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NOTES  AND  QUERIES: 


Mttiivim  of  inter«Commun(iat(on 


TO* 


LITERARY   MEN,   ARTISTS,  ANTIQUARIES, 

GENEALOGISTS,  ETC. 


"  Whtn  tovai,  make  a  note  ol" —  Captain  Cottlb. 


THIRD     SEEIES VOLUME    FIRST. 


January — Jdhe,  1862. 


LONDON: 

BELL  &  DALDY,  186,  FLEET  STREET. 

1862. 


V 


\ 


P*B.L  Jav.  4,  »6».] 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


LONDON,  SATURDAY,  JANUARY  4.  IMt. 


CONTENTS.— N«.  1. 

Our  Third  Seriee.  1. 

NOTES :  —  Memoir  of  Willi&m  Oldys.  Bsq.,  Norroy-King-at- 
Arms.  1  — Archbishop  Leightoii*8  Library  at  Dunblane, 
8  —  Toland,  « — America  before  Columbus  ?  7  —  The  "  Cot- 
greave  **  Forgeries  of  the  late  W.  8.  Spence,  8. 

MivoB  NoTBS :  —  Cowell's  Interpreter  condemned  —  A 
Note  to  the  "  Voyages  of  Sir  Francis  Drake  and  Sir  Thomas 
CkTendish"  —The  Saturday  Half-Uolidsy  — Petronius 
Arbiter— Armorial  Glass,  Ump,  James  I^  9* 

QUERIES:  —  WeUs  City  Seato  and  their  Symbols.  10  — 
ATignon  Inscriptions — Psssi^  in  Bossuet — English  Am* 
bassadors  to  France  —  Epigrams  on  the  Popes  of  Rome^ 
Ac. — A  Giant  found  at  St.  Bees  —  Italian  Proverbs  —  Shr 
Henry  Langford,  Bart.— Lee  of  Quarendon  —  Mrs.  Mur- 
ray—Paper Money  at  Leyden— Pascha's  Pilgrimage  to 
Palestine  —  Peace  Congress  proposed  in  1698  —  Prayer 
Book  of  1004— Dr.  Richard  Sibbes  —  Standgate  Hole-* 
Stonehenge  —  St.  Napoleon,  11. 

QlTSKlES  WITH  AV8WBR8:— Sir  Francis  Page— The  Ass 
and  the  Ladder  —  Legends  of  the  Wandering  Jew — Quo* 
tation,  18. 

REPLIES :—  Epitome  of  the  Liree  of  the  Kings  of  Franoe^ 
14— Earthquakes  in  England:  Urioonium,  16— Biblical 
literature:  William  Capenter— Article  "Use  and  Have" 

—  Representations  in  Sculpture  of  the  First  Person  of  the 
Holy  Trinity  —  Enthusiasm  in  fsvour  of  Hampden— Mu- 
tilation of  Sepulchral  Memorials  —  Newtons  of  Whitby— 
Dr.  Arne's  Father— Clergyman's  Right  to  take  the  Chair 

—  St.  Benigne.  Dijon— Neil  Douglas  —  James  Glassfbrd 

—  Peter  Watkinson  Owtrem  —  Sir  Richard  Shelley  — 
Sir  James  Pomberton — Churchwardens  —The  Sleepers,  17* 

OUR  THIRD  SERIES. 

Upwards  of  twelve  years  an^o  Notks  and  Quxriss 
was  established  for  the  purpose  of  supplying  that  me- 
diam  of  inter-communication,  that  channel  for  the  an- 
nouncement of  wants  and  discoveries,  which  had  long 
been  desired  by  literary  men,  and  lovers  of  books. 

In  our  original  Prospectus  we  stated  that  our  object  was 
to  famish  to  readers  of  that  class,  **  A  Commom -Place 
Book,  in  which  they  night,  on  the  one  hand,  record 
for  their  own  use  and  the  use  of  others  those  minatt 
facts,  —  those  elucidations  of  a  donbtfnl  phrase,  or  dis- 
puted passage,  —  those  illnstrations  of  an  obsolete  cot- 
tons,  —  those  scattered  biographical  anecdotes,  or  unre- 
corded dates,— which  all  who  read  occasionally  stanbla 
upon ;  —  and,  on  the  other,  a  roedinm  through  which 
they  might  address  those  Queries,  by  which  the  best 
informed  are  sometimes  arrested  in  the  midst  of  their 
labours,  in  the  hope  of  receiying  aolationa  of  them  from 
some  of  their  brethren.** 

The  idea  was  considered  a  happy  one.  Koru  ahd 
QuKRiES  immediately  obtained  the  good  wishes  and 
ooniial  assistance  of  many  ripe  and  good  scholars,  and 
thanks  to  their  co-operation,  to  Notes  Ain>  QoBRiRa 
may  fairly  be  applied  the  noble  lines  which  Ben  Jeason 
addressed  to  Sekieo,  and  which  have  bees  pointed  out  to 
m  by  OB*  of  tho  first  and  most  valued  of  our  eontri- 
bvton:  — 


<*  What  fables  haye  yon  Tezed,  what  truth  redcemadt 
Antiqnities  searched,  opinions  disesteemid. 
Impostures  brsnded,  and  authorities  urged! 
Wbst  blots  and  errors  have  you  watched  and  pargtd 
Records  and  authors  of  I  how  rectified 
Times,  manners,  customs !  innovations  spied  I 
Sought  out  the  fountains*  sources,  creeks,  paths,  wayiy 
And  noted  the  beginnings  and  decays ! 
What  is  that  nominal  mark,  or  real  rite. 
Form,  act,  or  ensign  that  bsth  scaped  your  sight? 
How  are  traditions  there  examined !  bow 
Coniectares  retrieved !  and  a  story  now 
And  then  of  times  (besides  the  bare  condhct 
Of  what  it  tells  us)  weayed  in  to  instruct  1 " 

It  would  not  be  difficult  to  prove  how  well  these  IIbm 
characterise  the  curious  discoyeries  and  hsppy  illustra- 
tions, on  every  branch  of  literature,  which  have  flrom 
time  to  time  been  made  public  throagh  the  columns  of 
Notes  and  Qubries. 

But  it  is  needless  to  do  so.  The  use  and  value  of 
Notes  and  Queries  is  sufficiently  shown  by  the  favour 
with  which  our  first  two  Series  have  been  received :  for 
with  pride  we  acknowledge  that  Notes  and  Queries  is 
now  to  be  found  in  the  library  of  nearly  every  Club, 
College,  and  Literary  Institution  in  the  United  King- 
dom ;  while  our  columns  show  that  Correspondence  reaches 
us  from  all  parts  of  the  World. 

We  are  now  about  to  commence  the  Third  Series. 
Our  old  Friends  and  Correspondents  still  support  us; 
and  WE  are  encouraged  by  their  support,  and  by  our  twelvo 
years'  experience,  to  hope  that  as  our  Second  Sebies 
has  been  recognised  as  a  great  improvement  upon  tho 
First,  so  will  the  Third  be  better  still.  *•  Ah  Jvm 
tertit  Ajax,** 


9oUi. 


MEMOIR  OF  WILLIAM  OLDTS,  ESO. 

VOBROT  EIMO-AT-ABMa 

The  life  of  b  literary  antiquary  is  seldom  suf- 
ficiently diversified  to  afibrd  to  a  biographer  manj 
materials  tor  bis  pen,  so  as  to  give  interest  and 
vivacity  to  the  bbtoric  page.  From  the  noiseless 
tenor  of  bis  daily  pursuits,  and  the  habit  be  bas  ao* 
quired  of  bolding  communion  with  the  past  rather 
Uian  with  tbe  present,  bis  existence  is,  generallj 
speaking,  subject  to  fewer  vicissitudes  tban  those  * 
which  mark  tbe  mortal  progress  of  persons  be« 
longing  to  the  more  active  professions :  — 

**  Allow  him  but  his  plaything  of  a  pen. 
He  ne*er  cabals  or  plots  like  other  men." 

Respecting  the  parentage  of  William  Oldys  tbere 
is  some  obscurity.  Mr.  John  Taylor,  the  son  of 
Oldys*s  intimate  friend,  informs  us  that  **Mr. 
Oldys  was,  I  understood,  the  natural  son  of  a 
gentleman  named  Uarrb,  who  lived  in  a  respect'? 
able  style  in  Kensington  Square.  How  he  came 
to  adopt  tbe  name  of  Oldvs,  or  where  be  reoeiTed 
bis  education,  I  never  hftax^**  *     fe^  V\%  >»»^ 


•  Records  o/  my  UJt,\.'W».  ^"^^^'^^ 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


[«»*  S.  L  Jak.  4,  W. 


graphers,  however,  speak  of  him  as  the  nataral 
son  of  Dr.  William  Oldys,  Chancellor  of  Lincoln 
(from  1683  till  his  death  in  1708),  Commissary  of 
St.  Catharine's,  Official  of  St.  Alban*s,  and  Advo- 
cateof  the  Admiralty.  That  even  grave  civilians 
will  sometimes  deviate  from  moral  purity,  is  de* 

flored  by  Dr.  Coote,  who  had  been  informed  that 
>r.  Oldys  *'  maintained  a  mistress  in  a  very  penu- 
rious and  private  manner.**  * 

The  civilian  died  early  in  the  year  1708,  and 
in  his  will  he  *^  devises  to  his  loving  cozen  Mrs. 
Ann  Oldys  his  two  houses  at  Kensington,  with 
the  residue  of  his  property/*  and  **  appoints  the 
said  Ann  Oldys  whole  and  sole  executrix  of  his 
Will.**  It  has  been  conjectured,  with  some  de- 
gree of  probability,  that  under  the  cognomen  of 
cozen  is  meant  the  mother  of  our  literary  anti- 
quary ;  more  especially  us  we  find  from  the  will 
of  the  said  Ann  Oldys,  that  after  two  or  three 
trifling  bequests,  she  **  gives  all  her  estate,  real 
and  personal,  to  her  loving  friend,  Benjamin 
Jackman  of  the  said  Kensington,  upon  trust,  for 
the  benefit  of  her  son  William  Oldys,  and  she 
leaves  the  tuition  and  guardianship  of  her  son 
William  Oldys,  during  his  minority,  to  the  said 
Benjamin  Jackman.**  The  Will  is  dated  March 
21,  1710;  and  proved  by  Benjamin  Jackman  on 
April  10,  1711,  when  our  antiquary  was  in  the 
fifteenth  year  of  hb  age. 

At  the  end  of  a  pedigree  of  the  Oldys  family 
in  the  handwriting  of  William  Oldys,  now  in  the 
British  Museum  (Addit.  MS.  4240  f,  p.  14),  is 
the  following  entry :  "  Dr.  William  Oldys,  Ad- 
vocate General,  bom  at  Addesbury  1636;  died  at 
Kensington,  1708 ;  Duxit  Theodosia  Lovet,  Fil. 
Dom.  Jo:  Halsey:  [Issue]  William,  nat.  July 
14,  1696.**  That  the  Doctor  married  Theodosia 
Lovett  there  can  be  no  doubt ;  for  not  only  is 
it  stated  by  Burke,  ^at  ^'Eobert  Lovett,  of  Lis- 
combe  in  Bucks,  married  Theodosia,  daughter 
of  Sir  John  Halsey,  Knt.,  of  Great*  Gaddesden, 
Herts ;  he  died  «.  p.  in  1683,  set.  26,**  (Extinct 
Baronetage,  ed.  1844,  p.  325),  but  in  a  pedigree 
in  the  College  of  Arms,  dated  1700,  and  sub- 
scribed by  Dr.  Oldys,  his  marria|;e  with  Theodo- 
sia Lovett  is  duly  recorded.  While  as  the  Doctor 
there  describes  himself  as  **  sine  prole,**  and  omits 
all  mention  of  William  Oldys  in  his  will,  but  leaves 
to  Oldvs^s  mother  the  property  which  he  even- 
tually inherited,  there  can  be  little  doubt  that 
the  bend  sinister  oucht  properly  to  have  figured 
in  the  arms  of  the  future  Norroy.  That  Oldys 
always  claimed  the  civilian  for  his  father,  ap- 
pears from  the  following  note  in  his  annotated 
Langbaine,  p.  131 :  "  To  search  the  old  papers 

*  Uvet  and  Charaeten  of  eminent  EngHah  GviUantf 
p.  95,  ed.  1804. 

t  The  same  volume  contains  a  long  account  of  Dr. 
William  Oldys,  and  other  biographical  notices  of  the 
fiunily. 


in  one  of  my  large  deal  boxes  for  Mr.  Dryden*8 
letter  of  thanks  to  my  father  for  some  commu- 
nications relating  to  Plutarch,  when  thev  and 
others  were  publishing  a  translation  of  all  Plu- 
tarch's Lives  in  5  vols.  8vo,  1683.  It  is  copied 
in  the  yellow  book  for  Dryden*8  Life,  in  which 
there  are  about  150  transcriptions,  in  prose  and 
verse,  relating  to  the  life,  character,  and  writings 
of  Mr.  Dryden.**  Pompey  the  Great  was  the  Life 
translated  by  Dr.  William  Old  vs. 

William  Oldys,  the  son,  was  born  July  14, 1696, 
and  by  the  death  of  his  parents  was  left  to  make 
his  way  in  life  by  his  own  natural  abilities.  From 
his  Autobiography  we  learn  that  he  was  one  of  the 
sufferers  in  the  South  Sea  Bubble,  which  ex- 
ploded in  1720,  and  involved  him  in  a  long  and 
expensive  lawsuit.  From  the  year  1724  to  1730 
he  resided  in  Yorkshire,  and  spent  most  of  bis 
time  at  the  seat  of  the  first  Earl  of  Malton,  with 
whom  he  had  been  intimate  in  bis  youth.  In 
1725,  Oldys,  being  at  Leeds,  soon  after  the  death 
of  Ralph  Thoresby,  the  antiquary,  paid  a  visit  to 
bis  celebrated  Museum.*  As  he  remained  in 
Yorkshire  for  about  six  years,  it  is  not  improbable 
that  he  assisted  Dr.  Knowler  in  the  editorship  of 
the  Earl  of  Strafforde's  Letters,  &c.  2  vols.  fol. 
published  in  1739.  In  1729,  he  wrote  an  **  Essay 
on  Epistolary  Writings,  with  respect  to  the  Grand 
Collection  of  Thomas  Earl  of  Strafford.  Inscribed 
to  the  Lord  Malton.**  The  MS.  was  probably  of 
some  utility  to  his  Lordship,  and  his  Chaplain, 
Dr.  Enowler.f 

It  was  during  Oldys*s  visit  to  Wentworth  House 
that  he  became  an  eye-witness  to  the  destruction 
of  the  collections  of  the  antiquary  Richard  Gas- 
coyne,  consisting  of  seven  great  chests  of  manu- 
scripts. Of  this  remorseless  act  of  vandalism  our 
worthy  antiquary  has  left  on  record  some  severe 
strictures.  Here  is  his  account  of  this  literary 
holocaust :  — 

**  Richard  Gascovne,  Esq.,  was  of  kin  to  the  Wentworth 
family,  which  he  highly  honoured  by  the  elaborate  gene- 
alogies be  drew  thereof,  and  improved  abandance  of 
other  pedigrees  in  most  of  our  ancient  historians,  and 
particularly  our  topographical  writers  and  antiquaries  in 
personal  historv,  as  Broolce,  Vincent,  Dogdale,  and  many 
others,  out  of  his  vast  and  most  valuable  collection  of 
deeds,  evidences,  and  ancient  records,  &c.,  which  after 
his  death,  about  the  time  of  the  Restoration,  when  he  was 
about  eighty  years  of  age,  fell  with  great  part  of  hia 
library  to  the  possession  of  William,  the  son  of  Thomas 
the  first  Earl  of  Straffbrd,  who  preserved  the  books  in 
his  library  at  Wentworth  Woodnonse  in  Yorkshire,  and 
the  said  MSS.  in  the  stone  tower  there  among  the  family 
writings,  where  thev  continued  safe  and  untouched  till 
1728,  when  Sir  Tho.  Watson  Wentworth  |,  newly  made  or 

*  Life  of  Sir  Walter  Ralegh,  p.  xxxi.  ed.  1736. 

t  This  AIS.  is  also  noticed  in  Oldys*s  Dissertation  ypon 
PampMets,  p.  561. 

X  Thomas  Wentworth  of  Wentworth  Woodhouse,  cre- 
ated Baron  Malton  28  May,  1728 ;  Baron  of  Wath  and 
Harrowden,  Yisoonnt  Uigham,  and  Earl  of  Malton  19 


8"  9. 1.  Jas.  4,  '61] 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


mboat  to  be  made  Earl  of  Malton,  and  to  whose  father 
the  said  VVilliam  Earl  of  Strafford  left  his  esUte,  bornt 
them  all  wilfully'  in  one  morning.  I  saw  the  lamentable 
fire  feed  upon  six  or  seven  great  chests  full  of  the  said 
deeds,  &c.,  some  of  them  as  old  as  the  Conquest,  and 
OTen  the  ignorant  servants  repining  at  the  roischievons 
and  destructive  obedience  they  were  compelled  to.  There 
was  nobody  present  who  could  venture  to  speak  but  my- 
self, but  the  infatustion  was  insuperable.  I  urged  that 
Mr.  Dodsworth  had  also  spent  bis  life  in  making  such 
collections,  and  they  are  preserved  to  this  day  with  re- 
verence to  their  collector,  and  that  it  was  out  of  such 
that  Sir  Wm.  Dugdale  collected  the  work  which  had 
done  90  much  honour  to  the  Peerage.  I  did  prevail  to 
the  preservation  of  some  few  old  rolls  and  publick  grants 
and  charters,  a  few  extracts  of  escheats,  and  a  tfew  ori- 
ginal letters  of  tome  eminent  persons  and  pedigrees  of 
others,  but  not  the  hundredth  part  of  much  better  things 
that  were  destroyed.  The  external  motive  for  this  de- 
struction seemed  to  be  some  fear  infused  by  his  attorney, 
Sam.  Buck  of  Rotheram  (since  a  justice  of  peace)  a  man 
who  could  not  read  one  of  those  records  any  more  than 
his  lordship,  that  something  or  other  might  be  found  out 
one  time  or  other  by  somebody  or  other — the  descend snts 
perhaps  of  the  late  Earl  of  Strafford,  who  had  been  at 
war  with  him  for  the  said  estate — which  might  shake  his 
title  and  change  its  owner.  Though  it  was  thought  he 
had  no  stronger  motive  for  it  than  bis  impatience  to  pull 
down  the  old  tower  in  which  they  were  reposited,  to 
oiake  way  for  his  undertaker  Ralph  Tunnicliffe  to  pile  up 
that  monstrous  and  ostentatious  heap  of  a  house  which 
is  so  nn proportionable  to  the  body  and  soul  of  the  pos- 
sessor, so  these  antiquities,  as  useless  lumber,  were  de- 
stroyed too.  Of  that  Richard  Gascoyne  see  more  in 
Thoresby's  Topography  of  Leeds;  fol  1715;  in  Sir  Wm. 
Dugdale's  AntiquUtet  of  Warwickthiret  where  he  is  ap- 
plauded for  his  revival  of  the  Wentworth  family,  as  he 
ought  to  have  been  respected  by  it  for  the  honour  which 
he,  and  the  profit  his  kindred,  brought  to  it  (p.  554\ 
how  gratefullj'  repaid  appears  above.  Also  in  Dugdale^s 
Memoirs  of  hit  own  Life^  in  the  note  I  have  made  upon 
Burton*s  Leicetterthire  (throughout  enriched  with  his 
notes),  in  the  Harlelan  Catalogue,  vol.  iii.  p.  28, 8o,  1744.* 

Nov.  1734;  became  Baron  of  Rockingham  in  Feb.  1746, 
and  was  created  Marquis  of  Rockingham  19  April,  1746 ; 
died  at  Wentworth  House  14  Dec.  1750,  and  was  buried 
in  the  Minster  at  York.  Vide  the  pedigree  of  the  family 
in  Hunter's  Doneatter,  ii.  91. 

♦  Oldya's  note  is  worth  quoting.  He  says,  "  Through- 
out this  much-esteemed  work  [Burton's  Leieesterthire, 
1622]  there  have  been  numberless  notes  transcribed  in 
the  margins,  and  almost  all  the  pedigrees  enlarged  and 
corrected,  from  a  copy  of  this  book  in  Uie  library  of  Jesus 
College,  Cambridge.  It  has  been  new  bound,  and  inter- 
leaved also  throughout,  to  make  room  for  any  further 
additions.  The  notes  aforesaid  were  written  by  one  of 
the  most  skilful  antiquaries  in  Record-heraldry  of  his 
times  (as  T.  Fuller  has  justly  distinguished  him),  Richard 
Gascoyne,  Esq.,  of  Bramham  Biggen  in  Yorkshire.  He 
was  a  descendant  from  Judge  Gascoyne  (who  committed 
the  Prince  of  Wales,  afterwards  King  Henry  V.,  to  prison 
for  obntmcting  him  in  the  course  of  justice  on  the  King's 
Bench),  and  was  also  related  to  the  first  Earl  of  Straf- 
ford, whose  grandfather  married  one  of  his  family.  Part 
of  his  pedigree  may  be  seen  in  Mr.  Thoresby's  Antiquities 
of  Leeds,  He  did  singular  honours  to  that  Eail's  name, 
in  the  most  elaborate  Tables  of  Genealogy  which  be  drew 
out  of  a  vast  treasure  of  original  charters,  patents,  evi- 
dences, wills,  and  other  reconls,  which  he  had  amassed 
together ;  for  T^ch,  and  other  such  performances,  he  is 


Some  men  have  no  better  wa}*  to  make  themselves  the 
most  conspicuous  persons  in  their  family  than  by  de* 
stroying  the  monuments  of  their  ancestors,  and  raising 
themselves  trophies  out  of  their  ruins.'* 

We  get  a  glimpse  of  0Idya*8  literary  habits  at 
this  time  from  the  following  note :  — 

**  When  I  left  London  in  1724  to  reside  in  Yorkshire, 
I  left  in  the  care  of  Mr.  Burridge's  family,  with  whom  I 
had  several  years  lodged,  among  many  other  books,  goods, 
&C.  a  copy  of  this  Langbaine,  in  which  I  had  written 
several  notes  and  references  to  further  knowledge  of  these 
poets.  When  I  returned  to  London  in  1780,  I  under- 
stood my  books  had  been  dispersed ;  and  afterwards  be- 
coming acquainted  with  Mr.  Thomas  Coxeter,  I  found 
that  he  had  bought  my  Langbaine  of  a  bookseller,  who 
was  a  great  collector  of  plays  and  poetical  t>ooks :  this 
must  have  been  of  service  to  him,  and  he  has  kept  it  so 
carefully  from  my  sight,  that  I  never  could  have  the 
opportunity  of  transcribing  into  this  I  am  now  writing 
in,  the  notes  I  had  collect^  in  that."  * 

(7*0  he  continued,^ 


ARCHBISHOP  LEIGHTON'S  LIBRARY  AT 
DUNBLANE. 

Having  in  preparation  a  new  edition  of  Arch* 
bishop  Leighton*8  Works  f,  I  went  to  Dunblane  on 
the  25th  of  lost  September,  and  spent  a  few  days 
there  for  the  purpose  of  making  researches  in  'the 
Library.  I  now  send  you  a  Note  on  the  subject, 
which  I  dare  say  will  be  acceptable  to  man/  of 
your  readers. 

Bj  his  Will,  dated  **  Broadhurst,  Feb.  17, 1683,** 

Abp.  Leighton  bequeathed  his  books    **to  the 

Cathedral  of  Dunblane  in  Scotland,  to  remain 

there  for  the  use  of  the  Clergy  of  that  Diocese.** 

Jerment  says :  — 

**His  large  and  well- chosen  Library  and  valuable 
Manuscripts,  he  disponed  to  the  See  of  Dunblane ;  with 
money  towards  erecting  a  house  for  the  books,  increas* 
ing  their  number,  and  paying  a  Librarian.  It  should  be 
mentioned  to  the  honour  of  his  Executors,  that  they 
verv  considerably,  and  without  solicitation,  added  much 
to  that  sum."—  Xi/e  of  Bishop  Leighton,  p.  xlvilL 

But  I  believe  part  of  this  statement  is  errone- 

higlily  praised  by  Sir  Wm.  Dugdale  in  his  Antiquities  of 
Warwickshire,  and  in  his  Account  of  his  own  Life.  But 
how  that  treasure  of  Records  was  wilfully  burnt,  about  the 
year  1728  need  not  to  be  remembered  here.  That  he  was 
the  author  of  the  notea  in  this  book  (as  he  was  of  the 
like  in  many  other  books  of  our  genealogical  and  topo- 
graphical antiquities)  appears  on  page  85,  and  in  other 
parts  of  the  book,  that  he  wrote  them  in  the  year  1656, 
at  which  time  he  was  seventy-seven  years  of  age.  He 
was  born  at  Sherfield,  near  Bumtwood,  in  Essex,  and 
died,  it  is  probable,  at  Bramham  Biggen  aforesaid,  before 
the  Restoration."  Oldys  has  also  given  a  digest  of  Bur- 
ton's Leicestershire  in  the  British  Librarian,  pp.  287^- 
299. 

*  Langbaine  in  British  Museum  with  Oldys's  MS. 
notes,  p.  353. 

t  With  regard  to  the  need  of  a  new  editiotl^«M^^3K3 
Papers  in  "N.  &  Q.."  2»*  S,  ^^Wvvv  \f^.  VV^'^^^^^'^  ^^'»' 
Cf.  also  yo\.  X.  pp.  \^4«^\%. 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


[3^  a  L  Jam.  i,  'St. 


out,  for  Leighton  left  no  monej  with  tb«  books, 
hk  means  baying  bean  completely  exhausted  at 
the  time  of  bis  deatb.  His  relatives  and  ezecu- 
ton,  the  Lightmakers,  contributed  to  the  expense 
of  proTidirg  the  necessary  buildin^Tt  presses,  and 
furniture  for  holding  the  books.  Thej  also  pro« 
▼ided  for  the  future  support  of  the  library  by 
what  the  Scotch  law  terms  '*  a  Morti6cation  **  of 
9001,  Of  this  sum,  100^  was,  at  later  period, 
spent  in  repairs ;  so  that  the  interest  of  the  re- 
maining 200/.  constitutes  at  present  the  whole 
yearly  income  which  the  trustees  bare  to  expend. 

The  library  was  opened  in  the  year  1688,  four  ' 
years  after  the  donor*s  death.  The  books  were 
accompanied  by  a  catalogue  written  by  the  arch- 
bishop himself.  There  is  a  MS.  copy  of  this 
catalogue  among  the  treasures  at  Dunblane,  to 
which  is  pre6xed  a  short  account  of  the  donor 
and  of  his  bequest.  This  MS.  volume  was  drawn 
up  in  July,  1691,  under  the  superintendence  of 
Bobert  Douj^las,  Bishop  of  Dunblane,  and  Gas- 
par  Kellie,  Dean  of  Dunblane.  It  is  written  in 
the  Scotch  vernacular,  and  entitled :  *'  Register 
of  the  Bibliotheck  within  the  Citie  of  Dunblane, 
founded  by  the  Most  Rev'  Father  in  God,  Doc- 
tor Robert  Leightone,  &c.**  After  the  catalogue 
of  the  books  follows  a  list  of  the  Abp.*s  MSS. 
which  is  worth  giving  here,  as  it  is  very  interest- 
ing in  itself,  and  has  never  been  printed :  -^ 

*<Thb  Manuscripts  or  Bishop  Liohtonb*s  wbicr 

ARB  IN  THIS  HOUSE. 

**  There  came  down  with  the  Books  a  little  Box  oon- 
taining  Bome  of  the  Bishop's  MSS.  written  by  himself; 
Mng  a  CoUection  of  tome  ipecial  Stnimiees  and  Obttrvet  at 
m  wot  pkated  to  note  in  hit  readingt/or  hit  own  ute;  unit' 
ten  promitewoutly  in  Greek,  Latine,  and  French. 

**  Another  parcel  of  the  Bishop's  MSS.  received  by  Dr. 
Fell,  Principal  of  the  College  of  Glasgow,  from  Mr. 
Xdward  Lightmaker  of  Broadharst,  the  Biabop*8  nephew 
and  ezecotor,  were  delivered  into  this  house,  and  are  as 
Mlows :  — 

1.  Two  Books  in  8vo.  containing  Sermons. 

2.  One  Book  in  4to.  containing  the  sam  of  several  Ser- 
mons. 

8.  Some  learned  and  pions  Annotations  on  the  Psalms. 
4w  Short  MediUtions  on  the  Book  of  Psalms.    Except 
the  first  18,  and  the  last  6. 
6.  Sermons  on  the  First  Epistle  of  St  John. 

6.  Some  devoat  Meditations  on  the  First  Nine  Chap- 
ters of  Sl  Matthew's  Gospel. 

7.  Some  notes  of  Sermons  preached  on  the  d9th 
Psalm. 

8.  Three  Bandies  of  MSS.  in  long  sheets  containhig 
notes  of  Sermons^  and  other  collections. 

«*  There  is  also  pat  up  with  these  a  MS.  of  Mr.  Edward 
Lightmaker  of  Broadhurst  anent  the  preservation  of  the 
Bishop's  MSa 

•*  All  these  foresaid  MSS.  together  with  the  authentic 
catalogoe  under  the  Bishop's  own  hand  are  locked  up  in 
this  house." 

When  the  property  of  the  Church  in  Scotland 
was  alienated,  and  the  Cathedral  of  Dunblane 
was  handed  over  to  the  Presbyterians,  Abp. 
Leighton*8  library  was  plaetd  in  tbe  handi  of  a 


mixed  committee  of  Churchmen  and  Presbvte- 
rians.  The  following  passage  is  an  extract  from 
the  New  Stntistical  Aceouht  of  Scotland.  Black- 
wood :  Edinb.  1845,  vol.  x.,  "  Perth :  *'  — 

**  After  the  full  establishment  of  Presbytery,  Mr.  Light- 
maker  constituted  seven  Trustees  of  the  library,  —  the 
YiscL  Strathallan,  Sir  James  Pntterson  of  Bannockbum, 
Sir  James  Campbell  of  Abemchill,  John  Graham,  Com- 
missary-Clerk of  Dunblane,  and  their  heirs  male,  the 
Minister  of  Dunblane,  and  two  other  beneficed  clergy- 
men of  the  Presbytery  of  Dunblane,  chosen  by  the  Synod 
of  Perth  and  Stirling.  Various  additions  by  will  and 
purchase  have  t)een  made  to  the  liooks.  100^  of  the 
mortified  money  have  l)een  expended  on  the  repairs  of 
the  house.  About  700  volumes  have  been  lost  during 
the  last  fifty  years."  * 

"The  Presbytery  Records  of  Dunblane  extend  back  as 
fkr  as  1616.  The  Record  of  the  Episcopal  Synod  of  Dun- 
blane fh>m  166S  to  1688,  is  extant,  comprehending  the 
whole  of  Leighton's  Episcopate.  It  might  be  interesting 
to  some  if  published." 

The  present  trustees  are  the  Hon.  Capt  Drum- 
mond  of  Inchbrakie,  Crieff;  Sir  James  Campbell ; 
•— —  Ramsay,  Esq.  of  Barnton  ;  the  Presbyterian 
Incumbent  of  Dunblane,  and  two  other  beneficed 
ministers. 

The  bishop's  palace  was  burned  down  ii^  the 
troubled  times  which  ushered  in  the  Reformation, 
and  was  never  inhabited  by  any  of  the  reformed 
prelates.  Its  ruins  are  still  to  be  seen  to  the 
south  of  the  cathedral,  both  overhanging  the 
River  Allan.  The  library  is  said  to  be  an  un- 
doubted portion  of  the  ancient  deanery  which 
Leighton  lived  in  as  his  episcopal  residence. 

The  present  trustees,  notwithstanding  their  very 
limited  means,  have  done  much  for  the  Library. 
One  of  them,  who  has  for  many  years  taken  the 
most  active  part  in  the  management  of  the  Li- 
brary, tells  me,  that  — 

**  Within  the  last  several  years  there  has  been  some 
80/.  odd  laid  out  in  rebinding  the  books ;  about  60/.  laid 
out  in  new  l)ooks ;  and  a  Catalogue  made  of  the  books, 
which  cost  about  2SL  And  there  was  also  a  private  sub- 
scription collected  for  putting  the  cases  on  the  book- 
shelres,  which  I  think  came  to  nearly  88/." 

Under  the  former  trustees,  from  all  that  I  can 
gather,  the  Library  seems  to  have  been  a  sort  of 
lumber-room,  with  the  books  lying  about  quite 
uncared  for,  and  unprotected. 

The  Catalogue  referred  to  was  "printed  at 
Edinburgh,  1843.**    In  the  preface  we  are  told : 

"  The  only  printed  Catalogue  of  the  Library  is  dated 
1798.  The  present  one  has  l)een  compiled  with  greater 
attention  to  accuracy  in  regard  to  the  titles  of  the  books 
and  the  dates,  under  the  direction  of  Messrs.  Maclachlan, 
Stewart,  &  Co.,  Booksellers,  Edinburgh." 

The  present  Librarian,  Mr.  Stewart,  is  an  aged 
man  who  had  been  formerlv  the  parish  school- 
master. His  salary  as  librarian  'is  but  51.  a-year. 
He  is  a  faithful  and  zealous  guardian  of  the  books, 

*  It  is  probable  that  these  lost  books  were  not  all  of 
tlMBLaightoa'a^  at  least  it  is  to  ha  hopsdnot. 


8^  &  I.  Jam.  4,  '61] 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


and  18  watchful  l«tt  Ihey  should  be  in  any  way 
loft  or  damsfred.  This  is  especially  necessary  and 
important  when  we  remember  that  the  books  are 
lent  out  to  any  person  who  subscribes  five  shil- 
lings a-year.  It  is  very  satisfactory  to  know  that 
the  books  are  now  really  looked  after;  and,  on 
the  other  hand,  very  sad  to  hear  that  until  about 
twenty  years  ago  the  library  was  almost  totally 
neglected,  and  sustained  the  serious  loss  of  some 
seven  hundred  volumes  within  fifty  years  before 
that  time.  As  Lieighton's  library  is  of  a  medissval 
character,  containing  a  class  of  books  little  read 
in  these  days*,  and  not  likely  to  be  in  request  in 
a  remote  country  place  like  Dunblane,  the  duties 
of  a  librarian  there  are  of  a  simple  and  mechanical 
kind,  not  requiring  a  highly-educated  and  highly- 
qualified  person. 

The  library  is  a  gloomy  forlorn -looking  room. 
The  books  are  in  very  good  condition  internally, 
but  are  sadly  in  want  of  dusting,  cleaning,  and 
lettering  on  the  back;  and,  in  some  cases,  of 
vamping  and  binding.  It  is  greatly  to  be  regret- 
ted that  the  little  money  in  the  hands  of  the 
trustees  seems  to  have  been  laid  out  from  time  to 
time,  not  in  preserving  and  rendering  available 
Leigh ton*8  books,  but  in  buying  other  books. 
These  other  books  are  all  mixed  up  with  Leigh- 
ton*s,  and  usurp  the  necessary  room.  Thus  many 
books  I  was  anxious  to  see,  and  which  were  in 
the  printed  Catalogue,  were  not  to  be  found  when 
we  came  to  look  for  them ;  they  were  supposed 
to  be  lying  amongst  certain  dusty  and  disorderly 
masses  of  books  which  lay  behind  the  front  rows 
on  the  shelves.  Thus,  I  was'unable  to  get  a  sight 
of  St  Thot.  a  Kempis  Opera  Omniay  1635  ;  of  an 
old  English  translation  of  the  Theohgia  Qer^ 
manica^  and  of  several  other  works.  The  same 
confusion  and  mixture  of  books  extends  to  the 
printed  Catalogue ;  in  which,  unfortunately,  Leigh- 
ton*8  books  are  in  no  way  separated  or  distin- 
guished from  the  books  which  have  been  afler- 
wards  added  to  the  library.f  This  is  in  many 
respects  much  to  be  regretted  :  Leighton*s  books 
were  the  choicest  works  procurable  in  the  age  in 
which  he  lived,  and  afforded  an  interesting  and 
characteristic  memorial  of  his  mind  and  judgment ; 
they  may  be  said  also  to  have  an  historical  in- 

_j.^ I u    _M_i      i_  -n      -    ■■■- ■--■i-iB-Mi     w-mw— ■ ■ ■ — 

*  Witness  Abp.  Tenfson's  Library  in  London  (recently 
dispersed),  and  Abp.  Manih*s  in  Dublio  I 

f  It  has  a  strange  and  incongraoua  effiect  to  see  mixed 
up  with  Lei^hton'n  txwka,  the  writings  of  Hartley,  Hel- 
vettos,  Hoadley,  Bolingbroke,  Pope,  Paley,  Priestley, 
Swift,  CheAterfieid,  Conyers  Middleton,  Voltaire,  Frede- 
rick the  Great  of  Pmssia,  Ronsneaa,  &c;  Bell  on  the 
Ottw  Pox,  Colqahoun  on  PoUct,  Harris'^  Mammony  &c.  &c. 
However,  there  is  no  diflScalty  in  deciding  about  these, 
as  they  are  obvioasly  oat  of  place  and  out  of  date ;  but 
when  we  come  to  sach  a  book  as  Thomas  Adams  of  Wil* 
lington*s  Expoaitkm  of  tht  Second  Js^pittk  of  St  Peter, 
Load.  1688,  foUo,  we  can  find  ont  that  it  is  not  one  of 
Leighton's  books,  only  by  referring  to  tha  Mfk  Catalogva. 


terest  and  importance.  In  other  respects,  thu 
Catalogue  is^unsatisfactory  and  inaccurate.  Thus, 
it  does  not  contain  the  library  in  its  integrity 
as  it  came  from  the  hands  of  Leighton,  but 
only  the  books  at  present  to  be  found ;  and  even 
in  this  respect  it  does  not  seem  to  be  quite  ac- 
curate, for  I  came  accidentally  upon  the  book 
which  Leighton,  next  to  his  Bible,  prized  most 
highly  of  all  his  treasures  —  his  favourite  copy 
of  his  favourite  book — viz.  a  miniature  edition 
of  the  De  ImHatione  Christi,  evidently  his  pocket 
companion,  which  he  carried  alj^out  with  him 
everywhere :  scored  throughout  with  pencil  marka, 
and  with  the  fly-leaves  all  written  over,  —  yet 
this  little  volume  was  not  in  the  Catalogue. 
The  title  is  wanting,  but  it  is  apparently  Kos* 
weyd*s  miniature  edition  of  Colon.  Agrip.  1622. 
The  Catalogue,  moreover,  mentions  the  year ;  but 
not  the  place  in  which  each  book  was  printed. 
Besides,  it  does  not  give  a  list  of  the  MSS.  be* 
queathed  along  with  the  books,  or  of  those  still 
extant.  Again,  we  have  such  entries  as  that  of 
De  Vargas*  work  on  tlie  Jesuit  Order,  which  is 
described  as  Relatio  de  Stratagemaiu  PoUticU 
Societatis  —  the  distinctive  word  *'  Jesu  *'  being 
omitted ;  a  work  of  Bp.  Taylors  on  the  H.  JSueha' 
rht  is  described  as  "  Real  Presence  and  Spiritual 
of  Christ  in  the  Sepulchre,  8vo,  1654;**  the 
Mystical  Theology  of  a  certain  Father  John,  a 
Carmelite  Friar,  is  entered  under  Afaria^  — 
**  Maria  Theologia  Mystica**  and  there  are  several 
other  similar  blunders. 

I  have  reason  to  believe  that  Abp.  Leighton 
and  his  Works  are  beginning  to  be  better  known, 
and  more  appreciated,  in  this  country  than  for- 
merly ;  and  1  have  little  doubt  but  that  a  fund 
could  be  easily  raised  to  carry  out  the  most  ne- 
cessary and  desirable  reforms  with  regard  to  the 
library  ;  and,  at  the  same  time,  that  the  trustees 
would  readily  sanction  and  forward  such  mea- 
sures, if  provided  with  the  necessary  funds.  The 
measures  which  seem  to  me  most  necessary  and 
desirable  are:  — 

1.  To  have  Leighton*8  books  carefully  separated 
from  the  others,  and  kept  by  themselves.  To  give 
them  ample  room,  and  to  have  them  placed  in  an 
orderly  and  available  manner  on  the  shelves. 

2.  To  have  the  books  dusted,  cleaned,  lettered 
on  the  back,  and  repaired  or  bound  as  they  re- 
quire. Most  of  them  want  little  more  than  to  be 
brightened  up,  and  have  lettered  leather  labels  on 
the  back. 

3.  To  have  a  careful  and  accurate  Catalogue 
drawn  up  of  all  the  books,  in  alphabetical  order. 
The  lost  books  might  be  distinguished  by  an 
asterisk.^     Any  books  that  have  been  added  to 

*  One  of  the  trustees  of  the  library,  when  I  made  this 
suggestion,  thought  it  right  in  principle,  but  exi^t«»^  ^ 
fear  that  the  Ctttalogue  wtra&ii  xXiKt^-^  **  iJk«a  Vs^  "^^ 
light  ef  too  gnat  a  m?aX\i\w^%  «^  %\M%r 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


L8»«»  S.  I.  Jah.  4,  "62. 


the  librtry,  might  be  given  in  a  separate  Appen- 
dix. After  Leighton*8  Dookfl,  to  print  an  accurate 
list  of  the  MSS.  originallj  Bent  alonff  with  the 
books;  distinguishing  any  that  have  oeen  lost 
It  would  be  desirable  also,  to  prefix  to  the  Cata- 
logue the  account  of  Abp.  Leighton  and  of  the 
bequest,  which  is  prefixed  to  the  MS.  Catalogue, 
and  which  has  never  been  printed.  Such  a  Cata- 
logue, well  edited,  and  with  a  suitable  introduc- 
tion, would  command  a  general  (though,  of  course, 
not  tL  popular)  sale,  and  paj  its  own  expenses. 

4.  If  the  MS.  Common-place  Book  of  Abp. 
Leichton  can  be  found,  which  is  enumerated  m 
the  list  of  MSS.  which  came  along  with  the  books 
to  Dunblane,  it  would  be  well  to  print  it  A 
Terj  interesting  supplementarj  work  might  be 
compiled  by  having  all  the  sentences,  apothegms, 
&c.,  which  Leighton  wrote  in  his  books,  tran- 
scribed and  prmted  under  the  heading  of  the 
books  in  which  they  were  written.  To  make  this 
work  available  and  interesting  to  the  general 
reader,  translations  might  be  subjoined,  and  a 
careful  Index  might  be  appended  to  complete  the 
book.  Besides  the  value  wnich  such  a  work  would 
have  in  itself  as  a  collection  of  choice  extracts 
gathered  by  a  man  of  such  profound  learning  and 
spiritual  discernment,  as  well  as  exquisite  jud^ 
ment  —  and  besides  its  value  as  a  relic  of  so 
saintly  and  revered  a  bishop  —  it  would  doubtless 
be  of  great  use  to  a  careful  editor,  and  help  to 
illustrate  and  enrich  Lcighton*s  Works;  verify- 
ing many  references,  and  leading  to  the  restora- 
tion and  identification  of  many  quotations  at 
present  mixed  up  with  the  text 

5,  It  would  be  desirable  to  print  the  Record  of 
the  Episcopal  Synod  of  Dunblane,  from  1662  to 
1688 ;  which  is  still  extant,  and  which  compre- 
hends the  whole  of  Leighton*s  episcopate,  as  well 
as  that  of  his  successor. 

I  may  here  mention,  in  concluding  these  sug- 
gestions, that  I  have  heard  of  a  MS.  History  of 
Dunblane  Cathedral,  written  by  a  Presbyterian 
minister  named  McGregor;  who  died  in  Dun- 
blane, or  its  neighbourhood,  not  very  many  years 
ago. 

For  the  sake  of  persons  interested  in  the  sub- 
ject, I  may  refer  to  the  Rev.  J.  W.  Burgon*s  de- 
lightful Memoir  of  Patrick  Fraser  Tyder,  Lend. 
1859  ;  in  which  we  have  an  account  of  a  visit  Mr. 
Tytler  paid  to  Abp.  Leighton's  library  at  Dun- 
blane in  1837:  — 

**  In  his  pocket  diary,  a^rainst  Aagnst  9tb,  there  is  the 
following  entrv :  — *  Passed  a  sweet  day  at  Dunbline,  in 
dear  Leiuhton^s  library.'  And,  on  the  i4th,  *  went  again 
to  Dunblane.'  This  visit,  I  remember,  deh'ghted  him 
much;  and  he  brought  away  an  interesting  memorial  of 
it,  by  transcribing  the  abundant  notes  with  wliich  Leigh- 
ton  has  enriched  *  hia  copy  of  Herbert's  Poems,    That 

*  I  believe  soire  one  of  Herbert's  editors,  or  admirersi 
deceived  perhaps  by  the  above  statement  obtained  a 


saintly  man  seems  to  have  delighted  In  the  practice  of 
writing  Sentences  firom  the  Fathers,  and  short  pica* 
Apothegms  in  his  books;  several  of  which  Tytler  also 
transcribed,  and,  some  years  after,  showed  me."  —  P.  250. 

I  may  add  also,  that  about  two  years  ago, 
Archdeacon  Allen  published  a  short  letter  in  The 
Guardian  Newspaper  (vol.  xiv.  p.  768),  in  which 
he  gave  some  account  of  a  visit  he  paid  to  Dun- 
blane, and  quoted  some  of  the  sentences  which 
Leighton  had  written  in  his  books.  I  mention 
these  instances,  and  could  add  others*,  to  show  that 
there  is  a  more  general  appreciation  of  Lbiohtor 
than  formerly,  and  an  increasing  love  and  vener- 
ation for  that 

**  Dear,  loved,  revered,  and  bonoared  name, 
Whose  sound  awakes  Devotion's  flame."  f 

Any  persons  wishing  to  contribute  to  the  Fund, 
or  to  co-operate  in  the  measures  above  proposed* 
will  perhaps  kindly  communicate  with  me  on  the 
subject. 

As  soon  as  I  get  the  requisite  aid,  I  shall  at 
once,  with  the  sanction  of  the  trustees,  and  the 
help  of  some  competent  bookseller,  such  as  Mr. 
Stillie  or  Mr.  Stevenson  of  Edinburgh,  get  an 
accurate  catalogue  made  of  all  the  books  bearing 
date  not  later  than  1684 ;  and  also  a  transcript  of 
the  MS.  catalogue  with  the  memoir  prefixed,  and 
then  prepare  them  for  the  press.  The  MS.  cata- 
logue does  not  contain  the  dates  or  full  titles  of 
the  books,  and  gives  the  books  in  the  order  in 
which  they  were  originally  set  up  in  the  several 
presses  and  shelves.  I  counted  the  volumes  enu- 
merated in  the  MS.,  and  they  amounted  to  1 390, 
besides  a  number  of  **  Slight  Pieces,  Little  Trea- 
tises, Single  Sermons,  &c.,  put  up  in  six  bun- 
dles,** amounting  to  149,  making  a  total  of  1539 
articles.  I  hope  shortly  in  another  Note  to  give 
a  cursory  survey  of  the  contents  of  the  library. 
Let  me  say  in  conclusion  that  I  received  much 
courtesy  and  kindness  from  the  Trustees  and  all 
persons  connected  with  the  library  at  Dunblane, 
as  well  as  froih  the  Presbyterian  and  Episcopal 
incumbents.  Eiriorrach. 


TOLAND. 


Among  some  extracts  which  I  made  when  I 
was  at  Lambeth,  I  find  a  notice  of  this  writer, 

transcript  of  these  **  abundant  notes  " ;  however,  he  must 
have  b€«n  disappointed,  as  I  can  testify  that  the  afore- 
said notes  have  no  connexion  with  Herbert's  Poems.  The 
Archbishop,  according  to  his  wont,  merely  used  the  fly- 
leaves OS  a  Common-place  Book. 

*  E.  g.  See  Mr.  Brure*s  preface  to  the  Calendar  of 
State  Papers,  Domentic  Series,  of  the  Reign  of  Charles  I. 
1628-29.  Lond.  1859.  See  also  a  remarkable  volume  of 
poems  entitled :  The  Bishop's  Walk,  and  the  Biahop*s 
T^mes.  Poems  on  the  Days  of  Abp.  Ijeighton  and  the 
Scottish  Covenant    By  Orwell.    Macmillan,  18C1. 

t  From  some  lines  by  Mrs.  Grant  of  Laggan,  written 
after  a  visit  to  Dunblane 


3'«i  S.  I.  Jaw.  4,  '62.] 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


which  may  perhaps  be  worthy  of  a  place  in  "  N. 
&  Q.'*  It  occurs  in  a  letter  from  Dr.  Charlett 
to  Archbp.  Tenison,  dated  from  University  Col- 
lege Oct.  25,  1695,  that  is,  when  Toland  was 
about  five  or  six-and- twenty  years  old :  — 

**  Afl  to  Mr.  TuhuM  |[«ttf1  behAVfoar,  it  was  so  publick 
and  notorious  here,  that  the  late  Yice-Cbancellor  ordered 
him  to  depart  this  place,  w«i>  he  accordingly  promised  to 
do,  and  did  for  some  time,  but  afterwanu  in  y*  V-O" 
absence  returned.  Evidence  was  then  o£fered  upon 
Oath,  of  his  Trampling  on  y*  Common  prayer  book, 
talking  against  the  Scriptures,  commending  Common- 
wealths, justifying  the  murder  of  K.  C.  1*',  railing  against 
Priests  in  general,  with  a  Thousand  other  Extravagancvs 
as  his  common  Conversation.  His  behaviour  was  the 
same  in  Scotland  and  Holland,  where  he  quarrelled  with 
the  Professors.  He  had  the  vanity  here  to  own  himselfe 
a  spy  upon  ye  University,  and  insinuated  that  he  re- 
ceaved  Pensions  from  some  great  men,  and  that  his  cha- 
racters of  Persons  here  were  the  only  measures  followed 
above:  This  insolent  carriage  made  him  at  last  con- 
temptible, both  to  y  Scholars  and  Townsmen.  I  was 
alwsys  apt  to  Fancy,  he  would  appear  at  last  to  be  a 
Papist.  He  pretended  to  great  Intrigues  and  correspon- 
dencys,  and  by  that  means  abused  the  names  of  some 
very  great  Men.  He  boasted  much  of  the  young  L^ 
Ashtly  Cooper— how  he  had  framed  him  and  that  he 
should  outdo  his  Grand  Father  in  all  his  glorious  de- 
signs.— At  his  going  away  he  pretended  some  consider- 
able office  would  force  him  to  declare  himselfe  of  some 
church  very  speedily,  and  that  He  should  be  a  Member 
of  Parliament,  and  then  should  have  an  opportunity  of 
being  revenged  on  Priests  and  Universitys.  When  he 
came  down  first  be  promised  himself  very  many  dis- 
coverys  from  y*  freedom  of  my  conversation,  but  before 
I  came  from  liondon,  he  had  so  exposed  himselfe,  that  a 
very  worthy  Person  M'  Kennet,  who  was  to  introduce 
him  to  my  acquaintance  gave  me  timely  Caution,  so 
that  I  saw  him  but  once  at  my  door  and  ever  afterwards 
he  reputed  me  among  his  worst  enemies,  for  which  he 
TOwed  revenge:  M'  Creech  and  M'  Gibson,  whom  he 
courted  much,  very  little  valued  his  Learning  to  which 
be  so  much  pretended,  however  I  presume  he  might  have 
done  well  eno,  in  case  be  could  have  commanded  his 
temper,  which  is  so  very  violent  as  to  betray  him  in  all 
places  and  Countrys  be  has  been  in.  I  beg  your  Pardon 
for  this  LenqUi,  and  humbly  thank  you  for  the  Approba- 
tion of  our  &Iu8ic  which  my  Friend  M'  Pepys  very  much 
admires.  I  humbly  beg  leave  to  remain  jour  Grace's 
inost  DntifuU  Servant,  Ar.  Chariett." 

S.  R.  Maitlavd. 


AMERICA  BEFORE  COLUMBUS? 

**  La  majesty  'de  grands  souvenirs  semble  ooncentree 
sur  le  nom  de  Christophe  Colomb.  C*est  I'orig^nalit^  de 
sa  vaste  conception,  T^tendue  et  la  f^condit^  de  son  g^nie, 
le  courage  oppose  k  de  longnes  infortunes  qui  out  ^lev^ 
I'amiral  au-dessus  de  tons  ses  contemporains."  —  Alex- 
andre DE  Humboldt. 

An  anonymous  adventurer  in  the  bewitching 
path  of  discovery  has  prevailed  on  Mr.  Sylvanus 
Urban  to  give  publicity  to  some  very  curious 
speculations  in  an  essay  entitled  America^  before 
ColumJmt, 

The  essayist  almost  doubts  the  existence  of 
Christoforo  Colombo  of  Genoa,  and  seems  inclined 
to  transform  him  into  one  Christopher  of  Cologne, 


but  as  that  speculation  is  expressed  with  provok- 
ing obscurity,  it  would  be  a  waste  of  time  to  com- 
ment on  it. 

His  tangible  arguments  in  refutation  of  the 
current  opinion  on  the  discovery  of  America,  and 
on  the  merits  of  Columbus,  are  1.  The  cartogra- 
phic evidence,  dated  in  1436,  of  the  existence  of 
an  island  in  the  Atlantic  named  Brasile ;  and  2. 
The  assumption  that  Brasil  wood  was  imported 
into  Italr,  and  paid  tax  at  the  gates  of  Modena,  in 
1306 ;  also,  into  England,  paying  tax  at  the  gates 
of  London,  in  1279,  in  1453,  etc.  He  thence  in- 
fers that  "  a  regular  trade  with  central  America 
had  been  going  on  for  some  two  centuries  before 
the  first  voyage  of  Christopher  of  Cologne,**  He 
means,  no  doubt,  Christoforo  Colombo  alia$  £1 
almirante  D.  Cristdbal  Colon. 

As  the  arguments  are  quite  distinct,  I  shall 
assign  to  each  a  separate  examination,  and  in  the 
order  above  indicated. 

1.  The  chart  of  Andrea  Bianco,  dated  in  1436, 
was  in  part  published  by  Vincenzio  Formaleoni,  at 
Venice,  in  1783.  In  the  Atlantic  Ocean,  and  in 
the  parallel  of  Lisbon,  appears  a  nameless  group 
of  islands  —  undoubtedly  the  Azores  I  One  of  the 
islands  is  named  Corho  =  Isla  del  Cuervo,  and 
another  F^  de  Zan  ^orzt  =  Isla  de  San  Jorge. 
The  island  named  Y^  de  Brasil  is  Tercera :  **  ror 
la  mediania  y  en  lo  mas  meridional  do  esta  Isla,** 
says  D.  Vicente  Tofino,  *'  se  eleva  el  monte  del 
Brasil,  bastante  alto  y  tajado  4  pique  h4cia  el 
mar." 

Now,  the  question  is  —  Did  the  S.  American 
Brasil  give  its  name  to  the  Isla  de  Brasil  f  I 
cannot  discover  an  argument  in  favour  of  such  a 
conclusion.  Brasil  was  not  an  aboriginal  name, 
nor  was  it  the  earliest  name  imposed  on  the  pro- 
vince. A  manuscript  work,  described  by  Antonio 
de  Leon  in  1629,  was  entitled  Santa'Cruz^  pro* 
vincia  de  la  America  Meridional^  dicha  vulgar* 
mente  el  Brasil;  and  the  learned  Isidoro  de 
Antillon,  in  his  Carta  esflrica  del  Ociano  AtldnticOf 
published  at  Madrid  in  1802,  writes  Bbasil  6 
Tfra  de  Sta  Cruz,  To  conclude  —  inverting  the 
order  of  time — Antonio  de  Herrera,  Coronista 
mayor  de  las  Indias,  affirms  that  Brasil  was  for- 
merly named  Tierra  de  Santa  Cruz,  and  enume- 
rates as  articles  of  its  produce  "  algodon,  y  palo  dt 
brasil^  que  es  el  que  la  dio  el  nombre," 

2.  The  inference  that  "  trade  with  central 
America  had  been  going  on  for  some  two  centuries 
before  the  first  voyage  of  Coliunbus  **  remains  for 
examination. 

The  essayist  is  too  modest.  By  adopting  the 
mode  of  argument  which  he  pursues,  I  can  soon 
prove  that  the  trade  in  question  had  been  carried 
on  for  more  than  four  centuries  before  the  first 
voyage  of  Columbus !  I  require  one  concession. 
Admit  that  brasil  and  brasiUwood  are  synony- 
mous terms — on  wUldv  ^vq\  >^^  T?Tom^\wxw». 


8 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


[8'<  S.  L  Jaw.  4,  *6% 


panmlorum  is  xnj  Toucher— and  the  rest  ib  mere 
transcription :  — 

"  Leges  regis  Edwardi  Confkssoris.  Dk  Lok- 
DONIA.  VIII.  Mercator  iUque  foranus,  poBtquam  civi- 
tatem  introierit,  quocumque  placuerit  ei  hospitetur.  Sed 
videat  eU.  —  Et  si  piper  vel  cuminum  vel  gingiber  vel 
alumen  vel  brfuit  vel  loco  vel  thus  attulerit,  non  minaa 
quam  xxv.  libraa  simul  vendaL"  —  Ancient  lawi  and  m- 
ttiiuUs  ofEnglandt  8vo,  i.  468. 

M  Brezilu,  s.  m.  br^dil,  sorte  d*arbrt. 
Anet  trobar 
Grana  et  roga  e  bbeziul 

Evang.  de  VEnfanee, 

U  alia  troaver  ^rlaU  et  garance  et  MnL 
No  fSusa  mescla  de  bbesil 
rI  de  rocha  am  grana. 

Cartulain  de  MantpeUier,  fol.  192. 

Qu*il  no  fasse  melange  de  hr^il  ni  de  garance  avec 
^arlato. 

Cat.  K8P.  Bra$il  It.  BranU, 

II  est  reconnu  que  le  BrhiU  contr^  de  PAm^qae 
mtfridionale,  fat  ainsi  nomm^  par  lea  Eorop^ns  Ik  cause 
de  la  grande  qaaniit^  de  briuU  qa*on  7  trouva." 

J.-BL  BayDOuard,  Lexiqm  Roman,  iL  258. 

In  the  document  of  1279,  as  printed  b^  the 
essajist,  and  in  the  document  of  1453,  as  printed 
by  Mr.  Heath,  we  have  four  articles  —  brasil, 
guicksiioer,  vermilion,  and  verdegris  --  in  the  very 
same  order !  I  conclude,  from  that  circumstance, 
that  many  similar  instances  are  on  record,  and 
wish  Mr.  Duffus  Hardy  would  set  the  matter  at 
rest. 

The  writer  who  censures  an  unsound  theory, 
should  he  effect  its  demolition,  is  not  bound  to 
provide  a  substitute  fur  it  —  but  he  may  attempt 
It,  and  run  the  chance  of  recrimination. 

By  the  narrative  of  Herrera,  published  in  1591, 
we  learn  that  the  nine  islands  which  compose  the 
group  of  the  Azores  were  not  named  at  random. 
Tercera  was  so  named  because  it  was  the  third  is- 
land discovered.  Santa  Maria  was  so  named  be- 
cause it  was  discovered  on  the  day  of  her  com- 
memoration. San  Jorge  and  San  Miguel  were  so 
named  for  similar  reasons.  Fa^al  was  so  named  on 
account  of  its  beech* trees ;  Pico,  from  its  shape ; 
Graciosa,  from  its  cheerful  aspect ;  Flores,  from 
the  richness  of  its  vegetation ;  and  Cuervo,  from 
its  cormorants. 

l^ow,  whence  came  the  earlier  name  of  Tercera 
—  Jala  de  Braeilf  The  island  is  voi^xmiV;,  and  I 
conceive  it  to  have  taken  its  name  from  hrasasz 
red-hot  charcoal,  or  from  ftro^o/ =  brasier,  or 
fVom  hresil  =:  a  red  wood.  The  essayist  may 
choose  whichever  he  prefers. 

I  make  no  pretensions  to  discovery  on  this 
occasion.  The  notion  that  brasil-wood  derives  its 
name  from  the  transatlantic  Brasil  was  refuted 
by  Bishop  Huet,  whose  arguments  on  that  point 
were  printed  in  1722;  and  Mr.  Tvrwhitt^  the 
learned  editor  of  The  Canterbury  Tales  of  Chau- 
cer, produced  unanswerable  evidence  to  the  same 
effect  in  1778.    Nevertheless,  the  evidence  now 


given,  being  of  earlier  date  than  any  which  has 
een  quoted  in  this  controversy,  may  interest 
many  readers ;  and  it  seems  to  me  that  the  ques- 
tion should  not  be  passed  over  in  a  journal  de- 
voted to  the  establbhment  of  historic  truth. 

Bolton  Cobnbt. 
Barnes,  &\y. 


THE   "COTGREAVE"  FORGERIES  OF  THE 
LATE  W.  8.  8PENCE. 

I  believe  that  the  Editor  of  "  N.  &  Q."  wiU 
render  good  service  to  the  cause  of  historical 
truth,  and  save  many  a  future  fellow-worker  in 
the  field  of  genealogy  a  vast  amount  of  labour 
and  confusion,  if  he  will  allow  me  to  re-caution 
the  public  as  to  these  fabrications,  and  give  some 
additional  information  respecting  them.  As  I 
know  them  to  be  much  more  numerous  than  one 
would  imagine,  when  the  clumsy  compilation  of 
their  author  is  considered,  and  the  great  facilities 
that  exist  for  verifying  such  matters,  and  as, 
moreover,  they  have  deceived  many  persons  who 
have  actually  reproduced  them  in  woru  of  other- 
wise undoubted  authority,  the  importance  of  my 
Note  will  not,  I  think,  be  questioned. 

The  subject  was  first  mooted  by  Mb.  Dixon,  of 
Beaton  Carew,  who  in  a  letter  (**N.  &  Q."  I*  S. 
ix.  221)  sought  such  information  as  would  enable 
him  to  authenticate,  or  otherwise,  the  account  of 
his  family  (Dixon,  of  Beeston),  offered,  for  a  pe- 
cuniarv  consideration,  by  William  Sidney  Spence 
of  Birkenhead,  whose  letter  thereon  he  appends. 
This  brought  replies  (id.  pp.  275 — 6)  from  Lobd 
MoNSON,  Mb.  Evbltn  Shiblbt,  M.P.,  6.A.C., 
and  the  Editor  of  **  N.  &  Q.,**  which  satisfac- 
torily proved  not  only  the  fictitious  character  of 
the  Dixon  pedigree  by  Mr.  Spence,  but  that  his 
genealogical  researches  had  not  been  exclusively 
confined  to  that  family.  The  Note  of  P.  P.  (vol. 
X.  255)  discloses  two  other  instances  of  his  dis- 
honest and  injurious  practices. 

In  my  investigations  with  respect  to  the  Welsh 
branch  of  my  family,  I  received  a  long  time  since 
some  papers  belonging  to  the  late  Mr.  Tucker- 
Edwardes  of  Sealyham,  co.  Pembroke,  wliich 
property  was  conveyed  by  the  marriage  of  Cathe- 
rine Tucker,  the  heiress,  with  his  grandfather  : 
amongst  these  I  found  a  Tucker  pedigree  from 
the  '*  Ootgreave  Papers,**  which  I  at  once  recog- 
nised as  the  work  of  Spence :  indeed,  had  I  not 
previously  known  of  his  frauds,  I  should  immedi- 
ately have  perceived  the  pretended  facta  to  be  in- 
correct ;  but  beyond  assunng  the  present  members 
of  Mr.  Tucker-Edwardes*  family  that  it  was  a 
forgery,  I  did  not  then  take  any  further  trouble 
in  the  matter:  I,  however,  subsequently  found 
out  that  5/.  had  been  paid  for  this  trash,  and, 
worse  still,  that  it  had  been  accepted  as  genuine 
by  the  late  Mr.  Joseph  Morris,  of  Shrewsbury  (a 


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NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


gentleman  very  well  informed  in  Welsh  pedigreei ) 
and  Sir  Samuel  Rush  Meyrick,  who  bad  actually 
appended  it  as  a  note  to  the  Tucker  pedigree  in 
his  edition  of  Lewys  Dwnn  tf  Visitation!  I  then 
thought  the  matter  worthy  some  notice,  as  Sir 
SamueFs  books  are  now  and  ever  will  be  received 
and  quoted  with  credit,  and  therefore  at  once  set 
about  so  far  returning  Mr.  Spence*s  compliment 
as  to  trace  his  pedigree  and  his  fruitful  source  of 
information,  the  **  Cotgreave  Papers."  The  first 
I  found  to  be  far  less  honourable  than  many  he 
has  drawn,  and  the  latter  I  found  not  at  all, 
existing,  as  they  did,  in  his  imagination  only. 

The  late  Sir  John  Cotgreave  (formerly  a  Mr. 
Johnson,  who  assumed  liis  more  aristocratic  sur- 
name by  virtue  of  being  descended  from  the 
family),  was  knighted  as  Mayor  of  Chester  in 
1816,  *^on  the  marriage  of  the  Princess  Char- 
lotte.** He  married  twice :  by  his  first  wife  (Miss 
Cross)  he  had  no  issue,  but  by  his  second,  a  dress- 
maker. Miss  Harriett  Spence,  he  had  children 
both  before  and  after  marriage.  Sir  John  died 
1836:  his  widow  survived  till  1848.  William 
Sidney  Spence  was  her  brother.  I  have  not  dis- 
covered, nor  is  it  material,  whether  or  not  Lady 
Cotgreave  connived  at  or  derived  benefit  by  the 
forgeries  of  her  brother,  or  attested  them,  as  he 
asserted  .'it  is  clear,  howeyer,  that  his  pedigrees 
before  1848  (when  she  died)  are  verified  by  the 
signature  of  *'  Harriet  **  Cotgreave,  and  those 
subsequently  by  **  Ellen  **  Cotsreave,  the  **  Miss  ** 
C.  whose  attestation  he  ofierea  in  all  cases  after 
his  sistcr*s  death.  It  is  not  a  little  singular  that 
while  I  was  actually  engaged  in  my  investigations 
with  regard  to  Spence,  his  '^  ruling  passion  strong 
in  death**  manifested  itself  in  another  hideous 
appearance  of  his  trickery,  to  taunt  me  in  my 
work,  and,  as  it  proved,  to  spur  me  to  more 
•peedy  action :  I  had  occasion  to  trace  the  de- 
scent of  a  manor  lately  inherited  by  a  friend  and 
neighbour,  who,  to  assist  me,  sent  a  bundle, 
labelled  **  Pedigree  papers,**  belongin|^  to  the  late 
Squire  (Pudsey).  A  motley  collection  I  found 
them.  First,  the  original  parchment  roll  of 
Registers  of  the  next  parish  from  1561  to  1729 
(which  I  at  once  restored  to  the  Incumbent), 
then  some  old  accounts,  and  lastly,  a  glowing  his- 
tory of  the  Pudseys,  furnished  by  Mr.  Spence ! 
My  friend  was  quite  '*  taken  out  of  conceit**  when 
be  heard  the  value  I  placed  on  the  information  in 
his  "  bundle,**  but  it  tended  to  show  how  whole- 
sale a  business  Spence  conducted  with  his  ^'  Cot- 
greave Papers.**  Had  he  confined  his  yictimiting 
to  guileless  country  squires,  or  to  those  who,  at 
Lord  Momson  writes,  gladly  accept  and  pay  for 
flattering  notices  of  their  ancestry  on  Count 
Haiuilton*s  maxim,  that  **  On  croit  facilenient  ce 
qu*on  souhaite,**  he  would  probably  have  found 
more  dupes ;  but  in  addressing  his  lies  to  either 
that  nobleman  (Lobd  Monbon),  or  Mb.  Shirlbt, 


—  both  eminent  genealogists,  and  perfectly  con- 
versant with  every  detail  of  their  descent  —  he  (I 
trust  they  will  forgive  me  for  figuratively  saying) 
«  caught  a  Tartar.** 

I  court,  therefore,  additions  to  the  numerout 
instances  already  known  to  me  of  the  existence 
of  Spence*s  fraudulent  pedigrees,  to  the  end  that 
a  list  may,  with  the  Editor's  approval,  be  here- 
after recorded  in  **  N.  &  Q.**  for  the  warning  of 
present  and  future  genealogists,  and  references 
made  to  such  works  where  they  have  been  ac- 
cepted and  quoted.  6.  T. 


Minat  fiaUM. 

CowBLL*8  Interpreter  cokdembed.  —  Having 
in  my  hand  the  other  day  a  proclamation,  printed 
in  1610,  by  Robert  Barker,  being  in  fact  the 
identical  proclamation  produced  and  read  in  evi* 
dence  on  the  trial  of  Abp.  Laud,  13th  March, 
1643-4,  I  made  the  following  extract  therefrom, 
relative  to  this  work :  — 

'*  The  proof  whereof,  wee  have  lately  had  by  a  books 
written  by  Doctoar  Cowell,  called  The  ImterpreUr:  for 
hee  being  only  a  civilian  by  profession,  and  upon  that 
large  ground  of  a  kinde  of  Dictionary  (as  it  were)  follow- 
ing the  alphabet,  having  all  kind  of  purposes  belonging 
to  government  and  monarcbie  in  his  way,  by  medliog  ifi 
matters  above  his  reach,  he  hath  fallen  in  msny  things 
to  mistake,  and  deceive  himself.  In  some  tbinges  dis- 
puting so  nicely  upon  the  history  of  this  monarchie,  that 
it  msy  receive  doubtful!  interpretations:  yea,  in  soma 
points  very  derogatory  to  the  supreme  power  of  this 
crowne.  In  other  cases,  mistaking  the  true  state  of  ths 
parlisment  of  this  kingdome  to  the  fundamentall  consti- 
tutions and  priviledges  thereof,  and  in  some  other  points 
speaking  irreverently  of  the  common  law  of  England, 
and  of  the  workes  of  some  of  the  most  ancient  and  fa- 
mous judges  therein;  it  being  a  thing  utterly  unlawfuU 
to  any  subject  to  speak  or  write  against  that  lawe  under 
which  he  liveth,  and  which  we  are  swome  and  are  re- 
solved to  maintains.'* 

Ithitrtbl. 

A  Note  to  the  ''Yotaqss  of  Sir  Francis 
Drake  and  Sir  Thomas  Cavendish.**  —  In  the 
Journal  of  the  first  voyage  of  the  Dutch,  as  a 
nation,  to  the  East  Indies,  under  the  command  of 
Jan  Jansz.  Molenaer  and  Cornelis  Houtman, 
from  April,  1595,  to  August,  1597,  there  occur 
the  following  passages  :  — 

**  As  our  fleet  was  Iving  off  Balemboang  on  Jan.  82, 
1597,  a  nobleman  of  the  insularies  came  on  board ;  and 
informed  us,  amongst  other  particulars,  that  the  father  of 
the  present  King  of  Balembuang  was  stili  living  (a  very 
old  man),  and  then  residing  in  the  interior.  Now,  as  oar 
informant  furthermore  remembered  a  ship  of  the  same 
shape  as  ours,  which  had  visited  the  port  some  ten  years 
before,  we  concluded  that  this  old  man  was  the  identical 
person  spoken  of  by  Sir  Thomas  Candish,  in  his  Voyagu, 
OS  then  past  150  jfetwi  of  age." 

And  further :  — 

**  Between  whiles  (on  the  9th  oC  Y^XsraJwrj  ^XSV^  ^'«. 
ship  MauhUui  Yisii  »xi^Yk^i«^  Vkw  SXsa  \«1  ^"^  ^%^!»»^ 


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NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


[d*'  a  L  Jah.  i,  '61. 


where  we  were  told  by  the  natives  Uuit,  eighteen  jean 
ago,  jost  each  men  at  we  had  been  on  shore,  who  had  aU 
a  piece  of  cable  in  fve  or  nx  partem  and  aJUrufordt  had 
joined  them  again  into  a  wJtole,  We  conjectured  these  to 
have  been  Sir  Francis  Drake  and  his  fellows." 

John  H.  van  LsinfEP. 
Zeyst,  near  Utrecht 

The  Saturday  HAL7*HoLU>AT.-»Some  of  the 
advocates  of  the  Saturday  half-holiday  may  not 
be  aware  that  they  have  in  their  favour  an  un- 
repealed law  of  King  Canute :  — 

**  Let  every  Sanday*8  feast  be  held  from  Saturday's 
noon  to  Monday's  dawn."  (**  Healde  mon  aslas  Sunnan- 
dages  freolsnnge  fram  Satemesdages  none  o'fS  Monsndsges 
lihtinge.")—  See  Thorpe's  Ancient  Law*  and  Jnetitutee  of 
England,  •'Laws  of  Cnnt,"  L  14. 

F.  M.  N. 

Fetronius  Abbitbb.  — 

1.  **  Hen,  Hen,  qnotidie  pejus :  bee  Colonia  retnmertue 
erteeitf  temquam  coda  rt^t."— i9a(gfr.  c.  xliv.  p.  125,  edit 
Anton. 

Is  our  vulgar  expression,  to  "^ow  downwards 
like  a  cow*s  tail,"*  fetched  from  this  passage ;  or  is 
it  merely  a  curious  undesigned  coincidence  P 

2.  **Trimalcbio  .  .  .  basiavit  puerum,  ac  iussit  supra 
dorsum  ascendere  suum.  Non  moratur  ille,  usus  equo, 
mannque  plena  scapulas  eius  subinde  verberavit,  interque 
rinum  proclamavit;  (Croesus)  buccal  buccn!  quot  sunt 
blc?  "—^ofyr.  c.  Iziv.  pp.  191, 2,  edit  Anton. 

Is  this  the  original  of  our  nursery  game,  where 
one  child  stands  behind  another  who  shuts  his 
eyes,  while  the  former  holds  up  some  of  his 
fingers,  and  cries,  "  Buck !  buck !  how  many 
horns  do  I  hold  up  P  **  and  repeats  the  perform- 
ance until  the  number  is  guessed  P  Defbibl. 

Abmobiai.  Glass,  temp.  James  I.  —  In  Sir 
William  Heyrick*s  accompt  book,  under  the  year 
1612, 1  find  the  following  item :  — 

<*Paid  to  Butler  for  the  King's  armes,  the  Goldsmith's 
armes,  and  the  Cltties  armes,  and  my  VYife's  BL  5«.  Od." 

Sir  William  Heyrick  then  had  houses  at  Beau* 
manor  in  Leicestershire,  at  Richmond  in  Surrey, 
and  in  Cheapside.  I  imagine  these  arms  were 
for  the  last:  and  that  they  were  probably  in 
stained  glass  for  his  windows.  The  entry  fur^ 
nishes  only  another  example  of  a  very  common 
usage  in  the  erection  by  a  citizen  of  the  arms  of 
his  sovereign,  his  company,  and  the  city ;  but  as 
little  is  known  of  our  old  glass-painters,  it  may 
be  worth  while  to  note  the  name  of  Butler. 

J.  G.  N. 


WELLS  CITY  SEALS  AND  THEIR  SYMBOLS. 

The  city  of  Wells  is  well  known  to  have  de- 
rived its  name  from  the  remarkable  springs  near 
the  eastern  end  of  the  Cathedral  there.  The 
principal  spring  has  been,  from  the  earliest  times. 


known  as  ''St.  Andrew's  Well."  The  quantity 
of  wat^r  rising  in  these  springs  is  very  large,  the 
whole  of  which  is  discharged  mto  the  moat  which 
surrounds  the  Bishop*s  Palace,  except  that  por* 
tion  which  flows  through  pipes  to  the  great  con- 
duit in  the  market  place,  near  the  site  of  the 
ancient  high  cross.  This  right  to  the  water,  as 
well  as  the  conduit,  was  the  gift  of  Bishop  Thomas 
Beckington,  a.d.  1451.  The  town  was  incorpo- 
rated by  Bishop  Robert  (1135 — 1165),  whose 
Charter  was  connrmed,  and  the  privileges  granted 
by  it  increased  by  Bishops  Reginald  Fitz  Joce- 
lyne  and  Savaric.  King  John  save  the  city  its 
nrst  royal  Charter,  Sept.  7th,  in  the  third  year  of 
his  reiffn.  There  were  numerous  other  charters 
granted  by  succeeding  kings  and  aueens ;  one  of 
the  latest  and  most  important  and  valuable  was 
by  Queen  Elizabeth  in  the  thirty-first  year  of 
her  reign. 

There  are  three  different  seals  belonging  to 
the  Corporation.  The  earliest  is  circular  in  form, 
and  of  silver ;  in  size  about  the  same  as  the  half- 
crown  piece.  On  it  is  a  tree,  which  appears  to 
be  standing  on  a  spring  of  water,  and  at  the  root 
is  a  fish,  which  a  bird  seems  about  to  seize.  In 
the  branches  of  the  tree  are  other  birds,  appa- 
rently of  a  smaller  kind.  On  each  side  of  the 
tree  is  a  figure  of  a  human  head,  one  of  which,  I 
believe,  is  intended  to  represent  St  Peter,  and 
the  other  St.  Andrew,  the  latter  being  the  patron 
saint  of  the  cathedral.  The  legend  on  the  seal  is 
much  worn,  but  may  be  read  thus,  —  **  Sigillvm 
Seneschalli  Comvnitatis  Bvrgi  WeliisB.**  Among 
the  Corporation  records  is  a  document  with  aa 
impression  of  this  seal  appended  to  it,  dated  in 
1316.  This,  until  about  a  hundred  years  ago, 
was  used  by  the  mayor  for  the  time  being,  and  was 
called  the  mayor's  seal.  After  this  it  was  used 
by  the  ^'  Justice,"  t.  e.  the  person  who  had  served 
the  office  of  mayor,  and  as  such  is  justice  of  the 
peace  for  one  year  after  he  ceases  to  bold  office. 

The  second  seal  is  in  two  parts,  obverse  and 
reverse,  and  nearly  two  inches  in  diameter.  The 
material  is  a  kind  of  bell- metal,  sometimes,  in 
early  documents,  I  believe,  called  Laten.  On 
one  of  the  sides,  a  tree  is  represented  as  growing 
over  a  spring  of  water,  in  which  is  a  fish  about 
to  be  seized  dv  a  large  bird.  Another  bird  ap- 
pears to  be  flying  down  from  the  tree,  and  a  third 
at  the  edge  of  the  spring,  both  seeming  also  to 
be  looking  towards  the  fish.  In  the  branches  of 
the  tree  are  other  smaller  birds.  On  the  other 
side  of  the  seal,  an  ancient  building  with  tluree 
gables,  apparently  a  church,  is  represented.  In 
the  centre  under  an  arch,  is  the  figure  of  a  man. 
On  the  centre  gable  is  a  head  surrounded  by  a 
nimbus,  and  on  the  other  gables  arc  other  heads, 
one  apparently  intended  to  represent  the  sun,  and 
the  second  the  moon.  The  building  is  raised  on 
three  arches,  under  which  a  stream  of  water  seems 


B'^  a  L  Jax.  i,  '61] 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


11 


to  be  ranniDg.  Boand  the  edge  of  the  last  men- 
tioned side  of  the  seal  is  the  following  legend  :— 
'*  Sigillvm  Commvne  Bvrsi  Wellie,'*  and  on  the 
other  side, "  Andrea  FamvTos  More  Tyere  (Tuere) 
Tvos  (Tuos)."  There  is  an  existing  document, 
with  this  seal  attached,  dated  in  1315.  The  third 
seal  is  also  of  silver,  and  oval  in  shape.  This  is 
modern,  having  been  given  to  the  corporation  for 
the  use  of  the  mayor,  in  the  year  1754,  soon  afler 
which  the  use  of  the  first-mentioned  seal  was 
abandoned  by  the  mayor,  as  before  stated.  The 
legend  on  this  seal  is  "  Hoc  Fonte  derivata  in 
Fatriam  Populumque  fluit  **  (probably  suggested 
by  two  lines  in  Horace)  — 

**,    ,    .    Hoc  fonte  derivata  cladea 
In  Patriam,  popalamque  fluxiU*' 

The  armorial. bearings  of  the  city  are  described 
by  Edmondson  as  follows  :  —  "  Per  fess  argent 
and  vert,  a  tree  proper,  issuant  from  the  iesse 
line  :  in  base  three  wells,  two  and  one,  masoned, 
gules.**  The  same  authority,  in  speaking  of  the 
ancient  arms  of  the  city,  says :  — 

**  I  am  doabtfal  whether  the  arms  of  this  city  are  snch 
as  are  here  blazoned ;  at  on  a  strict  inqairy  made  in  that 
city,  I  could  not  find  the  blazon  or  description  of  any 
arms  that  belonged  thereto.  The  Corporation  seal,  which 
is  very  ancient,  represents  a  tree,  from  the  root  whereof 
runs  a  spring  of  water :  on  the  sinister  side  thereof  stands 
a  stork,  picking  np  a  fish ;  on  the  dexter  side  of  the  tree 
is  another  bird,  resembling  a  Cornish  Chongh.'* 

The  arms,  as  blazoned  by  Edmondson,  were 
obtained,  I  believe,  at  the  time  when  Queen 
Elizabeth's  Charter  was  granted,  as  they  are  not 
noticed  in  the  city  records  before  that  date. 

Probably  some  light  would  be  thrown  on  the 
subject  by  referring  to  the  Heralds*  Visitations, 
one  of  which  is  thus  noticed  in  the  Corporate 
proceedings,  23rd  August,  2.1  James  I. :  — 

**  This  day  motion  was  made  by  Mr.  Maior  that  the 
King's  Majesties  Heralds  have  required  this  Corporation 
to  snow  their  antient  Charters  and  liberties,  and  the 
Armes  of  this  citie,  and  to  have  the  same  entered  into 
theire  booke  made  for  that  pnrpose:  whervppon  it  is 
condiscinded  that  the  eaide  Heralds  shall  see  the  Char- 
ters and  both  the  Scales,  viz.  the  CorporacOn  Scale,  and 
the  Maior*s ;  and  it  is  agreed  that  the  Receiver  shall  pay 
▼nto  them  xl",  whiche  was  taken  out  of  the  Chest  in 
the  little  parse,  in  whiche  ther  is  left  £xii  xviil'." 

If  any  of  the  readers  of  "  N.  &  Q.*'  can  give 
any  particulars  from  the  Heraldi  Visitation  just 
referred  to,  I  shall  be  obliged,  and  particularly  I 
am  most  desirous  of  knowing  the  real  meaning 
of  the  symbolical  representation  on  the  old  seals 
of  the  nshes  and  birds.  I  may  observe,  that  it 
has  been  suggested  by  a  gentleman  learned  in 
such  matters,  that  the  fish  is  symbolical  of  the 
Saviour,  and  the  birds  of  souls  of  the  departed. 

Ina. 


AviGNOH  Ihscbiptions.  —  Avignon  was  twice 
the  residence  of  the  e:(iled  Koyal  family  of  Eng^ 


land.  James  III.  (the  old  Pretender)  held  his 
court  there  for  some  time,  and  thither  his  son 
Charles  retired  after  the  defeat  of  Cullod^n.  It 
is  probable  that  in  the  burial  grounds  of  that 
city,  and  its  neighbour  hood,  are  to  be  found  me- 
morials of  some  of  their  followers.  Any  reader  of 
*^  N.  &  Q.**  who  happens  to  wander  thus  far,  would 
be  doing  good  service  by  transcribing  these  re- 
mains, if  such  there  be.  Edwabd  Peacock. 

Passage  in  Bossuet.  —  In  one  of  Alexis  de 
Tocquevil]e*s  letters  to  Mad.  Swetchine,  dated 
Sept.  1856,  he  refers* to  a  passage  from  Bossuet 
quoted  by  the  latter — at  the  same  time  expressing 
his  surprise  at  his  never  having  met  with  it.  I 
have  searched  in  vain  to  find  it,  but  without  sue* 
cess.  Perhaps  some  of  your  readers  can  give  me 
the  reference  ?    The  passage  is  as  follows :  — 

**  Je  ne  sais.  Seigneur,  si  vous  dtes  content  de  moi,  et  je 
reconnais  ro^me  que  vous  avez  bien  des  sujets  de  ne 
ritre  pas.  Mais  pour  moi,  je  dois  confessor  ik  votre  gloirs 
que  je  suis  content  de  vous,  et  que  je  le  suis  parfaite- 
ment.  II  vous  imports  peu  que  je  le  sois  on  non.  Mais 
aprfes  tout,  o'est  le  ttfmoignege  le  plus  glorieax  que  je 
puisse  vous  rendre ;  car  dire  que  je  suis  content  de  vous, 
c'est  dire  que  vous  $tes  mon  Dieu,  puiaqu'il  n*y  a  qu*un 
Diea  qui  puisse  me  contenter." 

Lionel  J.  Robinson. 

Audit  Office. 

English  Ambassadoes  to  Feance.  —  I  request 
to  be  informed  who  were  our  ambassadors  to 
France  during  a  part  of  the  reign  of  George  III. 
(with  the  exact  date  of  their  several  appoint- 
ments), bet^inning  with  John  Frederick  Sackville, 
Duke  of  Dorset,  E.G.,  till  the  time  when  M. 
Chauvelin,  the  minister  from  France,  was  chassi 
by  our  government  early  in  1793,  and  when,  I 
conclude,  our  ambassador,  Granville  Leveson,  Earl 
Gower,  K.G.  (postea  Marquis  of  Stafford),  with- 
drew, and  all  amicable  relations  between  the  two 
countries  ceased  for  the  time.  My  principal  ob- 
ject is  to  ascertain  who  was  our  minister-residen- 
tiary in  Paris  on  the  I4th  July,  1789,  the  epoch 
from  which  all  the  French  date  their  Revolution 
(la  prise  de  la  BastUle).  Permit  me  to  add,  I 
have  consulted  Beatson's  Political  Index^  and  have 
not  succeeded  in  the  object  of  my  inquiry.  His 
list,  I  suspect,  is  incomplete  for  the  above  period. 

Secundum  Oedinem. 

EnOEAMS    ON  THE    PoPES   OF   RoME,  ETC.  —  A 

friend  lately  mentioned  to  me  that  there  was  pub- 
lished about  six  years  since  a  collection  of  epi- 
grams on  the  Popes  of  Rome,  including  both  the 
pre'  and  post'  reformation  ones.  What  is  the  title 
of  the  collection,  and  publisher's  name  P  Is  there 
any  list  of  similar  worKs  ?  Aiken  Ibvine. 

Fivemiletown. 

A  Giant  found  at  St.  Bees.  —  In  Jeficrson*s 
History  and  Antiquities  of  AUerdule  Above  Der* 
wentf  1  find  the  1  olio  wing  curiowt^  ^siRssssoX^^^^ 
discovery  o^  l\i^  x^mw^  ^^  ^  ^\w\  ^v  ^"^^  "^^^r^ 


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NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


[SN  B.  L  Jav.  4,  tl 


Cumberland,   extracted   from   a  MS.  in  tlie    li- 
brary or  the  Deao  and  Chapter  of  Carliile ;  — 

"A  lni«  Kport  of  Rdeh  Hodnon  of  Thornewar,  in 
CnmberJand  In  S'  Dab.  Cevell  (qy.  SewclJ)  or  a  gyuit 
fuund  It  Sc  Beei  in  Cumbtrliad.  The  uid  Gvinl  vtt 
buiitd  4  tarda  deep  in  lb*  (tronad,  w'i>  ia  now  ■  r-nm 
field.  It  iriia  4  yards  and  a  hair  lung,  and  wh 
■rmour:  bla  aword  and  hEa  battla  axa  I. 


Hia 


a  lying  by 


„.  The  head  of  bit  battla  aia  i  yard  long, 
tbc  ibalt  of  it  all  of  iron,  aa  thick  as  ■  maa'a  tbigb, 
and  niDru  than  two  yards  long.  His  teeth  vera  B  Incbea 
long  and  S  incbaa  broad  f ;  bis  Torehaad  was  man  than 
two  spans  and  a  half  broad.  Hia  china  bona  coold  con - 
taina  8  pecks  of  oat  meala.  Hia  amour,  award,  and 
tialtle-aza  are  at  Ur.  Sanda  of  RsdinictDn  (Rottlnslon), 
and  at  ilr.  Wybenof  St.  Bees."~Mae4el  MSS.  vol  t1. 

Can  jou  or  anj  of  jour  correapondents  give 
•nj  furlher  information  upon  the  aubject?  li 
anj  of  bis  armour  atill  in  esisteoceF  Or  did 
the  ioformRtioii  exlit  onljr  in  the  imagination  of 
"Hugh  Hodaon."  Hukt. 

CambscliDd. 

Itauam  Fbotbbb*. — I  ahalllMl obliged  ifanj 
of  jour  readera  will  explain  the  allniiont  to  local 
or  national  peculiarities  referred  to  in  the  follow- 
ing proverbi : — 

1.  "Air  amiro  mondagli  II  fico. 
All'  inimica  il  parmlco." 

S:  "  A  Lucca  tl  *ldi,  a  Pisa  tl  connabbt." 

8.  "  Egli  ba  fstto  come  qoal  PemglDa,  the  aubito  ch* 
gli  U  rotto  II  capo,  corse  a  casa  per  ta  celata." 

4.  "  Pih  paiil  chs  quel  da  Zago,  che  daran  del  lalama 
al  campanile  percbi  cresceaae." 
And  the  probable  date  of  thia  one :  — 


With  regard  to  proverb  I,  I  can  auggeit  two 
explanation! :  —  • 

1.  In  Italj  the  fig  ia  eonttdered  the  moat  whole- 
■ome  and  the  peach  the  moat  unwholesome  fruit. 

But,  quare,  is  this  rhe  fact  f  or 

2.  It  is  easy  enough  to  peel  a  peach,  but  verj 
difficult  to  perform  the  same  operation  on  a  fig. 

And  perhaps  proverb  2  maj  bave  some  con- 
nection wilb  a  ator;  ihat  is  told  by  Horace  Wal- 
pole,  of  a  peraon  recognixing  in  Loudon  an 
acquaintance  which  he  had  made  in  Bath,  much 
to  the  other's  disgust :  — 
■"Why,  my  lord,'  said  ba,  *  you  knew  ms  in  Balb.' 
"  ■  Possibly  in  Bath  I  might  know  yon  again,'  replied 
his  lordship.''  /-».»■ 

But  was  Pisa  so  deserted  at  the  birlh  of  this 
proverb  as  now  f  Liombl  G.  Robimbos. 

Audit  Office. 

SiB  Hehbt  Lakqfoid,  BABr.— Will  aomo  of 
jour  numerous  readera  favour  me  with  any 
genealogical  particulars  respecting  this  gentleman, 


Lib  or  QuABawnoir.  —  Are  tbere  any  existing 
monumental  memoriala  of  the  family  of  Lee,  a 
branch  of  the  Uuarendon  Lees,  which  flourished  at 
Warwick  in  the  midiUe  of  the  siiteenih  century, 
ono  membiT  iif  which  married  Alice,  daughter  of 
Biuhard  Dalby,  Esq.,  of  the  same  county  f  If  so, 
where  are  tbej  (o  be  found  F  F.  G.  L. 

Mis.  McBBAT.  —  In  Mr.  C.  Bedding's  Fi/^ 
Yean'  Reeolleetioiu,  there  is  some  notice  (vol.  i.  p, 
6).  of  Mrs.  Murrar,  author  of  a  work  called  Tht 
GUajier,  three  vols.,  and  some  dramatic  pieces. 
Mrs.  Murray  was  the  wife  of  the  Rev.  J,  Murray, 
a  Universalist  preacher  in  America  abnut  the  end 
of  Isst  cenlun,  who  was  known  by  the  nnrne  of 
"  Salvation  Murray,"  Can  ^ou  give  me  any  ac- 
count of  Mrs.  Murray,  the  titles  and  dates  of  her 
works,  &c.  F  R.  IxatM. 

PArsB  MoHET  AT  Lbtdsn.  —  Mr.  Dinele^,  in 
bis  MS.  account  of  the  Low  Countries,  written 
in  1G74,  deacribea  the  paper  money  made  at  the 
siege  of  Leyden  in  1374,  in  these  words :  — 

"Daring  Iba  tiegs  of  this  clly  (Leydan),  which  held 
■van  almost  to  ths  fsmiahmant  of  many,  they  mada 
■noney  of  paper,  with  Iheae  dsriceii —  //lac  libtttaiii  trgn  i 
Pugno  pro  patria;  Godt  bdund  Ltfdr*.  Soma  of  tbeir 
pieces  remain  la  tbia  day  in  Ihe  bands  of  the  corioua  of 
tbe  University.  Thla  siege  bsKan  ■  little  after  Easier, 
and  waa  raiMd,  and  ended  the  8rd  of  October,  1171." 

Paper  in  this  description  mnst  mean  paaleboard, 
for  pen-and-ink  drawings  of  these  coins  are  shown 
in  Mr,  Dinelev's  book,  about  the  aiie  of  crown- 
pieces,  with  a  lion  crowned,  and  croas-keys  as  de- 


Pascha'b  PlLQaiuAan  to  FiLBSTina.  —  I  have 
a  small  volume,  edited  by  Peter  Calenlijn  at 
Lonvain  in  1S76,  as  a  posthumous  work  by  Ian 
Pascha.  The  title  is  fen  dewiU  nanitr*  om 
Okeettetj/eh  Pd^rri'tagie  le  Irecktn,  tot  den  heyli- 
gkea  Lade,"  ^.  The  book  is  in  Flemish,  and 
consists  of  two  portlona :  the  former  preliminary 
instructions  and  prayers  for  the  pilgrim ;  the 
latter,  a  daily  itinerary,  and  directions  fur  the 
accomplishment  of  the  pilgrimage  in  a  year. 
There  are  some  curious  details  respecting;  the 
places  visited,  and  a  number  of  rude  cuts,  of 
which  some  are  remarkable.  The  letter-presa  con- 
sists of  159  leaves,  and  is  followed  by  a  MS.  which 
is  mainly  a  copy  of  part  of  the  text.  I  want  to 
know  if  anything  is  recorded  of  the  author,  or  if 
any  importance  attsches  to  the  book.  Tliu  tit!e- 
page  saya  that  Paacha  wes  a  doctor  in  divinity, 
and  a  Carmelite  in  the  Convent  at  Mechclen  or 
Malinca.  Among  Ihe  cuts  llic  "  Sacri  sepulcbri 
tpmplum,"  and  tbe  "Interius  sacellum  sepulchri 
Chritti,"  teem  to  merit  att«nuon  B.  H.  C. 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES* 


13 


Fkacb  Coaauss  rxoPOiBD  m  1693.— Who  U 
the  author  of  &  little  botik,  of  which  the  following 
u  the  title  :  — 

"  An  Euay  tnmrda  the  Pceaent  tod  Future  Faace  of 
Europe,  bv  Lb«  (Caubluhment  of  in  KMrnpean  Dret,  Par- 
liament, or  EalatoL  Btali  Pacifici.  CuKiiia  Anmi 
S(ya  (lie).  London  :  Primed  in  tbs  Yeu  1693.  21mo, 
67  pp.,  iDd  3  pp.  "To  tbfl  Beader." 

The  writer  proposet  that  the  sovereign  princes 
of  Eurnpe  ahould  meet  hj  their  stated  deputies 
in  a  General  Diet,  Estates,  or  Parliament ;  and 
then  eatabliah  rulei  of  justice  for  sovereign 
princea  to  obaerve  une  to  another.  The  volunie 
has  the  appearance  of  having  been  privately 
printed,  and  the  cop;  which  is  here  described  be- 
lon|;ed  to  Bindle/  and  Heber,  having  been  for- 
merly in  the  possession  of  an  Earl  (Qu.  the 
name),  whose  coronet  is  on  the  tide  of  the  book. 
P.  C.  P. 

PaaraB  Book  or  1604.  —  What  are  the  special 

peculiarities  of  the  celebrated  and  rare  edition  of 

the  Book  of  Common  Prayer,  published  in  1604  P 

F.  S.  A.  CuiBtcDS. 

Db.  Ricbabd  Sibbbs.  —  Unknown  book  or 
tractate  bj  Dr.  Richard  Sibbes.  Mj  attention 
baa  been  called  bj  a  book-loving  friend  to  the 
ibllowing  quotation  from  a  book  or  tractate  of  Dr. 
Sibbes's,  hitherto  unheard  of:  — 

"Dr.  Sibba  tbu*  [In  tbs  margin  opposit*  Omptl 
AiioinUiigt,B.  94]  ....  Firticular  visible  ctaurchu  are 
DOW  Uod's  Taberaarle.  The  church  of  Ibe  Java  was  a 
National  Clmrcb ;  but  now  God  hath  erected  particolar 
tabernacles,"  &o. 

Thia  paragraph  (which  it  i*  not  necetsarj  to  ' 
■  full)  occurs  in  a  tract  by  ■ 
14  iMlafaiiuit  of  the  Oatk 
o/  Suprenaei/  and  Pouter  of  At  King  in  Eeeleiitu- 
tical  Affair*  [4to,  1683,  p.  41].  I  never  had 
beard  before  of  Ootpel  AnoinliHgi,  and  since  have 
failed  to  trace  it  to  any  public  or  private  library, 
or  even  catalwue ;  and  jet  the  name  of  Philip  Nye 
carriesauthority  withitinaamuchaahe(in  conjunc- 
tion with  Dr.  Goodwin)  was  one  of  the  publisheri 
of  Sibbes's  numerous  posthumous  works.  May  I 
Bik  readers  of  "  N.  &  Q."  to  kindly  aid  me  in 
recovering  a  copy  of  Ootpel  AuoitUingi  t  I  would 
take  the  opportunity  of  adding  that  I  am  atill 


Worka  must  be  put  to  press  immediately,  I  ven- 
tnce  to  say  inopi  benefieium  its  i/o/,  gai  dot  ctieriter. 
Albxahdbb  B.  GaosABT. 
1st  HaOBS,  Kinross,  S.  B. 

Stabdoatb  Hoi.b. —  I  have  heard  Standgate 
Hole  mentioned  among  the  most  notoriously  dan- 
gerous li>calitiea  in  the  neighbourhood  of  London 
for  highway  robbery  in  the  last  century.     \Vherc 


Stonbrbnob.  —  Can  Sir  Roger  Murchison,  or 
any  other  authority,  favour  the  Antiquarian  Re- 
public with  the  proper  geological  term  for  the 
stones  of  which  Stonehenge  is  composed  ?  Many 
.  of  the  common  people  insist  that  tbey  are  artlG- 
'  cial.  Geofirev  aCBrms  that  tbey  were  brought  from 
the  plain  of  Killara  in  Ireland  (Tara) ;  and  a  friend 
tells  me  he  believes  the  atones  there  are  of  the 
same  character  aatbose  of  Stonehenge.  TbeallaT 
is  said  to  be  porphyry,  which  also  is  the  geologi* 
cal  character  of  tbo  famous  London  stone,  now 
enclosed  in  another  stone  wilh  a  circular  aperture^ 
on  the  north  side  of  Cannon  Street,  city.  It  wai, 
we  know,  the  milliariam  from  which  the  Romans 
measured  all  the  mileages  in  the  kingdom.  It 
was  also  the  altar  of  the  Temple  of  Diana,  on 
which  the  old  British  kings  took  the  oaths  on  their 
accession,  laying  their  bands  on  it.  Until  thej 
had  done  so  they  were  only  kings  presumptive. 
The  tradition  of  the  usage  aurvived  as  late  at 
least  as  Jack  Cade's  time,  for  it  is  not  before  ha 
rushes  and  slrikfs  the  stone,  that  he  thinks  himielf 
entitled  to  exclaim  — 

"  Hov  it  Jack  Cade  Lord  Uayor  of  Loadou  I  " 
Tradition  also  declares  it  was  brought  from  Troy 
by  Brutus,  and  laid  down  by  hi*  own  hand  as  the 
altar-stone  of  the  Diana  Temple,  the  foundation 
•tone  of  London  and  its  palladium  — 
"TramsBB  Prrdain 
Tra  lied  Llj'ndaln." 
"  So  long  a«  the  atone  of  Brutui  it  safe,  so  long 
will  London  flourish,"  which  infers  also,  it  ia  to 
be   supposed,  that  if  it  disappears  London  will 
wane.     It  hat  from  the  earliest  ages  been  jeaU 
Dualy  guarded  and  imbedded,  perhapa  from  a  au- 

E^rstitlOus  belief  in  the  identity  of  the  fate  of 
ondoD  with  that  of  its  palladium.  At  any  rate 
it  is  a  very  famous  stone,  and  it  is  desirable  we 
should  get  all  the  knowledge  about  it  we  can. 

Mob  Ubbbiok. 
St.  NAPOI.BOII.  —  Napoleon  it,  I  believe,  apro- 

?:r  name  of  ancient  standing  amoog  the  Italuua. 
hua  Napoleone  Orsino  (what  a  conjunclion  I), 
Count  of  Monopeilo,  appears  about  1370,  under 
Urban  V.  (Pope),  as  one  who  had  devised  pro- 
perty for  the  erection  of  a  monastery  at  Rome. 
The  name  is  connected  with  the  hiatory  of  tho 
church  and  monastery  of  Holy  Cross.  I  wish  to 
know  who  &iin(  Napoleon  was,  and  where  I  can 
find  his  biography  F  B.  U.  C. 


Sia  Fbakcis  Faob.  —  The  character  of  tbii 
"  hanging  judge  "  ia  rendered  memorable  by  Pope, 
[he  Duke  of  Wharton,  Savage,  Fielding,  and 
Johnson  ;  but  little  is  told  of  the  incidents  of  hia 
life,  hit  lineage,  or  hia  deaftk.    C«i.  wi-j  ^A  ^<wa 


14 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


[8"»  a  I.  Jah.  4,  •«. 


correspondents  enlif^bten  me  in  reference  to  these 
particulars  ?  I  shdl  be  grateful  for  any  informal 
tion.  Edwabd  Fom. 

[Sir  Francis  Paffe  was  the  son  of  the  Yicar  of  Blox- 
ham  in  Oxfordshire.  He  assamed  the  coif  Dea  14, 1704 ; 
became  king's  sergeant  Jan.  26,  1714-15;  a  baron  of 
the  Exchequer  May  22,  1718;  a  justice  of  the  Com- 
mon Pleas  Noy.  4,  1726,  and  a  justice  of  the  King's 
Bench  Sept  27, 1727.  He  always  felt  a  luxury  in  con- 
demning a  prisoner,  which  obtained  for  him  the  epithet 
of  ^**  the  hanc^ing  judge."  Treating  a  poor  thatcher  at 
Dorchester  with  his  usual  rigour,  the  man  exclaimed 
after  his  trial  — 

**  God,  in  his  rage. 
Made  a  Judge  Page." 

Page  was  the  judge  who  tried  Sayage  for  murder,  whom 
he  seemed  anxious  to  condemn ;  indeed,  he  owned  that 
he  had  been  particularly  severe  against  him.  When  de- 
crepid  from  old  age,  as  he  passed  along  from  court,  a 
friend  inquired  particularly  of  the  state  of  his  health. 
He  replied,  *'My^dear  Sir,  you  see  1  keep  hanging  on, 
hanging  on."  He  died  on  Dec  18, 1741,  aged  eighty,  at 
his  seat  at  North  Aston  in  Oxfordshire.  —  Vide  Noble's 
Biog,  Hitlory  ofEmgfand,  iii  203.  Perhaps  some  of  our 
genealogical  friends  may  be  able  to  supply  our  corre- 
spondent with  an  account  of  the  **  birth,  parentage,  and 
education  "  of  this  notorious  Judge.] 

Thb  Ass  and  thb  Laddkh.  —  In  Biblia  Sacra 
Hebraica  (BibUotheca  Siuaexiana^  vol.  i.  p.  zi.)  is 
the  following  expression,  "  May  this  book  not  be 
damap;ed,  neither  this  day  nor  for  ever,  ttntU  the 
OBS  oscendM  the  ladder,"^    Query,  the  legend  P 

A.  W.  H. 

[The  passage  at  the  end  of  thb  manuscript  (Siec.  xiii.) 
reads  as  follows :  *<  I,  Meyer,  the  son  of  Rabbi  Jacob,  ths 
scribe,  baye  finished  this  book  for  Rabbi  Abraham,  the 
son  of  Habbi  Nathan,  the  6052nd  year  (a.d.  1892);  and 
he  has  bequeathed  it  to  his  children  and  his  children's 
children  for  eyer.  Amen.  Amen.  Amen.  Selah.  Be  strong 
and  strengthened.  May  this  book  not  be  damaged,  neither 
this  day  nor  for  eyer,  until  the  Ass  ascends  the  Ladder." 
Like  the  Latin  phrase  of  Petronius  **  asinus  in  tegulis  " 
(an  ass  on  the  nousetop),  which  is  supposed  to  signify 
something  impossible  and  incredible,  tne  saying  **  until 
the  ass  ascends  the  ladder,"  is  a  proverbial  expression 
among  the  Rabbins,  for  what  will  never  take  place ;  e.  g. 
<*  Si  oMcendtrii  euinus  per  MaUaM,  invenietur  scientia  in 
mulieribus; "  — a  proposition  so  uncomplimentary  to  the 
superior  sex,  that  we  leave  it  in  Bnxtorf 'a  Latin.  J 

Lbqends  of  thb  WAimxBnco  Jbw.  —  Would 
you  kindly  inform  me  whether  there  are  in  the 
ilnglish  language  many  versions  of  the  legend  of 
the  Wandering  Jew^  what  these  are,  and  where 
they  are  to  be  met  with  ? 

A  Fbbnch  Subscbibbb. 

24,  Avenue  de  la  Porte  Maillot,  Paris. 

[The  earliest  mention  of  this  legend  is  in  Matthew 
Paris,  or  rather  in  Ropier  of  Wendover's  Chronicle,  «.  a. 
1228.  See  vol.  iv.  p.  176,  of  Enelish  Historical  Society's 
edition,  or  vol.  ii.  p.  512,  of  the  edition  published  by 
Bohn.  A  ballad  of  7%«  Wandering  Jew  is  printed  by 
Percy,  Reliques,  ii.  801  (edit  1794).  Brand,  in  his  Po- 
pular AntiquUiee  (Bohn's  edition),  iii.  SOD,  makes  refer- 
ence on  this  subject  to  Calmet's  Dictionary  of  the  JSible 
spd  Twkiih  Spy,  vol.  ii.  book  iii.  let.  1.;  and  there  is 
an  article  in  Biaekwood't  Magazine,  vii.  608,  entitled 


■'The  Legend  of  the  Wandering  Jew  from  Matthew 
Paris."  The  fullest  particulars  of  the  legend  will  how- 
ever be  found  in  GrUsse,  Vie  Sage  vom  Ewigen  Judm, 
^.,  Dresden  und  Leipsig,  1844.] 

Quotation. — ^Whence  are  the  two  noble  lines  :«• 

**  Of  this  blest  msn,  let  this  just  praise  be  giyen. 
Heaven  was  in  him  before  he  was  in  heaven." 

J.  a 

[This  couplet  was  written  by  Izaak  Walton  In  hia 
copy  of  Dr.  Richard  Sibbes's  work,  The  Retunung  Back' 
elider,  4to.  1641.] 


EPITOME  OF  THE  LIVES  OF  THE  KINGS  OF 

FRANCE. 

(2"«  S.  xii.  457.) 

R.  B.  The  curious  in  books  for  the  people  of  the 
latter  part  of  the  seventeenth  century  are  familiar 
with  tne  initials  **  R.  B.,**  said  by  Dunton  to  be 
assumed  by  Nat  Crouch,  and  affixed  by  him  to 
the  marvellous  books  which  issued  from  his  shop, 
the  Bell  in  the  Poultry,  for  the  delectation  of  the 
million. 

Turning  over  a  lot  of  tliese,  I  have  singled  out 
one  of  early  date,  which,  I  would  submit,  may  be 
the  father  of  the  race,  and  that  which  probably 
sujTgested  to  the  cunning  bookseller  that  successful 
series  of  chapman*s  books  which  must  have  en- 
riched him  and  his  successors  for  some  genera- 
tions.   My  book  is  — 

**  An  Epitome  of  all  the  Lives  of  the  Kings  of  France, 
from  Pharamond  the  First  to  the  now  most  Christian 
King  Lewis  the  Idth,  with  a  delation  of  the  Famous 
Battailes  of  the  two  Kings  of  England,  who  were  the 
first  Victorious  Princes  that  Conquered  France.  Trans- 
Isted  out  of  the  French  Coppy  by  R.  B.,  Em).,  12mo. 
London :  P.  by  L  Okes,  and  are  to  be  sould  by  I.  Beckit." 
&c.  1689. 

This  little  book  has  an  cmbleihatical  frontis- 
piece by,  or  in  the  style  of,  Marshal,  and  the 
effigies  of  the  sixty-four  kings,  whose  lives  it  pro- 
fesses to  give,  in  a  bold  cut  upon  the  page,  which 
fashion  of  illustration  was  one  of  the  great  attrac- 
tions of  the  people*s  library  under  remark.  Al- 
though claiming  for  this  book  the  credit  of  having 
originated  the  Burton  Family,  my  belief  is  that 
the  R.  B.  upon  the  title  indicates  Richard  Broths 
wait ;  and  that,  consequently,  to  him  rather  than 
to  the  mythic  R.  Burton,  are  the  people  indebted 
for  the  example  so  successfully  followed  up  by 
Nat.  Crouch,  alias  R.  B.,  of  abridging  or  melting 
down  the  standard  literature,  popular  stories,  ana 
folk  lore  of  the  day  into  a  racy  vernacular,  which 
suited  their  capacities,  and  at  a  price  which  came 
within  their  means.  R.  B.,  the  imitator,  did  not 
come  before  the  public  until  1678  :  the  oldest  of 
the  Burton  books  in  my  possession  is  The  Sur- 
prizing  Miracles,  j-c,  which  professes  to  be  by 
"  R.  B.,  author  of  the  History  of  the  Wars,  ^c. 


S'-^S.!.  Jaw.  4,'«2.] 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


15 


Lond.,  printed  for  N.  Crouch,  1688.**  At  the  end 
18  "  an  Advertisement  of  books  lately  printed  bjr 
R.  Barton,  and  sold  by  N.  C.*'  Here  would 
teem  to  be  two  distinct  persons,  so  that  it  was  not 
until  a  later  period  that  Crouch  assumed  the 
initials  either  to  put  himself  into  the  shoes  of  a 
defunct  digestor,  or  to  identify  himself  with  a  Mr. 
Harris  of  bis  own  creating ;  for  it  is  evident  that 
whoever  was  the  compiler  of  these  books,  he  had 
no  fixed  idea  of  the  meaning  of  his  own  initials, 
sometimes  when  he  extended  them,  calling  him- 
self Richard,  and  sometimes  Robert  Burton  ;  and 
my  theory  is  that  Brathwait^  to  veil  his  eccen- 
tricities, often  put  forth  books  with  his  initials 
only,  and  that  Crouch,  falling  in  with  The  JEpi" 
iome,  took  it  for  the  model  of  his  "  swelling  shil- 
ling books;**  and  either  through  ignorance  or 
design,  gave  a  new  interpretation  to  the  R.  B.  he 
found  upon  the  title. 

The  foregoing  scribble  about  R.  B.  I  intended 
for  ^*  N.  &  Q.**  a  long  time  back,  and  the  Query  of 
Rboulus  has  just  reminded  me  of  it.  Certamly 
there  is  no  doubt  about  The  Epitome  being  by 
Brathwait,  and  its  omission  in  xla9lewood*s  list 
could  only  arise  from  his  not  having  seen  it.  As 
it  lies  on  my  table  beside  The  Lives  of  all  the 
"Roman  Emperors,  by  R.  B.  G.  1636  (included  by 
him  in  said  list),  there  can  be  but  one  opinion, 
for  the  same  family  features  are  unmistakably  upon 
the  face  of  both.  My  attention  having  been  again 
drawn  to  the  subject  of  R.  B.,  I  have  taken  a  look 
at  the  small  bonk  in  the  Grenville  lihrary,  bear- 
ing the  date  1678,  and  apparently  the  first  of  the 
aeries  of  the  Burton  boohs.    It  bears  the  title  :  — 

**  Miracles  of  Art  and  Nature,  or  a  Brief  Description  of 
the  several  Varieties  of  Birds,  Breasts,  Fishes,  Plants,  and 
Fruits  of  other  Countries.  Together  with  several  other 
remarkable  things  in  the  World."    12mo,  pp.  120, 

with  seventy-one  short  chapters  treating  of  the 
aaid  miracles,  but  in  a  more  sober  style  than  its 
followers.  It  purports  to  be  by  A.  j9.,  Oent.,  and 
is  **  printed  for  W:  Bowtel.**  Brathwait  was  then 
dead,  but  here  are  his  initials  as  m. The  Lives  of  the 
Romans,  and  no  shadow  of  the  coming  Crouch, 
aUiu  Burton,  unless  it  can  be  discovered  in  the 
homely  address  **To  the  Ingenious  Reader.**  I 
have  no  doubt,  however,  that  this  is  the  first  book 
of  the  popular  series ;  and  as  it  forms  a  kind  of 
epoch  in  our  literary  history,  pnerhaps  you  will 
agree  with  me  that  this  address  is  worth  reprint- 
ing in  "  N.  &  Q."  : — 

•'Candid  Reader,"  says  R.  B.,  <<what  thou  findest 
herein  are  collections  out  of  several  ancient  authors, 
which  (with  no  small  trouble)  I  hare  carefully  and  dili- 
gently collected,  and  compressed  into  this  small  book  at 
acme  vacant  hours,  for  the  divertisement  of  such  as  thy- 
self who  are  disposed  to  read  it;  for,  as  the  several  cli- 
mates of  the  world  have  not  only  influenced  the  inhabi- 
tants, but  the  very  beasts  with  natures  different  from  one 
another,  so  hast  thou  here,  not  only  a  description  of  the 
several  shapes  and  natures  of  variety  of  birds,  beasts, 
llshes,  plants,  and  fruits,  but  also  of  the  dispositions  and 


customs  f  though  some  of  them  barbarous  and  inhumane) 
of  several  people  who  inhabit  many  pleasing  and  other 
parts  of  the  world.  I  think  there  is  not  a  dbapter  in 
which  thou  wilt  not  find  various  and  remarkable  things 
worth  thy  observation,  and  such  (take  the  book  through- 
out) that  thou  canst  not  have  in  any  one  author,  at  least 
modem,  and  of  this  volume.  And  if  what  I  hare  done 
shall  not  dislike  thee,  I  shall  possibly  proceed  and  go  on 
to  a  further  discovery  in  this  kind,  which  doubtless  can- 
not (as  all  variety  doth)  please  thee.  Tis  probable  tbej 
are  not  so  methodically  disposed  as  some  hands  might 
have  done ;  yet  for  variety  and  pleasure's  sake  they  are 
(I  hope)  pleasingly  enough  intermixed.  And  as  I  find 
this  accepted,  sol  shall  proceed.  —  Farewell,  R.  B." 

I  have  only  to  say,  in  conclusion,  that  this  book 
of  The  Miracles  of  Art  and  Nature,  bears  no  re- 
semblance to  R.  B.*8  Surprizing  Miracles  of  1683. 

J.  O. 


EARTHQUAKES  IN  ENGLAND:  URICONIUM. 
(2»<  S.  xii.  397.) 

PHixTPa*8  statement  is  very  curious,  and  de- 
serves investigation,  though  there  can  be  little 
doubt  that  it  will  prove  to  be  groundless.  *'  Fires, 
and  the  frequent  fall  of  houses,**  symptomatic 
though  they  may  be  of  earthquakes,  are  especially 
mentioned  by  Juvenal  as  among  the  causes  which 
rendered  even  the  wretched  loneliness  of  the 
country  preferable  to  a  residence  in  the  Roman 
cities. 

As  regards  earthquakes  in  England,  I  can  see 
no  improbability  in  the  statement  of  Col.  Wild* 
man,  such  shocks  being  far  more  common  than  is 
generally  supposed.  Some  of  these  shocks  have 
been  sufficiently  violent  to  throw  down  buildings, 
to  divert  rivers,  and  to  o|)en  large  fissures  in 
the  earth ;  and,  but  for  their  limited  extent,  would 
no  doubt  have  been  regarded  as  very  serious 
earthquakes. 

A  picturesque  and  interesting  account  of  that 
which  occurred  in  London  and  its  neighbourhood 
in  1750,  is  given  by  the  author  of  Mary  Powell, 
in  her  Old  Chelsea  Bun  House.  There  were  two 
shocks,  at  a  month's  interval ;  and  such  was  the 
predisposition  for  something  dreadful  in  the  pub« 
lie  mind,  that  the  drunken  ravings  of  pseudo- 
prophets  actually  led  many  to  believe  that  a  third, 
far  more  destructive,  would  take  place  after  a 
similar  interval.  As  the  details  of  this  event  are 
too  well  known  to  need  repetition,  I  shall  content 
myself  with  noting  such  particultfhi  only  as  are 
not  likely  to  have  come  under  the  notice  of  the 
readers  of  **N.  &  Q.**  The  Methodists,  at  that 
time  exceedingly  zealous  and  active,  declaimed 
fearfully  on  the  subject  out  of  doors ;  and  the 
celebrated  George  Whitefield  ventured  into  Hyde 
Park  at  midnight  and  preached  a  sermon ;  which 
has  been  described  as  **  truly  sublime,**  and  ** strik- 
ingly terrific.**  Mason,  the  author  of  a  well- 
known  treatise  on  Self  Knowledge,  says  that  there 
were  four  remarkable  c\rc:iaifiA\A»'Q>5^^^  ^xxk^^^% 


16 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


[3'^  S.  L  Jah.  4,  *ei. 


thete  eoncrarioDt :  that  the  shock  was  repeated— 
that  the  last  shock  was  strongest — that  both*  were 
mach  more  Tiolent  in  the  cities  of  London  and 
Westminster  than  in  anj  place  beside ;  and  that 
both  happened  when  there  was  the  greatest  con- 
coorse  of  people  there  out  of  the  country. 
^  It  is  far  from  easy,  however,  to  obtain  a  con- 
sistent account  of  this  occurrence ;  almost  eyery 
record  of  it  being  more  or  less  coloured  by  theory, 
superstition,  or  a  desire  to  "improye  the  occa- 
sion.** The  theologian,  who  had  made  up  his 
mind  to  doom  our  metropolitan  Babylon,  dis- 
ooyered  that  it  was  confined  to  London  and  West- 
minster; whilst  *'such  an  honest  chronicler  as 
Griffith,'*  would  find  out  that  it  did  most  mischieC 
at  Lambeth,  Limehouse,  and  Poplar;  and  was 
sensibly  felt  all  the  way  from  Greenwich  to  Rich- 
mond! The  Methodists  generally  tracked  it 
eastward  and  westward'— from  Whitechspel  to 
Charing  Cross— in  order  that  it  might  make  a 
dean  sweep  of  "guilty  London**;  whilst  another 
account  says,  that  "  it  seemed  to  move  in  a  north 
and  south  direction,"  and  was  sensibly  felt  at 
Highgate  and  Hampstead  I 

A  yery  remarkable  earthquske,  on  a  small  scale, 
occurred  at  a  place  called  the  Birches,  between 
fiuildwas  and  Madeley,  in  Shropshire,  on  the  27th 
May,  1773;  and  is  minutely  described  in  a  small 
volume,  the  title  of  which  I  haye  forgotten,  by 
the  celebrated  John  Fletcher,  yicar  of  the  latter 
place.  It  opened  large  fissures  in  the  earth, 
transported  trees  and  fields,  destroyed  a  bridge, 
towed  the  river  out  of  its  proper  channel,  strew- 
ing the  adjoining  lands  with  fish,  removed  a  barn 
entire  a  considerable  distance,  and  broke  up  the 
hard-beaten  road  into  fantastic  forms  resembling 
the  shattered  lava  of  Vesuvius.  As  the  work  re- 
ferred to  is  now  rare,  A.  A.  may  consult  The 
Youths'  Magazine  for  1846  (p.  208),  where  he  will 
find  further  particulars. 

On  the  15th  Nov.  1844,  a  somewhat  similar 
disturbance  took  place  at  St.  Peter's  Quay,  about 
three  miles  from  Newcastle ;  breaking  up  a  large 
dry  dock,  and  opening  several  considerable  fis- 
sures in  the  earth.  Such  occurrences  are  ap- 
parently not  unusual,  as  the  residents  in  those 
parts  have  a  name  for  them,  and  call  them 
**  Creeps.**  Douglas  Alupobt. 

Illness  has  preyented  me  from  searching  sooner 
for  the  following  extract  from  the  journal  which 
I  was  in  the  habit  of  keeping  in  bygone  years. 
Since  your  correspondent  A.  A.  says  that  his 
"object  is  to  collect  any  evidence  as  to  earth- 
quakes in  England,"  I  presume  it  will  have  some 
interest  for  him. 

March  17tb,  1843  (near  Liverpool). 

**  Shortly  before  1  o*clock  A.M.,  not  having  yet  fallen 
uleep^  I  was  saddenly  and  most  efiectaally  roaeed  by  a 
sharp  shock  of  an  earthquake.    I  instantfy  felt  assured 


that  it  was  one ;  for  it  was  too  peculiar  to  BOffgeat  (to 
me)  any  other  Mea,  thoagh  I  find  that  some  others  who 
felt  it  were  at  a  loss. 

''There  were  ten  or  twelve  distinct  vibrations:  the 
first  very  strong,  shaking  the  t>ed  and  the  whole  hooae, 
and  rattling  the  slates  and  chimney-potn,  accompanied 
too  by  a  rumbUng  soand ;  and  they  gradually  sabmded  thoa. 
The  whole  may  have  lasted  from  twenty  to  thirty  seconds. 

"  If  not  positively  aiarming,  for  1  certainly  did  ntl 
look  for  any  harm,  it  yet  was  awful  and  highlj'  startling. 
I  heard  my  heart  beating  for  many  minutes  afterwards, 
and  had  some  trouble  in  inducing  myself  to  walk  to  the 
window  to  examine  the  nighL  it  was  light,  and  per- 
ftctly  calm.  To-day  haa  been  unnataraily  warm :  I  went 
to  town  and  retamed,  with  burnt  face  and  quite  op- 
pressed, as  in  tlie  dog  days." 

Thus  far  my  extract;  to  which  I  may  add, 
that  a  man-servant,  awake  on  the  ground  floor 
of  the  house,  felt  nothing;  but  his  canary  beat 
itaelf  frantically  about  its  cage,  so  that  he  struck 
a  light,  thinking  that  a  cat  must  be  frightening  it. 
He  looked  too  at  his  watch,  and  the  hour  corre- 
sponded with  that  of  the  earthquake.  The  cage 
was  full  of  feathers,  and  the  bird  seemed  sick  for 
several  days. 

Two  children,  brought  up  in  a  high  degree  of 
religious  excitement  in  the  same  neighbourhood, 
were  greatly  terrified.  A  nervous  girl,  of  twelve, 
thought  the  vibrations  were  the  steps  of  an  angel 
crossing  the  room,  and  believed  it  a  warning  that 
she  must  die.  *  A  delicate  boy,  of  five,  was  so  terri- 
fied, that  he  had  a  fever.  Policemen,  on  duty 
at  the  Liverpool  docks,  said  that  the  barrels  on 
the  quay  rolled  about  and  knocked  against  each 
other;  and  one  thought  he  heard  a  heavy  cart 
passing  over  the  wooden  bridge.  They  had  no 
thought  of  earthquake. 

The  papers  recorded  that  a  lone  house  in  York- 
shire was  thrown  down  with  the  shock.  It  was 
felt  also  in  Dublin. 

I  have  since  felt  seyere  shocks  of  earthquake  in 
Italy,  which  caused  me  no  greater  personal  sensa- 
tions than  this  one  in  England.  M.  F. 

ShanakieL 


A  brother  of  mine,  who  had  passed  many  years 
in  the  West  Indies,  and  was  at  St  Vincent's  at 
the  time  of  the  eruption  of  the  Souffri^re  moun- 
tains, was  on  a  visit  at  Mansfield  at  the  time  of 
the  earthquake  in  Notts,  referred  to  by  A.  A. 
He  was  instantly  aware  what  the  shock  meant ; 
and,  in  much  alarm,  rushed  out  of  doors.  Al- 
though the  shock,  or  shocks,  were  severe,  and 
accompanied  by  shaking  of  doors  and  windows, 
&c.,  no  mischief  was  done  in  the  town.  Mans- 
field is  some  six  or  seven  miles  from  Newstead. 

If  I  am  not  mistaken,  it  occurred  in  1825  ;  and, 
I  think  on  Sunday,  just  before  or  after  church. 

R.  W. 


The  derivation  of  Wreckenceaster,  Wreckceter, 
or  Wroxeter,    from  wretced^  **  wrecked  or  de- 


•^  S.  L  Jam.  4,  ■«.] 


NOTES  AND  QUEEIES. 


17 


,  .  will  not  hold  w«t«r.  The  word  wrteJm 
u  evidentlj  a  corruptinn  of  "  Uriconium  "  itMir. 
Dricnnium,  'm  Ptolemy  Virooonlum  —  found  writ- 
ton  Vivecinum  ftnd  Vireoiaun,  ud  called  bjr 
Kenniui,  C«er  Vruach — is,  without  doubt,  merely 
the  Latin  form  of  it»  original  British  name  ;  whiuli  i 
it  mHj  have  bad  from  lis  situaCiun  at  or  near  the 
eonSuenue  of  tbe  Tern  (whioh  I  take  to  have 
been  what  ia  now  called  the  "Bell  Brook")  with 
the  Hafren,  i.  e.  tbe  Sabrina,  or  Severn.  If  so,  I 
tbe  word  Uriconium  may  be  derived  from  the 
Brit.  Uar-i-eoti-ui,  i.  e.  "upon  or  near  the  head 
of  the  river  or  waler."  Indeed,  Ariconium,  by  , 
corruption  Sariconium,  may  be  the  same  word :  ' 
fi>r  Camden  tells  us  that  the  latter  stood  on  "  a 
little  brook  called  (be  Ine,  which,  thence  encom- 
puiiog  the  walls  of  Uereford,  falls  into  the  Wye." 
There  waa  also  a  place  chlled  Uricona  at  Sheriff' 
Hales.  Tbe  initial  letter  in  Sariconium  hu  doubt-  i 
leM  crept  in,  in  the  utne  way  that  it  baa  in  I 
Sabriua  from  Hafren,  and  in  many  other  Dames. 

K.  S.  Chmnoce;.  i 


BlBLICAI.  LiTBRATDKB  :  WlLUlM  CimFiNnR 
(S**  S.  xii.  1J2I.)  —  Regard  for  an  old  friend, 
Wid  sympathy  with  a  hardworking  literary  man 
■nder  a  lad  calamity,  induce  me  to  ask  permission 
to  add  one  remark  to  your  editorial  anawer  to 
Hi.  Babtlbtt.  Mr.  William  Carpenter  ia  still 
living,  rallier  advanced  in  yeara,  and  bas  been 
recently  viaited  with  the  affliction  of  blindness. 
Tlie  sight  of  one  eye  has  left  him,  and  the  other 
ia  so  weak  as  to  be  useless  for  literary  labour. 

I  do  not  know  what  was  hia  reply  (if  any)  to 
the  accusations  of  tbe  CItrUtian  Rtmembratuxr  in 
IS'27  ;  but  ha  lias  ever  since  then  been  an  active 
meniber  of  the  "  fourth  estate."  He  once  bad  the 
honour  of  a  slate  proaecution  for  political  libel. 

I  am  violating  no  confidence  (I  regret  to  aay) 
in  revealing  his  present  misfortunes,  for  a  public  i 
•ubccription  was  set  on  foot  for  his  relief. 

Job  J.  BaiDWBLi.  Wobeahd,  M.A.  I 

Abticlb  "Use  ahd  Hatb"  (not  Save  and] 
Utt)  (S-"  S.  xii.  4.16.)— This  article  appeared  in  I 
ChambtTs'  Jaanud  for  February  36,  1835.  C.  j 

RSPKESSITTATIO'IS  III  ScOLFTCRB  OT  THl  FlBST   | 

FnaoN  OP  TBH  HoLi  Tbinitt  (2-*  S.  xii.  348,  i 
44S,  4S30— In  the  Church  of  the  Jeauits,  at  Rome,  I 
it  a  coIosfhI  group  of  tbia  subject.     The  foot  of  I 
the  Pirat  Person  is  planted  upon  a  globe  of  lapis 
iBCuli,  perhaps  the  largest  in   the  world.      Tbci  I 
group  is  in  white  marble,     A  carved  oak  panel, 
in  my  pimsession,  re[>resents  the  baptism  of  our  I 
Z^rd.     His  head  is  surrounded  by  a  glory  of  a 
loienge  form.     The  Holy  Ghost,  as  a  dove,  with 
wings  expanded,  is  descending  in  the  centre  of  a 
rennd  nimbus;  whilst,  in  clouds  above,  the  First 
Vmon  is  rcpreHnted  aa  Ra  o^  and  bearded  man, 


without  nimbni  or  tiara,  bat  holding  a  mound  in 
hii  right  hand,  and  pointing  downwards  with  hia 
lelt.  W,  J.  BuHHABD  Siirnr. 

Tent  pis. 

Emtbusiasm  iM  paydub  Of  Hamfdbv  (2"  S. 
lii.  232,  277.)  —The  following  entry  ia  copied 
from  a  catalogue  just  issued  by  Mr.  J.  C.  Hotten 
of  Piccadilly:  — 

"75,  Two  most  carious  [»tit!oiW  from  the  inhabitants 
of  the  county  of  BnckinRliini  to  Ihs  pariiBmenE,  rclsllva 
to  Popisti  lo'rda  and  bishops.  Folio,  floa  copy,  7*.  M. 
Printod  by  B.  C.  IMS." 

From  Col.  Whalley  tbe  regicide's  curioas  !!• 
brary.     At  the  foot  it  aays ;  — 

"  Those  petitions  wars  brought  by  thonsinda  of  (b*  la- 
habitsots  of  the  co.  of  Buckingham,  riding  orderly  by 
Ihng  In  a  ranks,  tborow  London,  on  llth  Jon.  to  the 
Uousss  of  Parliamgnt," 

W.  D.  Macbat. 

IfntlLATIOIt  or  SbVULCHBAL  MBMOBIALa  (2^  S. 

xii.  12.  &c)  —  I  have  the  fragmenlu  of  eight  Bton« 
coffin  slabs,  decorated  with  crosses  tastefully  de- 
signed, from  \U0  to  1490.  The  fragments  were 
found  forming  the  sells  and  jambs  of  aperturea 
for  the  admi«sion  of  light  (instead  of  the  old 
Norman  loophole)  in  the  south  wall  uf  the  church 
of  this  parish,  and  of  a  "perpendicular  "  window 
in  the  east  wall ;  the  wall  and  its  window  being  in 
the  place  uf  the  original  apse  and  its  centre  light. 
C.  B.  B. 

Wiston.  Celcbasttr. 

Nbwtonb  or  Whitht  (2-*  S.  xM.  237,  852, 
444.)  —  The  pedigree  given  by  Dugdnle  sbowa 
that  I  was  right  in  supposing  that  I^aac  Kewton, 
who  purchased  Bagdale  Hall,  was  the  Isaac,  the 
■on  of  Christopher,  baptized  in  ICOS. 

Tbe  second  Isaac,  mentioned  in  that  pedigree 


atract  referred  to  in  my  former  note.  The  latter, 
and  bis  second  son  Ambmse,  were  dead  before 
1739  ;  and  Ambrose's  son  Kichard  was  then  more 
than  twenty-one,  as  he  executed  a  deed  of  that 
date.  It  is,  therefore,  very  probable  that  the  last 
Isaac  of  the  pedigree,  and  the  first  Isaac  of  tbe 
abstract,  were  the  same  person;  and,  if  S'~  '*" 
ted  from  George  Newton, 
n  three  pairs  of  crossbnnes. 

C.  S.  Gbeatbi. 
I  beg  to  inform  E.  Covdiutt  Dbbmeb,  that  Sir 
David  Brewster  is  perfectly  correct  in  speiiking 
of  Sir  Richard  Newton,  of  Newlon  ;  and  that  he 
was  quite  n  different  individual  from  Sir  Michat 
Newton.  Sir  Richard  was  the  last  heir  male  of 
a  family  of  considerable  antiquity  seated  at  New- 
ton, in  Eaat  Lothian,  or  Haddingtonshire.  An 
account  of  tbe  grounds,  such  aa  they  are,  for  sup- 
poiing  that  Sir  Isaac  Newton  might  have  been 
B  CBiMt  of  hia  family  iriU  Im  foiuA.  \&.  %»:£«)&«. 


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NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


[8'j  a  I.  jis.  *,  -M. 


Commoneri  (vol.  iii.  p.  28,  note),  under  tbe  title 
of  "  Hiv  Newton,  of  Neirton."  Sir  Richftrd  wu 
htighted  br  Willium  III. ;  knd  faavlng  no  tuue, 
entailed  bis  Mtftte  on  a  jrounscr  branch  of  the 
noble'bousB  of  TweeddaJe,  by  vbom  itii  now  poa- 
MMed,  without  the  infuiion  of  Newton  blood. 

R.R. 

Db.  A«iib'»  Fathbb  (2"S.  sii.  364.)— The 
Pott-Boy,  London  newspaper,  of  Dec.  15tb,  IG9S, 
contains  tbe  folloning  announcement :  — 

*■  Thomu  Ani(,  Upbalitenr,  who  Imtaly  ll*«d  at  ths 
Ocorgs  and  Wbila  Lion,  Id  tba  Qrut  Flaxta,  Connt 
Gaidcn,  I)  now  ntnvtvi  to  tb<  Gaoig*  in  Bedford 
Court,  near  Bedford  Street." 

Tbe  circnnutances  of  the  •Dmame,  trade  and 
place  of  abode  of  the  advertiier  and  tboae  of 
Arue'i  father  correiponding  ao  cloaelj,  hare  al* 
waji  led  me  to  believe  in  the  identltj  of  the  par- 
tiei.  It  doe*  not  appear  from  the  atatement  of 
mr  fnend  Da.  RmBAnLT,  where  tbe  EdwnrdArne, 
who  periibed  lo  miaerablj  in  the  Fleet  Priaon  in 
I72B,  resided  i  and    lo  far  there  is  nothin;;  be- 

J'ond  the  name  and  trade  to  identifj  him  with  the 
ittber  of  the  compoaer.  Can  it  be  likelj  that  he 
was  the  elder  son,  and  succesaor  in  the  buainesa 
of  the  Thomas  Ame  mentioned  above  P  It  would 
be  verj  intereatiug  to  learn  something  more  of 
the  familv  of  one  of  our  moat  gifted  native  com- 
posers, than  is  to  be  jtatherml  fh>in  the  verjr 
meagre  inforinBtion  in  the  general  biographical 
notices  of  him.  The  Amea  were  Roman  Catho- 
lics, which  may  in  some  measure  account  for  the 
■cantjr  particulars  of  them  to  be  gleaned  from  the 
parish  registers,  butperhaps  something  respecting 
tbem  might  be  found  in  the  rate-books.  Can  anj 
reader  of  "  N.  &  Q."  supplj  from  theae,  or  other 
■oorces,  anv  accurate  information  on  this  subject  F 
W.  H.  Hnsi. 
Clbiotmah's  Right  to  takb  tbb  Chub  {i'^ 
S.xii.  434.)  — 

"Tbe  minister  bi«  a  ri^ht  to  preside  at  all  vestrr 
meetings:  for  a  [m  in  later  is  not  a  mere  individual  of 
Vestrf  I  on  the  contrary,  be  is  alwaja  described  as  the 
flnt,  and  as  an  inlefcral  part  of  the  pariih,  the  form  of 
dtlDg  a  parish  being  •  llie  minister,  cbarcbwirdens,  and 
parishioners;  and  patting  any  ather  indivldaal  in  com- 
petition with  him  for  tbe  office  of  chairman,  ironld  be 
placing  him  in  a  degraded  aitnalion,  in  which  ha  ii  not 
placed  by  the  coDititDlional  aatabHEhmeDt  of  this  cona- 
try.  He  is  the  bead  and  pRwi  of  tbe  mMting.  .Tbuiit 
has  been  beld,  that  at  a  vestry  meeting  summoned  by 
tba  eburch  wardens  for  the  parpose  of  electing  new  charch- 
wardena  In  a  parish,  regnlaied  by  slat.  £8  Geo.  HI.  c 
(9,  the  rector  has  a  right  to  preiide,  But  tbe  minister  is 
not  an  integral  part  of  tba  vestry.' 

-  Slau  es  tieo.  III.  c.  69,  s.  !,  directs  that  if  tbe  rector 
«r  vicar,  or  perpeloal  curatf,  be  not  presenU  the  pertoni 

to  be  aacettained  ai  therein  directed,  one  of  lbs  inbabit- 
anta  to  be  cbairmatii  which  is  nearly  tantamannt  to  a 
deelaraUon,  or  by  neceaaary  implication  declares,  that  if 


The  stipendiarj  cnrate  is  lutt  an  integral  part  of 

the  parish.     He  is  onlj  the  representative  of  the 

minister,  and  consequentlj  not  entitled  to  preaide. 

S.  L. 

At  ever;  restrj  meeting,  "  the  incumbent  pre- 
sides b;  right,  whether  rated  or  not ;  and  whether 
rector,  or  vicar,  or  perpetual  curate.  If  he  be  ab- 
sent, the  meetinfc  elect  a  chairman."  The  right 
to  preside,  therefore,  does  not  extend  to  his  sti- 
pendiarj curate.  I  imagine  that  no  meeting,  ex- 
cept a  vestrj,  could  transact  parochial  buainen: 
and  that  the  incumbent  could  not  demand  ifaa 
chair  at  an^  unauthorised  meeting,  assembled 
merelj  for  discussion,  whether  of  church  matter* 
or  otherwise.  See  Dais's  CUrgyman't  L^ttl 
Bandbookt  1859,  p.  80,  81  ;  and  Harding's  Hamdg 
Book  of  EeeUtiattical  Late,  1S60,  p.  90,  01. 

Job  J.  BiBDWBLL  Wobkabd,  U.A. 


St.  BamaHK,  Duov  (,2**  S.  xii.  168,  402.)  — 
From  the  information  given  by  Mb.  Cobnbt,  it 
would  certainlj  appear  that  Fergnsson,  in  his 
Handbook  of  Architeelure,  has  fallen  into  error. 
There  is  a  want  of  precision  in  hia  statements 
that  makes  it  rather  difficult  to  ascertain  where 
the  error  really  lies.  But  it  is  clear  that  he  has 
not  been  gnilty  of  ao  mere  a  blunder  as  Mb. 
CoiKBT  imputes  to  biro,  of  confounding  tbe  church 
of  Sle.  Madeleine  with  the  church  of  Si.  Benigne. 

I  find  that,  in  p.  684,  he  describes  the  eutkedml 
as  belonging  to  the  latter  half  of  the  thirteenth 
century.  At  p.  652  he  speaks  of  Si.  Benigne  as 
having  been  one  of  the  oldest  churches  in  Bur- 
gundy, and  probably  an  excellent  type  of  the 
style  of  the  country;  but  in  p.  619  it  is  stated 
that,  in  the  year  1271,  the  nave  was  rebuilt  In  tba 
perfect  pointed  style  of  that  day.  So  for  as  re- 
gards the  nave,  therefore,  St.  Benigne  could  be 
no  type  of  tbe  older  style  of  tbe  country :  and  it 
is  worthy  of  remark,  that  the  time  when  the  nave 
WAS  rebuilt  agrees  precisely  with  the  date  attri- 
buted to  tbe  cathedral. 

In  p.  619,  Ferguaaon  gives  a  plan  of  St.  Be- 
nigne, taken  (apparently  with  some  modifications) 
from  Dom  Planeher ;  and  in  this  plan  is  ahown 
the  singular  Rolonde,  or  circular  choir,  mentioned 
by  Mb.  Cobmbt. 

Does  this  Rolonde  now  esist  F  I  haTe  seen  tha 
cathedral,  but  have  no  recollection  of  anything  of 
the  sort.  Is  it  not  posaiblri  tbat,  during  the  Kc- 
volutJon,  the  circular  choir  may  have  been  dc- 
atroyed,  while  the  rest  of  the  church  was  lefl 
standlnp;  to  form  the  present  cathedral  P 

Perhaps  some  correspondent  at  Dijon  may  be 
able  to  state  nhetber  this  supposition  is  correct. 

P.  s.  a 

Nbil  (not  Niel)  DonoLis  (S-*  S.  xii.  472.)  — 
A.  G.  will  find  "  biographical  particulars  "  of  this 


KOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


19 


MoTjr  of  lh»  Rite,  Progreii,  and  FriaeipUi  of 
I  Relief  Church  (Glugow,  Fullu-ton  &  Co., 
43,  1  vol.  6*0 },  of  which  at  one  time  he  was  a 
niater. — See  chap.  xxii.  and  nolo  x.  in  Appen- 

c.  A.  G.  will  also  do  well  to  coniult  the  (now 
tinot)  "Univer«B!ist"  periodicals  of  Scotland 

the  period,  edited  bjr,  and  contaioing  manr  of 
3  ablest  productions  of  Douglas.  A  curious 
aib  (in  verse)  concerning  him  maj  be  seen  in 
1  letter-press  attached  to  Kay'a  Caricaiare- 
•rtraitt  (2  vols.  4to).  A.  G.  ii  correct  in  his 
!nti6cation  of  the  heterodox  divine  with  the 
litionist  (so-called)  of  1817 — one  oftheblood- 
1  pages  of  the  anarchic  political  timet  of  Scot- 
id.  r. 

Ur.  Neil  Douglas,  Univenalist  preacher  of 
Kkwell  Street,  Glasgow,  was  tried  on  the  2Sth 
May,  1S17,  before  the  Court  of  Justiciary  in 
linburgh,  on  a  charge  of  having  used  scanda- 
ls expressions  regarding  the  King,  Prince  Re- 
nt, and  Royal  family,  in  his  prayers  before  his 
ngregalion.  Mr.  Jeffrey  was  his  counsel.  The 
■J  brought  in  a  verdict  ot  nol  gailtu, 
I  remember  seeing  this  old  gentleman  in  the 
d  Tolbootb  of  Edinburgh,  at  the  time  of  his 
al.  1  be  evidence  there  given  shows  strong 
ices  of  ecaentricit^,  but  none  of  rancour  or 
te.  It  would  be  interesting  to  many  tn  Scot< 
id  if  A.  G.  would  give  in  "N.  &  Q."  a  few 
Itches  of  the  literary  curiosities  attributed  to 
r.  Dauglu.  .  C. 

Jambs  Gubsfobd  (2°*  B.  xii.  S97,  429.)— Mr. 
assford  had  no  claim  to  the  prefix  of  "Bev.," 
ren  him  bv  M.  H,  R.,  who  might  have  ascer- 
oed  this  by  looking  at  the  title-page  of  both 
llions  *  of  Lyrical  Compotitioai  tileetedfrom  Iht 
iian  Poett,  with  Translations,  by  James  Glass- 

d,  Esq.,  of  Dougaiston.  He  was  an  advocate 
tiie  Scottish  Bar,  and  the  author  of  varions 

[al  and  liierary  works.      The  following  is  his 
rsion  of  Guarint's  madrigal :  — 
"  This  mgrtsl  life, 
Steming  so  bir,  !■  liks  a  halher  toned. 
Boms  on  the  wind,  lad  ia  ■  momaiit  lost 

Or,  if  irith  saddsn  wheel,  It  flies 
Further  •ometiine),  and  npwtid  springs, 

And  then  npon  lis  wioga 
Siutslned  in  sir,  as  If  lelf- bounced  \l»». 
The  iightneu  ofils  Ditare  ii  the  csdm; 

And  ■wiftl;,  alter  little  pause. 
With  ihoouDd  tnrna.  and  thousand  idle  slop^ 
Because  it  is  of  earth  to  sartb  it  draph" 

R.K. 
Pbtkr  Wateinsoh  OvrrXBU  (2°*  S.  xii,  483.)— 
■eems  not  uulikelv,  from  the  connexion  of  Peter 
ttkinson  of  Wirksworth  with  the  Heathcote 


linease  was  Sir  Richard  Shelly,  Prio 
Isint  John  of  Jeniulem  ;  who,  in  ISGI 


■  1834  and  1818  (the  lalUr  po(thnmoni> 


family,  then  of  Chesterfield,  that  he  belonged  to  the 
Watkinsons  of  Brampton,  near  Chesterfield.  One  of 
these  Watkinsons  was  high  sheriiT  for  Derbyshire 
in  the  earlier  half  of  the  last  century,  but  I  do 
not  find  (hat  they  ever  bore  arms.  Nor  have  I 
discovered  that  any  arms  are  attributed  to  the 
Derbyshire  family  of  Outram,  from  whom  I  be- 
lieve Sir  James  Outram  to  be  descended.  A 
Thomas  Owtram,  of  the  parish  of  Dronfield,  died 
in  ISll.  If  I  can  afford  your  correipondent  any 
information  relative  to  North  Derbyshire  families, 
I  shall  be  glad  to  do  so,  and  accordingly  subjoin 
my  address.  J.  U.  Clabk. 

Whittington,  neai.ChesIerfleld. 

Sib  Richabd  Shbllbt  (2°^  S.  xii.  470.) — Ebic 
will  find  a  long  account  of  this  eminent  penon. 
Grand  Prior  of  England  and  Xurcopolier,  in  "  N. 
&  Q."  1"  S.  XL  179. 

The  following  extract  from  Uoule's  Heraldry 
ofFith  (p.  227)  will  answer  his  other  queries  :— 

"  Sable,  a  feu  engraried  between  three  wllka,  or)  ars 
ths  armi  of  Sir  John  Shelley,  Baronet,  of  Usretfleld  In 
Suieex,  the  TepreientatlTe  Of  one  of  the  heiresses  of  the 
Bsron  V  of  Sntiele}'. 

"  Of  the  same  lini 

of  the  Order  of  Saint ...    

wu  ambau4dor  from  the  King  of  Spain  to  Vanica  and 
Persia. 

"  The  asms  arras  are  also  bome  hy  Sir  Timothj  Shal  ■ 
ley,  Baronet,  of  Csttla-Goriaf;  la  Soasex,  (ither  of  ths 
lata  Percy  Bysshe  Shelley,  the  poeL" 

See  also  the  Biitory  ofthi  Rape  ofBramier. 

J.  WOODWABS, 

Shoreham. 

Sib  jAuia  Pbubbbtoh  (2-^  S.  xii.  474.)— The 
armorisl  bearings  assigned  in  Heylin  to  Sir  James 
Pemberton,  Lord  Minror  of  London,  1611,  are  those 
of  his  successor  Sir  John  Swinnerton,  Lord  Major 
in  1612.  Pemberton's  arms  were,  "Argent,  % 
chevron  between  three  buckets  ssble^  hoops  or  " 
(nVfa  Burke's  Armory).  H.  G. 

Chubcbwabdbhs  (!»<S.  xii.  471.)— Ina  will 
find  in  mj  History  of  Henley,  1861  (pp.  50,  319), 
that  the  churchwardens  have  been  appointed  by 
the  corporation  of  Henlej,  for  nearly  six  cen< 
turies.  John  S.  Bubm. 

The  Qttfvt,  Henley.  * 

Time  out  of  mtnd  it  has  been  customarjr  for  the 
Vicar  of  Doncaster  to  ^point  one  of  the  church- 
wardens, and  the  mayor  the  other,  styled  respec- 
tively the  Vicar's  churchwarden  and  the 

Mayob's  Chobchwabsbh.  - 

Thb  Slebpbhs  (2°'  S.  xii.  457.)  —The  verses 
inquired  for  are  by  Mary  Anne  Browne.  She 
published  six  smnll  volumes  of  poems,  in  London 
and  Liverpool,  between  the  years  1827  and  1638, 
Many  of  lier  minor  pieces  are  marked  by  the 
same  delicacy  of  feeling  and  grace  of  e 
as  "  the  sleepetC  "*• 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


IS"  8. 1.  J^a.  4.  •«.     i 


Wow 

"QiKlooM-n 
Mtts  Tiaills  tri 


UTUIA   Ei»tB(2»*S.  U.  328.)  — 
I  ont  crU  qn'il  M  nonTlMait  da  Itrre: 

or  Tlent  (I«  ca  que  le  loop  Mt  extrCma- 
^t  n'lt  cofht  ,  """''■  "*'  "" 


NOTES  AND   QUERIES. 

:  TO  nmmr   ■■■f . 


(t  JUonJ  du  Bliaoa.  pal  J.  D.  dn  Pay  Usmpwlai,  torn,  il. 
cb.  lii. :  ik  AiDitcKUm  at  k  Btrlin,  chai  Jon  KaiuImB 
Libtairc,  1764. 

J.  Sam. 

JOUBRAL     OF     LODIIB    Dl    SAVOIH    (2'*    9.    xVt. 

2S3.)  —  May  I  be  permitted  to  answer  my  own 
Query,  M I  liave  since  discovered  that  this  curiooi 
document  has  be<;n  printed  in  Guichenon'a  Hit- 
toire  de  Savoie,  torn.  v.  p.  461.  I  have  not,  how- 
ever, succeeded  in  finding  the  account  of  the  ex* 
faumfttiong  at  St.  Denis,  coDoeroiag  which  I  beg 
leave  to  repeat  tnj  Query.  HsuuHTaDDX. 

BoDiSBAD  OS  TBB  REiKiNa  ov  InrAim  ^2"  8. 
xii.  394.) — See  Jean  Jacques's  E'miU,  liv.  i. 

H.  S.  Cbuhocx. 


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NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


21 


LONDON,  SATURDAY,  JANUARY  11, 1862. 


CONTENTS No.  2. 


NOTES : —Memoir  of  WUliam  Oldys.  Esq.,  Norroy-Kinfr-at- 
Arnw,  21  —  The  Word  "  Any,"  23  —  Newton's  Home  in  the 
Year  1727. 24  —  Anna  Seward  and  George  Ilardingc,  28  — 
Jacob's  Well  at  Ch««ter,  Ih. 

HiHOR  Notes  :  — London  Libraries— Earbr  Editions  of 
Jeremy  Taylor'a  *'  Great  Exemplar "  —  New  Word  — 
Pronunciation  of  Proper  Names  —  St.  Mary's  Church, 
"Utrecht,  27. 

QUERIES :  —  The  Family  of  Llewellin,  28  —  Anonymous  — 
Authorship  of  MS.  wished  —  Mr.  Sericant  John  Birch, 
Cursitor  Baron  — Ccrigot to  —Coney  Family — DwelHng 
near  the  Rose— Hendrik  en  Alida  —  Heraldic  Query — 
•' HuslMindman "  — Samuel  Johnson.LLJ).— The  Laugh 
of  a  Child— Lcffoud  of  the  Beech  Tree- William  Litli- 

S)w's  Poems — Men  Kisnng  each  other  in  the  Streets  — 
Id  Engraving  of  a  Sea  Fight—  Pias  IX.,  Acts  of  Pontifi- 
cate of  —  Sham  Heraldry  —  Tarnished  Silver  Coins  — 
Tenants  in  Socage  —Mr.  Turbulent  —Sir  William  Webbe 

—  Thomas  White,  Esq.  —  Willetfs  Synopsis  Papismi,  28. 

QrESiES  WITH  Astswers:  —The  Trial  of  the  Princess  of 
Wales :  *'  A  Delicate  InvcstiKation  "  —  IsabelU  Whitn^ 

—  MS.  Dramas  —  KhcvcnhuJler  Volunteers  —  The  Rev. 
John  Peter  Droz,  32. 

REPLIES :  —  Tx)rd  Nugent  on  Capital  Punislmients : 
Jemmv  thcGypHv,  33— The  Egg,  a  Symbol, 3*— Yetlin, 
or  Yotling:  Mesling,  iJ.  —  Beattio's  Poems,  36  —  Gram- 
mar Schools  — "Sic  Transit  Gloria  Mundi"  —  Learner  — 
lAmbeth  Degrees- Recovery  of  Things  lost— Errors  in 
Books  on  the  Peerage — Gilbert  l^yson— Lengo  Mouudino 

—  Commisi<nriat  of  Lauder  —  Orkney  Island  Discoveries  — 
Laminas — Mary  Wofflngton  —  Heraldic  —  Edward  Halsey 
Bockett,  ftc,  35. 

Notes  on  Books. 


MEMOIR  OF  WILLIAM  OLDYS,  ESQ, 

HORROT  KING-AT-ARMS. 

{Continued from  3«*  S.  i.  3.) 

In  October,  1728,  Mr.  Henry  Baker,  the  na- 
turalist, under  the  assumed  name  of  Henry  Stone- 
castle,  projected  The  Universal  Spectator^  to  which 
periodical  Oldys,  in  1731,  had  contributed  about 
twenty  papers.*  On  his  return  to  London,  in 
1730,  he  found  Samuel  Burroughs,  Esq.  and  others 
engaged  in  a  project  for  printing  The  Ne^otia^ 
tions  of  Sir  Thomas  Roe.  To  assist  in  so  desirable 
an  undertaking,  Oldys  drew  up  '*Some  Con- 
siderations upon  the  Publication  of  Sir  Thomas 
Boe*8  Epistolary  Collections.**  f 

It  was  about  the  year  1731  that  Oldys  became 
acquainted  with  that  noble  patron  of  literature 
and  learned  men,  Edward  Harley,  the  second 
£arl  of  Oxford.    It  has  been  wisely  and  beauti- 

• 

*  The  Univeraal  Spectator  continued  to  appear  weekly 
until  the  latter  end  of  the  year  1742.  In  1736  a  selection 
from  these  papers  was  first  printed  in  2  yola.  12mo ;  a 
second  edition  appeared  in  1747,  in  4  yols.  12mo ;  and  a 
third  in  1756,  in  4  vols.  12mo.  John  Kelly,  the  dramatic 
poet,  and  Sir  John  Hawkins,  were  occasional  contribotors. 

f  Only  one  yolame  of  the  NegotiatioM  was  pablished 
in  1740.  Oidys*8  "Considerations,"  for  their  publication 
it  in  the  British  Moseom,  Addit.  MS.  4168.  Vide  "N. 
&  Q,**  2»«  a  zL  102;  and  Bolton  Comey's  Curiotities  of 
lAUrahtre  Mulratedt  second  edition,  1888,  p.  165. 


fully  said,  that  "  those  who  befriend  genius  when 
it  is  struggling  for  distinction,  befriend  the  world, 
and  their  names  should  be  held  in  remembrance.** 
We  learn  from  his  Autobiography,  that  Oldys 
must  already  have  become,  to  some  extent,  a  col- 
lector of  literary  curiosities.    He  says, 

**  The  Earl  invited  me  to  show  him  my  collections  of 
manuscripts,  historical  and  political,  which  had  been  the 
Earl  of  Clarendon's ;  my  collections  of  Royal  Letters,  and 
other  papers  of  State ;  together  with  a  yery  larse  collec- 
tion of  English  heads  in  sculpture,  which  alone  had 
taken  me  some  years  to  collect,  at  the  expense  of  at  least 
threescore  pounds.  All  these,  with  the  catalogues  I  drew 
up  of  them,  at  his  Lordship's  request,  I  parted  with  to 
him  for  40/. ;  and  the  frequent  intimations  he  gave  me  of 
a  more  substantial  recompense  hereafter,  which  intima- 
tions induced  me  to  continue  my  historical  researches, 
as  what  would  render  me  most  acceptable  to  him."  — 
Autobiography, 

Oldys  likewise  informs  us,  in  a  note  on  Lang- 
baine,  that  be  had  bought  two  hundred  yolumes 
at  the  auction  of  the  Earl  of  Stamford*s  library  in 
St.  PauUs  Cofiee-housc,  where  formerly  most  of 
the  celebrated  libraries  were  sold. 

That  Oldys  has  already  become  a  diligent  stu- 
dent at  the  Harleian  Library  is  evident  from  the 
publication  at  this  time  of  his  very  curious  work 
on  Pamphlets.  It  first  appeared  with  the  follow- 
ing title:  A  Dissertation  upon  Pamphlets,  In  a 
Letter  to  a  Nobleman  [probably  the  Earl  of  Ox- 
ford]. London:  Printed  in  the  year  1731,  4to. 
In  the  following  year  it  re-appeared  in  Morgan's 
Phcenix  Britannicus,  Lond.  1732,  4to;  and  has 
since  been  reprinted  in  Nichols's  Literary  AneC' 
dotes,  ir.  98 — 111.  Oldys  also  contributed  to  the 
Phcenix  Britannicus,p,  65,  a  bibliographical  his- 
tory of  **  A  Short  V  iew  of  the  long  Life  and 
Raigne  of  Henry  the  Third,  Kins  of  England : 
presented  to  King  James  by  Sir  Kobert  Cotton, 
but  not  printed  till  1627." 

It  is  stated  by  Dr.  Ducarcl  that  Oldys  was  one 
of  the  writers  in  The  Scarborough  Miscellany^ 
1732-34.  This  appears  probable,  as  John  Taylor, 
the  author  of  Monsieur  Tonson,  informed  Mr. 
Isaac  D'Israeli  that  '^  Oldys  always  asserted  that 
he  was  the  author  of  the  well-known  song  — 

. « Busy,  curious,  thirsty  fly !  • 

And  as  he  was  a  rigid  lover  of  truth,  I  doubt 

not  that  he  wrote  it.*'    The  earliest  version  of  it 

discovered  by  Mr.  D'Israeli  was  in  a  collection 

printed  in   1740 ;  but  it  had  appeared  in  The 

Scarborough    Miscellany    for   1732,   eight  years 

earlier.    As  it  slightly  varies  from  the  version 

quoted  by  D'Israeli,  we   give  it  as  originally 

printed :  — 

«*  TuE  Flt. 

'^An  AnaereotUicL 

•*  Busy,  curious,  thirsty  Fly, 
Gently  drink,  and  drink  as  I ; 
Freely  we\com«  Vq  ibc^  ^^i'^^ 


KOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


[S"S.I.Jav.  11,^ 


Make  lh«  moit  of  Life  jdb  may. 

Life  ji  ihort  and  weua  awiy. 
"  Jnit  alike,  both  mine  and  Ibinc, 

Hasten  quick  to  tbeit  Docline ; 

ThiDa'i  a  Summer,  roirta'a  oo  mor^ 

Tfaoggh  repeated  to  thr««*eore; 

Threeacore  Siunmm  wben  thaj're  gone. 

Will  appear  •»  ihort  ■■  one."  * 
The  London  book»eller«,  hBTiiig  decided  on 
publuhing  a  new  eilition  of  Sir  Walter  Rnlegb's 
HUtory  of  the  World,  enlisted  the  aervicea  of 
Oldja  to  see  it  tbrough  the  preu.  To  this  edi- 
tion it  preGxed  "The  Life  of  the  Author,  newlj 
Gompird,  from  Materials  more  ample  and  authen- 
tick  than  bare  jet  been  pubtiah'd,  by  Mr.  Oldy*." 
The  Life  makei  262  pagea,  and  from  the  audio- 
ritiea  quoted  in  the  numerous  notes  must  bare 
been  a  task  of  considerable  labour  and  research. 
The  complete  work  is  in  two  ToInmeE,  fol.  1736, 
and  contains  a  verv  copious  Index.  Gibbon  medi- 
tated B  Life  of  Ralegh ;  but  after  reading  Oldys'a, 
he  relinquished  his  design,  from  a  conTiction  that 
"  be  could  add  mtbing  new  to  the  subject,  except 
the  uncertain  merit  of  at^le  and  sentiment." 
While  engaged  on  this  great  work,  Oldjs  was 

Emitted  to  consult  the  valuable  library  of  Sir 
ms  Sloane,  as  we  learn  from  the  foUoiring  let- 
ter to  the  worthy  baronet,  dated  Sept;29, 1734: — 
"  Most  HosounBD  Sin, 

"  When  I  waa  last  laTonred,  throuBh  yoni'nohls  conr- 
teay,  vritb  a  siflit  of  Mine  curious  Hemoriats  relating  to 
Ki  Walter  Kdegh,  I  nid  there  woutd  be  ona  or  tvo 
little  printed  piecea  trbich  1  ihould  have  occaiion  to 
nake  more  oae  of  (ban  I  could  l^e  the  liberty  of  doing 
Id  your  house.  One  of  tbem,  bowever,  vhich  it  the  Life 
of  MaKemtt,  I  have  been  alace  provided  with  i  but  the 
other,  called  Ntirt  of  Sir  Walltr  Bok^,  &c ,  printed  4°, 
leiS.  and  marked  amoog  tba  MSS.  B.  1288,  is  now,  that 
I  am  arrived  (thiouKb  above  forty  aheeta)  at  the  laat 
two  years  ofhia  Life,  Im mediately  wantiDS. 

"  As  a  iroBbleaome  cold  conQnes  mt  a  httla  at  pnaeal, 
I  ahall  take  it  as  tbe  greater  favour  if  you  will  let  ma 
have  il,  when  it  may  be  most  convenient,  by  the  bearer; 
and  1  shall,  in  two  or  three  weeks,  wait  on  you  with  it 
•gain  I  ai  also,  with  au  entire  copy  from  tbe  prcai,  of 
that  Narrative  which  it  will  help  to  iliuaUate.  If  it  may 
not  be  too  ambitloua  in  me  to  make  »o  much  addition  to 
your  library,  it  may  exalt  tbe  fame  of  my  Worthy,  or 
extend  the  date  of  il,  to  have  bia  Life  pnaerved  In  inch 
a  magniScent  rapoiitary,  nolwithatar.ding  the  defects  of 
**  Honoured  Sir, 

"  Tour  most  obliged  and  obedient  Servant. 

"  \7ll.LlASI   OLnvB."  t 

Soon  after  the  publication  of  the  Life  of  Sir 


*  RitHin  has  printed  "  The  Fly  "  in  his  Ei^th  5i 
and  added  tbe  following  note:  "  Made  extempore  I 
gentleman,  Dccaslonod  by  a  fly  driDkin^  out  of  hie  ci 
ale."  In  Park'a  edition  of  Ritaou'a  Srmgi,  ii.  19, 
I81S,a  third  verso  la  added  from  the  Rev.  Mr.  Plump 
Coikclion  of  Sang,,  1 3  J7  ■,  and  in  Hone's  Table  Boot,  ii 
it  appears  with  five  additional  verses,  Vincent  Boui 
tranalatiou  was  first  printed  In  tbe  Appendix  to  the  t 
edition  to  bia  Point,  1743.  ASta  all,  there  ia  an  ni 
Isinty  reapecling  its  antborsbip. 

f  A^aiL  US.  JDU,  p.  SH,  Brit.  Mnteuui. 


Walter  Ralegh,  some  booksellers  thinking  Oldjs^a 
name  would  tend  to  sell  a  work  then  in  the  eoune 
of  publication,  offered  him  a  considerable  sum  of 
money,  if  (hej  would  allow  him  to  affix  it ;  bnt  he 
rejected  the  proposal  with  the  greatest  indigna- 
tion, ihongh  St  the  lime  he  wu  in  the  gremteit 
pecuniarj  distress. 

At  the  commencement  of  the  laat  centnry  Bib- 
liography as  a  science  had  not  been  cultivated  in 
England.  Sale- catalogues  and  lists  of  books,  eape- 
cially  when  interspersed  with  remarks  of  their 
rarity  and  value,  were  collected  and  prised  bj 
bibliographers  ;  but  Oldys  was  among  the  first  in 
this  country  to  make  an  attempt  to  divert  tbe 
public  taste  from  an  exclusive  attention  to  new 
books,  by  making  the  merit  of  old  ones  the  mb- 
ject  of  critical  discussion,*  His  Life  of  Hat^k 
had  not  only  brought  him  into  closer  ties  of  friend- 
ship with  tbe  Earlof  Oxford ;  but  the  knowledge 
of  our  earliest  English  literature  displayed  in 
that  work  bad  so  increased  his  fame,  that  oe  wai 
now  frequently  consulted  at  hia  chambers  in 
Gray's  Inn  on  obscure  and  obsolete  writers  hj  the 
moat  eminent  literary  characters  of  the  time.  It 
redounds  to  the  honour  and  memory  of  William 
Oldys  that  he  was  ever  cosy  of  access  to  all  wbo 
sought  or  desired  his  assistance,  and  free,  open, 
and  communicative  in  answering  the  inquiriea 
submitted  to  him.  His  friendly  aid  and  connael 
were  not  only  cheerfully  rendered  to  Tliomai 
Hayward  fur  his  Briiith  Mute,  and  to  Mrs.  Cooper 
for  The  Miaet'  Library,  but  even  bis  jotting*  for 
a  Life  of  Nell  Gwjn  were  freely  given  to  the 
notorious  Edmund  Curll,  whose  fame  will  neTer 
die,  gibbeted  as  be  bas  been  to  immortality  in 
the  full  blazon  of  his  literary  knavery. 

In  1737  Oldys  published  anonymously  hia  cele- 
brated work,  entitled 

"The  British  Librarian:  exiiibitlog  a  CompcDdioai 
Review  or  Abstract  of  our  moat  acarce,  uaefol,  and  rain- 
able  Booka  in  all  Sciences,  as  well  in  Manuicript  as  la 
Print:  witli  many  CbaracUr*,  Uiilorical  and  Critical,  of 
the  Autbon.  their  Antagonists,  (lic,  la  a  manner  never 
before  attempted,  and  useful  to  all  readers.  With  a 
Complete  Index  to  the  viiluma.  London :  I'rlnted  for  T. 
Oabome,  in  Gray's- Inn,  1738,  Svo." 

It  was  published  as  a  serial  in  six  numbers; 
No.  I.  is  dated  for  Jnnnary,  1737  ;  and  tbe  last, 
No.  VL  for  June,  1737;  but  yet  the  Fostacript 
at  the  end  of  it  is  signed  "  Grny's  Inn,  Feb.  IS, 
1737  [1737-8].  Some  copies  have  seiMrate 
titles  to  the  six  numbers.  The  work  is  highly 
valuable  as  containing  many  curious  details  of 
works  now  excessively  rare.  Had  it  been  con- 
tinued, it  would,  in  all  probability,  have  contained 


*  Tbe  only  treatise  on  Bibliographv  which  had  ap- 

Kared  in  thia  coanlr}',  was  the  erudite  work  of  Kr 
lomas  Pope  Blount,  entitled    "Cenanra  CelaluMnUB 
Anthorum :  sive  Traetatns,  in  quo  varia  Viroram  Doc- 


3»*  S.  I.  Jah.  11,  '62.] 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


23 


an  accurate  account  of  a  yerj  curious  and  valu- 
able collection  of  English  books :  it  ceased,  how- 
eyer,  at  the  end  of  the  sixth  monthly  number, 
when  Mr.  Oldys  could  neither  be  persuaded  bj 
the  entreaty  of  his  friends,  nor  the  demands  of 
the  public,  to  continue  the  labour.  Dr.  John 
Campbell,  in  his  Rational  Amtuemejit,  8vo,  1754, 
says,  that  no  work  of  the  kind  was  so  well  re- 
ceived ;  and  adds,  **  If  its  author,  who  is  of  all 
men  living  the  most  capable,  would  pursue  and 
perfect  this  plan,  he  would  do  equal  justice  to  the 
liTing  and  to  the  dead.** 

It  may  seem  to  many  a  very  meagre  and  un^ 
satisfactory  labour  to  compile  a  chronological 
Catalogue  of  standard  woras,  intermixed  with 
remarks  and  characters.  But  (as  Oldys  cites 
firom  Lord  Bacon)  ^*  learned  men  want  such  in- 
Yentories  of  every  thing  in  art  and  nature,  as 
rich  men  have  of  their  estates.*'  When  we  first 
enter  on  any  branch  of  study,  it  is  palpably  use- 
ful to  have  the  authors  to  whom  we  should  resort 
pointed  out  to  us.  ^^  Through  the  defect  of  such 
intelligence,  in  its  proper  extent,**  says  Oldys, 
*'  how  many  authors  have  we,  wlio  are  consuming 
their  time,  their  quiet,  and  their  witfi,  in  search- 
ing afler  either  what  is  post  finding,  or  already 
found  ?  In  admiring  at  the  penetrations  them- 
selves have  made,  though  to  the  rind  only,  in 
those  very  branches  of  science  which  their  fore- 
fathers have  pierced  to  the  pith  ?  And  how  many 
who  would  be  authors  as  excellent  as  ever  ap- 
peared, had  they  but  such  plans  or  models  laid 
before  them  as  might  induce  them  to  marshal 
their  thoughts  into  a  regular  order ;  or  did  they 
but  know  where  to  meet  with  concurrence  of 
opinion,  with  arguments,  authorities,  or  examples, 
to  corroborate  and  ripen  their  teeming  concep- 
tions?*' 

In  the  Postscript  to  this  valuable  work  Oldys 
thus  acknowledges  his  obligations  to  his  literary 
friends  for  the  loan  of  manuscripts  and  other  rare 
books : — 

**  Among  the  books  condacive  to  this  purpose,  those(for 
which  gratitude  here  demauds  chiefly  the  publication  of 
our  thanks,  are  the  manuscripts.  Such,  in  the  first  place, 
ia  that  here  called  Sir  Thomas  Wriothesly's  Collections ; 
oontainiog  the  arms  and  characters  of  the  Knights  of  the 
Garter,  and  views  of  the  ancient  ceremonies  used  in 
creating  the  Elnigbts  of  the  Bath,  See.  For  that  sketch 
which  the  Librarian  has  here  given  the  publick  of  it, 
they  are  both  beholden  to  the  permission  of  his  Grace  the 
Duke  of  Montagu,  the  noble  owner  of  that  valuable 
volume ;  and  to  some  explanations  thereof,  which  were 
also  courteously  imparted  by  John  Anstis,  Esq.,  Garter, 
principal  King  of  Arms,  whose  extensive  knowledge  in 
these  subjects,  his  own  elaborate  publications,  In  honour 
of  both  those  Orders,  have  sufficiently  confirm*d.  Nor 
will  it  be  thought  a  repetition  unnecessary,  by  grateful 
minds,  that  the  Librarian  here  renews  his  acknowledg- 
ments to  Nathaniel  Booth,  Esq.  of  Gray's  Inn,  for  his 
xvpeated  communications ;  having  been  favour*d  not  only 
with  that  curious  miscellany,  containing  many  of  the 
^d  Earl  of  Derby's  papers,  which,  in  one  of  the  foregoing 


numbers  is  abridged ;  but  others  out  of  his  choice  collec- 
tions, which  may  enrich  some  future  numbers,  when  op- 
portunity shall  permit  the  contents  thereof  to  appear. 
Other  manuscripts  herein  described,  were  partly  the  col- 
lection of  Mr.  Charles  Grimes,  late  also  of  Gray*s  Inn, 
and  in  the  bookseller's  possession  for  whom  this*  work  ia 

{printed ;  except  one  ancient  relique  of  the  famous  Wick- 
ife,  for  the  use  of  which,  many  thanks  are  here  retum'd 
to  Mr.  Joseph  Ames,  Member  of  the  Society  of  Antiqua- 
ries. The  author  of  this  work  is  moreover  obliged  to  the 
library  of  this  last  worthy  preserver  of  antiquities,  as 
also  to  that  of  his  ingenious  friend  Mr.  Peter  Thompson, 
for  the  use  of  several  printed  books  which  are  more  scarce 
than  many  manuscripts;  particularly  some,  set  forth  by 
our  first  printer  in  England ;  and  others,  which  will  rise, 
among  the  curious,  in  value,  as,  by  the  depredations  of 
accident  or  ignorance,  they  decrease  in  number.  We 
must  take  some  further  opportunity  to  express  our  obli- 
gations to  other  gentlemen  who  have  favour'd  us  with 
such  like  literary  curiosities;  and  to  some  hundreds  un- 
known, who  have  shewn  a  relish  for  the  usefulness  of  this 
performance,  by  encouraging  the  sale  of  it." 

CTo  be  continued.) 


THE  WORD  "  ANY." 

The  following  remarks  arise  out  of  logical  con- 
troversy :  but  the  inquiry  I  want  to  provoke  will 
be  most  satisfactory  to  your  readers  in  a  perfectly 
detached  form.  High  authority  has  declared  that 
the  word  any  is  **  exclusively  adapted  to  negation.** 
I  try  this  poi2t  in  my  own  way,  and  I  hope  to  in- 
duce others  to  attend  to  it.  Very  little  has  been 
done  towards  exposition  of  the  actual  uses  of  our 
terms  of  logical  quantity. 

My  contusion  is  that,  so  far  from  being  ex- 
clusively adapted  to  negation,  ant/  is  in  negatives 
as  ambiguous  as  a  word  can  well  be,  and  in  afllrm- 
atives  nearly  as  precise.  So  it  is  in  the  instances 
which  suggest  themselves  to  me  :  how  will  it  be  in 
those  which  suggest  themselves  to  others  ? 

Certainly  the  word  is  not  excbmvelt/  adapted  to 
negatives :  any  one  may  see  that ;  any  one  will 
admit  it.  Any  has  the  force  of  eacht  every,  all,  at 
least  in  affirmatives.  What  anv  one  can  do,  all 
can  do;  what  all  (distributively  used)  can  do, 
any  one  can  do.  The  qualifying  parenthesis  is 
wanted  by  all;  not  by  any^  which  is  as  definite  in 
affirmatives  as  each  and  every. 

Even  if  we  choose  to  use  the  word  any  in  the 
predicate  of  an^ffirmative,  we  cannot  by  straining 
escape  the  meaning  which  grammar  imposes.  He 
who  should  say  that  "  Any  man  is  any  biped," 
may  be  forced  to  acknowledge  that  he  has  affirmed 
that  there  is  but  one  man,  but  one  biped,  and 
that  the  man  is  the  biped. 

When  we  come  to  negatives,  we  find  that  any 
may  have  either  of  twor  senses  :  universal,  or  par' 
iicular.  It  may  be  "  any  one  of  all,**^  or  "  any  one 
of  some.**  For  instance,  some  persons  hold,  in  all 
its  rigour,  the  stern  maxim  that  *'  a  healthy  person 
who  cannot  eat  any  wholesome  foQ<i^<Xaft.^  \sa\.^^- 


24 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


[3'<  S.  L  Jax.  11,  '62. 


/ 


serve  to  have  any  food  to  eat/*  The  first  *'  anj  " 
is  particular,  the  second  is  universal :  the  maxim 
lays  down  that  he  who  refuses  some  one  whole- 
some ibod,  were  it  that  one  only,  does  not  deserve 
to  have  any  of  all  possible  eatables.  But  if  we 
state  afHrmativcly  that  *'he  who  can  eat  any 
wholesome  food  may  be  allowed  any  food,**  we 
sec  that  both  the  words  are  universal.  Under  the 
first  law  a  refusal  of  cold  mutton  alone  would 
infer  the  penalty :  under  the  second  a  person 
must  be  ready  for  cold  potatoes  with  it  before  he 
can  claim  to  be  qualified. 

I  cannot  find  any  trace  of  the  double  meaning; 
in  affirmatives:  but  I  wait  for  others.  I  have 
clearly  shown  that  the  word  any  is  ambiguous  in 
nc*;atives ;  but  I  will  not  say  that  it  is  not  so  in 
afiirmatives. 

In  negatives,  context  must  often  dirtermine  the 
meaning.  "  A  person  who  cannot  do  anything*' — 
the  meaning  of  this  commencement  is  auibiguous. 
If  the  ending  be  "ought  not  to  have  anything  to 
do,'*  the  first  any  was  universal :  if  it  be  "  had 
better  to  let  it  alone,*'  the  dntany  was  particular. 
But,  "  a  person  who  can  do  anything,*'  is  not  am- 
biguous. The  explanatory  additions  in  "any  — 
whVitsoever,*'  "any — at  all,**  are  evidences  of  the 
ambiguity.  In  affirm ativc.'i,  they  are  but  tauto- 
logy:  in  negative?,  they  distinguish.  Thus,  "he 
may  have  any,**  and  "  he  may  hava  any  whatso- 
ever,** only  differ  in  that  the  second  gives  stress 
to  the  meaning  already  in  the  first.  No  one 
would  say  that  the  "whatsoever"  of  the  second 
may  destroy  some  reserved  excej)tion3  in  the  first. 
But  "  he  may  not  have  any,*'  may  mean  that  there 
are  some  which  he  mu:st  not  have,  though  lie  may 
have  others  :  "  he  may  not  have  any  whatsoever, 
makes  the  word  universal.  Notice  of  bail  must 
be  given,  because  the  ma^'istrate  cannot  accept 
a»y  man ;  but  when  he  cannot  accept  any  man 
whatsoever,  the  notice  neud  not  be  given. 

Among  the  proposals  of  our  day,  founded  on 
the  assumption  tiiat  any  is  peculiarly  adapted  to 
negatives,  is  that  of  expressing  the  proposition 
"  No  X  is  Y,'*  by  "  Any  x  is  not  any  y."  No  objec- 
tion could  be  taken  to  thin,  if  the  universal  sense 
were  expressly  ])Ostulaled  :  but  when  the  pro- 
posal is  based  upon  the  assertion  of  its  self-evi- 
dent propriety,  there  is  something  to  say  against 
it.  AVhen  a  sentence  is  ambiguous,  the  mind 
takes  the  true  sense,  if  there  be  one.  I'or  ex- 
ample :  "  I  thought  lliis  room  was  higher  than  it 
is."  A  room  higher  than  it  is  would  ha  diflicult 
to  find  ;  so  we  alwoys  accept  the  jihrasc  as  mean- 
ing higher  (in  thought)  than  it  is  (in  reality). 
Now  let  us  take  the  proposition,  "No  fish  is  a 
fish,**  which  we  may  deny.  If  we  say,  "  Any  fish 
is  not  any  fish,"  we  can  only  deny  when  the  uni- 
versality of  the  second  any  is  noted :  prior  to 
which,  the  mind  would  go,  for  truth's  sake,  to  the 
particular  meaning.     Purely  any  Cnh.  is  not  any 


fish :   turbot  is  not  salmon,  for  instuice.     Bot 
even  here  the  antf  of  the  subject,  that  which  pre- 
cedes negation,  is  unambiguous :  in  "  Anj  x  is 
.  not  any  T,*'  we  can  make  nothing  of  the  first 
I  "  any,"  except  each  or  every,        A.  De  Mobgait. 


i«  I 


NEWTON'S  UOME  IX  THE  YEAR  1727. 

Since  April  last,  endeavours  have  been  made  to 
identify  the  house  in  which,  as  difTerent  histories 
record,  Sir  Isaac  Newton  died. 

**  Newton  ilied  at  his  home  in  Orbell*s  Buildings,  near 
Pitt's  Uuililin^s,  Kiinsington,  hctwecn  cue  and  two  o*clock 
ill  the  morning  of  Monday  the  20th  of  March.  1727,  in 
the  eighty-ilfih  year  of  his  age." 

This  extract  is  from  the  Penny  Magazine^  23ad 
Dec.  1832,  and  agrees  with  other  accounts  that 
have  been  published.  No  one,  however,  who  has 
been  seen  or  heard  of,  identifies  the  house. 

The  name  '^  Orbcll  s  **  has  long  been  disused, 
and  also  "  ritt*s  Buildings,*'  for  the  houses  to 
which  they  were  once  applied.  The  houses  that 
were  formerly  known  to  the  inhabitants  of  Ken- 
sington by  such  descriptions,  have  been  since,  and 
are  now,  called  by  different  names.  And  the  same^ 
a  later  name,  has  been  moved  from  one  house  to 
another  still  more  recently.  Of  all  this  the  new 
and  vastly  increasing  inhabitants  of  Kensington 
have  no  knowledge,  and  comparatively  f^w  of  the 
old  inhabitants  remain  to  relate  corrcctlj  to  re^ 
cent  residents  what  they  may  have  heard  respect- 
ing Sir  Isaac. 

A  house,  now  calIe-1  "  Woolsthorp  House,**  is 
pointed  out  as  a  residence  of  Sir  Isaac*8.  Its 
present  name  is  comparatively  recent.  It  was 
iiirmerly  culled  ^^  Carmarthen  House.**  But  this 
now  is  certain,  that  whether  Sir  Isaac  ever  occu- 
pic<l  that  as  a  summer's  retreat  from  St.  Martin*s, 
Leicesicr  Square,  or  sat  under  the  mulberry-tree 
in  that  fzardon  or  not,  he  did  not  die  there. 

As  Sir  Isaac's  remains  were  removed  from  Ken- 
sington, and  laid  in  state  in  Jerusalem  Chamber, 
Westminster,  it  was  at  an  early  period  of  this 
inquiry  conjectured  that  some  parochial  account 
of  the  removal,  and  from  what  house,  might  be 
found.  Any  such  information  from  Mr.  Hall, 
Vestry  Clerk,  whose  father  was  vestry  clerk  be- 
fore him,  and  who  had  furnished  many  particu- 
lars to  Kaulkner,  the  historian  of  Kensington,  or 
from  the  Kev.  Archdeacon  Sinclair,  could  not  be 
olitaiiud.  Mr.  llall,  in  looking  over  the  names 
in  Pigotfs  Directory  for  Kensington  for  1822, 
observed,  that  now  almost  all  the  names  there 
given  of  the  inhabitants  were  names  of  persons 
not  only  rcinovtrd  but  dead!  It  was  then  sup- 
posed that,  as  Sir  Isaac*s  funeral  was  public,  some 
other  rot'onl  miiiht  be  got  at.  Mr.  Bantinjs^  was 
tht'ii  appliv.'(l  to,  who  kindly  undertook  to  make  in- 
quiry at  th  J  oilicc  of  the  Lord  Chamberlain ;  bat 


■S"!  S.  I.  Jas.  11,  '62.] 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


25 


there  were  no  records  there,  for  although  a  pub- 
lic funeral,  it  was  not  made  at  government  ex- 
pense. Mr.  Banting  made  many  other  inquiries 
and  researches,  and  at  his  suggestion,  the  Royal  So- 
ciety, and  also  the  Royal  Astronomical  Society  were 
irritten  to,  and  subsequently  calb  have  been  made. 

As  it  would  be  useless  to  enumerate  all  that  has 
been  done,  where  nothing  satisfactory  could  be 
found,  it  will  be  better  at  once  to  relate  those 
steps  which  have  led  to  the  discovery  of  "  New- 
ton s  Home  in  1727**  as  they  have  been  de- 
Teloped.  It  was  thought  that  possibly  some  of 
the  old  inhabitants,  however  few  may  be  remain- 
ing, might  be  able  to);  remember  something  that 
would  elicit  further  inquiry. 

Having  occasion  to  call  on  Mr.  George  Goodacre 
in  Church  Lane,  who  repairs  broken  china,  glass, 
umbrellas,  &c  &c.,  and  seeing  that  he  was  aged, 
but  by  no  means  an  old  man,  Mr.  Goodacre  was 
asked  how  long  he  had  resided  there  ?    He  re- 

Slied**  thirty  years,  and  that  his  wife  was  bom  in 
Kensington.**  He  was  then  told  that  an  efTurt 
was  being  made  to  ascertain  where  Sir  Isaac  New- 
ton died.  Mr.  Goodacre  then  said  that  he  is  a 
descendant  of  a  niece  of  Sir  Isaac's ;  that  he  had 
made  inquiries  respecting  some  property;  and  that 
a  very  old  man  of  the  name  of  "  Jones,'*  who  was 
born,  lived,  and  died  in  Kensington,  had  pointed 
out  the  house,  now  called  ^*  BuUingham  House,** 
as  the  house  where  his  mother,  or  Lis  grandmother, 
assisted  to  lay  out  Sir  Isaac  after  his  death. 

All  this  was  confirmed  by  Mrs.  Goodacre,  who 
came  in  at  the  time ;  and  thev  stated  that  a  son 
of  this  old  person,  "  Jones,  is  still  living  in 
Charles  Street,  Kensington ;  whom,  with  his  wife 
also,  the  inquirer  has  vbited.  They  both  fur- 
ther confirmed  what  their  very  aged  relative  had 
frequently  said,  respecting  the  laying  out  of  Sir 
Isaac  after  his  death,  in  the  now  ^^  BuUingham 
House.*' 

The  "Joneses**  trace  their  connexion  with 
Kensington  for  some  one  hundred  and  seventy 
years  back.  The  ancestor  "Jones**  they  refer 
to  was   gardener  to  a  gentleman,  and  he  took 

f  remises  in  High  Street  for  his  wife  to  sell  fruit 
n  the  Directory  already  referred  to,  the  aged 
"Jones**  is  described  as  a  builder  and  fruiterer ; 
and  there  are  still  several  inhabitants  who  re- 
member him. 

Mrs.  Jones,  now  in  Charles  Street,  stated  that 
her  father  was  servant  to  Cap^.  Pitt,  and  travelled 
with  him  throuf;bout  England,  Ireland,  and  Scot- 
land ;  and  that  she  remembers  some  of  the  older 
branches  of  the  Pitt  family. 

Having  got  so  much  information  outside,  it  was 
thought  desirable  to  make  inquiry  of  Miss  Blair, 
who  has  resided  some  thirteen  years  In  "  BuUing- 
ham House.**  Although  it  was  called  "  BuUing- 
ham House  **  before  Miss  Blair  became  tenant,  it 
had  not  that  name  when  Mr.  Saunders,  the  Secre- 


tary of  the  Great  Western  RaUway,  Uved  there 
about  twenty  years  ago. 

A  house  in  Vicarage  Place,  Church  Street, 
was  at  some  time  before  called  "BuUingham 
House.**  When  and  how  it  was  discontinued  has 
not  been  ascertained,  but  that  house  and  ground 
are  now  divided. 

Miss  Blair  states  that  her  late  landlady  Mrs. 
Pitt,  widow  of  ^—  Pitt,  who  had  long  lived 
in  the  adjoining  house^and  continued  to  reside 
there  for  some  years  after  Miss  Blair  became 
tenant  of  "  BuUingham  House,**  repeatedly  stated 
that  the  now  "BuUingham  House  **  is  the  identical 
house  where  Sir  Isaac  Newton  lived  and  died. 
After  Mrs.  Pitt  left,  the  adjoining  house,  where 
she  had  so  long  resided,  received  the  name  of 
"  Newton  House,**  which  has  produced  error  and 
confusion.  Mrs.  Pitt  recently  died,  at  a  great  age, 
in  Somersetshire. 

Miss  Blair  has  a  smaU  fiint  or  agate,  with  a 
white  vein  in  it,  that  was  found  in  the  garden. 
It  has  been  ground  into  a  spherical  form ;  thus 
giving  an  appearance  of  Jupiter  with  a  belt.  A 
small  plane  at  one  part  allows  it  to  stand  on  a 
table,  with  the  belt  in  a  vertical  position.  It  does 
not  appear  improbable  that  this  spherical  stone 
may  not  only  have  been  Sir  Isaac's,  but  also  that 
it  may  have  been  of  his  own  grinding.  Sir  Isaac 
not  only  ground  glaifs,  but  he  investigated  the 
degrees  of  transparency  of  difierent  substances; 
and  Hint  or  agate  may  have  been  included  in  his 
experiments.  Such  appear  to  be  as  likely  sub- 
stances for  such  examinations  as  the  transparency 
of  "  melted  pitch  **  I 

So  much  naving  been  ascertained  of  the  home 
of  Newton,  Mr.  Downes,  Photographer  to  Her 
Majesty,  took  a  view  of  the  fronts  and  purposes 
to  take  others  both  inside  and  out.  The  house 
still  remains,  mostly  in  its  ancient  state.  Next, 
ascertaining  that  the  property  is  "  copyhold,**  the 
in(][uirer  called  on  Mr.  Brown,  Lady  Holland's 
agent,  who  at  once  undertook  to  search  the  re- 
cords. The  name  "Orbeir'  was  suggested, 
which  Mr.  Brown  ultimately  found.  Orbdl  died 
seven  years  after  Sir  Isaac  (1734).  OrbeU 
had  a  daughter,  who  had  become  Mrs.  Pitt. 
Mrs.  Pitt  was  admitted  tenant  to  five  messuages, 
stables,  &c.  on  payment  of  eighteen  pence ! 

Mr.  Brown  observed  the  names  "Newtin**  and 
"  Newtinet**  in  the  records ;  but  as  the  object  of 
the  inquiry  was  accompUshed  in  finding  how 
the  property  passed  from  "OrbeU**  to  |*Pitt,** 
which  family  has  ever  since  retained  it,  and 
given  the  name  "  Pitt  **  to  the  adjoining  street, 
further  research  was  not  for  that  purpose  needed. 
Having  thus  identified  Sir  Isaac  Newton's  home 
in  1727,  the  next  object  was  to  consider,  how  to 
prevent  the  place  being  again  lost  sight  of.  This 
may  very  soon  take  place  without  some  perma- 
nent record. 


S6 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


[3"iS.  L  Jax.  ll,'6J, 


As  copyhold  can  now  be  enfranchised,  such  a 
valuable  position  as  '*  Campden  Hill,"  the  very 
best  part  of  Kensin(;ton  left  for  improvement, 
will  not  be  overlooked,  so  immediately  connected 
as  it  is  with  the  very  inadequate  and  only  opening 
between  Netting  Hill  and  Kensington  High 
Street. 

On  the  western  front  of  Bullingham  House  is 
A  long  garden,  adjoinint;  another,  and  that  by  a 
third,  to  the  north.  On  the  south  side  of  the 
garden  to  BuUin^ham  House  is  a  wall ;  the  prin- 
cipal entrance  bemg  at  the  east  end,  and  a  return 
southward  has  a  small  door  and  coach  gates  to  the 
back  yard  past  the  side  of  the  house.  There 
are  many  old  trees  in  these  gardens.  The  north 
and  west  sides  of  the  gardens  referred  to  have 
been  paved  outside ;  but  as  the  paving  ceases  ab- 
ruptly at  the  south-west  corner,  it  was  suggested 
that  the  parish  should  also  pave  from  thence  along 
the  south  wall  past  the  entrances.  This,  after 
Laving  been  viewed  by  the  Committee  of  Works, 
has  been  ordered  to  be  done. 

While  the  Committee  were  at  the  place,  the 
words  "Newton's  Home,  1727,"  were  shown  to 
them ;  but  that,  they  appeared  then  to  think,  was 
not  for  them,  as  a  "  Works  Committee,"  to  enter- 
tain. However,  Mr.  Banting,  who  was  one,  said 
that  he  would  find  a  stone.  Subscauently  the 
idea  advanced,  and  tlie  inquirer  applied  to  the 
Yestry  for  permission  for  a  memorial  to  Sir  Isaac 
Newton  to  be  placed  against  the  Garden  Wall  of 
Bullingham  House.  This  having  been  granted, 
it  has  been  suggested  that  a  chamber  fur  de- 
posits should  be  formed  underground,  and  to  be 
opened  every  half  century  for  examination,  and  to 
report  or  make  additions,  as  may  then  be  tliought 
desirable,  to  perpetuate  Newton  and  his  dis- 
coveries. 

Photographs  of  the  front  and  other  parts,  on 

flass,  burnt  in  and  enamelled,  have  been  suggested, 
lir  Isaac's  town  house  may  there  also  be  thus 
recorded. 

A  slate  slab  has  been  temporarily  fixed  against 
the  garden  wall,  on  which  the  design  for  the  me- 
morial has  been  sketched.  An  effort  will  now  be 
made  to  obtain  the  requisite  assistance  and  sug- 
gestions, so  as  to  have  the  memorial  placed  on 
the  20th  March,  1862,  —  the  anniversary  of  the 
day  of  the  death  of  the  great  Sir  Isaac  Newton. 

This  is  a  very  brief  statement  of  inquiries  made 
and  facts  obtained  up  to  this  time.  When  the 
object  is  accomplished,  it  is  hoped  something  more 
may  be  added  for  record  in  a  subsequent  paper. 

Joseph  Jopliho. 

Yassall  Terrace,  Kensiogton,  W. 


tomb"  in  Doctor  Johnson's  Biographj;  the  ijcn- 
tleman  with  even  less,  —  eightv  years  ago  a  Welsh 
judge,  a  humorist,  and  a  small  essayist,  but  still 
disinterrable  from  the  dust  of  four  octavo  vo- 
lumes. My  father,  who  died  in  1815,  a  septuage- 
narian, told  me  a  pleasant  anecdote  wherein  they 
figured,  as  related  to  him  by  the  lady  herself; 
and,  having  now  overlived  his  date  by  fourteen 
years,  I  begin  to  think  it  should  no  longer  be 
trusted  to  so  frail  a  tradition.  Let  me  premise 
that  he  knew  both  its  actors,  as  he  did  most  of  the 
literati  and  cb  of  his  time  ;  that  he  was  an  accom- 
plished scholar,  and  no  mean  poet;  But  to  his 
story :  — 

One  afternoon  Miss  Seward  received  a  card,  to 
the  efiect  that  Mr.  Hardinge,  in  passing  through 
Lichfield,  desired  to  pay  his  respects  to  a  lady  so 
distinguished,  &c.  &c.,  which  was  as  complimen- 
tarily  acknowledged  by  an  invitation  to  *^  a  dish 
of  tea."  Mr.  Hardinge  presented  himself  accord- 
ingly; and,  the  souchong  being  removed,  ab- 
ruptly, and  a  propos  de  ri>i<,  asKcd  her  had  she 
ever  heard  Milton  read  f  The  Paradise  Lost  was 
produced,  and  opened  at  a  venture ;  the  judge 
jumped  upon  the  table,  and  read  some  pages,  not 
to  her  astonishment  only,  but  to  her  profound 
admiration.  "Never,"  said  Miss  Seward  to  my 
father,  "never  before  did  I  hear  Milton  read, 
and  never  since."  As  abruptly,  her  visitant  closed 
the  volume,  descended  from  the  table,  made  his 
bow,  and  without  a  word  disappeared. 

But  the  story  did  not  end  here.  The  next 
morning  Apacquet  was  transmitted  to  Miss  Seward, 
enclosing  an  elaborate  critique  on  the  English 
Homer,  and  with  it  a  most  delicate  (life-size)  pat- 
tern of  a  ladys  shoe^  with  a  note  attached  —  that 
Mr.  Hardinge  had  imagined  this  to  be  the  faithful 
model  of  Miss  Seward's  foot,  and  begged  her  to 
satisfy  him  of  the  correctness  of  his  fancy.  "  Of 
mine ! "  exclaimed  the  poetess,  disclosing  to  my 
father  an  inch  or  so  of  ankle,  not  exactly  Cinderillan 
in  its  proportions. 

My  tradition,  if  admitted  into  "  N.  &  Q.,"  is 
likely  to  induce  three  questions  —  Did  my  father 
relate  it  to  me  ?  Did  Miss  Seward  relate  it  to 
him?  Did  it  occur  as  she  related  it?  To  the 
first  of  these  I  reply — yesy  on  my  own  personal 
credit;  to  the  second — yes^  on  my  trust  in  my 
father's  veraciousness ;  to  the  thirds  that  I  leave 
it  with  the  readers  of  Jemmy  Boswell. 

Old  Mem. 


ANNA  SEWARD  AND  GEORGE  HARDINGE. 

Celebrities  in  their  day:  the  lady,  with  little 
vitality  of  her  own,  but  consigned  to  "  a  lasting 


JACOB'S  WELL  AT' CHESTER. 

In  the  Groves,  on  the  south  western  margin  of 
St.  John's  churchyard,  there  is,  or  rather  uwi*,  to 
be  seen  an  ancient  spring,  called  Jacob's  WelL 
The  water  from  this  well  had  been  for  many  years 
in  great  request  by  both  rich  and  poor,  especially 
in  time  of  cholera  or  other  serious  sickness.    The 


3'*  S.  I.  Jxv.  11,  '61] 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


27 


late  Rev.  Chancellor  Raikes  had  so  high  a  regard 
for  ibis  spring  that,  many  years  before  his  death, 
he  re-edified  the  well  at  his  own  expense,  erecting 
on  arch  over  the  spring,  and  attaching  a  metal 
chain  and  spoon  thereto  for  the  convenience  of 
visitors.  By  the  way,  we  may  fairly  claim  for  the 
well  that  it  was  the  first  actual  fountain  erected 
in  this  neighbourhood  since  the  revival  of  these 
popular  institutions.  In  November,  1854,  the 
good  old  Chancellor  passed  away  to  his  rest,  and 
Jacob*s  Well  thereby  lost  its  protector  and  friend. 
Sauntering  past  the  spot  some  two  or  three 
months  afterwards,  I  noticed  that  this  favourite 
well  was  dry,  and  that  the  basin  was  filled  up 
with  rubbish.  An  old  man,  who  seemed  from  his 
medals  to  be  a  Chelsea  pensioner,  was  standing 
close  by,  and  we  fell  into  conversation.  I  asked, 
^'How  came  it  to  pass  that  the  well  was  dry?** 
^*  Ah,  Sir,"  said  he,  "  there*s  a  mystery  about  it  I 
can*t  quite  get  over.  I  used  daily,  for  years,  to 
fetch  water  from  this'well  for  the  gentry  here- 
abouts, and  I  never  knew  the  spring  to  fail  even 
in  the  height  of  summer.  But  you  know,  of 
course,  that  the  Chancellor  is  dead,  and  that  he 
spent  a  power  of  money  in  keeping  up  the  well. 
Now,  Sir,  I  tell  you  as  a  fact,  that  on  the  day  the 
old  gentleman  was  carried  to  his  grave,  I  came 
here  as  usual  to  fetch  water  for  my  folks,  when 
lo !  and  behold !  Jacob's  Well  was  dry;  and,  more 
than  that,  it  has  been  dry  ever  since,  I  give  you 
my  word,  for  Tve  been  here  many  a  time  since  on 

f'urpose  to  see !  I  leave  it  to  you,  Sir,  after  what 
*ve  told  you,  to  say  how  it  came  to  pass :  all  I 
know  is,  it*s  a  mystery  to  me,  and  to  other  sharper 
folks  than  me.*'  The  old  man's  experience  ratner 
puzzled  me  at  the  moment,  but  I  have  since  un- 
riddled the  mystery.  It  seems  that  when  the  well 
was  restored  by  the  late  Chancellor,  the  artificial 
basin  was  raised  several  inches  above  the  natural 
bed,  for  the  convenience  of  the  public,  a  cemented 
passage  being  formed  for  conducting  the  water. 
About  the  date  of  his  death  this  channel  got  ra- 
dically out  of  order,  and  the  spring  fell  a^fty  to 
its  original  level,  finding  an  outlet  elsewhere.  Thus 
the  visible  well  became  useless  and  dry,  while  a 
shred  of  harmless  folk  lore  has  been  manufactured 
in  its  stead.  T.  Hughes. 

Chester. 


Mfnat  fiatti. 

Lo!«DON  LiBRABiEs.— Vol.  xi.  (2"*  S.)of  N.  &Q. 
containssome  interestingnotices  of  public  Libraries 
in  London  and  Westminster,  amon^  others  of  the 
Tenison  Library,  now  sold  and  dispersed.  The 
subjoined  memorandum  relates  to  the  founding 
of  tnat  library,  and  presents  a  curious  picture  of 
the  manners  and  wants  of  the  time.  It  may  also, 
by  the  contrast  it  affords  to  the  present  day,  fur- 


nish some  justification  for  the  resolution  taken 

by  the  Charity  Commissioners  with  respect  to  Dr. 

Tenbon*s  benefaction.    It  is  an  extract  from  the 

Vestry  Book  of  St.  Martin's-in-the-Fields  in  the 

year  1684.    Dr.  Tenison  was  Uien  Vicar  of  St. 

Martin's. 

'*  1684.  27  March.  D'  Thomas  Tenison,  having  con- 
sidered that  in  the  Precinct  of  the  Citty  and  Lib^  of 
Westminster  there  are  great  numbers  of  Ministers  and 
other  studious  persons,  and  especially  in  the  Parish  of 
St  Martin's,  where,  besides  tlie  Vicar  and  his  assistants, 
there  are  severall  noblemen's  Chaplains  perpetually  re- 
siding—  as  also  that  there  is  not  in  the  said  Precinct 
(as  in  London)  any  one  shop  of  a  Stationer  fully  fur- 
nished with  books  of  various  learning,  or  any  noted 
Library  excepting  that  of  St  James  (which  belongs  to 
His  Majt^  and  to  which  there  is  noe  easv  access),  that  of 
S**  Robert  Cotton  which  consisteth  chiefly  of  books  re- 
lating to  the  Antiquities  of  England,  and  the  Library  of 
the  Deane  and  Chapter  of  St  Peter's  Church  in  West- 
minster, which  is  (as  the  two  other  are)  inconvenient 
for  the  use  of  the  said  Precinct  by  reason  of  its  remote 
situation.  Hath  been  inclined  upon  the  above  considera- 
tions (if  bis  worthy  friends  the  Gentlemen  of  the  Vestry, 
and  preMnt  Churchwardens  approve  of  this  designs),  to 
erect  a  Fabrick  for  a  Public  Library  for  the  use  of  the 
Students  of  the  aforesaid  Precinct" 

The  Minute  contains  further  details  of  the  pro- 
posed buildinfjT,  and  concludes  by  recording  the 
approbation  of  the  vestry.         Fbancis  Nichols. 

Earlt  Editions  of  Jeremy  Tatlok*8  "  Gbsat 
Exemplar.** — I  find  a  statement,  in  an  old  book- 
seller s  Catalogi^e,  that  Dibdin  seems  ignorant  of 
any  edition  of  this  celebrated  work  earlier  than 
that  6f  1703,  and  that  he  mentions  Faithorne's 
plates  as  "  very  secondary  specimens  of  art.*' 

There  is  much  confusion  elsewhere  on  this 
point,  but  I  can  affirm,  from  copies  in  my  library, 
that  the  ^rst  edition  was  printed  in  4to,  1649, 
and  the  second  (or  first  with  plates)  in  1653,  in 
folio.  These  plates  do  not  deserve  Dibdin*s  al- 
leged censure.  Lord  Orford  speaks  highly  of  the 
'^  title  plate,**  and  of  that  of^  the  Annunciation, 
and  praises  all. 

Can  any  of  your  readers  give  a  reference  to 
the  passage  in  Dibdin  ?  I  do  not  find  it  in  any  of 
his  Indexes.* 

The  date  of  1649  is  important,  as  it  confirms 
Bonuey*s  opinion  as  to  the  greater  part  of  this 
work  being  composed  during  the  lifetime  of  Charles 
L  His  death  was  on  Jan.  30,  1648-9 ;  and  it  is 
scarcely  likely  that  a  volume  of  such  deep  thought 
and  elaborate  argument,  exceeding  600  4to  pagesi 
could  have  been  composed  and  printed  wiUiin 
the  remainder  of  the  year.  LAiiCASTSifiHsis. 

New  Word. — "  To  manufacture  by  machinery** 
(to  make  by  hand  by  machinery),  is  a  contradic- 
tion in  terms.  As  we  have  no  word  to  express 
machine-made,  I  would  suggest  that  machi/acture 

a 

[•  Vide  Dibdin's  Library  Companion^  ^.  (i\^  ^^^iu^Sft^. 
—Ed.] 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


[r*8.i.jAx.  11,'e!. 


(machina,  facio),  tnalogoua  to  maimfaeture.,  be 
used.  F.  W.  Smith, 

DnbUn  Libnrr- 

Fbohdnctiaiioh  or  Pbopbk  Names.  —  It  hu 
often  beeu  remarlced  tliat  the  ancient  pronua- 
ciation  of  proper  names  ia  comtnonl/ retained  in 

Site  of  all  orth^raplitcal  cbangea.  Thiu  Cutle 
edingham,  in  £^ex,  is  noir  usuollj  pronounced 
hy  Ike  untitle*  Hcninghtm,  which  wua  the  old  «a; 
orspelliDg  that  name.  W.  J.  D. 

St.  Mabt's  Chdbcb,  Utbbcht. — la  Mr.  Dine- 
lej'g  MS.  tour,  I  find  lbi<  curiooa  account  of  SL 
Idarj'a  Chorch  at  Utrecht :  — 

"TbeEnglUicbarcb  called  St.  )f aria's  hith  ODC  of  tti 
pillara  built  apoa  bull-bidu,  tbare  being  no  othsr  mcaiii 
to  Hcore  the  fDiiiidslion,  hy  rSKloa  of  the  many  springi, 
vbicb  lOBk  it  as  soon  U  layd.    The  [dlUr  halh  tbli  in- 

" '  Aecipe,  Potteritu,  quad  per  tui  sncala  narrei, 
Taonnlf  cutibni  funds  lolidata  colamna  eat.' 
BeloDglnfc  to  thii  church  ii  a  library  irberain,  among 
olher  choice  HSS.,  ii  one  vary  ancient,  riz.  the  Old 
and  N'en  Tntiment  in  MTaa  volgme*.  wrote  on  (kins  of 
parchment  in  black  and  letters  of  gold,  ejteemeil  the 
^egt  miniucript  in  Enrope. 

"Here are  also  kept  as  riiities  tiro Unicom's hems  (?), 
an  bom  made  oT  an  Elephant's  tooth  hollowed,  and  KTcrol 
Pagan  Idob  presented  to  this  church  by  Chirles  V.  On 
thfldoorin  the  Inside  of  this  libraiy  are  these  words  wiit- 


THE  FAMILY  OF   LLEWEIXW. 

I  tun  anxiom  to  obtain  information  abont  the 
familj  of  Llewellin,  and  I  hope  I  may  find  some 
of  the  readers  of  "N.  k  Q."  able  and  willing  to 
belp  me.  Uartin  Llewellin  is  mentioned  in  the 
Alhmit  Oxon.,  where  he  is  said  to  have  been  the 
acventh  «an  of  Martin  Llewellin,  and  that  he  was 
bora  12  Dec.  1616.  It  also  appears  that  he  died 
inh  March,  1681,  and  was  buried  in  Great  Wy- 
combe Church.  In  his  epitaph  tbe  names  of 
George,  Richard,  Maurice,  Martha  and  Maria 
occur.  He  wrote  some  laudatory  lines  on  tbe 
death,  in  1643,  of  Sir  Bevil  Grenville,  which  are 
CDgraTed  on  the  monument  erected  to  his  memory 
on  Lansdown,  near  Bath. 

The  name  of  Llewellyn,  or  Llewellin,  is  fre- 
quently found  in  the  Wells  City  Kecords,  as 
early  as  the  sixteenth  century.  In  1550,  Maurice 
Llewellin  was  one  of  tbe  Hi^h  Constables  of 
Wells,  and  serred  the  office  of  Mayor  in  1553  and 
15SS.  In  1353  he  was  M.P.  for  the  city.  In 
1564  Thomas  Llewellyn  was  admitted  and  sworn 
ft  "  burgess  "  of  Wells,  and  in  1572  he  formed  one 
of  a  deputation  who  waited  on  the  then  Bishop  of 
Bath  and  Wella,  in  defence  of  tbe  chartered  rights 


I  of  the  city.  Henry  Llewellin  was  a  resident  id 
!  Wells,  and  by  his  will,  dated  20th  July,  1604 
I  (in  which  he  is  described  as  "gentleman"),  he 
I  founded  one  of  the  most  valuable  charities  ez- 
istin;;  in  the  city,  which  is  now  known  as  "Llew- 
I  ellyn's  Almshouse."  In  his  will  he  mentions  the 
names  of  bis  father  and  mother  (whose  names 
were  Thomas  and  Mary),  and  his  brothers  Martin 
and  William,  together  with  a  sister  Mario,  wife  of 
William  Moore.  Three  daughters  of  Lis  sister 
Mary  are  also  named  ;  Elizabeth,  who  appears  to 
have  been  (hen  the  wife  of Cannington  ;  Brid- 
get Munoye  ;  and  Hary  Beamon,  or  Beaumont. 
The  husbands  of  Mrs.  Cannington  and  Mrs.  Beau- 
mont both,  I  believe,  lived  in  Wells.  The  testator 
made  his  brother-in-law,  Wm.  Moore,  his  ex- 
ecutor, and  John  Lund  and  Sdmund  Bower,  otct- 
seen  of  his  will.  Be  died  in  July,  1614,  and  waa 
buried,  on  the  26th  of  that  month,  in  tbe  north 
aisle  of  the  chancel  of  St.  Cuthbcrt's  Church, 
Wells,  where  his  monument  still  remains,  in  which 
is  represented  a  kneeling  figure,  clothed  in  the 
**  trunk-hoae"  of  tbe  period. 

David  Llewellyn  (alto*  Lewce)  practised  as  & 
surgeon  at  Castle-Cary,  Somerset,  and  was  buried 
there  Bih  May,  1605,  having  left  10/.  by  bis  will 
for  tbe  use  of  the  poor  there.  In  1608  there  is 
recorded,  in  the  proceedings  of  tbe  Corporation 
of  Wells,  the  recei^pt  cf  lOl.  for  the  poor  of  Wells 
from  Richard  Llewellyn  (aliat  Lewce)  of  New- 
port, CO.  Southampton,  being  a  gift  by  his  father, 
the  said  David  Llewellyn,  of  Castle  Gary. 

In  1604,  there  is  a  notice,  in  tbe  Corporate 
Becords,  of  a  suit  at  law,  and  a  decree  against 
Henry  Llewellyn,  brotber-in-law  and  adniinia-  ' 
tralor  of  David  Cerney,  for  the  recovery  of  IW. 
given   to   poor  infants   of  Wells   by   Dr.  Philip 

_  In  1632,  a  Bill  in  Chancery  was  filed  by  Man- 
rice  and  Martin  Llewellyn,  against  the  Corpora- 
tion of  Wells,  respecting  the  money  left  to  the 
poor  of  Wells  by  Henry  Llewellin,  as  before  no- 
ticed. IifA, 


ANOirrMODs. —  1.  Can  any  of  yonr  Irish  readers 
form  me  who  was  Editor  of  The  Dublin  Literary 
Gazette,  1830,  printed  by  J.  S.  Folds,  56,  Great 
Strand  Street,  Dublin  P  2.  Who  is  author  of 
Horn  Ofrmnnicce,  translations  from  the  poetry  of 
Germany,  which  appeared  in  this  periodical,  by 
"  Jioteneraiiz  "  ?  3.  Also,  of  SI.  LeonanTs  Priory, 
A  dramatic  legend,  Stamford,  1838,  8to  1*  4.  Also, 
of  pie  Deposition,  a  drama,  Edinburgh,  1757  P 
This  piece  was  published  at  the  lime  Home's 
tragedy  of  Douglat  appeared  on  the  Edinburgh 
.'itage.  In  this  drama,  called  The  Depoiitioa,  &e 
principal  persons  for  nn<1  against  Donglae  nre  in* 
iroduced.  4.  Can  any  Paisley  correspondent  tell 
me  who  is  author  of  a  curious  and  scarce  dramft- 


firdS-L  Jaw.  ll,'62.] 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES, 


29 


tic  piece  entitled  Jack  and  Sue^  printed  at  Paisley 
about  the  beginnine  of  this  century?  5.  Wm. 
Kussel,  Batchelor  of  Music,  organist  of  the  Found- 
ling Hospital,  who  died  in  1813,  is  the  musical 
composer  of  two  oratorios  —  The  Redemption  of 
Israel  and  Job.  Who  is  the  author  or  compiler 
of  the  words  of  these  oratorios,  and  when  were 
they  performed  ?  R.  Ingus. 

AcTHoasuiP  OF  MS.  wished.  —  Among  numer- 
ous similar  MSS.  in  my  library,  I  possess  a  thick 
quarto  (pp.  xxxii.  532)  in  a  remarkably  distinct 
and  beautiful  style  of  caligraphy,  which  bears  this 
title,  "Heart  Treasure,  or  the  Saints*  Divine 
Kichcs:  being  in  small  Tracts  on  II.  Peter  i.  1, 
4  and  10."  "  An  Epistle  Prefatory  "  is  dated  No- 
vember 7th,  1684."  The  following  are  the  sub- 
titles of  the  separate  tracts  —  (1.)  "The  Excel- 
lency of  Believing,  or  the  Riches  of  Faith  ; "  (2.) 
"  The  Worth  of  God's  Word,  or  the  Riches  of  the 
Promises ; "  (3.)  "  The  Believer's  Great  Prize,  or 
the  Riches  of  Assurance."  Can  any  reader  in- 
form me  whether  any  such  book  has  been  pub- 
lished ?    No  name  occurs  throughout.  r. 

Mr.  Sebjeaitt  John  Bibch,  Cursitob  Baron. 
— Will  some  of  your  correspondents  kindly  in- 
form me  who  were  the  father  and  mother  of  this 
gentleman  ?  I  take  him  to  have  been  the  nephew 
of  Colonel  John  Birch,  the  eminent  Parliamentary 
Commander,  who  was  High  Steward  of  Hereford 
in  1645,  and  elected  to  represent  the  borough  of 
Leominster  in  the  Long  Parliament  in  1646 ; 
from  which  he  was  excluded  in  1648  for  voting 
•*  That  the  king's  answers  to  the  propositions  of 
both  Houses  were  a  ground  for  peace."  He  of 
course  was  not  one  of  Cromwell's  Barcbone's  Par- 
liament, but  was  member  of  every  other  during 
the  Interregnum,  either  for  the  city  of  Hereford, 
or  for  Leominster.  For  the  latter  he  was  re- 
turned to  the  Convention  Parliament  of  1660 ; 
and  for  Weobly  in  the  last  three  parliaments  of 
Charles  II. ;  and  again  in  the  Convention  Parlia- 
ment of  January,  1689;  which  he  continued  to 
represent  till  his  death  in  1691.  I  conclude  he 
left  no  issue,  because  Anthony  Wood  tells  us  that 
bis  nephew  threatened  to  bring  an  action  against 
the  Bishop  of  Hereford  for  defacing  the  inscrip- 
tion on  his  monument,  which  was  thought  to 
contain  words  "  not  right  for  the  church  institu- 
tion."—(Whitelocke's  Memorials,  184 ;  Pari  HitL 
iii.  1428  ;  Wood's  Ath.  Oxon.,  Life,  cxviii.) 

This  nephew,  I  imagine,  was  the  Cursitor  Baron, 
because  he  was  elected  Member  for  Weobly  in  the 
Colonel's  place,  and  though  that  election  was  de- 
clared to  be  void,  he  afterwards  represented  that 
borough  for  a  long  continuance  of  years.  He  was 
expelled  the  House  in  1732,  for  some  corrupt 
dealing  as  a  Commissioner  for  the  sale  of  the 
Forfeited  Estates.  He  took  the  degree  of  Serjeant 


in!1706,  became  Cursitor  Baron  in  1729,  and  died 
in  1735. 

Any  information  as  to  his  lineage  and  de- 
scendants will  be  gratefully  received  by 

Edward  Foss. 

Cbrigotto. — In  the  life  of  the  late  Professor 
Edward  Forbes,  it  is  mentioned  that,  having 
heard  that  the  island  of  Cerigotto  was  slowly 
rising  from  the  sea,  he  paid  it  a  visit,  and  finding 
evidence  that  such'  was  the  case,  he  cut  a  deep 
score  in  the  face  of  the  rock  and  date  1841,  at 
eleven  feet  above  the  then  water-line.  Can  any 
of  your  readers  inform  me  whether  the  island 
has  made  any  appreciable  upward  movement  since 
that  time,  now  over  twenty  years  ?  ,Carl  B. 

Const  Family.  —  Thomas  Coney,  of  Basing- 
thorpe^  Lincolnshire,  built  the  manor-house  there 
in  1568.  Wm.  Coney,  a  Captain  of  a  man-of- 
war  in  Queen  Anne's  service  (son  of  Edward 
Coney,  Esq.,  of  South  LufTenham,  Rutland)  waa 
a  descendant.  He  married  Kathcrine,  daughter 
of  Thomas  Pleydell,  of  Midgehill,  Wilts.  Any  ac- 
count of  the  posterity  of  Wm.  Coney  and  Kathe- 
rine  Pleydell,  or  the  present  representatives,  will 
be  acceptable  to  John  Ross. 

Newland,  Lincoln. 

Dwelling  near  the  Rose.  — Whence  comes 
the  passage  frequently  quoted,  to  the  effect  that 
the  speaker,  although  "  not  the  rose,  has  lived  be- 
side the  rose  "  ? 

There  is  an  expression  resembling  it  in  the 
Mocaddamah,  or  introduction  to  the  Gulistan  of 
Sadi ;  where,  alluding  to  the  patronage  which  the 
poet  had  received  from  the  sovereign,  he  illus- 
trates its  influence  on  his  verses  by  the  incident 
of  his  having  been  handed  in  the  bath  a  piece  of 
scented  clay,  which  he  thus  apostrophised :  '*  Art 
thou  ambergris  or  musk,  for  I  am  charmed  with 
thy  grateful  odour?"  and  it  replied,  "I  was  a 
worthless  piece  of  clay,  hnt  for  a  while  associated 
with  the  rose ;  thence  1  partook  of  the  sweetness  of 
my  companion,  but  otherwise  I  am  the  Tile  earth 
I  seem." 

There  is  a  somewhat  similar  sentence  in  the 
47th  Apologue  of  the  11th  chapter,  where  the 
grass,  with  which  a  bouquet  of  roses  had  been 
tied,  is  made  to  say — ^^  Though  I  have  not  the 
loveliness  of  the  rose,  am  I  not  grass  from  the 
garden  where  it  grew  !  "  But  neither  of  these 
passages  is  quite  parallel  with  the  verse  so  often 
alluded  to.  J.  E.  T. 

Hendrik  en  Alida.  —  The  newspapers  have 
been  discussing  the  case  of  the  Hendrik  en  Alida, 
a  Dutch  merchant- vessel,  bound  from  Amster- 
dam to  St.  Eustatia,  which  was  captured  by  one 
of  our  cruisers  in  1777. 

In  Scwell's  Dm^cA  Dictvotiar^^  '^5i\i\^^icw%sK: 


30 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


[ft^  S.  I.  Jav.  11,  *61 


Alice  18  said  to  be  Adelaide,  Alida,    Is  thia  a  cor- 
rect interpretation  of  the  proper  name  Alida  ?   L. 

Hebaldic  Quest.  —  Whose  are  the  following 
arms,  which  I  saw  some  years  ago  emblazoned  on 
the  panel  of  a  carriage  ? 

Parted  per  pale,  dexter,  gules,  three  horses* 
heads  argent ;  sinister,  gules,  an  eagle  displayed 
or ;  on  a  chief  or,  three  mullets  (?)  argent  Crest. 
A  crown  (no/  a  coronet).  Motto.  Virtutis  gloria 
merces.  Hkbmbittbude. 

'*  Husbandman.** — In  what  sense  was  this  word 
used  in  the  beginning  of  the  seventeenth  century? 
Was  it  then  synonymous  with  yeoman  f  Or  in 
what  way  did  the  two  terms  differ  ?  In  a  Lan- 
cashire will,  dated  1621, 1  find  the  testator  styled 
Husbandman^  bequeathing  property  consisting  of 
a  **  messuage,  tenement,  and  freehold.*'  Now-a- 
days,  the  word  husbandman,  if  used  at  all,  is  em- 
ployed in  the  sense  of  labourer,— ^ne  not  possessed 
of  real  property,  who  works  for  a  landowner. 
Hie  Rev.  Mir.  Piccope,  so  well  versed  in  all  that 
relates  to  Lancashire  and  Cheshire  wills,  could  no 
doubt  resolve  my  Query.  J. 

Samuel  Johnson,  LL.D.  —  In  the  copy  of  the 
GenilemavLS  Magazine  (vol.  vi.  p.  360),  in  the 
library  of  Trinity  College,  Dublin,  some  one  (?  the 
late  l5r.  Barrett,  S.F.T.C.D.)  has  written  the  fol- 
lowing words :  — 

**  The  degree  of  LL.D.  was  conferred  on  Samael  John- 
son by  the  University  of  Dablin,  which  the  ili-mannered 
savage  never  condescended  to  acknowledge.** 

In  what  year  was  this  degree  conferred  ? 

Abhba. 
The  Laugh  of  a  Child. — 

**  I  love  it,  I  love  it ;  the  laugh  of  a  child. 
Now  rippliog  and  gentle,  now  merry  and  wild; 
Binging  out  in  the  air  with  its  innocent  gush, 
Like  the  thrill  of  a  bird  at  the  twilight's  soft  hash, 
Floating  up  in  the  breeze  like  the  tones  of  a  bell. 
Or  the  music  that  dwells  in  the  heart  of  a  shell  { 
Ob !  the  laugh  of  a  child,  so  wild  and  so  free, 
Is  the  merriest  sound  in  the  world  for  me." 

Some  years  ago  I  copied  the  above  from  a 
lady*s  album ;  but  whether  or  not  there  were 
more  stanzas,  I  cannot  say.  Who  is  the  author  ? 
and  where  can  I  put  my  hands  on  the  poem  tn 
extensof  Geobgb  Llotd. 

Legend  or   the  Beech  Tbee.  —  In  a  little 

Danish  poem  of  P.  M.  Moller,  *'De  Gamle  Els- 

ker,'*  the  speaker  likens  his  early  love,  now  a 

widow,  to  a  beech  tree  after  rains  in  autumn, 

hiding  in  its  bosom  a  corpse :  — 

«*  Dit  Hoved  ligner  en  BOg  i  Hdet 
Efter  Regn  og  Blast, 
Du  dolger  et  Liig  af  dit  yndige  Dryst 
Med  en  sort  Modest" 

Is  there  any  northern  legend  of  the  beech-tree 
to  which  this  refers;  or  is  it  merely  a  fanciful 
view  of  the  smooth,  white  round  trunk,  enveloped 
by  the  dork  thick  fuliage  ?  Mfta. 


WuxiAX  Lithoow*8  Poems.  —  At  present  en- 
gaged in  collecting  the  various  poems  (published 
and  unpublished)  by  the  celebrated  traveller 
William  Lithgow,  I  am  anxious  to  discover  if 
there  be  any  others  than  those  which  I  have  al- 
ready procured,  viz. :  — 

1.  **  The  Pi1grime*s  Farewell  to  his  Native  Country  of 
Scotland,  1C18." 

2.  **  Scotland's  Teares  in  his  Countrcye*s  behalf,  1625." 

3.  **  Scotland's  Welcome  to  King  Charles,  1683." 

4.  **  The  Gushing  Tears  of  Godly  Sorrow,  1640." 

5.  **  Scotland's  Parsenesis  to  King  Charles  the  Seoond. 
1660." 

I  shall  be  obliged  by  any  of  your  numeroui 
correspondents  informing  me  if  there  be  in  any  of 
the  public  libraries  copies  of  his  Poems  in  manu- 
script or  print  ?  Also,  if  there  be  any  publica- 
tions of  his  time  which  contain  Introductory  or 
Laudatory  Poems  by  him — a  practice  which  was 
very  common  in  those  days?  Such  may  exbt, 
although  I  have  not  been  able  to  lay  my  hands 
upon  them.  J.  A.  S. 

Edinburgh. 

Men  Kissing  each  othbb  m  the  Stbbbts.  — • 
In  turning  over  the  leaves  of  the  3rd  volume  of 
my  Diary,  I  find  the  following  extract  from  Eve- 
lyn's Diary  and  Curres}Xinidenee,  vol.  iv.  p.  43. 
In  hia  letter  to  Mrs.  Owen  he  informs  her  — 

<*  Sir  J.  Shaw  did  us  the  honor  of  a  visit  on  Thursday 
last,  when  it  was  not  my  hap  to  be  at  home,  for  whichi 
was  very  sorry.  I  met  him  since  casually  in  London, 
and  kiuid  him*  there  unfeignedly." 

Was  the  practice  of  men  kissing  each  other  in 
the  streets  prevalent  in  England  in  1680  ?  * 

Fb.  Mewbubn. 

Larch  field,  Darlington. 

Old  Engbavino  of  a  Sea  Fight. — I  possess 
a  large  line  engra?ing  of  a  sea  fight^  with  the  sig- 
nature in  Roman  letters,  — 

"  I.  I*  mantvanvs 
SCVLPTOK.    1638.** 

In  the  right-hand  comer  appears  to  have  been 
another  inscription  now  cut  away  with  the  ex- 
ception of  the  upper  part  •f  two  letters  in  script, 
A,  or  possibly  a  script  M.  It  is  a  very  crowded 
scene.  Low  down,  towards  the  left,  are  two 
figures  struggling,  one  having  fallen  on  his  back, 
and  each  having  tu}o  or  more  fingers  in  his 


tagonisfs  mouth.  A  third  figure  higher  up  re- 
peats the  same  savage  incident.  Some  of  the 
combatants  wear  Phrygian  helmets,  so  that  it  pro- 
bably represents  some  incident  in  one  of  the 
Punic  wars,  but  I  should  be  glad  to  know  some- 
thing of  its  subject  and  history.  In  the  fore- 
ground is  a  river  or  sea-god,  and  sea-horses  are 
sprawling  around,  J.  Sah. 

Pius  IX.,  Acts  op  Pobtipicate  op. — I  find 
by  an  entry  in  Battersby*s  Catholic  Register  for 

[•  See  "  N.  &  Q.**  !•«  S.  x.  126,  208.] 


a'-'S.i.Jjut.ii.'ea.] 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


1856,  that  on  the  Ist  of  Uarch,  1855,  the  Pon- 
tifical GorernmenC  commenced  tjie  pubUcation  of 
the  Acta  of  the  FontiEcat«  of  Pius  IX.  under  the 
title  of  Pontificu  Maxinti  Acta.  I  will  feel  grate- 
ful to  aoT  reader  of  "N.  &  Q."  irho  will  give  me 
•ome  information  respecting  tbiB  publication,  — 
its  price,  size,  nuoiber  of  vols,  or  psrta  alreadj 
issued,  and  the  precUe  period  from  which  it  daltt, 
and  whether  the  first  aiviiion,  which  contaioi  the 
Letters  Apoitolical,  allocutions,  &c.  has  snj  docu< 
ments  connected  with  the  Irish  branch  of  the 
Church  of  Kome,  and  more  especidllj  anj  con- 
nected with  the  Sjnod  of  Thurles  (18S0),  or 
■ubsequent  Irish  Koman  Catholic  Synods? 

AtxEtr  Ibvife. 
Fir«ailetovp. 

Sham  Heraldbt.  ~  Will  anr  one  tell  me  what 
called  forth  a  caricature  which  has  latelj  come 
under  tnj  notice,  entitled,   "A  New  Coate  of 

Arms  granted  to  the  H  . .  ds  of  the  U j 

of  C e  since  their   late  Edict  ogainat 

Dinners  "  ?  The  sheet  diaplajB  an  engraving  de- 
scribed ai  follows :  — 

**  Arms,  qnartwljT :  first,  aiure,  a  mitre  and  fool'a  cap 
transverse  ways;  Mcoad,  table,  in  Inn  abut  up;  third, 
coles,  Ctpnt  Universale,  or  in  ssa's  held  proper; 
(ourtb,  argent,  a  booh  eatilled  Excerpts  e  Ststais ;  lop- 
porlers,  two  cooks  weeping :  crest,  ■  taind  liolding  a  roll 
of  paper  I  motto,  Iropraosi  Juveoes  Disqnirite." 

The  loU  in  the  hand  (which  together  fonn  the 
crest)  is  inscribed  "  Cspitale  Judicium,"  and  the 
two  pages  of  the  open  volume  on  the  fourth 
nuarter  contain  the  following  attempt  at  a  calen- 


"  Mottaile  FautM. 
Anniversarj  of  Eton  College. 

„        ofTraeBlue. 
St.  David's  Day. 
Scholars'  Club. 

The  date  of    publicatic 
1786. 


iHURavtablB  Fiaatt- 

Trinity  Snndiy. 

Johnny  Port  Latin. 

Founder's  Day. 

Masters'  Club." 
>n  is  February  Utfa, 
St.  SwiTHiN. 


TARniSBXD  Silver  Coins, — I  have  some  silver 
coins  of  the  lost  century,  whioh  are  discoloured 
or  stained  from  havinc  been  shut  up  in  a  drawer, 
excluded  from  the  li^ht  and  air.  How  can  I  clean 
them  without  damping  the  impressions,  and  jet 
BToid  polishing  them  or  making  them  bright? 

OasccBiia  Fia. 

TuiAifn  IN  Socage. —  Has  it  ever  struck  anj 
of  our  antiquaries  that  "  tenants  in  socajie,"  "'loke- 
meo,"  &c.,  derive  their  name  and  title  from  being 
holders  of  enclosed  lands,  surrounded  bj  a  hedge 
of  thorns  ?  "  Soch  "  is  the  Hebrew  for  a  hedge, 
and  it  comes  from  the  same  root  as  thorns.  (_§ee 
Geseniua,  p.  789  a).  I  put  forth  this  Query  in 
the  hope  that  accomplished  Hebrew  scholars 
amongst  us  will  be  led  to  help  in  a  track,  the  ob* 
ject  of  which  is  "  the  identiScation  of  some  of  the 
lost  tribes  of  Israel  in  the  British  people." 


1  any  laj  who  flie  god  Shemir,  or 
ector,  is?    lie  will  be  found  entered 


A^ain:  can  a  , 
HuBi  the  protector,  ii 

on  the  ilao  broueht  by  Mr.  Lnjard  from  Nineveh, 
in  the  BritJsh  Museum.  The  tribes  who  wor- 
shipped him  as  Husi  the  protector,  lived  in  the 
neighbourhood  of  the  Upper  Euphrates.  (See  the 
same  slab  I) 

Canwenot  identify  Husi  with  Hosea  or  Saviour; 
and  were  not  the  Hosa,  Hoesse,  Huae,  or  Hussey 
race,  a  noble  Norman  tribe,  descended  from  tlw 
worshippers  of  the  god  Husi,  the  protector  P 

Hebrew  scholars  will  be  able  to  identify  the 
god  Shemir,  Shamir,  or  Shomer  with  another 
northern  idol,  called  In  Allen's  Father  Land,  5th 
edition  (Copenhagen),  the  "  Beakytter,"  protector 
or  deliverer  =  the  beloved  Thor,  the  Saviour  of 
the  people,  and  destroyer  of  the  Uidgard  Ser- 
pen tl  Beskx. 

Mb.  Tdbbdlbht. — To  what  member  of  George 
III.'s  court  or  houiehold  does  Madame  D'Arblay 
refer,  when  she  speaks  of  "Mr.  Turbulent"? 

Cdthbbkt  Bsdb, 

Sib  WiLUAu  Webbb,  Knight,  at  the  funeral  oT 
Prince  Henry,  on  Monday,  December?,  1612,  led 
a  horse  covered  with  black  doth,  and  carryii^ 
the  Prince's  "  cheifiron  and  plumes,"  immediately 
in  rear  of  Viscount  Lisle,  who  bore  the  banner  w 
the  Principality  of  Wales.  Who  was  Sir  WiUiam 
Webbe,  and  was  he  related,  and  in  what  d^ree^  - 
to  William  Webb,  M.  A.,  one  of  the  authors  of  the 
Vale  Hoyai  o/Englimdf  T.  HuaHsi. 

Chester. 

Thoxas  WHrrs,  Esq. — Tie  following  is  tran- 
scribed from  the  original  warrant :  — 
•■  IVdli,  \  Blemd.    In  p'rsuance  el  sn  Act  of  Parliam*. 

Burg,  f  Intituled  An  Act  Ibr  the  Well  governlpge  and 
rei^stiDge  of  Corporacons — Wee  have  displaced  Tho- 
mas White,  Esq'  from  beinge  Recorder  of  the  City  et 
Weils;  and  in  bis  roome  and  sleed  taive  placsd  and  sett 
John  Lord  Poulett,  Baron  of  Hintoo  St.  Georg^  Recorder 
of  ye  City,  w'ch  Ellecon  end  ohoyee  wee  ll         ' '  " 


w  by  tbeie  pr'eenta. 


yece  of  (he  Baigaa  of  o'r  Soveraigne  Lord  Kinge  Chad 
the  Second  of  England,  &c.iea2. 

Hugh  Smyth.  P»  Fhelippa. 

Win.  Wyndhara.  George  SUwell. 

George  Norton.  E.  PfiBlipps,  ju'." 

John  Warre. 
Hemd.    The  day  and  yere  above-named  Lord  Poulett 
toke  the  oatbei  mailconed  in  the  said  Act,  and  subscribed 
the  declaracOn  in  the  prtaenca  of 

K  Phellpps. 
George  Norton 
George  Stawell. 
The  seven  Commissioners  who  subscribed  the 
warrant  were  all  gentlemen  of  the  county:  —  Sir 
Hugh   Smyth,    of    Long  Aehton  ;   Sir  William 
Wyndbam  ;  Sir  George  Norton,  of  Abbot's  Leigh ; 
Sir  John  Warre,  of  HestercQm.lw,  ©a  !£&««&. 


32 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


[S'<i  S.  I.  Jav.  11,  *eL 


Fhelipps,  of  Montacute ;  Sir  George  Stowell,  of  , 
Ham ;  and  £dw'  Fhelipps,  jun.,  Esq.,  of  Mont-  | 
acute.  ^  ^  ' 

I  am  anxioaa  to  obtain  some  further  informa- 
tion of  Thomas  White,  the  Recorder,  who  no 
doubt  obtained  the  office  during  the  Common- 
wealth. According  to  Browne  Willis*s  Notitia 
Parliamentarian  he  was  made  M.P.  for  Welb  on 
the  death  of  Sir  Lislebone  Long,  Speaker  of 
CromweU*8  Parliament.  Ina. 

Wii.LBT*8  Synopsis  Papismi.  —  I  possess  an 
edition  of  this  work,  '*  Imprinted  by  Felix  Kjng- 
ston  for  Thomas  Man,  dwelling  in  Paternoster 
Bow,  at  the  si^ne  of  the  Talbot,  1600 ;  **  and 
stated  in  the  title-page  to  be  "  now  this  third 
time  pervsed  and  published  by  the  former  author, 
&c."  What  are  the  dates  of  the  two  former 
editions  ?  * 

If  not  out  of  place,  I  would  also  ask  your 
worthy  correspondent  Sexagenarius  (see  2"^  S. 
xii.  258)  in  what  respect  Dr.  Cumming*s  edition 
of  this  book  is  an  **  atrocious  modern  reprint  **  ?  I 
trust  it  is  K  faithful  one,  at  all  events. 

A  crabbed  hand  (writing)  has  inscribed  on  the 
title-page  of  my  copy :  — 

"Hie  liber  anro  contra,  et  si  quidjaaro  pretiosios, 
haod  cams." 

Gbobgb  Llotd. 


The  Tbtal  op  the  PRrRCESs  of  Wales  :  "  A 
Delicate  Investigation.*'  —  The  late  Mr.  Whit- 
bread  stated  in  his  place  in  the  House  of  Com- 
mons in  1812,  that  this  book  was  suppressed 
immediately  on  publication,  and  bought  up  nt 
an  immense  expense,  some  holders  receiving  500/., 
and  some  as  high  as  2000/.  for  their  copies.  A 
correspondent  of  **  N.  &  Q.**  (II.  B.)  states  in  No. 
128,  1852,  that  he  was  present  when  the  sum  of  \ 
500/.  was  paid  for  a  copy,  by  an  officer  high  in 
the  service  of  the  then  government. 

There  is  another  book,  a  copy  of  which  lies 
before  me,  entitled  — 

**TbeGenaine  Book,  an  Inquiry  into  the  conduct  of 
H.  R.  H.  The  Priccess  of  Wales,  before  Lords  Erttkine, 
Spencer,  Qrenville,  and  Ellenborougb,  CommUsioners  of 
Inquiry,  appointed  by  his  Majesty  in  the  year  180G. 
Reprinted  from  an  authentic  Copy,  superintended  through 
the  Press  by  the  Rt.  Hon.  Spencer  Perceval.  London : 
Printed  by  R.  Edwards,  Craven  Court,  Fleet  Street,  and 
published  by  W.  Lindsell,  Wigmore  Street,  1813." 

Does  thb  latter  work  contain  the  whole  matter 
of  the  Delicate  Investigation  ?  Delta. 

[We  have  before  us  another  copy  of  the  same  work, 
with  a  slight  vxuriation  in  the  title-page:  " The  Genuine 


I^wndes  notices  two  previous  editions  as  follows  : 


r*  I-.owndes  notices  two  previous  c 
«•  Lond.  15—,  4to.    Lond.  1594,  4to."] 


Book.  An  Inquiry,  or  Delicate  Invesligaiion  into  tha 
Conduct  ....  the  Four  Special  Commissionera,"  &e. 
After  **  Wigmore  Street,**  follows  **  Reprinted  and  Sotd  fly 
M.  Jonee,  5,  Newaate  Street,  1813."  In  the  same  year 
also  appeared  **  Edward8*8  Genuine  Edition.  *  The  Bookl* 
or  the  Proceedings  and  Correspondence  upon  the  subject 
of  the  Inquire'  into  the  Conduct  of  Her  Royal  Uighnett 
the  Princess  of  AValeis  under  a  Commission  appointed  by 
the  King  in  the  year  1806 :  faithfuUv  copied  from  au- 
thentic documents!.  To  which  is  pre^xed:  A  Narrative 
of  the  Recent  Events  that  have  led  to  the  publication  of 
the  original  Documents,  with  a  Statement  of  Facta  rela- 
tive to  the  Child,  now  under  the  protection  of  Her  Royal 
Highness.  Second  Edition.  London:  Printed  by  and 
for  Richard  Edwanis,  Crane  Court,  Fleet  Street,  and  sold 
by  all  booksellers  in  the  United  Kingdom,  1813,**  8vOi 
In  the  *<  Advertisement  *'  prefixed,  it  is  iUted  •'Thia 
being  the  only  means  by  which  a  fair  and  impartial 
judgment  can  be  formed  upon  the  *  Delicate  Investiga- 
tion *  —  the  publisher  conceives  that  he  is  merely  per- 
forming an  act  oj  justice  in  delivering  to  the  wond  a 
genuine  and  unmutilated  copy  of  the  euppreseed  book,  as 
It  was  printed  by  him  in  the  year  1807,  under  the  direc- 
tion of  the  late  Mr.  Perceval."  This  •*  Advertisement  ** 
is  dated  "  Crane  Court,  Fleet  Street,  March  19,  1813." 
For  a  nMice  of  the  original  work  by  Spencer  Perceval  see 
his  Life  and  Administration,  by  Charles  Yenilam  Wil-> 
liams,  pp.  316—328.] 

Isabella  Whttnbt.  —  Are  any  particolan 
known  of  this  lady,  who  appears  to  have  lived  in 
the  reign  of  Queen  Elizabeth,  and  to  have  written 
several  poems  ?  I  do  not  find  her  name  in  RitaoaV 
Bihliotheca  Poetica,  G.  A.  B. 

• 

[Isabella  Whitnev's  principal  work  is  entitled  <*^ 
Siceet  Nosflayy  or  I'leasunt  Posye;  containing  a  hun- 
dred and  ten  Phylo«(opbicall  Flowers,"  &c.  [1573?].  The 
only  copy,  we  believe,  known  of  this  work,  ia  the  one 
sold  in  Mr.  Bright's  Collection ;  sec  his  Catalogue,  No. 
602'",  where  it  is  stated,  that  *'  this  volume  is  probably 
unique,  as  it  has  escaped  the  notice  of  all  our  poetical 
antiquaries,  nor  is  the  name  of  the  authoress  mentioned 
by  bibliographers,  although  it  appear-)  that  she  had 
written  a  previous  work,  of  which  an  account  is  given 
in  The  Restituta,  i.  2.34.  She  was  probably  of  the  family 
of  Whitney  of  Ch&thire ;  as,  at  the  end  of  the  Dedica- 
tion to  George  Manwoiring,  she  subscribes  'Tour  wel- 
willyng  Countriv^  Oman,  I^.  W.*  After  the  Xosgay  fol- 
low FamUyar  and  friend  I  v  Epistles  by  the  Auctor,  with 
Replyes,  all  in  verse.  The  volume  extends  to  e  viii.: 
the  fast  poem  is  *  The  Auctors  (feyned)  Testament  be-* 
fore  her  depsrtyng,'  in  which  is  descrif>ed  the  several 
professions  and  trades  of  London  (to  whom  they  are  be- 
queathed), mentioning  the  localities  in  which  they  ara 
stationed.'*] 

^IS.  Dramas. — Can  you  oblige  me  by  an- 
swering the  following  inquiries  ? 

1.  I  have  a  Sale  Catalogue  of  Messrs.  Puttick 
and  Simpson,  47,  Leicester  Square.  This  sale  of 
books  and  MSS.  contained  a  collection  of  upward 
of  200  MS.  dramas,  which  were  forwarded  to 
Drury  Lane  in  Sheridan*s  time. 

Mr.  Patmore,  in  his  Mi/  Friends  and  Acquaint' 
anceSf  devotes  upwards  of  70  pages  to  a  notice  of 
these  MSS.,  ami  an  interesting;  article  relating  to 
them  appeared  in  Erasers  Magazine  about  two 
years  ago. 


S^d  S.  L  Jas.  11,  '61] 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


3S 


Messrs.  Puttick  and  Simpson's  sale  took  place 
on  July  22,  1861,  and  four  following  days. 

Can  you  inform  me  who  was  the  purchaser  of 
these  MSS.  ?  E.  Ikgus. 

[We  learn  from  a  gentleman  present  at  the  sale,  that 
the  MS.  Dramas  were  put  up  at  lOOL  and  apparently 
bought  in  for  want  of  an  advance  upon  that  som.  A 
note  to  the  auctioneers  will  doubtless  procure  the  exact 
iuformation  required.] 

Kheyenhtjlleb  Yolunteebs. — These  are  men- 
tioned in  an  Epilogue  spoken  by  Mrs.  Woffing- 
ton  in  the  character  of  a  Volunteer,  quoted  by 
Chetwood  in  his  History  of  the  Stage,  p.  255,  pub- 
lished in  1749:  — 

"  Thus,  in  my  country's  cause,  I  now  appear 
A  bold  smart  Kheyenhnller  yolunteer." 

•What  is  the  allusion  ?  Ehevenhuller  hats  are,  I 

believe,  spoken  of  by  sgme  writers  of  this  period. 

K. 

[The  KheyenhUUer  Volunteers  probably  derived  their 
name  from  Field  Marshal  Ludwi^;  Andreas  Ehevenhuller, 
a  distinguished  leader  and  tactician,  who  served  under 
Prince  Eugene  of  Savoy,  as  commander  of  a  regiment  of 
cavalry,  and  who  in  the  course  of  his  military  career  ren- 
dered such  important  services  to  Austria  that  Maria  The- 
resa, on  hearing  of  his  death,  exclaimed,  **  I  lose  in  him  a 
faithful  subject,  and  a  defender  whom  God  alone  can  ade- 

3[aately  recompense."  (Bom  1683,  died  1744.)    He  wrote 
nstructions  for  Cavalry,  and  also  for  Infantry.] 

The  Rev.  John  Peter  Dboz. — Will  you  kindly 
refer  me  to  any  biographical  particulars  of  the 
Key.  John  Peter  Droz,  who  was  "  Minister  of  the 
French  Church  at  St.  Patrick's  [Dublin],  Impor- 
ter of  Foreign  Books,  and  Author  of  the  Monthly 
Literary  Journal**  (5  vols.  8 vo., Dublin,  1744 — 
1748),  and  died  (as  recorded  in  Exshaw^s  Maga^ 
zine,  1751,  p.  671)  23rd  November,  1751  ?  Mr. 
Gilbert  niakes  mention  of  him  in  his  History  of 
Ihiblin,  vol.  iL  pp.  270—273,  but  is  slightly  in 
error  as  to  the  date  of  his  death.  Abhba. 

[Droz's  Literary  Journal  was  continued  at  least  as  far 
as  June,  1749,  which  is  now  before  us.  In  Warburton's 
History  ofDidilin^  ii.  841,  it  is  stated,  that  it  was  con- 
»tinued  after  the  death  of  Mr.  Droz  by  the  Rev.  Mr.  Des- 
veanz,  and  contained  a  view  of  the  state  of  learning  in 
Europe.  Mr.  Droz  kept  a  book  shop  on  College  Green, 
and  exercised  his  clerical  functions  on  the  Lord*s  ^<^7''\ 


JXt^liti. 


LORD  NUGENT  ON  CAPITAL  PUNISHMENTS : 
JEMMY  THE  GYPSY. 

(2°*  S.  xii.  397.) 

I  have  examined  the  prison  books  kept  in 
Aylesbury  Jail,  and  I  find  m  them  the  following 
entries  referring  to  the  convict,  erroneously  called 
Ay  res  by  Lord  Nugent,  and  known  by  tradition 
io  this  place  as  Jemmy  the  Gypsy.  These  ex- 
tracts, with  a  quotation  from  the  Calendar  of  the 


Lent  Assize  of  1795,  satisfactorily  explain  the 

most  remarkable  features  of  the  case :  — 

"  James  Eyres,  a  ^'psy,  age  73,  5  feet  4  inches  high* 
complexion  swarthy.  Committed  December,  1794,  by  the 
Rev.  Ed.  Wodley,  for  sheepstealin^.  RcMpiltd  during 
pleasure.    A  free  pardon  17th  Dec,  1808." 

The  Calendar  of  the  Lent  Assizes  held  at  Ayles^ 
bury,  7th  March,  1795,  proves  that  James  Eyres 
was  condemned  "  to  be  hanged  by  the  neck  *  for 
sheepstealing.  I  have  frequently  heard  Lord 
Nugent  tell  the  story  as  it  is  quoted  by  your 
correspondent  T.  B.,  and  he,  no  doubt,  went  to 
press  without  verifying  his  anecdote  by  reference 
to  existing  official  documents  ;  the  attesting  wit- 
nesses, since  deceased,  must  also  have  given  their 
testimony  without  refreshing  their  memories  at 
the  same  authentic  sources.  The  under-sheriflT 
alluded  to  by  Lord  Nugent  was  my  maternal 

frandfather,  Acton  Chaplin,  then  Clerk  of  the 
*eace  for  Bucks,  who  died  in  1814.  I  have  been 
told  that  he  employed  the  respited  convict  in  his 
farm  and  garden.  As  Jemmy  was  a  very  clever 
fellow  and  a  good  fiddler  he  became  a  favourite, 
and  was  allowed  to  appear  as  musician  at  Mr. 
Chaplin*s  harvest  homes,  and  sometimes  in  his 
kitchen.  If  T.  B.  will  inquire  into  the  treatment 
of  respited  convicts  at  the  end  of  the  last  century 
and  beginning  of  this,  he  will  find  that  the  liberty 
enjoyed  by  James  Eyres  was,  at  that  date,  by  no 
means  extraordinary. 

Acton  Tikdal, 
Clerk  of  the  Peace  for  Bucks. 
Manor  House,  Aylesbury. 


The  story  told  by  Lord  Nugent  respecting  a 
convict  named  James  Ayres,  sentenced  to  death  at 
the  Spring  Assizes,  1802,  for  Buckinghamshire, 
implies  an  extraordinary  laxity  of  practice ;  but 
as  all  the  particulars  are  given,  the  anecdote 
admits  of  verification.  The  Hertfordshire  case 
mentioned  by  W.  B.  is  stated  to  have  occurred 
"  several  years  ago ;"  and,  therefore,  probably  ad- 
mits of  easier  verification  than  the  Bucks  caae. 
The  name  of  the  convict,  and  the  date  of  his  con- 
viction, are  not  however  stated.  It  may  be  re- 
marked that  the  story  turns  upon  the  supposition 
that  a  convict  is  not  hanged  until  the  warrant  for 
his  execution  is  received:  his  execution  is  stated 
to  have  been  delayed  because  the  warrant  did  not 
arrive  at  the  expected  time ;  but  took  place  as 
soon  as  the  warrant "  came  down" ;  t.  e»  apparently 
from  the  Secretary  of  State's  Office.  Now  the 
existence  of  such  a  document  as  a  warrant  from 
the  crown,  or  the  Secretary  of  State,  for  the  exe- 
cution of  a  criminal,  is  a  popular  error.  No  such 
authority  fs  required  by  law,  or  is  ever  ^iven. 
After  the  verdict  of  guilty  by  the  jury,  the  judge 
passes  sentence  of  death,  but  without  fixing  the 
time  or  place  of  the  execution.  A  record  of  the 
sentence  is  made  b^  ^"^  ^^<^^x  ^1  ^^  ^^-sw^n^^^ 


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NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


[8"»  S.  L  Jak.  11,  •62. 


it  becomes  thereupon  the  duty  of  the  sheriff  to 
carrj  it  into  execution.  The  sheriff  fixes  a  day, 
within  the  term  allowed  by  law,  and  makes  the 
necc&jsry  arrangements  for  the  capital  execution, 
which  he  is  bound  to  carry  into  effect ;  unless  the 
crown  respites  the  prisoner,  or  mitigates  the 
punishment.  L. 

A  case  similar  to  that  quoted  by  W.  B.  appeared 
in  "  N.  &  Q."  some  years  ago,  followed  by  a  very 
interesting  discussion  on  respites,  reprieves,  and 
'*  warrants  for  execution,'*  exposing  some  popular 
errors.  See  General  Index,  "Executions  De- 
ferred," V.  422,  &c.  &c.  .        U.  0.  N. 


THE  EGG,  A  SYMBOL. 
(2°*  S.  xii.  393.) 

The  ^gg  was  undoubtedly  regarded  as  a  symbol 
by  the  old  Mystics, —  sometimes  of  our  mundane 
i^stem,  and  sometimes  of  the  earth  only,  properly 
80  called.  In  the  first  case  the  yolk  was  supposed 
to  represent  our  world ;  the  white  its  circumam- 
bient firmament,  or  atmosphere;  and  the  shell 
the  solid  "  crystalline  sphere  **  in  which  the  stars 
were  set.  In  the  latter  case  the  idea  had  refer- 
ence to  the  seminal  principle  residing  in  the  egg, 
which  likened  it  to  the  chaos  of  our  early  cosmo- 
gonists,  "  containing  the  seeds  of  all  things."  This 
opinion  appears  to  have  originated  in  one  of  those 
distorted  refractions  of  inspired  truth  so  common 
in  our  ancient  mythologies.  In  the  Mosaic  narra- 
tive of  creation  the  Spirit  of  God  is  represented 
as  "  movine  *'  (or,  according  to  our  best  critics,  as 
**  brooding  ')  over  the  waters  of  the  great  deep, 
as  a  bird  over  her  eggs,  to  bring  forth  and  deve- 
lop the  latent  life.  Milton,  himself  no  mean  au- 
thority, so  understands  the  passage,  — 

•*  Dove-like,  stt'st  brooding  o*er  the  vast  abyss  $ " 

and  the  notion  appears  so  thoroughly  to  have  per- 
meated the  pantheistic  creed  of  Egypt,  that  all 
their  temples  —  roof,  walks,  and  portico  —  teem 
with  representations  of  wings  in  every  expressive 
attitude — outspread,  cowering,  brooding,  fanning, 
or  protecting;  so  that  the  prophet  might  well 
speak  of  this  country  as  **the  land  shadowing 
with  wings**  (Isaiah  xviii.  1). 

Under  this  view  there  would  be  a  very  striking 
analogy  between  the  ark  and  this  crude,  un- 
fashioned  earth,  as  both  containing  "the  rudi- 
ments of  the  future  world.*'  It  is,  therefore,  not 
at  all  unlikely  that  the  ^gg  may  have  symbolised 
both.  But  if  there  be  any  symbolism  in  the 
matter  referred  to  by  Churcudown,  of  which  I 
have  grave  doubts,  I  think  he  had  better  adopt 
the  theory  of  Dr.  Lamb  {Hebrew  Characters  de- 
rived from  Hieroglyphics),  that  the  egg  typified 
the  promised  Messiah,  the  Seed  that,  in  its  full 


development,  was  to  bruise  the  serpent's  head. 
In  support  of  this  view,  he  reproduces  the  well- 
known  represebtation  of  the  Phoenician  egg  en- 
circled in  the  genial  folds  of  the  agathodtpnum^ 
who,  under  the  form  of  a  serpent,  is  gradually 
warming  it  into  life;  but  the  picture  has  done 
service  in  so  many  ways  before,  that  for  my  own 
part  I  am  no  believer  in  the  purblind  mysticism 
that  dogs  the  footsteps  of  Theory,  but  seldom  or 
never  goes  before  it. 

And  now,  perhaps,  you  will  bear  with  the 
conjecture  of  a  sexagenarian,  who,  after  much 
**  weariness  of  the  flesh  **  in  studying  the  Old 
Philosophies,  is  settling  down  to  the  belief  in 
nothing  but  his  Bible,  —  that  these  ostrich-eggs 
in  our  eastern  churches  are  suspended  with  no 
higher  purpose  than  to  overawe  the  vulgar,  and 
produce  a  wholesome  dread  of  the  priesthood  and 
their  "lying  wonders,*'  for  thereby,  no  doubt, 
hangs  many  a  tale ;  just  as  in  our  own  country  it 
was  usual  to  exhibit  the  huge  fossil  bones  of  our 
extinct  mammals,  and  call  them  relics  of  S.  Chris- 
topher, as  well  as  other  objects  calculated  to  as- 
tound the  masses,  to  say  nothing  of  the  "  latten  ** 
shoulder-blade  of  Chaucer,  his  "  pigges'  bones,"  or 
those  of  the  eleven  thousand  virgins  whose  "chil- 
dren** (!)  were  so  pathetically  invoked  by  0*Connell 
to  avenge  the  cruel  wrongs  of  "  Ould  Ireland  !** 

Douglas  Allpobt. 


The  Arabian  geni  cried  out  against  Aladdin, 
who,  in  the  demand  for  a  roc*s  egg,  had  required 
him  to  bring  his  master. 

The  mystery  of  Islam  is  far  older  than  Ma- 
hommed,  and  in  the  gigantic  egg,  where  the 
ostrich  substitutes  some  extinct  dinomis,  it  re- 
!  cognises  the  origination  of  Eastern  science  in  the 
initiation  of  architecture  and  its  locality. 

This  is  all  that  may  be  told.  Other  explana- 
tions are  secondary :  and  oriental  Christianity  is 
;  largely  Pagan.  Gmaxus. 


YETLIN,  OR  YETLING;  MESLING. 

(2™»  S.  xii.  28,  398.) 

Although  the  following  may  not  quite  settle  the 
question,  perhaps  it  may  assist  Meta.  In  every 
house,  rich  and  poor,  in  Ireland,  at  least  in  my 
wanderings  about  that  country  some  years  ago, 
which  were  to  a  large  extent,  I  found  an  iron, 
either  cast  or  wrought,  utensil,  called  a  "gris- 
ling,**  or  "  grisset,**  an  indispensable  article  in  the 
kitchen.  The  best  description  I  can  give  of  it 
(without  a  cut,  or  illustration)  is  this.  An  oblong 
figure  of  ten  or  twelve  inches,  and  four  or  five 
inches  ^irth,  if  cut  in  two,  lengthwise,  and  then 
scooped  out,  with  a  handle  placed  in  the  centie, 
and  three  tett,  such  as  described  by  Mbta, — if 
anyone  can  comprehend  this  crude  description,  it 


8^  a  I.  Jan.  U,  »62.] 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


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will  represent  the  "  grisset."  It  is  used  for 
melting  butter,  making  sauce,  and  a  hundred 
other  purposes,  for  which  it  is  most  appropriate. 
I  often  imagined  it  derived  its  Hibernian  appel- 
lation from  the  greasy  uses  to  which  it  is  turned. 
Can  there  be  any  likeness  between  this  and  the 
article  alluded  to  by  Mbta  ?  S.  Redmond. 

Liyerpool. 


In  connection  with  the  words  "geotan,"  "  gyde," 
and  "zete,"  should  be  mentioned  the  teclinical 
word  "git,"  in  daily  use  among  iron-founders, 
and  signifying  the  channel  through  which  the 
melted  metal  runs  to  the  mould.  1  have  heard 
its  derivation  ascribed  to  the  Old  English  "  gate," 
as  applied  to  the  "track"  of  an  animal,  but  think 
it  may  be  far  more  plausibly  connected  with  the 
present  series  of  words.  J.  Eliot  Hodqkin. 

West  Derby. 

The  round  iron  pot  with  a  bow  handle  and 
three  short  feet  is  in  general  use  in  almost  every 
farm-house  and  labourer*s  cottage  in  North  Der- 
byshire, and  is  called  a  meslin,  or  maslin-pot ;  it 
is  generally  used  for  mixing  and  boiling  porridge 
in ;  the  smaller  ones  for  the  family,  the  larger 
ones  for  pigs  or  calves.  The  etymology  of  the 
word  is  probably  from  the  French  meler^  to 
mingle,  or;  mix.  Getlin  or  Yetlln  of  your  cor- 
respondent Meta  is  most  probably  a  corruption 
of  the  more  correct  meslin.  XXX, 

Idridgehay. 

I  have  seen  the  following  in  a  Lancashire  in- 
Tentory  of  163*6  among  other  kitchen  goods :  — 

**  1  posnet  and  1  great  pann." 

P.P. 


BEATTIE'S  POEMS. 

(2»^  S.  xii.  383.) 

The  question  raised  by  J.  O.  in  regard  to  the 
date  of  the  first  appearance  of  Original  Poems 
and  Translations^  by  James  Beattie,  A.M.,  is  a 
somewhat  difficult  and  perplexing  one.  Alex- 
ander Bower,  the  earliest  and  most  interesting  of 
the  biographers  of  Dr.  Beattie,  writing  in  1804, 
says :  —  "  The  first  edition  of  Beattie*s  Poems  is 
one  of  the  scarcest  books  in  the  English  lan- 
guage." The  copy  of  Original  Poems  and  TranS' 
laiUms  in  J.  0.*8  possession  is  unmistakeably  what 
Bower  regarded  as  Xh^Jirst  edition.  He  gives  a 
very  minute  and  particular  account  of  its  pub- 
lication, which  Chalmers  evidently  founds  on. 
Indeed  Bower  has  had  the  usual  hard  fate  of 
literary  antiquaries.  His  laboriously  amassed  facts 
have  been  borrowed  without  the  least  scruple  or 
apology,  and  in  most  cases  without  the  slightest 


acknowledgment.  From  his  pages  I  quote  the 
following  advertisements,  which  are  sufficiently 
curious  to  merit  a  place  in  the  columns  of  "  N. 
&  Q."  They  appeared  originally  in  the  Aberdeen 
Journal: — 

"18th  March,  17G0.  This  day  are  published,  and  to 
be  bad  at  the  booksellers*  shops,  proposals  for  printing 
hy  nbicriptionj  in  an  octavo  volame,  witb  an  elegant 
type  and  fine  paper,  original  poems  and  translations  by 
J.  Beattie,  M.A.  Subscriptions  will  be  taken  in  by  all 
the  booksellers  in  Edinburgh  and  Aberdeen,  and  by 
Charles  Thomson  in  Montrose." 

A  second  advertisement  appeared  in  the  same 
newspaper  upon  the  8th  of  December  iTollowing, 
that  the  poems  were  to  be  published  about  the 
beginning  of  February,  1761,  and  a  third  upon 
Monday,  the  16th  of  Feb.  1761,  as  follows  :  — 

"We  are  informed  that  this  day  is  published,  on  a 
fine  demy  paper,  and  with  an  elegant  type,  price  3«.  and 
6d.  stitched  in  blue  paper,  original  poems  and  transla- 
tions by  James  Beattie,  A.M.  London,  printed  and  sold 
by  A.  Millar  in  the  Strand,  and  sold  by  the  booksellers 
of  Edinburgh,  Glasgow,  Montrose,  and  Aberdeen.  Sub** 
scribers  may  be  furnished  with  their  copies  at  the  shops 
of  F.  Douglass,  B.  Farquhar,  A.  Thomson  and  A.  Angus, 
Aberdeen ;  and  at  the  house  of  Charles  Thomson,  Mon- 
trose." 

Sir  Wm.  Forbes,  the  intimate  friend,  the  ex- 
ecutor and  biographer  of  Beattie,  says  the  Ori" 
ginal  Poems  and  Translations  were  published  in 
1760,  but  makes  no  reference  to  this  subscription 
edition.  Sir  William  and  Lowndes  are  right, 
however,  in  giving  1760  as  the  date  of  the  first 
edition.  I  have  in  my  collection  a  copy  of  the 
Poems  and  Translations^  which  formerly  belonged 
to  the  famous  Peter  Buchan,  the  painter,  printer, 
boat-builder,  and  ballad  antiquary  of  Peterhead. 
The  following  forms  its  title  page  :  — 

*'  Original  Poems  and  Translations.  By  James  Beattie, 
A.M.  London:  Printed  and  sold  by  A.  Millar  in  the 
Strand,  mdcclx." 

It  is  on  a  fine  demy  paper,  with  an  elegant 
type,  and  stitched  in  blue  paper.  In  short,  it 
has  all  the  external  marks  of  the  subscription 
edition  except  the  date.  I  am  inclined  to  believe 
that  the  issue  of  1761  is  simply  that  of  1760  with 
a  new  title-page.  Would  J.  O.  confer  the  favour 
of  saying  whether  his  edition  corresponds  with 
mine  in  the  following  particulars :  Mine  has  z. 
pages  of  introductory  matter.  It  has  an  "  N.B." 
regarding  *'  the  fourth,  fifth,  and  tenth  pastorals  " 
on  the  fiy-leaf  immediately  succeeding,  —  then 
two  pages  of  Contents.  The  poems  extend  from 
sig.  A  to  A  a  3,  comprising  1 88  pages.  The  first 
poem  —  the  **  Ode  to  Peace  " — is  headed  with  an 
ornament  of  three  lozenges,  each  containing  nine 
asterisks,  the  whole  flanked  on  either  margin  by 
two  circular  sun>like  marks.  In  page  13,  1.  6 
from  top,  the  last  word  of  the  line — *'  bring" — has 
been  printed  with  a  badly  formed  h.  The  stem 
is  thick,  and  the  bottom  angle  has  been.  «5^  \x&r 


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NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


ISrd  8.  L  Jam,  11,  ^ 


perfectly  preserved  that  it  seems  very  like  the 
figure  6,  and  appears  almost  foiling  away  from 
the  rest  of  the  word. 

These  early  editions  of  Beattie*s  Poems  were 
faulty  only  in  this  respect,  that  the  composition 
of  several  of  the  pieces  failed  to  satisfy  tne  later 
over-fastidious  taste  of  the  author.  He  bought 
up  and  destroyed  every  copy  he  could  find.  Hence 
their  rarity.  John  S.  Gibb. 

Aldar. 


Gbammab  Schools  (?2°*  S.  xii.  502.) — I  regret 
that  I  cannot  furnish  your  correspondent  with  a 
complete  list  of  the  schools  founded  by  our  nlxth 
Edward.  Fotts*8  Liber  Cantabrigiensis  mentions 
the  following  establishments  in  the  enumeration 
of  those  to  wnich  are  attached  fellowships,  scholar- 
ships, and  exhibitions  tenable  at  the  University 
of  Cambridge.  Perhaps  the  quotation  thereof 
may  do  something  towards  satisfying  the  '*  want  ** 
of  F.  J.  H. :— 


Crediton      - 

-    1547 

Bedford 

1552 

Sherborne   - 

-    1551 

Chelmsford  - 

1552 

Marlborough 

-    1551 

Chri8t*8  Hospital  - 

1553 

Binniogbam 

-    1552 

Shrewsbury  - 

1553 

Ludlow 

•     1552 

Stourbridp^c  - 

1553 

Louth - 

-    1552 

Gigglesvrick 

1553 

Norwich  was  "  originally  founded  by'  Bishop 
Salmon  and  established  by  Edward  VI.,  by  whom 
a  charter  was  granted  to  the  city,  and  'revenues 
assigned  for  a  schoolmaster." 

Kendalt  founded  in  1535  by  Adam  Pennyngton 
of  Boston,  Lincolnshire,  "  received  endowments 
successively  from  King  Edward  VI.,  Queen  Mary, 
Queen  Elizabeth,  and  other  benefactors. 

St.  S within. 

"Sic  Tbahsit  Globia  ^Iukdi"  (^'-^  S.  xii. 
483.)  — 

"In  Kom.  Pontificnm  inaugurationo  interea  dum  do 
more  sacellam  D.  Gregorii  declaratus  prsctergreditur, 
ipsom  pneit  cercmoniarum  magister  gestans  arundines 
seu  caunas  duas,  quaium  alteri  sursum  apposita  est  can- 
dela  ardens,  quam  alteri  cannon  coi  saperpositsc  stappao 
sunt,  adhibet,  incenditque  diccns :  Pater  Saxctk,  sic 
Transit  Gloria  Musdi.  Quod  ct  ipsum  tertio  iterat 
Undo  Paradinus  sumpsit  symholum  quod  inter  heroica 
sua  poBuit;  Nil  Soliduu.  Hoc  olim  non  ignorarunt 
Bomani.  Nam  si  alicui  ex  ipsorum  ducibus  vel  Impera- 
toribns  ob  res  feliciter  gcstas,  et  bostibus  devictis,  tri- 
nniphus  a  Senatu  decretus  esset,  et  is  in  curru  triumphali 
maxima  pom  pa  urbem  ingrederetur,  eodem  curru  car-  j 
nifex  minister  publicus  vehebatur*,  qui  pone  coronam  j 
aaream  gemmis  distinctam  sustinens,  eum  admonebat,  ut  | 
respiceret,  id  est,  ut  reliquum  vitie  spacium  providerct, 
nee  eo  honore  datus  superbirct.  Appensa  quoque  erat 
cnrrui  nola  et  flngellum :  qu»  innuebant  eum  in  tantas 
calamitates  incidere  posse  ut  et  flagris  cajderetnr,  et  ca- 
pite  damnarctur.  Nam  qui  ob  facinus  supremo  supplicio 
afficiebantur  nolas  gestare  solebant,  ne  quis  inter  oundum 

"  Zonaras,  lib.  ii. 


contactu  illornm  piacalo  se  obstringeret*'  —  Philipjpi  Ga* 
m^rarii  Meditationet  Hittoric<B^  1644,  p.  76. 

BiBUOTHECAB.  ChKTHAIL 

Leameb  (2»<  S.  xii.  365,  444.) —This  word  has 
been  used  all  my  time  in  the  Midland  Countiei 
to  denote  a  nut  so  thoroughly  ripe  as  to  fall  out  of 
its  husk  if  the  bough  be  shaken  whereon  it  hann. 
If,  for  instance,  a  person  pulled  down  a  bough  m 
order  to  get  the  nuts  on  it,  and  one  fell  out  of  its 
husk,  he  would  say  ''  1  hat  is  a  leamer,**  in  contra- 
distinction to  those  that  remained  in  their  husks. 
My  impression  is  that  the  word  is  derived  from 
the  verb  **  to  leam,*'  to  separate,  or  fall  out,  though 
I  am  not  certain  that  I  have  heard  that  wcvd 
used. 

Mr.  Robinson,  in  his  Whitby  GlosMory^  his 
^  Leamcrs  or  brown  leamers,  large  filbert  nuts ;  ** 
and  he  now  informs  me  that  the  word  is  invariablj 
used  in  Yorkshire  with  "  brown  "  before  it.  I  do 
not,  however,  remember  it  to  have  been  so  used, 
or  limited  to  large  nuts,  or  applied  to  filberts ;  by 
which  I  understand  such  nuts  as  have  a  husk 
which  entirely  surrounds  them.  As  a  nut  which 
is  ripe  enough  to  fall  out  of  its  husk  is  always 
brown,  it  is  easy  to  see  how  the  term  "  brown " 
may  have  become  generally  used  with  *^  learner.** 

Mr,  Robinson  gives  ^^  to  Icam,  to  replenish  the 
rock  of  the  spinning-wheel  with  tow,  the  rock 
being  the  distaff  upon  which  the  tow  is  wound ; 
and  he  refers  mc  to  Marshalfs  list  of  old  words  at 
the  end  of  his  Rural  Economy  of  Yorkshire  for 
that  explanation  of  the  term.  At  first  sight  that 
explanation  may  seem  to  be  inconsistent  with  the 
meaning  I  have  given  to  the  term,  but  perhaps 
the  word  may  have  been  originally  applied  to  the 
separation  of  the  tow  from  the  bulk  during  the 
operation  of  replenishing  the  rock. 

C.  S.  Greaves. 

P.S. — Since  the  above  was  written  I  have  seen 
a  very  clever  farmer  in  Deibjshire,  who  tells  me 
that  lie  has  heard  "learner**  always  applied  to 
nuts  that  v/ere  so  ripe  as  to  fall  out  of  their  husks, 
and  that  he  has  heard  the  term  "  to  leam**  applied 
to  nuts  and  such  like  things  as  fall  out  of  their 
husks.  This  seems  to  settle  the  meaning  of  both 
the  terms  "  leamer  "  and  "  leam." 

Lahbetu  Degrees  (2°*^  S.  xii.  456,  529.)  — 
Will  your  correspondent  W.  N.  point  out  the 
section  of  the  Act  25  Ilcn.  VIIL  c.  21,  which 
meets  the  question;  that  is,  which  empowers  the 
archbi&hop  to  grant  degrees^  and  that  such  degrees 
require  confirmation  under  the  Great  Seal  ? 

J.R. 

Recovebt  of  Tufngs  lost  (2"*  S.  xii.  334, 445, 
50G.) — A  gentleman  who  was  in  the  habit  of  fre- 
quenting a  favourite  spot  for  the  sake  of  a  view 
that  interested  him,  used  to  lounge  on  a  rail ;  and 
one  day,  in  a  fit  of  absence,  got  fumbling  about 


£^S.I.  JAS.  It, '62.] 


NOTES  AND  QUEfilES. 


37 


tbe  DMt  in  which  one  end  of  the  rail  was  interted.  | 
On  his  road  home  he  misKd  ft  valuable  ring :  be  ! 
went  back  ngain  and  looked  very  diligent!/  for  it 
without  succetB.     A  coniidcrable  time  aAerwards,  i 
on  visiting  hia  old  haunt  and  indulging  in  bia  | 
tuual  fit  of  absence,  he  was  very  agreeaolj  sur-  i 
prised  to  find  tbe  ring  on  his  finger  again  ;   and  i 
which  appears  to  have  been  occasioned  bj  (in 
both  instances)  his  pressing  his  finger  in  the  aper- 
ture of  the  post,  wbich  just  fitted  sufficiently  with  i 
a  pressure  to  hold  the  ring.    I  afterwards  tried 
tbe  experiment  at  the  spot,  and  found  it  perfectlj 
eaij  to  have  been  effected  with  an  easilj-fittlng 
ring,  P. 

Ebborb  m  Books  on  tbs  PEEKAaE  (2*^  S.  xii. 
385.)— These  errora  are  not  likely  to  be  lessened 
br  crude  correction.  The  name  in  dispute  is  not 
JVorbonne  but  Norbome,  as  may  be  seen  on  tbe 
monument  of  Walter  Norbomo,  Esq.  in  Calne 
Church,  and  as  might  be  proved  in  many  other 
waya,  did  tbe  proper  spelling  of  a  family  name, 
well  known  to  Wiltshire  genealogists,  admit  of  a 
nt's  doubt.  J, 


modern  poet  mentioned  in  my  former  communi- 
cation, Zouii  Vetlrepain* 

I  observe  as  one  of  the  peculiarities  of  the  dik- 
lect  of  Toulouse,  that  o  ii  a  feminine  termination ; 
as,  for  instance,  in  the  word  Lengo.  And  here 
the  question  naturally  arises,  wbeuier  tbe  "lien- 
go  "  of  Southern  France  is  to  be  looked  on  as  the 
ori^n  of  our  English  Lingo  f  Johnson  describes 
"Lingo"  aa  Purtugsete:  but  I  should  think  it 

Siite  aa  likely  that  tbe  word  came  to  ua  from 
aicnne.  Tbe  influence  produced  on  the  people 
of  England  by  their  intercourse  with  Foitoo.  and 
Acquitaine  under  the  Plantagenets  is  a  subject 
that  invites  investigation.  F.  S.  Caxbt. 


GiLBBST  TnoN  (2"  S.  xW.  418.)  — Gilbert 
Tyson  was  Lord  of  Alnwick,  Bridlington,  Malton, 
and  many  other  great  estates  in  the  north  at  the 
time  of  the  Norman  Conqaest.  His  eldest  son 
was  William,  and  his  other  son  Richard.  Wil- 
liam's only  child,  Alda,  was  given  in  marringe  by 
William  the  Conqueror  to  Yvo  de  Vesci,  from 
whom  tbe  present  Lord  dc  Vesci  is  descended 
(Burke's  Pterage).  The  line  of  Richard  Tyson 
ended  in  en  only  daughter,  Benedicta,  married  to 
William  Lord  Hilton  (Hutchinson's  Northumber- 
land, vol.  ii.  p.  20S).  Both  Gilbert  Tyson  and 
William  his  son  fought  at  Raatings.  Hutchinson, 
in  tbe  note  at  p.  20»,  says  'William  fell  at  Uost- 
ings  on  the  side  of  William  the  Conqueror  in  the 
lifetime  of  his  father;  but  in  the  note  at  p.  210, 
he  says  that  Gilbert  was  slaju  at  Hastings  on  the  , 
aide  of  Harold,  and  left  Alnwick  to  his  son  Wil-  i 
liam ;  citing  Randal's  MSS.,  and  2  Dii^  MonaiC.  I 
Camden's  Brit.  Norlhumb.,  p.  754  (Gibson's  ed.  ! 
London,  1693),  says,  William  fell  fighting-  for  I 
Harold ;  and  Dane-Gelt  calls  Gilbert  one  of  the  | 
Conqueror's  followers.  Can  any  one  clear  up  I 
these  inconsistencies  ?  r  '  | 

A  family  of  Tyson  was  rpsidcnt  at  Kendal  in 
Westmoreland  about  the  middle  of  the  last  cen- 
tury. Can  any  one  give  me  ioformotion  as  to 
that  family?  A.  B. 

Lbhco  SIouNDino  (2*^  S.  xii.  '309,  458.)  —  I 
am  persuaded  that  tbe  readers  of  "  N.  &  Q."  in 
general  will  join  with  me  in  thanking  il.  Aksas 
for  the  information  he  has  so  kindW  given  re- 
■pecling  the  origin  of  the  term  movntfi.  I  would 
beg  to  venture  a  step  further,  and  inquire  whether 
your  correspondent  can  tell  us  anything  of  the 


Laddm  (2"  S.  xii.  417.)  — 

There  is  in  my  possession  an  Index  of  Deeda 
registered  in  the  Commissary  Court-booka  of 
Lauder  from   1654  to   18US,   when  the  ri^ht  of 

registering  deeds  was  transferred  to  the  bheriff 

Kir.  Romcroes,  at  Lauder,  N.  B.,  has  all  tha 
old  records  in  bis  possession.  M.  G.  F. 

OsKKET  Islaud  Discotbbibs  (2°*  S.  xii.  476.) 
—  Your  correspondent's  interesting  ioformation, 
respecting  the  probable  earliest  inhabitants  of  the 
British  Lilands,  is  borne  out  by  several  particulars 
as  far  as  Ireland  is  concerned.  It  would  seem 
that  the  "  Feni,"  Peine,  or  "  Finni " —  the  military 
celebrated  in  Ojsianic  poetry,  and  styled  the  an- 
cient ''Irish  militia"  —  were  of  Pionish  extrac- 
tion. I  have  other  points,  which  I  would  gladlj 
communicate  to  F.  C.  B.  Heebebt  Hobx. 

ConservatiTS  Clnb. 


Laui 


.3  (2"^  S.  xii.  10.)  — I  possess  (but  not 
riling)  a  circular  plate  of  about 


6  inches  diameter. 


:opj>er 


r  red  brass, 


the  face  being  chased  and  in  high  relief.  It  re- 
presents a  figure,  nude  but  for  a  girdle  of  hanging 
feathers  (ostrich,  perhaps),  and  a  multiplicity  of 
necklaces,  armlets,  earrings,  and  so  forth.  In  the 
left-hand,  wbich  is  advanced,  is  a  long  staff  with 
one  or  two  globular  expansions.  At  the  foot  is  a 
somewhat  flattened  vase  or  censer,  and  various 
kinds  of  fruit,  and  in  various  parts  of  the  disk  a 
rhiooccros,  a  monkey,  a  snake,  and  so  forth.  I 
describe  from  memory  only.  It  .bears  no  ap- 
pearance of  having  been  painted  or  gilt,  but  is 
of  a  fine  dark  green  bronze  colour.  I  should^  be 
glad  to  know  if  any  one  can  offer  a  plausible 
conjecture  as  to  its  origin  or  date.  At  first  I 
imagioed  it  to  represent  an  American  Indian ; 
but  the  rhinoceros  forbids  that  supposition.  I 
am  now  more  inclined  to  think  it  of  Spanish  or 
Portuguese  workmanship  of  two  or  three  hundred 
years  old,  perhaps,  and  .intended  to  represent  S 
native  of  some  of  the  eastern  islands.  It  has 
been  many  years  in  our  family,  but  was  picked  np 
at  a  sale  probably  by  mj  fatliu.  5.'£>*». 


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KOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


IB"  a  L  Jas.  II.  w. 


M*»T  WopnsoTOM  (2''  S.  x'l.  334 ;  lu.  440.) 
—Of  the  children  of  "  C«ptoin  "  (or  "  the  Hon. 
and  ReT.  Robert")  Cbolmondelej  b;  hii  mar- 
liaee  with  "Miu  Mary  WofGngton,"  otherniK 
"  Hflrj,  dmghter  of  ArlAtir  WofEnftton,  Kaq.," 
two  only  »ppe«r  to  hnve  lurTired  tneir  infancy 
—  George  Jamea,  the  eldest  ion,  and  Heater 
Franeea,  the  youngett  daughter ;  the  former  of 
whom  married  three  wives  — lat,  M arc ia,  daughter 
of  John  Pitt,  Eiq. ;  2ndly,  Catharine,  daughter  of 
Sir  Philip  Francia,  E.B. ;  and  3rdly,  Hon.  Maria 
Elizabeth TowDsend,  second  duughterof  Viscount 
Sydney ;  the  latter,  Hester  Frances,  married  Wil- 
liam, aflerwards.  Sir  Wm.  Beilinghora,  of  Castle 
Bellingbam,  Ireland,  Bart.  In  the  Life  of  Hon. 
Edmmd  Burlte,  it  is  stated  Ihat  Margaret  Wof- 
fington,  an  Iri^woman  and  an  actress  of  "  great 
repntation,  was  of  very  humble  origin.  Tl^i7« 
sAe  iDiu  a  child,  her  mother,  a  poor  widow,  kept 
B  imall  grocer's  —  or,  to  use  the  Irish  term,  a 
huckatera  —  shop,  on  Ormond  Quay,  Dublin,"* 
How  is  this  account  to  be  reconciled  wilh  the 
deacriplion  given  of  her  sister  in  the  peerages  P 
Do  any  reierencea  to  other  members  of  the 
ftmily  occur  elsewhere  ?    Hbicbi  W.  S.  Tailo*. 

Hbbaldic  (2°^  S.  xii.  10.)  —  Shaw  of  Sonchie 
mnd  Greenock.  The  armorial  bearings  of  this 
Ikmily  ia  azure,  three  covered  cups  or,  supported 
by  two  aavagea  wreathed  about  the  middle  ;  and 
for  crest,  a  demi-aaTage,  with  this  motto,  "  I 
mean  well." — Crawford  (and  Temple's)  History 
0/ the  Shire  of  Ren/reiP,  1782, 

The  arms  (but  without  crest,  supporters,  or 
motto),  are  carved  on  a  fountain,  with  the  date 
1629,  at  Greenock  Mansion-house,  with  a  mullet, 
however,  between  the  cups.  A  atone  formerly 
in  the  abbey  wall  at  Paisley,  and  now  built  into 
the  Iront  of  a  bouse  in  the  neighbourhood,  bears 
an  iaacription  to  the  effect  that  "  abbot  gcorg  of 
•chawe,"  "  gart  make  yia  wav,"  and  has  the  cups 
arranged  one  and  two,  instead  of  two  and  one, 
the  uaaal  way.  J.  Sah. 

EdWABD  HlLBBT  BOCEETT  (2°'   S.   xii.  471.)  — 

Jdua  R.  Bockett  is  in  error  wilh  re^nrd  to  the 

position  of  Mr.   Beckett's   grave.     Mr.    Bockcit 

was  not  buried  in  the  nave  of  the  Bath  Abbey 

Church,  but  near  the  east  end  of  the  north  aisle 

of  the   choir,  immediately  behind  Prior  Blrdc's 

Chapel.    The  atone  is  close  to  the  skreea  of  the 

chapel,  and  bears  the  following  inscription  :  — 

"  Edw*  HalMV  Bockalt,  Eaq', 

Died  Fsbniarv  fi'^,  1813, 

Ag«d  46." 

I  remember  the  sexton  mentioning  to  me  that 

inquiries  had   been  made   respecting  this  alone, 


when  I  pointed  it  out  to  htm.  This  may  probably 
have  been  about  the  date  referred  to, 

C.  F.  RUSSBLL, 

Clerk  of  the  Abbey  ChnrcL 
Chaslgs  it.  aftek  the  BA-m.G  or  WoicBarcB 
(2°*  S.  xii.  322.)  —Is  it  not  likely  that,  after  the 
battle,  some  of  Charles's  friends  might  have  gone 
in  different  directions  towards  the  coast,  in  order 
to  mislead  and  divert  the  pursuit?  There  ia  no 
doubt  that  he  was  at  Boscobel  after  the  defeat, 
having  made  his  way  thither  by  the  most  direct 
road,  through  Stourbridge  and  over  Cannodc 
Chase.  Mr.  Sparrow's  house,  at  Ipswich,  ia  not 
Nidui  Piuicrim;  that  name  belongs  to  a  aroall 
country  residence  here,  belonging  to  the  family. 
The  late  John  Eddowes  Sparrow,  Esq.,  who  took 
great  inlercat  in  (he  question,  was  firmly  im< 
pressed  with  the  belief  that  his  ancestor  had  given 
refuge  to  Charles  in  Ipawich,  and  in  the  old  home 
in  the  Butter  Market.  The  same  belief  was  hell 
by  his  father  and  his  grandfather,  all  men  of  pro- 
bity and  consideration  in  the  town.  The  cham- 
ber in  which  it  is  believed  Charles  was  concealed, 
Is  the  roof  of  a  larger  apartment ;  but  whether  a 
chapel  or  not,  cannot  now  be  ascertained.  Ma, 
John  Gouch  Nichols  has  thought  that  this 
"  chapel  chamber "  was  nothing  more  than  the 
top  of  the  entrance  hall,  which  reached  from  the 
basement  to  the  roof  of  the  house :  this  must  have 
been  an  error,  because,  if  so,  the  fine  apartment, 
which  occupies  the  entire  of  the  first  floor,  would 
have  been  destroyed  by  such  an  arrangement  { 
and  that  this  room  was  always  a  portion  unmuti- 
lated  of  the  bouae  itself  there  can  be  no  doubt, 
for  the  reason  that  the  ornamentation  of  the  ceil- 
ing and  walls  remains  uninjured.  E.  S.  W. 
Burial  is  a  Sittino  Postuee  (2°'  S.  ix.  44, 
313 ;  X.  159,  396.)  —  Mr.  II.  B.  Martini  writea  ia 
(he  Navnricher,  vol.  iv.  p.  232 :  — 

"  Kur  the  vllla)re  of  Tegobel  in  Nonh  Brabul,  then 
furmerly  arosa  ttie  Coatle  of  Frisaclalrjii.  Tradilimi  say^ 
that  a  decease  in  tha  De  Jang  fainlly,  whai«  property  it 
bad  become  some  time  aso  (towards  (he  txgianine  id 
Ibe  last  century),  having  occasioned  tbe  opeaiDg  of  th* 
vault,  belonging  to  the  manor,  in  the  villaza  church,  th* 
mourners  were  not  a  little  surpriied  to  And  the  bodio* 
of  tha  DreceilinK  lords  and  inhibilants  of  Frisaelsteyn, 
.  but  $fated  together  in  a  qhatttf  eirrle  ojt  f Ant- 
cottages  of  tha  province.  After  the  lord  Q 
tbit  time,  nttb  tbs  bystaaden,  bad  for  a  moment  atwed 
■t  tbia  spectacle  of  horrible  aociability,  the  intmdhis 
outer  air  bad  made  the  decayed  remains  cramble  la,  ana 
fall  into  Bhapelessoess.  Tbus  says  the  legend,  commnnl' 
cated  in  1854  by  tin.  de  Loecker,  of  Leenwensteyn  at 
Vugbt,  and  it  is  from  her,  us  a  scion  of  the  De  Jong 
family  sroresoid.  we  now  obUin  leave  to  publish  what 
inted  by  oral  transmlssioa  Trom  her  grand' 


ather  and  rather. 

The  following  paragraph  from  the  New  York 
IntlepenrlenI  of  Oct.  20,  1859  (vol.  xl  No.  668), 
affords  another  and  a  more  touching  instance  :  — 


B^  a  I.  JiJi.  11,  '62.3 


KOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


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tbe  Wunpumo  ladiini,  was  drmwine  nur  to  death,  ht 
called  hit  dnal^  disciplea  about  bim  ia  tha  minion -honM, 
and  prenad  Ihair  handa  lo  bia  bosom,  and  with  manjr 
eaansala  bads  them  farewell.  And  so  Tell  asleep.  There. 
wai  no  while  man  there  besiilea,  bat  tbe  devout  ladiant 
made  great  lamentations  over  him,  and  buried  him  ai. 
well  aa  Ihej  knew  bow  in  their  Indian  faibion.  Tht 
fnnenil  pToceuiou  consisted  of  two  eanoea,  with  which 
they  piddled  him  acroia  the  Lake  of  Grace— Ciudn-Sn 
—  to  their  Indian  barial-groaod)  old  Father  Gideon,  one 
of  his  native  conreila,  making  a  '  powerful  discourae '  «t 
the  ^rave.  And  lait  spring,  when  the  Moriviana  came 
liMjking  for  the  grave,  Ihey  found  the  Ijudym  a  liUmg 
patlure,  Indian  fashion,  THIing  in  hope." 

JOBN  H.  VAH  LBMHBr. 

Zeyst,  near  Utrecht. 

G.  S.,  MiNiATDRB  Paihtbs,  1726  (a-i  S.  kli. 
521.)  —  In   reply  to  Clarbt's   Query,   I  beg   to 

■ay  that  abaul  four  years  and  a  balf  ago  I  pur- 
chased at  a  local  sale  two  very  trell  executed 
water-colour  drawings  of  the  Grey  Friars'  tower 
in  this  town.  They  were  done  by  Silielt,  a  painter 
who  resided  in  Norfolk  Street  in  this  tonn,  but 
afterwards  went  to  Norwich,  from  whence  he  is 
said,  trad  it  ion  ally,  to  have  originally  come ;  and 
when  I  purchased  them  they  were  stated  to  be  old, 
and  in  fact,  that  ther  had  been  in  existence  some 
sixty  years  previoualy  and  upwards. 

He  is  said  to- have  been  in  Lynn  in  1800  or 
1601,  but  tradition  bands  this  to  me.  I  cannot 
■ay  what  his  Christian  name  was,  nor  whether  it 
was  "George"  or  not;  but  I  think  it  very  likely 
that  Sillett'a  father  was  of  Norwich,  and  that  pog- 
■ibly  some  trace  may  be  found  there. 

JOHH  NUBSE  Cu&nwICK. 

King*!  Lynn. 

St.  Napolboh  (3"^  S.  i.  13.)— The  only  account 
I  have  met  with  of  St.  Napoleon  is  on  a  inpple- 
■nentary  leaf  added  to  the  Abrigl  de  la  Vie  det 
Sainti,  by  GueSer,  jeune,  1807.  It  is  there  stated 
that  amon^  the  martyrs  of  Alexandria  in  the  p:r- 
aecution  of  Dioclesian,  was  one  named  TfeopolU  or 
Neopole,  who,  after  sulTering  many  tormenta  witii 
great  conatancy,  for  the  faith  of  Christ,  died  of 
bis  wounds  in  prison.  According  to  tbe  Italian 
mode  of  pronouncing  names  in  the  middle  ages, 
thig  saint  was  coiled  Napohon,  or  more  frequently 
Napoleone.  It  is,  however,  pretty  evident  that  I 
we  should  have  heard  little  or  nothing  of  this 
martyr  but  for  the  desire  to  search  out  whatever  | 
might  be  recorded  of  the  patron  saint  of  the  first 
Emperor  Napoleon.  F.  C.  U.  ; 

WbIXS  CiTT'SbAU  and  THBIB  StUBOLS  (3"  S.  I 

i.  to.)  —  I  tbink  a  probable  explunatioD  of  these  ' 

seals  is,  that  the  tree  ia  an  emblem  of  the  pros-  i 
perity  of  the  city,  Ihe  tree  plnnied  by  the  ranniitg 

waUm,  suggested  by  the  welU,  and  in  nlluaion  to  ' 

the  words  of  tbe  first  Fsalm.     I  do  not  consider  | 

the  birds  or  'the  fish  to  have  any  particular  signi-  | 

fication.    Where  wnter  was  represented,  it  was  ' 


I  natural  to  place  fishes  in  it,  as  we  constantly  flad 
I  in  the  pictures  of  St.  Christopher,  but  where  the 
fishes  have  no  connexion  with  the  legend.  In  like 
manner,  where  there  was  a  tree,  it  was  obvioiu  t4> 
represent  birds  perched  upon  it.  Poaaibly  there 
^  may  be  some  alluiion  to  the  parable  of  the  mus* 
tard  seed,  and  the  birds  nay  ne  sheltered  in  the 
branches  of  the  tree  as  emblems  of  the  protecting 
shade  of  the  prosperous  city ;  but  I  am  inclined  lo 
think  that  tbe  birds  and  tbe  fishes  were  not  intro- 
duced with  any  symbolical  meaning.  We  find 
them  perpetually  in  old  pictures  and  tspeitrj 
merely  as  appropriate  adjuncts,  and  such  they  are 
apparently  on  these  seals.  F.  C.  H. 

"  Thbatbicil  PosTBirrs  £piaBAMiiATicAu.r 
SBLiHBATED "  (2"*  S.  xii.  473.) — Ihavenever 
met  with  this  book,  but  probably  the  author  was 
"  Sun  "  Taylor,  a  great  theatrical  quid-nwie.  A 
comparigon  of  it  with  the  theatrical  remarks  in 
his  Records  oftny  Life,  might,  if  the  opinions  ex- 
pressed coincide,  establish  the  probabdity  of  the 
authorship.  Wii.  Dodolas. 

LuTHUi's  Tbhsion  of  thi  Apocbtpha  (2*'  S. 
xii.  472.) — Mb.  Bobbadailb  aeems  to  have  over- 
looked the  Latin  Vulgate,  from  which  Luther 
traDslated  the  Apocryphal  books.  With  refer- 
ence to  these  books  generally,  and  to  Judith  in 
particular,  the  text  is  in  the  most  nnsatisfactory 
slate.  The  copies  of  the  Greek  difier  very  ma- 
terially from  one  another.  The  Vulgate  is  widely 
difierent  from  tha  older  Latin  version.  The 
Syriac  translation  differs  much  from  all  the  resb 
Of  some  of  the  books,  we  have  the  Greek  original ; 
of  others,  it  is  uncertain  in  what  language  they 
were  first  written.  The  extraordinary  discrepsn- 
cieg  suggested  thst  their  purity  was  not  gnarded 
with  tbe  same  jealous  caress  the  Canonical  books. 
We  want  a  good  English  work  on  (he  subject. 

B.  H.  C. 

Sdn-Dial  akd  Compass  (2°'  S.  xii.  460.)  — 
In  reply  to  the  Query  of  Sigma  Tad,  I  observe 
that  I  also  have  a  small  silver  horiiontal  sun- 
dial by  Butterficld,  it  Paris,  Upon  its  face  are 
engraved  dials  for  several  latitudes,  and  at  the 
back  a  table  of  principal  cities.  It  is  set  by  a 
compasg,  and  the  gnomon  adjusted  by  a  divided 
arc.  The  N.  point  of  the  compass-box  is  fixed  \a 
.1  position  to  allow  for  variation  —  probably  at 
Paris ' —  and,  judging  from  this,  it  would  appear 
to  have  been  made  about  1716.  Siqua  Tad  will 
find  a  description  and  draning  of  an  exactly 
similar  dial  in  Stone's  translation  of  Bion  on 
Mathematical  InilrumenU,  17SS.  N.  T.  Bei 


CHiLnBEic  Hangbd  (2°*  S.  xi.  327.)  —  So  late 
as  1B31  a  boy  nine  yeart  of  age  wu  hung  at 
Chelmsford  for  arson  committed  «t  Wv^Ikub.  'v&. 
the  county  oE^Awx.  k,»i«»-v^«a- 


40 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


[8'd  S.  L  Jax.  11,  '62. 


NOTES  ON  BOOKS,  ETC. 

Tke  Hittory  of  Modem  Europe,  from  the  Fall  of  Qm- 
atantmople  in  1453  to  the  War  in  U»e  Crimea  in  1857.  By 
Thomas  Henry  Dyer.  In  Four  Volumes.  (  Voh,  I.  and 
11.)    (Murray). 

.  When  one  considers  the  yast  amonnt  of  time  and  at- 
tention which  the  literary  men  of  England  and  of  the 
Continent  have,  daring  the  last  half-century,  bestowed 
upon  the  histories  of  their  respective  countries,  it  is 
not  surprising  that  so  far-seeing  and  judicious  a  pub- 
lisher as  Mr.  Murray  should  consider  that  the  moment 
had  arrived  when  these  various  materials  might  be  ad- 
vantageously employed  in  the  preparation  of  a  fresh 
work  on  the  general  Ilittoru  of  Modem  Europe,  The 
four  centuries  treated  of  in  the  present  History  comprise 
the  period  during  which  that  political  unity  which  dis- 
tinguishes modern  Europe  from  the  Europe  of  the 
Middle  Ages  has  been  in  existence ;  but  though  the  com- 
mencement of  this  change  dates  from  the  French  wars  in 
Italy  towards  the  close  of  the  fifteenth  century,  Mr. 
Dytr  has  adopted  the  generally  received  view  which  re- 
gards the  capture  of  Constantinople  by  the  Turks  as  the 
true  epoch  of  modern  history.  From  this  capture  of 
Constantinople,  therefore,  to  the  Pontificate  or  Leo  X. 
and  the  commencement  of  the  Reformation,  forms  tho 
first  of  the  eight  Epochs  or  Books  into  which  the  present 
history  is  divided ;  and  embraces  the  consolidation  of  the 
great  monarchies  and  the  rudiments  of  the  European 
aystem.  The  second,  which  gives  down  to  the  Council 
of  Trent,  shows  the  origin  and  progress  of  the  Lutheran 
Reformation.  The  third,  which  concludes  with  the  Peace 
of  Yervins,  contains  one  of  the  phases  of  the  struggle 
between  France  and  the  House  of  Austria,  as  well  as  the 
French  wars  of  religion,  and  the  final  establishment  of 
Protestantism  in  England  and  Holland.  The  fourth,  ex- 
landing  to  the  Peace  of  Westphalia  in  1648,  shows  Ger- 
many settling  down  after  a  thirty  years*  war  into  its 
present  condition,  the  rise  of  the  Scandinavian  king- 
doms as  European  powers,  the  decline  of  Spain,  and 
France  emerging  through  the  policy  of  Richelieu  as  the 
leading  state  in  Europe.  Here  tho  work  terminates  for 
the  present  Two  more  volumes  will  complete  Mr.  Dyer*s 
lAbonrs.  As  he  has  consulted,  with  great  industr}*,  the 
best  writers  of  difierent  countries  —  and  in  many  in- 
stances, original  authorities — shown  good  judgment  in 
the  use  of  his  materials,  and  given  ample  references  to 
his  authorities,  the  work  is  calculated  to  supply  the 
place  of  RusselPs  Modern  Eurof^e^  both  to  the  general 
reader  and  to  the  historical  student. 

BecoUeetiont  of  A.  N,  Welby  Pugin,  and  his  Father 
Augustus  Pugin.  With  Notices  of  his  Works.  By  Ben- 
jamin Ferrey,  Architect ;  with  an  Appendix  by  E.  Sheri- 
dan PurceU,  Esq.    (Stanford.) 

Welby  Pugin  has  left  traces  of  his  influence  over  the 
entire  length  and  breadth  of  the  country — no  where 
more  proi^ently  than  in  the  beautiful  pile  which  will 
carry  down  to  posterity  the  name  of  Sir  Charles  Barry, 
the  Palace  of  Westminster.  While  his  brother  architects 
and  other  admirers  of  Gothic  Art  are  contemplating  a 
public  memorial  to  his  honour,  his  old  fnend  and  fellow- 
pupil,  Mr.  Ferrey,  has  collected  into  a  volume  the  strange 
materials  of  his'  strange  and  wayward  life.  This  has 
obviously  been  on  Mr.  Ferrey's  part  a  labour  of  love,  and 
the  book  cannot  fail  to  awaken  in  all  who  road  it  an 
increased  admiration  of  Pugin*s  genius,  mingled  with  a 
feeling  of  considerate  sympathy  lor  the  weaknesses  and 
eccentricities  by  which  that  genius  was  accompanied.        j 


The  Student's  Greece.  A  History  of  Greece.  By  Wil- 
liam Smith,  LL.D.     Twenty-fifth  Thousand    (Mnmy.) 

A  History  of  Rome.  With  Chapters  on  the  History  of 
Literature  and  ArL  By  Henry  G.  Liddell,  Dean  of 
Christ  Church.     Eighteenth  Thousand     (Murray.) 

The  Student*s  Gibbon.  The  History  of  the  Decline  amd 
I  Fall  of  the  Roman  Empire^  by  Edward  Gibbon,  abridged 
'  hy  William  Smith,  LL.D.     Sixth  Thousand.    (Munmy.) 

The  StudenCs  Hume,  A  History  of  England^  based  on 
the  History  of  David  Hume,  and  continued  dowm  to  the 
Year  1858.    Eighteenth  Thousand.    (Murray.) 

In  these  days,  when  everybody  is  expected  to  know 
everything,  Mr.  Murray  has  done  good  service  alike  to  . 
those  who  are  beginning  to  learn,  and  to  those  wbo  are 
beginning  to  forget  what  they  have  learned,  by  the  pub-< 
lication  of  such  ably  compiled  compendiums  as  these 
before  us.  Compact,  concise,  neatly  printed,  well-illus- 
trateJ,  and  carefully  indexed,  they  are  models  of  Handy 
Books  for  the  Library,  as  well  as  class  books  for  tha  study. 
No  wonder  then  thai  the  words  **  twenty-fifth  thousand," 
**  eighteenth  thousand,*'  &c.  —  words  so  sweet  to  the 
ears  of  publishers — figure  upon  their  title-pages. 

The  Old  Folks  from  Home ;  or  a  Holiday  in  Irdamd  in 
1861.    i9y  Mrs.  Alfred  Gatty.    (BeU  &  Daldy.) 

A  series  of  letters,  containing  a  pleasant  mixture  of 
sketches  of  social  life,  and  scientific  and  legendary  gos- 
sip ;  and  like  everything  which  proceeds  from  the  pen  of 
Mrs.  Gatty,  both  unpioving  and  amusing. 

VUlage  Sketches,  Descriptive  of  Club  and  School  Fes- 
tivals, and  other  Triage  Gatherings  and  Institutions,  By 
T.  C.  Whitehead,  M.A.,  Incumbent  of  GawcoU.  (Boa- 
worth  &  Harrison.) 

A  little  volume  which  ought  to  -be  read  by  every 
country  clergyman,  and  well  deserving  the  attention  of 
those  who,  having  charge  of  populous  town  parishes,  are 
anxious  to  promote  the  well-being  of  their  poorer  parish- 
ioners. 

The  London  Diocesan  Calendar  and  Clergy  List  for  the 
Year  of  Our  Lord  1862.    (J.  H.  &  J.  Parker.) 

This  ecclesiastical  almanack  is  almost  indispensable 
to  the  London  clergy,  from  the  extent  and  varietv 
of  tho  information  it  contains  upon  mattere  on  which 
they  are  peculiarly  interested. 


BOOKS    AND    ODD    VOLUMES 

WANTED   TO   PUECHA8B. 

Thb  Vicss;  a  Poem  by  the  Author  of  tha  **  Lettert  of  Junlos.*' 

1838. 

•••  Lettert,  ttatiiur  particulan  and  lovett  price.  oorruaMAvt,  to  be 
■ent  to  Mnu*.  Bkll  a  Daldt.  Publiihcri  of  **N(Xr<S  AI(D 
QUERIES,"  IM,  Fleet  Street,  E.G. 

FarticaUri  of  Price,  ke..  of  the  followlnfl;  BooVs  to  be  emt  direct  la 
the  gentleman  by  wltom  tney  are  reauired,  and  whoee  name  aiul  ad- 
dreas  are  given  for  that  purpo«et  — 

Birtr,  WuxiAM,  D.D..  Kmsav  om  thbDaxlt  Ssancs  or  thb  Gsvaoi  er 

EitfiijkNP.    Itmo.    174(1. 
Brook  I'a  (IVlk  Orbvillb)  Loan,  Bbmaiki;  beins  Poems  of  Mooaiekj 

and  Religion.    l3mo.    icro. 

Wanted  by  7>.  Kfllv,  53,  Marlcet  Street,  Manchsetar. 


fiatitti  ta  €atvtifiantsmt€. 

Tint  IifDRX  TO  oo«  jJLKT  VoLrMB  iri7Z  he  imuetl  %titk  **  N . 
ofiititmtiav  nejrt ;  but  A'cir  ifutiKri'jcrf  uuiy  have  the  Nwmittr 
the  Indix  ij'lhty  dtn're  to  domt. 

Ekrata.— >ndS.  xii. 
minate 
coLi. 


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lATA.— >ndS.  xii.  p.  U5. ool.  ii.  I.  IA,  for  ** eatimata **  fVA<l*«a- 
» r*  p.  &30,  col.  1. 1. 1,/fM-  **  moon  "  rewl** luni "  Sid  8.  L  p.  1C» 
1.  33,/br  ••  towed  "  rend  "  towed." 


**  Nom  Afro  QoBRTBi  **  u  ptMitked  at  noon  on  Friday.  < 


fcflbo 


Uned  in  MoMraLr  FAR-rt.     TAc  Suhacrwtion  far  BrAMrco  Gonaijbr 
Six  M<mth»  foncarded  direct  from  <Ae  PulAi$her$  Ondwlino  <*«  Boff- 
peartw  Ikorb)  i$  lit.  4f/.,  u^ick  maif  be  paid  bg  Fott  QpKS  Order  in 
jiammr  qfMmmn*.  Bau.  amd  DAX.Dr.  ISft,  Flbbt  OTasar.  E.Ct  lo 
allCnuivmoAxumi  roa  xaa  Evnoa  fAonld  benMrmsei, 


S^  S.  L  Jam:  U,  ■«•.] 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


41 


LOSDOS,  SATUBDJY,  JANVART  IS,  l«6>. 


■**- 


CONTENTS.  — No.  3. 

NOTES : — Memoir  of  William  Oldys.  Esq..  Norroy-King-at- 
Arm8.il  — The  Eegisters  of  the  Stationers' Company.  44 

—  Liquorice,  46  —  Gleanings  trom.  "The  Statutes  at 
Large,"  47  —  Chief  Justices  Quondam  Highwaymen,  lb, 

MivoB  Notes:  — On  the  Degrees  of  Comparison— Sehas- 
tian  Cabot  —  Sunday  Newspapers  —  The  **  Pare  aux  Cerfi" 
Jefferson  Davis  —  Gregory  of  Paulton.  48 

QUERIES:.—  Prophecies  of  St.  Malachi  respecting  the 
Popes,  49  —  Coins  inserted  in  Tankards — Crony—  Learned 
Dane  on  Unicorns  -^  Sir  H.  Dayy  and  James  Watt^  Euri- 
pides and  Menander —  "  God's  Providence  is  mine  In- 
heritance "  —  Madame  Guyon's  Autobiography — Families 
who  trace  firom  Saxon  Times  —  Harrisons  of  Berks  — 
Irish  Peers  —  Juryman's  Oath  —  Letting  the  New  Year  in 

—  Materials  —  Name  wanting  in  Coleridge's  '*  Table-Talk  " 
The  Passing  Bell  —  Redmond  Crest  —  St.  Aulaire  —  Tilt 
Pamlly  —  Warner  Pedigree,  60. 

QvE&iss  WITH  AksWxbs:  — Otho  Vtfnius:  John  of  Milan 
— Proba  Falconia  —  A  ncient  Games.  63. 

REPLIES :— Dr.  John  Hewett,  64— Cotgreave  Forgeries  Jft. 
Solicitors'  Bills,  66  — Biblical  Literature:  William  Carpen- 
tcr  —  Commissariat  of  Lauder — Muff  —  Bishops'  Thronea 
*  Old  Librariea  —  Aristotle  on  Indian  Kings  —  Rev.  W. 
Stephens  —  Mary  Ashford — Pordage  Family  —  The  Book- 
Worm— The  Mole  and  the  Campbells  —  Knaves'  Acre  — 
Unsuccessful  Prise  Poems  —  Ardiitectural  Proportion  — 
Richard  Shelley  —  Arthur  Shorter  —  Stonehenge  — 
Archery  Proverbs  —  Isabel  and  Elizabeth,  66. 

Kolas  on  Books. 

'-''■'    '  •  '     ■  ■ "       ■        '         ■     ■    ■      .1 ....  if.  I 

MEMOIR  OF  WILLIAM  OLDYS,  ESa. 

NOREOT  KINO-AT-ARMS. 

(^Continued  from  p.  23.) 

HnmphVey  Wanley,  the  learned  librarian  of  the 
first  two  Earls  of  Oxford,  had  now  been  dead 
more  than  ten  years,  and  Oldjs  was  probably 
expecting  to  be  nominated  his  successor.  Such  an 
appointment,  with  a  fixed  salary,  would  relieve  him 
from  all  perplexity  in  domestic  matters,  and  would 
be  therefore  infinitely  more  congenial  to  his  re- 
tired habits  of  life,  than  the  precarious,  and  in 
some  cases,  paltry  remuneration  received  from  the 
booksellers.  He  thus  expresses  his  own  feelings 
at  this  time :  — 

**  In  the  latter  end  of  the  year  1737  I  published  my 
Britith  Ubrarian;  and  when  his  Lordship  understood 
how  un proportionate  the  advantages  it  produced  were  to 
the  time  and  labour  bestowed  upon  it,  he  said  he  would 
find  me  employment  better  worth  my  while.  Also,  when 
he  heard  that  I  was  making  interest  with  Sir  Robert 
Walpole,  through  the  means  of  Commissioner  Hill,  to 
present  him  with  an  abstract  of  some  ancient  deeds  I  had 
relating  to  his  ancestors,  and  which  I  have  still,  his  Lord- 
ship induced  me  to  decline  that  application,  saying, 
though  he  could  not  do  as  grand  things  as  Sir  Robert,  he 
would  do  that  which  might  be  as  sgreeable  to  me,  if  I 
would  disengage  myself  from  all  other  persons  and  pur- 
suits." —  Autobiographjf, 

In  the  following  year  the  Earl  of  Oxford  ap- 
pointed him  his  literary  secretary,  which  afforded 


him  an  opportunity  of  consulting  his  extensire 
collections,  and  thus  gratifying  his  predilection 
fur  bibliographical  researches.  During  his  brief 
connection  with  this  "  Ark  of  Literature,"  he  fre- 
quently met  at  the  EarPs  table  George  Yertue, 
Alexander  Pope,  and  other  eminent  literary  cha- 
racters. These  three  short  years  may  be  regarded 
as  among  the  most  happy  of  his  chequered  exist- 
ence. We  have  from  his  own  pen  the  following 
plaintive  record  of  his  daily  pursuits  at  this  time : 

**  I  had  then  also  had,  for  several  years,  some  depend- 
ence upon  a  nobleman,  who  might  have  served  me  in  the 
government,  and  had,  upon  certain  motives,  settled  an 
annuity  upon  me  of  twenty  pounds  a  year.  This  I  re- 
signed to  the  said  nobleman  fur  an  incompetent  consider- 
ation, and  signed  a  general  release  to  him,  in  May,  1738, 
that  I  might  be  wholly  independent,  and  absolutely  at 
my  Lord  Oxford's  command.  I  was  likewise  then  under 
an  enfragement  with  the  undertakers  of  the  Suppfenunt 
to  Bayle't  Dictionary*  I  refused  to  digest  the  materials 
I  then  had  for  this  work  under  an  hundred  pounds  a 
year,  till  it  was  finished  ;  but  complied  to  take  forty  shil- 
lings a  sheet  for  what  I  should  write,  at  such  intervals  aa 
my  business  would  permit:  for  this  clause  I  was  obliged 
to  insert  in  the  articles  then  executed  between  them  and 
myself,  in  March  the  year  af<  resaid  ;  whereby  I  reserved 
myself  free  for  his  lordship's  service.  And  though  I  pro 
posed,  their  said  offer  would  be  more  profitable  to  me 
than  my  own,  yet  my  lord's  employment  of  me,  from  thafe 
time,  grew  so  constant,  that  I  never  finished  above  three 
or  four  Uvea  for  that  work,  to  the  time  of  bis  death.  All 
these  advantages  did  I  thus  relinquish,  and  all  other  de- 
pendence, to  serve  bis  lordship.  And  now  was  I  em- 
ployed at  auctions,  sales,  and  in  writing  at  home,  in 
transcribing  my  own  collections  or  others  for  his  lord- 
ship, till  the  latter  part  of  the  year  1739;  for  which 
services  I  received  of  him  about  1&()  pounds.  In  Novem- 
ber the  same  year  J  first  entered  his  librar}'  of  manuscripts, 
whereunto  I  came  daily,  sorted  and  methodised  his  vast 
collection  of  letters,  to  be  bound  in  many  volumes;  made 
abstracts  of  them,  and  tables  to  each  volume;  besides 
working  at  home,  mornings  and  evenings,  for  the  said 
library.  Then,  indeed,  his  lordship,  considering  what 
beneficial  prospects  and  possessions  I  had  given  op,  to 
serve  him,  and  what  communications  1  voluntarily  mada 
to  his  librar}'  almost  every  day,  by  purchases  which  I 
never  charged,  and  presents  out  of  whatever  was  most 
worthy  of  publication  among  my  own  collections,  of 
which  he  also  chose  what  he  pleased,  whenever  he  came 
to  my  chambers,  which  I  have  since  greatly  wanted,  I 
did  thenceforward  receive  of  him  two  hundred  pounds 
a-year,  for  the  short  remainder  of  his  lifow  Notwith- 
standing this  allowance,  he  would  often  declare  in  com- 
pany before  me,  and  in  the  hearing  of  those  now  alive, 
that  he  wished  I  had  been  some  years  sooner  known  to 
him  thsn  I  was;  because  I  should  have  saved  him  many 
hundred  pounds. '. 

**  The  sum  of  this  case  is,  that  for  the  profit  of  about 
500/.  I  devoted  the  best  part  of  ten  years'  service  to,  and 
in  his  lordship's  library;  impoverished  my  own  stores  to 
enrich  the  same;  disabled  myself  in  my  studies,  and  the 
advantages  they  might  have  produced  from  the  publicki 
deserted  the  pursuits  which  might  have  obtained  me  a 

*  By  the  Supplement  to  Bayle's  Dictionary  is  meant  A 
General  Dictionary,  Historical  and  Critical,  Lend.  1734' 41, 
foL,  10  vols.,  and  which  included  that  of  Bavle.  Dr. 
Birch  was  the  principal  editor,  asdsted  by  the  Rev.  John 
Peter  Bernard,  John  I^ockma&^asi^^m^t^^w^^ 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


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conceiverl  miicli  gresler  Ihrn  llioy  •nere.  No,  il  wm  wbit 
hit  larilibip  naJe  me  more  bippj  in,  thin  bli  money, 

Wilbtbem;  bii  bTaar,  bii  friendl;  rtception  and  Irot- 
ni«i(afine;  hli  manj  vbiti  iit  my  cbkmberi!  bji  many 
tnviuiions  by  Icllars,  and  «tbtriritF,  lo  dine  with  bim 
«nd  p*M  w&olo  evenings  with  bim  i  for  no  other  end,  but 
aneb  iotelligence  snd  communicntioni,  si  might  ungirer 
tbs  inquirisi  wbenia  hewinted  to  b«  utiafled,in  relatlan 
to  niMlerit  of  hlenturs.  rII  Tor  the  benefit  of  bia  librnry. 
Had  1  declioe'l  thow  invitation},  1  mait,  with  great  in- 
gratitude, bare  created  liis  diapleaanrei  and  my  accept- 
Imca  of  them  baa  displeased  otberi." 

It  ia  painful  lo  reeoril,  that  the  Earl  of  Oxford, 
when  OldjH  entered  hU  scrTice,  hud  involved 
hloiBelf  in  pecuniarj  difficultiea  whilst  enllecting 
one  of  the  choicest  and  moat  magniGcent  private 
lihraries  in  thig  kingdom.  Vcrtnc.  in  one  of  hit 
Common  pi  a  L'e- bun  [[3,  under  the  dale  of  Juno  3, 
1741,  thus  feeliiiglr  knienta  the  etnbarruted  cir- 
ciunBtances  of  the  Eari ;  — 

"Mv  Bood  Lord,  lately  growing  heavy  and  prnsivelon 

hi>  iffiJri.  which  for  aonn ■- "'  "--  --' 

It  lately  mgoiraatiy  appear 
hiaracs  fallen ;  his  colon 
great  degree ;   hia  atomacl 


mortified  hi 
■Dge  of  complexioi 


,  amountinj;  t 


rneroaity  Co  thofle  abont  him  that  deserved  bla  ravaar. 
pray  Uod  restore  his  health  and  praaerve  him :  it  will 
be  a  great  comfort  to  bla  good  lady,  her  Grace  his  daugh- 
ter, and  all  bis  nlationa  and  obliEed  friends." 

A  fortnight  afterwards  Verlue  thus  palhetici!!)' 


We  have  seen  that  Oldya's  salnry  as  llbrnrian 
wai  200f.  per  annum.  At  the  deith  of  the  Eirl 
lie  received  what  wns  due  to 
kbnat  three  quarters  of  a  jt 
which  ho  lived  an  long  ua  it  lialed.  Uia  prospetls 
at  this  time  must  have  been  gloomy  indeed,  for  he 
was  again  cniopelled  to  renew  his  eonneution  with 
tbe  metropolitan  publishers,  l''or  the  next  four- 
leen  years,  until  he  received  an  nppoitilment  in 
the  Heraldfl'  Office,  he  continued  to  earn  hrs 
bread  by  literary  drudgery  for  ihe  booksellers. 
Ria  scat t«red  fragment ■  of  ancient  lore  (hat  have 
escaped  the  ravages  of  time  are  a  proof  of  his  la- 
borioua  Appticatioii  ia  JiCerary  researLhes:  his  pea 
was  conlioualty  at  work  either  in  writing  pain- 
ptiUts,  prefaces,  eaiays,  or  in  his  fsTOurite  pursuit, 
biojjapnical  memoiri.  "  Some  men,"  saja  Dean 
Swilt,  "  know  hooks  as  they  do  lords  ;  learn  their 
*  Addit.  MS.  S3.098,  pp.  !Z,  !S. 


titles  exactly,  and  then  brag  of  their  aciiiiainl- 
ance:"  Not  so  William  Oldys.  His  abi tracts  and 
critical  notices  of  works  of  our  early  English  lite- 
rature in  the  BriliiA  Librarian,  as  well  sa  his 
other  numerous  productions,  afford  a  remarkable 
proof  of  his  rare  industry,  iulelligence,  and  wit. 

In  1742,  Mr.  Thomas  Oabornu  the  bookseller 
having  purchased  for  the  sum  of  13,O0CU.  the  col- 
lection of  printed  books  that  had  belongted  to  the 
late  Earl  of  Oxford,  and  intending  to  dispose  of 
them  by  sale,  projected  a  Catalogue  in  which  it 
was  proposed,  "  that  the  books  shall  be  distributed 
into  distinct  classes,  and  every  class  arranged  with 
■gard  to  the  i^e  of  the  writers ;  that  avery 


from  the  authors  of  Literary  History 
lally  interspersed,  that,  by  this  Catalogue, 
posterity  may  be  informed  of  the  excellence  and 
value  of  this  great  Collection,  and  thus  promote 
the  knowledge  of  scarce  books  and  elegant  edi- 
tions." Tbe  learned  Michael  Maittaire  was  pre- 
vailed upon  to  draw  out  the  scheme  of  arrange' 
mcnt,  anil  to  write  a  Latin  Dedication  to  Lord 
CurtcTCt,  (hen  Secretary  of  State.  The  editor* 
seleclerl  by  Osborne  were  Dr.  Johnson  and  Wil- 
liam Oldys,  men  eminently  qiiaiiSed  lo  carry  out 
the  undertaking. 

In  this  piiinful  drudgery  both  editors  were  day- 
labourers  for  immediate  subsistence,  not  unlike 
GuBtavus  Vast,  working  in  the  mines  of  Dale- 
cnrlia,  What  Wilcox,  a  bookseller  of  eminence 
in  the  Strand,  said  to  Johnson,  on  his  first  arrival 
in  town,  was  now  slmost  confirmed.  He  lent 
him  five  guineas,  and  then  asked  him.  "  How  do 
you  roenn  lo  earn  your  livelihood  in  this"  town  f  " 
''By  my  literary  labours,"  was  the  answer.  Wil- 
cox, staring  at  him,  shook  his  head:  "By  your 
literary  labours !  You  had  better  buy  a  porter's 
knot."  In  fact,  Johnson,  while  employed  by  Oi- 
borne  in  Hrny's  Inn,  may  be  said  to  have  carried 
a  porter's  knot,  lie  paused  occasionally  to  peruse 
the  book  that  came  to  his  hand.  Osborne  thought 
that  such  curiosity  tended  to  nothing  but  delay, 
and  objected  to  it  with  all  the  pride  and  insolence 
of  a  man  who  knew  that  he  paid  daily  wages.* 
Ralph  Bigliind,  Illuetnantle,  related  lo  John 
Charles  Biooke,  Somerset  Herald,  that  " Osborne 
had  informed  him,  that  he  would  have  given 
Oldys  10».  6rf.  per  diem  if  he  would  hive  written 
fur  him  ;  but  his  iadiileace  (!)  would  not  let  hitn 
ncrept   it."  f     If  this  oSer  was  made  during  llie 

•  aeate't  Eimyi  B-  Fa-Mieal  pBpri-i.i.  157,  ed.  IRM; 
and  Hawkins's  Lift  <-f  Dr.  JoAinm..  p.  150,  ed.  1787. 
>  t  Notes  by  John  CbarleJ  Brooke  in  his />»ri(ij?«'a- 
Ir'iiiii,a  MS.  now  in  theCollrgaDf  Arma  Brooks  icai  ap- 
pointed Ronge  Croix  in  1773;  andSomtrietin  1778;  be 
waa  not.  iberefore,  a  contempornry  officer  in  Ihe  college 
with  Oldys,  so  that  his  atalemvnt'  maat  taavo  been  from 


f^  S.  I.  Jav.  18,  '62.] 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


43 


compilation  of  the  catalogue,  it  is  evident  that 
the  publisher  exacted  from  his  editors  more  work 
than  could  possibly  be  accomplished  in  a  specified 
time,  for  the  number  of  books  to  be  read  and 
digested  amounted  to  no  less  than  20,748  volumes. 
Hence  the  failure  of  the  original  scheme  as  ju- 
diciously propounded  by  Maittaire.  Our  two 
unfortunate  editors,  in  their  joint  and  seemingly 
interminable  labour,  whibt  grappling  with  this 
solid  battalion  of  printed  books,  gained  little  more 
for  their  pains  than  the  dust  with]  which  (so 
long  as  their  drudgery  lasted)  they  were  daily 
covered. 

As  literary  curiosities,  it  is  now  difficult  to 
discriminate  between  the  notes  of  Dr.  Johnson 
and  those  of  Oldys.  The  "  Proposals  **  for  print- 
ing the  Bibliotheca  Harleiana  are  clearly  from  the 
pen  of  the  Doctor,  as  we  are  informed  by 
boswell,  who  adds,  that  ^'his  account  of  that 
celebrated  collection  of  books,  in  which  he  dis- 
plays the  importance  to  literature  of  what  the 
French  call  a  catalogue  raUonni,  when  the  sub- 
jects of  it  are  extensive  and  various,  and  it  is 
executed  with  ability,  cannot  fail  to  impress  all 
his  readers  with  admiration  of  his  philological  at- 
tainments. It  was  afterwards  prefixed  to  the  first 
Tolume  of  the  Catalogue,  in  which  the  Latin  ac- 
counts of  books  were  written  by  him.***  We  incline 
to  the  conjecture  that  the  bibliographical  and  bio* 

Sraphical  remarks  in  Vols.  I.  and  II.  are  by  Dr. 
obnson :  and  those  in  Vols.  III.  and  lY .  by  Oldys. 
The  fifth  volume,  1745,  is  nothing  more  than  a 
Catalogue  of  Osborne*s  unsold  stocK. 

Osborne*s  original  project  of  an  annotated  Cata- 
logue, as  we  have  said,  proved  a  failure.  In  the 
Preface  to  Vol.  IIL  he  informs  the  public  of  its 
cause : — 

**  My  original  design  was,  ss  I  have  already  explained, 
to  publish  a  methodical  and  exact  Catalogns  of  this 
library,  upon  the  plan  which  has  b^en  laid  down,  as  I 
am  informed,  by  several  men  of  the  first  raak  among  the 
learned.  It  was  intended  by  those  who  andertook  the 
work,  to  make  a  very  exact  disposition  of  all  the  subjects, 
and  to  pve  an  account  of  the  remarkable  differences  of 
the  editions,  and  other  peculiarities,  which  make  any 
book  eminently  valuable;  and  it  was  imagined,  that 
some  improvements  might,  bv  pursuing  this  scheme,  be 
made  in  Literarv  History.  With  this  view  was  the  Cata- 
logue begun,  when  the  price  [5».  per  volume]  was  fixed 
upon  it  in  public  advertisements ;  and  it  cannot  be  denied, 
that  such  a  Catalogue  would  have  been  willingly  purchased 
by  those  who  understood  its  use.  But,  when  a  tew  sheets 
had  been  printed,  it  was  discovered  that  the  scheme  was 
impracticable  without  more  hands  than  could;  be  pro- 
cured, or  more  time  than  the  necessity  of  a  speedy  sale 
would  allow.  The  Catalogue  was  therefore  continued 
without  Notes,  at  least  in  the  greatest  part ;  and,  though 
It  was  still  performed  better  than  those  which  are  daily 
offered  to  the  public,  fell  much  below  the  original  de- 
slgn."t 

*  It  is  also  printed  in  the  GeHtleman*»  Magazine  for 
Dec.  1742,  vol.  xii.  p.  686. 
t  The  most  copiously  annotated  Catalogue  of  modern 


Whilst  the  Catalogue  was  progressing,  Osborne 
issued  Proposals  for  printing  by  subscription 
The  Harleian  MUceUany :  or,  a  Collection  of 
scarce,  curious,  and  entertaining  Tracts  and  Fam* 
phlets  found  in  the  late  Earl  of  Oxford*s  library, 
interspersed  with  Historical,  Political,  and  Criti* 
cal  Notes.  It  was  proposed  to  publish  six  sheets 
of  this  work  every  Saturday  moraing,  at  the 
price  of  one  shilling,  to  commence  on  the  24th  of 
March,  174S-4.  The  "Proposals,**  or  "An  Ac- 
count of  this  Undertaking,  as  well  as  the  Pre- 
face to  this  voluminous  work,  were  from  the  pen 
of  Dr.  Johnson :  the  selection  of  the  Pamphlets 
and  its  editorial  superintendence  devolved  upon 
Oldys.  This  valuable  political,  historical,  and 
antiquarian  record,  and  indispensable  auxiliary  in 
the  illustration  of  British  history,  included  a  cata- 
logue of  539  pamphlets,  describing  the  contents  of 
each,  and  this  alone  occupied  164  quarto  pages. 
It  was  published  in  eight  volumes,  4to,  1744-46, 
and  republished  by  Thomas  Park,  with  two  sup- 
plemental volumes,  in  1808-13.  Park,  in  a  letter 
to  Sir  Samuel  Egerton  Brydges,  dated  June  15, 
1 807,  bears  the  following  honourable  testimony  to 
the  labours  of  his  predecessor :  —  "  My  additions 
to  the  notes  of  Oldys  in*  the  Harleian  MUceUany 
will  not  be  very  numerous ;  for  no  editor  could 
ever  have  been  more  competent  to  the  undertak- 
ing than  he  was;  but  a  successive  editor  must 
teem  at  least  to  have  done  something  more  than 
his  predecessor.*'  * 

It  was  the  original  intention  of  the  publishers 
to  print  three  additional  volumes  to  this  edition, 
though  motives  afterwards  occurred  which  induced 
them  to  depart  from  it.  Park,  writing  to  Sir  S.  £. 
Brydges  on  Jan.  28,  1813,  says,  "  I  presume  you 
have  neard  from  our  friend  Haslewood  that  my 
projected  course  in  the  Harleian  Supplement  has 
been  suddenly  arrested,  and  that  the  work  is  to 
stop  with  vol.  X.,  half  of  which  will  be  occupied 
with  Indices.  This  has  painfully  disconcerted  my 
views,  and  rendered  a  considerable  portion  of  my 
preparations  useless.**  f 

"  Next  in  point  of  merit  to  the  contributions 
of  Oldys  to  British  biography,**  writes  our  valued 
corre'ftpondent,  Mb.  Bolton  Cobhet,  "must  be 
placed  his  publications  in  bibliography.  Those 
which  are  best  known  aremuch  esteemed,  but  there 
is  one  which  has  never  received  its  due  share  of 
commendation.  It  is  entitled  A  copious  and  exact 
catalogue  of  pamphlets  in  the  Harleian  Library^  etc. 
4%  pp.  168.  This  catalogue  was  issued  in  frag- 
ments with  the  Harleian  Miscellany^  in  order  to 
gratify  the  subscribers  with  an  opportunity  of 
being  their  own  choosers  with  regard  to  the  con- 
tents of  that  important  collection;   but  as  the 

times  is  that  of  M.  Guglielmo  Libri,  whose  sarprising 
collection  was  sold  by  Messrs.  Sotheby  and  WUk&s^affs^Va^ 
April,  May,  and  Jnly,  1%^V. 


44 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


[•r4  a  L  Jam.  U,  12. 


■ignaturei  and  numerals  are  consecutive,  it  forms 
m  separate  volume.  The  pamphlets  described 
amount  to  549.  The  dates  extend  from  1511 
to  1712,  but  about  two-thirds  of  the  number  were 
printed  before  1661.  The  titles  are  given  with 
unusual  fulness,  and  the  imprints  with  sufficient 
minuteness.  The  number  of  sheets  or  leaves  of 
each  pamphlet  is  also  stated.  The  subjects  em- 
braced are  divinity,  voyages  and  travels,  history, 
biosranhy,  polite  literature,  etc.  etc. — A  catalo«;ue 
of  books  or  pamphlets,  if  it  requires  a  sharp  eye, 
is  mere  transcription,  but  in  this  instance  we 
have  about  440  noteSt  of  which  many  are  sum- 
inaries  of  the  contents  of  the  articles  m  question, 
drawn  up  with  remarkable  Intel lif^ence  and  clear- 
ness, and  interspersed  with  curious  anecdotes.  It 
is  a  choice  specimen  of  recreative  bibliography, 
Chalmers  has  omitted  to  n;>tice  this  volume,  and 
•o  has  T^wndes.  The  copy  which  I  possess  was 
formerly  in  the  librarv  of  Mr.  Isaac  Ree<],  and  at 
the  sale  of  his  books  in  1 807  it  was  purchased  by 
Mr.  Heber  for  2/.  Ss.    It  cost  me  no  more  than 

St.  w.- 

A  copy  of  this  valuable  Catalogue  in  the  li- 
brary of  the  Corporation  of  London  formerly  be- 
longed to  Dr.  Michael  Lort,  who  has  written 
the  following  note  in  it:  **This  account  was 
drawn  up  by  the  very  intelligent  Mr.  Oldys.  It 
if  very  seldom  to  be  found  compleat  in  this  man- 
ner. Many  curious  particulars  of  literary  and 
biographical  history  are  to  be  found  in  it.  I  paid 
5ff.  for  it.  Feb.  18,  1772.**  This  Catalojrue  has 
been  reprinted  by  Mr.  Park  in  the  last  edition  of 
the  Harieian  Miscellany,  vol.  x.  pp.  357-471. 

(7b  be  continued,) 


THE  REGISTERS  OF  THE  STATIONERS' 

COMPANY. 

{Continued  from  2"*  S.  xii.  p.  515.) 

Primo  Februarij  [1590-1].  —  Richarde  Jones. 
Entred  for  his  copie,  &c.  The  Triumphes  of  the 
Churche,  cont^yninge  the  epirituaU  emgen  and  holie 
kimmes  ofgodUe  men^  Patriarkee  and  ProphMes, 


cation  to  the  QaeeuTmay  sbow  that  it  was  priatad  when 
it  was  brought  for  entry.] 

Edward  White.  Entred  for  his  copie,  fcc.  A 
moumfull  ditty e,  shewinge  the  cruelty  of  Ama!t 
Cosby  in  mnrderinge  the  lord  Burgh,  &e  I A  of 
January,  1590 vj*. 


[At  psf^e  514  of  the  last  volume  we  ga^e  the  title  of  an 
earlier  pablicatiou  br  >Vhite  npon  thb  tobject,  Wa  know 
of  no  extant  copy  of  this  **  mournfnl  ditty.'*'] 


;d 


▼J 

[This  is  doabtlcsi  Michael  Drayton*t  earliest  prodac- 
tion,  although  it  caine  out  with  a  somewhat  different 
title,  vis.  **  The  llarmonie  of  the  (*hurch,  containing  the 
tpirituall  Songes  and  H0I7  Hy nines  of  godly  men.  Pa- 
triarkes  and  Propheten,  by  M.  D.  I^ndon/printed  by 
Richard  Ihonee,  &c.  1591/*  8vo.  It  is  nee<lleMi  to  say 
more  regarding  it,  as  it  was  reprinte<l  by  the  Percy 
Society  in  1843,  and  again  by  the  Koxburghe  Club  in 
1856  with  a  number  of  other  rare  early  poems  by 
Drayton.] 

ri^die  Feb.  — Rob.  Dexter.  Entred  for  his 
eopie,  &c.  Oulielmi  Salustij  Bartassij  hebdomadas. 
Dedicated  to  her  Ma^ vj^ 

[A  translation  of  Du  Bwtas  into  Latin:  tha  Dcdi* 


9  Fcbr.  —  W"»  Ponsonbye.  Entred  for  his 
copie,  &c.  A  booke  intituled  the  Countesse  of 
Pembroohe*s  Joye  Churche  and  Emanuel       .    vj*. 

[Two  work*  by  Abraham  Fraunee  are  here  entered  to- 
gether, but  thev  ought  to  have  been  separately  paid  far. 
They  came  out  in  1591. 4(0.,  and  are  tedious  specimens  of 
Englinh  hexameters.  The  author  was  patronised  by  the 
Sidneys  and  through  their  influence  became  solicitor  in 
the  Court  of  the  Marches  of  Wales :  we  shall  hear  of  kin 
again.] 

16  Febr. — Tho.  Nelson.  Entred  for  his  copie, 
&c.  A  ballad  entituled  All  the  merrie  prumkes  of 
him  that  ichippfs  men  in  the  high  waies      .     .     vi*. 

25  Febr.— W"  Wri^Tht.  Entred  for  his  copie, 
&c.     A  booke  entituled  Frauncis  Fayre  weather, 

[We  can  offer  bo  explanation  of  this  entry,  whldi  may 
have  been  some  prognoatication,  may  have  related  to 
public  affairs  in  France,  or  may  possibly  have  bean  aa* 
other  work  bv  Abraham  Frannca.  At  all  avanta  It  has 
not  survived.^ 

xxvj  Februarij.— Richard  Feilde.  Entred  unto 
him  for  his  copie,  &c.  A  booke  entituled  John 
Harrington's  Orlando  furioso,  j-c.        .     .     •     nj*. 

[The  earliest  appearance  of  Ariosto's  work  in  English, 
and  printed  by  Field  in  folio  1591.    Great  dlffivance  ef 
opinion  prevails  regarding  the  merit  of  this  tranalatloo, 
which  was  so  popular  that  it  was  reprinted  in  1607  and 
1684,  in  the  last  instance  with  the  addition  of  Sir  Joha 
HariDgton*8  four  booka  of  Epigrams.    The  tnith  la»  that 
the  version  is  very  unequal  —  sometimes  admirabla  and 
exact,  sometimes  careless  and  coarse,  and  sometimes  with 
the  lawless  insertion  of  original,  not  only  Unas,  bnt  en- 
tire staosas.    Nevertheless,  it  is  througboat  an  azoel- 
lent  example  of  idiomatic  English.  Many  of  the  apigranu 
■  were  written  long  snbeequeotly  to  the  ihrst  imprtasion  sf 
I  the  translation,  and  one  of  them  is  upon  the  portrait  of 
.  the  author  and  his  dog,  as  engraved  in  1591.] 

1  ^larcij. — Tho.  Gosson.    Entred  for  his  copie. 

I  A  ballad  of  A  yonge  man  that  went  a  wajfug;  fft* 

Abell  Jefies  to  be  his  printer  hereof,  provyded 

!  alwajes  that  before  the  publishing  thereof  the 

I  undecentnes  be  reformed vj^. 

[The  above  is  crosned  out  in  the  book,  and  in  the  margia 
the  clerk  wrote  —  **  Cancelled  oat  of  the  book  for  the  bb- 
decentnes  of  it  in  diverse  verses."  Various  ballads  of  the 
!  kind  have  been  preserved,  but  none  of  them,  that  wa  are 
I  aware  of.  are  very  faulty  on  the  score  of  indecancj :  one 
now  before  us  begins ;  — 

**  Come,  all  young  lads  and  fair  maids, 
Now  listen  unto  me : 
I'll  not  tell  you  a  tale  of  maramaidi^ 
Or  any  sach  thinf  of  the 


8^  8.  L  Jam.  18,  '62.] 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


45 


Bat  I'll  tell  70a  how  a  young  man 

Paid  coart  to  a  girl  witli  wit, 
Who  oft  with  her  speech  had  stuns  man, 

But  at  last  in  her  turn  was  bit'^ 

The  whole  is  sprightly  and  pleasant,  and  seems  to  refer 
to  some  preWoas  popular  production  relating  to  **  mer- 
maidsi  syrens,  and  fair-ones  of  the  deep."  It  certainly 
cannot  be  the  production  to  which  the  entry  relates, 
which  was  most  likely  never  printed,  because  the  **  un- 
decentness  "  was  not "  reformed."] 

Mr.  Robert  Walley.    Allowed  unto  him  these 
copies  folowinge,  which  were  his  father's,  viz. : 
The  Shepherdes  Calender » 
Cato  in  Enslvth  and  Laiyn. 
The  Proverbes  of  Salomon^  InglUh. 
Salust  and  bellum  Jugurthinum. 
Mr»  Qraftontt  compntation, 
Mr,  RasteUes  computation. 
JSsopes  fables^  Englieh, 
Josephwi  de  beUo  Jiidaico,  English, 
Robyn  Conscience iiij*. 

[  The  ShqshercTs  Calendar  was  not  a  reprint  of  Spenser's 
Poitoralt,  but  of  the  old  8hq)hertr»  Calendar  which  had 
long  preceded  them,  and  the  title  of  which,  as  E.  K.  in* 
forms  us,  Bpenaer  had  adopted  in  1679.  **  Cato  in  Eng- 
lish **  was  of  course  a  school-book.  The  third  and  fourth 
works  explain  themselves :  and  nearly  the  same  may  be 
•aid  of  Grefton's  and  Bastell's  Chronicles.  '*.£8op*B 
Fables  in  English  **  had  originally  been  printed  bv  Cax- 
ton  in  1484;  but  John  Walley  or  Waley,  the  father  of 
Robert,  had  published  aix  edition  of  them  without  date  — 
**  London,  printed  by  Henry  Wykes  for  John  Waley  "  in 
8to.  Thos.  Lodge  made  a  translation  of  Joseph  us,  but  it 
did  not  come  out  until  1602,  folio.  Bobin  Qmteiemee 
must  mean  the  old  interlude,  of  which  only  a  fragment 
remains  to  us,  and  which  we  find  entered  to  Charlwood 
on  15  Jan.  1581-2.  For  an  account  of  it  see  Hiet.  EngL 
Dram,  Poetry,  ii.  402.  On  8  August,  1579,  John  Walley 
had  entared  **the  second  booke  of  Robyn  Conscyencei 
with  ij  flonges  in  iij  partes.'*  See  Reg.  Stat.  Soc.  (printed 
by  the  Shakspeare  Society),  vol.  ii.  pp.  97, 165.  Martin 
Parker  at  a  much  later  date,  1685,  wrote  a  chap-book 
which  he  entitled  Hohin  Conscience^  or  Comeionable  Robin 
ki§  Progreewe  tkrotigh  Court,  CU^,  and  Country :  it  was  in 
ballad  measure.] 

