_Arms of Richard, King of the Romans._--This celebrated man, the second son of King John, Earl of Cornwall and Poictou, was elected King of the Romans at Frankfort on St. Hilary's Day (Jan. 13th) 1256. His earldom of Cornwall was represented by--Argent, a lion rampant gules crowned or; his earldom of Poictou by a bordure sable, bezantee, or rather of peas (_poix_) in reference to the name _Poictou_; and as king of the Romans he is said to have borne these arms upon the breast of the German double-headed eagle displayed sable, which represented that dignity. I do not recollect having seen them under this last form, but I have "made a Note of" several other variations I have met with:-- 1. In Dorchester Church, Oxfordshire, in painted glass: Argent, a lion rampant, gules crowned or, within a bordure sable bezantee. 2. On the seal of a charter granted by the earl to the monks of Okeburry: a lion rampant crowned. No bordure. 3. On an encaustic tile in the old Singing-school at Worcester: A lion rampant _not_ crowned, with a bordure bezantee. Another tile has the eagle, single-headed, displayed. 4. Encaustic tiles at Woodperry, Oxfordshire: A row of tiles with the lion rampant, apparently within a bordure, but without the bezants; followed by another row which has the eagle displayed, but not double-headed. 5. On an encaustic tile at Hailes Abbey, Gloucestershire, founded by him: The double-headed eagle only, _countercharged_. 6. On a tile in the Priory Church of Great Malvern: The double-headed eagle displayed, within a circular bordure bezantee. 7. On a tile which I have seen, but cannot just now recollect where: The double-headed eagle, bezantee, without any bordure. * * * * * A curious instance of ex-officio arms added to the paternal coat, occurs on the monument of Dr. Samuel Blythe, at the east end of St. Edward's Church, Cambridge. He was Master of Clare Hall, and in this example his paternal arms--Argent, a chevron gules, between three lions rampant sable--occupy the lower part of the shield, being divided at the fess point by something like an inverted chevron, from the arms of Clare Hall, which thus occupy the upper half of the shield. The date is 1713. Is this way of dividing the arms a blunder of the painter's, or can any of your readers point out a similar instance? NORRIS DECK. * * * * * SHAKSPEARE CORRESPONDENCE.