[212] It should not be forgotten meanwhile, in justice to the clerks, that their salaries were very irregularly paid and that they depended chiefly on their perquisites. We do not realise, in fact, how recently salaries have supplanted fees in the payment of officials.
[213] The warrant men and hautbois can generally be found in old muster-rolls under the names of John Doe, Richard Roe, and Peter Squib.
[214] Cal. S. P., Dom. (30th June 1666), p. 478.
[215] Which, however, was soon discarded for the hat, with or without an iron skull-piece beneath it.
[216] Some say in 1678, but no sign of them appears in the Army Lists or Commission Registers till 1683.
[217] Spanish granada, a pomegranate. Grenadiers were established in France in 1667.
[218] The hatchet was issued for the hewing down of the palisades at the attack of a fortified place. This is one reason why the grenadiers were nearly always told off for the assault of a fortress.
[219] But this rank was not confined to them. The Royal Scots at this period possessed second lieutenants in addition to ensigns.
[220] Cal. S. P., Col. (1677-1680), Nos. 397, 1141.
[221] The allowance in 1692 is fourteen per company.