Chapter L: B. L

_Gloves.--Prince Rupert._--In your First Vol., pp. 72. 405., and in other places in Vol. ii., there are notices with respect to the presentation of _gloves_. If what is contained in the following {221} paper be not generally known, it may claim an interest with some of your readers:--

"At the Court of Whitehall, the 23rd of October, 1678. Present

The Kings most excellent Majesty,
His Highness _Prince Rupert_,
Lord Archbp. of Canterbury,"
[with twelve others, who are named.]

"Whereas formerly it hath been a custom upon the Consecra[~c]on of all
[~B]ps for them to make presents of Gloves to all Persons that came to
the Consecra[~c]on Dinners, and others, w^{ch} amounted to a great
Su[~m] of Money, and was an unnecessary burden to them, His Ma^{tie}
this day, taking the same into his considera[~c]on, was thereupon
pleas'd to order in Council, that for the future there shall be no such
distribu[~c]on of Gloves; but that in lieu thereof each Lord B[~p]
before his Consecra[~c]on shall hereafter pay the Su[~m] of 50l. to be
employ'd towards the Rebuilding of the Cathedral Church of St. Paul.
And it was further ordered, that his Grace the Lord Archb[~p] of
Canterbury do not proceed to consecrate any B[~p] before he hath paid
the s[~d] Su[~m] of 50l. for the use aforesaid, and produced a Receipt
for the same from the Treasurer of the Money for Rebuilding the said
Church for the time being, w^{ch} as it is a pious work, so will it be
some ease to the respective B[~p]s, in regard the Expense of Gloves did
usually farr exceed that Sum.

"PHI. LLOYD."

_Tanner's MSS._ vol. 282. 112. al. 74.

One of your correspondents, I think, some time back asked for notices of _Prince Rupert_ posterior to the Restoration. Besides the mention made of him in this paper, _Echard_ speaks of his having the command of one squadron of the English fleet in the Dutch war.

J. SANSOM.

_Inscription on a Gun_ (Vol. iii., p. 181.).--Your notes on "the Potter's and Shepherd's Keepsakes" remind me of an old gun, often handled by me in my youth, on the stock of which the following tetrastick was _en-nailed_:--

"Of all the sports as is,
I fancies most a gun;
And, after my decease,
I leaves this to my son."

Whether this testamentary disposition ever passed through Doctors' Commons, I know not.