By C. Penruddocke. 37 
Fitzherbert’s—tree are said to exist at Lord Dungannon’s place in 
Denbighshire, and Sir Astley Cooper’s in Hertfordshire. 
Through the great courtesy of the Worshipful Company of Barbers, 
London, I have seen a very handsome and unique parcel-gilt standing 
eup and cover surmounted with the crown imperial, and having 
within the same the Royal arms, supporters and crown. This cup 
he ee Canes is known as the “ Royal Oak Cup,” its stem and 
3rd ed., p. 259. “base representing the trunk and roots of an oak 
tree : the bowl, or upper part, is surrounded with oak leaves, branches, 
wreaths of flowers, escallop shells, and pendent acorns, as bells from 
shields. The company’s arms are engraved on one shield, on another 
the crest; on the third is the following inscription :— 
“ Donum 
Manificentissimi 
Regis Caroli 
Secundo anno 
1676” ; 
and on the last shield :— 
“ Tmpetrantibus 
Chirurgis regiis 
Johanne Knight, 
Chirurgo Regis 
Principali et 
Jacobo Pearse 
Eodem anno 
Societatis 
Magistro.” 
It is supposed that King Charles II. intended the cup for the 
- Knights of the Royal Oak.! 
Amidst the universal hacking to pieces of the oak at Boscobel 
Told to Mrs. Price © some portion appears to have been reserved for 
by his descendant, the King, who caused the frame of the portrait 
which he had had painted of Richard Penderel to be made from this 
wood. The King had also a bowl carved out of part of the same 
Royal Oak” and mounted in silver, which he gave to Richard, 
1] was enabled to show and distribute prints of this beautiful cup from a 
eopper block kindly lent to me by Charles John Shoppee, Esq. 
