Swan marks of Lincolnshire burmese water carriers recording two of his three

recording two of his three career Grand Prix victories in the process

[which] I had the opportunity to observe'

Lazarus Ercker

Inscribed: 'Tab II'

Swan marks of Lincolnshire burmese water carriers recording two of his threeNine swan marks issued by the Crown to landowners in the county of Lincolnshire, England, including to 'Sir John Hossye Knyght' [eg Sir John Hussey]. The marks illustrated here were incised in the beaks of the birds by a swan herd. The names of those with grants of swans are noted in the margin by each painted mark. Page 4 from Royal Society manuscript MS 106, a register of swan marks, kept by the Queen's swan herd, possibly a member of the Towneley