THE QUEEN'S STAGHOUNDS
... The Queen's Staghounds. To find the origin of the Royal Hunt we must go back to the dark ages. The kings of England kept hounds before Plantagenet times, but it was Henry II. who gave the pack its official status by appointing a Master of the Buckhounds and making the office hereditary. The position carried with it the tenure of Hunter's Manor in Northamptonshire, which was a convenient ...