[447] "Good squat dragoon horses," S. P., Dom., 27th February, 10th August 1705.
[448] Secretary's Common Letter Book, 27th February, 10th August 1705.
[449] Ibid., 19th February 1709.
[450] Ibid., 15th February 1712.
[451] Hence the expression, once very common, of a widow's man. Readers of Marrayat will remember that when Peter Simple was searching the ship for Cheeks the marine, he was informed that Cheeks was a widow's man.
[452] Despatches, vol. v. pp. 356, 412. A scale of widows' pensions from £50 a year for a colonel's to £16 for a cornet's or ensign's was fixed by regulation, 23rd August 1708. Miscellaneous Orders (Guards and Garrisons), under date.
[453] E.g., Cadogan's regiment (5th Dragoon Guards). Marlborough tried to obtain relief for it. Secretary's Common Letter Book, 5th April 1705.
[454] W. O. Miscellaneous Orders. 17th April 1712.
[455] See account of Captain Richard Hill. S. P., Dom., Anne, vol. x. (undated).
[456] Miscellaneous Orders (Guards and Garrisons), 19th October 1711.