516 
sufficient fo give two instances from a less 
familiar source. ‘“ Maurice, Lord Berke- 
ley, who died in 1528, left behind him a 
chayne of gold, with a cross, contaimng 
three hundred and twenty-four linkes, 
and a hooke of gold*, and Thomas, his 
successor, left by will a chayne of gold to 
Frances, his son Maurice’s wifef”. . At 
this time they were very common; stew- 
ards in great mens’ houses wore them, 
as did others of the domesticst. So Stgutt, 
but Mr. Steevens says that stewards wore 
then: out of distinction from other ser- 
vonis||. Justices of the peace used them, 
and the same author adds, anuagate ap- 
vended to them, or worm im a ring§. 
3 a manoscript History of Bristgl, in 
the possesstun of the writer of this essay,- 
it is noted of the visit of Ann, queen of 
James the First, to that city, that the 
mayor “ went on foot next to the coach, 
bear-headed, with the chain of gold about 
his neck§ +” and that the queen gave him 
“a gold ring set with diamonds, worth 
sixty pounds, the which he weareth uith 
a chain of gold about his bosam,” in re- 
merabrancce of the queen. 
It is now one of the ornaments, which 
from long. antiquity has been appro-. 
priated to mayors and sherifis.in large 
cities** ; but great changés have ensued: 
the mayor anciently carried the mace 
himself, and the sheriffs, waite rods, as 
those of counties do now at the as. 
sizestt. At London, too, and probably 
elsewhere, has disappeared the sheriff’s 
post, or pillars, in front of his house, fer, 
the purpose of affixing royal proclama- 
tions, &c. nor do they keep fools, as did 
other persons of moment. 
Upon the Makers of Images in the Mid- 
dle Age, &c. 
Images were not made by a summary 
PELE? De Os LA ORT MRNA Ir MEME SLL Sah, “Ba 
-. * Smythe’s Lives of the Berkeleys, manu- 
acript. + Ibid. Me 
{ Strutt’s Horda Angelcynnan. i. 101. 
{| Notes on Shakespeare, iv. 198. Ed. 2. 
Id. v. 433. 
@ The Mayor is the successor of the Ro- 
man pretor and the comes or ear! -of the mid- 
dleage. See Du Cangeinv. Bajuli et Balkvi. 
So generally, but properly of the alderman and 
portgreves out tne sheriffs are older then the 
mayor, the former being synonymous with the 
old: bailiffs. Du Cange in v. Ballivi Burgo- 
Pum. hg Ge 
** Stowe would probably give the precise 
gates; but the writer of this cannot now refer 
t) him. : : ioe 
++ Lejandi Collect. iv. 199, 202,- -Bristol 
manuscript ub} sup. 
Makers of Images in the Middle-Age. 
[July 1, 
or simple process. ‘*:-Beyonde the sea,” 
says Archbishop Arundel, (anno 1407) 
“are the beste peyuters that ever I saw. 
And, syrs, I teil you. this is their maner, 
and itis a goode maner. Whan that an— 
ytiage maker shall kerve, caste in moulde, 
or peynte ony images, he shall go toa 
prieste and shrive himvas clene as if he 
sholde than dye, and take penance; and 
_njake some certeyne vowe of fasunge, of 
of prayinge, or of pilgrimages, doinge 
prayinge the~prieste specially to praye 
for him that he may have grace to, make 
a faire and a devoute ymage*”. To be= 
quest for alamp burning before the image 
of our lady, is oné of: the most common 
items in testamentary donations: but the 
reason is litte known; the second Coun- 
cil of Nice coolly resolved, that the imagef 
of our lady’ was able to attend her own 
candle, and other images able to heal ail 
diseases}. So hers had more powerthan 
all the rest, they being doctors only, and 
she saving the soul besides! Ree 
It seems, that at Jerusalem was a’very_ 
great manufactory of images, aid that 
there.was ‘a particular place there, where. . 
they were sold; the pilgrims being €harg- 
ed with commissions to buy them from. 
thence by their friends|].. However it 
was a regular trade.in other placés, and 
the makers of them used to carry them to 
the fairs, asat Antwetp§,&c. These artifi- 
cers were called anthropoformia; at ieast, 
this was one of their appellations, and 
if the images did not sell weil, or.a larger 
price was_wanted, a miracle or a cure 
was ascribed to them, which a small bribe ~ 
to a poor man was the very easy means’ 
ofefectingG. 1 
might be adduced. <) e 
Curious Particulurs of Running Footmen. 
The -Romans ‘had -an \ante-ambulo,’ 
whose-express office it was- to deliver 
messages**, and also veredarii,.who car- 
ried letters with wonderful speed}. | 
Oiie, or both of these united, gave birth 
to the running footmen. 
* State Trials, i. p. 25 Ed. fol. 2. 173..° 
+ Du Cange mentions an image of Christ, © 
in a kind of drawers or breechese Voc. Antipbo= 
neti. 
t 
1609 
||. M. Paris 176 Ed. Watts. 
§ Du Cange in voce Anthropaformita. 
_ @ ‘This is admirably exposed in Shakespeare’s 
Henry VI. H nar 
** Casaub. in Theophrast. p. 122. 
tt Iuven. 1.-i. Sat. iv. L 198.. 
ment. habinis . 
B. Jewell’s Reply to Harding, 381. b. ke 
& Com- 
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