Ultimo  Marcij  [1591]. — Henrie  Haslop.    En-  . 

tred  anto  him  for  his  copie,  a  ballad  wherein  is 

discorered  the  great  coyetousnesi  of  a  miserable 

Usurer,  and  the  wonderfnll  liberalitie  of  hb  Ape, 

9lc vj*. 

[In  the  margin  opposite  the  above  is  written :  **  As- 
signed to  W»  Wright,  9  Aprill,  1591;**  and  accordingly 
wa  meet  with  it  a^dn  nnder  that  data,  and  with  tome 
yariation  of  title.] 

Secupdo  Aprilis.  —  Rich.  Christian.      Entred 

unto  him  for  his  copie,  &c.    A  ballad  entituled  A 

Colliers  Covet  to  his  friend  to  perswade  to  shews 

the  likefoUie  his  fancy  e  hath  made,      .    .     .    vj*. 

[Evidently  alluding  to  some  previous  publication.  See 
also  the  entry  under  date  oi  the  17th  April.  RidL  Chris- 
tian is,  we  believe,  a  new  name  in  the  trade.] 

9  April.  —  Willm.  Wrii^ht.  Entred  for  his 
copie  by  warrant  firom  M'  Cawood,  and  Henry 
Hasselopa  oonsent,  A  ballad  intitled  A  warmnge 


to  worldlinges,  discoveringe  the  covetousnes  of  a 

usurer  and  the  liberality  of  his  ape      .     •    .    iiij'. 

[See  31  March.  We  can  easily  imagine  the  subifeet  of 
this  ballad,  in  which  an  ape  must  have  wantonly  scat- 
tered abroad  the  gold  which  a  miser  had  scraped  to- 
gether.] 

17  April.  —  Richard  Jones.    Entred  to  him  for 

his  copie,  &c.  the  Colliers^  misdowtinge  of  f order 

strife^  made  his  excuse  to  Annet  his  wife^  ffo,    iiij'. 

[Clearly  a  sequel  to  the  ballad  which  had  been  re« 
gistered  by  Christian  on  2  April:  there  the  husband 
complains  to  a  friend,  and  here  he  apologises  to  his  wife.] 

Abell  Jeffes.  Entred  for  his  copie,  &c.  The 
honorable  accions  of  that  most  worthie  gent.  Ed* 
ward  Olemham,  of  Benhall  in  Suff.^  Esquier,  with 
his  most  valiant  conquestes  agaiuste  ths  Spauiardes, 

[This  tract  has  been  reprinted  in  modem  tiraea,  bat 
the  original  is  so  scarce  that  Mr.  Granville  was  obliged 
to  content  himself  with  a  copy  of  the  reprint  (See  Gren, 
Cat.  i.  276.)  Glenham  appears  to  have  continued  his 
triohiphs,  and  we  have  before  us  what  we  believe  to  be  a 
unique  account  of  his  farther  victories,  his  subsequent 
imprisonment  in  Barbary,  and  his  final  romantic  ehal* 
lenge  of  his  enemies.  We  copy  the  full  title  of  it;— > 
**  Newes  from  the  Levane  Seas.  Discribing  the  many 
perrilous  events  of  the  most  woortby  desirving  Gentle- 
man, Edward  Glenham,  Esquire.  His  hardy  attempts  ia 
honorable  fights  in  great  perril.  With  a  relation  of  his 
troubles,  and  indirect  dealings  of  the  King  of  Argere  Is 
Barbarie.  Also  the  cause  of  his  imprisonment,  and  hys 
eballeoge  of  combat  against  a  Stranger,  mayntaining  hit 
Countries  honour.  Written  by  H.  B.  At  London,  Printed 
for  William  Wright    1594,'*  4to.     It  occupies  24  B.  L. 

gages,  and  relates  to  a  voyage  of  adventure  undertaken 
1 1598  by  Glenham,  in  his  ship  the  Gallion  Constance.] 

W"*  Jones.  Entred  for  his  copie,  &c.  2^s 
Shepherdes  Starre,  jrc,  dedicated  by  Tho.  Brad- 
shaw  to  Therle  of  Essex yj*. 

[Ritson  (BibL  Poet.  188)  informs  us  that  this  piesi 
was  licensed  to  Richard  Jones  in  1590,  but  it  is  a  mistalia 
both  as  to  the  name  and  year.  The  full  title  of  this  moat 
rare  poem  runs  thus :  *'  The  Shepherd's  Starre,  now  of  lata 
seene,  and  at  this  hower  to  be  observed  merveilous  orient 
in  the  East,  which  brings  glad  tydings  to  all  that  may 
behold  her  brightness.  London,  Printed  by  B.  Bobinsoo. 
1591."    4ta] 

zxx^  Aprilis,  1591. — John  Wolfe.  Entred  unto 
him  for  his  copies,  iij  little  bokes  of  fishing,  to  bea 
translated  out  of  dutche,  vj'.  Item,  A  comtroversu 
betweene  the  fleas  and  women^  ffc TJ^. 

FThis  curious  memorandum  is  preceded  by  a  wholly 
unmteresting  enumeration  of  eleven  books  on  cookery, 
brewing,  alchemy,  &c.  The  Comtroverey  would  have  been 
verv  amusing  if  It  had  come  down  to  our  time.  Ho  each 
early  ** little  books  of  fishing**  are  mentioned.] 

ij<«die  Maij.  —  John  Wolfe.  Entred  for  his 
copie,  Ac.  Articles  ofagrement  upon  the  yeildinge 
of  Chrenoble^  and  advertisements  out  of  province  to 
the  French  Kinge.  Together  with  twoo  haUeties^ 
thone  of  the  besteginge,  emd  thotherofthe  yeiUiMgu 
of  Chartres. 

[HUtorical  traoU  and  balUda  ^  ^b^mI^-'^zb^*"!*^'^  "^m^ 


46 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


[,3"  S.  L  Ja«.  18,  'et. 


ivuld  b«  Ttmrvmi.  Such  pnbllcatknu  mra  the  fbn- 
riinncri  of  nawspipen.  tod,  andtr  tb*  dais  of  ISlii,  wa 
shall  bars  tonD(k«on<b<r  Wolfaon  tba  ciptun  orGro- 
ning«D.] 

3  MkIJ.  —  Ric.  Jones.  Entred  for  hia  copie  in 
full  court,  Brytout  Bomert  ofdtUgktei    ,     .     »j'. 

[In  ourlMt  arlide  we  vm  <n  error  in  not  recoKniting 
M  Nicholei  BrWon'a  work  Tht  Pilgrinmpt  lo  Farai^u  :  »« 
ware  mialad  bf  the  data  of  Iha  entry,  for  the  onlv  known 
copiei  of  the  production  art  of  la92.  and  wera  printed  at 
Oxford.  Ihoatcb,  as  we  Me,  entered  in  Londnn  in  lS90-i. 
Brelon'i  (here  tpelt  BrytoneJ  Bdn«  of  Dtli^tt  wai  pub- 
lithed  by  Bicbard  Jnnea  in  IS91,  but  he  leems  turrtp- 
titioualy  to  have  obtained  the  maniucript  from  which  be 
printed  It.  It  BKain  came  from  the  pieei  in  lfi97,  end  wae 
axtremelj  popalar.] 

H,  Carre.  Entred  for  bis  copies  twoo  bnllidea. 
Tbone  entitled  A  godly  neiee  hailnd  diMcribinge  tkt 
wncerlainty  o/lhii  prennt  Lyfe,  the  Tanitiet  v/lhit 
alaring  vwrld,  and  the  Joyet  of  Heaven,  j-c.,  anil 
tltother  A  godly  neae  ballad,  vllerein  i«  thewed 
tkinconBtnieacy  that  commeth  hy  the  lotae  of  tyme, 
and  houie  tyme  past  cannot  be  luilied  ogaine  .     xij*.  j 

xij'  Maij. — John  Kviid.  Entred  unto  bim,  &a. 
A  ballad  entitled,  Declaraige  the  noble  laU  daae  \ 
eetei  and  deedei  of  Mr.  Edward  OUmham,  a  Suf-  ■ 
folk  geoL,  Kppon  the  teat,  and  at  St.  George*  Ilont, 
iro. 'J*- 

[Thii  was  merely  ■  ballad,  and  it  wae  probably  founded 
npon  the  tract  a  kittle  above  noticed.  We  ^all  biTe 
mora  to  lay  of  John  Kvdd,  the  publiiher,  hereafter,  ai 
tba  brother  of  Thomas  Kydd,  the  celebrated  eathor  of  , 
"  The  SpuiBh  Traged/."] 

J.  Fathb  Coujbb.  I 


LIQUORICE. 
This  word  and  the  corresponding  Fr,  r^litu 
have  undoubtedlj  the  anme  origin.  It  is  agreed 
on  all  haoda  that  thejr  are  deriTed  from  yXvi^ppi^a, 
the  Gt.  name  for  this  root ;  or  at  any  rate  front  its 
component  parts  -yKnis  and  A'fa-  Ho*  then  has 
this  apparently  Tcrj  great  dissimilarity  of  form 
arisen  F  No  explanation  has,  that  I  know  of, 
been  attempted.  Nobody  has  troubled  himself 
about  the  matter.  The  Engl,  lexicographers  do 
not  mention  r^litte ;  the  Er.  lexicographers  do 
not  mention  Uquoriee.  Still  a  sort  of  explanation 
may  be  gathered  from  their  works.  Our  country- 
men  give  y\uKipiH(a,  and  also  yKoitis  and  fllfs. 
The  French  do  not  mention  the  first,  no  doubt  on 
account  of  its  apparently  great  want  of  resem- 
blance, bat  content  themielvea  with  giving  fitfa 
■DdYXmc^i.  By  comparing  the  two  we  arrive  at 
the  conelusiou  that  liguorice  and  riglitie  are  in- 
deed composed  of  exactly  the  same  materials, 
bat  that  what  is./frif  in  the  one  is  latt  in  the  other, 
and  vice  ver*a ;  an^l  certainly  the  fit^t  that  liqaorice 
begins  with  an  I  (the  second  letter  of  i\ii<cis),  and 
rigluee  with  an  r  (the  lint  letter  of  H<i),  lend* 
■ome  colour  to  this  opinion.  But  is  there  any 
Ibuiidation  for  it?     I  think  not. 


With  regard  to  Ugnoriee,  the  Engl,  lexicogra- 
phers are  undoubtedly  right.  yXvuipfia  became  in 
Mod.  Gr.  y\aicipai!:iL.  From  this  the  y  was  thrown 
away  as  in  the  Lat.  he.  laetie,  frou)  tlie  Gr.  yd^a, 
7ct\iKTot,  and  the  Engl,  like  I'roiu  the  Germ,  aleich; 
and  the  remainder  Xi«ii>)(wfa  '(lycorrhiza)  ba«  be- 
come liquorice.  The  older  spelling  licoriee  is 
therefore  more  correct. 

With  regard  tor^/iwe,  let  us  compare  iti  eqni- 
valenls  in  the  cognate  and  other  languages.  In 
Ital.  it  is  regolizia,  but  also  liouiriziu ,-  in  Spaa. 
Tegalicia,  rtgalisa,  regaiit ;  in  Purt.  regaliz;  in 
Prov.  commonly  regoHia,  but  also  reiealiei,  re- 
galUia,  regaltueia,  recalieta,  recalitii ;  ia  Germ. 
Lakritie  (Siisabolz). 

But,  if  we  compare  all  these  fornui,  esp.  the 
Ital.  liqui»i7.iA,  the  Sp.  reFoiiciA,  regahtk.,  and 
the  Germ,  Lak^ms  with  the  Engl,  lieowiom,  wa 
are,  I  think,  forced  to  the  conclusion  ihat  the  ter- 
mination, i.  e.  that  part  of  the  word  which  follows 
the  medial  I  or  r,  is  in  all  cases  of  the  same  origin 
as  the  ice  in  our  liairice,  and  that  therefore  it  i» 

fart  of  plfo*,  and  does  not  correspond,  as  the 
reneh  would  have  ua  believe,  to  the  wut  (yliyt  or 
■'tis)  of  7\uiicui.  But,  if  tills  be  so,  if  the  second 
half  of  the  word  in  all  cases  contains  the  iJh  of  (SIfa, 
how  docs  it  come  that  the  word  in  many  instancei 
begins  with  an  rP  Is  this  too  a  part  of  ^.{-a? 
and  if  eo,  how  did  it  become  separated  from  the 
rest  of  the  word  T  Yes,  it  ia  the  p  of  plfo,  and  it 
has  merely  undergone  a  diilocation  or  traiupon- 
tion.  If,  in  the  Ital.  regolizia  we  change  the  place 
of  the  r  and  the  I,  we  obtain  legorizia,  and  if  we 
do  the  same  to  the  Prov.  recaliui,  we  obtain 
Znvn'sii '-^  words  very  similar  to  licoriee,  though, 
with  the  exception  ofthe  termination,  less  like  the 
oriainal.' 

I  do  not  tbink  that  transpositions  of  this  sort 
are  common.  1  cannot,  at  the  present  time,  recall 
one  of  exactly  the  same  nature.  I  can  only  quote 
the  Arabic —jj  (sowj),  hiaband,  teife,  fur  which 
in  common  conversation  Jj»-  (jowz)t,  atrictly 
speaking,  a  nnf,  uuinuf,  is  used.  Thus  a  wife  will 
aay  to  her  husband  (Jmj?-  (jowiee),  my  walnut,  in- 
stead of  ^s-.j  ^(zowjee),  my  hutband,  although 
she  no  doubt  makes  use  of  the  transposition  iiii- 
•  Compare  Gr.  »^.i  Talmod,  rniK  (orei),  mn« 
(firUM)  (  Arab,  ^j^  ^„„  „  „„^  ,„„  „  ^„j,  „  ^^ 

(mil) ;  Mod.  Gr.  Avfs  Fr.  rit,  with  oor  equivalent,  riti. 
Ouriiiuely  anoogh.  in  Span.,  besides  the  farma  civen  above 
In  the  text,  we  also  find  oromi,  meaning  —  not  rice 
(which  ii  arrox)  —  but  liqMricB.  Cin  there  then  be  any 
connection  between  ie-f"  and  ^f"? 

■  Thii  will  not  be  found  in  the  lexicons.  I  had  it  from 
Hr.  Calafego,  the  author  of  the  Arabic  Diet,  bearing  hia 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


never  ciUed  _,j  (zowj). —  Letters  are,  LoweTer, 
frequently  tmnsposed  in  tho  body  of  a  word. 

But  wlij  in  rirliise  (if  origiunlly  ligritte)  have 
the  r  and  the  I  been  trHnsjiosed,  and  not  the  I 
niid  (he  g,  when  ire  should  have  had  grlriaie  or 
gelariae  t  I  think  because,  as  a  rule,  ibe  initial 
or  other  letlera  of  different  tyUablei  are  mora 
likelj  to  be  transposed  than  two  letters  in  the 
same  tuUable.*  I-therefore  divide  regliue,  rig- 
Hue  (for  r^gnii3se=Prov.  regaliui)  and  not  ri- 
gUtte. 

It  ia  posuble,  however,  that  do  tranapoution  hiB 
taken  place  at  all.  R  and  /  ao  frequentlj  inter* 
change  that  rigtiue  may  have  been  "derived  from 
le^ritte  (comp.  Germ.  Lakritze')  hj  the  mere  sub- 
Btitution  of  an  r  fur  the  /,  and  an- 1  for  the  r. 

F.  CUASCI. 


Edward,  Harquns  of  Worcnler,  to  rKcETe  tbe  BeiMflt 
and  PrcBt  of  a  WaUr-coniinuiding  Epgina  by  bim  In- 
▼enlad,  onc-tsnlh  Part  whenof  is  appnipriatiid  for  the 
Benefit  of  the  King's  Utjtity,  hit  Huti  anil  Succaoors." 

27  Chii.  II.  cp.  4.  (Private ).  — "An  Act  griDtlDe  a 
Lictncs  U)  Hi>  Higbne*.  Princs  Rupert,  Duk«  of  Cum- 
tKrland,  Tor  Thirty-ODB  Ytars." 

The  earlier  statutes  from  Magna  Charta  are  all 
of  arcbffirilngical  interest ;  and  I  have  omitted 
many  subsequent  acts  for  fear  of  encroaching  too 
far  on  your  space.  W>  H.  Lanhdi. 

Fnlbam. 


GLEANINGS  FROM  "  THE  STATUTES  AT 
LARQE." 

ISHenry  VlLcap.  II.  (Private). —  "An  Act  for  Ihe 
Attainder  oF  James  Tonchait,  KiilEbt,  Lord  Aadley, 
Edmond  Earl  of  SuSblk,  and  divets  otbers  confederate 
wilb  fieri  Warbeck." 

1  Hen.  Tin.  cip.  1!.  —  "Conccrniue  nDErue  Inquisi- 
tions urocored  by  Empson  and  Dadley," 

1  Hen.  VUI.  cap.  tS.  — "An  Act  adnalllng  of  atl 
Feoffments  made  to  Empson  end  Dudlev." 

4  Hen.  Vlll.  cap.  7._''An  Act  uf  Restilulion  for 
TbamuEmpsoD,  aonofSir  Rich.  Empion." 

83  IIiD.  VIII.  cap.  17.-  "  Ad  Act  furPaTioK  of  AlntS, 
High  Holbflrn,  Chancer?  Lane,  Qray'*  Ina  Lane,  Shoe 
Lane,  and  Fetter  Lane." 

1  Edir.  TI.  cap.  1.  — "  An  Act  agaloal  such  Persons  as 
■hall  nanverently  speak  againat  the  Sacrament  of  the 
Altar,  and  of  tbe  KFceiving  thereof  under  both  Kinds." 

1  llarr,  cap,  6.—"  An  Act  for  Itie  Repairing  of  a  Causey 
betwixt  "Bristol  ind  Gloucester.'' 

1  &  2  Philip  h  JUr>-,  cap.  4. —  "An  Act  for  tbo 
Punishment  of  cerloin  Persons  calling  Ibemselvea  £gyp- 


CHIEF  JUSTICES  QUONDAM  HIGHWAYMEN. 

IntXiAQenlUmaii*  Magazine  for  January,  1861, 
appeared  an  article  founded  npon  th«  Crimimal 
Rtcordi  of  the  Comity  of  Mtddletex,  and  aBbrding 
from  that  original  source  aome  curioua  itlnitrn- 
tion)  of  tbe  morality,  manners,  and  coatume  of 
the  reigns  of  Klizabetb  and  James  I.  Tbe  writer, 
however,  in  dressinf;  them  up  for  what  i«  now 
deemed  tbe  approved  fashion  of  periodical  litera- 
ture, has  launched  forth  into  lonie  statements  so 
startling  and  ao  apparently  "  o'ersEepping  the 
modesty  of  nature,  that  it  seems  necessary  to 
pursue  him  with  the  cry,  Whither  ao  fast?  Among 
other  assertions  that  are,  perhaps,  to  be  t*ken  em 
^rano,  he  has  con&denlly  put  forth  the  follow- 
ing :— 


1  educa 


B  not   a 


I   to 


33  Elii.  cop.  i; 
FlamUeid  Man 


a  Act  for  the  Inning  of  Earilhai 


turalising  of  Si 
Prinre  his  Bet 
Schoolmaster  to 


.  cap.  25.  (Private).— "An  Act  for  tile  Na- 
r  Sir  Dsvid  Murray,  Kat., 
Bedchaml>er,    and    Thomas    Uarray,   Esq., 


f,  Kat.,  Gentleman  of  tbe 


of  York.' 

..  .  ,1.  4.  (Private).  — "An  Act  whereby 
Bichard  Sackville,  Etq.,  is  enabled  to  make  a  Surrender 
onto  the  King'a  Majesty  of  the  Offlces  of  Chief  Butler  of 
England  and  Wales,  notwithstanding  his   Minority   of 


'■S^:!' 


le).- 


iCenanrecinn  in  Parliament  against  Sir  Giles  Mom- 
pesaon.  Sir  Francis  Mitchell.  Francis  Visconnt  .laint  Al- 
AoTie,  Lord  Chancellor  of  Eugland,  and  Rdward  Fluod." 

ISChaa.  II.  cap.  12,  (Private).  — "  An  Act  to  enable 

•  At  one  school  I  waa  it  it  was  a  very  faTonrile  arnDse- 

Kort,  and  we  always  iutiiiettH^  followed  thla  law.  Thus 
larbot  waald  Inevitably  beeama  dwM;  and  not  rntM; 
Ktdlotk,  Itdtnrk,  and  not  detctotk. 


wild  ezdlement  of  tbe  road,  plunder  with  which  to  de- 
fray their  tavern  bills,  or  squander  apon  the  newest  trap- 
Einjcs  of  fashion Eminent  coartien 
ad  been  recognised,  in  spite  of  their  masked  faces,  on 
tbe  road ;  even  the  dignilv  of  jastico  was  marred  by  the 
fact  that  some  of  ber  adoiiniatraton  had  in  their  youth 
fullowed  such  tIcIoub  ways.  Gir  Roger  Chalmetey  and 
Sir  Edward  Popham  were  both  said  to  have  ocnuicmally 

Now,  "  tbe  romance  of  history "  is  all  verr 
well,  and  in  these  days  wa  are  pretty  mucb 
accustomed  to  its  vagaries  ;  but  still,  when  lher« 
is  an  affectation  to  support  extravaeant  gene- 
ralities by  real  examples,  and  historical  namea 
are  brought  forward  to  bear  them  out,  it  is  time 
to  endeavour  to  arrest  the  progress  of  such  daring 
adventurers.  Kor  can  it  be  done  too  soon :  for 
these  bold  and  confident  assertions  deceive  the 
unwary,  by  whom  they  are  in  jiood  faiih  copied 
and  repeated.  Sucb  bai  already  been  the  ca>e  in 
tbe  present  instance  :  for  my  attention  has  been 
directed  to  the  passage  in  tbe  GtulUr/uai'i  Maga- 
xine  by  its  having  been  adopted  among  tbe  argu- 
menla  employed  by  Mr.  Sainthill  in  his  recent 
essay  discussing  the  History  of  the  Old  Cowdeu 
of  Desmorid. 

It  ia,  therefore,  worth  while  to  inquire  what  are 
tbe  facts  with  regard  to  Sir  Roger  Cbolmeley  and 
Sir    Edward   Pocham.     DW.  ^S«>i    <»wMtere<»<i 


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[8^  8.  L  Jijr.  18,  *«. 


praetise  as  gentlemen  highwaymen?  or  was  it 

even  eyer  said  that  they  had  done  so  ? 

The    aspersion    on    Sir   Roger   Cholmeley   is 

avowedly  founded  on  an  anecdote  related  of  him 

by  Roger  Ascham  in  his  Schoolmaster,  of  which 

the  whole  is  as  follows  :  — 

''It  U  a  notable  tale,  that  old  Sir  Roffer  Chamloe, 
sometime  chief  justice,  would  tell  of  himMlf.  When  he 
was  ancient  in  inn  of  court  certain  jroang  gentlemen 
were  brought  before  him  to  be  corrected  for  certain  mis- 
orders,  and  one  of  the  lustiest  said.  Sir,  we  be  young  gen- 
tlemen ;  and  wise  men  before  ut  have  proved  all  fashions, 
and  yet  those  have  done  full  welL  This  thej  said  be- 
cause it  was  well  known  that  Sir  Roger  had  been  a  good- 
fellow  in  his  youth.  But  he  answered  them  very  wisely : 
Indeed  (saith  he)  in  yooth  I  was  as  you  are  now ;  and  I 
had  twelve  fellows  like  unto  myself,  but  not  one  of  them 
came  to  a  good  end.  And  therefore  follow  not  my  ex- 
ampU  in  youth,  but  follow  my  counsel  in  age,  if  ever  ye 
think  to  oome  to  this  place,  or  to  these  years  that  I  am 
eocna  unto,  lest  you  meat  either  with  poverty  or  Tyburn 
in  the  way." 

(Mr.  Foss,  Lives  of  the  Judges,  v.  294,  has 
quoted  this  anecdote  from  Sewanl*s  Anecdotes^  iv. 
875,  and  followed  a  misreading,  proved  of  ail  fac* 
Hans,  instead  of  **  prored  all  fashions.**) 

This  story,  it  will  be  perceived,  relates  to  ^  cer- 
tain misorders*'  committed  by  **  certain  young 
gentlemen  **  whilst  members  of  Lincoln*8  Inn,  for 
which  disorders  Cholmeley,  acting  as  one  of  the 
ancients,  or  senior  benchers,  reproved  them,  like 
the  head  or  tutor  of  a  college  at  Cambridge  or 
Oxford  might  now  reprove  his  undergraduates.  He 
warned  (hem  that  they  were  on  the  road  to  ruin, 
and  might  ultimately  arrive  at  the  gallows ;  but 
he  did  not  even  hint  that  they  had  **  taken  to  the 
road,**  in  the  sense  of  the  last  century.  In  the 
Tersion  of  the  writer  in  the  Oentleman's  Magazine 
the  story  is  misrepresented  as  describing  **  a  party 
of  wiUl  young  fellows  being  taken  before  chief  jus- 
ties  Cholmeley,  one  of  whom  had  the  eflfrontery  to 
remind  the  judge  of  his  early  irregularities :  ** — 
misleading  the  reader  to  imagine  the  scene  of  the 
altercation  to  have  been  a  court  of  law,  where  the 
young  men  were  arraigned  as  criminals.  But 
there  is  no  intimation  whatever  in  Ascham*8  anec- 
dote of  their  misdemeanours  having  as  yet  reached 
that  liability.  Cholmeley  confesses  to  his  young 
friends  that  he  too  **  had  been  a  good-fellow  in  his 
jputh ;  **  bat  it  is  the  first  time  (and  let  us  hope 
It  will  be  the  last)  that  a  rood-f^hw  has  been 
held  to  be  all  one  with  a  highwayman ! 

I  was  about  to  proceed  to  examine  the  second 
•sample,  —  that  or  Chief  Justice  Popham,  whose 
tnie  name  was  Sir  John,  not  Sir  Edward ;  but  on 
reftrring  to  the  late  Lord  CampbelPs  Lives  of  the 
Chief  Jusiices,  I  find  that  he  is  actually  answer- 
able, to  the  full  extent,  for  all  that  is  alleged 
•gainst  Popham  by  the  writer  in  the  OejitlemarCs 
MofOMine.  Before  saying  more,  therefore,  I  beg 
to  inquire  whether  Lord  CampbelKs  astounding 
liffaODi  relative  to  Popham  (Lives  of  the  Chi^ 


Justices,  edit.  1849,  toL  i.  pj).  209-211),  liATe 
already  been  subjected  to  critical  investigation  f 
If  not,  it  is  certainly  fit  that  they  should  l^ ;  and 
I  will  undertake,  in  that  case,  to  do  my  part  to- 
wards it.  John  Gouoh  IfiCHOU. 


Oif  THE  DsosEvs  of  Compaeisom. — Ghramma- 
rians  have  explained  to  us  how  adjectives  in  the 
comparative  and  superlative  forms  express,  in  a 
greater  and  the  greatest  degree,  the  quality  of  the 
positive ;  as  from  Umg  we  have  longer  and  longest ; 
meaning  more  long  and  most  long.  But  they  have 
omitted  to  point  out  that  smaller  number  of  ad- 
jectives whose  comparative  and  superlative  forma 
express  the  quality  in  a  less  and  the  least  degree. 
These,  as  ususl  with  words  unexplained,  they  call 
irregular. 

Ka  examples  we  have  in  English,  had,  better, 
best ;  or,  less  had,  least  had. 

In  Latin  we  have  malus,  melior;  or  bad,  less 
had;  pius,  ptjor,  pcssimms,  or  good,  less  good,  least 
good. 

In  some  cases  the  adjective  forms  its  compara- 
tive and  superlative  in  both  ways  with  the  two 
meanings. 

Thus  in  Latin  we  have  magnus,  major,  Moxi- 
mus ;  and  also  mognus,  minor,  minimus. 

In  Greek  we  have  firyas^  fiftfofp,  fA€yt<rros ;  and 
also  /Aryar,  fttwy,  fiti<nos.  Of  these  two  forms  the 
latter  is  at  least  as  regular  as  the  former,  though 
less  usual. 

Possibly  we  might  add  to  these  parvus,  pirns, 
pbtrimus,  and  uforthy,  worse,  worst, 

A  little  industry  would  no  doubt  produce  other 
instances  out  of  other  languages. 

It  would  be  difficult  to  trace  the  change  in  the 
human  mind  which  has  led  us  now  not  to  form 
comparatives  and  superlatives  in  this  the  less  usual 
way.  But  in  the  formation  of  our  prepositions 
we  may  trace  a  process  of  reasoning  nearly  akin 
to  this  now  pointed  out.  Thus  in  Engluh  we 
have  off,  over ;  on,  under.  In  Latin  sua,  super. 
In  Greek  vwo,  vwtp.  But  whether  there  is  any- 
thing analogous  between  the  formation  of  these 
prepositions  from  one  another  and  the  compara- 
tives above  spoken  of,  may  be  doubtfuL 

Samuel  SHamps. 

Sebastian  Cabot.  —  The  birth-place  of  this 
individual  has  already  been  questioned  in  your 
columns  (2*^  S.  v.  1,  kc),  Mb.  Mabeland  con- 
tending that  Bristol  must  be  deprived  of  its  name, 
which  liad  "hitherto  (been)  numbered  amongst 
the  natives  and  *  worthies  *  of  that  city.**  With 
this  opinion  I  entirely  agreed  at  the  time,  and 
subsequent  research  has  confirmed  me  in  it.  In 
preparing  A  Popular  History  of  Bristol  for  the 
press  a  few  months  since,  t  had  frequent  oooa* 


*•  a  L  Jam.  18,  'es.] 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


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ion  to  correct  the  errors  of  Barrett,  Seyer,  and 
»ther  writers,  particularly  those  of  an  antiquarian 
ind  biographical  character ;  the  result  of  some  of 
hese  corrections  will  probably  appear  in  future 
wges  of  "  N.  &  Q.-  In  this  **  labour  of  love  "  I 
lappened  to  stumble  against  the  following  pas- 
ages,  which  are,  I  think,  clear  evidence  of  the 
act,  that  Sebastian  Cabot  was  a  native  of  Venice 
ind  not  of  Bristol.  At  p.  7  of  Hakluytt*s  Third 
md  last  volume  of  (he  Voyages,  Navigations^  Tra/- 
tgnes^  &c.,  Sebastian  Cabot  is  spoken  of  as  '*  a 
raliant  man,  a  Venetian  bom ;  **  and  subsequently, 
m  the  same  page,  he  says  of  himself  (in  A  DiS" 
wtrsej  Sfc.)f  that  '*  When  my  father  departed 
rem  Venice  many  years  since  to  dwell  in  Eng- 
And,  to  follow  the  trade  of  merchandises,  hee 
X)oke  mee  with  him  to  the  citie  of  London,  while 
[  was  very  yone ;  **  some  say  four  years  old.  In 
leveral  other  places  in  the  same  work,  Sebastian 
Dabot  is  spoken  of  by  different  writers,  such  as 
Baptista  Ramusius,  Feter  Martyr,  and  Francis 
Lopez  de  Gomara,  as  being  **  a  Venetian  borne ;  ** 
ihis  to  me  is  conclusive  on  the  subject.  But 
^arther;  in  November,  1858,  the  municipality  of 
ITenice  erected  a  marble  bust  of  him  in  their 
Council  Room,  in  the  old  palace  of  the  Doges ; 
md  why,  if  he  was  not  a  native  ?  Gsoboe  Fbtce. 
Bristol  City  Library. 

Sunday  Nbwspapxbb. — ^What  would  our  Scot- 
tish friends  say  to  the  following  specimen  of 
/American  manners  ?  — 

**  The  town  fof  New  Orleans]  is  liberally  sapplied  with 
:barche8  of  all  denominations.  I  went  one  Sanday  to  a 
Presbyteriaa  church,  and  was  mach  struck  on  my  entry 
it  seeing  all  the  congregation  reading  newspapers.'  Seat- 
ing myself  in  a  pew,  I  found  a  paper  lying  alongside  of 
me,  and,  taking  it  up,  I  discovered  it  was  a  reHgions 
paper,  full  of  anecdotes  and  experiences,  &c.,  and  was 
mpplied  artMiis  to  the  congregation."  —  Land  of  the  Siav 
imd  the  Free,  by  Hon.  Henry  ^  Murray.  1855.  Vol.  i. 
p.  261. 

K.  P.  D.  E. 

Thjb  "  Faxc  Anx  Cbbfs.**  — .1  have  lately  been 
reading  a  work  by  Dr.  Challice  :  — 

**  The  Secret  History  of  the  Court  of  Franca  under 
Louis  XV.,  edited  from  rare  and  unpublished  Docn- 
msnts."    2  Vols.    (Hurst  &  Blackett.) 

In  the  second  volume  (Appendix,  p.  117),  the 
following  passage  occurs  :  — 

«  Madame  de  Pompadour  has  been  repaid  by  England 
for  this  national  insult  by  the  foul  stigma  branded  on  her 
memory  l»y  English  writers.  In  England  during,  and 
after  the  French  Revolution,  vcu  propagated  such  abomi- 
nations as  *  Le  Fate  amx  Ctrfe,  ou  FOrifpne  de  Paffreux 
difieit,  1790.'  We  have  seen  by  the  narrative  (p.  147) 
how  M.  Capefigue*s  royalist  resstfohea  have  failed  to  dis- 
cover any  pare  aux  eerfe  at  all." 

The  p.  147  referred  to  by  Dr.  Challice,  con- 
tains an  attempt  to  prove  the  «xtrtordinary  asser- 
tion, that  the  pare  aux  cerfs  was  not  an  avowed, 
acknowledged,  licensed  (so  to  say)  house  of  ill- 


fame.  This,  of  course,  no  one  wishes  to  maintain ; 
but  at  the  same  time  it  is  a  well-known  fact,  that 
young  girls,  decoyed  by  the  Paris  police,  were 
systematically  carried  ou  to  the  pare  aux  cerfs  for 
the  gratification  of  the  unprincipled  Louis  XV. 
For  full  details  on  this  disgusting  business,  the 
reader  may  consult  the  edition  of  the  Journal  de 
^ar&ier,  published  by  M.Charpentier:  Paris,  1857, 
vol.  v.  pp.  360,  372,  373. 

It  is  a  matter  of  regret  that  Dr.  Challice*s  chief 
authority,  in  his  otherwise  interesting  work,  should 
be  M.  Capefigue,  of  whom  a  competent  writer  has 
lately  said :  — 

*<  Son  histoire  de  Philippe  Auguste  est  le  seul  de  sea 
onvrages  oti  il  y  ait  l*apparence  d*^tudes  s^ienses." 

On  M.  Capefigue  see  further  an  article  by  the 
late  Ch.  Labitte  in  the  Revue  des  Deux  Mondes^ 
Oct.  1,  1839.  GusTAYs  Massoit. 

Harrow-on-the  -Hill. 

JxFFBBsoiT  Davis.  —  This  name  baa  now  be- 
come celebrated,  as  being  that  of  the  first  Presi- 
dent of  the  Southern  Confederation.  At  an 
election  for  the  borough  of  Great  Yarmouth  in 
1795,  John  Jefferson  Davis^  voted  as  a  freeman 
for  George  Anson,  £^.,  great-nephew  of  Lord 
Anson,  the  circumnavigator.  The  combination 
of  the  two  names,  Jefferson^Davis^  is  remarkable. 
Can  any  of  your  readers  say,  whether  any  con- 
nexion existed  between  the  family  of  President 
Davis,  and  the  Yarmouth  voter  ?  C.  J.  P. 

Gbegort  of  Paulton. — A  biblical  note  con- 
taining a  quotation  from  this  celebrated  yaMer, 
may  possess  some  local  interest,  if  you  would 
kindly  re-produce  it  for  the  benefit  of  my  Paulton 
friends.  The  commentator  (Dr.  A.  Clarke),  in 
illustration  of  the  simile  of  a  **  tinkling  cymbal,** 
used  by  the  Apostle,  1  Cor.  xiii.  1.,  proceeds :  — 

**  I  have  quoted  several  passages  from  heathens  of  th# 
most  cultivated  minds  in  Greece  and  Rome  to  illustrate 
passages  of  the  sacred  writers.  I  shall  now  quote  ona 
from  an  illiterate  collier  of  Paulton,  in  Somerset ;  and  as 
I  have  named  Homer,  Horace,  Virgil,  and  others,  I  will 
quote  Josiah  Gregory,  whose  mind  might  be  compared  to 
a  diamond  of  the  first  water,  whose  native  splendoor 
broke  in  various  places  through  its  incrustations,  but 
whose  brilliancy  was  not  brought  out  for  want  of  the 
hand  of  the  lapidary.  Among  various  energetic  aayings 
of  this  great  unlettered  man,  I  remember  to  have  heard 
the  following :  *  People  of  little  religion  are  always  noisy ; 
he  who  has  not  the  love  of  God  and  nun  filling  hia 
heart  is  like  an  empty  waggon  coming  violently  dowa  a 
hill :  it  makes  a  great  notee  because  there  ia  nothing  in 
it.' " 

F. 


4Biutriti. 


PROPHECIES  OF  ST.  MALACHI  BEaPECnKG 

THE  POPES. 

What  is  the  date  of  the  earliest  extant  MS. 
copy  of  the  prophecies  of  St.  Malachl  cAtLCffird&2&% 


50 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


[8'«»  S.  I.  JaH.  18,  •«. 


the  Popes,  fVom  Celestine  II.  (a.d.  1143)  to  the 
Peter  who,  it  is  prognosticated.  Trill  be  the  last 
occupant  of  the  See  of  Rome  ? 

Jean  Ajmon,  Domestic  Prelate  to  Pope  Inno- 
cent XL,  in  his  Tableau  de  la  Cour  de  Rome  (see 
the  Hague  edition  of  1707,  p.  476— 503),  men- 
tions that  Bale  and  Baronius,  although  unanimous 
in  attributing  a  prophetic  spirit  to  St.  Malachi,  do 
not  include  these  prophecies  in  their  catalogues  of 
his  works.  Ajmon  hints  at  his  own  possession  of 
some  clue  to  their  real  author,  but  refrains  from 
divulging  it  on  the  plea  that  it  would  be  useless 
unless  it  cotiM  at  the  same  time  be  prored  that 
such  author  was  divinely  inspired,  failing  which 
there  would  be  reason  to  doubt  the  truth  of  his 
predictions. 

The  meaning  of  this  reticence  on  Aymon*s  part 
may  be  construed  into  an  indication  that  it  would 
be  inconvenient  to  attribute  these  remarkable  pro- 
phecies to  any  uncanonised  person.  He  leaves  the 
question,  therefore,  to  the  exercise  of  his  reader's 
private  judgment,  and  confines  himself  to  pointing 
o«t  in  what  works  the  prophecies  attributed  to 
the  Irish  saint  were  first  printed.  He  gives  the 
first  place  to  the  posthumous  work  of  Ciaconius, 
titular  patriarch  of  Alexandria,  who  died  in  1599, 
and  whose  Vita  et  gesta  Romanorum  Pontificum  et 
Cardinalium  was  published  by  Francis  de  Mo- 
rales Cabrera,  in  1601-2.  Aymou  refers,  for 
confirmation  on  thia  point,  to  N.  A.  Schot,  author 
of  the  Historic  Bible ;  to  Guilin,  in  his  Theatre  of 
Italian  letters ;  to  De  Thou's  History,  book  15^2 ; 
and  to  Moreri*8  Dictionary ;  in  all  of  which,  as 
well  as  in  other  works,  these  prophecies  are  in- 
serted. 

Writers  preceding  Aymon  had  published  ex- 
planations of  Uie  fulfilment  of  the  prophecies 
down  to  the  Popes  reigning  at  the  time  they 
wrote.  For  instance,  details  of  the  kind  are  to  be 
found  even  in  such  educational  compilations  as 
Gideon  Pontier's  Survey  of  the  Present  State  of 
Europe  (English  translation  of  1684).  The  latest 
notice  which  I  have  seen  bringing  down  the  ful- 
filled prophecies  to  our  own  times,  was  in  the 
French  Almanac  Prophitique^  which  has  appeared 
tnnuall;jr  since  1840.  The  article  was  in  one  of 
the  earlier  years  of  its  publication,  but  I  did  not 
preserve  it.  Perhaps  some  reader  of  **  N.  &  Q." 
may  have  it  in  his  possession,  if  so  it  would  oblige 
if  he  wHl  furnish  \h%  fulfilments,  as  there  ex- 
plained, from  the  period  when  Aymon  leaves  off. 
These  wotdd  include  the  prophecies  :  — 

i>«  b(m&  rdigiane  -  -  -  iDnocent  XIII. 

MituinMh  -  •  -  Benedict  XIII. 

ColMmna  exetUa  -  .  .  Clement  XII. 

Anhnal  ruraU  -  -  -  Benedict  XIV. 

Rosa  Umhria  -  -  -  Clement  XIII. 

Ur9us{f)veUMe  -  -  -  Clement  XIV. 

Peregrinus  aposiolicu§  -  -  Fins  VI. 

Aquila  rapax  ...  Pius  VII. 

Ctmis  §i  eolttbsr  -  ,  -  Leo  XII. 


Fir  religiosus 

De  balneis  Hetrvriet 


-  Pius  VIII. 

-  Gregory  XVJ. 


The  prophecy  for  the  present  Pope,  Crux  de 
Cruce,  speaks  for  itself. 

I  have  afiixed  a  note  of  interro(ration  against 
the  prophecy  referring  to  Clement  XIV.,  because 
in  a  MS.  copy  of  these  prophecies  now  before  me 
it  is  rendered  Visus  velox  instead  of  Ursus  velox. 
The  date  of  the  MS.  is  between  1689  and  1691, 
1.  e,  during  the  papacy  of  Alexander  VIIL,  and 
the  colophon  of  the  volume  —  which,  besides  the 
prophecies  and  their  explanation,  contains  brief 
notices  of  the  lives  of  the  popes  from  the  time  of 
St.  Peter  —  is  as  follows :  **  Le  tout  tres  exacte- 
raent  transcrit  de  tous  les  originaux  qui  sont  k 
Rome.**  Query,  in  the  Vatican,  or  in  what  other 
depositary  ?  The  transcriber  has  not  affixed  hii 
name  to  the  MS.,  nor  to  the  preface  in  which  he 
dedicates  the  work  to  our  Saviour  in  a  prayerful 
and  reverent  spirit.  The  handwriting  is  one  of 
the  finest  specimens  of  its  kind  that  can  be  seen ; 
and  from  the  style  of  binding  of  the  volume,  tooled 
and  pannelled  with  fleur-de-lis,  it  has  probably 
formerly  been  in  the  possession  of  some  member 
of  the  Bourbon  family.  Fbed.  Hendbiks. 


Coins  inserted  in  Tankabds.  —  About  a  cen- 
tury and  a  half  ago,  as  I  imagine,  it  was  the 
fashion  to  insert  silver  coins  in  English  glass  tan- 
kards. Is  anything  known  of  the  makers  of  them, 
and  whether  the  coins  enclosed  are  a  sign  of  the 
date  ?  I  have  two  :  one  containing  a  twopenny 
piece  of  George  II.,  and  another  with  a  half- 
crown  of  Charles  II.  The  design  of  the  two  is 
very  similar,  except  that  the  one  with  the  earlier 
coin  is  not  finished  quite  as  well  as  the  other. 
The  half-crown,  however,  is  rubbed  ;  and  so  must 
have  been  some  considerable  time  in  circulation, 
which  somewhat  militates  against  the  tankard 
being  contemporary  with  the  coin.  •  Would  any 
of  your  correspondents  be  kind  enough  to  inform 
us  whether  they  possess  any  such  specimens  of 
glass,  and  the  coins  enclosed  in  them  ?  It  would 
be  of  some  interest  to  those  who  care  about  Eng- 
lish glass  to  have  this  point  settled.  J.  C.  J. 

Cbont.  —  I  have  never  seen  a  derivation  of 
this  word  ;  but  find,  in  Pepys's  Diary  (30th  May, 
1665,)  he  speaks  of  the  death  of  Jack  Cole,  '^who 
was  a  preat  chrony  of  mine."  From  the  spelling, 
I  should  fancy  the  word  to  be  an  abbreviation  of 
chronological  —  such  as  Co.  for  Company  ;  demi- 
rep., for  demi-reputation ;  mob,  for  mobile,  &c. ; 
and  means  one  of  the  same  time  or  period.  Pepys 
says  he  was  his  school-fellow.  A.  A. 

Leabnbd  Dans  on  Unicobns.  — 

*^  The  ancient  scalptors  carved,  and  the  poets  described 
the  fem«le  deer  and  sheep  as  homed :  indeed,  they  added 
homes  to  many  creatures  which  never  bore  them. 
Homed  snakes  were  as  pore  ^ctiops  as  the  phctnix. 


i'*  S.  I.  Jas.  16,  '62. 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


51 


MauperfaU  says  that  fables  of  horned  things  were  col- 
.  lected  by  a  learned  Dane  at  the  end  of  the  last  centnry, 
and  published  with  suitable  plates  as  A  Treatise  on  Urn- 
com$.** — A  Compendium  of  Natural  History,  Introduction, 
p.  zi.    London,  1768,  8to. 

The  name  of  (he  Danish  writer,  and  any  pas- 
sages from  "the  ancients*'  confirmatory  or  ex- 
planatory, will  oblige  F.  R. 

Sib  H.  Davt  and  James  Watt. — I  have  heard 
that  Sir  Humphrey  Davy  pooh-poohed  gas 'light- 
ing, and  James  Watt  steam  navigation.  Can  any- 
one verify  or  refute  these  statements,  or  either  of 
them  f  Anti-Pooh-Pooh. 

EuBiPiDKS  AND  Menandeb. — In  A  Brief  Out' 
line  of  the  Bistort/  of  Greece^  by  Robert  Williams, 
A.M.,  London,  1775,  the  author,  noticing  the 
Feloponnesian  war,  says  :  — 

**  Euripides  omitted  no  opportunity  of  placing'a  Spar- 
tan in  a  bad  position,  either  as  ridiculous  or  wicked ;  and 
in  this,  if  we  may  credit  AtheuKUS,  he  was  wantonly 
followed  by  Mensnder."  —  P.  74. 

No  reference  is  given :  Could  one  be  ? 

M.  R.  G. 

"  GoD*s  Pbovidencb  is  mine  Inhkbitancb.** 
—  Everybody  that  has  visited  Chester  must  have 
seen  "God's  Providence  House"  in  Water-gate 
Street,  —  one  of  those  curious  gable-fronted, 
timber  houses,  for  which  Chester  is  so  remarkable. 

**  Tradition  ayers  that  this  House  was  the  only  one  in 
the  City  that  escaped  the  Plague  which  ravaged  the  City 
daringthe  seventeenth  century.  In  gratitude  for  that 
deliverance,  the  owner  of  the  House  isjaid  to  have  carved 
upon  the  front  these  words : 

*'*1652.  GoD*8    Providrncr    is    Mixr  IXlIERrrAKCB. 

1652.' "  • 

I  remember  being  much  struck  with  this  quaint 
and  interesting,  but  decayed  old  mansion,  when  I 
first  visited  Chester  in  1851.  As  I  read  the  beau- 
tiful motto  carved  on  the  cross-beam,  it  occurred 
to  me  that  it  was  possibly  derived  from  some  old 
version  of  the  16th  Psalm,  verse  6  —  "  The  Lord 
Bimself  is  the  portion  of  mine  inheritance  .  .  . 
Thou  shalt  maintain  my  lot.**  But  the  poor  old 
House  no  longer  affords  a  bright  picture  of  the 
Providence  of  God,  as  doubtless  it  once  did  in  its 
palmy  days ;  it  can  no  longer  take  up  the  next 
Terse  and  say — **The  lot  is  fallen  unto  me  in  a 
fair  ground  ;  yea,  I  have  a  goodly  heritage ;  *'  it 
now  looks  sordid  and  degraded,  uncared  for,  and 
gloomy, — in  a  word,  Disinherited;  and  affords  us 
a  striking  emblem  of  God*s  ancient  people  Israel, 
in  their  present  forlorn  and  outcast  state.  And 
yet  it  was  once  a  statelv  mansion,  and  the  armo- 
rial bearings  of  its  origmal  owner  are  still  to  be 
seen  carved  on  one  of  its  beams.  Sic  transit 
Oloria  Mundi  !  Ichahod  !  The  Olory  is  deparUd  ! 
This  might  be  its  motto  and  inscription  now. 

I  was  reminded  of  this  old  house  and  its  in- 

*  From  Mr.  Hughes's  valnable  Handbook  to  Chetier, 


scription  the  other  day,  by  meeting  with  the  fol- 
lowing passage  in  Bp.  Burnet*8  Sermon,  preached 
Jan.  7,  1691,  at  the  funeral  of  the  Hon.  Robert 
Boyle :  — 

*  I  will  say  nothing  of  the  Stem  from  which  he  sprang ; 
that  watered  garden,  watered  with  the  blessings  and  dew 
of  Heaven,  as  well  as  fed  with  the  best  portions  of  this 
life ;  that  has  produced  so  many  noble  plants,  and  haa 
stocked  the  most  families  in  these  kingdoms,  of  any  in 
our  age ;  which  has  so  signally  felt  the  effects  of  their 
humble  and  Christian  Motto,  God's  Pbovioemcb  is  mt 
Inheritance." 

When  did  the  Boyle  family  assume  this  motto  ? 
Any  information  as  to  its  origin  and  history  will 
be  very  acceptable  to  Eibionnach. 

Madame  Guton's  Autobiogbaput.  —  Who 
translated  the  Life  of  Lady  Guion,  2  vols.  8vo, 
Bristol,  1 772  ?  Does  it  adhere  more  closely  to 
the  original  than  the  mutilated  version  by  T.  D. 
Brooke,  printed  in  1 806  ?  Whas  has  become  of 
the  translation  made  by  Cowper,  and  hitherto  un- 
published? Where  may  a  complete  list  of  the 
writings  of  this  gifted  woman  be  found?    Delta. 

Famiues  who  tbacr  fbom  Saxon  Times. — 
I  have  occasionally  heard  of  men,  of  the  yeoman 
or  farmer  class,  whose  families  have  held  the  same 
lands  since  the  times  before  the  Conquest,  and  I 
was  told  lately  of  an  instance  in  Berksnire. 

It  would  be  interesting  to  ascertain  the  number 
of  them  in  every  county ;  their  names ;  the  tenure 
by  which  they  have  continued  to  hold  their  lands, 
and  the  nature  of  their  proofs  of  genuine  descent. 

The  descendants  of  the  Norman  followers  of 
William,  upstarts  as  they  were  according  to 
Thierry  in  his  History  of  the  Conquest,  must  yield 
precedence  in  antiquity  to  the  old  Saxon,  and 
drop  the  "De,**  which  many  are  so  proud  to 
prenx  to  their  names  with  very  little  claim  to  the 
distinction. 

A  Saxon  landholder  of  those  days,  beinff 
stripped  of  his  property,  fell  into  obscurity,  and 
was  thus  saved  trom  the  fate  of  their  conquerors, 
who  suffered  from  the  effects  of  many  revolutions 
among  themselves,  as,  I  believe,  that  few,  if  any, 
of  the  Norman  chiefs  left  more  than  their  names 
to  their  successors  after  the  lapse  of  two  centu- 
ries ;  but  on  this  point  I  am  not  qualified  to  give 
an  opinion,  not  having  access  to  reliable  authori- 
ties. 

Charles  II.  is  reported  to  have  said  of  an  old 
Saxon  family,  that  they  must  have  been  fools  or 
very  wise  not  to  have  added  to  their  property 
nor  lost  it.  Sassbnach. 

Habbisons  of  Bebks. — A  little  information  as 
to  the  lineage  of  the  Harrisons  of  Berks,  would 
be  gladly  received  ?  I  find,  in  Berry,  John  Har- 
risoti,  Finchampstead,  Berks  :  —  Arms,  Or,  on  a 
chief  sa.  three  eagles  displayed  of  the  field.  Crests 
Out  of  a  ducal  coronet  or^  «,\;^Wi%Vw^^^  "^^ 


52 


NOTES  AND  QUEBIES. 


[8^  S.  L  Jav.  18,  '62. 


iMt;  date  1623.  Another  oott  of  Harrison  of 
Finchampstead  gives :  Or,  on  a  cross  sa.,  an  eagle 
displayed  with  two  heads  of  the  field/  There  was 
also,  Sir  Richard  Harrison  of  Hurst,  Berks,  who 
married  a  Dorothy  Deane ;  and  about  the  mid- 
dle of  last  century,  a  John  Harrison,  at  Henley- 
on-Thames.  Burke  mentions  a  Sir  Edmund  Har^ 
rison  of  Lawrence  Poultney  Hill,  who  married 
Mory  Fiennes.  She  died  1731 ;  but  I  know  not 
whether  he  was  related  to  the  above.  W.  W. 

Irish  Pebbs.  —  Can  you  inform  me  whether, 
before  the  Union,  when  a  peer  of  Ireland  was 
called  on  to  give  evidence  in  an  English  Court  of 
Justice,  he  was  required  to  take  an  oath  ? 

LUMBN. 

Ji7BTMAK*s  Oath. — From  the  trial  of  the  regi- 
cides, as  given  in  the  State  Trials^  it  appesrs  that 
at  the  time  of  the  Restoration,  the  form  of  the 
juryman's  oath  differed  from  that  now  used,  in  not 
containing  the  words  " aeoordmg  to  the  evidence** 
The  jurymeo  were  sworn  true  verdicts  to  give  $ 
but  not  true  verdicts  to  give  according  to  the 
evidence. 

Does  the  difference  in  form  refer  to  any  differ- 
ence that  may  once  have  existed  in  the  functions 
of  the  jury  ?  Is  there  any  more  ancient  form  re- 
corded than  the  one  used^  at  the  trial  of  the  re- 
gicides ?  Lumen. 

Letting  the  New  Ybab  in.  ^- Can  any  reader 
of  "  N.  &  Q."  explain  the  origin  of  the  supersti- 
tion in  reference  to  what  is  called  **  letting  the 
new  year  in** — which  believes,  that  if  the  kindly 
office  is  performed  by  some  one  with  dnrh  hair. 
Dame  Fortune  will  smile  on  the  household ;  while 
it  augurs  ill  if  a  light- haired  person  is  the  first  to 
enter  the  house  in  the  new  year  ?  It  sounds  like 
a  trick  of  the  witches ;  but  however  it  arose,  it 
stands  its  ground  well,  as  I  found  to  my  cost  no 
longer  ago  than  on  the  morning  of  New  Year*s 
Day.  LoGKBD-ouT. 

Hoddersfield. 

Matebials. — When  different  materials  are  to 
be  used  or  compounded  to  make  something — as  a 
pudding  or  an  argument,  what  is  the  old  English 
word  by  which  such  materials  are  signified  ?  In 
our  time  we  have  materials,  principles,  compon- 
ents, elements,  constituents,  ingredients :  but  not 
one  of  these  is  English.  Stuff  is  an  in^edient, 
but  it  seems  to  apply  chiefiy  to  cases  m  which 
there  is  but  one  ingredient ;  as  stuff  for  a  coat  or 
gown.  How  would  a  housewife  of  the  time  of 
Elizabeth  have  signified  that  she  had  been  out  to 
buy  materials  for  the  pudding  ?  "  Stuff  for  the  pud- 
ding/* might  have  been  understood :  and  no  doubt, 
under  the  word  garden-stuff,  many  different  vege- 
tables are  signified.  But  where  is  the  word  which 
has  the  distinctive  force  of  ingredients  in  the 
plum-pudding  f  This  very  word  is  applied  by 
Shakspeare;   but  the  witches,  who  use  it,  were 


engaged,  not  upon  common  cookery,  but  upon 
what  was  in  those  days  a  scientific  process.  Per- 
haps the  word  was  meant  to  work  some  terror,  ai 
one  used  by  great  alchemists  and  conjurors  :  if  it 
can  be  proved  to  have  been  a  common  word,  it 
is  an  answer  to  my  query.  But  proof  will  be 
wanted. 

In  recent  times  the  word  makings  has  gained  a 
semi-slang  currency.  This  seems  to  indicate  the 
want  of  a  real  English  word.        A.  Db  Moboan. 

Name  wanting  in  Colebii>ob*8  "  Table- 
Talk.**— Coleridge  says  (Table-Talk,  p.  165,  3rd 
edit.,  under  the  date  March  31,  1832)  :  — 

**  1  remember  a  letter  from to  a  friend  of  his,  a 

bishop  in  the  East,  in  which  be  most  evidently  speaks  of 
the  dlritfion  Scriptares  as  of  works  of  which  the  Bishop 
knew  little  or  nothing." 

The  editor  states,  in  a  note,  that  he  has  lost  the 
name  which  Mr.  Coleridge  mentioned. 

Can  any  reader  of  "  N.  &  Q.'*  supply  it  ?   S.  C. 

The  Passing  Bell. — In  Nichols*s  Collection  of 
Poems,  London,  1780  (vol.  iii.  p.  201),  is  a  poem 
on  '*  The  Passing  Bell.**  Who  is  the  author  of  it, 
and  when  was  it  first  published  ?  D. 

Redmond  Cbest.  —  **A  flaming  cresset,  or  a 
fire-basket  raised  on  a  pole,  being  a  sort  of  signal 
along  the  coast,**  to  serve  for  lighthouses. 

This  was  the  crest  of  the  Duke  of  Exeter,  who 
was  the  heir  presumptive  to  the  throne  of  Eng- 
land, being  of  the  House  of  Lancaster,  by  the 
legitimate  female  line  from  William  the  Con- 
queror. The  Duke*s  name  was  Henry  Holland, 
Lord  High  Admiral  of  England  in  the  reign  of 
Henry  Vl.  Query,  Is  this  the  crest  of  the  present 
Redmond  family  who  came  from  Normandy  with 
William  the  Conqueror,  and  subsequently  went  to 
Ireland  with  Strongbow  in  the  reign  of  Henry  II., 
where  they  had  immense  possessions  in  Wexford 
and  other  places  ?  The  original  name  is  Raymond, 
but  Anglicised  Redmond.  J.  H. 

St.  Adi^ibb. — Can  you  direct  me  to  a  copy  of 
the  oiiatrain,  written  at  ninety  by  St.  Aulaire,  to 
the  Duchess  du  Maine;  concerning  which  Vol- 
taire said  — **  Anacr^on,  moins  vieux,  fit  de  moina 
jolies  choses**?  It  is  mentioned  in  Temple  Bar^ 
for  December.  Moetimeb  Collins. 

Tilt  Family.  —  The  name  of  Tilt  is  a  yprj 
rare  one  in  England :  one  branch  from  Brighton 
is  represented  by  Dr.  Tilt ;  another,  and  between 
whicn  and  the  former  no  connexion  is  yet  traced, 
came  from  Worcestershire,  and  is  now  extinct  in 
the  male  line  by  the  death  of  Charles  Tilt —  the 
millionaire.  I  am  anxious,  for  genealogical  pur- 
poses, to  know  from  which  locality,  in  Worcester* 
shire,  the  latter  branch  is  derived,  and  whethtr 
anything  is  known  of  its  early  history  ?  Also  the 
arms  borne  by  it,  which  (if  I  recollect  aright) 
were  figured  on  the  family  carriage — as  **  A  cheY- 


"Wm] 


NOTES  AKD  QUGBIEa 


■tea  three  roundeli ;  erttl,  a  dolphin," — 
the  tinctures  are  unknown  to  me.  It 
be  generall;  known  that  thi«  faniir  co- 
J  ■  junior  brnnch  of  the  Protector-'s 
3ne  of  the  descendants  of  the  latter  kept 
Skinner  Street,  Holborn ;  he  died  leav- 
OT  more  danghtera,  IVoni  the  issue  of 
3  CODnexiort  is  traced.  I  sboiild  be  glad 
the  links,  and  whether  the  Tilt  family 
mnrried  a  Cromwell ;  or  whether  it  was 


I  are  in  the  posseuion  of  the  descendant 
ghter  of  the  Tilts ;  the  moit  notable  of 
a  missiTe  fptd  ring,  with  his  arms,  ini- 
date,  engrared  on  it. 

MAI.COUt  UaCLSOD, 

K  pEDiaiiEE.  —  Harnun  Warner,  aged 
86,  ia  iud  to  have  been  the  father  of 
TQcr,  Bishop  of  Kocbester,  and  of  Anne 
«ho  married  Thomas  Lee,  —  whose  son 
ideacoD  of  Bochester.    Wanted  the  name 


la  dedicalnd.     Ko  p 

agM,  aod  many  of        .        .  .         , 

9  lo  Lbli  day.  Accorilini;  Co  Sit  Alex.  Croka 
ime  ancertifntj  ntpecliag  Jotan  da  Hilano; 
a,  when  tae  lived,  or  wbiit  aharc  fa*  had  to  the 


and  eloqnc 


riahSd'i^' 


adiaclple  ofCoD' 
'  -"-0  maf  be  tfa* 


kaafCanstiui 


<9nciM  taUti  9liufi»n4. 
Tjewids  :  Joan  or  MiLAR.  —  t  have  now  I 

le   two   9 mail   books,   about  which   and  | 
lors  I  sbnuld  be  glad  if  any  of  your  cor-  | 
)ls  couM   give   me   information  :   1st,  a  | 
<l.  printed  at  Amaterdam  in   16B4,   and  I 
Jthonif  Vceni  EmbUmata  Haraliana.     It  I 
07,  and  conaiats  of  engravings  with  de-  I 
letter-press,  consisting  of  a  tew  lines  of  ' 
llustratin?  tbe  plates,  and  the  same  me- 
indered  in  German,  French,  and  Dutch. 
Jl  edition  of  Johannes  de  Mediolanus" 
jrecepts  of  tbe  medical  echool  of  Salerno, 
ith  curioua  comments,  bj  Zachariaa  Syl- 
■ctor  of  medicine  in  Kotterdam ;  printed  , 
dam  in  1667.  Ezon. 

'«niua,  or  Van  Tmo,  a  celebrated  painter,  wm 
ifdea  in  l5o6 ;  studied  at  Rome  uader  Fade-  | 
lerai  lettted  at  BrasMls  lo  the  aervjee  of 
<  FamesB,  Dake  of  Parma,  after  wbaee  duth 
A  to  Antverp,  when  be  had  Rabena  for  his 
I  died  at  Bninela  in  1634.  TKnina  diatin- 
meair  in  literatnre  as  wall  ae  in  tbe  iTbi,  for  ' 
inc«'a  EnMrmi,  with  Obaervstiona,  be  pnb- 
HUtory  nf  Iht  War  of  Me  Batmiani  apaiail 
ioiiu  and  ariali$,fmi  Tacitus;  Thi  Ijft  of 
nnoi:  Tlu  EaUani  af  Lom  Dh'att  and  Pro- 
TKi  Snn  Tm*  Simt  of  Lara. -wMh  fortv  li- 
.  The  quarto  edition  of  1607  of  Hnrotii  Em- 
tbe  moai  prized,  beeanM  it  contiina  the  flrtt 
of  the  plitaa.  —  The  Sehala  Saltmi,  or  Rtpi- 
tlU  SaUnitaniim,  the  moat  celebrated  of  all 
Mma,  wsa  written  br  the  laamed  doclon  of 
id  conUiDB  rates  for  tbe  preservation  of  health, 
weniloD  of  disease,  coinposcd  for  the  aae  of 
Hnnnandy,  mmi  of  William  tbe  Ooninetor,  lo 


If.  Catimeni,  cap.  xjtzv.)  Ue  qDltted 
lied  at  Neplea,  where  be  deposited  the 
,  ThetfmeindtbeotherelTnimBtaDceS 
do  Dot  disagree,  but  Peter  Diuconui  doea  not  meDtion  his 
anmame,  and  tboogh  he  apeaks  of  a  medica!  book  t^ 
AphoHama  written  bj  him.  he  aers  nothing  there,  or 
any  where  elae,  of  the  Schola  Sobnii.  Bincommentatori 
Zachariu  Sylvius,  was  a  phyaician  of  Kotterdam,  whJM« 
dedication  is  dated  bi  1648.] 

PaoBA  FauoxiA.  —  The  Cento  Virg^kitau  of 
Froba  Falconia  contains  the  history  of  our  firtt 
parentt,  Adam  and  Ere,  and  the  life]of  our  Saviour 
Cbrist  in  Latin  verse,  selected  from  the  works  of 
Virgil.  Mj  copy  of  this  singular  work  is  printad 
at  Lngdiinum  (Lyons),  by  Stephen  Oorgon,  in 
1613.  The  Bulboreas  was  of  the  Anician  family, 
the  fii^t  of  senatorian  rank  who  embraced  Chris- 
tianity at  the  time  of  Constantine ;  and  ahe  is  de- 
Bcribed  ii      '  "  --..-- 

after  tbe  fall  of  ber  J 
Jerome,  in  bis  epistle  to  Demetriades,  "  De  Ser- 
Tand&  Virginitate,"  declares  she  ought,  "  Om- 
nium Christianorum  laude  eelebrari,  and  eztub 
her  conduct  in  the  moat  trylnj;  period  of  her  his- 
tory. Is  there  any  other  account  of  this  earlj 
Christian  poetess  extant,  end  why  are  her  veraea 
called  "  Ceniones  T  "      Thovas  E.  WissraOTOK. 

[Some  aecannt  of  this  inganioiis  lady  will  be  fonnd  In 
Uigaa,  jPatnUiq''  Ctrmu  CSmpltlMi,  torn.  zlz.  p.  SCM,  ad. 
Paria.  184S.  Uigne  eitea  laidorua  Hiepsnensla  and 
Galaaias,  and  adduces  tbe  aDlborily  of  Joatns  FoDlanliil 
in  proof  that  tha  troe  name  of  the  lady  waa  Fsltonl^ 
not  Fslconia  See,  however,  Zedler'a  Ltxium,  nndw 
Falconi».—Cni(o  i»  properly  apiece  of  potoAnor*.  Henea 
poema  compoeed  of  selected  versea  atrung  Eogelher  wars 
otfen  called  Ccnlona.  -  Cento,  cannea  asa  aeriptDm  sx 
Tariia  fragmentia  contextnni  g  cajoamodi  plarfiiB  azataat 
OOUsainia."  —  Du  Outjt] 

ANCiaHT  Oambs.  —  In  looking  over  the  SbOUtt 
at  Large  in  search  of  an  illustration  of  an  old 
custom  which  I  had  occasion  to  inrestigate,  I 
noticed  thii  ensctment,  14  Edw.  IV,  cap.  3  :  — 

"  So  person  ahsll  ose  any  o(  tbe  Game*  called  Kloess, 
Half-bowl»,Kaylea,  Hand  ia  Hand,  or  Quockbord,  upon 
pain  of  two  yeara'  imprisonment,  and  foifeitare  of  x  11^** 

There  are  alto  in  the  statutes  a  long  series  of 
enactments  gainst  unlawful  games,  espeoially 
"as  causing  injury  to  the  makers  of  bows  and 
arrows."  Amongst  these  occur  the  gamei  "Lo- 
getting  in  the  Fields,"  "Slide  Thrift,  otherwise 
called  Shove  Groat,"  Can  any  correspondent  say 
what  these  games  were,  or  give  an^  account  of 
them  ?  The  court  leeta  of  this  ancient  boroo^ 
abound  witi  ^rtKolMisxiA  oi  ^Twra^-^fiKW*^™- 


54 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


[8'*  S.  I.  Jah.  18,  »«2. 


the  penalty  incarred  by  the  practice  of  these  un- 
lawful games.  The  Vicab  of  Leomikster. 

[Most  of  these  games  are  noticed  in  Strati's  Sportt 
and  Pastimes,  Klotse,  or  Cloah^  is  a  game  at  nine-pins. 
HcUf-bowl,  called  in  Hertfordshire  RoUy-pony,  is  a  fi^anie 
consisting  of  fifteen  small  pins  of  a  conical  form.  Kaylu 
was  also  played  with  pins.  Hand-in-hand  with  Queek- 
bordf  is  not  explained.  Logetting  in  the  fields,  refers  to 
the  game  of  Loggats,  resembling  kitlle-pins.  Slide- 
thrift  or  Shote-groatp  was  probably  analogoos  to  the 
modern  pastime  called  Justice  Jervis,  common  in  tap- 
rooms.] 


DR.  JOHN  HEWETT. 

(2*^  S.  sii.  409.) 

Mb.  Clabence  Hoppeb,  and  such  of  the  readers 
of  '*  N.  &  Q."  as  have  shared  the  pleasure  with 
which  I  have  read  that  gentleman*s  valuable  27ii- 
publithed  Biography  of  this  distinguished  Loyalist, 
will  probably  be  interested  in  the  perusal  of  the 
warrant  for  his  execution ;  which  has,  I  believe, 
never  been  published,  and  of  which  the  original  is 
now  before  me. 

"  Encfland  to  Wit. 
**  At  the  Court  holden  at  Westminster,  the  five  and 
twentieth  day  of  May,  in  the  yeare  of  our  Lord  one 
thousand  six  hundred  fifLie  and  eight,  before  The  Com-* 
missioners  appointed  by  virtue  of  a  Commission  under 
the  great  scale  of  England,  in  pursuance  of  an  Act  of  Par- 
liament intituled  an  Act  for  security  of  His  Highness  the 
Lord  Protector  his  person,  and  continuance  of  the  nation 
in  peace  and  safety ;  and  continued  by  Adiournment  to 
the  Second  day  of  June,  one  thousand  six  hundred  and 
fiftie  and  eight! 

**  Whereas,  upon  a  charge  exhibited  before  this  Court 
against  John  Hewet,  D'  of  Divinity,  the  said  John  Hewet 
is,  and  standeth  convicted,  sentenced,  adjudged,  and  con- 
demned ;  and  the  said  sentence  the  present  second  day 
of  June,  in  the  yeare  of  our  Lord  one  thousand  six  hun- 
dred fiftie  and  eight,  pronounced  against  him  by  the 
Court  to  bee  as  a  Traytor  to  His  Highness  the  Lord 
Protector  and  this  Cnmonwealth  conveyed  back  again 
....  unto  the  Tower  of  London,  and  from  thence  through 
the  midle  of  the  Citv  of  London  directly  to  be  drawne 
unto  the  Gallows  of  l^yburne ;  and  upon  the  said  gallows 
there  to  bee  hanged ;  and,  being  alive,  to  be  cutt  downe 
to  the  ground,  and  his  Intralls  to  be  taken  out  of  his 
belly  and  (bee  living)  to  bee  bnrat  before  him ;  and  his 
head  to  be  cut  off,  and  his  body  to  be  divided  into  four 
quarters ;  and  that  his  said  head  and  quarters  should  be 
placed  where  His  Highness  The  Lord  Protector  shall  be 
pleased  to  assigne.  Of  which  sentence  and  Judgment 
Execution  yet  remaineth  to  bee  done.  These  are,  there- 
fore, in  the  name  of  His  Highness  The  Lord  Protector, 
to  will  and  reijuire  yon,  the  Sheriffn  of  London  and  Mid- 
dlesex, to  see  the  said  sentence  and  Judgment  executed 
accordingly  on  Saturday,  being  the  fifth  day  of  this 
Instant  month  of  June,  betweene  the  Hours  of  nine  in 
the  morning  and  two  in  the  afiernoone  of  the  same  day, 
with  full  effect. 

**  Signed  in  the  name  and  by  Order  of  the  said  Court, 

•*  Jo.  Phelpes, 
**  Clerk  of  the  said  Court. 

"  To  the  Sheriff  of  London 

and  Middlesex."  W.  J.  T. 


COTGREAVE  FORGERIES. 
(Z^  S.  L  8.) 

Some  years  since  a  lady'sent  me  a  pedigree  of  the 
Shuldhams,  of  Shouldham  in  Norfolk,  the  adjoin- 
ing parish  to  Shouldham-Thorpe  or  Garbestborpi 
the  residence  of  the  Butts  family.  It  was  in  the 
main  a  very  correct  pedieree ;  but  with  it,  on 
a  separate  sheet,  was  another  containing  several 
descents  from  a  Sir  Edmond  de  Shouldham, 
"  slain  whilst  fighting  in  front  of  the  English  army 
at  the  battle  of  Falkirk."  It  would  seem  the  ladr 
I  refer  to  did  not  know  what  to  do  with  Sir  Ed- 
mond, neither  did  I  myself.  The  papers  were 
laid  aside,  and  it  was  not  till  some  time  after  the 
expose  by  Lord  Monson  and  others  that  they  came 
under  my  observation  again,  when  the  accompany- 
ing sheet,  on  re- perusal,  clearly  proclaimed  Mr. 
Spence*s  hand-work. 

I  think  S.  T.'s  suggestion  of  a  list  of  Spence*f 
fabrications  being  recorded  in  **  N.  &  Q. '  very 
good;  and,  in  addition  to  Shouldham,  I  would 
call  attention  to  the  pedigree  of  *'Roundell  of 
Gledstone  and  Screven  "  in  Burke's  Landed  Oen* 
try,  A  note  to  this  pedigree  states  that  **  The  early 
descents  of  the  family  of  Roundell  are  inserted  on 
the  authority  of  a  very  ancient  pedigree  of  the 
Cotgreaves,  stated  to  be  the  work  of  the  celebrated 
Handle  Holme,  derived  from  documents  compiled 
by  Camden." 

The  Spencean  origin  of  the  early  part  of  the 
pedigree  will,  I  think,  be  clear  to  any  reader  at 
all  acquainted  with  Spence*s  forgeries.     G.  H.  D. 


Various  letters  on  this  subject  have  been  ad- 
dressed to  myself,  by  gentlemen  to  whom  applieif 
tions  of  a  similar  nature  to  those  mentioned  mthe 
article  cited  above  were  sent  from  Netherlegh. 
Other  letters  from  the  same  quarter  have  b^ 
shown  to  me  by  members  of  the  Heralds*  Col- 
lege, to  whom  the  recipients  had  consirrncd  them. 

One  of  these  letters,  dated  June  10,  1844,  wM 
from  a  most  respectable  dergj^man  of  Norfolki 
and  mentions  what  seems  to  have  been  a  further 
attempt  at  imposition.    The  words  are :  — 

"  Mr.  Spence  has  ofiered  me  a  book,  which  be  deserilm 
as  having  been  purchased  of  the  late  Mr.  Lloyd,  of  Bank 
Place,  Cheater,  for  5/.  The  title  of  the  book  is  Sir  Fdkf 
Legh*»  CheMre  Gentry,  It  was  printed  in  16U2,  and  wai 
a  private  publication.  My  surprise  is,  that  the  book  ii 
unknown  at  the  Heralds'  College  and  the  British  Ma- 
seum,  and  not  in  any  Catalogue  that  I  can  refer  to.** 

This  Sir  P.  L.  would  be  the  owner  of  Lyme 
noticed  in  Wilson's  Journal  and  in  the  notes  to 
the  Lady  of  the  Lake,  in  connection  with  the 
Deer-chase,  and  whose  lady  has  a  monument  at 
Fulham.  As  to  the  book,  however,  I  do  not 
think  that,  if  it  ever  existed  in  a  genuine  form, 
it  could  have  escaped  me,  and  in  such  form,  I 
never  heard  of  its  existence.        LAivcASTRiBiieit. 


.  Jam.  18»  *«S.] 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


65 


SOLICITORS'  BILLS. 
(2»«  S.  xii.  245.) 
followinfi;  is  transcribed  from  the  original 
ad  affords  a  still  older  example  of  legal 
8  than  that  given  by  Mb.  P£Acock.  As 
s  seen,  Mr.  Bartholemew  Cox  is  the  soli' 
ind  the  Dean  and  Chapter  of  Wells  are  the 
The  preservation  of  the  bill  is  desirable, 
contents  may  assist  future  writers  on  the 
listory  of  Wells,  in  referring  to  original 
ents  relating  to  an  important  period.  The 
ital  references  to  "Polidor  Virgill"  are 
teresting.  Solicitors  in  modern  times  are 
en  found  leaving  the  sum  they  are  willing 
ive  to  be  fixed  bj  their  clients  as  Mr.  6ox 
le. 

•ight  Woftt  the  Deane  and  (JhapUr~-4heir  Cha/yei 
laid  oui  by  me  Barth*ew  Cox, 


h.  7  Car.  R,*8  I. 

rch  of  the  Patent  made  to  Edward 

EsqV,  27»»»  Maij  . .  .  27t»»  Eliz'h    - 
Coppie,  vj  sheets   - 
rcbing  the  firAt  fruits  Office  for  the 
ieaconrj  of  Welles,  and  the  p'ticu- 
f  the  Corps  -  -  . 

Coppie  and  signing  therpf 

search  for  power  sev'allArchdea- 

>  Constats  of  Composic'ons  for  the 
Lrchdeaconr^,  —  one  for  M'  Rngg, 
icond  for  M'  D*cor  Wood    - 

I  search  of  the  two  Surrenders  of 
or  Virgin,  w*ch  was  26*o  December, 
«H.  8        - 

Coppie,  10  foL 

searching  how  the  same  came  out 

»  Crowne  to  the  Duke  of  Som*st  by 

\  by  viewing  of  two  sev'all  patents, 

n  Indenture  of  Exchange  - 

ching  for  the  Indenture  of  Exchang 

»j  the  Duke  conveyeth  the  same  to 

ing  .... 

ing  a  Coppie  of  the  p'ticulars 

rcbing  for  the  LPes  Patents  made 

Polidor  Virgin  for  life,  of  the  Arch- 

nry  -  .  .  - 

>ppie  therof,  7  sheets 

w  of  a  patent  made  vnto  Polidor 

II  to  absent  himselfe  from  the  Arch- 
ary,  and  to  travell  beyond  the  Seas 
ch  wether  the  £x  rent  reserved  by 
itent  made  to  Dyer  were  any  p*t  of 
sxx  vj«.  paiable  yearly  by  the  Dean 
hapter  to  his  Ma'tie,  and  I  finde  it 
p't  therof  ... 
ch  wether  the  £x  rent  (pension) 
not  p*t  of  the  £ixij  and  odd  money 
t>y  the  Deane  and  Chapter  to  the 

and  I  finde  it  is  not  p*t  thereof  - 
ippie  of  the  two  Records  - 
lonstat  from  the  Auditor  that  the 
Archdeacon  doth  pay  Subsid's 
IS  and  Subsidy)  for  Barrow  as 
of  his  Archdeaconry 
iposing  and  writing  two  Breviats 
B  Cause,  the  one  for  M'  Maidwell, 
her  for  M'  D'cor  Wood     - 


£     I. 

d. 

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•  •• 

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▼J 

iiij 
viij 

viij 

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XIIJ 

iiij 

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iiij 
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■  • 


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iiij 


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5  •  •  •  • 

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j       iiij 


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Viij 

viij 


ii 


For  the  Search  to  see  the  p'ticulara  of  the 
Xxlvj  and  odd  money,  payable  by  the 
Deane  and  Chapter  vnto  bis  Ma*tie 

For  the  Coppie  thereof       ... 

For  the  searching  at  the  Rolles  for  the  Act 
of  Parliament  for  the  RestitucOn  of  the 
Chauntries  .... 

Sum  totall  is    '        -    Xv  0«.  xd. 


'i  vj 

i     ii« 


For  my  travell  and  charg  herein  I  doe 
humbly  referre  myselfe  to  the  Chapter, 
Certifieinge  hereby  that  I  continewea  my 
paines  herein  by  the  space  of  a  Moneth 

^  or  vpwards  in  London." 

Mr.  Bartholomew  Cox  was  an  attorney  in  good 
repute  in  Wells.  He  was  Town  Clerk  of  Wells 
for  many  years ;  and  so  much  was  his  character 
as  an  intelligent  and  honorable  man  respected, 
and  80  high  was  his  legal  talent  estimated,  that 
the  Corporation  chose  him  as  Mayor  in  1624, 
1632,  1636,  and  1648,  and  on  those  occasions  the 
corporate  body  appointed  a  Deputy  Town  Clerk 
during  Mr.  Cox*b  year  of  office.  Iha. 


i" 


Biblical  Litbbaturs:  William  CABrxHTBft 
(2^^  S.  xii.  521.) — Mr.Cabpektbb*s  attention  has 
just  been  called  to  a  remark  of  yours  affecting 
im,  in  "  N.  &  Q.**  His  almost  total  loss  of  sight 
for  some  months  past,  has  kept  him  ignorant  of 
much  of  the  current  literature,  including  **N. 
&  Q.*'  In  a  note  which  yon  append  to  a  question 
asked  by  Mb.  £.  W.  Babtlrtt,  you  say,  **  In  a 
review  of  Home  and  Carpenter's  Introduction  to 
the  Study  of  the  Holy  Scriptures^  in  the  Christian 
Remembrancer  for  Jan.  1827,  some  accusations  of 
piracy  and  plagiarism  from  Mr.  Horne*s  valuable 
work  are  exhibited  against  Mr.  Carpenter.*' 

Mb.  Cabpbntbb  does  not  complain  of  this  re- 
mark, though  it  seems  to  have  been  uncalled  for, 
in  a  reply  to  Mb.  Babtlett,  but  he  asks  you  in 
justice  to  state,  in  the  next  number  of  "  N.  &  Q.," 
that  the  accusations  of  the  Christian  Remembrancer 
were  very  fully  examined  and,  as  was  said,  refuted 
in  the  Eclectic  Review,  the  CongregaiUmaly  Evan^ 
gelical,  and  Baptist  Magazines^  and  in  other  peri- 
odicals of  that  day,  as  also  in  a  pamphlet  by 
himself,  A  Reply  to  the  Charges  of  Piracy  and 
Plagiarism  against  William  Carpenter,  in  a  Letter 
to  the  Rev,  Hartwell  Home, 

Habbiet  Cabpbktbb. 

Tudor  House,  Cheyne  Walk. 

CoMMissABiAT  OF  Laudeb  (3'*  S.  i.  37.)  —  My 
attention  has  been  drawn  to  a  Note  in  your  num* 
ber  of  the  11th  January,  with  reference  to  the 
**  Commissariat  of  Lauder,"  and  I  will  be  glad  if 
you  will  enable  me  to  correspond  with  the  writer 
of  it,  M.  G.  F. 

I  have  no  such  Index  as  is  referred  to  in  the 
Note ;  and  am,  of  course,  the  most  likely  person 
to  be  applied  to  in  any  case  in  which  the  Index 
may  be  of  use.     So  it  mft.^  \a  ^^nvdXmi^^a  ^a 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


it^B.1.  3am.  It,  ta. 


M.  G.  F.  and  m;ia)f,  M  well  u  of  Mnrice  to  the 
public,  that  I  ihonld  know  where  luch  an  Index 
can  be  found.  Rombt  Romakes. 


MoTr  (S"^  S.  xii.  391.)  —  There  i*  perhips  no 
natiun  upon  the  earth  more  prone  to  giving  nick- 
namea  than  the  Dutch,  and  (though  1  maj  f«em 
to  utter  a  paradox)  I  cin  confident!}'  affirm  that 
t^e  chief  characteriiitic  of  our  cation  ii  irony.  ' 
Wonderful,  indeed,  ia  the  appreciation  of  cha-  I 
racier  thereby  diaplajed  bj  our  lower  classes  : 
wonderful  their  deplorable  dexterity  to  kit  the 
h«rt  (Mre).  I  need  not  tell,  that  there  ia  hardly  ' 
a  place  in  the  Netherlands,  be  it  ever  bo  Bmnll,  but 
ha*  it*  popular  appellative:  " Amsterdam  eaJte- 
tattri,"  "  Haarlem  midget"  Ife. 

Thus  it  is  with  the  word  jnujf,  Belcic^  mnf,  to 
which  often  the  designation  " groene"  (green)  ia 
added;  because  of  the  suppoeed  uncultured,  fre»h, 
and  verdant  atate  of  the  peraon  alluded  to.  Now 
mo/ia  the  nicknamu  applied  by  the  natives  of  the 
Low  Counlriea  to  all  (oreijrners,  German*  espe- 
oially  :  fur,  be  it  further  known,  the  uncivilised 

G\rl  of  our  population  (and  sometirues  those  of 
sher  station  1)  cannot  bear  foreisnera,  from  not 
beinjt  able  to  understand  them.  The  Dutchman, 
mspicious  ai  he  is,  and  always  in  fear  of  being 
•cdd,  want*  to  know  what  ii  spoken  about;  and 
then  he  ia  too  proud  to  confess  that,  when  ad- 
dressed, he  will  not  be  able  to  reply,  from  neither 
eatching  the  sense  dot  posiesaing  the  language. 
Bo,  he  revenges  himself  by  a  nickname. 

AfUr  this  long  digression,  I  mutt  come  to  the 
point.  The  (rerman,  in  Holland,  i*  saluted  with 
the  inteijection  of  "  mo/,"  or  "jrome  nq^/"  be- 
oaaae  our  cultivating  claasea  judge  all  Germans 
by  the  Weatpbalian  specimens,  who,  m  regular 
U  storks,  annually  migrate  to  mow  our  meadows. 
ThcM  are  pronounced  to  be  "  ai  green  as  grass  " 
(mo  groen  oIm  groM),  or  "graSB-muSi"  (groM- 
"offta),  and   to   deserve   the   epithet,  which, 


alleged  derivacion.  And,  as  for  the  German  of 
higher  pretensions  —  who,  by  dint  of  incredible 
fruftality  and  proverbial  exertion,  succeeds  in 
realising  a  handsome  fortune  in  Holland  —  he  is 
MUd  by  us,  his  jealous  and  lets  fortunate  neijih- 
bours,  to  have  arrived  in  our  midst  "  flouting 
down  the  Rhine  on  a  wiap  of  straw,"  —  Hij  U  op 
ten  itroowiiich  tun  komen  dryoen. 

It  cannot  be  thought  beyond  the  purpote  to 
■dd,  that  the  term  muff'  will  have  paued  the 
Channel  vit^i  the  motley  troop*  of  William  III. 
The  Duldb,  not  being  a  military  nation,  many 
have  been  ihj  mujr*,  real  and  supposed,  who  have 
Mrved  in  our  army — German,  £ngliib,  Scotch, 
■ud  Swiat. 


If,  however,  my  rerbositf  might  propoM  u- 
other  origin  for  the  term,  I  would  suggest  that  at 
first  it  was  only  designed  for  the  Kusaiani,  whose 
national  dress,  in  furs  and  ittufft  (Dutcb  me/), 
ma;  as  well  have  elicited  the  designation,  ai  tb« 
fuaty  smell  of  Russian  morocco  may  have  daeaed 
nm/by  Dutch  noses.  Johb  H.  van  ' 

Zeftt.  nstr  Utrecht. 


DtsHOPs'  Tbbohbs  (i"  6.  xi 
Ma.  Bdcktoei*b  communication  on  this  vabieet 
suggests  one  or  two  further  question*.  Ifi. 
BiTciCTo:!  says  truly,  "Perhaps  no  cbarch  fan  ad- 
hered more  pertinaciously  to  its  ancient  prseticea 
than  the  Greek  nr  Oriental."  Are  we  to  tinder- 
sta'nd  by  this  that  the  well-known  arrangeoMDl 
of  an  ancient  Basilica,  the  bishop  sitting  in  the 
midst  of  his  Presbyten  at  the  eaalern  eitremit; 
of  the  apae,  is  itdl  found  in  Greek  churches  t 

I  tliiiik  few  scholars  understand  bv  "  cancelli,' 
the  "  steps  before  the  holy  gates; "  they  were  thi 
rotif  or  screen  between  nave  and  choir. 

What  is  the  aulbority  for  the  sUtement  that 
the  Bouth-eaat  corner  is  the  "seat  of  drgnitiMf  ' 

Thc"c(rnnbiarcha"  is  of  courae  the  head  of  ih* 
canobium,  whatever  its  technical  designation 
might  be,  attached  to  the  church  ;  and  probaUy 
"  antistes"  has,  in  thisi  "■" 


Does  Ma.  BncKion  mean  to  imply  that  a  mt- 
tropolitan  would  be  less  ",'purely  ecclesiastical "  if 
he  were  calied  "nrinceps  sacerdotum"  or  "sok- 
mus  sacerdos,"  tnan  when   called  "pHuHe  taA 


Preabyters,  "  primus  inter  pares,'    is  hardly 
for  the  pages  of  "N.  &  Q- ;      but  I  should  like  ts 
know  the  authority  for  the  statement  that,  "ia 
reference  to  the  peo)de  who  elect  him,  he  is«r- 
MU  tirtorum  Del."  P.  C. 

Old  LiBBimias  (2-«  8.  xii.  46D.)  — I  beg  le*n 
to  apprise  your  correspondent  Mr.  Bi.uiEa  that 
there  is  a  church  library  at  Monk's  Sleigh,  in  tlM 
county  of  SuQulk,  in  which  it  may  be  worth  bk 


while  to  i 


I   fur  "  Caxtons." 


M,  > 


scencei  of  this  library  are  only  those  of  a  lad,  bnt 
I  think  it  worth  while  to  mention  it.  If  my  me- 
niory  serves  me  right,  there  are  slso  a  few  bo<^ 
appertaining  to  the  church  of  Milden  in  tha  saoM 
ueiglibourhood,  aa  well  as  to  Hadleigh. 

There  is  also  a  collection  of  a  few  hundrad  Toli. 
in  the  vestry  of  St.  Jame*'*,  Bury  St.  Edmuadi^ 
and  a  few  MSS. 

J.  H.  BoswBU. 

S3,  Higbbarf  New  Park. 

Abistotli  oh  Ihhiar  Kinqs  (2^  S.  xli.  6, SSI.) 
—  Ttie  passKge  of  Aristotle  on  Indian  kiiigs,  cited 
by  Fordun  from  his  Treatise  de  ReginuH*  I^vui- 
pum,  is  (as  ha*  been  remarked  by  your  eorrft- 
spondant  Mr.  UuiBr  BKasaiAW,  and  ■■  bad  bMO 


•r4  8w  L  Jak.  18,  '61] 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


57 


previous]/  pointed  out  in  a  book -catalogue  of  Mr. 
Kcrtlake  of  Bristol)  to  be  found  in  the  spurious 
SecretUM  Secretormn,  Jourdain,  Rtckerchet  sur  ies 
Trnduetunu  Laiines  dArUtoU  (Paris,  1843,  8vo), 
etates  that  the  Secretum  Seeretorunt  was  in  high  re- 
pute during  the  thirteen  th,and  particularly  the  four- 
teenth century ;  that  it  was  translated  into  most 
of  the  languages  of  Europe ;  and  that  the  original 
of  these  translations  was  a  Latin  version  of  an 
Arab  text  (p.  185).  It  may  be  observed  that 
Fordun  was  a  writer  of  the  fourteenth  century. 
Further  information  respecting  the  origin  of  the 
Secretum  is  given  in  Wenrich,  De  Auctorum  Orct" 
corum  Versionihus  Syriacis^  Aruhicis^  ^c.  Lips, 
1842,  pp.  102,  141-2.  In  p.  141  he  ascribes  the 
translation  in  Syriac  to  Jahja  ben  Batrick,  on 
the  authority  of  Rich.  Neander,  Sancttt  Lingua 
Bibrtta  Erotemata^  p.  558.  Neander  himself, 
bowever,  appears  to  found  his  statement  on  the 
fact  of  the  translation  being  attributed  to  Johannes 
fil.  Patricii  in  the  printed  edition  of  the  Secretum 
(Bologna,  1516).  The  Latin  MSS.  of  the  Secre- 
tum, with  the  real  or  pretended  prologue  of  ben 
Patrick  or  Joaimef  filius  Patricii,  ascend  to  the 
thirteenth  century. 

The  following  is  (he  passage  in  question,  from 
sect.  7  of  the  Secretum^  headed,  in  ed.  Paris,  1520, 
**De  Taciturnitate  Regis.**  Alexander  is  cautioned 
to  be  reserved  in  his  intercourse  with  his  sub- 
jects :  — 

''Decet  etiam  rtgsm  abttiosra  nee  mnltam  flrcqatn- 
tars  coDsortinm  sabditorom ;  et  maxima  viliam  pamooa- 
mm,  quia  nimia  familiaritaa  hominum  parit  contemptam 
honoria  £t  propter  hoc  palchra  consuatado  Indorum 
in  diapoaitione  regni  at  ordinatiooe  regis,  qui  atatoe- 
mot  quod  rex  tantum  semel  in  anno  coram  bominibaa 
appareat,  cnm  regali  apparatu  et  armato  exercitu;  Se- 
dans Dobiliaaime  in  daxtrario  ano,  ornatu  armomm  pul- 
cbarrime  decoratua.  £t  stare  fadont  vulgoa  aliqaantu- 
lam  a  ramotia,  nobilea  vero  at  baronea  circa  ipsum.  £t 
tane  aoltt  ardua  negotia  expedire ;  varios  et  precinctoa 
lemm  eventaa  dedinare ;  curam  et  operam  qvam  circa 
ten  pabllcam  fldaliter  gaaaerat  oatendere.  Conaaeacit 
ilquMtm  in  iUA  die  dona  alargiri  et  minus  reos  de  earca- 
mu  emandpare,"  &c. 

G.  C.  Lewis. 

Rut.  W.  STBPHBKa  (2»*  S.  xii.  310.)— In  reply 
to  6.  P.  P.*s  Query,  I  beg  to  state  that  the  edi- 
tSon  of  Watkins's  Biographical  Dictionary  from 
irhicfa  the  extract  was  made  is  1821.  As  there 
Bay  be  aome  difficulty  in  Wm.  S.*s  procuring  the 
edition,  I  send  a  copy,  literally  taken  from  that 
work:  — 

**  Stephens  (William),  a  learned  Divine,  waa  bom  in 
Devonihire,  and  educated  at  Exeter  College,  Oxford, 
where  be  obtained  a  Fellowabip,  and  took  bia  degree  of 
JKaatar  of  Arte  in  1715.  He  after warda  atood  candidate 
Ibr  the  Ractorahip  of  bia  College,  and  would  have  anc- 
eeeded  but  for  the  superior  claims  of  Dr.  Conevbeare.  Mr. 
JStepbena  was  presented  to  the  Vicarage  of  fiamptoo,  in 
(hLfordabire,  and  lastly  choeen  by  the  Corporation  of 
Flymesth  to  ail  the  iUetory  of  St  Andsew  in  that  towa, 
when  be  died  in  17M.  BspabUriisdibttr  Sannsiis  against 


the  A  nana,  and  after  bia  death  two  Volomea  ef  his  Dii' 
ccurtet  were  printed  by  subscription.'* 

X.  X 

Mabt  Ashfokd  (2*^  S.  zi.  paM9im!)  — -  In  my 
enumeration  (xi.  432)  of  the  pieces  to  which  the 
supposed  murder  of  this  unfortunate  girl  gave 
rise,  I  omitted  the  following :  — 

'*  The  Murdered  Maid ;  or.  The  Clock  struck  four  {  I  I 
A  Drama  in  three  Acta.     Warwick,  1818, 12mo,  pp.  4i." 

The  preface  to  this  piece  is  signed  with  the 
initials  S.  N.  E.  Furtner  than  this  I  am  not 
able  to  indicate  the  author;  but  think  it  not 
unlikely  that  it  may,  at  the  time  of  its  publica- 
tion, have  been  attributed  to  Dr.  Booker,  and 
that  thus,  by  mistake,  the  other  melodrama,  The 
Myttterious  Murder,  may  also  have  got  ascribed 
to  the  rererend  Doctor.  William  BATSi. 

EdgbaatOD. 

FoEOAoa  Family  (2**  S.  xii.  870,  419,  475.)— 
The  occurrence  of  the  name  of  *'  Pordage  **  in 
yonr  excellent  work  induces  me  to  send  you  the 
following,  transcribed  from  a  marble  slab  dis- 
covered under  the  floor  of  the  church  during 
the  recent  restorations  at  Waltham  Abbey  :  — 

<«  Here  lyclh  tbe  Body  of  Richard  Naylor, 

M.D.,  who  departed  thia  life  the  2d«  of 

Jane,  1688,  Aged  68  yeara. 

Here  lyeth  the  body  of  Ann  Pordage,  Danghter 

of  Benjamin  Pordage  and  Elizabeth  hia  Wife, 

who  departed  this  life  the  20«i»  of  Octo^  1682. 

Here  Ireth  the  body  of  Lionel  Goodrick  Pordage, 

aoone  of  Benjamin  Pordage  and  Elizabeth  hia  wife, 

who  Departed  this  life  August  y*  80<i',  1684. 

Here  lyeth  the  body  of  Elizabeth  Pordage, 

tbe  beloved  wife  of  Benjamin  Pordage,  who  waa 

the  Beat  Friend,  tbe  Beat  Companion,  tbe  Beet  of  Wiaas, 

Cnrtioua  and  bomble  in  her  carriage,  holy  in 
her  life,  Pioaa  at  her  Death,  who  Bleaaedly  Departed  thia 
life  Novem»>  y»  9*>»,  1687.  in  the  48  year  of  her  A^e,  left 
behind  her  Rachell,  Elizabeth,  and  Edward 
Pordage,  of  which  ahe  Died. 
**  Bat  what  ia  it  where  in  Dame  Nature  wrought 
tbe  Beat  of  work'a  the  only  Forme  of  Heaven ; 
And  haueing  LongM  to  finde  A  preaent  aought 

where  in  the  world'a  whole  Beauty  might  be  given, 
She  did  Reaolve  in  it  all  Arte  to  summon, 
to  Joyne  with  Nature's  Framing 

GOD  Tie  woman. 

**  EUZABKTR  PORDAaS. 

**  Memento  Mort" 
Waltham  Abbey. 

L-B. 

Tm  Book- Worm  (!■*  S.  passim,)  —The  many 
articles  under  this  heading  in  the  earlier  volumes 
of  "  N.  &  Q."  evince  the  interest  felt  by  its 
readers  in  the  extirpation  and  prevention  of  the 
ravages  of  this,  the  common  enemy  of  all  book- 
lovers.  The  following  receipt,  transcribed  from 
the  fly-leaf  of  an  old  book,  has  at  least  the  ad- 
vantage of  simplicity,  cbeapneni  and  a^^Uca^- 
bility:— 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


[SM  &  L  Jul.  18;  ■•& 


"TolimaiulpmtMtSooiaiid  Wood  Wermu. 

Hr.  Qnnt,  Augut  IS,  179S. 

"  Taka  ona   ox.  or  Caniphire,  pouDileJ   like  common 

greal  Mit,  ind  ona  oi.  of  Bitlar  apple  tora  in  failm  (nil 

JuarMn;  and  ipraad  at  lh«  boltoia  of  vour  Cliciti  or 
nvan  imorg  Buukis  Papcra,  or  CloathS!  and  whan 
the  Camphirela  waated  and  the  bitterapple  loit  iti  (mail, 

The  quinUtiea  «p«ciaad  wi)t  lut  elgbt  or  ten  monlba. 

"  If  bitter  apple  cannot  ba  had,  take  cat  Tobacco  in  ita 
atead. 

"  Tha  aame  Mr.  Grant  myi,  will  dastroy  in  Jrawera,  or 
wood  bo oia -furniture.  That  he  rectirad  it  from  lata 
Dr.  Egertoa,  Bp.  of  Dorhani." 

Tt  ia  perbapa  juat  neceaaarj  to  remind  the 
reader  that  "bitter  apple "ii  kii  old  appellKtion 
of  Cdoeynih. 

The  little  books  of  wbich  I  tranacribe  the  titlea 
arc  not  gene rallr  knoirn  in  this  country,  and  will 
be  fiiUDa  uaeful  companioni  to  the  collectori  of 
book*  and  printa :  — ' 

"Eaaai  ear  I'art  da  rcitanrer  lea  Eatampeaat  laaLirrM; 
OB  Traitdaur  1e«  meillaurg  proc«d&  poor  blauchir,  d^- 
tacbar.d&xilDrier,  r^areretconaarracleafittampaa,  Urraa 
atDassina;  par  A.  Bonnardot.  Sacond  a  Edition,  rafondua 
at  angmantfti,  aniiie  d'an  Exposd  dea  divera  Sratimaa  da 
Kcproduclion  des  ancienaas  Eatampea  at  dea  LiTrea  laiaa. 
Parii :  chta  Casta],  Sro,  18SB.  pp.  33'J. 

■*  Ua  In  Reparation  da  vieillaa  Rtlium,  coiDplament  da 
I'Raaai  sar  I'art  de  regtanrai  lea  EaUmpe^  at  lea  Livraa, 
aniTi  d'one  Diaaartation  aar  lea  moyena  d'obtaair  del 
dop'lcata  de  Maouacrita.  Par  A.  Boimardot.  Faris; 
Caalal.ero,  183S,  pp.  72." 

What  is  the  best  method  of  washing  vellum  or 
parchment  binding*,  'and  restoriiiK  the  enauiel  of 
the  surface  ?  '        '  Wiixum  Bates. 

Edgbaaton. 

Tub  Moi.£  ahd  tbb  Cahfbblu  ^2°*  S.  xii. 
498.)— This  guperstitioo  is  mentioned  in  mj  Qlen- 
ereggan  (ii.  S9,  SO.)  A  somewhat  earlier  date 
than  1847,  as  given  by  your  correspondent,  ia 
■aligned  to  the  introduction  of  the  mote  in  Can-  \ 
tire.  The  author  of  the  Sbdistical  Surnes  of  the 
parish  eighteen  miles  south  of  Tarbert,  writing  in 
1S43,  records  the  arrival  in  his  parish  of  the 
Campbell- destroying  mole,  and  says,  "It  is  a 
very  singular  circumstance  in  the  natural  history 
of  the  mole,  that  it  travels  by  the  hilla  and  colo- 
nises  sterile  dlstricla  before  it  attacks  cultivated 
land."     Moles  are  now  found  throughout  Cantire. 

CUTHDBBT  Bans. 

Knave's  Aceb  (2"*  S,  xii.  191,  273,  443.)  — 
No  place  near  St.  Paul's  havinff  been  assigned  for 
Knave't  Acre,  it  is  probable  that  StukeTey  may 
have  referred  to  a  site  with  this  name  north-west 
of  the  Haymnrket,  especially  as  he  refers  to  it  in 
connexion  with  Losg  Acre,  Stowa  says  (vol.  ii. 
bk.  vi.  p.  84)  :  — 

"Knava'a  Acr«,orPoQltney  atraet,  f<ill»  into  Bra wtr'a 
•Irtet  bj  Windmill  gtreel,  and  so  nina  weatward  aa  far 
as  Marybona  straat,  and  Warwick  alreet  end,  and  croia- 
Ing  Ibe  same  and  Snallow  itraet,  falla  into  GtaM-hODSa 
■traet,  which  laadalh  into  tha  flalds  on  tha  backside  of 


'lingtoQ '^rdan,  and  thane*  to  Albemarla  baildiius. 
a  Knava'i  acre  ia  bat  narrow,  and  chiea^  inhaUtad  V 
■e  that  deal  in  old  goods,  anil  glaas  bottlea," 


If  this  be  l^e  ute  of  Stnkeley's  Knave't  Aert, 
the  hypotheai*  of  a  hoax  beins  practised  on  him  is 
witLdrawn  j  tbe  objection  to  hi*  etrmology  of  the 
name,  however,  remaining.  T.  J.  Bdcktov. 

Lie  h  Bald. 

Can"  Knave's  Knd"  and  "Good  Knave's  End" 
have  any  affinity  to  Dr.  Stukeley'a  "Knave's 
Acre"?  I  think  these  names  are  not  very  nncon- 
mon.  The  latter  occurs  in  tbe  parish  of  Edg< 
baslon,  about  two  miles  from  Birmingham. 

.  N.  J.  A. 

UiiSDccEggrui.  Prizb  Poems  (2°'  S.  xii.  S18.)— 
Such  fragments  as  that  quoted  by  F.  J.  M.  (which 
I  suppose  may  be  called  maccnronic)  are  tuually 
given  as  if  part*  of  unsuccessful  priie  poema.  Hm 
following  are  three  that  I  have  heard  thua  quoted; 
perhaps  some  reader  of  "N.  &  Q."  may  remember 

] .  Part  of  a  poem  on  Nebuchadnezzar  — 
"And  marmnrad,  aa  ba  cropped  tbe  nnwoDt«d  food, 

'  It  may  be  wbolatome,  but  it  iau't  good.'  " 
2    On  "Bel»ha*zat's  Feast"  — 
"  When  all  the  noblea  atood  appalled. 

Soma  ooe  auggealed  Daniel  aliould  be  called ; 

Daniel  appears,  and  jast  remarks  in  pauina. 

The  words  are  Uene,  Mena,  Tekel,  and  Upharaln." 
3.  On  the  discovery  of  the  Sandwich  Isles.    Tht 
discoverer  is  wrecked  on  an  island  —  then 


G. 

AicHiTECTUBU.  Fbopoition  (2'*  S.  xii.  459.) 
—  I  am  afraid  that  in  my  former  communicution 
I  did  not  express  myself  with  so  much  precision 
as  I  ought  to  have  done.  The  question  I  intended 
to  ask  was, — given,  a  piece  of  marble  in  the  fonn 
of  tbe  *haji  of  a  Grecian  column,  required,  the 
centre  of  gravity.  This  question  does  not  neces- 
sarily involve  any  consideration  of  the  thicknew 
of  the  shaft.  One  shaft  may  be  four  diameters 
in  height,  and  another  six,  and  jet  the  proporUon 
which  the  length  below  the  centre  of  gravity 
bears  to  the  length  above  it  may  be  the  same  in 
both.  But  as  has  been  intimated  by  A.  A.,  the 
consideration  of  the  entasis  is  intimately  involved 
in  the  inquiry.  And  I  may  add  that  my  reason 
for  raising  the  question  was,  that  I  iuagioed  that 
the  solution  of^  it  would  throw  light  upon  the 
BSthetical  principle  of  the  entasis.  In  any  ini]uiry 
upon  this  point,  I  quite  agree  with  the  view  that 
appears  to  betaken  by  A,  A., — -that  the  Doric 
order  ought  to  be  carefully  studied  in  the  first 
instance ;  and  if  in  that  case  any  satisfactorr  re- 
sult can  be  arrived  at,  it  would  be  desirable  to 
institute  a  comparison  with  the  Ionic.     Bnt  I 


a''*  S.  I.  Jah.  18,  '62.] 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


59 


tbink  it  would  be  hardly  worth  while  goins 
further.  If  A.  A.  knows  of  any  works  that  would 
assist  me  in  such  an  inquiry^  I  should  be  much 
obliged  if  he  would  have  the  kindness  to  refer 
me  to  them.  Lumen. 

KiCHABD  Sheixbt  (2°*  S.  xii.  470.)— The 
ChntlemarCs  Magazine  for  September,  1785,  con- 
tains an  acx'ount  of  Sir  Richard  Shelley,  the  last 
English  Grand  Prior  of  St.  John  of  Jerusalem, 
with  engravings  of  two  medals  struck  in  honor  of 
him.  It  states  he  was  son  of  Judge  Shelley  who 
entertained  King  Henry  VIII.  at  his  family  seat 
ntMicbclgrove,  Sussex.  John  Calveb, 

Harleston. 

Abtbub  Shobtbb  (2^  S.  xii.  521.)  —  In  the 
pedigree  of  Shorter,  given  in  Mr.  Gordon  Gyll's 
History  of  the  Parish  of  Wraysbury,  the  name  of 
Arthur  Shorter  does  not  occur.  The  children  of 
John  Shorter  and  Elizabeth  Phillips  are  there 
stated  to  have  been  Catherine,  married  to  Sir 
Robert  Walpole,  and  Charlotte  married  to  Lord 
Conway.  J.  Doban. 

Stonehenge  (3^*  S.  i.  13.) — With  the  most 
profound  respect  for  the  geological  attainments  of 
Sir  R.  Murchison,  allow  me  to  ay  tbnt  the  nature 
of  the  stones  of  which  Stonehenge  is  built,  has 
been  long  since  satisfactorily  determined.  The 
late  Dr.  Mantell,  in  his  Geology  of  the  South-east 
Coast  of  Evglandy  p.  48,  gives  them  the  name  of 
Orey  Wethers,  and  refers  them  to  a  stratum  lying 
originally  just  above  the  Chalk,  part  of  which, 
consisting  of  loose  sand,  has  been  washed  away, 
leaving  these  concreted  masses,  or  boulders, 
scattered  over  the  surface  of  our  Downs  —  such 
as  the  so-called  ** plain**  of  Salisbury,  which  is 
really  a  series  of  undulating  hills. 

The  builders  of  Stonehenge  would  therefore 
find  them  ready  to  their  hands,  and  would  be 
under  no  necessity  of  transporting  them  from 
Ireland,  or  as  some  say,  from  Africa. 

Tlie  theory  that  they  are  artificial  originated 
with  Camden,  and,  like  all  errors  of  the  kind,  has 
had  its  cycles, — has  grown  small  by  degrees,  and 
beaatifally  less,  and  will,  I  hope,  be  altogether 
extinguished  by  the  writers  in  "  N.  &  Q.*' 

If  Mob  Mbbbion  desire  to  learn  more  par* 
ticularly  the  geological  position  of  these  Grey 
Wethers,  I  would  recommend  him  to  consult, 
Description  Oiol.  des  Environs  de  Paris,  par  MM. 
Cuvier  and  A.  Brogniart,  4to,  Paris,  1822. 

The  "porphyry  of  London-stone,  I  believe 
to  be  Kentish  Rag,  scientifically  known  as  Lower 
Green,  or  Shanklin,  sand.       Douglass  Allpobt. 

Mr.  J.  Brilton,  in  the  Beauties  of  Wiltshire^ 
180U  vol.  ii.  p.  145, gives  the  following  remarks: 

*'  Many  pemns  have  supposed  these  stones  to  be  com- 
position, and  there  are  those  who  still  persist  in  this  er- 
roneous opinion.     The  skilful  mineralogist  know  the 


contrarv ;  and  a  gentleman  *  well  versed  in  this  science, 
gives  the  following  accoant  of  the  characters  of  these 
stones :  *  All  the  great  pillars,  as  those  forming  the  oat« 
ward  circle,  the  five  pair  innermost,  and  the  great  stone, 
with  the  two  lateral  ones  near  the  ditch,  are  of  a  pure^ 
fine-grainedj  compact  tand'ttonCj  which  makes  no  effer- 
vescence with  acids.  As  far  as  the  lichens  which  cover 
the  pillars,  will  permit  one  to  judge,  some  are  of  a  yel- 
lowish coloar,  others  white.  The  second  row  of  pillars, 
and  the  six  which  are  innermost  of  all,  are  of  a  kind  of 
Jine  grained  griinstein,  where  the  biack  hornblende  is  the 
only  constituent  which  has  a  crystalline  form,  or  spathoas 
appearance.  This,  in  some  pillars,  is  but  sparingly  scat- 
tered in  the  principal  mass ;  in  others,  it  forms  a  principal 
part.  The  mass,  or  ground,  has  a  finely  speckled  green 
and  white  appearance,  an  uneven  fracture,  makes  a  slight 
effervescence  with  acids,  and  may  be  scratched  with  a 
knife.  This  stone  strikes  fire  difHcultly  with  steel.  But  in 
this  second  row  there  are  two  pillars  of  a  quite  different 
nature.  That  on  the  right  hand,  is  a  true  and  well 
characterised  blackish  tiliceout  tcki»tus,  the  kiezel  schie/er  of 
Werner;  that  on  the  left,  is  argillaceous  schistus.  The 
great  slab,  or  altar,  is  a  kind  of  grey  cos,  a  very  fine- 
grained, calcareous  sand-stone.  It  makes  a  brisk  effer- 
vescence in  nitrous  acids,  but  dissolves  not  in  it ;  strikes 
fire  with  steel,  and  contains  some  minute  spangles  of 
silver  mica.* " 

F.  P. 

Abchebt  Pbovebbs  (2"*  S.  xi.  513.)  — 

"  The  bolt  was  the  arrow  peculiarly  fitted  to  the  cross- 
bow, as  that  of  the  long-bow  was  called  a  shafL  Hence 
the  English  proverb,  *  I  will  either  make  a  shaft  or  bolt 
of  it,'  signifying  a  determination  to  make  one  use  or 
other  of  the  thing  spoken  of." — Ivanhoe. 

Abmigeb. 

IsABEJi  AND  Emzabeth  (a*"*  S.  xii.  364,  444, 
522.)  —  The  statement  of  Gesenius,  in  his  Hebrew 

Lexicon  (Gibbs,  p.  27),  on  the  word  ^^V^  (J3etf- 
zev'-el) —  "hence  the  name  Isabella** — is  too  im- 
portant to  be  overlooked,  as  it  is  one  of  his 
mistakes.  The  word  "  Isabel  **  is  Portuguese,  and 
is  the  equivalent  for  "  Elizabeth,**  as  their  version 
of  the  New  Testament  shows  (Luke  i.  5,  13,  24, 
40,  41,  57.) 

The  abridgment  of  foreign  names  in  spoken  lan- 
guage, and  their  adaptation  to  the  vocal  organisa- 
tion of  the  people  who  borrow  them,  are  universal ; 
and  we  'may  take  as  specimens —  Bessy  and  Bess, 
from  Elizabeth ;  Bell^  from  Isabella ;  Tom^  from 
Thomas ;  Bill^  from  William;  Dick^  from  Bichard; 
John  and  Jack,  from  Jochan  or  Johan.  The  Por- 
tuguese rejected  the  initial  syllable  el,  and  added 
the  letter  /  to  the  termination,  as  the  Greeks  had 
added  t  to  the  original  Syriac  and  Hebrew  word 
"  Elisabe.** 

Were  there  any  doubt  as  to  the  etymology  of 
"Isabella,**  the  improbability  that  Christian  pa- 
rents, sponsors,  and  priests,  would  impose  a  name 
of  so  wicked  a  person  as  Jezebel,  might  suffice  to 
show  that  Isabella  yrsLS  not  the  equivalent  of  Jeze- 
beL     Thus  we   do  not  find  as  Christian  names 

•   Tracts  and   Observations  on  Natural  History    and 
Physiology,  by  Robert  Townson^  LIuO. 


60 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


[1^  &  I.  Jav.  la^ '81 


those  of  Cain,  Nebucbadnezstr,  Judas,  and  others, 
eminent  only  in  eviL  T.  J.  Buckton. 

Lkhfleld. 


NOTES  ON  BOOKS,  ETC 

Shakt*peaf.  A  Reprint  oftha  CoUteted  Work*  a»  firit 
Published  in  16*23.  Part  I,  contmning  the  Comedies, 
(Booth.) 

Often  have  zealous  students  andjadicfoas  admirers  of 
Shakjipeare,  when  vexe<l  with  the  controverAie^  of  an^ry 
commentatons  exclaimed,  **  Oh   for  a  copy  of  the  First 
Folio  I  *'    What  they  have  so  longed  for  is  now  b<-fure 
thein.     We  have  here  the  writings  of  our  great  Bard 
just  as  his  loving  friends  Heminge  and  Condell  (that 
''payre  so  careful!  to  show  their  gratitude  both  to  the 
living   and  the   dead**)  presented  them  to  their  noble 
patrons,  the  Earl  of  Pembroke,  and  the  Earl  of  Montgo« 
mery :  and  truly,  what  with  the  form  of  the  letter  used, 
the  tint  of  tha  paper,  the  limp  vellum  wrapper,  and  the 
manner  in  which  the  general  character  of  the  editioprin' 
cepe  has  beer  imitatfl,  one  feels  almost  disposed  to  be- 
lieve, as  we  turn  over  page  after  page,  and  read  passage 
after  passage  in  the  orthography  of  James's  time,  that  one 
is  the  fortunate  possessor  of  a  Fir^  Folio.    Rightly  and 
wisely  has  Mr.  B«>oth  acted  in  retaining  the  very  errors 
of  the  original ;  and  it  is  no  vain  boast  when  he  declares, 
that "  henceforth  for  less  than  two  pounds  mar  be  se- 
cured,  in  a  perfect  state,  the  coveted  of  all  English  book- 
collectors — a  volame,  which  in  the  original,  and  in  con- 
dition more  or  leas  of  defacement  or  repair,  would  be 
considered  cheap  at  a  hundred/'    This  **  cheerful  sem- 
blance "  of  the  First  Folio,  ought  to  be  in  the  library  of 
every  lover  of  Sbakspeare,  upon  whose  shelves  a  copy  of 
the  goodly  volume  issued  by  Isaac  Jaggars  and  Edward 
Blount  in  1623  is  not  to  be  found. 

Ohueeeter  Fragmentf.  I.  FaesimHe  of  eome  Leavee  in 
Saxnn  Handwriting  ou  8.  Smithnn.  II.  Leavee /rom  an 
Angh- Saxon  Truncation  of  the  Life  of  S,  Maria  JEgyp" 
tiaca.  O^ied  by  Photozinoograj^jf,  and  pHbli»hed  with 
Elucidations  and-  an  Essay  by  John  Earle,  M.A.,  &c. 
(Longman.) 

If  we  wanted  a  jositficatlon  for  having  devoted  some  por- 
tion of  this  Journal  to  the  promotion  of  Photography  when 
Photography  had  no  special  Journal  of  its  own,  we  conid 
point  with  foil  confidence  to  this  handsome  volume,  for 
which  we  are  indebted  to  the  Oxford  Professor  of  Anglo- 
Saxon.  The  manner  in  which  these  fragments  have  ^n 
reprodaced  is  a  marvellous  proof  of  the  perfection  to 
whieh  the  new  branch  of  Photography  —  Photoaincogra* 
phy,  aa  it  is  termed  —  has  already  been  brought.  It  is  the 
old  MS  not  copied  but  multiplied;  and  when  it  is  re- 
membered that  such  old  MS.  has  never  in  any  shape  been 
published  before,  the  value  of  the  present  book  to  Anglo- 
Saxon  scholars  is  at  once  evident.  **  Half  a  dozen  old 
leaves  may  seem  a  poor  basis  to  found  a  book  upon,*'  says 
Mr.  Earle,  but  as  he  afterwards  tells  us  they  contain  a 
**  genuine  product  of  the  mind  of  the  tenth  century,"  we 
at  once  recognise  their  historical  and  literary  value.  We 
have  of  course  not  the  space  to  enter  into  a  consideration 
of  the  various  topics  which  these  fragments  suggent,  and 
we  think,  therefore,  we  shall  best  convey  to  our  retders  a 
just  notion  of  the  Importance  of  the  work  before  us,  by 
enumerating  its  principal  contents.  These  consist,  then, 
of  the  Swiihun  Facsimiles;  the  Swithun  text  printed 
line  for  line  and  oage  for  page  with  a  literal  translation; 
an  Essay  on  the  Life  and  Times  of  Swithun;  and  eleven 
liloatrative  pieeea,  consisting  of  tatin  BiOgraphieSb  Eng- 


lish Metrical  Lives,  Lists  of  Chnrcbee  dedicated  tohini,&e. 
These  are  followed  by  the  facsimile  of  the  fragment  on  8. 
Maria  .£gyptiaca,  NoticeofS.  Maria  ifigypiiaca«  and  the 
text  with  translation  and  illustrative  Notea.  Such  are  the 
curious  contents  of  this  interesting  volume,  which  the 
Editor  has  endeavoured  to  make  serviceable  as  an  Intro- 
duction to  Anglo-Saxon  Literature,  fur  which,  both  in 
point  of  language  and  history,  the  fragment  on  Swithun 
affords  a  good  opening. 

Turner  s  Liber  Studiorum,  Phntoaraphed  from  tik 
Thirty  Original  Drawings  by  J.  M.  W.  Turner,  R.A.,  m 
the  South  Kensington  Museum.  Published  tmder  the  Am' 
thority  of  the  Department  of  Science  and  Art  (Oondall, 
Downea,  h  Co.) 

This  is  another  and  admirable  application  of  Photo- 
graphy. No  artist  in  the  world,  be  his  skill  as  a  copyist 
the  highest  which  man  ever  possessed,  can  compete  with 
a  Camera  in  the  fidelity  with  which  the  touches  of  a 
great  master*s  hand,  the  characteristics  of  his  style,  are 
reproduce<l.  The  original  drawings  of  Turner,'  whidi 
art- students  at  the  South  Kensington  Museum  pore  over 
with  endless  delight,  may  now  Im  studied  by  soch  stn- 
dents  in  the  aniet  of  their  own  homes,  and  in  those  genial 
spots  for  stuay,  their  own  painting  rooms.  To  London 
artiats  this  is  a  great  boon ;  but  it  is  one  of  far  more 
importance  to  country  students,  and  the  volume  will 
accordingly  find  an  appropriate  place  in  every  institation 
in  connexion  with  the  Sooth  Kensington  School  of  Aft 
The  execution  of  the  photographs  does  great  credit  to 
the  artists,  Messrs.  Condall  &  Downes. 


BOOKS    AND    ODD    VOLUMES 

TfANTBD   TO   PUBCHASB. 

Tiia  VtcMi  a  Poem  by  the  Author  of  the  **  Latter*  of  Jimliia.** 

Toixxk'c  Wobtmib*.    3  Vola.  Sro.    IStO. 

•••  Lcttcn, ftatinc  pftrtleulars  and  IowmI  priee.  oearriagtjyee, Is ks 
•eat  to  MBiMi».  Brli.  a  Dalot,  PubUaban  of  ''NOIVB  ABD 
QUERIES,**  186,  Fleet  Street,  E.C. 

P&rtieuiar*  of  Prica,ac.  of  the  followloff  Book*  to  be  wnt  dfraotts 
the  rentlemen  by  whom  they  are  ragulrad,  aad  wbooa  namea  md  «§• 
dreMee  are  (iveB  for  tKat  porpoea  i  ~- 

A    DtiPLAr    or    HsMALonr    or    Morr  rAiiTieoL*a    Coxn   at    eta   or 

NoRTM  Walsc    Juhn  DaTlei.    Stro.    Salop.  i/IA. 
Taa  SctsiiCB  or   UaaAi4>aiB.    Sir  Qcona  Mackensie.     4to.     Mta- 

bnrfh,  isas. 
Nitaar't  Emav  on  MAan  o#  CAsajicr.   Alex.  IHebet.   EdiaboaiL 

17-.  ^^^ 

Wanted  by  Mr.  M€u;^u-kind.  Wlllowbank,  Oearook,  N.  B. 

Cai^mv**  NoH-CoHroaMttTfl*  M«MoaiAL.  Vol.  L  With  the  plaMS.  IfH 
Wanted  by  Chorpt  /Videoauo,  MIU  Lana,  Plynaooth. 


^attce^  t0  Carretfponlreitttf. 

Tae  IjrMtx  to  Val.  XII.  Arcomd  Seatrs  is  itsued  with  tke 
Fwrnber.     Xno  Siieeribert  are  noi  rtquirsd  to  purckuts  this 
they  wish  to  do  so. 

iNBorrmp  Lrrrciii  nr  AeeKetsiinp  Lrteiirow.  We  Ikope  to 
in  Me  a^ Jl  or  foilowing  nnmber,  the  pubUeation  ttfthtK  from 
uali  in  the  SUte  Paper  Ufllca,  ao. 

SrAMrAnnteirttt.  I.  ThttkieU  in  stone  at  Yftrth  Si^ff'enham  isnoimn 
mnmorinl  btmrimg.  Sal  proUtHn  a  rebv*.  t.  The  ami,  a  cress  raautn  tp* 
twcen  ttetlve  tr%foilStM>«  ham  been  unable  to  id<nti/w. 

II.  r.  H.  Wf  are  oreatlu  tMfged  bv  our  eorrespontlent,  but  the  oaSm- 
loffueofthe  Karl  of  KUda' e's  Itbraru  is  printed  in  Appendix  VI.  loTha 
Karltof  Ktldire  and  their  Anoe«tor«.  By  the  Marquis  of  Kildmre.9rd 
•dition.    DuhHu,\KA.  *      ^     •«— r^,«n» 

8.  K.  T.  M.  (Oloueetter.)  For  th^  orinin  of  the  cognomen  "  TkS 
Blark  Hussars  of  Literature^  see  Lockhart's  Lite  of  Sir  Walter  ScoCI, 
p.  33&,  ed.  ISOw  • 

EKRA70x_3rd  8.  L  p.  17,  eoL  i.  I.  i^for  **  Yirednum  "  rtttd  **  Vlre- 
dum." 


**  Noras  AitD  QoaaiM  "  is  published  at  noon  on  Friday,  and  is  alse 
issued  in  MowmtT  PAare.     The  Suheertation  Jbr  SrAvraa  C»nat  Ar 
Six  Months  fisnoturdsd  dirset  frosnthe  fSuishSn  ih   '    " 
feorfp  IitoBx)  is  lie  id.,  whieh  mat  ' 
msom  ^Mmsssts.  Baaa  ajr»  OAtay,  1 
all  CoatmvinsAfsssn  ron  vna  Banoa  skemid 


m  ommuumam  jar  9TAJirea  Momxws  Jmr 
tMR  the  Fubhshsts  Onelmdlmm  liU  H«M, 
I  maebspatd  bm  )»oSqi^  (Mlwln  , 
Lav,  1S^  'H**  Braaar,  B.ai  la  vSairt 


V'B.LJjur.SS.'SI.] 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


61 


LO^TDOK,  SATVRDAY,  J 


CONTESTS.  — N". 


__    -  Hwnpahira   Miuiimeri,  M  —  Book)  Mid 

ihcir  Aulbora,  lb. 

■tBoB  NoTM:  — ThpPolypliPmui  of  Tomer— aumuoBi 
—  Thcflrrt  B«iliinAuitr»li»— The  J»ck(J«w  »  WoMhcr- 
Prophet  —  Metric  Proap,  OT. 

QtlSaiEB:  — AuthoTJMdTnuiilation  or CatulliU  —  Coloofl 
Wlllinm  Cromwell  —  Tho  Ducticu  d'Aneoiilemp  uid  the 
CountdeClunibord— EmhlcniiiiTlnelli— "  Oilded  Cham- 
ber "—ner»ldlc—J«kii«— a™.  MiiwelLui  AiUMou— 
Tbc  Xattonal  Colour  of  Ireland  — Paulo  Dolwics  "Pnl- 
tCTlom  "  —  QootttiOM  Wwilcd— Whitthall— Col,  Thonuu 
WiulDO,  ST. 

QmuM  wrTU  Akiitsu :  —  Ltd/  Bo))hia  Buckler— !" A 
nii«....«   .iMin.t   TimumibsUntUtiop "  —  Thn    "I'lrnu 


IXPLI£9:  — Pelnro'aViilti  to  thcNonli  of  Spiiiii,  71 — 
The  Bwks  of   JcHFph'a    Brethren,  Jb.     ""--    '      -'"- 
Btmodard  and  Krw  EiigtiiTid  FIik.  Ti  —  A 
Ion's  Libr*rjr  nt  DiinblinD  —  Vnwii 


_a"Hlgtor£i 

IntCTprrtcr  condemned— Anv  Lbls 


Lord  NuBCi^t  and  Capital  Puulthniont-Anierira before 
CoIumliiu-TilTiny  — Taylor  Family  — Book  of  Common 
pijuer— Trial  of  the  PHocm  or  Wdea-  Special  Liceneea 

—  Manor  Law— The  "Remember"  of  Cbirlei  I.  on  the 
Scaffold  — Pitt 'and  Orbcll  of  Kominglon,  Mjdil]ef>ci~ 
■■  Kotributii-e  Jualica  "  — Hiuhandman  —  Heraldic  Quory 

—  Chriitoplier  Honk  —  "  The  WaaderinK  Jew  "  —  Jetnun, 
Flotiuan,  and  Lann  —  Scutoh  Weather  Frororb*— Bat* 
leavius  a  islnkiiu;  Ship,  Ae„  7*. 

Notes  on  Boaka. 


fiattl. 
MEUOm  OF  VVILLIAU  0LDT9,  ESii, 


{Contiaued  from  p.  44.) 

After  the  completion  of  TTte  Harleitm  JUincel- 
laty,  it  does  not  appear  ibat  Oldys  continued 
much  longer  in  the^emplnj  of  Tbomu  Otborne; 
U  that  time  the  most  celebrated  publisher  in  the 
melropolia.  If  we  may  judae  from  the  lerie*  of 
catalofiuci  iaauc<l  br  tbia  bookseller  front  the 
yeu  173S  to  1766,  he  must  have  carried  on  a 
raccesBful  and  lucrative  trade.  These  catalogues 
nay  now  be  reckoned  among  the  curioaities  of 
literature ;  for  nowhere  do  we  meet  with  Bimllar 
iofbrmation  respecting  the  prices  of  books  at  that 
tine,  or  more  amusement  than  in  his  quaint 
Mtn,  and  still  more  nu-iint  prefocea.  For  how 
mtmnj  of  these  curious  biblic^aphical  memoranda 
he  was  indebted  to  his  neighbour,  William  Old^g, 
emnnot  now  be  ascertained.  Oeborne'a  expioils 
■re  thus  celebrated  in  the  Dunciad:  — 

"  Osborce  snd  Carii  accept  the  glorioiu  atrlft, 
Though  this  his  Sod  diasoadu,  and  that  bis  ITIIt." 

Again,  st  the  conclusion  of  the  contest; — 


Osborne  was  so  impnssivelj''  ilull  and  ignorant  in 
vbal  form  or  language  Milton's  Paradise  Lost  was 
writtan,  that  he  employed  one  of  bis  garretleers  to 
rentar  it  fVom  &  french  truislation  into  Engliah 


prose.  He  is  now  beat  known  as  the  bookseller 
whom  Johnson  knoL'ked  down  wiih  a  folio.  "  Sir," 
said  the  Doctor  lo  Uosrrell,  "be  was  impertinent 
to  me,  and  I  beat  him ;  but  it  was  not  in  bis  sbnp, 
It  was  in  my  own  chamber."  On  Augu-<t  27,  1 767, 
this  bibliopole  was  buried  in  the  churchyard  of 
St.  Mary,  Islington,  leaving  behind  him  the  com- 
fortable asaeU  of  40,000/.  So  true  ia  It  what) 
Walcot  said  rather  strongly,  "  That  publiBhers 
drink  their  claret  out  of  authors'  skulla."  But, 
OS  Thomas  Park  shrewdly  observed,  "  Some  miftbti 
soy,  that  authors  must  have  paper  iikulU  to  suffer 

In  1746  wiia  published  anew  edition  of  Hfallh'i 
Improvement,  by  Dr.  Moflet,  eorreclcd  and  en- 
larged by  Christopher  Bennet,  M.D,  Prefixed  \» 
a  view  of  the  author'a  life  and  wrltlnga  from  the 

Een  of  William  Olilya.  No  copy  of  this  work  is  to 
e  found  In  our  national  library,  and  It  is  omitted 
In  both  editlona  of  Lowndes.  With  its  publication 
terminated  Oldys'a  connexion  with  Osborne, 


The  editorship  of  Michael  Draylon'a   Woriu, 

a\.  1748,  bus  been  attributed  to  Ofdjs  by  a  wri- 

I  the  Genlleman'i  Magaxiiu,  vol,  IvII,  pt.  ii. 


p.  1031,  as  well  OS  by  Mr.  Octavius  Gilcbriat 
Aikin'a  Alhevavm,  il  347,  who  odds,  "It  is  not 
generally  known  that  these  collections  [of  Dray- 
ton's  Wbr**]  were  made  by  Oldys,  with  less 
than  his  usual  accuracy."  But  from  the  article 
Dbattom,  in  the  Bin^apltia  BrUanuica,  ed.  1750, 
written  b^  Oldys  himself.  It  nnpenre  that  he 
only  furnished  the  "  Historical  Kssay "  pre- 
fixed to  the  edition  ofDrayton'a  ITor**.  1748,  as 
well  as  to  that  of  17S3.  Speaking  of  the  Barons' 
Wart,  Oldys  remarks,  "In  tbis  edition  [1748] 
these  Barons'  Wart  in  the  reign  of  Edward  II. 
are  Illustrated  with  marginal  notes  by  the  author, 
which  have  been  all  bIqcc  omitlcd  by  his  late 
editor,  though  Ihe  antiior  of  the  Preliminary  Dis- 

tary."  (Biog.  Brit.  ill.  1743,  ed.  17S0,  and  Kippia'i 


editi 


0.) 


Oldys  now  resolved  to  devote  his  exclusive  at- 
tention to  his  own  peculiar  department  of  litera- 
ture, that  of  Biography.  Hence  we  find  him,  for 
the  next  ten  jeors, employed  ia  the  desperate  and 
weary  process  of  excavation,  among  the  over- 
whelming piles  of  documents  preserved  in  the 
public  and  private  libraries  of  the  metropolis. 
The  facilities  afforded  to  biographers  and  annalists 
of  modem  times,  by  the  catalogues  of  the  British 
Museum  and  the  CslenJara  of  the  Statt;  Paper 
Office,  were  unknown  to  the  literary  adventurer 
n  century  ago.  To  collect  materials  for  any  hio- 
grapbicul  or  historical  work  required  then  some 
sinew  ond  hardihood  (o  enci'unter  the  enormous 
nnd  almost  unmanR;;cable  mass  of  diicumeiits  from, 
which  truth  was  to  be  dug  out.  Between  the 
years  1747  and  1760,  It  appears  that  Old-js  fat- 
Dished  twenty-l^Q  e,T\.\d«&  to  fti%%ttH.  sSv^'s&'A 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


IP'B.tiiM.Vi.'eL 


the  Biographia  Britamtica,  wbich  m&7  rtnk  with 
•ome  of  the  most  perfect  apecimens  of  biogrftpbjr 
in  the  English  language.  For  the  following  t«DU- 
lar  view  of  his  labours  on  this  important  work, 
we  ie  indebted  to  Bolton  Comey'a  CurioiitUt  of 
Literature  lUutlrated,   Second   EdltJon,   1838,   p. 


S-SK. 

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AirhWAmorCMtBHoiT 

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j^b^Athm^-     - 

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W^H^^Tn      : 

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S::;,:^5;r'!'-: 

"  On  the  execution  r>f  the  articles,"  remarks  Iklr. 
Cornej,  "  I  submit  some  short  remarks.  The  life 
of  Archbishop  Abbot  ii  especiallj  commended  bj 
the  Author  of  the  preface  to  the  work ;  and  was 
reprinted  in  1777,  8vo.  Tlie  life  of  Edward 
Allejn  is  alio  Justlj  charattcrised  bj  the  same 
writer  as  very  cnriaui.  The  article  on  Peter 
Bales,  if  rather  discursive,  is  rich  in  information  ; 
and  contains,  in  the  notes,  a  hlstorj  of  writing- 
masters.  Bulieyn,  whose  works  were  formerly 
popular,  receives  due  attention.  As  Gough  re- 
marks, OldvB  has  ■■I'Mcuei  bini  atmotl  from  obli- 
vion."' llastcr  William  Caxton  occupies  more 
than  twentj-aix  pages.  Old^s  had  carefulij  ex- 
amined the  chief  portion  of  his  rare  volumes ;  and 
Dr.  Dibdin  admits  that  his  "performance  is  in 
every  reaped  tuperior  to  that  of  Lewis" ■^  The 
account  of  Drayton  and  hts  works  is  an  interest- 
ing specimen.  Oldjs  points  out  the  numerous 
dcGciencies  of  the  splendid  edition  of  1748  ;  and 
his  iiiformation  seems  to  bare  led  to  the  comple- 
tion of  it  The  life  of  Sir  John  Fastolff,  of  which 
the  first  sketch  was  contributed  to  the  General 
Dictionary  in  1737,  is  the  result  of  extraordinarj 
research.  The  Fastolff  of  history  and  the  Falstaff 
of  fiction  are  ingeniously  contrasted.  The  ac- 
count of  Fuller  is  com pded  with  peculiar  care; 
and  aSbrds  a  remarkable  proof  of  the  extent  to 
wbich  the  writings  of  an  author  may  be  made 
contributive  to  bis  biography.    The  History  of  the 


•  Brituh  Topography,  17B0.  Ito,  i.  198. 

J  TypograpUtat  .^rijuttia^  1810,  iU>,  p.  Iwtiv. 


Worthiet  of  England,  which  Oldys  frequently  con- 
sulted, is  characterised  with  much  candour ;  And 
be  has  very  appropriately  introduced  the  sub- 
stance of  a  MS.  essay  on  the  toltralion  of  wit  o> 
graee  tubjeclt.  Sir  William  Gascoigne  is  copiODsIr 
historised.  Oldys,  with  bis  usual  ^our  in  searok 
of  truth,  obtained  the  use  of  some  Memoirt  nf  At 
Family  of  Gaaeoigne  from  one  of  the  descendants 
of  Sir  William,  and  a  communication  from  the 
Kev.  B.  Knight,  Vicar  of  Harwood,  where  bo  wat 
buried.  The  life  of  the  patriotic  Haklurt  cluau 
especial  notice.  Oldys  had  pointed  out  tiii  merit 
more  than  twenty  years  before ;  *  and  seemi  never 
to  have  lost  sight  of  him.  He  has  left  an  admir- 
able memorial  of  the  "nrpatsing  ItmmUdge  ami 
learning,  diligetice  and  fidelitj/,  of  this  naval  Aii- 
lorian"  —  and  it  well  deserves  to  he  separately 
re-pubiisbed.  The  account  of  Hollar  and  his  woi^ 
ii  written  with  the  animation  and  tact  of  a  connois- 
seur. Oldys  justly  describes  him  as  erer  rnaking 
art  a  rival  to  nature,  and  aa  a  prodigy  of  indiafry. 
He  nl?u  reviews  the'  graphic  collections  of  bis  al- 
mirers,  from  Evelyn  to  the  Duchess  of  Portland. 
Tlie  nrllcle  on  May  was  bis  list  contribution. 
He  viudicnles  the  History  of  the  Parliament  from 
the  aspersions  cast  on  it  —  in  which  he  is  sup- 
ported by  Bishop  Warburton,  Lord  Chatham,  &e. 

"  It  niiiy  he  safrjly  asserted  that  no  one  of  the 
contributors  tA  the  Biographia  Britanaica  haa 
produced  a  richer  proportion  of  inedited  fucts  than 
William  OlJys;  and  be  seems  to  have  consulted 
every  species  of  the  more  accessible  authorities. 
from  the  Fcedxra  of  Rymer  (o  the  inicriplton  on 
a  print.  His  united  articles,  set  up  as  the  text  of 
Chalmers,  would  occupy  about  a  thousaad  octavo 
pages." 

Oldys'd  coadjutors  on  the  Biographia  Sritaa- 
nica  were  Ibe  Kcv.  Philip  MoranI,  ol  Colchester; 
Bev.  Thomas  Broushton,  of  the  Temple  Church; 
Dr.  John  Campbirll,  of  Exeter  Change ;  Hen^ 
Brougham,  of  Took's  Court,  Cursitor  Street,  Hot 
born;  Kcv.  Mr.  Hinton,  of  Red  Lion  Square; 
Dr.  Philip  Nicol^  Fellow  of  Trinity  Hall,  Cam- 
bridge; and  Mr.  Harris  of  Dublin. 

In  1778,  when  Dr.  Kipnis  undertook  the  edi- 
torship of  the  second  edition  of  the  Bi<'graptam 
Brilannica,  he  became  the  fortunate  possessor  of 
a  portion  of  Oldys's  manuscript  biographical  col- 
lections, purchased  for  this  work  by  Mr.  Thomst 
Cadell,  one  of  the  publisher^.  In  bis  Preface 
(vol.  i.  p.  SI.)  he  states,  that  "  To  Dr.  Percy, 
besides  his  own  valuable  assistances,  we  are  in- 
debted for  directing  us  to  the  purchase  of  a  large 
and  useful  body  of  biofiraphiciJ  materials,  left  by 
Mr.  Oldjs."     These  biographical  materials  were 

auoted  in  the  articles  Arabella  Stuart,  John  Bar- 
ay,  Marjr  Beale,  W.  Browne,  Sam.  Butler,  && 
Dr.   Kippis   found    also   among   Oldys's   papers, 
principally  tending  to  illustrate  several 


*  LifiofSir  ff'.K,f.dx.  +  J3rititKUbrariaM,f.tK. 


ft^  8.  L  Jav.  25^  »ei] 


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63 


of  fiiitler*8  allusions  in  his  HtttUbraM  to  both  an« 
cient  and  modem  authors.  {Vide  yol.  iii.  p.  91.) 
From  the  jears  1751  to  1753,  it  woula  seem 
that  Oldjs  was  inrolved  in  pecuniary  difficulties'; 
and  being  unable  to  discharge  the  rent  due  for  his 
chambers  in  Gray's  Inn,  was  compelled  to  reside 
for  a  lengthened  period  in  the  quiet  obscurity  of 
the  Fleet  prison.  It  was  probably  during  his 
eonfinement  that  the  following  letters  were  written 
to  his  friend  Dr.  Thomas  Birch :  — 

"July  22, 1761. 
-  Sir,— I  received  last  night  two  gmneu  by  the  hand 
of  mv  worthy  and  hononrable  friend  Mr.  Soathwell ;  for 
which  faTour,  and  much  more  for  the  polite  and  en- 
gaging manner  of  conferring  it,  besides  this  incompetent 
return  of  my  sincere  thanks,  I  have  beg*d  him  to  make 
my  acknowledgments  more  acceptable  than  in  my  pre- 
sent confased  and  disabled  state  I  am  capable  myself  of 
doing.  I  have  also  desired  him  to  intimate  how  mach 
more  1  might  be  obliged  to  yon,  if,  at  yoor  leisure,  and 
where  yon  shall  perceive  it  convenient,  you  would  so  re- 
IM'esent  me  to  such  Honorable  friends  among  your  nu- 
merous acquaintance,  that  they  may  help  me  towards  a 
removal  into  some  condition,  wherein  I  may  no  longer 
iwnain  altogether  nnuseful  to  mankind ;  which  would  lay 
an  obligation  inexpressible  upon.  Sir, 

"Your  most  obedient  humble  servant, 

"William  Oldys." 

"August  23«i,  1761. 

**  Sir,  —  That  favour  I  before  received  of  yon,  was  be- 
yond whatever  the  sense  of  my  own  deficiencies  could 
■nfler  mo  to  expect;  but  much  more  this,  by  which, 
throngh  your  favourable  representation  of  me,  or  my 
misfortunes,  to  the  Hon.  Mr.  Yorke,  I  received  five 
guineas  of  him,  through  the  hands  of  the  candid  and 
cordial  Mr.  Southwell.  You  may  justly  believe,  that 
my  hearty  thanks  for  this  benefit  are  hereby  unfeignedly 
returned  to  you,  and  1  have  endeavoured  to  return  the 
like  to  that  noble  benefactor.  But  as  I  cannot  make  my 
gratitude  so  satisfactorytto  him,  as  his  goodness  has  been 
to  me,  I  still  want  the  assistance  of  a  friend,  to  convey 
my  acknowledgments,  more  expressively  than  I  can  my- 
self: and  I  think,  by  what  1  have  already  tasted,  I  may 
depend  upon  that  friendship  from  you. 

The  happiness  I  have  lately  received  in  perusing  your 
life  of  Spenser  *  has  greatly  restored  iny  desire,  m  this 
loitering,  lingering  useless  condition,  to  such  studies. 
There  are  yery  observable  passages  in  it,  both  ancient 
and  modem,  which  1  had  not  before  met  with ;  for  which, 
and  many  other  memorable  incidents,  in  our  most  illus- 
trious ancestors,  recovered  and  rectified  by  your  reviving 
hand,  if  present  readers  shall  be  silent  in  your  praise, 
those  who  are  unborn  will  stigmatise  their  mgratitude, 
in  the  celebration  of  your  industry. 

"  1  remain.  Sir, 
1  "  Your  most  obliged  and  obedient  servant, 

"WiLUAM  0LDY8.**t 

In  1753,  Oldys  in  conjunction  with  Mr.  John 
Taylor,  tiie  oculist  in  Hat  ton  Garden,  published 
Oburvatiom  on  the  Cure  of  William  Taylor^  the 
JBUnd  Boy  of  Ightham^  in  Kent,  containing  also  an 
address  to  the  rublick  for  a  foundation  of  an  Hos- 

*  Dr.  Birch  had  recently  published  The  Faerie  Queene, 
with  an  exact  collation  of  the  two  original  editions ;  to 
which  are  added  a  Life  of  the  Author,  and  a  Qlossaiy, 
with  plates,  8  Tola.  1761,  4to. 

t  Addit  Ma  4316,  p.  4. 


pital  for  the  Blind.  Prefixed  are  two  letters  from 
Oldys  to  Dr.  Mousey  of  Chelsea  Hospital,  and  one 
in  reply  from  the  Doctor. 

Oldys  remained  in  confinement  till  Mr.  South- 
well of  Cockermouth  (brother  of  the  second  Lord 
Southwell)  and  his  other  friends  obtained  his  li- 
berty.* John  Taylor,  however,  has  given  the 
following  account  of  his  release :  '*  Oldys,  as  my 
father  informed  me,  lived  many  years  in  quiet  ob- 
scurity in  the  Fleet  prison,  but  at  last  was  spirited 
up  to  make  his  situation  known  to  the  Duke  of 
Norfolkf  of  that  time,  who  received  Oldys*s  letter 
while  he  was  at  dinner  with  some  friends.  The 
Duke  immediately  communicated  the  contents  to 
the  company,  observing  that  he  had  long  been 
anxious  to  Know  what  had  become  of  an  old, 
though  an  humble  friend,  and  was  happy,  by  that 
letter,  to  find  that  he  was  still  alive.  He  then 
called  for  his  gentleman  (a  kind  of  humble  friend 
whom  noblemen  used  to  retain  under  that  name 
in  former  days),  and  desired  him  to  go  immedi- 
ately to  the  Fleet  prison  with  money  for  the  im- 
mediate need  of  Oldys,  to  procure  an  account  of 
his  debts,  and  to  discharge  them.**  | 

Soon  after  the  Duke  of  Norfolk  had  released 
Oldys  from  his  pecuniary  difficulties,  he  procured 
for  him  the  situation  of  Norroy  King-at-Arms  — 
a  post  peculiarly  suited  to  his  love  of  genealogy. 
He  was  created  Norfolk  Herald  Extraordinary  at 
the  Collie  of  Arms  by  the  Earl  of  Effingham, 
Deputy  Earl  Marshal,  on  15th  April,  1755,  to 
qualify  him  for  the  office  of  Norroy,  to  which 
he  was  appointed  by  patent  the  5th  May  follow- 
ing. His  noble  patron  generously  defrayed  the 
fees  for  passing  his  patent.  The  Duke  nad  fre- 
quently met  Oldys  in  the  library  of  the  late  Earl 
of  Oxford,  and  had  perused  with  much  pleasure 
his  Life  of  Sir  Walter  Ralegh  and  his  other 
works,  and  considered  him  sufficiently  qualified, 
from  his  literary  acquirements,  to  restore  the 
drooping  reputation  of  the  office  of  Norroy.  Oldys 
appointed  as  his  deputy  Edward  Orme  of  Ches- 
ter, better  known  as  the  compiler  of  pedigrees  for 
families  of  that  county.  **The  heralds,**  sayi 
Noble,  '*  had  reason  to  be  displeased  with  Oldys's 
promotion  to  a  provincial  kingship.  The  College, 
however,  will  always  be  pleased  with  ranking  so 
good  a  writer  amonsst  their  body.**  § 

John  Taylor,  aumor  of  Monsieur  Tonson,  re- 
lates the  following  anecdote  of  our  Norroy  whilst 
performing  one  of  his  official  duties.  **  On  some 
occasion,  when  the  King-at-Arms  was  obliged  to 
ride  on  horseback  in  a  public  procession,  the  pre- 
decessor of  Mr.  Oldys  in  the  cavalcade  had  a  pro- 
clamation to  read,  but,  confused  by  the  noise  of 
the  surrounding  multitude,  he  made  many  mis- 


^  Gent.  Mag,  vol.  liv.  pt.  i.  p.  260. 
Edward  Howard:  ob,  1111,  ._. 

KscordsqfmsIAfe.VI'^,    \0«agtoS  Ath^^V*^"^ 


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[8"  S.  I.  Jai.  S6,  *G1 


takes,  and,  anxious  to  be  accurate,  be  turned 
liaok  to  every  passage  to  orrect  himseir,  and 
therefore  appetred  to  the  people  to  be  an  ipnorunl 
blunderer.  When  Mr.  Oldjg  bad  to  recite  the 
same  proclamation,  tbnugh  be  made,  he  said,  more 
iniatakcs  than  his  predecessor,  he  read  on  through 
tbitk  and  (bin,  never  stopping  a  moment  to  cor- 
rect hU  errors,  and  thereb}'  excited  the  applause 
of  tbe  peogile;  though  he  declared  that  J,be  other 

gentleman  had  been  much  better  qualified  for  the 
utr  than  himself."  * 

We  ought  to  apologiae  for  noticing  what  Mr. 
Bolt«n  Corner  jusclj  sljles  "  the  most  contemp- 
tible of  boots,"  2'he  Olio,  published  from  the 
refuse  papers  of  the  redoubtublc  Captain  Grose 
bj  bis  eager  executor,  who  happened  to  be  his 
bookseller.  Even  Mr.  Isaac  D  Israeli  acknow- 
ledges, that  in  it  "  the  delineation  of  Oldys  is 
iufficiently  o?erchftrged  fur  the  nance"  Grose,  as 
every  one  knows,  exceedingly  enjoyed  a  joke ;  but 
probably  he  never  conceived  that  some  oflicious 
hand  would  gather  up  and  publish  the  dibrU  of 
bis  library  lor  his  own  mereenar;  advantage. 
This  despicuble  production  has  been  quoted  as  an 
authority  by  nearly  every  one  who  has  under- 
taken to  give  an  account  of  the  life  of  Oldyt. 

Grose  waa  appointed  Kichmond  Herald  by 
patent  12th  June,  \155,  which  he  resit^ned  in 
1763.  He  was  therefore  contemporary  with  Oldys 
during  the  whole  period  of  his  connexion  with 
the  Heralds'  College,  excepting  that  Oldys  was 
■ppointed  Norrov  in  the  May  preceding.^  Oldys, 
however,  with  all  his  alleged  "  deep  potations  in 
klu,"  was  a  well-informed  literary  antiquary  —  or, 
as  Grose  himself  confesses,  "in  the  knowledge 
of  scarce  English  books  and  editions  he  had 
no  equal;"  but  unhappily  our  facetious  Rich- 
mond Herald,  "  who  cared  more  for  rusty  armour 
than  for  rusty  volumes,"  as  D'Israeli  remarks, 
"would  turn  over  these  flams  and  quips  to  some 
conQilential  Iriend,  to  enjoy  together  a  secret 
laui;h  at  iheir  literary  intimates."  Even  the  story 
told  by  Grose  of  the  intoxication  of  Oldvs  at  the 
funeral  of  the  Princess  Caroline,  and  the  jeopardy 
of  the  crown,  is  not  accurate;  for  Mr.  Noble 
assures  us,  that  the  crown,  when  borne  at  Ibe 
funeral  of  the  king  or  queen,  or  the  coronet  at  the 
burial  of  a  prince  or  princess,  is  always  carried  by 
Clarenceux,  not  Norroyi  It  is  slsostated  in  the 
cerenioniul  of  the  Princess  Caroline's  funeral  as 
printed  in  The  London  Chronicle  of  Jan.  5,  1758, 
and  lUeiTa  WeeUy  Journal  of  Jan.  7,  1738,  that 
"Ctarenccux,  bearing  the  coronet  upon  a  black 
velvet  cushion,  preceded  the  body  of  the  prin- 
cess." § 

(JTo  he  continued.) 


•  Rrenrd,  of  my  Lift,  i,  86. 

t  En  inform.  T.  M.  King,  York  Uwald. 

i  CHege  o/Armi,  p.  421. 

§  Ma  TiiOHrwK  Coorss,  of  Cambridge  in  ■■  N.  & 


j  MATHEMATICAL  BIBLIOGRAPHI. 

I  {Contiwedfrom  2-*  S.  xii.  fil8.) 

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2°*  S. 

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temporaneoua  accounc  of  the  funeral,  1  bod  tbat  Nomy 
did  carry,  the  coronet  on.  that  occasion."  Wo  havi  nM 
been  able  to  trace  tbe  authority  for  this  atatamut. 


f*  B.  I.  Jam.  2S,  '6S.] 


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**  Theory  and  Solution  of  Equations  of  the  Higher  Or- 
ders "  '.    vl  and.to  56  pages.     Octavo, 

Xoiu/on,  eighteen- fortvfour.  Gray,  Peter.  'On  the 
Numerical  Solution  of  Algebraical  Equations :  being  the 
Substance  of  Four  Papers  in  the  Mechanics'  Magazine 
for  March,  1844.'    16  pages.     Octavo. 

Xowfon,  eighteen -fifty.?  Young,  J.  R.  *0n  the  Ge- 
neral Principles  of  Analysis'.     64  pages.     Octavo. 

This  work  illostrates  the  inconvenience  of 
giving  a  book  no  other  title  page  than  a  coloured 
wrapper  which  (as  is  the  case  with  my  copy  of 
the  present  essay)  may  probably  not  be  bound  up 
with  the  other  matter.  I  gather  Uie  above  de- 
scription of  this  work  from  an  allusion  of  my  own 
to  It  (in  the  Mech.  Mag.  for  July  13.  18^0, 
p.  38). 

Srauntchmeig,  eighteen-fifty.  Scbnusb,  C.  H.  «  Die 
Tbeorie  und  AuflOsung  der  hdhera  algebraischen  und  der 
transcendenten  Gleichnngen,  theoreSsch  nnd  praktisch 
bearbeitet  von  Dr.  .  .  .'    iy  + 488  pages.    Octavo. 

The  preface  is  dated  "  Heidelbui^,  im  Jannar 
1850."  Professor  J.  R.  Young  in  a  Note  at  pp. 
vii— viii  of  the  Preface  to  his  "  Course,"  described 
below,  has  charged  Dr.  C.  H.  Schnuse  of  Heidel- 
burg,  in  his  capacity  of  author  of  the  work  just 
described,  with  a  "disgraceful  literary  felony". 
It  seems  that  a  like  charge,  and  in  respect  of  the 
fame  matter,  had  already  been  preferred  against 
Dr.  Schnuse  by  a  distinguished  writer  in  the 
AtMen€Bum  for  March  5,  1859.  It  would  be  well 
that  the  fact  of  these  charges  having  been  made 
•hopld  be  brought  directly  under  Dr.  8chnuse*s 
notice.  I  should  be  glad  to  be  informed  if  any 
answer  to  them  has  yet  appeared. 

Upda,  eiffhteen-fiftyfour.  BxECROfT,  Philip.  'Bee- 
croft's  Method  of  finding  all  the  Roots,  both  real  and 
ima^nary  of  algebraical  Equations,  without  the  Aid  of 
auxiliary  Equations  of  higher  Degrees '.  z  +  48  pages. 
OeCaro. 

XtftHJoji,  dfffataen-flftyoine.  Rahchuhdra.  *  A  Trea- 
tise on  ProUems  of  Maxima  and  Minima,  solved  by 
Aknhra.  By  Ramchundra,  lata  Teacher  of  Science,  Delhi 
Otiliige.   BJopzinted  by  order  of  thsHononnble  Court  of 


Directors  of  the  East  India  Company  for  Circulation  in 
Europe  and  in  India,  in  Acknowledgment  of  tbe  Merit  of 
the  Author,  and  in  Testimony  of  tbe  Sense  entertained  olT 
the  Importance  of  independent  Speculation  as  an  Instru- 
ment of  national  Progrees  in  India.  Under  the  Superin- 
tendence of  Augustus  De  Morgan,  F.R.A.S.  F.C.P.S.* 
&C.    v  + (185)  pages.     Octavo  in  twos. 

Ramchundra*8  preface  is  dated  "  Delhi,  16th 
February,  1850,"  and  is  preceded  by  a  title-page 
dated  "  Calcutta :"  "  1850".  The  title-page  from 
which  the  above  description  is  taken  and  the  edi- 
torial preface  of  Professor  Db  Mobgan  precede 
the  title-page  last  mentioned. 

London,  eighteen-sixtyone.  Toukg,  John  Badford. 
'  A  Course  of  Mathematics,  affording  Aid  to  Candidates 
for  Admission  into  either  of  the  Military  Colleges,  to 
Applicants  for  Appointments  in  the  Indian  Civil  Service, 
and  to  Students  of  Mathematics  generally',  xi  +  637 
pages.     Octavo. 

Hafle,  eighte(>n-i)ixtyone.  Schulexburo,  Adolf  von 
der.  *  Die  Aufltt^nng  der  Gleichnngen  fUnften  Grades '. 
pp.  IV  +  36.    Octavo. 

The  preface  is  dated  "  Magdeburg  am  80  Oc- 
tober 1860." 

Cambridge  and  London^  eighteen-sixtyone,  Todhux- 
TEB,  I.  *An  Elementary  Treatise  on  the  Theorj'  of 
Equations,  with  a  Collection  of  Examples '.  vi  +  279 
pages.     Octavo. 

I  have  put  Prof.  Badano*s  work  between 
brackets  [  ]  because,  not  having  seen  it,  I  have 
borrowed  the  materials  for  its  description  from 
Sir  W.  Rowan  Hamilton's  footnote  at  p.  329  of 
vol.  xiz  of  the  Tramactions  of  the  Royal  Irish 
Academy.  James  Cocklb,  M.A.,  &c. 

4  Pump  Court,  Temple,  London.^ 


PRINCELY  FUNERALS. 

The  recent  obsequies,  more  seemly  distin- 
guished by  national  sorrow  than  by  courtly  os- 
tentation, reminded  me  of  a  long- forgotten  folio, 
entitled :  — 

•*  Pompe  Fun^re  du  trba  pieux  et  trbs  puissant  Prince 
Albert,  Arcbiduc  d'Autriche,  Due  de  Bourgogne,  de  Bra- 
bant, &c. ;  represent^  au  naturel  en  tallies  douces,  des- 
sinees  par  Jacques  Francquart,  et  gravies  par  Corneille 
Galle;  avec  une  dissertation  historique  et  morale 
d'Eryce  Putenasus,  Conseiller  et  Historiographe  du  Roi. 
Bruxelles,  1729." 

The  object  of  this  mortuary  magnificence,  hav- 
ing in  1599  espoused  the  Spanish  Infanta  Isabella 
XII.,  and.  Jure  marito,  become  sovereign  Prince 
of  the  Netherlands,  died  in  July,  1621,  and  was 
buried  in  March,  1622;  the  intermediate  eight 
months  being  devoted  to  the  preparations  of  his 
interment.  And  here  might  the  record  and  the 
remembrance  of  Albert  Vll.  have  found  their 
consummation,  had  not  courtiers  and  counsellors 
elaborated  this  volume,  describing  in  four  several 
languages  —  Latin,  Spanish,  French,  and  Flemish, 
his  exploits,  his  qualities,  and  his  funeral  ^^<y5ft»r 
won— a  whole  dAy%\eiii}jQ.\*^\w^K5kSiaa^^^»Rfe«^ 


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NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


[d*'  &  L  Jav.  S5,  "ei 


Brussels,  and  Saint  Gudule*s  Cathedral ;  present- 
ing on  sixtj-three  bi-paginal  plates  the  portraits, 
aa  vivurn^  of  its  numerous  assistants.  Of  more 
than  250  of  these,  the  unnamed  train  of  chaplains 
and  choristers,  heralds  and  pAges,  musicians  and 
servitors,  some  are  synecdochally  set  down  for  a 
greater  number;  while  nearly  500  personages, 
the  princes  and  prelates  of  Belgium ;  her  nobles 
and  nigh  dignitaries ;  her  counnellors  and  magis- 
trates, are  each  designated  by  name  and  title,  and 
office. 

That  all  these  figures  are  actual  portraits  may 
be  inferred  by  the  oariety  of  the  several  counten- 
ances, wherem  many  existent  families  may  trace 
majorum  imagines.  Five  additional  plates  ex- 
hibit the  faqade  of  the  cathedral  appropriately 
draped  with  candles  and  skeletons ;  a  chronicle  of 
the  archiducal  victories,  stretching  from  Lisbon 
to  Ostend ;  together  with  an  array  of  epigraphs, 
attributing  to  H.I.H.  "every  virtue  under  heaven,*' 
—  a  catafalque,  a  chapelle  ardente,  and,  to  cap  the 
climax,  *^the  chariot  of  Grenerosity  ;**  wherein  sits 
a  Patii^onian  goddess  (or  saintess)  twelve  feet 
high,  with  half  a  dozen  minor  deities  acting  as 
postilions,  **  Reason**  and  "Providence**  being  be- 
tween the  shafts,  after  the  fashion  of  certain 
modem  essayists,  dae-d-dos.  This  gaudy  machine 
-^fitter  for  a  living  lord  mayor  Uian  for  a  de- 
ceased archduke — is  covered  with  some  thirty 
flags,  as  many  coat-armours,  and  more  carving 
and  Riding  tnan  "  N.  &  Q.**  could  afford  my  de- 
scribing. 

In  t£e  tetraglottic  record  of  the  Spanish  king's 
counsellor  and  historiographer,  I  lighted  on  one 
passage  eminently  applicable  to  our  own  Prince, 
Friend,  and  Father — a  diamond  in  a  heap  of 
pebbles :  — 

**  Amplios  erat,  Albertam  esse  qnam  Begem ;  amplius, 
mereri  diadema,  qnam  indaere." 

Edmund  Lbhthai.  Swifte. 


HAMPSHIRE  MUMMERS. 

I  have  just  witnessed  a  performance  of  the 
mummers  m  the  hall  of  an.  old  country  house 
in  the  south-west  part  of  Hants.  I  regret  to 
find  that  the  "  act "  now  varies  every  year, 
and  is  furnished  from  London.  The  speech  of 
Old  Father  Christmas  is  the  traditional  epi- 
lo^rue,  which  has  not  been  tampered  with.  The 
dramatis  persona  wore  white  troupers,  and  coats 
like  tunics  of  printed  calico,  with  scarves,  wooden 
swords,  and  hats  covered  with  ribbons  and  artifi- 
cial flowers.  They  represent  Sir  H.  Havelock 
(who  kills)  Nana  Sahib,  and  Sir  Colin  Campbell 
(who  kills)  Tanty  Tohes  (Tantia  Topee),  and  the 
pliysician,  who  was  distinguished  by  a  horse-hair 
plume  in  a  pointed  cap.  Old  Father  Christmas 
wore  breeches  and  stockings,  carried  a  begging- 
boj^  Mid  conyejed  himself  upon  two  sticlu ;  & 


arms  were  striped  with  chevrons  like  a  noncom- 
missioned officer. 

**  In  come  I,  Father  Christmas, 
Welcome  or  welcome  not ; 
I  hope  Old  Father  Christmas 
Will  never  be  forgot. 
Christmas  comes  but  once  a-year. 
When  it  comes  it  brings  good  cheer: 
Roant  beef,  plum -pudding, 
And  Christmas  pie,  | 

Who  likes  it  better  than  L 
I  was  bom  in  lands 

Where  there  was  no  one  to  make  mv  cradle. 
They  first  wrapped  me  in  a  bowldisn, 
And  then  in  a  ladle. 

Where  I  go,  I  am  nick-named  [half  ailly] 
And  hump-backed; 
My  father  was  an  Irishman, 
My  mother  was  an  Irishman. 
My  sister  Suke 
Cocked  an  eye. 
And  played  the  rattat-too. 
My  father  he  was  a  soldier  bold 
As  I  used  to  often  bear  them  say, 
They  used  to  fight  with  great  big  sticks. 
And  often  run  away ; 
There^s  no  such  fighting  in  our  time, 
They  fight  with  sword  and  gun. 
And  when  in  battle  forced  to  go 
There  is  no  chance  to  run. 
In  comes  I,  little  Twing-Twang, 
I  am  the  lieutenant  of  the  press  gang ; 
Also  I  press  young  men  and  women 
To  go  board  man-of-war. 
Likewise  Little  Johnny  Jack, 
My  wife  and  family  at  my  back ; 
Although  that  they  be  any  smalL 
If  you  do  not  give  me  Iamb,  bread,  and  onioD% 
I'll  starve  them  one  and  alL 
Likewise  Little  Jackie  «|Ohn, 
If  a  man  want  to  fight 
Let  him  come  on ; 
I'll  cut  and  hack  'um 
Small*s  the  dust 
Send  Uncle  Harry 
To  make  piecrust 
For  my  dinner  to-morrow." 

Mackbmzie  £.  C.  Walcott,  1C.A^  F,S.A. 


BOOKS  AND  THEIR  AUTHORS. 

Much  is  it  to  be  wished  that  authors  and  edi* 
tors  would,  by  prefixing  to  the  works  written  and 
edited  by  them  respectively,  an  analytical  table  of 
contents,  follow  the  laudable  example  of  Mr- 
Henry  Thomas  Buckle  in  those  two  volumes  he 
has  Dublished  on  the  History  of  CivilizaHam  n 
England.  The  student,  having  committed  to 
memory  this  table,  could,  with  increased  facility, 
acquire  a  complete  knowledge  of  the  volume  he 
would  thereafter  read,  and  in  his  inquiries  on  the 
subject,  by  its  aid,  at  once  refer  to  the  passage 
containing  the  required  information.  Nor  could 
such  an  analysis  be  unacceptable  to  any ;  and  his 
labour  entailed  in  the  construction  thereof  should 
amply  be  compensated  for  by  the  reflection  that 
the  writer  has  in  some  measure  lessened  the  d^ 


Srt  s.  I.  Jam.  36,  VS.] 


NOTES  AND  QUEBIES. 


67 


cultiefl  which  beset  the  student^s  path.  I  am  well 
aware  that  to  all  works  this  table  could  not  be 
applied;  still,  however,  I  would,  on  my  own  be- 
half, and  for  the  interest  of  others,  suggest  its 
general  adoption. 

Again,  to  each  paragraph,  let  a  brief  analysis 
of  its  contents  be  annexed  in  the  margin,  as  is 
now  done  in  printed  acts  of  Parliament  and  in 
most  legal  works. 

The  necessity  for  a  complete  list  of  authors 
quoted  or  referred  to  must  be  evident  to  any 
reader  of  **  N.  &  Q."  The  frequent  questions 
inserted  therein  relating  to  the  edition  of  some 
work,  or  the  name  of  an  author,  will  justify 
my  reference  to  the  subject.  Herein  also  Mb. 
BucKLB  deserves  the  thanks  of  all  students. 

Below  I  venture  to  give  a  tabulated  statement 
of  the  necessary  information :  — 
Author's    rri.i.  «r    i]M:f;/.«,  Place  of 

^r?,^    ^k    oStSr.  !>**••    I^^Wic*-  Remarks. 


Full. 


tion. 
Ebiiest  W.  Babtubtt. 


Thb  PoLTPHaMDS  OF  TuBHEB. — Mr.  Thom- 
bury  (Life  of  Turner,  i.  816)  thinks  "there  can 
be  no  doubt  that  Turner  selected  this  subject 
from  the  ninth  book  of  the  Odyssey."  He  also 
says  (ii.  210) :  **  I  do  not  think  he  went  much  fur- 
ther than  Lempriere  for  his  •  Polyphemus.' "  But 
Mr.  Thornbury  has  omitted  the  Cyclops  of  Euri- 
pides, to  which  Turner  could  have  access  in  an 
Knglisih  translation ;  or  if  not,  his  old  friend  the 
Rev.  Mr.  Trimmer,  who  essayed  to  teach  Turner 
Greek  at  fifty,  might  have  furnished  the  particu- 
lars of  this  story  to  Turner,  ever  ready  to  catch 
at  information,  from  the  seaman  to  the  classical 
critic  of  art.  T.  J.  Bdcbtok. 

Lichfield. 

SuBNAMBS. — A  fruitful  source  of  such,  often 
very  curious  and  unusual,  may  be  found  in  the 
subscription  lists  of  various  societies,  religious  and 
philanthropical.  In  instance,  a  page  now  before 
me  of  some  years  ago  supplies  the  names  of  Lar- 
roder,  Hatchett,  Sansbury,  Clogg,  Emary,  La- 
Tender,  Snee,  Draegar,  Starey,  Roseblade,  Hixter, 
Bacot,  Dearlove,  Boyman,  Bigsby,  Cahill,  Ditmas 
Grisbrook,  Hiscoke,  Chinn,  Snosswell,  Byles, 
Evill,  Nanson,  Portal,  Tinney,  Sprosten  Marsen, 
Alchin,  G^mwell,  Dunnage,  Dyne,  &c.  &c.  Cer- 
tainlT  several  of  these  are,  at  least,  unusual. 

S.  M.  S. 

Thb  tibst  Bank  nr  Austbalia.^ — Circum- 
stances have  changed  since  the  following  item  of 
news  was  circulated  throughout  the  Eastern  Coun- 
ties by  the  oldest  of  our  country  newspapers :  — 

«  A  banking-firm,  composed  of  the  princfpal  inbabit- 
aals^  has  bsea  sstabU^«d  at  3otaD/  Bay;  their  capital 


18  20,000/.,  raised  in  50/.  shares."  —  The  Stamford  Met' 
cury,  April  8,  1818. 

K  P.  D.  E; 

Thb  Jackdaw  a  Weathbb-Pbophet. — Time 
out  of  mind  the  citizens  of  Wells,  whenever  a 
jackdaw  has  been  seen  standing  on  one  of  the 
vanes  of  the  cathedral  tower,  have  often  been 
heard  to  say  '*  We  shall  have  rain  soon.*'  I  have 
closely  observed  the  habits  of  these  cunning  birds 
for  nearly  twenty  years,  and  particularly  with 
respect  to  the  old  saying  about  the  weather ;  and 
as  sure  as  I  have  seen  one  or  more  of  them  on  the 
cathedral  vanes,  so  sure  has  rain  followed  — 
generally  within  twenty-four  hours.  I  have  men- 
tioned these  facts  to  many  persons,  and  from 
several  have  learnt  that  the  same  circumstances 
have  been  a  '*  household  tale  **  in  different  locali- 
ties for  many  years  past  Two  places  I  may 
mention :  Croscombe,  near  Wells ;  and  Romsey, 
Hants.  I  have  not  much  doubt  the  readers  of 
**  N.  &  Q***  can  enumerate  other  instances.  Can 
any  good  reason  be  assigned  why  these  birds 
should  sit  on  such  elevated  points  at  the  approach 
of  wet  weather  ?  Izta. 

Metbic  Pbose. — Mb.  Keightlet^s  article  in 
«  N.  &  Q.,*'  2°*  S.  xii.  515,  has  reminded  me  of  a 
note  which  I  made  some  time  ago  whilst  reading 
Mr.  D'lsraeli's  Wondrous  Tale  of  Alroy.  If  any 
person  will  refer  to  that  book,  he  will  find  there 
a  few  extraordinary  specimens  of  metric  prose. 
I  subjoin  one  quotation  taken  from  the  first 
volume  (1st  edition)  pp.  27,  28  :  — 

**  Why  am  I  here?  are  yon  not  here?  and  need  I  urge 
a  stronger  plea  ?  Oh  I  brother  dear,  I  pray  you  come 
and  mingle  in  onr  festivel !  Our  walls  are  bung  with 
flowers  you  love;  I  culled  them  by  the  fountain's  side; 
the  holy  lamps  are  trimmed  and  set,  and  you  must  raise 
their  earliest  flame.  Without  the  gate  my  maidens  wait, 
to  offer  yon  a  robe  of  state.  Then,  brother  dear,  1  pray 
yon  come  and  mingle  in  our  festival." 

In  the  Preface  to  his  work,  Mr.  D'Israeli  says, 
'*  I  must  frankly  confess  that  I  have  invented  a 
new  style."  Not  very  new,  1  should  say ;  nor  yet 
very  good.  Gustave  Masson. 

Harrow-on-the-HilL 


<fttttrifir« 


Authobised  Tbakslatob  or  Catitixus.  —  In 
the  AthencBum  of  Dec.  21,  1861,  appears  the  fol- 
lowing advertisement :  — 

«•  EnuGATioif  IK  Germakt,  Bonw.  —  Mr.  ••••••, 

anthorisefl  Translator  of  Lord  Macaulay's  Hiitory,  Vol. 
6,  of  the  Poems  of  Catullus,  &c.,  receives  Two  Pupils.** 

Now,  how  on  earth  can  the  man  be  **  authorised 
translator"  of  the  "  Poems  of  Catullus"  ?  I  really 
do  not  see  how  Catullus,  or  his  publisher,  could 
give  the  requisite  authorisation^  TWLU%%\fcxwk.'^^ 
"  medium^"  vi^ l\iv«^  XksAVwc^  ^^^  ^^'^jwfiwft. 


G8 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


[3^  S.  I.  Jam.  26,  "WL 


"To  Col.  Cromwell  for  181  men 
To  Col.  Dradahaw,  133  men 
To  Col.  Kobt.  Broughton,  100  men    - 
To  Capt.  HonywooU,  99  men     - 


poet  has  made  his  appearance  in  the  Spiritualist 
Magazine ;  probably  no  **  spiritualist "  is  able  to 
make  a  Latin  verse  which  couhl  by  any  possibility 
pass  for  Catullus's. 

Perhaps  some  correspondent  of  "N.  &  Q."  will 
relieve  the  perplexity  of  S.  C. 

Colonel  AVilliam  Cromwell. —  A  warrant 
dated  at  the  Castle  of  Dublin,  13th  September, 
1642,  by  the  Lords  Justices  and  Council,  directs 
the  Treasurer-at-War  in  Ireland  to  pay  to  Colonel 
Wm,  Cromwell  the  sum  of  24/.  Ss.  for  **  seven 
days*  drink'tnaney  for  the  souldiers  of  the  senerall 
companyes  undermentioned,**  which  are  as  fol- 
lows :  — 

£  «.  d. 

-  7  11  0 

-  6  13  0 

-  5    0  0 

-  4  19  0 

£24    8    0" 

And  endorsed  is  a  receipt  signed  "  W.  Cromwell.** 
Can  any  of  your  readers  say  who  this  was  ?  and 
whether  any,  and  what  relation  to  Oliyer  P         M. 

The  Duchess  d*Angoulsme  and  tub  Count 
DE  Chambobd.  —  I  copy  from  a  newspaper  cut- 
ting, which  has  been  for  some  time  located  in  my 
portfolio,  the  following  curious  and,  to  me,  mys- 
terious scrap  of  royal  gossip.  One  of  your  earlier 
correspondents  has  pathetically  alluded  to  *^  the 
'  well-known  anecdote*  which  one  does  not  know  ;** 
and  I  entreat  you  to  enlighten  me  upon  "the 
purport  of  the  secret,**  which  is  *'only  too  well 
known.**  The  utmost'  efforts  of  my  imagination 
fail  to  discover  what  it  was  for  which  the  Duchess 
"  regarded  her  whole  life  aa  one  long  expiation.** 

**  Ever  since  the  death  of  the  Dachess  d*Angoal6me, 
this  indifleronce  and  disbelief  of  all  things  is  said  to  have 
increased  tenfold  in  the  spirit  of  the  Count  de  Cbambord. 
About  an  hour  before  that  venerable  lady's  demise,  the 
Count  was,  by  her  desire,  left  alone  beside  her  dying  bed. 
So  great  was  her  fear  of  being  overheard,  that  they  say 
she  insisted  upon  the  door  of  the  antet^hamber  being  left 
wide  open,  and  that  of  the  staircase  locked,  to  prevent 
the  possibility  of  eaves-droppers.  The  secret,  which  had 
for  so  many  years  bowed  her  spirit  to  the  very  earth,  and 
for  which  her  whole  life  was  regarded  by  her  as  one  long 
expiation,  was  breathed  into  his  ear,  leaving  its  rancorous 
poison  to  distil  into  his  braio  as  it  had  done  into  her 

own. The  purport  of  the  secret  is  but  too  well 

known.    The  Pope  himself  and  Lord  Charles  are 

said  to  be  the  only  sharers  in  the  knowledge  [how  then 
can  its  purport  be  *too  well  known'.']  which  seems  to 
have  robbed  the  Count  de  Chambord  of  all  his  interest  in 
life,  and  to  have  replaced  the  hope  with  which  he  once 
regarded  hia  future  fate,  by  the  remorse  which  his  aged 
relative  had  in  vain  endeavoured  to  shake  off  during  the 
whole  of  her  existence — a  remorse  and  fear  which  neither 
decrees  of  the  Tribunal  of  the  Seine,  nor  the  judgment  of 
the  Minister  of  Police,  nor  the  book  of  M.  de  Beauch^ne, 
though  written  for  the  express  purpose,  will  ever  be  able 
now  to  shake  off." 

HxRMnmuDB. 


Emblems  :  Tiuklli.  —  Will  any  of  your  corre- 
spondents,* who  arc  collectors  of  books  containing 
emblems,  have  the  kindness  to  say  whether  there 
is  any  such  work  published,  with  the  name  of 
Tineili  as  author  ?  I  have  a  MS.,  apparently  of 
the  seventeenth  century,  with  the  title  :  — 

"  Embleraata  variis  datia,  occasionibus  aptanda,  etc. 
....  per  me  Comitem  Heliodorum  Mariam  TinelUnm." 

It  contains  261  folio  leaTes  of  emblems ;  and  I 
wish  to  ascertain  whether  it  be  an  original  MS., 
or  the  copy  of  a  printed  book.  X. 

"  GiLDBD  Ckambbb.**  —  I  shall  feel  obliged  by 
references  to  any  of  the  poets,  &c.,  in  which  this 
expression  occurs.  R.  S.  Chabhock. 

Hebaldic.  —  Argent,  a  chevron  azure  be* 
tween  three  garbs,  as  many  mullets*  argent. 
Crest.  A  game  cock  proper. 

I  shall  be  much  obliged  to  any  reader  of  "  N. 
&  Q.**  who  will  inform  me  of  the  name  and  place 
of  any  family  who  use  the  above  arms ;  and  when 
and  to  whom  thej  were  granted.  J.  C.  H. 

Jakins.— Can  any  of  your  readers  nfford  me  a 
probable  explanation  of  the  surname  *^  Jakins,**  as 
to  its  origiu,  &c.  Another  branch  of  the  same 
family  have  spelled  it  **  Jachins.**  Is  it  likely  to 
be  in  any  way  related  to  Jachin,  a  son  of  the 
Patriarch  Simeon,  and  Jachin,  the  name  bestowed 
on  one  of  the  pillars  of  Solomon's  Temple?  W.  V. 

Mas.  Mazwbll,  an  Amazon.  —  In  the  List  of 
Deaths  in  the  GeiUlemaiis  Magazine  (1746),  ygI. 
zvi.  p.  496,  the  following  announcement  ap- 
pears :  — 

"  Mrs.  liaxwell,  at  Dablin,  famous  for  havinflr  served 
in  the  horse  during  most  of  the  last  war  in  Flanders." 

Where  may  particulars  of  Mrs.  Maxwell  be 
found?  Abhba. 

The  National  Coloub  op  Ieeland. — What  is 
the  national  colour  of  Ireland  ?  Contrary  to  the 
general  opinion,  many  (with  good  reason,  they 
assert,)  represent  it  as  purple,  and  not  green. 

Abhba. 

Paulo  Dolscio,  *^  Psaltebium.**  —  I  should  be 
glad  of  some  account  of  a  book  which  I  have,  witk 
the  following  title-page,  and  of  the  author :  «• 

luvw,  vwh  IIaiJAov  to*  AoA^jcmw  nXo^Mt.** 

**  Psalterinm  Prophete  et  Regis  Davidis  verslbns  ate- 

5 lads  redditam  a  Paolo  Doltcio  Plavensi.    Basiiea  per 
oannem  Oporinnm." 

The  date  at  the  end  is  1555,  and  the  epbtle 
dedicatory  concludes  thus :  **  Datss  in  Salinis  in 
ripa  SalsB.  Cal.  Sep^  Anno  1554.**  A  note  in 
pencil  says :  "  Liber  rarisaimua,  y.  Salthen.  CataL 
p.  498,  n.  25  il.f  £.  A.  D. 


rti 


•  Qv.  Where  are  the  mullets?  —  Ed.] 


e  ibUowing  is  the  note  in  SaltbenJi  BiblkdUem 
"Ubw  rarisdmns^  da  qao  adeo  nil  rsadre  poUil 


Btd  a  I.  Jah.  26,  '62.] 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


69 


Quotations  Wanted.  — 

1.  **  Go,  shine  till  tJtLou  outshin'st  the  gleam 

Of  all  the        .        .       .       .       # 
Go  —  dance  till  all  the  diamonds  flash. 

That  stain  thy  inky  hair : 
Then  kneel  and  show  thy  heart  to  God  — 

What  broken  vows  are  there ! " 

2.  ''Yons   d^fendez   que   je    vous   aime  —  et   bien, 

j'obeirai ! " 

3.  <*  What  thoagh  the  form  be  fair, 

What  though  the  eye  be  bright. 
What  though  the  rare  and  flowing  hair, 

Vie  with  the  rich  sunlight,  — 
If  the  soul  which  of  all  should  the  fairest  be, 
If  the  soul  which  must  last  through  eternity, 

Be  a  dark  and  unholy  thing  ?  " 

4.  **  And  thns  the  heart  may  break,  yet  brokenly  lire 


ft 


on. 
[  ChUde  ffaroU,  Canto  iii.  SUnza  82.] 

5.  **  Forgiveness  to  the  injured  doth  belong. 

They  never  pardon  who  have  done  the  wrong." 

G.  "  Yet  died  he  as  the  wise  might  wish  to  die, 
With  all  his  fame  npon  him  .... 
We  may  die  otherwise— our  dim  career 
May  rise  and  set  in  darkness ;  wo  may  give 
Some  kindly  gleams  which  leave  the  rest  more 

drear ; 
But  0 !  'tis  sad  their  brightness  to  survive. 
And  die  when  nought  remains  fbr  which  'twere 
well  to  live  I  " 

Hebmentbudb. 

**  Jnst  notions  will  into  good  actions  grow. 
And  to  our  Reason  we  our  Virtues  owe. 
False  Judgments  are  the  unhappy  source  of  ill. 
And  blinded  Error  draws  the  passive  Will. 
To  know  our  God,  and  know  our  selves,  is  all 
We  can  true  Happiness  or  Wisdom  call." 


**  For  let  your  subject  be  or  low  or  high. 
Here  all  the  penetrating  force  must  lie  .  .  . 


n 


**  Till  with  a  pleased  surprise  we  laugh  [^or  smile]  and 
wonder 
How  [or  that]  things  so  like,  so  long  were  kept 
asunder." 

P.K. 

Whitehall. — Some  few  years  Sffo  I  remem- 
ber to  have  read  that,  in  adapting  tne  Banquet- 
ing House  of  Whitehall  as  a  chapel  for  the 
Guards,  it  was  discovered  that  the  upper  or  a 
part  of  one  of  the  windows  had  evidently  been 
removed,  and  the  masonry  replaced  in  a  hasty 
manner.  This  circumstance,  of  coiurse,  indicating 
the  window  to  be  that  through  which  Charles  £ 
passed  to  the  scaflfold.  Can  yon  oblige  me  by 
B  reference  to  the  book  in  which  the  statement 
I  have  given  may  be  found,  as  unfortunately  I 
made  no  note  ?  L.  M. 

Col.  Thomas  Winslob.  —  I  was  looking  one 
day  at  an  old  diary,  date  1766,  when  I  came  upon 
the  following  curious  memorandum :  — 

Jae.  Duporto^  «t  fere  ineditom  orederet,  in  Pr»fat  ad 
•nam  Mitapknum  FiabHor,,  pk  11,  so."  We  eannot  find 
tMaTwy  rava  wsrk  either  hi  the  BoolsiaB  or  ~ 
Husenm  CataloguM. — Ed.] 


«  Sat  August,  23,  1766.  Last  week  died,  at  his  seat 
in  the  county  of  Tipperary,  Colonel  Thomas  Winsloe, 
aged  146  years :  he  was  Captain  in  the  reign  of  Charles  I., 
and  came  with  Oliver  Cromwell,  as  Lieut. -Colonel  into 
Ireland." 

I  have  copied  this  verbatim.  Can  any  of  your 
correspondents  give  me  more  particulars  about 
Colonel  Thomas  Winsloe.  X.  (1.) 


<fttirrM  fDttb  §Lnitotri* 

Ladt  Sophia  Booklet.  —  Who  was  this  lady 

in  our  Charles  II.*s  court,  and  what  is  known  of 

her  P  C.  H. 

[This  lady's  name  is  Bnlkeley,  not  Buckley,  as  errone- 
ously spelt  in  Dalrrmple*s  Memoirs,  part  ii.  p.  189.  She 
was  the  daughter  of  the  Hon.  Walter  Stuart,  M.D.,  third 
son  of  Walter,  first  Lord  Blantyro.  The  Duchess  of  Rich- 
mond, Frances  Teresa,  was  her  elder  sister.  Pepys.  who 
>vas  fond  of  "gadding  abroad  to  look  after  beautieii," 
once  met  the  two  fair  sisters  iu  his  walks.  "  So  I  to  the 
Park,"  says  he,  **  and  there  walk  an  hour  or  two ;  and 
in  the  King's  garden,  and  saw  the  Queen  and  the  ladies 
walk ;  and  I  did  steal  some  apples  off  the  trees;  and  here 
did  I  see  my  Lady  liichmond,  who  is  of  a  noble  person  as 
ever  I  did  see,  but  her  face  worse  than  it  was  consider- 
ably by  the  small-poz:  her  sister  is  also  very  hand- 
some." Sophia  Stuart  married  Henry  Bulkeley,  fourth 
son  of  Thomas,  first  Viscount  Bnlkeiey,  and  Master  of 
the  Household  to  Charles  II.  and  James  II.  Sophia  was 
a  lady  of  the  bedchamber  to  the  Queen  in  1687,  and  in  the 
list  of  those  ladies  she  is  placed  between  the  Countess  of 
Tyrconnel  and  Lady  Bellasysc,  which  seems  to  imply 
that  she  had  precedence  above  a  baroness.  Her  duties 
about  the  Queen  probably  occasioned  her  being  present 
at  the  birth  of  the  attainted  Prince  of  Wales.  See  State 
FoenUf  iii.  260.  Granger  says,  that  *'  in  the  reign  of  Wil- 
liam IIL  it  was  reported  that  Sophia  was  confined  in  the 
Bastile,  for  holding  a  correspondence  with  Lord  Godol- 
phin.  That  she  had  some  connection  with  that  Lord 
may  be  presumed  from,  the  following  stanza,  which  is 
part  of  a  satire  against  Charles,  written  in  1C80 :  — 

*  Not  for  the  nation,  but  the  fair. 
Our  tieasury  provides: 
Bulkeley*s  Godolphin^s  only  care, 
As  Middleton  is  Hyde's.'" 

But  according  to  the  Treasury  Order  Book  at  the  Cus- 
toms, D.  852,  F.  803,  (where  her  surname  is  also  spelt 
Buckley),  she  was  residing  in  France  in  1680.  Consult 
Collins's  Peeraae,  viii.  16,  ed.  1812 ;  and  Granger's  Biog. 
ifM<.iv.  184,  ei  1776.] 

"  A  DiSGOUBSB  AGAINST  TbAKSUBSTANTIATION. 

LoKD.  1687.**  — I  possess  a  pamphlet  thus  en- 
titled :  — 

**  A  DUcouru  agmnU  TrcauubwUuUiaiion,  The  Sixth 
Edition.  London:  Printed  for  Brabazon  Aylmer  .  .  . 
and  William  Rogers  .  .  1687.  Price  Three  Pence," 
Pp.  40.  8vo. 

It  is  one  of  the  most  remarkable  treatises  on  the 
subject  I  ever  read,  and  exhibits  uncommon  learn- 
ing and  ability ;  but  there  is  scarcely  anything 
in  it  that  a  Zwinglian  might  not  hare  written. 
It  commences  thus : 

**  Coooeming  the  SacnusM^  ^  >^^\«it^%  %Q9 
of  tha  tifo  gr«a.t  v^^"^^  \da\2l\.u^^ta  ^1  ^^ 


70 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


[8'«»  S.  1.  Jah.  25,  •61. 


Reli^on,  there  are  two  main  points  of  difference  between 
U8  and  the  Church  of  Rome.  One^  about  the  Doctrine  of 
Transubstantiation,  .  .  The  others  about  the  adminia- 
tration  of  this  Sacrament  to  the  people  in  both  kinda. 
Of  the  Jirst  of  these  I  shall  now  treat.'^ 

At  the  end  of  the  pamphlet  are  the  following 
Advertbements :  — 

*' There  is  lately  pablished  a  DUcourte  of  the  Com* 
munion  in  <me  kind,  in  answer  to  a  Treatise  of  the  Bishop 
of  Meaux's  of  Communion  under  both  species.  In  Quarto, 

**  Also  a  View  of  the  whole  Controrersie  between  the 
Bepresenter  and  the  Answerer ...    In  Quarto" 

I  suppose  my  pamphlet  is  to  be  found  in  Peck*s 
Catalogue  of  Controversial  Treatises,  Was  it 
written  by  Wake  or  Dodwell  ?  I  should  be  glad 
to  know  the  author's  name  P  Eirionnach. 

rThis  DiscowBc  is  by  John  Tillotson/afterwards  Arch- 
bbnop  of  Canterbury.  It  was  first  published  in  1684, 
and  in  the  following  year  had  passed  through  four  edi- 
tions. It  was  attacked  in  a  work  entitled,  "  Reason  and 
Authority ;  or  the  Motives  of  a  late  Protestant's  Recon- 
ciliation to  the  Catholick  Church.  Together  with  Re- 
marks upon  some  late  Discourses  against  Transubstanti- 
ation. Publisht  with  allowance.  4to.  Loud.  1687."  This 
work  is  attributed  in  the; Bodleian  and  Dublin  Cata- 
logues to  Joshua  Bassett,  Master  of  Sidney 'College* 
Cambridge.  Dodd  {Church  Hist,  iii.  483.)  attributes  it 
to  Gother.  The  main  object  of  the  work  is  to  attack  this 
Discourse  of  Tillotson,  and  that  by  Dr.  Wake  (Vide 
Birch's  Life  of  TiUotton,  p.  1 1 8,  edit.  1758.)  A  Discourte 
of  the  (hmmunioH  in  one  kind,  is  by  Wm.  Payne,  M.  A., 
Rector  of  Sl  Mary's,  Whitechapel ;  A  View  of  the  whole 
Oontroverey,  &c.,  by  Dr.  Wm.  Ciaget.] 

The  "  Pkes8-g akq  "  nr  1706.— When  did  im- 
pressment for  the  navy  besin?  The  following 
instance  (transcribed  from  the  original  warrant), 
which  occurred  early  in  the  last  century,  will 
show  in  what  way  men  were]  at  that  time  im- 
pressed :  — 

•*  WeUt  Civit,  sive  Burgue  in  Com,  Som,  .'—We,  whose 
names  are  herernto  subscribed  (two  of  Her  Maj'tie's  jus- 
tices of  the  peace  for  the  said  Citty  or  Borrough),  pur- 
sueant  to  a  late  Acte  of  Pariiam't  made  in  the  fourth 
and  fiah  yeares  of  her  said  Maj'tie's  reign,  entitled  *  An 
Act  for  the  Encouragement  and  better  encrease  of  Sea- 
men, and  for  the  better  and  speedier  Manning  of  her 
Maj'tie's  Fleet,'  Do  exhibite  and  certifie,  vnder  our 
hands  and  scales,  That  James  Middleham,  Jun^,  of  the 
said  Citty  or  Burrough,  was,  the  nineteenth  day  of  Aprill 
instant,  brought  before  vs  by  Edward  Bence  and  John 
Kenfield,  two  of  her  Maj'tie's  officers  belonging  to  the 
said  Citty  or  Burrough,  and  then  Impressed  before  ts; 
and  at  the  same  tyme  delivered  over  by  vs  vnto  John 
Horsman,  appointed  Conductor  to  receive  the  same  ac- 
cording to  the  direction  of  the  said  Act.  Dated  vnder 
our  hands  and  seales  the  Thirtieth  day  of  Aprill,  in  the 
fifth  yeare  of  the  reign  of  our  sovereign  Lady  Ann,  Queen 
over  England,  &c,  Anno  D'ni,  170*?. 

'*  Jacob  Worrall,  May'r. 
Pb.  Davis,  Record'r." 

Ika. 

[Haydn,  in  hts  Dictionary  of  Dates;  the  last  edition  of 
the  Encyclaotedia  Britannica,  and  similar  works,  quote 
Sir  Michael  Foster's  dictum,  that  2  Rich.  II.  cap.  4, 
granted  the  right  to  the  crown  to  impress  men  for  the 
naval  service.    Bat  according  to  a  writer  of  a  pamphlet^ 


entitled  A  Dincourse  on  the  Jmpresging  of  Mariners ;  where^ 
in  Judge  Fotter's  Argument  i$  Considered  and  Antwered 
8vo.  [.1777],  the  words  of  this  statute  do  not  in  the  least 
countenance  the  right  of  impressment.  The  words  of  the 
original  are  |these :  **  Item,  pur  ceo  qe  plusours  mariners 
apres  ce  qils  sont  arestuz  et  retenuz  pur  service  dn  Roi 
sur  la  meer  en  defence  du  roialme  et  en  ont  receux  lours 
gages  appurtenants  senfuent  hors  du  dit  service  sanse 
conge."  The  great  mistake  and  impropriety  (continues 
this  writer)  consists  in  the  translators  having  rendered 
the  French  word  areetuz  by  the  'English  word  arreeted; 
whereas  it  implies  to  bargain  with,  to  hire,  to  agree  far. 
He  also  contends  that  the  commission  in  29  Edward  IIL 
has  no  reference  to  compulsory  impressment.  Even  the 
■  statute  2  &  8  Phil.  &  Mary,  c.  16,  only  applies  to  water- 
I  men  who  use  the  river  Thames  between  Gravesend  and 
Windsor.] 

Tbap  Spideb.  —  Having  tried  many  sources 
without  avail,  I  write  to  you  to  ask  if  you  can 
tell  me  the  name,  t.  e.  the  proper  name  of  the 
spider  called  the  '^Trap  Spider**  at  Corfu.  It 
makes  a  door  to  its  habitation,  and  if  anyone 
attempts  to  get  at  the  inmates,  it  so  places  one  of 
its  legs  within  the  network  that  it  cannot  be 
opened.  It  is  well  known  in  Corfu,  but  I  should 
be  much  obliged  to  you  to  tell  me  in  **  N.  &  Q*** 
what  its  proper  name  is.  An  Inqcibbb. 

[We  regret  that  our  correspondent  has  not  told  us 
where  he  met  with  the  above  particulars.  There  are 
spiders  of  the  genus  3fygale  ( Walckenaer),  species  ^rieic- 
laria,  which  at  the  entrance  of  their  tunnel,  **  construct 
a  door,  moving  upon  a  hinge,"  with  a  mat  of  silk  fastened 
to  the  inner  suiface,  *'  on  which  the  animal  frequently 
reposes,  pouibly  for  the  sake  of  guarding  the  entramce^ 
There  is  also  another  species  of  the  same  genus.  So, 
Ccanentaria,  Araignie  minetue,  which  inhabits  Spain,  the 
south  parts  of  France,  and  other  shores  of  the  Mediter- 
ranean, therefore  probably  Corfu.  **  It  resists  the  open- 
ing of  its  door  with  its  utmost  strength,  and  continues 
struggling  in  the  entrance  till  the  light  has  fairly  en- 
tered, after  which  it  retreats  into  the  earth."  Can  this 
be  the  species  after  which  our  correspondent  inqairea? 
See  Encyclo,  Britan.  ed.  1853,  iii.  877, 378,  under  Ailach- 

NIDES.] 

"Pbeces  Pbivatjb."  —  Will  any  of  your  cor- 
respondents kindly  tell  me  anything  concerning 
the  subjoined  book,  particularly  as  to  its  worth  or 
rarity  P 

**  Preces  privat«,  in  Studiosorum  gratiam  ooltectsB,  et 
Regia  Authorltate  approbats.  Londini:  Ezcudebat 
Gulielroua  Seres,  Anno  Domini,  1564." 

Ezov. 
[The  Preces  Privates  may  be  considered  as  a  revised 
edition  of  Queen  Elisabeth's  Orarium,  the  Canonical 
Hours  of  Prayer  being  omitted.  In  fact,  the  two  works 
have  been  confounded  by  Strype  (Annals  of  Reformatiom, 
vol.  L  pt.  L  n.  854,  ed.  1824),  and  by  Dibdin  (Ames,  iv. 
219.)  Consult  also  the  Preface  to  Bishop  Cosines  CM&e- 
tion  of  Private  Devotions,  The  Preces  Privates  was  first 
published  in  1564,  and  reprinted  in  1568,  1578,  and  1574. 
(Herbert's  Ames,  pp.  696,  702.)  The  edition  of  1578  is 
best  known,  from  tne  circumstance  of  its  being,  accord- 
ing to  the  title-page,  an  enlarged  (quibusdam  in  lods 
auctsB),  and  an  improved  edition,  and  is  of  considerable 
rarity.  The  edition  of  1564  is  reprinted  in  the  PriMts 
Prayers  put  forth  by  authority  during  the  Reign  of  Qmms 
Etiiabeik,  edited  by  the  Rev,  W,  K.  CUy  for  the  Parker 


8^  S.  I.  JAir.  26,  '62.] 


NOTES  AND  QUEEIES. 


71 


Society,  1851 ;  and  that  of  1668  by  Mr.  Parker  of  Oxford 
in  1854.  The  first  ediUon,  1564,  fetched  2/.  85.  at  Sothe- 
by's, in  April,  1857.] 

Bishops*  Charges. — Can  I  be  informed  whe- 
ther any  public  libraries  in  England  or  Ireland 
contain  any  considerable  number  of  printed  copies, 
or  original  manuscripts,  of  the  charges  delivered 
by  Bishops  of  the  United  Church  within  the  last 
hundred  years  P  And  if  so,  by  .what  titles  they 
are  indexed  in  the  Catalogues.  H.  r, 

[The  charjpes  woald  be  entered  in  all  library  catalogues 
unaer  the  surname  of  each  bishop.]  ) 

Abbet  Counters  ob  Tokens. — Where  canJI 
find  some  account  of  these  pieces,  which  not  un- 
frequently  turn  up  in  the  cultivation  of  land  in 
Scotland  P  J.  H. 

[We  know  of  no  specific  work  on  Abbey  Tokens; 
but  the  following  may  be  consulted :  Novvelie  E'tvde  de 
JtiOHM^  par  J.  de  Fontenay ;  Lt9  Lihert6a  de  Bourgogru 
d^apr^a  Us  Jetons  de  at»  E'tata,  par  Gl.  Rossignol ;  Lind- 
say on  (he  Coinage  of  Scotland,  2  Parts,  4to,  1846-59 ; 
and  Snelling's  Jettons  or  Counters,  especially  those  known 
by  the  name  of  Black  Money  and  Abbey  Pieces^  4to,  1769. 


PELAYO'S  VISITS  TO  NORTH  OF  SPAIN. 

(2»*S.  xi.  70,  115.) 

Felayo  is  not  the  author  of  a  book  of  travels, 
but  the  hero  of  a  novel :  — 

''Historia  Fabulosa  del  distinguido  Caballero  Don 
Pelayo  Infanzon  de  la  Vega,  por  Don  Alonso  Bernardo 
Ribero  y  Larrea,  Cura  de  On tai villa  y  Despoblado  Onta- 
riego  de  Segovia.    Madrid,  1792, 12»,  2  tom." 

The  only  notice  I  have  fouqd  of  this  work  is 

in  Ticknor,  who  says :  — 

"  EI  Quijote  de  la  Cantabria  refiere  los  viajes  A  la 
corte  de  un  hidalgo  llamado  Don  Pelayo,  su  residencia 
CO  ella,  y  en  vuelta  ^  lamontana,  admiradoy  sorprendido 
de  que  los  Vizcainos  y  montaneses  no  est^oi  reputadoe  en 
todas  partes  por  los  mas  nobles  ^  ilustres  del  mondo."  — 
Tom.  iv.  p.  238,  Spanish  translation. 

The  novel  is  an  imitation  of  Don  Quixote, 
written  in  a  good  style,  and  abounding  in  good 
sense,  bat  feeble  in  interest  and  wit.  Don  Pelayo 
leaves  his  father's  house  to  convince  the  world 
thai  the  Biscayens  are  its  most  illustrious  in- 
habitants. On  all  other  subjects  he  is  sane  and 
talks  to  the  purpose,  thouga  somewhat  prosily. 
He  is  accompanied  by  a  retainer,  Mateo  de  Falacio, 
an  Asturian,  who  speaks  the  dialect  of  his  country, 
and  may  say  some  good  things  which  I  do  not 
understand.  Don  Pelayo  is  cured  of  his  illusion 
bjrashort  residence  at  Madrid,  and  some  visits 
to  the  Court,  and  he  goes  home  and  marries. 

Cervantes  often   calls  his  tale  hUtoria  verda^ 

dera ;  on  the  contrary,  Ribera  says,  esia  historia 

Jmgida,    Were  any  restraints  placed,   either  by 

discipline  or  opinion,  on  the  Spanish  clergy,  as  to 

novel  writing  r  The  passage  ref^ed  to  is  In  • 


conversation  between  Don  Pelayo  and  a  clergy- 
man whom  he  meets  at  an  inn :  — 

'*Tanto  fu^  lo  que  se  est^md  el  pronombre  de  Don^ 

?[ue  los  Reyes  le  concedi^ron  d  algunos  hombres  en 
aerza  de  servicios  grandes.  Al  conde  de  Cabra  qnando 
hizo  prisionero  en  una  batalla  al  Rev  chico  de  Granada ; 
d  Cristobal  Colon  porque  descubrio  fas  Indlas,  que  estdn 
hicia  el  Poniente :  d  fiasco  de  Gama  por  la  mucba  tierra 
que  descubrid  &  la  parte  de  TOriente ;  y  a  Cort^^i  hizo  la 
niisma  gracia  el  Seuor  Don  Carlos  Quinto  despues  que 
aiiadid  un  Nuevo  Mondo  i  su  dilatado  Imperio.  Esto 
sucedia  por  aqnellos  tieropos;  pero  en  el  dia  de  hoy 
anda  tan  comun  el  Don,  que  se  agravia  vivamente  un 
escribano,  si  se  le  llama  Rodrigo  Talavera,  y  su  Reveren- 
disima  babrd  hecho  alto  acerca  del  recado  que  ua  mozo 
de  esta  casa  me  ha  dado  &  ml  misroo  quando  le  envi^  i 
llamar  un  Barbero,  y  se  sali<$  con  decirme  quo  sus  dom^- 
ticos  le  habian  dado  por  respuesta,  de  que  su  merced  no 
se  hallaba  en  casa."  —  T.  i.  p.  114. 

H.  B.  C. 

U.U.  Club. 


THE  SACKS  OF  JOSEPH'S  BRETHREN. 
(2~»  S.  xii.  502.) 

Unfortunately  I  have  not  one  of  these  primnval 
sack-bags  in  my  museum  to  enable  me  to  give  a 
decisive  answer  to  your  correspondent  C.  In  the 
year  1855,  a  friend  of  mine  passing  through  Con- 
stantinople, bought  saddle-bags  made  of  leather 
at  the  horse-bazaar  at  Stamboul,  this  being  the 
usual  sack  for  carrying  merchandise  in  the  East, 
whether  on  a  pack-saddle,  or  with  the  ordinary 
Turkbh  saddle  on  which  the  traveller  sits,  a  bag 
hanging  on  each  side,  and  two  leathern  bottles  in 
front  of  him.  .  And  I  myself  have,  lying  in  a  lum- 
ber room  at  an  old  family  house  in  the  country, 
similar  saddle-bags  used  by  my  ancestors  in  past 
centuries,  a  leathern  contrivance  borrowed  from 
remote  antiquity,  long  before  weaving  was  known 
among  the  Britons.  For  these  reasons  I  believe 
skins  were  the  first  and  earliest  contrivance  ap- 
plied by  man  for  locomotion,  whether  of  liquids 
or  dry  goods,  or  for  seating  his  own  person  on  the 
back  of  a  beast  of  burden,  especially  among  the 
pastoral  tribes  in  the  East.  Do  we  not  gather  as 
much  from  the  narrative  of  Joseph's  Brethren  ? 
What  else  could  their  **  sack-bags  have  been  but 
the  skins  of  beasts  P  Jacob  and  his  sons  had  no 
"  woven  fabric  "  in  their  wild  country.  In  Egypt 
there  was  plenty  of  such  material,  and  so  Joseph 
gave  all  his  brothers  changes  of  raiment,  and  Ben- 
jamin five  changes.  But  you  may  say.  What  of 
the  coat  of  many  colours  made  for  Jacob*s  darling 
child  ?  It  was  the  skins  of  the  smaller  wild  ani- 
mals, or  of  the  wild  beast  incidentally  alluded  to 
in  the  narrative.  Deerfoot,  the  American  Indian 
savage,  "wild  as  in  his  native  woods  he  ran,*' 
wears  just  such  a  showy  skin  across  his  shoulder, 
fastened  by  a  brooch-pin  (ojScXoi,  a  spit,  Cleopa- 
tra's needle),  like  Hercules  and  the  Nemea^a  Ivonx^ 
Aad  the  minatwla  ftoia^^  ^x^ocpa^^^^  nk'^j^x 


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NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


[8"»  S.  L  Jah.  25,  'ea. 


in  Calabria,  now  wandering  about  our  streets, 
wear  skin  coats  just  as  they  come  stripped  from 
the  shecp*s  back,  and  their  breeches,  and  their 
laced  sandals,  and  the  bags  or  sacks  for  their  pipes, 
are  all  of  the  same  primeeval  material.  Aaicosfioosy 
the  bag  in  which  iGolufl  bottled  up  the  winds 
(Od.  X.  19.) 

Skins  (leather  when  tanned)  have  been  the 
staple  for  human  clothing  from  Adamitical  times 
to  the  present  da^  in  all  wild  districts  of  the 
globe.  Yet,  *^  nothmg  like  leather,"  for  houses  or 
dress,  for  shields  or  boats.  JEgida  PaUadis ;  su- 
tills  cymha  Charontis,  The  Cjmri  had  their 
coracles,  and  their  segaUj  the  skin  cloak,  now  be- 
come the  Welsh  whittle  o^flanneL  The  shepherd's 
"  bottle  and  bag  *'  {Od.  ii.  291)  were  both  leathern. 
David*s  bag  for  the  five  smooth  stones,  and  his  sling 
(i/uav)  were  the  same,  and  so  was  the  bag  or  purse  the 
traitor  Judas  bore  {yXacraoKOfxov)^  the  palate  or 
cud-bags  of  ruminating  animals,  curious  speci- 
mens of  which  may  be  seen  in  any  tripe-dresser's 
shop.  "  Old  Bags,"  saccos  ruuHmorum^  was  the 
common  sobriquet  of  Lord  Chancellor  Eldon. 
College  bursars  and  ships*  pursers  get  their  names 
Arom  leather ;  and  a  hide,  or  five  hides  of  land, 
was  a  common  gi(l  by  William  after  the  Norman 
Conquest  to  his  retainers,  and  the  ville  was  called 
Hyde,  or  Five-head ;  e.  g.  Five-head  Neville. 

It  appears  from  Burckhardt*s  Notes,  that  the 
Bedouin  Arabs  very  early  made  skins  leather  by 
tanning  them.  And  according  to  Robinson's  Re» 
searches  they  use  small  sacks  and  larger  saddle- 
bags of  hair  cloth  (camlet  sack  ?),  but  this  was 
long  posterior  to  Jacob's  time.  T\ie  oriental  lah- 
ffuage  of  Job,  **  I  have  sewed  sackcloth  on  my 
skin,  and  defiled  my  horn  in  the  dust,"  may  be 
simply  the  expression  for  deep  mourning ;  or  if 
taken  literally  would  be,  **  pinned  a  sheep- skin 
round  him,  and  sat  covered  with  dirt"  like  a  hermit 
(f^/Ms)  in  a  cave  —  "  leather  and  ashes." 

But  the  philological  question.  If  I  were  skilled 
in  the  Semitic  dialects  I  might  enter  critically  into 
the  etymology  of  sack^  a  word.  Dr.  Johnson  says,  to 
be  found  in  all  languages,  but  the  root  not  on  this 
side  the  Flood.  C.  tells  me  sak  and  amtakhah  are 
used  indiscriminately  in  Genesis ;  and  I  find  no 
enlightenment  as  to  a  difference  in  their  meaning 
by  marginal  references  in  the  Polyglot.  It  would 
be  therefore  useless,  if  not  something  worse,  to  fill 
your  columns  with  hohhyhorsical  derivations  and 
definitions,  which  we  old  antiquaries  are  always 
too  fond  of  indulging  in.  If  C.  will  refer  to  the 
parallel  texts— Mark  i.  6,  Matt.  iii.  4,  2  Rings 
1.  8,  Zech.  xiii.  4,  Joshua  ix.  4-6,  he  will  find  skin, 
leather,  and  camlet,  or  hair  shirt,  almost  syno- 
nymous, and  strongly  confirnung  my  interpreta- 
tion of  sak. 

Burder's  Oriental  Customs  (edit.  1802),  note 
92,  says,  on  the  authority  of  Chardin  and 
HMrmer,  **  Backs  for  com  (in  Genesis)  are  not 


to  be  confounded  with  tamhelUt,  sacks  of  wool  co- 
vered in  the  middle  with  leather,  used,  through 
all  history,  for  baggage."  Queer's  Gabdbhs. 


THE  AMERICAN  STANDARD  AND  NEW 
ENGLAND  FLAG. 

(2»«  S.  xii.  338, 444.) 

It  would  appear  that  the  prior  existence  of  a 
fiag  with  thirteen  red  and  white  stripes,  susgeated 
its  adoption  at  the  period  of  the  Revolution  by 
the  thirteen  English  colonies  then  in  rebellion ; 
but  it  can  scarcely  be  imagined  that  the  armorial 
bearings  of  their  commander-in-chief  conduced 
towards  such  a  choice. 

A  work  entitled  Present  State  of  the  Universe^ 
by  John'  Beaumont,  jun.,  4th  edit.,  published  in 
London  1704,  represents  the  East  India  Com- 
pany's flag  as  consisting  of  a  field  bearing  thirteen 
alternate  red  and  white  stripes  with  a  St.  George's 
cross  on*  a  white  canton,  which  rests  upon  the 
fourth  red  stripe.  From  your  last  correspondent 
on  the  subject  (C.  Harbbrtoniensis,  who  quotes 
some  French  authority),  we  find  this  same  flag 
still  in  use  on  the  English  squadrons  in  1737, 
while  the  £.  I.  Company's  flag,  at  that  period, 
bore  but  nine  red  and  white  stripes  with  the  same 
canton  as  before ;  this  last,  with  the  British  Union 
instead  of  the  St.  George's  Cross,  is  still  the  flag  of 
the  company. 

On  the  15th  of  May,  1759,  Admiral  Charles 
Saunders  issued  Sailing  Orders  and  Instructioni 
in  the  harbour  of  Louisbourg  before  setting  out 
for  Quebec.  Among  the  signal-flags  mentioned 
we  have  the  English  ensign,  the  Dutch  flag,  a  red 
flag,  a  red  flag  with  white  cross,  a  yellow  flag  with 
blue  cross,  a  flag  half  blue  and  half  white,  flags 
blue  and  yellow  checkered,  and  red  and  white 
checkered,  a  flag  yellow  and  white  striped,  and  a 
flag  red  and  white  striped,  with  corresponding 
pennants,  &c.  Of  course  such  provincial  vessels 
as  joined  the  fleet  were  well  acquainted  with  these 
signals. 

The  first  American  fleet  raised  under  the  im« 
mediate  superintendence  of  Congress  sailed  from 
Philadelphia  Feb.  9th,  1776,  "under  the  display 
of  a  Union  flag*  with  thirteen  stripes  in  the  field." 
The  following  flags  are  mentioned  on  the  orden 
issued  to  the  several  captains  of  the  fleet,  on  sail- 
ing from  the  Capes  of  Delaware,  Feb.  17th»  1776: 
the  standard,  bearing  a  rattle-snake  on  a  yellow 
field,  &c.  (as  described  2*^  S.  xii.  338),  the  striped 
jack,  and  the  ensign,  under  which  they  had  aaUed 
a  week  previous ;  also  a  St  George's  ensign  with 

*  That  is.  with  the  British  Union  of  the  crosses  of  St 
George  and  St  Andrew  on  a  caaton,  being  the  same  flag 
raised  by  the  Continental  army  on  Prospect  HilL  befixe 
Boston,  Jan.  8,1776. 


S^  &  L  Jlir.  85,  '68.] 


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stripes,  a  white  flag,  a  Dutch  fla^,  a  broad  pen- 
nant, and  pennants  of  red  and  white. 

During  the  month  of  July,  1776,  Capt.  Lambert 
Wickes  appears  to  have  been  cruising  off  the  coast 
in  the  Reprisal,  under  a  flag  of  "  thirteen  stripes 
in  a  white  and  yellow  field.**  This  is  not  a  yery 
lucid  description,  but  the  flag  may  have  been 
similar  to  the  signal  one  of  yellow  and  white 
stripes  used  by  Admiral  Saunaers  at  Quebec  in 
1759. 

On  the  14th  of  June,  1777,  it  was  resolved  by 
Congress  "  That  the  flog  of  the  Thirteen  United 
States  be  thirteen  stripes,  alternate  red  and  white : 
That  the  Union  be  tlurteen  stars,  white  in  a  blue 
field,  representing  a  new  constellation."  This  re- 
solution was  not  made  public  until  the  following 
September. 

Helative  to  the  early  New  England  flag  a  few 
remarks  may  not  be  unappropriate.  Upon  the 
planting  of  the  colony,  among  niunerous  articles 
deemed  necessary  for  an  intended  voyage,  26th 
Feb.  1628(9),  are  mentioned  "  two  ensisns  and 
certain  arms  for  one  hundred  men,**  to  be  brought 
out  by  the  Talbot,  Thorn.  Beecher,  Mr.  The 
ancient  or  ensign  appears,  then,  to  have  been  an 
elongated  red  banner  with  the  red  cross  upon  a 
white  chief  running  along  the  stafl*.  Soon  afler 
the  arrival  of  the  settlers  under  Gov.  Winthrop, 
in  1630,  military  companies  were  organised,  and 
subsequently  a  temporary  fort  was  erected  on 
Castle  Island,  in  the  narbour  ofl*  Boston.  In  1634, 
John  Enchcott,  deeming  the  red  cross  in  the 
King*s  colours  to  be  **  a  superstitious  thing,  and  a 
relic  of  antichrist,**  cut  from  the  ensign  at  Salem 
a  portion  of  the  same.  Many  now  refused  to 
follow  the  old  colours,  and  the  commissioners  for 
military  affairs  ordered  all  the  ensigns  to  be  laid 
aude«  until  new  ones  should  be  appomted  for  the 
companies.  It  was  subsequently  proposed  to  in- 
sert the  red  and  white  roses  in  lieu  of  the  objec« 
tionable  emblem,  but  this  was  not  agreed  to,  and 
early  in  1635(6)  the  commissioners  assigned  new 
colours  to  every  company.  These  colours,  from 
what  we  can  learn,  were  merely  the  old  ensigns 
from  which  the  entire  white  chief,  with  its  accom- 
panjping  cross,  had  been  remove<l,  though  into  that 
one  displayed  at  Castle  Island  they  wisely  deter- 
mined tc)  insert  the  King*8  arms,  probably  in  the 
then  usual  manner,  upon  a  shield.  This  latter 
arrangement,  however,  does  not  appear  to  have 
been  carried  out  immediately,  and  but  a  few 
months  after  the  St.  Patrick  of  Ireland,  on  enter- 
ing the  harbour,  was  obliged  to  strike  her  flag  to 
the  fort,  **  which  had  then  no  colours  abroad.*' 
The  act  occasioned  much  discontent  among  the 
masters  of  some  ten  vessels,  then  lying  in  the  vici* 
nity  of  Boston,  and  accordingly  the  King's  colours 
were  obtained  from  Capt.  Palmer  of  the  St.  Pa- 
trick, while  Lieut.  Morris  was  ordered  to  spread 
them  **  at  Castle  Island  when  the  ships  pasted  by, 


yet  with  this  protestation,  that  we  held  the  cross 
in  the  ensign -idolatrous,  and  therefore  might  not 
set  it  up  in  our  own  ensigns ;  but  this  being  kept 
as  the  King's  fort,  the  Grovernor  (Sir  Henry  Vane) 
and  some  others  were  of  opinion  that  his  own 
colours  might  be  spread  upon  it.**  In  May,  1645, 
the  General  Court,  in  reply  to  some  inquiries 
which  had  been  made  by  Richard  Davenport,  the 
Commander  at  the  Fort,  directed  that  he  should 
*make  use  of  the  old  colours  till  new  be  provided,* 
upon  such  occasions  as  it  should  be  necessary. 
This  last  order  was  repeated  in  1651,  the  Court 
conceiving  *  the  old  English  colours  now  used  by 
the  Parliament  of  England  to  be  a  necessary 
badge  of  distinction  betwixt  the  English  and  other 
nations  in  all  places  of  the  world,  till  the  state  of 
England  shall  alter  the  same,  which*  (with  the 
former  antipathy  to  the  cross)  *  we  much  desire.* 
It  may  be  supposed  that  afler  this  period  the  Eng- 
lish ensign  again  came  into  general  use,  especially 
subsequent  to  the  accession  of  Charles  II.,  who 
was  proclaimed  at  Boston  on  the  8th  of  August, 
1661,  and  yet  early  in  1676  Commissary  Fair- 
weather  was  ordered  by  the  Council  to  provide 
seven  colours  for  the  army  of  Narraganset,  each  to 
be  made  of  red  sarcenet  a  yard  square,  one  with  a 
blaze  of  white  in  it ;  the  others  to  have  each  of 
them  a  figure  of  white  in  them,  No.  from  1  to  6.** 
These  flags  last  alluded  to  may  have  been  merely 
expressive  of  the  colonists*  hostile  intentions 
against  the  savages,  red  being  the  colour  of  the 
English  flag  of  defiance.* 

In  December,  1686,  Sir  Edmund  Andros  ar- 
rived as  Governor  of  New  England  under  James 
II.,  bringing  with  him  a  new  seal  and  flag,  and 
"  about  sixty  red  coats.'*  This  new  flagt  bore  on 
a  square  white  field  the  red  cross  of  St.  (reorge, 
and  inscribed  on  the  latter  was  the  royal  cipher 
surmounted  by  a  crown  in  gold. 

During  the  succeeding  reigns  of  William  and 
Mary  the  sea-colours  of  New  England  appear, 
with  slight  difference,  to  have  been  the  same  as 
the  English  ensign  of  the  period.  In  proof  of 
which  Beaumont,  in  his  State  of  the  Universe^ 
1704  (already  alluded  to)  gives  the  Royal  Stan- 
dard of  William  III.,  and  the  various  flags  of 
England,  including  that  of  New  England.  The 
latter  is  depicted  as  bearing  on  a  square  red  field 
a  white  canton  with  the  red  St.  George^s  cross,  in 
the  first  quarter  of  which  is  a  green  tree  ;  the  co- 
lonists had,  as  early  as  1652  adopted  the  tree, 

•  In  1689  Thomas  Pound  was  c»iptured  at  Tarpauline 
Cove,  by  the  armed  sloop  Mary  of  Boston,  commanded 
by  Capt.  Samuel  Pease  of  Salem.  Pound  was  convicted, 
seeing  that  he  *'  beings  under  a  red  flag  at  the  head  of  the 
mast,  purposely  and  in  defiance  of  their  Majesty's  aa- 
tboritv,  had  wilfully,  and  with  malice  aforethought, 
committed  murder  and  piracy  upon  the  high  seas,  being 
instigated  thereunto  by  the  devil." 

t  New  England  Papers,  voUly•^«^'a>^»^^'^>S»^^'«^*^ 
Paper  Office. 


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IB'*  a  L  Jax.  25,  *0S. 


vsuallj  called  a  pine-tree,  as  a  device  upon  their 
coinage. 

In  opposition  to  the  above  we  have  another  re- 
presentation of  the  New  England  colours  in  Carel 
Allard*8  Niewe  HoUandre  Scheeps-Bouw,  2nd  vol., 
published  at  Amsterdam  in  1705.  This  flag  is  the 
same  aa  that  quoted  by  Habbbrtoniensis  from 
the  French  woHc  of  1737,  viz.  on  a  blue  field  the 
white  canton  and  St.  George*s  cross,  with  a  globe* 
in  its  first  quarter.  A  similar  flag  is  described  as 
having  been  borne  by  the  colonists  on  Bunker 
Hill  in  1775,  save  that  the  pine  tree  supplied  the 
place  of  the  globe. 

Perhaps  some  of  your  numerous  readers  may 
determine,  from  better  authority,  whether  cre- 
dence is  to  be  given  to  the  statement  of  Beau- 
mont or  that  of  AUard,  as  also  at  what  time  such 
flag  was  first  borne  by  the  colonists. 

I.  J.  Gbeenwood. 

New  Tork,  aoth  Dec  1861. 

I  observed  in  an  article  in  Blackwood*  Magazine 
(April,  1861),  on  Americanisms  the  following  re- 
marks :— 

**  The  original  flag  was  merely  13  atripet  ....  adopted 

^     by  reaolution  of  Coogreaa,  June,  14, 1777 ....  It  is  icareefy 

to  be  thoupht  a  new  republic,  in  the  fint  floah  of  its  liberty, 

would  adopt  as  its  ensign  the  heraldic  blazon  of  ao  £og> 

llsh  house.** 

I  beg,  with  all  diffidence,  to  suggest  that  such 
an  adoption,  considering  the  then  general  igno- 
rance 01  the  poorer  classes  on  such  subjects,  would 
Dot  have  been  recognised  or  detected ;  but  setting 
this  aside,  American  Independence  was  mainly 
secured,  not  by  the  popular  majority,  but  by  the 
upper  minority.  The  conduct  of  the  first  war 
proved  that  success  was  due  to  the  exertions  of 
the  American  gentry^  and  not  to  the  lower  orders, 
whose  more  underspread  descendants  have  ap- 
propriated the  credit. 

What  is  more,  we  have  (published)  Washing' 
torC*  own  desire^  expressed  in  several  notes  on  the 
subject^  that  the  laresent  flag  of  the  Union  shmdd  he 
adopted^  and  if  i  mistake  not,  ?ie  also  made  sketches 
of  his  proposed  flag,  which  are  to  be  found,  I  be- 
lieve, amongst  others,  in  Harper*s  Magazine. 

Singapore,  Nov.  186L  Sp. 


Archbishop  Lbighton's  Libbabt  at  Dub- 
blabe  (3^*  S.  i.  3.)  —  Your  able  correspondent 
EiBiONNACH  does  not  seem  to  be  aware  that  the 
account  of  the  foundation  of  this  library,  written 
by  Bishop  Robert  Douglas,  of  Dunblane,  with  the 
list  of  Leigh ton*s  manuscripts,  and  other  valuable 
matter  relating  to  the  same  subject,  was  printed 
by  the  Bannatyne  Club  in  1855.    Your  corre* 

*  The  crest  of  the  East  India  Company,  incorporated  in 
1600,  was  a  sphere  without  a  frame,  bound  with  a  zodiac, 
in  bend,  or,  between  two  split  pennons,  flotant,  ar.  each 
charged  with  a  cross  gules:  over  the  sphere  the  words, 
-Deusindicat.**  ^ 


spondent  will  find  the  paper  to  which  I  allude  in 
the  Bannatyne  Miscellany^  vol.  iii.  p.  227.  I  men- 
tion this  circumstance  for  your  correspondent's 
information,  and  by  way  of  spreading  a  knowledge 
of  the  existence  of  this  paper  among  the  admirers 
of  Leighton,  not  with  any  view  of  casting  doubt 
upon  EiBioNNACu* 8  rcscarch.  No  one  ought  to 
be  blamed  for  unacqualntance  with  the  pro- 
ceedings or  publications  of  these  exclusive  print- 
ing Clubs.  The  paper  in  question  contains  a  copy 
of  Leighton*s  will,  a  fac-simile  of  his  signature  to 
the  covenant,  and  also  of  a  letter  of  his,  presumed 
to  be  written  about  1673.  John  Bbucb. 

VossiDS  "Db  Histobicis  Gb^cis"  (2«>*  S. 
xii.  369,  525.)  —  My  copy  has  also  the  phenome- 
non described  by  C.  J.  R.  T.  I  have  waited  to 
give  the  explanation — about  the  correctness  of 
which  I  entertain  no  doubt — until  I  could  see 
whether  the  whole  edition  was  so  issued,  or  whe- 
ther I  happen  to  possess  an  exceptional  copy. 

It  is  important  first  to  remark  that  the  prac- 
tice we  now  have  of  detecting  a  cancel,  by  verti- 
cally slitting  the  leaf  which  is  to  be  replaced,  was 
in  vogue  in  1651  :  I  have  rare  instances  nearly 
thirty  years  older.  The  first  thing  that  suggested 
itself  to  me  was  that  this  pair  of  vertical  lines 
was  some  kind  of  warning  of  the  nature  of  a  can- 
cel :  and  examination  showed  that  it  must  have 
been  so,  and  in  the  following  way. 

Gerard  Vossius  died  in  1649,  leaving  the  second 
edition  almost  printed.  His  son  Isaac  was  then  in 
Sweden,  and  the  first  act  of  the  publisher  was  to 
procure  an  editor  who  superintended  the  remain- 
ing printing,  and  added  an  Ad  Leciorem^  explain- 
ing that  Isaac  Vossius  was  not  accessible.  This 
editor  must  have  been,  I  suppose,  A.  Thysius, 
who  in  1651  also  edited  the  De  Historicis  Latinis* 
On  second  thoughts,  however,  it  seems  that  it 
was  determined  to  wait,  and  to  apply  to  Isaac 
Vossius  for  a  preface  of  some  kind.  The  type  of 
the  Ad  Lectorem  was  therefore  put  by,  having 
first  had  a  couple  of  lines  inserted  in  the  manner 
now  visible,  as  a  warning  not  to  print  from  it 
without  inquiry.  Isaac  Vossius,  by  1651,  fur- 
nished what  was  wanted  in  the  shape  of  a  dedica- 
tion to  Christina  of  Sweden.  This  ought  to  have 
taken  the  place  of  the  Ad  Lectorem^  which  ought 
to  have  been  withdrawn.  But,  by  neglect,  the 
dedication  was  inserted  between  the  Ad  Lectorem 
and  the  work,  the  black  lines  were  not  noticed,  and 
the  catch-word  Gbbab — ,  which  was  meant  to 
be  followed  by  Gbeabdi  at  the  head  of  page  1, 
has  all  the  dedication  interposed.  I  have  not  met 
with  any  person  who  has  seen  a  similar  instance. 

A.  Db  Mobgak. 

CoWELL*8  InTBBPBBTBB  CONDEMNED  (3^  S.  i.  9.) 

— ^The  entire  Proclamation  referred  to  in  this  com- 
munication is  printed  in  the  best  edition  of  Cowell, 
published  in  1727,  and  there  is  a  somewhat  cha- 


»M  a.  L  Jw.  25,  WO 


NOTES  AND  QUEBIEa 


IS 


mcteristic  Tkrlation  in  one  panBge.    The  extract 

S>en  ill  "N.  &  Q."  read*  "the  Hiatorjr  of  the 
onarchie,"  but  the  FroclamatioD,  ai  printed  in 
the  Preface  of  the  edition  above  mentioned,  givea 
"  the  Mf  BterieB  of  thig  our  Monarchie." 

The  Proclamation  from^which  Ithusiei.  gives 
an  extract  is  printed  in  exieiuo  nith  mors  relatire 
matter  in  the  preface  to  the  edition  of  the  Inter- 
preter, continued  bj  Thomu  MaDle;^,  jiubliahed 
in  1701.  Q.  Q. 

AiuT  Lists  (a""  S.  xii.  434.)— The  earliest  ap- 
proach ezlant  to  sLprinled  army  liat  will  be  found 
in  the  Genltenuin't  Magazine,  xviii.  JS06-7,  xv, 
92.  The  former  eives  a  list  of  general  and  staff 
officers  in  Great  Britain  and  Ireland,  with  their 
pay  per  day  ;  governors  of  garriaons  in  Ireland, 
and  generals  in  Flanders  in  174S  \  the  other  list 
embrBceB  all  the  regiments  in  his  Majeity'a  ser- 
vice, tlie  number  of  each  colonel  in  succeeslon  to 
the  year  1744,  with  the  I ieut.- colonels,  majora, 
&C.  TbiB  list  is  of  frreat  interest.  The  house- 
hold cavalry  embracea'Horse  Guards,  Grenadier 
Guards,  and  Horae  Guards  Blue.  The  5th  Dra- 
groons  appear  as  the  Royal  Grenadier  Dragoons 
of  Ireland,'  like  the  6lti  formed  at  Inniakilling. 
The  3rd  regiment  of  Guards  is  designated  the 
Scotch  regiment;  the  21st  Foot  are  called  the 
Soyal  Scoteh  Fusilecra ;  the  aistjare  aUted  aa 
"  formed  to  be  Marines ;"  the  41st  as  "Invalids;" 
43rd  as  "formed  from  independent  companies  in 
the  Highlands  of  Scotland ;''  the  44th  to  the  S3rd 
inclusively  formed  the  ten  regiments  of  marines. 
The  6Srd  was  the  last  regiment  on  the  li.it,  and 
Ibe  total  of  the  forces  ia  stated  to  be  79,572. 
See  also  vol.  xvii.  pp.  9-12.  The  Buccesaion  of 
colonels  and  pay  of  all  grades  are'eiven  in  vol.  vi. 
36S~0  ;  the  half-pay  and  strength  of  regiments 
in  vol.  X.  613-4. 

Macmbwb  E.  C.  Walcott,  M.A.,  F.S.A. 

LoKD  Ndobbt  and  Capital  Puhishmeht  (3'* 
S.  i.  33.) — ^In  a  pamphlet  bearing  no  author's  name, 
but  dated  18S3,  and  entitled  the  Death  Penalty 
Cotuidered,  1  Qnd  it  stated  "  that  in  a  lale  debate  " 
in  the  House  of  Commons  Lord  Nugent  had  said, 
that  for  a  lung  series  of  years  one  innocent  person 
bad  been  hanged  every  three  years.  The  writer 
then  Bocs  on  to  say,  that  in  1841  Sir  Filzmy 
Kelly liad  nsserted  that  during  the  previous  fifty- 
eight  years  no  less  than  forty-seven  persons  hud 
been  executed  whose  innocence  had  been  subse- 
quently established. 

The  statements  are  repeated  in  several  pam- 
phlets published  on  the  same  subject ;  hut  the 
writers  in  no  ease  give  any  citation  of  the  cases. 
Both  Lord  Nugent  and  Sir  F.  Kelly  would  doubt- 
less speak  from  a  conviction  of  the  absolute  cor- 
rectness of  the  statements ;  but  it  is  strange  that 
tbej  did  not  ttel  it  neceiury  to  giro  my  Uat  of 


the  persons  who  had  been  thua  inncceDtly  coa- 

demned.  Mr.  Charles  Phillips  is  almost  the  onW 
writer  *  who  has  quoted  cases  in  support  of  his 
argument,  at  least  modern  cases,  and  almost  the 
only  ones  with  which  the  public  are  familiar  are 
those  given  by  the  Messrs.  Chambers  in  one  of 
their  very  useful  tracts,  all  of  which  are  of  a  very 
ancient  date.  Mr.  Phillips  has,  however,  quoted 
cases  which  are  not  proved,  and  where  very  con- 
Biderable  doubt  must  rest  as  to  the  guilt  or  inno- 
cence of  the  persons  condemned. 

My  present  object  ia  to  ask  your  numerous 
readers  whether  any  authentic  history,  or  even 
catalogue  of  such  casea  exists.  Such  a  compila- 
tion, if  carefully  made,  and  without  the  bios  which 
would  naturally  belong  to  a  person  who  amassed 
them  to  supply  an  argument  in  support  of  a  favo- 
rite theory,  would  be  both  interesting  and  useful. 
I  have  collected  a  few  cases^which  at  some  future 
time  1  may  submit  to  you.  I  mean  cases  which 
are  not  commonly  known.  T.  B> 

Ahebica  bbfobs  CoLnuBoa  (3''  S.  i.  7.) — Kid< 
der  and  Fletcher,  In  their  History  of  Brazil  and 
the  Brazilian*  (Philadelphia),  state  that  it  was 
from  that  part  of  America  that  Amerigo  Vespuccio 
carried  to  Europe  the  famous  dye-wood  which  so 
resembled  the  brazai  or  coals  of  fire  used  in  the 
chaGng-pans  of  the  Portuguese,  that  the  latter 
called  the  place  whence  they  came  the  brazas- 
land,  and  thence  "  Brazil."  J.  Dokam. 

TiFrAMi  (2°<  S.  xii.  234,  482.)  — Thia  surname 
is  most  probably  derived  from  the  old  French 
word  tiphaine,  tiphagne,  tipluiingne,  fete  of  the 
Epiphany  (Eirii^ai'iia).  The  initial  letter  in  (i- 
pliaine  may  be  an  abbreviation  of  sf.  Cf.  Toolef 
from  St.  Ooley,  i.s.  St.  Olaf.      R.  S.  Chabhock. 

Tailor  Famili  (2-*  S.  xii.  S19.)  —  The  fol- 
lowing account  of  a  branch  of  the  Taylor  family 
settled  at  South  Littleton,  near  Evesham,  may 
interest  your  querist  UsBAUiicna  though  it  maj 
not  afford  him  any  useful  information.  The  ac- 
count is  taken  from  deeds  and  settlements  in  the 
possession  of  informant,  whose  mother,  with  her 
younger  sister,  were  |co-heiresse9,  and  the  last  re- 
presentatives of  this  branch  of  the  Taylor  family. 
William  Taylor  (spelt  in  the  register  in  South 
Littleton  church  Taylour)  married,  1638,  Judith, 
daughter  of  John  Charlelt,  D.D.,  of  Cropthorne, 
CO.  Worcester,  prebendary  of  Worcester  Cathe- 
dral 1007.  William  Taylor  was  in  holy  orders, 
and  by  this  marriage  obtuned  the  house  and 
lands  at  South  Littleton. 

1.  Francis  Tnylor,  their  son,  married  Elizabeth 
Rawlins,  daughter   of  Kawlins,   Esq.,  and 


U  of  Univ.  Coll.  Oxford,  and  aucceeded 


■  VosdlMm  ThD<i^#>JL(. 


76 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


[8'A  S.  L  Jah.  25,  *62. 


his  father  at  South  Littleton.     His  arms  were 
sable,  a  lion  statant  arg. ;  crest,  a  leopard  proper. 

2.  Ralph  Taylor,  S.T.P.,  born  1647,  died  Dec. 
1722,  »t.  8eventj-6ve,  not  married.  Informant 
has  an  excellent  half-length  portrait  of  him  by 
Verelst. 

3.  Elizabeth  Taylor  died  unmarried,  1696. 
Francis  and  Elizabeth  Taylor  had  five  children, 
viz. — 

1.  Judith  died  in  infancy. 

2.  Francis,  eldest  son  and  heir,  died  1748,  un- 
married. 

8.  William,  born  1697,  a  barrister,  Recorder  of 
£veaham,  1727,  and  its  representative  in  Parlia- 
ment, 1734;  died  1741.  There  is  a  handsome 
monument  to  his  memory  in  the  church  at  Broad- 
way, CO.  Worcester.     He  died  unmarried. 

4.  Elizabeth  married  John  Tandy,  and  their 
only  son  and  heir,  William,  married  Mary  Yearall 
of  Ofienhara,  near  Evesham,  and  had  three  child- 
ren— Francis,  who  died  at  seven  years  of  age; 
Marj,  who  married  Thos.  Griffith  of  Wrexham, 
and  whose  eldest  son  supplies  the  above  informa- 
tion. Thos.  Tatlob  G&iffith. 

Wrexham. 

It  may  interest  Hebaldicus  to  know  that  my 
father  claimed  to  be  the  representative  of  one 
branch  of  the  Taylor  family,  that  of  Cam  and 
Stinchcombe,  co.  Gloucester,  being  the  son  of 
Edith,  daughter  of  Thomas  Taylor,  who  settled  at 
Publow,  Somerset,  about  1765.  I  believe  the  last 
of  the  name  was  Jeremiah  Taylor,  who  died  about 
1824  s,p. 

I  cannot  give  the  arms  with  certainty,  but  I 
presume  thej  would  be  the  same  as  the  Bishop^s 
(erm.  on  a  chief  dancette  sa.,  3  escallops  or),  as 
tlie  family  was  always  considered  to  be  collaterally 
descended  from  him.  Jno.  W.  Sage. 

9,  North  Street,  Pentonville  Road. 

Book  op  Common  Peayeb  (3'*  S.  5.  13.)  — 
F.  S.  A.  Clebicus  will  find  an  account  of  the 
Prayer^Book  of  1604,  giving  all  its  peculiarities, 
in  Mr.  Proctor's  valuaDle  work  on  the  Common 
Prayer^  p.  91 ;  and  although  the  original  edition 
may  be  scarce,  I  would  remind  him  that  that,  and 
all  the  other  editions  of  the  Prayer-Book,  were 
printed  verbatim  by  Pickering  in  1844,  to  which, 
as  they  are  not  rare,  reference  may  be  easily  made. 

G.  W.  M. 

Tbial  of  the  Pbincess  of  Wales  (S^^  S.  i.  32.) 
—  I  am  in  possession  of  a  volume  which  appears 
to  differ  from  those  mentioned  at  the  above  refer- 
ence.   The  following  is  a  copy  of  the  title-page : 

**  The  Book,  Complete ;  being  the  whole  of  the  Depo- 
sitions on  the  Investigation  of  the  Conduct  of  the  Princess 
of  Wales  before  Lords  Erskine,  Spencer,  Grenville,  and 
Ellenboroagh,  the  four  Commisstonera  of  Inquiry  ap- 
pointed by  the  Ring,  in  the  Year  1806;  prepared  for 
publication  by  the  late  Right  Hon.  Spencer  Perceval.  To 
which  is  prefixed  an  Historioal  Pitfaoe,  including  every 


fact  that  has  transpired  since*  the  Period  of  the  Investi- 
gation ;  the  whole  forming  one  of  the  most  interesting 
Documents  ever  laid  before  the  British  Public.  By  0.  V. 
Williams.  E<«q ,  Author  of  the  Life  of  the  Right  Hon. 
Spencer  Perceval.  London,  printed  for  Sherwood,  lieely, 
&  Jones,  20,  Patemoeter  Row,  1818." 

The  printer's  name  is  at  the  end  of  the  "  His- 
torical Freface,"  viz.  •*  Charles  Squire,  Fumiyftl's 
Inn  Court,  London.** 

Qy.  Which  edition,  if  either,  is  genuine ;  or  arc 
all  simply  reprints  of  the  same  matter  f    R.  MKU. 

Special  Licences  (2'**'  S.  xii.  348.)  — In  Eng- 
land the  practice  of  granting  special  licences  in- 
discriminatelv  was  put  an  end  to  by  the  Marriage 
Act  passed  m  1753 ;  but  I  cannot  inform  your 
correspondent  when  the  measure  was  extended  to 
Ireland ;  nor  do  I  know|  anything  about  the  re- 
striction that  he  speaks  of.  The  power  of  grant- 
ing special  licences  is,  by  the  English  Act,  confined 
to  the  Archbishop  of  Canterbury,  but  no  restric- 
tions are  imposed  upon  him.  If  in  point  of  fact 
there  are  any  to  which  he  is  subject,  I  conclude 
that  they  must  be  such  as  were  in  existence  before 
the  Act  passed.  Yekac 

Manor  Law  (2°^  S.  xii.  11.)  — A  carefal  in- 
quiry into  the  constitution  and  incidents  of  manors 
is  calculated  \o  throw  much  light  upon  the  real 
nature  of  feudalism]  and  the  deyelopment  of  mo- 
dern society.  But  no  real  progress  can  be  made 
in  this  inquiry  till  the  legal  idea  of  a  manor  is 
thoroughly  mastered,  and  on  this  point  I  would 
refer  your  correspondent  Grimb  to  Watkins  on 
Copyholds^  ch.  i. ;  Comyns's  Difresty  tit  Copt- 
HOLD  (Q)  (R),  Co.  Litt.  58  a.  There  are  some 
short  but  pithy  sentences  in  Hallam*s  Middle 
Ages  that  i^ord  a  clue  to  further  incmiry ;  and  if 
I  remember  rightly,  there  is  a  good  deal  to  be 
gleaned  from  Tyrreirs  Bihliotheca  PoHHcOy  a  sort 
of  open  field  where,  by  the  custom  of  the  country, 
gleaning  is  allowable.  If  it  is  any  part  of  Grimb*8 
object  to  trace  the  constitution  of  the  court  baron 
up  to  the  time  of  the  Anglo-Saxons,  and  through 
them  to  work  out  its  connection  with  the  judicial 
organisation  of  other  Teutonic  races,  he  may 
study  with  advantage^ Mosers  History  of  Osmi* 
hruAy  and  the  chapter  in  Savigny's  History  of  the 
Roman  Law,  in  which  he  treats  of  the  judicial  or^ 
ganisation  of  the  Germans.  YsRAa 

The  «* Remember**  of  Charles  I.  on  thi 
Scaffold  (2»^  S.  x.  164.)— Has  any  English  his- 
torian noticed  the  following  remarkable  passage  in 
the  MSmoires  de  Madame  de  Motteville  f  — 

**  Un  anglais,  bon  serviteur  de  son  Roi,  et  bien  instnut 
de  ses  affaires,  me  compta  toutes  lea  particularity  que  je 
viens  d*^crire,  avec  celles  qui  suivent  jusques  k  sa  mort. 
Ce  fut  la  m6me  personne  qui  me  donna  la  harangae  aui- 
vante.  EUe  est  traduite  de  Tanglais  en  asses  manvais 
fran^ois;  et  sans  doute  elle  est  plas  belle  en  sa  langaa; 
J  a  Tai  itoito  da  la  mema  nuui^  qa*alk  m'a  6U  doniiM." 


sMS.LJu.u,ta.} 


NOTES  AKD  QUERIES. 


"Puiail  [Cbmrl«g]Gla  son  manlcaa,  ct  donaa  son  cordDD 
bleu,  qui  «st  I'ordre  ds  Ik  Jtrretitre.  audit  Sleor  JuxiOD, 
diuDt,  * Soarenez-Tau* { '  ti  Ic  rait  UUdU  Imt  bai."' 

If  Madame  <je  Motlerille's  Eojcliili  informaDt  be 
vorthj  of  credit,  the  "Remember"  was  uot  a  loli- 
tarj  word,  but  the  conunenceiDent  of  &  sentence, 
theremaioderof  which  was  ioaudible  to  all  except 
Bithop  (TnxoK,  to  whom  it  wu  whispered. 

Pitt  akd  Obbell  or  KEnsiNoroN,  Middleskx 
(S"  S.  i.  25.)  —  To  perpetuate  the  notice  of  these 
families  of  the  We^t  of  England  in  connection 
with  the  parish  of  Kensington,  I  avail  mjeelf  of 
the  present  oppnrtunitj  to  give  their  armorial 
beanngs  and  aAianceB  from  a  pen-and-int  trick- 
ing in  mj  possession,  more  panicularlj  as  I  do 
not  meet  with  the  arms  of  Orbell  in  anj  printed 
heraldic  authority :  — 

Pitt  of  Crickst  Mallierbe,  co.  Somerut.^ Gales  a  fcsie 
cheqay  argent  and  azure,  betirean  three  beisuti. 

Crrtl, — A  UaA  proper,  resting  Ita  deztcr  eta«  upoa  a 
bezant. 

Quartttixg.  —  Second,  Barry  of  six  or  and  aiur«,  on  a 
bend  sable,  tbree  escallops  argent, — for  lAngard. 

Third.  Oridl,  Is  giTen  below. 

Fourth.  Cliaet,  via.  Gulea,  fonr  oroaB-crMslets,  two  and 
two  or,  on  a  canton  azure  (lic}  a  lion  passant  or, 

OrbeiTi  coat  consists  of  four  quarters,  viz. :  — 

1.  PercheTeron  sable  and  argent.  Id  chief  two  pair  of 
■icklei  interlaced,  of  the  second ;  in  base  a  heath-cock  of 
the  fint—for  OrtelL 

S.  Argent  a  chevanin  azure,  beiveen  thrss  sinister 
hands  gulea — for  MagnarA 

8.  Azuie,  tbier  treble -viols  each  in  bend  siniatBr.  two 

4.  Percl 
loiUs  argent ;  in  base  a  ooek  of  the  first— -for  Faiu. 

The  Orbell  arms  seem  to  have  been  deiived 
firom  those  of  Huehaore  or  Hockmore,  of  the 
CQuntj  of  Devon.  H.  G. 

Fkopbbct  or  Maucbi  (3"'  S.  i.  49.)  — It  is 
the  atatement  of  Mr.  Hendriks,  in  the  last  number 
of  "  N.  k  Q.,"  that  "  the  Prophecy  of  Malachi  for 
the  existing  Pope  Pius  IX.  '  Crux  de  Cruce,' 
apeaks  for  itself."    May  I  ailc  with  what  inter- 

f  relation  F  I  hold  penes  meipsum  a  meaning,  but 
had  not  deemed  it  so  obvious.  Bbbacbah. 

HnsBAKSMAH  (S^S.  i.  30.) — The  word  hug- 
bandmai),  as  used  at  the  beginning  of  the  seven- 
teenth century,  woa  synonymous  with  our  term 
farmer,  and  was  applied  to  the  occupier  or  holder 
of  the  land  (whether  owner  or  not),  and  never, 
that  I  am  aware  of,  to  the  labourer  on  the  land. 

The  distinction  between  httsbaDdmeii  and  mere 
bbourers  is  clearly  shown  by  the  statute  H  Eliza- 
beth cop.  4i  by  the  22nd  section  of  vrhich  it  was 
enacted,  that  "  Husbandmen   being  householders, 

*  SdiUon  gf  IWE,  ataipMUtr,  Palis. 


and  using  half  a  plnughtand  at  least  in  tillage, 
might  lake  by  indenture  apprentices  above  the 
age  of  ten  years  and  under  eighteen,  to  serve  in 
husbanilry  until  the  age  of  twenty-one  years  at 
least,  or  twenty-four  years,  as  the  parties  would 
agree." 

To  this  I  may  add  that  husbandman  is  tbe 
proper  legal  addition  of  a  farmer  at  the  present 
day,  white  no  lawrer  would  think  of  applying  it 
to  the  labourer  in  husbandry. 

The  Lancashire  testator  mentioned  by  your 
correspondent  was  doubtless,  then,  a  bimer  aa 
well  as  a  small  freeholder ;  and,  although  he  might 
by  virtue  of  his  freehold  have  been  designated  a 
yeoman,  which  Sir  Thomas  Smith,  in  his  Republ. 
Anglaram,  b.  i.  c.  23,  takes  to  be  "  a  free  bora 
man,  that'  may  dispend  of  bis  own  free  land  in 
yearly  revenues  to  the  sum  of  forty  riiillings  ster- 
ling," yet  the  lawyer  who  drafted  the  will  chose 
rather  to  describe  him  as  an  occuper  of  land,  fol- 
lowing husbandry.  U.  U.  Stbvbks. 
OnildTord. 

Hbbaldic  Quebt  (3"  S.  i.  SO.)  —  If  we  sub- 
stitute "wolves'  heads"  for  " horses' heads "  in 
tbe  Query  of  Hbbsuhtxiidb,  we  have  the  coat  of 
RobertsoD  of  Strowan  in  North  Britain,  with 
merely  the  impalement  of  some  female  arms.  The 
proper  crest  of  Robertson  is  an  arm  or  hand  hold- 
ing up  a  crown  ;  and  as  the  hand  is  usually  de- 
picteu  much  smaller  than  the  crown,  it  may  have 
escaped  the  notice  of  a  casual  obserrer.  The  tra- 
dition respecting  the  origin  of  this  crest  and  motto 
may  be  learnt  from  Elvin's  Haadbook  of  Molloet, 
edit.  1860,  p.  224.  H.  O. 

Chbietopheb  Monk  (2°'  S.  xii.  384, 442,  526.) 
— A  Note  of  mine  to  the  Hook  pedigree,  which  I 
endeavoured  to  trace,  is  as  follows :  — 

"  In  a  CollecUon  of  Letters,  1714  (Worcester  College, 
O^tford)  is  a  pedigree  sbowieg  that  a  Hn.  Slierwin 
clainied  to  be  wily  aarviving  niece  and  right  heir  to  the 
Duke." 

I  omitted  to  add  my  authority,  and  hare  now 
no  recollection  of  it. 

It  seems  a  suit  was  also  brought  by  Lord  Mon- 
tagu and  his  wife  (widow  of  Cnristopher  Monk) 
gainst  the  Earl  of  Bath,  Mr.  Grenvilla  and  Sir 
Walter  Clarges,  disputing  the  interpretation  put 
upon  some  parts  of  the  Duke's  will.  This  was 
determined  m  1693  id  favour  of  Lord  Bath.  The 
Law  Beports  of  the  time  will  no  doubt  have  the 

"TMWiimBBWG  Jbw''(3'*  8.  i.  U.)  —  Par 
txeellesce  you  must  add  SabMiel,  by  the  laU  Rev. 
G.  Croly,  D.D.  It  is  in  some  sort  a  woA  of 
Setion,  but  withal  historical,  philosophical,  tra- 
ditionary; depicted  too  in  language  classical, 
I  chaste,  eloquent,  and  beautiful ;  indeed  it  i> 
throughout  a  well-auatained  narrative.,  >^^^'iV»% 
in  a  soooawott -• t-\-.-~A™».  .^A,s«i!iA^ 


KOtES  AND  QTTEBDSa 


[S^&LJui.Uk'tt. 


fill  imacerj.  The  fint  edi^oo  in  3  toIi.  8to,  ap- 
peared m  182S  ;  b  cheap  two^illing  edition  hai 
recentl;  bwo  iuued.  Jaku  Gu-nsaT. 

2,  Deroiuhlra  GroTi,  Old  Kant  Bcwd. 

Jbtsim,  Fuitbam,  asd  Laqas  (2'xi  S.  x!i.  357, 
4S7,  008.)  —  It  «eemi  k  pitj  thu  the  origin  and 
meuiing  of  theie  temiB,  after  baviog  been  bo  well 
•ettled  bj  preTioiu  correspondenti,  should  h&TS 
been  aaain  unsettled  hj  A.  A, 

Neither  jettam  nor  fiaUam  are  directly  from 
the  Lktin ;  and,  independentlr  of  graver  reasona, 
It  Beemi  ioconiiitent  to  deriTS  ligan  from  that 
Kurce. 

The  RenerBl  idea  ii  that  of  things  abaiidoMd  or 
KMOwncS,  waifs  and  estnys  of  the  ocean;  and  not 
that  of  things  in  anj  waj  secured  or  appropriated, 
bT  being  ti^  up.  Lig  is  still  a  common  provin- 
cialism for  lie;  t.  g.  "Where's  my  hammer?" 
"  There  ber  ligs  " ;  and  I  think  no  philological  in- 
genuity will  ever  prove  these  three  words  to  mean 
either  more  or  less  than  things  Ihromi  overboard; 
g/ytaj' stranded. 
DooQua  AixpoBT. 
In  the  derivation  which  hs  gives  for  ligan,  all  the 
text-books  are  on  the  side  ofA.  A. ;  but,  as  far  as 
I  have  aeen,  they  all  rely  lolely  on  the  authority 
of  Sir  Edward  Coke,  who,  in  Sir  Henry  Con- 
■table's  cue,  a  ay  a  that  linim  comes  a  ligtmdo 
(fl  Bep.  106.J  The  derivation  does  not  appear  to 
me  to  be  satisfactory,  and  I  have  no  great  respect 
for  Sir  Edward  Coke  as  an  etymologist.  I  am 
therefore  led  to  inquire  wbether,  independent  of 
bim,  there  is  any  authority  in  favour  of  the  deri- 
vation in  question.  Yuuc> 
Scotch  Wba.thbk  pKOVBVsa  (3^  S.  zii.  500.) 
^  Another  one  is  — 

"  If  Candlsmu  Day  ba  wst  aad  tbvi, 
Tba  half  of  ttia  wiatar  's  gsne  at  Yala  i 
If  Caadlamas  Day  be  dry  and  fiiir, 
Th«  baU  of  th«  irinter  's  to  come  and  mair." 

Amon. 

Rats  lbavuio  a  Sinkino  Ship  (2°'  S.  xii.  502.) 
—  I  recently  heard  an  accomplished  gentleman  of 
Orkney,  whose  residence  is  in  one  of  the  islands, 
tell  that,  as  a  boy,  walking  with  his  father,  they 
one  day  came  upon  an  immense  number  of  rata 
proceeding  towards  the  shore,  where  they  law  them 
take  to  the  sea,  and  swim  ofT.  From  the  point  of 
their  departure,  the  nearest  land  opposite  must 
be  several  miles,  and  u  [he  currents  among  the 
Orkney  Islands  run  with  great  force,  it  is  scarcely 
conceivable  that  they  could  have  succeeded  in 
making  their  way  across.  This  seems  even  more 
remarkable  than  their  leaving  a  sinking  ship, 
when  their  instinct  may  some  bow  teach  them 
that  their  only  chance  of  safety  is  to  get  clear  of 
the  vessel  before  she  founders.  Aron. 

fTot  having  seen  any  reply  to  the  Querjr  upon 


this  subject,  I  forward  tbe  following  estrsct,  «bi<A 
throws  some  light  upon  the  inquiry  i  — 

"  AI  lbs  begiDDine  of  oar  voyiga  u  incidant  occnmd 
which  bad  considerable  ladacnce  on  the  men's  chMrftal- 
ncu.  Tbla  was  ihtjia^Kg  overieardo/a  rat,  jut  ai  Wi 
wcra  galling  well  out  to  saa,  which,  after  iwimmiog 
TDnnd  a  cirje  two  or  thna  timai,  Mtmck  (mtnUlit  dine- 
(in  i>ft)i4  lAon.  I  believe  it  went  over  to  eicape  from  tha 
pigs;  tct  these  aDimal*  seemed  to  han  a  great  taata  te 
rats,  and  I  bad  myielf  seen  them  wranghDg  over  ona  not 
loDg  before,  and  I  told  the  men  so;  but  thay  preCemd  la 
believe  that  the  act  wa>  a  voluntary  ona  on  tha  part  oiF 
tba  rat,  and  uufiDolrH  d/ BHifbrdDu  lo  AtiMip." — Ltiam 
Bimr,  Jan.  16,  1862,  p.  S7. 

It  teems,  then,  to  be  a  nautical  saperttitian. 

WoLvxs  IN  Erglakd  (ao'  S.  xlL  453.)— I 
have  heard  in  Hertfordshire  of  a  similar  occur- 
rence to  that  mentioned  by  B.  H.  C.  In  tins 
case,  however,  the  young  wolf  had  attracted  at- 
tention by  worrying  sheep  at  night.  The  matter 
may  be  easily  explained  by  the  habit  of  import- 
ing fox-cubs  from  France.  It  baa  often  happened 
that  among  these  ^cubi  a  yonng  wolf  hu  niade  ill 
appearance.  L.  A.  IL 

Eholibh  Ambassadobs  to  Fbakcb  (3"  S.  i.  1 1.) 
—  The  following  is  the  information  required  bj 
SBConDDU  OxDinxM :  — 

John  Frederick  Sackville,  Dnke  of  Donet, 
I7S3,  till 

I7B4,  Daniel  Hales,  minister  plenipotentiary,  at 
inUrimt  April  2S. 

1785.  Bight  Hon.  Wm.  Eden  (afterward  Eail 
,  of  Auckland),  envoy  extraordinary  and  minister 
:  plenipotentiary  for  commercial  affairs,  Dec.  p. 

Mr.  Eden  remained  till  1790,  when  Geoi^ 
Granville,  Earl  Gower,  was  appointed  ambaasador 
on  June  11.  He  was  recalled  in  Sept  1792,  and 
diplomatic  relations  were  suspended  till  Oct.  13, 
1796,  when  James  Lord  Malmeabury  was  sent 
over  as  ambaasador  extraordinary  and  minister 
plenipotentiary  for  negociatlng  a  treaty  of  peace. 

B.  J.  CODBTNBI. 

Sew  Street  Square. 

Thx  Laooh  or  A  Child  (3''  S.  i.  31.)  —On 
reading  these  lines,  I  could  not  fail  being  atrock 
with  the  similarity  in  the  tone  of  the  lines  given 
by  rout  correspondent  and  tbose  by  Elixa  Cook 
of  the  following  :  — 

■■  I  love  it,  I  love  it,  and  who  shall  dare. 
To  chide  me  for  loving  that  old  aim  chair,"  &c. 

I  have  given  these  lines  in  extenso,  bat  yon 
need  not  give  more  in  the  reply  than  the  first  two 
lines,  as  it  is  intended  only  to  ask  the  reader  to 
observe  the  comparison,  and  to  inquire  at  the 
same  time  if  the  authors  of  the  difierent  poems 
are  not  one  and  the  same  person. 

JOBN  NOBSB  ChADWICK. 

Mb.  Sbbjbaht  Jobh  Bibcd,  Cdbbitob  Babui 
(S'*  B.  L  SS.) — Hr.  Fom  if  correct  in  liii  ni^e*- 


SM  s,  L  Jui.  SB,  ■es.] 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


tion  that  tlii«  gentleman  was  the  nephew  at  Colonel 
John  Birch,  the  eminent  pirliamentarj  com- 
mander, wboie  cmreer  he  abortlj  deBCribe*.  A  full 
account  of  the  funilj  msj  be  eeen  in  pp.  70-120 
in  ona  of  the  publications  of  (he  Chetham  Socielj, 
entitled,  A  Bulory  of  He  ancient  Chapel  of  Birch, 
■ft  Manchetter  Parith,  b;  the  Re*.  John  Booker, 
M.A.,  F.S.A.  Mr.  Fou  will  find  there  that  the 
Serjeant  was  the  lecond  son  of  the  Rer.  Thomas 
Birch,  Rector  of  Hampton  Biihop,  in  Hereford- 
shire, and  afterwards  Vicar  of  Freslon,  bj  bis  wife 
Mary :    and  that  ho  married   Sarah   the 

Joungeat  daughter  of  his  uncle  the  Colonel,  who 
ad  by  his  will  left  her  his  estates  on  condition  of 
her  agreeing  to  that  marriage.  After  this  ladj's 
death  the  Serjeant  married,  tecondl/,  Leiitia 
Hampden  of  St.  Andrews,  Holborn,  but  left  no 
ivue  by  either  wife.  0.  i>a  D. 


wb(n  h>  finds  lbs  variety  of  formt  which  that  dJalect 
ssKtimsi  in  diflcrent  parts  of  the  county.  This  little 
Tolnms  of  DSarly  GOO  p*gBS,  dsvoled  la  the  dialsct  of 
Leeds,  exhibit!  Iha  pecnliirltlM  of'  lnoguga  in  Ihit  dis- 
trict, end  Iba  faring  in  which  it  differs  riom  Iha  "  talk  of 
Iha  people  "In  adjoining  localitiii;  snd  these  ara  well 
and  clearly  exhiblled  h 


innen,  Cuatoms, 


MUftllannitK. 
K0TE3  ON  BOOKS.  ETa 

Tkt  Hittory  of  ScMlah  Fottry.  By  Darid  Irving, 
LL.D.,  A-Klkor  of  At  Lift  of  Suchaiutn,  ifc.  Edited  ba 
John  Aillien  Carlyle,  M.b.  tfUh  a  Mtmoir  md  Glouary. 
(Kdmoniton  &  Douglu.) 

As  this  is  Iha  last,  so  it  is  certaJaly  not  the  least  ralu- 
able  booh,  for  which  stndants  of  Scottish  llteralani  are 
Indebted  lo  the  learning  snd  reaearch  of  Dr.  Irving.  The 
brnft  list  of  works  writlea  by  Dr.  Irving,  from  his  Life 
of  Rolitrt  Fetgumm,  published  upwards  of  sixty  years 
since,  to  his  l.ivri  of  Scotltih  Wriltri,  which  appeared  in 
18S9,  give  eridencB  of  those  preliminary  stDdiei  which 
were  essential  lo  tha  produclion  of  a  salisfactory  history 
of  Scctlish  Poclr}-;  and  tha  consequence  is.  ihaC  this 
new  volume  by  Dr.  Irvinic  abounds  at  once  lo  accnrale  < 
and  solid  information,  and  in  a  shrewd  and  intelligent 
criticism  on  the  Poets  of  ScolUnd.  from  Thomas  the 
Bymer  to  the  close  of  the  tost  century.  Ita  value,  there.  I 
Ibre.  10  Scatllah  readers  is  st  once  obvioaa.  Bat  the  In'  I 
timata  relation  which  existed  between  the  earij  literatare  ' 
of  Scotland  aod  that  of  England  invesU  II  slio  with  no 
common  Intern t  for  as ;  not  onlv  for  the  information  it 
affords  upon  the  subject  of  Scotliih  Poetiy,  but  it  a  com-  I 
panion  or  tupplement  to  Warton's  Invaluable  work  ;  and 
the  wrilinas  of  John  Barbour,  Robert  Henrfson,  William 
Dnnbar,  Gsvia  Dotif;lat,  and  others  of  these  Xcrthern 
worthies,  will  be  found  to  throw  new  and  Invaluable  light 
npon  the  writings  of  Gower  and  Chaucer,  and  well  repay 
the  attention  of  English  sludenU. 

Thi  Prmttbt  of  ScMland,  co/lecUd  and  arraaped  icitA 
Ifota  Eiplanalory  aiuf  Ithitratim,  attd  a  Ghitary.  By 
Alexander  Hislop.     (Forteoua  &  Histop.  Glasgow.) 

When  we  stale  that  the  present  is  both  Ihe  most  ex- 
tensive and  most  systematic  Collection  of  Scottish  Pro- 
Terbs  which  has  yet  bwn  given  to  tha  public,  we  say 
•DoDgh  (0  recommsad  the  book  la  all  lovers  of  ProverbiU 
Lileratars. 

TKt  Dialttt  of  Ltedi  awl  Hi  NtigUxnTfiood,  illailraUd 
ly  GmEVriatinnl  and  Tala  of  Cbmnna  Lift,  ^c.  To  iMch 
anaddtda  Cf>pio<n  Ghaary.  Notiat  nf  Uie  wrinvt  Anti- 
Jmltiti.  SfanHtrt.  and  CmlrmM,  atul  Gnwral  Folk  Lort  of 
tkt  DitHeti.    (J.  Bnssell  Smith.) 

The  "home-keeping"  Londoner,  whose  ideas  of  what 


while  the  Gloesary  and  Notices  of  th 
and  Folk  Lore  of  the  district  i;iva  a  compiaieneu  lo  ine 
book  which  entitles  it  lo  a  high  place  among  works  illus- 
trative oftheProvindal  Dialects  of  England. 

Bi$toTy  of  tit  JVbna  d/  Mm,  Natiami,  and  Plata  is 
tiuir  coiiRRd'oa  wiA  iht  Froyrat  of  CniUtatum.  From  iMt 
JVencA  of  Eutibiia  Salva-ii.  Tranilaled  by  tha  Bev.  IL 
I.  Mordacqut,  M.A.     Vol.  I.     (J.  R.  Smith.) 

"What  lain  a  name? "  said  Shakspearel  "yolrtnom 
proprtc'iil  nofu-menies," replies  Ihe  Frenchman;  and  M. 
Salverte's  clever  and  elaborate  Hatory  of  Naata,  which 
M.  Mordscque  has  Iranalatwl  for  Ihe  benefit  of  Kngliah 
readers,  fonjis  only  a  part  of  a  larger  tcheme  In  which  th« 
accomplithed  French  Author  proposes  lo  traal  of  Civili- 
sation from  Ihe  earliest  hiatoric  periods  to  the  conclusian 
of  the  eighteenth  century.  No  one  who  has  read  any  of 
M.  Salverla's  writings,  but  must  be  aware  of  the  amcuot 
of  learning  and  ingennily  with  which  he  supporcs  bis 
ofttimea  very  original  opinions.  The  origin  of  itaDui  has 
of  Iste  yean  occupied  a  good  deal  of  atlentiou  in  tht* 
country.  The  subject  lulereita  every  one,  for  every  one 
basaaamei  and,  ss  our  Author  observes,  "our  proper 
name  is  our  individuality : "  but  no  more  iutereatiDg  con- 
tribution to  Ibis  peculiar  branch  of  study  ha*  been  fur- 
"■"'"'*  '""""  '"""C  for  which  wo  are  now  Lndsbled  to  the 


very  important  paper  on  Hailway  Control,  of  whi( 
means  which  may  best  be  made  available  are,  in  loe 
opinion  of  the  writer,  competition  and  pcblicily.  The 
AiUobiimajAy  of  Mi—  Conulia  Knight,  and  the  Lift  of 
Lord  CottliTtogK  fumlah  the  Biographical  Notices  — 
-B  BO  pleasing  in  Ihe  QuarUrly ;  to  which  we  ought 


^  ad's:  an -a 

mi 

ablesk 

tch  of  the  lamented  Prim  Om- 

sort.    Thew 

gsofM 

Dasent  and  Mr.  Metcalfe  fumish 

materiahi  fo 

live  paper  on  Ic^nd,  which  U 

followed  by 

on  the  «««;./ VSpai".     The  SAum- 

tionalCodt, 

nd 

Tican  Criiit,  furnish  the  polilical 

ballast  whic 

ery  Q? 

irttrly  in  expected  to  carry. 

In  the  new  N 

limber  of  The  Miuaim,  Quarterly  Maya- 

i.«  of  Educali 

«,  Liu 

atitrt,  and  Science,  our  literary 

riends,  who 

not  inle 

rested  In  Ihe  able  papers  on  edu- 

cation al  sub 

lu  Scho 

ii  conUins,  will  Dnd  two  arliclea 

^Aicham  a 

nd 

o/raiuiirand  Geoffrty  Chattoer  — 

well  deservi 

g  their  pen 

uuL 

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HaXtA  bJ  Ker.  B.  H.  Blacktr,  Hoktbri  HlKl:nKk,  Diililbl. 


^ttcrt  ta  CorrrtfpDtiliniW. 

3(  Orvei  iS  *'ani*S**»25aSS, , 


80 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


[8^  a  L  Jam,  tS,  "es. 


Bvcau  amd  W^HgWi  Hlitorlnl  Aoeoimt  of  Oillniy*!  Caricfttvwi  and 
Wrigkt'a  SngUnd  nmlBr  Um  Uoom  of  EbuioTtt. 

Im  ooeros.  /« tke  two  Boob*  qf  Commom  Profger,  ttmp.  Kifig  JBdward 
VI.,  A.o.  Iftl9  a$ui  l&ad.  a*  %etU  tutnthe  Sealed  Book  of  Iflti,  thepa$8ag9 
im  ike  Litany  reaeb  **  In  all  time  qfow  wcalUi.**  not  weal. 

SsAMsi*.  The  Marble  Arch  from  Buckingham  Palace  vxu  $et  up  at 
C*mbe*1andOate,  March  »,  1861. 

Co  Aioo«.  On  the  peculiar  attributee  of  the  Seventh  Son,  Me  lit  S.  Tob. 
UL,  T.fXi.aiMfxU. 

Zbta.  The  commendatorif  vereee  prefixed  to  Robert  Baron't  traaedif 
Mirsa,  1617,  are  by  J.  Halt:  Jo.  Quart  t.  Fellow  of  Peter  Uouee.  Cam^ 
hriilge:  So.  Mdle,  Eeq.;  Jo.  Cary^  M.A.;  a»d  E.  MamKyng:  thoee  to 


Mobert  ITeviWe  eomedwt  The  Foot  Scholar,  16S1,  are  eigned  B,  M*j  3*.  L. : 

and  W.  W. /»  NcwleU'a  Colleae  Life,  a  vole.  8ro.  IMS,  m  «  tfrnmrntk 

piece  ofoneact,entitleA,**KeepinyTerm ;  or, a  Lark  to  Londtm.'* emuietkm 

nfA,^  oMrn^a  •   m^»  vnl      tit     tw.    «      JA V/o    Z/iAa    " *-  V.^    r«>.^ll^ 


and  n'.  W. /»  f/cwleU'a  Colleae  Life,  a  vole.  8ro.  IMS, 

U*'Keepiny7erm;or,aLnrktoLoiia 

iU.  PU.S~46 Sir  John  Hanmer'e  ifT%  VipiMiL 

1839,  doe*   not  rontotn  any  dramatic  jriece ^^^— DoUtye  ApnCheoiit  of 


ofMve  eot ne» :  eee  vol 
1839, 

8hakspeu«  w  nnt  in  the  Briti-h  Muerum' The  jRev.  'N.  J. 

addrea*  i»  Uft  blank  in  The  Clergy  List /or  IMS. 

**NoTsi  AND  Qi'SHiss"  u  ptdtHnhed  at  noon  on  Friday, 
heued  m  MoientbT  Pakti.     The  Subecnption  for  Svampbv 
Six  Month*  forwarded  direct  from  the  PiMwhere  {JmdMdin§  the  HUf* 
yearly  Iivobjc)  i»  We,  id.^  which  may  be  paid  bu  Po^  (Meet  Ordmrin 
fammr  cfHuaaMu  Bau.  and  Dalot,  188,  Flsbt  Strsbt,  CCi  to 
all  CoMMomcAriow*  for  tbb  Editor  ehould  headdreaeed* 


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F.R.H.S, 
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ON  FLUKES.    By  T.  Spxhceb  Cobbold,  M.IX»  F.L.S. 
mth  a  coUmred  PlaU, 

THE  ROMAN  CEMETERY  OF  URICONIUM.      By 
Thomas  Wright,  M.A.,  F.aA.    With  Ittugtrations, 

THE  SKIPPER.  SKOPSTER,  OR  SAURY.    By  Jona- 
than Ck)UCH,  F.L.S.    WUh  (M  IQHstratum. 

A  ROTIFER  NEW  TO  BRITAIN.    By  Philip  Henry 
Go8SB»  F.R.S.     With  a  Unttd  Plate. 


NOTES  ON  THE  PRECEDING  PAPER.    By  Henry 
J.  Slack,  F.G.S.     With  Ilfustrations, 

ANCIENT  AND  MODERN  FINGER  RINGa    By  H. 
Noel  Humphreys.     With  Illustrationt. 

THE  EARTH  IN  THE  COMET'S  TAIL.    By  the  R€v. 

T.  W.  Webb,  F.  R. A.S.     WUh  an  lUuttratkm. 
JOTTINGS  ON  COPPER.    (Percy's  MetaUurgy.) 

THE  TRANSIT  OF  MERCURY.     By  the  Hon.  Mrs. 
Ward.     With  laustrations. 

PROCEEDINGS  OF  LEARNED  SOCIETIEa 
NOTES  AND  MEMORANDA,  &a  Ac. 


GROOMBRIDGE  &  SONS,  5,  Paternoster  Row,  London. 


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CIENTIFIC  PRESENTS  —  Elestentabt  Col* 

)  LECTIONS,  to  faclllute  the  Study  of  Geology.  Mineralocr,  and 
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!  W.C. -.  Practical  lustniction  is  given  in  Geology  and  Biinenuocy.  hw 
Mr.  Tennant.  at  U9,  Strand.  —•«»-» 

A  LBUMS  for  PHOTOGRAPHS  at  WOODALL'S 

rX  (Ute  Gotto).  tot.  Regent  Street,  in  great  variety,  beantlfUIy  bound 
to  best  morpcTO.  wWi  two  gilt  elaspa.  for  twenty  PortralU  at  Se.  e<t.t 
^bty  at  Its.  edit  Fifty  atlas.  Larger  sixee.  equally  low  prloei.  FOei 
FW»  to  av  part  of  EagUnd.  /.  O.  Qntenp^alila  to  BXimS 
WOOOi^  (Ute  Qim,  tn,   Bcimt  Street  iTc^to   OoStalt 


8"  S.  I.  Fd.  I,  -BZ] 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


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LONDOy.  SATURDAY,  FEBRUARY  I,  lg«l. 


COHTENTS.— S«.  6. 
HOTE8:  — MBmotrofWUlimn  OliiTB,  Enq^Norrav-Kiiif^. 

AnD9.BT  — Hr.  tlyiwuidl.  SS— Dutch  PBperlWle,Ba-- 

An  Order  of  Merit  »nd  the  laW  Prinoe  Couiorl,  BT— M. 

Vhi1ar«tc  Chulei,  lb. 
HiROR  NoTEB:  — ■Wrong  Position  of  tho  AiJierb— Prohi:- 

bltlqn  igstoit  e»tii«Flah  in  Lent  —  The  Hod.  Kebecca 

QVEttlES:  —  The  Emperor  Kipokon  IIL  — Boser  Aa- 
chim''<  ■'  Sclwiemuter.'QuotatioQB  in  — Bn)wniii|pB  "  L;  - 
rffs"  — Bibliography  of  Alrhemimid  Mjrtirimns  — C«ro- 
line  PntioHS  of  W£rs  it  Chariton  ~  Prucps  De  ButbIi 
~  GuildJadl,  WcBtmioator  —  Hebrew  OntniDiiticnl  £i- 
orcises  —  Rfv.  E.  Ualnitf,  or  Hinlaty— The  Frnmiliei  or 
Millimn  knd  Goimh  —  MedaLIic  Qucrr  —  Honumentil 
BfB«ie«  —  MiMpi«EOOk  — Presentation)  it  Court  —  Pro- 

Shecj-  napoetinB  tlie  Crimean  W»r  —  South  Family  ~ 
larch  — rumrri  of  Eckington  —  X»Yier  and  Indian  Mi«- 

QcEBJEa  WITH  Anbwebs  ;  —  Buzaglia  —  Wieiun  —  Bot. 
John  KcltlBWill— Mr.  Bruco  —  Lord  Chancellor  Cowper  : 
Apprals  of  Murder  — Nortblli  Visitation- Eichard  di. 
Mariseo.  or  Manis  ~  "  A  Brace  of  Bhakcs."  Bl . 

BE PLIE a :— Ornamental  Tops:  tlie  Cotgreave  Forgpriei, 
and  Bpencc'B  " Romance  of  (frnealoBJ,"  W  —  Neil  1)ouk1«b , 
16.  — ^rthquikea  in  England,  U4  ~liau)iliter9  ot  WilTian, 
the  Lion,  SS  —  Eutem  Coatume :  B«btkali  at  the  Well  — 
Old  MS:  Pandecln— Knaves'  Acre  — Thomas  Craakell  — 
Mr,  Turtrtdrnt  —  Flifrht  of  Wild  Gorscand  Cranes  —  Tone. 
mphy  in  Ireland— Foilles  de  Gletners  —  "  Ketributlro 
Justice"- WilliBm  Oldyi:  "Bend  sinialer "  —  Dinb;  oT 


fiotni. 

MEMOIR  OF  WILLIAM  OLDTS,  ESQ^ 


{Concluded  Jrom  p.  64.) 
01(1;3  nils  connected  with  the  College  of  Arms 
for  nearly  five  years.  His  library  was  the  large 
rooED  up  one  pair  of  etaire  in  Norroj'a  apsTdnents, 
in  the  west  wtn^  of  the  colle^,  where  be  chiefly 
resided,  and  which  was  furnished  with  little  else 
than  books.  Hia  notes  were  written  on  slips  of 
paper,  which  he  atlerwards  cloasiGed  and  reposited 
in  small  bags  suspended  about  his  room.  It  was 
in  tbifl  way  that   he   coTered   several   quires   of 

Eaper  with  laborious  collections  for  a  complete 
life  of  Shakspeare  ;  and  from  these  notes  Isaac 
Keed  made  several  extracts  in  the  Additional 
Anecdotes  to  Rowe's  Life  of  the  Bard. 

Oldjs  at  this  time  frequently  poased  his  even- 
ings at  the  house  of  John  Taylor,  the  cele- 
brated oculist  of  Hatton  Garden  *,  where  he 
always  preferred  the  fireside  in  the  kitchen,  that 
he  might  not  be  obliged  to  mingle  with  the  oilier 
-visitors,  Ue  was  so  particular  in  his  habits,  that 
he  could  not  smoke  nis  pipe  with  ease  till  his 
chair  was  fixed  dose  to  a  particular  crack  in  the 
floor,  "  The  shyness  of  !Mr,  Oldys's  disposition," 
says  John  Taylor,  jun.,  <*  and  the  simplicity  of  his 

*  John  Taylor  of  Hatton  Garden  was  the  son  of  the 
celebrat«d  Chevilin  Taylor,  and  father  of  John  Taylor  I 
the  author  of  JHbiuinir  Ttmmt,  and  aditor  of  Tht  Sun 
newspapar. 


'  manners,  had  induced  him  to  decline  an  introduc- 
I  tion  to  my  grandfather,  the  Chevalier  Taylor,  who 
was  always  splendid  in  attire,  and  had  been  used 
I  to  the  chief  societies  in  every  court  of  Europe; 
i  but  my  grandfather  had  heard  so  much  of  Mr. 
Oldys,  that  he  resolved  to  be  ocquunted  with 
him,  and  therefore  one  evening  when  Oldys  was 
I  enjoying  his  philosophical  i>ipe  by  the  kitchen 
!  fire,  the  Chcyalicr  invaded  his  retreat,  and  with- 
out ceremony  addressed  bim  in  the  Latin  kn- 
guaae.  Oldys,  surprised  and  gratified  to  find  a 
scholar  in  a  fine  gentleman,  threw  off  his  reserve, 
answered  him  in  the  same  language,  and  the  col- 
loquy continued  for  at  least  two  hours;  my  father, 
not  so  good  a  scholar,  only  occasionally  interpos- 
ing an  illustrative  remark.  * 

Oldys's  literary  labours  were  now  drawing  to  a 
close,  his  life  having  extended  to  nearly  three- 
score years  and  ten.  His  Isst  production  was  the 
Life  of  Charles  Cotton,  piscator  and  poet,  pre- 
fixed to  Hawkins's  edition  of  Walton's  Comphal 
Angler,  edit,  17G0,  which  made  forty-eight  pages. 
It  was  abridged  in  the  later  editions.  As  we  have 
elsewhere  noticed  ("N.  &  Q."  2''  S.  xi.  205), 
Dr,  Towers,  who  compiled  the  Life  of  Conon  for 
KIppis's  Biog.  Brilannica,  has  erroneously  attri- 
bated  Oldys's  Life  of  this  poet  to  our  mnsical  knight. 
Grose  informs  us  (Olio,  p.  139),  that  "among 
Oldys's  works  is  a  Preface  to  Iiask  Walton's  An- 
gling." This  Preface  was  probably  no  other  than 
his  ".Collections"  for  a  Life  of  Walton.   In  his  bio- 

Sraphical  sketch  of  Charles  Cotton  he  reminds  Sir 
obn  Hawkins,  that  "  as  Izask  Walton  did  oblige 
the  public  with  the  lives  of  several  eminent  men, 
it  is  much  that  some  little  historical  monument 
has  not,  in  grateful  retaliation,  been  raised  and 
devoted  to  his  memory.  The  few  materials  I, 
long  since,  with  much  search,  gathered  up  con- 
i^rning  him,  you  have  seen,  and  extracted  1  hope, 
"hat  you  found  necessary  for  the  purpose  I  in- 
tended them."  (Page  iv.  See  also  Hawkins's 
Life  of  Walton  in  the  same  volume,  p,  xlviii.) 

William  Oldys  died  at  his  apartments  in  the 
Heralds'  College  on  April  liS,  1761,  and  was 
buried  on  the  I9tb  of  the  same  month  in  the 
north  aisle  of  St.  Benet,  Paul's  Wharf,  towards 
ihe  upper  end.f  His  friend,  John  Taylor  of  Hat- 
ton  Gwien,  on  the  30tb  of  June,  1761,  adminis- 
tered as  principal  creditor,  defrayed  the  funeral 
expenses,  and  obtained  possession  of  his  official 
re^lia,  books,  and  valuable  manuscripts.  The 
original  painting  of  William  Oldys,  formerly  be- 
longing to  Mr.  'Paylor,  is  now,  we  believe,  in  the 
~~-~Ittt^di  of  my  Lifi,  i.  27.  "  ' 

t  There  is  a  diacrepaucv  respecting  the  age  of  Oldys 
at  the  time  of  liis  death.  On  hia  coffin,  as  well  aa  in  a 
itocouienl  belonging  to  the  Heralds'  College,  it  is  stated 
10  be  seventy-two,  and  in  the  newjpapera  of  that  time, 
Eaventyfonr,  which  would  place  his  birth  in  1687  or  1089 ; 
vhereas  we  have  in  his  own  handwriting  ai  the  dale  July 
14, 1G96.     Vide  Addlt.  H3, 1240, 9.  L4. 


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NOTES  AND  QUERIES- 


L8^  a  L  Fbb.  1,  "et 


possession  of  Mr.  J.  H.  Barn  of  Bow  Street;  an 
engraying  from  it  by  Balston  will  be  found  in 
The  European  Magazine  for  November,'  1796. 
He  is  drawn  in  a  full-dress  suit  and  bag- wig,  and 
Las  the  complete  air  of  a  venerable  patrician. 
The  following  punning  anagram  on  his  own  name, 
and  made  by  himself,  occurs  in  one  of  his  manu- 
scripts in  the  British  Museum :  — 

**  In  word  and  WUl  Jam  a  friend  to  yoa. 
And  one  friend  Old  is  worth  a  hundred  new." 

The  printed  books  found  in  the  library  of  Old^s, 
some  of  them  copiously  annotated,  together  with 
a  portion  of  his  manuscripts,  were  sold  by  Thomas 
Davies,  the  bookseller,  on  April  12,  1762.  Mr. 
John  Taylor,  jun.,  has  given  the  following  ac- 
count of  the  dispersion  of  some  of  his  manuscripts. 
He  says,  **  Mr.  Oldys  had  engaged  to  furnish  a 
bookseller  in  the  Strand,  whose  name  was  Walker, 
with  ten  years  of  the  life  of  Shakspeare  unknown 
to  the  biojgraphers  and  commentators,  but  he 
died,  and  *  made  no  sign  *  of  the  projected  work. 
The  bookseller  made  a  demand  of  twenty  guineas 
on  my  father,  alleging  that  he  had  advanced  that 
sum  to  Mr.  Oldys,  who  had  promised  to  provide 
the  matter  in  question.  My  father  paid  this  sum 
to  the  bookseller  soon  after  he  had  attended  the 
remains  of  his  departed  friend  to  the  grave.  The 
manuscripts  of  Oldys,  consisting  of  a  few  books 
written  m  a  small  hand,  and  abundantly  inter- 
lined, remained  long  in  my  father's  possession, 
but  by  desire  of  Dr.  Percy,  afterwards  Bishop  of 
Dromore,  were  submitted  to  his  inspection, 
through  the  medium  of  Dr.  Monsey,  wno  was 
an  intimate  friend  of  Dr.  Percy.  They  contiuued 
in  Dr.  Percy^s  hands  some  years.  He  had  known 
Mr.  Oldys  in  the  early  part  of  his  life,  and  spoke 
respectfully  of  his  character.  The  last  volume  of 
01dys*s  manuscripts  that  I  ever  saw,  was  at  my 
friend  the  late  Mr.  William  Gifibrd*8  house,  in  James 
Street,  Westminster,  while  he  was  preparing  a 
new  edition  of  the  works  of  Shirley  ;  and  1  learned 
from  him  that  it  was  lent  to  him  by  Mr.  Heber. 

My  friend  Mr.  D*IsraeU  is  mistaken  in 

saying  that  on  'the  death  of  Oldys,  Dr.  Rippis, 
editor  of  the  Biographia  BritanniccL,  looked  over 
the  manuscripts.*  It  was  not  until  near  thirty 
years!  after  the  death  of  Oldys,  that  they  were 
submitted  to  his  inspection,  and  at  his  recommen- 
dation were  purchased  by  the  late  Mr.  Cadell.*** 

Oldys  was  the  fortunate  possessor  of  a  large  | 
collection  of  Italian  Proverbs,  entitled  Giardino  j 
di  Recreatione^  in  manuscript,  by  John  Florio,  the  j 
editor  of  a  Dictionarie  in  Italian  and  English^  con- 
taining commendatory  verses  prefixed  by  Matthew 
Gwinne,  Samuel  Daniel,  and  two  other  friends. 
This  volume  aflerwards  belonged  to  Sir  Isaac 

*  Records  of  my  Life^  pp.  28,  29.  For  the  searching 
inquiries  after  the  musing  biographical  manoacripta  of 
OUiys  made  by  Mr.  Isaac  D'Israeli,  see  his  Cvriotities  of 
Literaturet  edit.  1823,  ill.  476. 


Heard,  from  whom  it  passed  to  Mr.  B.  H«  Bright, 
and  was  sold  in  the  sale  of  his  manuscripts,  on 
June  18,  1844.  (Hunter*s  lUuiiraiians  of  Shaks- 
peare, i.  275.) 

Among  other  books  enriched  with  notes  bj  Oldys 
is  that  of  England's  Panuustu,  8vo,  1600.  It  was 
owing  to  his  bibliographical  erudition  that  the 
name  of  the  compiler  of  these  '^Choysest  Flowers** 
became  known.  AVood,  misapprehending  the  in- 
formation given  by  Phillips  in  his  Theatrum 
Poetarwn^  1675,  designated  Fitz-Geffrj  as  the 
compiler;  but  Oldys  had  discovered  in  one  or 
two  copies  that  the  initials  R.  A.  to  the  dedica- 
tory Sonnet  to  Sir  Thomas  Mounson  were  signed 
R.  Allot  To  the  signature  R.  A.  Oldys  his  added 
the  following  note :  — 

Mdr.  Edmond  Bolton,  in  his  HypereriHeOt  mentions 
Robert  AHott  and  Henry  Constable  as  two  good  poets  in 
his  days.  So  1  conclude  opon  the  whole,  that  the  uid 
Robert  AUott,  the  poet,  was  the  Collector  of  this  book. 
John  Weever,  in  his  little  book  of  Epigronu,  printed  in 
]2mo,  1600  (or  the  year  before),  yet,  1  think,  quoted  in 
this  work,  has  the  following  lines ; — 

«AdRo:  Allot,  and  Chr:  Middleton. 

^uick  are  your  wits,  sharp  your  conceits, 

Short  and  more  sweet  your  lays ; 

Quick,  but  no  wit ;  sharp,  no  conceit. 

Short  and  less  sweet  my  praise.'" 

A  censure  passed  upon  England*  Pamassus  by 
Oldys,  in  his  Preface  to  Hayward's  British  3fiise, 
1738,  though  tinctured  with  too  much  severity,  is 
certainly  not  unfounded  in  its  general  reprehen- 
sion. He  shrewdly  and  sarcastically  concludes 
that  the  book,  **  bad  as  it  is,  suggests  one  good 
observation  upon  the  use  and  advantage  of  such 
collections,  which  is,  that  they  may  prove  more 
successful  in  preserving  the  best  parts  of  some 
authors,  than  their  works  themselves.**  Mr.  War- 
ton,  however,  considers  the  extracts  as  made  **  with 
a  degree  of  taste :  **  and  Sir  S.  Eserton  Brydges 
as  *'  very  curious  and  valuable.**  The  last  men- 
tioned remarks  (Cens.  Liter,  ii.  318),  that  the  state 
of  our  knowledge  on  these  subjects  is  materially 
altered  since  the  time  of  Oldys ;  who,  though  his 
bibliographical  erudition  was  very  eminent,  could 
add,  that  ^*  most  of  the  authors  were  now  so  obso- 
lete, that  not  knowing  what  they  wrote,  we  can 
have  no  recourse  to  their  works,  if  still  extant.*** 

01dys*s  annotated  copy  of  EngkauTs  Parnassus 
passed  into  the  hands  of  Thomas  Warton,  and 
subsequently  came  into  the  possession  of  Colonel 
Stanley,  at  whose  sale  in  April  and  May,  1813 
(lot  378),  it  was  purchased  by  Mr.  R.  Triphook  as 
his  own  speculation  for  13/.  13s. 

The  most  valuable  and  curious  work  left  by 
Oldys  is  an  annotated  copy  of  Gerard  Langbaine*s 
Account  of  the  early  Dramatick  Poets,  Oxford, 
1691,  8vo.  It  has  already  been  stated  (on/s, 
p.  3),  that  the  Jirst  copy  of  this  work  with  his 

*  Thomas  Park,  in  the  Preface  to  the  reprint  ^  Emg^ 
kauTs  Parnassus,  1815. 


3fd  s.  I.  Fkb.  1, '62.]                   NOTES  AND  QUERIES.  83 

notes  bad  passed  into  the  hands  of  Mr.  Coxeter.  the  History  of  the  Sta^e,  or  which  treats  of  the 

After  Mr.  Coxeter*s  death  his  books  and  manu-  biographies  of  Dramatic  Writers,  without  finding 

scripts  were  purchased   by  Osborne,  and  were  these  curious  collectanea  of  Oldys  quoted  to  illus- 

oficred  for  sale  in  1748.    The  book  in  question,  trate  some  or  other  obscure  point.    *'TheBiogra- 

No.  10,131  in  Osborne*s  Catalogue  for  that  year,  ^aphical   Memoirs  I  have   inserted  in  Censura 

was  purchased  either  by  Theophiius  Gibber,  or  by  iUeraria,**  remarks  Sir  S.  E.  Brydges,  "  have  been 

some  bookseller  who  afterwards  put  it  into  his  principally  drawn  from  the  minute  and  intelligent 

hands ;  and  from  the  notes  of  Oldys  and  Coxeter,  inquiries,  and  indefatigable  labours  of  Oldys,  pre- 

the  principal  part  of  the  additional  matter  fur-  served  in  the  interleaved   copy  of   Langbaine. 

nished  by  Gibber  (or  rather  by  Shiels)  for  the  Many  of  them  are  curious,  and  though  parts  have 

Lives  of  the  Poets^  5  vols.  12mo.  1753,  was  unques-  already  been  given  to  the  public  in  the  Biographia 

tionably  derived.    Mr.  Goxeter*s  manuscripts  are  Dramatica,  yet  as  they  are  in  the  originals  from 

mentioned  in  the  title- page,  to  whom,  therefore,  whence  that  work  borrowed  them,  it  became  not 

the  exclusive  credit  of  the  work  is  assigned,  but  only  amusing  but  useful  to  record  them  in  their 

which  really  belongs  as  much,  if  not  more,  to  Oldys.  own  form  and  words.** 

Oldys  purchased  a  second  Langbaine  in  1727,  In  the  British  Museum  (Addit.  MS.  12,523)  is 
and  continued  to  annotate  it  till  the  latest  period  a  manuscript  volume,  in  01dys*s  hand  writing,  of 
of  his  life.  This  copy  was  purchased  by  Dr.  miscellaneous  extracts  for  a  work  with  the  follow- 
Bircb,  who  bequeathed  it  to  the  British  Museum,  ing  title :  **  The  Patron  ;  or  a  Portraiture  of  Pa- 
It  is  not  interleaved,  but  filled  with  notes  written  tronage  and  Dependency,  more  especially  as  they 
in  the  margins  and  between  the  lines  in  an  ex-  appear  in  their  Domestick  Light  and  Attitudes, 
trcmely  smnll  hand.  Birch  granted  the  loan  of  A  Capital  Piece  drawn  to  the  Life  by  the  Hands 
it  to  Dr.  Percy,  Bishop  of  Dromore,  who  made  of  several  Eminent  Musters  in  the  great  School  of 
a  transcript  of  the  notes  into  an  interleaved  copy  Experience,  and  addressed  to  a  Gentleman,  who 
of  Langbaine  in  four  vols.  8vo.  It  was  from  upon  the  loss  of  Friends,  was  about  to  settle  in  a 
Bishop  Percy's  copy  that  ^Ir.  Joseph  Haslewood  great  Family.*' 

annotated  his  Langbaine.    He  says,  **  His  Lord-  The  subjoined  catalogue  of  the  books  found  in 

ship  was  so  kind  as  to  favour  me  with  the  loan  of  Oldys's  library  at  the  time  of  his  death,  cannot 

this  book,  with  a  generous  permission  to  make  fail  to  interest  every  one  curious  in  bibliography, 
what  use  of  it  I  might  think  proper ;  and  when 

he  went  to  Ireland,  he  left  it  with  Mr.  Nichols,  Ojldts's  Libbabt  and  Manuscript  Works.* 

for  the  benefit  of  the  new  .edition  of  The  TaOer,  ^    collect  ion  of  books  formed  by  this  accurate 

Speclator,miGmrduin,  w.th  Notes  and  Illus-  ,        .       ^^^-            ^^        ^  w'bose.  exertions 

twtions,  to  which  work  his  Lordship  wa.  by  h w  ^    y^^  literature\nd'bibliography  have  been  so 

other  valuable  communications  a  rery  beneficial  ^^^tj^i,     improved,  was  purchased  by  Thomas 

contriDutor.  Davies,  author    of  The  Life   of  Garrick,  and 

George  Steevens  likewise  made  a  transcript  of  „fferedVor  sale  in  «  A  Catalogue  of  the  Libraries 

Oldys  s  notes  into  a  copy  of  Langbaine,  which  at  ^  ^    j       ^j,,.       q,j      jjsq.  Norroy  King-at- 

Ae  sale  of  his  library  n  1800  was  purchased  by  ^               ^          ^     j^.y^  ;^  gl  WaUer  RaUlgh) ; 

Richardson  the  bookseller  for  9/ ,  who  resold  it  to  ^    ^     ^j    ^         of-^Tarmouth,  and  Mr.  \V,n. 

birS-E^erton  Brydges  m  the  same  year  for  four.  ^         ^j  ^  ^i„  ^    ;„  ^^  ^^  ,„,j  „^  Monday, 

teen  ^umew     At  the  sale  of  the  Lee  Priory  li-  ^    .,'  ^  jj^g^-,  ^   l^^^^^  d^^;^,  .. 

brary  in  1 834,  it  fell  into  the  hands  of  rhorpe  of  i^^^  Jfl.      ^   .^^  ^^.^^  ^^^^  ^^^j  f„^  ^^^ 

Bedford-street,  Covent  Garden,  from  'torn  the  ^^   ^^^  „°  }^^^  esteemed  amongst  the  scarcest 

late  Dr.  Bliss  purchased  it  on  leb.  7.  1835,  for  .     ^    language,  will  amuse  the  Sbliomaniac  of 

nine  guineas.    It  is  now  in  the  British  Museum.  ^              t  ^    ^^    j j.  ^j^  ^.^y^^  ^^^^  ^^^^^^^ 

Mdone,  Isaac  Reed,  and  the  Rev  Rogers  Rud-  ^    Collection  of  early  literature,  not  so  much  on 

ing.  also  made  transcripts  of  O^dys.  notes.    The  ^^            ^j.  j    ^^^^^  ^  ^^^^  .^^  „,;,;      ^;„  „,. 

Malone  transcript  is  now  at  Oxford;  but  Rud-  ^^    j            ^^     ^^  ^i^  ^^^  ,i^^  J^       i„^ 

,ng.h:«  not  been  traced.  In  a  cutting  from  one  of  ^h^„ '^jg  t^^  ^^  j^j^es  could  have  been  so 

Thorpes  catalogues,  preserved  by  Dr.  Bliss,  it  is  ^^^ji    -ratified 

aated  to  be  in  two  volumes,  the  price  «.  5..;  that  The  charge  for  that  invaluably  illustrated  copy 

Ruding  transcribed  them  in  1784.  and  that  his  j.  LangbaiSef  must  astonish  those  who  are  ac- 

additions  are  very  numerous.    In  Ueber  s  Lata-     ^ 1 

logue  (Pt  iv.  No.  1215)  is  another  copy  of  Lang-  •  From  Fry's  Bibliographical  Memoranda,  4to.  Bristol, 

baine,  with  many  important  additions  by  Oldys,  181G,  p.  33. 

Steevens,  and  Reed.   This  was  purchased  by  Rodd  ^  f  Mr.  Fry  is  not  corrpct    The  famed  annotcd  Lang- 

x»      Ai  A        T    lOAti  T?,i™--,i  IT"  .««^..  TT»*«™«  u««i  baine,  purcifased  of  Davies  by  Dr.  Birch  for  one  guinea,  18 

for4^4j.     In  1845,  Edward  \ernonUtterson  had  ^be  eUition  of  1691.    It  would  appear,  ho  we  verffrom  lot 

an  interleaved  Langbaine.  What  has  become  of  it  f  y^^^  ^f  ^^^j  ^^ove  list,  that  Oldys  had  commenced  axiviQ- 

It  is  scarcely  possible  to  take  up  any  work  on  tating  Gildon's  edition  of  16Q9. 


84 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


IS'^  S.  I.  Feb.  1.  '62. 


quainted  with  the  large  aums  which  have  i>een  re- 
quired for  transcripts  only  of  those  important 
additions  to  our  dramatic  biography. 

227.  Kicolson's  Historical  Libraries,  with  a  great  oam- 
ber  of  MS.  additions,  referencos,  &c  by  the  late  Wm. 
Oldys,  very  fair  21.  2«.  1736.  [Now  in  the  British  Mu- 
seum.] 

230.  FuUer*s  Worthies  of  England,  with  MS.  correc- 
tions, &c  by  Mr.  Oldys.*  A  price  had  originally  been 
attached  to  this  article,  but  is  obliterated,  apparently  by 
the  publisher.t 

268.  Linschotcn's  Voyages  to  the  East  Indies,  with  a 
great  many  cuts,  black-letter,  12«.  6d.X 

593.  A  Collection  of  scarce  and  valuable  Old  Plays, 
most  of  them  in  small  ouarto,  amounting  in  all  to  above 
450,  with  a  written  catuogue  [no  price.] 

705.  Virgil,  translated  into  Scottish  Meter,  by  Gawin 
Douglas.    Black-letter,  Lond.  1553.    5«.§ 

717.  Complaints,  containing  Sundry  Poems  of  the 
World's  Vanity,  by  Ed.  Spenser,  the  Author's  own  edi- 
tion, 1591.    2«.  6d. 

719.  the  Book  which  is  called  the  Body  of  Polycj-e, 
black-letter,  very  fair,  1521.    6«. 

720.  The  Book  of  Falconrie  and  Hawking,  with  Cuts, 
black-letter,  1611.  The  Noble  Art  of  Hunting,  with  Cuts, 
black-letter,  1611,  very  fair.    Gs. 

725.  Cooper*s  Chronicle,  black  ^letter,  neat,  1560.    3«. 

728.  Milton's  Paradise  Lost,  in  Ten  Books,  first  edi- 
tion, very  fair,  16G9.    6«, 

786.  Whetstone's  English  Mirror,  1586.  Crowley's 
Answer  to  Powndes  Six  Reasons,  1581 :  black-letter.  3«. 

738.  Goulart's  Admirable  'and  Memorable  History  of 
the  Times,  Englished  by  Grimeston,  1607.    2«. 

832.  Enemy  to  Unthryftincss,  a  perfect  Mirrour  for 
Magistrates,  by  Whetstone,  and  six  other  Curious  Tracts. 
7«.  6dL 

836.  Lavaterus  of  Ghosts  and  Spirits  walking  by 
Night;  of  straunge  Noises,  Crackes,  &c,  black-letter, 
1596.  A  Thousand  Notable  Things  of  Sundry  Sortes,  by 
Lupton;  black-letter,  no  date,  and  three  others.    6«. 

852.  Hyperius's  Practice  of  Preaching,  translated  by 
Ludham,  black-letter,  1577.  Tragical  History  of  the 
Troubles  and  Civill  Warres  of  the  Low  Countries,  black- 
letter,  1581.    4s. 

1511.  Lives  and  Characters  of  the  English  Dramatick 
Poets,  by  Langbaine  and  GUdon,  with  MS.  additions  by 
Oldys.  1699.    3«.  6d. 

1683.  The  British  Librarian,  six  numbers  in  boards, 
1738.    U.  6d. 

1684.  The  same,  bound.    2«. 

•  "  This  copy,"  says  Mr.  Fry,  *«  was  purchased  at  the 
sale  of  George  Steevens's  library  by  the  late  Mr.  Malone, 
in  whose  collection  it  still  remains."  Mr.  Isaac  D'Israeli 
states,  however,  that  Steevens's  copy  contained  a  tran' 
teript  of  Oldys's  notes.  He  savs,  "  The  late  Mr.  Boswell 
showed  me  a  Fuller  [  TTorthuts]  in  the  Malone  collection, 
with  Steevens's  transcription  of  Oldys's  notes,  which 
Malone  purchased  for  43^  at  Steevens's  sale ;  but  where 
is  the  original  copy?  "  {Curiotities  of  Literature^  Second 
Series,  iii.  469,  ed.  1823.)  In  Steevens's  Sale  Catalogue 
it  is  thus  described:  "Lot  1799.  Fuller  (Thos.)  WorthUa 
of  England^  a  very  fine  copy  in  russia,  with  the  portrait 
by  Loggan^  and  Index  i  a  most  extraordinary  and  match- 
less book,  the  late  Mr.  Steevens  having  bestowed  uncom- 
mon pains  in  transcribing  every  addition  to  render  it 
valuable,  written  in  his  peculiarly  neat  manner,  fol. 
Lond.  IC62." 

t  The  price  was  U  lis.  6A  —  BoiUon  Comey. 

t  At  the  Roxburghe  sale  it  fetched  10/.  15«. 

§  At  the  Roxburghe  sale  it  fetched  7/.  7$. 


2449.  A  Manifest  Detection  of  the  most  vyle  and  de- 
testable Use  of  DicePlav,  black-letter,  sewed,  1552.  l«.6dL 

2450.  Vaughan*s  Golden  Grove,  1600.    Is. 
2554.  Wit  and  Drollery,  1682.    Is. 

2569.  Stevenson's  Norfolk  Drollery,  1673.*     Is 

2570.  Shakespeare's  Poems,  1640.    Is. 

2572.  Vilvain's  Epitome  of  Essays,  1654.    Is.  6dL 

2578.  Collop's  Poesie  Reviv'd,  1656.    Is. 
2574.  Wit  Restor'd,  1658.    Is.  6<i 
2576.  Wits' RecreaUon,  1640.    Is.t 

2579.  Palingenius's  Zodiake  of  Life,  Englished  by 
Googc,  black-letter,  1565.    2«.  6d 

2580.  Dun  ton's  Maggots,  1685.    Is.  6<i. 

2581.  The  Muses'  Recreation,  1656.    It. 

2633.  Lingua:  or  the  Combat  of  the  Tongue,  1657. 
Is.  6<i. 

2634.  Lilly's  Six  Court  Comedies,  1632.    2s. 

•^*  The  last  twelve  articles  are  in  verse. 

WUUam  Oldys* »  Manuscripts. 

3612.  Catalogue  of  Books  and  Pamphlets  relating  to 
the  City  of  London,  its  I^ws,  Customs,  Magistrates;  its 
Diversions,  Public  Buildings;  its  Misfortunes,  viz.  Plagues, 
Fires,  &c.,  and  of  every  thing  that  has  happened  remark- 
able in  London  from  1521  to  1759,  with  some  occasional 
remarks.    F0II04 

Quarto. 

3613.  Of  London  Libraries;  with  Anecdotes  of  Collec- 
tors of  Books,  Remarks  on  Booksellers,  and  of  the  first 
publishers  of  Catalogues.  [Printed  in  '*  N.  &  Q."  2^  S. 
vol.  xi.] 

3614.  Epistolss  G.  Morley  ad  Jan.  Ulitium. 

3615.  Catalogue  of  graved  Prints  of  our  most  eminent 
countrymen,  belonging  to  Mr.  Oldys. 

3616.  Orationes  habitsB  in  N.  C.  1655 :  English  verses. 
8617.  Memoirs  relating  to  the  Family  of  Oldys.    [la 

British  Museum,  Addit  MS.  4240.] 

3618.  Barcelona:  or  the  Spanish  Expedition  under 
the  Conduct  of  the  Right  Hon.  the  Earl  of  Peterborough ; 
a  Poem  by  Mr.  Farquhar,  never  before  published.  [This 
seems  to  have  been  copied  from  the  printed  edition.  — 
Bolton  Comey.'] 

*  About  this  period  many  books  were  published  with  a 
similar  title,  such  as  Songs  of  Love  and  Drollery,  1654; 
Bristol  Droller}',  1656 ;  Sportive  Wit,  or  the  Lusty  Drol- 
lery, 1656 ;  Holborn  Drollery,  1672 ;  Grammatical  Drol- 
ler}', 1682 ;  all  in  verse.  —  Fry. 

f  Fetched  at  the  Roxburghe  sale,  42.  8s. 

I  Gough  {British  Topog.  ed  1780,  i.  567)  informs 
us,  that  **he  had  been  favoured  by  George  Steevens^ 
Esq.,  with  the  use  of  a  thick  folio  of  titles  of  books 
and  pamphlets  relative  to  London,  and  occasionally  to 
Westminster  and  Middlesex,  from  1521  to  1758,  collected 
by  the  late  Mr.  Oldys ;  with  many  others  added,  as  it 
seems  in  another  hand.  Among  them  are  many  purely 
historical,  and  many  of  too  low  a  character  to  rank  under 
the  head  of  topography  or  history.  The  rest,  which  are 
very  numerous,  I  have  inserted  marked  0,  with  correc- 
tions, &c,  of  those  I  had  myself  collected.  Mr.  Steevens 
purchased  this  MS.  of  T.  Davies,  who  bought  Mr. 
01dys*s  library.  It  had  been  in  the  hands  of  Dr.  Berken- 
hout,  who  had  a  design  of  publishing  an  English  Topo- 
grapher, and  may  possibly  have  inserted  the  articles  in  a 
different  hand.  5^  5s.  is  the  price  in  the  first  leaf.  In 
a  smaller  MS.  Mr.  Oldys  says  he  had  inserted  360  arti- 
cles in  the  folio,  April  12,  1747,  and  that  the  late  Alder- 
man Billers  had  a  fine  collection  of  tracts,  &c.,  relating  to 
London."  —  **  Mr.  Oldys's  collection  of  titles  for  London 
have  passed  from  Mr.  Steevens  to  Sir  John  Hawkina." 
(lb.  i.  761*.)  Sir  John  Hawkins's  library  was  destroycNl 
by  fire. 


8^  S.  L  Fmi.  1,  '62.] 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


85 


8619.  The  Life  of  Aagiutas,  digested  ioto  fifty-nine 
Scbemesy  by  James  Robey. 

Octavo  ei  infra. 

8620.  The  Apophthegms  of  the  English  Nation,  con- 
taining above  500  memorable  sayings  of  noted  Persons^ 
beine  a  Collection  of  Extempore  Wit,  more  copious  than 
anv  hitherto  pablisbed.  [It  was  probably  founded  on  a 
MS.  collection  of  earlier  date.-.i/t/e  of  Sir  Walter  Ita- 
lei^h.  —  Bolton  Cornej/.^ 

8621.  Description  of  all  Kinds  of  Fish. 

8622.  The  BriUsh  Arborist;  being  a  Natural,  Philolo- 
gical, Theological,  Poetical.  Mythological,  Medicinal, 
and  Mechanical  History  of  Trees,  principally  native  to  this 
Island,  with  some  Select  Exoticks,  &c    Not  finished. 

3623.  Description  of  Trees,  Plants,  &c.  [AddiL  MS. 
^0.724.] 

8624.  Collection  of  Poems  written  above  one  hundred 
years  since. 

3625.  Trinarchodia :  the  several  Raignes  of  Richard 
IL,  Henry  IV.,  and  Henry  V.  in  verse,  supposed  to  be 
written  1650.  [This  volume  became  the  property  of  J. 
P.  Andrews :  Park  describes  it,  ReMtUuta,  iv.  166.  —  Bol- 
ton Comey.'] 

3626.  Collection  of  Poems  by  Mr.  Oldys. 

3627.  Mr.  01dys*s  Diarj',  containing  several  Observa- 
tions relating  to  Books,  Characters,  &c.  [Printed  in 
*«N.  &Q."2n<iS.  voLxi.] 

3628.  Collections  of  Observations  and  Notes  on  varions 
subjects. 

3629.  Memorandum  Book,  containing  as  above. 

8630.  Table  of  Persons  celebrated  by  the  English  Poets. 

8631.  CaUlogue  of  MSS.  written  by  Lord  Clarendon. 
3632.  Names  of  English  Writers,  and  Places  of  their 

Burial,  &c. 

8633.  Description  of  Flowers,  Plants,  Roots,  &c. 

*3633.  Description  of  all  Kinds  of  Birds.  [See  Addit 
MS.  20,725.] 

"  So  end,"  says  Mr.  Fry,  "  the  minutise  of  this 
curious  Catalogue,  which  I  have  thought  it  not 
incurious  to  record,  more  especially  as  Mr,  Dibdin, 
wrhilst  noticing  the  interleaved  Langbaine,  in  his 
Sibliomania,  does  not  seem  to  have  been  aware  of 
its  passing  through  the  hands  of  the  humble  friend 
of  Dr.  Johnson." 

Here  we  must  terminate  our  notice  of  this  dis- 
tinguished writer  and  indefatigable  antiquary, 
whose  extended  life  was  entirely  devoted  to  lite- 
rary pursuits,  and  whose  copious  and  characteristic 
accounts  of  men  and  books,  have  endeared  his 
memory  to  every  lover  of  English  literature.  If 
Oldys  possessed  not  the  erudition  of  Johnson  or 
of  Maittaire,  he  had  at  least  equal  patience  of  in- 
Testieation,  soundness  of  judgment,  and  accuracy 
of  criticism,  with  the  most  eminent  of  his  contem- 
poraries. One  remarkable  trait  in  his  character 
was  the  entire  absence  of  literary  and  posthu- 
mous fame,  whilst  he  never  begrudged  his  labour 
■or  considered  his  toil  unproductive,  so  long  as  his 
researches  substantiated  Truth,  or  promoted  the 
study  of  the  History  of  Literature,  which  in  other 
words  is  the  hbtory  of  the  mind  of  man.  Hence 
the  very  sweepings  of  his  library  have  since  been 
industriously  collected,  and  enrich  the  works  of 
Ifalone,    Ritson,    Keed,    Douce,    Brydges,    and 


others,  and  will  always  serve,  as  it  were,  for  land- 
marks to  those  following  in  his  wake.  In  his  own 
peculiar  departments  of  literature  —  history  and 
biography  —  he  has  literally  exhausted  aU  the 
ordinary  sources  of  information;  and  when  he 
lacked  the  opportunity  to  labour  himself,  or  to  fill 
up  the  circle  of  his  knowledge,  he  has  neverthe- 
less pointed  out  to  his  successors  new  or  unex- 
plored mines,  whence  additional  facts  may  be 
gleaned,  and  the  object  of  his  life  —  the  develop- 
ment of  Truth  —  be  secured. 


MB.  DICE  AND  L 

I  may  venture,  I  hope,  to  set  myself  right  with 
the  readers  of  **N.  &  Q.*'  respecting  a  grave 
charge  of  most  abject  printer-worship  brought 
against  me,  and  I  think  rather  maliciously,  by 
Mr.  Dyce.  It  was  done  four  years  ago,  but  I  never 
knew  of  it  till  within  the  last  few  days,  when  I 
read  for  the  first  time  Mr.  Dyce*s  Preface  to  his 
Shakspeare.  In  that  Preface,  after  X[uoting  the 
extravagant  opinions  of  Home  Tooke  and  Mr. 
Knight  respecting  the  merits  of  the  folio  of  1623, 
Mr.  Dyce  proceeds :  — 

"  The  latest  champion  of  the  folio,  and  one  determined 
to  fr,o  all  lengths  in  its  defence,  is  Mr.  Eeightley ;  who 
(♦  N.  &  Q.'  2n'»  S.  iv.  263,)  *  does  not  despair'  of  seeing 
some  fnture  editor  print,  with  the  folio,  in  Am  You  Like 
It,  Act  II.  Sc  8. :  — 

*  From  teventy  years  till  now,  almost  foarscore;^ 
Here  lived  I,  but  now  live  here  no  more. 
At  seventeen  years  many  their  fortunes  seek. 
But  at  fourscore  it  is  too  late  a  week.' 
"  (Poor  Rowe!  when  he  altered  *  From  seventy  years' 
to  '  From  seventeen  years/  he  fancied  that  he  had  made 
an  emendation  which  was  fully  confirmed  by  the  third 
line  of  the  passage).** 

Now  is  not  the  animus  here  bad,  and  the  ob- 
ject of  the  writer  to  hold  me  up  to  ridicule  ?  And 
would  not  anyone,  at  all  acquainted  with  my 
literary  character,  have  presumed  that  I  must 
have  been  writing  ironically  ?  And  so  in  effect 
I  was ;  though  I  must  confess  that,  in  the  full 
persuasion  that  no  one  could  suspect  me  of  such 
blind  stupidity  as  I  am  here  charged  with,  I  ex- 
pressed myself  very  carelessly  and  very  loosely. 

I  was  —  in  accordance  with  an  established  rule 
of  criticism,  of  which  mayhap  Mr.  Dyce  may  know 
nothing  —  showing  that  in  Titania's  speech  {Mid. 
Nighfs  Dream,  Act  II.  Sc.  1.)  — "When  thou 
wast  stolen  away  from  fairy-land"  —  was  probably 
the  true  reading ;  and  I  then  proceeded  thus : 

«*  I  trust  now  that  some  future  editor  will  take  watt 
into  favour,  *  print  it  and  shame  the  rogues';  fori  do 
not  despair  of  even  *  From  seventy  years  till  now  almost 
fourscore,'  in  As  You  Like  It,  resuming  possession  of  the 
text  as  'the  sweet  sound  that  breathes  upon  a  bank  of 
violets '  has  recently  done  in  Twd/lh  Night.** 

Now  I  was  writing  ironically ;  though,  for  the 
reason  above  given,  I  expressed  m^^^VL  \s>ra^N.>»''" 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


[8M  S,  1.  Feb.  1,  '62. 


ndeqnfttel^ !  tnd  mj  meanmg  was,  tbat  since  lach 
■n  sbiDrditj  u  m  loiind  breathiiig  had  been  brought 
back  into  the  text,  and  there  wb<  no  aajing  lo 
nbat  lengths  of  ab9urdit)'  future  editors  might  go, 
B  right  reading  luch  as  muf  stood  k  verj  fail 
i-haDce  of  being  recalled.  That  I  laj  was  uij 
meaniog,  but  expressed  most  carelesslr. 

I  can  tell  Mr.  Dree  tl.at,  in  critical  Eaiticit;,  I 
consider  mjself  at  least  his  equal ;  and  I  will  set 
ftij  Milton  ogainst  anjthing  be  has  ever  done. 
It  is  true  I  am  not  so  well-read  ns  he  is  in  old 
plays,  pamphlets,  and  broadsheets  ;  but  I  hnve 
studied  criticism  in  tkc  writinns  of  the  great  Ger- 
ninn  cammentalorg  on  (be  Scriptures  and  the 
Classics,  and  I  go  to  work  bj  rule,  not  by  hap- 
bacard,  as  our  SRak^perian  crilics  in  fECiieral  seem 
to  do.  As  an  instance  of  my  sacaciiy  compared 
with  Mr.  Dyce's,  I  may  ref.T  to  the  t^rreclion  of 
two  ptstnges  in  Peele's  Edirard  I.,  given  in  "  N. 
&  CJ."  this  time  two  years.  Of  these  Mr.  Dyce, 
the  editor  of  two  editions  of  Petlu's  H'ori^.  could 
make  nntbing,  an'l  I  corrruted  Ihcm — the  one 
with  certainty,  the  olber  with  gr«iit  probability — 
Ibe  rery  first  time  I  read  the  play.  I  finally  »oy 
to  Mr.  Dyce  :  — 


« If  tben 


for  I  coniider  myself  now  at  liberty  to  expose  his 
critical  short- comings,  which  are  by  no  means 
few.  Taos.  KEioaTi.ET. 


DDTCU  PAPEE-TRADE. 

The  following  is  from  a  communication  in 
Dutch,  kindly  drawn  up,  at  my  request  in  18S9, 
by  Mr.  J.  Honigh,  junr.,  one  of  the  most  eminent 
papermakers  at  Zaandijb,  in  North  Holland  :— 

"  The  mmnufutiiring  of  piper  in  (ha  seven  United 
ProTiDccs  wu  commanced  in  1613  by  Mirtm  Orges,  ■ 
ftagitivs  from  Frince,  hii  fltherlind,  for  religion's  tike. 

■*  Org«   soon  foned  ■   fit   place  for  eilatiliahing   hit 

Apeldoorn.  in  Gaeldsrland:  and  there  I«n  pi  per -mi  II  a, 
for  Buxht  we  know,  sro  Kill  working,  as  if  in  piooa  con- 
tlDMliun  of  the  impalsa  given  b;  him.  The  flnt  mill 
noved  by  wiler,  and  rcdoced  the  nga 


eonqnered  Ibg  profince  of  Gt 
who,  after  Oren's  example,  bad  erected  fuctoViej  Id  the 
Deigbbourhood  of  Apaldmm,  now  Iwlook  Ihemselvei  to 
lianh  Holland,  ind  principally  to  the  so-called  Zun ; 
vbeiB,  it  thai  period,  molt  of  (he  branches  of  Indoslry 
flDDriahing  in  the  Netherlanila,  tlie  art  of  paper-making 
ini:Inded,  were  exercised.  For  It  should  ilao  be  kept  in 
mind  tbat,  ai  early  M  1616,  tbere  already  existed  a 
paper-mill  at  Weatiian,  and  poaUrior  lo  that  data  many 
were  the  mills  boilt  alongside  the  river.  These,  how- 
•ver,  were  all  windmills,  and  only  lerveJ  for  the  fabrica- 
lioa  of  grey  and  blae  paper :  but.  afier  the  influx  of  emi- 
Cranti  from  GuelJerl and  in  1G7!,  first  Pletcr  van  der  Ler, 
■Dd  arterwarda  Jacob  and  Adristn  UoDigli,  ill  of  them 
nsUcDl  millen,  acceding  (a  the  proposal  uf  their  homs- 
laM  bialbren,  also  raised  Hhite  piper  fsctoriesi  and  so 


(hia  trInmTirsta  laid  the  fonndation  for  a  new  industry, 
which  soon  reached  s  bigb  degree  of  proeperity ;  and,  by 

"  The  paper,  which  till  that  period  was  used  in  Europe, 
for  the  nioiC  part  came  from  Italy,  Genoa  beiajc  the  port 
tbat  shipped  the  largest  qnantitks,  and  had  (be  moat 
extended  trade  in  that  sort  of  commodity-  When,  bow- 
aver,  the  Hollanders  on.^e  had  become  thoroughly  fami- 
liar with  (he  dipper's  art,  onr  Dutch  article,  being  of 
greater  ralue  and  minor  price,  looa  luperiteded  the  Italian 
imports  1  and,  ere  long,  even  mounted  the  diiiliactiva 
water-marks  of  the  leTcral  countries  dealt  with:  t,  tot 
inalance,  (be  arms  of  London  or  of  Venice,  the  French 
liliee,  &c     Yes,  I  even  do  not  think  I  say  too  much,  by 

prrssly  stated  '  to  !»  prinleJ  on  Dutch  psprr.'  Tlila  cele- 
brity it  owed  to  the  good  msleriata  rciorted  to  (ragi  of 
ilerliii^  Dutch  linen  iboundin^i),  lo  their  nice  siliinf;, 
and  to  the  cleanliness  and  sulidiiy  of  Dianuractare,  which 
[  allowed  Ilia  same  quJilv  to  bo  permanently  delirereil. 
ipilly  by  the  invention  of  a  rerulrinic 


e  old   B 


lmer^  o 


C  degree  of  Oneness  si 
e  which  formed  its  mnterial  bnnit.  And,  alb- 
lor  of  this  simple  and  beautiful  vontrivanca 
inown,  so  much  is  certaiu,  ihat  tho  foreign 
UTS  the  man  who  devised  it,  by  calling  it  ■  I 


.lade  diti 


.  This 


I  from  the  Incor- 
from  (be  contln- 
irtly  trans- 
time,  had 


not  manufacture  their  own  paper,  or,  til 

only  produced  an  inferior  quality.    And  _ . 

after  the  peace  of  1815,  only  a  portion  of  the  old  customers 
-thoae  vrlio,  between  wliiles,  had  not  been  taught  to  help 
'    >— relnrned :  whilst  those  who  had,  had  in  the 
■im  invented  the,  (111  then,  unknown  vellum-paper, 
neighbourly  nations  now  also  protected  tlieir  newly- 

led,  and  ephemeral  literature  only  desired  gloss 
out  sohditv.  So,  In  16UZ,  (be  Dutch  fabricators  also 
n  to  Issue  tho  now  commodil.v.  and  with  good  sue- 
' ily  the  forerunner  of 


nechsnical  fabric 


signed 


I,  by  its   cbeapneas,   aoflneaa. 


mills.     For 


faded 

sleriing  article,  but  also  was  used  for  nurposea  Ihat,  in 
the  first  place,  demanded  durability.  This  even  went  as 
far,  that,  soma  fifteen  years  ago,  our  government  bad  la 
decree  that,  for  deeds  and  the  bke,  no  vellum-paper 
might  be  employed.  No  wonder  (hat  Ibe  manufacture  of 
the  present  century  —  bearing,  as  it  does,  the  aigns  of  its 
hectic  caducity  la  the  whiteneaa  produced  by  deleterious 

longer,  to  testify,  like  the  old  samples  of  our  fabrit^  to 
the  excellence  of  the  materials  used. 

"  Uowover,  aa  the  spirit  of  Ibe  times  necessitated, 
meebsnicsl  psper-makers  were  also  erected  in  Gnelder- 
land  and  the  Zsan-re^ons,  butoni/  at  a  Iofs.  Higher 
wagea  than  in  foreijiu  lands,  coals  lo  be  bought  from  our 


who  ha. 


It  pnmi 


ordered  from  England  and  Delgiuni  —  such  were  Ibe  dr- 
cumsuncea  under  which  we  had  lo  accept  the  challenga 
r;iven.  Uoat  of  the  oldeit  firms  declined  it.  Thus  the 
milK  that  in  tba  seventeenth  and  eighteenth  cenlDriea 
ered  to  balwean  thirty  and  forty,  already  in  1M7 
Iniahed  at  the  Zaan  to  twenty-one,  of  which 
lere  mechanical  rabricatoriT  and  now  there  exist 


8r*  a  L  F«B.  1,  ■ea.j 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


87 


hut  thirtMn,  only  one  tmongrt  them  »fter  the  new  fwhion. 
Of  IhejB  Ihirteen,  only  three  nunnfMlura  whitB  piper; 
vbilet  the  otheni,  one  mtKhinicBlly,  furnish  grey  end 
bias  paper  lod  pute-boird.  In  Gaelderlsnd,  asder  Ihii 
reign  of  cotton,  nearly  the  aamealKtB  of  thingi  exists  i  bat 
that  the  mills  there  an  much  more  clrcnmecribed  in  tx- 
tension,  and  prodaca  aniBUer  qnuitlties.  With  the  ex- 
ception of  two,  they  are  all  driTen  by  water;  and  so  are 


and  (ha  elructure  of  the  fligbti 
coet)  a  great  deal  in  Toaklng,  and  not  a  litiie  in  keeping. 
Add  to  this,  that  in  Gnelderland  the  water  can  l>e  used 
which  turns  the  mill ;  whilst  at  the  Zaan  every  factory 
requires  an  exIensiTo  plot  of  gronnd,  intersecled  by 
canals;  and  a  costly  apparatus  to  boor,  for  purifying  the 
water  from  salt  anil  sulphureous  matters.  It  was  this 
that  occasioned  in  olden  time  ■  rivalry  between  (he  two 
concurrent  districts  —  the  one  beicg  able  to  furnish, 
aspeiMilly  the  minor  sorts,  at  a  much  i 
other  execDling  i<e  orders,  and  inerea. 
greiicat  solidity  and  belter  looks  of 
cated.  So  the  finer  qualities  of  the  Zaan  are  still  m  de- 
mand amongst  foreigners,  as  are  the  aereral  vsjdcties  ot 
[laclclng- paper. 

>'  Id  Ibe  present  time,  there  does  not  seem  Id  he  a 
farther  falling  offg  and  there  even  would  be  a  derelop- 
ment  in  tbs  trade,  if  Ibe  foreign  powen  did  away  with 
tbeir  protecting  daties." 

John  U.  tan  Lemnef. 

Zeyat,  near  Utrecbt. 


by  tba 
e  fabri- 


AN  ORDEH  OF  MERIT  AND  THE  LATE 

PRISCE  CONSORT. 

Few    perrons    will   denj  tbat    an   "  Order  of 

Merit"  is  very  much  required  to  reward  thoie 

who  Iinve   diatinguiabed   tbemselTes    in   icience 

Might  nnt  an  Order  be  instituted  to  perpetuate 
in  a  Draceful  form  the  imperishable  memorj  of 
Aim  who  laboured  so  long,  an  zeulously  and  suc- 
CL'sBluUy,  lo  revive  art  in  this  country?  Would 
not  t!ie  "  Order  of  the  Albert  Cross  "  be  a  fitting 
and  lasting  memorial  to  tbe  zeal  and  genius  of 
the  illustrious  dead,  whose  good  works  will  live 
after  him  for  generations  yet  to  come?  We  have 
already  the  "Victoria  Cross"  for  deeds  done  iu 
the  field ;  might  we  not  have  the  pendant 


II.  PHILARETE  CHA3LE3. 

IVe  owe  to  M.  Philariite  Chasles,  Conservateur 
de  la  BibliotbSque  Mozarine*,  tbe  solution  of  a 
Shakapere  problem  wliiub  baa  resisted  all  the 
efforts  of  our  "homely  wila."  What  was  visible 
to  every  one  had  been  seen  by  do  one  I 

It  WHS  formerly  a  national  boast  tbat  Samuel 
Johnson  bad  "  beat  forh/  French  "  —  but  here  is 
a  Frenchman  who  has  routed  a  whole  army  of 
English  editors,  annotators,  pamphleteers,  etc. 

The  disCDverj  relates  to  tbe  inscription  which 
[*  3ee><lA«iaiinorSatiirday  lasL— Ed.] 


precedes  the  SonneU  of  our  dramatist  In  the  au- 
\  thoritative  edition  of  1609,  entitled  — 

"  ShakS'^pearea  sonnets,  Neaer  before  Imprinlad.  At 
London  Br  G.  Eld  for  T.  T.  [Thomas  Thorpa]  and  are  to 
be  soldo  by  William  Aapley,  leOS,"  4°  40  leaves,  la 
some  copies,  for  It'llliaai  AMpby  we  have  loht  Wrigkl, 
dwdlivg  at  ChriU-chiiTdt  gait,  1609. 

Tbe  mysterious  inscription,  which  occtipies  tbe 
recto  of  the  second  leaf,  was  given  by  Mr.  Steevens 
with  commendable  exactness  in  1766,  and  is  thus 


.  insTiHa  .  sonnsTa  . 


ova  .  BVBB-L 


.  WBLL-WISHna  . 
SCTTIHG  . 


This  inscription  should  be  considered  with  re- 
ference to  its  peculiarities.  A  point  after  each 
word  is  no  [lunctuation.  The  bare  words  must 
therefore  decide  the  sense.  It  has  hitherto  passed 
aa  one  inscription.  Now,  M.  Chasles  suggests  that 
the  real  inscription  ends  with  the  wonl  wUAelh, 
and  that  the  rest  was  added  by  Mr,  Thorpe, 

I  have  described  the  explanation  of  M.  Chasles 
as  a  suggestion,  but  it  is  almost  a  demonalrHtion. 
Acting  on  that  conviction,  I  shall  briefiy  report 
my  own  inferences,  and  proceed  to  justify  tbem  bj 
admitted  facts  and  probable  circumstances. 

I  now  firmly  believe  tbat  the  begetter  of  the 
sonnets  was  the  earl  of  Southampton  —  that  Wil- 
liam Herbert,  aflerwards  earl  of  Pembroke,  wrote 
tbe  real  inscription  —  and  that  Mr.  Thorpe  did 
no  more  than  express  his  wishes  for  the  success  of 
the  publication. 

In  IA93  Shakspere  dedicated  his  [yimiM  and 
Adonis  to  the  earl  of  Soutbampton  as  "  the  first 
heir  of  his)  Invent  ion."  In  iS9i  he  chose  the  same 
patron  fur  his  Luerece,  and  made  this  declaration : 
"  What  I  bave  doue  is  yours,  toAaf  /  haua  lo  do  it 
youra."  Did  he  forget  this  promise?  I  must 
either  tax  bim  with  ingratitude,  or  assume  that 
he  wrote  the  sonnets  as  tbe  fulfilment  of  UiM 
promise.  The  existence  of  "  his  sugred  Sonnets 
among  his  priuatc  friends "  was  announced  bj 
Meres  in  I59s — and  they  may  have  closely  fol- 
lowed Luerece.  At  a  later  dat«  he  had  other 
cares,  and  other  occupations. 

William  Herbert  was  born  at  Wilton  in  1580, 
and  succeeded  to  the  earldom  of  Pembroke  in 
1601.  As  he  had  been  educated  at  Oxford,  and 
was  of  a  lively  turn,  we  may  account  for  hi>  adn^ 


88 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


[B**  a  I.^Fbb.  1,  ^62. 


tion  of  the  classical  form  of  inscription,  of  which 
no  doubt  there  were  examples  at  Wilton.  If  it  was 
written  in  the  life-time  of  his  father,  his  own 
designation  was  correct ;  and  if  written  about  the 
year  1600,  there  was  much  reason  to  conceal  the 
name  of  the  earl  of  Southampton. 

I  now  come  to  Mr.  Thorpe.  How  did  he  ob- 
tain the  MS.?  There  is  no  evidence  on  that 
point,  but  the  expression  Never  before  imprinted 
seems  to  proye  that  he  was  aware  of  the  date  of 
their  composition.  He  may  have  had  various 
reasons  for  avoiding  an  advertisement. 

One  word  more. — Thorpe  was  a  humorist,  as 
his  dedication  of  a  certain  poetical  volume  to  Ed- 
ward Blount  testifies,  but  his  cpigraphic  humor, 
and  the  injudicious  punctuation  of  Malone  in  suc- 
cessive editions,  have  led  wiser  men  astray. 

Barnes,  S.W.  Bolton  Cosmet. 


jMincrr  fiattH. 


Wbonq  Position  op  thb  Advebb.  —  May  I  be 
permitted,  Mr.  Editor,  through  your  columns,  to 
raise  my  feeble  voice  against  a  perversion  which  I 
am  sorry  to  see  is  rapidly  creeping  into  our  lan- 
guage? So  long  as  it  was  only  employed  by 
those  classes  who  inform  you  that  ^tbey  ain*t 
going,  and  don't  want  to,**  it  was  not  of  much 
consequence ;  but  it  is  now  invading  the  pages  of 
some  of  our  best  writers,  and  has  even  appeared 
in  the  polished  ^  leaders  **  of  The  l^mes,  I  allude 
to  the  placing  of  the  adverb  between  the  prepo- 
sition and  the  verb :  e,  g,  '*  We  are  anxious  to 
entirely  get  rid  of  it."  Will  no  influential  gram- 
marian arrest  this  transatlantic  intruder  into  the 
Queen's  English,  and  banish  it  from  good  society 
and  correct  diction,  for  the  term  of  its  natural 
life  ?  Hebmentbudb. 

Fbohibition  against  eatinq  Fussn  in  Lent. 
—One  of  the  old  "Sessions  Books,"  at  Wells, 
abounds  with  instances  such  as  that  which  is  here 
transcribed,  which  is  dated  Feb.  Ist,  1  Charles  I. 
The  magistrates  present  at  the  Sessions  were : 
Virtue  Hunt,  Mayor;  John  Baker,  Esq.,  Re- 
corder ;  and  Bartholomew  Cox,  Justice ;  when 
William  Myllard,  tailor,  and  J.  Gibbons,  glover, 
were  bound,  in  the  penalty  of  10/.,  as  sureties  for 
Henry  Batt,  tippler,  who  was  also  bound  in  a 
umilar  sum :  — 

**  The  Condition  of  the  Recognizance  is  sach  that  yf 
the  aboue  boanden  Henry  Batt,  nither  by  hymself,  or  by 
any  other  by  his  Com'andment,  nor  for  his  vse  or  good, 
shall  kill,  eate,  or  dresse,  or  suffer  to  be  killed,  eaten,  or 
dressed,  in  his  howse  in  Welles,  or  in  aov  other  place 
w'thin  the  said  Citty  or  barrow  of  Welles,  any  Flesh  this 
p'sent  tyme  of  Leot,  or  days  p'hibited  by  the  law.  Then 
this  Recognizance  to  be  voyed." 

Ina. 

Thb  Hon.  Rebbcca  Folliott. — In  the  register 
of  the  parish  of  Trysull,  co.  Stafford,  I  find  the 
following  entry :  '*  Blebecca,  daughter  of  the  Right 


Honble.  Henry  Lord  Folliott,  died  Sept  5, 1697,'* 
and  as  I  imagine  that  the  very  last  place  in  which 
the  record  of  burial  of  the  daughter  of  an  Irish 
peer  would  be  sought,  to  be  in  the  register  of  a 
small  and  little- known  parish  in  Staffordshire,  I 
may  be  doing  a  service  to  the  compiler,  present  or 
future,  of  the  Folliott  pedigree,  by  thus  *^  making 
a  note  "  of  what  I  have  *'  found." 

Sir  Henry  Folliott  was  cr.  Baron  Folliott  of 
Ballyshannon,  in  the  county  of  Donegal,  in  1619, 
which  peerage  became  extinct  at  his  death  in  1630. 
His  eldest  daughter,  Elizabeth,  was  twice  married : 
by  her  first  husband  (Wingfield)  she  was  ances« 
tress  of  the  noble  house  of  Powerscourt ;  and  by  her 
second  (Ponsonby)  of  that  of  Bessborough.    S.  T. 


^vaxiti. 


Thb  Empbbob  Napoleon  IIL — In  some  of  the 
daily  papers  there  have  been  statements  relating 
to  the  intimacy  which  existed  between  the  Earl  of 
Malmesbury  and  the  Emperor  Napoleon  III.  during 
the  time  the  latter  was  an  exile  in  Switzerland ; 
and  an  account  of  a  daring  feat  is  mentioned  as 
witnessed  by  Lord  Malmesbury,  which  convinced 
him  that  the  Prince  was  a  man  of  extraordinary 
boldness  and  determination. 

I  have  heard  his  Lordship  relate  this  story  with 
some  slight  variation ;  but  my  object  in  recurring 
to  it,  is  to  suggest  how  interesting  it  would  be  if 
persons  who  were  intimate  with  the  Prince  Na- 
poleon when  a  sojourner  in  this  country  would 
contribute  to  your  columns  any  facts  known  to 
them,  which  tend  to  exhibit  the  true  character  of 
the  man  while  sometime  resident  amongst  us. 

I  remember  the  time  when  he  was  held  up  to 
ridicule  almost  by  the  whole  press  of  this  country. 
Yet  there  were  some  who  then  foretold  his  coming 
ffreatness,  while  the  multitude  charged  him  with 
follv  and  rashness.  The  late  W.  Brockedon, 
author  of  the  Passes  of  the  Alps^  and  the  father  of 
the  Graphic  Society,  was  well  acquainted  with  the 
Prince's  habits,  and  I  recollect  his  saying  at  the 
period  when  the  Prince  (amidst  much  derision) 
was  aspiring  to  become  the  President  of  the 
French  Republic,  —  "  Mark  my  words,  that  man 
is  not  the  fool  people  take  him  for ;  he  only  waits 
an  opportunity  to  show  himself  one  of  the  most 
able  men  in  Europe,*'  justifying  his  prediction  by 
relating  a  discussion  he  had  neard  at  a  public 
nieeting,  between  the  Prince  and  some  civil  en- 

5ineers,  respecting  a  projected  railway  across  the 
sthmus  of  Panama,  in  which  the  former  displayed 
freat  ability,  showing  an  amount  of  scientific 
nowledge  which  amazed  every  body  present; 
not  only  stating  his  case  with  clearness,  but  com- 
bating all  objections  in  a  most  masterly  way. 
Now  it  certainly  would  be  worth  while  to  collect^ 
through  the  medium  of  "  N.  &  Q.,**  some  further 
information  respecting  the  habits  of  this  remark- 


8^'  &  L  Feb.  1,  ^62.] 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


89 


able  man  during  his  residence  in  England.  The 
antecedents  of  the  most  powerful  sovereign  in 
Europe  cannot  fail  to  be  mteresting  to  many  of 
your  readers.  Bbn j.  FBaxsr. 

