[45] See Note at p. 160.
[46] In the Office of the Board of Green Cloth, at St. James's Palace,
are preserved the following _Rules of the House_ of the Duchess of York
the mother of Richard the Third:--
"Upon eating dayes. At dinner by eleven of the clocke.
"Upon fasting dayes. At dinner by twelve of the clocke.
"At supper upon eating dayes; for the officers at four of the clocke.
"My lady and the household at five of the clocke at supper.
"Livery of fires and candles, from the feast of All-Hallows, unto Good
Friday--then expireth the time of fire and candle."