It is noted that Carl Piper were often offered gifts in exchange for making recommendations for posts to the monarch on behalf of diplomats and supplicants but that he normally refused to accept gifts .
Supplicants was not unusual in that period .
It is noted that Carl Piper were often offered gifts in exchange for making recommendations for posts to the monarch on behalf of diplomats and supplicants , which was not unusual in that period , but that he normally refused to accept gifts .