Publications
The Charlton Hunt: A history, by Simon Rees, published 1 March 1998 (304 pp., Chichester: Phillimore & Co. Ltd., ISBN-10: 1860770762 & ISBN-13: 9781860770760) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 13717] & West Sussex Libraries
Abstract:The Charlton Hunt began in the 1670s and is the earliest documented pack of hounds to be entered to fox alone. It attained a popularity among the gentry which has never been equalled. From the reign of Charles II, almost every noble family in the land had a representative at Charlton, including almost half of the Knights of the Garter. Its first proprietor had been the ill-fated Duke of Monmouth, but among other claims to uniqueness, it was the first hunt to establish a club, the members building themselves a dining hall.