CONTENTS. xiii 



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Saxons. Domes-day Book. Monkish Smith. St Dunstan 

 and the Evil One. St Eloy and Highworth Church. Zurich. 

 Abyssinia. Arabia. Persia. Java. Acadie. Mysteries of 

 Samothrace and Druidism. First of November. Reasons for 

 Roman Ignorance of Shoeing. The Caledonian Wall. 

 * Horse-shoe ' Medal. Change in Designation of the Farrier. 

 Early Marechals and their Rank. Age of Chivalry. Appren- 

 ticeship of a Chevalier. Archbishop Hughes of Besan^on. 

 Rights of the Marechal. Normans in France. Origin of 

 Marshall and Farrier. Fleta. The London Marescallis. Seal 

 of Ralph. The Marshall Ferrer. Superstitions concerning 

 Horse-shoes in various Countries. German Legends. Moon- 

 wort. 



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Shoeing in England after the Norman Conquest. Eustathius. 

 Revival of Veterinary Science. Jordanus Ruffus. Petrus de 

 Crescentius. Laurentius Rusius. Shod Oxen. Shoeing 

 Forges. Countins^ the Horse-shoes and Hob-nails. Liber Quo- 

 tidianus. The Dextrarius and Hobby. Hawking. Stratagem 

 of Reversing Shoes. Robert Bruce and Duke Christopher of 

 Wurtemberg. Value of Shoes and Nails for Horses in England 

 in the 13th and 14th Centuries. Coal. The Revolt of the 

 Duke of Lancaster. Tutbury Castle'"and the River Dove. 

 Curious Discovery of Treasure and Horse-shoes. Froissart. 

 Wars of Kings Edward II. and III. Gloucester Corporation 

 Seal. Status of the Farrier. Different Breeds of Horses. 

 Grooved imported Shoes. The Days of Chivalry. Family 

 Coats of Arms. Lombardy and Flemish Horses. The Chate- 

 laine of Warrenne. Hamericourt. Farriery in Scotland. An 

 unjust Law. Statutes of Edward VI. Henry VIII. and 

 Shoeing with Felt. Curious Customs and Extravagance. 

 Gold and Silver Shoes. Farriers. Caesar Fiaschi. Diversity 

 of Shoes. German Writers. Carlo Ruini. 



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Horse-shoeing in the 16th and 17th Centuries. Influence of 

 the Italian Hippiatrists. Different Forms of Shoes in England. 

 Escape of Charles II. An Observant Farrier. The Farriers' 

 Company. The Edinburgh Hammermens' Corporation. 



