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 de novo erunt admisi ad vad' Reg. quam de extravagantibus,' etc. And again, 'Marescalli autem de supervenientibus debent inferiori Marescallo testimonium perhibere.' The functions of this dignitary are thus defined: 'Officium autem Marescalli est præbendam contra præpositum talliare, et numerum equorum Senescallo hospitii in compoto diei qualibet nocte computare, at ipse in rotulo suo numerum equorum possit inverere, specifiando nomina supervenientium de eorum adventu, et morâ. 2. Item furfur a præposito per talliam recipere, cum vide necesse habuerit, et inde Sen compotum reddere, ut fiat de furfure, sicat de avena. 3. Item contra præpositum de ferris et clavis ab eo receptis talliam recipere, tam de numero ferrorum, quàm de eorum custibus, et ubi ea allocaverit Sen' demonstrare; nec sine sua licentia alienos equos vide licebit ferrare. Item fœnum et literam equis deliberare.'

In London, during the reign of Edward I., we not only find the designation of 'Mareschal' in every-day use, but also a regulation defining the prices to be charged by him for his labour and materials; from which we learn, that for putting on a common shoe with six nails, 1½d. was to be paid; with eight nails, 2d; and for removing the same, ½d. For putting a shoe on a courser, 2½d.; on a war-horse, 3d.; and for removing a shoe on either, 1d. This is notified in the Norman French of the 'Liber Albus' of the London Guildhall, and is headed as follows:

'Qe Mareschals preignent pur fer de chival, de vi clowes, i denier obole; de viii clowes, ii deniers; et pur