KING AND COCK-CROWER
The number of curious claims considered by the Privy Council Court of Claims is less by at least one than it would have been a hundred years ago, for no one is likely to assert his right to the privilege of crowing like a cock before the King, says the "Manchester Guardian." The last time such a ceremony was insisted on was in the eight-een-twenties, when a gentleman enjoying the rights ad privileges of Hereditary Cock-crower crowed the hours of the day on Ash Wednesday in memory of the denial of St. Peter. The Georges were unfamiliar with the customs of the English Court, and it is recorded that George 11, when the Hereditary Cock-crower exercised his privilege, was highly indignant at what he thought was an outrage. It took a great deal of persuasion and explanation from the Lords-in-Waiting to convince him Hint the fellow was not being deliberately impudent.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXIII, Issue 20, 25 January 1937, Page 10
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154KING AND COCK-CROWER Evening Post, Volume CXXIII, Issue 20, 25 January 1937, Page 10
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