_St. Thomas of Lancaster_ (Vol. i., p. 181.).--MR. R.M. MILNES desires
information relative to "St. Thomas of Lancaster." This personage was
Earl of Leicester as well as Earl of Lancaster; and I find in the
archives of this borough numerous entries relative to him,--of payments
made to him by the burgesses. Of these mention is made in a _History of
Leicester_ recently published. The most curious fact I know of is, that
on the dissolution of the monasteries here, several relics of St.
Thomas, among others, his felt hat, was exhibited. The hat was
considered a great remedy for the headache!