I902 The Court of Claims and the Coronation 67 



minster Hall, or in the procession. The most curious of all 

 such minor claims is that of providing a man on Coronation 

 Day to prepare in the King's kitchen a mess called "dille- 

 grout " — i.e., a variety of porridge — as service for holding 

 lands from the Sovereign in Addington, Surrey. Another 

 quaint service is that of holding the towel when the Sov- 

 ereign washes hands after dinner on the Coronation Day. 

 The holder of lands at Heydon has this privilege according 

 to the record on the Exchequer rolls. Three maple cups 

 are to be provided by the Lord of the Manor of Nether 

 Bilsington ; also the Earl of Derby has to present two 

 falcons to the Sovereign as Lord of the Isle of Man. 



There are instances where a fee of some kind was given 

 for services rendered, and it usually took the form of the 

 implement by which the particular service was performed. 

 For instance, the Lord of the Manor of Liston, for making 

 wafers for the Sovereign, received the implements of silver 

 and other metal used, as well as the linen napkin for serving 

 the wafers. The claims of the barons of Cinque Ports — 

 viz., the sixteen freemen of the towns of Hastings, Dover, 

 Hythe, Rye, Sandwich, Romney, and Winchelsea — to carry 

 over the Sovereign during the procession a canopy of cloth- 

 of-gold, receiving the same as their fee, and having the 

 privilege of dining at a table at the right hand of the 

 Sovereign. The hereditary services of the King's Champion 

 for the Manor of Scrivelsby in Lincolnshire, I think also 

 becomes unnecessary, as the Champion's challenge was made 

 at the feast in Westminster Hall between the first and second 

 courses. 



Lastly, there are claims too obsolete to be revived, such as 

 the office of Chief Lardener, held by the Earl of Aber- 

 gavenny, whose duty it was to take charge of the larder, and 

 he received as a fee " the remainder of all loaves, muttons, 

 calves, venisons, cheverels, lard, and other flesh, fish, salt, 

 &c., remaining after dinner." The office of Carver was the 

 privilege of the Earls of Lincoln. The office of Panneter 

 was held by the proprietor of the Manor of Kibworth-Beau- 

 champ, in Leicestershire. The customs of the Lord Mayor 

 of London presenting a gold cup full of wine to the King 

 during dinner, and that of the Recorder presenting one after 