ROGBB  A8CHAM*8  "  SCHOLBMASTBB,**  QUOTA- 
TIONS IN  (ed.  1570). — I  shall  be  much  obliged  by 
a  reference  to  the  sources  of  the  following  pas« 
sa^es.  As  I  have  nearly  finished  printing  a  new 
edition  of  Ascham*8  treatise,  I  may  be  allowed  to 
urge  the  importance  of  an  early  reply. 

Fol.  8,  ttrsot  ad  fin,  from  Aristot  RheU  2. :  *<  Libertie 
kindleth  love:  Lovo  refuseth  no  labor;  and  labor  ob- 
teyneth  what  so  ever  it  seeketb." 

Ascham  cannot  allude  to  Rhet  ii.  19,  §§  13,  18, 

19? 

Fol.  11,  recto:  "We  remember  nothing  so  well  when 
we  be  olde,  as  those  thinges  which  we  learned  when  we 
were  yong  .  .  .  new  wax  is  best  for  printyng  .  .  .  new 
ahorne  wooll,  aptest  for  sone  and  surest  dying :  new  fresh 
flesh,  for  good  and  durable  salting.  And  this  similitude 
is  not  rude;  nor  borowed  of  the  larder  house,  but  out  of 
his  scholehouse,  of  whom  the  wisest  of  England  neede  not 
be  ashamed  to  learne." 

The  "  proverb  of  Birching  lane  "  ("  N.  &  Q." 
2°^  S.  i.  254)  seems  still  to  require  explanation. 
Who  is  Mr.  Brohke,  fol.  35,  verso  f^ 

*<  Soch  kind  of  Paraphrasia,  in  turning,  chopping,  and 
changing  the  best  to  worse,  either  in  the  mynte  or  scholes 
(though  M.  Brokke  and  Q^intilian  both  say' the  contrary), 
is  moch  misliked  of  the  best  and  wisest  m'en." 

Fol.  65,  recto :  "  That  good  councell  of  Aristotle,  lo- 
quendum  tU  multi^  »cq}ienduM  utpauci." 

John  £.  B.  Mator. 

St  John's  College,  Cambridge. 

Browning*s  "Ltbics." — One  of  Robert  Brown- 
ing's  Dramatic  Lyrics  is  called  "  How  they  brought 
the  Good  News  from  Ghent  to  Aix.'*  On  what 
historical  incident  is  the  poem  founded  ?      Exov. 

Y    BiBLIOGBAPHT  01>  AlCHBMT   AND   MtSTICISMS. 

—  What  works  on  this  subject  exist  in  Latin, 
English,  French,  Italian,  or  Spanish  ?        Delta. 

Carolihe  Pbincxss  of  Wales  at  Chabltok. 
— A  short  time  since,  whilst  lookinsthrough  some 
papers  relating  to  the  unfortunate  Frincess  Caro- 
line of  Wales,  I  found  a  portion  of  one  sentence 
as  follows :  — 

**  She  (the  Princess)  afterwards  removed  from  Carlton 
House  to  Charlton,  where  she  was  visited  by  the  King." 

Can  any  of  your  readers  inform  me  whether 
the  Charlton  referred  to  is  the  village  of  that 
name  near  AYoolwich  ?  whether  the  house  occu- 
pied by  the  princess  is  standing,  and  in  what 
part  of  Charlton  ?  Or,  if  pulled  down,  where  is 
Its  site  P  D.  S.  T. 

Fbancbs  Db  Bubgh. — Will  any  reader  of  "N. 
&  Q.**  kindly  inform  me  who  was  the  mother  of 
Frances  De  Burgh,  daughter  of  Thomas  De 
Burgh,  sixth  Baron ;  and  sister  of  Kobert  De 
Burgh,  seTenth  Baron  of  Gainsborough,  bearing, 


I  think,  a  shield  azure,  three  fleurs-de-lys,  er- 
mines ?  This  Frances  De  Burgh  married  Firancis, 
second  son  of  Thomas  Coppinger  of  Stoke,  co. 
Kent,  Esq.,  and  had  issue.  W.  Bbtan  Coo&b* 
Pisa,  in  Tuscany. 

Guildhall,  Westmhtsteb. — Mr.  Scott,  in  his 
Gleanings  from  Westminster  Abbey  (p.  88),  says 
that  the  old  Guildhall  stood  at  the  west  side  of 
King  Street,  about  fifty  feet  to  the  south  of  Great 
George  Street.  "An  ancient  painting  representing 
it  —  perhaps  the  gift  of  a  Duke  of  Northumber- 
land— was  transferred  to  the  walls  of  the  present 
Sessions  House."  Where  is  this  old  painting  ?  It 
is  not  in  the  Sessions  House  now  ;  nor  has  it  been 
seen  there  by  those  who  have  known  the  building 
for  the  last  thirty  years. 

According  to  Widmore  (p.  II),  the  present 
Sessions  House  was  built  in  1805,  on  the  site  of 
the  old  belfry  tower.  I  was  told  many  years  ajjo, 
by  an  old  inhabitant  of  Westminster,  that  in  dig- 
ging the  foundation  fur  the  present  structure,  a 
subterraneous  passage  was  discovered,  apparently 
leading  to  the  Abbey ;  but  so  choked  up,  as  not  to 
be  traced  to  any  distance.  Was  any  notice  of 
this  taken  in  the  magazines  or  newspapers  of  the 
time,  or  is  such  a  passage  known  to  exist  ? 

F.  SOMNEB  MeBBTWEATHEB. 

Colney  Hatch. 

Hebbew  Gbammatical  Exebcises.  —  Is  there 
any  Hebrew  grammar,  written  in  German  or 
English  containing  exercises  for  translating  into 
Hebrew,  besides  those  of  Grafenham,  Wolfe,  and 
Hurwitz?  Many  of  the  leading  granmiarians — as 
Gesenius,  Nordheimer,  Ewald,  &c.  —  appear  to 
rest  satisfied  with  an  analysis  of  the  language, 
and  omit  all  exercises  which  are  certainly  neces- 
sary to  imprint  rules  upon  the  memory  of 

A  Student. 

Rev.  E.  Mainstt,  ob  Manistt,  a  divine  of  the 
Church  of  England,  in  the  time  of  the  Great 
Rebellion  ;  and,  by  his  own  account,  author  of  a 
sermon  on  Canticles  ii.  1,2;  and  also  of  an  un- 
published Commentary  on  the  whole  Song  of 
Solomon,  which  he  dedicated  (and  presented  as  a 
New  Year's  gift)  to  the  Lady  Anne  Lexington  in 
1648.  The  MS.  of  the  last  mentioned  formerly 
belonged  to  the  collection  of  Dr.  A.  Clarke.  Who 
was  Mainsty ;  or  where  may  information  concern- 
ing him  be  found  ?  W.  K. 

The  Families  of  Mathews  and  Gough. — 
In  Philip  Henry's  Day-Book,  now  in  nay  posses- 
sion, there  is  a  pedigree  of  his  wife's  family, 
Mathews  of  Broad  Oak,  given  in  the  handwriting 
of  his  son  Mathew  Henry.  It  consists  of  nineteen 
generations ;  beginning  with  Bleddyn  ap  Kinwyn, 
Meredith,  Madock,  Lnion,  Rhyn,  &c.,  &c.;  and 
comes  down  to  another  "Madock"  (28th  of 
Henry  VI.),  who  is  said  to  have  married  "  Mar- 
garet, daughter  and  h^r  tc>  M.^^)aK^  Qiwa!^>^AS\r 


9C 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


[S-*  8.  L  Feb.  1,  'Gl. 


D  great  Ckpttin  in  Frutce."  I  iboald  be  glad  of 
any  informittion  ibout  this  M.  Gough,  wboie  arms 
were  :  "  Ac.  three  botrs  ar.,  pus.  in  pale." 

The  arms  of  the  Mathews  are  not  given  with 
their  pedigree,  nor  have  I  found  them  qoartered 
upon  aoj  of  the  Henrj  or  Warbarton  monu- 
nienia.  Can  any  of  ;our  readers  infoDn  me 
whether  the  names  above  fsiven  are  of  historical 
note  in  Wales  ?  Whether  the  "  Mathewi "  famitj 
in  South  Wales  trace  up  to,the  same  ancestors  F 
And  what  their  arms  sreP  Mw.  H.  Lbs. 

Morland. 

MEDAU.IC  Qdiht. — I  have  before  me  a  medal 
on  which   is  pictured  a  lion,  atretched 


iind  behind  him  is  a  cock,  about  to  peck  the  grain 
from  the  ears  of  wheat ;  and  above  them  this 
legend :  — 


The  fatal  wuh  inif;ht  brin); 
A  claw  tby  brealh  to  stifle." 

And  round  the  outer  rim : 


"  Hare  liea  no  iheap, 
Trnit  not  tha  sleep." 

Can  70U  inform  me  when  the  medal  was  cast, 

and  what  political  event  it  was  intended  to  mark  f 

EswASD  Ublton. 

:>[e1toD,  near  Brongb,  Eaat  Torkabire. 

MoHttMBRTAL  EpnotES. — At  the  eaEtem  end  of 
the  norih  able  of  Bristol  cathedral  is  a  mural  mo- 
nument in  memorj  of  Robert  Codrington  and 
Anna  his  wife,  of  the  county  of  Gloucester,  date 
1618.  Beneath  the  effigies  of  the  parents  are 
those  of  their  seventeen  children.  Seven  sons  are 
represented  kneeling,  and  one  lying  dawn,  with 
clasped  hands  like  his  brothers.  Ei^t  daughters, 
two  side  by  aide,  are  also  represented  kneeling,  and 
one  appears  lyin^  down,  closely  swathed.  All  the 
figures  have  their  faces  in  profile  except  the  four 
younger  daughlera,  and  the  youngest  (kneeling) 
son.  Of  the  two  daughters  kneeling  side  by  aide, 
and  supposed  to  be  twins,  one  holds  a  akull.  Does 
thia  mark  (hat  her  death  preceded  (hat  of  her 
parents?  Why  are  some  of  the  faces  in  profile 
and  others  turned  towards  the  spectator?  Does 
want  of  Bpnce  alone  cause  the  youngest  son  to  be 
represented  lying  down?  A  correspondent  of 
"N.  &  Q.,"  2"  S.  X.  216,  has  explained  the 
awalherl  figure  to  represent  a  child  who  died  in 
infancy,  but  information  on  the  Other  pioints  would 
to  Mcceptabie.  Dbkuiai. 


Miss  Fbacock.  — I  am  desirous  to  know  who 
this  friend  of  Campbell  the  poet  was.  I  have  a 
letter  addressed  by  Campbell  to  her,  in  which  he 
styles  her  his  "dear  old  friend,"  and  where  he 
alludes  twice  to  my  father.  On  this  account  I  am 
doubly  anxious  to  know  something  about  the  lady. 
There  is  no  date  to  the  letter,  but  it  was  written 
at  Sydenham,  Its  date  must  be  prior  to  1813, 
the  year  my  father  died.         Thouas  H.  CaoMKK. 

WakeBald. 

Fbesbktatiors  at  ConsT. — Is  there  a  regis- 
ter of  presentations  at  Court  kept,  and  does  it 
include  the  reign  of  George  I.  ?  Cobious. 

Fhopuect  respectinq  the  Cbiuean  War.  — 

A  remarkable  prophecy  of  the  Crimean  war  is 
said  to  he  contained  in  Quaresmius'  EhicidaHa 
Terra  Canila  —  the  discovery  of  which  raised 
the  price  of  the  book  at  the  time  of  the  war.  If 
any  reader  of  "N.  &  Q."  can  refer  me  to  it,  T 
shall  be  very  much  obliged.  G. 

RoDTii  FAHiLT.^Can  anyone  supply  the  few 
missing  links  in  the  connexion  between  the  Wens- 
leydale  Rouths  and  the  East  Riding  family  ofthat 
name  (eirco  1600)  ?  R.  O.  J. 

Staich.  —  Are  there  any  publications  whidi 
make  any  reference  or  allusion  in  any  way  to 
"  starch  "  at  any  period  from  the  reign  of  Elisa- 
beth to  Charles  it.  ?  From  the  portraits  of  that 
period,  it  is  evident  that  slarch  was  largely 
used.  If  there  are  any  such  books,  where  could 
they  be  found  ?  Inqdiibb. 

TusNBBB  or  EcBiKGTOH.  —  I  shall  be  obliged 
by  information  about  a  large  family  named  7'ur- 
ntr,  who  lived,  ns  late  probably  as  1680,  dlher  at 
Eckinglon,  co.  Derby,  or  in  (hat  immediate  vici- 
nity. My  inquiries  arc  chiefly  directed  at  present 
to  their  antecedents  and  direct  posterity,  as  well 
as  to  the  crest  and  arms  which  they  bore  ;  but 
any  particulars,  or  clue  which  may  tend  to  throw 
light  upon  the  family,  will  be  acceptable. 

R.  W.  T.  V. 

Xavifk  akd  Isdia!)  Missions. —  1,  Arc  there 
any  &1SS.  extant  relating  to  Xavier's  missionary 
travels  in  India  f     It  so,  where  arc  tbey  ? 

2.  Which  books  in  Latin,  French,  Portuguese, 
or  English,  give  the  best  accounts  of  his  laboura, 
and  of  other  Jesuit  missions  in  India  ? 

3.  I  wish  if  possible  Co  obtain  a  complete  list  of 
all  books  relating  to  Indian  missions,  especially 
those  giving  accounts  of  the  tartier  misaionnry 
endeavours,  in  connexion  with  the  Syrian,  the 
Danish,  Baptist,  American,  or  Wesleyan  Churchea, 
&c.,  &o. 

While  I  particularly  wish  the  names  of  works 
regarding  the  earlier  missions,  I  would  also  like  to 
be  made  aware  of  the  names  otang  good  books  oa 


8"  8.  L  Feb.  1,  '62.] 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


91 


Indian  misBions,  which  may  have  been  published 
on  the  Continent  or  in  America  ? 

Jmo.  Faton,  Presbyterian  Chaplain, 
72nd  Highlanders. 
Mhow,  Bombay,  17th  Dec  1861. 


Bdzaolia. — Extract  from  Great  Yarmouth  As- 
sembly Book,  15th  Oct.  1784  :  — 

"  Ordered  that  the  old  dismounted  cannon  belonging 
to  the  Corporation  be  sold  by  the  Chamberlains,  and  that 
a  Buzaglia  for  the  Toli-hcuse  Hall,  not  exceeding  the  ez- 
pencc  of  twenty  pounds,  be  bought." 

Query.  What  is  a  buzaglia?  A.  W.  M. 

Great  Yarmouth. 

\^Buza^ia  is  doubtless  a  species  of  ordnance,  which  in 
ancient  times  was  called /o/con  or  falconet^  and  is  perhaps 
an  Italianized  form  of  the  French  word  BusaigU,  or  Btue 
pattue.  If  so^  this  would  suggest  that  the  word  Harque- 
bm$e,  with  its  terminal  buae,  may  possibly  have  some 
affinity.  It  will  be  observed,  that  the  old  dismounted 
cannon  was  sold  to  pay  for  the  Buzaglia.] 

Wilkin.  — To  run  like  winhin,  a  south  country 
phrase,  denoting  speed.     Who  was  Winkin  ? 

D.  M.  Stevens. 

Guildford. 


£  Winkin  is  probably  winking ;  and  **  like  winkin  "  is  a 


lian.  In  un  batter  d*  occhio.  For  the  country  phrase  '*  to 
run  like  winkin,'' the  London  variation  is  "to  cut  like 
winkie."] 

Rev.  John  Kettleweix.  —  Can  any  of  your 
correspondents  favour  me  with  any  information 
as  to  the  date  of  death,  where  buried,  &c.,  of  Jane, 
relict  of  the  Rev.  John  Kettlewell,  A.M.,  vicar  of 
Coles  Hill  from  1682  to  1691,  and  daughter  of 
Anthony  Lybb,  Esq.,  of  Hardwick,  in  the  parish 
of  Whitchurch,  co.  Oxford?  Her  husband  died 
in  London  on  the  20th  April,  1695,  aged  forty- 
two,  and  was  buried  in  the  church  of  Allhallows 
Barking,  near  the  Tower,  where  she  caused  a 
monument  to  be  erected  to  his  memory. 

C.  J.  D.  Ingledbw. 

[The  bequests  of  this  saintly  divine  to  North  AUerton 
and  Brompton  (available  after  the  death  of  his  wife) 
came  into  the  bands  of  trustees  in  1720,  so  that  Mrs. 
Kettlewell  must  have  deceased  shortly  before  that  year. 
{Reports  of  the  Commissioner*  of  Charities^  viii.  700,  A.D. 
1823.)  In  the  British  Magazine  for  Oct.  1832,  vol.  ii.  p. 
182,  it  is  stated  that  **  the  first  distribution  of  the  pro- 
ceeds bears  date  in  1719."  Who  was  Anne  Kettlewell 
buried  at  North  AUerton  Jan.  29,  1716?  May  there  not 
be  an  error  somewhere  respecting  the  Christian  name?] 

Mb.  Bkuce.  —  Can  you  give  me  any  informa- 
tion regarding  Mr.  Bruce,  who  published  in  1837 
a  translation  of  Schiller*s  Don  Karlos  f  To  whom 
was  it  dedicated,  and  where  was  it  printed  ? 

Zeta. 

[The  translator  of  Schiller*s  Don  Karlos  (printed  by 


G.  Reichard  at  Heidelberg,  and  published  at  Mannheim 
by  Schwan  and  Goetz,  and  in  London  by  Black  and  Arm- 
strong, 8vo,  1837),  is  John  Wyndham  Bruce,  Esq.,  bar- 
rister-at- law,  son  of  John  Bruce- Pryce,  Esq.  of  Duffryn, 
CO.  Glamorgan.    The  work  is  dedicated  to  his  father.] 

Lord  Chancellok  Cowpbb  :  Appbai.8  of  Mur- 
der.— In  Wilkins's  Political  Ballads  of  the  \Hh 
and  18tt  Centuries  (1860),  vol.  ii.  p.  91,  is  the 
following  note  :  — 

♦*  Wm.  (afterwards  Lord  Chancellor^  Cowper,  brother 
to  Spencer  Cowper,  who  was  honourably  acquitted  of  the 
charge  of  having  murdered    a  beautiful   and  opulent 

Quakeress  named  Sarah  Stout,  to  whom  he  paid  his  ad- 
resses.  The  future  Chancellor  greatly  distinguished 
himself  in  defending  his  brother  in  the  *  appeal  of  mur- 
der '  sued  out,  subsequently  to  his  trial,  by  the  heir-at- 
law  of  the  unfortunate  quakeress.'* 

Where  can  I  find  a  report  of  the  above  trial, 
or  rather  trials,  for  I  suppose  there  were  two  of 
them  ?  W.  D. 

[A  report  of  this  celebrated  trial  is  printed  in  Burke's 
Patrician,  iv.  299—318,  8vo,  edit  1847 ;  and  in  the  State 
Triah,  ed.  1812,  vol.  xiiL  1190—1250.  An  attempt  was 
made  for  a  new  trial  by  the  process  called  "  An  Appeal 
of  Murder,"  a  mode  of  proceeding  abolished  in  the  reign 
of  George  IV.    Vide  Lord  Raymond,  560 ;  12  Mod.  372.] 

Norfolk  Visitation.  —  Has  the  Heralds*  Vi- 
sitation of  Norfolk  in  1664  been  printed  ?  Where 
can  the  original  be  seen  ?  N — n. 

[The  original  is  in  the  College  of  Arms,  MS.  D.  20.  It 
does  not  appear  to  have  been  printed.] 

Richard  de  Marisco,  or  Marais.  —  Can  you 
inform  me  what  were  the  arms  of  Richard  de 
Marais,  or  Marisco,  Bishop  of  Durham,  anno  1217 
to  1226?  And  whether  the  English  surname 
Marsh  is  the  present  Anglicised  form  of  Marais  ? 

El  Uttb 
Capetown,  South  Africa, 
Dec.  2l8t,  1861. 

[The  arms  of  Richard  do  Marisco  are  —  A.,  on  a  cross 
engrailed  S.  a  mitre  0.,  in  the  first  quarter  a  cross  patee 
fitchy  G.  (MS.  llawlinson,  128.)  Barry  of  six  pieces,  a 
bend.  (MS.  Brit.  Mun.  Addit.  12,443.)  On  his  seat  i% 
by  way  of  rebus  —  Barry  wavy  of  four,  in  chief  four 
osierd.  (Surtces's  Durham.')  Vide  Bedford's  Blazon  of 
Episcopacy,  1858,  p.  123.  In  ancient  Latin  deeds  the 
Blarsh  family  is  styled  De  Marisco;  and,  according  to 
Mr.  Lower,  Marais,  or  Maresq,  has  its  counterpart  iu 
£ng1ish  sur -nomenclature  in  the  name  of  Marsh.] 

"  A  Brace  op  Shakes."  —  Some  Surrey  people 

I  once  knew,  when  speaking  of  anything  that 

could  be  executed  in  a  short  time,  occasionally 

made  use  of  the  expression  that  **It  would  be 

done  in  a  brace  of  shakes**     Hearing  a  Kentish 

person  use  the  same  phnise,  I  am  induced  to  ask 

whether  it  admits  of  explanation.     It  is,  perhaps, 

connected  with  another,  **To  be  done  in  two 

twos:*  F.  P. 

[We  apprehend  that  "  in  a  brace  of  shakes  *'  is  simply 
a  variation  of  the  more  usual  phrase  "  in  a  shake,"  L  e. 
with  great  rapidity.  The  allusion  is  probably  to  the  dice- 
box  (**  shaking  the  elbows  *').  For  instance,  if  the  player 
lost  IQOL  by  a  single  throw,  **  It  was  done  in  a  shake  ;*' 
if  by  throwing  twice,  "  It  waa  d«^'^  *va.  «k "brace  of  i3Kj(ik»\r'\ 


NOTES  AND  QTJEBIES. 


If*  a  L  Fn.  1,  •a. 


ORNAMENTAL  TOPS. 


(3""  S.  i.  8,  54.) 

That  the  Editor  of  "N.  &  Q."  will  render 
KTvice  to  tbe  lovers  of  gcnuioe  geQealogj  bj 
exposing  to,  and  cauLionlDg  Ibem  against,  be- 
lief in  the  quacliery  and  impudence  of  the  Cot- 
gresvc  or  spence  fabrications,  there  can  be  no 
doubt ;  and  believiog  them  to  have  been  car- 
vied  to  an  extent  that  can  hardly  be  credited,  I 
beg  to  assist  in  the  snggestion  of  S.  T.  in  jonr 
number  of  Jannarj  4tli,  b^  sendine  for  record 
Some  instances  wherein  the  modest  Mr.  Spence, 
bj  the  aid  of  the  signatures  of  his  amiable  rela- 
tives Harriet  and  Ellen  Cotgreave,  have  for  the 
tricing  sum  of  five  pounds,  or  sometimes  leu, 
furnished  ancestors  of  vndovhted  celebrili/  to  those 
whose  pedigreE  he  thooght  wanted  "Ornamental 
7i>ps,"  when  commencing  only  with  an  apparently 
degenerated  progenitorj.  In  all  or  moet  cases 
thtfir  beroes  flourished  at  Boroughbridge,  Cresav, 
Poictiers,  or  Agincourt :  a  sum  bo  totally  insigni- 
ficant for  the  acquirement  of  so  much  ancient  and 
Taliant  blood,  that  few  could  resist  such  a  "  3'op- 
plng."  There  were,  however,  £ome  persons  who 
discovered  the  fraud,  and  repudiated  the  offer. 

That  auah  descents  should  have  imposed  upon 
editors  of  works  pretending  to  any  autharity  is, 
honever,  surprising,  for  they  are  mostly  on  the 
face  of  them  palpably  fictitious.  A  pedigree,  it  is 
said,  that  has  once  taken  root  in  a  printed  book 
vuat  be  true,  —  at  all  events  most  people  who  read 
them  bcUene,  and  that  is  good  ground  for  caution 
sgainat  implicit,  or  indeed  any,  relinace  upon  Mr. 
Spence. 

1 .  The  descent  of  William  Huntley,  living  temp. 
1  Richard  I.  (who  married  Alice  Cotgreave)  from 
Sir  Hush  de  Hunilye,  Seneschal  to  Hugh  do 
Lacy,  Constable  of  Chester,  under  the  hand  and 
seal  of  Harriet  Colgrease,  and  witnessed  by  W. 
S.  Spence,  2Srd  March,  1S42. 

•2.  Descent  of  Ellis  Trehernc  (who  married 
Isabel  Cotgreave),  showing  a  descent  from  Sir 
Bugh  Trehemeof  Lettymnur,(em;),  Edward  HI., 
under  tbe  band  and  seiu  of  Harriet  Cotgreave,  13 
Oct,  1842. 

3.  The  descent  of  Samuel  LongofNelterbnven, 
IV'ilts,  signed  Harriet  Cotgreape,  27  April,  I84G. 

4.  A  descent  of  Gaye,  ....  1846. 

5.  The  descent  of  Lea  of  Kidderminster,  ex- 
tract friim  a  pedigree  of  Gamall  of  Mottington, 
aigned  £lUa  Cotgrearc;  witness  W.  S.  Spence,  7 
Sept.  1849. 

G.  The  descent  of  Cross  of  Cbnrlinges  and  Sot- 
ton,  signed  Ellen  Colgrease,  William  S.  Spence, 
July,  1849.  E.  I. 


NEIL  DOUGLAS. 
(3""  S.  i.  18.) 
I  beg  to  thank  r.  for  his  attention  to  my  Query, 
Fending  the  opportunity  of  consulting  his  refei^ 
ences,  and  consequently  at,  the  risk  of  communi- 
cating what  may  be  already  well  known  regard- 
ing my  subject,  I  willingly  comply  with  C.'» 
request  by  throwing  together  a  few  loose  menu. 
about  Douglas,  which  I  have  from  lime  to  time 
noted  in  such  of  his  books  as  have  fallen  into  my 

Douglas  would  appear  to  have  been  a  wavering 

Nonconformist,  but  a  sincere  Christian  and  mo 
ralist ;  whether  he  ever  belonged  to  the  Estab- 
lished Kirk  I  know  not,  but,  as  an  author,  be 
first  comes  before  the  public  in  the  character  of  a 
minister  of  tbe  Relief  Church  :  — 

1.  "  SermoDS  on  important  Sobjecti,  with  nnne  Elanyi 
in  Poelrv.  By  N.  I)..  Min.  of  the  Gosptl  st  Cnpir.  in 
Fjfc.     ('Aim«il8vo,  ofSOSpages.)    EJln.;  Caw.  ir89.- 

In  this  work  Douglas  figure*  In  the  double 
character  of  theologian  and  poet.  His  "  Essaya,** 
in  the  latter  line,  occupy  80  pages  of  the  work, 
under  the  heads :  "  Versions  and  Faraplirasea  of 
some  of  the  Psalms,"  ond  "  Poems  on  Tarious  Oc- 
casions." The  first,  although  fulEcIently  interest- 
ing to  have  entitled  him  to  a  niche  in  Holland's 
Pmlmiita  of  Britain,  escaped  that  gentleman's 
researchi/a ;  and  there  are,  among  the  second, 
some  ultra'toyal  eflusions  which  might  at  a  sub- 
sequent period  have  shielded  tbetr  author  from 
the  suspicion  of  disaffection  to  the  reigning  family. 

I  next  trace  Douglas  as  the  nulhor  of  an  anony- 
mous work  of  remarkable  character,  entitled :  — 

a.  "  A  Monilorv  AddriM  to  Grest  Britain ;  a  Poem  in 
6  Farts.     To  whlgh  it  added  Britain's  Rcmenibcancer.* 

"  Itear'n-dariag  sins  atxttiog  tokens  yield, 
Tbit  mercy  1000  will  ceas?  a  land  lo  shield: 
For  tbSM  abonndlDg  rouse  Almightj-  ire. 


Andw 
'TisG 


d  thiit  EiD) 


ea  does  o'ertliraw. 


This  goodly  octavo  of  481  pages  is  addressed 
"  To  the  King  "  by  "  Britannicus  "  ;  and  Is  a  call 
upon  his  Majesty  to  abrogate  the  somewhat  in- 
congruous Anti-christinQ  practices  of  the  slave- 
trade,  duelling,  and  church  patronage  ;  also  to  put 
in  force  his  own  proclamation  against  vice,  which 
is  here  reprinted  :  together  with  a  Preface,  the 
burden  of  which  is  a  general  remonstrance  against 
tbe  degeneracy  of  the  times.  The  Moailnri/  Ad- 
dreft  itself  occupies  207  pages,  and  touches  upoa 
an  infinity  of  motters,  regarding  which  we  have 


*  This  is  a  reproduction  of  Jaa.  Borgli'a  BrUain'i  St- 
nuMbuHcn-,  or  (Ai  Dan^  not  otcr,  BUgguted  by  the 
liebellion  of  '-li.  It  wns  reprinted  at  the  period  io  Scot- 
land, by  UosloD  &  WilllaoD,  as  tbe  wnrk  of  an  unknown 
author,  and  Douglas  erroDeoaslj  assigos  it  to  President 
Forbes 


8»>  S.  I.  Fju.  1,  '62.] 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


93 


as  a  nation  provoked  the  wrath  of  God.  Among 
these,  drankenneBS,  swearing,  and  debauchery 
stand  foremost,  and,  in  this  earnest  work  of  our 
honest  modern  Wither^  obtain  no  quarter.  His 
powerful  lines,  and  no  less  pertinent  notes,  indeed 
reflect  the  reverend  author  in  the  li/^ht  of  an  ad- 
vanced social  reformer,  and  an  amiable  enthu- 
siast in  his  impatience  for  the  arrival  of  that 
bappj  millennial  state  of  moral  perfection  still 
in  abeyance.  The  next^  work  of  DougIas*8  is 
startling :  — 

8.  '*  The  Lady's  Scnll ;  a  Poem.  And  a  few  other 
Select  Pieces.  By  N.  D.,  Min.  of  the  Gospel  at  Dundee. 
12mo.    Dundee,  1794." 

This  is  a  poetical  exercitation  upon  the  text — 
**  The  place  of  sculls,"  &c. — and  is  but  an  ezten- 
tion  of  a  shorter  poem  under  the  same  title  in 
Ko.  2.  In  this,  as  in  all  Douglas's  books,  there 
is  much  introductory  matter ;  and  I  owe  the  dis- 
covery that  the  Monitory  Address  was  a  work  of 
his,  to  finding  it  claimed  in  the  Preface  to  this 
little  book ;  where  also  are  some  reflections  upon 
the  ingratitude  of  the  world,  painfully  suggestive 
of  books  falling  still-born  from  the  press,  and 
pecuniary  and  laborious  endeavours  to  benefit 
mankind  ending  in  disappointment  I  From  this 
time  I  do  not  meet  Douglas  again  in  my  own  col- 
lection, until  1799 ;  but  in  the  interim  I  find  he 
published :  — 

4.  **  Lavinia ;  a  Poem  founded  upon  the  Book  of  Ruth, 
&c.  With  a  Memoir  of  a  Worthy  Christian  lately  dec. 
Edin. :  Sold  by  the  A.,  Castle  Hill." 

5.  **  Britain's  Guilt,  Danger,  and  Duty.    Sermons." 

6.  "  The  African  Slave  Trade,  with  an  expressive 
Frontispiece,  &c. ;  and  Mosea'  Song  paraphrased;  or  the 
Triumph  of  the  rescued  Captives  over  their  incorrigible 
Oppressors." 

7.  **  Thoughts  on  Modem  Politics.  Consisting  of  a 
Poem  upon  the  Slave  Trade,"  &c. 

8.  **  Journal  of  a  Mission  to  part  of  the  Highlands  of 
Scotland  in  1797.  By  Appointment  of  the  Relief  Synod, 
&c.    By  N.  D.    Sm.  8vo,  pp.  189.    Edin.  1799." 

This  is  a  very  interestinff  account  of  a  mission- 
ary incursion  into  the  wilds  of  Argylesbire,  in  a 
series  of  letters,  highly  characteristic  and  amusing 
in  its  relation  of  the  Relief  Minister's  difficulties 
with  the  rough  Highland  cateran  on  the  one 
band,  and  the  jealous  clergy  on  the  other.  My 
copv  of  this  is  appropriately  bound  up  with  a 
similar  record  of  an  attempt  to  awaken  Donald  to 
B  sense  of  his  religious  deficiencies,  by  Messrs. 
Halden,  Aikman,  and  Rate,  the  previous  years,  — 
the  two  presenting  a  fair  picture  of  Celtic  re- 
ligion and  manners  at  the  period.  My  bibliogra- 
phical history  of  Neil  Douglas  is  now  a  blank 
until  1811,  when  there  was  published :  — 

9.  **  The  Royal  Penitent ;  or  true  Penitence  exemplified 
in  David  King  of  Israel.  A  Poem  in  2  Parts.  By  N.  D.. 
Hin.  of  the  Word  of  God.  8vo,  pp.  62.    Greenock,  1811." 

Want  of  biographical  material  prevents  me 
faying  when  Douglas  seceded  from  the  Relief 


Church ;  but  his  nest  publication,  known  to  me, 
exhibits  him  in  his  last  phase  of  a  '*  Preacher  of 
Restoration  ** :  — 

10.  **  King  David's  Psalms  (in  Common  Use),  with 
Notes,  Critical  and  Explanatory.  Dedicated  to  Messiah. 
Sm.  8vo,  pp.  638.  Glasgow:  Prin.  and  Sold  hy  N. 
Douglas,  the  Author,  No.  161,  Stockwell  Street,  1815." 

**  To  Immanuel,  King  of  Kings,  and  Lord  of  Lords,  his 
unworthy  but  much  obliged  Servant  in  the  Gospel,  hum- 
bly presents,  as  in  Duty  and  Gratitude  bound,  this 
Work ;  undertaken  with  a  Single  Eye  to  his  Glory,  and 
for  the  defence  and  illustration  of  his  Truth;  now  finished 
through  the  kindness  of  his  Providence  in  believing  hope 
of  his  acceptance,  Divine  Patronage,  and  Blessing.'' 

"  To  God,  Author  of  the  Book  of  Psalms,  and  all  other 
Books  of  Sacred  Writ,  be  honour  and  glory.    Amen." 

This  work  contains  a  portrait  of  Douglas,  not 
in  clerical  costume,  and  certainly  not  of  a  pre- 
possessing character.  The  Psalms  are,  as  stated, 
the  common  metrical  version  of  the  kirk,  with 
Douglases  headings;  in  which,  like  Watts  and 
John  Barclay,  he  sets  aside  the  literal  for  a  sense 
applicable  to  the  Christian  dispensation.  The 
extent  of  the  work  sufficiently  indicates  the  bulk 
of  the  **  critical  and  explanatory  notes,**  which 
accompany  the  text.    A  companion  book  is  — 

11.  <*  Translations  and  Paraphrases  in  Verse.  With 
an  Improvement  now  to  each.  (The  Kirk  Hymns  simi- 
larly treated.)    Sm.  870,  pp.  132.    Glas.  1815." 

12.  '*  The  Analogy ;  a  Poem  (of  '46).  4'line  Stanza." 
FThis,  purporting  to  be  by  N.  D.,  will  be  found  in  A  Col- 
tBction  of  Hymns  for  the  Universalists,  Glas.  1824.3 

With  this  concludes  my  catalogue  of  the  liter- 
ary labours  of  Neil  Douglas.  If  any  correspon- 
dent can  add  to  it,  I  shall  be  glad. 

In  1817  Douglas,  when  preaching  his  Restora* 
Hon  views,  in  Glasgow,  fell  into  the  hands  of  the 
law ;  and  was,  on  the  17th  May,  arraigned  before 
the  High  Court  of  Justiciary,  £din.,  upon  an  in- 
dictment charging  him,  the  said  N.  D.  (called  a 
Universalist  Preacher),  with  sedition ;  in  drawing 
a  parallel  between  Geo.  IIL  and  Nebuchadnezzar ; 
the  Prince  Recent  and  Belshazzar :  and  further, 
with  representing  the  House  of  Ck)mmons  as  a 
den  of  tnieves  and  robbers.  A  verdict  of  acquit- 
tal was  pronounced,  and  the  poor  old  man  lefl 
the  Court  lojrally  declaring,  that  he  had  a  high 
regard  for  his  Majesty  and  the  Royal  Fami^, 
and  prayed  that  every  Briton  might  have  the 
same.  Douglas  went  prepared  for  the  worst ;  and 
there  was  published,  a(\er  the  trial : 

'*  An  Address  to  the  Judges  and  Jury  on  a  Case  of 
alleged  Sedition,  on  26  May,  1817,  which  was  intended  to 
be  delivered  before  passing  Sentence." 

An  interesting  paper,  which  I  have  seen  too  late 
to  make  use  of  in  this  note,  already  too  extended. 

A.  G. 

N.B.  The  published  Report  of  the  Trial  con- 
tains a  curious  caricature-looking  sketch  of 
Douglas  as  he  stood  at  the  bar,  with  Daa.  -h^  Vl — 


94 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


[8'*  S.  L  Fbb.  1,  »62. 


23,  below,  being  tbe  text  whicb  brougbt  him 
into  thiB  trouble. 


EARTHQUAKES  IN  ENGLAND. 

(2««*  S.  xii.  897 ;  3'*  S.  i.  15.) 

An  interesting  notice  of  an  earthquake  in  Eng- 
land, in  1692,  occurs  in  the  Autobiography  of  Sir 
John  Bramston^  printed  by  tbe  Camden  Society  in 
1845.  It  may  be  necessary  to  premise,  before 
giving  the  extract,  that  the  narrator  and  his  fa- 
mily were  residing  in  Greek  Street,^  Soho,  at  the 
time  of  the  shock  :  — 

*'On  the  8th  of  September,  1C92,  about  2  of  the  clock 
in  the  aflemoone,  in  London  and  the  suburbs  there  was 
plainly  felt  a  tremblinge  and  shaUeing  of  the  houses*  the 
chaires  and  stoolea  hittiug  togeathcr ;  many  persons 
taken  with  giddiness.  I  niysclfe  was  not  sensible  of  it, 
nor  did  my  daughter,  nor  Colonel  John  Bramston,  who 
were  at  that  time  sitting  with  me  at  my  table ;  nor^  in- 
deed, did  any  of  the  servants  perceave  it.  It  lasted  about 
2  minutes,  as  all  our  neighbours  sayd;  such  as  were 
above  stayers  were  most  sensible  of  it,  in  all  the  parts  of 
the  citie.  It  was  felt  in  Essex,  Keut,  Sussex,  Hamp- 
sheire,  &c.  at  the  same  time,  and  had  the  same  cootinu- 
ance.  The  letters  say  it  was  also  felt  at  the  same  time 
in  Flanders  and  Holland ;  where  else,  we  heare  not  yet 
It  did  no  hurt,  G6d  be  blessed,  save  only  affrightinge 
many  persons;  and,  indeed,  it  beinge  so  lately  aner  the 
account  come  from  Jamaica  of  the  horrible  and  destruc- 
tive earthquake  there,  people  had  great  reason  to  be  ap- 
prehensive of  the  effects  of  this.  I  doe  not  heare  any 
rirticnlar  hath  authontickly  been  set  out  of  that  yet,  and 
pray  God  England  may  never  experience  the  effects  of 
earthquakes,  tho'  I  look  not  on  them  as  judgments  from 
God,  but  as  proceeding  from  naturall  causes." 

I  should  be  glad  to  be  referred  to  any  contem- 
porary account  of  the  phenomenon  here  mentioned. 

Edward  F.  Rimbault. 


The  narrative  of  the  earthquake  at  The  Birches, 
alluded  to  by  Mb.  Allpobt,  bears  the  following 
title  ; — 

"A  Dreadful  Phenomenon  Described  and  Improved. 
Being  a  particular  Account  of  the  sudden  Stoppage  of  the 
River  Severn,  and  of  the  terrible  Desolation  that  hap- 
pened at  the  Birches  between  Coalbrook-Dale  and  Build- 
was  Bridge,  in  Shropshire,  on  Thursday  Aloming,  May 
12, 1778.  And  the  substance  of  a  Sermon  preached  the 
next  day  on  the  Ruins  to  a  vast  Concourse  of  Spectators. 
By  John  Fletcher,  Vicar  of  Madeley,  Ac"  Sm.  8vo.  pp. 
104;  Shrewsbury-,  1773. 

The  descriptive  part  occupies' 33  pages ;  and  if 
A.  A.  or  any  other  correspondent,  investigating 
Bach  matters  would  like  to  peruse  it,  I  shall  wil- 
lingly place  my  copy  with  the  Editor,  if  he  will 
take  the  trouble  to  communicate  it.  J.  O. 


In  reference  to  this  subject  I  copy  a  letter  from 
a  friend :  — 

•«  The  Earthquake  I  felt  at  Nottingham  was  on  a  Sun- 
day in  March,  1816.  We  were  in  St.  Marj's  Church  to 
hear  the  Assize  Sermon.    The  whole  church  shook,  or 


or  rather  oscillated.  It  was  a  most  extraordinary  thing 
to  see;  it  was  momentary;  I  do  not  remember  feeling 
alarmed  at  all.  Some  people  went  out  of  church ;  seme 
said  there  was  a  rumbling  noise,  as  if  a  waggon  were 
passing  by.  In  some  houses  the  b^ls  rang,  and  the  clocks 
were  stopped.  At  Mrs.  F—^'s  the  cook  was  making  pies 
or  puddingA,  and  the  flour  was  all  laid  in  regular  little 
heaps  on  the  dresser  before  her,  to  her  great  amaxement 
It  was  rather  remarkable  that  it  did  not  seem  to  be  felt 
anvwhere  else  in  England." 

F.  C.  B. 


I  was  at  News\ead  Abbey  at  the  same  time  with 
A.  A.,  and  remarked  with  regret  the  dilapidated 
and  neglected  state  of  Boatswain's  monument. 
Knowing  how  religiously  the  late  Col.  Wildman 
preserved  even  the  simplest  memorials  of  his  il- 
lustrious  predecessor  and  schoolfellow,  I  inquired 
the  reason  of  the  ruin-like  appearance  of  the  mo- 
nument, and  was  told  nothing  about  an  earth- 
quake, but  that  the  colonel  allowed  it  to  decay, 
because  Lord  Byron  had,  with  very  bad  taste, 
buried  his  dog  and  raised  his  tomb  on  the  site  of 
the  old  altar.  Even  an  earthquake  would  have 
appeared  more  reasonable  to  me,  than  the  folly 
and  shame  of  allowing  so  interesting  an  object  to 
become  a  ruin,  when  it  might  have  been  remoTed 
and  preserved  on  a  spot  more  appropriate. 

I  also  remember  the  fissures  in  the  walla  of  the 
abbey,  and  did  hear  something  of  an  earthquake 
in  connection  with  them.  It  strikes  me  also  that 
I  can  recollect  some  fissures  in  A.  A.*8  neighbour- 
hood (Poets*  Corner).  Will  he,  as  an  expert  in 
his  profession,  ascribe  them  to  an  earthquake,  or 
to  age  and  delayed  repair  ?  S.  T. 


Smart  shocks  of  an  earthquake  were  felt  in 
Manchester  on  Sunday,  Sept.  4, 1777.  For  an  ac- 
count of  them,  see  Hibberfs  Public  Foundations 
of  Manchester,  ii.  160,  and  also  Aston*s  Metrical 
Records  of  Manchester,  19,  8vo,  1822. 

Lahcastribnsis. 


The  account  of  the  earthquake  which  oc- 
curred* at  the  Birches  between  Buildwas  and 
Madeley,  on  the  27th  of  May,  1773,  mentioned 
by  Ma.  Allpobt  as  being  contained  in  a  small 
volume  by  the  Rev.  J.  Fletcher  (the  title  of  which 
Mr.  A.  has  forgotten),  must  be  the  same  as  that 
which  occurs  (with  the  sermon  preached  on  the 
occasion),  in  the  Worhs  of  the  Rev.  J.  Fletcher, 
▼ol.  vii.  fol.  209,  Lomas,  London,  1807,  and  also 
in  his  Worhs,  published  by  AUman,  1833,  toL  ii. 
fol.  347.  J.  Booth. 

Rochdale. 


The  disturbance  which  your  correspondent 
describes  as  having  t.tken  place  near  Newcastle 
on  the  15  th  of  November,  1844,  would  not  be 
an  earthquake,  but  what  is  popularly  called  ^  a 


<rt  S.  I.  Fkb.  1,  '62.] 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


95 


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creep ;  '  i.  e.  a  subsiding  or  slipping  in  of  the 
ground,  in  consequence  of  the  coal  having  been 
worked  under  it.  In  some  colliery  districts  these 
disturbances  are  of  frequent  occurrence,  and  often 
lead  to  litigation.  H.  Fishwick. 


DAUGHTERS  OF  WILLIAM  THE  LION. 

(2»*  S.  xii.  357,  424.) 

I  believe  there  is  no  doubt  that  the  two  eldest 
daufrhters  of  William  the  Lion  were  Margaret  and 
Iitabelia.  In  June,  1220  (4  Hen.  IIL),  a  treaty 
was  made  between  Henry  King  of  England  and 
Alexander  II.  King  of  Scotland  (the  son  and  suc- 
cessor of  William)  by  which  it  was  agreed  that 
Henry  should  provide  marriages  in  England  for 
these  two  sisters  of  the  Scottish  King.  In  proof 
of  this  I  adduce  the  following  extract  from  the 
Calendarium  Rohdorum  Patentium :  — 

**  Patent,  de  anno  quarto  Regit  Henrici  Tertii. 
**  Compositio  inter  Regem  et  Alexandram  Regem 
Scotie, — viz.  qaod  Rex  daret  ei  in  Maritagiuin  Job'  pri- 
mogenitam  sororcm  auaro,  vel  I.«abellain  sororem  suam 
juniorein,  ac  quod  Rex  maritaret  Margaret*  et  JsaheW 
sorores  ipeios  Kegfs  Scotite  infra  Regnum  Angliie  ad  bo- 
norem  suam.  Act*  apud  Kboracum  15<*;Junii  coram,*'  etc. 

Margaret,  the  eldest  of  the  two^  sisters,  was 
married  to  Hubert  de  Burghs  afterwards  created 
Earl  of  Kent.  I  do  not  know  on  what .  au- 
thority Hbbmentbudb  represents  the  marriage  as 
not  having  taken  place  till  1225.  Matthew  Paris, 
as  quoted  by  Dugdale  {Baronage^  vol.  i.  p.  694), 
sets  it  down  to  the  year  1221  (5  Hen.  IIL). 

In  1225  Isabella  was  married  to  Roger  Bigod, 
as  appears  from  the  following  extract  from  the 
Calendarium :  — 

**  Patent  de  anno  nono  Regie  Henrici  Tertii.  A.  pars  2^. 
**  Rogeros  filius  et  Hnres  H.  Comitis  Bigod  duxit  laa- 
bellam  sororem  Alexandri  Regis  Scotin."  i 

Some  time  aAerwards  Alexander  contended, 
that  during  the  life-time  of  William  the  Lion 
there  had  been  a  treaty  between  him  and  King 
John,  by  which  it  was  agreed  that  the  two  prin- 
cesses should  be  married,  the  one  to  Prince  Henry 
(afterwards  Henry  III.)  and  the  other  to  his  bro- 
tiier  Richard.  If  in  point  of  fact  there  ever  was 
any  such  treaty,  at  all  events  afler  the  composi- 
tion made  in  1220  (4  Hen.  III.),  it  must  have 
been  deemed  to  have  been  waived.  But  however 
this  may  have  been,  it  would  appear  that  there 
was  at  one  time  a  convention  between  Henry  HL 
and  Alexander  II.,  by  which  Henry  engaged  to 
marry  one  of  Alexander's  sisters.  This  sister  is 
by  some  authorities  spoken  of  under  the  name  of 
Margaret^  bv  others  under  the  name  of  Margery, 
The  latter  I  suppose  to  be  correct,  and  if  so  we 
anive  at  a  thira  sister,  the  one  whom  Hebmen- 
TBUDE  calls,  apparently  with  some  hesitation, 
Margery  or  Marian,  All  that  relates  to  this 
third  sister  is  exceedingly  obscure.    But  I  hope 


that  some  of  your  learned  correspondents  north  of 
the  Tweed  may  be  able  to  give  some  clue  to  her 
individuality. 

The  statement  is  probably  correct,  that  all  the 
daughters  of  William  the  Lion  died  without  issue, 
or,  at  all  events,  without  issue  living  in  1290.  For 
any  descendant  of  theirs,  whether  male  or  female, 
would,  on  the  death  of  Margaret  of  Norway,  have 
been  undoubted  heir  to  the  crown  of  Scotland,  in 
preference  alike^to  Baliol  and  Bruce. 

I  must  however  observe,  that,  according  to 
Dugdale  (Baronage,  vol.  i.  p.  700),  there  were 
descendants  of  Margaret,  Countess  of  Kent,  long 
after  the  disputed  succession.  But  this  is  also  a 
very  obscure  point  and  requires  investigation. 

Isabella,  who  married  Robert  de  Roos,  was  an 
illegitimate  daughter.  It  was  the  great-grandson 
of  this  Isabella,  and  not  (as  Ma.  Dixon  supposes) 
her  grandson,  that  was  one  of  the  competitors  for 
the  crown  of  Scotland. 

Margaret,  who  married  Eustace  de  Vesci,  was 
another  illesritimate  daughter.  Her  grandson 
William  de  Vesci  was  also  one  of  the  competitors. 

M^LETBS. 


Kasteen  Costume  :  Rebekah  at  the  Well. 
(2»«  S.  xii.  347,  377.)  —  My  letter  of  the  6th  No- 
vember  brought  me  an  answer  from  your  corre- 
spondent W.  L.  R.  just  as  I  was  leaving  home  to 
proceed  hither ;  and  I  have  had  much  pleasure  in 
communicating  with  him  personally.  At  the 
same  time  it  is  proper  that  I  should  say  a  few 
words  in  "  N.  &  Q."  for  the  general  information 
of  your  readers. 

My  wife  and  I  arrived  here  yesterday,  "  at  the 
time  of  the  evening,  even  the  time  when  women 
go  out  to  draw  water,**  and  we  met  a  number  of 
"  damsels  '*  with  their  '*  pitchers  **  so  employed. 
This  morning  we  have  been  to  the  "well,  of 
water,"  which  is  (as  I  anticipated)  "  without  the 
city  **  on  the  way  from  Damascus,  through  which 
city  Eliezer  would  naturally  have  passed  on  his 
way  from  the  Land  of  Canaan. 

The  weather  forced  us  to  return  to  Damascus 
this  afternoon,  so  that  wc  have  no  time  to  note 
the  piirticulars  of  the  costume  of  the  females. 
But  we  intend  returning  in  a  few  days,  when  we 
trust  the  weather  will  allow  my  wife  to  take  pho- 
tographs of  the  place  and  its  inhabitants.  Mean- 
while, I  may  remark,  that  we  did  not  see  any  of 
the  females,  old  or  young,  with  veils. 

Chables  Bekb. 
Harran,  in  Padan  Aram, 
2l8t  Dec.  18G1. 

Old  MS. :  Pandects  (2»'»  S.  xii.  418.)  —WiU 
your  correspondent,  who  so  kindly  replied  to  my 
Query,  be  good  enough  to  give  me  more  full  par- 
ticulars witli  regard  to  the  Pandects, either  through 
your  columns  or  by  sending  a  note  for  me  to  your 
office.  CwE&«wyBL"^i^^1^.'^&.i^».'««»'•^^'^• 


96  NOTES  AND  QUERIES.  [S'*  s.  l  Feb.  i.  -ci. 


•  AcBi  (2**  S.  xiL  191,  278,  445 ;  3**  I  !•  onl/  on  the  three  first  Totamef.     Can  any  of 


Diana, 

they  placed  it  in  Ihe  open  epacc  then  the  fornm :  spicooas  part  in  Mad.  D'A-'s  Diary  of  her  court 

but  the  British  temple  appropriate  to  the  city,  was  liie  ?                                                            E.  B.  R. 

upon  the  open  rising  ground  to  the  weit^  where  ;      Flight  op  Wild  Geese  ajid  Crakes  (2**  S. 

DOW  is  KnavesT  Acre."     (//in.   Curiae ,  cent  II.  ^ii.  500.)  —  The  countrywoman's  belief,  that  the 

"The  BriU,**©.  14.)    This  was  written  in^Octo-  flight  of  flocks  of  wild  geese  is  "always  in  the 

bcr,  1758.    Now  in  the  St.  Jamee'e  Chromcle  of  .  form  of  letters  or  figures,"  shows  how  tenacious 

May  23,  1761,  is  the  following  announcement: —  .  of  life  are  all  popular  superstitions.    The  ancients 

"  The  projected  exhibition  of  the  Brokers  and  Sign-  had  the  idea  respecting  the  flight  of  wild  geese 

Painters  of  KnaTes'  Acre,  Harp  Allev,  &c.,  is  onlr  pMt-  ■  equally  with  that  of  cranes  —  which  it  closely  re- 

poaed,  till  a  room  ipaciooi  enough  can  be  provided,  m  ,  iembles— as  appears  from  Plutarch,  JElian,  Cicero, 

the  coUecUon  wiU  be  yery  numeroos.  ^ ^  ^^y^^^     5^  ^^  1^^^^  l,j^  Jerome  says : 

Harp  Alley,  formerly  called  Harper  Alley,  lead-  «» unam  sequuntur,  ordine  iiterato  "  {Epist.  4,  ad 

ing  from  Farringdon  Street  to  Shoe  Lane,  stands  ■  J^^t,  Monac,) ;  and  Aldrovandus,  who  has  col- 

not  only  west  of  St.  PauFs,  but  on  riitJi^  ground,  1  lected  (OmithologJ)  remarks  to  the  same  efiect 

and  appears  to  be  the  site  alluded  to  b^  Stukeley.  ;  from  many  writers,  assures  us  that  Palamedes,  in 

It  is  within  a  stone's  throw  of  the  pnnting  office  '  the  time  of  the  Trojan  war,  is  said  to  have  in- 

whence  the  curious  JVbtoi  and  Qiimtff  of  your  cor-  |  rented  several  letters  of  the  alphabet  from  ob- 

respondents  take  flight,  and  wing  their  way  '*  from  :  gervations  of  their  flight.    Martial  alludes  to  this 

Indus  to  the  Pole."    In  days  of  yore,  according  to  in  Xeniis  COrueSy  Ixxv.)  :  — 

Stukeley,  the  Roman  temple  stood  on  the  eastern  u  Xarbabia  versus,  nee  litera'toU  volabit, 

bank,   and   the   British   temple   on   the   western  Unam  perdideris  si  Palamedis  avem.".! 

bank  of  the  River  of  Wells.      Before  the  Act  Cassiodorus,  as  Gaffarel  remarks  (Ctirias.  /a- 

of  Parliament   passed   for    removing   the    signs  ^^.^              ^.;  ^           g^j^  fu^her,  and  roundly 

and  other  obstructions  in  the  strecU  of  London,  ^^^^^^  ^j^^^  Mercury  devised  aU  the  letters  in 

there  was  a  market  in  Harp  Alley  for  signs  ready  jmiution  of  the  figures  formed  by  flocks  (?)  of 

?I^?*'"^; ,  S^^'^r^l*^  '  Anecdotee  0/ Painting,  4tx>,  ^,,^3^  ^j^^,     ^hese  figures  appear  to  depend  on 

1808,p  118)    There  was  another  Harp  Alley  m  ^y^^  ^^^^  ^^^  direction  of  the  wind,  and  most 

Little  Knight-Rider  Street,  Doctors   Commons  frequently  correspond  .with  the  Greek  letters  7 

(New  lUmarh  0/ London,  1732,  p.  67) ;  but  the  ^„^  ^    sometimes,  however,  these  birds  form  a 

one  in  Shoe  Lane  best  agrees  with  Stukeley  s  ac-  ^^^^  ^j^^j^ .  ^„^  ^^  ^^^ters.  when  atUcked  by  birds 

^<>""^                                                 J-  l^BO^"""  of  prey,  a  perfect  circle.     We  may,  I  take  it, 

Thomas  Cbaskell  (2"'*  S.  x.  449.)  —  safely  conclude  with  the  old  writer  that  the  let- 

[  We  are  indebted  to  the  courtesy  of  the  Camwall  Chro-  ters,  which  cranes  and  wild  geese  "  make  in  their 

nicie,  published  at  Montego  Bay,  Jamaica,  Dec.  13,  1861,  flying,  show  us  only  the  diversity  of  the  winds,  or 

for  the  following  reply  to  a  Query  in  "N.&Q.*'  of  Dec.  8,  else  the  manner  of  ordering  themselves  in  battle.** 

1860.-Ed.**N.&Q.]  ^                            DBtTA. 

To  the  Editor  of  the  ComwaU  Chronicle.  Topogbapht  in  Ibelahb  (2'»-  S.  xii.  474.)  - 

Kingston.  Jamaica,  Dec.  Ist,  1861.  u  Co.  Kingstown  *'  and  «co.  Queenstown**  became 

SiB,-As  I  perceive  by  your  impression  of  this  ^^^  ^j     ,J  ^„j  q^^^.^  Counties  in  the  reign  of 

morning,  that  information  is  sought  concerning  phjiju  -^d  Marv 

the  late  Thomas  Craskell,  I  beg  to  state  that  my  „  Co.  Uriell,**  r^cte  Oriel,  is  the  County  Louth, 

wife  Susan  Lucas  w  a  daughter  of  Thomas  Cras-  „  Kilmacrenan  wher  O'Donnel  U  madir  is  the 

kell  the  son,  from  whom  much  information  might  „^^^  ^^  ^     j^^^  j^  ^^^  ^^    Donegal,  in  which 

be  obtained,  that  is  unlikely  w.U  be  given  by  any  Q'Donnell  was  made  or  inaugurated  king  of  his 

other  person.  ^j^^^                                          ^                  «» 

I  am,  Sir,  yours  obediently,  Yovlt  corresi>ondent,  Mb.  C.  Habbebtok,  is  re- 

22,  Harbour  Street  and  Matthew  LanT"""'     ''''     '  quested  to  give  some  particulars  about  his  curious 

*                             4  o  .        X  °**P*    I*  *^  >°  MS.,  or  engraved? 

Mb.  Tubbulent  (3'*  S.  1.  31.)—  Hebbebt  Hobb. 

"J^l:  Turbulent's  real  designation  was  Rev.  Charles  ConservaUve  Club. 
GiflTardier,  he  was  French  reader  to  the  Queen  and  Prin- 

cesses.    His  name  correctlv  written  was  we  believe,  De  Foilles  DE  Gletubbs  (2°'  S.  xii.  347.)  —  It 

Gttiffardi^re.   He  had  a  prcbendaU  stall  at  Salisbury,  and  is  difficult  to  speak  positively  without  seeing  the 

was  Vicar  of  Newington  and  Rector  of  Berkhampstead."  context,  and  without  knowing  in  what  dialect  the 

See  the  review  of  Mad.  D*Arblay*s  Diary  and  words  occur ;  but  I  should  think  that  *^  leaves  of 

J^tiera  in  the  Qnarterly,  No.  cxxxix.  This  review  sword-grass  "  would  probably  be  the  right  trans- 


r*  8.  L  Fib.  1,  'it.} 


NOTES  AND  QUEKIES. 


87 


Ittion,  glelter*  being  apparently  ■  corruption  of 
gladioluM.  LuiiiK. 

"  RBTaiBDTivB  JusTica"  (2°*  S.  xii.  379.)  — 
Mb.  Jambs  CaoeeLiT  is  In  error  in  slating  Mr. 
Joseph  Aston  to  have  been  editor  of  tlie  Rochdale 
Pilot,  whioli  paper  is  of  recent  dste.  The  paper 
edited  hj  Mr.  Aston  was  entitled  the  Rockdale 
Becorder,  of  which  onlj  siity-fiTe  oumhets  were 
issued  (January,  182r,  to  March,  1828).        J.  B. 

Wiujiii  Oi-DTs:  "Bbbd  Bimaraa"  (S'*  S.  L 
2.)  —  Allowing  the  illegitimacj  of  Oliljs,  is  the 

r  of  tbe  interestini;  article  upon  him  correct 


I  saying 


that "  there  ci 


I  be  little  doubt  that  the 


bend  sinister  ought  properly  to  have  fi";ured  iii 
the  arms  of  the  future  Norroy"?  1  beTieve  the 
baiton,  or  baton,  which  is  Ihe  fourth  part  of  the 
bend  running  from  the  sinister  chief  to  the  dexter 
base,  was  alone  borne  as  the  mark  of  illegitimacy. 
J.  DoB&n. 

Damdi  or  Eibehi  Knowlb,  ob  Xbw  Buildiko 
(2"  S.  sii.2M,  404.)  — EuoBACDM  might  have 
added,  that  Se-n  Building  (not  Buildin»<),  near 
Thirsk,  is  a  most  curious  old  house,  well  worthy 
the  attention  of  archKologists  ;  containing  a  re- 
puted subterranean  passage,  a  newel  staircase, 
and  a.  very  interesting  and  perfect  specimen  of  a 
aecret  chamber  or  hiding  place,  whellier  the 
present  owner  permits  visitors  to  see  it,  I  cannot 
■ay.     It  is,  I  believe,  let  as  a  farm  ;  but  its  anti- 

^oity  and  peculiarities,  and  the  magnificent  view 
nm  it,  mt^e  it  well  worth  a  visit.  P.  P. 

As  I  take  tbe  monthly  parts,  and  not  tbe  weekly 
nninbcrs  of  "  N,  &  Q,"  and  have  beai  Jea  been  for 
•ome  time  from  home,  I  have  not  till  recenllr 
•een  the  obliging  com  muni  cations  of  K.  F.  D.  E. 
and  Ebobacdm.  With  tbe  information  contained 
in  the  letter  of  the  former  I  was  already  ac- 
quainted, except  the  stalement  that  the  Danby 
pedigree  went  back  to  two  generations  before  the 
Conquest :  the  pedigrees  in  Burke's  Conimoiiert 
and  Whittaker's  Richmondthire  taking  it  to  but 
one  generation.  Would  K.  V.  D.  E.  kindly  in- 
form me  as  to  the  generation  before  "  John,  Lord 
of  Great  and  Little  Danby,"  &c.  ? 

My  best .  acknowledgments  are  due  to  Ebo- 
■ACUM  for  giving  me  the  connectinf!  link  between 
tbe  Danbys  of  Leake  and  those  of  Kirby  Knowlc. 
The  Leake  pedigree  of  16C5  goes  no  further  back 
than  the  preceding  Visitation ;  which,  so  far  as  I 
know,  has  never  been  printed.  But,  I  presume, 
EsoKAcnu'a  Kobcrt  Danby  may  have  been  tbe 
father  of  the  Thomas  with  whom  it  commences. 
Grainge  calls  the  Danby,  who  bought  New  Build- 
ing, James ;  and  states  that  he  ame  from  York. 
Probably  Edmnnd  Danby,  who  also  had  a  bouse 
at  Kirby  Knowie,  was  another  brother  ;  and  from 
this  latter  I   have  a  strong  conviction  the  poor 


shoemakerjis  descended,  who  was  unable  to  esta- 
blish his  claim  to  the  property,  though  one  would 

'  have  imagined  he  might  have  traced  back  in  the 
parish  registers  for  two  hundred  years.     I  should 

'  much  like  to  bear  the  history  of  his  claim  ;  and, 
also,  who  were  the  executors  of  the  late  Mr*. 
Dalton  of  New  Building ;  if  Ebobacdm  could 
oblige  me  with  the  infonna^on  ? 

A  YOKXBHIBRHAH. 

Nbwtokb  op  Wbitbt  (20'  S.  xii.  237,  SS2, 444! 
3*^8.  i.  17.)  — Where  Sir  David  Brewster  was 
wrong,  was  the  styling  Sir  Richard  Newton  of 
Newton  "  the  last  Baroatt  of  the  family,"  whereas 
by  R.  R.'s  own  showing,  he  was  a  Knight.  "  Tbe 
last  baronet  of  the  family,"  with  which  Sir  Isaac 
was  connected,  was,  as  I  slated  in  my  former  note 
OD  this  subject.  Sir  Michael  Neiclon,  4th  and  last 
Bart,  of  Barr's  Court,  co.  Gloucester,  who  was 
K.B.  and  chief  mourner  at  Sir  Isaac's  funeral. 
There  is  some  ground  for  assuming  a  kindred  be- 
tween this  family  and  the  philosopher,  but  I  can- 
not see  how  be  conld  have  been  connected  with 
the  East  Lothian  Newlons,  of  which  tbe  Sir 
Richard,  mentioned  by  R.  R.,  was  the  last  male 
representative.  S.  T. 

6lB    GoDFBEr    KkELLEB's  ArTOOBATH    (2°*   S. 

xii.  434, 526.)— It  is  a  well-known  fact  that  maojr 
autograph  letlers  of  celebrated  characters  have 
been  fabricated  within  the  last  few  years,  end  I 
believe  this  system  has  been  further  carried  out 
in  autograph  signatures  on.  tbe  tiile-psges  and 
&y-leaves  of  old  books,  deeds,  &c.  In  some  cases 
tbe  deception  has  been  limited  to  the  alteration 
of  certain  letters,  the  ii 


Book,  May  4th,  1720,"  is  assuredly  that  of  God- 
frey Kneller  Huckle,  the  nephew  and  godson  ot 
the  celebrated  painter.  The  comma  has  been 
cunningly  inserted  after  Kneller,  fcir^  obvious 
reasons,  and  tbe  H  in  Huckle  (unless  misread  .by 
your  correspondent)  altered  into  N,  for  some 
reoBon  not  quite  so  apparent.  The  will  of  Sir 
Godfrey  Kneller  was  proved  Dec.  6,  1723.  He 
bequeathed  to  his  wife  5001.  a-year,  his  house  nnd 
furniture  at  Whitton  snd  Great  Queen  Street, 
and  other  property,  during  her  widowhood  ;  and 
after  her  decease  to  bis  godson  Godfrey  Kneller 
Huckle,  with  an  injunction  to  take  the  name  and 
arms  of  Kneller,  which  he  did  by  act  of  parlia- 
ment in  1731.  Many  of  Sir  Godfrey's  letters,  in- 
eluding  several  to  his  nephew,  passed  into  my 
hands  some  years  eince.  They  contain  valuable 
matter  as  to  the  state  of  tbe  art  atthe  |>eriod 
when  Ihey  were  written,  and  It  ia  my  intention  to 
print  them,  with  other  documents  relative  to  the 
Enellers,  when  I  obtain  the  permission  of  tlic 
present  representative  of  the  family.  Huckle  was 
somewhat  of  a  book-col  lector.    1  Ws«  Vja  vosn- 


KOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


t3"8.  LFbd.  I,'6S. 


gnph  on  the  OjAetC  of  a 
my  librMT- 

Samtb  or  HiLiH  Cathedbal  (2°^  S.  xii.  368.) 
— It  is  hard  to  understand  vhat  guide-book  your 
coTTe«i>ondent  NAHrAnT  can  have  consulted  on 
this  Bubject  without  finding  iaformatioa.  I  have 
looked  Rt  three,  and  the;  all  refer  to  it.  The 
Modem  Traneller,  quoting  Wood's  Lelleri  of  an 
Archileet,  gives  the  number  of  statues  outside  the 
(.-Rtbedral  of  Milan  at  4400.  Forster's  Reiie- 
haadbock  fur  lUUien,  the  best  guide-book  for  Italy 
that  I  know,  says  that  the  number  of  such  statues 
lias  been  stated  at  4500.  Murray's  Handbook  to 
North  luHy  stales,  probably  with  more  eiaclneis, 
that  4500  will  be  required  to  fill  all  the  niches 
and  pedestals,  and  tliat  of  these  only  3000  arc  as 
yet  fixed.  T.  R.  S. 

Savdbl  Johhson,  LL.D.  (S**  S.  L  30.)  —  The 
words  quoted  by  Abbha  are  written  on  a  slip  of 
paper  inserted  between  the  leaves  of  the  voli 


I  the  hand- 
ery  desirable  that 


Xbcy  are  signed  E.  H,,  and 
writing  of  Dr.  Barrett.  It 
the  correspondents  of  "  N.  &  Q-"  should  be 
ceedingly  cautious  not  to  increase  the  circulation 
of  incorrect  statements,  or  to  aslc  unnecessary 
questions,  when  the  sources  of  accurate  informa- 
tion are  so  easily  iiccessible.  If  Aubda  had  only 
looked  into  the  index  ofsn  well-known  a  publica- 
tion as  Boswell's  Life  ofJoltmon  (London,  1333), 
under  the  bend  of  "Dublin  University,"  he  would, 
by  ihs  words  "grant  a  diploma  to  .lohoson,"  be 
referred  to  vol.  ii.  p.  289,  and  found  there  that 
the  degree  was  conferred  in  1763,  and  Ihat  his 
letter  of  acknowledgment  is  there  inserted  at  full 
length.  'AAii^f. 

Dublin. 

Beittib's  Fobus  (3""  S.  i.  35.)  —  Bla.  Gibb, 
in  describing  bis  own  copy  of  DeaLtie,  17G0,  has 
given  a  correct  one  of  mine  of  1761  ;  indeed  since 
mooting  the  question  in  "  N,  &  Q."  I  have  had  an 
opportunity  of  carefully  comparing  the  editions, 
liOnd.  IT8D,  and  A  herd.  17CI,  and  am  now  per- 
fectly satisfied  that  they  ere  one  and  the  same, 
with,  in  the  case  of  the  lalter,  a  new  title. 

I  have,  however,  carried  my  inquiry  a  little 
farther,  and  would  now  unhesitatingly  pronounce 
the  London  imprint  of  1760  false ;  and  my  con- 
Tiction,  founded  upon  comparing  it  with  other 
works  from  the  Aberdeen  press,  that  the  book 
was  in  reality  printed  by  Francis  Douglas,  and 
not  by  And.  Miller,  London.  I  arrive  at  this 
conclusion  by  applying  Ma.  Gidd's  test  of  the 
clumsy  h,  and  find  it  runs  through  the  Aberdeen 
books,  and  that  the  ornaments  in  the  so-called 
London  edition  are  found  in  the  Whole  Dalg  of 
Bfvn,  republished  by  Douglas  in  1759. 
_  Moreover,  Beattre  wa»,  if  I  mistake  not,  but 
little  known  beyond  his  own  locality  in  1760, 


which  renders  it  highly  improbable  that  be  coold 
have  had  any  dealings  with  the  London  bibliopole, 
or  that  he  had  any  literarv  friend  in  the  aoutk 
who  would  take  upon  himself  the  responsibility  bf 
launching  his  then  obscure  muse  upon  the  cntica 
of  the  metropolis.  J.  0. 

Thb  Ekolish  Lahguaob  (2-*  S.  zii.  347,  432.) 
—  The  language  in  which  books  are  written  m 
our  days  ia  so  essentially  difierent  from  what  it 
was  a  century  ago,  that  it  is  difficult  to  enter  into 
the  views  of  Lord  Mansfield  with  respect  to  Hum« 
and  Robertson.  In  tbe  progress  of  the  change 
that  has  taken  place,  the  langaa^e  of  Hume  and 
Robertson  bas  been  absorbed  into  the  genend 
style  of  our  literature,  and  we  are  not  aware  of 
the  peculiarities  which  distinguish  it  from  tlie  lan- 
guage of  more  purely  EDglish  writers.  But  I 
think  that  on  n  careful  e :—•:—    =•  -;'■  >- 


wiU  be 


found  that  our  eorlier  wriferB  use  a  style  ap- 
proaching more  nearly  to  spoken  language.  I  do 
not  mean  merely  the  language  of  conversation, 
but  language  such  as  the  author  would  use  if  he 
had  to  express  himself  by  word  of  mnulh.  ^it 
languflse  would  ncc'esaarily  vary  with  the  subject, 
rising  —  as  the  occasion  might  require^from  al- 
most a  mere  colloquial  style  to  something  ap- 
Eroachinp:  more  or  less  nearly  to  the  rhetorical. 
lOok  at  Raleigh,  Barrow,  Botingbrokc,  and  com- 
pare them  with  Hume  and  Robertson.  In  lb« 
three  English  writers  you  find  the  outpouring  of 
the  soul  of  the  man.  In  Hume,  and  still  more  in 
Robertson,  we  are  always  conscious  that  the  au- 
thor is  writing  a  book.  This  may,  perhaps,  be  in 
Eirt  attributable  to  the  cause  assigned  by  Dr. 
arlyle,  that  to  tbe  Scottish  writers  English  was, 
to  a  certain  extent,  an  acquired  language.  Bnt  it 
is  a  melancholy  thing  to  look  at  the  current  lite- 
rature of  the  day,  and  to  see  how  completely  t 
mere  written  style,  —  the  like  of  which  no  human 
being  over  spoke,  —  has  superseded  the  natural 
spoken  style  of  our  language.  People  attribnta 
the  tameness  of  modern  writing  to  tbe  want  of 
Anglo-Saxon  words.  No  accumulation  of  AngltK 
Saxon  words  will  ever  give  life  to  n  purely  coo- 
ventional  structure  of  1anguap;e.  What  is  wont 
of  nil,  tliis  canker  has  begun  to  eat  into  the  very 
core  even  of  our  spoken  language.  I  could  name 
among  the  statesmen  of  the  duy  more  than  one 
whose  style  of  eloquence  is  to  speak  like  a  boc^ 
One  great  reason  of  this  is,  that  instead  of  aiming 
to  prMiuce  an  effect  upon  the  mindd  of  those  whoa 
they  are  supposed  to  be  addressing,  the  object 
upon  which  their  energies  are  really  bent,  is  to 
elaborate  a  string  of  sentences  for  the  purpoee  cf 
being  readily  taken  down  in  short-hand,  so  as  to 
turn  out  well  in  the  columns  of  the  next  day's 
newspapers.  This  is  a  more  pernicious  habit  even 
than  that  of  reading  a  written  oration. 

MBunn. 


«^  8, 1,  Fbb.  1,  '62.1 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


99 


ChAVCBB's  "TABlftD"  ISN  AVU  FlKI  OP  SOOTB- 

iTABK  (2"*  S.  lii.  323,  873.)  —  There  seems  to  be 
•Qpie  doubt  RS  to  the  dealructian  of  this  cele- 
brated hastelrj'  b;  the  great  fire  of  1 676.  It  mar 
have  perished  m  a  coafli^ratioi)  that  occurred  Dine 
jean  earlier,  and  to  which  a  reference  is  made  in 
the  fnilowifi^  extract  from  a  priTate  letter  of  the 
date  July  27,  1667  :  — 

"  I  snppoH  yoa  may  bare  burd  bj  Ihii  time  of  tbat 
druilfull  and  dHperala  Ere  la  theboroagb  of  South warki- 
sot  farre  from  the  Spurr  Innj  wherein  direr*  p«r«ODB 
L     _.  ._  .    ipoyijj^  ,(,nui  40  finniljes  distended  of 


Ihei 


Immt  out  or  (lieir  baoHa  qoita  andoue,  tbit  hmd  ■  con- 
■tdarable  meaneg  of  a  liTtlyhood  beToiei  there  are  tvU 
dencea  eoongli  oF  ita  being  aet  od  Bte,  but  whither  th£ 
chiefe  actora  bee  taken  or  do,  or  what  wilbee  tbe  eOecL 
wee  cuiiiot  aaj,  .  .  ,  ." 


visited  the  place),  which,  for  certain  reasons,  he 
considers  to   have  been  "  a  sitting  or  crouching 

posture,"  Mons.Lartet  speaks  of  it  as  "that  which 
19  nell  known  to  have  been  adopted  in  man;  of 
the  sepulchres  of  primitive  titnes ; "  and  in  a  note 
nt  the  aame  page  (SS),  sajs :  — 

"  Thia  atlitade  of  the  body,  bent  upon  ilaeir,  hu  been 
noticed  in  most  of  tba  priniDrdioI  fcpulturea  of  tbe  north 
and  centre  of  Europe,  and  it  baa  been  also  obsemd  in 
the  foundaliona  of  Uabvlon.  Diodoma  Siculua  Informs 
□9  that  it  was  practiaeil  by  tbe  Troglodytes,  a  psatoral 
people  of  Etbiopia.  la  mote  recent  tioiea  it  is  seen  In 
DH  Bmnag  Tariona  peoples  in  America,  and  aome  of  the 
Soulb  Sea  Islaadi." 


In  a 


.  account  of  the  Ancieat  Lake  Habitationt 


of  Suntxerland  by  Mr.  J.  Lubbock,  F.R.a.,  in  the 
same  number  of  tbe  Natural  Hiiiory  Reviem,  tbe 


Hb«aldic  (2»*  S.  xii.  10. 138  ;  Z"  S.  i.  38.)  — 
May  not  tbe  arms  first  mentioned  by  W.  S.,  viz, 
"az.,  3  covered  cups  or,"  be  those  of  Ai^nton, 
Ul  extinct  Dorsetshire  family,  and  probablj  a 
branch  of  the  old  baronial  family  of  Argentine,  of 
Boraeheath,  co.  Cambridf^e,  whose  arras,  however, 
appear  to  have  been  "gulfs,  3  covered  cups  erg." 
The  heiress  of  tbe  Dorset  branch  married  into  the 
iamily  of  Williams  of  Herringstone,  who  quarter 
the  arms  of  Arsenlon  ;  and  a  rliymin^  epitaph  on 
one  of  the  family  (Mary,  wife  of  Lewis  Argenton, 
and  relict  of  Robert  Tbornhull),  on  a  brass  plate 
in  the  east  wall  of  the  chancel  of  Woolland  Churcb, 
Dorset,  is  given  at  length  in  Hutcbina's  Hhtorg  of 
Dortet.  IIbnbt  W.  S.  Tatlos. 

Hbbildic  (3°'  S.  i.  30.)  —The  arms  referred 
to  by  IlBBMiNxauDs  are  no  doubt  those  of  Ro- 
bertson (of  Membland  Hall,  Devon),  impaling  j 
Atkinson.  (  Vide  Burke*s  Landed  Geniry,  vol.  ii. 
1127),  and  should  be  descritied  aa  follows:  — 
"Gules,  3  toohtt'  heads  erased,  arg,,  armed  and  ! 
laDgned  ar,"  for  RoberUon;  impaling  "Gulea  an 
eagle  displayed  with  a  iieads  arg.  (perhaps,  nr)  on 
•  chief  of  the  last  3ej(ai/Mof  the  lat,  for  ^(Aiiuom. 
Creel.  "  A  dexter  arm  and  hand  erect,  holding  a  . 
rwo^  eroum  all  ppr."  Molto.  "  Virtutia  Gloria  I 
Ife^^a."  Hemxt  W.  S.  TATI.OB. 


Bsmui,  iv  A  iiniNa  Postdbb  (S-'  S.  is.  44, 
518 ;  X.  1S9,  396 ;  S-*  S.  i.  38.)  —  In  the  Natural 
Hittory  Reviem  for  January,  1862,  pp.  23-71,  is  a 
very  interesting  article  by  M.  Lartet  on  the  dis- 
covery of  human  and  other  remains  in  a  cavern 
on  the  moonlaio  Fapole*,  near  Anrignac  (Haute 
Garonne).  The  main  object  of  tbe  writer  is  to 
throw  some  light  on  the  question  of  the  co-exist- 
«nc«of  Man  with  the  great  Fossil  Mammalsj  but 
in  descritung  the  interior  of  the  cavern,  and  the 
probabl*  poaition  in  which  the  bodies  had  been 
deporited  (they  had  been    removed    before    he 


I  ting  poiture,  with  lUe  kneea  brougbt  up  under  the  chin, 
■nil  the  handa  croaaad  over  Lbe  breast.  Tbia  attitude 
occura   also    in    many  Asiatic,   Afriiati,  and  American 

For  the  prevalence  of  the  same  custom  in  Den- 
mark, Mr.  Lubbock  refers  to  Woraaac's  Antigui- 
(tea  (p.  89,  English  edit.),  and  states,  on  tbe  au- 
thority of  Ur.  fiateman's  recently  publiiibed  Ten 
Yeart'  Diggingt  in  Cdtic  and  Saxoit  Oracehilk, 
that  "the  same  position  was,  to  aaj  the  lesst  oflr, 
very  common  in  early  British  tombs." 

So  much  iu  reply  to  Exul's  Query  as  to  the 

Ereralence  of  the  custom.  The  argument!  of  i!d. 
rartet  in  the  paper  alluded  to  above,  both  arc  ha:- 
ological  and  palotcmtological,  if  sound,  carry  it 
bock  to  a  very  remote  period  of  antiquity.  Its 
object  may  have  been,  as  be  suggests,  to  "realise, 
according  to  some  arch^ologists,  tbe  symbolic 
thought  of  restoring  to  the  curlh  —  our  common 
mother  —  the  body  of  tlie  man  who  had  ceased  to 
live,  in  tlie  same  posture  that  it  had  before  his 
birth,  in  the  bosom  of  his  individual  mother." 

Mr.  Lubbock  also  (p.  41)  informs  us,  on 
the  authority  of  M.  Troyon,  Sur  lei  Habitiithaa 
Lacuttrei,  that  the  same  custom  prevailed  atnon;; 
the  Brazilian  abori^iines,  quoting  from  a  work  by 
Andr^  Th6vet,  itublished  in  1575  (of  which,  how- 
ever, he  has  omitted  to  give  us  the  title),  tbe  fol- 
lowing words,  which  ceeoi  to  point  to  the  same 

"  Qnand  done  lears  parenta  sent  morts,  ils  tea  coutbent 

enfants  sont  au  ventre  da  la  mire  pula  ainal  eoveloppe'i, 
liA  et  garrotte  de  corde,  il*  lea  metteat  dans  una  graade 
Taae  d«  lene." 

Q. 

TaBNISBBD  SII.TBB  CoiHS  (3"*  S.  i.  31.)  — 
Dirty  silver  may  be  cleaned  without  polishing  it, 
by  soaking  it  in  a  saturated  solution  of  carbonate 
of  soda  (common  soda)  until  the  crust  is  aofteDed^ 
which,  if  thick,  nilV  teVew^^i^^-^v  »^^  *''*'^ 


100 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


[8^  a  L  Feb.  1,  '62. 


gently  wasbing  it  with  soap  and  a  soft  flannel  in 
warm  water.  S.  M.  O. 

Take  two  ounces  of  whiting,  one  ounce  of  bi- 
carbonate of  potassa,  and  half  a  pint  of  distilled 
water;  place  these  materials  together  with  the 
coins  into  a  copper  saucepan,  then  boil  them  for 
half  an  hour ;  now  take  out  one  of  the  coins,  and 
clean  awaj  the  superfluous  whiting,  &c.,  with  a 
hare*s  foot.  If  this  example  proves  satisfactory, 
the  whole  of  the  coins  are  "done,''  but  if  not^  give 
them  another  half  hour  in  the  boiling  menstruum. 
It  is  important  to  use  a  hare*s  foot  in  prefer- 
ence to  any  other  friction al. 

G.  W.  Septimus  Fissse. 


NOTES  ON  BOOKS,  ETa 

Emxyti  Ethnological  and  Lmguittic.  By  the  late  James 
Kennedy,  Esq^  LL.B^  formerly  Iler  Majesty's  Britannic 
Jad(;e  at  the  Havannah.  Edited  by  C.  M.  Kennedy,  B.  A. 
(Williams  &  Norgate.) 

The  Essays  contained  in  this  volume,  so  creditable  to 
the  learning  and  ingenuity  of  the  late  Mr.  Kennedy,  were 
intended  to  form  an  introductory  volume  to  two  large 
works,  the  one  on  the  origin  and  character  of  the  Basque 
Language  and  People,  the  other  relative  to  the  know- 
ledge of  America  possessed  by  the  Ancients.  They  are 
eight  in  number,  and  we  shall  best  do  justice  to  the  au- 
thor by  briefly  enumerating  the  subjects  of  them.  They 
are,  1.  On  the  Ancient  Languages  of  France  and  Spain. 
IL  On  the  Ethnology  and  Civilisation  of  the  Ancient 
Britons.  IIL  Suggestions  respecting  the  Nationality  and 
Language  of  the  Ancient  Etruscans.  IV.  Ethnological 
Notices  of  the  Philippine  Islands.  V.  &  VI.  On  the  pro- 
bable Origin  of  the  American  Indians,  especially  the 
Maj-as,  the  Caribs,  the  Arrawaks,  and   the   Mosquitos. 

VII.  Hints  on  the  formation  of  a  new  English  Dictionary. 

VIII.  On  the  supposed  Lost  Tribes  of  Israel.  Two 
Supplementary  Notes  respecting  the  Basques,  and  Traces 
of  Phoenician  'Civilisation  in  Central  America,  conclude 
the  work. 

Books  Received  :  — 

Auntralia;  its  RUe,  Progress^  and  Pment  Condition. 
By  William  Westgarth,  £:sq.  With  Map.  (Adam  & 
C.  Black.)  \ 

A  very  useful  little  volume,  consisting  of  the  articles 
<*  Australasia  "  and.  "  Australia  "  from  the  Encyehpadla 
Britannica,  revised  and  re-written,  so  as  to  bring  down 
to  the  present  time  every  possible  information  respecting 
this  important  part  of  our  empire. 

The  Historical  Finger-Post ;  or,  Hand-Book»  of  Terms, 
Phrases,  Epithets,  dgnomens,  §fe.  By  Edward  Shelton. 
(Lockwood  &  Co.) 

One  of  those  useful  manuals  of  condensed  information 
which  have  of  late  years  been  called  for  by  the  increas- 
ing number  of  readers,  who  are  unable  to  search  out  for 
themselves  the  knowledge  which  such  books  so  readily 
supply. 

The  History  of  the  City  of  Exeter,  Bu  the  Rev.  George 
Oliver,  D.D.  tVith  a  short  Memoir  of  the  Author,  and  an 
Appendix  of  Documents  and  Illustrations,  (Roberts :  Exe- 
ter.^ 

We  desiro  to  call  the  attention  of  our  Devonian  friends 


to  this  posthumous  work  of  the  late  amiable  and  accom- 
plished author  of  the  Lives  of  the  Bishops  ofExeUr, 

The  Book  of  Days.  A  MiaeeUoMy  of  Popular  Antiqui- 
ties in  Connection  with  the  Calendar,  PaH  I,  (W.  &  B. 
Chambers.) 

What  Hone  so  happily  conceived,  and  so  well  carried 
out,  is  here  attempted  in  a  more  enlarged  and  compre- 
hensive form.  If  we  say  that  the  work  ociuaU  its  prede- 
cessor in  interest,  we  do  it  no  more  than  justice;  and  we 
can  scarcely  say  less,  seeing  how  freely  its  editor,  in  its 
compilation,  has  availed  himself  of  the  pages  of  Notes 
AND  Queries. 

Medals  of  the  British  Army,  and  How  they  were  Won, 
By  Thomas  Carter.  Parts  XlII,  and  XIV,  (Groom- 
bridge  &  Sons.) 

In  this  new  section  of  Mr.  Carter's  interesting  work, 
he  furnishes  us  with  the  history  of  the  Indian  War 
Medals.  "  The  Indian  Mutiny  Medal,**  and  "  The  Seringa- 
patam  Medal,"*  17U9,  form  the  subject  of  the  present 
parts. 

We  regret  to  announce  the  death,  on  Monday  last,  of 
a  courteous  gentleman  and  most  accomplished  scholar,  to 
whom  the  rea<Ien  of  "  N.  &  Q.**  have  been  frequently 
indebted— the  Rev.  Edwaud  Craven  Hawtrky,  D.D., 
Provost  of  Eton.  Dr.  Hawtrey  was  in  his  seventy- 
second  year.  The  obituary  of  the  present  week  also  con- 
tains the  name  of  the  venerable  author  of  An  Introdueiion 
to  the  Critical  Study  of  the  Holy  Scriptures,  and  many 
other  important  works  —  the  Rev.  Tho3IA3  Hartwbll 
Hornr  ;  who  died  on  the  27th  instant,  in  the  eighty- 
second  year  of  his  age. 

A  proposition  from  Mr.  Riley,  the  editor  of  the  Uber 
Albus,  for  the  arrangement  of  the  Records  of  the  City  of 
London,  and  the  publication  of  the  more  important 
DocumentH,  is  now  under  the  consideration  of  the  monici- 
pal  authorities. 


BOOKS    AND    ODD    VOLUMES 

WANTED   TO  PURCHASB. 

Farticnlan  of  Price,  ac,  of  the  followlnff  Booki  to  be  amt  dinat  to 
the  gentleman  bjrwhom  thcr  are  required,  mud  whoM  name  aad  •>■* 
dren  are  given  for  that  purpoac:  — 

Syriac  and  Arabic  Scriptures  and  Lexieona. 

Wanted  by  EiIk.  A.  TUtett,  Carrow  AbbC7.  Nonrich. 


fiatitei  Ui  Cotxtiipnn\snM. 

Ova  FoRBinir  Corrbbpoxdrnts.    /h  tk^f  few  tnoniM  wkick  we  i 

to  our  Rfwlrr*  nn  thf  ith  January,  al  the  commencemtHi  ttftmrThM 
8erief,«v#fa/ft'/fA/ir  **  currefi>nn'Unct  now  rrttrhea  m$  from  att  pvtf  tg 
the  xnfvhlJ"  The  preitnit  uuh'lKr  confirm^  thii*  ftatement  in  o  vert  *<r4- 
ing  manner,  for  in  it  will  tf  fuvntl  nnnrnvnicntitm*  of  h^ertti  firmn 
Zeyitt^iH  lloVnnd:  Pirtt,  in  Tift^tty:  .Vhotr,  Itombatf  ,*  frtnm  CapUamn, 
South  Africa ;  Jiarrou,  in  J'tutan  Artjim:  and  from  M<mtef9  Be§, 
Jamaica. 

O.  W.  M.  vcHlfiMl  '/«•  '•'««;- 

"  Fortuna  son  mutat  seniu,** 
in  Horace,  Ode  It.  lib.  ir. 

Tj*tcsiTKR*t  Jusnifo  Platbr  form$  the  nMeet  nf  a  PaiHT  ha  Mr. 
Uruce.  in  the  Ut  rot.  oftlte  Shakapearv  Society 'g  Paper*,  etna  w  rfmrrei 
to  in  the  article, "  Was  Shaktiteare  ever  a  Mttterf'^iH  **N,St  Q.*'ltoi8. 
yii.  pp.  330,351. 

F.  Fm-HKNar.    We  hove  a  kttcr  for  this  ewrtupondent.    When 
trefoneard  it  t 

W.  I.  8.  ir.    Tkf  JincA  on  **  Woman>  WiW  occur  o»  «*«^ 
erected  on  the.  Mount  in  t/ie  Dane- John  Field,  Canterburu.   Se€  *^lf.  A 
Q."  m  8.  Ui.  a*. 

**NorBs  AIV0  QoBRtss*'  U  ptMifhtd  ett  noon  tm  Frlday.SMl  If  nks 
vuutd  im  MoHTHLT  PARn.  The  StAacnption  for  Stampbb  CopiSiilr 
Six  Montht  fonearded  tUrtet  fSrom  the  Pmbhihert  (indMdftw  Uto  M^ 
wearhf  Iiffu)  <•  Ha.  id.,  wkich  maw  Uvaid  by  FMt  QMee  OrisrU 
rowwr  qfHmtmu  Bsfx  awd  Daj^at,  18^  Flxbt  Btobbt,  C.O.1  to  trttoi 
au  Qommmnuxtom  wvn  nu  Eanon  MovM  -      -  - 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


101 


LOKDay,  SATURDAY,  FEBKL'^BT  8, 186*. 


CONTENTS — N°.  C. 
HOTOTi— TorFtit.Ch»ttertou,snil  Ihe  Eowiey  Poemi.  IC 

—  The  RariiMrt  of  the  BUtionCTs'  Oompiinr.  IM  — Lf 
tcnuf  ATabbI>1u)pLelBhton.lUa  — M^BtcdH,  tOT 

HlXOB  NoT«i:_-Slr  JphnDsrl««nd  B 

■o  of  a  iiYlrig— Bomfiro 

Hia  Bonorei  iw. 

QUB&IES !  —  "  Ad«le  FidelM  "  —  Anna  In  NoWo'a  "  Crom- 

■•eUFwnily"-Anieaiitn  Bocie^-Bsldwin  Fmmilv:  air 

Clement  Pomhwil  — Sir  ¥nnat  Bi^sn  — Engnwed  Head* 

—  Punilyof  DuwBon  of  Chester  — Jacob  Flelt'lier— Greek 
Orator—  Ikon  —  Jonca  of  Dingestow— Panajfe  mCitHiro  — 
Rallud:  CountyorBhlref- SatlnBaDkNote  — Shakf— 

e  Famiij  Pedigree  —  Shoe  nailed 


peare  Famiiy  P 
Street  Chaiiel.  tO 


-Wob 


-"How  nl»nj  BeaniilD»ko 

„_, — Tho  Modem  Britiah  Colii- 

IgB  —  "  BnBlaBd'B  Bluck  Tribunall  "  —  "  Ch»in»gne  to  (ho 
mait  lunrl^'— Baromolers  flrat  maUf-Gnj'B^' Elegy  " 
panidled,  111. 
BEPLIES:- Albert  T7nivenli2f:  Order  of  Merit,  ftc,.  IIB  — 
Inbells  and  EUubelh,  lA.  —  Arlstotlu  "Da  Keirimiiic 
Prinoipum,"  11*  —  Trial  of  SpeitceT  Cowper  —  FridajH, 
Eaixitu    Dira  and  Put  Dv*  ~  JaUns  —  Hualundnian 

—  Metric  ProM  —  Coiiw  InKrted  in  Tankarda  —  Paulus 
Dolidua:  Pulter  In  Greek  Yene-'Zarier  and  Indian 
Mluiona  —  'Ihe  Quecn'i  Pennant  —  Sir  Humphry  Davy 

—  Tonoempl'T  ot  Ireland  — Otho  Yenlua,  "  Emblomata 
Momfiana'"  — Solirllot*"  BUli  —  Cronr  — Leamoii  Pane 
ou  Uuii'orni  —  JeHervm  Daiia  —  Similiy  Nevripapers— 
Col.  ThomiM  Wlnslow,  »c,  116. 

SotB*  on  BoakL 


fiatrt. 

TOBGOT,  CHATTERTON,  AND  THE  ROWLEY 
POEMS. 

Perhaps  Ibere  is  no  proyincU!  town  in  England, 
the  history  of  iihich  has  heea  so  trilled  witb,  ns 
Ihat  of  Bristol.  To  Thomas  Rowley,  who  is  repre- 
«ent«il  asaprieft  residinR  here  in  (he  fifteenth  cen- 
tury, has  been  ascribed  the  authorship  of  numerous 
raanascripts  containing  Qiirrativea  relating  to  the 
old  town,  which  long  passed  a»  genuine,  but  are 
now  regarded  as  the  inventions  of  ihat  unfortu- 
Tiate  genius,  Thomas  Chatteflon.  Among  other 
Actions  contained  in  these  papers,  menlion  is  made 
cf  Turgot,  a  monkish  historiaTi,  whom  Mr,  Bar- 
rett tells  us,  "  ii  anid  to  be  a  Bristol  mitn ; "  *  and 
whom,  too,  Jacob  Bryant  says,  "  was  assureiily  of 
tltia  plice  "  (^BtiiUil).  "  3'urgaUe  bom  a/Saronae 
ParenU  jitn  Briitnwt  Toww."^  The  folio winj; 
remarks  are  submitted  to  the  reader,  with  a  view 
to  ahow  the  incorrectness  of  such  statements :  — 

No  one  who  baa  inresligated  the  subject  will 
deny  that  Turgot  was  a  real  character;  yet  Mr. 
Barrett,  who  tells  us  that  he  "  is  joiVf  to  be  a  Bristol 
■Ban,"  makes  no  effort  to  ascertain  that  fact ;  nor 
doei  he  give  any  memoir  of  him  in  his  "  Biogra- 
tddoal  Account  of  Eminent  Bristol  Men,"  which 
M  has  appended  to  his  Hittorg  of  Briitid.     Upon 


his  prentmed  testimony  he  has  depended  for  much 
of  bia  nccount  of  tranaacliona  in  Bristol  during 
the  reigns  of  William  the  Conqueror,  William 
Rufus,  and  part  of  ihnl  of  Henry  I.,  kt  which 
time  Turgot  was  actually  living.  A  list  of  his 
works  has  been  carefully  preserved,  but  in  it  iva 
fail  to  find  one  that  does  not  treat  almost  exclu- 
sively of  persons  and  places  belonging  to  Iho 
north  of  England,  where  be  resided  almost  from 
his  boyhood.  He  wrote  a  life  of  SInrgarel,  Queen 
of  Malcolm  III.,  at  the  rc([ue8t  of  Iter  daughter 
Maud,  wife  of  King  Henry  I.  of  England.  Hec- 
tor Bietliius  and  Peter  Bale  attribute  also  the 
authorship  of  The  Hiilory  of  the  Kingi  of  Scot- 
land, The  Chrmiiclct  of  Durham,  The  Life  of 
King  Malcolm  III.,  and  the  AimaU  of  his  ovm 
Time  to  Tnrgot.  The  History  of  the  Church  of 
Durham,  likewise,  which  passes  aa  the  work  of 
Simeon  of  Durham,  has  been  vhown  by  the  learned 
Selden,  in  his  masterly  preface  to  the  Decern 
Scripfarei,  to  have  really  been  written  by  Turgot 
—  Simeon  having  unjustly  taken  the  honour  to 
himself. 

The  statement  of  Mr.  Bandit  that  Turgot  wns  a 
Bristol  man,  was  not  only  reiterated  by  writers  in 
bis  time,  but  it  has  been  repeated  in  our  own  in 
the  volume  of  tho  Proceedings  of  the  Archaob^i- 
cai/H»rt/Mfe/or]8Sl,  where,  at  p.  119,  the  error  is 
Bgain  recorded ;  and  the  copyist  Bays  that  "Tur- 
got is  one  of  the  principal  historians  and  writers, 
who  has  treated  on  the  antiquities  of  Bristol." 
He  then  adds,  in  9  note  at  the  foot  of  the  page, 
that  "  Some  have  called  in  question  the  au- 
thenticity of  Turgot's  history  :  he  Is  ciled  in  the 
belief  that  certain  ancient  pipers  fell  into  Chnt- 
terton's  bands  which  were  worked  up  in  his  His- 
tory." (Whose  History,  ChalterlWs?)  Yet,  as 
the  writer  aubsei^uenlly  quotes  both  Turgot  and 
Rowley  as  aulhorities,  wilbouL  remark  of  any  kind 


»l 


Himort  ^^  A*tiqvlm  of  iht  Glutf  Btitlol,  p.  SI. 
OtfriaHnu  ipra  th4  Focme  of  Tlawuu  Soitiltj/,  p. 


rally  infer  that  he  believes  in  the  integrity  of  the 
writings  ascribed  to  them  ;  and  that  Rowley,  the 
creation  of  Chatlerlon,  waa  a  veritable  personage, 
clothed  in  flesh  and  blood  like  ourselvea.  In  this 
way  the  fabrications  of  the  boy-bard,  incorporated 
by  Mr.  Iiarr«lt  in  his  volumi:,  are  coiiUiiuuilj  re- 
peated without  examination,  to  the  regret  of  every 
lover  of  genuine  invea ligation,  and  every  inquirer 
after  truth. 

Allliouph  many  persons  may  doubt  that  Turgot 
was  a  Briatolian  by  birth,  though  stated  lo  lie  so 
by  Mr  Barrett;  or  that  lie  was  at  all  connected 
with  Bristol  as  ss.ierttd  by  Mr.  Bryant,  I  am  not 
aware  that  any  author  questions  the  genulneneas  of 
his  achnowlfdged  writings,  as  remarked  by  the 
writer  in  the  volume  of  Proceeditigi  referred  to. 
He  was,  as  we  shsll  presently  see,  a  man  of  consi- 
derable note,  and  he  is  everjwbete  «^V»\  tA  ■W'Sa. 
great  mpcct',  but  u  fti«  0.wm  ■wV\d6  ^»» 'N^w^ 


102 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


IB'A  a  I.  Feb.  8,  '^2. 


set  up  for  Bristol  to  be  regarded  as  the  place  of  I 
his  nativity,  appears  to  rest  entirely  upon  the 
yeracitj  of  the  manuscripts  presented  to  our  local 
hbtorian  by  Chatterton,  it  partakes  of  the  general 
suspicion  which  attaches  to  all  the  papers  given  to 
Mr.  Barrett  by  that  gifted  genius,  and  claiming 
Bowley  for  their  author ;  and  it  must  be  received 
accordmgly  wi^  a  considerable  amount  of  doubt 
and  hesitancy. 

In  tracing  the  family  of  Turgot,  we  find  the 
Scottish  genealogists,  whilst  proving  its  settle- 
ment in  that  country  at  a  very  early  period,  also 
very  particularly  asserting  the -4n^fo-iS'axo7i/)arcw/- 
age  of  the  subject  of  this  inquiry  himself.  They 
maintain  that  this  Scottish  branch  of  the  family, 
was  not  only  "  of  the  highest  antiquity,  but  very 
illustrious ;  for  it  claimed  descent  from  Togut,  a 
Danish  prince,  who  lived  a  thousand  years  before 
the  Christian  era."  They  abo  state  that  at  the 
time  of  the  Crusades  some  members  of  this  family 
migrated  into  Normandy,  one  of  whom  founded 
the  hospital  of  Cond^-sur-Noireau  in  France,  in 
the  year  1281 ;  and  from  this  off- shoot  descended 
(it  is  believed)  the  celebrated  French  statesman 
Anne  Bobert  James  Turgot,  born  at  Paris,  May 
10th,  1727. 

The  family  of  Turgot' was  then  evidently  of 
northern  extraction ; —  this  ascertained,  the  next 
point  is  to  find  out,  if  possible,  where  the  particu- 
lar individual  member  of  it,  who  is  said  by  Mr. 
Barrett  to  have  been  a  Bristol  man,  was  actually 
bom.  Simeon  of  Durham,  who  was  contempo- 
rary with  Turcot,  without  referring  at  all  to  the 
place  of  his  birth,  says  that  he  came  **  a  remotis 
AngUm  partihus^*  an  expression  which  Mr.  Bryant, 
in  his  zeal  for  the  authenticity  of  the  Bowley 
poems,  interprets  to  mean  Bristol,  where  he  says 
Turgot  was  a  monk :  this,  however,  is  undoubtedly 
an  error,  as  we  shall  presently  see.  As  one  branch 
of  the  family  settled  at  an  earl^  period  in  Nor- 
mandy, so  wo  have  reason  to  bebeve  that  another 
part  of  it  located  themselves  in  Lincolnshire, 
where  it  is  said  they  were  not  only  highly  respect- 
able, but  even  noble ;  and  in  this  county,  though 
we  know  not  exactly  at  what  place,  I  have  no 
doubt  that  Turgot  was  born ;  for  when  but  a 
youth,  says  Simeon  of  Durham,  he  was  delivered 
by  the  people  of  Lindsey  to  William  the  Conqueror, 
as  one  of  their  hostages  for  securing  the  peace  of 
some  of  the  western  provinces,  a  fact  which  may 
have  infiuenced  the  judgment  of  Mr.  Bryant  in 
asserting  his  Bristol  paternity — he  supposing  that 
the  west  of  England  was  intended  by  tnis  expres- 


sion. 


When  delivered  as  a  hostage  to  the  Conqueror, 
young  Turgot  was  confined  in  the  castle  of  Lin- 
coln, which  was  situated  in  that  part  of  the 
county  designated  Lindsey,  which  is  the  most  im- 
portant of  the  three  districts  into  which  Lincoln- 
Mre  Is  divided;   the  two   others   being  called 


Holland  and  Eerstevan,  and  both  lying  to  the 
west  of  it :  hence  Lindsey  supplied  hostages  for 
securing  the  peace  of  itself  as  well  as  of  these 
western  provinces.  Had  Mr.  Bryant  noticed  this 
little  circumstance,  the  opinion  he  expressed  relat- 
ing to  Turgot*s  birth-place  might  nave  been  a 
very  different  one ;  but  he  seems,  like  many  other 
writers,  to  have  caught  at  every  thing  likely  to 
support  a  favourite  Uieory,  rather  than  investigate 
facts^which  might  overturn  what  he  was  anxious 
to  believe  himself,  and  to  induce  others  to  believe 
also. 

We  [may  then,  I  think,  fairly  conclude  that 
Turgot  was  born  somewhere  in  the  county  of 
Lincoln.  From  Lincoln  Castle  he  contrived  to 
escape  into  Norway ;  but  the  ship  which  carried 
him  there  also  conveyed  some  of  the  Conqueror's 
adherents,  who  had  been  despatched  thither  to 
treat  with  Olave,  then  king  of  that  country.  Al- 
though discovered  by  the  Normans  before  the 
vessel  arrived  at  its  destination,  Turgot  had  so 
gained  the  favour  of  the  sailors  that  they  pro- 
tected him  from  the  malice  of  his  fellow  passen- 
gers, who,  though  hostile,  were  not  suffered  to 
harm  him.  On  landing  in  Norway  he  was  pre- 
sented to  the  king,  and  he  so  won  upon  the  mon- 
arch and  his  people,  that  afler  remaining  for  some 
years  at  court,  he  left  that  country  to  return 
nome,'Jaden  with  presents ;  but  in  a  storm  which 
overtook,  and  wrecked  the  ship  on  the  coast  of 
Northumberland,  he  lost  the  whole  of  the  wealth 
he  had  accumulated.  From  that  moment  he  re« 
solved  to  devote  himself  to  the  service  of  the 
church ;  and  he  accordingly  took  the  vows  of  a 
monk ;  not,  as  Mr.  Bryant  says,  in  the  westy  bat 
in  the  north  of  England.  From  Northumberland, 
where  he  was  shipwrecked,  he  travelled  to  Dar- 
ham ;  **  and  applying  to  Walter,  bishop  of  that 
see,  declared  his  resolution  to  forsake  the  world, 
and  become  a  monk."  In  this  determinaUon  he 
was  encouraged  by  the  good  prelate,  who  com* 
mitted  him  to  the  care  of  Aldwin,  the  first  prior 
of  Durham,  then  at  Jarrow.  From  that  monas- 
tery he  went  to  Melrose ;  from  thence  to  Were- 
mouth,  where,  says  his  biographer,  Simeon  of 
Durham,  the  ceremony  of  his  induction  into  the 
monastery  at  Durham  was  performed  about  the 
year  1074  h^  Aldwin  the  prior,  who  had  before 
been  the  prior  of  the  monastery  at  Winchcombe, 
in  Gloucestershire.  Here,  says  Simeon,  Aldwin 
bestowed  on  Turgot  the  monastic  habit  —  "ibi, 
Aldwinus  Turgota  monachicum  habitum  tradi- 
dit." 

On  the  death  of  Aldwin  in  1087,  Turgot  was 
unanimously  chosen  prior  of  Durham;  and  we 
learn  from  Roger  de  Hoveden,  that  in  1093,  the 
new  church  there  was  commenced,  Malcolm  King 
of  Scotland,  William  the  bishop,  and  Turcot  the 
prior,  laying  the  first  stones.  Shortly  after  hii 
election  to  the  office  just  named,  hATiog  esta- 


d»^  a  L  FsB.  8,  '62.] 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


103 


blished  himself  in  the  good  opinion  of  the  bishop, 
he  was  appointed  archdeacon  of  the  diocese,  which 
situation  he  held  with  that  of  prior  of  Durham. 
Under  his  able  management  the  revenues  of  the 
monastery  were  greaUj  augmented,  large  addi- 
tions were  made  to  its  privileges,  and  many  im- 
provements in  the  structure  it^M*  were  the  result 
of  his  prudent  government  During  the  twenty 
years  he  held  the  office  of  prior,  he  frequently 
visited  the  various  places  included  in  his  archdea- 
conry, and  often  preached  to  attentive  audiences. 
He  was  a  sincere  admirer  of  St.  Cuthbert,  whose 
relics  were  greatly  venerated  by  him,  and  also  by 
his  early  friend  and  predecessor  in  office.  Prior 
Aldwin ;  and  it  is  not  unlikely  that  this  circum- 
stance, together  with  his  own  personal  virtues  and 
accomplishments,  induced  the  king  in  1107  to 
solicit  his  acceptance  of  the  archbishopric  of  St. 
Andrews,  which  he  did,  but  his  consecration  was 
for  many  months  delayed.  Here  he  remained  for 
the  space  of  eight  years,  and  as  his  great  worth 
was  particularly  known  both  to  the  king  and  his 
Queen  Margaret,  the  sister  of  Edgar  Atheiing, 
who,  like  Turgot,  indulged  an  unconquerable  aver- 
sion to  the  Anglo-Normans,  he  was  appointed 
confessor  to  the  latter.  Some  dissensions,  how- 
ever, between  him  and  the  king  occurring  soon 
afterwards,  so  disquieted  the  latter  days  of  the 
archbishop,  that  he  was  desirous  of  journeying  to 
Rome  to  crave  the  advice  uf  Pope  Pascal  in  the 
matter.  But  his  strength  being  unequal  to  the 
task,  he  retired  to  Durham,  for  whicn  place  he 
ever  entertained  a  great  regard,  stopping  on  his 
way  at  Weremouth,  where  he  perform^  mass. 
On  arriving  at  the  former  scene  of  his  labours,  he 
was  seized  with  a  slow  fever,  which,  in  the  course 
of  two  months,  terminated  his  valuable  life. 
Here,  says  Simeon  of  Durham,  he  died  in  the  year 
1115;  and  Leland  tells  us  he  was  buried  there 
with  Aldwin  and  Walcher,  who  were  both  priors 
of  Durham,  and  that  the  tomb  which  contained 
their  ashes  remained  in  his  time. 

Although  we  are  not  informed  of  the  age  attained 
hy  Turgot  when  he  died,  it  can  be  ascertained 
with  tolerable  accuracy.  By  the  expression  his 
biographer  uses,  that  when  a  hostage  to  William 
I.  he  was  *'  but  a  youth"  we  shall  not  greatly  err  if 
we  regard  his  age  in  1066  as  not  exceeding  twenty 
years;  and  as  ne  lived  until  1115,  he  had  not 
quite  attained  to  threescore  years  and  ton.  He 
was  undoubtedly  a  man  of  ability,  and  one  of  the 
most  distinguished  literary  characters  of  the  age 
in  which  he  lived.  To  him  is  ascribed  the  author- 
ship of  the  Battle  of  HastinffSy  a  poem  which  was 
ffivcn  to  Mr.  Barrett  by  Chatterton  with  the  fol- 
lowing title  : — 

'*  Battle  of  HAstings,  wroto  bj  Turgott  the  Monk,  a 
Saxon,  in  the  tenth  century,  and  translated  by  Thomas 
Boiilie,  parish  preeste  of  St.  John's  in  the  City  of  Bristol, 
in  the  year  1465.*' 


Of  this  poem  Mr.  Warton  says :  — 

**I  no  longer  argue  that  the  Battle  ofHattingt  is  a 
forgery,  because  Chatterton  produced  the  first  part  a$  hit 
own,  and  afterwards  a  second  as  the  work  of  Rowley  »* 

It  is  rather  unfortunate,  too,  for  the  date  given 
to  this  poem,  that  Turgot  could  not  have  been 
even  horn  until  about  the  first  half  of  the  century 
which  followed  that  mentioned^  had  passed  away. 
If  his  birth  took  place  in  the  tetdh  century,  as 
stated  above,  he  would  have  attained  an  age  truly 
patriarchal ;  and  been  the  author  of  the  poem  in 
question,  many  years  before  the  battle  of  Hastings 
was  fought,  or  the  combatants  themselves  had 
existed  I 

From  the  circumstance,  as  already  stated,  that 
Aldwin,  Prior  of  Durham,  had  previously  belonged 
to  the  abbey  at  Winchcombe  in  Gloucestershire, 
Mr.  Brjant  has  concluded,  without  a  tittle  of  evi- 
dence, that  an  acquaintance  had  existed  between 
him  and  Turgot,  when  he  supposes  they  resided 
respectively  at  Winchcombe  and  Bristol ;  and  we 
are  informed  that  on  Turgot  removing  to  Dur- 
ham, he  there  found,  not  only  Aldwin,  but  another 
monastic  brother  from  Winchcombe,  named  Rein- 
frid.  These  circumstances,  which  are  merely  pre- 
sumed, are  nevertheless  sufficient,  in  the  estimation 
of  Mr.  Bryant,  to  account  for  the  people  of  Bristol 
being  spoken  of  with  so  much  distinction  in  the 
writings  which  are  claimed  by  himself  and  Mr. 
Barrett  to  the  productions  of  Turgot.* 

The  fact  that  Turgot  was  not  at  all  connected 
with  Bristol  is  sufficiently  apparent;  and  that 
some  place  in  Lincolnshire  gave  him  birth.  From 
thence  we  have  traced  him  to  Durham,  where, 
and  at  places  still  further  north,  he  spent  the  rest 
of  his  life.  Nothing  has  been  adduced  of  any 
authority  whatever  to  show  that  he  was  in  any 
way  connected  with  Bristol,  or  any  other  place  in 
the  West  of  England.  In  the  north  he  appears 
to  have  spent  nearly  the  whole  of  his  life;  and 
there  too  he  died,  and  was  buried.  Everything 
that  relates  to  him  appears  to  be  narrated  by  his 
biographer,  Simeon  of  Durham,  with  a  consider* 
able  amount  of  detail ;  but  not  one  word  do  we 
find  recorded  of  his  having  at  any  time  journeyed 
at  all  towards  this  part  of  the  country  ;  and  it  is 
an  unworthy  occupation  for  any  writer  to  reiterate 
the  statements  made  by  others,  which  a  little 
patient  research  would  show  to  be  entirely  devoid 
of  truth. 

^ .  Mr.  Bryant]  thinks  that  the  favourable  manner 
in  which  he  presumes  Turgot  in  the  paper  ("dons 
from  the  Saxon  ynto  Englyshe"  by  Rowley), 
speaks  of  Bristol  and  its  vicinity,  '*  accounts  for 
the  title  assumed  by  Chatterton  of  Dunelmus 
Bristoliensis^  which  (he  says)  he  would  never  have 
taken  had  it  not  been  for  a  prior  signature  of 
Turgot  of  Dunhelm,  which  he  had  seen  upon  a 

•  Brrant'a  06lertcAu>M^Yft,11'^'L^S^'l^SstA't. 


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NOTES  AND  QUEEIES. 


[8^^  S.  L  Feb.  S,  '«2. 


manoBcript."  *  This  opinion  is,  however,  any- 
thing but  satisfactory,  and  I  think,  that  without 
travelling  so  far  to  ascertain  Chatterton*8  au- 
thority for  the  name,  it  will  be  found  in  Camden's 
Britannia^  a  book  well  known  to  antiquaries,  and 
with  which  we  have  every  reason  to  believe  that 
unfortunate  youth  was  well  acquainted;  for, 
strange  to  say,  an  old  edition  of  this  very  work 
was  in  the  office  library  of  Mr.  Lambert,  to  whom 
Chatterton  was  apprenticed  ;  and  which,  having 
much  leisure,  and  a  great  liking  for  antiqua- 
rian pursuits,  he  no  doubt  frequently  perused. 
At  p.  934  of  that  work  (Bishop  Gibson  s  2nd  edi- 
tion), speaking  to  some  facts  relating  to  the  his- 
tory of  Durham,  the  writer  says :  "  Simeon  Dw- 
nelmeruiSf  or  rather  Abbot  Turgoty  tells  us''-— 
and  then  he  goes  on  to  relate  particulars  which  it 
is  not  necessary  to  transcribe.  Here  it  will  be 
seen  at  a  glance,  that  the  very  name  (shortened 
by  a  sellable)  assumed  by  Chatterton,  DunelmensiSy 
to  which  he  added  Bristoliensis ;  and  that  of  the 
historian  Turgoty  to  whom  are  ascribed  the  manu- 
scripts in  question,  actually  occur  in  the  same 
passage,  ana  in  such  close  proximity,  as  to  leave 
no  doubt  in  my  own  mind  as  to  the  origin  of  the 
title  or  signature  Chatterton  made  use  ofy  or  from 
whence  he  derived  his  knowledge  of  the  fact  that 
Turgot  was  an  annalist  or  historian. 

Having  thus  shown  that  Mr.  Barrett  and  all 
other  writers  who  assert  that  Turgot  was  a  Bris- 
tol man  are  in  error,  it  is  not  difficult  to  deter- 
mine the  character  of  the  manuscripts  which  are 
said  by  our  local  historian  and  his  copyists  to  have 
been  "  done  from  the  Saxon  ynto  Englyshe  by  T. 
Rowlie;"  for  it  is  now  all  but  universally  be- 
lieved in  the  literary  world,  that  the  real  author 
was  the  gifted  but  unfortunate  Chatterton.  Mr. 
Bryant  has  laboured  hard,  though  not  very  suc- 
cessfully, to  prove  that  Turgot  really  was  the 
writer  of  the  poems  ascribed  to  him;  "but  he 
makes  so  much  to  rest  upon  mere  speculation  and 
hypothesis,  that  we  are  not  safe  in  coming  to  any 
such  conclusion."  Geokgb  Fbtcb. 

Bristol  City  Library. 


THB  REQISTERS  OF  THE  STATIONERS' 

COMPANY. 

CContinuedfrom  3'*  S.  i.  p.  46.) 

XV  Maij  [1591].— Andrewe  White.  Entred 
unto  him,  &c.  The  wonderftdl  vyciorie  ohteyned 
by  the  Century  on  of  London  againste  fyve  Spanishe 
gallies^  the  iiij***  of  Aprils  heinge  Ester  daye^ 
1591 Tj<». 

Andrewe  White.  Entred  unto  him,  &c.  a  bal- 
lad of  the  same  vyctorie vj'. 

[The  tract  first  entered,  is  now  before  us,  consisting 
only  of  a  few  pages :  it  is  entitled  The  Valiant  and  most 

*  ObterffotHnu,  pp.  222,  678. 


laudable fyht  performed  in  the  Strai^hte  h^  Oemturim  rf 
London,  aganutjive  Spanish  GaUus,  nho  is  m/Uv  re- 
turned  this  present  3foneth  of  May.  Anno  D.  1591.  There 
is  a  woodcut  of  a  ship  on  the  title-pafce,  so  large  that  no 
room  was  left  for  the  imprint:  at  the  end  we  read  — 
**  Present  at  this  fight  Maister  John  Hawes,  Marcfaant, 
and  sundry  other  of  good  account."  The  result  was  most 
extraordinary,  if  yi^  are  to  believe  implicitly  the  state- 
ment of  Hawes ;  for  he  says  that  the  Centurion  had  onlv 
forty -eight  men  and  boys  on  board,  while  each  of  the  gal- 
leys that  assailed  her  had  600  sailors  and  soldiers.  The 
ballad,  as  far  as  we  are  aware,  hM  not  sarvived,  and  we 
the  more  regret  its  loss  as  an  early  naval  effusion.^ 

xvi  Maii. — Abell  Jeffes.    Entred  unto  him, 

&c.   A  ballad  entituled,  A  pleasant  songe  of  Twoo 

stamering  Lovers^  which  plainely  dothe  unto  your 

eight  bewray e  their  pleasaunt  meetinge  on  SL  Valen* 

tine's  daie vj*. 

[The  humour  probably  consisted  in  the  ridjcnloos 
blunders  of  the  stammering  lovers.  We  may  conjectare 
that,  on  the  16th  May,  it  was  a  reprint  of  what  had  ap- 
peared on  or  near  Valentine^s  Day,  1691.] 

Quinto  Junij. — John  Wolf.  Entred  for  his 
copie.  The  Masque  of  the  League  of  the  Span- 
yardes  discovered,  ^c,  to  be  printed  in  Engliah  vj'. 

[Probably  a  translation  from  the  French.  Robert 
Greene's  Spanish  Masquerado  had  been  published  two 
years  earlier,  and  was  clearly  a  difierent  prodnctioD; 
which  was  never  reprinted,  and  never  deserved  it.] 

10  Junij.— "Richard  Jones.  Entred  for  his 
copie,  &c.  A  christall  glaue  for  christian  wamen^ 
Conteyninge  an  excellent  discourse  of  the  godly  life 
and  Xpian  death  of  Mrs,  Katherine  SiM^s^  ^c. 

[She  was  the  wife  of  Philip  Stnbbes,  the  celebrated 
puritanical  author  of  The  Anatomy  of  Abuses,  the  first 
edition  of  which  came  out  in  May  1683 ;  and  it«  popa* 
larity  was  so  great,  that  it  was  republished  with  various 
additions  and  alterations  in  August  of  the  same  year: 
it  had  been  entered  by  Jones  on  March  1st,  1683.  (Ses 
Extr.  from  the  Stat.  Reg.,  published  by  the  Sbakspears 
8oc.,  vol.  iL  p.  178).  The  early  impressions  of  this  Lift 
of  his  wife  seem  to  have  been  innumerable ;  but  so  maoy 
of  them  were  destroyed  by  the  thumbs  of  readers,  that 
we  have  never  been  able  to  meet  with  a  copy  of  iC 
older  than  1640.  It  contains  an  inflated  encondnm  oa 
Mrs.  Stubbes'  piety,  virtue,  and  resignation.] 

xziij^  Junij. — Thorns  Orwyn.  Graunted  onto 
him,  by  the  consent  of  Edward  Mar8he,theifl  copies 
insuinge,  which  did  belonge  to  Thomaa  Manh« 
deceased,  viz. : 

In  8vo,  in  Englishe. 

The  mariage  of  wyt  and  wisdome, 
Keepinge  of  Ooshawhe, 
Myrror  of  Madnes, 
TuUie's  Old  age. 
Institution  of  a  gentleman. 
Flowers  of  Terence, 
Idle  Inventions, 
Heywoode's  woorhes. 
Watchword  for  wUfull  women, 
Boohe  of  Chesse  j^ie, 
Shelton^s  woorhes. 


8*4  a  I.  fbb.  8, 'es.] 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


loa 


Hiiie*s  Dreame$. 
NobiUtie  ofD.  Humfrey. 
Tom  tell  trothe. 
Sipiron's  dreames. 

In  folio. 

THstmcHon  of  Trot/,  in  meteg. 

Palace  of  Pleasure^  1  part. 

Palace  of  Pleasure^  2  part. 

TragiccUl  Discovrses. 

Herodotus  in  English 

Ovid  de  tristihus  in  English, 

Seneca,  his  Tragedies. 

Digges  Tectonicon. 

Digges  Prognostication. 

Leaden  Goddes, 

Mirror  of  Magistrates^  1  pt.  and  last  pt. 

Schoole  of  Shootinge. 

Churchyardes  Chippes, 

Spider  and  theflie, 

Horace  Epistles. 

Horace  Sators. 

Pageant  of  Popes. 

FuneraUs  of  A .  E.  the  6. 

Historic  of  Italic. 

The  lyne  of  liberalitie. 

Wdtson^s  Amyntas xiij'  iiij'. 

^  ^This,  it  will  be  admitted,  la  a  verj  carious  ennmera- 
tion  of  productions,  certainly  at  that  time  in  print,  but 
many  of  them  now  lost  Perhaps  the  roost  remark- 
able is  the  very  first—  The  Marriage  of  WU  and  Wit' 
dom;  which  drama  was  printed  by  the  Shakspeare 
Society,  in  1846,  from  a  MS.  in  the  possession  of  Sif  Ed- 
ward Dering,  Bart  At  the  time  Mr.  HalHwell  wrote 
the  Introdaction  (o  it  he  was  not  aware  of  the  existence 
of  the  above  memorandum ;  and  when  the  Rev.  Mr.  Dyce 
aaaerted,  that  "  no  such  drama  as  Tlu  Marriage  of  Wit 
and  Wisdom  ever  existed,"  he  wm  evidently  too  bold  and 
hasty  —  faults  with  which  he  is  not  usually  chargeable. 
The  list  of  the  other  pieces  is  only  a  selection  of  the  most 
popular,  for  the  rest  consist  chiefly  of  old  divinity :  a  few 
notes  upon  some  of  those  mentioned  above  may  be  ac- 
ceptable. HeffwootTa  Works,  clearly  means  John  Hey- 
wood,  whose  Spider  and  Fly  Is  separately  distinguished 
aa  a  folio  below ;  this  is  clearly  a  mistake  which  is  also 
committed  as  to  the  rest,  for  all  that  are  now  known  are 
in  quarto,  and  so  the  enumeration  ought  probably  to  have 
been  headed.  We  know  no  book  at  all  like  The  NohitUy 
of  2>r«iAe]  Humfrey.  Tom  Ull  troUu  wm  a  popular  sa- 
tirical song ;  SipiroH^a  Dreamt  ought  most  likely  to  be 
"  Sdpio*s  Dream  "  —  Somnium  Seipionis.  JDietrudion 
of  Irroy  wm  probably  Peele's  poem;  TVagieal  Dis" 
courees  must  have  been  Turberville^s  Tales;  Herodotus  in 
Engtisk,  consisted  only  of  the  two  first  books  by  B.  R. 
(hnd  de  Tristilms  wM  by  Churchyard.  Leaden  Oods  wm 
Batsman's  Golden  Books  of  Leaden  Gods^  1577,  oureariiest 
mvthology.  School  of  Shooting  wm  Ascham's  Toxm^Uus. 
JaoToce  Epistks  and  Sators  were,  doubtless,  by  Drant 
The  Funerals  of  King  Edvard  the  VI.  wu  by  Baldwin. 
The  Hialtorg  of  Italy  wu  that  of  W.  Thomas ;  but  with 
The  Lamm  of  Liberality  we  have  no  acquaintance ;  and 
Wataon*a  junyntas  was  printed  by  Henry  (not  £dward) 
Marsh,  ex  atsignatume  ThomoB  Marsh,  in  1685.  All  these 
we  here  see  assigned  bv  Edward  Marsh,  the  son  of 
ThomM  Manfa,  then  dead,  to  Thomas  Orw^'n.] 

six  Jul/.— Abell  Jefies.    SecoiTed  of  him  for 


printinge  a  ballad  ahewinge  the  treasons  of  Greorge 
Bysley,  aUas  Parsey,  and  Mountford,  Seminarye 

Srestes,  who  suffered  in  Fietestreete  the  firste  of 
ulye,  1591 vj*. 

22  July.  —  Andrewe  White.  Entred  unto  him 
for  his  copte,  A  ballad  entytuled  The  happie  over' 
throwe  of  the  Prince  of  Parma  his  powers  before 
Knodtsen  burge  sconce^  the  xxij  of  July ^  1591   yj'. 

[Thia  ballad  in  the  copy  that  has  come  down  to  ua 
hu  no  imprint,  and  no  name  of  Andrew  White  as  the 
publisher.  We  apprehend,  from  the  appearance  of  the 
type,  that  it  is  not  so  old  m  the  event  it  celebrates  by 
twenty  or  thirty  years.  It  opens  then  spiritedly :  — 
^  Huzza,  my  lads,  huzzay ! 

What  cheer,  my  mates,  what  cheer  ? 
The  Spaniardes  have  lost  the  day. 
As  ^'ou  shall  quickly  heare. 
The  Prince  of  Palmer  and  all  hia  men, 
Have  lost  the  Sconce.    What  then  ?    What  then  ?  " 

And  so  the  burden  is  continued,  each  stanza  containing 
something  in  answer  to  the  previous  question,  **What 
then?    What  then?"] 

23  Julij.— Edward  White.  Entred  unto  him 
a  ballad  of  the  noble  departinge  of  the  right 
honorable  the  Erie  of  Essex,  lieutenant-generall 
of  her  ma**'  forces  in  Fraunce,  and  all  his  gallant 
companie vj*. 

[Perhaps  by  George  Peele;  but  more  probably  by 
Thomas  Deloney,  who  seldom  allowed  any  important 
event  to  escape  the  vigilance  of  his  pen.  He  was  a 
weaver  bv  trade,  and  used  to  compose,  not  like  Sir 
Richard  Blackmore,  to  **  the  rumbling  of  his  chariot 
wheels,"  but  to  the  rattling  of  his  shuttle :  he  was  known 
M  **  the  ballading  silk*weaver."3 

26  Julij.  —  Rich.  Jones.  Entred  unto  him  for 
his  copy,  under  tbandes  of  the  B.  of  London  and 
Mr.  Watkins,  a  booke  intituled  the  Huntinge  of 
Cupid,  wrytten  by  George  Peele,  M'  of  Artes  of 
Oxford vj*. 

Proyyded  alwayes  that  yf  y^  be  hurtfuU  to  any 

other  copye  before  iycensed,  then  this  to  be  voyde. 

[No  other  copy  of  this  work  has  ever  been  heard  of 
but  that  from  which  Drummond  of  Hawthomden  made 
extracts,  which  extracts  are  preserved  among  the  MS.  of 
the  Society  of  Antiquaries  of  Scotland ;  but  the  book  it- 
self has  never  turned  up.  There  is  little  doubt  that  it 
was  printed ;  but  it  was  probably  suppressed,  or  with* 
drawn  from  circulation,  in  consequence  of  the  singular 
proviso  above  quoted,  of  which  nobodv  seems  to  have 
taken  notice.  Bee  the  Rev.  Mr.  Dyce  s  Feelers  Works, 
vol.  i.  xxi,  and  vol.  ii.  p.  259.] 

xxviij^  die  Julij. —Bobert  Bourne.  Entred 
unto  him,  &c.  The  life^  arraynmentf  Judgement  and 
Execution  of  William  Hachet vj*. 

[This,  according  to  Stow  (p.  1266)  was  the  very  day  of 
Hacket'a  execution;  so  that,  if  the  tract  were  printed 
when  it  was  brought  to  Sutioners'  Hall,  it  must  have 
been  written  and  put  in  type  in  anticipation  of  the  event, 
llie  gibbet  was  erected  near  the  Cross  in  Cheapside,  and 
the  fanatic*s  gesticulations  and  rhapsodies  were  such, 
and  so  violent,  that  the  executioner  and  others  **  had 
much  ado  to  get  him  up  the  ladder."] 

13  August!. — Tho.  Nelson.  Entred  ^^t  V\% 
copie  a  Mllad  o£  «^  ikft^  lust^^^xii^  ^x^oi^^'^a^'" 


106 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


l^  S.  L  Fbb.  8,  '6S. 


twene  Nail  Sonc,  and  the  Warriner,  and  howe 
Reynold  Feares  gott  faire  Nannje  to  his  Love  vj'. 

fit  is  not  easy  to  understand  what  was  meant  by 
^'Nall  Sone":  had  it  anything  to  do  with  the  name  of 
Nd'ion,  the  publisher  of  the  biulad  ?  ^  Northern,"  as  we 
have  had  occasion  before  to  obsenre,  WM  then  used  to 
designate  any  thing  merely  rustic  Q 

14  August!.  —  Gregory  Seton.  Entrcd  for  his 
copie,  &c.  a  book  in  English  entituled  SahuHiu  du 


JBartas,  his  weeke  or  Seven  dayes  woork 


T|' 


[We  apprehend  that  this  registration  applies  to  Syl- 
Tester  and  his  translation  of  Du  Bartas ;  but  it  is  never- 
theless quite  certain  that  Sir  P.  Sidney  had  rendered  at 
least  a  part  of  it  into  English  before  his  death.  The  date 
of  the  earliest  appearance  of  Sylvester's  version  does  not 
seem  to  have  been  ascertained ;  but  we  have  seen  a  copy 
of  The  First  Day  of  the  JForUTs  Creation,  dated  as  late  as 
1696.  Sylvester  began  the  publication  of  his  poetry  as 
early  as  1590.] 

26  August!.  —  Jo.  Danter.  Entred  for  him, 
&c.  A  pTeasant  newe  ballad  called  the  Mayden*s 
Choyce yj**. 

[This  publication  is  not  to  be  confounded  with  The 
Mtu^hn^a  Dreame,  a  production  by  Robert  Greene ;  of  the 
existence  of  which  the  Rev.  Mr.  Dyce  was  not  aware 
when  he  published  his  two  volumes  of  Greene's  Work*, 
We  shall  have  to  speak  of  The  Jkfaiden'e  Dreame  somewhat 
more  at  large  hereafter,  under  date  of  Gth  Dec.  1591.  We 
know  nothing  of  any  such  piece  as  The  Mayden'a  Choyce, 
to  which  the  entry  relates;  but  we  apprehend  that  it 
most  have  been  merely  a  broadside.] 

J.  Fatnb  Collies. 


LETTERS  OF  ARCHBISHOP  LEIGHTON. 

I  am  one  of  your  many  readers  who  have 
welcomed  Eibiokiiach's  contributions  on  the 
"Life  and  Writings  of  Archbishop  Leighton," 
and  am  heartily  glad  to  hear  that  a  carefully 
edited  collection  of  his  works  is  at  last  likely  to 
appear.  I  have  taken  so  much  interest  in  the 
venerable  author,  as  to  have  collated  my  modem 
copy  (Pearson*s  edition)  line  by  line  with  the  first 
editions  of  Leighton*s  Worksj  and  can  add  my 
testimony  to  the  innumerable  alterations  which 
have  been  effected  in  the  original  text,  by  the 
caprice  or  ignorance  of  editors,  or  by  an  ill-judged 
desire  to  modernise  their  author's  style.  I  once 
read  through  the  writings  of  St  Bernard,  chiefly 
in  order  to  form  a  judgment  as  to  the  extent  of 
Leigbtons  indebtedness  to  him.  And  should  I 
have  chanced  to  verify  a  quotation,  the  where- 
abouts of  which  has  escaped  your  correspondent, 
I  should  count  it  a  privilege  to  communicate  the 
reference. 

From  my  parcel  of  Leightoniana,  I  have  ven- 
tured to  take  out,  and  forward  to  you  for  inser- 
tion, if  you  think  fit  in  vour  valuable  periodical, 
jS/ieen  bitherto  aiTpnblished  letters  of  the  Arch- 


bishop. The  three  first  were  written  by  him 
when  a  youth  at  school  at  Edinburgh,  and  were 
copied  by  me  from  the  originals  in  the  State  Paper 
Office,  they  having  been  seized  among  his  father's 
papers,  on  his  arrest,  Feb.  17,  1629.  The  re- 
mainder (mostly  undated)  belong  to  the  period 
of  his  episcopate;  and  were  copied  from  the 
originals  m  the  Britbh  Museum. 

C.  F.  SXCEBTAH. 
10,  BesboroDgh  Gardens,  Westminster. 

I. 

Sir, — I  received  a  letter  of  your's  about  the 
latter  end  of  Aprill,  wherein  you  inform  me  of  a 
letter  of  mine  tnat  you  have  received ;  but  I  sent 
three  or  foure  letters  since  that  one,  with  a  letter 
of  James  Cathekinges  (?),  another  to  you,  with  a 
letter  enclosed  to  my  brother,  and  on(e)  to  my 
mother  as  you  bid  me.  In  some  one  of  these  I  in- 
formed you  about  my  uncle.  I  thought  strange  to 
heare  my  aunt  was  at  London,  bem^  sorry  for 
her  sickness,  yet  glad  that  she  was  with  you.  I 
pray  you  to  remember  my  dutv  to  her,  desiring 
ner  to  pray  for  me,  whicn  is  also  my  request  to 
all  my  freindes.  The  buissness  that  fell  out  with 
me,  which  I  cannot  without  sorrow  relate  that 
such  a  thing  should  have  fallen  out,  yet  having 
some  hope  to  repe  good  out  of  it  as  you  exhort 
me— it,  X  say,  was  thus.  There  was  a  fight  be- 
tweene  our  classe  and  the  semies  which  made 
the  provost  to  restraine  us  from  the  play  a  good 
while ;  the  boyes  upon  that  made  some  verses,  one 
or  two  in  everjr  classe,  mocking  the  provost*s 
red  nose.  I  havmg  heard  (?)  my  lord  Bomndell 
and  the  rowe  of  th  [torn  awayj  speaking  about 
these  verses  which  the  boyes  had  made,  spoke 
a  thing  in  prose  concerning  his  nose,  not  out  of 
spite  for  wanting  the  play,  neither  having  taken 
notice  of  his  nose,  but  out  of  their  report,  for  I 
never  saw  (him)  before  but  once,  neither  thought 
I  him  to  be  a  man  of  great  state.  This  I  spoke 
of  his  name,  and  presently  upon  their  request 
turned  it  into  a  verse  thus : 

That  which  his  name  importes  is  falsely  sayd  [bis 

name  is  Olcenhead] 
That  of  the  olcen  wood  his  head  is  made, 
For  why,  if  it  had  been  composed  so, 
His  flaming  nose  had  fir*d  it  long  ago. 

The  Verses  of  Apology  not  only  for  myself  but 
for  the  rest  you  have  in  that  paper.  I  hope  the 
Lord  shall  bring  good  out  of  it  to  me.  As  K>r  the 
Primare  and  the  regents,  to  say  the  trueth,  they 
thought  it  not  so  hainous  a  thing  as  I  myself  did 
justly  thinke  it.  Pray  for  me  as  I  know  you  doo, 
that  the  Lord  may  keepe  me  from  like  fals ;  if  I 
have  either  Christianity  or  morality,  it  will  not 
suffer  me  to  forget  you,  but  as  I  am  able  to  re- 
member you  still  to  God,  and  to  endeavour  that 
my  wayes  grieve  not  God  and  (to)  you  my  deare 
parents,  the  desire  of  my  heart  is  to  be  af  litle 


St4  8.I.F>B.%'6S.] 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


107 


durgeable  u  ma/  be.    Now  deairing  tbe  Lord  to 
keepe  jou,  I  rett,  ever  endesTourlog  to  be, 
Your  obedient  Son, 

KoBUT  Leighton. 

Edenbrongh,  Hij  6,  1628. 

I  pny  jrou  to  remember  m/  aunt  (P),  dutj  to 
mj  motber,  love  to  m;  brethren  and  sulera.     Be- 
member  mj  dut/  to  ailmj  freindel. 
To  bij  kind  uid  lOTing  fatber  Hr.  Alexander  Lelffbtoo, 

Dr.  of  madkiDa,  at  hli  hooM  on  tbs  top  of  Pudls  hill 

b«vond  the  bUck  fritn  gale,  o»u  tbe  Kio^i  wud- 

Thaee, 
Lo^idou. 

Endorsed  in  tbe  futber's  band. 
"If  thU  Parliament  have  not  a  bappj  conclu- 
aion,  the  tin  b  jo",    I  am  free  of  it." 


LoTiDg  Motber,  —  I  bave  much  wondered  tfaat 
tbU  long  time  I  bave  aever  beard  from  you,  ei- 
peciallj  so  manj  occasions  intervening,  but  jet  it 
itoppedme  not  to  write  yet  again  (as  is  my  duety), 
and  so  much  the  more  because  I  bad  so  good  an 
occasion.  I  received  a  letter  from  mj  father, 
which,  although  it  was  but  briefe,  yet  it  per- 
spicuously mads  manifest  unto  me  ibe  danger  that 
be  would  inal  likelihoodincurr  of  tfacbooke  which 
he  hath  bin  printing.  God  frustrate  tbe  pur- 
pole  of  wicked  men.  He  sent  someof  thebookes* 
hither,  which  are  like  to  bring  those  that  medled 
with  them  in  some  danger,  butt  I  hope  God  shnll 
appease  tbe  matter  and  limite  tbe  power  of  wicked 
men,  who,  if  ther  could  doe  according  to  their 
deaire  against  God's  children,  would  make  havock 
of  tbem  in  a  sudden.  The  Lord  stirr  us  up  to 
whom  this  matter  belonges,  to  pray  to  God  to  de~ 
fend  and  keepe  his  children  and  his  cause,  least 
the  wicked  getting  too  much  sway  cry  out  where 
is  their  God  become.  If  trouble  come,  there  is 
no  cause  of  sinking  under  it,  but  a  comfortable 
thing  it  is  to  suffer  for  tbe  cause  of  God,  and  the 
greater  the  croise  be,  if  it  be  for  righteousness, 
the  greater  comfort  it  may  aObrd,  and  the  greater 
honour  will  it  be  to  goe  patiently  through  with  it, 
for  if  it  be  on  honour  and  blessedneM  to  be  re- 
Tiled  for  Chritt'i  sake,  it  is  a  far  greater  honour 
to  be  persecuted  for  bis  sake.  Exhort  my  brother 
walke  with  God,  and  prui  for  me  that  the  same 
thing  may  be  my  case.  Thus  committing  yon  to 
Gcd,Ireit 

Your  obedient  Son, 

B.  LUOBTOH. 

EdbM^  March  12, 1S29. 

Pray  remember  me  to  my  brethren  and  sistera, 
My  duty  to  my  .Aunt  and  al  my  freindes.  I  write 
not  to  my  father  because  I  have  not  heard  wbelher 
be  be  come  home  yet  or  not.    I  directed  the  letter 


aa  to  mj  father,  that  it  might  be  the  better  knowne 
where  to  deliver  it. 

1  writt  for  sundry  things  long  since,  for  wfijch 
I  will  not  now  sollicit  you  ;  send  tbem  at  your 
owne  leasure  any  time  before  May. 
To  bii  loving  father  Mr.  Alex'  Lsighton,  Dr.  of  Physlks, 

at  hit  home  on  the  top  of  pndle  bill,  near  biwkftian 

gats,  aver  against  tbs  King's  wardrobe. 

Thess. 

London. 

Endorsed, —  in  Laud's  handwriting, 

"March  2,  1629.  (Style  Rom.)  Rob.  Leighton, 
tbe  Sonn'g  Letter  to  his  mother  from  Eden- 
borough." 

Loving  Mother, — The  cause  of  my  delaying  to 
write  unto  you,  having  twise  received  letters 
from  you  was  this.  Tou  mitt  unto  me  concerning 
some  things  that  you  had  sent,  and  I  diScrred 
writing  till  I  thought  to  have  received  them,  but 
not  having  heard  any  thing  as  yet  of  their  coming, 
I  thought  good  to  write  a  line  or  two,  having  oc- 
casion. Mr.  Wood  hath  received  things  from  Mr. 
Morhend  since  then,  with  which  he  thnught  to 
bave  gotten  my  tbinge?,  but  he  bath  received  his 
own  and  not  mine.  I  informe  you  breifly  of  this, 
but  I  more  desire  to  heare  something  of  my 
father's  afiairea.  I  have  not  so  much  as  seene 
any  of  his  bookes  yet,  though  there  be  some  of 
tbem  beere.  I  pray  with  the  first  occasion  write 
to  me  what  he  hath  done ;  as  yet  my  part  is  in 
the  mean  while  to  recommend  it  to  God.     Re- 


hears of  him,  though  I  come  short  of  it  my- 
selfe,  pray  him  to  pray  for  me,  that  God  uphold 
me,  and    let   not   Satan  take  advantage  uther 


,  and  my  you 
brother  and  sister.     Remember  mo  to  M".  Fre< 

Pardon  my  most  rude  forme  of  irriting  in  re- 
gard of  the  past  and  ye  time  of  night  wherein  I 
writt  this  letter. 

Your  obed.  Son, 

B.  LxiGBIOM. 

Edbrg.  Hay20, 1616. 


gate,  ovsr  against  Ihs  Einge's  wardrobe. 
London. 

Endorsed.    "  Maij  20,  1G29.    Rob.  Leighton'i 
letter  to  hit  motber,  fro'  Edenboroughe." 


(To  be  continued.) 


MYSTEKlLtl. 

The   account  given   by  Bishop  Percy  of  tha 

>rigin  of  the  term  "  m^ttim»V  »  v^nJ^'A  'wi  ■*»» 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


religtoua  dramas  of  tbe  middle  agei,  ii  well  known, 
and  has  long  been  received  ob  correct. 

"  Oq  ihe  molt  solemn  fHlivile,"  bivb  he, "  they  were 
iTOHt  In  repreicnt  in  the  churcbea,  (he  lives  nnd  miiaclei 
of  the  BBFDts,  or  some  of  ths  iirparUnt  slorie*  ot  scrip- 
tore.  And  ii  the  most  mygtBrioui  aulijecU  wen  In- 
queotly  cboieo,  such  u  thi  IncuaMion,  PassioD,  uid 
KBiiirrection  ot  Christ,  Ac,  these  exhibitions  acqnired 
the  genersl  luune  of  MvaisniES." 

The  following  conBiderationg  aeem  to  point  to 
another  derivation  of  the  word  :  — 

Shakspeare  has  made  Timov  of  Athen*  ipeak  of 
" manners, m^ofen'M,  and  trades;*'  while  in  Spen- 
ser's MiMeri(«iierd'»raie,  occur  the  lines:  — 


To  which  Todd  udda  the  explanation  :  "  Myi- 
terie,  profeBsion,  trade,  or  calling." 

Myaterie,  in  this  sense  is  obviously  coDnectcd 
with  milter,  a  word  of  freqnent  oecurrence  in  our 
earlier  poela,  and  defined  by  Richardson  as  "  the 
art  or  business  with  which  any  one  supports  him- 
self." ^Probably  derived  from  mytterium,  "because 
everj  art  or  craft,  however  mean,  has  its  own 
secrets,  which  it  discloses  onlj  to  the  initiated." 
The  term  mister  or  mt/iterit  was  frequently  ap- 
plied, as  in  the  above  quotation  from  ijhakspeare, 
to  tbe  great  corporations  or  guilds.  Ua;  we  not 
readily  suppose  that  from  tiieae  corporations  it 
passed  to  tbe  plays  they  exhibited,  just  as  we  now 
talk  of  the  British  poets,  meaning  tlieir  writings ; 
or  of  reading  Dickens,2wheu  we  mean  reading  his 
novels  ? 

Percy's  derivation  has  probably  obtained  such 
currency,  because  it  was  the  only  one.  It  is  not 
in  itself  highly  probable,  as  one  or  two  facta  will 
show.  In  none  of  the  hundred  references  to  tbe 
mysteries  or  miracle-plays  which  are  to  be  found 
in  our  old  writers,  are  they  spoken  of  as  mi/tteri- 
003.  Nor  were  tbe  "  most  mysterious  subjects 
frequently  chosen."  Lists  of  the  subjects  of  some 
of  theae  ancient  plays,  which  are  still  extant,  prove 
that  those  parts  of  scriptuic  history  were  usually 
■elected  which  afforded  must  scope  for  material 
representation  and  dramatic  effect.  Even  when 
tbe  mysteries  of  religion  wore  introduced,  they 
were  introduced  in  as  oiMiblt  a  form  as  possible. 
L.  C.  MutL. 


Sib  Joan  Davibs  akd  Robbkt  MoKTaoMEBT, 

—  In  Macaulay's  eBftay  on  AfontgomDry's  poems 
is  the  following  well-known  passage  :  — 

■'Wswonld  not  he  nndentood,  hoirerer,  to  >sv  that 
Mr.  Kobert  MonieoBiary  cannot  make  BimilitadcB  for 
himieir.  A  very  few  linrs  farther  on  wo  find  one  which 
has  ersry  mark  of  origiaility,  anil  on  which,  we  will  bs 
bound,  none  of  Ihs  poets  whom  be  has  pland«red  will 
«™r  tbJalc  ofjotkiag  reprisili :  — 


'The  soal,  aspiring:,  psnls  ill  soorce  to  monnl, 
Aa  ■(reami  meander  Isvol  with  their  fount.' 
'■  We  take  [his  to  bs  on  the  whole  the  worst  nmilitnda 
the  world.     In  Lha  fint  place,  no  stream  meanders,  or 


11  did  n 


r  level  w 


be  less  liks  each  other  than  that  of 
meandering  level  and  that  of  mounting  apvarda," 

lias  it  ever  been  suggested  that  the  similitiids 
in  question,  so  far  from  being  orininal,  is  stolen, 
and  "marred  in  tbe  stealing,"  from  Sir  John 
Davies's  Immorlalitt/  o/tke  S(ml{ahoiH  a.b.  1600)  ? 
In  that  fine  poem,  the  author,  adducing  proofs  of 
the  iuimortalily  of  tbe  soul  from  its  own  constitD' 
tion,  urges  that  its  divine  origin  is  shown  by  its 
constant  aspirntion  after  perfection,  for  that  things 
have  a  natural  tendency  to  rise  to  tbe  level  of 

"Aaaino,  how  can  thee  (i.e.  the  S0Dl)bBt  immortallbeb 
When  with  the  motions  of  both  will  and  wit 
She  still  aspiretb  to  elernltle. 
And  never  resti  till  ehee  attains  to  it? 

"  Water  in  cnndnlt-pipes  con  rise  no  higher 
Than  the  well-head  from  whence  it  first  doth  iprtng: 
Then  since  to  etemall  God  the  doth  aspire, 
5hee  cannot  be  but  an  etemall  thing." 

It  seems  scarcely  possible  that  Montgomery  had 
not  these  lines  in  memory  when  be  wrote  that  re- 
nowned distich,  which  be  made  the  "  worst  simili- 
tude in  the  world"  by  hiq  careless  and  common- 
place language.  Aitbbd  Aihobb. 

Alrewis,  Lichfield. 

MisAPPLicATios  or  TantiB.  —  A  lady  being 
a!<ked  how  she  liked  a  discourse  delivered  by  the 
Hon.  and  Rev.  John  Norlfa,  said  that  "he  was  a 
handsome  man,  and  had  prell!/  doctrine."  {NorA'i 
Life.)  I  once  heard  tbe  ilalicuied  term  applied 
by  a  male  tourist  to  the  Falls  of  Niagara. 

D.  M.  Stbvbnb. 

Gnildford. 

AuTOBIOOBAPItT    OF    MiSS    CoSBBLIA   EnICHT  : 

Gbbata.  —  As  this  work  has  reached  a  third 
edition,  with  several  errata  uncorrected,  I  send 
the  following  :  — At  p.  78  of  vol.  ii.  (3rd  edition). 
Lord  St.  Vincent  comes  to  London  to  *'  consult 
Clive  and  Sir  Edward  Hone."  These  names 
should  be  "  Cline"  and  "  Sir  Everiird  Home," 
Clijie  for  Cline  occurs,  pastim.  P.  105,  "TTie 
National  Guards  bad  nosegay*  on  their  bonquett': 


Madlle.  Delpbioc  Gay  is  made  to  recite  a  poem 
on  "The  triumphal  Entry  of  King  Alfred"  : 
query,  "Henry"?  P.  130,  Fistmcci,  the  well- 
known  medallist,  is  called  Pestrucci ;  but  this  may 
be  a  mere  error  of  the  press.  Jatdbb. 

LoTTEBT.  —  The  following  early  notice  of  a 
lottery  is  taken  from  tbe  Wells  corporate  Becorda, 
under  date  lAth  Oct.,  10th  Elisabeth :  ~ 


s«<&LFxB.a»*ei] 


NOTES  AND  QUEBIES. 


109 


thtt  ev^  oeeapftoon  w'thln  the  Town«  afonsayde  ahall 
make  their  lotta  for  the  Lottery  accordynge,  as  well  to 
the  Qiieeiie*8  Ma*ty's  p'clamacon  as  to  her  p'yy  L'ree  as- 
signed in  that  behalf. 

Ina. 

Musing,  ob  dulocatkd  Documents.  —  The 
papers  in  the  State  Paper  Office,  or  as  it  was  then 
called  the  "  Paper  Office,*'  do  not  appear  to  haye 
been  so  sedulously  preserved  formerly  as  in  the 
present  day.  Cromwell,  notwithstanding  all  that 
nas  been  hurled  upon  him  by  his  enemies  as  to 
the  reckless  destruction  of  muniments  by  his  sol- 
diery, cannot  bear  the  culpability  of  a  careless 
disregard  of  public  documents  during  the  brief 
period  of  his  power.  No  better  or  more  careful 
series  of  papers  can  be  found  than  those  of  the 
Council  of  State  during  the  Interr^num.  Whether 
in  the  period  anterior  to  the  Protectorate,  or  dur-. 
ing  the  first  few  years  of  the  then  troublous  times, 
papers  began  to  be  lent  out  indiscriminately  to  in- 
dlTiduats,  is  not  certain ;  but  it  appears  evident 
by  the  following  order  that  the  Council  of  State 
deemed  it  expedient  to  place  their  veto  upon  such 
a  laxity  of  public  trust.  The  practice  referred 
to  below  is  not  at  all  unlikely  to  account  for 
missing  or  lost  papers  : 

«  Monday,  y«  2  of  Febraary,  1651. 

**  That  M'  Randolph,  keeper  of  the  Paper  Office  in 
Whitehall,  bee  required  to  call  for  each  papers  as  have 
beene  by  him  lent  out  of  the  Paper  Office  to  any  person 
to  bee  returned  backe  againe  into  the  office,  and  that  for 
the  fatore  hee  doe  not  give  out  any  papers  but  by  order 
of  the  ParlamS  or  Gouncell,  or  Comittee  of  the  Cooncell 
for  forreigne  affaires ;  and  that  he  doe  w*>>  all  convenient 
speed  make  an  inyentory  of  all  such  papers  and  write- 
ings  as  are*in  his  custody,  and  tender  the  same  to  the 
Cooncell." 

iTBUaiBL. 

Lbngthehed  Tenitbb  of  a  Livino. — My  great 
grand  uncle  the  Rev.  John  Higgoo,  was  presented 
to  the  living  of  Landowror,  in  Carmarthenshire,  by 
Sir  John  Pbilipps,  Bart.,  of  Picton  Castle,  in  1761. 
Mr.  Higgon  held  the  living  until  the  period  of  his 
death  in  1813,  at  the  age  of  93.  The  living  was 
then  given  bv  Lord  Milford,  son  of  Sir  John 
Pl^ipps,  to  the  Kev.  Thomas  Martin,  who  still 
bolds  it.  The  right  of  presentation,  therefore,  has 
only  been  exercised  once  in  a  century. 

John  Pavin  Philufs. 

Haverfordwest. 

BoNEFiBE  AND  BoNFiBB.  —  I  am  qulte  aware 
that  in  the  English  language  bon&re  becomes  bone- 
fire  by  exuberance  of  spelling  only,  and  by  no 
connection  of  fact  or  etymology.  But  this  seems 
true  of  the  English  language  only.  The  Irish 
language  has  the  word  (in  a  native  form)  hotie' 
fire,  and  uses  it  also  for  6o/i-fire.  Conor  0*Sul- 
livan  (a  seditious  bard  of  the  early  part  of  the 
last  century),  in  a  poem  foretelling  an  outbreak  of 
hit  ooontrymen,  encourages  them  to  make  the 


following  amongst  other  preparations  for  the  happy 
event : 

**  Deantar  enamk-themiUe,  agus'seid  stoc  na  pibe,"  &c 
This  being  interpreted  means, 

**  Let  bone-^reB  be  made  and  the  bagpipe  blow.**  &c 
The  curious  reader  will  find  the  entire  poem  in 
Mr.  John  O'Daly's  Poets  and  Poetry  ofMuruter^ 
at  p.  256  of  the  first  volume.  H.  C.  C' 


^nttiti. 


"Adestb  Fidelss.**  —  I  have  just  read  the 
following  account  regarding  this  hymn  :  — 

**  The  Adeste  Fidelest  although  really  a  composition  by 
an  Englishman  named  John  Reading  (who  also  wrote 
Ihdce  Domum),  obtained  the  name  of  *  The  Portuguese 
Hymn,'  from  its  having  been  beard  by  the  Duke  of 
Leeds  at  the  Portuguese  Chapel,  who  imagined  it  to  be 
peculiar  to  the  service  in  Portugal.  Being  a  Director  of 
the  Ancient  Concerts,  bis  Grace  introduced  the  melody 
there ;  and  it  speedily  became  popular,  under  the  title 
he  had  given  it." 

The  above  account  was  written  by  a  daughter 
of  the  late  Vincent  Novello,  who  was  organist  at 
the  Portuguese  Chapel,  it  should  therefore  be  of 
authority.  But  is  it  the  generaUy  received 
theory  ?  Notia. 

Asms  in  Noblb*s  "  Cbomwell  Family."  —  In 
Noble's  Memoirs  of  the  Cromwell  Family  there  is 
an  engraving  representing  the  arms  of  the  Crom- 
wells  at  Hinchinbrooke  House,  among  which  is 
the  coat  of  Cromwell  impaling,  quarterly,  Ist  and 
4th  az.,  3  acorns  (slipped  and  leaved)  or ;  2nd  and 
3rd  arg.,  a  bull's  head  couped  sa.  armed  or.  Over 
all  on  an  inescutcheon  arg.,  a  lion  rampant  re* 
guardant  vert,  crowned.  This  coat  is  stated  (Proofs 
and  Illustrations,  vol.  i.  p.  317)  to  be  the  arms  of 
Sir  Henry  Cromwell,  impaling  those  of  his  wife, 
Joan  Warren*,  with  a  coat  of  pretence  for  Trelake 
alias  Davy.  If  this  were  so,  the  arms  of  Davy 
would  have  been  borne  quarterly  by  Joan,  and 
not  in  pretence.  It  appears,  however,  from  Piest- 
wich,  that  the  arms  of  Warren,  as  borne  on  one  of 
the  banner- rolls  at  the  state  funeral  of  the  Protec- 
tor, were  or,  a  chevron  between  3  eagles'  heads  erased 
sable.t  Whilst  Stowe  (Survey,  ed.  1633,  p.  581), 
and  also  Heylin,  in  his  Arms  of  the  Lord  mayors, 
describes  the  arms  of  Sir  R.  Warren  as  az.,  on  a 
chev,  engrailed  between  3  lozenges  or,  as  many 
griffins^  heads  erased  of  the  field ;  on  a  chief 
cheeky  of  the  3rd  and  gules,  a  greyhound  courant 
collared  or,  which  has  much  the  appearance  of 

*  Joan,  daughter  and  heir  of  Sir  Ralph  Warren,  Knt, 
Lord  Mayor  of  London  in  1636,  and  part  of  1543,  by 
Joan,  daughter  and  coheiress  of  John  Trelake,  dliat  Davy 
of  Cornwall. 

t  Prestwich's  Begpublica,  p.   186;   Burke's  Amunay 
gives  to  Warren  of  London,  or,  a  chev.  betyi^RSv^  ^grS&»* 
heads  erased  sa.,  which  coat  was  oilao  eJt  HiwdKxift't^^^**-*'"^^ 
it  engraved  on  the  tome  ploie  \n  I9<Mk. 


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KOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


[3"»  S.  L  Feb.  8,  »62. 


the  ^  Henry-the-Eighth  **  modification  of  the  coat 
inentioned  bj  Preatwich.  Now  I  cannot  help 
thinking  that  the  impalement  in  question  is  a 
foreign  coat,  and  I  should  at  once  have  assigned 
it  to  Palavicinif  an  Italian  family  connected  with 
the  Cromwells,  had  not  Blome  in  his  Britannia 
engraved  the  arms  of  Paravicin  (oa  he  calls  it)  as 
"  a  pelican,  colours  unknown."  * 

As,  therefore,  it  is  clear  that  Noble  was  in  error 
in  assigning  the  coat  to  Warren,  the  question 
arises — to  whom  did  it  belong?  And  I  hope, 
throuffh  the  medium  of  "  N.  &  Q.**  to  solve  this 
question,  which  is  one  of  no  mean  importance  to 
me  personally,  and  is,  I  venture  to  think,  one  of 
some  little  interest  to  the  genealogical  world. 

H*  S.  G. 

Pedmore. 

Arnbmian  Society. — Can  any  of  your  readers 
inform  me  where  a  list  of  the  members  of  the 
Arnenian  Society,  of  the  Litter  part  of  the  last 
century,  can  be  seen.    Are  any  still  living  ? 

S.  H.  Angieb. 

15,  Ilyde  Park  Gate,  South. 

Baldwin  Family:  Sir  Clement  Fabniiam. — 
I  am  exceedingly  indebted  to  your  correspon- 
dent W.  P.  for  bis  lucid  answer  to  my  Query  re- 
specting the  office  of  Comptroller  of  the  Works, 
as  held  by  my  ancestor  Thomas  Baldwyn.  I 
should  be  very  glad  to  receive  any  information 
respecting  any  other  members  of  the  old  Hert- 
fordshire family  of  Baldwyn,  or  Baldwin,  of  which 
the  said  Thomas  was  a  member.  A  cousin  of  his, 
Catharine  Baldwyn,  married  Sir  Clement  Ffarn- 
ham,  or  Farnham,  Knt.,  as  appears  from  some  old 
Chancery  pleadings  in  my  possession.  Is  any- 
thing known  of  this  Sir  Clement,  and  why  he 
received  the  honour  of  knighthood?  Is  there 
any  other  old  family  of  Baldwin  existing  at  the 
present  time,  and  m  what  county,  and  what  are 
the  arms  borne  by  its  members  ? 

F.  C.  F. 

SiB  Fbancis  Brtan.  —  Is  anything  known  of 
the  parentage  of  Sir  Francis  Bryan,  who  was 
knighted  hj  the  Earl  of  Surrey  in  Brittany  in 
1522,  and  died  in  1550,  Marshal  of  Ireland,  after 
having  married  for  his  second  wife  Joan  Countess 
Dowager  of  Ormonde  f  His  arms  and  standard 
will  be  found  in  the  Excerpta  Hiitorica,  p.  338, 
from  the  MS.  I.  2,  in  the  College  of  Arms ;  and 
the  former  were,  Argent,  three  piles  wavy  meeting 
in  base  vert,  within  a  bordure  engrailed  azure 
bezant^e.  This  coat  is  attributed  to  ^*  Bryan,  of 
Bedfordshire,"  in  Burke's  General  Armory^  but 
the  name  does  not  occur  under  that  county  in 
Sims*8  Index  to  the  BeraltU  Visitations.  A  bor- 
dure engrailed  was  a  difference  sometimes,  but 

^^ I- 

•  Noble,  ii.  214;  Berry  (^Eney.  Herald,)  gives  the  arms 
i>f  Paravisini,  **  gu.,  a  goose  arg." 


not  always,  indicative  of  illegitimate  descent.  Sir 
Francis  Bryan  was  orator  at  Rome  in  1529,  am- 
bassador in  France  in  the  same  year,  and  to  the 
emperor  in  1543.  As  early  as  152G  he  was  cup- 
bearer to  Henry  VIII.,  and  master  of  the  noble 
youths  termed  the  King's  henchmen :  and  the 
following  interesting  testimony  to  his  qualifica- 
tions for  the  latter  office  is  given  by  Roger  As- 
cham  :  "  Some  men  bein^  never  so  old,  and  spent 
by  years,  will  still  be  full  of  youthful  conditions : 
as  was  Sir  Francis  Bryan,  and  evermore  would 
have  been.**  {The  Scholenuuter,  Second  Book.) 
As  a  poet,  Sir  Francb  Bryan  has  been  noticed  by 
Mr.  J.  Payne  Collier,  in  the  Archaologia,  vol. 
xxvi.,  and  by  Mr.  Robert  Bell  in  the  English 
Poets  {Surrey  and  others),  1854,  p.  231.  The 
latter  terms  him  "  nephew  to  Lord  Berners,  the 
^translator  of  Frobsart.**  How  was  that  ?  It  does 
not  appear  in  the  account  of  the  Berners  family 
in  Bank8*s  Dormant  and  Extinct  Baronage,  1808, 
ii.  50.  JouK  GoDGu  Nicbols. 

Engbaveb  Heads. — I  have  the  six  engravings 
by  Thomas  Frye  (Hatton  Garden,  1760),  which 
arc  thus  mentioned  by  Edwards  in  his  Anecdotes 
of  Painters :  — 

**0f  his  (Frye'd)  mezzotinto  productions,  there  are  six 
beads  as  larj^e  as  life :  one  of  them  is  the  portrait  of  the 
artist  himself." 

The  head  referred  to  is  distinguishable  by  the 
word  ipse,  but  thcT  others  (four  male  and  one 
female)  arc  without  inscription.  I  shall  feel  much 
obliged  to  any  'one  who  can  inform  me  whether 
these  are  portraits,  and  if  so,  of  whom  ? 

CuABLfS  WtLIR. 

Family  op  Dowson  op  Chesteb.  —  In  a  MS. 
by  Randle  Holme,  in  the  British  Museum,  among 
several  coats  of  arms,  chiefly  of  Cheshire  gentry, 
occurs  a  sketch  of  the  following,  headed  ^^  Dowsoii 
of  Chester*' :  Argent,  two  pales  sable ;  over  all 
a  chevron  ^ules ;  on  a  canton  of  the  last,  five 
bezants.  There  is  no  note  or  pedigree  attached. 
Can  any  Cheshire  or  Lancashire  antiquary  oblige 
me  with  information  respecting  this  family  of 
Dowson  ?  The  name  occurs,  in  connexion  with 
the  parish  of  Woodchurch,  in  1641,  when  John 
and  Symon  Dowson  were  living  there.  J. 

Jacob  FiiBTciiBB.  —  In  Smithers*s  History  of 
Liverpool,  published  about  1824,  there  is  a  Cata- 
logue of  Liverpool  authors.  In  that  list  I  found 
the  name  Jacob  Fletcher,  author  of  several  dra- 
matic pieces.  Can  any  Liverpool  correspondent 
give  any  account  of  the  author,  the  titles  and 
dates  of  his  works,  &c.  &c.  Zeta. 

Gbeee  Obatob. — I  heard  it  said  the  other 
day  that  a  Greek  orator  once  began  "  a  speech  ** 
with  a  phrase  that  is  a  precise  equivalent  to  those 
well-worn  English  words :  "  Unaccustomed  as  I 
am  to  public  speaking.**    I  have  been  at  some 


a'^a.LFns.'fis.] 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


Ill 


trouble  to  Tcrify  this  statement,  and  have  fulcil. 
"WUl  some  Of  your  readers  hdp  me?    K.  P.  D.  E. 

Ikoh.  —  I  shall  be  glad  of  the  etjmology  of 
tbia  vocable,  which  is  found  as  a  (erminatioa  of 
inanj  local  naniea  in  Siritzerlind  ;  B3  Atttkon, 
Bubicon,  Danikon,  Dietikon,  ESretikon,  Eschli- 
ioi),  Islikon,  Niinikoti,  Kebikon,  Oberlikon,  Pfiif- 
tikon,  Kusaikon,  Scbmerikoo,  Wetzikon  or  Wexi- 
Icon.  Is  it  from  ecke,  a  corner,  or  from  loicP  or 
■whence  ?  R.  8.  Cuabsoce. 

Jones  of  DinoESTOir.  —  To  33  Elizabeth,  the 
■rms  —  Azure,  3  talbots'  heade  erased,  argent — 
■were  confirmed  to  Walter  Jones,  Esq.,  of  Dingcs- 
tO'v,  Munmoutbshire,  ax  the  armt  of  hit  ancesloT). 
'Will  anjonc  oblige  by  some  earlier  account  of 
tills  bearing,  and  the  family  wbo  used  it  T   H.  W. 

Paisage  1.1  CicBRO.  —  Von  Raumer,  in  bis 
J'alajlina  (p.  22),  quotes  a  laying  of  Cicero's 
<without  referenee)  to  the  efTeut,  that  the  God  of 
the  Jeira  muat  have  been  an  Insij^lficant  dcily, 
DB  he  had  confined  hla  people  to  so  snail  a  coun- 
try. 1  have  been  unable  to  discover  tbis  quota- 
tion, and  sbnil  be  grateful  to  anyone  who  can 
I>oint  it  out,  G. 

Rutlaud  :  Cooutt  or  ShtrbF  —  lathe  latter 
incorrect  ?  And  if  ao,  why  ?  Is  it  true  that 
formerly  Rutland  had  no  sheriff,  and  would  that 
bave  any  bearing  on  tbe  queetion  F  What,  if  any, 
ii  the  dilTureDue  between  a  cmmtn  or  thire^ 

BUOT  MOXTACBAH. 

AbEryjlwiUj. 

Satin  Bakk  Noib. — I  have  a  pretended  bank 
not«,  partly  printed  on,  and  portly  woven  into,  a 
piece  of  bluibh-wblte  satin  ribbon  of  the  requisite 
width  :  — 


"  Bank,  So. 

1738 

I  proraiia  to  pav  lo 

on  demand,  the  Bum  of  OnK 
LondoD,  the  day  of  I79S. 

For  tha  Gov.  uiU  Conip.  or  tha 
BiukofE  n-and," 
u  printed,  all  but  (he  word  Oss,  which  is 
woven ;  and  also  a  still  larger  Ons,  which  is 
voven  in  pink,  and  corresponds  in  aituetion  with 
the  large  bluefc  nod  white  number  on  a  bank 
note.  "  Wincbestcr  St.  17lb  March,"  is  in  writ- 
ing on  the  upper  part  of  the  note.  Is  this  a  squib, 
or  what?  A  good  many  must  have  been  woven 
to  make  It  worth  while  to  do  so.  P.  P. 

Shakespbarr  Fawilt  Pbdioree.  —  I  baveYa 

Sjdigree  of  the  family  of  ibe  Shnkespeores  by 
ahn  Jordan,  of  Stratford,  17!f6,  engraved  an  a 
4to  page.  What  book  does  it  belong  to  ?  It  bas 
been  published  sintKJortUn'B  time,  as  it  is  brought 
down  to  leia.  Sbhhdcb. 

SUOB  HAILED  TO  MaST. 

"  Uaving  bsal  op  luccessrull;  ths  wltLEliraiJ  pauige, 


we  ■trvtched  lo  the  northward;  and  follint;  in  with  a 
westerly  wind,  in  eigbt  wi^eks  airived  [n  louiulinga,  and 
in  leu  days  after  made  ttie  Lizard.  It  ii  Impoaaible  to 
express  the  jo;  I  felt  at  tbe  sigbc  of  Englisli  ground ! 
Don  Kodrigo  was  not  nnraoveJ,  and  Strop  abed  tears  of 

Sndness.     Tbe  sailors  profited  by  our  salisfaction ;  the 
oe  that  was  nailed  lo  (he  mast  being  quite  filled  with 
oar  llbenlity."  —  Bmbrich  ItandmH,  obap.  Iivii. 

Query,  Does  this  custom  of  the  shoe  survive  on 
ship-board,  and  on  such  occasions  still  1* 

Quivis. 

West  Stbeet  Chapel.  —  It  would  be  a  great 
favour  if  any  one  would  tell  uie,  either  through 
"N.  8[  Q."  or  privately,  where  I  may  find  an 
account  of  West  Street  Chapel,  St.  Giles's- in-thc 
Fields.  I  want  the  history  of  it  previous  to  1743, 
when  it  was  rented  by  John  \S  esley.  In  large 
bbtories  of  the  parish  and  of  London,  no  mention 
is  made  of  tbis  old  buildin?.  R.  W.  Dibdih. 

62,  Torringlon  5qoar«,  \V.  C. 


(Burt  ltd  tnitb  fLnitotri. 
"How  MANif  Reads  makb  FivzF"  —  I  have 
heard  this  espressioti  made  use  of  by  several  per- 
sons, and  I  believe  it  is  used  in  various  counties 
more  or  less.  Some  explain  It  as  "  being  up  to 
a  Ihiofr  or  two " ;  some  as  "  the  man  of  the 
world."    Can  you  explain  its  origin  and  meaning  ? 

A.  MOOLTON. 
[The  pfaraia  in  fall  is,  "He  kaows  how  many  beans 
make  five;  "  that  is,  as  our  cnrre'pondcnt  auggesia,  he  ia 
"up  to  a  tiling  or  two."  Petbapi  we  may  obtain  a 
clearer  view  of  the  true  import  of  this  expression,  by 
comparing  it  with  that  other  saving,  "He  knows  how 

how  rnanr  he  ought  to  have  "in."  For  Instance,  the 
huckster  in  Oid  I.iandoo,  who  bought  losvei  of  ths 
baker  to  sell  again  rrom  door  to  door,  knew  that  for  every 
Iwtire  loaves  be  paid  for  be  was  entitled  to  thirteen, 
which  waa  therefore  called  a  "  bnker't  doicn,"  the  odd 
Ixing  the  retailer's  ptoHt.  In  like  m 


■  the  p! 


!,  ■■  He  I 


8Dppo!e  him  to  bu,r  a  load  or  irey,  which  is  Gre  quarters: 
be  knows  what  is  the  extra  allowance  usual  in  Ibe  trade 


!  (o  gel 


Either 


uit  have  tbis  regular  allawaace,  or  he  will  not  take  Iba 
lans.  He  ia  not  going  to  be  put  olf  with  a  bare  Gvs 
larters  and  nothing  more.  In  this  sense.  "  He  knows 
)W  many  Iwana  uiaka  five"  will  mean  "He  ia  not 
^ily  taken  ing  he  knows  what  bs  is  ubont  when  h« 


pnrchaao." 


,   howt 


I  been  offeted. 


andidales.     He  is  the  roan,  also,  who 
"Aaui  numv  beans"  are  reqalslle,  lo 
pull.    This  then  Is  the  in- 
y  beans  will  make  five." 


"It's  all  nothing."    lalhta  wow*^ 


112 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


[»<  8.  L  Fbb.  8^  W. 


qaaj,  "How  mray  beuu  naka  Sti?"  would  become 

"How  mu;  ik>i^(&('  meke  five?"  —  one  of  thoie  posing 
qaeMlou  with  wbicb  wiieecT**  delight  lo  damfound  and 
pDUla  noiif  litlle  boyi,  like  "  How  muij  ttara  will  fill 
>Hck?"ftc] 

CHsisTfiniHO  Bowls.  —  A  recent  number  of 
"  N.  &  Q."  contained  some  particulars  upon  Apos- 
tle-epoons.  Can  an;  reader  supplj  information 
upon  the  kindred  subject  of  chiiateniog  bowls  ? 

\y/e  fiud  more  Trequent  alluaioDB  in  old  writeri  to 
kpoMlee'  spoons  tban  to  bowla  u  preienta.  In  fact,  ac- 
cordiDg  to  Howe's  edition  of  Slow'e  Chranich,  IB81,  p. 
1089.  tufore  Ihe  reign  of  Jimf*  I.,  at  beplismi  the  gpon- 


L  aftsrwsrds 


cuff*,  wrought  with  eilk  or  blue  ihreul ; 
they  g«VB  Fpoons.  cops,  be.  Shakipesre,  woo  w»«  fioa- 
fither  10  one  of  Beu  Jousod's  children,  gsve  "  a  douien 
of  Lstten  epoons."  In  Iho  Canf-vti  of  Woninj,  p.  168 
((looted  bjllrand),  "The  godmother  heviiiK  when  the 
child  was  to  be  rtvltd,  brings  it  a  gilt  coral,  a  eilrei 
gpoon,  and  porringer,  and  a  brai'e  new  tankard  of  the 
ume  metd."  According  to  Shipman  (CM.IJM,  1686), 
ths  cnitom  of  making  presents  at  baptienu  declined  in 
tb«  time  of  (ha  Com didd wealth :  — 

iwl 


lebowl 


"Not.  26,  1667. 


"Formerly,  when  they  us'd 
Gilt  bowls  of  aack.  they  gi 

Pepys,  however,  obseried  the  coa' 

At  my  gold  ami  ih's.  bought  aba..,,  .u.  ,^)  <.„«  .ug... 
tbe  Parson's  child,  to  wbicb  the  otbet  doy  she  was  god- 
molher.  It  coat  ma  lOJ,  14s.  besides  graving,  wfaieh  1 
do  with  tbe  cypher  of  tbe  name,  Daaiel  Mills.'*] 

Tbb  MnDBBN  Bbitish  Coinaqb.  —  What  is 
tbe  date  of  the  present  system  of  English  coinage, 
u  divided  into  pounds,  sbillings,  and  pence  F 

L.  L.  D. 

[Henry  VII.  I4B9,  issued  tbe  doable  ryal,  or  someiRn 
of  ^D>.,  accomnanied  by  the  doable  eovereign  of  lOi.  Id 
lfi44,  Henry  Till,  etrack  sovereigns  of  the  former  value 
of  20a,  and   half-aovereigns  in    proportion.      In    1817, 

again  coined,  and  the  gulness  and  halF-gnlDeas  were  gra- 
dually withdrawn  from  circnlation.  —  Tba  sci/Jiag  wae  a 
denomination  of  money  in  Saiun  tim«.  Tbe  leaioon.  or 
ahilling,  was  firat  coined  by  Henry  VII.  in  15<I3.  — [a 
Hint  of  antiquity  the  pnny  is  the  Dld(*t  of  the  three. 
Before  balf-penre  were  corned,  it  wai  an  integer,  n  eilrer 
piece,  and  bad  been  such  far  sges.  It  first  appears  as  a 
silver  coin  in  Ihe  laws  of  Ina,  King  of  the  West  Saioiii, 
who  began  Ilia  reign  in  68f>.  Provincial  coins  and  tradet- 
inen's  tokens  were  eupereeiled  br  an  isane  of  lawful  cop- 
per ptnoiea  on  Jane  S6, 1797.  Consult  Ruding'a  Canals 
tifObiiiagt,  4to,  IBiO,  fuwixi.] 

"Enolabd's  Black  Tbibunall."  —  Can  you 
inform  me  as  to  tbe  value  of  a  cnrious  work, 
which  I  discovered  tbe  other  da;  among  some 
very  old  family  books?  It  is  entitled  England* 
Black   Tribanatl,  and  consists  of  two  pans;   tbe 


first,   c 


a  of  King  Charles      . 
that  monaicb,  and  an  elegy  0 


I  a  full  account  of  the  trial  a 


ritb  s 


The  second,  the  sevenl  dying  ipeecbea  of  the 

nobility  and  gentry  who  suffered  death  for  ILdr 
loyalty  to  tbeir  sovereign.  At  tbe  bottom  of  tbe 
title-page  is  written,  '■  London  :  Printed  for  J. 
Fiayford,  1660."  I  should  like  to  know  the  real 
author  of  the  lines  in  question,  which  are  very 
original  and  curioua.  H.  C.  F.  (Herti.) 

[Thia  work  has  all  the  appearance  of  being  the  caa- 
pilalion  of  J.  Playford,  tbe  bookseller,  and  "The  EU- 
gie"ane  of  those  fly-aheets  so  numeroDS  just  aAvtbs 
murder  of  the  king.  At  p.  51  of  the  third  edltiMi.  cor- 
rected and  enlarged  (Lond.  Bvo,  1680),  instead  of  the 
letter  written  by  King  Charlea  to  his  son  tbe  Priaea 
from  Ifewport,  Kov.  29, 1648,  which  is  omitted,  then  an 
inserted  "  His  Hajeslie'a  Prayera  in  tbe  time  of  bis  Be- 
atraint,"  immediately  before  -The  Eligia."  At  tbe  and 
of  this  work  will  be  found  "  The  manner  of  the  exeentloi 
of  the  reverend  Dr.  John  Hewyt.  on  the  acallbld,  M 
Tueiday,  Sih  June,  16i8,  with  hia  Speech  before  hU 
death.  Also,  Dr.  John  Hewit'a  LeIUr  to  Dr.  Wilde  oe 
Monday,  June  7,  16a8,  being  the  day  before  be  sulared 
deatb,  and  read  by  Dr.  Wilde  at  his  FnncralL"  TUa 
work  only  fetched  bt.  at  the  Roibnrghe  aale.  The  edi- 
tion of  1671  U  au  abridgment,  and  does  not  contain  Fan 
11.3 

"Chamfaonb  to  tbb  mast  hbad." — Whatii 
the  meaning  or  origin  of  thia  phrase  which  out 
often  bears  in  reference  to  a,  plentiful  supply  of 
the  wine  at  Uble  ?  S. 

Edinburgh. 

[We  have  beard  tbe  expressions  "Swimming  in  chlm- 
psgoe,"  snd  "We  drank  champagne  enough  to  lloat  s 
ahip."  But  we  suapKt  that  like  cbanpagne  itaelt  lbs 
phrase  "Chsmpsgoe  to  the  mait  besd  "  has  not  cooM 
into  common  use.  It  may  probably  be  regatdad  aa  ao 
exiensioti  or  exaggerstion  of  tbe  expressions  which  v* 
ted.] 


hat 

Babometbhs  riBST  MADE.  —  In  North's  Lift  it 
is  stated  that  barometers  were  firit  made  and  aold 
by  one  Jonea,  a  noted  ciockmaker  in  tbe  Inner 
l^emple  Gate,  at  the  insUnce  of  the  Lord  Keeper 
Guildford.  la  this  the  generally  received  opinion  f 
D.  M.  STEms. 

may  poseibly  have 
t  Englishman  to  construct  a  Torricelliaa 
tube,  aa  ttie  bsromeler  was  originally  called,  after  its  bt- 
t/tntor,  Erangslista  Torriceili,  Ihe  llluatriona  mathanatl- 
cian  and  philosophsr  of  Italy;  who,  between  [he  Tears 
1641  and  1647,  discovered  the  method  of  aacertalDlag  tta* 
weight  of  the  atmoapheie  by  a  proportionat*  eolBantf 
quicksilver.] 

Gbat'b  "Elwit"  pabodibd.  —  Where  cm  I 
find  in  print  a  parody  upon  Gray'i  EUgjf  m  m 
CotnUry  Churchyard,  written,  I  believe,  by  Mr. 
DuDcombe,  under  the  title  of  An  Eveiung  Con- 
UmplatioM  in  a  CoUege  T  1  hare  an  impreaaion  of 
having  seen  it,  many  years  ago,  in  some  collection 
of  poems,  which  must  have  been  printed,  I  think, 
after  the  oiininal  Elegy  appeared  in  Dodaley's 
Collection,  I7SS,  and  some  time  before  tbe  cloae 
of  that  century.  H.  E. 

["An  Evening  Contemplation  in  a  College"  Is  printed, 
withont  any  author's  name,  In  tliB  Snd  vol.  of  rAsJt^M'- 


»rf  &  I.  fmb.  8,  -ei] 


NOTES  AKD  QUERIES. 


113 


My;  a  Alwt  OJItetlm  of  FHgilnM  Pitcu  of  Wit  and 
JThw  n  Pnt  ami  Vrri  (_tai  ed.  1783,  pp.  71-76.) 
la  th*  uma  Tolnina  will  be  found  Grs;'s  beintifol  ode, 
■ad  thiM  other  parodies  or  imitalioos  of  it;  namely, 
"An  EI*^  written  in  CoTent  Garden,"  "  The  Nunnanr; 
an  Elegr,^  and  "Ad  Elegy  wriCleD  in  Weattninatar Hatl 
dodng  the  Long  Tantion."J 


ALBERT  DNITESSITT;  OHDEBOF  MEBIT,BTC 
(3-*  S.  i.  87.) 
Few,  I  think,  will  bave  read  the  suffgeitioas 
lately  throws  out  reipecting  a  memorinl  for  the 
late  Prince  Consort,  without  hoping  that  the  pro- 
poaed  memorial  may  take  the  form  of  a  Univer- 
titj  in  English  Literature,  Science,  and  Art ;  or 
elie  some  such  an  Order  of  Merit  as  the  one  re- 
ferred to  by  your  correspondent  M>.  J,  W. 
BktafS.  The  nation  has  long  felt  both  these 
wanta.  The  London  University  has  done  a  little 
towards  encourai^ing  science  b^  establishing  its 
hftchelor's  and  doctor's  degrees  in  that  branch  of 
learning.  Yet  this  has  been  but  little.  Owing 
to  the  necessity  of  first  matriculating  in  arl«, 
many  who  could  pass  in  all  the  scientific  aubjccta 
are  prevented  from  presenting  themselves  as  can> 

The  stiggettion  respecting  an  Albert  Cross,  or 
fOmeOrderofMerit,  is  worthy  of  serious  consider- 
ation. "Tbev  manage  these  things  better  in 
France";  and  though  we  may  have  sneered  at 
th*  way  in  which  our  Gallic  neighbours  fill  the 
ranks  of  their  Lesion  of  Honour,  we  have  felt 
that  a,  similar  digtinction  would  be  a  very  good 
thing  amongst  ourselves.  Mr.  Thackeray,  in  one 
of  his  witty  "  Hound  about  Papers,"  treats  us  to 
■a  amusing  disquisition  on  what  might  have  been 
if  the  proposed  order  of  Minerva  bad  ever  come 
into  existence.  And  though  we  cannot  repress  a 
■mile  at  Sir  Alexis  Soyer  and  Sir  Thomas  Sayers, 
we  are  obliged  to  confess  that  there  could  be  no 
Dobler  and  l>etter  memorial  to  the  great  and  good 
Prince  than  the  two  luggeated,  if  fully  and  fairly 
carried  out. 

Tlie  difficulty,  of. course,  is  to  get  the  matter 
properly  taken  up.  We  have  honours  enough 
already  existing  for  our  fortunate  lawyers,  states- 
men, and  military  officers.  What  we  want  is 
•une  distintrtion  so  valuable  that  our  highest  lite- 
rary and  scientiBc  men  might  be  proud  to  bear 
it,  with  lower  grades,  which  would  prove  an  at- 
tnction  to  the  Severer  members  of  the  struggling 
middle  classes,  and  which  as  rewards  of  ment 
they  might  hope  to  obtain. 

Tour  Magazine  is  hardly  the  place  for  dls- 
cvaaing  this  subject  j  yet  should  the  latter  of 
tbeae  suggestions  bo  ever  adopted,  it  will  be  no 
■mall  honour,  amongst  its  other  successes,  that 
the  idea  was  first  brought  forward  in  the  pages  of  ' 


ISABELLA  AND  ELIZABETH. 
(2-*  S.  xii.  364,  444,  464,  822,  a-*  a  i.  S9.) 

If,  as  Mr.  Bdcston  and  F.  C.  E.  assert,  the 
name  ItabeUa  was  first  used  in  Europe  in  Spain  or 
Portugal,  maj  it  not  have  been  borrowed  from  tbe 
Moors?  This  idea  suggested  itself  to  me  as  soon 
as  I  had  read  Mr,  Bucktok's  article,  in  which  he 
disposes  of  the  question  in  a  somewhat  summary 
and  arbitrary  manner ;  and  I  therefore  at  once 
wrote  to  Mr.  Catafaeo  (who  is  a  native  of  Sfria) 
and  asked  him,  without  mentioning,  or  even  allud- 
ing to,  the  name  Jezehtl,  whether  there  was  in 
Arabic  any  equivalent  for  our  name  IiabeUa,  and 
if  ao,  whether  aucb  equivalent  was  of  recent  intro- 
duction, or  of  ancient  date.  I  give  tbe  first  few 
lines  of  his  reply  verbatim .-  "  In  answer  to  your 
letter  I  must  state  that  we  have  the  name  IimtOa 
in  Arabic,  which  is  Jljjl  (Izba!*).  Thia  name 
is  very  old,  and  it  is  mentioned  in  the  Biblct 
1  Kings  xzi.  5."  I  have  since  seen  Mr.  Catafago, 
and  he  assures  me  that  this  name  Izbdl  is  still 
used  as  a  woman's  name  in  Syria  and  Egjpt,  al- 
though it  is  by  no  means  so  common  ai  Mary, 
Martha,  or  Elizatictb,  which  last  is  in  Arabic 
CiJlUJl  (ElieiLbJit).f 

It  is  therefore  clear  that  those  Syrians  and 
Egyptians  who  are  acquainted  with  any  European 
language  in  which  IiabeUa  (in  one  or  other  of  its 
forms)  is  made  use  of,  regard  it  as  tbe  equivalent 
of  their  name  I^bal,  which  is  aaed  in  the  Arabic 
version  of  the  Old  Testament  to  express  '^J'^t 
{IzebelD,  and  which  has  probably  not  been  bor- 
rowed from  the  Hebrew,  but  been  preserved,  in 
southern  Syria  (Palestine)  at  least,  smce  the  days 
of  tbe  woman  who  rendered  it  infamous.  If,  there- 
fore, the  name  is  still  used  in  Arabic,  it  is  no  doubt 
because  it  is,  so  to  say,  a  hoiaehold  name,  and  not 
because  the  Syrians  or  others  wished,  from  any 
admiration  of  that  woman,  to  perpetuale  her  name. 
In  tbe  same  way  we  still  use  Ileiiry  and  Mary,  al- 
though these  names  were  borne  by  two  sovereign* 
whom  most  of  us  do  not  revere. 

But,  some  one  may  say,  even  if  tbe  Moors  car- 
ried  the  name  with  them  into  Spain  and  Portugal 
(as  they  naturally  must  have  done),  is  it  likely 
that  the  Christians  would  adopt  the  name  of  one 
they  so  abhorredlP  I  reply  that,  if  they  did  adopt 
it,  they  probably  did  so  amcittiiigbj.  Tbe  Portn- 
guese  write  Jezebel,  Jezabel,  which  I  suppose  they 
would  pronounce  Yezabtl,  whilst  their  equivalent 
for  EUzabetfi  is  Iiabel.  In  the  same  way,  there- 
fore, that  in  England  the  name  Jezebel  seems  but 
to  few  (in  constqaenee  of  the  difference  in  pro- 
nunciation) to  have  any  connection  with  Iiahel,  so 
in  Portugal  there  must,  I  think,  be  many  who  do 


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114 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


[S**  8.  t  Feb.  8,  »62. 


not  dream  of  any  connection  between  their  two 
names,  Jezahel  and  Isabel,  When,  therefore,  the 
inhabitants  of  the  Spanish  Peninsula  heard  from 
the  Moors  the  name  Izhdlt  is  it  improbable  that 
thej  would  not  recognise  in  it  a  name  which  they 
were  in  the  habit  of  calling  Jezabelf 

In  conclusion,  that  the  Portuguese  use  Isabel  as 
the  equivalent  of  Elizabeth  is,  as  I  said  before, 
no  proof  that  the  two  names  are  of  common  origin. 
Izbal^  resembles  Elizabeth  very  nearly  as  much 
as  Isabel  does,  and  if  (as  Mr.  Buckton  asserts)  the 
Portuguese  found  it  natural  to  curtail  Elisabeth 
(or  Elisabe'f)  into  Isabel^  they  surely  would  not 
be  unlikely  to  adopt  as  an  abbreviation  of  Elisa- 
heth  a  name  (JzbaL  or  Isabel)  which  they  found 
ready  made  for  them. 

According  to  my  theory  then,  Elizabeth  (or 
Elisabeta^  as  the  name,  did  it  exist,  would  pro- 
hahlj  be  written  in  Span,  or  Port.)  and  Isabel 
(derived  from  Izbdl  or  Izebel)  ran  on  for  a  time 
together  as  distinct  names,  but  ultimately  coalesced, 
the  latter  being  in  the  first  instance  used  indiffer- 
ently with  the  former — as  soon,  namely,  as  it  was 
perceived  to  form  a  convenient  abbreviation  for  it 
—  and  ultimately  superseding  it  altogether. 

F.  CnANCB. 


Elisa,  Phoenician. 
Elissa^  Greek. 

Elisabe^  Syriac  and  Hebrew. 
Elisabeth  (xreek. 
Elisabethoy  Italian  and  French. 
Elisabella^  Italian. 
El  rejected,  Isabella^  Portuguese. 
Thus  the  identity  of  Isabel  and 'Elisabeth  is 
clear  as  day  to  Polyglottus. 


ABISTOTLE  "  DE  REGIMINE  PRINCIPUM." 

(3'*  S.  i.  66.) 

^  Being  far  away  from  books  and  papers  of  every 
kind,  I  can  only  give  from  memory  a  few  results 
of  an  investigation  I  made  last  July  on  reading 


*  Ixbal  is  very  Arabic  in  form.  It  di£fen  from  the  He- 
brew (Isebel)  in  the  absence  of  the  middle  vowel  and  in 
the  prolongation  of  the  final  syllable.  These  character- 
istic differences  would  naturally  vanish  on  the  introduc- 
tion of  the  word  into  Span,  or  Port,  and  Izbal  woald,  by 
the  obliteration  of  its  Arabian  features,  readily  become 
Ixabd  or  I»abeL  But  the  Portuguese  or  Spaniards  might 
even  have  borrowed  the  name  Isabel  from  the  Jews,  whose 

pronunciation  of  h^VH  Izebel  (or  ^zevel)  would  appear 

to  them  very  different  from  their  own  of  Jezabel, 

t  My  opinion  is  that  the  form  firgt  used  in  Portugal 
would  be  Elieaheth  (after  the  Vulg.)  and  not  Elisabe 
(after  the  Hebr.  which  would  be  less  known),  so  that  if 
Itabel  has  been  derived  from  this  source,  the  final  th  must 
have  been  changed  into  an  /,  and  not  merely  an  /  added 
at  the  end,  as  Mr.  Buckton  says. 


the  note  about  Fordun*s  citation  from  the  above 
work.  It  affords  one  of  the  many  proofs  how  very 
much  we  still  want  a  reference  book  on  the  lite- 
rature of  the  Middle  Ages;  not  a  compilation 
from  compilations,  but*a  work  based  on  an  actual 
examination  of  the  books  themselves. 

I  searched  through  the  old  catalogue  of  MSB. 
(Oxon.  1697,  2  vols,  folio),  and  those  of  the  Cot- 
tonian,  Harleian,  Sloane,  Old  Royal,  and  Addi- 
tional MSS.  in  the  Museum,  and  any  others  that 
came  to  hand,  especially  M.  Paulin  Paris*s  Cata« 
logue  of  French  MSS.  in  the  Imperial  Librarv; 
and  these,  together  with  Wenricb's  work  gited  by 
Sir  Georse  Lewis,  and  Fiuegers  invaluable  edition 
of  Hajji  Khalfa*s  Lexicon  Bibliographicum  of  Ara- 
bic literature,  and  the[ordinary  books  of  reference, 
supplied  almost  as  much  as  could  be  obtained  with- 
out looking  at  every  known  copy  of  the  work 
itself.  All  within  reach  at  Cambridge,  however, 
I  did  examine. 

The  result  appeared  to  be  that  all  the  versions 
in  the  modern  languages  of  western  Europe  were 
made  directly  or  indirectly  (e.  g.  the  English  is 
from  the  French)  from  the  Latin.  In  the  Latin 
there  are  some  discrepancies  in  the  prefatory 
matter,  but  most  copies  agree  in  having  a  dedi- 
cation, in  which  we  are  told  that  the  translation 
was  made  from  an  Arabic  copy  found  in  the  East 
by  one  Philippus,  who  styles  himself  clericwi^  at 
the  suggestion  of  Guido  de  Yalentia,  Bishop  of 
Tripoli,  to  whom  it  is  dedicated.  These  circum« 
stances,  interpreted  by  the  fact  that  M.  Paulin 
Paris  mentions  a  Latm  copy  at  Paris,  probably 
(judging  from  the  paper  and  writing)  written  in 
the  East  in  the  thirteenth  century,  would  lead  us 
to  suppose  Guido  to  have  been  a  Latin  Bishop  of 
Tripoli  in  Syria  during  the  crusading  period.  I 
was  unable  to  find  a  list  of  such  bishops  (though 
I  dare  say  such  is  to  be  had),  and  Antonio  and 
other  Spanish  authorities,  though  they  mention 
Philippus,  give  no  more  information  than  we  had 
before.  So  that  here  at  least  there  is  room  for 
confirmation. 

Further:  the  Latin  copies  seem  to  agree  in 
having  a  preface,  from  which  we  learn  that  the 
Arabic  version  was  made  from  the  Syriac  (Chal- 
dee  as  it  is  termed),  and  that  from  the  Greek,  at 
the  desire  of  hb  sovereign,  by  Joannes  filius 
Patricii,  who  found  the  Crreek  original  in  the 
adytum  of  some  heathen  temple  (of  w£sculapiu8| 
if  I  remember  rightly)  and  translated  it  into 
Syriac  and  thence  afterwards  into  Arabic  On 
searching  Hajji  Khalfa  for  translations  of  Aris- 
totle I  found  that  Jahja  ibn  Batrik  was  one  of 
the  leading  /lYera^'  at  the  court  of  Al  Mamun, 
the  son  of  Harun  Al  Rashid,  and  that  he  trans- 
lated many  of  Aristotle's  works,  and  what  may  be 
this  very  work,  the  Kitab  al  Riyaset^  is  mentioned 
among  them.  The  Syriac  seems  to  have  perished ; 
and  no  doubt  the  Hebrew  and  Persian  versions 


Ik  8,  tl.]  I 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


IIA 


B  Anbic 


noir  exut,  were  made  Avm 
lere  ftrites  •  quevtion  which  none  but  *a 
i  Kholar  csD  BoI*e,  and  I  feu  we  bare  not 
DOW  wbo  would  tbiok  thii  wortb  the  trouble, 
hiog  but  a  patient  exunination  of  the  Tarioua 

can  belp  U9.  The  Arabic  title  would  do  u 
'or  the  Politici  m  for  tbe  Da  Megimiae 
pum ;  and  what  meaiu  have  we  of  diatin- 
□K  these?  ThemalteT  ia  atill  further  com - 
Klb;  the  existence  of  another  Arabic  Teroion 
not  more  tbau  three  hundred  years  ago  — 
ich  of  the  two  treatises  I  will  not  under- 
!o  laj.  The  onl/  clue  I  can  suggeat  is  to 
De  tbe  Arabic  copies  now  ekisting,  and  to 
line  which  contain  tbe  original  of  Uie  Latin 
gimine,  so  popular  with  our  ancestora,  and 
the  original  of  the  vebu  translatio  of  Aris- 

Politics,  current  in  the  middle  ages,  and 
rated  on  bj  Walter  Burle^  the  English 
ipher.  1  cannot  belp  thinlcmg  that  if  this 
lone,  we  might  get  tome  clue  to  the  Greek 
il  of  the  De  Hegimint,  which  now  seems  so 
salj  beTond  our  reach.    At  first  sight  there 

ground  for  doubting  the  account  of  Jahja 
Urik,  that  he  found  the  Greek  and  Irans- 
t ;  and  though  modern  achoinra,  Fabriciui 
bera,  express  no  doubt  of  the  spnriousness 
:  treatise,  it  ia  generally  rather  taken  for 
id  than  discossed.  I  did  not  know  of  Jour- 
0     '  " 

o  tbe  queati 
^t  serve  to  show  that  it  is  no  easy  matter  to 
the  truth  on  these  points. 

Hbhat  Bkadbbaw. 
nemoDth. 


Jl.)- 


Ai.  or  Spikcer  Cowpeb  (S'*  S. 
reference  to  this  question  and  answer  in  last 
:  Q."  about  the  trial  of  Spencer  Cowper,  it 
lly  possible  that  tbe  writers  should  not  bo 
of  the  full  account  of  it  in  Lord  Macanlaj'a 
imous  Tolume.  But  as  they  hare  not  men- 
it  I  do  so,  as  no  doubt  those  who  wish  to  bo 
nted  with  it  will  get  a  livelier  idea  of  it  from 
Jay  than  from  tbe  journalreports. 

LlTTBtTOW. 
irp,  Brd  Feb.  1863. 

DAIS,  Saihtb'  Da  vs,  a:id  Fast  Days  (2»«  S. 
3.)  —  It  is  said  by  B.  P.  C.  that  a  Saint's 
I  a  Friday  is  a  fast;  but  he  adduces  this  as 
«I  argument  —  am  I  not  right  in  belicTing 
raetically  it  is  not  to  be  so  keptP 
luld  also  ask,  if  an  Ember  day  is  a  Saint's 
ionld  we  not  observe  it  as  a  festival  F  Li 
P.  C.  K.  Churchmmi'i  Atmrniack  for  the  pre. 
'ear  such  events  are  marked  as  fnsts.  The 
y  has  sivcn  me  no  defenca  of  its  having  so 
med  these  days  in  answer  to  my  enquiries 
■object.  A  Saint's  day  (S.  Matthew's^  and 
iber  day  occurred  on  September  Slot  (it  will 


be  so  llso  on  S.  Thomas's  day),  but  tlieae,  I  be- 
lieve, should  not  be  called  fast-days.  J.  F.  S. 

Jaxiks  (3'*  S.  i.  68.)— In  reply  to  W.  T.'i 
Query,  1  beg  to  sng^t  that  the  word  "  Jakins," 
or  "Jaohin^  '  is  nolhmg  more  than  the  dtmiDUtive 
of  "  Jaques,"  equal  to  our  "James,"  LiOU  Jamet; 
and  we  trace  to  the  same  aource  tbe  words  JaA, 
Jake),  Jex,  by  an  easy  trsDsition. 

I  should  very  much  doubt  the  connection  be* 

tween  tbe  above  and  the  name  of  one  of  the  pillan 

of  Solomon's  Temple,  as  two  different  languages 

and  totally  different  periods  show  no  application. 

John  Krsaa  Cbauwicx. 

King's  Lynn. 

If  W.  V.  will  Uke  Geseniua  in  the  one  hand, 
and  Burke's  Armory  in  tbe  other,  he  will  find 
amongst  hundreds  of  Hebrew  names,  tbe  follow- 
ing modern  synonyms :  — 

C«Dl*h        ...    Coasr,  Covney. 

Carfi  ....    Co.h{Devon> 

Cuth   -       .        -        .    CnlLCntt^ 

Danaah        ...    Dsnitr-a. 

Dakar.         -         .         .    Dcckar. 

DiluD  .         .         -    Dillon. 

Ditbou         ...    DyMo. 

TAen   ....    Eden,  Idan. 

Ekron  ....    Eknag-  ton. 

EldMh        -        .        -    Elder. 

El.h    ....    Helet-s. 

Eleasah       .        -       .    Eliaenax  (Nonnandy). 

E"""       -     -     -  Elld;r|<«^'l«»)- 

Eliki  ....    Ellcrkec  (Toikshlre). 

Haaran        ...    Heron. 

Halon  '        .        .    Holland,  &c 

Har    '        -       .       .    Ure. 

Isaac  ....    Isaac  (Devon,  (mip.  Han.  nt. 
Matilda,  dangbLar  of  Robt 
Bruce,  wlfa  of  Thomas  da 
Isaac). 
.    Jqchen. 


Jachin 


J»kia.| 


,         for  town. 

HDBnARDiiAK  (3"*  S.  i.  30.)  —  The  hnsband. 
man  tills  the  ground ;  the  yeoman  owns  it  Tbe 
yeoman  wbo  tills  his  own  land  is  husbandman  M 
well  as  yeoman.    The  yeoman  is  the  landed  pro- 

?ietor,  who  does  not  posseas  the  right  of  gentry, 
eoman  is  rather  the  designation  of  rank ;  hus- 
bandman of  occupation.  W.  C. 

Mcrwc  PaoBB  (2"*  8.  xit.  SIB.)  —  With  aU 
deference  to  Mb.  Ksiohtlet,  whose  name  ia  as- 
sociated with  some  of  the  pleasantest  recoUectlona 
of  my  childhood,  I  would  suggest  that  there  is 
abundance  of  "metric  prose" — prose  metrical 
through  accident,  and  not  by  design,  in  the  pagea 
of  "  N.  &  Q."  A  very  little  alteration  will  reduce 
two  articles  in  the  number  of  "  N.  &  Q.,"  to  which, 
in  this  note.  I  refer,  into  very  fairly  regular  metre. 
Without  alteration  they  run  thus :  — 

"  By  metric  piosa,  1  mean  continaoiu  pnw> 
But  cfSmposdd  of  metric  lines  of  &v« 


NOTES  AND  QUEEIES. 


[»*S.Lt 


Feet,  which,  faawenr,  ■ 


I  not  TMtrieted  Co  two. 


Wu  Ihe  inTentar,  anil  <n  it  lie  canipoaed 
Two  of  hli  tiles,  writing  tbfm  contlnDODBly. 
Probably  to  wve  ptptr,  while  liia  oiber  proH 
Piecu  are  mere  ordioiry  pton,"  Ac.  &c. 

"  The  intereetiDK  reply  of  PiuiritsaoR  Dr  Moboah 
On  Ihii  ■ubj«t  luggeits  Iba  inquiry  wbelber. 
Though  I  calculni  conld  not  ba  fgoaded  oa  all 
POHlbla  moTCB  Bt  chaai,  it  would  be 
Imprieticable  to  frame 
A  ealcalna  fouDdad  on  ill  the  trae  moTer,"  &e.  &c 

w.  c. 

COIHB  IHtBKTID  IK  TaHKABSS    (S"*  Si.  SO.)  ~ 

I  have  a  (>lns9  tankard  nine  inches  in  height  with 
a  cuin  of  George  III.,  1787,  incerted.  It  u  a  shil- 
liQg(F),  quite  treeh  and  bright.  E.  M. 

I  have  a  small  glata  tankdrd  encloiing  a  two 
penny  piece  of  George  I.  The  reyerw  wae  evi- 
deatlj  worn  before  ila  iiuertion  in  the  glau. 

JoBH  S.  Busir. 

Henley. 

I  can  offer  no  opinion  aa  to  the  coins  inserted 


otJierwise.  I  onlj  wi»i 
jenrs  ago  I  posseued  a  glitFs  cup  of  Ihis  kind  with 
n  sixpence  of  VVilliuni  and  Mary  inclosed.  The 
ctip  got  broken,  and  I  took  out  the  coin ;  I  hud  it 
by  uie  for  years,  and  perhaps  have  it  still.  The 
coin  WD9  bright  atid  Dot  worn,  but  of  the  pattern 
of  the  glui  cup  I  bare  do  distinct  recollection. 

F.  C.  H. 
J.  C.  J.  imai^Dea  that  abont  a  century  and  a 
half  ago  it  was  the  faihicn  to  insert  coins  in  tan- 
kardi.  I  have  a  handsome  glass  tankard  with  a 
■ixpence  confined,  but  moveable,  in  the  bottom, 
whicli  bears  date  Ihe  year  of  my  birth,  1787.  I 
have  seen  many,  say  five  or  six  BjMciniens,  some 
with  small  gold  and  aome  with  silver  coins.  My 
(^nion  is,  that  It  wBs  a  fashion  from  sixty  to  one 
hundred  years  a^o,  but  not  earlier. 

Gbobge  Offor. 

Padldi  Doucioa :  Pbaltib  in  Qixik  VBia* 
(S"  8.  i.  68.)— The  author  was  a  native  of  Plauen, 
where  he  was  born  in  1S26.  He  studied  at  Wit* 
tenberg  under  Melanchthon,  who  obtained  for  him 
a  place  as  Master  of  the  Gymnasium,  at  Halle. 
He  studied  medicine  at  Padua,  and  took  a  degree 
there,  after  which  be  returned  to  Halle,  where  be 
died  in  1AB9,  al^r  being  inspector  of  churches, 
■chools,  &c.,  and  a  burgomaster.  He  wrote  a 
Greek  version  of  the  Augsburg  Confession,  and 
the  Psalms  in  Greek  elegiacs ;  the  former,  pub- 
lished in  1539,  and  the  latter  in  1555;  both  at 
Basel.  His  Greek  verses  have  sometimes  been 
ascribed  to  Melauchthoo,  and  Masch's  Le  Long 
lays  this  waa  the  case  with  the  volume  E.  A.  D. 
eofjuires   about.     Tbe  dedication  espUim  the 


origin  and  aim  of  the  book,  which  i«  admitted  to 
be  a  rarity.  &[asch  refers  to  Le  Long,  pp.  701 
'  and  B57;  Baumgarten,  IfachrxeiiUn  non  aftrkm, 
'  Bw:i.7,lOl;  and  J.  A.Fabricius,fiiUioM,  <?nN«, 
7,  668.  A  notice  of  Dolscius  ia  in  the  NomtO* 
Biographit  OiaeraU,  &c  B.  H.  & 

He  was  born  at  Plauen,  in  Germany,  in  \S3i, 
and  died  at  Halle,  March  9,  1S89.  He  atudiedat 
the  University  of  Wittemherg,  and  there  forisad 
an  inlimacy  with  Melanchthon,  and  zealoualj  lyin* 
pathized  with  his  labours  in  promoting  the  oauH 
of  the  Rerormulion.  He  tooit  a  medical  degiMi ' 
and  adopted  medicine  aa  a  piofesiiion.  He  wrota 
Greek  with  great  facility.  Besides  the  Paalma  of 
David,  he  translated  into  that  language  the  Ann> 
burg  Confession  of  Faith.  For  ^e  above  in> 
formation  I  am  iniiebted  to  the  NoitvatU  Bio- 
graphit Geuirale  of  Dr.  Hoefer.  'A^itt. 
Dublin. 

Xavieb  and  Indiak  Uiasiova  (3''  S.  i.  90.)  — 
I  think  I  may  almost  say  that  SabOarU  Lax  JSboi- 
fCelii  toll  arbi  per  Dininam  Graliam  Exoritut,  &&, 
by  J.  A.  Fabricius,  gives  all  the  information  that 

ary  literature.     Hamburg,  4to,  1731. 

Books  on  Jesuit  missions  abound,  aa  the  pre- 
ceding will  show.  See  too  Bayer'i  Bittoria  Ori- 
entaitMi  Awemtni'M  Bibliolheca  Oritntalii;  D*Hel> 
belot's  Bibliolhapu,  the  edition  in  four  voU,  tht 
last  vol.;  Musionary  Giuette^,  by  Chaa.Willlaiiii^ 
London,  1H2S  ;  Cyelopeedia  of  Chrutian  Miukmt, 
Griffin,  London,  I860;  Sketckei  of  Chrittimitf  i» 
North  India,  by  M.  Wilkinson,  London,  1844; 
Haiidbaoh  of  Bengal  Million*,  by  Rev.  J.  Long, 
London,  1848.  Some  of  the  aocietiea  have  pub> 
lished  their  own  hisloriea.  But  perhaps  the  Rev. 
Jaa.  Hough'a  works  on  ChrisUanity  in  India,  would 
fully  answer  your  correspondent'i  requirement! 
fur  Protestant  missions.  I  would  parlicularlf 
urge  the  first  book  I  named  as  a  key  to  the  ota 
literature  upon  the  subject  B.  H.  Ci 

If  Mb.  Paton  will  refer  to  the  notice  prefixed 
to  the  "  Life  of  St.  Francis  Xavier,"  in  the  £i«m 
of  SainU  by  the  Rev.  Alban  Butter,  be  will  find 
there  a  copious  list  of  histories  of  the  life  and 
labours  of  the  saint.  It  is  also  there  mentioned 
from  what  sources  his-  life  was  chieBy  compiled 
by  F.  Bouhours,  which  was  translated  by  Drydea 
and  published  in  I6S8. 

With  respect  to  other  Jesuit  minion*  in  India, 
Very  interesting  accounts  are  given  in  the  cele- 
brated Leltret  E'd'fanUi  et  Curietuet,  vols.  x.  to 
XV.,  both  inclusive,  embracing  the  period  from 
1693  to  1705.  I  presume  that  the  inquirer  la 
familiar  with  the  more  recent,  NouvtUet  LtUrt* 
idifaalei  dei  Miitiont  de  la  Chine  et  dtt  Jmdtt 
Oriertlalei,  in  6  vols.  Paris,  1818,  and  the  AnmJet 
de  la  Propagaiion  de  la  Foi,  which  have  been 
regularly  published  for  several  jean.      F,  C.  H. 


8*4  a  L  Fd.  8,  »6i.} 


NOTES  AND  QUERIEa 


117 


Thi  Quebk's  Pbhvavt  (2'^  S.  xii.  473.)  —  It 
if  not  at  all  probable  that  the  ''Trent"  had  the 
pennant  flying  at  the  time  Ma«on  and  Slidell  were 
tbrciblj  taken  possession  of,  and  the  British  colours 
outraged  by  the ''San  Jacinto";  my  reason  for 
sajing  so  is  that  I  never  saw  one  of  the  steamers 
belonging  to  the  Royal  (West  India)  Mail  Com- 
pany with  it  hoisted,  although  both  maib  and  mail 
•gent  may  have  been  on  board. 

The  only  line  of  mail  steam  packets  that  hoist 
the  pennant,  is  that  from  Southampton  to  Lisbon, 
belonging  to  the  Peninsular  and  Oriental  Steam 
Navi^tion  Company.  These  vessels  also  have 
what  I  understand  to  be  the  Admiralty  ensign ;  it 
has  an  anchor  and  crown  on  the  red  ground,  in 
which  it  differs  from  the  usual  merchant  ensign. 
I  have  heard  that  this  disUnction  from  all  other 
mail  packets  is  allowed  in  consequence  of  the  Pen- 
insular contract  being  the  oldest  one  in  existence 
for  steam  vessels,  and  all  made  since  have  a  clause 
inserted,  by  which  the  vessels  are  not  to  hoist 
either  the  pennant  or  Admiralty  ensign.  How  far 
this  is  correct  I  leave  for  other  correspondents  to 
decide,  but  at  any  rate  the  subject  is  worthy  of 
Tentilation.  Haughmoio). 

Southampton. 

Sib  Humphry  Davy  (3'*  S.  i.  51.)  — The  fol- 
lowing may  afford  some  satisfaction  to  the  Query 
of  Amti-Pooh-Pooh.    It  is  a  copy  of  an  auto- 

f'aph  letter,  in  my  possession,  of  Sir  H.  Davy, 
am  ignorant  of  the  gentleman*s  name  to  whom 
it  was  addressed. 

"  28,  Grosvenor  Street 
"  Sir,  Janaary  18, 1816. 

**  I  have  received  the  letter  yoa  did  me  the  honour  to 
address  me.  I  fear  the  scheme  of  lighting  the  coal- 
mines by  gas  will  not  be  practicable,  as  the  miners  re- 
qnire  lights  which  can  be  easily  moved,  and  the  places  of 
which  are  often  changed.  I  have,  however,  Rent  yoar 
latter  to  the  Editor  of  the  PkUoaopkieal  Magazine^  as  I 
think  every  ingenious  hint  that  leads  to  discussion  shoold 
be  pablished.  He  possibly  may  insert  it  in  his  next  num- 
ber, unless  he  should  hear  from  you  in  the  course  of  a 
day  or  two,  that  you  do  not  wish  it  to  be  published. 

I  am  much  obliged  to  you  for  your 

coramanieatSon,  and  I  hope  you  will  not  forbid  the  pub- 
lication of  it. 

**  I  am,  Sir,  yoar  obed*  humble  ServS 

"  H.  Davy." 

Alfred  John  Stbix. 
Exeter. 

TorooBAPHT  OF  Irblavd  (2"*  S.  xii.  474.)  — 
Tour  correapondent,  who  has  been  examining  an 
old  map  of  Ireland,  should  have  his  Queries 
answered  without  much  difficulty.  I  will  explain 
those  having  reference  to  the  north  of  Ireland, 
leavinff  the  others  for  some  correspondent  in  the 
localities  named. 

Uriel  is  the  ancient  name  of  the  county  of 
Louth. 

The  county  of  Knockfergus,  or  CarrickferguSi 


so  far  from  having  gone  anywhere,  is  still  in  exist- 
ence as  it  was  when  the  old  map  was  made.  It  is 
properly  styled  the  county  of  the  town  of  Carrick- 
fergus ;  has  its  own  sheriff  and  other  officers,  its 
fixed  boundaries,  and  long  established  privileges, 
and  is  an  entirely  separate  jurisdiction  from  tho 
county  of  Antrim  in  the  centre  of  which  it  lies. 
The  history  of  the  very  ancient  town  of  Carrick- 
fergus,  including  that  of  its  county,  has  been 
written  by  the  late  Mr.  Samuel  M^Skimin,  of 
which  two  editions  have  been  published ;  and  it  is 
one  of  the  very  few  good  works  of  antiquarian 
and  topographical  character  of  which  Ireland  can 
boast.  Indeed,  seeing  that  some  works  of  this 
class  are  of  very  small  value,  with  little  claims  to 
original  research  or  the  display  of  sound  judg- 
ment—  though,  perhaps,  produced  under  the  ad- 
vantages of  competence  and  learned  leisure,  the 
command  of  documents  scarcely  obtainable  thirty 
years  ago  even  by  influential  persons,  and  all  but 
inaccessible  to  tliose  in  opposite  circumstances^ 
this  work  of  M*^Skimin*s,  destitute  of  course  of 
documentary  treasures  discovered  since  hb  time, 
but  as  far  as  it  goes  so  original,  painstaking,  and 
trustworthy,  must  be  pronounced  a  production 
of  extraordinary  ability :  the  slender  education, 
the  position  in  life,  the  incompatible  occupation 
and  other  disadvantages  of  the  writer  (with 
whom  I  was  well  acquainted),  being  taken  into  ac- 
count. 

Kilmacrenan  is  a  parish  and  barony  in  the 
county  of  Donegal,  the  ancient  territory  of 
0*Donnel.  The  phrase,  the  meaning  of  which  is 
inquired  for,  describes  the  spot  on  which  was 
inaugurated  or  made  the  0*Donnel,  on  becoming 
chief  or  head  of  his  tribe.  Religious  and  other 
imposing  rites  accompanied  this  ceremony,  some- 
thing like  those  attending  the  crowning  of  kings 
of  greater  pretensions.  The  situation  was  one 
rendered  venerable  from  its  long  application  to 
the  purpose ;  but  chosen,  it  is  to  be  presumed,  in 
the  first  instance  from  its  peculiarity,  its  security, 
central  situation,  or  local  beauty.  In  this  instance 
I  believe  there  is  a  Domie  still  pointed  out  near 
the  village  of  Kilmacrenan,  as  the  spot  where 
thc;y  made  the  O'Donnel. 

In  return  for  this  note,  will  some  contributor 
deep  in  philology  tell  me  the  root  of  the  word 
Doune  t  G.  B. 

Glenravel  House,  County  of  Antrim. 

0THoy.£win8,  "Emblem ATA  Horatiaha"  (3'* 
S.  i.  58.)— Alfred  Miehieb,  in  his  Rubens  et  Vecale 
d'AnverSy  speaks  of  the  singular  mania  there  was 
in  the  early  part  of  the  reign  of  Charles  I.  for 
designing  allegories  on  the  most  trivial  subjects, 
and  in  which  Van  Veen  also  shared.  They  were 
engraved  upon  wood  or  copper ;  published  with 
letter-press,  and  called  Emblemata.  Michiels 
prints  the  titles  of  nine  of  thesQ  y(\Lusft>fi.'^  Va^V% 


118 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


:  [B^  S.  1.  Fn.  8,  'flt 


hy  Vin  Veen ;  amonfc  which  ii  the  collection 
ahOTe  named — fforatii  Flacci Emhlemala,  cum  nolit 
Latini,  Italiei,  Gaiiiei,  et  Ftandrici,  103  pklea. 
In  the  Appendix,  pp.  292-3,  to  Papert  relating  lo 
Rubaii,  wilt  be  fbund  a  letter  from  Sec.  Lord 
Dorchester  to  hit  nephew  Dudlej  Carleton,  in 
reference  to  this  subject.      W.  NoKi.  SAUitDDRT. 

SouciToia'  B11.U  (3'*  S,  i.  fi5.)— Amongst  the  | 
Corporation  Records  of  Henlej  are  some  much 
older  law  billa  than  those  alreadj  noticed  in  "  N. 
k  Q."  I  give  two,  which  show  that  presents  were 
made  to  the  counsel  bejond  their  fees :  — 

(1831).  "Thys  bt  tbe  costM  mnd  ch»rgfs  thst  I  dyd 
1*7  bout  at  Hyaaomer,  vhen  that  Tdidu  Poto'  fet  me 
np  w*  a  lapiaa  10  \VestiD«ter :  — 

For  lying  tba  viij  ilayes  for  myn  coites,  and 

for  my  hors*  oiele  and  hys  hyar      -  "■"' 

It'm  lo  Huler  Gypsan  my  Torae 

It'm  tor  a  Cop<  01  tiyi  Complnynt 

It'm  to  Matter  BawdBn,  my  Cansel    - 

It'm  to  Uuter  Uties  for  inikjng  my  ai 

It'm  payd  to  Robert  Harnar,  at  M "' 

^-~' 'nent  for  aij  la; 


*  Lbabtted  Dahb  OB  USICOBSS  (3'*  S.  i.  30.)  — 
The  Danish  writer  inrjuired  for  bj  F.  R.  is  pro- 
bablj  Tliomns  Barlholinus,  who  printed  Vt  Uai- 
cornu  Obatrvationet  nora,  12mo,  Patavii,  16*5, 
with  plates.  There  are  also  treatises  on  Uiaconu 
bj  Baccius  (iJiflS),  Fehr  (16G6),  Sachs  (1676), 
and  Stalpart  (1687).  Should  F.  R.  desire  it,  I 
would  give  him  the  fall  titles  of  their  works. 

Jaiiii>. 

The  learned  Dane,  who  wrote  a~  treatise  on 
the  Unicorn,  was  Thomas  Bartholin  ;  the  most 
learned  of  a  learned  family,  bom  at  CopcnhafteD 
in  161D.  The  second  edition  of  this  interesting 
and  well- illustrated  little  book,  is  before  me.  lis 
title  is  as  follows  :  — 

"  Thoma  Bartholioi  d»  Uoicorno  Obrcrratianta  nOT». 
Secnnda  editione,  Auctions  et  emend atiores,  cdita  a 
Fltlo  Caiparo  Birtholino.  AmitelKdami,  apod  Hmr. 
Wetstcnium,  da  Is  c  LXxviil." 


sij  capons* 
Sm 


•   :txiij       viij 
20  H.  8.  "Thai  p'cell  Ibloynge  payd  the  ilij"'  day  of 
NoTambar,  t.  :  — 

*.       <t 
Fyrata  by  H'  UofT,  payd  to  M'  Horewood 

for  the  drsfl«  of  iba  anier  ofPntler         -        x 

It'm  payd  to  bys  Clarke  for  wrytyng         -       iij        llij 

It'm  for  b^B  expenses  tbe  same  tyme         -       vj       viij 

It'm  for  ij  Swaonys  p'seat^d  unto  Mast' 

Sacbev'ell  and  my  lady  bis  wyff—pce.    •    xiij        illj 

Sm       -       -  xxiiij       iiij 

The  "Master  Sacheverell"  was  Sir  Richard, 
tbe  second  husband  of  Ladj  Hastings,  Lady  of 
tbe  Manor  of  Henlej.  The  present  of  two  swans 
may  have  been  an  acknowledgement  for  tome 
favour  shown  by  Sir  Richard  in  tbe  suit.  About 
1649  the  corporation  used  to  make  an  annual 
present  to  Sir  James  Whitelock  (then  Lord  of 
the  Manor)  of  "  a  boare,"  or  "  a  brawner ;"  and  to 
his  lady  two  sugar-loaves,  price  13s.  7d.* 

JOBN  S.  BuKH. 

Bsnley. 

Cbont  (3""  S,  i.  30.)  —  Worcester,  in  his  Die- 


tionary  of  the  English  Language, 
n  from  crone,  and  says  thnt 


tbe  ti 


were  formerly  identical  —  quoting  in  support 
thereof  tbe  following  sentence  from  Burton : 
"  Marrj  not  an  old  crony  or  n  fool  for  money." 

D,  M.  Stbvsni. 

Guildford. 

an  aid  and  intimate  acquatnl- 
be  Tenlflnic  krontn,  to  wbitper, 
oa't  Elf  HHint  of  JCngluk  Ifords. 

Dublin. 

■  See  Sill.  afHmleg,  leei,  p.  304. 


Jeitebboii  Davis  (3"'  S.  i.  49.)  —  I  have  al- 
ways understood  that  the  President  of  tlie  Con- 
federate  States  derived  his  name  from  Thomas 
Jeflerson,  author  of  the  Declaration  of  Independ- 
ence, and  third  President  of  the  United  States. 

D.  M.  SrBVBHS. 

Guildford. 

Sdbdai  Nbwspapkbs  (3'"  S.  I.  49.) —  The 
practice  of  distributing  religious  periodicals  gra- 
tuitously among  tbe  congregation,  u  related  bj 
the  Hon.  Henry  A.  Murray  in  the  paasaoe  cited 
by  K.  P.  D.  E.,  is  not  con&ned  to  the  Presby- 
terians, but  is  common  with  the  Episcopalians, 
Baptists,  and  other  sects  in  the  United  Statet. 

It  should  be  explained,  however,  that  the  papen 
so  distributed,  are  invariably  of  a  purely  religious 
character,  and  arc  placed  in  the  pews  not  to  be 
read  daring  divine  lerviee,  but  to  be  taken  home 
for  perusal. 

Some  persons,  arriving  early,  might  prefv 
reading  these  papers  to  either  sitting  listlessly,  or 
engaging  critically  in  the  dissection  of  their  neigh- 
bours' faults  or  apparel,  but  the  veriest  bine  in 
Scotland  or  elsewhere,  could  scarcely  complain  of 
their  motives  or  mannert.  D.  M.  Strvehs. 

Gaildfoid. 

CoL.THoiiAeWnisi.ow(3''S.i.  69.)— The  death 
of  this  officer  at  the  age  named  by  your  corre- 
spondent is  noticed  in  tbe  Genllentan't  Magazine 
for  1766,  and  in  the  Annual  Regiiter  for  the  aame 
year,  but  no  particulars  are  given. 

D.  M.  STBTBllt. 

Gaiidford. 

Ahtbdb  Shobteb  {2"'  S.  xii.  5-21,  3"  S.  L  S9.) 
—  Of  the  existence  of  Arthur  Shorter  there  can 
be  no  doubt,  as  the  evidence  of  the  fact  is  in  my 
possession,  in  the  handwriting  of  Sir  Erasmus 
Philipps.    The  Query  which  I  wish  to  have  ons- 


<rt  S.  I.  Tmb.  ^.'61] 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


119 


wered  is,  who  was  he  ?  As  he  is  styled  by  Sir 
Erasmus  Fhilipps  in  his  Diary  "  Cosin  Arthur 
Shorter/*  the  probability  is  that  he  was  brother  to 
Lady  Walpole  and  the  Marchioness  of  Hertford. 
I  still  invite  the  attention  of  correspondents  of 
"  N.  &  Q."  to  the  following  queries  :  Was  Arthur 
Shorter  the  son  of  John  Shorter  of  Bybrook,  by 
Elizabeth  Fhilipps  ?  If  not,  whose  son  was  he  ? 
Was  he  married,  and  did  he  leave  any  issue? 
When  did  he  die  ?  and  what  became  of  the  por- 
trait of  Sir  Erasmus  Fhilipps,  which  was  painted 
for  Mr.  Shorter,  at  his  request  and  expense,  and 
was  sent  to.him  at  "  the  Bath  **  in  1733  ? 

John  Favin  Fhillifs. 
HaverfordweaL 

Fapeb  Mohst  (3^  S.  i.  89.)  —  The  recent  ar- 
ticle under  this  title  brought  to  my  recol- 
lection a  curiosity  of  the  sort  which  I  have  had 
long  in  my  possession,  and  which  ma^  interest 
some  of  your  readers.  It  is  an  American  bank 
note  for  twenty  shillings,  on  ver^  strong  coarse 
cream-coloured  paper,  or  by  possibility  once  white. 
Its  dimensions  are  three  and  a  half  inches  by  two 
and  three-quarter  inches.  On  the  face,  inclosed 
by  a  border,  is  the  following  inscription,  in  a  curi- 
ous variety  of  type :  — 

**  Twenty  Shillings.  This  indented  Bill  shall  pass  car- 
rent  for  Twenty  Shillings,  according  to  an  Act  or  General 
Aieembly  of  the  counties  of  Newcastle,  Kent,  and  Sussex, 
upon  D^aware,  passed  in  the  15^  jear  of  the  reign  of 
hifl  Majesty  Geo.  the  B\  Dated  the  !•*  day  of  Jan.  1776. 
XXs." 

At  the  upper  left-hand  comer  the  royal  arms  are 
engraved,  at  the  lower  rieht-hand  corner  is  a  space 
of  size  corresponding  with  engraving,  in  which  are 
three  autograph  signatures.  The  number  of  the 
note  is  also  by  the  pen,  43415. 

The  reverse  of  the  note  bears  a  wheatsheaf,  en- 
graved in  the  centre,  surrounded  on  three  sides  by 
the  words  "  Twenty  Shillings,"  and  beneath  "  To 
counterfeit  is  Death.  Frinted  by  James  Adams, 
1776."  M.  F. 

Motilatioh  of  Sbpulchbal  Memorials  (2*^ 
S.  zii.  174.) — In  this  borough  there  is  a  pathway 
just  outside  the  churchyard  of  Holy  Trinity  parish, 
which  has  been  literally  paved  with  tombstones 
taken  from  the  adjoining  burial  ground. 

D.  M.  Stevens. 

Guildford. 

LiQUORTCB  (3'*  S.  i.  46.)  —  The  last  paragraph 
of  Mb.  Chancb's  article  probably  contains  the 
real  explanation  of  the  mystery.  The  semivowels 
frequently  interchange;  and  it  hjeis  not  escaped 
the  notice  of  those  astute  grammarians  —  the 
Hindiis.  A  singular  instance  occurs  in  the  Sata- 
patba-bruhmana  (written  b.c.  1000) ;  the  defeat 
of  a  barbarous  horde  is  thus  mentioned :  —  *^  The 
Asaras,  with  defective  utterance,  crying  he'hava^ 
he^Lova,  were  overthrown.**  Instead  of  he^maya^ 
h^maya^  **0 enemies!  0  enemies !  *'  •  F.  F. 


(t0i>*s  Fboyidencb  18  MiMB  Ihhbritancb  (3^^ 
S.  i.  51.)  —  The  adoption  of  this  motto  by  the 
first,  or  **  Great  Earl  of  Cork,**  as  he  is  generallj 
called,  is  recorded  in  almost  all  our  Feeraces,  and 
has  become  a  matter  of  history.  Certamly  his 
career  sufficiently  proved  that  he  did  "  not  trust 
God  in  vain  *' ;  for  it  affords  one  of  the  most  re- 
markable instances  on  record  of  temporal  pros- 
perity, and  of  the  advancement  of  a  needy  adven- 
turer to  almost  as  high  and^  honourable  position 
as  it  was  possible  for  a  subject  to  attain  :  himself 
an  immensely  wealthy  earl,  with  four  sons,  who 
were  also  peers,  and  the  fifth  the  celebrated  phi- 
losopher, the  Honourable  Robert  Boyle. 

C.  BiNonAM. 

St.  Aulaibe  (3'«>  S.  i.  52.)  —  The  following  is 
the  quatrain  inquired  for :  — 

**  La  divinity  qui  s*amase 
A  rae  demander  mon  secret. 
Si  jMtais  Apollon,  ne  serait  point  ma  Muse ; 
Elle  serait  Thetis,  et  le  Jour  finirait.*' 

Bio^,  UfUveneUe. 
*AAic^f. 
Doblin. 

BUZAGLIA,  OB  BOZAGLO  (3'*  S.  1.91.) — The 
answer  given  to  this  Queir  is  evidently  founded 
on  a  misapprehension.  There  can  be  no  doubt 
that  the  Buzaeliaf  provided  for  the  Toll-house 
Hall  at  Great  Yarmouth  in  1784,  was  a  stove; 
such  as  is  mentioned  in  the  following  passage  of 
the  obituary  of  the  OentlemarCs  Magazine,  voLlviiL 
p.  562 :  — 

'*  1788.  Aged  72,  Mr.  Abraham  Bnzaglo,  of  Dean 
Street,  Soho,  inventor  of  the  stove  called  after  his  name^ 
which  he  afterwards  applied  as  a  cure  for  the  goat,  and 
wherein  he  has  been  so  much  exceeded  by  the  late  Mr. 
Sharp." 

J.  G.  N. 

Fbikcess  Caboline  of  Wales  at  Chablton 
(3"»  S.  i.  89.)  —  The  Frincess  of  Wales  resided  at 
Montague  House,  Blackheath ;  which  I  presume 
answers  the  inquiry  of  D.  S.  T.,  although  Charl- 
ton is  named  in  the  extract  he  quotes.  It  was  at 
the  above  house  that  Sir  Walter  Scott  was  pre- 
sented to  the  Frincess  in  1806  (Xt/e,  by  Lockhart, 
vol.  ii.  p.  100.)  Chables  Wtlib. 

The  Yoek  Buildings  Compact  (2***  S.  xi. 
291,  359.)  —  In  the  recently  published  Memorials 
of  Angus  and  Meams  (p.  257),  the  author,  allud- 
ing to  the  "  Fanmure  Library,"  states  :  — 

**  Since  the  accession  of  the  present  Peer,  the  library 
has  been  enriched  by  the  Inventory  and  Memorandum 
Bookt  of  the  York  Buildings*  Company ^  relating  to  the  for' 
felted  Estates  of  Fanmure,  Southesk,  and  Marischal,  in 
1729,  §Y?.  in  two  volumes  folio.  MS.  (from  which  several 
extracts  have  been  made  for  the  frst  time  in  this  work.)** 

Some  curious  illustrative  extracts  and  notes  are 
accordingly  given  in  pages  38,  39,  478. 

William  Galloway. 

Rbvebend  John  Kettlbwell  (S^  S.  i.  91.)— 
I  think  there  can  be  no  doubt  thktMx^«¥ji^N2Ar 


120 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


[B'^  a  L  Feb.  8,  •«. 


weirs  Christian  name  was  Jane,  She  is  so  called 
in  the  **  Life  of  Kettlewell,"  compiled  from  the 
collections  of  Dr.  Hickes  and  Robert  Nelson,  and 
prefixed  to  the  edition  of  KettlewelKs  Works^ 
published  1719  in  two  volumes  folio  {mde  p.  41). 
kettlewell  was  buried  in  the  parish  church  of 
Allhallows,  Barking,  near  the  Tower  of  London, 
in  the  same  grave  where  Archbishop  Laud  was 
before  interred,  within  the  rails  of  the  altar  (uf«m. 
p.  187).  I  should  conclude,  from  this  memoir,  that 
Mrs.  Kettlewell  was  still  alive  at  the  date  of  its 
publication.  John  Maclean. 

Hammersmith. 


f8iii%tJ\xatnvA. 

NOTES  ON  BOOKS,  ETC. 

A  DieHonary  of  the  Bible :  compriting  Aniiquitiet,  Bio- 
graphjf,  Geoaraphjf,  and  Natural  Hittory,  By  various 
WriUrB.  Edited  ly  William  Smith,  LL.D.  Part*  I.  and 
II.    (Murray.) 

Mr.  Marray  bu  shown  good  jadgment  in  re -issuing 
this  great  storehouse  of  Biblical  knowledge  in  monthly 
parts.  There  are  a  great  many  clergymen  and  students 
of  Holy  Scripture  who  would  be  glad  to  enrich  their  li* 
bnuries  by  this  most  useful  and  learned  work,  to  whom 
the  present  mode  of  publication  will  be  very  convenient. 
The  original  scheme,  which  was  to  give  a  dictionary  of 
the  BiJtit^  and  not  of  ThttAogy^  has  been  well  C4irried  out ; 
for,  while  systems  of  theology  and  points  of  controrer- 
irial  divinity  are  altogether  omitted,  the  Antiquities,  Bio* 

Sraphv,  Geography,  and  Natural  History  of  the  Old  and 
few  Testtments,  and  of  the  Apocrypha,  are  fully  elucidated. 
The  List  of  Contributors  is  a  guarantee  for  the  vast  amount 
of  special  knowledge  brought  to  bear  upon  the  various 
Items  of  this  Dictionary,  which  is  certainly  not  the  least 
valuable  contribution  to  available  knowledge,  for  which 
we  are  indebted  to  the  energy  and  good  judgment  of  Dr. 
Smith. 

Letters  from  Rome  to  Friends  in  England.  By  the  Rev. 
John  W.  Burgon,  M.A.     (Murray.) 

These  letters,  reprinted  with  additions  and  corrections 
from  The  Guardian,  are  now  made  far  more  readable  than 
when  they  appeared  in  the  pages  of  a  newspaper.  Their 
•olid  worth  comes  here  recommended  to  us  by  the  adjuncts 
of  good  print  and  paper,  and  plenty  of  excellent  wood- 
cuts. They  are  historical,  antiquarian,  anecdotical,  and 
controversial ;  but  the  bitterness  of  controversj'  is  softened 
down  by  that  spell  of  reverence,  which  the  Eternal  City 
throws  over  every  religious  writer. 

Hymns  for  the  Church  of  England.  (Longman.) 
Another  effort  to  supply  the  desideratum  of  an  Eng- 
lish  hymnal  ?  The  ideal  of  such  a  hymnal  will  only  be 
reached  when  it  is  characterised  throughout  by  orthodox 
doctrine,  and  sterling  poetry ;  when  every  hymn  in  it 
possesses  a  unity  of  subject,  an  obvious  sense,  and  a  cor- 
rect rhyme ;  when  the  hymns  appropriate  to  each  sacred 
season,  treat  the  subject  of  the  season  from  various  points 
of  view,  and  in  various  metres.  Are  there  as  many  as 
170  English  hymns  (so  many  are  contained  in  the  vo- 
lume before  us)  coming  up  to  this  ideal  ?     We  fear  not. 

Alfabeto  Otrtstiano,  by  Juan  de  Tald^s, /rom  the  Italian 
of  1646.  By  Benjamin  B.  Wiffen.  (Bosworth  and  Har- 
rison.^ 

Only  one  hundred  copies  of  this  work  are  printed  for 
circulation ;  and  the  tranalation  irill  thus  remain  almost 


as  much  a  bibliographical  curiosity  as  the  original.  Tet 
intrinsic  interest  must  needs  attach  to  it,  as  the  work  of 
one  of  the  early  Spanish  Protestants,  the  friend  of  Eras- 
mus, the  admired  of  Nicolas  Ferrar,  who  translated  hit 
better-known  Considerations.  The  Alfabeto  (^ristiano 
purports  to  be  a  dialogue  between  the  Author  and  Qiulia 
Gronzaga,  Duchess  of  Trigetto.  It  is  pietistic  in  tone, 
and  designed  to  guide  its  readers  in  the  simplest  patha  of 
practical  religion. 

The  Christian  Church  and  Society  in  1861.  By  F.  Gol- 
zot.    f  Richard  Bentley.) 

We  have  here  the  interesting  spectacle  of  a  great  mind 
identifying  itself  with  the  cause  of  Christianity ;  a  pro- 
found statesman,  and  yet  an  ardent  religionist ;  a  Pro- 
testant, yet  advocating  the  temporal  sovereignty  of  the 
Pope,  as  a  necessary  condition  of  his  spiritual  indepMi- 
dence.  He  advocates  the  Napoleonic  scheme  of  an  Italian 
Confederacy  rather  than  of  a  Kingdom  of  Italy,  and  owns 
that  he  sent  M.  Rossi  to  Rome,  in  the  reign  of  Louis 
Philippe,  to  labour  in  such  a  design. 

Ancient  Collects  and  other  Prayers ;  selected  for  DevO' 
tional  use  from  various  Rituals,  with  an  Appendix  on  the 
OnllecU  in  the  Prayer  Book,  ^y  W.  Bright,  MJL  Second 
Edition.    (J.  H.  &  J.  Parker.) 

A  most  valuable  manual;  from  which  the  parochial 
clergyman  will  be  able  to  extract  much  solid  and  various 
matter  for  occasions  of  devotion. 


BOOKS    AND    ODD    VOLUMES 

WANTBD   TO  PUBCHASB. 

PAiiieiilara  of  Pries,  ko.  of  the  foUowlnff  Booka  to  bo  aant  diroel  to 
the  gentlemen  by  whom  they  are  reqoirea,  aad  whoee  nomee  and  od- 
dreoiee  are  gitren  for  that  purpoee  t  — 

Bm  CoTitBBRT  SaAnrc'i   IIictort  or   ra*  Rnnto  or  t«b   Nohtk  iir 

A  print  from  the  portrait  of  the  lale  Wm.  Danby,  Xeq.,  of  Bwintaa 
Park,  Yorkchlre. 

Wanted  by  Wm.  l>anbv.  Eaq.^  Park  Home,  Exeter. 


Koblb'«  Lnrrt  or  tub  RBorcioBs.    S  Voli. 

Trb  ATBBNjsrM  from  the  flnt  nnmber  to  the  end  or  the  year  ItlB. 

Wanted  by  Edward  Peacock,  Eaq.,  the  Manor,  Botteefocd.  Brlcr« 


fiatitti  ta  €axTtipiin\tttM. 

T.  B.  The  macartmic  poem.  Pmma  Poreomm.  vMdk  contains  ab0«< 
aoo  line*,  is  printed  in  Mr.  Sandys'  Specimen*  of  Macaronic  Poetry,  Sro. 
ISSl. 

8arBR«TmoN.    Thirteen  unlndty/inom  *'  the  Last  Snpptr.** 

W.  W.    The  History  of  Shoreditch  teas  written  bg  Sir  Hemm 

LvMKi*.    Edvtu  d  Melton's  (not  Milton)  Travelf  eu^  notieed  in 
last  volume,  pp.  68,  436. 

MoNtiROB  ToMtni*.  — C.  H.  O.  is  in  some  nufonare  right.  The  Feres 
vtas  written  bv  Mtmrrief.  hut  the  c^.pttal poem,  on  tehich  that  Fares  wm 
/oundfd,  tctis  urritttn  by  Taylor. 

T.  L.  M. 

"  When  Greeks  Joined  Greeks,  then  was  the  t«ff  of  var,** 

is  from  Lee's  Alexander  t^e  Great.    As  to  the  second  Qmrpt  see  DaDy 
Telegraph  qf  Saturday,  Feb.  I. 

MoNTBLT  Fbcillbton  or  FaBwoK  LTTBaATCBB  ii«9ef  week,  ifposeUk, 


E.  D.    The  possessor  of  two  Sermons  by  IH.Thaatne  AAntgiMyC 
by  him  in  "  N.  ft  Q."  Ut  8.  v.  134,  is  request^  to  say  where  a  letter 
be  addressed  to  him. 

Icf&Nif.    Mr.  Wriffht's addreesis  14, Sydney  Street, Bromptoes, 

Ttmr.    The  work  is  entitled  The  Testament  of  the  Twelve  Patriaxohi- 

See^'N.k  Q."  tad  8.  vi. S4, 173, IIS, S76. 

**  NoTBs  AND  QoBRiB*  "  is  pwbUsheH  of  nnon  em  Friday,  etmt  is  alse 
iesned  in  Mobtblv  Part*.  The  Snbserkttian  far  STAapsB  Corrai  >r 
Six  Months  fbrwardsd  direct  ftrom  the  PnUiskers  (laciHcttif  l^  HailA 
frarfv  IffDBx)  is  lis.  id.,  which  musy  be  paid  by  roet  (Hfee  W-^ir  •• 
hmowr  qfMLmmn%.  Bbix  Amn  Dalot,  ISS,  Fi-aBT  »raaar,  B.Oi|  It 
atl  CoiuivifxoATioKS  won.  rmm  Emroa  tkaeM  ' 


S^  S.  L  Fbb.  15,  "62.] 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


121 


LONDON,  SATURDAY,  FEBRUARY  15, 1862. 

CONTENTS.— No.  7. 

NOTES :  —  Letters  of  Archbighop  Leighton.  121 — SebMtum 
0«bot :  an  Bpisode  In  his  Llfe»  1*6  —  Somewctshipe  Wills : 
Peltagrew  Family,  /&.  —  ArmoiuH}]ad  Shi|>s:  the  Skull  of 
the  Elephant,  126. 

MiiroB  Notes  :  —  Spelling  Matches  --  Pftpcr  —  Judges' 
Seats  in  Courts  of  Justice  —  Manchester  in  the  Year  1559 
—Visitation  of  Shropshire— Amusing  Blunder  —  Feui- 
moro  Cooper  on  Uie  Jicrmudas— Jokes  on  the  Scarcity  of 
Bullion,  126. 

QTJE&IES :  —  Toad-eater.  128  —  Earl  of  Chatham  —  Chan- 
cellorship of  the  University  of  Cambridge  —  Tho  Author  of 
the  ••  Falls  of  Clvde  " — J.  A.  BlackweU  —  Burdon  of  Easing- 
ton— Canoe— Comets  and  Epidomia— Colonel  — Defaced 
and  Worn  Coins— Dodshon  of  Strauton  —  Ecclesiastical 
Commission  of  1660 — Eleotionecrers  —  Literary  Anecdotes 

—  Dr.  Manael's  Epigrams  —  John  Pikeryng  —  "Piromi- 
des'*- Robert  Rose- Michael  Scot's  Writings  on  Astro- 
nomy —  Sutton  Family  —  Early  Edition  of  Terence  — 
Universal  SufRftige  —  Webb  Family  —  Weeping  among  the 
Ancients,  ^.,  129. 

QUX2IE8  WITH  AirswBSS:  —The  Seven-branched  Candle- 
stick —  "  Tottenham  in  his  Boots  "  —  Yice-Admiral  James 
Sayer  —  Provincial  Tokens— Aldermen  of  London.  1S2, 

BSPLIES :— Lambeth  Degrees,  183 — Scripture  Paraphrase, 
134—  Miniature  Painter :  Sillctt.  136— Natoaca,  lb,  —  Salt 
given  to  Sheep :  St.  Oregoiy,  Begula  Pastoralis  —  Alchemy 
and  Mysticisms— Browning's ''^Lyrics'*  — Dr.  John  Por- 
dage — Trial  of  the  Princess  of  Wades  —  Christopher  Monk 

—  Taylor  of  Bifrons— Tenants  in  Socage— Arras  of  Cortes 

—  On  tho  Degrees  of  Comparison  —  Lammiman  —  Au- 
thorised Translator  of  Catullus  —  Washing  Parchment 
and  Vellum— Quotation  Wanted,  Ac.,  136w 

Monthly  Fenilleton  on  French  Books. 

LETTERS  OF  ARCHBISHOP  LEIGHTON. 
{Continued  from  p.  107). 

IV. 

Dec  17. 
May  it  please  yo'  Grace, 
Because  I  was  unwilling  to  give  yc/  Grace  any 
further  trouble  at  partincr,  I  did  resolv  to  peese  (?) 
out  ye  remainder  of  this  year  in  this  station,  w^ 
being  now  near  upon  expiring,  I  could  not  think 
of  a  fitter  way  to  signify  my  intention  than  by 
the  enclosed,  being  ye  very  same  individual  paper 
Tt  I  presented  to  yo'  Grace  while  you  were 
here.  And  I  think  it  needless  to  say  any  more 
of  ye  reasons  mooving  mee  to  *t,  having  then 
given  70*  Grace  a  short  account  of  the  main  of 
them  m  a  paper  apart.  Onely  I  crave  leave  to 
■dd  this,  that  upon  ye  most  impartiale  reflexion  I 
can  make  upon  ye  temper  of  my  mind  in  this 
matter,  I  cannot  find  that  it  proceeds  from  any 
pusillanimous  impatience,  or  weariness  of  the 
troubles  of  this  employment,  but  rather  from  a 
great  contempt  of  our  unworthy  and  trifling  con- 
tentions, of  w^  I  have  little  other  esteem  than  of 
A  quereiU  cTAlmany  or  a  drunken  scuffle  in  the 
dark,  and  doe  pity  exceedingly  to  see  a  poor 
church  doing  its  utmost  to  destroy  both  itself  and 
religion  in  furious  zeal  and  endlesse  debates  about 
je  empty  name  and  shadow  of  a  difference  in 
government,  and  in  the  meanwhile  not  having  of 


solemn  and  orderly  worship  so  much  as  a  shadow. 
Besides  I  have  one  urgent  excuse  that  grows  daily 
truer,  for  though  I  keep  not  bedd  much,  nor  am 
(I  thank  God)  rackt  with  sharp  and  tormenting 
diseases,  yet  I  can  truely  say  that  I  am  scarce 
ever  free  from  som  one  or  other  of  those  pains 
and  distempers  that  hang  about  this  litle  crazy 
turf  of  earth  I  cariy,  w^  makes  it  an  uneasy 
burden  to  mee,  but  withall  puts  me  in  hopes  y*  I 
shall  shortly  drop  it  into  the  common  heap. 
Meanwhile,  my  best  relief  will  bee,  to  spend  the 
litle  remnant  of  my  time  in  a  private  and  retir*d 
life  in  some  corner  of  England,  for  in  ye  com* 
munion  of  that  church,  by  ye  help  of  God,  I  am 
resolvd  to  live  and  die.  That  w**  I  seem  humbly 
to  entreat  of  y'  Grace  is  ye  representation  of  this 
litle  aflair  to  his  Ma"%  and  that  in  as  favorable 
a  manner  as  may  bee,  w^  shall  add  very  much  to 
ye  many  and  great  obligements  of 

May  it  please  yo'  Grace, 
i  o'  Grace's 
Most  humble  Servant, 

B.  Leighton. 

[The  following  is  the  paper  inclosed :  — ] 

The  true  reasons  both  of  my  purpose  of  re- 
tiring from  my  present  charge  and  of  declining  a 
greater,  are  briefly  these. 

1 .  The  sense  I.have  of  the  dreadfull  weight  of 
whatsoever  charge  of  souls,  or  any  kind  of  spi- 
rituall  inspection  over  people,  but  much  more 
over  ministers ;  and  withall  of  my  own  extream 
unworthinesse  and  unfitnesse  for  so  high  a  station 
in  the  Church. 

2.  The  continuing  divisions  and  contentions  of 
this  church,  and  ye  little  or  no  appearance  of 
their  care  for  our  time. 

3.  The  earnest  desire  I  have  long  had  of  a  re- 
tired and  private  life,  w**  is  now  much  increased 
by  sicklincsse  and  old  age  drawing  on,  and  ye 
sufficient  experience  of  ye  folly  and  vanity  of  ye 
world.  And  in  a  word,  tis  rerum  humanarum 
fastidium. 

Whatsoever  1  might  add  more,  I  forbear,  for  I 
confessc  after  all  I  could  say,  I  expect  little  right 
or  fair  construction  from  ye  world  in  this  matter, 
but  rather  many  various  mistakes  and  roiscen- 
surcs  on  all  hands.  But  soe  that  the  relief  is, 
that  in  ye  retreat  I  design,  I  shall  not  hear  of 
them,  or  if  I  do,  I  shall  not  feel  them. 

V. 

DunbL  octob.  9. 

Sir,— I  met  lately  with  our  noble  friend  through 
whose  hand  this  comes  to  you,  and  discoursed 
awhile  of  our  affairs.  What  concerns  my  unworthy 
self  I  am  very  weary  of  hearing  or  speaking  so 
much  of  it,  and  after  all  cannot  see  reason  to 
recede  from  my  opinion.  My  retreat  (which  I 
think  I  foresee  will  bee  very  quickly  unavoidable^ 
may  be  much  mot^  d<ftttcii\.  fewsv  \k^  ^i«»fcTjXV*" 


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NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


[3r<i  &  L  FxB.  15»  "61. 


ture,  than  afler  a  more  formall  engagement,  and 
will  expose  me  lease  to  the  imputations  of  one  of 
the  late  pamphleteer*8  throws  at  mee  of  phantas- 
tick  inconstancy,  though  I  think  he  has  not  hitt 
mee,  at  least  I  feel  it  not,  for  as  to  mjr  removes 
hee  reckons  upp,  I  am  sure  there  never  was  lease 
of  an  J  man*B  own  share  in  aii^  remoof  (sic)  than 
was  in  all  mine,  and  as  for  his  other  instance  of 
being  neither  pleased  with  presbyterie  nor  epis- 
copacy, with  the  exorbitancies  of  neither,  I  con- 
fesse,  but  if  ye  thought  of  their  regular  conjunction 
could  have  entered  into  his  head,  hee  should 
rather  have  sayd  I  was  pleased  with  both,  for  I 
have  bin  constantly  enough  of  that  opinion,  that 
they  doe  much  better  together  than  either  of 
them  does  apart,  and  have  in  this  the  consent  of 
great  multitudes  of  heads  as  strong  and  clear  as 
his  and  his  brethren's  are  hott  and  cloudy ;  but 
this  is  a  digression.  Of  our  higher  Vacancies  I 
have  sayd  enough  in  my  former,  and  possibly  too 
much,  but  that  tis  alwai^  attempered  with  abso- 
lute submission  to  those  yt  are  both  so  much 
wiser  and  above  mee :  but  for  our  vacant  parish 
kirks  in  ye  West,  I  wish  it  were  taken  into  con- 
sideration, and  well  resolv*d  on,  what  way  of  sup- 
plying them  will  be  fittest,  in  order  to  ye  publick 
peace,  w^  I  conceiv  we  are  mainly  to  eye  in  our 
whole  buissines.  I  waited  on  ye  Lords  of  Coun- 
cil this  week,  but  they  have  given  mee  neither 
any  new  comand  nor  advice  m  this  particular, 
w**  till  I  receiv  from  some  y*  have  power  to  give 
it  I  must  forbear  to  attempt  any  thing,  and 
rather  let  things  rest  as  they  bee,  than  by  en- 
deavouring to  better  them,  run  the  hazard  to 
make  them  worse.  I  am  not  doubtfull  of  yo*  ut- 
most assistance  in  these  affairs,  both  where  you 
are  and  when  you  return,  nor  need  I  any  more 
repeated  request  of  ye  constant  charity  of  yo' 
prayers  for 

Yo»  poor  brother  and  servant, 


For  Mr.  Gilbert  Barnet, 
at  London. 


R.L. 


VI. 


Lend.  Jul.  8'. 
May  it  please  yo'  Grace, 

I  am  extreamly  sorry,  if  y«  putting  a  close  to  y* 

bubsines  y^  brought  mee  hither,  when  it  could  not 

wdll  bee  differr*d  any  longer,  shall  havo  caused  in 

to'  Grace  any  displeasure  ag**  mee,  w**  yet  I  can 

hardly  suspect,  for  this  desire  of  mine  (w^  I  con- 

fesse  is  y*  onely  ambitious  and  passionate  desire  I 

have  of  any  thing  in  this  world)  bee  it  from  weak- 

nesse  of  understanding,  or  melancholy  humor  or 

whatsoever  else  any  may  imagine,  I  am  sure  there 

is  no  malice  in  it  to  any  person  or  to  any  party, 

yea  y*  innocency  and  sincerity  of  my  heart  in  this 

matter  will,  I  trust  in  God,  uphold  me  under  all 

jp*  Farious  misconstructions  y'can  fall  upon  me.  Yea 


even  that  of  craziness  of  mind,  *t  is  possibly  by  some 
imputed  to,  does  not  move  mee,  when  I  consider 
that  many  great  and  wise  persons  have  been  guilty 
of  the  same  folly,  if  it  be  so,  some  by  actual  re- 
tiring,  others  by  earnest  desires  of  it,  when  it 
prov  d  impossible  for  them.    But  not  to  amuse  yo' 
Grace  witn  these  discourses,  I  submit  to  y*  result 
of  this  buissines  for  this  time,  seeing  *tis  now  never 
to  create  any  further  trouble  either  to  myself  or 
any  other,  and  I  hope  in  God  I  shall  goe  through 
the  remainder  of  this  unpleasant  work  without 
discontent  or  impatience,  if -I  may  bee  but  assurM 
of  one  thing,  and  that  is,  a  full  and  absolute  par- 
don from  yo'  Grace    of   whatsoever  hath    bin 
troublesome  or  offensive  to  you  in  this  matter, 
and  no  abatement  of  yo'  good  opinion  and  favour, 
though  (I  confes)  alwaies  undeserved  in  all  other 
respects,  unles  great  affection  to  yo'  Grace,  yo' 
service  may  pretend  some  small  degree  of  accept^ 
ance  instead  of  merit.    And  this  shall  remain  un- 
alterable in  mee,  while  I  live,  however  yo'  Grace 
may  be  pleased  henceforward  to  look  upon  mee. 
But  it  would  exceedingly  encourage  mee  in  my 
return  to  my  laboratory,  if  a  line  from  yo'  hand 
did  give  mee  some  hope,  at  least,  of  the  same 
favourable  aspect  from  y'  Grace,  as  formerly;  but 
I  crave  pardon  for  this  presumption,  and  however 
my  poor  prayers,  such  as  they  bee,  shall  not  bee 
wanting  for  yo'  Grace^s  welfare  and  happiness,  nor 
shall  I  ever  cease,  while  I  am  above  ground,  to  bee. 

May  it  please  yo'  Grace> 
x  o'  Grace*8 

Most  humble  Servant, 

B.  LXIOBTOV. 

For  my  Lord  Dake  of  Lsaderdale, 
his  Grace. 


vn. 


Edg.  Jon.  25. 
May  it  please  yo'  Grace, 
I  was  just  upon  going  out  of  town  when  1  re- 
ceived yo' Grace's  letter  of  y*  18th  of  June,  and 
some  few  days  before  I  had  writt  somewhat  to  yo' 
Gr.  touching  y*  buissines  of  a  national  synod,  very 
much  agreeing  with  what  your  Gr.  sayes  concern- 
ing it ;  only  I  took  y*  liberty  to  suggest  the  fabreit 
construction  in  behalf  of  the  ministers  pushtne  fat 
it,  and  that  if  any  were  driving  a  design  in  it,  it 
was  more  than  I  could  perceive,  and  more  thsn 
the  generality  of  themselves  doe  know  of;  and 
there  is  one  particular  they  have  mistaken  y*  gave 
yo'  Gr.  account  of  this  affair,  if  they  have  affim*d 
that  the  motion  began  at  the  synod  of  Glasco,  for, 
upon  mj  honest  word,  there  was  not  one  ayllftble 
spoke  of  it  there  in  my  hearing;  no,  not  in  private, 
far  lease  aujrthing  propounded  towai^s  it  m  pub- 
lick  ;  indeed  after  it  was  mooted  at  £din'  y*  re- 
port spreading,  diverse  presbyteries  were  taken 
with  it,  and  began  to  discourse  of  it,  and  yet  none 
of  them  writt  to  mee  till  it  was  again  revived  at 
Edinbugh.    Only  the  presbyterie  of  Glasoo  sent  a 


dHS.1.  Feb.  15,  '62.] 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


123 


letter  to  y*  presbyterie  of  Edinbugh,  wherein  there 
was  more  irregularity  than  in  any  other  I  have 
seen  or  heard;  for  they  neither  acquainted  the 
Bp.  of  £d'  with  it  at  all,  nor  mee,  w**  looked  the 
liker  y*  sticking  up  to  a  correspondence  diyided 
from  us.  But  if  this  had  not  come  to  yo'  Grace's 
knowledge  by  other  hands,  I  confes  I  had  never 
Bayd  nnythinp^  of  it,  for  being  here  just  y*  day  be- 
fore it  should  have  been  deliver*d,  it  was  brought 
to  my  hands,  and  I  having  opened  it  (as  I  thought 
I  had  good  reason  to  doe),  and  being  much  dis- 
pleased with  the  strain  of  it  kept  it  upp,  and  re- 
0olv*d  to  suppresse  it,  and  to  check  them  y*  writt 
it^  but  not  to  bring  them  to  any  publick  censure 
for  it;  and  the  rather  for  y*  very  reason  y'  would 
have  moved  a  vindictive  man  to  publish  it,  some 
of  those  y*  joined  in  it  being  y*  persons  of  the 
whole  diocese  that  have  most  discovered  something 
of  unkindness  toward  me ;  yea,  I  can  confidently 
say  are  the  only  persons  of  y*  whole,  for  anything 
I  know,  that  continue  so  to  doe,  the  rest  having 
after  the  first  prejudice  and  mistakes  were  blown 
over,  liv*d  with  mee  not  only  in  much  peace,  but 
in  great  amity  and  kindnes,  and  have  of  late  ge- 
nerally exprcst  more  affection  to  mee  than  I  can 
modestly  own  y*  reporting  of.  But  this  I  say 
to  excuse  my  suppressing  y*  very  ill  advised  letter 
those  persons  sent  to  Edg. 

The  reasons  they  give  y*  still  presse  this  motion 
are  not  y*  they  think  y*  dissenters  will  submit  to 
it,  but  that  a  full  and  free  hearing  may  be  offered 
them  in  any  way  they  will  accept  of  it ;  or  if  they 
totally  decline  it,  that  will  be  both  a  sufficient  and 
a  very  easie  defeat,  nor  do  they  say  themselves  need 
a  synod  in  order  to  their  own  satisfaction  con- 
cerning y*  government,  seeing  they  join  with'  it 
but  for  regulating  of  y**  church  in  matters  of  dis- 
cipline, and  for  reducing  things  to  as  much  order 
as  may  bee  for  the  present  attainable ;  but  to  both 
these  I  answer  them,  that  till  there  shall  bo  found 
a  more  convenient  time  for  such  a  meeting  these 
things  may  be  someway  provided  for  in  an  easier 
and  safer  way,  for  I  tell  them  freely  that  though 
I  do  not  suspect  them  of  any  design  against  the 
present  government,  w^  was  the  great  incen- 
tive in  the  year  1638,  yet  I  fear  unless  it  were 
Terj  wisely  manag*d,  and  succeeded  very  happily, 
it  might  be  in  hazard  rather  to  disparage  the  go- 
Temment  than  likely  to  add  anything  to  its  reput- 
ation ;  for  seeing  them  so  divided  and  hotly  con- 
testing about  y*  very  motion  of  a  synod  it  may 
easily  be  feared,  they  would  be  more  soe  in  it,  if 
it  were  granted  them ;  and  with  these  and  other 
considerations  I  doe  really  endeavour  to  al(l)ay 
and  cool  the  minds  of  such  ministers  as  apply 
themselves  to  mee  about  it,  and  strive  to  divert 
them  from  any  further  attempts  or  thoughts  of  it 
for  this  time,  and  I  am  hopeful  there  shall  be  no 
more  noise  about  it.  Our  Primate  tells  me  hee 
luUh  writt  to  some  of  y*  northern  Bps.  of  his 


province  to  meet  him  shortly  at  Brechin,  but  I 
believe  it  will  be  but  a  thin  meeting,  and  as  I  told 
him,  I  cannot  see  what  great  matter  they  can  doe 
at  it ;  but  that  I  leave  to  his  own  better  judge- 
ment. If  it  had  been  at  Edin'  it  would  have  past 
with  less  noise  and  observation,  and  I  would  have 
endeavoured  to  wait  on  it,  but  being  now  going 
to  the  most  southern  corner  of  the  diocese  of 
Glasco  I  cannot  possible  return  so  quickly  as  to 
go  to  the  north.  I  have  stay*d  this  day  in  town 
on  purpose  to  speak  to  some  of  those  lords  yo' 
Grace  directs  me  to  wait  on,  .and  I  went  in  the 
morning  to  my  lord  Hatton*s  lodging,  but  hee  was 
gone  abroad,  but  this  afternoon  I  intend  to  wait 
on  his  Lo.  and  any  others  of  that  number  I  can 
meet  with,  though  I  have  little  or  nothing  to  say 
but  what  some  of  them  know  already.  I  have 
wearied  yo'  Gr*.  with  so  long  a  letter,  but  y*  par- 
ticulars that  occasion  it  to  bee  so  I  trust  will  ex- 


cuse. 


May  it  please  yo'  Grace,  yo'  Grace's 
Most  humble  servant, 

R.  Leighton. 
To  my  Lord  Dake  df  Lauderdale, 
His  Grace. 


viir. 


May  it  please  yo'  Grace, 
I  am  uncertain  whether  this  shall  goe  by  IVir. 
Burnet*s  hand  or  by  the  post,  but  when  hee  meets 
with  yo'  Grace  (as  1  hope  shortly  hee  shall)  he  will 
give  you  a  more  full  account  of  the  present  con- 
dition of  this  Church,  and  particularly  in  the  west, 
than  I  can  by  writing.  For  y*  person  I  took  y* 
liberty  to  recommend  by  my  last  to  the  vacancy 
of  y*  Isles,  I  will  say  no  more  nor  presse  it  further, 
yo*^  Grace  will  doe  in  it  what  you  think  fit,  in  due 
time.  The  damage  that  is  lately  befallen  the  town 
of  Glasco,  and  indeed  the  whole  country  round 
about,  by  the  fall  of  .a  part  of  their  bridge,  I  be- 
lieve yo'  Grace  will  have  notice  of  from  better 
hands,  and  will,  I  doubt  not,  favour  them  in  the 
procurement  of  any  fit  way  of  assistance  towards 
the  repairing  it  that  shall  be  suggested,  for  it  will 
be  very  expensive,  and  the  town  will  not  be  able 
to  bear  it  alone,  though  they  be  called  richer  than 
some  other  corporations  here ;  as  y*  noise  of  most 
revenues,  publick  and  personal,  in  common  report 
does  usually  far  exceed  their  just  value.  But 
there  is  another  particular  that  concerns  them,  of 
w**  I  shall  humbly  crave  leave  to  offer  my  thoughts, 
though  it  is  a  bussines  I  could  hardly  obtain  leave 
of  myself  to  intermedle  with,  if  the  good  and  peace 
of  that  place  (which  I  am  now  bound  particularly 
to  tender)  'did  not  considerably  depend  upon  it : 
'tis  the  choice  of  their  magistrate  for  the  ensuine 
year,  the  usual  time  being  not  now  far  off.  And 
this  I  must  declare  upon  y*  exactest  enquiry  I  can 
make,  that  the  nomination  of  y*  present  Irrovost 
gave  so  great  and  geii^i«i«»bVA&t%$i>AsarDL^\.^a^^ 


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NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


[8'«  a  L  FsB.  15,  •«. 


stiir  does  to  the  far  greater  part  of  j^  inhabitants, 
that  without  reflecting  on  or  disparaging  any  other, 
I  cannot  but  interpose  my  humble  request  hee 
may  bee  continued  for  this  one  ensuing  year ;  for 
I  doe  certainly  know,  that  were  the  choice  either 
referred  to  y*  town  councill  or  y*  body  of  the 
citizens,  it  would  carry  that  way  and  no  other, 
and  were  it  in  my  hands  I  would  most  evidently 
clear  myself  of  all  appearance  of  partiall  inclin- 
ation, by  doing  it  in  that  Tery  way  of  their  own 
express  consent  and  vote,  having  nothing  to  bias 
mee  in  the  thing,  they  being  all  equally  civill  to 
me,  and  I  equally  disinterested  in  them  all,  only  I 
am  sure  that  if  an  unacceptable  change  should  be 
made  at  the  time,  it  would  not  a  little  obstruct  my 
great  design  of  comforting  y*  humors  and  discon- 
tent, and  quieting  y*  minds  of  that  people.  But  1 
having  sayd  this,  I  doe  humbly  crave  pardon,  and 
doe  absolutely  submit  it  to  your  Grace's  better 
judgement;  nor  will  I  be  troublesome  with  saying 
any  more  of  my  former  request  of  liberation  either 
from  my  old  charge,  or  present  commission,  or 
rather  that  of  all ... .  both,  but  will  pattiently  wait 
for  a  favourable  answer,  as  becomes,  my  Lord, 
Your  Grace's  most  humble  Servant, 

R.  Leighton. 

To  my  lord  Commissioner, 
His  Grace. 


IX. 


I 


May  it  please  yo'  Grace, 
Though  I  confesse  I  am  as  lazy  as  any  other  to 
*  buissinesse  of  writing,  yet  I  would  not  have 
lin  wanting  to  my  duty  of  acquainting  yo"^  Grace, 
if  anything  had  occurr*d  since  my  last  worthy  of 
jro'  notice  within  my  present  circle  (fc.r  without 
it  I  medle  not)  ;  nor  have  I  much   now  to  say, 
but  that,  thanks  bee  to  God,  the  West  Sea  is  at 
present  pretty  calm,  and  wee  are  in  a  tolerable 
degree  of  quiet,  and  the  late  meating  and  con- 
ference with  y'  dissenting  brethren  !«eems  to  have 
contributed  something  towards  it;  so  that  y'time 
and  pains  bestow'd  that  way  seem  not  to  bee  wholly 
lost,  and  though  they  cannot  bee  charm*d  into 
union,  yet  they  doe  not  sting  so  fiercely  as  they 
did,  nor  does  the  difierence  between  us  appear  so 
vast,  and  the  gulf  between  us  so  great  but  that  there 
may  bee  some  transition,  and  diverse  of  them  are 
speaking  of  coming  to  presbyteries,  if  they  may  bee 
excused  from  Synods ;  but  it  is  most  among  them 
y*  are  still  out,  as  indeed  most  concerned,  and 
possibly  had  y*  rest  bin  treated  with  in  y*  same 
posture  they  would  have  bin  more  tractable,  but 
we  must  doe  as  well  as  wee  can  with  them  as 
they  are — de  ce  qui  est  fait,  le  conseil  en  vest 
nris.    The  main  difficulty  at  present  is  the  fil- 
ling of  y*  vacancies  w"*  are  not  a  few,  and  diverse 
of  y*  people  very  humorous  and  hard  to  please, 
and  the  too  ^reat  disregard  of  that,  and  the  neg- 
ligent indifferent  throwing  in  upon  them  any 


that  came  to  hand  was  the  great  cause  of  all  the 
disquiet  that  hath  arisen  in  these  parts,  filling  all 
places  with  almost  as  much  precipitancy  as  was 
us*d  in  making  them  empty.     And  in  this  afiair  I 
am  now  craving  y"  advice  and  assistance  of  y* 
Lords  of  Councill,  and  particularly  of  those  on 
whom  I  know  y"  Grace  reposes  most  for  this  and 
other  matters  of  public  concernment,  being  re- 
solv*d  to  do  nothing  of  importance  while  I  con- 
tinue in  this  station  without  their  good  liking  and 
concurrence.    They  prest  mee  lately  to  give  mj 
opinion  in  a  particular  y*  I  confesse  I  was  yerj 
loth  to  medle  in,   being  generally  averse  from 
chusing  anything  for  myself,  bat  more  from  chas- 
ing employments  to  other  persons  or  the  persons 
for  y*  employments.     It  was  concerning  y*  va- 
cancy of  y*  Isles,  but  finding  them  earnest  in  it,  I 
nam*d  y*  person  that  is,  to  my  best  discerning,  y* 
fittest  I  know  in  these  parts  y*  will  by  any  means 
bee   induced  to  undertake  it:   His   y"  Dean    of 
Glasco,  whom  I  find  to  be  of  a  very  calm  temper, 
and  a  discreet  intelligent  man,  and  have  all  along 
bin  very  kindly  and  usefully  assisted  by  him  in 
our  church  afipAirs  since  my  engaging  in  this  ser- 
vice. But  when  I  have  sayd  anything,  if  y**'  Grace, 
or  any  abler  to  advise  you,  think  some  other  per- 
son fitter  with  all  my  heart ;  I  have  no  partiall 
interest  nor  stiff  opinion  in  these  things,  nor  would 
not  at  all  have  given  my  opinion  in  this,  unlease 
it  had  bin  requir*d  of  mee,  yea,  drawn  from  mee; 
and  to  the  best  choyce  I  shall  always    gladliest 
consent,  being  still  for  y*  french  doctor's  vote, 
when  one  Crighton  of  this  nation,  stood  in  com- 
petition  with  diverse  Frenchmen  for  a  vacant 
profession  in  their  schools  detur  Kptirrovu    But 
whosoever  bee  the  man,  if  y*  vacant  year's  revenue 
bee  not  absolutely  dispos'd  of  already,  it  could 
not  likely  bee  better  bestow*d  than  upon  the  in- 
trant, being  constantly  so  small  a  provision  that 
one  in  that  order  will  have  enough  to  do  to  live 
decently  upon  it.      For  Dunblain,  I  delivered  a 
resignation  of  it  under  my  hand  some  moneths 
agoe  to  my  lord  Kincam,  but  now  he  tells  mee  hee 
hath  not  yet  sent  it  upp.    All  I  desire  is  either 
that  it  may  be  disposM  of,  or  that  I  may  be  re- 
liev'd  of  y*  surcharge  of  this  later  employment; 
fc)r  though,  when  I  visit  Dunblain  (as  I  lately 
did),  I  find  things  in  the  same  condition  as  for- 
merly, litle  or  nothing  to  doe,  but  afVer  my  cui- 
tom  to  preach  amongst  them,  yet  I  desire  to  be 
freed  of  y*  least  appearance  and  imputation  of  a 
pluralist,  how  little  soever  it  really  signifies  if  all 
the  truth  were  known.    For  with  y*  rents  of 
Glasco  I  have  not  as  yet  at  all  intermedled,  and 
for  y«  other,  Mr.  Herilock  hath  commenced  a  suite 
in  law  against  mee  to  free  himself  of  further  piy- 
ing  his  dues  to  y"  Chappell,  and  from  the  arrierefl 
w^  this  five  years  past  hee  hath  withheld,  and  it  is 
the  bigger  half  of  the  whole  dues  of  the  place. 
However,  I  believe  y"'  Grace  knows  somewnat  of 


JM  a  I.  FsB.  16,  '62.] 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


124; 


mj  unconceniinent  in  these  things,  and  Hee  that 
flees  within  mee  and  all  men,  perfectly  knows 
bow  much  I  would  prefer  a  retreat,  and  j"  poorest 
priTste  life  t4>  y"  highest  church  preferment  in  the 
three  Kingdoms ;  and  one  of  my  dayly  petitions 
•is,  that  if  it  be  the  good  pleasure  of  God,  hee 
would  once  before  I  die  blesse  me  with  that  re- 
treat. But  I  am  sure  'tis  high  time  to  retreat 
from  giving  yo'  Grace  this  trouble,  and  from  pro- 
longing a  letter  that  is  already  so  much  longer 
then  my  usuall  size,  that  I  am  asham*d  of  it,  and 
will  not  add  a  word  more  but  one,  that  I  am  sure 
I  shall  never  retract,  that  I  am,  my  Lord, 
Yo'  Grace's  most  oblig*d  and  humble  Servant, 

B.  LXIQHTOH. 
For  my  Lord  CommlMionar. ' 
His  Grace. 

C.  F.  Secrstait. 

(To  be  continued.^ 


SEBASTIAN  CABOT. 

AS    KPI80DE    IN    UIS    LIFE. 

Strype,  in  his  Memorials^  vol.  ii.  p.  190,  states 
that  — 

The  Emperor  '*  desired,  that  whereas  one  Sebastian 
Gabote,  or  Cabote,  grand  pilot  of  the  Emperors  Indias, 
was  then  in  England,  for  as  much  as  he  could  not  stand 
the  king  in  any  great  stead,  seeing  he  had  bat  small 
practice  in  these  seas,  and  was  a  very  necessary  man  for 
the  Emperor,  wboee  servant  he  was,  and  had  a  pension 
of  him,  that  some  order  might  be  taken  for  his  sending 
over  in  such  sort  as  the  Emperor  should  at  better  length 
declare  unto  the  king*s  counciL  Notwithstanding  I  sus- 
pect Gabote  still  ab^e  in  England  at  Bristow  (for  there 
ne  lived) ;  having  two  or  three  years  after  set  on  foot  a 
famous  voyage  hence,  as  we  shall  mention  in  due  place." 

Cabot's  biographers  appear  to  have  been  ignor- 
ant of  the  result  of  this  application,  which  may 
be  found  in  a  letter  directed  from  the  council  to 
Sir  Philip  Hoby,  under  date  of  Greenwich,  2l8t 
April,  1550,  as  follows  :  — 

"  And  as  for  Sebastian  Cabot,  answere  was  first  made 
to  the  said  Amb<*<*^  that  he  was  not  deteined  heere  by  ns ; 
bnt  that  he  himself  refused  to  go  either  into  Spayne  or 
to  the  Empo*" ;  and  that  he  being  of  that  mind,  and  the 
Kinge's  subjecte,  no  reason  nor  equltie  wolde  that  he 
aholds  be  forced  or  compelled  to  go  against  his  wilL 
Upon  the  wi>  answere,  the  s<>  Amb^^o'  ggj^i^  ^hn^^  jf  i\^i^ 

were  Cabotte's  aunswere,  then  he  required,  that  the  said 
Cabot,  in  the  presence  of  some  one  whom  we  coulde  ap- 
points, might  speke  w<*»  him  the  s*i  Amb'io',  and  declare 
vnto  him  this  to  be  his  minde  and  aunswere;  wh«reunto 
-w  coodeecended,  and  at  the  last  sent  the  s<i  Cabot  w^ 
Bkhard  Shelley  to  the  Ambassador,  who,  as  the  b^  Shel- 
Isj  hath  made  report  to  us,  a£5rmed  to  the  s<*  Amb***", 
that  he  was  not  minded  to  go  neither  into  Spayne  nor  to 
the  Empor.  Nevertheless,  having  kn(>wlege  of  certein 
tliinges  verie  nece^sarie  for  the  Empor*  knowlege,  he 
was  well  contented  for  the  good  will  he  here  the  Empo' 
to  write  his  mind  unto  him,  or  declare  the  same  here  to 
enie  such  as  shude  be  appointed  to  beare  him;  wher- 
•vnto  the  said  Amb'^o*'  asked  the  s^  Cabot,  in  case  the 
Kioto's  Mati*  or  we  shulde  comand  him  to  go  to  the 
Jtep^,  whether  then  he  wolde  not  do  it;  whereanto  I 


Cabot  made  answere  as  Shelley  reportetbe,  that  if  the 
Kinge's  Highnes  or  we  did  comand  him  so  to  do,  then  As 
kmew  wel  inough  what  he  had  to  do;  but  it  semeth  that 
the  Emb<*o'  tooke  this  aunswere  of  Cabot  to  sound  as 
though  Cabot  had  aunswered,  that  being  comaunded  by 
the  Kinge*8  Highnes  or  us,  that  then  be  wolde  be  con- 
tented to  go  to  the  Empo^  wherein  we  reken  the  s* 
Emb'^o''  to  be  deceived ;  for  that  the  8<^  Cabot  had  div^ers 
times  before  declared  unto  us  that  he  was  fuUie  deter- 
mined not  to  go  hens  at  aU." 

This  ambiguous  reply  of  Cabot  was,  no  doubt, 
duly  conveyed  through  the  diplomatic  channel  to 
the  £mperor,  who  must  have  taken  the  same  view 
of  it  as  the  Ambassador :  for  on  the  9th  of  Sept^ 
1553,  we  find  him  addressing  the  following  letter 
to  the  Queen  Mary  of  England,  desiring  that  she 
would  give  permission  to  Cabot  to  come  to  him, 
as  he  desired  to  confer  with  him  upon  some  im« 
portant  affairs  connected  with  navigation :  — 

*'  Treshaulte  tres  excellente  et  trespuissante  princcsss 
nfu  treschiere  et  tresamee  bonne  seur  et  cousine.  Pour  cc 
que  desirerions  comuniquer  aucuns  affaires  concemans  la 
sheurete  de  la  nauigaticn  de  noz  Royauemes  et  pays 
avec  le  capitaine  Cabote  cidevant  pilote  de  noe  Koy- 
aucmes  d'Espaigne  et  lequel  de  nfe  gre  et  consentement 
s*est  puis  aucunefl  annees  passe  en  Angleterre  nous  voos 
requerons  bien  affectueusement  donner  conge  aud*  Cabote 
et  luy  permectre  venir  deuers  nous  pour  avec  luy  comu- 
niquer sur  ce  que  dessus  et  vous  nous  ferez  en  ce  tresa- 
greable  plesir  selon  quauons  encharge  a  noz  ambassadeun 
deuers  vous  le  vous  aceurer  plus  particulierement  A 
tant  treshaulte  tresexcellente  et  trespuissante  princesse 
nre  treschiere  et  tresamee  bonne  seur  et  cousine  nous 
prions  le  createur  vous  avoir  en  sa  tressaincte  et  digns 
garde.    De  Mons  en  Haynnau  le  ix«  de  Septembre  1553. 

«(  Vre  bon  frere  et  cousin, 
**  Charles. 

[/»  dbrso] 

*'  A  tres  haulte  tres  excellente  et  trespuissante  prin- 
cesse nre  treschiere  et  tresamee  bonne  seur  et 
cousine  la  Koyne  d' Angleterre." 

Cl.  Hopfbk. 


SOMERSETSHIRE  WILLS— PETTIGREW  FAMILY. 

The  following  will  of  John  Walgrow,  dated  in 
1541,  is  a  specimen  of  will-making  at  the  Re- 
formation. It  is  transcribed  from  an  ancient  and 
authentic  copy.  West  Charlton  is  about  three 
miles  from  Somerton,  Somerset. 

"  Te$t,  Johis  IValgrow,  Rectoris  de  JFett  Charlton :  — 
In  dei  nomine,  Amen,  in  the  year  of  owr  Lord,  1541,  the 
viij  day  of  Apryll,  I  John  Walgrow,  Clarke,  hole  of 
mynd  and  memory  make  thys  my  testament  and  last 
wyll«  yn  forme  and  man'r  followyug:  —  Fyrst,  I  bequeth 
my  sowle  to  Almighty  God,  my  body  to  be  bury'd  yn 
the  church  chancell  of  Charelton  Makerell.  Item,  I  be- 
queth to  the  sayd  church  xx*  for  the  intent  to  be  pray'd 
ror  among  the  brothers  and  the  systers  of  the  sepulture 
Ivght  of  that  church.  Item,  I  bequeth  to  the  church  of 
Charelton  Adam  vj*  viij<*  for  the  intent  to  be  prayed  for 
among  the  brothers  and  systers  ther.  Item,  I  t>equeth 
to  the  mother  church  of  Wells,  xij**.  Item,  I  bequeth  to 
the  church  of  Otcumb,  xiij*  iiij^.  Item,  I  bequeth  to 
ev'y  howssholdcr  of  Otcumb  aforsavd,  rych  and  pow'r, 
xij'<^ ;  so  that  the  man  and  the  wyffbe  at  my  dyreg  and 
mass,  excepts  sycknys  <»  Q\bsa  ^oMiUMXi  ^1^%^^^^^"^% 


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NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


[3'<i  S.  L  Fkb.  15,  '62. 


and  the  priest  shall  have  xn^  for  hys  labor.  Item,  I 
beqneth  to  ev'y  howsV  3*11  Cbarelton  Makerell  x\j^ ;  so 
that  the  roan  and  the  wjff  be  at  my  d yrjg  and  beryng, 
axcepte  83*0X078  or  other  necessary  tbyng  let  hyt.  Item, 
I  bequeth  to  John  Knyllar  my  sVant  all  snch  stnffe  as  I 
have  at  Otcnmbf  w't  six  silv'r  sponys  of  the  best  aorte, 
and  sixe  shepe,  at  the  dely'vrance  of  myne  executor. 
Item,  to  my  god-chyld  iiij<^.  Farther,  I  wyll  that  my 
executor  imediately  vpon  my  deth  shall  p'vrde  same 
honest  prest  to  pray  for  my  sowie  one  year  aft.  my  de- 
p*tyng,  yn  the  same  p'yshe.  Item,  Y  W3'll  also  that  mas 
and  dyryg  be  kepte  ev'y  day  duryng  the  monyth  after 
my  ber3mg.  The  resydea  of  my  goods  above  not  ex- 
p*ssyd  nor  beqnetbed,  I  fully  geve,  graunt,  and  bequeth 
to  Robert  Bithese,  my  sonne  yn  lawe,  whom  I  make  and 
ordayn  my  hole  executor,  that  he  therof  do  ordayne  and 
dispose  hit  for  my  sowle  as  to  hym  shal  be  best  semyng 
or  expedyent.  Morover,  I  wyll  and  ordayn  for  my 
oVseer,  of  thys  my  last  wyll,  Thomas  Champion,  and  be 
to  have  for  hys  pavne  and  labor  so  takyng  my  best  salte. 
In  witnys  wh'erof  I,  Sir  Robert  Corbet,  Curat,  John  Back* 
land  of  Harptree,  Richard  Grodgu,  S*r  Robert  Hyll,  doth 
put  to  our  namyn  the  day  and  yere  above  wrytyng." 

Should  the  following  curious  will  (which  is 
transcribed  from  an  authentic  MS.)  meet  the  eye 
of  the  talent  archceologist  and  antiquary,  T.  J. 
Pcttigrew,  Esq.,  he  will  probably  be  interested  in 
findint)^  that  one  of  bis  name  was  a  dweller,  in 
Somersetshire,  upwards  of  300  years  aco.  Whe- 
ther the  testator  was  an  ancestor  of  the  present 
learned  gentleman  I  cannot  say. 

**  TutuUu  Roberti  Petigrew  de  North  Cadbery:-^  In 
del  nomine,  Amen ;  the  yere  of  our  Lord,  1541,  the  xxx*!^ 
day  of  Maye,  I  Robert  Petigrew,  hole  of  mynd  and  memVy, 
make  my  testament  and  last  will,  yn  forme  and  man'r 
followyng:— Fyrst,  I  bequeth  my  sowle  to  Almighty 
God,  and  my  body  to  be  bur3'd  yn  the  churchyard  of 
I>}orth  Cadbery.  It*m,  I  bequeth  to  Seynt  Andrew's  iiij<*. 
It'm,  to  the  brotheres  of  ow'r  lady,  x\}^.  It'm,  I  bequeth 
to  my  Sonne  Richard  a  cow,  a  calff,  the  second  best 
brasse  pann,  ij  platters,  ij  3'ear3'd  dyssbys  of  pewter,  an 
akar  of  wheat,  an  akar  of  dregge,  and  an  akar  of  medow. 
Item,  to  my  daughter  Alys,  dwellyng  at  Glastonbery,  a 
cowe.  Item,  to  my  sonne  Thomas,  my  old  oxe.  The 
residew  of  my  goods,  not  bequethed,  I  geve  to  Mawde 
my  wyffe,  whom  I  make  my  hole  executrix.  And  I  do 
make  John  Harvy  my  ov'seer,  and  he  to  have  for  his 
paynes  accord3'ng  to  conscyens.  Thes  be3'ng  wytnys: 
b'r  Water  Yesy,  Curat,  John  Robyns,  and  Richard 
Brownjmg. 

**  Sum  Inventa        -        -    £\nj  xy*  v*." 

It  should  be  observed  that  North  Cadbury,  of 
ivhich  parish  Dr.  Ralph  Cudwortb,  the  learned 
divine,  and  author  of  the  Intellectual  System^  was 
once  rector,  is  about  five  miles  from  Wincanton 
and  eleven  from  Shepton  Mallet,  Somerset.    Ika. 


ARMOUR-CLAD  SHIPS;  THE  SKULL  OF  THE 

ELEPHANT. 

In  Civil  Engineering,  as  well  as  in  Naval 
Architecture,  no  question  at  the  present  day  has 
excited  more  profound  scientific  consideration 
than  the  power  of  chambered  iron  to  sustain 
•train  and  concussion.  The  two  objects  to  be 
moiied  Mre  reoMtaace  and  lightness ;   and  a  re- 


markable instance  of  the  combination  of  both 
is  presented  by  the  formation  of  the  cranium  in 
the  elephant.  In  that  prodigious  creature,  the 
brain,  which  weighs  only  nine  or  ten  pounds,  re- 
(^uires  a  proportionally  small  cavity  for  its  recep- 
tion internally  ;  but  as  the  head  has  to  furnish 
externally  a  surface  sufficient  for  the  attachment 
of  the  great  muscles  that  sustain  the  unusual 
weight  of  the  tusks  and  trunk,  this  has  rendered 
it  necessary  to  increase  the  surface,  in  order  to 
afford  convenient  space  for  their  attachment  and 

Siy.  To  have  formed  this  enlarged  area  of  solid 
ne  would  have  added  inconveniently  to  the 
weight;  and  the  difficulty  is  overcome  by  the 
ingenious  device  of  constructing  the  skull  in  two 
separate  tables,  one  within  the  other,  the  inter- 
vening space  being  occupied  by  spandrils  and 
bony  processes,  between  which  are  cells  filled 
with  air,  thus  ensuring  the  lightness  of  the  whole. 
But  strength  as  well  as  lightness  is  indispensable ; 
for  in  the  economy  of  the  elephant,  his  mode  of 
life  exposes  the  head  to  frequent  shocks;  inas- 
much as  it  js  the  instrument  with  which  he  forces 
down  trees  and  encounters  other  obstacles. 

Delicate  as  the  honeycombed  structure  of  the 
interior  is,  it  is  sufficiently  firm  to  resist  the  forces 
thus  applied  ;  and  even  to  disregard  the  shock  of 
a  musket'ball,  except  in  some  well  known  spots. 

Now  the  question  sugf^ests  itself,  whether  there 
is  anything  m  the  arrangement  of  the  walls  that 
separate  the  two  tables  of  the  elephant's  head, 
the  adoption  of  which  might  be  applied  with 
similar  efiect,  to  secure  at  once  resistance  and 
buoyancy  in  the  construction  of  a  gun-boat,  a 
steam-ram,  or  a  mailed  vessel  of  war?  On  a 
superficial  glance  at  the  section  of  an  elephant*8 
cranium,  the  bony  processes  which  occupy  the 
interstice  between  the  outer  and  the  inner  plates 
of  the  skull  would  seem  to  present  no  systematic 
disposal ;  but  it  is  hardly  to  be  presumed  that 
for  an  object  so  all -important,  the  position  of 
these  walls  and  partitions  is  altogether  fortuitous 
or  accidental. 

It  would  require  a  comparison  of  the  sections 
of  numerous  skulls,  to  determine,  in  the  first 
place,  whether  in  the  head  of  every  elephant  the 
arrangement  of  these  processes  and  plates  is  uni- 
form and  identical  ?  but  should  the  fact  prove  to 
be  so,  the  inference  would  (follow  that  that  pecu- 
liar arrangement  mjist  be  the  best  for  securing 
the  utmost  possible  power  of  resistance  with  the 
least  possible  expenditure  of  material.  The  in- 
quiry might  be  worthy  the  attention  of  Professor 
Owen,  or  some  other  eminent  comparative  ana- 
tomist. J.  Em£bson  Tehkbht. 


ff  iimr  fto!M. 

Spbluno  Matches.  —  In  Beirs  Weekly  Me%* 
tenger  for  27th  January  is  given  an  account  (ex- 


S'iS.I.FBB.  15/62.] 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


127 


tracted  from  the  Philadelphia  Presbyterian)  of  one 
of  these  matches,  which  are  there  styled  ^^  of  an- 
cient and  honourable  memory.**  It  appears  that — 

**  In  Spencertown,  New  York,  they  had  a  match  on  the 
9th  nit,  in  which  Webster's  Pictorial  Dictionary  was 
contended  for.  Twenty-eight  spellers  entered  the  lists. 
All  bat  two  were  silenced  in  an  hour  and  a  half.  These 
were  two  girls,  one  eleven,  and  the  other  fourteen  years 
of  age.  They  continued  the  contest  for  nearly  an  hour 
longer,  on  words  the  most  difficult  to  be  speltt  till  the 
audience  became  so  wrought  upon  that  they  proposed  to 
buy  a  second  dictionary,  and  thus  end  the  contest.*' 

Now  it  strikes  me  that  such  matches  would  do 
more,  and  more  pleasantly,  in  forwarding  the  edu- 
cation of  our  peasantry,  than  the  periodical  visits 
of  the  Inspector  of  Schools.  If  they  be  known  in 
England,  will  any  of  your  correspondents  favour 
me  with  the  rules  ?  If  they  be  an  American  in- 
stitution, your  Philadelphia  correspondent  will,  I 
trust,  send  me  the  laws  under  whicn  they  are  con- 
ducted.   And  I  will  aw(Mt  his  reply. 

Ybtah  Bhegxd. 

Paper. — Much  as  has  been  said  of  the  innumer- 
able uses  to  which  paper,  liberated  from  the  tram- 
mels of  taxation,  ii  about  to  be  applied,  and 
marvel  as  we  may  at  embossed  shirts  and  water- 
proof capes  (any  light  boots  as  yet  ?)  of  this  plas- 
tic material,  I  suspect  that  the  ancients  were 
beforehand  with  us  in  the  adaptation  even  of 
their  rough  and  readj  ^* papyrus"  to  similar  pur- 
poses; since  the  taunt  of  Juvenal,  in  his  4th 
Satire  (1.  23),  applied  to  his  favourite  butt  Cris" 
pinuiy  would  appear  to  indicate  that  even  then 
paper  was  a  covering — meaner  than  rags  I 

•• Hocta 

Succinctns  patri&  quondam,  Crispine,  papyro?" 

Duke,  in  fact,  translates  the  passage :  — 

**  Gave  you^  Crispinus — you  this  mighty  sum ! 

I  For  a  fish  dinner,  or  something  of  that  sort] 
You  that,  for  want  of  other  rags,  did  come 
In  your  own  country  paper  wrapped,  to  Bome." 

The  translator  is  guilty  of  anachronism  in  re- 
garding the  raw  material  of  the  Roman  *^papynis** 
as  rags ;  but  perhaps  ^e  locked  upon  Juvenal  as 
a  bitter  sort  of  prophet  of  an  age  of  rags. 

Sholto  Macduft. 

Charminster,  near  Dorchester,  Dorset. 

Judges*  Sbats  in  Courts  of  Justice. — In  my 
retirement  from  the  profession  of  the  law  at  an 
advanced  age,  I  have  devoted  a  portion  of  mj 
leisure  hours  in  reading  the  ancient  statutes; 
and  much  instruction  I  have  gathered  in  the 
reading  of  them,  and,  let  me  add,  amusement 
too — certainly  much  more  than  in  perusing 
and  studying  our  modem  statutes,  so  repulsive 
with  tautology  and  verbiaee.  I  venture  to  copj 
the  statute,  20  Richard  IL  ch.  iii.  a.d.  1396, 
which  I  think  justifies  my  preference  of  our  an- 
cient acts  of  Parliament,  and  will  amuse  your 
readers.    The  title  of  it  is :  — 


**  No  Man  shall  sit  upon  the  Bench  with  Justices  of 
Assize." 

**  Item,  the  King  doth  will  and  forbid,  that  no  lord, 
nor  other  of  the  county,  little  or  greats  shall  sit  upon  the 
bench  with  the  Justices  to  take  Assizes,  in  their  Sessions 
in  the  counties  of  England,  upon  great  forfeiture  to  the 
King;  and  hath  charged  his  said  Justices,  that  they 
shall  not  suffer  the  contrary  to  be  done." 

This  act,  be  it  known,  is  not  included  in  the  re- 
cent statute  for  **  the  repeal  of  such  acts  as  are 
not  now  in  use."  And  yet  how  manj  seats  of 
our  judges  in  Courts  of  Assizes  are  so  con- 
structed, that  Lords  and  other  men  sit  on  the  same 
bench  with  the  judges  ?  In  the  Preface  to  the 
40th  volume  of  the  Surtees  Society  publications, 
Depositions  from  the  Castle  of  York  relating  to 
Offences  committed  in  the  Northern  Counties  (p. 
ix.)  we  are  told :  — 

**  that,  at  the  Durham  Assizes,  the  judges  were  the 
gnests  of  the  Prince  Palatine,  who  empowered  them  to 
act  in  his  behalf.  He  drove  them  from  his  castle  to  the 
Court  in  his  coach  and  six,  and  mxt  between  them  on  the 
bench  for  a  while  in  his  robes  of  Parliament." 

On  the  Prince's  departure  from  the  Criminal 
Court,  and  when  the  nisi  prius  judge  went  into 
his,  I  have  seen  Lords  and  others  of  the  county 
take  their  seats  on  each  side  of  the  judge  in  both 
Courts,  civil  and  criminal.  I  learn  from  inquiry 
the  judges*  seats,  in  courts  within  several  of  the 
provinces,  are  on  benches  similar  to  those  in 
Durham;  but  in  other  Courts  of  Assize,  the 
judges*  seats  are  in  alcoves  as  at  York. 

On  reading  the  Preface  to  the  Surtees  Society 
publications,  I  wrote  in  the  margin  of  my  copy 
(p.  ix.)  :  "  And  this  in  the  face  of  the  statute 
20  Richard  II.  ch.  iii.**  Fba.  Mewbubh. 

Larchfield,  Darlington. 

MANCnESTER  III  THE  YeAR  1559.— 

*'  De  sacriHcis  Bry tanniie  nostras,  qnam  nunc  Angliam 
vocant,  horrenda  nova.  In  comitatu  Nottinghamiensi 
suam  vitam  alii  finiverunt  ferro,  alii  laqueo,  nonnulli 
aqua ;  multi  dederunt  se  prsecipites  de  summis  tedibns,  et 
quatuordecim  horum  genemm  numerantur.  Post  regi- 
nam  et  Canfinalem  rolum,  qui  infra  tres  horas  una 
obiisse  dicuntur,  undecim  ex  episcopis  majoribus,  sunt 
etiam  brevi  post  tempore  moerore,  ut  creditur,  extinct!. 
Omnes  Manchestrenaes  quoque  graviuima  ftbrit  tustulit, 
vix  ut  unus  in  tanta  civitate  tit  tuperttes,**  Joanni  Baleo 
BasilesB  commoranti  Gulielmus  Coins.  —  A  Letter  ap- 
pended to  Bale*s  Scriptorts  Brytannia,  1559,  p.  229. 

I  do  not  find  this  great  mortality  recorded  in 
any  history  of  Manchester. 

BiBUOTHECAB.   CUETHAM. 

Visitation  op  Shropshire. — I  think  a  volume 
lately  presented  to  the  Shropshire  and  North 
Wales  Natural  History  and  Antiq^^uarian  Society, 
by  Mr.  George  Morris,  son  of  the  late  Mr.  George 
Morris  who  was,  I  am  told,  well  known  as  a  local 
genealogist,  should  not  go  unrecorded  in  the  pages 
of "  N.  &  Q.*'  On  a  recent  visit  to  the  Shrews- 
bury Museum  I  had  the  pleasure  of  examining  it. 
It  bears  the  following  tltU; — 


128 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


[8rt  S.  I.  Feb.  15,  *B%, 


"  Copy  of  Visitation  of  Salop  by  Robert  Trwwell  and 
Augustine  Vincent,  deputies  to  Wm.  Camden,  Claren- 
cieux,  efi  1623;  together  with  the  former  Visitations, 
9P  1564  and  158i,  &c.  &c. 

•  •••••• 

"  This  volume  is  a  copy  of  the  Visitation  of  1623|  in  the 
Shrewsbury  Free  School  Library." 

"This  copy  was  commenced  in  1823,  and  finished  in 
1825,  by  Getorge  Morris  of  Shrewsbury.** 

The  arms  and  pedigrees  are  beautifully  drawn 
and  written.  This  is,  indeed,  a  most  interesting 
Tolume. 

Among  several  other  volumes  presented  by  the 
same  gentleman,  is  a  copy  of  James  £ii8ton*s  //?<- 
man  Lovgeoity^  1799,  with  very  numerous  addi- 
tions, which  would  be,  I  am  sure,  very  interesting 
to  those  numerous  correspondents  who  have  made 
60  many  enquiries  about  the  same  subject. 

G.  W.  M. 

Amusing  Bluivdeb.  —  In  the  3rd  volume  (p. 
280)  of  Sir  A.  Alison*s  Life  of  Lord  Casdereagh, 
there  is  a  singular  ludicrous  slip  of  the  pen,  or 
Biisprint  —  for  one  does  not  know  to  which  it 
must  be  ascribed  —  that  deserves  a  niche  in  any 
fiiture  collection  of  literary  curiosities.  It  occurs 
in  the  description  of  the  funeral  of  the  Duke  of 
Wellington,  and  the  passage  runs  as  follows :  — 

**  The  pall  was  borne  by  the  Marquises  of  Anglesea  and 
Londonderry,  Lord  Gk>ugh,  Lord  Combermere,  Lord  Sea- 
ton,  Mr.  H.  Smith,  Sir  Charles  Napier,  Sir  Alexander 
Woodford,  and Sir  Pkri£Orimb  Pickle  !  I  " 

It  it  difficult  to  conceive  a  more  ludicrous  ad- 
mixture of  fact  and  fiction,  and  no  less  difficult  to 
■nggest  any  explanation  of  its  occurrence.  Sir 
Peregrine  Maitland  was  meant ;  but,  however  the 
blunder  arose,  surely  never  was  there  a  more 
whimsical  illustration  of  the  law  as  to  "  association 
of  ideas.**  —  Glasgow  Gazette, 

J.  J.  B.  WOBKABD. 

Fbnimors  Coopxb  oir  thb  Bbbmudas.  —    . 

**  Tber«  is  the  island  of  Bermuda.  England  holds  it 
•olely  as  a  hostile  port  to  be  used  against  us.  I  think 
lor  the  peaceful  possession  of  that  island  our  Government 
would  malce  some  sacrifice ;  and  by  way  of  inducement 
to  make  that  arrangement  you  ought  to  remember  that 
twenty  years  hence  England  will  not  be  able  to  hold  it." — 
Gooper*B  England,  vol.  ii.  p.  306,  published  1837. 

The  above  has  amused  me,  and  may  amuse  your 
readers.  P.  P. 

Jokes  oir  thb  ScABcrrr  of  Buucioir.  —  It  is 
said,  as  illustrative  of  the  scarcity  of  metallic 
money  in  America  just  now,  consequent  on  the 
war-difficulties  of  our  American  cousins,  that  Mr. 
Barnum  has  atlded  to  his  Museum  of  Curiosities, 
an  American  dollar,  as  one  of  the  rarest  things  in 
the  States.  Apropos  of  this :  on  turning  over  a 
parcel  of  old  letters  the  other  evening,  I  came 
upon  a  paragraph  in  one  of  them  which  tells  how 
scarce  bullion  was  in  our  own  country  in  the 
month  of  March,  1797,  and  which  embodies  as 


good  a  joke  as  Mr.  Barnnm*8  of  this  present  year 
of  grace :  — 

**  A  few  daj's  ago,"  says  the  writer  of  a  letter  from 
Stourbridge  to  a  friend  in  Paisley,  after  stating  that 
paper-money  had  almost  superseded  goM,  **  hand-bills 
were  circulated  in  Birmingham  to  the  following  purpose: 
— '  To  be  seen  at  the  Market  Place,  a  Gcinea  just  aboat 
being  carried  off  to  London.  As  its  ever  retunimg  is  ex- 
tremelv  improbable,  those  who  wish  for  a  sight  of  it,  are 
desired  to  repair  thither  immediately.* " 

James  J.  Lamb. 

Underwood  Cottage,  Paisley. 


^utrUM. 


TOAD-EATER. 

In  The  Adventures  of  David  Simple  (a  novel 
written,  in  1744,  by  Sarah  Fielding,  sister  of  the 
celebrated  Henry  Fielding,)  the  hero  of  the  tale 
asks  the  meaning  of  this  term,  to  which  the  fol- 
lowing answer  is  given  :  — 

'*  It  is  a  metaphor  taken  from  a  mountebank's  boy'» 
eating  toads,  in  order  to  show  his  master's  skill  in  ex- 
pelling poison:  it  is  built  on  a  supposition  (which  I  am 
afraid  is  too  generally  true),  that  people  who  are  so  un- 
happy as  to  Im  in  a  state  of  dependence,  are  forced  to  do 
the  most  nauseous  things  that  can  be  thought  on,  to 
please  and  humour  thoir  patrons.  And  the  metaphor 
may  be  carried  on  yet  further ;  for  most  people  have  so 
much  the  art  of  tormenting,  that  every  time  they  have 
made  the  poor  creatures  they  have  in  their  power  *  swal- 
low a  toad/  they  give  them  something  to  expel  it  again, 
that  they  may  be  ready  to  swallow  the  next  they  think 
proper  to  prepare  for  them;  that  is,  when  they  have 
abused  and  fooled  them,  as  Hamlet  says,  *  to  the  top  of 
their  bent,'  they  grow  soft  and  good  to  them  again,  on 
purpose  to  have  it  in  their  power  to  plague  them  the 


more. 


This  seems  to  give  tl^  exact  meaning  of  the 
term  as  now  used.  The  expression  also  occurs  in 
the  Works  of  Mr.  Thomas  Broton^  Serious  and 
Comical,  In  his  **  Satire  on  an  ignorant  Quack  *' 
(vol.  i.  p.  71),  he  says ;  — 

"  Be  the  most  scorn'd  Jack-pudding  of  the  pack. 
And  turn  toad-eater  to  some  foreign  quack." 

In  vol.  ii.  of  BrowVs  Worhs^  are  some  letters 
supposed  to  be  written  by  the  dead  to  the  living ; 
and  among  them  is  one  from  "  Joseph  Haines,  of 
merry  memory,  to  his  friends  at  VVilPs  Coffise- 
House,  in  Co  vent  Garden,"  dated  Zlst  Dec.  1701. 
It  is  to  be  observed,  that  Joe  Haines  was  a  cele- 
brated mountebank  and  fortune-teller,  who  used 
to  perform  on  the  sta^  in  Smithfield,  and  died 
4th  April,  1701.  In  this  pretended  letter  he  tells 
his  friends :  — 

**  I  intend  to  build  a  stage,  and  set  up  my  old  trade  of 
fortune-telling;  and  as  1  shall  have  occasion  for  some 
understrapper  to  draw  teeth  for  me,  or  to  be  my  Aiatf- 
Mfcr,  upon  the  stage,"  &c. 

In  a  subsequent  letter  from  Joe  Haines  to  h» 
friends,  he  gives  them  an  account  of  his  success  in 
his  vocation,  and  says :  — 


t"  &  I.  Feb.  is,  '62.] 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


129 


*'  After  the  mob  bad  been  diverted  by  some  legerde- 
main tricks  of  ApolloniuB  Tyaneus,  my  conjuror,  being 
attended  by  Dr.  Connor,  my  toad-tatar  in  ordinary.  Dr. 
Lobb,"  &c 

Perhaps  some  of  the  learned  contributors  to 
your  valuable  publication  will  be  kind  enough  to 
inform  me  whether  there  is  a  record  or  repute  of 
any  quack  or  mountebank  at  Smith6eld,  South- 
wark,  or  elsewhere,  who  had  sufficient  power  or 
influence  over  his  zany,  or  subordinate,  to  induce 
him  to  actually  swallow  any  of  these  disgusting 
reptiles  ?  Or  was  the  performance  a  mere  slight- 
of-hand  trick  ?  £.  jS.  E. 


Easl  of  Chatham. — Fsotbssob  Db  Morgan's 
Paper  on  the  possible  as  distinguished  from  the 
actual  (2°^  S.  xii.  29)  puts  me  in  mind  of  an  anec- 
dote that  I  heard  many  years  ago  of  the  Earl  of 
Chatham.  In  a  conference  with  an  admiral,  who 
was  on  the  point  of  sailing  in  command  of  a 
squadron,  he  gave  him  instructions  to  do  so-and- 
so.  The  admiral  protested  that  the  thing  was 
impossible.  ^*  Sir,*  cried  Lord  Chatham,  raising 
himself  upon  his  gouty  legs,  and  brandishing  his 
crutches  in  the  air,  ^'1  stand  upon  impos&ibili- 
ties." 

Who  was  the  admiral  ?  And  on  what  occasion 
was  this  said  ?  Mkletes. 

Chancellorship  of  the  Uniysrsitt  of  Cam- 
bridge.— In  the  University  Calendar  it  is  said :  — 

**  The  office  of  Chancellor  is  biennial^  or  tenable  for  snch 
a  length  of  time  beyond  two  years  as  the  tacit  consent  of 
the  University  may  choose  to  allow." 

It  would  seem  that  originally  there  was  a  re- 
gular election  or  re-election  every  two  years. 
Archbishop  Rotheram  (AtheruB  CantahrigienseSy  i. 
1)  was  elected  chancellor  in  1469,  and  again  in 
1473,  1475,  and  1483  ;  and  Bishop  Story  (ibid,  p. 
5),  in  1471.  At  what  time,  and  why  was  the  bi- 
ennial election  discontinued  ?         M.  A.  Cantab. 

The  Author  of  the  "  Falls  of  Clyde."  — 
I  have  an  octavo  volume  entitled  the  Falls  of 
Clyde,  or,  the  Fairies;  a  Scottish  Dramatic  PastO' 
raL  It  also  contains  three  dissertations  :  on  fairief, 
on  the  Scottish  language,  and  on  pastoral  poetry. 

It  was  published  by  Creech  in  Edinburgh,  in 
1806.  The  name  of  the  author  is  not  given ;  but 
a  friend  informs  me  that  it  was  Black,  and  that 
he  was  a  tutor  in  the  family  of  Lord  Woodhouselee. 

Can  you  inform  me,  through  any  of  your  readers, 
wliat  became  of  Mr.  Black ;  and  if  he  wrote  any 
other  work  f 

This  drama  will  repay  perusal  by  anyone  who 
iinderstands*the  humour  of  the  Scottish  language. 

Should  you  be  unable  to  give  me  the  informa- 
tion which  I  seek,  I  shall  have  reference  made  to 
the  Edinburgh  Magazine  of  1806-7,  and  shall 
send  jou  the  result.  L.  Z. 


J.  A.  Blackwell.  —  There  was  a  tragedy, 
called  Rudolf  of  Varosiiey,  by  Mr.  J.  A.  Black- 
well,  published  in  1842.  Can  any  of  your  readers 
inform  me  whether  the  author  was  a  native  of  the 
North  of  Scotland  ?  Zeta. 

Burdon  of  Easington.  —  Information  as  to 
the  descendants  of  the  Burdens  vel  Burdens  of 
Easington  would  be  gladly  received.  The  fol- 
lowing is,  I  believe,  copied  from  the  registers  kept 
by  the  Society  of  Friends  :  — 

Amos  Burdon  vel  Burden,  son  of  George  Bur- 
don, married  at  Shotton,  27th  March,  1692,  to 
Mary  Foster,  daughter  of  Robert  and  Margaret 
Foster,  of  Hawthorne,  in  the  county  palatine  of 
Durham,  and  had  three  sons  and  one  daughter : 
George  Burden,  Robert  Burden,  John  Burden, 
— married  Mary  Mainby,  and  had  two  daughters, 
viz. :  Mary  Burden,  married  Jas.  Verstone ; 
Priscilla  Burden,  married  John  Bay nes;— Mary 
Burden.  Durham. 

P.S.  —  I  am  in  doubt  as  to  the  correct  spelling 
of  the  name  Burden,  whether  its  last  vowel  should 
be  e  or  o. 

Canor.  —  When  was  this  word  first  introduced 
into  the  languages  of  Europe  ? 

In  the  letter  of  Dr.  Chanca,  written  January, 
1494,  describing  the  second  voyage  of  Columbus 
(Letters  of  Columbus,  Hakluyt  Society,  London, 
1847),  the  word  is  frequently  introduced  as  a 
Spanish  word,  and  not  in  italics,  as  Indian  words 
are,  and  explained  in  the  same  letter.  But  at 
that  date  Columbus  had  only  returned  from  his 
first  voyage  nine  months,  and  it  is  incredible  that 
in  that  short  time  the  word  should  have  been  in- 
troduced from  the  languages  of  the  West  Indians, 
and  incorporated  with  the  Spanish. 

I  am  aware  of  the  derivation  from  canna;  but 
I  wish  to  know  whether  the  word  canoe  (canoa) 
occurs  in  any  writer  prior  to  1494  ? 

Eden  Warwick. 
Birmiogham. 

CoMRTS  AND  Epidemia.  —  I  havc  a  work,  lUus^ 
iraiions  of  the  Atmospherical  Origin  of  Epidemic 
Disorders,  of  Health,  ffc,  ffc,  by  T.  Forster,  M.B., 
F.L.S.,  M.A.S.,  &c.  &c.,  and  published  at  Chelms- 
ford, 1829.  In  Bohn*8  edition  of  Lowndc-s  men- 
tion is  made  of  a  Thomas  Ignatius  Maria  Forster, 
and  a  list  of  his  works  is  given,  among  which  ap- 
pear two  works  with  a  somewhat  siuiilar  title,  but 
m  no  other  way  corresponding.  Is  the  work  be- 
fore me  an  unknown  or  unacknowledged  one  of 
T.  I.  M.  Forster  P 

This  work  is  one  of  considerable  research,  and 
is  valuable  for  its  historical  references,  and  very 
much  of  its  matter  might  be  adduced  in  support 
of  the  sanitary  theories  of  more  recent  times.  In 
one  chapter  of  the  book  he  supplies  a  catalogue  of 
pestilence  since  the  Christian  era,  in  order  to  show 
that  they  were  coincident  witk  thft  v^'^vsase^^^  ^ 


130 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


[S"  a.  L  FB8. 16,  '62. 


cometo,  or  of  other  utronomico)  plicnomena.  The 
catnlf^ne  extends  from  the  year  13  a.d.  down  to 
1829,  the  year  in  which  the  author  tcrmmBled  hia 
Ittbonra.  It  is  much  toq  lengthj  to  give  entire  in 
joar  columns,  m  it  occupies  about  forty  closely- 
printed  octavo  pagea.  It  is  cscecdiof;ly  curioua, 
•ad  M  fir  as  I  have  been  able  to  test  ita  accuracj 
U  to  dates  is  the  labour  of  a  careful  sEudenC. 

It  has  in  all  times  been  a  common  notion  that 
tbe  heavenly  bodies,  nhea  exhibiting  extraor- 
dinary appearancea  or  disturbances,  imported 
change,  disaster,  or  calamity.  In  our  own  day, 
among  the  vulgar,  every  eclipse  or  comet  is  re- 
garded aa  the  harbinger  of  some  storm,  or  inunda- 
tion, or  some  contagious  disease.  Even  scientific 
men  and  philosophers  hare  not  thouEht  such  in- 
quiries unworthy  of  their  pursuit.  No  bodj  of 
natural  facts  can  ever  be  useless,  if  compiled  with 
COnscientioDS  care.  Mr.  Fortter  does  not  strongly 
insist  upon  any  hypothesis ;  he  aspires  ooly  to 
state  fact),  and,  to  use  hia  own  expressions,  "  to 
heap  np  useful  observations,  and  apply  to  them 
die  powerful  cnginea  of  comparison  and  analogy." 

As  I  have  been  much  interested  in  this  parti- 
cular chapter  of  the  work,  I  felt  inclined  to  invite 
the  attention  of  the  curioua  to  it.  At  the  same 
time  I  should  be  glad  to  know  whether  m;  conjec- 
ture aa  to  the  author  is  correct  ?  *  T.  B. 

Colors^  —  Johnson  considers  &f inahew'i  deri- 
vation of  this  military  title  —  "Colmaia,  Co' 
Ittmna,  esercitfia  Cobtmtn;"  and  Skinner's  "  Colo- 
luaiit,  the  leader  of  a  Colony,"  equally  plausible ; 
^ding,  "  Colonel  is  now  (a.d.  17S3)  sounded  with 
two  distinct  syllables,  Cotnel"  Though  educated 
under  the  latest  of  our  lexicographer's  cootem- 
poraiies,  it  never  was  my  chance  to  hear  the  term 
tkttt  elided. 

Milton,  in  his  grave  and  stately  mcaaure,  vin- 
dicates its  tri-syllabic  propriety  — 

••  Captain,  or  Cblraf^  or  Knight  in  anus— " 
and  Butler,  after  hia  frolicsome  faahion,  Terbalisea 
it  thus  ~ 

"  Then  did  Sir  KolKht  abandon  dwellings 
And  oat  he  rode  a-CUnuUiHjr." 

AmoOK  the  utilities  of  poetrj,  none  are  more 
evident  than  the  verification  of  accents  and  quan- 
titief,  which  her  sister,  Prose,  leaves  iu  thdr  tra- 
ditional uncertainty. 

But,  mart  senUi,  I  am  wandering  from  my  pur- 
posed Query.  How,  and  when,  did  the  canine 
tetter  (the  canine  $yUabU  too)  slip  into  this  honour- 
able title,  and  phonetically  slipslop  its  gallant 
bearers  into  Curiwl  f  Ancxrs  Stixabs.>dh. 

Dbhcu  IBS  WoKH  Coin*.— I  am  anxious  to 
Icam  if  there  is  anv  method  known  of  restoring 
the  legends  and  devices  on  worn  coins.    Can  any 


reader  of  "  N.  Sr  Q."  assist  me  F  There  is  a  plan 
'  mentioned  by  Sir  David  Brewster  (Lttters  o> 
Natural  Magia)  of  reading  inscriptions,  by  placing 
the  coin  on  a  hot  iron ;  but  this  method  does  not 
answer  well  in  my  hands.  E.  G. 

DossHON  OF  Stbaotov.  —  Information  as  to 
the  descendants  of  the  Dodshons  of  Strauton 
would  be  gladly  received.  The  following  may 
give  some  clue ;  Nicholas  Dodshon  of  Straulon 
had  —  Christopher  Dodshon,  baptized  4th  March, 
163Sj  was  buried  13th  January,  1720.  He  had 
John  Dodshon,  born  27th  March,  1670.  He  was 
buried  8ch  August,  1746;  he  married  Frances 
.  .  .  .  ,  and  had  Nicholas  Dodshon,  married 
to  Frances  Foster,  201h  February,  1731,  and  had 
one  son  and  four  daughters.  John  Dodshon,  bom 
Sth  August,  1736,  died  unmarried.  Sarah  Dods- 
hon, born  19th  January,  1732,  died  unmarried. 
Frances  Dodshon,  born  ISth  December,  1733, 
married  Samuel  Bewley,  and  had  Sarah,  married 
to  John-Arcy  Braithwaiie.*  Deborah  Dodshon, 
born  17lh  October,  1741,  married  John  Dodahon. 
Mary  Dodshon,  born  3rd  March,  1744,  married 
Joseph  Studholine.  F.  J. 

EccLMiASTicAi-CoMiiissioMOP-lMO.— Where 

are  the  records  of  this  Commission  to  be  found  f 

M.W. 

Elkctioicbbhbbs.  —  Referring  to  the  gorem- 
nient  of  the  United  States,  J.  S.  Mill,  in  hu  woric 
on  representative  government,  says :  — 

"  When  the  higbeit  dignity  in  the  Statu  is  lo  be  eon- 
farrad  b?  popular  election  once  in  aveiy  few  vean,  the 
whole  intervening  time  ii  epent  in  what  ia  virtoally  a 
canvssi.  Preiidenli,  mioiaten,  chlafi  of  parties  and  thrir 
fallowera  are  all  cleetloneerers,"  &c. 

I  wish  to  inquire  whether  this  ia  a  vnlgarism, — 
why  the  word  should  not  follow  the  mode  adopted 
in  "  auctioneer,"  "  pamphleteer  f  "  And  whether 
any,  and  if  so  what  other  words  of  the  like  for- 
mation could  be  used  in  writing  good  English  ? 

W.S. 

LiTSBABT  Anbcddtis.— In  a  French  work, 
entitled  Curiotitit  Littirairet,  which  I  recently 
picked  up,  I  found  the  two  following  anecdotes; 
which  I  now  send  you  in  an  English  form  :  — 

1.  "  When  Dr.  Jobnion  wm  compiling  bis  celebrated 
Dictionary  of  iJtc  Englitk  Langiuigi,  be  wrote  to  the 
GenUaua.'!  Mapatiiu,  uking  it)  reader*  if  any  of  tttiun 
could  funiUh  him  with  the  ctvnioloii}'  of  the  word  Ckr- 
'jtOH.  The  query  toon  tnet  wiih  a  repi]-,  and  the 
■nation  received  was  enlcrad  in  hli  work  as  follaws: 
I,  ■nb*.,  n^nlty  mode  of  proDoimdng  c 


■lATnaxI  (eorrsipondeni}.'' 

Z  '  Pope,  in  one  of  bis  notes  on  Shakespeare's  plav  of 
Mmtmn  fir  Jlfnttirre,  mentions  that  the  plot  is  takea 
from  Chitbio's  irmxli,  (£k.  8,  wn.  6,  C  K  Sth  doeade, 
novel  filh.   Woiburtoa,  the  critic,  in  his  edition  of  Shake. 


*  John-Arcy  Braithwaite  died  at  Lancaatar, 


aM  8l  L  Fn.  15,  'SS.] 


NOTES  AND  QHEBIES. 


131 


wpMn,  mtoTM  (he   abbreriitioiu  thai,  Dccsmbar  8, 
I*  there  anj  Inith  in  the  above  anecdotes  f 

L.  a.  a. 

Dm.  MAntBL'a  Emgramb. — In  Rolen's  lieeol- 
UcHons,  p.  S9,  occura  .the  folioiriog  remark, 
fiogers  lo^'fur  :  — 

"I  wish  wtntbodr  would  collect  (U  the  splgmns  vrit- 
ita  bv  Dr.  Uinul  (Mulcr  of  Trio.  Col.  Oxfard,  and  Bp. 
of  Brutol.)    Thej  v*  nmukablj  nsac  and  cUtci." 

I  bRTe  been  unable  to  discorer  anj  of  theie 
production*,  and  jod  would  confer  &  benefit  bj 
giring  me  Kime  imoinution  respecting  them. 

JoBH  Taxlos. 

JoHR  PiKBKiHO.  —  Can  TOO  gi*e  me  any  ac- 
count of  the  following  old  pla;  and  ita  author,  in 
the  British  Mnieiim :  A  mice  EnUrlvde  of  Viet, 
eontejpdngt  Ihf  Hittorie  o/Soreilet,  teili  the  cnieU 
reuengment  of  hit  Father'*  Death,  upon  hit  oiu 
wOveU  Mother,  4to,  1567  f  The  author,  John 
Fikeryng.  Zbti. 

"  PiKOHioBR.'' — Who  ia  the  author  of  a  drama 
ealled  Piromidet,  an  Eerptian  Tragedy.  Dedi- 
cated to  tbe  late  Earl  of  Klgin,  London,  1S39. 

SoBBKT  Rose.— Can  anj  reader  of  "  N.  &  Q." 
give  any  biographical  particulars  relating  to 
Kobert  Bom,  "the  bard  of  colour."  He  wa«  a 
natiTe  of  the  West  Indie*,  author  of  Secollectiont 
qf  tit  Departed,  aerio-comic  pieces,  &c.,  about 
1839.  What  are  the  titlea  of  bia  other  worka, 
poetic  or  dramatic  t  Zbta. 

MiCBABi.  Scor'a  WaiTncaa  ok  AaiaoKOMT.  — 
^e  liat  of  tbe  worka  of  Michael  Scot,  who  trans- 
lated aereral  of  the  writinga  of  Ariatotle,  contuna 
the  three  following  titlea :  — 

1.  **  Imiginct  Aitroooniica.'* 

3.  ••  AitrotoggrDm  Dcgmata,"  L  L 

B.  "  De  SIehu  FUaetanuo." 
Jonrdain,  who  givea  the  liat  of  Michael  Scot'* 
works  in  hia  Recherchet  tur  U»  Tradactiont  iTAri- 
Oott,  p.  12?  (ed.  1843),  atatea  that  he  haa  no  in- 
formation on  these  three  articles.  Michael  Scot 
waa  an  astronomer  and  an  astrologer ;  it  does  not 
appear  whether  these  works  were  original,  or  only 
tranilatioiia.  Can  any  of  your  correipondenta 
throw  light  upon  the  subject  F  G.  C  Lbwis. 

Sdtton  Familt,  —  Could  any  of  ^our  readera, 
throngb  your  interesting  columns,  give  the  name 
of  the  baron  who  csme  over  to  England  with  tiie 
Conqueror,  from  whom  are  deacenued  the  family 
of  the  Snttons  F  The  Buttons  are  represented  in 
England  by  Sir  John  Sutton  and  Lord  John  Man- 
ners Sutton ;  in  France,  by  General  the  Count  de 
Clouard,  whose  name  ia  John  Sutton,  and  ia  the 
finest  soldier  in  France  in  form.  In  Spain  by 
General  Sutton,  also  bearing  the  title  of  Count  de 
Cloaard ;  and  in  Ireland  by  my  fulher.  Our  family 


namea  are  John,  Roger,  Michael,  Cteaar,  Gilbert, 
Richard,  Churlea  (in  Ireland  Cormac),  Thomas, 
Jamea,  and  Patrick,  in  the  mate  line.  The  female 
family  names  are,  A  us  tace,  Eleanor,  Bridget,  Mary, 
Catharine.  Perhaps  Uieae  may  resemble  our  dis- 
tant kinsmen's  namea  in  England.  A  lizard  is 
Anyone  giving  in  your  columns  in- 
1t  oblige 

P.  SOTTOK, 

P,S.  Oor  branch  in  Ireland  have  been  cele- 
brated for  huge  stature.  Have  small  brown  ^es, 
and  Buhurn-li^e  hair.  Females  were  alwaya  ex- 
ceedingly handsome. 

Eaklt  Edition  or  Tbbbhcb. — I  have  an  early 
edition  of  Terence,  with  notes,  &C.,  of  Fetrus 
Marsus  and  Paulua  Malleolus.     At  the  end  of  the 


placed  tbe  following  conclusion  (on 

"  1  Petri    Mini  et   Psnli  MalleoU   In   Terentjanas 

comcedias  adnnUtiones  cD  mar^nariia  ezomalianibiuet 
vocalonim  dlffldlia  upotltiouib'  sonite  liuit  tot.   Anno 

TiL" 

The  volume  haa  been  slightly  mended  at  the 
beginning ;  but  not,  I  think,  ao  as  to  hide  any 
date. 

The  only  similar  book  I  can  find  mentioned  in 
the  ordinary  bibliographical  works,  ia  a  copy  in 
tbe  Grenvilln  Library  at  the  British  Museum, 
press-mark  9466  (*i.  Brunet) ;  but  (his  haa  a 
rather  more  complete  "Index  Vocabulorum"  than 
my  copy,  and  in  other  reapecta  looka  as  if  it  were 
of  a  later  edition.  In  both  cases  the  lines  of  the 
plays  are  not  divided.  Can  ajiy  of  the  subscriber* 
to  "  N.  &  Q."  assist  me  iu  discovering  tbe  date  or 
place  of  publication  of  my  copy  t  Also,  if  it  ia  of 
any  value  or  rarity  P 

The  copy  in  the  British  Museum  has  a  woodcut 
at  the  commencement  of  each  play  —  mine  has 
not.  E.  G. 

Univbbsu.  Soffbacb.  — 

«  Befi>ra  Henry  VI.  lime,  all  men  liad  tlieir  voice  jo 
eboa&na  Knighlj  ...  Ia  his  itaga,  tbe  40i.  law  was 
passed.''—  SifdEii'a  TubU  Tali. 

Is  there  anything  in  the  books  to  show  that  the 
poorer  class  of  persons  ever  generally  exercised 
the  privilege  of  voting,  or  how  they  received  the 
statutes  Sth  and  10th  Henry  VI.,  which  deprived 
them  of  that  privilege  F  J>.  M.  Stbvbks. 

Goildrord. 

Webb  Familt.  —  I  ahould  be  happy  to  ex- 
lihange  Notes  referring  to  Webb  familiea  with  any 
of  jour  correspondents,  and  also  to  obtain  replies 
lo  the  following  Queries :  — 

What  was  the  lineage  of  Major  General  Webb, 
distinguished  in  the  German  and  American  war* 
nt  the  earlier  port  of  last  century  F  I  presume  he 
was  son  to  the  Gen.  Webb  dismiaaeu  from  tlio 
service  in  1714,  for  aympathy  with  the  old  Pro- 
lender.    Tbe  family  waa  Gli(iu!Katiesi^%< 


132 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


[S'*  a  I.  Feb.  18,  "Cf: 


Is  there  any  connexion  between  Webb  of  Kent 
Carms,  a  fess  between  tbree  owls),  and  Webb  of 
Lincolnshire  (arms,  a  fess  between  three  fleurs- 
de-lis)  ?  Neither  the  Heralds'  Visitations  of 
Lincoln  for  1634,  nor  1666,  mention  anj  Webbs; 
yet  the  arms  are  given  in  Berry. 

What  became  of  the  Webbs  of  Bottesham,  con- 
cerning whom  there  are  a  good  many  references 
in  Sims's  Pedigrees  ?  Thomas  Webb  of  Botte- 
aham  entered  his  marriage  and  issue  at  Heralds* 
College  in  1619,  but  the  pedigree  is  not  continued 
there;  nor  is  anything  said  about  them  in  the 
Visitation  of  1680.  An  old  alphabet  of  arms  in 
the  College,  temp.  Car.  If.,  assigns  to  them  these 
arms :  *^  Az.  on  a  chief  or,  three  martletts  gu. 
Crest^  a  griffin's  head  erased  or,  gorged  with 
a  crown  of  the  last.** 

Benjamin  Webb,  of  St.  Martin's  Orgar,  Lon- 
don, took  out  his  arms  in  1766,  similar  to  the 
foregoing,  with  a  bezant  in  addition  ;  and  a  dex- 
ter arm,  holding  a  slip  of  laurel  for  crest.  His 
pedigree  in  the  College  of  Arms  states,  that  he 
was  the  son  of  Benjamin  Webb,  citizen  and  linen- 
draper  of  London,  and  grandson  of  Richard  Webb, 
of  Bucklebury,  Berks.  Had  this  Richard  any 
other  sons  beside  Benjamin  the  linen  draper,  who 
was  buried  at  Bunhill  Fields  in  1755  ?  As  Lucy, 
sister  to  Sir  Wm.  Webb,  Knt,  Mayor,  1591,  and 
mother  of  Archbishop  Laud,  was  of  a  Berkshire 
family,  there  may  be  an  affinity  between  the 
families.  Sir  Wm.  Webb,  died  1599,  and  was 
buried  at  Bishopsgate,  to  which  parish  he  lef^ 
bequests. 

In  the  parish  books,  both  of  St  Giles,  Cripple- 
ffate,  and  St.  Luke,  Old  Street,  there  are  records 
tnat  "the  Lady  Berkely  and  Mr.  Webb*'  gave 
sundry  presents  to  those  parishes  :  date,  probably, 
cir.  1760.     Who  could  these  parties  be  ? 

Lastly,  there  is  a  discrepancy  in  the  pedigrees 
of  Webb  of  Canford  and  Oldstock,  as  given  in 
Sir  R.  C.  Hoare's  Wilts  and  in  Burke.  John 
Webb,  who  married  Mary  Brune,  being,  accord- 
ing to  one,  brother  of  the  first  knight,  and  accord- 
ing to  the  other  of  the  first  baronet.  He  is  said  to 
have  had  a  son,  John  Webb  of  Sarnesfield  and 
Sutton  (Burke  says  of  Clerkenwell),  and  others. 
Query,  Who  were  these  ♦*  others"  ? 

I  would  iust  add,  that  the  earliest  notice  of  the 
name  of  Webb  that  has  yet  come  before  me,  is  a 
record  of  a  gravestone  in  Hitchin  churchyard  to 
John  Web,  buried  there  1472. 

If  you  would  kindly  find  a  place  for  this  lengthy 
Query,  it  would  much  oblige ;  as  a  word  or  two 
from  some  friends  learned  in  genealogical  matters, 
might  save  me  a  vast  amount  of  labour  in  hunting 
up  the  history  of  this  tribe.  W.  W. 

Short  Heath,  Wolverhampton. 

Webpino  amoro  the  Ancibnts. — In  the  ScUur^ 
day  Review  of  January  4,  is  an  article  on  *'  The 
Art  of  Weeping,"  which  some  would  call  stoical, 


others  cynical.  "  N.  &  Q."  is  not  the  place  for 
discussing  the  question,  but  I  wish  to  ask,  whether 
any  one  has  noticed,  and  endeavoured  to  account 
for,  the  abundant  weeping  among  the  ancients  P 
Tears  of  modern  heroes  are  scarcely  ever  described 
by  poets,  or  recorded  by  historians.  W.  B.  J. 

CoBious  Devonshibe  Custom.  — 

**The  Devonshire  people  have  some  orif^ioal  customs 

amongst  them In  the  shops,  wherever  1 

made  purchaxes  amounting  to,  and  over,  one  poond,  I 
was  invariably  asked  to  walk  to  the  upper  end  of  the 
shop,  where  was  placed  a  chair  on  a  nice  piece  of  carpet. 
The  shopman  would  leave  me  there  a  moment,  and  rvturn- 
ing  with  a  neat  small  tray  in  his  hand,  he  would  present 
me  with  a  glass  of  wine  and  a  slice  of  plum  cake."  — 
Quaherimij  or  the  Story  of  mjf  Life^  pp.  248-9. 

Will  some  one  tell  me  if  the  custom  is  still 
practised  ?  I  have  never  met  with  it  in  Devon- 
shire myself,  though  I  have  frequently  made  pur- 
chases in  the  shops  of  its  different  towns. 

G.  W.  M. 

Dbama.  —  M'bo  are  the  authors  of  JiJto,  or 
the  Fatiil  Return,  a  Pathetic  Drama,  1822 ;  The 
Innocent  Usurper,  a  Drama,  1822  ?  Zbta» 


Thb  Seven-bbanched  Candlestick.  —  The 
following  passage  occurs  in  the  17th  chapter  of 
Mr.  Nathaniel  Hawthorne's  Romance  of  Moi^U 
Beni :  — 

'*  They  turned  thei^  faces  cityward,  and  treading  ov« 
the  broad  flagstones  of  the  old  Roman  pavement,  pasted 
through  the  Arch  of  Titus.  The  moon  shone  brightly 
enough  within  it  to  show  the  seven -branched  Jewiw 
candlestick,  cut  in  the  marble  of  the  interior.  The  ori- 
ginal of  that  awful  trophy  lies  buried,  at  this  moment, 
in  the  yellow  mud  of  the  Tiber;  and,  conld  its  gold  of 
Ophir  again  be  brought  to  light,  it  would  be  the  most 
precious  relic  of  past  ages  in  the  estimation  l>oth  of  Jew 
and  Gentile." 

I  am  anxious  to  know  what  authority  there  is 
for.  the  statement,  that  the  seven- branched  can- 
dlestick of  the  Jewish  Temple  was  lost  in  the 
Tiber.  A  Lobd  or  a  Marob. 

[After  the  triumph  [of  Titus]  the  candlestick  was  da> 
posited  in  the  Temple  of  Peace,  and  acconling  to  one 
story  fell  into  the  Tiber  from  the  Milvian  bridge  during 
the  flight  of  Maxentius  from  Constantino,  Oct.  28,  8ll 
AD. ;  but  it  probably  was  among  the  spoils  traneferred, 
at  the  end  of  4oO  rears  from  Rome  to  Carthage  by  Gen- 
seric,  a.d.  455  ((Gibbon,  iii.  291).  It  was  recovered  by 
Belisarius,  once  more  carried  in  triumph  to  Constanti- 
nople, and  then  respectfully  deposited  in  the  Chriatia» 
church  of  Jerusalem  {Jd.  iv.  24)  a.d.  533.  It  baa  never 
been  heard  of  since.  —  Smith's  DicL  of  the  Bibie,2 

"  Tottenham  iw  his  Boots." — Who  was,  op  k, 
Tottenham  ?  A  few  years  since  a  lady  saw,  among 
other  pictures  in  Dublin,  one  described  as  ^  Tot* 
tenham  in  his  boots.**  She  is  desirous  of  know 
ing  who  Tottenham  was,  or  is  f  Amicus. 

[Charles  Tottenham,  of  Tottenham  Green,  co.  Wex* 
ibrd,  was  elected  one  of  the  members  for  the  borongh  of 


8^  S:  L  Feb.  15,  '62.] 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


133 


Kew  Rora  in  1727,  which  he  con  tinned  to  represent  nntil 
bis  death  in  1758.  lie  was  facetionsly  known  as  "Tot- 
tenham in  his  Boots"  from  the  following  circumstance. 
Braving  the  inconveniences  of  a  severe  attack  of  gout 
and  bad  weather,  ho  rode  post  from  the  county  of  Wex- 
ford,  and  arrived  in  hia  bootg  at  the  House  of  Commons 
on  College  Green,  Dublin,  at  a  critical  moment.  The 
question,  whether  any  redundancy  in  the  Irish  trea- 
sury should  there  continue,  or  be  sent  into  England,  was 
in  agitation.  Mr.  Tottenham  gave  the  casting  vote  in 
fkvour  of  bis  country;  and  in  memory  of  his  patriotic 
conduct,  an  excellent  likeness  of  him  in  his  travelling 
dress,  and  in  the  attitude  of  ascending  the  steps  of  the 
Parliament  House,  was  painted  by  Stevens  in  1749,  and 
engraved  by  Andrew  Miller  of  Dublin.  The  painting  is 
BOW  in  the  possession  of  the  Marquis  of  Ely.] 

Vice- Admiral  James  Sater. — I  shall  be  much 
oblif^ed  for  anj  information  respectinf^  the  place 
of  birth,  services,  &c.,  of  Vice- Admiral  James 
Sayer,  who  died  in  Oct.  1776,  and  lies  buried  in 
the  parish  church  of  St.v Paul's,  Deptford. 

Estetort. 

