sun of Charlton commenced to set. 'Tis true, for many
years the Hunt flourished exceedingly, for the new Duke
transferred the headquarters to Goodwood, where the hounds
found quarters far more palatial than the queer little old-
fashioned kennels which they had been accustomed to in
the old village over the hill, but — the old glory had
departed I

The changes and chances of this mortal life (and possibly
increased faciUties for fox-hunting in other parts of the
kingdom) scattered far and wide the brilliant throng whose
names recur throughout these pages. They came no more
to Charlton.

Quiet reigns over the valley now. No longer does

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Levin Down witness those early morning scenes of bustle
and animation that centred around the Duke's huntinff-box,
that sole survivor of so many ; nor do the villagers gather o'
nights around Foxhall to listen dehghtedly to the sounds of
revelry with which the gentlemen of Charlton were wont to
celebrate the close of each good hunting day. But the
glamour of it all cUngs to the place still !

And so, dear reader, in tracing the fortunes of the Hunt,
I have not cared to ask you to follow me beyond the quiet
little valley that lies snugly beneath the shelter of the old
Forest that my ancestor loved so well, and I can only hope
that you may find it possible to share with me, in spirit at
any rate, the fascination to which every sportsman must
surely feel himself subject when brought in contact with old
records of this description.

And now that my congenial task is done, the following
verses, written years ago by poor Adam Lindsay Gordon,
strike me with a sense of appropriateness as a conclusion : —

We have no wish to exaggerate

The worth of the Sports we prize.
Some toil for their Church, and some for their State,

And some for their Merchandise ;
Some traffic and trade in the city's mart.

Some travel by land and sea,
Some follow science, some cleave to art.

And some to scandal and tea ;
And some for their country and their Queen

AVould fight, if a chance they had.
Good sooth, 'twere a sorry world, I ween,

If we all went galloping mad ;

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Yet if once we efface the joys of the chase
From the land, and outroot the stud,

Good-bye to the Anglo-Saxon Race I
Farewell to the Norman Blood !

And so

To all lovers of Fox-hunting
Past, present, and to come,

I dedicate this book I

LONDON : PRINTED UY WILI-IAM CLOWES AND SON , LIMITED,
DUKE STUEKT, STAMFORD BTREET, S.E., AND ORKAT WINDMILL STREET W.

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