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One of the most mysterious ceremonies in the London calendar, the exact origins of this event have now been shrouded in the mists of time. The Queen's Remembrancer arrives at the courts with his attendants dressed in a long wig and 17th century garb and is paid token rents by the City Solicitor as payment to the Crown for properties which have long since disappeared. Included in the rents are a hatchet (for land in Shropshire), sixty-one nails and six horseshoes (for a long gone forge), two sticks of wood and a billhook.

The Royal Courts of Justice, The Strand
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