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NOTES AND QUERIES.

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"house,"
 * .v. " Office of Pycher-house, and Cup

" The Buttler for the mouthe dely very the nyghtly, at the buttrey barre, for the Kinge fo all nyght : with the ale in newe asshen cuppes and twoe other for the watche." P. 78. s.v. " Office of Confectionarye,"

" One yeoman to be both for the mouthe anc .for the halle in tyme of neede, and chambre ; to be well learned in the makinge of confections plates, gardequinces, and others, safely and cleanely to keepe, and honestly to minister it forth' at all tymes of the Kinge's worship ; and to mak_ trewe awnswere thereof by weyghtes inward anc outward, and soe to brief e it ; and be redye to shewe the remanentes, as the clerkes woll calle to undyrstand this office. This yeoman taketh his wages, and clothinge, and other dewties in this courte, like the yeoman of pantry, but noe fees ; and if he be busye in working spices, then he hathe his breade, mete, and drinke, for hym and his felloweship, into this office, by command- ment of the counting-house." P. 81.

s.v. The Office of Ewary and Napery," " One yeoman in this office for the Kingt mouthe, to serve hym in the absence of tL~ aerjeaunt, and to serve the chambre, and saufely to keepe the naperye and other stuff e of the Ewyre, as well the plate as the clothes, to the smallest sorte, with all that belongeth thereto ; to beare the chaufyrs with water ; and. in tyme of the yeare, to see it hotte, after the olde custome ; and to be dyligent and obedyent to the preceptes of the ussher of the chambre that occupieth for that tyme. This yeoman or sergeaunt, in the wynter season, shall sette one torche or torches at the chaundery, to serve the Kinge and his chambre ; and to beare the stuffe saufelye in and oute of this office ; takinge in suche season a lighte of the groome porter of the chambre, for the ewry-bourde. This yeoman eteth in the halle at one meale ; takinge wages and clothinge, and other guiftes generall, like to the yeoman of the pantrey. It hathe bene accustomed, that he, or the groome for the mouthe, moste parte keepe and make awnswere for alle suche plate and clothes, and other stuff e, as the Kinge and his chambre is served with all." P. 84.

In Edward Chamberlayne's ' Present State of England,' 1684, in the account " Of the Civil Government of the Kings Court," is the following (p. 155) :

" In the Cellar, a Sergeant, John Flock Esquire, Sergeant of the Cellar, who is also Sergeant of the Buttery, and Pitcher-house, and a Gentleman, Richard Dalton. And is also eldest Yeoman of the mouth. His Office is to ill and taste his Majesties Wine at the sideboard, and is the only Officer of that kind attending on the Kings Person."

ROBEBT PIEBPOINT.

NERO ' AND ' Piso's v. 254, 299). MB.

' THE TBAGEDY OF CONSPIBACY ' (12 S.

NICOLL'S remarks are based on a misunder- standing. ' The Tragedy of Nero ' men- tioned by Langhaine is not Lee's but the anonymous play that was first published in 1624 and is, or ought to be, well known. It was issued again in 1633. There is a manuscript of it in the Egerton Collection in the British Museum ; Charles Lamb took a speech of Petronius in Act III. for his

' Specimens.'

EDWARD BENSLY.

SHIELD OF FLANDERS (12 S. v. 238). MB. HALL asks when, and by whom, what he styles the "ancient shield of Flanders " (Gyronny or and az., an inescutcheon gu.) was changed for the " modern shield " (Or, a lion rampant sa.).

Boutell, in his 'Heraldry: Historical and Popular,' 1864, gives p. 159, the arms of Flanders (Or, a lion rampant sa.), quartered with the very similar coat of Holland (Or, a lion rampant gu.), an early example, as he says, of " compound " quartering (that is, without the usual pourfilar, or dividing lines) which shield Philippa of Hainault, Queen of our Edward III., quartered with that of her royal husband the whole being borne in a " small shield exquisitely carved in alabaster " existing upon the south side of the monument to Queen Philippa herself in Westminster Abbey.

As neither Mr. Boutell nor the late Dr. Woodward in his valuable work, ' Heraldry : British and Foreign ' (1896), who also deals ith this subject, mentions any other arms ttributable to Flanders but the above 'ampant lion, and as this bearing cannot be onsidered a very modern one, may I ask MR. HALL if he will kindly give his authority or the statement that this gyronny coat

MATJLE (12 S. v. 236). In years pre- ceding 1820 the Rev. John Maule, A.M., was rector of Horse Heath, Cambridgeshire, and chaplain of Greenwich Hospital.

W. B. H.

was ever the " ancient shield of Flanders " ? J. S. UDAL, F.S.A.

Woodward and Burnet, 'Brit, and For.

ler.,' make many allusions to the arms of landers, D'or au lion de sable. This coat

vas used at such an early date that it would seem to preclude any more ancient coat, for instance (p. 462) : " About 1300 Louis Count of Nevers, son of Robert de Bethune, Count of Flanders, by Yolante, daughter of Eudes of Burgundy bore on his secretum ....Burgundy-ancient and Flanders, Or a lion rampant Sable." It is very strange if there be an ancient coat of Flanders it is not mentioned. The learned authors appar- ently knew no other. On the other hand, Burke, ' Gen. Arm.' gives the gyronny coat. J. HARVEY BLOOM.