represented by allegorical figures, the Salters were figured by Salina
in a sky-coloured robe and coronation mantle, and crowned with white and
yellow roses. Among the citizens nominated by the common council to
attend the mayor as chief butler, at the coronation of Richard III.,
occurs the name of a Salter.

The following bill of fare for fifty people of the Company of Salters,
A.D. 1506, is still preserved:--

s. d.
36 chickens 4 6
1 swan and 4 geese 7 0
9 rabbits 1 4
2 rumps of beef tails 0 2
6 quails 1 6
2 ounces of pepper 0 2
2 ounces of cloves and mace 0 4
1-1/2 ounces of saffron 0 6
3 lb. sugar 0 8
2 lb. raisins 0 4
1 lb. dates 0 4
1-1/2 lb. comfits 0 2
Half hundred eggs 0 2-1/2
4 gallons of curds 0 4
1 ditto gooseberries 0 2
2 dishes of butter 0 4
4 breasts of veal 1 5
Bacon 0 6
Quarter of a load of coals 0 4
Faggots 0 2
3-1/2 gallons of Gascoyne wine 2 4
1 bottle muscadina 0 8
Cherries and tarts 0 8
Salt 0 1
Verjuice and vinegar 0 8
Paid the cook 3 4
Perfume 0 2
1-1/2 bushels of meal 0 8
Water 0 3
Garnishing the vessels 0 3

In the Company's books (says Herbert) is a receipt "For to make a moost
choyce Paaste of Gamys to be eten at ye Feste of Chrystemasse" (17th
Richard II., A.D. 1394). A pie so made by the Company's cook in 1836 was
found excellent. It consisted of a pheasant, hare, and capon; two
partridges, two pigeons, and two rabbits; all boned and put into paste
in the shape of a bird, with the livers and hearts, two mutton kidneys,
forced meats, and egg balls, seasoning, spice, catsup, and pickled
mushrooms, filled up