[James  Sayer  was  the  son  of  John  Sayer,  Esq.,  and 
Katherine  his  wife,  one  of  the  daughters  and  co-heirs  of 
Bear-Admiral  Robert  Hughes.  On  the  22nd  of  March, 
1745-6,  James  Sayer  was  promoted  to  be  Captain  of  the 
Bichmond  frigate.  In  the  war  of  1739,  he  had  the  thanks 
of  the  Assembly  of  Barbadoes  for  his  disinterested  con- 
duct in  the  protection  of  their  trade;  and  he  first  planted 
the  British  standard  in  the  island  of  Tobago.  In  the 
war  of  1756,  he  led  the  attacks,  both  at  the  taking  of 
Senegal  and  Goree;  and  wasCommander-in-Chief  off  the 
French  coast  at  Belle  Isle,  at  the  time  of  making  the 
peace  in  1763.  On  the  81st  March,  1775,  he  was  pro- 
moted to  be  Rear- Admiral  of  the  Red ;  on  the  3rd  Feb. 
1776,  to  be  Vice  of  the  Blue;  and  on  the  28th  April,  1777, 
Yice-Admiral  of  the  White.  He  died  on  the  29th  Oct. 
1776,  aged  fifty-six  years.  Arms :  Quarterly  1  and  4 ; 
G.  a  chevron  between  three  seapies  arg.  —  Sayer.  2  and 
8  as.  a  lion  ramp.  O. — Hughes.  Consult  Lvsons's  Environt 
of  London^  iv.  389,  and  Charnock's  Bvog.  NavalU,  ▼.  604.] 

Provincial  Tokehs.  —  In  what  works  can  I 
find  an  account  of  the  iokewi  that  have  been  issued 
in  the  different  towns  of  Devonshire  and  Corn- 
wall, 9fi  I  have  looked  in  vain  in  the  county  his- 
tories f  G.  P.  P. 

[Consult  Wm.  Boyne's  Tokeni  isiued  in  the  Seventeenth 
Century  in  England^  IVaUe^  and  Ireland^  8vo,  Lond.  1858 ; 
James  Conder*s  Provincial  0[>m«,  Tokens^  and  Medakte, 
iuued  in  Great  Britain,  Ireltitui,  and  the  Coloniee,  2  vols. 
4to,  1798-9;  and  Sharp's  Catalogue  of  Sir  George  Cliet- 
nfp^de  Cbtfcdion.] 

AiJ>BRMEN  OF  London.  —  Can  any  of  the 
readers  of  '^  N.  &  Q.**  kindly  tell  me  in  what  book 
I  can  find  a  correct  List  of  the  Aldermen  of 
London  during  the  seventeenth  century  P 

H.  W.  C. 

[A  List  of  the  Aldermen  of  the  several  wards  of  the 
City  of  London,  with  the  date  of  their  election,  from  1700 
to  the  present  time^  will  be  found  in  the  Corporation 
Pocket  Book,  an  annual  privately  printed.  Before  that 
date,  application  for  any  particulars  must  be  made  to  the 
Town  Cltrk,  F.  Woodthorpe,  Esq.,  who  has  in  hia  cus- 
tody the  reoords  of  the  Corporation.] 


WitplUi. 

LAMBETH  DEGREES. 
(2»*  S.  xii.  436,  529 ;  3-^  S.  L  36.) 

As  much  doubt,  if  not  ignorance,  prevails  upon 
this  subject  even  amongst  the  best- informed  per- 
sons, a  few  words  of  information  may  not  be  un- 
acceptable in  answer  to  your  several  querists,  the 
result  of  my  inquiries  upon  the  point  in  question, 
viz.  the  authority  under  which  the  Archbishop  of 
Canterbury  is  empowered  to  grant  degrees. 

I  have  before  me  a  copy  of  the  Letters  of 
Creation  of  the  Degree  of  Doctor  of  Laws^  by 
his  Grace  the  present  Archbishop  of  Canterbury. 
They  commence  by  stating  that  his  Grace  is,  by 
the  authority  of  Parliament^  lawfully  empowered, 
for  the  purposes  therein  written,  and  are  addressed 
to  R.  M.  L  of  the  Middle  Temple,  London,  and 
of  the  Island  of  Antigua,  Barrister-at-Law  ;  and 
recites  that,  in  schools  regularly  instituted,  a 
laudable  usage  and  custom  hath  long  prevailed' 
that  they  who  have  with  proficiency  and  applause 
exerted  themselves  in  the  study  of  any  liberal 
science,  should  be  graced  with  some  eminent  de- 
gree of  dignity.  And  whereas,  the  Archbishops 
of  Canterbury,  enabled  by  the  public  authority  of 
the  law,  do  enjoy,  and  long  have  enjoyed,  the 
power  of  conferring  degrees  and  titles  of  honour 
upon  well-deserving  men,  as  by  an  authentic 
Book  of  Taxations  of  Faculties  confirmed  by  au- 
thority of  Parliament  doth  more  fully  appear, — the 
dignity  of  "  Doctor  of  Laws  "  is  then  granted  by 
the  Archbishop  **  so  far  as  in  him  lies,  and  the  laws 
of  this  realm  do  allow*' ;  and  the  said  R.  M.  I.  is 
created  an  actual  Doctor  of  Laws,  and  admitted 
into  the  number  of  Doctors  of  Laws  of  the  realm, 
certain  prescribed  oaths  being  first  taken  by  the 
said  R.  M.  L  before  the  said  Archbishop  or  the 
Master  of  the  Faculties. 

And  then  follows  this  proviso  :  — 

•*  Provided  always  th.«it  these  Presents  do  not  av<ul 
(the  said  R.  M.  I.)  anything  unless  duly  confirmed  by  the 
Queen's  Letters  Patent." 

The  letters  are  given  under  the  seal  of  the 
Office  of  Faculties  at  Doctors*  Commons,  the  16th 
November,  1850. 

It  would  seem  that  the  confirmation  of  the  act 
of  the  Archbishop  is  required  by  his  own  proviso 
in  the  grant  of  tlie  degree,  and  probably  by  the 
requirement  of  the  authority  of  Parliament,  which 
may  be  the  act  of  25  Hen.  VIIL  c.  21,  cited  by 
W.  N. ;  who  does  not  show  by  what  section  of 
that  act  the  power  to  grant  degrees  is  given. 

The  grant  of  the  degree  to  R.  M.  I.  was  con- 
firmed by  the  Queen's  Letters  Patent  on  the  22nd 
day  of  the  same  month  of  November  ;  and  which 
Letters  Patent  recite  that  the  c^ueen  had  seen  the 
Letters  Patent  of  Creation,  which,  and  everything 
therein  contained,  according  to  a  certain  act  in 
that  behalf  made  in  the  Parliaaieu.t  oC  ¥L\\i%^^^sc:i 


1S4 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


[8'*  S.  I.  Fsi 


Till.,  are  therebj  ratified,  approved,  and  con- 
firmed. 

WheUier  ttic  practice  of  the  Archbisliop  to 

Eant  degrees  ia  confined  to  thow  of  Doctor  of 
iws  and  Medicine,  I  do  not  know ;  but  from 
the  iTords,  "  degrees"  and  "  titles  of  honour,"  in 
the  Letters  of  Creation  to  R.  M.  I.,  the  power 
wonid  not  seem  confined  to  Doctor  of  Lawt  and 
Medicine.  Some,  however,  of  your  correspon- 
dents better  infornied  mtj  snj,  trbether  the  mc 
tropolitan  prelate  can  confer  tie  def;rees  of  Master 
or  Bachelor  of  Artii,  or  Doctor  in  Divinity. 

The  degrees  of  Doctor  of  Laws  (LL.D.),  and 
D.C.L.,  as  welt  as  of  Divinity  and  Medicine,  have 
been  generally' supposed  to  be  academical  honours, 
And  confined  to  the  UnlTersilies  and  academies  of 
learning ;  but  the  Letters  of  Creation  of  the  Arch- 
bishop admits  his  f;rantec  into  the  number  of 
"Doctor  of  Laws  of  the  Realm,"  apparently  an 
admitted  daat  in  the  order  of  society ;  but  if  so, 
how  their  precedency  ia  regulated,  or  bow  placed, 
does  not  appear  from  any  recognised  authority  of 
the  Crown. 

Bj  what  authority  the  College  of  Ffaysiciani 
are  empowered  to  grant  the  degree  of  Doctor  of 
Uedicine  to  their  licenciaieM,  unless  by  their  char- 
ter of  incorporation,  I  cannot  say.  The  Felloan 
have  it,  no  doubt,  from  their  nniversitr  degrees. 
J.R. 


SCRIPTURE  PARAFHBASE. 
(2-*  S.  xii.  fll8.) 

Such  ia  the  name  given  by  F.  J.  M.  to  what  I 
would  call  a  rather  profane  parody  on  the  story 
of  the  Finding  of  Moses. 

I  fear  we  must  designate  as  imaginary  your 
correspondent's  account  of  the  mild  old  gentleman 
to  whont  he  attributes  the  authoiship,  and  who, 
he  assures  ui,  was  invited  to  man^  a  pious  party 
for  the  treat  ho  aflbrded'^by  usmg  his  poetical 
talent*  to  make  scripture  stories  more  attrac- 

_  As  for  its  "  disfignralion  of  the  rules  of  Syntax, 
richly  illustrating  the  serio-comic  of  the  Irish  cha- 
racter," I  cannot  observe  any  very  palpable  gram- 
matical absurdities  even  in  the  incorrectly  quoted 
q^imen  given  by  your  correspondent,  nor  can  I 
diKern  in  it  any  "  Hibernicisms "  (as  it  is  the 
faabioD  to  term  all  ludicrous  mistakes  ia  diction). 
So  far  a*  my  experience  enables  me  to  judge,  I 
believe,  that,  stmnge  as  it  may  sound,  the  English 
languago  is  spoken  with  greater  aoenracy  and 

Krity  by  the  middle  claues  of  Dublin  than  of 
ndon. 

I  am  the  fortunate  possessor  of  a  copy  of  the 
poem  in  question.  There  is  no  clue  given  in  the 
MS.  as  to  the  authorship,  but  it  was,  as  I  remem- 
ber being  told,  intended  to  imitate  the  style  of  a 
well-known  ecceulrio  beggar,  called  Zuiimus,  who 


several  jcars  ago  used  to  amuse  the  passei 
Carlisle  Bridge,  Dublin,  by  reciting  ver 

asking  theolngical  and  controversial  conn 
One  of  the  latter  was,  How  to  prove  that 
was  a  good  Catholic,  which  vras  aoswi 
"  Sbure  he  wrote  an  Epistle  to  the  Uomt 
shew  me  if  jou  can  any  he  ever  sent  to  ' 
testants." 

Without  discussing  the  logic  of  Zozimi 
pend  a  copy  of  the  parody.  I  have  some 
as  to  whether  it  is  suitable  for  the  pages 
&   Q.,"  but,  as  DotwithsUndiog  its  vulg 

Kssesses  much  real  cleverness,  and  nevei 
en  printed  that  I  am  aware  of,  and  as  n 
F.  J.  M.  has  already  introduced  the  smal 
the  wedge,  I  submit  the  document  to  the 
clemency,  first  having  altered  two  of  the  i 
jectionable  passages. 

The  Finding  of  iToai.     By  I'scado-Zozin 
"Whea  Phiraali  ruled,  in  draadful  days  of  yon 
Ha  vexed  (hs  Jews,  and  did  Dpnreu  tliera  sar 
Ue  ortlersd  all  bia  subjects.  witnauL  Till, 
To  droirn  each  Hebrew  tbat  wu  Ijorn  >  m*1e 
Leit  tbattlie  .lews  migbt  aflsrwirda  oulnumt 
Tba  men  or  £E}'pt,  ind  lbs  land  encumber. 
"  'Twaa  in  those  times  of  tarbnience  and  strife, 
A  L«vitc  gentlemaa  did  Uke  to  wife 
A  I.evilB  imdy,  and  in  time  Ibere  came 
A  little  Lerlte,  _  oue  of  future  fame. 
For  tbroe  mootbt  full  tbey  kept  him  bid  la  » 
Their  beauteous  bsbv  fmin  a  wtt'ry  grave. 
Tbia  poem,  then,  wilt  tell  you  wbat  tbey  did. 


Whim  they 


eatly  t, 


niful  F< 


Higbt  see  the  biaket  wbcn  abe  cams  to  ll 
"Oo  Egypt's  banks  conUgions  [ADgliei  c< 
the  Nile 
King  Pharaoh's  daaghtar  came  to  bath*  i 
Full  twenty  miidena.  all  of  Lieauty  rare, 
To  bid*  her  person  from  tbe  public  stare 


T"  anoint  the  peiaon  of  the  lovely  maid,' 
And  olbera  alill  witU  apongea  soil  were  girt 
To  wipe  it  off,  for  fear  a  towel  might  hurt. 
Bat  bathing  sbicta  or  boxea  they  liad  none, 
Nor  did  they  need  them,  foi'  the  gUirioos  ear 
Made  them  superSuoua  by  bia  glowing  rays. 
Transcending  my  abilities  la  praise. 

"  Now,  after  having  bad  a  splendid  swim. 
She  ran  along  the  bank  to  dry  her  skin, 
And  hot  tlie^aaket  that  tbe  babe  lav  in. 
'  Wbst'a  thia,'  says  sbe. '  among  the  flags  thi 
A  basket  'tis.  If  1  can  Imst  my  ejea ! 
Pick  it  np  quickly,  for  at  lea  ^t  'lis  clear 
If 'tis  not  that,  'tis  something  very  queer.' 

,"  Then,  qnick  as  thought,  the  order  was  obeyw 
And  straight  before  ber  vaa  tba  baibet  laid, 
And  TOund  aod  round  on  every  side  'twas  lur 
But  nothioK  queer  their  aoxious  gaEs  diacarr 
■  Ocb,  Girla  I '  Che  Princess  knowingly  eiclaii 
■Givsme  thebox,  PUsaewbst  ttconlainsi 


P*&  I.  Fbb.  16,  '63.] 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


135 


The  box  she  got,  and  straightway  burst  the  strings 
And  qaick  the  cover  from  the  basket  flings  — > 
Perceives  at  once  the  little  male  and  all. 
And  also  made  the  baby  for  to  squall. 

**  <  Girls,'  savs  she,  with  accents  bland  and  mild, 
•Which  of  yes  is  it  owns  the  darlint  child? ' 
And  as  they  all  were  noisily  denying 
The  accusation  'gainst  their  honour  lying. 
She  straight  exclaims,  *  The  whole  affair  I  see  throogh, 
'  The  little  boy  is  certainly  a  Hebrew ! ' 
Then,  moved  by  nature,  she  began  to  think 
The«hild  had  sorely  cried  for  want  of  drink ; 
And,  if  it  were  not  soon  and  kindly  nursed, 

-  The  little  innocent  would  die  of  thirst. 
Hien  straightway  to  her  breast  she  raised  the  boy. 
His  tiny  hands  and  toothless  mouth  t*  employ; 
His  little  cry  for  one  short  moment  ceased. 
But,  disappointed  of  the  accustomed  feast. 
He  raised  nis  voice  to  such  a  fearful  height,* 
That  Pharaoh's  daughter  trembled  at  the  sight. 

***  No  longer.  Maids,'  says  she,  <  can  I  endure 
This  mournful  scene,  so  quick,  a  nurse  procure.' 
A  nurse  they  found  convaynient  to  the  place, 
Who  owned  to  being  of  the  Hebrew  race ; 
She,  axed  if  she  would  nurse  the  child  and  dress  it. 
Blade  answer  quickly,  'That  I  will,  God  bless  it.' 
So  Pharaoh's  daughter,  without  more  ado. 
Gave  her  the  child,  and  goodly  wages  too. 
The  child  was  nursed,  and  all  the  rest  I  knows  is 
That  Pharaoh's  daughter  called  the  baby  Moses." 

J.  R.  G. 
Dublin. 


MINIATURE  PAINTER:  SILLETT. 
(3"»  S.  i.  39.) 

In  compliance  with  the  desires  of  your  corre- 
spondent, Mb.  J.  N.  Chadwick,  the  following 
particulars  of  the  late  Mr.  James  Sillett  have 
Deen  collected  from  different  sources.  Mr.  James 
Sillett,  the  father  of  the  artist,  resided  at  Eye,  in 
Suffolk,  but  his  eldest  «on  James  was  born  in 
Norwich  in  1784.  At  an  early  age  he  evinced  a 
strong  predilection  for  the  fine  arts,  and  com- 
menced his  studies  in  the  humble  grade  of  an 
heraldic  and  ornamental  painter ;  but  in  this  oc- 
cupation he  only  found  trammels  to  his  favourite 
pursuit,  ill-suited  to  his  native  genius,  which 
was  not  long  to  be  controlled,  and  he  soon  sought 
employment  more  in  accordance  with  his  taste  in 
London.  There  he  commenced  as  a  copyist,  and 
was  afterwards  engaged  in  that  department  for 
the  Polygraphic  .Society.  From  1787  to  1790  he 
studied  from  the  figures  at  the  Royal  Academy 
under  Professors  Reynolds,  Barry,  and  others, 
whose  lectures  he  attended.  He  first  exhibited 
his  productions  in  Somerset  House  in  1796  ;  and 
for  the  following  forty  years  his  pictures  were 
generally  admitted.  Some  of  these  were  minia- 
tures, in  which  branch  of  the  art  he  particularly 
excelled.  Having  made  himself  thoroughly  ac- 
quainted with  the  rudiments  of  his  profession,  he 
returned  to  his  native  city,  where  he  eminently 
nicoeeded  in  faithful  delineation  of  dead  game, 


fish,  fruits,  and  flowers,  which  he  skilfully  exe- 
cuted in  oil  and  water-colours.  Later  in  life  he 
made  further  advances  in  his  profession,  and 
painted  some  meritable  productions  from  archi- 
tectural designs. 

About  the  year  1804  he  went  to  Lynn-Regis, 
where  he  was  employed  in  sketching  the  views 
afterwards  engraved  for  Prichard's  HUiory  of 
Lynn,  About  the  year  1810  he  again  returned 
to  Norwich,  where  he  died  May  6,  1 840. 

To  painting  he  was  devotedly  attached,  and,  as 
a  ruling  passion,  he  followed  the  intricate  mazes 
he  attempted  to  weave  in  the  ardour  of  his  pur- 
suit with  assiduity  and  success ;  and  as  his  final 
hour  approached,  he  declared  that  existence 
would  be  no  longer  desirable  when  deprived  of 
the  use  of  his  pencil. 

He  was  contemporary  with  Oldbrome,  whose 
landscapes  are  highly  prized ;  Hodgson,  well 
known  for  his  interiors ;  Ladbroke,  excelled  in 
figures  and  landscapes ;  Stannard,  in  architectural 
subjects  ;  Cotinan  was  eminent  for  his  etchings  of 
ruins  and  brasses;  and  more  particularly  with 
Captain  (afterwards  General)  Cockburn,  R.A., 
whose  water-colour  drawings  will  be  long  ad- 
mired for  the  novelty  of  his  colouring,  and  the 
excellence  of  his  creation.  H.  D'Ayxzi it. 


NATOACA. 
(2»«  S.  xii.  348, 406.) 

I  must  rescue  the  character  of  Natoaca  (or  Po- 
cahontas, her  true  name)  from  the  unmaidenly 
imputation  of  having  followed  Captain  Smith  to 
England.  Smith  was  very  much  her  senior,  had 
led  an  adventurous  and  remarkable  life  in  various 
countries,  and  while  effecting  the  first  permanent 
settlement  in  Virginia,  was  twice  rescued  from 
death  by  Pocahontas.  He  was  obliged  to  return 
to  England  in  consequence  of  a  severe  wound, 
leaving  the  colony  at  Jamestown  in  confusion  and 
danger,  deprived  of  the  only  man  whom  the  In- 
dians feared  or  respected.  In  1612,  two  years 
after  his  departure,  Captain  Arsal  sailed  up  the 
Potomac  on  a  trading  expedition,  and  hearing 
that  Pocahontas  was  in  the  neighbourhood,  and 
knowing  her  friendship  for  the  English,  be  invked 
her  on  board  his  vessel.  He  there  retained  her, 
and  carried  her  to  Jamestown  ;  hoping  that  from 
love  to  his  daughter,  Powhatan  would  make  terms 
favourable  to  the  English.  But  the  noble-hearted 
chief,  indignant  at  the  treachery,  refused  to  treat 
till  his  daughter  was  restored. 

Mobile  at  Jamestown,  Pocahontas  learned  En- 
glish, and  a  young  settler  named  Rolfe,  of  good 
family,  having  become  attached  to  her,  they  were 
married  with  Powbatan*s  consent,  and  peace  en- 
sued between  the  colony  and  all  the  tribes  au.b^efi.t 
to  the  chief.    Thx^  ^^«iS%  ^SXat  ^€vl  x&aaw^sgi 


136 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


[8^  &  L  Fn.  Us  '63. 


Bolfe  and  the  princess  visited  England,  where 
Pocahontas  was  suitably  received  by  James  I.  and 
his  queen,  the  latter  being  present  at  her  public 
baptism.  She  remained  a  year  in  Enofland ;  and 
when  preparing  to  return  to  Virginia,  she  died,  in 
the  22nd  year  of  her  age,  leaving  one  son.  This 
fon,  after  having  been  educated  in  England,  settled 
in  Virginia ;  and  after  a  life  of  honour  and  pros- 
perity, he  died,  leaving  an  only  daughter,  from 
whom  some  of  the  best  families  in  Virginia  are 
descended. 

This  account  is  abridged  from  Peter  Parley's 
Life,  of  Smithy  and  Child's  First  Book  of  History, 
The  former  volume  I  have  lost,  and  my  notes  con- 
tain no  account  of  Smith's  death ;  but  I  think  I 
have  read  that  Pocahontas  visited  him  in  England, 
and  found  him  an  infirm  and  maimed  man,  having; 
never  recovered  from  his  injuries.  It  was  not  till 
nine  years  after  Smith  left  Virginia  that  the  first 
negro  slaves  were  landed  there,  in  1619.  I  men- 
tion this,  because  in  these  days  of  rifacciamentit 
history  is  so  often  made  subservient  to  fiction,  and 
fiction  used  to  make  history  palatable,  that  I  fear 
lest  Smith  should  be  branded  with  having  intro- 
duced the  "  peculiar  institution  *'  of  the  south. 

F.  C.  B. 

Metoaca  was  the  real  name  of  her  whom  we 
know  in  history  as  Pocahontas^  which  was  her 
title.  She  was  christened  by  the  name  of  Re- 
becca, and  married  John  Roffe,  an  Englishman. 
Some  of  her  descendants  are  in  Philadelphia,  and 
they  are  numerous  in  the  Southern  States.  The 
eccentric  John  Randolph,  of  Roanoke,  was  one  of 
them ;  and  he  was  proud  of  his  descent  from  her. 

Uneda. 

Philadelphia. 


SALTGiTEir  TO  Shbep:  St.  Gbegobt:  Regula. 
Pastobalis  (2~"  S.  xii.  159.)  —  Happily  this 
practice  is  known  as  a  part  of  sheep-farming,  and 
18  in  freauent,  albeit  not  universal,  use  in  this 
part  of  the  royal  county.  My  object  in  asking 
you  to  insert  this  Note  and  Query  is  not,  however, 
80  mueh  to  afibrd  this  information,  as  to  tender 
my  thanks  to  your  correspondent  Me.  John  Wil- 
XJAMS  for  drawing  your  readers'  attention  to  that 
Angularly  beautiful  passage  in  St.  Gregory's 
Homily  on  our  Lord's  charge  to  the  Seventy 
Disciples  —  a  passage  which  is"  the  true  key-note, 
not  only  of  that  Homily,  first  delivered  on 
St.  Luke's  day  or  some  other  apostolic  festi- 
Tal ;  but  also  of  that  great  man's  Regula  PastO' 
ralis,  addresed  by  him  to  his  brother,  Bishop  of 
Bavenna.  That  whole  Homily,  indeed,  and  that 
irhole  treatise  of  The  Pastoral  Rule,  prove  the 
singular  fitness  of  the  first  Gregory  to  have  been 
made,  if  any  other,  the  "  rex  {^egis  ecclesiasticss." 
It  were  even  to  be  desired,  so  it  has  always  seemed 
A?  me,  that  an  English  version  of  the  treatise 


should  be  placed  in  the  hands  of  every  one  ad- 
mitted to  the  cure  of  souls,  if  not  upon  the  list 
of  books  required  of  candidates  for  holy  orders. 
Such  is  the  unequalled  knowledge  of  human 
nature  displayed  in  it,  and  so  wisely  does  he 
therein  apply  the  principles  and  precepts  of  Holy 
Writ  to  the  diversified  characters  and  relative 
positions  of  the  individual  members  of  a  pastoral 
charge.  And  never  for  a  moment  in  any  part  of 
that  admirable  treatise  does  he  lose  sight  ^  the 
divinely-inspired  idea,  of  the  priest's  function  be- 
ing to  season  as  salt  the  souls  of  God's  elect  — 
**  Sal  enim  tcrrss  non  sumus,  si  corda  audientium 
non  condimus." 

The  Query  with  which  I  end  this  Note  is  as 
follows  :  —  Can  any  of  vour  correspondents  in- 
form me  what  English  versions,  ancient  and 
modern,  exist  of  St.  Gregory's  Regvla  Pastoralia 
here  mentioned,  specifying  where  they  may  be 
seen,  whether  in  public  or  m  private  libraries  ? 

Surely  in  no  language  ought  such  a  treatise  to 
be  so  freely  available  as  in  that  of  a  people  who 
glory  in  an  ancestry  derived  from  those  to  whom 
Its  author  was  the  great  apostle  and  pastor.   N.  S. 

Alchemy  awd  Mysticisms  (3'*  S.  i.  89.)  — 
Delta  should  consult  a  catalogue  of  books  on 
these  subjects  now  on  sale  by  Baillieu,  Quai  des 
Grands  Augustines,  43,  Paris ;  and  those  of  Mr. 
Bumstead,  bookseller  of  London.  I  will  with 
pleasure  lend  him  M.  Baillieu's. 

Geobge  Offob. 

Hackney. 

Bbowhino's  "  Lybics  "  (3'*  S.  i.  89.)  —  I  have 
a  strong  impression  (though  I  have  not  sufiBcient 
confidence  in  my  recollection  to  vouch  quite  posi- 
tively for  the  fact)  that  Mr.  Browning,  some  few 
years  ago,'told  a  friend  of  mine  in  my  presence  that 
the  admirable  poem,  **  How  they  brought  the  good 
news  from  Ghent  to  Aix,"  is  not  founded  upon 
any  historic  event  in  particular. 

W.  M.  Rossbtti. 

London. 

De.  John  Pobbage  (2°*  S.  xii.  419,  473)  — 
Some  sixteen  years  since  I  copied  the  following 
items  from  the  register  of  St.  Andrews,  Bradfield, 
Berks,  of  which  parish  Dr.  Pordage  was  rec- 
tor:— 

<*  1668,  Dec  28,  was  buried,  Elizabeth,  daughter  of 
Dr.  Pordage. 

1668.  Aug.  25,  was  burled  Mistress  Mary,  the  wife  of 
Dr.  John  Pordage." 

In  Coates's  History  of  Beading  will  be  fband 
some  account  of  the  ejection  of  Dr.  Pordage  by 
the  Committee  for  the  Trial  of  Scandalous  Minis- 
ters. The  accusation  against  him  charged  him 
with  holding  intercourse  with  the  powers  of  dark- 
ness. 'One  witness  deposed  to  having  heard  '*  un- 
earthly music"  proceeding  from  the  parlour  of 
the  parsonage  during  the  winter  evenings,  a  oom- 


P*a.LWM».16,tt. 


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137 


pliment  to  Miw  Elizabeth'!  mnnckl  ikill,  ind  Ut 
the  goodneu  of  Ler  spinet,  bu^  fsUl  to  the  rectoi- 
who  wu  turned  out,  and  his  accuser,  a  Preabr- 
tcriaa  minister  out  at  employment,  turned  in.  In 
1661  the  famii;  of  the  old  rector  were  ■gain 
•Uowed  to  return  to  the  parisi),  and  the  intmdet 
WM  ejected,  wm  duly  commendated  as  a  sufleret 
for  conscience'  sake  in  Calunj's  Martyri,  and  a. 
now  to  be  celebrated  vtth  other  similar  worthies 
ftt  the  bi-uentenarj  celebration  of  1662. 

Wh.  Dbhtoh. 

Trial  or  Tai  Fkihcbis  of  Wales  (3"*  S.  i.  32, 
76.)  — It  would  seem  that  in  the  year  1813  vari- 
ous editions  were  published,  in  and  out  of  Lon- 
don, all  professinf;  to  be  reprinted  from  authentic 
copies  of  the  original  Delicate  Invettigation.  I 
possess  one  with  the  following  title :  — 

■  Tbe  Qenains  Book.  An  Inquiry,  or  Delicati  lavea- 
tintioD  into  tbe  coniluct  of  Uar  Royal  HIghacu  ths 
Frinccn  of  Waleg,  beAire  Lor^g  Enkine,  Spencer,  Gren- 
Tills,  and  ElleaboTough,  the  Four  Special  CommiiBionen 
of  loqaiiy.  appointed  b;  hi*  Majesty  in  tbe  year  18DG. 
BcprlDteil  from  aa  authentic  copy,  inperintcnded  througb 


It  will  be  seen  that  this  title  is  fuller  than  that 
of  the  book  publiebed  by  Liodaell,  Wigmore 
Street,  1613,  and  corresponds  entirely  with  that 
"  Reprinted  and  sold  by  Mr.  Junes,  5,  Newgnte 
Street,  1813."  It  seems  highly  probably,  how- 
ever, that  all  these  contain  the  whule  of  the  orijii- 
nal  book  of  1806.  F.  C.  H. 

CflRisTOPBBB  MoKK  (S"*  S.  xii.  384,  44-2, 6m.) 
—  After  trying  his  right  five  several  liniea  in 
ejeclmcDta  at  law,  whetber  Christopher,  Duke  of 
Albemarle,  was  or  was  not  lbs  lawful  son  of 
George,  Duke  of  Albemarle,  all  of  which  were 
decided  in  favour  of  Duke  Cbriiitopher,  Ihe  Earl 
of  Bath  filed  a  bill  in  Chancery  against  the  plain- 
tiff in  the  above  actions  (Sherwin),  and  moved 
for  a  perpetual  injunction  to  restrain  Sherwin 
from  bringing  any  more  acticms.  Lord  Chancel-  I 
luT  Cowper  refused  the  injunction,  but  tbe  Earl 
of  Bath,  carrying  it  to  the  House  of  Lords,  they 
adjudged  the  perpetual  injunction  prayed  for. 
See  Mndtrn  ReporU.  vol.  x.  p.  1.  Also  Sir  Wal- 
ter Clarges  against  Sherwin,  Modern  ReporU,  voL 
zii.  p.  343.  W.  U.  Lahiuh. 

Tatlob  of  Bifmons  (2-'  S.  xu.  519.)  — The 
late  and  last  Edward  Taylor,  Esq.,  of  Bifrons, 
brother  of  Sir  Herbert  and  Sir  Brook  Taylor, 
Bud  of  the  first  Lady  Skt;lineredu!c,  left  many 
■ona,  who  are  still  living.  Burke's  Landed  Gentry 
gives  aa  complete  an  account  of  the  family  down 
to  the  living  generation  as  perhaps  Uesaij»cus 
would  care  uit.  •  P.  P. 

Tbna>t*  Id  Socage  (3""  S.  i.  31.)  — Cowel 
utjt  thi*  word  may  be  derived  from  the  Fr. 


toe  (a  colter  or  ploDgbihare),  and  that  it  is  a 
tenure  of  lands,  by  or  for  certain  inferior  ser- 
vices of  husbandry,  to  be  performed  to  tbe  lord 
of  the  fee.  Webster  derives  it  from  the  Saion 
loe,  a  privilege,  from  locan,  team,  to  aeek,  fol- 
low. The  surname  Ho«a,  Hoesse,  Huie,  or  Hui* 
sey,  is  certsinly  not  connected  with  either  Huh 
or  Hosea.  In  Cowel's  "Table  of  Antient  Sur- 
names," at  the  end  of  his  "  Interpreter,"  he  gives 
Hosatua  et  de  Hotaio,  Sote,  Huuey ;  and  says, 
"I  have  seen  Johanna  Utiu  Mare  In  Latin,  for 
John  Hiatey"  Again  :  some  have  translated  the 
Latinized  name  HotatuM  or  Otatwt,  "  hosed  or 
booted";  and  Bailey  derives  Huueg  from  tbe 
French  kousse,  a  "  sordid  garment,"  both  of  which 
attempts  are  absurd.  Fr.  Ferguson,  under 
"House,"  A.-S.  and  O.N.  kit,  says  Huso  and 
Husi  are  O.-G.  names,  corresponding  with  our 
House,  Huss,  and  Hussey.  The  utjmology  of 
tbe  name  Hussey  seems  simple  enough.  It  is  the 
same  with  ihe  Fr.  surnames  Houssaie  and  Hous- 
saye,  and  is  derived  from  locality  ;  viz.  from  the 
Fr.  hmusale,  "  a  place  full  of  holly,"  (houx). 
(Lamartine  gives  as  local  names  niisseia,  and  Lft 
Houssaie).  Cf.  tbe  French  surnames  llouae, 
Housed,  HouEisin,  Housaart,  and  the  names  Husee, 
Husey,  Husiy.  In  Irish  names  it  asHumea  tbe 
form  of  Cu!<hey  and  Cusbee  ;  thus,  D&ngean-na- 
Cusbey,  "  the  castle  of  Hussey."  Synonymoui 
surnames  are  found  in  Bretagne ;  as  Quelein  and 
Quelennec  ;  iirom  Baa  Bret,  gelenn,  hollv. 

R.  S.  Chabhock. 
Aims  of  Cobtei  (2"''  S.  xii.  454,  532.)  — 
Alonso  Lopei  de  Hsro,  in  bis  work,  Nobilario 
Oeiiealogico  de  las  Reyet  y  liluloa  dt  Etpaiio, 
Part  II.  p.  409,  describes  the  nrma  of  Cortes, 
Marquis  of  Guaxara  in  accordance  with  the  se- 
cond description  ijiioted  by  Mb.  Wo^dwabd,  but 
with  tbe  inescocheon  of  Or,  3  pallets  pu.,  a  bor- 
diire  azure  charged  with  6  crosses  patl^  argent. 
The  4ih  Quarter  described  as  Mcaico  may  not  be 
generally  known,  and  is  Hhown  as  "Azure,  3  ttir- 
ri^Ued  Chateaux  joined  by  a  wall,  argent,  mt- 
eonerl,  sable.     In  hare,  2  bars  wavy  nrg." 

Moreri,  in  the  "Life  ofCortcz,"  in  tbe  Dic- 
tionnaire  Hitloriqne,  describes  the  first  wife  as 
Francoise  Suarez  Pacheco,  and  the  marriage  took 
place  in  Cuba ;  this  may  perhaps  assist  in  tracins 
her  family.  A.  W.  M. 

Great  Yarmoalh. 

Oh  thb  Deqbebs  of  Compaeisos  (3'*  S.  i. 
48.)  — Mr.  Shabpe's  theory  of  inverted  ilegteei 
of  comparison  is  ingenious  and  novel,  but  I  do  not 
think  that  bia  facts-supporl  bis  bypolliesig. 

I  will  take  up  one  only  of  bis  examples  for 
examination  :  Mb.  Kuabpe  derives  better  snd  bttl 
from  the  positive  bad.  But  what  occasiiin  ia  there 
to  base  tbe  derivation  of  the^e  vocables  u.9aa.  ^ 
MOid  which  COivVtwiui\a\iift\i'Qit»Kai^>'«\>«o.\a^ 


138 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


[3'*  S.  L  Feb.  16^  •62. 


cognate  Indo- Germanic  language  we  find  a  regu- 
lar and  more  congenial  positive  still  existing, 
though  it  18  wanting  in  the  English  as  it  had  pre« 
viouslj  fallen  out  of  the  Anglo-Saxon  ? 

The  fact  is,  the  original  positive  of  our  own 
heller  and  best  is  still  in  daily  use  in  the  Persian 
language.  Therein  is  to  be  found  the  word  beh, 
good.  Therein  are  also  to  be  found  the  compa- 
rative behter^  better;  and  behtereen^  best  No 
native  or  foreign  philologue  has  ever  thought  of 
deriving  the  Persian  comparative  and  superlative 
from  badj  bad ;  which  exists  in  that  language  as 
well  as  in  our  own. 

I  will  observe  that  it  is  probable  that,  in  the 
Archaic  periods  of  all  languages,  there  were 
several  forms  of  comparatives  and  superlatives ; 
which  were  afterwards  disused  and  lost,  except 
in  those  few  surviving  examples  which  are  now 
considered  irregular.  H.  C.  C. 

Lammiman  (2*^  S.  xii.  529.)  —  Is  ndt  Lammi- 
man  a  corruption  of  Lambingman — the  man  who 
attended  the  ewes  when  lambing  ?  Or  is  it  sim- 
ply Lamb-man  (the  t  being  inserted  for  euphony), 
like  Coltman,  Horsman,  Sheepman,  now  Shipman  ? 

Query,  What  is  the  derivation  of  Whyman  ? 

SXNBSCENS. 
AUTHOBISBB    TXAKSLATOR    OF     CaTULLUS     (S^ 

S.  i.  67.) — Your  correspondent  S.  C.  has  mis- 
taken the  intention  of  the  advertiser.  He  evidently 
only  meant  to  state  that  he  was  the  authorised 
translator  of  Macaulay*s  History  and  translator  of 
Catullus.  Such  specimens  of  bad  grammar  are 
too  frequent  in  advertisements,  but  we  may  hope 
that  the  advertber  is  a  better  German  than 
English  scholar.  L. 

Oxford. 

Washing  Pabchmbnt  and  Vellum  (2*^  S.  xL 
190,  234.)  —  One  of  your  correspondents  asks  for 
the  best  method  of  washing  parcnment  or  vellum. 
I  will  give  him  the  method  which  I  have  adopted 
with  complete  success.  I  wash  the  surface  with 
paste-water  (that  is,  flour  and  water),  boiled  to 
the  consistence  of  cream,  and  applied  with  a 
sponge  while  hot.  Hot  water  and  soap  will  re- 
move the  dirt  f|;om  the  surface ;  but  if  there  are 
any  scratches,  or  places  where  the  surface  is  re- 
moved, the  paste  helps  to  restore  it.  If  there  are 
stains  or  inx  spots,  these  must  be  removed  by 
dilute  nitric  acid.  Slight  stains  may  often  be 
removed  by  putting  a  few  drops  of  nitric  acid  in 
the  paste-water ;  but  if  they  are  of  old  date,  and 
intense,  the  acid  must  be  stronger,  according  to 
circumstances,  and  carefully  applied  after  all  the 
dirt  has  been  washed  away.  In  washing  the  vel- 
lum, care  must  be  taken  not  to  let  the  moisture 
remain  on  the  surface  long ;  as  that  might  per- 
meate the  skin,  and  loosen  it  from  the  mill-board 
beneath.  There  is  a  greater  liability  to  this  in 
pMrcbment,  aa  it  U  more  porous  than  vellum.    It 


is  not  possible  to  restore  the  enamel  of  the  Tellam 
when  once  lost ;  hut  it  may  be  partially  done  by 
the  paste,  rubbing  it  when  dry  with  a  piece  of 
wash-leather.  I  do  not  recommend  any  kmd  of 
varnish  applied  to  vellum.  The  natural  surface 
of  the  vellum,  when  it  leaves  a  good  workman's 
hands,  on  the  book  is  very  beautiful ;  and  if  pre- 
served from  scratching  or  scraping,  may  always 
be  restored  to  its  original  purity  by  the  process  I 
describe.  I  have  books  more  than  two  hundred 
years  old,  bound  in  vellum,  which  I  have  cleaned 
by  this  process.  Some  of  them  have  eilt  borders, 
and  these  required  great  care ;  but  I  succeeded 
in  preserving  all  of  the  gilding  that  time  had  left. 

T.  B. 

Quotation  Wanted  (3'*  S.  i.  69.)  — 

**  Forgiveness  to  the  injared  does  belong, 
13at  they  ne'er  pardon,"  &c. 

Dryden,  Conquest  of  GremadOf  Part  n. 
Act  I.  Sc.  2. 

E.M. 

Daughtebs  of  Willtam'  the  Lion  (S^  S.  i. 
9*5.)  —  Allow  me  to  inform  Meletes  that  the 
substitution  of  122^  for  1221  was  a  clerical  error 
in  my  paper  on  this  subject.  I  am  sorry  that 
such  a'  mistake  escaped  me.  and  I  will  endeavour 
to  be  more  careful  in  future.  My  authority  for 
calling  the  youngest  Princess  Margery,  or  MsAion, 
was  Mrs.  Everett  Green*s  Princesses  of  EngUmd^ 
voL  i.  p.  393.     She  says  (quoting  Balfour)  :  — 

*<  The  youngest,  Maijory  or  Marion,  was  exdasively 
under  his  [her  brother  Aiexander*B]  care  until  her  mar- 
riage in  1285." 

Hebmentbude. 

Pencil  Wbitino  (2'^  S.  x.  57,  255,  318  )— On 
the  back  of  one  of  the  Cottonian  MSS.  (Gralba, 
B.  y.)  Charles  V.  has  hastily  scrawled  his  name, 
with  the  date,  "Bologna,  1517'* ;  and  if  the  ma- 
terial with  which  he  wrote  it  were  not  a  lead- 
pencil,  I  never  saw  a  better  imitation  of  one. 

Hbbmbhtbudb. 

JuBTMAN*8  Oath  (3"«  S.  i.  52.)  —  The  Book  of 

Oaths,  1649 :  — 

**  The  oath  that  is  to  be  given  to  any  Jury  before  evi- 
dence given  in  against  a  prisoner  at  the  Barre :  — 

'  You  shall  true  deliverance  make  between  our  Sovs- 
raigne  Lord  the  King  and  the  prisoner  at  the  Barre,  as 
you  shal  bare  in  charge,  according  to  your  evidence,  as 
neere  as  God  shall  give  you  grace.  So  helpe  yon  God, 
and  by  the  contents  of  this  booke.*  *' 

On  the  trial  of  the  Regicides,  the  oath  to  eadi 
juryman  was : 

<*  You  shall  well  and  truly  try,  and  true  deliveraooe 
make,  between  our  Sovereign  Lord  the  King  and  the 
prisoners  at  the  Bar,  whom  you  shall  have  in  charge^ 
according  to  your  evidence.    So  help  you  God." 

What  can  Lumen  mean  by  saying  that  the 
words  *•  according  to  the  evidence  "  were  left  out  f 
See  State  Trials  by  Hargrave,  1776,  ii.  314. 

G.  OnoB. 


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NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


139 


HXBBEW  GBAMMA.TICAI.   £xBBCI8E8.  —  A  StU- 

jokut  will  find  plenty  of  exercises  for  translaUon 
Into  Hebrew  in  Mason  &  Bernard's  Hebr.  Qram,^ 
published  in  1853  by  Hall  of  Cambridge.'*  At 
the  end  of  the  2nd  vol.  there  is  a  key  to  the 
Exerdses.  F.  Chakcb. 

In  T.  K.  Arnold's  First  Hebrew  Booh^  some- 
thing of  the  kind  required  by  a  Student  will  be 
found.  J.  Eastwood. 

Neii.  Douglas  (3"«  S.  i.  93.)— The  sketch 
noticed  by  your  correspondent  in  his  N.B.  was 
made  by  Mr.  John  G.  Lockhart,  subsequently 
Editor  of  the  Quarterly  Review^  and  son-in-law  of 
Sir  Walter  Scott.  Mr.  Lockhart  was  at  that 
time  in  practice  (of  no  great  extent)  as  a  Scotch 
lawyer. 

Xour  correspondent  has  apparently  never  been 
present  at  a  Scotch  criminal  trial,  otherwise  he 
would  not  have  spoken  of  Douglas  standing  at 
the  bar.  In  Scotland  a  person  under  trial  sits 
daring  the  whole  proceeding,  except  when  he  is 
called  on  to  rise  in  order  to  plead  to  the  indict- 
ment, or  to  allow  a  witness  to  speak  tlk  to  his 
identity.  It  is  not  as  in  England,  where  one 
under  all  the  anxiety  attendant  on  a  trial  (it  may 
be  for  his  life)  has  the  additional  discomfort  of 
standing  of^en  for  hours,  and  is,  generally  speak- 
ing, not  permitted  the  indulgence  of  sitting,  except 
on  the  score  of  ill  health.  The  sketch  of  Neil 
Douglas  shows  the  bust  only ;  but  it  is  obviously 
that  of  one  in  a  sitting  posture.  G. 

Edinburgh. 


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Miianget  eurieux  et  aneedotiques,  tirdt  d*une  Collection  <U 
Ztettres  autographe$,  et  de  Docununta  Hiatoriques^  ayani 
ApparteHu  a  M.  Foaa^-Darcosse ;  publics  awe  Us  Notes  du 
Colleeteur  et  vne  Notice,  par  M.  Charles  Asselineaa.  8to. 
Paris :  Techener.    Londoa :  Bartb^  and  Lowell. 

When  this  badget  is  in  the  band  of  oar  readers,  the 
auctioneer  will  be  busy  dispersing  one  of  tbe  most  splen- 
did collections  of  autographs  that  were  ever  p^athered 
together  by  the  zeal  of  a  thorough  amateur.  M.  Fosse'- 
Dwcoftse,  fate  eonseiUer  rifirendaire  at  the  Paris  eour  de$ 
comptttt  must  have  spent  a  fortune  in  accumulating  these 
treasures,  and  we  have  no  doubt  that  the  sale  thereof 
will  produce  a  perfect  harvest,  and  excite  the  greatest 
eompetitlon.  The  catalogue  we  are  now  announcing,  pre- 
pared with  the  utmost  care  by  M.  Charles  Asselineaa, 
Is  a  carious  and  instructive  contribution  to  the  history  of 
literature ;  the  principal  item^  enumerated  are  made  the 
aubject  of  copious  notes,  and  the  preface  sets  forth  both 
the  unquestionable  importance  of  autographs,  and  the 
claims  of  M.  Foss^-Darcosse  to  the  gratitude  of  enlight- 
ened bibliographers.  M.  Charles  Asselineau  takes  for  his 
text  Cardinal  Richelieu's  well-known  remark,  viz.  that 
^sor  qnatre  lignes  de  I'^riture  d*un  homme  on  pent  lul 
fairs  an  proote  criminel ; "  and  he  shows  how  the  charac- 
ter,  the  habits,  the  temper,  the  qualities  of  an  individual 
an,  aft  to  say,  stamped  in  his  band-writing.    This,  per- 

•  London:  G.  Bell  (Bell  &  Daldy),  Fleet  Street 


haps,  is  not  a  very  new  discovery,  if  we  consider  that  fair 
advertisers  in  the  columns  of  The  Times  newspaper  un- 
dertake for  the  trifling  remuneration  of  two  shillings  or 
balf-a-crown  to  unravel  your  own  soul  before  yoa  with 
tbe  help  of  twenty  lines  of  your  best  calligraphy ;  but 
still  it  proves  the  real  value  of  autographs,  and,  we  have 
no  doubt,  with  M.  Charles  Asselineau,  that  the  science  of 
autograph-collecting  will  soon  boast  of  a  guide  as  sure  as 
Barbier*s  Manuel  du  Libraire.  The  magnificent  collec- 
tion, for  which  we  are  indebted  to  BL  Foss^-Darcosae^ 
comprises  about  4000  separate  articles,  tbe  chief  ones  being 
further  illostrated  by  portraits,  caricatures,  facsimiles, 
newspaper-cuttings,  and  other  documents  of  tbe  same 
description.  Amongst  the  pieces  relating  to  £ngli:iU 
History  the  catalogue  mentions  the  following :  —  A 
letter  in  the  handwriting  of  James  II.;  a  letter  in  the 
handwriting  of  Samuel  Richardson,  on  the  death  of  the 
poet  Klopstock's  wife  (date,  January  19,  1759);  one 
page  4to.  in  the  handwriting  of  Sir  Walter  Scott,  &c. 
&c.  Altogether,  the  Darcosse  gallery  will  certainly  be 
the  talk  ofthe  season  in  the  literary  world,  and  we  recom- 
mend M.  Asselineaa's  catalogue  raitonne  as  an  amusing 
study  even  for  those  who,  alas !  like  tbe  feuilUtoniste  of 
**  N.  Sc  Q.,'*  cannot  spend  money  upon  autographs. 

Annuaire  du  BiUinphile,  du  Bibliothicaire  et  de  V Archie 
vUte  pour  T Annie  1862;  public  par  Louis  Lacour.  8* 
ann^  In-18.  Paris:  M^ugnot;  Claudin.  London; 
Barthds  &  Lowell. 

M.  Louis  Lacour  has  just  issued  the  third  yearly  vo- 
lume of  the  Annuaire  du  Biblit^MU.  In  the  preface  to 
this  excellent  publication,  the  learned  author  very  aptly 
remarks  on  the  useless  and  imperfect  character  of  the 
common  run  of  annwures.  Instead  of  putting  together  a 
few  correct  details,  referring  directly  to  the  subject  of 
the  book,  tbe  compilers  generally  begin  by  presenting  us 
with  an  almanack ;  an  abstract  of  the  Post-Office  Direc- 
toiy  inevitably  follows ;  and  the  few  remaining  pages  are 
devoted  to  critical,  or  rather  eulog^tic,  notices  of  works 
published  bv  the  firm  which  has  taken  the  risk  of  the 
annuaire.  M,  Lacour  adopts  quite  a  different  plan ;  biblio- 
graphy being  bis  speciality,  he  confines  himself  to  books 
and  their  history,  finding  within  that  circle  a  sufilcient 
harvest  of  facts  to  set  before  his  readers.  The  first  part 
of  the  Annuaire  du  BUAiopliik  is  taken  up  by  statistical 
details  of  an  official  nature.  Under  this  head  we  have 
the  list  of  all  the  government  clerks  appointed  since  the 
Revelation  of  1789  to  the  management  and  surveillance  of 
public  libraries ;  the  list  of  the  chief  collections  scattered 
throughout  the  departments  is  likewise  added,  as  also  a 
short,  but  complete,  account  of  foreign  museums,  private 
archives,  collections  of  autographs,  &c  &c.  Tbe  second 
division  of  tbe  work  comprises  a  series  of  papers  interest* 
ing  from  their  practical  value  or  their  piquant  charac- 
ter :  here  we  have  noticed  especially  the  description  of  a 
useful  method  for  restoring  old  books.  Tbe  bibliographi- 
cal news  of  the  last  year  are  chronicled  in  the  third 
section ;  changes  that  have  happened  in  the  administra- 
tion of  libraries,  purchases  of  rare  and  valuable  books, 
legislative  or  judicial  decisions  respecting  j^rintcrs,  pub- 
lishers, book  collectors  and  book  stealers  —  all  these,  and 
various  other  facts  bearing  upon  the  same  topic,  receive 
their  due  amount  of  analysis.  A  necrological  list  of  all 
the  literary  notabilities,  removed  from  amongst  us  by  the 
hand  of  death,  recalls  to  our  memorj*  a  long  and  mourn- 
ful arrav  of  worthies ;  the  enumeration  of  the  principal 
book  sales  has  not  been  forgotten;  and  the  volume  winds 
up  with  a  catalogue  of  the  publications  of  note  issued 
during  the  course  of  the  year.  The  useful  character  of 
the  Annuaire  du  Bibliophile  will,  we  hope,  be  evident  from 
the  few  remarks  we  have  offered  about  it.  M.  Louis 
Lucour  further  announces  for  the  25th  oC  t.\i^  \Si<c^'^^^^2^% 
appearance  o{  a  ne'tv  ^\^\ci\^\a  ^^  vqlN^w^v^Im  A»t» 


140 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


L3»4  S.  L  Feb.  15,  *6i 


KoleM  du  BlblUtphile.    It  will  be  condacted  by  himself,  and 
cannot  fail  to  prove  a  most  interestiof;  mombly  ballctin. 

In  oar  last  feuiUeUm  we  alluded  to  the  edition  of 
Madame  de  SdvigniTs  letters  which  was  in  coarse  of  pre- 
paration fh>m  the  MSS.  of  the  late  M.  de  Montmeraad 
The  first  two  volames  have  been  recently  pablished 
(Paris  and  London :  HacTiette),  and  the  care  which  has 
been  bestowed  upon  them,  the  correctness  of  the  print- 
ing, the  beauty  of  the  type  and  of  the  paper,  amply 
i'nstify  the  eulogies  already  passed  upon  the  undertaking 
»y  it.  Sainte-Beure,  M.  Cuvillier-Fleury,  and  soTeral 
other  leading  critics  on  the  Galilean  side  of  the  Channel. 
Since  the  yotuminons  collection  of  the  Benedictines,  no- 
thing, we  may  boldly  say,  had  b«en  devised  of  such  mag- 
nitude, of  snch  real  importance,  as  the  series  now  begun 
by  Messrs.  Hachette ;  ror  the  reader  will  observe  that  far 
more  is  intended  than  the  publication  of  Madame  de 
S^vign^s  correspondence.  All  the  great  writers  of  France 
are  to  be  included  in  this  magnificent  library,  and  the 
contemplated  array  of  three  hundred  volumes  will  scarcely 
anffice,  even  if  the  editor  does  not  ascend  higher  than  Mal- 
herbe.  But  our  present  business  is  with  Madame  de  S^ 
yigntf  and  with  her  friends ;  let  us  devote  to  them  the  few 
remarks  we  purpose  offering  here.  The  Chevalier  de 
Perrin  is  the  nrst  who  published  a  decent  edition  of  the 
famous  letters ;  his  two  reeueU$,  bearing  respectively  the 
dates  1734  and  1754,  had  been  examined  and  approved 
by  Madame  de  Simiane,  the  granddaughter  of  Madame 
de  S^vigntf ;  they  were  accordingly  deemed  to  be  beyond 
the  attacks  of  criticism,  and  they  served  as  a  model  to  all 
subsequent  editors.  M.  de  Montmerqud  himself^  in  faris 
edition  of  1818,  had  followed  in  many  cases  the  text  of 
Perrin ;  but  this  was  only  whenever  he  could  not  have 
recourse  to  original  MSS.,  and  forty  years  ago  the  inves- 
tigations of  saoan^f  and  literary  men  had  not  brought  to 
light  the  treasures  which  we  now  possess. 

There  are  two  ouestions  to  be  considered  in  a  case  of 
this  natnre^lst,  Whether  the  alterations  made  to  the  text 
are  of  a  serious  character?  and,  2nd,  Whether  they  can 
be  in  some  way  justified?  As  for  the  first,  the  slightest 
comparison  instituted  between  the  edition  of  1764  and 
the  present  one  will  prove  that  the  Chevalier  de  Perrin 
modified  the  letters  or  Madame  de  S<5vig:n^  in  every  pos- 
aible  manner.  Several  words  or  locutions  generally  used 
during  the  seventeenth  century  have  since  been  repudiated 
on  account  of  their  coarseness  or  vulgarity ;  these  are  uni- 
formly  eliminated  by  Perrin ;  a  few  passages  are  likewise 
suppressed  containing  allusions  to  well-known  persons, 
whose  immediate  relatives  might  have  protested  against 
statements  of  an  offensive  or  libellous  stamp.  Such 
emendations  may  perhaps  be  justified;  but  when  a  third- 
rate  /tft^/etirlike  the  obscure  Chevalier  attempts  to  cor> 
rect  Madame  de  S€vign<rs  «/y/e,  curtailing  here,  arrang- 
ing there,  striking  out  whole  pages,  and  condensing 
what  appears  to  him  unnecessary  gossip,  we  cannot  com- 
plain too  loudl}'  of  such  unwarrantable  liberty.  The  fair 
epistolographer  says  in  one  of  her  letters:  <*  J*^sp^re  que 
81  mes  lettrey  m^ritoient  d*#tre  lues  deux  fois,  il  se  trou- 
yeroit  quelqne  charitable  personne  qui  les  corrigeroit*'. 
This  passage  seems  no  doubt  to  justify  the  task  attempted 
by  the  Chevalier  de  Perrin ;  but  still  we  think  that  the 
safest  course  is  to  leave  classical  authors  just  as  they  were. 
Our  ideas  of  taste,  propriety,  5i«n»^aiic«,^,are  apt  to  vary 
exceedingly  from  one  century  to  the  other,  and  if  the 
system  of  corrections  is  adopted,  it  will  be  necessary  to 
new-arrange,  every  fifty  or  sixty  years,  our  standard 
writers  so  as  to  meet  the  taste  of  the  public  After  half 
a  dozen  such  emendations,  what  would  become  of  the 
original  text  ? 

By  way  of  preface  to  the  work,  M.  Paul  Mesnard  has  com- 
posed a  biography  of  Madame  de  Sevign^,  which,  although 
degj^Mted  under  the  modest  appeliation  Notke,  is  in  eveiy 


way  a  truly  remarkable  work.  Whilst  discussing  such  a 
subject,  it  was  almost  impossible  to  avoid  treating  de 
omnibuM  nhu$ ;  for  Madame  de  S^vigntf  was  connected  by 
ties  of  either  relationship  or  close  intimacy  with  the 
leading  personages  of  the  seventeenth  century  nd  her 
voluminous  correspondence  illustrates  the  whole  bistory 
of  the  reign  of  Louis  XIV.  The  trial  of  Fooquet,  the 
campaigns  and  melancholy  death  of  Turenne,  the  affairs 
of  Port  Royal,  the  fortunes  of  Madame  de  Montespan  and 
Madame  de  Maintenon, — in  fact,  the  entire  annals  of  Ver- 
sailles are  referred  to,  more  or  less  in  detail,  by  the  lively 
marchioness;  and  her  anxiety  to  supply  her  daughter 
with  the  latest  court  news  led  her  to  observe  closely  the 
various  scenes  which  she  was  called  upon  to  take  a  part 
in.  Hence  the  necessity  for  M.  Paul  Mesnard  to  group 
round  the  principal  figure  of  bis  sketch  a  number  of 
secondary  portraits,  which  complete  the  effect,  and,  be- 
sides, serve  as  a  kind  of  key  to  many  incidents  re* 
lated  in  the  letters.  We  wish  time  would  allow  us  to 
reproduce  here  a  few  of  M.  Mesnard's  judicious  strictures; 
the  attentive  perusal  of  his  Notice  Inwfrapkique  has  con- 
firmed us  in  the  opinion  that  Madame  de  Sevign^  was  a 
very  independent  original  character,  at  an  epoch  when 
dull  uniformity  reigned  supreme;  her  admiration  to 
Comeille;  her  sympsthies  with  Pascal  snd  Nicole;  her 
partiality  for  Cardinal  de  Rets,  revealed  in  her  a  strong 
leaven  of  the  Frondeur  element,  and  proved  that  she 
would  n<9t  submit  to  be  fettered  either  by  public  opinion 
or  by  interest  But  we  must  forbear  from  further  details. 
We  shall  only  state  in  conclusion,  that  the  first  two  vo- 
lumes of  M.  Ilachette*8  edition  contain  two  hundred  and 
sixty  letters, accurately  printed,  and  copioualy  annotated; 
a  few  are  now  published  for  the  first  time;  the  othen 
have  been  collated  with  the  originals  or  with  the  most 
genuine  texts. 

GtJSTAYE  ^Ia.SSOK. 

Harrow-on-the-Hlll . 


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Tm  Glamb  or  Timb,  by  Thomas  Peyton.    ISM. 
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(ion  q;  tt, 

H.  8.  T.  (Birminffham.)  The  Query  wruid  lead  to  a  tkeohgtoal  «ito- 
cuMtOH,  uHtuitetl  to  our  columns. 

Grarlu  Ebdrt  it  thanked.  TTc  think  he  v  mirtalxn  tHnmpotimg 
that  the  Enqhih  tratulationt  pnbh'ithedin  the  Dnblin  Literary  Oasettet* 
1810,  fiffncd  JtotenkrantZf  were  by  the  weU-knoum  Prq/ei$or  of  theit 
name 

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wnied  in  Uoirmr  Parts.  The  Subfcnptiott  for  Stampbo  CgTini  J^ 
Six  MonOtM  fonoarded  direct  firom  the  Pubhshere  (tedwimf  Mb  Haif- 
vearii/  !*•»)  i$  lU.  4d.,  whioh  may  be  paid  «y  POH  Ofht  Orderim 
ftmoitr  ^Mrmr*.  Bbix  amd  Dauit.  1S%  Fubt  6rRB«T,  £.G.|  to  * 
all  OeMmmaoAnmn  ron  m  Euroa  $hould  btaMmeed. 


NOTES  AND  QUEBZES. 


141 


mtON,  SATOBDAY.  FEMKUAXY  ii,U 


-Tbt  "Oa^Xm  of  tb*  Statlonni' Omnw^.  1*1 

tB  at  AT^bishop  Latchtan,  MS  ~  Tuna  Andn- 

,-»i«Ble,  1«— John  Miltaii.  US-B«*.  Bmit 

laman.  in. 

OTM :  —  "  Green  81iiOTM"—TimilB  PloWbfttont  fcj. 

1   uid   Andrew    UorDer— Bkfonirola's    Incdtteo 

liptB—  Sir  Walter  Kululgh  mnd  Virgiai*— Wm 

LrlghUr*iiraunedBcuiclcniF  141 

Bi  —  ixmanumt  FlJVS  —  Lord  Buon  —  Bnlleii 

—  Ciutumiriiu  AbtKthiiij  de  Hilton  —  Doubler 
'Bmignmta  lo  Mmrjland  —  FoBnlg— Origin  of  the 
f  GlutonbuiT— Oold  Buipto  the  Inflrauriiu — 
13  Digniticn  — Ben  JoMon  —  NocliTngo  iuidl>o- 
HWT.  *c.  —  Psymenl  of  Mombe™  of  P»rli»m«rt  — 

Stunpa  — Chigf  Bmm  Juiiie*  Bcinolc 
Beynolds  —  " 'Tanbred  >ad  Oil^lulld"  — 
e— Vlcioage.ltS- 

wiTH  AmwBiUl:  — RdrfK  »nd  Dkhu. „_ 

L  1«7H  —  Zwinelil,  "  TheTmage  of botho  Pietoniw' 

—  SlrEobert  QodKh»ll  — ftunarta      


J :— St«i»chter  Mid  Murdoch,  IBS  —  I«dj 
llctcd  MMTiMW.  IM— Judge  Pi^Bv  Jfc— I 
oelK.lSt—Ulder  of  Merit  — StudnteHou.—  . 
■inls'  Days,  ud  FaM  Dua  — Kins  Plays- 
luKford— Doctor  (rf  UedfbiDe  —  Bibliograpfaj 
3  and  MyatieiMiii  — Mai7  ■WoBngton—  Blarch 
nciB  Bryan  —  Mathein  and  Goujii  ftmili*-  ■ 
,  Dake  of  Bicter— The  EmpenT  Nqwlei 
tins  FhUip— PuUuglit.ths  Ai«lo-Saion  _   .    . 
ott  Pamilr  — Iruh  Widf-doe  —  Bedmond  Fnily 
i<rii  In  Caoterboi;  Cathednl,  tsa.  * 


iosraplij  of 
"■irch  — 
Ha- 
ni.— 


3  BEGISTERS  OP  THE  STATIOHEES' 
COUPAST. 
<CimHTm«i>om  3^  S.  i.  105.) 
iguflti  [|1591^.  —  Rob.  Bourne.     Atii^ed 
D  for  bis  copie,  &c.  Aphatant  ballad  of  a 
•etwme  a  man  and  kit  m/efor  the  bretehe* 


I  ns  u  tract  priotad  wtthont  date,  bat  not  t^ 
rwarda,  upon  ttas  aama  inbjact,  and  oiuanuatad 
dod-cnt  of  two  woaan  conModtng  for  tbc  poa- 
f  'pair  of  breecbaa,  under  the  fblloiriDg  title ; 
I'l  Facaries,  abewing  the  great  endeavaara  Ihey 
1  to  obiaia  the  Bnacbea.  Being  aa  foil  of  M  icth 
f  ia  full  of  meaL  Printed  for  J.  Clark  in  Weit 
d."  We  know  nothing  of  the  earlier  production 
1  above,  of  "a  combat  between  a  man  and  bla 
It  inch  Bcenea  are  not  y^rj  oncoipnian,  aJthoDgh 
i  may  be  lo,] 

Bourne.  Aasigned  in  like  lort  unto  him 
I  of  a   Dialogue  betwene  a  Lord  and  kit 

vj*. 

i^sti. — Jo.  Osenbridse.  Ajgigned  unto 
hU  copie  to  print  ■  bo^  intltled  7^r  pro- 
•/  pielie,  or  the  harbor  of  heavenly  harU- 

Tj"- 

llei  in  Teraa  or  pniaa  doei  not  appear.  Thl*  waa 
mUj  of  a  licaoaa  to  pabliah  or  to  eell.  bat  to 
d  perhapa  the  work  never  earn*  bma  the  pran. 
ot  aeem  lo  be  known,  but  v«  m*;  %>cnlalo  (bat 
'  N.  Breton.] 


XT°  September. — John  Wolfe.  Entred  for  his 
Copie,  The  Lamentation  <^  Mc  Prinee  of  Prnna, 
^ 'J'. 

[Thia  aatirical  prodaction  peikapa  p^m  ant  of  the 
event  celebrated  in  ■  ballad  nndai  the  dUa  of  SQ  Jnlj,  ai 
noticed  in.oar  laat  article.] 

xTii'"  SepteiDb«r.— HeniTe  Ch«tt)e.  Entred 
foe  hia  copie,  bv  warrant  from  Mr.  W&tkiiia,  7%t 
ba/linge  of  Dyogenet .     TJ*. 

[Thii  vM  Bomewhat  too  eailj  a  date  tat  Goddatd, 

who  before  ItOO  pobliabed  A.  Satfrieall  Budagmt,  er 
Aarf^i/t  iHDUd'o  OonfrTtne*  bitiiitau  Alitaxdir  tht  j^tal, 
and  Aat  tndge  wfnnini-hattr  Dingaut,  which  waa  printed 
"  in  tbe  Low  Conntrie  "  in  order  to  avoid  prnactlptlon. 
Bone  of  Goddard'a  earlier  plecea  appear  to  have  ben 
publicly  bnrned,  aa  he  himself  atatea  with  referenee  alaa 
lo  Maraton'*  SattrtM,  wliieh  bad  recently  been  condemnad 
lo  the  flamea ;  — 

ih  ia  tbeir  pervena  kind. 


Henry  Chettle  was  at  this  time  a  itatloner,  ai  well  ta 
a  dramatiat,  and  wu  atibMqaautly  much  enployed  in 
Marching  ont  unlicenaed  books  and  their  pabjlshera,  or 
any  othera  who  eontravened  the  bye-lawa  of  the  Sta- 
tioners' Companv.  B^ore  be  put  n>rth  thia  BmHagof 
Dagaat,  doubtfeai  a  aallre,  ha  took  caia  to  proviM 
himself  with  the  aathoritj'  of  Mr.  Watkina,  than  one  of 
the  wtrdoni.] 

1  die  Octobria. — [John  Wolf.  Entred  for  Ma 
copie  The  honorable  enlertai/nemtnt  gyven  lo  Ae 
quenet  ma"'  ni  progntte  at  Elvelham,  m  Aoa^ 
ihire,  by  Ae  righte  honorable  the  Erie  of  Hertford 

[Printed  in  1G31, 4to,  the  ^lova  entry  bong  an  exact 
copy  of  tbe  title-page.  It  waa  reprinted  in  voL  zUx.  of 
the  GnUwmam'i  Atagiau,  and  la  of  eoaraa  to  be  ftonnd 

in  Nichols's  ProffrtuM.! 

4  Oct. — Mjatrea  Broome  vjdowe,  late  wjfe  of 
Willm.  Broome.  Entred  for  her  copies,  under 
the  hand  of  the  B.  of  London,  Thrte  Comediei, 
plaiedbefort  her  majellie  by  the  Children  ofPajJe*, 
lAoiu  called  Endivtion,  Thother  Qalathea,  and 
Ihother  Midas XTiij*. 

[TheQrst  of  theae  comedies  (all  of  tbem  byJohnLillv) 
beaj-s  tbe  date  of  1G9I  ;  the  two  others  were  probably 
not  publiabed  until  1S92,  which  date  ia  on  the  title- oages. 
Endj/mion  was  performed  by  tbe  children  of  the  Chapel, 
as  well  as  bf  the  Children  of  Pants,  at  Greenwich,  before 
Queen  Elizabeth.  All  three  playa  are  Inclnded  In  Blount's 
ToLof  1632.] 

1-2  Octobr.— Tho.  Adama.  Entred  for  bii 
copies,  bv  assignment  from  M'  Robert  Walley, 
these  copies  folowing,  Tii. : 

The  Shephardes  Calendar  in  fo. 

Joieplms  of  the  Warrei  oflht  Jewet. 

Eiopeifablet  in  Eaglith. 

Grafton' »  comfnitatUm. 

SalasI  in  English. 

Rj/ches  farewel. 

iStinittae*,  1  ytt%. 


KOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


IBM  B-LFm.  *»,•«. 


Art  ofEtigU»h  poetry. 

Robin  Conicienet,  2  porta, 

RatteiTt  tabUi. 

Cato,  EngUth  and  latin, 

Provtrbet  of  Salammt,  16. 

Sichyt  nalitaiy  praetit, 

SimonideM,  2  pin. 
WithHerodiininEr 
Bob.  WalleiB  booku 
which  bookea,  jt  U  asreed,  ihtlbe  printed^bj  Jo. 
Chulwood  for  the  iwd  Tho.  Aduni,  &c. 

[Of  nine  of  IheM  irork*  ts  matt  apeak  teparatal;. 
Hi*  BrM  it  the  old  Afapknfi  Cfafawlar,  orlgliuUr  printed 
hjVf.it  Worde,  ud  to  whkb  dtia  new  lUeDllon  had 
pariiapt  bMD  dcawa  bj  three  editlona  of  Speoaar'a  Pa*- 
Inrab  with  tk«  Mm*  name.  With  Mvard  of  the  othars, 
H  had  been  aaalgned  to  Robert  Walla;  from  hi*  father  in 
the  pncxding  Much.  SefartlDg  to  what  we  aald  on 
p.  4S,  WB  mi;  pan  OTer  the  fonr  next  Itenu,  bat  of 
Sycht^i  Faraetl  it  ii  neceaaaiy  to  remark  that  It  wai  b; 
Baniabe  Rich,  and  that  It  wu  originally  printed  in  1681 
tmdgr  tbe  title  of  FaroMB  to  JfilitarM  FrefttBou,  a  book 
fkum  which  Shakeapeare  took  the  plot  of  bia  7M/U 
JKpU;  and  ta  the  tene  work  compriae*  other  talei 
dramatlaed  b;  poeta  of  that  day,  the  whole  of  tbem  were 
reprinted  by  the  Shakupaare  Soeietjr  in  1846.  The  two 
Mrta  of  Siamida  were  alao  \>j  Blch,  allhouBh  hla  came 
U  not  bare  glTen,  and  although  irt  aea  it  atand  before  bia 
Faitai^  ta  HiHtiity  Praeiict,  which  came  ont  in  1587. 
Above  hcD  parti  of  Sobim  CoiuciBia  are  mentioned ;  lo 
that  tbe  Interlada  thus  called  bad  *  aeqnel,  although 
oiJy  a  fhigment  of  tbe  Bret  part  hu  reached  oai  da;. 
jtrt  o/EngBtSt  poMry  moat  likel;  reUtei  to  Pnttenham'g 
work,  which  had  been  published  in  1589;  bat  it  mav 

ef%r'"        ' 


24  Novembria.  —  Bjch.  Jonea.  Entred  for  hit 
eopie  oniler  the  huidea  of  Thomu  Crowe  and 
Richard  Watkios,  A  iamtntabU  dUeom-ie  of  Uu 
death  of  the  rigbie  HonorabU  Sr.  Ckrittopker 
Hatton,  Knightt,  late  hrdt  cKaneeUor  ofEtig&itd. 
V*- 

[The  nibject  of  this  •■  dlaoonne  "  had  died  on  the  20th 
Sept  preceding.   Wa  know  nothing  of  any  such  perbcm' 


Watkins,  A  Mat/detu  Dreamt  uppon  the  deatA  of 
my  late  Lord  Chaacellor tj*. 


[ThU  p 


a  an  entire  novalty  when  it  waa  pre. 


flguna  "  IS  "  after  the  Frovrrii  of  Solomon 

It  it  waa  in  16mo,  and  not  in  4to,  or  folio. 

waa  itipDlated  that  John  Chulwood 

lonopoly  of  priati        

le  therefore  ia  npon  moat 


MiSldent  aalhoHt}-.  The  Mai-HiHin  tracta  of  this 
period  contain  a  good  deal  of  aniDaing,  beeids*  ahnaing 
Matter:  in  one  of  them,  <■  Tbejoat  Censare  and  Hapniofe 
of  liartin  Jnoior,"  we  meet  with  Ibe  enbaeqaent  wamiog 
to  lb«  young  Earl  of  E>mi:  (afterwards  executed)  fbr 
•llylag  bimaelf  too  macfa  (o  tbe  Parilan  part;:  it  haa 
narer  been  qooted.  —  "And  fa  fallb,  I  thlnke  the;  doe 
m;  Lord  of  Eaaex  grtate  wrong  that  aay  he  faTonra 
luitia;  I  doe  not  ibinke  he  will  bee  to  nnwiee  aa  to 
broar  tboee  who  are  encmiea  to  the  Stale  |  for  if  be  doe, 
bar  Hju^'yi  ^  '^''  tell  him,  will  withdraw  ber  gtieloni 
fkvoor  from  him."  Martin  Mar-8ixt<a  appeand  once 
mora  inI69!,jaat  after  Iba  death  of  Bobert  Greene^  who 
la  mentioned  in  tbe  preliminAr;  matter.  It  ooniiata  of 
three  4b)  eheata.] 

Mr.  Cawood.  Entred  for  hit  copie,  &c.  a  booke 
entituled  Mafy  MageL^^t  ftaurali  teart     .    *j'. 

[A  cop;  of  thla  piece  is  now  befbre  tu,  "London: 
Printed  by  A.  1.  Q.  C  16»4,"  poaribl;  ■  mistake  for 
leai,eTa.  Tbedadicat]onto-lflatrt«a«D.A."i*nned 
"  S.  W."  aa  well  M  tbe  addn«  to  th«  reader.  A  prodne- 
Mao  irJIli  tbeumt  Ulle  b  attribated  to  BobMt  8«ath- 


rar  beard  of  each   «    ,        , 
having    published   two   volamea  of   "  Robert    Greene') 

.  Works"  without  knowledge  of  its  existence.  He  li 
not  to  be  blamed,  because  lie  was  odI;  in  the  condition 
of  other  bibliograpben,  excepting  the  diacoverer  of  tbe 
tract.    It  has  for  title   7^   Maida't  Drtamn  vpm  At 

I  DtalK  of  tit  Siglii  HonoratU   Sir   OiriHopba-  HaUan, 

,  Knigkt,  lata  Lord  Ouncclor  af  EnjAmd.  By  Robert 
Green,  Uaiter  of  Arta.  Imprinted  at  London  b;  Thomaa 
Scarlet  for  Thomas  Nelson,  1&9I,  4to.  It  conaiat*  of  ool; 
lenjeavesi  all  in  verse,  excepting  the  dedication  to  t^y 

'  Eitlon,  wife  of  Sir  William  Hitlon,  who,  when  aabee- 

aaenti;  a  widow,  was  miriied  to  Sir  Edw.  Coke.  In  the 
edlcatioa  Greene  refers  to  soch  publications  on  the  same 

I  theme  ai  that  aotked  ia  tbe  previous  eatr}';  ha  says, 
"While  I  thus  debated  with  m;  aelfe,  I  might  see  (to 
tbe  greatdisgracaof  the  Pasts  of  our  lime)  soma  mycaoj- 
call  wits  blovi  up  mountunes,  and  bring  forth  mlse,  who 
with  tbeit  follies  did  rsther  dispsnge  bis  hoDon  than 

j  decj-pher  hii  vcilaee."  In  consequence  he  took  up  hie 
pen,  and  wrote  7At  ^aidtn'i  Drtam,  and  calls  himself 
Lady  W.  Hittoa's  "  poor  coantrrmBa,"  both  being  fhim 
Norfolk :  sbe  had  married  Qrat  Sir  a  Battao'a  nephew, 

'  who  had  iaberiled  bis  ancle's  debts  aa  well  as  bia  propait;, 
and  Queen  Elizabeth  claimed  from  him  many  tbounnd 
pounds,  which  Sir  Chriatophei  hsd  boTTOwed  from  (ht 
Lord  Treasurer.      TAc  Maidm'i  Drtam  waa   obvionaly 

B rioted  in  baste,  and  it  containa  man;  einira,  but  is  all  in 
omaa  t^-pe.  It  consists  of  the  "Complaints"  of  Jngtiesi 
Pmdcnce,  Fortitad^  Temperaace,  Bountle,  HMpilallt;, 
and  Religion  for  tbe  loss  of  tbe  Lord  Chancdlor.  Re* 
apecting  Sir  C.  Hatton'i  taoapiCality  there  is  a  remarkatda 
passage  in  B.  Rich's  FaremrS  lo  Mililay  Profluhn,  where 
he  is  speaking  of  Holdeabv.  Tbe  dedication  la  nearly  all 
in  praise  of  dudng,  in  whlcb  art  Hatton,  as  ws  know, 
was  a  great  prtctlaer  and  proSdenL] 

13  Dec— Edward  White:  Tho.  Nelson.  En- 
tred for  their  copie,  Itc  The  aria  of  Coim^ 
Satehinge *j*, 

Wm.  Wright.  Entred  for  hia  copie,  to  be  printed 
klwtyesfbrhim  bj  John  Wolf,  The  tteond parte  of 
Comuie  Katehiiaa t!*. 


»J  ■ 


Coioj/e  Kateh  inga 

[Tbe  first  of  thMS  registraliona  matt  relate  to  K. 
Greene's  f/alabli  DiKovrry  of  Oxmage,  which  came  out 
with  the  date  of  ISBl.  It  was  followed.  With  the  dale  of 
IGK,  b;  Tin  ttcond  and  but  pari  of  Qmty-eatdung, 
which  was  priuted  by  J^n  WoMe  for  William  Wrigtab 
and  evidflntl;  Is  tha  tract  to  which  tbe  second  anti; 
itOn.    Tb«i«  wai,  bovercr,  in  lb*  same  j'ear,  The  lUrd 


»<  S.  L  Sen.  2S,  "BS. 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


143 


amd  itut  part  of  Conny-eatchma :  with  the  new  devised 
Ktumieh  Arte  tf  Fook-laking,  which  the  Rev.  Mr.  Dyce 
inserts  in  his  list,  but  he  coald  hardly  hare  seen  a  copy 
of  it,  because  he  introduces  words  which  are  not  found 
In  the  title-page,  changes  others,  and  gives  at  least  half 
a  dozen  minor  rariations.  It  is  not  at  all  impossible  that 
by  mistake  he  followed  some  edition,  which  was  not  the 
original.] 

xvj*  die  Decembris.  —  Thomas  Gosson.  Entred 

unto  him  for  his  copie,  &c.  The  Seconde  parte  of 

the  Oigge  betweene  Jutland  and  the  Sexton^  so  it 

apperteyne  not  to  anie  other ▼j'*. 

["  Jigs  "  were  usually  performed  at  our  early  Theatres 
by  way  of  "  merriment,*'  ftnd  for  the  sake  of  dismissing 
spectators  cheerfully  after  some  tragical  representation. 
We  have  notices  in  the  Stationers'.Registers  of  several  by 
Tarlton,  Kempe,  Phillips,  Singer,  and  others ;  and  one  by 
Tarlton  has  survived  in  MS.,  but  no  others  are  known. 
This  between  Rowland  and  the  Sexton  may  remind  us 
of  the  commencement  of  the  Grave-digger  scene  in  Sam" 
let:  possibly  Shakespeare  took  a  hint  from  it.] 

28  Decembr.  —  Thorns  Grosson.  Entred  for  his 

copie,  &c.  The  Thirde  and  last  Parte  of  Kempe's 

Jigge^  60  yt  apperteyne  not  to  anie  others    .    vj**. 

^The  terminating  words  of  the  two  last  registrations 
may  shew  the  contention  among  publishers  of  that  day 
to  obtain  the  right  of  printing  popular  productions.  This 
entry  is  of  the  third  part  of  ** kempe's  Jig"  whatever  it 
may  have  been  entitled ;  so  that  two  other  parts,  not  en- 
tered at  Stationers'  Hall,  had  preceded  it,  and  had  secured 
the  public  favour.  Kempe  was  an  actor  in  Shakspeare's 
plays  until  the  beginning  of  the  next  century.  He 
was  Peter  in  Romeo  and  Juliet,  Dogberry  in  Muclt  Ado 
about  Nothing^  and  perhaps  the  original  Grave-digger  in 
Hamlet,    This  point  is,  however,  doubtful.] 

xxx°  Decembris.  —  Roberte  Dexter.  Entred 
for  his  copie,  &c.  A  booke  entituled  Propria  que 
maribus,  construed,  and  also  as  in  presenti*  Pro- 
vided alwaies  that  if  anie  of  the  copartners  in  the 
Grammer,  perteyninge  to  the  priviledge  of  Mr. 
Francis  Flower,  shall  finde  him  selfe  grieved  with 
this  booke,  then  this  entrance  to  be  voide,  and  the 
said  Roberte  Dexter  to  cease  to  printe  the  saide 
booke  or  anie  parte  thereof vj'. 

[Four  years  before  the  date  at  which  we  have  now 
arrived,  Francis  Flower  was  a  member  of  Gray's  Inn, 
and  had  assisted  Bacon,  Hughes,  and  others  in  the  pro- 
duction, before  the  queen  at  Greenwich,  of  the  tragedy  of 
The  Mut/ortuneM  of  Arthur.  We  have  already  met  with 
Flower's  name  in  connexion  with  the  licensing  of  books 
for  the  press,  but  what  was  his  particular  office,  and  what 
the  **  privilege  "  he  at  this  time  enjoyed,  we  are  without 
information.  The  publication  of  school-books,  like  those 
incloded  in  the  preceding  registration,  was,  and  is,  usually 
very  profitable.] 

J.  Fatnb  Collieb. 


LETTERS  OP  ARCHBISHOP  LEIGHTON. 
(ConHnued  from  S"*  S.  i.  125). 

X. 

Edin.Nov.9[1669?]. 
May  it  please  yo'  Grace, 
It  were,  I  know,  an  unpleasant  thing,  and  now 
Msme  pertinent  for  mee  to  saj  any  more  of  y* 


straggles  and  tossings  of  my  thoughts  concerning 
my  engaging  in  this  station,  both  before  my  sub- 
mission to  it  and  even  since ;  only  what  I  sayd 
once,  and  again  to  bespeak  y  liberty  and  right 
construction  of  my  retiring  in  case  of  necessity, 
though  yo'  Grace  thought  not  fit  to  take  any 
notice  of  it  at  present ;  yet  I  must  humbly  beg 
it  may  not  be  wholly  forgott,  and  I  will  mention 
it  no  more  till  I  find  myself  forced  to  make  reall 
use  of  it.  For  them  y^  are  in  eminent  employ- 
ments, and  are  no  less  eminently  qualified  for 
them,  God  forbid  they  should  think  of  withdraw- 
ing ;  but  as  for  us  of  this  order,  in  this  kingdom, 
I  believe  *twere  little  damage  either  to  church  or 
state,  possibly  some  advantage  to  both,  if  wee 
should  all  retire ;  but  that,  whatsoever  the  event 
of  it  will  prove,  is  a  thing  neither  to  be  feared 
nor  hoped.  For  myself,  how  great  soever  be  my 
longings  afler  a  retreat,  they  ought  not  to  hinder 
my  most  humble  acknowledgements  of  his  Ma^^" 
undeserved  favor  (though  it  still  detains  me  from 
that  w*^  of  all  things  m  this  world  I  doe  most 

rssionately  desire)  ;  and  next  to  his  Ma^^"'  favor, 
cannot  but  be  sensible  of  my  singular  oblige- 
ment  to  your  Grace  for  so  much  unwearied  kind- 
ness and  patience  in  this  affair:  for  how  much 
reason  soever  I  may  seem  to  myself  to  have  for 
my  reluctancy,  yet  I  think  yo"^  Grace  had  much 
more  reason  long  *ere  this  to  have  despised  and 
neglected  it,  as  y*  peevish  humor  of  a  melancholy 
monk ;  but  whatsoever  I  am  or  shall  be,  while  I 
live,  yea,  though  I  turnd  hermite,  I  am  sure  not 
to  put  ofi'  the  indelible  character  of 

My  Lord,  Yo'  Grace's  most  humble  Servant, 

R.  Leiohton. 

My  Lord, — The  Commissariate  of  Laurock 
becoming  vacant,  I  was  forced  to  dispatch,  and 
thought  of  one  for  it  on  purpose  to  avoid  the  crowds 
of  severall  recommendations,  and  the  vexatious  im- 
portunities with  which  they  were  prest.  The  per- 
son I  have  chosen  is  one  John  Graham,  Commis- 
sary Clerk  of  Dunblain,  and  have  putt  another  in 
his  place,  being  under  some  kind  of  promise  to 
them  —  both  to  doe  them  a  kindness,  if  any  op- 
portunity should  offer,  and  I  have  done  it  freely 
to  them  both ;  whereas,  for  the  Commissariate, 
though  one  of  the  meanest,  more  was  offered 
mee  by  some  of  the  competitors,  than  I  think  one 
much  better  were  worth,  if  sett  to  sale  in  y* 
market  pkce.  And  I  think  it  a  shameful  abuse 
that  churchmen  should  so  commonly  doe  by  these 
places,  disposing  the  ....  man  more  .  .  .  .  , 
and  I  heartily  wish  they  were  discharged.  But 
that  which  pains  me  now  most  in  this  jmt- 
ticular  is,  that  I  understand  by  the  Earl  of  Kin- 
cardine, that  YO'  Grace  had  aimed  to  recommend 
one  to  the  place ;  which,  could  I  have  had  the 
least  foresight  of,  there  is  no  doubt  it  would  have 
been  reserved  for  him.    B^^  1  W^  ^^  ^x*f» 


144 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


[9H  8.  L  Fkb.  2Stf  ^St. 


win  pardon  mj  bastening  to  ^spose  of  it,  for  the 
true  reason  I  hare  given  account  of.  The  person 
I  fixt  on  is  both  of  approy*d  honesty  and  abilitj, 
and  will  reside  npon  it  and  attend  it  constantly ; 
and  is  indeed  worthy  of  a  better  place,  if  any 
anch  were  in  my  dispose.  And  yet  after  all  this, 
rather  than  your  Grace  shoald  take  it  ill,  either 
that  I  was  so  sudden,  or  that  y*  person  yo'  Grace 
intended  for  it  should  bee  disappointed,  I  would 
doe  my  utmost,  and  I  hope  might  prevayl  with 
my  friend  to  surrender  back  his  gift.  But  if  yo' 
Grace  incline  not  to  putt  him  or  mee  to  y*  retro- 
grade,  I  would  engage  myself  for  that  gentleman 
ror  whom  yo'  Grace  designed  this  place,  that  y* 
first  and  best  of  that  kind  within  the  diocese,  if  it 
should  hUl  vacant  in  my  time  should  be  no  other- 
wise disposed  of.  I  again  beg  your  Grace*s  par- 
don, and  that  I  may  know  your  mind  in  this,  and 
to  my  utmost  power  it  shall  bee  obeyed.  I  hope 
this  long  postscript  will  be  pardoned,  for  some- 
times the  circumstances  of  these  little  affairs 
require  more  words  than  matters  of  greater  im- 
portance. 

XI. 

EdgS  Jan.  16. 
May  it  please  yo'  Grace, 
Whether  it  bee  y"  fatall  unhappinesse  of  this 
order  in  this  corner  of  y*  world,  or  our  unskilful- 
nes  in  managing  it,  or  somewhat  of  both,  I  cannot 
tell ;  but  it  is  evident  to  all  y"  world  y^  it  hath 
not  produced  since  it*s  restitution  those  good 
effects  y*  were  wish*t  and  expected  from  it,  and  is 
now  in  lesse  appearance  to  doe  so  then  before, 
and  likely  rather  to  occasion  more  trouble  than 
yet  it  has  done ;  unles  it  please  God  to  avert  it, 
and  to  suggest  such  counsels  to  those  in  power  as 
may  prove  effectual  to  prevent  it.    I  am  far  from 

S'esuming  to  offer  advice  in  so  dismall  a  buissnes. 
at  though  my  own  private  concernment  in  it 
will  soon  expire^  if  anything  occurred  to  my 
thoughts  that  I  did  but  imagine  might  bee  of  any 
use,  1  would  not  affect  y"  modesty  of  concealing 
it.  What  I  sayd  in  my  last,  I  see  as  yet  no  rea- 
son to  retract,  whatever  other  ways  of  quieting  or 
curbing  that  froward  party  may  bee  us*^  it 
seems  not  wholly  useles  to  put  them  once  more 
to  *t,  to  give  account  of  y"  reasons  of  their  opinions 
and  practices,  and  why  they  have  now  run  to  so 
entire  a  separation,  and  to  such  wild  and  insolent 
attempts ;  and  certainly  while  those  coercions  and 
civill  restraints  that  for  a  time  were  intermitted 
are  now  found  needfull  to  be  renew*d  upon  them, 
if  churchmen  shall  doe  nothing  in  their  own  pro- 
per way.  I  see  not  how  they  can  bee  thought 
worthy  that  so  much  should  bee  done  for  them, 
and  such  pains  taken  in  their  behalf,  while  they 
doe  not  so  muoh  as  offer  to  speak  for  themselves 
and  y*  Church,  and  by  y*  clear  evidence  of  reason 
dither  to  reduce  their  opposers  to  imion,  or  to 
•tripp  them  in  the  view  of  y*  world  of  all  fur- 


ther excuse;  but  unles  this  take  with  others,  I 
shall  presse  it  no  farther,  for  there  is  none  of  ug 
has  lesse  pleasure  in  disputes  and  contests  about 
these  pitifull  questions,  then.  May  it  pleaae  y 
Grace. 

Yo'  Grace's 

Most  humble  Servant, 

B.  LnoHTov. 
I  have  BOW   reoflived   y 
praMntation  for  Jedbarghy 
for  yt^   I  most   hombly 
thank  jo'  Grace. 

That  w^  hath  made  y*  wound  of  our  Schism 
almost  incurable,  was  y*  unhappy  act  of  Glasoo 
turning  out  so  many  ministers  at  once ;  and 
though  a  good  number  of  them  are  perfectly  ai- 
lenc'd  by  death,  and  not  a  few  permitted  to  pi^ach 
and  provided  to  parishes  by  indulgence,  yet  there 
remains  a  considerable  part  of  them  that  were  not 
willing  of  themselves  to  goe  and  bee  confined 
within  the  parishes  to  w**  they  were  assigned 
double,  and  these  are  mainly  they  y^  now  disquiet 
y'  country.  And  I  see  no  help,  unles  some  way 
can  bee  found  out  how  these  may  bee  quieted  and 
bound  to  y*  good  behaviour,  witnout  bmding  upp 
their  mouths  from  preaching  and  from  eating,  and 
so  neither  stifle  them  nor  starve  them.  Kor  is  it 
probable  that  this  can  quickly  and  fully  bee  done 
Dv  giving  them  liberty  to  bee  presented  to  vacant 
churches;  there  being  not  at  present  so  many 
vacancies,  nor  likely  on  a  sudden  to  bee  so  manv 
within  y**  kingdom,  as  will  suffice  to  place  y*  hau 
of  them  single.  And  if  they,  and  their  zealous 
followers,  wUl  bee  so  drunk  with  opinion  of  them- 
selves as  to  think  so,  I  cannot  tell ;  but  sure  none 
beside  themselves  will  think  it  reasonable  to  turn 
out  any  of  y*  regular  ministers  on  purpose  to 
make  room  for  them :  so  y^  it  would  seem  some 
other  way  must  of  necessity  be  thought  of. 

For  my  Lord  Dake  of  Laaderdalo^ 
Ilis  Grace. 

C.  F.  SiCBBTAir. 

CTobe  concluded  in  our  next) 


JAMES  ANDERSON. 

The  following  letters  are  from  a  cousin  of  the 
same  name  to  James  Anderson,  the  antiquary. 
They  may  be  useful  as  throwing  light  on  the 
family  history,  besides  being  interesting  firom  the 
gossip  they  contain  :  — 

James  Arndtrton,  London^  to  his  Cousin  James  Anderson^ 
Esq.,  Post-Master-GeneraL 

[No  date.] 

*•  I  never  yet  got  your  Catalogae  priced  from  Mr. 
Brown,  bat  promu'd  it  every  week ;  and  when  I  bavo  it^ 
1  shall  remitt  it  to  yoa,  that  yoa  may  cbuse  your  five 
pounds  worth  of  Itooks  and  what  more  you  please. 

**  Madam  de  Garden  *  ha«  never  been  near  ma  ainee 

^  The  antiquary's  daughter,  married  to  a  foreigner. 


•Mt  &  I.  fte.  22, '<S.3 


NOTES  Am>  QUEBIES. 


Uff 


aha  came  from  Scotland.  I  believe  she  thinks  I  have 
Jheard  of  her  nonaenae  when  she  was  at  Edinburgh,  and 
•he  knows  I  was  afrainst  her  groinfp  thither.  Pray  give 
mj  serrice  to  Mr.  Hart,  and  tell  him  ha  might  write  to 
na  now  as  freely  as  ever,  for  that  I  am  as  mach  his 
liamble  servant. 

**  All  oar  news  at  present  is  about  the  rising  and  fal- 
ling of  stocks;  the  llembers  of  Parliament  and  all  the 
quality  and  gentry,  a  few  excepted,  having  bongbt  large 
parcels.  However,  I  hope  the  national  debts  will  be 
•ooner  discharged  than  was  at  first  feared ;  and  not  with- 
out hope  that  the  several  Companies  that  have  anbaeribed 
fyr  a  Royal  FiBbery  may  be  consolidated  into  one  Urge 
Comj^any,  which  may  prove  the  most  beneficial  that  ever 
was  in  England,  to  toe  coast  of  Scotland  in  doe  time. 
Tis  not  certain  yet  whether  the  King  will  go  to  Han- 
nover after  [his]  birth- day,  tho'  I  wish  and  hope  he  may 
May  in  England.  I  don't  find  any  of  the  Duke  of  Ar- 
gfmB  friends  yet  preferr'd,  because  people  say  the  Earl 
af  S(Qnderla)nd  is  glued  to  the  squad,  or  they  to  him ; 
and  he  being  viceroy,  as  it  were,  doth  what  he  pleasies : 
bat  a  short  time,  jou  know,  discovers  great  changes  in 
Courts.  There  are  proposals  for  printing  some  additional 
▼olwBMa  ot  Dugdale's  MonaUiam  An^fieanum,  and  also 
ftr  Attalia  lUuslrata,  and  for  a  new  general  Atlas;  but 
Uieae  things  you  know  better  than  L  Pray  write  at  the 
firat  conveniency  by  post,  and  as  soon  as  yon  can  to 

**  Your  most  affectionate, 
Jam.  AifDSBsov. 
•«  It*s  certain  the  D[Qk>  of 

Wh[arto]n  Is  gone  over 

to  the  P[retender]'sside 

upon  some   disgust  he 

met  with  at  Court. 

^  James  Anderson,  Esq., 
Writer  to  the  Signet, 
at  Edinburgh." 


« 


Sir, 


London,  18,  Febmey,  171|. 


**  Pray  pay  to  Mrs.  Anderson,  ray  mother,  now  at 
Edinburgh,  five  pounds  aterling  upon  eight  days'  sight 
of  this  my  Bill  of  Exchange,  and  plaoe  ^e  same  to  my 
account,  whereby  yon  will  oblige, 

**  Tour  most  humble  servant. 
Jam.  AifDEBSON." 

At  the  foot  IS  written,  in  ft  large  tremulous 
band: 

"  Beeeived,  the  contents  of  the  above  written  bill  be 
na  Jean  Campbsuu" 

Addressed: 

<*  Mr.  Anderson,  at  Mr.  How's,  Glover,  near  the  Gross 
af  Edinburgh." 

On  the  back  there  is  this  notandum : 

*  26  Nov.  1714^  I  lent  Mrs.  Anderson  £20  sterling, 
wUch  was  not  deducted  from  the  bill,  but  is  still  owing." 

Smbsequently,  18tb  January,  1717,  James  An- 
derson wrote  to  his  cousin  with,  as  he  says,  con- 
aiderable  "  smartness  **  touching  repayment  of  a 
loan  be  had  made  him.  On  the  bacK  of  this  dun- 
ning epistle,  there  are  written  some  interesting 
particulars  relative  to  the  Royal  disputes  at  the 
time:  — 

**  All  the  news  at  present  is  the  hope  of  a  reconcilia- 
tion at  Court,  grounded  on  the  Prince's  answer  to  the 
Kior's  message  on  Sunday  last  The  message  was,  that 
€ha  King  demanded  £40,000  out  of  the  Prince  s  revenue  of 


£100,000  per  annum,  for  erecting  a  Family  to  the  Prince's 
children.  The  answer  was  to  this  eflfect,  vis.  that  he 
would  readily  yield  to  that,  or  any  other  thing  within 
hia  power  that  his  Majesty  ahould  demand ;  but  IuhmA 
his  Majesty  would  believe  that  the  Princess,  who  had 
never  offended  him,  waa  very  capable  of  educating  her 
own  children  in  a  way  worthy  of  hia  grandchildren. 
That  nothing  grieved  him  but  being  under  his  Majest3r*8 
displeasure ;  that  what  he  said  to  the  Duke  of  Newcastle 
was  indeed  the  effect  of  an  onguarded  passion,  which  he 
was  sorry  for,  and  he  promised  never  to  resent  any  thing 
to  the  detriment  of  that  Lord  in  anv  time  coming.  This 
answer,  and  the  Prince's  friends  in  both  houses  being 
ready  and  prepared  to  receive  the  attack,  induced  the 
ministry  not  to  make  any  motion  against  the  P[rince] 
on  Munday  last,  as  was  talked  of  last  week ;  and  peop^ 
apprehend  thia  as  a  ground  of  hoping  mattera  may  be 
compromised  quickly.  But  I  can  not  say  so  positively. 
The  Prince  goes  every  day  to  the  House  of  Lords ;  and 
is  attended  with  the  good  wishes  of  the  people,  as  if  glad 
to  see  him,  and  sorry  for  his  misfortune.  Pray  tell  Mr. 
Hart  this,  and  that  I  shall  shortly  wriU  to  him.  Colonel 
Ereskin  is  not  yet  coma." 

J.M. 


TREACLE. 


This  word  is  universally  acknowledged  to  come 
from  Sripiaic6s^qf,  or  belonging  io^  a  wild-beast  (Bv/p). 
The  Lat.  form,  theriaca^  is  derived  either  from  the 
fern,  of  this,  Briptaxii^  or  else  (though  much  less  pro- 
bably, as  the  noun  in  Lat.  is  sing.),  from  the  neut. 
plur.  dfifHcucdf  inasmuch  as  we  find  ^puutk  ^tdp/uuea, 
drugs  (antidotes)  against  the  bites  of  wild  beasts 
(see  Liddell  and  Scott).  As,  however,  theriaca^ 
and  still  more,  its  Fr.  derivative  theriaque^  offers 
at  first  sight  no  very  striking  resemblance  to 
treacle^  it  may  not  be  uninteresting  to  trace  the 
steps  by  which  the  former  has  become  converted 
into  the  latter.  These  steps  seem  to  me  to  have 
been  the  following.  Theriaca^  teriaca,  triaca^  dimin. 
triacula^  triada^  triacU^  treacle.  Now,  curiously 
enough,  all  these  steps  with  the  exception  of  one« 
triacula*,  still  survive,  either  in  languages  still 
spoken,  or  in  books.  Thus,  we  find  theridca  (Port, 
(also  theridgd)yFTOY.)yteridca  (Prov.,  Ital., Span.), 
tridca  (Prov.,  Ital.,  Span.,  Port,  tridga),  triacha 
(Mid.  Lat.),  triaculum  (Mid.  Lat — Migne),  triacla 
(Prov.),  iriacle  (Old  Fr.,  Old  Eng.  f— HalliweU), 
"—treacle. 

Now  Me.  Walcott  (!•*  S.  xii.  283),  says  that 
the  theriaca  (th^riaque  de  Venise)  was  a  confec- 
tion of  viper*s  flesh  {,  but  it  would  seem  generally 
to  have  had  a  much  more  complex  composition, 

*  lyiaeuium^  however,  does  occur.  See  imfra.  I  may 
say  here  that  I  traced  out  and  wrote  down  all  these  steps 
btfore  I  consulted  the  dictionaries. 

t  Used  in  the  same  aense  as  theriaca. 

X  Liddell  and  Scott  give  as  the  second  meaning  of 
^nfMMot,  made  from  wild  btoits,  whilst  Pape  in  his  Gr. 
Lex.,  after  defining  it,  **  von  wilden,  bes.  giftigeii  Thieran 
gemacht "  adds,  **  n  ^uuc^  (sc  ^vtC&ot^s)  Annei  gc^an 
den  Bits  giftiger  Thiere;  Ubh.  eine  Arznei  gegen  Gift, 
aus  vielen  Stoffim,  aoch  ana  Yipemfleiach  zusammen- 
gesezt" 


146 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


[8^  a  L  Fbb.  2S,  *62. 


and  M  stated  to  hare  been  an  electnarj  (confec- 
tion) compoeed  of  about  sevttUy  different  ingre- 
dients.*  What  these  ingredients  were  or  are  (for 
it  seems  still  to  be  made  up  in  different  parts  of 
Europe)  I  cannot  discover,  and  I  have  not  a  Gralen 
by  me,  but  at  anj  rate  it  contains  a  certain  quan- 
tity of  opiumy  for  the  sake  of  which,  in  France  at 
least,  it  seems  chiefly  to>  be  retained  in  use.  Bou- 
chardat  in  his  Formulaire  Magutral  (Paris,  1856) 
says  (p.  79)  concerning  it,  *'  Cet  ^lectuaire,  chaos 
informe,  od  toutes  les  drogues  jadis  employees 
Bont  yenues  se  confondre,  est  encore  tr^  utile- 
ment  employe;  11  reunit  les  propri^t^s  les  plus 
contraires ;  on  y  remarque  des  medicaments  sti- 
mulants, toniques,  astringents,  antispasmodiques 
et,  par-dessus  tout,  Topium.  4  gram,  de  thdriaaue 
renferment  h  peu  pr^  5  centig.  d'opium  brut  t 
(about  ^th  part  or  1*25%). 

This  electuary  (or  confection)  seems  originally 
to  have  been  used  against  the  bite  of  wild  beasts, 
but  afterwards  to  have  served  as  an  antidote  to 
any  poison.  The  idea  is  said  to  have  originated 
with  Mithridates  {,  though  his  antidote  did  not 
contain  more  than  three  or  four  ingredients. 

But  how  did  our  word,  treacle^  come  to  be  exclu" 
sitely  used  in  so  very  different  a  sense,  for  the 
purpose,  namely,  of  designating  merely  the  '*  vis- 
cid, dark-brown,  uncrystallizable  syrup  ^which 
drains  from  refined  §  sugar  in  the  sugar  moulds  *' 
(Pereira)  P  I  cannot  say,  unless  it  be  that  treacle 
Tery  frequently  enters  into  the  composition  of 
electuaries  (or  confections)^  and  that  so  a  name 
which  was  originally  applied  to  a  certain  electuary 
only,  ultimately,  but  in  England  J  alone,  came  to 

*  In  the  Cooversations-Lexikon  (Leipzig,  1855)  I  find 
the  following:  **Theriak,  ein  berUhmtea  Gegengift  in 
Form  einerLatwerge  [electnaryl.worde  von  Andromachna 
ana  Kreta,  dem  Leibarzte  des  Kaiaere  Nero^  zuaammen- 
gesetst,  und  in  einem  Qedichte  beechrieben,  welches  ans 
dorch  Galen  in  seiner  Scbrift  *  De  Antidotia '  auf  behalten 
worden  iat  Dieter  Theriak  ist  eine  ZoaammenaeUnng 
von  faat  70  Arsneimitteln,  deren  einige  ganz  nnwirksam, 
andere  aich  nntereinander  ganz  entgegengeaetztj  aind. 
Docb  hat  er  aich  bia  in  die  nenere  Zeit  in  Anaehen  erbal- 
ten,  und  ea  ist  noch  nicht  lange  her,  daaz  ihn  die  Apotheker 
in  Venedig,  Holland,  Frankreich  nnd  an  andem  Orten, 
mil  gewisaen  Feierlichkeiten  ira  Beiseyn  der  Magiatrata- 
personen  zosamroensetzen  mnazten." 

t  See  also  Trooaseaa,  Traits  de  Tb^rapeat  (Paris, 
1858),  vol.  ii.  p.  48. 

X  Hence  theriaea  was  sometimes  called  Mithridatium, 
from  which  no  doubt,  by  the  suppreaaion  of  the  first  ayll., 
the  Fr.  thridaet  (extract  of  lettuce  ^^ocfticartaim)  ia  de- 
rived, which  contains  a  principle  slightly  akin  to  opium 
Clattnce-opinm). 

§  Molanea  (or  mdastes)  ia  (says  Pereira)  *<  the  drain- 
inga  from  raw  or  Muscovado  sugar.** 

n  On  the  continent,  aa  far  as  I  know,  the  derivatives 
from  theriaea  are  'never  used  to  designate  what  we  call 
Avae/e,  for  which  the  eqnivalenta  of  moiaeeeM  (Fr.  m^ZoMe, 
Ital.  meUuiOf  Span,  mehte^  &c),  are  used  by  some 
nationa,  whilat  othera,  aa  the  Germane,  Dutch,  Danes,  and 
Swedes,  term  it  augar'tynqt,  or  ta^or  drege  {saeehariftx, 
in  medical  Lat). 


designate  a  substance,  which,  as  often  forming  the 
great  bulk  of  electuaries,  would  naturally  oflea 
resemble  them  both  in  appearance  and  consistence. 

F.  Chabci. 


JOHN  MILTON. 

In  a  return  of  householders  within  the  several 
parishes  of  London,  made  in  or  about  May,  1(>38, 
pursuant  to  a  warrant  from  the  king  and  council, 
the  name  of  John  Milton  occurs,  thus  entered 
under  the  heading  of  "  Port  Lane,  St.  Dunstan*8 
East.*'  The  names  as  they  occur  in  order  (no 
doubt  of  the  houses  occupied)  stand  thus:  '\\Vidoir 
Hartoc,  Mathew  Taylor,  Thomas  Lynnis,  John 
Lane,  Mr.  Hutchins  for  the  Alley,  John  Watts, 
Wm.  Chisworth,  Widow  Maycott,  John  Milton,** 
&c.,  &c.  John  Milton*s  yearly  rent  is  set  down 
at  25/.,  and  the  tithes  at  1/.  7s,  6d,  Could  this 
have  been  John  Milton,  the  poet?  Masson,  in 
Life  of  Milton  (p.  601),  savs  :  "« whether  Milton 
did  take  chambers  in  London  for  the  winter  of 
1637-8,  is  not  known.**  But  the  poet  is  said  to 
have  gone  abroad  in  April^]638,  while  about  the 
same  period  his  father  was  at  Horton.  I  leave  it 
for  such  of  your  readers  as  are  curious  in  Mil- 
tonia  to  say  if  there  be  any  ground  for  supposing 
that  the  poet  or  his  father  had  a  residence  here. 
Perhaps  a  few  others  of  my  notes  from  this  MS. 
misht  not  be  without  interest.  Sir  Anth.  Van- 
dyke lived  in  St.  Andrew*s-in-tbe- Wardrobe,  as- 
sessed moderated  rental  20/.  Sir  Corn.  Vermuden 
lived  in  St.  Dion.,  Backchurch,  rental  60/.  Dame 
Francesca  Weld  in  St.  OIave*s  in  Old  Jewry, 
rated  at  80/;  of  this  house  the  rector  in  his  re- 
turn makes  the  following  note :  — 

**  Old  Gumey  kept*s  shrievalty  in  her  house  payd 
lOOU  rent  for  it,  told  mee  it  was  worth  an  100"  a-yere; 
and  that  he  would  have  been  tenant  of  it  for  21  years, 
and  have  paid  an  100^  verelie,  but  could  not  obtain  his 
desire;  yet  this  said  old  Gumey  doea  owe  me  tithes  8 
quarters,  unless  I  will  take  half-a-crowne  for  a  quarter.** 

Li  the  return  for  the  parish  of  St.  John  the 
Evangelist,  Watling  Street,  the  clergyman  has 
added  the  names  of  the  signs  of  the  various  houses, 
viz. :  —  "  The  Black  Boy  ;  The  Fox  and  Goose ; 
The  Lambe ;  Golden  Bell ;  Pied  Bull ;  W^heat- 
sheaf ;  The  greate  Inne  at  the  Bell ;  The  Blue 
Bell ;  Grolden  Lyon ;  Bore*s  Head ;  Harrow ;  Red 
Cross;  Spread  £agle;  The  Sunne;  The  Little 
Bell ;  Bolte  and  Tunne ;  Three  Pigeons ;  Naked 
Boy  ;  Greyhound ;  Swan ;  Half  Moon ;  Seven 
Stars.**  Raymond  Djbulcodbt. 


EEV.  HENRT  PIERS'S  SERMON. 

I  have  had  for  some  time  in  my  possession,  bat 
without  taking  steps  to  make  literary  men  ac- 
quainted with  it,  a  very  curious,  and  I  believe, 
rare  old  sermon,  illustrating  with  singular  force 


8"  S.  L  Teb.  S3, '61] 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


147 


and  interest  the  lax  doctrines  and  lives  of  the 
generality  of  the  clergy  only  120  years  ago.  The 
sermon  is  in  quarto,  and  I  will  here  transcribe  its 
title-page:  — 

"A  Sermon  Preached  (in  Part)  before  the  Right  Wor- 
•hipfal,  the  Dean  of  the  Arches,  and  the  Reverend  the 
Clergy  of  the  Deanery  of  Shoreham ;  Assembled  in  Visi- 
tation at  Seven  Oaks,  in  Kent,  on  Friday,  the  2L8t  Day 
of  May,  1742.*  Addressed  to  them  by  the  Rev.  Henry 
Piers,*  A.M.,  Vicar  of  the  Parish  of  Bexley;  sometime 
Stodent  of  Trinity  College,  Dublin,  Antbor  of  Two  Let- 
ftrs  in  Defence  of  our  Present  Lituray,  The  Fifth  Edi' 
tion.  London :  Printed  and  sold  bv  W.  Lewis  in  Pater- 
noster Row,  near  Cheapside,  1757." 

The  sermon  is  an  admirable  !'one,  but  far  in 
adyance  of  the  times.  After  pointing  out  the 
importance  of  the  character  borne  by  the  minis- 
ters of  Christ,  and  stewards  of  the  masteries  of 
Grod,  he  shows  how  much  faithfulness  is  required 
in.  them ;  he  describes  the  doctrines  they  soould 
teach,  the  tempers  they  should  be  of,  the  lives 
they  should  lead;  and,  lastly,  he  inquires,  "Do 
we  preach  these  doctrines,  and  have  such  tempers, 
and  lead  such  lives  ?  ** 

This  his  audience  would  not  stop  to  hear ;  for, 
as  we  are  informed  in  a  foot-note,  "  It  was  just 
here  that  the  Right  Worshipful  the  Ordinary,  to- 
gether with  the  clergy,  rose  up,  and  left  me  to 
Snish  my  discourse  to  the  laity. 

Those  of  your  readers  who  are  interested  in  the 
history  of  the  clergy  in  our  country,  and  study  its 
bearings  upon  national  character,  will  be  glad  to 
mark  from  this  the  vast  improvement  in  the  gene- 
ral tone  of  our  clergy. 

I  might  give  you  an  analysis  of  the  sermon,  or 
at  least  extract  from  it  certain  information  as  to 
what  doctrines  were  notoriously  neglected,  and 
what  malpractices  most  prevailed  in  the  lives  of 
those  men,  but  this  would  perhaps  extend  my 
communication  to  a  greater  length  than  would  be 
deemed  desirable. 

F.  A.  Malleson ,  M.A. 

Enileld-Claaghton,  Birkenhead. 


^  Gmsnr  Slbeves.**  —  Perhaps  it  may  not  be 
eenerally  known,  that  the  real  name  of  the  beauti- 
ful old  tone,  introduced  into  the  Beggar*s  Opera^ 
with  the  words  of  Tyburn  Tree,  and  called  Ureen 
Sleenei^  is  Slieve  na  OriaUj  the  Mountain  of  the 
Son— an  ancient  Irish  Druidical  piece  of  music. 

L.  M.  M.  B. 

Trade  Fbohibitions,  btc.  —  The  following 
^Presentments*'  are  extracted  from  the  old 
Sessions  books  at  Wells :  — 

"  1602.— '•Item  we  p'sent  — ^  Gorslege  Widowe,  for 
that  she  the  xviij«»  day  of  December,  1601,  dyd  Colowie 
and  dye  Stockynn  contrarie  to  a  Statnte  in  that  case 
made  and  p'vyded. 

*  1744  in  another  place. 


'*  We  p'sent  John  Whrtt,  who  is  a  Strannger  suspected 
to  be  a  Sonthsayer  and  Conjerer  for  money  and  goods. 

24  Sep.  )  The  Jary  "  present  by  the  oath  of  £dward 
8  James  I.  y  Stamboume  and  Anthony  Smyth  that  Bene 
Dnnckerton  of  Wells,  Cordw.  the  last  day  of  December, 
Anno  RR's  Jacobi.  xiiij,  did  buy  butter,  Cheese,  Apples, 
E^s,  and  other  thinges  in  the  Markett  in  Welles  and 
other  places  and  the  same  dyd  pntt  to  sale  againe  in 
Welles  by  which  he  dyd  inhance  the  Markett,  as  raakinge 
the  prize  of  those  things  the  dearer  contrary  to  ^e 
forme  of  the  statnte.** 

LlA. 

Burns  and  Andbbw  Horneb. — I  have  read, 
or  heard  somewhere,  that  Burns  once  met  in  a 
country  tavern  a  local  versifier,  who  expressed  his 
disbelief  in  the  poet*s  power  of  extemporaneous 
composition.  After  some  conversation,  they  agreed 
to  test  their  respective  poetic  talents  in  the  im- 
mediate production  of  a  single  stanza.  Burns, 
making  choice  of  his  antagonist  for  a  subject, 
asked  his  name  and  the  year  of  his  birth.  The 
man  replied  his  name  was  Andrew  Horner,  and 
he  was  born  in  1729.  Burns  at  once  gave  the 
following :  — 

*•  Twas  in  the  year  o'  twenty-nine,  " 
The  deil  gat  stuff  to  mak  a  swine. 

And  threw  it  into  a  corner ; 
But  after  that  he  changed  his  plan. 
And  made  it  something  like  a  man. 

And  ca*d  it  Andrew  Horner.**. 

Can  any  correspondent  of  **  N.  &  Q.**  inform 
me  of  the  circumstances  of  the  above,  or  name 
any  edition  of  the  works  of  Bums  in  which  the 
stanza  appears  ?  Thomas  Cbagqs. 

West  Cramling^on. 

Savonabola*s  inbdited  Manuscripts.  —  In- 
quiry has  been  made,  what  has  been  done  with 
**  the  beautiful  transcript  '*  from  the  margins  and 
interleavings  in  Savonarola's  Bible  in  the  Maglia* 
becchian  library  at  Florence  ? 

After  finding  that  nothing  satisfactory  could  be 
accomplished  m  England  (as  the  original  could 
not  with  facility  be  referred  to),  Mr.  Charles  Jop- 
ling,  who  had  procured  the  transcript,  having 
returned  to  Italy,  sent  for  the  work,  which  he  has 
now  given  up  to  Mr.  Yillari,  the  historian  of  Sa- 
vonarola, who  is  going  to  publish  extracts  from  it. 

JOSBPH  JOPLING 

Sib  Walteb  Ralbigh  and  Yibginia. — Under 
this  heading  appeared,  in  the  early  volumes  of 
**  N.  &  Q.,**  some  very  interesting  articles  on  the 
connection  of  Sir  Walter  Raleigh  with  the  early 
voyages  to  and  colonisation  of  Virginia,  in  which 
the  popular  idea  that  Raleigh  in  person  discovered 
that  colony  was  very  successfully  confuted,  and 
the  fact  just  as  clearly  establishecl,  that  he  did 
not  at  any  period  of  his  life  visit  Virginia ;  but  I 
am  not  aware  that  any  of  jour  correspondents 
noticed  at  the  time  that  this  wide-spread  error 
in  regard  to  Raleigh,  in  all  probability  originated 
wiUi  Theodore  de  Bry. 


148 


NOTES  AND  QTJEKIE& 


ZP'S.IJm.n^tt. 


In  TbomM  Herior»  narrative  in  RsklDTt  ia 
tfce  BenUnc^  "the  aetioM  of  thote  who  hare  Wn 
by  Sir  Walter  Raleigh  therein  employed."  Now 
Se  Brj,  in  his  Latin  edition  of  Voyagei,  6  Toll, 
folio,  firet  published  in  l&ij,  translates  thii  paa- 
aagD,  "Qui  generosaoi  D.  Walterum  Raleigh  in 
earn  re|iianem  eontilali  ntnf."  D.  U.  Stbtbhs. 

OBildfoid. 

Was  HbNStT.  KICHTLTaUBNllfaDBaADCLEKC? 

—In  Cott.  MSS.  Vesp.  F.  III.,  will  be  found  Ihe 
iignature  of  the  learned  Henrf  I.,  which,  nn- 
fortunately  for  bis  reputation  for  learning,  con- 
aiatB  of  a  mark,  with  "  S.  Henrici  Regis  "  around 
it,  in  the  bend  of  the  tame  scribe  who  penned 
^e  doenment  thus  ligned.  The  illiterate  William 
Bufus  wrote  his  name,  and  l^bly  too :  the  Itamed 
Beanclerc  signs  with  a  croaa.  His  signatjre  has 
not  even  the  rugged  f^andaur  of  Montmorencj, 
who,  being  requested  to  sign,  and  too  roach  of  a 
nobleman  to  be  able  to  write,  signed  hj  slashing 
a  cross  on  the  parclunent  willi  the  soldier's  pen  — 
liis  sword.  HanMBHiinDn. 


AitomiioiiB  Flats.  —  Can  anj  ofyaar  Devon- 
alure  correspondents  give  anj  inforoiBtion  regard- 
ing the  aatborship  of  the  two  folio  wingplays  t 

1.  Ivor,  a  Traeedj,  Svo,  1785.  Printed  at 
Exeter.  2.  The  Beeeplion,  »  Plaj  in  3  Acts. 
Printed  at  Fljrmoulfa,  1799.  Bj  k  Chaplain  in 
the  Navj.  Zbta. 

Lou  BacoK. — The  name  of  the  lenlptor  of  the 
■tatne  of  Lord  Chancellor  Baoon,  over  hia  grave 
m  the  cbancet  of  the  churoh  of  St.  Michael  in  Bt. 
Alban's,  Herla.  Pkckb  CvtmiaoHAM, 

BnixBH  Qdbbtbs.  —  1.  Can  anv  of  jonr  readers 
inform  me  of  the  ancestry  of  Jefferjr  BuUen,  who 
married  Ann  Dixon  at  tbe  parish  church  of  St. 
Clement's,  Cambridge,  in  1S84 1  There  is  good 
reason  for  supposing  him  related  to  the  Bullens 
of  Stickford  — proof  is  required. 

2.  Dr.  W.  Stukele;  cinimed  descent  (through 
his  maternal  grandfather,  Robert  Bullen,)  from 
William  Bullen,  M.D.,  of  Elv.  Now  this  William 
Bullen  had  two  brothers,  Bichtrd  and  Robert ; 
but  oolj  one  child — a  daughter.  Can  anyone  in- 
form me  of  the  names  of  the  aona  and  grandsons 
of  Richard  and  Robert  Ballen.  Can  anyone  give 
ne  monumental,  or  other  evidence,  of  a  family  of 
Bnllen  bearing  the  following  armsi  Or  freity  ta. 
on  a  chief  of  the  3nd,  3  plates.  Crut.  Two 
branches  of  thorn  disposed  in  orle  ppr.  f 

M.  N.  B. 
CoiTDManiDsABBATaiKSE  MtLTOM. — Hatch- 
ings, in  hia  BUlory  of  Doriet  (iv.  215),  mentions 
this  CoBtomary  aa  having  been  "  in  the  hands  of 
the  late  Mr.  John  Bailey,  Rector  of  South  Cadbnry 


in  Sosaeraetshirfc"    Is  h  in  eaiatenee  atill  f    And 
can  any  of  yonr  readen  inform  nu  where  it  na* 


m/h? 


DocBLBK.  —  Some 'time  ago  I  went  to  one  of 
oar  chapela  to  hear  a  discourse  from  a  person  who 
always  preaches  in  the  Yorkshire  dialect,  for  the 
reason  that  he  cannot  apeak  in  any  other  way. 
During  bis  harangue  he  used  the  word  "  doub- 
ler ; "  and  that  you  may  see  the  connexion  I  will 
qaote  the  passage  as  he  spoke  it ;  — 

"Ab  wanes  went  ta  pniteh  at  a  place  a  gort  way  aS, 
■n  when  od  doin  Ihewer  nosbdy  U  tak  ma  ta  gM  a  bit 
a  dinnn-  bud  ■  varry  poar  nwd  woman.  Wbea  »b  gUa 
tna  hur  baan,  an  iboo'd  taan  hnr  shawl  ott,  shoo  take  a 
pomsK  Dffit  fln  at  h«d  sam  itaw  in  it  o'  brokkcn  boosa 
an  mcit,  an  shoo  teni'd  it  all  aa[  intae  a  doabler,"  &c. 

He  pronounced  it  almoct  like  dubbUr.  Can  yon 

or  any  of  your  readers  tell  me  what  ii  a  doubkr, 

and  whence  tbe,word  is  derived  f  ' 

Abbahah  HoLBon. 

Bradlbrd,  Torkshinu 

Eablt  Emiobakts  to  MABTt*in>.  —  Does  any 
list  of  the  early  emigrants  to  Maryland  exist  la 
the  State  Paper  Office,  or  elsewhere  r 

D.  AL  Stbtkn. 

Gafldfbrd. 

Foeeiu. — Will  soma  correspondent  tell  me  the 
best  method  of  extracting  the  foBslIs,  chiefly  bona 
and  carapaces  of  tortoises  (very  soft),  from  the 


Obigik  of  tbb  daub  or  Glastokbubt.  —  Ur. 
Jago  Emlf  n,  a  WeUh  bard  and  antiquary,  gives 
the  following  opinion  as  to  the  origin  of  the  name 
of  Glastonbury: — The  ancient  British  name  of 
this  place  is  mentioned  in  some  old  Welsh  re- 
corda,  and  ealiod  Gwjdr  or  Gwydwr,  which 
means  "  water  land ; "  and  the  auppoaition  is  this^ 
that  when  the  abbey,  or  the  firat  religious  edifice, 
was  founded  there,  the  monks  ascertuned  that 
the  old  British  name  was  Gwydwr ;  bat  ai  there 
were  then  no  books  or  dictionaries  to  refer  to, 
they  merely  depended  upon  verbal  explanation  of 
the  word.  Now  it  so  happens  that  there  is  another 
word  which  sounds  or  ia  pronounced  mnch  the 
same  to  an  English  ear  as  the  word  abore;  and 
that  word  is  Gwydir,  and  means  in  the  WdA 
language  "glass." 

Jt  is,  therefore,  not  at  all  improbable  that  the 
monks  were  told  the  word  meant  glaas ;  and  when 
we  bear  in  mind  how  aimilar  in  aosnd  tba  twa 
words  are,  and  that  tbej  poasiblyhad  no  means  of 
comparing  the  spelling  of  the  words  so  as  to  detect 
the  mistue,  the  origin  of  the  name  "  Glaaton* 
bary"  now  auggested  does  not  leem  unlikely. 
For  aa  regards  the  sound  or  pronunciation  iif  tlis 
worda  they  are  both  right,  aluongh  Water  Land, 


^*  SbL  Kbs*  J%^  ^^1 


NOTES  AND  QUEKIES. 


149 


or  6w jdwr,  was  what  the  Britona  meant,  and  not 
Gwjdnv  which  means'^ glaaa.** 

I  should  be  glad  to  see  what  may  be  the  Ofnnion 
of  Other  readers  of  *'N.  &  Q.**  on  this  curious 
subject.  Ina. 

Gold  Rings  to  the  Ikfirmabius.  —  In  a  col- 
lection of  monastic  charters,  which  have  lately 
passed  through  my  hands,  I  find  one  in  which  it 
IS  stated  that  the  abbot  of  a  monastery  deliyered 
to  the  ^  infirmarius  **  several  gold  rings,  set  with 
precious  stones,  which  are  described.  Can  any  of 
your  readers  inform  me  what  was  the  object  of 
these  rings  ?  £.  V.  B. 

Hebeditabt  Digioties.  —  Can  an  hereditary 
dignity  be  granted  by  the  mere  warrant  or  sign 
manual  of  the  soTereign-lord,  or  must  there  be 
letters  patent  under  the  Great  Seal  ? 

Is  there  any  instance  of  a  title  in  existence 
which  has  passed,  or  is  inherited,  imder  a  sign 
manual  only  ?  Q. 

Ben  JoifsoN. — In  a  letter  to  Cavendish,  Earl 
of  Newcastle  (Westminster,  20th  Dec.  1631),  the 
City  Poet  (that  is,  Ben  himself,)  writes :  — 

"*  Testerday  the  barbarous  Coort  of  Aldermen  have 
withdrawn  their  Chandlerly  Pension  ftur  Yeijoice  and 
Mastard,  33/.  6f.  8d.» 

Any  notice  of  the  withdrawal  in  the'*Books  of 
the  Corporation  of  London  ? 

Feteb  CummroHAM. 

Nockthgb  Ain>  Dowell  Mohet,  etc.  —  In  an 
ancient  book  of  accounts  of  the  churchwardens  of 
the  church  of  the  Hol^  Trinity  in  Guildford,  ap- 
pear the  following  entries : — 

•*Aiu»  Dommil509. 

M.  d. 

Keceyved  for  ffsderying  atfotc^  branehe  zvj 

Item  of  Dowdl  monty     -        -        -        -  vij         i 

Item  rec.  for  imskall  money    -       -        -  iz        t 

Item  ^  men's  noekymyt  money         •        •  ij       jz 

Item  for  wymeoys  noekmgB  money  -  -  iz  z 
Item  of  the  godeman  bhyngylton  for  his 

gayfle  c«-       -        -       -       -       -vjviij 

Item  of  Jemys  Mengar  for  the  bells  for  a 

stranger     ------  a 

AniUk  Domini  1511. 

Beceived  of  Sent  Jemyi  brtthtred    -       •  iij 

Fayd  for  kyngs  rent       -        -       .        -  iij.»» 

May  I  display  my  ignorance  by  asking  for  an 

ez^anation  of  the  terms  I  have  italicised  ? 

D.  M.  STBYXMa. 
Gaildford. 

Patmbut  07  MsHBEBa  or  Pabuamert. — 
Whatever  estimate  the  people  of  the  present  day 
nmy  pot  upon  the  elective  franchise,  it  would  seem 
ihafc  our  ancestors  held  the  privil^i|e  very  lightly ; 
iat  although  the  wages  to  be  received  by  Mem- 
ben  of  Parliament  were  fixed  by  the  16th  of  Ed- 
ward II.  at  the  low  rate  of  4#.  a  day  for  a  knight 
of  thtt  shin,  and  2$^  for  a  citiaen  or  burgess,  yet 


we  are  told  by  P^nne,  that  many  boroughs 
petitioned  to  be  ezoused  from  sending  members  to 
Parliament,  on  account  of  the  ezpense ;  and  in  a 
note  to  Blackstone  we  learn,  that  from  the  33rd 
Edward  III.,  uniformly  through  the  five  succeed- 
ing reigns,  the  Sheriff  of  Lancashire  returned, 
that  there  were  no  cities  or  boroughs  in  his  county 
that  ought  or  were  used,  or  could,  on  account  of 
their  poverty,  send  any  citiaens  or  burgesses  to 
Parliament.  There  were  some  instances  where 
even  a  less  sum  than  that  established  by  statute, 
was  allowed ;  and  it  is  on  record  that  in  1463,  Sir 
John  Strange,  the  member  fi>r  Dunwich,  agreed 
to  take  a  oiule  and  half  a  barrel  of  herringa  as  a 
composition  for  his  wages. 

The  object  of  this  note  is  to  ask  your  readers 
for  the  names  of  any  boroughs  exempted  from  r»- 
tumin^  members,  on  the  plea  of  poverty ;  and  at 
what  time,  and  under  what  circumstances,  the 
practice  of  paying  members  was  discontinued. 

I  have  an  entry  in  my  note- book  to  the  effect, 
that  Andrew  Marvell,  member  for  Hull,  in  the 
Parliament  after  the  Restoration,  was  the  last 
who  received  payment  for  his  services  as  a  repre- 
sentative of  the  people,  but  unfortunately  have 
not  marked  my  authority.  D.  M.  Stevbsb. 

Guildford. 

Postage  Stamps.  —  In  the  present  rage  for 
collecting  postage  stamps  of  all  countries,  a  short 
account  of  their  first  introduction  and  the  gradual 
development  of  the  system  to  its  widely-spread 
adoption,  would  be  very  interesting.  I  haye  a 
twopenny  blue  envelope,  with  a  design  of  Mul- 
ready*s ;  and  should  like  to  know  whether  it  was 
the  first  that  appeared,  and  in  what  year  ?  The 
oval  blue  twopenny  embossed  envelope  stamp,  I 
presume,  followed,  and  then  the  black  penny  label. 
Query,  In  what  years  ?  ALh),  When  were  the  red 
penny  labels  first  issued  ?  L  S.  A. 

Chief-Babon  Jamis  Reteolds  :  Babon  James 
Bbteolds.  —  Can  any  of  your  correspondents 
oblige  me  by  stating  what  was  the  precise  degree 
of  relationship  between  these  two  judges,  who 
fiourished  in  tne  reign  of  Greorge  II.,  but  were  not 
contemporaries  on  the  English  Bench  :  the  latter 
not  taking  his  place  on  it  till  after  the  former*8 
death,  though  he  had  been  Chief  Justice  of  the 
Common  Pleas  in  Ireland  for  nearly  fourteen 
years  before  ? 

They  both  seem  to  have  descended  from  James 
Reynolds  of  Bumsted,  in  Essex  ;  who  married,  in 
1665,  Judith,  the  eldest  daughter  of  Sir  William 
Hervey  of  Ick worth,  near  Bury  St.  Edmunds-- 
the  ancestor  of  the  Marquis  of  Bristol  This 
lady,  I  believe,  was  the  Chief  Baron's  grand- 
mother; his  mother  was  named  Bridget,  who, 
dying  in  1723,  was  buried  in  Castle  Camps  in 
Cfambridgeshire.  The  Chief  Baron  died  in  1739« 
and  was  buried  in  St.  James's  church,  Bury  St. 


150 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


[t^s.i.PKB.si.'n. 


Edinunda,  of  nWdi  borough  lie  had  been  recorder 
and  representntiTe  in  farliaDieat.  In  his  will  he 
meatioDs  the  Baton,  then  Chief  Justice  in  Ireland, 
without  BtatiD);  nnjr  relationship;  but  be  be- 
queaths &  larf;e  legncj  to  bis  niece  Jaditb.  Tbe 
Boron  had  a  litler  Judith  (erldeotl/  a  family 
name,  and  no  doubt  adopted  from  the  daughter 
of  Sir  William  Hervey,)  who,  on  hie  death  in 
1747,  erected  a  monument  to  him  at  Castle  Camps 
church,  tbe  inscription  on  which  malces  no  allu- 
eion  to  tbe  Chief  Baron,  but  states  that  tbe  Baron, 
her  brother,  was  "  the  lost  male  descendant  of  Sir 
James  Reynolds,  Knight,  who  flourished  in  these 
part*  in  the  reign  of  Queen  Elizabeth."  Who 
was  he  F 

If  the  Chief  Baron's  niece  Judith  waa  the  same 
person  OS  the  Baron's  sister  Judith,  tbe  Baron 
must  of  course  have  been  theChief  Baron's  nephew, 
though  born  in  1684,  two  years  before  his  uncle. 
Tbid.  however,  mi^ht  easily  have  occurred;  but 
another  dithculty  arises  from  tbe  father  of  both 
being,  as  far  as  I  discover,  named  James.  But 
as  that  nsme  appears  to  have  been  invariably 
adopted  by  tbe  family,  it  may  only  aSbrd  another 
'""•-""  "•"  'wo  brothers  having  the  same  bapti"- 


Though  the  Qaron  was  knighted,  the  Chief 
Baron  never  accepted  that  honour. 

Edward  Foss. 

"  Tancbed  and  GisMcaD,"  a  Tragedy,  written 
by  five  gentlemen  of  the  Inner  Temple,  was  per- 
formed before  Queen  Elizabeth,  and  was  pub- 
liahed  in  1S92,  4to,  by  Robert  Wilmot,  author  of 
the  Sth  Act.  Sir  Christopher  Hatton  was  one  of 
the  authors,  Henry  Noel  another.  The  remain- 
ing two  writers  are  known  only  by  the  initials, 
G.  Al.  and  Rod.  Staff.  Can  yon  sive  me  any  in* 
formation  regarding  the  authors  whose  names  are 
indicated  by  these  initials  ?  Tbe  initials  may, 
fottibiy,  reler  to  the  names  Gullelmus  or  'VVqi. 
Allen,  and  Rodger  Stafford.  I  give  this  merely 
as  a  conjecture.  Zeta. 

TiiBOEsius  THE  Datie.  — TtiiS  formidable  ruf- 
fian is  welt  known  to  all  readers  of  Irish  history ; 
but  I  have  never  heard  or  read  of  any  suepicion, 
ehat  it  is  quitejmpossible  that  the  common  appel- 
lation could  ever  have  been  (he  name  of  any 
Dane,  iiving  or  dead.  This  is  philologically  true, 
bowever.  Aa  he  was  unquestionably  a  real  person 
of  his  class,  it  is  worth  inquiring  what  waa  his 
real  name.  Thorgitel  comes  near,  and  is  to  be 
found  amongst  the  Anglo-Danish  gentry  wbo  at- 
test a  deed  of  the  Confessor.  (See  Kemble's  Cod. 
Dip.  JEvi.  Sax.,  vol.  ir.,  No.  801,  Tkurgyiel  min- 
uter.) H.  C.  C. 

ViciSAQE.  —  Horace  Wal pole,  in  Letter  2557, 
Cunninghain's  edition,  enys  that  this  is  a  word  of 
the  late  Lord  Cliaiham's  coining.  Upon  what 
occaiion,  in  a  public  speech  or  otherwise,  did  the 


preat  commoner   first   make   use   of  the   word? 
Viiitonipc  is  a  word  used  on  several  o 
Jeremy  Taylor. 
Naw  York. 


"ffS: 


Faibvax  and  D.EMONOI.OOIA.  —  Jlr.  Hartley 
Coleridge,  in  his  Yorkthire  Worlhia,  [nukes  men- 
tion of  an  unpublished  work  by  Edward  FtirTox, 
the  poet.     He  thus  refers  to  it : 

"He  wai  so  mucli  aflecled  with  tbe  saperatitians  of 
bis  age,  aa  to  fancy  his  children  bewilcbci],  and  (Lit  on 
so  very  wfak  grounds,  tliat  the  poor  wretthes  whom  he 
prosKoted  for  Ihjs  impomibia  crime  were  ■eluallj  sc- 
qaiited.  Tat  even  lbs  verdict  of  ■  jaiy,  little  dJtpo»d 
u  juiiM  then  were  (or  dared  to  be)  to  favour  wilchej, 


t,  for 


I  left 


behind  bim  in  maiiuicript,  '  DieinonologlB ; 
of  Wilchcraft,  as  It  was  acted  in  the  hmlly  of  Mr.  Ed- 
ward Faitfmt,  of  Fnyistone,  in  Ibe  County  of  Yofk,  la 
the  year  1621.'  This  baa  never  been  printed.  A  copy 
waa  in  poaseaaioa  of  the  Isle  liaac  Reed,  Esq.  As  an 
Important  docametit  in  the  history  orhninaii  nature  it 
most  aeautedly  ought  to  be  given  to  tbe  world.  It  most 
be  remembered  thai  Fairfax  in  this  instance  only  coin- 
cided with  Ibe  spirit  of  the  age,  and  bowed  to  the  wisdom 

The  Isaac  Reed  referre<l  to  is  doubtless  the 
editor  of  Sbahespeare.  I  cannot  find  that  the 
work  said  to  be  in  his  possession  has  ever  been 
published,  or  that  any  account  of  it  has  been 
given  by  his  executors.  Tbe  recovery  of  this 
book  would  be  an  acquisition.  The  belief  in 
witchcraft  and  demonology  has  always  been  pre- 
valent in  that  part  of  Yorkshire,  in  which  the 
Fairfax  family  had  tbeir  seat,  and  BliU  lingers 
there  with  considerable  tenacity.  I  recoUect 
within  the  present  century  several  persons  who 
had  a  great  reputation  ta  "  wise  men,"  and  wbo 
were  supposed  to  have  tbe  power  of  disenchanting 
those  who  were  "  ill  wished,"  or  lahmiring  under 
the  spells  of  witches  or  evil-minded  persons.  The 
enchantments  were  supposed  to  be  cast  also  upon 
cattle.  A  fatality  among  t;atlte,  whether  in  a  dis- 
trict, or  in  the  shed  of  a  particular  farmer,  was 
rarely  ascribed  to  natural  causes,  but  almost  in- 
variably to  the  malevolence  of  some  person  having 
influence  with  the  devil.  The  means  taken  to 
avert  (he  mischief,  and  punish  the  original  de- 
signer, were  curious  and  somewhat  various.  They 
serve  to  show  the  skill  and  ingenuity  of  the  fdw 
charlatans  who  practised  upon  tbe  credulity  of  the 
ignorant  by  tbeir  conjurations  to  discover  the 
guilty  partiea,  and  to  counteract  the  "  evil  wish." 
With  some  smattering  of  medical  knowledge,  and 
considerable  experience  in  that  human  nature 
with  which  they  liad  to  deal,  many  of  them  picked 
up  a  good  harvest  If  the  MS.  of  the  work  is 
■till  in  eiistence,  it  would  be  desirable  to  have  it 
published.     The  superstilions  of  a  people   are 


8««8.I.Fbb.32,'63.] 


NOTES  AKD  QUERIES. 


151 


always  a  snbject  of  eager  study  to  the  historical 
student.  T.  B. 

[A  transcript  from  the  original  copy  of  Edwtrd  Fair- 
fax's Di8cour$e  on  WitchcrafU  8vo,  is  No.  8672,  of  Isaac 
Heed's  Sale  CaUlogae«  and  was  sold  to  Mr.  Triphook  for 
17.  2<.,  who  resold  it  to  B.  H.  Briffht,  Esq.  At  the  sale 
of  Mr.  Bright*8  manuscripts  on  June  18,  1844,  it  was 
purchased  by  Mr.  Rodd  for  6/.  15«.,  and  is  now  in  the 
valuable  collection  of  James  Crossley,  Esq.  of  Manches- 
ter. This  transcript  was  made  about  the  year  1711.  The 
writer  has  added  a  few  more  relations,  and  illustrated 
the  whole  with  a  series  of  drawings  of  the  witches,  devils, 
imps,  incubi,  monsters,  &&,  who  figure  among  the  dra* 
vuUis  persojuB,  all  from  the  life,  and  striking  likenesses !  ] 

Bakkbbs,  1676.  —  A  MS.  letter  of  February 
17,  1675-6,  says:  — 

**  A  great  misfortune  hath  lately  befallen  the  bankers ; 
which  hath  straightened  all,  and  proved  very  fatal  to 
some." 

What  was  this  misfortune  ?  C.  H. 

[The  misfortune  was  the  extravagant  luxury  of  the 
court  of  Charles  II.  The  king  about  this  time  found 
himself  at  the  mercy  of  the  rich  goldsmith  or  banker, 
who  made  the  royal  debtor  pay  ten,  twenty,  and  thirty 
per  cent,  for  accommodation.  Even  for  defensive  war  the 
resources  of  the  nation  were  fbund  insufficient  The 
eonntry  was  in  danger ;  and  the  monied  portion  of  the 
community  seized  with  a  panic.  The  people  flocked  to 
their  debtors ;  they  demanded  their  deposits ;  and  Lon- 
don witnessed  the  /irst  run  vpon  the  bankers.  Consult 
Macaulay's  History  of  England,  i.  216,  ed.  1856 ;  Francis's 
Hist  of  the  Bank  of  England,  i.  32 ;  and  Tbomss  Turner's 
(km  of  the  Bankers  and  their  Creditors,  4to,  1675.] 

ZwiNOLir,  **Thb  Ymaoe  of  bothb  Fastoures.** 
—  I  should  be  greatly  obliged  if  any  of  your 
readers  can  help  me  to  the  discovery  of  the  follow- 
mg  book.  I  copy  the  description  as  given  in 
Herbert*s  Ameis  Typographical  Antiquities,  vol.  ii. 
p.  690 :  — 

« <  The  ymage  of  bothe  pastoures,  sette  forthe  by  that 
mooste  famouse  clerck,  Unldrych  Zwinglius,  and  now 
translated  out  of  Latin  into  Englishe  by  John  Vernon 
(Veron)  Sinoooys.  A  most  fruitenill  and  necessary  boke, 
to  be  had  and  redde  in  all  churches,  therwyth  to  enarme 
idl  symple  and  ignorant  folkes,  agaynst  the  raueninge 
wolues  and  false  prophetes.'  At  the  end'f .  Of  the  metynge 
of  Mayster  John  Hooper,  bvshop  of  Gloceter,  and  of 
mavster  doctoure  Cole,  quondam  chaunceler  of  London, 
and  now  wardeyn  of  the  new  college  in  Oxforde.'  In  8 
leavee.  Cum  priv.  solum.  Print^,  1550,  by  W.  Seres 
with  Kele,  octavo." 

Henrt  Leach. 

11,  Somerset  Street,  Portman  Square. 

[A  copy  of  this  very  rare  tract,  quoted  [by  Master 
Piynne  in  his  Antinathie  to  Lordly  Prdacie,  p.  338-9,  was 
pnrcbaaed  by  Mr.  Rodd  at  Bindiey's  sale,  Aug.  7,  1820, 
for  16a.  who  resold  it  to  the  Bodleian  library.  (See  Bod, 
Cat  vol  iv.  p.  1024.)  Another  copy  turned  up  at  the 
nle  of  Inglis's  books  on  June  19, 1826,  which  was;  par- 
chased  by  Arch  for  16t.] 

Galas.  —  Can  you  refer  me  to  the  works  of 

Voltaire  in  which  he  animadverts  on  the  trial  and 

condemnation  of  Galas  f  Tebac. 

[There  is  a  separate  work  by  Voltaire  on  the  trial  of 
th«   Calas,  entitled  Histoire  d'Elizabeth  Canning,  et  de 


Jean  Codas,  2.  Memoire  de  Donai  Calas  pour  son  Pere, 
sa  Mere  et  son  Frere,  3.  Declaratitm  de  Pierre  Colas, 
Avec  les  pi^es  Originales,  concernant  la  mort  des  Sr^. 
Calas,  et  le  jugeraent  rendu  k  Toulouse.  Par  Mons.  de 
Voltaire.  A  Londres,  8vo,  1762.  See  also  T%e  History 
of  the  Misfortunes  of  John  Coins,  a  Victim  to  Fanaticism. 
To  which  is  added,  a  Letter  from  M.  Calas  to  his  Wife 
and  Children;  written  by  M.  de  Voltaire.  Loud.  8vo, 
1762,  1772.  Consult  also  «*N.  &  O.,**  2^  S.  L  13,  123, 
179.] 

Sib  Robert  Godschall.  —  In  Berry*8  JEncy- 
clopadia  Heraldica  is  the  following :  — 

**Tbe  arms  of  Sir  Robert  Godschall,  Lord  Mayor  of 
London,  with  6.  Heathcote  in  1742,  are  azure  3  bends 
wavy,  argent." 

There  is  some  mistake  here,  for  Sir  6.  Heath- 
cote died  in  1733.  I  wish  to  learn  what  year  Sir 
Robert  Godschall  was  Lord  Mayor,  when  was  he 
knighted^  who  was  he  the  son  of,  and  any  other 
particulars  about  him — his  marriage,  death,  and 
what  family  he  left,  &c.  P  T.  F. 

Northiam. 

[On  a  black  marble  pvramid  on  the  north  wall  of  the 
chancel  of  Albury  church,  Surrey,  is  the  following  in- 
scription :  "  In  memory  of  the  Right  Honourable  Sir 
Robert  Godschall,  Knt,  Lord  Mayor  of  the  City  of  Lon- 
don, and  late  of  Weston  House  in  this  parish,  whose 
natural  as  well  as  acquired  abilities  endeared  him  to  man- 
kind. He  was  unanimously  chosen  Alderman  of  the 
ward  of  Bishopsgate  in  the  year  1782;  served  the  office 
of  Sheriff  in  17^;  was  elected  a  Representative  in  Par- 
liament for  that  great  metropolis  1741 ;  and  in  the  same 
year  had  the  chief  magistracy  of  that  city  conferred  upon 
him;  under  the  fatigues  of  which  honourable  trusts, 
supported  by  the  hopes  of  a  joyful  resurrection,  and  rely- 
ing on  the  merits  of  his  dying  Saviour,  he  departed  this 
life  June  26, 1742,  nL  fifty.*'  Above  are  his  arms,  with 
a  crescent,  impaling  Azure,  a  fees  embattled  Or,  between 
six  stars  of  the  same.  Below  is  a  civic  crown,  with  the 
sword  and  mace.  He  was  knighted  Oct  31,  1735.  At 
his  death  the  estate  at  Weston  came  to  his  only  brother, 
Nicholas  Godschall,  Esq.,  who  died  May  21, 1748;  for 
a  notice  of  whose  descendants,  see  Manning  and  Bray's 
Surrey,  ii  127, 130 ;  iii.  309.] 

Samaria  (2»*  S.  xii.  328.)  —One  of  the  pas- 
sages referred  to  in  your  answer  to  Lumbn  (1 
Kings,  xiii.  32)  raises  what  appears  to  me  to  be 
a  question  of  some  difficulty. 

The  old  Prophet  of  Bethel  is  there  described 
as  speaking  of  the  Cities  of  Samaria.  But  hi  a 
subsequent  chapter  of  the  same  book  (xvi.  23) 
we  learn  that  Samaria  itself  was  not  founded  till 
some  years  afterwards  by  OmrL  How,  then,  came 
the  cities  of  the  ten  tribes  to  be  called  the  Cities 
of  Samaria  in  the  time  of  Jeroboam  P       Memoe. 

[Scott  seems  disposed  to  explain  this  apparent  difli- 
cnfty  by  suggesting  that  the  Sacred  Historian  (wnting 
after  the  city  of  Samaria  was  built),  calls  the  neighbour- 
ing cities  "cities  of  Samaria  "  by  anticipation.  It  will 
be  observed,  however,  that  the  words  1  Kings  xiii.  32, 
are  spoken  by  the  "  Old  Prophet,*'  who  is  speaking  of 
a  judgment  not  to  be  accomplished  till  a  subsequent 
period.  Possibly,  therefore,  he  may  be  onderstood  to  de- 
scribe the  cities  prophetically,  or  as  what  they  were 
when  the  judgment  was  executed,  **  cities  of  Samaria.'*] 


152 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


C8"*  &  1  Vn.  32,  "OL 


QuovATioir.  —  Who  is  the  maAor  of  this  dis- 
tich:— 

<*  Hypocrisy !  the  only  e?il  which  remaini  iayisiUe 
With  aU  bat  God"? 

CuiTOlf. 

[Is  our  oorrespondent  thinking  of  the  fUlowing  lines 
bjHUton?  — 
**  For  neither  man  nor  angel  can  diacem 

Hypocrisy,  the  only  evil  that  walka 

Inyisible,  except  to  God  alone, 

By  his  permissiye  will,  throo^h  heayen  and  earth." 

ParadUe  Lott,  h.  m.  lines  682-5.] 


STABACHTER  AND  MUBDOCH. 
(2»*  S.  xi.  12.) 
*^  Starachter'*  is  a  slip  of  the  pen  for  Starehater,- 
one  of  the  Scandinavian  giants,  whose  deeds  are  re- 
corded by  Olaus  Mai^us,  and  probably  by  ^  Wor- 
mius  ap.  T.  Hearne,**  though  I  have  not  been  able 
to  verify  the  reference.  I  cannot  find  in  the 
British  Mnseam  a  copy  of  Olaus  Magnns.  There 
is  a  German  translation,  with  some  carious  plates, 
Olai  Magni,  Hi$torien  der  Mittnachligen  Lander^ 
foL,  Baii^  1567,  which  says  :  — 

**  Das  er  aneh  den  yergebliehen  ttberflnas  der  Dann- 
maroker  absthete,  nnd  sie  durch  solehe  wollaat  nicbt 
weioh  nnd  weibiech  wurden,  dichtet  er  etliche  Lieder,  da* 
linnen  die  edel  tugend  der  Mltssigkett  hoch  gepresen 
wirt,  nnd  wie  den  Menschen  so  voll  aaitehe  das  sie  von 
alle  ttberflnas  essens  und  trinkens,  kleidang  aneh  anderer 
ding  aich  httten,  dnrch  welehe  der  Leib  zn  Starkheit  ge- 
aogen,  nnd  g^ns  nntanglich  (wie  Cicero  sagt)  zu  allem 
ampt  der  Tngend  and  gttter  leer  gemacht  wirt."  —  L.  ▼. 
c  iL  p.  ezzzy. 

For  want  of  the  original,  I  qaote  the  abridg- 
ment :  — 

**  Profhsam  dapam  indalgentiam  aspematns,  fhmidoone 
ac  rancido  cibo  nsas,  famem  eo  sapidiaa,  qno  simplidus 
pepulit,  ne  vera  virtutis  nerves  extemarum  deliciarum 
contagione,  tanqaam  adulterino  quodam  dulcore  remit- 
teret,  ant  prisce  fragalitatis  normam  inasitatis  gulie 
anperstitionibus  abrogaret  Caetemro  indigpianter  ferebat, 
assam  dapem,  eandemqae  elixam,  nnias  eceoie  snmptibas 
erogari:  edulium  pro  monstro  aocipiena,  qood  culinss 
ardoriboa  detibutam,  fartoria  indostria  mnltiplicia  tem- 
peramenti  varietate  perfricait.  Igitnr  nt  Danicam  Inxam, 
Teatonam  ritu,  unde  effceminati  fierent,  introdnctnm  aver- 
teret,  inter  alia,  patrio  carmine,  mnltis  omisais,  sic  ce- 
cinit :  *- 

"  ffrARCHATEKI  CASMBir  DE  FRUOAUTATB. 

**  Fortinm  cmdns  cibns  est  viromm. 
Nee  reor  laatia  opos  ease  mensis. 
Hens  quibna  belU  meditatnr  asnm 

Pectore  fortL 

**  Aptins  barbam  poteris  rigeatem, 
Mordicna  presso  lacerare  dente^ 
Quam  vorax  lactis  vacnare  sinam, 

OreeapacL 

"  Fngimns  1ant»  vitinm  popina, 
Rancidis  veatrem  dapiboa  foventei^ 
Coctiles  panda  placnere  ancd. 

Tempore  priseob 


"  Laetenm  qui  tnno  adipem  lignria. 
Indues  montem  petimos  virilem,**  etc. 

p.  164. 
Olai  Magni  Gentium  SeptmtrionaHum  Huiorits 
Bmiariumf  Lndg.  Bat,  ljS4  >,  18mo,  pp.  588, 

These  are  about  a  third  of  the  ^*  rules  of  diet,** 
and  enough  to  jusUfy  Woty*8  opinion  as  to  the 
cookery  and  versification.  As  they  are  trans- 
lated from  **  patrio  carmine,**  I  shall  be  glad  to  see 
the  original,  if  it  is  preserved. 

I  am  not  able  to  answer  the  Query  as  to  Mur- 
doch. Many  years  ago  an  account  appeared  in  a 
magazine  of  a  foul-feeding  clergyman,  pedestrian, 
and  polemic,  in  the  time  of  Charles  II.,  whose 
theological  adversary  was  Dr.  Dambrod.  I  doubt 
whether  the  name  was  Murdoch.  He  was  repre- 
sented as  orthodox ;  and  a  complimentary  epigram 
was  quoted  which,  as  nearly  as  my  memory  serves 
me,  ran :  — 

**  In  Holy  Writ  to  know  we're  given. 
That  narrow  is  the  way  to  Heaven : 
Sage  '  Mnrdoch '  (  ?)  Ukee  the  converse  road. 
And  shows  the  way  to  Hell,  Dambrod." 

Perhaps  this  imperfect  recollection  may  direct 
some  reader  of ""  14 .  &  Q.**  to  the_article. 

FlTZBOFKOrS. 

GarridLClab. 


LADY  VANE, 
(a-*  S.  xi.  289.) 

Lady  Vane  (^ife  of  Viscount  Vane  of  Ae  king- 
dom or  Ireland)  was  a  gav  and  beautifol  woman, 
who  despised  her  husband.  She  is  the  ^  lady  of 
quality  *'  whose  memoirs  are  introduced  by  Smol- 
lett, in  his  Peregrine  Pickle ;  but  that  portion  of 
the  novel  is  said  to  have  been  written  by  Sheb- 
beare,  who  received  1000/.  from  the  lady  for  de- 
faming her  husband. 

In  an  old  copy  of  Peregrin§  PiekU  which  I 
once  possessed,  some  one  had  pasted  a  eutting 
from  a  newspaper  of  the  day ;  being  an  advertise- 
ment inserted  b^  Lord  Vane  for  ue  purpose^  of 
recovering  his  wife,  who  had  run  away  from  him. 
In  it  the  Iady*8  personal  appearance  is  minutely 
described,  and  she  seems  to  have  been  really 
beautiful,  notwithstanding  that  **  one  of  her  front 
teeth  projected  a  good  deal  beyond  the  others.** 
Can  any  correspondent  of  "  N.  &  Q.**  give  me  a 
copy  of  the  advertisement. 

Lady  Vane  brought  her  husband  no  issue,  con- 
sequently the  Irish  title  became  extinct.  She 
was  daughter  and  sole  heiress  of  Francis  Hawes, 
Esq.,  of  rurley  Bottom,  Berks.  Lord  Oxford,  in 
his  ifemoranaa  of  the  Peerage  *,  speaks  of  both 
husband  and  wife  in  opprobrious  terms. 

She  must  not  be  confounded  with  Miss  Vane, 
mistress  to  Frederic,  Prince  of  Wales,  and  after- 
wards to  Lord  Harvey.  That  lady  was  a  mem- 
ber by  birth  of  the  Vane  family,  and  was  the 

•  Notm  amd  Qmrin,  2*^  S.  L  826. 


r*  &  f.  Jte.  SS, '69.] 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


153 


penon  celebrated' by  Dr.  Johnson  in  hb  Vanity 
of  Human  Wishes :  — 

**  The  teeming  mother,  anxious  for  her  race,**  &c. 

Lord  Monboddo  objected  to  both  Vane  and 
Sedley,  as  not  being  beauties,  and  proposed  to 
snbstitute  for  them  Shore  and  Valliere,  Bat  I 
am  wandering  from  mj  proper  subject. 

Lady  Vane  is  thus  alluded  to  by  Earl  Nugent, 
when  he  is  speaking  of  Isabella,  Duchess  of 
Manchester :  — 

**  Tet  she's  as  gay  as  Lady  Vane, 
Who,  should  she  list  her  amorous  train. 

Might  fairly  man  a  fleet 
Sprightly  as  Oiford's  Countess  she. 
And  as  the  wanton  Townshend  free. 
And — more  than  both — discreet" 

N.  F,  H,for  WU,  vol.  iii.  p.  48,  1784. 

W.D. 


INTERDICTED  MARRUGE3. 
(2«>  S.  xii.  69.) 

In  1653  and  1654  the  laws  relating  to  marriage 
were  in  a  very  unsettled  state,  and  Puritan  mis- 
rule prevailed,  not  only  in  that  matter,  but  in 
many  others.  It  was  less  a  question  with  many 
in  authority  whether  '*  existing  laws  **  justified 
their  proceedings,  than  whether  they  seemed  right 
in  their  own  eyes.  It  is  not  perhaps  generally 
known  that  many  marriages  took  place  under  the 
Act  passed  in  Uie  Barebones  Parliament,  which 
may  perhaps  have  sanctioned  some  such  arbitrary 
proceedings  as  those  referred  to  by  Mb.  Pishet 
THoicpsoir. 

The  Parish  Register  of  St.  Giles,  Camberwell, 
Surrey,  records  no  fewer  than  fourteen,  celebrated, 
not  by  a  clergyman,  but  beTore  a  magistrate,  sit- 
ting authoritatively  in  the  **  Public  Meeting  Place 
of  the  parish,  commonly  called  the  Church^of  the 
said  parish,**  and  attesting  the  ceremony  "  af^ 
the  Puritan  way,  and  the  laudable  'custom  (^ 
Holland.** 

The  officiating  magistrate,  in  some  of  these 
instances,  was  Mr.  Samuel  Moyer,  one  of  the 
honourable  members  for  London,  and  the  zealous 
colleague  of  Mr.  Leatherseller  Barebones  in  the 
short-lived  Parliament  that  bore  his  name. 

The  connexion  of  Moyer  with  the  strange 
doings  of  his  day  has  given  him  more  than  a  local 
celebrity.  He  was  not  only  one  of  the  *'  persons 
fearing  Gk>d,  and  of  approved  fidelity  and  honesty** 
selectea  by  Cromwell  to  carry  out  his  designs, 
but  a  leading  man  amongst  them.  Had  its  ex- 
ecatire  ability  equalled  its  intentions,  the  Parlia- 
ment would  have  earned  a  name  the  world  would 
have  taken  care  of.  It  was  to  abolish  tithes ;  to 
amend  the  law ;  to  improve  prison  discipline ;  to 
devise  and  practice  the  most  thorough  retrench- 
ment and  economy  in  public  affairs ;  to  settle 
Ireland  and   Scotland;   to  advance  trade    and 


learning ;  to  remove  all  civil  and  religious  disa- 
bilities ;  to  '*  take  away,**  like  a  naughty  child^ 
the  Court  of  Chancery ;  and  to  consider,  with  a 
view  to  getting  rid  of,  every  thing  that  hindered 
the  progress  o?  the  Gospel ! 

In  fourteen  months  it  was  to  do  this ;  but  in 
six,  it  came  to  an  inglorious  end,  having,  as  tl^ 
sum  total  of  its  practical  labours,  "  considered  a 
way  for  marriages ;  '*  debated  the  question  on  the 
7th  of  August,  1653 ;  passed  it  on  the  16th ;  and, 
apparently  forgetting  what  had  been  done,  agreed 
on  the  20ih  that  it  should  become  law. 

But  we  have  not  yet  done  with  Mr.  Moyer* 
When  this  Parliament  of  Incapables  broke  up,, 
some  '*  thirty  odd  '*  determined  to  die  hard ;  and 
although  forty  had  been  declared  a  House  by 
Cromwell,  refused  to  move  off.  In  resolute  de- 
termination not  to  go  home  till  morning,  they 
voted  Moyer  to  the  chair,  and  broke  out  into  a 
volley  of  protests.  The  climax  is  well-known, 
and  poor  Moyer,  in  the  cold  twilight  of  a  De- 
cember morning,  repaired  doggedly  to  a  home 
shorn  of  all  the  usual  genialities  of  the  season, 
doubting  probably  for  Uie  first  time  his  ^*  clear 
call  **  to  take  a  ^'  part  in  the  supreme  authority  of 
the  Commonwealth.'*  Dououis  Ali.fobt» 


JUDGE  PAGE. 

(S'^'S.i.ia.) 

A  friend  having  lent  me  No.  1  of  your  New 
Series,  I  beg  to  add  some  particulars  respecting 
Sir  Francis  Page  (the  hanging  judge).  He  was 
the  son  of  the  Rev.  Nicholas  Pap:e,  Vicar  of  Blox- 
ham,  admitted  of  the  Inner  Temple  June  12, 
1685  ;  called  to  the  Bar,  June  2,  1690.  In  1708 
he  was  returned  M.P.  for  Huntingdon  with  Ed- 
ward Wortley  alias  Montague;  and  again  in  1720 
with  the  same  colleague.  The  dates  of  his  judicial 
promotions,  given  in  p.  14,  are  correct.  His  first 
wife,  whose  name  I  have  not  discovered,  was 
buried  at  Bloxham.  His  second  wife,  many  yean 
his  junior,  Frances,  daughter  of  Sir  Thomas 
Wheale,  of  Glympton,  Baronet,  also  predeceased 
him,  and  was  buried  in  Steeple  Aston  church, 
Oxfordshire  (not  North  Aston  as  stated),  in  a 
vault  beneath  a  chantry  on  the  north  side  of  the 
true  chancel.  Page  purchased  an  estate  at  Mid- 
dle Aston,  part  of  the  parish  of  Steeple  Aston, 
and  built  or  greatly  enlarged  a  mansion  there. 
It  was  his  ambition  to  found  a  family,  but  he  re- 
mained childless  in  both  his  marriages.  Upon  the 
death  of  his  second  wife,  in  1731,  he  took  posses- 
sion of  the  chantry  chapel ;  broke  up  ancient 
alabaster  monuments,  blocked  up  two  arches,  and 
erected  a  huge  monument  by  Scheemacker,  which 
is  still  in  good  preservation  :  it  consists  of  a  full- 
size  figure  of  himself,  judicially  habited,  reclining 
like  a  Roman  of  the  time  of  Augustus  at  a  ban- 


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[8'*  a  L  Feb.  22,  '62. 


qnet;  and  another  of  his  second  wife,  habited 
bke  an  Athenian  matron  of  the  time  of  Pericles ; 
both  under  a  lofty  canopy  supported  by  a  pair  of 
Corinthian  columns.  Both  effigies  are  portraits ; 
Page's  being  verified  with  an  engraven  portrait  of 
him  when  lie  was  a  Baron  of  the  Exchequer, 
which  I  found  in  a  farmhouse,  and  gave  in  1856 
to  the  County  Hall  at  Oxford.  He  died  Oct.  31, 
1741  (not  Dec.  18),  at  Middle  Aston ;  and  I 
gather  the  following  particulars  from  a  decree  in 
Chancery,  made  by  Lord  Chancellor  Hardwick, 
July  2,  1750,  which  recites  that  a  suit  was  com- 
menced in  1744  between  Isabella  Bourne,  Francis 
Page^  late  Francis  Bourne,  and  others,  plaintiffs, 
and  Richard  Bourne  and  several  others,  including 
Sir  Thomas  Wheale,  defendants.  It  appears  that 
Page  executed  deeds  in  August,  1740,  stipulating 
that  Francis  Bourne  should,  as  a  condition  to 
taking  the  estates  at  Middle  Aston  as  Page's  heir,  be 
in  future  known  and  called  as  Francis  Page  only ; 
and  on  July  4,  1741,  he  made  a  will  to  the  same 
effect,  when  the  defendants  averred  his  mind  was 
not  in  a  testamentary  state.  This  was,  however, 
negatived  by  the  evidence  on  the  part  of  the 
pliuntiffs.  Francis  Page,  nS  Bourne,  became  M.P. 
for  the  University  of  Oxford,  and  lived  into  the 
present  century ;  but  he  died  unmarried,  and  the 
estates  have  long  since  passed  to  possessors  by 
purchase.  Judge  Pase  left  a  large  personal  estate, 
which  was  nearly  absorbed  by  the  tedious*  and 
costly  Chancery  suit. 

Though  vilified  by  his  contemporaries.  Page's 
adherence  to  the  cause  of  common  sense,*^hu* 
manity,  and  justice  in  1720,  in  the  case  of  Mr. 
Radcliffe,  son  of  the  unfortunate  and  executed 
James,  £arl  of  Derwentwater,  entitles  him  to 
respect.  (See  Stranf^e's  Reports,  vol.  i.  p.  268.) 
A  tradition  still  remains  at  Middle  Aston  that  he 
was  heavily  bribed  on  the  occasion.  In  1722  Sir 
John  Cope,  Bart.,  M.P.,  charged  Baron  Page  in 
the  House  of  Commons  with  attempting  to  bribe 
the  electors  of  Banbury  to  secure  the  return  of 
Sir  W.  Codrington.  Page  escaped  censure  by  a 
narrow  majority,  128  to  124.  In  1729  he  tried 
Hoggins  and  Bainbridge  for  cruelty  and  murder, 
committed  bjr  them  as  Wardens  of  the  Fleet 

All  the  mischief  he  did  to  our  fine  old  church 
was  rectified,  as  far  as  practicable,  in  1842. 

William  Wiho, 
Churchwarden  of  Steeple  Aston. 


DEFLECTION  OF  CHANCELa 
(2»<  S.  xi.  412.) 

Ms.  Williams  appears  to  have  dealt  with  the 
Symbolism  Theory  in  a  very  summary  manner.  I 
have  been  looking  for  an  answer  to  his  commu- 
nication, but  none  has  appeared ;  and  I  conceive 


that  the  question  may  now  be  considered  to  be 
completely  set  at  rest. 

In  suggesting  that  in  the  mind  of  the  builder 
the  deflection  might  be  a  question  of  architectural 
perspective.  Ma.  Williams  has  hit  upon  precisely 
the  same  idea  as  I  had  in  my  mind  when  I  sug- 
gested that  it  might  perhaps  have  been  adopted 
on  aesthetic  grounds.  I  think  there  can  be  no 
doubt  that  one  eflect  of  the  deflection  is  that  it 
tends  to  increase  the  apparent  length  of  the  in- 
terior,  in  the  manner  pointed  out  oy  Mb.  Wil- 
liams; but  in  order  that  this  effect  should  be 
produced  to  its  full  extent,  it  is  essential  that 
there  should  be  a  screen  or  rood-loft.  The  eye 
being  then  directed  towards  the  altered  lines  of 
the  upper  part  of  the  building,  an  idea  of  indefinite 
space  IS  produced ;  but  if  the  screen  is  removed, 
and  the  columns  disclosed  down  to  the  very  pave- 
ment, every  thing  at  once  becomes  definite,  and 
the  building  is  reduced  to  the  actual  dimensions 
of  the  stone-work.  In  this  state  of  things,  the 
deflection — if  perceived  at  all — is  set  down  as 
an  architectural  defect. 

Another  effect  that  I  conceive  to  be  produced 
b^  the  deflection  is,  that  there  are  more  points  of 
view  from  which  the  interior  looks  well.  I  was 
much  struck  with  this  on  examining  the  church  of 
St,  Germain-deS'Pres  at  Paris.  In  this  respect  I 
can  readily  imagine  that  the  idea  of  the  architect 
may  have  been  (as  suggested  by  Mb.  Williams) 
that  a  slight  deviation  from  regularity  adds  to 
beauty. 

It  IS  very  remarkable  in  how  many  instances 
we  find  a  deviation  from  regularity,  where  we 
should  little  expect  it.  Where  can  we  look  for  a 
rigid  adherence  to  formality,  if  not  in  Uie  archi- 
tecture of  the  ancient  'Egyptians  ?  and  yet  in  the 
palace  at  Luxor  not  only  is  there  a  considerable 
angle  in  the  direction  of  the  axis  of  the  building, 
but  the  angles  of ,  the  court-yards  are  hardly  ever 
right  angles,  and  the  pillars  are  variously  spaced. 
(Fergusson's  Handbook  of  Architecture,  vol.  i.  p. 
234.)  And  in  the  temple  on  the  Island  of  Philss 
no  two  buildings,  scarcely  any  two  walls,  are  on 
the  same  axis,  or  parallel  to  one  another.  (Fergus- 
son,  vol.  i.  p.  239.)  Nor  are  these  solitary  instances : 
they  are  pointed  out  aa  examples  of  how  regard- 
less the  Egyptians  were  of  regularity  and  symme* 
try  in  their  plans.  How  are  these  irregularities 
to  be  accounted  for?  Are  we  to  imagine  that 
they  symbolize  some  irregularity  of  Egyptian 
worship  ?  Or  shall  we  be  ciuled  on  to  believe  that 
the  Egyptian  builders  were  cramped  for  room? 
or  that  they  did  not  know  how  to  build  straight  P 
In  speaking  of  Luxor,  Fergusson  observes  that 
pains  seem  to  have  been  taken  to  make  it  as  irre- 
gular as  possible,  and  when  he  comes  to  the  tern- 
pie  on  the  Island  of  Philse,  he  says :  — 

''No  gothic  architect,  in  his  wildest  moment,  ever 
played  so  freely  with  his  lines  or  Himnnfi^ini^  ^nd  none.-~ 


S"  S.  I.  Fn.  M^ 'ei] 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


155 


It  muat  bf  iddsd  —  aver  produced  onytliiiig  to  bwntl- 
fa]lj  fietvatanve." 

In  both  of  tfaese  puiagea  the  writer  ippMra  to 
look  upon  tba  irregularitj  of  plin  as  forming  part 
of  the  deliberate  design  of  the  architect,  and  in 
the  latter  be  bears  the  moat  direct  testimonj  to 
the  effect  produced  by  it.  F.  S.  Casit. 


OkDKK  or  UniT  (3-^  S.  i.  87, '113).— As 
suggested,  the  paces  of  "  N.  &  ,Q."  are  not  the 
proper  place  for  the  discuision.  But  one  word 
maj  be  permitted  to  those  who  thick  that  no  guch 
thing  should  be  iiutituted  without  a  very  com- 
plete diicuasion,  and  who  do  not  feel  sure  that  a 
complete  diacuBsion  would  aid  in  approbation  of 
the  scheme.  To  saj  more  would  be  discuaaion. 
M. 

Stakdoatb  Hoi.1  (3"  S.  i.  13),  was  situated 
in  Lambeth  parLih,  Surrey  side  of  Westminster 
Bridge,  near  the  site  of  Aattej's  Theatre,  between 
that  spot  and  Lambeth  PaUcie,  |and  about  a  cen- 
tury ago  was  in  rerj  ill  repute.  The  entire 
neighbourhood   was  an   eztenaive  marsh,  and   a 

Krt  of  it  is  still  known  as  Lambeth  Marsh.  The 
srsh  Gate  is  also  existing.  lo  this  vicinity  lived 
the  TradescaniB,  father  and  son,  end  there  fornied 
their  Museum  of  CurioBitieB,  afterwards  purchased 
bj  Elias  Aabmole. 

This  is  given  from  memorv,  the  failing  memory 
of  an  aged  man ;  but  I  think  the  heads  of  it  may 
be  found  in  Pennant's  London,  to  which  however 
I  have  not  at  present  the  means  of  referring. 

J.  Bahibtek. 

Cbuterhoait. 

N.B.  1  believe  there  is  a  street,  near  Astley's 
Theatre,  still  called  Standgate,  or  SUngate  Street, 
without  the  d.  i 

I  am  not  acquainted  with  the  neighbourhood 
of  London ;  but  know  diat  there  is  a  place  called  | 
Stangate  Hole,  which  answers  to  your  correspon-  | 
dent^  description,  in  Huntingdonahire.  It  is  on 
the  great  North  Road,  near  Alconbury  Hill.  The 
road  there  ia  identical  with  the  old  Ermine  Street ;  ' 
which  fact  JustiGes  the  liberty  I  have  token  in 
ttriking  out  the  letter  d  irom  the  name.  The 
spot  was  admirably  adapted  to  the  occupation  I 
which  has  made  it  notorious.  It  wot  (for  both  i 
the  Hill  and  the  Hole  have  under  modem  im-  ' 
prorements  lost  some  of  their  distinctive  features) 
m  ^ort,  sharp  dip,  or  depression,  in  the  road  juat 
»boT«  Alconourj  Hill ;  narrowed  at  the  bottom 
ij  m  bridge  over  a  small  stream,  with  extensive 
woods  at  the  distance  of  a  field  or  two  on  either  . 
tide,  and  sufficiently  fu  away  from  any  habitation.  | 
It  has  even  now  a  dreary  appearauce.  Hunting- 
donshire wit  has  employed  itself  on  it  in  a  aup-  | 
posed  explanation  of  the  wonders  of  the  North  to  i 
« traveller  from  the  South  :  "  That  Hill,"  so  tradi-  I 


tioD  reports  the  saying,  "la  Stangate  Hole ;  that 
lake  ia  Whittiesey  Mere;  that  church  is  Sawtrej 
chapel."  The  Hole  and  the  Mere  have  disap- 
peared, but  the  church  or  chapel  remaina.  If 
your  correspondent  S.  faaa  any  information  re- 
specting the  doings  at  Stangate  Hole  in  the  last 
century,  I  shall  be  very  glad  if  he  will  communi- 
cate it,  or  give  any  references  where  it  may  bs 
found.  H.  Fbumar. 

Normsn  Cross,  Stilton. 

Fbivats,  Saidtb'  Dats,  Ann  Fast  Dais  (3''  S. 
■.  115.) — With  regard  to  the  question  ii 


prebend  the  only  definite 
given  is  to  be  drawn  from  the  written  law  of  the 
Church.  A  "logical  argument,"  as  your  corre- 
spondent seems  to  mean,  may  be  overruled  bj 
desuetude  ;  and  ^usage  in  this  case  is  very  inde- 
terminate. But  the  law  of  the  Church  is  quiU 
clear.  (See  the  Introduction  to  the  Prayer- 
Book.)  It  is,  that  "  All  Fridays  in  the  year  are 
Fast  Days,  except  Ckriitma*  Day."  Ltttblton. 
Your  correspondent  J.  F.  S.  is  wrong 

Eosing  thut  when  a  Friday  happens  to  be  a  Saint*! 
)a^,  it  JB  not  observed  as  a  fast.  If  be  will  ex- 
amine tbc  Book  of  Common  Prayer,  he  will  find 
that  all  the  Fridays  in  the  year  are  to  be  observed 
as  fasts,  with  the  exception  of  Chrislnua  Day. 

H.  J.  T. 

Birminghan. 


T. 


KiBQ  Plats  (2"*  S.  xiL  210, 235,  354, 503, 524.) 
—  In  support  of  Mr.  Kbu.t's  statement  at  p.  504 
of  your  last  volume,  that  "  the  King  Game  or 
Play,  was  frequently  performed  in  cnurches,"  I 
send  you  a  copy  of  an  entry  in  the  churchwardens' 
accounts  of  "The  Holy  Trinity,  Guildford,"  for 
the  year  1555. 

"  1  S-  !  PA.  5-  Jfaiy. 

Item  received  cF  the  Sommer  Lord,  for  Iha 

brtsd  and  drinks  left  at  ths  iyngt  gamt   .     Hi)'  x'." 

Docs  not  the  term  "  Sommer  Lord"  have  refer- 
ence here  to  Robin  Hood  as  king  of  the  May? 
and  does  it  not,  by  inference,  suatoia  the  sugges- 
tion of  your  corresponifent,  that  the  designation 
of  King  Play,  or  King  Game,  was  applied  to  more 


than  one  kind  of  entertainment  F 
GuEIdTord. 
Sn  HsnT  L; 
Henry  was  buried  ii 


D.  M.  Stxvkks. 


___  (S""  S.  i.  12.)  — Sit 
vault  beneath  the  Comma- 
i-table  in  Kings  Kerswell  church.  His  armg 
were.  Paly  of  six  or  and  gules,  on  a  chief  of  the 
Erst,  a  lion  passant  gardant  of  the  second. 

It  may  assist  G.  A.  A.  to  know  that  Sir  Henrr 
Langford  was  possessed  (^  purchase,  I  believe) 
in  1710  of  the  manor  of  Kings  Kerswell,  and  at 
hia  death  bequeathed  the  estate  to  his  relative 
Thomas    Brown,    Esq.,   irhose    great- {randaoii^ 


156 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


[S**  a  L  Feb,  22,  '62. 


Henry  LaDgford  Brown,  Esq.,  is  the  present 
owner,  and  resides  at  Barton  Hall,  in  that  parish. 
Probably  (if  the  inquiry  is  for  an  historical  pur- 
pose) this  gentleman  would  give  G.  A.  A.  the  in- 
formation he  requires.  John  Tuckett. 
Great  Bnsaell  Street.; 

DocTOK  OF  Mbpicimk  (3'^  S.  i.  134.) — Your 
able  correspondent,  J.  H.,  says,  **  By  what  autho- 
rity the  College  of  Physicians  are  empowered  to 
grant  the  degree  of  Doctor  of  Medicine  to  their 
acentiates,  unless  by  their  charter  of  incorporation, 
I  cannot  say.**  The  College  of  Physicians  cannot 
five  the  degree  of  M.D.  They  can  make  licentiates 
in  physic,  but  not  with  the  title  of  M.D. ;  that 
must  be  obtained  at  Oxford,  Cambridge,  Edin- 
burgh, or  Glasgow,  by  keeping  terms,  and  a  re- 
giilar  medical  course  of  study.  The  most  the 
ollege  of  Physicians  can  do,  is  to  say  to  their 
licentiates,  if  you  assume  the  title,  we  shall  not 
take  any  adverse  notice  of  it,  or  oppose  you,  but 
no  degree  can  we  give  you.    It  is  a  compromise. 

F.  Y. 

BiBLIOGBAPHT    OF    AlCHTMT    AND    MtSTICISM 

S'*  S.  i.  89.)  —  The  principal  French  works  on 
s  subject  are  — 

1.  Histoire  de  la  PbiloAophie  Herm^tiqae,  par  Leug- 
let  Dafresnoy.    Paris,  1742. 

2.  Schmeider,  Ilistoire  de  l*Alch!mie.    Halle,  1882. 
8.  Figuier,  L'Achimie  et  let  Alchimistes.  Paria,  1684. 
4.  Dictionnaire  de  Mystique   Chrdtienne,  par  TAbbd 

Migne.    Montrouge,  1858. 

S.  Gauthiotz. 

Mabt  Woffington  (S'*  S.  i.  88.)  — That  the 
parents  of  this  lady  (the  Hon.  Mrs.  Cholmondeley) 
were  in  a  very  humble  position,  is  undoubtedly 
true.  According  to  Gait,  the  father,  John  Wof- 
fington, was  a  journeyman  bricklayer,  and  resided 
in  George  Lane,  Dame  Street,  Dublin. 

At  his  death,  the  widow,  in  the  words  of  the 
same  authority,  '*  saw  no  choice  but  to  become  a 
washerwoman, — an  avocation  which  "  (it  is  satis- 
factory to  learn)  "  her  health  and  vigour  enabled 
her  to  undertake  properly." — Lives  of  the  Players^ 
Tol.  i.  p.  220. 

From  this  state  of  poverty  the  family  was  raised 
by  the  success  of  the  celebrated  Peg  Woffington, 
in  her  theatrical  caiteer,  which  commenced  as 
J*  Polly  "  in  the  Beggars'  Opera  at  a  show  booth 
in  Dame  Street,  kept  by  Mademoiselle  Violante. 

Gait  further  says  that  she  allowed  her  mother 
SO/,  a-year,  which  she  afterwards  augmented  to 
30/.  ^  0*Keefe  mentions  having  seen  Peg  perform 
^Alicia **  in  Jane  Shore  in  1755,  and  continues : 

**  I  remember  some  years  afterwards  seeing  ber  mother, 
whom  she  oomfortably  supported ;  a  respectable-lookiog; 
old  lady,  in  her  short* black  velvet  cloak,  with  deep  rich 
fringe,  a  diamond  ring,  and  small  agate  snuff  box.  She 
had  nothing  to  mind  but  going  the  rounds  of  the  Catholic 
chapels  and  chatting  with  her  neighbours.  Mrs.  Wof- 
fington, the  actress,  built  and  endowed  a  number  of 
almhouses  at  Teddington,  Middlesex,  and  there  th^  are 


to  this  day.  She  is  buried  in  the  church ;  her  name  on 
her  tombstone.'*  —  Rteollections  of  John  &Kerfe^  w^  L 
p.  30. 

As  a  further  reference  for  particulars  relating 
to  this  actress,  I  may  mention  Genest's  HiMtory  of 
the  Stage,  vol.  iv.  p.  497,  and  vol.  x.  307 ;  and 
Davies*  Life  of  Oarrick,  vol.  i.  305—312.  The 
former  has  extracts  from  several  books  in  which 
notices  of  her  occur.  Cha&lbs  Wtlue. 

Stasch  (3''  S.i.  90.)— 'Starch  appears  to  have 
been  introduced  at  the  commencement  of  the 
reign  of  Elizabeth,  when  the  wearing  of  lawn  and 
cambric  rufik  came  into  fashion,  tliese  becoming 
articles  of  attire  having  been  previously  made  of 
fine  Holland,  and  therefore  requiring  no  com- 
pound to  stiffen  them.  It  is  recorded,  that  when 
the  queen  "had  ruffs  made  thereof  (lawn  and 
cambric)  for  her  own  princely  wearing,  there  was 
none  in  England  could  tell  how  to  starch  them ; 
but  the  queen  made  special  means  for  aome  women 
that  could  starch ;  **  and  Mrs.  Gnilham,  wife  of 
the  royal  coachman,  was  the  first  starcber.  In 
the  year  1564,  Frow  Yander  Flasse  coodetcended 
to  leave  her  native  marshes  in  Flanders,  and  set-  • 
tied  in  London,  where  she  gave  lessons  in  the 
gentle  art  of  clear  starching  at  the  moderate  price 
of  five  pounds  per  lesson,  with  an  additional  fee 
of  twenty  shillings  for  instruction  in  the  mystery 
of  converting  the  "  wheat- flour,  bran,  and  some- 
times roots  '*  into  **  that  liquid  matter  which  thej 
call  starch.**  (Stubbes.) 

This  article  was  made  of  all  hues ;  in  the  reign 
of  James  I.,  yellow  was  the  fashionable  colour, 
and  we,  or  rather  our  ancestors,  were  indebted  to 
the  notorious  Mrs.  Turner,  said  to  be  the  widow 
of  a  physician,  the  willing  tool  of  that  infamous 
clique  who  poisoned  Sir  Thomas  Overbury  in  the 
Tower,  for  the  introduction  from  France  of  that 
graceful  tincture;  and  she  it  was,  who  was  at 
once  its  alpha  and  omega ;  for  its  becoming  known 
tolthe  world  of  fashion,  that  she  was  executed  ia 
a  **  yellow  starched  tiffinv  ruff  and  ou£^**  that  ab- 
solute monarch  decreed  tnat  his  subjects  should  no 
more  be  clad  in  so  infamous  a  hue»  and  *'  yellow 
starch  and  wheeeled  fardingales  were  cried 
down.*'     (KiUegrew,  1615.) 

See  Fulleyn*s  Etymological  Compendium^  Timbs's 
Curiosities  of  History^  Flanch6*s  British  Castanet 
&c.  &c  H.  8.  G. 

Sir  Fbavcis  Bbtav  (3'<  S.  i.  110.)^  The  fol^ 
lowing  notices  of  this  accomplished  oourtier  are 
from  Sir  Harris  Nicolas*s  notes  to  theJfVtty  Purse 
Expenses  of  King  Henry  the  Eighth  :  -* 

**  Many  of  the  entries  respecting  Sir  Frauds  Bryaa, 
one  of  the  brightest  ornaments  of  Henry's  oourt,  tend  to 
confirm  the  idea  of  the  intimacy  between  him  and  his 
sovereign.  They  show  that  he  was  constantly  the  king's 
companion  in  his  amosements  at  shovelboard,  bowls» 
dice,  primero,  and  other  games ;  and  on  one  occasion  we 
find  60L  was  g^ren  to  his  servant  as  *a  token  from  the 
king  to  him,'  an  expression  which  no  where  else  o^ibus^ 


S«  S.  L  Fn.  22; '82.] 


NOTES  ASD  QUEBIES. 


157 


and  which,  it  would  teem,  wts  a  deUcate  manner  of 
making  him  a  pecuniary  present.  He  was  the  onlj  son 
of  Sir  Thomas  Bryan,  vrho  died  in  1517,  and  was  one  of 
Henry  the  Eighth's  Gentlemen  of  the  Bedchamber. 
Br}'an  was  the  author  of  sonnets  which  are  inserted 
amonsst  those  of  the  Elarl  of  Surrey,  and  he  is  conse- 
qnently  noticed  by  Dr.Nott  in  his  elegant  edition  of  that 
nobleman's  prodactions.  Hall  also  states  many  carioos 
facta  respect  him,  particalmrly  of  the  Iom  of  one  of  hia 
eyes  at  tilting  match.'* 

This  note  gives  the  name  of  Sir  Francis  Bryants 
father,  but  without  further  particulars  of  him 
than  that  he  died  in  1517 ;  for  I  believe  Sir  Har- 
ris Nicolas  meant  that  Sir  Francis  himself  *'  was 
one  of  Henry  the  £ighth*s  Gentlemen  of  the  Bed- 
chamber;*' though,  if  so,  he  expressed  himself 
ambiguously.  Where  is  there  more  to  be  found 
respecting  Sir  Thomas  Bryan  ?  N.  H.  S. 

Mathews  and  Gougu  Families  (S'*'  S.  i. 
89)— Mathew  Gougb,  Esn.,  the  "great  Captain 
in  France,"  temp.  Hen.  VL,  must,  I  think,  be 
*  unus  et  idem  with  ^  Matthew  Gougfa,  an  £s- 
guier  of  Wales,**  afterwards  knighted,  who,  says 
Hollingshed,  *'  was  a  man  of  excellent  vertue  and 
of  preat  renown  in  the  wars  of  France  [under 
Talbot],  where  he  had  served  ibr  the  space  of 
twenty  years  and  upwards,  and  ended  his  life  at 
London  Bridge  in  defending  the  city  against 
Cade.**  *  This  valiant  Welshman  im  stated  to  have 
been  the  father  of  two  sons,  Thomas  and  Richard, 
the  latter  of  whom  stands  in  most  pedigrees  as 
the  ancestor  of  the  Goughs  of  Oldfallings  and 
Perry  Hall,  and  of  Lord  Caltborpe;  but  it  is 
right  to  state  that  some  deduce  the  descent  from 
Thomas  Gough,  a  woolstapler  in  London,  younger 
brother  of  Sir  Matthew.  So  that  the  memoran- 
dum quoted  by  your  correspondent  of  the  mar- 
riage of  his  daughter  and  heireet  may  be  worthy 
of  consideration.  I  may  add,  that  the  Goughs 
of  Perry  Hall  bear  a  different  coat  to  that  de- 
scribed by  Mb.  Lsb,  which,  I  should  presume, 
was  the  more  ancient  coat  of  the  family  .f 

Your  correspondent  asks  whether  the  names  he 
quotes  as  ancestors  of  the  family  in  question  are 
of  historical  note  in  Wales  ?  To  this  I  would  re- 
ply, that  the  blood  of  Bleddyn  ap  Cynfyn,  who 
was  in  the  eleventh  century  ICing  of  rowys,  and 
(by  usurpation)  of  North  and  South  Wales,  and 
founder  of  the  third  royal  tribe,  is  widely  diffused 
throughout  the  Principality,  there  being  few  fa- 
milies there  of  any  pretensions  to  antiquity  (and 
we  all  know  what  Welshmen  are  in  that  respect) 
who  cannot  trace  a  descent  from  this  worthy. 

The  latter  part  of  the  Query  is  very  difficult  to 
answer,  as  families  of  the  name  of  Mathews  are  so 

•  See  Shaw's  Hittoiy  of  Siaffordihire,  vol.  iL  p.  188, 
wliere  there  is  a  very  full  and  elAborate  ffenenlogy  of  the 
finnitr,  commencing  with  Innerth,  or  John  Gongh,  £s^, 
of  Wales,  father  of  Sir  Matthew. 

t  The  three  boars  are  assigned  to  "  Qongh  of  Wales  " 
in  tiM  banddic  dictionaries. 


nmnerous.  If  one  knew  the  arms  f  of  which  your 
correspondent  is  also  in  ignorance)  it  would  afford 
some  clue  to  the  pedigree,  for  Welshmen  are  more 
known  by  their  arms  than  their  names.  I  would 
suggest  to  Mr.  Lee  a  course  of  Torke*s  Royal 
Tribes,  Burke*s  Royal  Families,  (where  there  js  a 
very  good  pedigree  of  the  dynasties  of  North  and 
South  Wales  and  Powys),  Commoners,  Heraldic 
lUuMtratUms,  Landed  Gentry,  and  Peerage,  Ax.,  and 
I  think  he  will  then  meet  with  the  name  of  IBleddjn 
ap  Cynfyn,  Meredith  ap  Bleddyn,  and  Madoc  ap 
Meredith,  Prince  of  Powjs-Fadog,  ttf^ue  ad  nou- 
seam,  H.  S.  G. 

IIoiiAND,    DU&E    OF   EZBTEB  (9^   S.  1.    52.)  — 

The  flaming  cresset  spoken  of  by  J.  H.  appears 
not  to  have  been  the  family  crest  of  the  Rolands, 
for  Hie  crest  borne  by  John  Holand,  2nd  Duke  of 
Exeter  of  this  name,  was  "  upon  a  chapeau  doubled 
ermine,  a  lion  passant  guardant  crowned,  and 
gorged  with  a  collar  of  France.**  Sandford  tells  us 
that  this  crest  was  curiously  canred  in  stone  upon 
the  duke*s  monument  in  St.  Catherine's  church, 
near  the  Tower  of  London.  {Oenealogieal  His- 
tory, p.  219,  ed.  1707.) 

What  is  become  of  this'monument  ? 

Is  not  J.  H.  in  error  in  describing  Henry,  Duke 
of  Exeter,  as  Lord  High  Admiral?  John,  the 
2nd  Duke  (the  one  whose  monument  I  have 
spoken  of),  held  that  office ;  but  I  am  not  aware 
tnat  his  son  Uenry,  the  9rd  Duke,  succeeded  him 
in  it.  Nor  can  I  see  how  any  Holand,  Duke  of 
Exeter,  could  be  heir  presumptive  to  the  throne 
of  England.  For,  supposing  the  crown  to  have 
devolved  upon  the  line  ofJoan  Plan tagenet,  daugh- 
ter of  Edmond  of  Woodstock,  the  issue  of  her 
eldest  son  Thomas  Holand,  Earl  of  Kent,  would 
have  come  in  before  the  issue  of  her  second  son 
John  Holand,  Duke  of  Exeter.  Mbletes. 

The  Empeboe  Napomon  IIL  (3^*  S.  i.  88.)  — 
Fully  subscribing  to  Mr.  Ferret's  suggestion, 
that  any  anecdotes  of  the  French  Emperor,  per- 
taining to  bis  residence  in  England,  would  be  of 
interest,  I  beg  to  offer  what  I  know  of,  such  as 
they  are. 

My  father,  the  late  Gabriele  Rossetti,  the  com- 
mentator on  Dante,  a  Neapolitan  poet  and  politi- 
cal refugee,  settled  in  London  as  Professor  of 
Italian  at  King's  College,  was  well  known  to  most 
of  the  Buonaparte  family,  with  the  exception  of 
the  great  Napoleon.  When  Prince  Louis  Napo- 
leon was  in  England,  prior  to  the  Boulogne  expe- 
dition, he  was  a  pretty  regular  visitor  at  my 
father's  house  in  Charlotte  Street,  Portland  Place. 
Since  the  return  of  Napoleon  to  France  in  1848, 
I  have  severid  times  heard  my  father,  who  was 
an  ardent  lover  of  liberty,  though  with  more 
of  a  constitutional  than  a  republican  bias,  say 
that,  in  all  his  intercourse  with  the  prince,  he^  had 
never  heard  from  him  »  single  expression  indicaA- 


158 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


[8'*  S.  L  Frb.  22,  •62. 


ing  liberal  or  popular  sjmpatbies.  The  prince 
had  not  excitea  any  admiration  for  intellect,  de- 
meanour, or  person  in  our  house ;  and  was  often 
disadvantageously  contrasted  with  Prince  Pierre 
Buonaparte,  also  a  frequent  visitor  to  mj  father. 

I  have  been  told  by  an  officer  of  dragoons  that 
he  received  his  first  lesson  in  fencing  from  the 
prince  when  in  London,  afler  his  escape  from 
Ham ;  and  Uiat  he  is  a  most  excellent  master  of 
fence.  W.  M.  Bossetti. 

London. 

Cbubl  Kino  Phujp  (2»*  S.  xii.  393.)  — 

Tal  iUv  r  *v  ntiCtf  v^^ta  irrwo'a'ovo'ai  Ici^ai, 
0(  84  Tff  TOf  ItKixowriy  /s-oAficvoi,  ovM  rif  oAc^ 
PiYi'rrai,  ovii  ^vy^  *  x^^^^vcri  ii  r  iviptt  ayPD*" 

Odyss.  xxU.  802. 

The  above  is  supposed  by  Madame  Dacier  and 
others  to  describe  hawking.  I  do  not  know  any 
other  passage  in  Homer  out  of  which  such  a  mean- 
ing could  be  "  squeezed."  .  W.  D. 

FULLUHT,   THE   AnQLO-SaXON  BaFTISM    (2°**   S. 

xii.  393,  523.) — It  has  given  me  very  great  satis- 
faction to  find  that  my  query  has  provoked  so 
rich  a  display  of  learning  and  acumen  as  these 
pages  have  seen  on  the  part  of  your  valued  cor- 
respondent B.  H.  C.  in  his  demonstration  of  the 
real  source  oi  ftdluht. 

The  primary  meaning  of  this  strange  Anglo- 
Saxon  word  is  perfection;  and  the  word  there- 
fore now  turns  out  to  be  neither  more  nor  less 
than  a  translation  of  TeXe(w(rtf,  or,  of  perfection 
but  more  probably  of  the  latter. 

The  verb  fyllan  (or  gefyUan)  was  commonly 
used  in  the  sense  of  perfecting  or  performing 
fully. 

.    .    ratSe  wsbs  gefylled 
Heah  cininges  hm." 

Cxdmon,  w.  128, 124,  Boaterwek's  edition. 


u 


Fulgangan  also  has  the  same  meaning. 


H.  C«  C* 


Fpolliott  Family  (3^''  S.  i.  88.)  — Your  cor- 
respondent S.  T.  is  not  probably  aware  that  the 
FfoUiott  family,  until  within  the  last  few  years, 
were  possessors  of  Lickhill,  a  mansion  and  hamlet 
in  the  parish  of  Kidderminster,  with  considerable 
landed  property  adjoining,  and  that  there  exists 
in  Kidderminster  parish  church  a  monument  to 
the  Hon.  Anne  Soley,  daughter  of  Thomas  Lord 
FfoUiott,  who  died  in  1696. 

The  same  family  also  possessed  landed  property 
at  WishaWf  near  Colesnill,  Warwickshire,    and 
one  of  the  ntime  is  now  incumbent  of  the  churc 
at  that  place. 

Trysull  is  at  no  great  distance  from  either  of 
the  places  mentioned.     Thomas  £.  Winnihgtom. 

Ibish  Wolt-doo  (2"^  S.  xii.  88.)— About  thirty 
years  ago  there  was,  at  Freeport,  Armstrong 
County,  Pennsylvania,  a  family  of  dogs,  said  to 


be  of  this  species.  They  were  covered  with  white, 

curling  hair,  had  sharp  noses,  and  panted  when 

lying  down.  Uhxda. 
Philadelphia. 

Redmond  Family  (3'*  S.  i.  52.)  —  May  I  beg 
of  J.  H.  to  give  some  further  particulars  respect- 
ing the  famuy  of  Redmond,  which  he  supposes  to 
have  come  from  Normandy  with  William  the 
Conqueror  ?  The  Raymond  who  went  to  Ireland 
with  Strongbow  in  the  time  of  Henry  IL,  is 
generally  supposed  to  have  been  a  younger  son  of 
William  de  Carrio ;  and  if  so,  his  Norman  descent 
is  rather  problematical.  William  de  Carrio  was 
one  of  the  sons  of  Gerald,  by  Nesta,  Princess  of 
South  Wales ;  and  if  Raymond  was  a  son  of  his, 
his  armorial  bearings  were  probably  similar  in 
character  to  those  of  Fitz- Gerald  and  De  Wind- 
sor, in  neither  of  which  does  the  cresset  appear. 

Aavies. 

Epitaph  in  Canterbury  Cathedral  (2"^  S. 
xii.  349.)  — It  is  not  unlikely  that  the  conceit  in 
the  epitaph  frequently  occurred  to  the  writers  of 
such  compositions :  — 

"  To  him  who  most  be  his  tomb's  monument, 
And  by  the  virtne  of  his  lasting  fame, 
Must  make  his  toombe  live  long,  not  it  his  name." 

In  Theddingworth  church,  Leicestershire :  — 

**  He  wrongs  the  dead,  who  thinks  this  marble  frame 
Was  built  to  be  the  guardian  of  each  name ; 
Whereas  'twas  for  their  ashes  only  meant. 
Their  names  are  set  to  guard  the  monument." 

D.  S.  S* 

Sir  Isaac  Newton  (2"*  S.  xii.  351.) — In  refer- 
ence to  the  Note  of  S.  T.  on  the  descent  of  Sir 
Isaac  Newton,  permit  me  to  say  that  Atkyns,  in 
his  Ghucestershircy  gives  the  pedigree  of  the 
Newton  family  of  Ban*  Court,  deriving  them  from 
Cradoc-ap-Howel,  Lord  of  Newton,  in  Glamorgan. 
Sir  Richard  Cradock,  Chief  Justice  of  England, 
who  died  in  1444,  and  is  buried  in  Bristol  cathe- 
dral, was  the  first  of  the  family  who  took  the 
name  of  Newton.  From  him  the  direct  succession 
continued  until  Sir  John  Newton,  who  dying 
without  issue  (1661)  conferred  the  estate  and  en' 
tailed  the  baronetcy  on  Sir  John  Newton  of  Xia- 
colnshire — necessarily  a  kinsman,  though  Atkyns 
does  not  say  so.  Sir  Michael  Newton,  who  at- 
tended Sir  Isaac's  funeral,  was  grandson  of  this 
Sir  John ;  and  with  him,  I  believe,  expired  the 
baronetcy  pf  Newton  of  Barr  Court  Mrs.  Archer, 
sister  of  Sir  Michael,  restored  the  ancient  monu- 
ment of  Sir  Richard  Cradock  at  Bristol,  mutilated 
during  the  Civil  War.  Sir  Isaac  being  of  Lin- 
colnshire parentage,  and  Sir  Michael  attending 
his  funeral,  seem  circumstances  that  plainly  con- 
nect them  AS  kinsmen.  I  have  shown  that  Sir 
MichaeFs  grandfather  succeeded  to  the  baronetcy 
as  an  ofishoot  of  the  Gloucestershire  Newtons ; 
and  that  they  are  in  their  turn  of  Welsh  descent. 


8*4  &  L  Fbb.  22,  '62.] 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


159 


This,  I  think,  is  stronf^  presumptive  evidence  that 
the  great  philosopher  is  not  of  Scotch,  but  rather 
of  remote  Welsh  extraction.  As  a  descendant 
through  one  of  its  many  branches  of  the  Cradock- 
Newtons,  I  hope  I  may  claim  a  kindred,  however 
distant,  with  this  intellectual  giant — this  good 
and  honoured  man.  J.  J.  Cbadock  Newton. 

Clerical  Lonqevitt  (2»*  S.  x.  176,  877.)  — 
In  the  former  of  these  notices  I  called  attention 
with  reference  to  '*  centenarianism,**  to  the  case  of 
the  Bev.  J.  R.  Holden,  rector  of  Upminster,  co. 
Essex,  who,  from  the  entry  in  Crockford*s  Clerical 
Directory^  appeared  to  be  at  least  110  years  of 
i^e.  In  the  latter  notice  it  is  stated  by  J.  G.  N. 
l£at  the  Rev.  John  Rose  Holden,  formerly  rector 
of  Upminster,  died  in  1827.  In  the  obituary  of 
this  day's  Times  (Jon.  31,  1862),  I  observe  the 
record  of  the  death,  at  the  parsonage  of  the  above 
named  parish,  of  the  Rev.  John  Rose  Holden,  M.A., 
rector,  aged  90  years.  I  imagine  this  gentleman 
must  ji&ve  been  the  son  of  the  priest  who  was  in- 
stituted in  1 799.  Can  any  of  your  readers  afford 
information  upon  this  point,  and  state  when  the 
gentleman  now  deceasea  graduated  at  the  Univer- 
sity, was  admitted  to  deacon's  and  priest's  orders, 
and  inducted  into  the  benefice  P  It  appears  from 
the  Clergy  List  that  the  advowson  is  vested  in  the 
trustees  of  the  late  J.  R.  Holden,  Esq. 

John  Maclbait. 


NOTES  ON  BOOKS,  ETa 

ReplieB  to  Euayt  and  Reviews;  with  a  Preface  hy  the 
Lord  Bishop  of  Oxford.  (John,  Henry,  &  James  Parker, 
Oxford  &  London.) 

Any  one  who  haa  read  the  Euoj/e  and  Reviewe  should 
make  himself  acquainted  with  the  well-merited  castiga- 
tion  which  the  Bev.  H.  J.  Bose  has  here  inflicted  on  Dr. 
Williams,  whom  he  accuses  and  convicts  of  <*  a  series  of 
nisrepresentationt,  which  it  would  not  be  easy  to  pa- 
n^eL"  Dr.  Gonlbnm,  in  more  moderate  style,  shows 
Dr.  Temple's  Esaay  to  be  but  an  inferior  version  of  an 
eisay  of  {Leasing,  which  he  has  dislocated  and  spoilt 
Dr.  Wordsworth  exposes  Professor  Jowett's  obligations 
to  Mr.  Grqr's  Creed  of  Christendom.  Mr.  Bobison  is  not 
so  soccessnil  against  Mr.  Goodwin ;  and  would  have  ua 
read  the  first  chapter  of  Genesis  as  but  a  **  Psalm  of 
Craatioii.'' 

XtMf  of  the  ArehbishoM  of  Oanterbiay,  By  Walter 
Farauhar  Hook,  D.D.,  Dean  of  Chichester.  Vol  11, 
AmmO'Norman  Period.    (Bentley.) 

As  Dean  of  Chichester's  interesting  series  of  Archie- 
piaoopal  Biographies  proceeds  with  measured  step.  A 
Sseood  Volume,  devoted  to  the  great  men  who  filled  the 
Sea  of  Canterbury  during  the  Anglo-Norman  Period,  is 
now  bafors  na^  and  contains  the  lives  of  no  less  than  ten 
Archbishops.  As  among  these  are  Anselm,  Lanfranc, 
Thomas  4  Backet,  and  Stephen  Langton,  it  will  be  seen 
that  Dr.  Hook  has  not  wanted  materials  for  a  volume  of 
mnch  greater  interest  than  the  previous  one ;  and  if  the 
woric  is  carried  on  in  the  same  style  and  spirit,  it  will 
certainly  go.  far  to  supply  a  popular  History  of  the 
Charoh  in  £ngland. 


Memoir   of  the  Life  and  EpiteopaU  of  Dr.   WHliam 
Bedetl,  Lord  Bishop  of  KUmore,  by  hit  Son-in-law,  Bev. 
Alexander  Clogy,  Muister  of  Cayan.     (Wertheim 
Macintosh.) 

This  is  a  simple  reprint  of  the  original  MS.  in  the  Har- 
leian  Collection  in  the  British  Museum,  which  will  render 
some  details  of  Irish  history  more  accessible  to  the  fhture 
biographer  of  Bedell ;  but  it  does  not  materially  alter 
the  impression  of  his  character  and  episcopate  which  we 
have  all  derived  from  Burnet's  pages. 

P.  Virgilii  Maronis  Bucoliea,  Georgica,  et  /Ends, 
With  English  Notes.    By  C.  D.  Yonge.    (Bentley.) 

The  object  of  the  present  edition  is  to  enable  the  young 
student  of  Virgil,  not  only  to  overcome  his  difficulties, 
but  also  to  comprehend  his  beauties.  The  editor  him- 
self, no  ordinary  scholar,  has  had  the  aasistance  of  the 
late  Provost  of  Eton,  Professor  Key,  Mr.  George  Long, 
Mr.  Munro,  and  Dr.  Latham ;  and  as  his  numerous  notes 
(they  occupy  nearly  three  hundred  closely-printed  pages 
at  the  end  of  the  volume)  are  pertinent  and  concise,  thia 
edition  of  Virgil  cannot  fail  of  being  introduced  into 
many  schools,  and  of  being  extensively  used  by  those 
who  are  teaching  themselves  to  read  the  most  perfect  of 
Latin  poets. 

Legona  Graduies  de  Traduction  e<  de  Lecture ;  or.  Gradu- 
ated Lessons  in  TVanslation  and  Reading,  with  Biographical 
Sketches,  Annotations  on  History,  Geography,  Synonyms, 
and  Style,  and  a  Dictionary  of  JFords  and  Idioms.  By 
Henri  van  Laun,  One  of  the  FVench  Masters  at  Cheltenham 
College.    (TrUbner  &  do.) 

The  present  excellent  selection  has  one  or  two  special 
daims  to  favorable  attention.  The  extracts  are  of  con- 
siderable length,  and  so  arranged  as  to  make  the  student 
famiUar  with  the  idiomatic  writers  of  the  present  cen- 
tury, while  the  preliminary  observations  and  illustrative 
Notes  are  such  as  to  make  him  perfectly  master  of  the 
spirit  as  well  as  the  language  of  the  several  writers. 

Everybody's  Pudding  Book;  or.  Puddings,  Tarts,  8f€, 
m  their  proper  Season  for  all  the  Year  Round.    (Bentley). 

It  would  take  a  twelvemonth  to  do  justice  to  the  pre- 
sent book,  that  is  to  test,  or  rather  taste,  ita  merits.  But 
a  fair  critic  to  whom  we  have  submitted  it,  reports  so 
favourably  of  it,  that  we  cannot  refuse  to  give  Mr.  Bentley 
one/wj^in  retum.for  so  many  puddings. 

The  Journal  of  Sacred  Literature,  edited  by  B.  Harris 
Cowper,  No.  28.* 

Just  as  able,  but  a  little  freer  in  its  theology,  than 
when  under  the  editorial  supervision  of  Dr.  Burgess. 

The  Intellectual  Observer  Review  of  Natural  History, 
Microscopic  Research,  and  Recreative  Science.  No,  I. 
(Groombridge  &  Sons.) 

The  ,object  of  this  new  serial  ia  shown  by  its  title ; 
and  looking  at  ita  moderate  price  (one  shilling),  the 
manner  in  which  it  is  f!ot  up,  and  its  array  of  contribu- 
tors,—  Mr.  Shirley  Hibberd,  Mr.  Gosse,  Mr.  Thomas 
Wright,  the  Hon.  Mrs.  Ward,  &c  —  all  well  known  for 
their  skill  in  popularising  science  and  learning,  we  can- 
not doubt  that  The  Intellectual  Observer  will  succeed  as 
it  deserves. 


BOOKS    AND    ODD    VOLUMES 

WAMTfiD   TO  PUBCHASB. 

Fttrtlenlwf  of  Priee,  fto.  of  the  followina  Bopkf  to  be  Nat  direet  to 
the  sentlemcn  by  whom  thej  are  reqair«a,Mia  whoee  namea  and  ad- 
dreiMe  are  giTen  for  that  porpoee  i  — 

Thb  Elivtir  Ctcbbo.    IMS.   Vol.  X.   (Fragmenta.) 
Ltkdk'i  Via  Totax    Via  Dbvia.    ISmo.    168a.    (Or  Pickerlns'f  rs- 
intiti.) 

Wanted  by  /,  £.  UoO«Wv(0(l«i^\>cevsxUL^nscva^ 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


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Lofton,  W,C. 

CnOICB  POBT  OF  18a  VmTAGB—THE  COICBT  IZAB. 

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Dock  una  KoacUt  Ma.  Ma.  tta.  eOi.  id  I»i.     - 

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Unw.  CanaUniri,  Vcnnnlh.  and  dIKct  rare  WIuh. 

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NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


161 


LONDON,  SATURDAY,  MARCH  I,  1862. 


CONTENTS No.  9. 


NOTES: —Edmund  Burko,  161  —  The  Sonnets  of  Shakspera, 
162  ~  Letters  of  Archbishop  Leighton,  165  — Beading  the 
Scriptures  in  the  Sixteenth  and  Seventeenth  Centuries.  166 
—  Mathematical  Bibliography,  167  —  The  Society  of  Anti- 
quaries, 108. 

MnroK  NoTBS :  —  Richard  Martin  —  Dick  Brome  —  "  My 
Fist  Weighs  exactly  a  Pound"— Kleptomania  — Prince 
Gtoorgo  of  Denmark  —  Baxter's  Long  Sermon  —  Feinaigle's 
"Art  of  Memory/*  168. 

QUERIES:  —  Rev.  Dr.  Samuel  Bolton  —  Forman,  Dr.  — 
Genealogy  of  the  Family  of  Loftus— Georae  Chapman  — 
"  Hakon  Jorl "  —  Rev.  Robert  Innes  —  Farkes  —  Lady 
Mary  Percy  —  B.  Price.  Jun. — A  Pope  burned  —  Quota- 
tions Wanted  —  Surplice  worn  in  private  Administra^ 
tion  of  the  Communion  —  Tenure  of  the  Manor  of  Adding- 
ton,  00.  Surrey— LodvickVerelst-Ulric  von  Hutten  — 
Waits  of  the  City  of  London— Warden  of  the  English 
and  Scottish  Marches— "Whip  up  Smouchy  or  Pont," 
169. 

QUEKIES  WITH  Aif BWESS :  —  Isle  of  Lundy  —  Exordsm : 
Luther  —  Miss  Pond  —  Smuggling  —  John  Whitney  — 
•*  Circuhir  Bordure  -  —  Dutch  Psalter  —  Carter  Lane 
Meeting-House  —  Biblical  Versions,  171. 

SEPLIES :— Prophecies Fuiailed:  Propheciesof  StMalachi 
respecting  the  Popes:  Prophecy  respecting  the  Crimean 
War.  173  — Isabella  and  Elizaiieth,  174  — Lambeth  De- 
frrees,  175  —  Michael  Scott's  Writings  on  Astronomy  — 
To«l-Eatcr  —  Sir  Francis  Bryan  —  Lucky  and  Unlucky 
.D^s  —  Earthquakes  in  England— Whitehall  —  **  The  Ex- 
ception proves  the  Rule" — EuropcAn  Ignorance  of  Amo- 
rica— Grammar  Schools— Clergyman's  Right  to  take  the 
Chair — Surnames  —  Euripides  and  Menander,  176. 

Notes  on  Books. 

EDMUND  BURKE. 

Some  years  since  inquiries  were  made  in  "  N.  & 
Q."  about  Edmund  Burke  and  his  relations,  wbich, 
I  regret  to  say,  have  not  been  answered.  We 
baye  memoirs  of  Burke  out  of  number,  and  yet 
of  facts  relating  to  his  early  life,  and  to  his  family, 
there  are  not  half  a  dozen  that  will  bear  the  test 
of  examination.  Incredible  as  it  may  appear,  we 
know  not  when  or  where  he  was  bom,  wnerc  bap- 
tized, or  where  married.  Some  of  his  biographers 
tell  us  that  he  was  born  in  the  county  of  (5ork ; 
others  in  the  city  of  Dublin.  Some  lead  us  to 
infer  that  he  was  married  at  Bath;  others  at 
Marylebone:  but  search  has  been  made  through 
the  registers  of  both,  without  success.  We  know 
little  more  of  his  father  —  neither  where  or  when 
he  was  born,  or  baptized.  We  arc  told  indeed 
that  he  was  married  at  Mallow  **  about  1725  or 
1726  " ;  but  the  "  about "  is  proof  that  the  bio- 
graphers  know  nothing. 

My  attention  has  been  again  directed  to  this 
subject  by  reading  in  a  privately  printed  work, 
written  b^  a  distinguished  Irishman,  the  late 
Greneral  Sir  G.  Cockbum,  that  Burke  was  bom  in 
the  county  of  Coik.  This  agrees  with  a  circum- 
ftantial  memoir  published  in  the  Evening  Post  in 
1770,  and  written  probably  by  one  of  the  Burkes 
—  certainly  by  some  one  intimately  acquainted  j 
with  Edmund ;  and  Sir  James  Prior  admits  that 


Edmund  Burke  passed  some  years  at  Castle  Town 
Roche,  had  always  a  partiality  for  the  place,  and 
that  while  at  college  he  wrote  a  poem  on  the 
Blackwater,  which  runs  near  the  spot.  Yet  Sir 
James  says,  undoubtingly,  that  he  was  bom  in 
Dublin  on  the  Ist  of  Jan.  (O.  S.)  1730.  This,  in 
respect  to  place,  seems  borne  out  by  the  register 
of  Trin.  Coll.^  where  he  is  described  as  **  natua 
Dublin.**  But  is  that  conclusive  P  I  think  not, 
for  the  point  was  of  little  importance,  and  may 
have  been  assumed  consequent  on  the  father*s  re* 
sidence  at  the  time  of  entry.  The  assertion  as  to 
the  precise  date  is  followed  in  the  last  edition  of 
Frior*s  Life  by  an  acknowledgment  that  some  per- 
sons are  of  opmion  from  the  entry  in  the  matncu* 
lation  books,  that  he  was  born  in  1728.  It  is  cer- 
tainly difficult  to  reconcile  the  entry  **  1743,  annum 
agens  16,**  the  monumental  inscription  *'died  on  the 
9th  of  July,  1797,  aged  68  years,*'  the  fact  that  he 
was  entered  of  the  Middle  Temple,  London,  on 
the  23rd  of  April,  1747,  with  his  asserted  birth  in 
1730.  But  the  acknowledgment  that  '*  some  per- 
sons **  are  of  a  different  opinion  again  shows  that  we 
have  no  proof.  Yet  Edmund  Burke  could  not  have 
been  born  much  earlier,  if  other  statements  by  Sir 
James  be  correct;  for  the  father  married,  he  says, 
"  about  the  year  1725  or  1726 ;  **  and  Garret,  we 
know,  was  an  elder  brother,  and  Juliana  an  elder 
sister,  and  it  is  possible  that  some  one  or  more  of 
the  ten  or  eleven  children  who,  we  are  told,  **  died 
young,**  may  have  been  born  before  Edmund. 
Are  there  not  registers  at  Mallow,  Protestant  and 
Catholic?  There  certainly  are  at  Castle  Town 
Roche,  for  the  following  is  given  by  Sir  James  as 
an  extract  from  **  the  church  registers ;  **  — 

<*  Juliana,  daughter  of  Richard  and  Mary  Burke,  bap- 
tized, 1728.  Godfather,  Edward  Fitton.  Godmothers, 
Mary  Danwortb,  Mary  Nayler." 

This  is  apparently  a  literal!  transcript ;  yet  is 
it  not  strange  that  there  should  be  no  record  of 
either  month,  or  the  day  of  the  month  ?  And  is 
it  not  more  strange  that  this  daughter,  brought 
up  a  Catholic,  and  all  her  life  a  Catholic,  was  bap- 
tized at  the  Protestant  church,  and  is  the  only  one 
of  fourteen  or  fifteen  children  who,  so  far  as  ap- 
pears, was  baptized  at  all  ? 

All  indeed  that  I  can  collect  from  the  biogra- 
phers, and  this  is  open  to  serious  objection,  is  that 
Edmund  had  a  great-grandfather,  who  resided  at 
Castle  Town  Roche,  near  Mallow,  in  the  county 
of  Cork,  — incidentally  that  he  bad  a  grandfather, 
who  also  resided  at  Castle  Town,  — and  that  his 
father  was  "  a  Protestant,  educated  for  an  attor- 
ney.*' In  the  earlier  edition,  Sir  James  said  that 
the  father  resided  "  for  some  time  '*  in  Limerick, 
whence  he  removed  to  Dublin.  "  Some  time,'* 
however,  is  omitted  in  the  last  edition  ;  the  truth 
being  that  Sir  James  merely  followed  Dr.  Biss^, 
and  that  there  is  not,  so  far  as  I  can  discover^  a 
tittle  of  evidence  to  ^lio^  \.W\.  ^Ni:£w^^  S»J^^ 


162 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


[8»t  S.  L  Maiu  1,  *62. 


erer  set  foot  in  Limerick.  That  he  never  prac- 
tised there  as  an  attorney,  as  might  be  inferred,  is 
certain  from  Burke's  letter  to  Shackleton  in  1766 
— **  Mj  father  never  did  practice  in  the  country, 
but  always  in  the  superior  courts.**  The  onlj 
trace  of  the  father  before  he  settled  in  Dublin  is 
in  the  neighbourhood  of  Castle  Town  Roche  :  he 
there  became  attached,  we  are  told,  to  '*  a  juve- 
nile acquaintance,**  Miss  Nagle,  who  resided  in 
that  neighbourhood ;  he  married  her  at  Mallow ; 
his  daughter  Juliana  was  there  baptized*  and  there 
Edmund  passed  some  years  of  his  early  life. 

If  Burke*s  shadowy  grandfather,  or  great-grand- 
father could  be  shown  to  have  had  more  sons  than 
one,  it  might  explain  the  relationship^of  the  many 
Burkes  we  meet  with  among|Burke  s  intimates  in 
London  —  with  the  well-known  William — with 
Burke  of  Serjeant*8  Inn,  with  Burke  of  the  Tem- 
ple, and  others.  Another  of  the  family  has  just 
made  his  appearance  in  the  autobiography  of  Mrs. 
Delany.  Dr.  Delany*s  settlement  on  his  first 
wife  had  been  drawn  by  Mr.  Burke,  a  London 
lawyer.  The  original  settlement  had  been  de- 
stroyed, and  it  became  necessary  to  procure 
•econdsjry  evidence  of  its  contents;  but  Mr. 
Burke  was  at  the  time  in  Jamaica,  and  died 
in  1752  on  his  voyage  home.  It  then  appeared 
that  this  Burke  had  been  tenant  to  Ward  the 
bookseller,  who  had  seized  for  rent  all  Mr.  Burke*8 
effects,  and  in  consequence  Dr.  Delany  employed 
**  Mr.  Burke  of  Ser|eant*8  Inn,**  relation  of  Mr. 
Burke  of  Jamuca. 

Is  there  no  one  in  Castle  Town,  or  Mallow, 
or  Dublin  sufficiently  interested  in  this  subject 
to  give  us  the  benefit  of  a  little  local  research 
among  the  registers,  Protestant  and  Catholic? 
Unfortunately  the  surname  is  very  common,  and 
I  cannot  discover  the  Christian  name  of  either  his 
grandfather  or  great-grandfather,  or  of  his  grand- 
mothers, or  of  any  one  of  the  '*  ten  or  eleven  ** 
brothers  or  sisters,  or  where  any  of  these  peo- 
ple were  born  or  baptized,  married  or  buried. 

The  m;^steries  and  perplexities  which  b^et  the 
inquirer  into  the  private  life  of  Edmund  Burke 
would  form  by  far  too  wide  a  subject  even  for  a 
double  number  of  **  N.  &  Q.**  These  specimens, 
however,  arising  upon  the  very  threshold  of  our 
biographies  are  curious,  and  may  perhaps  tempt 
some  who  have  lebure  and  opportunities  to  fur- 
ther investigation.  E.  B.  S. 


THE  SONNETS  OF  SHAKSPERE. 

Ko  one  of  the  separate  works  of  our  renowned 
Shakspere  was  doomed  to  experience  so  small  a 
share  of  popular  favor  as  the  volume  of  Sonnets, 

Of  Vemis  and  Adonis^  first  published  in  1593, 
he  lived  to  witness  five  editions ;  of  Lucrece^  first 
published  in  1594,  he  lived  to  witness  four  edi- 


tions ;  and  of  some  of  the  undisputed  plays  which 
came  out  in  his  life- time  there  were  two  or  more 
editions  in  the  same  year  1  Now,  of  Shake'speares 
Sonnets^  as  first  published  in  1G09,  there  was  no 
passable  edition  till  1710  —  no  exact  re-impres- 
sion till  1766.  A  separate  re- impression  is  even 
at  this  time  a  bbsidbbatum. 

An  examination  of  the  earlier  writers  on  Shak- 
spere—  with  the  reservation  of  Francis  Meres — 
is  productive  of  the  same  evidence  as  the  biblio- 
graphic circumstances. 

Fuller,  the  oflen-quoted  recorder  of  facts  and 
fancies,  adverts  to  his  tragedies,  comedies,  poems, 
and  wit'ComhaiSi  without  specifying  any  one  of  his 
works.  Philips  calls  him  **  the  glory  of  the  Eng- 
lish stage,**  and  commends  the  style  of  **  his  Vemu 
and  AdonU^  his  Rape  of  Lucrece  and  other  vari- 
ous poems.**  By  various  poems  he  must  mean  the 
collection  of  1640.  Langbaine,  who  gives  a  some- 
what extended  account  of  his  plays,  and  even  of 
the  spurious  plays,  assures  us  that  he  abo  wrote 
**  two  small  poems,  viz.  Venus  emd  Adonis  —  and 
the  Rape  ofLucrece^  He  omits  the  sonnets,  but 
states  tne  precise  number  of  these  contained  in  the 
Delia  of  Samuel  Daniel ! 

Fuller  died  in  1661 ;  Philips  sent  forth  his  cri- 
ticism in  1675 ;  and  Langbaine,  in  1691.  As  the 
latter  date  almost  carries  us  on  to  the  interminable 
series^of  the  avowed  editors']  of  our  dramatist,  the 
information  which  they  afford  must  be  the  next 
point  of  inouiry. 

In  1709  Rowe  became  the  editor  of  our  drama- 
tist. He  ascribes  to  him  '*  Venus  and  Adonis  and 
Tarquin  and  Lucrece^  in  stanzas,**  as  printed  in  a 
late  collection  of  poems !  In  1725,  to  Rowe  suc- 
ceeded Pope.  He  notices  the  poems  '*  dedicated 
to  his  noble  patron  the  earl  of  Southampton.**  In 
1733  came  forth  Theobald.  He  announces  a 
**  correct  edition  of  all  the  poems.**  In  the  edi- 
tions of  Hanmer  in  1744,  of  Warburton  in  1747, 
and  Johnson  in  1765,  we  have  not  one  word  on 
the  poems. 

In  1766  Steevens  edited  Twenty  of  the  plays  of 
Shakespeare^  being  the  whole  number  printed  in 
quarto;  and  therewith  we  find,  what  no  one  would 
expect  to  find,  Shake'speares  Sonnets.  The  edi- 
tion of  1765,  with  the  notes  of  Johnson  and 
Steevens,  was  reprinted  in  1773  and  in  1778. 
In  1780  Malone  added  to  the  latter  edition  a 
Supplement,  which  contains  the  spurious  plays  and 
the  genuine  poems,  with  numerous  notes. 

We  now  approach  the  period  at  which  the 
sonnets  emerge  firom  a  state  of  comparative  ob- 
scurity, and  become  the  objects  of  earnest  in- 
quiry and  discussion. 

The  principal  writers  in  this  controversy,  as 
far  as  my  recollection  extends,  are  Edmond  Ma- 
lone — 1780;  George  Chalmers  — 1797;  Nathan 
Drakie — 1817;  Alexander  Dyce  1826;  James 
Boaden  — 1832;  Benjamin  Hey  wood  Bright  — 


8^  8.  L  Mab.  1,  '62.] 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


16S 


1832;  Charles  Armitage  Brown  — 1838;  and 
Joseph  Hunter  — 1845. 

The  main  questions  seem  to  be:  When  were 
the  sonnets  written  ?  Under  what  circumstances 
were  they  written  ?  Do  they  contain  biographic 
particulars  P  By  whose  authority  were  they  pub- 
lished ? 

In  the  absence  of  positive  evidence,  here  are 
my  convictions.  I  believe,  1.  That  the  sonnets, 
as  we  now  have  them,  were  written  soon  after 
1594 ;  2.  That  they  were  written  in  fulfilment  of 
a  promise  made  to  the  earl  of  Southampton ;  3. 
That  they  are,  with  very  slight  exceptions,  mere 
poetical  exercises;  and  4.  Thtit  they  were  pub- 
lished without  the  sanction  of  the  author  or  of 
his  patrons. 

1.  The  sonnets^  as  we  now  have  them,  were 
written  soon  after  1594. 

We  owe  to  Francis  Meres,  M.A.  of  both  Uni- 
versities, the  earliest  intimation  of  the  existence 
of  the  Sonnets  of  Shakspere.  As  the  volume  in 
which  it  appears  is  of  rare  occurrence,  the  para- 
graph shall  be  repeated  :  — 

**  As  the  Boule  of  Euphorhu  was  thought  to  Hue  in 
Pythagoras :  so  the  sweete  wittie  soule  of  Ouid  lines  in 
melliflaous  &  bony-tongued  ShaJutpearej  witnes  his  Venus 
and  AdoniSf  his  tuerece,  his  sugred  Sonnets  among  his 
prioAle  friends,  ftc.**— Palladls  Tamia,  1598,  S^,  folio 
28lverto. 

There  is  no  more  evidence  than  as  above,  and 
the  argument  must  rest  on  probability.  Shak- 
spere was  extremely  careless  of  fame,  and  it  seems 
to  me  improbable  that  he  should  have  handed  about 
fugitive  sonnets—or  that  Meres  should  have  heard 
of  the  circumstance — or  that  so  notable  a  lover  of 
brevity  should  have  felt  himself  called  on  to  re- 
port it. 

I  therefore  believe  that  the  Sonnets  recorded 
in  1598  formed  the  work  which  was  obscurely 
announced  in  1594,  and  reached  the  press  in 
1609. 

2.  llie  sonnets  were  written  in  fulfilment  of  a 
promise  made  to  the  earl  of  Southampton  in  1594. 

The  inscription  prefixed  to  the  Sonnets  is  the 
only  mark  of  editorship  which  the  volume  con- 
tains, and  must  therefore  be  the  first  object  of 
scrutiny.  I  shall  give  it  verbatim^  but  with  my 
own  punctuation :  — 

To  THE  ONUE  BEGETTER  OF  THESE  IMSVINO  SONNETS, 
MR.  W.  H.  ALL  HArPINESSE  AND  THAT  ETEBNITIE  PRO* 
mSKD  BY  OVR  EVER'LrvINa  POET  WI8HETH. 

THE  WELL- WISHING  ADVENTURER 
IN  SETTING  FORTH 

T.  T. 

This  two-fold  inscription,  as  printed  in  1609,  is 
an  imitation  of  the  monumental  style.  The  capi- 
tals, the  peculiar  points,  and  the  arrangement, 
prove  it.  The  inversion  accords  therewith  :  W.  H. 
wisheth  etc.  Had  it  been  one  inscription,  we 
should  not  have  had  wisheth  and  well-wisher  in 


such  close  conti^ity.    It  was  an  oversight  on  the 
part  of  the  facetious  master  Thorpe. 

Now  comes  an  enigma,  on  the  solution  of  which 
much  depends.  The  word  begetter  is  equivocal. 
Did  the  nameless  person  whom  W.  H.  addresses 
obtain  the  MS.  ?  Or  did  he  cause  the  sonnets  to 
be  written  ?  I  reserve  my  opinion  till  more  com* 
petent  witnesses  shall  have  been  heard :  — 

**  Vonchsafe  to  grace  what  here  to  light  is  brought. 
Begot  by  thy  sweet  hand,^bom-  of  my  thought.'' 

M.  Drayton,  1596. 
To  Lncy  comitess  of  Bedford. 

**  Here,  what  yoar  sacred  influence  begat, 
(Most  lovM,  and  most  respected  Majesty) 
With  humble  heart  and  hand  I  consecrate 
Unto  the  glory  of  your  memoir." 

Sam,  Daniel,  1614. 
To  Anne  of  Denmark. 

The  inscription  thus  exhibited  in  its  true  aspect, 
and  the  sense  of  the  equivocal  word  established, 
in  conformity  with  my  own  previous  notion,  we 
have  to  inauire  —  Who  was  this  patron  of  Litera- 
ture? Who  was  it  that  had  so  much  influence 
over  Shakspere?  Over  the  man  who,  with  all 
the  world  before  him,  kept  himself  aloof  from  the 
world?  I  admit  the  generosity  of  the  Sidneys 
and  the  Herberts,  which  Meres  and  others  re- 
cord, but  W.  H.  entirely  disclaims  the  honor  in 
question. 

This  patron  of  Shakspere  could  be  no  other 
than  Henry  Wriothesly  earl  of  Southampton. 
"  What  I  have  done  is  yours ;  wliat  I  have  to  do 
is  yours^  So  wrote  our  poet  to  the  earl  of 
Southampton  in  1594,  and  no  argument  can  ever 
diminish  the  force  of  these  words.  It  was  a  public 
promise,  and  if  be  had  not  written  the  sonnets  in 
fulfilment  of  that  promise,  he  must  have  felt  every 
new  edition  of  his  poetical  volumes  as  a  reproach. 
It  must  have  seemed  so  to  his  fellows,  and  to  the 
world  of  readers. 

Shakspere  wrote  his  Venus  and  Adonis  in  six- 
line  stanzas ;  his  Lucrece,  in  seven  line  stanzas. 
For  the  fulfilment  of  his  promise  he  chose  sonnets, 
then  much  in  vogue,  and  a  more  difEcult  species 
of  composition. 

3.  The  sonnets  are,  with  very  slight  exceptions^ 
mere  poetical  exercises. 

I  contend  that  obscure  allusions  should  never 
be  applied  to  the  purposes  of  biography;  that 
invention  should  never  be  allowed  to  usurp  the 
place  of  reality.  It  is  impossible  to  avoid  occa- 
sional conjectures,  but  I  would  rather  remain  in 
the  dark  than  trust  to  a  faint  and  wavering  light. 

An  instance  of  the  eflects  of  such  a  propensity 
may  serve  as  a  wholesome  caution.  In  1805,  or 
perhaps  later,  the  rev.  G.  F.  Nott  reprinted  the 
Songs  and  sonnets  of  the  earl  of  Surrey  and  others, 
in  a  handsome  quarto  volume,  with  commendable 
fidelity.  He  suppressed  it  I  In  1815  he  re-edited 
the  same  Songs  and  soumtU  vivX^^  %^^Tk.^\^  ^^^^oaNs^ 


164 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES- 


[8^  S.  L  BiAB.  1,  '62. 


Yolames,  with  memoirs,  notes,  portraits,  etc.  In 
this  revised  edition  he  altered  the  order  of  the 
poems,  and  replaced  the  genuine  titles  by  fictions. 
DO  the  splendid  quartos  are,  as  to  the  poetical 

text,  WOBTHLESS. 

The  success  of  the  Songs  and  sonnets  of  1557 
produced  a  crowd  of  imitators.  Sonnets  became 
the  test  of  art,  and  the  author  of  a  volume  of  son- 
nets was  deemed  a  sort  of  graduate  in  polite 
literature. 

We  have  no  clear  evidence  that  those  of  Con- 
stable, or  of  Daniel,  or  of  Spenser,  were  real  love- 
sonnets.  Those  of  Drayton  were  sheer  inventions^ 
and  I  must  presume  to  place  those  of  Shakspere 
in  the  same  class. 

4.  The  sonnets  were  published  without  the  sanc' 
Hon  of  the  anthor,  or  of  his  patrons, 

Venus  arid  Adonis  has  a  dedication  and  a  motto ; 
Lucrece  has  a  dedication  and  an  argument;  the 
volume  of  Sonnets  has  neither.  I  thence  infer 
that  it  was  published  without  the  sanction  of 
Shakspere.  If  he  had  prefixed  a  dedication,  it 
could  have  been  to  no  other  than  the  earl  of 
Southampton. 

The  allusions  to  the  patrons  of  our  poet  are  no 
proofs  that  thej  gave  their  sanction  to  the  pub- 
lication. On  that  point,  I  submit  a  new  theory. 
Be  it  assumed  that  the  volume  of  sonnets  was  a 
revised  transcript,  made  by  order  of  W.  Herbert 
in  early  life  —  uiat  it  was  then  inscribed  by  him 
to  the  earl  of  Southampton  as  a  gift-book  —  and 
that  it  afterwards  came  into  the  possession  of 
the  publisher  in  a  manner  which  required  con- 
cealment. With  this  theory,  which  the  inscrip- 
tion and  other  circumstances  seem  to  justify,  all 
the  mysteries  vanish  I 

Thomas  Thorpe  alias  T.  T.  entered  the  volume 
for  publication  on  the  20  May,  1609,  and  gave  in 
the  unceremonious  title  which  now  appears  — 
Shahs'speares  Sonnets,  It  must  have  been  from 
the  Wilton  MS. 

While  naming  the  controversialists,  I  had  no 
desi^  to  notice  their  pleadings  —  with  the  ex- 
ception of  those  of  Boaden  and  Brown  —  but 
rather  to  give  a  hint  to  critical  students.  It  may 
be  observed,  however,  that  they  have  all  mis-read 
the  inscription;  and  I  recommend  the  survivors 
to  exercise  once  more  their  optical  powers  by  the 
new  and  brilliant  light  discovered  by  M.  Fhila- 
r^te  Chasles. 

The  pamphlet  of  Mr.  Boaden  is  entitled  On  the 
sonnets  of  Shakespeare.  He  contends,  after  some 
sharp  comments  on  his  precursors,  that  W.  H.  in- 
dicates William  Herbert,  afterwards  earl  of  Pem- 
broke —  that  he  was  the  object  of  the  sonnets  — 
and  that  Thorpe  inscribed  them  to  him  in  that 
sense.  His  arguments  chiefly  rest  on  the  inscrip- 
tion as  read  by  himself. 

Mr.  Brown  considers  the  Sonnets  as  autobio- 
^^raphical  poems ;  forms  them  into  six  distinct 


poems;  and  describes  the  object  of  each.  He 
assumes  that  our  poet  had  a  mistress  in  London 
and  a  wife  at  Stratford ;  and  that  he  recorded  the 
circumstance  for  the  instruction  of  posterity.  The 
man  who  defames  another,  without  a  jot  of  evi- 
dence, defames  himself.  So  much  for  Charles 
Armitace  Brown. 

I  shful  pass  no  more  censures  on  the  specula- 
tions of  the  critics;  but,  in  order  to  justify  the 
theory -herein  advanced,  shall  repeat  the  declara- 
tions made  on  a  similar  occasion  by  one  of  the 
most  eminent  contemporaries  of  Shakspere — the 
estimable  Michael  Drayton.  He  had  a  mistresse— 
the  mistress  of  his  heart.  After  eulogising  an 
elder  sister,  he  thus  describes  his  favorite :  — 

**  The  yoQOger,  than  her  sister  not  less  good. 
Bred  where  the  other  lastly  doth  abide, 
Modest  Idea,  flower  of  womanhood. 
That  Rowland  hath  so  highly  deified." 

Now  Drayton  printed  some  sixty  sonneta,  to 
which  he  ^ave  the  poetical  name  — Idea;  and 
to  that  portion  of  his  works,  as  if  to  prevent  mis- 
interpretation, or  to  shield  himself  from  the  im- 
pertinencies  of  criticism,  he  prefixed  two  addresses 
To  the  reader.  In  the  first  address,  the  poet  fore- 
warns him  to  look  elsewhere  for  passion^  and 
declares  that  he  "writes  fantastically — writes  spor» 
tively.  As  to  the  second  address,  which  is  omitted 
in  the  modern  collections  of  our  English  poets,  I 
shall  give  it  entire  from  the  edition  of  1605 :  — 

<*  Sonnet  2. 

^  IJLssiy  there  be  excelling  in  this  kind. 

Whose  welI-triclL*d  rhymes  with  all  invention  swell; 
Let  each  commend  as  best  shall  like  his  mind ; 

Some  Sidney ^  Comtable,  some  DanieL 
That  thus  their  names  familiarly  I  sing 

Let  none  think  them  disparngM  to  be; 
Poor  men  with  reverence  may  speak  of  a  king 

And  so  may  these  be  spoken  of  by  me. 
My  wanton  verse  ne'er  keeps  one  certain  stay, 

But  now  at  hand,  then  seeks  invention  far, 
And  with  each  little  motion  runs  astray  — 

VVild,  madding,  jocund,  and  irregular. 
Like  me  that  list,  my  honest  merry  rhymes 
Nor  care  for  critic,  nor  regard  the  times." 

He  adds  to  the  sixty  sonnets,  after  a  typo- 
graphic blank,  '*  Certain  other  sonnets  to  great  and 
worthy  personages** — to  James,  king  of  Scots  — 
to  Lucy  countess  of  Bedford,  etc.  Here  is  a  clear 
distinction  between  invention  and  reality — between 
the  artificial  fabrications  of  wit  and  Uie  genuine 
effusions  of  the  heart  With  regard  to  the  speci- 
mens before  me,  I  much  prefer  those  of  the  latter 
class.  They  interest  as  portraiture.  They  have 
more  touches  of  natnre  than  the  majority  of  son- 
nets. In  fact,  Drayton  taxes  the  sonnet-writers 
of  his  time  with  filching  from  Petrarch  and 
Desportea.  Boltom  Cobkbt. 

Barnes,  S.  W. 


^r'  a  L  ILlb.  1,  *62.] 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


165 


LETTERS  OF  ARCHBISHOP  LEIGHTON. 
(Concluded  from  S'*  S.  i.  144). 

m. 

:  Eds',  April  6,1670. 

Maj  it  please  yo'  Grace, 

I  am  80  far  from  attracting  vanity  upon  it,  that 
knowing  how  infinitely  I  am  below  His  Maj'^*' 
good  opinion,  it  falls  as  a  weight  upon  mee,  and 
sinks  me  so  much  the  deeper  into  y*  shame  and 
grief  of  my  utter  incapacity  for  y*  Service  re- 
quired of  mee :  for,  besides  an  infirm  and  diseased 
body,  I  have  that  invincible  indisposition  of  mind, 
and  am  so  extremely  weary  of  the  trifling  conten- 
tions of  this  part  of  the  world,  that  instead  of 
engaging  farther  in  them,  I  intend  an  entire  escape 
out  of  them ;  but,  as  his  Maj^  enjoined  mee,  upon 
mf  former  attempting  it  at  London,  I  shall  doe 
it  here,  and  in  the  most  orderly  way  y*  may  bee, 
without  troubling  his  Maj*  at  all  with  it.  And 
this  I  was  resolved  to  doe  this  summer,  or  at  fur- 
thest before  the  end  of  this  yeare,  before  there 
was  any  mention  of  this  remove.  For  the  truth 
is,  my  Lord,  I  am  greatlv  asham*d  that  we  have 
occasioned  so  much  troubles,  and  done  so  little  or 
no  good,  now  these  7  or  8  years  since  y*  restitu- 
tion of  our  order,  and  aflter  so  many  favours  heapt 
upon  us  by  his  Maj'  royal!  goodnesse.  Not  that 
I  would  reflect  the  blame  of  this  upon  any  save 
my  own  share  of  it  upon  myself;  for  may  be,  it  is 
not  so  much  our  fault  as  our  unhappinesse,  and 
the  of  the  matter  we  have  to  work  upon. 

But,  however,  we  that  can  sit  down  content  with 
honor  and  revenue  without  doing  good,  especially 
in  so  sacred  a  junction,  have,  I  think,  a  low  and 
servile  soul.  But  to  trouble  vo'  Ghrace  no  fur- 
ther, I  doe  for  my  pardon  in  this  affair,  humbly 
confide  in  his  Maj'*'  memory,  and  next  to  that  in 
yo'  Grace*s  favourable  representation  and  inter- 
cession, which  shall  add  very  much  to  many 
obligements  of,  my  Lord, 

Yo^  Grace's  most  humble  Servant. 

B.  Lbighton. 
For  my  Lord  Commissioner, 
The  E^rle  of  Laaderdale, 
his  Grace. 

xni. 

Edio.Jan.20,  [1674?] 
May  it  please  yo'  Grace, 

There  is  a  huge  noise  rais*d  here  of  late,  among 
y*  clergy  about  y*  motion  of  a  Convocation,  and 
the^  seem  all  hotly  engaged  in  v*  contest  for  or 
•gainst  it,  except  one  that  is  cool  and  indifi*erent 
in  it,  but  that  poor  man  is  so  to  most  other  things 
that  sett  the  world  on  fire.  As  to  this  desire  it 
was  first  mooted  to  the  Synod  of  Edinburgh,  as  I 
4im  informed,  and  hath  been  since^  revived  there, 
but  I  hear  it  takes  generally  with  the  presbyters 


every  where,  and  I  think  it' is  because  *tisy*  road, 
and  hath  bin  the  usuall  way  of  y*  Church,  in  cases 
either  of  heresy *or  schism ;  andrbesides  the  genius 
of  thb  Church  particularly  lies  much  towards 
Synods  and  Assemblies  since  y*  Reformation.  For 
myself,  I  am  so  far  from  overvaluing  those  meet- 
ings, that  I  am  and  have  long  bin  weary  and  sick 
of  them  all,  and  of  all  the  vain  jangles  and  strifes 
that  usually  take  them  upp ;  and  upon  the  little 
knowledge  I  have  of  them,  when  I  reflect  on  y* 

freatest  part  of  Synods  and  Councils  old  and  new, 
have  so  mean  an  opinion  of  them  that  if  I  should 
ever  have  ventured  it,  in  any  of  them  where  I 
have  been,  I  should  have  been  sure  to  feel  y^ 
weight  of  their  censure.  *Tis  true  sometimes,  they 
doe  some  good,  but  none  can  deny  they  doe  like- 
wise sometimes  harm,  and  very  great  harm,  and 
possibly  y*  oftener  of  the  two.  After  the  spread- 
ing of  Luther*s  doctrine,  the  Germans  cried  their 
throats  dry  with  calling  for  a  generall  Council, 
and  when  they  had  obteined  it,  allthe  world  knows 
what  they  gamed  by  it.    For  the  presbyteries  and 

fresbvters  that  have  supplicated  here  for  a  Synod, 
could  not  enquire  of  their  motives  before  they 
did  it,  none  of  them  having  acquainted  me  with 
their  purpose;  but  since  they  did  it  I  have  spoke 
with  some  of  them,  and  they  doe  wholly  disclaim 
all  kind  of  project  or  design  in  it,  save  only  y* 
good  of  this  Church,  and  as  to  the  way  they  used, 
they  say  it  was  with  all  due  respect  and  submis- 
sion to  their  ordinary,  and  finding  reasons  (as  they 
thought)  |for  offering  their  desire  of  a  thing  law- 
full  in  itself,  and  establisht  by  law  and  usuall  in 
y*  Church,  they  knew  not  a  more  orderly  way 
than  they  took  for  representing  it  to  the  Bp.,  and 
leaving  it  to  his  judgment,  whether  hee  thought 
fit  to  move  it  or  suppress  it.  How  far  this  may 
plead  their  excuse  yo'  Grace  can  iudge  as  well  as 
any,  and  that  I  give  your  Grace  this  account  of  it 
is  from  no  motive  but  that  of  charity,  for  there  is 
no  man  lesse  involved  in  y*  concernment  than  I 
am.  —  I  received  lately  a  letter  from  the  Dean  of 
y*  Isles  complaining  of  y*  great  and  many  dis- 
orders in  y*  diocese  for  want  of  a  bishop,  and 
seeming  to  impute  somewhat  of  it  to  my  neglect, 
y*  diocese  being  of  y*  province  of  Glasco,  but 
that  yo'  Grace  will  clear  me  of,  having  spoke  of  it 
oflen,  and  particularly  the  last  winter  while  you 
were  here,  and  having  spoken  of  it,  it  became  mee 
not  to  presse  it  further.  He  desired  likewise,  that 
in  y*  interim  for  redresse  of  those  disorders  I 
would  give  warrant  to  them  to  meet  in  a  diocesan 
Synod,  and  to  appoint  one  to  moderate  in  it,  w* 
it  seems  hee  thought  I  might  doe,  but  I  think  not 
so  unless  I  have  a  particular  command  for  it.  I 
am  minded,  God  willing,  to  goe  from  hence  within 
2  or  3  days,  to  visit  the  southern  and  remoter 
parts  of  the  diocese  of  Glasco,  as  I  have  formerly 
done  in  y*  summer  season,  and  to  doe  it  now  for 
the  last  time,  but  I  shall  leave  dis^ft^^xtx^  Vtss^  Na 


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18^*  S.  I.  Hab.  1,  *62 


end  them,  if  in  the  intervall  anj  commands  shall 
come  from  yo'  Gra^  to 

may  it  please  your  Grace, 

yo'  Grace*8  most  humble  Servant, 

B.  LuGHToir.. 

For  my  lord  dake  of  Laadtrdale 
His  Grace. 

XIV. 

Edin.  Dec  1,  [1674?]. 
May  it  please  yo'  Grace, 
I  think  y*  order  for  advice  from  hence  concern- 
ing y*  Vacant  Bprics,  the  fairest  and  happiest  ex- 
j>edient  that  could  have  been  thought  on  at  this 
time,  and  the  persons  that  are  to  give  the  advice, 
all  very  fitly  chosen  except  one,  and  yet  that  un- 
worthiest  one  will  not  yield  to  any  in  point  of 
faithfulnesse,  and  impartiality,  and  ardent  desires 
of  public  good.  I  am  sorry  to  hear  that  the  late 
Archbp.  hath  troubled  yo'  Grace  with  complaints 
about  hb  assigned  proportion  out  of  y*  rents  of 
Glasco,  whether  with  justice  or  no  this  brief 
account  will  witnesse.  Y*  Collector  is  y*  same 
that  hee  himself  formerly  employed,  who  says  that 
the  dues  of  one  year  were  usually  scarce  gathered 
in  at  the  end  of  y*  next  year,  and  whether  those 
of  the  year  70  bee  yet  come  in  or  no  I  cannot  tell, 
but  if  they  bee,  the  Collector,  I  believe,  will  be 
ready  to  answer  my  order  showed  him  in  the 
Archbp*s.  behalf.  For  myself,  notwithstanding 
my  living  these  two  years  in  Innes,  and  almost 
in  continuall  travel,  and  the  droves  of  poor  that 
come  upon  me  everywhere,  as  if  I  had  found  a 
hoard  of  gold ;  yet  how  long  I  delayed  so  much  as 
to  borrow  of  y*  Collector,  and  since  I  began  how 
sparing  I  have  bin  to  charge  him,  y*  provost  of 
Glasco,  now  at  London,  can  inform  yo'  Grace ;  so 
that  I  am  sure  I  have  not  prejudged  the  Archbp's 
full  satisfaction  when  he  sh^l  call  for  it,  though 
not  supposed  to  bee  in  such  pressing  want  as  to 
need  it  before  it  be  gathered  in.  i^or  shall  I 
p;rudge  it  at  all,  though  that  revenue,  whatsoever 
It  is,  be  charged  with  so  much  due  to  him,  not 
only  for  y«  year  70  but  71  and  72 ;  and  all  the 
time  I  sball  continue  iu  that  station.  For  I  bless 
him  that  hath  framed  me  so,  I  believe  few  men  alive 
are  lesse  concerned  in  those  matters  than  I  am. 
But  there  is  one  thing  in  my  present  charge  I  am 
much  concerned  in  and  sollicitous  about,  'tis  y* 
supplying  of  the  vacant  Kirks  in  y*  western  parts, 
especially;  for  j*  truth  is,  we  have  not  men  for 
them,  and  y*  people  in  most  of  the  parishes  would 
not  receive  Angeb,  if  they  committ  the  horrid 
sinne  of  going  to  presbyteries  and  synods.  What 
I  have  to  intreat  at  present  is,  that  I  bee  not  left 
to  struggle  alone  with  so  hard  a  task,  but  may 
have  assistance  both  of  direction  and  authority  of 
the  lords  of  Councill  or  their  Committee,  or  those 
same  that  are  named  in  the  late  order,  that  I  may 
make  my  address  to  them  in  this  particular,  and 
what  other  difficulties  occur  in  y*  i^airs  of  that 


diocese ;  and  that  your  Grace  would  be  pleased  to 
write  a  line  to  my  lord  Chancellor  to  that  effect, 
which  will  add  to  y*  many  and  great  obligements 
of,  my  Lord, 

Yo'  Grace's  most  humble  Servant, 

R.  Leighton. 
For  my  lord  Commissioner 
His  Grace. 

XV. 

My  lord,  [1674?]. 

I  am  forced  to  take  this  way,  because  it  is  so 
painfull  to  mee  to  debate  the  buissinesse  any  fur* 
ther  with  yo.  lordship,  who  doe  so  strongly  and 
kindly  say  all  that  can  be  said  in  it  I  have  left 
yo.  lo.  the  troubl^  to  send  y*  enclosed  when  you 
nave  read  it.  It  mapr  be  what  I  have  said  will  not 
bee  satisfactory,  for  in  these  things  a  man  is  at  that 
disadvantage  as  in  naturall  aversions  and  antipa- 
thies, one  cannot  give  y*  reason  of  them  to  other 
men,  nor  can  others  by  all  their  reason  save  them, 
but  still  hee  is  forced  to  say  I  like  it  not  Thus 
I  am  framed  and  I  cannot  help  it.  The  foolish 
strifes  and  noises  that  are  raised  about  religion  I 
have,  as  much  as  I  could,  always  avoided,  and  I 
think  for  this  good  reason  may  bee  ffiven ;  but  it 
may  seem  more  strange  (and  yet  it  is  y*  reall 
truth),  that  y'  secular  advantages  of  that  place  I  do 
degust  as  much  as  the  trouble  of  it^  and  rather  y* 
more  of  y*  two.  And  this  y*  most  of  men  will  be 
apt  to  judge  nothing  but  a  meannesse  of  mind  and 
monastic  humour ;  but  whatsoever  it  may  bee  *tis 
too  hard  for  mee,  and  I  am  not  able  to  overcome 
it  I  doe  heartily  wish  the  peace  of  this  Church, 
and  if  before  I  retire  I  coula  be  any  way  service- 
able towards  it  I  would  not  withdraw  my  endeavour 
in  any  meeting  for  conference,  or  any  other  way 
that  would  not  immerse  mee  deeper  in  these  con- 
tests, nor  fetter  mee  to  longe  continuance  in  them. 
And  had  I  more  strength  of  body  and  voice,  and 
faculty  of  persuading,  I  would,  in  that  distempered 
corner,  goe  through  the  villages  on  foote  to  calm 
them  into  greater  quietnesse  and  meekness.  My 
lord,  I  hope  the  God  of  peace  will  direct  those 
that  govern  to  y*  fittest  ways  of  peace  and  heal- 
ing, and  will  make  yo.  lo.  particularly  a  happy  in- 
strument of  it.     So  wisheth,  my  Lord, 

Yo^  Lo"  most  humble  Servant, 

R.  Leighton. 


The  Right  Honorable 

The  Earle  of  Tweeddale. 


C.  F.  Secbetan. 


READING  THE  SCRIPTURES  IN  THE 
SIXTEENTH  AND  SEVENTEENTH  CENTURIES. 

The  practice  of  all  persons  reading  and  ex- 
pounding the  Scriptures  for  themselves,  without 
regard  to  class  or  mental  capacity,  appears  to 
have  been  looked  upon  with  much  disfavour  for 
some  time  after  the  Reformation,  and  it  woulc^  be 


S'i&L  llAB.  1,  '62.] 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


167 


interesting  to  know  at  what  time  the  universal 
searching  of  the  Bible,  each  man  for  himself,  be- 
came generally  acquiesced  in. 

It  is  rather  remarkable  that  the  Act  passed  by 
Henrj  YIII.,  which  provided  that  all  men  might 
read  the  Scriptures,  except  servants ;  **  but  no 
woman,  except  ladies  and  gentlewomen  who  had 
leisure,  and  might  ask  somebodj  the  meaning,** 
should  have  been  repealed  bj  his  son  and  successor, 
Edward  VI. ;  but  tne  disfavour  in  which  the  prac- 
tice was  held  bj  that  Prince  and  his  advisers  can 
be  best  shown  by  an  exampfe.  In  the  **  Constitu- 
tion Book**  of  Guildford  appears  the  following 
entry :  — 

**Anno  Prhno  Edw.  YI.  Memorand.  At. this  daye  the 
jnrye  do  present  S.  Symonds,  Curate  of  St  Nicholas,  to 
be  a  letter  *  of  men  to  rede  in  the  byble  from'tyme  to  tyme, 
contrary  to  the  King's  Majesty's  injunctions." 

What  the  learned  John  Selden  thought  of  the 
practice  may  be  gathered  from  the  smsul  volume 
of  apothegms,  published  posthumously,  under 
the  title  of  Selden's  Table  Talk,  by  Richard  Mil- 
ward,  his  amanuensis,  wherein  he  is  made  to  say, 

**  Scrutamini  Scriptura,  These  two  words  have  un- 
done the  world ;  because  Christ  spake  it  to  his  disciples, 
therefore  we  must  all,  men,  women,  and  children,  read  and 
interpret  the  scriptures." 

This  is  the  doctrine  of  the  Romish  Church;  and 
if  not  trenching  on  forbidden  ground,  I  shall 
feel  obliged  to  any  correspondent  of  "  N.  &  Q." 
who  will  cite  me  to  the  opinions  of  the  early  re- 
formers on  this  subject.  D.  M.  Stbvens. 

Guildford. 


MATHEMATICAL  BIBLIOGRAPHY. 
(Continued  from  3'*  S.  i.  65.) 

Whatever  elements  of  uncertainty  there  may  be 
in  the  astronomical  data,  given  in  mv  paper  in 
the  current  Diary,  on  which  Colebrooke,  Davis, 
and  Sir  W.  Jones  formed  their  conclu «''>'"'  ".•'  *'^ 
the  date  of  the  Vedas,  it  is  8ati«''::ctory  to  find 
that  Professor  Max  MUllf-  ...  ais  "  Lectures  on 
the  Science  of  Langu8;^e, '  refers  the  dialect  of 
the  Vedas  to  abon*  '300  b.c.  (see  2°*ed.,  p.  200), 
and  speaks  '  ihe  oldest  hymns  of  the  Veda  as 
being  of  '^ouut  that  date  (ib.,  pp.  247 — 8).  Be- 
tt*"  a  this  a^e  nnd  that  of  Aryabhatta  some  2000 
years  elapsed,  and  there  was  ample  time  for  algebra 
to  attain  that  highly  advanced^  state  which  it 
reached  in  his  hands. 

The  results  of  the  comparison  which  I  have 
instituted,  in  these  pages,  between  the  English 
Tersions  of  the  Indian  algebra  may  perhaps  be 
regarded  as  constituting  an  independent  argu- 
ment in  favour  of  its  genuineness,  and  of  the 
Authenticity  of  the  accounts  of  it.    There  is  no 

[*  A  kUtr  here  means,  an  hinderer.  See  Collect  for 
ilM  fimrth  Sunday  In  Advent  —  £o.] 


proof  that  this  algebra  was  not  original.  Cole- 
brooke (Alg.,  p.  xlv)  takes  the  fifth  century  as 
the  latest  period  to  which  Aryabhatta  can,  on  the 
most  moderate  assumption,  be  referred.  And  it 
seems  that  there  is  a  work  of  Aryabhatta,  the 
'■  Aryahhattiyam,  apparently  unknown  to  Cole- 
brooke, in  which  he  mentions  the  epoch  of  his 
birth  in  a  manner  which  places  him  at  the  end  of 
that  century.  (De  Morgan,  P.  C,  ait.  Viga 
Ganita,  citing  Mr.  Whish,  Mem.  Asiatic  Soc.,  vol. 
iii.)  But  Aryabhatta  would  still  be  anterior  to 
the  Grecian  algebraist.  For  Professor  De  Mob- 
OAN,  at  p.  47  of  his  Arithmetical  Books^  (London, 
Taylor  and  Walton,  1847)  appears  to  have  given 
sufficient  reason  for  supposing  Diophantus  to  have 
written  as  late  as  the  beginning  of  the  seventh 
century. 

If  we  adopt  this  important  conclusion  of  Prof. 
De  Moboan,  and  combine  it  with  the  fact  that 
the  Indian  algebraist  was  more  advanced  in  the 
science  (see  Colebrooke*s  Alg.,  p.  x)  than  the 
Grecian,  it  gives  a  negative  to  the  suggestion  of 
Colebrooke  (Alg.,  p.  xxiv)  that  the  solution  of 
equations  involving  only  one  unknown  term,  as 
taught  by  Diophantus,  was  made  known  to  the 
Hindus ;  and  that  by  the  ingenuity  of  the  Hindu 
scholars  the  hint  was  rendered  fruitful,  and  the 
algebraic  method  soon  ripened  from  that  slender 
beginning  to  the  advanced  state  of  a  well- arranged 
science,  as  it  was  taught  by  Aryabhatta. 

Aryabhatta,  as  Colebrooke  (Alg.,  p.  xxxviii) 
informs  us,  affirmed  the  diurnal  rotation  of  the 
earth,  possessed  the  true  theory  of  eclipses,  noticed 
the  motion  of  the  solstitial  and  equinoctial  points, 
ascribed  to  the  epicycles  a  form  nearly  elliptic, 
and  recognized  a  motion  of  the  nodes  and  apsides 
of  all  the  primary  planets  as  well  as  of  the  moon ; 
and  his  text  specifies  the  earth*s  diameter,  1050 
yojanas,  and  the  orbit  or  circumference  of  the 
earth's  wind  3393  yojanas,  the  diameter  of  this 
orbit,  according  to  the  remark  of  Brahmegupta, 
being  1080  yoianas. 

On  this  Colebrooke  observes  that  the  propor- 
tion of  the  circumference  to  the  diameter  of  a 
circle  here  employed  is  that  of  22  to  7.  But  the 
approximation,  which  may  (ibid.)  be  presumed 
to  be  one  which  Aryabhatta  taught,  is  nearer 
than  Colebrooke  supposes,  for  1080  :  3393  gives 
3.1416^,  while  7  :  22  gives  3.142^.  Aryabhatta 
also  appears  to  have  made  use  of  the  ratio  of  one 
to  the  square  root  of  ten  (ib.  p.  xxxix),  which 
gives  3.162278  nearly.  And  in  the  Aryabhatliyam 
he  gives  the  circumference  of  the  circle  at  3.1416 
times  its  diameter  (De  Morgan,  P.  C,  art.  Viga 
Ganita,  citing  Whish)  :  that  is  to  say,  I  presume, 
he  assigns  the  ratio  1250  :  3927.  Colebrooke 
states  (Alg.,  p.  xxxix)  that  in  addition  to  the 
ratio  one  to  the  square  root  of  ten  Bhascara 
adds,  apparently  from  some  other  authority^  thia 
nearer  approximAlvoii*   T\ift  ^MJ^wXj^'^aK^^'^*^^ 


XOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


L3'd  S.  I.  Mar.  1,  »62. 


;  i*i»  fo  the  earth's 

-->    :   '"sy^r^ji  .^ft^'V"^*^  viz.  1050, 
^  '*       ,^rih  i*  3300  (Alpr.,  p. 


.V^J.  'nN' 


"  ^>^,v,'iSiH\  we  may  regard  him 
*  V  •  .Hppn)xiinalions 
X  <'l4'J|,  3.141611,  3.1416; 

,sii  f  o  iiidicutc  that  he  possessed  a 


^'*'"^.  *     ^v'i;j»»*»"*  approximation.     Was  this 

•**■*'*' ^'  'Xn  *'0  »'*»'»»cctcd  with  the  algebra? 

r*.*'*^^  \^  » •*  >iuuil(l  expect  to  find  some  traces 

•   *!  t).'  .'»vtr'"*i  of  the  square  and  cube  roots. 

>*  '    *  ;^  s»\«t»viT  none  in  the  text  of  Brahme- 

^'*'*^^^'^Uintnilhyaya,  and  in  the  exemplifications 

'^*'^    '^ron  by   Prithudaca  the  given   numbers 


*x* 


j^v^vt  Hipiarcs  or  cubes.  See  pp.  279 — 281 
j[^^\s\ •^^^H>kc•3  Alg.  Nor  do  I  find  that  in  the 
z^^^**  m-ithmetical  portions  of  the  Lilavati  (ib. 
Jl  xv  !•.»,  Taylor,  pp.  15—16,  20-22)  or  Vija 
|j.«^«  (Colcbrooke,  p.  135,  Strachey,  p.  15)  or 
l^.'v  ri>mmcntarics,  evolution  is  illustrated,  save 
^H  |ioricct  powers. 

James  Cockle^  M.A.,  &c. 
4.  Tamp  Court,  Temple,  London. 


THE  SOCIETY  OF  ANTIQUARIES. 
**  Ah  t  pardon  me,  that  Nature  stamped  me  woman ! " 

I«^  there  no  hope,  dear  Mr.  Editor,  of  per- 
suading this  ancient  and  illustrious  Society  to 
rescind  that  portion  of  its  rules  which  forbids  the 
admission  of  ladies  P  I  am  sorry  that  these 
learned  miso«rynists  should  consider  antiquarian- 
ism  and  the  iair  sex  so  incompatible. 

What  then  is  to  become  of  us  literary  women  P 
Is  our  sex  to  debar  us  for  ever  from  communica- 
tion and  interchange  of  literary  kindness  with  our 
Mitiquarian  brethren  P  We  certainly  cannot  be- 
siege their  doors  in  the  garb  of  Agnodice.  If 
the  Fellows  think  that  our  presence  would  be  a 
hindrance,  we  do  not  need  to  attend  the  meet- 
ings ;  but  they  might  at  least  allow  us  to  borrow 
books  from  the  library,  and  to  receive  the  pub- 
lications of  the  Society.  But  if  the  venerable 
Society  of  Antiquaries  continues  to  bar  its  doors 
against  u?,  is  there  no  possibility  of  a  Ladies' 
Antiquarian  Society?  Would  not  the  literary 
^itdihf  ofEoghuid  Join  in  Uie  formation  of  one  ? 


And  secondly,  if  that  may  not  be,  are  there  not 
sufficient  lilerary  women  in  England  to  form  a 
separate  Society  P  I  only  suggest  the  latter  as  a 
feeble  substitute  for  the  former.  If  both  these 
propositions  fall  to  the  ground,  my  sole  consola- 
tion must  be  to  buy  up  all  the  back  volumes  of 
the  ArchaologiOj  and,  retiring  into  my  cell,  sigh, 
for  the  first^time  in  my  life,  that  I  was  born  a 
woman.       "  Hebmentbude. 


fSinor  ^tti. 

Richard  Martin,  Recorder  of  London,  died 
in  the  year  1618*,  leaving  his  brother,  the  mayor 
of  Exeter,  his  executor. 

In  his  will  (in  the  Prerogative  Office  of  Canter- 
bury) he  leaves  —  "  51.  to  Otterton,  where  I  was 
born,  and  5L  to  Calliton  Raleigh  where  my  house 
standeth.**    Both  arc  in  Devonshire. 

Peter  CuNinNGHAM. 

Dick  Brome. — In  the  Accounts  of  the  Trea- 
surer of  the  Chamber  (MS.),  temp.  Charles  I.,  is 
this  entry :  — 

**  To  John  ITeraings  and  his  fellowes  by  Vcrtue  of  a 
Warrant  dated  the  xx\4j«»»  of  AprilU  1C29,  for  acting  the 
Play  called  the  Loue  Sickc  Maid,  x»." 

Peter  CuKKiKcnAM. 

"  Mr  Fist  Weighs  exactly  a  Pouwd." — Being 
on  business  in  a  country  shop  in  Herefordshire, 
I  heard  a  clownish-looking  fellow  sa^  to  the  shop- 
keeper, who  could  not  find  his  weights,  **  Here, 
never  minO,  my  fist  weighs  exactly  a  pound." 
Having  heard  the  saying  many  times  before,  I  felt 
desirous  of  knowing  what  gave  rise  to  it,  so  I 
asked  an  old  man  (who  was  sitting  quietly  in  one 
comer  waiting  his  turn  to  be  served,  and  who 
evidently  had  lived  longer  than  the  "  threescore 
years  and  ten  **  allotted  to  man)  if  he  could  tell 
me  the  origin  of  it.  The  substance  of  his  narra- 
tion, divested  of  provincialisms,  is  as  follows :  — 

"About  a  vifty  year  ago  old  Betty  Saunders  kep(t) 
shop  in  this  village,  and  one  day  I  war  sent  for  summit 
for  my  mother,  and  old  Betty  couldn*t  vind  (find)  her 

[•  Richard  Martin  was  only  Recorder  for  a  few  weeks. 
Ho  was  elected  and  sworn,  on  the  King's  recommendation, 
on  the  Ist  October,  1618 ;  and  his  succeuor,  Robert  Heath, 
on  the  10th  Nov.  1G18.  The  latter  appears  to  have  been 
a  8i)ecial  favourite  with  the  Corporation ;  for  on  the  Ist 
July,  1G19.  on  his  being  appointed  Reader  of  the  Inner 
Temple,  he  was  presented  with  100/.,  two  hogsheads  of 
claret,  and  one  pipe  of  canary,  of  the  especial  love  and 
favour  of  the  Court  Vide  Btcordert  of  the  City  of  Lon-^ 
dm,  1298—1850,  p.  10, 4ta    Privately  printed.  —  Ed.] 


8^  &  L  tfAB.  1,  '62.] 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


169 


weight  like  this  mon  here  (pointing  to  the  shopkeeper), 
50  one  on  nm  in  the  shop  sings  oat,  like  that  chap  did 
just  now,  —  *  Here  never  mind,  my  fist  weighs  exactly  a 
poand.'  *  Do  uh  (it)/  says  Betty,  *  let's  see* ;  so  the  bacon 
(abontH  lbs.)  was  put  in  one  side  the  scale,  and  the '  6st  * 
in  the  other ;  but  in  course  it  was  just  balance,  and  no 
more ;  bnt  just  as  the  fellow  turned  to  leave,  the  missing 
weight  wur  found.  *  Stop ! '  shouts  out  old  Betty,  '  let's 
try  now ' ;  but  him  war  too  dip  (deep)  for  her,  and  in- 
stead of  putting  the  bacon  in  one  scale  and  the  weight 
in  the  other,  him  put  the  weight  in  one  side  and  his  fist 
in  the  other,  when  in  coorse  it  just  balanced  again. 
'  Well  done,'  cries  old  Betty ;  *  and  there  is  a  couple  o' 
red  yerrings  for  thee  honesty.' " 

Chables  Hook,  Jun. 
Hereford. 

ILleptomania.  —  From  the  following  quotation 

from  the  Sketch  of  Henri  IV.^  by  Tallemant  des 

Reaux,  it  would  seem  that  this^famous  monarch 

was  infected  with  this  disease  : 

**  n  estoit  larron  naturellcmcnt ;  il  ne  pouvoit  s'empes- 
cher  de  prendre  ce  qu'il  trouvoit ;  mais  il  le  renvoyoit. 
n  disoit  que  s'll  n'eust  estd  Roy,  il  east  estd  pendu."  — 
Hhtoriettes,  art.  Ilenri  IV.,  vol.  i.  p.  19. 

Lionel  G.  Robinson. 

Fbince  Geobge  of  Denmark. — At  the  time  of 
the  death  of  the  lamented  Prince  Consort,  some  of 
the  newspapers,  in  taking!  a  survey  of  the  cha- 
racters of  the  consorts  of  the  female  sovereigns  of 
this  realm,  had  a  fling  at  Prince  George  of  Den- 
mark, who  was  sneered  at  as  a  dunce  and  a 
drunkard.  This  was  not  a  just  estimate  of  the 
husband  of  Queen  Anne.  His  vices  were  the 
vices  of  the  age  in  which  he  lived  ;  but  it  should 
not  be  forgotten  that  science  b  indebted  to  the 
liberality  of  Prince  George  for  the  publication  of 
the  first  volume  of  Flamstced*s  Uistoria  Ccelestis, 
which  contained  the  whole  of  the  sextant  observa- 
tions of  the  first  **  Astronomical  Observator"  ever 
appointed  at  Greenwich,  and  was  published  at  the 
cost  of  the  Prince.  Other  instances  of  a  wise 
liberality  in  the  encouragement  of  science  and 
literature  on  the  part  of  Prince  George  might  be 
adduced.  John  Pavin  PHUiLiPs. 

Haverfordwest 

Bazteb*8  Long  Sebmon. — In  a  volume  lately 
published,  entitled  Joseph  AUeine;  his  Life  ai\d 
Timeny  by  Charles  Stanford,  reference  is  made 
(p.  270)  to  a  sermon  preached  before  Charles  II. 
by  Richard  Baxter;  which  sermon  "could  not 
bave  been  recited,"  it  is  said,  "  by  the  most  rapid 
Toice  in  less  than  two  hours.**  Mr.  Stanford  cites 
as  his  authority  **  Sir  James  Stephen.** 

The  same  or  worse  has  been  said  of  a  sermon  of 
Barrow*s ;  but  with  respect  to  Baxter's  long  ser- 
moDf  as  it  has  been  called,  Uie  statement  is  cer- 
tunly  incorrect. 

Baxter's  sermon  on  the  occasion  referred  to 
WB8  preached  before  the  king,  July  22nd,  1660, 
and  published  in  the  same  year.  It  is  in  small 
quarto,  and  contains  seventv  pages.  It  would 
not  tike  two  hoars,  eren  without  "rapid*'  utter- 


ance, to  recite  the  whole  of  it.  Orme,  in  his  Life  of 
Baxter,  has  liberally  supposed  that  it  might  occupy 
one  hour  and  a  half  in  the  delivery,  but  the  fact 
recorded  on  the  title-page,  that  it  was  preached 
before  the  king  "  contractedly,**  seems  to  have 
been  overlooked.  A  brief  address  to  the  reader, 
prefixed  to  the  published  sermon,  points  out  the 
very  considerable  "  enlargements  **  it  underwent, 
which  comprise  a  great  amplification  of  the  several 
heads  which  occur  between  pages  6  and  47,  and 
also  the  addition  of  Jive  pages  of  matter  after  page 
55,  It  is,  therefore,  more  than  probable  that  the 
king,  as  Baxter's  hearer,  had  not  to  endure  a  dis- 
course of  more  than  moderate  length.  It  is  true 
that  the  pulpit  addresses  in  Baxter  s  and  Barrow's 
time  were  not  "just  fifteen  minutes  **  long,  as  de** 
scribed  by  Cowp>er ;  neither,  on  the  other  hand, 
were  they  of  such  an  extreme  length  as  some  of 
our  pleasant  writers  and  lecturers  are  prone  to  re- 
present. X.  A.  X. 

Fbinaigle's  "  Abt  op  Memobt."  —  Future  bi- 
bliographers may  perhaps  be  interested  to  know 
that  Mr.  John  Millard  was  the  author  of — 

**  The  New  Art  of  Memory,  founded  upon  the  Principles 
taught  by  M.  Gregor  Yon  Feinaigle.  To  which  is  added 
some  account  of  the  principal  systems  of  Artificial  Me- 
mory from  the  earliest  period  to  the  present  time.  Illus- 
trated by  engravings.  London,  12mo,  1812, 1813."  (Two 
editions  in  the  latter  year.) 

This  fact  was  communicated  to  me  by  the  late 
Rev.  Thomas  Hart  well  Home,  who  was  brother- 
in-law  to  Mr.  Millard,  and  assisted  him  in  taking 
notes  of  Feinaigle's  lectures,  and  preparing  the 
above-named  publication  for  the  press. 

Mr.  Millard,  it  may  be  mentioned,  held  the 
situation  of  assistant- librarian  to  the  Surrey  In- 
stitution, where  Professor^Feinaigle  deliverea  his 
mnemonical  lectures.     He  was  the  compiler  of — 

"  The  New  Pocket  Cyclopiedia ;  or  Elements  of  UseM 
Knowledge  methodically  arranged;  designed  for  the 
higher  classes  in  schools,  and  for  young  persons  in  gene- 
ral.   London,  12mo,  1811,  1813." 

Thompson  Coofeb,  F.S.A. 


Rev.  Db.  Samuel  Bolton. — Information  is 
requested  respecting  the  birth-place  and  parentage 
of  the  Rev.  Samuel  Bolton,  D.D.,  Master  of 
Christ  Church,  Cambridge,  and  Minister  of  St. 
Martin's,  Ludgate  Street,  London?  He  died 
15th  Oct.  1654,  aged  forty-eight ;  buried  at  St. 
Martin's.  His  arms  were:  6a.  a  falcon,  arg. 
becked,  legged,  and  billed  or. 

T.  O.  Hinchcliite. 

FoBMAN,  Db.  —  Aubrey  (MisceU.)  says  that  in 
a  MS.  of  Dr.  Forman  (which  Ashmole  had)  is 
a  discourse  of  Crystallomancy,  containing  the 
prayers  used  before  the  inspection,  and  '*also 
there  is  a  call  which  Dr.  ISTa^iec  did  ^**^__^, 
this  MS.  in  euBiUiic^^ 


170                                   NOTES  AND  QUERIES.  [S'*  s.  i.  mar.  i,  •62. 

GsNEALOGT  OF  THB  Familt  OF  LoFTUB. — I  R.  Price,  JuN.  —  Can  you  givG  me  any  inform- 

have   tried  many  sources,  but  without   success,  ation  regarding  R.  Price,  Jun.,  author  of  William 

to  find  the  pedigree  of  this  family  farther  back  TV//,    a  Drama,   from  the  German  (no  date)  ? 

than  the  time  of  Henry  VIII.,  as  it  is  given  by  Heber  MSS.  (1621)  p.  170.                           Zeta. 

Burke  in  his  Peerage :  where  he  states  that  it  was  ^  -n                          rru      ^i.     .a      t       i.     -^i. 

of  consideration  in^axon  times  in  Torkshir*.  and  4  P°"  bukned  -The  other  day  I  met  with  a 

that  certain  documents  in  the  archives  ofYork  «?"'""'  '^jy  «  A'^m  «  H  ^  v?  on""^  t^'"^ 

Minster  contain  notices  of  it.    I  am  anxious  to  8"' "/»,:  ^^''^■^}'  \  ?  ^T      J^'    •  ^*i  T 

find  also,  what  the  original  arms  of  the  family  Pf«><J.  f^at  "«  action  being  brought  against  tiie 

were      The  coat  at  nreaent  used  is  aDDarenUT  Chancellor  of  the  University  of  Oxford  for  tres- 

r^r,  mnH»l   ^JL^I^H  T  ,„ l^S^rn .^^  P*«.  ^c  ckimcd  to  havc  cognizsncB  thereof.    This 

very  modern,    x^erbaps  some  oi  your  numerous  'S  .                   •  i.  j         j         ai 

i^ritkorxfxrxAi^t^^a  /»««  ^Ji:^k*^»  ^^  /«  fk^-^  »./>;«f-  cUim  was  resisted ;  and  on  the  case  coming  on 

^intf- a"  bo^ra-rs^idtTpoTnt"^  for  argument  Serj  Ro.fe,  on  behalf  of  the  Chan- 

Swineshead.  Yorkshire,  as  the  former  \^t  of  °?W'"'  '«•»*«"*  t^«  f""*"""*  '^'^  "»  *«>«  «>""«  of 

the  family ;  and,  I  beUeve,  Lofthouse  Hall,  now  '^  *?***"  '■  ~ 

or  lately  the  seat  of  the  Dealtrr  family,  is  in  that  "  J**  '<>»»  <!''•»  ">"  ''•We.     En  ascon  temps  fait  nn 

neighbourhood.     There  are  still  persons  of  the  P«J«j«tayoitfcitnn  pand  otFence.etle«  caMin.1.^^ 

««-?    •     "v    1    I.-            T         1-     xi_    -hM'j'^'    T'  X  drent  a  lay  et  disovent  a  luy,  Fecc€uh :  et  il  dit  Judica 

name  in  Yorkshire,  as  I  see  by  the  Militia  Lists.  ^ ,  ^^  ij^  ^iaoyent;  Xon  possumus,  guia  caput  es  ecclesi<B : 

WUXIAMDB  GuiJ>BFOBDE.  Judica  teiptum:   et  Tapostle  dit  Judico  me  cremari ;   et 

King's  Inns  Library,  Dublin.  f°it  combustus ;  et  apres  fait  an  sainct,  et  issint  n'est  paa 

PC    mi.                  />       J  X      1.                   o  1.1  inconTenient que un  home soit  juge  demene.** 

.S.  The  arms  referred  to  above  are :  Sable,  a  _,        ^       ^       ,.?,i          ,« 

chevron  engraUed  ermine,  inter  3  trefoUs  slipped  .   ^  }^^^^  any  foundation  for  the  learned  Ser- 

grg^Q^,  leant  s  statement  r     And  if  there  be,  who  was  the 

Pope,  who,  for  his  heroic  self-sacrifice,  certainly 

Geobgb  Chapman,  the  dramatist  and  transla-  deserves  at  least  to  be  remembered  ?      J.  A.  Px. 

tor  of  Homer,  was  born  in  1557,  it  is  said  "  at  _                   ,_ 

Hitching  Hill  in  y«  county  of  Hertford."    Any  Quotations  Wahtbd.  — 

entry  of  his  baptism  at  Hitchin,  or  elsewhere  P  "  Move  on,  ye  wheels  of  Time, 

PbTEB  CuifNIBOHAM.  J"'  ^  ^Ir^'^^/n    °!?^'  ""^  ^^^ 

X  e  bnag  Eternal  Day." 

•*  Hakon  Jabl."  —  Who  is  the  translator  of  C-  J-  ^• 

Hahon  Jarl,  by  (Ehlenschlager,  and  Poems  from  "  The  strange  superfluous  glory  of  the  air." 

the  Danish,  published  about  1839,  Hookham  P  ^-  ^• 

Zeta.  "  Please  all  men  in  the  truth ;  wound  not  the  truth  to 

Rev.  RoEEBT  l5BBd.  —  I  am  desirous  of  ascer-  plcM^any."                                            W  T  <5  TT 

taining  the    birth-place    and  parentage  of  this  ^                                                         w .  i.  o.  n. 

divine,  who  was  ordained  by  the  Bishop  of  London  Sdbpucb  wobn  in  pbivate  Adbhnistbation 

sometime  between  1740  and  1750,  and  sent  as  a  o'  the  Communion.  —  One  of  your  correspon- 

missionary  to  the  colony  of  Virginia.  dents  may  answer  a  Query :  Is  a  clerpyman  fol- 

Perhaps  your  valued  correspondents  Messbs.  lowing  any  law  of  the  church,  when  he  wears  a 

C.  H.  &  Thompson  Coopbb  can  assist  me  in  this  surplice  in  the  administration  of  the  Holy  Com- 

uiaUer.                                           D.  M.  Stevens,  niunion  of  the  Sick  in  a  private  house  ?     I  was 

Guildford.                                                                 '  ^^t  aware  of  the  custom,  until  I  found  my  curate 

adopting  it  soon  after  he  came  to  me. 

Pabkes.  —  Information    requested  respecting  A  Bebkshibe  Clebgtman. 

the  early  pedigree  of  a  family  of  Parkes,  located  Xenubb  op  the  Manob  op  Addington,  co. 

at  Cakemore  parish.  Hales  Owen,  Worcestershire;  SuBBEi.-The  nature  of  the  serjeantry  (says 

tnc  seals  of  whose  wills  bear  these  arms  :  Ermine    Lygons)  is 

or  erminois,  a  stages  head  caboshed  P  /       / 

"WAT  vrnn'TAit  **  hy  the  Service  of  making  hattias,  as  the  record  ex- 

gv        .                                               '        •»-'**«"^^"'  presses  it,  in  the  king's  kitchen  on  the  day  of  his  corona- 

oarewsDuiy.  ^1^^^  ^^  finding  a  person  who  should  make  for  him  a 


Ladt  Mabt  Pebct.  —  Can  any  reader  furnish    c^^ain  potti^  «*^\®<^,*5j  ^^  of  G>'f*>"»  ^^  ^^  *«y""  ^ 
daughter  of  Thomas,  Earl   of  Northumberland,     ^gid  it  precisely  by  the  same  service,  and  the  dish  is 


executed  at  York,  Aug.  22,  1572,  by  order  of  mentioned  by  the  same  name  (viz. /e  Jfe«s  de  Gyron)  in 

Elizabeth.     His  daughter  is  said  to  have  escaped  the  pleas  of  Uie  crown ;  though  filount  has  quoted  it 

from  prison,  and  to  have  found  an  asylum   at  thence  by  the  name  of  Delligront,  and  Aubrey  has  copied 

Brussels ;  where  she  founded,  in  1598,  a  Bene-  ^  mistake." 

dictine  convent  for  English  nans.    Where,  and  »    Lysons  continues : 

wijr  rras she  jmpriaoned?                         A.  E.  L.  -The  aerviee  is  stiU  keptap»  and  a  dish  of  pottage 


8"  a  L  Hab.  1,  '82.] 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


in 


was  presented  to  the  present  king  at  his  coronation ;  bat 
I  cannot  find  that  there  exists  any  ancient  receipt  for  the 
making  of  it" 

In  Harl.  MS.  313,  fol.  23,  this  tenure  is  de- 
scribed :  — 

**  Willielmus  Aqnillon  tenet  qnandam  terram  in  villa 
de  Adington  per  seijeantiam  faaendi  hastias  in  coquina 
domini  Kegis  die  coronacionis  sue  vel  aliquis  pro  eo 
debit  facere  ferculam  quoddam  aaod  vocatar  Girunt  et  si 
apponatur  sagiam  tone  yocatar  Malpigemoan." 

The  orthographj  is  not  always  similar;  as  in 
one  Inquisition  p,  m,  it  is  written  messe  degeron. 
May  it  not  be  the  Norman-French  form  of  girum, 
or  gtarum^  a  kind  of  meal ;  and  hastias^  some  ana- 
logy with  the  word  hantig  (vide  Lexique  Roman)  f 
So  that  this  dish  may  have  been  a  kmd  of  hasty' 
pudding,  made  with  coarse  meal.  Can  any  of 
your  contributors  suggest  an  interpretation  of 
Jfcmp^gemon  better  than  Mauprest-gemon  ? 

C.  H. 

LoDviCK  Verblst. — The  mention  by  your  cor- 
respondent, at  p.  76  of  your  last  volume,  of  the 
artist  (Simon)  Verelst,  reminds  me  of  an  obituary 
memorial  of  a  person  of  this  name  in  the  parish 
church  of  Old  Swinford,  Worcestershire,  which 
bears  the  following  inscription  :  — 

**  Near  this  place  lies  interred  the  body  of  Mr.  Lodvick 
Yerelst,  who  departed  this  life  28  Oct.  1704,  in  the  86th 
year  of  his  age." 

Query,  "Who  was  this  person  P  Simon  Verelst 
died  in  1710.  H.  S.  G. 

Ulbic  yon  Huttbn.  —  In  the  1st  and  2nd  vols, 
of  **  N.  &  Q,"  (1«*  S.)  are  various  notes  from  Mr. 
S.W.  SiNGEB  and  others,  relating  toUlric  von  Hut- 
ten,  the  Reformer.  I  am  very  desirous  to  obtain 
his  portrait,  and  a  translation  (published,  I  be- 
lieve, in  1789)  of  Groethe*s  Tribute  to  his  memory, 
which  I  am  told  contains  some  genealogical  par- 
ticulars relating  to  him.  His  descendants  amal- 
gated  his  Christian  and  surnames,  and  called 
Uiemselves  **  Ulhutten,*'  probably  to  escape  reli- 
gious persecution.  My  chief  object  b  to  prove 
Uie  Bavarian  family  of  **  Uhlenhut  **  or  "  Uhlen- 
hath**  to  be  also  derived  from  him.  I  should 
esteem  as  a  great  favour  any  assistance  in  this  in- 
quiry which  any  contributor  will  give  me.  Ulric 
was  of  a  noble  family ;  his  cousin  Count  von  Hut- 
ten  was  murdered  by  Ulric,  Duke  of  Wurtpi^^  ^,  ^, 

S.  T. 


tend  not  to  include  the  waits  of  the  city  of  London, 
which  are  a  great  preservation  of  mens*  houses  in 
the  night." 

I  gather  the  above  from  Burton's  Diary^  and 
m^  object  is  to  inquire  whether  the  waits  in  the 
middle  of  the  seventeenth  century  were  in  the 
habit  of  perambulating  the  city  nightly,  as  the 
alderman*s  remarks  would  indicate  ? 

D.  M.  Steveks. 

Guildford. 

Warden  of  the  English  and  Scottish 
Mabches. — How  early  was  any  appointment  of  a 
Warden  of  the  English  Marches  against  Scotland? 

L.  Jv.  R« 

"  Whip  up  Smoucht  ob  Pont."  —  Not  bein^  a 
regular  reader  of  anything,  I  cannot  be  sure  that 
I  have  seen  every  number  of  "N.  &  Q."  since 
(with  the  signature  of  An  Unfashionable)  I 
asked  an  explanation  of  this  term.  But  your 
annual  Index  shows  that  no  reply  has  appeared. 
Are  we  to  suppose  that  no  fashionable  people  read 
"N.  &  Q."?  Or  that  the  romp  of  "Whip  up 
Smouchy  or  Font,'*  patronised  by  fashionable 
young  ladies,  is  too  naughty  to  be  described  ?  Or 
that  The  Times'  writer  who  mentioned  it  was 
hoaxing  us,  and  there  is  no  such  thing  ?  I  pause 
for  a  reply  —  which  no  questioner  of  "  N.  &  Q." 
need  do  for  any  length  of  time. 

MoBTiMBB  Collins. 


tT*- 


MT3  'i  ..44.  •s.i.M.x  \.ji  ▲^ui.Nx/oN.  —  in  a  debate 
on  a  "  K'.ii  touching  logues,  vagabonds,  and  sturdy 
beggars,**  in  Cromweirs  Parliament  of  1G56,  Mr. 
Bobinson  hoped  that  fiddlers  and  minstrels  would 
be  included,  as  thev  **  did  corrupt  the  manners  of 
the  people  and  inflame  their  debaucherv  by  lewd 
and  obscene  songs.*'  Sir  Thomas  Wroth  **  would 
have  harpers  included,**  and  another  worthy  mem- 
ber ejaculated,  **  Pipers  should  be  comprehended  ;*' 
wherenpoo  Alderman  Hooke,  said  **  I  hope  you  in- 


^VLtvUi  fDftfi  9initntvi. 

Isle  of  Lundt. — Can  any  of  your  correspon- 
dents help  me  to  any  information  respecting  the 
Isle  of  Lundy  in  the  Severn,  its  history,  antiqui- 
ties, possessors,  &c.,  &c.  To  save  labour,  I  have 
all  the  information  from  Francis  Grose's  Antiqui' 
ties  of  England  and  Wales ;  Magnce  Brit.  Antiq, ; 
Lysons's  Magna  Brit ;  Beauties  of  Ensrlond  and 
Wales;  Oent*s  Magazine ^  Cauidtjii ,  iiearue's 
Leland*s  Itinerary ;  ^'  '  f  Secret  .^  \  /t  ties ;  Par* 
liamentart/  Oaz'^'-^trr;  Drayton  the  Poet;  Wil- 
liams's Pic^'r-.sque  Devonshire;  but  shall  feel 
deep'"    bilged  by  p.ny  further  particulars. 

Chables  Clat,  M.D. 

[^A  loner  and  interesting  account  of  the  Isle  of  Landj, 
by  G.  Steinman  Steinman,  Esq.,  is  printed  in  Collectanea 
I  Topographica  et  Genealogica^  iv.  318—330 :  see  also  in  the 
I  same  work  other  notices  in  iii.  254,  272 ;  iv,  402 ;  v.  401. 
I  In  the  British  Museum  are  the  two  following  works: 
Declaration  of  the  Surrender  of  the  Garrison  of  Lundy, 
4to,  Lend.  1647 :  Passages  in  the  Treaty  of  the  Surrender 
of  the  Garrison  of  Lundy^  4to,  Lond.  1 647.  The  pub- 
lished Calendars  of  the  State  Papers  also  contain  many 
references  to  this  island.  Vide  the  Index  to  each  volume.  J 

ExoBcisM :  Lutheb.  —  The  Devil,  though  ill- 
mannered  himself,  is  very  touchy  at  ill -manners 
in  others.    Luther  says  that  he  dtc^*^^  Vs^xcl  v^v^ 
by  caLlinf^  Viiia  «jx  %8&^  wA  ^"Oaet  ^\;^T5^st>ssQ^ 


172 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


C3"  S.  L  KUb.  1,  'GJ. 


names ;  and  one  of  the  four  infallible  rules  by 
which  e:[Drci3l«  detect  those  evil  sptriu  which  put 
on  the  fiiriii  of  angels  of  Ugbt,  lo  entrap  him  to 
whom  Ihaj  appear  into  wotsLip,  "is  to  say  some- 
thing olTunsLve  and  scomfiil,  upon  which  they 
will  gcnernllr  dcpnrt  with  noise,  and  pcrbftps 
mischief." — A  Short  History  o/Eoil  SpiriU,  Lon- 
don, 17:!9,  p.  2S4. 

I  shall  be  ^kd  of  a  reference  to  the  works  of 
Luther,  or  his  biographers,  in  which  the  often- 
repeated  storr  of  Lis  driving  awaj  the  Devil  is 
mentioned.  What  aro  the  "four  infallible  rules" P 
W.  D. 


cf  L*thir,  wriltan  b;  binitdf,  nod  collocled  and  arranged 
bv  M.  MIcbcli't  (Giigue's  E\tnptaji  Library,  IZmo.  Land, 
line.)  Consult  also  Tht  TaSte-Talh  ofStartln  Luatr, 
tnnslateil  by  Haxlitt.  which  abounds  with  rerercncea  to 
tbe  Evil  Unc,  wbo  "  it  a  proud  Spirit,  and  MDUDt  endure 
acorn,"  and  his  practices  ou  Cliristiiuis.  (^So/in'i  Slan- 
iard  Library,  12nio,  Load.  It!a7.}] 

Miss  Pond.  —  Id  the  course  of  my  enilcavours 
to  elucidate  my  own  Query  about  engraved  heads 
(ante,  p.  110.),  I  chanced  upon  these  purticnlnrs 
in  Bryan'B  Dictionary  of  Painters  and  En- 
gravers :  — 

"EIb  [ThomM  Frjo]  also  wrapeJ  lereril  plates  of 
iHirtrails  in  lactsotjulo,  most  of  which  are  ai  large  as 
life.  Among  others  are  the  folloningi  his  Majesty 
George  tbe  Third;  the  Queen;  that  of  Ids  nir<; j  and  the 
celebrated  Miss  Pond." 

The  only  light  this  throws  upon  my  inquiry  is 
that  the  female  portrait  iu  my  possession  may 
represent  one  or  other  of  these  ladies,  but  it 
shows  tfaat  the  number  of  engravings  in  this  style 
exceeds  the  six  spoken  of  by  Edwards.  Mj  ob- 
ject in  noticing  the  above  eiitract,  however,  is 
chiefly  to  nak  a  question,  namely,  who  was  Miss 
Pond,  snd  for  what  celebrated  ?  Chables  ^Vtlii:. 

[Miss  Pond  was  the  danghlar  of  Mr.  John  Pond,  well 
known  on  the  race-course  In  tho  middiD  of  (he  lait  cen- 
tury. She  is  tbfl  lady  who  rode  a  thoosand  miles  in  a 
thoasand  boars  on  dub  horse  at  Kewmarket,  which  she 
completed  on  Mar  3, 1708.  Tide  incident  forms  the  sub- 
ject of  an  admirahle  ironical  paper  by  Dr.  Johnson  in 
The  Id/a-,  No.  G.  Miss  Pond  fell  in  lore  with  William 
O'Brien,  the  actor  and  dramatist,  who  bowever  c1andt»- 
tlnely  mnrrlfd  Ladj  Susan  Strangeiravs,  eldest  daughter 
of  Stephea  Fox,  the  lint  Lord  Uollanl] 

SMDaGLiKG.  — la  there  such  a  thing  as  a  "His- 
tory of  Smuggling?"  There  are  many  floating 
anecdotes  about  Emu^glert,  but  I  should  be  glad 
to  meet  with  a  book,  if  any  such  there  be,  giving 
something  like  a  general  view  of  this  once  flourish- 
ing, but  now  happily  almost  extiaut,  busioess. 

L.  P. 

[The  only  work  bearing  mora  particnllriy  on  this  sob- 

Jict,  with  which  we  ue  acquainted,  is  that  by  Sir  Stephen 
anssen.  Chamberlain  of  Landon  :  Smuggliitg  laid  qpn,  in 
allilM  EiiiHici  Braiuha)  witb  Propoealifor  the  Efiec- 
tamltvBtd^ot  thmt  niMt  inlqnitons  Pnetice.    Compre- 


iionding.  among  atlicr  particulars,  the  PorliamentaiT 
CTidonce  ot  eomc  Kotorious  Smuggleiii,  &c,&c  Bvo,  Loni 
1763,] 

Jonn  Whithbt.  —  Who  was  "John  Whitney, 
a  Lover  of  the  Angle,"  and  author  of  The  Gen- 
teel Becrention,  published  in  the  year  1700,  and 
reprinted  in  1820?  L.  L. 

[In  the  AdvcrtiMinent  prefixed  to  the  reprint  of  ISM, 
it  Is  iUled  "  Of  the  nnlhor  nothing  is  known,  Iliough  It 
has  been  conjoctursd  ha  was  the  son  of  Captain  Wbitser 
who  commanded  one  of  the  ships  that  accompanied  Sir 
Walter  Raleigh  in  his  voyage  to  Guinea."] 

"  CiacDi.Aii  BoRDDBB."  —  Can  you  inform  me 
what  a  circular  bordare,  or  n  bordure  inwardly 
circular  is?  I  cannot  ftnd  it  in  any  work  on  th« 
science  of  heraldry.  Hbb. 

[A  "circulor  bordure"  is  a  atrip  or  border  aunonnd- 
ing  the  field,  used  to  distinguish  fjiniliee  of  the  same 
name,  or  persons  bearing  the  same  coaL] 

Dutch  Psalteb,  printed  at  Norwich  by  An- 
thony Solemne.  —  Jlessrs.  Sotheby  and  Wilkinson 
advertised  a  copy  of  this  for  sale  by  auction  on 
January  23,  1862.  Apparently  this  is  the  onl; 
copy  known  besides  that  in  the  library  of  Trinity 
Cnllege,  Dublin.  Who  was  the  fortunate  pur* 
■         ■         ■  "  E.  G.  R. 


chaser,  and  at  what  price  ? 


Carter  Lank  MsETrKO- House. — When  was 
the  Hev.  Dr.  John  Kippon's  Aleettng  House,  in 

Carter  Lane,  Tooley  Street,  Southwark,  taken 
down  ?  And  if  the  bnildins  materials  were  sold 
by  public  auction,  when,  and  by  whom?  Also,  is 
there  any  print  or  engraving,  and  historical  sketch 
of  it  ?  Any  information  respecting  the  above 
meeting-house  will  be  acceptable.  E.  H. 

[An  liiKtarical  sccoont  of  Carter  Lane  Mceline  Houii 
win  be  found  in  Wilson's  J/iKOTy  of  Viatitiag  Churchet, 
iv.  212— 2S6.  It  was  erected  in  1747,  for  the  congrega- 
tion under  the  pastoral  care  of  Dr.  John  Gill,  wbo  was  suc- 
ceeded by  Dr.  John  Rlppon.  It  was  taken  down  in  the 
1,  the  site  being  required  by  the  corporation  of 


„   rfthia 

Mooting  Houie.] 

fimucAL  Yebsiods. — Has  a  collection  of  lite 
Lord's  Prayer  (or  parts  of  the  Bible)  translated 
into  a  number  of  languages,  been  published?  If 
so,  I  shall  take  it  as  a  favour  if  aoyone  will  direct 
me  to  the  book,  and  state  price,  &c  E.  F. 

[In  Guthrie's  JVw  Si/tttm  ef  doprai^y.  Ha,  179!,  wiH 
be  fonnd  the  Palemoater  rendered  into  Welsh,  French, 
Dutch,  German,  Spanish,  Porlnguese,  Italian,  Modem 
Greek,  Persian,  and  Arabic    Consult  aUn  77<«  BAU  i^ 

nLaxd  (ilagster  &  Sons)  for  "An  Alphabetical  List 
.lecimene  in  Native  Chiroclcrs."  The  liritisli  and 
Foreign  Bible  Sodety  has  also  published  specimens  of  its 
dilbTMit  *«nion«.] 


8*4  S.  I.  Mab.  1,  '62.3 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


173 


PROPHECIES  FULFILLED. 

PBOPBECIES  OF  ST.   MALACUI  RESPECnNa   THE  FOPES : 
PBOFUISGY  RESrECTING  TUB  CKUIEAN  WAR. 

(2^  S.  xii.  476  ;  3'*  S.  i.  49,  90.) 

It  would  be  useless  to  enumerate  all  the  pro- 
phets included  in  the  collection  referred  to,  The 
miraculous  Prophecies^  ^c,  because  they  mostly 
prefi^re  the  misfortunes  and  disasters  threaten- 
ing tne  same  sinkinf]^  empire,  and  the  same  falling 
monarch,  Foperj  and  the  Pope. 

The  next  to  Is  ostradamus,  as  to  date,  is  an  Eng- 
lishman of  some  notoriety,  and  who  ought  to  have 
been  christened  Astradamus. 

"In  a  book  of  Mr.  Lilly's  (^Monarchy :  or.  No  Monarchy, 
4to),  are  hieroglyphitk  prophecies,  viz.  of  the  Great 
Plagae  of  London,  expressid  by  graves  and  dead  corpses ; 
and  a  scheme  with  ascending  (the  sign  of  London),  and 
no  planets  in  the  twelve  houses.  Also  there  is  a  picture 
of  London  all  on  fire,  also  moles  creeping,  &c.  Perhaps 
Mr.  Lilly  might  be  contented  to  have  people  believe  that 
this  was  from  himself.  But  Mr.  Thomas  Flatman  (poet) 
did  affirm,  that  he  had  seen  those  hieroglyphics  in  an  old 
parchment  manuscript,  writ  in  the  time  of  the  m^nks." — 
Aubrey's  Miscellanies  (Prophecies.) 

His  predictions  of  the  Fire  and  Pla^e  of  Lon- 
don have  been  noticed  in  *'  N.  &  Q.'  (!•'  S.  vii. 
178.)  The  prophecy  of  the  Fire  of  London  men- 
tioned by  Bp.  Parker,  in  his  Historu  of  his  oum 
Times,  p.  120,  1727,  may  be  placea  among  the 
ambiguous  prophecies  recognised  after  the  event : — 

"In  the  year  1653,  one  Zeisler  of  Leipsick,  wrote  a 
book  against  the  Regicides,  and  principally  against  Mil- 
tOD,  in  which  the  angry  Prophet  applied  himself  to  the 
nbellions  city  in  these  words  — 

**  *  Thou  that  art  now  proud  London,  in  some  time  shalt 
not  be  at  all;  nay,  unless  all  my  notions  and  all  the 
maxims  of  Policy  deceive  me,  thoa  art  not  far  from  thy 
destraction.' " 

••  The  Prophecy  of  the  French  Revolution,  from 
a  publication  by  the  late  Mr.  Peter  Jurieu  in 
1687,**  is  too  long  to  be  inserted,  although  it  is  re- 
markablv  characteristic  of  the  present  times,  when 
France  is  **  breaking  with  Rome  and  the  Roman 
religion.** 

**  Many  other  instances,"  writes  the  author  of  MiracU" 
kms  Prophecies,  **  I  could  adduce  from  a  variety  of  authors, 
but  the  present  may  suffice,  while  I  guide  the  reader's 
attentions  to  two  books  I  regret  I  cannot  procure,  or 
would  have  given  some  extracts  from  them,  as  I  know 
they  contain  many  curious  things ;  viz.  Histoire  Prodi- 
gkmm,  written  by  P6re  Arnault ;  and  Lux  e  Tenebris,  a 
O^leclion  of  Visions  and  Prophecies  in  Germany,  trans- 
kttd  into  Latin  by  Jo.  Amos  Comenius,  printed  at  Am- 
atttdam,  1655." 

The  edition  of  Cotterus,  1657,  is  now  before  me. 
This  false  prophet  and  visionanr  enthusiast,  with 
his  coadjutors,  Drabicius  ana  the  Bohemian 
Maideii,  Christina  Foniatovia,  attracted  consider- 
ate BOiioe  ia  their  day.    They  prophesied  that 


the  Turks  were  to  ruin  the  House  of  Austria. 
When  Vienna  was  besieged  in  1683  this  book  was 
prodigiously  sought  after,  and  sold  at  a  very  high 
price.  See  \Vorthington*s  Diary  and  Correspon- 
denccy  edited  by  James  Crossley,  Esq.,  for  the 
Chetham  Society,  who  refers  for  a  full  and  very 
interesting  account  of  Lux  in  Tenehris^  and  the 
three  prophets,  to  Bayle's  Dictionaryj  under  the 
heads  "  Comenius,**  "  Drabicius,*'  and  "  Kotte- 
rus.** 

For  the  reason  I  have  already  given,  I  shall  be 
content  with  noticing  the  prophecies  of  one  more 
only  of  the  inspired  seers  introduced  in  this  col- 
lection ;  viz.  those  of  Malachy,  which  Me.  Heind- 
KiCKS  has  already  described,  and  respecting  which 
I  shall  add  *^  the  terse  business-like  memoranda 
of  old  Aubrey.**  The  Prophecies  of  Malachy  are 
exceeding  strange.  He  describes  the  Popes  by 
their  coats  of  arms  or  their  names,  or  manners. 
If  his  prophecies  be  true,  there  will  be  but  fifteen 
popes  more.  It  is  printed  in  a  book  in  8vo, 
entitled,  Bucelini  Historic  Nucleus,  I654,in^calce 
Libriy  thus  "  Prophetia  Malachite  Monachi  Ban- 
gorensis  et  A[rchi]  Episcopi  Ardin[ach]ensi8, 
HibernisB  Primatis,  1665,  in  two  leaves.**  (Au- 
brey's Miscellanies.) 

The  description  furnished  in  The  Miraculous 
Prophecies  is  more  minute  and  historical  than 
that  in  Moreri's  Diclionary,  which  alone  I  find 
available  of  the  works  in  which,  according  to  your 
correspondent,  Aymon  states  these  prophecies  are 
inserted.  "  He  gives  the  first  place  to  the  post- 
humous work  of  Ciaconius,  who  died  in  1599,  and 
whose  Vitce  et  Oesta  Bomanorum  Pordifcum  et  Car^ 
dinalium  was  published  by  Francis  de  Morales 
Cabrera  in  1601-2.** 

Moreri  states  that  the  savants  have  remarked 
that  Ciaconius  does  not  give  an  interpretation  of 
these  prophecies  in  his  Vitoi  et  Gesta,  ^c,  and 
that  those  who  have  enumerated  his  works  make 
no  mention  of  these  prophecies  or  of  their  expli- 
cations. I  have  not  an  opportunity  of  looking  at 
his  Bihliothecay  edited  by  Kapp,  1744,  where  they 
are  probably  inserted.  It  will  be  found  in  the 
Royal  Library  (Brit.  Mus.),  and  the  Bodleian. 
We  are,  however,  informed  by  Ware  in  his  Cow- 
mentary  of  the  Prelates  of  Ireland,  1704,  that  Ar- 
nold Wion  published  in  1595  this  prophecy  of 
the  Bishops  of  Rome  in  his  Lignum  Vitcp,  with 
an  Exposition  added  by  Alphonsus  Ciaconius 
down  to  Pope  Urban  Vll.,  which  others  have 
continued  down  to  our  times.  See  also  J9io- 
graphie  Universellcy  s.  v.  "  Malachie.**  There  is 
a  copy  of  the  Lignum  Vitce  in  the  Bodleian.  A 
reference  follows  to  De  Thou,  but  I  have  looked 
in  vain  for  any  mention  of  them  in  two  editions  of 
De  Thou  or  Th nanus.  In  Fabricius,  Biblioth, 
Med.  et  Infimce  Latinitatis,  other  works  are  men- 
cioned  in  which  they  are  inserted,  s.  v.  "  Mala- 
thias.** 


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NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


[8'*  S.  I.  Mar.  1,  '62. 


**  All  these  prophecies  I  find  both  recited,  And,  as  far  aa 
then  was,  accomplished,  explained,  and  by  application, 
foand  to  be  very  true  and  significant,  in  an  Appendix  to 
a  book  intituled  Flore*  Hiitorici,  written  by  Johannes  de 
Bussierest  a  French  Jesait,  in  the  year  1655." 

Our  author  subjoins  a  few  of  the  Pope*s  sym- 
bols, and  their  explications,  beginning  at  the  year 
1599.  The  following  are  selected  because  they 
x^ontain  historical  illustrations  not  furnished  bj 
Moreri :  — 

**  Gent  perversa  —  Paul  the  Fifth,  1605.  —  In  his  days 
the  Bohemians  rose  against  the  Hoose  of  Austria,whom 
our  author  will  have  to  be  the  perverse  nation;  but 
why  not  rather  the  Venetians,  with  whom  this  Pope  had 
great  broils? 

**  In  trilntlatione  Pacts  —  Gregory  the  Fifteenth,  1621. 
—  As  soon  as  he  was  made  Cardinal  he  was  sent  by 
Paul  Y^  Legate  to  Savoy,  and  concluded  a  peace  between 
the  Duke  and  the  King  of  Spain,  and  soon  after  was 
chosen  Pope." 

He  concludes  by  remarking  that,  "according 
to  this  man*s  reckoning,  the  final  destruction  of 
the  Papacy  and  the  bloody  city  will  be  completed 
in  year  of  our  Lord  1865.** 

The  Pope  immediately  preceding  Mb.  Hend- 
BiCKS*  first  Pope  is  Clement  XL,  who  is  conse- 
quently intended  by  the  symbol  preceding  "  De 
Bona  lleligione,"  viz.  "Flores  Circumdati"  (see 
Moreri),  wnich  is  thus  commented  upon  by  Sar- 
torius  {Cistercium  Bis  Tertium,  p.  707)  :  — 

**  Cam  hsBC  scribo,  vacat  Sedes  Apostolica  per  mortem 
Innocentii  XII.  Pontificis  Mazimi,  atqne  ideo  occasione 
instantis  Electionis  prodaco  decantatissima  vaticinia 
Divi  nostri  Malachiie,  Hibemorum  Archi  Prsesulis,  qui- 
bas  divinittis  inspiratas,  per  sex  prop^  iam  scecola  Pon- 
tifices  Romanos  designavit  in  SBnigmatibus,  quas  sea  ipsi 
Antistites  sammi  rerum  prssclar^  ^  se  gestaram  event!- 
bas,  sea  eruditi,  sagacitate  ingenii  hactenhs  evolverint, 
evolv^ntque  feliciter  deinceps.  Ea  vaticinioram  celebri- 
tas  Cistercii  opus  est,  de  cujas  gremio  extitit  Malachias 
Prassul  gloriosissimus.  Opto  porrb  devotissimis  magnis- 
<|ae  affectibus,  ut  mox  h  Romano  &  Sanctissimo  Conclavi 
^rediatar  Ecclesie  aniversalis  Pastor,  qui  h  Malachin 
mente  &  symbolo  floridam  secam  aetatem  advehat  in 
Floribus  Circumdatas,  qaeis  Orbem  Ghristianum  belio* 
rom  spinis  nuper  compunctum  acerrim^  ad  aniversoram 
Tota  lastissirab  circumdet,  ac  circamambiat !  " 

Probably  the  following  passage  in  Quaresmius, 
Elucidatio  Terra  Sancta  Historica,  TheohgicOy 
MoralUy  2  vols.  fol.  1639,  originated  the  report 
mentioned  ante^  p.  90,  that  it  contains  a  prophecy 
of  the  Crimean  war :  — 

"  Circa  id  quod  priore  loco  propositam  est,  possumas 
faajas  Scriptoris  (Francisci  Navarri  Valentiniani)  senten- 
tiam  ad  quinque  articulos  reducerc.  Primus  sit :  Maho- 
metica  secta,  cum  suis  sectatoribus  &  singalariter  Turci- 
cam  Imperiam,  in  spiritualibas  Be  temporalibas  finem 
habebit  intra  spatium  annoram  251,  tot  cnim  damtaxat 
illi  supersunt  Quando  verb  hssc  scribebat  Doctor  Naaar- 
ras,  vertebatur  annus  nostrse  salatis  1604,  quare  secundhm 
istam  anno  1855,  vel  circiter,  quoad  tam  spiritaalia  qukm 
temporalia  (hcec  enim  duo  rit^  in  Mahometica  secta  & 
Imperio  Turcico  Auctor  ille  considerat)  cessabit  &  finem 
habebit  perdita  isU  superstiUo."—  Tom.  i.  p.  265. 

BlBLIOTHBCAB.  ChBTHAH. 


The  "  prophecies  of  St.  Malachi  respecting  the 
popes  "  are  gross  forgeries,  the  composition  of  an 
idle  monk.  As  such  they  have  long  since  been 
exposed  in  the  Acta  Sanctorum  of  the  Bollandists. 
Any  of  your  readers  who  feel  an  interest  in  this 
matter,  will  find  all  the  particulars  respecting 
those  pretended  prophecies,  and  their  real  author, 
in  the  Life  of  St.  Malachi^  as  published  by  the 
Jesuit  Fathers  in  their  invaluable  work.  The 
invention  of  false  prophecies  was  at  one  time  of 
frequent  use  in  political  warfare ;  and  I  am  sornr 
to  say  the  practice  of  it  is  not  yet  discontinued.  It 
is  now  some  years  since  I  exposed  the  **  prophecies 
of  St.  Columbkill "  as  forgeries,  invented  by  per- 
sons calling  themselves  **  Irish  patriots,"  for  the 
purpose  of  perpetuating  inimical  feelings  towards 
the  English  nation  in  the  hearts  of  my  country- 
men. In  exposing  the  ^'Columbkill,*'  I  had  to 
refer  to  the  "  Malachi  '*  prophecies,  which  had  been 
tacked  on  to  them  as  a  corroborative  testimony 
of  their  authenticity;  and  I  then  proved  that 
they  were  **  fictions,"  backed  up  by  "  falsehoods.** 

W.  B.  Mac  Cabb. 


These  prophecies  are  not  considered  by  the 
learned  as  entitled  to  any  credit  They  appear  to 
have  been  fabricated  in  the  conclave  of  1590,  by 
the  partisans  of  Cardinal  Simoncelli.  The  conclave 
lasted  almost  two  months,  and  ended  in  the  elec* 
tion  of  Cardinal  Cremona,  who  took  the  name  of 
Gregory  XIV.  It  is  evident  that  great  scope  is 
given  for  explanation,  when  the  prophecies  are 
limited  to  two  or  three  words ;  and  though  I  am 
not  prepared  to  apply  any  previous  to  Pope 
Pius  YI.,  I  am  persuaded  that  the  explanation  of 
most  of  them  would  be  very  easy.  All  those  sub- 
sequently to  Pius  VI.  are  explained  very  fairly, 
with  a  single  exception.  No  one  has  ventured  to 
show  how  De  holneis  Hetruria  applied  to  Gre- 
gory XVI.  F.  C.  H. 


ISABELLA  AND  ELIZABETH. 
(Q***  S.  xii.  364,  444,  464,  522 ;  3'*  S.  i.  59,  113.) 

I  hoped  some  one  would,  long  ere  this,  have 
pointed  out  the  fact  that  these  words  are  etjmo- 
iogically  difierent,  although  they  maj  be  con- 
founded by  those  who  know  no  better.  There  is 
one  witness  to  whic^  •. .-  c?n  ^r  -  '^  i:i  v  ~  .  .  ■ 
ascertain  the  facts  of  the  case :  1  mo  ^  4,'ac  old 
Syriac  version  of  the  Bible,  where  we  get  the 
Shemitic  names  written  in  accordance  with  their 
etymology.  It  is  well  known  that  the  Greek 
language  cannot  express  the  true  form  of  the 
word  Elizabeth,  any  more  than  the  English  can 
do  it.  But  any  Shemitic  language  can  do  this; 
and  hence  we  find  most  clearly  preserved,  the  dis- 
tinction between  Isabel  and  Elizabeth  in  die  Sy- 


^'S.LUak.1,'^1 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


riMj.  In  1  Kiogs,  ssL  5,  Jezebel,  which  I  luugt 
identifj  with  lubel,  !■  written  io  Syriac.  Itahtl, 
\n{^  '  '•  q-  Heb.  ^3J'«  /seirf.    The  same  fomi 

cf  the  word  occnra  in  Rev.  ii.  20.  In  Luke  i.  27, 
the  word  wtuch  the  Greeks  wrote  Eliiabetb,  it  in 
S7Ti«c  written  «r^»  .  "-i^.  and  corrapondt  to 

the  Heb.  X3^7K,  but  cuinot  be  exactlj  repre> 
fented  b;  English  characters.  Now  nn  one  with 
aipvk  of  knowledge  of  Shemitic  philolosy  can 
oonfooud  these  two  words,  each  of  which  is  a 
oompound,  and  each  component  different.  Tht 
aune  broad  distinction  appesra  in  Arabic.  Folt- 
OLOTTOi  ii  utterly  mistaken  in  identifying  tbem^ 
and  no  one  can  do  it  who  looks  at  them  when 
written  in  their  original  characters.  As  to  the 
etymological  meaning  of  the  names,  Elizabeth 
may  be  explained  "  The  Oath  of  God."  The 
cnrioDS  may  like  to  know  that  the  first  of  the 
uune  on  record,  was  the  wife  of  Aaron  (Exod. 
vi.  32),  and  that  in  the  English  version  she  is 
called  EUaheba.  In  accordance  with  Greek  cus. 
torn,  the  I>XX.  writes  this  kdy's  name  Elitabeth 
nA  Eliiabet.  It  must  be  remembered  that  Je- 
wbel  in  1  Kings,  xvi.  31,  &c.  is  not  a  Hebrew 
nune  at  all.  Jezebel  was  daughter  of  Ethbsal, 
kiiu;  of  Tyre  and  Sidon,  a  Fhccnician  therefore, 
ana  an  idolater.  To  the  Fhrnnician  we  mnat  look 
for  the  derivation  of  the  word,  unless  we  can  find 
it*  independent  use  in  other  ShemUic  languages. 
Doctors  differ  as  to  its  real  meaning,  and  I  will 
not  Btlempt  to  decide.  I  will  only  say  Ihat  on 
pUlologicol  grouoda  I  should  identify  Isabella* 
with  Jezebel,  and  distioguiah  it  from  Eliza' 
bttli,  with  which  it  has  no  acuity  whatever. 

B.  U.  C. 

Poi.TaLOTiDS  quotes  ElitabtUa  as  ItaUan.  May 
Itsk  him  for  his  authority?  I  have  never  seen 
this  name  in  any  Ital.  book,  nor  can  I  find  it  in 
any  one  of  tU  Ital.  diet,  (two  of  them  standard 
worka)  which  I  happen  to  nave  bj  me. 

EU»abtlla:\  is  the  word  which  I  have  always  seen 
and  which  these  six  diet,  all  ^ive.  Remove  the 
croaacs  from  its  (t,  and  EUiabella  is  at  once  pro- 
dneed;  still  the  difference  is  one  of  extreme  tm- 
ptvtance  as  far  as  the  present  question  is  con* 
eemed.  Is  it  possible  that  Poliglottds  has  not 
noticed  the  crosses  on  the  fsf 

Foi.<aLOTT08  also  quotes  Elitabttka  as  French 
and  Xlahan.     I  must  again  ask  fur  his  authority. 


*  laabdlalscapableof  snotherderiTatlon:  asaSpanish 
weed,  /so  a  woiud,  and  Mia  fair.  Tha  objection  to  this 
Is^  tbat  III  i*  a  csnt  or  rnlgii  nord,  although  from  the 


as  it  would  not,  I  think,  be  easy  to  find  a  woman's 
name  in  French  which  terminates  in  a,  or  one  in 
Italian  contaioing  a  th.  F.  Cbarob. 


LAMBETH  DEGREES. 
(a-'S.  Las,  133.) 

Since  my  former  communication  and  npon  fur- 
ther inquiry,  I  find  the  Archbishop's  degree  in 
Medicine  is  no  longer  available  to  enable  any  re> 
ctpient  thereof  to  obtain  a  qualification  to  prac^ce 
the  science  in  medicine. 

By  an  Act  which  received  the  royal  assent  2nd 
August,  1838,  entitled  "An  Act  to  regulate  the 
Qualifications  of  Fractilionera  in  Surgery,  and  to- 
be  cited  as  The  Medical  Act,  21  422  Vict.  c.  90, 
sect.  15,"  certain  provisions  are  made  and  de- 
clared for  the  due  registration  of  medical  prac' 
titioners ;  and  bj  Schedule  A.  of  the  same  Act, 
amongst  the  enumerated  Qualifications  for  regis- 
tration  of  such,  as  being  a  Fellow  or  Licentiate  of 
the  College  of  Physicians,  Surgeons,  &c.,  the  10th 

"  Doctor,  or  Bachelor,  or  Licentiate  •>(  Medicine,  or 
Ussier  in  Surgery  of  any  UniTSnily  of  ths  United  KiDg- 
dom,  01  Doctor  of  Mtdicin  b;  Doctorate  grHDlad  prior  to 
the  pas^g  of  the  said  Act,  by  the  AriAuihop  ot  GaUr- 

AlthoDgh  this  section  of  the  Act  recognises  tha 
'alidity  of  the  Archbishop's  grant  of  the  degree 
of  Doctor  in  Medicine  prior  to  the  passing  thereof 
and  does  not  in  express  words  take  awaj  or 
abolish  the  privilege  or  power  of  the  Archbishop ; 
nevertheless,  it  deprives  the  Lambeth  degree  of 
any  effect  since  the  ind  Aug.  18S8,  as  affording  a 
qualification  for  legally  exercising  the  profession 
of  a  Doctor  in  Medicine.  J.  R. 

I  observe  none  of  your  correspondents  have 
stated  what  ere  the  exact  provisions  of  23  Hen. 
VIII.  c.  21,  under  which  these  degrees  are  granted. 
Itifl  — 

"  An  Act  conceraiDg  ths  Exoneration  o(  tb«  Sing's 


Sec.  2  provides  that  the  Archbishop  of  Canter- 
bury shall  have  power  to  grant  "  all  raanntr  such 
licenses,  dispensations,  compositions,  faculties, 
jjrants,  rescripts,  delegacies,  instruments,  and  all 
other  writings  for  causes  not  being  contrary  or 
repugnant  to  the  Holy  Scriptures  and  laws  of 
God,  OS  heretofore  bath  been  naed  and  accustomed 
lo  be  bad  and  obtained  by  your  Highness,  or  any 
your  most  noble  progenitors,  or  any  of  your  or 
rheir  subjects  at  the  See  of  Rome"  :  but  sec  4 
enacts,  that  where  tbe  dispensations,  &c.,  should 
b«  "  of  each  importance  that  th«  twx.  <w  \'a%  ^^- 


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NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


[3'*  S.  L  Mab.  1,  "ei 


peditlon  thereof  at  Rome  extended  to  the  sum  of 
4/.  or  above,"  they  must  be  confirmed  by  letters 
patent  under  the  Great  Seal,  to  be  enrolled  in 
Uhancery.       Job  J.  Bardwell  Wobkabd,  M.A. 


Michael  Scott's  Weitings  on  Asteonomy 
(3'*  S.  i.  131.)  —  The  three  works  enquired  for 
by  Sir  G.  C.  Lewis  do  not  appear  to  nave  been 
seen  by  any  of  the  modern  writers  who  have  made 
the  great  astrologer's  writings  the  subject  of  their 
fltudy.  Daunou,  in  the  Uistoire  LitUraire  de  la 
France^  (tome  xx.  p.  49),  says,  after  quoting  the 
titles  of  the  treatises  in  question,  -—  "  Ces  produc- 
tions ne  sont  gu^re  indiquces  que  par  leurs  titres, 
sans  renseignement  pr6cis  sur  leurs  sujets,  sur 
leurs  caract^res,  ni  sur  les  d^p6ts  qui  les  peuvent 
reedier.**  M.  Haur6au,  in  his  prize  essay  De  la 
Philosophie  Scolastique  (2  tomes,  8 vo,  Paris,  1 850), 
alludes  in  a  note  (t.  i.  p.  470)  to  a  manuscript  in 
the  Bodleian  Library,  under  the  title  of  "  Mich. 
Scoti  Opera  Astrologica ;  '*  and  adds,  it  is  probable 
that  the  greater  portion  of  the  astrological  works 
may  be  found  in  that  MS.  As  M.  «fourdain  is 
laid  to  have  proved,  according  to  M.  Haureau, 
that  English  bibliographers  have  increased  the 
number  of  Michael  Scott's  versions  from  Aristotle, 
by  describing  the  same  work  under  two  different 
titles,  it  might  be  well  to  make  his  accusation  a 
subject  of  inquiry,  as  far  as  practicable,  through 
the  medium  of  **  N.  &  Q."  Perhaps  by  this  means 
some  of  the  missing  Astronomical  Treatises  may  be 
discovered  bound  up  along  with  those  on  astrology, 
M.  Haureau  mentions  some  MSS.  of  Scott  that 
are  in  the  Bibliotbbquc  Rationale,  under  No.  1614 
of  Saint  Germain-des-Prcs.  J,  Maceat. 

No  doubt  these  titles  come  originally  from 
Bale,  who  gives  them  just  as  Jourdain  has  done, 
except  that  all  three  have  **  lib.  i."  affixed.  As 
Bale  gives  no  account'of  the  habitat  of  his  manu- 
scripts, it  frequently  happens  that  they  are  not 
found.  Tanner,  who  has  picked  up  a  little  in< 
formation  on  some  works,  says  nothing  more  than 
Bale  about  these.  But  there  is  one  astrological 
work  described  by  Tanner  as  "  MS.  in  bibl.  Bodl. 
NE.  torn.  X.  3,"  under  the  title  Liber  Iniroduc- 
toriuSj  sive  Judicia  Quastionum,  Of  this.  Tanner 
says  that  it  contains  thej[whole  science  of  astro- 
nomy and  astrology.  If  this  be  so,  I  should  not 
be  surprised  at  its  containing  all  the  three  writings 
for  which  Sir  G.  C.  Lewis  inquires,  perhaps  only 
inter  alia.  For  it  is  certain  that  Bale  has  often 
given  chapters  out  of  books  as  separate  books,  and 
this  even  when  he  has  mentioned  the  whole  works 
in  the  same  list.  A.  De  Mobqah. 

Toad-Eateb  (3">  S.  i.  128.)— I  have  often 
heard  the  derivation  of  toad- eaters  as  todito  or 
ioditOy  from  the  Spanish  todoSf  t.  e,  a  Jack  or  a 


Gil  of  all-work :  a  useful  companion,  fit  to  do  an 


any 
.8. 


dirty  work  at  a  patron's  command.  W 

With  regard  to  the  etymology  of  the  word 
toad-eater,  I  may  mention  that  I  have  heard  an 
ingenious  si^gestion,  that  it  is  a  Spanish  word, 
toditOy  anglicised. 

'  Todo  in  Spanish  is  "  all."  Todita  would  not 
appear  in  the  dictionaries,  as  it  is  a  colloquial 
diminutive^  such  as  I  am  informed  are  common 
in  Spanish,  and  may  be  formed  out  of  any  word. 
It  would  mean,  **  my  dear  little  all^^  or  some  such 
thing ;  and  I  believe  would  properly  apply  to  one 
of  female  sex,  as  in  truth  the  undignified  name 
"  Toady  "  commonly  does. 

The  great  antiquity,  however,  of  some  of  your 
correspondent's  quotations  is  rather  against  tha 
view.  Lttteltoh. 

Sib  Feancis  Bet  an  (3*^  S.  i.  110). —  Sir 
Francis  Bryan  was  the  second  son  of  Sir  Thomas 
Bryan,  of  Masworth,  co.  Bucks,  Knt.,  by  Mar- 
garet, daughter  df  Sir  Humphrey  Bouchier,  Knt., 
whose  son  John  succeeded  his  grandfather  as 
Lord  Berners.  His  mother  was  the  Lady  Mar- 
garet Bryan,  well  known  as  the  **  Lady  Mistress'* 
to  Queen  Elizabeth  when  an  infant.  The  grand- 
father of  Sir  Francis  was  Sir  Thomas  Bryan, 
Knt.,  Chief  Justice  of  the  Common  Pleas.  The 
wills  of  both  the  elder  and  younger  Sir  Thomas 
are  printed  in  Nicolas's  Test.  Vetust.^  pp.  449, 551, 
from  Had.  MS.  380,  with  several  genealogical 
particulars.  The  arms  of  Sir  Francis,  as  Knight 
bannerett,  are  blazoned  in  the  MS.  Cotton.,  Claud. 
C.  iii.  fol.  165.  Sir  Francis  inherited  the  estate 
at  Masworth  in  consequence  of  the  death  of  his 
elder  brother,  vita  patris^  and  sold  it  in  1543  to 
John  Bassett.  £.  £.  Estcoubt. 

Birmingham. 

LncKT  AND  Unlucky  Days  (2"*S.  xii.  104.) — 
A  Book  of  Presidents  (precedents),  published  in 
London  in  1616,  con  tarns  a  Calendar,  many  of 
the  days  in  which  have  the  letter  b  affixed: 
**  which  signifieth  such  dayes  as  the  Egyptians 
note  to  be  dangerous  to  begin  or  take  anytnmg  in 
hand,  as  to  take  a  journey  or  any  such  like  thing.** 
The  days  thus  marked  are :  — 

January  1,  2,  4,  5, 10,  15, 17,  19. 

February  7, 10, 17,  27,  28. 

March  15,  16,  28. 

April  7,  10,  16,  20,  21. 

May  7,  16,  20. 

June  4. 10,  22. 

July  16,  20. 

August  1,  19,  20,  29,  80. 

September  3,  4,  6,  7,  21,  22. 

October  4, 16,  24. 

November  6,  6,  28,  29. 

December  6,  7,  9, 16, 17,  22. 


Philadelphia. 


M.E. 


S^S.L1[AR.1,-(I.] 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


EAXTHgnAKH  IN  Eholaits  (3'*  S.  i.  13,  94.)  — 
In  Onwnaej,  an  English  iiUnd  at  an^  rate,  I  felt 
tlw  ibock  of  an  earthquake  one  night  in  the  apring 
of  'BS.  I  li*ed  in  a  bouse  close  to  the  New 
Qround ;  and,  for  the  benefit  of  a  inutl  baby  re- 
oentlj  arrived,  we  had  a  naneiy  upitain.  I  iraa 
Jjing  on  a  lofa  in  that  room,  when  I  felt  a  kind  of 
dinader ;  Ihe  bell  wirea  rattled  violently ;  and  my 
Bnt  impresiioD  was  that  a  very  heavy  wacgon  wa» 
piMing  along  the  atreet.  My  friend,  Dr.  Uromby, 
wbo  wai  then  Principal  of  Elizabeth  Collie,  and 
ii  now  Head  Mailer  of  the  Melbourne  Royal 
Grunmar  School,  told  me  next  morning  that  he 
liad  felt  the  same.  He  had  been  tilting  up  over  a 
matheoutical  problem,  in  which  wc  both  were  in- 
tereated,  and  thereby  caught  the  earthquake.  Aa 
to  the  SiBureg  at  Newstend  Abbey,  are  there  any 
eoal-minea  near?  Lord Middleton's  lodge  at  Wol-  , 
laton  Hoiue,  near  Nottingham,  has  lately  been 
imperilled  by  subterranean  diggings,  and  is  full  of 
Auiires.     The  neighbourhood  is  carboniferous. 

MosTiMBS  CoLuns. 

Tour  correspondent  A.  A.  will  perhaps  value  | 
A*  following  extract  from  the  Parish  Begister  of  | 
St  Fancras,  Exeter :  the  spelling  is  preserved.        i 

"Oa  the  IS"'  of  Jallf,  1727,  twtwMU  foure  aad  fire  of 
tbe  fJocka  in  the  momiag,  ■!  tbe  bouie*  in  Exeter  did  i 
shalu  vitii  an  earthqaike  that  paople  iraisliaktin  thdre  | 
badi  rrom  ona  side  lolha  other,  and  wu  al  over  England, 
and  in  aome  placet  bayoond  aea,  but  deed  bnt  little  damage :  ', 
Uaofacwtoinlratb."  I 

CHABI.BS  WOKTHT. 

£zet«r. 

Sir  William  Dugdolo  thus  notices,  in  his  Diary,  ' 
an  earthquake  which  occurred  on  the  6th  of  Oc' 
tober,  1683;  — 

"A  small  uTthquata  this  night  >t  about  eleren  of  tha 
dock  w""  a  mmbling  novae,  like  tbander  afarr  of— Tlii 
Xi/t,  Diant,  and  Cbrrtipmiiltiict  of  Sir  IKm.  Dygdale,  Kt. 
edited  by  Wm.  Hamper,  F.8.A.  Ito,  1SJ7,  pp.  146. 

K.  P.  D.  E, 

WaiTKHAU.  (3,'*  S.  t.  69.) — I  think  that  I  can 
satisfy  your  correspondent  L.  TA.  in  his  query 
with  regard  to  the  book  in  which  the  statement 
ia  made  concerning  the  window  through  which 
Cbarle*  I.  passed  to  the  eciffold.  In  Jesse's  Me- 
morial* of  London,  vol.  ii.  p.  192,  L.  M.  will  find 
the  following  words :  — 

"At  Ihe  renoriUan  of  tbe  Banqueting  Hoaie  (at 
Wblteball)  a  f^w  years  since,  ■  fact  was  made  apparent, 
which  I  imagine  will  be  considered  aa  sattlng  tbe  queation 
at  rest.  Having  carinalty  enough  to  vigit  Ihe  inlerioi  of  i 
the  boilding,  the  trails  of  which  wera  then  laid  bare,  a  I 
q»ce  was  pcrinted  out  Id  me,  between  tbe  upper  and  lower 
esntre  widoows,  oT  about  aevcn  feet  in  height  and  Ibnr  in  . 
bnodlb,  the  bricks  of  which  presented  a  broken  and  , 
JBCged  ippearanca,  and  tha  brick  work  intiocluceii  wu  < 
•^•Dtly  of  ■  different  data  from  that  of  the  real  of  the  ' 
building.  Then  can  ba  lillU  doubt  that  it  waa  IhiouEh  | 
Ibis  paauge  that  Charles  walked  to  the  fatal  ilage.  In-  I 
deed,  when  we  consider  how  concloalve  ia  the  evidence 
that  tha  execution  took  placa  in  fnmt  of  (he  Oanqueting 


Honse,  and  how  improbable  it  is  that  such  solid  and 
beautiful  masonry  should  hare  been  disturbed  and  broken 
through  for  any  other  purpose,  we  ahall  peibupa  be  par- 
doned for  looking  upon  it  aa  setting  tbe  question  for  evu 

A.  0.  A. 

"  The  Exception  pboves  thb  Rulb  "  (2"*  S. 
xii.  347.)  —  This,  without  anything  farther,  il 
nontense.  The  true  reading  is,  "  The  exception 
proves  the  rule  in  things  not  excepted"        Uhbda. 

Philadelphia. 

ECBOPEAN  lOKORAKCE  OT  AmBBTCA   (2**  S.  xii. 

67.)  — M.  Alexandre  Dumas,  in  hij  very  enter- 
taininjT  novel  of  Ls  Capitaine  Paniphile,  says 
(vol.  i.  p.  249,)  that  the  wolvea  of  the  forests  of 
Canada,  when  pressed  by  banger,  eomctimes  come 
down  OS  far  as  the  streets  of  Portland  and  Boston. 
In  vol.  ii.  p.  23,  be  describes  his  hero  as  behold* 
ing,  from  the  summit  of  a  mountain,  "  Philadel- 
phia, rising  like  a  queen,  between  the  green 
waters  of  the  Delaware  and  the  blue  waves  of  the 
ocean."  UnsBA. 

PhUadelphia. 

Gbammae  Schools  (2"*  S.*  sii.  502  ;  3-*  S. 
i.  36,) — A  reference  to  Carlisle's  £>Kfoiri;rf  Gram- 
mar  Sehoola,  will  I  think  assist  jour  correspon- 
dent's inquiry.  H.  S.  G. 

Cleroihah's  RroHT  to  take  the  Chaib  (2»* 
S,  xii.  434.)— For  a  directly  contrary  opinion  to 
those  quoted  (3'*  S.  i.  IH)  by  S.  L.  and  Mb. 
WoBEAHD,  I  with  pleasure  refer  KIb,  AIewbobh 
to  Tke  Paruh,  by  Mr.  Toulmin  Smith  (pub- 
lished by  Sweet,  Chancery  Lane,  in  1R54),  in 
which  that  learned  gentleman,  in  a  masterly  way, 
devotes  the  whole  uf  Chnptcr  VI.  to  "The  posi- 
tion of  the  Parson  or  Minister  in  respect  to  the 
affairs  of  the  Parish."  No  layman  can  read  that 
chapter  without  being  convinced  that  tbe  common 
laic  of  England  is  "  dead  agunst "  the  ri<^t  of 
the  beneficed  clergy  to  be  considered  iho  headi 
of  their  parishes,  and  to  hold  the  right  of  pre- 
siding over  all  ordinary  vestry  meetings.  It  cer- 
tainly oppeors  plainly  to  me  that  such  assumplions 
are  equally  against  comtnon  ttnte,  and,  judging, 
from  the  particular  Act  under  which  the  churcn 
here  was  built  some  thirty  years  ogn,  the  legis- 
lature also  seems  to  have  so  thought,  for  it  gives 
no  authority  to  the  incumbent  to  preside,  except 
over  meetings  for  rhnrch  ralet,  which  meeting,  I 
presume,  are  considered  to  be  of  on  ecclesinstical 
nature.  R.  Vf-  Dixon. 

SeatDU  Carcw,  co.  Durham. 

SranAMES  (3'*  S,  iv.  6T.)— Of  the  names  se- 
lected 03  curious  and  unusual  by  your  corre- 
spondent S,  M.  S.,  I  may  remark  that  Cahill  at 
least  is  very  cammon  (especially  among  the  lower 
classes),  in  the  South  of  Ireland.  Ryles  I  think 
is  not  uncommon  in  Devonshire.  I'inney,  or 
Tinoe,  I  believe  is  a  Dutch  nenw  ■,  ^*.  'i<ak\.  V  i^ 


178 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


[8^  &  I.  Mar.  I,  'Si. 


member  a  Dutch  merchant  of  the  name  who  was 
settled  in  Liverpool  many  years  since.  M.  F. 

Mr.  Pipkin  is  a  member  of  the  Convention  of 
Missouri ;  Mr.  Silvertooth  was  a  member  of  the 
Kentucky  Legislature,  but  was  expelled  lately  as 
a  secessionist ;  Dr.  Toothaker  is  a  physician  in 
this  city;  a  Mr.  Vile  recently  died  here ;  the  Rev. 
Mr.  Gulliver  is  pastor  of  the  Congregational  Church 
in  Norwich,  Connecticut ;  the  Rev.  Mr.  Drum,  and 
the  Rev.  Mr.  Camp,  Episcopal  Clergymen  of  Tren- 
ton, N.  J.,  have  gone  to  the  war  as  chaplains  of 
two  New  Jersey  regiments.  Uneda. 

Philadelphia.  , 

EuKiPiDES  AND  Menandeb  (3'^  S.  i.  51.) — The 
hostility  of  the  Athenians  to  the  Spartans  is 
shown  very  strongly  in  the  Andromache  of  Eu- 
ripides (v.  445,  &c.)  :  — 

*0  ircuriv  avtfpwiroKriv  ixB^tmi  fipormy, 
^ir6^TjfiivoiKoit  UXut  jSovActmjpio, 

That  there  was  justice  in  this  charge  of  per- 
fidy, as  viewed  on  the  Athenian  side  of  the  ques- 
tion, appears  from  its  confirmation  by  Aristophanes, 
the  enemy  of  Euripides,  who  says,  in  the  iicAor- 
nians  (v.  SOS), 

OtiTiv  ovrc  jSttfibf ,  ovrc  irurr($,  ovff  opxos  fi^cc 

Miiller  {Lit,  of  Greece^  i.  373),  says,  — 

"  The  want  of  honoar  and  sincerity,  with  which  he 
(Euripides)  charges  the  Spartans,  appears  to  refer  par- 
ticularly to  the  transactions  of  the  year  420,  Olvmp.  89, 
4k  when  Alcibiades,  by  his  intrigaes,  had  got  t^e  spar- 
tan ambassadors  to  say  before  the  people  sotnethine  dif- 
ferent from  what  they  had  intended  and  wished  to  speak, 
^-a  deceit  which  no  one  saw  through  at  the  time, — Thucyd. 
V.  45." 

