In Somerset, only one stallion is listed as standing in Bath at a fee of £1 and 2s.
The stallion's name is given as Marquess by Changeling.
The most likely candidate for Marquess's sire, Changeling, is a horse foaled in 1747[1]. This Changeling was bred by Cade out of a mare referred to as Sister 2 to Miss Partner, bred by Partner a horse by Jigg a son of the Byerley Turk.
Cade was a bay horse foaled in 1734 and bred by Francis, (2nd) Earl Godolphin. Goldoplin had owned and bred from the Arab horse that was one of the famous foundation sires of the thoroughbred horse and is known to history as the Godolphin Arabian. Cade was the fourth and most important son of the broodmare Roxana. He carried on the Godolphin line through his sons, the Matchem and Changeling.
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Roxana seems to have died on or soon after giving birth to Cade, and so he was hand-reared on cow's milk; Cade was retained in the Godolphin stud for eleven years, then sold to Thomas Meredith of Easby, for whom he won several King's Plates; he died at Easby Abbey in 1756.
Partner was a chestnut horse foal in 1718 and bred by Charles Pelham of Lincolnshire and sold to Mr Cotton of Sussex, who resold him to Lord Halifax, under whose colours he ran. In 1728 he was purchased by John Croft of Barforth, Yorkshire, for his stud. The mares he covered seem to have been limited to Croft's mares and those of Croft's friends but had a major impact on the breed by siringTartar, who continued the main branch of the Byerley Turk line.
1. Thoroughbred Pedigree Query Website
