2. The Earl of Derby counter-claimed the office of Lord Great Chamberlain, with the fees, &c. but was not allowed.

3. The King's Champion claimed his office as Lord of Scrivelsby Manor, in Lincolnshire, to perform the said office, and to have a gold cup and cover, with the horse on which he rides, the saddle, armour, and furniture, and 20 yards of crimson satin--allowed, except the 20 yards of satin.

4. The said office counter-claimed by another branch of the said family, but not allowed.

5. The Lord of the Manor of Lyston, in Essex, claimed to make wafers for the King and Queen, and to serve them to the table; to have all the instruments of silver and other metal used about the same, with the linen, and certain proportions of ingredients, and other necessaries and liveries for himself and two men. Allowed, and the service, with his consent, performed by the King's officers, and the fees compounded for 301.

6. The Lord Mayor and Citizens of London claimed to serve the King with wine after dinner, in a gold cup, and to have the same cup and cover for his fee; and with twelve other citizens by them appointed to assist the Chief Butler of England in the butlership, and to have a table on the left hand of the Hall-not allowed in the reign of King James, because the liberties of the city were then seised into the King's hauds, and yet they executed the office ex gratia, and dined in the Hall, and had a gold cup for their fee.

7. The said Lord Mayor and Citizens of London claimed to serve the Queen in like manner, and were only disallowed at that time for the same reason.

8. The Mayor and Burgesses of Oxford claimed to serve in office of Butlership to the King with the Citizens of London, with all fees thereunto belonging. Allowed.

The Regalia, consisting of the Crowns, Sceptres, Swords, &c. used in the Coronation of our Kings and Queens.

1. ST. EDWARD'S CROWN, with which his Majesty is crowned, so called in commemoration of the ancient Crown, which was kept in the Church of Westminster till the beginning of the late civil wars, when, with the rest of the Regalia, it was most sacrilegiously plundered away. It is a very rich Imperial Crown of gold, made against the Coronation of King Charles the Second, embellished with pearls and precious stones of divers kinds, viz. diamonds, rubies, emeralds, and sapphires, and a mound of gold on the top of it, encircled with a band or fillet of gold, embellished also with precious stones; and upon the mound a cross of gold, embellished likewise with precious stones, and three very large oval pearls, one at the top of the cross, and two others pendant at the ends of the cross. The said Crown is composed (as all the Imperial Crowns of England are), of four crosses, and as many fleurs de lys, of gold, upon a rim, or circlet of gold, all embellished with precious stones, from the tops of which crosses arise four circular bars, ribs, or arches, which meet at the top in form of a cross, at the intersection whereof is a pedestal, whereon is fixed the

A View of the Regalia?

consisting of the Crowns, Sceptres, Swords & used in the Coronations of King & Jacen.

mound before-mentioned. The cap, within the said Crown, is of purple velvet, lined with white taffata, and turned up with ermine, thick powdered in three rows.

2. The CROWN of STATE, so called, because it is worn by the King at all such times as he comes in state to the parliament-house. This was also new made against the Coronation of King Charles II. and was worn by the King in his return to Westminster-hall: it is exceedingly rich, being embellished with divers large rose, or faucet, and table diamonds, and other precious stones, besides a great quantity of pearls; but it is most remarkable for a wonderful large ruby, set in the middle of one of the four crosses, esteemed worth ten thousand pounds; as also for that the mound is one entire stone, of a seawater green colour, known by the name of an aquamarine. The cap was also of a purple velvet, lined and turned up as the former.

3. The QUEEN'S CIRCLET of GOLD, which her Majesty wears in the procession to her Coronation, is a rim or circlet of gold, very richly adorned with large diamonds, curiously set, as in the draught, with a string of pearls round the upper edge thereof: the cap is purple velvet, lined with white taffata, and turned up with ermine, richly powdered.