Euripides  in  the  same  play  (v.  595,  &c.)  treats 
the  Spartan  women  with  great  severity,  as  in- 
capable of  chastity,  even  if  they  wished  it. 
^  Aristotle  (Polit,  ii.  9),  speaks  of  their  women  as 
living  without  restraint  in  every  improper  indul- 
gence and  luxury,  and  also  of  the  corruption  of 
the  men  by  money.  Plutarch  (Lycurgtu,  30) 
attributes  their  corruption  to  gold  and  silver 
brought  from  their  wars;  and  admits  the  justice 
of  the  general  censure  of  their  women  by  Ibycus, 
Sophocles,  and  other  poets.  (Numa  and  Lycurg, 
compared,  3.)  T.  J.  Buckton. 

Lichfield.  ' 

LizARS  (2»*  S.  xii.  434.)— Tn  1317,  Willielmi 
de  Lprsuris  and  Gregorii  de  Lysuris  were  called 
**  Lairds  of  Gorton,"  or  Domini  de  Gourton ;  and 
held  lands  near  Roslin  Castle,  Edinburgh.  See 
a  work  called  Geneahgie  of  the  Sainte  Claires  of 
HoMslyUy  by  Father  Richard  Augustin  Hay,  Prior 
of  St.  Pieremont;  republished  at  Edinburgh,  1835. 

The  name  Lysuris  is  also  in  the  ^*  Battle  Abbey 
Roll,  1066." 

At  a  later  date,  the  Lizars^s  possessed  property 
where  the  silk-mUl  now  stands  m  Edinburgh. 

D.  M. 


MuTiHT  Act  (2"*  S.  xii.  418.)  —  Xavibr  is 
quite  correct  in  his  observation  that  certain  pun- 
ishments, extending  to  limh^  are  contemplatea  by 
the  first  section  of  the  Mutiny  Act  as  being  au- 
thorized by  bw  ;  but  what  these  punishments  are, 
I  think  it  would  puzzle  the  framers  of  the  Act 
to  tell  us.  It  is  probably  an  old  traditional  form 
of  words  that  has  been  repeated  by  the  legisla- 
ture for  upwards  of  a  century  without  any  mean- 
ing being  attached  to  it.  I  must  observe,  however, 
that  the  protection  that  Xayibb  speaks  of  does 
not  appear  to  be  confined  to  the  United  Kingdom. 
The  British  Islands  have  also  for  some  years  past 
been  included  in  .the  clause.  What  are  the  Bri* 
tish  Islands?  Mbmob. 

Thomas  Simon  (2"*  S.  xii.  403.)  —  As  Pierre 
Simon  (supposed  to  be  the  father  of  Thomas 
Simon  the  engraver)  is  described  in  the  marriage 
register  as  Natifde  Londres^  it  would  appear  that 
if  the  family  was  of  French  origin  they  were  pro- 
bably settled  in  England  before  the  time  or  his 
birth.  This  would  carry  back  their  emigration 
some  way  into  the  sixteenth  century ;  and  1  would 
beg  to  inquire  whether  there  is  anj  memorial  of  a 
family  of  the  name  of  Simon  having  fled  eiUier 
from  Dieppe,  or  elsewhere  in  France  during  the 
troubles  wnich  followed  the  massacre  of  St.  Bar- 
tholomew in  1572  P  Cuo. 

Can  any  connection  be  traced  between  Pierre 
Simon,  who  married  Anne  Germain,  and  Peter 
Simon  of  the  ballad  of  Sir  Andrew  Barton,  **  the 
ablest  gunner  of  all  the  realm  "  P  Memos. 

Heraldic  Quebt  (3'^  S.  i.  68.)  —  If  the  pre- 
position on  is  supplied  immediately  afler  mention 
of  the  colour  of  the  field,  we  shall  find  the  mulletSy 
or  estoiles  in  their  proper  place,  on  the  chevron. 
This  coat  then,  with  some  variations  of  colour  and 
a  different  crest,  will  correspond  to  one  given  ia 
Burke's  Armory  by  the  name  of  "  Wase,"  de- 
scribed ofRotherby,  co.  Lincoln,  and  of  London; 
and  in  Hollar's  *' Plates  of  Arms**  to  Thoroton's 
Notts,  folio,  1677,  a  similar  coat  occurs  impaling, 
— gules,  a  pale  engrailed  or,  between  four  lions 
rampant  argent  (without  any  name),  inscribed 
**  John  Wast,  of  London,  and  his  wife,"  referring 
to  page  504  of  that  work.  H.  G. 

DowsoN  Family  (3"^  S.  i.  110.)  —  Your  cor* 
respondent  J.  may  perhaps  like  to  have  the  fol- 
lowing memorandum :  — 

John  Dowson  (living  35  Eliz.),  by  indenture 
dated  22  Oct.  of  that  year,  conveyed  to  Wm. 
Frodsom,  Esq.  et  al,,  all  those  his  messuages  and 
lands  in  Walton  in  Le  Dale,  co.  Lane,  for  the 
respective  uses  therein  limited ;  viz.,  for  the  use 
of  the  said  John  Dowson  himself  during  his  life, 
and  af\er  his  decease  to  the  use  of  John  Frodsom^ 
alias  John  Dowson,  lawful  or  reputed  son  of  the 
said  John  D.,  and  to  the  heirs  males  of  his  body 


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NOTES  AND  QUEKIEa 


179 


Iftwfallj  b^ott«D.  Thii  lut  John  oh  area  1644, 
iMWiiig  an  eltleflt  bod  tnd  heir,  Edward  Dowson, 
wboH  mauler's  name  wu  Eliiabeth,  ftnd  who 
w«re  both  liTing  25  U^j,  1655.         Cl.  Hopi>bb. 

31m  ocMt  of  ■rmi  ucTibed  bj  Holme  to  that 
Hme,  will  now  be  found  borne  b;  the  DawMoa 
of  Sntterbv,  co.  Lincoln,  and  Tipperarj  in  Ireland, 
to  wbom  It  kppean  to  have  been  confirmed  in 
1664,  M  well  M  br  thoM  of  the  latter  name  in 
Laoouhire.     Vide  Burke'i  Armory.  H.  G. 

Amu*  IH  Ckomwbli.  Shibij>  (S'*  B.  i.  109.)  — 
Amot,  a  bvlFi  head  lable,  armed  or,  !■  the 
•chieTement  of  Walrond,  of  BradGeld,  near  US'- 
cnlm,  Deron.  See  their  monnmentt  in  Uffculm 
chorch.  To  H.  S.  G.  of  |Fedmore,  theie :  Haste, 
bute,  poit  huts.  F.  UuTCBursoH. 

Faxilt  of  Pauticir(3^  S.  i.  110.)— llie 
name  ParaviciD  appears  corroborated  br  an  ac- 
count of  B  monument  st  Sunt  Dunstans  in  the 
Eaat,  giren  by  Hatton  in  hia  New  View  of  London, 
edit.  170S,  to  the  memorr  of  "  Sir  Peter  Para- 
ncin,  Kn',  who  departed  thia  life  29th  of  Januarj, 
1696,  aged  59  jean"*;  and  the  arnu  are  given 
0wre  u  gulea,  a  swan,  argent,  which  bj  different 
obMTTen  baa  been  itjled  a  pelican,  and  bj  othera 
a  goote.  The  arms  in  question  allied  to  the 
Cromwell  family  may  itill  oe  thoae  of  the  Pala- 
noini;  they  are  evidently  foreign.  H.  G. 

LsnaiBiiin)  Tendkz  or  CHnmcK  Livisas 
(S''  S.  ).  109.)  —  Your  correspondent  inatances 
cawa  of  upwards  of  fifty  yean,  but  the  Rev. 
Samuel  Angier  held  the  rectory  of  St.  Mary 
Woolnoth,  Lombard  Street,  for  tixty-five  yeara, 
^«m  16S9),  which  ia  perhaps  Tioexampled.  Kon- 
landence  beinK  then  the  fuhion,  he  was  inngly 
bonaed  at  St.  Margaret's,  Weatminater. 

SAHoai.  H.  Anaua. 

IS,  H7d«  Park  OaU,  South. 


above  described ;  and  so  proficient  do  the  icholara 
become  under  this  kind  of  training,  that  1  would 
back  the  members  of  many  a  spelling  club  in  the 
remote  west,  agwnat  the  like  number  of  under- 
grsdaates  from   one  of  our   Univcraities,      The 


SraLLQia  Maichu  (S"  S.  i 


6.)  —  I  appre- 


bend  that  apdiaig  matchet  are  quite  an  "  American 

insUtation*^;  at  leul,  I 

that  they  are  very  comn  .  .. 

of  the   Union,   and   I   have   witnessed   Ihem      . 

Canada,  bat  have  never  heard  of  anything  similar 

to  them  on  this  side  of  the  Atlantic. 

The  "laws  by  which  they  are  conducted"  are 
very  wnple :  they  are  generally  held  in  the  dis- 
trict school-house  (often  a  log  hut)  nndet  the 
■npenntendence  of  the  school-master  or  mistress, 
VM,  taking  a  spelling-book,  gives  a  word  from 
it  to  the  Grit  in  the  row  of  scholars,  and  so  on  in 
lOtatioa.  When  any  scholar  is  unable  to  spell 
tbe  word  given  him  correctly,  he  uts  down,  the 
last  one  np  being  considered  the  victor.  In  some 
Tillages  "spelling  clubs"  are  formed,  and  prices 
<deKd,  which  are  contested  for  in  the  manner 

•  Ses  ■!«)  Allan's  HM.  o/Londm,  Ul  p.  879. 


iter  has  a  distinct  recollection  of  joining  in  ons 
of  these  spelling  matches  at  a  little  village  in 
Ohio  some  eight  years  since ;  and  notwithstanding 
he  thought  himself  "  well  up "  in  orthosraphy, 
being  Ignominioasly  defeated  by  an  arch-looking 
Buckeye  damsel  of  twelve.  D.  M,  Stbtum. 

Gaildford. 

In  the  school  where  I  passed  some  years  of  my 
early  life  this  system  was  acted  on ;  and  while  the 
successful  competitor  hud  a  small  prize,  all  mis- 
takes in  spelling  had  the  punishment  inflicted  of 
the  boys  making  the  mistakes  being  obliged  to 
write  the  word  correctly  from  one  to  two  hun- 
dred times.  The  plan  adopted  was  this :  The 
schoolmaster  read  a  sentence  or  two,  which  the 
boys^wrote  down  as  he  read  them,  and  the  papers 
were  then  given  in  and  the  mistakes  marked; 
the  consequence  was,  that  the  pupils  of  that  school 
were  more  correct  in  their  spelling  than  any  set 
of  boys  I  ever  met  in  my  life.  Snssax. 

Abp.  LKflHioa  (3'*  S.  i.  3,  74.)  —  Eibeohnacb 
will  find  much  very  interesting  information  con- 
cerning this  excellent  man  in  the  Avtobiograptiu 
of  Robert  Blair  (Wodrow  Society).;  See  the 
Index  for  passages  referring  to  him  ;— 

"Tgiatireacomposedagainitbiid;  his  d«ddtd  leaning 
to  tba  uceticiim  ortha  JuisanltU;  his  modonlion  In  hu 
Diocesan  Courts ;  his  pretended  disr^ird  of  wcrldly 
pomp ;  KDB  to  Londoa  lo  cocrt ;  ii  deafroas  to  demit  bis 

CIscs ;  plesdi  that  all  the  Prssbyleiiaa  minialen  might 
B  indulged  i  comas  Atom  eoott  Abp.  of  Glasgow  In  a 

And,  —  few  indexes  being  incapable  of  ad- 
denda—  let  me  refer  also  to  pp.  399,  403,  410. 
It  is  remarkable  to  observe  the  distrust  and  cen- 
sure with  which  this  worthy  man  was  evidenttj 
regarded  by  his  brethren  in  the  faith,  perhaps 
more  active  and  interested  in  "  relij^ious  politics  " 
than  he  was.  See  also  Kobert  Hall's  eulogy  of 
his  writings,  comparing  them  to  Psalm  xziiL 
Workt  of  R.  HaU,  (ed.  1833),  vol.  i.  p.  270 ;  and 
Alhetutvm,  March  23,  1861,  p.  390 :  Review  of  a 
Poem  on  Leighton  entitled  "  The  Bishop's  Walk." 

A  very  interesting  account  of  the  Archbishop 
Is  given  in  LighU  of  (Ae  World  bv  Dr.  Stoughton 
(Religious  Tract  Society)  where  he  is  given  as  an 
iUustratioD  of  "The  Peacefuluest  of  Faith." 

S.  M.8. 

Pal«)loocs  FmiLT  {2**  S.  ix.  101.)  — In 
St.  Gilefl-in.the.FieldB'  Roister  is  the  following 
marriage  entry :  — 

16S8.  Aogi  14.— Andrsw  Ftliologas  and  Eliubeth 


C.  J.  R. 


180 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


[8«>  S.  I.  Mar.  1,  '62. 


MiitflUaitntui. 

NOTES  ON  BOOKS,  ETC. 

Memoir  of  the  Life  of  Sir  Marc  Isambard  Brunei,  Civil 
Engineer,  Vice  President  of  the  Royal  Society,  Corre- 
mondina  Member  of  the  Institute  of  France,  By  Richard 
SeamiBD,  F.R.S.    (Longfman.) 

Marc  Isambard  firanel  was  a  man  of  whom  both  hia 
native  country  and  his  adopted  country  might  well  be 
proud.  The  inventor  of  the  block  machinery,  the  pro- 
jector and  successfnl  constructor  of  the  Thames  Tunnel, 
and  to  whom  we  are  indebted  besides  for  a  host  of  great 
engineering  works  and  mechanical  contrivances  by  which 
all  the  world  has  benefitted,  deserved  to  have  the  story 
of  his  useful,  eventful,  and  honorable  career  narrated  by 
a  friendly  hand.  He  has  found  a  suitable  Biographer  in 
Mr.  Beamish,  long  a  professional  associate  and  confiden- 
tial friend,  who  describes  clearly  and  briefly  the  various 
important  eDgiueering  and  mechanical  operations  of 
Brunei,  and  in  so  doing  brings  out  incidentally  also  the 
salient  features  of  his  character.  The  book  will  be  read 
with  especial  interest  by  scientific  men,  but  will  also 
be  welcomed  by  the  reading  public  generally,  as  a  plea- 
sant memorial  of  a  good  and  great  man. 

De  Quincey*8  Works,  Author's  Edition,  VoL  I,  Confe$» 
iione  of  cut  English  Opium  Eater,  By  Thomas  De  Quincey. 
Carefully  revised  by  the  Author,  and  greatly  enlarged. 
(A.  &  C.  Black.) 

This  is  an  endeavour  to  bring  the  works  of  one  who 
has  been  pronounced  by  competent  authorities  the  **  great 
master  of  English  composition  "  under  the  notice  of  and 
within  the  reach  of  a  far  greater  number  of  readers  than 
have  yet  had  an  opportunity  of  making  theipselves  ac- 
quainted with  the  learning,  imagination,  and  eloauence 
of  Thomas  De  Quincey.  Uis  writings  have  been  tor  the 
most  part  imbedded  in  the  anonymous  pages  of  periodi- 
cals, and  when  collected  some  few  years  since,  it  is  sup- 
posed they  were  published  at  too  high  a  price.  Tne 
volumes  are  now  reduced  from  7s,  6d,  to  48.  Gd, ;  and  the 
series,  which  opens  with  his  wondrous  Confessions  of  an 
English  Opium  Eater,  which  so  startled  the  reading  world 
when  it  appeared  in  the  London  Magazine  some  forty 
years  since,  will,  we  trust,  be  widely  circulated.  Those 
who  would  know  more  of  the  literary  character  of  De 
Quincey  should  study  the  article  so  entitled  in  The  Quar- 
terly Review  for  July  1860. 

Men  of  the  Times,  A  Biographical  Dictionary  of 
Eminent  Living  Characters  (including  Women).  A  new 
Edition,  thoroughly  revised  and  brought  down  to  the  present 
Time.    ^^^  Edward  Walford,  M.A.    (Routledge.) 

Of  the  design  of  this  book  we  have  alrMdy  spoken 
most  favourably  in  our  notice  of  the  previous  editions  of 
it.  If  those  e<litions  deserved  to  be  well  spoken  of,  the 
present,  which  has  been  so  enlarged  by  the  addition  of 
about  fourteen  hundred  new  Memoirs,  and  by  the  re- 
casting and  remodelling  of  those  included  in  the  former 
editions  as  to  be  almost  a  new  work,  has  yet  higher 
claims  to  our  good  word :  and  we  cordially  recommend 
this  "Red  Book  of  Celebrities"  as  a  most  desirable 
library  companion  for  every  reader  of  the  public  journals, 
for  of  every  leading  man  in  his  profession  —  be  that  pro- 
fession, arms,  science,  or  literature  ~that  reader  will  find 
a  brief  but  satisfactory'  sketch. 

The  Year- Book  of  Facts  in  Science  and  Art,  exhibiting 
the  most  important  Discoveries  and  Improvements  of  the 
past  Year,  §-c.  By  John  Timbs,  F.S.A.  (Lock wood  & 
Co.) 

The  Year-Book  of  Facts,  one  of  the  most  useful  of  the 
many  compilations  for  which  Mr.  Timbs  has  won  him- 
self so  well-merited  a  reputation,  has  been  so  long  before 


the  public  that  we  need  only  chronicle  the  appearance  of 
this  new  volume,  which  is  illustrated  by  a  portrait  of 
Mr.  Fairbaim,  to  accompany  the  Memoir  of  that  eminent 
engineer,  which  forms  a  fitting  introduction  to  the 
volume. 

School  Days  of  Eminent  Men,  by  John  Timbs,  F.S.A. 
Second  Edition,  revised^  and  partly  re-written,  (Lo<*k- 
wood  &  Co.) 

This  little  book  has  already  reached  a  second  edition, 
which  has  been  entirely  re-arranged,  and  partly  re-writ- 
ten, and  contains,  in  addition  to  the  former  illustrations, 
twenty  portraits  drawn  by  William  Harvey. 

BramJbies  and  Bay  Leaves :  Eesays  on  Things  Howuely 
and  Beautiful.  By  Shirley  Hibberd.  Second  Edition,  cor- 
rected and  revised.    (Groombridge  &  Sons.) 

We  know  no  books,  of  which  the  tone  is  healthier,  than 
those  of  Mr.  Shirley  Hibberd,  whose  love  of  the  beauti- 
ful in  nature,  and  power  of  making  his  readers  share  his 
feeling,  enables  him  to  make  popular  every  branch  of 
natural  science  on  which  it  is  his  pleasure  to  discourse. 
The  present  little  volume,  which  consists  of  a  series  of 
essays,  illustrative  chiefly  of  the  beautiful  of  **  green " 
things,  is  well  calculated  to  add  to  Mr.  Hibberd*s  reputa- 
tion. 


BOOKS    AND    ODD    VOLUMES 

WANTED  TO  PU&CHA8E. 

Partfonlftri  of  Friee,  ao.  of  the  followiac  Boohs  to  bo  Not  direct  to 
the  gentlemen  by  whom  iheyoro  reqairoa,a&dwluMMiuunci  and  ad- 
drcMes  are  glvoii  for  that  porpoio  i  — 

KirroBT's  Saiixmo  National  Eoition  or  SaAnnuKs.  Th«  foUowine 
Parts  are  wanted  :—TroUu«  and  Creitida,  Coriolantu,  Othello. 
Jnlitu  Cbmx,  Antony  and  Cleopatra,  Feridce.  Foemi  i  Fart  II. 
Index. 

Wanted  by  A,  H,  C,  3S,  Skinnor  Street,  ClerkonwoU,  E.C. 


Tas  OiA  IxnfDoif  MAOAiMa  tat  1740. 

Wanted  by  Mr,  Grants  30,  Dmmmond  Floee,  Sdisbingh. 

Baxmsa.   By  O.  S.  Carey.    1790. 

Wanted  by  Johi  wa$an,  Bookfleller.  98,  Greoft  Boaall  Stioet,  LondoDk 

CaoK*R*s  Fairt  LaonfDs  abtd  TaAoiriojts  or  rmm  Soom  or  laauLim. 
Fart  I.    London:  Hurray,  1888. 

Wanted  by  F.  R.  SUwart^  Anistant-Ubrariaa,  Hon.  Soc  Kina'a  Inxu, 

Dublin. 


AoKLi  BT  TaBODORs.   (Yol.  I.)   SYob-Sro.  Fsrifi  Lambert  k.  Ban- 

douin,  1782. 
Skcubt  BiooaArar.    (YoU  L)  UYoLkltmo.   Ltmdon;  Waihbonmc, 

18». 
(EuvRK*  DO  CoMT*  Afrroiiva  Hamtltoit.   (YoLII.')   4  Yoll.  ISmo.  ITSS, 

without  place  or  name  of  printer,  or  paoUdier  (but  in  fact  printed  by 

Didot  at  Farb.) 

Wanted  by  Lord  LytMton^  Hagley,  Stonrbiidse. 


F.  W.  Hammond.  Yt»,  and  a  very  %cdl  informed  one,  as  Iks  first 
voluntc  ctfiht  u?ork  referred  to  gufficitntly  prove*. 

H.  C.  C.  (Doomsday.)  We  have  a  note/or  onr  corrttpondtmS,  When 
thall  ice  forvoard  it  f 

W.  C.  (Richmond.)  AH  the ptnnts  touched  vpon  have  been  <reO comsi- 
dcred.  We  thnnk  owr  corretpontlent  for  his  frttmUv  Ifotet  altkomgk  we 
can  onkf  parttaUy  agree  even  trith  the  last  paint  on  which  he  treaU. 

H.  H.  B.    Old  Sir  Xalph  Vernon  has  been  noticed  m  oto*  let  8.  t.  SW, 

A.  B.  MioDLRTojt.  Wafhboume's  poem  on  •*  ITte  Passing  BeH  '*  It  not 
the  one  inquired  <\fter,  antfe  p.  bi. 

Errata.  _ 3rd  8. 1.  p.  137.  col.  il.  1.  l«./or  "Pr."  read** Mr.i"  at  1.  tS. 
for  "  House  "  read  **  Hooxi "  at  L  31  ^/or  "  gcleun  "  read  "  qeleim.** 

**  Nonu  AND  Qoaiinn  "  ts  pmNifhed  at  nnon  on  Friday,  ami  is  obo 
**nted  in  Montrlt  Farts.  The  SubscrmiioH  /or  Stampcb  CoriM  Jbr 
Sir  Month*  fonvarded  direct  fhom  the  rublinher*  {indudiiv  tks  BaV- 
yearltt  ^omx)  i*  lis.  id.,  which  inay  bejtaid  by  Poet  OMe*  Ordtrin 
fwom-  (tfMasws.  Bau.  and  Daldt,  ISO,  Fm«t  draaaf,  £.0.1  to  whom 
all  GoMMuNteannifs  roa  raa  JSoiroa  should  beaddrssssi. 


•^  &  L  MAb.  ^ '81] 


KOTEB  AND  QUEBIEa 


181 


■AB. 


LONDON,  8ATUBD1Y,  MAMCB  9,  IMI. 


CONTENTS.— ISf*.  10. 


NOTBS  f — Thomas  Rowley.  181  —  The  Hancotier  Martrn : 
tb^  Qlovter  Family,  182  ~B«latiye  Value  of  Moncnr.  i6.~ 
Tke  NeomoDOsoqpe,  183 —Domesday  extended  and  Trans- 
Uted,  184— The  New  Edition  of  Voltidre.  185. 

MnroB  Notes  :  —  The  Carylls  of  Harting — Boiling  to  Death 
<~  Ctetle  Baokrcnt  —  Sterling  —  Old  London  —  Prediction 
of  the  l^nch  Berolution— Jane  Seymour— Squire  All- 
worthy,  185. 

QUSBIE8 1  —  Allport  —  "  Burnt  Njal "  —  Chiaucunri.  the 
Egyptian  Portune-tellcr —Churches  built  East  and  West 

—  Clever— Dream  Quenr — **  Dai  jy  Advertiser,"  Ac. — 
Duchess  or  Dutchess— l)eor  Paris— Domesday  Book — 
Pold:  a  Lancashire  and  Cheshire  Word— John  Hutchin- 
son—  Idone— Latin  Graces- Lawn  and  Crape— Leigh- 
ton  —  Ifassinger's  Widow  —  Dr.  Young  —  Placc-Green- 
Houso,  Sidcup,  Kent  —  Queen  Caroline  or  Louis  Philippe  ? 
Scin-Iieca:  Scinlac  — Townships- Captain  Thomas  Lucas 
Wheeler,  186. 

QvsBiES  WITH  Akswess:  —  Proverbial  Baying  —  T6tc8 
Eondcs —Warren  of  Walterstaff— Saxony,  Duchess  of, 

—  *•  Brown  Study,"  18». 

REPLIES :  —  Sir  Tsaac  Newton,  190  —  Trial  of  Spencer  Oow- 
pcr,  191  —  Irish  Topography,  192  —  Rebckah  al  the  Well : 
Eastern  Costume— Friaays,  Saints'  pars  and  Fast  Days 

—  Clergymau's  Bigiit  to  take  the  Chair  —  Chaucer's 
"Tabanl  Inn." and  Fire  of  Southwark  —  The  "Falls  of 
Clyde."  Ac.  — Passage  in  Lucian  —  Literary  Anecdotes— 
Miniature  Painter :  Sillett  —  Passage  in  Cicero  —  In- 
dian Missions  —  Danby  of  Kirkby  Knowle  —  Postage 
Stamps — Patents — Quotation — Demced  and  Worn  Coins 

—  Winckloy  Family  —  Hussey :  Hurst  —  Jokes  on  the 
Scarcity  of  Bullion  —  Colonel ,  Ac,  192. 

Notes  on  Books. 

THOMAS  ROWLEY. 

Of  this  indiTidual, — to  whom,  as  I  have  already 
said  (3'**  S.  i.  101),  **has  been  ascribed  the  au- 
thorship of  numerous  manuscripts  containing  nar- 
ratives relating  to  the  old  town  (Bristol),  which 
long  passed  as  genuine,  but  are  now  regarded  as 
the  iuTentions  of  that  unfortunate  genius,  Thomas 
Chatterton," — there  are  several  things  related, 
which  appear  to  me  to  be  irreconcilable.  It  mat- 
ters little  where  he  was  born,  which  is  said  to 
have  been,  however,  at  'Norton  Malreward,  near 
this  city, .  but  his  career  through  life  is  very  im- 
portant ;  because,  if  true^  as  reported,  it  is  some- 
what extraordinary  that  more  attention  has  not 
been  paid  to  it  by  those  who  have  engaged  in  the 
Chattertonian  controversy.  In  some  manuscripts 
possessed  by  Mr.  Barrett,  he  is  said  to  have  been 
educated  at  the  convent  of  the  Carmelites  at 
BHstol;  yet  Chatterton  himself  says  he  was 
sdiooled  at  that  of  the  Black  Canons  of  St. 
Kenna.  at  Eeynsham,  about  four  miles  from  that 
citj.  In  a  note  prefixed  to  the  poem  entitled 
the  Baide  of  Hastingi,  it  is  said  to  have  been 
translated  by  ^  Thomas  Rowlie,  parish  preeste  of 
St.  John's,  in  the  city  of  Bristol,  in  the  year 
1465**;  the  former  statement,  however,  is  not 
authenticated  (as  Dean  Milles  says)  by  the  Wor- 
eeafcer  register  I  and  as  to  the  latter,  Bristol  was 
not  ft  city  at  the  date  mentioned.    This,  how* 


ever,  is  of  little  consequence  to  the  argument 
With  Rowley,  it  is  said,  was  educated  by  the 
Carmelites,  Eobert  and  William  Canynges*,  to 
whom  he  tells  us,  "I  was  fadre  confessor " ; 
whereas  we  know  that  John  Carpenter,  Bishop  of 
Worcester,  held  that  important  office  in  relation 
to  the  latter  Canynges ;  and  as  to  the  former,  we 
nowhere  find  tnat  such  a  man  ever  existed. 
Rowley  says  that  "Master  William  offered  me  a 
canon*8  place  in  Westbury  College,  which  gladly 


tells  us  that  "  Afler  this  mischance  I  lived  in  a 
house  by  the  Tower  (in  Bristol),  which  has  not 
been  repaird  since  Robert  ConsuU  of  Gloucester 
repayrd  the  castle  and  wall  ** :  his  dwelling  was 
then  close  to  Bristol  Castle.     Subsequentlv  he 
removed  to  "  his  house  on  the  hyll,  (where)  the 
ayer  was  mickle  keen.  It  was  a  fine  house  (which 
he  took)  on  a  repayring  lease  for  99  years,  and 
therein  he  lyvd"  ;  that  is  to  say,  on  KiDgsdown, 
a  suburb  of  Bristol, —  both  his  residences  being 
distant  from  his  cure  of  St.  John's.    Chatterton 
says  that  Rowley  died  at  Westbury;  if  so,   he 
afler  all  ended  his  days  with  the  regulars ;  yet 
he  could  not  accept  a  canon's  place  when  offered 
because    of   his    pains!     His   was  a  singularly 
chequered  life;  for,  born  in  an  obscure  village, 
he  was  educated  either  by  the  White  Friars  or 
Black  Canons,  no  matter  which ;  they  were  regu^ 
lars.     He  then  relinquished  conventual  life  for 
that  of  a  parish  priest,  and  gave  up  the  regulars 
to  become  a  secular;  then  again  he  doffed  the 
habit  and  occupation  of  a  secular,  and  assumed 
that  of  a  regular,  to  die  in  the  Benedictine  Col- 
lege at  Westbury !    Much  stronger  faith  is  re- 
quired to  believe  this,  I  think,  than  many  other 
things  which  Chatterton  has  stated  about  Rowley ! 
Rowley  is  said  to  have  outlived  his  friend  and 
patron  William  Canynges,  yet  the  latter  takes  no 
notice  of  him  in  his  will.    All  the  disputants  on 
one  side  in  the  Rowley  controversy  utterly  deny, 
I  believe,  the  existence  of  any  such  person ;  and 
William  Wyrcestre,  who  lived  in  Bristol  at  the 
time  assigned  to  Rowley,  makes  no  mention  of 
him,  though  he  carefully  noted  down  in  his  Ithie- 
rary  every  person  and  circumstance  worth  re- 
cording in  relation  to  the  old  town.     *^  Chatter- 
ton's  anecdotes  concerning  the  birth,  education, 
and  death   of  Rowley,  must  rest  upon  his  own 
authority,  for  want  of  more  authentic  evidence, 
and  carry  such  a  degree  of  credit  as  the  reader 
may  be  inclined  to  allow  them."  f    Mr.  Warton, 
too,  has  justly  remarked,  that  — 

"  Had  such  a  poet  as  Rowley  existed  in  the  fifteenth 
century,  ho  would  have  been  idolized  by  his  age,  he 

♦  See  my  Memoriali  of  the  Canynges*  Family,  &c.  p.  68. 
t  Dean  Mille?,  Bowley  Focnu^  ^,  %^A. 


182 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


[8^  &  L  Kab.  8|  «81 


would  have  been  complimented  by  contemponuy  writers, 
and  his  works  would  hare  been  multiplied  by  numerous 
manuscripts,  which  would  have  been  remaining  in  our 
libraries.  He  would  hare  been  printed  by  Caxton,  who 
diligently  searched  afler  all  the  poetry  of  his  times,  and 
would  have  descended  in  repeated  editions  to  potterity. 
His  life  would  hare  been  written  by  Bale,  who  mentions 
obscure  authors,  ^now. deservedly  forgotten:  and  by  the 
classical  Lcland, 'he' would  hare  been  undoubtedly  re* 
corded  as  the  great  and  rare  scholar,  who  understood 
Greek  in  the  reign  of  Edward  IV.  That  his  collection 
of  poems  should  subsist  in  one  copy  only,  and  that  un- 
seen, unknown,  nor  erer  once  transcribed,  for  so  long  a 
period,  is  incredible.  That  such  a  prodigy  should  hare 
been  suppressed  for  three  hundred  years,  is  inconsistent 
with  the  common  equity  and  the  common  curiosity  of 
mankind,  and  with  that  notice  which  distinguished  merit 
so  naturally  demands.  Excellence  must  struggle  into 
observation.  Beauty  cannot  be  long  concealed.  A  me- 
teor attracts  every  eye."  • 

Geobob  Fbicb. 
Bristol  City  Library. 


THE  MANCETTER  MARTYRS:  THE  GLOVER 

FAMILY. 

It  18  to  be  hoped  that  many  readers  of  "  N.  & 
Q.'*  are  acquainted  with  a  little  volume,  entitled 
Narrative  of  the  Persecutions  and  Sufferings  of 
Robert  Olover  and  Mrs.  Lewis,  hj  the  Rev.  B. 
Richings.  A  new  and  enlarged  edition  has  lately 
appeared,  embodying  several  interesting  particu- 
lars connected  with  their  respective  families,  his- 
tories, &c.  Such  may  be  pleased  to  learn  the  fol- 
lowing addenda,  which  the  pious  author  has  since 
collected :  — 

**  John  Glover,  of  Baxterley,  the  fkther  of  our  martyr, 
who  came  to  reside  at  Mancetter,  had  one  daughter  and 
four  sons;  John,  who  died  at  Mancetter,  August  21, 
1558 ;  Robert,  who  was  burnt  at  Coventry;  William,  who 
died  at  Wcm;  and  Thomas,  of  whom  no  mention  is 
made  in  Foxe.  The  name  of  Glorer  was  honoured  of 
God  in  one  generation,  as  of  a  family  raliant  for  the 
truth;  and  in  the  next  it  was  the  Dirine  will  that 
it  should  be  held  in  honour  of  man.  William  f,  whose 
remains  wore  treated  with  so  much  Ignominy,  left 
four  daughters  and  one  son.  To  this  son,  before  the 
Great  Fire  in  London,  there  was  a  monument  in  8t  Ste- 
phen's Church,  Coleman  Street,  bearing  the  following 

•  "  An  Inquiry  into  the  Authentidtv  of  the  Rowley 
Poems,"  by  Thomas  Warton,  p.  101.  This  article  and 
that  on  Turgot  originally  appeared  in  a  work  I  published 
in  1858  intituled  Face  versus  Fiction,  which  baring  become 
scarce  in  consequence  of  my  destroying  all  the  copies  left 
after  paying  the  printer's  expenses,  &c.,  has  led  me  to 
beliere  the  subject  of  this  paper  is  deserring  a  wider 
circulation  than  that  of  a  mere  locality ;  hence  its  ap- 
pearance is  requested  in  "  N.  &  Q/* 

t  7%«  Oironicle  of  Queen  Jane  and  Queen  Mary  (Cam- 
den Societv),  pp.  122-124,  details  particulars  of  the 
Duke  of  Suffolk  at  Corentry ;  and  pp.  183, 184,  give  from 
Kampton's  confession,  William  Glorer'a  speech  of  decided 
encouragement.  Probably  this  document,  if  examined, 
might  supply  further  reJerence  to  the  Glorer  family.  At 
least  the  speech  above  named  suggests  a  cause  which 
mar  hare  promoted  the  vengeance  visited  eren  on  his 
ii/eleas  remains. 


inscription:— *  Here  ly«th  in  peace  the  bodjof  theBSgkt 
Worshipful  Sir  WilUfm  Glorer,  Knight,  CitiaeB,  and 
Alderman  of  London,  who  for  the  many  good  giftc  both 
in  sincere  religion,  wisdom,  and  grarity,  wherewith  be 
was  very  plentifully  graced,  was  elected  Sheriff 'of  Lon- 
don, and  served  the  same  a.d.  1601.  He  had  lived  la 
good  name  and  fame  fifty-eight  years,  and  rery  blewedly 
departed  this  transitory  life,  the  17th  day  of  December, 
A.D.  1608.'  " 

After  enumerating  the  names  of  his  children,  it 
is  added :  — 

**To  whose  dearest  memory  the  Lady  Anne  Glorer, 
the  sorrowful  widow  of  the  said  Sir  William,  at  her  own 
charge,  erected  this  monument  in  teatification  of  her  lore 
and  duty.* 

**  Sir  William,  who  was  one  of  the  knights  made  by 
King  James  I.,  at  Whitehall,  on  the  day  before  his  coro- 
nation, July  24,  A.D.  1G03,  left  four  daughters  and  one 
son,  Sir  Thomas  Glorer,  Knight,  Lord  of  the  Manor  of 
Kirkby  Mallory,  in  the  county  of  Leicester,  who  wu 
knighted  at  Greenwich,  April  21,  A.D.*1605.t 

'^Thomas,  the  youngest  son  of  John  Glorer,  bad  one 
son.  Sir  Thomas  Glorer,  Knight,  an  attendant  of  James 
I.,  and  afterwards  his  majesty's  ambassador  at  the  court 
of  Constantinople,  a.d.  161G.  He  was  knighted  at  Hamp- 
ton Court,  August  17,  a.i>.  ICOG. 

<*  Hugh  Glorer,  the  eldest  son  of  oar  martyr,  who  in- 
herited the  property  of  his  father's  eldest  brother,  and 
who  was  ten  years  of  age  when  his  father  was  burnt, 
married  Frances,  daughter  of  Richard  Wightman,  Esq ,  ^ 
Burbage,  in  the  county  of  Leicester.  He  had  one  daugh- 
ter, and  two  sons,  Edward  and  Heniy.  Edward  married 
Anne,  daughter  of  Sir  Kuscbius  Isham,  Knight,  of  firaun- 
ston,  in  the  county  of  Northampton,  and  was  living  at 
Baxterley  Hall  in  the  year  1617,  under  the  peaceful 
reign  of  a  Protestant  sovereign. 

**  *  Them  that  honour  me,  I  will  hononr.* —  1  Sam.  xL 
80. 

*"The  generation  of  the  upright  shall  be  biassed.'— 
Psalm  cxii.  2." 

The  especial  object,  however,  in  requesting  the 
insertion  of  the  above  is  to  ask  the  assistance  of 
the  readers  of  *^  N.  &  Q.**  in  ascertaining  any  fur- 
ther details  of  the  above-named  parties,  or  refer- 
ences to  probable  sources  of  such  information. 
Those  which  have  been  already  conmiunicated, 
for  easy  reference,  are  appended  as  notes  to  the 
above. 

Query.  Of  what  family  was  his  wifeZm^  Anne  ? 
Probably  reference  may* be  made  to  him  in  any 
documents  or  accounts  of  the  London  Dyers. 


RELATIVE  VALUE  OP  MONEY. 

I  am  not  ffoing  to  give  a  regular  essay  on  this 
subject ;  all  I  mean  to  do  is  to  correct  the  erro* 

*  Stow's  Smrvev  of  London  (ed.  1688),  p.  105,  nwntioas 
Alderman  Sir  William  Glover,  as  a  X>yer,  and  hia  bcqasrt 
of  200/.  to  hospitals  round  London. 

t  It  appears  to  be  to  this  Sir  Thomas  Glover  that  allu- 
sion is  made  in  Nichols's  Proptites  of  James  L  vol.  I  p.  508^ 
where  a  note  states  that  he  resided  at  Wilsdon,  Biiddle- 
sex.  and  that  several  extracts  are  giren  from  its  regis- 
ters in  Lysons's  Environs  of  London  (voi.  iii.  6ti),  wfaidi 
record  his  marriage^  and  tas  birthsj  of  two  sons  imd  five 
danghters. 


^  &  L  ICar.  8^ '€8.] 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


183 


notiona  which  seem  to  prevail  respecting 
the  Ttloe  of  monej  in  the  time  of  Elizabeth  and 
James  I.,  as^  compared  to  what  it  is  at  present. 
The  proportion  is  assumed  to  be  that  of  5  to  1. 
Thns  Mb.  Collieb  states  without  hesitation,  that 
Spenser's  pension  of  501,  a-jear  was  equiTalent 
to  one  of  250/.  at  the  present  day ;  and  Mb.  Dtc£, 
ft  more  cautious  writer,  says  that  the  1000/.  said 
to  hftTe  been  given  to  Sbakspearc  by  Lord 
Southampton,  '*was  equivalent  to  nearly  50001, 
in  our  own  day ;  and  of  the  statement  that  the 
dramatist  lived  in  Stratford  at  the  rate  of  1000/. 
ft-year,  that  it  was  **  at  the  rate  of  about  5000/. 
per  annum  according  to  the  present  value  of 
money.** 

The  best  way  to  test  matters  of  this  kind  is  to 
state  and  examme  the  prices  of  various  articles  in 
those  times,  which  I  will  now  proceed  to  do,  pre- 
mising that  owitfg  to  want  of  access  to  the  neces- 
aary  works,  I  must,  except  in  the  case  of  corn, 
oonfine  myself  almost  solely  to  such  prices  as  I  find 
mentioned  in  the  dramatists.  I  must  also  premise 
that,  according  to  Adam  Smith,  silver  had  attained 
its  present  value  by  the  middle  of  the  sixteenth 
century.  Accordingly,  in  his  **  Table  of  Prices  of 
Wheat,**  he  gives,  from  1553  the  price  of  wheat 
in  money  of  those,  and  in  money  of  the  present 
(his  own)  times,  in  exactly  the  same  figures. 

The  average  price  of  the  Quarter  of  eight 
buahels  of  middle  wheat  in  Winasor  market,  from 
1595  to  .1620,  he  gives  at  "about  1/.  12j.  8}J. 
or  about  six  ounces  and  one- third  of  an  ounce  of 
silver."  Now  the  average  price  of  wheat  in  gene- 
ral I  find  to  have  been  2/.  13«.  Id,  in  1860,  so 
that  the  proportion  between  the  early  price,  and 
that  of  1860,  was  as  53  to  33 — not  very  much 
more  than  as  I  ^  to  1  ;  a  very  different  proportion 
from  that  of  5  to  1 !  ^ 

In  the  tavern  bill  picked  out  of  FalstafTs  pocket, 
m  capon  is  put  down  at  2s,  2d,  This  was  probably 
'what  we  would  now  call  a  fowl,  which  might  be 
liad  for  Ss.  or  Ss,  6d,  Dame  Ursula  in  Bartholo* 
wew  Fair  charges  from  5s,  to  6s,  for  her  roast 
sucking-pigs. 

Two  articles  were  undoubtedly  low-priced  — 
wine  and  land. 

In  the  aforesaid  tavern  bill,  two  gallons  of  sack 
are  charged  5s,  8c/.,  that  is,  S^d,  a  quart.  Mb. 
Dtcb  mentions  xx*'  as  given  for  a  quart  of  claret 
and  a  qaart  of  sack  for  a  preacher  at  Stratford. 
The  difference  of  price  was  probably  caused  by 
the  cost  of  carriage  so  far  inland. 

We  are  not  to  suppose  that  this  sack  was  the 
lame  as  the  present  sherry,  though  it  came  from  the 
same  place.  It  was  the  mere  vin  du  pays  of  the 
ionth  of  Spain ;  a  wine  of  no  great  body,  for  it 
was  kept  on  draught,  and  dnmk  out  of  cups  and 
bowls,  not  sipped  out  of  glasses,  and  it  was  ap- 
parently rather  acid  as  they  used  to  mix  sugar 
irfth  it    l^e  dntj  was  also  very  low.    It  is  sur- 


prising^ how  cheap  ordinary  wine  is  in  the  wine 
countries.  Many  years  ago  I  remember  getting 
really  very  good  wine  at  a  cabaret  on  the  river- 
side below  Bordeaux  for  Sd,  a  bottle,  and  my 
uncle,  at  whose  house  I  was,  told  me  that  the  ex- 
cellent wine  which  wc  drank  wellji  watered  at 
dinner,  stood  him  in  only  Gd,  a  bottle,  though  it 
had  paid  the  octroi.  We  need  not  wonder  then  at 
the  cheapness  of  sack  in  Shakspeare*s  days. 

As  to  land,  that  really  vas  low  priced,  and  the 
same  would  seem  to  have  been  the  case,  though 
not  to  the  same  extent,  with  houses.  We  find 
that  Shakspeare  purchased  *^  for  320/.  107  acres 
of  arable  land  m  the  parish  of  Old  Strat- 
ford, and  "a  house,  with  a  piece  of  ground, 
not  far  from  the  Blackfriars*  Theatre,"  for  140/. 
But  we  are  to  remember  that  the  population  of 
England  was  not  then  a  fifth  of  what  it  is  now, 
whue  the  quantity  of  land  was  nearly  the  same ; 
that  the  badness  of  roads  impeded  the  transport 
of  produce,  &c.,  and  so  we  need  not  wonder  at 
the  low  price  of  land. 

But  if  wine  and  land  were  cheap,  horses  were 
not  so.  Mb.  Dtcb  cjuotes  from  Dekkar*s  Bellman 
of  London :  "  This  is  the  life  of  the  Prigger  who 
travailes  up  and  downe  the  whole  kingdome  upon 
his  geldings  of  20  and  40  pound  a  piece.  In  Jon- 
son's  Every  Man  out  of  his  Humour  we  hear  of 
a  Bid^tand  —  **He  has  had  his  mares  and  his 
geldings,  he,  have  been  worth  forty,  threescore, 
a  hundred  pound  a  horse ;  **  and  in  the  same  play. 
Fastidious  Brisk  says  he  had  been  offered  looh  for 
his  **  grey  hobby  "  or  ambling  nag.  These  surely 
are  fully  equal  to  the  prices  of  the  present  day. 

But  manufactured  articles  were  still  dearer. 
Mrs.  Quickly  tells  Falsta£f  she  had  given  8«.  an 
ell  (}  yard)  for  holland  for  shirts  for  him.  The 
theatres  gave  20/.  for  a  velvet  cloak ;  and  in  The 
Devil  is  an  Ass  we  hear  of  a  cloak  that  cost  50/., 
being  made  of  plush  at  3/.  \0s,  a  yard,  lace  and 
velvet 

On  the  whole,  then,  if  some  things  were  cheaper 
others  were  dearer  than  now ;  and  setting  the  one 
against  the  other,  1000/.  a  year  then  might  be 
about  equal  to  1600/.  or  1700/.  a  year  now.  We 
find  the  vicar  of  Stratford  in  1662  seeing  nothing 
incredible  in  Shakspeare*s  having  **  spent  at  the 
rate  of  1000/.  a  year ;  *'  yet  how  he  could  have 
spent  even  the  half  of  it,  with  his  small  family, 
passes  my  conception.  With  the  low  value  of 
landed  property,  if  Lord  Southampton  gave 
Shakspeare  1000/.,  it  was  as  much  as  if  a  Duke 
of  Sutherland  or  a  Marquis  of  Westminster  of  the 
present  day,  were  to  present  a  man  of  genius  with 

20,000/.  TUOS.  itsiQUTLET. 

THE  NEOMONOSCOPE. 
In  a  former  number  of  "N.&Q."  (2~>  S.iii.296.) 
I  drew  attention  to  a  singular  stereoscopic  effect, 
produced  by  the  application  of  a  very  powerful 


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NOTES  AND  QUEEIE& 


[8>«  8. 1.  Kab.  9i  II. 


magnifying  glass  to  photographic  portraits,  taken 
on  glass.  I  inquired  if  this  effect  was  known,  as 
I  had  never  heard  of  it,  and  had  myself  only  just 
accidentally  discovered  it;  and  I  requested  to 
know  how  it  was  to  be  accounted  for?  Five 
years  have  almost  elapsed  without  any  reply  being 

given  to  my  (queries ;  but  the  principle,  I  find, 
as  been  partially  acted  upon  in  a  new  instru- 
ment called  the  neomonosoope.  This  is  nothing 
more  than  a  common  magnifying  slass  inserted 
in  the  cover  of  a  case,  through  which  a  photo- 
graphic portrait  on  a  card  is  viewed ;  and  appears 
§omewhat  in  relief,  and  with  some  degree  of  stereo- 
floopic  effect.  I  write  thus  guardedly,  because 
the  effect  is  very  very  far  from  that  obtained  by 
the  application  of  a  lens  such  as  above  described. 
Mine  is  a  powerful  one  of  a  quarter  of  an  inch 
focus ;  and  when  a  photograph  on  glass  is  sub- 
jected to  this  lens,  the  stereoscopic  effect  is  mar- 
vellous. 

But  the  experiment  will  not  succeed  with  por- 
traits on  paper.  A  strong  lens  makes  the  paper 
appear  woolly,  and  spoils  the  effect;  whereas  a 
portrait  on  glass  comes  out  with  all  the  smooth- 
ness and  beauty  of  a  waxen  figure.  Still  this 
neomouoscope  is  an  acquisition  to  a  certain  extent ; 
and  produces  a  pleasing  effect.  It  is,  however, 
susceptible  of  some  improvement.  The  glass,  in- 
stead of  being  in  the  middle  of  the  cover,  should 
be  placed  higher  up,  so  that  the  greatest  effect 
might  be  produced  on  the  features ;  which  are,  of 
course,  wnat  one  most  wishes  to  observe :  whereas 
now,  the  upper  part  of  the  figure,  particularly  if 
the  person  is  represented  standing,  is  less  per- 
fectly developed  than  the  dress  or  accessories  of 
the  picture.  The  glass  also  should  be  protected, 
by  some  simple  contrivance,  from  dust  or  injury ; 
for,  exposed  as  it  is  now,  the  case  will  requure  to 
be  carried  in  another  case  for  security.    F.  G.  H 


DOMESDAT  EXTENDED  AND  TRANSLATED. 

I  take  it  to  be  a  postulate  that  the  **  N.  &  Q." 
are  intended  for  two  purposes,  vie,  to  elicit  truth, 
with  a  view  to  its  diffusion,  and  to  expose  error 
with  a  view  to  its  suppression.  It  is  with  the 
latter  of  these  objects  that  I  write  the  following 
Note. 

The  project  now  in  course  of  execution  of  re- 
publishing Domesday  by  means  of  photography, 
is  so  far  beyond  praise,  that  I  shall  do  no  more 
than  allude  to  it.  But  as  every  good  seems  to  be 
attended  by  something  that  can  scarcely  be  thus 
predicated,  bo  it  appears  that  an  extension  and 
translation  of  Domesday  are  in  course  of  threat- 
ened preparation,  and  these  it  is  intended  shall 
be  published  simultaneously  with  Col.  Jameses 
great  work. 

Upon  this  extenaion  and  this  translation  I  h«?e 


a  word  or  two  to'tay.  X  specimen  of  the  ei^ten** 
aion  has  been  already  publisned,  and  it  is  aa  fol- 
lows :  — 

**MideUex§. 

**  Arcbiepiscopus  Lanfrancus  tenet  HE8A 
pro  Iviiii.  hidis.  Terra  est  xl.camcarom.  AddommSttm 

pertinent 
xii.  hide  ot  ibi  sunt  ii.  camea.    Inter  franei^mos  at 

uillanos 
sunt  xxvi.  earueat  et  adhuc  xiL  pMsent  esse. 
Ibi  preabiter  habet  i.  hidam  et  iiL  milites  vi.  hidas  et 

dimidiam  et  ii.  nillani 
ii.  hidas  et  xii.  nillani  quisque  dimidiam  hidam  et  zx. 

nillani  qnisqae 
i  uirgatam  terre  et  xl.  uillani  qoisqae  dimidiam  nir- 

gatam  et  xvj.  bordarii 
de  ii.  hidat.    Ibi  sunt  xii.  cotarii  et  ii.  semi    Ibi  L 

molinum 
iiii.  solidos  et  pratam  i.  caruca, 

Pastoraad  pectmiam 
uilhe.    Silaa  cccc  porcU  et  iii.  solidos. 

My  only  comment  upon  this  extension  will  be  to 

flace  in  contrast  witn  it  another  extension,  which 
will  submit  to  be  a  truer  exponent  of  the 
original  entry  in  Domesday :  — 

**  Arcbiepiscopus  Lanfrancus  tenet  Hesa 
pro.  L Villi,  hidis.    Terra .  est  XL.  oarooamm.     Ad 

dominium  pertinent 
.  XII.  hide, .  -j  ibi  sunt  II.  caracs.   Inter  francigenas 

■]  villanos. 
sunt  XXVI.  carucatffl .  -t  adhuc  XII.  possent .  esse . 
Ibi  presbyter  habet .  I.  hidam.  *]  III.  milites  .  YI.  hidas 

"1  dimidiam .  -]  II.  villani 
II.  hidas  .  -1  XII.  villani  quisque  dimidiam  hidam  .  -j 

XX.  villani .  quisque 

.  L  virgatam  terre  .  "i  XL.  villani .  qnlsqoe  dimidiam 

virgatam  .  *]  XVI.  bordarii 
de .  II.  hidis.    Ibi  sunt .  XIL  cota^  *]  IL  aervL  Ibi . 

L  molinus 
IIII.  solidorum  .  ^  pratnm  .  I  carocata. 

Fastnra  ad  peconiam 
viUs.    SUva.  [ad]  CCCC .  porcos.  i  lU.  solidos." 

Could  the  readers  of  "  N.  k  Q.**  have  imagined 
without  prompting,  that  in  the  nineteenth  century 
such  an  extension  as  that  which  is  first  referred  to 
could  have  been  sent  into  the  literary  world|  in 
the  hope  of  its  adoption  and  reco^itionP 

So  much  for  the  extension^  which,  as  speakbg 
for  itself,  requires  no  further  or  other  comment. 
In  regard  to  the  translation,  I  did  intend  to  have 
troubled  the  readers  of  '*  N.  &  Q.**  with  the  pub- 
lished specimen  of  this  also ;  but  I  will  onlj  observe 
that  in  this  translation  Francigena  is  for  the  first 
time  interpreted /reemait  in  order  apparently  thai 
it  may  be  forced  into  an  antithesis  with  pUltmus^ 
whom  the  translator  imagines  to  have  been  non* 
free.  For  he  does  not  appear  to  know  that  the 
viUanus  of  Domesday  is  the  ceorl  of  the  Anglo- 
Saxons  —  the  villanus  of  the  ancient  Latin  trans- 
lation of  the  HeciiiudineSi  and  of  the  LL.  Hen.  L 
—  and  not  the  villein  of  later  days. 

In  conclusion,  I  will  observe  that  the  motiYO 


^<  a  L  Xab.  8,  'OS.] 


NOTES  AND  QtJEKIES. 


185 


which  has  prompted  me  to  write  this  note  has 
been  the  fear  lest  such  a  book  as  the  proposed 
extemion  and  translation  will  be,  may,  by  the  ad- 
vantage of  Col.  Jameses  good  company,  pass  un- 
challenged for  a  time  sufTicicnt  to  propagate  grave 
errors,  which  may  never  be  corrected,  and  also 
disgrace  our  native  literature  in  the  minds  of  the 
learned  foreigners,  who  will  visit  our  country  at 
the  ensuing  bilustral  congregation  of  nations. 

H.  C«  C. 


THE  NEW  EDITION  OF  VOLTAIRE. 

There  is  certainly  something  inauspicious  about 
the  new  volume  of  Voltaire  s  hitherto  inedited 
TTorAi,  just  published  by  M.  Plon  at  Paris,  with 
considerable  pomp  of  preface  and  notes,  by  Jules 
Janin  and  Edouard  Didier. 

I  think  it  was  the  Atheneeum  which  detected, 
in  the  play  of  ^^  Mademoiselle  de  la  Cochonni^re  '* 
(known  before,  but  now  for  the  first  time  dis- 
tmctly  attributed  to  Voltaire),  a  mere  abridged 
translation  of  Vanbrugh*s  coarse  but  clever 
comedy  of  the  Relapse,  And  though  Jules  Janin 
has  since  thrown  up  a  few  of  his  brilliant  skv* 
rockets  to  cover  the  editor*s  retreat,  there  can  be 
no  doubt  of  the  fact  itself.  Voltaire  may  have 
^ven  himself  the  trouble  of  making  this  "adapta- 
tion '*  to  amuse  his  friends  at  some  private  thea- 
tricals; but  it  is,  to  say  the  least,  extremely 
unlikely. 

But  a  more  striking  instance  still,  of  the  negli- 
gent way  in  which  old  ware  is  foisted  on  the 
public  as  new,  is  to  be  found  in  the  **  Second  Fart 
of  Candide,'*  which  occupies  seventv  pages  of  the 
volume,  and  is  thus  introduced  in  the  Preface :  — 

**  There  appeared  at  Geneva,  close  to  Voltaire's  door, 
different  copies  of  tliis  second  part,  which  is  now  nottobt 
found  (qui  est  anjoard'hui  introavable),  and  which  we 
publish  as  a  very  cnrioas  document  I  le  the  second  part 
of  *  Candide '  by  the  author  of  the  first  ?  We  do  not  know, 
bat,**  &c.  (The  editor  then  goes  on  to  say  that  Voltaire 
denied  it ;  but  that  mach  cr^it  is  not  to  be  attached  to 
the  denegation.) 

Now  the  work  thus  solemnly  introduced  to  the 
reader  is  about  as  common,  and  as  worthless,  as 
any  light  production  of  its  day.  Candide  en  Danne- 
marcEt  <m  la  Seconde  Partie  de  Candide^  appeared 
in  1767.  It  was  an  ordinary  stall  book  a  few 
yesn  ago ;  and  so  was  an  English  translation  of  it, 
and  probably  they  are  so  still.  I  notice  a  copy  of 
it  to-day  at  a  low  price,  and  among  verj  common 
ware,  in  a  Stuttgard  bookseller*s  catalogue.  This 
Tery  ordinary  and  well-known  afiair  the  editor 
has  castrated  to  suit  the  more  decorous  taste  of 
our  times  —  an  operation  for  which  Voltaire,  if 
his  it  be,  would  certainly  not  have  thanked  him — 
and  inserted  it,  by  way  of  padding,  among  a 
meagre  collection  of  a  few  inedited  letters. 

It  may  no  doubt  be  Voltaire's.  Wittiest  as  he 
of  mortal  men,  he  sometimes  was  lazy  enough 


to  be  dull,  and  then  generally  made  up  for  it  by 
increased  indecency.  But  a  second  part  of  "Can- 
dide"—  whether  this  one  or  not,  I  am  not  sure  — 
is  attributed  by  Qucrard  to  There  de  Cham- 
pigneulles.  However  this  may  be,  the  reader  will 
probably  agree  that,  as  Voltaire  himself  indulged 
in  mystification  about  his  own  writings  to  an  un- 
rivalled extent,  so  his  editors  have  imbibed  not  a 
little  of  the  spirit  of  their  great  original. 

Jbah  us  Tbohvaub. 


Minav  ^M. 

The  Cabtlls  of  Hartikg.  — ^  It  appears  from 
The  AtheruBum  that  at  the  last  meeting  of  the 
Archaeological  Institute,  Mr.  Mintj  exhibited 
photogra{His  of  the  church  of  Hartmg,  Sussex, 
".and  of  two  well- sculptured  tombs  and  effigies** 
of  Sir  Edward  and  his  son  Sir  Hiohard  Caryll ; 
and  we  are  further  informed  that  the  "  Caryll 
Chancel "  has  lately  been  removed,  and  the  monu- 
ments exposed  to  the  weather,  because  the  family 
is  extinct,  and  "  no  one  **  appeared  to  take  care  of 
the  memorials  of  the  former  Lords  of  Ladyholt. 
If  "  no  one  **  had  been  pleased  to  let  the  monu- 
mental chapel  alone,  it  might  have  stood  for 
another  century  or  more ;  but  "  no  one  '*  first 
turned  the  chapel  into  the  parish  school-room ; 
then  broke  the  wall  to  make  a  fire-place;  then 
made  another  attack  to  insert  the  flue  from  a 
stove  introduced  to  warm  the  church.  When  I 
visited  the  place,  after  the  new  school-house  was 
built,  this  monumental  chapel  was  used  as  a  car- 
penter's workshop  ;  at  least  it  was  so  choked  up 
with  deal  boards,  benches,  shavings,  and  other 
carpenter's  stock  and  rubbish,  that  it  was  impos- 
sible to  get  sight  of  the  inscriptions,  or  more  than 
an  idea  of  the  monuments  themselves.  If  ^  the 
apology  for  removing  the  chapel  be  all-sufficient, 
then  **  no  one  "  could  have  had  a  right  to  do  any 
of  those  things.  These  monuments  of  extinct 
families  are  of  great  interest  and  value  to  our 
local  historians,  and  I  cannot  but  regret  that  no 
appeal  was  made  to  our  active  Archseological  So- 
ciety before  this  "  no  one  "  put  his  barbarian  hand 
on  this  monumental  chapel ;  for  I  am  sure  there 
would  have  been  no  difficulty  in  raising  the  few 
pounds  necessary  to  have  repaired  and  preserved 
it,  T.  C.  O. 

Chichester. 

BoiLiKO  TO  Death. — To  the  cases  quoted  in 
the  1st  S.  of  "N.  &  Q."  may  be  added  the  fol- 
lowing cruel  infliction  on  coiners :  — 

"  From  Bordeaux.  Twelve  coiners  were  seizM  in  the 
very  fact  of^toininir,  and  having  been  tryeil  and  found 
guilty,  were  four  hours  after  boil'd  in  oyl,  three  of  them 
women,  one  of  which,  aged  seventy-five,  who  carried  on 
that  trade  about  forty  years."  —  The  Dublin  InteUigtnUt 
Feb.  28,  1709-10. 

J.  M»0. 


NOTES  AND  QUERIE& 


[^9.LUAa_8,'6S. 


Castli  RicKUHT.  —  The  following  ahort 
paragraph,  vhich  I  have  taken  from  Saanden's 
A«w(-i:«afr,  30th  Januiu'T,18G2,(]eaerTet,  I  think, 
«  corner  in  "N.&  Ci"  : — 

"Castle  Rackribt.  — The  old  maniidn  In  the  bean- 
tifol  demesae  of  Tainpa,  in  tbs  count;  at  Fermanagh, 
which  was  tlia  Kena  of  that  remarkabia  Irish  atoiy, 
'Cattle  Baclirenl,'  by  lliu  Edgcworth,  hu  dJuppund, 
having  rtcantlv  been  taken  doirn  by  Sir  J.  Emcnoa 
Tannent,  who  is  reballding  it.  It  was  the  cailla  of  the 
Maguirei,  an  aacienC  raca,  ennobled  by  Jamei  IL,  ftam 
Whom  the  eaiales  paaaed  into  tba  family  of  the  prewnt 
proprietor.  The  bouse  which  he  has  just  remored  con- 
tained the  apartments  in  which  Miss  Edgeworth  pluceJ 
tbs  long  impriionment  of  Lidy  Cathcart  by  bar  husband, 
Colonel  Magnira  (who  was  the  Sir  Kit  of  the  tale),  and 
tba  window  out  of  which  the  forlorn  lady,  to  preserve 
her  diamonds  from  her  husband,  threw  them  down  to  a 
baggirwoman,  who  faithfully  conveyed  tbem  to  the  per- 
■on  to  whom  Lady  Catbcait  wished  thera  confided,  and 
from  whom,  many  yeara  after,  she  received  them  in  aafely, 
(n  bee  cacape  rrom  conSneineDl." 

SiBmuHO. — The  fact  iacidcntall/  mentioned  bj 
Ma.  Eastwood  (2-^  S.  xii.  421),  that  in  certain 
receipts  extending  over  a  space  of  forty- two  jears, 
beginning  with  124G,  thirteen  tolidi  and  four  tter- 
lingi  were  rcfikoned  to  a  mart,  is  worth  noting,  as 
illustrating  the  point  established  by  Pbofessob 
Db  Moboah,  in  bis  ffotet  on  Ihe  Hiatory  of  the 
EngUth  Coinage,  that  the  word  sterlmg  originallT 
mcMit  a  penny ;  not  coin  in  general,  but  the  240tli 
part  of  a  pound.  Cuo. 

Old  Loudon.  —  For  ■  new  edition  of  Mr.  Peter 
Cuoningbam's  Hand-book  to  London,  a  publieution 
much  to  be  deaired,  the  following  scrap  may  b« 
■cceplable.  The  passage  which  I_','quote  is  ex- 
tracted from  — 

"A  Trua  Discovery  of  a  Bloody  Plot  intended  to  have 
baan  pat  in  practice  on  Tharsday  tbe  ISth  of  thia  present 
Norember,  against  some  of  the  chiefe  of  the  Lords  and 
Commons  in  Parliament  Assembled  by  bloody  minded 
Papists.  Aa  alio  a  relation  of  intended  Iniorrections  in 
alx  aeverall  parta  of  '" '  ■-'---'-- 
covered  by  Thomas 
Author,  1614,  llo.    4 

"On  Monday,  the  13th  day  of  this  Hovember,  I  was 
in  ray  owne  house  at  dinner  at  twelve  of  tlia  clock. 
When  I  had  dined  (having  no  Imploymenls  at  the  worka 
of  mv  calling^  1  tooko  a  little  writing  booke  in  mv  hand, 
wbich  formerly  I  bad  written,  [and  did  inland  to  peruse 
(t,  and  correct  some  faul  la,  and  supply  some  thin g>  want- 
ing ;  but  having  no  conveniaacy  In  my  owne  honi^  by 
T«ason  of  the  fruwardness  of  my  childe,  I  thought  heat 
(it  being  a  calioe  day)  to  goe  into  a  secret  field  not  far 
off,  which  formarlv  1  bad  frequented  for  my  owne  private 
medilationa.  The' field  lyeth  above  Old-Hreete,  belweene 
the  way  Ihat  commcth  from  tha  Pest-house,  and  the  way 

that  use  to  goo  that  way,  know  that  the  *»t  of  thoaa 
fields  haih  a  common  path,  which  goeth  from  the  Klnga- 
gata  at  the  furtber  end  of  Brick-lane  towards  tha  Pest- 
houae,  over  against  tbis  path.  All  the  way  on  the  other 
^e  of  the  fleld  is  a  high  banke  cast  up,  which  on  the 
farther  aide  of  it  is  shelving,  like  the  side  of  a  hoasa 
aavea;  and  on  that  aide  the  path  is,  it  Is  strait*  downe 


like  a  mod  wall,  with  a  liteU  itj  <litch  e**t  np  on  this 
aide." 

W.  Cabkw  Hazlitt. 

Fkedictiok  or  thb  Fbbncb  RBYOLunoN. — 

Perhaps  the  following  astrological  prediction  firom 

the  Aiphonnae  Tablet,  printed  1483,  may  interest 

some  of  your  readers,  to  whom  it  may  be  nn- 

inctions  (da  Japitar  et  de  Sa- 


u  I'ar 


7010,  < 


phie  d*  Norn 


rann^l7S9de 
de  Satuiae  (ua  des   gronpea  de   dix  rifvolutiona  de  la 

filantte]  aera  accomplie.  Dea-lor*  'si  mandas  naqua  ad 
Ua  tempera  duraverit,  quod  aolua  Deua  navit,  malta 
tunc  et  magna,  et  mirabllea,  alteraUonaa  mundi  et  ma- 
taliones  fulura  sunt,  et  maxima  circa  leges.'"  —  See 
Von)  Exapu»  CrilioMt  dm  b  Giogn- 
baliitnt,  iii.  p.  25G.     Flria,  ISSS. 

Edbk  Wabwick. 

Birmingham. 

Janb  SsTMonB.  —  On  tbe  20th  of  Hay,  1536, 
the  day  after  Anne  Boieyn  was  beheaded,  Henry 
VIII.  married  Jane  Seymour.  On  tie  12tb  of 
October,  lfi.1T,  Jane  gave  birth  to  a  son,  after* 
wards  Edward  VI,,  and  died  within  a  fortnight. 
In  an  old  MS.  Missal,  preserved  at  Maina  Hall, 
anciently  the  residence  of  the  Heskeths,  now  the 
property  nf  Thoraaa  Fitzherbert  Brockholea,  ^sct., 
of  Claughton,  there  are  three  prayers  to  be  satd 
at  mnsa  for  her  safe  delivery ;  — 

"  CSriiwf.  — Omnipotena  sempilema  Deni  qni  beatissi- 
mam  Virginem  Matrem  Mariam  In  concaptn  et  in  partn 
coniecrastl  el  Jonam  prophetam  da  venire  call  polenii 

virtutB    liberaaU,  [famulai-    - "—    ■'" 

Johan  ■  ■      ■ 

fellcitt 


1  Iqc 


lutari 


tuam   pareravidam   protege 
tno  at  profea  in  ea  eancepta 


cale.     London;    Printed  fur 


ipsaqne  In   parie 
paricnlo  secara  permaneat     Per  Dom.,  he 

"Stent.  —  Susdpe  quHnnraus  precei  et  hoatiaahnml- 
litatis  Dostm  et  famulam  tuam  JohannamacDto  protec- 
tionis  taa  dere}ide,  et  quam  ez  gratia  tna  gravldam  easa 
voluisti  adveniente  partus  tempore,  glocloas  libera  et  ab 
omnibui  tenlationibua  cum  prole  eoaasrva.    Per  Dom., 

"  Psif  conwuiium.  —  AdestO  Domina  aapplicalionibaa 
noatrie  ut  famolte  tute  Johannie  tempore  gratln  pariandi 
tuB  praaldiani  aoaciplat  et  cum  prolem  hoaunam  adide- 
rit  percepto  lavacro  aalnlis  glorloda  Incrwnentia  pro- 
ficiaL" 

A.  E.  h. 

SauiBE  ALi.woBTnr.  —  In  the  Marriage  Re- 
gister of  St.  Martin'f-in-the-Fields,  Lonaon,  I 
found  the  following  entry :  — 

••173G/7,  March  U.—  Ralph  Allen  of  Bath,  Socneriet- 
shire,  and  Elizabeth  Uolder.of  the  aama  place,  p.  L.  A.ll. 
[per  license  of  Archbishop]." 

This  was  Pope's  "  low-bom  "  and  then  "  hnmble 
Allen  " ;  Fielding's  "  Squire  Allworthy." 

FbTBR  CnNHIItQHAIC. 


AucrfK. 
A1J.P0BT.  —  Persons  conTerunt  «itfc  tba  cor- 
porations of  borongha  around  London,  are  re 


P*B.1.JlAB.».V2.1 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


"BirBHT  Njal."  —  Can  any  of  jour  rcatlcrs 
faTOur  ma  irJLli  an  intprprctntion  of  tbe  ins^^rlp- 
tions  on  tl»e  cover  of  Dr.  Dasent's  TVaiulatioH  of 
Ihe  Story  of '  Burnt  Njal,'  or  Life  in  Iceland  at  the 
J?nrf  of  the  Tenth  Century  ?  ITie  only  informa- 
tion  I  Clin  gather  from  the  book  rtspecting  it, 
occurs  at  p.  xix.  of  the  Preface.  There  ne 
read;  — 

"TM  aketch  for  tha  cover  in  from  tho  hand  of  Kir. 
iTamen  Dnmmond,  RS.A.,  who  bu  combined  tbe  cbUf 
>>r«i[K)aa  mcniioncd  in  our  Sago,  Gimnar's  biil,  Sliarphe- 
<diDn's  axe,  lod  Knri'a  aword,  all  bonnd  togetlier  niLli 
Ono  of  iha  grsat  eilver  ring)  found  in  eama  Viking'a 
hoard  JD  OrkoFf,  into  ■  moit  beautifal  design." 

The  follon'inf;   ia   n  copj   of  the   inscrljition 


CuTADCCHar,    TIIH    EaTPTI*!(  F0BTDNB-TBI.I.BB. 

— This  per9oniin;e  w&s  famous  in  England  in  the 
Bavcnteenth  centur]'.  liefcrcnccs  to  uceesalble 
jitirticulars  of  his  deede  and  death  (the  latter  more 
eapeciolly)  are  desired.  Hx-i-Tk. 

CnoBcnES  aoivt  East  anu  1\'est.  —  Are 
chui'::hes  built  thus  on  the  Continent  as  in  this 
countrj  P  X.  N. 

CI.EVBB.  —  The  navid  oSicer  nho  commanded 
the  Federal  expedition  to  I'ort  Kojal,  in  writing 
to  a  friend,  uied  this  expression  with  reference  to 
Lis  arrange  men  ta :  "  I  think  mj  plan  was  deter." 

Maj  I  nsk  if  this  irotd  has  any  special  meaning 
on  the  Aincriuin  continent,  or  if  employed  there 
in  the  aenae  in  which  we  use  it  in  ;Eiigland  ? 
Perhaps  some  of  your  correspondents  can  favour 
Ino  with  quotations  from  the  Nelaon,  Wellinjjton, 
or  Marlborough  Despatches,  shaiving  the  applica- 
tion of  tljc  word  in  a  similar  manner  to  thai  of 
the  American  commander.  W.  9. 

Dnbam  Qcebt.  — 

"  A  gifl.  «i(;ht  yetra  oId,'fell  into  a  culvert  at  Nuas, 
Eomeraet.  and  was  carried  ana;  by  tbe  current  uutil  aba 
was  presied  up  between  two  narrow  approachea  to  lbs 

She  was  miuad  saverai  diva." 

I  have  cut  the  above  from  a  local  paper-  Can 
uiTonc  furnish  the  details  of  the  dream,  and 
inrormalinn  as  to  how  It  was  the  cause  of  the  dis- 
COTCTj  of  the  poor  child's  fate  7 

There  are  so  many  importaht  speculations  con- 
nected with  the  phenomena  of  dreams,  that  I  make 
Bo  apology  for  requesting  you  to  record  the  facts 
of  this  caaa  if  they  can  be  obtained. 

A  Lc)BD  or  A  Manor. 

"Dailt  Advebti^eb,"  etc.  —  Con  anyone  in- 
ibrm  me  where  I  can  inspect  a  complete  set  of  the 
i)ailg  Athtrtfur  newspaper,  whivli  commenced 


Feb.  3rJ,  1730,  and  was  discontinued  In  1798, 
when  it  was  succeeded  by  the  Publican's  Morning 
Advertiser;  or  where  can  I  see  it  for  the  years 
1781,  1782,  and  1783?  In  the  Briliah  Museum 
they  are  very  incomplete.  J.  R.  D. 

DuchessobDutchksh, — In  the  Spectator  of  \Si9 
frequent  mention  ia  made  of  the  Ducheit  of  Kent 
and  other  Duchesses.  In  t!ic  same  paper  fur 
]83(j,  I  find  that  U.R.H.  is  always  styled  the 
Datcheu  of  Kent.  Culi  any  of  your  rcailers  in- 
form me  of  the  reaion  for  this  change  in  spellin;;-, 
and  when  we  returned  to  the  present  ortho- 
grnphy  ?  h. 

Oxford. 

Debs  Pabbs.  —  In  volume  xl.  of  the  Surtces 
Society  publiealions,  being  n  collection  of  de* 
positions  from  York  Castle  relating  to  oJTe&cea 
committed  in  the  Beventeontb  century,  it  appears 
an  indictment  iras  preferred,  and  a  true  bill  found 
against  Thomas  Johnson  of  Ripon,  John  lludsey 
of  Ripon,  gevt.,  Cha.  Terry,  barber,  and  William 
Kettlewell,  aaddlcr,  for  bavin"  on  July  5,  1634, 
broken  the  park  of  Sir  Charles  Ejferton,  Knt., 
called  Moskmglield  Fork,  and  chased,  killed,  and 
wounded  tho  bucks  and  does. 

The  Rev.  Jlr.  Raine,  the  editor  of  this  very 
iutcreating  volume,  adds  In  a  note :  — 

"  Tho  number  of  deer  parks  was  at  this  lime  coDudar- 
able.  They  would  afford  grant  loniptationa  that  wcreuot 
always  resisted.  It  must  be  remsmbercd  Ilint  the  QBtivs 
deer  aro  atill  varj-  nnmeroua  in  Yorkshire." 

We  may  form  some  idea  of  the  state  of  society 
at  this  period  when  gentlemen  broke  into  deer    • 
parks,  and  8t:ile  the  deer. 

Allow  me  to  ask  if  there  is  any  record  of  the 
reduction  of  deer  parks  ?  I  consUIer  it  was  gra- 
dual, arising  from  various  causes. 

Fba.  MEWnUBN. 
Lurch  flcid,  DnrlinEfoa, 

Domesday  Book. — In  the  Cornish  portion  of 
_  Dmesday,  recently  photozincographed  by  Col, 
Sir  H.  James,  I  read  of  Lanpiran,  that  from  this 
manor  has  been  taken  away  "  irtne,"  which  re- 
turned to  the  canons  of  Saint  Pieran,  in  the  time 
Edward  "  lirmi  mi  septimaaaru,"  There 
may  possibly  be  an  omission  with  regard  to  the 
daa:  Icrra ;  but  what  is  the  meaning  of  "  firmnm 


quatuor  septimanarum  "  f    1  may  also  ask,  ia  any- 
thing known  of  that  peculiar  class  of  villain  de- 


nominated colibertf 


Kebnow. 


FotD  :  A  Lancabhibe  ash  CnKsaniH  Word.— 
What  is  the  exact  meaning  of  this  word,  affixed 
to  BO  many  names  of  places  in  Lancashire  and 
Cheshire^  Judging  from  maps,  the  spots  so 
distinguished  sctim  to  be  isolated  farms.  Docs 
fofd  "  here  signify  theep-foid,  or  what  is  ils  more 
xtended  meaning  ?  And  is  the  word  still  used  f 
It  appears  to  be  usually,  if  tot  always,  aiBxeJ  to 


188 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


IB^^  S.  I.  IfAR.  8,  *62. 


a  proper  name,  e.  g»  Harrop-fold,  Bradley-fold, 
Dixon*foM  —  not  liarrop's,  Bradlej*8,  &c. 

Dixonfuld  is  now  a  station  on  the  Manchester 
and  Bolton  railway ;  but  I  find  the  name  on  a 
Lancashire  ordnance  map,  published  before  thb 
railway  was  made.  Can  any  one  of* your  readers, 
haying  access  to  old  county  maps  or  surveys  of 
Lancashire,  inform  me  at  how  early  a  date  the 
name  of  Dixonfold  is  to  be  met  with  ?  J. 

John  Hutchinsoh.  —  At  Spennithorne  was 
bom,  Oct.  24,  1675,  the  once  celebrated,  but  now 
almost  forgotten  hebraist  and  philosopher,  John 
Hutchinson.  He  was  the  son  of  a  yeoman,  and 
following  the  business  of  a  land-agent,  became 
steward  to  Charles,  sixth  Duke  of  Somerset,  who, 
when  Master  of  the  Horse  to  George  I.,  gave  him 
a  sinecure  appointment  of  200/.  a«year,  with  a  good 
house  in  the  Mews.  His  works  evince  a  strange 
combination  of  talent  and  eccentricity.  In  1724 
he  published  the  first  part  of  Moses*  Princijna^ 
being  an  attack  on  the  system  of  Gravitation 
established  by  Sir  Isaac]Newton,  and  in  1727  the 
second  part  appeared,  containing  the  principles 
of  the  Scripture  philosophy.  He  continued  to 
publish  till  his  death  in  1737.  A  numerous  sect 
embraced  his  doctrines,  and  in  1748  his  collected 
works,  including  posthumous  MSS.,  were^  pub- 
lished in  12  vols.  8vo. 

Can  any  reader  of  "  N.  &  Q."  inform  me  if 
any  of  the  descendants  of  the  above  are  still 
living,  and  if  so,  where  ?  also,  crest  and  coat  of 
arms  ?  Noshihctuh. 

Idonb.  —  Some  remarks  on  De  Quincey*s 
writings  in  Fra»er*8  Magazine  for  January,  1861, 
induce  me  to  seek  information  on  the  following 
subject: 

Similar  in  conception  to  the  Confessioru  of  an 
Opium-eater,  and  an  imitation,  is  a  work  styled. 
The  Hasheesh  Eater,  but  there  is  yet  another,  of 
the  same  class,  ^which  appeared  in  an  Indian 
serial  {Saunders*  Magazine,  Delhi),  some  years 
since,  subsequent  to  the  former,  and  prior  to  the 
latter.  The  name  is  laone;  or.  Incidents  in  the 
Life  of  a  Dreamer,  I  have  since  seen  the  same, 
bound  up,  with  a  Preface,  in  which  a  curious  ex- 
planation is  given  of  its  origin,  along  with  a  satis- 
factory denial,  on  the  part  of  the  unknown  author, 
of  his  having  seen  any  of  De  Quincey*s  writings 
before  the  publication  of  Idone,  There  was  also 
a  holograpii  entry  on  a  fly-leaf,  to  the  effect  that 
the  same  author  repuhliahed  Mnemosyne  and  other 
pieces,  a  notice  of  which,  cut  out  of  the  Athenaum, 
was  appended. 

Now  as  several  contributors  of  foi%ier  years 
to  these  An^lo* Indian  journals  have  subsequently 
reappeared  m  our  own  Magazines,  perhaps  some  of 
the  readers  of  **  N.  &  Q.**  may  be  able  to  give  me 
the  name  of  the  writer  in  question.    The  copy  (^ 


Idone  which  fell  into  my  hands  was  evidently 
printed  in  India.  Idokb. 

Latin  Gbages.  —  I  would  take  it  as  a  favour, 
if  one  of  your  University  correspondents  would 
inform  me  what  is  the  Latin  grace  said  before 
dinner  at  King*8  College,  Cambridge,  and  Christ 
Church,  Oxford.  D.  E.  C. 

Lawh  and  Cbapb. — 

**  A  saint  in  crape  is  tvrice  a  saint  in  lawn." 

Pope,  Moral  Etsajfs,  Ep.  L  L  135. 

What  is  the  meaning  of  this  often-quoted  line  ? 
The  one  preceding  it,  — 

<'  'lis  £roin  high  life  high  choracteni  are  drawn,*' 

implies  that  lawn  is  associated  with  higher  lifi 
than  crape.  How  is  this?  I  believe  generid 
readers  in  some  way  connect  the  laum  with  lawn 
sleeves.  But  then,  what  has  crape  to  do  with 
inferior  clergy,  or  with  any  clergy  at  all  ?  And, 
again,  the  bishop  b  disposed  of  two  lines  further 
on:  — 

**  A  judge  Is  just  I  a  chancellor  juster  still  \ 
A  gownsman  learned ;  a  bishop— what  you  will.** 

J.  Dixon. 

Leiohton. — Edmondson,  in  his  Heraldry,  gives 
under  "  Leighton  "  the  following  arms  :  — 

<*  1.  Sable,  on  a  bend  argent,  3  escallop  shells,  gulea. 
2.  Quarterly  indented  or  and  gales,  on  2nd  and  8rd 

quarters  6  boars'  heads  of  the  first,  3  and  8. 
8.  Quarterly  indented  or  and  gules,  on  2nd  and  3rd 

quarters  8  boars'  heads  of  the  first 
4.  Argent,  a  bugle  horn  between  3  crescents  sable." 

Information  requested  respecting  the  pedigrees 
and  locality  of  families  bearing  the  above  arms  ? 

W.  A.  Leiquton. 

Shrewsbury. 

Massikgeb's  Widow.  —  Philip  Massinger's 
widow  lived  at  Cardiff  in  Glamorganshire ;  when 
did  she  die  ?  Her  husband,  the  great  dramatlo 
poet,  was  buried  in  St.  Saviours,  Soutbwark, 
1639-40.  Fetbb  Cukkingham. 

Db.  Young. — ^In  the  account  of  Young,  author 
of  Night  Thoughts,  the  poet  of  The  Pleasures  of 
Hope  says,  1819,  "He  has  been  well-described 
in  a  late  poem  as  one  in  whom  — 

*'  Still  gleams  and  still  expires  the  cloudy  day 
Of  genuine  poetry." 

What  late  poem  ?  Peteb  CuNMUiGniJC. 

Flacb-Gbeen-Hpusb,  Sidcup,  Eert.  —  Will 
any  of  your  Kentish  correspondents  inform  me 
when  Race*  Green  House,  sidcup,  in  the  parish 
of  Chislehurst,  Kent-,  was  built  ?  And  tell  me  if 
it  is  mentioned  in  any  book  ?  Jambs  Key. 

Balham,  Surrey. 

Quebn  Cabolike  OB  Louis  Philippe  P — In  the 
last  Quarterly  (p.  71),  a  story  is  told  in  Miss 
Knight*8  Memoirs  of  an  Enghshman  in  Porii  in 


8^  &  L  liAB.  8, '620 


KOTES  AND  QUERIES, 


180 


1830,  to  wliom  a  cliimnej-sweeper  promised  a 
Bight  of  the  king  on  condition  of  a  fee  of  five 
francs.  The  bargain  being  struck,  the  lad  began 
shouting  "  Louis  rhilippe,  Louis  Philippe !  **  The 
crowd  took  it  up  :  the  king  appeared  at  the  win- 
dow, and  the  nye  francs  were  paid;  and  for 
anoUier  five,  the  stranger  had  the  pleasure  of 
hearing  his  majesty  join  m  the  Marseillaise.  Kow 
the  singing  part  of  the  story  is  new ;  but  I  per- 
fectly remember  hearing,  at  the  time  poor  Queen 
Caroline  was  making  herself  conspicuous  in  Lon- 


prior  to  1849.*    The  exact  date  of  his  death,  to- 
gether with  any  notices  of  his  family,  is  particu- 
larly wanted  by  D.  M.  Steveks. 
Guildford. 


€intTi$i  fa^itb  9Lntintti. 


Fbotebbial  Sating. — Can  any  reader  inform 
me  of  the  origin  of  a  proyerbial  saying,  *^  Down 
the  banks?**    It  is  frequently  heard  in  the  South 

don  daring  her  triaT,  the  former  part  of  the  same    5^  ^''^^  °^1'm,*  t™^*?'*""?  »?'«'«•    "If  1"> 

story  told  of  a  "litUe  dirty  boy,*^  who  offered  to    '''^  ,V»  ^^  '*  ^*"  get  doirn  tie  banks,  I  pro- 

•^   -  .■'/»...  Qiige  him,     or  "I  got  down  the  banks  for  my 

puns,**  &o.    It  seems  to  mean  a  severe  scolding 

sometimes.  M.  F. 


show  the  queen  to  a  gentleman  passing  her  house 
for  a  MUing ;  and  wno  succeeded  in  doing  so  by 
exactly  the  same  dodge.  Are  both  these  stories 
true?  Or  is  one  a  mere  reproduction  of  the 
other  ?  Or  is  the  coincidence  only  another  proof 
of  the  almost  impossibility  of  getting  to  the  real 
source  of  an  anecdote  ?  F.  F. 

Scih-Ljeca:  Scihlac  — 

**  I  have  read  in  Scandinavian  legends  of  an  apparition 
called  the  8cin-L»ca,  or  shining  corpse.  It  is  supposed, 
in  the  northern  superstition,  sometimes  to  haunt  sepul- 
chres, sometimes  to  foretel  doom.  It  is  the  spectre  of  a 
human  body  seen  in  a  phosphoric  light  And  so  exactly 
did  this  phantom  correspond  to  the  description  of  such  an 
apparition  in  Scandinavian  fable,  that  I  know  not  how  to 
give  it  a  better  name  than  that  of  Scin-L»ca — the  shining 
corpse."  —  Vide  "  A  Strange  Story "  in  All  the  Year 
Bound,  Nov.  30, 1861,  p.  220. 

Now,  in  the  Anglo-Saxon  version  of  St.  Mat- 
thew (xiv.  26),  the  disciples  when  they  see  our 
Lord  walking  on  the  sea,  exclaim,  **  sotsUce  hyt  ys 
scinlac.**  I  have  examined  almost  all  the  modern 
Teutonic  versions,  and  none  translate  (pdyraxrfia  by 
a  word  at  all  resembling  scinlac  except  Halberts- 
ma's  Friesic,  which  has  scymel,  Bosworth,  A,'S. 
DicLf  gives  scinldc^  an  apparition ;  sirdaeca,  a  ma- 
gician, conjuror.  Of  course  the  first  syllable  is 
from  scinan^  to  shine  or  appear ;  but  the  second 
can  hardly  be  from  lic^  a  corpse.  I  should  rather 
think  it  was  from  fac,  play ;  or  Itecariy  to  play  — 
9cinlac,  an  illusorv  appearance.  Where  can  I  find 
any  account  of  the  Scandinavian  superstition  of 
the  Scin-Lssca  ?  E.  G.  R. 

TowHSHiPS.  —  I  was  surprisedj'to  see  the  old 
opinion,  that  any  place  for  which  a  constable  was 
appointed,  was  at  one  time  a  township  —  spoken 
of  by  Mb.  Gsbavbs  (2"^  S.  xii.  400)  as  if  it  needed 
support.  I  would  beg  to  inquire  by  whom  this 
opinion  has  been  controverted,  and  on  what 
grounds  ?  The  question  is  one  of  some  interest, 
as  tending  to  throw  light  upon  the  administrative 
organiiatioii  of  Uie  country  in  early  ages. 

LUMIK. 

Captain  Thomas  Lucas  Whbeleb. — Any  par- 
Ucnlars  rMpecting  this  gentleman,  who  was  a 
native  of  Snropshire,  and  formerly  of  the  100th 
«    . X  ^m  ^  gratefully  receired.    He  died 


[The  phrase  <*Down  the  banks"  has  perhaps  some 
connexion  with  one  heard  in  the  East  by  Mr.  Dunlop, 
as  related  in  his  interesting  work  Huntina  in  the  Hima" 
laya;  namely,  *<Down  the  khud,"  the  khud  being  a 
steep  bank  or  precipice.  *'  The  greater  number  of  our 
Coolees  (he  says)  had  not  yet  arrived.  We  were  arranging 
a  party  to  send  after  them  . . .  when  the  sound  of  numerous 
voices  announced  their  arrival  [it  was  after  dark] ;  but 
the  hurried  repetition  of  the  ominous  words  *  Down  the 
khud '  sent  us  quickly  out'to  make  inquiries."  It  proved 
that  one  of  the  Coolees  coming  along  an  upper  road 
through  a  mountainous  region  in  the  dark,  had  gone 
"  down  the  bank,"  or  khud,  t.  e,  had  slipped  down  a  pre- 
cipice. The  whole  narrative  of  the  man's  accident,  peri- 
lous situation,  and  ultimate  rescue  hy  night  (pp.  161 — 166) 
is  well  worth  reading.  Some  further  illustration  of  the 
phrase  **  Down  the  banks  "  may  possibly  be  derived  from 
an  East  Indian  song,  which  was  heard  by  a  newly- 
arrived  Griff  while  on  his  first  Indian  journey.  He  was 
carried  by  Coolees,  and  the  road  was  mountainous.  By 
and  bye  the  party  came  to  a  dangerous  path  skirting  a 
tremendous  precipice,  when  the  Coolees,  not  knowing 
that  their  young  passenger  understood  their  language 
(which  he  had  learned  in  England),  commenced  a  song 
to  the  followmg  effect :  — 

**  Shall  we,  shall  we,  shall  we,  shall  we, 
Shall  we  throw,  shall  we  throw 
This  English  pig,  this  English  pig. 
Shall  we  throw  this  English  pig. 
This  English  pig,  this  English  pig 
Down  the  hill,  down  the  hill, 
Shall  we  throw  this  English  pig  down  the  hill?"] 

Tktes  Rondes. — The  Germans,  when  speak- 
ing in  derision  of  the  French,  call  them  *^  tctes 
rondes  *' ;  and  the  French  call  the  Germans  "  U^tes 
carries.*'  Did  these  sobriquets  originate  in  some 
quarrel  between  the  two  nations?  And  if  so, 
when  ?  It  is  plain  that  one  is  a  retort  upon  the 
other.  V.  V.  R. 

[Our  correspondent  does  not  say  whether  the  above 
phrases,  applied  as  he  states,  occur  in  print,  or  only  in 
conversation.  Tete  earrie  is  an  expression  used  by  the 
French  in  describine  a  person  of  solid  and  accurate  judg- 
ment ;  and  may  perhaps  be  applied  by  them  to  the  Ger- 
mans, on  the  received  supposition  that  this  is  their  dis- 

r*  In  the  GeiU,  Mag,  for  Jane,  1792,  p.  580,  is  a  notice 
of  a  Capt,  Wheeler,  on  the  half-pay  of  the  100th  Reri- 
ment,  who  died  the  day  after  his  marriage,  June  10^  L7H^ 
but  without  any  particulaxt  ot^SA^MB^ir  — ^«»?i 


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NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


[8rd  s.  L  Mab.  8,  •6S. 


tingiiishing  characteristic  as  a  nation.  On  the  contrary, 
the  Germans  may  retort  on  the  French  the  sobrfqnet 
tStes  rondes  (Roundheads),  becanse  the  French  killed 
their  King  as  did  the  English  Roundheads.] 

Wakren  of  Walterstaff.  —  In  Burke's  Oe* 
neral  Armory  are  given  the  arms  of  Warren  of 
Walterstaff,  co.  Devon  and  London,  granted  14th 
March,  1G23.  I  have  searched  the  county  his- 
tories in  vain  to  find  such  a  place.  I  presume  it  is 
the  name  of  a  seat  or  village.  If  any  of  your 
readers  can  inform  me  in  what  part  of  the  county 
it  is  situated^  I  shall  esteem  it  a  favour.  Also 
where  an  account  of*  the  family  of  Warren  may 
be  seen,  as  I  wish  to  ascertain  if  one  of  this  familj 
was  not  the  wife  of  Dr.  Ashton,  at  one  time  vicar 
of  St  Andrew's  church,  Plymouth.  G.  P.  P. 

[  Walterstaff,  now  Waterstave,  is  In  the  parish  of  Brad- 
ninch,  where  several  of  the  name  of  Warren  may  still  be 
found.] 

Saxokt,  Duchess  of. — On  what  ground  does 
the  Princess  Alice  claim,  as  one  of  her  titles,  that 
of  Duchess  of  Saxony  ?  B.  L.  H. 

[All  the  children  of  Her  Majesty  by  the  Prince  Con- 
sort are  bom  Dukes  and  Duchesses  of  Saxony.] 

"  Brown  Stody."  —  What  is  the  origin  of  the 
phrase  —  **  in  a  brown  study  "  ?  K.  T. 

[** Brown  study"  has  been  supposed  to  be  a  corruption 
of  **  brow  study,"  broio  being  here  the  eye-brow,  in  Ger- 
man augbraun.  (  Jlde  "  N.  &  Q."  1"»  S.  i.  418.)  Pos- 
sibly, however,  some  light  may  be  derived  from  viewing 
"  brown  study  **  in  connexion  with  the  French  *•  hnmeur 
brune**  which  is  literally  a  brown  humour  or  diftposition ; 
"  Avoir  Thumeur  brune/*  to  be  of  a  sombre,  melancholy 
temperament.  It  is  to  be  borne  in  mind  that  in  French 
the  substantive  brune  sip^nifies  nightfall,  the  gloomy  time 
of  day;  **sur  la  brune,"  towards  evening;  and  also  that 
in  English,  broion  (the  adjective)  is  employed  poeti- 
cally in  the  sense  of  gloomy,  "  a  browner  horror."  {Pope, 
Odion.)  It  is  remarkable  how  the  colours  are  used  to 
express  various  phases  of  human  character  and  tem- 
perament Thus  we  have  not  only  **  brown  study,"  but 
"  black  mclanchol}',"  "  green  and  yellow  melancholy," 
"blue  devils"  and  "blues,"  " yellow  stockings "  (jeal- 
ousy). "  red  hand  "  (  TFalter  Scott),  and  ••  white  feather," 
&c.  This  Query  reminds  us  of  an  anecdote  told  of  Wil- 
liam PuUeney,  Karl  of  Bath.  During  his  absence  from 
town  his  lady  had  ordered  the  white  shelves  in  his 
library  to  be  p'ainled  the  colour  of  mahogany.  The  Earl, 
on  observing  the  change,  said  to  his  ladj',  "  Well,  my 
friends  will  now  generally  find  me  in  a  brown  itudy,""] 


leupiM* 

SIR  ISAAC  NEWTON. 
(S'*  S.  i.  158.) 

Absence  from  home  prevents  me  from  refer- 
ring to  documents  that  would  establish  the  state- 
ment I  am  about  to  make,  but  I  do  not  like  to 
delay  ^n  immediate  notice  of  an  error  into  which 
Mb.  Cbadock  Newtor  has  been  led. 

There  was  no  rejationship  whatever  between  the 


Newtons  of  Bam  Courts  Gloucestershire,  and  the 
Newtone  of  Lincolnshire,  No,  not  the  most  diskmU 
The  simple  fact  was  this :  —  Sir  John  of  Bmm 
Court,  the  last  of  that  old  family,  was  desperately 
involved ;   he  borrowed  largely,  mortgaged  his 

Sropert^,  and  actually  sold  the  tide  of  cousin  to 
bhn  If  ewton  of  Haydon.  A  new  patent  of  baro- 
netcy was  purchased,  containing  a  reversion  to 
the  newly- adopted  kinsman.  He  died  about  a 
year  after ;  and  the  property  lapsed  to  the  creditor* 
the  baronet  of  the  new  creation,  who  gave  an 
annuity  to  the  widow. 

The  baronets  of  Haydon,  however,  though  not 
allied  to  those  of  the  name  in  Gloucestershire, 
could  distinctly  trace  their  descent  from  the  same 
stock  as  one  much  greater.  There  is  no  doubt  of 
the  connexion  with  Sir  Isaac  Newton.  Some 
surprise  maj  be  entertained  at  the  great  wealth 
of  these  Newtons  of  Haydon,  so  as  to  enable  them 
to  buy  estates,  title,  and  even  family  !  It  all  came« 
too,  from  one  scarcely  related;  his  name  was 
Hickson  (I  suspect  a  scrivener  and  money  lender), 
who,  temp,  Charles  I.,  accumulated  large  property 
round  Grantham ;  and  having  no  kindred  of  his 
own,  lefl  it  to  those  of  his  wife — and  thus  it  came 
to  the  Newtons. 

When  the  late  Mr.  Rodd,  the  bookseller,  died, 
he  leA;  a  vast  quantity  of  Newton  papers,  which 
were  dispersed  by  auction.  I  have  myself  many 
volumes  of  these  letters  and  other  documents, 
arranged  and  bound  up ;  and  if  it  be  considered 
worthy  of  further  inquiry,  I  can,  later  in  the  year, 
supply  more  minute  detuls  of  what  was  certainly 
a  curious  transaction.  Monsow. 

Torquay. 


If  Mb.  Cbadock  Newton  will  refer  to  my 
Note  again,  be  will  see  that  I  give  a  reference  to  a 
pedigree  of  the  family,  drawn  out  by  Sir  Isaac 
himself;  in  which  his  kindred  with  the  inheritor 
of  the  baronetcv  of  Barrs  Court,  conferred  on 
John  Newton,  £lsq.,  in  1660,  is  clearly  shown. 
There  never  was  any  doubt  as  to  this  relationship, 
nor  consequently  of  that  remotely  existing  be- 
tween the  philosopher  and  Sir  Michael  Newton, 
K.B.,  fourth  and  last  baronet  of  Barrs  Court; 
who  was  grandson  of  the  second  possessor  of  the 
dignity  referred  to  above,  and  chief  mourner  at 
Su:  Isaac*8  funeral. 

I  do  not  know  whether  or  not  Mb.  Cbadock 
Newton  quotes  Atkyns,  when  he  speaks  of  the 
baronetcy  having  been  "entailed**  by  the  first 
baronet  on  the  second.  Such  an  entail  was  im- 
possible. The  title  was  conferred  on  John  New- 
ton of  Barrs  Court,  with  special  remainder  to 
John  Newton  of  Lincolnshire.  I  have  before 
said  that  it  is  a  natural  inference  to  draw,  that 
these  gentlemen  were  in  some  way  connected  !n 
blood ;  but  it  is  in  dq  waj  shown  or  proTe(i|  nor 


LVAB.a^'ei] 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


in 


ideed  referred  to  in  SD7  work  I  have  Been. 
■AsocK  XivTon  BBjB  the  second  baronet 
MeeMaril:r  &  kintmui "  of  the  firat :  here  he 
ag,  ■■  he  is  also  farther  on,  irhero  he  statea 
ve  thown  Sir  Michael's  grandfather  suc- 
1  to   the  baronetcr   m   an  offihool  of  tht 


ttltriHire  NetrloTu,      He  hai  not  shown  tht 
la  uiTone  else;  and  it  ia  quite  fcnsible  to 
1  tbe  limitation  of  a  difunity  to  one  who  ma; 
3  first  possessor. 

S.T. 


iUj  unconnected  with  Us  fi 


J.  J.  Cbahock  Nswtok,  reljing,  as  m»aj 
Ii8Te  done  before,  on  the  Hiatemenis  in 
),  bu  opened  up  old  errors  long  since  ex.- 

t,  with  regard  to  Judge  Cradock  :  —  In- 
rf  djing  in   1444,   he  was  aittitig  on   the 

Octoh.  Mart.  27  Hen.  VI.  (Nov.  1448), 
a  floe  nas  passed  before  bim.  See  mj  for- 
mmunication  "  N.  &  Q."  I"  S.  ii.  249, 427. 
,  u  for  the  monument  in  Bristol  Cathedral. 

Bristol  volume  of  the  Archtcol.  Inatiiute, 

I  ha*e  pretty  clearly  proved  that  the 
'a  roonomeot  is  in  Yatton  church,  and  that 
a  ascribed  to  him  in  the  cathedral  (being  in 

a  centnr;  later)  is  probably  that  of  Richard 
n,  a  grandson  of  the  Judge,  who  died  ISSO. 
,  as  for  the  settlement  of  the  Glouceaier- 
Mtates  by  the  first  baronet.  Sir  John  New- 

1661,  on  the  second  baronet,  Sir  John  of 
nahire,  it  is  doubtful  whether  Atkyna  ever 
Id  of,  or  puMished.  the  trvth  of  (hat  affair. 
sly  he  ia  not  to  be  depended  upon, 
doubt,  the  first  Sir  John  descended  from 
::k !  bnt  the  connexion  between  bim  and  the 
nahire   baronet   ia   not  yet   proved.      See 

Q."2-*S.  xii.  351. 

most  correct  descent  of  the  family  ii  pven 

ilaable  article  by  Mr.  Gkeaves,  in  "N.  & 

'  S.  xii.  399. 

re   is  still  a  good  deal  to  be  cleared  up, 

any  person  interested  may  perhaps  easily 

hunting  up  certain  Chancery  proceedings, 

led   by   tbe  Jirii    baroneft    heirt  at  law, 

i  the  second  baronet  respecting  the  Glouces- 

e  eatntea,  eirea  1662.   And  also  by  cxamin- 

I  fiat  for  the  patent  of  the  barooetcy.     All 

if  in  existence,  would  be  at  the  Rolls. 

fl.  T.  EixicoHBi. 

BtOaorge. 


TRIAL  OF  SPENCER  COWF£B. 
(S-'S.  i.91,  iia.) 

cue  of  Spencer  Cowper  is  reported  in  the 
I  Trials,  194,  485,  and  10  State  Trials,  S21. 
I  acquitted  of  tbe  murder  of  M.  Stout  in 
1^  and  an  i^p«al  of  murder  ww  hrongfat 


within  the  year  by  anVofRnt,  twelve  years  of 
age  only,  tbe  next  beir  of  the  deceased,  bnt  ha 
was  not  mentioned,  in  the  writ,  to  be  an  infant 
Tbe  appellant  before  tbe  return  of  tbe  writ  cbose 
tbe  mother  of  the  deceased  to  be  his  guardian 
before  Holt,  C.  J.,  at  his  Chambers,  and  she  was 
then  and  there  admitted,  After  the  irrit  waa 
returnable,  the  mother,  by  the  procurement  of 
Cowper,  demanded  the  writ  of  toe  sherilT,  who 
delivered  it  up,  and  it  was  destroyed.  The 
brother  of  Spencer  Cowper  was  a  Queen's  Counsel 
(William  Cowper),  and  a  copy  of  tbe  writ  bad 
been  sent  by  the  Sherifi*  to  bim,  and  likewise, 
notice  to  Cowper,  tbe  defendant.  For  this  matter 
the  Sherifi'was  adjudged  to  be  in  contempt,  and 
was  fined  200  marka.  The  law  required  the  ap- 
peal to  he  sued  within  a  year  and  a  day  after  the 
completion  of  the  alleged  felony ;  and  a  year 
having  expired,  there  could  not  be  a  new  writ,  ae 
a  matter  of  course.  It  was  agreed  by  the  judges, 
who  were  called  together  by  tbe  Lord  Keeper  to 
advise  on  the  question,  that  it  was  discretionary 
to  grant  one  or  not,  but  that,  in  this  case,  it  was 
not  proper  to  issue  a  new  writ.  Chief  Justice 
Treby  aaid,  such  an  appeal  was  a  revengeful  and 
odious  prosecution,  and  deserved  no  encourage- 
ment. Chief  Justice  llolt,  "with  vehemence  and 
leal,"  replied,  tbat  he  wondered  any  Englishman 
should  brand  such  an  appeal  with  tbe  name  of 
"  an  odious  prosecution,  and  that,  for  hia  part,  he 
looked  upon  it  to  be  a  noble  prosecution,  and  a 
true  badge  of  English  liberties."  The  appeal  of 
murder  was  a  battle  fought  with  batons.  If  the 
appellee  could  noi  continue  to  fight,  he  was  im- 
mediately hanged,  and  if  he  were  killed,  his  blood 
was  attainted;  but  if  he  killed  the  appellant,  or 
fought  from  sun-rise  until  the  stars  appeared  in 
the  evening,  be  was  acquitted.  It  was  not  pro- 
bable ihnt  two  lawyers,  brothers  in  blood,  and 
both  of  ihem  most  especially  learned  in  tbe  law, 
would  not  have  preferred  to  liaiard  the  conse- 
quences of  the  destruction  of  tbe  writ,  to  a  sub- 
mission to  so  barbarous  and  superstitious  a  pro- 
cess of  law  as  tbat  which  apparently  threatened 
the  life  of  one  of  them,  and  to  seek  by  auch  means 
a  termination  of  the  proceedings.  It  was  not 
until  the  Act  of  the  59  Geo.  III.  cb.  46  passed, 
tlint  this  ahocking  relic  (an  appeal  of  murder)  of 
a  barbarous  age  was  removed  irom  our  law,  and 
placed  among  other  legal  rubbish  of  antiquity. 
(Stout  B.  Towler,  12  Mod.  Reports,  373.)  The 
daughter  of  Spencer  Cowper  (who  became  one  of 
the  Judges  of  the  Common  Pleaa  in  October, 
1727,  and  died  in  December,  1728)  married  Col. 
Martin  Madan,  who  died  at  Bath  in  1756  ;  and 
she  was  the  mother  of  the  Rev.  Martin  Msdan, 
tbe  translator  of  Juvenal,  and  also  of  the  Right 
Rev.  Spencer  Madan,  Bishop  of  Feterborooeb, 
wliose  first  wife  waa  Lady  Cbarlotte  CorawaUis, 
ani  whose  second  wife  wm  H*ry,  daughter  of 


J02 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


[3»«i  a  L  mab.  8,  •ez. 


Major-general  Richard  Vjse.  Lady  Charlotte 
Madan  was  niece  of  Frederick  Cornwallis,  Arch- 
bishop of  Canterbury,  and  sister  of  James  Corn- 
wallis, Bishop  of  Lichfield  and  Coventry  (fourth 
Earl),  the  younger  brother  of  the  first  Marouess 
of  Comwimis.  J>  F. 


IBISH  TOPOGRAPHY. 
(2«*  S.  xiL  474 ;  8'<»  S.  i.  97,  117.) 

In  reply  to  your  correspondent  Mb.  Horb,  I 
append  the  following  description  of  the  map  men- 
tioned by  me:  Afap  of  Ireland,  engrayed  by 
"  Joannes  Baptista  Vrints,  Geographicarum  tabu- 
larum  Calcographus,"  and  dedicated  to  "  Jacobo 
Magnic  Britannifc,  Francioe,  et  Hiberniio  regi ;" 
and  professes  to  be  "  Irlandias  accurata  descrip- 
tio,  auctore  Baptista  Boazio/'  "  Vrints  "  was  an 
engraver  at  Antwerp.  It  contains  a  coat  of  arms : 
Parte  per  pale  bar.  and  femme :  baron,  arg.  a  cross 
gu. ;  femme,  az.  three  harps  >  stringed  or.  (the 
harps  turned  to  right),  withm  a  garter  ("  Honi," 
etc.),  surmounted  by  a  royal  crown.  (When  did 
the  three  harps  become  one  ?).  There  is  a  table 
of  "Milliaria  irlandica  Communia,"  an  **  Expositio 
Verborum  Ilibernicorum " ;  and  there  are  also 
drawings  of  two  ships,  a  man  in  a  canoe  with  a 
paddle  and  trident,  and  three  fishes.  I  may  add 
that  the  map  is  highly  coloured. 

From  the  above  description,  Mb.  Hobe  will  see 
that  the  map  is  of  a  later  date  than  the  time  of 
Philip  and  Mary;  and  yet  co.  Quecnstown  and 
CO.  Kingstown,  still  bore  those  names.  What  is 
his  authority  for  stating  that  these  names  were 
changed  in  the  time  of  "  Philip  and  Mary.*'  Why 
not  rather  in  the  reign  of  "  the  glorious  f  pious  I 
&c.,  William  and  his  Mary  ? 

The  object  of  my  Query  was  to  fiijd  out  when 
the  Irish  counties  assumed  or  were  mven  their 
present  names,  and  by  what  authority  those  names 
were  given  ?  In  my  map,  co.  Knockfergus  em« 
braces  a  lar^e  district ;  which  includes  **  Belfast,** 
"  Sorleboye,  "  Glinnes,**  and  several  other  places, 
amongst  which  is  the  town  of  "Knockfergus.** 
I  am  unable  to  solve  G.  B.*s  etymological  Query ; 
but  I  may  remark  that  *'  Doune,**  or  its  cognate 
"  Done,**  occurs  very  frequently  in  Irish  "  topo- 
nomy,**  ex,  gra,  "co.  Down,'*  " Don-gannon,*' 
"0*Donnel,**  "  Kill-o-done  **  (in  Lough  SwiUy), 
just  below  Kilmacrenan;  Magherla^in^,  in  co. 
Galway ;  Co.  Donen — Donmore  ^or  Done-mohr), 
in  CO.  Mayo;  Donelaw,  in  Kildare;  Donlou, 
Donekelin,  Donoghmore  (Done-agh-mohr),  Done- 
vant.  Isle  of  "  Donecogh,"  in  the  cove  of  Cork ; 
Donn-o-done,  Don-oghan,  "  Point  Donemanno  "  : 
most  of  these  latter,  and  many  others,  in  the  co. 
"  Corck." 

There  is  a  "Done-fiam**  in  Kildare;  but  I 
dare  say  you  will  think  /  ought  to  have  done  by 
this  time,  and  will  finiah  by  referring  G.  B.  to  the 


answer  given  by  Db.  Todd  in  reply  to  Abhbi 
and  myself,  in  reference  to  "  Donnybrook,"  or,  as 
it  is  elsewhere  spelled,  "Donne-nach-brok**;  which 
Db.  Todd  made  out  to  be  "  Domnachbrok,"  or 
"  the  church  of  St.  Broc,**  but  on  what  authority 
I  know  not  or  forget.  Is  there  not  some  affinity 
between  this  word  "  Done,"  or  "Doune,"  and  our 
own  "  town  "  or  " -ton"  (final)  f 

1  see  in  these  words,  for  want  of  a  better  ety* 
moloffy,  some  notion  of  "  power"  and  authority, 
and  fancy  that  the  places  to  which  the  term  was 
applied  in  olden  times  were  the  seats  of  power — 
or  centres  of  justice — in  their  respective  neigh- 
bourhoods. The  word  seems  to  be  used  in  much 
the  same  way  as  the  Phcenician  car  or  cor,  and 
the  Welsh  car  or  caer.  What  would  your  corre- 
spondent think  of  the  Irish  ^|T)e  ("duine"),  a 

man;  and  Dundee,  with  his  "dounie"  followers, 
of  whom  the  old  song  speaks?  The  Irish 
word  represents  power  —  "man";  the  Scotch, 
bravery  and  devotion.  Will  some  learned  ety- 
mologist give  his  opinion  P    I  have  tried  my  best. 

Chbsbdobough  Uabbbbton. 
Totness,  Devon. 


Bedekah  at  the  Well  :  Eastbbn  Costumb 
(2'*^  S.  xii.  347,  377;  3'*  S.  i.  95.)— The  dress  of  the 
females  of  Harran,  in  Padan  Aram,  as  observed  by 
my  wife  and  myself  on  our  recent  visit  to  that  place, 
is  generally  as  follows : — A  long  indigo-blue  cotton 
gown,  with  long  sleeves ;  a  dark  red  apron,  with  a 
border  at  the  bottom  flowered  yellow,  and  with  a 
red  and  yellow  fringe ;  a  broad  scarlet  waistband, 
flowered  yellow ;  a  black  cotton  handkerchief  over 
the  head,  and  fastened  under  the  chin ;  over  it, 
bound  broad  and  flat  round  the  head,  as  a  turban,  s 
chintz  handkerchief,  black,  with  green  and  yellow 
flowered  stripes;  and  lastly,  a  white  shawl  or 
scarf,  with  white  and  blue  fringes,  thrown  over 
the  back  of  the  head  and  shoulders,  and  crossed 
in  front.  Such,  at  least,  was  the  dress  of  a  couple 
of  "damsels**  who  helped  my  wife  to  draw  water 
from  "  Rebekah's  Well.** 

Many  of  the  females,  but  not  all,  had  small 
nose-rings,  as  also  necklaces  and  bracelets*  We 
did  not  see  any  anklets. 

I  have  delayed  making  this  communication  till 
after  the  appearance  of  the  AthencBum  of  March  1, 
in  p.  297  or  which  is  a  letter  from  me  in  answer  to 
the  objections  against  my  identification  of  Harran, 
raised  by  the  Rev.  J.  L.  Porter,  author  of  Mur- 
ray's Handbook  for  Syria  and  Paletdine;  my 
motive  for  the  delay  being,  to  avoid  unnecessary 
controversy  in  the  pages  of  "  N»  &  Q.'* 

Chablbs  Bbkb. 

Bekesboorne. 

Fbidats,  Saibts*  Days,  and  Fast  Days  {^  S. 
i.  115, 155.) — The  appearance  of  Lobd  Ltttel- 
T0N*8  name  justifies  some  further  notice  of  a  ques- 


»*a.tMia.a,tf\ 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


193 


ticHi  which  need  hafdij  hare  been  raued.  All  eb* 
stinence  from  food  is  in  a  sense  futing.  But  fasting 
ia  divided  bj  the  Catholic  Clinrch  into  two  kinds, 
— failing  in  ita  exhaustive  sense,  wbiuh  limits  both 
quantitr  and  quality  of  food,  —  and  abstinence, 
vhich  limita  the  qutlit;  onlj ;  that  is  to  saj,  for- 
bida  the  dm  of  animal  food.  Good  Fridaj  is  a 
d>7  of  the  itricteat  fast ;  a  fast  whioh  is  con- 
tinued on  the  following  Saturday,  or  Sabbath, 
and  ia  terminated  bj  tho  Festival  of  Easter  Sun- 
day. All  other  Fridava,  except  any  Christmas 
Day  which  falls  on  a  Fridaj,  are  days  of  absti- 
nence; that  is  to  Mj,  they  are  dajs  upon  which, 
sxcept  bj  dispensation  on  account  of  health,  no 
animal  food  is  eaten,  but  other  food  is  allowed 
without  reatriction. 

Loan  LrrrEi.TO(f,  under  the  impression  that 
bsa  quotation  was  suIScient,  omitted  part  of  the 
heading  in  the  Book  of  Common  Frajer  of  the 
Eatabliabed  Church.  The  list,  in  which  "  all  the 
Fridays  in  the  year,  except  Christznas  Day,"  are 
recited,  is  headed,  "Days  of  Fasting,  or  Absti- 
memx."  A  Table  immediately  preceding  is  headed, 
«A  Table  of  the  Vigils,  Fasts,  and  Dayi  of  Ab- 
tUnenee  to  be  observed  in  the  Year."  The  dis- 
tinction between  fasting  and  abstinence  was 
perfectly  familiar  to  the  minds  of  the  compilers 
of  the  new  book.  But  the  circumstance  of  their 
baring  placed  the  Fridays  in  the  same  list  with 
the  days  of  fasting  has  proved,  it  seems,  a  ground 
of  mistake.  In  England,  as  elsewhere,  the  prac- 
tice of  the  Catholic  Church  is  as  I  have  stated  it. 
D.F. 

Your   correspoadenti   Loan   Litteltoh    and 


Fridays  in  the  year  are  Fast  Days,  except  Christ- 
mas Day."  This  rule  cones  under  the  heading, 
"Days  of  Fasting,  or  Abstinence;"  but  under 
"  A  Table  of  all  the  Feostt  that  are  to  be  ob- 
■erred  in  the  Church  of  Kneland  throughout  the 
fear,"  we  find  a  long  list  of  Saints'  Days,  which 
certainly  sometimes  happen  on  Fridays ;  now 
obaerve,  Iheie  are  all  Feasts.  However,  it  may 
be  mnswered,  that  should  one  of  these  days  occur 
on  a  Friday,  the  rule  concerniug  Fasli  would 
orerrnle  that  concerning  Fault,  because  it  stands 
after  it  On  further  examination,  this  is  evi< 
dently  not  the  intention,  for  if  we  refer  to  the 
Bnbric  at  the  beginning  of  the  Creed  of  Saint 
Atfainanus,  we  find  among  the  list  of  days  upon 
which  It  i*  appointed  to  be  read  several  of  these 
Sainfe'  Days,  which  sometimes  fall  upon  a  Friday, 
aod  this  Rubric  commences  "Upon  these  J^sasb,-" 
therefore  if  one  of  these  happen  on  a  Friday,  i( 
would  certainly  be  a  feast  i  this  granted,  why  not 
the  other  Saints'  Days  upon  which  the  Creed  of 
Biint  Atbaauina  ia  not  appointed  to  be  read? 

G.  W.  M. 


CLBBOTHaH's   RiaBT   TO   TAKE  TBI  CbAIK    (S'* 

S.  i.  177.)  — Mb.  R.  W.  Duos  will  perhaps  be 
surprised  to  hear  tliat  in  the  winter  of  1839  the 
ratepayers  of  a  small  parish  in  Surrey,  not  twenty 
miles  from  London,  tliou'^bt  fit,  when  assembled 
in  vestry,  to  assert  their  right,  on  Hie  authorily  of 
Mr.  Toulmin  Smith !  to  elect  at  oil  times  ikat 
own  chairman,  and  notwithstanding  the  rector's 
strong  protest  to  the  contrary,  proceeded  then 
and  there  to  do  so,  by  placing  the  churchwarden 
in  the  chur.  The  rector  immediately  left  the 
meeting,  and  very  shortly  aflerwarda  consulted 
his  legal  adviser  on  the  subject,  by  whom  it  was 
referred  to  an  eminent  counsel  in  Doctors'  Com- 
mons, who  gave  it  so  strongly  as  his  decided 
opinion  that  the  conduct  of  the  ratepayers  waa 
illegal,  that  they  were  called  on,  and  alter  aoma 
demur  on  their  part,  obliged  to  erase  all  the 
minutes  of  the  meeting  as  recorded  in  the  Veetry 
Book,  by  their  chairman,  who  added  a  note  in 
red  ink  in  his  own  iiandwriting,  and  with  his 
signature  attached,  stating  that  the  erasure  was 
made  on  account  of  the  meeting  having  been  iU 
legnl. 

I  believe  that  the  opinion  of  all  other  writers 
on  (he  subject  is  directly  contrary  to  Mr.  Toulmin 
Smith's.  S.  T.  P. 

Mb.  Disoic  seems  to  exult  that  he  can  produce 
the  opinion  of  a  gentleman  learned  in  tue  law, 
"  diriictlj  contrary "  to  those  already  quoted. 
He  must  be  wholly  ignorant  of  the  Act  lor  the 
Regulation  of  Parish  Vestries,  5S  Geo.  III.  c.  G9, 
where  it  ia  enacted  that,  "  If  the  lleclor.  Vicar,  or 
Perpetual  Curate  be  not  present,  then  n  Chair- 
man is  to  be  appointed  by  plurality  of  votes." 

H.  T.  Ellacomob. 

Reotory,  Clyst  St,  George. 

Chauceb's  "  Tababd  Inn,"  ano  Fibb  op  South- 
WABR  (3'*  S.  i.  09.)  —  Having  recently  —  through 
the  kindness  ofThos.Bridge  Simpson,  Esq.,  who hai 
lately  purchased  the  "  Spur  Inn, '  in  Soutbwork  — 
had  an  opportunity  of  examining  the  title-deeds  of 
that  properly  from  the  year  1S96, 1  am  able  to  state 
in  answer  to  W.  S.,  that  there  is  no  trace  in  the 
deeds,  of  the  "  Spur  Inn  "  having  been  burned  in 
the  year  1667.  I  think  that  the  fire,  which  oc- 
curred in  that  year  most  have  destroyed  sonw  of 
the  small  houses  and  factories  at  the  rear  of  the 
"  Spur  Inn,"  and  between  Guy's  Hospital  and 
King  Street,  then  colled  Axe  Yard,  or  Axe-and- 
Botcle  Tard. 

The  "  Spur  Inn  "  is  situate  about  SOO  fbel  south 
of  "  The  Tabard,"  both  of  them  being  on  the  east 
side  of  the  borough,  or  St.  Margaret's  Uill;  and 
between  them  there  are  two  other  inns,  vi».  the 
"Queen's  Head,"  and  the  "Three  Tuns;"  and 
there  was  a  third,  the  sign  of  which  I  now  forget. 
It  u  now  Kentish  Builduigi.       Geo.  B.  Cobrbk. 


191 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


[8>^  a  L  Mab.  8,  ■62. 


The  "Falls  op  Clyde,"  etc.— (3^  S.  i.  129.) 
— The  author  of  this  work  was  John  Black,  LL.D. 
(of  Glasgow),  a  native  of  Douglas,  Lanarkshire, 
born  about  1777.  Through  the  influence  of  Mr. 
Hamilton,  of  Sundrum,  in  whose  family  Mr.  B. 
was  some  time  tutor,  he  became  the  Minister  of 
Colyton,  in  Ayrshire,  and  died  at  Paris  2G  Au^. 
1826.  A  better  known  book  of  Dr.  Black's  is 
The  Life  of  Tasso. 

His  FalU  of  Clyde,  says  my  informant,  was  a 
juvenile  conception,  although  not  published  until 
1806,  and  did  not  please  the  critics,  who,  al- 
though they  commended  the  talent  and  research 
displayed  in  the  author  s  "  Dissertations  on  Fairies, 
the  Scottish  Language,  and  Pastoral  Poetry,**  con- 
demned the  Scottish  dialect,  plot,  and  execution 
of  the  feeble  dramatic  imitation  of  the  GenUe 
Shepherd,  to  which  these  learned  Essays  are 
tacked.  See  Paterson*8  Contemporaries  of  Bums, 
Edinb.  1840,  and  the  ScoW  Mag.  for  1806.   J.  O. 

P.S.  Will  any  reader  say  where  biographical 
particulars  may  be  found  of  the  Rev.  John  Black, 
Minister  of  Butley,  co.  Suffolk,  1799  ? 

[The  Rev.  John  Black,  who  appears  to  have  been  bom 
in  Scotland,  was  Perpetual  Curate  of  Butlev,  1789,  and 
of  Ramsholt  in  1807;  both  in  SufTolk.  In  1800,  he  was 
elected  Master  of  the  Free  School  at  Woodbridse  by  one 
party,  while  another  chose  the  Rev.  Peter  Lath'bury. 
Mr.  Black,  however,  was  forced  to  retire.  He  died  at 
Woodbridge  on  Aug.  80,  1813,  in  the  fifty-ninth  year  of 
his  age,  highly  respected  for  the  excellency  of  his  under- 
standing and  the  amiable  qualities  of  his  heart.  He  was 
an  eminent  classical  scholar,  and  possessed  considerable 
poetical  talents.  To  the  list  of  his  works  in  Watt*s  Biblio, 
Britan.  add  the  following,  A  Sermon  on  the  Death  of  the 
Rev.  Thomas  Carthew  of  IVoodbridpt,  1791,  4to.  A  por- 
trait of  Mr.  Black  is  prefixed  to  his  Poems,  1799,  8vo. 
His  son,  Mr.  John  Black,  was  one  of  the  surviving 
officers  of  the  ship  Lady  Shore,  of  which  An  Authentic 
Narrative  of  the  Jilutinu  was  published  by  his  father, 
1799,  8 vo.  — Ed.] 

Passage  ik  Lucian  (2°''  S.  xii.  326.) — I  cannot 
say  that  the  passage  is  not  in  Lucian,  though,  like 
N.  H.,  I  have  looked  and  cannot  find  it.  A  similar 
thought  is  in  Aristophanes : 

Irene,  v.  20. 

H.  B.  C. 

U.  U.  Club. 

Lrr£BABT''ANECi>OTB8  (3"»  S.  i.  130.)  — In  re- 
ply to  your  correspondent  L.  H.  M.,  who  asks 
whether  there  is  any  truth  in  two  anecdotes  which 
he  mentions,  I  am  prepared  to  answer  the  former. 

It  is  in  Dr.  Ash*s  English  Dictionary  that  the 
blunder  occurs.  Some  one  who  was  aware  of  the 
Doctor's  intention  of  publishing  a  derivative  dic- 
tionary, wrote  to  him  with  the  view  of  suggesting 
the  derivation  of  Curmudgeon  from  coeur  mechant, 
signing  himself,  "  your  unknown  correspondent," 
upon  which  the  Doctor,  who  was  not  acquainted 
with  the  French  language,  gave  the  derivation 


of  the  word  as  coming  from  the  French  ^  cceur, 
unknown,  and  michant,  a  correspondent.**     I  haTe 
seen  the  error  in  situ,  but  I  write  from  memory, 
having  no  longer  the  book  in  my  possession. 
Dr.  Johnson  was  too  good  a  linguist  to  have 

Ecrpetrated  such  a  blunder,  and  too  accurate  to 
ave  committed  such  an  oversight. 
A  curious  story,  of  a  similar  nature,  is  told  of 
Littleton,  who,  in  compiling  his  Latin  Dictianarw^ 
availed  himself  of  the  services  of  an  amanuensis. 
On  coming  to  the  word  concurro,  the  scribe 
rather  officiously  suggested,  "To  concur,  I  suppose, 
sir;**  upon  which  Littleton,  who  was  very  testy, 
roared  out,  "  Concur,  sir  ?  condog,**  and  the  first 
edition  of  Littleton's  dictionary  actually  appeared 
with  that  absurdity,  "  concurro,  to  condog.  * 

S.  L. 
In  Warburton's  edition'of  Shakespeare's  Works, 
1747,  vol.  i.  p.  355,  note  1  to  the  play  of  "  Mea- 
sure for  Measure  **  is  exactly  as  L.  H.  M.  quotes 
it:  — 

"  The  story  is  taken  from  Cinthio's  Novels,  December  8, 
Novembers." — Mr.  Pope, 

Job  J.  Bardwbll  Wokkaeb,  M.A. 

Miniature  Painter  —  Sillett  (3*^  S.  i.  39, 
135.)  —  I  have  to  thank  your  correspondent,  Mr. 
D*AvENET,  for  tlic  information  he  has  kindly 
rendered;  and  on  reference  to  the  work  named 
by  him,  I  observe  that  the  name  of  ^^  J.  Sillcti; 
del.**  and  in  one  instance  '*  J.  Sillet,  del.,**  as  the 
sketchcr  of  the  views  ;  but  the  name  of  the  author 
of  the  work  is  erroneously  given.  It  should  be 
Rev.  William  Richards,  not  Prichard,  as  your 
correspondent  lins  it.  I  correct  this  to  prevent  a 
perpetuation  of  the  error. 

I  have  also  heard,  within  the  last  few  weeks, 
from  a  neighbour  of  mine,  that  he  was  acquainted 
with  a  young  miniature  painter  named  Sillett, 
who  lodri^ed  in  this  town,  and  that  on  one  evening 
he  and  Sillett^  and  one  or  two  others,  met  and 
passed  the  evening  together.  Sillett  had  been 
getting  in  some  of  his  accounts  in  the  course  of 
the  day,  and  passed  a  friendly  evening;  but  that 
from  that  day  to  the  present  he  never  cither  saw 
or  held  any  communication  with  Sillett,  as  tht 
latter  left  the  town  for  Norwich,  the  next  day,  as 
he  believes.  This  took  place  about  twenty-five 
years  ago.  John  Nursb  Ghadwiok. 

Kiii£:*8  Lynn. 

Pass  AGE  in  Cicero  (3^*  S.  i.  111.) — The  wordi 
to  which  Von  Raumer  refers  are  perhaps  the  fol- 
lowing:—  **Sua  cuique  civitati  religio,  Laeli, 
est ;  nostra  nobis,** — somewhat  oracular,  it  is  true, 
but  thus  explained  in  Le  Clerc*s  note :  — 

*<Non  disputabo  qnalis  sit  JadsBoram  religio;  vtram 
et  nos  Dostram  habemus,  a  emus  maiestate  nimiam  ab- 
horret  jadaica  superstitio.**  (Le  Maire,  xl  OrotJMi  iv. 
188.) 

Many  German  writen  are  in  the  habit  of 


8^SLLMAB.a,'62.] 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


195 


quoting  the  sense  of  an  author  with  a  construc- 
tiT8  murepresentation  of  their  own ;  hence  it  is 
not  convenient  to  refer  to  the  exact  page,  volume, 
and  ettition.  Such  writers  may  take  a  lesson  from 
our  Gibbon,  Robertson,  and  Cornwall  Lewis. 
There  is  no  passage  in  Cicero  but  the  above,  at  all 
parallel  to  Von  liaumer^s  simulated  quotation, 
nor  is  (there  any  such  in  Tacitus,  who  has  much 
more  to  say  on  the  subject  of  the  Jews  and  their 
religion  than  would  be  thought  probable  a  priori, 

T.  J.  BUCKTON. 

There  is  no  such  **  saying"  in  Cicero  as  G.  de- 
scribes from  Von  Raumer;  but  in  Orat.  pro 
Flaeeo^  c.  28,  he  will  find  one  of  only  two  refer- 
ences to  the  Jews  by  the  illustrious  orator.  I 
may  give  a  sentence  which  probably  contains  the 
queried  **  saying  *' : 

" .  .  .  .  nunc  vero  hoc  magiR,  quod  ilU  gens,  quid  de 
imperio  nottro  sentiret,  ostendit  armis ;  qaam  cara  Dili 
Immortalibas  esset,  docait ;  quod  est  victa,  quod  elocata, 
qood  servata.** 

The  Jews,  not  their  God,  arc  here  scornfully 
and  contemptuously  spoken  of.  Still  I  suspect 
this  is  the  "  saying  "  referred  to  by  Von  Raumer 
and  G.  r. 

Ihdian  Missions  (3"*  S.  i.  90.) — A  numerous 
Ibtof  "New  and  Second- hand  Works  on  India" 
was  printed  by  Messrs.  Sutcr  &  Alexander,  32, 
Cheapside,  on  the  outside  of  their  excellent  little 
periodical,  The  Female  Misitionary  Intelligencer  *, 
during  1858,  1859,  I860.  These  lists  would  no 
doubt  be  of  service  for  Mb.  Paton's  object,  and 
probably  be  easily  procured  from  the  above- 
named  ])ublidhers,  even  now. 

The  Serampore  Missionaries^  2  vols.  8vo,bv  J.C. 
Marshman,  son  of  one  of  the  honoured  trio,  is  full 
of  valuable  information  on  the  subject^  especially 
in  the  early  part  of  the  present  century  It  bears 
on  mission  efforts  in  general,  as  well  as  those  of 
tho  Baptist  bodv.  See  also  Missionary  Sketches 
im  Norik  India^  Nisbet,  by  Mrs.  Wcitbrecht.  This 
detaib  particulars  of  the  early  rise  and  history  of 
the  principal  stations  (Church  Mission)  in  Upper 
India ;  the  events  transpiring  at  each  during  the 
recent  mutiny,  and  their  subsequent  prospects. 

It  is  almost  superfluous,  perhaps,  to  suggest,  for 
the  information  required,  the  Memoirs  of  Bishops 
Maddleton,  Heber,  D.  Corrie,  D.  Wilson,  Revds. 
H.  Martyn,  C.  Buchanan,  Thomason,  H.  Fox, 
and  many  more.  But  liglit  and  information  on 
the  subject  may  also  be  gleaned  in  many  cases 
from  the  Memoirs  of  their  friends  and  corre- 
spondents at  home,  as  those  of  Rev.  C.  Simeon, 
Andrew  Fuller,  S.  Pearce,  Messrs.  Ilaldanc,  &c. 

Mrs.  8herwood*s  Memoir,  as  well  as  her  little- 

*  This  periodical,  now  of  several  years*  existence,  as 
well  as  thoes  of  various  Missionary  SSocieties,  their  Re- 
forts^  Ae.y  and  tha  Missionary  lUgitter  also,  would  supply 
modi  infonnation  on  the  subject 


known,  though  remarkably  interesting  juvenile 
book,  The  Indian  Orphans,  also  furnishes  many 
anecdotes  and  details,  specially  of  the  efforts  of 
Martyn  and  Corrie.  S.  M.  S. 

Danbt  or  KiRKBT  Knowle  (3'*  8.  i.  97.)  —  A 

!  Yorkshireman  has  misunderstood  a  former  com- 
I  munication  of  mine ;  when  I  said  that  the  pedigree 

of  Danby  went  back  two  generations  before  the 
I  Norman  conquest,  I  counted  Armatrude  Danby, 
I  who  married  Edmond  Stringent,  as  forming  the 

second  generation.   I  was  clearly  justified  in  doing 

so,  as  it  seems  evident  that  (admitting  the  truth 

of  the  early  part  of  the  pedigree)  she  was  bom 

before  that  event. 
These  descents  are  thus  given  in  Dr.  Whitaker*s 

edition  of  Ralph  Thoresby's  Ducatus  Leodiensis^ 

p.  201 :  — 

John  Dsnbr,  Lord  of  Great  and  Little  Danby,  or  Danble.and 
Lands  in  Thirali,  Hntton,  and  Scovitona 


Armatrude  Danby  d.  and  sole  h.ssEdmond  Strinsant.  came 

I         witli  the  Conqueror.. 


John  Stringent,  caUed  of  Danbie,  which  he  had  in  right  of  hig 

mother^ 

K.  P.  D.  E. 

Postage  Stamps  (S'*  S.  i.  149.)  --  The  first 
approach  to  the  penny  postage  was  made  Dec.  6, 
1 839,  when  a  uniform  rate  of  fourpence  was  in- 
troduced. But  on  the  10th  of  January  following, 
the  penny  postage  was  adopted.  The  first  stamps 
were  black;  and  these  continued  till  May,  1841, 
when  red  stamps  were  substituted.  Blue  two- 
penny stamps  soon  followed,  and  then  came  en- 
velopes with  embossed  stamps;  the  penny  ones 
being  pink,  and  the  twopenny  blue.  The  blue 
stamped  envelopes  were  afterwerds  discontinued. 

F.  C.  H. 

Patents  (2**  S.  xii.  109,  140.)— In  my  reply 
to  Clarbt,  I  spoke  doubtingly  on  the  question, 
whether  **  novelty  of  invention  "  was  essential  to 
the  security  of  a  patent,  though  my  own  impres- 
sion leant  to  the  affirmative.  The  following  case, 
taken  from  the  Daily  I'elegraph  of  4th  February, 
will  perhaps  interest  your  readers :  — 
**  Harwood  v.  the  Great  Nortliern  RailuHiy  Company. 

**  This  was  a  question  relative  to  the  iDfringemeDt  of  a 
patent  for  fish-joiutiog  railways.  The  point  in  issue  was 
novelty  of  invention.  The  Court  of  Queen's  Bench  de- 
cided in  favour  of  the  plaintiff,  upon  which  it  was  brought 
into  court  and  re-argued,  when  their  lordships  took  time 
to  consider  their  judgment. 

**  The  Ciiurt  now  reversed  the  decision  of  the  Court  of 
Queen's  Bench,  and  directed  that  the  verdict  should  be 
entered  for  the  defendants,  on  the  ground  that  there  was 
no  novelty  of  invention,  -—  Judgment  reversed.*' 

Douglas  Allpoet. 

Quotation  (2-'»  S.  vii.  341 ;  xii.  178.)  — 
**  0  call  us  not  weeds." 
I  believe  I  can  say  with  certainty  that  these  well* 
known  line?  are  not  by  Mr««  H«mwGA^«!&\s£isXft^Vsi 


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La»ta.LHu.8,<a. 


Mb-  Dillon.  When  I  edited,  some  jcara  since, 
□ne  of  the  oldest  and  moDt  popular  of  our  jurenile 
tosgaiines,  they  were  sent  me,  as  original,  by  a 
valued  correspondent,  whose  name  I  dd  not  feel 
at  liberty  to  inenlion,  and  who  I  iim  sure,  could 
not  have  acted  with  dial n gun uousneas,  aa  indeed 
Rhe  had  no  reason  to  do,  her  own  poetical  produu- 
tioni  being  of  a  very  auperior  character.  She 
was,  moreover,  particularly  acquainted  with  our 
aea-weedi  land  fuci,  and  resided  on  the  coast  of 
Donetahire  at  the  time.  Docctis  Aixfoht. 

Defaced  and  woes  Coiks  (3"  S.  i.  130.)  — 
The  application  of  muriatic  acid  is  often  rcry 
■ucccialul  in  rendering  defaced  coina  more  legible. 
But  bavinj;  had  a  good  deal  of  experience  in  tblg 
matter,  I  have  found  tbat  holding  the  coin  in  a 
slanting  direction,  dose  to  the  light  of  a  strong 
lamp,  wilt  often  enable  a  person  to  make  out  ob- 
scure Icltera  or  devices,  by  making  tben>  cast 
some  little  abade  on  the  side  opposite  to  the  light. 
I  have  made  out  many  legends  by  this  means, 
Vhen  every  other  bos  been  tried  in  vain. 

F.  C.  11. 

W111CRI.ET  Famiit  (!2"«  S.  li.  3S0.)— I  hove  by 
me  a  will  of  William  Winckley,  a  Catholic  priest, 
dated  1st  Nor.  IT'IO;  by  whieh  be  leaves  his 
Tiephews,  Thomas  Winckley,  of  Banister  Hall,  and 
Christopher  Grodel,  of  Barbies  Moor,  bia  resi- 
duary loga  tecs.  Barbies  Moor  is  in  Ulnes-WalUin, 
tn  the  parish  of  Croston.  Both  the  Ordnance  Map 
and  Lewis's  Topogrviphieal  Diciiimary  mention  an 
old  atone  cross,  well  preserved ;  and  the  existence 
anciently  of  roonastio  cells.  The  cross  is  said  to 
cover  the  remains  of  Winckley ;  who,  at  the  date 
of  hii  will,  was  exercising  his  priestly  functions 
at  Gradwella.  Ctn  any  of  the  readera  of  "  N.  & 
Q."  give  any  nci-niint  of  lliese  Grndwelld,  or  of 
the  raonailic  cells  f  Or  of  how  the  Dowager  Lady 
Shelley  is  the  present  representative  of  the  Winck- 
ley family  P  A.  E.  L. 

IlussEr;  IIuHST  (3""  S.  i.  1370— The  surname 
HuBsey  may  bo  corrupted  from  llursey,  wbicb  is 
common  in  some  parts  of  Sussex  and  Kent  —  i[s 
origin  (Hurst  ca)  being  apparently  obvious.  I 
have  known  the  namea,  Hurst  and  Hnraey,  in  the 
Immediate  neighbourhood  of  the  town  of  Mid- 
hurst  in  the  West  of  Sussex  ;  and  in  Kent,  Med- 
hurst,  Acbhurst,  PankbursI,  Billini^hurst,  and 
others  in  which  Uurat  occurs  in  coubmation,  are 
not  unfrequently  to  be  met  with.  S,  A. 

Jokes  av  tub  Scabciti  of  Buu-ion  (3*^  S.  l 
13S,)  — In  the  years  1811  and  lSl-2,  gold  coin 
was  so  scarce,  that  I  remember  seeing  at  a  largo 
fair  in  a  city  in  Ihe  West  of  England,  among  other 
Utrnctions  held  out — such  as  the  &ined  Ilottcntot 
Venus,  &c.  —  a  man  exbibltinK  n  guinea  framed 
and  glazed,  as  a  great  curiosity,  at  a  half|>eiiDy 
a-head.     The    oddity  of  tho    conceit    actually 


brought  the  exhibitor  so  many  to  sec  the  guinea, 
that  1  verily  believe  he  took  more  money  than 
many  of  the  regulor  showmen.  F,  C.  H. 

CoLOSKL  (3"  8,  i.  130.)  —  !  suspert  Ibatif  dne 
force  were  given  to  the  r  in  Cumel  the  word  would 
come  very  near  to  its  original,  'llic  Spaniards, 
who  lent  us  military  terms  and  ordinances  in  the 
sixteenth  century,  write  it  Coronel  (0  this  day. 
The  earlieat  English  is  Coronel,  afterwards  Col- 
limetl.  In  the  first  edition  of  Digges's  Stratioiieos 
(1579),  the  word  is  Coronel,  but  CoUonel  oeenrs 
once  at  least.  In  the  second  edition  (1690),  it  is 
CoUonel  in  the  body  of  the  work,  and  Coroml  in 
the  additions,  some  of  which  have  reference  (o 
Sjianish  alTairs.  1  agree  with  Johnson  that  Colonna 
and  Cohmalia  are  equally  plausible ;  but  surely 
Cororui  is  the  root.  What  did  this  officer  wear  on 
bis  helmet  ?  Il  is  in  favour  of  this  Spanish  deriva- 
tion that  the  French  had  no  term  but  maiire  de 
camp  long  after  tbe  English  used  the  word 
CoUinel.  A.  De  Mobcam. 

Weevisq  auoho  the  Anciehts  (S^  S.  i.  132.) 
—  The  difference  between  ancient  and  modem 
weeping  has  probably  been  discussed,  though  I  do 
not  know  where.  If  not,  it  ought  to  be.  The 
Greeks  and  Itomane  did  not  hide  their  tears  from 
sbaroe,  nor  always  shed  them  through  grief. 

KIpenor  gets  drunk  at  Circe's,  and  breaks  hi* 
neck  in  falling  from  the  house-top.  He  was  of 
small  value, 

AAfiuof  iv  nvXuy,  Dtrn  6otaX¥  to-if  afivpitt." 

Od.  x.iSi. 
And  Dlysses  did  not  think  him  worth  picking  np, 
in  his  haste  to  get  uway. 

'AjiAnirrrDr  na^  mffanrov'irtl  IrdpiK  oUAoff  *«*>»." 

Od.  xi.  A3. 

In  Hades  his  shade  remonstratM  with  Ulyssct, 
who,  on  his  return  to  earth,  gives  the  body  a  hand- 
some funeral,  Ba^fpiw  nari.  BiK/nr  xlo'^"-  Oowper 
says  "  utaltred  his  fuiierul  rites  with  many  tears." 
What  would  Tom  Brown  say  tn  a  Ru^by  boy 
who  cried  at  the  poaaibilitj'  of  the  umpire  in  a 
foot-race  deciding  ngainpt  hiinF 

"  Tutalur  favor  Euiyalnm,  Iticrimatpu  drcarm, 
Qratioi  et  pulchro  venicns  iA  corpore  virtue." 

Scarron  appr^^claled  the  lacrlmose  constitution 
of  ^^iicas : 

"F.a4isSti«Jit4mm 
Et  mouills  la  hco  blemie; 
II  plauroit  en  perfwlion, 
Kt  meme  sans  nffliclion." 
Virjili  Travati,  2Ea.  i.    Amst.  eJ.  i.  119. 


I  see  no  reason  for  being  ashamed  of  weepio? 
when  there  is  anything  to  weep  at  I  bave^heard 
and  I  believe  that  tbe  Duke  of  Wellington  did  so 


|H  s.  I,  itu.  a.  vs.] 


KOTES  AKD  QUBRIEa 


197 


at  T.  P.  Cooke,  in  the  play  of  Black-eged  Siuan.  I 
Iiave  seen  judgeg  weep  wbea  jioaiing  sentence  of 
death,  but  tbc  conTentJannligm  is  coiiii'  uiil  of  une. 

Garricb  Club. 

I  tbiiik  W.  P.  J.  overlooks  tiio  fuct  tbat  tlie 
ancient  literature  nliiub  baa  survived  to  our  daj, 
U  tbe  product  of  wBTm  and  passionate  countries  — 
Aais  tnd  Mediterranean  Europe :  and  that  it  is 
difference  of  climate  and  not  of  time  which  rcndera 
our  modern  Englisb  literature  calmer  and  leaa  de- 
monstrative. It  rcSccIii  tbe  temper  and  manners 
of  the  people  ;  and  we  all  know  tbat  public  ex- 
hibitions of  feeling  are  more  common  in  the  sunnj 
south  tbtm  in  our  cold  northern  climate. 

Jon  J.  Babdwell  Wobkabd,  M.A. 

EutCTionBEaEBs  (3"*  S.  i.  130.) — Mb.  Stuabt 
Abu-'a  word  appears  to  be  formed  from  an  ima- 
ginary verb  active,  of  wbicb  "  electioneering"  ii 
the  present  participle;  but  I  am  inclined  to  think 
kll  ttireo  forms,  electioneer,  'eerer,  and  'eering',  are 
inadmiasible  in  degant  English. 

Job  J.  Qabdweu.  Wobkabd,  M.A. 

Besides  J.  Stuart  Mill  may  be  named  Dean  Isaac 
Milner,  who  is  given  as  an  aulborit;  for  tbc  use  of 
this  word  by  Worcester  in  his  DieHonary  of  Ike 
EngUth  Langmge,  1860.  D.  M.  Stbtwis. 

Guildford, 

Tbb  Ass  ah»  the  Ladheb  (3""  3.  i.  U.) — 
Hie  Query  of  A.  W.  H.,  so  satisfactorily  answered, 
recalls  attention  to  a  well-known  caution  very 
necessary  to  superficial  iniimrers — "Believe  ne- 
ttling to  be  impoasiblu."  Every  one  conversant 
with  our  London  strect-ology  knows  tbat  in  our 
Own  day,  tbe  ass  Aoi,  again  and  again,  ascended 
tbe  ladder ;  and  tbat  among  our  bousebold  words, 
we  may  now  reckon  tbe  soraewbat  vulgar  cry, 
"Twopence  more,  and  up  goes  tbe  donkey  I " 

DoDGLAB  Allpobt. 

ScHDAT  Newspafebs  (3'^  S.  1.  49.)  —  It  is 
)Uucb  to  be  regretted  that  false  imprcsaions  should 
g'ct  abroad,  through  mere  careleasneaa  and  want 
O-f  sequence  in  tlie  narratives,  even  of  intelligent 
■nd  well-meaning  authors.  Can  we  acquit  the 
Hon.  H.  A.  Murray  on  tbia  score,  when  he  tells 
nj  that  be  found  the  Sunday  attendants  at  a 
Presbyterian  Church  in  New  Orleans  all  engaged 
in  reading  newspapers  ?  Newspapers  are  cer- 
tainly never  "  full "  of  religious  "  anecdotes  and 
experiences,"  as  be  subsequently  leads  us  to  be* 
lieve  those  were  wbicb  be  saw  in  the  hands  of 
this  irreverent  con^egation  ;  so  that  bis  startling 
•tatement  really  mnouiils  lo  little  more  than  lhi:i, 
■~  tbat  in  America,  as  in  Ibis  country,  it  is  cus- 
tomary to  Btiroubile  ibe  zeal  of  tlie  Church  by 
&niisbing  it,  from  time  to  time,  with  reports  and 
beidenta  UlustrUing  the  neceuity  or  locceH  of 
its  ttperstioiu, 


If  the  Presbyterians  of  New  Orleans  were  really 
studying  politics  when  tbey  ought  to  have  been 
more  piously  engaged,  llr.  Ulurray  should  have 
stayed  bis  pen  at  tbc  close  of  the  first  paragraph  ; 
for  no  one  can  fail  to  see  the  great  diaparity  be- 
tween oven  a  "  religious  "  newspaper,  and  a  mere 
collection  of  "  aneciloles  and  experiences." 

Douglas  Aixpobt. 

Ghat's  "Elbqj"  pabodibd  (a**  S.  xii.  128; 
3""  S.  i.  112.)  —  Your  correspondent  will  find,  on 
turning  to  your  last  volume  (as  above)  tbat  Dun- 
combes  excellent  parody  was  first  issued,  as  a 
separate  publication,  in  1753,  again  in  1765,  and 
a  third  time  in  1776.  On  this  last  occaaion  it 
was  stated  on  the  title-page  to  be  the  production 
of  ■'  An  Oxonian,"  and  tbrms  in  fact  the  most 
impudent  literary  theft  with  which  I  am  ac- 
quainted.  Who  wrote  the  three  parodies  enu> 
merated  by  the  Editor  (p.  1 12),  and  that "  On  tbe 
Death  of  '  The  Guardian  outwitted,'  an  Opera," 
published  in  1765?  Are  there  any  other  paro- 
dies on  the  Elegy^  besides  these,  that  by  Twiss, 
and  tbat  most  felicitous  one  which  appeared  in 
Panch  a  few  years  ago,  in  wbicb  tbe  "  contenipla- 
tion  "  is  transferred  to  a  police  station,  where  — ■ 

"  Earh  in  his  natcti-cciat,  warm  and  saugly  Uid, 
Tbe  mild  tiratactors  cf  tho  public  alccp  ?  " 

Delta. 

Leaden  Cora  yonsB  at  Clahe  (2"*  S.  xii.  434.) 
—  This  coin  lias  been  examined  by  competent 
authority  and  pronounced  to  be  a  French  coin  of 
tbe  sixteenth  century.  Obverae  :  bust  of  Cathe- 
rine dc  Medici  with  legenii,  "  Cstharina,  Mo- 
dic[a>B]  semper  .  Augusta."  Reverse :  Fame 
standing  on  a  cloud  blowing  her  trumpet,  tbe  field 
above  dotted  with  stars.  Legend :  "  j^tcrna  . 
fama."  *  W.  J.  D. 

UnIVEBSAL  StlFFBAOE  (3'''  S.  i.  131.)  — Tbc 
preamble  of  the  Act  8  Hen.  VI.  c.  7,  throws  some 
light  on  tbe  question  raised  by  &ln.  Stevens.     It 

"  Wbcreu  elections  have  been  nwde  by  vei7  grsat, 
outrageous,  and  cxcesaive  numbers  of  people,  of  small 
subiitsace,  and  of  no  value,  nhercof  every  of  them  pn- 
tended  a  voice  equlTsIeot  wi(h  the  most  wortby  kntghti 
and  esquirca.  vhetebf  nionsleugliter,  rinti,  balteries.  ind 
diviaians  amoni;  tbe  gentlemen  and  olber  people  of  Ibe 
sime  countiee  aball  vecy  likely  rise  and  tie,  unless  rtjmedy 
be  provided." 

The  following  authorities  will  (I  think)  show 
that  previously  to  the  passing  of  this  Act,  all  fret' 
men  had,  by  tbe  common  law,  a  right  to  vote :  — 
Dnlton,  Duhj  nf  Sheriff,  334  ;  Prynne,  Brevia 
Parliamentaria,  487. 

Jon  J.  Gabdwell  Workabd,  M.A. 


Kdtlanii,  County  or  Suibb  (S"'   S.  i.  111.) 

Mb.  MoNTAiiDAN  may  be  assured  that  there  is 

I  difierence  or  distinction  between  a  county  or 

abire.     Wa  derive  the  former  terta^  &"ao^  *« 


198 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


[8*^  8.  L  Mab.  ^  "61 


French,  tbe  latter  from  the  Saxon ;  but  they  are 
purelj  synonymous.  Rutland  must  have  had  its 
yearly  officer  or  sheriff  from  the  time  when  it  was 
first  made  into  a  county  in  the  reign  of  Alfred 
the  Great,  but  this  would  have  no  bearing  on  the 
question.  D.  M.  Stbvens. 

Guildford. 

Gilbert  Ttson  (2"*  S.  xii.  418 ;  3'*  S.  i.  37.) 
—  The  statement  of  A.  B.  that  Gilbert  Tyson 
was  Lord  of  Alnwick  before  the  conquest  is  sup- 
ported by  the  authority  of  Dugdale  {Baronage^ 
▼ol.  i.  p.  90.)  And  Grose,  in  enumerating  the 
escutcheons  sculptured  on  the  octagon  towers  of 
Alnwick  Castle,  describes  the  first  of  the  series  as 
being  '^  a  plain  shield  with  a  bend :  supposed  to 
be  &e  original  arms  of  Tyson^  the  proprietor  of 
the  castle  in  the  Saxon  times.**  (Antiquities  of 
JEngkmd,  vol.  iv.  p.  44.) 

If  there  was  any  follower  of  William  the  Con- 
queror, who  bore  a  similar  name,  he  was  probably 
a  member  of  the  Norman  family  of  Tesson  —  the 
bearings  of  which  family  are  stated  by  Stapleton 
to  have  been  —  "  fessc  d*er mines  et  de  paesle  dc 
six  pieces.**  {Rotuli  Scaccarii  Normannia,  vol.  ii. 
p.  cvii.)  Memoe. 

TaBNEBS  or  Eckington  (3'*  S.  i.  90.) — As  it 
would  be  difficult  to  find  a  year  between  1558  and 
1862,  in  which  the  name  Turner  does  not  occur 
in  the  Eckington  Parish  Register,  and  as  in  one 
of  the  earliest  of  those  years  (1559)  no  less  than 
three  Henry  Turners  were  married,  it  will  pro- 
bably not  be  easy  to  supply  the  information 
wanted  by  R.  W.  T.  V. ;  but  if  he  will  communi- 
cate in  his  full  name  with  the  curate  of  Eckington, 
I  may  venture  to  say  that  he  will  not  repent 
having  done  so.  J.  Eastwood. 

Eckington. 

Edwabd  Raban. — In  a  former  number  (2'"*  S. 
xii.  21.)  a  doubt  was  started  as  to  the  death  of  this 
celebrated  Aberdonian  printer,  at  the  time  asserted 
by  Kennedy  in  his  Annals  of  Aberdeen,  This  in- 
quiry produced  a  very  satisfactory  and  polite  an- 
swer from  Mb.  Cltne  (p.  74),  in  which  he  was 
satisfied  that  the  annalist  had  been  somewhat 
hasty  in  his  conclusions.  Recently  several  theses 
were  found  by  Mr.  Halket,  the  able  and  zealous 
librarian  of  the  Faculty  of  Advocates,  printed  at 
Orange  by  Edward  Raban,  of  an  earlier  date  than 
the  tract  on  the  history  and  antiquities  of  that 
city  noticed  bv  me.  These  are  valuable  evi- 
dences, particularly  as  they  show  that  the  Orange 
Raban  held  a  similar  position  and  appointment 
to  that  of  the  Aberdonmn  Raban  in  tne  city  of 
Bon  Accord. 

The  probability — certainly  not  an  unreasonable 
one  —  IS  that  the  Orange  Kaban  was  a  son  of 
the  Aberdeen  printer,  who  having  no  relish  for 
the  Covenant)  may  have  emigrated  to  the  con- 


tinent The  first  production  from^  the  same 
press  that  we  have  seen  is  a  rare  little  volume 
which  was  purchased  by  Mr.  T.  G.  Stevenson, 
Bookseller,  Frederick  Street,  Edinburgh,  at  the 
sale  of  Principal  Lee*s  Library,  and  of  which  the 
following  is  the  title :  — 

**  Christ's  Testame;it  unfolded,  —  Seav<Hi  Godiie  and 
learned  Sermona  on  oar  Lord's  seaven  last  words  spoken 
on  the  Crosae.  By  M.  A.  Sv'mson,  Minister  of  the  Goepell 
at  Dalkeith.  Printed  at  Edinburgh  by  Edward  Rabtn, 
dwelling  at  the  Cowgate  port,  at  the  signe  of  A.  B.  C 
1620." 

It  is  dedicated  to  Anne,  Countess  of  Morton, 
the  lady  whom  Lord  Orford  has  introduced 
amongst  his  Royal  and  Noble  Authors,  because  a 
particular  devotional  work,  passing  under  her 
name,  but  in  reality  **  composed  by  one  M.  G.," 
contains  the  following  extraordinary  Query,  '^  0 
Lord,  wilt  thou  humble  thyself  to  hunt  after  a 
flea  ?  *'  J.  M. 

Abmt  akd  Navy  List  (3"»  S.  i.  75.)  —  The 
earliest  production  of  this  description  is  an  en- 
graved one  forming  a  handsome  post  8vo.  volnme, 
and  published  at  London  **  by  John  Millan,  op- 
posite to  the  Admiralty  Office,  Whitehall,  1746." 
The  following  is  an  exact  copy  of  the  title-page 
beautifully  engraven  by  "  P.  Fourdrinier,"  and 
enclosed  in  a  sort  of  triumphal  and  very  elegantly- 
formed  arch : 

"  The  Succession  of  Colonels  to  all  His  Majest^'-'s  Land 
Forces  from  their  Rise  to  1744;  Precedency  of  each  Re- 
giment, with  Dates  to  Promotions,  Removes,  Deaths,  &c. 
The  same  of  y*  Regiments  Broke  in  the  two  last  Reigns ; 
to  which  is  added  A  List  of  y«  Royal  Navy ;  when  Boiit, 
Rebuilt;  Number  of  Men  and  Guns,  Tonnage,  Dimen- 
sions, &c. ;  Pay,  Subsistance,  Half-pay,  Pensions,  &c  of 
y*  Army,  Navy,  and  Garrisons  at  Home  and  Abro**. 
1745." 

In  the  copy  now  in  my  library,  and  which 
formerly  belonged  to  the  **  Hon.  Charles  Hope 
Weir  of  Craigiehall  and  Blackwood,**  ib^re  is 
appended,  also  engraven,  1.  '^  The  Day*8  Pay  of 
the  Hanoverians,  Hesians,  and  Danes,  1744. 
Price  ed."  2.  *'A  List  of  the  French  Army, 
Printed  by  J.  Millan,  Whitehall,  1743.  Price  MT 
Both  of  these  are  engraved  by  E.  Thorowgood. 
3.  "  Towns  of  AVarr,  Castles,  Bulwarks,  and  Tor- 
tresses  in  Enfvland,  1588.  Published  lat  March, 
1744,  by  J.  Millan,  Bookseller,  near  WhitehalL 
Price  1«." 

This  is,  it  may  be  presumed,  the  earliest  Army 
and  Navy  List  of  the  kind  extant,  so  far  ai  can 
be  traced,  to  be  found  in  any  of  the  great  public 
libraries  north  the  Tweed.  Whether  the  BrHiah 
Museum  possesses  one,  we  have  no  means,  in  Ed- 
inburgh, from  the  want  of  a  printed  catdogue, 
of  ascertaining.  It  may  be  also  menttoned  that 
there  is  contained  in  it  a  long  list  of  the  Lords 
High  Admiral  from  the  Time  of  King  Alfred  to 
the  ;^ear  1744,  with  the  pay  of  the  Officers  of 
Admuralty  and  Navy  as  then  existing ;  ind  ak  it 


9i>i  a  L  Xab.  ^.'62.] 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


199 


was  in  the  reigns  of  Qaeen  Elizabeth  and  King 
Jftmes,  the  latter  ^From  original  MSS.  in  the 
possession  of  J.  Millan."  J.  M. 

NoCKTNaS  AKD  DoWBLL  MONBT,  BTC.  (3'**  S.  i. 

148.)  —  The  entries  inquired  about  all  relate  to 
Tirions  ways  and  means  by  which,  in  the  good 
old  times,  charchwardens  used  to  obtain  money 
for  the  church  expenses.  Three  of  the  four  are 
easily  explained :  Dowell  money  is  dole  money ; 
nockynge  is  hocking,  a  kind  of  gathering  which 
was  made  ibr  the  church  needs  (for  which  see 
Ellis's  Brand's  Pop.  Antiq.) ;  and  hrethered  is 
hreiherhed,  i.  e.  brotherhood,  fraternity,  or  guild. 
Thus  Chaucer's  Parson  — 

—  **  sette  not  bis  benefice  to  bayre. 
And  lefte  his  scheep  encombred  in  the  myre, 
And  ran  to  Londone  unto  seynte  Poules, 
To  leeken  bim  a  channterie  for  soules, 
Or  with  a  hrttkurhede  be  witholde." 

There  is  some  doubt  about  cdfowlin  branche ; 
bat  this  probablr  refers  either  to  All  Fools'  Day, 
or  All  Souls*  Day;  on  which  latter,  gatherings 
vaed  to  be  made  for  the  benefit  of  the  souls  m 
purgatory.  The  branch  may  refer  to  some  kind 
of  Whitsun-tree,  such  as  seems  to  be  referred  to 
in  the  following  extract  from  the  accounts  of  the 
parish  of  St.  Lawrence,  Heading :  — 

1505.  «.    d, 

••  IL  rcc*  of  the  meydeu*8  gaderyng  at  Wbit- 

sontyde  by  the  tre  at  the  church  dore,  | 

clerly      -------     ij.    vj 

It.  rec*  of  Richard  Waren  for  the  tre  >t  the 
church  dore     ------  iij 

J.  Eastwood. 

Though  unable  to  explain  the  above,  I  may 
throw  some  light  on  other  terms  inquired  for  by 
D.  M.  Stevens.  Sent  Jemyi  hrethered  is  evi- 
dently "  St.  James's  brotherhood,"  or  confrater- 
nity. Perhaps  alfowlyn  should  be  read  ahowiyn ; 
and  the  item  maybe  forgathering  a  branch,  or 
bough  for  the  church  on  All  Souls'  Day.  Yet 
dowell  means  a  feather,  and  possibly  it  may  have 
some  connexion  with  the  previous  entry  about 
an-fawling.  F.  C.  IL 

Abms  of  Waters  (2°*  S.  vi.  460.)— If  not  too 
late,  let  me  tell  Clement  that  the  arms  of  one 
family  of  Waters,  as  they  appear  on  a  seal  and 
book«plate  in  my  possession,  are,  —  argent,  a 
eheirron,  bet  3  chess  rooks  sable.  Crest :  a  sin* 
ister  arm  embowed  proper,  vested  gu.  cuffed  arg., 
holding  a  chess  rook  as  in  the  arms.  Motto: 
*^  Mcenibns  erode  ligneis."  Untte.  j 

Dr.  Makskl's  Epigrams  (3'^  S.  i.  131.)  — 
Dr.  Mansel  was  Master  of  Trinity  College,  Cani' 
krufgtf  not  Oxford,  as  Mr.  Rogers  has  it.     W.  S. 

FBHCU.-WIUTINO  (3"*  S.  i.  138.)  — I  beg  to 
point  out)  with  all  due  courtesy,  that  Hxbmbk- 


trudb  has  deceived  herself  and  the  readers  of 
**  N.  &  Q."  in  regard  to  the  writing  in  pencil  in 
the  Cottonian  MS.  Galba  B.  v.  She  states  that 
on  the  back  of  one  of  the  papers,  "  Charles  V. 
has  hastily  scrawled  his  name,  with  the  date 
*  Bologna,  1517.*"  If  I  mistake  not,  this  writing 
occurs  at  fol.  345  of  the  volume,  and  really  stands 
thus:  "Belgia,  1517,  Charles,"  written  in  pencil 
on  the  back  of  an  original  letter  from  Charles  V. 
to  Cardinal  Wolsey,  dated  from  Middelburg,  27 
Aug.  1517.  If  this  be  so,  it  is  surprising  that 
Hermbntbude  should  have  mistaken  this  memo- 
randum for  the  autograph  of  Charles,  since  at 
folios  294  and  ^*27^  his  real  signature  in  ink  may 
be  seen.  But  the  fact  is,  that  many  other  letters 
in  the  same  volume  bear  similar  memoranda  in 
pencil  of  **  Belgia^'*  with  the  date  and  names  of 
the  respective  writers,  and  they  all  seem  to  have 
been  written  by  the  Librarian  of  the  Cottonian 
Library,  in  the  seventeenth  century,  for  the  pur- 
pose of  having  the  papers  bound  up  together,  as 
relating  to  transactions  between  England  and  the 
Low  Countries  in  the  years  1517—1520. 

Ursula. 

Ci^eical  Lonqevitt  (2"*  S.  x.  176,  377;  3"*  S. 
i.  159.) — John  Kose  Holden,  of  Trin.  Coll.  Cam- 
bridge, was  B.A.  1795,  and  commenced  M.A.  as 
a  member  of  Clare  Hall,  1819. 

C.  H.  &  Thompson  Coofee. 

Cambridge. 


NOTES  ON  BOOKS,  ETC 

1.  The  Merry  Wives  of  Windsor. 

2.  Much  Adoe  about  Notliing, 

3.  Loves  Labour's  Lost. 

4.  A  Midsommer  NighCs  Dreame. 
6.   The  Merchant  of  l^'enice. 

The  Text  from  the  Folio  of  1C23 ;  with  Notices  of  tnt 
known  Editions  previously  issued.     (L.  Booth.) 

We  had  occasion  a  few  weeks  since  to  call  the  atten- 
tion of  our  readers,  and  with  the  praise  which  it  deserves, 
to  the  First  Part  of  Mr.  Booth's  admirable  reprint  oi 
the  famous  First  Folio  of  Shakspeare's  Plays.  That  lach 
a  reprint,  carefully  made,  is  a  great  boon  to  many  seal- 
ous  students  of  the  Poet  there  cannot  possibly  be  a  doubt. 
Wo  have  now  to  record  another  step  in  the  same  direc- 
tion. The  five  comedies  contained  in  the  part  already 
issued  (which  had  been  put  forth  separately  during  the 
author's  lifetime)  have  been  printed  separately!  in  a  form 
to  match  with  the  early  quartos,  and  interleaved,  so  that, 
in  the  language  of  tJ^e  Prospectus,  "  not  only  the  collec- 
tor may  complete  his  Quarto  Series  with  uniformity,  but 
the  ardent  and  patient  student  of  Shakspeare  possess 
the  opportunity  of  noting  the  variations  which  are  to  be 
found  in  the  texts  that  preceded  it ; "  "  by  which,**  to  use 
the  words  of  Mr.  Charles  Knight,  **  the  minute  but  most 
effective  touches  of  the  skilful  artist  maybe  brought  pro- 
minently to  view."  'i'o  few,  probably,  may  be  given  the 
time  and  opportunity  so  to  collate  and  study  the  work* 
ings  of  the  great  Poet,  as  exhibited  in  the  progresa  of  the 
whole  serenteen  plays  which  wUL  \y%  ^iKMk  ^»^fe^s^»^ 


NOTES  AKD  tJUEKIB!). 


Bat  Meti  u,  adopting  Iha  prindpla  of  mxAnt  mm  hiiiAm 
liHrc,d«rat«llianNlrHtotb«coiuld«nilioaof  oDcorotber 
of  bli  gnat  works  will,  w«  turo  no  donbl,  atUln  a 
mmdar  knowledge,,aiid  Inwr  appnclaUon,  eF  tbo  profiin- 
dilTand  varaatilltyof  Shalupeara'ig«aiua,and  Ihgipirit 
of  Bi«  wrltinn,  tbaa  ii  to  bo  ardinarilj  ittiiatd  by  - 


t  wrltinn, 

diMOIUTO 


id  for  th 


■Titun  of  (Indj.     Aad  for  tbli  pnrpow      Sodtt 


now  •ditton  I  and  that  Homi*.  HMid 

in  prepiiatioa  a  critical  edition,  nndBr  tbe  Joint  tditon) 
ofkr.Clark.tbBPublicOritorofCambridgai  Mr.  Gloi 
tbe  Librarian  of  Trinity ;  «ud  of  Mr.  Loard,  tba  naw 
altcled  Itegiitrar  of  tbo  UDiverailf  • 

A  Detcriptim  Caialogri  of  Ikt   Worii  of  Hit  Cam 


le  betUr  calculated  Iban 

Tha  FaeUitpt  qf  Skatmrt;  or,  a  HamUt  iritA  (As 
Early  DramalliU,  coRtai'niii^  muck  Hcu  owf  intemllMg 
JntbrmaHon  mpKtuig  Shak^xrt,  I^,  Mariowt,  Gretnt, 
andMJitrt.    (J.  K.  Smitb.) 

Hittarf  of  WiUiam  Skaktmart,  Pbtytr  and  Potl,  riA 
ntK  FaetiandTradaioiu.  Sjr  W.  S,  iullom.  (Saundcis 
&  Otier.) 

OiKihtntimdTcxIiifShi- '   "  — —   '"■-—-- 


epeare  are  aludied  at  the  piBMOt  lime,  li  evidaDcad  bj 
tbe  faot  Ihit  »e»rc«ly  a  week  paxei  in  wbich  Maic  nddi- 
tion  is  not  made  to  Uic  already  eaormoaa  mui  of  Sbak- 
apearian  literature.  New  facts,  new  lUiutnlloni^  new 
theories  are  constantlj  inviling  the  attention  of  those 
wbo  davote  tbemselTei  to  tba  worka  of  tbe  Great  Maitec 
To  tba  Gnt  of  tbo  tbraa  naw  volameg  on  Ibi*  prolific 
snbjort  to  which  wa  bare  now  to  inTite  nllenllon,  we 
may  fitly  spplv  Ihe  writer's  own  confluding  words, — 
"Hiat  thoagt'lhe  chaste  aaverlty  of  Sbakipearian  erl- 
Uciam  may  be  Inclined  to  condemn  tba  whole  aa  a  gal- 
Unuwft?  of  dreamy  sappoaes,  of  idle  imaginings,  yot 
tbera  are  some  points  that  deserve  a  candid  conaldera- 


1  only  say  that  we  wish 
equalled  hla  love  and  admiration  of  the  Post,  and  Ihe 
familiarity  with  his  writings,  which  he  everywhere  evincea. 
Bnt  it  ia  not  soi  and  we  cannot  beatow  upon  him  tho 
credit  of  Sliding  anything  to  onr  knowledge  of  the  Poet's 
history,  Ihongh  ha  may  have  done  samethinj;  lownrds 
increasing,  if  possible,  our  reverence  tbr  bis  Works. 

With  respect  to  Mr.  Bailey's  Kiiai,.  we  are  compelled 


9  that, 
majority  of  the 


any  pnai 


a   glva 

-  laid  down  by  h 
■    -le  Poet's 


be  pronounnd  corrupt,  and  the 
in  any  emendationa  brought  forwanl  with  a  view  to  rn- 
Btore  the  reading  to  Its  origins!  pnritv,  we  rarely  agree 
with  bira  when  he  attempts  to  put  those  prjnclplea  into 
practice.  Take,  for  inatauce,  his  lint  two  proposed  emen- 
dations. Ingenious  as  may  be  the  reasoning,  and  its  in- 
gaoully  we  fully  sdmit,  by  which  Ur.  Bailsf  support* 
tba  substitution  in  Hamlet  of, 


foi  tha  wall-known 

"  Or  to  lake  arm*  against  a  lea  of  troablas. 
And  by  opposing,  end  Ihem, 
and  of  "  both  thrillfd  to  Jelly,"  fbr  tha  old  "  SttiOid  to 
jelly,"  which  Mr.  Singer  so  Buccessfnlly  conBrmad  by  a 
panage  from  Du  Bartas,  —  we  much  doubt  whether  he 
will  Sod  a  single  Shakeapesrisn  scholar  to  adopt  his 
suggestions.     Commentolors  and  critics,  in  their  anxiety 


and  d 


t   the  n 


Dramitiat,  forget  what  one  of  the  ablest  of  their  number 
has  said  upon  the  subject.  Blr.  Hallam  did  not  hesitate 
tV  recognize   **the  extreme   obscuritf  of 


Soeii^,  tbitiitg  Uit  AoliinT  of  Ihtir  Frineipal  ContaiU, 
Periodt  of  TVnu  to  uhich  thi)  rdatt,  Iht  Data  of  tk 
CompoBlixm,  tluir  MS.  lourca,  Auilutn,  and  EdUt 
Aeeonipanied  by  a  Clataified  Arrangemtnt  and  rut  I»d 
and  ty  tome  ilfuMtratiet  Pariuiilart  that  hart  arisen  lii 
Ihiir  Pabliealioii.  Ba  1.  Uough  Kichols,  F.3.A.  (J. 
Nichols  &Sona) 

Mr.  Kicbola'  smple  title-page  renders  it  unneeeasary 
enter  at  any  length  into  the  nature  cf  tbe  present  voIdv 
which,  while  it  cannot  he  otherwise  than  useful  (o  thi 
who  possess  sets  of  tho  Camden  Society's  I'ubllcatio 
is  well  calculated  to  supply,  iu  a  measure,  tlieit  place 
Iboae  who  are  not  so  fortunate,  by  iwinling  out  to  tb> 
the  vast  amount  of  historical  materiala  which  the  &oci< 
haa  given  to  the  presa.  The  cissaificd  List  at  the  e 
of  (ha  preface  will  be  found  iti  this  respect  eipeila! 
uaeful.  We  sincerely  hope  that  the  succuas  of  the  pi 
sent  volume  may  be  auch  as  to  induce  Mr.  Nicliola 
give  us.  as  he  propoaea.  similar  catalogues  of  the  boo 
tanned  ijy  the  Roxburgh  and  t~ui(eea  Societies. 


BOOKS     AND    ODD     VOLUMES 


■rnt  u  Hui.i.  Biu.  a  Uudv,  FuUl^n'uf  -iioi'ES  A 
UUEUIEK,"  IM.  Fl«t  Bunt.E.C. 


it  J.  Jfacl-e-,  f^i.,  Slun 


WiatedlT  (/etnn  JViJii 


fiatUti  ttt  SaiTtftvantitiiU. 


^^^iSm  )&^^!^^i^',*£t^%i'S!r 


5^  S.  I.  Mar.  15,  *62.] 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


201 


LONDOy,  SATURDAY,  MARCH  15,  1862. 


CONTENTS.— JSo.  11. 


NOTES : —The  Registers  of  the  Stationers'  Company,  201  — 
The  Carylls  of  Ladyholt,  2^  — EOTal  Librarj,  204— Ac- 
oount-Book  of  Isabella,  Duchess  of  Grafton,  205  — Reins 
(Bridle),  206. 

HiiroB  Notes  :  — The  Devil  turning  Fiddler  —  The  Union- 
Jack  —  Rev.  Robert  Harris  —  Leaden  Ck)in  of  William  and 
Mary  — A  Spanish  Rhodomontade,  in  the  "  Enqvclopsedia 
Britannica.''^8th  Edition  —  Sir  Isaac  Wake  —  Kye,  .Riot, 
and  kyot — Shoe :  a  Prison.  207. 


QUERIES:  —Touching  for  the  King's  Evil :  Deeds  of  Pri- 


_  loights 

Trades  —  William  Dicconson  —  John  Eders  and  John 
Wilkes  — English  Epitaphs  at  Rome  — Frank lyn  — Ger- 
man Drama  —  Giles  Green,  M.P.,  and  Captain  Plunkett  — 
Family  of  Caesar  Hawkins  —  Jones  the  Clockmaker  — 
Laughton  —  Love  Lane  Chapel,  Deptford  —  Oughtred, 
Wm.,  the  Mathematician  —  Paulson,  &c.,20$. 

Queries  with  Answers:  —  Praise-God  Barebones  — 
8tow*s  "Survey*  — Pestrawe:  Alcumie  Stuffo- Hymns 
fironi  the  Parisian  Breviary —Squeers  and  Dotheboys  Hail 
— •'  Not  worth  a  Rap,"  211. 

REPUES:  —  Edmund  Burke,  212  —  Gorsuch,  213  —The 
Emiieror  Napoleon  HI., /6  —  Trial  of  Spencer  Cowper,  214 

—  West  Street  Chapel  —  Defaced  and  Worn  Coins  —  Quo- 
tation: "Forgiveness,"  Ac.  — Smuggling  — Sir  Archibald 
Alison's  "  Castlereagh  "  —  Pettigrew  Family  —  The  Ffol- 
liot  Family  —  Sutton  Family  — Arms  of  Wilkes  —  Doublcr 

—  Dacre  of  the  North  —  Ancient  Custom  in  Warwickshire 
on  AU  Souls'  Eve—  **  The  Beginning  of  the  End  "  —  Satin 
Bank  Note  —  Tabards  worn  by  Ladies,  Ac,  215. 


$0M* 

THE  REGISTERS  OF  THE  STATIONERS' 

COMPANY. 

{Continued from  3'*  S.  i.  143.) 

iif  January  (1591-2.)  — John  Wolf.  Entered 

for   bis  copje,  &c.  a  booke  intituled  The  poore 

man^s  Siaffe,  wrytten  by  R.  B vj*. 

[We  may  suspect  that  this  tract  was  by  Barnabe  Rich, 
who  about  this  date  seems  to  have  lived  mainly  by  his 
pen,  sometimes  reversing  his  initials  for  variety.  On  the 
other  hand,  an  R.  B.  has  ten  lines  prefixed  to  6.  Whet- 
stone's Engli$/i  Mirror^  1586,  4to ;  and  Richard  Bamfield 
was  a  notorious  poet  of  that  day  or  a  little  later.  In 
1591-2  he  must,  however,  hare  been  a  very  young  ver- 
lifyer.     The  Poor  Man's  Staff  was  probably  prose.  J 

"v***   Januarij. — Rlcbard  Jones.    Entred   unto 

bim,  &c.  A  pletuante  songe  of  the  valiant  actes  of 

Ovty  of  Warwicke^  to  the  tune  of  Was  ever  man  soe 

tott  in  love yj'. 

[Here,  with  unusual  particularity  on  the  part  of  the 
clerk,  we  have  not  only  the  title  but  the  tune  of  the 
ballad ;  and  we  may  be  confident  that  it  is  the  tame,  or 
nearly  the  same,  as  that  printed  by  Bishop  Percy  in  his 
Bdiquu,  iii.  105,  edit.  1765,  beginning  — 

**  Was  ever  knight  for  ladies*  sake 
Soe  tost  in  love,  as  I,  Sir  Guy,"  &c. 

The  title  of  an  original  copy  now  before  as  is  A  Pletuant 
Sang  of  tk§  valiaunt  Actet  atchieved  by  that  noble  Kni^t 
Sir  Guy  of  Warwicke,  who  for  the  love  of  faire  Phiti$  be* 
came  a  Hermit,  &c.  Percy  had  the  use  of  it  in  the  Pepy- 
aian  Collection,  and  he  followed  the  old  wording  pretty 
escactly.    The  story  origioated  Tery  early  in  France.] 


13  Januarij.  —  Jo.  Wolf.  Entred  for  bis  copy, 
&c.  The  Discovery e  of  x  Englishe  Lepers^  j*c. 

[This  was  most  likely  a  satirical  production  on  ten  pre- 
vailing vices.] 

14  Januarij.  —  Jobn  Cbarlewood.  Entred  for 
bis  copy,  &c.  A  merrie  newe  Jigge  betwene  Jenkin 
the  CoUier  and  Nansie vj*. 

[Another  lost  semi-dramatic  performance,  a  humorous 
dialogue  between  two  characters,  which  has  not  come 
down  to  our  day,  in  consequence,  doubtless,  of  its  de- 
struction by  the  thumbs  and  fingers  of  dirty  and  careless 
purchasers.J 

xv°  die  Januarij.  —  Tbomas  Gosson.    Entred 

unto  bim,  &c.  a  little  booke  intitled  A  shorte  and 

profitable  treatise  of  lawfuU  and  wJawfvU  recrea* 

tions YJ'. 

[Thomas  Goeson,  the  Stationer,  was  in  all  probability 
brother  to  Stephen  Gosson,  the  early  enemy  of  theatrical 
amusements,  who  began  life  not  only  as  a  dramatic  au- 
thor, but  as  an  actor,  and  who  relinquished  that  profes- 
sion for  divinity  before  he  published  his  School  of  Abum 
in  1579.  The  above  entry,  we  may  take  it  for  granted, 
records  some  small  tract  by  Stephen  Gosson  on  his  old 
and  favourite  theme,  the  pursuit  of  which  secured  him  so 
much  favour  as  before  1698  to  have  procured  him  the 
living  of  Great  Wigborough  in  Essex,  and  subsequently 
tlie  important  preferment  of  the  Rectory  of  St.  Botolph, 
Bishopsgate,  in  possession  of  which  he  died.  In  1595  he 
printed  a  poem  very  abusive  to  the  fair  sex,  bat  it  was 
published  by  Richard  Jones.] 

xvij"®  die  Januarij.  —  Roberte  Dexter.  Entred 
unto  bim,  &c.  A  booke  called  The  Arte  of  Areth" 
metike,  icritten  in  Latin  by  Peter  Ramusy  and  trans* 
lated  into  english  by  William  Kempe    .     .     .     vj*. 

[There  cannot  be  much  dispute  that  there  were  two 
William  Kempes  about  this  date ;  first  the  famous  come- 
dian ;  and,  secondly,  the  man  who,  in  1587,  had  written 
and  printed  A  dutiful  Invective  against  Babbington,  Bal- 
lard, and  their  accomplices.  The  above  registration  may 
refer  to  the  last,  but  could  hardly  relate  to  the  first,  whose 
Jigi  we  shall  see  entered  hereauer.] 

18  Jan.  —  Henry  Kyrkbam.  Entered  for  bis 
copie,  &c.  A  newe  ballad  of  John  wooinge  ofJone^ 
S-c .     .    vj« 

Henr^  Kyrkbam.  Entered  for  bis  copie,  &c.  a 
Ballad  intituled  The  Crowe  shee  sittes  uppon  the 
wall :  Please  one  and  please  ally  Sfc,    .     .    .     vj^. 

[This  is  an  important  memorandum  in  illustration  of  a 
hitherto  unillustrated  pas:iage  in  Shakespeare's  Twelfth 
Night,  Act  IIL  Sc.  4,  where  Malvolio  tells  Olivia,  "  If  it 
please  the  eye  of  one,  it  is  with  me  as  the  very  true  son- 
net is.  Please  one  and  please  all."  The  commentators 
had  no  other  memorial  of  this  **  very  true  sonnet  " ;  but 
here,  in  the  Stationers'  Registers,  we  see  entered  the 
identical  ballad  alluded  to  by  our  great  dramatist,  via.— 

**  The  crow  she  sits  upon  the  wall : 
Please  one  and  please  all." 

The  entry  is  dated  18  Jan.  1592;  bat  the  comedy  of 
TwelfOi  Night  was  not  acted  until  the  spring  of  1602,  and 
in  the  mean  time  it  is  probable  that,  from  its  popularity, 
the  ballad  containing  the  harden  **  Please  one  and  pleaaa 
all "  had  been  several  times  te^tl'^\M\.   ^  ^T£nK^^.\A&. 


202 


NOTES  AlfD  QUERIES. 


[8'd  a  L  Mar.  16,  '62. 


no  knowledge  of  this  memorandam  when  I  printed  the 
second  edition  of  Shakespeare  in  1S58.] 

Ult"  January.  —  Wm.  Wright.  Entred  for  his 
eopie  a  booke,  entituled  AJiggefor  the  Spaniard, 

y}\ 
4*»  Februarij.  —  Simon  Waterson.  Entered  for 
his  copie,  &c.  a  booke  called  Delia^  conteyninge 
divers  sonnets^  with  the  Complainte  of  Rosamon. 

yj^ 

[We  have  two  impressions  of  Delia  bj  Samuel  Daniel, 
dated  in  1592 :  the  first  of  these  is  so  great  a  rarity,  that 
we  believe  no  other  perfect  copy  is  known  of  it,  and  we 
will,  therefore,  describe  it  with  some*particularity.  The 
title  is  this :  —  **  Delia,  Contaynicg  certayne  Sonnets : 
with  the  complaint  of  Roflamond.  •—  jEttu  prima  eanat 
venere$tpostrema  tumultus.  At  London,  Printed,  by  I.  G.  for 
Simon  Waterson,  dwelling  in  Paules  Church-yard  at  the 
sign  of  the  Crowoe.  1592,"  4to.  At  the  back  of  the  title- 
page  are  the  errata,  then  a  dedication  to  the  Lady  Mary, 
Coantesse  of  Pembroke,  followed  by  fifty  sonnets,  **  An 
Ode,"  and  finally  "  The  Complaint  of  Rosamond."  The  title- 
page  has  an  arabesque  border,  whereas  the  title-page  of 
the  second  impression,  in  the  same  year,  bears  an  archi- 
tectural facade,  and  comprises  fifty-four;  sonnets  besides 
the  **  Ode  "  and  the  **  Complaint."  Some  copies  of  both 
Impressions  of  1592  read,  in  the  very  last  stanza  of  the 
•*  Complaint,"  **  So  vanqnisht  she,"  instead  of  "  So  vanisht 
she,"  which  last  must  b<9  right ;  and  the  emendation  was 
Introduced  into  some  copies  of  the  second  impression  of 
1592,  as  well  as  into  the  edition  of  1595.  12mo.  A  few  of 
Daniers  poems  had  been  surreptitiously  printed  by  T. 
Nash  in  1591,  and  the  former  remonstrated  against  it 
in  1592.  Daniel's  reputation  as  a  poet  was  at  once  esta- 
blished.] 

7  Febr.  —  Tbo.  Scarlet.  Entered  for  his  Copie, 

&c.  a  booke  intituled  the  Thirde  and  laste  parte  of 

Connye  Catchinge,  with  the  newe  devysed  knavyshe 

Arte  offoole  takinge vj*. 

[See  our  last,  p.  142,  where  we  sufficiently  notice  Uiis 
sequel  to  the  two  preceding  parts  on  the  same  subject.] 

xij  Febr.  —  Nichas  Lynge,  John  Busbye.  En- 
tred for  their  copie,  &c.  Euphuee  Shadowe,  with  the 
deathe  maris  Dialogue  annexed vj'. 

[This  tract  was  by  Thomas  Lodge,  but  as  he  had  ac- 
companied Candish  on  his  voyage,  it  was  published  by 
Robert  Greene  in  his  absence,  with  a  dedication  to  Vis- 
count Fitzwaters,  stating  the  fact.  It  was  printed  in 
1592  by  Abel  Jeffes  for  John  Busbie,  but  nothing  is  said 
about  Ling,  r  It  may  be  doubted]  whether  the  piece  were 
not  really  by  Greene.  For  the  deathe  man*s  Dialoyne 
in  the  registration,  we  must  read  **  deafe  man's  Dialogue." 
We  never  saw  nor  beard  of  more  than  two  copies  of  this 
rare  tract.] 

3  Aprilis.  —  John  Wolf  Entred  for  his  copie, 
kc.  A  propJiecie  for  eight  yeres  to  come    ,     .    vj^ 

Edw.  White.  Entred  for  his  copie,  &c  The 
tragedie  of  Arden  of  Feversham  and  black  will, 

[Black  Will,  and  a  person  called  Shagbag,  committed 
the  murder ;  and  on  the  title-page  of  all  the  three  old  edi- 
tions of  the  play,  the  bloody  scene  is  represented  where 
Moftbie  (the  paramour  of  Mrs.  Arden)  is  playing  at 
tables  with  the  husband.  The  tragedv  wss  first  printed 
in  1592,  again  in  1599,  and  a  third  time  in  1C33.  There 
l9  no  pretence  for  altribnting  anpr  part  of  it  to  Shakspeare, 


as  was  done  by  Jacob  in  1770.  The  name  of  Arden  is 
the  only  connection  between  Shakespeare  and  the  per- 
formance, and  from  thence  probably  Jacob  derived  his 
notion.] 

vj*°  Aprilis.  —  John  Wolf    Entred  unto  him 
for  his  copie,  &c.  Oarganiua  his  prophesie     .     vj**. 
[Some  ridiculous  prognostication  from  Rabelais.] 

Yij  Aprilis.  —  John  Kydde.  Entred  unto  him, 
&c.  a  booke  intituled  A  most  wretched  worke  of  a 
Witche,  the  like  whereof  none  can  recorde  theis 
many  yeres  in  Englande yj'. 

[Stow  gives  08  no  information  regarding  any  of  these 
recent  transactions,  which  we  should  have  thought  would 
be  snre  to  attract  his  curious  attention.] 

x°  Aprilis.  — John  Wolf.  Entred  for  bis  copies, 

the   Second,  Third,  Fourth,  and  fyft  bookes  of 

Amadis  de  Gaule,  to  be  translated  out  of  French 

into  Englishes  8fc ij\ 

[Each  book  was  here  charged  as  a  separate  work ;  but 
we  have  yet  seen  nothing  of  any  entr^'of  the^nfbook  of 
Amadia  de  Gaule.  It  must  have  been  in  French,  when 
brought  to  Stationers*  Hall  by  Wolf,  in  order  to  secure 
his  cop3rright  as  soon  as  it  should  have  been  translated. 
It  was  upon  this  work  that  Anthony  Monday  was  af- 
terwards enga^red,  and  ver3'  possibly  he  was  at  this  date 
employed  by  Wolf,  although  the  four  books  did  not  come 
out  until  1619  in  folio.  The  Treasure  of  Amadie  of 
France  had  already  been  printed  by  Bynneman.] 

John  Wolf.  Entred  for  his  copie,  &c.  A  newe 
ballad  describing  the  weapons  we  ought  to  have  to 
fight  with  Sathan  before  wee  goo  to  our  grave    vj**. 

xviij**  Aprilis.  —  John   Wolf    Entred  ibr   his 

copie,  a  ballad,  &c.  intituled  The  firste  parte  of 

Rowlandes  godson  moralised  ......     vj**. 

[The  word|  **  moralised  "  was  used  of  old  whenever  a 
profane  publication  was  parodied  and  applied  to  a  pious 
purpose.^  Here  some  ballad  called  Rowlandee  Godson  had 
been  printed,  and  being  extremely  popular,  a  religious 
nse  of  it  had  been  made.  We  see,  by  the  next  entry  but 
one,  that  a  second  part  of  Rowlandes^  Godson  moralised 
was  in  readiness.] 

xxj**  Aprilis.  —  Tho.  Gubbin,  John  Busbye. 
Entred  for  their  copie,  &c.  a  booke  intituled  The 
defence  of  Conye  Catchinge,  or  a  confutation  of 
those  injurious  pamphletes  published  by  R,  O. 
againste  the  practisioners  of  many  nymble  wytted 
and  mistical!  Sciences vj*. 

[R.  G.  was,  of  course,  Robert  Greene,  who,  as  we  have 
seen,  had  published  at  least  four  tracts  to  expose  the 
frauds  by  which  a  certain  class  of  persons  obtained  a 
living.  The  Rev.  Mr.  Dyce  (who  at  the  end  of  his  «*  Ac- 
count of  Greene"  gives  **  the  names  of  false  Dyce,"  omit- 
ting one)  was  not  aware  of  this  memorandum,  showing 
that  Greene  had  been  answered.  From  the  terms  of  the 
entry  we  presume  that  this  Defence  of  Contjcatching  was 
ironical  and  humorous.] 

29  Aprilis.  —  John  Wolf  Entred  for  his  copie, 
&c.  a  ballad  intituled  The  seconde  parte  of  Row- 
landes god  Sonne  moralised^  ^-c. vj*. 

Cutberd  Burbee.  Entred  for  his  copie,  &c. 
Axiochus  and  Plato,  See. 

[In  a  note  to  the  Life  of  Spenser,  prefixed  to  his 


8^  8.  L  Uab.  U,  '62.] 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


203 


Works,  5  vols.  8vo.  1862,  it  is  said  that  the  poet  trans- 
lated ^  the  Greek  Dialogue  called  Axiocbus  on  the  brevity 
and  ancertainty  of  human  life.**  If  so,  it  is  just  possible 
that  the  preceding  registration  may  have  had  reference 
to  it.    See  p.  cxlviiL] 

J.  Payne  Collieb. 


THE  CARYLLS  OF  LADYHOLT. 

The  history  of  the  Caryll  family  (S^  S.  i.  185) 
given  at  the  Archaeological  Institute,  according  to 
Uie  reports  in  the  papers,  is  altogether  wrong.  One 
says  that  "the  family  had  sided  with  the  king  in 
the  rebellion,  and  had  followed  Charles  II.  into 
exile ;  who  created  the  last  of  the  race  Baron  Caryll 
of  Harting ; "  while  another  reports  that  "  the  fa- 
mily suffered  for  their  loyalty  in  the  rebellion, 
their  property  was  confiscated,  and  one  of  the  last  of 
the  race  accompanied  James  II.  to  St.  Germains, 
and  was  created  by  him  Baron  Caryll  of  Harting.** 

The  pedigree  of  the  Caryl  Is  is  given  in  Dalla- 
way*8  Sussex^  and  another  is  among  the  Burrell 
MSS.  in  the  Britbh  Museum ;  and,  though  neither 
is  quite  correct,  a  reference  to  either  would  have 
shown  some  of  the  blunders  in  the  above  state- 
ments. 

The  Sussex  Cary lis  were  Catholics  and  Royalists, 
and  of  course  suffered  in  the  rebellion ;  but  I  have 
no  reason  to  believe  that  they  followed  Charles 
II.  into  exile.  It  is  presumptive  proof  that  they 
did  not  that  they  were  allowed  to  compound  for 
their  estates,  which  is  in  itself  proof  that  the 
estates  were  not  confiscated.  At  that  time  the 
estate  was  in  possession  of  John  Caryll,  who  was, 
I  believe,  the  first  of  those  who,  in  the  report,  are 
called  "the  Lords  of  LadyhoU*'  —  that  is,  the 
first  who  built  the  house  there ;  which  house  and 

f [rounds  were  let  in  1679,  and  described  in  the 
ease  as  "  that  newly  inclosed  and  impaled  park, 
lately  part  of  Holt  Farm,"  and  that  "  new-erected 
mansion*  house  of  the  said  John  Caryll,  being  in 
the  said  Park."  Before  that  time  Uie  senior 
branch  of  the  family  resided  generally  at  West 
Grinsted,  and  one  of  the  juniors  in  the  old 
mansion-house  at  Harting,  the  parish  in  which 
Ladyholt  is  situated.  This  John  Caryll  married 
a  daughter  of  William  Lord  Petre,  by  whom  he 
had  a  lar^e  family.  We,  however,  are  only  con- 
cerned with  the  sons,  John  and  Richard,  who 
successively  inherited  Ladyhult.  John  married 
Margaret,  daughter  of  Sir  Maurice  Dromond, 
and  at  his  father*s  death  in  1681,  succeeded  to  the 
Ladyholt  and  Harting  property.  He  died  «.  p, 
Richard  married  Johanna,  daughter  of  Sir  U. 
Bcdingfield,  and  succeeded  to  the  West  Grinsted 
estates.  Richard  appears  to  have  been  a  quiet 
country  gentleman;  but  John  was  active  and 
stirring ;  lived  a  good  deal  in  London,  dabbled  in 
literature  and  in  politics,  and,  as  a  Catholic,  fared 
but  little  better  after  the  Restoration  than  he  had 
done  daring  the  Rebellion.    When  Titus  Oates 


was  in  the  ascendant,  he  had  a  narrow  escape; 
was  committed  to  the  Tower  with  other  Catholic 
gentlemen,  some  of  whom  were  hanged.  On  the 
22nd  May,  1680,  he  was  brought  by  habeas  corpus 
to  the  King*s  Bench,  and  there  being  but  a  single 
witness  against  him,  he  was  admitted  to  bail. 
On  the  accession  of  James,  a  far  more  honest  man 
than  his  brother,  this  John  came  at  once  into 
favour.  He  was  within  a  few  days  of  James's 
accession  despatched  on  a  mission  to  the  Pope,  and 
when  supers^ed  by  Castlemaine,  he  was  appointed 
Secretary  and  Master  of  Requests  to  the  Queen. 
The  warrant  is  signed  Godolphin,  and  bears  date 
the  27th  Nov.  1685. 

When  James  fled  the  country,  John  Caryll  im- 
mediately joined  him  at  St.  Germains  ;  and  when, 
to  please  the  more  liberal  party,  Melfort  was 
dismissed,  Caryll  was  appointed  Secretary  of 
State.  It  was  as  secretary  that  he  signed  the 
Commission  and  advanced  tne  money  for  what  has 
been  called  The  Assassination  Plot,  though  few 
persons  now  believe  that  either  James  or  Caryll, 
or  even  Barclay,  ever  dreamed  of  assassination. 
The  plot,  however,  whatever  the  immediate  ob- 
jects may  have  been,  proved  that  the  Jacobites 
were  active  and  stirring,  and  forthwith,  in  1696, 
Caryll  was  outlawed,  and  his  estates  granted  to 
Lord  Cutts.  As,  however,  the  greater  part  of  the 
estate  was  entailed,  Lord  Cutts  took  only  a  life 
interest  in  it,  and  this  life  interest  John*s  brother 
Richard  purchased  of  Lord  Cutts.  It  was  at  this, 
or  about  this  time,  that  the  secretary  was  created 
a  baron,  and  the  mural  tablet,  still  remaining  in 
the  chapel  of  the  Scotch  college  at  Paris,  describes 
him  as  ^^John  Caryll,  Baron  de  Dunford  [Qy. 
Durnford]  de  Harting,"  and  it  records  that  he 
died  at  »*  St.  Germains  in  Lava  9  Sept.  171 1.'* 
It  was  on  this  John  *^  Lord  Caryll  *'  that  Pope 
wrote  the  epitaph  published  in  The  Athenaum 
(1854),  and  which  Pope  afterwards  appropriated 
in  part  to  Trumbull. 

But  this,  the  first  lord,  was  neither  "  the  last  of 
the  race  "  nor  "  one  of  the  last "  of  the  "  Lords  of 
Ladyholt "  ;  for,  as  I  have  shown,  his  life  interest 
in  Ladyholt  was  purchased  by  his  brother  Richard, 
who  was  succeeded  by  his  son  John,  Pope*s  friend, 
who  died  in  1736.  This  John,  as  eldest  son,  suc- 
ceeded both  to  the  Grinsted  and  Harting  pro- 
perties. The  son  of  this  John,  also  well  known  to 
Pope,  married  Mary,  daughter  of  Kenneth,  fourth 
Earl  of  Seaforth,  died  in  1718,  and  the  estate,  in 
1736,  devolved  on  his  son,  who  married  Dorothy, 
daughter  of  Viscount  Molyneux,  but  had  no  family. 
This,  the  last  of  theCarylls  of  Ladyholt,  finding  the 
estate  involved — as  most  Catholic  estates  were, 
and  of  necessity  —  cut  off  the  entail  before  his 
marriage,  but  re-settled  it,  subject  to  heavy 
incumbrances ;  so  that,  in  32  of  George  II.,  an 
act  was  obtained  for  sale,  and  the  estates  were 
sold  piecemeal,  until,  in  1767,  Lad^koU.  v\a!^VL 


201 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


[8'd  S.  L  Mab.  16,  *62. 


parted  with  .to  the  Duke  of  Ricbmond,  who  ap- 
pears to  have  purchased  for  Sir  Matthew  Feather- 
stone. 

Oq  the  sale  of  the  last  acre  of  his  estate  this, 
'*  the  last  of  the  Lords  of  Ladyholt,"  retired  to 
the  Continent,  assumed  the  title  of  Lord  Carjil, 
and  openly  inyolved  himself  in  the  then  desperate 
fortune  of  the  Chevalier,  Charles  Edward,  with 
whom  he  is  said  to  have  become  a  great  favourite. 
The  Jacobites  of  that  time  speak  of  him  as  "  a  gen- 
teel well-bred  man,**  who  ^*has  not  even  dog*s 
wages  for  his  trouble,  but  does  all  for  stark  love 
and  kindness.**    {Life  ofLumUden^  ii.  149.) 

Some  of  these  facts  were  set  forth  long  since  in 
The  Athenaum  in  correction  of  the  blunderings  of 
the  Pope  editors ;  but  error  is,  I  believe,  immor- 
tal —  once  started  there  is  no  killing  it  —  and  we 
have  since  had  these  same  errors  reproduced  with 
others  superadded,  and  now  thej  come  before  us 
on  the  authority  of  the  Institute.  D. 


ROYAL  LIBRARY. 

In  one  of  the  large  volumes  orsingle  sheets 
and  broad-sides  in  the  British  Museum  Library 
is  a  volume  lettered  Tracts  relating  to  Trade^ 
article  31  of  which  is  worth  preserving  as  pro- 
bably unique.  **  A  Proposal  for  building  a  Royal 
Library,  and  establishing  it  by  Act  of  Parlia- 
ment**   It  begins :  — 

**  The  Royal  Library  now  at  S*  James's,  designed  and 
founded  for  pnblick  nae,  was  in  the  time  of  King  James  I. 
in  a  flourishiDg  condition,  well  stored  with  all  sorts  of 
ffood  Books  of  that  and  the  preceding  Age,  from  the 
beginning  of  Printing. 

"  Bat  in  the  succeeding  Reigns  it  has  gradually  gone 
to  decay,  to  the  great  dishonour  of  the  Crown  and  the 
whole  nation.  The  Room  is  miserably  out  of  repair,  and 
so  little  that  it  will  not  contain  the  Books  that  belong 
to  it.  A  Collection  of  ancient  Medals,  once  the  beat  in 
Europe,  is  embeszled  and  quite  lost  I  There  has  been  no 
supply  of  Books  from  abroad  for  the  space  of  sixty  years 
last :  nor  any,'  allowance  for  binding ;  so  that  many 
valuable  manuscripts  are  spoiled  for  want  of  Covers :  and 
above  a  Thousand  Books  printed  in  England  and  brought 
in  Quires  to  the  Library,  as  due  by  the  Act  of  Printing, 
are  all  unbound  and  useless. 

**  It  is  therefore  humblv  proposed,  as  a  thing  that  will 
highly  conduce  to  the  Publick  Qood,  the  glory  of  His 
Mdjesty's  Reign,  and  the  honour  of  Parliament ; 

**  L  That  His  Majesty  be  graciously  pleased  to  assign 
a  Comer  of  S^  James's  Park,  on  the  South  side,  near  the 
Garden  of  the  late  Sir  John  Cutler,  for  the  building  of  a 
new  Library,  and  in  the  neighbourhood  of  it  a  competent 
Dwelling  for  the  Library- keeper. 

**  II.  This  situation  will  have  all  the  advantages  that 
can  be  wished.  'Tis  an  elevated  soil,  and  a  drv  sandy 
ground ;  the  Air  clear,  and  the  Light  free ;  the  Building 
not  contiguous  to  any  Houses,  will  be  safer  from  Fire ;  a 
Coach-way  will  be  made  to  it  out  of  Tuttle-street,  West- 
minster; the  Front  of  it  will  be  parallel  to  the  Park 
Walk ;  and  the  Park  will  receive  no  injury,  bat  a  great 
Ornament  by  it. 

**  III.  That  the  said  Library  be  built,  and  a  perpetual 
vearly  Revenue  for  the  Purchase  of  Books  cettled  on  it 
by  Act  of  Parliameut :  which  Revenue  may  be  under  the 


Direction  and  Disposal  of  Curators,  who  are  from  time  to 
time  to  make  report  to  His  Majesty  of  the  State  and 
Condition  of  the  Library.    The  Curator  to  be    ...    . 


"  ly.  The  choice  of  a  proper  Fund,  whence  the  said 
Revenue  may  be  raised,  is  left  to  the  Wisdom  of  the  Par- 
liament In  the  mean  time.  This  following  is  humbly 
offer'd  to  Consideration. 

"  V.  That,  as  soon  as  the  present  Tax  of  40  per  Cent 
upon  Foreign  Paper,  and  20  per  Cent  upon  English,  shall 
expire  or  be  taken  off,  there  be  laid  a  very  small  Tax  of 
.  .  .  per  Cent,  (as  it  shall  be  judged  sufficient  for  the 
uses  of  such  a  Library)  upon  imported  Paper  only,  leaving 
our  own  Manufacture  free.  Which  Tax  may  be  collected 
by  his  Majesty's  Officers  of  the  Customs,  and  paid  to  such 
person  or  persons  as  shall  be  appointed  by  the  Curators. 

**  VI.  Tliis  being  so  easie  a  Tax,  and  a  Burthen  scarce 
to  be  felt,  can  create  no  Damp  upon  the  Stationer's 
Trade.  And  whatsoever  shall  be  paid  by  them  upon  this 
foot,  being  to  be  laid  out  in  the  purchase  of  Books,  will 
return  among  them  again.  So  that  'tis  but  giving  with 
one  hand,  what  they  will  receive  with  the  other. 

"VIL  And  whereas  our  Own  white- paper  Manufac- 
ture, that  was  growing  up  so  hopefully,  and  deserves  the 
Seatest  encouragement,  being  all  clear  gain  to  the 
ingdom,  is  now  almost  quite  sunk  under  the  weight  of 
the  present  Tax;  this  new  one  upon  Imported  paper, 
with  an  Exemption  of  our  Own^will  set  ours  upon  the 
higher  Ground,  and  give  it  a  new  Life.  For  whatsoever 
is  taken  from  the  one  is  as  good  as  given  to  the  other. 
So  that  even  without  regard  to  this  design  of  a  Library, 
the  Tax  will  be  a  publick  Benefit 

"  YIII.  A  Library  erected  upon  this  certain  and  per- 
petual Fund  may  be  so  contriv'd  for  capaciousness  and 
Convenience,  that  every  one  that  comes  there  may  have 
200,000  volumes,  ready  for  his  use  and  service.  And 
Societies  may  be  formed,  that  shall  meet  and  have  Con- 
ferences there  about  matters- of  Learning.  The  Royal 
Society  is  a  noble  Instance  in  one  Branch  of  knowledge : 
what  Advantage  and  Glory  may  accrue  to  the  Nation  by 
such  Assemblies  not  confined  to  one  subject  but  free  to 
all  parts  of  good  learning. 

**  IX.  The  Wall  that  shall  ^encompass  the  Libranr  may 
be  cased  with  Marbles  of  ancient  Inscriptions,  JBasso- 
Relievos,  &c.,  either  found  in  our  own  kingdom,  or  easily 
and  cheaply  to  be  had  from  the  African  Coast  and  Greece, 
and  Asia  the  less.  Those  few  Antiquities  procured  from 
the  Greek  Islands  by  the  Lord  Arundel,  and  since  pub- 
lished both  at  home  and  abroad,  are  an  evidence  what 
great  advancement  of  learning  and  honour  to  the  Nation 
may  be  acquired  by  this  means. 

**X.  Upon  this  ParliamenUr}"  Fund,  the  Curators,  if 
occasion  be,  may  take  up  Money  at  Interest  so  as  to  lay 
out  two  or  three  years'  revenue  to  buy  whole  Libraries  at 
once :  as  at  this  very  time,  the  incomparable  Collections 
of  Th nanus  in  France,  and  Marquardas  Gudius  in  Ger- 
manv,  might  be  purchased  at  a  very  low  Value. 

"^I.  And  since  the  Writings  of  the  English  Nation 
have  at  present  that  great  Reputation  abroad,  that  many 
persons  of  all  Countries  learn  our  Language,  and  several 
travel  hither  for  the  advantage  of  Conversation :  Tis 
easy  to  fore- see.  How  much  this  Glory  will  be  advanced, 
by  erecting  a  free  Library  of  all  sorts  of  Books,  where 
everv  Foreigpier  will  have  such  Convenience  of  studying. 

"ill.  'TIS  our  Publick  Interest  and  profit,  to  have  the 
Gentry  of  Foreign  Nations  acquainted  with  England,  and 
have  part  of  their  education  here.  And  more  money  will 
be  annually  imported  and  spent  here  by  such  students 
from  abroad,  than  the  whole  Charge  and  Revenue  of  this 
Library  will  amount  to." 

The  date  of  this  paper  is  clearly  of  the  tin^e  of 


8^  &  L  Mab.  15,  '62.] 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


205 


King  George  II.,  a  little  preylous  to  the  founda- 
tion of  the  British  Museum,  when  the  antient 
Rojal  Library  of  England  and  the  Cottonian 
MSS.  were  ad4ed  to  Sir  Hans  Sloane*8  Library 
and  Museum  of  Natural  History  which  Parlia- 
ment had  purchased.  H.  £. 


ACCOUNT-BOOK  OF  ISABELLA,  DUCHESS  OF 

GRAFTON. 
{Continued  from  2°*  S.  xii.  431.) 

1711.  {January  to  December.)  £    t.  d, 

„  For  a  black  lace  hood  -  -  -  3  0  0 
w  For  an  embroidered  apron  -  -  -  2  10  0 
M  The  capper  -  -  -  -  -116 
n  Dr.  Friend  (each  time)  -  -  -  2  8  0 
„      Fade  for  foar  peaces  of  Ttzrky  tabv  [  in 

Her  Grace's  hand]  -  -'-500 
„     To  a  French  woman  at  the  Montpelier 

[a  singer?] 250 

H     To  cutting  my  hair   -        -        -        -      1    1    6 

1712.  BUck  silk  stockins  and  gloves   -        -      0  18    0 
n      A  pair  of  doggs         -        -        -        -      0    8    0 

„      Ermine 6  19    9 

„  Pair  of  sizzars  -,-  -  -  -026 
„  Paid  the  chairmen  -  -  -  -  16  14  0 
„      Given  to  the  mobb    -        -  -      0    2    6 

[At  Sir  Thomas  Hanmer's  election.] 
n     Apair  of  jamps  (loose  stays)     -        -      0  lo    0 
„     Orange  butter 060 

[This  is  a  very  frequent  item  in  Her  Grace's  account- 
book.  How  it  was  made  I  know  not,  but  the  following 
recipe  for  "botyr  of  nlmondes,"  from  the  curious  MS. 
cookery-book  in  the  Arundel  Collection,  printed  in  the 
Ordittaneet  of  the  Royal  Houieholdt  may  throw  some  light 
upon  the  question :  "  Take  almonde  mylke,  and  let  hit 
boyle,  and  in  the  boylinge  cast  therto  a  lytel  wyn  or 
▼ynegnr;  and  when  hit  is  sothen,  take  and  cast  hit  on  a 
canvas  abrode,  tyl  hit  be  colde,  then  take  and  gedar  hit 
togedur,  and  honge  hit  np  in  a  clothe  a  lytel  while,  then 
lay  bit  in  colde  watur,  and  serve  hit  forthe.''—  P.  417.] 

„  4|  yards  of  muslin  -  -  -  -2110 
„     An  orange  and  a  lemon     -        -        -      0    1    0 

[Pepys  gave  sixpence  a-piece  for  oranges.] 
„  Dr.  Mead  -  -  •  -  -  -280 
„  To  the  haircutter  -  -  -  -  0  10  9 
n  Two  saddle-horses  to  Windsor  -  -  0  12  0 
„  For  cutting  Misses  hair  -  -  -  0  10  9 
n  Four  horses  to  Richmond  -  -  -  I  5  0 
n  Mrs.  Susan  and  Mrs.  Betty  for  the  play  0  4  0 
f,  Ferrying  the  coach  over  to  Richmond  0  5  0 
„     To  the  waterman  who  carryed  your 

Grace 080 

„     To  the  Frenchman  for  dressing  your 

Grace 116 

„  A  chair  for  her  -  -  •  -  -010 
n     A  hackney*  coach  for  your  Grace        •      0    10 

1718.  (January  to  May.) 

„  Poor  people       •        -                -        -      0  0    8 

M  Point  lace         -        •        -        -        -60  00 

,,  Agentlemanof  my  LordBolingbrook's      2  3    0 

„  Afann 2  10    0 

„  A  gause  hood    -        -        -        *        -0  10    0 

M  To  the  Duke  of  Grafton's  cook   -        -      2  8    0 

„  To  the  mobb 050 

„  Lost  to  Sir  Thomas  Hanmer  at  cards  -      7  10    6 

[Sir  Thomas  allowed  his  wife  700i!.  per  annum  for  her 


personal  expenses,  of  which  he  generally  regained  abont 

half  at  play.]  £  t,    d. 

1714.  Two  quarts  usquebaugh     -        •        -  0  14    0 

lAtuu  whiskey — a  shocking  entry  in  a  ladjr's  account- 
book!] 

„     A  scarfe 8  10    0 

„     To  the  mobbe 050 

„  For  putting  an  advertisement  into  the 
Qntrant  abont  Her  Grace's  watch- 
case      086 

„      Brandy 010 

„     To  Betty  for  finding  the  ear-ring        -  110 

„      Brandy 0     10 

w      i  lb.  tea 0     6    0 

M     Three  bottles  of  Epsom  water     -        -  0    1     6 

„      To  a  poor  body 006 

„     Bills  of  mortality       -        -        -        -  0  10    9 

„     Three  dozen  gloves    -        -        -        -  3    4    6 

„     Lutestring  for  a  pettyceat  -        -        -  4  10    0 

„      Chair  hire 0    7    6 

„     Ten  flasks  of  Spa  water      -        -        -  0  11    8 
„     For  a  pair  of  blak  silk  stoking  [Her 

Grace's  autograph]        -        -        -  0  13    0 

„      One  lb.  Bohea  tea      -        -        -        -  1     0    0 
„      i  lb.  Brazil  snuff       -        -        -        -080 

„      A  muff 846 

„     Given  to  th#  anatomies      -        -        -  0    5    0 

[  What  were  **  the  anatomies  **  ?] 

„     Making  two  petticoats       -        -        -  0    4    0 

„      Mr.  Nelson's  Works  -        -        -        -  0  12    0 

„     Dr.  Atterbury's  Sermons   -        -        -  0    6    0 

„      Shoes 0  14    0 

„     A  horse  lantern          -        •        -        -  0  15    0 

„     To  Dr.  Crack 2    3    0 

„     To  Dr.  Short 5    7    6 

„      Six  lbs.  chocolate      -        -        -        -  1  18    0 

„     A  hoop  pettvcoat       -        -        -        -  1     1    6 

„      Patches    -  ' 0    8    0 

„     To  Master  Bunbury  to  bnv  a  Virgil  -  0    6    6 

„     1  lb.  tea    -        -        -       ■-        -        -  1    4    0 

„     1  lb.  coffee 0    6    0 

„     Three  speeches  against  the  Array  Bill  0    10 
„     A  bottle  of  Burgundy  for  Lady  Ogle- 
thorpe    060 

„     A  dozen  combs  -        -        -        -        -0  18    0 

„     A  pair  of  shammy  (chamois)  shoes     -  0  11    0 

„     To  the  corn-cutter    -        -        -        -  0  10    6 

„     Cave's  Primitive  Christianity    -        -  0    6    0 
„     To  the  poor  at  the  door  when  Her  Grace 

took  coach  to  Euston      -         -        -  0     7    0 

„     Eoston  and  Bamham  strowers   -        -  1    1    0 

„      Ringers 110 

„      Fiddlers 110 

„     Usquebaugh,    snuff-box,    and    three 

packs  of  cards ! !    -        -        -        -  1     6    1 

„      Pamphlets  and  snuff-        -        -        -  0    8    6 

„      Prior's  Poems 3    0     0 

„     Dr.  Prideanx's  book  -        -        -        -  0  16    0 

[What  book  was  this?]* 

„     Evening  Post    -        -        -        -        -  0    0    IJ 

„     Flying  Post 0    0    1| 

„     Lost  at  cards 17    40 

„     25  ells  holland 13    7    9 

„     Altering  9  smocks      -        -        -        -  0    4    6 

„     Rouge 0    2    0 

„     Making  9  smocks      -        -        -        -  0  18    0 

[*  Prideaox's  Connection  of  the  Old  and  New  Testa* 
ment,  which  passed  through  five  editions  between  1716 
and  1720.  — Ed.] 


206 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


19'^  S.  L  liAB.  15,  '62. 


1720.  Fourteen  and  a  quarter  yards  of  Per-    £   s.   d. 

sian,  and  one  nail  of  velvet  •  -17  0 
„  Six  quire  of  paper  -  -  -  -  0  8  10 
^     Nelson's  Festivals      -        -        -  0    6    6 

n     To  see  the  moving  picture  -        -        -      0    5    0 
„     A  quart  of  brandy     -        -        -        -      0    1    3 

M     A  point  head 40    0    0 

„     Viper  water 0  10    0 

„     To  one  Dr.  Taylonr  and  1  Nelson       -      0  10    0 
t  Jeremy  Taylor's  'Workt  and  Nelson's  Fcuts  and  Fen- 
iivaU,'\ 

1721.  Usquebaugh 0    7    6 

„     14|  yu^s  lutestring  -        -        -        -      8  18    4^ 
„     4  pair  thread  stockings      -        -        -      1    4    0 
H     Fiveyards  muslin     -        •        -        -      2    5    0 
„     Dr.  Friend         r        -        -        -        -110 
„     Scarlet  stockings       •        •        -        -      0    7    6 

1722.  Fur  mittens 0  16    0 

»,     A  collar  of  brawn      -        -        -        -      2    6    0 

The  Duchess  died  in  1722.         Hebmbntrude. 


REINS  (BRIDLE.) 

The  etymology  of  this  word  seems  simple 
enough,  yet,  strange  to  say,  I  fifid  no  plausible 
derivation  given  in  any  dictionary  I  have  con- 
sulted. Johnson  contents  himself  with  giving 
the  Fr.  renes.  Richardson  merely  says  that 
Manage  derives  it  from  retlnacida.  In  other 
dictionaries,  I  could  find  nothing  more  satisfac- 
tory. Nowhere  was  the  derivation  given  which 
I  had  expected  to  find.  Remembering  that  regina 
in  Fr.  becomes  reine^  and  the  Germ.  Re^en  is  in 
£ng.  rotn,  I  had  been  in  the  habit  of  lookine  upon 
reins  as  derived  from,  regere.  But  when  I  now 
came  to  investigate  the  matter  and  to  compare 
foreign  lansuages,  difficulties  sprang  up  on  all 
sides.  In  ital.  the  equivalent  is  redine^  in  Span. 
riendaSy  in  Fort,  redeas.  Every  step  seemed  to 
take  me  farther  away  from  regere.  Where  did 
these  d!*s  come  from  P  I  then  turned  to  Pro- 
▼en9al;  at  first  I  could  only  find  renas,  which 
was  entirely  useless.  At  length,  however,  I  dis- 
covered another  form,  regnas;  and  lastly,  in 
Migne*s  Mid.  Lat.  Diet.  I  found  a  barbarous  Lat. 
word  regnis,  interpreted  habena,  lorum  (rene.) 
These  last  two  forms  renewed  my  hopes,  for  they 
pointed  once  more  to  regere^  from  which  I  think 
everybody  would  be  willing  to  derive  them.  And 
from  one  or  other  of  these  two  forms  the  Eng. 
reins  and  Fr.  renes  may  certainly  be  deduced,  so 
that  my  original  conjecture  was  correct.  Reins 
and  renes  do  come  from  regere.  But  how  are 
the  forms  redine^  riendas,  redeas  to  be  explained  P 
where  does  the  d  come  from  P  The  first  two  forms, 
redinc  *  and  riendas^  are  very  much  alike,  only  in 
the  one  the  d  precedes  the  w,  in  the  other  the  n 
the  rf;  in  the  third,  redeas^  the  n  has  disappeared. 
I  then  remembered  that  the  Lat.  rigidus  becomes 
rede  in  Prov.  and  raide  (or  roide)  in  Fr.,  the  g  or 

*  Redina  transposed  becomes  ritnda. 


the  gi  being  lost ;  and  regina^  in  Span,  reina,  was 
also  present  to  my  mind.  These  examples  quickly 
led  me  to  perceive  that  the  Lat.  regenda  *  (comp. 
merenda^  an  afternoon-meal)  woul(^  upon  the  same 
principle,  readily  become  renda  and  this  in  Span., 
where  an  t  is  often  inserted  before  an  e  f,  rienda 
(plur.  riendas).  Regenda  again,  by  omitting  the 
g  only,  would  become  reenda,  and  this  by  a 
couple  of  transpositions,  reedna  and  redeita  (re- 
dina). And  finally,  by  suppressing  the  n  in  reedna, 
we  should  have  reeda^  whence  the  passage  to  redea 
would  be  easy. 

Those  who  object  to  the  gerund  may  derive 
the  words  from  any  C€ue  of  regens,  regentis  they 
please.  The  only  difference  would  be  that  they 
would  have  to  deal  with  a  t  instead  of  a  d.  At 
all  events,  I  am  satisfied  that  all  the  equivalents 
for  reins  which  I  have  quoted  are  traceable  to 
the  same  original  regere,  and  that  they  have 
nothing  whatever  to  do  with  retinaculum, 

F.  Chance. 


Minax  fioM* 

The  Devil  tuendcg  Fiddler.  —  In  turning 
over  some  old  letters,  I  met  with  the  following 
narrative  that  may  be  amusing  to  the  readers  of 
**  N.  &  Q.**  at  Southampton.  It  presents  a  strange 
picture  of  the  manners  and  superstition  of  the 
time  to  which  it  refers,  and  places  the  municipal 
body  of  that  ancient  town  in  a  new  and  striking 
light :  — 

"  Dec  20, 1665. 

"...  lately  from  Southampton  hy  very  good  handa  its 
commanicated,  y*  since  y*  visitation  there  (w^**  was  very 
soare)  [the  Plague]  the  time  for  y*  election  of  a  new 
Mayo'  there  beeing  come  or  at  hand,  divers  (if  not  all) 
the  electors  met,  and  resolved  that  hee  aboald  bee  the 
new  Major  w**  would  bee  so  valorous  as  to  overcome  the 
rest  in  drinking,  and  to  that  end  sate  about  the  busines : 
in  w*^  engagement  the  devill  (w<>  promoted  the  designe) 
would  not  be  [absent ;  but  to  encourage  it,  the  devill 
appeared  (one  relation  sayth  once,  y*  other  relation  say 
twice)  as  a  fidler  visibly,  but  yet  to  their  afirightm*  and 
dispersion  for  a  time :  but  at  last  sayth  one  of  the  Crew, 
I  am  devill  proofs  and  plague  proofe  too ;  come  w'  will 
of  it,  let  us  goe  on  in  our  buisioes ;  and  as  they  were 
p'ceeding  in  y*  mode  againe,  the  devill  did  agayne  ap- 
peare,  and  tore  that  man's  cloths  from  off  him,  his  haire 
from  his  head,  and  some  of  his  flesh  from  his  bonra,  and 
after  left  him  so  in  a  languishing  dyeing  condition.  This 
was  wrote  from  very  good  bands  out  of  y*  country,  and 
by  one  on  purpose  'that  the  relation  might  bee  sent  to 
Cfapt.  Ffeshenden,*'  &c 

"  Feby  6,  1665  [IH  ] 

*'  The  old  ncwes  of  the  divill  turning  fiddler  at  South- 
ampton last  election  is  confirmed  to^me  by  a  freind  lately 
in  those  parts,  though  indeavonred  to  bee  smothered.*' 

W.S. 

The  Union- Jack.  —  The  following  undated 
draft  of  a  Royal  Letter,  of  the  time  of  James  I., 

*  Of  course  1  do  not  insist  upon  this  form ;  I  have  only 
chosen  it  as  the  most  convenient 
t  As  Engl,  tent,  ItaL  tenda.  Span,  tienda. 


a*'  S.  L  Mar.  15,  '62.] 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES- 


207 


was  recentlj  found  among  some  documents  of 
that  reign.  It  is  curious,  in  connexion  with  an 
article  on  the  subject  of  flags  in  a  recent  number 
of  the  Art  Journal,  in  which  the  name  ^*  Union 
Jack'*  is  said  to  have  been  called  from  King 
James  (Jaques).  There  is  no  copy  of  the  in- 
closure  referred  to. 

"  Bight  traity  and  right  welbelored  Cousin  and  Coan- 
celloar  We  greet  you  well.  Where  we  have  thoaght 
good  for  the  ending  of  controversies  among  our  Subjectes 
touching  the  bearing  of  our  Armes  in  Flages,  and  other 
Omamentes  of  Shippes  at  Sea,  to  sett  downe  a  forme 
bow  the  same  shall  from  hencefourth  be  borne,  which  we 
send  unto  you  herewith,  Our  pleasure  is  that  you  shall 
give  order  to  all  the  oflScers  of  our  Navy,  and  to  all 
Maisters  of  Shippes,  and  others  whome  it  may  conceme, 
that  from  hencefourth  all  our  subjectes  as  well  of  South 
Brittain  as  of  North  Brittain,  shaU  beare  in  their  roaine 
toppe  the  red  crosse,  commonly  called  St.  George's  Crosse, 
and  the  white  crosse  called  St.  Andrewe*s  Crosse,  joyned 
togither  according  to  the  forme  herewith  sent  unto  you; 
and  in  their  fore  toppe,  our  Subjectes  of  South  Brittain 
the  red  crosse  only  as  they  were  wont ;  and  our  Sub- 
jectes of  North  Brittain  in  their  fore  toppe  the  white 
crosse,  only  as  they  also  were  accustomed;  and  that  they 
weare  not  their  said  Flages  in  any  other  forme  as  they 
will  answeare  the  contrary." 

(^Indorsed)  : 

**  Copie  of  a  Letter  to  the  Lord  Admirall  concerning 
the  wearing  of  their  ensignes." 

G.  Knight. 

Rev.  Robert  Habbis.  —  As  some  of  your  cor- 
respondents take  an  interest  in  accounts  of  aged 
clergymen,  I  extract  the  following  from  the  Pres- 
ton papers :  — 

'*  Died,  on-the  6th  of  Januar}%  in  the  98th  year  of  his  age, 
the  Rev.  Robert  Harris;  for  sixty-four  years  the  officiat* 
ing  minister  of  St.  George's  church,  Preston,  in  which  he 
preached  for  the  last  time  on  the  preceding  Christmas 
Day,  his  discourse  being  of  an  earnest  and  practical 
character.*' 

P.P. 

0 

Leaden  Coin  of  William  and  Mabt. — I  have 
in  my  possession  a  leaden  piece,  about  the  size  of 
a  shilling,  in  the  centre  of  which  is  a  small  piece 
of  copper.  I  have  seen  a  couple  of  dozen  of  a 
similar  character,  nearly  all  of  the  same  sovereigns. 
On  one  side,  it  bears  the  heads  of  William  and 
Mary,  with  the  legend  —  "  Guliclmus  et  Maria." 
On  uie  other,  the  usual  figure  of  Britannia,  with 
a  trident  in  the  left  hand,  and  an  olive  branch  in 
the  right ;  vith  the  word  Britannia,  and  the  date 
1690.  A.  E.  L. 

A  Spanish  Rhodomontade,  in  the  "Enct- 
clopjediaBbitaknica,"  8th  Edition.— Fincham*s 
Hiiiory  of  Naval  Architecture  (p.  277),  contains 
an  account,  alleged  to  have  been  extracted  from 
official  documents  by  T.  Gonzales  in  1825,  of  how 
one  Blasco  de  Garay,  a  Spaniard,  propelled  a 
▼easel  of  209  tons  burden  at  Barcelona,  in  1543, 
in  the  presence  of  the  Emperor  Charles  V.,  by 
paddl6*wh6ela  moved  by  steam.    This  statement 


was  repeated  (by  Mr.  Scott  Russell)  in  the  article 
en  Steam  Navigation,  in  the  7th  edition  of  the 
Encyc,  Brit,  /and  singular  to  relate,  has  been  re- 
tained in  the  8th  just  published.  It  is  indubita- 
bly a  hoax,  and  was  exposed  several  years  ago. 
When  Mr.  John  Macgreeor  was  at  Simancas,  in 
1857,  he  examined  the  only  documents  relating  to 
Garay*s  experiments  now  in  exbtence  —  as  far  as 
the  Spanish  officials  are  aware  —  and  found  that 
the  propelling  power  was  oxen,  Mr.  Macgregor*s 
letter,  dated  in  January,  1858,  is  printed  in  l^lr. 
Bennett  Woodcroft's  Abridgement  of  Specifica* 
tions  relating  to  Marine  Propulsion^  1858,  Part  ii. 
pp.  105-6.  Dblta. 

Sib  Isaac  Ware. — In  Burlamachi^s  Accounts 
(once  in  the  Audit  Office,  now  at  the  Rolls),  I 
found  the  following  entry  :  — 

**  For  payment  of  Sir  Isaac  Wake's  debts,  for  mourning 
for  his  servants,  transportation  of  bis  body  and  his  family 
from  Paris  to  Dover,  and  for  burying  his  body  at  Dover 
(by  Privy  Seal  21««  of  August,  8»»»  of  Charles  I.)" 

Fbtbb  Cunninghajc. 

Rtb,  Riot,  and  Rtot.  —  I  have  been  led  by 
observing  some  remarks  in  a  dictionary  published 
a  few  years  since  in  Glasgow,  to  ask  for  informa- 
tion on  the  subject  of  the  words  ^*riot**  and 
**  rye."  In  the  work  alluded  to  we  find  for  the 
former  the  radicals,  '*  Rutter  (Danish)  ^  to  drink 
hard*;  Nor.  rioU^  'a  brawl*;  It.  rtotta;**  and 
for  the  latter  (rye),  *'  Sax.  ryge,  Wei.  rhyg^  the 
same  as  rough,**  &c. 

In  Hindostanee  it  is  well-known  there  are 
numerous  phonetic  similarities,  and  at  the  same 
time  an  equally  remarkable  similarity  of  meaning 
between  many  of  the  words  in  that  language  and 
our  own;  as,  for  instance,  doon,  which  in  the 
former  is  nearly  equivalent  to  our  **doon**  and 
"  downs.**  Bud  nam  is  our  "  bad  name,**  &c.  &c. 
In  like  manner  we  might  suggest  a  derivative 
(but  not  without  considerable  hesitation)  for  the 
words  **  rye  **  and  "  riot,**  in  the  Hindostanee  ryot 
(a  cultivator  of  the  ground),  and  its  derivatives. 

In  like  manner,  by  analogy  **  villein,**  originally 
one  of  the  labouring  population  of  England  in 
the  feudal  ages,  became  a  term  of  moral  reproach, 
and  a  whole  class  in  the  course  of  time  became 
represented  only  by  a  term  of  reprobation.  Nu- 
merous other  illustrations  of  the  same  analogy 
will  probably  suggest  themselves  to  any  reader, 
who  may  feel  disposed  either  to  support  my  sug- 
gestion, or  to  set  me  right,  as  at  present  I  am 
bound  to  admit  that  the  connection  between 
"  rye,**  *'  ryot,**  and  **  riot  **  may  be  entirely  a 
phonetic  coincidence.  S. 

Shoe:  a  Prison. —  In  The  Mobiad,  a  book 
published  at  Exeter  in  1770,  but  written  in  1737, 
are  the  follow inc  lines  :  — 

**  *  Ten  cashless  Debtors  in  that  dreary  Cave, 

Ycl^'d  the*  Shoe  mora  ftea  •.^\«^NXiv»%'^«'^ 


**  •  The  Shot,  ^\aca\Y^  t.\\\XX^Ocw^^vsB^>».^«AV- 


NOTES  AND  QUERma 


[^ai.i[u.i5,-«. 


The  Shoe  Priioii  wu  ccrUinI;  an  inferior  pan- 
iibment  to  tbe  Boot,  £he  Stockt,  Md  ihe  Chinefe 

Eok'-WBt.  CUTHBBST  Bu>K. 


TOUCHINO  FOR  THE  KING'S  EVIL. 


ETerybodr  koowi  that  once  upon  a  time,  when 
klagi  were  litUe  better  thui  swine,  one  John 
de  Courcj,  Earl  of  Uliter,  sitiited  with  weallb 
sad  bonoun  alreudr  possessed,  bad  nothing  to 
deaire  but  tbe  privilege  of  remaining  cover«]  in 
tbe  povertigo's  presence,  when  called  upon  to 
name  a  reward  for  services  he  had  rendered. 
John  Lackland  must  have  been  just  as  surprised, 
though  inSnitelv  more  pleased  than  was  King 
Herod  of  old,  when  the  lerpsichoreau  talents  dif  > 

Clawed  hj  his  niece  and  step-duughter  induced 
Im  to  offer  an  unqualified  CQoice  of  reward :  in 
the  first  case  a  head  was  the  unreasonable  and 
bard -to- com  pi  J -with  demand,  while  in  tbe  second^ 
but  the  covering  of  a  bead  was  asked,  and  was  u 
cheerfuUj  as  speedily  granted. 

Moat  people  have  alio  heard  stories  about  tbe 
Earl  of  Ulster's  descendants  claiming  this  her«di- 
tarj  privilege  in  later  times.  "  Sire,  my  name's 
de  Courcy,  is  tbe  excuse  attributed  to  one  of  the 
Lords  Kingsale  to  his  sovereign,  when  he  had  been 
nudged  at  the  coronation  by  the  "Black-Bod," 
or  some  one  else,  with  the  friendlj  hint,  "  hats 
olF" ;  and  the  king,  oontioues  tbe  story,  at  once 
admitted,  not  onl^liis  belief  in  the  truth  of  Lord 
Ein^Hle's  assertion  as  to  his  patronymic,  but  in 
his  right  to  do  in  bis  presence  what  nobody  else  ! 
did,  but  begjied  to  remind  the  noble  lord  that 
"there  were  ladies  present."  i 

Such  is  the  first  recorded  instance  of  the  privi-  I 
lege  ofremiiining  covered  in  the  royal  prevence  be- 
ing granted  to  a  subject.  By  Henry  VIIL  similar 
privilege  was  granted  by  deed  to  the  following  I 
persons : — 

1.  John  Forester,  of  Watling  Street,  co.  Salop, 
ancestor  of  Lord  Forester, 

2.  Bartholomew  Hrsketh,  «  cadet  of  the  Hes- 
keths  of  RuSiird,  co.  Lancaster,  now  represented 
by  Sir  Thomas  Uesketh,  Bart. 

3.  Stephen  Tucker,  of  Lamerton,  co.  Devon,  a 
meiiiber  of  tbe  old  west  country  family  of  Tooker. 

4.  Kichard  Wrottesley,  of  Wrotteeley,  co.  Staf- 
ford,  ancestor  of  Irfjrd  Wrottesley. 

_  Tbe  four  instances  above  were  in  respect  of  tbe 
king's  evil  fromwhicb  these  gentlemen  sufiered. 


gate  Prison,  whare  i' 


t  Debtor 


gale  Prison,  whare  inch  poor  in* ,  „ .„.,  „  ^„  . 

psj  for  Lodging*,  srs  (i.  e,  horn  I—k)  crowdsd,  or  crush'd 
in  togBthsr.  It  Msmi  to  have  recsived  its  d«nomin«tion 
from  IhB  Privilm  they,  inTnrn.havB  of  b«ggine  Charity 
/ifPtnen  by:  tbov.  hv  a  mnl.  1*tEiniriin_n  .i  i\ia  a^^ 


."■r.  11  HBini  [o  nave  recsived  its  d«nomin«tion 
iPrivilm  they,  inTnrn.havB  of  b«ggine  Charity 
n  by;  tboy,  by  a  cord,  lattiog  flown  aa  Old  Bhet 
'tbe  MUM"— P.  189. 


and  though  of  a  different  character  and  origin  to 
the  grant  tode  Courcj,  are  nevertheless  to  be 
considered  honourable,  aa  the  society  or  preaence 
of  these  persons  must  have  been  desirable  to  the 
king,  and  suggested  an  easy  method  of  hiding  a 
head-sore  which  was  an  eye-sore,  else  their  dis- 
missal from  his  court  would  appear  to  have  been 
the  course  that  unceremonious  monarch  would 
have  taken.  In  tbe  reign  of  Eliiabetb,  William 
Tucker,  D.D.,  aAerwanls  Dean  of  Lichfield,  wrote, 
and  dedicated  to  ber  his  Chariima,  which  treated 
of  the  divine  right  and  power  of  the  sovereigns  of 
England  to  core  the  king's  evil  by  the  touch ;  but 
this  right  and  power  appear  to  have  been  absent 
in  the  person  of  Henry  VIII.,  otherwise  be  would 
surelj  have  exercised  them  in  favour  of  his  fa- 
vourites, and  so  conferred  a  far  greater  benefit 
upon  them,  than  by  his  deeds  of  privilege. 

Queen  Mary  (Tudor)  granted  tbe  like  privilege 
to  Ssdclyffe,  Earl  of  Sussex  ;  but  whether  in  re- 
spect of  an  evil  she  could  not  cure,  I  know  not. 

I  have  copies  of  the  deeds  to  Hesketh,  Wrot- 
tesley, and  Tucker.  Copies  of  those  to  Forester 
und  Radclyffe  I  am  very  anxious  to  obtain.  I  have 
long  collected  fads  in  connexion  with  the  cure 
of  tbe  king's  evil  by  the  touch,  and  deeds  of  pri< 
vilege  to  subjects  lor  sitting  covered  in  the  royal 
presence,  or  for  other  objeela;  and,  as  I  contem- 
plate publishing  them  in — what  1  hope  to  make 
an  interesting — -volume  on  the  above  heads,  I 
would  gladly,  if  permitted,  avail  myself  of  the 
facility  afforded  by"N,  &  Q."  to  obtain  the  assist- 
ance cf  those  of  its  readers  who  may  be  able  and 
willing   to   help   me.      Are  any   other  instances 


known  than  those  I  have 


S.  T. 


Amebicin  Cents.  —  Wanted  some  information 
as  to  the  earlv  and  most  scarce  American  cents, 
some  of  which  are  spoken  of  as  of  considerable 
value.  Chabibs  Clat,  M.D. 

SiBPaBH  AsTTN.  —  The  following  occurs  in 
Hasted's  Hittory  of  Kent,  iv.  139,  fol.  1782  :  — 

"  In  the  S3rd  year  of  Eing  H<n.  VIII.  the  leasee  of  this 
manor  (Looae  in  Kent)  was  Siephen  Astjn." 

I  should  feel  obliged  for  any  particular*  of  this 
Stephen  Astyn.  Or  can  anyone  direct  me  to  the 
sources  of  information  where  I  might  learn  some- 
thing about  him  and  his  connexions. 

Mar  of  Eiht. 

BiodKAPHicAi,  Qdbbibs. — Where  can  I  obtain 
any  fuller  account  of  tbe  lata  Judge  Heath,  who 
died  in  MB0s6eld  Street  17  January,  1B16,  than 
rs  to  be  found  in  the  QtntUmati*  Magazine  for 
February,  1816,  p.  186P  Where  waa  he  buriedF 
Did  he  leave  any  descendants?  And  what  coat  of 
iirms  did  he  hear  P  Also,  of  Sir  Simon  Blane,  one 
of  tbe  Judges  of  the  Court  of  K.  B.,  who  died 
IflthAiwil,Mmeyeu'r    And  of  AhUmhij  Davis^ 


Sr4  S.  L  Hu.  15,  '010 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


Eri].,  who  died  in  1816,  at  AlbuTj,  Snirej,  in  his 
eishty-eijihth  yearP  There  i*  a  short  account  of 
Mr.  Davii  in  Edwards'  AnecdoUi  of  Painteri, 
p.  123.  F.G. 

Bristol  Cathedral.  —  Will  some  correspon- 
dent give  me  a  rererence  to  any  work  in  which  I 
can  see  copies  of  the  uionumenta  in  Brislot 
Cathedral  ?  G.  W.  W. 

Clerical  KniGHTi.  —  Tut n:ii>;  over  the  other 
day  Townscn'l'a  Calendar  of  KnigkU,  London, 
1828,  I  found  the  named  of  the  Rev.  Sir  John 
Thoroton,  knighted  4th  Jan.  1814.  died  about 
1820,  and  the  Kev.  Sir  Robert  Peat,  D.D.,  who 
had  the  Royal  Licence  to  accept  the  order  of  St. 
Stniiislaus,  2  Oct.  1804.  Can  a  clcrf;yman  have 
kni<>hthuo(I  conferred  upon  brm  P  If  so,  hag  it 
been  done  in  any  other  cases  ?  If  not,  I  preaume 
these  persons  were  knighted  before  lakinp;  orders  P 
G.  W.  M. 

Clots  aiii>  Woollen  Trades. — Is  there  any 
history  of  the  ctoth  and  woollen  trades  in  Kent 
and  Susses  P  L.  L.  ■ 

WlLUAM  DiccoMSOlt,  as  appears  from  the 
Jacobite  Trials  at  Manchester,  in  1694,  published 
by  the  Cliethaca  Society,  was  tried  on  a  charge  of 
treason  and  acipiitted.  Was  he  afterwards  tried 
and  convicted  ?  I  aak  because  Baines,  In  his  HiM-  ' 
iory  of  Lancashire  (vol.  iii.  p.  472),  says  that 


for  high  treason  in  the  reign  of  William  IIL  Was 
such  a  Commission  held  in  ITOT  P  I  find  from  a 
contemporary  journal  that  a  CommissioD  was  sit- 
ting at  Wigan  in  July,  1706,  on  the  estate  of 
Mr.  Dicconaon  of  Wrightington.  Baines  refera 
to  the  Duchy  Records ;  but  I  am  told  that  the 
Keeper  of  the  Kecorda  resides  at  Preston,  and 
that  in  order  to  have  access  to  them,  his  expenses 
from  Preston  to  Lancaster  would  have  to  be  paid, 
as  well  as  a  fee  of  H.,  and  a  further  gratuity  of  It. 
or  2(.  6d.  fur  every  document  produced.  Is  this 
as  it  should  be  P  A.  E.  L. 

JoHK  Ederb  and  Johm  Wilkes.  —  Between 
1770  and  1780,  John  Eders,  a  housebreaker,  wag 
executed  at  Warwick  :  and  John  Wilkea,  a  high- 
wayman, either  nt  Stafford  or  Shrewsbury.  Their 
wicked  lives  and  edifying  deaths  were  published 
and  commented  upon  at  the  time,  but  I  have  not 
been  able  to  procuie  the  books  or  any  latbfac-  ' 
torr  account  of  then.  Any  information  thereon  | 
will  much  oblige.  W.  B.  J. 

Enolibk  Epitaphs  at  Rome. — The  Itineraria 
ditalia  contains  a  variety  of  curious  things.  My 
copy,  printed  at  Vicenza  in  1638,  says  it  is  trani- 
Iftted  from  the  Latin  of  Andrea  Scoto.  Now 
Andreas  Schottus  is  the  well-known  Jesuit  of 
Antwerp ;  bnt  I  elsewhere  find  this  work  ascribed 
to  Jui  brother  Francis.    I  may  then  aak  which 


really  wrote  the  work?  This  by  the  way.  Chap.V. 
Fart  2,  contains  a  list  of  Roman  churches  with 
their  principal  epitaphs.  In  that  of  "  San  Gri- 
so;rno  in  Transtevere,"  is  the  tomb  and  epitaph  of 
"  Dauid  Vttiliatto,  Oratore  In<!lese."  Is  this 
David  Williams,  and  who  was  he  P  In  the  church 
of  "  San  Gregorio  k  capo  del  Ponte  Fabritio  "  are 
the  epitaphs  of  "EdTardoCarno  "and  of  "  Roberto 
Vecamo,"  English  legists  and  knighta  who,  banished 
from  their  country  because  they  defended  the 
Catholic  religion,  went  to  finish  their  davs  in  the 
peace  of  the  Lord  at  Rome.  Who  was  the  second 
of  Uiese  P  In  the  church  of  the  "  Santa  Triniti  de 
gti  IngUn  "  is  buried  cardinal  Alano,  i.e.  Allan  or 
Allen.     Do  these  monuments  still  exist?  B.  H.C. 

FBAnKLTH.  —  Can  any  reader  give  me  the  pa- 
rentage of  John  and  Richard  Frauklyn,  Franklin, 
or  Francklyn,  of  Jamaica,  who  died  in  the  latter 
twenty  years  of  last  century  P  John  is  supposed 
to  hare  been  buried  within  St.  Alungo's  Church, 
Glasgow  (wlien  ?)  His  wife's  maiden  name  was 
Lilian  Blake,  I  think.  Whose  daughter  was  she  P 
Of  Nicholas  Allen  Blake,  of  Aiexander,  Benja- 
min, or  of  William,  the  Speaker  of  the  House  of 
Assembly,  in  the  above  island  P 

John  Franklyn  used  an  antique  seal,  on  which 
there  is  a  shield  with  a  bend  charged  with  three 
lions'  heads  erased.  I  do  not  remember  what 
the  charge  of  the  field  was,  but  rather  think  that 
it  resembled  a  dolphin.  B.  B.  B. 

Geruah  Drama.  —  Who  arc  the  authors  of  the 
two  following  burlesques  on  the  German  drama  P 

1.  More  KoUehue ;  or,  My  own  Fizarro,  a  mono- 
drama,  1799.  3.  The  Bcnevolenl  OU-Thnxnt,  a 
play  in  seven  acts,  Iranalated  from  an  original 
German  drama,  written  by  the  celebrated  Klotl- 
boggenhaggen,  by  Fabius  Pictor.  It  is  said  in 
the  Biog.  Dramat.  to  be  published  ir  -  """—■!"- 


a  collection 


of  poems  called  Tht  Meteors,^  vols.  1800;  alto  in 
The  Spirit  of  the  Public  JournaU,  vol.  iv. 

Zeta. 

GiLts  Grbbk,  MT.,  asd  Captaih  Pldmkbtt. 
The  following  is  in  the  Commoni  JoumaU ;  — 
"  Die  LuaB,  Juaij  S4.  1644. 

"  Upon  infoFTnation  given  Id  thla  Uoiud,  that  Caplsin 
Plunkett,  Captain  Tliomaa,  and  otliers  in  IbB  service  of 
th8  King  ind  Parlisment.  with  iomo  of  tbeir  Mariaen, 
(lid  plunder  a  bonse  of  Hr.  Giles  Grt«n,  ■  member  of 
Ibis  Home  — killed  direra  of  bit  Ewes  and  Lambs,  sad 
carried  awiy  olbera,  to  hii  great  damage  — it  la  ordered, 
that  tbe  said  Captain  Plnnkett,  CapUin  Thomaa,  and 
their  CompanioDB,  shall  nuke  Mr.  Green  reparation. 
And  Hr.  Green  hstb  leave  of  this  Houae  to  accept  the 
same  accordingly." 

My  Query  is  ;  Where  may  be  found  further 
particulars  of  the  condoct  of  the  said  Captain 
Plunkett  &  Co.  P  Mr.  Green  was  M.P.  for  Corfe 
and  Weymouth  at  different  times,  and  hia  tia-as^ 
wa«intbeIala<i££iBW3«-    ^'^^^'^^.^^^^^ 


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NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


[8**  a  I.  Mab.  15,  '62. 


Family  of  Cjesab  Hawkins.  —  Whence  did 
this  family  obtain  the  name  of  Caesar,  which  ap- 
pears in  almost  every  generation  ?  I  have  a  copy 
of  Holyband*8  French  Littleton^  on  the  fly-leaves 
and  cover  of  which  are  the  signatures  of  "  Thomas 
Hawkins  of  Fotterspury,  in  the  county  of  North- 
ampton, March  13th,  1642";  and  of  ''Cesar 
Hawkins.**  The  latter  being  in  the  handwriting 
of  a  youth.  C.  J.  K. 

Jones  tde  Cix>ckmakeb. — I  should  be  much 
obliged  by  any  further  information  respecting 
Jones,  the  noted  clockmaker  in  the  Inner  Temple 
Gate,  of  whom  mention  was  made  by  Mr.  Stevens, 
in  connexion  with  the  first  making  of  barometers 
(3^  S.  i.  112.)  M^  reason  for  asking  is,  that  I 
have  in  my  possession  a  clock ;  which,  according 
to  family  tradition,  was  given  by  Charles  II.  to 
Mrs.  Jane  Lane,  in  memory  of  her  services  after 
the  battle  of  Worcester.  And  on  the  clock  is 
engraved  the  name  of  "  Henricus  Jones,  Lon- 
DiNi."  P.  S.  Caret. 

Lauohton.  —  Hunter,  in  his  Deanery  of  Don' 
caster  (vol.  i.  p.  246),  gives  the  pedigree  of  a 
family  of  Laughton  of  Eastfield,  Thropum,  &c., 
in  parish  of  Tickhill,  Yorkshire,  with  these 
arms :  '*  Quarterly  per  fess  indented,  or  and 
gules.**  These  are  the  arms  of  Leighton  of  Leigh- 
ton  and  Wattlesborough,  Shropshire.  Informa- 
tion requested  to  elucidate  this  circumstance  of 
two  distinct  families  bearing  the  same  arms,  and 
of  the  existence  of  parallel   instances  in  other 

families  ?  W.  A.  Lriguton. 

Shrewsbury. 

Love  Lane  Chapel,  Deptforb. — Can  any  of 
your  correspondents  give  me  information  of  a 
Key.  Mr.  Lewis,  Minister  of  the  above  chapel  ? 
The  period  at  which  he  was  minister,  and  when 
he  died,  &c.P  The  chapel,  I  believe,  has  been 
pulled  down.  When  P  What  was  done  with  the 
remains  of  those  that  were  buried  under  it  ? 

J.  W. 

OUOHTBED,  Wm.   the  MATHEMATICIAN,  is   Said 

to  have  practised  the  art  of  geomancy.     On  what 
autnority  ?  Delta. 

Paulson.  — 

"  Cat  boldly  said  the  augur.    Tarquin  drew 
His  razor  o*er  the  hone,  and  cut  it  through : 
Promptness,  not  wisdom,  ruled  his  tawdry  lot, 
As  Alexander  solved  the  Gordian  knot. 
And  Whitfield,  vulgar,  ignorant,  and  loud. 
Cuts  Scripture  boldly  up,  but  wins  the  crowd. 
Henley  and  Paulson  shine  with  equal  force, 
In  quick-made  shoe,  and  topsy-turvy  horse.** 

•*  Impudence,**  by  J.  L.,  in  Poemi  by  Various 
AutAorSf  London,  1775. 

The  Other  impostors]  are  well  known ;  but  who 
was  Paulson  P  '  M.  E. 

JixpABTEE.  —  I  remember  fi  story  told  of  two 
S^DtJemen;  one  of  whom  bad  8  grtj  beard  and 


black  hair,  and  the  other  grey  hur  and  a  black 
beard.  The  former  expressed  his  surprise  at  the 
difference,  and  wanted  an  explanation.  The  reply 
was  :  "  You  have  used  your  jaws  more  than  your 
brains,  but  I  have  used  my  brains  and  spared  my 
jaws."  It  is  added  that  the  grey  beard  deserved 
the  compliment  on  more  accounts  than  one.  Can 
anyone  refer  to  a  modern  author  for  the  above, 
or  ^ive  the  names  of  the  parties?  I  fear  it  is  a 
fiction ;  as  one  half  of  it  is  told  of  St.  Amant,  a 
French  poet,  who  died  in  or  about  1661. 

B.  11.  C. 

Reynolds  and  Wilkes.  —  Can  and  will  any 
reader  oblige  by  giving  the  Christian  name  and 
residence,  in  Kent,  of  Mr.  Reynolds,  the  attorney 
for  the  once  celebrated  John  Wilkes,  Esq.,  in 
1 770,  referred  to  in  the  Town  and  Country  Mag, 
for  that  year,  p.  221  ?  Or  the  Christian  and 
maiden  surname  of  Mrs.  Reynolds.         Glwtsig. 

"  Silken  Cord." — M.  Quatrefages,  in  his  Ram- 
bles of  a  Naturalist  (ii.  257),  has  this  sentence : 
"Cut  the  silken  cord."  Will  any  of  your  con- 
tributors kindly  explain  its  meaning  ?      Clifton. 

SoBiESKi. — Why  is  the  name  of  Sobieski  popular 
in  the  semi- Welch  families  in  Shropsbire,  Owen, 
for  instance  ?  It  b  given  to  daughters,  but  not  to 
sons  ?  E. 

Seismoloqt.  —  Where  can  be  found  (if  any 
there  be)  statistics  of  earthquakes  in  continuation 
of  the  researches  of  Mr.  MallCtt,  published  in  the 
Reports  of  the  British  Association  for  the  years 
1850,  1851,  1854,  and  1858;  and  those  of  Pro- 
fessor Perrey  of  Dijon  ?  In  the  former  the  sta- 
tistics include  the  year  1842,  and  M.  Perrey 
continues  the  investigation  to  1850. 

Ebnest  W.  Bartlett. 

Trapfoed  Family.— To  what  family,  if  not  to 
that  of  the  Traffords,  of  Trafford.  co.  Lancashire, 
did  Thomas  Trafford,  Esq ,  of  Bridge  Trafford, 
CO.  Chester,  belong  ?  "With  which  gentleman" 
(so  I  read  in  Burke*s  Landed  Oentry^  under  the 
head  of  "  Barnston  "),  "  who  fell  at  Naseby,  ended 
the  male  line  of  a  most  distinguished  family.** 
His  daughter  Alice  married  firsUy,  J.  Barnston, 
Esq.,  and  secondly,  the  Hon.  R.  Savage,  by  whom 
she  became  the  mother  of  the  fifth  Earl  Rivers. 

H.  M.  W. 

Valckenaeb  Family,  of  the  Hague.  —  I 
have  a  vellum  bound  Caesar  (Blaeu,  Amsterdnm, 
1697)  in  the  fly-leaf  of  which  is  a  long  inscrip- 
tion testifying  that  the  book  was  presented  on 
promotion  in  the  school  to  James  Valckenaer,  by 
the  following  Curators  of  the  Academy  of  the 
Hague:  **G.  Vankinsisot,  A.  Spierinxhouk,  E. 
Gromnie/*  ....  another  name  I  have  not  been 
able  to  decipher,  countersigned  **  quod  attestor 
IsaScus  Yalckenaer,  Rector  et  Lector.**  I  would 
inquire  whether,  cpneidering  the  date  of  pre- 


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lentation,  Sept  1727,  either  of  these  Yalckenaers 
can  have  been  connected  with  the  Commentator 
3n  Euripides,  and  whether  any  lists  of  curators 
sxist  by  which  I  might  supply  the  deficiency  of 
Lhe  illegible  name  ?  Any  information  on  these 
points  would  be  acceptable  to 

C.  H.  E.  Cabmichaei.. 

Vahdtkb.  —  I  was  shown  lately  by  a  Dutch 
official,  at  Anjer,  the  portrait,  said  to  be  by  Yan- 
lyke,  of  his  ancestor,  Roelef  Warmolts  of  Gro- 
nmgeu.  It  was  in  oil  and  on  wood.  The  features 
were  strongly  marked,  and  the  lines  of  the  face 
bard ;  there  was  a  slight  moustache  and  an  impe- 
rial, the  whole  being  set  in  a  huge  plain  cambric 
ruff.  The  manner  was  excellent,  as  was  also  the 
painting.  The  face  seemed  to  be  more  than  the 
result  of  aH. 

Can  any  reader  afford  any' in  formation  in  con- 
aeciion  with  this  fine  work  or  its  subject.     Sfai.. 

John  Woodward,  M.A.,  Prebendary  of  Glou- 
cester cathedral,  presented  September  2,  and  in- 
stalled September  10,  1558.  In  1561,  it  was 
returned  that  he  did  not  reside,  but  that  he  lived 
with  Sir  John  Petre  at  his  house  in  London.  He 
probably  resigned  his  stall  in  1571.  What  else  is 
known  of  him  ?  Was  he  related  to  the  John 
Woodward,  who  filled  the  office  of  Sheriff  in  1557 
and  1562,  and  was  Mayor  of  Gloucester  in  1566  ? 

John  Woodward. 


Praise-God  Barebobes. — Barebone,  who  gave 
bis  name  to  a  parliament  summoned  by  Cromwell, 
was  1^1. P.  for  London  ?  Is  it  known  of  what  place 
be  was  native,  or  where  he  died  ?  Was  the  prefix. 
Praise-  Oody  a  real  or  assumed  name  P  L.  L. 

[It  is  probable  the  real  surname  of  this  enthasiast  iraa 
Barbon,  an  ancient  family  of  that  name  having  been 
settled  for  many  generations  iu  the  neighbourhood  of 
Soho,  after  some  of  whom  the  open  space  next  Gerrard 
Street,  Newport  Market,  so  late  as  the  reign  of  George  II., 
wu  recognised  by  the  name  of  Barbon  Square-  Praise^ 
Ood  was  undoubtedly  the  baptismal  appellation  of  /Bare- 
bonea,  who  was  a  leather-seller  in  Fleet  Street,  and 
owner  of  a  house  called  **  The  Lock  and  Key,**  in  the 
Mrish  of  St  Dunstan-in-the-West  He  %a8  admitted 
freeman  of  the  Leather-sellers*  Company  20th  Jan.  1623 ; 
elected  a  Warder  of  the  .Yeomanr}*,  6th  July,  1680 ;  a 
liveryman.  13th  October,  1684 ;  and  third  warden,  16th 
June,  1648.  In  1662  he  was  imprisoned  in  the  Tower. 
In  the  Sute  Paper  Office  is  an  Order  in  Council,  dated 
Joly  27, 1662,  on  petition  of  Sarah  Barebonea,  for  the  re- 
lease on  bail,  from  the  Tower,  of  her  husband,  close 
prisoner  there  many  months,  and  so  ill  that  he  must 
perish  unless  released.  {Calendar  of  State  Papers,  Dom. 
lMi-2,  p.  447.)  We  cannot  discover  the  date  of  his 
death.  We  shall  be  glad  to  be  informed  where  any  bio- 
fraphical  particnlaTs  may  be  found  of  his  son.  Dr.  Bare- 
bone,  the  great  builder  and  projector,  who  was  chris- 
tened at  bis  baptism,  '*  IfJesus-Christ-had-not-died- 
Ibr-tlioe-tlioa-hadst-been-damned  Barebone,*'  but  usually 
fxlept  "  Paqmed  Pr.  Barebooe,**  which,  t»  hit  monus 


were  none  of  the  best,  appeared  to  suit  him  better  than 
his  entire  baptismal  prefix.  Mr.  James  Crosslbt  (**  N. 
8c  Q.*'  !■*  S.  vi.  3)  mentions  a  notice  of  him  in  Roger 
North's  unpublished  Autobiography;  but  where  is  this 
MS.  to  be  found?] 

Stow's  "Sdbvey."  —  In  Stow's  Survey  (folio 
edition,  2  vols,  1720),  vol.  ii.  226  [183  ?],  the  fol- 
lowing account  is  given  of  the  dowry  of  Anne, 
daughter  of  Sir  Wm.  Hewett,  fCnight,  Lord 
Mayor  of  London,  1559,  and  wife  of  Sir  £d.  Os- 
borne :  — 

**  Whereof  the  late  estate  of  Sir  Thomas  Fanshawe,  in 
the  parish  of  Barking,  in  Essex,  was  a  part,  as  the  late 
Duke  of  Leeds  told  the  Reverend  Mr.  John  Hewyt,  from 
whom  I  have  this  relation.'* 

Now  Stow  died  in  1605,  that  is  nine  years 
before  Mr.  John  Hewyt's  grandfather*  was  born. 
Again,  the  dukedom  of  Leeds  was  not:  conferred 
till  the  year  1694,  or  eighty-nine  years  after  Stow*8 
death. 

Now,  putting  these  two  things'*  together,  it  is 
evident  that  the  above  paragraph  was  not  written 
by  Stow,  but  must  have  been  inserted  for  the^r^^ 
time  by  Strype  in  his  edition  of  1720,  as  it  speaks 
of  the  late  Duke  of  Leeds,  and  he  did  not  die  till 
the  year  1712.  Perhaps  some  of  your  correspon- 
dents, who  are  in  a  position  to  compare  the  edi- 
tions of  1598,  1603,  1618,  or  1633  with  that  of 
1720,  will  kindly  state  if  this  the  case ;  and  also 
whether  there  is  any  way  of  distinguishing  be- 
tween the  original  text,  and  Strype^s  insertions  of 
a  later  date?  Urytb. 

Capetown,  S.  A,  Jan.  1862. 

[Strype's  additions  to  the  text  of  Stow  cannot  well  be 
distinguished  except  by  a  comparison  of  the  respective 
editions.  The  passage  relating  to  the  dowry  of  Sir  Wil- 
liam Hewett's  daughter  is  not  in  Stow's  own  edition  of 
1603,  nor  in  that  of  1683,  fol.  edited  by  Anthony  Mnn- 
day  and  Henry  Dyson.] 

Fbstbawk  :  Algumie  Stuffe.  —  Could  you 
kindly  help  me  to  the  meaning  of  these  two  words. 
They  occur  in  Featley's  StricturtB  in  Lyndomasti- 
gem,  London,  1638.  The  first  is  met  with  in 
Alphab.  i.  p.  14 :  — 

^'Ilee  who  hath  made  a  paire  of  spectacles  for  the 
knight,  had  need  to  have  a  Festrawe  made  for  him  selfe 
to  spell  withall.'* 

The  second  occurs,  Alphab.  i.  p.  32  :  — 

**  Hee  will  find  S.  Austin's  discourse  in  that  tractate  to 
bee  pure  gold ;  and  Maldonale  his  glosse  to  be  drosse  or 
Alcumie  stuffe^  which  will  not  iodure  the  fire.'* 

Ll^TA. 

[Feasetraw  is  a  pin  or  point  used  to  point  at  the  letters 
in  teaching  children  to  read  {Halliwell),  Festrawe,  or 
Feasetraw,  is  nearly  connected  with  the  old  English  word 
Fettue,  which  signified  the  same  thing,  and  with  the  old 
Fr.  FeMtu  now  F^tu.  Conf.  in  Latin,  in  Med.  Latin,  and  in 
Ital.,  Feituca,  and  in  Romance,  Fettuc,  The  old  English 
Fescue  (equivalent  to  Fettue)  seems  to  be  from  the  Italian 
Fiifcetfo.—  **  Alcumie  stuff,"  probably  "alchymy  stuff,** 

•  Rev.  John  Hewett,  D.D.,boca  l^U.  ^^^^^.V.<^^ 
for  I^oveinbv,  WV.^ 


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NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


[8^  a  L  Mas.  15,  *«S. 


•*.  e.  the  alchymic  drots,  opposed  to  the  **  pure  gold"  men- 
tioned just  before  in  the  same  sentence.  The  word  alchymv 
has  been  supposed  by  some  to  be  connected  with  the  Greek 
xO/aa,  which  may  account  for  the  u  in  *•  Alcumie."] 

IIVMNS     FROM     THB      PARISIAN      BbBVIART.  — 

Would  you  kindly  inform  ine  what  versions  of  the 
above  hymns  into  the  £n;;lish  language  are  now 
accessible,  ei^Jier  of  the  whole  work,  or  of  indivi- 
dual hymns;  adding,  if  known,  the  publisher's 
name,  and  the  price  ?  Vbyan  Rheged. 

[We  believe  the  following  is  the  most  popular  English 
version:  Hymm  trandaied  from  the  Pariiian  Breviary. 
Bv  the  author  of  The  Cathedral  [Rev.  Isaac  Williams.] 
London :  Rivington's,  1839,  12mo,  price  6#.  Our  corre- 
spondent should  aUo  consult  Mr.  Williams*s  version  of 
these  Ilvmns  as  published  originally  in  The  Britieh  Ma- 
gazine, 1834-1837,  namely,  voL  v.  pp.  28,  274,  424,  639 ; 
vi.  28,  383,  C18;  vii.  252,  401,  405,  654;  viii.  34,  160. 
406,  616;  ix.  27,  503,  626;  x.  406;  xi.  148,386;  xii.  29, 
265,  508.  The  hymns  are  here  printed  in  Latin  and  Eng- 
lisb,  with  the  services  (in  English)  where  thej^  occur.  1 

Squeers  and  DoTHEnoTS  Hall. — In  Literary 
Recollectionxj  by  the  Rev.  R.  Warner,  vol.  i.,  and 
commencing  at  p.  24,  there  is  a  description  of  a 
boarding  school  and  its  master,  bearing  an  extra- 
ordinary resemblance  to  the  renowned  Squeers 
and  Dotheboys  Hall.  Has  this  anything  to  do 
with  the  famous  Yorkshire  seminary  and  its  prin- 
cipal, and  is  it  the  original  of  that  establishment 
and  its  **head"?  Mr.  Warner's  book  was  pub- 
li^shed  in  1830  by  Longman.  Dickens  published 
m  my  years  after  that  date.  S.  Kedmond. 

Liverpool. 

[In  the  preface  to  the  smaller  edition  of  Nicholae 
NickUbg,  published  in  1848,  Dickens  tells  us  how  the 
horrors  and  cruelties  of  Yorkshire  schools  were  brought 
under  his  notice  when  he  himself  was  but  a  boy ;  and  how, 
in  after  years,  when  he  found  he  could  command  an  au- 
dience, he  travelled  northwards  to  gather  information  on 
tlio  spot,  with  a  view  to  call  the  attention  of  the  public 
to  the  nuisance.  The  idea  seems  to  have  been  taken  up 
independently,  and  to  have  been  honestly  and  fairly 
worlced  out.] 

"Not  worth  a  Rap." — Is  anywhere  noted 
in  your  world-read  pages  the  probable  origin  of 
the  expression  **  Not  worth  a  rap  "  P  I  believe  it 
to  be  genuine  Indian,  from  the  heading  of  a  bill 
being  "  Rupees,  Annas,  and  Pice."  A.  L. 

[The  want  of  small  money  in  Ireland  was  grown  to 
such  a  height  in  J  72 1-2,  that  counterfeit  coins,  called 
raps,  were  in  common  use,  made  of  such  bad  metal,  that 
what  passed  for  a  half-penny  was  not  worth  half  a  far- 
thing. Hence  the  cant  phrase  "Not  worth  a  rap"  The 
naqje  was,  in  all  probabilitv,  derived  from  rappen,  a  small 
Swiss  coin,  value  about  half  a  farthing.] 


EDMUND  BURKE. 

(3"»  S.  I.  161.) 

There  can  be  no  doubt  as  to  the  interest  which 
jtttacbea  to  the  queatioDB  asked  hj  joar  con^ 


spondent,  but  the  research  cannot,  I  fear,  be  suf- 
ficiently defined  to  give  us  much  hope  of  a  suc- 
cessful result.  Other  (questions,  however,  may 
easily  be  solved  by  any  intelligent  gentleman  re- 
siding in  Dublin :  for  example,  how  hia  brother 
Garrett  became  possessed  of  the  estate  at  Clohir, 
and  what  were  the  grounds  for  the  suit  or  action 
for  the  recovery  of  that  estate  by  Robert  Naglt  or 
Nangle.  Nothing  on  this  important  subject  can 
be  collected  from  the  biographers.  Sir  G.  Cock- 
burn,  in  the  pamphlet  to  which  your  correspon- 
dent referred,  gives  an  unfavourable  account  of 
the  transaction :  — 

"  To  elude  the  persecuting  rigour  of  the  penal  laws  in 
Ireland,  a  Roman  Catholic  family  made  over  their  estate 
in  trust  to  a  brother  of  Mr.  E.  'Burke*s,  a  practising  at-  i 
torney  in  Dublin ;  but  ho  thought  proper  to  avail  him- 
self of  their  confidence,  claimed  and  held  the  estate  for 
himself,  and  bequeathed  it  to  his  elder  brother. 

"  Mr.  O'Connor  was*  employed  by  this  unfortnnate  fa- 
mily to  carry  on  a  suit  in  the' Irish  Exchequer  to  recover 
this  estate.  But  as  the  rigid  letter  of  tha  law  was  de- 
cidedly against  their  claims,  Mr.  O'Connor  appealed  to 
Mr.  Burke's  humanity  in  their  favour.  He  candidly 
acknowledged  the  cruelty  and  injustice  of  the  penal  laws, 
and  fairly  and  liberally  owned  that  he  would  with  con- 
scientious pleasure  restore  the  estate,  if  be  did  not  appre- 
hend that  his  doing  so  would  throw  an  indelible  stain  on 
his  brother's  memory.  The  following  panegyrical  epi- 
gram on  Mr.  Burke's  answer  was  written  at  that  time, 
about  1773  [1777?]  by  Counsellor  Harwood:  — 

***  Fraternal  love  inspires  good  Edmund's  breast, 
Of  his  dear  virtue  hear  this  glorious  test  — 
He  writes,  declaims  in  mild  Religion's  cause. 
Yet  he's  enriched  by  fraud  and  penal  laws. 
He  'gainst  his  conscience  beggars  a  whole  race. 
To  save  a  brother's  memory  fh>m  disgrace ; 
Rather  than  blast  the  generona  donor's  fame. 
From  him  he  heirs  the  profit,  cheat,  and  shame ; 
Sarcastic  truth  with  calm  contempt  he  braves. 
And  from  pure  virtue  shines  the  nnt  of— knaves.'  " 

A  like  charge  was  preferred  sgainst  the  Burkes 
while  Edmund  was  living,  in  the  JRope  of  Pomona, 
by  Mr.  Coventry,  afterwards  M.P. 

The  general  truth  of  these  statements  is 
strengthened  by  a  letter  from  Edmund  Burke, 
dated  9th  Dec.  1777,  and  which  may  have  been 
the  reply  to  Mr.  O'Connor.  This  letter  —  one  of 
great  interest — was  published  by  Sir  James  Prior, 
but  is  not*  to  be  found  in  the  last  edition  of  bis 
Life  of  Burke. 

Plere  are  serious  charges,  in  which  I,  for  one, 
am  unwilling  to  place  implicit  confidence.  Will 
some  of  your  Dublin  correspondents  obliginglj 
give  us  the  authentic  facts  from  the  ofiicial  re- 
cords ?  T.  C.  B. 

I  agree  with  your  correspondent  that  our  ignor- 
ance respecting  Edmund  Burke  and  his  family 
is  quite  startling.  Even  the  few  facts  which  he 
seems  willing  to  receive  are  not  proved.  I  am 
afraid  that  I  cannot  help  to  clear  up  the  mystery, 
but  I  noticed  lome  time  since  a  »ct  respecting 
lom^  Bvki^  q€  one  of  the  many  Castle  Towns 


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which  maj  he  worth  notice.  Thus,  in  the  list  of 
claims  entered  at  Chichester  House,  Dublin,  be- 
fore 10th  August,  1700 ;  that  is,  Claims  on  For- 
feited Estates,  is  one — 

**  No.  1020.  By  John  and  Thomas  Boarke  for  mortgage 
In  fee  for  £1000  on  lands  in  Castle  Town,  Cy.  Gal  way, 
Barooy  of  Longford,  late  in  the  possession  of  John  Burke!" 

And  one  of  the  witnesses  to  the  lease  and  re- 
lease, dated  July,  1700,  is  '*  William  Nan<;le.** 

If  this  association  of  names  and  facts — of  Burkes, 
Nangles,  Castle  Town,  and  penal  laws,  have  nothing 
to  do  with  our  Burkes,  Nangles,  Castle  Town,  and 
penal  laws,  it  is  a  very  remarkable  coincidence. 

J.  A.  W. 


GORSUCH. 
(2»*  S.  xii.  249,  335,  382.  443.) 

In  the  Calendar  of  State  Papers,  Domestic 
Series,  1630,  Oct.  24,  is  a  petition  of  Daniel 
Grorsuch,  merchant  in  London.  On  the  south 
wall  of  Walkern  church,  Hertfordshire,  above 
an  altar  tomb,  under  a  semicircular  recess,  are 
the  effigies  of  a  gentleman  and  lady  kneeling 
in  prayer  :  Shields  dexter,  argent  semee  of  10 
cross-crosslets,  gules,  3  griffin*s  heads  erased 
sable;  sinister,  Sable  2  bars  engrailed  between 
3  fleurs-de-lis  or ;  with  inscription  to  the  memory 
of  Daniel  Gorsuch,  citizen  and  merchant  of  Lon- 
don (pb.  8th  Oct.  1638),  his  wife  Alice,  and  three 
children  —  John,  Katharine,  and  Joanna. 

John  Gorsuch,  clerk,  M.A ,  was  rector  of  Wal- 
kern on  the  presentation  of  Daniel  Gorsuch,  28th 
July,  1632;  of  whom  see  Walker's  Sufferings  of 
CUrgy^  pt.  II.  p.  251. 

Thomas  Talbot  Gorsuch,  Esq.  (ob.  April  27, 
1820),  buried  at  Bark  way,  Herts;  tomb  and  in- 
scription there.  ArmSf  Argent,  2  chevronels  azure, 
.hetween  3  sprigs  of  myrtle.  Motto^  **  Aperte  vi- 
vere  Toto.**  This  gentleman  was  a  surgeon  in 
London ;  the  only  son  of  Kev.  William  Gorsuch, 
M.A.,  vicar  of  Holy  Cross,  Shrewsbury,  1750, 
a  native  of  Shrewsbury;  ob.  1781.  liis  sister 
Mary  married  Kev.  John  Rowland,  rector  of  Llan- 
geitho,  Cardiganshire ;  and  one  of  the  Masters  of 
Shrewsbury  Free  School.  The  Rev.  Wm.  Gor- 
such Rowland,  M.A.,  minister  of  St.  Mary*s, 
Shrewsbury,  and  Daniel  Rowland,  Esq.,  of  Lon- 
don, with  their  sisters,  substantiated  their  claim 
as  next  of  kin  in  a  Chancery  suit  to  the  property 
of  Mr.  T.  Talbot  Gorsuch. 

The  following  extracts  from  the  Parish  Regis- 
ter of  Holy  Cross,  Shrewsbury,  may  relate  to  this 
iamily:  — 

••  1664,  Oct  20.  Bowland,  s.  of  Richard  and  Jane  Gos- 
ssge,  baiK 
1667,  Aug.  16.  Rowland,  s.  of  Richard  Gossage,  bur. 
1669,  Msftsh  25.  Richard,  s.  of  Richard  Gossage,  bap. ; 

bar.  on  28th. 
1671,  June  1.  John,  s.  of  Richard  Go88afl;e,  bap. 

May  L  £Uaabeth,  d.  of  Richard  Gosssge^  bap. 


1700f  Sep.  16.  Richard  Gausoge,  poor  laborer,  bur. 

1716,  March  10.     Widow  Gornuge,  pauper,  bur. 

1733,  Oct  18.     Mr.  Win.  Goniuch  and  Mrs.  Miirtha 

Talbot,  both  of  St  Chad's  parish,  Shrewsbury, 

mar. 
1770,  Aupf.  16.  Wra.  Gorsuch,  s.  of  Rev.  John  and  Mary 

Rowland,  bap. 

1772,  July  81.  John,  s.  of  ditto,  bap. 

1773,  Dec.  11.  .Tinetta,  d.  of  ditto,  bap. 
1775,  May  30.  Martha  d.  of  ditto,  ban. 

1777,  Feb.  8.  Maria,  d.  of  ditto,  bap.^ 

1778,  July  11.  Daniel,  s.  of  ditto,  bdp. 

1765,  Sep.  26.  Daniel  Rowland,  bur. 

1766,  Oct  8.  Uarriotte  Rowland,  inf.,  bur. 
1778,  July  15.  Martha  Rowland,  inf.,  bur. 
1781,  Not.  2C.  William  Gontuch,  vicar,  bur. 
1764,  Sep.  26.  John  Rowland,  clerk,  of  St.  Mary's  par., 

Shrewsbury,    and    Mary  Gorsuch    of  this   par., 
spinster,  mar. 
1807,  Nov.  4.  Joseph  Carless,  Esq.,  of  St.  Julian  par., 
Shrewsbury,  aud  Eleanor  Rowland  of  this  par., 
mar. 

1815,  Nov.  22.  Rev.  John  Rowland,   rector   of  Llan- 
geitho,  aged  80,  bur. 

1816.  May  17.  Joseph  Carless,  Esq.,  Alderman,  aged 
68,  bur. 

1821,  March  17.  Mary,  relict  of  Rev.  John  Rowland, 

aced  85,  bur. 
1844,  Dec.  4.  Eleanor,  widow  of  Joseph  Careless,  Esq., 

aged  75,  bur. " 

Gossaj^e  is  the  provincial  pronunciation  of  Gor- 
such. There  are  monuments  to  the  above  fami- 
lies in  St.  Giles*s  church,  Shrewsbury. 

Ursula,  daughter  of  Sir  Thomas  Putt,  Bart.,  of 
Gittesham,   co.   Devon,    ob.    1686,    and   Ursula, 
daughter  and  co-heiress  of  Sir  Rich.  Ciiolmondeley 
of  Grossmont,  York,  Knt.,  married  Charles  Gor- 
such, Esq.,  of  Oxfordshire  ;  and  died  s.  p. 

W.  A.  LfilGIITON. 

Shrewsbury. 

Is  Gorsuch  in  the  vicinity  of  Preston,  as  alleced 
by  J.  K.  ?  Or  was  it  situated  between  Scarisbrick 
Bridge  and  La  Mancha  ?  Some  of  the  family  of 
Gorsuch  seem  to  have  settled,  or  to  have  been  living 
in  London  about  1715  or  1716.  The  family  was 
Catholic,  and  mention  is  made  of  a  priest  of  that 
name.  Thomas  Gorsuch,  Tliomus  Gorsuch,  j  un.,  his 
sisters  Anne  und  Mary  Gorsuch,  are  mentioned  in 
notes  of  that  date.  Under  the  date  Nov.  17, 
1706,  I  find  that  Mary  Gorsuch  gave  to  a  friend 
a  powder-box,  which  her  father  had,  made  of  lisr^ 
num  vitte,  I  suspect  the  father  died  Dec.  21, 
1725.  In  the  Catnolic  chapel  at  St.  Helen's,  there 
is  a  mural  tablet  in  memory  of  a  Gorsuch  Eccles- 
ton:  perhaps  there  was  an  inter-marriage  be- 
tween the  families  of  Gorsuch  and  Eccleston, 
which  latter  family  now  represents  the  Scaris- 
bricks  and  Dicconsons.  A.  E.  L. 


THE  EMPKROR  NAPOLEON  HI. 
(3'*  S.  i.  88.) 

In  my  collection  of  autographs  there  is  one  of 
the  present  Em[)tiror  of  thft  Ei^^^Vi^  nrVj^kJcl  x>iX!i^ 
as  foUowa :  — 


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NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


[8^  a  L  Uab.  15^  *6t 


<*dA,  KiDff  St,  le  21  Ayril,  1847. 
**  Hon  cher  Monsieur  Campbdl, 
**  Yous  me  feriez  graod  plaisir  de  vouloir  bien  tra- 
daire  dans  ce  bon  style  Anglais  que  voas  maniez  si  bien 
la  lettre  9i-jointe  que  je  soia  oblig^  d'adresser  aux  joar- 
naax. 

^'J'enrerrai  demain  k  midi  cbercher  la'  r^jM)nse  et 
j'espfere  qae  vous  vondrez  bien  me  rendre  ce  service. 

**  Recevez,  mon  cher  Monsieur  Campbell,  Tassarance 
de  mea  aentimeas  d'estime  et  d'amiti^. 

(Signed)  "  Napoleon  Louis  B."  • 

In  the  London  Times  of  the  23rd  April,  1847, 
I  find  the  following  interesting  letter,  which  was 
evidently  that  referred  to  by  the  writer  of  the 
autograph.  It  is  characterbtic,  and  being  for- 
gotten, merits  reproduction  m  your  pages :  — 

«*  To  the  Editor  of  The  Times. 

**  Sir, — A  Member  of  the  Chamber  of  Deputies,  M.  le 
Baron  Leconteulx,  had  the  hardihood  to  assert,  in  the 
sitting  of  the  17th  inst,  that,  in  1836,  I  violated  the 
solemn  engagement  in  consideration  of  which,  he  avers, 
I  was  graciously  pardoned.  A  few  months  ago.  Monsieur 
Capefigue,  in  the  ninth  volume  of  his  L* Europe  depuit 
Vavenement  du  Roi  Louit  Philippe,  propagated  the  same 
calumny.  Thus  I  am  reluctantly  constrained  once  more 
to  refute  malevolence  which  neither  my  prolonged  cap- 
tivity, nor  my  present  retired  mode  of  life  has  sufficed  to 
silence. 

**  In  1836  the  French  Government  made  no  attempt  to 
negotiate  terms  for  my  liberation,  for  it  knew  full  well 
that  1  preferred  a  solemn  trial  to  being  merely  set  at 
'  liberty.  Nothing  then  was  exacted  of  me,  for  tlie  simple 
reason  that  there  was  nothing  to  require  of  me.  Nor  can 
I  have  conceded  aught,  since  I  craved  no  concession  of 
the  Government  Accordingly,  in  1840,  M.  Frank  Carr^ 
the  Procnreur-General,  when  reading  m}'  indictment 
before  the  Court  of  Peers,  was  obliged  to  admit  that  my 
liberation  in  1836  was  quite  unconditional  (witness  the 
Moniteur  of  the  ^Oth  September,  1840).  ^yhen,  there- 
fore, T  returned  to  Europe,  in  1837,  that  I  might  close 
the  eyelids  of  my  dying  mother,  no  moral  obligation 
forbad  my  doing  so. 

<*  If  in  order  to  accomplish  that  act  of  filial  duty,  I  had 
been  weak  enough  to  violate  a  promise,  the  French 
Government  would  not  have  found  it  necessary  in  1838 
to  assemble  a  corpg  d^arrUe  for  the  purpose  of  forcing  me 
to  quit  Switzerland ;  a  summons  to  keep  my  engagement 
would  have  sufficed.  Moreover,  if  I  had  broken  my 
word,  the  French  Government  would  never  have  placed 
reliance  in  it  afterwards;  yet,  far  from  that  being  the 
case,  it  repeatedly  intimated  to  me,  during  my  confine- 
ment  at  Ham,  that  upon  my  making  certain  pledges  to 
the  present  dynasty,  the  doors  of  my  prison  would  be 
forthwith  thrown  open. 

"  Now  if  I  had  as  little  regard  as  some  would  have  it 
believed,  for  what,  in  my  estimation,  is  most  sacred— good 
faith  —  I  should  have  unhesitatingly  subscribed  what- 
ever conditions  were  proposed ;  whereas,  on  the  contrary, 
I  preferred  to  remain  six  years  a  prisoner,  and  to  incur 
the  perils  of  a  hazardous  escape,  sooner  than  submit  to 
terms  which  I  deemed  to  be  degrading. 

**  Let  those  who  list  censure  my  political  life ;  let  them, 
if  they  please,  misrepresent  ray  actions,  nay,  distort  my 
motives;  I  shall  not  murmur,  for  I  know  that  public 
opinion  is  inexorable  towards  the  fallen ;  but  never  shall 
I  suffer  any  one  to  asperse  my  honor,  which,  thank  God ! 
I  have  preserved  unsullied  through  many  severe  trials. 

*  Following  his  uncle's  example,  the  Prince  tbns  ab- 
b/vriMted  his  ai^ature  in  familiar  epiaUoi, 


«  Confident,  Sir,  that  in  the  spirit  of  justice,  yoa  will 
give  insertion  to  the  preceding  refutation, 
**  I  remain.  Sir,  Yours, 

"Napoleon  Louis  Bohapabte.*' 
"  King  Street,  St.  James's,  April  22.** 

Can  any  reader  of  "  N.  &  Q."  inform  me  who 
was  the  Mr.  Campbell  to  whom  the  above  auto- 
graph was  addressed,  and  whom  the  present 
Emperor  of  the  French  therein  complimented  on 
hb  ''  good  English  style  '*  ?  D.  C.  L. 


TRIAL  OF  SPENCER  COWPER. 
(3"*S.i.  91,191.) 

Your  correspondent  J.  F.  has  confounded  Trial 
by  Battel  with  an  Appeal  of  Murder ;  and  seems  to 
think  that  the  one  was  a  necessary  accompaniment 
of  the  other.  This  was  by  no  means  the  case. 
Trial  by  Battel  was  merely  optional  on  the  part  of 
the  appellee,  when  he  pleaded  not  guilty;  and 
even  that  option  was  taken  away  when,  as  in 
Spencer  Cowper*s  case,  there  had  been  a  previous 
trial.  So  that  all  J.  F.*s  remarks  on  the  Cowpers* 
not  choosing  to  hazard  the  consequences  of  a  trial 
by  battel,  are  entirely  irrelevant.  In  the  17th 
volume  of  Howell's  State  Trials,  pp.  397 — 462,  J. 
F.  will  find  an  appeal  of  murder  against  Thomas 
Bambridge,  who  had  been  alreadv  tried  for  the 
same  crime  and  acquitted,  in  which  there  ia  no 
suggestion  of  a  wager  of  battel. 

No  one,  I  think,  can  read  the  trial  of  Spencer 
Cowper  without  being  convinced  that  he  was  en- 
tirely innocent  of  the  crime ;  and  so  far  from  its 
being  true,  as  stated  in  the  extract  given  by 
W.  D.  (p.  91)  from  Wilkins's  PoUHcal  Ballads, 
that  Cowper  *'  paid  his  addresses  **  to  Sarah  Stout, 
the  woman  alleged  to  have  been  murdered,  it  was 
proved  in  evidence  that  she  paid  her  addresses  to 
him  (a  married  man),  and  that  he  carefully  avoided 
her  pressing  solicitations.  That  from  political 
and  sectarian  causes  the  question  was  for  some 
time  kept  alive  there  is  no  doubt;  but  that  in 
the  opinion  of  every  unprejudiced  person  no 
stigma  remained  against  him,  is  proved  by  the 
re.«ipect  in  which  he  was  subsequently  held ;  by 
his  being  afterwards  elected  a  member  of  the 
senate,  and  being  called  upon  to  fill,  successively, 
the  offices  of  Attorney- General  to  the  Prince  of 
Wales,  Chief  Justice  of  Chester,  and  Judge  of  the 
Common  Pleas. 

With  regard  to  the  appeal,  J.  F.  rather  con- 
fuses himself  between  the  mother  of  the  deceased, 
and  the  mother  of  the  infant  heir-at-law,  who 
would  have  been  his  natural  guardian.  Yet  the 
whole  proceedings  were  taken  without  her  know- 
ledge or  consent.  And  though  the  sheriff  was 
technically  to  blame  for  delivering  up  the  writ  to 
her,  the  whole  infamy  of  the  transaction  appears 
in  the  judgment  pronounced  by  the  Judges  on 
the  application  for  a  new  writ.  They  renisea  it  on 
tho  ground  that  the  first  writ  was  cUadestindjr 


Srt  a.  1.  Uar.  is,  '63.] 


KOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


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aad  frauduleutlr  procured,  that  it  waa  absolutely 
renounced  b;  the  pretended  plaintiff,  and  that 
the  delkj  in  the  luue  of  the  first  nrit  ehoned  that 
the  prosecutors  diil  not  design  juatlue,  but  to  spin 
out  A  scandal  aa  long  as  tbej  could,  maliciouslj 
tnd  TSistiouily.  Spencer  Cowper,  so  far  from 
KTOidingi  the  inquirj,  appeared  m  court  and  de- 
clared hii  resdineu  to  answer.        Edwasd  Fobs. 


Wmt  Stbbet  CB&PEt.(3''  S.  i-  111.)— After  the 
revocation  of  the  Edict  of  Nantes,  many  French 
FroteataDts  sought  shelter  in  England.  Thoae  irho 
came  to  London  principsllj  located  themselves  in 
Ibe  neighbourhood  of  Soha,  and  two  or  three  cha- 
pels were  opened  in  that  district  for  the  perform- 
ADCe  of  Divine  Service  in  their  ono  language. 
About  the  Tear  1703,  one  of  these  in  Grafton 
Street  was  given  up,  and  the  congregation  removed 
to  a  new  chapel,  which  they  had  erected  in  West 


Street,  where  they  continued  until  1742,  when  it 

Spears  to^have  fallen  into  disuse,  and  to  have  been 
ortly  after  re-opened  by  the  Bev.  John  Wesley. 
It  is  probable  that  the  congregation  had  con- 
ridernbly  fallen  oS  long  previous,  for  it  appears 
the  Vestry  of  St.  Giles  in  1731  contemplated 
taking  the  French  Cbapel  in  West  Street  as  a 
Tabernacle  during  the  rebuilding  of  the  parish 
church ;  but  whether  this  was  done  or  not,  I  have 
no  evidence  to  show.  I  may  perhaps  mention, 
that,  although  used  by  the  Wesleyans,  it  vrau 
continually  called  the  "French  Chapel."  Indeed 
I  hare  seen  mention  made  of  it  aa  such  so  late  as 
1768.  JouH  Tdckjstt. 

Gr«at  GiUMll  Street 

DBracBD  ADD  WoM  Coins  (S'*  S.  i.  I3a)— 
To  render  the  inscripUona  visible  by  means  of  a 
hot  iron  requires  some  dexterity  and  great  judg. 
ment  when  to  cease  applying  the  heat.  The  eS'ect 
ia  very  slight,  and  only  depends  on  the  difference 
of  colour  which  heat  gives  to  the  same  piece  of 
metal  under  different  degrees  of  density, —  the 
raised  legend  and  parts  under  it  being  less  com- 
pressed than  the  flat  portions  of  tbe  coin.  The 
experiment  frequently  fails  by  being  carried  too 
far.  A  domestic  smootbiog-iron  held  face  up- 
wards by  some  contrivance  is  convenient.  Try 
the  heat  by  applying  a  welted  finger,  and  if  the 
moiatnre  dries  up  with  a  sharp  "  fiz,"  it  will  do. 
Then  put  on  the  coin,  and  watch  it  by  reflected 
light,  and  the  imlant  any  trace*  of  the  imprciiion 
bitomt  vitible,  slide  it  off  to  a  dry  earthenware 
plate ;  the  beat  absorbed  by  the  coin  will  carry 
on  the  effect  until  it  cools.  Roman  brass  coins 
incrusted  and  illegible  are  better  brought  into 
vigibility  by  making  them  for  a  week  or  two 
(without  any  previou9  preparation)  a  part  of  the 
eOa  podrida  that  generally  fills  the  pocket  of  an 
aatiquarr.  I  have  brought  out  some  small  ones 
beaatifnlly  by  this  very  simple  method.  U.  0.  N. 


FoBoivBHBSs,  KTc."  (3**  S.  L  69, 
138.)  —  I  have  heard  the  proverb  quoted  as  an 
old  Italian  one, —  "The  man  who   has  injured 

Siu,  never  forgives."  It  certainly  dales  before 
ryden,  for  I  find  it  in  George  Herbert's  Jaada 
Prudentam;  or.  Outlandish  Proverht,  first  printed 
in  1640,—  "  The  offender  never  pardons." 

He  is,  indeed,  a  happy  man  who  has  never 
proved  experimentally  the  truth  of  this  adage ; 
which  has  afforded  to  many  aggrieved  persons  the 
modified  consolation  of  knowing  that  such  con- 
duct, however  unchristian  and  inexplicable,  is 
nevertheless  by  no  means  unprecedented. 

DODOLAS  AlLPOBT. 

SiiDOausa  (3"  S.  i.  172.)  —  Your  correspon- 
dent will  find  an  account  of  Bmu»nlii)g  in  Sussex 
in  the  lOlh  vol.  of  the  Sustex  Arch.  Colkcliom, 
and  he  will  find,  published  in  1749,  Svo,  with 
enKravings  (5th  ed.,  reprinted  by  W.  Clowes,  20, 
Villiers  Street  Strand),  — 

"A  rail  Account  of  the  celebrated  Hawkhurst  Gang, 
who  sacked  tbe  Custom-Houae  at  Pool.  A  Full  and 
Genuine  Hiatory  of  the  Inhuman  and  uupscalleled  Mur- 
den  of  William  Galley,  a  Cuilom-Uoiue  OSger,  and 
Daniel  Chater,  Shoemaker,  by  Fourteen  Nalorioua  Smtig- 

61era,  with  Ibe  Trials  and  Kxecutioa  of  the  Sereu  Bloody 
riminals,  at  Chichesler ;  also  the  Trial*  of  Jobu  tlilb 
and  Uenry  Sheerman,  with  an  Account  of  Ibe  wicked 
Lirea  of  Ihe  laid  Henri- Sheerman,  Lawranca  and  Thomas 
Kemp  (two  brotbars),  Robert  Fuller,  and  Jockev  Brown, 
(coudeniDed  it  East  Grinstead].  With  the  Trials  at 
large  of  Thomaa  K.ingsmill  aad  -■■-  - 
breaking  open  the  Custom  " 


lie.   To 
the  Cathedral  ( 
Chicheater,  at  ■  Special  Asaixe  held  there,  by  Wi 
hurnbsm,  M.A.  16th  ,'  "" 

Hew 


rb  at 


h  Junuary,  171B— 9," 


Sib  Aschihald  Ausok'b  "  Casti^euaqr  "  (3'^ 

S.  i.  128.)'-I  can  account  for  Sir  Archibald  Ali- 
son's substitution  of  Sir  FercKrine  Pickle  for  Sir 
Peregrine  Maitlaud,  in  his  Life  of  CtatleTtagh. 
It  results  from  the  Hoit.  Bart.'s  hubit  of  dictating 
to  an  amanucnaia,  and  afterwards  being  unable  to 
correct  his  own  proof  sheets,  owing  to  the  multi- 
plicity of  his  engagements,  and  the  prodigious 
quantity  of  work  he  contrives  to  go  through.  The 
latti;r  was,  many  years  ago  (say  1848),  admirably 
illustrated  in  an  able  article  in  the  Dablin  Uai- 
ecriity  Afagazine  by  Mr.  R.  H.  Patterson,  who 
has  had  much  to  do  with  the  proof  sheets.  As 
regards  the  laptui.  Sir  Archibald  resembles  all 
other  authors,  who,  like  poor  Goldsmith,  attempt 
dictation,  and  seems  remarkably  apt  to  massacre 
one  sentence  whilst  thinking  of  the  neat.  It  is 
well-itnown  that  Sir  Archibald  is  SheriffPriucipol 
of  Lanarkshire ;  and,  in  that  capacity,  he  has  fre- 
quently, in  the  midst  of  his  literary  labours,  to 
indite  and  compose  written  judgments,  sometimes 
mere  words  of  form,  on  the  weightiest  matters  of 
the  Law,  which  may  by  no  means  be  neglected  for 


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[S^  3.  t.  ICu.  16,  VI. 


the  mere  anise  and  cummin  orfaiatorj;  and  I  be- 
lieve I  can  *oucb  for  ihe  fact  that  irbilst  in  hot 
compcsition  of  his  HUtory  of  Europe,  the  distin- 
)[utBhe(t  author  having  occnaiaa  to  take  a  Sheriff's 
Court  "process"  home  with  him  for  decision, 
transferred  his  attention  for  a  moment  from  the 
hiatoric  to  the  fDtenaic  muse,  but  continued  dic- 
tating to  his  cleric  without  alteration  of  his  tone 
or  gesture  :  — 

"  TiiK  Ehfbkok,  having  adTised  this  process  makes 


ahllUDgs  and  six- 


defender  lisble  In  Tito  p 
penua  addiliooil  expenses. 

"  A.  Alisos." 

Judge  the  consternation  in  Ihe  Glasgow  Sheriff's 

Conrt  when  this  imperial  rescript  caote  before  it ! 

Sboi-to  Macduff. 

FnmiRBW  Pamilt  (3'*  S.  i.  123.)—^'  '* 
droll  enough  that  anj  i^uestinn  should  arise  as  to 
the  genealoKy  of  a  family  whose  name  itielf  (ac- 
cording to  Mr.  Mark  Antony  Lower)  is  but  the 
original  of  our  word  pedigree  I  The  testator, 
Robert  Petigrew,  shown  by  I»a  to  have  been 
located  in  Somersetshire,  was,  in  all  probabilil}',  a 
descendant  of  the  Cornish  family  of  Petticru,  of 
which  there  is  a  petticra  of  two  or  three  descents 
in  the  llarl.  MS.  No.  4031,  fo.  TH6.  I  have  some 
recollection  of  having  copied  this  a  few  years  since, 
and  sent  it  to  Mr.  Petiigrew,  Ph.D.,  F.R.S., 
whose  descendants  will,  however,  probnblj  be 
CoDlent  to  date  their  pedigree  from  him.         S.  T. 


TON  for  the  information  he  gives  on  this  subject, 
and  which  I  should  be  very  glad  if  he  would  far- 
ther oblige  me  by  improving. 

If  Xon/ Flulliot  was  the  possessor  —  or  nearly 
related  to 'the  possessor  —  of  the  Lickhill  and 
Wishaw  estates,  there  would  of  course  be  nothing 
noteworthy  in  the  6nding  the  record  of  his  daugh- 
ter's burial  in  a  contiguous  parish  register.  Will 
Sib  Tbohis  Winhinqtok,  therefore,  be  kind 
enough  of  his  own  knowledge,  or  by  reference  to 
the  resources  of  his  magnificent  library,  to  point 
out  how  he  was  connected  with  the  family  he 
alludes  toF  I  should  be  ({lad  also  to  know  who 
"  Thomas"  Lord  Ffolliot  was  —  I  never  heard  of 
him. 

I  always  imagined  the  family  to  which  Sib 
Thomas  refers,  to  have  been  identical  with  the 
Folliots  of  Purton,  co.  Wigorn,  whose  pedigree 
was  entered  at  the  Visitations,  of  which  the  line 
of  the  Irish  Peer  was  a  cadet,  not  closely  con- 
nected, and  after  one  nf  whose  members  the  late 
Bishop  (Comewali)  of  Worcester  was  named 
"Folliot."  S.  T. 

ScTTOH  Familt  (3"  8.  i.  131.) — A  gentleman, 
who  signs  himself  J.  P.  Sotton,  states  tliat  his 
falher  now  represents  the  Sutton  familj  in  Ire- 


land. This  may  possibly  be  the  case,  as  the  only 
sou  of  the  late  Cnsar  Sutton  of  Longraigne,  in 
the  county  of  Wexford,  is  not  at  present  in  this 
countrj.  Querist  is  anxioh*  to  find  out  the  name 
of  the  founder  of  his  family  who  came  over  to 
England  with  William  the  Conqueror.  This  it 
may  be  difficult,  if  not  impossible,  now  to  aacer- 
tain.  It  is  probable  the  name  of  Sutton  was  not 
imported  from  Normandy,  but  derived  from  the 
grant  of  lands  in  England  so  called. 

The  first  Irish  settler  was  Roger  de  Satton, 
who  came  over  in  the  reign  of  Henry  II.,  and  re- 
ceived a  grant  of  the  parish  of  Kilmokea,  stilt 
known  as  "  Sutton's  Parish,"  in  the  county  of 
Wexford.  Here  he  built  the  castle  of  Bally  kerogue, 
now  in  ruins ;  together  with  a  chapel  adjacent 
thereto,  where  some  membera  of  the   familj  lie 

The  principal  ramiGcations  from  this  stock  were 
the  Suttons  of  Clonard,  near  the  town  of  Wex> 
ford,  which  was  probsbly  the  senior  branch,  the 
Suttons  of  Longraigne,  and  a  family  who  lived, 
and  are  possibly  still  living,  at  Clonmines,  in  the 
county  of  Wexford. 

Some  members  of  the  Clonard  branch,  who 
were  adherents  of  James  II.,  emigrated  (when 
that  monarch  was  dethroned)  to  France  and 
Spain ;  where  they  assumed  the  title  of  ConniB 
of  Clonard,  not  Clouard,  as  in  jour  paper. 

The  present  writer  is  not  aware  that  a  lizard 
was  ever  the  crest  of  the  Suttons.  He  thinka  it 
was  a  lion,  or  demi-lion  rampant. 

The  name  of  "  Cesar  "  came  into  the  Sntton 
family  by  an  ancestor  of  the  Suttons  of  Lon- 
graigue  ;  who  married  a  Miss  Colclough  of  Tin- 
tern  Abbey,  in  which  family  the  name  ii  common. 

With  respect  to  the  size  and  personal  appear- 
ance of  the  Suttons,  they  were  in  general  hand- 
some, and  the  men  of  large  frame,  and  inclined 
to  be  fat.  The  present  writer  raeollecta  one  of 
them  who  weighed  thirty-six  slone ;  and  waa  so 
bulky  that,  when  ha  died,  it  was  necessary  to  re- 
move the  window-frame  in  order  to  get  his  coffin 
out  of  the  house. 

The  late  Mr.  Edward  Sutton,  of  Summer  Hill, 
near  Wexford,  was  Ihe  last  male  representative 
of  the  Clonard  branch.  He  lell  two  daogbten, 
who  ore  still  living. 

A  COKSXXIOM  OF  THB  SuTTOSB. 

Abub  or  Wilkes  (2>^  S.  xii.  435.)— The  arms 
of  John  Wilkes,  Lord  Mayor  of  London  in  1774, 
were,  Or,  a  chevron  between  3  ravens'  beads  erased 
sable.  URrTB. 

DocBLBB  (3"  S.  i.  148.)— Tour  correspondent 
will  find  his  Query  answered  bj  referring  to  the 
Abridgement  of  Dr.  Jamieson's  Diclionars'qf  Ihe 
SeolliKh  Language.  Under  the  word  "Dublar" 
reference  is  made  to  "Dibler,"  which  last  is  de- 
fined "  A  large  wooden  platter,"    As  to  the  d«ri- 


f  a  L  Uam.  16,  -sa.] 


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Tation,  tbe  author  ci(««  the  old  En^IiBh  word 
"  Dobeler  "  and  the  old  French  word  "  DoublUr~ 
<un*tU."  I  ta».j  Diitice  that  in  Scotland  the  word 
"  uobet,"  as  denoting  a  Urjje  flat  plate,  i«  of 
•laitr  uie.  G. 

BdinbuTgh. 

ne  word  dtmbler,  or  doubeler,  signiGes  a  Isree 
dlA,  probably  bo  called  from  its  holding  doublft 
tba  quantity  or  an  ordinarj  one.  Bailey  pyet  it 
thiu :  "  Doubtler  or  Doubter,  a  great  JiBfa,  or 
platter.  C,"  that  ii,  a  countrr  or  provincial 
word.  P.  C.  H, 

Daob  of  thb  North  (]■'  S.  it.  382.)  — 
Having  just  net  with  this  bitherto  apparently 
unBOiwered  Querr,  I  beg  to  say,  if  not  too  late, 
that  in  Burke'a  Extinct  Peeraget,  it  is  stated  that 
Francit,  fourth  eon  of  Willinin  Lord  Dacre,  mar- 
ried Dorothy,  danahter  of  John  Earl  of  Derwent- 
water,  and  had  Randal,  who  died  without  iuue 
two  jean  before  his  father,  and  was  the  last  heir 
male  of  that  line.  Leonard  Dacre,  brother  of 
^vncis,  appear*  as  Lord  of  tbe  Manor  of  Ecicing- 
ton.  1S53— 63.  J.  EasTwooD. 

EckingtoD. 

Arcibut  Ccstoh  in  WAawirKSKisB  ok  Au. 
SooM'  Eva  O"  S,  viii.  490.)  — This  hitherto  un- 
nniwered  Query  relates  to  a  custom  formerly  kept 
up  in  many  other  parts  of  England  and  Wales, 
which  is  supposed  to  have  been  emblematical  of  | 
lighting  souls  out  of  Purgatory.  There  is  much 
about  it  ill  Brand's  Popular  Aaliquitiet ;  to  which  | 
amy  be  added  that  Una  is  from  the  A.-S.  Undan  . 
or  fyndan  (from  which  aho  comes  tinder),  "  to 
kindle,  or  set  on  fire;"  and  that  low,  meaning  | 
flame,  occurs  frequently  in  old  poets,  and  may  yet  ' 
be  heard  occasionally  in  the  provinces.  ' 

J.  Bjlstwood.  I 
EcUngtau. 

"Tub  BKQiiniiMO  of  thb  Ewd"  {2"'  S.  xii. 
.307,337,  381.)  — It  does  not  seem  likely  that  a  | 
pbraae  in  such  common  use  should  have  originated 
with  General  Augereau,  as  suggested  by  (jkarus.  ' 
Wu  it  not  Shakspeare  who  Grst  popularised  the 
expreasion,  albeit  unwittingly,  as  he  evidently  I 
wrote  it  in  burlesque,  and  for  tbe  purpose  of  I 
ridiculing  the  faliie  punctuatinn  of  his  placers,  in 
rgramMM  and  Thiibe  f  The  Prologue  to  the  ex-  I 
travaganze  should  evidently  be  thus  spuken,  — 


Bat  with  (tood  h 


ir  slmpla  skill  ;- 


liuit  it  tin  Im  brgi 

Cnnsidir  ihan.     Wflcume;  dui,  in  aeipiic. 

Our  (run  inlent  ia,  &c." 
A  great  man  had  need  be  very  careful  how  he 
wrilea  or  speaks,  lest  his  nonsense  should  become 
proverbial,  or  what  is  still  worse,  be  looked  upon 
Dy  ibe  masse*  as  something  wonderfullj  reconilite 
or  pbUotophical.  DonoLAi  Allpobt. 


Satih  Bahk  Note  (3"*  S.  1.  111.)  — In  bye- 
gone  years,  whenever  any  scoundrel  had  suc- 
ceeded in  procuring  a  few  pounds  of  ready  money 
am!  sentence  of  death,  in  exchange  fur  certain 
clever  imitations  of  the  old  copperplate  Bunk  of 
England  note,  some  wiseacre  would  call  public 
attention  to  such  an  invention  as  the  one  de- 
scribed —  an  ingenious  combination  of  weaving 
and  printing;  and  raise  a  (treat  outcry  about 
neglected  merit  on  its  rejection  by  the  Bank  — 
an  event  which  must  have  been  anticipated  by 
every  one  but  the  too  sanguine  inventor. 

I  Knew  an  engraver  who  wasted  many  years, 
and  a  /air  property,  in  engraving  elaborate  and 
intricate  patterns,  under  the  delusion  that,  for 
the  better  prevention  of  forgery,  the  Bank  would 
be  compelled  to  adopt  bis  method.  He  lived  just 
long  enough  to  see  the  marvellous  combination  of 
paper-making  and  letter-press  printing  exhibited 
in  the  present  simple  Bank  Note,  and  died  a  dis- 
appointed and  broken-hearted  man.  U.  O.  N, 
Tababds  worn  bt  Ladies  (2"<  S.  xii.  435.)  — 
Are  the  arms  on  the  tabard,  worn  by  Elizabeth 
Covert,  her  own  family  arms  f  If  so,  it  is  prob- 
able that  she  was  the  heiress,  or  sole  representa- 
tive of  her  family.  Cdbssbobodcr  Harbbbton, 
Tatnes. 

IIoLABD,  Ddkb  of  Exbtbr  (3'<  S.  1. 52, 157.)— 
The  crest  of  John  Holand,  Duke  of  Exeter— "Upon 
a  chapeau  doubled  ermine,  a  lion  passant, guordant, 
crowned  and  gorged  with  a  collar  of  France,"  — 
was,  as  Sandford  states,  curiously  carved  in  stone 
upon  the  Duke's  monument  in  St.  Catharine's 
church,  near  the  Tower  of  London.  This  most 
interesting  church  was  taken  down  in  the  year 
1S26,  in  oriler  to  make  space  for  the  new  St. 
Catharine's  Docks.  The  canopied  monument  of 
the  Duke  wns,  with  other  historical  reroaina, 
csrefully  preserved  ;  and  removed  to  the  new 
church  of  St.  Catharine,  in  the  Itegent's  Park. 
Your  correspon Jent  will  find  tbe  monument  there. 
It  is  well  worthy  of  inspection,  being  very  elegant 
in  design.  Great  credit  ia  due  to  those  concerned 
in  the  establisliment  of  the  Docks  for  respecting 
the  precious  relics  contained  in  the  old  church, 
and  not  permitting  them  to  be  scattered.  Some 
illustrations  of  the  canopied  stalls  are  given  in 
Pujin's  first  Volume  of  Ezamytei  of  Oiithic 
Architfcture.  Btiij.  FEEBats. 

TuaoESTDS  thbDafr  (3-^8.  i.  150)  — H.C. 
C.  will  find  mention  of  Turgitlebi/,  a  place  in 
I'orkubire,  in  Burke's  Commoneri,  vol.  iv.  p.  728 
(1st  edition),  Jones  of  Llanarth.  U.  Cuhtob. 

Royslen,  Herts. 

EttWABD  Manistt  (3f*  S.  i.  89.)  —Matriculated 
ss  a  pensioner  of  Clare  Hull,  !3th  Dec.  1622;  was 
8.A.  1626-7,  and  M.A.  1630. 

C.  H.  &  Thohfboh  Cooper. 
Cambrjdga. 


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NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


[8^^  &  L  AlAft.  15,  %2. 


Fairfax  and  Djemonologia  (3'*  S.  i.  150.)  — 
The  manuscript  referred  to  has  been  printed  in 
the  Transactions  of  the  Philo'Biblion  Society, 

Q.D. 

Mutilation  of  Sepulchral  Memorials  (2"' 
S.  xii.  12.)  —  The  pathway  from  the  road  to  the 
church  of  the  parish  of  Catherington,  Horndean, 
Hants,  is  paved  with  bead-stones.  B.  W. 

Rev.  John  Walker's  MSS.  (2»^  S.  xii.  4^5.) 
—  Nine  volumes  of  Walker's  Collections  for  his 
Sufferings  of  the  Clergy  (of  which  eight  are  in 
small  quarto  and  one  in  folio)  are  preserved 
among  Rawlinson's  MSS.  in  the  Bodleian  Li- 
brary. They  consist  for  the  most  part  of  rough 
notes  and  indices,  written  in  a  straggling  and 
indistinct  hand,  with  a  few  letters  and  papers 
from  other  persons.  W.  D.  Macrat. 

Reading  the  Scriptures  in  thb  Sixteenth 
AND  Seventeenth  Centuries  (3^  S.  i.  166.)  — 
To  comply  with  the  wish  of  D.  M.  Stevens  to 
see  the  opinions  of  the  early  reformers  on  the 
subject  of  reading  the  Scriptures,  we  may  first 
cite  Luther  himself  as  follows :  — "" 

"  Let  DO  one  imagine  that  he  has  tasted  the  Scripture, 

It  is  a  great  and  wonderful  work,  to  understand 

the  Word  of  God  .  .  .  It  is  impossible  to  fathom  and  go 
deep  into  a  single  word  of  the  Scriptures,  in  spite  of  the 
precepts  of  all  the  learned  men  and  theologians,  for  they 
are  the  words  of  the  Holy  Ghost,  wherefore  they  are  too 
sublime  for  any  men,  io  spite  of  St.  Peter,  Paul,  Moses, 
and  all  the  saints,  to  understand  thoroughly  a  single 
word  of  them."— Tei&/e  Talk,  Eisleben,  15G6,  p.  4. 

**  Be  not  absorbed  in  deep  thoughts,  and  full  of  self- 
conceit,  but  unite  yourself  to  the  Church  of  Christ,  and 
keep  to  her  as  a  helper  by  whom  the  word  of  God  is 
purely  learned.  I  and  every  righteous  preacher  have  com- 
mand and  power  from  God  to  teach  you  and  comfort  you ; 
wherefore  you  should  believe  my  word  with  certainty." — 
IbitL  p.  18. 

F.  C.  H. 

Your  correspondent  is  probably  acquainted  with 
the  famous  passage  in  the  Paraclesis  of  Erasmus, 
but  it  deserves  to  be  quoted  for  its  excellence  : — 

"Yehementer  ab  istis  dissentio,  qui  nollnt  ab  idlotis 
legi  Divinas  literas,  in  vulgi  linguam  transfosas,  sive 
quasi  Christus  tarn  involuta  docuerit,  ut  vix  a  pauculis 
Theologis  possint  intelligi,  sive  quasi  religionis  Christianas 
prsesidium  in  hoc  sitnm  sit,  si  nesciatur  .  .  .  Optarim  ut 
omnes  mulierculoe  legant  Evangelium,  legant  Paulinas 
Epistolas.  I  Atque  utinam  h«c  in  omnes  omnium  linguas 
essent  transfusfl,  ut  non  solum  a  Scotis  et  Hibemis,  sed  a 
I'urcis  quoque  et  Ssracenis  legi  cognosdque  possint.  Pri- 
mus certe  gradus  est,  utcunque  cognoscere.  £sto,  riderent 
multi,  at  caperentur  aliquot.  Utinam  hlnc  ad  stivam 
aliquid  decantet  agricols,  hinc  nonnihil  ad  radios  suos 
moduletur  textor,  hujusmodi  fabulis  itineris  tsedium 
levet  viator.  £x  his  sint  omnia  Christianorum  omnium 
coUoquia." 

William  J.  Deane. 

Exorcism;  Luther  (3'*  S.  i.  171.)— W.D. 
wishes  for  "  a  reference  to  the  works  of  Luther, 
or  his'  biographers,  in  which  the  often-repeated 


story  of  his  driving  away  the  Devil  is  mentioned.** 
He  will  find  plenty,  and  in  great  variety,  on  the 
subject-,  in  Luther  s  Epist  ad  Elect,  Saxon,  edit, 
of  Jena,  vol.  v.  p.  485  ;  in  tom.  ii.  foL  77 ;  in 
Condone  Dom,  reminiscere^  fol.  19  ;  in  CoUogu. 
Mensal.  foil.  283—275—281—32.  Indeed,  his 
Tablc'Talk  abounds  with  instances  of  his  various 
ways  of  diiving  away  the  Devil.  One  of  these 
seems  to  have  required  a  very  strong  faith,  for  he 
says :  **  Sathanam  cum  pedore  abigere  possum ; 
credens  talia  potest  prsestare,  quoe  alius  non  po- 
terit."— Co«o^.  Mensal  ii.  p.  22.  If  W.  D.  de- 
sires to  know  the  opinion  of  one  of  his  German 
Protestant  biographers,  I  may  refer  him  to  Vcr- 
hirdon,  Vita  Lutheri,  p.  22,  a.d.  1602.  I  refrain 
from  giving  his  words,  lest  I  should  appear  to 
border  upon  controversy. 

W.  D.  further  inquires  what  are  the  "  four  in- 
fallible rules"  by  which  exorcists  detect  those 
evil  spirits  who  put  on  the  form  of  angels  of 
light.  I  know  nothing  of  faiir  particularly  in- 
fallible rules ;  but  he  will  find  in  the  treatises  of 
Delrius,  Disquisitio  Magic,  and  MonaceUi^  t.  iii^ 
several  signs  of  the  presence  of  evil  spirits,  and 
rules  for  detecting  them,  which  it  would  be  out  of 
place  to  enumerate  here.  F.  C.  H. 

Miss  Pond  (3"*  S.  i.  172.)  —  In  the  answer  to 
the  Query  respecting  Miss  Pond  there  is  an  in- 
accuracy, which  it  may  be  well  to  correct.  Lady 
Susan  Strangways  was  the  eldest  daughter  of 
Stephen  Fox-Strangways,  first  Earl  of  Ilchester. 
Moreover,  Henry  (not  "  Stephen  ")  Fox  was  the 
first  Lord  Holland ;  and  his  daughter,  if  he  had 
one,  was  not  a  "  Lady.'*  Therefore,  for  "  Stephen 
Fox,  the  first  Lord  Holland,"  read  Stephen  Fox- 
Strangways,  the  first  Earl  of  Ilchester.      Abuba. 

Visitation  op  Shropshire  (3"*  S.  L  127. J  — 
Is  not  the  **  well-known  local  genealogist,**  re- 
ferred to  by  G.  W.  M.  in  his  note  under  this  head, 
the  late  Mr.  Joseph  (not  George)  ISlorris,  of 
Shrewsbury  ?  S.  T. 

Ventilate  (2°**  S.  ix.  443,  490.)— Your  cor- 
respondents have  already  shown  that  this  word 
is  of  no  modern  origin.  Allow  me  to  adduce 
another  instance  of  the  early  use  of  this  word. 
It  occurs  in  Joseph  Caryl's  Exposition  upon  the 
five  last  Chapters  of  the  Booh  of  Job,  London  : 
1666.    At  p.  1 1  he  writes :  — 

**  First.  God  answered  Job  out  of  the  whirlwind ;  that 
is,  when  there  was  a  great  bustle  or  storm  among  the 
disputants,  conflicting  about  Job's  case ;  one  moving  this 
way,  another  that,  all  being  tossed  about  (as  it  were) 
with  the  wind  of  their  several  opinions  in  ventilating  his 
condition." 

Libya. 

Interdicted  Marriages  (3'*^  S.  i.  153.)  —  I 
am  sure  that  Docqlas  Allport  will  be  gratified, 
and  others  may  be,  by  sight  of  the  following 
extract  £rom  the  Eegister  Book  of  this  pariah :  -* 


SX  &  L  Max.  15, '6S.] 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


219 


*165S.  Now  mArriages  wen  prohibited  by  ministers, 
and  imtt  into  the  hands  of  the  justices  of  the  peace  anno 
16S8,  by  a  Parliament  that  did  nothing  elu,  but  they  sate 
not  iong  after,  and  marriages  retamed  into  the  power  of 
ministers  again,  anno  1657." 

C.  E.  BiBCH. 

Wiston  Rectory,  Colchester. 

St.  abbsbyiated  to  T.,  Tanthont,  etc.  (3'* 
S.  79.)  —  Your  correspondent  R.  S.  Charnock, 
ffoggests  that  *^  Tifiany  *'  is  derived  from  tiphaine, 
the  initial  letter  being  an  abbreviation  of  St.; 
and  instances  Tooley,  from  St.  Ooley,  t.  e.  St. 
Olaf.  Add  the  following  examples  :  —  The  fair 
stKimbolton,  Huntingdonshire,  held  on  old  St. 
Andrew's  Day,  is  called  *^Tandrew  Fair*';  and 
ffaudy  finery  is  called  tawdry^  from  the  gay  way 
m  which  the  shrine  of  St.  Audrey  (t.  e.  Taudry) 
waa  bedecked.  « Tanthon^,  for  St.  Anthony,  is 
also  a  well-known  abbreviation.  Thus,  only  the 
other  day,  a  poor  woman  said  to  mc  that  her 
neighbour  *^  had  got  the  Tantony  fire  "  ;  and  an- 
other cottager  said  that  her  child  stuck  as  close 
to  her  "as  a  Tantony  pig.**  Hone  tells  us  all 
•bout  this  Tantony  pig,  and  the  blessing  of  the 
beasts  at  Rome  on  St.  Anthony's  Daj,  and  nearly 
everything  else  that  can  be  told  m  connexion 
with  the  Saint.  (See  Hone's  Every-day  Book, 
1.  110—121.)  Halliwell  also  treats  of  the  phrase 
in  his  Dictionary,  It  is  also  incidentally  men- 
tioned in  the  third  volume  of  the  first  Series  of 
•'N.  &  Q."  where  will  be  found  many  curious 
notes  relative  to  **  the  Tantony  bell.**  The  fol- 
lowing mention  of  the  origin  of  the  bell  is  not 
ftven  in  Hone,  and  will  be  new  to  these  pages, 
t  18  given  in  Taylor's  Antiquitates  Curiosa,  1819, 
p.70:  — 

••  From  the  above  hospital  ^SL  Anthony's,  Thread- 
needle  Street,  London,)  also  originated  the  tantony,  or 
little  bell  of  churches,  which  was  used  to  call  the  devout 
to  sapererogatory  prayers,  or  vain  masses,  for  the  re- 
leasa  of  souls  from  purgatory." 

But,  the  bell  was  the  Saint's  symbol,  as  is 
shown  by  Mrs.  Jameson  in  her  Sacred  and  Legen^ 
dary  Art.  Cuthbert  Bede. 

Ibblamd,  National  Colour  op  (3"*  S.  i.  68.) — 

**  Blanche  XI.  Pavilion  particulier  d*lrlande.  II  est 
vertt  chai^^  d*ane  harpe  d'or*  au  franc  quartier,  charg^ 
d*on  croiz  rouge.*' — From  La  Connoiaance  de»  Pav,  det 
Natitnu  Mar.,  4  la  Haye,  1787,  p.  U. 

It  seems  strange  that  the  field  of  the  Irish  arms, 
as  borne  by  the  sovereign,  should  be  azure.  Who 
are  "  the  many"  who,  according  to  Abhba,  say 
the  colour  should  be  purple  ? 

Cubssborough  Habberton. 

Totnes^  Devon. 

Thomas  Simon  (2'"»  S.  xii.  510 ;  3'*  S.  i.  178.)— 
Iq  reply  to  the  inquiries  of  P.  S.  Caret  and 
Cuo,  I  beg  to  state  that  there  were  refugees  of 
the  name  of  Simon,  at  Canterbury,  soon  after 
1573.  I  add  two  matches,  which  I  have  recently 
discorered,  jand  which  will  show  this ;  apd  some 


others,  which  may  assist  your  correspondents  in 
their  investigation.  A  search  at  toe  General 
Register  Office,  in  the  Register  of  Baptisms  in  the 
London  Walloon  Church,  would  probably  be  at- 
tended with  success : 

At  Canterbury. 
**  1598.  Melcio  Simon  and.Tsabeau  Descamps. 
1605.  Jaqne  Simon  (son  of  Melohior  Simon)  and  Sa- 
sane  Descamps. 
1Q46.  Dani  Agache  and  Marie  Simon. 

At  the  Savoye, 

1685.  Dani  Simon  and  Ester  Ferrant. 

1690.  Dan*  Perdriean  and  Ellz.  Simon. 

1725.  Pierre  Simond  and  Sus*  Grotesse  de  la  Buffiere. 

At  Hungtrford  Market  ChapeL 
1695.  Daniel  Simon  and  Marthe  Le  Page. 

At  La  Patente,  Soho, 
1703.  Pierre  Jolly  and  Charlotte  Simon." 

There  was  at  Canterbury  in  1650  a  mutual  re- 
lease from  a  contract  of  marriage,  —  a  rather 
unusual  occurrence.  The  parties  to  it  were  £r- 
noult  du  Emme  and  Marie  Simon, 

John  S.  Burn. 
Henley. 

In  reference  to  the  Query  of  Clio,  allow  me  to 
mention,  that  in  a  valuable  paper  contributed  by 
W.  Durrant  Cooper,  Esq.,  F.S.A.,  to  vol.  xiii.  of 
the  Sussex  Archceological  Society's  Collections, 
entitled  **  Protestant  Refugees  in  Sussex,**  will  be 
found  copious  lists  of  foreign  immigrants  into 
Rye  at  various  periods  of  continental  persecution. 
In  one  of  these  lists  (p.  194),  dated  the  "xxviij*** 
dale  of  Marche,  in  the  eleventh  yere  of  her  high- 
nes'  reign,  A»  D*ni  1569,"  under  the  heading  **  Of 
Depe,"  the  name  of  John  Symon  occurs.  In  a 
later  list  (p.  197):  — 

**  A  Yiewe  taken  of  the  French  and  other  Strangers 
within  the  Towne  of  Rye,  the  fourth  daie  of  November, 
1572." 

Also,  under  the  the  heading  of  Dieppe,  is  tho 
following :  — 

"  John  Symon,  ATarinerj^his  Wife  and  5  children." 

Why  may  not  Pierre  Simon,  and  his  son  Thomas, 
have  descended  from  this  John  Symon  P 

H.  C.  Index. 

Arthur  Shorter  (3^*  S.  i.  118.)  — Your  cor- 
respondent, Mr.  J.  P.  Phillips,  will  learn  from 
Peter  le  Neve's  Pedigrees  of  Knights,  &c.,  written 
in  1718  (Harl.  MS.  5801),  that  Arthur  Shorter 
was  the  third  son  (John  and  Erasmus  being  the 
two  eldest)  of  the  John  Shorter  who  married 
Elizabeth  Phillips ;  and  who  was  the  only  son  of 
Sir  John  Shorter,  Knt.,  Lord  Mayor  in  1688. 
He  was  brother  to  Katherine  Lady  Walpole  and 
Charlotte  Lady  Conway.  In  the  abovementioned 
work  he  is  described  as  "  unmarried,"  but  whether 
he  subsequently  married  or  not  I  have  no  means 
of  ascertaming.  H,  G .  "5 » 


220 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


ISrd  S.  I.  Mau 


Passage  in  Cicebo  (3'*  S.  i.  111.) — It  is  pos- 
sible that  the  passage  which  was  in  the  head  of 
Von  Raumer  was  the  following  extract,  from 
Mosheiin,  De  Reb.  Christian,  (p.  957),  on  the 
Edict  of  Maximian  (aj>.  311) :  — 

"  Unde  jaxta  haoo  indulgentiam  nostrara  debebunt 
Deum  suani  orare  pro  salate  nostra  et  reipubllcsB,  ac  sucl, 
at  andique  rersam  res  pnblica  restet  incolomis,  et  securi 
vivere  in  sedibus  suis  possint.'* 

On  which  Mosheim  remarks,  as  translated  by 
Lardner  (Credibility^  viii.  310)  :  — 

"  From  these  words  It  appears :  1.  That  Maximiau 
believed  the  Christians  had  some  Qod.  2.  That  this  God 
was  not  the  sapreme  God,  Maker  of  all  things,  ivhom  all 
ought  to  worship,  but  the  God  of  the  Christians  only : 
that  is,  the  God  of  some  certain  people,  as  many  of  the 
Gods  were  supposed  to  be.  For  at  that  time  the  Greeks 
and  Romans,  and  all  other  people,  believed  that  there 
were  Gods  proper  and  peculiar  to  every  nation." 

T.  J.  BUCKTON. 

Lichfield. 

Gb\t*8  Elbot  Parodied  (3'«>  S.  i.  197.)  — 
There  has  appeared  in  Punch  another  parody  than 
that  recorded  by  Delta.  It  is  called  **  An  Klegy, 
written  in  a  London  Churchyard,  by  a  Trades- 
man in  the  Vicinity."  I  cannot  send  the  date  of 
its  publication,  as  I  have  only  a  copy  of  it  from 
Punch,  of  which  I  would  send  a  copy  if  it  is 
wished.  J.  F.  S. 

Perhaps  H.  E.  may  hare  some  difficulty  in  obtain- 
ing The  Repository,  If  so,  he  will  find  this  parody 
in  Elegant  Extracts^  book  iv.  p.  752,  1803,  witQ 
Mr.  Duncombe*s  name  attached. 

Chsssbobough  Haxbbbton. 
Totnes,  Devon. 

NOCKTNQE  and  DoWBLL  MoilBT,  ETC.  (V^  S.  L 

149.) — Has  not  your  correspondent  mis-read  some 
of  these  words  P  I  think  two  of  the  items  relate 
to  Hock-money,  There  was  a  Hock-day  for  men 
and  another  for  women.  The  money  received  of 
"  Sent  Jemys  brethered  "  refers  to  the  Fraternity 
or  Brotherhood  of  St.  James,  and  some  of  the 
inhabitants  of  Guilford  no  doubt  composed  this 
fraternity,  and  supported  a  chapel  dedicated  to 
St.  James  in  the  parish  church,  and  provided  for 
services  there.  John  S.  Bubn. 

Henley. 

Kino  Plays  (3"*  S.  i.  155.)— Irf  the  Corporation 
Becords  of  Henley  is  a  notice  of  money  gathered 
of  the  King  Play,  "  Where  Ric.  Andrew  his  son 
was  semer  King.  *  Is  not  this  the  same  word  as 
that  rendered  by  your  correspondent,  Sommer  f 
and  was  not  the  iiij'.  x*'.  received  from  the  pre^ 
tended  Lord  P  John  S.  Bubn. 

Henley. 

LOBD   WaBDEN   op    the  M  ABC  BBS    (3""    S.    i. 

171.)— In  reply  to  L.  H.  R.'s  Query,  I  believe 

•  See  the  Hiitory  of  BenUy  (p.  198),  where  also  are 
some  notices  of  Fraternities. 


the  first  Lord   Warden  of  the  Marches 

Scotland  was  Robert  de  Clifford,     He  woa 

"Keeper  of  the  Marches**  in  the  time 

ward  I.,   but  in  the  first  year  of  £dwi 

(1307)  he  was  appointed  **  Lord  Warden,* 

rently  with  the  intention  of  giving  both  oH 

officer  greater  dignity.     Robert  de  Clififo 

slain  at  Bannockburn  on  the  24th  June,  1« 

C.  Nici 
Moswell  Hill 

Rev.  Wm.  Thompson  (2«>  S.  xi.  49,  : 
Alex.  Chalmers  must  be  in  error  in  sayint; 
was  Dean  ofRnphoe.  In  the  notices  of  Sal 
logues  —  Nichols's  Literary  Anecdotes  (i 
p.  636),  I  find  under  the  name  of  T.  '. 
Kussell  Street,  Covent  Garden — (Rev. 
Thomson,  of  Queen's  Coll.,  Oxford,  whose 
appears  to  have  been  sold  in  1768.  There 
little  doubt  that  this  was  the  gentleman  in 
after  by  your  correspondent,  and  he  pr 
died  about  this  time— 1768.  R.  ! 

Abmt  and  Navy  Lists  (y^  S.  i.  198.) 
volume  described  in  J.  M.*s  communicatl 
pears  to  be  a  copy  of  the  same  edition  as 
the  Library  of  the  Hon.  Society  of  the 
Inns,  Dublin  (already  noticed,  2°**    S.  v. 
The  date  in  the  title  of  this  latter  has,  ho 
been  altered  by  the  pen  to  1746  ;  but  at  tl 
is  engraved,  "Published  Ist  Marcb.  17 '4, 
Millan,  &c.**  F 

Dublin. 


BOOKS    AND    ODD    VOLUME 

WANTBD   TO  PUBCHASB. 

Pttiiiealan  of  Prioe.ite.  of  the  following  Books  to  be  wnt 
the  gentlemen  bjr  whom  they  ere  required,  »nd  whoec  namct 
dreeaee  are  ffiven  for  that  purpoM  t  — 

J.  C.  L.  SimoNDi,    Fraomenc  db   mk   Jocnrux   rr  Corrbsi 

I  Vol.  8to.    Geneve,  1*57. 
HoRATii  Opbba.    E<ll<llt  Leiebre.    F*ri««  IS-f    S4ino. 
Larrnn  d«   Mmuh*   Rookh    dr  BAaorm,  Comtr  db  Bumt. 

4  Paria:  ehes  Florentln  Driaalne,  1721.   ft  VoU.  8to. 

Wanted  by  X.  O.  liobinaon^  Esq.,  Audit  Office. 


TaoMAs  Hatward'c  Britimi  Mpta.  Vol.  III.  The  edition  p 
F.  Cosan.at  the  Middle  Temple  Gate.  Fleet  Street;  and  J 
at  theXarab,  without  Temple  Bar.    173ft. 

Wanted  bj  W,  L  S.  Norton,  Bugeley.  BUffordshixe 


We  art  compaied  to  postpone  tmft?  next  tceek  our  ustial 
BooJU. 

J.  Braduaw  (Manchester)  tcOZ  Jlmd  what  ht  %eanU  in  Kelh 
uonary  of  the  Norman,  or  Old  French  Languai^e;  or,  trhat  is  $\ 
Bogw^>H''s  Oloanire  da  la  Laiifue  Homane. 

E.  A.  O.  Pigeons  icere  formerly  applied  to  the  feet  qf  di 
sons, 

Twa  Bar.  F.  8.  Maixbson  tciW  find  hi*  article  m  *•  N.  A  Q. 
Fwruary, 

Ma.  DixoK  Witt  find  his  in  "  N.  A  Q."  of  1st  March. 

.  **  Noras  akd  Qobrtbs  "  is  ptMished  at  noon  on  Friday,  an 
Mfwed  te  MoirrHi.T  Paan.  The  SMbscripHon  fitr  Stampsd  C 
&»  Months  fonoarded  dirtet  from  the  PuUishers  {Jneiuduig  t 
Pffrlv  IftDBz)  is  Us.  id,,  wMek  wtaw  be  paid  by  Post  OMce 
/Smwmt  q^'MassBs.  Bau  Ana  Dai^t,  181.  Fuar  Sraaar,  B.C| 
aa  CeeumwieAnoiti  fob  «■■  Epiroa  should  btoddnaatd. 


SrA  S.  I.  Mab.  22,  '62.] 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


221 


LONDON,  SATURDAY,  MARCH  22,  1862. 


CX)NTENT&— No.  12. 

Notes :  —  Edmund  Burke.  221 —Polk  Lore :   Letting  the 
,    New  Year  in — Irish  Superstition  —  Apparitions,  Persons 
who  see,  bom  at  Midnight— All  Hallow  Even  — Four 
and  Deuce  of  Clubs— Curious  Custom  at  Walsall— The 
«  Hunter's  Moon — Shrore  Tuesday  —  Saint  Patrick  and  the 
.  fihamrock,  223- Namra  of  Towns  and  Villages  in    the 
tJnited  States,  2M— Noi^uring  Consecrations  and  Ordi- 
nations, 225. 

XlKOB  NoTSS:- Whatelcy  FamUy— Beauty  and  Irove— 
Boroughmongcring  in  the  olden  Time  —  Longevity »—  A 
New  Word  — Charles  Bridgman,  225. 

QUERIES : — Caricatures  and  Satirical  Prints,  227 — Statue 
of  George  L  in  Leicester  S<mare — Bev.  Christopher  Black- 
wood — BurkeTs  admired  Poet  —  Burning  of  Moscow  — 
Commonwealth  Marriages  —  Cursons  of  Waterperry,  Ox- 
fbrdshire  —  Brama — Enigma.  fh«i  a  Mathematicau  Trea- 
tise by  Thomas  Kera^— Bishop  Thomas  Haekct  —  Har- 
kirke  —  Dr.  John  Hewett  —  Bishop  Hooper  —  Edward 
Jeoner,MJ).— Jeanne  d'Evreux,  Queen  of  France,  &c.,227. 

QirSRiBS  WITH  AvswXBB:  —  Shebbeare,  Smollett,  and 
Lady  Vane— **  The  right  Sow  by  the  Ear  "  —  Westmhuter 
Plays — Inea  de  Castroi,  232. 

SEPLIES : — Biblical  Versions,  288 — Parravacin :  Parravi- 
cino,  &M — Chief  Baron  B«ynolds :  Baron  James  B«y  nolds, 
285  — Fridays,  Saints'  Days,  and  Fast  Days,  76.- Lady 
Vane— Toad-eating— Bunker's  Hill  —  Spontaneous  Com- 
bustion of  Trees  —  "Winckley  Family  of  Preston,  County 
of  Lancaster  —  Judge  Page  —  Yellow  Starch  —  PencU 
Writing  —  The  Society  of  Antiquaries  —  "  God's  Provi- 
denoe  is  my  Inheritance  "  —  Lambeth  Degrees  —  Fossils 
—  Relative  Value  of  Money— Value  of  Horses  in  Shait- 
speare's  Time—  Spelling  Matches,  kc^  236. 

Notes  on  Books. 


■r-Y' 


.li 


EDMUND  BURKE. 


I  rejoice  that  a  spirit  is  at  last  aroused  about 
Edmund  Burke,  which  must,  I  think,  result  in 
some  information,  be  it  more  or  less.  But  it  is 
not  quite  fair  to  call  upon  Irishmen  to  lend  us 
assistance  until  we  have  given  good  evidence  that 
we  are  willing  to  help  ourselves,  Now  it  struck 
me,  on  reading  your  late  papers,  that  some  ques- 
tions of  interest  might  pernaps  be  answered  in 
London  better  than  in  Dublin ;  and  that  we 
might,  by  a  search  in  our  Record  Office,  learn 
something  of  the  true  grounds  of  the  Bill  in 
Chancery  filed  by  Lord  Verney  against  Edmund 
Burke  about  which  we  have  heard  much,  and  know 
very  little.  The  stories  told,  or  hinted  at  by  bio- 
graphers, about  this  chancery  suit  have  not  been  to 
Uie  credit  of  Burke. 

