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No. 541. A volume of papers collected by Stow the An- 

 tiquary. Monuments to the memory of the Frowicks will 

 be found in the churches of Baling, South Mimms, and 

 Finchley. Ecclesiastical Topography. 



The next three swan-marks are from an interesting 

 volume, Mr. A. J. Kempe's Losely 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 Cham- 

 berlain for the time being. 



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

 pointed by Lord Buckhurst to the office of Master of the 

 Swans for Surrey, " in such sorte as all the rest of the 

 sheres 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 

 with the upping of the Terns, which is referred to Mr. 

 Maylard, of Hampton Courte, who hath the ordering of 

 the Terns. So if it pleas you from time to time to send 

 and confer with him." The following is a copy of a letter 

 from E. 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 

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



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

 swan-hopping. 



