Oakham

Yeah.

Well, in Britain, we had obviously Richard Reardon and Tim who was there, Renan Morgan and Ben Algaleri, Did the work from Oakham.

John Mark O'Leary from University College Dublin.

From Liverpool, we got a very high number of cases, over 200.

Henry de Ferres, who accompanied that monarch, is believed to have received his surname because he was entrusted with the inspection of the farriers, and the coat of arms of his descendants still bears six horseshoes.

On the gate of Oakham Castle, an ancient Norman mansion in Rutlandshire, built by Wakeland de Ferres, son of the first Earl of that name, were formerly to be seen a number of horseshoes of different patterns.

The estate is famous on account of the tenure of the barons occupying it.

Every nobleman who journeyed through its precincts was obliged, as an act of homage, to forfeit a shoe of the horse whereon he rode, or else to redeem it with a sum of money, and the horseshoes thus obtained were nailed upon the gate, but are now within, on the walls of the castle.

Queen Elizabeth is thought to have initiated this practice, though this opinion is incorrect.

According to tradition, she was once journeying on a visit to her Lord High Treasurer, William Cecil, the well-known Lord Burghley, at his residence near Stamford.

While passing through Oakham, her horse is said to have cast a shoe, and in memory of the mishap, the Queen ordered a large iron shoe to be made and hung up in the castle, and that every nobleman traveling through the town should follow her example.

A similar usage prevails today, new shoes being provided of shapes and sizes chosen by the donors.