It  is  now  admitted  that  William  Burke  was  the 
foremost  man  among  the  Burkes — was  the  first 
that  rose  to  a  position  of  some  political  import- 
ance. He  was  the  great  friend  of  Lord  Verney, 
by  whose  influence  he  was  returned  M.P.  for 
Bedwin.  It  was  on  the  representation  of  William 
Burke  that  Edmund  got  the  appointment  of  pri- 
vate secretary  to  Lord  Rockingham,  as  Edmund, 
we  are  now  told,  **  more  than  once  said*^ ;  and  it 
was  by  his  influence  that  Lord  Verney  appointed 
Edmund  member  for  Wendover.  In  brief,  William 
and  ^Edmund,  and  Richard  Burke  lived  togeUier 


like  brothers.  That  William  had  any  fortune,  we 
know  not;  but  we  do  know  that  Edmund  and 
Richard  were  poor  enough — Richard,  a  clerk  in 
the  city,  and  thinkinn^  it  a  rise  in  fortune  to  go 
out  as  supercargo ;  while  Edmund  was  compiling 
bpoks  for  a  living  —  The  Animal  Register,  for  an 
annual  hundred  pounds.  Suddenly  we  find  that 
William  and  Richard,  and  Lord  Verney,  and  other 
of  their  friends  were  gambling  desperately  in  East 
India  Stock.  There  is  no  proof,  however,  that 
Edmund  was  a  party  concerned ;  but  it  is  strange 
if  he  were  not  that,  at  the  close  of  1768,  he  was 
enabled  to  purchase  the  estate  of  Gregories  for 
about  21,000/.  The  explanation  as  to  how  Ed- 
mund was  able  to  make  such  a  purchase  has  never 
been  satisfactorily  explained,  indeed  every  expla- 
nation has  been  varied  so  soon  as  questioned. 
The  last  version,  however,  admits  *^  that  some  por- 
tion [of  the  money]  it  is  believed  came  from  t¥U- 
liam  Burke."  Unfortunately,  within  a  twelve- 
month Lord  Verney,  William  Burke,  and  Ed- 
mund*s  brother  Richard,  with  their  friends,  were 
^  utterly  ruined — ruined  past  recovery.  Thb  brings 
^  me  to  the  allegations  in  Lord  Vemey*s  Bill,  which 
I  have  abstracted  as  follows  from  the  Record 
Office :  — 

JSari  Verney  v.  Burke, — Bill  in  Chancery, 
dated  16th  June,  1783,  states  — 

*<That  on  or  shortly  before  the  year  1769,  the  Right 
Honbl&  Edmund  Burke  of  Gregories,  was  and  he  now  is 
entitled  in  fee  simple  to  a  capital  messaage  or  mansion- 
hoase  called  Gregories,  and  other  messuages,  lands,  &c. 
in  the  county  of  Backs,  subject  to  the  payment  of  60002!. 
dae  on  mortgage;  And  the  said  Edmund  Burke  shortiv 
before,  or  in  the  year  1769  had  occasion  to  borrow  6OOOI, 
for  the  purpose  of  paying  money  due  on  such  mortgage. 
That  shortly  before  the  year  1769  William  Burke,  Esq.  a 
cousin  or  other  relation  represented  unto  3'our  Orator 
such  occasion  of  the  said  Edmund  Burke  for  money,  and 
the  said  William  Burke  by  himself  or  by  Joseph  Hickey 
of  St  Albans  Street,  Attorney,  tben  concerned  for  the 
said  Edmund  Burke  and  William  Burke  or  one  of  them, 
requested  your  Orator  to  lend  such  sum  for  such  purpose, 
and  the  said  William  Burke  did  by  the  authority  and 
direction  of  the  said  Edmund  Burke,  or  with  his  consent, 
propose  that  the  said  estate  which  was  so  then  in  mort- 
gage  should  be  assigned  in  Trust  for  your  Orator  for  se- 
curing the  payment  with  interest,  and  that  he  the  said 
Edmund  Burke  should  execute  a  Bond.  That  it  was  soon 
afterwards  proposed  by  the  said  William  Burke,  or  some 
other  Agent  of  the  said  Edmund  Burke,  that  your  Orator 
should  pay  such  sum  to  Messrs.  Drummonds  to  the  account 
of  the  said  Joseph  Hickey  who,  as  it  was  represented  to 
your  Orator  by  the  said  William  Burke,  would  take  care 
to  have  a  proper  assignment  of  the  said  mortgage,  and 
procure  a  Bond  from  him  the  said  Edmund  Burke  for 
payment     That  in  consequence  your  Orator's  agents 

Brymer  and  Elias  Benjamin  De  la  FonUine,  on  or 

about  the  14th  March,  1769,  did  pay  into  the  hands  of 
Messrs.  Drammond  the  sum  of  6000/.  to  be  placed  to  the 
accotint  of  the  said  Joseph  Hickey,  and  the  said  sum 
was  so  received  by  or  applied  for  the  use  or  benefit  of 
the  said  Edmund  Burke  rery  soon  after  the  said  month 
of  March,  in  or  towards  the  discharge  of  the  money  then 
dae  on  the  security  of  such  estate.  But  the  said  Edmand 
Borke  or  any  other  person  nsver  hath  assigned  the  said 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


L8"  S,  1.  M*B.  22,  '62. 


e  or  »ny  p«rt  thareof  unto  yonr  Orator, . 


bis  isenta,  applied  unta  the  liid  Edmacd  Darke,  ind  re- 
qnealed  bim  to  pi;  Ibe  satat."  \^Coj>c\aifia  with  laler- 
rogatories,  and  pnfa  Ibat  "jour  Orator  may  haye  fall 
diacoTCTy  and  diukeaia  of  the  leTeril  mallerB  afore- 
Mid."] 

Ahbwbx,  sworn  26  NoTember,  1783:  — 

"  Edmnnd  Barke,  8tc,  laitb  that  be  [•  now  t,ad  wu  in 
or  abont  tha  monlfa  of  May,  17G9,Mized  ofa  capiul  mea- 
mage,  &t,,  called  Qref^riei,  and  divera  otbers  landa,  Ac 
■ItnaCe  in  tbe  pinabee  of  Beaconafiald  and  Fena  in  the 
connty  of  Bncka,  of  tbe  yearly  valne  of  600i,  or  Ihere- 
•bonta,  in  Lbs  whole.  And  which  capital  meranages, 
lands,  Sec,  were  in  and  before  tbe  ufd  yi^ar,  1769,  and  at 
the  time  of  this  Defendant'!  pDrchaainz  the  same,  anbject 
to  tbe  payment  of  4466^  for  principal  and  intereat  dne 
and  aecured  by  mortBage  to  Lord  Dndley,  and  a  aom  of 
J096t  7i,  9d  toi  principal  and  interest  due,  and  tecared 
by  ijadgoient  or  Judgments  to  Ur.  John  Saanderi,  but 
Dot  anbject  to  any  other  mortgagea  or  incombrancea. 
Bat  how  much  waa  dueforprinclparindhowmncbfor  in- 
tereat, Defendant  doth  not  Dow  remember  nor  can  aet 
fbrtb.  And  this  Defendant  aaitb,  that  be  waa  not  at  any 
tlmenliedof  or  entitled  to  the  aald  estates  and  premiaai 
it  the  time 
,ect  to  the 

payneotof  60OO/,,  oi  my  other  Urge  inm  of  moneydne 
on  any  mortgage  or  morteagea  thereof  aave  aa  aforuald. 
Hist  wban  be  parchaasd  the  said  eatate  and  premlaea, 
which  waa  in  the  beginning  of  tbe  year  1769,  payment  of 
the  whole  of  the  said  monsya  with  which  the  aama  were 
Incnmbered  aa  aforesaid,  w—  ' '-'  '-  ■■-'—"  -'  "— 


■aid  mortgage  and  jadgment  creditors,  and  tbe  said  anms 

"5(.  and  1096t  7i.  9d.  were  accordingly  paid  by  or  on 

behalf  of  this  Defendant  on  orabont  theiioth  or  21atdaya 


of  44661.  a 


of  February,  17D9.  And  this  Defendant  saith  I 
occaaion  for  a  cooiidarabte  anm  of  money  which  he  be- 
lierea,  bat  doss  not  exactly  recollect,  may  hare  amooDted 
to  60O0L  in  or  shortly  before  the  laid  year  1769,  in  order 
to  make  and  accompliah  hia  lald  porcbaie.  And  apon 
tbe  voluntary  offer  of  another  friend,  and  not  the  aaid 
Complainant  to  aid  him  with  tbe  aame,  be  Ibis  Defea- 


itfhr- 

uer  saltD,  ttiat  ha  does  not  know  nor  can  form  any 
diitinct  opinion  of  what  degree  of  relation  (if  any)  Wif-  i 
llam  Burke  in  the  Bill  named  may  atand  to  Ibia  Defen- 
dant, but  that  be  does  believe  tbat  their  fatbera  did 
•ometlmea  call  each  other  cauilns,  but  has  no  other  occa- 
aion to  belieTS  that  they  are  of  kindred.  That. he  doth 
not  know,  but  belierea  it  may  be  truer  that  »l  the  time 
In  tha  Bill  mentioned  Joeepti  Hickey  was  employed  aa  I 
attorney  to  said  William  Burke.  That  the  said  Joseph  ; 
Hickey  wiB  not  concerned  eilher  as  Solicitor,  Attorney, 
Ot  Agent  for  this  Defendant  respecting  the  negotiatiag 
the  porchsae  of  the  said  estate,  discharging  tbe  aaid  mort- 
gage, and  iudgmenta,  or  in  any  other  tranaaction  relating 
to  tbe  aaid  eatate  or  the  mattera  In  the  aaid  Bill  men-  . 
tioned,  or  any  of  them  to  tbe  beat  of  tbia  Defendant*a 
lecotlection  or  belisC  That  he  does  not  know  or  believe 
or  ever  board  tbat  said  William  Bnrke  or  any  one  else  ' 
repreaanted  anto  the  aaid  Complainant  thii  Defendant's 
•aid  occasion  for  money,  or  (bat  the  aaid  William  Burke 
by  himself,  or  by  the  aaid  Joseph  Hickey  requested  the 
■aid  Complainant  to  sdrance  and  lend  the  aaid  sum  of 
6000'.,  or  any  other  Bum  of  money  to  this  Defendant  for  ' 
any  sucb  purpose  aa  in  the  said  Bill  mentioned,  or  for 
•oy  other  porpoae.  Tbat  ha  denie a  that  the  said  William 


Bnrke  or  Joaeph  Hickey  were  or  waa  employed,  or  di- 
rected, or  aulharized  by  thia  Defendant  to  solicit  or 
propose  that  the  estate  of  this  Defendant,  which  waa 
then  in  mortgage  aa  in  tbe  aaid  Bill  before  mentiooed, 
abould  be  aasigned  or  convajad.  That  the  said  Com- 
plainant in  or  abont  tbe  monlha  of  November  or  December. 
1779,  did,  when  this  Defendant  was  much  occupied  with 
business,  come  to  the  Deltodint'B  honae,  and  on  the  De- 
f^ndant'a  coming  into  the  room  where  the  Oimplainant 
waited,  did  apologiae  for  callios  him  from  bnainess,  and 
then  for  the  first  time,  as  thia  Defendant  remembers  and 
believes,  applv  to  this  Defendant  for  a  settlement,  but  not 
of  GOOOH  as  In  the  Bill  alleged,  or  of  any  sacb  sum ;  bol 
in  a  confused  and  indiatinct  manner  alleged  tbat  monej 
was  due  and  owing  to  him  by  this  Defendant,  bat  wilh- 
ont  mentioning  the  lime  or  occasion,  or  any  ground  npon 
which  the  said  demand  waa  formed.  And  this  Defendant 
aaith  he  received  the  aaid  demand  with  aurprise,  and  to 
the  beat  of  the  Dafandant'a  recollection,  told  the  Com- 
ptainant  that  be  knew  nothing  about  it,  and  not  hiring 
time  then  to  talk  farther  on  tha  subject,  he  never  heard 
more  from  theComplainanlnntil  the  28rd  day  of  July,  1782, 
when  he  received  1  letter  IVom  the  Complainant  making 

any  definite  sum  whatBoever,  but  inentioning  a  loose  and 
vague  Esneral  claim  of  pecuniary  matters  nnsettled  be- 
tween them )  and  in  the  month  of  Aug.  1782,  this  De- 
fendant received  anotbar  letter  from  the  said  Com- 
Elainanl  on  the  subject,  and  allading  to  a  large  demand, 
Dt  without  mentioning  any  som,  after  which  this  De- 
Amdant  beard  no  more  of  the  said  demand  until  abont 
the  month  of  June  1783,  when  and  since  which  this  De- 
fendant aalth  the  laid  Complainant  and  Mr.  Harman,  hit 
Attorney  or  Solicitor,  have  made  applicationa  to  this 
Defendant  for  payment  of  a  anm  of  6000f.  and  interest." 

It  ia  aCrange  tbat  legal  proceedinga  were  not 
commenced  bj  Lord  Vernej  for  so  manf  years 
ftfW  the  loan.  It  may  be  said  that  his  lordship 
and  William  Bnrke  were  for  tnanj  years  fighting  a 
hard  fight  agunst  their  joint  and  separate  creditors, 
as  the  records  in  our  courts  of  Law  and  equity 
abundantly  prove  —  that  William  Burke  went 
suddenly  to  India,  with  letters  of  introUuclion 
from  Edmund,  to  escape  from  hia  creditors,  and 
in  the  hope  of  there  finding  a  maintenance.  It  is 
equally  strange,  if  there  were  no  truth  in  the  atory, 
that  Lord  Verney  should  hare  known  the  exact  re- 
quirements of  Edmund  Burke  in  1769,  the  why 
and  the  wherefore,  as  it  appears  from  Burkes 
answer,  that  he  did.  Burke,  be  it  obaervcil,  ad-  ' 
mita  that  he  did  borrow  6000^,  or  about  tbat  sum, 
for  the  purpose,  and  at  the  time  named ;  und  he 
does  not  say  that  he  did  not  receive  the  money 
from  hia  "  friend  "  William  Burke.  If  that  friend 
were  other  than  William  Burke,  what  so  conciu- 
aire  in  reply  as  to  have  named  tbe  "  friend,"  and 
proved  the  fact ;  and  strangest  of  all  to  m;r  mind, 
considering  the  early  relattons  of  the  parties,  tha 
humble  tone  in  whioh  my  lord  is  made  to  enter 
into  Burke's  presence,  and  Edmund  Burke's  ap- 
parently^ smaU  acquaintance  with  William,  who 
IS  described  in  his  letters  about  that  time  as 
the  dearest  friend  he  had  on  earth,  but  whose  re- 
lationship to  him,  "  if  any,"  be  did  not  know. 

Here,  at  any  rate,  are  certain  facta  which  your 
readers  may  interpret  aa  they  please.         J.  B.  T. 


3^  a  I.  Mar.  22,  '62.] 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


223 


FOLK  LORE. 

LBTTnra  the  New  Tbab  ik.  —  Your  corre- 
flpondent  Locked  Out  refers  to  a  very  old  super- 
stition of  the  neighbourhood  from  which  he  writes, 
tnd  one  from  which  many  a  flaxen- headed  boy 
kas  suffered.  It  not  only  applies  to  the  letting 
in  the  new  year,  but  also  to  Christmas  morning. 
The  object  of  desire  is  that  the  first  person  who 
enters  a  house  on  the  morning  of  Christmas  Day 
or  that  of  New  Year's  Day,  should  have  black  or 
dark  hair.  Many  make  arrangement,  by  special 
kiTitation,  that  some  man  or  boy  of  dark  hair, 
and  otherwise  approved,  should  present  himself 
at  an  early  hour  to  wish  the  compliments  of  the 
season,  and  the  door  is  not  openea  to  let  any  one 
else  in  until  the  arrival  of  tne  favoured  person. 
He  is  regaled  with  spice  cake  and  cheese,  and 
with  ale  or  spirits,  as  the  case  may  be.  All  the 
**ill  luck**  —  that  is,  the  untoward  circumstances 
of  the  year,  would  be  ascribed  to  the  accident  of 
a  person  of  light  hair  havin|;  been  the  first  to 
enter  a  dwelling  on  the  mornmgs  referred  to.  I 
have  known  instances  where  such  persons,  inno- 
cently presenting  themselves,  have  met  with  any- 
thing but  a  Christmas  welcome.  The  great  object 
of  dread  is  a  red-haired  man  or  boy  (women  or 
girls  of  any  coloured  hair  or  complexion  are  not 
admissable  as  the  first  visitors  at  all)  and  all  light 
shades  are  objectionable. 

I  have  not  been  able  to  trace  the  origin  of  this 
custom,  nor  do  I  remember  having  read  any  ex- 
planation of  its  meaning.  I  once  heard  an  aged 
woman,  who  was  a  most  stern  observer  of  all 
customs  of  the  neighbourhood,  especially  those 
which  had  an  air  of  mystery,  or  a  superstition 
attached  to  them,  attempt  to  connect  the  observ- 
ance with  the  disciple  who  sold  the  Saviour.  In 
her  mind  all  the  observances  of  Christmas  were 
associated  with  the  birth  or  death  of  Christ ;  and 
she  made  no  distinction  whatever  between  the 
events  which  attended  the  nativity,  and  those 
which  preceded  and  followed  the  crucifixion. 
She  told  me  that  Judas  had  red  hair,  and  it  was 
in  vain  to  argue  with  her  that  he  had  no  connec- 
tion whatever  with  the  events  which  our  Christ- 
mas solemnities  and  festivities  were  intended  to 
commemorate.  It  satisfied  her  mind,  and  that 
iras  enough.  After  many  inquiries  I  was  not 
ible  to  obtain  any  answer  more  reasonable.  There 
must  be  some  ground  for  so  wide-spread  a  cus- 
tom. T.  B. 

Irish  SuPERSTmosi.  —  I  extract  the  following 

rom  an  Irish  newspaper  (The  Irish  Times)  of  the 

)th  inst    The  writer,  alluding  to  an  extraor- 

linary  instance  of  fecundity  in  a  cow,  says :  — 

'*  The  uneoualled  dam  came  into  Mr.  Cooneys*  hands 
rom  those  of  a  relative  of  his  in  1847,  and  for  no  eon' 
UUration  wouid  the  be  eald  to  a  party  of  a  different  name 
r  other  kindred  —  it  would  be  deemetfmiucky" 

K.  H.  E. 


Apparitions,  Persons  who  see,  born  at  Mid- 
NiOHT.  —  An  old  Kentish  lady,  while  discussing 
hobgoblins  last  Christmas,  said  that  she  had  never 
seen  a  shost ;  though  she  had  placed  herself  in 
spots  visited  by  the  departed,  and  had  been  pre- 
sent while  others  had  seen  an  apparition.  She 
then  stated  it  as  a  fact,  that  people  bom  at  twelve 
o^clock  at  night,  and  only  such,  were  gifted  with 
this  visionary  power.  An  instance  in  point  was, 
of  course,  adduced.  F.  P. 

All  Hallow  Even.  —  Sir  William  Dugdale 
has  jotted  down,  at  the  end  of  the  interleaved 
Almanack  for  1658,  in  which  he  kept  his  Diary, 
the  following  scrap  of  folk  lore  :  — 

'*  On  All  Hallow  Even,  the  master  of  the  family  anti- 
ently  nsed  to  carry  a  banch  of  straw,  fired,  about  his 
come,  saying :  — 

'  Fire  and  Red  low. 
Light  on  my  teen  now.'  " 

Life,  Diary  and  Correspondence  of  Sir 
Wm.DugdaU^  edited  by  Wm.  Hamper, 
F.S.A,  4to,  1827,  p.  104. 

K.  P.  D.  E. 

Four  and  Deuce  of  Clubs.  —  It  is  curious  to 
notice  how  some  of  the  old  superstitions  are  some- 
times borne  out  by  facts,  i  often  have  a  quiet 
rubber  of  whist  with  a  few  friends ;  and  the  other 
night,  in  my  deal,  I  turned  up  the  four  of  clubs. 
"  Oh!**  said  one  of  my  opponents,  **  that*s  an  un- 
lucky card,  you  won't  wm  this  game.**  And  so 
it  turned  out,  for  my  opponents  scored  foux*  by 
honours  and  four  by  cards. 

Another  night,  Uie  deuce  of  clubs  was  turned 
up ;  and  the  remark  was  made,  before  our  cards 
were  looked  at :  **  That's  a  sign  of  five  trumps  in 
the  dealer's  hand."  This  was  actually  the  case. 
A  few  rounds  after,  at  my  deal,  I  turned  up  the 
same  card  and  found  six  trumps  in  my  hand.  So 
much  for  folk  lore.  What  is  the  oriein  of  such 
superstitions  P  Chessbokough  Harbebtok. 

Totnes. 

Curious  Custom  at  Walsall.— The  following 
is  extracted  from  The  Universal  Magazine  for 
January,  1788,  p.  44 :  — 

**  In  the  Christmas  holidays  two  persons,  appointed  by 
the  Corporation,  visit  every  bouse  in  this  parish  (Wal- 
sall), and  pay  to  every  person  resident  therein  at  that 
time  (man,  woman,  and  child,  rich  and  poor)  one  penny, 
travellers  and  visitors  not  excepted.  The  money  is  paid 
out  of  the  corporation  estates  atBascot,  in  Warwickshire. 
In  the  year  1786,  it  took  upwards  of  60/.  to  discharge 
the  dole,  bat  in  the  30»»»  Henrv  VIII.  IL  10#.  9d  dis- 
charged it  Some  years  ago,  the  corporation  withheld 
the  payment  of  the  dole,  as  they  thought  they  had  a 
right  to  do ;  but  the  populace,  by  riots,  &C.,  compelled 
them  to  continue  it." 

An  account  of  the  origin  of  this  custom  is  given, 
but  as  it  is  somewhat  lengthy,  I  have  omitted  it. 
Is  this  dole  still  distributed  r  If  discontinued,  in 
what  year  did  it  cease  to  b^  ^'^«0k^'^  \aspiw* 


224 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


[8«»  a  L  Mar.  22,  '62. 


Thb  HuirrEB's  Mooh. — The  lanation  following 
that  to  which  the  epithet  **  harvest  **  has  long  been 
applied,  is  called  the  **  Hantcr's  moon"  :  whj  soP 
I  am  not  aware  that  the  chase,  or  pursuit  of 
game  in  any  way  —  except  bj  the  poacher  —  is 
ever  carried  on  by  moonlight.  D. 

Shroyb  Tuesday.  —  The  accompanying  cut- 
ting from  The  Time*  newspaper  of  March  7  may, 
perhaps,  be  deserving  of  a  comer  in  *'  N.  &  Q.** 
Many  old  time-haliowed  customs  are,  from  year 
to  year,  fast  dying  out,  and  it  is  well  to  preserve 
a  record  of  them  ere  they  are  wholly  lost.  I 
have  not  an  opportunity  of  referring  to  Strutt*8 
Sports  and  Pastimes,  to  see  if  any  account  be 
therein  given  of  the  games  alluded  to,  but  I 
should  be  glad  if  any  reader  of  *^N.  &  Q.**  would 
give  a  more  full  description  of  them.  The  **  Pan- 
cake Bell,**  the  tolling  of  which  is  said  to  have 
been  discontinued  during  the  last  two  or  three 
jetjTSj  is,  of  course,  the  ancient  *'  Confession  Bell,** 
intimating  to  the  parbhioners  that  the  priest  is 
ready  to  hear  the  confessions  of  his  people,  and 
give  them  shrift.  It  is  always  rung  in  this  parish 
and  in  many  other  parishes  in  the  kingdom,  al- 
though the  object  of  it  is  very  generally  mis- 
understood. It  would  be  well  to  preserve  a  record 
in  ^*  N.  &  Q.**  of  the  parbhes  in  which  thb  ancient 
custom  still  obtains :  — 

"Cmuous  Custom  ix  DorkdtGw — A  oorrespondent 
writes  that  Shrove  Tuesday  was  observed  as  in  days  of 
Tore  at  Dorking,  first  by  a  perambnlation  of  the  streets 
by  the  football  retinue,  composed  of  grotesquely-dressed 
persons,  to  tbe  sounds  of  music,  and  in  the  a/temoon  by 
the  kicking  of  tbe  ball  up  and  down  the  prindpiu 
thoroughfares  of  the  town.  The  nsual  number  of  men 
and  boys  joined  in  the  sport,  and  pUyed,  especially  to- 
wards the  close  of  the  game,  with  a  roughness  extremelv 
dangerous  to  the  limbs  of  the  competitors.  As  6  o'clock 
drew  near,  the  struggle  for  vietorv  became  more  vehe- 
■M«t;  the  palm,  however,  was  obtained,  for  the  fifth 
year,  by  the  plajers  from  the  west  end  of  the  town.  The 
old  custom  of  tolling  the  ''pancake  bell"  during  the 
morning  was,  on  this  occasion,  as  during  tbe  last  two  or 
three  years,  dispensed  with.*'—  H^ett  Surrey  Timet. 

John  Maci.ban. 

Hammersmith. 

Saint  Patrick  and  the  Shamsock. — A  writer 
in  a  botanical  journal  (T^e  Phytdogist)  states, 
that  "  the  Oxalis  cormculata  may  possibly  be  the 
true  shamrock  worn  by  Irishmen  on  St.  Patridc*8 
Day  (17th  March);  and  also  that  it  b  hardly 
likely  that  Trifolium  repens  (Dutch  clover)  was 
introduced  into  Ireland  so  early  as  St.  Patriek*s 
time." 

It  is  possible  that  the  Oxalis  comiculata  (yellow 
wood-sorrel)  may  be  the  shamrock ;  but  Irishmen 
generally  wear  in  their  coats  or  hats,  on  the  saint's 
oay,  the  Trifolium  repens. 

Will  you  or  some  of  your  contributors  inform 
me,  1.  What  is  the  earliest  notice  of  this  custom  of 
wearing  a  sprig  of  trefoil  (shamrock)  on  St.  Pa- 
trick's Day  ?    2.  What  historian  first  related  tbe 


current  legend,  and  what  information  is  extant  as 
to  its  origin  ?  The  same  writer  suggests  that  St 
Patrick  might  have  plucked  the  Oxalis  cormcu- 
lata  from  the  gardens  of  a  monastery. 

What  were  the  monasteries  in  Lreland  at  the 
time  St.  Patrick  lived?  Is  not  the  Trifolium 
repens  considered  by  most  botanists  indigenous  in 
all  the  Britbh  Isles  P  If  not,  when  was  it  intro* 
duced  P  SiDHST  Bbislt. 


NAMES   OF   TOWNS  AND  VILLAGES    IN   THE 

UNITED  STATES. 

Your  readers  seem  to  have  been  interested  by 
a  list  of  singular  baptismal  names  given  in  your 
earlier  volumes ;  what  do  they  think  of  the  fol- 
lowing names  of  post- villages  in  the  United  States, 
copied  verbatim  from  the  official  Post' Office 
Directory  V  —  Social  Circle,  Sociality,  Tenth  Le- 
gion, Number  One,  Number  Two,  Why  Not, 
Wild  Cat,  Uncle  Sam,  Usquebaugh,  Lucky  ELit, 
Esperance,  Marrowbone,  Oat  Meal,  Lion,  Bug- 
gaboo.  Little  Muddy,  Little  Chuckey,  Lion 
Beard,  Joe*s  Lick,  Bug  Swamp,  Candle  Shop, 
Coffee,  Grentry,  Dirt-rtown,  Halfmoon,  Hat,  Harts-' 
horn,  Halfday,  Haystack,  Henpeck,  Sub  Rosa. 

There  can  be  little  difficulty  in  tracing  the 
derivation  of  most  of  these  euphonious  names,  but 
what  shall  we  say  to  the  Uute  displayed  by  our 
transatlantic  cousins,  in  their  selection  P  Most  of 
the  above  belong  to  the  rowdy  class  of  names, 
and  in  this  class,  perhaps,  may  oe  mentioned  nine 
villages,  yclept.  Rough  and  Ready,  and  five  Old 
Hickorys,  both  sobri^ets  of  President  Jackson. 
Among  the  biographical  and  literary  names  we 
may  mention  8  Wesleys,  2  Whitfields,  3  Wick- 
liffes,  17  Knoxs,  1  Calvin,  1  Shakspeare,  Scott, 
Lamartine,  Tupper,  Addison,  Bums,  Byron, 
Dryden,  Herrick,  Hume,  Humboldt,  Audubon, 
Irving,  Cariyle,  Newton,  27  Miltons,  Pitt^  Chat- 
ham, Sheridan,  Selden,  Roscoe,  RoUin,  Solon, 
Tully,  Virgil,  Lycurgus,  Mahomet,  Cicero,  Cato, 
Ovid,  Plato,  Pliny,  Seneca,  Romulus,  Sontag, 
Jenny  Lind,  Hudson,  De  Soto,  Waverley,  Romeoe 
3  to  1  Juliet,  Ariel,  and  2  Hamlets.  Among  the 
gods  we  have  Mars  and  Apollo.  Of  the  villages 
named  after  American  presidents  and  statesmen, 
we  find, — of  WashingtoRS  35,  Tylers  7,yan  Burens 
15,  Madisons  27,  J  Persona  35,  Monroes  29, 
Adams's  28,  Polks  13,  Jacksons  65,  Clays  13, 
Websters  12,  Calhouns  10. 

Military  men  are  represented  in  the  list  by 
Napoleon,  Buonaparte,  Murat,  Massena,  Bema- 
dotte,  Eugene,  Ney,  Montcalm,  Marlborough, 
Wellington,  Cromwell,  Alexander,  and  Pompey ; 
while  the  great  battles  of  the  world  have  fur- 
nished names  for  the  villages  of  Marathon,  Water- 
loo, Alma,  Sebastopol,  Jena,  Lodi,  Marengo, 
Austerlitz,  Borodino,  Buena  Ybta,  Cerre  Grardo, 
and  Monterey. 


9^  a  L  Mab.  22,  '62.3 


NOTES  AND  QUERIE& 


225 


Among  the  geographical  names  we  find  4  Ire- 
lands,  6  Wales,  9  Scotlands,  but  not  one  England, 
although  Albion  occurs  ten  times,  and  a  village 
called  English  Neighbourhood  is  marked  as  being 
in  New  Jersey.  The  following  cities  and  countries 
are  all  represented,  most  of  them  by  nothing  more 
than  a  few  log  and  frame  houses : — Sweden,  Nor- 
way, Denmark,  Russia,  Lapland,  Poland,  Algiers, 
Florence,  Athens,  Rome,  London,  Paris,  Vienna, 
Berlin,  Warsaw,  Copenhagen,  Stockholm,  Edin- 
burgh, Dublin,  Troy,  Japan,  China,  Assyria, 
Antioch,  Babylon,  Bagdad,  Carthage,  Cormth, 
Damascus,  Sparta,  NincTeh,  Memphis,  Palestine, 
Tyre  and  Sidon,  Jerusalem,  Nazareth,  Mace- 
donia, Eprypt,  Edom,  Beersheba,  Dan,  Bethany, 
Bethel,  Bethlehem,  Canaan,  Carmel,  Hebron, 
Jericho,  Judah,  Lebanon,  and  Mesopotamia. 

The  saints,  from  St.  Augustine  to  St.  Paul,  are 
all  duly  honoured;  and  the  home  of  our  first 
parents  has  given  its  name  to  no  less  than  four- 
teen villages,  besides  the  celebrated  city  so  graph- 
ically described  by  Dickens.  Traces  of  the  Pilgrim 
Fathers  are  to  be  found  in  the  names  of  Beulah, 
Concord,  Consolation,  Benevolence,  Harmony, 
.Hope,  Industry,' Charity,  Temperance,  Progress, 
Prosperity,  Providence,  Elysium,  Elysian  Fields, 
Friendship,  Economy,  i^snh,  Shiloh,  Sion,  New 
Jerusalem,  Bozrab,  Calvary,  Mount  Horeb, 
Mount  Nebo,  and  Sabbath  Best,  as  well  as  in 
many  of  the  Scriptural  names  before  quoted. 

I  could  extend  this  list,  but  fearing  to  outrun 

your  limits,  refrain  from  trespassing  further  on 

your  space.  D.  M.  Stevens. 

Guildford. 


NONJURING  CONSECRATIONS  AND  ORDINA- 

TIONa 

Among  Dr.  Rawnnson*s  papers  in  the  Bodleian 
Library  are  some  interestmg  notes  by  himself 
of  the  consecrations  of  nonjurins  bishops,  and 
of  ordinations  held  by  them.  Dr.  Rawlinson 
being  himself  one  of  the  episcopal  eoUeffe  (al- 
though he  appears  to  have  taken  all  possible  pre- 
cautions to  conceal  the  fact  of  his  even  being  in 
holy  orders),  the  memoranda  which  he  furnishes 
may  be  regarded  as  in  the  highest  degree  authen- 
tic.   The  following  is  his  list  of  consecrations  :  — 

**Dr.  George  Hickes,  D.D.  was  consecrated  saffragan 
bishop  of  Thetford,  on  St.  Mathew*8  [Matthias']  Day  in 
the  year  1694-5,  at  Enfield,  in  the  bishop  of  Ely's  chapell. 

<*  Thomas  Wagstaffe,  M.A.  was  consecrated  suffragan 
bp.  of  Ipswich,  by  Dr.  Wm.  Lloyd,  bp.  of  Norwich,  Dr. 
Francis  Tamer,  bp.  of  Ely,  and  Dr.  Thomas  White,  bp. 
of  Peterborough ;  present,  earl  of  Clarendon,  &c. 

**  Bfr.  *  *  •  Falconer,  consecrated  bp.  in  Scotland,  28 
April,  1709. 

**  Mr.  Archibald  Campbell,  consecrated  by  Alexander, 
bp.  of  Edinburgh,  Robert,  bp.  of  DambUin,  and  Mr.  Fal- 
coner, 24  Angnst,  1711. 

**  Mr.  James  Gadderar,  consecrated  by  Dr.  Hickes,  Mr. 
Campbcllt  and  Mr.  Falconer. 


<<  Ascension  Day,  May  14,  1718*,  Mr.  Jeremiah  Col- 
lier, Mr.  Samuel  Hawea,  and  Mr.  Nathaniel  Spinckes 
were  consecrated  by  Dr.  Hickes,  assisted  by  Mr.  Campbell 
and  Mr.  Gadderar. 

"  SL  Paul's  Day,  25  Jan.  1716-6  f,  Dr.  Thomas  Brett 
and  Henry  Gandy,  M.A.,  were  consecrated  in  Mr.  Gan- 
dv^s  chapell  by  Mr.  Collier,  Mr.  Hawes,  Mr.  Spinckes,  Mr. 
Campbell,  and  Mr.  Gadderar. 

"25  Jan.  1721 1  Ralph  Taylor,  D.D.,  consecrated  at 
Grey's  Inne  by  Mr.  Hawes,  Mr.  Spinckes,  and  Mr.  Gandy ; 
present,  earl  of  Winchilsea,  Rob.  Cotton,  Tho.  Bell,  and 
Mr.  John  Blackboume,  A.M. 

'*  Hilkiah  Bedford,  A.M.,  consecrated  at  Grey's  Inne, 
25  Jan.  1720  (-1)^,  by  Mr.  Hawes,  Mr.  Spinckes,  and  Mr. 
Gandy;  present,  earl  of  Winchilsea,  Rob.  Cotton,  Rot. 
Tho.;Bell,  and  John  Blackbolum^  MA. 

**  1722,  25  Nov.  Rev.  Mr.  John  Griffin,  A.M.,  conse- 
crated by  Mr.  Collier,  Dr.  Brett,  and  Mr.  Campbc^ 

**  Mr.  Thomas  Brett,  consecrated. 

"  Ric  Welton,  D.D.,  was  consecrated  by  Dr.  Taylor 
alone,  in  a  clandestine  manner. 

II*  *  *  Talbot,  MJL,  was  consecrated  by  the  same 
person  at  the  same  time,  and  as  irregularly. 

<*  Henry  Doughty,  consecrated  at  Edinburgh  by  John 
FuUerton,  bp.  of  Edinburgh,  Arthur  Miller,  William 
Irvine,  David  Freebaim,  80  March,  1725. 

*'  John  Blackboume,  A.M.,  consecrated  at  Grey's  Inne 
by  Mr.  Spinckes,  Mr.  Gandy,  and  Mr.  Doughty,  on  As- 
cension Day,  May  6, 1725,  in  the  presence  of  Heneage. 
earl  of  Winchilsea,  Mr.  John  Crevk,  Mr.  Jos.  Hall,  Sir 
Thomas  L'Estrange,  bart,  Mr.  Tho.  Martyn,  and  Mr. 
Wm.  Bowver. 

**Mr.  Henry  Hall,  consecrated  in  Mr.  Blackboume's 
chapell  in  Grey's  Inne  by  the  Rev.  Mr.  Spinckes,  Mr. 
Gandy,  Mr.  Doughty,  and  Mr.  Blackboume;  present, 
Jos.  Hall,  John  Creyk,  Wm.  Law,  Mr.  Gea  Bew,  Mr.  Wm. 
Bowver,  Tho.  Martyn,  and  Mr. Brewster. 

•«  Monday,  25  March,  1728  •••  •♦•••••4 
was  consecrated  by  Mr.  Gandy,  Mr.  Doughty,  and  Mr. 
Blackboume,  in  Mr.  Gaudy's  cnapell,  in  the  presence  of 
Mr.  Rich.  Russell,  Mr.  John  Lindsay,  Mr.  Rob.  Gordotm* 
Mr.  Thomas  Martyn,  Mr.  Rich.  Tireman,  Mr.  Tho. 
Peirce,  Mr.  Thomas  Gyles,  and  Mr.  John  Martyn,  Jonr. 

*'  Roger  Laurence,  M.A.,  was  consecrated  by  Mr.  Archi- 
bald Campbell. 

**  Thos.  Deacon  wal  consecrated  by  the  same  person  at 
the  same  time." 

W.  D.  Mackat. 


fSiittax  jl0tf<* 

What£i«et  Family.  —  A  well- executed  minia- 
ture of  Mr.  Whateley,  banker,  66,  Lombard 
Street,  1777,  is  in  my  possession;  and  I  shall  be 
pleased  to  present  it  to  any  of  his  descendants  or 
family  who  may  write  for  it.  E.  D. 

Beauty  ahd  Loyx.  —  The  following  stanzas 
have  recently  been  discovered  at  Stamford  Court, 

*  June  3,  in  the  Table  of  Consecrations  in  Perceval's 
Apoiomffbr  tAe  ApoUolieal  Sueeesthn. 

t  lliis  confirms  the  date  given  from  a  MS.  of  Mr.  Bow« 
dlar,  Und,  The  names  of  the  consecrators  also  agree  with 
the  same  MS. 

t  This  date  also  confirms  the  correctness  of  Mr.  Bowd- 
ler's  MS.  in  preference  to  the  dates  of  6th  April,  1721,  and 
22nd  March,  1720,  which  are  adopted  by  Perceval. 

§  It  appears  from  Perceval's  list  that,  as  might  be  ex- 
pected, these  stars  conceal  Dr.  Bawlinaoii't  ov^itaaeBA^ 


MOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


[»■'  3. 1.  Mar.  !2,  '62. 


They  are  addreued  to  "  M"  Unula  Bamabj,  at 
the  Lady  CornewaH'R  honie,  Eutluun,  Worcea- 
terahire."'     Without  date,  but  in  very  old  writing. 

The  Cornewall  familj  have  not  tended  at  East- 
ham  (or  two  centuriea  :  — 


And  thua  reriled  each  other ; 
Saji  Love,  I  am  ooe  of  the  Gods, 

And  thou  wait«at  on  mj  mother. 
Thou  haat  noe  power  on  men  att  all, 

Bot  what  I  gave  to  thee ; 
Ifor  art  thon  longer  fayre  or  sweet, 

When  men  acknowledge  mee. 


For  men  have  eyea,  and  caoat  then  (hou 

My  Graces  better  finde  ? 
'Twaa  I  bagott  thee,  mortals  know, 

And  called  thee  blinds  deaire ; 
I  made  thy  qaiTer  and  thy  bow. 

And  whings  (tic)  to  kindle  fire. 
"Love  then  in  anger  fled  away. 

And  straight  to  Vulcan  prayd. 
That  be  would  tip  ht»  ahaAa  with  scorne 

To  punish  this  fayre  mayde. 
So  ever  Bioce  hath  Beauty  been 

But  courted  for  an  hour ; 
To  lore  a  day  is  now  a  sin, 

'Gainst  Cnpid  and  bis  power." 

Taos.  E,  WmsniGTON. 

BoBonauHonaauKo  im  tba  olden  Tinbs.  — 
Towards  the  close  of  the  eeveateenth  century,  the 
consdtuency  of  Wiochelsea  consisted  of  thirteen 
electors,  who  (as  is  often  the  case  in  these  days 
also)  were  desirous  of  a  contest  at  an  approaching 
general  election,  in  order  to  put  money  in  their 
own  pockets.  As  it  appeared  probable  that  the 
titling  members  would  be  returned  without  oppo- 
sition, eij^ht  of  the  constituency  waited  upon  Sir 
Edward  Frewcn,  Knight,  of  Brickwall,  in  North- 
iam,  asking  him  to  stand  for  the  borough,  and 
each  promising  to  vote  for  him  if  he  would  pay 
them  down  a  specified  sum  of  money.  Sir  Edward 
considering  that  eight  was  a  good  majority  out  of 
thirteen,  and  that  the  seat  was  secure,  agreed  to 
their  terms,  paid  the  money,  and  was  put  in  no- 
mination. The  eight  electors  were  as  eood  as  their 
word,  and  voted  for  Sir  Edward.  The  other  five 
electors  split  their  votes  between  the  two  former 
members,  and  then  the  eight  Frewen  voters  di- 
vided their  second  votes,  four  of  them  voting  for 
one  of  the  former  members,  and  four  for  (he  other; 
so  the  former  members  had  nine  votes  each,  while 
Sir  Edward  Frewen  had  only  eight:  thus  he  lost 
bis  seat  and  his  money,  and  was  laughed  at  all 
round  the  neighbourhood. 

This  singular  story  was  related  by  an  old  geo- 
tlemaa  (now  dead)  whose  family  have  long  been 


,  Psb.  II.  « 


settled  in  East  Sussex,  and  who  had  himself  read 
it  in  some  book  or  other. 

Query,  where  is  this  anecdote  to  be  found  ?  and 
does  the  political  history  of  Winehelsea,  throw  any 
light  on  itF  or  was  it  some  other  borough  where 
it  occurred?  T.  F. 

LonOEViTT. — It  is  not  at  all  unusual,  in  fact  it 
it  a  duly  oocarrence,  to  see  the  obituary  column 
of  lite  Timet  noticing  the  death  of  persons  at  the 
age  of  threescore  and  ten,  and  even  above  those 
yeart.  But  latterly  even  these  advanced  periods 
nave  been  eclipsed,  so  much  so,  that  in  hastily 
running  over  the  liat^  I  have  selected  the  follow- 
ing, which  I  think  worthy  of  noticing  in  "  N.  & 

1862,  Jan.  1.  ■■  On  Dec  !7,  I8S1,  at  WaUn  Farm,  Hal- 
flald.  Broad  Oak,  Essex,  Hr.  John  Bam- 
moad.  Ban.,  aged  97. 
„  „  !5.  "Oa  tbe  SOtb,  at  TanBtdica  HDiue,N~.B., 
Mary,  widow  of  the  Imto  Cbarlei  Ogilvy, 
nrT»iintdice,aEed96. 

a  th«  Stfa,  at  bis  residence,  Great  Cum- 
Mrland  StneC,  Hyde  Park,  Huu  Biuk, 
Esq.,  J.  P.  for  the  county  of  Radnor,  tbe 
yoannst  son  of  Sir  Wadawortb  fiaik, 

„  Feb.  20.  This  day's  list  was  an  extraordiDsry  oae. 
Out  of  82  iniertJons,  tbere  were  two  who 
had  died  at  72,  two  at  74.  two  at  76,  one 
at  79,  oae  at  62.  one  at  Si,  one  at  85,  two 
at  90.  one  st  94;  and  to  complete  thU 
long  list  there  occnn  tbe  followinK:  — 
"On  the  17lh  iniUnt  at  Richmoad,  Samr, 
al  the  adranced  age  of  103,  Mn.  Martha 
LawrancB,  lOTsd  and  revered  by  all  with 
wham  ihe  was  conaected  in  life,  in  dealh 
■be  is  mourned  with  affectjonala  remeiO' 
Irance  by  her  family  and  friends." 
But  the  last  notice  which  I  shall  take  is<not  the 
least  on  this  already  lengthened  list     It  is   ex- 
tracted from  The  Timet  of  Feb.  25,  and  worthy 
tbe  attention  of  the  curious:—- 

"On  the  Ilth  iniL  at  WinkBeld,  Berks,  Mrs.  Esther 
Strike,  St  (he  advanced  sge  of  103  years,  pMsassing  ell  her 
faculties  to  tbe  lut ;  leaving  three  sons  aged  respeclivelv 
7B,  77,  and  75  years,  24  gnndchildran,  61  grwt-grand- 
children,  and  twogreat-grsat-grandchildren;  beloved  and 
respected  by  all  who  knew  her." 

This  case,  I  think,  is  unparalleled  in  the  history 
of  modern  times.  This  good  old  lady  lived  to  see 
faw  generalioTu  descended  from  herself,  and  even 
when  she  passed  away  she  lefl  three  sons  alive, 
each  of  whom  are  far  beyond  the  threescore  ^ 
and  ten  allowed  to  man,  "" 

A  New  Wobd.  —  If  anagram,    diagram,   epi- 
gram, monogram,  telegram,  why  not  photogram? 
If  deservedly  praise  on  7^  Tiaui  was  confen'd. 

Par  hiTing  Srst  us'd  in  a  grsm- 
malical  form  that  most  sensible  word. 

Not  telegraph,  bat  telegram  ; 
Why  aboDld  ve  not  all  again  hasten  to  school. 

And  ia  Greek  grammar  get  a  good  cram. 
And  so  learn  to  say  by  the  very  same  rule, 
Kot  photograph,  but  photogram? 

rfafi/imrfia. 


T.  I.  N. 


S"  3.  I.  ilAn.  33,  '61.] 


NOTES  AND  QUEBIES. 


327 


Chaklbb  Bbidohan,  of  St.  James'B,  West- 
miniter,  M*Bter  Gardetier  to  King  Georee  II., 
made  hii  nill  6th  Julj,  1738.  He  namei  bn  wife 
*'  Sarah,  iliter  of  the  late  John  Mlae,  paviour,"  a 
son  Cbarlea,  and  >  daughter  Sarah.  He  owned 
honaea  in  Henrietta  Street,  CaTendUk  Square, 
London,  and  the  Bell  Ian  (atiil  existing)  M  Stil- 
ton, in  Huntingdotubire.        Fbtxx  CamnnoBtM. 


CASICATUBES  AND  SATIRICAL  PRINTS. 

Some  time  aince  I  was  inrited  to  aaiiat  in  de- 
termining the  beat  mode  'of  arranging  a  very 
extensive  and  intereBtiug  aeriea  of  csrioatures. 
What  I  then  gladlj  undertook  as  a  pleasant 
taak,  has  nafortnnatelj,  bj  change  of  circum- 
•tancea,  been  eleTated  into  a  dutj  ;  and  a  duty 
which  I  am  eapecJaU;  deairoua  of  discharging  in 
the  iQOBt  BBtiifactory  manner. 

To  iccure  this  I  am  anxious  for  the  advice,  on 
Beveral  point*,  of  such  readers  of  "  N.  &  Q."  aa 
have  maile  caricaturei  a  aubject  of  their  at- 
tention ;  for  there  are  unquestionably'  sereral 
great  difficulties  to  b«  overcome  before  anything 
approaching  to  a  ^stinct  aystem  of  arrangement 
can  be  decided  upon. 

In  bhe  first  place,  is  anr  distinction  to  be  drawn 
between  Caricatures  and  Satirical  Prints  f  The 
■pirit  of  a  caricature  ia  comic,  but  aatire  is  not 
necesaarily  comic;  and  satirical  prints  are  often 
■bout  ai  much  like  caricatures,  as  throwing  vitriol 
it  like  the  pelting  with  sugar  plums  at  iLe  Car- 
nival. The  object  of  the  caricature  as  a  rule  is 
to  raise  a  laugh,  while  on  the  other  hand  the 
satirical  print  has  a  deeper  object  and  aima  at 
exciting  feeling*  of  Hatred  or  dtsguat.  Both 
emploj  the  same  weapon, 

"  And  take  for  tinlh  tha  ta«t  of  ridicule,*' 
ridicule  which  is  so  fatal  to  power. 

Both  have  in  their  time  exercised  as  much  in- 
fluence as  satirical  ballads  and  political  equibs; 
for  whaterer  may  have  been  the  truth  of  Whar- 
ton's boast  that  by  Lillibidlero  he  had  anng  a  king 
out  of  three  kingdoms,  there  can  be  little  doubt 
that  Fox's  India  Bill  received  ils  severest  blow 
in  pnblic  estimation  from  the  celebrated  carica- 
ture by  Sayer  of  Norwich  —  Carlo  Khan't  2Vi- 
vmphal  Entry  into  Leadenhall  Slreel  :  and  with 
the  multitude  at  least,  the  remarkable  wit  and 
pungency  ofTbeodore  Hook's  pasquinades  against 
the  party  of  Queen  Caroline,  were  more  than 
counterbalanced  by  George  Cruikibauk's  inimit- 
able caricaturea  of  George  the  Fourth,  his  minis- 
ter* and  supporters. 

In  one  respect  the  pencil  baa  an  adrtntage 
over  the  pen — its  meaning  is,  in  moat  cases,  patent 
to  all  who  look  U  it;  and  a*  ^le  Bibtia  jpM- 


peruBi  was  addressed  to  those  who  could  not  read, 
caricatures  as  often  appeal  to  those  who  can  neither 
read  nor  reason. 

Setting  aside  for  the  present  Ihe  ijuestion  how 
far  it  is  possible  to  draw  a  distinction  between 
Caricatures  and  Satirical  Prints,  I  would  ask 
whether  any  better  division  of  engraving*  of 
either  of  these  classes  can  be  suggested  than  one 
which  distinguishes  them  according  to  their  So- 
cial, Personal,  and  Political  character  F 

Under  the  head  of  Social  Cabic&tdsbb  it  i» 
obvious  will  be  included  all  such  us  are  directed 
against  any  prevailing  follies  in  morals,  manners, 
or  dress ;  such  as  those  against  the  South  Sea 
Bubble  and  the  caricatures  against  the  Maccaro- 
nies  of  the  last  century,  and  the  wearers  of  Cri- 
noline in  our  own  days. 

Pbxs.onal  Cabicatubbs  will  include  those  di- 
rected against  individuals — such  as  the  various 
prints  in  which  Pope  figures,  and  those  in  which, 
for  instance,  the  old  Duke  of  Queenabury  was  so 
freely  satirised.  Where  the  subject  of  them  was 
atlacxed  in  his  political  character,  such  as  the 
celebrated  caricatures  against  Lord  Bute,  they 
would  obviously  fall  more  property  into  the  larger 
and  more  important  class  of  Fouticai.  Cabicb- 

The  arrangement  of  theae' would  be  of  course 
simply  a  chronological  one.  For  many  years  they 
bore  on  their  face,  under  a  ipeciat  Act  of  Par- 
liament, the  date  of  their  publication,  so  that  no 
difficulty  in  settling  their  order  could  occur;  while 
tha  order  of  those  issued  before  the  passing  of 
that  Act  would  have  to  be  sought  out  by  inquiry 
among  contemporary  authorities. 

Political  Cabicatobbb  might,  for  conveni- 
ence, be  further  divided  into  the  following  classes : 

1 .  Those  relating  to  events  up  to  the  year  1688. 

2.  Those  relating  to  events  between  1688  and 
the  death  of  George  II. 

3.  Those  relating  to  the  reign  of  George  III. 

4.  All  those  of  later  date. 

WujJAM  J.  Tbomi. 

Status  or  Gbobob  I.  m  Leicestbb  Sqdabe. 
— ,Can  any  readers  of  "  N.  &  Q."  throw  light  upon 
the  history  of  this  statue,  by  whom  it  was  placed 
in  Leicester  Sanare,  and  what  eventually  became 
of  it  P  I  would  ask,  too,  when  was  Leicester 
Square  first  enclosed  ?  In  ^  Critical  Vitv  of  the 
Fablie  Buildingi,  Staluet,  and  Onmments  in  and 
abovt  London  and  WeitmmUr,  8vo,  1734,  we  read 


habitants  ronuil  aboat  it  wmithing  like  the  prospect  of 
■  garden,  and  presetTM  it  from  the  rodcncss  ol  the  pops- 


228 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


[8«»  a  L  Mar.  22,  '62. 


Canons  was  sold,  was  purchased  and  placed  in  the 
Square.  But  bj  whom  was  it  so  purchased,  and 
placed  there  ?  Mr.  Timbs,  in  his  Curiosities  of 
London,  p.  454,  says  "  it  was  purchased  by  the 
inhabitants  of  the  Square ;  it  was  finely  gilt,  and 
within  memory  was  re-gtUr    Mr.  Timbs  does  not 

five  any  authority  for  the  purchase  by  the  in- 
abitants,  or  for  the  re-gildmg.  Can  any  corre- 
spondent supply  these  deficiencies,  and  more 
especially  tell  us  who  piud  for  the  re-gildin?  P^ 

Others  have  said  it  was  bought  by  Frederick, 
Pt'ince  of  Wales,  and  presented  to  the  inhabitants. 
This  is  partly  confirmed  b^  the  fact,  that  it  was 
"  first  uncovered  **  on  the  birthday  of  the  Princess 
of  Wales,  19th  November,  1748. 

Lastly,  What  became  of  it?  Mr.  Timbs  tells 
us,  '^  over  the  statue  has  been  built  Wyld*s  Colos- 
sal Model  of  the  Earth.**  The  OenUeman's  Maga- 
zine tells  us  that  it  was  found  to  be  of  lead  fiUed 
with  clay,  and  that  it  was  broken  up.  And  there 
is  a  rumour,  that  some  doubts  having  arisen  as  to 
the  power  of  removing  it  from  the  centre  of  the 
Square,  the  difficulty  was  got  over  by  keeping  it 
in  the  centre  of  the  Square,  but  a  few  feet  wider 
ground.  Tour  insertion  of  these  Queries  will 
oblige  An  Old  Cobbsspondxiit. 

Rev.  CBBiaTOPHim  Blackwood. — Information 
18  requested  respecting  the  birth-place,  fMurentage, 
and  education  of  this  Nonconformist  minister,  woo 
diad  in  1670,  <et.  64.  References  to  any  par- 
ticulars concerning  him  other  than  are  to  be  found 
in  Neal*8  History  of  Puritans,  and  Croeby*8  His- 
toryof  Baptists,  will  be  thankfully  acknowledged. 

Where  are  the  MS.  Collections  of  the  £ev. 
Josiah  Thompson  of  Clapham  f  W.  W.  S. 

BuBBB*s  ADMiBED  PoBT.  —  In  B  pamphlet  en- 
titled A  few  Words  wUh  the  Right  Hon,  Edmund 
Burke,  London,  1793,  the^  author  closes  an  un- 
kind summary  of  the  failings  of  Marie  Antoinette 
with:  — 

<*  The  poet  whom  yoa  most  admire,  imitate,  and  per- . 
haps  resemble,  Mys :  — 

**  Officious  is  the  tongue  of  fame : 
Arraigning  multitudes  ^vulge  her  shame, 
For  envy  stings  with  surer  ft>rce 
Th'  offending  great;  in  humbler  coarse 
The  lowly  act  their  deeds  impure, 
The  sin  is,  like  themselves,  obscure." 

Who  is  the  poet  ?  F.  R. 

BuBNUfo  OF  Moscow.  —  In  Lord  Colchester's 
Diary,  vol.  iil.  p.  403,  which  I  have  read  with 
great  pleasure,  and  much  instruction,  his  lord- 
ship notes  a  conversation  he  held  with  the  Duke  of 
Wellington  on  various  subjects,  amongst  others  on 
the  burning  of  Moscow  by  the  orders  of  Bostop- 
chin.     I  quote  from  the  iHary :  — 

"  Tallung  of  the  burning  of  Moscow,  he  was  deddedly 
of  opinion  that  it  was  not  a  preconcerted  or  designed  mea- 
sure as  usually  ascribed  to  KMtopcbin,  bat  ths  asro 


consequence  of  negligent  conduct  in  the  French  army 
upon  entering  that  city;  the  soldiers  scattering  their  fire 
about  them  careles&ly,  as  they  always  do,  wliich,  in  a 
city  of  wooden  houses,  necessarily  produced  a  conflagra- 
tion, and  of  a  gradual  sort,  as  happened  on  this  occasion, 
—  the  first  night,  forty  or  fifty  houses ;  the  next,  three 
hundred  or  four  hundred,  and  so  progressively :  but  tliat, 
if  it  had  been  intentional  on  the  part  of  the  Ruaeiaoi, 
they  would  not  have  left  (as  they  did)  their  military 
magazines,  gun-carriages,  and  above  all,  their  gun- 
powder, to  the  victorious  army  before  they  retreated. 
And  indeed  this  circumstance  seems  decisive." 

Will  any  of  your  readers  please  to  inform  me 
where  I  shall  find  an  account  of  this  conflagration  ? 
I  think  Napoleon  adverted  to  it  in  his  conversa- 
tion with  the  English  physician  appointed  to 
attend  to  his  health ;  but  ne  did  not,  if  I  recollect 
rightly,  attribute  the  fire  to  the  cause  assigned 
by  the  Duke  of  Wellington.  Whatever  gloss  may 
be  put  upon  it  by  French  writers,  the  circum- 
stance mentioned  bv  the  duke  of  the  military 
magazines,  &c.,and  above  all,  the  gunpowder  being 
left  by  the  Russians,  is  indeed  conclusive. 

Fba.  Mewbubn. 

Larchfield,  Darlington. 

CoMMOH WEALTH  Mabbiagbs. — Can  you  make 
anything  of  the  accompanving  extract  from  the 
parish  register  of  St.  Giles  s-in-the-fields  ?  Is  it 
not  strange  to  find  the  ceremony  performed  by  a 
D.D.  at  such  a  period  ?  And  does  the  fact  that 
all  the  witnesses  were'prcsent  in  the  church  prove 
anything  f 


1668,  July,-^  *«  Robert  L9  Wright,  of  Middle 
Temple,  London,  Esq^,  and  M"  Gratiana,  dau.  of  the  Lady 
Dorothy  Jenkins  oHom  Baleham,  of  the  parish  of  S*  Giles- 
in-the-nelds,  Midx,  had  their  purpose  of  marriage 
ent'^  the  21"*  of  this  month,  &  were  tbrke  published  in 
the  p*h.  ch.  of  S*  Qiles-in-the-fielda  a&^.  t.  c  on  the  4<>>, 
11^,  &  18^  of  this  inst  month ;  ami  had  their  marriage 
celebrated  by  W«  Jervis,  D.D.,  in  the  presence  of  the 
abovesaid  Lady  Dorothy  Jenkins  of  this  pariah,  mother 
of  the  s'^  M"  Gratiana,  &  in  the  prsMOce  of  M"  Jane 
Chelsham,  wife  of  John  Chelahamt  of  Kingston -upon- 
Thames,  Esq***;  and  in  the  presence  of  £liz**>,  wife  of 
Rich<i  Baddesle^,  of  S*  Dnnstan's-in-the-Weat,  London, 
GenS  and  of  Margaret,  wife  of  John  Shelvack,  of  this 
parish,  yeoman.  And  that  also  the  s'  marriage  between 
the  parties  aboves**  had  its  consummation  before  John, 
Lord  Berksted,  Lord-Lieutenant  of  the  Tower  of  London, 
in  p*suanoe  and  dir'on  of  Act  of  Pari*  in  that  caae 
made  and  decided,  before,  and  in  the  presence  of  Sir  John 
Sedley  of  the  county  of  Kent,  K"<  «  Bart ;  and  in  the 
presence  of  Lady  Frande  del  Hare,  and  the  said  M"  Jane 
Chelsham  aad  others  in  the  Tower  of  London.** 

Ll01l£L  J.  ROBDSSOH. 

Audit  Office. 

CUBSOVS    OF    WATBBraBmTf    OxFOBDSHimE. — 

Sir  Francb  Curson,  of  VVaterperry,  who  died  Oct. 
81,  1610,  left  three  sons.  Sir  Jfihn,  his  heir, 
Francis,  and  Richard.  Sir  John  carried  down  the 
direct  line  of  his  house,  his  son  Thomas  being 
created  a  baronet  in  1661 :  but  is  it  known  what 
became  of  the  brothers,  Francis  and  Riefaard? 
Was  Fhuicis  Cnisoa  «  kaigkt  of  the  ahire  for 


8"  &  L  Hab.  K,  'S2.] 


NOTES  AKD  QUERIES. 


229 


Oxford,  or  anj  adjoining  countj,  in  the  first  quu- 
ftr  of  tbe  Eeventeentli  centuij?  Wu  Bidiard 
CnnoD,  the  tbird  soil,  in  lioljr  orders  F  And  if 
■o,  to  wbftt  TJniTenitj  did  he  belong  ?  Did  either 
of  these  two  brothers  marry,  and  have  surviviog 
imne  ?  Lord  Teynham  ig,  I  perceive  by  Burke's 
Extinel  Baronetage,  the  testunentary  representa- 
tive  of  thii  ancient  &iDi)y;  but  as  I  cannot  trace 
in  what  way  his  lordship  it  related,  if  at  all,  to 
the  Cnnoiu  of  Waterperry,  perhaps  some  ooe 
better  informed  will  be  kind  enough  to  enlighten 
me  t  Apropos  of  this,  how  is  it  that  the  Tern- 
bam  familr,  whose  real  (uraame  is  Roper,  out 
who  took  b;^  royal  licenie  the  additional  name  of 
Canon  on  inheriting  the  Waterperry  estates,  — 
bow  u  it  that  they  have  discarded  the  ancient 
"  the  name,  by  substituting  Curxon  for 


place  in  the  alphabet,  for  otherwise  the  problem 
would  be  impoisible  to  solve. 

GsoBQs  B.  J.  Powwi. 
I      OxTonl. 

BuHop  Thouu  Hackbt.  —  When  waa  thia 

E relate  bom  P     He  died  [the  deprived]  Bishop  of 
»own  in  1697.  C.  J.  £. 


■pelling  of 


iTHaaHBs. 


Q.,"  will  be  esteemed  a  favour. 

Giorea  Turaee,  Ousta: 

Dkama. — Who  ia  the  author  of  AriOodemu*, 
m  mono-drama  i»  the  Fo^ieal  RegitUr,  180S,  and 
Othryade*,  a  mono-drama,  Poetical  RegitUr,  1 803  ? 
These  two  pieces  have  the  dgnature  "  S."  Query, 
Was  the  author  Mr.  Sotheby,  author  of  Ore^et, 
and  other  tragedies,  translation  of  The  Iliad,  &c.  F 
Zxra. 


d  if  tfa«ir  (om  ba  m 
into  Ilia  lum  of  Uiair  Hoaiet,  tliat  pn^dnct  will  ba  !S36. 
The  index  ofthaMid thud MIerbilngtheBraatcaL  Tba 
indices  list  formed  are  tba  extramai  of  four  noinbari  In 
atilhmatical  prograMloa,  tha  lasMT  mean  being  tbt  index 
of  tha  fine  letter  oT  tba  third  word;  and  the  artater 
mcu  ia  Ifae  index  of  tha  Aiarth  end  lut  latUr  al  tbo  fint 
word.  Tba  Hcond  lattar  of  Lhi  third  Woid  li  the  lain* 
with  tba  tblid  letter  sf  tfaa  Ural  word,  and  tbe  Ofth  letter 
or  (ha  third  word  ia  tbe  same  with  the  last  letter  of  the 
first  word.  Tbe  lum  of  tba  sqaine  of  tbe  indices  of  tbe 
Snt  and  second  lellen  of  tha  first  word  is  £20,  and  tbe 
product  ot  tbe  same  indices  is  Kna-iiuUAi  of  the  square 
of  tha  greiter  index,  which  ii  the  index  at  tba  uid  first 
latter.  Tbe  difiertDce  between  tha  lut  two  indices  is 
Itas  index  of  the  first  letter  of  the  second  word.  The 
tbitd  end  list  letter  of  the  second  word,  tl»a  the  third 
letter  of  the  third  word,  are  [hessme  irith  the  ucond  letter 
«f  tbe  flrst  word.  Tha  som  of  tha  indices  of  the  fourth 
letter  of  the  third  woid,  end  the  sixth  or  last  letter  of  tbe 
Muno  word,  beiof;  added  to  their  prodni;t,*ii  86 ;  and  the 
diSerenee  of  their  squares  ia  SS8,  the  indez  of  the  last 
letter  being  (he  least     Query—  tU  mordi  1 " 

Thia  I  found  stated  in  a  local  paper,  to  be  in 
a  work  contained  in  my  library.  I  have  never 
been  able  to  lay  my  hand  on  Uie  original  book, 
bat  have  copied  this  verbatim  from  the  newspaper, 
thinking  that  perhaps  someof  your  correspondents 
may  be  able  to  ^ord  me  a  solution  of  it.  I 
imagine  the  index  of  each  letter  to  denote  ita 


.  —  In  tha  year  1611  William  Blun- 
ddl,  Esq.,  of  Little  Croaby,  set  aside  a  plot  of 
ground  for  the  burial  of  Catholics,  who  were 
denied  burial  at  the  parish  church.  The  place 
waa  called'  Uarkirke,  a  name  which  it  still  pre- 
aerves.  On  opening  the  ground  scores  of  Saxon 
coins  were  found,  of  a  type  similar  to  those  found 


The  object  of  this  commnnication  is  to  inquire 
the  meaning  of  the  word  "  HaiUrke,"  and  to  as- 
certain if  any  reason  can  be  given  for  the  depont 
ofcoins  in  that  place.  A.  £.  L. 

Db.  John  Hawatr.  —  Your  correspondent  Ci_ 
UoppBK  (2°*  S.  xLL  400.)  says  that  "Dr.  Hewett 
was  the  son  of  lluwaas  Uewett,  Gent."  Uay  I 
a^  if  thia  Thomas  Hewett  was  the  Thomas  de- 
scribed  as  being  the  third  son  of  William  Hewett, 
Esq.  of  KiUamarsh,  co.  Derby  ?  (»  N.  &  Q."  2-* 
S.  vi.  467.)  Vmttm. 

BiBBOP  HooPBH,  who  soffered  martyrdom  in 
ISBS,  is  stated  to  have  been  bom  in  Somenet- 
shire  about  1495.  Can  you  give  me  any  inform- 
ation as  to  the  place  of  his  birth,  or  his  famUv 


"  w!'i. 


Bristol. 

EswABD  JnxEK,  M.D. — I  requeot,  through 
tbe  medium  of  your  uaeful  publication,  to  be  ^ 
priaed  of  some  particulars  ren>ecting  the  statue  of 
'  Dr.  Jeqner,  the  discoverer  of  vaccination ;  origi- 
nally placed  in  Trafalgar  Square,  but  which  ua 
recently  undergone  transmigration  to  Kensington 
Gardens.  It  was  inaugurated  in  ita  primary  pod- 
tion,  with  all  due  ceremony,  and  a  very  eloquent 
harangue  trom  the  Prince  Consort ;  and  I  request 
to  be  informed  of  the  date  of  such  ceremony,  and 
where  I  may  find  a  detail  of  the  proceedings,  and 
the  speech  of  His  Koyal  Highnesa,  who  ia  now  so 
universally  lamented  ? 

The  tranapoaition  ia  no  d^radatiou  whatever 
to  Jenner,  who  always  del%hted  ia  the  mo«t 
rustic  scenery,  and  who  woald  have  said : 

"  £ara  mihi,  at  ligui  placeant  In  valliboa  amius ; 

™ — ' 1  tylvaaqne  inglorioi" 

Vir.  Cmy.,  lib.  U.  4BS. 


witk  which  he  pursued  evet?  branch  of  natural 
history,  especially  ornithology,  were  ver^  re- 
markable ;  and  of  the  latter  ha  gave  an  admirable 


proof  in  his  "  History  of  the  Cuckoo,"  recorded  In 
the  FhiUxophieal  Tnauaetiont,  vol,  Ltxriii.  part  ii. 
pp.  219—237.  ioavsQi. 


230 


NOTES  AND  QUEKIES. 


[S**  a  L  Mar.  22,  '62. 


Jeabne  d*£vb£Ux,  Queen  of  France. — ^What 
is  the  real  date  of  this  queen*s  death  ?  FroiBsart 
gives  it  1370 ;  and  jet  speaks  of  her  as  present  at 
the  entry  of  Queen  Isabeau  into  Paris,  in  1389. 
Crabb's  Historical  Dictionary  gives  1370.  Dreux 
du  Radier  {Memoires  et  Anecdotes  des  Reines  et 
Bigenies  de  France)  ^ives  March  4,  1300.  As  the 
queen  was  only  married  in  1325,  on  the  authority 
of  Dreux  du  Radier  himself,  this  is  a  palpable 
misprint ;  very  annoying  in  a  disputed  case  like 
this,  as  it  leaves  it  uncertain  what  this  learned 
writer  intended  to  say. 

Did  Jeanne  die  in  1370,  the  date  most  generally 
given  ?  If  so,  who  was  the  queen  of  this  name 
who  was  present  at  Isabeau*s  entry  in  1389  ?  Or 
is  the  presence  of  anv  Queen  Jeanne  to  be  re- 
garded as  an  error  of  Froissart?  I  would  just 
add,  that  the  dates  of  death  of  the  other  queens 
named  Jeanne,  who  were  living  in  the  fourteenth 
century,  are  as  follows :  — 

Jeanne  of  Navarre,  Queen  of  Philippe  lY., 
April,  1314  (Dreux  du  Radier). 

Jeanne  of  Franche-Comt^,  Queen  of  Philippe  Y., 
Jan.  21,  1329  (Dreux  du  Radier,  Crabb) ;  Dec. 
21,  2l8t  of  Phil.  VI.  [1348-9]  (Fabyan). 

Jeanne  of  Burgundy,  Queen  of  Philippe  VL, 
Sfept.  12,  1348  (Dreux  du  Radier). 

Jeanne  of  Auvergne,  Queen  of  Jean,  1357 
(Abb4  Choisi)  ;  1360  (named  by  Dreux  du  Ra- 
dier, he  does  not  decide,) ;  1361  (Ste.  Marthe). 

Jeanne  of  Bourbon,  Queen  of  Charles  Y.,  Feb. 
6,  1377  (M^zeray,  Froissart,) ;  1378  (Dreux  du 
Radier).  Hesmentrude. 

E1ennedt*8  **  History  of  the  Stuart  Family.** 
—  I  have  a  copy  of  a  scarce  volume,  entitled  A 
Chronological^  Genealogical^  and  Historical  Dis- 
sertation of  the  Royal  Family  of  the  Stuarts  (8vo, 
Paris,  1705).  The  work  is  curious,  '*  beginning 
with  Milesius,  the  stock  of  those  they  call  the 
Milesian  Irish,  and  of  the  old  Scottish  race,  and 
ending  with  his  present  Majesty  K.  James  the  3rd 
of  England  and  Ireland,  and  of  Scotland  the  8th;" 
and  the  author  was  Matthew  Kennedy,  "  Doctor 
of  Laws,  Master  of  the  High  Court  of  Chancery, 
and  Judge  of  the  Admiralty  of  all  Ireland.**  Can 
you  give  me  any  biographical  particulars  of  Dr. 
Kennedy,  whose  name  does  not  appear  in  Smyth*s 
Chronicle  of  the  Law  Officers  of  Ireland  f 

Abhba. 

Norman  Foivts. — The  old  artists  have  left  us 
gems  of  beauty  in  many  of  our  old  fonts.  In  the 
parbh  church  of  Norton  Malreward,  near  Bristol, 
IS  an  ancient  Norman  one,  resting  upon  a  central 
and  four  corner  shafts  —  an  allusion  to  our  Lord 
and  the  four  Evangelists.  One  of  the  ornamental 
designs,  sculptured  on  one  side,  is  the  creation  of 
the  natural  world,  or  Christ*s  baptism,  or  both 
included.  The  Holy  Dove,  streams  of  light  from 
heaven,  and  water^  (undy),  are  seen  in  baa  relief. 


Does  any  reader  of   "  N.  &  Q.*'  know  any  other 
Norman  font  similarly  orni^mented  ? 

Robert  Askwith  Taylor,  M.A. 
Norton  Malreward. 

Numismatic  Query:  the  '*  Spade*'  Guinea. 
— In  what  year  was  the  "spade**  guinea  first 
coined?  Ruding  engraves  it  in  Supplement, 
Part  n.  plate  3,  No.  11,  as  of  date  1791 ;  but  the 
specimen  in  my  cabinet  is  dated  1787.  I  am  led 
to  ask  this  question  from  a  violent  anachronism 
which  Mr.  Sala  has  made  in  his  racy  "Adven- 
tures of  Captain  Dangerous'*  in  Temple  Bar, 
when  he  makes  one  of  the  gentlemen  blacks  of 
Charlwood  chase  ejaculate  —  "  Black  Tow zer  for 
a  spade  guinea!" — in  the  reign  of  George  I.,  who 
died  in  1727.  James  J.  Lamb. 

Underwood  Cottage,  Paisley. 

Order  of  St.  Johk  of  Jerusalem.  —  Would 
any  of  your  correspondents  be  kind  enough  to 
inform  me  where  I  can  find  an  account  of  the 
state  of  the  French  Langue  during  the  reign  of 
Charles  X.  ?  I  understand  that  a  very  interest- 
ing statement,  relating  thereto,  appeared  in  some 
magazine  about  the  year  1830 ;  but  I  am  unable, 
after  much  research,  to  find  any  notice  of  it. 

J.  W.  Bryans. 

Old  Phofhecy.  —  In  a  MS.  in  my  possession  I 
have  found  this  old  Latin  prophecy  :  — 

"  Prima  estate  florebit  Nobilitas ; 
Secand&  state  dominabitnr  EccleaiA ; 
Terti&  eetate  tyrannizabit  Lex, 
£t  demnm  Mara  delebit  omnia." 

A  note  under  it  is  thus :  — 

'*  Ffound  ia  an  Abbye  by  Mr.  Denham.** 

As  my  MS.  is  probably  transcribed  from  other 
documents  —  containing  as  it  does  miscellaneous 
matters,  possibly  some  of  your  correspondents 
may  know  the  history  of  these  lines. 

Thomas  E.  Winnington. 

Stamford  Court,  Worcester. 

Heraldic. — To  what  family  does  the  following 
coat  of  arms  belong:  Argent^  on  a  fesse  sable, 
three  pheons  of  the  field  ? 

They  are  on  the  west  window  of  Besford  church, 
in  Worcestershire.  Alpha. 

Palm.  —  I  wish  some  competent  person  would 
state  in  the  pages  of  '*  N.  &  Q.**  what  is  the  exact 
length  of  the  palm,  as  a  measure  of  length  in 
Southern  Europe.  Bojardo  says  that  Brunello 
was  five  palms  or  less  in  height;  Ariosto,  that 
Alcina  was  not  quite  six ;  and  Cervantes  gives  his 
Maritornes  an  altitude  of  less  than  seven  palms. 
Now  this  is  certainly  not  our  English  palm  of 
three  inches,  and  it  must  be  even  more  than  the 
span. 

It  is  curious  enough  how  fond  the  poets  and 
novelists  of  former  days  seem  to  have  been  of 


8^  &  L  Hab.  82»  '62.] 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


231 


makiDg  a  ridiculous  diminution  of  stature.  Thus, 
beside  the  above  iustances,  Le  Sage  makes  the 
uncle  of  Gil  Bias  only  three  feet  and  a  half  high, 
and  Fielding  giyes  four  feet  seven  inches  as  the 
height  of  Beau  Didapper.  K. 

"  Pabodiss  on  Gat." — Who  was  the  author  of 
these  eight^parodies,  to  which  is  added  The  BatUe 
of  the  BusUj  — 4i  fable  attempted  in  the  style  of 
Hudihras  f  The  book  has  not  any  date  [1800  ?]. 
On  the  cover  is  an  advertisement  of  another  work 
bv  the  same  tLUthor -^  Fables,  Talee,  and  other 
Poems.  Thomas  H.  Cbombk. 

Wakefield. 

PoLTQAMT  IN  SiciLT. — lu  the  Edinburgh  Re' 
view  for  Jan.  1862  (p.  205),  it  is  stated  that 
Giovanni  di  Giovanni,  the  author  of  Ebraismo 
delta  Sicilia,  writing*  in  1748,  attributes  the  rapid 
increase  of  the  Sicilian  Jews  to  the  enforced 
early  marriages,  and  the  habitual  practice  of 
polygamy. 

Perhaps  some  one,  who  has  access  to  the 
Ebraismo,  will  be  kind  enough  to  inform  me 
whether  Giovanni  is  referring  to  the  increase  of 
the  Jews  in  his  oum  or  a  past  time.  I  should 
guess  the  latter.  S.  C. 

Sbbvants  at  Holt  Communion.  —  In  a  MS. 
in  the  Gloucester  Cathedral  library,  entitled, 
"Tithes  and  Offerings  in  Trinity  Parish,  1618— 
1645,*'  I  constantly  find  the  following  curious 
entry  :  "  Servants  which  received  the  Bfoly  Com- 
munion at  Trinity,  1630."  Then  follows  a  long 
list  of  names,  for  instance,  ^  Received  of  Ann 
Raspficld,  servant  to  William  Baron,  who  hath 
viii*.  a  year  from  her  master,  1630,  iiii'',  and  for 
her  offering,  due  this  Easter,  1630,  ii*."  Why 
is  there  a  distinct  list  of  **  servants  **  receiving  the 
Holy  Communion?  Was  it  compulsory?  and 
were  their  offerings  levied  according  to  their 
wages?  Were  8*.  the  average  wages  in  those 
days.  C.  Y.  Cbawlbt. 

ScABLETT  Familt.  —  I  shall  bc  obliged  if  any- 
one, in  the  habit  of  lookins:  over  the  numerous 
pediorrces  and  arms  in  the  Harleian,  Lansdowne, 
and  Burrell  MSS.,  will  give  me  any  references  to 
the  arms  or  pedigrees  of  the  aoovementioned 
name  with  which  he  may  meet  in  the  course  of 
his  search  for  other  arms  and  pedigrees.  I  am 
desirous  of  knowing  the  coat  of  arms  borne  by 
Thomas  Scarlett,  who  fought  at  Agincourt  in 
Burgh*s  corps  of  Archers  or  Lancers ;  and  who 
brought  three  archers  into  the  field  with  him  at 
that  battle  (v.  Nicolas's  Agincourt).  I  wish 
also  to  ascertain  the  arms  of  a  Scarlett  in  the  reign 
of  £dwai*d  III.,  who  was  governor  of  Rochester 
Castle,  and  related  to  the  Cobhams. 

Genbalooist. 

Spanish  Ambassadobs,  temp.  Hen.  VIII.  —  I 
shall  feel  much  obliged  fur  information  of  the 


names  and  dates  of  arrival  of  any  ambassadors 
accredited  to  the  English  Court  from  Spain  be- 
tween 1518  and  1543,  and  where  they  landed. 
It  may  facilitate  inquiry  if  I  add  that  my  object 
is  to  find  out  these  particulars  relating  to  the 
"  Spanbh  Ambassador  who,  on  his  way  to  Lon- 
don, "was  entertained  with  great  magnificence** 
by  the  Mayor  of  Exeter,  for  three  days.      *S.  T. 

S.T.P.  AND  D.D.  —  Are  these  terms  synony- 
mous ?  D.D.  is  Divinitatis  Doctor,  but  what  is 
S.T.P.  ?  I  believe  it  does  not  refer  at  all  to  an 
academical  degree;  I  have  heard  it  explained, 
SacrsB  TheologisB  Prssceptor,  Sacrse  Theologise 
Professor,  and  Sacrss  Theologisd  Frssdicator.  This 
last  I  believe  to  be  most  correct,  and  that  it 
simply  implies  a  preacher  of  the  Gospel.  Was  it 
in  use  before  the  time  of  the  Puritans  ?  Or  was 
it  not  adopted  by  those  of  that  body  who  had  no 
proper  acadeniical  degree  ?  John  Tuckbtt. 

Great  Russell  Street. 

Tbavbbs  Familt. — I  am  anxious  to  complete 
a  pedigree  of  the  Travers  family,  and  for  Uiat 
purpose  I  wish  to  know  if  any  readers  of  **  N.  & 
Q.*'  can  supply  a  missing  link.    The  founder  of  the 
family  came  over  with  the  Conqueror,  and  his  name 
is  to  be  found  in  the  Battle  Koll.     He  settled  in 
Lancashire,  and  became  possessed  of  the  estates 
of  Marmaduke  Tulketh  of  Tulketh.    Later  on  we 
have  Laurence  Travers,  viv.  Hen.  III.,  sue.  by 
his  fson  Thomas,  and  so  on,  in  a  direct  line  to 
William,  who  was  sue.  by  Richard  Travers,  born 
1590,  and  living  at  Natebv,  Lancashire,  circa  1613 
(he,  Richard,  married  a  daughter  of  Christopher 
Berwick  of  Netly,  Norfolk),  and  had  two  brothers 
and  five  sisters ;  viz.  Edward,  William,Isabella  (ux, 
James  Wall  of  Preston),  Helena  (ux,  Maxey  Nel- 
son), Dorothy,  Eleanor,  and  Catherine  Travers. 
Here  the  break  occurs,  and  we  begin  again  with 
John  Travers  of  the  city  of  Chester,  ironmonger, 
living  1663  (dead  before  1680),  who  was  sue.  by 
Benjamin,  citizen  and  vintner  of  London ;  sue.  by 
Benjamin,  sue.  by  Joseph,  suc.by  John,  sue.  by  John 
Ingram  Travers  and  others  (merchants  of  St.  Swi- 
thin's  Lane,  London),  living  1862.    John  Travers 
of  Chester  bore  for  arms  (see  Boyne*s  Tokens,  p. 
34),  sa.  a  chev.  betw.  3  boars'  heads,  couped  ar., 
on  the  chev.  a  mullet  for  difference;  identical 
with  the  bearings  of  Richard  Travers  of  Nateby 
(bom  in  1590),  with  the  exception  of  the  mullet. 
This  familv,  anciently  of  some  importance,  held 
considerable  estates  in  Lancashire  and  Cheshire, 
marrying  into  several  old  families  of  good  name 
and  standing,  and  subsequently  were  much  mixed 
up  in  the  Commonwealth  wars. 

I  should  be  extremely  obliged  to  any  gentle- 
man who  could  inform  me  of  any  issue  of  Richard, 
Edward,  or  William  Traver?,  viv.  1613,  through 
these  columns  or  privately.  Sidnet  Young. 

4»  Martinis  Lane,  E.C. 


332 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


L8'«i  &  L  llAR.  22,  *62. 


WiQAN.  —  Please  to  infonn  me  when  William 
Forth  was  Mayor  of  Wigan  f  Sometime,  I  pre- 
•ume,  in  the  reign  of  Charles  I.  Is  there  any 
accessible  list  of  those  fonctioDaries  of  ancient 
Wigan  from  1625  to  1660  P  Cubeb. 

Wolves  in  England. — A  few  years  since  a 
correspondent  referred  to  wolves  being  seen  as 
late  as  Elizabeth's  reign  in  Dean  Forest  and 
Dartmoor.  I  find  in  Blaine*s  Cydopadia  of 
Rural  Sports,  that  in  1281  a  commission  issued 
to  destroy  wolves  in  some  midland  counties ;  and 
it  is  further  stated  that  at  Flixton,  Hackston, 
and  Folkston,  in  the  East  Biding  of  Yorkshire, 
church  entries  show  the  exbtence  of  wolves  at  a 
much  later  period.  Can  any  of  your  corre- 
spondents say  how  late  any  of  the  latter  are, 
and  whether  there  is  any  foundation  for  the  state- 
ment of  wolves  being  seen  in  either  Dartmoor  or 
the  Forest  of  Dean  as  late  as  Elizabeth's  reign  ? 


€innM  Uittb  flnftierf • 

Shbbbba&x,  Sm  ollbtt,  and  Ladt  Vans.  —  On 
what  authority  is  it  affirmed  thatDr.Shebbeare  was 
the  writer  of  the  **  Memoir  of  Lady  Vane  **  in- 
serted in  the  novel  of  Peregrine  Pickle,  and  how  far 
does  it  consist  with  known  facts  and  with  probabi- 
lity, that  Dr.  Smollett,  then  at  the  zenith  of  his  po- 
pularity, and  by  general  acknowledgment  one  of 
the  competing  masters  in  the  domain  of  fiction, 
should  havetderated  the  interpolation  in  one  of  his 
most  elaborate  performances,  of  the  handiwork  of 
another  man — and  such  a  man!  one  in  whose 
comparison  the  other  "  Doctor  **  was  indeed  ^  Hy- 
perion to  a  Satyr  **  P  Further,  are  we  justified  by 
the  contemporary  estimation  of  the  niiloried  pa- 
triot— in  the  line  of  authorship — or  by  any  single 
publication  which  bears  his  name,  in  crediting 
him  with  the  ajfilify  to  execute  a  narrative  always 
celebrated  for  its  consummate  elegance  of  diction  P 
For  I  consider  that  to  have  imparted,  by  the  graces 
of  style,  a  certain  fascination  to  such  a  detail  of 
abandoned  profligacy  and  vice,  must  needs  be- 
speak such  a  *'  flame  and  power  of  writing  **  as 
would  have  sufficed  to  rescue  some  other  of  his 
essays  from  dead  oblivion  —  **  invideret  Oreo." 

Yet  I  have  always  supposed,  while  the  doctor*s 
public  career  (as  belonging  to  **  political  history  **) 
IS  freshly  remembered,  lucubrations  of  the  pen  had 
died  with  him,  or  rather  long  before  him. 

Can  anyone  among  your  **detectores  curiosi- 
tatum  *'  ascertain  what  relations  (if  any)  existed 
between  these  two  celebrated  doctors  f  I  am 
aware  that  Smollett  was  a  correspondent  of  "Jack 
Wilkes ;  **  but  it  may  be  remarked  that  the  sarcas- 
tic delineation,  in  the  novel  referred  to,  of  a  third 
doctor  (Akenside)  indicates  on  the  part  of  the 
painter  a  most  determined  dislike  i^patriott. 


I  may  add  that  the  "Memoir  of  a  Lady  of 
Quality  '*  is  interwoven  with  the  adventures  of 
Peregrine  Pickle  with  all  the  skill  of  a  practised 
hand.  A.  L. 

[In  the  Tarious  biographies  of  Dr.  Shebbeare  coosiilted 
by  ua,  we  do  not  find  the  least  intimation  that  he  was 
the  writer  of  the  Memoir  of  Lady  Vane  in  Peregrine 
Piekle.    In  fact,  Smollett  introduced  him  In  no  very  re- 

rtfiil  light,  ander  the  name  of  Ferret,  in  the  novel  of 
Lamneeloi  Graots,  and  Hogarth  made  him  one  of  the 
group  in  the  third  diection  print.  Mr.  John  Taylor  (&• 
cord»  of  my  Life,  ii.  409),  attributes  this  curious  account 
of  Lady  Yane,  with  some  probability,  to  Daniel  Macker- 
cher,  Esq.,  a  gentleman  whose  name  is  familiar  to  the 
public,  as  well  from  the  account  of  his  Life  inserted  in 
Peregruu  Piekle,  as  firom  the  part  he  took  in  the  cele- 
brated Angleaea  Cause.  Mr.  Taylor  says,  **  Dcnmia 
[Daniel]  M*Kercher,  Esq.,  an  Irish  gentleman  of  for- 
tune, who  lived  with  Lady  Yane,  is  said  to  have  written 
her  Memoirs,  as  tbev  appear  ia  Peregrine  Piekk;  and 
Dr.  HiU,  styled  Sir  /ohn  Hill  from  his  Swedish  knight- 
hood, was  employed  by  Lord  Yane  to  write  T%e  ffittory 
of  Lady  Frail  [12mo,  1751],  to  counteract  the  impres- 
sion on  the  public.  I1ie  infidelity  of  the  lady  had  induced 
M*Kercher  to  separate  from  her.  When  he  was  near 
death,  she  anxiously  desired  to  see  him,  but  he  would 
not  suffer  her  to  approach.  Mr.  M*Kercher  is  introduced 
in  Peregrine  Piekk  as  the  gentleman  who  so  generously 
protected  the  young  man  in  the  famous  Anglesea  Cause, 
who  was  so  cruefly  persecuted  by  Lord  Yalentia,  hk 
uncle.  This  story  is  the  foundation  of  Mr.  Godwin's 
last  romance,  entitled  ChudegUy.'*  Mr.  M*Rercher  died  in 
Margaret  Street,  Cavendish  Square,  on  March  2, 1772.] 

"  Thb  right  Sow  by  thb  Earn."— In  Tytler's 
Life  of  Henry  the  Eighth,  p.  294,  he  relates  that 
whilst  the  king  was  at  Northampton,  during  the 
time  of  the  controversy  about  his  divorce  from 
Catherine,  some  opinions  of  Cranmer,  then  a  very 
young  doctor  of  the  Church,  were  related  to  the 
monarch,  when  he  exclaimed  with  a  prefix,  ''^  He 
has  got  the  right  sow  by  the  ear."  What  is  the 
origin  and  meaning  of  this  unkingly  phrase  ? 

S.  Kedmond. 

[To  <*  take  tho  right  sow  by  the  ear,"  and  to  **  take  the 
wrong  sow  by  the  ear,"  are  phrases  which  appear  to  have 
deviated  somewhat  from  their  original  import.  The 
Latin  expression,  which  is  given  as  corresponding  to  the 
latter  phrase,  is  **  pro  amphor&  urcens,"  t.  e.  he  made  a 
mistaka ;  he  intended  to  take  hold  of  the  amphora,  but 
he  took  the  pitcher  instead. 

Now  with  this  Latin  phrase,  "  pro  amphor&  orctns*" 
oar  English  proverb,  to  ''take  the  wrong  sow  by  the 
ear,"  seems  to  have  more  connexion  than  at  first  strikes 
the  eve.  A  **  sow  "  was  formerly  a  kind  of  amphora,  a 
vessel  with  **  ears.**  **  A  sow,  a  great  tub  with  two  eart,** 
Bailev.  "Sow,  Een  groote  to^be,  met  twee  oorem," 
Sewel,  Eng.'Du,  Diet  It  seems  probable,  then,  that  the 
proverb,  **  he  has  taken  the  wrong  soir  by  the  ear,**  sig- 
nified originally,  though  certainly  not  so  understood  at 
present,  **  he  has  taken  the  wrong  luft  by  the  ear  **  —  **  pro 
ampbor&  orcenm ;  "  in  which  case  the  first  germ  of  the 
idea  is  due  to  our  fnend  Horace :  — 

**.    .    .    ampAora coBpit 
Institoi :  eurrente  rotft  cur  iiree«f  exit  ?  " 

The  **  tow,**  or  tub  with  two  ears,  was  probably  the 
same  with  the  "  souwe-tnb  "  or  **  sowst-tab,"  now  called 
the  pickling  tab.] 


fd  &  J.  Uab.  22,  '62.] 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


233 


WssTM IN8TEB  Flats.  —  Can  you  give  me  the 
Barnes  of  the  performers  in  the  Westminster  plajs 
of  1838  and  1839  ?  K.  Ingus. 

[The  Qaeen's  scboUrs  of  Westminster  School  per- 
formed in  1839,  the  Eunuchtu  of  Terence  with  the  fol- 
lowing cast  of  the  characters :  Pbiedria,  Somerset  Psr- 
meno,  Greenlaw.  Thais,  Rindolph.  Gnatho,  Richards. 
Chcrea,  Glyn,  sen.  Thraso,  Boyce.  Pythias,  Phillimore. 
Chremes,  Rawlioson.  Dorias,  Glyn,  Ian.  Doms,  Chalk. 
Bangs,  Preston.  Sophrons,  Msnd.  Laches,  Monkhoase. 
Muta :  Simalio,  Cocka  Dodsx,  Proat  Syriscos,  Tem- 
plar, sen.  Pamphila,  Swabey.  We  hays  not  met  with 
any  notice  of  the  performance  of  1838.] 

Iksz  db  Castro.  — 

28rd  April,  1816.  "Last  night  a  new  play,  called  /no, 
on  the  subject  of  Inez  de  Castro,  thoagh  with  Saxon 
naases,  was  acted  at  Drury  Lane.  It  was  written  by 
Mrs.  Wilmot,  much  supported  by  Whitbread  and  opposi- 
tion people,  and  much  cried  down  by  the  contrary  party, 
which  prevailed  —  for  it  was  condemned.  Ererybody, 
howerer,  allows  that  the  language  is  elegant  and  the 
story  interesting ;  but  not  sufficient  stage-effiset,  and  the 
last  act  particularly  weak.  They  also  say  there  was  a 
scene  of  an  altar  and  crucifix,  which  on  a  stage  should 
not.  have  been ;  and  that  it  resembled  in  principle  Ger- 
man plays,  and  had  democratieal  allusions." — Miss 
Knight's  Auioinographf, 

Taking  an  interest  in  the  literature  ^hich  owes 
its  origin  to  this  touching  episode  in  the  history 
of  Portugal,  I  should  be  glad  to  know  whether 
the  play  which  u  mentioned  in  the  above  extract 
has  survived  its  condemnation,  and  exists  in  any 
collection  that  is  accessible  ?  E.  H.  A. 

[Two  editions  of  this  play  ware  pubUshed  in  1815.  It 
is  entitled  Jna,  a  tragedy,  in  five  Acts.  By  Mrs.  Wilmot. 
Marraj,  Albemarle  Street,  8vo.  The  Prologue  bv  the 
Hon.  William  Lamb,  and  the  Epilogue  by  Thomas  Moore, 
Esq.] 


Hfjplietf. 


BIBLICAL  VERSIONS. 

(3'*  S.  L  172.) 

The  Parable  of  the  Sower  rfrom  St  Matthew) 
has  been  published  (price  20s.)  by  Prmce  Louis 
Luden  Bonaparte  in  seventy-two  European  lan- 
guages and  dialects;  and  the  Lord*s  rrayer  in 
neanj  500  languages  and  dialects,  in  the  great 
work  of  Adelung,  —  the  MHhridates^  or  Universal 
PkUoiogy^  continued  by  Vater.  This  work  also 
contains  the  admirable  treatise  of  Baron  Wm. 
Humboldt,  brother  to  the  author  of  Cofmos,  in 
the  Basque  language.  The  words  of  the  Lord's 
Prajer  are  given  by  Adelung  and  Vater,  in  the 
Roman  diaracter,  for  every  language,  except  the 
Greek,  and  under  each  word  is  printed,  in  a  dis- 
tinct type,  the  German  word  of  this  prayer,  with 
which  it  corresponds.  This  work,  in  4  vols.,  may 
be  purchased  for  30^.  to  40s.  No  man  can  ad- 
dress himself  adequately  to  the  study  of  com- 
parative philology  without  this  book  at  his  elbow. 
It  describes  not  only  the  people  speaking  the  lan- 


guage, but  discusses  its  grammatical  peculiarities 
and  its  affinity  with  other  languages,  and  supplies 
the  titles  of  grammars  and  lexicons  required  for 
the  study  of  each  language,  where  any  such  are 
extant.  There  is  onotner  work,  which  supplies  a 
vocabulary  of  a  far  greater  number  of  languages, 
but  it  is  altogether  inferior,  for  the  purpose  of 
study,  to  Adelunff*s  MUhridaies^  ana  that  b, 
Adnen  Balbi*s  Adas  JSthnographique  du  Olobe^ 
with  an  Introduction.  This  work  may  be  met 
with  for  25s.  to  SOs.,  and  Mr.  Quaritch,  of  Picca- 
dilly, is  the  most  likely  bookseller  I  know  to 
supply  the  above  or  any  other  philological  work 
of  this  character.  I  have  in  MS.  me  Lord*s 
Prayer  in  nearly  all  the  known  languages  of  the 
world  which  possess  any  literature^  taken  mainly 
from  Adelung.  Each  knguage  is  on  a^  separate 
curd,  for  the  convenience  of  comparison,  the 
cards  being  numbered  1.  in  the  order  of  affinity ; 
2.  in  geographical  order ;  and  3.  in  the  order  of 
antiquity.  On  the  back  of  each  card  is  noted 
the  latitude  and  longitude  of  the  country  where 
the  language  is  spoken,  with  a  brief  description 
of  the  people,  and  notice  of  its  affinity  to  other 
languages.  The  principal  authors  in  each  tongue 
are  noted,  whether  (1)  poets,  (2)  historians,  or 
(3)  philosophers,  and  the  era  when  they  wrote. 
The  number  of  distinct  languages  known  is  about 
3000:  those  which  have  be^  cultivated,  and 
which  have  attained  a  fixed  form  by  writing  are 
about  fifty.  There  are  many  works  which  con- 
tain the  Lord's  Prayer  in  a  few  languages,  for 
whi<^  see  the  Mithridaies  of  Adelung. 

-     T.  J.  BUCKTOH. 


£.  F.  inquires  whether  any  collection  of  the 
Lord*s  Prayer,  translated  into  a  number  of  lan- 
guages has  been  published.  As  the  answer  ap- 
pended falls  very  short  of  the  information,  I  have 
the  pleasure  of  adding  what  at  the  moment  occurs 
to  my  memory  :  — 

Aaelung*s  Afithridatest  oder  aUgemeine  Sprachen* 
Jamde,  Berlin,  1806-17.  6  vols.  8vo.  This  contains 
a  history  of  all  the  known  languages  and  dialects, 
with  an  account  of  the  books  printed  in  or  relating 
to  them,  and  above  500  different  specimens,  con- 
sisting chiefly  of  the  Lord's  Prayer. 

Alphaheta  Orienialia  Varia,  Romse,  typis  Con- 
greg.  de  Propag,  Fide,  1771—91;  small  8yo.— 
This  series  extends  to  about  eighteen  alphabets, 
to  most  of  which  are  added  the  Lord*s  Prayer,  &c. 

Fry's  i^mlo^Tap^  containing  accurate  copies 
of  sJl  the  known  alphabets  in  the  world,  royal 
8vo,  1799.  — This  contains  the  Lord's  Prayer  in 
140  different  languages  and  dialects. 

Hervas,  Catalogo  de  las  Lenrutu  de  las  Naciones 
conocidas.  6  vols.  sm.  4to.  Madrid,  1800 — 5.— 
A  very  learjied  work,  similar  in  its  object  to 
Adelmig*s  Mithridaies, 

Oratio  Dommca  in  cb'oeraoa  ofwaccwa  J«r%  0«ai- 


234 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


[8"»  8. 1.  Mab.  22,  »62. 


Hum  Linguas  versa  (the  Lord*s  Prajer  in  more 
Uian  100  Languages),  ed.  Chamberlayne  (Cura 
D.  Wilkins),  sm.  4to,  Amst.  1715. 

Oratio  Dominica  plus  100  Linguis  et  CharaC" 
teribuSf  folio.  Augsburg,  «.  a.  (1750). — Including 
eight  varieties  of  the  earliest  English  version  of 
the  Lord*s  Prayer. 

Oratio  Dominica  150  Linguis  versa^  et  propriis 
cujusgue  Lingua  Characterihts  expressa^  ed.  Mar- 
cel (the  Lord's  Prayer  in  150  Languages,  each 
in  the  vernacular  character).  Royal  4 to.  Paris, 
1805. 

Oratio  Dominica  Polyglotta^  singularun  Ztit- 
guarum  Characteribus  expressa,  edita  Fr.  X.  Stoe- 
ger,  imperial  4to,  portrait  and  43  plates  of  the 
Lord's  Prayer  in  different  languages,  embellished 
with  designs  of  Albert  Durer.    Monachii,  1838. 

In  Mallet*8  Northern  Antiquities^  edited  by  J. 
A.  Blackwell  (and  published  in  my  **  Antiquarian 
Library  ")  the  Lord's  Prayer  is  given  in  twenty- 
seven  northern  languages  and  dialects,  including 
German,  Celtic,  and  Anglo- Saxon. 

Orientalische  und  Occidentcdische  Grammatik 
Oder  Sprachmeisterj  containing  the  Alphabet  and 
Lord's  Prayer  in  about  200  languages.  .Sm.  8vo. 
Leip.  1748.  Hsvbt  G.  Bohn. 


PARRAVACIN;  PABAVICINO. 
(3'*  S.  i.  110,  179.) 

The  family  of  Parravacin  and  that  of  Paravi- 
cino,  connected  with  the  Cromwells,  is  not  the 
same.  The  arms  of  the  one,  of  most  distinguished 
Italian  race  and  wide- spreading  frame,  and  those 
assumed  by  the  other,  are  widely  different.  The 
Paravicinos  will  be  found  in  Litta's  splendid 
work,  vol.  iii.,  where  their  genealogy  occupies 
several  tables. 

The  Parravacins  can  pretend  to  no  such  illus- 
trious descent.  It  appears  by  the  Visitation  of 
London  made  by  the  Heralds  in  1687,  that  Sir 
Peter  Parravacin,  then  late  an  alderman  of  Lon- 
don, and  living  in  Mincing  Lane,  within  Tower 
Ward,  entered  a  pedigree  of  three  descents, 
wherein  he  is  stated  to  be  fifty  years  of  age  and 
the  son  of  Peter  Parravicin,  "  born  in  the  Valto- 
lin,  near  Milain,"  in  luly,  and  lately  came  and 
settled  in  the  city  of  London,  and  died  about 
1675. 

Sir  Peter  the  younger  son  (his  elder  brother 
James  having  died  unmarried  since  1622)  married 
Kebecca,  daughter  of  Peter  Taunton,  a  merchant 
of  London.  She  died  in  1669.  They  had  three 
daughters  —  Rebecca,  Hester,  and  Mary,  two  of 
whom  were  living  unmarried  in  1687.  Hester 
was  then  dead,  unmarried. 

The  arms  produced  by  Sir  Peter,  on  a  vellum 
escocheon  painted  in  London,  were,  "azure,  a 
Bwan  argent,"  and  the  crest,  a  swan's  head  between 


two  wings.  Sir  Peter  at  the  time  alleging  that 
they  were  taken  from  an  old  seal ;  that  the  colours 
were  the  painter's  fancy,  as  he  did  not  know  what 
colours  belonged  to  the  coat.  In  the  Harl.  MS. 
No.  5802,  a  collection  of  "Knights]  Pedigrees" 
by  Peter  Le  Neve,  Esq.,  Norroy,  it  is  stat^  that 
Sir  Peter  was  knighted  at  Wmdsor  Castle,  19 
June,  1687;  that  he  was  a  poor  lad,  and  came 
from  Italy ;  was  butler  to  Charles  Torriano,  a 
merchant  in  London,  who  preferred  him ;  that  he 
lived  in  one  of  the  great  houses  in  Mincing  Lane; 
that  he  bore  for  arms,  "  Blue,  an  eagle  displajed 
argent." 

Le  Neve  says  he  died  in  February,  1694 ;  that 
he  had  three  daughters  and  co-heirs,  —  Mary,  un- 
married ;  Katherine,  married  to  Charles  Torriano, 
of  London,  merchant,  son  of  Charles ;  and  the 
third,  whom  he  does  not  name,  unmarried. 

The  daughters  in  the  Heralds'  pedigree  gives 
him  three  daughters  —  Rebecca,  Hester,  then 
dead,  and  Mary.  The  name  of  Katherine  is 
therefore  probably  a  mistake. 

Le  Neve  has  a  query  whether  one  of  the  sisters 
did  not  live  in  Cecil  Street,  Strand,  and  died 
there  in  May,  1725,  of  whom  a  character  in  the 
Penny  Post  (by  Heathcote),  Wednesday,  May 
12th.  J.  B. 


I  remember  an  extra-portal  tomb,  beside  the 

Eorch  of  St.  Peter-ad- Vincula  in  the  Tower, 
ut  removed  after  the  great  fire  of  1841,  with,  I 
trust,  somewhat  more  consideration  than  was 
vouchsafed  to  the  lowlier  ledger-stone  of  old 
Talbot  Edwardes.  Passing  it  every  day  for  nearly 
thirty  years,  I  had  bestowed  some  pains  on  its 
epigraph,  by  a  long  exposure  to  wind  and  weather 
obliterated,  all  but  the  numerals  "174 — "  and 
the  vestiges  of  a  shield,  bearing  "  a  swan,  a  goose, 
or  a  pelican  "  (p.  110)  impaled  dexter  with  cer- 
tain undistinguishable  quarterings.  Was  this  the 
resting-place  of  some  later  Paravicln  than  H.'G.'s 
Sir  Peter  ?  I  sought  the  assistance  of  the  Tower 
Registry  to  discover  the  name  and  quality  of  this 
forgotten  sleeper  within  its  walls ;  but — excepting 
the  decapitated  Stuart  Lords  —  could  find  no 
notable  interment  between  the  dates  of  1740  and 
1749.  Meseems,  there  is  a  mural  tablet  in  the 
neighbouring  church  of  All-hallows,  Barking, 
bearing  the  name  of  Paravicin,  or  Paravicini. 

These  sepulchral  disquisitions  induce  a  Query, 
foreign,  perhaps  to  their  subject,  yet  not  to  their 
opportunity.  On  which  of  the  substantives  — 
Herald,  or  Heraldry  —  is  the  adjectival  term 
formed?  Is  it  heraldic,  or  heraldric?  Rather, 
has  not  each  epithet  its  proper  application  ?  — the 
former,  to  the  office  of  proclamations  and  proces- 
sions —  the  latter,  to  the  science  of  genealogies 
and  armorials  ?  I  await  the  judgment  of  some 
more  skilled  philologist  than  E.  L.  S. 


8^  a  L  hab.  tt,  *ei] 


NOTES  AND  QUERIEa 


235 


canr  babon  Reynolds:  babok  jaues 

HEYXOLDS, 
(3"  a.  i.  149.) 

A  abort  accoant  of  these  two  jailgea  hu  been 
pnblolied  in  "  N.  &  Q."  (2"'  S.  xi.  489)  nlthont 
■tatine  the  irelatiouabip  between  them,  and  the 
followiDg  note*  will  furoish  onljr  a  few  bbt<  to 
tboM  intenited  in  tlie  matter. 

Mr.  (afterwardi  Sir  John)  Fenn  wrote  to  the 
Eer.  Jamea  Granger  in  1769  •  :  — 

" ....  It  inaj  peniblf  ba  in  mr  power  tn  sire  jon 
aWH  anaciltiUi  of  two  of  tbs  Rijiiioldi'  fKaiily  undgM), 

whoM  portniU  are  eograTed,  u  I  mirried •-■'—  -' 

that  fkmily,  and  ray  wift'»  fttherf  t -■--'— 
tha  Lord  Cbi«f  Baron  BeTnolds,  hi* 

And  in  another  letter  to  the  same  gentleman  :  — 
"...  I  will  now  ducand  to  modam  times,  aod  f|[ire 

Sa  what  aeconDt  I  can  of  the  Rejnolda'e.  The  BishC 
ID.  Jamea  BavDolds,  Esq.,  Lord  Chlif  Biron  of  hi*  Us- 
JwtT's  Conrt  o}  Eachsqnsr,  1730.  W.  Pirker,  p.  Gk>. 
TantM,  scu^,  sittinS'  fntl-dnwsd  in  his  Jadge'i  faibit, 
Ui  right  hud  aeai-  the  dye  of  a  pillar,  bli  left  with  a 
glora  on,  holding  (he  other;  cap.oa  the  l>encli.  smii  at 
bottom.  The  tniginai  plctnre  ii  in  Ihe  pouenion  oF 
Bbaphord  Fran,  Eaq„  of  Rojdon.  James  Rejnoidi,  Esq., 
wa*  ereatad  Soiavit-at-Liw,  Dae  ZD,  1714;  Jodsa  of 
tha  ElDg's  BenoE,  March  %  VlIK ;  ud  Lord  Chief  Buon 
of  the  Exehaqoar,  April  !a,1730i  which  lut  office,  after 
baviDg  fliled  with  honour,  he  laaigoed  in  173B,  bis  ma- 
moij  than  bagioning  to  fall  him,  owing  to  his  former  too 
gnat  and  conataut  appliealion  to  stndj.  He  died  Feb.  9, 
1789,  agad  68 ;  and  Uea  borlad  in  St  James's  cbarch  in 
Bai7,  ia  SuSbllc,  wbare  a  large  and  expansive,  though 


Isabella  ReTnolds,  eldest  daughter,  who  waa  bom 
April  6,  1681,  and  married  Nor.  10,  1696,  to 
John  Hatley  of  London ;  2.  Thomaa  Rejnolda, 
who  died  Not.  22,  1686,  and  was  buried  at  Ick- 
worth;  3.  Thomaa  Rejnolda,  who  was  buried  at 
Ickworth,  Deo.  17,  1687;  4.  Susan  Bejnolda, 
who  was  buried  at  Ickworth,  March  24,  1696. 

Mi.  Page,  in  bis  Supplement  to  Kirbj's  SMffbii 
TravtlUr,  aajs  (p.  492)  that  — 

"In  17si,ThnandeataD  Hall  was  the  seat  of  Lord  Chief 
Baron  Ba;n^ds,  who  married  ■  danghtar  of  Tliomaa 
Smith,  Esq.,  tha  former  possessor.    Sheppard  Fran,  Eso- 

who  beidtha  same  In  1764,  w -'  ^ 

Thomas  Smith." 


the  grandson  of  the  said 


And  in  bis  account  of  Fornkam  SL  Qetovnt 
(p.  716),  he  Bays :  ~ 
_  ■•  Here  rest  the  ramaina  of  Alicia,  widow  of  Bobot 


The  name  of  tbU  tad;,  who  became  the  aecond 
wife  of  Lord  Chief  Baron  Reynolds  in  July,  1737, 
appears,  from  the  OentUman'*  Magazine  (vol.  tu. 
p.  450),  to  haTe  been  Rainbird. 

Sir  James  Reynolds  of  Castle  Camps,  in  Cam- 
bridgeshire, Knt.,  who  Was  buried  at  Castle  Campi^ 
March  22,  16^(0,  aged  about  80,  married  Margaret, 

daughter  and  heiress  of Melbourne  of  Mark'a 

Hall,  Dunmow,  Essex,  and  was  grandfather  of  the 
Jamea  Keynolds,  who  married  Judith  Herrej. 

HaBCi  FxaTBi. 


ribuirt  n 


ing  on  hi 


his  jodge'a 


his  giove  on,  ana  noiamg  ine  oiner;  armi  ai  oociom,  < 
J.  ParmeotiBT,  pinx.,  1734  )  T.  Fiber,/«tt,  1748.  At  pre-  i 
sent  I  can  give  j-on  no  fortfaer  informallou  of  either  of  i 
thaaa  gentleman.  I  ahili  be  at  Mr.  Fren'a  in  Janoarj.  | 
Prabai]!;  be  can  ftinilsh  soma  fuller  acconaL" 

In  a  MS.  pedigree  of  the  Hatiey  and  Reynolda 
bmiliea,  two  of  the  sons  of  James  Reynolds  and  ' 
Jadith  hia  wife,  the  eldest  daughter  of  Sir  Wil- 
liam Hervej,  are  noticed:  1.  William  Reynolds, 
tb«  eldest  ROD,  who  died  Dec.  17, 1673,  and  was 
boried  at  Ickworth ;  2.  Robert  Reynolds,  of  , 
Bnmpatead  Helions,  in  Essex,  second  son  and  i 
heir,  who  wm  born  in  1658,  and  married  hii  j 
cousin,  Keziafa  Tyrrell,  "  a  beautiful  and  virtubiu 
ladj  in  the  dissolute  age  of  Charles  II.,  by  whom 
alie  wu  admired."  | 

Tbia  ladj  was  the  daughter  of  Thomas  Tyrrell,  i 
of  Gippiog,  and  Keciah  hit  wife,  a  younger  dangh*  I 
tcr  of  Sir  William  Hervey  of  Ickworth,  and  died  I 
April  A,  1694,  a^ed  36.  By  this  marriage  Robert  ' 
Reynolds   bad  issue   (with   others   perhaps)  —  1.  j 


FBIDATS,  SAINTS'-DATS,  AND  FAST  DAYS. 
(S-^S.  i.  115,  15S,  192.) 

I  quite  agree  with  D.  P.  that  the  question 
treated  at  the  above  references  need  hardly  hare 
tieen  raised.  It  aeems,  however,  not  to  have  oc- 
curred to  any  of  your  correspondents,  that  a  day 
may  be  both  a  fatt  and  afeatt  at  the  same  time. 
D.  P.  professes  to  explain  the  discipline  of  the 
Cathobo  Church  in  the  matter ;  but  he  does  it 
defectively  and  inoorrectljr.  He  speak*  of  Good 
friday  as  a  day  of  the  strictest  fast,  and  here  he 
is  right ;  and  of  the  fast  bein^  continued  on  Holy 
Saturday,  in  which  be  is  right  also;  but  hu 
manner  of  stating  the  matter  would  lead  to  the 
conclusion  that  thcae  two  were  the  only  fasting 
days  in  Lent  Why  not  have  said  that  every  day, 
from  Ash  Wednesday  to  Holy  Saturday,  both 
included,  is  a  strict  fast,  except  Sundays  P  For 
ihia  is  Btill,  as  it  ever  has  been,  the  rule  and  prac- 
tice of  the  Catholic  Church.  Here  he  is  defec- 
tive; but  farther  on  be  is  inaccurate.  He  laya 
that  all  other  Fridays,  —  meaning,  of  course,  all 
but  Good  Friday,  —  always  excepting  Christmas 
Day,  —  are  days  of  abiHnenee,  This  is  very  er- 
roneous ;  for  every  Friday  in  Lent  is  a  day  of 
strict  /aiting,  and  certain  other  Fridays  out  of 
Lent  are  the  same,  such  as  the  Fridaya  of  the 


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NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


IP*  S.  L  Uab.  13,  -et. 


Ember  Weekt,  and  in  Advent,  ind  »ny  Fridaj 
on  which  certun  Vigils  msj  fall. 

Bot  the  truth  is,  tb»t  the'  Mune  daj  mar  be  a1 
Ae  Bane  time  both  a  feut  and  a  fast.  The  word 
fiatt,  ID  the  langnaga  of  the  Chnreh,  hu  no  refer- 
ence to  the  free  uae  of  food,  but  to  the  celebration 
of  a  fiutiTal  with  more  solemn  ritea  and  spiritual 
joy.  Thus  it  is  perfectly  consistent  to  keep  a 
atrict  bodily  fast  on  a  day  when  we  indulge  in 
nnritiut  joy ;  except  on  Sundays,  when  we  are 
foTbidden  to  fatt,  in  special  honour  of  our  Lord's 
Eemurection.  On  other  falirals,  however,  we 
fast,  if  they  occur  in  Lent,  or  AdTent,  or  on  any 
day  of  fasting  j  such  aa  the  great  feast  of  the 
AnnunciaUon,  and  many  other  high  fettivala  in 
the  courae  of  the  year.  Let  me  add  that  Good 
iViday  is  not  a  fiatt,  and  nerer  was  intended  to 
be  kept  as  luch.  It  is  a  day  of  faating,  mourning, 
and  prayer.  The  modern  practiue  in  thia  country 
of  making  it  a  holiday  and  a  featival,  instead  of 
the  day  <f  most  strict  fasting,  petuuioe,  and  prayer 
throughoat  the  year,  ia  a  deplorable  abuae,  quite 
opposed  to  the  troe  apirit  and  intention  of  the 
Church.  F.  C.  H. 

It  oertunly  was  my  intention  to  set  aside  that 
which  I  belieTe  would  practically  laid  to  error 
in  the  logically  true  areument  of  E.  P.  C.,  and  , 
therefore  my  inqnirr  (which,  I  should  note,  I 
was  written  in  1S61),  was  perhaps  rightly  in- 
•erted  among  "Replies."  I  was  glad  it  again 
appeared  under  the  same  heading,  dchough  again 
the  subject  was  not  altogether  treated  perhaps, 
by  Ldbd  Ltttbltoh  ana  H.  J.  T.,  in  the  war 
of  "  Keplies."  It  was  not  fair  to  suppose  I 
had  not  read  my  Prayer-Book.  Indeed,  I  had 
read  it  oarefully,  and  I  donbt  if  I  was  "  «rrong," 
or  if  "  the  law  of  the  Church  is  quite  clear"  in 
the  Itubric  of  the  Prayer-Book.  Ferh^s  thia 
matter  is  not  meant  to  be  defined  in  the  Book, 
but  by  other  authority.  I  wished  to  know  if  any 
general  role,  such  as  that  I  bdiered  in  —  of  the 
precedence  of  festivals  generally  —  existed.  I 
could  give  no  anthority  for  (hat  which  I  had  learnt 
and  believed,  but  I  ilhooght  it  in  accordance  with 
the  general  teoour  of  the  Book,  and  that  the  con- 
trary belief  could  not  and  should  not  be  held.  I 
thought  (with  G.  W.  M.)  Oiot,  as  certain  feftst- 
.  days  are  ordered,  and  fast-days  too,  if  one  or 
both  of  them  came  on  the  same  day,  the  rule  is 
SO  far  indeterminate.  I  do  not  like  a  proposition 
founded  on  the  fact  that  one  of  the  Tables  ia 
placed  last  (or  first)  in  the  Book  ;  but  perhaps 
the  Feasts  being  placed  first,  their  observance 
should  for  this  reason  also  have  |»«cedeDce  when 
they  concur  with  the  da^s  in  the  opposite  Table. 

I  had  not  meant  t«  distinguish  a  fast  day  from 
a  day  of  abstinence.  I  inclmled  a  query  re- 
si>ecting  an  Ember-day,  and  above  all  things,  I 
wished  tp  learn  which  is  right  practicidly.  J.  F.  S. 


With  re^rard  to  what  G.  W.  H.  says  on  the 

subject  of  Fridays  and  Saints'  Days,  I  conceive 
that  a  Saint's  Day  mi^ht  be  kept  as  a  feast  in  a 
certain  sense,  i.  r.  as  dedicated  to  the  memory  of 
a  Saint,  and  <d*o  as  a  Fast. 

I  have  no  special  knowledge  of  the  subject ; 
but  I  may  mention  that  I  have  heard  a  Roman 
Catholic  ecclesiastic  say,  that,  in  his  church,  the 
rule  u  as  I  have  supposed. 

I  am  awsro  of  the  distinction  pointed  out  by 
D.  P.,  but  it  did  not  appear  to  me  to  bear  very 
much  on  the  point  at  issni'  '' 

Hsgley ,  Slanrbridge. 


Ltttbltoit. 


a  newspaper  of  the  d»,  minutely  describing  the 
personal  appearance  of  this  lady,  as  also  that  ik 
her  waiting-maid,  is  among  iny  papera.  A  copy 
shall,  with  pleasure,  be  made  for  W.  D. 

Further  incidents  of  her  life  may  be  learnt 
from  the  la«(  report  of  the  proceedings  institnted 
against  her  by  Lwd  Vane ;  and  it  may  be  ob- 
served that  she  was  not  without  a  public  ^mlopst, 
and  that  episodes  in  her  character  have  beea 
transmitted  to  us  in  Tht  Advtnttrei  of  Lm^ 
Frail ;  Apology  for  the  Conduct  of  a  Ladg  lete^ 
tmdjutd  *ndtr  Ihe  Name  of  Lady  FraiL  Bva» 
impartial  Hand;  and  A  Parallel  between  lie  Cha- 
radert  of  Lady  Frail  md  the  Lady  of  Qtiality, 
severally  published  in  1791,  and  from  which  it 
may  be  inferred  that  the  words  of  Rowe  are  not 
in^)plicable  to  her  :  — 

«  Ev'n  Uu,  the  nnrtiitm  buoltOT  man, 
Han,  who  njolceg  In  tha  mz'i  naknMS, 

Sball  pity  V- ,  and  with  onwant*)!  goodansfi. 

Forget  bar  failings  and  rtcoid  her  praiH." 

As  some  evidence  of  this,  kind  and  affectionate 
menUon  is  made  of  her  by  her  lord  in  his  wilL 
She,  however,  predeceased  him. 

Hbhki  M.  Vuu. 

Toii^BaTina  (S**  8.  i.  128,  1 76.)  —  Your  cor- 
respondent K.  S-  E.  desirek  to  know  if  this  term  is 
to  be  received  literally,  or  simply  only  in  a  figora- 
tive  sense.  May  I  refer  him  t^  the  Pemny  Maga- 
zine, vol.xiv.  (1843),  p.  2G3?  where  he  will  lad 
an  editorial  article,  entitled,  "Reptiles  used  aa 
Food,"  in  which  there  is  the  following  passage :  — 
"  In'  some  eonutries  the  hind  legs  of  the  toad  are 
esten,  and  on  the  coast  of  Guinea,  the  negroes  de- 
vour the  whole  reptile."  No  authority  is  givoi 
to  Toach  fbr  the  manner  in  which  this  delicacy  — 
this'morvMa^rtand — is  served  op  to  table.  I  most 
therefore  leave  to  some  one  else  to  enlighten  na 
on  this  point.  A  Bsir-BATBS. 

BoMKaa's  Hiii  (2"^  S.  xii.  100,  178,  199,  &c)     . 
—  Two  or  three  jiaces  are  thus  named  on  the 
Ordnance  Maps  of  NoriUk  and  Suffolk.    I  bad 


Jr*  S.  I.  Mar.  22,  '62.] 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


237 


occasion  to  go  to  one  of  tbem  on  the  borders  of 
Hopton  and  Lound,  Suffolk,  some  two  or  three 
Tears-  a^o.  Upon  inquiring  mj  waj  of  a  labourer, 
he  replied,  **  Bunky  Hill,  you  mean.  We  call  it 
Bunkj  Hill  because  of  the  quantity  of  bunks  that 
ffrow  there.**  Bunk  is  the  Icenian  name  of  the 
hemlock,  or  indeed  of  any  fistulous  stemmed  um- 
belliferous plant.  Upon  yisiting  the  place  I  found 
numerous  hunks  growing  there.  I  suppose  the 
ordnance  officers,  not  knowinfir  what  to  make  of 
Banky  Hill,  improved  it  into  Bnnker*s ;  but  such 
■Iterations  should  be  recorded.  £.  G.  R. 

Spohtaneous  Combustion  or  Trees  (2°^  S. 
xii.  235,  335.) — ^^Vlth  respect  to  the  burning  of  the 
trees  on  the  banks  of  the  Cam,  I  can  state  that 
they  were  invariably  set  on  fire,  by  cigars,  or  luci- 
fers,  or  burning  lenses.  The  fire  smouldered  in 
the  decayed  touchwood  a  lonff  time  —  sometimes 
many  hours,  and  then  suddenly  burst  into  flame; 
thus  creating  the  appearance  of  spontaneous  igni- 
tion. £.  G.  R. 

WnrcKLBT  Familt,  oy  PBESToir,9CouirrT  of 
Lancaster  (3^  S.  i.  196.)— The  Dowager  Lady 
Shelley  is  the  daughter  and  heiress  of  the  late 
Thomas  Winckley,  Es^.,  of  Brockholes,  Cattendl 
Old  Preston,  Lancashire^  and  Janet  his  wife, 
daughter  of  the  Hon.  Hen.  Dairy mple,  and  relict 

S  Major  Hesketh,  of  Rufford,  who  was  heir  to 
e  bmnetcy,  but  died  of  wounds  in  the  American 
War  without  succeeding  to  it. 

The  said  Thomas  Winckley  was  son  of  John 
Winckley,  Esq.,  of  Preston ;  grandson  of  Thomas 
Winckley,  Esq.,  Registrar  of  the  Court  of  Chan- 
cery at  Preston  for  the  Dutchy  of  Lancaster  in 
1665 ;  great-grandson  of  John  Winckley  of  Pires- 
ton,  Clerk,  and  great-great-grandson  of  Edward 
Winckley,  of  Preston,  in  co.  Lancaster,  who,  ac- 
cording to  the  Herald's  ^sitation  of  that  county 
in  the  year  1665,  was  descended  from  a  younger  tan 
of  the  house  of  Winckley,  then  extinct.  Thomas 
Winckley,  the  Registrar  of  the  Court  of  Chan- 
cery, &c,  had  a  second  son  named  Thomas,  and 
also  a  brother,  William  Winckley,  a  Fellow  of 
Corpus  Christi  College,  Oxford.  Thomas  Winck- 
ley, the  father  of  the  Dowager  Lady  Shelley,  suc- 
ceeded his  elder  brother  Nicholas,  and  had  a 
lister  Margaret,  who  was  married  to  Edmund 
Hornby,  Esq.,  of  Scale  Hall,  near  Lancaster,  and 
therefore  the  present  Earl  of  Derby  stands  in  the 
relationship  of  great-grandson  to  this  Margaret 
Hornby,  formerly  Winckley.  As  a  coincidence, 
I  would  mention  that  I  have  a  copy  of  a  will  of  a 
William  Winkley,  who  died  in  Lincolnshire  in 
1742,  who  also  left  a  nephew,  Thomas  Winkley. 

W. 

JuDGB  Pagb  (3*^  S.  i.  153.)^  The  second 
wife  of  this  judge  was  Frances,  daughter  of  Sir 
Thomas  Wheate,  not  WhedUy  as  stated,  perhaps 
by  an  error  of  the  press.  D.  S. 


Yellow  Stabch  (3'<*  S.  i.  156.) — This  must 
haye  been  a  yery  short-lived  fashion.  Is  there 
any  known  instance  of  a  portrait  of  that  day,  in 
which  the  sitter  wears  a  yellow  ruff?  I  haye 
never  seen  one.  P.  P. 

Pencil  Wbiting  (3**  S.  i.  138, 199.)— Ursula 
is  right,  and  I  am  wrong.  Not  having  my  fac- 
simile at  hand,  I  quoted  from  memory,  and  I 
certainly  mistook  the  **Bel^a**  for  ^Bologna.** 
I  saw  at  a  glance  that  the  nandwriting  differed 
from  that  of  Charles  in  his  later  years ;  but  at 
the  date  of  that  letter  he  was  only  seventeen,  and 
I  therefore  mistook  it  for  his  writing  as  a  boy.  I 
was  not  aware  that  the  Cottonian  MSS.  contained 
any  modem  annotations  except  those  of  Sir  Ro- 
bert Cotton  himself.  I  am  grateful  to  Ubsula 
for  haying  so  courteously  pointed  out  my  (I  hope 
not  unpanionable)  blunder,  and  I  must  apologise 
to  your  readers  for  having  led  them  astray:  I 
certainly  was  **  deceived  myself**  before  I  de« 
ceived  them,  and  one  consolation  is  dedueible 
from  my  misUke-  th«t  I  cannot  commit  it  .gun. 

Heembbtbudk. 

The  Socixtt  ov  AHnavABiBs  (3'*^  S.  i.  168.) 
—  Permit  me  to  draw  Hebmbntbudb*s  attention 
to  the  following  privileges,  which  are  available  to 
her  under  the  present  regulations  of  the  Society : 

**  12.  PenoBS  not  being  fuiowt  of  the  Society  may  be 
admitted  for  a  period  not  exceeding  one  week,  to  consult 
printed  books  and  manoecripta  not  of  a  private  nature, 
m  the  Society's  Library  for  any  special  parpose,  on  being 
introduced  by  a  fellow,  either  pereonallj  or  by  letter. 

**  18.  No  book  shall  be  lent  to  any  person  not  being  a 
fellow  of  the  Society  without  a  special  order  of  the  Comi- 
dl."— iZai&f  of  Ou  LSbrarf. 

I  fear  the  Charter  would  not  admit  of  the  elec- 
tion of  female  Fellows;  but  no  px>d  reason  oo> 
curs  to  me  why  some  new  distmction,  such  as 
'^  Associate,**  should  not  be  created  by  the  Society 
in  favour  of  those  numerous  literary  ladies  who, 
like  your  correspondent,  have  distinguished  them- 
selves in  the  field  of  areheological  research. 

Job  J.  Babdwbll  Wobka^i»,  M.A. 

•*  God's  Pbovidewcb  is  mt  Inhebitabcb  **  (3** 
S.  i.  51.) — Searching,  yesterday,  in  the  church  of 
St.  Mary  Magdalen,  Bermondsey,  for  genea- 
logical purposes,  I  came  upon  the  following  in- 
scription, on  a  board  commemorative  of  the  various 
benefactors  to  the  poor  of  the  parish :  — 

**  Mr.  John  Marshall  and  Mr.  Robert  Bangward  gave  a 
house  and  groond  of  it,  called    GodT*  Providence,   for 


ever. 


The  date  of  the  benefaction  is  not  given,  neither 
could  the  woithy  sexton,  although  he  had  lived 
in  the  parish,  man  and  boy,  for  upwards  of  sixty 
years,  give  me  any  information  as  to  the  date,  or 
locality  of  the  house. 

I  will  mention  that  the  Registers  of  this  church 
commence  with  the  let  of  Edward  VI. 


238 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


[8'*  S.  L  Mar.  22,  *62. 


Lambeth  Dxg&ebs  (3'^  S.  i.  134,  156.)  — That 
medical  degrees  have  been  constantly  conferred 
by  the  Arcnbishop  of  Canterbury,  may  be  seen  by 
reference  to  the  Medical  Directory.  However, 
by  the  statute  21  &  22  Vict.  c.  90,  commonly 
known  as  *'  the  Medical  Act,'*  this  faculty  of  the 
archbishop  is  practically  abolished,  since  no  de- 
gree of  this  kind  can  be  registered,  liuless  granted 
prior  to  the  passing  of  the  Act  aforesaid. 

F.  Y.  may  be  correct  in  stating  that  the  Col- 
lege of  Physicians  of  London  does  not  grant  the 
degree  of  M.D.,  but  the  same  cannot  be  said  of 
the  Irish  College ;  for  in  its  Register  I  find  the 
following :  — 

*«Tbe  Charter  of  William  and  Maiy,and  the  Act  of  the 
Irish  Parliament,  1  Geo.  III.  cap.  xiv.  made  perpetual  by 
tlie  Act  80  Geo.  III.  cap.  xiv.  sec.  ii.  confer  on  the  Fef- 
lovrs  and ;  Licentiates  of  the  King  and  Qaeen*8  College 
of  Physicians  the  title  of  Docton  ofPhyncJ* 

Also  in  the  diploma  granted  to  a  licentiate  it  is 
certified  *Hhat  ne  has  obtained,  and  is  hereby 
enUtled  to  the  Degree,  Title,  and  Qualification  of 
Doctor  of  Medicine^  and  Licentiate  of  said  Col- 
lege.*' Further,  I  may  add,  that  such  a  person 
is  described  in  the  printed  Register  of  the  College 
as  '*  Licentiate  and  M.D.** 

I  believe  the  Irish  College  of  Physicians  is  the 
only  one  which  retains  the  ancient  academical 
Qualification  for  its  fellowship,  for  none  but  a  gra- 
auate  in  Arts,  or  a  Doctor  of  Medicine  of  Oxford, 
Cambridge,  or  Dublin,  is  eligible  as  a  Fellow ; 
and  in  &e  case  of  Dublin,  excepting  honorary 
degrees,  the  Medical  always  must  imply  the  pre- 
vious degree  in  Arts.  Licentiates  of  aU  the  col- 
leges of  physicians  have  invariably  been  styled 
Doctors  by  ancient  usage ;  the  term,  in  this  in- 
stance, not  implying  a  degree,  but  a  professional 
designation,  such  as  Rev,  to  a  clergyman,  or  Esq* 
to  a  barrister.  Indeed  this  is  the  meaning  at- 
tached to  the  term  in  ordinary  conversation. 

T,  W.  Bblcheb. 

Cork. 

F08S11.8  (3'*  S.  L  148.)  —  I  should  recommend 
J.  C.  J.  to  remove  the  entire  mass  of  clay  con- 
taining the  specimen,  and  imbed  it  in  a  box  just 
sufficient  to  contain  it.  By  means  of  plaster  of 
Paris  he  may  then  remove  the  clay  in  the  usual 
way  by  means  of  masons*  chisels. 

J.  C.  J.  will  find  much  information  in  the  Ap- 
pendix to  Medals  of  Creation,  M.  W.  B, 

Relative  Value  op  Monet  (3'*  S.  i.  182.)  — 
An  interesting  paper  entitled  ^^Chronicon  Pretio' 
sum  Snathense;  or,  Lists  of  Prices  of  Various 
Kinds  of  Agricultural  Produce,  and  of  other  Ar- 
ticles in  the  Ecclesiastical  Peculiar  of  Snaith,  in 
the  West  Riding  of  Yorkshire,  in  the  Sixteenth, 
Seventeenth,  and  Eighteenth  Centuries,  compiled 
from  the  Probate  Records  of  the  Peculiar,  by  the 
Rev.  C.  B.  Robinson,  M.A.,**  was  read  before  the 
Statistical  Society  of  London  soiAe  time  ago,  and 


appeared  in  their  journal,  1858  (xxi.  369-420.)  I 
extract  a  few  items  in  illustration  of  the  point 
raised  by  Mb.  Kbightlet  :  — 

£.  9.  d. 
1452.    A  stone  of  barley-malt     -        -        •        0    2    0 

1678.    A  load  of  hay 0    5    0 

1583  ) 

to    V  Wool,  per  stone  (average)        -        -        0    7    1 
1699.J 

1609.  10  loads  of  manare  -        -        -        -        0    12 

1610.  Hemp,  per  stone       -        -        -        -        0    2    6 

Value  of  Land, 
1569.  15  acres  of  barley  -  -  -  -  10  0  0 
1670.  8  acres  of  fallow  -  -  -  -  10  0 
1601.  8  acres  of  skegg  -  -  -  -  6  6  8 
1603.  Ploughing  of  18^  acres  of  land  -  -  17  0 
1661.    50  acres  of  meadow  -        -        -      20    0    0 

Provhiom. 
1576) 

to    >Batter,  per  stone  (average)       -        -        0    2    9 
1598.  j 

1600.    1^  gallon  of  honey  -        -        -       0    8    0 

1601  ) 

to    VButter  (average)      -        -        -        -        0    3  11 
1647J 

1652.    6beef-#ick8 10    0 

1656.    3pinUofhoney       -        -        -        -        0    2    6 

Live  Stock. 

1568.  12  horses  and  mares         •        -        -      14    0    0 

1569.  4  kine  and  2  calves  -  -  -  -  8  8  0 
1670.    2  oxen  and  2  stotts  -        -        -     .  5  13    4 

1669.    8  goats 100 

1667.    40  sheep,  young  and  old  -        -        -        8    0    0 

1658.  A  pig 070 

1659.  6  turkeys,  a  cock,  &  8  hens  8c  chickens     1  10  10 

JdiicdlaneouM. 

1580.    200  tiles 0    2  0 

1685.    One  hull  boat,  with  all  her  fumltore  1  10  0 

1688.  8  yards  of  linen        -        -        -        -  0    8  0 

1689.  12  silver  spoons  -  -  -  -  2  8  0 
1654.    Half  a  ton  of  iron     -        -        -        -  6    0  0 

.  Average  Prices  of  Grain  per  Quarter, 

Whemt.      Barley.       Omt«.         Bje.  Malt. 

9,    d.       9.    a,      9,    d,      9.    d,       9.     (I. 

1668  to  1600  — 20  4   15  6   9  2   20  8   14  4 

1601  to  1660  —  81  5   18  10   9  6   24  10   20  8 

1660  to  1700  —  26  7   17  11  11  1   22  7   20  5 

1701  to  1750  —  23  7   14  5   9  7   20  0   23  8 

1751  to  1783  — 28  2   15  9  11  0   81  6 

Job  J.  Babdwell  Wobkabd,  M.A. 

Value  of  Hoeses  in  Shak8peabe*8  Time  (3"* 
S.  i.  182.)  —  I  do  not  think  that  allusions  to  the 
value  of  horses  by  such  a  character  as  Fastidious 
Brisk  are  conclusive  of  their  ordinanr  market  value. 
In  the  time  of  Ben  Jonson  and  Shakspeare,  a  man 
could  have  bought  in  Smithfield  a  very  good 
horse  for  as  many  shillings,  as  the  pounds  which 
Master  Brisk  was  offered  for  his  •*  grey  hobby.** 
From  some  collections  which  I  made  relative  to 
the  prices  of  chattel  property  in  the  time  of  Shak- 
speare, drawn  from  old  indictments,  I  arrive  at 
a  very  different  notion  of  the  value  of  horses  at 
that  period  than  that  drawn  from  such  sources  as 
Every  Man  out  of  his  Humour,  and  which  rather 
favours  the  opinion,  that  one  pound  in  Shak- 
8peare*s  time  was  equal  to  five  pounds  in  the  pre- 


»^S.I.  ltAii.82,'62.] 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


239 


sent  daj.  Horses  Indeed  bave  tl^tjt  been  in 
demand,  and  Keiog  how  valuable  tiiej  «ere  for 
all  porpoiea  of  transit  before  the  days  of  ita^e^ 
coacbes  and  c&nals,  even  boraes  of  an  inferior 
breed  produced  high  prices  in  proporlion  to  other 
cbattel  property ;  whilst  a  remarkablj  fine  horse, 
such  an  one  as  a  beau  like  Futidions  Brisk  vould 
have  coveted,  would  no  doubt  have  commanded  a 
remarkable  price;  but  the  Uw  allowed 
tbia  itnaginar;  value  to  appear  '"  •■'•"  '""^ 


I  the  indictment. 


KoUa  of  tbe  40lh  Elizabeth,  I  extracted  the 
lowing  prices  set  upon  stolen  horses 

Ons  gelding zxxiii-. 

Agnyhorsa        .        -        -  _ii..  _:i.-i 

A  rone  gelding    - 

A  gnj  gelding,  called  a  curtail 

AbUckhorse      -       - 

A  K"y  gelding xlvl'  vijj'. 

Twogeldines fU.". 

A  whTte  g^dloK 
Ablackbersa  - 
A  black  galdiDg 


WhHe  grtv  gelding     ....        liiji  w*. 
A  gnj  gefdiDg    -       -  "" 

A  ba;e  galding 

A  wblle  geldlog 
That  tbe  valoe  of  tbe  stolen  bones,  some  be- 
longing to  jeomen  and  some  to  gentlemen,  range 
from  twentj  shillings  to  seven  pounds. 

F.  Soinraa  Mbbxtwbathbb. 
CoId^  Hatch. 

SPBiiwa  Matckbb  (3"^  S.  i.  179.)— I'  I>" 
been  for  some  time  past  a  drawing-room  game 
to  write  from  dictation  words  chosen  bj  some 
one  of  the  partj,  who  is  taken  as  the  authorit;, 
and  is  bound  to  defend  his  own  spelling.  The 
words  I  recollect  to  have  thus  learnt  are  "  malt- 
ster," "  kerbstone,"  and  "  camelopard."  Also  tbe 
owing  lines  :  — 

*■  A  gray  pony  ale  a  potato,  oat  of  a  bay  window,  with 
DDparalleled  ecatssj." 
Or, 

"A  cobbler's  gray  pony  ate  aplnm-id*,Dutof  apedlat*! 
badn,  with  nnparalUled  daapatcb." 

Some  of  these  words  admit  of  dispute,  but  of 
the  others  (such  as  ecstasy)  few  will  be  able  to 
ipell  them  all  correctly  at  once.  J.  F.  S. 

Whip  dp  Suohcht  ox  Pom  (2"'  S.  xli.  46 ; 
3^  8.  i.  171.)  —  ThouEb  quite  as  unable  as  70ur 
qoeiiat  to  describe  tae  "  fuhionable  "  romp  (if 
mcb  a  thing  moy  be  aaid  to  exist !)  of  Sntouehy 
or  Font,  I  maj  at  least  forward  him  in  bis  in- 
teresting  inquiry  bj  attempting  an  explanaUon  of 
the  wor^B  given, 

Smoiuft  (for  thna  it  ought  to  be  written)  is  the 
popular  Dutch  denomination  of  a  roagh  terrier ; 
immu  being  the  common  invective  used  against 


German  Jews  (from  Hfoiet,  by  them  pronounced 
Miiatyee),  and  the  ehscgy  exterior  of  the  dog- 
species  mentioned  recalling  to  mind  the  bearded 
individuals  aforesaid.  Pont  (PoiUo,  Pmtt,  may  be 
y^our  "pointer")  is  another  vernacular  appella- 
tive for  a  dog.  Now —  as  I  dare  not  supple  your 
co\intry -ladies  will  conclude  their  day's  frolics 
by  "  whipping  up  "  their  hirsute  admirers,  a  thing 
never  done  in  Holland  —  I  must  submit,  that 
"  whip  up  "  means  wip  op  ("jump.  Sir ! "),  which 
commana  I  hardly  ihink  executable  without  some- 
thing particularly  savoury  being  held  up  for  tbe 
lucky  dogs  in  questioi 
get  itl 
Zoyit,  near  DtrechL 

QnxBH  Cabourb  juis  Loins  Pbiliftb  (3^  S.  i. 
1 88.)— May  I  correct  an  emUum  t — The  aaeedota 
and  not  the  Meuurirt,  is  of  an  Englishman  in 
Paris.  The  Memoir  is  of  Miss  Cornelia  Knight 
herself,  and  the  Reviewer,  page  71,  is  not  aware 
that  tbe  story  has  done  duty  oefore,  but  cites  It 
P.P. 


Oblbbs*s  "Accomx  op  Lbidbm"  (S"' S.  ii, 
26.)  —  Having  submitted  the  query  referred  to 
to  Mr.  M.  F.  A.  G.  CampbeU,  of  the  Royal  Library 
at  the  Hague,  I  was  honoured  by  that  gentleman 
with  the  following  reply  :  — 

"Tba  first  edition  of  Orlars's  BaArymgt  dtr  Stad 
Lcydtn  is  rare,  hot  not  becinse  of  any  lappraasioa  by 
dric  aatharity,  as  appears  from  the  Prefice  to  lbs  second 
editioc  of  1641,  in  which  tbe  writer,  in  bis  dedication  to 
the  Laydan  maglitiatea,  says  — 

"  'Somevbat  more  than  S7  yean  have  passed,  since 
the  first  peblicatioD  of  my  Bachrgvinge,  and  the  iccapt- 
anca  and  ackaovledgemeat  tbsreof  by  your  predecessors. 
And,  at  the  preeent  moment— ai,  alreidy  far  some  yean, 
the  flnt  impression  baa  been  ont  orprial,  and  even  wanted 
Lo  perciiBsa  st  higher  prices  —  I  have,  at  the  eimeat  n>- 
qeest  of  my  good  friends,  thoogbt  advisable  to  reviae  and 

JoHir  H.  VAN  LxHirBP. 
Zeyst,  near  Utrecht. 


gUMttTttmnvM. 
H0TE3  ON  BOOKS,  ETa 
Dqieiltiimifnm  Hit  Catlt  of  Fork,  rebtmg  to  Offenca 
tmmilUd  in  llu  IfotOtm  CoHitia  I'a  Mi  SecmlteniS  Ccn- 
iTj.  (Printed  for  the  Snrtees  Society.) 
It  wonld  be  diffienlt  to  Sod  a  volnme  better  calculated 
to  ruraish  a  tree  and  lively  picture  oflha  political  fealliig, 
overy-day  life,  and  locial  condition  of  tbe  inhabitants  or 
ihe  Rortheni  parts  of  England,  tbae  the  present  work, 
for  which  wa  are  Indebted  to  the  liberality  of  tba  emto- 
Jlani  oftha  carioDa  docnraents  here  printed ;  to  tbe  good 
jndgmentof  the  CoDDciloribe  Snrlees  Society,  and  more 
especially  to  tbe  learning  and  Induitry  of  ili  editor,  tbe 
^lecretary  of  tbe  Society,  the  Rev.  Jsmea  Raine.  Treason, 
saditioD,  and  acta  of  violenca,  tOrm  the  aabject  of  the 
greater  part  of  tbe  Depoiilioas  here  printed,  bat  tho 
strange  narratives  connected  with  cbargea  of  witchcraft 
are  those  which  will  be  foand  of  greatest  interait  for  tbe 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


[.S"S.LHAii.lS,tt. 


nmnl  n 


1  in  which 


of  hia  c      . 

Bt  the  fnMrd  of  Lndy  . 
incidsBta  Mrikinglj  chuKlti 
tlwy  oecnrred. 

Tilt  O^trlory ;  tie  moil  aetUnl  Way  of  eimtribiitliig 
Jfenn  fir  ari^mn  Parpua.  By  J.  H.  UarkluiC 
D.C-ll,  &c  2nd  ecUL  (Pmrkcn,  Loadon  uid  Uzliinl. 
Plica  2<f.) 

£T«i7tbinK  Ihst  comei  from  Ur.  MirklanQ  ia  sore  to 
win  the  respectful  uttenlion  of  churchmSQ.  Tbi*  little 
tract,  which  Ii  »D  enUrged  repriot  from  bit  RenHnli  en 
EngliiA  CKiireAn.  diKsnei  the  dcainbilitj  oT  leTinog 
the  weekl;  ofFcnoiy,  ia  u  pricttcal,  modente,  and  cam- 
plMa  ■  nuoDoi  u  could  be  nislied. 

Orifimii  Hi/mnM  and  Formt.  By  J«nM  Onnt.  (Dan. 
Sedgwick,  BiBliDpuate  Street.) 

A  rarther  iDtUlment  of  Ur.  Sedgwick'i  tuafal  and 
intanating  »ri«. 

TKtotAaiu  Anglicmut ;  «,  Dt  rBglai  CaOoiiqat  tt  di 
«  bramcht  AMglieaa,.  Par  It  Rer.  C.  Wordaworth,  U.D., 
CbaiuHDS  de  Wcadaiulcr.  (Parkan,  LoDdoD  and  Ox- 
ford.) 

Tl^  tranBlatioo  of  Dr.  Wordgworth'g  well-luiown 
Manual  ia  b;  the  practiead  pea  of  the  Rev.  Dr.  Godfray 
of  Jeneyi  aod  ii  one  of  the  leriea  publiibed  bv  the  So- 

_...._,_ ...__. ,1. i_.C_i—  -i.ijj^^j^    jf 


memory  of  Wiluau  Tysdalb,  to  whom  wa  awe  oar 
EngUeh  Bible.  A  anm  of  two  thonwod  poaoda  will  be 
required,  and  an  influential  coDmiCtae  baa  bean  appointid 
I  SubaciipUooi  and  cury  oat  tha  deaigo. 


BOOKS    AND    ODD    VOLDUES 
wurrui  TO  ruKCH. 


e  prlaciplea  of  the  6 


dety  for  makiog  known  the 
England  on  the  ConlincnL 

Tin  Minor  Prophtli,  alA  a  CbBuuntary,  txplmalor]/ 
ami  practical.  By  RoT.  E,  B.  Ptuey,  D.D.  (Parker^ 
Oxford  and  London.) 

Another  Part  of  Dr.  PoMy'e  long-promlatd  and  ad- 
mirable Commentary.  Thia  Number  contain*  pan  of 
AmoaandMlcah;  with  the  whole  of  Obadiah  and  Jonah. 
The  expoailion  of  Ihe  iaat-named  book  ia  a  perfect  p'eca 
of  deTOtioual  and  critical  matter)  and  the  Regiui  Pro- 
fauor  ibowi  himself  equally  acquainted  with  the  Chrii- 
tian  Fathera,  and  tho  ratiooaliit  Commentalon  of  Ger- 

A.  Dictianarj/  af  &c  Biblci  compruiat  AKtiquiliii, 
BhgraiAg,  Groyrapliy,  aitd  NatiOTii  SMory,  Im  carioat 
Writcn.  Edited  V  William  Smith,  LL.D.  ParU  II. 
aidllJ.     (Murray.) 

We  are  glad  to  announce  the  appearanea  of  two  more 
Parta  of  tbia  complete.  comprebeniiTe,  and  wo  believe 
very  accurate  encyctopiedia  of  Biblical  kaowledf^e.  For 
the  purpose  or  aecuring  which  excsllencea,  an  Appendix, 
conlaiaing  aome  rewritten  articlea  on  the  Uotiny,  Zo- 
ology, and  Mineralogy  of  the  Bibla,  la  announced. 

An  Alphabctieut  Diettintarif  of  Oouia  of  Arna  belonging 
to  Familia  in  Grtat  Britain  and  Inland,  formino  an  u- 
toi.i'rc   Ordimi-        '   "  '-  '       ■  ■   ■ 


itaH>KtJw:.>;iipgtiu»i«riuFci«r.  ail.  roiio 

BuriiT  ITiB.),  Ilciatll.  Enioi.  or  luOall  KM. 


^aXUti  ta  CorrtdpanlimU. 


ntCoAi 


Ty  John  B.  Pap* 

Thia  part  bringa  ub  down  to  (ha  artida  Cknvn.  We 
iriah  wa  could  congratulate  Mr.  Papworth  on  aach  an 
addition  to  hia  Liat  of  Subacriben  as  would  jnatlfy  him 
in  getting  out  hia  very  uaeful  book  with  greater  rapidity 

The  fioRncDLTUKAL  Socicrr'a  Exhibition  of  Ci- 
melliia  and  Hyadoths  on  Wadneeday  waa  eminently 
raccesaTnl.  Tho  flowera  were  auparb,  and  the  viailon 
nameroDi,  hr  beyond  what  could  have  been  expected. 
The  iNTiiKHATioHAi.  EziiiBiTioii  BiTiLDiHO,  aa  aeen 
from  the  Teirace,  proved  far  more  effective  than  one 
could  have  aappoaed,  aod  called  forth  many  expraa^n* 
of  aatiafaction. 

Itia  propoaad  to  erect  I  cdomn  on  Nibley  KnoU  —  a 
iH«  irliich  ha*  been  giren  by  Lord  Fitibanlitiga—  to  tbe 


renrli,  I"^>^  I  '•■  *d-.  x*'^  Mail  ttvaU  ti^H^St  Or*fh 


Tilt  Dv.  In  t  Toll.,  fta*.  iLHk,  ista  Ita. 

A    NOBLE   PURPOSE    NOBLY    WONj  AS 
OU)  OLD  STORr.    BrltaiAnttKtf  "Hi.T  F>>ui." 
ABTHUB  HALL,  TlttTOK.  a  O 


A     NICHOLLS,  PRINT  and  BOOK  CLEANER, 
ili^k  ud  BU)u  laktn  out  ot  PriiH  Hid  ^cjui  Pilnto  i^ 


tIBR  ARIES  PURCHASED   in    imj  Part   of. 
,.  Boob  mmd  vllbgDl  Ml  lijinu  B  UioMflir,lliintlL'»"°t 

>1I  iln  iKrUKa  udtxpsui  vf  SAitn  AseUiia.    ApUi  to  (JPHAa 


3'*  S.  I.  Mab.  29,  'OL] 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


LOSDOK,  SATVBDAY,  MASCH  SS.  II 


s  Ukely  ll 


biTS  no  diatinct  proof  of  the  &cl,  it 


CONTENTS,  — Ni 


KOTB8:— The  Be^isten  of  the  SUtloocn'  Compu?,  i4i 

—  BupcntitloiLM3  — Adiliuato  theElrcttinar&liuiouEh 
in  theKelKnafGenr^  L,2M— Archbishop  Leightoii  «ii<1 
the  Old  Bridge  it  Olugov.  /ft. 

KiaoK   NOIBI;  — Cutting  olT  vtilb  &   BliiJIiug— Not  tcK> 

Cto  be  true  —  Bingul V  Religious  Cuatom  M  Naples  ~ 
j*l«l  Notes  —  ObnervinM  of  ChrtstnjM  Diy  uncfcr  the 
Comnionmallh  — PrimirjColoura  — TtaoCuosl  uiHiero. 

QDEBIK3:~Ki>nue(ly  i'anillj,  !40  —  Orientstion,  WJ  — 
.iIUbylDniwiPnnc<'!M  — ClimeilLeGluK*^  KiiigofSpiii, 

—  ConireTB  ui'l  Uuilierel  — Vunwoll  ud  Trilkt  —  liutcr 
■nd  WhllHDDtide  Viuidg  — EmbaloilnKtliB  l>CBd— I'b 
SfSiatera  —  Fonnditit     —  -  >..        . 


_.,_ _  of  HaEault  — Maplctort— L«u. 

renee   H»r»h  —  A  Predktion  —  Qi.otoliom  Wuitid  — 
Boscoe  —  Scrmoa  on  Ciiules  I.,  A«.,  U7 

The    FBTiners-Qenenil — 

PoK'lxed  —  Lord  Stnkfforii  —  Dr^  N'urtoa  —  SImoa  of  Bud" 
buiT  — Juae*  Boweli  — A  Pilntlne,  iSl. 
REPLIES:  — DomeedM  Book;  COIibert,  MS  —  Pnuse-Ooil 
Barlniw,  JM  —  Lwnlwth  _IJegTeM^!M  —  Grw'ii    Elm 


jalmiTLKtiic  J 
«of  Churel 


qu: 


ParodicJ.JU  — Ammi^an  Cent  b  —  Nock jnge  and  Soiieil 
Moii'^y,*!'.— Army  Lists  — Circular  Bordure—  Bums  Hiicl 
Andrvw  Horner  —  Lons  Scrmooi  —  Bruil  —  WiliFt'n 
"Syiioii™"— Olho  Veniiis  —  St.  libbrofimed  T:  Tiutlioiij 
—  TlioUeKianinsor  the  End  — Alcumie  Btiiff— Rynt  fuid 
Blot  —  lord  Mayoni  of  London  —  Uevorth  ChuTuh  — 
L«lr  Slarj  PcTcy- The  Namo  of  the  Ro)«l  Family  ol 
Bngliiul  — "The  Wandering  Jew"  — Eulidnd:  County  or 
Sh&e  t  -Touching  f.ir  t he  Kiiig'a  Enl,  At,  iM. 


3BU*. 

THE  REGISTERS  OF  THE  STATIONERS' 

C0UPAN7. 

(ConftnMJ/rom  S'*  S.  i.  203.) 

3   Malj   [1592.]  — Willm,   Ponionby.     Entred 

for   hia  copie  &v.,  to  be  Jojned  to);etber  in  one 

boohe,   A   Diteours  of  Lyft  and  death   by   Ph. 

Stonioy.      Item,     Anthoniut,  a   tragedie   wrytten 

alto  in  French  by  Hobl.  Oamier.     Botii  done  in 

BoglisLe  bj  Ibo  CouBteese  of  Fembmk   .     .     yj*. 

[Thnfl  two  worki  irere  printed  in  tbe  aama  volnmi  !n 

lltt;  but  it  Is  certain  from  the  d«te  at  tbe  and  of  the 

plar  Ibat  it  wB*  finiibed  "  at  Ramibnry  Sfl  Nut.  IfiSO." 

*  The  tragedie  of  Anloiiis  "  waa  rtputiliabed  ttj  ItMlf  Id 

llilfi.    The  "UiaconrHof  UfeMidDealh''wur<piiuted 

Id  1600.] 

t"  Uaij. — Peter  Shorte.  Entred  for  liis  cople, 
kc,  A  dUconerye  of  Tenne  EnglUh  leaperi,  hurU- 
JtH  la  tht  Churche  and  common  tceale,   published 

by  niomaB  Tjm,  minister tj'. 

[Here  wo  hive  the  name  of  tbe  aathor,  bnt  the  work, 
«r  ooa  with  the  uRie  title,  had  been  entered  on  IS"*  Jul 
pncnlins  (aeg  p.  201.)  Thomaa  Tym  wai  probably  the 
unie  Thomaa  Hmme  who,  in  1597,  compiled  '  A  booke 

Altirea  of  (ha  KJngB  of  England,"  lie  4to.] 
Cuthbert  Burbidge.     Entred  for  hit  copie  &c., 

a  booke  iatituled  A  dirtctionfor  Travelltrt  .   vj*. 
[Bkhard  BaibUge,  Bortiadga,  or  Bmttaga.  the  fiiiooni 

""■■ ""  — -T,  had  a  brotbar  nanad  Cathbotj 


im  of  title- pagrg  of  books  i<uiually 
(:«iwj.  111  tuB  uacviuiiaty  about  proper  namea  tbao  pre- 
Tailing,  Cuthbart  Burble  or  Burby.  Pouiblj,  the  differ- 
ance  vmi  made  Tor  the  sake  or  diitinction.] 

xsU  Mdij. — John  Wotfe.  Entred  for  hia  copie 
&o.  a  booke  intituled  Aa  intlruetion  for  y<mge 
genllejcomen vj'. 

xyj*"  die  Juoij.  — [No  atationer's  natne.]  En- 
tred Tor  bis  copie  &c.,  a  booke  intituled  Gar- 
gantua [no  aum.] 

[Tbia  entry  is  croued  out  in  the  Regitler.  We  have 
before  aean  tbat  John  Wolf,  on  Ibe  6ib  April  precedinn, 
bad  entered  Garg'inltia  hit  prophtii't  (aea  p.  'lOi) :  per- 
hap«  the  above  memorandum  was  erased  in  caniequgnce.] 

jxvj'°  Junij.  —  John  Charlewood.  Entred  for 
hia  cnpiu  &c.,  a  buoke  intituled  HUloire  de  Roland 
L'amoureux,  ComprtnaiU  lea  ChtsaUvreux  faiet» 
d'armtl  tt  damotiTt,  dtmiee  ea  troU  iivret  —  to  be 
tranalated  into  Engliebe vj'' 

[This  was  the  work  of  Boiardo,  Ihe  Iranelallon  of 
wh^cb  had  probabl}'  been  undertaken  in  conepquenca  of 
tba  aucceea  of  Sir  John  UHringtoo's  Terslon  of  the  Orlsndo 
Innsmorato  of  Arioilo,  fol.  I59I.  Tbe  three  books  of 
Boiardo'i  introductory  poem,  Iratialeted  by  Robert  Tofte, 
did  not,  we  believe,  come  out  until  1S98,  ito,  aud  no  can- 
tinuation  of  the  work  aver  appeared.] 

John  Wolf.  Entred  for  his  copie,  &c.  A  dic- 
tionary, Hitiorical,  Geographical,  Atlronoaiioal, 
and  Poetical tj*. 

sxviij"  Junij.  —  John  Kjdde.  Entred  for  bis 
copie  Slc.  a,  little  booke  of  tbe  Judgeatejtl  and 
execution  of  John  Parker,  goldetmithe.  and  Anne 
Brutn,  for  poyioninge  her  late  hiaband  John 
Bntn,  goldeimiAe.  Provided  that  this  booke, 
before  it  be  printed,  xhilbe  drawen  into  good 
forme  and  order,  and  then  lawfullje  allowed  to  be 

printed vj'. 

[We  may  doubt  whether  this  tract  was  ever  "  allowed 


tually  9- 


public 


uthor 


John  Kvd  (K  spell)  and  at  Ibe  end  of  it  Ihe  name  of 
Thomaa  Kydda  (ao  apelc)  the  author  — Thomaa  Kydd* 
being  no  ul'ber  than  the  distingniahad  dnmalic  poet  and 
prscurior  of  Shakeepeara,  Ibe  wriUr  of  The  SpiaiiA 
Tiagaly.  Jtronimo,  Conulia,  and  other  theatrical  produc- 


s  byi. 


H  tbat 


the  lemirkabla  production  under 
coaaideratioo,  and  that  the  publiaher  of  it  waa  hii 
brother,  or  aonie  nair  relation.  We  give  ite  fall  title :  — 
"  The  trueih  of  (be  most  wicked  and  secret  mnrtbering 
if  John  firawen,  Galdamith  of  London,  oommilted  by  bia 
swce  wife  through  Iba  pravocaliuu  of  one  John  Parker, 
whom  she  loved:  for  which  fact  ahe  waa  burned  and  ha 
banged  in  Smilbaeld  on  Waiinaiiday  the  KSof  June,  1693, 
Iwoyaarea  afler  the  murther  waa  cominillfd,  i;Wood- 
W  of  ■  woman  burning  and  praying.]  Iirprialed  at 
London  for  John  Eid,  aud  are  to  be  aold  br  Edward 
White,  dwelling  at  tbe  little  North  doore  oftaulaa,  at 
tbe  aigca  of  the  Gun.  Ifi92."  4to.  Thus  ve  lea  tbat  It 
was  entered  at  Btationen'  Hall  on  the  varjr  day  of  the 
(Secntlon,  and  we  raay  readily  Imagliie  that  U  waa  011I7 


242 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


[8'«>  8. 1.  Mab.  29,  »6«. 


a  rongh  sketch,  drawn  up  in  haste  for  the  occasion,  and 
that  it  required  to  be  amended  before  it  was  printed  and 
published.  From  the  talents  and  celebrity  of  Thomas 
Kydde  we  may  be  sure  that  his  narrative  is  very  superior 
to  the  ordinary  run  of  such  pieces;  but  it  is  entirely  in 
prose*  and  goes  through  all  the  strange  facts  of  tht 
murder  of  Bruen,  or  Brewen,  bv  his  wife  at  the  instiga- 
tion of  her  paramour  Parker,  **  in  eating  a  messe  of  sager- 
sops.*'  The  murder  was  effected  only  three  days  after 
the  marriHge  had  taken  place,  and  the  circumstances 
(into  which  we  have  not  space  to  enter)  were  extremely 
curious,  especially  as  the  discovery  was  not  made  for  two 
years  afterwards.  We  intend  to  reprint  the  tract  as  a 
relic  of  the  great  dramatist,  Kydd.] 

Primo  die  Julij. — John  AVolf.  Entred  for  his 
copie,  under  tbande  of  the  B.  of  London  (as  he 
sayetb)  and  by  consent  of  Mr.  Allen,  a  booke 
intituled  Philomela,  the  ladi/e  Fitzwater's  nightiri' 
galcy  by  Robert  Greene vj*. 

[The  parenthesis  **  as  he  sayeth,"  must  mean  as  Wolf, 
the  stationer  **  sayeth,"  and  not  the  Bishop  of  London, 
the  last  antecedent.  Philomela  is  unquestionably  one  of 
Robert  Greene's  least  objectionable  pieces,  but  it  by  no 
means  deserves  all  the  praise  bestowed  upon  it  in  Dun- 
lop's  Bitt.  of  Fiction,  edit.  1846,  p.  405.  We  have  never 
seen  any  impression  of  it  earlier  than  1615,  and  we  may 
presume  that  most  of  the  anterior  copies  were  destroyed 
by  inconsiderate  readers:  the  moment  they  had  finished 
tlbe  novel  they  threw  it  away,  never  dreaming  that  four 
or  five  hundred  times  the  orii^nal  cost  would  in  our  day 
be  willingly  given  for  a  copy.] 

Abel!  Jefifes.  Entred  for  his  copie  a  ballad 
intituled  the  Lamentation  of  Agnes  Bruen^  Sfc, 

[This  ballad  has  not  survived,  that  we  are  aware  of; 
and  as  it  was  not  entered  by  John  Kydd,  we  may  feel 
pretty  sure  that  it  was  not  by  his  brother.  There  is  no 
reason  to  think  that  Thomas  Kydd  ever  condescended 
to  write  ballads.  That  on  his  own  Spanith  Tragedy  was 
not  by  him.] 

10  July. — Jo.  Wolf.  Entred  for  his  copie  a 
hiillnd  of  The  burninge  of  Anne  Bruen    .     .     vj*. 

11  July.  —  Jo.  Wolf.  Entred  for  his  copie  a 
ballad  intituled  John  Parkers  Lamentation.     y\\ 

XV®  Julii. — Abell  Jefies.  Entred  for  his  copie, 
&c.  a  ballad  intituled  The  Lamentation  of  John 
Parker,  whoe,  consen tinge  to  the  murder  of  John 
Bruen,  was  hanged  in  Smithfield  the  28  of  June, 
2  yeres  after  the  fact  was  committed :  to  the  tune 
of  fortune vj^ 

[This  very  extraordinary  murder  seems  naturally  to 
have  excited*  a  great  deal  of  attention,  and  to  have  af- 
forded employment  to  many  pens.  Old  Stow's  record  of 
the  circumstance  gives  no  names :  — 

"  In  this  moneth  of  June  a  yoong  roan  was  hanged  in 
Smithfield,  and  a  woman  burned,  both  for  poysoning  her 
husband,  a  goldsmith." — ^a7ia^«,edit  1605,  p.  1271.] 

xix"  Julij. — John  W^olf.  Entred  for  his  copie, 
A  Commemoration  of  the  most  valiant  and  wnrthie 
knight  Sr.  Willm.  Sackvill^  slayne  in  the  warres 
of  Fraunce vj*. 

[We  do  not  find  any  notice  of  the  death  of  Sir  William 
Sackvilte  either  in  Camden  or  Stow,] 


xxi  Julij. — John  Wolf.    Entred  for  his  copie 
&c.  a  booke  intituled  a  Quip  for  an  Upstart  Cour 


;« 


\i 


tier .•    . 

[A  remarkable  publication  by  Robt  Greene  —  remark- 
able for  its  popularitv  and  for  its  barefaced  plagiarism 
from  Francis  Thynne*s  excellent  and  humorous  poem 
The  debate  betweene  Pride  and  Lowlinet  (printed  by  John 
Charlwood  n.  d.),  which  had  appeared  some  ten  years 
earlier,  and,  as  Greene  no  doubt  hoped,  had  been  forgotten. 
The  original  edition  of  Green's  Quip,  now  before  as,  pur- 
ports to  have  been  **  imprinted  by  Jolm  Wolfe,  and  are  to 
be  sold  at  his  shop  in  Pauleys  chavne.  1592."  On  the  title- 
page  is  a  woodcut  of  a  countrynnan  and  a  courtier  in  con- 
versation. The  popularity  of  the  production  is  evidenced, 
among  other  things,  by  a  Dutch  translation  of  it —  '*Tot 
Leyden.  By  Thomas  Basson,  M.D.G.I.**,  on  the  title- 
page  of  which  is  a  repetition  of  the  wood-cut.  Every 
paragraph  is  there  numbered  for  the  sake  of  referent 
and  comparison.  It  was  in  this  work  that  R.  Greene 
gave  the  first  offence  to  Gabriel  Harvey,  which  the  latter 
never  forgave.] 

Jo.  Danter.  Entred  for  his  copie  a  ballad  en- 
tituled  The  soutes  good  morrowe    ....     vj**. 

Jo.  Danter.  Entred  for  his  copies  these  fyvQ 
ballades  ensuinge,  viz. :  — 

1.  EnglawVs  felicitie  with  an  admonition  to 
repent  by  examples  of  others  harmes,  SfC.      .     vj*. 

2.  T'he  Coy  maydens  care^  sent  to  her  kind  com 
panions vj 

3.  Conscience  Coy  to  aU  estates  in  selling  of 
broom vj**. 

4.  Tlie  conflict  betwene  Saihan  and  the  penitent 
Sinner vj**. 

5.  A  medicin  for  Jealous  men,  with  the  triall  of 
a  wife vj*. 

[We  can  say  little  or 'nothing  regarding  any  of  these 
productions,  but  **  Dame  Coy,"  who  may  be  the  same  as 
**  Conscience  Coy,"  is  mentioned  in  several  comic  per- 
formances of  that  day,  and  considerably  earlier.] 

xxviij  July.  —  Henry  Kirkham.  Entred  for 
his  copie,  &c.  a  ballad  intituled^ TAe  Nightingale's 
good  night ",....     vj*. 

rPossibly  this  ballad  may  in  some  way  have  grown  out 
of  Robert  Greene's  PhUomela,  before  noticed;  but  it  was 
most  likely  a  merely  fanciful  efifusion  on  the  departure  of 
the  nightingale.] 

7  Angusti.  —  Abell  JeflTes.  Entred  for  his 
copie,  &c.  The  second  part  of  the  Defiance  to 
fortune vj"*. 

[In  1596  came  out  Anthony  Copley's  Pig  for  Fortune; 
but  that  entered  above  was  probably  a  different  poem. 
We  know  of  no  first  part  of  it,  even  from  the  entries  at 
Stationers*  HalL  Copley's  title  was  partly  founded  upon 
Lodge's  Satires,  &c,  published  in  the  preceding  3'ear,  A 
I\g  for  Momut,  Copley  was  a  very  poor  poet  in  all 
senses  of  the  word.] 

viij  August].  — Thomas  Scarlet.  Entred  for 
his  copie,  &c.  Le  Second  Livre  de  la  plaisante  et 
delectable  historic  de  Oarileon  Angleterr.  To  be 
translated  into  Englishe yj^ 

[We  are  not  acquainted  with  any  existing  translation 
of  this  Romance  of  Chivalry.    In  French  it  profeased  to 


9H  S.  1.  Mar.  29,  '62.3 


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be  rendered  from  the  Spanish  by  Estienne  de  Malson- 
neafre,  and  editions  are  known  of  it  in  1572,  1578,  and 
1»86.] 

J.  Fatmb  Collier. 


SUPERSTITION. 

In  the  ordinary  derivations  assigned  to  Ibis 
word,  there  is  something  that  fails  to  satisfy. 
Dr.  Johnson  offers  none,  beyond  a  reference  to 
the  Latin  superstitio,  Worcester  refers  it  to 
timerstes^  **  one  who  stands  by  ** ;  but  he  candidly 
•dmits  that  the  analogy  is  obscure,  unless  it  be 
that  ''the  force  of  the  word  lies  in  the  prefix 
9i^l}er,  implying  excess."  Hence  be  thinks  super- 
stition has  come  to  signify  an  '* excess  in  religion** ; 
but  an  excess  in  religion  is  more  aptly  expressed 
by  fanaticisnit  which  is  not  interchangeable  as  a 
i^onym  for  superstition.  Besides,  Aulus  Gel- 
lius  ha^  devoted  a  chapter  in  the  4th  book  of  his 
Nodes  AttictBf  to  prove  that  excess  in  religion 
was  expressed  by  the  word  religiosus ;  quoting  in 
evidence  the  line  — 

**  Religentem  esse  oportet :  religiosam  nefas." 

Again,  Dr.  Johnson  assumes  that  **fear**  is  an 
dement  of  superstition ;  and  in  support  of  this, 
he  quotes  Dry  den  :  — 

••  A  reverent y«ar, — such  snperstition  reigns 
Among  the  rude, — e*en  then  possessed  the  swains." 

The  French  definition  includes  equally  the  same 
idea  of  fear :  **  la  superstition  craint  ce  qu*elle 
devrait  aimer ;  et  n*&dore  que  ce  qu*elle  craint.** 
But  this  I  venture  to  think  arises  from  confound- 
ing the  Latin  term  super slitio  with  the  Greek 
word  8ct<n8cu/ioi'/a — which  in  our  version  of  the 
Kew  Testament  has  been  translated  "supersti- 
tion.** 

But  Z^uTihoiiiwla  (Acts,  XXV.  19),  from  8c(8«,  "to 
fear,**  and  laiyMv^  a  "  malignant  spirit,"  is  far  from 
being  the  equivalent  for  supersHUo.  Properly 
ipeaking  it  means,  not  the  worship  of  the  gods, 
but  a  "  terror  of  demons.**  In  this  latter  sense  it 
is  used  by  Plutarch  and  Theophrastus;  and  when 
St.  Paul  rebuked  the  Athenians  for  timidly  raising 
in  altar  to  deprecate  the  wrath  of  the  unknown 
Grod,  he  called  them  Zn<nhaiyLov9<rrfpovt  —  a  term 
even  more  forcible  than  "  demon- worshippers  ** ; 
and  for  which  the  word  "  superstitious  **  in  our 
version  is  the  feeblest  possible  rendering. 

It  may,  however,  be  stated  that  supersiUio  is 
essentially  a  Roman  word,  for  which  the  Greeks 
had  no  term  in  strict  philological  correspondence. 
We  may,  therefore,  confine  attention  to  the  Latin 
expression  alone ;  into  the  composition  of  which 
no  element  implying  **fear**  is  to  be  traced,  as 
Dr.  Johnson  would  appear  to  suppose. 

Superstes  means  literally  "  standing  over^^  and 
thence  it  has  come  to  signify  something  "  remain- 
ing** or  ''surviving"  iS'ter  some  signal  change, 


under  the  influence  of  which  it  might  naturally 
be  expected  to  have  become  extincU  Bearing  in 
mind  this  etymological  origin,  and  at  the  same 
time  regarding  the  word  "superstition**  in  the 
sense  which  it  has  borne  for  upwards  of  two 
thousand  years,  it  presents  a  pregnant  illustration 
of  the  truth  dwelt  on  by  Max  Miiller,  Dean 
Trench,  and  others :  that  words  are  the  exponents 
of  history^  and  that  language  preserves  in  its  drifts 
and  strata  the  most  authentic  data  on  which  to 
trace  the  transitional  periods  of  human  society. 

Nothing  in  connexion  with  the  civilisation  of 
mankind  is  susceptible  of  more  conclusive  demon- 
stration than  the  fact,  that  the  earliest  religion  of 
rude  nations  was  the  worship  of  the  elements  and 
of  the  awe-inspiring  phenomena  of  nature — it  was 
essentially  a  religion  of  fear.  In  course  of  time, 
mere  observation  and  experience  were  sufficient 
to  convert  this  into  the  belief  in  a  superintending 
Creator,  long  before  Revelation  had  made  known 
the  benevolent  system  of  divine  truth.  But 
the  process  was  essentially  gradual ;  and  at  every 
stage  society,  as  it  advanced  in  knowledge,  was 
enabled  to  look  back  upon  those  barbarous  sections 
who  still  lingered  behind  (supersiites)^  and  even 
to  discern  amongst  the  evidences  of  progress  the 
remnants  (superstUia)  of  that  ignorance  from 
which  the  most  advanced  had  not  wholly  emerged. 
These  traces  of  a  darker  age  necessarily  exhibited 
the  gloomy  character  of  the  era  of  fear,  to  which 
they  belonged :  and  hence  the  very  term  super' 
stition^  which  abstractedly  means  merely  the  "  sur- 
viving **  religious  relics  of  the  past,  came  to  imply 
at  the  same  time  the  tendency  to  credulity  and 
terror,  which  was  their  distinctive  characteristic. 

It  is  curious  to  trace  this  inherent  quality  of 
fear  in  the  definitions  and  illustrations  of  super- 
stitions which  are  presented  to  us  by  classical 
writers.  Cicero,  who  attempted  to  draw  the  line 
of  demarcation  between  it  and  religion,  says  that 
those  addicted  to  it  acquired  the  epithet  of 
"superstitious,**  from  the  trepidation  in  which 
they  passed  their  days  in  immolating  sacrifices  to 
deprecate  the  anser  of  the  gods,  and  induce  them 
to  spare  their  children  :  "  namque  totos  dies  pre- 
cabantur  et  immolabant  ut  sui  sibi  liberi  super- 
stites  essent,  superstitiosi  sunt  appellati."  This 
original  term,  Cicero  adds,  took  in  later  times  a 
wider  significance  :  those  who  worshipped  the 
gods  becomingly  being  termed  "  religiusi,  et  ita 
factum  est,  in  superstitioso  et  religioso  alterum 
vitii  nomen  alterum  laudes.**  (De  Natura  Deor,^ 
lib.  ii.  30.) 

Horace  speaks  of  the  melancholy  of  superstition  : 
"  tristi  superstitione  "  (Sat.  ii.  3.  79.)  And  Sta- 
tins describes  it  by  the  epithet  of  "  black."  (^Theb. 
Ivi.  11.) 

Associated  with  these  repulsive  recollections, 
were  suggestions  of  sorcery  and  iucantatioaa. 
Flautus  more  thaa  oiv^  ^«&X&  ^  ^vivsi^st^''  %n^v^x- 


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NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


L8^  &  L  Mar.  29,  *81 


Btitiosus"  {Amph,  Act  I.  Sc.  1,  167)  ;  and  by  "eu- 
pentiosa,*'  he  describes  a  witch  :  — 

**  Quid  si  isU  aut  saperstitiosa  ant  arlola  est  ?  '* 

Rmdentf  Act  IV.  Sc  4.  v.  95. 

Thus  it  admits  of  little  doubt  that  a  word, 
which  in  its  original  signification  meant  merely 
those  religious  delusions  which  '*  survived**  the 
influences  of  advancing  civilisation,  came  in  pro- 
cess of  time,  by  a  species  of  historic  metonymy,  to 
denote  the  stupified  ignorance,  the  unobiservant 
credulity,  and  the  unreasoning  awe,  by  which 
these  mental  errors  were  characterised. 

J.  Embsson  TnmBirr. 


ADDRESS  TO  THE  ELECTORS  OP  A  BOROUGH 
IN  THE  REIGN  OF  GEORGE  I. 

The  following  address  to  the  electora  of  the 
borough  of  Haverfordwest  in  1718,  in  the  hand- 
writing  of  Sir  John  Philips,  Bart.,  of  Picton  Cas- 
tle, was  found  a  few  days  ago  in  a  heap  of  rubbish 
at  the  Council  Chamber,  which  was  being  cleared 
out  preparatory  to  its  demolition.  The  addresa  is 
to  characteristic  of  the  great  and  good  man  from 
whom  it  emanated,  that  I  hope  you  may  deem  it 
worthy  of  preservation  in  the  pages  of  **N.  &  Q.'* 
Sir  John  rhilipps  was  the  fourth  baronet  of  Pic* 
ton  Castle,  and  represented  the  town  of  Pembroke, 
and  the  town  and  county  of  Haverfordwest  in 
several  successive  parliaments.  He  was  the  friend 
of  Sir  Isaac  Newton  and  Sir  Hans  Sloane,  the 
uncle  (by  marriage)  of  Sir  Robert  Walpole,  and 
the  patron  and  benefactor  of  Whitefield  the 
preacher,  to  whom  he  allowed,  forty  pounds  per 
annum  while  he  was  at  college.  Sir  John  was 
also  one  of  the  original  members  of  the  Fetter 
Lane  Society,  and  one  of  the  most  active  com- 
missioners for  building  the  fifty  new  churches  in 
and  about  the  city  of  London.  He  waa^also  a 
kind  friend  to  Mrs.  Anna  Williams,  the  blind  com- 
panion of  Dr.  Johnson.  Sir  Robert  Walpole  had 
great  reliance  on  the  judgment  and  integritv  of 
ir  John  Philipps,  and  frequently  consulted  him 
on  important  occasions.  Sir  John  died  at  his 
town  residence  in  Bartlett*s  Buildings,  on  Jan. 
5th,  1736,  aged  seventy-seven  :  -— 

"  London,  PebT  1, 17}f 
**  Gentlemen, 

"After  heartily  condolinn:  with  Ye  y*  loss  of  vonr  late 
worthy  R«ipreMntative  in  Parliament,  whose  sodaine  and 
unexpected  departure  may  give  us  all  a  quick  Empres-  i 
sion  of  our  great  Change,  I  beg  leave  to  ac(|aaint  Ye  that 
my  declining  for  several  years  past  to  offer  my  service  to 
my  Country  under  that  Character,  has  been  ill  resented 
by  many  of  my  Friends,  who  I  have  reason  to  believe  ' 
entertain  too  favourable  sentiments  of  me,  which  Ccnsi- 
deration  (however)  has  determined  me  to  give  Ye  this 
trouble,  and  to  request  the  honour  (if  I  may  be  thought  ' 
worthy  of  it)  to  supply  the  present  vacancy.    None  who  j 
are  well-wishers  to  their  Country  (as  I  trust  yon  all  are) 
will  oonceivt  a  pr^udica  to  me  for  avoiding  those  on* 


warrantable  methods  of  obUinlng  Favour  that  are  to 
commonly  put  in  practise  on  these  occasions,  a  mischitf 
which  this  Nation  has  long  suffered  under,  and  is  lamented 
by  all  wise  and  good  men,  as  what  in  time  (without  some 
better  Provision)  may  prove  hurtful  to  y*  Constitution. 
Gentlemen,  I  have  no  other  views  in  this  Adres^  thtn 
being  put  into  a  capacity  of  serving  j*  Publick,  and  your 
worthy  Corporation  in  particular,  after  y*  most  effeetaal 
manner  1  am  able :  But  if  you  have  cast  your  Eyei  on 
any  other  Gentleman  whom  you  may  iudge  more  fit  and 
likely  to  answer  those  purpose^  I  shall  moat  readily  con- 
cur with  Y«  in  the  Choice,  forbearing  any  further  ri«f» 
that  may  give  occasion  for  divtoions  (y«  worst  of  evili) 
among  You. 

**  Earnestly  begging  God  so  to  direct  Y«  in  this  Affair 
that  TOur  Election  (on  whomsoever  it  falls)  may  be 
Unanimous, 

'*  I  am.  Gentlemen, 
**  Your  most  obedient  and  faithful  hnmble  Servut, 

**  JOHX  PHiuprs.*' 

As  a  pendant  to  the  foregoing  address,  I  annex 
the  following;  extract  from  the  MS.  Diary  of  Sir 
Erasmus  Philipps,  Bart. :  — 

•*  17}J,  Jany  80.  Died  John  Barlow  of  Lawrenny,  Esq", 
Member  of  Parliament  for  Haverfbrdwest,  at  London ;  in 
whose  room  on, 

••1718.  May  7.  My  Father  (then  in  London)  wt< 
elected  Member,  without  opposition :  Cos"*  W<»  Philipps  of 
Hill  personated  him  on  y*  occasion." 

JoHH  Payih  Philupps. 

Haverfordwest 


ARCHBISHOP  LEIGHTON  AND  THE  OLD 

BRIDGE  OF  GLASGOW. 

I 

The  letter  of  Archbishop  Leighton,  No.  viii. 

(8*^  S.  i.  123}  serves  to  confirm  a  fact  in  the 

history  of  the  old  bridge  of  Glasgow.    In  writing 

"  To  my  Lord  Commissioner  His  Grace,**  he  says, 

''The damage  that  is  lately  befallen  the  town  ofGlssco, 
and  indeed  the  whole  country  round  about,  by  the  fall  of 
part  of  their  bridge,  I  believe  yo''  Grace  will  have  notice 
of  (torn  better  hands,  and  will,  I  doubt  not,  fkvour  them 
in  the  procurement  of  any  fit  way  of  assistance  towards 
the  repairing  it  that  shall  be  suggesled,  for  it  will  be  very 
expensive,  and  the  town  will  not  be  able  to  bear  it  alone, 
though  they  be  called  richer  than  some  other  corpora- 
tions here ;  as  y*  noise  of  most  revenues,  publick  and  per- 
sonal, in  common  report  does  nsaally  far  exceed  their 
just  value.** 

The  accident  referred  to,  and  which  may  also 
help  to  gire  a  date  to  the  Archbishop's  letter,  oc* 
curred  m  the  year  1671.  One  of  our  historians 
(Cleland,  i.  21,  70),  mentions,  among  other  par- 
ticulars, 

**  The  sonthmost  arch  h\\  at  noon  of  the  day  on  which 
Glasffow  fair  is  held,  and  although  the  concourse  of 
people  passing  and  repassing  at  the  time  must  have  been 
very  great,  it  is  recorded  that  no  person  received  injury.** 

The  accident  happened  on  a  Wednesday  about 
the  middle  of  July,  the  month  of  the  celebration 
of  the  annual  fair. 

It  may  be  stated  in  our  reminiscences  of  an  old 
public  servant  now  no  more,  that  the  atmcture 
was  bailt  in  1845,  by  WiUtam  Bae,  bishop  of 


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NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


246 


Glasgow,  across  the  Clyde,  connecting];  wbat  is 
nresentljr  Stock  well  Street  with  the  Barony  of 
Gorbals.  It  consisted  o(  eight  arches  of  stone,  of 
plain  architecture,  and  so  substantial  that  for 
three  hundred  years  it  roquired  no  material  re- 
pair. The  fallen  arch  was  built  with  all  conve* 
nient  speed,  but  whether  at  the  expense  of  the 
dty  corporation,  or  through  **  assistance  **  gi^ea 
bv  government,  on  the  representation  of  the  con- 
ndenUe  Archbishop,  seems  unknown.  The  **  dam- 
age** was,  **  indeed,**  a  calamity  to  **  the  whole 
country  round  about,"  as  in  1671  the  bridge 
formed  the  only  source  of  communication  between 
the  north  and  south  sides  of  the  city,  and  the  sur- 
rounding villages  and  towns.  At  that  time  the 
city  population  may  be  reckoned  at  about  14,000 
souls.  The  bridge  subsequently  received  succes- 
live  alterations  and  improvements,  but  having  in 
later  periods  become  unfit  to  meet  the  wants  of 
nearly  400,000  inhabitants,  an  act  of  parliament 
was  obtained  in  1845,  and  afterwanis  a  new 
granite  bridge  erected  in  its  stead,  one  of  the  most 
elezant  and  commodious  in  Europe. 

The  remainder  of  the  Archbishop's  letter  from 
which  we  have  quoted,  alludes  to  another  affair, 
in  which  he  had  taken  considerable  interest,  viz., 
the  election  of  a  chief  magistrate  or  provost  for 
the  city.  It  cannot  but  be  admired  the  delicacy  and 
conscientiousness  with  which  he  reports  the  cir- 
cumstance to  the  commissioner.  About  that  time 
ffovemment  occasionally  thought  proper  to  inter- 
fere in  such  elections,  and  had  there  been  always 
a  judicious  functionary  like  the  Archbishop  to 
"intermeddle  with**  and  advise  on  these  municipal 
matters,  who  had  studied  both  his  own  and  the 
eity*8  peace  and  prosperity,  it  is  to  be  presumed 
we  should  have  seen  fewer  cabals  and  stretches  of 
royal  power  than  what  appears  on  her  annals.  It 
is  not  improbable  that  the  Provost  recommended 
was  William  Anderson,  who  filled  that  office  from 
years  1664  to  1666  inclusive,  and  again  from  years 
1668  to  1673,  also  inclusive.  We  have  no  account 
of  his  character,  public,  or  private,  except  what 
mav  be  inferred  from  the  Archbishop^s  statement 
of  his  great  competency  for  the  office ;  and  I  think 
there  is  some  reason  to  conclude  that  he  had  been 
originally  a  government  nominee,  and  a  supporter 
both  of  it  and  of  episcopacy ;  nt  all  events  he  had 
been  a  favourite  with  the  Archbiithop,  and  popular 
with  the  citizens ;  and  his  qualifications  had  stood 
the  test,  seeing  that  he  had  so  frequently  attained 
that  high  honour.  G.  N. 


Sfiinat  fittta. 

CuTmro  OFF  with  a  Shilumg. — There  is 
probably  not  to  be  found  in  any  reports  of  the 
jndgments  of  courts  of  law  a  more  striking  in- 
UnEUBe  of  bad  feeling  by  a  father  to  a  son  than  in 


the  Scotch  case  of  Ross  v,  Ross,  decided  by  the 
Court  of  Session  on  2nd  March,  1 770,  and  noticed 
in  Baron  llume*s  Collection  of  Deeuiotu,  p.  881. 

Alexander  Ross,  solicitor,  in  London,  made  a 
will  in  1748,  by  which  he  tried  to  disinherit  his 
only  son  David  (who  it  may  be  noticed  was  the 
first  patentee  of  the  Edinburgh  Theatre  Royal). 
As  if  it  had  not  been  enough  to  take  such  a  step, 
he  added  insult  to  injury,  by  giving  the  son  a 
legacy  of  *'  one  shilling  to  be  paid  him  yearly  on 
his  birth-day,  to  remind  him  of  his  misfortune  in 
having  come  into  the  world.**  The  animosity 
which  could  dictate  this  is  revolting,  and  very 
likely  unparalleled ;  but  it  is  agreeable  to  know 
that,  owing  to  its  informality,  the  will  was  held 
to  be  ineffectual,  and  the  son  got  full  right  to  all 
of  which  his  father  wished  to  deprive  him.  G. 

Edinburgh. 

Not  too  good  to  bb  Tbub. — People  are  apt 
to  believe  that  a  smart  saying  or  a  ready  retort 
was  not  a  real  occurrence ;  it  was  made  up,  it  is 
too  good  to  be  true,  &c  Perhaps  there  is  no 
story  which  would  be  held  more  intrinsically  de- 
niable than  that  of  the  tobacconist  who  adopted 
^ Quid  rides  f*  for  the  motto  on  his  .carriage.  A 
friend,  whose  vears  it  will  be  seen  are  many,  has 
given  me  the  following  note :  — 

««  Jacob  Brandon  was  a  tobacco  broker  in  the  last  cen- 
tury, a  remarkable  man  in  his  way,  supposed  to  be 
rich,  a  sood  companion,  and  extravagant  in  his  ex- 
penses.  Before  the  year  1800  I  saw  a  chariot  in  Cheap- 
side  with  a  coat  of  arms,  or  rather  a  shield  bearing  a 
band  [sample]  of  tobacco  and  a  motto,  ^Quid  ride$  t  *  It 
was  an  old  carriage,  and  at  the  time  belonged  to  a  Job 
master ;  so  the  driver  told  a  person  who  was  carious  to 
know  what  the  arms  meant.  It  was  this  man*s  cariosity 
that  caused  my  noticing  the  arms.  Mentioning  the  cir- 
camstance  in  my  fathers  presence,  he  said  it  was  Bran- 
don*s  old  carriage.  He  bad  become  goaty  and  coald  not 
walk :  he  bought  the  carriage,  had  it  new  painted,  and 
was  asked  for  his  anna.  This  required  consideration. 
Some  thought  Brandon  was  a  Jew,  or  of  Jewiah  extrac* 
tion;  be  this  as  it  may,  he  loved  a  joke,  and  cared  little 
about  armorial  bearings.  He  was  telling  a  party  in 
Lloyd's  Coffee  Hoose  about  his  new  carriage,  and  that  hs 
had'  determined  to  have  a  tjfwUfol  of  his  profession  on  it, 
but  that  he  wanted  a  motto.  A  well-known  member  ef 
Lloj'd's,  a  wit,  and  as  I  afterwards  found  oot,  a  curious 
reader,  suggested  *  Quid  rideit*  which  was  forthwith 
adopteid.  This  was  Uarry  Calender i  1  knew  him  well: 
he  died  within  the  present  century.  I  have  found  that 
some  of  his  witty  stories  about  living  persons  were  taken 
from  old  books.  My  father  knew  Brandon  well,  and 
employed  him.  Now  as  to  *  Quid  rides  t '  being  proposed 
by  some  Irish  wit  as  a  motto  for  Lucdy  Foot  of  Dublin, 
famous  for  a  particolai;  snuff:  I  have  heard  something 
of  the  history  and  habits  of  Lundv  Foot  He  had  no 
carriage  with  arms  on  it.  His  snudf  is  still  sold  with  its 
distingubhing  wrapper  and  stamp,  but  no  *  Quid  rides? * 
— which  would  certainly  have  been  perpetuated  if  it  had 
aver  been  adopted  by  the  manufacturer  of  the  snuff." 

I  hope  this  anecdote  will  give  the  zest  of  pos- 
sible truth  to  many  other  things  of  the  same  kind. 

A.  Dm  MoEOAV. 


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NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


ti^  a  L  UA^is,  vi. 


Snaui-iB  BiLioioDs  Cusrom  at  Naples.  — 
Mr.  Slack,  one  of  the  vacation  tourists,  nhose 
Noiei  ofTraetl  in  1S60  contribute  to  form  bo 
Agreeable  a  volume,  in  describing  what  tie  Mvi 
on  Ihe  liqueraction  of  tbc  blood  of  S.  Gennnro, 
abierves,  that "  stntnge  to  say,  a  number  of  birdi 
were  let  lonee,  wtiich  the  spectatorB  bad  brought 
vith  them  for  the  purpose, '  and  appends  a  note, 
which  aeema  worth  traasferring  into  the  pages  of 
"N.A  Q.":  — 

*■  Tbii  I  aftcrnnla  Iciroed  i>  the  cnilom  at  all  tbe 
great  hatirala  of  IhaCliarch,  and  ajmbolises  ttis  bodI'i 

5 ay  when  dslivered  rrom  the  sini  aod  lorrowi  of  nrlh. 
1 1*  1  literal  ranJerlag  of  ibal  piuigs  ia  tbe  Pulms: 
"  Uy  uul  is  CK^iped  as  a  bird  out  of  tlie  gnaru  of  lUe 
fowifr.  The  anate  is  brokeo,  and  wa  are  dcliveted."— 
P.  64.  nola. 

E.  H.  A. 
Marginal  Notes, — 

H  Contra  vim  morliB  non  Git  medicamea  in  hacll]." 

"  Car  iDDadna  milltat  mb  Tana  e'^'u. 

CujuB  pioBperitai  est  transiioria  ? '" 

"  Valpea  valt  A-audeni,  Inpus  a^oLn,  fcEjmna  laadem.^* 

"  DiviCibui  est  raro  sanctiBcata  caro." 

Docut  potatt 


Hoc  to 


it  iDcdiciai." 


lagalai 
valet  cBi 


"  MenUri  vei 

"  Sunt  tria  mala  domus,  imbcr,  mala  (asmina,  rnmui," 

A.  E.  L. 

Observance  of  Chbistmab  Dai  rsOKii  thb 

CoMHOK WEALTH. — Tti  the  Diary  and  Correipand- 

tncc  of  John   Evelyn,  under   date   of  the   2Sth 

December,  1632,  the  learned  diarist  writes :  — 

"Cbrislmaa    Day.   no  aerman   anywbero.    no    rbnci;h 
1»ing  peimitltd  lu'tio  Dpsn,  «>  obsucreiJ  it  at  borne." 
Under  the  same  date  in   1633,  he  renews  this 


It  would  seem,  however,  that  notwithstanding 
the  offbrts  of  the  Puritan  leaders  to  strike  out 
Chriatmas  Day  from  the  Christian  Calendar,  tbut 
they  succeeded  but  badly,  for  we  find  the  fol- 
lowing debate  taking  place  on  tbe  2Sth  December, 
1636,  in  Cromwell's  Parliament  r  — 

"CoL  Malthcwa:  'Tbg  Houie  is  Ibin,  mncb,  I  bi-liere, 
oceaalaaed  by  obMfvation  of  ihii  day.  I  bave  a  ibort 
Bill  to  prevaot  thx  aDperstitloii  for  the  future.  I  diaire  it 
tabe  read.'— Mr,  Koblnson  :  'Iconldsst  no  rest  all  night 
for  tbe  preparaliDQ  nf  Ibia  footish  ila/a  aolemnity.  Thia 
lenderi  us  In  Ifaa  lycs  of  tbo  people  Id  be  profane.  We 
are,  I  doubl,  relaraing  to  Faperv.'  —  Major-Generat 
Packer,  wilb  others,  tlioaghC  tbe  &i11  '  ndl- limed, ' — 
'  You  tee  bow  the  people  keep  up  these  auperslilions  lo 
your  face,  slr^cLer  in  mjny  places  than  they  do  Ibe  Lord's 
day.  One  may  paaa  from  the  Tower  lo  Westminster, 
and  not  a  shop  op«n  nor  acrealure  stirring.'"— AhMoh's 
Diary. 

D.  M.  Stevbhs. 


on  primary  colours,  delivered  by  Professor  Max- 
well, at  the  Royal  Institution,  in  which  the  writer 
describes,  amongst  other  experiments,  that,  by 
which  the  professor  showed  that  green  must  be  a 
primary  colour,  because,  when  tbe  colours  blue, 
red,  and  green  were  thrown,  by  magic  lanterns, 
into  combination,  the  union  of  red  and  green 
produced  yellow.  Now  it  ocoun  to  me,  that  this 
very  experiment  suggests  quite  a  contrary  opinioa. 
The  professor  seems  to  have  taken  it  for  granted 
that  red,  in  this  experiment,  wu  a  productive, 
instead  of  an  eliminating  ugent. 

Red,  in  the  present  instance,  rejected  a  com- 
bination with  a  pseudo.  primary,  like  green,  and 
claimed  its  yellow  compcment,  while  the  blue 
component  part  of  tbe  same  colour  (green),  being 
absorbed  by  the  blue  of  the  new  primaries,  the 
true  primary  triad  of  red -blue -yellow  was  re- 
stored, and  its  integrity  vindicated. 

Yellow  was  thus  shown  not  to  have  been  the 
product  of  red  and  green,  but  one  of  the  primary 
component  parli  of  green,  Bct  free  by  rea,  which 
claimed  a  relationship  to  it  as  one  of  the  three 
primaries,  and  rejected  an  alliance  with  the  new 
colour,  green.  SrAL. 

Trk  Cahbl  an  HiEROOi.iFHtc.  —  In  a  lately 
published  report  of  the  Proceeding!  of  iJie  Sj/rti-  • 
Egyptian  Society  it  is  said,  thuc  the  camel  is 
nowhere  represented  in  any  of  the  hieroglyphic 
writings,  pictures,  or  sculptures,  that  have  come 
down  to  our  time  ;  and  tbe  same  statement  is  to 
be  found  in  many  books  on  the  History  and  Anti- 
quities of  Ejiypt.  This  la  an  error.  The  aamcl  is 
hieroglypbically  represented  on  the  pylon  of  the 
Temple  of  Edfou,  a  few  feet  west  of  the  gateway. 
and  ulroo9t  on  a  level  with  the  eye. 

This  Temple  is  of  recent  dato  (the  reisn  of 
Ptolemy  Philoiiieter) ;  and  as  the  animal  ha« 
hitherto  escaped  observation  here,  it  may  perbsps 
be  found  sculptured  on  buildings  of  an  enrlier 
period.  C  J,  P. 


KKSSEDV  FAMILY. 

Wlio  were  the  Kennedies  of  Hallsitbs,  men- 
tioned  frequently  in  Scotch  InguitiHniie*  of  the 
Seventeenlii  Century  F  Halliiiths,  formerly  in  the 
poseesaion  of  this  family,  is  in  the  neighbourhood 
of  Dumfries.  Any  particulnrs  concerning  them 
are  requested. 

What  is  known  of  "  Herbert,  or  Halbert  Ken- 
nedy," who  was  Professor  of  floral  Philosophy  at 
Aberdeen  or  Eilinburgh  in  the  latter  bftlf  of  tbe 
seventeeiiih  century  P 

Sir  B.  Burke,  in  his  Peerage,  under  tbe  Allss 
family,  says  that  Sir  Thouins  K.  of  CuUean 
(CulreanF)  temp.  James  VI.,  had  three  son^  of 
whom  the  youngest,  Sir  Alex.  K.  of  Cullean, 


«r*  &  I  Mah.  M,  'fiS.] 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


247 


twntually  carried  on  the  line  of  the  family.  No 
mention  is  made  of  the  two  elder  sons  by  name, 
nor  indeed  is  it  said  whether  they  ever  married, 
or  what  became  of  them.  I  want  to  find  out 
their  names ;  what  became  of  them ;  and  if  they 
were  really  the  elder  sons. 

Sir  B.  Burke,  in  another  place,  speaks  of 
"Alexander  K.  of  Craigoch  and  Kilhenzic,** 
and  says  that  he  was  father  of  *'  Alex.  K.,**  whose 
son  '*  Archibald  **  succeeded  as  eleventh  Earl  of 
Cassilis ;  but  no  mention  is  made  of  *'  Kilhenzie's** 
dausrhter,  Marion  Kennedy  *,  who  was  married 
to  John  Shaw,  of  Sornbeg,  and  has  descendants 
still  living.    Whence  this  omission  ? 

Sir  Archibald  Kennedy,  first  Bart,  ("of  Nova 

Scotia),  1682,  was  succeeded  by  his  son  Sir  John 

Kennedy,  second  Bart.,  who  had  **no  less  than 

twenty   children   by   his  wife  Jnne   Douglas   of 

Mains  *'  (vide  Burke).    I  have  been  much  puzzled 

to  know  what  became  of  these  twenty  children. 

Bnrke  only  mentions  three  brothers ;  of  the  other 

seventeen  children  he  says  nothing:  1.  Sir  John, 

who  succeeded   as  third  Bart. ;  2.  His  brother, . 

Sir  Thomas,  who  succeeded  as  fourth  Bart.,  and 

afterwards  came  into  the  title  of  the  ninth  Earl  of 

Cassilis ;  3.  David,  who  succeeded  his  brother  as 

tenth  Earl,  **  at  whose  decease,  in  1792,  without 

issue,  this  branch  became  extinct^**  and  the  honours 

deyolved  upon  Archibald,  the  grandson  of  Alex. 

Kennedy,  of  Kilhenzie,  who  succeeded  as  eleventh 

J<}arl  of  Cassilis.     What !  out  of  twenty  children 

Tras  no  descendant  left  in  the  next  generation  ? 

^s  this  a  proveable  fact  ?   Where  can  I  see  a  re- 

|3ort  of  the  proceedings  in  the  House  of  Lords, 

27  Jan.  1762,  when  the  earldom  was  confirmed  to 

JBir  Thomas  Kennedy,  fourth  Bart  of  Cullean  ? 

And  can  any  of  your  readers  inform  me  if  any, 
^nd  what,  proofs  were  brought  forward  by  Archi- 
bald Kennedy,  who  succeeded  as  eleventh  Earl, 
"^o  establish  his  claim  to  the  earldom?  Was  it 
proved  that  there  then  existed  no  better  right 
^han  his  own  ?  Chbssborouoh  Harbebton. 

Totnes,  Devon. 


ORIENTATION. 

The  annexed  extracts  have  an  important  bear- 
ing on  the  interesting  subject  of  orientation  :  — 

**  Yitravius,  lib.  iv.  ciip.  5.  ita  de  Mcraram  sedium  situ 
sive  positn  scribit.  *  ^Edes  sacrte  Deorum  immortaliam 
«ic  erunt  constituendie,  ut  si  nulla  ratio  impedierit,  libera- 
qae  poteMas  fuerit,  sedis  signiim  quod  erit  in  cella  collo- 
catum  apectfit  ad  veflpertinam  cceli  regionem,  uti  qui 
adierint  ad  aram  imraolantes  aut  sacrificia  facientcs  spec- 
tent  ad  partem  coeli  orientis  et  simalacrum  quod  erit  in 
cde,  et  ita  vota  suscipientes  contueantur  asdem  et  orien- 

*  Marion  Kennedy,  daughter  of  **  Kilhenzie."  was 
great-great- great-grand -aunt  to  the  present  Idarquis  of 
Ailta,  and  therefore  her  ffreat-great-great-grandaon,  now 
living,  ia  his  Lordship's  Ifth  cousin. 


tern  coeli,  ipsaque  simulacra  videantur  exorientia  *  (vide- 
tur  omnino  legendum  *exoriente') '  contueriaupplicantes 
et  flacrificaotes,  quod  eras  omnea  Deorum  necesse  esse 
videantur  ad  orientem  spectare.'  Contraria  ratio  in 
Templo  Dei  fuit  observata,  porta  enim  ejus  obversa  fnit 
orienti,  et  portie  illi  opposite  fuit  ara,  ita  nt  qui  ad  aram 
sacrificabant  vel  suppHcabant  aedem  contnentes  ad  occi- 
dentalem  cocli  obverterentur  eamque  spectent  .... 
Pontificii  et  qui  primt  Christianorum  scdes  sacras  ita 
coDstituerunt  ut  et  populus  orans  et  qui  ad  eras  sacra 
peragit  sacerdos  obvertatur  ad  orientem  coeli  regionem, 
videntur  consulto  contrarie  Judsorum  consuetudini  qui  ad 
occidentem  conversi  adorabant,  sed  sic  imprudentes  Eth- 
nicorummori  sese  conforraarunt." — Villulpandi  et  CapelR 
Templi  Hieros.  Delineatio,  p.  20.  prefixed  to  vol,  i.  of  13p. 
Walton*a  Polyglot^  London,  1656. 

**  There  were,  however,  some  circumstances  not  under 
the  control  of  the  Christians,  which  produced  other  modi- 
fications in  the  forms  and  details  of  churches;  such  in- 
deed as  would  overthrow  all  our  reasoning,  if  it  were 
fair  to  bring  them  into  question  at  all. .  .  Of  the  circum- 
stances to  which  I  allude,  the  most  frequent,  and  in  its 
effects  on  church  architecture,  the  most  lamentable,  was 
the  conversion  of  heathen  temples  Into  churches  .... 
To  this  cause  we  may  trace  some  of  the  anomalies  in  the 
churches  of  Rome;  as,  for  instance,  that  beinff  built 
originally  for  a  worship  which  did  not  respect  the  east 
as  the  point  towards  which  we  should  pray,  the  temples, 
and  consequently  the  churches  into  which  they  were  con- 
verted, are  not  arranged  in  a  distinctively  Christian 
manner  in  this  respect;  a  fault  which  is  very  common 
in  the  modem  Romish  places  of  worship  in  this  king- 
dom."— Churches;  their  Stiucturef  §fv.,  by  Rev.  6.  A. 
Poole.    London,  1850,  p.  24. 

The  remarkable  discrepancy  between  the  above 
statements  need  not  be  pointed  out.  Allow  me, 
therefore,  to  ask  merely,  — 

1.  Do  the  existing  remains  of  Greek  and  Ro- 
man temples  indicate  that  this  orientation  was 
usually  observed  ? 

2.  Which  of  the  churches  at  Rome  illustrate 
Mr.  Poolers  remarks  on  the  conversion  of  templet 
into  churches  ? 

3.  What  rule  appears  to  have  been  observed  in 
the  churches  and  chapels  built  in  modern  times 
by  Romanists  ?  Quidam. 

A  Babtlohian  Prtivcess. — In  1844  was  pub- 
lished in  London,  by  Henry  Colburn,  Memoirs  of 
a  Babylonian  Princefs^  written  by  Herself.  Maria 
Theresa  Asmar,  the  daughter  oPa  Christian  Emir, 
who  had  large  possessions  at  Bagdad,  Nineveh, 
and  Babylon.  Can  anyone  give  me  an  account  of 
her  subsequent  career?  She  appears  to  have 
travelled  ail  the  East,  and  all  Europe ;  and  at  the 
date  stated,  was  about  thirty-six  years  of  age.* 

S.  Redmond. 

[•In  the  following  year  Hatchard  &  Son  published 
another  work  by  this  Princess,  who  was  then  residing  at 
No.  21,  King  Street,  Portman  Square,  namely,  Prophecy 
and  Lamentation  ;  or,  a  Voice  from  the  East.  An  Appeal 
to  the  Women  of  England,  on  the  Regeneration  of  the 
East,  &c  Dedicated,  by  special  permission,  to  Her 
Majest}-,  8vo.  1845.  With  a  portrait  of  the  Princess.-— 
Ed.] 


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NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


[8»i  S.  L  Has.  29,  *ef . 


Cltvical  Lsctubbs  : '  Kino  op  Spain.  —  A 
Treatise  on  Fractures  and  Gun-shot  Wounds,  by 
W.  Clancey,  M.D.,  London,  1768,  contains  what 
was  then  known  and  practised,  set  forth  in  a  plain 
and  unassuming  style.  The  short  Preface  rather 
affects  learning,  and  ^ves  no  references.  In  it 
we  are  told  that  '*  clinical  lectures  are  at  least  as 
old  as  Vespasian.**  And  those  who  seek  out-of- 
the-way  remedies,  are  compared  to  the  King  of 
Spain,  who  lost  land  by  looking  too  much  at  the 
sky.    Which  Kbg  P    And  what  clinical  lecturer  P 

M.  R.  C.  S. 

Congers  and  Macksbbl.  —  In  the  Year  Book, 
Trin.  18.  Edw.  II.  p.  619,  there  is  reported  a  case 
of  Q^o  Warranto  broueht  against  an  abbot  who 
was  lord  of  part  of  an  island,  to  ascertain  on  what 
ground  he  claimed  to  have  for  every  thousand  of 
mackerel  l^d.  from  his  franc-tenants  who  fished 
on  the  sea.  The  abbot  pleaded  that  from  time 
beyond  the  memory  of  roan,  down  to  the  reign  of 
King  Henry  III.  he  and  his  predecessors  had  been 
entitled  to  have  \%d,  for  every  hundred  of  congers 
taken  within  the  franchise,  rendering  to  the  king 
80  much  a  year  for  the  fishery ;  and  that  in  the 
time  of  the  same  king,  there  was  in  those  parts  a 
failure  of  congers,  and  an  abundance  of  mackerel, 
by  reason  whereof  the  king  ordained  throughout 
this  lordship  that  they  might  fish  mackerel,  re- 
serving to  himself,  &c.  The  defence,  in  effect, 
amounted  to  this,  that  the  king  having  within  his 
own  lordships  changed  the  franchise  from  congers 
to  mackerel,  the  abbot  had  done  the  like.  The 
case  appears  to  have  gone  off  upon  a  point  of  law; 
but  what  I  wish  to  draw  attention  to  is  the 
point  of  natural  history,  that  at  some  time  in  the 
reign  of  Henry  III.  the  fislierv  of  congers  failed 
in  the  waters  round  a  certain  island  (not  named), 
and  was  replaced  by  an  abundance  of  mackerel. 
Can  any  further  inlormation  be  given  upon  this 
point  P  Aavibb. 

DuNWELL  AND  Trillet.  —  I  havc  a  miniature 
in  oils,  which  appears  from  papers  found  in  the 
case  with  it,  to  be  the  portrait  of  Joseph  Dun- 
well,  Esq. ;  and  to  have  been  painted  by  P.  Trillet 
in  the  j^ear  1759|  or  1760.  I  should  be  obliged 
by  any  information  respecting  the  subject,  or  the 
artist.  N.  B. 

Eastbb  AND  Wbitsuntidb  Viands.  —  Baked 
custard  is  eaten  at  Easter  in  Norfolk,  and  cheese- 
cakes at  Whitsuntide.  Is  the  custom  known  in 
other  counties,  and  what  is  its  origin  ?         Cuber. 

Embalminq  the  Dead. — Is  this  still  practised 
professionally,  except  occasionally  in  royal  oboe* 
quifS,  and  by  whom  P  By  surgeons  or  under* 
takers  P  In  the  year  1684,  it  was  certainly  a 
department  of  the  latter  trade ;  witness  the  follow- 
ing advertisement  taken  from  the  London  Gazette 
of  Aug,  1 8,  of  that  year :  — 


*<  William  Rassel,  coffin-maker,  who  hath  tht  art  of 
preserving  dead  bodies  without  embowelling,  sear-doth- 
ing,  cutting,  or  mangling  any  part  thereof,  and  hath 
used  it  to  the  great  satisfaction  of  those  honourable  per- 
sons by  whom  he  hath  been  employed,  lives  at  the  si^ 
of  the  Four  Coffins  in  Fleet  Street  'Coffins  ready-made, 
and  the  body  preserved  for  five  pounds." 

Abbacadabea. 

Family  Rbgistbbs. — Will  any  reader  of  "N. 
&  Q.**  inform  me  the  best  manner  of  forming 
family  registers  for  births,  marriages,  and  deaths, 
and  tell  me  where  I  can  obtain  books  best  suited 
for  the  purpose  ?  James  Key. 

Balham,  Surrey. 

Foundation  Stones  of  Chubghes.  —  A  query 
was  inserted  in  ''  N.  &  Q."  (1*'  S.  v.  585),  whi<4 
has  never  elicited  a  satisfactory  reply.  The  querist 
(Mb.  Allcbopt)  is  unknown  to  me,  but  he  and 
the  Editor  will  probably  permit  me  to  repeat  the 
question,  in  the  hope  of  a  more  favourable  result 
**  When  did  the  laying  of  foundation  stones  first 
become  a  ceremony  P  What  old  foundation  atones 
have  been  restored  to  light,  showing  (whether  by 
inscriptions  or  coins)  the  date  of  laying  and  the 
accessories  used,  such  as  oil,  corn,  wine,  &cP'* 
To  this  query  I  would  add  the  following  on  my 
own  behalf:  Where  was,  in  Saxon  or  Roman 
times,  the  usual  position  of  the  foundation  stone, 
at  the  east  or  west  end  of  the  church  ?  An  early 
reply  to  these  questions  from  some  competent 
authority  would  aid  me  considerably  in  a  present 
difficulty,  and  no  doubt  be  acceptable  information 
to  many  other  readers  of  ^'  N.  &  Q.** 

T.  Hughes. 

Chester. 

"  Gustayides  ; "  Ben  Jonson.  —  In  an  account 

of  Columbia  College  Library  (New  York,  1 861), 

I  find  at  the  close  the  following  remark :  — 

**  But  the  greatest  curiosity  of  the  kind  we  have  kept 
for  the  last:  it  is  the  nignature  of '  Benj.  Jonaonij/  in 
a  remarkably  rare  bonk,  of  which  no  scholar  or  book, 
bibli<i|3(raphical  or  historical,  can  thus  far  give  us  any 
inkling.  It  is  an  heroic  Latin  poem,  Giuloofdes,  an  eulo- 
frium  in  verse  on  the  Acts  and  Character  of  the  lAan  of 
the  NortK  by  Clemens  Wenoeslaus,  printed  at  Leyden, 
1681,  —  the  year  of  the  battle  of  Lutzen,  in  which  Gus- 
tavus  fell.  Can  this  old  vellum-bound  curiosity  of  liter- 
ature have  been  owned  by  *  Rare  Ben,*  or  by.  some 
ordinary  Benjamin?  No  competent  judge  to  whom  we 
have  ehuwo  it  doubts  the  K^^nuineness  c^  the  autograph 
as  that  of  the  great  dramatist." 

Can  any  of  your  readers  give  me  an  account  of 

this  book,  and  answer  the  query  of  the  writer  ? 

J.  C.  Lindsay. 
6t  Paul,  Minnesota. 

Bisnop  HoBNB  AND  THE  Gbfat  Mastbbs. — In 
Lectures  on  the  Gospel  of  St  Matthew,  by  Bishop 
Home,  the  prelate  remarks  that  he  ^  cannot  learn 
that  any  great  maater  has  ever  yet  selected  the 
incident  of  our  Lord*s  turning  and  looking  upon 
Peter  m  the  subject  of  a  pietore  •  •  •  Wluit  eff«ot 


!•«  a  L  Hut.  it,  -61.} 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


249 


tlwt  look  mtut  bive  had  on  the  heart  aiul  the 
covntensnce  of  Peter,  evenr  one  mar  perbapi  in 
■OHM  degree  conceive ;  but  it  ia  utlerly  impMiiblt 
for  wiy  worde  to  describe,  or,  I  belicTe,  even  for 
tbe  pencil  of  a  Guido  to  expresa." 

Is  the  Bbhop  correct  iu  ihinlciD;;  tbat  tho  in- 
cident alluded  to  bss  never  been  Klected  by  any 
great  majter  ?  J.  Macray. 

"  Tub  HisTOBr  of  thk  Eincs  op  Scotlikd.'' 
— There  now  ties  open  before  nie  a  4to.  vkIuiqg 
of  about  200  pages,  "by  an  Imparllfil  iHund," 
entitled  The  Hiaiury  of  the  Lieei  and  Reignt  of 
(he  Kings  nf  ScoUaud,  &c.,  and  publiabijii  in 
Dublin  in  the  year  1722.  Can  you  oblifre  me 
with  the  author's  napie  f  An  Aecanni  of  the  Rf- 
UOiim  in  ScotUmd  in  the  Year  i7l5,  and  A  De- 
Kriptioa  of  ffie  Kingdom  of  Scotland,  and  Iha  Iilet 
Ottreimlo  belonging,  have  been  appended. 

HutoBicAL  Alluiiom.  —  A  writer  in  a  weekly 
periodical,  spenkliig  of  the  advantages  to  mankind. 
in  general  from  sceptics  (in  the  true  saate  of  the 
.ord),«,.:- 

"To  whom  do  VB  owe  it  that  oar  yoiing  men  ara  not 
DO*  caltad  upon  to  declare  tbit  it  ii  fiiie  anil  in 
uy  tbat  a  iTOinan  may  ccmteiid  again*!  a  king? 

This  I  apprehend  must  refer  to  some  ent 
in  the  reign  of  King  Henry  VIII.,  but  I  cannot 
find  aavone  who  can  inform  me  nbuut  it.  Con 
any  of  your  readers  assist  me  ?  E.  D.  H. 

jAdCBUHB    or    IlilNADLT    (2"*  S.    31.218.)  — 

Would  Mb.  H.  D'Avenby  have  the  kindness  to 
inform  me  whether  I  gather  corrccll;^  from  bis 
remarks,  thst  there  are  memoirs  or  biagraphicnl 
notices  of  Jaqueline  to  be  found  in  Jhilch?  An<l 
if  ihis  be  the  case,  could  be  kindly  tell  me  tbeir 
titles,  or  where  I  could  procure  tbem  ?  I  am 
enii^ed  in  compiling  a  aeries  of  royal  biogra- 
phies i  and  aa  Jaqueline  enters  my  series  under 
the  title  deriveil  from  one  of  her  marriages,  I  am 
aniiouB  to  throw  as  much  light  as  posiible  on  her 
uyslerious  career ;  but  as  Dutch  is  a  tongue  of 
which  I  am  totally  ignoran^  I  must  rely  on  the 
kindness  of  some  one  better  informed  than  myself 


I   tell  n 


uited  ti 


iIbbuesthdoe. 


o  my  purpose. 

UAPI.ETDFT.  —  The  Rev.  Edmund  Mapletoft, 
Rector  of  Iturlon,  married  Elizabeth,  daughter  of 
William  Kilborne,  Esq.,  of  Louth,  Nov.  5,  1687. 
Had  they  any  issue  ?  F.  R. 

Ladbbnce  Mabsb  occurs,  in  the  books  of  Mer- 
chant Taylors' School,  as  born  Aug.  C,  1620.  Wns 
lifl  afterwards  iU.P.  for  Surrey  P  C  J.  R. 

A  Fkedict^on.  —  In  Rome  of  your  iate  num- 
ber* various  prophecies  ha*e  been  recorded.  I 
now  forward  one  extracted  from  the  margin  of  a 
BUBtUL'ript  of  St.  Austin's  works,  written  on  vel- 
lam ;  the  ownership  of  whioh  hu  been  traced  to 


Tbnma«  Jameson,  or  Seddon,  of  Aahton  in  Mnkes- 
field,  a  seminary  priest,  who  lelt  Douay  for  Eng- 
land,  22nd  April,  1697  :  — 

"  Paten  el  abeltne. 

TiiuHAS  Jajikbon, 

1»9J. 

"  Hie  liber  fuic  in  primis  KichaFdi  Hampole,  deiuda 

per  maltaa  manos  daveoit  ad   GeorgiDm   BodcMn  qai 

eundem  dona  dadit  ThomB  May  et  nriEilictua  Uominug 

May  amicus  mens  uon  vulgaris  dedic  Ihoma  Jameson. 

"  Wben  time  itasll  come  that  H  and  D 

With  its  own  Sfl  sball  joynad  be. 

And  foElowed  by  an  X  and  C, 

Tben  Britiain  ahall  tremble  at  Ibe  blue  Ully ; 

For  Ibe  rpjected  >iods  (to  men 

Aoatbema)  i>  placed  again. 

I'he  beiDIeona  rabrick's  nrnameat. 

To  be  daKitor'a  nuniibment. 

A  wood  from  Caleduaian  Isle 

Sball  fleet  Iwixt  Mulliu  fori  apd  Pilei 

From  wbeace  a  Lvon  iwues  forth, 

Auialad  by  hia  frienda  i'  tb'  Nnrth, 

Whose  terrilying  roar  ah^lt  soimd 

Vrom  paint  lo  point  of  Brlitisb  grannd. 

Before  bis  face  God's  Angtl  goen, 

To  guird  biin  from  ull  harme  of  blowes. 

And  cruah  ilia  proud  rebeUinnjt  foes  j 

Till  Tyger,  Wolf,  and  Ape  are  alaioe. 

Then  peace  sod  tmtb  sball  riae  agalDa." 
Il  is  not  possible  to  say  by  which,  if  by  any  of 
the  previous  owners  of  the  book,  thia  propbeoy 
waa  recorded ;  it  is  ci:rtninly  by  an  older  hand 
than  Mr.  Jaineion's.  The  date  of  fujlilinent, 
though  distaut  when  the  prophecy  was  made,  is 
now  wilhin  the  compaaa  of  the  present  generation. 
The  year  1890  will  test  its  accuracy.  Can  any  of 
your  readers  state  any  particulars  of  Thomas 
Jameson,  Riuhard  Ilampole,  George  Hodgson,  or 
Thomas  May,  the  whilcm  owners  of  this  venerable 
volume  P  A.  E.  L, 


Wani 


-The  I. 


ilto  ti 


e  of 


Turner's  pictures  is  "  The  bridal  of  the  earth  and 
iky."  Can  you  tell  me  whence  be  obtained  thU 
line  P  In  the  collectioo  of  old  songs  lately  pub- 
lished by  Messrs.  Chappell,  I  find  one  stated  to 
bavb  been  popular  before  1652,  which  ( 
the  following  verse:  — 

"  Sweet  day,  so  eo<ri.  so  calm,  so  bright, 

Tbe  bndal  of  tbo  earth  snd  iky. 
The  dew  ahall  weep  thy  fal!  to  night. 

For  thoa  with  all  thy  sweets  must  die. 


"  Cod  eolui  del  colpo  noo  accorto, 
Andava  combatteedo  ed  era  morto." 
Tb<>se  lines  are  generally  ascribed  to  Ariosto. 
I  think  he  is  not  the  author.     Who  it?     And  if 
In  Ariosto,  where  ?  M.  E. 


[•  As  tuted  by  Ur.  Cbappell,  this  long  ja  an  altera- 
tion of  lbs  celebrated  poem  by  George  Herbert,  entitltd 
"  SoDdey,"  and  is  qauted  from  UitiotrKl  HarjnMi^WA, 
—Ed.] 


KOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


t«^  a.  L  Uax,  »,  ti. 


"The  Urk  hath  got  a 


Itt  method  is  dlillnct  and  clear, 
And  cluella 
Like  bella 
Upon  (he  ear. 
Which  li  the  awMteat  mualc  one  can  hear." 


Demayet  amiled  beoMth  her  Tiy"  &e. 


"  Et  qualem  iDfeliz  amltlt  Hantaa  canipan), 
Piacentem  niTeoa  herboso  flumine  CTgDoa." 

B.  B.  W. 

Tlic  lines  inquired  for  by  C.  J.  W.  are  bj  Dod- 

<]ricl[;e.     In  a  little  collection  of  100  hjmiu  pub- 

'  lisbed  br  the  Rct.  J.  C.  Rj\e  under  the  nitnie  of 

Spiritual  Soagi,  the  lut  tUazt  of  Hymn  39  stands 

u  follow  a :  — 

"Then  let  the  wheel*  of  nature  roll 
Yet  onward  to  ilecaj  i 
We  rong  to  hail  lh<  rising  sun. 
That  hrings  th'  elemil  day." 
The  Bsmo  hj'mn  appear*  in   olJier  collections 
under  a  verj   different  form ;  for  jnelance,  In  s 
hj  inn -book   now   before   ne,   the   above-ijaotcd 
■tanza  reads  thus;  — 

"Ye  wheels  of  ealnrp,  ipesd  jonr  course, 


nifrht  of  death. 


Can  anj  of  jour  correspondent*  say  who  is 
reeponslbla  for  the  alteration  ?  LiBTi. 

_Ro!cOB.  —  I  saw,  some  years  Hgo,  a  bas-relief 
circular  plaster  oast,  between  eight  and  nine 
inches  in  dinmeler,  of  the  head  of  the  historian. 
I  shall  be  obliged  to  anybody  who  can  tell  me 
whether  it  is  now  in  existence  i  and,  if  it  is, 
how  a  sight  of  it  may  be  obtained.  S.  R.  M, 

SsBMon  o!t  Chaileb  I. — I  haTe  lying  before 
me   a    ISmo   sermon,   with   the    following   title- 

"  A  Sermon  Proach'd  on  tho  AaniTenarj-Fiat  for  the 
Martyrdom  of  King  Charlas  I.    At  Conrt.     In  tba  last 

"  Bene  Agere  &  male  Pali  Regium  ML 
"  Judges  SIX,  SO. 

"  London  :  Printed  by  H.  Hilte,  in  Black-fryars,  near 
the  Water-aide,  for  the  Beneflt  of  the  Poor,  1709." 

Is  the  author  known  Y  From  the  style,  I  should 
conjecture  that  it  was  composed  not  very  long 
before  the  date  of  publication.  S.  C. 

"  Sob  and  Whaikbosb."  —  Can  any  explana- 
tion be  givvn  of  the  origin  of  the  sign,  "The  Sun 
and  Whalebone,"  which  is  attached  to  an  inn  in 
Essex  ?  L.  A.  M. 

RiCBABD  AND  Hrhkt  SwiKauHpsBT.  —  The 


former,  bom  in  1S98,  is  believed  to  bare  bCMl 
connected  with  the  first  East  India  Company, 
ParticuUrg  desired.  C,  J.  B. 

Stbfhbnboh.— The  Rev.  A.  Stephenson,  A.M., 
Rector  of  Foulmire,  married  Mary,  2nd  danghter 
of  the  above-named  William  Kilbome.  Are  there 
any  descendants  of  this  marriage  now  living? 

P.R. 

Supsij^p. — Has  Slipslop  any  earlier  existence 

tban  Fielding's  Mrs.  Slipslop?    Johnson's  Die- 

tiotiary  deacribes  *lip  ilop  as  meaning  bad  liqnor. 

W.E. 

TjTtB  Faobs.  ~-  1  should  like  to  obtain  tfae 
title-pages,  &c.,  of  the  two  following  books  ;  — 

1.  Octavo,  pp.434.  Running  title,  iJeDofions  a/ 
the  Roman  Church,  Imprimatur,  Sam.  Parker, 
June  1,  1673.  Lettered,  on  the  original  biDdiug, 
"  Beflections  on  the  Church  of  Rome." 

2.  Octavo,  pp.  UO,  FabUi  (16),  illustrated 
with  sixteen  well  engraved  plates.  S.  Wale,  ddiu.; 
T.  SimpaoD,  tculpt.  Bound  elegantly  bj  tome 
former  owner.  E.  D. 

Thackwbu.  Fauilt.  —  What  is  the  origin  of 
the  surname  "  Thackwell,"  and  when  does  it  first 
appear    in    historv,  official  documents,   printed 

Eapers,  &C.?  Is  there  any  name  similar  to  it  in 
lomcsday  Book?  I  believe  "Thackwell"  is  a 
Saxon  name.  Lower,  in  his  Fatront/miea  BritaM- 
nica,  asserts  that  it  is  a  corruption  or  abbreviation 
of  the  words  "  at  the  oak  well ; "  and  that  the 
family  which  first  bore  this  surname  lived  at  a 
house  near  a  well,  shaded  by  a  large  oak ;  or 
owned  an  estate  in  which  there  was  such  a  shaded 
well.  Ilurke  ssys  that  it  was  formerly  written 
"Thekell,  Tekell,  Tickell,"  &o.  A  family  named 
"Thackwell"  have  resided  in  Worcestershire,  or 
have  been  connected  with  that  county,  since  Ibe 
beginning  of  the  sisteenth  century.  ITie  "  Rye" 
estate  in  the  parish  of  Berrow,  Worceitenbire,  has 
belonged  to  the  Thackwells  from  a  very  early 
date.  ASor 


Univirsal  Societt.  —  I  possess  half  a  dozen 
blank  certiGcates  of  membership  for  a  Universal 
Society,  and  of  which  the  fgltowmg  is  a  copy :  — 

<•  S'  S60.  Class  *•*. 

"DUIVBRSAI.  SOCIBTT. 

Abt"  Roharis,  Eki.,  Will-  Cortia.  E«l.,  M.P..  and  Ald» 
Eilii  Were,  Kk)..  ITioa.  Hornjold,  Esq,  Josi*  Berwick. 
Eaq.  &  Co.,  TnanriTt. 

-This  is  to  Certify  that is  duly  Admitted  a 

Member  of  (ha  Uairersal  Society,  tbii day  of 

170—.  and  haa  SubicHbttl  on  the  Life  of ,  Aged 

Yeara  or  thereaboata  for Sbares. 

"  Ent' 

. AK»t 

"  (Signed)  W.  HAurm  StmlaTf." 

These  certificates  are  engraved  somewhat  in  the 
form  of  a  bank-note.  On  tM  richt  aide  is  a  female 
figure  with  a  comuoopia  and  anchor,  and  the 


W8.I.VAn.!9.>e3.] 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


251 


The  engraver's 


modo  "Onr  trn«t   is  in  God. 
DMne  !■  **  Eidjtell."  London. 

I  hsTe  three  Nos.  nf  Cluas  4th,  tie.  SBO,  9S1, 
363,  «n()  three  NnL  of  CiMsetb,  tIz.  368,371,372. 
The  number*  of  the  certificate  and  cU(*  ore  writ- 
ten. 

I  would  be  obliged  b;  any  iDformation  refnrd- 
ing  this  "  UniTenal  Societj,"  iti  origin,  objeeti 
knd  meaniiig.  iR^Durroi. 


Tea  Faxiibki-Gbhrbai-  — Wa  occasionally 
meet  with  enftravings  which  are  aaid  to  be  "from 
(he  oriftinal  in  the  collection  of  the  Farmers- 
General,"  or  Mme  equivalent  expression.  I  pre- 
anme  that  these  Far  men- General  were  those  of 
France ;  but  why  bail  thej  a  collection  of  paint- 
ingt  ?  Where  was  it  deposited,  and  what  else 
can  sow  be  leamt  about  it  t  Bax-Poimt. 

PhiUdelpbii. 

rTh*  Ftrmieri-Ct'tiraux  ntn  rich  binkcn  Or  capl- 
UlVi,  who,  Iwrara  ths  ReToIntion  of  -93,  fMnned  (ha 
JBlata  nrinuei.  Ai  Ilisir  profit!  nen  grsBt,  ther  mule 
CDormDa*  rorlunci.  Th<  alrle  of  living  of  Ifae*  princea 
of  flnaace  riTilled  that  of  the  prlncu  of  raysl  blood. 
Their  holcli,  famitore,  workfl  or  art,  and  tqalpasM  "'re 
cflha  mmt  Inxorlnns  and  cosily  dNCtiptioo.  Prsvioni 
to  tbe  atabliabment  in  France  of  an  adminittration  of  the 
FiBB  ArU,  and  of  sxbtbitiona  organiaed  by  lbs  govern- 
mcDl,  thara  ware  private  axhibitlona  to  which  the  public 
was  admitted.  The  Fermiera-G^ii^TaDii,  who  were  known 
to  poweu  tbe  finnt  worka  of  living  ailiats.  were  rtqntsted 
to  allow  tbem  to  fignra  at  thete  eibibitiona.  Th«B 
paintings  ware  aabaequeallr  ttiRTiTed,  and  the  collcrlion 
of  tbeie  engravines  waa  cifled  £a  OMtetim  da  Fermitn- 
G4n(Ta<ii.  There  is  a  very  fioe  edition  of  La  Fontaine's 
Fablci,  the  FngTBTings  of  which  are  from  that  coUac- 

PoAcHED.  —  What  is  the  derivitioa  of  this  word 
in  the  phrase  "  poached-eggi  ?  "  V.  V.  R. 

["  To  poach  eggi"  coniea  to  us  immediately  from  tbe 
French  "Pochei  dea  oeuft."  "Poeber"  waa  rormerly 
"psuleer"!  bence,  "  Paolcer  nn  ceuf."  Tbora  waa  ilao 
lhaphr»Be"P«aicerlMveux"ftopunch  the  eyeal.  which 
haa  led  to  tbe  idea  that  "  Pai^Hr  "  meant  "pollict  all- 
dere,"  or,  aa  wa  now  aay.  to  ROuge.  For  Ibia  last  deriTa- 
tion,  however,  wa  cannot  bold  oaraelvea  responsible.  Some 
have  BnppoHd,  and,  we  think,  reasonably,  that  "To  poach 
tggi "  ia  literally  to  pocket  thain.  from  the  Fr.  podt,  a 
pocket.  We  beg  leave  to  mention  Id  explanation,  and  for 
the  special  beneflt  of  ancb  of  our  raadera  aa  appreciate 
poacbed  egga.  that  there  la  a  culinary  instrameuc  espe- 
ciallv  designed  for  poaching.  It  conaista  of  an  upright, 
to  which  are  annexed,  at  equal  diatancea,  a  seriea  of  amall 
cupa,  or  aballow  pncMi,  into  each  of  which,  the  abeli 
belnic  broken,  an  egg  la  Inmcd  out  raw.  Iloil  moderalely, 
and  the  lesDlt  la  "poached  eggs."  See^N.  &  Q."  ■2'^S. 
iv,  S39.  Poached  eggs  were  formerly  "Pctcbed  c^gs," 
or  "Poched  egga."]  I 

LoKD  STBArroBD.  —  Is  there  any  evidence  ' 
whatever  (except  Howell's  LeUer,  book  i.  aect.  5,  I 
letter  23,  dated  1  July,  16129),  that  Straftbrd  waa  ' 
'  '  d  Lord  Deputy  of  Ireland  be/ore  1603  f  I 


Beatson  fiiv«a  the  dale  of  his  ippointment,  25 
July,  1633.  Jeaae  (Mtm.  of  the  Court  wider  tlu 
StuarU,  vol.  ii.  128),  lays  "in  February.  1633, 
he  was  nominated  Lord  Deputy  of  Ireland." 

H.  L.  T. 

[From  the  despatch  of  Secretary  Coke,  addreaaed  to 
Chancellor  Loftos  and  Ifae  Karl  of  Cork,  Lords  Justices 
of  Ireland  (Included  in  the  Straffordt  arrripandtnee.  i. 
63),  it  appean  that  Wentworlh  waa  appointed  Lord  De- 
puty of  that  country  on  orabootthe  12ih  dayof  Jinuarv, 
IfiSt;  but  the  taak  of  settling  bia  northem  presidency, 
Of  which  be  Hill  retained  the  government;  of  arranging 
hi*  private  aJTaira ;  ind.  alnve  all,  tbe  diScnlty  of  reach- 
ing the  new  scene  of  his  laboura,  delayed  bis  arrival  in 
Dublin  till  the  last  week  of  July,  1633.  Hia  first  com- 
munication from  that  city,  which  ia  addreaaed  to  tha 
Lord  Treaanrer  In  London,  bean  dale  th*  Brd  of  Augoal, 
in  the  last- mentioned  year.] 


Dm.  Noi 


give  me  any  informa- 
tion about  Dr.  Norton,  wlio  was  appointed  preacher 
of  Gray's  Inn  in  tbe  room  of  Dr.  Robert  Mosa, 
Dean  of  Ely,  in  1720,  May  13?  The  books  of 
Gray's  Inn  do  not  even  );ive  his  Cbriatisn  name. 
Ha  waa  succeeded  by  the  elder  Dr.  Henry  Stebbing 
in  1731,  Nov.  2,  the  opponent  of  Hoadly,  and 
critic  of  Werburton.  He  seems  to  have  held  his 
office  only  a  short' time;  but  as  he  waa  D.D.  at 
the  time  of  his  election,  and  cam^  between  two 
men  of  some  note,  I  cannot  suppose  be  was  quite 
undistinguished.  J.  A.  H. 

r  William  Xorlon  waa  educated  at  Ein^'s  College,  Cam- 
bridgB,  A.B.  1709i  A.M.  1718;  D.D.  1728.  He  was  not 
"  diatinguiahed  "  for  hia  literary  producliuns.  but  for  hia 

of  Gra/a  Inn.  but  Rector  of  Walkem,  Hort*  Vicar  of  St, 
Nicholas,  Deplfurd.  and  Rector  of  81.  Paul,  in  the  same 
pariah.     He  died  on  May  -21,  17S1.] 

Simon  op  Si;DBOBr. — 

"  I  have  seen  in  a  church  of  Sndbur%-,in  Suffolk,  a  akull 
which  la  shown  to  atrangera  for  the  akuU  of  tliia  Biahop 
(Simon  of  Sudbnrv),  and  probably  it  ia  tbe  true  ona."— 
Bourne's    Aniimitatti   Vylgarei  (KBwcaall^    1725),    p. 

179,  n, 

Ia  tbia  akuU  still  one  of  the  "lions"  of  the 
place  ?  E.  H.  A. 

[Tom  Martin  of  Palgrave  baa  alra  tbe  following  jot- 
tin;  reipecting  this  skull  in  his  Otun/t  Xetti,  ii.  95: 
"  Dec.  7, 1727. 1  saw  at  St.  Gregory's  chor«h  In  Sudbury, 
the  hend  of  Simon  of  Sudbury,  Archbiibop  of  Canter- 
bury, who  waa  beheaded  in  Wat  Tyler'a  rebellion.  Tbe 
under  jaw  is  lost,  and  all  the  teeth  are  placked  out  of  tba 
upper.  Great  part  of  the  akin  ie  remaining  upon  it,  with 
part  of  the  eara,  noae,  and  mniclea  in  the  nape  of  tha 
necli,  which  are  like  a  apongs,  or  apongiona  leather.  The 
aex Ion  often  pule  In  flctitions  teelb,  jic.,  which  sre  soon 
pilfered,  or  sold  by  him."  Gougli,  too,  haa  a  notice  ot 
it  in  hia  Stpulrhral  ffenummli,  vol.  i.  part  i  page 
Ixxv.  Heaaya,"Ahp.  Sudbury'a  bead  is  ahown  enclosed 
within  a  graie  at  St.  Gregory's  chnrch.  Sudbury,  where 
that  prelate  and  his  brother  fooDded  a  college  on  the  site 
of  their  fatber'a  house.  The  akin  and  the  eara  are  dried 
on,  and  thejaw  is  fjllen,  aa  they  pretend  from  the  blows 
he  received  from  tbe  rebels  in  dying.  Godwyn  fedlt 
RIchardeon,  p.  120),  however,  efflrma,  that  both  tbe  body 
and  itad  were  earned  to  Canterbury,  and  there  buijed  in 
j  tha  cathedral."] 


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NOTES  AND  QUERIES- 


[8^  S.  I.  Mar.  29,  *62. 


James  Howell.  —  Can  any  antiquary  of  Rich- 
mond, Yorkshire,  p:ive  me  the  exact  date  of  the 
election  of  James  Howell  as  M.P.  for  that  borough, 
in  1627  or  1628  ?  H.  L.  T. 

[Charles  I.  dissolved  the  parliament  on  the  15th  June, 
1626,  and  summoned  a  new  one  to  meet  on  the  17th 
March,  1627.  In  the  last  mentioned,  Howell,  who  was 
Secretary  to  Lord  Scrope  (afterwards  Earl  of  Sunder- 
land), the  Lord  President  of  the  north,  was,  through  that 
patron's  interest,  elected  by  the  corporation  of  Bichmond 
to  represent  them  in  the  parliament  of  1627.  -^  See  Fot' 
liatnentary  History.'] 

A  Palatine.  —  What  is  meant  by  **  a  Pala- 
tine *'  ?  I  copy  the  following  from  the  Burial 
Register  of  a  parish  in  Kent :  •— 

**  1786.  Margaret  Evreest,  a  Palatine." 

**  1745.  Andrew  Hesler,  a  Palatine,  aged  85." 

There  are  other  similar  entries.  L.  L. 

[A  Palatine  is  one  of  those  poor  Protestants,  7000  in 
number,  who  were  driven  by  the  French  from  their 
homes  on  the  banks  of  the  Rhine  at  the  commencement 
of  the  last  century.  On  their  arrival  in  England  they 
encamped  on  Blackheath  and  Camberwell  Common. 
A  brief  was  granted  to  collect  alms  for  them.  About 
500  families  settled  about  Limerick,  in  Ireland ;  but  the 
majoritj  emigrated  to  Pennsylvania,  where  they  were 
kindly  treated  by  the  Friends.  For  notices  of  these  poor 
Palatines  consult  The  AnnaU  of  Queen  Anne,  1709,  8vo, 
pp.  166-168;  Bover*s  Political  State  of  Great  Britain^  i. 
183,  276-280;  and  «*N.  &  Q."  1»»  S.  xi.  87, 172,  251.] 


^t»li$i. 


DOMESDAY  BOOK :  COLIBERT. 
(3«>  S.  I  187.) 

The  "firma  mi  septiraanarura "  at  Lanpiran 
means  a  corvee  performed  b^  the  tenant  upon  the 
lord's  land  during  that  period,  being  the  substi- 
tute for  the  more  honourable  service  of  rent. 

The  cotsetla  of  the  RectUudines  performed  simi- 
lar base  services.  **  On  sumon  he  sceal  selce  mon- 
dsBge  ofer  geares  fyrst  his  laforde  wyrcan,  0(55  iii 
da^as  felcre  wucan  on  ha^rfest,  ne  tSearf  he  land- 
gafol  syllan  " ;  t.  e.  in  some  lands  he  is  obliged  to 
work  for  his  lord  every  Monday  throughout  tlie 
year,  or  three  days  every  week  in  August.  He 
IS  not  bound  to  pay  rent. 

The  ancient  Latm  translation  of  the  RectUudines 
gives  also  another  duration  of  an  English  corvee^ 
which  more  nearly  agrees  with  that  which  is  re- 
corded in  Domesday :  ^*  Apud  quosdam  operatur 
pef  totum  Augustum  omni  die,**  &o.  The  coun- 
terpart of  this  passage  is  not  to  be  found  in  the 
English  original. 

I  will  also  refer  Keenow  to  the  extracts  given 
by  Mr.  Thorpe  in  his  Ohnsary  to  the  Ancient  Laws 
and  Institutes  of  England,  sub  voce  "  b^n-ye6.** 
For  further  information  Ducange  may  be  con- 
sulted for  coliberU  H.  C.  C. 

Kebi7ow  asks  for  information  concemlng  that 


class  of  villein  denominated  coliherL    Perhaps  the 
following  may  be  of  use  to  him. 

CoUberls  (coliberti)  were  tenants  in  socage,  and 
particularly  such  villeins  as  were  manumitted  or 
made  freemen  (Jacob,  Law  Dictionary.)  The 
word  occurs  in  Domesday,  Somerset :  '*  Episcopus 
Winton,  tenet  Fantone,  ibi  quater  xx.  villani,  et 
quater  xxii  bordarii,  et  Ixx  servi,  xvi  coliberti^  et 
xviii  porcarli**;  and  under  Gloucestershire,  "Bric- 
trie,  filius  Algari  tenebat  Turnebiri  T.  U.  E.  ibi 
xxiii  bordarii,  et  xv  servi,  et  xv  coliberti,  ibi  ii 
molendiui,*'  &c. 

They  were  a  middle  sort  of  tenants,  between 
servile  and  free,  or  su^sh  as  held  their  freedom  of 
tenure  under  condition  of  such  works  and  services. 
They  were  sold,  given,  and  exchanged  like  serft, 
instances  of  which  may  be  adduced  from  various 
sources. 

The  Cartulaire  de  TAbbaye  de  Saint- Pire  dt 
ChartreSi  published  by  the  French  government 
in  1840,  supplies  several  examples.  By  a  charter, 
dated  about  1080,  Earl  Tedbaldus  gives  to  the 
abbey  certain  coliberts,  whom  he  describes  as 
**  quosdam  servos  mei  juris,  natos  ex  servis  meis 
ancillii^ue  sancti  Petri  Carnotensb|  cum  uno 
servo  meo  libero." 

By  another  charter,  dated  about  1070,  other 
coliberts,  with  their  cousin,  and  his  wifo  and  chil- 
dren were  granted  to  the  abbey.  About  the  same 
time  Hugo,  named  Brustans  Salicem,  gave  to  the 
abbey  a  coliberta^  together  with  a  fourth  part  of 
the  church  and  vill  of  Guiri,  and  other  pro- 
perty. 

Between  1089  and  1101,  Frederic  gives  to  the 
abbey  his  colibert  named  Robert,  and  his  sister 
Eremburg,  that  they  may  be  coliberts  of  the 
abbey. 

In  the  year  1061,  Hugo  grants  his  coliberty 
Letaldus,  with  his  wife,  his  brother,  and  their 
children,  on  condition  that  they  should  remain 
free  in  the  service  of  the  abbey. 

By  another  charter  (1013-1033),  a  colibert  of 
the  abbey,  named  Vivian,  and  bis  wife,  who  had 
killed  a  serf,  were  given,  together  with  their  money, 
by  the  abbey  to  William,  a  knight,  the  serf 's  lord, 
in  order  that  their  lives  might  be  spared ;  but 
their  sons  were  retained  to  the  use  of  the  abbey, 
while  those  who  should  be  l)orn  afterwards,  would 
be  serfs,  and  belong  to  William. 

W.  H.  Haet,  F.S.A. 

Folkestone  House,  Roapell  Park,  Streatham. 


I  don*t  know  whether  H.  C.  C.  Intends  his 
specimens  of  Domesday  as  a  portion  of  another 
version  in  course  of  threatened  preparation,  but 
he  will  do  well  to  pause  over  some  of  his  sentences, 
and  some  of  his  variations  from  the  original,  be- 
fore he  finally  adopts  them.  He  has  done  good 
service  by  drawing  attention  to  the  slips  which 


s^ai.iciB.s^'vt.] 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


253 


liftTe  oecarred  in  ihat  which  he  first  notioes,  and  it 
is  well  that  considerable  caution  should  be  used  in 
the  matter.  Perhaps,  however,  all  specimens 
ihould  be  tenderly  dealt  with.  Certainly  one 
iMued  as  resards  the  county  of  Hampshire  should 
not  be  roughly  touched;  and  yet  it  is  from  a  gen- 
tleman at  Winchester,  who  is  known  to  have 
"  done  '*  a  great  deal  respecting  the  antiquities  of 
the  county.  The  anxiety  to  put  sometning  out, 
if  only  to  occupy  the  ground,  often  leads  to  care- 
lessness, and  it  is  also  easy  to  concentrate  criti- 
cism on  any  passage.  One  cannot  think  **  de  ii 
hidas  *'  is  anything  but  a  slip  of  the  pen  or  press ; 
so  also  may  be  the  other  literal  errors  which  are 
not  creditable. 

But  let  H.  C.  C.  look  to  his  substitution  of 
**  camcatsB  **  for  ^  carucsB  *'  in  the  fourth  line  (be-? 
fore  he  is  so  shocked  at  the  blunders  oftome  peo- 
ple), and  say  why  he  mokes  the  surveyors  talk 
such  arrant  nonsense  as  that  there  are  twenty-six 
fAongh'lands  in  one  part  of  the  manor,  and  there 
might  he  twelve  more.  Twelve  more  pUmgh-hmde 
than  actually  exist!  I  think  it  will  appear  to 
most  readers  that  such  a  specimen  of  extenrion  re- 
quires revision,  and  that  the  meaning  there  is  that 
there  might  be  twelve  more  ploughs.  So  also  in 
the  sentence  *'pratura  i  carucaUty**  meadow  for 
one  plough'land.  A  glaring  anomaly,  and  of  course 
a  complete  perversion  of  the  meaning. 

Whether  it  is  advisible  to  substitute  the  v  for 
the  II  of  the  original,  and  capitals  for  smaller 
letters  are  matters  of  taste,  upon  which  there  will 
be  the  usual  amount  of  concord ;  but  I  protest 
against  any  extension  which  introduces,  even  in 
brackets,  words  apparently  necessary  for  the  con- 
struction, but  not  in  the  original.  This  is  extend' 
ing  indeed,  and  may  stop  only  where  the  author 
pleases.  However  proper  such  a<idition  may  be 
m  notes,  they  should  be  kept  out  of  the  text. 

T.W. 


In  the  Exeter  Domesday  Book  (see  Oliver, 
Monasticon  Dioscesis  JExoniensis,  p.  72,)  **  ii  man- 
liones  **  are  substituted  for  **  ii  tras  ** :  **  que  .... 
reddebant  canonichis  S.  Pierani  firmam  quatuor 
leptimanarum.**  .  . .  **  Iste  ii  mansiones  readebant 
decAno  pro  consuetudine  xx  solidos  preter  pre- 
dictam  firmam.**  The  "firmam  (juatuor  septi- 
manarum  **  was  the  finding  a  provision  or  main- 
tenance for  four  weeks,  or  a  pecuniary  equivalent 
as  agreed  instead  of  it.  There  are  several  other 
examples  in  Domesday  Book  :  as  "  firraa,**  for  ten 
nif^ta,  for  three  niahts,  for  one  night,  for  one 
day,  and  even  for  half  a  night ;  and  in  some  cases 
the  nature  and  amount  of  the  maintenance  was 
specified;  so  when  a  pecuniary  equivalent  was 
settled,  it  was  in  fact  a  kind  of  rent.  Colihert^ 
Co^Ubertus^  was  a  tenant  something  between  ser- 
Tile  and  free.  They  were  manumitted  or  enfran- 
diiaed ;  but  upon  the  condition  of  performing 


certain  services,  or  paying  a  certain  acknowledg- 
ment to  the  lord  of  the  soil.  Wm.  b, 


PRAISE-GOD   BARBONE 

(3'*S.i.  211.) 

Must  have  been  bom  about  1596.  I  believe 
Damned  Barbone  was  his  brother.  The  Harleian 
MS.  No.  7332  has  a  collection  of  verses  by  various 
authors,  collected  by  Fear- God  Barbon  of  Da- 
ventry.  The  name  of  Praise-God  was  probably 
conferred  by  his  god- fathers  and  god- mothers  in 
his  baptism ;  at  all  events  the  records  of  the 
Leather-sellers*  Company  show  that  he  bore  it 
five-and- twenty  years  [before  the  commencement 
of  the  Civil  War.  Nearly  all  our  baptismal  names 
have  a  meaning  in  some  foreign  language,  either 
Hebrew  or  Greek  generally ;  and  it  does  not 
strike  me  as  odd  that,  just  after  our  church  ser- 
vice had  discarded  a  foreign  languan^e,  earnest 
people  should  have  prefixed  the  equivalent  intel- 
ligible English  word  to  the  unintelligible  foreign 
one ;  nor  does  the  name  of  Praise  God  appear  to 
me  more  singular  than  the  French  Dieudonn^  or 
Jean  Baptiste,  or  than  the  English  Charity  and 
Patience.  The  Stuart  faction  were  more  success- 
ful in  the  scurrility  of  vulgar  nicknames  than  they 
were  in  the  field,  and  revenged  themselves  on  their 
opponents  by  scattering  such  among  them:  the 
respectable  name  of  Barbone  was  easily  trans- 
formed into  the  odd  one  of  Barebones,  the  appear- 
ance and  sound  of  which,  especially  when  coupled 
with  an  unusual  baptismal  name,  must  have  been 
very  droll.  In  1653  Cromwell  nominated  persons 
to  form  n  convention  or  parliament.  Barbone 
was  one  of  the  seven  Londoners  selected.  Of  this 
convention  Rous  was  president,  but  the  Stuart 
faction  appear  to  have  thought  Praise-God  Bare- 
bones  a  droller  name  than  any  they  couM  extract 
from  Rous,  and  hence  termed  the  Parliament 
derisively  P.-G.  Barebones*  Parliament.  Barbone 
does  not  seem  to  have  been  a  member  of  any 
other  Parliament,  but  after  the  death  of  the  Pro- 
tector, he  headed  a  deputation  petitioning  parlia- 
ment not  to  recall  the  Stuarts ;  and  we  suppose 
that  his  being  sent  to  the  Tower  was  a  pitiful 
revenge  of  the  disreputable  king,  for  his  conduct 
on  the  occasion.  Poor  Barbone  must  have  then 
been  nearly  seventy,  but  Charles  II.  allowed  no 
such  maudlin  sentiments  as  respect  for  age  to  slip 
in  between  himself  and  his  revenge.  Barbone  not 
improbably  actually  had  at  one  time  a  shop  in 
Fleet  Street.  A  jocose  member  of  parliament, 
about  1654,  proposed  that  the  act,  or  ordinance, 
secularising  marriage,  should  be  bound  in  calf- 
skin purchased  at  Mr.  Barbone*s  shop  in  Fleet 
Street ;  but  in  1676  we  find  him  paying  251.  a- 
year  for  a  house  in  Shoe  Lane,  and  giving  evi- 
dence, quoted  by  J.  P.  Malcolm  In  l\\&  LomvfoiiRs. 


^54 


NOTES  AND  QUEHTES. 


I.S»«i  S.  L  MAIL  29, 61 


JRedivivum^  in  which  he  described  himself  as  being 
eighty  years  of  age,  and  to  have  resided  twenty- 
five  years  in  the  parish  of  St.  Dunstan's  in  the 
West.  But,  why  is  Barbone  termed  a  fanatic  ? 
He  seems,  like  many  another,  to  have  had  confi- 
dence in  the  great  man  who  then  ruled  over 
England ;  but  surely  there  was  in  this  no  fanati- 
cism. I  should  be  inclined  to  assert  that,  pre- 
ferring Charles  I.  and  II.  to  H.  H.  would  argue 
far  more  fanaticism  than  the  having  confidence 
in  H.  H.  When  affairs  were  not  going  on  in  the 
Crimea  as  we  could  Ihave  wished  them,  I  not 
unfrequently  heard  the  memory  of  that  mighty 
name  invoked,  coupled  with  that  of  a  greater 
soldier,  but  hardly  so  great  a  man,  whose  loss  we 
had  then  recently  had  to  deplore.  Barbone,  from 
all  we  know,  was  simply  a  quiet-going  substantial 
tradesman,  possibly  a  zealous  vestryman.  His 
son,  the  speculator,  was  Dr.  Nicholas  Barbone. 
He  built  the  houses  on  the  site  of  Essex  Street, 
Strand,  Exeter  Change,  and  Red  Lion  Square; 
and  was  the  promoter  of  the  Phoenix  Fire  Office 
in  1682.  He  rebuilt  the  house  in  Crane  Court, 
now  occupied  by  the  Scottish  Corporation. 

What  IS  your  authority  for  Barbon  Square, 
near  Gerrard  Street  ?  I  do  not  find  it  mentioned 
in  Hatton,  nor  in  1722  edition  of  Strype,  nor  by 
the  parish  clerks. 

I  remember  to  have  met  with  the  elder  Bar- 
bone's  name  twice  in  the  Liven  of  the  Norths,  I 
think  it  is  there  once  spelt  Bar,  once  Barebone. 
Can  this  be  the  autobiography  alluded  to  by  Mb. 
Crosslet  ?  If  so,  it  was  published  several  years 
ago.  W.  H. 

[Our  notice  of  Barbon  Sqaare  was  quoted  from  a 
biographical  sketch  of  Praise-Grod  Barebone  prefixed  to 
a  work  entitled,  "A  Word  to  Fanatics,  Puritans,  and 
Sectaries;  or.  New  Preachers  New!  Green,  the  Felt- 
xnaker,  Spencer,  the  Uorse'nibber,  Qnartermine  the 
Brewer's  Clarke,  with  some  few  others,  that  are  mighty 
Sticklers  in  this  new  kinde  of  talking  Trade,  which  many 
ignorant  Coxcombes  call  Preaching.  Wherennto  is  added 
the  last  Tumnlt  in  Fleet-street,  raised  by  the  disorderly 

Ereacbment,  pratings,  and  pralling  of  Mr.  Barebones  the 
reather-seller,  and.Mr.  Greene  the  Felt-maker,  on  Sunday 
last,  the  19th  Dec.  1641.  With  an  authentic  Portrait 
and  Memoir  of  Mr.  Praise-God  Barebone.  the  Fanatic 
leader  of  the  Republican  Parliament,  denominated  after 
liim,  Barebone's  Parliament.  London :  Baynes  and  Son, 
«vo.  1821."'  The  portrait  is  dated  "Anno  1668."  On 
Feb.  9. 1659-60,  this  "  quiet-going  "  leatherseller  headed  a 
number  of  petitioners  at  the  door  of  the  House  of  Com- 
mons; and  being  called  in,  in  the  name  of  the  rest,  he 
thus  addressed  the  Speaker:  **We  are  come  to  wait 
upon  this  honourable  House  with  a  petition  from  such 
as  are  lovers  to  the  good  old  cauie.  The  petitioners  are 
such  as  have  adhered  to  this  parliament,  and  such  as 
are  lovers  of  justice,  righteousness,  freedom,  and  lovers  of 
a  Commonwealth,  accounting  it  the  best  government. 
There  are  many  subscriptions,  I  may  say  thousands,  and 
in  their  names  I  do  humbly  present  it  to  you.'*  Two 
days  after,  Pepys  tells  us  in  'his  Dimy,  **  That  the  late 
petition  of  the  fanatique  people  presented  by  Barebones 
for  the  imposing  of  an  oath  [to  abjure  Charle*  StMart"} 


upon  all  sorts  of  people,  was  received  by  the  House  with 
thanksk"  Barebone's  petition,  with  the  Speaker's  answer 
to  it,  was  printed  on  a  folio  sheet  on  July  14,  1660. 
Barebone's  exertions  for  the  good  old  eau§e  appear  to 
have  exposed  him  to  the  rage  of  the  populace ;  for  on  the 
r2th  Feb.  Pepys  remarks,  •*  To  my  father's,  where  Charles 
Glascocke  was  overjoyed  to  see  how  things  are  now :  who 
told  me  the  boys  had  last  night  broke  BaretK>ne's  win- 
dows."  On  the  22nd  our  amusing  Diarist  adds,  **  I  ob> 
served  this  day  how  abominably  Barebooe's  windows  ars 
broke  again  last  night." — Ed.] 


LAMBETH  DEGREES. 

(2"*  S.  xii.  436,  539 ;  3^*  S.  i.  36,  133.) 

The  subject  of  these  degrees  is  shrouded  in  such 
mystery  that  I  hope  you  will  allow  me  to  add  a 
few  particulars  to  those  given  by  J.  R.  The 
power  of  conferring  degrees  to  the  prejudice  of 
the  universities  is  given  to  the  Abp.  of  Canter- 
bury by  the  4th  section  of  the  Act  25  Hen.  YIIL 
c.  21.  In  the  6th  section  of  the  above  act  it  is 
provided,  "  that  no  manner  of  dispensations,  licen- 
cies,  faculties,"  &c.,  to  be  granted  by  authority  of 
the  said  act,  the  tax  on  obtaining  which  from 
Rome,  aa  formerly,  was  4/.  or  upwards,  should  be 
put  in  execution  until  confirmed  under  the  Great 
Seal,  and  enrolled  in  Chancery.  The  Book  of 
Taxation  of  Faculties  referred  to  in  the  grant  of 
the  degree  to  E.  M.  J.  is  evidently  the  authority 
which  determines  whether  a  Faculty  need  pass 
the  Great  Seal  or  no,  the  act  providing  that  "  mat- 
ters of  no  great  importance,*  which  is  explained 
to  mean  those  on  which  the  tax  was  under  4/. 
should  **pass  only  by  the  Archbishop^s  Seal." 

The  Abp.  of  Canterbury  may  confer  all  the 
degrees  which  are  granted  by  the  Universities  of 
Oxford  and  Cambridge,  and  the  present  holder  of 
the  see  has  conferred  many  different  degreea.  Only 
last  year  the  archbishop  conferred  the  degree  of 
D.D.  on  the  highly  respected  rector  of  St.  Mat- 
thew*s,  Bethnal  Green.  Dr.  Buck,  organist  of 
Norwich  cathedral ;  Dr.  Pech,  and  several  more, 
have  received  the  degree  of  Mus.  Doc.  from  Lam- 
beth. The  degree  of  M.A.  was  conferred  a  few 
years  ago  on  the  present  vicar  of  Folkestone,  and 
on  Mr.  James  Haddon,  one  of  the  mathematical 
masters  of  King*s  College  School,  London.  Other 
cases  might  be  mentioned,  as  it  is  not  uncommon 
to  see  a  notice  in  The  Times  that  such  and  such  a 
degree  has  been  given  at  Lambeth,  but  the  above 
will  probably  suffice.  The  Lambeth  degree  of 
M.D.  has  been  somewhat  affected  by  the  21  &  22 
Vict.  c.  90,  the  15  th  section  of  which  provides 
that  only  those  M.D.s  who  have  received  their 
degree  from  the  Abp.  of  Canterbury  previous  to 
the  passing  of  the  act  (t.  «.  Aug.  2, 1858),  shall,  as 
such,  be  qualified  to  be  registered  under  it ;  but 
the  26th  section  expressly  recognises  Lambeth 
degrees  of  M.D.  conferred  after  the  act,  although 


9^S>h  KAfi.  29,  '62.  J 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


255 


the  possessors  must  otherwise  qualify  themselves 
before  thej  can  be  registered. 

The  practice  alluded  to  by  F.  Y.  (3'«»  S.  i.  156) 
of  assuming  the  letters  M.D.  with  the  tacit  assent 
of  the  College  of  Physicians,  is  a  very  objection- 
able one,  and,  if  it  really  be  still  carried  out, 
should,  I  think,  be  taken  up  by  the  universities. 

With  regard  to  the  precedence  of  Doctors  in 
the  several  Faculties,  Wharton,  in  his  Law  Lexi' 
eon,  states  that  they  belong  to  the  fourth  class  of 
Esquires.  Stephen,  in  his  Commentaries,  ranks 
them  next  below  Colonels,  and  above  Esquires. 
Dod  places  them  next  to  knights*  younger  sons, 
and  places  Clergymen,  Queen*s  Counsel,  and  offi- 
cers styled  Esquire  in  their  commissions  below 
them. 

One  word  as  regards  hoods.  A  correspondent 
of  "  N.  &  Q.**  stated  that  it  was  etiquette  to  wear 
the  hood  of  the  university  to  which  the  archbishop 
conferring  the  degree  belonged.  Lately,  however, 
I  have  seen  a  clergyman,  who  has  a  Lambeth  M.  A. 
degree,  officiating  in  an  Oxford  hood.  Is  there 
any  rule  ?  *  J.  A.  Pn. 


GRAY»S  ELEGY  PARODIED. 

(3'«»  S.  i.  197,  230.) 

An  amusing  parody  of  this  celebrated  poem  is 
to  be  found  in  a  small  volume,  entitled  Occasional 
and  Farewell  Addresses  delivered  by  W.  H.  Mur- 
ray, Esq,,  in  the  Theatres  Royal  and  Adelphi, 
Edinburgh,  Mr.  Murray  was,  for  many  vears, 
the  lessee  and  favourite  actor  of  the  Edinburgh 
Theatres ;  and  on  the  opening  or  closing  of  either 
of  his  establishments,  he  invariably  delivered  an 
address  of  his  own  composition,  and  filled  with 
pointed  and  happy  allusions.  The  address  con- 
taining the  parody  on  Crray's  Elegy  was  spoken  on 
the  commencement  of  the  season  at  the  Adelphi, 
on  June  25th,  1836.  I  heard  the  address,  and 
shall  never  forget  the  shouts  of  laughter  and  ap- 
plause by  which  it  was  greeted.  After  bewailing 
the  emptiness  of  the  town,  and  the  difficulty  of 
keeping  a  theatre  open  during  the  summer  season, 
Mr.  Murray  went  on  as  follows :  — 

«*  If  I  might  venture,  friends,  to  parody 
A  verse  or  two  of  Gray's  famed  elegy, 
Thos  would  I  sing  in  imitative  strains. 
The  solitude  which  then  around  as  reigns :  — 

*'  The  year  has  toUM  the  knell  of  fashion's  day. 
And  all  her  children  seek  the  azure  sea ; 
E'en  the  Lord  Provost,  too,  has  flown  away, 
And  left  the  town  to  solitude  and  me. 

**  Now  fades  the  glittering  throng  from  Prince's  Street, 
And  Charlotte  Square  a  solemn  stillness  holds. 
Save  when  some  doctor  in  his  gig  we  meet 
Scenting  a  fever,  or  a  few  stray  colds. 


**  Save  when  you  hear  some  moping  judge  complain 
Of  cruel  fate  which  keeps  him  from  the  hiiU; 
And  makes  him  most  reluctantly  remain 
An  ordinary  lord  upon  the  bills.* 

"  Though  where  the  people  go  to  when  they  roam 
Would  puzzle  Newton.    For  I'll  lay  a  crown 
Visit  the  Poles,  there's  nobody  *  at  home,* 
Or  try  the  Tropics,  and  they're  *  out  of  town* 

**  Tou  smile,  but  search  Great  Britain  round  about, 
From  North  to  South,  or  where  you  please  begin, 
Depend  on't  you'll  find  everybody  out, 
And  Ministers  the  only  people  in." 

I  have  copied  the  parody,  as  it  is  short;  and 
the  volume  containing  it  having  a  merely  local 
interest,  it  is  not  much  known.  Mr.  Murray,  its 
author,  was  a  man  of  remarkable  and  varied  his- 
trionic ability.  His  Falstaff  was  a  most  unctuous 
impersonation,  and  he  excelled  in  many  of  poor 
Farren's  parts :  such  as  Uncle  Foozle,  Grand- 
father Whitehead,  Hugo  Bambino,  &c.  He  was 
brother  of  Mrs.  Henry  Siddons  — one  of  the  most 
charming  actresses  who  ever  graced  the  British 
stage;  and  whose  private  life  was  as  pure  and 
stainless  as  her  public  excellence  was  transcen- 
dent. John  Pavin  Phillips. 

Haverfordwest. 


r  •  This  Reply  was  accidentally  omitted  last  week.  — 
Ei>.**N.&Q.**] 


Ambrigan  Cents  (3"*  S.  i.  208.) — I  give  a  list 
of  early  American  cents  that  I  have  in  my  pos- 
session. More  minute  particulars  may  be  ob- 
tained by  dropping  me  a  line. 

I  beg  also  to  inform  Charles  Clat,  M.D.,  that 
the  Numismatic  Chronicle,  No.  77,  or  vol.  xx.  pp. 
66 — 76^  contains  many  particulars  on  these  coins. 
I  have  seen  them  often  in  the  possession  of  col- 
lectors of  the  tokens  of  the  latter  part  of  the  last 
century.  Generally,  the  possessors  are  unaware 
what  tney  are,  or  to  what  locality  to  place  them. 

1.  **  Auctori.  ,  ^  Connec."  Bust  Rev.  "  Inde.  »  »  ,  » 
et  Lib.  Britannia."  sitting.    Exerg.  1787. 

2.  **  Auctori  Connec."  Bust.  Bev.  *♦  Inde.  et  Lib." 
Exerg,  1787.  Figure  sitting  on  a  globe,  by  side  a 
shield.    (The  last  much  better  executed  ).     Connecticut. 

3.  "Auctori.  »plebi8."    Bust    i2«>.  "Indep.  et  Liber." 

Exerg.  1787.  Figure  sitting  on ,  right  arm  on  a  globe ; 

left  on  an  anchor.    (Very  rare.)     Connecticut, 

4.  '*  E  Pluribus  unum."  Fifteeu  stars  placed  trian- 
gularly, with  rays  starting  from  them.  Letters  on  each 
star  tu  denote  each  State,  as  k  .  lu  .  v  .  m  .  sc  . ,  &c. 
Rev.  **  Unanimity  is  the  strength  of  Society."  A  hand 
holding  a  scroll,  inscribed  "  Our  cause  is  just."  Kentucky, 

5.  **  E  ,  Pluribua  ^  unum  »."  Shield  with  stripes  across, 
and  downward.  Rev,  "Nova  Caesarea."  Exerg.  1787; 
head  of  a  horse  and  a  plough.     New  Jeney. 

6.  "  Washington  and  Independence,"  1783.  Laureated 
bead.    Rev.  "united  States  of  America,  one  cent." 

7.  As  above.  A  figure  of  Liberty  seated,  holding  in 
right  hand  a  branch  of  olive ;  left,  a  rod  in  it ;  a  liberty 
cap ;  above  **  United  States." 

8.  "George  Washington,"  bust  Rev,  "Liberty  and 
Security,"  1795.  Spread  Eagle  over  the  American  shield. 


*  The  judge  whose  duty  it  is  to  remain  in  town  during 
the  vacation. 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


[S^  S.  L  Hak.  M.  W. 


Sauukl  Shaw. 

Andover,  15lh  March,  1862. 

NncimoB  ahd  Dowstt  Moir<T,  ktc.  (3''  S. 
i.  220.)~To  prevent  confugion.il  may  be  proper 
to  itate,  that  these  torma  were  t;iken  by  me  at  ^ 
second  banil,  from  a  Hulory  of  the  Boroaifh  of  | 
Guildford,  published  bj  the  i&^tsn.  Bussells, 
bonksellera  of  this  towD,  in  1301. 

The  old  book  of  accounts  ii  no  longer  in  tha 
pariah  cheat,  being  either  lost  or  deatroyedj  so  | 
that  I  have  no  meana  of  verifying  the  correclneu 
of  the  transcript,  but  I  have  no  doubt  that  Ntick- 
yngt  ahould  be  IJoeh/ngei  and  that  DnwtU  meaui 
Dole,  after  the  explanation  given  bj  Missaa. 
Eastwood  and  Bukh.  D.  M.  Stevbhs. 

AaMt  Liara  (3""  8.  i.  198,  220.)— So  muUifli- 
rions,  and  so  much  diaperaed,  are  the  subjectB 
Which  occupy  your  columnt,  that  it  must  be  mat- 
ter of  diffiuully,  if  not  of  imposaibility,  for  any 
one  mind  to  keep  pace  with  them.  In  yonr  pnl^' 
lication   (2"  8.   v.  2B0,  385),   I  did  myself  tie 

Eleasure  to  describe  an  Army  List  in  one  Talume, 
loodon,  1740,  folio,  published  by  authority  of  the 
House  of  Cnmmona ;  and  with  the  impriinalur  of 
Arthur  Onslow,  the  Speaker,  and  dated  War 
Office,  March  20,  IT^J.  It  ia  very  comprehenwve, 
and  contsina  all  the  different  armei  of  the  service, 
both  of  the  firitiah  and  Irish  eatabliahments :  the 
reduced  officers  and  retired  officers  on  22nd  Feb- 
ruary, I7ff  ;  balf-pay  of  the  marines,  31aC  Janu- 
ary, I7JS'  The  three  regiments  of  Foot  Guards 
were  then  commanded :  the  1st  by  Col.  Sir  Chaa. 
Wills ;  the  2nd  was  momentarily  vacant,  but 
H.R.H.  Wm.,  Duke  of  Cumberland,  waa  nomi- 
nated for  the  Colonelcy  ;  the  3rd,  John,  Earl  of 
Dunmore. 

The  names  and  ranks  of  the  officers  are  giren 
very  systematically;  and  the  whole  has  the  add!* 
tional  voucher  of  the  Right  Hon.  Sir  Wm.  Yonge, 
Barl,  K.B.,  then  M.P.  for  Honiton. 

I  believe  this  volume  to  be  extremely  rare,  and 
I  have  never  been  able  to  discover  another  cop^. 
As  I  atated,  I  was  indebted  for  the  perusal  of  it 
to  the  late  Mr.  Furnivall,  of  30,  Charing  Cross, 
who  very  politely  allowed  me  to  take  such  ax- 
tracts  from  it  as  I  wished.  Dmlta. 

CiBCDLAX  BoKsnia  (3*^  S.  i.  173.)  —  Surely 
a  circular  bordure  is  something  more  than  "  a 
strip  aarrounding  the  Seld,"  whatever  ahape  that 
field  may  take,  which  ia  seldom  or  never  round? 

Hone,  in  his  Table  Book  (i.  S5j),  gives  a  wood- 
cat  of  the  nriuorii!  bearing  of  the  lord  of  the 
manor  of  Stoke  Lynn,  Ulon,  which  has  this  form, 
is  surrounded  by  a  bordure  «ii.,  charged  with 
roundels,  and  answers  esactlj  to  the  first  term 
used  by  Hsa. 


A  "  bordure  intear^g  cirealar,"  I  ahould  anp- 
poae  to  be  one  conforming  in  its  outline  to  the 
abape  of  the  field,  but  baving  its  interior  nurgin 
rounded.  Doceus  Aixroar. 

Bdbds  aud  Ahdbbw  UomHBB  (3''  S.  i.  147.)— 
The  lines  referred  to  by  your  correspondent  are 
as  follows : 

"  In  aevenlMn  hondred  (orty-Dine 
Sitan  tadkatafflomakeaiwln*. 


And  ci'd  it  Andrew  Tuim 
This  Andrew  Twner  rests  hia  aole  claim  to  im- 
mortality on  a  casual  interview  with  Rurns.  The 
particulara  of  this  interview,  which  differ  conaider- 
ably  from  those  mentioned  by  your  correspondent, 
may  be  found,  with  the  above  lines,  in  Chambers' 
Library  Edition  of  Burns'  Works,  vol.  iv.  p.  244. 
WiLUAM  Black. 


LoHfl  Sbhhohs  (3''  S. 
able  precedent  might  be  i 
i^KMtla  Paul,  as  Eutychi 
■       -■   least, 


.  169.)  — Very  respect- 
ged  on  this  bead.  The 
knew  to  his  cost,  was, 
,  o  "  long  preaching"  as 
to  keep  his  hearers  until  midnight.  The  Puritans 
were  remarkable  for  the  wordy  and  elaborate  way 
in  which  they  *'  opened  "  even  a  very  simple  text ; 
and  many  of  Bunyan's  discourses  would  form  a 
good-aized  pocket  volume.  The  Metbodiata  seem 
to   have  bad   "no   fear   lest   dinner   cool;"  and 

Srobably  spoiled  many  a  good  one  by  a  very  in- 
iflerent  sermon.  Hogarth,  ever  ready  to  catch 
and  stereotype  the  "  living  manners"  of  hia  day, 
has  represented  a  clergyman  preaching  by  the 
hour-glaas,  with  the  witty  accompaniment  of  a 
copy  of  Warwick's  Spare  Minalea  —  a  conceit 
that  tellB  its  own  story  very  pleasantly. 

DoDQLAs  Allfobt. 

Bum.  (a*'  S.  X.  449)  i*  from  trata,  "  a  live 

coal,"  b^ng  the  colour  of  the  so-eaUed£mf  il  toood. 

Jowi  H.  Tin  Lbrhsf. 

Zajft,  niai  Ctrsoht. 

Wn.i.wr'8  "SiNOPSis"  (2»*  8.  lii.  M8 ;  V*  8. 
i.  32) — I   have  just   observed   a  Query   in  re- 

eard  to  my  calling  tha  modem  reprint  of  Wil- 
rt's  Sj/aoptit  "  atrocious."  I  called  it  so  because 
of  its  incorrectness :  the  Latin  and  Greek  pas- 
sagea  are  full  of  blnnders.  An  eminent  Rcfctus 
profeasor  of  divinity  ia  nnderstood  to  have  pro- 
nounced this  the  wortt  edited  book  he  bad  ever 
met  with.  SBXAOBKAuna. 

Otho  VamiDS  (3'*  S.  i.  83,  117.)  —  It  may  in- 
terest your  readers  that  I  have  in  my  possession  ■ 
portrait  of  Justus  Lipaiua  by  Otto  Venius  (pro- 
perly Octavio  van  Teen).    Jomn  H.  tar  Lbkhbp, 
Zejtt,  usar  Utrecht. 

St.  abbbbtiatbd  T  :  Tasthobt  (S"  8.  i.  7fi, 
219.)  —  Are  R.  8.  Cbaxhock  and  Cdthvbbt 
BuiK  quite  certain  that  the  ( ia  abbreviated  from 


»rt8.LHAR.  29, '6S.] 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


257 


"St^"  and  not  rather  from  the  article  lAe,  bo  aeldom 
heard  in  its  integjritf  in  northern  villngre  talk,  ex- 
cept ainODjr  the  better  educated  few.  "T  oren," 
"t  paraon,"  "t"  doctor,"  "t'ass"  are  in  eTery- 
Any  use;  and  wLat  was  once  "t' Anthony  pi^" 
maj  have  been  adopted  hj  moregenieel  counties 
u  a  buna  Jtile  word,  to  be  prece<led  bjr  an  article 
—  "a  Tantonj  pig,"  "  the  Tantony  fire." 

Of  the  northern  habit  of  clipping  the  article 
before  nouns,  every  one  acquainted  with  the  coun- 
try is  well  aware.  Such  a  sentence  as  the  follow- 
ing is  no  exaggeration  whatever.  "  G-ung  to  1*  old 
doctor's,  lad,  and  bid  him  come  to  f  fuyther.  Thou 
maun  tel!  him  he's  been  to  t  market,  and  haa  hurt 
hiuen  wiin  i  wheels  o'  (  cart.  Be  sharp,  now, 
wilt  ("e  f  " 

The  first  five  I't  here  are  obvious  abbreviations 
of  l/ie.  The  concluding  ft  is  un  instnnce  of  ano- 
ther common  abuse  of  words.  It  is  Ihe  pronoun 
iXee  clipped,  and  in  use  for  thnH, 

So  in  the  following:  "Thee 'A  best  mlml  Ihe' 
own  business,  womm,  I  tell  the'"  where  we  find 
thee  available  for  thou,  tAy.  and  thee  indiSerentl; ; 
and  in  the  last  two  cases  it  is  pronounced  quite 
abort,  as  we  do  ihe  article. 

Anoiher  reason  for  doubting  an  abbreviation  of 
"  St. "  is  the  tendency  in  the  class  alluded  to,  to 
dip  titles  ai  well  as  words.  They  ore  not  fond 
even  of  a  Mr.     Where  a  "  Smith  "  is  squire  of  the 

GrisU,  we  should  be  very  liable  to  Uear  of  "  Smith 
eies,"  for  the  Miss  Smiths;  "  Smith  dogs,"  and 
"  Smith  carriage,"  for  his  hounds  and  belongings. 
And  this  without  intentional  impertinence,  though 
one  traces  a  defect  of  deferential  feeling  in  Ihe 
habit.  When  the  schoolmaster  has  been  abroad 
long  enough,  we  must  hope  that  Anthony's  saint- 
ship  will  be  understood  and  acknowledged.  At 
present  "  Tantony,"  or  Ihe  "  Tantony  fire,"  ii 
merely  a  complaint,  which  fold  doctor  must  be 
sent  for  to  cure.  Auboia  Bokeu-ts. 

P.S.  I  have  heard  "  Fishwilliam's  renniion" 
■pokeu  of  as  a  matter  of  course,  though  with  the 
utmost  defereoce,  by  a  butcher  in  the  neighbour- 
hood of  Wentworth  Woodhouse.  So  that  even 
an  earl's  title  is  not  free  from  the  levelling  cuttoin 
of  the  country  1 

Thb  BROiNHiHe  or  the  Ebd  (2°''  8.  xii.  307, 
357,  381.)  — By  an  unfortunate  printer's  error, 
the  whole  force  of  my  meaning  at  p.  217  is  de- 
stroyed. The  third  and  fourth  lines  of  the  quo- 
tation from  Shakspeare  should  stand  thus  — 

"  TSu  If  the  Ina  Brginrting. 

Oftht  End. 
Consider- then.     We  come,"  &c 

My  object  wa^  to  show  that  our  great  dramatist 
never  broached  the  iriea  which  tnoderne  have  at- 
tached to  the  passs;;c,  and  which  has  really  no 
foundation  ;  but  arises  entirely  from  a  blunder  in 
tacking  the  end  of  the  first  sentence  to  the  be- 
ginning of  the  second.  DonoLAS  AxLPon. 


Alcduib  Stcff  (S'O  S.  i.  211.)  — I  am  sure 
"our  Editor"  will  permit  me  very  respect- 
fully to  say  that  his  explanation  of  the  foregoing 
expression  is  hardly  to  the  point.  Alctimie  is 
evidently  ockimi),  described  in  common  diction- 
aries as  "  a  mixed  base  metal,"  such,  in  fact,  as 
was  used  in  casting  the  large,  bright,  metal  but- 
tons worn  by  most  country  people  a  century  ago. 
It  is  a  mixture  of  copper  and  tin,  similar  to  that 
of  which  small  bells  are  commonly  cast ;  and  as  it 
melts  at  a  less  heat  than  a  mixture  of  copper 
and  spelter  (the  hard  tolder  of  the  braxier),  it  is 
used  by  the  brsis- worker  as  intermediate  between 
that  and  the  soft,  or  tin  solder.  A  curious  illus- 
tration of  the  use  and  meaning  of  the  above  word 
occurs  in  the  journal  of  George  Fox:  "My  but- 
tons being  bright,"  says  the  brave  proto-quaker, 
"  the  people  thought  they  were  silver,  and  cbargea 
me  with  e xtra variance  i  whereas  they  were  only 
alchemy,"  i.  e.  oehimg.  I  quot«  the  panage  from 
memory.  H. 

RroT  AND  Riot  (S-*  S.  i.  407.)  —  It  ii  perfectly 
true  Uiat  Rgolt  in  India  are  frequently  rioloiu, 
especially  those  living  near  an  Indigo  factory.  I 
certainly  am  unable  to  disprove  S.'s  theory,  that 
the  English  word  r^ot  is  derived  from  the  Hin- 
dnsthanie  (or  rather  Arabic)  word  Ryol,  anv  more 
than  I  can  disprove  Monmouth  being  derived 
from  Maeedon.  Still  the  theory  may  be  correct ; 
for  nil  that  I  cannot  disprove  would  fill  a  very 
large  book.  Would  it  be  pushing  S.'s  theory  to 
an  unreasonable  extent  to  say,  that  if  it  be  true, 
it  might  also  derive  the  ryoliear  svstem  from  the 
RyoU  always  warring  with  each  other?        W.  H. 

Loan  Matobs  or  Lokdoh  (2*^  S.  xii,  435.)  — 
1785.  Bich.  Clarke's  arms :  argent  ou  a  bend 
gules,  between  3  pellets,  as  many  swans  ppr.,  on  a 
canton  sinister  az.,  a  demi-ram  mounting  argent, 
in  chief,  2  fleur-de-lis,  over  all  a  dexter  baton. 
(Bray's  Sumg,  vol.  iii.,  under  plate  opposite  p. 
207.) 

1791.  John  Boydell,  argent  on  a  fesse  azure,  3 
mullets  or.  (On  monument  in  St.  Olave'a,  Jewry.) 

1800.  Harvey  Christian  Combe,  ermine,  3  lions 
passant  in  pale  gules.  (Hatchment  in  Cobbam 
church,  Surrey,  1824.)  F.  G.  W. 

Hbwobth  Cbiixcb  0"  9.  xi.  186.)—  The  de- 
dication of  Heworth  church  or  chapel  has  been 
■scertaineii.  The  then  existing  edifice  is  de- 
scribed in  the  Durham  HautehoIdBook ;  or,  Bor- 
■ar'a  Atxount  of  Durham  Monastery  (1330-34), 
published  by  the  Surtees  Society,  as  the  chantry 
of  the  "  Blessed  Mary  "  in  Jarrow ;  and  the  chap- 
lu'n,  John  Jakson,  bad  an  annual  payment  fl-om 
the  I^ior  and  Convent  of  Durham  (who  were  the 
patrons)  for  celebrating  divine  service  in  the 
chapel  of  Heworth.  The  chaplaincy  was  also  en- 
dowed with  certain  glebe  lands,  some  or  ull  o( 
which  were  given  by  Walter  de  Heiiiw^Ji-    t*iw 


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NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


[l"9.1.MAiL29.'ei 


the  Heformation  this  chftotr^  chapel  seems  to  have 
been  allnwed  to  fall  Into  ruini ;  but  buranis  tlie 
close  of  tbe  seventeenth  century,  owing  to  the  in- 
crease of  the  population,  and  the  distance  from  . 
Jarrow,  it  was  rebuilt,  and  remained  in  use  till  its 
removal  about  furtj  jeara  ago,  and  reptacement 
bj  the  present  building.  £.  H.  A. 

LiDi  Mast  Pbict  (3'"  S.  1 170.)  — TLU  lady, 
the  jounseat  daughter  of  the  se* enth  Earl  of  Nor- 
thumberland, is  said,  on  tbe  authority  of  a  MS. 
belonging  to  the  English  Benedictine  Domes  (for- 
merly at  firuisels,  now  at  Wiocbester),  and 
printed  in  the  Calholie  Magatine  for  August,  ! 
1S38,  to  have  been  born  on  the  11th  of  June, 
IS70.  After  the  death  of  the  couutess  (who  died 
at  Namur,  Oct.  17th,  1396),  she  "  came  into  the 
Low  Countries  to  take  possession  of  what  was  left 
her  by  her  mother,  but  more  by  her  desire  to  de- 
dicate herself  to  the  service  of  Almighty  God  in 
holy  religion,  hsving  formerly  vowed  virginity, 
and  also  to  be  religious,"  and  became  the  founder 
of  the  Benedictine  Dames  at  Brussels.  (Vide  Sir 
C.  Sharp's  MemoriaU  of  the  ReheUim  of  1S69,  p. 
350.)  B.  H.  A. 

Tbb  Name  of  thb  Rot&l  Fahilt  or  England 
i^"  S.  xii.  396,  466.)  —I  venture  to  dissent,  re- 
■pectfutly,  from  the  notions  of  Hirhbntbudb  on 
this  subject.  There  is  confusioa  enough  caused 
by  M.  Kossuth,  and  by  the  anonymous  writers  in 
The  Timet,  who,  from  time  to  time,  for  the  worst 
of  purposes,  still  persist  in  nick-naming  the  reign- 
ing family  of  Austria  as  the  "  Hapsburgs !  " 

The  family' can  only  be  the  House  of  Auitrio, 
or  of  Lorrain- Austria. 

Tbe  Dukes  of  Brunswick,  the  King  of  Hanover, 
His  Royal  Highness  the  Duke  of  Cambridge,  and 
their  descentlants,  may  carry  on  tbe  name  of 
D'EsCe  or  of  Guelph  ;  but,  it  is  to  be  hoped,  for 
tbe  lake  of  avoiding  confusion  in  future  times 
that,  as  long  as  the  crown  of  England  continues  in 
the  male  line  of  the  late  Prince  Consort,  tbe  royal 
family  of  England  may  be  universally  known  as 
the  House  of  Saxe-Cobui^  (in  England).  If  the 
royal  family  is  to  be  "dubbed"  Guelph,  why 
not  go  further  bark  a  little  way,  and  rettin  a 
rather  less  ugly  name  and  a  more  English  one  — 
Tudor,  MorUmer,  Flantagenet,  Norman  or  Anelo- 
SaxonP 

It  might  even  be  permitted  to  ask,  Jestingly, 
Wh^  not  take  the  name  of  some  one  of  the  %a 
families  of  England  still  existing  in  the  mole  fine, 
wbioh  are  able  to  trace  tbe  descent  of  the  more 
modern  royal  family  of  England  from  their  own 
paternal  ancestors,  viz.  tbe  Earls  of  Abergavenny, 
the  Baronets  Clavering,  &c.  F       Hbmri  Clinton. 

"  Thb  Wahdhrino  Jbw  "  (3"  S.  i.  14,  77.)  — 
Please  add  to  your  list  of  notices  Tile  Chronicler 
af  CartaphUut,  by  D.  Hoffman.  The  prefatory 
remarks  say :  — 


"  It  is  a  wsll-known  fact  that  during  cearly  eightetn 
I  centuries  there  has  bean  a  myaterioui  and  almost  inviri- 
bis  tradition  quietly  passing  down  that  long  stream  of 
time,  ia  varioua  countriu  of  ChriittodDiu,  reapectiog  a 
ccitaio  wonderful  peraonage,  endued  with  almoat  per- 
petual life;  and  who  bai  been  known  uodor  ths  genenl 
name  of  tbe  Wandering  Jaw,  but  whose  diatinttiva 
names,  in  different  countries  and  agei,  have  been  Carla- 
pAifiK.  next  .ijuuwru,  then  Jotfphui,  and  finally,  Jmac 

I  hopa  this  extract  may  be  of  use  to  your  French 
subscriber.  Grokob  liioio. 

Tharatonlaail. 

Rdtlabd:  CooNTr  ok  ShiebP  (3'*  S.  i.  111.) 
—  I  believe  that  Rutland  is  generally  considered 
to  be  a  Shire.    All  the  other  portions  of  the  Anglo- 

I  Saxon  Kingdom  of  Mercia  are  undoubtedly  Shirei. 

.  It  must,  however,  be  observed  that  these  others 
all  take  their  name  from  the  county  town ;  Rut- 
land does  roU  Andifitiaa  SAir<,  it  is  theonly 
one  there  is  in  England  with  the  name  terminat- 
ing in  land.  Lumen. 

I      While  thanking  your  correspondent  D.  M.  St«- 

I  viics  for  his  attention  to  my  Query  about  Rut- 
land, yet  I  would  ask  whether  the  case  of  Ireland 
may  not  be  noticeable?  Is  it  merely  custom,  or 
some  law  of  euphony  that  makes  us  speak  of 
Coanty  Kerry,  County  Wicklow,  Sic,  ad  infinilam  f 

'  I  put  this  inquiringly,  desiring  to  know  the  true 

I  state  of  the  cose,  without  at  all  impugning  tbe 
correctness  of  the  answer  relative  to  England. 

\  Eliot  Mo.itavbai'. 

,      Oxfaid. 

!      ToncHwo  FOB  thb  Kinh'j  Evil  (S-J  S.  i.  208.) 

— Verhaps  the  following  extract  from  tbe  Register 
of  Stoke -upon -Trent  may  be  acceptable  to  S.  T. 
The  surname  was  illegible  to  me  when  I  made  the 


there  is  another  example  which  I  did  not  copy, 
dated  August  29,  1687  :  — 

"Hamorand,  That  the  Mtnitter  and  Churchwardens 
of  Stoko-upon-Treat,  In  tbe  County  oF  Staffurd,  xave  uoU 
Catharine,  Ihe  diughMr  of  \rt'jur  .  .  .  and  Mary  bii 
wife  of  the  Psriih  afureiaid,  upon  the  third  day  of  Uay, 
In  the  j-oar  of  o'  Lord  God  one  thousand  aii  hundred 
eightv  and  ffoure  a  coriiBcate  under  their  hands  aud 
seals,  in  order  to  her  obtaiuiuK  of  his  Hajeaty'a  aicied 
touch  tor  ths  healing  of  the  diseaM  called  the  £ing't- 
EtUL 

"J.  BaouFiELD.Cutats  of  Stoke  aforesaid, 
"Joiis    Yeatj    and    JosBPH    Twiford, 
Chuccb  warden  a" 

D.P. 

Stuart's  Lodge,  Malvml  Weill. 

I  can  throw  no  light  on  8.  T.'a  queries ;  but,  in 
common  with  not  a  few  of  "  N.  k  Q-"  readers, 
am  glad  to  learn  that  he  purposes  to  publish  a 
volume  on  the  subject  tupra.  Perchance  the 
annexed  title-pages  may  alightlyaid.  Has  your 
correspondent  S.  T.  any  .theory,  or,  if  he  prefer 


I.  Mab.  29,  '62.] 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES- 


259 


hilosophy  of  tbe  thing?  Whence  did  the 
D  orlgiaate?     How  explain  alleged  cures  ?    - 

*  Badger  (John),  Cases  of  Cares  of  the  King's  Evil 

ted  by  the  royal  toach.     Lond.  8vo.  1748.'* 

'  Becket  (Will.)    Enqairy  into  antiquity  and  effi> 

of  touching  for  King's  *£vil,  Tfith  records.  8vo. 
» 

r. 

fGLisH  Epitaphs  at  Rome  (S'**  S.  i.  209.) — 
[  supply  some  of  the  information  which  B.  U. 
*sires  to  obtain. 

the  cloister  of  the  Quadriporticus  before  the 
ch  of  San  Gregorio,  are  the  two  following 
phs.  I  copied  them  myself  in  January  1848. 
epitaphs  will  answer  the  queries  of  B.  H.  C. ; 
3ne  of  them,  Game's,  will  illustrate  the  ex- 
ition  of  his  remaining  in  Home  which  appears 
urray's  Hand  Book, 

I  youc  left,  as  you  enter  the  cloister,  is  a 
il  monument  to  Peckham,  the  "  Vecamo,"  no 
t,  mentioned  by  B.  H.  C. :  — 

"D.  O.  M. 
Roberto  Peclmino  Anglo 
Eqiiiti  avrato 
Philippo  et  Mariaa 
AngliflB  et  Hispaniie  Regibrs 

Olim  a  consiliii), 
Genere,  Religione,  Yirtvte, 
Prieclaro, 
Qui  cum  patriara  svara 
A  fide  Catholiea  deficientem  adspicere 

Sine  svmmo  dolore  non  posset, 
Relictis  omuibvs  quae  in  hac  vita 
carissiina  esse  solent. 
in  volvntarivm  profectvs  exilivm, 
post  sex  annos, 
Pavperibvs  Christi  hssredibus 
Testamehto  institvtis, 
,        Sanctissime  e  vita  migravit 
Idib.  Sept.  ann.  MDLXIX. 
^tatis  svae  LIV. 

Thomas  Gnldovellus  Episcop.  Asapheosis 

Et  Thomas  Kirtonvs  Angli 

Testament!  Procvratores  pos." 

lomas  Goldwell,  Bishop  of^Sl.  Asaph,  was 

lingle  English  Bishop  who  is* included  in  the 

logue  of  the  Fathers  of  the  Council  of  Trent. 

irne*s  monument  is  near  Feckham*s.     It^  has 

epitaph :  —  . 

"D.O.M. 

Edvardo  Carno  Britaxno 
viti  avrato,  ivrisconsvlto,  oratori,  summis  de  rebvs 
inniffi  Regvm  ad  Imperatorem,  ad  Reges,  bisqve 
lomanam  et  Apostolicam  sedem,  qvarvm  in  altera 
ione,  a  Philippo  Mariaq.  piis  Regibvs  missvs.  Oborto 
le  post  mortem  Marite  in  Britannia  schismate,  sponte 
a  carens  ob  Catholicam  fidem,  cv  magna  integritatis 
que  pietatis  existimatione  decessit.  Hoc  mona« 
vm  Galfridvs  Vachanvs  et  Thomas  Fremannvs, 
i,  ex  testamento  pos.  obiit  ann.  Salvtis  M.D.LXl. 
I.  Cal.  Febr." 

bove  this  inscription  is  carred  the  figure  of 
Blessed  Virgin  holding  our  Divine  Redeemer 
ler   arms.     Below    tne   inscription   enough 


carving  remains  to  show  that  there  has  been  a 
perfect  achievement.  The  helmet  and  bearings 
have  been  chiselled  off.  This  injury  was,  I  be- 
lieve, done  by  the  French  republicans. 

I  do  not  know  the  monument  in  the  church  of 
San  Crisogono ;  nor  can  I  give  B.  H.  C.  any 
account  of  Cardinal  Allen's  tomb.  There  is  no 
monument  to  him  in  the  English  College  now. 
The  former  church  of  tbe  English  College  was 
destroyed  by  the  French  republicans.  D.  P. 

Stuart's  Lodge,  Malvern,  Wells. 

HoLTLAND  Familt  (2"*  S.  xi.  249, 358.)— Being 
myself  descended  from  a  Miss  Holyland,  of  whose 
paternal  ancestry  we  know  but  little,  I  should  be 
glad  to  know  whether  your  correspondent  T. 
North,  Southfield,  Leicester,  who  mentions  a 
family  of  the  name  in  the  parish  of  Ratby,  Leices- 
tershire, would  allow  me  to  enter  into  communi- 
cation with  him  on  the  subject..  Any  one  else 
who  can  localise  or  identify  families  bearing  this 
name  would  oblige  me  by  stating  it  in  the  pages 
of  "  N.  &  Q."  I  should  also  be  glad  of  informa- 
tion as  to  the  best  means  of  tracing  Ihe  descent 
of  the  family  of  Elton^  of  the  Nether  Hall,  Led" 
bury^  and  their  connection  with  the  main  stock 
of  Elton  of  the  Hazelly  from  which  the  two 
baronctted  families  of  the  name  derive  their 
origin. 

Should  T.  North,  or  any  other  correspondent, 
offer  to  communicate  privately  with  me,  I  will 
intrust  the  address  thtit  may  then  be  the  most 
convenient  for  nie  to  the  Editor  of  "  N  &  Q.'* 

Eliot  M^ktaubait. 

Oxford. 

Trial  bt  Battel  (3'*  S.  i.  214.)— Mr.  Ed- 
ward Fobs  says,  ''Trial  by  battel  was  merely 
optional  on  the  part  of  the  appellee  when  he 
pleaded  not  guilty,  and  even  that  option  was  taken 
away  when  there  had  been  a  previous  trial.** 

This  last  statement  is  erroneous,  for  in  the 
celebrated  case  of  Abraham  Thornton,  who  was 
appealed  of  murder,  after  acquittal.  Lord  Ellen- 
borough  in  the  Court  of  K.  B.  allowed  the  wager 
of  battel,  the  other  judges  concurring.  The  only 
reason  for  the  Court  refusing  an  appellee  the 
wager  of  battel  upon  appeal  of  felony  was  in  the 
case  of  his  having  been  taken^lagrante  delicto^  ''for 
it  is  unreasonable  that  an  innocent  man  should 
stake  his  life  against  one  who  is  already  half  con- 
victed."    {Bla,  Com.  vol.  iv.  p.  347  )  Jal. 

Thh  Irish  Harp  (3^*  S.  i.  192.)  — If  Mr. 
CiiBSSBOROuGH  Harberton  will  refer  to  "  N.  & 
Q."  (1»*  S.  xii.  328,  350),  he  will  find  a  long  ac- 
count by  Sir  Martin  Leake,  Garter,  of  the  changes 
which  have  been  made  from  time  to  time  in  the 
arms  of  Ireland.  J.  Woodward. 

Shorebam. 

Lbadbn  Coin  of  William  and  Mart  (3^  S.  i. 
307.) — This  is  a  farthing  v\!l  ^-^X^t^m^^^^iy^^ 


260 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


[8"»  S.  I.  Mar.  29,  '62. 


of  copper  through  the  centre,  in  order  to  preTent 
forgeries  of  them ;  but  they  were  largely  counter- 
feited. If  in  good  preservation,  the  words  '*  nvu- 
MosvM  FAMVLYS  "  Will  be  found  on  their  edge. 

S.  S. 

The  Pbttigeew  Familt  (3^*  S.  i.  125, 215.)-- 
William  Petty  grew,  gazetted  Captain  R.N.,  17th 
July,  1 755.  —  Beatson.  S.  T. 

"  Olla  Podrida"  (3'*»  S.  i.  215.)  —  I  have  ob- 
served timt  a  mistake  in  the  use  of  the  words 
oUa  podrida  is  very  general. 

People  probably  intend  to  say  oUa^  i.  e.  a  col- 
lection of  all  sorts  of  things  :  for,  1  believe,  olla  is 
the  name  of  the  well-known  dish,  heretofore  very 
generally  seen  on  the  hospitable  tables  of  Spain 
and  Portugal.  Whereas  olla  podrida  would  seem 
to  be  the  pot  pourri  —  the  well-known  sweet- 
scented  amalgam  of  flowers,  leaves,  &c. 

Henrt  Clirton. 

Uarkway,  Ilerts. 

Tabard  C^'^  S.  i.  217.)  — It  appears  from  "N. 
&  Q.*'  (2^^  S.  xii.  435),  that  the  tabard  was 
something  worn  by  ladies.  Is  it  generally  known 
that  it  corresponded  often  to  the  round-frock  of 
our  small  farmers  some  centuries  ago  ?  Though 
usually  defined  to  be  a  herald*s  jacket  or  sleeveless 
coat,  Chaucer's  "Plowman"  is  certainly deacribed 
us  wearing  one ;  and  this  fact,  taken  in  connexion 
with  the  sign  of  the  inn  in  Southwark,  from  which 
he  started  with  the  other  pilgrims  to  Canterbury, 
leads  me  to  believe  that  tne  old  hostelrie  was  so 
called  out  of  compliment  to  the  Kentish  farmers, 
who  "most  do  congregate,"  in  the  present  day, 
about  our  Southwark  taverns. 

In  an  account  of  the  scanty  wardrobe  of  Regi- 
nald Labbe,  a  Hampshire  ploughman,  who  died 
in  1293,  mention  is  made  of  a  tabard  and  tunic 
valued  together  at  xij*^.  Douqlab  Allport. 


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LOXBON,  SATURDAY,  APRIL  5,  1863. 


CONTENTS.  — NO.  «. 


HOTBS:  — Oxford  in  1fle6-«8:  from  Original  Letters,  261 

—  Shakspeariana:  Shakspeare's  "Much  Ado  about  No- 
thing"—  Hbaktpearo  Musio— Old  Allusions  to  Shake- 
■pearp— Who  Steals  my  Purse  — "Pol ighti-d:"  ".M<*a- 
nire  for  Meaaure,"  Act  lIL  8c.  1.— Shakespeare,  "  Ham- 
let.* Act  V.  6c  S,  9M— An  Enclish  Academy  for  Eniineuce 
to  Litgrmtiire,  266  —  Inoditeu  Letter  from  a  QueiMi  of 

MlYOB  Homi— Viitithig  Cards  — Bo^al  Exchange  Motto 
— kUae  of  tbexoDguo  iu  Speech  —  Stephen  Keniblc  —  X 
fluaous  Wrestler  —  Acta  of  Parliament  ReiK-aled,  2«)7. 

QUERIES:— Standing  at  the  Ix)rd'H  Prayer.  2«h— Isaac 
Ambrose — ArchitQCtural  Views -. More  Slystcries  nlM)ut 
Burke  — Mm.  Cumberhatch  —  *'  EnKlish  Fashions  in  Italy 
in  tbe  17th  Century"  —  Freeman  Family—  (ierlachus 
FUcciis  —  Mediaival  .\rchiterts  —  Mesmerism  —  l*nlostiue 
Aasoeiation— Pickering  Family  —Quotations  Wanted  — 
Rainbow  in  1«4I  — Eugby  School  — Sir  John  ^^traniwj  — 
Ihree-peouj  Curates  —  Wilkes's  last  Speech  iu  Purlla- 
ment,  269. 

Qnmss  WITH  AvswEBS :  —  Christopher  Wandesforde  — 
Enianuel  le  Scrope,  Earl  of  Sunderland  —  **  Diary  of  Lady 
Wmomriil^  "  —  Joseph  HaUet  —  Welsh  Mottoes  —  Walton 
and  Cotton  Club,  271. 

REPLIES : — Clerical  Knights, 27.3  —  Silencer Cowiwr's  Trial, 
276  —  Toad-eater,  270  —  Paulson  —  Chief  Uaron  James 
BcTDolds:  Barou  James  Reynolds—  Hiographieal  Queries 

—  Coina  inaerted  in  Tankards  —  Title-pages  —  Sir  if.  l>»vy 
and  James  Watt  — Bristol   Cathedral  —  Sutton   Family 

—  "God's  Proridence  is  mine  Inheritance" — Burke: 
Malhnr  Becisters  —  Postage  Stampii  —  Tlte  Carylls  of 
Lad^rholi— ^'  ItinGnurium  Italiw"  —  Medical  Degrees,  270. 

5otea  on  Books. 


ftniti. 


OXFORD  IN  1688-92 ;  FROM  ORIGINAL  LETTERS. 

In  the  drawers  and  libraries  of  many  a  country 
houie  in  England  are  rich  and  unexplored  stores 
of  information,  upon  matters  of  the  highest  po- 
litical interest.  We  have,  fortunately,  had  a  col- 
lection of  letters  of  this  character  lately  placed  by 
a  friend  in  our  hands,  and  proceed  to  lay  before 
our  readers  extracts  carefully  arranged,  and  illus- 
trated bj  a  few  observations.  These  letters  form 
part  of  the  correspondence  of  Mr.  James  Harring- 
ton, M.A.,  second  son  of  James  Harrington  of 
Waltham  Abbey;  admitted  student  of  Christ 
Church,  Oxford,  Dec.  1 7,  1 684,  and  of  the  Inner 
Temple  in  London. 

Mr.  Harrington  was  retained  for  the  Univer- 
sity in  a  cause  which  affected  its  privileges ;  and 
Dr.  George  Smalridge,  Jan.  28,  16f§,  tells  him 
that  it  is  proposed  to  elect  him  their  burgess  in 
coiueqaence  of  bis  care  and  ability  in  defending 
their  cause. 

The  information  with  respect  to  Oxford  is  of 
peculiar  interest;  as  A.  Wor5d,  in  his  Lifcy  is 
Silent  on  the  proceedings  of  the  interval  between 
1687  and  1692, — the  period  which  is  illustrated 
in  these  letters.  Mr.  Harrington  wrr)te  the  pre- 
face to  the  first  volume  of  Wood's  AthejuB  Oxoni' 
mueSt  and  the  introduction  to  the  second;  be 
died  at  the  age  of  twenty -nine  years,  in  1693. 


I      We  must  apprise  the  reader  that  A.  1^1.  are  the 

i  initials  of  Arthur  Mainwaring,  a  nephew  of  Mr. 

:  Cholmeley,  whom  he  mentions  as  a  prisoner  in  the 

\  Tower.     See  Bayley's  Hist  of  the  Tower ^  ii.  639. 

A.  C.  denote  Arthur  Charlett,  Fellow  of  Trinity 

College,  1680.S  Proctor,  April  18, 1683  ;  D.D.  July 

8,  1692  ;  and  Master  of  University  College,  1692. 

(Wood*s  Zi/e,  cxxi.,  A.  O,  iv.  386).    He  was  the 

son  of  the  Rev.  A.  Charlett,  Rector  of  CoUing- 

boume  Ducis,  Wilts;  was  Chaplain  in  Ordinary 

from  1690  to  March,  1717;  and  Prebendary  of 

Worcester  Nov.  1713.     He  died  Nov.  18,  1722. 

He  maintained  a  correspondence  with  near  2000 

persons,  including  the  name  of  every  distinguished 

man  of  letters  and  science  of  the  period ;  and  the 

tradition  in  his  college  was,  that  the  postage  of 

the  letters  which  he  received  amounted  to  nearly 

as  much  as  the  profits  of  his  Mastership,  which, 

until  June,  1707,  were  no  more  than  80/.  a-year 

(Oxoiiiana,  iv.  117-9). 

T.  N.  are  the  initials  of  Thomas  Newey,  of 
Christ  Church;  Proctor,  April  10,  1689  {A.  O, 
Fasfi,  iv.  406.) 

G.  S.  mark  the  letters  of  George  Smalridge, 
the  Favonius  of  the  Tatler ;  afterwards  Bishop  vt* 
Bristol. 

Affairs  at  All  Souls*:  Founder*s  Kin, 
**  There  are  here  (Ch.  Ch.)  M'  Duke  and  Tim  Hannes 
J.  Man,  Hey  wood,  Gastrel ;  Atterbury  we  expect  agen 
to-ui^ht  .  .  .  Creech  ^  of  All  Soub  is  here;  and  be  tells 
me  effectual  care  is  taken  that  no  more  Foander*s  Kins- 
men come  into  All  Souls.  I  enquired  concerning  the 
Chicheleys,  and  find  him  of  opinion  they  are  not  idl  re- 
lated to  the  AbP,  and  that  no  one  of  that  name  can  be, 
for  he  8^*^  ail  the  succession  is  by  a  daughter  of  one  of  the 
Founder's  brothers." 

(Endorsed  M^  Creech,  abou(  Boys).     From  Thomas 
Creech.  —  **  If  it  hath  been  represented  to  you  that  the 
right  WM  either  questioned  or  denyed,  y  accoaot  is  false. 
There  was  no  debate  about  it,  nor  indeed  was  there  auy 
reason   for  such  a  debate.    You  know  very  well  y*  a 
bare  pedigree  doth   not  qualify  a  man ;   y*  founder  re- 
quires otlier  conditions,  and  I  think  no  man  chosen  this 
,  election  but  was  much  more  qualifyed  than  y*  appealer; 
'  however,  y*  College  is  sole  judge  of  that.     If  y"  j'^oung 
I  man  would  follow  his  study  a  little,  y«  pedigree  may  do 
i  him  some  service,  and  you  may  please  to  inform  him  y< 
I  a  turbulent  litigious  temper  is  not  a  very  good  qoalificd- 
tion  to  recommend  a  man  to  our  Society." 

The  following  anecdote  refers  to  the  election  of 
a  Camden  Professor  of  History.  Henry  Dodwell, 
the  learned  chronologist  and  controversialist,  who 
was  successful  on  this  occasion,  but  only  held  the 
office  for  three  years,  being  deprived  as  a  Non- 
juror. Wood,  Ath.  Oxon,  Fasti^  iv.  404,  says  that 
he  was  elected  April  2,  **  generously  by  the  Uni- 
versity without  his  privity." 

IVhat  came  of  a  Fellow  not  voting /or  his  Warden, 
"  March  18,  1088  (T.  N.)— It's  thought  D'.  Lamphira* 


1  Thomas  Creech,  B.D.,  Fellow  of  All  Souls,  and  trans- 
lator of  Lucretius,  died  17U1. 
3  D'  John  Lajpphire  was  Fellow  of  Kew  College,  1636 ; 


262 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


Idrd  s.  L  Apbil  5,  '62. 


cAnnot  live  much  longer;  if  no  mandate  come,  I  heare 
M'  Dodwell  intends  to  appeare  against  M'  Heylln'  for 
the  place." 

"Aprils,  1688  (T.N.)  — M'  Heylin,  distrusting  the 
strength  of  his  party,  how  justly  I  know  not,  desisted, 
and  designed  to  serve  the  warden  of  A.  &  with  his  in- 
terest: so  y^  the  only  three  competitors  who  stood  it  out 
were  D'  Aldworth,*  M'  Finch.*  and  M*^  Dodwell;  the 
tirst  of  whom  u|>on  computation  appeared  to  have  86 
votes,  the  second  98,  and  the  third  104.  Most  of  us  were 
for  M'  F.,  except  those  whose  peculiar  character  it  is  to 
dissent  from  the  rest  of  the  hous ;  who,  tho*  as  much 
against  a  foreigner  as  others,  yet  would  not  be  dissuaded 
from  tlirowing  away  theyr  votes  upon  D'  Aldworth ;  but 
M'  F.  lost  the  place  by*8  of  his  own  hous  — D'  Trapp, 
M'  Gardiner,  and  M'  Proast ;  'for  if  they  had  voted  for 
him  instead  of  D.,  the  numbers  had  been  equall,  and, 
consequently,  he  had  carried  it  by  vertue  of  being  a  gra- 
duate in  tli'is  University,  and  he  struck  Proaat's  name 
out  the  book  last  Tuesday,  and  has  this  morning  sum- 
moned the  other  2  before  the  fellows,  and  registei:*d  em. 
I  know  this  proceeding  of  his  will  seem  a  little  too  hot, 
but  can  witness  for  him  y^  he  was  not  induced  to  it  by 
the  frequent  and  earnest  sollicitations  of  the  fellows,  and 
after  having  received  two  nut  very  obliging  letters  from 
Proast ;  and  really  at  first  sight  it  seems  a  little  too  pro- 
voking to  bo  borne,  for  one  wbo  lyes  perfectly  at  the 
mercy  of  the  head  of  his  Coll.  not  onety  to  vote  against 
liim,  but  to  be  importunate  with  othera  to  doe  the  like. 
Since  the  election,  we  are  much  better  convinced  of  the 
imprudence  of  choosing  M'  D.  at  this  juncture;  for,  not- 
withstanding the  Bp  of  S*  A.*s0  and  D'  Mills  cerUinty  of 
his  willingness  to  accept  the  place,  it  now  appears  y* 
they  were  so  far  from  having  consulted  l\im  y*  they  knew 
not  where  he  was,  having  sent  a  messenger  with  horses 
to  D^  Fowk  and  D'  Hollins  where  they  may  find  him." 

Burnet  v.  Dodwell. 

*'  D' Kidder  7  having  sent  for  M''  Hody^  to  introduce 
him  into  Somersettihire,  both  gave  such  a  character  of 
M'  Dodwell  at  Salisbury  to  y«  Bp  there  of  ill  intentions 
agrt  y  Baroccian  MSS.,^  that  it  so  fired  y»  Bp,  as  to 
make  him  break  out  into  very  intemperate  expressions 

Principal  of  New  Inn  Hall,  1662,  and  of  Harthall  1663; 
and  Camden  Professor  1660-68.   He  died  March  80, 1688. 

»  Thomas  Heylyn,  of  Ch.  Ch.,  M. A.,  1669. 

*  Charles  Aldworth,  D.C.L.,  Fellow  of  Msgdalen,  was 
elected  Camden  Professor,  Nov.  19, 1691 ;  he  died  April 
16.  1720. 

3  Hon.  Leopold  W.  Finch,  admitted  without  election 
by  the  King*s  mandate,  Warden,  Jan.  21,  1686;  Pre- 
bendary|Of  Canterbury,  Nov.  4,  1689 ;  he  was  nominated 
again  by  Archbishop 'Tenison,  Oct  81,  1698,  having  for- 
mally vacated  the  Headship  for  the  purpose. 

^  The  Bishop  of  St.  Asaph  was  VVilliam  Lloyd,  trans- 
lated to  Lichfield  Oct  20, 1G94;  and  to  Worcester.  June 
20.  1700. 

7  The  intruded  Bishop  of  Bath  and  Wells,  in  the  place 
of  the  excellent  Bishop  Ken. 

A  Humphrey  Hody,  M.A.,  Fellow  of  Wadham  College, 
Begius  Professor  of  Divinity,  and  Archdeacon  of  Oxford. 
His  edition  of  the  treatise  attributed  to  Nicephorus,  of 
the  thirteenth  or  fourteenth  century,  and  asserting  that 
the  nnjust  deprivation  of  a  bishop,  if  his  successor  was  not 
a  heretic,  did  not  make  a  church  guilty  of  schism,  in 
1G91,  provoked  a  reply  from  Dodwell  in  1692,  entitled 
A  Vindication  of  the  Deprived  Biahopt, 

0  Tho  MSS.  of  F.  Barocci,  the  mathematician  of  Venice, 
were  sold  by  his  heirs,  and  came  to  the  Bodleian  Libraiy 
MgpMTt  of  lian^baine's  collection. 


ag**  M'  Dodwell  before  D'  Whitby  ^ ;  who,  according  to 
his  usual  simplicity  of  friendship,  has  communicated 
them  in  a  letter  t(^'  D.,  who  has  replyd  very  sbarpljr 
to  it,  without  any  regard  to  y«  vertues  or  abilitya  U  D'. 
Burnett  (-4.  C,  [Charlett],  1692)." 

What  FeapU  thought  of  the  Bishop  of  Oxford. 

**  The  B.  of  O.*  fills  every  mouth.  I  never  knew  any 
under  a  more  universal  odium.  The  B.  of  C.  is  a  S*  to  him. 
Ev'n  in  Yorkshire,  where  the  countrey  gentlemen  talk  of 
notbing  but  horses,  they  launch  out  ag'  him,  and  a  dis- 
tanced norse  is  not  spoken  ag*  w^  more  contempt  This 
epitaph  goes  about  him,  w\  because  I  rec^  not  from  Ox., 
tho*  I  rec<^  a  letter  thence,  take  — 

'  If  Heaven  be  glad  when  sinners  cease  to  sin. 
If  Hell  be  glad  when  sinners  do  come  in, 
If  Earth  be  glad  when  it  doth  lose  a  knave, 
Then  all  are  glad  S.  O.  ia  in  his  grave.' " 

Fairfax  v.  BumeL 

**  There  is  a  sheet  by  Fairfax  the  Jesuite  ag«  D'  Mau  - 
rice  3  for  licenaing  a  pamphlet  in  defence  of  our  Orders, 
very  mean.  A  defence  of  the  Considerations  on  Luther 
against  his  Vindicator,  still  meaner.  The  reflections  on 
Burnet  are  stupid  to  the  most  utmost  degree.'' 


w 


Affaire  at  Magdalen. 

1688.  T.  N.  says,  **  We  have  little  news  here  but  of 
the  civil  wars  in  Magdalen.  The  fellows  thought  the 
Bv*  government  a  little  too  arbitrary,  and  were  preparing 
to  desire  him  to  govern  by  Statute ;  w«^  he  perceiving, 
called  *em  before  him,  and  produced  and  read  to  *em  a 
Commission  from  the  King,  whereby  he  was  impowered 
to  govern  the  Coll.,  and  displace  and  place  fellows,  &c 
according  to  his  own  pleasure,  without  any  appeal  to 
Visitor,  Ecclesiastical  Com**, or  the  King  himself.  He  told 
*em  the  Coll.  was  by  the  Founder*B  charity  designed  a 
seminary  for  learned  and  pious  men ;  y^  some  of  *em  were 
neither  way  qualified.    As  for  y*  rest,  he  bad  'em  be- 

1  Daniel  Whitby,  D.D..  Fellow  of  Trinity  College, 
Precentor  of  Salisbury,  1672,  and  the  learned  Commen- 
tator of  the  New  Testament  He  died  an  Arian.  He 
wrote,  in  1707,  B^flectiona  —  *'  showing  the  falsehood  and 
pernicious  consequences  of  the  opinions  of  Mr.  Henry 
Dodwell,  contained  in  a  ^book  intituled  an  Epistolary 
Dieeonrse,  proving  that  the  soul  is  a  principle  naturally 
mortal." 

3  Samuel  Parker,  D.D.,  F.R.S.,  waa  the  son  of  Mr. 
Baron  Parker,  and  forsook  the  Independents  to  become  a 
Romanist.  He  was  appointed,  by  royal  mandamus.  Pre- 
sident of  Magdalen,  Oct  2d,  1687,  and  made  a  Privy 
Councillor.  Father  Petre  condemned  his  bigotry  and  in- 
temperance. He  refused  at  last,  according  to  Evelyn,  to 
declare  for  the  Roman  Church ;  and  died  March  20, 1688. 
He  was  buried  in  Magdalen  Chapel.  Hia  successor, 
Timothy  Hall,  was  promoted  for  reading  the  Declaration 
of  Conscience  in  person,  whilst  others  employed  their 
parish  clerks  at  a  fee  of  2«.  M.  Neither  Dean  nor  Canon 
would  instal  him ;  nor  would  any  graduate  receive  orders 
from  him.  so  that  on  May  26,  1689,  Bishop  Levins  came 
to  hold  an  ordination  in  Magdalen  College  Chapel.  Dr. 
Hall  died  in  great  poverty  at  Homerton,  April  9,  1690 ; 
and  was  buried  at  Hackney.  He  was  succeeded  by  the  ex- 
cellent John  Hough,  President  of  Magdalen.  The  Bishop 
of  Chester  here  alluded  to  was  Thomas  OcHimpAt  con- 
secrated Oct.  17,  1688.  He  came  with  L.  C.  J.  Wright 
and  Mr.  Baron  Jenner,  as  a  Commissioner,  Oct  30, 1687, 
to  expel  Hough  from  the  Presidency. 

'  Henry  Maurice,  D.D.,  Chaplain  Co  the  Archbtehop  of 
Canterbury. , 


flM  S.  I.  April  S,  '63.] 


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gone  and  live  qnietly,  or  they  shoald  beare  further  from 
im  shortly.  Oar  Dean  told  a  friend  of  his  t'other  day 
y*  half  of  'em  ....  tw  ....  of  w<^^  number  Cbarnock 
....  being  not  onely  Chancellor,  but  Yicar-generall, 
w*^  I  am  glad  to  heare  to  befall." 

^June  l2o  (Anon).  —  Cbarnock^  and  Cotton  bare 
fought  of  late.  Chamock  has  pat  him  out  of  Commons. 
Fairfax  tamed  ont  a  boy  from  being  chorister,  and  Cbar- 
nock admitted  him  clerk.  This  corporation  was  entirely 
dissolred  the  last  week.  The  King  had  reserT'd  a  power 
of  patting  out,  and  pat  oat  all.  There  are  8  pat  into 
commission  to  govern  the  town,  3  Wrights,  Brown,  a 
hatter.  Carter,  a  brewer,  and  one  Padrey,  &c." 

"  April  24  (T.  N.)  — Tomorrow  being  8*  Mark's  day, 
the  University  Sermon  ought  to  be  at  Magdalen's,  npon 

Siin  of  some  of  the  University  lands  lapsing  to  Trinity  Coll. 
at  they  began  to  say  Mass  there  last  Sunday ;  and'Char- 
nock,  resolving  y*  nothing  like  heresy  sha'll  ever  come 
within  those  walls  again,  has  appointed  F'  Fairfax  to 
preach ;  what  the  issue  is,  you'll  hear  by  the  next  .... 
FA  fragment  by  another  correspondent  supplies  this 
niatas]  .  .  .  Protestant  preach,  was  because  Chamock 
pat  ap  Fairfax  at  S*  Maries,  where  M'  Whiting  of  Wad- 
ham  gave  na  an  ingenious  disconrse." 

Changu  in  the  Oxford  Corporation, 

"May  81, 1688  (T.  N.)  — There's  a  new  regulation  of 
the  Oxford  charter  coming  down,  whereof  10  out  of  the 
18  are  to  be  tamed  out,  and  Alderman  Wright  constitnted 
mayor."    • 

The  Affaire  of  Obadiah  Walker. 

«  Ox.  Sunday,  May  6»»>.  (G.  a)  —  Walker  »  has  pub- 
lished  a  Discourse  of  the  Eucharist,  a  book  often  cited  but 
never  before  printed,  written  b^  the  author  of  the  rest, 
for  he  professeth  himself  the  editor  only.  There  are  ad- 
joined 2  appendixes  in  Defence  of  the  2  discourses  before 
printed ;  one  in  answer  to  the  London  Answerer,  and  the 

other  to  the  Oxford  replier Dr.  Burnet  be  cals  a 

perfidious  fugitive,  Cranmer  he  tf*^  for  flattery,  lust,  in- 
constancy, ingratitude,  and  treason,  and  most  damnable 
Hobbitm,  deserves  the  invectives  and  execrations  of  all 
posterity.  Bp  Taylor  he  cals  an  inconstant,  artificiall, 
and  confident  writer — one  that  wrote  according  as  his 
humor  and  circumstances  engaged,  and  never  scrupled 
contradicting  himself." 

**  Anon.  —  Walker  has  pat  ont  another  book  w*i^  he 
calls  a  Compendious  Disconrse  on  the  Eucharist,  tho'  it 
contains  240  pages  besides  two  appendixes,  the  first  and 
longest  wherof  pretends  to  be  an  Answer  to  Wake :  the 
2^  to  the  Oxford  Reply,  the  author  of  w«>»  designs  him  a 
retam  at  y  end  of  y«  Reflections,  for  w«»»  reason  he  thinks 
it  reqnisite  there  should  be  a  new  preface,  and  therefore 
has  left  ont  y«  introduction,  but  contrived  where  to  bring 
it  all  in  in  different  places  in  the  body  of  the  book ;  he 
desires  you  would  at  leisure  think  of  some  convenient 

<  Robert  Chamock,  Vice-President  and  Fellow  of  Mag- 
dalen, M.A.,  1686 ;  he  was  executed  in  1696  for  partici- 
pation in  the  **  Assassination  Plot,"  and  meanly  oflered 
to  b«tray  the  trust  of  the  Jacobites,  In  whose  employ- 
ment he  bad  been  sent  to  St.  Germain's,  and  bad  received 
the  commission  of  a  Captain  fh>m  James  II. 

*  Obadiah  Walker,  a  man  of  leamlng  and  talent,  and 
n  Romanist  before  elected  Master  of  University  College, 
Jone  22, 1676,  declared  himself  of  that  faith  in  1685 ;  and 
on  Aug.  15,  1686,  opened  a  Romish  chapel  in  the  college, 
and  in  1687,  established  a  printing-preM  in  It  under  Let- 
ters Patents  where  he  published  the  tracts  of  Woodward, 
Master  of  the  Romish  seminsrv  at  Hoxton.  He  left  Ox- 
ford, Nor,  9,  1688 1  and  on  Feb.  4.  1689,  the  mastership 
filled  np  by  the  election  of  the  senior  Fellow. 


place  to  insert  something  concemtng  the  Bodleian  Li- 
brary, or  the  greatest  Dart  of  the  revenues  of  University 
Coll.,  being  given  by  oir  Simon  Bennet,  a  Protestant." 

**  Here  has  been  a  great  bustle  about  a  roguish  tajlor's 
boy,  perhaps  you  may^know  him  by  the  name  of 
Kidny ;  he  put  his  head  into  Commissioners'  coach  when 
they  were  here,  and  cryd,  *  Some  of  us  will  be  banged ; ' 
and  lately  threw  Sir  Reverence  in  at  the  window  upon 
Obadiah's  plate  when  he  was  dinner.  When  the  con- 
stables came  to  seiz  him  by  Ob.  warrant,  he  asked 
'em  how  they  durst  obey  one  who  was  not  qualified  for  a 
justice  of  peace,  as  not  having  taken  the  oaths ;  he  was 
rescued  from  the  constables^  the  streets,  and  his  health 
always  succeeds  the  L<^  Lovelace's.^  Its  sayd  a  gentle- 
roan  commoner  or  two  of  Queens  were  concerned  in  the 
rescue ;  and  the  judges  sent  out  warrants  to  seiz  'em,  and 
ordered  the  constables  to  search  the  coll.,  but  they  were 
not  found. 

**  Jun.  26,  1688  (T.|N.)  —  The  Bp  of  Madaur4i  7  arrived 
here  last  Sunday  was  sennight ;  he  complained  mightily 
to  our  Dean  ^  y*  night  of  v*  trouble  he  was  like  to  re- 
ceive next  day  by  visits  from  y*  heads  of  booses  before 
he  had  recovered  y*  fatigue  of  his  journey,  but  I  do  not 
hear  y*  his  door  has  been  beaten  down.  He  went  yester- 
day, accompanied  by  Mafrey  and  Obadiah,  to  visit  the 
Vice-ch.'^,  where  he  met  D'  Bathurst  ^^,  Beeston  S  and 
invited  *em  all  to  dinner  next  Sunday.  Yesterday  the 
Act  waa  by  y*  Convocation  put  off." 

«* Ch.-Ch.  Jan.  27, 168|  (T.  N.)  —Yesterday  the  Vice- 
Ch.  and  the  rest  of  the  visitors  of  University  College, 
having  received  a  complaint  from  the  fellows,  met  in  the 
Apodyterium ',  but  it  not  being  a  regular  appeal  they 
did  nothing,  onely  ordered  'em  to  draw  it  up  in  form,  and 
agpreed  when  y*  is  done  to  snmmon  them  and  Obadiah  to 
appeare  before  'em  to  morrow  sennight." 

Mneieal  InttrumenU  used  at  St.  Mary's. 

**  169-  (W.  Stratford.)  —  We  had  great  doings  npon 
the  thanksgiving  day  in  St.  Maries.  All  the  services  sung 
with  violins^and  barpsicals." 

Affairs  at  Corpus  Christi  College. 

« March  18  (T.  Newey.)  — Mr.  Chetwood  is  defeated 
in  his  expectations  at  C.  C  C.  if  he  had  any  last  tnesday. 
D'  Turner  ^  was  regularly  elected,  approved  by  the  visi- 

^  John,  third  Lord  Lovelace,  Captain  of  the  Band  of 
Pensioners,  a  zealous  adherent  of  William  of  Orange, 
whom  he  entertained  at  Lady  Place.  Berks.  His  prodi- 
gality bronght  him  so  low,  that  by  the  decree  of  the 
Court  of  Chancery,  a  great  portion  of  his  estates  were 
sold. 

7  Bonaventure  Gifford,  a  Doctor  of  the  Sorbonne,  titular 
Bishop  of  Madura,  April  22,  1088.  took  possession  of  the 
President's  Lodge  as  the  king's  nominee  June  15,  1688. 
On  Oct  25  following,  Dr.  Hough  was  restored.  (Cough's 
Wood,  ii.  819.) 

B  John  Massey,  a  Roman  Catholic,  beln^  a  convert 
from  Presbyterianism,  installed  Dec.  29.  1G86,  Dean  of 
Christ  Church.  He  fled  Nov.  1688  to  London,  and  died 
in  1715  in  Paris.  (Gough*s  Wood^  ii.  441.) 

9  Dr.  G.  Ironside,  Warden  of  Wadham,  successively 
Bishop  of  Bristol  1689,  and  Hereford,  1694. 

10  Ralph  Bathurst  was  President  of  Trinity  College. 
His  life  has  been  written  by  Warton.  He  died  June  14, 
1704. 

*  Dr.  H.  Beeston  was  Warden  of  New  College,  elected 
Aug.  7,  1679,  and  Commissary  of  OxfonI,  1680.  He  died 
Mav  12,  1701.  {WiUiam  of  Wykeham  and  his  Colleges, 
p.  850 ;  Xuit.  1852.) 

a  See  *•  Wood's  Life,"  Atiu  Oxon.  cxii. 

s  Thomas  Turner,  PrebeadatY  <^C.V^<k'S\M%jtiS)^jQ»x  ^"^^^ 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


[C  8.  L  AmjL  6,  NH. 


tot  on  W«dn«d*y,  and  ImUllcd  on  Thnraday.  On  Fry- 
diiv  wu  wmaiKhl  B«rDird  r»c'  >  Urge  pacquct  or  let<er.< 
ir<l>  nil*  his  Dop«9,  and  oar  tenn,  but  when  open«<l  It 

Era**  onely  >  lug  shtet  of  brown  piftor,  anj  a  rouni! 
talwti." 

Jffairi  at  ExOtr  Colbgi. 
••Jdm  17,  1699.  — TheBrorKiMei^wantlotbeColL 
[n  hi*  rolm  yealcrdiv ;  ha  knorkt  thrics  at  the  chapel, 
bat  coald  caIn  no  adiiiltUnca.  The  Rector  and  noma  fel- 
lowa  mat  bim  in  the  quadrangle,  nod  preunted  liim  a 
proteititlon  sg<  bi*  authority,  labxTibcd  by  the  rectoi- 
«nd  major  part  of  the  feil«irB  or  the  hoaae.  The  Br  *° 
U  thev  had  anr  thinic  to  offer  they  ouf^ht  to  offar  it  ia 
the  place  whither  they  ware  cited.  Di*  Reclw  >  or. 
dereJ  it  to  be  rotd  there,  but  the  Bf  threw  it  down  on 
the  gnand.  It  Fellown  labKribed  It.  8  that  were  in  Ihf- 
college  refuned  to  gabBcribo,  and  were  ready  Co  attend  thf  i 
Br.  The  Bp  would  have  gone  into  the'  Hall,  bat  na 
Bntlcr  wai  lo  be  funnd.  He  went  into  a  atairraM,  and  ' 
there  awore  aome  fellow*  to  prove  the  citation  had  regu- 
larly been  »*t  np.  ThoM  who  complied  "  ■  "" 
.  ...  . ^^^^  ^f 

artof 

Bwom  to  jfiTB  obedience.    The  Bp  baa  ««nt  np  ..  .. 

of  Nottlngbam  to  beg  Iiia  adviw.  All  (he  fellow* 
waited  upon  him  at  D*  Jane'*  •  the  day  after  he  came  hi 
S  parties,  the  rector  with  bin,  and  Calmer  w<^  hi*  friendt. 
The  Reclur  had  told  him  then  he  ihoold  prDteet.  The 
Bector  reckons  It  waa  an  eitraordinaiy  piece  of  civility 
that  be  did  not  shot  tbom  out  of  the  K*le>  of  the  CotleK«. 
They  do  not  proteet  aL;ain*c  hit  viaiting  in  thi*  ca«e,  Init 
at  Lhls  time.  The  laat  they  acknowledge  to  have  been  a 
Vjailatlon,  bat  that  it  did  not  extend  to  Colmer'a  case  .  . 
....  D' Uaone**  de*igDed  to  haTe  began  hischymicall 
Lecture  yeaterday,  but  becanae  a  full  number  did  not 
come  in,  be  deferred  it  for  a  fortnight,  and  i*  gooe  to 

Dr.  MiRt'i  Grttk  Ttilamaa. 
M'  Philip  Fowke,  wiiUng  from  Salop,  May  7,  1887, 
beg*  ble  correapondent  to  pnt  down  hi*  name  ■■  *  sub- 
•crlber  to  certain  worka  '  tome  of  y"",'  be  *«y», '  1  donbt 
will  he  alow  enongh,  eepedally  j«  G'  T.  alihongfa  y*  beat 
thing  (doubtleaa)  if  he  live*  to  finish  it,  y  world  ha*  in 
iti  kind.  I  wish  him  health,  life,  and  patience  to  go  on 
with  it,  and  y>  no  ruba  be  caat  in  hi*  way  by  tboaewhoEie 
fnlenwt  it  I*  to  diacouraga  learning,  and'redaee  na  to 
Barbarian]  again  in  order  lo  implicit  Faith.  Methink* 
ha  (honld  be  minded  to  finish  y*  Qoapela  and  Act*  flrat, 


and  y  y*  matt'  will  not  be  so  great;  y*  account  of  U'' 
W.'s  book  ia  aurplv  vert-  exact,  and  y'  memory  happy  y 

can  metbodisB  ■  book  'in  ao  little  time.  I  think  it  will 
■pare  one  y*  reading  of  It.  DoubtloMba  will  baieanawer* 

engage  any  vi  tho  great  ooe*.  Utthinks  Dr.  Bdrnkt 
may  have  leisure  and  freedom,  beside*  a  ready  slock  of 
material*,  if  he  be  not  damned  in  Scotland,  ao  y*  he  nor 
any  thing  of  bis  be  suffered  lo  appear  here.  K  it  prove 
•o,  ha  will  bavB  enough  of  others  to  expose  him  in  j* 
hiatorlcal  part,  I  question  not ;  and  for  y'reaaoDing  pan, 
I  think  ha  is  no  groat  master.  I  bave  saen  one  anawer 
already  by  a  gcni.  y'  humbles  him  *ufflclentlv.'  " 

"  Sept.  17,  1688.  —  I  am  *orr>-  10  hi-»r  I)'  'W.'*  G'  T.  Is 
at  such  a  ilaiid  as  to  be  gott  no  fuclher  y  21  Acts." 

HacEEaiii  E.  C.  Wau;ott,  M.A.,  F.S.A. 


Paul'a,  16S9,  and  Archdeacon  of  E**ei ;  alected  President 
Uarch  IB,  leflj.    lie  died.  April  80, 1714. 

»  Sir  Jonathan  Trelawcey,  translated  from  Bristol, 
April  3,  1689. 

'  William  Painter,  D.D.  Bector  of  Wolton,  alected 
1690i  died  Feb.  19.  1715.  Arthur  Bury,  D.D.,  Preben- 
dary of  Exetar,  Vicar  of  Brampton.  King"*  Chaplain,  was 
alected  Rector,  16GJ  ;  and  was  ejected  by  Bishop  Trelaw- 
ney  26  July,  1690.  for  a  Soeinian  work  called  tlie  IVaied 
OnpeL  James  Calmer,  B.M.  1690,  one  of  the  Fellow*  of 
bad  repute,  was  expelled,  and  Dr.  Bury  wrote  an  "Ac- 
count of  the  Unhappy  Afifair,"  At,  which  was  an«wered  by 
Mr.  James  HarrinRton  vindicating  Colmer,  lo  which  ha 
again  replied.     (  Ath.  Oxo*.  \-7.  iS6.) 

«  Dr.  Jane  waa  Canon  of  Christ  Church,  Begin*  Profe*- 
aor  of  Divinity,  Prolocutor,  and  Dean  of  OloucMler.  Ha 
died  17DG. 

'  F.dward  Hannea,  Wettminster  Stndent  of  Cb.  Cb. 


SHAKSPKARIANA: 

BHAKSPEARE-S  "  MUCH  ADO  ABorX  NOTIIIXG.- 

••BeimlicL    Uo!  now  you  atrike  like  the  blind  man; 

'twai  the  lior  that  atole  your  meat,  and  youll  beat  the 

poaU"— Acttl.  Scene  1. 

I  Sod  no  note  to  this  paasage  in  the  only  anno* 
t>t«d  edition  of  Sbnkspearc  wliick  I  po*se*», 
Dftmely,  Knif^ht's  Original  Pictorial  Shoktpere, 
(Comedies,  ii.  p.  86).  Aa  it  ma;  have  eacaped  the 
notice  of  other  editors,  I  b^  to  supply  an  ex- 
planation vhicti  I  hftve  found  in  a  raUier  unex- 
pected quarter  —  a  SpaniiU  volume.  In  the 
"  DiKurao  prellminar  sobre  la  Norela  Bapitnoln," 
p.  ixii.  prefixed  to  Airiban's  NovelUtat  tateriores 
a  CervatUei  (Madrid,  1846),  the  editor,  speakine 
of  the  familiar  acquaintance  with  the  ttorj  of 
LazariUo  de  Tonwt,  whiuh  Cervantei  and  other 
celebrated  writer*  hare  shown,  thin  continues:  — 
aludid  tamblen  ■  la  venganu  qae  Lata- 
iBDdodica;  ";0h!  imdaii 
I  m  hurU  la  tewada,  y  m^ 

The  original  paasage  from  Shtk^wre  ii  quoted 

in   the  note,  but  it  is  alighdy  nianrinted,  "  And 

lu'll  mtal  the  post"  (Qu.,  oould  "mMf"   have 

'riK  given  for  "  and  you'll  heat 

En^li^   pUj    is   called  Much 


"  Sbakespeai 
rillo  tomti  de aupti 
paioi  dt  eiego.    Vua 


been  meant  F)  beinK  given  for  "  and  vol 
the  poat."  The  English  plaj  is  callei 
Ado  for  Nolkinr,  which  ia  lelicltoual*  tranalated 


D.M  I 


<k  his  di 


JBlffrji  IBge.     (Jo,  Onm.  1*.  M7.) 


\ 


into  (he  equivalent  Spanish  proverb,  Mucho  ntith 
y  poeai  nueeei,  or,  tu  we  would  §aj  it,  "  Great 
irj  and  little  wool." 

