The Earl of Erroll.
—I have somewhere seen it stated, that in virtue of his distinguished office as Great Constable of Scotland, which was granted to his ancestry by King Robert Bruce, in 1312, his lordship is by birth the first subject in Scotland; and in right of this privilege, on all state occasions, where the sovereign is present, appears at his or her right hand, and takes precedence of the entire peerage of Scotland. Is it so?
PETROPROMONTORIENSIS.
[His Lordship cannot be by birth entitled to precede the whole peerage of Scotland, though as Lord High Constable, when attending the sovereign, he may have that precedence.]
Heraldic.
—A friend has sent me the following Note "from a local paper:"
"In the hall, Fawsley, Northamptonshire, is an escutcheon, containing no less than 334 quarterings."
Can any of your correspondents verify this statement, or refer me to any other example of so full a blazonry?
W. SPARROW SIMPSON, B.A.
[The shield is probably that of Knightley, whose quarterings are very numerous. We do not know where to refer our querist to an emblazoned shield, but there are other families whose quarterings would be as numerous, viz. Howard Percy, and Brydges Chandos, Duke of Buckingham, &c.]