MASTER OF THE CEREMONIES, an officer appointed by King James I. for the more honourable reception of Ambassadors and strangers of quality. As a badge of his office he wears a gold chain, to which hangs a medal that has on one side an emblem of Peace placed under the crown of England, with King James’s motto BEATI PACIFICI, and on the other an emblem of War, with the words DIEU ET MON DROIT. His salary is 300l. a year. He has under him an Assistant and a Marshal, the latter of whom has 6s. 8d. a day. _Chamberlain’s Present State._ MASTERS IN CHANCERY. See the article _Masters in_ CHANCERY. MASTER OF THE HORSE, the third great officer of the King’s court, has the management and disposal of all the King’s stables and breed of horses; he has authority over the equeries and pages, coachmen, footmen, grooms, riders of the great horse, farriers and smiths; he appoints all the other tradesmen who work for the King’s stables, and by his warrant to the avenor makes them give an oath to be true and faithful. In short, he is intrusted with all the lands and revenues, appropriated for the King’s breed of horses, the expences of the stable, and of the coaches, litters, &c. He alone has the privilege of making use of any of the horses, pages, or footmen belonging to his Majesty’s stables; and at any solemn cavalcade he rides next the King, and leads a horse of state. His salary is 1276l. 13s. 4d. _per annum_. MASTER OF THE HOUSHOLD, an officer under the Lord Treasurer of the King’s house, whose office is to survey the accounts of the house. MASTER OF THE JEWEL HOUSE, an officer who has the care of all the gold and silver plate used at the King’s table; as also of all the loose jewels, chains, &c. in the Tower of London. MASTER OF THE REVELS, an officer under the Lord Chamberlain, has the management of all the masques and comedies at court, and has a salary of 100l. a year. MASTER OF THE ROBES, an officer who orders all his Majesty’s robes, as those of his coronation, of St. George’s feast, and of Parliament, and of his wearing apparel. He has a salary of 500l. _per annum_, and under him is a yeoman, three grooms, a page, a brusher, a sempstress, &c. MATCH _walk_, Upper Shadwell. MATHAM’S _court_, Threadneedle alley, Little Moorfields.† MATTHAS’S _court_, Great Hermitage street.† _St._ MATTHEW’S, Bethnal Green. See BETHNAL GREEN. _St._ MATTHEW’S _Friday street_, is situated on the west side of that street in the ward of Faringdon within, and owes its name to its dedication to St. Matthew the Evangelist, and its situation. The old church being destroyed by the fire of London in 1666, the present structure was erected in its place. It is a plain stone building, with one series of large arched windows, and at the east end is the steeple, which consists of a square brick tower, void of all ornament.