There  can  be  little  doubt  that  Benedict  does 
.tllude  to  Lazarillo  de  Tomie*  in  thi>  paa»B;>e,  but 
nevertheless  the  concliuion  of  it  is  still,  to  me  at 
least,  a  little  obscure.  In  the  first  chapter  of  that 
aarlicst  of  the  pieareMCo  novels  we  liavc  "  the 
blind  man  "  («j  eifgo),  "  the  boy  "  who  leads  him 
(d  kaariUo),  the  theft  of  the  "  meat"  or  aauaage 
(longaniza),  and  "  the  poat "  (wu  pilar  6  potle  at 
pitt&a),  but  "  the  benting  of  the  poat "  remains  to 
be  explained.  In  the  story,  "  the  post"  is  made 
the  inatrumunt  of  the  bov'a  revenge,  and  the  blind 
tnan's  punishment,  not  the  vioarioos  oli^ect  of  his 
wrath.    Can  there  be  a  double  alltUKM  in  the 


S^*  S.  I.  April  5,  '63.] 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


265 


passage  ?  Could  Shakspere,  while  thinking  of  the 
story  of  Lazarillo,  have  had  any  knowledge  of  the 
anecdote  which  found  its  way  long  afterwards 
into  print,  and  which  Mr.  Halliwell  gives  in  bis 
valuable  Dictionary  of  Archaic    Words,  under 

*'P08t"?  — 

"  One  night  a  dmnken  fellow  'jdfeled  against  a  post, 
but  Uie  fellow  thought  somebody  bad  josled  bim,  and  fell 
a  beatimg  the  pott  till  bis  fingers  were  broken.  Says  one 
to  bim,  *  Fie!  What  do  you  do  to  flgbt  with  a  post?' 
« Is  it  a  poet  ?  Wby  did  be  not  blow  bis  horn  then  ?*  **  — 
Oxford  Jettt,  1706,  p.  101. 

The  obscurity,  if  any,  noiay  have  been  long  since 
cleared  up.  In  any  case  I  would  thank  some  of 
your  Shaksperian  critics  for  an  explanation  or  a 
reference.  D.  F.  Mac-Cartht. 


Since  forwarding  my  note  upon  the  passage  in 
this  play  which  is  founded  on  the  incident  de- 
scribed in  Lazarillo  de  Tonnes,  I  have  looked 
into  a  number  of  editions  of  Shakspeare,  jncluding 
the  very  valuable  one  in  eight  volumes  by  Mr. 
Collier,  and  the  more  recent  edition  by  Mr.Dyce; 
but  neither  in  these  nor  in  any  of  the  earlier  edi- 
tions that  I  have  examined  is  there  any  explana- 
tion of  the  passage,  which  I  suppose  must  have 
been  given  up  as  one  hopelessly  obscure.  It  is 
Bomewnat  strange  that  what  I  searched  for  in 
vain  in  any  edition  of  the  original,  I  found  at  once 
in  M.  Guizot*s  French  translation,  a  copy  of  which 
is  in  the  King's  Inns  Library,  Henrietta  Street, 
Dublin.  In  M.  Guizot's  (Euvres  ComplHe$  de 
Shakspeare^  t.  vii.  p.  160,  there  is  this  brief  note, 
**  Allusion  a  VaveugU  de  LtuariUo  de  Tormes,**  1 
am  in  doubt  whether  to  account  for  an  explana- 
tion of  a  difficult  passage  in  Shakspeare  being 
given  bv  Spanish  and  Irench  writers,  where  so 
many  English  editors  have  been  silent,  to  the 
wider  acquaintance  with  the  story  of  Lazarillo  de 
Tormes  which  still  exists  on  the  Continent,  or  to 
the  possibility  of  the  foreign  writers  having  de- 
rived their  information  from  some  English  source 
as  yet  unknown  to  me.  D.  F.  Mac  Cabtht. 

Snmmerfield,  Dal  key. 


SHAKESPEARE  MUSIC. 

Of  the  pretty  serenade  in  Cymheline,  "  Hark ! 
hark  I  the  lark,"  &c.,  I  have  never  vet  been  able 
to  meet  with  anv  setting  by  an  English  composer, 
except  the  well- Known  one  for  four  voices  by  Dr. 
Benjamin  Cooke.  There  are,  however,  two  set- 
tings, as  solos,  by  German  musicians.  One  of  these 
is  by  F.  Curschmann,  and  the  other  by  F.  Schu- 
bert. They  are  published  in  London  with  both 
Enprlish  and  German  words,  and  Schubert's  com- 
position is  particularised  by  Mrs.  Jameson,  in  her 
raper  upon  Miss  Adelaide  Kemble,  as  amongst 
the  songs  which  were  admirably  performed  by  that 
▼ocalist. 


Of  the  lines  in  A  Midsummer  Nighfs  Dream 
(Act  IL  Sc.  1),  commencing  **  Over  hill,  over 
dale,*'  there  are  three  elaborate  settings,  as  soprano 
solos,  by  composers  of  our  own  time.  One  of 
these  is  by  Mr.  J.  Duggan,  and  another  by  Mr. 
G.  A.  Macfarren ;  this,  as  we  are  informed,  was 
composed  for,  and  sun^  by,  Madame  Yiardot. 
The  third  of  these  settmgs  was  by  the  late  Mr. 
Edward  Fitzwilliam :  it  has  an  oboUgato  accom- 
paniment for  the  clarionet,  and  is  to  be  found 
amongst  the  composer's  Songs  for  a  Tenter 
Night 

The  Willow  Song  (in  Othello)  has  been  set 
(1780  ?)  by  Signer  Giardani  as  a  solo.  This  me- 
lody has  been  arranged  as  a  three-part  glee  bv  Mr« 
J.  Morehead.  Mr.  Linley  has  also  set  the  Willow 
Song  himself  for  his  Dramatic  Songs  of  Shake' 
speare;  and  a  few  years  ago  was  pubuahed  an 
ancient  setting  (as  solo  in  E  minor).  This  was 
arranged  (from  a  MS.  of  about  the  year  1600), 
with  symphonies  and  accompaniments  by  Mr.  T. 
Oliphant. 

"  Lawn  as  white  as  driven  snow,**  one  of  the 
songs  of  Autolycus  in  the  Winter^s  Tale,  has  been 
set  at  least  three  times  in  the  glee  form.  So  it 
will  be  found  in  the  Cheerful  Ayres  of  Dr.  John 
Wilson,  1660;  and  so  has  it  also  been  set  bj 
Dr.  Cooke.  Another  setting  (1807),  as  a  glee,  is 
contained  in  a  Collection  of  Vocal  Music,  com- 
posed by  Mr.  Thomas  Hutchinson,  who  appears, 
from  his  prefatory  advertisement,  to  have  been 
an  amateur.*  Several  of  his  compositions  are 
very  pleasing.  The  only  setting  which  I  have  yet 
met  with  of  "  Lawn  as  white,^  &c.,  having  the 
dramatic  propriety  of  being  a  solo,  is  the  very  ex- 
cellent one  by  Lmley  (another  amateur),  in  his 
Dramatic  Songs  of  Shakspeare* 

Dr.  Ame's  felicitous  setting  of  Amiens*  long  in 
As  You  Like  It,  "  Under  the  greenwood  treej**  is 
of  course  generally  known.  It  seems  remarkable 
that  the  doctor  did  not  include  in  his  composition 
the  words,  **  Who  doth  ambition  shun,"  &c. ;  but 
so]  it  is.  Mr.  Linley  has  supplied  this  want  in 
some  measure,  by  composing  those  words  as  a 
chorus,  to  follow  Dr.  Anie's  song.  Still  the  dra- 
matic effect  is  not  attained,  as  Mr.  Linley  has 
written  his  chorus  for  first  and  second  soprano 


*  Tbese  are  the  words  of  Mr.  Hntcbinaon's  coocludiog 
sentence :  — 

**  Music,  though  not  professionally  exerdted  by  the 
Author,  baa  long  formed  bis  study  and  deligbL  If  it  baa 
stolen  from  bim  some  of  that  time  wbicb  migbt  bave 
been  more  usefully  employed  in  the  business  of  life,  it 
has  served  also  to  sweeten  retirement,  and,  be  migbt 
add,  to  solace  some  share  of  misfortune.*' 

It  seems  possible  that  this  gentleman  may  bave  be- 
longed to  the  Aimily  of  Colonel  Hutchinson,  for,  in  the 
list  of  subscribers  to  the  volume,  appears  the  name  of  the 
Rev.  Julius  Hutchinson, — and  it  waa  a  Rev.  JuUns 
Hutchinson  who  gave  to  the  world  Mrs.  HotcbiDSon't 
life  of  her  husband. 


26d 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


t8»«>  S.  L  April  5,  '62. 


and  bass  (with  a  view  to  performance  in  the  draw- 
ing-room only),  and  not  for  male  voices  entirely, 
.according  to  the  stage  situation.  Dr.  Arne*s 
melody  has  been  arranged  as  a  glee  for  four  men*s 
voices  by  Sir  Henry  Bishop,  and  introduced  into 
the  Comedy  of  Errors, 

In  Mr.  W.  Chappeirs  work  of  old  English  music 
there  is  a  simple  air  to  the  words  of  Amiens*  song, 
and  there  is  a  little  three- voiced  "Under  the 
ffreenwood  tree,**  in  a  book  of  vocal  compositions, 
by  ftaria  Hester  Park  (about  1790  ?). 

Lastly,  as  far  as  I  at  present  know,  there  is  a 
verv  elaborate  settins;  (including  the  words  **  Who 
doth  ambition,*'  &c.;,  of  **  Under  the  greenwood 
tree,*'  for  two  sopranos,  tenor,  and  bass  by  Mr. 
Stafford  Smith,  1792.  The  first  soprano  part  in 
this  composition  is  somewhat  fiorid,  and  the  glee 
altogether  is  one,  which  I  doubt  not,  if  skilfully 
performed,  would  give  much  delight  to  the  Shake- 
apearian  musician*  Alfbbd  Roffb. 

Somer^B  Town. 

Old  Allusions  to  Shakespbarb. — An  infer- 
ence against  the  more  contracted  form  of  the  poet*s 
name  may  be  drawn  from  a  passage  in  the  Poly" 
daron,  a  curious  miscellany  of  apophthegms  and 
table-talk,  evidently  the  work  of  one  of  Shake- 
speare's contemporaries :  — 

**  Names  were  first  questionlesse  ffivea  for  distinction, 
facaltie,  consanfrainitie,  desert,  auahtie:  for  Smith,  Tay- 
lor, Joyner,  Sadler,  &c.  were  doubtlesse  of  the  trades ; 
Johnson,  Robinson,  Williamson,  of  the  blood ;  Sackville, 
Saville,  names  of  honorable  desert ;  Armestrong,  Shake- 
speare of  high  qualitie :  and  Torde,  Porredge,  Drinkall, 
zidicaloos  in  condidon." 

Amongst  the  many  scattered  allusions  found  in 
writers  of  the  seventeenth  century,  and  which  are 
worth  collecting  as  the  only  data  towards  ob- 
taining a  history  of  popular  opinion  concerning 
Shakespeare,  I  do  not  remember  to  have  seen 
the  following,  quoted  from  A  HermeticaU  Banquet^ 
drest  by  a  SpagiricaU  Cook^  12mo,.Lond.  written 
before  1632,  as  it  is  dedicated  to  Sir;l8aac  Wake, 
who  died  in  that  year.  The  author  is  describing 
the  court  of  the  Princess  Phantasia  :  — 

^'Ovid  she  makes  Major-domo.  Homer,  becanse^a 
nernr  Greek,  Master  of  the  Wine-cellars.  Aretine  (for 
his  skill  in  postares)  growing  old,  is  made  pander.  Shack- 
Spear,  Butler,  Ben  Johnson,  Clark  of  the  kitchen,  Fenner 
his  Turn-spit,  and  Taylor  his  scullion.** 

Is  it  known  who  wrote  the  first  of  the  books  I 
have  quoted,  Polydoron  f  My  copy  unfortunately 
wants  the  title-page.  I  should  be  happy  to  pur- 
chase or  receive  on  loan  a  perfect  copy. 

C.  B.  Cabbw. 

Who  Stbals  mt  Pctbsb. — 

**  Who  steals  my  purse  steals' trash,**  &c. 

•  **  And  many  times  there  cometh  less  hurt  of  a  thing 
than  of  a  railing  tongue :  for  the  one  taketh  away  a 
man*B  good  name ;  the  other  taketh  but  his  riches,  which 
Jj,  of  much  less  value  and  estimation  than  ^is  his  good 


name.** — From  the  Homily  againtt  CbnUntton,  set  forth  in 
the  time  of  Edward  YI. 

I  am  not  aware  that  this  coincidence,  or  rather 
quotation,  has  been  noticed  before.  P.  P. 

'^  Delighted:**  "  Mbasubb  for  Measure," 
Act  III.  Sc.  1.  —7  Some  time  ago  this  word  was 
the  subject  of  a  voluminous  correspondence  in 
your  pages. 

I  have  no  wish  to  renew  the  discussion,  but 
merely  to  point  out  a  parallel  passage  in  D*Ave- 
nant,  who  published  a  revised  edition  of  this  play, 
and  therefore  is  likely  to  have  given  some  atten- 
tion to  the  peculiar  use  of  this  word. 

In  a  poem  On  Remembrance  of  Mr,  William 
ShaJupeare^t  he  commences, 

**  Beware,  delighted  poets,  when  ye  sing,** 
and  addresses  his  brother  poets  as  mourning  the 
loss  of  their  chief  light,  of  which  they  are  by  death 
deprived.  This  use  of  the  word  seems  to  justify 
the  interpretation  which  deems  "delighted. spirit" 
to  mean  the  departed  spirit,  gone  to  the  dark 
regions  of  the  grave,  tUprived  of  light  in  the 
nether  world.  £dbn  Warwick. 

Birmingham. 

Shakespeare,  Habilbt,  Act  V.,  Sc.  2. — 

** ...  If  it  be  now,  *ti8  not  to  come ;  if  it  be  not  to  come, 
it  will  be  now :  if  it  be  not  now,  yet  it  will  come :  the 
readiness  is  all '* 

On  the  fatalism  of  the  ancient  Danish  religion, 

note  a  curious  parallel  to  the  above  passage  as 

follows :  — 

"  Thej-  (the  Icelanders)  say  that  if  they  were  not  fry 
(1.  e.  fated  or  fore-doomed  to  die)  they  must  live ;  and  that 
if  they  were  /ey,  they  must  die.**  —  Edinburgh  lUvieWf 
No.  282,  Oct  1861,  p.  450. 

The  doomed  man  was  conscious  of  approaching 
death. 

«*  How  ill  all's  about  my  hetnt^—HamUt,  ut  sup. 

Edbn  Warwick. 
Birmingham. 

AN    ENGLISH    ACADEMY   FOR   EMINENCE    IN 

LITERATURE. 

Since'  literature  has  emancipated  itself  from 
living  or  starving  by  flattering  the  great,  its 
humblest  votaries,  as  well  as  its  most  distinguished 
ornaments  in  England,  have  nobly  trusted,  in 
most  cases,  to  their  own  independent  efforts  for 
securing  that  position  and  those  rewards  which 
are  the  best  proofs  of  public  esteem.  In  every 
way  the  world  has  benefited  by  this  happy  change. 
The  great  and  the  wealthy  have  been  freed  from 
the  lip-homage  of  fulsome  dedications  and  servile 
flattery,  repaid  by  well-understood  gifts  of  golden 
hue  and  sterling  weight ;  while  literary  men  have 
learned  to  respect  themselves  and  their  glorious 
craft,  by  appealing  to  a  higher  audience  and  a 
world-wide  circle  of  readers  and  admirers  for  that 


8»*  a  I.  April  6,  '62.] 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


267 


rapport  and  encouragement  whicb  should  sustain 
them  in  their  efforts  to  instruct  and  to  delight 
mankind,  and  bring  them,  at  the  same  time,  their 
proudlj-eamed  pecuniary  reward.  England,  how- 
ever, has  no  Academy^  like  that  of  France,  formed 
of  the  Slite  of  her  literary  men,  and  chosen  by  the 
suffrages  of  the  elected  body.  My  present  ob- 
ject is  to  point  out  this  want,  and  to  suggest  its 
removal.  By  this  means  literature  would  be 
honoured  in  the  persons  of  it^  most  illustrious  re- 
presentatives;  and  our  country  would  in  some 
good  degree  be  rescued  from  the  charge  too  long 
brought  against  it  by  our  Continental  neighbours, 
of  only  caring  for  material  comfort,  and  of  holding 
in  little  estimation  the  graces  and  accomplish- 
ments of  the  mind.  The  charge  is  founded  on 
imperfect  knowledge,  but  is  true  so  far  as  relates 
to  public  recognition  of  honourable  fame,  in  the 
style  of  the  French  Academy.  Let  our  Bulwers, 
our  Thackerays,  our  Tennysons,  and  our  Dickcns*s 
unite,  therefore,  in  taking  steps  for  the  formation 
of  such  an  Academy,  which  will  throw  a  new 
glory  on  the  reign  of  Queen  Victoria,  and  tend  to 
carry  on  and  perpetuate  the  high  intellectual  aims 
of  her  Maje8ty*s  ever-honoured  and  illustrious 
Consort.  Fro  Fatbia. 


INEDITED  LETTER  FROM  A  QUEEN  OF 

FRANCE. 

I  forward  the  copy  of  a  letter  from  a  Queen  of 
France  to  Queen  Elizabeth,  in  the  hope  that 
**  N.  &  Q."  may  be  able  to  unravel  the  mystery 
attending  it.  The  original  may  be  found  among 
the  Cottonian  MSS.,  **  Caligula,"  E.  xn.,  art.  48. 
It  appears  to  be  a  holograph,  and  is  burnt  round 
the  edges;  the  beginning  is  burnt  off;  there 
docs  not  seem  to  have  been  any  signature.  The 
only  Queens  of  France  who  could  correspond 
with  Elizabeth  are :  Catherine  de*  Medici, 
Mary  Stuart^  Elizabeth  of  Germany,  Louise 
of  Lorraine,  Marguerite  de  Yalois,  and  Marie 
de*  Medici.  This  letter  ia  certainly  not  in  the 
hand,  either  of  Mary  Stuart  or  Marie  de*  Me- 
dici ;  nor,  to  judge  from  the  style  of  their  sig- 
natures, in  those  of  Elizabeth  or  Marguerite. 
Catherine  wrote  several  hands;  but  this  letter 
does  not  resemble  any  autograph  of  hers  which  I 
have  seen,  yet  the  **  deux  fr^res**  named  therein 
can  onlv  refer,  I  think,  to  her  sons.  The  com- 
piler of  the  Cottonian  Catalogue  seems  unable  to 
identify  the  writer,  for  he  catalogues  the  letter 
as  from  **  A  .  . .  Queen  of  France  to  Queen  Eliza- 
beth.** The  writer  does  not  appear  to  have  been 
a  Frenchwoman,  for  her  sins  against  grammar  are 
palpable,  and  one  sentence  seems  (grammatically) 
to  intimate  that  the  recipient  of  the  letter  was 
the  mother  of  the  **  deux  fr^res.**  The  only  con- 
jecture I  can  hazard,  is,  that  the  letter  is  from 
^Elizabeth  to  Catherine;  but  in  this  hypothesis 


there  are  difficulties  as  well  as  in  the  other.  I 
give  it  verbatim  :  — 

*' pardon  come  ne esloigne  d*  honorer 

MoQosieur  .  .  .  .  de  mieulx  accomoder  la  Caase.  Si 
oncques  .  .  .  .  ie  doibt  estimer  lye  de  pins  estroictes 
chainea  en  ....  de  Prince.  C'est  moy  qui  me  confesse 
de  r  .  .  .  .  tant  de  movens  que  Tancre  roe  d^failliroit 
poor  .  .  .  .  Et  nul  papier  me  suflSroit  a  rexprimer.  Seul 
....  me  reste  un  Coear  qui  ne  manqnera  a  le  ricog  .... 
cObien  qae  ce  soit  insuffisant  a  le  meriter.  Pour  con  .... 
.  .  .  Je  suia  resolue  que  quant  il  playra  au  Roy  de  fayre 
achi  ....  lea  comissaires,  ils  me  aeront  tree  agreablea 

tant  que  vona  n'ayes  regret  de  bon  elect  io  poor 

anoir  conceu  mieulx  de  moy  que  J*ay  a  reapondre.  £t 
me  tiens  trea  bien  aatiafaict  d'auoir  ramentove  (  ?)  aon- 
vant  a  luy  (?)  roeame  mea  desfaoltea  pour  contenter  ai 
ieune  Prince  pour  ly  pouvoir  le  mieulx  iropoaer  la  fanlta 
de  telle  crime.  Madame  ma  bone  Soeur  Je  voua  ose 
voner  une  aeule  chose  que  voua  trouverez  veritable  qu'il 
ne  pent  trouver  creature  plua  adonee  au  repoa  de  U 
france.  Ny  a  I'intime  affectio  de  deux  frerea  que  moy 
qui  en  tiendra  aultant  de  aoing  que  voua  meame  que 
leur  eatea  mere.  Et  cObien  que  mO  esprit  ne  peult  ar- 
riuer  an  cOble  de  vos  prudences.  Si  (?)  est  ce  que  tant 
que  J*en  auray  de  jugement  et  d'entendement  aeront 
employ^  a  nul  aultre  deaaaing.  Come  acait  le  Createor 
qui  Je  auplie,  (Aprea  mea  treacordiallea  BecOmSdati  a 
vostre  bone  grace),  vous  tenir^en  saincte  ^arde. 

**  Vostre  trea  affectiOnee  bone  Soeur  et  Couaine." 

Hebmehtbudb. 

[We  are  assured,  on  competent  authority,  that  the 
lettera  (arta.  47  and  48)  are  both  in  the  hand- writing  of 
Queen  Elizabeth  herself,  and  written  to  the  Queen  of 
France.  The  error  lies  in  the  old  Cotton  Catalogue.— 
Ed.] 


Minav  fiatti. 

Visiting  Cabds.  —  Mrs.  St.  George  writes  in 
her  journal,  p.  8,  under  date  Nov.  16,  1799,  Han- 
over :  — 

**  At  aix  Mad.  de  Busche  called  to  take  me  tofpay^my 
visits.    We  only  dropped  ticketa,*'  &c. 

Under  date,  March  28,  1800,  Vienna:  — 
**  The  multiplicity  of  visits,  not  confined  to  leaving  a ' 
card,  aa  in  London,  but  real  substantial  bodily  visits; 
and    the    impossibility,  ^vithout    overatepping   all    the 
bounds  of  custom,  of  associating  with  any  but  the  noideiM, 
may  be  reckoned  among  the  greatest  obstaclea." 

S.  F.  Cbbswbix. 
Thb  School,  Tonbridge,  Kent. 

RoTAL  Exchabgb  Motto.  —  The  accompany- 
ing cutting  from  this  day's  Times  (March  13), 
showing  the  origin  of  the  reverent  motto  sculp- 
tured m  the  frotit  of  the  Royal  Exchange,  is  m 
itself  so  interesting,  and  so  illustrative  of  the  piety 
of  the  late  lamented  Prince  Consort,  that  I  make 
no  apology  for  requesting  its  preservation  in  the 
columns  of  "  N.  &  Q.**  Johb  Maclban. 

Hammersmith. 

"The  Royal  Excranob  Motto. — Various  state- 
menta  have  been  made  regarding  the  origin  and  cauae  of 
plscing  the  motto  on  the  pediment  of  the  Royal  Ex- 
change, *  The  earth  is  the  Lord*a,  and  the  fulness  theteAf^ 
the  general  iropreaAlon  Vmaa^  >3i3i5w  Vw  ^*a  iB(^^a?«^»^>s^ 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


CS^&LArBn,&,-62. 


tlia  late  Prince  Cmuort  Hr.  Tite,  M.P.,  ircbitact  of  the 
Excbinge.  thai  eipliins  tbe  matter  in  the  City  Frai:  — 
'  Ai  the  work  (Ihe  boildiog  of  the  Eichange)  proceeded, 
bis  Ro^al  Higbneu  took  much  interut  in  the  modelliDg 
■nd  cuving  oflbe  viriooi  gronpe,  and  condeacended  vtrj 
fVeqaenll;  to  Tint  tbe  Madio  of  the  aculpCor  in  Wilton- 
place.  Your  readers  may  recollect  that  tba  flirurB  of 
Commerce  aland*  on  an  alaTalad  block  or  pedeital  ia  tba 
centre  of  the  group,  and  it  tMcama  a  labject  of  earneat 
conaideration  with  Mr.  WnlmacDtt  and  myMlf  in  what 
way  Iha  plainneaa  of  thia  block  could  bertlieredi  for, 
although  in  the  origloal  model  on  a  imall  acala,  thli  de- 
fect did  not  atrike  tbe  eye,  ;et  In  the  Bxeculion  it  vai 
Tar;  apparanL  Wreathe,  fascea,  futaoaa  wan  all  tried, 
bat  the  effect  wai  DnaatiafactoTy ;  and  in  thla  itata  of  , 
■ffain  Mr.  Weatmacott  aabmltled  the  diffiealty  to  hia 
Bo;al  HlghDCH.  After  a  little  deUj,  PrincaAlb«rt  ang- 
geatfd  that  the  pedeatal  In  (jneatlon  woald  be  a  very  ap-  i 
pcoprjate  altoatlon  for  a  religiooa  inKsriptlon,  which  j 
wogld  ralleva  the  plaloneaa  of  the  enrface,  id  aa  artlatlc 
point  ot  view,  and  at  tbe  same  time  have  the  higher 
merit  of  exhibiting  the  derotlonal  (Minga  ot  tbe  people 
■Dd  tbalr  recognition  of  a  ■apeiior  powari  and  ba  partl- 
calarlj  iriabed  (bataach  inacrlption  ahould  be  inKngtidi, 
■D  aa  la  be  intrlligiblo  to  all.  Thia  happy  tbought  pnt  an 
and  to  all  difScnUri  and,  aa  Dr.  Uilman,  the  learned 
Dean  of  St.  Paul'a.  bad  kindly  advised  me.  In  referenni  to 
the  Latin  inarriptionion  the  rrieEe,iLnd  in  the  merchant'! 
area,  Hr.  Weatmacolt  consnlted  him  oa  thii  aublsct  alae ) 
and  ha  anggealed  the  wordi  or  the  Paalmlsl,  which  were 
atones  adopted.'" 

Ubb  of  Tas  ToNQDB  IK  SpMCH. — In  a  former 
vol.  of  "  N.  &  Q."  (2"*  S.  T.  409,  483),  the  lue  of 
the  tongue  in  apeech  wis  leurnedl;  discosaed  «t 
some  length  with  a  variety  of  illuati-atioDs.  The 
enclosed  cutting  from  a  late  newspaper  I  think  to 
be  worthy  of  preaervation  in  the  editor's  pages, 
aa  provinj;  that  the  tongue  ia  no  longer  to  be 
considered  abiolulelsf  ueceaiiry  in  the  enunciation 
of  iouDili,  and  that  if  in  ancient  times  martjn  or 
othcra  spoke  who  were  deprived  of  that  or^an, 
the  ascription  must  ceaseW  miraeltt  having  been 
performed :  — 

"  ExTBAOBTIIHAItT  ScRaicAi.  Oferatioii. — A  papet 
wia  recently  read  by  Hr.  Nuaneley,  of  thla  town,  balore 
*  the  Boyal  Medical  ud  Chimrgical  Society,  on  a  remark- 
able case  in  which  that  geatlrmaa  bad  anoceaarully  re- 
moTed  Iha  enUre  tongue,  for  cancer  of  the  organ,  and 
reatorad  tbe  patient  to  comfort  and  apparent  health.  Tba 
man.  otherwiae  of  roboal  constitution  and  In  tba  prima  of 
life,  waa  wasting  nnder  tbe  agony  of  the  diaeaaed  tougae, 
and  auch  dKEculty  of  taking  food  ai  threatened  aoen  to 
deetroy  life  by  elarTation.  The  operation  of  extirpating 
tbe  diaeaaed  maoibec  waa  moat  sevara  and  painful)  and, 
in  fact,  inyolved  a  sariaa  of  proceuea  extending  over 
aavaral  daysi  but  it  the  end,  and  when  the  tongue  waa 
finally  reiDOVBd,  ao  rapid  waa  the  recovery  that  the  man 
ate  and  enjoyed  a  gCKjd  dinner  the  next  day,  and  con- 
tinnaa  to  thia  lime  in  vigoroua  health.  But  what  will 
perhaps  still  aDrprlsB  soma  people  is,  that  he  can  talk 

He  can  pronounce  every  letter  of  Iha  alphabet  —  many 
of  Ihem  perfectly  (all  the  voirels)  —  mort  of  Iham  dia-  | 
tinctlv.  The  three  there  ia  the  moit  difficulty  in  era  K,  Q, 
and  T,  which  arsdifllcult  and  indistinct  In  the  order  thay  , 
are  named,  K  being  much  more  ao  than  T.  In  conver- 
satlon  he  can  be  readily  understood  If  not  excited  or 
hurried."— Leedi  /K<e%nc<r. 

G.N. 


Stspoih  KBUBI.X.  —  It  maj  tntereit  » 
vour  readers,  and  tend  to  correct  inaccun 
biographical  sketches  of  tho  Kemble  family,  if  I 
forwud  you  a  copy  of  an  extract  from  the  Bap- 
tismal Register  01  the  pariah  of  Kington,  co. 
Hereford :  — 

"  1768,  SI  ApriL  Staphen.  MQ  of  Bogw  Kemble,  by 
Sarah  bis  wile,  wae  baptiud." 

In  Rose's  Bit^raphieal  Diatioaarj/,  I  find  it 
stated  that  Stephen  Kemljla  was  born  at  Kingt- 
fount,  in  Herefordshire. 

Roger  Kembte  was  manager  of  Kington  Tlieatrp, 
amongst  others  on  the  same  theatrical  circuit ; 
and  Hrs.  Biddons  and  her  brothers  acted  there. 
I  have  seen  a  playbill,  of  which  I  think  I  could 
now  proonre  a  copy,  in  which  the  famous  tragic 
Bctreas  ia  advertia«d  to  take  tbe  part  of  Patty  in 
The  Maid  of  tk»  Mitt.  This  play-biU  for  ycMS 
served  aa  part  of  the  papering  of  a  shoemaker's 
shop  in  Kington,  and  was  purchased  with  that 
portion  of  the  boarding  of  the  shop  which  it 
corersd  by  my  father,  who,  a  few  years  ago  pos- 
sessed it.  A. 

A  FAHovs  Wbbstlbr.  —  The  monument  of  Sir 
Thomas  Parkyns,  a  renowned  athlete  of  the  lost 
century,  and  author  of  The  CornUli-hue  Wreider, 
bears  the  following  inscription  by  Dr.  Friend,  the 
Master,  I  believe,  of  Westminster  :  — 
"  Quam  modo  slravisli  longo  la  eertamine,  Tempua, 
His  recubat  liritoQum  clarua  in  orbc,  Pugil, 

Jampridem  straloa :  pneler  It,  vlcerat  omnpi ; 
Ue  le  atiam  victor,  qaando  raaurget,  eril." 

The  certauien  was '  not  eapecially  long,  Sir 
Thomas  having  barely  marked  his  thn-escore-aod- 
ten  ;  but  its  point  ia  better  turned  in  the  older 
Epitaph  on  a  Fiddler,  whose  pnouomeu  sorta  well 
with  the  sentiment :  — 

*■  Stephen  and  Time  now  both  are  even : 


Acts  or  Parliamsht  Sipbaud.' — Few  per- 
sons are  aware  of  the  great  clearance  of  the 
Statute  Book  made  by  £e  iegialature  laet  Sea- 
aions,  therefore,  Mr.  Editor,  I  send  you  a  note  of 
it.  In  Chapter  35,  there  are  106  statutes  or  part« 
of  statutes  repealed,  while  Chapter  10)  repesU 
no  lesa  than  881,  which,  with  a  few  in  other  Acis, 
make  a  total  of  above  ana  Ihomtand  repealed  in 
one  Session  of  Parliament.  A.  Pkitcb&bd. 


iAntxiti, 
BTANDINO  AT  THE  LOSO'S  PRAYER. 
Can  any  of  your  readers  explain  the  origin  of 
the  practice,  as  well  aa  the  reason,  for  the  minis- 
ter at  tbe  commencement  of  the  Communion  Ser- 
vice tta»ding  to  say  the  Lord's  Prayer,  while  the 
pet^le  are  directed  to  kneel  t    Hie  wwds  of  the 


Srt  Sw  L  Afbil  6,  '61] 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


269 


rubric  are,  "  And  the  priest  standing  at  the  north 
side  of  the  table  shall  say  the  Lord's  Prayer  with 
the  collect  folio  wing,  the  people  kneeling." 

At  the  beginning  of  Morning  Prayer,  after  "  the 
absolution  or  remission  of  sins,"  it  is  directed  by 
the  rubric  that  "  the  minister  shall  kneel,  and  say 
the  Lord's  Prayer  with  an  audible  voice ;  the  peo- 
ple also  kneeling,  and  repeating  it  with  him,  both 
here,  and  wheresoever  else  it  is  used  in  divine  ser* 


Vice" 

Again,  after  the  Apostles'  Creed,  **  all  devovdy 
kneeling,  the  minister,  clerks,  and  people  shall  say 
th«  L(mi*s  Prayer  with  a  loud  voice." 

In  the  Communion  office  in  the  first  Prayer 
Book  of  Edward  YL,  1549,  entitled/' The  Supper 
of  our  Lord,  and  the  Holy  Communion,  commonly 
called  the  Mass,"  the  directions  are — "  The  priest, 
standing  humbly  afore  the  midst  of  the  altar,  shall 
say  the  Lord's  Prayer  with  the  collect." 

In  1552,  the  office  was  entitled  ^  The  order  for 
the  Administration  of  the  Lord's  Supper,  or  Holy 
Communion,"  and  the  Lord's  Prayer  was  intro* 
duced  into  our  post-communion  service  for  the  first 
time.  The  rubric  to  this  merely  states,  ''Then 
shall  the  priest  say  the  Lord's  Prayer,  the  people 
repeating  after  him  every  petition,"  without  direct- 
ing whether  he  is  to  stand  or  to  kneel. 

In  the  History  of  the  Book  of  Common  Prayer 
by  the  Rev.  Francis  Procter,  there  is  the  follow- 
ing note,  p.  340 :  — 

"  The  Lord's  Prayer  was  not  printed  here  (at  the  com- 
iiKinceroeot  of  tiie  Commonion  Service)  antil  1662 ;  the 
rubric  only  directed  it  to  be  said.  Hence  apparently  the 
custom  of  the  unreformed  service  continued,  that  the 
priest  alone  should  repeat  it;  and  the  tradition  has  pre- 
vailed over  the  general  rubric  (1662),  on  the  first  occor- 
rence  of  the  Lord's  Prayer,  ordering  that  the  people 
Hhould  repeat  it  with  the  minister,  *  wkere§oever  else  it  is 
used  in  divine  tervice,*  " 

But  this  does  not  explain  why  the  sacred  words 
of  our  Lord  should  be  repeated  by  the  minister 
standing  at  this  part  of  di?ine  ser?lce,  when,  on 
every  other  occasion,  the  minister  and  people  are 
directed  to  say  the  prayer  devoutly  kneeling. 
Dr.  Hook,  in  his  Dictionary,  under  head  of  "  Com- 
munion," states :  — 

**  As  for  the  primitive  and  original  form  of  administra- 
tion of  the  Lord's  Supper,  since  Christ  did  not  iostitota 
any  one  method,  it  was  various  in  divers  churches,  only 
all  agreed  in  using  Uu  Lord^t  Prayer^  and  reciting  the 
words  of  the  institution,  which  therefore  some  think  was 
all  the  Apostles  nsed." 

This  shows  the  infinite  importance  attached  to 
the  introduction  of  this  prayer  into  the  Holy  Com- 
munion, and  how  reverentially  it  was  regarded, 
and  yet,  according  to  the  form  we  now  use  in  its 
celebration,  the  priest  is  directed  in  the  ante-com- 
munion to  repeat  the  Lord's  Prayer  standings 
where  people  kneel.  B.  8. 


Isaac  Ambrose.  —  Where  is  it  said  of  Isaac 
Ambrose,  "He  studied,  not  to  please  and  tickle 
men's  ears,  but  to  prick  and  affect  their  hearts  "  ? 

W. 

AscHiTECTCRAL  Views.— Are  any  views  printed 
or  painted,  or  any  architectural  designs  known  of 
Chilton  Candover,  formerly  the  seat  of  Lord  Car- 
teret; Ahhotstone,  formerly  the  seat  of  Peter,  Duke 
of  Bolton ;  and  of  Orange  Hall,  as  originally  de« 
signed  by  Inigo  Jones  ?  All  these  places  fire  or 
were  in  Hampshire,  within  twenty  miles  of  Win- 
chester. Fbedebigk  K.  Ha&ford. 

More  Mtstbribs  about  Burke. — In  a  note  to 
a  letter  from  Ed.  Burke  to  Mrs.  Bunbury,  printed 
in  Phe  Hanmer  Correspondence,  p.  400,  Sir  H. 
Bunbury,  the  editor,  observes  :  — 

"  Mr.  Burke  and  his  cousin  had  been  the  Trustees  ap- 
pointed  under  the  will  of  Mrs.  Bunbnry's  father,  Capt. 
kane  Uorneck,  to  administer  his  property  for  the  benefit 
of  his  widow  aod  his  three  infant  children.  The  Editor 
wishes  he  could  add  that  the  Burkes  discharged  their 
trust  in  such  a  manner  as  to  leave  their  names  free  from 
reproach." 

Can  any  one  tell  us  what  were  the  facts  ? 

M.  M.  A. 

Mrs.  Cumberbatgh.  —  I  have  in  my  possession 
a  portrait  of  the  late  Mrs.  Cumbcrbatch,  **  Drawn 
on  stone  by  W.  Sharp,  from  a  sketch  by  Sir 
Thomas  Lawrence,  P.K.A.  &c.  &c.  Published 
by  J.  Dickinson,  444,  New  Bond  Street,  May  1, 
1829.  Printed  by  C.  Hullmandel.*'  Who  was 
she  ?  Any  information  relative  to  her  or  her 
family  would  be  very  acceptable  to       Gr.  W.  M. 

"English  Fashiobs  in  Italy  in  the  I7th 
Certubt." — 

**  Here  at  Lacca,  she  counts  herself  not  fine  that  hath 
not  something  English  abont  her.  And  to  say  this  or 
that  came  from  England,  gives  a  creater  esteem  than  we 
conceive  when,  at  home,  we  call  anything  French  or 
Italian."  —  From  the  Life  of  the  Hon.  Sir  Dudley  North. 
North's  IJffes,  ed.  1826,  ii.  329. 

Is   this  fondness  of  the  Italians  for  English 
goods  and  fashions  noted  by  any  other  writer  of  ' 
the  time  ?  D.  M.  Stevens. 

Guildford. 

Freeman  Family.  —  I  should  feel  obliged  if 
your  correspondent  Mb.  Fbebmah,  or  any  other 
reader  of  "N.  &  Q.,'*  could  inform  me  at  what 
period  a  branch  of  this  family  first  settled  in  Ire- 
land, and  from  what  part  of  England  they  mi« 
grated  ?  M.  F. 

Gbblachus  Fuccus. — Having  offered  to  the 
Society  of  Antiquaries  some  notices  of  the  Painters 
in  this  country  who  were  the  contemporaries  and 
immediate  successors  of  Hans  Holbein,  particu- 
larly the  portrait  painterii  and  being  honoured 
with  a  request  to  prepare  the  same  for  the  Arck^B' 
ologia^  I  should  feel  especially  obli^c&d  C<k  vccj 
partioulatt  of  ¥\idL|  ^V<;^  ^^vsAi^  ^^  ^^Rs^^»*s^.^ 


270 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


[S^  S.  L  Apbil  S,  ■61. 


Archbitliop  Crnnmer  in  the  jear  154T,  t!i»t  of 
Lord  Darcj  of  Chiche  in  155\,  anil  bia  own  por> 
trnit,  "  ex  tpfculo,"  in  the  jcftr  iSSI.  Tbe  last 
belonged  to  llie  Rev.  Tliooias  Monkhouse,  D.D., 
F.S.A,,  wbo  dle>l  \a  1793,  and  bat  been  thiu  de- 
■cribed  ;  —  (Walpole's  Anecdotei,  edit.  DulUwaj, 
iv.  320.) 

■'  Dr.  fttoDkbiiDM,  or  QaMn's  Cotlcce,  Oxford,  bw  a 
nmill  pktara  on  bcurd,  44  lachsi  by  3^,  cantainiog  two 
bnlMenglh  portralU  iiullj  exscsled.  lin  ons  bu  a 
jullel  in  his  hinil,  tha  oil  ' ' 


Ht<>< 


inKripdon,:- 
ertl  facia  Gerlachua  Flicciia,  ipsa 
nJonm  qaando  Pjctor  in  uibe  fujt, 
ia  ex  apecDlo  pro  caria  plniit  amidi. 
It  obiLuin  powlDt  qua  mammiue  aai. 


"Straneoiab  (Uusatrinsely  depictail  ia. 
Ona  priaoner  fur  tlie  olher  Laa  dona  tbli ; 
GarUn  bath  garntaht  for  bia  datight 
Tliia  iToorcli  whicha  you  ■«  befoce  yoanlgbt. 
"  It  la  conJKtunul  tbat  (heaa  paraona  war*  priaonen  on 
•ecODnt  of  religioa  in  the  raign  of  Qaeca  Harr." 

%V!iere  is  this  picture  now  ?  And  who  ii  the 
painter's  fellow -[inauner  likelj  to  have  been  F 

John  Godoii  Nichols. 
Medi£VAI.  Abcuitectb.  —  Where  can  I  find 
anj  sBliaractory  account  uf  tho  arubltects  or 
builders  wbo  were  cmplojed  in  Ibe  ere;:lion  of 
'Enf^liah  manaions  during  Uie  reigns  of  Hen.  VIL 
and  Uen.  VIII.  ?  TBuaTM. 

Mesmebism.^Iq  ditcusainns  on  the  realilj  of 
the  ajauiufd  effect  of  mesmeric  passes  in  pro- 
ducing aleep,  has  the  passable  been  adverted  to  in 
the  Ampkitruo  oi  Pl.iutus,  in  which  Mercury,  it) 
-onler  to  get  rid  of  the  importunities  uf  Suaia, 
■deliberates  whether  he  will  not  make  pasaes  and 
put  him  to  sleep  7 —  a  consummation  to  which 
Sosia,  who  overhears  him,  would  not  object, 
seeing  he  had  been  kept  nwaka  trATelling  for 
three  nights  in  succession :  — 

"  .Uircury,  Quid  si  cga  Maia'ttactim  langan  at  6or- 
nialt 

"  Solid.  Sua,  titntlaaa  has  tret  noctcs  parrlglUvL"  — 
Act  I.  8c.  1. 

J.  E.  T. 

Palbstinb  Association. — I  should  be  much 
obliged  lo  any  render  of  "  N  &  Q."  who  can  infortn 
me  nbere  to  find  information  on  the  Palestine 
.Association.  It  ia  mentioned  by  Col.  Leake  in 
Lis  preface  to  Burckhardt's  TravcU,  as  having  in 
1R10  published  Seetzcn's  CorreKpomlenee.  The 
Aafloeialion  probably  publiBhed  ctlieri  worts  also, 
&nd  had  other  objects,  which  I  should  be  gUd  to 
know  about.  [G.] 

PiOEEBiHo  Familt, — Ishould  be  greatly  obliged 
to  any  of  your  correspond eniB  who  would  kindly 
nsaist  nte  in  unravelling  the  intricacies  of  the 
Picker  inn  pedigree. 

I  would  first  inquire  what  relationship  eiiisted 
^tween    tie    braaob    at   Whaddon    (baronetcf 


created  1(!6I)  and  that  at  TicbniBrsb,  previous  lo 
the  marriage  of  Sydney  Pickering.  The  will  of 
Lucy  Pickering  C'l»te'l  6th  July,  1680,)  of  AIJ- 
winckle,  eo.  Northampton,  single  woman,  men* 
tions  "Sir  John  P.  of  Titmarsh";  "her  sister, 
Susanna  P.";  "her brother  Mr.  John  P., deceased " ; 
"  her  adopted  ion.  Mr.  Gilbert  P.  (son  and  bcir 
apparent  of  Sir  John  P.)  "  i  "  her  sister  Mrs. 
Mary  Allin"  ;  "ber  iwpAew,  Sir  Henry  P.";  "her 
nephew,  Mr.  Charles  Dryden"  (spelt  Draiden); 
"her  nephew,  Mr.  Robt- Elton"  ;  "her  nepheir 
and  godson,  Erasmus  Lauton."  To  her  said  sis* 
ter,  Susanna,  she  leaves  the  yearly  rent  of  7/.  dae 
from  Sir  Ilerry  P.  of  Whaddon,  co.  Camb.  The 
connexion  of  the  Titchmarsh  Pickerings  with  the 
Drydena  and  Laughtons  ia  given  in  the  ha- 
Tonetages ;  but  the  information  about  the  famil/ 
generally  ia  extremely  rngue,  and  I  cannot  iden- 
tify the  testatrix. 

Again,  there  was  a  family  named  Pickering  a 


Pickering,  of  Woodend,  in  his  will  (dated  1710, 
and  proTcd  1712),  mentions  his  sons  William  and 
Thomas ;  bia  wife  Mary ;  hii  daughters  Mary  and 
Margaret,  under  age ;  and  bis  nephew,  John  Welsh 
of  Slapton.  The  eldest  son,  William,  died  «. p.  in 
1712 ;  and,  from  his  will,  it  appears  that  bia  sister 

Marj  bad  married ■  Worley,  nnd  left  issue. 

Uis  sister  Margaret  was  unmarried,  and  his  hro' 
tber  dead.  Tho  second  son  Thomas  was,  I  think, 
of  the  Six  Clerks  Office ;  and  died,  a  bachelor,  id 
1737. 

Sir  B.  Burke,  in  bis  Extinct  and  Dormant  Ba' 
roiiela/fe,  speaks  of  the  Tichmarsh  title  as  '■  ex- 
tinct, or  at  all  events,  dormant."  From  the  very 
large  families  wbicb  the  early  members  bad.  f 
should  think  that  the  latter  was  more  probably 
the  case.  Gilbert  seems  to  bave  been  the  fa- 
vourite Christian  name ;  and  I  find  a  marriage 
(Sept.  30.  1666,)  at  St,  Leonard's,  Slioreditch, 
between  Gilbert  Pickering  and  Elizabeth  Proctor, 
Possibly  this  may  form  a  clue.  C.  J.  B. 

QUOTATIOMS  WaBTBD.  — 

1.  "DIrinum  cDniilinm  dum  devllatar  implatnr.  bu- 
maoa  ssplaoUa  dum  niactalar  comprehaDdituc." —  Si, 

S,  "  F.x  Ipso  dobrc  aao  compnacli  ioarducant  in  anoca 
Del.   Dumas  prastedentia  lacria  sc^aentibui  compaatail." 

3.  "  Luther's  rulo  ia  exceadioglr  good  in  tbta  csit-: 
Samma  urj,  the  grealeal  art  of  s  l^hriitian  ii  crnhn  rn- 
dibitia  ^.  (( iptnirc  dilala,  —  lo  hopa  for  tbiogs  ■  lonff 
time,  and  to  Mlvvc  God  wLan  ha  aeemelh  eonlrary  to 
Itimself  in  biipromita  " 


•Com  01 


a[jflrandam  ei 


Df,adB 
icredimiia?'' —  Stntea. 
provaDlum  navieanti  por- 
eotis  eredoat."  An.  ~-  Sal- 


BiL  S,  "62.] 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


271 


—  Inviocible  mercy  will  never  be  conquered, 
goodness  never  admits  of  bounds  or  ends.**  ~- 

0  committit  sponaam  suam  Yicario;  nemo 
life  sponsus  est." — Quoted  at  Ouncil  of  Basil 
tmard, 

aeeiditt  &c    Christ  comet  and  goes  away  for 

~St  Bernard. 

diligitnr  Jesus  propter  Jesnm." — Auguitine, 

rquid  bonwn,  &c  Whatsoever  is  good  ...  it 
d  or  from  God." — AugusHne, 

heathen  man  counted  it  a  grace  in  his  schoUer, 
that  he  would  prove  hopeful!,  because  he  was 
ions," 

i8  this  "  heathen  man  ?  ** 

re  was  a  dreame  of  an  holy  man  in  those 
s  hundred  years  agone^  that  he  saw  one  having 
lanchet  to  feed  on,  and  jet  all  the  while,  poor 
fed  on  stones.'* 

is  this  "  dreame  "  to  be  found  ? 

ces  to  any  of  the  above  will  very  much 

r. 

w  IN  1644.  —  In  the  Diary  of  Lady 
y,  Nov.  19th,  1644,  is  mentioned  the 
3n  of  "a  rainebow  with  the  bend  to- 

earth,"  which  caused  much  consterna- 
6  time.     How  is  such  a  phenomenon 

for  by  astronomers,  and  are  there  other 
)f  it  on  record  P  M.  F. 

School. — Any  notices  or  records  of  the 
jrs  of  Rugby  School,  especially  under 

1  and  Dr.  Ingles,  would  be  very  gladly 
f  addressed  to  G.  N.,  care  of  Mr.  Thorn- 
leller,  Magdalen  Street,  Oxford.  The 
object  of  the  advertiser  will  be  willingly 
ated  to  any  correspondent. 

[N  Stramob. — In  December,  1860,  your 
>re  favoured  with  some  account  of  The 
le,  a  poem  **  on  a  Strange  Resignation 
2er  Promotion,**  written  on  the  retire- 
r  John  Strange  from  the  office  of  Soli- 
iral  in  1742.  I  cannot  find  any  account 
entage,  or  his  early  life ;  and  I  should 
ankful  if  any  of  your  numerous  corre- 
would  furnish  me  with  this  information, 
I  to  his  descendants, 
appointed  one  of  the  King's  Counsel  in 
;itor- General  in  1737,  and  Recorder  of 

1739.  He  resigned  all  these  positions 
vas  made  Master  of  the  Rolls  in  1750, 
1 1754.  He  was  Member  for  West  Looe 

to  1741 ;  and  from  that  time  till  his 
represented  Totnes.    His  Reports  ex- 

1729  to  1748;  and  were  so  esteemed 
I  as  to  require  four  editions.  ]        D.  S. 

PBHNT  Curates.  —  Thomas  Story,  the 
n  ihc  Appendix  to  his  quaint  and  in- 
Toumal  (p.  756)  says :  — 

r  whereon  the  Act  passed,  in  the  morning, 
some  others,  I  waited  on  the  Dake  of  So- 


merset, at  Northumberland  House,  by  Charing  Cross* 
to  solicit  his  favour ;  and,  on  that  occasion,  I  acquainted 
him  that  I  had  heard,  as  1  came,  that  both  uuiversitioa 
intended  to  petition  against  us,  as  the  clergy  in  and 
about  London  had  already  done,  which  might  give  us 
much  more  trouble  and  delay,  if  not  bring  our  Kill  in 
danger ;  and  therefore  intreated  that  he  would  please  to 
use  his  interest  for  the  passing  it  into  a  law  that  day.*' 

In  the  course  of  the  remarks  elicited  by  this 
appeal,  the  Duke  said,  — 

"  *  There  are  a  company  of  fellows,  calling  themselves 
the  Clergy,  in  and  about  the  city  of  London,  who'  have 
sent  in  a  petition,  wherein  they  pretend  to  blame  both 
houses  of  Parliament  for  encouraging  a  sect,  which  they 
rank  with  Jews,  Turks,  and  other  infidels ;  as  if  we  were 
to  be  imposed  upon  by  them,  and  receive  their  dictates, 
or  knew  not  what  to  do  without  their  directions.  And 
besides,  we  do  not  know  who  they  are;  for  there  are 
above  500  of  the  Clergy  in  and  al>out  London,  and  we 
find  only  41  names  to  their  petition,  and  these  very  ob- 
scure. Where  is  their  Sherlock,  their  Waterland,  or  any 
of  note  among  them  ?  Do  these  fellows  see  any  com 
growing  in  the  streets  of  London,  that  they  should  meddle 
in  this  case  ? ' 

<*  Then,**  says  Story,  <*  I  informed  the  Duke  that  I  had 
also  heard  that  morning  that  many  of  the  petitioners 
were  Three-penny  Curates,  and  nnbeneficoL  The  Duke 
asked,  *  What  are  they  ? '  I  replied  that  I  had  been  in- 
formed they  were  clergymen  without  benefices,  and  had 
but  few  friends,  and  perhaps  some  of  them  Nonjurors, 
who  hang  on  about  the  town  looking  for  preferment;  and 
being  very  indigent,  say  prayers  for  the  richer  sort  for 
three-pence  a-time,  which  is  paid  two-pence  in  farthings 
an  J  a  dish  of  coffee." 

One  is  sufficiently  familiar  with  the  general 
idea  of  ecclesiastics  too  much  resembling  those 
here  described*,  but  is  there  any  corroboration  of 
these  particulars  ?  And  what  was  the  meaning  of 
such  an  odd  way  of  payment  ?  Trucummus. 

WiLKBS*8  LAST  Spsbgh  III  Pabliambnt. — Can 
any  of  your  readers  inform  me  where  I  may  find 
a  copy  of  Wilke8*s  Last  Speech  in  Parliament? 
I  ask  this  question  in  consequence  of  reading  an 
Epigram  upon  the  speech,  preserved  iu  the  Si. 
James  8  Chronicle  of  Jan.  27,  1776  :  — 

**  Epigram  upon  IFiiket"*  hut  Speech  in  Parliament 

**  Hancock  and  Adams  traitors  are. 
By  Royal  Proclamation : 
They'i^e  honest  men  and  subjects  good. 
Says  Wilkes  and  Defamation. 

**  Now  this  most  wonderful  dispute, 
Twixt  Royalty  and  Vermin, 
Jack  Ketch,  who  deals  in  knotty  points, 
Will  probably  determine.*' 

An  Askeb  or  Questiors. 


Chbistopbeb  WAin>E8FOBi>B,  Lord  Deputy  of 
Ireland  in   1640.  —  In  Rose's  Biog.  Diet   it  is 

*  [Does  our  correspondent  know  the  curious  **  History 
of  the  Ecclesiastical  Register  OflSce  in  London,"  extracted 
from  a  letter  to  the  Bishop  of  London,  in  Qent,  Maq,^ 
voLxlii.p.178?  — Ed,1 


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NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


[8"  S.  I.  April  5,1 


stated  that  this  gentlenun  "  ^Kve  »uch  MLturactiou 
to  the  king  bj  hii  conduct  m  that  high  gUtioo, 
that  he  was  created  Baron  Mowbray  and  Muttert, 
and  VitcouiU  Catdeeomar."  Biirke'a  Extwet  Ba- 
ronttage,  in  which  there  if  an  account  of  him, 
makea  no  ntention  of  thwe  dignitica  in  hU  perton, 
nor  can  I  find  inr  record  of  th^m  in  Beat«on'« 
Folitieal  Judex.     BealMin  call*  bim  Sir  Chri«tO' 

Eher  in  1640  ;  but  Burke  doe>  not  raentioii  eren 
□ightbood. 

Burke  Mji  "  the  fata  of  hi«  friend.  Lord  Straf- 
ford bad  BO  deep  an  effect  upon  him,  that  be  died 
on  3rd  Dec.  in  that  Tear"  fl640).  Now  Straf- 
ford wu  not  bebeadea,  acoordinE  to  all  the  aulho- 
ritiei,  till  12th  Maj,  1641  ;  and  Row's  Biog.  Did. 
quotes  his  impawioned  lameDtatlon  for  tbe  death 
<M  Wandeiforde.  Can  anj  one  Ht  all  this  straigbt  F 
H.  L.  T. 
[Sir  ChrlitopbarWuideafanUaoeamiMnled  Lord  Want- 
Korth  to  Ireluidi  and  vM  appointed  Haatsr  or  ths  Bolb. 
on  which  occialon  tba  Lord  Daputy  wiihad  Lim  to  ba 
made  a  knight,  nhicb  he  daclined  at  that  time.  Id  tha 
befflonioK  oF  June,  1636,  Wentworth  came  over  to  Eng- 
land, and  leFt  the  Muter  of  ibe  Rolla  one  of  tha  Loi^ 
Jnaticea  of  IraUnd,  and  to  lapport  tbU  dignity  ■eenu  to 
have  knighted  bim,  for  wa  tied  him  not  long  aftarwards, 
aOdraaad  by  tbe  title  of  Sir  Cbtiitc^bar  (Ur.  Ttiomu 
Comber*!  Memairi  of  Lord  Drpttf  Wandnfordt,  'iai 
ediL  1778,  p.  92).  On  tha  Srd  of  April,  I6ta,  Lord  Straf- 
ford, on  laaving  Ireland,  daliTared  to  Sic  Cbrietopbar  the 
avroni  of  alala  an  Lonl  Deputy.  Tba  king  wu  M  per- 
fectly aalisllad  with  the  conduct  of  his  aaar  Lord  Deputy, 
Ihat  thia  luminer  he  >ant  to  him  a  patent  creating  bIm 
Baron  Mowbray  and  Huiten,  and  Viaconnc  Cutlecomar. 
On  tha  receipt  of  thia  patmt  ba  axelaimed,  "la  it  a  6X 
lime  tot  t,  failbful  aubjact  to  appear  h^tr  Itoa  Tutuai, 
when  hie  Eing,  tba  foaatain  of  bonoun,  ia  likely  to  be 
itdufxd  ImttT  (Aon  tvrrl"  lie  therefora  ordered  tha 
patent  In  be  ooncealed,  and  hia  grandaon  waa  tha  flnt 
who  aaanmed  ita  privilegea.  {Biid.  p.  121.)    SltCbriito- 

Eher  died  on  Doc  3, 164(i,  and  bia  death  ia  thoa  lamented 
y  hla  friend  Lord  StrilTord  in  bis  letter  to  Sir  Adam 
Iri>ilut,  dated  tlia  16th  of  tbe  same  month ;  "The  loai  of 
iny  exc«Ilant  (Hand,  the  Lord  Deputy,  more  ifBicta  ma 
than  all  tba  rest  [of  my  troublei],  by  bow  macb  I  baTe, 
in  my  own  e«taem,  far  more  to  lou  in  my  friend,  than  En 
myaalf."  Dr.  Comber's  Maiciri  of  Lord  Daiuly  Waiida- 
fordt  is  not  only  Taloable  fbr  the  Interesting  biography 
of  this  loyal,  pioui,  and  Intelligent  atataman,  but  for  the 
incidenUl  notices  of  tha  meuurea  adopted  by  Lord  Straf- 
ford during  his  viceroyalty  for  tha  amelioration  of  Ire- 
land. This  work  is  DDDDticed  by  Lowndes,  and  ia  not  to 
be  found  in  tbe  Bodldan  library.  Tha  only  copy  known 
to  us  ia  tbe  one  in  the  QraoviUa  Ubiuy.] 

EhAHOBL    1.B    SCBOFB,    EaBL   OF  SlI«DBai.AI(D, 

Lord  President  of  the  North,  temp.  Jaa.  I.  et  Car. 
I.  —  He  died  according  to  Burke  in  1 627 ;  ac- 
eording  to  Sir  H.  Nicolas  in  1630.  The  latter  ia 
mure  likely.  Can  anj  one  give  me  the  exact  date 
of  bis  death,  and  its  cause,  the  exact  date  of  bit 
resignation  of  hit  presidency,  and  tbe  exact  date 
of  the  appoiotment  of  bii  lucceuor  Wentworth 
[StrafTordJ  F  He  seeme  to  have  niffered  from  wmc 
not- understood  diieaae,  and  to  have  pat  himself 
into  the  hands  of  one  Richard  Nbpier,  recUir  Of 


Liofon),  liucki,  CTjuallf  renowned  aa  doctor 
parson,  of  whom  Anthony  i  Wood  givel  some 
curious  particulnrs.     Aoj  information  about  him 
would  be  a  favour.  mi  i   ii 


H.  L.  T. 

[Sit Emanuel  Scrope,  lllh  Biron  Sctope  of  BDltM,aad 
first  Earl  of  Snoderlanil,  wu  summoned  to  parliameot 
trom  S  April  12  Jiq.  I.  1614  to  17  Hay  I  Car.  L  I6ti; 
appointed  Lord  Preaideot  of  tha  King's  Council  of  ttt 
North,  Feb.  1619  (Pal.  16  Jan.  L  p.  1)  ;  created  Earl  of 
Sunderland  IS  June,  S  Car.  1.  1627;  died  >.  p.  I.  ft 
May,  and  was  buried  at  Langar,  co.  Notts,  June,  ISIO. 
u.  I.  He  married,  first  Martha  Janes,  of^a  Banford,  s 
concnbina;  and.  secondly,  Elioabetb,  daughter  of  Jabt 
Maonera,  4th  Earl  of  Rutland  j  buried  at  I^ngar,  co. 
Notta,  16  March.  105S.  h.  L  (Pedigree  of  the  family  in  the 
Scnme  and  Gnatitor  Co>t(roHr<ji,  by  Sir  N.  H.  Nicolaa, 
ii.  62.)  The  exact  date  of  Lord  Strafibrd'a  appointment 
u  Lord  Prosidanl  of  tba  North  occurs  in  a  latter  ^m  Mr. 
Fory  to  the  Rev.  Joseph  Head,  dated  Dee.  12,  ir 

- —  "  My   Lord  Wentwni 

1  Viaoonnt,  but  i      " 

n,  granted  him  under  me  great  aeai,  to  na  L.ora 
President  of  the  Nuitb,"— Owrl  and  Tima  o/darla  /, 
L44S.    SeeaboRushworth,  ii.  163.] 

"  DiABT  or  LAnr  WitMuaHBi."— I  should  feel 
oblised  to  any  corres[)ondent  of  "  N,  &  Q."  who 
would  inform  me  when  this  work  was  first  pub- 
lisheJ.     I  rend  it  many  years  ago  with  tbe  im- 

ErcMion  that  it  was  a  modern  publication,  but  I 
ave  recently  purchased  it  in  a  small  12mo.  form, 
with  every  appearance  of  antiquity-  The  first 
and  last  pages,  however,  have  evidently  been  tam- 
pered with  by  icraping  with  a  kuife,  probably  to 
erase  tbe  date,  and  thus  make  a  modem  cdiiiun 
ptua  for  an  anlitiac.  I  cannot  obtain  another 
copy  of  the  book  in  Cork  to  collate  with  mine,  or 
I  would  not  give  this  trouble.  M.  V. 

[This  work  was  edited  by  Hra.  Rathbone.  and  flrat  ap- 
peared in  1841,  entitled.  So  mmek  a/  M*  i>ury  of  I^df 

Willoi^  oa  niorei  Id  her  Domtbc  UiHorp,  and  to  Mt 
Eoalful  Period  of  thi  Btign  of  OiaHa  Oit  Fir,l.  Jiii- 
prinled  for  Longman  ft  Co.,  Palamoater  Row,  1844,  4(o. 
This  volume  inclndoa  the  years  I<U  to  1648,  and  wu 
followed  by  another  portion  for  tb*  rear*  1648  to  1663, 
and  entitled,  a.mt  t'arduT  Farlioat  af  One  Diar^  of  lAid) 

inUm^Uy  vAieA  do  rttatt  to  her  VumiUic  HitUir^,  and  » 
iMe  ilirrimf  EoenU  oftht  liOtr  Ytart  of  Ihe  Seign  of  Kiof 
OarUi  L,  Oe  Proltctarale,  aadlht  Bfforation.  Longman 
&  Co.  1848,  4to.] 

JotEPU  HAiii.BT,  author  of  the  Defence  of  a 
Ditoovrte  on  the  Iiapouibilify  of  proving  a  Fuiiin 
State  by  the  Light  of  Nabtre,  and  aevera)  other 
works,  published  between  the  Tears  IT'29  and 
1740.    What  is  known  of  bun  P  '  Foxi.by. 

[Joseph  Usllet,  a  disaanKng  minjstar  at  Kxetsr,  waa 
born  in  1692,  and  died  in  1744.  In  tba  early  part  of  tbe 
laat  century,  a  great  controversy  arose  among  the  disstn' 
(era  of  Exetfr,  which  apretd  over  a  great  part  of  Ihe 
kingdom.  Having  been  referred  to  the  London  mlnii- 
ten.  It  created  a  great  dlviaioD,  and  gavs  ria*  to  an  in- 
credible number  of  cootrovarslBl  ponphlgta.  Hie  point 
in  coDtrorernr  was  tbe  doctrins  of  the  Trinity.  Hr. 
Paarca  and  Mr.  Hallat  having  embraead  tha  doetrinei  ot 


»jtM,  opaoad  a  new  mtatliic-hoDn  In  Ik*  i 


EiL  6,  '62.] 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


27a 


For  a  list  of  his  works  consalt  Watt's  Bibiio' 
nitM,  and  Orme*s  BibUotheca  BibUca."} 

MoTTO£8.  —  I  shall  be  glad  to  be  fa- 
th  a  traoBlation  of  the  following  mot- 

»  Dduw  Heb  Ddim,  Daw  sidifour.'* 
inao  duw  derwd." 
wir  legoB  erbyn  bid  v." 

T.F. 
and  translate  these  mottoes  as  follows :  -* 

law  heb  Ddim—Dow  sy  di^n. 
othing  without  God — God  ib  sofficieot. 
Daw  a  ddaw. 
1  wills.  He  will  come. 

yn  erbyn  y  byd. 
.  against  the  world. 

be  well  known  Bardic  motto,  which  we  have 
rith  the  Latin  word  legea.^ 

r  AND  CoTTOH  Club. — Can  any  of  your 
form  me  whether  this  Club  is  still  in 
and  give  me  any  particulars  of  its  past 
I  present  rules,  &o.  ?  D.  W. 

Iton  and  Cotton  Club  was  instituted  on  the 
rch,  1817,  by  the  late  Michael  Bland,  Esq., 
£llis,  and  other  lovers  of  the  gentle  art. 
rey,  Esq.,  M.P.,  was  the  first  President,  and 
.nd  the  first  Vice-President,  Treasurer,  and 
The  very  appropriate  motto,  **  Dam  capimns 
as,  we  believe,  the  happy  suggestion  of  Sir 
•n  26th  March,  1840,  the  club  was  newly  or- 
the  laws  revised,  when  we  find  amonfc  the 
lie  members  Walter  Campbell,  Esq.,  M.P., 
Edward  Jesse,  Esq.,  TVeasurer;  William  Dunn, 
ary;  and  William  Yarrell,  Esq.,  Beeorder, 
rules,  beautifully  printed  by  VVhittingham, 
ted  with  woodcuts,  is  quite  a  gem,  and  was 
abour  of  love  to  that  excellent  bibliographer, 
brother  of  the  angle,  William  Pickering.] 


WitfiM. 


CLERICAL  KNIGHTS. 

(3"*  S.  i.  209.) 

M.  cites  the  names  of  two  reverend 
f  the  reign  of  George  III.,  and  asks, 
ryman  have  knighthood  conferred  upon 
th  regard  to  the  Rev.  Sir  Robert  Feat, 
aquiry  thus  answered :  — 

er  of  St.  Stanislaus  was  conferred  on  the  Rev. 
*eat,  then  Robert  PeaU  Esquire,  by  Stanislaus 
ing  of  Poland,  Nov.  21, 1790 ;  and  he  received 
0  wear  it  from  King  George  IlL  Oct  2, 1804, 
me  he  was  Rftctor  of  Ashley -cum-Silverley, 
r Kirtling,  CO.  Cambridge.  {Gentiemcm*M  Ma' 
1837,  p.  662.) 

ermission  **  carried  with  it  the  appella* 
until  the  issuing  of  a  regulation  relative 

orders,  in  March,  1813,  as  is  repeatedly 
Townsend's  Calendar  of  Knighlt.    In 

p.  45,  Sir  Robert*s  name  is  misprinted 
he  is  erroneously  called  Rector,  instep 

of  New  Brentford.    Some  further  tuh 


tices  of  him  will  be  found  in  the  GenilemofCs 
Magazine  (N.  S.),  vol.  viii.  p.  209,  for  1837,  in 
which  year,  on  the  20th  April,  he  died;  but  it 
does  not  there  appear  that  he  had  the  degree  of 
D.D.,  which  is  attributed  to  him  by  G.  W,  M. 
On  the  occasion  of  a  prosecution  against  Wil- 
liam Dearsley  for  an  assault  on  the  Rev.  Sir 
Robert  Feat,  the  appellation  ^*  Sir  **  was  objected 
to  bj  the  Qpunsel  for  the  defendant,  because  the 
plaintiff  had  not  been  knighted  by  the  King;  but 
Lord  Ellenborough  over-ruled  that  objection,  **on 
the  ground  that  knighthood  was  an  universal 
honour,  which  there  could  be  no  doubt  everj 
sovereign  could  confer  according  to  the  laws  and 
customs  of  his  own  state ;  and  that  there  could  be 
as  little  doubt  that  the  King  of  England  could 
notify  and  confirm  such  creation  by  a  foreign 
sovereign,  and  that  having  so  done,  the  party  was, 
to  all  intents  and  purposes,  a  Knight,  and  entitled 
to  the  appellation  by  which  Knights  are  commonly 
distinguished  in  these  realms."  (Preface  to  Towns- 
end's  Calendar  of  Knights^  p.  xiv.) 

It  further  appears  in  the  same  preface  that 
there  were  various  conflicting  decisions  respect- 
ing the  attribution  of  the  title  **  Sir  **  to  Knights 
of  foreign  orders,  it  being  denied  in  the  Navy,  but 
allowed  in  the  Army  List ;  until  altogether  with- 
drawn by  the  regulation  above-mentioned,  issued 
by  the  Prince  Regent  in  March,  1813. 

With  respect  to  the  Rev.  Sir  John  Thoroton, 
he  was  certainly  knighte<l  by  the  Prince  Regent 
when  he  was  already  a  clergyman,  which  proves 
that  such  a  knigbthoo<l  is  possible.  The  honour 
was  bestowed  at  Belvoir  Castle,  on  the  4th  of 
Jan.  1814,  on  the  day  his  Royal  Highness  stood 
codfather  to  the  infant  Marquess  of  Granby,  who 
died  shortly  after.  Sir  John  was  the  family  chap- 
lain, and  a  great  favourite  with  the  Duke  his  mas- 
ter, who  thus  recorded  his  amiable  equalities,  and 
his  architectural  skill,  in  an  epitaph  in  the  neigh- 
bouring church  of  Bottesford :  — 

**  lo  Memory  of  the  Rev.  Sir  John  Thorotoit,  Knt, 
M.A.,  Rector  of  Bottesford,  aud  daring  twenty-three 
years  the  Domestic  Chaplain,  the  valued  friend,  and  the 
faithful  companion  of  the  Duke  and  Duchess  of  Rut- 
land. 

**  No  man  was  ever  more  gifted  with  the  mild  virtues 
whicli  adorn  human  nature ;  and  no  man  more  entirely 
possessed  the  attributes  of  an  attached  Friend,  a  good 
subject,  and  a  sincere  Christian.  Possessed  of  great  na- 
tural taste,  he  devoted  his  leisure  to  the  cultivation  of  it. 
Of  his  architaetaral  talent,  the  new  buildings  erected  at 
Belvoir  Castle  will  be  a  lasting  monument :  for  he  parti- 
cipated in  every  plan  connected  with  them,  from  their  com- 
mencement in  the  year  MDCCCI. ;  and  during  the  latter 
yean  of  his  life  he  had  the  chief  direction  both  in  the 
design  and  execution  of  them. 

**  He  died  at  Belvoir  Castle  on  the  xviiL  Dec  MDCCCXX. 
in  the  Ixii.  year  of  his  age,  and  is  buried  in  the  chancel 
of  this  church. 

"  Many  will  say  of  him,  but  none  more  sincerely  than 
bis  sorrowing  friend  the  Duke  of  Rutland  —  MaUlB  Ula 
bonis  flabilis  ocddit,  Nolli  aebilior  qiMun  mlhlf* 


274 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


lS^&LAMtn.S,6t 


Sir  John  Tharoton  hud  designed  the  priTftte 
cbapel  stfielToir  before  hia  knighlbood  in  1814, 
but  it  WHS  after  ft  fire,  which  occurred  in  1816, 
had  dettrojed  a  (ireat  part  of  the  maniiou  pre- 
viautlj'  erected  bj  Wyatr-,  that  bii  architectural 
taste  waa  more  fullj  called  into  play. 

Whether  this  inatanee  of  Sir  John  Thoroton 
Btands  aloDe  as  an  example  of  clerical  knighthood 
may  be  worthy  of  further  ioquirj.  The  honour 
might  on  the  aame  occasion  fasTB  been  bestowed 
wiui  at  least  equal  propriety  on  the  Rev.  John 
Staunton,  D.D.,  who,  by  virtue  of  bis  pouewing 
the  manor  of  Staunton  by  the  military  tenure  of 
castle-);uard  of  Belvoir,  presented  to  the  Prince 
Re^nt  the  key  of  the  Staunton  Tower,  as  will  be 
found  very  prondly  recorded  in  the  acconnt  of  the 
Staunton  family  given  in  Burke's  Dictiniiarj/  of 
Ike  Ltmded  Gentry.  J.  Q.  N. 

Up  to  the  year  1810,  tha  grant  of  a  Royal  Li- 
cence to  ft  British  subject  to  accept  a  foreign 
order  of  Icniubthood,  also  gave  him  the  right  to 
the  rank  of  a  KnigbtBachelor  of  this  kingdom,  and 
to  the  title  of  £iV. 

The  Order  of  St.  Stanislaus  was  conferred  on 
Sir  Robert  Peat,  when  a  layman,  in  the  year  1790, 
atid  the  Boynl  Licence,  {granted  ia  1S04,  cnve 
permission  to  wear  in  /lU  oicn  cotmtr;/  (he  ensigns 
«f  that  order. 

In  the  prosecution  of  Wm.  Dearsley  for  ^d  at- 
aault  on  the  Rev.  Sir  Robert  Peat  — 

"Tha  connscl  for  the  ddendantiD  that  casB  look  an  ob> 


ths  appellation,  Sir.  Lord  Ellenboroagh  oTer-ruled  this 
objection,  obwrTing  ■  That  the  order  of  knighthood  hav- 
ing been  conflrmeil  b.T  Patent  from  the  Eing  of  England, 
__   .i__i.  _i  .J  i_   ---(rtjin^  reapecling  Its 


with  many  otbsra,  wb«B  rapk  bad  been  confirmed  by  the 
king.' "  —  CarliaU's  Ihrtim  Ottbn  of  Ejiigltlhood,  nn. 
«iTxxiLand280. 
Shorehsm.  J.  WoODWAHD. 


It  may  be  interesting  to  G.  W.  M.  to  know, 
that  in  addition  to  the  Rev.  Sir  Robert  Peal, 
D.D.,  being  n  Knight  of  St.  Stanislaus,  be  was 
also  a  Great  Cross,  and  Grand  Priiir  of  the  Eng- 
lish Langue  of  the  Order  of  BL  John  of  Jerusa- 
lem in  1S34.  J,  \y.  BiTAHS. 

I  had  Just  accidentally  lighted  on  an  instance 
of  this  kind,  of  which  I  was  about  to  make  a 
note,  when  tbe  Query  of  G,  W,  M.  appeared. 
My  instance  is  that  of  a  Scottish  minister,  Andrew 
Murray,  of  Balvaird,  minister  of  Ebdie,  who  was 
knighted  at  the  coronation  of  Charles  I.  at  Scone, 
J633,  "  though,"  as  my  authority.  If Isbet  aays, 
"an  actual  minister  at  the  tim«."    It  may  [be 


worth  recording,  that  Douglas  states  in  hia  Bares- 
a^e  tbat  this  Sir  Andrew  got  a  charter  of  the 
Barony  of  Balvaird  to  binuelf,  as  "  Domino  Aa- 
drem  Murray  de  Balvaird,  MUiti,"  &C.,  thua  pr- 
ing  himself  much  more  of  the  character  of  Sir 
Knight  than  Sir  PrieaL  His  son  aacceeded  at 
fourth  Viscount  Stormont.  This  knightly  clergy- 
man, it  may  be  noted,  appears  never  to  have  rfr 
linquisheil  tbe  ministry;  for,  though  created  Lord 
Balvaird,  1641,  he  is  recorded  to  nave  contiuaed 
his  pastoral  office  at  Ebdie  till  his  death,  which 
was  accelerated  by  the  troubles  of  the  riaing  Civil 
War.  The  peculiarity  of  the  case  mnat  b«  my 
*pologj  for  the  length  to  which  I  have  mn. 

C.  U.  E.  Caxmicuu. 


In  the  Patents  of  some  of  the  older  baronetcieii 
it  was  usual  to  insert  a  clause  that  the  eldest  son 
might  claim  knighthood  on  comine  of  ase.  This 
wa«  done  by  tbe  eldest  son  of  the  Tate  Sir  Edwin 
Sandys,  Baronet  of  Uisarden  Park,  Glonceiter- 
shire,  who  afterwards  took  orders,  and  became 
the  Reverend  Sir  Edwin  Windsor  Sandys,  Knight. 
There  was  much  question  at  the  time  aa  to  the 
validity  of  the  claini.  It  waa,  however,  conceded, 
but  I  Uiink  at  the  same  time  some  alteration  took 
place  in  the  law  to  prevent  its  beiuK  a  precedent 
for  similar  claims.  The  baronetcy  is  now  extinct 
S.  L. 

Knighthood,  considered  as  a  social  dignify,  can 
be  and  has  been  conferred  npon  the  clerjiy  in 
common  with  the  higher  degrees  of  the  baronetage 
and  peerage,  and  tbe  bearing  of  such  titles  by 
iUeir  body  appears  to  be  less  incongruous  than 
iLeir  conference  on  females,  of  which  instances  ia 
llie  three  grades  I  have  mentioned  could  be  ad- 
duced. 

If  we  divest  knighthood  of  the  exclusive  mili- 
tary application  which  fur  centuries  attached  to 
it,  and  regard  it  in  the  religious  character  with 
which  it  was  formerly  associated,  it  is  perhapt 
(anomalous  though  it  may  seem)  tbe  most  appro- 
priate of  our  present  titular  dignities  to  whtch  t 
clergyman  could  be  raised.  Mr.  Bettz,  Lancaster 
Herald,  in  bis  MemoriaU  of  the  Order  of  At 
Oarttr,  says  that  the  knight*  of  the  twelfth  cen- 
tury (which  is  the  earliest  date  to  which  we  can 
properly  trace  our  present  system  of  knighthood) 
were  of  two  dawes,  Teligious  and  military,  and 
adds:  — 

■■  Tha  flrat  conriatcd  of  Knights,  who,  ranonndng  the 
rewards  and  honours  of  their  preTaoIon,  bad  anbmltttd 
tbemsslvea,  under  vowa  of  celibacy,  obedianca,  and 
poverty,  to  ecclesiastical  rules  of  itta,  whilst  they  at  the 
same  tlnw  strennoosly  dinclad  their  exsrtlons  to  iha 
defence  and  pmpagatioa  of  the  Chrlatiin  faith." 

Antecedent  even  to  this  period  the  order  wu 
oonfaiTed  1^  the  priect  at  tae  altar,  afUr  religions 


S'*  a  L  Apbil  6,  '62.] 


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ceremonial,  and  Ashmole  tellfl  us  that  tbis  pre- 
rogative of  the  clergy  was  not  abolished  till  1100, 
or  immediately  before  the  institution  of  the  system 
which'still  exists.  These  facts,  therefore,  added  to 
those  still  better  known,  of  the  identity  of  knight- 
hood,  even  in  comparatively  recent  times,  with 
various  religious  orders,  go  far,  I  think,  to  es- 
tablish the  position  I  advanced  as  to  the  greater 
appropriateness  of  this  above  all  other  distinctions 
for  the  clergy,  when  raised  to  other  than  church 
diffiiitiea.  * 

I  do  not  argue  that  secular  titles  are  now-a- 
days  fitly  bestowed  on  ministers  of  the  Grospel.  I 
rather  incline  to  the  opinion  inferred  by  G.  W. 
M.  in  his  query,  that  they  are  not ;  but  yet  there 
are  positions  in  which  they  may  be  or  have  been 
placed  where  they  could  be  either  eligible  for 
or  might  have  claimed  knighthood.  As  mayors 
of  boroughs  and  justices  of  the  peace,  they  may 
now,  on  particular  occasions,  be  eligible  tor  it; 
and  as  the  eldest  sons  of  baronets,  they  formerly 
could  claim  it.  This  privilege  was  granted  by 
James  I.  in  1612.  An  instance,  to  the  point,  of 
.its  having  been  claimed,  occurs  to  me :  Mr. 
Sandys,  the  Rector  of  Winstone,  in  Gloucester- 
shire, and  who  was,  I  presume,  in  orders  at  the 
the  time,  received  knighthood  in  1825,  as  the  son 
and  heir  of  the  late  Sir  Edwin  Bay ntun- Sandys, 
Bart.  Georjge  IV.,  two  years  later,  revoked  the 
grant  of  this  privilege  by  hia  predecessor,  the 
founder  of  the  degree  of  baronetase. 

One  of  the  cases  quoted  by  G.  W.  M.  is  not  in 
point ;  and  if  he  turns  to  the  preface  to  Towns- 
end's  Calendar  of  Knights^  pifge  xiv.,  he  will  see 
that  Sir  Robert  Peate  was  never  knighted,  but 
assumed  the  prefix  of  "  Sir  **  by  virtue  of  his 
decoration  with  a  foreign  order,  which  Lord  El- 
lenborough,  in  a  suit  in  which  the  **  Clerical 
Knight  **  was  plaintiff,  ruled  that  he  had  a  right 
to  do.  The  practice  (formerly  common)  of  as- 
suming the  distinctive  adjuncts  of  English  knight- 
hood on  receiving  a  foreign  order,  was  abolished 
in  1813.  A  relative  of  the  Rev.  Sir  John  Thoro- 
ton,  Knt.,  is,  I  fancy,  now  a  beneficed  clergyman 
in  England,  and  would  doubtless  answer  U-.  W. 
M.*s  question  respecting  him.  He  was  of  the 
same  family  as  Robt.  Thoroton,  theXhistorian  of 
Nottinghamshire. 

G.  W.  M.  has  probably  noted  as  many'instancea 
as  I  have,  in  early  brasses,  of  the  prefix  of  Sir, 
Syr,  or  Sire  to  the  name  of  an  ecclesiastic,  where 
we  should  now  put  **  Rev.,'*  and  which  may  have 
a  more  intimate  connection  with  a  religious  order 
of  knighthood  than  is  generally  admitted.    S.  T. 


SPENCER'S  COWPER'S  TRIAL. 

(3'^  S.  i.  91,  191,  214.) 
I  should  be  sorrv  to  have  written  a  word  to 
suggest  a  doubt  of*^  the  full  belief  to  be  enter- 


tained of  the  entire  innocence  of  Spencer  Cow- 
per,  and  whatever  Mb.  Foss  writes  is  entitled  to 
the  greatest  respect  I  should  have  written  in 
my  Note  that  the  guardian  on  the  appeal  for  mur- 
der was  the  mother  of  *'  the  appellant  *'  (the  ap- 
pellant being  the  next  heir  of  the  deceased).  It 
was  an  error  of  mine  to  say  "  mother  of  the  de- 
ceased." The  report  of  the  case  [12  Modem  Re' 
ports^  373],  states  that  ''after  the  writ  was  re- 
turnable, the  mother  of  the  appellant,  at  the  in- 
stance and  procurement  of  Cowper,  came  and 
demanded  the  writ  of  the  sheriff,  and  the  sheriff 
[without  any  assurance  that  the  infant  was  the 
appellant,  or  that  the  party  who  came  with 
him  was  his  mother]  delivered  the  writ  to  them, 
who  destroyed  it.  All  this  appearing  to  the  Court 
by  the  sheriff's  own  confession,  and  he  being  put 
to  answer  interrogatories,  confessed  further  tnat 
he,  upon  receipt  of  the  writ,*;  had  sent  a  copy  of  it 
to  Cowper,  the  defendant's  brother,  and  likewise 
notice  to  Cowper  himself,"  &c. 

These  are  the  words  of  the  report,  and  the  sheriff 
was  fined  200  marks.  The  remarkable  part  of  the 
discussion  is  comprised  in  the  words  I  cited  of 
Chief  Justice  Holt,  in  approval  of  the  ancient 
and  barbarous  process  of  an  appeal  for  murder. 
There  must  have  been  a  motive  on  the  part  of 
Cowper  or  his  brother  in  getting  the  writ  de- 
stroyed, for  it  was  destroyed,  and  the  sheriff  was 
fined.  Certainly  an  effort  to  get  rid  of  a  persecu- 
tion by  the  destruction  of  the  writ^was  justifiable. 
As  respects  the  old  appeal  for  murder,  abolished 
by  the  Act  59  Geo.  III.  ch.  24,  Coke  [2  Institute, 
247]  says :  — 

<*The  law  doth  allow  trial  by  battle  In  another  case, 
and  that  is  in  case  of  life,  in  an  appeal  of  felony,  when 
the  defendant  may  either  put  himself  on  the  country,  or 
try  it  by  body  to  body ;  that  is,  by  combat  between  him 
and  the  plaintiff,  but  there  the  parties  shall  fight." 

I  admit  fighting  was  not  a  necessary  accom- 
paniment of  every  appeal. 

**  This  trial  by  battel  was  at  the  defendant's  choice ; 
but  if  the  plaintiff  were  under  an  apparent  disabilitv  to 
fight  as  under  age,  maimed,  &c.,  he  might  counter -plead 
the  wager  of  battel,  and  compel  the  defendant  to  put 
himself  upon  his  country,  no  champion  being  allowed  in 
criminal  appeals.*' —  **  Battle,**  Tomlins's  Law  Dictionary, 

But  then  there  was  a  remarkable  peculiarity  of 
this  appeal,  namely,  that  if  the  appellee  were 
found  "guilty,"  the  Crown  had  no  power  to  par- 
don, though  Uie  appellant  might.  It  was  the  suit 
of  a  private  subject  to  make  atonement  for  a  pri- 
vate wrong,  and  the  king  could  not  destroy  it 
[Co.  2  Inat.  316J.  Therefore,  this  remark  is  cer- 
tainty relevant  that,  looking  at  the  temper  of  the 
times,  and  the  possibility  of  a  wicked  and  corrupt 
jury  finding  him  guilty,  Cowper  [the  appellee] 
had  very  sufficient  cause  to  do  what  he  actually 
did;  namely,  to  get  possession  of  the  writ,  and 
to  destroy  it.  He  did  a  very  wise  and  prudent 
act ;  for  there  was  no  hope  of  escape  or  life  if  he 


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LS'*  S.  T.  ArniL  5.  '61 


ha<l  come  before  n  jury  like  some  jaries,  before 
whom  innocent  men,  more  than  simply  to  their 
own  (lisadvantAge,  had,  in  his  lifetime,  appeare<1. 

J.  F. 


TOAD-EATER. 


(3'**  S.  i.  128,  176.) 

I  think  the  true  explanation  of  this  word  is 
contained  in  the  passage  quoted  from  Fielding  by 
your  correspondent  E.  /3.  E.  The  French  make 
use  of  the  expression  avaler  un  crapaud^  upon 
which  Bescherelle  has  the  following:  **rerdre  toute 
illusion.  Pour  pouvoir  supporter  sans  dcgo^t  les 
sottises  que  Ton  dit  et  que  Ton  fait  chaque  jour, 
il  faut  avaler  un  crapaua  le  matin  (Champfort).** 
From  which  we  may  infer,  that  he  who  has  swal- 
lowed a  toad  is  capable  of  putting  up  with  anything. 
To  swallow  a  toad  is  a  stronger  expression  than  to 
eat  a  toad,  as  eating  does  not  necessarily  involve 
swallowitig.  Again,  the  French  say  avaler  des 
cotdeuvres  (lit  to  swallow  adders) =,  according  to 
Bescherelle,  ^*  recevoir  des  degoiits,  des  mortinca- 
tions,  &c.,**  or,  according  to  Iteming  and  Tibbins, 
**  avoir  beaucouj>  de  dejSaisir,  de  chagrin,  sans  oser 
8*en  plaindre."  Indeed  if  it  be  true  that  a  language 
often  points  to  the  habits  of  the  people  by  whom 
it  is  spoken,  we  should,  I  think,  be  entitled  to 
conclude  that  the  French  are  a  very  humble  and 
submissive  nation,  continually  swallowing  a  great 
many  disagreeable  things,  for  they  constantly 
apply  to  sorrows,  vexaJtion^  affronts^  insults^  &c., 
verbs  which  signify  to  eat  and  to  drink,  and  which 
by  other  nations  are  more  especially  confined  to 
food.  Thus  they  say,  manobr  des  doideurSy  dk- 
voRBR  des  chagritUy  des  dSgouts,  des  affronts^  des 
injures,  &c.,  avalbb,  boibb,  digbrbb  un  affront^ 
&c.,  8*abbbuvbb  de  larmes,  de  honte,  dtignondnie. 

Whilst  I  am  upon  the  subject  of  toads^  per- 
haps I  may  be  allowed  to  ask  whether  the  Lat. 
name  for  these  animals,  bufo^  is  not  related  to 
buffoon.  In  Mid.  Lat.  the  two  words  are  spelled 
in  precisely  the  same  manner,  viz.  buffo*  (Migne). 
Btffoon  (Ft,  bouffon)  is  generally  derived  from 
the  Fr.  bot^ffer  (Prov.  bouffar^,  Sp.  b^far)  to  blow, 
puff  out  the  cheeks,  or  the  Ttal.  buffo^a  puff  (of  air, 
wind),  because,  so  it  is  said,  buffoons  were  in  the 
habit  of  blowing  out  their  checks^,  either  in  their 
violent  explosions  of  laughter,  or  in  order  that 
slaps  upon  their  faces  might  produce  a  louder 
noise,  or  simply  for  the  purpose  of  making  them- 
selves ridiculous.§    At  all  events  the  word  is  con- 

*  In  Ital  bufone  means  a  toad;  bufftme,  a  buffoon, 

t  See  Qrimm*8  Germ.  Diet  s.  v.  biiffen  (puflfen),  which 
verb  he  refers  to  the  Lat  (o6)pvoio,  only  foand  in  the 
form  obpMviat  (  Forcellini)  =»  verberat  P uvio  mast  there- 
fore have  been  alun  to  pavio,  to  atrike.  Hence  oar  buff, 
buffet,  rebuff. 

J  Compare  the  Fr.  pouffer  de  rire. 

§  Buffa^hoth  a  jmff  of  wmd (Fr.  boufffo),  and abo 


sidered  to  involve  the  notion  of  blowing,  or 
swelling  up,  of  inflation  or  tumidity.  Now  is  not 
the  toad  noted  for  swelling  up  its  body  ?  lias 
not  Dryden  the  line, 

**  The  hissing  serpent  and  the  noeUing  toad  "? 
Is  not  bloated  often  applied  to  this  animal,  and 
IS  not  one  of  its  Greek  names  <p6ffaXos  (from  <pvffo.u 


to  puff  up,  inflate^  ? 
There  is  s 


so  much  resemblance  between  the  two 
words  that  I  expect  my  suggestion  is  not  a  new 
one ;  still  I  have  not  been  able  to  find  it  in  any 
one  of  the  many  books  I  have  consulted. 

F.  Cbabcr. 


FAUiiioN  (8'*  S.  i.  210.)  — Henley's  ruse  in 
cutting  boots  down  to  shoes  is  well-known.  The 
identity  of  Paulson  may  be  difficult  to  settle,  as 
he  was  probably  one  of  several  obscure  adven- 
turers wno  advertised  for  show  the  "  Wonderful 
horse  with  his  head  where  his  tail  ought  to  he, 
and  his  tail  where  his  head  should  be** ;  and  then 
introduced  his  ready  dupes  to  a  wretched  animal 
with  his  tail  tied  to  the  feeding  rack.  I  have 
heard  the  story  related  as  a  fact,  and  suppose  it 
to  be  the  same  as  that  of  the  **  topsy-turvy  horse.*" 

DouGULS  AIlpobt. 

"  A^yoc  Ti(  3i«^'ra,X^yiwi'p  rove  SiMrparovf  Aiiyov«  iouctrmi  rmc 
navtrwrof  ypafifjLaxri.  Kol  yelp  roi  koX  Hav<rt0va.  rhp  ^trfpd^r, 
iutovvapra  wap4i  rivof  ypmf/ai  tinror  iMAivte^ficrov,  t6^  yp«^M 
rp/x,OKreu  '^yavoMTOvmt  o^y  rov  rb  viMuciov  ccBorrof ,^m«  vapi 
ris  ofioAoyuu  yp^^cyroc,  awoKoivairOai  rov  ^uypA^p'  ore  trrfH- 
^0¥  ri  mvoKim^t  «rat  o  MiAtroo^fin«ov  lim*  <rol  6  rpixnT." — 
ifiliaoi,  Variet  Hiatorict,  1.  xiv.  c  15,  p.  950,  ad.  Gronovii, 
Lugd.  Bat  1731. 

H.  B.  C. 

tJ.  U.  Clab. 

Cbibf  Babor  Jambs  RBmOLDs :  Babob  Jambs 
Rbtnolds  (3'<*  S.  i.  149, 235.)— Grateful  as  I  feel 
for  the  useful  extracta  and  information  furnished 
by  Hebus  Fbatbb,  I  hope  they  will  not  deter 
your  other  correspondents  from  rapplying  some 
explanation  as  to  the  precis^  degree  of  relation- 
ship that  existed  between  theie  two  judges,  my 
inquiry  thereon  remaining  as  yet  wholly  unan- 
swered. Edwabd  Foss. 

BlOGBAPHICAL  QuEBIBS  (3^  8.  i.  208.)  —  ilfr. 
Justice  John  Heath  was  the  son  of  Thomas  Heatb, 
an  alderman  of  Exeter,  and  nephew  of  Benjamin 
Heath,  a  barrister  and  town  derk  of  that  city,  who 
was  the  father  of  Dr.  Benjamin  Heath,  the  head- 
master of  Eton.  He  succeeded  Sir  William  Black- 
stone  as  a  judge  of  the  Common  Pleas  in  July, 
1780,  and  sat  in  that  court  above  five  and  thirty 
years.  Lord  Eldon  spoke  highly  of  his  profes- 
sional knowledge,  and  many  are  the  testimonies 

anything  light,  vain,  frivolous  and  empty  (bagatelle, 
sottise),  the  Heb.  HI"!  f\^  (Eccles.  i.  17)  windy 
thoughtrs].  This  is  therefore  just  as  probable  a  deri- 
vation of  buffam  as  that  given  sibove. 


to  hk  private  worth,  nnd  to  the  extent  of  hi*  ge- 
nerJ  acqnirenenta.  He  rcruseJ  the  castmoarj 
faononr  of  knighlbood ;  declaring  thmt  he  would 
die  "  plain  John  Heitb,"  a  retolution  to  which  he 
adhered. 

Sir  Simon  Le  Blane  (not  Blane,  n  crroneaDilj 
oamed  bv  F.  G.)  wii  called  Serjeaot  in  178T,  ap- 
pointed Coniwel  to  the  Uoivertit;  of  Cambridge 
in  1791,  and  invested  with  the  judicial  enniue  as 
a  Jnd^e  of  the  King'a  Bench  in  1799,  on  the  re- 
fignation  of  Mr.  Justice  Asbunt.  He  died  after 
lerenteen  jiears'  service  in  that  ooDrt. 

These  facts  are  contribnted  in  the  hope  that 
tfaey  will  elicit  fgrther  infnmiation.  D.  S. 

Coins  iBHiKTBD  in  Tahkabm  (a''  8.  i.  50, 116.) 


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—  Sam.   Pepjs,   whom   I  verilj  beliei 


Bcqnired  his   lishit  of  "nnle-ranking"  from  the 
gallant  progenitor    "  ".-"... 


ir  CapUiii  Cuttle, 
9  Diary,  refers  to  this  custom :  — 

-  Captain  CocJio  piliewH!  me  Iwo  or  (lirve  of  s  grest 
Mimbn  of  silver  tlithu  and  pUU),  which  be  bought  ot 
an  Embanuloi  lh«t  did  lack  money,  In  the  edf^ea  ind 
baaina  of  which  «■■  |>l4Cif1  silver  and  Euld  medalli  very 
andent."-  Vol.  iL  p.  803. 

Have  these  been  preserveil,  or,  have  thej 
vanished  in  the  melting-pot  ? 

Lord  Brajbrooke  has,  elsewhere,  a  more  aatii- 
factory  acliule  on  the  subject :  — 

"  BaroD  Comwallis.  the  then  Trcoinrer  oT  the  Qoose- 
bold.  distributed  the  medals  al  Charles  the  Second's 
CorooitloD,  and  received  as  hli  fee  nearly  an  handred ; 
which  were  preserved  in  the  family,  and  recently  at- 
ranged  so  as  to  form  tbe  settinx  of  a  tarie  silrer  cap, 
nowat  Audley  Knd."  — Mote,/M(/,  vaLLp.176. 

Many  veara  ago,  I  remember  seeing,  in  the 
■bop-window  of  a  tilveramith  in  Cockspar  Street, 
■  large  tankard;  the  lower  rim  of  which  was 
tbicklj  set  with  coins  or  medals.  Ou>  fitaw. 

Titie-Paoeb  (S-*  S.  i.  250.)— Tbe  Fable*  in- 
quired after  br  £.  D.  I  believe  he  will  find  to  be 
a  volume  pubbshcd  in  1T6S  <8vo.)  bv  Dr.  William 
Wilkie,  an  eccentric  professor  at  BL  Andrew's, 
N.  B.,  and  author  of  a  forgotten  epic  based  on  an 
einsode  in  Uumer,  which,  to  the  confusion  .of  the  i 
criticB,  he  dubbed  The  Epigoniad.  For  notice  of  i 
Wilkie,  should  such  be  wished,  consult  Groaart'i  ' 
edition  of  the  Workt  of  the  Scottish  poet,  Robert  , 
FerguBBOo,  who  wrote  a  pastoral  elegj  on  bis 
death.  r. 

Sim  H-DattamdJamesWatt  (3-^8.!.  fli.)—  I 
Whan  I  read  this  Querj,  I  remembered  having 
been  somewhat  amused  on  reading  soraelbiag 
■imilar  in  The  Quieer.  Aflcr  little  searcb,  I 
found  it  in  No.  10,  p.  SOT,  of  Ihat  valnable  little 

Kriodlcal ;  and  I  transcribe  it  for  Ahti-Pooh- 
■or's  further  sstonishment :  — 
"  When  the  application  of  coal  km  to  the  lighlinc  of 
Btresta  was  first  rangetited.  Sic  WilKr  Scott  (not  Jsmea 
Watt)  said,  'It  ean^t  be  doae;  it  l>  only  tbe  dreem  of  a 
iBMatk.'    And  Sir  Homphray  Davy,  on  being  loM  that 


tlie  tlma  wonld  come  when  all  London  would  be  llghthi 
with  gas,  said,  'It  is  all  DOnMnse;  yon  might  as  wtll 
talli  of  lighting  London  wilb  a  slice  of  the  muon,  34 
to  light  London  with  gia.'  " 

This  is  onl;  half  a  step  In  replj*,  but  no  doubt 

theitatementcan  be  verified.   Omnia  niytarUur,k<i. 

GcoaoK  Lt/xn, 

TliDrstonland. 

Bbistol  CATHwmif.  fS-*  3.  i.  209.) - G,  W.  M. 
will  find,  in  Skelton's  Etchinf;!  of  the  Antiauitieg 
nfBrittolfrom  Dramngi  by  the  late  Mr.  O'Ntitt, 
beautiful  copies  of  a  few  of  tbe  mmiumcnta  in 
thid  cathedral,  namdy,  four  recumbent  statues  ef 
the  Berkelej  familj,  two  of  them  prelates,  and 
the  two  others  mailed  knights.  But  I  am  unable 
to  refer  to  any  work  containing  copies  of  any 
other  of  the  monuments.  H.  H.  R. 

SnTToa  FAHiLr  (3"  S.  i.  131.)— I  have  always 
understood  the  name  of  the  Sutton,  who  came 
over  toEnglanil  with  the  Conqueror,  to  have  been 
"  Synaril.  A  pedigree  of  the  family,  compiled 
chieQy  from  local  records,  is  given  in  Frost's 
Early  Noticei  of  Hull  (np.  S8,  S9),  and  additional 
information  in  Foulsons  Holdernet*,  ii.  323,  rt 
leq.  Tbe  eEBoT  of  Sir  John  de  Sutton,  Knt,  who 
died  12  Edw.  IIL  may  still  be  seen  in  the  parish 
church  of  Sutton,  two  miles  from  Hull. 

E.  S.  WiMos. 

Helton,  BroDgh,  Esst  Torksbiro. 

"  God's  Fbovidbkck  is  uihi  Ikheiitamcb  " 
(3"  S.  i.  fit,  119.)  — EiBioHKAcn  will  be  sorry  to 
lieam  that  this  old  house  is  in  progress  of  demoli- 
tion. But  it  will  gra^fy  him  to  know— if  be  do 
not  know  it  already  —  that  the  lUtulruted  London 
Netei  has  preserved  an  admirable  sketch  of  it  in 
their  pages  on  the  Ut  February,  1862. 

Gbobqb  Lloid. 

Thantonland. 

BnaiB  — Mallow  Rboistbbb  (3"  S.i.  161.)— 
In  tbe  article  on  Edmund  Burke  it  is  asked,  '■  Are 
there  not  registers  in  Mallow,  Protestant  and  Ca- 
tholioF"  I  am  sorry  to  say  that  thoagh  registers 
are  now  kept,'they  only  extend  back  anout  eighty 
years,  whether  for  baptiamg  or  msrriagea.     M.  F. 

FoBTAoE  Stamps  {V*  S.  i.  149.)— These  were 
first  issued  in  London  br  an  Order  from  the  Lords 
of  the  Treasury,  on  6th  Hay,  1840,  and  were  gra- 
dually extended  thnraghout  tbe  kingdom)  but 
properly  stamped  letters  passed  free  from  any 
part  of  the  country.  They  conld  only  be  pur- 
chased of  licensed  vendors,  and  at  tbe  London, 
Dublin,  and  Edinboreb  pnat-offices.  Two  kinds 
wer*  isaued — penny  in  black,  and  twopenny  In 
btoa  ink.  At  top  and  bottom  of  tbe  oovera,  direo- 
lioni  and  rale*  of  postage,  prices  of  stamps,  &c., 
were  given  as  follows  :  — 

At  a  post-offioe,  labeb  Id.  and  9d.  each ;  covera 
1^  and  2^  each.  Stamp  distributors  as  above ; 
and  half  ream,  or  240  penny  eovoa,  \l.  2s.  4d.  \, 


278 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


[8^  S.  I.  A^Rii.  5,  *61 


penny  envelopes,  1/.  1«.  9d.  Quarter  ream,  or 
120  twopenny  coTers,  1/.  1«.  4(/. ;  twopennj  en- 
velopes, 1/.  Is,  Id,  Covers  could  be  had  in  sheets 
or  readj  cut ;  envelopes  in  sheets  only.  The  Id, 
carried  i  oz.,  the  2d,  1  oz. ;  for  greater  weights  the 
proper  number  of  labels,  either  alone  or  with  the 
covers,  could  be  used. 

The  paper  used  for  the  covers,  &c.,  was  manu- 
factured by  Mr.  John  Dickinson,  having  coloured 
lines  inserted  in  the  woof  of  the  paper.  The 
adhesive  labels  on  water-marked  paper,  had 
each  the  water-mark  of  a  crown,  ana  certain 
letters  of  the  alphabet  were  inserted  in  the  two 
lower  comers  of  the  labels,  the  letters  being 
varied  in  every  240  labels,  to  prevent  forsery. 
The  artiste  employed  were  Mulready,  Wyon, 
Thompson,  and  Heath.  Mr.  Wyon*s  die,  and  Mr. 
Heath  s  plate  was  a  head  of  the  queen.  Mr. 
Mulready *s  design  for  covers  was  Britannia  de- 
spatching four  winged  messengers ;  the  figures  on 
each  side  groups  emblematical  of  British  com- 
merce, communicating  with  all  parts  of  the  world. 
On  the  right  are  East  Indians  directing  the  em- 
barkation of  merchandise;  next,  Arabs  with  camels 
laden,  and  Chinese;  on  the  left,  American-Indians 
concluding  a  treaty,  and  Negroes  packing  casks 
of  sugar.  The  whole  design  occupies  rather  more 
than  an  inch  in  width  on  the  face  of  the  envelope. 
In  the  foreground :  on  one  side,  a  young  man  is 
reading  a  letter  to  his  mother,  whose  elapsed 
hands  express  her  emotion.  On*the  other  side  is 
a  group  of  three  figures,  each  one  striving  to 
catchibg  a  sight  of  the  welcome  letter.  The  whole 
is  forcibly  told,  and  suggests  gratitude  for  the 
blessings  of  a  free  correspondence,  or  speech  by 
means  of  written  characters. 

The  fourpenny  rate  came  into  operation  on 
the  5th  Dec.  1839;  the  penny  rate  10th  Jan. 
1840;  stamps,  6th  May,  1840. 

Jro.  Wm.  Phuxips. 

Thb  Castlls  or  Dadtholt  (S'*  S.  i.  203.)  — 
The  readers  of  "  N.  &  Q."  in  general,  and  more 
especially  the  members  of  the  Archseological  In- 
stitute, cannot  fail  to  have  read  with  interest  the 
criticisms  of  D.,  and  to]|appreciate  his  corrections 
of  certain  misstatements  alleged  to  have  been 
made  in  the  reports  given  in  the  papers.  I  regret 
that  I  was  not  present  at  the  meeting  of  the  In- 
stitute on  Feb.  7,  when  the  communication  was 
made  regarding  the  neglected  condition  of  the 
tombs  and  alabaster  effigies  of  the  Caryll  family 
at  Harting.  Mr.  Minty,  who  resides  in  the  neigh- 
bourhood, appears  to  have  felt  a  laudable  desire 
that,  attention  being  called  to  these  memorials, 
some  suitable  precautions  might  be  taken  for  their 
preservation.  It  will,  I  am  sure,  be  gratifying  to 
L>.,  who  evidently  takes  so  much  interest  in  the 
history  of  the  family,  that  we  might  almost  sup- 
pose him  to  be  the  **  last  of  the  Carylls,*'  to  be 
informed  that  there  is  good  reason  to  hope  that 


Mr.  Minty*s  conservative  purpose  may  speedilj 
be  carried  out.  I  need  scarcely  say,  however, 
that  the  sympathy  of  D.,  if  indeed  a  descendant 
of  the  loyal  house  of  Ladyholt,  would  be  verj 
welcome  in  such  a  cause.  Mr.  Minty,  as  I  un- 
derstand, read  no  memoir  on  the  occasion,  and 
only  made  a  few  observations  relating  to  the 
family,  without  any  intention  of  compiling  their 
history,  which  the  Sussejc  antiquary  is  well  aware 
may  be  found  amongst  the  Bnrrell  collectioni. 
The  few  notices  of  the  Carylls,  given  merely  with 
the  view  of  exciting  some  interest  in  the  subject, 
ma^  not  have  been  stated  with  the  correctnesi 
which  might  be  expected  in  a  detailed  paper  on 
such  a  subject ;  and  it  must  be  observed  that  the 
criticisms  of  D.  seem  somewhat  unreasonable,  as 
making  the  Institute  responsible  for  any  state- 
ment, inaccurate  as  he  asserts,  or  possibly  given 
with  some  want  of  precise  detail  in  reports  in  the 
papers.  C.  S.  Gkeavxs. 

An  exact  copy  of  the  epitaph  of  King  James's 
Secretary,  at  the  Scotcn  College  in  Paris,  is 
printed  in  the  ColUctanea  Tobographica  et  Qtnt' 
alogioa,  1841,  vol.  vii.  p.  42,   He  is  there  styled^ — 

**  IIW  et  Nob»i  D.  Johannis  Caryl,  Baronii  da  Don- 
ford,  D<^  de  Harting,  Ladvholt,  &c.  Aoglin  Paris,  Ja- 
cobo  IIo  et  in<>  Magnn  Britannia  Regibos  ab  intimis 
consiliis  et  secretioribos  mandatis." 

It  gives  the  date  of  his  death :  *^  Obiit  in  oppido 
S.  Germani  in  Layd  pridie  nonas  Septembr.  a.d. 
MDCcxi**:  that  is.  Sept  4,  1711,  not  Sept.  9. 
Dunford  was  apparently  the  lapidary*s  error,  not 
for  Durnford,  but  for  Dureford ;  which  was  the 
name  of  an  abbey  in  the  parish  of  Rogate,  Sussex, 
not  far  from  Harting  ana  the  other  Caryll  estates. 

J.  G.  N. 

ItIKBBARIUM  iTALIiE  (3"*  S.  1.  209.)  —  This 
work  was  originally  written  by  Francis  Scbott, 
and  publbhed  in  1600,  and  passed  through  three 
editions.  The  fourth  edition  was  revised  and 
published  in  1625  by  his  brother  Andrew,  whose 
reputation  eventually  eclipsed  that  of  Francis, 
and  occasioned  the  work  to  be  ascribed  to  him- 
self alone.  See  Backer*s  BihUotheque  des  E'cri* 
vains  de  la  Compagnie  de  Jesue^  torn.  i.  p.  72.5. 

'AXici^r. 
Dublin. 

Medical  Dbgrebs  (3'*  S.  i.  156,  254.)—  Your 
readers  will  thank  J.  A.  Pn.  for  his  valuable 
article  on  "  Lambeth  Degrees."  On  the  subject 
of  "  Medical  Degrees,**  permit  me  to  add  to  my 
former  communication  (p.  156)  that  the  College 
of  Physicians  of  London  has  of  late  years  ad- 
mitted, as  EXTRA  Licentiates  to  practise,  upon 
paying  a  fee  to  the  College,  surgeons  and  apothe- 
caries of  twenty  years*  standing,  without  such 
persons  having  the  degree  of  M.A.  or  M.D., 
whidi  the  College  cannot  confer ;  ftiU  these  per- 


8r«  &  L  Apbil  6,  '620 


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279 


fons  assume  and  appropriate  to  themselves  tbe 
title  of  MJ).,  though  thej  cannot  sign,  or  annex 
the  title  to  their  names,  or  be  so  registered  ac- 
oording  to  the  Act  of  Parliament  now  in  force. 

It  has  been  stated  that  the  title  of  M.D.  is  in 
many  cases  assumed,  particularlj  in  Paris,  Italj, 
&C.  This  has  been  strongly  opposed  by  the 
French  medical  men,  and  many  Englishmen  have 
been  cited  before  their  tribunals  for  infringing 
Uieir  laws  on  this  head.  Some  years  ago,  no  less 
than' thirteen  Englishmen,  assuming  the  title  of 
M.D.,  were  in  Paris  summoned  to  appear  in 
Court,  and  to  bring  with  them  their  diplomas, 
when  it  is  said  one  only  of  that  number  could  or 
did  produce  his  diploma,  and  that  single  person 
was  Dr.  Wm.  M.  Boy  ton,  who  was  a  Fellow  of  the 
Royal  College  of  Physicians,  in  London.  Dr. 
Boyton  at  one  time  practised  as  M.D.  in  Sloane 
Street,  Knightsbridge,  but  is  now  deceased. 

When  Earl  Granville  was  ambassador  at  Paris, 
Mr.  0*6rady,  who  was  surgeon  and  apothecary 
to  the  household  of  the  Embassy,  and  whose 
business  was  carried  on  in  the  Rue  de  la  Paix,  was 
obliged  to  have  a  prete-iutm  *,  instead  of  affixing 
his  own  name  to  his  premises,  to  whom  he  paid 
40^.  a-year  for  the  use  of  his  name.  F.  Y. 


NOTES  ON  BOOKS,  ETC. 

Proettdiitgt  principally  in  the  County  of  Kent  in  Con' 
neetion  with  the  Parliamtmtt  called  in  164U,  and  eitpecially 
with  the  CitmmUtee  of  Religion  appointed  in  that  Reign, 
Edited  by  the  Rev.  L.  B.  Larking,  /rom  the  Collection  of 
Sir  Edward  Dering,  Bart.  With  a  Preface  by  John  Bruce, 
Esq.,  F.S.A.    (Printed  for  the  Camden  Society.) 

Parliamentary  Vebatet  in  1610.  Edited  from  the  Notee 
efa  Member  of  the  House  of  Comwume  by  ^mnel  Rawson 
Gardiner,  hue  Student  of  Chriitchurch.  (Printed  for  the 
Camden  Society.) 

We  ihall  be  sarprised  if  these  two  volames,  just  issued 
by  the  Camden  Society,  be  not  considered  as  among  tbe 
moet  valuable  which  that  Society  has  yet  brought  before 
the  public;  If  for  the  first  we  are  indebted  to  Uie  skilful 
editorship  of  Mr.  Larking,  and  the  curious  illustrative 
Preface  by.  Mr.  Bruce,  we  are  certainly  not  less  indebted 
to  the  acquisitiveness  of  Sir  E.  Dering,  which  induced 
him  to  convey  to  the  safe  keeping  of  Surrenden  the  very 
interesting  documents  which  form  the  staple  of  tbe 
volume.  These  throw  new  and  considerable  light  on  the 
state  of  public  affairs  in  the  memorable  year  1640 ;  but 
more  particularly  upon  the  proceedings  of  the  House  of 
Commons  in  reference  to  the  ecclesiastical  administration 
of  Laud ;  and  they  illustrate  in  a  very  striking  manner 
the  then  state  of  t^e  Church  of  England,  and  the  charac* 
ter  of  its  ministers.  Mr.  Bruce  furnishes  us  with  an 
admirable  sketch  of  Sir  E.  Dering ;  in  the  course  of  which 
we  get  a  curious  glimpse  of  honest  Isaac  Walton  in  the 
novel  character  of  a  match-maker.  The  second  volume, 
referring  as  it  does  to  a  somewhat  earlier  period,  is  like 

*  Apritt'nom  is  a  person  who,  in  France,  being  pro- 
perly qualified,  lends  his  name  to  carry  on  a  business. 


the  former  —  valuable  as  a  contribution  to  parliamentary 
history.  From  the  debates  here  recorded,  may  be  dated 
the  commencement  of  the  great  struggle  between  the 
King  and  the  House  of  Commons  as  to  whether  the  ex- 
clusive power  of  taxation  should  remain  in  the  hands  of 
the  latter.  The  accounts  in  the  Commons*  Journals  of 
these  proceedings  are  extremely  meagre,  but  this  de* 
ficiency  has  now  been  supplied  from  various  sources  by 
Mr.  Gardiner,  with  great  seal  and  corresponding  intellf' 
geoce ;  and  the  Camden  Society  may  justly  feel  proud 
in  adding  the  name  of  one  so  well  versed  in  historical 
learning  to  its  list  of  Editors. 

The  Poetical  Works  of  James  Tlunnton,  Aldine  Edi- 
tion, 2  Vols.    (Bell  &  Daldy.) 

Messrs.  Bell  &  Daldy*s  reissue  of  the  beautiful  series  of 
Aldine  Poets  for  which  the  lovers  of  handsome  books 
were  indebted  to  the  late  Mr.  Pickering,  does  not  consist 
of  mere  reprints.  The  various  authors  are  re-edited. 
Carefully  as  Sir  H.  Nicolas  had  laboured  upon  the 
writings  of  Thomson,  Mr.  Peter  Cunningham  has  found 
room  tor  many  valuable  additions  to  the  labours  of  his 
predecessor,  among  which  we  may  specially  mention 
eight  important  letters  fh>m  Thomson  to  Mallet,  printed 
for  the  first  time  in  what  may  now  be  considered  the 
best  critical  edition  of  Thomson's  Poems. 

Selections  from  the  Works  of  Plato,  Transiated  from 
the  Greek  by  Georgiana  Lady  Uhatterton.    (Bentley.) 

Lady  Chatterton  has  done  good  service  to  her  own  sex 
in  making  this  selection  from  the  works  of  Plato.  It  is 
a  fitting  task  for  an  accomplished  lady  to  undertake  fur 
the  instruction  of  other  thoughtful  ladies. 

Books  RECErvED:  — 

The  Intellectual  Observer, 

Review  of  Natural  History,  Microscopic  Research,  and 
Recreative  Science,  Nos.  2  and  8.    (Groombridge  &  Son.) 

This  praiseworthy  endeavour  to  popularise  science 
makes  very  satisfactory  progress.  The  present  numbers 
are  at  once  amusing  and  instructive. 

Routledge*s  Illustrated  Natural  History,  By  the  Rev. 
J.  G.  Wood,  M.A.,  F.L.S.  Parts  34,  35,  86,  37,  and  38. 
(Routledge.) 

In  the  Parts  before  us  Mr.  Wood  has  brought  to  a 
close  his  notices  of  the  Reptile  world,  and  is  now  engaged 

Xn  the  Fishes.  These  Parts  are  as  well  and  as  profusely 
Btrated  as  their  predecessors. 


BOOKS    AND    ODD    VOLUMES 

WARTBD  TO  PUBCHA8S. 

Taa  RoTJu:.  Acxdmut  CATATooini  for  1816. 

Smitb's  VmaiMA.    4to,or  niuJl  fblio.   London.  1681. 

•••  Lotttta,  itailnc  pwtlenlan  and  Unrett  prioo.  oarricweiVM,  to  he 
•ent  to  Mmui*.  Bsix  a  Daiat,  PublbBuui  of  '*NUTJB8  AND 
QUERIES,"  186,  Fleet  Street,  E.G. 

PMtlealara  of  Frioe,ae.  of  the  fbllowina  Booka  to  be  tent  direct  to 
the  gentlemenhj  whom  they  are  required,  and  whoee  names  and  ad- 
drewee  are  civen  for  that  porpoie  i  — 

MoaicA  DiviNA,  with  leparate  rocal  parts. 

Wanted  by  Mr.  B,  Stu^fiOd,  ISS,  St.  George  Street,  E. 

Aahw  IrAK,  Ordboo  otbk  dbt  NoaiKi  FotKtrnoo. 

Wanted  Iqr  the  JRev.  G.  Bavlrfon,  Cowling,  Cross-Hilli.  Yorkshire. 


HriJAioit  vm  Gavra't  liit  Ecoass  bt  lss  Ym  nss  Pau«ci 

DaMKI  IlXOITKBf.     1647. 
HlLAAlOX  J>B  Cmtb'i    EloOBI  DC  NOf  Boifl    BT    DBS  EmFAIIS  M  FaAKCB 
QUI  OUT  BTB  DaCPBIKS. 

Tbb  ICAiiqcit  ow  WoRCMTBii't  Cbktort  or  Iinrtimoics. 
BnAjnoMB^  VtBi  DBS  Fbiitcbmbs  BT  Dambs  Ix4.otraBi.  Wormed  copies 
objected  to. 

Wanted  hj  X,  T.  Z..  3,  Kenslnfftoii  Park  Gardens  East, 
Ladbroke  Sqnexe,  W. 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


lf*B.L  Aran.  B,  '61 


FRY'S    CHOCOLATE     CREAMS. 
B  CHOU0I.ATB  IS  CAKKS. 
}.  e.  FAS  *  BOMS,  BiMoI  ud  Lgadn. 


LLd_Anrin(  Ibr  datluto  onttimt 
mof*  siiidillr  fDr  I.>dJ<i  udOillciia.    CamtttuHl  wMi  IM  AlldD- 

Muf  WMUoE  to  ttnuth  tal  pntol  oob  to  Dill  NKT OkS" 
111,  H»  Bond  ■ImtTLBadMi  mJ iMla ia  HWiiWrtlt  q 


8''  S.  L  Apbil  12,  'G2.] 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


281 


LONDON,  SATURDAY,  APBIL  IS,  1862. 


CONTENTS.  — No.  15. 


NOTES:  ~  Centenarians.  281—  Slavery,  282  —  Shelley's 
••  Laon  and  Cythna"  and  **  Revolt  of  Islam,"  283  —  Under- 
hill  Family,  285. 

MIVOB  NoTBS :  — Nolly  Gwyn's  First  Love  —  Suicide — 
Crinolines — Age  of  ^Newspapers  —  Hawthorne  and  Long- 
fellow— Poet-hasto  in  ICOO— The  Great  Exhibition,  1861, 
286. 

QUERIES:  —  Douglas,  Duke  of  Toundne.  288— "Ad  eun- 
dem  "  Degrees  "  —  Anagram  —  Annravate— Roger  Bacon- 
Master  Brightwell  —  Carlile's  "Weekly  Register *'  — Do- 
mestic Architecture  —  Drama  —  Mrs.  Douglas  —  Dutch 
Pun  —  English  Popular  Books  —  Erasmus  and  Ulricfa 
HOtten  —  Foster  Arms :  Walrond  Arms  —  Handel  —  Kel- 
Ungton  Register  —  Lamjx>on  on  the  Jockey  Club— Vis- 

£  count  Lisle  —  The  Word  "  Matter."  —  Dr.  Moisey  —  Offi- 
cers  at  Quebec  —  Picture  of  Woe — Skelton  —  Snuffers  — 
"The  Stars  of  Night"— The  Swine.  Brother  to  Man— 
Twill  Pants  —  University  Discipline,  288. 

QuESiEB  WITH  Answers: — Courts  of  Love — Heiydono 

—  Charles  I.  —  Thomas's  "  flistorie  of  Italic,"  291. 

BBPLIES :—  Spartan  Duplicity,  292  —  Matthew  Wasbrough 
and  the  Steam  Engine,  /6.— Club,  29i  — Palm:  Roman 
Feet — Matthew  Kennedy  —  Rev.  Christopher  Blackwood 
— Travers  Family  —  A  Drinking  Mayor  — St.  abbri^viated 
to  T.  —  Rats  leaving  a  Sinking  Ship  —  Stow's  Surveir  — 
Thomas  Simon  —  One  Hundred  and  jNinety-five  Tears  ago 

—  Bans-  Four-bladed  Clover— Carnival  Custom  at  Bou- 
logne^ur-Mer  —  Juryman's  Oath— Medid  — Fridays  and 
Fast  Days  —  "The  Progresse  of  Pietie"- Numismatic 
Query:  the  Spade  Guinea— Scarlett  Family—  Relative 
Value  of  Horses  in  Shakspeare's  Time,  295. 

Notes  on  Books. 


CENTENARIANS. 

It  may,  I  believe,  be  stated  as  a  fact  that  (limit- 
ing ourselves  to  the  time  since  the  Christian  era\ 
no  person  of  royal  or  noble  rank  mentioned  in 
history,  whose  birth  was  recorded  at  the  time  of 
its  occurrence,  reached  the  age  of  100  years.  I 
am  not  aware  that  the  modern  peerage  and  ba- 
ronetage books  contain  any  such  case,  resting 
upon  authentic  evidence.  I  have  been  informed 
that  no  well-established  case  of  a  life  exceeding 
100  years  }ias  occurred  in  the  experience  of  com- 
panies for  the  insurance  of  lives.  These  facts 
raise  a  presumption  that  human  life,  under  its 
existing  conditions,  is  never  prolonged  beyond  a 
hundred  years. 

Nevertheless,  the  obituaries  of  modern  news- 
papers contain,  from  time  to  time,  the  deaths  of 
fersons  who  are  alleged  to  have  outlived  this  age. 
t  may  be  conjectured  that  these  statements  of 
longevity  are  in  general  made  on  the  authority  of 
the  individual*8  own  memory.  Now,  there  are 
many  reasons  why  old  persons  should  be  mis- 
taken about  their  age,  if  their  memory  is  not  cor- 
rected by  written  documents.  Even  with  persons 
in  easv  circumstances,  great  age  is  a  subject  of 
curiosity,  wonder,  and  solicitude;  with  persons 
in  a  humbler  rank  of  life,  it  is  a  CTound  of  sym- 
pathy, interest,  and  charity.    It  is  therefore  not 


unnatural  that  a  person,  whose  real  age  exceeds 
ninety  years,  and  who  has  no  contemporaries  to 
check  his  statements,  should,  without  intending  to 
commit  any  deliberate  deceit,  represent  his  age 
as  greater  than  the  reality. 

The  only  conclusive  proof  of  a  person*s  age  is 
a  contemporary  record  of  his  birth,  or  the  decla- 
ration of  a  person  who  remembers  its  occurrence. 
If  there  are  now  persons  living  whose  age  ex- 
ceeds 100  years,'  such  evidence  surely  can  oe  ob- 
tained, and  its  production  would  remove  all  doubt 
on  the  question. 

The  writer  of  these  remarks  has  investigated 
several  cases  in  which  life  was  alleged  to  have 
lasted  beyond  100  years,  but  it  is  difficult  to 
obtain  documentary  evidence  of  the  fact.  The 
following  case  affords  an  illustration  of  the  result 
of  such  researches.  A  pamphlet  has  recently 
been  published  at  Oxford  hj  Mr.  Tyerman,  a 
medical  practitioner  of  that  city,  entitled  Notices 
of  the  Life  of  John  PraUj  now  in  his  106M  Year, 
In  this  pamphlet  it  is  stated  that  John  Pratt  is 
resident  at  Oxford,  and  that  the  writer  of  it  is 
personally  acquainted  with  him.  The  account  of 
John  Pratt*s  birth  and  age  given  in  it  must  there- 
fore be  presumed  to  rest  on  his  own  testimony. 
The  account  (p.  4)  is,  that  ^*  He  was  born  at 
Grendon-under-Wood  in  Buckinghamshire,  on 
the  fifth  dsLj  of  March,  1756,  and  was  the  ddest 
of  three  children  ;  that  his  father,  who  was  a  shoe- 
maker, and  a  diligent  man,  died  at  the  age  of  75 ; 
that  his  mother  completed  her  105th  year,  and 
his  great-grandmother  her  111th.**  Through  the 
kindness  of  a  friend,  I  have  ascertained  from  the 
Rev.  M.  Marshall,  the  incumbent  of  Grendon- 
Underwood,  in  Buckinghamshire,  that  the  parish 
register  of  the  period  (which  is  preserved)  con- 
tains no  entry  of  the  baptism  of  John  Pratt  at  or 
near  the  year  1756,  although  it  contains  various 
entries  of  baptisms,  marriages,  and  burials  of  per- 
sons named  Pratt  from  1742  to  1783.  The  old 
man  himself  has  no  entry  in  a  bible,  or  other 
documentary  evidence,  in  confirmation  of  hb 
statement ;  and  his  account  of  his  age  appears  to 
rest  exclusively  upon  his  own  memory. 

It  is  argued  in  favour  of  the  belief  in  rare 
cases  of  excessive  longevity,  that  they  would  be 
in  analogy  with  other  ascertained  peculiarities  of 
human  physiology.  There  have  been  men  of 
extraordmary  height;  there  have  been  minute 
dwarfs ;  there  have  been  men  of  enormous  fat- 
ness; there  have  also  been  men  of  extreme 
tenuity.  Why  then,  it  is  asked,  should  there  not 
be  a  few  centenarians?  This  question  may  be 
answered  by  saying  that  such  a  duration  of  life 
does  not  seem,  a  priori^  inconsistent  with  the  laws 
of  nature ;  but  that  the  existence  of  very  tall  and 
very  short,  of  very  fat  and  very  thin  men,  is 
proved  by  the  indubitable  evidence  of  eye-wit* 
nesses,  whereas  there  is  not  on  record,  in  pub-* 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


tS^  S.  I.  AruL  13,  ■6*. 


lislied  books,  anj  conclueive  proof  of  a  life  whicli 
lui  been  piolonged  bejond  100  yetrs,  under  tbs; 
ezistlng  conditions  of  out  phjsical  nature. 

I  have,  bowever,  recently  obtained  tbc  par- 
ticulars of  3  life  exceeding  100  years,  irbich  ap- 
Sear  to  be  perfectlj  authentic,  and  to  admit  of  no 
oubt.  Mrs.  Estber  Strike  was  buried  in  tbc 
parish  of  Cranbume  St.  Peters,  in  tbe  countj  of 
Berka,  on  tbe  22nd  of  February,  1862 ;  ibe  was 
the  daughter  of  George  knd  Ann  Jackmao ;  and 
■be  iras  privately  baptiicd  on  June  3,  and  pub- 
licly baptized  on  June  26,  USD,  in  the  parish  of 
'WinkGeld,  ia  tbe  same  county.  She  was  there- 
fore  in  her  103rd  yew.  Certified  extracts  of  the 
two  registers  proving  these  facts  have  been  fur- 
nisbed  to  me  through  tbe  kindness  of  tbe  Rev. 
C.  J.  Elliott,  Vicar  of  Winkfield.     G.  C.  Lbwis. 

[Th«  bUowing  irticlea,  giTiDg  dates  or  tba  dcilhi  of 
auiy  TUT  aged  people,  vera  in  type  txToic  Sir  Georoi: 
C  I^wnS  Taluible  pipBi  reached  na.  We  bop«  that,  iii 
Ifatore,  cornapoo dents  who  send  oa  instances  of  longevltj- 


The  instances  of  longevity  noticed  by  your 
correspondent  T.  G,  N.  (3"'  S.  i.  226),  are  quite 
eclipsed  by  tbe  following,  nbicb  X  select  fiom 
numerous  others  given  in  the  Toon  and  CoanltT/ 
and  Qm&anatiit  Magaxinet  for  the  year  1772 ; 
which  seem  to  show  that  our  ancestors,  even 
in  oomparatively  modern  times,  attained  a  far 
greater  age  than  is  reached  by  the  present  ge- 
neration. Cases  of  persons  arriving  at  the  ages 
of  aeTenty,  eighty,  and  evea  ninety  years  and  up- 
wards, appear  to  have  been  then  of  almost  daily 
occurrence.  I  have  selected  instances  of  cen- 
tenariunistn  only  :  — 
177S,  Jan.  Ttb.  Msrgant  AdbUh,  wldour,  sged  101,  at 
TenterdeD,  in  Kent 

„        .  lOtb.    Mr,  Andrcif.Coppack,  s«d  lOS,  at  SL 
Calheiine-a 

„        „  Ittb.    Hr.  Diy,  igedlDT,  itLjnn. 

„        „  Hlh.    Vn.  Edwarda,  a^  111,  at  Kendal. 

„        „  SHth.    Thamat  DdIIod,  i>f  FairLgbt,  in  Sua- 
acz,  aged  105. 

„    Feb.  Sad.   Jolin  Simpson,  aged  112,  at  Stratford, 

'„    Uac.Slal.    Dr.  Wm.'Bnni|;hbridge,ag«d  IIS,  fOT- 
marly  one  of  Ibe  Hatlers^of  tbe  Char- 
ter-bonsa  Scboola 
H   April  Sth.   John  }Ioble,sgedlU,atComey,Ciim- 

„       „    3rd.   John  Wfaallev,  aged  121,  in  Rother- 

hithe  workbouie. 
„     May  4tb.   Urs.  Ann*  Witliama,  &  vidov  geatle- 

u,  aged  109,  at  " 

Jenklna,  Esq.,    „  .    

I,  fortnarly  a  merchant  at  Liver- 

„  Jane  SOth.   John  Meggs,  Esq.,  aged  101,  at  Tam- 

north,  in  StalTanlihire. 
„     Oct  Sib.   The    celebrated    Chriitlan     Jacobstn 

Dracheabng,  at  Aarlbna,  aged  H6. 
[What  ia  known  otihia  individual?] 


1773,  Oct  9th.    laabet  King,  widow,  at  Focbaber*.  In 

Scotland,  aged   103.      Her  husband, 

who  died   about  two  yeara  ago,  waa 

98  years  old  at  hit  deceaae.  They  bad 

lived  in  a  married  itata  npwarda  of 

aiily-aix  years,  &c. 

I  shall  conclude  this  long  Note  by  noticing  one, 

other  case  of  centeDarianiam,  as  quoted  in  one  of 

the  same  journals,   which  I  think  may  well  be 

placed  side  by  side  with  that  last  referred  to  by 

your  correspondent ;  — 


ilhin  a  fortnight  before  her  death.  She  bai  left  fiOOOt 
to  her  three  daughters,  the  youngest  of  whom  ia  109  [!] 
years  of  age.  Sba  bas  llkewiae  left  behind  her  abbot 
seventy  graDdcbildren  and  great-graDdcbUdran." 

H.  C.  F. 

The  instance  of  Mrs.  Esther  Strike,  quoted  by 
T.  C.  N.  from  Tht  Tinu;  in  "  H.  &  Q.''  (8^  S.  t. 
226),  under  the  head  "  Longevity,"  ia  enormously 
exceeded  by  the  following,  that  is,  in  respect  of 
the  number  of  descendants.  It  is  from  George 
Lord  Lyttelton's  "  Letter  to  Mr.  Bower,  with  an 
Account  of  a  Tour  in  Wales"  (Lyttelton's  MU- 
eelianeota  Worhi,  by  Ayscough,  2Qd  edition,  Lon- 
don, 177S,  in  410,  p.  718).  The  letter  is  dated 
Sth  July,  1756:  — 

*■  Not  long  ago  there  died  in  tbat  nelghbaarhaod 
[Fettiniog]  an  honest  Welsh  fanner,  wbo  was  10&  ysan 
of  age.  lly  his  arat  wife  he  had  thirty  children,  ten  br 
bla  tecoDcl,  foar  bj  hia  third,  and  aaven  by  two  concn- 
bines.  His  youngeat  son  waa  eighty-one  years  yoonger 
than  bia  eldest;  and  800  penona,  descended  (rom  his 
body,  attended  bis  fnneral." 

LTTTttTOW. 

Hsgley,  Stonrbridge. 


SLAVERY. 

Kfay  I  solicit  the  attention  of  soiuc  blblo- 
critical  correspondent  of  "  N.  It  Q-"  to  the  18th 
chapter  of  the  Apocalypse  ;  In  the  13th  verse  of 
which  there  are  two  expressions,  the  iranslation 
of  each  of  which  appears  to  me  somewhat  obscure, 
whilst  Ibeir  juztapogition  would  seem  to  present 
a  sIsTtling  contrast  between  the  status  of  free- 
men and  slaves.  Foretelling  the  destruction  of 
Babylon  (by  which  Rome  is  understood),  ibc 
voice  from  heaven  predicts  tbe  ruin  of  her  com- 
mercs  in  spices  and  wine,  oil,  wheat,  horses, 
chariots,  "  and  tlaves  aid  loult  of  mfn." 

The  two  latter,  in  the  Greek  text,  are  termed 
rTB^Tvr  ml  imxit  artp^ur.  As  to  the  first,  this, 
I  believe,  Is  the  only  passage  in  tbe  Scriptures  in 
which  va/ia,  in  its  metaphorical  sense,  is  taken  to 
denote  "  a  slave  "  by  the  implied  dominion  of  bta 
master  over  Ms  60% — a  figure  of  speech  which 
occura  in  Strabo  and  AriatoOe,  where  aa/iita  and 
Sau\oi  would  appear  to  be  almost  convertible  terms. 
To  avoid  doubt,  however,Demoathenes  addaton^ 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


e  qualiScfttion  of  BlxHiAwra,  to  express  that 
sre  "  captives  in  war."  And  Xenophon  still 
'  diacruDinatea  between  the  slaves  and  the  ' 
a  so  captured,  by  caltine  the  latter  iraiiiTa 
i  (HeUen.  lib.  ii.  c.  1, 19).  It  admiU,  bow-  ! 
if  na  doubt,  that  in  the  passage  in  the 
n»e  above  alluded  to  o-rL^xa  means  a  ilavt.- 
then  follow  antitbeticallj  the  words  i^uxu 
>r,  which  are  rendered  in  the  EnjtUsh  ver- 
"loula  of  men."  But  the  classification  of 
k  of  men  u  objects  of  merchandise  in  the 
itwith  gold  and  silver,gems  and  pearls,  brass 
marble,  spices,  com,  wine,  and  oil,  seems  ' 
lire  some  further  elucidation.  The  wbole 
:  bears  a  striking  resemblance  to  the  27th 
'  of  Ezekiel,  in  which  the  overthrow  of 
.  proclaimed  b^  the  Prophet  i  with  a  similar 
ioD  of  the  ruin  of  tho«e  who  traded  there 
r,  tin,  iron,  and  lead,  and  vessels,  of  brass,  i 
"the  persons  of  men."    The  Hebrew  term  < 

Bfb32,  meaning  "man's  life,"  or  "man's 

and  it  is  to  ba  observed  that  this  is 
k1  in  the  Septuagiat  b^  the  verj  same 
—  Iv  ^vxav  ifSpiMw — which  in  the  Apoca- 
kre  translated,  the  "souls  of  men";  and 
he  Vulgate  renders  "slaves,"  mancipia. 
nk  there  is  but  one  other  instance  in  the 
Testament  in  which  these  words  occur, 
[.  56  ;  where  Christ  reminds  the  disciples, 
shed  him  to  call  down  fire  from  heaven  to 
e  the  Samaritan  villages,  that  the  Son  of 

not  come  to  destroy  mtn't  livet  i^uxv 
v),  but  to  save  them. 

I  we  have  the  same  terms  translated  in 
fferent  wajs  :  the  "  persons  of  men,"  the 

of  men,"  "men's  lives,"  and  "slaves." 
ng  somewhat  the  propriety  of  the  second, 
passage  of  the  Apocalypse  under  consider- 
wo  conjectures  are  open ;  on  the  merits  of 
t  would  be  desirable  to  have  some  auihori' 
opinion.  Firit.  That  the  words  ^vx^  ^- 
may  mean  "slaves,"  in  accordance  with 
Igate  version  of  the  Septuagint  in  £ze- 
vii.;  but  in  that  case,  what  is  the  distinc- 
plied  between  this  term  and  ctk^to,  which 
tionably  applies  also  to  slaves  ?  Is  the 
pplied  onlj  to  the  lowest  bondsman,  him- 
)  son  of  a  slave  ?  whilst  the  words  ij<vxal 
f  distinguish  those  reduced  to  slavery  by 

y  in  war  (the  to»M>pa  m^iurra  of  Xeno- 
who,  equally  with  the  base  born,  would  be 
Et  of  sue  and  merchandise?  Or,  leeoadiy, 
le  writer  of  the  Apocalypse  adopt  the  con- 
al  phraseology  of  the  heathen  world  in  the 
fDomitian  and  Nerva,  when  the  slave  was 
ised  as  a  mere  "  body"  devoid  of  intellect 
imed  to  labour,  whilst  the  free  alone  were 
d  by  the  epithet  of  "  men  wUh  touU"  T 

J.  Emibsoh  Teh h Slit. 


H..;nEre 


-lit  hold  loDgei  argatnent. 

Much  Ada  about  TfoAiHg,  Act  XL 


:ived  the  above  advice  (substaaUally, 
Lously,  taken  out  of  Shakapeare) 
from  two  London  booksellers  of  great  esperlenoo 
and  intellif;ence  relative  to  a  matter  of  some  biblio-. 
graphical  interest,  I  have  determined  to  adopt  it. 
Under  ordinary  circnmstances  I  might,  it  is  to  b« 
feared,  with  too  much  truth,  qnote  agunst  myself 
(he  rejoinder  of  Balthazar  in  the  above  scene  — 
*  Nats  this  before  my  notes, 

Tbere's  not  a  note  of  mioe  thit's  worLh  ihe  noting ; " 
but  I  think  the  subject  of  Ihu  note  at  least  poa- 
seases  inherent  attractions  safficient,  perhaps,  to 
excuse  these  preliminary  "  crotchets,"  — 
"  Not^  notes,  ronooth,  aod  noting,"— 
and  to  atone  for  my  way  of  potting  before  you 
what  I  have  set  down  in  accoroance  with  die  Mg« 
counsel  of  Captain  Cuttle. 

Considering  how  much  has  been  written  about 
Shelley  during  the  last  few  years,  it  is  a  matter  of 
some  surprise  that  such  facts  connected  with  the 
most  critical  circumstaoces  of  his  life,  as  Ur.  Pea- 
cock has  proved  in  the  exceedingly  valuable  ad- 
ditions to  our  knowledge  of  the  poet's  biography, 
which  that  gentleman  has  favoured  the  pnbLo 
with  in  Fraser's  Magatiiu  *,  should  have  been 
brought  to  light  so  recently.  It  is  by  no  means 
my  intention  to  enter  into  any  discussion  relative 
to  the  most  painfully  interesting  of  these  new  re- 
velations.  Should  Mr.  'S.ogg  ever  complete  his 
unfinished  book  (end  I  think  present  as  well  M 
future  admirers  of  the  poetry  of  his  hero  wonld 
be  glad  if  he  would  do  so,  with  a  little  less  Infu- 
sion  of  the  biogrspber  himself)  new  light  may  be 
thrown  upon  tbe  causes,  remote  or  proximate, 
that  led  to  the  sepuratjon  (if  it  can  be  called  so) 
between  Shelley  and  his  first  wife.  I  shall  only 
say,  that  I  believe,  as  far  aa  the  matter  has  been 
yet  opened,  Mr.  Peacock  has  the  thanks  and 
sympathy  of  every  unprejudiced  person  for  his 
generous  efibrts  to  obtain  even  common  justice 
for  the  memory  of  the  principal  sufferer  and  vic- 
tim in  this  calamitous  transaction. 

Anotlker  of  the  new  facts  in  Mr.  Peacock's 
papers  is  the  one  which  I  have  made  the  subject 
of  this  note.  Jt  also  involves  quesUons  of  the 
gravest  moral  importance,  affecting  the  character 
and  principles  of  the  poet.  But  it  is  not  from 
this  point  of  view  I  wish  to  regsrd  it.  Shelley 
lived  long  enough  to  abjure  the  crude  impiety  of 
his  "  Quceo  Mab ; "  and  we  may  hope,  that  had  be 


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been  allowed  to  tee  hia  childrea  growing  up  about 

"A  lober  nun,  ■mong  bis  boys," 
he  would  bare  thanked  lbo«e  friends  whoie  com>- 
pultorr  alterations  of  "  Laon  and  C^thna  "  com- 
pelled bim  to  respect  tboae  laws  and  instinct!  that 
cnard  the  sanctity  and  preserve  the  securitj  of 

In  the  second  of  Mr.  Peacock's  Papers  (Jannair, 
1860), -the  following  passage  relative  to  the  pub- 
lication of  this  poem  in  its  Srst  form  occurs  :  — 

■"In  thssammorof  1817  he  wrote  tha  '  Revolt  of  Iilsm,' 
ddflflj  on  1  seat  on  a  high  prominence  in  Blsliini  Wood, 
wbera  he  puud  wbola  momlnfi  wilb  ■  blank  book  and 
a  pencil.  This  work  irben  completed  waa  piialad  nndar 
the  title  oT'Laon  uid  Cytboi.     Id  this  poem  be  had 


loril,  political,  and 


id  Cjiba 
carried  the  expresuonof  bis  opink 
tbeologicfll,  beyond  the  boundi  of 
which,  in  those  days  of  persecution  of  the  praaL  the  peru- 
sal of  the  book  inspired  in  Mi.  Oilier,  the  publisher,  in- 
dac?wl  him  to  solicit  the  allentioD  of  maoy  passages 
which  be  had  marked.  Sbetley  vss  for  some  lime  m- 
flexibls ;  but  Mr.  Ollier'a  refasil  to  pnbliih  the  poem  u 
it  was,  backed  by  the  idvica  of  sU  bis  friends,  Ind need 
Um  to  sabmit  to  the  reqaind  changes.  MaAy  faataHwrt 
tane^lHt,  and  it  was  Snally  published  as  '  The  Bovolt  of 
Islam.'  Of '  Laon  and  Crinna '  uri/y  tkrtt  tnpiu  had  gant 
JotOl  One  of  these  had  found  its  wiy  to  tha  QMarttrty 
Anew,  and  the  opportaiiit?  was  readily  seized  of  pouring 
out  on  it  one  of  the  meet  malignant  eSiisiona  of  the  odint 
iiaolegictim  that  aver  sppeaied  even  in  those  days,  and  in 
that  parkidical.''  —  Fruei's  Magaiint,  vol.  Uu.  p.  100. 

If  &Ir.  Peacock  it  correct  in  stating  that  onli/ 
tkree  copitt  of  "  Laon  and  Cjthna  "  had  gone  forth, 
the  fate  of  these  three  u  easily  accounted  fur. 
"  One,"  aa  Mr.  Peacock  says,  and  as  is  evident 
both  from  the  heading  and  the  notes  of  the  article 
referred  to,  "  found  ita  way  to  the  Quarlerlg  Re- 
nen."  Another  was  certainly  sent  to  Godwin,  as 
we  have  a  letter  of  Shelley's  dated  December 
11th,  1817  (three  weeks  before  the  poem  came 
out  under  its  new  title  of  "  The  Bevoh  of  Islam  "), 
ip  reply  to  one  of  Godwin's,  in  which  he  says,  "  I 
listened  with  deference  and  self- suspicion  to  your 
censures  of  '  Laon  and  Cythnn.' "  *  The  uiird 
there  can  be  no  donbt  waa  sent  to  Thomas  Moor^ 
"whose  most  kind  and  encouraging  letter  on  the 
subject  of  the  poem,"  Shelley  had  "just  received" 
when  writing  to  his  publisher,  Mr.  Oilier  on  the 
same  day.-f-  This  identical  copy,  with  "  From  the 
Author,"  m  SheUey'a  large  bold 

the  fly-leaf,  is  now  in  the  i"_     ^ ^_ 

Irish  Academy,  Dawson  Street,  Dublin,  where 
the  poet's  books  have  found  an  honoured  resting 

Slace,  owing  to  the  liberality  of  Mrs.  Moore. 
[oore's  library  contains  also  the  original  edition 
of  "  The  Revolt  of  Islam,"  but  without  nnj  in- 
scription from  the  author.  I  have  looked  care- 
fiilly  throngb  both  these  Tolumes  to  sea  whether 
they  contained  any  pencil  marks  by  Moore,  or 
any  notes  of  admiration,  condemnation,  or  protes- 


*  SAtffey  J/emariafy,  p.  SS. 


t  JMd  p.  81. 


tation,  from  which  we  could  infer  whether  bia "  raoet 
kind  and  encouraging  letter  "  in  acknowledgment 
was  confined  merely  to  the  literary  execution  of 
the  poem.  I  have,  howerer,  found  none.  It  is 
quite  plain  notwithstandiiig,  that  Shellej  wished 
Uie  frightened  publisher  to  suppose  that  Moora 
ifligbt  be  considered  in  favour  of  the  appearance 
of  the  poem  in  its  original  form. 

That  Mr.  Peacock's  statement  is  strictly  true  is 
therefore  extremely  probable ;  but  that  more 
copies  were  nuilc  up  than  the  three  that  "had 
gone  forth  "  at  the  time  of  the  publisher's  objec- 
tion to  the  further  issue  of  the  poem,  and  that 
these  copies  are  now  stealing  into  the  market,  is 
beyond  all  doubt.  Before  alluding  to  the  analysis 
which  I  have  made  of  the  differences  existing  be- 
tween "  Laon  and  Cythns,"  and  "  The  Rev<3t  of. 
Islam,"  I  may  state  that  I  hare  obtained  two 
uncut  copies  of  "  Laon  and  Cythna"  within  the 
last  six  months  from  diflerent  London  booksellers, 
neither  of  whom,  however,  could  assist  me  in  my 
inquiries  as  to  the  way  in  which  origin^  copies  of 
this  poem  are  now  getting  into  circulation,  or  sa 
to  their  probable  number.  That  the  nnmber 
mnst  be  exceedingly  small  is,  I  think,  evident 
from  the  parsimony  almost  with  which  the  dis- 
agreeable process  of  cancelling  the  offending  pages 
was  carried  out,  and  the  eagerness  with  which 
evei^  printed  scrap  of  the  original  sheets  that  was 
admissible  was  turned  to  use  in  the  making  up  of 
the  new  volume.  An  amusing  instance  of  this 
may  be  seen  in  the  list  of  "Errata,"  which  is  the 
same  in  both  volumes.  In  the  process  of  cancel- 
ling the  peccant  pages,  some  of  these  errors  were 
however  corrects ;  but  the  reader  of  "  lie  Ete- 
rolt  of  Islam"  is,  nevertheless,  called  upon  to 
forgive  mistakes  that  no  longer  exist  (at  at  pp. 
90  and  264),  except  in  "  Laon  and  Cjthna ; "  and 
at  p.  182  line  12,  the  "these"  of  "Laon  and  Cy- 
thna," is  requested  to  be  read  "  those  "  in  the  list 
of  errata  to  "  The  Revolt  of  Islam."  While  in  the 
text  itself,  the  word  "thon,"  which  is  ditferent 
from  either,  is  silently  adopted. 

The  length  to  which  this  note  has  extended 
prevents  my  giving  at  present  in  detail  the  re- 
sults which  L  have  arrived  at  aa  to  the  differences 
existing  between  the  two  poems.  I  have  care- 
fully noted  all  the  passages ;  and  should  there  be 
any  desire  for  their  being  printed  in  "  N.  ft  Q.," 
I  shall,  with  the  editor's  permission,  be  happy  to 
supply  them.  In  an  inquiry  of  this  kina  they 
are  all  presentable,  even,  perhaps,  the  tremendous 
termination  of  stanza  xxxix.  canto  6,  in  "Laon 
and  Cythna." 

I  may,  however,  say  that,  ezclasive  of  the  title- 
page  and  preface,  but  SS  lines  of  the  original  poem 
have  been  altered,  necessitating,  however,  the 
cancelling  of  the  leaves  containing  the  following 
pages:  41,  43,  43,  44,  57,  59.  69,  90,  115,  116, 
139,  140,  143,  144,  147,  148,  179,  UO,  181,  162, 


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183,  199,  200,  201,  202,  223,  224,  225,  226,  227, 
228,  229,  230,  231,  232,  234,  235,  236,  245,  246, 
MB,  250,  255,  256,  263,  264,  265,  266.  To  these 
are  to  be  added  the  title-page,  pp.  zsi.  xxii.  of 
the  preface,  and  tfac  false  title  coDtaining  Ihc  quo' 
bUion   from   Pindar,    which  follons   the   address 

"  To  Mary . "  in  "  The  Revolt  of  Iglam,"  but 

which  ia  not  giren  \a  "  Laon  and  Cjthna."  Making 
altogether  52  pnpes  (or  rather  26  IcaTea)  in  whicn 
the  one  poem  di&erdfrom  the  other. 

D.  F.  MacCabtht. 
SnmmeTSeli],  Dilk«j. 


DSDERHILL  FAMILY. 

[HaTine  DKcnll;  drawn  Dp  the  accompanTlng  account 
of  tli>  Daderbill  fimity,  it  has  occuTred  to  ms  that  It 
niKht  perhaps  b«  dnmed  of  tufficiant  |i;«iwral  tntarnt  In 
And  a  place  in  (he  columTii  of  "  N.  &  Q."  1  oogbt  to 
mention  that,  for  aanie  of  ttae  particnlara  I  wee  indebted 
to  the  Bate  Ber.  J.  G.  Denbain,  Bector  «f  SL  Mary-la- 
Stcaad.] 

The  Svnuime.  —  It  is  evidently  of  local  deriva- 
tion,  and,  like  moat  anch  namei,  had  probably  al 
firat  a  "  de  "  prefixed.   There  are  so  few  funilieB  of 


!  thatu 


may  reaaonably  auppote  them 
rigio  from  one  head 


to  have  all  derived  their 

though  now,  by  the  armorial  bearings,  there 
would  appear  at  leaat  three  distinct  famHiee. 
Early  in  the  teveateenth  century  several  mem- 
bers of  the  fnmily,  imbued  with  Puritan  genti- 
ment«,cmifri-Bted  to  theNew  World  and  established 
a.  town  in  Nordi  America,  to  which  the  name  of 
'*  UnderhJH "  was  given.  It  is  situated  in  the 
State  of  Vermont,  county  of  Chittenden,  and  in 
1812  contained  490  inhabitants.  The  Hislory  of 
America  makes  mention  of  several  eminent  de- 
tcendants  of  these  early  colonists,  who  spread 
over  the  States,  and  are  now  become  in  greater 
number  than  those  of  the  name  in  the  mother 
country. 

There  are  three  villa};es  in  Boglaad  b«ftrine  the 
designation  of  Underbill,  vix.  in  Camberland, 
Shropshire,  and  Devonshire. 

The  Etlalei.  —  The  following  esUtea  were  held 
by  various  branches  of  the  Underbill  family,  and 
for  the  periods  mentioned,  lo  far  at  least  as  can 
be  ascertained  :  — 

Little  Bradley,  Suffolk  (from  avery  earlyperiod 
until  the  beginning  of  the  sixteenth  century.) 

Northcot,  Stafibrdehire  (unknown.) 

NetherEatington,  Warwickshire  (1509—1041.) 


Hunninghi 

Herberbury  , 

Barton-on- the- Heath      , 

Idlioot  r 

Fillerton  Hercy  ,. 

Upthrop,  Worceslershire 


(1313-1544.) 
(1531  —  1553.) 
(1555—1575.) 

(unknown.) 

(1565-1754.) 

(1593-1638.) 


(1641  —  1700) 
il  Bearing). — 1 .  The  Underhills  of  Wol- 


verhampton bore  "  Argent,  a  chevron  sable,  be- 
tween three  trefoils,  slipped,  vert."  Crest:  "On 
a  hill  vert,  a  hind  lodged  or."  By  some  it  is  as- 
.  serted  that  this  was  the  chief  or  principal  family. 
I  2.  The  Underbills  of  Little  Bradley,  SuSblk, 
bore  "  Gules,  six  annulets  or,  three,  two,  one." 
Their  arms  are  wrought  in  the  fflasaury  of  the 
I  tower  of  Little  Bradley  Church,  and  also  appear 
;  in  ancient  stained  glass  in  one  of  the  vindowa  of 
'  the  nave. 

I      3.  The  Underhills  of .     This  family,  of 

I  which  little  is  known,  bore  "  Per  fesse  dancettee, 
,  or  and  ardent,  an  eagle  displayed  sable." 
I  Sicgmphieal  Nolet.  —  SinMin  UnderhuU  lived 
j  in  the  latter  half  of  the  thirteenth  century,  and 
married  the  cO'heiress  of  Richard  de  OrymenhuUr 
of  Mintou,  Salop. 

Robert  Uoderhill,  one  of  the  proctors  for  the 
University  of  Oxford  in  1872.  ' 

John  de  Undehill  held  the  prebend  of  LongdoD, 
Staffordshire,  1380,  and  eitchanged  it  next  year 
for  other  preferment. 

William  Vnderhill,  of  Wolverhampton,  "  ■irnd- 
ger,"  living  1423,  was  progenitor  of  the  Eatingtoa 
and  Hnnningham  branches  of  the  family. 

JohnUnderfaelde,  sen.  (olttu Underbill),  granted- 
in  1489  land  at  LingBeld,  Surrey,  to  one  Alice 
Croker. 

Thomas  Vndethill,  of  Little  Bradley,  Suffolk, 
Esquire  and  Anne  his  wHe,  buried  under  a  tomb 
in  Great  Thurlow  church,  SuflFblk,  1508.  ' 

John  Underbill,  of  Nether  Eatiagton,  Warwick- 
shire, gentleman,  married  the  heiress  of  Porter, 
and  acquired  the  manor  of  Hnnningham  about 
1510. 

John  Underbill  became  rector  of  HarlinfftOD, 
Middlesex  in  1510. 

Edward  Underbill,  gentleman,  died  1546.  Hia 
marble  monument  and  coat  of  arms  are  in  Eating- 
ton  church. 

John  Underbill,  of  London,  a  freeman  of  the 
Brewers'  Company  in  1537. 

Thomas  Underbill,  one  of  the  "  chief  gentlemen 
captains"  in  the  Cornish  rebellion,  executed  A>I 
treason  in  1549.« 

Edward  Underhylle,  of  HuDningham,  known  as 
the  "  Hot  Gospeller  "  on  account  of  bis  Protestant 
zeal,  a  gentleman-at-arms  to  Henry  VIII.  and 
Edward  VL 

Guilftad  Underhylle,  son  of  the  last-named, 
was  the  godson  of  Lady  Jane  Grey,  and  died 
young, 

Thomas  Underbill,  of  Nether  Eatington,  gcntle- 
man,  and  Elizabeth  his  wife,  lived  together  sixty- 
five  year^  and  hod  twenty  children.  Both  died 
in  1603. 

William  Underbill,  of  the  Inner  Temple,  gen- 
tleman, brother  of  the  foregoinfi;,  acquired  varunu 
ettates  in  Warwickshire,  and  died  1570. 
Elizabeth  Underbill,  sister  of  the  foregoing,  and 


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Tvife  of  Edmund  Bury,  of  Barton-on-the- Heath, 
Warwickshire,  died  shortly  after  1608. 

John  Underhill,  D.D.,  Bishop  of  Oxford,  and 
chaplain  to  Queen  Elizabeth,  died  in  London, 
1592,  buried  in  the  cathedral  church,  Oxford. 

William  Underhill,  of  Stratford-on-Aron,  gen- 
tleman, sold  ^*New  Place**  to  Shakspeare,  and 
died  1597,  aged  forty- three. 

Edward  Underhill,  of  Barton-on- the- Heath, 
gentleman,  married  Margaret,  daughter  of  Love, 
and  cousin  of  the  first  Earl  of  Downe,  died  1611. 

Nicholas  Underhill  became  Ticar  of  Whitchurch, 
Warwickshire,  1571 ;  married  and  left  issue. 

Sir  Hercules  Underhill,  of  Idlicot,  High  Sherifi* 
of  Warwickshire,  1623,  married  the  sister  of  Vis- 
count Dorchester,  died  1650. 

Captain  John  Underhill,  the  Puritan,  governor 
of  Dover,  United  States,  died  at  ElilliDgworth, 
Long  Island,  1671. 

Sir  John  Underhill  married  Alice,  Viscountess 
Saint  Alban*s,  widow  of  the  creat  Lord  Bacon. 

Sir  Edward  Underbill,  of  Eatington,  Knight, 
High  Sheriff  of  Warwickshire,  1638,  died  without 
issue,  1641. 

George  Underhill,  of  Ludlow,  the  Royalist, 
killed  by  the  rebels  at  the  battle  of  Hopton  Heath, 
1642. 

Frances  Underhill,  gentlewoman,  save,  in  1672, 
hind  to  the  poor  of  Bushbury  and  Moseley,  Staf- 
fordsliire. 

Walter  Underhill,  citizen  of  London,  a  warden 
of  the  Fishmongers*  Company  in  1661  and  1666, 
buried  at  Grodalming,  Surrey,  1679. 

Edward  Underbill,  Alderman  of  London,  Mas- 
ter of  the  Grocers*  Company  in  1688. 

Sir  William  Underhill,  of  Idlicot,  married  Alice 
Lucy  of  Cbarlecote,  niece  of  the  Bishop  of  St. 
David*s,  and  died  1710. 

Cave  Underhill,  a  comedian  for  three  genera- 
tions, specially  commended  by  Sir  Richard  Steele 
in  The  Taller,  died  about  1715.* 

Hester  Underhill  married,  first  to  Sir  Hele  Hook, 
Bart.,  who  died  at  Kensington,  1712;  and,  se- 
condly to  Dr.  Lilly. 

Edward  Underhill,  vicar  of  B^ittlewell,  Essex, 
author  of  various  controversial  works,  was  living 
1737.  j 

^iargaret  Underhill,  gentlewoman,  died  1784,  ' 
aged  ninety,  leaving  benefactions  to  the  poor  of 
Entington,  Idlicot,  and  Lozley,  Warwickshire. 

^  Dr.  Richard  Underhill,  a  Roman  Catholic  priest, 
died  1808,  having  been  forty  years  connected  with 
the  Sardinian  Chapel,  London. 

lilichael  Underhill,  upwards  of  fifty  years  Pres- 
byterian minister  at  Boston,  Lincolnshire,  died 
1816.  Wm.  Undebhill. 

4,  Great  College  Street,  Camden  Town. 

•  For  a  notice  of  this  actor,  see  •*  N.  &  Q.**  2'»d  S.  x. 


[•  For  a  1 
451.  — Ed.] 


Minat  fintti. 

Nbllt  Gwtn*8  First  Love.  —  "  My  first  love, 
you  must  know,  was  a  link- bo  v.**     "  A  what  ?  ** 
"  *Tis  true,**  said  she,  '^  fur  all  the  frightfulness  of 
your  whal ;  and  a  very  good  soul  he  was  too,  poor 
Dick  I  and  had  the  heart  of  a  gentleman.     Grod 
knows  what  has  become  of  him ;  but  when  I  last 
saw  him,  he  said  he  would  humbly  love  me  to  his 
dying  day.     lie  used  to  say  that  I  must  have  been 
a  Lord's  daughter  for  my  beauty,  and  that  I  ought 
to  ride  in  my  coach,  and  behaved  to  me  as  if  I 
did.     He,   poor  boy,   would  lisht  me   and  my 
mother  home,  when  we  had  sold  our  oranges,  to 
our  lodgings  in  Lewkenor*s  Lane,  as  if  we  had 
been  ladies  of  the  land.     He  said,  he  never  felt 
easy  for  the  evening  *till  he  had  asked  me  how  I 
did ;  then  he  went  gaily  about  his  work,  and  if  he . 
saw  us  housed  at  night  he  slept  like  a  prince.    I 
shall   never  forget  when   he  came  flushing  and 
stammering,  and  drew  out  of  his  pocket  a  pair  of 
worsted  stockings  which  he  brought  for  my  naked 
f(^t.    It  was  bitter  cold  weather,  and  I  had  chil- 
blains which  made  me  hobble  about  till  I  cried ; 
and  what  does  poor  Richard  do,  but  work  hard 
like  a  horse,  and  buy  me  these  worsted  stockings. 
My  mother  bade  him  put  them  on ;  and  so  he  did, 
and  his  warm  tears  fell  on  my  chilblains,  and  he 
said  he  should  be  the  happiest  lord  on  earth  if 

the  stockings  did  me  any  good.** 

•  < 

This  anecdote  seems  to  have  escaped  the  notice 
of  the  biographers  of  "  pretty  witty  Nelly,**  as 
Pepys  calls  her.  I  discovered  it  in  an  interleaved 
copy  of  Downes*s  Roscius  Anglicanus,  with  the 
following  note  prefixed :  — "  An  account  which 
Basil  Montagu  somewhere  read  of  Nell  Gwyn 
when  a  child.**  Has  it  been  printed  in  an^  of  the 
voluminous  productions  of  this  literary  civilian  ? 

J.  Yeowell. 

Suicide. — The  followinjj,  from  Voltaire's  Com- 
mentary on  VEspril  dea  Lois,  may  be  interesting 
to  some  of  your  readers :  — 

**  Les  Anglais  en  ont  toujonrs  vonla  aux  Fran^ais; 
ils  lear  prirent  non-seolement  Calais,  mais  tons  les  mots 
de  leor  langae,  et  leurs  maladies,  et  leurs  modes,  et  pr^- 
tendirent  enfin  k  Tbonnear  exclnsif  de  se  ttier.  Mais  si 
Ton  voolait  rabattre  cet  orgaeil,  on  lenr  prouverait  que, 
dans  la  seule  ann^  1764,  on  a  comptd  k  Paris  plus  de 
cinquante  personnes  qui  se  sont  donn^  la  mort ;  on  leur 
dirait  que  chaque  ann^e  11  y  a  douze  suicides  h,  Genbve, 
qui  ne  contient  que  vingt  mille  ftmes,  tandia  que  les  ga- 
zettes ne  comptent  pas  plus  de  suicides  k  Londres,  qui 
renferme  environ  sept  cent  mille  ^Iten  on  xptin*' 

The  word  iuicide  is  claimed  as  the  creation  of 
a  French  abb^  about  the  year  1738.        V.  V.  R. 

Cbinolinbs. — Having  occasion  to  refer  to  the 
Appendix  II.  to  the  Sixth  Report  of  the  Deputy 
Keeper  of  the  Public  Records,  I  chanced  upon  an 
entry  in  p.  120  which  may  be  useful  in  the  pre- 
sent attempt  to  reduce  the  odious  nuisance  waich 


5"  3. 1.  Aran.  1!, '6?.] 


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now  deforms  the  female  figure.  It  is  dated  Fe- 
brnar;  7,  1737,  and  ie  in  these  words :  — 

a  Vanet,  of  tbs  poriih  of  St.  Anna,  Wutminitgr, 
bMp  petticoit  maker:  SpFciBcation  foi  k  nsir 
i  IlDOp  PetlicoiC,  with  roldinga,  whdabona  ud 
mHxl  joinla  4Dd  ttcingi;  for  contracting  tha  eompua  of 
>  PetticMt  fcoia  roDryarda  incircuinr«r<iic«  to  two  yards, 
■nd  tbertb;  cauiiDg  less  i neon venie nee  to  the  wauar  in 
chnrcbas,  asaemblici,  coathaa,  and  chain." 

D.  S. 

Aaa    or   NEWSFiPRBa,  —  The  subjoined  cut- 

tiiifr  from  the  SCaitdard  of  the  22Dd  March,  1S62, 

is  of  some  interett,  and  the  accuroc;  of  the  dates 

might  be  tested  bj  ita  insertion  ia  "  N.  &  Q."  — 

"  Tub  MoBirixa  Crrohicle.  —  The  (uipuuiDn  of  th« 
JUanumjI  CArrmidt,  which  wai  the  oldest  of  the  promiaaDt 
London  diilj  papers,  [tnds  an  interest  to  tbe  folloiring 
-  Ilel  of  the  oldest  journali  in  the  three  kingdoms  London 
dailiM— /'ojl,  177-2;  Sentld,  1781;  Tinut,  17S8;  Sun, 
179!;  Advtrtlier,  I'M;  Ghbi,  LS08;  Slaudanl,  1837. 
London  weeklies  —  Otmretr,  179! ;  Si.  Jaao'i  Chnmicli, 
I7G1.  In  the  Coantry  — Dailv  and  weekly  older  Iban 
the  TVmm  :  Bith  Chronicle,  1757;  Bith  Journal,  1743; 
Aria's  Birmingham  Gaielle,  1741 ;  Brialol  Gsxetlc,  1767 ; 
Briatol  Uirror,  1773;  Bristol  Journal,  17S5',  Cambridge 
Ch^on<cl^  1748;  Kentish  Gaintte,  1717;  Chelmsford 
Chronicle,  1764;  ChesUr  Courant,  1730;  Chester  Chron- 
Icla,  1773;  Coventrv  Standard,  1741;  Derby  Mercury, 
1732;  Exeter  FlyiiiK  Pott.  1763;  Gloucester  Journal, 
172!;  Hereford  Journal,  17S9;  Ipswich  Journal,  1739; 
Leeds  Mercury,  1^67;  Leeds  Inlelligencer,  1754i  Lei- 
cester Journal,  1753;  Sussex  Advertiser,  174S;  Liver- 
pool  Advertiser,  176S;  Maidstone  Journal,  1786;  New- 
cattle  ChrooIcK  1764  ;  Newcastle  Counnt,  1711  ; 
Nonhamplon  Mercury,  1720;  Korfolk  Chronicle,  1761; 
Norwich  Mercury,  before  1720;  Nottingham  Joomal, 
1710;  Oxford  Journal,  1753;  Beading  Mercury.  17S8; 
Salisbury  Journal,  1720  ;  Sherborne  Jouraat,  1764  ; 
Shrewihurj  Chronicle,  1772 ;  Shrewsbury  Journal,  1774 ; 
Stamforit  Mercury,  1695;  Cnmberland  Pacqoet,  1774; 
Hampshire  Chronicle,  1772;  Worcester  Journal,  1709; 
and  tbe  Western  Flying  Post,  1736.  In  Ireland  —  Bel- 
fast News  Letter,  1.37;  Saanden'a  News  Letter,  1746; 
Dublin  Evening  Post,  first  ssriee,  I7!5,  sscood  taries, 
1779;  Freeman's  Journal,  1763;  Kilkenny  Jonnal,  1767; 
Limerick  Chronicle,  1766 ;  Londonderry  Standard,  1772 ; 
SligD  Jcurnal,  1760 ;  and  the  Kerry  Evening  Pott,  1774. 
In  Scotland-Aberdeen  Journal,  1748;  Cal^onlan  Her- 
enry,  1660  ;  and  Ibe  F.dinburgh  Erenlng  Courant,  1718. 
From  the  above  It  will  be  seen  that  tbe  Caledonian  Mtr- 
cwy,  published  in  Edinburgh.  Is  the  oldest  newspiper.in 
tbe  realm.  The  three  oScial  OraiUa,  date  from— London, 
1665;  Edinburgh,  I69D;  and  Dublin,  1711.  Tbe  oldest 
daily  newspaper  in  F.ngland  is  the  PMit  Ltdgtr,  an 
exclusively  commercial  fiat,  of  the  nature  of  a  pries  cur- 
rent, esUblished  in  1759." 

t  D.  M.  SnvBKi. 
Guildford, 

Hawthorhb  kST>  LoHCrELLOw.— Id  thePAt&c 
biblion,  an  obscure  literary  newspaper  published 
in  New  York,  I  find  the  following  note,  which 
may  be  of  interest  to  jour  readers  :  — 

"Hawthorne,  in  bis  GnadfiilJur'i  Chair,  suggested 
the  subjtct  of  the  enforced  exife  of  the  happy  Aicadiant 
as  a  St  topic  Ibr  the  poet,  some  years  belbre  tbe  appear- 
ance of  Evaaptllme,  and  verv  probably  Longfellow  adopted 
thia  Unt.    1^  po«t  had  been  the  genial  lariawer  of 


TWtce-toU  Tabs,  Id  an  article  of  generoBS  eulogy,  In  th* 
North  AntrieoM  Baim,  on  the  Snt  appearance  of  that 

admirable  collection  in  1837." 

J.  C.  LlKSBAI, 

St.  Paul,  Hinneaota. 

FosT-BABTi  iM  1600. — All  who  tre  conversaot 
with  old  state  papers  are  familiar  with  the  fre- 
i^uent  exhortations  to  the  post  to  haste  for  bis 
life,  that  are  found  upon  tbeir  envelopes ;  such  as 
that  of  Secretary  Paget  — 

"  Heat  post  haat,  hast. 
For  thy  lief, 
For  thy  lief. 
For  thy  liaf. 
engraved  in  Nicbols's  Avtographt,  1829,  plate  16, 
from  the  UarL  MS.  283 ;  and  tbe  following  of  the 
Lord  Depuij  of  Ireland  in  tbe  year  1600  — 
•  f  hast. 
""«""'"'■ -J  hotV 

(.thy  life." 

It  is  not  to  often  that  we  have  opportanitiea  oF 
learning  what  "post  haste"  really  was  in  thoM 
dajB.  A  letter  despatched  b;  Sir  Geoffrey  Fenton 
from  Dublin  on  the  29th  April,  1600,  was  received 
by  Sir  Robert  Cecill  on  the  7th  of  May,  and  has 
on  its  back  the  following  memoranda  made  on  its 
route ;  — 

"  Conway  at  5  o'clock  yn  tlie  momyng  the  5  of  May ; 
Rnthland  half  on  houre  past  viij  ;  Cheslaratliafternoont 
the  V  Mala  at  Namptwoch  at  vj  ;  at  Stone  after  z ;  at 
Lychfyld  putlj;  Colsil  after  vi ;  at  Coventry  at  viiJ; 
Diventry  past  12  at   noons;  Tocestsr  at  2;  BrickbiU 

On  another  letter  travelliog  from  Ireland 
shortly  after  — 

"At  Coventry  past  viij  In  the  mominge.  At  Deventrle 
at  eleven  of  the  clocks  in  thaforenoone.  Tocester  past  t! 
in  the  aftemone.  Brickhill  past  6.  Saint  Albones  past 
8  at  night.    Bamlt  at  10  this  night" 

I  take  these  from  an  important  series  of  papers, 
illustrating  the  seiiare  of  the  Earl  of  Ormonde 
bj  the  rebel  Owav  M'Rorj  O'More  and  his  coo- 
lequent  captivitv,  latelj  edited  by  tbe  Rev.  James 
Graves  in  tbe  QaarUrlg  Journal  ot  the  Kilkenny 
ArchEeological  Society,  .J.  G.  N. 

Tbe  Great  Exhibition,  1851. — A  few  months 
aince,  chancing  to  ramble  through  tbe  village  of 
Parningham,  in  Kent's  delightful  county,  I  visited 
the  churchyard  for  the  purpose  of  increasing  my 
store  of  note-wortiij  memorials  of  tbe  departed. 
Tbe  foUowiog  inscription,  which  I  then  tran- 
scribed, may  assuredly  be  now  read  with  addi- 
tional  interest,  as  we  approach  so  closely  to  the 
opening  of  the  Great  International  Esbibition  of 
1862 :  — 

"  In  Memory  of  Mr.  Tboitaaa  Dray,  late  of  ChisiaeU 
Street  and  Swan  Lane,  in  the  City  of  London.     He  was 
bom  in  this  Farisb,  April  8tb,  1822,  and  died  May  tat,    * 
1851.    Agtd  29  yeaxa.     Qa  \i«^  ^!tn<JW&  X^matiS. -«-<i^ 


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NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


[3»*  S.  L  April  12,  »62, 


untiring  energy  to  preparationi  for  the  Great  Exhibition 
of  Industry  of  All  Nations,  held  in  London,  a.d.  1851 ; 
and  by  which  he  expected  materially  to  serve  the  com- 
mercial honse  with  which  he  was  connected.  But  on  the 
day  that  the  Crystal  Palace  was  opened,  and  at  the  very 
hour  toward  which  he  had  looked  with  so  much  hope 
«nd  exultation,  he  died :  — 

**  Cut  down  by  death,  in  life's  fair  bloom, 
I  dwell  within  this  silent  tomb ; 
And  now  around  my  slumbering  head 
The  curtains  of  the  grave  is  spread. 
Ye  young  and  gay,  soon  you  may  be 
Consign*!  to  earth  as  well  as  me ; 
Then,  from  the  grave  regard  this  word. 
Are  you  prepared  to  meet  your  Lord  ?  " 

Edwin  Roffe. 


^turiti. 


DOUGLAS,  DUKE  OF  TOURAINE. 

In  April,  1423,  Archibald,  fourth  Earl  of 
Douglas,  was  made  Duke  of  Touraine;  and 
Finkerton,  in  his  History  of  Scotland  (1797,  vol.  i. 

5.  105),  refers  to  the  grant  as  to  be  found  in  Du 
'illet,  f.  V.  136. 

British  writers  appear  not  to  have  known  what 
to  make  of  the  title.  In  one  part  of  Collins*s 
Peerage f  by  Brydges  (vol.  i.  p.  497),  it  is  called 
the  Duchy  of  Turrin ;  in  another  (vol.  viii.  p. 
1230),  the  Duchy  of  Turenne, 
*  In  1424,  Douglas  was  slain  in  the  battle  of 
Yerneuil;  and,  according  to  Finkerton,  he  was 
"  interred  in  Tours,  the  capital  of  his  short-lived 
Duchy  "  (vol.  i.  p.  107). 

Is  there  any  memorial  of  him  still  remaining  at 
Tours  ? 

This  Archibald  was  succeeded  by  his  eldest  son 
Archibald,  as  fiflh  Earl  of  Douglas.  Collins  states 
(vol.  viiL  p.  230,)  that  the  Duchy  of  Touraine  was 
ffranted  to  the  fourth  Earl  and  his  heirs  male. 
And  accordingly  the  fifth  Eail  is  described,  in  his 
epitaph,  as  "  Archibaldus  D.  Douglass,  Dux  Tur- 
ronise.  Comes  de  Douglass  et  Jongoville,  Dominus 
Gallovidise,**  etc. 

Archibald,  the  fifth  Earl,  was  succeeded  by  his 
^dest  son  William,  the  sixth  Earl ;  with  respect 
to  whom  Finkerton  writes  as  follows :  — 

**  The  power  of  the  House  of  Douglas  had  arisen  to  a 
formidable  height,  and  was  during  this  reign  to  contend 
with  the  royal  authority.  Qallaway,  Annandale,  and 
other  extensive  territories  in  Scotland,  the  Duchy  of 
Touraine,  and  Lordship  of  Longueville,  in  France,  ren- 
dered to  the  chief  of  that  family  revenues  perhaps  equi- 
valent to  those  of  the  Scottish  monarch.  The  young  Earl, 
now  in  his  sixteenth  year,  possessed  the  impetuous  spirit 
and  haughtiness  natural  to  his  age  and  fortunes.  His 
highest  title,  that  of  Duke  of  Touraine,  which  a  weak 
regency  had  permitted  the  honse  to  assume,  and  which 
impolicy  had  not  applied  to  the  French  King  to  discon- 
tinue, emboldened  the  Douglas  to  regard  himself  as  a 
fo^ign  prince,  independent  w  the  laws  of  his  country."— 
Hietory  of  Scotland,  vol  i.  p.  192, 

27ie  joung  Earl  was  beheaded  shortly  after- 


wards; and  though  three  Earls  Douglas  suc- 
ceeded, all  descended  from  Archibald  the  fourth 
Earl,  the  one  who  had  been  made  Duke  of  Tou- 
raine, I  do  not  find  any  traces  of  this  title  having 
been  borne  by  any  of  them. 

Upon  this  subject  I  beg  to  propose  the  fol- 
lowing questions  :  — 

1.  What  was,  in  the  first  instance,  the  nature  of 
the  grant?  Was  it  a  territory,  or  a  title?  A 
real  Duchy,  or  only  a  Dukedom? 

2.  If,  as  I  imagine,  it  did  confer  territorial 
authority  upon  the  original  grantee,  did  this  au- 
thority devolve  upon  any  of  his  descendants  ? 

3.  Was  the  title  borne  by  any  of  the  descen- 
dants of  the  grantee,  after  the  death  of  his  grand- 
son William  ?  Meletbs. 


"  Ad  sukdem"  Deqbees. — Could  you  or  any  of 
your  readers  refer  me  to  a  work  in  which  I  could 
find  some  information  respecting  ad  eundem  de- 
grees ?  I  wish  to  ascertain  what  advantages  arise 
from  obtaining  such  degrees.*  Whether,  for  in- 
stance, the  holder  of  one  would  in  consequence  be 
eligible  for  an  office  open  only  to  members  of  the 
University  from  which  the  degree  had  been  ob- 
tained. I  have  looked  into  many  books,  but  can- 
not find  anything  on  the  subject.  L.  L.  D. 

Anagram  :  — 

**  I  went  to  Mr.  Fox  at  Whitehall,  when  I  first  saw  his 
lady,  formerly  Mrs.  Elizabeth  Whittle,  whom  1  had  for- 
meily  a  great  opinion  of,  and  did  formerly  make  an  ana- 
gram or  two  upon  her  name,  when  I  was  a  boy.'* — Pepy's 
Diary,  1660,  vol.  i.  p.  122. 

Will  somebody,  having  more  patience  or  more 
ingenuity  than  myself,  disintegrate  Madam  Fox's 
prss- nuptial  appellations  ?  Oij[>  Mem. 

AoGBAVATS.  —  Is  the  use  of  the  word  aggravate^ 
in  the  sense  of  "  to  irritate  or  provoke,  *  sanc- 
tioned by  any  writer  of  authority  r  or  is  it  admis- 
sible in  ordinary  conversation  ?  It  is  evidently 
derived  from  "  aggravi,"  "to  accumulate,  to 
heighten^  to  make  more  grievous."  E.  P.  A. 

Roger  Bacon. — The  Rev.  J.  S.  Brewer,  in  his 
valuable  Preface  to  the  RoUs  edition  of  the  Friar*s 
Worke,  makes  special  reference  to  the  inaccu- 
racies of  the  various  MSS.  of  such  portions  of  his 
works  which  at  present  exist  in  this  country. 
Hence  the  difficulty  of  producing  an  accurate 
edition  of  any  of  them.  It  is  therefore  a  matter 
of  positive  interest  to  know,  if  Bacon's  own  copy, 
produced  in  1266-7,  by  the  direct  order  of  Pope 
Clement  lY.  for  the  use  of  his  Holiness,  is  still  in 
the  Vatican  Library.  Jambs  Gilbbbt. 

Mastbb  Bbightwell.  —  In  the  year  1382  Dr. 
Stokes  was  deputed  by  Abp.  Courtney  to  publish 
certain  conclusions  relative  to  Wyclifie*8  teach- 
ings in  Oxford.  The  position  of  the  deputy  was 
rendered  so  uncomfortable  that  he  was  i^kd  to 


•S'*  8.  L  Apwl  12,  '62.] 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES- 


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retire  from  notice  as  much  as  possible,  and  being 
rammoned  to  ^ive  an  account  of  these  matters  to 
his  snperior,  the  Chancellor,  his  friend,  Master 
BrighttoeU^  and  the  proctors  presented  themselves, 
to  explain  and  correct  anj  errors  into  which  the 
said  Dr.  Stokes  might  fall.  All  four  of  these  men 
were  declared  tainted  with  the  heresies  of  the  re- 
former. Any  information  respecting  this  Master 
BrightweU  f  B.  B. 

Cablii.e*s  "Weekly  Kegistbb.*'  —  Any  per- 
son possessing  a  number  of  Carlile's  Weekly  Re- 
gister^ somewhere  about  the  year  1819,  containing 
a  passage  to  this  effect :  "  Mr.  Home,  with  all 
your  possibilities  and  probabilities,  can  you  prove," 
&c.,  will  confer  a  favour  by  communicating  his 
name  and  address  to  me,  under  cover,  to  the 
Editor  of  "  N.  &  Q."  S.  A.  C. 

Domestic  Abchitbcturb.  —  The  house  we  oc- 
cupy is  evidently  very  old,  but  has  been  altered 
and  realtered,  and  no  date  can  be  found.  There 
is,  however,  a  peculiarity  about  its  plan  by  which, 
we  hope,  some  of  the  readers  of  "  JS".  &  Q."  may 
be  able  to  help  us  to  its  probable  age.  The 
ground-floor  rooms  are  all  not  quite  nine  feet 
high,  while  the  upper  rooms  are  near  twelve  feet, 
looking  by  contrast  quite  lofly.  There  also  has 
been  a  high-pitched  roof,  the  coping  stones  being 
cut  at  a  very  different  angle  for  the  present  line 
of  roof.  L.  E. 

Drama.  —  Can  any  of  your  readers  give  in- 
formation regarding  the  authors  of  two  dramatic 
pieces  (not  mentioned  in  the  Biog,  Dramatica), 
which  were  printed  at  Edinburgh. 

1 .  The  Devil  to  Pay^  or.  The  Playhouse  MetO' 
morphosed,  a  farce  of  two  acts,  as  it  was  performed 
at  tne  Canongate  Theatre,  24th  Jan.  1767,  Canon- 
gate  :  Printed  for  Mr.  Heelej,  in  the  area  of  the 
Theatre,  price  2d,  N.  D.  This  piece  has  reference 
to  the  destruction  of  t|^e  theatre  by  the  mob,  24th 
Jan.  1767. 

2.  Edinburgh  Delivered^  or^  The  W^ld  in  Dan- 
ger;  a  Dramatic  Poem  in  two  acts,  Edinburgh, 
1782  ?  K.  Irgus. 

Mrs.  Douglas. — Can  any  of  your  readers  give 
any  information  regarding  Mrs.  Douglas,  author 
of  a  translation  of  The  Life^  Letters^  J'C,  of  C  F, 
Oellertf  published,  Kelso,  in  1805,  3  vols. 

R.  Ikglis. 

Dutch  Pugs.  —  Is  the  race  of  Dutch  pugs  in- 
deed extinct,  as  is  surmised  in  the  Navorscher  f 
Der  Bazar  (voL  vii.  No.  45,)  states  that  there 
still  exist  some  in  England. 

John  H.  van  Lbnnep. 

Zeyst,  near  Utrecht 

Ehgusb  Popular  Books. — Wanted,  a  list  of 
English  popular  books  of  the  olden  time,  in  the 
style  of  De  Foe*8  Robinson  Crusoe  and  his  Narra* 
Hve  of  the  Plague  i  Jlu  Adventures  of  Richard 


Falconer;  Bunyan's  PilgrinCs  Progress;  Reynard 
the  Fox ;  Eulenspiegel,  &c. 

John  H.  yan  Lennbp. 

Zeyst,  near  Utrecht. 

Erasmus  and  Ulrich  HOtten.  —  Will  any  of 
your  readerd  be  kind  enough  to  inform  me  whe- 
ther The  Colloquies  of  Erasmus^  and  the  Epistola 
Obscurorum  Virorum,*  attributed  to  Ulrich  Hiit- 
tcn  and  some  of  his  friends  (as  may  be  seen  in  Sir 
William  Hamilton's  Discussions)^  have  been  trans- 
lated into  English  ?  And  also,  in  what  periodical 
(I  should  say  Eraser  or  Blackwood,  between  1850 
and  1860,  although  I  cannot  put  my  thumb  upon 
it)  the  translation  of  some  extracts  from  the 
Colloquies,  accompanied  with  a  running  commen- 
tary, appeared  ?  The  receipt  of  the  desiderated 
information  will  be  gratefully  accepted  by  an 
admirer  of  Erasmus,  and        No  Obscurantist. 

Foster  Arms:  Walbond  Arms.  —  Can  any- 
one tell  me  the  arms  of  Foster  of  Aylesbury,  co. 
Bucks,  as  borne  in  the  seventeenth  century? 
John  Foster,  of  that  place,  about  the  time  of 
Cromwell,  had  a  son,  Colonel  John  Foster,  who 
removed  to  Boston,  in  North  America.  That 
Colonel  Foster  left  two  daughters,  co-heiresses. 
Sarah,  the  elder,  married  my  ancestor  Thomas 
Hutchinson,  father  of  the  Governor  of  the  then 
province  of  Massachusetts  Bay,  and  led  issue  (or 
I.should  not  have  written  this) ;  and  Lydia,  ihe 
younger,  married  Thomas  Hutchinson*s  half-bro- 
ther Edward  Hutchinson,  who  left  an  only  sur- 
viving daughter  Lydia,  married  to  N.  Robins.  I 
am  desirous  of  knowing  the  Foster  arms,  as  I 
have  a  right  to  quarter  them.  But  I  only  accept 
that  which  is  ancient  and  genuine,  and  not  that 
which  is  "  found.'* 

With  respect  to  the  Walrond  arms  in  the  Crom- 
well shield  (3'*  S.  i.  109,  179),  I  beg  further  to 
say,  that  I  have  been  examining  some  coloured 
sketches  of  some  parts  of  Uffculm  church,  which 
I  took  on  the  4th  of  November,  1847.  The  bla- 
zon. Argent,  three  bulls'  heads  affrontes  sable  (as 
mentioned  before),  appears  on  a  shield  affixed 
against  the  front  of  the  organ  gallery ;  but  in  my 
sketch  of  the  Walrond  tomb  in  the  north  chancdi 
aisle,  the  tinctures  are,  Or,  three  bulls*  heads,  as 
before.  I  am  persuaded  that  both  these  belong 
to  the  name  of  Walrond  (pronounced  Waldron)^ 
but  perhaps  to  different  branches  originating  in 
one  stock.  F.  Hutchinson. 

Handbl. — Upon  whose,  or  what  authority,  does 
the  assertion  that  Pope  wrote  the  words  o£  Esther 
depend?     Was  Esther  ever    performed    under 
another  name  ?    If  so,  when,  ana  by  whom,  &c.  ? 
L.  (1.) 

[*  See  Eraser's  Magazine^  Jan.  1859,  p.  114,  for  a 
notice  of  Epistola  Obscurorum  Vironan,  by  Prof.  Bttoking. 
New  edition,  1858.  —  £d.] 


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L*M  a  I.  Ann.  13,  -St 


EMUJKaTOH  RiGitTiB.  —  Can  anj  or  70111 
readen  ioform  me  if  there  be  in  eiiitence  «. 
Register  of  Birthi,  Marriagei,  and  Deaths  for  the 
pariah  of  Eellington,  near  Pootefract,  Torkahire, 
prerioua  to  the  year  1703  f  And  if  lo,  where  it 
can  be  seen  t  At  the  church  there  it  no  regiatet 
before  that  date.  W.  Dickor  H011.B. 

Lampook  on  the  Jockey  Club.  —  Can  any 
reader  of  "N.  &  Q."  commanicate  the  title  of  a 
poem  publiihed^arly  in  the  present  centarj,  re- 
flecting upon  the  jockeying  macoeurrea  of  some 
adept*  of  tbe  racing  ichool?  Among  others  a  dig- 
nitarj  of  the  chnrch  waa  pre  -  eminent!  j  diatio- 
guished.  I  have  but  an  imperfect  recollection 
of  one  distich  only  in  the  poem,  which  waa  nearlj 
u  follows :  — 

■■  Sooner  ahall Target  Vsadjlie  lo  ba3. 

Or  quit  hii  prabend'a  for  til  hone's  •tall." 

Vandyke  was  a  celebrated  racer  of,  1  rather 
think,  the  Highfljer  and  Sir  Peter  breed,  which 
waa  baUtd,  drugged,  or  hocusaed,  and  ao  deprived 
of  muscular  energj  that  he  lost  the  race  on  a  re- 
markable occBiion ;  beaten  "  botlow  "  as  the  term 

il.  NlUBOD,  JCHIOB. 

TiacouHT  LiBLS.  —  King  Edward  IV.'  had  a 
son,  bj  Ladj  Elizabeth  I>ucj,  named  Arthur 
Flantagenet ;  and  there  ia  some  ground  for  sus- 
pecting that  hia  mother  waa  reailj  the  lawful  wife 
of  the  king.  However  this  may  be.  the  son  was 
created  Viscount  Liile  by  Henry  VIII. ;  and  ac- 
cording to  Nicolaa'a  Synopni  of  the  Pterage,  this 
title  waa  limited  to  hia  issue  male  by  his  wife,  the 
daughter  of  Talbot,  Viscount  Lisle.  So  that  his 
uaua  (if  any)  by  anv  other  wife  could  not  have 
inherited  it.  He  had  no  male  issue  by  the  above 
wife,  and  the  title  became  extinct  on  his  death. 
The  work*  on  the  baronage  make  no  mention  of 
his  ever  having  been  married  to  any  other  lady, 
and  we  are  thns  left  to  conclude  that  he  left  no 
issue  male  at  all.    I  End,  however,  from  the  pedi- 

ra  of  the  Granvilles  of  Stow,  in  Cornwall,  that 
was  also  married  lo  Honora,  daughter  of  Sir 
Thomas  Granville,  the  widow  of  Sir  J.  BassetL 
So  that,  in  reality,  he  might  have  left  male  iaaue ; 
though,  from  the  peculiar  limitation  of  the  peer- 
age, they  could  not  have  succeeded  to  it.  Can 
any  of  your  correapondents  elucidate  thia,  and 
inform  ua  whether  there  are  any  PlantaEeneta  in 
exiatenceF  I  have  read  aomenhere  thattlie  name 
Plant  is  an  abbreviation  of  Flantagenet.  No  in- 
quisition taken  on  his  death  ia  on  record ;  and  it 
u  therefore  probable  he  had  no  property  of  bis 
own,  and  might  have  left  male  poaterity  in  ob- 
scurity. A.  Z. 

Tbb   Wobd   "Matteb."  —  Can   an^  of  your 
readers,  vernd  in  old  Engliah,  give  an  instance  of 
die  verb  nu/trr  earlier  than  the  daya  of  Locke  F 
>t  how  they  are  ■ 


called." 

that  verb  i>  used  in  tde  sense  of  "to  be  of  im< 
portance,"  only  in  negative  and  interrogative 
lentences  ?  VauAOjoavt. 

Dr.  Moiskt.— The  tnwedy  of  OtheUo  was  acted 
St  Covent  Garden,  20th  Dec.  1800  (or  ISOtf),  on 
I  which  ocoasion  a  Dr.  Moisey  appeared  on  the 
stage.    Who  was  Dr.  Moisey  F  R.  Imoljs. 

Officekb  at  Quebec.  —  Can  any  of  yoor 
readers  inform  me  where  I  could  get  a  list  of  the 
officera  present  at  the  siege  of  Quebec,  under 
General  Wolfe  in  1759  ?  I  have  failed  at  the  War 
Office.  P. 

PicTOM  or  Woe.  — 
"  Besida  stood  Wos,  all  comfortle**  aod  drear. 
Pale,  ahrivallftd,  worn  with  faminfl  to  the  bona; 
Hti  kaeea  enlargsd,  and  her  neglected  nail* 
O'argrowD,  her  nosthli  wet  with  conitant  rbaam : 
Upon  tba  grond  banaacb,  bar  cheaka  droppvd  blood. 
lacsaauitly  dia  gnubad  bar  qDivering  t««tn, 
And  on  her  braiat  and  abonldera,  the  thick  dust 
Wu  moiatanad  with  bar  teara." 

"  T.  a" 
These  lines  are  at  the  foot  of  an  engraving, 
which  they  very  fairly  describe.  On  the  left  is 
"T.  C,  Inv"i  on  the  right,  "Thompson,  Se." 
The  drawing  is  spirited,  though  incorrect ;  the 
engraving  hard  and  poor.  I  wish  to  know  whence 
the  lines  are  taken,  and  for  what  the  engraving 
was  intended  F  Ita  form  indicatea  the  illnstration 
of  an  octavo  volume.  C.  P. 

Skiltoh.  —  I  should  be  glad  to  know  if  there 
are  any  descendants  of  Skdion  living  F  He  ia 
mentioned  twice  in  the  aecond  volume  of  Strick- 
land's  Quteiu  of  England  as  having  translated 
Latin  poem*.  I  do  not  think  the  name  ia  com- 
mon. The  name  is  mentioned  in  Sir  Jonah  Bar- 
rington's  Mtinoirt.  F- 

SHorrEES.  —  Can  jaa  tcU  me  where  to  learn 
the  archeology  of  snuffer*  and  snuSer-dbhes  F 
From  popular  works  within  my  reach  I  cnngct 
nothing.  This  question  is  suggested  by  a  curious 
pair  ofsilufiers  of  the  sixteenth  century  (of  brass), 


Iiockg  a 


sh  Ihus:  "It  malltra  u 


Tbe  Stabs  orNiaBT." — A  poem  with  this  title 
found  among  the  manuscript  papers  of  an 
eminent  teacher  of  the  classics,  deceased  in  1847, 
and  who  it  is  supposed  was  also  the  author  of  it ; 
but  if  any  reader  of  "  N.  &  Q."  is  aware  of  the 
verses  having  been  already  in  print,  even  if  he 
should  not  know  the  author  s  name,  he  would  con- 
fer a  favour  by  atating  when  and  where  they 
have  been  previously  printed.  If  it  cannot  be 
ascert^ed  that  it  baa  been  ever  before  published, 
a  society  of  old  pnpila  of  the  deceased  teacher 
and  LL.D.  intend  to  claim  the  anthotvbip  for 
their  preceptor.    It  commencea — 


8^  S.  I.  Apbil  12,  "ez.] 


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"  Whence  are  your  glorious  goiogs  forth. 
Ye  children  of  the  sky, 
In  whose  bright  silence  seems  the  power 
Of  aU  eternity?" 

J.  C.  HURTBB. 

Thb  Swikb  Bbothbb  to  Man. — Sir  John 
Maundeville  has  affirmed  (^Book  of  Sir  Jill^  chap. 
Ti.),  when  speaking  of  the  Saracens,  that** they 
eat  no  8wine*s  flesh,  for  they  say  it  is  brother  to 
man,**  &c. 

It  would  be  of  utility  to  know  whether  or  not 
these  statements  are  correct ;  and,  if  so,  how  the 
idea  originated  ?  Certainly  it  was  not  derived  from 
the  Jews.  J.  Ai«bx.  Dayibs. 

Twill  Pants. — In  Ovid^B  Banquet  of  Sense^  by 
George  Chapman,  1595,  are  the  foUowmg  lines : 

**  White  and  red  jasmines,  merry  melliphill. 
Fair  crown  imperial,  emperor  of  flowers. 
Immortal  amaranth,  white  asphodell. 
And  cup-like  twill  pants  strew'd  in  Bacchns  bowers." 

Mr.  Steevens,  in  a  note  to  the  Tempest^  Act  lY. 
Sc.2,— 

"  Thy  banks  with  pionied  and  twilled  brims. 
Which  spongy  April  at  tby  best  betrlms. 
To  make  cold  nymphs  chaste  crownsr- 

says,  ^  If  twill  be  the  name  of  any  plant,  the  read- 
ing pionied  and  twilled  may  stand.* 

I  am  at  a  loss  to  find  what  plant  is  meant  by 
twiU  pant ;  and  if  the  question  has  not  been  al- 
ready asked  in  "  N.  &  QV'  will  jou  insert  this, 
that  some  one  may  inform  me  what  it  is.  I  be- 
lieve that  Shakspere  wrote  peotded  and  UUed 
brims ;  for  unless  he  did,  I  cannot  see  what  the 
chaste  crowns  of  cold  nymphs  were  made  of. 

S.  Bbult. 

"  Univebsitt  DisciPLiNB. — Will  you  kindly  in- 
form me  whether  the  Universities  of  Oxford  and 
Cambridge  can  deprive  a  Master  of  Arts  of  that 
desree.  Lbx. 


*  tSiVittiti  tD(tb  ^tuRDfrtf. 

Coubts  or  Love.  —  What  were  the  preroga- 
tives and  nature  of  the  **  Cour  d* Amour **r  When 
was  the  last  held,  and  where  can  I  find  books  re- 
ferring to  it  ?  M.  A.  C 

rOor  correspondent  will  find  some  account  of  the 
"Cour  d'Amonr"in  the  **  History  and  Analysis  of  the 
Ancient  Romances  of  Chivalry,  and  of  the  Romantic 
Poems  of  Italy ;  with  Dissertations  on  the  Origin,  Institu- 
tions, and  Ceremonies  of  Knighthood,  &c,  with  figures 
taken  firom  Monuments  of  Art.  By  Dr.  J.  Ferrario,  4 
vols,  8vo.  Milano,  1828-9."  Consult  also  Tht  Foreign 
Qmarterfy  Eeview  (1830),  vol.  vi  pp.  867-864,  for  an  ac- 
count of  the  origin  of  the  Courts  of  Love,  and  the  causes 
of  their  suppression ;  but  more  especially  an  article  in 
Cochnme's  QHorUrfy  JUoitw,  I  430,  entitled  •*TheCourU 
of  Love  in  the  Middle  Ages,"  containing  notices  of  the  fol- 
lowing works^  The  Love-Ontrte  of  the  Middle  Agee,  and 
their  Decreet  orJudgmente :  a  Contribution  to  the  History 
of  Gbivaby  and  of  Romantic  Jurisprudence.     Leipsig, 


18*21,  8vo.  OontrilnUione  to  a  Knowledge  of  Romaniie 
Poetry,  by  F.  Dies.  Part  L  Ueriin,  1825,  8vo.  The  Ro' 
mance  of  Flerabrat^  in  ProvenfoL  Edited  by  I.  Bekker, 
Berlin,  1829, 4ta] 

Hbbtdonb.  —  In  6ilpin*8  Life  of  John  Wycliff 
(see  his  Lives^  2nd  edit.  p.  49),  he  says  ^*that 
while  Courtney,  Archbishop  of  Canterbury,  was 
sitting  in  court,  discussing  Wyclifi^s  heresies,  a 
violent .  earthquake  shook  the  monasterv.**  He 
further  says,  •*  Wycliff  would  often  merrily  speak 
of  this  accident,  and  would  call  the  assembly  the 
council  of  the  herydane ;  herydone  being  the  old 
English  word  for  earthquake.**  Can  you  say  in 
what  old  Enjrlish  writers  this  word  occurs,  and 
from  what  it  is  derived  ?  R.  W. 

[We  think  it  probable  that  this  word  is  a  compound, 
from  'pc,  mueh,  and  loviu^  to  agitate,  Eridone  would  be 
nearer  the  mark;  but  our  forefathers  were  not  particu- 
lar. There  is,  however,  the  doubtful  word  cpi«4Knt  (eridx- 
nes,  muph  agitated). 

Vomiting  tumultuous  smoke,  where  rcpcdii^a.has  been 
snggested  conjectnrally.] 

Chablbs  L — I  have  been  informed  that  bio- 
graphical sketches  have  appeared  within  the  last 
few  years  of  the  persons  who  comprised  the  jury, 
and  those  who  signed  the  death-warrant  of  Charles 
I.  Will  you  kindly  say  when,  or  by  whom,  they 
were  printed  ?  S.  D.  L. 

[Perhaps  the  following  work  is  the  one  required :  The 
Trial*  of  Charlee  the  Firtt,  and  of  eome  of  the  Regicidee: 
with  Biographies  of  Bradshaw,  Ireton,  Harrison,  and 
others.  l2mo,  1882.  Published  in  the  Family  Library. 
The  names  of  the  Commissioners  occur  at  p.  23.] 

Thomas's  "Histobib  of  Itaub,**  btc  — Can 
you  give  me  information  as  to  the  value  of  the 
following  books  which  I  have  in  my  possession  ? 
Of  the  one  the  title-page  has  been  lost.  The  sub- 
ject of  the  work  is  a  description  and  history  of 
the  several  States  of  Italy.  In  the  preface  it  is 
dedicated  to  "John  Erie  of  Warrewicke,  Yisconte 
Litle,**  by  "  Wylliam  Thomas.'*  London,  1549. 
This  volume  was  bound  in  real  boards,  a  portion 
of  which  still  remains.  The  other  is  entitled  The 
ChriMiian  Disputatiotu,  by  Master  Peter  Viret. 
Translated  out  of  French  into  English  by  John 
Brooke  of  Ashe.  Printed  at  London,  1579.  What 
is  the  tide  of  the  former  work  ?  Are  they  at  all 
curious  or  scarce?  Any  communication  with 
respect  to  them  would  be  gladly  received. 

A  S.  P.  A.  R. 

[The  fint  work  is  entitled  The  Hiktorie  of  ItaHe,  a 
boke  excedyng  profitable  to  be  redder  Because  it  in- 
treateth  of  the  astate  of  many  and  diners  common 
weales,  how  thei  haue  ben,  and  now  be  gouerned.  Anno 
Domini  m.d.xliz.  For  some  account  of  the  author,  Wil- 
liam Thomas,  consult  Wood's  Athena  Oxonientes  (Bliss), 
L  218;  see  also  Herbert's  Typog,  Antiq.  p.  861.  It  was 
reprinted  in  1661  and  1662.  The  prices  given  by  Lowndes 
vary  from  5».  to  iL  5»,  —  Brooke^s  translation  of  Yiret's 
Chrittian  Diiputatione  is  somewhat  scarce,  the  Rev.  H.  F. 
Lyte's  copy  fetched  iAs.\ 


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KOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


l^S"S.I.  AraiLl2,G!.; 


SPARTAN  DUPLlCnr. 
(3'^  S.  i.  31. 178.) 

It  seema  very  problema^cal  wbether  thia  sup- 
posed cbaracteriatic  of  the  LnceilKmoniana  v»s 
not  the  reault  of  Uie  discipline  enforced  by  the 
.Spartan  government,  the  object  of  which  wm  to 
render  the  people  'expert  in  the  strfttagenu  of 
war:  ("and,  indeed,  no  civil  or  politic  conitita- 
tions  have  been  more  celebrated  than  tbat  of 
Lycurgua  by  the  best  authors  of  ancient  story 
and  times."  — Sir  W.  Temple's  MitcelL,  i.  136.) 

In  Menander's  ReUgitia,  I  find  nothing  per- 
tinent unless  it  be  AEucuruial  K\tt9(t.  "  The  Xa- 
conic  keys,"  says  Chubb,  in  ^xcerpl  Minuta  of 
Proeeedingt  of  the  InttilJiiion  of  Cisii  Enginetri, 
vol.  ii-,  "consisted  of  three  single  teeth  in  the 
figure  of  the  letter  E;  which  form  may  still  be 
seen  in  ancient  cabinets."  With  these,  Aristo* 
phanes  associates  the  idea  of  secret iveness,  since 

he  calls  them  kXiiSIb  npinrra  KamnfiJirTaTa ;  but  Tte 
have  DO  reason  for  concluding  they  were  invented 
by  a  Jack  Sheppard.  See  Mennii  Mitedi.  Lacon., 
lib.  ii.  cap.  17. 

The  testimony  of  Euripides  and  Aristophanes 
is  that  of  inveterate  enemies,  and  probably  in- 
-  fected  with  malicious  misrepresentation.  Notwith- 
standing that  this  duplicity  has  been  attributed  to 
the  LacedEemonians,  not  only  by  ancient  writers, 
but  by  modems  whose  judgment  could  not  have 
been  warped  by  their  passions,  I  shall  dispute  the 
justice  of  this  charge,  although  I  am  not  aware 
that  anyone  has  yet  vindioatea  this  heroic  people. 
Diogenes  Laertius  (lib.  ix.  segm.  37,)  attributes 
the  adage —  "  Speech  is  the  shadow  of  deeds  "  — 
to  Democritus  ;  but  Isidorua  Pelnsiota,  as  quoted 
by  Manage  in  Obtervat.  ad  Diog.  Laert.  in  loco, 
ascribes  it  to  the  Lacednmonians,  lib.  iii.  Ep.  232. 
[BibL  Patnan,  161S,  *.  partii,;  Bill  Maxima, 
Yii.]  i  and  mentions  an  instance  of  their  detesta- 
tion of  a  man  known  to  be  dishonest  —  "el  ne 
probam  quidem  sententiam  pronanciare  licebat." 
Another  man,  Ctesiphon,  they  banished  becanae 
he  had  vaunted  be  could  discourse  a  whole  day  on 
any  subject  proposed  to  him,  inasmuch  as  speech 
is  so  precious  a  treasore  that  it  ought  not  to  be 
nsed  but  for  necessity.  And  Plutarch,  in  his 
Apophthegmata  Lacomca,  mentions  the  saying  of 
Epienetus :  "  Omnium  peccatorum  et  injuriarum 
CBusam  esse  homines  mendaces."  (Oxon.,  1793, 
i.  613.) 

From  these  Laconic  anecdotes,  the  inference 
may  aurely  be  drawn  that  an  Athenisn  who  in- 
genuously admits  (Arlstoph.  Acham.,  Act  II. 
Sc.  3.),  It  matters  not  whether  he  is  a  cbaracter 
only  or  the  poet  himself,  — 

XtlnH,  inrtr  ji^iiAu  nt  •Ik(Ki" 


is  disqualified  from  being  one  of  the  jury ;  and 
that  a  Spartan  would  be  justified  in  oppo^g  lus 
right  to  be  empanelled  in  the  words  of  Menan- 

",        ,  .    Kl*i*oiuu  om  ToW.  on 

Jp^iml  tn  Xtiarr"  oil  t)  nL^atir  .(ioffS«»i." 
The  verses  containing  the  imprecatiott  of  Di- 
caopolis,  as  above,  were  written  thir ty-t wo  years 
after  a  very  destructive  earthquake;  whicli,_ ac- 
cording to  Pausanias,  left  not  a  house  standing: 
luid  he  adda  as  the  cause  of  this  calamity,  the  fad 
iif  the  LaoedKmoniana  having  violated  the  right 
of  sanctuary,  and  inflicted  death  on  suppliants 
*ho  had  fled  for  protection  into  a  temple  ot  Nep- 
tune at  Tienarus.  For  other  authorities  refer  to 
Ueursii  MiteiU.  Laeoniea,  lib.ii.  16. 

•1         ....         Art  well  sdvis'd 
To  what  snmonler.  hairt  of  nli^^  thoo'rt  bocklwl. 
Who  now  moit  proffer  apMch  and  tnlt  daftnes 
FotSpart*?"  — Aristoph.  ii«(.  {MiMhBU)i.6S. 

This  certainly  is  a.  strong  confirmation  of  the 
iommon  allegation ;  and  I  must  admit  that  the 
policy  was  worse  than  impolitic  which  sanctioned 
the  treachery  exercised  upon  the  Helot^  and 
tuch  cruelty  as  is  perhaps  unparalleled  in  history, 
except  where  we  find  in  religious  wars  —  "Cross 
arrayed  against  Cross,  Christ  against  Christ."  See 
Alh«nian  Letlers,  ii.  350  ;  Grote,  vi.  601  ;  and 
compare  the  cruelties  inflicted  on  the  English  by 
the  Dutch  in  the  East  Indies,  in  Mill's  Brititk 
India,  and  the  tracts  relating  to  Amboyna. 
'  It  must  be  granted  that  the  Lacedsemoniana 
'  were  illiterate,  and  consequently  were  ezpoMd  to 
the  obloquy  wluch  their  rivals,  the  democratic 
;  countrymen  of  Timon  of  Athens,  were  ready  to 

Eromulgate  without  contradiction.  I  doubt  not, 
owever,  but  that  many  passages  can  be  produced 
I  from  ancient  writers  conveying  honourable  men- 
I  tion  of  "patiens  Laceda:inon,"  as  teaching  by 

"  Nobilitas  sola  est  atque  nnlca  virtoa." 

BiDbiOTHxcAB.  Ghbtbui. 


MATTHEW  WASBBODGH  AND  THE  STKAH 

ENGINE. 

(2-*  S.  vi.  29.) 

This  ingenious  and  very  promising  meohaniciaii 

was  the  son  of  a  Bristol  brass  founder,  and  wsl 

bom  at  the  house.  No,  3,  Narrow  Wine  Street, 

in  that  city ;  and  baptiied  at  the  church  of  St 

PeUr,  in  which  parish  the  above  street  is  utuated, 

November  18th,  17fi3.     His  father  was  at  the 

time  in   partnership  with   Mr.  Roger  Bice,  who 

had  established  this  the  oldest   business   of  th« 

kind  in   Bristol,  on  the  premises   referred  to,  in 

1726,  where  it  has  ever  since  been  carried  on  bT 

some  member  of  the  family  until  the  month  of 

March,  1848,  when  Mr.  Kiee  Wasbrongh,  the 


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tbat  name  connected  with  it,  died,  and  the 
[r.  Thomas  Hale,  who  had  lonj^  been  asso- 
with  him,  became  the  head  of  &e  firm.  To 
isiness  Matthew  Wasbrough  was,  at  a  pro- 
;e,  introduced,  and  clock- making  at  that 
orming  an  important  branch  of  the  trade, 
e  mind  of  the  future  inventor  running  in 
rection  of  machinery,  he  was  yerj  naturally 
investigate  the  subject  with  a  view  to  the 
action  of  improvements  in  his  own  peculiar 
ment  of  it.  He  soon  conceived  the  idea  of 
z  a  machine  that  would  drive  the  whole  of 
hes  employed  in  the  manufactory  to  which 
B  attacned  (some  twenty-five  in  number), 
3  accordingly,  after  much  patient  toil,  con- 
id  a  steam-engine  (which  he  erected  in  a 
>uilding  still  remaining)  beneath  the  clock- 
's workshops.  To  this  machine  he  added 
hwheel,  which  was  intended  to  produce  a 
and  uniform  force,  and  of  which  I  shall 
hat  he  was  the  inventor.  At  p.  157  of  Hugo 
account  of  the  steam-engine  b  given  ^*A 
I  of  the  Double-acting  oteam-engine  of 
Watt,  invented  by  him  in  1782 ;  '*  which, 
er,  is  nearly  three  years  after  Matthew 
ough  had  patented  his  invention,  which  is 
>ed  as  his  *'  New  invented  machine  or  piece 
jhanism,  which,  when  applied  to  a  steam- 
,  or  any  reciprocal  movement^  produces  a 
ir  or  rotative  movement  without  tiie  medium 
'ater- wheel/'  This  is,  unquestionably,  tfie 
lention  of  such  an  invention  having  been 
ed;  the  date  of  the  patent  of  which  b  March 
779. 

:)pcars,  however,  that  about  the  same  time 
master-minds  were  directed  to  the  same 
b;  but  Matthew  Wasbrough  was  in  ad- 
of  them  all.  Ficard*8  rotative  motion  was 
3d  iu  1780,  and  that  of  James  Watt  fol- 
being  "  Inrolled  23rd  of  February,  1782 ;" 
,  as  already  intimated,  nearly  three  years 
hat  of  Matthew  Wasbrough  I  There  can, 
•re,  I  conceive,  be  no  error  in  ascribing  the 
on  of  the  fly-wheel  or  rotative  motion  of 
am- engine  to  a  Bristol  citizen ;  although  it 
m  customary  to  award  that  honour  to  the 
igham  mechanist,  James  Watt, 
ards  the  close  of  1780,  Mr.  Wasbrough 
micated  with  the  commissioners  of  the  navy 
subject  of  his  newly  patented  steam-engine, 
January  31st,  1781,  ne  received  an  order  to 
me  without  delay  at  the  Deptford  victual- 
rd,  for  the  purpose  of  grinding  corn.  The 
was  at  once  commenced,  and  was  progres- 
vourably ;  the  castings  necessary  to  com- 
;  were  ordered  in  Bristol  by  the  inventor, 
(Tted  by  the  authorities  at  the  Navy  Board, 
Bat  ex[>ense  had  been  incurred  by  him  in 
»rk,  when,  through  the  intervention  of  a 
official,  he  received  in  the  following  July, 


with  much  astonishment,  and  when  his  engine  was 
nearly  finished,  an  intimation  that  it  would  not  be 
required!  Disappointed  in  realising  his  long- 
cherished  hopes  of  bringing  hb  invention  into 
public  notice,  under  the  auspices  of  the  govern- 
ment, and  suffering  at  the  time  from  severe  indb- 
position,  brought  on  bv  anxiety  and  the  pecuniary 
losses  he  had  sustained  in  perfecting  hb  mvention, 
he  was  seized  with  a  fever,  of  which  he  died,  Oct. 
21st,  1781,  and  when  he  had  but  just  completed 
his  twenty- eighth  year.  The  Bristol  Jounud  of 
that  date  spesuis  thus  of  him :  — 

**  The  public  have  to  deplore  in  him  the  loss  of  one  of 
the  first  mechanics  in  the  kingdom,  whose  early  genins 
broQght  to  perfection  tJiat  long-wbhed-for  desideratam, 
the  applying  the  powers  of  the  fire-engine  to  rotolar 
movements.  Upon  these  principles  he  lived  long  enough 
to  complete  several  ingenious  pieces  of  mecbanbm,  of 
which  the  com  and  flour  mills  of  Messrs.  Toung  &  Co.  in 
Lewin's  Mead  (Bristol)  are  striking  monuments  of  hb 
extensive  abilities.  His  name,  therefore,  will  be  handed 
down  with  veneration  to  the  latest  posterity." 

Another  local  paper  (the  Bristol  Oazette)  also 
says  of  him,  that  — 

"  Without  wishing  to  detract  from  the  great  merit  and 
genius  displayed  by  the  late  Mr.  Watt,  in  maturing  the 
powers  of  steam,  and  applying  it  through  the  medium  of 
mechanism  to  the  various  purposes  which  excite  the  ad- 
miration and  astonishment  of  the  world,  we  think  it  not 
inconsistent  to  notice  the  claims  of  a  gentleman,  formerly 
our  fellow-citizen,  to  the  honour  of  thai  invention  on 
which  the  chief  utility  of  the  steam-engine  depends,  viz. 
the  rotative  motion,  which  Mr.  Watt  lived  long  enough 
to  perfect  in  all  its  various  principles  and  modifications^ 
whilst  his  contemporary  was  prematurely  cut  off;  and 
were  it  not  for  the  record  inserted  in  one  of  our  predeces- 
sor's papers  [alluding  to  the  notice  of  him  given  above], 
perhaps  there  are  but  few  living  who  are  acquainted  with 
a  fact  which  affords  an  additional  proof  that  Brbtol  has 
had  a  doe  share  in  promoting  the  progress  of  the  arts  and 
sciences  in  this  instance." 

Mr.  Watt  himself  says,  upon  the  invention  of 

the  rotative  motion  — 

"  One  of  Matthew  Wasbrough's  rotative  engines  was 
erected  at  Birmingham,  for  a  roiling  mill,  and  was  much 
talked  of.  This  set  me  again  to  think  upon  the  subject, 
and  brought  to  my  remembrance  my  former  meditations 
upon  the  crank,  the  date  of  which  I  cannot  ascertain.'* 

And  again  he  says,  ^*  I  haTe  at  times  had  my 
thoughts  a  good  deal  upon  the  subject,  but  I  have 
not  hit  upon  anything  decisive.**  From  Watt's 
own  statement,  then,  it  is  clear  that  Matthew 
Wasbrough  had  not  only  applied  the  crank  to  pro- 
duce a  rotative  motion^  but  that  he  had  abo  erected 
a  steam-engine  at  Birmingham  with  both  m  lue, 
while  Watt  had  only  been  thinking  how  the  one 
might  be  made  to  produce  the  other  I  But  further 
he  says,  **  Matthew  had  added  a  fly-wheely  which^ 
as  far  as  1  hnow^  was  the  first  time  it  had  been  em- 
ployed  for  that  purpose  "  —  the  obtaining  the  mo- 
tion in  question !  *  Gboboe  Fbtce. 

Bristol  City  Library, 

*  Watt's  Letters  to  hb  son,  quoted  in  Muirliead'a  lAft 
of  James  Watt,  p.  28L 


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19^  a  I.  Atbil  12,  "61 


CLUB. 
(2»«  S.  viL  386.) 

Mb.  Bugkton  rightly  rejects  the  fanciful  de- 
rivation aMigned  to  this  word  by  Carlyle ;  and  he 
also  rightly,  I  think,  refers  its  origin  to  the  verb 
to  club  [together].  But  I  dissent  from  him  when 
he  says  'Hhe  origin  of  the  noun  need  not  be 
Bousht  beyond  its  verb ;  '*  inasmuch  as  the  verb 
to  dub  itself  probably  comes  from  the  noun  club 
=,  according  to  Johnson,  **  the  shot  or  dividend  of 
a  reckoning  paid  by  the  company  in  just  pro- 
portions.** This  dub  he  says  Skinner  derives  from 
the  A.  S.  deofan  (sic),  to  divide,  our  deave,  and 
this  derivation  seems  to  me  ver^  plausible,  for 
does  not  dividend,  which  has  a  similar  meaning, 
come  from  divide,  and  is  not  s?uire  (which  is  the 
same  word  as  [plough-]«Aarv),  connected  with  the 
A.  S.  sceran^  (to  cut  oS,  divide,  part),  Germ. 
scberen,  and  our  shear  f  The  only  question  is 
whether  dub  may  not  come  from  the  same  word 
deave  =  to  adhere.  It  is  certain  that  companies 
of  men  have  been  named  from  words  which  im- 
ply both  separation  and  cohesion.  Thus  company 
comes  from  cum  and  pamis  (cf.  Germ.  Kumpan) ; 
committee,  from  cum  and  mittere ;  association,  from 
socius ;  confederacy,  from  cum  and  foBdus  —  but 
party  from  part;  section,  sect  (also  an  united  body 
of  men)  from  secare,  to  cut,  divide ;  division  [of 
an  army]  from  divide,  &c. 
.  In  fact,  any  number  of  men  associated  together, 
e.  g.,  a  dub,  are  united  (cleave  =  adhere),  as  far 
as  the^r  themselves  are  concerned  (thouch  even 
the  united  body  is  deft  into  members  who  have 
their  individual  interests),  but  are  disunited,  sepo" 
rated  (cleave  =  divide),  as  far  as  the  rest  of  the 
world  *  are  concerned  (sect,  part^,  &c.). 

But,  though  deave  in  its  two  different  meanings 
is  both  spelled  and  pronounced  alike  in  £n^.,  in 
manv  other  lan^ages  the  two  words  are  distin- 
guished by  a  slight  difference  f  in  form,  and  we 
will  therefore  examine  from  which  root  the  word 
didf  has  probably  arisen. 

Clbavb  (adhere).  In  GU>th.,  I  do  not  find  the 
word.  Old  Hiffh  Germ.,  hlibanX  (imp.  hleib), 
hleibjan  (imp.  hUibta,  hleipti)  or  chleipan,  whilst 
hleb  and^  hleib  mean  glue.  Mid.  High  Germ., 
kleiben  (imp.  kleipie)  to  make  to  cleave,  smear, 
Meben  (imp.  klebete)  and  kliben  (imp.  hleip).  Ang.- 
Sax.,  deofian,  or  more  commonly  clinan,  Dut. 
hleven ;  Dan.,  hlabe ;  Swed.,  klibba ;  Low  Germ., 
hliven,  and  hleven.;  Mod.  Germ.,  hUben. 

*  Thai  one  of  the  German  words  for  attocUuiont  dub,  is 
getchloMMene  Ge$eU»ehafU  lit  closed  or  close  society,  i.  e., 
a  society  »hut  off  from  the  rest  of  the  world  —  from  which 
all  bat  members  are  excluded, 

t  This  difference  is  never  so  great  as  to  obscare  the 
affinity. 

X  Graff  refers  this  word,  or  rather  its  root  klib,  to  the 
Sansk.  root  lip  (illinere),  a  gutturd  (ch,  k)  having  been 
predxed. 


These  verbs  seem  generally  to  be  reg.  or  to  be- 
long to  what  is  called  the  weak  conj.  So  we  say 
cleave,  dave,  and  cleaved, 

Clbavb  (divide,  split).  Old  Hieh  Germ.,  klhh 
ban*  (imp.  klaub,  klub,  hlob).  Mid.  High  Gtrm,, 
klieben  (imp.  hloup)  or  kliefen  =  to  be  almost  en- 
tirely separated,  but  so  that  some  parts  still 
remain  hanging,  kldben  (trans.),  whence  kbbe 
(hliubu),  a  split  or  cleft  stick  for  .catching  birds. 
Ang.-Saz.,  deqfan,  and  perhaps,  clifUm,  (cleofa,  a 
cleft,  chasm).  Iceland.,  hliufa  Odoji,  a  cleft).  Low 
Germ.,  kioven.  Fries,  kliewe,  Dut,  kloven;  Dan., 
klove;  Swed.,  klyfva;  Germ.,  klieben,  kldben 
(though  spaUen  is  the  word  in  common  use). 

Here  toe  older  verbs  seem  to  be  mostly  irre* 
gular.     Comp.  our  cleave,  dave,  clove,  deft 

If  these  two  lists  be  compared,  it  will  be  seen  at 
once  that,  as  far  as  form  goes,  club  is  much  more 
like  the  various  equivalents  of  deave  (to  split), 
indeed  the  word  itself,  only  spelled  with  a  k,  nuy 
be  found  among  them. 

The  weapon  club  also  (Old  Eng.  dobb — HalUw.), 
appears  to  oe  derived  from  cleave  (to  split),  so  that 
its  original  meaning  would  seem  to  have  been  a 
piece  of  wood  split  off  from  another,  Cf.  supra  klobe 
(kliubu)  a  split  stick  for  catching  birds.  Low  Grerm. 
Kluve,  Swed.  kltdfba  (club,  mace).  The  Germ. 
Kolben,  the  round  end  of  a  club  (Keule),  seems  to 
have  arisen  from  a  transposition  of  the  /  and  o,  and 
so  the  Dutch  kolf,  from  which  probably  comes 
goff,  the  game,  sometimes  written  golf. 

Originally,  therefore,  a  dub  does  not  seem  to 
have  been  a  weapon  with  a  large,  rounded,  bulb- 
ous extremity  as  it  is  now.  But  this  meaning  is 
very  evident  in  the  Qetm,\Kolben,  which  in  Streit' 
kolben^  means  a  club,  mace,  but  more  generally  ik 
used  to  denote  a  retort,  an  instrument  with  a  nar- 
row stem  and  large  globular  end;' whilst  Kloben 
(cf.  supra  klobe)  in  Germ,  means,  something  cleft, 
a  wedge,  or  wedge'shaped  piece  of  wood,  and  aLo 
a  lump,  mass,  or  bundle,  so  that  here  too  we  have 
union  and  disunion  combined.  This  word  reminds 
us  of  the  Lat.  flobusf^  with  which  it  is  thought  by 
many  to  be  allied.  Glomus,  a  clue,  ball  of  £read, 
is  considered  to  be  allied  to  globus,  and  our  due 
(dew).  Old  H.  Germ,  diwa,  or  cluwia,  climma. 
Mid.  H.  Germ,  kliuwe,  A.  S.  deow,  cliwe,  is  pro- 
bably akin  to  deave  (adhere).  The  Lat.  davus 
(nail)  and  our  claw  X  are  also  no  doubt  ^kin  to 
cleave  (imp.  dave,  to  split)  and  many  other  words 
might  be  snown  to  belong  to  the  same  family. 

In  conclusion,  dub  is  evidently,  as  far  as  form 

*  Or  chliuban,  as  in  Old  High  Germ,  k  at  the  beginniog 
of  a  word  is  very  frequently  replaced  by  eh. 

t  Globus  means  not  only  any  spherical  mass  or  lomp, 
bat  also  a  derue  body,  troop  of  people,  so  that  dub  (associs- 
tion)  might  be  considered  akin  to  it. 

X  The  claws  of  a  dog  or  other  animal  are  as  mach  diri' 
fioiu  of  a  hoof,  as  the  two  parts  into  which  a  cow's  hoef 
is  divided. 


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NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


295 


u  concerned,  derived  from  cleave  (to  spliOi  but  in 
wignifiealian  it  would  seem  to  be  more  closelj 
Mlied  to  cUane  (to  adbere).  It  is  not  surpriiiti}; 
tliftt  two  verb*,  identical  in  form  (in  Eng.)  and 
connected  in  significatioi),  sLould  eometiraea  co- 
alMce. 

A  tpod  illustratioQ  of  the  connection  between 
the  ideu  of  dimsion  and  union  is  afforded  bj  the 
two  equivalent  words  partner  and  attoeii,  the 
former  pointing  especially  to  the  division  ofproGis, 
the  Utter  to  the  communiti/  of  interegts.  A  Freucb- 
man  comparing  these  two  words  would  scarcelj 
fltil  to  declare  them  faithful  representatives  of  the 
diaracter  of  the  two  nations  to  which  thej  belong, 
and  be  wonid  contrast  the  lelfish,  egotiMtieid  ten- 
deociea  of  the  Englishnian  with  the  txpantive, 
vorld^  embracing  upirationi  of  the  Frenchman. 
F,  Chahcb. 


Palm:  Rohah  Fbbt  (3"  S.  i.  230.)  — This 
meaaore,  which  is  common  in  the  south  of  Europe, 
doe*  not  represent  the  "  palm  "  or  leidlh  of  tbe 
band,  B3  in  North  Europe,  but  the  tpan,  or 
•tretch-out  of  the  hand  from  the  extreme  of  the 
thumb  to  that  of  the  fingers.  It,  liowever,  varies 
rerj  much  in  Italj.    la  English  inches  and  de- 

-  8.796 

-  8.347— for  cloth  metuuro. 
•  9.fi30 

-  9.808 


At  Rome 


In  SicilT 
In  Sar^nia 
At  Naples 
At  Florence 


10.38 


I  8.346. 


11.490 

Tbe  Spanish  palmo,  or  13  dedos, 
HaritorncB  therefore  would  have  a  little 
10  in.  in  he;>;ht. 

It  is  not  generally  known,  and  it  may  be  of 
nttch  interest  to  jour  readers  to  be  told,  that  the 
lata  celebrated  architect  and  antiquary  Luigi 
Canina  made  a  ^Bt  number  of  inquiries  as  to 
length  of  the  ancient  Roman  foot.  He  measured 
Tery  carefully  the  Antonine  and  Trajan  columns, 
and  found  them  (exclusive  of  their  pedestals  and 
■ome  pieces  let  in  to  repair  them)  exactly  alike. 
IliiB  height,  which  was  known  to  have  been  100 
Soman  feet,  was  measured  with  extreme  care  by 
smns  of  rods  of  wood  carefully  dried,  and  found 
to  be  exactly  89.635  French  metres.  Mcisuring 
chains  were  then  constructed  of  this  length,  and 
the  Roman  miles  (ptilU  paaiuum)  carefully  mea- 
nred  down  the  Appian  Way  as  far  as  the  12th 
mile,  and  were  found  to  correspond  with  the 
traditional  sites  of  the  mile-stoneB.  Tbe  great 
length  of  these  measurements  being  such  an  ex- 
tensive check,  their  accuracy  was  at  once  accepted 
by  the  Roman  archsoltuiists  as  the  beat  authority 
known.  This  would  m^e  the  ancient  Roman  foot 
11.66753  English  inches;  and  the  mile  4861.41 
English  feet :  being  about  one-eleventh  less  than 


our  English  mile  of  5280  feet.  For  rough  reckoning 
the  antiquary  may  deduct  one-eleventh  from  Bo- 
man  miles  to  bring  thero  into  English  ;  or  may 
add  one-tenth  to  English  miles  to  bring  them 
into  Roman,  the  ratio  being  10  ;  11,  hut  inversely. 
There  is  a  common  error  in  supposing  the  Roman 
mile,  or  miUe  paitaum,  was  a  thousand  paces  or 
single  steps.  This  is  not  the  case ;  the  military 
passia  consisted  of  tao  steps  {greitiu),  or  about 
five  feet  Roman.  A.  A. 

Poeli'  Cornet. 

Matthew  Kinkbdt  (3'«  S.  i.  230.)— Kennedy 
was  in  all  probability  a  priest  or  Jesuit.  There  le 
no  chance  of  the  names  of  the  Pretender's  titular 
law-officers,  who  were  oflen  ecclesiastics,  occurring 
in  Smyth's  CkronieUt  of  tilt  Law  Officeri  of  Ire- 
land. Watt's  Bibliotkeca  BrUanniea  gives  no  per- 
sonal notice  of  Kennedy  except  the  name,  mixing 
up  with  it  not  only  the  Ckronoiogical,  Oentoio- 
gieal,  S^^  Ditnertatiait  of  Iht  Bogal  Famili/  qf 
Stuarts,  beginning  with  Milesiiu,  Paris,  1705,  but 
Aelj  of  the  General  Aiiembly  of  the  Claaxh  of 
SeoUund,  Edinburgh,  1691,  fol.  Now  this  must 
be  a  mistake.  It  is  not  M?  to  sea  how  the  same, 
or  indeed  any,  Matthew  Kennedy  could  be  the 
aaihar  of  these  AcU,  whatever  he  might  have  hod 
to  gay  concerning  them.  Abhba  will  find  tbat 
the  scarce  volume  by  Kennedy  on  tbe  Stoarta 
was  answered  by  Richard  Havt  of  Dmmboote 
(not  to  be  confounded  with  John  Hay,  tbe  Scot- 
tish Jesuit),  in  an  Etioy  on  the  Origin  of  the 
Royal  Family  of  Stuarts,  in  Ansioer  to  Dr.  Ken- 
Be(fj'*ffi«/nrica/i>i<ierto/i(in,Edinburgh,  1772,4to, 
republished  "  with  an  Appendix  contaming  several 
ancient  curious  charters,  Edinburgh,  1795,"  4to, 
and  whereof  a  copy  exists  in  the  Signet  or  Advo- 
cates' library,  Edinburgh,  or  both.  Richard  Hay 
seems  to  have  concerned  himself  deeply  in  tbe 
vexed  questions  of  Stuart  history,  since  he  went 
back  upon  tbe  reign  of  Robert  II.  (grandson  of 
King  Robert  the  Bruce)  to  produce  a  Vindication  of 
Elizabeth  More  from  the  Imputation  of  being  a 
Concubine,  and  her  Children  from  the  Taehe  of 
Bastardy,  1723,  4to.  Crawford,  the  historian  of 
the  Stuart  family,  u  awfully  indignant  upon  this' 
point,  saying  :  — 

"  This  icandaloni  ispinton,  (hat's  not  only  iDJarions 
to  the  (ucceedinB  Kings  of  Scotland,  but  to  manj  Ibreisn 
princes  wbo  bav«  Intarmarriiid  with  onr  Royal  Famiry, 
19  absalately  falsa  in  Itialf;  as  will  appear  from  maiiT 
arigiaal  chartan  and  many  aatb«n lie  records  yat  extant. 

He  quotes  Hay's  Charters,  but  never  mentions 
his  name,  and  both  completely  ignore  "  Mllesius." 
There  would  seem  to  have  been  an  incomprehen- 
sible antagonism  betwixt  these  Hays  and  Keil- 
nedys.  "The  only  other  production,  for  instance, 
of  Dr.  Kennedy's,  recorded  by  Watt,  it  an  an- 
swer to  a  letter  a  century  old:  — 


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[8^  S.  L  Afiol  12,  "61 


Lord  Dae  de  Perth,  da  4  septembre,  1612 ;  arec  la  lettre 
da  Fhte  de  la  Haye.    Paris,  1716,  Svo." 

Sholto  Macduff. 

Matthew  Kennedy,  LL.D.,  the  author  of  this 
book,  was  made  a  Master  in  Chancery  in  Ireland 
by  King  James  IL,  after  what  is  called  his  ab- 
dication, by  patent,  dated  3rd  Ma^,  1689. — Liber 
HibemicB,  vol.  i.  pt.  iL  p.  21.       John  Maclean. 

Hammersmith. 

Key.  Christopher  Blackwood  (3*^  S.  i.  228.) 
W.  W.  S.  will  find  notices  of  this  person,  and  of 
hit  works,  in 

1.  Brook*8  Lives  of  the  PuritanSy  vol.  lii.  889. 

2.  iTimey's  History  of  the  English  Baptists^ 
ToL  ii.  pp.  224,  230—233,  and  577 ;  which  last  re- 
ference IS  doubtful. 

3.  Wood's  Athena  Oxonienses,  edited  by  Dr. 
Bliss,  vol.  iii.  col.  431. 2,  where  we  learn  of  Thomas 
Blake  that  he  wrote  and  published  BirtKs  Privi^ 
lege;  or^  Right  of  Infants*  Baptism,  Loud.  1644, 
4to:  — 

^  In  which  year  one  Charles  (a  mistake  for  Christopher) 
Blackwood,  haying  published  a  book  entitled  Tlie  Storm' 
ing  of  Antichri^  in  his  Two  stroma  Garriioks  of  Qmpul- 
now  of  Comcienee  and  Infants*  JSamtitm,  ^.,  our  author 
came  out  with  another  book  entitled  Infants*  Bavtism 
freed  from  Anti-QuristiaHiMm  against  Mr.  Blackwooa,  §^., 
Lond.  1645,  4to.*' 

D.B. 

Travbrs  Familt  (3^*  S.  i.  231.)  —  The  follow- 
ing extract  from  the  Registers  of  S.  Peter  le  Foer, 
London,  is  at  Mr.  Young's  service  :  — 

«  1629,  April  9.  Married,  Sir  Thomas  Travers  and  Mrs. 
Ellyn  Alleine,  wid." 

I  regret  that  I  can  give  no  information  about 
Sir  Thomas.  C.  J.  E. 

In  a  small  volume  on  Spencer  and  his  poetry, 
published  in  1845  by  George  Craik,  and  about  the 
end  of  the  work,  is  an  account  of  the  above  fa- 
mily, which  differs  somewhat  from  Mr.  Young's, 
and  also  adds  some  particulars :  one  statement  in 
it,  however,  that  John  Travers  and  the  poet 
Spenser  probably  came  to  Ireland  together,  dif- 
fers from  what  I  once  heard  from  the  late  Mr. 
John  Travers  of  Grarrycloyne  (there  also  men- 
tioned), viz.,  that  John  Travers,  the]  first  comer, 
was  iM'ought  over  by  Bbhop  Lyon,  and  was  by 
him  made  registrar  of  the  diocese  of  Cork.  I  be- 
lieve there  is  proof  that  John  was  succeeded  in 
that  office  by  his  son  Robert,  before  the  latter  be- 
came Vicar- GreneraL  Several  clergy  of  the  name 
were  about  that  time  promoted  to  benefices  in  the 
county  of  Cork,  but  how  they  were  related  to 
John  I  know  not ;  neither  do  I  believe  it  is  quite 
certain  that  the  Garrycloyne  branch  mentioned  in 
the  foregoing  work,  were  descended  from  John,  the 
second  son  of  Sir  Robert,  as  there  stated.  They 
are  all  there  said  to  be  descended  from  a  Bryan 
Travers,  and  Sir  Robert  is  said  to  have  had  a 
brother,  Zachary  Travers.   I  mention  these  names 


because  similar  ones  occur  in  the  printed  proceed- 
ings of  the  English  Court  of  Chancery,  tempu 
Elizabeth,  with  this  qualification,  that  ^  Zuchan 
is  one  of  the  names  there  printed,  and  was  so  pro- 
bably by  mistake  for  "  Zachary." 

There  is  a  tradition  that  Richard  Travers,  son 
of  Sir  Robert,  when  he  was  sheriff  of  the  county 
of  Cork,  suffered  bj  the  conduct  of  his  und^ 
sheriff*  very  heavy  loss,  which  depressed  the  con- 
dition of  lus  descendants.  A.  Z. 

A  Drinkiho  Mayor.  —  In  a  Minor  Note^of 
"N.  &  Q."  (3'^  S.  L  206),  mention  b  made  of  the 
election  of  a  new  mayor  at  Southampton,  aj>.  1665, 
whose  merit  was  to  overcome  the  rest  of  the  eleeton 
in  drinking.  Perhaps  this  may  have  been  %  ge« 
neral  custom  in  bygone  times,  at  least  it  may  in- 
terest some  readers  of  **  N.  &  Q."  to  know  Uut 
the  same  refined  and  intelligent  method  of  electing 
a  mayor  was  continued  at  the  village  of  Crosby, 
near  Liverpool,  so  recently  as  the  year  1632,  to 
my  own  knowledge,  when  Thomas  Brinmg,  the 
owner  of  the  house  where  I  lodged,  was  so  elected. 
The  revels  lasted  through  the  night,  and  when  the 
new  day  dawned  Thomas  alone  was  found  in  his 
seat,  the  rest  were  all  under  the  table.  M.  F. 

St.  abbreviated  to  T.  (3^*  S.  i.  75,  219.)  — 
On  the  south  side  of  the  centre  tower  of  Lichfield 
Cathedral  there  is  suspended,  partly  outside,  a 
small  bell.  It  is  used  to  summon  people  to  the 
daily  prayers ;  and  is  called  Tanthony,  for  St 
Anthony's  bell.  P.  Hotchinsok. 

Rats  leavino  a  Sihking  Ship  (2"*  S.  xii. 
502 ;  3'*  S.  i.  78.) — When  the  water  rises  in  a 
ship's  ceiling,  rats  are  obliged  to  leave,  or  they 
would  be  drowned  :  hence,  sailors  infer  the  ship  is 
not  seaworthy,  or  wants  good  pumping,  when  this 
occurs. 

It  reminds  me  of  a  cunning  plan  of  a  Welch 
captain,  whose  ship  was  infested  with  rats,  some 
years  ago  in  Liverpool.  He  found  out  there  was 
a  cheese  ship  in  the  basin  ;  and  getting  along  side 
about  dusk,  lefb  all  hatches  open,  kept  watch,  saw 
them  over  into  his  neighbour,  ana  then  slipped 
his  moorings.  Gborgb  Lix>txk 

Tharstonland. 

Stow's  Survet  (3'*  S.  i.  211.)— The  interpola- 
tions of  Munday  and  Strype  in  the  text  of  Stow 
are  a  fertile  source  of  error  and  confusion.  The 
passage  quoted  by  Unttb  is  a  good  specimen.  I 
have  just  met  with  another  to  which  I  desire  to 
draw  attention,  in  the  hope  that  I  may  thereby 
enable  Mr.  Smiles  to  correct  an  error  in  his  Lives 
of  Engineers,  an  opportunity  for  which  will  doubt- 
less ere  long  be  afforded  him  by  the  demand  for  a 
second  edition  of  that  very  interesting  work.  In 
his  account  of  Hugh  Middleton  he  states,  that 
Stow  took  great  interest  in  the  New  River  works, 
and  occasionally  visited  them  while  in  progress. 


I.  Amii.  I!,  "64.] 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


297 


U  IStow  died  in  160S,  and  the  works  were 
)pinienced  until  1G09,  this  is  erideDtl^  in-  | 
it>  The  onlj  enpy  of  the  Surct!/  to  which  I  i 
leeen  at  present  ia  the  reprint  (Bvo,  London, 
■ker  &  Co.  1842)  from  the  edition  of  1603, 
of  course  gives  me  no  clue  to  the  origin  of  ! 
m  into  which  Mr.  Smiie*  has  fallen  ;  and 
Id  seem  almott  incredible  that  such  an  us-  i 
I  u  the  above  could  be  found  in  any  nt'  the 
imouB  editions,  as,  however  much  an  editor 
be  disposed  to  improve  hia  author's  te  x  C  bj 
dition  of  omitUd  faett  (and  even  this  with-* 
knowledgment,  it  unpardonable),  we  should  \ 
\j   expect  that  anj  one   would   go   to  ihe 

of  making  him  speak  of  wltaeasing  p^rsoii- 
reats  which  did  not  take  place  until  j'orirs 
111  death  I  That  ench  is  the  case  in  the  jiri^-  i 
nitance,  and  that  Mr.  Smiles  has  actuiillj 
a  on  the  authority  of  the  picado-^toir,  and 
ken  his  infornmlion  at  second-hand,  i:;  np-  ' 
.  from  another  passage,  a  few  pages  further 
«re  he  says  (vol.',i.  p.  128),  in  Hlludin^  to 
nefits  conferred  on  the  metropolis  by  tijc  in- 
tlon  of  the  New  River  nater,  "  Stow  pnr- 
W  mcntionj  the  cose  of  a  fire  which  In  oke  ' 
Broad  Street,  on  the  12th  Novemher,lil-2:!," 
ii  the  cases  before  ua  we  have  dates  nblfh 

lu  to  prove  the  interpolation,  and  at  the 
ime  to  disprove  the  staCemenTb  contained  in 

but  what  is  to  be  our  guide  if  the  text  hn^i 
Ainilartj  tampered  with  in   the  relation  of 

which  occurred  in  the  lifetime  of  Stow  ? 
■t  edition  (1603),  published  under  his  own 

well  as  its  predecessor  in  1S9B,  is  nun  so  | 

that  those  who  wish  to  have  the  "  plain  un-  I 
led  tale"  may  congratulate  themselves  on  j 
tble  to  procure  for  n  verv  few  shillingis  thnt  . 

in  the  absence  of  the  original,  is  next  bcFt, 
print  already  referred  to.     It  ia  evidenily 

to  quote  Stow  as  on  anthoritv  for  any 
ent  found  in  any  edition  of  his  Surety,  ex- 
■  the  two  publiihed  daring  hit  life,  and  the 


'jtut  mentioned. 


Q- 


MAs  SiMos  (2»*  8.  lii.  510  i  3"  S.  i,  178, 
-In  the  return  made  of  resident  stranrrers 
city  of  London  in  1618,  in  Walhror.k 
appears  Feter  Simon,  born  in  Blackfrinr?, 
;  beyond  seas,  son  of  Peter  Simon,  boin  ut 
under  the  French  king.  The  whole  re- 
in the  press  for  the  Camden  Society. 

Ww.  Dd««*kt  CoOrEn. 

retnrD  of  aliens  now  hi  the  course  of  pub- 
I  by  the  Camden  Society,  are  the  follow  in;; 
.  The  date  of  the  return  is  1616,  an<I  is 
«ded,  "  A  Return  of  the  Names  of  Slmn- 
■idcnt  within  the  City  of  London,  anil  the 
tm  thereof  taken  in  the  Mayoralty  of  Geo. 


"  iraOnoit  Warilt. 

"  Pclsr  Simon,  borne  in  BlirkMcrs,  tradsipg  bsyond 
■ca*.  »Dii»  of  Peter  Siman,  boioo  id  Boan.  midat  lb* 
SDTSreignlf  ot  th<  French  Kiag. 

"Bukapgatt  Ward. 

"Abraham  Semon,  boroa  Id  London,  who  conftaeeth 
hIinMird«pendJng  on  our  Soveralgna  Lord  King  Jamca." 

Can  this  have  been  the  brother  of  the  cele- 
brated Tho.  Simon,  the  medallist  f  I  atlacli  but 
little  importance  to  the  orthography,  which  isverj 
lax  throughout  the  whole  document. 

Cl.  Hoim. 

Orb  Huitdkid  awd  ynrTT-rrva  Tbau  AOO 
(2>'  S.  xi.  22J.)  —  We  have  advanced  another  ' 
year  in  our  parallels.  Scarcely  three  months 
after  Louis  Quartorie's  Idiet  NdpoHetme*  had  been 
nuif  in  Sam.  Pepys's  ears  \^  the  grave  and 
matter-of-fact  Evelyn,  Sir  Thomas  Crewe  ai- 
tounds  them  still  more  by  his  Gallic  Majesty's 
palterlnga  with  the  Pope  :  — 

"  11  July,  1667.  Sir  Thomas  Crewa  yesterday,  speak- 
ine  of  tba  Eiog  of  France,  bow  great  a  man  hs  ta, 
'why,'  says  ha,  'ill  the  world  thongbt  tbaC  wbea  tha 
Jut  Pope  aied,  tbHn  would  have  been  such  budying  ba- 
twaan  tba  crowns  of  Fruoa  and  Spain ;  wherau,  wban 
ha  wu  aiked  what  ha  would  have  his  miuiiten  at  Borne 
do,  -  Why,"  layi  be.  "  let  ibem  cbooae  who  they  will ;  !f 
tba  Papa'  will  do  what  is  fit,  the  Pope  and  I  will  be 
friends.  If  ho  wUl  not,'I  will  Uke  a  cenirwi  with  biiL| 
Ibanfbre,  I  will  not  trouble  myHlf-"  And  theranpon  ths 
elecUon  was  daipaUhed  in  a  little  tine  — I  think  in  a 
day — and  atl  ended.'  " 

Pope  Alexander  TH.  died  on  22ad  Hay ;  Kod 
Pope  Clement  IX.  waa  elected  on  SOlh  June, 
1667.  Nu.Novnii. 

Exnia  (S"  S.  L  206.)  —  It  waa  with  no  little 
surprise  that  I  read  Mb.  CnuiCB'e  elaborate 
essay  on  the  derivation  of  this  word.  I  thought 
it  bad  been  long  since  decided  that  wa  had  iti 

■  Et  fhtilra  ntounb  tendena 
Fertnr  *qtd»  anrlga,  neqne  andit  carcaa  habeDaa." 
mrg.  Giirf.  I  ei3  ( 

and  similar  passages.  In  fact  the  Italians,  in 
their  redina,  retam  the  three  firat  syllables ; 
while  the  French  have  made  rene  in  the  same 
manner  in  which  they  formed  jpvei  from  toUiei- 
tudo,  cmttin  from  eoiuOHguineut.  As  to  the  n  in 
the  Spanish  rienda,  it  arises  from  the  usage  of  the 
Spanish  language,  which  inserts  or  on)il3  a  liquid 
ad  lib.  Thus,  the  French  tretie,  pmion,  nwjw- 
gier,  are,  in  Spanish,  trenza,  pongona,  mnuagtro; 
while  the  Latin  mtnto,  is  meta, 

I  as  little  agree  with  Ma.  Cbahcb  in  bis  iden- 
tt&cation  of  Jrzabel  and  Itaheh  I  r^ard  this  aa 
a  mere  coincidence,  of  which  there  are  many  ez- 
amplea.  The  Italians  have  Itabetta  and  It^Ua, 
ana  the  French /«ii«(a,  all  fromflimiefA.  I  need 
not  say  that  the  conunutation  of  liquida  and  den- 
tals is  common.  Proper  names,  by  the  way,  un- 
dergo strange  changes.    Fioni  Jecotxu  "^ab  %^kr 


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NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


[8'd  S.  L  Aran*  12,  'ei 


niards  have  made  lago^  Diego^  Jaime^  and  we 
ourselves  James.  Finally,  our  Jack  comes  from 
Jankin  or  Jenkin,  not  from  Jacques  as  Mb.  Chancb 
says.  Tbos.  Kbigutlbt. 

FOOE-BLADBD  ClOVBB  (2-*  S.  IB.  381,  514.)  — 

The  good  fortune  supposed  to  accrue  to  the  finder 
of  such  rarities  as  a  tour-leaved  clover,  a  double- 
topped  ash  T-leaQ  or  (and)  a  green-topped  seave, 
is  expressed  in  the  following  couplet,  heard  at 
Scarborough :  — 

"  With  a  four-leav*d  clover,  double-topp'd  ash  and  green- 
toppM  seave, 
Yoa  may  go  before  the  qaeen*8   daughter  without 
asking  leave." 

It  may  be  remarked  that  seaves  are  the  rushes 
of  which  rush-lights,  or  rush  candles  are  made. 
The  sharp-pointed  ends  of  the  seave  are  almost 
always,  if  not  invariably,  brown  or  withered. 

OZMOIO). 

Carnival  Custom  at  Bouloonb-sur-mee  (2** 
S.  xii.  500.)  —  A  custom  similar  to  that  mentioned 
by  your  correspondent  Sigma  Tau  as  prevalent 
at  BouIo^ne-sur*mer,  still  exists  at  Athens.  Thus 
in  Abours  La  Orece  Contemporaine^  Paris,  1860 
(p.  245),  we  have :  — 

**Le  plus  grand  plaisir  des  masqaes  est  de  prendre  une 
longue  ligne  4  pecher  et  d'attacher  une  g^mblette  aa  boot 
du  fil.  Tous  les  enfants  accourent  dans  I'espoir  de  mordre 
au  g&teaa ;  mais  le  g&teau  re^oit  cent  coups  de  bee  et 
cinquante^coups  delangue  avant  d'etre  entam^:  lepScbeur 
lo  retire  vivement  d^s  qu*il  le*  volt  en  danger.  11  est 
d^fendu,  comme  vous  pouvez  le  croire,  dV  mettre  les 
mains,  et  toute  tentative  de  ce  genre  est  s^ferement  r^- 
prim^e.  Ce  qui  ajoute  k  la  bouffonnerie  de  ce  divertisse- 
ment, c'est  que  la  pecheur  a  soin  de  sa  placer  au  bord 
d*un  ruisseau,  et  que  tout  poisson  maladroit  est  bientCt 
un  poisson  dans  Teau." 

S.  C.  LlBDSAT. 
St.  Paul,  Minnesota. 

Jdbtman*8  Oath  (3'*  S.  i.  52,  138.)  —  I  am 
bound  to  acknowledge  that  Me.  Offoe*8  remark  is 
perfectly  correct, — and  I  am  much  disposed  to 
join  with  him  in  the  astonishment  he  expresses  at 
my  havinpr  fallen  into  such  a  mistake.  I  must, 
however,  beg  leave  to  observe  that  there  are 
words  in  the  juryman^s  oath,  aa  now  used,  which 
do  not  appear  either  in  the  form  used  nt  the  trial 
of  the  regicides,  or  in  the  earlier  form  given  by 
Me.  OrroR  from  Tke  Book  of  Oaths,  1649.  These 
words  being,  "  and  true  verdicts  give,** 

Is  it  known  when  these  words  were  first  intro- 
duced ?  Lumen. 

Medal  (2"«  S.  xi.  172.)  — The  medal  of  which 
Fatoncb  desires  an  explanation  is  one  of  twelve 
medals  struck  on  occasion  of  the  Peace  of  Munster, 
in  1648.  It  is  represented  and  described  in  the 
"  Histoire  M^tallique  de  la  R6publique  de  Hol- 
land, par  M.  Bizot,  nouvelle  Edition,  Amsterdam, 
1688,"  vol  i.  p.  209.  The  medal  in  question  is 
theBixth  in  order :  — 


**La  SiAiemc—LtL  Paix  etla  Justice  qui  s'entfebaisent 
Au  &a«.— Deux  tables  avec  ces  paroles.  Proximo  Deo. 

Dieu  ^tant  pres  de  nous Au  tour.    Pax  cum  Justria 

fora  templa  bt  rura  coronat.  La  Paix  accompigo^ 
de  la  Justice  fait  fleurir  le  N^goce,  la  R^Iicpon  et  rAgri- 
culture.  Revert :  La  Foi  et  la  Pi^t^  qui  se.donnent  lis 
mains.  Au  tour:  Feux  terra  fides  fietati  vm 
JU2CCTA  triumphat.  Ueureuso  la  terre  ou  la  Foi  et  la 
Pi^t^  r^cnent.  Au  haut :  Le  Nom  de  Dieu  en  Hebreo. 
Dans  la  Lointain  la  Yille  de  Munster.'* 

Patonce*8  description  of  the  reverse  is  not 
quite  correct.  The  embracing  figures  are  Peace 
and  Justice.  In  her  right  hand,  Peace  holds  a 
caducous,  with  palm  branch,  ears  of  corn,  'and  a 
sprig  of  moly.  Justice  has  a  sword  in  her  TiAt 
hand,  set  on  with  a  ribbon  caduceus  fashion ;  ner 
head  behind  is  adorned  with  ostrich  feathers,  not 
stars,  as  P.  supposes.  Ozmobd. 

Fridays  and  Fast  Days  (3'*»S.  i.  192,  235.)— 
I  am  obliged  to  F.  C.  U.  for  giving  me  the  op- 
portunity of  correcting  into  better  shape  what  I 
said  on  p.  192.  The  sentence  of  which  he  com- 
plains should  have  stood  thus :  "  All  other  Fri- 
days except  the  Fridays  in  Advent  and  Lent  and 
other  Ember  Fridays,  and  except  any  Christmas 
Day  which  falls  on  a  Friday,  are  days  of  ab- 
stinence.** It  is  also  true  that  all  days  in  Lent, 
except  Sundays,  are  fast  days:  Sundajs  bdng 
abstinence  days  in  Lent  But  this  law  is  subject 
to  dispensation.  And  every  Catholic  bishop,  exer- 
cising ordinary  jurisdiction,  has  the  power  of 
regulating  the  observance  of  Lent  as  to  fasting 
and  abstinence.  Thus,  for  example,  in  England, 
Sundays  are  relieved  from  the  ooligation  of  ab- 
stinence; and  certain  other  days  are  changed 
from  fasting  to  abstinence. 

But  Good  Friday  is,  as  I  said,  a  fast  of  the 
strictest  kind:  that  is,  stricter  than  any  other 
Friday  in  Lent.  Certain  articles  of  food  allowed 
on  the  other  Fridays  are  forbidden  on  Good  Fri- 
day. This  is  what  I  meant  by  saying  that  **  Good 
Friday  b  a  day  of  the  strictest  fast.** 

I  had  not  observed  that  Grood  Friday  had  any- 
where been  described  as  a  feast.  The  statement 
of  F.  C.  H.  as  to  **  the  modern  practice  in  this 
country,**  if  exact,  is  as  he  says,  *'  a  deplorable 
abuse.  But,  if  Good  Friday  is  accepted  in  any 
country  or  district  as  a  Feast,  the  natural,  and 
probably  inevitable  consequence,  is,  that  habits 
will  assume  the  form  so  vividly  characterised  by 
him.  D.  P. 

Malvern  Wells. 

**  Thb  Pbogeessb  op  Pietie  "  (.r«  S.  i.  141.)— 
I  have  just  observed  that  Mb.  Collier,  in  ^  The 
Registers  of  the  Stationers*  Company,*'  says  that 
the  Progresse  of  Pietie  perhaps  never  came  from 
the  press ;  that  it  does  not  seem  to  be  known,  and 
that  possibly  it  was  by  N.  Breton.  It  is  certainly 
a  very  rare  book;  it  was  published  in  1590  or 
1591,  and  again  in  1596:  toe  author  being  John 
Nordeu.    It  was  re-printed  in  the  Parker  Society 


8^  &  I.  Apbil  is,  '62.] 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


299 


Series.  An  imperfect  copy  was  in  the  possession 
of  the  late  Mr.  Stokes,  of  Cheltenham  ;  and  from 
the  examination  of  this,  the  Parker  Society  Conn- 
cil  decided  on  republishing  the  book.  But  as  it 
waa  not  complete,  the  design  could  not  be  carried 
out  till  the  discovery  of  another  copy.  Diligent 
aearch  was  made  in  public  and  private  libraries 
and  country  booksellers  in  vain ;  and  it  was  not 
till  a  considerable  time  had  elapsed,  that  a  second 
copy  was  obtained.  It  was  of  a  later  edition,  and 
many  alterations  had  been  made.  This  book 
(perfect)  now  lies  before  me.  I  transcribe  the 
title-page :  — 

••A  Progresse  of  Pietie;  or.  The  harbour  of  Heauenly 
harts  ease,  to  recreate  the  afflicted  Soales,  of  all  such  as 
are  shat  vp  in  onye  inward  or  outward  affliction.  By 
John  Norden.  Rom.  xii.  Continue  in  Prayer,  London : 
Printed  by  I.  Windet,  for  I.  Oxenbridge,  and  are  to  be 
soalde  in  Panle's  Cburch-yarde,  at  the  signe  of  the 
Parrot,  1696." 

J.  A. 

Numismatic  Query  :  the  Spade  Guinea  (S'** 
S.  i.  230.)  —  In  the  CoUezionc  di  Tavole  Mone- 
larie,  fol.  Venice,  1796,  under  the  head  "Inghil- 
terra,**  there  are  drawings  of  the  reverses  of  two 
guineas  of  George  III. — 1.  The  "  guinea  vecchia," 
date  1785,  on  which  the  imperial  arms  are  repre- 
sented within  an  ornamental  shield;  and  2.  The 
** guinea  nuova^**  which  is  a  spade  ace  guinea,  date 
1788.  From  thin^t  would  appear  that  the  spdde 
guinea  was  for  the  first  time  coined  either  in 
1788,  or  in  the  year  before,  1787,  or  whence  the 
term  nuova.  The  coin  mentioned  by  your  corre- 
spondent as  his  property  is  probably  one  of  the 
earliest  mintage  of  "  spaae  guineas.**  In  my  own 
cabinet  I  have  several  specimens  of  these  coins, 
but  unfortunately  I  and  my  cabinet  are  at  pre- 
sent apart.  I  distinctly  remember  that  at  least 
one  of  them  bears  the  date  1787. 

CHEssnoRouGH  Habbbrton. 
Totness. 

ScARLBTX  Family  (S^^  S.  i.  231.)  —  I  am  in- 
duced to  send  your  Genealogist  the  following 
arms,  as  I  have  never  yet  met  with  them  in  any 
printed  authority.  They  occur  at  p.  87  of  a  MS. 
of  Suffolk  Arms  in  my  possession,  collected  or 
copied  about  the  time  of  Geo.  I.  by  some  provin- 
cial herald  painter,  8vo,  pp.  115:  — 

**  ScarUtt,  Argent,  a  cheveron  gnl^  between  two 
cressents  in  chief,  and  a  battering  ram  in  base  of  y*  2<^<^, 
■long  and  arm'd  azure,  corved  («tc.)  or.  Crest:  a  hnnt- 
ing-norn  of  Durham,  annued  (sic.  annuleted?),  double 
taaselled  or.  —  Given  to  y«  Scarletts  by  y«  Prince  Bishop 
of  Durham,  anno  1402.'* 

The  absence  in  the  MS.  of  any  note  of  descent, 
or  usual  occurrence  of  any  place  of  location,  leads 
to  the  inference  that  the  Scarletts,  if  not  residents 
in  the  county  of  Suffolk,  were  in  some  way  or 
another  connected  with  its  families  as  well  as 
with  the  county  Palatinate.  The  Bishop  of  Dur- 
ham of  that  period  was  Walter  Skirlawe.    H.  G. 


Relative  Valub  of  Horses  iv  Shaksfeare*8 
Time  (3'^  S.  i.  238.)  —  Fastidious  Brisk  expresses 
the  fancy  prices  of  really  good  animals  in  Eliza- 
beth and  James*8  times,  perhaps  with  some  exag- 
geration, but  probably  not  very  far  beyond  the 
truth.  These  prices  could  not  have  been  moderate 
in  former  days,  anv  more  than  in  our  own. 

The  ordinary  prices  are  a  totally  different  thing. 
Upon  these  I  find  amongst  my  adversaria  strons^ 
confirmation  of  Mb.  S.  Mebrtwbatuer's  views. 

In  the  "  inventory  of  all  the  goods,  cattails,  and 
detts  of  Michell  Hampden,  Esquier,  late  of  Hart- 
well  in  the  countie  of  Bucks,  deceased,  praised  in 
March,  ann.  dni.  1570,  et  Reginse  Eliz.  xiii^,  by 
Thomas  Ashfelde,  Robert  Ashfelde,  Thomas  Lee, 
and  Thomas  Saer,  and  others,'*  I  find  the  following 
entries  under  the  head  **  In  the  Stable,**  viz. :  — 

"Item, 
Item, 
Item, 
Item, 
Item, 
Item, 
Item, 
Item, 

I  will  observe  that  at  the  date  of  this  inventory 
Shakspeare  was  only  about  six  years  old.  The 
highly  interesting  dpcument,  from  which  I  have 
made  the  foregoing  extract,  was  kindly  lent  to  me 
some  time  since  by  Dr.  Lee,  the  present  owner 
of  Hartwell,  the  descendant  of  Michell  (or 
Michael)  Hampden.  The  original  b  preserved 
amongst  the  invaluable  muniments  of  Hartwell 
House.  H.  C.  C. 


the  hobbve 

the  aorrell  geldinge  - 

• 

. 

vu 

- 

- 

vw 

the  graye  mare 

- 

• 

vu 

a  horse  colte    - 

• 

- 

iiii" 

a  baye  mare     - 

- 

- 

XXX* 

11  yerlinge  coltes     - 

- 

- 

xl- 

V  cart  horses    - 

« 

- 

xx» 

V  mares 

- 

- 

viii 

xiii«  iUid  » 

MiifcflUtuoujir. 

NOTES  ON  BOOKS,  ETa 

8deetlon»  from  the  Poetry  of  the  Afghani  from  the  IGlh 
to  the  19th  Century^  UteraUy  tramlated  from  the  Oriyincd 
Puthto;  with  Notice*  of  the  different  Authors,  and  Re- 
marks on  the  Mystic  Doctrine  and  Poetry  of  the  Svfis.  By 
CapUin  H.  G.  Raverty,  H.M,  Brd  Bombay  Native  In^ 
fantry,    (Williams  &  Norgate.) 

Every  one  who  contributes  to  oar  better  knowledge  of 
the  character,  habits,  and  modes  of  thought  of  any  of 
those  vast  races,  whom  Providence  for  some  wise  purpose 
has  brought  under  English  influence,  does  good  service 
both  to  them  and  to  us.    Captain  Raverty,  therefore,  is 
entitled  to  the  g^ood  word,  not  only  of  every  student  of 
popular  literature,  and  of  every  ethnologist,  for  the  present 
carious  illustrations  of  the  poetry  and  mysticism  of  the 
Afghans,  bat  his  work  deserves  the  attention  of  all  who 
are  likely  to  enter  into  any  political  relations  with  the 
bold,  hardy,  and  imaginative  race,  of  whose  poets  wo 
have  in  the  work  before  us  many  extremely  interesting 
specimens.     But  Captain  Raverty  has  done  yet  better 
service  than  by  publishing  these  translations  from  the 
Pushto  or  Afghan  language :  for  he  has  given  us  both 
a  Grammar  and  Dictionary  of  that  language,  which  are 
highly  commended  by  those  qnalifled  to  judge  of  their 
merits;  and  also  a  series  of  selections,  prose  and  poetical, 
from  Afghan  writers. 


300 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


[3'«iS.LApiui.12»'82. 


Domettic  Annals  of  Scotland,  from  the  Reformation  to 
the  Revolution,  By  Robert  Cbamben,  F.R.S.E.  2  Vols. 
(Chambers.) 

Domestic  Annals  of  Scotland^  from  the  Revolution  to  the 
RebdKon  of  1745.  By  Bobert  Chambers,  F.B.S.E. 
(Chambers.) 

While  we  are  willing  to  admit  that  there  is  something 
thoroughly  exciting  in  studying  the  public  history  of 
States — their  wars,  revolutions,  gradual  development,  or 
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ing to  study  the  people  in  tneir  social  rather  than  their 
political  character;  and  while  watching  their  advance  in 
the  scale  of  nations,  to  note  their  domestic  and  material 
progress.  Ho  better  proof  of  this  could  be  furnished  thain 
by  the  three  volumes  whose  titles  stand  transcribed  at 
tne  head  of  this  notice.  In  these  has  Mr.  Chambers, 
with  infinite  research,  accumulated  a  mass  of  materials 
illustrative  of  the  Domestic  Annals  of  Scotland ;  so  that, 
while  from  the  abundance  of  gossip  and  anecdote  con- 
tained in  them,  they  form  a  history  full  of  amusement ; 
on  the  other  hand,  from  the  judicious  manner  in  which 
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anecdote,  matter  of  instruction  and  warning,  hia  book  is 
one  which  may  be  referred  to  with  advantage,  not  only 
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them.  The  President,  Earl  Stanhope,  exhibited  the  ori- 
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of  its  author,  Lord  Byron ;  a  letter  of  Beojamin  Fruklia 
to  the  grandfather  of  the  present  Earl  Stanhope,  giving 
the  writer's  opinion  of  Lord  Chatham  as  an  orator  and  a 
statesman;  and  two  letters  of  Lord  Bolingbrake  (in 
French)  to  the  Abb^  Alary.  Foremost  among  the  valu- 
able autographs  exhibited  by  Mr.  Tite,  Yice-Presidant  of 
the  Society,  must  be  named  an  nnpnblisbed  hologiiph 
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the  scarcest  of  autographs  (except  when  found  k  t 
book),  that  of  Izaak  Walton.  Mr.  Winter  Jonee  exki* 
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ton, &C.  Mr.  More  Molyneux,  F.S. A,  of  Loeeler  Park, 
exhibited  four  superb  holograph  letters  of  SackviUe  (Lord 
Buckhurst),  of  Dr.  Donne,  of  John  Aubrey,  and  of  Dean 
Nowell.  Mr.  Boone  sent  what  he  believed  to  be  an  nnkms 
letter  of  Samuel  Butler,  author  of  Hudibras,  Mr.  E.  fi. 
Jupp,  F.S.  A,  exhibited  two  MSS.  of  Burns.  The  Society 
of  Antiquaries,  from  considerations  of  space,  contented  | 
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curious  as  being  the  only  volume  known  to  have  belonged 
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holographs  of  Tom  Paine,  Shenstone,  and  Dr.  Dodd. 

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Issued  in  MuwTHLT  Parts.  The  Smbserwtion /or  Bvaispao  Oortmfif 
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jopour  t^M.assBs,  Bau.  and  Dau>t,  18^  Fjlbbt  SraaBSb  p>C*|  to  wkoa 
all  GoMsiDmeAnoiis  voa  ni  Eonoa  nomUt  bsi  " 


3^  a  L  Apbil  19,  '61] 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


301 


LONHON,  SATURDAY,  APRIL  19,  1863. 


CONTENTS.— N«.  16. 


KOTBS:— The  Old  Countess  of  Desmond,  801  — Extracts 
flrom  Original  Contemporaneous  Correspondence  at  the 
period  of  the  Landing  of  the  Prince  of  Orange,  303  — 
Alexander  Brodie,  305— The  Drunkard's  Conceit,  i6.— 
Mathematical  Bibliography,  306. 

JkivoB  NoTBBt— Anecdote  of  George  III.  — Curious  Soot- 
iish  Medical  Eecipes— William  Lithgow  —  Lea  Wilson's 
••  Oataloffuo  of  Pamphlets  "  —  Executions  in  Prance.  1831- 
IfMM)  —  Bobinson  Crusoe  —  Arms  of  Earl  of  Stair — H6tcl 
dca  Invalides  k  Paris,  307. 

QUEBIES :  —  Kingsmills  of  Sidmanton,  809  —  Arms  of 
Irish  Peers  —  Autograplis  of  Qoetho  —  Brausgrovc  Family 
—  H.  Campbell  —  Canadian  Seigneurs  —  Dr.  Joseph  Pord 
— The  Isley  Family  of  Kent  —  Cromwell  Lee  ~  Bev.  John 
Lewis  —  Macgratn,  Bishop  Berkeley's  Giant  —  OfHcial 
Arms  —  Properties  of  Greek  Statues—  Puritans  and  Pres- 
to terians  in  Ireland — Nathaniel  Banew  —  C.  L.  Bcddel  — 
Spirituality :  Spiritualty —'*  Scraps  from  the  Mountains  " 
—Sidney,  Lady  Morgan's  Arms  — Tom  Thumb  — Tithe, 
809. 

QUBKISB  WITH  AirswxBS:  —  Noujuring  Bishops  aud  their 
Ordinations  —  Walker's  "  Sufferings  of  the  Clergy  "  —  His- 
tory, of  PhoDnida-  Introduction  of  Pheasants— Adrian 
IV.,  311. 

REPLIES :  — The  King's  Evil,  318— Christopher  Wandcs- 
fbrdo.  814— The  Use  of  the  Verb  "Matter"  — Fossils  — 
Privilege  of  being  covered  in  the  Boyal  Presence  —  But- 
land:  County  or  Sliire  —  Universal  Suffhige— All  Hallow 
Even  —  Curious  Custom  at  Walsall  —  Orange  Butter  — 
Turgesius  the  Dmic — Scriptiuro  Paraphrase  —  Army  and 
Navy  Lists  —Tankervi lie— Arms  in  Ifoble's  "Cromwell 
Family  "  —  Taylor  Family,  &c.,  316. 


THE  OLD  COUNTESS  OF  DESMOND. 

So  many  communications  were  made  to  "  N.  & 
Q.**  some  years  ago  (particularly  iu  the  years 
1S50,  1851,  and  1852),  respecting  the  long-liyed 
Countess  of  Desmond  —  in  which  a  part  was  taken 
by  some  of  its  most  distinguished  correspondents 
(now  alas  deceased !)  Lord  Viscount  Strangford, 
Lord  Braybrooke,  Mr.  Wilson  Croker,  and  Arch- 
deacon Rowan,  as  well  as  by  the  present  Knight 
of  Kerry,  Mr.  Markland,  and  others,  —  that  its 
readers  may  be  interested  to  be  made  cognisant 
of  an  article  which  has  appeared  in  the  last  num- 
ber of  the  Dublin  Review,  in  which  the  whole 
history  of  the  yenerable  lady  in  question,  and  the 
controyersies  about  her  identity,  her  longevity, 
and  her  portraiture,  are  passed  under  considera- 
tion :  the  principal  writers  reviewed  being :  1. 
The  Hon.  Horace  Walpole,  in  his  Inquiry  on  the 
subject,  1758 ;  2.  Mr.  SainthiU  in  his  Olla  PodridOj 
1844;  3.  Mr.  Herbert  F.  Hore,  in  the  Quarterly 
Review,  1853  ;  4.  Sir  Bernard  Burke  in  Vicissi' 
tudes  of  Families,  1860;  5.  Archdeacon  Rowan  in 
The  Old  Countesse  ofDesrttonde :  her  Identitie ;  her 
Portraiture;  her  Desceute,  1860;  and  G.  Mr. 
SainthiU,  in  the  Proceedings  of  the  Royal  Irish 
Academy  J 1861. 

The  writer  in  the  Dublin  Review  has  arranged 
in  consecutive  order  the  several  testimonies  to 
the  old  Countess  of  Desmond,  upon  which  her 


celebrity  was  first  established.  They  consist  of: 
1.  a  passage  in  Sir  Walter  Ralegh*s  History  of  the 
World,  1614 ;  2.  one  in  Fynes  MoryBon*s  Itinerary, 
1617;  3.  one  in  Lord  mcon*s  History  of  Ltfe 
and  Death,  1 623 ;  4.  one  in  the  same  author** 
Natural  History,  1627 ;  5.  one  in  Archbishop 
Usher*s  Chronohgia  Sacra;  6.  one  in  the  MS. 
Table-booh  of  Robert  Sydney,  Earl  of  Leicester ; 
7.  one  in  Sir  William  Temple's  Essay  of  Health 
and  Long  Life ;  and  8.  of  a  tradition  of  the  old 
Countess's  dancing  with  King  Richard  IIL,  lin- 
gering in  various  quarters,  but  apparently  not 
reduced  to  writing  before  the  days  of  the  author 
of  the  Historic  Doubts, 

Of  these  authorities,  Lord  Bacon  and  Archbishop 
Usher  are  shown  to  bo  derivative  from  Fynes 
Moryson  ;  the  Earl  of  Leicester  in  part  from  Sir 
Walter  Ralesh,  and  in  part  from  personal  commu- 
nication with  Harriot  the  philosopher,  a  friend 
and  contemporary  of  Ralegh ;  and  Sir  William 
Temple  from  the  Earl  of  Leicester.  Most  of 
them  imported  into  the  story  misapprehensions 
and  exaggerations,  which  are  cdrefulfy  dissected 
and  laid  bare  by  the  reviewer. 

All  other  biographies  of  the  old  Countess  are 
drawn  from  the  sources  above-mentioned;  and 
on  the  whole  the  most  comprehensive  and  com- 
plete is  that  which  is  given  by  Pennant  in  his 
Tour  in  Scotland,  accompanying  an  engraving  of 
the  Portrait  at  Dupplin  Castle.  I  will  quote  it 
in  order  to  show  the  various  points  in  which  the 
Dublin  Reviewer  has  now  shown  Pennant  to  bo 
mistaken :  — 

**  Bat  the  most  remarkable  is  a  bead  of  the  celebrated 
Countess  of  Desmond,  whom  the  apologists  for  the  aeurper 
Richard  III.  bring  in  as  an  evidence  against  the  received 
opinion  of  his  deformity.  She  was  daughter  of  the  Fitr- 
Geralds  of  Druraana,  in  the  county  of  Waterford  (Smith's 
Hist,  of  Cork,  ii.86) ;  and  married,  in  the  reign  of  Edward 
IV.,  James  fourteenth  Earl  of  Desmond ;  was  in  England 
in  the  same  reign,  and  danced  at  court  with  his  brother 
Richard,  then  Duke  of  Gloucester.  She  was  then  a  widow, 
for  Sir  Walter  Raleigh  savs  she  held  her  jointure  from  all 
the  Earls  of  Desmond  since  that  time.  (History  of  the 
JVorld,  book  i.  chap.  v.  sect  5.)  She  lived  to  the  ago  of 
some  years  above  a  hundred  and  forty,  and  died  in  the 
reign  of  James  I.  It  appears  that  she  retained  her  full 
vigor  in  a  very  advanced  time  of  life ;  for  the  ruin  of  the 
house  of  Desmond  reduced  her  to  poverty,  aud  obliged 
her  to  take  a  journey  from  Bristol  to  London  to  solicit 
relief  from  the  court,  at  a  time  she  was  above  a  hundred 
and  forty.  (Sir  W.  Temple's  Essay  on  Health  and  Long 
Life.  Vide  his  ITorAs,  folio  ed.  i.  278.)  She  also  once  or 
twice  renewed  her  teetli ;  for  Lord  Bacon  assures  us,  in 
his  Hist,  of  Life  and  Deaths  ter  jter  vices  dentisse ;  and 
in  his  Natural  History  mtniiou8  that  phe  did  dentire  twice 
or  thrice,  casting  her  old  teeth,  and  others  coming  in 
their  place.   (Cent.  viii.  sect.  755.)" 

1 .  Sir  Walter  Ralegh  affirmed  that  the  old  Coun- 
tess of  Desmond  *'was  married  in  Edward  the 
Fourth's  time,  and  held  her  joynture  froih  all  the 
Earles  of  Desmond  since  then.**  The  latter  clause 
of  this  sentence  was  disproved  so  long  since  as  the 
year  1750,  when  Dr.  Smith,  in  his  ffi%(or^  oj  vVr 


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NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


[8^  a  L  April  19,  *6S. 


CounJtu  and  City  of  Corke^  made  known  that  she 
was  the  widow  of  Thomas  Earl  of  Desmond,  who 
died  in  1534 ;  the  former  part  is  now,  for  the  first 
time,  shown  to  be  erroneous  by  a  document  which 
mentions  a  former  wife,  "  Gjles  ny  Cormyk,  wife 
of  Sir  Thomas  of  Desmond  "  (Earl  in  1529),  as 
still  liTinff  in  1528.  This  Gyles,  or  Shela,  is 
known  to  have  been  the  grandmother  of  James  who 
succeeded  her  husband  in  the  earldom  in  1534, 
and  therefore  she  must  haye  continued  the  wife  of 
**  Sir  Thomas  of  Desmond,**  afterward  Earl  Thomas 
the  Bald,  durins  the  greater  part  of  his  life :  whilst 
Kattelyn  Fitz-John,  who  subsequently  became 
*^  the  Old  Countess,"  was  certainly  not  married  to 
him  until  after  the  date  above  mentioned,  and 
probably  in  the  following  year,  1529,  when  Earl 
Thomas  succeeded  to  the  earldom,  and  when — 
there  is  every  reason  to  suppose  on  the  occasion 
of  his  re-marriage, — he  granted  the  country  of  the 
Decies  to  his  new  wife*s  father,  a  junior  branch 
of  his  own  line  of  Fitz-Gerald. 

2.  Pennant  is  wrone  in  saying  "James  four- 
teenth** instead  of  Thomas  thirteenth  Earl  of 
Desmond.  Into  this  error  he  was  led  by  an  un- 
authorised alteration  made  by  Horace  Walpole  of 
the  statement  in  Smith's  History  of  Cork, 

3.  It  appears  that  Pennant  and  Sir  William 
Temple  ana  the  Earl  of  Leicester  were  all  wrong 
in  the  story  about  the  Countess,  in  extreme  old 
ase,  taking  a  journey  by  way  of  Bristol  to  the 
English  court.  This  anecdote  has  been  ascer- 
tained to  belong  to  Elenor  Countess  of  Desmond, 
the  widow  of  the  rebel  Earl,  who  came  to  Queen 
Elizabeth  in  the  year  1587,  and  obtained  a  pen- 
sion of  200/.  These  facts  are  fully  elucidated  by 
some  interesting  documents  procured  from  the 
State  Paper  Office,  which  arc  printed  at  length 
in  Mr.  Sainthill*s  recent  essay. 

4.  As  to  the  Countess*s  extreme  longevity.  It 
appears  to  have  been  much  overrated.  The  reviewer 
remarks  that,  "  after  having  ascertained  that  she 
was  a  bride  and  a  mother  (for  she  ^ave  birth  to  a 
daughter,  Katherine,  wife  of  Phibp  Barry  oge), 
late  in  the  reign  of  Henry  the  Eighth,  instead  of 
that  of  Edwu*a  the  Fourth,  we  must  certainly  de- 
duct largely  from  her  reputed  years.  It  is  more 
likely  that  they  were  a  hundrcd-and-four  than  a 
hundred-and- forty.'* 

5.  "It  is  now  clear  that  she  can  never  have 
danced  with  Richard  Duke  of  Gloucester.  But, 
after  all,  her  reminiscences  of  him  may  have  come 
from  her  husband :  for  the  Bald  old  Earl,  having 
been  fifty  years  her  senior,  may  have  seen  the 
Prince,  either  in  England,  or  in  Dublin,  if  Glou- 
cester ever  was  there.** 

6.  As  to  having  three  sets  of  teeth,  the  reviewer 
shows  this  to  have  been  a  marvel,  and  a  physical 
impossibility;  because  the  human  teeth  are  not 
«*  bred  **  (in  the  phrase  of  Bacon,  and  the  other 
old  writers),  but  both  the  first  and  the  second 


sets  are  born  with  us,  in  little  ba^s  or  nests, 
from  which  they  grow  into  maturity.  There- 
fore, whatever  instances  there  are  in  the  stories  of 
the  Countess  of  Desmond  or  other  long-iiyed  per« 
sons  of  teeth  being  renewed  in  old  age,  can  only 
apply  to  the  cutting  of  a  few  teeth  of  the  secmid 
set  that  accidentally  had  been  undeyeloped  at 
an  earlier  period  of  life,  and  not  to  any  third  set. 
In  connexion  with  this  subjeqt,  the  reviewer  no- 
tices a  remarkable  error  that  pervades  oar  princi- 
pal English  dictionaries :  Bacon's  word  dentire^ 
taken  u'om  the  French  **  Dentir,  to  breed  youag 
teeth*^  (Cotgrave),  is  converted  into  dentise  in  aU 
the  editions  of  Johnson,  and  by  Richardson,  1844, 
and  into  dentize  by  Dr.  Noah  Webster,  the  Ameri^ 
can  lexicographer. 

With  respect  to  the  termination  of  the  Coun- 
tcss*s  life,  the  reviewer  shows  that  there  is  no 
reason  to  doubt  the  distinct  statement  of  a  pedi- 
gree in  the  Lambeth  library  (among  the  genealo- 
gical collections  of  Sir  George  Carew,  Earl  of 
Totness),  that  "she  died  in  anno  1604.**  Any 
statement  to  the  contrary  does  not  stand  the  test 
of  examination. 

Lastly,  as  to  her  Portraiture.  The  Dublin 
Reviewer  has  gone  over  the  whole  of  this  por« 
tion  of  the  subject,  recounting  the  correspon- 
dence of  Walpole,  Cole,  Granger,  and  Pennant, 
and  giving  the  history  and  description  of  the 
several  pictures,  so  far  as  he  could  ascertain 
them.  With  the  Quarterly  Reviewer  of  1858,  he 
is  unwilling  to  surrender  the  authenticity  of  the 
picture  belonging  to  Mr.  Herbert  at  Mucross 
Abbey,  which  the  former  critic  characterised  as 
**  aristocratic,  patrician,  and  placid,  though  deeply 
traced  with  sorrow.  She  carries  the  historic 
*prowde  countenance  of  the  Greraldines*  of  her 
day.'*  The  Dublin  Reviewer  also  contends,  against 
the  assumption  of  Walpole,  that  the  pictures  at 
Windsor  Castle  and  at  Dupplin  Castle  are  not 
identical.  He  further  remarxs  that  '*  It  b  desir- 
able that  the  picture  at  Chatsworth  should  be 
examined ;  '*  which  Mr.  Pennant  found  to  resemble 
exactly  his  print  from  the  picture  at  Dupph'n 
Castle.  Through  the  kindness  of  the  Duke  of 
Devonshire,  who  has  allowed  his  picture  to  be 
brought  to  the  house  of  the  National  Portrait 
Gallerjr  for  that  purpose,  I  have  now  the  pleasure 
of  stating  that  this  examination  will  be  satisfac- 
torily accomplished ;  and,  further,  that  some  others 
of  the  portraits  are  likely  to  be  assembled  for  the 
purpose  of  comparison.  When  that  comparison 
nas  taken  place,  I  will  inform  the  reaaers  of 
"  N.  &  Q.**  of  the  result. 

On  the  whole,  it  may  now  be  concluded  that 
the  identity  and  the  history  of  the  long-lived  Coun- 
tess of  Desmond  are  well  ascertained,  her  great 
but  no  longer  marvellous  longevity  is  nearly,  if  not 
precisely,  determined, —  it  was  her  seventy  years* 
widowhood^  during  the  days  of  several  of  her  hus- 


8*'ai.APBiLll>,*62.] 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


303 


lMuid*8  snccessors,  that  first  made  her  especially 
memorable;  and  it  onlj  remains  to  be  decided 
whether  any  one  of  her  many  portraits  can  be  re- 
garded as  genuine.  John  Gough  Nichols. 


EXTRACTS  FROM  ORIGINAL  CX)NTEMPORA- 
NEOUS.  CORRESPONDENCE  AT  THE  PERIOD 
OP  THE  LANDING  OF  THE  PRINCE  OF 
ORANGE. 

The  letters  from  which  we  print  extracts  for 
the  first  time,  occur  in  a  volume  collected  by  Mr. 
Harrington,  whom  we  mentioned  in  our  extracts 
relating  to  the  circumstances  of  the  University  of 
Oxford  in  the  reign  of  James  II.,  and  were  ad- 
dressed to  him  by  several  correspondents,  and, 
amongst  others,  by  Mr.  Arthur  Maynwaring, 
Dr.  Nicholas  Stratford,  Bishop  of  Chester,  and 
Dr.  George,  afterwards  Bishop  Smallridge,  the 
Favonius  of  the  I'ader^  then  Incumbent  of  the 
Broadway  Chapel,  Westminster.  The  volume 
now  forms  part  of  the  extensive  and  valuable  col- 
lection of  MSS.  preserved  at  Narford  Hall,  Nor- 
folk, the  residence  of  Mr.  Andrew  Fountaine. 
They  throw  considerable  light  upon  the  popular 
sentiments  of  the  period,  and  reveal  the  change 
of  opinions  veering  with  the  passing  events,  such 
as  the  Declaration  of  Conscience,  Vie  Trial  of  the 
Seven  Bishops,  the  Birth  of  the  **  Old  Pretender,** 
the  landing  of  the  Prince  of  Orange,  and  the  Ab- 
dication of  James  II.  The  first  extract  relates 
to  some  proceedings  consequent  on  the  death  of 
Sir  Edmunbury  Godfrey  :  — 

Impeadttnent  of  Mr,  Fiizharrit, 

<«  April,  1681,  M^  Fitzharrb'  Case.^Mr  F.,  son  of  S' 
£dw.  Fitzharris,  was  aboat  Feb.  1G80  produced  by  Sir 
WilL  Waller,  as  one  y*  designed  to  turn  the  Popish  Plot 
OD  y*  Presbyterians :  this  he  comroanicated  to  Mr.  Ere- 
rard,  who,  seeming  to  comply,  ordered  M'  Smith  and  S' 
W.  W.  to  be  hidden  in  his  chamber  and  overhear  y*  dis- 
course,  and  he  having  acquainted  his  Ma)^  with  y* 
ordered  him  to  be  taken.  On  y*  March  2G.  The  CoiTions 
impeached  Fitzharris  lately  removed  to  the  Tower,  but 
y  L^  refused  to  proceed  on  y*  impeachment,  and 
ordered  that  he^s*^  be  proceeded  against  according  to 
Law.*  The  Comons  resolvd  that  this  was  a  denial  of 
Justice,  and  an  obstruction  to  y*  discovery  of  y*  Popish 

Slot.  April  27.  He  was  calle:l  to  be  tryed  by  a  Grand 
uiy.  Sir  W.  W.  Michael  Godfrey  (foreman)  desired  to 
be  satisfied  of  the  legality  of  y*  procedure,  but  J.  Jones 
•itting  there  alone  refused  to  give  his  opinion  but  in  a 
Inll  court,  80  y  next  day  it  was  resolvd  by  y«  Judges  y» 
he  ought  to  be  tryed.  May  b^K  M'  F.  was  ordered  to 
argue  hia  plea,  w<i>  was  subscribed  by  S**  Fr.  Winnington', 
Ur,  Williams,  Mr.  PoUexfenS,  and  Mr.  Wallop,  who 
were  assigned  him    as  Counsel,  who  alledged  th'   y* 

*  The  circumstances  of  this  impeachment  will  be  found 
in  Macpherson's  Hittory  of  Great  Britain,  vol.  i.  cb.  y. 
11.841-3. 

*  Sir  Francis  Winninglon,  Solicitor- General  to  Charles 
II.  Jan.  23, 1675-9. 

'  Sir  Henry  Pollexfen,  Attorney- General,  March  9, 
1C89. 


treason  and  impeachment  whereof  he  was  accused  was 
y*  same  with  y*  in  y*  Indictment,  and  so  pray<^  stop  of 

Srocedure.  To  this  Finch  ^  Maynard  ^  Jefferys*,  and 
andcra  argued  that  y*  impeachment  mencioned  only 
treason  In  general  terms,  but  y*  indictment  was  special 
in  several  circumstances.  The  conclusion  of  it  was  referd 
to  y*^  Saturday  following.  May  25.  The  judges  went  to 
y*  Tower,  and  took  his  further  deposition  concerning  Sir 
Edm.  Godfrey." 

Trial  of  the.  Seven  Bishops. 

(Anon). — *<The  proceedings  at  Kg.'s  Bench  yon  w<i 
have  from  London  by  public  and  private  letters,  but  they 
did  not  tell  you  perhaps  how  warm  y*  Bp  of  Pet.^  was, 
T*  he  did  speak  hotly  to  Wi.  Wi.^,  and  that  his  brethren 
had  much  ado  to  perswade  bim,  as  they  came  along,  not 
to  fall  foul  on  the  iudges.  He  was  for  shaking  F.  Petre 
in  the  council,  at  least,  for  calling  him  Traitor,  but  was 
overruled  by  his  Metropolitan  and  Colleagues." 

(G.  S.)^— "The  second  part  of  D'  SherlockV  Preserva- 
tive is  come  out  .  .  .  Serjeant  has  attackt  Stillingfleet  * 
about  the  Buler^  Faith.  The  L<*  Dover  advicd  sending 
the  Bp*  to  the  lower,  but  was  not  heard.  A  proclama- 
tion for  reading  the  Declaration  and  dispensing  it  by  the 
Sheriffs  was  sent  to  the  Press,  but  upon  notice  that  the 
Temporal  Lords  w<*  petition,  was  recatd." 

(Anon.)  **  May  80  (T.  N.)  —  Some  people  say  the  Bp 
of  Canterbury  is  already  suspended,  others  y*  the  Pe- 
titioning bP*  are  all  to  appear  before  the  privy  Council ; 
tls  thought  it  will  end  only  in  a  reprimand.  The  Ecc 
Comm"  and  the  judges  having  shifted  it  from  themselves, 
the  Chancellor  was  of  opinion  that  it  was  onely  tryable 
at  Westminster  Hall,  and  the  12  judges  returned  the 
complement 

**  The  Declaration  was  read  at  fewer  places  last  Sunday 
than  before;  a  parcell  of  'em  came  hither  on  Monday 
night,  directed  to  the  Chancellor  of  the  Diocess,  or  in  his 
absence  to  Cooper  the  Register,  who  has  distributed  them 
amongst  the  Clergy  by  his  apparitors,  tho'  he  knows  not 
from  whom  they  came.  Dr.  Woodward '  of  Oriel,  who 
has  a  Commission  to  execute  the  Episcopal  power  during 
the  vacancy,  tells  me  he  knows  nothing  of  the  matter.'* 

*'  June  9  f  Anon.) — It  was  ab*  5  o*cIock  when  y*  B — pa 
appeared  before  y*  K.  and  Council.  They  were  examined 

severely Tis  said  they  were  asked  whether  they 

ownd  y*  Petitio.  w^  now  I  hear  v*  Attorney  says  they 
scrupled  to  do  (if  y*  be  credible)  but  upon  2  thought 
did  own  it.  Then  order  was  given  that  they  should 
enter  into  Recognizances  for  appearing  at  y«  K— *s  B. ; 
but  this  they  refused  as  a  diminuco.  of  y*  right  of  peer- 
age, and  said  they  were  taught  y*  a  bare  appearance  was 
as  much  as  by  law  could  be  expected  fro.  them.  Upon 
^eh  a  warrant  was  drawn  for  comitting  them  to  y" 
Tower,  and  subscribed  by  y*  whole  Privy  Counc —  (ex- 
cept Sir  F.  Yernley)  w*»  is  said  to  run  thus,  —  for  con- 

-t  Heneago  Finch,  Solicitor-General,  Jan.  IS,  1G79~8C. 
5  John  Maynard,  Serjeant.— Chalmers,  xxL  495. 
s  Jeffervs,  the  infamous  Judge  Jeffer^'s. 

7  Thom'as  White,  bishop  of  Peterborough,  1685-91. 

8  Sir  WilUam  Williams,  Solicitor- General,  Dec.  18, 
1687— 9.-4Seo  Macaulay,  iL  875. 

^  George  Smallridge,  afterwards  Bishop  of  BristoL 
»  Dr.  William    Sheriock  published    the  Preservative 

Ser- 
dls- 

cionrse  concerning  the  Nature  and  Grounds  of  the  Cer- 
tainty of  Fajth,  in  answer  to  J.  S.  his  CatboHck  Letters. 
(lb.  vi.  361.) 

«  Joseph  Woodward  of  Oriel,  D.C.L.  1687.— W<i<i«lX 
Athen.  Oxon.  f  Vistt,  U.  ^QV« 


KOTES  AND  QUERIEa 


[B^S.LAnoLl^'n. 


tririnjr,  writiog,  ind  publishing  a  acditloiu  pap«i  a(t<  j' 
K.  inS  Got,  iTiej  w«re  foUowed  to  y"  Towar  by  ■  grett 
coDConn  or  people,  nad  Iutc  baea  mucli  vuiled  Id  dmr.  " 
"June  12.— The  biahopi  in  the  Tover  pnjhird.  Bath 
and  Wdla  hlut  ths  people  m  fas  went  very  cordlallv. 
Tbe<r  Uriah  Ihe  King's  hullli  u  on  at  the;  drink  to- 
nthtr.  The  belli  bL  X*  Church  and  Magdalen  rang  on 
Inndaj  nigbt  for  tbe  birth  of  the  Priaee.  S'  John 
Emiey*  tia  laid  did  not  subsoribe  the  warrant  for  com-  I 
initment.  The  Attome}'  and  BollicitoT  ^  are  biuio  in  ' 
preparing  tha  chuga.    Boats  on  Iha  r 


ntumsd ;  tho  B^ns  gars  him  ■  great  rnanj  good  wtaia, 
but  I  hear  a  Quo  frarrwUii  is  eoaiiag. 

"  One  Id  Cot.  Uiocesa  read  the  Fi.  Protect.  Brief  the 
day  the  Daclaration  ah'  haTe  bean  read,  and  hU  pMtlh 
began  to  oiots  till  he  nndec''  them.  The  B>*  aO  Tec* 
the  Sacrament  in  the  Tower,  and  cuna  through  a  Lane 
of  people  kneeling  to  beg  their  blening.     Tbay  sent  by 


Birth  of  Princt  Jama. 

"  June  yil2.  We  had  like  to  ;haTe  lost  bim  (the 
prince)  to  day  by  a  conToleion  w''  now  (to  night)  I  hear 
vi"'  aoroe  is  dwindled  into  a  hickup  ....  I  hear  he  waa 
christnd  yeataid.  afi«r  N.,  but  y'  nameing  Him  li  deferrd 
to  some  greater  aolamnity,  and  to  be  done  w"*  much  itate, 

yPopeorCofFr.  w'i>  j'  D.  of  ModanaGodf s  and 

Qu.  Dow.  0 —  U Just  now  one  comes  in  w"*  y 

joyfull  nawi  that  all  is  wait  and  sura." 

"  Thar  asy  y*  Blah — pa  will  not  bring  their  Habeas 
Corpus  in  Older  to  be  baitd  y  next  term,  bat  will  waite 
to  be  proceeded  ag',  insistine  on  y°  Kigbt  of  Peer.  A 
general  amneaty  Is  promised,' 

"August  y*  9.  (Letter  from  A,  M.)— A  print  of  y' 
7  Bt*  ia  come  ont  here  and  in  Holland.  They  are  repre- 
sented on  a  medal  giTiag  their  blessing  to  y<  Guarda  la 
y  Tower  w>x  tbii  derice  written  ab'  it,  "  Probis  honori, 
utamjai  milia."  On  y*  leTars  of  y*  medal  there  is  a 
Balance  where  y<  power  of  y*  K.,  represented  by  y*  Sun, 
is  in  one  scale,  and  y*  cause  of  y  Church  on  y*  right  of 
T"  Br*  under  y*  emblem  of  3'  moon  ia  in  y'  other. 
The  balance  appeara  equal  as  jet  w*''  thea  words ;  Sic  aol 
lnn«i'  in  LibrL  The  same  Oust  aalai  y'  In  Holland 
tbej  go  byv*  diatlngoiahing  charaeterofy' true  disciple* 
ofJ.X'." 

(From  A.U.)i  — "I  know  not  whether  you  may  mast 
w""  y*  pspat  y'  was  praeontad  to  y"  K.  by  7  Bt".  and 
tharefbre  111  write  it  1.  We  are  not  araree  to  y*  reading 
7*  H— a  Dec.  for  Lib.  of  C.  for  want  of  due  tendamua 
towards  y  Dissenters,  in  ralaco.  to  w  we  shali  come  to 
such  a  temper  as  abell  be  thought  fit,  when  y  matter 
comes  to  be  conslderd.  and  settled  in  Pariiamt.  end  Con- 
TOcatio.  2.  The  Decla.  being  founded  on  auch  a  Die- 
penslng  Power  as  may  at  pleasure  make  Toid  all  laws, 
Eocl.  and  CiTil,  seems  to  ua  illegal,  as  it  did  to  y'  Par. 
Uam"  in  62  and  72,  and]  therefore  we  ,'euDt  make  onr- 
selTes  so  much  pirtiee  in  it  ai  y*  reading  it  In  church  in 
time  of  DiTlne  service  will  amount  to.  It  was  read  oaly 
in  West  Abbey  and  6  other  places  in  y<  City.  The  ff. 
resented  it  highly,  and  has  been  often  in  council  since." 

"  June  11.— The  news  of  the  Prince  Is  true.    He  ia  a 

jolly  lad,  but  he  hai  had  a  couTuIsion  fit.    The  Princess 

ah''  liaie  been  entertained  wi""  a  copy  of  English  Terse* 

I  by  3,  made  by  Alterbury,  a  aoag  by  King,  and 


:.  But  all  that  talk  ia  t>\ 


.  Tho  V.  C  is 


y,  PriTy  Councillor,  April  21,  1679; 

Exchequer  Not.  21,  1679—89. 

Dwia,  Attorney-General  1  Sir  William 


by  Mr.  I 

•  Sir  John  Ern! 
Chancellor  of  the 

'  Sir  Thomaa  : 
Wiiliama,  Solicitor-GeneraL 

^  A  Memoir  of  Artbur  Mayawaring,  who 
of  Bp  Smallridga,  will  be  found  in  Chalmers's  Biog. 
xxl.  fiOO.    Hie  uncle,  with  whom  he  lired,  and  whi 
mention!  in  another  letter  aa  being  In  the  Tower,  inapirad 
-with  him  a  dislike  to  the  goremment  of  William  III. 

"  Gilbert  Ironside,  D.D.,  Warden  of  Widtum  College. 
{.dO.  Or.  liuti.  a.  *0L) 


leir  comptunent  upon  tbePrincM  birth. 
OiMubicfafAe  Judgn. 

I.  SacheTarel  has 
. _  was  in  his  com- 
pany. He  has  a  face  and  mien  w*>>  promises  the  least  of 
I  any  I  OTer  saw  ....  Sir  Willoughby  has  lest  a  Deputy 
'  Lieutenancy  in  Nottinghamahira,  and  expects  to  Umb 
another  he  has  In  Lincolnshire.  The  D.  of  Newcastle 
petitioned  to  be  dismissed  from  his  Lfeutenanceys  of 
Nottingham  and  Northumberland,  and  recammendad  t* 
fala  Ha<i>  those  whom  we  now  haTC  as  hia  auccesson, 
the  E.  of  Derwintwater,  and  L"  Tho.  Howard.  Beading, 
I  who  alood  in  the  pilloTy,  is  a  great  man  in  these  partli 
I  and  makes  much  dlatorbaaee. 

"  The  judges  eTSrywhera  make  large  harangues  on  Us 
Ha""  resoiBtions  to  be  Brm  to  bis  promises  mads  to  the 
ch.  of  Engl''.  There  is  no  appearance  of  gentry  at  the 
I  Assizes,  and  they  are  glad  to  bo  contented  w^  tecy 
I  mean  persons  for  grandjurymen." 
1  "  London,  Not,  17.  87.^A  Comtn»  is  sealed  for  re- 
;  forming  y'  Corporations,  yr''  F,  Petra  and  some  others  of 
'  y  Priry  C,  are  of.  A  Tassel  Isded  with  SOO.OOO^,  being 
I  partofy'remnant'Capt.  Phips  left  behind,  ia  expected. 
;  The  K.  had  an  ill  fall  in  banting  yeaterday,  and  has  been 
i  blooded  since.  Th^Retums  y*  have  t>een  made  by  y 
I  1/  Liaul'  are  dissatlaTacIoir',  and  'tis  thought  will  put  a 
j  atop  to  y  calling  of  a  Parliam'  ,  ...  My  poor  L*  Kll- 
I  morey  is  dead," 

"  Astrop.  July  2S. — Lord  Brock  and  L'  Carlington  are 
I  all  y*  nobility  (here)  ....  Here  ia  the  most  innocent 
I  diTerslon  I  have  met  with.  None  but  dTil  people  are  in 
the  plice.  Here  are  several  R  Catholics,  but  they  are 
outnumbered.  SrHenryBrown  haslmpanelledallPapists. 
Judge  Heath  told  the  jury  at  Northampton  that  the 
Bf  were  guilty  of  a  factious  and  sedltToDB  libel,  but 
'  were  so  crady  as  to  take  csre  there  >b^  not  be  eridenca 
I  against  them.  He  told  them  they  most  beliere,, because 
,  ha  was  upon  his  oath.  Be  advised  to  bring  the  bone- 
I  fire  men  in  as  rioters,  but  they  found  the  Bill  Ignoramus. 
I  He  asked  the  Sheriff  whathai  he  had  got  a  good  jury. 
The  Sh.  B''  they  were  all  persons  of  gnat  loyalty  and 
;  honour,  upon  w''  y'  —  s'',  But  I  doubt  whether  they 
:  will  do  the  King's  business.  Mr.  Ch.  Montague's  elder 
I  Brother  was  foreman," 

I  ;  iVqxmiKau  ataout  lit  Printt  of  Ortagt. 

\      "  Sept.  27  (Anon,)  —  There  Is  but  too  just  cause  to  fter 

the  Dutch  will  land  here in  y*  lavectiTO  w^  Ihe 

Fr.  K,  has  sent  to  Roma,  ha  stUes  y*  Pope  by  quarrelliag 
w"  his  best  f''"  bos  given  y  Pr,  or  0.  occasion,  a  boldness 
to  design  an  jnrasion'upon  Eng.,  and  there  to  declare  j' 
'  Prince  of  W.  to  be  a  siippHititiaaa  child  ....  lie  pre- 
paratjona  on  our  psrt  are  2  new  r^nt'>,  a  few  shipa,  anJ 
added  to  every  troop  of  bona.   Col.  Kirk's  regim' 


ia  marched  out  of 


admiral  tc 


y  lord  Dartmouth  g 


1  a  popi 
09.  Did. 


White  H.  and  to  be  graciously  recalv'  by  y  K.  'The  t>. 
of  Onnond  was  honoured  with  y  garter  on  Tnesd. 
night." 

"Anon.  —  Mr  L''  Dartmouth  has  acquainted  y*  K. 
(upo  bis  knees)  of  y  small  assarance  he  has  of  y*  Sea- 
men's fidelity.  Many  of  y"  y  wsn  listed  rot  dragooners 
wei«  afterward  sent  to  y  Tower,  and  thuoe  shipped  away 


S^  S.  L  Apbxl  19,  '62.] 


NOTES  AND  QUERIEa 


305 


^  Nov.  10  fAnon.)— Some  letters  frO  Adm.  Herbert  and 
others  baye  oeen  intercepted,  and  Declarations  found  in 
y"  J  one  fr.  y  Bp  of  Ely  to  y  Princes  of  O.  has  had  j* 
same  fate ;  bat  general  exhortations  to  continue  stedfast 
in  her  Rel— «»." 

"Nov.  10  (A.  T.)— The  K.  has  pitched  npO  Salisb. 
Plain  for  t*  place  of  his  army's  rendezTons,  npO  Taesd. 
next  fbr  his  own  march ;  and  upon  M.  O.  Werden  for  his 
Lieatent.-6en.  to  remain  here  with  great  power  given  by 
Yirtae  of  a  new  CommissiO.  The  field  pieces  y*  were  drawn 
hence  towards  y*  west  to  day  were,  I  think,  26  in  num- 
ber. The  Pr.  of  Or/s  reception  at  Exeter  is  variously  re- 
lated, as  is  y*  number  of  miners  and  others  y*  have  run 
over  to  him.** 

"Nov.  13.  —  The  vanguard  of  y*  Dutch  reaches  to 
Hanyton,  and  they  begin  to  threaten  this  place.  The 
apprentices  grow  very  unruly.  Yesterday  their  fury  was 
turned  against  y*  new  chappel  y*  was  made  of  my  L^ 
Berkley's  house,  and  whilst  the  Priests  were  prudently 
carrying  off  y*  fbmiture  of  it,  they  seized  on  y"  2  lay 
carts,  and  made  a  firo  of  y"^  and  their  loading.  The  work 
of  y*  day  being  over,  they  adjourned  solemnly  till  Satur- 
day, and  told  my  lord  Craven  he  might  then  certainlv 
findy™  in  Linco.  Inn  Fields,  near  y<^pop.  chappel.  The  K. 
has  deferrd  his  march  till  Monday,  but  most  of  y*  Guards 
are  gone  away  allready." 

"Nov.  17.  — The  K.  went  towards  Windsor  this  after- 
noon, and  intends  to  go  on  directly  to  y*  enemy,  and  to 
give  y^  no  quarter.  He  left  a  strong  guard  upon  this 
place  w^  has  kept  y*  rabble  in  some  awe  to  day,  and 
preserved  y  threatened  chappels.  A  petition|[wa8  pre- 
sented to  her  Mai.  this  morning,  subscribed  by  18  L^ 
Spir.  and  Temp.  The  thinf  they  requested  was  a  free 
and  regular  Pari'  as  y*  onely  means  they  could  think  of 
to  preserve  his  Maj.  and  his  Kingdoms,  to  redress  griev- 
ances, and  prevent  y*  effusion  of  X°  blood.  At  v*  read- 
ing of  it  his  M.  made  exception  to  the  word  free,  but 
promised  to  call  a  regular  Pari'  (such  as  they  should 
think  so)  as  soon  as  he  hath  beaten  his  enemies.  Also 
grievances  he  said  was  a  harsh  word;  but  they  made 
answer  that  it  was  y*  language  of  his  own  Declaration, 
for  y*  they  used  y*  same  expressions  as  near  as  they 
could.  Tho'  he  denied  their  petition  he  dismissed  them 
fiurly,  and  desired  their  prayers  for  safety  and  success." 

A  7^  Declaration  for  Liberty  of  Conscience, 

"  Dec.  4. — We  have  little  new  here  but  a  Srd  Declaration 
w^  thunders  judgm*  ag'  all  Pap.  y*do  not  lay  down  their 
arms  and  their  commissions  .  .  .  The  GhanC  is  removed 
to  F.  Pet's  lodging,  having  received  some  threats  fro  his 
batchers  and  other  creditors.  The  K.  is  much  out  of 
order,  looks  yellow,  and  takes  no  natural  rest." 

"Some  of  y*  souldiers  y'  are  returned  hither  lay  y* 
blame  upon  Col.  Kerk,  who  bv  his  fear  prevented  their 
good  purposes  to  forsake  their  sovereign.  Even  y*  modest 
seamen  in  our  fleet  begin  to  declare  tor  a  free  Pari',  and 
some  will  have  many  more  sea  captains  to  be  gone  to  y* 
Dutch  after  Churchill." 

"From  J.  Harrington.  — Sir  Rob.  Wright ^  is  taken 
and  comitted  to  Newgate,  Sir  W™  Waller  discovered  him. 
Tho  French  Gazets  say  y*  Marescball  d'Estr^  is  de- 
signed for  Ireland  ....  Dr.  B.  *  declares  y'  y*  P.  de- 
sires to  be  prayed  for  only  under  y*  name  of  King  w°°' 
y«  addition  of  William.  This  will  take  off  y*  scruple  of 
tome  London  Divines." 

Mackbnzis  E.  C.  Walcott,  M.A.,  F.S.A. 

(7b  be  concluded  in  our  next) 

1  Sir  Bobert  Wright,  Chief  Justice  of  King's  Bench, 
April  21, 1687. 
e  Bishop  Bontt. 


ALEXANDER  BRODIE. 

A  work  on  book-keeping  accidentally  fell  intci 
my  bands,  written  by  "  Alexander  Brodie,  Gent.," 
and  printed  foe  the  author  at  London  in  1722. 
Folio.  It  is  dedicated  to  *'  The  Hon.  Alexander 
Brodie,  of  Brodie,  Esq.,  Member  of  Parliament  for 
the  County  of  Murrey,  North  Britain.'*  It  is  en- 
titled — 

'*  A  New  and  Kusy  Method  of  Book-keeping,  or  In- 
structions for  a  Methodical  Method  of  keeping  Accounts 
by  wav  of  Debtor  and  Creditor,  distributed  into  three 
Parts/'  &c.,  and  is  *'  Sold  by  the  Booksellers  of  London, 
Westminster,  and  Edinburgh." 

In  the  Dedication,  the  writer,  addressing  bis 
Patron,  remarks,  — 

"You  are  not  only  blessed  with  a  plentiful  Estate, 
which  may  render  a  writ  of  this  kind  useful  to  you,  but 
the  representative  of  a  family  which  has  never  fal'n  short 
of  those  Virtues  which  are  the  true  Ornaments  of  a  Gen- 
tleman." 

A  List  of  Subscribers  is  given,  from  which  it 
appears  that  the  work  was  for  the  most  part  pur- 
chased by  Scotchmen.  The  name  of  Brodie  pre- 
dominates. We  think  we  may  safely  presume  from 
this  fact,  from  the  terms  of  the  dedication,  and 
from  the  name,  that  the  author  was  a  native  of 
the  North,  and  one  of  that  race  which  some 
genealogists  affirm  sprang  from  Briidhe,  the  son  of 
Bili,  King  of  the  Picts,  and  which  still  flourishes, 
though  not  in  so  exalted  a  position.  Of  this 
family  was  the  late  well-known  agriculturist  of 
East  Lothian,  who  first  introduced  drill  husbandry 
in  that  part  of  North  Britain.  The  present  histo- 
riographer of  her  Majestv  for  Scotland  is  a  son 
of  this  gentleman ;  and  his  History  of -Scotland,  a 
new  edition  of  which  is  said  to  be  preparing  for 
the  press,  is  a  lasting  monument  oi  indomitable 
industry  and  accurate  investigation.  There  was 
also  a  Laird  of  Brodie,  a  Scottish  judge  during 
the  time  of  Cromwell,  whose  Diary,  printed  more 
than  a  century  ago,  is  much  coveted  by  Scotch 
Bibliomaniacs.  J*  M. 


THE  DRUNKARD'S  CONCEIT. 

In  a  late  number  of  The  THmee,  the  Berlin  cor* 
respondent  of  that  paper  spoke  of  the  appointment 
of  llerr  v.  Miihler  to  the  post  of  Minister  of  Wor- 
ship, and  took  occasion  to  speak  in  high  terms 
of  his  very  amusing  song,  which  the  above  heading 
will  pretty  correctly  describe  in  English.  I  was 
so  taken  with  the  original  song  in  German,  some 
years  ago,  that  I  attempted  a  free  translation,  or 
rather  imitation  of  it,  to  the  German  tune,  which 
is  as  unique,  in  its  way,  as  the  song.  Perhaps,  as 
it  has  never  been  printed,  it  may  be  allowed  n 
place  in  "  N.  &  Q."  I  regret  that  I  did  not  pre- 
serve the  original,  to  place  by  the  side  of  the 
translaUon:  — 


306 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


la^  &  L  Apul  I9»  62. 


Straight  from  the  tavern  door 

I  am  come  here ; 
Old  road,  how  odd  to  mc 

TIiou  dost  appear ! 
Right  and  lef^  changing  sides, 

Kising  and  sunk ; 
O  I  can  plainly  see  — 

Road  I  thou  art  drunk ! 

O  what  a  twisted  face 

Thou  hast,  O  moon  1 
One  eire  shut,  t*oiher  eje 

Wide  as  a  spoon ; 
Who  could  have  dreamt  of  this  ? 

Shame  on  thee,  shame ! 
lliou  hast  been  fuddling, 

Jolly  old  dame ! 

Look  at  the  lamps  again ; 

See  how  they  reel ! 
Nodding  and  flickering 

Round  as  they  wheel. 
Not  one  among  them  all 

Steady  can  go ; 
Look  at  the  drunken  lamps, 

All  in  a  row. 

All  in  an  uproar  seem. 

Great  thmgs  and  small ; 
I  am  the  only  one 

Sober  at  all ; 
But  there's  no  safety  here 

For  sober  men. 
So  ril  turn  back  to 

The  tavern  again. 


F.  0.  II. 


MATHEMATICAL  BIBLIOGRAPHY. 
{Continued from  3'«  S.  i.  168.) 

The  actual  approximation  of  Aryabhatta  seems 
to  have  exceeded  in  accuracy  that  of  (see  F.  C, 
art)  Archimedes,  whose  limits,  3|  and  S^f,  be- 
tween which  the  ratio  of  the  diameter  to  the 
circumference  lies,  ar^eauivalent  to  3.1428^  and 
3.l408f f,  respectively.  In  Europe  the  true  ratio 
was  not  known  so  near  as  Aryabhatta*8  ratio, 
3.1416,  till  after  the  twelfth  century:  and  the 
Persians  had  adopted  this  ratio  from  the  Hindus, 
before  the  discovery  of  an  equally  exact  ratio  in 
Europe  (P.  C,  art.  Geometry). 

It  appears  (I  know  not  if  the  case  be  other- 
wise in  Sridhara*8  Compendium)  to  be  in  connec- 
tion with  the  geometry  that  we  light  upon  the 
Indian  theory  of  approxunation.  Thus,  according 
to  Brahmegupta, 

*"  The  diameter  and  the  square  of  the  semidiameter, 
being  sevenilly  multiplied  by  three,  are  the  practicel  cir- 
cumference and  area.  The 'square  roots  extracted  from 
ten  times  the  squares  of  the  same  are  the  neat  values.** 
Colebrooke,  Alg.,  p.  808. 

Here  the  **  practical  **  and  the  **iieit**  values 


are  first  and  second  approximations ;  yet  no  rule 
is  given  for  approximating  to  the  square  root 
And  we  find  Prithudaca  (see  Colebrooke,  Alg., 
p.  297,  note  4)  leaving  the  answer  to  an  examiHe 
in  the  form  **  Diagonal,  the  surd  root  of  288. 
Perpendicular  12  **  without  any  evaluation  of  the 
surd.  So  (in  note  3,  pp.  308 — 9,  ib.)  arriving  at 
the  number  6250,  he  says  that  *'  Its  surd  root  is 
the  area  of  the  circle,**  but  he  does  not  show  bow 
to  approximate  to  the  value  of  this  surd  (see  also 
p.  294,  note  3).  However,  at  p.  309,  note  1,  (ib.) 
we  find  him  alluding  to  the  construction  of  taibular 
sines,  and  in  Section  X,  termed  Supplement,  of 
the  Ganitadhyaya  (ib.,  p.  323),  we  find  Brahme* 
gupta  piving^  an  arithmetical^  rule  which  is  only 
approximatdy  (ib,  note  6)  true  and  which,  though 
unconnected  with  geometry,  relates  to  the  subject 
of  sexagesimal  fractions. 

In  the  geometrical  portion  of  the  Liknati 
Bhascara,  arriving  at  a  surd,  says  (ib.,  p.  60), 

"A  method  of  finding  its  approxinute  root  [follows:] 
**  Rule :  From  the  product  of  numerator  and  denonfaia- 
tor,  multiplied  by  any  largo  square  number  aMnmed, 
•xtract  the  sqnare-root :  that,  divided  by  the  denominator 
talien  into  the  root  of  the  moltiplier,  will  bo  an  approxi- 
mation." 

On  this  Ganesa  observes  (ib.  note  1) 

**  If  the  surd  be  not  a  fraction,  unity  nuy  be  put  for 
the  denominator,  and  the^mle  holds  good." 

It  appears  that  a  like  rule  occurs  in  Sridhara*8 
Compendium  (ib.,  p.  60,  note  2). 

Taylor,  Lilawati^  p.  (68),  translates  the  rule 
thus :  — 

**  The  nearest  root  is  found  by  the  following  method : 
**  Assume  a  large  number,  and  having  multiplied  by 
its  square  the  product  of  the  numerator  and  denominator, 
divide  the  root  of  the  result  by  the  denominator  mnhiplied 
by  the  root  of  the  square  of  the  assumed  nnmber;  the 
quotient  is  the  nearest  root."  • 

The  same  fraction  (-HO  illustrates  the  rule  in 
Tavlor*s  as  well  as  CoIebrooke*8  version.  And  on 
looxing  into  this  example  we  see  that  the  Indian 
process  for  extracting  the  square  root  of  ^8  X 169 
or)  1352  consists,  substantially,  in  multiplying  that 
number  into  10000,  extractin<T  the  (nearest  inte- 
gral) square-root,  which  is  3677,  and  dividing  the 
result  bv  100.  The  square  root  of  the  fraction  is 
ultimately  exhibited  in  the  form  4|}J.  Professor 
Db  Morqan,  in  his  memoir  On  Some  Points  in  the 
History  of  Arithmetic^  printed  in  the  *  Companion 
to  the  Almanac*  for  1851,  has  carefully  traced  tlic 
introduction  of  the  decimal  point.  Does  not  the 
foregoing  result  amount  to  a  foreshadowing  of  the 
idea  of  Orontius  Fincus  P 

Further  on,  and  in  the  same  chapter,  that  on 
Plane  Figure,  Bhascara  says, 

-"  By  the  method  directed,  the  result  obtained  is  the 
surd  19800,  of  which  the  approximated  root  is  sonu- 
what  less  than  a  hundred  and  forty  one :  141."  Cole- 
brooke, Alg ,  p.  78.    Compars  Taylor,  Lil^  p.  (78). 


BH  &  L  Apbil  19, 'as.] 


NOTES  AND  QUEEIES. 


307 


Soon  after  (Colebrooke,  p.  74,  Taylor,  p.  81), 
lie  speaks  of  the  surd  1250,  which  he  does  not 
reduce;  but,  a  little  further  on,  we  find  him 
stating  that  the  sum  of  the  square-roots  of  621 
and  2700  [as  extracted  by  approximation,  as 
Colebrooke  remarks]  is  76  H*  ^^clf  immediately 
afterwards,  Bhascara  extracts  3  square  roots  bj 
approximation  (Colebrooke,  pp.  79--80 ;  Taylor, 
pp.  86 — 87.  There  is  a  discrepancy  between  the 
numerical  results  as  to  the  latter  two  square 
roots). 

Traces  of  scientific  communication  between  the 
Greeks  and  the  Indians  are  manifest  in  the  Sans- 
krit language  itself.  Sanskrit  words,  such  as 
gorua^  for  angle,  kentrOj  for  centre,  hora^  for  hour. 
Lord  Monboddo,  as  we  are  informed  by  Prof. 
Max  MUixEa  at  pp.  160—161  of  his  Lectures  on 
the  Science  of  Language  (2nd  ed.),  points  out  as 
clearly  of  Greek  origm,  and  imported  into  San- 
skrit Varahamihira  (see  Coleorooke's  Alg.,  p. 
Ixxx)  derlTes  the  word  hora  from  (the  Sanskrit) 
Aharatra,  day  and  night,  a  nycthemeron.  But  it 
seems  (ibid.)  that  this  formation  of  a  word  by 
dropping  both  the  first  and  last  syllables,  b  not 
conformable  to  the  analogies  of  Sanscrit  ety- 
mology, and  Colebrooke  looks  for  the  origin  of 
the  term  in  the  Greek  Apo,  arp^iroToc,  the  latter 
word  signifying  an  astrologer,  and  especially  one 
who  considers  Uie  natal  Acmr,  and  hence  predicts 
events.  Hora  occurs  affain  in  the  writings  of  the 
Hindu  astrologers,  with  an  acceptation  (that  of 
hour)  which  more  exactly  conforms  to  the  Greek 
etymon  (ib.). 

Now,  if  memoranda  which  I  made  'at  Cam- 
bridge lectures  some  twenty- two  or  more  years 
ngo  have  served  me  well,  ^*apa  did  not  originally 
mean  hour  but  season :  in  Homer,  of  the  year ;  in 
Herodotus  (unce  or  twice)  of  the  day.  In  Ma- 
chylus  (Eum,)  &pa  is  used  as  time  of  day.  The 
first  writer  in  whom  it  occurs  in  that  sense  ^hour] 
is  Hipparchus,  140  b.c.  There  was  a  division 
into  hour  by  the  Greeks  of  Alexandria,  but  [this] 
division  of  hour  was  known  to  Egypt ;  but  &pa 
was  not  applied  till  140  b.c.  (The  u  recks,  like 
the  Latins,  divided  the  night  into  4  watches 
generally  about  3  hours  each,  the  length,  how- 
ever, varying  with  the  season  of  the  year).**  If 
this  be  so,  the  use  of  the  word  hora  jn  the  sense 
of  hour  could  not  have  been  communicated  by 
the  Greeks  to  the  Indians  until  or  after  140  b.c. 

Astrological  prediction  by  configuration  of 
planets,  observes  Colebrooke  (Alg.,  p.  Ixxx),  is 
denominated  "  Hora,**  the  second  of  three  branches 
which  compose  a  complete  course  of  astronomy 
and  astrolo^:  and  the  word  occurs  in  thb  sense 
in  the  writings  of  early  Hindu  astrologers.  So 
that  the  science  indicates,  even  by  its  Indian 
name,  a  Greek  source  (ibid.).  And,  unless  com- 
munications passed  to  Uie  Indians  on  the  like  sub- 
ject from  Uie  same  coiQmoQ  source  (perhaps  ^at 


of  the  Chaldeans)  whence  the  Greeks  derived 
the  grosser  superstitions  engrafted  on  their  own 
genuine  and  ancient  astrology,  which  was  meteor- 
ological (ib-,  pp.  xxiii — xxiv),  the  science  and  the 
woni  may  be  presumed  to  have  been  imported 
together.  Jambs  Cockle,  MJl^  &c. 

4,  Pamp  Coort,  Temple. 


Anbcdotb  of  Geobgb  III.— Mr.  Thackeray,  in 
his  lectures  on.** The  Four  Georges,**  has  not 
failed  to  record  that,  in  the  early  part  of  the  reign 
of  George  III.,  the  king  and  queen,  with  the 
royd  children,  frequently  walked  on  the  terraces 
and  slopes  of  Windsor,  m  the  presence  of  con- 
siderable numbers  of  the  higher  classes  of  society. 
On  an  occasion  of  that  kind  one  of  the  princes 
suddenly  bolted,  and  running  up  to  a  lady, 
wrapped  himself  in  her  dress.  The  king,  observ- 
ing what  had  happened,  instantly  went  and  with- 
drew the  prince  from  his  hiding  place,  and  taking 
off  his  hat,  addressed  the  lady  in  these  words : 
**  Madam,  the  only  apology  I  can  possibly  make 
for  this  rude  boy  is,  that,  in  what  he  has  done,  be 
has  at  least  shown  his  good  taste.**  The  lady  was 
at  that  time  young,  blooming,  and  handsome. 

I  do  not  see  how  Louis  XIV.  of  France  could 
have  shown  greater  courtesy  on  such  an  occasion 
than  was  manifested  by  George  III.  of  Fngland. 

The  incident  was  related  to  me,  more  than  once, 
by  the  lady  herself,  some  fifty  years  aj^ ;  and  I  am 
probably  the  only  person  now  living  who  can 
'*  tell  the  tale  as  *twas  told  to  me.'*    Macbobius. 

CuEious  Scottish  Medical  Recipes. — In  the 
fly-leaves  of  nn  old  Scottish  theological  book  I 
find  inscribed  in  a  bold  distinct  handwriting  of 
the  period  (1638),  apparently  by  an  *Eliz.  Yard- 
Icy,*  whose  educated  autograph  is  on  the  inner 
board,  certain  singular  medical  prescriptions, 
which  may  prove  worthy  of  a' place  in  "N.  & 

Q  ^:  - 

J.  **  Fbr  a  Contvmpitan,  —  Take  81  large  earthworms, 
wipe  them  clean,  and  put  them  into  a  quart  of  old  Malago : 
let  them  continue  in  the  Malago  12  honr^  and  then  poor 
it  from  the  worms  into  a  bottle  as  fine  as  jon  can.  I1ien 
add  to  the  Malago  one  good  nutmeg  alyced,  2^  worth  of 
saffron,  and  a  leaf  of  gold,  shake  it  very  well,  and  drink 
a  sack-glass  full  in  the  morning  fasting,  another  an  hour 
before  dinner,  and  one  like  glass  of  the  same  the  last  thing 
yon  take  at  night  Continue  this  as  long  as  yon  think 
convenient** 

2.  ••  /br  lA«  Lungi.  —  Take  a  gallon  of  turnips,  then 
bake  thtn,  and  after  that  sqneese  out  the  juice  of  them, 
and  put  to  it  a  pint  of  the  beat  sack  and  boyle  it  up  to  a 
syrup  with  halfe  a  pound  of  brown  sugar  candy,  and 
take  thereof  2  or  8  spoonfuls,  first  in  the  morning  and 
last  at  night. 

•'Let  it  kindly  and   leisurely  dissolve  under  your 

tongue.'* 

3.  **  Another  JUetipt  for  a  CbiuwmiCtoN.  —  Take  the 

luogs  9f  a  f«?c,  sliced  KUxa^i ^^  ^^"^  «.  ^^^  ^^^^ 


308 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


[|rt  a  L  Apu.  10,  >«s. 


breafl  is  drawn,  then  beat  it  to  powder,  and  [to  one  ounce 
put  a  pound  of  lugar  candy  whitob  beat  yer^r  fine,  then 
take  an  oxe*8  bladder  washed  yerv  clean,  put  in  as  much 
as  it  will  bold  of  each,  their  quantity,  and  tye  the  bladder 
very  close.  Then  let  it  hang  in  a  large  crock  of  cold 
spring  water  that  it  may  be  covered,  but  not  tonch  the 
bottom  or  sides  of  the  crock,  shift  the  water  every  4. 
houres,  until  it  has  binn  in  24  honres,  then  put  it  into 
a  bottle  as  you  doe  other  syrrup :  put  with  the  lungs  and 
suger  candy  one  handfnll  of  the  topps  of  baame  [balm  ?]." 

r. 

William  Lithgow.  •— Upon  referring,  in  the 
new  edition  of  Lowndes,  published  hy  Mr.  Bohn,  I 
was  very  much  surprised  to  find  the  first  edition  of 
the  travels  of  this  remarkable  person  represented 
as  printed  m  1632.  There  is  in  the  Library  of 
the  Faculty  of  Advocates  the  second  edition  of  P. 
Lithgow*s  Peregrinations^  printed  at  London  in 
1616,  black  letter.  All  inquiries  as  to  the  first 
edition  have  proved  fruitless,  and  no  copy  has 
been  traced  to  any  public  or  private  library. 

In  enumerating  the  works  of  this  eccentric 
writer,  the  editor  of  Lowndes  has  omitted  the 
rarest  of  all  Lithgow's  rare  lucubrations,  en- 
titled :  — 

**  A  Briefe  and  Summarie  Discourse  upon  that  lament- 
able and  dreadful  Disaster  at  Dunglasse,  Anno  1640,  the 
Penult  of  August,  collected  from  the  soundest  and  best 
instructions.  That  time  and  place  could  certainly  afford, 
the  serious  enquirie  of  the  painfull  and  industrious 
author.  By  William  Lithgow. .  Edinburgh :  Printed  by 
Robert  Bryron.    Twelve  leaves.    Small  4to." 

It  is  in  verse.  At  the  end  there  is  an  enumera- 
tion of  the  names  of  all  the  sufferers;  amongst 
these  was  Colonel  Erskine,  son  to  John,  late  Earl 
of  Mar,  celebrated  in  Scottish  song  as  the  seducer 
of  the  heroine  of  the  beautiljil  ballad,  Lady 
Anne  BothwelFs  lament.  J  .M. 

Lba  Wilson's  "  Catalogub  or  Pamphlets.** — 

**  This  beautifully  executed  volume  (0t6/et,  Testomente, 
PstdmSt  and  other  Bookt  of  the  Holy  Seripturee  in  EngliA, 
m  the  Coliection  of  Lea  Wilaoni  E$q.,  F,S,A.,  London, 
1845,  8vo.  [4to.]),  of  which  only  twenty>five  copies  were 
printed  for  private  circulation,  contains  the  most  copious 
catalogue  of  printed  editions  of  the  Scriptures  extant  in 
the  English  language  ....  A  copy  of  this  important 
catalogue  is  in  the  Library  of  the  British  Moseam."  — 
Home  s  Introduction,  vol.  v.  1846,  p.  220. 

The  number  of  copies  of  this  very  valuable 
work  being  so  limited,  it  is  verv  desirable  that  it 
should  be  generally  known  in  what  public  reposi- 
tories it  may  be  found.  It  is  in  the  Bodleian  and 
the  Chetham  Libraries. 

BiBLIOTHECAB.  ChBTHAM. 

Executions  nr  Fbahci,  1831 — 1860. — The 
Editor  of  "  N.  &  Q.**  will  do  a  service  if  he  will 
reprint  and  index  the  following  statistical  table, 
which  I  have  cut  from  The  Times*  French  Cor- 
respondence of  March  2C,  1862  :  — 

^  '•  From  the  year  1881  to  the  year  1860  inclusively,  the 
Courts  of  Assize  in  France  have  pronounced  1,566  sen- 
tcijces  ofdcBih,  and  977  heads  have  fallen  on  thescailbld. 


The  following  are  the  nnmber  of  capital  eonvktioiis  and 
executions  during  these  years : — 1831, 106  convictioBS,  26 
executions ;  1832,  89  convictions,  41  executions ;  1883, 
50  convictions.  34  executions;  1834,  ^  convictions,  15 
executions ;  1835, 56  convictions,  40  executions ;  1836.  36 
convictions,  26  executions ;  1837,  34  convictions,  26  exe- 
cutions; 1838,  44  convictions,  84  executions;  1839,  82 
convictions,  21  executions ;  1840,  55  convictions,  47  exe- 
cutions;  1841,  52  convictions,  87  executions;  1842,  43 
convictions,  35  executions ;  1843,  54  convictions,  35  exe- 
cutions; 1844,  49  convictions,  41  executions;  1845,  57 
convictions,  43  executions ;  1846,  62  convictions,  46  exe- 
cutions; 1847,  62  convictions,  44  executions;  1848,  88 
convictions,  20  executions ;  1849,  38  convictions,  25  exe- 
cutions; 1850,  55  convictions,  34  executions;  1851,  51 
convictions,  39  executions ;  1852,  58  convictions,  83  exe- 
cutions; 1853,  40  convictions,  28  executions;  1854,  78 
convictions,  85  executions ;  1855,  60  convictions,  28  exe- 
cutions; 1856,  45  convictions,  18  executions;  1857,  77 
convictions,  47  executions ;  1858,  49  convictions,  80  exe- 
cutions; 1859,  87  convictions,  22  executions;  1860,  39 
convictions,  27  executions." 

£dward  Peacock. 

Robinson  Ceusob. — There  is  an  ambiguity  in 
Defoe*s  preface  to  the  first  part  of  Robinson 
Crusoe,  which  all  authors  should  avoid.  His 
properly  celebrated  story  is  generally  supposed 
to  have  been  founded  upon,  or  suggested  by, 
Selkirk*s  narrative,  but  this  certainly  cannot  be 
made  out  from  anything  to  be  found  in  either  of 
the  prefaces.    In  that  to  the  first  part  he  said :  — 

**  The  Editor  believes  the  thing  to  be  a  just  history  of 
fscts ;  neither  is  there  any  appearance  of  fiction  in  it." 

And  in  that  to  the  second,  after  having  referred  to 
the  abridgment  of  the  work,  by  the  omission  of 
all  its  religious  and  moral  reflections  :  — 

**  By  this  thev  leave  the  work  naked  of  its  highest  or- 
naments ;  and  If  they  would,  at  the  same  time,  pretend 
that  the  Author  has  supplied  the  story  out  of  his  inven- 
tion, they  take  from  it  the  improvement  which  alone 
recommends  that  invention  to  wise  and  good  men.'* 

It  must  be  acknowledged  that  Defoe*s  style  is 
occasionally  careless,  and  [also  that  in  a  point  of 
so  much  importance  it  is  probable  that  he  was 

g articular.  Were  the  incidents  only  suggested  by 
elkirk*s  narrative,  which  was  the  case  if  the 
published  narrative  is  the  only  one  which  ever 
was  written,  then  the  calling  of  the  story  '*  a  just 
history  of  facts  **  was  certainly  an  unwarrantable 
extension  of  language,  and  is  the  ambiguitr 
alluded  to.  Almost  every  person  would  admit 
that  there  is  not  any  appearance  of  fiction  about 
it,  which,  if  it  is  a  fiction,  is  of  course  consequent 
upon  the  great  capacity  of  the  author.  The  pas- 
sage given  from  the  preface  to  the  second  part,  is 
not,  I  think,  ambiguous,  nevertheless  it  is  not 
decisive  as  regards  the  nature  of  the  story ;  and 
concerning  it  I  shall  only  further  observe,  that 
the  word  "  pretend  **  formerly  suggested  what  is 
now  understood  by  "  affirm,**  the  noun  **  preten- 
sion **  sometimes  meaning  **  affirmation,**  or,  and 
more  frequently,  ^  claims.*' 

J.  AmAiTDBB  Datibs. 


8»i  &  L  Afbil  19,  '68.3 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


309 


Asms  or  Easl  of  Staib. — ^In  Chambers*  Book 
of  Dayt^  part  ii.  p.  75,  these  arms  are  engraved 
incorrectly,  beinff  shown  as  nine  hUleU  instead  of 
nine  lozenges.  The  importance  of  correct  de- 
scription or  drawings  (in  heraldry  particularly)  in 
a  work  of  this  description  need  not  be  dwelt  unon. 
Nor  is  this  the  only  error  in  the  same  numoer, 
for  at  p.  77  a  list  of  newspapers  is  given,  amongst 
whidi  IS  Falconer's  Journal^  of  whicn  I  have  never 
heard.  The  celebrated  George  Faulkner  was  the 
publisher  of  The  Dublin  Journal,  and  this,  I  sup- 
pose, is  the  paper  intended.  S.  B. 

Dublin. 

Hotel  dbs  Ihvaudes  a  Paris.  —  When  at 
Greneva,  in  1823, 1  read  in  some  publication  the 
following  lines,  attributed  to  an  inmate  of  the 
••  Hdtel  des  Invalides" :  — 

**  On  ne  voit  pas  d'inutiles  senrices 
Dans  cet  asile  de  Thonnenr ; 
Dea  vieax  laoriers,  des  nobles  cicatrices, 

Sont  nos  titres  h  la  favear : 
Nous  sommes  grad^  par  la  mitraUle, 
Lu  bouleta  font  notr'  avancement, 
£t  c*eat  sar  le  champ  de  bataille, 
Que  Ton  recmte  notre  regiment** 

W.  Brtah  Cookb. 
Fiaa,  in  Tuscany. 


^utriti. 


KINGSMILLS  OF  SIDMANTON. 

Will  some  correspondent  of  "  N.  &  Q.**  who  has 
access  to  various  peerages,  or  Hampshire  pedi- 
grees, topographies,  &c.,  supply  information  rela- 
tive to  the  family  of  Ringamill,  of  Sidmanton, 
during  the  sixteenth  century  ? 

Fuller,  in  his  Worthies  of  England  THants), 
names  Sir  John  Kingsmill,  as  Sheriff  of  Hants, 
35  Henry  VHI.  Also  Sir  William  Kingsmill, 
Sheriff  of  Hants,  5  &  43  Queen  Elizabeth,  and 
10  James  I.  I  should  be  glad  to  ascertain  the 
dates  of  the  births  and  deaths  of  these  gentlemen, 
and  of  their  respective  families  also,  with  the 
names  of  their  children,  and  the  individuals 
they  respectively  married.  Collins's  Peerage  (by 
Brydges),  and  Burke*s,  do  not  supply  this  in- 
formation. 

What  relation  to  this  Sir  John  Kingsmill  was 
Andrew  Kingsmyl,  the  Puritan  preacher,  of  whom 
we  have  accounts  in  Brook's  Lives  of  the  Puritans 
and  Wood's  Athena  Oxoniensesf  He  died  in 
1569.  I  have  a  black-letter  volume,  containing 
his  **  Most  excellent  and  comfortable  treatise,  for 
all  such  ai  are  in  any  manner  of  way  either 
troubled  in  mind,  or  afflicted  in  body.*'  (London, 
Chr.  Barker,  1577.)  This  is  contained  in  a  letter 
to  one  of  his  sisters.  He  alludes  to  the  **  family 
union  of  the  household  of  Sidmountaine";  and  to 
**  the  goodnefse  of  God,  how  he  hath  provided  for 
ufl  by  IIm  gentleoM  of  oar  deare  mother,  a  place 


which  we  use  as  an  home  and  habitation ;  and 
that  no  Foxe  hole,  but  thankes  be  to  God,  a  warm 
and  wel  feathered  neste,  where  we  have  free 
egresse  and  regresse." 

I  have  also,  by  the  same  author,  A  View  of 
Marts  Estate^ &c.  (London, Bynneman,  1576)  ;  to 
which  is  appended  "  A  godly  aduise  giuen  by  the 
Author  touching  marriage."  This  seems  (sheet  i. 
iii.)  to  be  addressed  also  to  a  sister  —  "a  woman 
once  a  wife,  nowe  a  widowe " ;  and  expresses  a 
good  opinion  of  her  experience  and  judgment. 

It  is  stated  in  the  Biographical  Notice,  prefixed 
to  the  Works  of  Bp.  FUkington  (Parker  Society 
edition),  that  he  married,  about  1562,  Alicia,  a 
daughter  of  Sir  John  Kingsmill.  In  hb  will, 
dated  1571,  the  Bishop  appoints  his  wife  executor ; 
but  in  her  stead,  should  she  die,  "  the  Ladie  Con- 
stance Kingsmill,  or  George  her  son ; "  and  also 
desires  his  wife  to  give  some  token  "  to  Sir  Wil- 
liam Kingsmill,  and  ner  other  brothers  and  sisters, 
according  to  her  ability." 

