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Kent * Thefe all e&eciited thfeir diftmft offices in perloru - It was the bafinefe of the Gofdegwr to command filence in the king's hall at dinner by ftriking-iipon a particular pillar, of the iGwas Ydafcll to -mate the kmgfi bed, and of theDryfaWr t6 provide rtraw for all tW Bed* and to kiadie all the fires ih the •court *V And die fanie eftablfthmeHfc prevailed 61a<&y ill the Englifh the Irifli and the Seottift court* The towfe of Stuatt and the family of I^tlm* are fufltcieritly known to have derived
- heir appellations froni their he*6ditary 6ffifces in the palaces flf
-Scotland and of fcrfctoad. The Jjuke of i Hamilton is hereditary porter to the king of Scotland* ahd the duke* of Su Albahs^alf
- Aftcafter are hereditary chamberlain and hereditary falconer *>
the king of Ertgland, at preferit; Mdre than one manor is held Wider the crown of firigland to ifee pfttfetit period tvkh the fjte- eial obligation on the loftl to at*<*nd and Officiate in thte kihg*s kitchen at the cbftmatton, afnd : t& prefent the king wtth a difti m&F his own codkirig. And the 1 roya! porter in England as late as the thirteenth century was exprefely obliged to provide fitter "for the beds and to light all the fires in the palade *V Bat the
- privileges of thefe -Bfittih officers Were particularly ftrikin£.
'*Tht!y 'were all of thcita annnally presented with a piece of Ifiien "arid r>f -woolen by the kirig and queen • *, and were regularfy Ratified %efides with oH cloaths from the royal wardrobe. The king's riding-coat vtras three times a year given away to the insi- der 0f the'Metts/thekifig^s caps' fiddles bits and lpurs became 'the -perquisite of his iftatftfer df the horfe,and the chamberlafri impropriated 1 16 himfeHF the Wrig*s old cloaths and oH fced- quiks ^ Thus the chafriberlainof our own pahtfce; even in tfic ' reigi> of Edward the ft-ft* by antienf cuftom received the khigf s
- bid coverlets 'curtams' and biding **.' And* in the palaces of the
jtfritoto this printiple was Carried tofcf gre& rtehgtt, i!i&'feV£n "she wardrobe of thd* officers was h} * fomff taft* inheritable' ; tiy
- their inferiors; as the co&f of the Petf-Teuhr cfev61ted 1 ttrrfe
% ?times a year to the' Truttiafl, the*frrfHia(fs defcen&ed to' tHe iBardh, and the BardfiVVas retoc!foq& bj tfte/^fiwr M .Wfc
- ihfeie were not all their pfivitegb£ They tfaft ^ugfly 'a V^ttf *f o
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