That nightly, from Michaelmas till Shere-Thursday[166], pipeth the watch within this Court _four_ times, and in summer nights _three_ times, and he to make _bon Gayte_, and every chamber-door and office, as well for fire as for other pikers, or pellys[167]. He eateth in the Hall with the Minstrels, and taketh livery at night, half a paine, half a gallon of ale; and for summer nights, _two_ candles p'is, half a bushel of coals; and for winter nights, half a loaf, half a gallon of ale, four candles p'is, half a bushel of coals; and daily, if he be present in Court, by the Cheque Roll, _four-pence halfpenny_, or _three pence_, by the discretion of Steward and Treasurer, and after the cunning that he can, and good deserving. Also cloathing with the Household Yeomen, or Minstrels, according to the wages that he taketh. And if he be sick, or let blood, he taketh _two_ loaves, half a mess of great meat, [and] one gallon of ale. Also he partaketh with the general gifts of Household, and hath his bedding carried, and his grooms together, by the Controller's assignment. And under this Yeoman, _a Groom Wayte_; if he can excuse the Yeoman in his Office, and absence, then he taketh reward and cloathing, meet rewards, and other things, like to the other _Grooms_ of Household. Also this _Yeoman_ wayteth at the makings of _Knights_ of the Bath, watching by night-time upon them in the chapel; wherefore he hath of fee all the watching cloathing that the Knights do wear upon [them]. [166] _i. e._ Maunday Thursday. [167] Perhaps Perils. CLERK OF THE CROWN IN CHANCERY. This Officer was anciently one of the Chancellor's Family[168]. [168] Lex Parliamentaria. Formerly accompanied the Masters in Chancery in carrying Bills to the Lower House[169]. [169] Ibid. p. 195. Reads the Titles of Bills in the House of Lords[170]. [170] Ibid. 197. Sir George Copping was Clerk of the Crown, anno 1 Jac. I.[171] [171] Ibid. 301. The fee of the Clerk of the Crown, in the Reign of Queen Elizabeth, was 20_l._[172] [172] See Peck's Desiderata Curiosa, vol. i. p. 51. SUPPORTERS, CRESTS, AND COGNIZANCES, OF THE KINGS OF ENGLAND. RICHARD II. Was the first who bore his Escocheon supported; _viz._ by Two _Angels_. _Cognizances._--A White Hart couchant, gorged with a Gold Chain and Coronet, under a Tree; derived from the Princess Joan his Mother. Also a Peascod Branch, with the Pods open, but the Peas out. HENRY IV. Dexter, a _Swan_. Sinister, an _Antelope_. _Cognizance._--A Fox's Tail dependant. HENRY V. Two _Swans_, when Prince of Wales, holding in their beaks an Ostrich-feather and a Scroll; when King, a _Lion_ and an _Antelope_. N. B. He first bore three Fleurs de Lis, instead of the Semée; and wrote himself King of _England_ and _France_, whereas those before him wrote _France_ and _England_. HENRY VI. Two Antelopes, Argent, attired, accolled with Coronets, and chained Or. _Cognizance._--Two Feathers in Saltire. EDWARD IV.