MUTE SWAN. 1^5 



collected by Stow the Antiquary, The four swan marks 

 which precede it are from Archaologia. 



The next three swan marks are from an interesting volume, 

 Mr. A. J. Kempe's Loselij Manuscripts^ and refer to the 

 time of Elizabeth. 



No. 6, the swan mark of Lord William Howard, after- 

 wards Earl of Effingham, Lord High Admiral of England, 

 in the reign of Queen Mary. 



No. 7, the swan mark of Lord Buckhurst. The keys 

 here adopted have reference to his office of Chamberlain of 

 the Household. At the present day the appointment of the 

 royal swanherd's man is vested in the Lord Chamberlain for 

 the time being. 



No. 8, the mark of Sir William More, who was appointed 

 by Lord Buckhurst to the office of Master of the Swans for 

 Surrey, " in such sorte as all the rest of the shercs were 

 graunted." One of the conditions recorded in the grant is as 

 follows : " But this order must be kept, that the upping* of 

 all those Swans, near or within the said branches of the Terns, 

 may be upped all in one day Avith the upping of the Tems, 

 which is referred to Mr. Maylard, of Hampton Courte, who 

 hath the ordering of the Tems. So if it pleas you from time 

 to time to send and confer with him." The following is a 

 copy of a letter from R. Maylard, the Master of the Swans 

 on the Thames, to Sir William More, as Master of the Swans 

 for Surrey, extracted from Mr. Kempe's book : — 



" May it please you, Sir, this morning I received a Tre 

 affirmed to come from you, but no name thereunto. Wherein 

 yo"" request me to come to Perford to conferr wt yo' touching 

 the upping of Swannes, w'ch I wold most gladly pforme, yf I 

 were not throughe very ernest busynes letted of my purpose, 

 ffiar to morrowe being Tuysdaie I take my jorney along the 



* Upping, or taking up the young Swans to mark them, now sometimes 

 called swan-hopping. 



