332 ANATID^. 



gooseherd, as emblematical of a pastoral life and the care of 

 a flock. 



No. 4 was the swan-mark of Sir Edward Dimock, of 

 Lincolnshire. The royal champion, it will he recollected, 

 was of this family, who held " the mannour at Scrivelsby in 

 Lincolnshire by that tenure, to come armed on horsebacke 

 (or one in his stead) on the king's coronation day, and in 

 the presence of the king to proclaime and challenge any 



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that shall aflBrm the king not lawfull heire to the crowne 



and kingdome, to fight with him bodie for bodie," &c. — 



Camden. 



These four swan-marks are from the 'Archaeologia.' 



No. 5 is the swan-mark of Sir Thomas Frowick, of Gun- 



nersbury, Middlesex, Lord Chief Justice of the Common 



Pleas; from the Harlcian MS. No. 541. 



The next three swan-marks are from Mr. A. J. Kcmpe's 



' Losely Manuscripts,' and refer to the time of Elizabeth. 



