_Heralds' College._--Richard III. incorporated the College of Arms in 1483, and that body consisted of three kings of arms, six heralds, and four pursuivants. Can you inform me of the names of these _first_ members of that Heraldic body? ESCUTCHEON. ---- Vicarage. [Mark Noble, in his _History of the College of Arms_, p. 57., remarks, "There is nothing more difficult than to obtain a true and authentic series of the heralds, previous to the foundation of the College of Arms, or, to speak more properly, the incorporation of that body. Mr. Lant, Mr. Anstis, Mr. Edmondson, and other gentlemen, who had the best opportunities, and whose industry was equal to their advantage, have not been able to accomplish it; and from that time, especially in Richard's reign, it is not practicable. Some idea may be formed of the heraldic body at the commencement of this reign, by observing the names of those who attended the funeral of Edward IV. Sandford and other writers mention Garter, Clarenceux, Norroy, March, and Ireland, _kings_ at arms; Chester, Leicester, Gloucester, and Buckingham, _heralds_; and Rouge-Croix, Rose-Blanch, Calais, Guisnes, and Harrington, _pursuivants_."] _Teddy the Tiler._--Who was Teddy the Tiler? W. P. E. [This is a fire-and-water farce, taken from the French by G. Herbert Rodwell, Esq., ending with one element and beginning with the other. Mr. Power's performance of Teddy, as many of our readers will remember, kept the audience in one broad grin from beginning to end. It will be found in Cumberland's _British Theatre_, vol. xxv., with remarks, biographical and critical.] {249} _Duchess of Mazarin's Monument._--I read yesterday, in an interesting French work, that the beautiful Hortense Mancini, a niece of Mazarin, and sister to Mary Mancini, the early love of Louis XIV., after various peregrinations, died at Chelsea, in England, on July 2, 1699. Although not an important question, I think I may venture to ask whether any monument or memorial of this remarkable beauty exists at Chelsea, or in its neighbourhood? W. ROBSON. [Neither Faulkner nor Lysons notices any monumental memorial to the Duchess of Mazarin, whose finances after the death of Charles II. (who allowed her a pension of 4,000l. per annum) were very slender, so much so that, according to Lysons, it was usual for the nobility and others, who dined at her house, to leave money under the plates to pay for their entertainment. She appears to have been in arrear for the parish rates during the whole time of her residence at Chelsea.] _Halcyon Days._--What is the derivation of "halcyon days?" W. P. E. [The halcyon, or king's fisher, a bird said to breed in the sea, and that there is always a calm during her incubation; hence the adjective figuratively signifies placid, quiet, still, peaceful: as Dryden says,--