ON THE TUTBURY HORN. 9 



were those of Feodary or Bailiff-in-Fee, of Escheator, of Coroner, 

 and of Clerk of the Market, throughout the Honour of Tutbury. 

 The offices of Feodary and of Escheator were in connection with 

 the Court of Wards, and had to take note of escheats due to the 

 King, and certify them to the Exchequer. Both these offices 

 have practically been in abeyance since 12 Charles II. cap. 24. 

 The chief duties of the Clerk of the Market was to keep royal 

 standards of weight and measure, and to see that such only were 

 used ; certain fees pertained to this as well as to the last- 

 mentioned offices ; this office, too, has practically fallen into 

 abeyance through modern statutes. But by far the most im- 

 portant office in dignity, gravity, and emoluments, still remains, 

 namely that of Coroner. Of course, the holder of the horn could 

 not amalgamate these various offices (especially as they must have 

 duplicated and multiplied in different parts of the Honour), in his 

 own person, and therefore the possession of the horn implied the 

 patronage of these various offices, as it still does of the Coroner- 

 ship of one part of the Honour. Mr. Bagshawe, the present holder, 

 writing to us recently, said : — " In right of the old horn, I 

 appointed the present Coroner of the High Peak, as my pre- 

 decessors have nominated previous ones. I believe that I have 

 a right to appoint also all the Coroners who exercise jurisdiction 

 within the Honour of Tutbury, which comprises parts of several 

 counties." In this opinion we entirely coincide, though whether 

 long neglect of a claim of this character forfeits the right, is a 

 point upon which no one unskilled in legal subtleties would dare 

 to speak with boldness. 



Dr. Pegge gives a long description of the horn itself, and the 

 description is accompanied by a plate. The description is not 

 very accurate, and the drawing poor and full of errors. The 

 shape and size of the 'ornament upon which are the arms, and 

 also the buckle, are completely misleading. 



The remarkable arrangements of the belt, and its conjunction 

 by means of ornamental clips with the central boss or broach, 

 upon which the arms are engraved, can be easily understood by 

 referring to a very careful and accurate drawing on Plate IV. 