4. The ORB, MOUND, or GLOBE, which is put into his Majesty's right hand, immediately before his being crowned, and which his Majesty bears in his left hand upon his return to Westminster-hall, is a ball of gold, of six inches diameter, encompassed with a baud, or fillet, of gold, embellished with roses of diamonds encircling other precious stones, viz. emeralds, rubies, and sapphires, and edged about with pearls; on the top whereof is a very large amethyst, of a violet or purple colour, near an inch and half in height, of an oval form; which, being encompassed with four silver wires, becomes the foot, or pedestal, of a very rich cross of gold, of three inches and a quarter in height, and three inches in breadth, set very thick with diamonds, having in the middle thereof, a fair sapphire on one side, and a fair emerald on the other, and embellished with four large pearls, in the angles of the cross, near the center, and three large pearls at the ends of the said cross: the whole height of the orb and cross being eleven inches.

5. The QUEEN'S CROWN, wherewith her Majesty is crowned, is a very rich Imperial Crown of gold, set with diamonds of great value, intermixed with a few precious stones of other kinds, and some pearls: it was composed of crosses and fleurs de lys, with bars, or arches, and a mound and cross on the top of the arches, after the same manner as the King's Imperial Crowns are, differing from them only in size, as being lesser and lighter: the cap is of purple velvet, lined with rich white taffata, and turned up with ermine, or miniver pure, richly powdered.

6. The QUEEN'S RICH CROWN, which her Majesty wears in her return to Westminster-hall, is likewise of gold, but so richly embellished with diamonds and pearls, that little or none of the gold

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appears: it is also an Imperial Crown, composed of crosses and fleurs de lys, with arches and a mound, as is her Majesty's other Crown.

The whole value whereof, as it has been used at former Coronations, has been computed at 111,9007. sterling. The cap is purple velvet, lined with rich white Florence taffata, turned up, and richly powdered with ermine.

7. St. EDWARD'S STAFF, in length four feet seven inches and a half, is a Staff or Sceptre of gold, with a pike, or foot of steel, about four inches and a quarter in length, and a mound and cross at the top; the garnishings are also of gold, and the diameter of it is above three quarters of an inch.

s. The KING'S SCEPTRE with the DOVE, is a Sceptre of gold, in length three feet seven inches, and three inches in circumference at the handle, and two inches and a quarter about at the top: the pomel garnished with a circle, or fillet, of table diamonds, and in several places precious stones of all sorts, and the mound at the top embellished with a band or fillet of rose diamonds. Upon the mound is a small Jerusalem cross, whereon is fixed a dove, with wings expanded, as the emblem of Mercy.

9. The KING'S SCEPTRE, with the CROSS, or Sceptre Royal, is likewise of gold, the handle plain, and the upper part wreathed; in length two feet nine inches and a quarter, and of the same thickness as the former. The pomel at the bottom is enriched with rubies, and emeralds, and small diamonds: and the quantity of five inches and a half in length, just over the handle, is curiously embossed and embellished with sapphires, rubies, emeralds, and diamonds. The top rises into a fleur de lys, with six leaves, whereof three are upright, and the other three hanging down, all enriched with precious stones; and out of the said fleur de lys issues a mound made of an amethyst, garnished with table diamonds, and upon the mound a cross, wholly covered with precious stones, with a large table diamond in the centre.

10. The QUEEN'S SCEPTRE, with the CROSS, is also gold, adorned with diamonds and other precious stones, being in length two feet ten inches, with a mound and cross at the top, issuing out of a fleur de lys, very like the King's in all the embellishments thereof, only smaller, and not wreathed, nor altogether so thick.

11. The QUEEN'S IVORY ROD, is a Rod or Sceptre of White Ivory, in length three feet one inch and a half, whereof the pomel and garniture is gold, as is also the mound and cross at the top, only the Dove on the top of the cross is enamelled with white; the circumference at the bottom is about two inches, and at the top about an inch and a half.

12. CURTANA, or the Pointless Sword, representing the Sword of Mercy, is the principal of the Swords in dignity, which are borne naked before the King, to the Coronation; and is a broad bright Sword, whereof the length of the blade is thirty-two inches, the breadth almost two inches, the handle, being covered with fine gold