Richard  Fenys  (or  Fiennes  as  more  recently 
spelt),  recognised  as  Lord  Say  and  Sele  in  1603,  b 
stated  by  CoUins  {Peerage,  vol.  vii.  p.  21,)  to 
have  married  *' Constance,  the  daughter  of  Sir 
William  Kingsmill,  of  Sidmanton,  Hants." 

Strype's  Index  refers  also  to  several  apparently 
of,  or  connected  with,  the  Sidmanton  family. 

S.  M.  S. 


Asms  of  Irish  Peebs.  —  Can  any  of  your  cor- 
respondents answer  these  questions  respecting  the 
arms  of  the  families  of  the  following  three  Irish 
peers  ? 

1.  Cole,  Earl  of  Enniskillen.  The  peerages  I 
have  been  able  to  consult,  with  the  exception  of 
Burke  in  his  edition  for  the  present  year,  give  the 
arms :  Ar.  a  bull  passant  within  a  bordure  sa., 
charged  with  eight  bezants ;  on  a  dexter  canton 
az.,  a  harp  or,  stringed  ar.  Burke  makes  the 
canton  sinister,  and  divides  it  per  pale  gu.  and  az. 
Which  is  the  correct  coat  ?  And  which  was  borne 
by  Sir  John  Cole,  of  Newland,  and  his  son  Lord 
Ranelagh  ? 

2.  Parsons,  Earl  of  Rossc.  Burke  gives  the 
arms,  Gu.  three  leopards'  faces  or ;  but  in  some 
peerages  I  find,  Sa.  a  chevron  between  three  rams 
passant  or.  Which  are  the  arms  now  borne,  and 
which  were  used  by  the  former  Earls  of  Rosse  ? 

3.  Loftus,  Marquis  of  Ely.  The  arms  now  borne 
by  the  family  are,  Sa.  a  chevron  engrailed  ermine, 
between  three  trefoils  slipped  ar. ;  yet,  in  Lodge's 
Peerage  of  Ireland^  edited  by  Archdall,  he  tells 
us  that  Adam  Loftus,  Abp.  of  Dublin,  ancestor 
of  the  present  Lords  Ely,  had  in  1566,  when  Abp. 
of  Armagh,  a  patent  for  bearing  arms  because  the 
arms  ofhis  ancestors  were  not  known ;  and  the 
arms  assigned  him  were.  Ax.  a  cross  or  g;iitt^e  de 
sang,  betweea  fout  ^\!i\<^iUA^snEi^&a^« 


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NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


[S^&LApBiLtftVt 


When  wore  theao  •rcu  dropped  bj  his  descen- 
dantt  P  And  were  the  bearinga  of  tbe  Tiicoanti  . 
Ely  of  the  fint  crefttion,  in  1622,  the  same  ai  I 
tho30  of  the  present  Marquis  7  C.  It. 

AutoaRiPUS  OF  GoETHB.  —  Has  any  collector 
of  autographs  ever  noticed  the  ironderful  rarla-  | 
tioDS  ID  Goethe's  handwriting  ?  I  hare  a  short 
poem  of  his,  written  and  ilgned  by  himself  (on  a  ' 
remarkably  email  sod  unwbolesome-lookinn;  irag- 
mcnt  of  paper],  the  authenticity  of  wliiub  I  can- 
not for  an  instant  doubt,  as  it  came  from  the  collec- 
tion of  a  gentleman  who  knew  the  poet  well,  and 
who,  aren  if  he  had  not  received  the  poem  from  I 
Goethe's  own  hand,  must  have  known  too  mucll  I 
about  nuto^apbs  to  be  deceived.  These  seven 
lines  of  writing,  with  their  signature,  correspond 
very  satisfactorily  with  all  facsimiles  which  oare  i 
ever  come  under  my  notice,  provided  allowance  ' 
b  mode  for  a  certain  degree  of  hurry,  and  the 
preternatural  greasiness  of  this  paper.  On  look-  ] 
ing  over  (by  particular  permission)  the  small,  but 
valuable,  collection  of  autographs  in  the  Museum 
at  Brussels,  I  found  a  very  lona  letter  on  large 
quarto  paper,  purporting  to  be  in  the  autograph 
of  the  poet.  Never  were  two  handwritings  more 
different.  That  in  my  possession,  borne  out  by 
all  facsimiles,  is  by  no  means  elegant,  and  inclines, 
OS  most  other  bandwritings  do,  conaiderablT  more 
towards  the  right  than  towards  the  lef>,  and  is  not 
distinguished  oj  any  very  striking  neatness.  That 
in  the  royal  colleclion  at  Brussels,  however,  in- 
clines rather  towards  the  left,  and  is  most  ex- 
quisitely neat,  small,  and  elegant.  I  can  compare 
it  best  (if  my  memory  is  not  playing  me  false)  to 
something  between  the  handwriting  of  Mendels- 
eobo,  MethfeascI,  and  Lavater.  Moreover,  the 
substance  of  the  letter  itself  is  in  favour  of  its 
being  absolutely  an  autograph.  I  wits  inclined  to 
suspect  at  Crab  that  the  letter  had  been  written  by 
another  hand,  and  signed  by  Goelbe  bimselfi  but 
on  minute  examination,  the  signature  bore  every 
evidence  of  being  written  by  the  same  hand  as  the 
rest  of  the  epistle.  I  should  be  extremely  plad  of 
a  chance  of  comparing  notes  on  this  point  with  any 
one  of  your  correspondents,  who  takes  an  interest 
in  autographs.  We,  most  of  us,  on  looking  bock 
at  our  bandwritings  of  but  a  year  back,  feel  some 
astonishment  at  the  change  which  has  taken  place 
in  them  between  that  period  and  now  ;  but  I 
donbt  ifany  one  would,  even  at  a  distance  of  ten 
vears,  deny  the  authenticity  of  one  of  bis  own 
letlen.  Of  course  I  only  allude  to  a  farmed 
■tyle  of  writing,  and  exclude  all  casei  of  change 
induced  by  illnesi  or  accident.  But  in  these  two 
stylet,  in  which  Goethe's  handwriting  exhibits 
itsdf,  the  only  point  of  similarity  is  the  blackness 
of  the  ink.  I  have  unhappily,  forgotten  llic  dnte 
of  the  letter  in  the  Brussels  collection,  and  also 
tho  dale  of  my  autograph  poem  ;  but,  to  put  a 
Quer^  wbicb  J  think  will  comprebeaij  ^Ih  d^tes, 


I  will  begpermisaion  to  ask  — Did  Goethe's  hand- 
writing, in  the  space  of  twenty  years,  rai^  k 
much,  that,  on  a  comparison  of  an  earl^  with  a 
late  specimen,  absolutely  no  points  of  similarity 
could  be  detected  ?  Geobgb  E.  J.  Powbu. 

BaANsaaovB  Familt. — Con  an^of  the  readers 
of  "N.  &  Q."  give  me  a  description  of  the  arms 
and  crest  of  the  Bransgrove  family,  who  seem  to 
have  been  long  settled  in  Hanwell,  in  Middleaes  f 
There  are  several  heo'lstonea  in  the  churchyard 
there  belonging  to  the  family.  T.  F. 

H.  Campheu..— Tbere  was  published,  in  1828, 
The  Birth  of  Briice,  or  CourOeu  of  Carrick,  ami 
other  Foctni,  by  Hugh  Campbell,  author  of  Ithu' 
Iraiioiw  of  Oisian,  Ac.  Is  ho  the  author  of  other 
works,  poetic  or  dramatic  f  R.  Inaus. 

Canadian  SEiaiixcas.  —  Can  any  of  your  Cana- 
dian correspondents  kindly  fumiah  mc  with  a  de- 
scription of  the  coronets  used  by  those  proprietor* 
of  French  extraction,  who  hold  their  lands  in  that 
colony  by  aeigneurial  tenure?       J.  Woodwabd. 

Dn.  JosBPH  FoBD.  —  Is  anything  known  of  this 
worthy,  who  was  uncle  of  Dr.  Johnson,  and  an 
eminent  physician!'  His  name  does  not  appear 
in  Munk'a  Itoli  of  the  CoUegt  of  Pht/niciaiu,  nor 
in  the  pedigree  of  the  Ford  family  in  Burke's 
Landed  Gentry,  nnd  Ormerod's  Chethirt.  There 
was  D  physician  of  this  name  at  Stourbridge  (where 
Johnson  was  partiedly  educated),  who  married 
{eirca  1694}  Jane,  widow  of  Gregory  Hidtman. 
H.S.  G. 

Tbb  Islk  Fauilt  or  Kbnt.  —  Can  aoyonc 
find  any  traces  of  the  above  family  between  the 
years  1600  and  1670  P  The  name  is  variously  spelt 
— Isley,  Iseley,  Icely,  Iceley.  L.  P. 

Cbohwell  Lbs.  —  Cromwell  Lee,  son  of  Sir 
Anthony  Lee  of  Quarendon,  and  brother  of  Sir 
Henry  Lee,  K.  G.,  died  at  HolyweU,  Oxford,  ia 
1601.  Jlis  issue  settled  in  Ireland.  What  were 
the  names  of  his  children  ?  And  in  what  pnrt  of 
Ireland  did  they  settle  *  X.  T.  Z. 

Rev.  Joun  Lewis.  —  The  Rev.  John  Lewi^, 
vicar  of  Margate,  and  the  author  of  many  learned 
works,  has  been  usually  claimed  by  BristoUeant  as 
one  of  their  eminent  natives;  and  the  articles 
wherein  he  is  the  subject  in  Chalmers,  the  ^ic^gra- 
phia  Brilaniiiea,  Noble's  Coiiiitiitalum  ofGratt/ttr, 
&c.,  give  support  to  their  claims.  Hutchins's  Hit- 
lory  of  Dortet,  however,  speaking  of  Foole,  aayi, 
"  John  Lewis,  M.A.,  grandson  of  Air.  Lewis,  vicar 
of  Worth,  in  Purbeck,  was  bom  here,  but  removed 
to  Bristol  soon  after  hia  birth,  and  there  baptiaed." 
(roL  i.  p.  4.)  Also,  Dibdin,  in  hit  Ttpograpkkal 
Antiqmtiet,  makes  the  like  asierUon  as  to  the 
place  of  his  birth,  with  the  additional  information 
that  "  Mr.  Lewis  returned  to  Poole,  and  then 
taught  grammar,  after  bii  early  removal  to  Brialol. 
Between  tbecc  ConOicliDg  teHioMnifla,  I  >m  at  a 


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now  which  is  the  true  place  of  this  learned 
natiyity ;  but  perhaps  some  of  your  kind 
mdents  can  enlighten  me  on  the  subject. 

J.  T. 

wATH,  Bishop  Berkblbt*8  Giant.  —  In 
7.  St.  Hilaire*s  HUtoire  des   Anomalies, 

p.  185,  Paris,  1832,)  it  is  stated  on  the 
J  of  Watkinson*s  Philosophical  Survey  of 
(1777,  p.  187),  and  of  "  newspapers  of  the 
50,'*  that  Bishop  Berkeley  brought  up  an 
child,  named  Macgrath,  on  certain  prin- 
rith  a  view  of  producing  a  giant,  and  suc- 

Macgrath  (who  died  at  the  age  of  twenty) 
Git  the  age  of  sixteen,  seven  feet  eight 
n  height  (at  which  time  Bishop  Berkeley 
id).  St  Hilaire  does  not  doubt  the  fact, 
can  further  particulars,  if  any  extant,  of 
rvel  be  found  r  J.  P. 

:iAL  Arms.  — •  Wanted,  the  official  arms 
by  the  Regius  Professors  at  Oxford  and 
]ge?  J.  Woodward. 

ERTiES  or  Greek  Statues.  —  It  is  well 
that  in  the  Apollo  Belvidere  the  legs  are 
han  they  ore  m  real  life.  Is  not  this  more 
le case  with  Greek  ideal  statues  generally? 

Xayibb. 

TAKS   A1ID   PRESBTTERIAIIS   IN  IrBLAHD.  — 

ost  desirous  of  obtaining  information  about 
y  Puritan  churches  or  settlements  in  Ire- 
rticularly  those  formed  to  the  south  of  Droe- 
Several  congregations  once  [existed  which 
)w  disappeared,  as  at  Aughmacart,  Straf- 
hue,  Edenderry,  BalWbrittas,  Enniscorthy, 
d,  Tankardstown,  Youghal,  Kinsale,  The 
Vthlacca,  and  elsewhere.  Any  records  of 
urches  or  of  their  ministers,  &c.,  would  be 
red  a  favour  bv  Wiluam  Frazbr,  M.D. 
[epben*8  Green  Dublin. 

lANiEL  Kanew. — I  would  cstccm  it  a 
if  any  of  jour  correspondents  could  give 
e  information  regardinpf  Nathaniel  Ranew, 
.  1673,  was  a  bookseller  *'  at  the  King's 
n  Paul  churchyard"?  and  especially  whe- 
was  related  to  Nathaniel  Ranew,  minister 
e  East  Cheap,  London,  afterirards  vicar  of 
1,  Essex,  where  he  remained  until  ejected 
conformity  at  the  Restoration  ?  The  latter 
hor  of  a  treatise,  entitled  Solitude  improved 
ine  Meditation.  London,  1670;  and  died 

F.  S. 

Bvddei*.  — In  War^s  Miscellany  (vol.  ii. 
,  &c.,  &c),  there  is  a  dramatic  poem  of 
reat  merit  called  "The  Vision,"  by  Miss 
itia  Louisa  Reddel ;  and  in  vol.  i.  p.  620, 
Miscellany,  a  short  poem  by  the  same,  en« 
^Love,  Fame,  and  Honour.'*  From  the 
ry  notes  to  the  poems,  it  appears  that  the 

died  al  the  age  of  sayenteeni  loaving 


several  volumes  of  MS.  compositions,  chiefly  poeti- 
cal. Can  any  reader  of  "  N.  &  Q."  give  further 
information  regarding  the  authoress  and  her 
works  ?  R.  Ikgus. 

Spiritualitt  :  Spiritualty.  —  In  the  Convo- 
cation's address  to  Her  Majesty,  the  "  Spiri- 
tuality "  is  named,  evidently  intending  the  EccU' 
siastical  Body  of  Her  realm.  This  may  have  been 
an  erratum,  copied  from  I  know  not  what  other 
newspaper ;  but  having  seen  it  where  a  misprint 
is  especially  unlikely  tS  escape  correction,  I  ven- 
ture to  ask|  Was  not  *'  Spiritualty "  the  proper 
term? 

Johnson  thus  discriminates  the  two  words :  -— 

**  SpimTOALrrr.  —  1.  Incorporiety ;  immateruiUty ;  •«- 
tence  distinct  from  matter.  2.  Intellectaal  natore.  8. 
That  which  belongs  to  any  one  as  an  Ecclesiastic. 

"  SriRrruALTT.  —  Ecclesiastical  Body.    (Not  in  use).'* 

If  a  term,  plainly  distinguishing  the  objective 
from  the  subjective  condition  of  toe  Church,  has 
really  dropped  into  desuetude,  it  were  to  be  wished 
that  the  Lords  '*  Spiritual  *'  had  sanctioned  its 
revival.  E.  L.  S. 

"  Scraps  from  thb  Mourtatks,**  by  Christabcl, 
Dublin,  1840.    Who  is  the  author  ?    R.  Incus. 

SiDNBT,  Lady  Moroah^s  Arms.  —  Could  any 
contributor  of  "  N.  &  Q."  favour  me  with  Lady 
Morgan*s  paternal  bearings  ?  Tristis. 

Tom  Thumb.  —  I  was  a  little  startled  the  other 
day,  when  I  read  the  following,  which  I  extract 
from  a  Chronology  of  similarly  strange  and  as- 
tounding events,  contained  in  an  Almanac  for  the 
year  1692:  — 

**  Since  Tom  Thumb  and  Garagantoa  fought  a  duel  on 
Salisbury  Plain 104  years." 

In  my  simplicity  I  had  thought  "Tom  Thumbs" 
were  of  more  modern  introduction,  and  was  not 
prepared  to  find  that  Bamum's  protSf^S  could 
boast  such  a  remote  and  illustrious  ancestry. 
Pray  to  what  era  does  the  first  Tom  Thumb  be- 
long ?  V.  V.  R. 

Tithe. — In  the  printed  Calendarium  Rotuhrum 

Patentium,  I  find  in  p.  12,  "  anno  2,  Johannis,"  the 

following  entry :  — 

«  Canonid  dt  Loch* 

Decima  de  malier* Franc*." 

What  manner  of  tithe  was  this  ?       Meletrs. 


KoKjuiiKa  Bishops  ahd  thbib  Ordikatiohs. 
—  The  following  extract  from  an  old  Historical 
Renter  of  1717,  may  perhaps  connect  itself  not 
inopportunely  with  Mr.  Macrat's  valuable  and 
interesting  list  of  nonjuring  bishops,  as  showing 
the  pains  that  one  at  least  of  their  number  took 
to  iwiro  tii9  fitness  of  (ho^e  wbom  ta  <eoA  C<it4v 


3ia 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


[8^  a  I.  Apsil  U^  *63. 


to  minister  among  the  scattered  flocks  of  nonjurors. 
The  Register  is  detailing  the  trial  of  the  Rev. 
Laurence  Howell,  M. A.,  and  gives  in  full  his  Let- 
ters of  Orders  from  Dr.  Hickes,  nonjuring  bishop : — 
"  By  the  tenor  of  these  presents,  we  George  Hickes,  by 
Divine  permission,  Suffragan  Bishop  of  Tbetford.  make 
known  to  all  men,  that  our  beloved  in  Christ,  Laurence 
Howell,  Master  of  Arts,  being  recommended  to  us  by 
sufficient  testimonials  of  his  probity  of  life  and  integrity 
of  manners,  laudably  qualify  d  by  his  knowledge  in  the 
sacred  writings,  and  by  his  learning,  and  approv'd  by 
our  examiner,— we,  the  said  Bishop,  administering  the 
Holy  Offices  in  our  Oratory  in  the  parish  of  St.  Andrew, 
Holborn,  in  the  County  of  Middlesex,  have  admitted  and 
promoted  him  to  the  Holy  Order  of  Priesthood,  and  then 
and  there  have  instituted  and  ordained  him,  according 
to  the  manner  and  custom  of  the  Church  of  England,  in 
this  behalf,  wholesomely  appointed  and  provided.  In 
witness  whereof  we  have  caused  our  episcopal  seal  to  be 
affix'd  to  these  presents,  the  2nd  day  of  October,  in  the 
year  of  our  Lord  1712,  and  in  the  eighteenth  of  our  con- 
secration. 

(Signed)       ''Geobob  Hickes." 

This  document  was  sealed  on  a  label  with  hard 
red  wax ;  the  seal  represented  a  shepherd  with  a 
sheep  upon  his  shoulders,  and  a  crook  in  his  hand, 
with  this  motto,  "  The  Good  Shepherd."  Is  the 
site  of  Dr.  Hickes*s  Oratory  in  Holborn  ascer- 
tained, and  was  it  a  building  set  apart  for  the 
purpose,  or  only  part  of  some  house  ? 

C.  H.  £.  Cabhichabl. 

Oxford. 

TThe  ordination  of  Laurence  Howell  by  Bishop  Hickes 
took  place  at  .Samuel  Grascome*s  Oratory  in  ocroope*s 
Court  (afterwards  called  Union  Court),  near  St.  Andrew's 
Cl^urch,  Holborn.  It  was  at  this  Oratory  that  Henry 
Gandy  and  Thomas  Brett,  sen.  received  their  episcopal 
orders  on  June  25,  171G.  Ralph  {Hist,  of  En^and,  ii. 
526)  informs  us,  that  **  Grascome  was  interrupted  by  a  mes- 
senger whilst  he  was  ministering  to  his  little  congregation, 
in  Scroope*s  Court,  near  St.  Andrew's  Church."  Again, 
we  learn  from  Wright's  England  under  the  Houie  of  Han' 
over,  i.  46,  that  "  on  the  29th  of  May,  1716,  the  anniver- 
sary of  the  Restoration  of  Charles  II.,  green  bought 
were  carried  about  the  streets,  and  worn  on  the  per- 
son ;  and  there  were  large  meetings  at  St.  Andrew's  (to 
hear  Dr.  Sacheverell),  and  at  the  Jacobitee*  conventi- 
cle in  Scroope*8  Court,  over  against  it"  The  crosier 
which  had  been  used  by  the  nonjuring  bishops  was  fin 
1839)  in  the  possession  of  John  Crossley,  Esq.  of  Scait- 
cliffe,  near  Todmorden.  For  some  notices  of  the  Orato- 
ries of  the  Nonjurors  in'London,  see'/*  N.  &  Q."  1st  S.  ii. 
854.  The  discovery  of  Howell's  Letters  of  Orders,  quoted 
by  our  correspondent,  was  quite  accidental.  Upon  infor- 
mation that  a  treasonable  paper,  called  The  Shift  Shifted, 
had  been  recently  printed,  search  was  made  for  it  at  the 
house  of  Laurence  Howell  in  Bull-Head  Court,  Jewin 
Street.  The  Crown  messengers  there  discovered  another 
work,  entitled  The  Case  of  Schism  in  the  Church  of  Eng- 
land Tndy  Stated,  written  by  Howell,  which  denounced 
George  I.  as  a  usurper,  and  condemned  all  that  had  been 
done  in  the  Church,  subsequent  to  Abp.  Sancrof^'s  depri- 
vation, as  illegal  and  nncanonical.  All  HowelPs  papers 
were  seized  by  order  of  the  government,  among  which 
were  his  Letters  of  Orders,  and  also  ''The  Form  of  Abso- 
lution and  Roception  of  Converts."  For  writing  7^ 
Case  of  Schism,  he  was  tried  at  the  Old  Bailey,  and  sen- 
tencea  to  »  Aoe  of  500/.,  three  years'  imprisonment,  to  be 


whipped,  and  stripped  of  his  g<own  by  the  public  ettea- 
tioner.  Howell  heard  this  severe  and  cruel  sentaoo 
undismayed ;  the  public  whipning  was  not  inflicted,  and 
his  term  of  imprisonment  in  Newgate  was  shortened  by 
his  death,  which  took  place  on  the  19th  July,  1720.  His 
Spiopsis  Canonum,  2  voU.  fol.  1709-10,  and  his  View  of 
the  Roman  Fontyicate,  8vo,  1712,  attest  that  he  was  a  man 
of  deep  learning  and  research.] 

Walkeb's  "SurrEBiNGg  or  the  Cleegt."— 
John  Walker,  the  author  of  An  Attempt  to  Recover 
the  Numbers  of  Sufferings  of  the  Loyal  Clergy, 
professes,  in  the  introduction  to  that  work,  an  in* 
tention  of  publishing  an  additional  treatise,  in 
which  he  would  examine  Calamy*8  statements  re- 
specting the  ejected  nonconformists.  Did  he  ever 
fulfil  this  intenUon  P  Or  is  there  any  work  which 
enters  into  a  detailed  criticism  of  the  numbers, 
characters,  sufferings,  Sec,  of  the  two  thousand 
Dissenters,  replaced  by  regular  clergy  in  1662  P 

W.  J,  D. 

[The  Rev.  W.  D.  Macrat  has  discovered  among  the 
Rawlinson  MSS.  nine  volumes  of  Walker's  collecUoDS  for 
his  Sufferings  of  the  Cleray  (see  anU,  p.  218).  Oar  cor- 
respondent should  consult  the  numerous  productions  ;of 
the  Rev.  Zachary  Grey  for  some  curious  particulars  of 
the  ejected  nonconformists ;  but,  as  most  of  them  ap- 
peared anonymously,  we  subjoin  the  titles  of  a  fisw  of 
them :  — 

1.  A  Century  of  Eminent  Presbjrterian  Preachers;  or, 
a  Collection  of  Choice  Sayings  tnm  the  Pablick  SermoDS 
preached  before  the  Two  Houses,  from  November,  1640, 
to  Januaiy  31,  1648  (the  day  after  the  King  was  be- 
headed) i  m  which  the  Seditious  and  Republican  Pria- 
ciples  of  a  great  part  of  the  celebratea  Assembly  of 
Divines  are  detected,  their  flowers  of  Rhetorick  displaved, 
and  their  gross  i^orance  fUly  exposed.  To  wnich  is 
added,  An  Appendix,  with  the  snort  Cbaracteis  of  several 
of  these  Preachers  (who  survived  the  Restoration)  taken 
from  Dr.  Calamy*s  Abridament  of  Baxter^s  lAfs.  By  s 
Lover  of  Episcopacy  [  Dr.  Zachary  Grey].  London,  1 « 23, 
8vo. 

2.  A  Looking-Glass  for  Schismaticks:  or,  the  Tme 
Picture  of  Fanaticism :  in  a  Summary  View  of  the  Prin- 
ciples of  the  Rebels  of  Forty-One,  taken  from  their  Ser- 
mons, Pamphlets,  Speeches  in  Parliament,  Remonstran- 
ces, Declarations,  Petitions,  Votes,  Orders,  and  Ordinanceit 
By  a  Gentleman  of  the  University  of  Cambridge  [Dr. 
Zachary  Grey].    London,  1725,  8vo. 

3.  The  Knight  of  Dumbleton  Foiled  at  his  own  Wea- 
pon ;  or,  an  Answer  to  a  Scandalous  Pamphlet,  entitled 
*The  Church  of  England  Secured,  the  Toleration  Act 
Enervated,  and  the  Dissenters  Ruined  and  Undone.'  Ad- 
dressed by  way  of  Letter  to  Sir  Richard  Cocks,  Bart  In 
which  the  many  vile  Reflections  of  that  writer  upon  ths 
Clergy  of  the  Established  Church  are  Confuted,  and  his 
gross  sophistications,  quibbles,  and  blunders,  ftilly  ex- 
posed. By  a  Gentleman,  and  no  Knight  [Dr.  Zachsiy 
Greyl    London,  1728,  8vo. 

4.  The  Ministrv  of  the  Dissenters  proved  to  be  null 
and  'void  from  scripture  and  Antiquity ;  in  Answer  to 
Dr..CaIamy*8  Sermon,  entitled  *The  Ministry  of  the  Dis- 
senters Vindicated,  &c.'  Addressed  by  way  of  Letter  to 
that  worthy  Doctor.  By  a  Presbyter  of  the  Church  of 
EnglandlfDr.  Zachary  Grey].    London,  1725,  Svo. 

&A  the  Messrs.  Parkers  of  Oxford  have  annoanced  a 
republication  of  Walker's  Suffetimp  of  the  Oergjf,  which 
we  regret  to  find  is  to  be  abridgea,  it  may  be  as  well  to 
direct  attention  to  sixteen  pages  of  oorrsetioBs  pntervsd 


8^  a  L  AnoL  19,  'dS.] 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


313 


among  William  Cole*s  MSS.  In  the  British  Maseam 
(Addit.  MS.  6829,  pp.  74-89\  entitled  "Committees 
during  the  Grand  Rebellion:  being  MS.  notes  entered 
into  my  copy  of  Walker's  Sufferings  of  the  dergy,  taken 
ftt>m  some  entered  into  my  worthy  friend  Dr.  Zachary 
Grey's  copy  of  the  same  book."] 

IIiSTORT  OF  Phcenicia. — ^Tho  following  clipping 
is  from  T^e  Athenccum,  Nov.  14,  1835,  p.  860. 
AVhat  tmount  of  truth  \s  there  in  it  ?  — 

"A  discovery  of  great  historical  importance  has  been 
made  at  Oporto.  The  nine  books  of  *The  History  of 
Phoenicia,'  by  Philos  de  Byblos,  have  been  found  in  the 
Convent  of  Santa  Maria  de  Merenhas.  This  work,  of 
which  one  book  only  has  been  preserved  in  the  Pra- 
partUio  Evangdiea  of  Eosebius  is  now  complete."  — 
HtrakL 

Gbimb. 

r  A  correspondent  in  the  OenU  Mag.  for  May,  1836,  p. 
4M,  remarks,  '<  The  expectations  which  have  been  holden 
out  by  various  journals,  that  the  public  was  soon  to  be 
favoured  vrith  the  entire  work  of  Philo-Byblius,  from  a 
manuscript  said  to  have  been  lately  discovered  at  Oporto, 
most  be  disappointed  by  the  assurance  of  a  learned  and 
most  respectable  gentleman  in  Portugal,  that  no  such 
manuscript  has  been  heard  of  there,  and  that  there  is  no 
each  convent  as  the  one  named  in  the  notice  referred 
ta»] 

Ihteoduction  op  Pheasants.  —  Is  it  known 
when  pheasants  were  first  introduced  into  thb 
country  ?  J*  Eastwood. 

[We  fear  that  this  is  a  query  which  does  not  admit  of 
an  easy  solution.  The  Fantologitt,  under  **  Phasianus," 
says  *'Cnsar  mentions  them  [pheasants]  in  Britain  .  .  . 
among  the  articles  of  food,  which  the  rude  natives  were 
prohibited  from  eating,  by  the  institutions  of  the  Druids ;  " 
out  our  copy  of  Caesar  does  not  contain  this  passage.  He 
says,  indeed  (/>e  Bell.  Gall,  v.  12),  **  Leporem,  et  gallinam,  et 
anserera  guatare,  fas  non  putant ;  h»c  tamcn  alunt  animi 
voluptntisqac  causa;"  but  it  would  be  difficult  to  prove 
that  by  the  qallina  we  are  to  understand  the  pheasant 
Daniel  {Rural  Sports)  and  Yarrell  {British  Birds)  cite 
Echard's  History  of  England  to  the  effect,  that  the  price 
of  a  pheasant  anno  27  Edward  I.  was  fourpence;  and  Uie 
former  states,  that  pheasants  were  brought  into  Europe 
by  the  Argonauts  1250  years  before  the  Christian  era. 
Cm  the  whole,  then,  we  think  it  by  no  means  impossible 
that  pheasants  found  their  way  into  our  island  berore  the 
period  of  authentic  history.] 

Adeiam  IV. — Can  any  correspondent  give  pre- 
cise authority  for  the  manner  of  this  English 
Pope's  death  ?  Most  of  the  biographies  of  him 
maJce  no  reference  to  the  cause  of  death.  A  few 
state  he  was  **  (^oked  by  a  fly" ;  one,  "  at  the 
hands  of  an  assassin.**  James  Gilbeet. 

2»  Devonshire  Grove,  Old  Kent  Road. 

rin  a  recent  work,  entitled  Pope  Adrian  IV.,  an  Hit' 
toneal  SktUh,  by  Richard  Raby,  Lend.  1849,  8vo,  it  is 
stated  that  **  the  death  of  Adrian  happened  on  Sept  1, 
1169,  near  Anagnia,  in  the  Gampagna,  and,  according  to 
William  of  T^ra,  in  consequence  of  a  quinsy.  Pagi  re- 
lates, that  the  partisans  of  Frederic  Barbarossa  told  a 
story  to  this  effect  —  that  Pope  Adrian  died  by  a  judg- 
ment of  God,  who  permitted  him,  while  drinking  at  a 
welly  a  few  days  after  denouncing  excommunication 
against  the  Emperor,  to  swallow  a  fly,  which  stuck  in  hb 
tuoat»  and  ooold  not  be  extracted  by  the  surgeons,  till 


the  patient  had  expired  through  the  inflammation  pro- 
duced by  the  accident.  Adrian,  however,  did  not  excom- 
municate the  Emperor  at  all,  but  died  on  the  eve  of 
doing  so.  His  body  was  carried  to  Rome,  and  entombed 
in  a  costlv  sarcophagus  of  marble,  beside  that  of  Eugc- 
nius  111.,  m  the  nave  of  the  old  basilica  of  St.  Peter."] 


VitsXUi* 


THE  KING'S  EVIL. 
(3'«  S.  i.  208.) 

Wiseman,  in  a  folio  volume,  published  in  1676, 
and  dedicated  to  Charles  II.,  refers  the  regal 
power  of  healing  this  disease  to  **  those  secret  rays 
of  divinity  that  do  attend  kings.**  But  it  appears, 
if  The  Taller  be  correct,  to  have  belonged  also  to 
the  seventh  son  of  a  seventh  son,  however  inno- 
cent he  might  be  of  royal  blood. 

In  an  old  copy  of  the  Book  of  Common  Prayer, 
in  my  possession,  "  Printed  by  Charles  Bill,  and 
the  executrix  of  Thomas  Newcomb,  deceas*d 
1708,**  the  service  "  At  the  Healing  **  is  retained ; 
and  as  it  is  possibly  new  to  some  of  the  readers  of 
'*  N.  &  Q.,**  they  may  be  interested  in  the  sub- 
joined epitome  of  it.  It  commences  with  the  col- 
lect from  our  present  "  Order  for  Communion,** 
beginning  *^  Prevent  us,  O  Lord,  in  all  our  doings,** 
&c. ;  after  which  follows  the  Gospel  from  Mark, 
xvi.  14—20.  In  this  charge,  the  words  **  They 
shall  lay  their  hands  on  the  sick^  and  they  shall  re» 
cover^^  are  significantly  printed  in  italick,  as  if  for 
greater  emphasis.  Prayer  is  then  bidden,  and  the 
Lord*s  Prayer  offered  up ;  after  which  the  rubrick 
thus  directs  the  order  of  proceeding  :  — 

**  ^  Then  shall  the  infirm  Persons,  one  hy  one,  be  pre- 
senttd  to  the  Queen  upon  their  knees ;  and  as  every  one  is 
presented^  and  while  the  Queen  is  laying  Her  hands  upon 
them,  and  putting  the  Gold  about  their  Necks,  the  Chaidain 
that  officiates,  turning  himself  to  Her  Majesty,  shall  say 
these  words  following :  *  God  give  a  blessing  to  this  work ; 
And  grant  that  these  sick  persons,  on  whom  the  Queen 
lays  her  hands,  may  recover,  through  Jesus  Christ  our 
Lord  I ' " 

**  ^  After  all  have  been  presented,  the  Chaplain  shall 

say  .'  — 

"  Vers.  O  Lord,  save  thy  servants. 

*'  Resp,  VTho  put  their  trust  in  Thee.  These  amwera 

**  Vers.  Send  them  help  from  thy  holy    ?;*Sem"S!S 

place.  come,    to     be 

<*  Resp.  And  evermore  mi^Uily  defend  them.    ^^'*^'' 
**  Vers.  Help  us,  O  God  of  our  Salvation. 
"  Resp.  And  for  the  glory  of  Thy  name  deliver  us,  and 
he  merciful  to  us  sinners,  for  Thy  name^s  take. 
"  Vers.  0  Lord,  hear  our  prayers. 
**  Resp.  And  let  our  cry  come  utUo  ^^^ce^ 

**Letus  Pray. 
**  0  Almightv  God,  who  art  the  giver  of  all  health,  and 
the  aid  of  them  that  seek  to  Thee  for  succour,  wo  call 
upon  Thee  for  thy  help  and  gooilness  mercifully  to  be 
shewed  upon  these  thy  servants,  that  they,  being  healed 
of  their  infirmities,  mav  give  thanks  unto  Thee  in  thy 
Holy  Church,  through  «lesus  Christ  oar  Lord.   AmtnJ* 

The  Chaplain,  then,  standing  with  his  fafiA  tA- 


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NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


C3^&I.ArtfLl9^«. 


ward  them  that  come  to  be  healed,  repeats  the 
collect  from  the  •*  Visitation  of  the  Sick,"  com- 
mencing, "  The  Almightj  Lord,"  &c. ;  and  con- 
cludes with  the  usual  benediction. 

D.  P.  (p.  258)  is  probably  not  aware  that  it 
was  incumbent  on  the  parish  authorities  to  make 
such  entries  in  the  Register  as  that  noticed  by 
him. 

In  the  London  OazeUe  for  18th— 21st  Nov. 
1672,  No.  731,  he  will  find  the  Proclamation  fol- 
lowing :  — 

•*  His  Majesty  has  commanded  that  Notice  be  eiven, 
That  no  Persons  whatsoever  do  come  to  be  Healed  oif 
the  Eiog*8  Evil  anless  they  bring  a  certificate  under  the 
Hands  and  Seals  of  the  Minister  and  Churchwardens  of 
the  Parishes  where  they  inhabit :  That  they  have  not 
been  Touched  before :  And  His  Majesty  Reqaires,  That 
the  Ministers  in  their  respective  Parishes  do  keep  a  con- 
stant Register  of  such  Persons  to  whom  they  give  these 
Certificates." 

If  the  efficacy  of  the  royal  touch  were  really  be- 
lieved in,  the  best  **  Certificate  *'  that  the  appli- 
cants had  never  been  touched  before  would  lie 
in  the  fact  that  they  were  still  suffering. 

Douoi«AS  Allpobt. 


It  may  be  useful,  not  perhaps  to  S.  T.,  who 
having  investigated  the  subject  may  be  presumed 
to  be  acquainted  with  them,  but  to  other  in- 
cjuirers,  to  record  in  **N.  &  Q.**  the  following 
list  of  works  which  either  specially  or  incidentally 
treat  of  the  gift  of  healing  by  the  royal  touch, 
and  all  of  which,  it  may  be  added,  are  now  in  my 
possession :  — 

1.  Tookor  (W.}»  "  Charisma,  sire  Donum  Sanationis.** 
1507. 

2.  Clowes  (W.)»  ''A  right  fruitful  Treatise  of  Struma." 
1602. 

8.  Laurentius,  **  De  Mirabili  Strumas  sanandi  vi  Solio 
Gallin  Regibus  concessa."    1609. 

4.  **  A  choice  Collection  of  wonderful  Mirades,  Ac." 
1681. 

6.  Brown  (J A  "  Adenochoiradelogia."    1684. 

6.  Murhof  rD.G.)f  **Princeps  medicus."  1665. 

7.  Beckett  (W.),  **  A  Free  and  impartial  Inquiry,"  &e. 
1722. 

8.  Badger  (J.),  <«  Cases  of  Cures  of  the  King's  Evil." 
1748. 

9.  Bishop  Dourfas's  "Criterion."    1764. 

10.  Ennemosers  **  Uistofy  of  Magic." 

11.  CoIquhoun*s  •*  History  of  Magic"    1851. 

No.  4. 1  take  to  be  somewhat  scarce ;  it  con- 
sists of  four  pi^es  folio,  and  the  full  title  is,  "  it 
choice  Collection  of  Wonderful  Miracles^  Ohaets^ 
and  Visions.  London :  for  Benj.  Harris,  1681.** 
Among  other  pieces  it  contains  an  account  of  an 
extraordinary  cure  of  king*s  evil  by  the  Duke  of 
Monmouth  performed  on  a  girl  of  Crookham  in 

Somerset,  and  of  another  by  **  Mrs.  F »  sister 

to  the  duke,**  on  one  Jonathan  Trot,  the  son  of 
an  apple-woman  in  Coyept  Garden,  under  the 


CHRISTOPHER  WANDESFORDK 
(3"»  S.  i.  271.) 

To  what  was  given  in  the  answer  appended  to 
the  Query  of  H.  L.  T.  may  be  added,  that  Lodge, 
in  his  Irish  Peerage  (voL  iii.  p.  198),  says,  not 
that  '*  the  fate  of  his  friend  Lord  Strafford,**  &&, 
but  that,  "  having  quick  intelligence  how  afiin 
were  carried  against  Lord  Strafford,  the  apprehend 
sion  of  his  troubles^  and  of  those  which  were  likdf 
to  ensue  in  both  kingdoms^  affected  him  to  such  a 
degree,  that  3  December,  1640,  he  departed  this 
life  suddenly." 

Perhaps  £[.  L.  T.,  and  other  readers  of  ''N.  & 
Q./*  may  like  to  know  something  of  the  present 
state  of  the  ancient  house  of  the  family. 

It  stands  in  the  parish,  and  bears  the  name  of 
Kirklington ;  and  is  in  the  North  Riding  of  York- 
shire, a  few  miles  north  of  Ripon.  The  Lord 
Deputy  appears,  in  Dugdale*s  VisitaHon  of  166i^  u 
father  of  the  then  head  of  the  family  of**  Wandes- 
ford  of  Kirklington.**  I  saw  the  house  in  Sep- 
tember, 1860.  An  old  tenant,  then  living  in  it, 
said,  that  about  the  time  when  he  came  to  Kirk- 
lington, a  steward  had  pulled  down  a  larjpc  part, 
including  the  liall ;  baa  sold  the  materius,  and 


direction  of  a  dream.    There  are  also  iome  Tcnei 

headed  **  Tom  Ross's  Ghost  to  his  Pupil  the  Duks 

of  M.,  a  Canto  upon  the  miraculous  Cure  of  tlie 

King*s  Evil,**  which  ends  — 

**  The  strooker  Graitrix  was  a  sot. 
And  all  bia  Feat-tricka  are  fomt ; 
But  DwAe  Trtneulo  and  Tom  Dm 
Will  be  a  famoos  Quadk  in  story.^ 

I  withstand  my  inclination  to  do  more  tium 
simply  record  the  existence  of  this  hrockmrey  and 
beg  to  commend  it  to  your  correspondent  ss 
**  flavouring  **  for  any  work  that  he  may  ezeeote 
on  this  curious  subject. 

The  Enc^c.  Metrovol.  says  that  the  form  of 
prayer  used  in  Englana  may  be  seen  inL*£8fen«ge*s 
Alliance  of  Divine  Offices,  and  in  the  Register  id 
Bishop  Kennett ;  it  has  been  traced  by  Beckett  to 
**  an  ancient  MS.  exorcism  used  for  the  dispos- 
sessing of  Evil  Spirits.**  The  same  antbOTitf 
refers  for  a  very  full  account  of  the  **  the  royal 
gifl  of  healing,  as  exercised  by  the  Kings  of 
England,  to  Pettigrew*s  SupersHtions  emmedei 
with  the  Practice  of  Medicine  and  Surgery^  and  to 
several  other  works  in  addition  to  many  of  those 
included  in  my  list.  Delta. 

Extract  from  the  Churchwardena*  Accounts  in 
the  Parish  of  Ecclesficld,  co.  York :  — 

*•  1641.  Gioen  to  John  Parkin  wife  towards  her  trsMll 
to  London  to  get  core  of  the  Eaill  which  her  soone  Thon 
is  visited  wti"  aU  0.6.  Sr—HisL  ofEcel^fiM(JMXh 
Daldy),  p.  89. 

J.  Eabtwoop. 


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America  with  the  moaej.  Tbe  lead  had 
I  100/.  Tlie  put  pulled  down  extended 
>  preient  east  face  of  the  houie,  nt  the 
St  comer,  Id  the  direction  of  the  neigh- 
mill. 

)ne  rooni  remains  of  any  visible  interest. 
luare  Toom  of  good  >iie,  up  one  flight  of 
One  window  looks  to  the  mill,  one  other 
ithward.  It  ia  paonclled.  Over  the  fire- 
iich  ii  in  Ibo  west  wall,  is  a  finelj-carved 
Qclosed  bj  the  garter.  The  shield  is 
iches  high  and  eisht  inches  and  t  bklf 

It  is  ensigned  with  a  bured  helmet, 
idcwa^rs.  The  helmet  has  lambrequins; 
he  top  of  the  helmet  U  a  apace,  where 

the  crest  once  stood.    Tiie  ropporten 

like  lions,  but  are,  no  doubt,  tlie  nian- 
hich  belong  to  the  familj  of  Hastings, 
evement  is  set  in  a  parallelogriun,  fonuing 
lie  pannelling. 

licld  shows  tliirt;  quarters  in  five  rows  of 
e  lint  quarter  is  Hastings,  a  meunch. 
two,  29  and  30,  are  Oiled  bj  Le  Despen- 
.  are  car*cd,  and  none  are  coloured. 

mn9t  be  the  arms  of  Henr;  Ilastines, 
rl  of  HuntinffdoD,  K.G.,  1579  i  tbe  346th 
1  Guillim's  list.  This  earl  was  contem- 
')th  tbe  decorator  of  tbe  room.  The  earl 
1595,  five  jears  after  his  friend.  The 
r  of  the  room  was,  I  conclude  from  the 
ch  I  proceed  to  mention,  Sir  Christopher 
brde,  who  married  Elizabeth,  daughter 
eorge  Bowes  of  Stretbam.  The  Lord 
ivas  their  f^ndson. 
ciling   and  cornice   of  the  room  are  of 

The  ceiling  bos  maiiianet  pendents, 
chmcnts  in  high  relief,  pomegranates, 
lards,  and  monstrous  animals.      It   has 

shields.  Two,  opposite  each  other,  arc : 
,  baron,  a  lion  rampant  double-queui, 
arde ;  Fcmmc,  ermine,  three  bows  strung, 
e  bj  side,  Boat*.  The  other  two  shields 
1  tbe  same  six' quartering! ;  Wandesforde, 

Ctilvile,  Norton,  Fulthorp,  and,  on  a 
ree   pheons.      The   crest,   on   a  wreath, 

with  a  spired  tower.  Uulto,  below  the 
'Tout  pour  rEglise." 
irichments  of  the  cornice  are  of  the  aame 
hose  of  the  ceiling,  but  it  has  no  shields 
Between  tiro  small  arches  in  it  arc  the 
.  E.  W. :  the  W.  being  piriced  above,  and 
the  C.  and  E.  These  are,  no  doubt,  tbe  . 
if  the  Lord  Deputy's  grandfather  and 
tber. 

[he  house  we  can  follow  Sir  CfariatO[>lier 
tTC.  In  the  south,  or  Wandesforde  aisle, 
ington  church,  against  the  south  wall, 
oae  to  the  east  wall  as  to  trespass  on  the 
beir  cbontrj  altar,  is  his  monument  — 
Ij  Dglj  and  cumbersome.     Hia  Ggnre 


lies  at  foil  length  on  a  high  slab.     This  it  the 
inscription  ;  — 

"  HcmoHa 
CiiHTSTOFHOBi  WASDBsroRD  militls,  Qui  abtit  11'°' 
di«  Jvlli  anno  DFii  1690,  anno  MMia  ivb  *2". 
Tlie  jacst  ille  Dee,  Pitris  qvi  vixil,  aoiida, 
Dvm  patrliB  ct  charis  livit  adctaa  Dtvs. 
NvDc  trmvlo  rorpvt,  nvnc  soIt  nomcn  amidi 
Et  Pitria  ivpcrest.    Spiiitva  Ipu  Deo." 
Wandesforde,  Wandesforde  impaling  Ftil thorp, 
Musters,  and  Wandesforde  impaling  Bowes,  are 
placed  below  bis  figure.   On  a  shield  aoove  him  are 
the  six  quartcrings,  as  on  the  shields  in  the  ceiling 
of  the  room  in  the  house.  D.  F. 

Stuarts  Lodge. 
Halvem  Weill. 


Tub  Use  or  thb  Vsbb  "Mattbb"  (3'^  S.  i. 
300.)— -"It  matters  not"  is  quoted  in  no  lew 
common  a  book  than  Johnson's  DictwBory,  from 
Ben  Jonson,  who  died  just  about  the  time  that 
Locke  was  bom.  It  is  in  the  CatiUiu,  Act  IV. 
Sc.  3,  p.  638,  of  the  edition  of  1640. 

Ltttbltok. 

H*gl«7,  Stoorbridge. 

Fossils  (3''  S.  i.  148,  S38.)  — I  am  afraid  J. 
C.  J.  will  not  find  the  required  information  in  the 
answer  of  M.  W.  B,,  especially  as  it  Is  rendered 
almost  unintelligible  through  errors  in  paragrtphr 
and  punctuation.*  By  merely  fixing  his  speci- 
mens in  a  box,  J.  C.  J.  will  neither  soften  the 
rock,  or  render  tbe  fossils  less  friable.  Would  not 
hot  water,  carefully  and  repeatedly  used,  effect 
tbe  first  of  these  objects  F  I  remember  to  have 
read,  in  connexion  with  Lajard's  discoveriei,  of  a 
most  interesting  process,  by  which  decomposed 
ivory  was  restored  to  comparative  soundncM. 
Could  not  Kinetbing  of  the  xind  be  nsed  to  ag- 
glutinate and  render  more  compact  tbe  soft  car^ 
paces  of  these  fossil  tortoises  ? 

DouoLia  Allpobt. 

Rbti-wd:  Cobbtt  ob  Shibh  {S""  S.  L  111, 
197.}  — It  is  certainly  true  that  in  a  constitu- 
tional point  of  view  there  is  no  difierence  between 
a  cowdy  and  a  thire.  It  is  nevertheless  on  un- 
doubted fact,  that  there  are  some  counties  that 
are  called  Mm,  and  others  that  are  not ;  and  I 
■m  not  aware  of  any  instance  in  England  of  a 
county  being  called  a  lAi're,  unless  it  originally 
formed  part  of  one  of  the  larger  Anglo-Saxon 
kingdoms,  Wesaex,  Uercia,  or  Northnmbria.  Rut- 
land formed  part  of  Uercia,  and  we  might  there- 
fore expect  it  to  be  a  iMrt,  but  it  is  not  so  stjfled 
in  DomMday  Book. 

I  woold  beg  to  ask  on  what  authority  Ma.  SlB- 
TBMB  supposes  Rutland  to  have  been  made  a 

*  [H.  W.  B,  bai  written  to  ns  to  explain  this.  The 
period  riwnld  )ra  placed  aTttr  "  farii,"  net  atlar  ■■  R."— 
to.  "  N.  &  Q-"l 


NOTBS  AND  QU£RI£a 


[a^B.lAp»a.l9,Vt. 


coantj  in  the  reign  of  Alfred  Qie  QreUF  The 
Penny  Cgdopadia  (vol.  xx.  p.  277)  ipetki  of  ' 
Kutluid  u  being  first  nkentiuned  u  &  county  in  , 
ilie  reign  of  John.  I  cannot  but  think  that  thia  . 
LI  a  miitake.  But  I  appreliend  it  is  rery  doubtful  , 
whether  any  part  of  the  kingdom  of  Mercia  woi 
broken  up  into  counties  in  so  earl^  an  age  a«  that 
of  Alfred.  Cue. 

Wright'*  Hutory  and  Aniiquitiet  o/RtUlatuUhire, 
p.  1,  puhliohed  in  1684,  says :  — 

"Ratland,  u  it  is  now  [imilsd,  wu  not  a  county  of 
ilNir  at  Ibe  time  of  tha  Norman  CoDqnut,  and  tbat  a 
great  part  of  tti«  town«,  thou  upeciallr  which  lie  on  lbs 
south  liraiti'of  this  t/iirc,  did  at  that  tims  belong  to  tha 
county  of  Northampton,  and  at  part  of  tbal county  tbcy  an 
to  be  found  under  tba  title  of  Nortbamptonililrs  in  the 
general  survey  taken  in  the  reign  of  William  I,,  com- 
monly called  Damadtty  Book.  The  other  towns  now  be- 
longing to  this  «■*')>  ware  at  that  lima  in  soma  tort 
spparlalning  U  the  county  of  Nottingham." 

STaMrORDtRHSIB. 

tTmvEBBiL  StiFFmACB  (3'*  S.  i.  197.)— Uni- 
versal suffrage  ithb  the  custom  In  England  just  as 
in  Athens  formerly  every  man  bad,  and  in  the 
Biiuthern  etates  of  North  America  ererj  man  bns, 
the  franchise ;  that  is  to  aay,  except  slavea  and 
strangers.  So  formerly  in  England  all  "  llberi  et 
Icgalea  homincB"  bad  the  right  of  sufirage.  Their 
modern  representatives  have  it  still.  The  serf 
and  villein  had  it  not.  Their  repreientatives  in 
modem  English  aocietv  are,  for  the  most  part, 
perbn^  witnout  it.  Probably  the  proportion  of 
adult  Engljibmen,  who,  in  the  days  or  so-called 
universal  sufTrage,  possessed  the  franchise,  to  those 
who  were  without  it,  was  a  good  deal  smaller  than 
it  is  now.  LiBEB  n  lbgalis  Homo. 

All  Hallow  Etes  (3'*  S.  i.  223.)  —The  fired 
straw  noted  by  Dugdale  (the  famous  "clear*" 
seen  lig-aajiging  the  mountains  of  Mourne  on  the 
night  of  O'Connell's  liberation),  as  being  carried 
round  his  corn  by  the  master  of  a  family,  was 
meant  to  ward  off  witchcraft,  and  thereby  pre- 
serve the  corn  from  being  spoiled.  In  Scotland, 
on  Hallowe'en,  the  redenJof  a  fiery  stick  is  waved 
about  in  mystic  figures  in  the  air  to  accomplish 
for  the  person  the  same  spell.  Red  appears  to  be 
n  colour  peculiarly  obnoxious  to  witches.  One 
Hallowe'en  rhyme  enjoins  the  employment  of 
"  Bowan  tree  and  red  thread, 
To  gar  the  witches  dinea  their  dead,"  ~ 
i.  e.  dance  tilt  they  fall  down  and  expire.  The 
berries  of  the  Rowan  tree  (mountain  ash]  are  of 
a  brilliant  red.  The  point  of  the  fienr  stick  waved 
rapidly  takes  the  apj^rince  of  "  rea  thread." 

Sbolto  Macduff. 

Cdbiocs  Cdstoh  at  Walsall  (3"*  S.  i.  223.)— 

The  following  is  extracted  from  White's  Hiilory 

ef  SlqffbrdiUre,  p.  646 ;  and  I  will  add  that  the 

pcpul»tha  of  WaiaaH  and  fiuiluU  now  teMbM 


nearlv  3Q,000,  and  that  it  would  require  lOOI.  to 
pay  the  p  ....      .1  .-.-.. 

nution ;  — 


penny  a-piece,  beddee  the  cost  of  dlstri- 


satisfy  all  tb 


"  Mollesley's'  Alms-boDses.  in  Dndtey  Strest,  Walsall, 
consist  of  eleven  dweiiings,  for  as  msny  poor  womoo,  and 
were  erected  by  the  corporation  in  ISib,  in  lien  of  u 
ancient  annual  payment,  called  Mollesley's  Dole,  which 
the  corporation,  till  that  year,  wen  sccoitomed  lo  nuke 
of  ■  pnny  a-pitct  to  ill  the  InbebitantB  of  the  pariih  it 
Walsall,  and  of  the  adjoining  parish  of  Ruihall.  ThrN 
penons  were  employed  to  make  this  dlilribation,  who 
began  on  New  Year's  Day,  and  went  thronRb  the  parlsbta, 
giving  ■  penny  to  every  inmate  of  cverv  noose,  whetbar 
pennanenlly  or  accidentally  abiding  there.  Plot  lays  the 
aarlleet  mention  of  this  dole  is  in  the  aOtb  of  HeDTT 
Tin.,  when  ll  10).  GA  discharged  it ;  bat  from  1799  tiU 
of  lis  cosiation,  it  required  abont  G0(.  a-vear  tn 
I,  and  pay  the  expenaai  of  lb*  dls- 
various  traditions  reipecLng  this 
peony  dole,  bat  they  all  concur  in  attributing  it  to  one 
TTumtu  Molltilty,  from  nhom  an  estate  at  Baseote,  in  War- 
wickshire, was  derived  in  1451, and  is  still  poesessed  by  lb* 
corporation.  The  donor,  in  granting  this  eatats  to  ths 
corporation,  charged  it  with  the  aonnil  payment  of  nin> 
marks  to  the  Abbot  of  Hales  Owen,  *who  should  keep 
one  mirk  far  bis  tabonr,  in  diilrilniUng  ths  remaining 
eight  marks,  it  the  obil  of  the  said  Thomu  Molledey  si 
Walull,  fat  the  souls  of  the  said  Thomas  and  Haneiy 
his  wife,  and  others;  and  this  by  the  oveislgbt  cftbe 
vicar  of  Walsall,  and  of  all  Ibe  chapUins  of  the  ObU  if 
Sl..roAa(A<Su;i(r>t,oftbe  church  of  Walsall.'  Tbeisgkt 
marks  above  named  were  no  doubt  the  origin  of  the  dole, 
and  would,  before  the  Keformslion,  be  amply  snOicient  (o 
supply  a  peony  a-piece  to  all  the  psrishiooers,  or  at  least 
to  all  who  repaired  to  (ho  church  on  the  obit  day,  to  prty 
fiirthesoDls  of  the  donor  and  his  wife,  —  a  HtperstitioBS 
cnslom  which  caossd  the  estate  to  be  seixad  by  Uenrr 
Till,  when  he  suppressed  the  monasteries.  Tba  aslile 
remained  with  the  crown  till  Queen  KUubsth,in  ths  28Lb 

f'ear  of  her  reign,  granted  to  certain  persons  in  trait,  u 
t  is  sapposed,  fiir  ilic  use  nflSt  eorporatiim  oad  coatmw 
allynf  WalMall,  certain  premises  In  Walsall,  includlpg 
the  l^wn  Hall,  and  also  all  lands,  teuemanto,  Ac,  lylnf 
in  the  villiges  and  fields  of  Baicatet  Ilebington,  and 
Stockton,  formerly  parcel  of  ths  possessions  of  ThooM 
Mollesley  of  Walsall  (together  with  other  lands  in  Wal- 
sall and  Kusboll) ;  and  also  all  rents,  service^  Ac,  in  u 
full  and  smpla  a  manner  as  any  abbot,  prior,  master, 
dean,  bishop,  presbyter,  chapter,  chaplain,  or  other  psi< 
son  or  persons,  bad  at  any  time  tberetdbre  aqjoyad  lbs 

T.  J.  Ddcxtox. 
Lichfield, 

Obabob  BtTTKB  (3'*  S.  i.  205.)  —  This  item, 
which  occurs  so  frequently  in  the  Duchen  of 
Grsflon'a  account-book,  appears  to  perplex  HiB- 
MESTBODB  quite  as  much  as  the  word  butter  docs 
the  undersigned,  and  if  this  nor«  will  be  taken  at 
a  qnery,  possibly  some  kind  writer  will  enligbten 
me  from  what  root  comes  the  word  butter  f 

In  the  meantime  I  will  explain  or^n^ e  ftnKer. 
This  article  ia  nothing  more  than  what  is  in  onr 
day  known  as  Pommadt-a-la-Fleur  dOrtu^t. 
This  article  has  been  made  for  many  centunct 
in  Italy,  and  in  the  South  of  France,  on  the  torrent 
Yar,  togetber  with  other  butters — u  JamiM 
Sirfbr,  Ftolct  J9nffer,  &c.,  and  to  u  extent  aliMit 


«»<  8. 1,  afbil  19. 'Gil                NOTES  AND  QUERIES.  317 

beyond  belief.  ^  The  returns  being  for  Grasse  and  favourite  with  the  market-women  of  Bull  Alley, 

Cfuines,  the  chief  seats  of  the  manufacture,  100,000  in  consequence  of  his  pertinacity  in  declaring  that 

kilogrammes  annually.  "  St.  Patrick  was  born  in  Bull  Alley  in  this  city." 

The  general  introduction  of  the  word  pomatum^  Geobgb  Lloyd. 

T  ^^TJ\^^  in  England  is  of  comparative  ^^^  ^^„  j^^^^  j^„„  ^3,^  g.  i.  198.) -1 

recent  origm.    The  Greek,  and  the  Romans  used  ,,,„„i^  ^e  much  obliged  if  J.  M.  would  have  the 

world  for  anointing  the  hair,  and  It  was  doubtless  ^*                 ^' 

for  this  purpose  her  Grace  the  Duchess  of  Graf-  Tankssyillb  (2*^  S.  xii.  190,  355.)  — There 

ton  employed  it.  ^  These  flower-scented  butters  seems  no  doubt  that  the  escutcheon  of  pretence 

are  made  by  infusing  the  fresh -gathered  flowers  borne  by   Sir  Henry  Grey,   Lord   Powis,   and 

in  purified  grease ;  also  by  spreading  grease  on  describea  by  SEiiRAcu  "  a  bordure  charged  with 

glass  trays  (chasse'eri'verre),  and  then  sprinkling  roundles,"  is,  as  suggested  by  Mslbtes,  the  arms 

de  flowers  over  the  grease,  changing  the  blossoms  of  Tankerville,  viz.  —  '^  Gules,  an  inescutcheon 

repeatedly  for  several  days.    The  grease  absorbs  argent,  within  an  orle  of  eight  cinqfoils,  ermine," 

the  odour  given  ofl*  by  the  flowers  as  an  hygrome-  but  these  are  said  to  have  been  first  borne  by 

trio  salt  absorbs  water  from  the  air.     Grease  thus  *'  Sir  William  de  Tankerville,  who  being  sent  by 

perfumed  becomes  the  medium  for  procuring  the  King  Henry  I.  against  the  Earl  of   Leicester 

scents  now  found  at  every  perfumery  factor*8.  (Robert  de  Bellomont),  in  Normandy,  then  in 

Thus  the  Orange  Butter,  the  Jasmine  Butter,  &c.  rebellion  (which  earl  bore,  *^  Gu.  a  cinqfoil  erm.**), 

is  cut  up  fine,  and  put  into  pure  alcohol ;  the  and  overcoming  him  received  on  his  return  home 

preftse  does  not  dissolve,  but  the  odorous  principle  this  addition  to  his  own  arms  (which  were,  "  Gu., 

IS  all  extracted  by  the  spirit.    These  are  the  per-  an  inescutcheon  arg.'*)  an  orle  of  eight  cinqfoils 

fumes  of  our  day  of  such  and  such  a  flower.  erm.'*     (^Vide  Arch.  Barrington*s  Lednres  on  He- 

Septimus  Piessb.  raldrt/,  p.  78,  pi.  n.  No.  3.)     Cf.  also  the  arms  of 

a%*«^.»«>  -«^  rka«. /4rd  c   :    ^Kt\  ott\  Chamberlayne  derived  from  the  Norman  Counts 

TK^^^r^f  ^,rSff/nf  .^^^^^  0^  TankerWlle,  viz.  "Gu.  an  inescutcheon  arg. 

The  Mme  of  Tourgis  is  of  very  ancient  date  m  j^j             ^  »  ^      U           .  _  jj     j^  ChambeF- 

the  Channel  Islands,   and   is  not    yet    extinct.  -^    ui.u«  ««i«u««*^»^  P/^«,.f  r»i.^«:/.;««  #.»«.«  ir;«« 

A^,  the  Be«,rd.  of  the  PiacUa  cLna  of  the  J^^  VS' Qut e^t^fe?'  We  '^i^njf^ 

rjSS;ftKr/c3T&''rtht  amnplaceofLlet..    H»«,  W.  S.  T Ao.. 

Extent  of  the  Island  of  Guernsey  made  in  the  5th  Arms  in  Noblb*s  "  Cromwell  Family  '*  (3'^ 

Edw.  ni.,  and  in  the  Record  of  Placita  Corona  S.  i.  109,  179.)  —  I  would  suggest  to  H.  S.  G.  that 

of  the  same  year,  Radulphus  Tourgys  is  found  as  the  arms  in  question  should  be  sought  for  among 

one  of  Uie  bouzaine<t  or  Jury  of  St.  Peter-Port,  the  alliances  of  male  members  of  the  Cromwell 

One  of  the  forts  recently  erected  in  Aldemey  is  family,  —  the  connection  with  that  of  Palavicini 

called  Fort  Tourgie  (so  misspelt  by  the  Royal  (or  raravicino)  being  by  females,  the  arms^  of 

Engineers)  from  the  ancient  appellation  of  the  that  family  would  not  be  impaled^  as  in  the  in- 

locality  —  Tourgy  —  where  it  is  situated.     The  stance  quoted,   but  borne  on  the  husbands  or 

above  facts  are  sufficient  to  prove  a  respectable  dexter  side  of  the  shield.    In  the  somewhat  im- 

antiqnitj  for  the  name  in  Normandy,  and  Tur-  perfect  pedifjree  given  under  "  Cromwell  of  Ches- 

gesios  is  a  very  likely  form  for  it  to  have  assumed  hunt,**    m  Burke*s  Landed   Gentry,    Sir  Henry 

in  Latin.    Whether  the  Normans  were  Danes  or  Cromwell  is  stated  to  have  married  twice^  but  only 

Norwegians  is  still  undecided,  but  one  thing  is  the  name  of  the  first  wife,  Joan  Warren,  is  given, 

certain  —  that  their  poet  Wace  calls  the  language  —  may  not  the  arms  referred  to  be  those  of  the 

they  spoke  Daneis,                      De  Mareville.  second  wife  P  and,  query,  who  was  she  ?  Again,  in 

a                  ^                    /orf  cs  •  io4\       T?  the  same  account,  Sir  Oliver,  the  eldest  son  of 

Scripture  Paraphrase  (3^^8.1.134.) -For  gj^  ^          .^  ^^j^  ^  ^^^^  ^,„ied,  secondly, 

my  part,  I  feel  much  obliged  to  J.  R.C.  for  giving  „  ^^^^  ^^^    ^^  j,  .jj^^  Hiff-man  of  Antwerp," 

us  a  cr      ~      ~  "  ~      '^         *  -^    ~-  —^  - 

Moses. 

I  hope  .^^  

^^^*^  ^\    r  r      T  I.  J     •*!.  ^7    •           !,.«  T  Hwaldry  to"which  i  have  access. 

Many  a  bit  of  fun  I  had  with  Zozimus  when  I  ^                          Hemrt  W.  S.  Tatlor. 
waa  a  boy ;  but  I  suppose  he  is  dead,  and,  judging 

frwn  his  popularity  amongst  the  lower  classes,  I  Tatlor  Family  (2"*  S.  xii.  519 ;  a'*  S.  ^**^^ 

preanm  htd  t  puuio  ftmeraL    He  was  t  special  137.)— I  wn  o\A\ijA  \»  i^>»  ^tww^t^^^n^^^^^ 


318  NOTES  AND  QUERIES.  ts^i  a  L  April  is,  •«, 


first.**  Is  this  resemblance  accidental  onlj  P  Tbe 
descent  from  the  Norman  Baron  TaiUe/er  k 
claimed  bjr  the  Taylors  of  Pennington, 

Hbbaldiccs. 

S.T.P.  AWD  D.D.  (3"»  S.  i.  231.) —There  can,  I 


haye  kindly  noticed  my  inauiries, — the  main  sub« 
ject  of  which,  however,  still  remains  unanswered. 
1  am  still  anxious  to  know,  chiefly,  what  arms 
were  borne  by  Dr.  Rowland  Taylor,  and  what 

became  of  his  descendants?  some  of  whom,  at 

least,  it  is  believed,  as  already  sUted,  remained  think"  be  no  doubt  but  that  S.T.P.  means  S. 
in  Worcester,  and  one  daughter  (or,  more  pro-  |  Theol.  Professor,  just  as  S.T.B.  means  S,  T.  Bac- 
bably,  grand- daughter)  became  the  wife  of  Dr.  i  calaureus.  V.D.Xi.  (Verb.  Divin.  Minis.)  is  the 
John  Prideaux,  who^was  Bishop  of  Worcester  |  ^ffix  which  the  preacher,  as  distinguished  fiom 
164 1-50.  Did  others  migrate,  as  suggested,  into  ^he  divine,  attaches  to  his  name, 
the  neighbourmg  counties  ?  or  do  any  traditions        Your  correspondent  will  bear  in  mind,  that  the 


exist,  tending  to  establish  such  a  fact,  m  the  more 


higher  University  degrees  are,  in  theoiTi  not  so 


immediate  localities  bordering  on  the  precise  spot  I  ^j^ch  titles  of  honour  as  titles  to  offices.     A 
of  their  settlement,  Worcester  f  where,  as  shown,  !  University  is  made  up  of  Chancellor  (who  pre- 

the  name  is  to  be  found  as  late  as  the  first  half  of  gijes).  Masters  (who  teach),  and  Scholars  (who 

the  last  century.    The  descent  of  Bishop  Jeremy  ]eam). 

Taylor  from  the  martyr  Rowland  is  iassumed  by  The  Bachelor  in  Arts,  or  in  a  faculty,  when  ad- 

his  biographers,  but,  I  believe,  without  any  direct  mj^ted  to  profess  and  teach  that  of  which  he  has 

evidence  in  proof  of  such  connection.    Are  any  ^een  a  student,  is  denominated  Master,  Doctor, 

paruculars  extant  of  the  parentage  and  extrac-  ^r  Professor.    Every  D.D.,  for  example,  is  a  Pro- 

tion  of  Rowland  Taylor?  That  "he  was  born  f^^^  ^f  Divinity,  though  one  parUcular  D.D. 

near  the  end  of  the  fifteenth  century  at  Roth-  ^j^y  be  designated  as  the  Queen's ;   another  u 

burv,  Northumberland,  near  the  birth-places  of  the  Norrisian  Professor  of  Divinity,  and  so  forth. 

Ridley,  Bernard  Gilpin,  and  Dean  Turner,    seems  E^e^  j^  comparatively  recent  times  there  were 

aU  that  IS  known  on  this  point;  but,  from  his  ^ff^^^  ^ade  to  enforce  the  ancient  University 

after-career,  it  may  reasonably  be  hoped  that  ^ule,  that  those  who  had  been  admitted  to  pro/at 

something  more  may  be  preserved,  either  oral  or  ^rt  as  a  faculty  should,  for  a  cerUdn  space  of 

written ;  and.  m  the  hope  of  eliciting  this,  with  ^ime  (five  years  if  professing  arts,  two  if  profess- 

the  editor  s  kind  permission,  I  venture  to  renew  j^g  ^  faculty),  exercise  themselves  in  the  actual 

the  inquiry.    I  would  just  add,  with  reference  to  discharge  of  their  professed  functions, 

the  reply  of  P.  P.  (p.  137),  that  it  was  not  to  the  "                *^                     j^  Nom-Rbgeht. 

pr^en/ members  ofthelBifrons  family  I  referred  in  ..                    j*ii.r\i«j*i.AO»f>n 

my  previous  inquiry,  but  to  any  other  descendants  ^  ^^"^^7^  understood  at  Oxford  that  S^.P. 

(if  such  exist)  of  Nathaniel  Taylor  (or  Taylour),  5?«*ns   Sancl«  Theologi®  Professor,  and  D.D. 

the  progenitor  of  that  house,  who  was  M.P.  for  2«<^*,0'  ^^  ^J^*'};*^^  ?.  ^^\  ^^™f  ^I"?  ^^  ^*^^r* 

Bedford  and  Recorder  of  Colchester,  temp.  Com-  ^.«  }^}^^  ^^^  English  term,  for  that  degree  m 

monwealth,  and  of  whose  family  of  eighteen  chil-  Divmity ;  exemph  gratia  — 

dren  (besides  John,  whosetUed  at  Bifrons),  Burke  loannes  Tuckett,  S.T.P. 

only  states  that  several  died  young.    This  family,  John  Tuckett-,  D.D. 

although  located  in  Kent,  the  same  authority  states,  S.T.P.  (Oxon.) 

came  originally  from  Whitchurch,  in  Shropshire.  .               „^            r^,A  a  •  **^»rx      -nr     ▼  i. 

The  arms  of  Taylor  quartered  by  the  Mynors  w^^"*  °' ^l!""'  ^'l^-^'.^PiT^?' '^?''! 

family  of  Treago,  now  Merged  in  thit  of  Rickards,  ^'^"^  descended  from  the  Staffordshire  family  f 

are  stated  Jntfe  Suppleme^  toBatk^'a  Armory  («.  My  impression  hw  been  that  he  wasin  no  way.  «^^ 

V.  Rickards  of  Evengobb,  co.  Radnor)  to  be  those  """^^^  *»''»  ''•  .Y'*  f?.^^'.'^  1^  Wolrerhampton, 

of  Taylor  of  Broadheath  (co.  Hereford),  but  no  J??  B!'f »•  **  *  Hejald  s  Visitation  m  the  reign  of 

blazon  is  given.    In  the  pedigree  of  Greenly  of  Elizabeth,  the  coat :  Or,  a  chevron  gules  between 

Titley  Court  (Burke's  Hut.  ofCommonen,  vol.  i.  *•"•?«  "J*"*,  '^«*''»  «'"«?•  P^P*''    i  HT*. 

p.  293),  it  is,  however,  recorded  that  the  only  child  iK'lf.^^''M.^u''i?'  *?!?.'?'':  7"?"  ?^^^  f 

of  Nicholas  Taylor  of  Broadheath,  Herefordshire  JX?  ,''*\°f,J^'"*.°!"^  :    ^\A'''i*  ^"^rJ ^'^V-  " 

(by  Dorothy,  daughter  by  a  third  marriage  in  WillenhaU),  orig.nall;r  settled  m   Hertfordshu*. 

1C82  of  IJohn  Greenly.  Esq.  of  Titley),  married  '"^  '*»«"«'  removed  into  Stoffordshirej  a  full  ac- 

the  Rev.  John  (or  Jamesy  Ingram  of  Burford,  C"?^*  *"»  I'^S."  }y.P^-  ^)^^^  Wilkes  in  his 

whose  co-heiresses  married  into  the  families  of  Hutory  of  Staffordth^tf.     0«  of  tm  FAMII.T. 

Pateshall  and  Dansey.  The  arms  borne  by  Bishop  Thb  Frivilegb  of  bbino  Cotbrbo  in  tm 

Taylor  and  many  other  existing  families  —  the  Rotal  Pbesbnce  (V*  S.  i.  208.),  of  which  S.  T. 

escallop  shells  on  a  chief,  — bear  a  striking  re-  writes,  is,  I  believe,  always  asserted  by  its  pos- 

semblance  to  those  of  Tulbois  or  Tallboys  ("  Lord  sessor.  Lord  Kinssale.   It  is,  if  I  mistake  not,  the 

of  Hurworth,  co.  Durham"),  viz.  "arg.  a  saltire  rule  that  Lord  Kingsale  should,  aa  m  matter  of 
^Wy  oa  M  cbkfof  tl»  socood  3  escallops  of  tho  ,  privilege,  just  cover;  and  then,  as  »  nuttier  of 


P*S,L  Apbil  19,  %2.] 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


319 


ooartesj,  uncover  his  head.  The  story,  to  which 
8.  T.  refers,  is  to  the  effect,  that  once  upon 
the  occasion  of  Lord  Kbf;sale  exercising  before 
George  III.  his  ancient  pnyilege,  the  King's  ad- 
dress to  him  was :  "  Lora  Kin^ale,  I  do  not  dis- 
pute your  right  of  standing  covered  in  my  pre- 
sence ;  but,  my  Lord,  there  is  Uie  Qaeen.!* 

BuTJLBB  Aboo. 

Speakinff  of  Christopher  Brown,  who  was  Hish 
Sheriff  of  the  county  of  Rutland,  8  &  16  Hen.  YII., 
and  1  Hen.  YIII.,  Kent,  in  the  Banner  Display^d^ 
ToL  ii.  p.  625,  says :  — 

*■  This  Christopher  came  over  with  Henry  YII.,  and 
UiUtod  him  af^ainat  Richard  111.,  for  which  good  servico  ■ 
King  Henry  YIII.  granted  a  Patent  to  his  son  Francis  to 
■xcose  him  from  ever  bearing  the  office  of  Sheriff  or 
Bsdieator,  and  from  serving^  noon  any  Jory  at  the  Aa- 
lizes,  &C. ;  and  also  giving  htm  L,iberty  to  be  covered  in  the 
Firuemce  of  the  King  hinuelft  or  any  of  his  Nobility." 

John  Woodward. 

FoiLLES  DB  Gletuebs  (2»'*  S.  xii.  347 ;  3^*  S. 
L  98.) — In  the  dialect  ofNorman-Frencb,  spoken 
in  the  Island  of  Guernsey,  the  name  of  the  yellow 
iris,  or  corn-flag  {Iris  psettdacorus)^  is  glqjeur; 
ftk  French,  glatetd.  If,  as  is  not  improbable,  the 
letter  **  1^**  in  the  word  gUtenrs,  has,  by  an  error 
of  transcription,  been  substituted  for  ''y,**  the 
irords  may  be  considered  as  identical. 

De  Mareville. 

The  Shamrock  (S'^  S.  i.  224.)  — 

*^  A  SUAMBOCK. 

*  .Fbr  tAe  hortns  siccos  of  an  English  Lady. 

"  A  shamrock  for  a  lovely  English  maid. 

And  gathered  in  the  gloom  of  Christmas  even, 
When  evil  spirits  in  the  deep  are  laid. 
And  gentle  fays  to  haanted  ken  are  given. 

**  Dmids  revered  it ;  and  in  after  age, 

When  scorn  was  all  the  Missionary's  meed, 
Pairiek  ajppeakd  to  Nature* i  dewy  paget 
And  by  t/u»  triune  symbol  proved  hit  creed, 

**  Symbol  alike  of  fair  Yictoria's  sway, 

Three  realms  engrafted  on  one  royal  stem- 
No  rebel  hand  shaU  sever  one  away, 
Kor  snatch  the  emerald  from  her  diadem. 

**  Fair  |[irl !  When  yon  possess  this  tiny  guest," 
Amid  your  gay  anatomy  of  flowers, 
KememMr  Who  pronounced  the  hnmblest  best. 
And  think  on  Ireland  in  your  Saxon  bowers. 

**  Thos  alway  may  the  bloom  of  York  abide 
In  snow  unwrinkled  on  that  forehead  meek ; 
Nor  ever  sentiment  of  shame,  or  pride, 
Deepen  Lancastrian  roses  on  your  cheek. 

«  John  Locke,  Dublin." 

The  above  graceful  and  ingenious  stanzas  aptly 
llnstrate  the  popular  Irish  tradition,  related  in 
Jie  mythic  controversy  between  O^ssian  and 
lU  Patrick,  of  the  latter  having  converted  the 
leathen  bard  by  producing  a  shamrock,  as  symbol 
uid  proof  of  the  Trinity.  They  appear  in  Beau- 
ifid  P^etry^  toI.  t1.  p*  350 ;  and  were  written  by 


a  gentleman  whose  pen  has  been  bnsy  on  far 
different  and  more  useful  themes.     Jbanvbttb. 
Dablin. 

Long  Sebmoks  (S"'  S.  i.  256.) — Barrow  is  said 
once  to  have  preached  three  and  a  half  hours 
(Pope's  Life  of  Bishop  Ward^  quoted  in  Abraham 
H'dl^s  **  Life  of  Barrow,**  prefixed  to  the  Oxford 
edition  of  his  Works^  1830,  i.  xxi.^ 

I  think  it  is  in  Old  MortaUty  that  the  horrible 
test  of  a  man's  religious  earnestness  is  suggested 
by  some  Puritan  :  '*  Can  Le  sit  six  hours  on  a  wet 
MU'Side  listening  to  a  sermon  ?  ** 

A  magnificent  Cbristmas-Day  sermon  of  Mas* 
sillon,  on  the  Divinity  of  Christ,  is  as  long  as 
many  essays.  Ltttelton. 

Hagley,  Stourbridge. 

Squeebs  awdDo-the-Bots'  Hall(3'*  S.  i.  212.) 
— If  Mr.  Warner  and  Mr.  Dickens  both  drew 
from  life,  as  there  is  reason  to  believe  they  did, 
the  resemblance  between  them  is  easily  accounted 
for. 

In  my  younger  day?,  I  remember' to  have  read 
over  and  over  again  —  I  think  in  the  now  de- 
funct (?)  Morning  Chronicle — the  advertbements 
of  these  Yorkshire  schools,  one  of  which,  at  Greta 
Bridge,  was  conducted  by  a  Mr.  "  W.  Squires  ** ; 
and,  as  his  house  of  business  was  .the  Siaracen*s 
Head,  we  can  hardly  wonder  that  legal  proceed- 
ings against  Mr.  Dickens  were  threatened  on  this 
score. 

My  present  object,  however,  is  merely  to  drop 
a  hint  for  those  who  inveigh  so  bitterly  against 
novels  and  novel  readers.  What  has  swept  from 
the  columns  of  our  daily  journals  these  menda- 
cious and  mischievous  advertisements,  and  put 
down  these  horrible  schools  ?  There  can  be  but 
one  answer  to  the  question. 

Just  at  the  time  that  Nicholas  Nicklehy  was 
appearing,  one  of  our  first-class  West  India  firms 
received,  from  a  constituent  in  Jamaica,  a  con- 
signment of  two  youths,  accompanied  by  a  re- 
quest that  they  might  be  sent  to  one  of  the  York- 
shire schools,  described  in  such  glowing  colours 
in  the  public  prints.  In  the  very  nick  of  time, 
the  description  of  Do-the-Bojs*  Hall  fell  into  the 
hands  of  one  of  the  partners,  and  was,  of  course, 
instantly  fatal  to  the  proposition.  Would  a  solemn 
dissertation  on  the  duties  of  education,  or  a  homily 
from  the  pulpit,  have  done  its  work  so  well  ? 

Douglas  Allpobt. 

Stahza  bt  Geobge  Hebbebt  (3"^  S.  L  249.)-* 
I  am  surprised  at  the  Note  in  p.  249  of  last  num- 
ber of  "  N.  &  Q." 

The  stanza  by  Geor^re  Herbert  is  no  "  alteration 
of  the  poem  entitled  *  Sunday,*  **  in  which  there  is 
hardly  anything  at  all  like  it:  it  is  the  first 
stanza  of  those  on  "  Virtue  **  (p.  80  of  the  sixth 
edit.  [12mo.]  of  the  Poems^  Cambridge,  1641); 


NOTES  AND  QUERIEa 


CtxS.LAPHLlS.'tt 


■nd  the  oaly  kllention  b  the  very  impertiDent 
intmaion  of  thewordi,  "with  kU  tiir  iweett,"  in 
the  fonrtb  line.  LlrtBLToir. 

Htgl»j,  Stoaibridga. 

larsiMENTS  in  Donr^moaK  Faki»h,  hbax 
Ddbun  (2°'  S.  xii.  470.)  — 

So.  &.  »  Hr.  Hacqan,  Miniitu,  SSid  ApTil,  1739." 

Rev.  Thomaa  Maquaj,  bom  ia  Dublin  about 
1694 ;  educated  b;  the  Dublin  Presbyterjr,  »nd 
ordftined  colleaaue  to  Rev.  Mr.  Synclare,  in  the 
Fretbjterian  churoh  of  Flunket  Street;  died 
Jon.  27tb,  1729 ;  hU  widow  aiterirarde  Eaarried 
Dr.  Leiand.  W.  F.  i 

TirLE-pAOES  (3'*  S.  i.  250.)  — The  fiwt  of  the  ' 
two  tillea,  for  which  K.  D.  inquires,  is  — 

"  Reflections  upon  the  Dcvotloni  of  the  Koman  Chorch, 
witli  ths  Prayeri,  lljimni,  incl  Lea«>ai  ttaeniBelvea,  taken 
out  of  Uisir  Aulhenlict  Saoii.  IdDiloo:  S.  Itoj'stoii, 
1674." 

It  is  anonymous,  but  is  well  known  to  be  bjt 
Bp.  Simon  Patrick.  G.  M.  G. 

giB  WiLUAu  Sackville  (3'"  8.  1.  242.)  wu 
tha  third  ion  of  Thomas  Sackville,  Lord  Buck,  i 
hurst,  K.U.  (aflerwerdi  the  first  Bui  of  Dorset).  ' 
He  was  bom  about  1A69;  was  knij^hted  by  Henri 
IT.  in  Oct.  1S89 1  served  under  the  Earl  of  Essex 
at  the  siege  uf  Rouen,  in  1591  ;  and  lost  hia  life 
during  that  campaign.  (Conlngsby's  Journal  of 
Iht  Siege  of  Rotien,  4S,  77.) 

C.  H.  &  TaoMPBON  CoopBi. 

Cambridge.  \ 

Familt  Rbqibtem  (3"*  S.  i.  248.) —  Messrs. 
Shaw,  of  No.  4,  Fetter  Lane,  aupplj  books  of 
forms  and  instructions  for  the  purposes  of  official 
registration.  Messrs.  Barritt,  17i),  Fleet  Street, 
have  for  sale  private  forms  for  the  Family  Bible. 

J  AUKS  GiLBBBT. 

2,  DevonMn  Qroye,  Old  Esnt  Road. 
CuNicAX.  Lhctukes  (a^*  S.  i.  248.)  — 


Horn  Wius'i   HtMfiu  FaUumivi&bu  t  v,   BWeiT  o 
tla,rat)ci.udBim%.  Tal.m.   ino> 

t«"<diikS!n^w7ri^i  IS.  Pib^i^Mdi. 


tatUti  to  KanUfenVrtM, 

the  neeatltH  Jbr  p^htk^  "  H.  a  Q."  «  T\im 


"■"■'tsl 


BOOKS    AND    ODD    VOLUMES 

WASTBD   TO   PDBCKASE. 
^^Putlnlansf  Prin, ko.  tr Ikt  tbllovinf  B»ki Is  be Hnl  dim 


BbodH,  It^  ir  ffencroff^  «u  ouiuidtT^i;  hut 
RirLT  n  Qdaiiih  viU  add  grtatlt  ftf  t 


^  y>JBib.).  «■< 


ml  o/TlKi  nw  ill'.  *u  rkrti  traiuWirfl:t  S.  S,  iatiMirr  i>fBliillim),ml 


^HH-lsiili-TfeisS 


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TIHE 


iHE    AQUARniM.  — LLOYD'S   PRACTICAL 

-  ..«d  1.1BT,  Lsv  Pint  «aS  isi  BacnvliiiB,  Poll  Fiw  K^nMuH.. 
Ak^  ttoMU w. AIJOaD  LLOTD.ia.iMnUailBHd.Bwui^ 

niAK.ort.iiUi.iHL 


KSTABUSHID  IN  ISM. 

rfO  BOGK-BUYEBS.  — W.  J.   SACKETTS 

1     HO»Tai.T  CATAliOatlE  af  B — 

SAkd  BOOKS  ■niftwte^mrKroDn 


iQ  THE  CLERGY  AND  CHURCHWARDENS, 


BOOKBINDING  — in  the   Mobasttc,   Gboubi, 
"AlOL'  "}  ILLUMINATED  (lllti,  tu  tba   nxM  n(ato 


f  OF  HAHOTEB, 
T  aABDBM.  ffJi. 


BUABOW'S  LANDSCAPE  OLASSES, 

The  Field,  the  Q^lera,  and  the  Sea, 

BUBROWB  TABQBT  TELESCOPE  m  tu   LONG  SAXGE.*. 
Fnlt  puticnlaii  on  tl^cUulloB  to 

W.  &  J.  BVRBOW,  aK£AI  KALTEBH, 

I-n>ta..-a.*™kl,7.,  g^^i3g_W-(,"«™— *»iWl«*. 


■  a.  I.  AnoL  26,  'ea.] 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


321 


L0KI>O»,  SATU9D4Y,  APMIL  26,  1M3. 


CONTENTS— N«.  17. 


0TE8  X  —  The  Bcisteten  of  the  Stationers*  Company.  8S1 

—  PFOclaioAtion  tar  the  Apprehension  of  Botbwcll.  323— 
Beproduction  of  old  Witticlnns,  324  —  Extracts  from  Orlri. 
naiCoiitemporaneoui  Correspondence  at  the  Period  of  the 
landing  of  the  Prince  of  Orange,  lb. 

.vsojL  Notes  : — Edmimd  Burke — Sir  Theodore  Majome 

—  Ifode  and  Date  of  Execution  of  the  Marquis  of  Anryle 
— Teirare  of  Ltvings  ~  Change  of  Name— A  Watch  Case 
^  Indian  Architecture,  326. 

;UBRIE8:  -  The  Trifle:  a  Political  Ballad.  327 -Belief  in 
the  General  Decay  of  Nature  in  the  Seventeenth  Century 

—  Paris  Edition  of  the  Holv  Bible,  a.d.  1686— Church 
Aisle  and  Monuments  —  Sir  John  Cherubin— Mins  E<lgar 

—  The  Rcwal  Crown  of  Esypt  —  Epigram  —  Grothlli  — 
Jacobite  Query:  James  Nihel  — Maclean  of  Torloisk  — 
Old  Monuments  in  the  Vaults  of  St.  Martin's-in-the- Fields 

—  The  Opal-hunter  —  Prisoner  of  Gisors  —  St.  Patrick's 
Bay  at  Eton  —  Keviyals  of  Reliia^on :  MaccuUoch  of  Cam- 
buslang— Tilney  or  Tinley  Family,  &C.,  8S8. 

tUXSIES  IVTTH  Akbwebb:- *'Genealory  of  James  I."  — 
Peggies— B^ranger:  "Le  Chant  du  Cosaque" —"The 
flomenet  House  uaaette"— Camillus  (Joannes)  Genvonids, 
880. 

tBPLlES :—  Cutting  off  with  a  Shilling,  831  —  Not  too  Good 
to  beTrue,  832— Congers  and  Mackerel,  /6.  — BoydcU- 
aT.P  and  D.D.  —  Caricatures  and  Satirical  Printa— The 
C«nMl«n  Hieroglyphic— A  Brace  of  Shakes— The  Bar- 
barians of  Hartiiig  —  Hunter's  Moon  —  Churches  built 
Bast  and  West —Enigma— The  Emperor  Napoleon  III. 

—  Kentish  Miller  —  King  of  Spain  —  Superstition  —  "  Sun 
and  Whalebone  "  -  Quotation  —  Mad.  D^irbla/s  "  Diary  " 

—  Thackwell  Family.  333. 

rotes  on  Books. 


ftnXxi. 

TflE  REGISTERS  OF  THE  STATIONERS' 

COMPANY. 

{Continued from  S**  S.  i.  243.) 

viii^Augusti  [1592]. — Richarde  Jones.  Entred 
or  his  copie,  under  tnandes  of  the  Archbishop  of 
/ittterburie  and  M'  Watkins,  Pierce  PennUesse 
is  etipplicaHon  to  the  deviU vj*. 

rThia  was  perhaps  the  most  popular  tract  at  that 
«nod  pablished.  Thomas  Nash,  the  author  of  it,  him- 
tlf  talis  OS,  that  in  the  first  year,  it  was  six  times  re- 
ffinted,  and  we  haye  three  of  the  earliest  editions  be- 
na  vs.  We  ezaetlr  eopy  the  title- pase  of  the  first, 
bora  antertd: — **  Pierce  Penilesse  his  Sapplieation  to 
ha  DivalL  Describing  the  overspreadiDg  of  Vice  and 
ha  suppression  of  Yertoe.  Pleasantly  interlac'd  with 
'ariable  delights :  and  pathetically  intermizt  with  con- 
einted  reproofes.  Written  by  Thomas  Nash,  Gentleman. 
-Londoo,  Imprinted  by  Richard  Jhones,  dwelling  at  the 
Hgne  of  the  Rose  and  Crowne,  nere  Holbame  Bridge. 
JS2.**  4to.  In  the  second  impression  Nash  complained 
€  the  ostentations  and  self-applauding  title-page,  and 
t  was  reprinted  by  Abel  JefiTes,  without  any  pufiT.  As  it 
efers  to  the  death  of  Rob.  Greene,  we  may  be  snre  that 
t  came  ont  subsequently  to  Sept.  1592;  bat  as  it  was 
arafally  republished  by  the  Shakespeare  Society  in 
.8A3,  it  is  not  necsssary  here  to  say  more.] 

xsj^  Augusti.— John  Danter.  Entred  for  his 
sopie,  &c.  a  booke  intituled  The  Repentance  of  a 
Oanj^atehsr,  wUk  the  Ufe  and  death  of'--^^  Mour- 
Lomond  Ned Brmne^tuHfonotabiic&ni/catohere,  The 


one  latelxe  executed  at  Tyhome^  the  other  at  Arx  in 
Frounce vj<», 

[The  exploits  of  Ned  Browne  are  referred  to  in  seyeral 
contemporaneous  tracts :  he  was  pi-obsbly  not  the  rogue 
ezecnted  in  France,  regarding  whom  we  recollect  no 
other  notice.] 

xxij^  die  Augusti.— John  Kydde.  Enterd  for 
his  copie,  &c.  a  booke  of  llie  true  reporte  of  the 
poisoninge  of  TlionuM  Elliot^  Tailor  of  London^ 
ire yj* 

[As  John  Kydde  was  the  publisher  of  this  **  book,"  it 
is  not  at  all  nnlikely  that  Thomas  Kydde,  the  dramatic 

g>et,  was  (as  he  had  been  of  the  tract  on  the  murder  of 
nien)  the  writer  of  it    It  has  not,  we  believe,  sur- 
yived,"nor  have  we  any  other  account  of  the  murder. 3 

viij  die  Septembr.  —  John  Wolfe.  Entred  for 
his  copies  theis  twoo  ballades  followince  —  viz. 
The  historye  of  Susanna^  beinge  the  xiijtn  chapter 
ofDanyell yj^. 

The  lamentation  of  a  mayde  that  throvghe  her 
owne  folly e  did  svffer  her  self  to  be  stoUen  atpaie 
with  a  yonge  man yj<>. 

xx**die  Septembr.— Willm.  Wrighle.  Entred 
for  his  copie  under  M*^  Watkin*s  hand,  uppon  tho 
perill  of  Henrye  Chettle,  a  booke  intituled 
Greeners  Groatsuforth  of  wyt,  bought  with  a  mil" 
lion  of  Repentance yj*. 

[This  is  the  original  entry  of  the  celebrated  Shake- 
spearian tract,  in  which  our  great  dramatist  is  called 
*'  the  only  Shake-scene  of  a  country,"  and  which  occa- 
sioned much  discussion  and  personal  animosity.  We 
shall  presently  meet  with  the  registration  of  a  produc- 
tion called  Kind-hearths  Dreamt  by  Chettle,  in  wtiich  he 
endeavoured  to  make  amends,  and  to  explain  the  cir- 
cumstances under  which  the  publication  of  Greene's 
Groat*i-worth  of  Wit  took  place.  These  circumstances 
are  now  so  well  known  to  all  readers  of  Shakespeare  that 
we  need  not  enter  into  them.  The  death  of  Robert 
Greene,  in  Sept.  1592,  gave  rise  to  several  angry  publica- 
tions by  Hanrey,  Nash,  &c] 

22  die  Septembr.  —  John  Charlcwood.  Entred 
for  his  copie  &c.  theis  thinges  followinge,  yiz. : 

A  ballad  intjtuled  A  pleasant  communication 
hetutene  a  yonge  man,  a  howsholder^  and  his  love 
hee  wooed  for  his  wief vj*. 

Item,  another  Ballad  begynninge  thus :  — 

Tf  weepinge  eies  or  inwarde  bleedinge  harte, 
Tf  outwarde  signes  are  shoires  of  hidden  smarte, 

&o.    . vj*. 

Item,  a  little  Booke  intituled  Dyanfi,  the  pray  see 

of  hie  mistreSj  in  certeu  sweete  Sonnets^  ffc*    .    vj^. 

[The  second  of  these  ** ballads"  is  known,  and  one 
copy  of  it  is  in  the  Pepysian  Collection ;  but  the  most 
important  portion  of  the  registration  is  the  last,  of  a 
work  which  obtained  great  distinction,  by  Henry  Gon« 
stable.  His  "Diana"  was  printed  in  4to,  1592,  under 
the  subsequent  title  —  **  Diana.  The  praises  of  his  Mis* 
tres  m  eertaine  sweete  Sonnets.  By  H.C.— London,  Printed 
by  J.  C.  for  Richard  Smith :  and  are  to  be  sold  at  the 
West  dore  of  Paules.  1592.'*  The  initials  J.  C.  are  of 
coarse  those  of  John  Charlewood.  This  edition  (of  which 
only  a  single  copy  is  known)  consists  marelj  or  twanty- 
two  Sonnets  heeded  ^eiiatllejntsio,  Semmetle  ssesada^^oLx 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


[f  &I.AnnLS«'B. 


lint  Ibe;-  an  iatrodaced  hy  a  sonnet  "To  his  tbsmt 
Diana,"  whkb  ia  fonnd  in  no  otiier  rzemplsr.  ind  which 
we  would  Ibersfore  capr,  if  onr  spiee  vcre  iufGclent.  A 
Irief  flddraBS  -To  the  Genttemen  Eeidera  "  infornn  tliem, 
that  tbe  aonneta  bod  been  "left  as  orpbani,"  and  tbat 
•■  betitifC  Inft  dcaolata  thev  aouEht  enlertainnionl "  at  Iha 
Iianda  of  tbe  loTera  of  pwlry.  Between  (he  two  Isleat 
■onneli  ia  inaerlad  "A  calcalalion  upon  (be  birth  of  an 
honourable  Ladia'*  danghter,  borne  in  tbe  yeare  1588,  and 
on  a  Friday."  Tbe  work,  with  Bome  cbane™  ""^  *<'<'>' 
tioDs,  ITU  rtpubliibed  in  1E94,  1597,  and  1604.  Tbe 
•'honnurable  Lady,"  wboae  daughter  wai  bom  in  1588, 
■wtM  Lady  Rich,  a  circumatance  that  doea  not  leem  lo 
hare  been  generally  knoirn.^ 

2  Octobris,  —  M' Wnodcocke.  Entred  for  his 
copie,  &C.  a.  booke  entiluled,  The  Ihi'rde  parte  of 
the  ComiteUE  of  Pembrahen  Ivye  churche,  called 
Araintai  Dale vj". 

[By  Ahrnham  Fraunce,  and  published  hy  Woodcock* 
In  1592,  4to— n  vety  rare,  bat  very  worlhieea  producM™. 
The  author,  a*  we  have  elaewhera  ataled,  wag  mnch  in- 
debted to  Iha  Sidney  family  for  bii  education  and  poti- 
tioD  in  Iba  world.  2 

TJ*"  die  Ootobr.  —  John  Dntiter.  Entred  unto 
him  fur  hill  copie,  &e.  The  rrptntance  of  Robert 
Greene,  M'ofArle vj'. 

[Thislractia  imputed  bTlhs  Rev.  Mr.  Dyce  to  Greene 
r>  cviii),  but  it  appears  to  bave  been  written  by  Luke 
ilnllon,  who  waa  aderwaid)  exeroted  for  robbery,  lie 
bimaeir  acknowledged  tbe  work  in  tbe  dedication  to  a 
piece  he  publithed  prdor  lo  IGOO,  where  be  allndea  to  Iha 
death  of  Greene  in  bii  addreae  lo  tbe]  Readera.] 

Abell  Jeffes.  Entred  for  liia  copie,  The  firit 
Third  and  Poarlh  partes  of  Gerillion,  ^•e.     .     vj*. 

fMoBt  probably  (beie  parts  of  this  French  romance  of 
ralry  were  gntered  for  Iranalalinn.  ai  ws  liave  seen 
(p.  242),  waa  tlie  cau  nilb  U  taond  Lhre  of  it  on  tbe  8th 
AngDst  preceding,] 

Abell  JcSea.  Entred  for  his  copie,  &c.  C%auc«r'j 
Konrhei,  to  print  for  the  companyo      .     .     .     -vj*. 

[ir  this  were  an  entrrof  wliat  is  usualtv  known  aa 
Speght'a  Cluitittr,  it  did  not  come  out  until  159S,  and  then 
it  waa  "  Printed  by  Adam  laiip  at  the  chargai  of  Thomta 
Wright."  Some  coplee  hare  at  tbe  bottom  of  tbe 
title  page,  "  Impenaia  Geor.  Bitbop,  Anno  1598";  and 

,  woe  llie  undertaking  and  property  of  the  Company)  had 
Ilia  name  placed  at  Ibo  bottom  of  the  title-page  of  ilie 
copies  belonging  to  him,  imd  iiaucd  from  bia  ahop.] 

Abelt  JeffeB.  Kntred  for  his  copie,  &c  a  booke 
which  is  called  The  Spanuhe  tragcdie  of  Don  Ho- 
ratio and  Sellimperia,  Sfc. vj'^, 

[Thia  waa  the  work  of  Thomas  Kydde,  whom  wo  have 


already  m 


Ve  have 

irla93,  ii 


conseqnenci 


s  originally  piin 
e  preceding  me 


n  159! 


.  1  of  Jeffea, 
or  it  may  have  been  published  by  John  Krdde,  whom 
tte  believe  to  have  been  the  brother  of  Thomas  Krdde. 
Tbe  great  succeaa  of  TVie  Spaniih  Tragidy  induced  the 
■athor  to  write  hia  play  if  Jtronian,  connected  in  sabject, 
but  not,  as  far  as  ne  know,  publiihed  until  1605.  Both 
«te  repriaUd  in  Dodsley's  O.  F.  vol  iii.  edit.  1825.] 


six  Octobr.  — John  Kydde.  £ntred  for  U 
eoplc,  &c.  a  ballad  intituled  The  Seatnan't  Ctd 
fur  the  taiinge  of  the  great  Carraek       ,,.if. 

["  The  great  Catrack  "  was  a  very  taree  Spaniah  i^ 
captured  and  sent  into  Milford  Haven  by  man  amplB^ 
by  Sir  W.  Roleigh.  It  wsi  aupposed  to  ba  of  caornM 
valne,  and  the  proceed*  were  more  than  consldtralilt 
though  onlv  a  email  port  aeems  lo  have  fallen  to  tbe  ihan 
oflheaDthorof  7Ae,»iltaryn/M*  IVorld-i 

23  Oi;t.  —  Tho.  Adami,  Jo.  Oxenbridge.  Ea- 
tred  fur  hia  copie,  in  full  court  holden  this  daj,  i 
booke  called  The  adventure*  ofBnuannt,  Prim*  rf 
Hungaria,  J-c ^. 

iiij  die  Novembr.  — Tho.  Orwin.  Entred  A( 
bia  copie,  &c,  a  booke  intituled  Th«  Solace  farBi 
Souldier  and  Sayler TJ*. 

[This  pnblicBltou,  very  postibly,  had  rcfereiice  to  'Ik 
t^ent  Carraek,"  and  to  the  encoDragemcnt  it  alSaM 
both  (0  the  army  and  navy.  It  ia  aingnlar  that  Stova 
silent  OR  thia  slriklng  event,  which  produced  a  aeoaWiW 
in  t-ondon,  and  caueed  the  despatch  of  royal  commisaiai- 
eis  lo  the  outport.  ] 

A°  die  Novembris.  —  Mr.  Fonionby.  Knterd 
for  his  copie,  A  books  intituled  Aminte  gm^ 
Aulhore  Tliora.  Watsono  Londi[n]ensi  jurti  Kt- 
dioao Tj*. 

rWatson'a  Aminta  Ga-dia  waa  published  hj  Poa- 
sonby,  with  Ibu  date  of  159S.  The  dedication  ia  totti 
Countess  of  Pembroke.] 

xz°  die  Novembris.  — Edward  White.  Eotnd 
for  his  copie,  &c.  The  Iragedi/e  of  Salomo»  imd  Pv- 

[Thii  plnv  bu  been  generally  aeaigned  lo  T.  Kydde, 
ll  wat  reprinted  by  liankins,  11.  195,  bnl  lhar«  ia  only 
one  old  edition,  and  that  bean  date  in  1599,  pn'nled  by 
E.  Allde.  Tliere  was  no  doubt  an  earlier  impnaiioa  ia 
conaequence  of  the  above  entry.  Kothiug  can  be  wont 
printed  than  the  copv  of  1599,  where,  near  the  commence- 
ment, ••  falDt-bsarted  Penims"  Is  mis-printed  -jtaf- 
hearted  Persians";  and  just  afterwarda.  " gold-aboiuid- 
ing  Spain,"  is  mis-prinled  "  gold-aftoanlii^ Spain."  How- 
ever, such  noDseoae,  and  mnch  more.  In  this  and  otlur 
playa.  haa  hitherto  eicaped  obMrvllion,  or  lua  bean  ab- 
surdly justified.] 

Iiij'°  die  Decembr. — Joha  Wolf.  Entred'for  lui 
copie,  Doctor  Hamies  Letter)  and  certen  SoToulItt, 
loachivge  Robert  Greens  and  Thomat  NoMhe,  Tbi* 
waa  entered  in  a  court  liold^n  this  da^  .  .  *j'. 
[The  latter  part  of  this  registration  may  ahow,  as  tbars 
la  reason  to  believe,  (hat  consent  to  a  publication  of  ss 
personal  a  nature  could  not  be  obtained  exccptinE'>iBa 
court,"  the  uaual  course  being  merely  lo  take  the  work, 
when  duly  authoriaed  lo  the  ordinarvwav,  in  the  Clerk  at 
tbe  Hall.  It  came  out  in  1592,  Ito.  but  w'ilhont  anv  men- 
lioLi  of  Nash  on  tbe  title-page,  whose  name,  for  the  laks 
of  attraction  we  may  preaume,  originally  stood  there 
Thia  elaborate  attack  upon  Greene  and  bia  frlenda  waa 
the  commencement  of  the  celebrated  controversy  between 
Harvey  and  tCasti,  wbicb.  «ner  having  been  carried  on 
for  some  yeara,  was  at  last  silenced  by  public  aothorit.r. 
Naih  was  always  thought  to  have  liad  ihs  best  of  it  U 
wit,  if  not  in  argument.] 

v""  Decembr. — Ric.  Jonei.  Entred  for  hb  copie, 
&C.  a  ballad  intituled  The  tauutdalwi  of  Xpofer 


«*«  &  L  Apml  26,  *eS.] 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


323 


2^amUnson^  horse  cofser^  commofdye  called  Kytt 
with  the  wry  mouihe,  whoe  hilled  his  wife  with  a 
dagger^  ana  was  executed  for  the  same^  the  4th 
4iaie  of  December^  1592,  at  Tyhorne     .    .    .    vj^. 

[This  ballad  is  extant  with  the  initUls  T.  D.,  for 
Tliomas  Deloney  at  the  end  of  it.  The  tune  awigned  to 
St  it  "*  Fortune,*'  and  it  begins  — 

^Well  may  I  grone  and  sighe 
For  mj  most  cruel  1  crime : 
My  life  hath  been  awry. 
And  I  misspent  my  tyme." 
It  afterwards  notices  the  defect  of  his  mouth,  mentioned 
in  the  entry,  but  the  only  copy  known  is  in  so  mutilated 
a  state,  that  we  hope  the  extract  we  have  made  may 
tead  to  the  discoveiy  and  identification  of  •  more  per- 
Ibctcopy.] 

Tiij  December.  —  John  Danter.  Entred  for  his 
copie,  &c  a  ballad  intituled  The  honors  achieved  in 
^^raunce  attd  Spayne  by  iiif^  prentises  of  London, 

£In  1616  Thomas  Haywood  printed  a  play  on  the  sub- 
ject of  this  ballad ;  for,  as  the  above  memorandum  bears 
4UtB  considerably  anterior  to  the  time  when  he  com- 
■leDoad  dramatic  author,  it  could  not  be  taken  from  his 
dramatic  performance.] 

WDliam  Wrighte.  Entred  for  bis  copie,  &c.  a 
booke  intituled  Kinde  Hartes  Dreame     .    •    yj*. 

(This  is  the  publication  to  which  we  alluded  in  a  former 
part  of  this  article.  It  was  by  Henry  Chettle,  the  dramatist 
and  printer,  who  had  been  suspected  of  being  the  writer  of 
tilie  tract,  which  he  unquestionably  edited,  Greene*i  GroatM" 
rth  of  Wtt,  bought  with  a  Miilum  of  Repentanet.  Kind- 
t's Dream  came  out  with  the  date  of  1692,  and  of  late 
•  it  has  been  reprinted  by  the  Percy  Society.  Espe- 
regrtt  was  expressed  in  it  by  Chettle  for  tbe  unjust 
•llnaiQQ  to  Shakespeare.] 

J.  Paths  Collieb. 


FBOCLAMATION  FOB  THE  APPBEHENSION  OF 

BOTHWELL. 

[Thia  extremely  interesting  historical  document  has 
been  preaenred  by  Sir  James  Balfour,  Liord  L^on  King- 
aii-Arm%  in  one  of  the  volumes  of  his  collections  in  ue 
Libranr  of  the  Faculty  of  Advocates.  The  original  is  in 
Mack-letter.  James  Anderson,  in  his  Historical  Collec- 
tioaa  rdativeto  Queen  Mary,  has  printed  from  the  record 
tha  order  of  the  Lords  of  Secret  Counsel  for  the  appre- 
lianaion  of  Bothwell.  voL  i.  He  does  not  notice  the 
printad  proclamation,  and  was,  perhaps,  ignorant  of  its 
aziatance.  There  can  be  no  donot  that  it  was  circulated 
throughout  the  country.  The  chief  variations  between 
Iba  VMord  and  the  broadside  are  differences  in  spelling. 
1  am  not  aware  that  any  other  printed  copy  of  this  pro- 
duction Is  in  existence.] 

WL  Heir  foUowis  ane  proclamation,  That  the  Lordis 
of  Secreit  Connsall  maid  the  xxvi.  day  of 
Jnniiy  1567. 

Foranmekle  aa  tbe  Lordis  of  Secreit  counsall 
and  otberi  of  tbe  Nobilitie,  Burronis,  and  faithful] 
attbieotia  of  tbis  Realnie,  persauing  the  miserabili 
eitate  ef  the  commoun  weill,  how  the  King,  tbe 
Qaenis  Maieateia  lait  husband,  was  borriblie  and 
ahamefuUie  mortberit,  na  tryall  takin  tbalrof  nor 
ynniihement  execuWa  on  tbe  autbouris,  bowbeit 


tbay  war  knawin  weill  aneucb  in  tbe  sycbt  of  men, 
bir  bienes  awin  persoun  tressonablie  rauissit*, 
and  tbairefter  ioynit  with  tbe  Erie  Bothwell,  prin- 
cipall  autboure  of  tbe  said  cniell  murthour  in 
mariage,  altbocht  maist  ungodly  baitb  aganis  tbe 
Law  of  God  and  man,  continewins  still  in  tbral- 
dome  and  bondage  under  tbe  zok  of  that  pre- 
tendit  and  unlefull  mariage.  C  Tbairfoir  tbay 
haue  takin  on  armis  to  puneia  tbe  autbour  of  the 
said  cruell  murthour  and  reuisiar,  to  preserue  tbe 
persoun  of  tbe  innocent  infant,  natiue  Prince  of 
tbis  Realme  fra  tbe  bludy  crueltie  of  him  that 
slew  bis  father,  and  to  restoir  and  establisbe  Jua- 
tice  abusit  in  this  corrupt  tyme  to  all  tbe  leigis  of 
tbis  Realme.  And  being  on  tbe  feildis  reddy  to 
gif  battell  to  tbe  said  Erie  and  bis  pertakers  efler 
that  be  had  cowartlie  refusit  singulair  combat 
baitb  of  ane  Barron  and  gentilman  undefamit, 
and  of  a  Lord  and  Barron  of  Parliament,  to 
qubilkis  baitb  be  bad  befoir  offerit  him  self  be  hia 
Cartell  and  proclamatioun,  the  place  being  maist 
meit  and  conuenient  betuix  the  twa  companyia,  at 
last  he  fled  and  eacbaipit,  takand  the  ignominie 
on  bim  dew  unto  tbe  vincust  be  tbe  Law  of  armisi 
and  nottbelea  now  tbinkis  to  perswade  and  entysa 
simple  and  Ignorant  men  to  assist  him  in  bis  de* 
fence  unpuneist  for  the  murtboure  crueltie,  and 
others  wickit  ennormiteis  comittit  be  bim,  qubilkia 
with  hia  awin  persoun  he  durst  not  auow  and  de- 
fend, of  the  qubilk  murtber  now  be  Just  trysjl 
taine  be  is  fund  not  only  to  baue  bene  tbe  inuen* 
tour  and  deuysar,  bot  tbe  executour  with  his 
awin  bandis,  as  his  awin  seruandis  being  in  com- 
pany with  bim  at  that  unworthy  deid  bes  testifeit. 
Tbairfoir  tbe  Lordis  of  Secreit  counsall  ordanis 
ane  Herauld,  or  other  Officiar  of  armis,  to  pas  to 
tbe  mercat  Croce  of  tbe  Burgh  of  Edinburgh,  and 
all  others  placis  neidfull  within  this  Realme,  and 
tbair  be  oppin  proclamatioun  to  mak  publicatioun 
beirof,  to  all  our  Soueranis  leigis,  that  nane  pre** 
tend  Ignorance  of  tbe-aamin,  and  to  command  and 
charge  all  tbe  said  leigis  of  qubat  estate  or  degre 
that  euer  tbay  be  of,  that  nane  of  tbame  tak  upone 
hand  to  resset  or  supplie  tbe  said  Erie  in  tbair 
bousis  or  vtberwayis,  to  support  bim  with  men, 
armour,  bors,  shippia,  boittis,  or  other  furnessing 
quhatsumeuer  be  sey  or  land,  under  the  paine  to 
be  repuite,  baldin  and  estemit  as  plaine  pertakaria 
with  bim  in  the  said  horribill  murtber,  rauissing, 
and  others  wickit  crymes  and  ennormiteis  com- 
mittit  be  bim,  and  to  be  persewit  tbairfoir  aa 
common  innimies  of  this  commounweill.  Attoure 
quha  sa  euer  will  tak  tbe  said  Erie,  and  bring 
bim  to  tbe  Burgh  of  Edinburgh  to  be  puneist  be 
Justice  for  bis  demeritis,  sail  baue  for  tbair  re- 
waird  ane  thousand  Crownis  of  the  Sone. 
Imprentit  at  Edinburgh  be, 
RonEBT  Lbkpbbuik,  Anno  Do.  1567. 
J.  M« 

*  Tbe  woitl  **rauis8it"  moat  not  be  undwiltAra^  Xft 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


[t^&l.Anii.i8.-M. 


BEPRODnCTION  OF  OLD  WITTICISMS. 
It  (eetni  ■«  if  a  goai  itorj  ooald  never  dit. 
Tbe  wittj  ujin^  of  the  Mclieet  tgea  eontinnBlly 
re-kppeir.  They  are  altered  in  their  outiririi 
elotoing,  tdapted  (u  the  phrue  i>)  to  new  titna<; 
knd  manner*,  but  itill  the  little  germ,  in  which 
the  Titality  retidet,  ihoote  up  tfaromgh  the  dark- 
lieu  of  manj  interrening  ajtef.  and  re-appeara  a^ 
freeh  u  ever.  A  modern  instance  of  thi*  repro- 
duction, although  in  a  very  minor  degree,  occurs 
In  that  amuiing  book,  Tht  Antobtogripis  of 
Mr:  Fiotzi,  edited  bj  Hr.  Hajward  (3  toIi.  Svc, 
1861).  In  a  not«  npon  Wraxall,  in  allurion  to 
Lord  Kury  Fowlett,  afterwardt  Duke  of  Bolton, 
the  alleged  origina!  of  one  of  SmoUett'i  oharacten, 
the  lirelj  author  of  7%«  TKr»»  Wmrningi  n- 
nark*:  — 

"  I  don't  kDoii  whalher  tbit  Lard  Kurj  Powtett,  or 
an  uncle  of  hii  wurlDg  tha  iiina  auna,  vat  the  penon 
•f  whom  inr  ™otb«r  nted  te  relate  a  ladlcrotu  auMdota 
Soma  ladj  vitb  whom  Wki  had  bean  well  acqaalnltd,  ana 
to  whoa  bii  Lordahip  wa*  obaarrad  ta  fay  sncainmoii 
attantioDi,  rcqacated  aim  to  procare  her  *  pair  at  imal; 
BoakaTirniinEait India— Iforgatlhe kind.  Lord  Harry. 
happ;toabligclier,WRitoliBn»dUtel}-i  dapendingontbi- 
beat  aarvkM  ofa  diataat  Maod,  vbom  be  had  eanntiilli 
•arrad.  Writing  a  bad  band,  bowenr,  and  ipellins  wha'l 
ha  wrote  for  wit^  mora  huta  IbaDConeetnan,  ba  cEargad 
tba  Kaatlaman  to  lead  him  ovar  two  monka7>i  but  tbi 
WDTd  being  writtan  too,  and  all  the  cbaracUta  of  but 
height,  100,  wbit  waa  Lord  Barry  Ponlatt'a  dlgmaj, 
Wbai^a  latter  came  to  band  with  tba  Bawa,  that  he  woald 
leeelTa  fifty  monkaya  by  nch  a  ship,  and  Sfty  mora  by 
the  next  coavayanca,  making  np  tha  AmdW  according 
le  hia  Loidahip  commaoda."  —  IL  118. 

Mn.  Salniborj,  tha  lady  who  ii  reported  to 
IwTe  told  thia  »tdiy,  died  tomewbwo  about  1771  { 
and  Lord  Hair;  Fowlett  became  Duke  of  Bolton 
in  1761.  Tbe  atory  mar,  therefore,  be  approxi- 
tnatiTely  aaaigned  to  abont  the  middle  of  the 
tighl«enlh  centurj. 

I  will  DOW  give  700  a  Tenion  of  thii  aame  itorj, 
which  bean  dat«  on  the  19th  January,  1633-6. 
On  that  day  Sir  Edmund  Vemej,  Knight  Uanhal 
to  Charlea  I.,  wrote  to  hia  ion  Ralph  Vemey,  from 
London,  as  followi ;  — 

*•  To  reqnita  your 
>Qod  a  tala  Trom  hi 
London,  that  writ  to  a  factor  of  hli  beyond  aea,  daaired 
him  by  tha  next  ihip  to  aand  blm  '  3  01  S  apea.'  Ha  for- 
got Iha  'r,'  and  than  it  wm  '!03  apea'  Hia  factor  bu 
■ent  him  foarKOra,  and  aaya  he  aball  have  the  reat  br 
the  ntxt  ibip,  conceiving  the  merthaot  had  aant  for  two 
hapdred  and  tbrea  apea.  If  youcMlf  or  Menda  will  bny 
any  to  breed  on,  yon  amid  never  have  bad  ancb  cbirica  as 
■ow.  Id  eanwat,  tUa  if  vary  tnie."—  Fawn  Fm^t, 
p.ieT. 

Thus  it  ia  that  oar  anceaton  say  our  mod  things 
before  us.   Can  any  of  your  readers  pomt  out  any 


■  carried  away  by  fbrce." 


other  example  of  thU  ttorj  t    I  think  I  have  seen 
it  elsewhere,  but  I  cannot  recall  tha  place  to  mind. 


EXTKAUTB  FBOM  ORIQDIAL  CONTEMPORA- 
NEOUS C0RRE8P0NDEMCE  AT  THE  FEBIOD 
OF  THE  LADDIHa  OF  THE  PRI.NXE  OF 
OKAh'GE. 

(CoadwM/rxni  p.  SOS.) 
D^arHirt  nf  Koff  Janut :  Landiag  a/ the  Prtaa  tf 


iver  Uadway  In  a 
a  poor  fallowa  y' 
■* -lanoboJi 


taken  In  another  place,  and  so  ti  Ji 

bam(y*K.'B  Attomeya}!  and  ioc. 

to  ba  joat  DOW  Ukan  at  a  boai  In  Kant,  &'.  Tha  1" 
FeTsnha^  Ailaabnry,  Tarmouth,  and  UlebflaM  are  ant 

I  by  J*  S.*>  in  While  H.  with  soma  gnards  to  r«*aia  y*  K. 
fit)  J'  preient  force  ha  lyaa  under,  and  to  net  their  nttnoM 
endeav"  to  persuade  hit  M.  to  retorn  hlthar.    Tike  D.  af 

I  Grafton  and  L'l  Mordant  are  come  hither  with  inma  of 
y  Van  Gnard.  Lait  night  y*  whole  Town  waa  alarmad. 
and  up  in  armi  In  alpMlatloa  of  no  body  knows  w~  t" 

I  ware  coming  to  cat  tbair  throaCa.     Some  y*  were  ready 

I  to  prewnt  being  asked  how  near  y>  Irish  ware,  niila 
aniwer  y<  thay  ware  on  this  sida  Uabrldg." 


ible  to  sit.    Two  lordi 


■ociatian  are  not  equally  sgreesble  to  sit.  Two  lor 
refoaed  to  sign  aitbar,  sod  1  tbink  all  t*  Bt*  declinrd 
except  Lond.    Hli  clergy  *re  not  diaclpliDed  as  hia  troi 


clergy  *i 

"A.  (Chriitmaa.)  — The  K.  baa  gone 'from  Rochester, 
and  as  'tis  Itend  to  France  To-dsy  y  L"  TOlad  an  ad- 
dren  to  y*  Pr.  O.  to  take  npO  him  y*  gOTemm'  for  1 
tiros,  w»  moat  do  limit  to  y  23  Jan.  Mr  L'  Castle- 
main  fa  taken,  and  Hr.  FlU-Jsateik  who  brought  Id- 
dBlgeDces." 

"G.  S.  rSoeth  Umbeth),  Dec  17».  — Ths  ComDoee 
sssemblsd  here ;  sgre>)  w^  the  L*  la  sebecribing  y  As- 
sociation, and  In  dialling  hlfn  to  take  Into  his  hands  tht 
admlniitratlOD  of  the  OoTammS  military  and  cinl,  onlil 
Jan.  S2S,  at  w'^  time  thara  will  ba  a  generall  oDnTeDlisD 
(Ibr  so  thay  call  It)  of  tha  rapreaantatiTss  of  all  bodiaij 
sad  y*  Lords  to  dispeee  of  tbe  IB  sbillinga.  D^  BareeU'a 
Sermon  bsftwe  y«  PriDce  od  Snnday  will  ba  pobiiahad  to- 
morrow. Ha  sent  bis  ordsr  to  omit  the  prayers  lor  the 
K>,  w*  was  not  osmpiyd  with  at  S'  Jsmea',  but  tba 
i>rder  recald  by  tbe  Priace.  A  gpaech  waa  made  ag>  lbs 
Association  in  that  assembly  of  tha  Commona  lly  L' 
Delamere  i'  in  tbe  H.  of  L^  It  was  too  late  to  mince 
matters,  that  If  lbs  Ss  was  Ks,  he  and  bis  were  rebells. 
~  "  Dec.  (7.  —  To-day  y*  Commous  presented  an  addresi 
here  to  y*  P.  of  0.  It  was  to  y>  same  elhct  sa  y'  of  y* 
fATrti.  rmrir  anniething  WBS  addsd  relating  to  t*  election 
T  y*  Conventloa  Jan.  IS.     Lodgings  ars 


Dpon  y  Dntcb  landing  at  an  Admiral'g  b>wii,aiic 
y  K.'b  niiimg  away  to  his  gsnarals.  Jenner  being  dS' 
nlrad  to  lend  his  cosch  to  carry  Sir  K.  Hales  to  prisoo, 
made  aniwar  he  would  do  no  kindness  to  any  Bmbui 
(^thoUck.    I  hear  y*  AssodatiDD  Is  gaaaraUy  i^aelad.' 


8>«  8.  L  Afbil  26,  'ei] 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


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"Dec  27. — To-dty  the  K.  advised  with  all  y«  !*•  Spir. 
ud  Temp.  J*  are  about  y  Town,  touching  y  sad  state  of 
hia  atfairs.  They  all  agreed  j<  since  so  many  of  his  army 
hare  revolted,  and  y<  those  y*  remain  are  unwilling  to 
figbty  his  Mai.  has  no  way  left  to  preserve  hims.  bat  by 
calling  a  Parl<;  and  therefore  they  beg^i  of  his  Maj.  y<  in 
order  to  it,  he  would  pleas  to  appoint  Comissioners  to 
mediate  w«>»  y  Pr.  of  O.,  without  wJ»  they  thought  a 
Parl<  could  not  be  had  to  y*  satisfaction  of  both  sides. 
The  K.  has  taken  this  night  to  consider  of  it,  seeming 
Tary  unwilling  to  descend  to  these  humble  methods  w^ 
are  now  become  necessary  to  his  preservation.  Many 
bold  and  home  things  were  b^  before  him,  w^  he  heard 
w^  some  uneasiness.  The  judges  you  may  imagine  were 
handled  very  roughly,  and  so  many  of  y<  profession  are 
oondemnd  (at  leant)  to  their  former  retirem^  y*  I  advise 
jon  to  hasten  hither.  The  Pap.  reckon  y*  loss  of  y«  Prin- 
MM  as  great  as  y<  of  v«  army.  They  came  to  have  secured 
har  when  it  was  too  late,  and  so  have  lost  their  opportn- 
idty,  for  none  of  her  serv**  can  give  y*  least  intimation 
where  she  may  be  found.  Nobody  is  gone  with  her  but 
lord  Churchill  and  Mrs.  Berkley.  There  is  talk  of  a 
Frivy  Council,  of  w**  none  but  ProtesUnts  are  to  be 
fwom.  Pr.  George,  D.  Ormond.  Grafton,  Churchill,  and 
Itverall  other  Col"",  See.  are  gone  over  to  y«  Pr." 

"Feb.  28.  — My  lord  Arran,  his  brother,  and  some 
Others  were  tent  to  y  Tower  to-day.  The  Pari*  have 
totad  a  land  tax  of  42,000  for  an  essay  of  their  bounty. 
Mr  lord  Nottin.  brought  in  a  bill  for  Toleration  of  Prot 
Diseenters,  and  was  seconded  by  Bpp  of  S<  As.  and  Ely.** 

«« March  9,  1689  (N.  Stratford.)  —  !  think  persons  are 
dafly  more  and  more  satisfied  in  the  scruples.  Dr.  Sher- 
lock 1  on  Sunday  last  resolv«»  to  pray  for  K.  W.  and  Q.  M., 
hot  very  unhappily  blunderd,  and  pray**  for  K.  J.  and  Q. 
M.;  bat  in  the  afternoon  he  rectified  the  mistake  by 
Itmying  for  K.  W.  The  L^  Jeffreys  hath  conUnued  so 
waak  ever  rince  you  was  here,  that  it  is  thought  a  wonder 
that  he  bath  livd  so  long." 

*<  March  20.  —  The  oaths  went  thro*  both  Houses  with- 
oat  any  opposition.  If  any  could  not  swallow  them,  they 
absented  themselves  ....  I  suppose  you  will  not  think 
yyBn  of  Lond.,  Line,  and  Bristol  would  stick  out  at 
y  DoUe  enterprise  of  this  day.  ^Tis  thought  some  of 
their  brethren  will  follow  their  example  on  Monday. 
Tha  Comittee  of  L<i>  have  sent  letters  to  all  y*  absent 
peers,  and  y«  post-master  is  to  certify  their  reception  of 
y«  to  y«  house." 

«  March  21  (A.  M.)  —  The  bill  for  69,80021  p.  mens  (for 
6  months)  was  passed  to  day.  The  revenue  will  be  reduced 
to  l»200,000p.  an.  L^  Inchiquin  is  just  come  frO  Ireland, 
and  aaies  El  J.  brought  over  500  officers  and  400,000 
pounds,  and  y*  he  has  80,000  men  in  arms.  Most  of  y 
oAcera  of  Dnnbarton's  RegimS  &c.  are  secured,  having 
laid  down  their  arms,  not  without  some  previous  treaty, 
and  a  promis  froy  general  y»  he  will  intercede  for  *em  at 
Hamp.  Court  The  Church  of  £ng.  has  a  majority  in 
both  houses;  however,  it  happened  y*  they  knew  their 
Itrength  no  sooner.  I  hear  the  Bp  of  S*  A.  puts  in  to  be 
B»  of  0x0,  and  D.  of  X*  Ch.    My  U.  continues  sUflf  ag* 

«•  Apr.  9  (A.  M.)  —  To-dar  the  Comons  voted  an  address 
of  thanks  to  y«  K.  for  declaring  y*  he  will  defend  y  Ch.  of 
Eng.,  desiring  y«  he  will  pleas  to  call  a  Convocation. 
MOO  Swedes  are  landed  at  Harwich,  and  4  or  6000  are 

mected  to  follow  y™ The  new  medals  have  y 

K.  and  Q.  represented  on  one  side ;  and  on  y*  revere, 
Phathon  is  in  v*  chariot,  and  Jupiter  darting  at  him, 
With  this  inscription  — Atf  totk9  absumentur.    Its  said 

•  «  Dr.  William  Sherlock,  afterwards  Dean  of  St.  Paul's, 
1691. 


to  be  yonng  Hampden's  device,  and  it  is  every  way 
worthy  of  such  an  author." 

«*May  28  (A.  M.)— A  bill  was  to-day  brought  into  the 
House  of  Comons  to  enable  y*  K.  to  secure  for  a  longer 
time  any  persons  except  themselves  ....  they  granted 
a  tax  also  of  12  p.  p^  for  all  lands,  houses,  officers,  except 
naval  and  military,  and  household  stuff.  The  Committee 
eroployd  ab*  y*  Act  of  Oblivion  have  excepted  crimes 
and  not  persons  onely.  They  have  found  that  my  L^ 
Cbanc*'  raised  a  bloody  psecution  in  y*  west,  and  received 
14,000  of  BurtO  and  Grahi  for  j*  service ;  and  that  be 
gave  commissions  to  men  unqualified.  All il>one,  etc. .  .  . 
D*"  Tenison  stays  where  is  to  keep  out  y*  hopeful  successor 
that  was  designed  for  him,  Julian  or  Birch." 

''Maunday  Thursday  (A.  M.)  — The  bills  for  punish- 
ing deserters,  and  introducing  martial  law  for  supplying 
y*  loss  of  Hil.  Term,  and  for  naturalizing  Pr.  Geo.  were 
thia  day  prepared  for  y*  royal  assent,  but  y<^  K.  was  more 
meanly  employd  about  the  usual  ceremony  of  this  day. 
The  bill  for  abrogating  y  old  oaths,  and  imposing 
y  new  ones  was  read  a  2^^  time  in  y  Hous  of  Com— e. 
There  was  some  hopes  it  would  be  thrown  out,  but  they 
could  not  prevail  for  so  much  as  a  proviso  to  be  added  to 
it,  so  it  was  left  to  a  select  Comittee.  The  Churchmen 
thought  they  could  gain  anything  after  so  signal  a  vic- 
tory in  y*  business  of  y*  Coronacion  oath.  It  runs  thus — 
A.  B. :  Will  you  solemnly  promis  to  govern  y*  people  of  y* 
Kingdom  according  to  y*  S**  in  Parliam'  agreed  on,  and 
y  laws  and  customs  of  y  same?  K.  and  Q.:  I  will. 
A.  B. :  Will  you  to  y*  utmost  of  your  power  maintain  y* 
laws  of  God,  V*  true  profession  of  v*  Gospel,  and  y«  Prot 
Ref.  Bel.  estab.  by  law  ?  And  will  you  preserve  unto  y* 
Bw  and  Clergy  of  this  realm  and  to  y»  Churches  committed 
to  their  charge  all  such  rights  and  priviledges  as  by  law 
do  or  shall  appertain  to  any  of  them  ?  K.  and  Q. :  All 
this  I  do  promis  to  do.  It  was  carried  in  y*  Privy 
Council  y*  y*  K.  cauot  put  forth  his  general  pardon  with* 
out  y«  concurrence  of  Parlm*."  ^ 

**  Jnne  22,  1689  (A.  M.)  —  They  have  got  many  Comis- 
sions  frO  y*  late  K.,  but  y«  messengers  y*  brought  ym  are 
unluckily  escaped.  The  Bp  S*  A.  •  will  swear  y*  8  of  y 
letters  are  under  K.  J.'s  own  hand.  The  L*^  Danby  that 
now  is  intending  to  go  to  sea,  his  mother  got  him  secured 
npon  suspicion  of  treason  by  a  warrant  from  my  lord 
Netting.  This  has  givn  y  Pari*  an  opportunity  of  call- 
ing  him  to  account  for  securing  one  of  their  members ; 
and  since  better  occasions  wanting,  they  design  to  make 
use  'of  this  to  have  him  tumd  out,  w'^  y**  fondness  and 
folly  of  a  mother  has  afforded  y">.  The  K.  designs  for 
Cheshire,  and  intends  to  have  2  camps  there." 

•*  Aug.  6,  '89  (A.  M.)  — Tis  true  my  U.  is  in  y  Tower, 
bnt  'tis  his  own  fault,  for  he  may  come  out  if  he  wilL 
He  has  indeed  some  scruple  of  conscience,  but  y*  they 
tell  him  is  y  disease  of  a  Quaker,  and  not  to  be  indulged 
by  any  true  Protestant." 

**  D'  Sher.s  is  writing  a  defence  of  Athanasius  and  y 
Trinity  ag*  Fermin  and  Till.  If  a  Protec**-  is  to  be  car- 
ried off  in  a  wind,  that  of  y*  other  night  might  have 
blown  away  two.  My  U.  sends  you  his  service  fro  y* 
Tower." 

July  5, 1690,  Chester  (N.  Cestriens.)  —  Our  fleet  began 
the  fight  successfully  against  the  French.  When  the 
French  at  Dublin  first  heard  that  their  fleet  was  upon  our 
coast,  they  confidently  promised  themselves  the  victory, 
and  in  token  thereof  rang  the  bells,  and  made  bonfires. 


•  William  Lloyd. 

S  Dr.  William  Sherlock  published  A  Vindication  of  the 
Doctrine  of  the  Trinity  and  the  Ineamation  of  the  Son  of 
Ocd,  occasioned  by  the  Brief  Note*  on  the  Creed  of  SL 
Athanaeiu$,irc,    2nd  edit.  4to.    Lond.  1691. 


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NOTES  AND  QUEEIEa 


[8^  S.  t  Atbil  26.  "SI 


EL  Ja.  has  deserted  Dandalk,  Ardee,  &c.,  and  K.  W.  has 
followed  as  fast  as  he  coald  after  him.  A  man  and  a 
woman  have  been  hanged  at  Ardee  for  poisoning  the 
waters  there." 

**  Anon.  —  The  wisdom  of  y«  nation  have  spent  much 
of  their  time  to-day  about  two  libels.  One  is  y*  paper 
with  y*  list  of  y«  Abdicators ;  y*  other  is  intitled  some 
queries  concerning  y«  election  of  members.  Sir  T.  Clarges 
movd  y*y*  first  might  be  read,  and  referrd  to  a  Gomittee. 
upon  w^  Arn —  said  he  desired  as  much  for  y*  counter- 
part of  it,  as  he  wittiley  called  y*  Queries.  The  former 
motion  being  agreeable  to  y«  stronger  party,  was  cajried, 
y«  latter  was  unfortunately  stifled.  Present  death  is 
threatend  to  y«  author  of  y*  first  if  discoverd ;  but  its 
feard  he  that  writ  y*  latter  will  come  off  with  y*  loss 
onely  of  his  eares.  The  Debate  grew  warm,  and  y*  whole 
house  was  ready,  after  y*  late  example  of  Ogden  and 
Mompesson  *,  to  fall  to  blows ;  but  a  cowardly  member, 
mentioning  y«  Ks*8  late  speech  against  all  differences^ 
they  adjoumd  y*  contest,  and  agreed  to  thank  him  for  iL 
D'  Uarw.  assures  me  y*  Queries  were  writ  by  a  Whigg, 
bat  he  will  l>e  so  just  as  not  to  betray  him.  The  A.  6. 
is  condemned  for  printing  OveraPs  Book^,  because  y« 
manuscript  is  at  Lambeth.  Treason  is  the  table-talk  at 
Richards.  My  W  D.  swears  he  will  not  bring  K.  W.  ao 
far  as  High  Gate." 

"The  address  of  the  Convocation  was  drawn  by  y 
Bp*  of  S<  Asaph,  Rochester,  and  Salisbury,  being  a  Comlttee 
appointed  for  that  purpose ;  the  amendments  made  by 
the  Lower  House  [a  letter  to  Rev.  H.  Jonea,  Rec.  of 
SonningweU  —  •  Free,  W.  Asaph.'  "] 

Macksnzib  £.  C.  Walcott,  M.A.,  F.S.A. 


jKtnor  ftnXti. 

EDBiuirD  BuBKB.-— The  smallest  facts,  I  assame, 
may  be  acceptable  if  they  will  throw  even  a  clim* 
mer  of  light  on  the  mysterious  subject  of  the 
relationship  of  the  Burkes.  It  appears  from  Ed- 
mund*8  reply  to  Lord  Verney's  Bill  (anf^  p.  222), 
that  the  relationship  ^*if  an  j/*  between  Edmund  and 
William  was  not  known  to  the  former.  It  might 
also  be  inferred  from  their  different  fortunes  in 
1768  and  1769,  that  they  had  no  money  relations ; 
yet  the  contrary  seems  to  be  a  reasonable  in- 
ference ;  and  it  can  be  shown,  that  such  relations 
continued  almost  to  the  filing  of  Lord  Verney's 
Bill.  In  proof,  the  following  autographs  were 
sold  in  July  last  by  Puttick  &  Simpson :  — 

**  234.  Bond  to  Christopher  Hargrave,  of  Lincoln's  Inn, 
QenL,  for  the  payment  of  25021,  with  interest,  having  the 
aignature  of  Edmund  Burke,  of  Beaconsfield,  Bucks; 
Richard  Burke,  of  Lincoln's  Inn.  Witness,  Richard 
Burke,  Jun.    Dated,  Sept  10, 1777." 

Such  men,  to  join  in  a  bond  for  2501,  show 
a  great  want  of  money  and  very  little  credit ;  yet 
the  next  Lot,  in  the  same  sale,  was  — 

**  285.  Edmund  Burke's  Bill,  wholly  in  his  autograph, 
to  pay  WillUm  Burke  3772:    July  11, 1779." 

T.  S.  F. 


*  Sir  Thomas  Mompesson  was  M.P.  for  Old  Samm, 
Pari  Hist,  iv.  1802. 
^  Convocation  Book,  1606, 4to.  Published  Lend.  1690. 


Sir  Thbodobb  Matsbitb.  —  Whilst  taming 
over  the  leaves  of  Select  MueieaU  Ayres  and  Dia^ 
logues,  London,  1652,  for  another  purpose,  I  ob» 
served  **  A  Dialosue :  Charon  and  £ncosmia, 
occasioned  by  the  death  of  the  yong  Lord  Hast- 
ings, Heire  Apparent  to  the  Earie  of  Huntington, 
who  dyed  some  few  dayes  before  he  was  to  have 
been  marry  ed  to  Sir  Theodore  Meihem*s  Daughter, 
in  June,  1649.**  As  I  believe  a  gentleman  is  now 
engaged  in  editing  a  work  relating  to  Sir  Theodore 
Mayerne,  I  forwani  this  scrap  of  information,  which 
I  hope  may  not  be  without  its  use. 

W.  H.  HosB. 

MODB  AND  DaTB  OF  ExBCUTION  OF  THB  MaI* 

Quis  OF  Abgtle.— Dr.  Paley,  in  hb  Evidences  of 

ChHsHanity,  pt.  iii.  chap,  i.,  in  remarking  on  the 

variations  of  contemporary  writers,  observes,  as 

proof  of  it  — 

'*  In  the  account  of  the  Marquis  of  Argyle*s  death,  in 
the  reign  of  Charles  the  Second,  we  have  a  very  remark- 
ahle  contradiction :  Lord  Clarendon  relates  that  he  wu 
condemned  to  be  han^ftd,  which  was  performed  cm  the 
Mome  day ;  on  the  contrary,  Burnet,  Wodrow,  Heath,  and 
Echard,  concur  in  stating  that  he  was  btheadedt  and  that 
he  was  condemned  on  the  Saturday t  and  executed  on  the 
Monday:* 

It  may  be  thought,  at  any  rate,  too  strong  to 
call  thb  a  *'  remarkable  **  contradiction ;  for  it  is 
the  testimony  oifour  against  oittf,  and  two  of  these 
four  Scotsmen,  who  were  most  likely  to  know  the 
state  of  the  fact.  The  Marc^uis  suffered,  too, 
(though  unjustly)  on  a  conviction  of  high  treason, 
and  in  ScoUand  as  in  England,  decapitation  not 
hanging  was  always  the  mmle  of  puttmg  the  cul- 
prit  to  death  for  that  crime.  What,  however, 
appears  to  place  the  matter  beyond  question  is  to 
be  found  in  a  work  which  did  not  see  the  light  till 
many  years  after  Dr.  Paley*s  death.  I  refer  to 
the  long-missing  volume  of  Sir  George  Macken* 
zie*s  Memoirs^  accidentally  discovered  in  1821,  and 
published  that  year.  Sir  George,  the  Marqui8*s 
contemporary,  in  describing  the  execution,  says, 
"  Some  concluded  that  he  died  without  couraee, 
because  he  shifted  to  lay  down  his  head; **  and  Vie 
same  work  bears  expressly  that  **  the  execution 
took  place  at  the  Cross  of  Edinburgh,  upon  the 
27th  day  of  May,  1661,**  which  it  will  be  found 
was  on  a  Monday. 

Here,  then,  are  Jive  to  one,  I  would  not  be 
supposed  to  impeach  in  the  slightest  degree  the 
accuracy  of  Paley*s  general  reasoning,  but  would 
only  remark,  that  this  historical  fact,  when  thus 
probed,  affords  no  support  to  its  justness.        T. 

Tbbubb  or  LiviHGS.  —  The  following  cutting 
is  extracted  from  the  obituary  of  The  Times  of 
Friday,  March  21,  1862  :  — 

<*  On  the  18th  inst,  at  Polebrook  Rectory,  in  the  89th 
year  of  his  age,  Charles  Euseby  Isham,  for  nearly  sixty 
two  years  rector  of  that  parish.** 

S*  Ft  C 


L  Apbil  26,  '62.] 


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uroB  OF  Kams.  —  Thoso  curious  in  sur- 
I  wiU  thank  the  Editor  of  "  N.  &  Q/'  if  he 
>re8erTe  the   following:  catting  from   The 
of  March  26,  1862,  in  his  pages :  — 

0  bandred  persons  have,  since  the  execntion  of 
lard,  the  assassin,  presented  petitions  to  the  Keeper 
Seals  to  be  permitted  to  change  tbeir  name,  and 
amber  is  increasing  daily.  All  these  onfortnnate 
had  the  misfortune  to  be  called  Damollard,  which, 
ars,  is  a  Yery  common  name  in  the  South  of  France, 
of  tbe  petitioners  pray  to  be  permitted  to  sign 

and  others  Dolard,  neither  of  them  very  aristo- 
lames." 

nay  be  well  to  add,  for  the  benefit  of  future 
■8,  that  this  Dumollard  has  lately  been  exe- 
for  murdering  women  under  very  revolting 
astances.  Edwakd  Pbacogk. 

7atch  Casb.— The  following  case,  which  I 
re  (without,  however,  altering  any  word,) 
Lord  Stair's  CoUeetum  of  DecUunu  of  the 
of  Session  (vol.  i.  p.  119),  *^ relates  to  a 
«  and  somewhat  amusing  scene,  which  ap- 
to  have  occurred  in  the  Parliament  of  Scot- 
a  1662 ;  and  is  not  very  creditable,  certainly, 
memory  of  one  or  other  of  the  noble  Lords 
•ned:  — 

•  Lord  Cooper  alleging  that,  being  sitting  in  Par- 
k,  and  taking  oat  his  watch  to  see  what  hour  it 
e  gave  it  to  my  Lord  Pitsligo  in  his  hand,  and 
e  refuses  to  restore  it ;  therefore  craves  to  be  re- 
and  that  he  may  have  the  ralne  of  it  pretio  nffee^ 
by  his  own  oath.  The  Defender  nlleged,  and  offers 
e,  that  the  Porsaer  having  pat  his  watch  in  his 
IS  he  conceives,  to  see  what  hour  it  was,  according 
ordinary  civility,  they  being  both  sitting  in  Par- 
ti the  Lord  Sinclair  potting  forth  his  hand  for  a 
)f  the  watch,  the  defender  did  in  the  Parsaer's 
«  pat  it  in  his  hand  without  the  Pursuer's  con- 
ion,  which  mast  necessarily  import  his  consent 
wrate  the  Defender.  The  Pursuer  answered :  the 
er  having  put  forth  his  hand,  signifying  his  desire 
for  the  watch,  the  Pursuer  put  tbe  same  in  his 
-  meaning  that  which  is  ordinary,  to  lend  the  De- 
the  watch  to  see  what  hour  it  was — which  im- 
i  the  defender's  obligement  to  restore  the  same. 
sfender*s  giving  of  the  watch  to  Lord  Sinclair  was 
it  an  act,  that  the  Pursuer  oould  not  prohibit, 
iy  they  being  sitting  in  Parliament  in  tbe  time ; 
erefore,  bis  ulence  cannot  import  a  consent, 
e  Lords  (t.  «.  of  Session)  repelled  the  Defence ;  but 
not  suffer  the  price  of  the  watch  to  be  proven 
Pursuer's  oath,  hutprotU  dtjur§,** 

S. 
borgh. 

IAN  Abchttbcture. — I  cxtract  the  follow- 
om  the  volume  of  Vacation  Tourists,  and 
of  Travel  in  I860:  — 

though  tbe  European  uses  mortar,  and  the  Indian 
lowhere  in  Peru  can  modem  masonry  bear  com- 
L  with  the  beautifully-fitted  worlc  of  the  ancients. 

1  day,  the  engineer  is  pussled  to  account  for  the 
of  the  Indians  in  dealing  with  immense  masses, 
tow  of  no  machinery  adequate  to  the  purpose  in 

them ;  Uie  conquerors  have  left  no  hint  of  such 
teas.  The  Inca  historian,  Gardlasso  de  la  Tega,  is 
HI  Uie  saljsct;  and  yet,  in  many  places^  are  ssen 


traces  of  stone  work  which  might  reasonably  bt  supposed 
too  large  to  have  been  put  together  by  unassisted  human 
strengUi."-.P.228. 

Again,  in  p.  232,  the  tourist,  C.  C.  Bowen,  re- 
ferring to  the  massive  works  he  met  with,  ob- 
serves :  — 

'*  Here,  as  elsewhere  in  Peru,  the  first  question  that 
suggests  itself  is  —  How,  even  with  the  help  of  myriada 
of  slaves,  could  these  stones  have  been  hewn  out  and 
raised  to  their  present  position  ?  " 

Allow  me  to  ask,  whether,  to  adopt  a  commer- 
cial phrase,  it  would  not  pay,  if  our  Scientific 
Societies  were  to  offer  a  handsome  reward  for  the 
discovery  of  the  means  used  by  the  ancient  In- 
dians in  hewing  and  rabing  the  immense  masses 
of  stone  which  the  tourist,  C.  C.  Bowen,  saw  in 
Peru  ?  May  I  suggest  a  careful  examination  of 
the  archives  and  MSS.  of  that  country  beiiu; 
made  for  the  secret,  which,  I  doubt  not,  is  worm 
knowing,  and  may  be  turned  to  our  advantage  P 

*  Fea.  Mbwbubh. 

Larchfield,  Darlington. 


€LUtvM. 


THE  TRIFLE:  A  POLITICAL  BALLAD. 

Whitbread,  in  a  tavern-speech,  had  designated 
the  Prince  of  Wales's  plume  "  a  trifle : "  — 

**  Ton  triJU  there,*that  waves  on  high, 
Its  graces  catch  my  loyal  eye. 

And  much  our  cause  doth  need  'em ; 
For,  ah !  without  this  little  toy. 
The  Catholics  can  ne*er  enjoy 

Religion,  Power,  or'Freedom. 

.'<Ye  delegates  from  Dublin  all. 
Whose  worships  in  Freemasons*  Hall, 

Emancipation  gathers ; 
This  Trifle  that  adorns  our  room 
Is  nothing  but  the  Regent's  plume, 

Yon  little  bunch  of  feathers. 

**  O  could  it  light,  in  nuick  descent. 
On  thee,  illustrious  Duke  of  Kent, 

Or  Sussex'  Roval  Highness! 
How  soon  we'd  settle  with  the  throne. 
And  make  the  vanquished  Orange  own 

Coronat  opua  finis  t 

**  Who  cares,  though  falling  wide  and  wild, 
It  pass  the  Regent  and  his  child. 

His  brothers  York  and  Clarence? 
And  as  for  him  of  Cumberland, 
Russians  or  Swedes  he  may  command. 

So  that  they  keep  him  far  hence. 

"  Sad  times,  my  friends,  must  we  expect. 
When  such  untoward  Dukes  direct 
The  Army  and  the  Navy; 
No  Catholic  can  dare  to  hope 
That  they  to  Prelate,  Priest,  or  Pope, 
'  Will  ever  cry  peeeam, 

•<But  Kent  and  Sussex  —  precious  pair  — 
This  Trifle  worthily  will  wear. 

With  help  of  me  and  Canning; 
And,  be  it  formed  of  gold  or  lead. 
When  dropp'd  on  either  royal  head, 

A^  naad  not  fe»  trcpqewwBs^T 


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NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


t.8>«  a  L  AvBiL  26,  *6S. 


*<Then  let  the  trait*roiit  lodgM  say 
Their  Orange  teneta  only  pay 

*  Conditional  allegiance:* 
For  long  shall  royal  Sussex  live. 
And  long  shall  every  firilon  give 

Trae  Catholic  obedience  I 

**  Ye  delegates,  both  great  and  small, 
From  Edward  Hay  to  Lord  Fingal, 

Suspend  your  dread  decisions ! 
Though  askM  to  eat  your  dinner  here, 
Tou  do  not  relish  much,  I  fear, 

PrwUon  or  Pruvimom, 

"Cast  but  this  TrijU  in  the  acale. 
Once  more  shall  Popery  prevail 

'Gainst  statutes  of  exclusion ; 
While,  turned  by  Jesuits'  powder  sick, 
Our  enemies  the  beam  shall  kick 

In  sorrow  and  confusion. 

*<Iiet  us  the  heaviest  weights  apply 
For  Catholic  ascendency. 

The  Pope  will  pay  our  pains ; 
With  drams  our  orgies  shall  begin. 
Canning  shall  throw  his  *  scruples '  in, 

And  I  will  lend  my  groint. 

"  Clear  off  your  glasses !    Come  we  then, 
And  froni  the  rebel  Orangemen 

Their  best  protection  rifle ; 
Sussex  shall  bid  our  cause  assume 
The  sanction  of  his  brother's  plume, 
You  know  'Us  but  a  TVi/b. 

Aaboh." 

The  above  appeared  in  The  Courier^  June  15, 

1813.    Prefixed  is  the  motto  (from  Horace) — 

**  Num  vesceris  ist&,  quam  laudas,  plum&"? 

Is  it  knoifvm  who  was  the  aathor  of  the  verses  ? 

The   ** Catholic    qaestion'*  if   now  "matter   of 

history."  W.  D. 


Belief  in  the  Genebal  Dbcat  of  Natubh 
IN  THE  Seventeenth  Cbntubt. — There  are  pas- 
sages referrinf]^  to  this  impression  in  Dr.  Johnson*s 
Lives  of  the  Poets,  vol.  i.  p.  139,  note  (I  have  no 
note  of  the  edition) ;  in  Sir  C.  LyelPs  Principles 
of  Geology,  5  th  edit.,  1837,  vol.  i.  p.  53,  &c.  This 
curious  subject,  in  the  above  limited  sense,  seems 
worthy  of  elucidation  in  your  columns.        J.  P. 

Fabis  Edition  of  the  Holt  Bible,  a.d.  1586. 
— Amongst  the  old  tomes  in  the  public  library  at 
Cape  Town  is  a  folio  Bible,  in  French,  full  of 
woodcut«;  the  following  correct  description  of 
the  title-page  will  doubtless  serve  safficiently  to 
enable  Mb.  Offob  (if  he  will  be  so  kind)  to  in- 
form me  whether  the  copy  possesses  any  value, 
either  from  its  rarity  or  any  other  cause  ? 

**  La  S«*  Bible,  contenaot  1e  Yiel  et  le  Nouveau  Testa- 
ment, traduicte  de  Latin  en  Franeais,  et  approuu^  par  lea 
Th^lof^iens  de  Lounain ;  avec  les  annotations  des  An- 
ciens  P^res  et  Docteurs  de  TEglise,  aux  marges,  pour 
l*intelligenc6  asseur^  do  plusieurs  passages  et  Uenx  de 
TEscriture  Saincte.  Ensemble  une  Table  bien  ample, 
docte,  et  catolique,  traduicte  du  Latin  de  Monsieur 
Maistre  Jean  Harlemius,  Docteur  en  Th^logie  de  la 
Compagnie  de  Jesus  ^  Lonuain.'* 

Immedlatelj  underneath  the  above  is  a  woodcut 


of  a  hand  shaking  off  a  snake  into  the  fire  (St. 
Paul  f )  surrounded  by  this  motto,  **  Quia  contra 
nos,  si  Deus  pro  nobis,**  and  a  renaissance  bordor 
of  Amorini.  Terminal  figures,  monogram,  mask, 
fruit,  &c. 
Below  the  woodcut  appears  — 

*<  A  Paris,  chez  Michel  Sonnins,  roe  S.  Jacques,  il  TEsca 
de  Basle,  &  Compas  d'or.  1586.  Auac  prinilege  da  Roy." 

Sigma  Tau. 
Cape  Town. 

Chubch  Aisle^^and  Monumbnts.  —  The  pur- 
chaser of  a  family  mansion,  to  which  by  immemo- 
rial right  is  appended  an  able  in  the  parish  church, 
which  is  situated  in  the  park  attached  to  the 
mansion  of  which  he  is  also  the  purchaser,  is 
desirous  of  pulling  down  the  church,  and  building 
another  not  in  his  parh.  The  vendor  at  the  time 
of  sale  retained  a  pew  in  such  aisle,  and  is  unwill* 
ing  that  such  church,  or  at  least  such  aisle,  with 
his  ancestral  monuments,  should  be  removed. 
Has  the  purchaser,  even  with  the  consent  of  the 
rector  and  the  bishop  of  the  diocese,  the  right  to 
remove  the  church,  aisle,  and  monuments  ? 

A.B,F. 

• 

Sib  Jo  on  Chbbubin. — Information  is  requested 
concerning  a  "  Sir  John  Cherubin,"  whose  tomb 
is  in  Brading  church.  Isle  of  Wight.  In  one  of 
the  guide  books  to  the  island,  he  is  stated,  I  be- 
lieve, to  have  been  governor  of  Porchester  Casde, 
circa  1400.  A.  F.  C. 

Miss  Edoab. — Can  any  of  your  readers  give 
me  any  information  regarding  Miss  £d«u*,  author 
of  Poems,  Dundee,  1810.  2nd  edition,  £dinburgh, 
1824?  B,lHQUi. 

Thb  Rotal  Gbowic  of  Egypt.  —  Can  any  of 
your  correspondents  explain  the  symbolism  which 
doubtless  existed  in  the  different  colours  of  the 
shent  (nXENT),  the  double  royal  crown  of  Egypt? 
t  The  lower  part,  the  crown  of  Lower  Egypt, 
wasrecf;  the  upper  part,  that  of  Upper  Egypt, 
being  white.  Usually  they  were  worn  united,  but 
sometimes  (for  instance,  on  the  tablet  of  Sons  at 
Wadv  Meghara,)  the  prince  is  represented  wear- 
ing them  separately.  J.  Woodwabd. 

Shoreham. 

Epiqbam. — About  the  time  Mr.  Thackeray  de- 
livered his  Lectures  on  the  Four  Greorges,  there 
appeared,  either  in  a  London  or  a  provincial 
paper,  an  epigram  on  them,  oontained  in  seven  or 
eight  lines.  The  last  two  lines,  I  believe,  were 
as  follows :  — 

"  When  from  the  earth  the  last  descended. 
The  Lord  ba  praised,  the  Georges  ended." 

It  would  be  rendering  me  a  kindness  if  any  of 
your  readers  could  furnish  me  ^with  the  whole 
epigram.  J.  Booth. 

Bromyard. 


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329 


GBOTHii.b. — Od  the  risiDK  {^ound,  immedistalj 
to  the  north  of  Craigleitb  Quftrrj,  in  the  neigh- 
bourhood of  Edinburgh,  there  standi  aa  old  farm' 
faouie,  which,  irith  the  propertj  atttclied,  hu 
rejoiced  from  time  immemorial  in  the  name  of 
Grothill,  orGrottell.  This  property  wai,  in  1350, 
granted  by  Henry  Multerer,  Burgess  of  Edin- 
burgh, to  the  altar  of  St.  John  the  Baptist,  io  the 
church  of  the  Virgin  Mary,  at  Edinburgh,  to 
which  it  remained  attached  until  the  Beformation. 
Close  beside  the  old  "onstead"  there  growi  a 
biroh'tree  of  moderate  size,  which,  at  some  dis- 
tance from  the  ground,  forks  off  into  two  brsDches. 
At  their  insertion,  a  strong  horizontal  iron  bar  is 
fixed  by  the  ends  into  each  branch  ;  on  this  bar 
mni  an  iron  cleeh,  and  the  tradition  is  that  this 
apparatus  was  employed,  at  some  time  or  other,  in 
in  jicting  the  extreme  penalty  of  the  law. 

I  would  be  obliged  if  any  of  your  Scottish 
oorrespoodents,  Tersed  in  loc«l  topography,  could 
supply  the  date  or  detail  the  circunutancea  under 
which  this  execution  took  place ;  whether  hj  any 
right  of  "  pit  and  gallows,"  or  under  more  regular 
judicial  proceedings,  I  would  also  be  obliged  by 
any  suggestion  as  to  the  orij^in  of  this  rather  pe- 
cnliar  name  of  Gruthill,  or  Grottell.  One  Tersion 
IS  that  the  lands  were  held  under  payment  of  a 
OToat  a-rear.  A  deed,  howeier,  by  the  Superior, 
Henry  de  Brade,  of  date  1310,  proves  tliat  they 
were  held  under  the  quit-rent  of  a  pur  of  white 
gloTM.  F.  S. 

Jacobiib  Qvbrt  :  Jambs  Nihbi»  —  In  an  old 
historical  register  I  find  this  entry,  under  date 
No*.  Iff,  1781  :  — 

"  Dy'd  at  Paris,  Jas.  KIbst,  Esq.,  fiecretaTr  of  tha 
Ooiat  10  James  IL  after  his  AbdkatioD,  in  tti«  TSnd  year 

Should  the  name  rightly  be  Nihil*    Andean 

any  corretpondent  g^Te  me  further  information  ? 

C.  H.  E.  Cabmiohabi.. 

Maclbak  of  Tokloisk.  —  Boswelt,  in  bis  Lift 
o/JohmMon,  mentions  "  Mr.  Maclean  of  Torloisk  of 
Hull,"  and  8:r  Walter  Bcott  in  a  not«  saya,  "  He 
WM  grandfhtber  to  the  present  Uarehiotieas  of 
Nortfiamptoti  **  (vide  Boswell's  Johiuon,  edited  by 
Grokw,  edition  1838,  Sro,  p.  43S).  I  wish  to 
know  who  Hr.  Maclean  married,  and  the  variooa 
ttep*  to  the  marchioness.  Any  information  re- 
specting the  lamily  of  l^aclean  of  Torloisk  or 
Torlisk  will  be  welcome.  2.  e. 

Old  MoHOUBifTS  IN  thb  Vadlts  or  St.  Mab- 
tir'b-ix-tmb-Fibldb.  —  Some  years  back,  having 
occasion  to  eo  into  the  vaults  underneath  the 
parish  church  of  St.  Martin's -in- the>  Fields,  I 
noticed  a  anmbar  of  fine  old  monuments,  formerly 
belonging  to  tbe  more  ancient  edifice,  and  which, 
donuliM^  were  placed  here  upon  the  erection  of 
the  pnMnt  diaieh.  Amongst  several  specimens, 
I^Il^  inttlMtiiig  to  •rohMUOgiits,  I  particularly 


noticed  tho  superb  tomb  of  Sir  Theodore  Mayeme, 
the  celebrated  physician,  who  was  buried  in  the  old 
church  on  the  29th  March,  1655.  May  I  ask 
what  has  becomu  of  these  old  monuments  F  Ought 
not  some  tteps  be  taken  to  preserve  the  moat  in- 
teresting of  them  from  destruction  ?  Perhaps 
there  is  yet  time.  Edwabd  F.  Rtmbadlt. 

Tub  Opal-hobtbb.  —  In  which  volume  of  the 
Saturdaif  or  of  the  Fenny  Magazine  can  I  find  the 
narrative  under  the  above  title  ?  tiy  search  has 
been  to  no  purpose.  JoHK  H.  vak  Lbbkbp. 

Zsyst,  near  Utrscht. 

FaisoKBB  OF  GisoBS.  —  Who  wa«  be  ? 

A.  L.  R. 

Si.Patbick's  Dat  at  Eton. — In  the  lUuttroUd 
London  New*  of  March  32,  p.  285,  is  the  following 
paragraph :  — 

"  Lord  Langford,  as  tbs  highest  Irish  nobltman  in  Eton 
School,  prueated,  on  Sc.  Patrick's  day,  tha  beaulifally- 
cmbniidered  badjns.  In  eltver,  of  St  Patrick,  to  Eh«  bud 
mastsr,  the  Rev.  £.  Balgton.  and  the  lower  niieter,  tho 
Rev.  W.  Cuter,  which  veie  worn  by  these  reverend  nn- 
tlemen  during  tha  day,  Aboat  tweotj-rour  of  tbo  ubh 
noblemen  and  gentlemen  in  the  school  were  invited  to  a 
grand  breilcfut  with  the  head  muter,  asis  ciuloniary  on 

thsK  OCCailOOB." 

Has  this  custom  in  Eton  any  origin  besides 
kindly  feeling,  as  for  iustaoce,  some  local  connec- 
tion f  B.  F.  Cbbswbu.. 

The  School,  Tonbrldga,  Kent 

Rbtitals  of  Rblioion;  Maccdixoch  of  Cak- 
BDSLANO.  —  Where  can  I  find  the  fuaeet  particu- 
lars respecting  this  first  revivalist  F  Two  vols,  of 
MS.  letters,  ^dressed  to  him  by  various  eminent 
people,  are  said  to  be  in  existence,  I  believe  in 
the  possession  of  a  descendant  Informatioo  re- 
specting the  vols,  will  be  very  acoeptable.     1.  e. 

TiuiBr  oB  Tmuir  Familt.— In  Dansey's  HU- 
tary  of  EvglUh  Cnuadtrt,  it  is  stated,  on  the 
authority  of  Weever,  that  "  Frederick  Tilney  was 
knighted  before  Acre  by  Kchard  I.  He  was  a 
person  of  remarkable  stature,  looked  upon  as  a 
giant.  From  him  descended  sixteen  knight*  of 
the  Dane  in  succession.  One  braoch  of  this  family 
settied  at  Ashelwell  Thorpe,  in  Norfolk,  and  mersed 
afterwards  in  the  Knevels  ;  and  another  flourished 
in  Lincolnshire." 

Some  members  of  this  flimily,  who  have  settied 
in  South  Africa,  are  anxious  to  procure  a  list  of 
the  sixteen  knights  above  mentioned  i  the  only 
name  which  we  have  (appar«nUy)  discovered,  la 
that  of  Sir  Philip  Tilney,  who,  as  a  Knight  Ba- 
_t.i ,[gj  Henry  VIIL  to  the  Field  of  , 


iccompaniei 

_h  of  Gold. 

Would  your  correspondent,  H.  N.  Chabwiox, 
favour  me  with  such  information  as  he  may  have 
at  hand,  from  the  monamental  inscription*  at 
King's  Lynn?  I  am  aware  that  several  linlejs 
lie  buried  in  that  town;  and,  eaneTalL^.,«K<jV6^ 


330 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


[ft*'  &  t*  AnuL  M^  VL 


nealo^ical  particulars  respecting  the  family  (who 
Bometimes  spelt  their  name  Tjlnie)  will  be  thank- 
fall/  received  by  Siqma-Tau. 

Cape  Town. 

Tbmplb  Family.  —  Wanted,  any  information 
respecting  an  old  and  respectable  family  of  the 
name  of  Temple,  located  for  several  generations 
at  Haukswell  and  Barden,  near  Bichmond^  York- 
shire. 

The  above  Query  appeared  in  "  N.  &  Q.,"  2"* 
S.  iii.  487.  May  I  be  allowed  to  repeat  it  ?  f  And, 
if  not  too  late,  to  request  the  original  querist, 
A.  S.  S.,  to  communicate  with  me  on  the  subject? 

John  Temple. 

Welch  Bicknor,  Ross,  Herefordshiro. 

Coin  or  Medal  of  Queen  Victoria. — Can  you 
inform  me  (and  others)  whether  the  beautiful 
silver  piece,  struck  at  the  Mint  in  1847,  is  a  medal, 
or  a  five-shilling  coin  ?  If  a  coin,  why  were  only 
a  few  pieces  issued  ?  [Ten  sovereigns  were  offered 
for  a  specimen  by  collectors.]  If  a  medal,  on  what 
occasion  was  it  struck?  The  obverse  has  the 
Queen*s  head  crowned,  and  her  title ;  the  reverse, 
the  English,  Scotch,  and  Irish  characteristics ;  with 
the  motto,  "  Tueatur  unita  Deus.**  The  milled- 
edge  inscription  is  splendidly  executed.       Y.  Z. 

Wagner. — Whom  did  Melchior  Wagner  marry, 
nnd  where  may  his  marriage-register  be  found? 
It  appears  that  his  son  George  (so  called  after  his 
royal  godfather,  George  I.)i  nat.  1722,  married 
Miss  Godde,  first  cousin  to  Lord  Figot.  He  him- 
self was  born  1685,  and  died  1764.         A.  M.  W. 

Wilson's  "Trigonometry.**  —  The  following 
little  work  some  time  since  was  picked  up  at  a  stall. 
Probably  some  information  may  be  obtained  as 
to  the  author,  apparently  a  Scotchman,  by  trans- 
mitting a  "Note**  of  it  to  your  invaluable  re- 
pository.   The  following  is  a  copy  of  the  title :  — 

"  Trigonometry :  with  an  Introduction  to  the  Use  of 
both  GloUes  and  Projection  of  the  Sphere  in  Piano.  To 
which  is  snbjoined  an  Appendix,  applying  the  Doctrines 
of  Plain  Triangles  to  the  taking  of  Heights  and  Dis- 
tances, and  to  Plain  and  Mercator*8  Sailing.  By  John 
Wilson.  Edinburgh :  Printed  by  James  Watson,  pne  of 
her  Majesty's  Printers.    1714.    12nio." 

The  Preface  consists  of  four  pages.  Mr.  Wil- 
son says : — 

**  I  could  bring  the  common  excuse  for  appearing  in 
Print,  viz.,  the  earnest  intreaty  of  Friends ;  but  I  think 
it  weak  in  any  man  both  to  cross  his  own  inclinations, 
and  to  plague  the  rest  of  mankind  with  a  Tale  of  a  new 
piece,  merely  out  of  complaisance  to  a  friend  or  two.  I*m 
confident  the  reader  will  not  suspect  me  of  vanity,  when 
I  tell  him  I  have  advanced  nothing  that's  new." 

There  is  no  Dedication.  Including  the  Title 
and  Preface,  with  a  leaf  of  **  Characters*  explana- 
tion,** amounting  to  eight  pages,  the  volume 
consists  of  160  pages,  with  nine  plates.        J.  M. 

CnANOE  or  Name  :  Wesley  to  Welleslet. — 
Lord  Stanhope,  in  his  Life  of  Pitt,  vol.  iii.  p.  192, 


says,  that  the  Duke  of  WeUington,  in  1799, 
changed  his  name  from  Wesley  to  WellesW, 
^  Arthur  Wesley  *'  belne  the  ngnrnture  to  tba 
Duke*s  earlier  letters.  Did  the  Duke  obttm  i 
sign  manual  permitting  him  to  reyert  to  th« 
earlier  family  name  ?  X. 

Temple, 

"  Genealogy  of  Jaji bs  I.**  —  Can  any  of  your 

correspondents  inform  me  respecting  a  small  4to. 

book  in  my  possession,  entitled  — 

<*The  Genealogy  of  the  High  and  Mifhty  Mooareh 
James  King  of  G*  Brittayne,  with  his  Lined  De»cent  fraa 
Noah,  &C.  Gathered  by  George  Owen  Harry,  Parsoa  of 
Whitchurch  in  Kemeis,  at  the  re(|aest  of  M'  Rob»  Hol- 
land, l^ndon:  Imprinted  by  Simon  Stafibrd,  ftrTbo^ 
Salisbury,  1604." 

It  contains  several  heraldic  and  genealogieal 
tables  of  the  five  royal  tribes  of  Wales,  "  from  all 
of  which  King  James  descendeth,  by  Sir  Oven 
Tudyr,**  with  Miort  notices  of  the  more  promineot 
personages.  It  occurs  in  both  Watt  ana  Lowndes 
without  any  particular  description.  Where  is 
Whitchurch  in  Kemeis  ? 

Thomas  £.  Wwsihotoi. 

Stanford  Court. 

[Moule  {Bibliotheea  Heraldiea,  p.  62),  states  that* this 
boolc,  when  accompanied  with  all  the  plates,  is  meoia- 
monly  rare.  A  copy  in  the  collection  of  F.  FreeHng,  Esq. 
is  perfect  and  fine. '  —  Whitchurch  in  Kemeis  (or  Cemasi) 
in  Pembrokeshire,  is  so  called  from  the  oommeadaUs 
care  taken  by  the  parishioners  in  keeping  the  cfaoich 
clean  and  ornamented.  This  parish  has  always  bad  the 
reputation  of  being  free  from  adders.  Vim  Featon's 
Fembrokethirt,  1811,  p.  626.] 

FnoaLBs.  —  The  children  in  the  north  of  Essex 

call  cowslips  peggles.     Is  this  a  classical  name  of 

the  flower  ?  W.  J.  D. 

|;The  word  is  paigle*  or  pagl§9,  *'  Primula  Teris:  con- 
mon  cowslip ;  or  paigU,"  jPantolomei,  under  **  Primula.* 
— **  Pagle,  or  paigle :  a  cowslip."  Narss  (^Gbuar^)^  who 
quotes  Ben  Jonson : 

**  Blue  harebells,  pa^ef,  panries,  calaminth.'*] 

Bebangbb  :  **  Lb  Chant  du  Cosaqus.** — Soom 

years  ago  there  appeared  in  The  Times  newspaper 

a  spirited  translation  of,  if  I  mistake  not,  a  poem 

of  Bdranger.    A  Cossack  addresses  his  horse:  I 

recollect  part  of  it,  — 

«  Then  neigh  aloud,  with  martial  prides 
My  courser  wild  and  fleet, 
And'trample  nations  in  the  dust. 
And  kings  beneath  thy  feet.*' 

If  you  can  give  me  the  whole  translation  it 
would  greatly  oblige  yours,  A  Yoluvtkbb. 

Glasgow. 

[We  suspect  there  are  numerous  translations  <»f  "Le 
Chant  du  Cosaque."  It  will  be  found  in  Birmmmr:  T«o 
Hundred  of  hu  Lyrical  Poem»,  dmu  into  JEm^A  Vene. 
By  William  Young.  New  York,  1857,  8vo,  p^S89.  The 
most  spirited  translation,  however,  is  that  in  nsBiliemes 
of  Ftoker  Frout  [Frank  Mahonyi  edit  IMO^  y.  iui] 


8'<8.I.ApnL!B,>a9.] 


NOTES  AND  QtJBBIBS. 


"  Thb  Somebset  Hochb  Gaietth."  —  This 
work  was  a  Bcrinl  in  ernBll  4to. ;  in  its  appearance 
and  characler  bo  mucli  like  "N.  &  Q.,"  as  at  least 
to  deserve  a  record.  It  began  in  1823,  and  was 
continued  in  1S34,  but  how  lon^  afcer  I  knoir 
not.  I  am  told  it  wrs  edited  hy  tha  author  of 
JVitte  and  WalnuU.  Who  was  be  ?  And  can  the 
Editor  of  "  N.  S:  Q."  eay  anjthing  of  tbia  ftttenipt 
to  establish  a  journal  so  greatly  resembling  his 
own — parvis  componere  magna  f  B,  H.  C. 

[The  first  number  of  (he  Snmtrttl  Hoaie  Gaittli  \» 
dateil  OelobBi  11,  1323.  and  tho  last.  No.  6J,  Oetolwr 
2.  tBJ4,  makini;  tiro  volamoa  of  small  qnarlo.     It  »  a 

fUaiinff  miBceilsnv  of  anecdotical  niemoribilia  of  ths 
'ing  Art*,  u  veil  u  of  thai  kind  of  literary  chit-chai 


Whith 


1  both   f 


It   V 


sd<l«l  by  one  of  tha  ninat  ainUbla  men  and  rlcTi 
artiita  or  recent  times,  Williain  Benry  Pyne,  Kkj.,  wtio, 
■tier  a  lont;  illneu.  accompanied  willi  depressed  circom- 
alances,  died  at  bit  residence  in  Pickering  Place,  Pad- 
dlnglOD,  OD  May  29,  IBJ3,  aced  levonly-four.  llii  amua- 
Jn)t  papeni.  Wine  and  fFalnuU.  first  appeared  in  Thi 
JAlrnuy  GaicUe,  and  were  republisbed  in  2  voia.  12ino. 
1823.  "His  ipisndid  irork  on  TheRoval  Baidnea.  3 
Tots.  royal  4lD,  ISIS,"  writes  William  Jerdan,  "is  an  aia- 
borale  ez ample ;  but  his  fan  1e  i»ticll,sn  ready  and  true 
in  seiiing  every  quiiuC  and  cbaract eristic  form  or  fealnre, 
aa  lllDBtrsled  in  bis  JI/icrDcoin  n/£cm/juii  and  otber  rn>- 
dnetloni  which  give  telebrlty  to  Aiketman's  StpeiUoiy, 
e  still  more  captivating  proofs  of  his  geoiua  in  tba 


a  dcliicl 


Dungs 


I    the 


moat    faithful 

■ketcbea  of  begeara,  brexers,  milkmaids,  ciiildren  at 
plaj.  aninials,  odJ-looking  trees,  or  gates,  or  boilJini;s  — 
ID  short,  of  all  rariona  or  pielureaqua  objects  and  every- 
tbintjelK."  (Jufn&'ii^upAy,  lii.  iS.)  Tawarda  tba  cltue 
of  Pyno's  literary  career,  ha  became  a  cotitrlbuCor  to 
Fraaer'a  Magiami,  in  n-hlcli  it  is  believed  soma  of  hia  last 
felidtoos  papers  were  pulilisbed.  Fora  liat  of  hia  other 
works  cansult  the  Bingraj^kal  Didknarj/  of  L'tiiitg  Au- 
than,  IS16,  and  Ikiba's  non'  edition  of  lAiindes.] 

Camili.vs  (Joanmes)  GunvsKtis.  —  Cnn  any  of 
your  correspondents  obli;;Th<;ly  inform  me  as  to 
the  author  of  a  work  in  small  4to,  of  the  title  of 
which  the  following  m  i  transcript  P  — 

"Vb  Ordlne  an  Metbodo  in  Ecientia  servandia  liber 
nnni>,  none  primam  in  lucem  editua  a  Joaone  Camilla 
Uenv-rnal  ad  llluatrlitl.  et  Eacell.  Prlncipem  ftlelphsn- 
■cm  Andrtam  Auriam.  Venetiis  iidlxl  Apud  Paulam 
Uanutlum  Aldi  tlliam." 

Twenty'nine  leaves  and  two  of  index  and  imprint. 
It  bus  the  dolphin  and  anchor,  as  usual  in  Aldine 
publicaliona.  I  have  not  been  able  to  find  a  copy 
m  any  public  library  north  of  the  Tweed.  As  a 
ppecimen  of  the  beautiful  printing  uf  the  Aldine 
press  it  can  hardly  be  surpassed.  J.  H. 

[Rennard  (A«BaIa  dt  tlmprixurrle  da  AUt,  edit.  18!5. 
ii.  14)  has  a  Ions  note  oa  Ibis  work  from  the  preia  of 
Fanl  Manoce.  lis  stales,  "  II  y  a  deux  lorles  d'eiem- 
ptairta  da  la  mlmt  million.  Laa  una  sont  d^i^  Andrtai 
Auriae,  el  lea  anlrea  Carolo  Cicadae  tpiicopa  AlbiHguH' 
out."  A  copy  of  tbis  rare  work  is  in  the  Bodleian,  and 
also  in  the  Pablic  Library  at  Cambridge.} 


CUTTISG  OFF  WITH  A  SHILLING. 
(3'*  S.  i.  245.) 

The  bequest  of  a  sbiiling  haa  long  been  con- 
sidered the  greatest  testamentary  insult  that  one 
human  bein;i  can  offer  to  another.  It  was  nob 
alivaysso.  Like  the  "nobyll  for  tythes  forgotten," 
the  xij  pence  for  the  "  hie  aulter  of  the  oisha 
chirche,"  or  the  mere  for  the  "cathedral  chirche 
of  ovr  blessid  ladie  Saint  Uarle  of  Line,"  it  waa 
onec  B.  cuBtamary  gift.  When  a  man  was  sick 
unto  death  —  and  few  made  their  wills  in  former 
dnys  when  in  good  health  —  it  seemed  natural  to 
bim  to  remember  not  only  his  pariah  church,  its 
priest,  and  the  great  mother  church  of  the  dio- 
cese with  a  smiU  gift,  but  also  those  who  were 
bound  to  him  in  the  bonds  of  affection  or  of 
blood.  The  practice  of  leaving  small  sums  of 
money  fur  the  purposes  above  indicated  diil  not 
become  very  uncommon  until  late  in  the  reign  of 
Queen  Elizabeth ;  tbe  parallel  custom  of  be* 
queathing  a  shilling,  or  other  small  aum,  as  a 
token  of  love,  lasted  much  longer.  I  have  seen 
scores  of  exampk'a  in  wills  of  the  seventeenth 
century.  As  an  illustration,  I  transcribe  a  few 
lines  from  the  willofa  member  of  my  own  family: 

"In  the  name  of  God,  Amen.  I.  William  Peacocke,  of 
Scatter,  In  the  Countie  of  Lincaln^  ¥co]nan.  beiug  neike 
in  boilie  but  of  good  &  perftct  ramembmnca,  blessed  be 
God,  therefore  doe  make  Ihia  my  last  will  and  testament 
in  manner  and  forma  following: 

"  First,  I  give  and  bequeatb  my  aoule  into  tbe  hanrla 
nf  God,  my  maker  aod  reileamer,  and  my  body  to  be 
buried  intb'actiurcli  of  Scotter  afurauid.  Aa  for  my  leni- 
poral  g>»des,  I  give  and  bequeath  aa  fnllowelli :  Im- 
primis, I  give  and  bequeath  to  John  Peacock,  my  brother, 
twelve  pence,  intreating  bim.  as  ever  there  was  love  be- 
twixt na,  to  be  good  and  kind  to  my  wife  daring  her 
life.  &  that  he  would  be  pleaf^ed  to  let  her  have   Ibe 

any  other,  for  her  rent,  aud  desire  him  to  bo  aa  a  father 

The  test.itor,  William  Peacocke,  was  buried 
28th  Sept.  1644.  His  will  was  proved  on  28th  of 
May  following.  As  he  left  no  issue,  his  widow 
Fdorence  Peacock,  was  tbe  eaeculri.'c  of  his  will, 
and  enjoyed  alt  her  late  husband's  property  with 
the  exception  of  a  few.  very  small  legacies.  I 
believe  my  ancestor,  John  Peacock,  fully  carried 
(Hit  his  brother's  loving  request.  The  widow  cer- 
tainly enjoyed  the  house  and  farm  until  her  death, 
which  took  place  many  years  after.  The  Scotter 
parish  register  thus  records  her  departure  :  — 
"Ffloranoe  Peacoke  was  buried  May  The  tS'", 
1661."  In  March,  1680,  John  Peacock  joined 
them  in  the  grave  and  elsewhere. 

Edwabd  Fbaoock. 

Boltesford  Manor,  Brigg. 


9U 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


lP*a.i.Ami.K,-ti. 


MOT  TOO  GOOD  TO  BE  TBUE. 
(3'*  S.  i.  24i.) 
Man;  jetxt  since,  an  anecdote  in  some  re- 
spects similar  to  that  so  well  told  bj  Fbof.  Db 
MoBOAN,  came  to  my  own  knowledge.  A  loud 
and  pompoug  moneycrat,  of  obscure  origin,  long 
known  imong  the  better- educated  with  whom  his 
wealth  brought  him  into  contact,  as  "  The  Great 
B.,"  from  the  initial  letter  of  his  name,  in  process 
of  tine  set  op  his  carriage,  on  which  it  became  of 
conrae  necess arj  that  his  arms  should  be  properlpr 
blaioaed.  What  Svdnev  Smith  said  in  joke  of  his 
own  anceitori  —  tnat  tne;  never  bore  arms,  but 
always  sealed  their  letters  with  the  thumb — was 
perhaps  true  enough  of  the  great  B.  Suffice  it 
to  Bay,  that  the  Heralds'  College  was  sadly 
puEiled  to  find  a  crest ;  and  as  in  similar  cases, 
where  a  man  rises  by  his  own  unaided  industry, 
■warded  him  unwltlingly  what  I  suppose  they 
would  have  called  In  their  peculiar  lingo  >'  a  Bee 
displayed  proper."  I  think  it  is  Uiss  Sinclair  who 
■ays  that  armorial  bearings  on  a  carriage-panel 
grow  smaller  in  exact  ratio  to  the  real  greatneM 
of  its  owner.  In  this  esse  she  was  certainly  right; 
for  never  was  the  Oreal  Bee  within  more  truth- 


I  can  scarcely  wonder  at  Dr.  Johnson's  hatred 
of  a  pun,  when  I  look  at  the  only  two  instances 
recoroed  by  Boswell  of  his  own  attempts  in  that 
line.  May  we  really  attribute  to  him  the  motto 
for  a  tea-oaddy  — r*  doeei  —  ii.  *.  "Thou  Tea 
ebest,")  which  I  remember  to  have  somewhere 
seen  thus  appropriated  F  I  am  vei7  much  aiVaid 
tKU  is  "  too  good  to  be  true ; "  for  the  man  who 
could  make  so  good  a  joke  would  surely  never 
hare  placed  pickpockets  and'pnnsters  in  ua  same 


eatesory. 
I  have 


have  by  me. a  letter  from  a  friend,  who,  to 
real  excellence  of  heart  and  life,  adds  a  quaint 
jocularity,  sealed  with  the  motto  —  "And  the 
evening  and  the  morning  were  the  first  Dag"  the 
last  word  beluR  bis  own  patronjtalc.  After  this, 
we  may  well  ask  with  Prior  — 

"  Can  fiouiboa  or  Kaisaa  go  higher }{' 

DouoLi*  Allpokt. 

Paor.  Di  Moisut'a  anecdote  of  Qmd  ride*, 
reminds  me  of  another  of  a  similar  character, 
which  was  related  to  me  by  a  literary  octoge- 
narian some  short  time  since,  he  at  the  same  dme 
vouching  for  its  authenticity,  and  mentioning  the 
name  of  the  individual. 

A  barrister  or  solicitor,  at  the  close  of  the  last 
or  beginning  of  the  present  century,  having  re- 
alised a  considerable  fortune,  retired  from  prac- 
tice and  set  up  his  carriage.    Wanting  a  motto. 


however,  be  applied  to  a  leanwd  friend  to  supply 
the  deficiency,  who  immediately  and  wittily 
suggested,  "  Causes  produce  effectsJ'  As  th« 
name  of  the  member  of  the  legal  profession  has 
escaped  my  memory,  soma  one  of  jour  ruaders 
ma^  replace  it,  unless  the  story  be  one  of  those 
which  fall  within  the  category  of  "too  good  to  be 
true."  Cl.  Uoffbs. 


COSGEKS  AND  MACKEREL. 
(3^  S.  i.  218.J 

The  bland  iu  which  the  duty  of  \M.  on  every 
thousand  of  mackerel  taken  was  paid,  ii  Guern- 
sey i  and  the  abbot  who  claimed  It  was  the  Abbot 
of  Mont  S.  Michel  in  Normandy,  in  right  of  the 
Priory  of  S.  Michel  du  Vatle,  in  the  above-named 
island.  This  is  sufficiently  proved  by  the  fol- 
lowing extract  from  the  Plaeilorum  Abbresiatio, 
published  by  the  Record  Commission,  p.  349  :  — 

"  18  Ed.  II.  QsniMeT.  Similitw  libtitM  clam'  p 
abtMm  da  Hoote  Sci  Micnls  in  piclo  marl*  a  piscacluw 
CDtign>>  ft  nMckralloJ  dicto  ibDi  allooDtor. 

According  to  Warburton,  in  his  TreatU*  o»  At 
Hiilory  SfV.  o/"  Otanuty,  written  in  the  reign  of 
Charles  II.,  King  John  was  the  first  who  imposed 
a  duty  on  congers,  or,  to  speak  more  correctlv, 
claimed  the  pre-empUon  of  all  above  a  oertam 
size  brought  into  the  market.  The  reason  is  aaid 
to  have  been  to  prevent  the  fishermen  froo 
selling  them  to  the  Icing's  enemies. 

It  appears  from  an  inquisition  made  in  33  Hen. 
III.,  that  the  eiptlcacio  oaagrorum,  which  is  un- 
derstood to  be  tne  drying  ol  congers  by  axpoaure 
to  the  sun,  was  to  last  from  Eiaster  to  Michaelnaa, 
and  the  lalicio  amgrorvm  from  Michaelmas  to 
Easter.  In  2  Ed.  I.  the  dues  on  the  etperqtierie, 
or  drying  of  congers,  amounted  to  llOu.  per 
annum.  In  neither  of4he  documents  from  whidi 
the  above  information  is  derived,  is  there  any  men- 
tion made  of  a  duty  on  mackerel;  but  there  is  an 
order  of  1  Ed.  II.  by  which  it  appears  that  a  duty 
of  duo  pan'  Turon'  was  claimed  on  every  hundred 
of  mackerel  taken  between  the  feasts  of  Easter 
and  the  Nativity  of  S.  John  the  Baptist,  and  that 
the  fishermen  attempted  to  evade  the  payment  of 
it.  This  duty  on  mackerel  was  first  levied  "by 
Ed.  L,  as  appears  from  the  following  extract  from 
the  Flaeita  dt  Quo  Warranto,  3  Ed.  IT.  p.  S38. 
The  Abbot  of  Mont  S.  Michel  answers  ;  — 

"  Et  qao  ad  cotlumam  niakercH,  tm.  didt  qd  Mdo 
dTiiE.B<xpat'dGI  B«g'  rQc  atudcbat  cottnmun  lllaa 
anil  tentntM  saos  piscatorts.  &c„  Idem  Abbas  da  aoensa 
honiU  sao^  ^csto^  assedebat  coorimUam  ciutuauun 
■D{)  hojaa  lUDS  pitcatbrei  (kc,  sicnt  «i  bene  licnit  nt  dlcit 
&  ■  p'dco  tempg  receplt  ipe  hnj'  culomam." 

By  the  Extent  of  the  Crown  Revennoi  of 
Guernsey,  S  Ed.  III.,  it  appears  that  at  thai  time 
the    mackerel    fishery    h«d   boea    exUQded    te 


r«aLA 


[LS6,>n.] 


NOTES  AND  QUEEIEa 


333 


Uiohaeloiu,  and  ibat  the  duty  wu  2d,  Tourjioia 
per  bundred.  The  annual  value  uf  tbe  custonia 
iTMinf;  from  Uie  fisheriea  is  estimated  in  Ihe  Ex- 
tent at  2G6:i'.  \3i.  4d.  Tournoit.  This  of  conrM 
does  not  include  Iba  duties  tevicd  on  the  leDaola 
of  munors  not  belonging  to  the  crown. 

I  now  come  to  the  considernlion  of  tlie  point  of 
natural  historj.  It  moBt  not  be  forgotten  that 
the  assertion  of  Ifae  fuilure  of  the  conger  fisher]' 
is  mode  b^  the  abbot  pleading  to  preserve  h  source 
of  revenue,  with  the  loaa  of  whica  he  was  threat- 
ened, and  need  not  therefore  be  construed  literally. 
Tbe  first  imposition  of  a  duty  on  congers  in  King 
John's  time  must  have  been  very  distasteful  to 
the  fishermen,  who  would  iiaturally  turn  their 
Attention  to  a  fishery  not  yet  subjected  to  etich 
Bn  exaction.  The  catch  of  congerg  would  then 
fall  off,  and  that  of  mackerel  increase,  without 
there  being  necessarily  an;  difference  in  the  rela- 
live  numbers  of  these  fish.  Doubtless  when  Ihe 
poor  fisberinen  found  that  they  could  not  escape 
beine  taxed,  whether  they  caught  congers  or 
mackerel,  they  returned  to  their  olil  fishing- 
ground,  and  congers  became  as  numerous  as  ever. 
The  discovery  of  Newfoundland  gave  a  death- 
blow to  this  source  of  revenue,  for  it  appears  by 
the  Extent  of  Elizabeth  in  15B2,  that  the  duty 
on  the  fisheries  was  farmed  at  lOl.  sterling,  and  in 
James  l.'s  time,  in  1G07,  at  9/.  After  this,  we 
bear  nothing  more  of  this  duty,  and  it  is  probable 
that  it  died  a  natural  death  during  the  civil  war. 

One  word  more  by  way  of  a  Note  on  the  word 
£sperkeria,  Qallicc  Eperquerie,  which  seems  to 
liave  pDEzled  the  antiquaries.  In  the  dialect  of 
Konnaa  French  used  in  Guernsey,  the  word 
ipergai  is  still  employed  in  the  sense  of  "  stuck 
on  the  top  of  a  pole  or  perch."  This  was  doubt- 
less  the  way  in  which  tbe  fisb,  af\er  being  split 
open,  was  exposed  to  be  dried  by  the  action  of  the 
wind  and  sun,  and  the  word  iperqacrie  would 
naturally  be  used  both  to  denote  the  method  of 
drying,  and  the  locality  where  it  was  practbed. 
In  all  the  Channel  Islands  there  are  one  or  more 
apots  on  the  lea-shore  still  bearing  this  name. 

E  DQ 1 B  M  AcC VLLOC II. 

Gaenuey. 


BoTDBiX  (S-*  S.  i.  237.)  -  Alderman  Boydell 
was  born  in  1719,  at  Dorrington,  Salop,  of  which 
place  hii  grandfather  was  vicar  j  he,  however, 
etuna  to  town  "  a  poor  Ud  from  Denbighshire,  and 
lived  many  years  with  his  wife  in  tbe  most  ex- 
treme poverty."  (.City  Biography.)  Your  oor- 
respondeot  has  already  described  bis  arms ;  his 
crest  was  a  Saracen's  bead  couped  ;  thereon  a  cap 
turned  up,  erm,,  the  end  of  tbe  cap  hanging  down 
with  a  tassel  at  the  end.  I  know  tbe  above  to  be 
tbe  orest  borne  by  the  alderman,  but  I  fancied 
his  arms  were,  vert,  a  cross  patonce  or.  That 
there  were  croues  in  the  arms,  I  have  from  the 


authority  of  a  servant,  who  lived  in  the  family, 
and  whose  livery  button  is  my  authority  for  the 
crest;  but  see  also  Ormcrod's  Cheshire, "BajtleU 
of  Dodleaton  and  GropenhalL  vert,  a  cross  pa- 
tonce or."  Some  authorities  give  the  Boydells  a 
second  coat,  aig.  on  a  fesse  enicrailed  vert,  3  mul- 
lets pierced,  or.  The  Boydells  arc  said  to  have 
borne  in  lati>r  ages  as  their  crest,  on  a  wreath,  a 
Saracen's  head,  &C.,  as  before  described,  except 
that  a  bell  was  attached  to  the  end  of  the  cap 
instead  of  a  tasscL  U.  S.  G. 

S.  T.  P.  *«dD.  D-CS-'S.  i.  231.)  — Mb.  JoHK 
TccKBTT  is  not  correct  in  dther  of  bis  suppoH- 
tious.  D.D.  does  not  sland  for  Divinilatii  Doc- 
tor, but  for  plain  Englbh  Doctor  o/'  DiviniOi, 
When  the  degree  is  intended  to  be  signified  u 
Latin,  it  is  expressed  by  S.T.D.,  that  is,  Saent 
Theologia  Doctor.  And  this  leads  us  at  once  to 
the  sitjnificalion  ofS.T.F.,  which  is  unqueationably 
Sacra  Tkfoiogia  Profeiiar. 

F.  C.  n.-D.D. 

Caricitubbs  AMU  Satibicai.  Fmbts  (S**  S.  i. 
227.)  —  The  classification  proposed,  into  SociAi, 
Pebsohai.,  and  FouticiUl,  would  obviously  de- 
stroy that  arrangement  by  artists,  which  ap- 
pears to  me  to  be  much  mora  satisfactory.  The 
works  of  our  best  caricaturists,  Rowlandson, 
Gitray,  and  especially  IB.,  combine  all  the  above 
three  classes ;  yet  what  person,  possessing  any 
large  collection  of  the  works  of  these  or  other 
celebrated  artists,  would  choose  to  have  them 
separated  F  Tbe  works  of  all  sucli  artists  as  have 
produced  more  than  a  few  at  intervals,  ought,  I 
think,  to  be  kept  together,  under  the  title  of  their 
authors'  names ;  and  probably  there  are  some 
which  might  be  grouped  according  to  their  pub- 
lishers. Some  fifty  or  sixty  years  ago,  there  was 
a  publisher,  named  Dighton,  in  whose  shop  win< 
dow,  at  Charing  Cross,  there  were  always  portraits 
of  persons  of  note,  not  exactly  caricatures,  but 
rather  i^kciches,  bitting  oS  some  peculiarity  of 
dress,  manner,  or  character.  I  remember,  among 
these,   Lord  Camelford,   who  fell  in  a  duel  with 

Mr.  Best ;  Old  Q (Duko  of  Queensberry)  ; 

"  An  Old  Stump  well  known  on  a  Bank  "  (fit. 
Mark  Slump,  a  Stock-Broker)  ;  Paul  Treves,  and 
many  others.  I  should  class  these  as  "  Dighton's," 
and  those  published  by  Tegg,  in  Ihe  same  manner. 
The  IB.  sketches,  though  chiefly  political,  are 
often  personal  i  as  "  Hook  ancl  Eye,"  "  High 
Life  and  Low  Life,"  and  a  great  many  more.  The 
classification  of  Social,  Pbrbokai.,  and  Poli- 
tical is  probably  the  best  for  a  collection  of  odd 
and  isolated  prints;  but  I  can  conceive  nothing 
better  for  such  as  form  a  series  than  an  arrange- 
ment according  to  artists  or  publishers,  Gd. 


334 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


[S^  &  L  Afsil  96, 'CS. 


tuary,**  at  Earnak,  is  sculptared  a  figure  which  is 
supposed  bj  Mr.  Osburn  (Monumental  History  of 
Egypt^  vol.  ii.  p.  279,)  to  represent  the  camel. 

This  figure  has  no  legs,  and  bears  some  resem- 
blance to  a  laden  camel  crouching  on  the  ground ; 
those  who  sculptured  it  had  possiblj  never  seen 
the  animal,  as  the  camel  was  never  permitted  to 
eoter  Egypt,  being  considered  unclean. 

J.  WOODWABD. 

Shoreham. 

A  B&ACB  OF  Shakbs  (3"^  S.  i.  91.)— If  things 
to  be  done  quickly  are  done  in  a  brace  of  shakes, 
and  this  alludes  to  the  shaking  of  dice  in  a  box, 
will  you  tell  me  what  is  meant  by  one  person 
apeaking  of  another,  **  that  he  is  no  great  shakes." 
In  the  New  World  of  Words,  by  Phillips,  he 
bas  — 

**  Shake  time,  the  season  of  the  year  when  mast  and 
aach  fruit  fall  from  trees." 

S.  Beislt. 

Thb  Babbariaks  of  Habtino  (3'^  S.  i.'185.)— 
That  the  Harting  people  may  not  pass  as  the  re* 
presentatives  of  the  county,  I  beg  to  refer  your 
correspondent  to  the  church  at  Shipley,  where 
he  wilt  find  a  beautiful  monument  to  Sir  Thomas 
Caryll,  who  died  in  1616,  and  to  his  wife.  The 
Shipley  and  Grinsted  properties  were  sold  to  the 
Burrells  about  the  time  that  the  Ladyholt  and 
Harting  properties  were  sold  to  the  Featherstones: 
yet  the  Shipley  monument  has  been  carefully  re- 
stored by  Carew,  the  sculptor ;  and  is  now  one  of 
the  most  perfect,  as  well  as  interesting,  in  the 
county.  Whether  this  was  done  at  the  expense 
of  the  Earl  of  Egremont,  of  Sir  Charles  Burrel,  or, 
as  Horsfield  says,  of  Lord  Selsey,  I  know  not; 
font  neither  the  Earl,  the  Baron,  nor  the  Baronet, 
were  related  to  the  Carylls ;  and  the  restoration  is 
proof  that  we  Sussex  people  are  not  all  ^^bar- 
barians." T.  B.  O. 

Honteb's  Moon  (3'*  S.  i.  224.)  «r- Unless  by 
the  weird  huntsman  of  some  wild  German  forest, 
there  is  now  no  hunting  by  night  nearer  than 
Orange  River  and  the  Cape  Colony.  Certainly 
not  in  these  parts  since  the  days  of  the  three 
Welshmen  in  the  nurserv  rhyme,  who  went  a- 
hanting  manifestly  by  night,  for  — 

"  One  said  it  was  the  moon 
Another  said  nay  — 
A  third  said  it  was  a  cheese, 
And  half  o*t  cut  away." 

Otter  hunting  takes  place  at  day-break.  Yet 
there  may,  there  must  be,  a  hunter* s  moon  just 
after  the  harvest  moon ;  when,  the  stubbles  being 
cleared,  field  sports  may  be  resumed  with  impunity 
to  the  crops.  Moreover,  your  correspondent  D. 
forgets  that  the  moon  herself  is  apostrophised  by 
Byron  as  **  the  huntress  moon.** 

Sholto  Macdutf. 


Chubchbs  bttilt  East  akb  Wbst  (3^  S.  L  187.) 

—  I  beg  to  refer  X.  N.  to  a  communication  from 
Mb.  Williams  (2°'^  S.  xi.  138)  where  he  will  find 
it  laid  down  that  orientation,  as  it  is  called,  has 
always  been*  the  rule  of  the  church.  Clio. 

Enigma  (3'^  S.  i.  229.)  —  The  question  is  this 

—  Letters  of  the  alphabet  are  to  be  indicated  by 
the  numbers  corresponding  to  their  respective 

E laces  in  the  alphabet ;  the  letters  i  and  j  being 
owever  regarded  as  one  letter. 
There  are  three  words  — 
The  first,  i,  has  four  letters,  i.  1,  i.  2,  i.  3,  i  4. 
The  second,  ii,  has  three  letters,  ii.  1,  ii.  2,  ii.  8. 
The  third,  iii,  has  six  letters,  iii.  1,  iii.  2,  iiu  3,  iii.  4, 

lu.  o,  uu  6. 
In  the  conditions  of  the  problem  seven  different 
relations  are  given :  — 

•  1.  The  first  relation  gives 


2.  The  second 

3.  The  third 

4.  The  fourth 

5.  The  fifth 

6.  The  sixth 

7.  The  seventh 


fi 


» 


II 


1} 


II 


II 


i.3=ll 

or 

I. 

ii.2=   5 

I* 

e. 

i.4=    9 

ti 

• 

t. 

iiL  1  =   7 

91 

^• 

iii.  2  =  11 

19 

I 

iii.  5=    9 

99 

• 

t. 

i.  1  =  18 

99 

s. 

i.  2  =  14 

99 

0. 

ii.  1=   4 

99 

d. 

ii.  3  =  14 

99 

0. 

iii.  3  =  14 

91 

0. 

iii.  4=17 

n 

r. 

HI.  6=1 

«« 

a. 

And  settinfif  these'Jn  order,  we  obtain  "the  words  * 
Soli  Deo  Gloria, 

T.C. 

[We  are  indebted  for  a  similar  eolation  to  Mr.  George 
Surges,  and  many  other  kind  friends.  —  Ed.] 

Thb  Empbbob  Napoleon  III.  (3''  S.  i.  88.)  — 
There  can  be  little  doubt  that  the  Mr.  Campbell, 
to  whom  the  autograph  given  at  p.  214  of  **  N.  & 
Q.**  was  written,  and  whom  the  ex-prisoner  of 
Ham  addressed  as  **  Mon  cher  Monsieur  Camp- 
bell," when  he  required  a  "  service^''  was  Forbes 
Campbell.  At  the  date  of  the  autograph  in  ques- 
tion (March,  1847),  he  was  assistant-manager  of 
the  Colonial  Bank  of  London, 'and  had  under- 
taken, at  the  request  of  Mons.  Thiers,  an  English 
edition  of  the  Consulate  and  Empire  of  Napoleon, 
which  was  published  by  Colburn.  He  was  on  in- 
timate terms  with  the  Prince  Louis  Bonaparte.  I 
remember  being  present  in  The  Times  office. 
Printing  House  Square,  one  night  in  1847,  when 
the  Prince  came  by  appointment,  and  in  company 
with  Mr.  Forbes  Campbell,  to  visit  that  establish- 
ment. On  that  occasion  the  Prince  conversed 
most  affably  with  the  parliamentary  reporters,  and 
other  eentlemen  *'  on  the  paper,**  in  four  languages, 
Engli^,  French,  Grerman,  and  Italian,  and  pro- 
duced an  extremely  favourable  impression  upon 
all  who  heard  him.  We  found  him  a  man  of  very 
superior  acquirements;  in  a  word,  quite  a  different 


»*|iLAmLSfl^>e3.] 


NOTES  AND  QCIEIES. 


83S 


iMrjon  from  wbat  rumour  then  represented  him  to 
be,  —  a  frivolous  man  of  pleasure.  Mr,  Forbes 
Campbell  is,  I  believe,  (lenil.  W.  B. 

KEKTwn  M:u,KB  (2"*  S.  x.  109.)— 


E,  N.  H. 
KtBO  o»  Spair  (3"1  S.  i.  248,)  — The  sovereign 
thus  alluded  to  was  "AfTonso  el  Snblo,"  Alphonso 
the  Wise,  kini;  of  Leon  and  Castile,  who  reigned 
from  1251  to  1281,  when  he  died  in  hb  Stst  ;ear. 
Alphon^o  was  a  great  astronomer,  and  the  cele- 
brated Alphonaine  tables  were  drawn  up  under 
Ilia  supervision.  Ue  also  completed  the  famous 
code  of  laws  designated  "  Laa  Partidaa,"  wbieh 
forma  the  baaia  of,  end  still  influences,  Spnniah  ju- 
risprudence, while  be  alwajs  zealously  promoted 
kcience.  In  fact,  this  king  waa  one  of  the  moat 
learned  men  who  ever  occupied  a  throne ;  nnd 
might  well  be  compared  with  our  own  Alfred 
the  Great.  But  the  royal  mind  being  constantly 
Immeraed  in  matters  of  deep  thought,  especially 
w:ih   ...-nn — .ji^i  observalions,  he  bo  much  ne- 


badly  governed ;  and  becoming  latterfy  unforlu- 
liate  in  consequence  of  thinking  more  of  the 
beavenly  bodies  than  of  mundane  things,  he  waa 
deprived  of  a  considerable  portion  of  his  domlniona 
by  rebellions.  Hence  the  saying  quoted  in  "  U . 
tc  Q."  p.  248,  the  accuracy  of  which  is  verified  by 
■everal  historians.  J.  Websteb. 


ject  t 


I  (3"  S-  i.  243.)  — I  strongly  ob- 
e  construction  of  Acts  xvii.  22,  advo- 
"N.  &  Q."  Our  version  is,  no  doubt, 
deplorably  wrong ;  but  it  has,  I  believe,  been  long 
held  by  the  best  authorities  that  it  should  be  cor- 
rected in  the  opposite  direction  to  that  here 
■u^igested. 

It  would  have  been  wholly  opposed  to  St.  Paul's 
Uaoner,  to  begia  such  an  address  with  censure. 
He  invariably  begins  in  an  opposite  tone,  even 
when  what  follows  is  to  be  mainly  in  the  way  of 
Condemnation.  Of  this  the  well-known  and  signal 
ftzamples  are  the  2nd  Epistle  to  the  Corinthians, 
Uid  tne  Epistle  to  the  Gulatians :  and  it  would 
be  strange  if  the  address  to  the  Athenians  were 
•.u  exception. 

The  true  version,  allowing  due  force  to  the 
word  Sir,  nnd  to  the  comparative,  is  "  religiously 
inclined,"  "  with  a  religious  tendency  rather  above 
Others."  Both  Smritalniuy  nnd  Stuniaiuarlii  are  more 
commonly  used  in  boiiam  partem  than  otherwise  ; 
and  tal/iaa;  I  need  hardly  say,  is  never  used  other- 
wiae  in  classical  Greek.  And  we  can  scarcely 
•appose  St  Paul  to  have  used  it  otherwise,  or  to 
have  given  it  the  sense  of  "demons;"  which,  to 
nch  an  audience,  would  have  b«en  unintelligible. 


This  sense,  it  seems  to  me,  Is  more  suitable  to 

the  whole  scope  and  context  of  the  discourse ;  but 
this  may  be  matter  of  opinion. 

See  Qlonmfield's  note  on  the  place;  and,  if  I  am 
not  mistaken,  the  same  view  is  well  stated  in  the 
admirable  suggestions  on  the  subject  of  a  revised 
version  of  the  Bible,  published  a  few  years  ago  by 
Dean  Trench.  I  am  not  able  to  refer  to  them  at 
this  moment.  Littbj.tom. 

Higliy,  Stourbridge. 

Do  we  need  a  better  meaning  for  this  word  than 
that  so  clearly  implied  in  its  etymology  ?  To  "  stand 
over,"  or  "  stand  upon,"  so  admirably  describes  the 
character  of  superstition  in  reference  to  its  origin 
and  basis  —  real  religion  —  that  I  should  be  verj 
unwilling  to  look  any  farther  for  its  derivation. 
Is  it  not  something  superfluous,  growing  out  of,  or 
placed  upon,  the  true  faith,  like  the  "wood,  hay, 
stubble"  of  the  apostle,  1  Cor.  iii.  12  F 

DoroLAS  Allpokt. 
Sum  and  WaALBttoNB  (3"<  S.  i.  2S0.}— There 
leem  to  be  three  modes  of  explaining  such  ap- 
parent  incongruities,  in   our  house  and  tarera- 
signs,  as  that  alluded  to  by  L.  A.  M. 

1.  These  signs  appear,  in  many  instances,  to 
have  had  their  origin  in  heraldry.  They  were,  in 
fact,  the  badge,  or  cognisance,  of  the  owner  or 
occupier  of  the  house  on'  whose  front  they  were 
exhibited.  It  is  easy,  therefore,  to  understand 
how  the  most  incongruous  objects  might  be 
brought  together,  when  mine  host  became  a  Bene- 
dict, and  set  up  bis  wife's  arms  in  addition  In  his 
own  i  or  when  a  young  tradesman,  on  first  starting 
in  life,  added  his  late  master's  sign  to  that  which 
belonged  to  himself,  as  we  are  told  he  sometimes 
did,  in  the  Spectator,  No.  28. 

2.  Another  cause  of  these  discrepancies  mBT, 
perhaps,  be  sought  for  in  tbc  ignorance  of  the 
sign-painter,  or  of  the  boorish  villager  in  whose 
beery  mind  it  was  a  tradition.  The  Tatler  (No. 
18)  suggests  that  every  tradesman  in  London 
and  Westminster  should  give  him  sixpence  a- 
quarter  for  keeping  his  sign  in  repair  as  to  the 
grammatical  part  —  the  names  being  often  so  ill- 
spclt  as  entirely  to  baffle  the  uninitiated.  It  ia 
scarcely  to  be  wondered  at,  therefore,  that  the 
"Belle  Sauvoge"  ebould  have  been  represented 
by  a  savage  standing  beside  n  bell ;  or  tue  "  Bou- 
logne Mouth,"  by  a  Lilliputian  bull  engulphed  in 
a  Brobdignagian  mouth.  Dr.  Paris,  in  his  Phi' 
lotophy  in  Sport,  refers  to  a  country  ale-house 
known  as  the  "  Devil  and  Bag  o'  Nails,"  which 
he  understands  to  be  a  rurn!  reading  of  the  sign- 
board representing  Pan  and  his  bacchanals.  I 
remember  to  have  myself  seen,  not  many  years 
ago,  the  "Black  Prince"  figured  as  a  Hottentot, 
drawing  his  bow  at  a  lion,  from  which  he  was  at 
the  some  time  prudently  retreating  in  donblt 
quick  time. 


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NOTES  AND  QUEBIES. 


[r<  a  I.  April  26,  "SI 


3.  My  third  explanation  is,  that  bj  the  lapse 
of  time  the  names  of  msmj  things  become  altered, 
— not  through  ignorance,  but  intelligent!/.  How 
large  a  portion,  for  example,  of  **  N.  &  Q.**  is 
occupied  by  inquiries  bearing  on  this  subject? 
Will  any  one  add  to  them,  and  at  the  same  time 
clear  up  the  doubts  of  L.  A.  M.  by  showing  that 
a  "  Whalebone  **  may  have  been  the  old  synonjm 
for  a  parasol,  and  thus  establish  its  connection 
with  the  *'  Sun"  upon  the  £ssex  sign-board  ? 

DOUQLAS  AlXPOftT. 

Whalebone  is  the  appellation  of  an  estate  in  Be- 
contree  Hundred,  at  or  near  Da<;enham ;  perhaps 
named  from  some  bourn  (^Wacd-bum). 

R.  8.  Chabkogk. 

QnoTATiOH  (3'«  S.  i.  250.)— B.  B.  W.  will  find 
the  lines  in  Virgil's  Second  Qeorgic^  198,  199. 

G.  £.  J.  P. 

Mad.  D' Abblat*b  "  Diaet  "  (3^*  S.  i.  96.)  — 
Mr.  Fairly  was,  I  have  been  told,  Hon.  Stephen 
Pigby ;  whose  second  wife  was  a  daughter  or  Sir 
Robert  Gunning—  '<  Miss  Fusilier."       F.  C.  B. 

Thackwell  Familt  (3"»  8.  i.  250).  — This 
name  may  mean  the  "  thatched  dwelling,**  or  the 
*«  hay  town."  Cf.  Thakeham,  in  the  Hundred  of 
£•  £aswrith,  Sussex;  Thatcham,  in  Faircross 
Hundred,  Berks;  Tbaxted  and  Jakeley,  Essex. 
It  is  a  great  mistake  to  suppose  that  the  Tocable 
*'  well,"  in  the  composition  of  local  names,  always 
means  what  it  would  seem  to  mean.  In  ninety 
names  out  of  a  hundred,  it  is  derived  from  viJUe ; 
which,  in  composition,  oorrupti  also  into  JUl^futly 
yield,  and  sometimes  to  ufalL  Thackwell,  in  British, 
might  translate  **  the  pretty  dwelling  "  (thek'iojfl) ; 
or,  "  the  ploughman's  dweUing"  (tuik'Wyl). 

R.  S.  Chabhocx. 

•*  The  Histobt  op  the  Kibob  op  Scotland  " 
(S^  S.  i.  249.)  —  The  name  of  the  author  of  this 
book,  according  to  Dr.  Watt,  was  William  Duncan. 

Dablin. 

Lambeth  Degbees  (3^  S.  i.  254.)  —  J.  A.  Pb. 
will  much  oblige  by  pointing  out  how  the  degree 
of  Doctor  of  Medicme  can  be  granted  by  the 
Abp.  of  Canterbury  to  have  any  effect  since  the 
passing  of  the  Act  21  &  22  Vic,  under  the  26th 
section.  It  is  there  expressly  provided  that  the 
Doctorate  of  the  Archbishop  must  be  granted 
before  the  passing  of  the  Act.  J.  R. 

The  58th  canon  of  the  Church  of  England  is  as 
follows :  — 

**  Ministers  reading  divine  service,  and  administering 
the  eacraroentfl,  to  wear  snrplices,  and  graduates  there- 
withal hoods. 

1  Every  minister  stjring  the  public  prayers,  or  minis- 
tering the  sacraments,  or  other  rites  of  the  Church,  shall 
wear  a  decent  and  comely  surplice  with  sleeves,  to  be 
provided  at  the  charge  of  the  parish.  And  if  any  ques- 
tion arise  touching  the  matter,  decency,  or  comeliness 


thereof,  the  same  shall  be  decided  by  the  discretion  of  the 
Ordinary.  Furthermore,  sudi  ministers  as  are  graduates 
shall  wear  upon  their  surplices,  at  such  times,  such  hoods 
as  by  the  oitlers  of  the  nniverrities  are  agreeable  ta  their 
degrees,  which  no  minister  shall  wear  (being  no  gra- 
duste)  under  psin  of  suspension.  Notwithstanding  it 
shall  be  lawful  for  such  ministers  as  are  not  graduates  to 
wear  upon  their  surplices,  instead  of  hoods,  some  decent 
tippets  of  black,  so  it  be  not  silk.** 

The  right  of  granting  degrees  was  conferred  on 
the  Primate  of  all  England  in  1534  by  act  of  par- 
liament, seventy  years  before  the  canons  of  1604 
were  enacted ;  and  although  these  canons  name 
several  times  the  degrees  granted  by  the  universi- 
ties, it  is  deserving  of  note  that  the  Lambeth  de- 
grees are  not  recognised  by  them. 

The  discussions  in  Convocation  lately,  concern- 
tng  the  alteration  of  the  29th  canon,  afford  evi- 
dence that  these  canons  are  in  force. 

Ibvbstigatob. 

AbM8   IB   N0BLB*8   "  CbOM WELl's    FamiLT**  — 

(fl^  S.  1.  109.)  —  Amongst  the  illustrations  in 
uount  Pompeo  Litta*8  work  upon  the  celebrated 
families  of  Italy,  under  the  head  of  that  of  **  Pal- 
lavicino,**  may  be  seen  an  escutcheon  of  Anna, 
daughter  of  Egidio  Hooftmann  of  Antwerp ;  viz. 
quarterly,  1st  and  4th  gulea,  three  acorns  slipped 
and  leaved  or ;  2nd  and  8rd  argent,  a  bulFs  nead 
oouped  sable,  armed  or ;  with  a  shieild  of  pretence 
argent,  a  wolf  rampant  vert,  langued  gules.  There 
is  no  verbal  description  of  this  shield,  but  the 
animal  depicted  on  the  shield  of  pret«nce  is  more 
like  a  wolf  than  a  lion,  and  decidedly  is  not  re- 
gardant. This  Anna  Hooftmann  married  Orazio, 
son  of  Tobia  Pallavicino  and  of  his  wife  Battlna 
d^Andrea  Spinola.  Orazio  Pallavicino  was  a 
wealthy  London  banker.  He  fitted  out  and  armed 
several  ships  at  his  own  expense  in  1588  to  fight 
agunst  the  Spanish  armada,  was  present  at  some 
naval  victories  obtained  by  the  English  over  the 
Spaniards,  and  for  his  services  was  knighted  by 
Queen  Elizabeth.  In  the  same  page  or  illustra- 
tions of  Litta*8  work  is  a  portrait  of  him  taken 
from  the  borders  of  the  tapestry  in  the  House  of 
Lords  previous  to  its  having  been  partly  burnt 
down  in  1834 ;  on  which  portrait  he  is  styled  Sir 
Horatio  Pallavicint,  and  as  having  died  in  1600. 

Sir  Horatio  Pallavicini  was  of  the  Genoa 
branch  of  the  celebrated  Italian  Pallavicino  fa- 
mily, whose  escutcheon  was  chequy  of  nine  panes 
or  and  azure,  on  a  chief  or  three  crosses  united 
length wavs  together  sable.  Sir  Horatio  was 
buried  with  great  pomp  at  Babraham.  His  widow 
Anna  (born  Hooflmann),  married  in  1601  Oliver 
Cromwell,  uncle  to  the  Protector.  She  died  in 
1626,  and  was  buried  in  the  church  of  All  Saints, 
Huntii^on.  Tobia,  one  of  the  sons  of  Sir  Hora- 
tio and  of  his  wife  Anna  Hooflmann,  married 
1606,  Giovanna,  daughter  of  Oliver  Cromwell  his 
stepfather,  and  of  his  first  wife  Elizabeth  Brom- 
bey,  and  by  her  had  two  sons  and  four  daughters ; 


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NOTES  AND  QUEBIB& 


887 


of  whom,  Susanna  married  Edward  Sedgewick, 
and  Anna,  in  1644,  Robert  Yonge.  The  male 
branch  of  the  family  of  Fallavicino  established  in 
England  was  extinct  in  1648.  Vide  Tavola  vu. 
and  xn.  of  the  family  of  Fallavicino  in  Coant 
Litta*8  work.  Tha  cost  of  Count  Litta*8  entire 
work  is  1,762  fr.  with  illustrations,  but  without 
illustrations,  534  fr.  The  genealogy  of  each 
family  mty  be  purchased  separately ;  that  of  Fad- 
layictno  fur  79  fr.  with,  or  for  29  fr.  without 
illastrations.  The  work  is  published  in  Milan,  at 
16  Yta  del  Cappuocio;  Bernard  Quaritch,  15,  Fie* 
cadiliy,  is  the  agent  in  London. 

W.  BaTAH  COOKX. 

Pisa  in  Tuscany. 

Tabasd  (S^  S.  i.  217,  260.)  — The  tabsrd 
was  an  upper  military  garment,  which  seems  to 
have  become  more  general  during  the  reign  of 
Richard  II.,  and  which  continued  in  fashion  till 
the  time  of  Henry  VIII.  It  was  a  species  of 
tonic  which  coyerea  the  front  and  back  of  the  body, 
Imt  was  generally  open  at  the  sides  from  under  the 
shoulders  downwards;  and  from  the  time  of  its 
first  introduction  was  used  by  the  military.  It 
was  soon  emblazoned  like  the  surcoat  with  armo« 
rial  bearings,  and  called  also  tabantm. 

Long  tabards  were  assumed  by  the  nobility  on 
state  occasions ;  and  we  see  that  such  was  worn 
by  King  Richard  II.  when  a  boy,  he  being  thus 
depicted  in  a  psalter,  which  formerly  belonged  to 
him,  and  is  now  in  the  Cotton  Library  m  the 
British  Museum,  marked  Dom.  A.  xvii. 

These  long  tabards  were  peculiar  to  the  English, 
and  were  called  midUgt^  because,  as  they  were 
made  in  imitation  of  the  surcoat,  they  reached  to 
the  middle  of  the  legs.  On  the  Continent  they 
were  shorter,  and  called  renones.  Instead  of  a 
akeve,  they  latterly  had  a  large  flap  which  hung 
orer  the  shoulder. 

The  tabard  is  now  worn  by  the  heralds  on  state 
occasions.  (  Vide  Sir  Samuel  Rush  Meyrick*s  Crt- 
tical  Enquiry  into  Ancient  Armour^  vol.  ii.  p.  69.) 

The  tabard,  or  something  similar  to  it,  forms 
part  of  the  sacerdotal  yestments  worn  during  the 
mass.  W.  Bbtan  Cookb. 

Pisa  in  Tuscany. 

Waits  op  thb  City  of  London  (3*^  S.  i.  171.) 
—  In  old  times  each  ward  of  the  city  was  provided 
with  its  company  of  Waits ;  there  was  also  the 
Waits  of  Finsbury,  the  Waits  of  Southwark,  the 
Waits  of  Blackfruurs,  as  well  as  those  of  London 
and  Westminster. 

Thomas  Morley  dedicated  his  curious  yolume, 

entitled  Consort  Lessons,  1599,  to  the  Lord  Mayor 

and  Aldermen,  and  in  the  course  of  the  dedication 

is  the  following  allusion  to  the  city  musicians :  — 

**  But,  as  the  andent  cnttom  of  this  most  honorable 
and  renowned  city  hath  been  ever  to  retain  and  main- 
t^ne  excellent  and  expert  musiclane  to  adorn  vonr 
Honour's  favmn^  feasts,  and  solemn  meetings,  —  to  tnose» 


yonr  Lordihipe'  Wavitt  I  recommend  the  same,  -— -  to 
your  servants'  careful  and  skilfbl  handling." 

The  City  Waits  attended  the  Lord  Mayor  on 
public  occasions,  such  as  Lord  Mayor's  Day,  and 
on  public  feasts  and  great  dinners ;  and,  from  the 
following  passage  in  Rojp^^r  North's  Memoirs  of 
Musick^l  think  we  may  infer  that  they  also  per- 
ambulated the  streets  at  oertain  seasons :  — 

"As  for  Coiporation  and  mercenary  mosick,  it  was 
chiefly  flabile  (£.  a.  for  wind  instmmenti),  and  the  prof^- 
son,  from  going  abont  the  streets  in  a  morning  to  wake 
folks,  were  and  are  yet  called  Waits,  qaasi  Wakes." 

In  John  Cleland*s  Essay  an  the  Origin  of  the 
Mvsical  Waits  at  CArtsAnas,  appended  to  his  Way 
to  Things  by  Words,  and  to  Words  by  Things,  Svo, 
1 766,  is  the  following  passage  upon  these  nocturnal 
disturbers  of  our  slumbers :  •— 

**  Bat  at  the  andent  ynle,  or  Chrittmas  time  especi- 
ally, the  drearinees  of  the  weather,  the  length  of  the  night, 
woald  naturally  require  something  extraordinary  to  wake 
and  rouse  men  from  their  naturalincUnation  to  reet,  and 
from  a  warm  bed  at  that  hour.  The  iuromoni,  then,  to  the 
Wakes  of  that  season,  were  given  by  mneic  going  the 
rounds  of  invitation  to  the  mirth  or  fefltivals  which  were 
awaiting  them.  In  this  there  was  some  propriety  —  some 
object ;  but  where  is  there  any  in  such  a  solemn  piece  of 
banter  as  that  of  music  going  the  rounds,  and  dtsturblng 
people  in  vain  ?  For  surely  any  meditation  to  be  thereby 
exdtsd  on  the  holiness  of  the  ensuing  day  could  hardly 
be  of  great  avail,  in  a  bed  between  sleeping  and  waking. 
But  such  is  the  power  of  custom  to  perpetuate  absur- 
diUes." 

In  Beaumont  and  FIetcher*8   Knight  of  the 

Burning  Pestle^  one  of  the  characters  exclaims  — 

''.Hark !  are  the  WaiU  abroad  ?  " 

To  which  another  replies  — 

"  Be  softer,  prvthee, 
'TIS  private  musick.*' 

A  writer  in  The  TaiUr  (No.  222)  says :  — 

*' There  is  scarce  a  ^ouog  man  of  any  fa8hion|Who 

does  not  make  love  with  ue  toum  music.    The  Waits 

often  help  him  through  his  courtship." 

£l>WABD  F.  RiMBAtTLT. 

THBBBPBNmr  CuRATBs  (S^**  S.  i.  271.)  — I  am 
really  obliged  to  the  Editor  for  his  reference  to 
the  bendeman^s  Magazine,  though  I  had  noted  it. 
But  I  think  the  persons  of  whom  friend  Story 
speaks  must  have  been  a  grade  (or  indeed  several 
grades)  below  the  customers  of  Mr.  Hawkshaw. 
I  find  it  impossible  to  imagine  a  man  whose  fee 
for  reading  prayers  on  a  week-day  was  2«.  6<f., 
and  on  a  bunday  twice  as  much,  looking  down, 
not  very  far,  to  be  sure,  but  with  complacency,  on 
a  brother  scarcely  kept  alive  by  coffee  and  chuck- 
farthing.  They  must,  I  think,  have  been  different 
sects.  TBrauMMUs. 

USS  OF  THB  TOHGITB  IH  SpBBCH  (Z^  S.  i.  268.) 

—  In  the  Philosophical  Transactions  for  1742  and 
1747  is  recorded  the  case  of  **  Margaret  Cutting, 
a  young  woman  at  Wickham  Market,  in  Suffolk, 
who  spoke  readily  and  distinctly,  though  she  had 
lost  the  apex  and  body  of  her  tongue.**    Like  thA 


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NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


[<^  &  L  AMtL'26,  ^2. 


Nunneley  case,  it  was  lost  in  consequence  of  a 
cancer ;  bat,  in  this  instance,  it  fell  oat  of  itself, 
daring  the  operation  of  Sjrrinp^ing,  and  the  girl 
immediatelj  remarked,  **Don*t  be  frighted,  mam- 
ma ;  it  will  grow  again.**  Deglutition,  pronunci- 
ation, and  taste  remained  nearly  as  before.  She 
sometimes  pronounced  words  ending  in  ath  as  et ; 
end  as  emb;  and  ad  as  eib ;  but  it  required  a  nice 
and  strict  attention  to  observe  even  this  difference 
of  sound.  She  sang  very  prettily,  and  pronounced 
her  words  in  singing  as  is  common.  These  facts 
were  certified  under  the  hands  of  the  minister,  an 
apothecary,  and  others,  and  she  was  afterwards 
brought  to  London,  and  exhibited  at  a  meeting 
of  the  Royal  Society.  The  os  hyoides  and  the 
muscles  of  the  larynx  and  pharynx  were  found  to 
be  perfect ;  but  the  fleshy  substance  of  the  tongue, 
both  body  and  apex,  was  wanting. 

Job  J.  Bajidwsll  Wobkabd,  M.A. 

The  account  of  a  surgical  operation  for  the 
removal  of  the  tongue,  quoted  from  the  Zeecb 
Intelligencer^  is  greatly  exaggerated.  I  was  pre- 
sent at  the  meeting  of  the  Medico- Chirurgical 
Society,  where  the  patient  was  exhibited,  and  can 
affirm  tiiat  the  statement  as  to  his  being  able  to 
"  pronounce  every  letter  of  the  alphabet,  is  quite 
untrue.  No  one  having  the  slightest  knowledge 
of  the  mechanism  of  speech  could  for  a  moment 
iuppose  articulate  sounds  to  be  inherent,  as  it 
were,  in  the  tongue  itself,  and  to  emanate  fh>m  it 
We  know  that  Uie  or^an  is  necessary  to  modify 
certain  sounds,  while,  m  the  production  of  other 
sounds,  it  plays  no  part  whatever.  Any  person 
can  make  an  approximation  towards  the  experi- 
ment of  talking  without  the  tongue,  by  keeping  it 
steadily  pressed  down  i^ainst  the  floor  of  the 
mouth,  and  then  slowly  pronouncing  various 
words.  He  will  find  that  there  some  sounds 
which  he  cannot  produce  at  all;  those,  for  in- 
stance, of  d^  k,  /,  and  /.  The  **  vowel  sounds,** 
which  so  much  surprise  the  newspaper  writer,  are 
formed  without  the  aid  of  the  tongue. 

F.R.M.C.  Soc. 

The  bight  Sow  bt  the  Eab  (S^  S.  i.  232.)  ^ 
While  fully  assenting  to  your  explanation  of  this 
phrase,  I  would  venture  to  suggest  that  "  sow," 
m  the  sense  of  a  tub,  is  connected  with  the  old 
French  word,  seau,  a  bucket.  Y. 

Bishop  Pabkbb  (d'<*  S.  i.  262.)  —  In  a  note 
to  his  most  interesting  article,  Mb.  Walcott 
strangely  says,  that  Parker  **  forsook  the  Indepen- 
dents to  become  a  Romanist.**  Parker  was  brought 
up  among  the  Puritans,  but  if  he  was  an  **  Inde- 
pendent,* it  was  in  a  political  and  not  in  a  re- 
ligious sense ;  at  least  I  find  no  trace  of  his  having 
held  the  principles  of  Dr.  Owen.  In  any  case 
Parker  did  not  forsake  the  Independents  to  be- 
come a  Romanist.  He  was  a  violent,  intolerant, 
and  bigoted  man,  but  he  passed  from  one  step  of 


promotion  to  another  till  he  became  Bishop  of 
Oxford.  I  find  no  evidence  of  his  being  a  Ro*> 
manist  all  this  time.  Bad  as  he  was,  he  could  not 
have  been  such  a  hypocrite.  Whatever  he  was  at 
heart  he  died  in  his  see,  and  as  a  bishop  of  the 
Church  of  England.  In  h'ls  Essay  against  ToUr- 
ation^  which  I  have  just  been  reading,  Parker 
maintains  **  the  authority  of  the  civil  magistrate 
over  the  consciences  of  subjects  in  matters  of  re- 
ligion.** This  work  was  published  in  1670,  and 
passed  through  several  editions.  It  seems  to  teach 
that  Parker  was  prepared  to  follow  any  form  of 
religious  profession  which  his  monarch  enjoined. 
This  is  a  principle  which  could  hardly  be  defended 
by  a  Romanist  any  more  than  by  an  Independent; 
and  it  is  tolerably  certain  that  neither  the  one  nor 
the  other  party  is  anxious  for  the  honour  of  en- 
rolling Samuel  Parker  among  its  members. 

B.  M«  G. 

rXhere  is  a  long  account  of  Bishop  Parker  in  Wood's 
Athenm  (by  Bliss),  voL  ii.  814—820,  where  it  vs  stated 
that  although  Parker  was  favoarably  inclined  to  the  Bo- 
man  Commttoion  he  never  declared  himself  opentv, "  the 
great  obstacle  being  bis  wiCJp^  whom  he  cannot  rid  hisuelf 
ofc"— Ed.] 

Rtot  and  Riot  (3<^  S.  i.  257.)— Riot  is  an  old 
word  both  in  French  and  Italian.  By  the  Acs- 
demv  it  is  regarded  as  a  diminutive  of  rire,  to 
laugh.  In  the  English  Bible  it  never  has  the 
sense  of  quarrelling,  but  always  means  excess  or 
wantonness ;  hence  it  may  be  translated  by  the 
Latin  luxuria^  commessaHo^  &c.  Its  modem  use 
seems  to  follow  from  the  fact  that  the  disorder  of  ex- 
cess and  merry  making  often  led  to  brawling  and 
contention.  That  riot  has  nothing  to  do  with 
ryots,  except  when  riotous,  is  beyond  question. 

B.  H.  C. 

Brazil  (3''  S.  i.  256,  &c.)'— I  sent  you  a  note 
some  time  since  sugesting  that  this  word  is  de- 
rived from  the  Hebrew  Barzely  i.  e.  tnm,  or  from 
some  other  Shemitic  languase.  I  gave  as  my 
reason,  that  brazil-wood  is  still  called  iron^wood^ 
and  that  naen  still  say  "  as  hard  as  brazil.**  The 
word  may  have  reached  Europe  easily  in  the  way 
of  commerce.  Permit  me  to  repeat  this  note,  as 
the  former  has  not  appeared.  B.  H.  C. 

Ffoluott  Family  (Z^  S.  i.  88,  158,  216.)  — 
Upon  further  investigation  into  the  history  of  the 
Ffolliot  family,  I  find  Thomas,  second  Lord  Ffol- 
Hot,  had  a  daughter  named  Rebecca,  who  married 
John  Walker,  Esq.,  of  the  county  of  Stafford, 
and  is  probably  the  person  alluded  to  by  your 
correspondent  S.  T.  as  buried  at  Trysull  in  that 
county.  Henry,  third  Lord  Ffolliot,  had  also  a 
daughter  called  Rebecca,  but  she  died  at  the  age 
of  fourteen,  and  is  buried  in  Westminster  Abbey. 

This  Rebecca  Walker  was  sister  to  the  Hon. 
Anne  Solev,  whose  monument  I  erroneously 
stated  to  be  in  Kidderminster   parish  church, 


B^  &  I.  Apbxl  26,  *62.] 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


339 


instead  of  the  chapel  of  Mitton,  within  that  parish 
The  first  Baron  FfoUiot  was  a  younger  son  of 
Thomas  FfoUiot,  of  Firton,  co.  Worcester,  and 
Catherine  Lygon,  and  in  reward  of  his  military 
prowess  in  Ireland,  was  created  first  a  knight 
Danneret,  and  afterwards  a  peer  of  Ireland,  by  the 
title  of  Baron  of  Ballyshannon,  with  a  grant  of 
laz|^e  royalties  and  estates  there. 

His  son  Thomas  succeeded  as  second  Baron, 
and  married  Rebecca,  widow  of  J.  Waters,  of 
Dublin.  She  resided  after  his  death  at  Stilldon, 
near  Rock,  co.  Worcester,  and  lies  buried  in  the 
chancel  of  the  stately  church  of  that  parish. 

Henry,  third  and  last  Lord  FfoUiot,  their  son, 
married  Eliz.  daughter  of  George  Fudsey,  of 
Langley  Hall,  co.  Warwick,  and  died  at  his  seat. 
Four  Oaks  Hall,  Warwickshire,  on  the  17th  of 
October,  1716,  without  living  issue.  The  ancient 
FfoUiot  estates  at  Fir  ton,  Worcestershire,  were 
sold  to  Sir  William  Corteyn,  and  from  him  to  the 
Coventry  family,  their  present  possessors. 

I  have  been  unable  to  trace  how  the  other 
estates,  Lickhill  in  Worcestershire,  and  >\rishaw 
in  the  co.  of  Warwick,  came  into  the  family. 
They  were  certainly  the  possessions  of  the  two 
last  lords,  and  have  only  been  sold  by  the  family 
during  the  last  few  years. 

Thomas  E.  Winkihgton. 

Jbahhb  d^Evreux,  Queen  of  France  (3'^''  S. 
L  230.) — Perhaps  Hermentrude  may  like  to  have 
the  following  confirmation  of  the  date  1370  as' the 
time  of  this  queen*s  death.  I  extract  it  from  a 
splendid  and  voluminous  work,  entitled  Hiitoire 
OhiSahgique  et  Chronologique  de  la  Maison  RoyaU 
de  France^  par  le  F^re  Anselme,  Augustin  De« 
chaass6,**  3rd  edition,  Paris,  1726.  Vol.  i.  It  is 
therein  recorded  that  Charles  IV.  of  France  and 
Navarre,  surnamed  le  Bel,  married,  as  his  third 
wife,  Jeanne  d*Evreux,  eldest  dau|i[hter  of  Louis 
of  France,  Count  of  Evreux,  "  Pair  de  France," 
by  Margaret  of  Artois,  Lady  of  Brie-Comte- 
Bobert,  daughter  of  FhUippe  D* Artois,  Lord  of 
Couches. 

Jeanne  was  married  to' Charles  lY.  in  1325,  by 
dispensation  of  Pope  John  XXII. ;  crowned,  at 
Paris,  11th  May,  1326,  and  died  at  Brie-Comte- 
Robert,  4th  March,  1370.  This  seems  to  render 
it  probable  that  the  date  misprinted  in  Dreux  du 
Radier  was  1870,  for  this  time  is  repeated  more 
than  once  as  that  of  the  death  of  Jeanne  d*Ev- 
reux  in*  the  work  from  which  I  quote.  If  any 
more  particulars  were  desired  concerning  Jeanne 
d'Evreux  and  her  family,  such  as  her  descent 
from  John  II.  of  Brittany  and  Beatrice  of  Eng' 
land,  I  would  willingly  make  note  of  them,  if  of 
use  to  any  correspondent  of  "  N.  &  Q.*' 

C.  H.  E.  Carbqchasl. 

BoRAOB  AKD  Spinach  (2"^  S.  xii.  252.)— The 
origin  of  these  two  words  is  investigated  by  Beck* 


mann.  Hist  of  Inventions,  art.  "  Kitchen  Vege- 
tables," vol.  iv.  p.  262-4;  Engl.  tr.  ed.  1817.  He 
says  that  the  word  harago  was  unknown  to  the 
ancients,  but  throws  no  light  on  its  etymology. 
With  regard  to  spinach,  he  states  that  it  appears 
to  have  been  made  known  from  Spain ;  for  that 
many  of  the  early  botanists  caU  it  olus  Hispani" 
cum.  **  Ruellius  and  others,**  he  remarks,  ^  name 
it  Atriplex  Hispaniensis ;  and  the  latter  adds  that 
the  Arabians  or  Moors  caUed  it  Hispanach,  which 
signifies  Spanish  piani,^*  It  may  oe  considered 
certain  that  the  Latin  spinachium,  and  the  varie- 
ties of  this  form  in  the  Romance  languages,  are 
corruptions  of  Hispanach,  as  the  Spinach  is  not  a 
prickly  plant.  L. 

Cray's  "  Elegy  **  parodied  (3'*  S.  i.  197, 220.) 
—  Besides  the  parodies  mentioned  by  Delta  and 
J.  F.  S.  there  appeared  in  Punch,  one  entitled 
Elegy  written  in  a  Railway  Station,  I  cannot 
give  the  exact  date  of  its  publication,  having  only 
a  cutting,  but  it  was  soon  after  the  time  when  the 
"  Railway  King  **  "  came  to  grief." 

W.  H.  Husk. 

Wilkes's  last  Speech  in  Parliamekt  (3'^  S. 
i.  271.)  — Under  this  equivocal  title  your  corre- 
spondent describes  a  speech,  on  which  an  epigram 
was  written  and  published,  Jan.  1776,  and  he  de- 
sires to  know  where  he  can  find  a  copy.  Has  he 
referred  to  that  not  very  rare  work.  The  Parlia" 
mentary  History,  or  to  any  one  of  the  numberless 
editions  of  The  Speeches  of  John  Wilkes  ?  In  the 
best  edition  of  .Wilkes's  Speeches,  in  3  vols.,  it 
will  be  found  (i.  74.)  It  wasthe,last  spoken  before 
the  publication  of  the  epigram,  on  the  27th  Nov. 
1775,  and  Wilkes  therein  mentioned  Samuel 
Adams  and  John  Hancock  as  **  two  worthy  gen- 
tlemen, and  true  patriots."  W*  L.  S. 

Mbakihg  op  Fold  (S**  S.  i.  187.)  —  To/o«  is 
to  enclose,  and  Kfold  is  an  enclosure.  The  word 
is  in  common  use  in  Lancashire,  and  means  the 
hedged  or  walled  enclosure  in  which  a  farm  or 
cottage-house  stands.  The  little  portion  of  ground 
between  the  gate  and  the  front  door  is  the  fold. 
The  s  genitive  is  provincially  omitted  in  Lanca- 
shire, so  the  enclosure  belonging  to  Dixon  would 
be  Dixon- fold,  not  Dixon*8-fold.  F.  F. 

TOUTE  VERITE  H*E8T  PAS  BONITE  A  DIRE.  — 

'^Depuis  qa*on  a  remarqatf  qa*avec  le  temps  vieilles 
folies  deviennent  'sageise,  et  qa'ancieos  petits  xnen- 
songes  aasez  mal  plants  ont  prod  ait  de  frrosses,  grosses 
v^rit^ ;  on  en  a  de  mille  especes.    Et  celles  qu'on  sait. 


ria^  de  Figaro,  Act  IV.  Sc.  1. 


L. 


Latin  Graces  (3'<^  S.  i.  188.)  —  D.  £.  C.  will 
find  the  Latin  graces  used  at  Christchurch,  Ox« 
ford  (with  those  of  all  the  othec  Qx£:sc^<j^^is^> 


340 


NOTES  AND  QUERIEa 


[Srt  a  L  Atvh  26,  •61 


in  Appendix  V.  to  the  BtUquim  neanuana  bj  Dr. 
Bliss  (Oxford,  18d7.)  I  do  not  remember  having 
met  with  any  work  containing  the  Cambridge 
graces.  W.  H.  Husk. 

**  The  History  of  Jobk  Bull  "  (3^*  S.  i.  300.) 
—  Is  the  above-named  political  burlesque  known 
to  be  written  by,  or  only  ascribed  to,  Dr.  Arbuth- 
not  ?  In  the  second  volume  of  MUceUanies^  pub- 
lished by  Benjamin  Motte  and  Charles  Bathurst 
at  the  Middle  Temple  Gate,  Fleet  Street^  in  1736, 
its  paternity  is  given  to  Swift.  At  the  close  of 
the  *^  Contents  *'  of  the  first  volume,  this  intima- 
tion appears :  "  N.B.  Those  pieces  which  have  not 
this  mark  (W  ♦)  were  not  wrote  by  Dean  Swift." 
The  title  of  the  paper  with  which  the  second 
volume  commences  is,  "  Law  is  a  Bottomless 
Fit ;  or,  the  History  of  John  Bull,"  &c. ;  and  to 
this  is  appended  the  index  and  asterisk,  which,  so 
to  speak,  are  in  these  MisceUamei  the  trade-mark 
of  Swift*B  productions,  W.  6. 


NOTES  ON  BOOKS,  ETC. 

The  Book'HunUr.  By  John  Hill  Burton.  (Black- 
wood.) 

Book-hunters,  liko  old  roaidn,  are  among  the  roost 
useful  classes  to  other  people,  but  abased  just  in  propor- 
tion to  their  usefulness.  A  large  proportion  of  the  bap- 
pinaas  of  every  family  is  poar^  into  it  by  self-denying 
maiden  aunts  and  maiden  sisters  {  and  tba  great  re- 
positories of  learning  to  which  students  of  all  dassea 
resort  have  been  built  upon  foundations  laid  by  some 
enthusiastic  book-hunters.  Of  this  race  of  worthies  Mr. 
Burton  has  undertaken  to  give  us  an  account  in  the  work 
before  us,  and  verily  herein  be  follows  honest  Isaao  Wal- 
ton's advice  as  to  the  frog  wherewith  Venator  was  to  bait 
for  pike,  —  **  In  so  doing,  use  him  as  though  you  loved 
him."  Indeed  it  is  obvious  that  the  fellow-feeling  which 
proverbially  makes  men  wondrous  kind,  actuated  Mr. 
Burton  in  the  selection  of  his  subject,  and  the  result  is, 
a  book  which  will  please  all  lovers  of  literature,  and  a 
book,  too,  which  is  calculated  to  tempt  **all  that  are 
lovers  of  virtue  and  dare  trust  in  Providence,  to  be  quiet 
and  go  a  Book -hunting."  Mr.  Burton  tells  some  good 
stories  of  book-hunters,  showing  how  heartily  they  loved 
the  books  they  captured,  and  the  pains  they  took  to  cap- 
ture them :  and  we  may  some  day  recall  attention  to 
Mr.  Burton's  amusing  volume  by  a  story  or  two  of  the 
book-hunting  adventures  of  two  of  the  greatest  scholars 
we  have  ever  had  the  pleasure  to  nomber  among  our 
friends. 

Eighteen  Tears  of  a  CUrieal  Meeting ;  being  the  Minutet 
of  the  Aleeiter  Clerical  AatociaOon  from  1842  to  1860 ; 
with  a  Frtface  on  the  Bevival  of  Ruri'decancU  Chiwteri, 
Edited  by  Rev.  Richard  Seymour  and  Rev.  John  F.  Mac« 
karness.    (Rivingtons.) 

The  title  is  as  true  a  description  of  the  contents  of  the 
volume  as  clerical  book -buyers  could  d^re.  It  contains 
a  continuous  record  of  the  phases  and  progress  of  clerical 
opiuion  during  a  period  which  has  been  a  most  eventful 
one  for  the  Church  of  England ;  and  it  will  give  lay- 
readers  a  most  favourable  idea  of  the  tamisstness  and 
painstaking  ability  with  which  many  a  similar  knot  of 
country  clergy  diKoss  the  ecclesiastical  questions  of  the 


Th^)et,  it$  Tombt  and  their  Tenamtt,  Ancient  and  Pre- 
Bent ;  including  a  Record  of  Exeavatione  in  the  NeeropoKt. 
By  A.  Henry  Rhind,  F.8.A.,  &c    (Longman.) 

While  describing  the  results  of  certain  excavations 
made  at  Thebes,  Mr.  Rhind  has  endeavoured,  in  the 
volume  before  us,  to  oflfisr,  at  the  same  time,  a  general 
view  of  sepulchral  facta,  as  represented  in  the  Necro- 
polis of  that  city.  One  of  the  most  important  divisioos 
of  the  work  is  that  in  which  he  has  fhrnished  a  predse 
account  of  a  large  family  tomb  of  an  official  personage 
which  a  long  search  brought  to  light  in  undisturbed 
condition,  not  only  because  the  contents  of  the  tomb 
were  of  special  interest,  but  because  it  is,  in  certain  rs- 
spects,  the  only  instance  of  such  discovery.  Inde- 
pendently of  the  mass  of  materials  on  the  subject  of 
Egyptian  sepulchres  generally  which  it  contains,  the 
book  abounds  in  information  on  the  various  psycho- 
logical and  religious  questions  connected  with  that  sub- 
ject, and  is  certainly  a  valuable  addition  to  the  literature 
of  Egyptian  archsolog}'. 

Suetex  ArehtBological  Coilectiime,  relating  to  the  UiMmj 
and  Aniiquitiee  of  the  County.  Publiehed  by  the  8ui»tx 
ArehiBolitgical  Sociefy.     VoL  XIJL    (Bacon,  Lewea.) 

It  certainly  says  much  for  the  liistoric  interest  of 
Sussex,  and  even  more  for  the  zeal  and  intelligence  of  its 
Antiquaries,  that  the  thirteenth  volume  of  their  Go/- 
lectione  —  thanks  to  the  learning  and  industry  of  Mr. 
Blaauw,  Mr.  Durrant  Cooper,  Sir  H.  Ellis,  Mr.  Flgg,  Mr. 
Lower,  and  other  able  contributors  —  equals  in  inter^t 
any  of  its  predecessoni.  No  county  Society  has  as  yet 
come  up  to  that  of  Sussex  in  its  contributions  to  Local 
History. 

A  Brief  Memoir  of  Sir  Walter  Raleigh,  prepared  for 
and  pvltltehed  in  the  New  England  Hietorieal  and  Genea- 
logical Register  for  April,  1862,  and  now  reprinted  with 
Additions.  By  Samuel  G.  Drake.  (Boston,  Privately 
Printed.) 

A  Handbook  of  American  Genealogy,  being  a  Catalogue 
of  Family  Histories  and  Publications  containing  GeneO' 
wgieal  Information,  Chronologicaliy  arrangsd  by  William 
II.  Whitmore.    (If  unsell,  Albany.^ 

The  former  of  these  volumes  is  a  very  able  sketch  of  the 
life  of  our  great  countryman  from  the  pen  of  the  Presi- 
dent of  the  New  England  Historic-Genealogical  Society. 
The  latter  is  now  a  valuable,  and  will  be,  some  few  years 
hence,  a  yet  more  valuable,  contribution  to  the  Family 
History  of  the  United  SUtes.  So  we  bad  written,  but, 
we  fear  written  in  error ;  for,  be  the  result  of  the  preeent 
anhappy  struggle  what  it  may,  can  the  survivors  of  tboss 
who  have  stood  face  to  face  on  the  bloody  plains  of 
Corinth  ever  again  be  united?  Where  is  all  our  boasted 
progress  —  our  advanced  civilization  —  when  men  of  the 
same  race,  religion,  and  language,  can  be  thus  arrajred  la 
deadly  and  implacable  hatr^  against  each  other? 


fiaUtti  t0  Correir^onlrfnttf. 

Inoioo  PcAKTSB.    The  au^or  <if  TTituiny  in  India,  1880,  w 

M.  F.  Owr  corre»pondeHf$  copy  of  Lady  WlUonghbx't  Diaiy  U  dte 
new  adtfion  pmbUiihed  in  1S4&,  etubd  Dy  the  mMiBhert  igyart  /oa(^  Sm. 
The  ujork  it  Jtrtitiout.  In  the  Prt/aee  to  the  Second  Part  it  #  «Mari. 
that  **  Me  Author  in  thi*  work  permmales  •  Lady  of  the  teventemUk  otn- 
tury,** 

Anewera  to  other  Corretpondenti  te  ovr  next, 

EaaATOM.  —  Sfd  8.  i.  p.  S19,  ool.  L  lint  IS  fh>m  bottom,  fiar  "foam** 
react  "pr««." 

**  Nona  Aim  Qoantaa  **  it  pMMei  at  noon  o»  Friday,  and  it  atm 
hamd  in  Hmma.r  PAan.  The  StAterMon  Jbr  6cam»b»  Carua  M 
St9  Months  fsrwardsd  dbrtat  fhm  Iks  ANMara  iimeUMm  the  Ha^ 
marh  Xirofs)  <»  lie.  4<l.,  whiok  mmm  UjssMkm  Fok  6/m  Oriirim 
fimMmr^MmmMe,B»u>SJnI}M7*it^nmaBvMakmAi^ts 
aa  OammnaAsiom  van  nn  latton  mssm  mmaaresstm» 


8^  &  I.  IUt  «,  "M.] 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


341 


LOMDON.  SdTUEDdY.  MAYS,  18<iS. 


CONTENTS— No.  18. 


If  OTES :  —  Oanpowder  Plot  Papers,  S41 — Biocntphy  of  Wil- 
liam Old^  S13  ~  Bottesford  Begisters.  /6.— ResuBcita- 
tkm  after  Hanging,  SM. 

XnroB  Notes:— The  Prcrioiu  Question  —  Martin's  Pie- 
toret  —  Curious  Coinoidence  —  Longevity  of  JLawyers  — 
Concordances  and  Verbal  Indexes  —  Puritan  Observance 
€f  the  Lord's  Day,  S4fi. 

QUBBIE8:— Ashby  — Lord  Aveland  —  Baiting  Beasts  to 
make  them  Tender  ~  Bristol  Families  —  Burke  —  Clerical 
Inenmbents,  1780— 1830 1- J.  W.  Dalby  —  Damboardj— 
Bdisfleld.  Sootenayp  and  Passenbam — Epigram  wanted  — 
Fidei  Defensor  —  Hearts  of  Oak — JudgCii' Idaces  —  Dame 
Margaret  and  George  Halyburton  —  Moneyors'  Weights  — 
Names  of  Plants— Negro  Servants  —  Phrases  —  ttemuel 
Flumbe,  Lord  Mi^or  —  Queries  —  Quotation  —  Band- 
PtelDtinn  —Title  of  Psalm  cxlix.  —  "A  true-blue  apron 
raiura  •^— The  Vulgate — Whiff,  846. 

QuxRnn  with  Asswxss :  —  Godwyn's  "  Moaea  and  Aaron" 
»  Sari  of  Huntingdon's  Obit — Family  of  Young — Trinity 
House — •*  To  wit  *• — Dissolution  of  Monasteries,  348. 

BXPLIES:  — On  being  covered  in  the  Royal  Presence: 
Touching  for  the  King's  Evil,  850 ->  The  Saltonstall  Fa- 
mily, /6.— Age  of  Newspapers,  351  — Heraldic  Volume, 
Ump.  Oharies  IL— The  JDnmkard's  Conceit— Centen»- 
Tiaas— Fold,  a  Lancashire  and  Cheshire  Word  — Poma- 
tum—Paulson— Sir  John  Strange:  John  Strange,  D.O.L. 
—  Gradwells,  Gorsuch,  Ac— Holy  land  Family— Trial  of 
Spencer  Cowpcr  —  Standing  at  the  Lord's  Prayer— A 
Aediction  —  Clerical  Knights  —  Daughters  of  William  the 
Uon  —Shelley's  *«  Laon  and  Cythna  " — Herydene  —Watch 
Papers — Parodies  on  Gray's  "  Elegy  "  —  Surplice  worn  in 
Private  Administration  of  the  Communion,  Ac.,  352. 

Notes  on  Books. 


GUNPOWDER  PLOT  PAPERS. 
(^Continued  from  2»«  S.  x.  142.) 

The  Winters  of  Huddington,  in  Worcesterahire, 
wbose  familj  furnished  two  of  the  principal  actors 
in  the  Gunpowder  Plot,  were  related  to  the 
Ctttosbji  and  Tresbams,  and  were  connected  by 
marriage  with  John  Grant  of  Norbrook,  who  him- 
adf  alK>  played  a  conspicuous  part  in  the  con- 
fptracy.  John  Grant  had  married  a  sister  of  the 
Winter*, '  and  »  considerable  intimacy  had  in 
consequence  sprung  up  between  the  families. 
There  are  in  existence  in  the  State  Paper  Office 
seTeral  letters  from  Thomas  and  Robert  Winter, 
written  with  one  exception  to  Grant,  at  his  house 
at  Korbrooky  and  which  are  interesting  as  af- 
fordinff  an  insight  into  the  private  life  of  the 
Conspirators  during  the  four  or  five  years  that 
immediately  preceded  the  Gunpowder  Plot. 
Some  of  Uiese  letters  were  written  before  the  Plot 
wai  commenced,  some  during  the  Plot,  and  one 
in  particular  of  Robert  Winter  after  its  discovery, 
ana  when  the  conspirators  were  on  their  flight  to 
Holbeach. 

The  letters  written  by  Thomas  Winter  arc  all 
unfortunately  without  date  of  the  year,  and  one 
of  them  indeed  without  date  of  the  month.  It  is 
not,  however,  difficult  to  gather  with  sufficient 
certainty  from  internal  evidence,  the  year  when 


tliey  were  written,  and  they  are  accordingly  given 
here  in  their  chronological  order.  This  order 
differs  sliffhtly  from  that  observed  in  the  Calendar 
of  State  Papers,  but  the  reason  given  below  for 
such  alteration  will,  I  think,  fairly  justify  it. 

The  first  letter,  though  without  any  address,  is 
evidentlv,  like  the  others  of  Thomas  Winter,  in- 
tended for  Grant. 

**  If  I  may,  with  my  sitter's  good  leave,  lett  me  entreat 
yon  Brother  to  come  over  satnrdaj  next  to  os  at  Chastei- 
ton :  I  can  assure  3*on  of  kind  welcome ;  and  your  as- 
qnaintance  with  my  Consin  Oatsby  will  nothing  repent 
you.  I  could  wish  Doll  here,  but  our  life  is  monastical 
without  women.  Comend  me  to  your  mother.  And  so 
a  dio. 

"DLT.  Osier-*. 

**  Tna  WxxTOUB. 


'*  Bring  with  yon  my 
•  Region  diSUtto.'** 


I 


From  the  allusion  in  this  letter  to  Chastleton, 
where  Catesby  was  then  evidently  living,  I  am 
inclined  to  fix  its  date  previous  to  May  1603. 
Chastleton  after  that  time  no  longer  belonged  to 
Catesby,  having  been  sold  to  raise  the  fine  <^ 
3000/.  which  had  been  incurred  by  him  in  conse- 
quence of  hts  implication  in  the  Essex  Treason. 
From  this  circumstance  I  am  induced  to  consider 
the  date  given  to  this  letter  in  the  Calendar  of 
State  Papers,  namely,  1605,  to  be  incorrect. 

The  next  letter,  dated  '*  6th  December,**  was 
doubtless  written  iu  1603,  from  the  allusions  made 
in  it  to  the  siege  of  the  town,  now  known  as  Bois- 
le-duc,  but  then  called  by  its  Flemish  name  of 
S'Hertogembos,  which  took  place  towards  the  end 
of  that  year. 

"  Though  I  have  bin  at  the  fonntaine  of  news  yett  can 
I  learn  littel  to  poarpoae  only  a  supply  is  expected  bv 
the  Spaniards :  some  forty  were  taken  in  a  littell  CasteU 
which  was  surprised  b^  our  L.  Deputy :  they  confess  that 
the  rest  are  in  some  distress  having  no  store  of  victualle 
nor  almost  wood  at  all  and  littell  atilery.  Count  Mawris  is 
risen  from  Sitemgambos  (S*Hertogembos — Bois-le-duc?), 
some  report  with  losse  of  2500  men  and  most  of  his  great 
ordinaos  others  say  he  was  raised  only  by  frost  and  hard 
weather;  so  tis  uncertain  whether  is  true.  Oftend  is 
hardly  pressed  and  likely  to  be  won  either  by  the  Dooh 
or  the  sea.  This  is  all  our  news.  Comend  me  to  your 
mother  and  my  sister.  Tell  your  sister  Mary  that  my 
Lady  Montegue  is  in  the  Country  but  I  will  shortly 
nske  a  vovage  thither  on  purpoee  in  her  behalf.  8o 
fare  you  well.    This  6th  of  December. 

"Your  loving  Brother, 

♦*  Tbos.  Wihtoub. 

«  To  my  loving  Brother, 
Mr.  John  Grant"  t 

It  is  uncertain  whether  the  next  letter,  dated 
"22nd  of  February,**  was  written  in  1604  or  1605. 
It  will  be  remembered  that  Thomas  Winter  was 
for  some  time  Secretary  to  Lord  Mounteagle, 
who  is  mentioned  twice  in  the  same  letter :  — 

<*  I  had  thought  to  have  come  downe  before  this,  bat 

*  Domestic  Series,  James  L^^^V^tl^^^. 
t  lbid.,vo\.^.^. 


NOTES  AND  QUEBIE& 


[»«&LiiAYi,<n 


bu^nua  halb  blthflrto  ind  will  jitt  longer  kwp*  m* 
awiT*.  I  tm  DOW  going  to  tfae  Balh  witb  mj  L.  Monat- 
lagli,  and  front  tbead  into  Linkeibir* :  mj  foitnne*  an 
•>  poor  tbat  tb<y  will  Di<t  Imve  ma  mlna  own*  man )  If 
tha/  did  Jick  then  shooldut  biTt  mora  of  mj  cnmpftny. 
Comand  mi  [o  mv  lijtar  and  wax  ricb.  Nawi  are  aatMp. 
A.DI0. 

"  Tom  loving  Broibar. 

"  Ttia  VViaiouR. 

"  London  thii  S2^  of  February. 

"  My  L.  HoDnlugla  will  recalre  yont  Brotbar  batwixt 
tbti  (Oil  and  Eutar :  tall  ma  at  what  Um*  ha  goath  into  ' 


The  lait  letter  of  Thomaa  Winter  nta  irritten  a 
few  weeks  before  the  expected  meeting  of  Parlia- 
ment in  October  1605.  At  that  time  Grant  bnd 
been  taken  into  the  conipiracT,  kii  bouse  al  Nor- 
brook  hsTing  been  one  of  (he  cbief  reasons  fur 
Cateabj  choosing  him.  It  wna  early  in  September, 
and  but  a  few  days  after  the  date  of  this  letter, 
that  the  celebrated  pilgriraane  to  St.  Winifred's 
Well  was  commenced,  which  was  undertaken 
almost  exclusively  by  persons  implicated  in  the 
Plot,  and  which  rested  on  its  way  to  Holt  in  Flint- 
abire  at  the  houses  of  several  of  the  aw.orn  con- 
■piratort.  Amongtt  those  housea  was  Grant's  house 
at  Norbrook.  It  was  doublleas  with  reference  to 
this  pilgrimage  that  Winter  wrote  the  followinit 
letter  to  Grant,  beseeching  him  "  to  void  his 
hoQie  "  for  the  accommodation  of  the  company  : 

"  Jack,  cartaln  frindi  of  mine  wilbs  w**  yon  mis  mon. 
day  night  or  tewsadiy  at  tha  olUrraoaL  I  priy  yoo 
Tojd  your  liouse  of  Morgan  ind  bia  shae  mala,  or  olbar 
compmcy  whaHoei'er  they  be:  for  ill  joor  hoiua  will 
acana  lodge  tba  Company.  The  Jerkin  man  ii  coma, 
bull  yoai  robe  of  durana  ai  yet  nott  dniihad.  I  bava 
Sint  you  t«n  poundi,  which  I  wondar  «l  mvielf  for  doine, 
having  nailher  kina  nor  corn,  ,0  «11  u  you  h.va.  but  a 
cloak  to  lay  in  pawoa  or  so  when  I  want  mony.  Jhon 
comands  him  lo  yon,  and  ii  In  good  health.     Farewell. 


«  This  last  of  AuguaL" 


"T.  W. 


With  another  endorsement  in  Winter's  writing, 
partly  obliterated,  headed  with  the  sign  of  the 
cross,  as  follows :  "  Sir,  I  have  not  as  ".  t 

There  are  three  letters  of  Rnbert  Winter  ex- 
tant. Two  of  them  written  to  his  brother-in- 
law  Grant,  the  other  to  a  friend  resident  with  his 
father-in-law  Tslbot.  The  first  letter,  dated  21rd 
Mnrch,  1604,  is  short  and  of  little  interest,  and  it 
is  therefore  omitted.  The  other  two  are  given, 
the  first  verbatim,  the  latter,  oa  far  as  it  19  pos- 
sible to  decipher  it  r  — 


t  Ibid., 


ien.  Jail 


"  1  am  na(t  yelt  eerlayne  whether  I  aball  cume  liy  yoa 
or  no,  by  means  of  the  oncertaintye  of  my  Falter  Tallwtt 
bia  gainne  upp,  which  if  it  hold  nott  Iben  will  I  be  w^ 

fou  an  Monday  next,  if  atherwyae  1  shall  pane  by  jog. 
cauied  my  coualn  Wijghta  hli  nagge  to  be  staocd  a 
daye  aince  according  to  bit  owa  direction.  Remembai  I 
pray  you  to  aotycyle  Mr.  Uordray,  and  what  maiten 
you  have  atl  london  (m>  they  not  money  mBltcra)  I  ihiB 
certaynly  effect  —  so  with  mv  farther  comcndatiou  to 
your  >elf,  Eitt  Wrvght,  and  the  rat  of  your  good  egn- 
pany,  I  coinend  yoii  in  baate  this  VIII  ofJune,  IGOS, 
"  Your  loving  Brother, 

"Ro:  WDiToua. 
"  To  lb*  worabipful  his  loving  Brother,  John  GraanI^ 
•tqnlr^ 

"  att  Korbrok^  thcM."*    With  spaed. 

The  next  letter  is  bat  a  fragment,  but  it  wu 
written  under  circurastancei  which  make  even 
that  fragment  interesting.  It  will  bo  doubtlea 
recollected  that  on  the  diacovery  of  the  Plot, 
Cateshy,  Percy,  and  the  two  Wrights  rode  from 
London  to  Ashby  St.  Ledgers,  and  from  thence, 
after  being  joined  bj  the  other  conspirators,  to 
Dunchurch,  and  by  Norbrook  to  Huddington, 
where  Robert  Winter  resided.  From  Hud(lin{:teii 
Thomas  Winter  was  sent  to  Mr.  Talbots  of  Graf- 
ton to  invite  him  to  join  the  cooipirocy,  and  wu 
doubtless  the  bearer  of  the  following  letter  dated 
on  that  day,  fiom  Huddington,  and  according  la 
the  endorsement,  "  Written  to  Mr.  Smolptice  ia 
Mr.  Talbot  of  Grafton's  house."  The  letter  wu 
evidently  not  delivered,  as  Mr.  Talbot  refused  to 
admit  Winter  into  his  bouse,  and  Winter  would 
probably  therefore  carry  it  with  him  to  Holbcach. 
There,  on  the  mnrning  of  the  8th  of  Nov.,  occurred 
the  explosion  of  the  ;>owder,  which  set  on  Gru  the 
clothes  of  several  of  the  conspirators,  and  amongst 
others,  of  Thomas  Winter.  The  letterappeara  to 
have  been  partly  burnt,  and  half  of  it  only  now 
remains :  tbe  rest,  evidently  written  in  grest 
haste,  is  barely  legible,  and  shows  clearly  the 
distress  of  mind  the  conspirators  were  then  in  at 
tbe  failure  of  the  Plot.  These  circumstances  will, 
I  trnst,  serve  as  my  excuse  fur  bringing  forward 
this  fragment. 

"  Good  Coson,  t  fkrs  Kt  will  not  seama  all 

that a  good  nQber  of  reeolvid  catho 

forme  matters  of  such  ....  will  aett  thir  n 
or  hang  all  Ihoae  y'  ever  1  ■  ■  .  .  nla  your  btet  andengt 
to  sliir  upp  my  father  Talbo ....  wb.  I  bonld  muck 
more  honourable  than  lo  be  banged  after  ....  Cwce, 

Eray  for  me  I_prny  you,  and  aand  me  all  such  tliaii 
Bste.    I  comad  yon  fio  llnddington  this  ff^  tt  No- 

"  A  ItH  found  nppon  ...  in  ye 

tak'en,  wnllen  by'iiobu  Wvnter 
tn  Mr  Smalnelce  in  H'  Talbot 
of  Grafton's  howae.''t 


lieEsaa  it 


8'^  a  L  Mat  d,  "Bl] 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES- 


343 


BIOGRAPHY  OF  WILLIAM  OLDYS. 

Your  iDteresting  memoir  of  William  Oldys 
fulij  admits  the  existence  of  the  cloud  which  is 
said  to  hang  over  his  parenta<7e,  although  I  con- 
fisas  that  the  evidence  jou  have  adduced  upon  the 
subject  is  to  me  not  quite  conclusive.  All  that 
has  been  stated  might  be  possibly  explained 
upon  some  other  hypothesis.  As  one  step  to- 
wards more  complete  elucidation  of  the  ques- 
tion, allow  me  to  ask  whether  any  inquiry  has 
been  made  for  the  register  of  his  baptism  ?  I 
find  it  stated  in  that  useful  volume  of  topography, 
Beesley's  History  of  Banhnnj^  that  he  was  born 
At  Adderbury,  not  Addejrbury,  as  you  have  printed 
the  name  of  the  place ;  has  any  one  searched  the 
register  of  that  parish  ?  If  he  was  really  born 
there,  such  a  search  might  produce  unexpected 
results.  Some  of  your  correspondents  will  pro- 
bably be  kind  enough  to  make  the  inquiry.  There 
is  at  all  events  one  excellent  antiquary  resident, 
I  believe,  on  the  very  spot. 

Adderbury,  which  is  situate  within  a  few  miles 
of  Banbury,  in  Oxfordshire,  hns  a  melancholy 
interest  in  the  history  of  the  Oldyses.  The  grand- 
father of  your  William  Oldys,  who  had  been  a 
Pdlow  of  New  College,  Oxford,  and  was  a  D.D., 
was  Yicar  of  that  parish.  In  the  Civil  War  he 
was  a  strenuous  supporter  of  the  king,  and  ren« 
dered  himself  so  obnoxious  to  his  parishioners, 
Aat  he  was  obliged  to  leave  his  vicarage  and  seek 
shelter  in  Banbury,  then  in  the  occupation  of  the 
royalists.  On  a  certain  day,  fancying  himself  se- 
cure from  observation,  he  arranged  to  accompany 
his  wife  and  one  of  his  sons  (perhaps  the  future 
eivilian  and  father  of  your  William  Oldys)  on  the 
way  towards  Oxford  or  Winchester,  to  one  of  which 
]>Iace8  the  boy  was  returning  for  purposes  of  edu- 
eatioo.  A  treacherous  neighbour  betrayed  the 
doctor's  intention  to  the  nearest  body  of  par- 
liamentary forces,  and  when  the  Oldyses  had 
proceeded  some  miles  on  the  road,  they  found 
themselves  approachin<;  a  watchful  and  suspicious 
looking  body  of  soldiers.  Uncertain  to  which 
side  in  the  national  contest  these  men  belonged, 
Oldys  sent  on  his  wife  and  son,  with  directions  to 
the  former  to  make  a  certain  signal  if  the  soldiers 
turned  out  to  belong  to  the  king.  He  anxiously 
watched  the  two  parties  as  they  approached,  met, 
and  passed.  They  did  so  without  any  signal  on 
the  part  of  his  wife.  Oldys  instantly  turned  his 
horse's  head,  and  galloped  off  towards  Banbury, 
having  on  his  way  to  pass  the  gate  of  his  own 
house  at  Adderbury.  Quick  as  ligh'tning  his 
watchers  observed  his  movements,  and  followed, 
on  the  instant,  upon  his  track.  Finding  that  they 
gained  upon  him,  he  scattered  the  contents  of 
his  purso  upon  the  road,  and  some  of  the  round- 
heady,  it  is  said,  were  attracted  by  the  money, 
and  paused  in  Uie  pursuit  to  pick  it  up.  But 
one  man,  of  more  powerful  conscience,  or  ani- 


mated, as  has  been  suggested,  by  feelings  of  per- 
sonal malice,  followed  him  like  a  blood-hound. 
When  Oldys  came  to  his  own  gate  at  Adderbury, 
his  horse  slacked  his  speed  and  made  way  towards 
the  entrance  to  his  accustomed  stable.  A  little 
delay  ensued.  Before  the  horse  could  be  guided 
onwards,  the  pace  was  lost,  the  pursuer  was  upon 
him,  and  the  Doctor  fell  dead  of  a  pistol-shot, 
opposite  his  own  door.  He  rests  in  Adderbury 
church,  where  there  is  a  monument  with  the  fol- 
lowing inscription  to  his  memory :  — 

Gal.  Oldya.  S.T.P. 

Hujus  EccleaixB  Yicarii, 

Qui  flagrante  bello  plusqaam  civili, 

Lesie  et  lleligionis  et  Majestatia  causs 

Fidelia  et  strenuus  aasertor, 

PerdueUium  militibus,  prope  banc  villam, 

Anno  salut  1645,  letat.  55^, 

YulneratQS,  occubuiL" 

(See  Beesleys  Hist  Banbury,  397, 602  ;  Wood's 
Fastii  ii.  54 ;  Walker  s  Sufferings,)   John  Bbucb. 


BOTTESFORD  REGISTERS. 

I  send  for  publication  in  "  N.  &  Q.**  some  ex- 
tracts from  the  Register  of  this  parish.  The  notes 
as  to  excommunications  are  of  merely  local  in- 
terest, except  so  far  as  the^  illustrate  that  state 
of  society  when  it  was  possible  for  members  of  an 
unpopular  religious  denomination  to  be  subjected 
to  pains  and  penalties  on  account  of  their  faith. 
Most  of  the  following  persons  were  Roman  Catho- 
lics ;  it  is  possible  that  one  or  two  may  have  been 
Independents  or  members  of  the  Society  of 
Friends. 

The  list  of  briefs  for  the  repair  of  churches  and 
other  sood  works  is  especially  curious.  I  do  not 
remember  to  have  seen  in  any  other  parish  re- 
gister (and  I  have  read  many)  so  complete  a  cata- 
logue of  briefs  of  the  reign  of  Charles  II.  as  that 
which  is  here  given.  It  will  be  noticed  that  many 
of  them  are  for  churches  which  had  suffered  much 
during  the  then  late  war : 

"S€ptehrl7«h,1653. 
"  Will  Caister  of  Botesford  was  approued  and  swome 
Register  for  3'*  parish  by  Mich.  Monkton,  Eaq'.,  one  of  y* 
Jastlces  of  y*  peace  for  y«  p'ts  of  Lindsey,  in  y*  2anty  of 
Lincolne,  as  is  witnessed  under  his  hand  y  day  and  yeare 
above  set. 

"  Mich.  Monkton. 
"  Stephen  Caister. 

"  Elizabeth  Sales  &  Elizabeth  her  daughter  taken  as 
vagrants  Septe'  26,  1655,  &  thei  punished  according  to 
law  &  Registred  the  same  by  me. 

"  WiLLiM  Parkinson, 

«*  Minister  de  Botesford. 

**  A  note  of  Breifes  collected  in  our  {ibh  Church  of 

Bottesford,  w'lh  the  seOall  summes  of  monev. 

"  Vpon  the  breife  for  Pontefract  May  the  S***,  1661,  8"  10* 

by  Rich.  Hilubrt,  Churchwarden. 
*«  Vpon  the  breife  of  ftoVVv^voi  \\sl^wV3^'^  ^'cXft,'\, 


344 


NOTES  AND  QUEEIES. 


[S^S.LMatI.'QI 


1 660,  was  gathered  2"  6^  &  deliaered  May  24t^  1661,  to 
George  Wilsworth,  as  appeares  by  hit  receit  giaeo  me. 

*•  W»  Parkinson,  Vic. 

**  Deliu*d  to  M'  Geo.  Hnrd  bailifTe  of  the  waptake  of 
Maaley  8>  \0^  with  the  breefe  for  Pontefiract  in  the 
Goantj  of  Yorke,  July  14t»,  1C61. 

**  On  the  same  day  deliu'd  to  the  aaid  M'  Geo :  Hard 
3>  S^  gatherd  vpon  the  breefe  of  Milton  Abbas  in  ye 
Coonty  of  Dorset.  t 

Vpon  Bollingbrooke  breefe  in  County  of  Lin-       «.   d. 

coin,  Sept.  loth,  1661 1  10 

For  South  Birlingha'  in  Norfolke,  Jane  28, 1661  -  1  9 
For  Litle  Melton  in  Norfolke,  June  80,  1661  -  2  6 
For  distressed  plestants  of  Lithuania  their  breefe 

noaem  S^,  1661 10 

Vpon  Oxford  breefe  Octobr  28^,  1661  -  •  -  1  6 
For  W">  Jenkinson  of  Sfarleton  (?)  in  Lancashire, 

Nou.  lO**.  1661 13 

Vpon  breefe  for  great  Drayton  in  co.  of  Sallop, 

Octo.  6«^1661 2    2 

Vpon  Scarbrongh  Breefe  decern  6.  16^,  1661  -  1  8 
For  Chri  Greene  of  Beighton  w'thin  daibysh.  de- 

cemb.  22*1661 10 

Vpon  Bridgenorth  breefe,  Septe  80«^,  1661  -  -  1  8 
For  Market  Harborough  h  Litle  Bowden,  Leiees- 

tershire,  Jane  20O>,  1662 2    9 

For  John  Woolrich,  of  Cresswell,  Staffordshire,  de- 

liu'ed  to  Hen.  Crowther  with  the  breefe  July 

14«^  1662 19 

Ffor  hexam  in  Northumberland,  Angpist  2^  1663  4  6 
Ffor  grimsbr  Hauen  in  Lincolnshire,  Octo.  18*^» 

1663        --        -        -        -        -        •        -14 

FTor  W"  Sad  well  (?)  of  Shadwell  in  p*ish  of  Step- 
ney ffeb.  14«»«,  1668 2    0 

For  witheham  church  in  Snssez,  repaireing  Apr.  * 

lO^i",  1664.  del.  to  Robt  Bewley  -  -  -  4  0 
For  John  Ellis  of  Milton  in  Cambridgeshire,  Mar. 

20^,  1668,  del.  to  Robt  Bewley  -  -  -  1  6 
For  Sandwich  chnrch  repairii\g  in  Kent,  Apr.  17; 

1664,  del.  to  Robt.  Bewley  -  -  •  -  1  6 
For  divers  Inhabitants  of  grantbam,  June  6, 1664^ 

deliuerd  to  M*"  Williams  of  Lincoln,  Sadler,  Jane 

1664 1  10 

For  Law.  Clatton  of  holder  in  Essex,  ffeb'  ld% 

1664 2    2 

For  Hen.  Lisle  of  gisbrongh  in  Yorkshire,  ffieb.  IV*, 

1664 -        -    2    8 

For  John  Wayler  of  Ilford  in  Essex,  flbb.  26*^, 

1664 18 

For  pish  church  of  Bosingm  Southamptonshire, 

march  19<h,  1664 10 

For  p*ish  of  St.  Maries  in  Chesten  may  14<^,  1665  2  4 
For  JBydford  in  Warwickshire,  July  80,  1665  -    1    4 

For  lanworth  in  Lancashire,  deliu'  to  App.  Mark- 

ha',  oct  1665 3    2 

For  Inhabitants  of  £Elootbargh  (  ?)  in  Lancashire, 

nou.  12, 1665 2    4 

For  the  nish  of  Clun  in  county  of  Sallop,  Apr  8*^ 

66«> 0    6 

For  bartly  poole  in  Durham,  Apr.  16*^  66»»»         -    0    6 
For  Bisbopp  Norton  L'  of  request,  Octob'  2l»b^  QQth    i  lo 
For  Binbrook  let  of  Request,  Nou.  11^,  66*1'        -    1    0 
Ffor  Tewcester  in  Nortnampton,  a  letter  of  Re- 
quest July  22,  1677 2    8 

Ffor  Bithbur  in  ye  County  of  Suffolk,  Septem.  2', 

77 20 

Ffor  Cottenham  in  y  county  of  Cambridge,  a 

letter  patent  Octob.  21, 77        -        •        -        -19 

*<  John  Wadforth  and  Edward  Wadforth,  both  ofYad- 
lethorp,  in  the  Parish  of  Bottisford,  declared  excomuni- 
cate  August  22^  1680,  p  me  Robta  Honisby,  vie  ibid. 


*'  William  Longbotham,  Thomas  Richison,  John  Wil- 
son, Richard  Williamson,  and  John  Dolmsn,  were  de- 
clared excomonicate  Feb.  11*^,  168|.  p  me  Robertfl 
Homsby,  vie  ibid. 


were  declared  excomoBi- 
cate  the  7*^  day  of  Sep- 
tember, in  the  year  of 


**  Faith  Holdsworth,  David 
Blow,  senior,  An  the  wife  of 

Dan.    Rands,    Richard  Wil-  

liaroson,  Mary  Morley,  wid.,  [  our  lord,  1684,  by  me, 

Frances    Wadford,    Edward!  Ro.     Hobnsbt,     Tic, 

Balderston,  J  ibid. 

*'  Jane  Hall,  servant  to  M'  John  Morley,  of  Holme,  in 
the  parish  of  Bottisford,  was  Declared  absolved  from  the 
sentence  of  Excommunication  on  the  0*^  day  of  march, 
in  the  yeare  of  our  lord  1706,  by  me,  Robert  Hobxsbt, 
Vicar  of  Bottesford." 

Edward  Fbacock. 

Bottesford  Manor,  Brigg,  Lino^nahire. 


RESUSCITATION  AFTER  HANGINGw 

Turning  over,  lately,  the  pages  of  the  old  Lomdon 
Magazine  for  1740,  I  came  (p.  5G0)  oa  a  notice  of 
the  singular  case  of  William  Dewell,  who,  alter 
being  hanged  at  Tyburn,  revived  in  Surgeons* 
Hall,  where  be  had  been  carried  for  dissection.  Tbe 
cate  is  adverted  to  in  the  First  Series  of  ^  N.  & 
Q-t"  iz.  174 ;  but  the  Magazine  states  some  in- 
teresting particulars  which  your  correspondent 
does  not  mention :  — 

<*  After  he  was  stript,  and  laid  on  the  boacd,  and  one  of 
the  seryants  was  washing  him  to  be  cut  up,  he  perceiTed 
life  in  him,  and  found  his  breath  come  quicker  and 
quicker;  on  which -a  surgeon  bled  him,  and  took  aereril 
ounces  of  blood  from  him ;  and  in  about  two  hours,  be 
came  so  much  to  himself  as  to  sit  up  in  a  chair,  groaned 
very  much,  and  seemed  in  great  agitation,  bat  cQ«ld  not 
speak.  He  was  kept  at  Surgeons*  Hall  till  12  o'clock  at 
night :  the  Sheriffs*  officers  (who  were  sent  for  on  this  ex- 
traordinary occasion)  attending.  He  was  then  conTeyed 
to  Newgate,  to  remain  till  he  be  proved  to  be  the  Tvy 
idenUcin  person  ordered  for  execetion  on  the  S4th  ia* 
stent  The  next  day  he  was  in  good  health  in  Newgati^ 
eat  his  victuals  heartily,  and  asked  for  his  mother.  Gnat 
numbers  of  people  resort  continually  to  see  him." 

In  a  subsequent  page  (612)  it  is  said :  — 

^  Harrock,  whose  aentence  after  an  order  for  ezeenlioa 
was  respited,  is  to  be  transported  for  fourteen  years  %  aad 
White,  who  was  to  have  been  executed  with  him,  md 
Dewell,  who  after  hanging  come  to  life  etgaia^  are  to  be 
transported  for  life.'* 

Deweirs  crime  (rape  and  murder)  was  unques- 
tionably great,  yet,  considering  that  he  bad  got  a 
lesson  for  the  amendment  of  his  life,  of  whidi 
very  few  have  the  benefit,  there  may  seem  some 
severity  in  this  subsequent  punishment :  and  by 
the  law  of  Scotland,  it  would  have  been  held 
illegal.  Baron  Hume,  in  his  work  on  the  criminal 
law  of  that  countrjr  (3rd  edition,  voL  ii.  p.  476), 
in  allusion  to  this  subject,  observes  :  — - 

**  It  is  true  the  sentence  was  to  hang  him  by  the  neck 
until  he  were  dead,  and  thia  has  not  been  done;  bat  that 
it  is  net  done^  is  owing  ts  tks  Insltention  oolj  of  the 


«^  a  L  Mat  8,  '62.] 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


345 


m^fkinU,  wboM  basiness  it  is  to  see  that  the  bodj  bt 
lifeless  before  he  let  it  be  carried  away.'*  * 

The  Baron  then  cites  the  not^d  case  of  Mar- 

[icaret  Dickson  in  1724  (whom  I  erroneously  named 

Cunningham,  »* N.  &  Q,'*  2»«  S.  xi.  p.  395),  who, 

after  being  hanged,  came  to  life,  was  allowed  to 

go  free,  survived  mahj  yeard,  and  bore  children. 

G. 
Edinburgh. 


fSlinot  fiaUi. 

The  FsBvious  Qobstion. — I  send  for  registry 
the  following  letter  from  a  recent  number  of 
The  THmeSf  and  suggest  to  your  parliamentary 
correspondents  that  the  appearance  ^f  a  few  short 
essays  on  English  constitutional  fornu  would  at 
this  time  be  very  appropriate  in  the  pages  of  *'  N. 
&  Q.,^  and  if  well  selected,  and  written  with  bre- 
vity, ought  to  pay  republication. 

M  Thk  <  Prbvious  QuBsnoa.' 

To  the  Editor  of  The  TYsMt. 

««  Sir,— The  « Previous  Qaestlon'  has  long  been  a 
puaxle.to  the  readers  of  the  debates.  It  is  periodically  ex- 
plained  with  more  or  less  of  perspicaity  in  answer  to  some 
appeal  like  that  of  your  correspondent  *  B.  N.  C*  I  will 
endeavoar  to  explain  it  on  the  present  occasion,  thoogh 
I  am  not  sare  that  I  shall  be  able  to  make  the  matter 
perfectly  dear. 

**  We  mast  assume  that  there  is  a  motion  before  the 
Hoost  of  Commons  —  some  troism  —  as  for  instaace,  *  It 
ie  deeirahle  to  reduce  taxation.'  No  one  disputes  the 
truth  of  that  proposition  in  the  abstract,  bat  it  is  felt 
that  if  adopted  by  the  Hoose  it  would  be  tantamount  to 
a  ccmunana  to  Ministers  to  make  a  redaction  which  they 
ftel  it  woold  be  impolitic  to  do.  There  being  a  general 
feeling  in  the  House  that  it  woald  be  undesirable  to  come 
ta  a  vote  which  may  be  misunderstood,  the  *  previous 
nnsatinn'  — which  has  been  devised  to  meet  such  a  case — 
is  resorted  ta  A  member  who  moves  the  *  previous 
qoestion'  says  in  eilect  this:  —  'Before  the   Speaker 

Kts  the  motion  to  the  vote,  I  call  upon  him  to  ask  the 
mse  Aopmiotu  queatum,  whether  the  House  wishes  the 
mfltieo  to  be  put  at  alL*  The  Speaker  asks  this  question 
in  the  following  form :  *That  that  question  be  now  put, 
—  as  many  as  are  of  that  opinion  say  "Aye;'*  of  the 
eontraiy  opinion,  say  **No.'"  If  those  who  wish  the 
House  to  come  to  a  decision  on  the  resolution  (tbo  Ayes) 
are  in  a  majoritr,  it  is  put  to  the  vote ;  if  those  of  an  op- 
posite opiojkm  (the  Noes)  are  in  a  majority,  the  resolu* 
tioo  it  not  pnty  and  there  is  an  end  of  the  matter. 

**  Your  obedient  servant,  R." 
S.  r.  CaaswjsLL. 
The  School,  Toobridge,  Kent 

llABTXii*t  PicTUBss.  —  I  would  point  out  one 
oooeliiaion  which  can  be  made  from  these  mag- 
nilloent  attempts,  namely,  the  impossibility  of  any 
eomceptUm  proper  being  effected  hy  man.  Every 
hunan  imigiaation  is  either  an  analysis  or  a 
combination,  or  a  mixture  of  both,  so  that  even 
"^The  Last  Jadgasent,**  or  ''The  Fall  of  Nineveh, 
or  Babylon,**  or  even  '*  The  Plains  of  Heaven,**  do 
not  contain  anvtbing  which  properly  can  be  set 
down  at  tha  onpiing  of  conception.   Even  Milton 


had  not  more  than  ima<;ination,  neither .  conld 
conception  be  dragged  into  the  celestio-infemal 
tale  of  Moore.  Men  are  not,  of  course,  to  be 
found  fault  with  on  account  of  not  possessing  that 
which  is  beyond  their  power,  but  it  is  of  utility 
to  contemx>late  the  fact.  J.  Alexahder  Dayies. 

Curious  Coincidbkcb.  —  Plautus,  PsewdoUu^ 
Act  I.  Sc.  1,  25-28.     Ritschl.  p.  12. 

CaUdonu,  **  Cur  inclementer  dicis  lepidis  literis, 

Lcpidis  tabellis,  lepida  conscriptis  mann? 

Fuudohu,     An,    obsecro  hercle,  habemt  quoque  gattina 
manuif 
Nam  hai  quidem  gaUima  $eripuL** 

Cf.  Colj/n  BlowhoVs  Testament^  in  HalliwelFs 
Nug<B  Poetioa^  p.  3. 

^  WhylUi  ye  have  your  right  meaiorie^ 
Calle  unto  joa  yonre  owae  secretorv, 

Maister  Grombold,  that  can  handell  a  pen, 
For  OS  bookt  he  $krapUh  like  cm  hen, 
Tliat  no  man  may  his  letters  know  nor  se, 
Allethougfae  he  looke  trugh  spectacles  thre." 

LoRQEviTT  OF  Lawtbrs.  —  As  8ged  clergy- 
men have  fi«;ured  largely  in  the  pages  of  **  N.  & 
Q.,*'  would  it  not  be, well  to  give  old  lawyers  a 
turn  ? 

The  following  instances  of  longevity  are  from 
the  Law  List  for  1862  :  — 

Among  CourueL 

John  Martin  Leake,  Esq.,  Thorpe  Hall,  Col- 
chester, called  to  the  Bar  24th  November,  1797. 

Charles  Lambe,  EsqT,  heretofore  Beivor,  called 
27th  Nov.  1800. 

AVilliam  Murray,  Esq.,  called  9th  May,  1800. 

Among  Solieitors. 

James  E.  Birch,  of  Croydon,  admitted  to  prac- 
tise in  Easter  Term,  1795. 

G.  B.  Wharton,  of  8,  Lincoln's  Inn  Fields,  ad- 
mitted Michaelmas  Term,  1795. 

Samuel  Naylor,  4,  Great  Newport  Street,  ad- 
mitted Michaelmas  Term,  1796. 

Benjamin  Richards,  Alfreton,  admitted  Easter 

Term,  1796. 
John    Bury,    Bewdley,  admitted    Michaelmas 

Term,  1797. 

Thomas  Attree,  Brighton,  admitted  Easter  Term, 
1799.  D.  M.  Stbvbms. 

Guildford. 

Concord AMCBS  amd  Verbal  Indexes. — ^If  any- 
one who  has  the  requisite  knowledge  would  pre- 
pare a  list  of  the  Concordances  and  Verbal  In- 
dexes whifh  we  possess  to  our  standard  authors, 
and  would  forward  the  same  to  **N.  &  Q.*'  for 
publication,  he  would  confer  a  great  boon  on  thosa 
engaged  in  philological  pursuits,  and  would  not 
occupy  more  than  a  page  of  your  space. 

A  LoR.ik  oa  ^\&.iAicsw 


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NOTES.  AND  QUERIES. 


[8^  S.  L  BlAT  8, 161 


FOSITAN  ObSBRYANCB   OP  THB  LoBD*S  DaT.  — 

The  Note  respecting  the  ^*  Observance  of  Christ- 
mas Daj  under  the  Commonwealth"  (3"^  S.  i. 
246),  reminded  me  of  a  document  relating  to  the 
Observance  of  the  Lord*s  Daj  during  the  same 
period.  It  requires  no  introduction;  and  is,  I 
believe,  correctly  copied. 

**  To  all  Constables,  Headborroughes,  and  other  Officers 
of  the  Peace  to  whom  these  appertaineth. 

**  Forasmnch  as  I  am  acquainted,  and  fully  satisfied, 
that  the  bearer  hereof,  the  Lady  Heale,  hath  extraordi- 
nary  occasion  to  use  a  Coach  this  present  Lord*8  Day. 

"These  are,  therefore,  in  the  name  of  his  Highness, 
the  Lord  Protector,  to  will  and  require  you  and  every  of 
TOO,  uppon  sight  hereof,  to  permitt  and  suffer  the  said 
Lady  Heale  *  *  *  ['<«],  with  those  that  belong  to  her,  to 
pass  to  pass  with  her  Coach  and  horses  from  her  Lodgings 
to  Charinge  Crosse  ....  and  to  retorne  without  any  yo' 
Letts,  troubles,  or  molestations.  And  hereof  yon  are  not 
to  faile.  Given  nnder  my  hand  this  6^^  Day  of  Decemb*^, 
16  >7. 

•*  R  Grosvbnor." 

I  do  not  know  whether  the  repetition  of  the 
words  "  to  pass  "  is  the  fault  of  the  original,  or  of 
the  scribe  whom  I  employed  to  copy  it.  Who 
was  Lady  Heale  ?  And  what  was  the  *'  extraor- 
dinary occasion  '*  ?  S.  R.  M. 


ffttttrM. 


AsHBT.  —  Robert  Ashby,  a  Lord  of  the  Ad- 
miralty, died  in  1718;  leaving  a  son  George,  who 
left  issue  by  his  wife,  Mary  Roper,  three  sons  and 
a  daughter  named  £lizabe;^h.  Can  any  reader  of 
''N.  &  Q.**  inform  me  to  whom  this  Elizabeth 
Aflhby  was  married  ?  Sp. 

LoBD  AvBLAND.  —  In  1856,  Sir  Gilbert  John 
Heathcote,  Bart.,  F.S.A.,  was  raised  to  the  peer- 
age by  the  title  of  Baron  Aveland.  Aveland  is 
a  wapentake  in  the  parts  of  Kosteven,  Lincbln- 
diire,  in  which  county  the  new  peer  has  vast 
landed  possessions.  Is  not  Aveland  a  corruption 
of  Averlandy  one  of  the  titles  of  the  several  ancient 
tenures,  in  customary  courts  baron?  The  tenant 
of  Aver-land  was  obliged  to  work  for  his  lord, 
cum  ateriist  and  that*  work,  in  Latin  called  >4oera- 
gium^  i.  e.  work  with  horses,  oxen,  wnins,  carts,  or 
carriages  to  carry  his  hay,  corn,  &c. ;  which  car- 
riage, within  the  precincts  of  the  manor,  was 
called  in'average.  If  the  carriage  was  out  of  the 
manor,  out'overage;  if  the  carriage  was  with 
horses  only,  then  it  was  called  horse-average. 
The  tenants  of  Averland  were  called  or  termed 
Avermanni,  *  Stamfobdiemsib. 

BArriNG  Beasts  to  makb  them  Tender. — 
What  was  the  origin,  reason,  and  extent  of  the  be- 
lief that  anciently  obtained  in  the  efficiency  of  beat- 
ing and  baiting  animals  for  the  purpose  of  render- 
ing them  edible  ?  I  have,  from  time  to  time,  met 
statements  of  this  reason  having  subsisted  in  re- 


ftLvd  to  the  baiting  of  bulls ;  ex.  gratia^  a  passage 
m  which  Jeremy  Taylor  assigns  the  fact  of  that 
belief  exbting  in  his  age,  but  he  enters  into  no  par- 
ticulars. 

Pope,  commenting  on  the  cruelties  of  our  cuisine, 
specified,  inter  alioj  **  lobsters  roasted  alive,  pigs 
whipped  to  death,^*  &c.  This  last  fact  seems  in- 
consistent with  my  opinion,  that  it  was  only  to^k 
animals  which  were  basted  and  baited,  and  t^t 
this  was  done  with  the  intention  of  rendering  them 
tender.  For  instance,  a  correspondent  of  ^  N.  & 
Q.*'  has  mentioned  a  custom  of  hunting  a  ram 
with  bludgeons  in  Eton  at  election-time,  which 
was  afterwards  served  to  table  in  pastry.  Would 
not  whipping  a  pig  to  death,  as  well  as  baiting 
bulls,  &c.,  tend  to  produce  immediate  post-vitu 
putridity  in  4the  flesh,  which,  indeed,  might  have 
been  considered  desirable,  when  that  morbid  taste 
for  *^  high  **  game,  &c.,  prevailed  ?  (Was  this  taste 
founded  on  sanitary  considerations  ?)  In  conelu- 
sion,  might  I  ask  B.  H.,  who  wrote  to  "  N.  &  Q.** 
2'^  S-  ▼.  119,  where  I  may  meet  with  the  law, 
more  in  detail,  to  which  he  alludes,  necessitating  the 
baitinff  of  bulls  before  the  beef  could  be  exposed 
for  sale  by  butchers  ?  And  all  such  similar  infor- 
mation is  invited  from  the  courtesy  of  correspon- 
dents by  N.  B. 

Bristol  Families. — Can  any  of  your  numerous 
readers  give  me  information  with  regard  to  the 

{>resent  representatives  of  all  or  any  of  the  fol- 
owing  families,  said  to  be  located  in  the  neigh- 
bourhood of  Bristol,  viz. :  — 

The  Goodeves  of  Goodeve  Castle. 

The  Bathurst-Woodmans  (connected  with  the 
family  of  Earl  Bathurst  P) 

The  Lunells  of  Stapleton,  Gloucestershire,  said 
to  be  descended  from  Robert,  Duke  of  Nor- 
mandy ;  and  the  only  family  of  this  name  in  the 
kingdom. 

Has  Mr.  Lunell  been  High  Sheriff  of  Bristol  ? 

EOWABD  WAI.FOED. 

17,  Church  Row,  Hampstead. 

BusKB.  — When  did  Burke  cease  to  contribute 
to  the  Annual  Register  f*  W.  D. 

Clerical  Incumbents,  1780-1830.  —  I  should 
consider  it  a  favour  if  any  reader  of  "  N.  &  Q." 
would  direct  me  to  some  work  which  gives  the 
names  of  the  inaimbentt  of  the  different  rectories, 
vicarages,  &c.,  in  England  and  Wales,  for  the 
compass  of  the  fifty  years,  commencing  and  ter- 
minating with  the  above  period.  The  Eoduiat' 
tical  and  University  Annual  Roister,  vol.  i.,  for 
the  year  1808,  pp.  549—668,  affords  much  in- 
formation, but  does  not  furnish  me  with  what  I 
require,  the  names  of  the  several  incumbents. 
The  Clerical  Gui^e^  or  JEcdesiastical  Directory, 

I*  Some  correspondence  on  the  sabject  of  this  Queiy 
will  be  found  in  "N.  8c  Q."  !•»  S.iii.441  j  xil  62.— £ikj 


8'*  a  L  Mat  8,  '62.] 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


347 


hj  Richard  Gilbert,  London,  Rivingtons,  1829, 
crown  8vo,  appears  to  jrive  all  the  requisite  de- 
tails at  the  time  of  publication  ;  and  these  have 
been  very  satisfactorily  continued  annually  by 
the  present  Clergy  List,  A. 

'^J.  W.  Dalbt. — Wanted,  information  regard- 
John  Watson  Dalby,  editor  of  the  Historic  Keep- 
sake,  1836  ?  He  was,  about  forty  years  ago,  a 
contributor  to  the  Pocket  Magazine^  Literary 
Chronicle^  &c.,  &c.  R.  Inqlis. 

Damdoabd.  —  From  the  French  jeu  de  dames 
and  damier  we  have  the  Scotticisms  dam-board, 
and  its  corruption,  ^m-^roac?,  signifying  a  draught- 
board or  any  chequered  pattern.  Is  the  same,  or 
any  word  of  the  same  derivation,  found  in  any 
old  English  writer,  or  in  any  provincial  dialect  P 

Ben  J.  £a8T. 

EoiSriELD,     SCOTENAT,      ANB     PaSSBNHAM.  — 

Wanted,  the  arms  of  Peter  de  Edisfield,  or  Edge- 
field, of  Edisfield  and  Easthall,  co.  Norfolk,  whose 
heiress  married  Rosceline ;  Lambert  de  Scotenay, 
or  Scotney,  Lord  of  Cumberworth  and  Thorp,  co. 
Lincoln  ;  Will,  de  Fassenham,  of  Passenham, 
Northamptonshire,  who  died  6  Edw.  I.  (a.d. 
1278).  H.  S.  G. 

Epigbam  wanted.  —  Earl^  in  the  last  century 
mn  engraving  appeared  in  which  Christ  was  repre- 
•ented  dressed  as  a  Jesuit.  On  this  several  epi- 
grams were  written,  and  among  them  one  ascribed 
to  Fontenelle,  though  not  in  his  works.  I  have 
forffotten  the  words,  but  remember  the  point, 
which  was,  that  had  Christ  so  shown  himself  to 
St.  Thomas,  the  Apostle*s  incredulity  would  have 
been  laudable.  I  shall  be  much  obliged  by  the 
words  of  that  or  any  similar  epigram,  or  reference 
to  where  they  may  be  found.  W.  L. 

FiDSi  Defensor. — Remembering  how  the  date 
of  the  origin  of  the  title  of  Defender  of  the  Faith 
was  ventilated  in  a  former  volume  of  **N.  &  Q.," 
I  would  propose  a  few  Queries  on  the  subject  of 
the  use  of  that  title. 

1.  What  English  sovereigns  have  not  used  the 
title  on  their  coins  and  seals,  since  its  presentation 
to  HeniT  VIIL  ? 

2.  What  were  the  motives  for  thus  abstaining 
from  its  use  ? 

3.  What  was  the  reason  why  the  Irish  copper 
coinage  of  George  IV.  wanted  the  title,  while  the 
BritiSi  had  it  ? 

4.  Is  it  known  what  was  the  reason  of  its  omis- 
sion from  the  first  of  our  florins  that  were  coined  ? 

T.  H.  Orb. 

Hearts  op  Oak.  —  When,  and  by  whom,  was 
this  phrase  first  used  P  I  do  not  recollect  having 
seeB  it  in  any  work  of  earlier  date  than  B:iyly*8 
Herba  ParieHi^  printed  in  1G50.  It  occurs  at 
p.  23,  line  16.  N.  B. 


Judges*  Maces.  —  In  the  Admiralty  Court  of 
Ireland,  the  judges*  mace  bears  a  curious  resem- 
blance to  a  canoe*8  steering-^Siddle  (I),  such  as  I 
have  seen  in  the  South  Seas,  and  in  the  Caribbean 
Seas ;  nnd  indeed  in  many  other  parts  of  the  globe 
that  I  have  visited.  Is  that  of  England  the  same  ? 
And  can  any  of  your  learned  correspondents 
throw  further  light  on  the  subject  ?  A.  L. 

Dame   Margaret    and    George    Haltbubt 

TOW.  — 

*'  And  next  after  this  address  to  the  parliament  (1645) 
the  assembly  resolved  to  show  an  act  of  mercy  them- 
selves, in  restoring  of  Mr.  George  Halyburton  to  his 
ministry  at  Perth,  aud  Mr.  John  Graham  to  his  ministry 
at  Aachterarder,  which  came  to  pass  in  this  manner: 
Dame  Margaret  Halyburton,  Lady  of  Cowpar,  came  over 
the  Frith,  and,  with  oaths,  vowed  to  my  Lord  Balmerino, 
that  unless  he  caused  her  cousin  to  be  reinstated,  he  shoiUd 
never  enjoy  the  favour  of  the  lordship  of  Cowpar.  This 
commination  set  Balmerino  at  work  for  him.*'  — ^Bishop 
Guthrie's  Memoirs^  p.  181. 

Can  any  of  your  correspondents,  versed  in 
Scottish  history,  supply  the  link  Here  indicated 
between  Dame  Margaret  Halyburton  and  "her 
cousin  *'  George  Halyburton,  who,  after  the  Rer 
storation,  was  appointed  Bishop  of  Dunkeld? 

Marion. 

MoNETERS*  Weights.  —  In  Terrien*8  Comment 
tary  on  the  Law  of  Normandy,  first  published  in 
1574  (livre  iv.  chap,  xviii.),  there  is  a  collection  of 
several  royal  ordinances  respecting  the  sale  of 
gold  and  silver ;  and  'among  these  ordinances  is 
inserted  the  following  passage,  evidently  intended 
to  convey  in  a  compendious  form  much  useful  in- 
formation :  — 

**  A  Tonce  y  a  vingt  Estelins,  et  k  Tonce  y  a  hoict  gros. 
Par  ainsi  le  gros  vaut  dcuz  Estelins  et  demy.  L'estelin 
se  divise  en  deux  mailles,  chacnne  roaille  en  deox  felins. 
Par  ainsi  l'estelin  vaut  quatre  felins.  Le  felin  se  divise 
par  un  demr,  un  quart,  et  un  huictieme  de  felin.  Or 
pour  faire  la  supputation  de  la  valeur  de  l'estelin,  finut 
noter  qu'  autant  de  liures  que  vaut  le  marc,  antant  de 
fois  Tonce  vaut  deux  sols  six  deniers,  et  l'estelin  antant 
de  fois  un  denier  obole,  ou,  autant  de  sols  que  vaut  le 
marc,  autant  de  fois  I'once  vaut  vn  denier  obole,  et  antant 
de  sols  que  vaut  I'once,  autant  d*oboles  avec  le  cinquieme 
d'vne  obole  vaut  restelin."—  TerrtM,  p.  189. 

Can  any  of  your  correspondents  unriddle  me 
this  somewhat  intricate  passage  ?      F.  S.  Caret. 

Names  or  Pi^kts.  —  Will  you  permit  me  to 
avail  myself  of  your  journal  to  inquire  the  deriv- 
ation and  meanmof  of  the* names  of  the  following 
plants  :  —  Tare  (  Vicid)  ;  wake  robin  (Arum  ma^ 
culatum,  L.)  ;  yarrow  (Achillaa)  ;  self-heal  {PrU" 
nelld)  ;  avens  (Geum)  ;  gold  of  pleasure  {Camelina 
sativa,  Cr.)  ;  dock  {Rumex) ;  march,  an  old  name 
of  parsley;  cbeet  (Camelina  sativa,  Cr.);  char- 
lock, chadlock,  kedlock,  carlock  or  callock,  names 
of  the  Sinapis  arvensis^  L.?         Vw,^.  K.^-^saw- 

48,  York  Tettac^  'SI  .^ . 


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NOTES  AND  QUERIEa 


C»*&Lii*Ta,«i 


ITaoio  Sbbtami. — ■  i 

•■  Tin  pr*cUc«  of  Importing  NegnM  MTTHDti  is  uid  to  ' 
be  almdy  »  gricruice  ihat  requirM  ■  tciuhI}',  and  jet  it 
bavny  itj  BncouniBd  i  iDtoniiicb,  lh«t  (be  numbar  in 
Ihil  metropoUi  onlf  li  supposed  la  be  near  20,000."^ 
Ofi.'!  Mag.,  Oct  I76i,  ToL  xxiir.  p.  IBS.  , 

Is  tUi  lUtemeDt  cooGnned,  or  is  It  an  eiag-  , 
gelation  f  N.B.    • 

Fhkabes. — I  have  in  m;  memoir  some  icnpa 
wd  phruet  which  I  thsll  be  gUd  to  htTS  ex- 
plaiai-d  or  traced,  if  thej  ate  not  too  vague  for 
uiaerlion  in  "S.  &  Q,"  :  — 

1.  "  Kossless  Enisbia 


died  March  36,  1616 ;  CaUierine  BampTjld,  <^ 
1637. 

4.  Wbere  can  I  obtain  any  information  about 
the  muriigea  of  the  junior  branchet  of  the  ^ts- 
G«rald  family  (Duke  of  Leiniter's)  between  1700 
and  ISOO? 

5,  Wliat  is  the  origin  of  the  laying,  "I.iru  like 
a  prieK's  maid ; "  i.a.  jiut  going  to  perform  «)■»• 
thing  before  tbe  order  relating  to  it  had  been 
giren  t  J.  W.  HAkniua. 

Barrow-Gonnis}'  Parsoaage,  nsar  BrialoL 


2.  "  The  ud  Shepherd  oF  ScErals." 

B.  ••  The  anger-biming  Chaplain  of  CoTeotiy." 

4.  "  To  dance  Bornaby." 

rCTsed,  but  witboal  any  deanlU  meaaiag  wbieb  1 
can  trace,  ia  the  Midland  Coantiea.] 
6.  "  The  chaste  Lendppa  by  iho  pitriareh  lored." 
Btference  or  eiplana^on  will  oblige  E.  N.  H.  I  observed  tbe*e  11 


the  Ladiet'   Jaunud,   a   newspaper   publ 
Edinburgh,  vii. :  — 

"  For  sreiT  eril  under  Ihe  nm 
Tbere  ii  a  remedy,  or  there's  no 
If  there  is  one,  try  and  find  It ; 
ir  there  is  none,  nerer  mind  it." 


Saucei.  Fldmdb,  Lobd  MiTOB.  —  Samuel 
FlumbewasPrlme  Warden  or  Master  of  the  Gold- 
amiths'  Company  in  1773  ;  Sheriff  of  tbe  City  of 
London  in  1776,  and  Lord  Major  in  1779.  He 
Iras  born  in  the  year  171S  ;  marrie<l  a  sister  of 
Henry  Thrale,  Esq.,  M.F.  for  Southwark,  and 
died  in  1784. 

I  am  anxious  to  ascertain  the  Christian  name 
of  hia  lather,  also  the  maiden  name  of  his  mother, 
also  the  line  of  descent  from  the  family  of  Plumbe, 
of  Norfolk,  and  Preston  in  Lancashire.  Was  he 
tlie  son  of  Abraham  Flumbe,  the  younsest  son  of 
John  Flumbe,  Esq ,  of  Wbiston,  near  f^ton  F 

He  bore  the  Plumbe  arma,  "  Erm.  a  bend  Vaire 
between  two   cottoises,    sa.     His  crest   was   "  a 

n bound  sejant  arg.  collar  gules,  spotted  or." 
ould  be  greatly  obliged  to  any  gentleman 
having  access  to  the  records  of  the  C^ldnnitbs' 
Company,  or  any  work  giving  a  history  of  the 
Lord  Ihyors  of  London,  for  any  information  as 
to  the  pedigree  of  Samuel  Fluml«,  either  by  pri- 
vate letter  or  through  "  N.  &  Q."  H.  M.  Hica. 
Soath  Hill  fiecUny,  CaUington,  ComwaU. 

Qhbeiu.  —  I .  I  am  anxious  for  any  light  which 
can  be  given  me  about  the  original  of  tbe  portrait 
of  A  lady  in  Elicabe than  costume,  but  which  came 
from  Germany,  painted  on  panel,  with  the  word 
"  Jactva"  in  the  upper  comer. 

2.  Where  can  any  information  be  found  oon- 
oeming  the  extinct  peerage  of  FitiwiUian  in  the 
Irish  peerage,  and  their  pedigree?  The  last  peer, 
I  believe,  founded  the  Filzwilliam  Library  at 
Cambridge. 

S.  I  shall  be  glad  of  any  information  concern- 
ing the  church  of  Barrow -Gkiurnav,  near  Btiatol, 
in  addition  to  that  conlsined  in  CiiUinson's  and 
Butter's  SomerteUkire,  and  in  rfference  to  any 
of  these  persons  whose  monuments  remain  therein; 
Dr.  FranciM  Jud^   CbaooeUor  of  WelK  who 


!  ago 


quoted  in  a  private  letter 

any  of  your  correspon- 

.f  they  have  before  ajiDenred  in 


dents  inform  n 
print? 

Edinbargh. 

SiKD-FAiHTnios.  —  May  I  ask  whether  any  of 
your  correspondents  are  aware  of  the  existence  of 
any  specimens  of  the  old  art  of  sand- punting  F 
It  is  believed  that  the  Duke  of  Devonshire's  rare 
otdleetions  of  art  curiosities  contun  a  few  pictaret 
of  this  kind  ;  and  that  a  London  family  (Quafcen, 
.  I  think),  of  tbe  Dune  of  WiUaa,  had  «  few  oihm. 
Aro  there  nny  more  ?  And  are  theee  of  great 
value?  W:P. 

TiTLS  at  FsALM  czLix.  —  I  find  in  several  edi- 
tions of  tbe  Bible  (authorised  version)  the  contents 
of  this  Dsalm  thus  enumerated:  "Tbe  prophet 
exhorlcth  to  praise  God  for  his  love  to  the  ehnrch, 
and  for  that  power  which  he  hath  given  to  the 
church  ta  ml*  tiu  cmuatnet*  of  mtn."  I  God  no 
trace  of  the  latter  words,  "  to  rule  tbe  cottameness 
of  men,"  after  1638,  but  I  am  told  they  appealed 
as  late  as  1648.  Later  editions  vary  considerably. 
When  and  by  what  authority  were  the  words  n- 
moved  from  the  English  Bible  ?  The  reawMi  fin 
their  rejection  is  apparent.  B.  H.  C. 

"A  Tanx-DLUE  afbom  rbtdik."  —  I  found  that 
expression  in  a  M3.  copied  about  one  hnndred 
years  ago  from  another  ftlS.  It  was  said  of  some 
act  of  the  corporstion  of  Wells,  by  which,  some 
two  or  three  hundred  years  ago,  they  Memed 
to  tbe  writer  to  take  an  unfair  and  nngratefttf 
advantage  of  tbe  bishop,  in  appropriating  some  of 
the  episcopal  property.  Can  you  tell  me  tbe 
meaning  and  origin  of  the  term  ? 

AxTHiFE  DdCixb. 

Tub  VnLGiTB.  — 

"  A  good  translation  ia  often  the  very  best  of  eommea- 
taries;  and  it  was  a  full  apprwiatien  of  lk(a  fbet  tkot  M 
a  venerated  scholar  and  diving  when  aakeA  what  ht 


»'*E.llUrB,'n.-\ 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


Jvdg«d  to  be  thi  baat  eomment>r7  m  ths  Naw  TmU- 
niat,  to  Bim*  ths  Valgati."— ^tiff  to  foiil,  p.  S8S. 

WIio  is  tbe  flcholir  and  diTine  to  wbom  Dean 
Ellicotl  here  itludei  ?  E.  H.  A. 

"Wnirr.  —  I  slioald  be  extremely  glad  of  any 
inforniBtion  respecting  tbe  origio  of  tha  nord 
"  iriuff."  It  if  applied  in  Oxford  to  Mulling  boats 
of  a  light  build,  not  covered  irich  canvau.  Ii  it 
found  elsewhere  ?  And  if  so,  wbat  is  its  om  f  It 
ia  not  ioiertcd  ia  any  English  dictionary  that  I 
hare  consulted,  nor  am  I  aware  of  its  occurrence 
in  any  ofour  authors,  ancient  or  modern.  "Skiff" 
evidently  points  to  (na^  and  icapha  ;  hut  "  whi^" 
from  iU  form,  would  not  appear  to  belong  to  any 
•och  parentage.  Nohddm  GmaDDana. 


GoDwni'a  "Uoses  ano  Aakoh."  —  With  ny 
copy  of  thii  work  (cd.  IG24),  there  is  hound  up 
Ronuace  HutorUt  Anihologia  rteognita  et  Auela, 
London,  1648  ("forthe  use  of  Abingdon  Schoole"); 
also,  Archaologiig  Allicm  libri  uplem,  by  Fra. 
Rona,  Oxford,  1632  :  and  as  I  have  seen  at  least 
half  a  dosen  of  these  works  so  bonnd  together,  I 
an  diapoied  to  ask  if  there  is  any  accounting  for 
it  t  GaoadH  L1.0TD. 

[Tbs  flnt  two  works  by  Dr.  Tbomia  Godwju,  togttber 
wKh  that  by  Francis  Koai,  priptcd  unllbnDly  [a  sia«  and 

a  at  lb*  Oxford  pre**,  hiTe  ilwan  baen  ronddsred  to 
a  Bsdbl  and  aot  cxpcaHT*  body  of  JawMi,  Bonan, 
aal  QMdan  AnUqaitks,  which  accounts  for  tb«ic  bslDg 
AaqaaaUy  bonnd  in  dds  Tolnine.] 

Sabl  or  HoirmioDOH's  Osic. — In  tha  acconnta 
«f  the  chnrcbwardena  of  St.  Martin's  church, 
Lcaenter,  under  dal«  of  11144,  is  the  following  : — 

■  Pd.  fcr  my  Lord  of  Hnntingdon'i  objt  -        -    xj'." 

Can  anyone  tell  me  which  Earl  of  Huntingdon 
tUa  nfera  to,  and  give  me  an  extract  from  his 
win  ^if  anch  appesr^  in  any  accessible  collection), 
akming  the  provision  therein  made  for  its  per- 

T.  NOBTE. 


[TUa  aatryrslalM  to  Otorge,  third  Loid  Ba>tiBn,and 
Biat  Bail  of  Hnntlngdon.  wbo  died  on  Usrch  !4,  tG4S. 
I>  Ua  will  h|  ordaloKl  "  tbit  bit  exKuton  ghoald  ciuss 
a  IboBsand  duhm  to  bs  siid  or  sang,  in  «  short  a  tins 
aa  Bight  ba  aftn  his  dmuo,  by  Kcalar  priuts  and 
•IhMB,  la  tbe  couDtj  of  Leicester  and  olhir  places  ad- 
joinlEC."—  FHfeNicholi'*  LticatetAirt,  iti.  676.] 

Famu.!  01  ToDMO.  —  Wanted  snme  Informa- 
tion eoneeming  the  Bev.  Edward  Young,  D.D,, 
chaplain  to  King  Charles  II.  and  James  II,,  and 
reetor  of  Welayn,  Hertfordshire.  F.  G.  L. 

[Hu  cltngyaian  inqnired  after  by  oar  corr««poniient 
wa  ara  Inclioad  to  tbink  rrnst  be  tbe  Rev.  l<Mward 
loragi  Rector  of  ITpbam  in  Hampihjre,  and  aflerwardi 
chaplain  to  King  WillUm  and  Mary,  nnd  Dean  of  Sails- 

1 .. .1 i.i__._,   '  aino  Rector  « 

was  tha  son  of 


John  Yonng  of  Woodhsf,  Beiks,  and  wts  collated  .in 
September,  1C83,  to  the  prebend  of  Gillinctism  Minor,  in 
tba  catfaednl  of  Saliabary,  and  insUlltd  Ueaa  a7ih  Nov. 
i;0!.  He  died  Sib  Aug.  1703,  in  his  aixty-lhird year. 
For  a  notice  of  bis  LaUn  sermon,  which  Mr,  W'aller 
IhoDqbt  so  highly  of,  and  which  was  siihiequently 
poetised,  «nd  pubiisbed  with  the  title  of  Tht  Idea  of 
Ouutiim  Lovt,  sea  "  N.  &  Q,"  I"  9.  t.  3!C.  Vuk  also 
Nichols's  LUttaiy  AaitdoUM,  L  fi,  for  a  biogrspbiciil  no- 
ticeofbim.] 

TaiaiTT  Hotisa.  —  What  is  tiie  orisio  of  tin 
Trinity  Houses  of  London,  Hull,  and  Newcastle- 
upon-  ryoo  (I  am  not  aware  they  exist  elsewhere), 
all  of  them,  I  believe,  belonging  to  companies  of 
master- mariners  in  those  ports;  and  having  more 
or  less  to  do  with  the  pilotsge,  and  maintenance  of 
light-houses  on  the  coast?  E.  H.  A. 

[The  Compsny  or  Corporation  of  Trinity  Hoase  was 
foODded  by  Sir  Tfioma*  Spert,  Comptroller  of  the  Navy 
to  Henry  VlII.,  and  commander  of  the  Harrj  Grace  da 
Dian.  and  was  Inoonwrated,  Harcb  20,  I5i9,  by  tbe 
name  of*"  The  Uaitar,  Wardens,  and  Awiatanis  of  ths 
Guild.  FraleroIlT,  or  Brotherhood,  of  the  moat  Glorious 
and  Dndividsbla  Trinity,  and  of  St,  Clement,  In  tba 
Parish  of  Deplford  Strond.  in  the  County  of  Kent,"  It 
has  for  its  object  the  increase  and  eocoarsgement  of 
navii^tion,  the  ragnlation  of  lisbthouKs,  and  sea-mack^ 
and  the  general  management  of  matteri  not  immadlatoly 
connected  with  the  Admiralty.  The  most  coaveaieat 
book  10  consult  for  an  account  of  this  corporation  is  tha 
Patmf  C^chp-rdia,  XXV.  S4S.] 

"  To  WIT."  —  What  Is  the  deriration  of  tha  ex- 
pression "  To  wit,"  used  so  frequently  by  tbe 
writers  of  tbe  Elizabethan  period,  and  in  lecal 
forma  at  the  present  day  ?  "  CoHSTaitTiNi. 

["To  wit,' In  thessoeeof  "thatis  to  aay,"  is  from  tha 
Gothic  and  Ang.-Sax.  igitoii,  and  mains  literally  "  to 
know."  It  Bccordingly  corraaponds  with  tbe  Frensh 
«nwir  (to  know),  whuh  is  asad  much  as  we  nsa  "  to 
witi"  a.  J. 'France  is  divided  into  four  bsalns,SBMir  (to 
wit),  ths  biahi  of  tha  Baina,"  &c] 

DnsoLDTioii  OF  lIoHASTBmiH.  —  Is  there  « 
complete  list  of  the  names  of  those  persons  who 
had  grants,  or  became  purchasers,  of  the  seques- 
tered lands,  after  the  dissolution  of  the  lesser  and 
greater  maQuteriea  in  England,  in  1536  and  1S39F 

Hi  BUS  FXATU. 

[Sir  Henry  Spelman's  ffulory  and  FaU  of  Saerlbgt, 

with  Additions  by  Two  Fricata  of  the  Cbntch  of  Ena- 

'  land.  Second  Edition,  Sro,  1868,  contains  a  liat  of  tha 
Mitred  Abbeys  of  Englsnd^wilh  tba  names  and  fata  ot 
tbe  lint  posaeuon  of  tbe  sites,  see  Appendix  L  Soma 
parliculafs  of  tbe  grantees  of  the  monuleriea  and  other 
rcllginus  booses  wHl  be  found  in  tbe  body  of  tbe  work. 
Oniult  alw  Dugdale's  Mnuutiam,  edited  by  Cayley  and 
Ellis;  Stevens's  AdJiii^m.  la  DMgdalt.  and  lanner's  Ife- 
lUia,  edit.  1744.  The  fuliowing  manuscripla  in  the  British 
Museum  msy  also  bo  consulted:  '■  I,.ellers  and  Docn- 
meots  eoneemine  the  Suppraaaion  of  Munasleriea,  Chan- 
tries, and  other  Religions  Honaes,"  Harl.  MS3,  604-8081 
"  Discourie  concerning  tbe  destruction  of  the  Rellgloos 
Houses  in  England."  Add!  1.  MS,  5813;  "Peniions  to  tha 

,  Religious  irf  ihe  Dissolved  MbnasUrie*.  co.  WqeuaMK. 
Salop,  SlslTord.aDd  Hw«(oi4,  «\i  watv*,*  ™>**"'?^S^v 


350 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


lt»AaLMAT8.tt. 


ON    BEING   COVERED    IN    THE    ROYAL   PRE- 
SENCE: TOUCHING  FOR  THE  KING'S  E7IL. 

{y^  S.  i.  208,  313,  318.) 

Individual  grants  of  this  peculiar  privilege  ap- 
pear not  to  have  been  of  very  uncommon  occur- 
rence  during  the  reign  of  King  Henry  VIIF. 
Some  that  I  have  note  of  I  here  add  to  the  other 
instances  given  by  your  correspondent  S.  T. ;  but 
whether  they  all  arose  from  that  scourge  of  hu- 
manity designated  the  King*8  Evil,  or  from  other 
infirmities  incident  to  old  age,  I  entertain  some 
doubts,  which  your  correspondent,  in  his  forth- 
coming work,  may  take  an  interest  to  determine. 

Francis,  son  of  Christopher  Brown,  of  Tole- 
thorp,  CO.  Rutland,  of  which  county  or  shire  he 
was  high  sheriflT,  an.  8th  and  16th  Hen.  YII. 
and  Ist  of  Hen.  VIII.  in  consideration  of  his 
father's  good  services  rendered  to  King  Henry  VII. 
against  Richard  HI.  was  by  patent  excused  from 
ever  bearing  the  office  of  sheriff  or  escheator,  or 
from  serving  upon  any  jury  at  the  assizes,  and 
was  granted  the  liberty  of  being,  covered  in  the 
presence  of  the  king  himself,  or  any  of  his  nobility. 
He  was  ancestor  to  one  of  the  lord  mayors  of 
London  of  that  surname.  (Kent's  OwiUim^ 
abridged^  p.  626;  Anglorum  Speculum^  edit.  1681, 
p.  581,  583;  Gent  mag.  Lxxxii.,  New  Series; 
tbid.  xiv.  263.) 

John  Nethersole,-  Esquire,  of  the  county  of 
Kent,  was  so  great  a  favourite  of  Henry  VIII. 
that  he  was  indulged  to  wear  a  cap  in  the  king's 
presence.  {Kentish  Traveller's  Compcmion,  ed, 
1799,  p.  244.) 

Sir  Richard  Verney,  Knight,  ancestor  to  the 
Lord  Willounhby  de  Broke,  had  the  grant  of  a 
similar  privilege.  (Vide  Collins's  Peerage^  edit. 
1779,  vol.  vi.  p.  550.) 

Sir  John  (?)  Ptdcington  had  a  like  grant. 
(Betham's  Baronetage^  4to,  i.  185.') 

Humphrey  Lloyd  obtained  the  King's  licence  to 
wear  his  hat  in  the  royal  presence  on  account  of 
infirmity.    (MS.  Harl.  No.  6986.) 

A  grant  to  a  member  of  the  Suffolk  family,  of 
Coppinger,  temp.  Henry  VIII.,  for  a  similar  pri- 
vilege, is  given  in  the  Gent.  Magazine  for  Jon. 
1831. 

My  authorities  for  the  ancestor  of  Lord  For- 
rester has  reference  to  the  European  Mag.^  vol. 
Ixxxi.  p.  486,  and  that  of  Ratcline,  Earl  of  'Sus- 
sex (in  the  reign  of  Queen  Mary),  to  Banks* 
Dormant  Baronage^  vol.  iii. ;  Stephen  Tucker,  to 
his  pedigree  in  the  Visit,  of  Cornwall,  An.  16*20, 
Harl.  No.  1079,  fo.  100,  and  the  MS.  Harl.  No. 
1162,  which  latter  MS.  also  notices  the  grant  to 
the  family  of  Ilesketh.  Some  of  these  instances 
given  by  your  correspondent  form  the  subject  of 
M  paper  1  commuDiCAted  to  The  Mirror  in  1844. 


Since  thefi  I  have  read  somewhere,  that  in 
the  olden  time  of  the  cbivalric  court  of  Spain, 
the  nobles,  on  confessing  their  enthralment  in 
amorous  bondage,  were  permitted  to  wear  their 
hats  in  presence  of  the  sovereign,  on  the  supposi- 
tion of  their  being  all- engrossed  by  the  thought 
of  their  liege  lady  love  and  mistress. 

On  the  kingly  office  or  ceremony  of  toaching 
for  the  king's  evil,  my  notes  are  but  slender.  They 
are  chiefly  derived  from  Evelyn's  Memoirs^  vol.ii. 
when  in  March,  1684,  there  was  so  great  a  con- 
course of  people  to  be  touched,  that  six  or  seven 
were  crushed  to  death,  by  pressing  at  the  chirar- 
geon*s  door  for  tickets ;  and  the  Loudon  Gazette 
of  April,  1671,  gave  notice  that  "after  the  first  of 
May,  His  Majesty  will  not  heal  of  the  Evil  untill 
the  heats  of  the  summer  be  over."  (See  also 
Camden's  Remains;  Gent.  Mag.  xciv.  part  i. 
p.  844,  and  Bos  well's  Life  of  Johnson.)        H.  G. 


THE  SALTONSTALL  FAMILY. 
(2»*  S.  xi.  409,  434,  513  ;  xii.  354,  372,  460.) 

On  p.  68  of  Drake's  History  and  Antiquities  of 
Boston  (Massachusetts),  published  at  Boston  in 
1856,  will  be  found  a  table,  showing  that  Gil- 
bert S.  *'  of  Halifax,  co.  of  York,  who  purchased, 
besides  other  lands.  Rooks  in  Hinperholme,'*  had 
two  sons :  "  Samuel,  of  Rooks  and  Huntick,**  and 
"Sir  Richard,  Lord  Mayor  of  London  in  1597 
(one  year  onlv),  from  whom  those  of  London 
and  Hertfordshire.  He  was  Sheriff  in  1588 — will 
1600." 

Samuel  married  thrice:  1.  Anne,  daughter  of 
Mr.  John  Ramsden,  of  Lon^lev,  grandfather  to 
Sir  John  Ramsden;  2.  Ehzabeth,  daughter  of 
Mr.  Thomas  Ogdcn ;  and  3.  Elizabeth,  widow  of 

Armine,   of  Hull,  s.  p.    The  issue   of  the 

first  marriage  were :  1.  Sir  Richard,  Knight^  J.  P. 
1  Charles  i.,  came  to  New  England  1630;  and 
2.  Gilbert,  died  young ;  and  of  the  second,  Samuel, 
of  Rogerthorpe,  and  seven  others. 

Sir  Richard,  the  J.  P.,  son  of  Samuel,  aL»o 
married   thrice :    1.  Grace,   daughter  of  Robert 

Kaye,  Esq. ;  2. daughter  of  Lord  Delaware ; 

and  3.  Martha  Wilford.  There  were  four  sons 
issue  of  the  first  marriage:  Richard,  Henry, 
Robert,  and  Samuel.  Richard,  born  at  Woodsome 
in  1610,  came  to  New  England  in  1630,  and  died 
at  Hulme  in  England  29th  April,  1694;  having 
married  Muriel,  daughter  of  Brampton  Gurden, 
of  Assington,  co.  Suffolk,  England.  From  this 
marriage  is  shown  the  lineal  descent,  through 
Nathaniel  (called  the  Father  of  Haverhill^  Mas- 
sachusetts)^ Richard,  Richard,  and  Nathaniel,  to 
the  three  sons  of  the  latter,  namely :  Hon.  Le- 
verett,  died  8th  May,  1845,  aged  sixty-two  years, 
Nathaniel,  and  Ricnnnl.  Gordon  S.,  mentioned 
in  the  extract  from  Gov.  Hutchinson's  History  of 


r*  a.  L  Mat  a,  vs.] 


NOTES  AND  QUEBIEe. 


351 


i  ^ay,  giTen  hj  Mk.  F.  HnrcHiiifan 
(&■*  S.  xii.  462),  wu  g^ea^g^eat•grEU)(!eon  of  the 
J.  F.  Sir  Ricbird,  ton  of  Samuel.  He  (Gurdon) 
was  born  Bt  Haverhill,  MouacbudetCs,  27tii  March, 
1666,  waa  GoTernor  of  Connectiuut  in  1706,  and 
died  IttOcLlTSl. 

Sir  Riubard,  aoD  of  Gilbert,  and  Lord  Mayor  of 

London  in  1397,  married  Susan .    TTicir  issue 

were :  Samuel  (named  in  the  Vill  of  his  father), 
Sutanna,  and  Ann  ;  and  —  there  the  table  stops ! 

It  tbua  epnears,  that  while  the  two  Sir  Ricborda 
were  —  the  first  ion,  and  the  second  g:rBn<lion  of 
Gilbert,  (he  snceator,  the  second  stood  in  the  rela- 
tion of  nephew  to  the  firs',  being  a  son  of  his 
brother  Samuel.  It  also  appears,  that  the  firat 
6ir  Richard  (ibe  Lord  Major)  had  onlv  one  son, 
and  not  three,  as  stated  by  J.  G.  N.,  xi.  513.  If 
Samuel,  of  Rooks  and  Huntick,  son  of  the  aneeator 
Gilbert,  can  be  shown  to  liave  been  knighted,  he 


will,  in  all  likelihood,  i 


o  be  the  Sir  Samuel 


whose  descendant  originated  the  ouerj  in  xi.  409. 
Possibly,  however,  this  Sir  Samuel  may  have  been 
either  Samuel,  son,  by  bis  second  marrittfe,  of 
Samuel,  son  of  Gilbert,— or  Samuel,  the  od^  sod 
of  Sir  Richard,  the  Lord  Mayor. 

The  genealogical  table  above  referred  to  is 
Ctated  by  its  author  to  have  been  principally 
formed  from  Thoresby'a  Hutory  of  L«t<U,  and  an 
abstract  of  the  will  of  Gilbert  SalionstatI ;  and 
to  thia  statement  he  adds;  — 

"  It  la  enangh  la  add  eonraming  this  fsmilr,  that  the)' 
oppOHil  the  ptrsKUtiona  in  New  EngUnd,  in  its  «arlf 
■attlemcnC,  dcnaunceil  with  bxamtng TinEiiigc  tha  pio- 

tha  witchcraft  ddnaign." 

Such  conduct  docs  not  seem  to  tally  with  the 
instructions  of  Governor  Endicott  (or  rather  of 
tbe  General  Court — see  them  in  Hutchinson's 
CulUethn  of  Original  Paperi,  Boston,  1769, 
p.  329),  referred  to  in  Mr.  W,  Noift  Sainsbubt's 
note,  xi.  43S. 

Aa  J.  G.  N.  has  met  in  the  field  no  fewer  than 
five  Uicharda,  each  of  whom  was  mode  a  belted 
knight,  the  descendunt  of  Sir  Samuel  S.  will 
probably  inveattgste  the  matter  a  Little  closer  ; 
and,  if  he  succeed  in  unravelling  the  mystery,  it 
is  to  be  hoped  that  he  will  oinraunicate  the  result 
of  his  investigatioD  to  the  readers  of  "  N.  &  (j." 
Of  itself,  the  knighting,  within  twenty  years,  of 
ao  many  persons  of  the  ssme  Christian  as  well  ns 


a  little  singular,  atid  deserves  to  be  "  made  a 
note  of.".  Ebic. 

Tille- Marie,  Canada. 


AGE  OF  NEWSPAPERS. 

The  extract  from  ITie  Standard  is  very 
plete.     At  present  I  only  send  a  few 


Should  your  other  correspondents  oot  do  so,  I  will 
try  to  send  a  complete  list. 

The  London  Oaxette  was  not  commenced  till 
Feb.  5,  1666.  The  first  number  of  The  GazeUe 
was  issued  at  Oxford,  Nov.  14,  166fi,  where  the 
court  was  staying  in  consequence  of  the  plague. 

Tbe  Ediaburgk  GazeUc  was  not  commenced 
till  1699. 

The  successful  sale  of  the  Letters  of  Junius  in 
a  paper  -called  the  Pvblic  Adveriwer,  prcmpted 
the  starting!  of  the  Morning  Ckronide  in  17G9. 
This  paper  has  the  honour  of  being  tbe  first  news- 
paper which  produced   literary   articles   of  rare 

The  Timet  was  in  reality  commenced  by  tha 
grandfather  of  the  present  chief  proprietor,  Mr. 
Walter,  Jan.  13,  1785,  and  not,  as  erroneously 
slated,  on  Jan.  1,  1788;  the  earlier  date  was 
under  the  title  of  the  Loadon  Daily  Unieertat 
Regiiler,  and  was  printed  by  logographic  process, 
Mr.  Walters,  findmg  much  technical  inconveni- 
ence from  the  title,  altered  it  on  Jan.  1,  1778,  to 
The',TiaKi. 

Felix  Farley's  Sriilol  JourncU  should  be  1 715  ; 
Chelmtford  ChromcU,  1730;  Norwich  Mercury, 
1720. 

between  1755-66,  the  new  series  commencing 
Jan.  1,  1767.  This  waa  tbe  first  paper  which  in- 
serted "  leading  articles,"  commencing  them  in 

leoi. 

There  are  at  present  eighteen  papers  in  exist- 
ence, the  first  numbers  of  which  appeared  previous 
to  1730. 

A  MereuriMs  Caledoaiut  was  started  Jan.  8, 
1661,  but  it  ceased  after  the  tenth  number.  The 
Caledonian  Mercury  commenced  April  20,  1720. 

Why  is  the  Daily  2^«w«(lS46)  omitted  from 
the  list  of  dully  papers  ?  Jahes  Gilbbbt. 

i,  Devonshin  Gnivs,  Old  Kent  Road,  a.E. 


I  In  the  cutting  given  from  The  Standard,  The 
I  TVinet  is  stated  to  have  commenced  1788.  Sbonid 
!  not  this  be  1786  ?  I  have  an  old  number  of  Th» 
I  Times  dated  June  26,  1789,  and  numbered  1190. 
I  Tbe  Nollingham  Journal  is  said  to  commence 
I  1710.  I  copied  the  date,  1716,  a,  few  weeks  since, 
I  from  a  newspaper  Directory  ;  which  I  have  not 
\  at  hand  to  refer  to,  but  feel  sure  I  copied  it  cor- 
rectly. Can  some  correspondent  tell  me  where  I 
I  can  see  the  early  numbers  of  this  paper?  I  do 
I  not  find  them  in  the  British  Museum.  G.  W.  M. 


I  The  Caledonian  Mercury  of  tbe  present  day 
;  was  founded  by  tbe  celebrated  printer  and  acholai: 
i  Ruddiman,  in  1720.  and,  consequently,  it  cannot 
I  be  said  to  be  the  oldest  newspaper  in  the  realm. 
Tbe  resemblance  in  the  name  to  the  Mercuriiu 
Caledoniut  has  led  to  the  uuatAk.<&.    Td%  KtTOi,- 


ifOTES  AifD  QUEEIB& 


[»«  K  L  Ha*  ■, « 


ruu  CaUdomas  appearedfor  the  Grsl  tinte  on  the 
Slat  Dec  1660,  and  iraa  onlj  continued  fnr  ten 
nnmbera ;  which  Ch&Iraerg  siije  "  were  Tery  loj'li 
Tet7  illiterate,  and  verj  affected."  Thej  were 
editeij  b;  Thomai  S^dserfe,  a  iod  of  the  Bishop 
of  Orkney.  (Vide  Life  of  Rvddimatt,  by  Geor|!« 
Chalmera,  Bvo,  London,  1794.)  J.  Hacbat. 


Hbkalsic  VoLom,  temp.  Chablis  II.  (V*  S. 
xa.  261,  2S2,  331.)  — In  October  laat  lome  ex- 
tract! appeared  in  "  N.  8t  Q.,"  irom  an  Heraldic 
MS.,  chiefly  relating  to  Worceateribire,  from  the 
collection  of  Sir  Thomaa^Winnington.  This  US. 
u  anonymous  sare  aa  regordt  the  initials  "  J.  H.," 
which  twice  or  tbrice  occur  in  it  j  and  theae^ 
coupled  with  the  character  and  locality  of  the 
worV,  induced  me  to  huard  the  sufigeation  that 
it  wai  the  compilation  of  John  Huntbach.  I  have 
unce,  however,  had  the  Tolume  in  mj  posaetsion, 
and  compared  it  with  lome  nndoubted  MSS.  of 
Huntbach ;  and  can  only  reasonably  arriTe  at  the 
conclusion,  that  it  is  not  in  his  haiid.  Tlie  MS. 
ia  shortly  to  be  exhibited  at  the  Society  of  Antl- 
qnarieaj  and,  with  others  of  Sir  J.  Winnington's 
MSS.,  at  the  coming  Congress  of  the  ArcfaKoIo< 
gical  Institute  at  Worceater.  Something  deflnite 
nay  yet,  therefore,  be  arrived  at  with  respect  to 
it ;  and  a  Note  of  what  I  have  done  towards  its 


identification  id  ay,  at  all  e 


a,  save  others 


fioing 


e  ground,  if  not  give  them  a  hint  V. 
guide  their  inquiry. 

John  Hall,  D.D.,  afterwarda  Btshop  of  Bristol, 
was  Prebendary  of  Worceater  in  1676  — the  iden- 
tical date  of  this  MS.  He  left  hia  books  and 
MSa  to  Pembroke  College,  Oxford,  of  which  he 
was  Master;  and  I  have  been  informed  that, 
amongst  the  latter,  were  some  relating  to  Wor- 
ceater.  I  have  written  (I  truit  with  all  due 
courtesy)  both  to  the  Master  and  Bursar  of  Pem- 
broke, sending  to  each  a  tracing  of  the  initials  \ 
"  J.  H.";  which  I  bejcged  them  to  compare  with  \ 
v>j  si|;na[ura  of  the  Bishop'a  in  the  library,  and  j 
pointed  out  to  themTthe  interest  I  felt  in  the  in- 
quiry. The  fact  that  neither  of  thege  gentlemen 
has  in  any  way  noticed  my  letters,  leaves  ray  iur-  | 
mjsa  as  to  its  being  a  MS.  of  Bishop  Hall  a  atiU  ; 
to  be  sifted. 

Sir  Tbomas  Winnington*suggesl«d,  that  it  might 
be  by  James  Howell,  the  author  of  Familiar 
Lttteri,  and  a  quantity  of  other  works  —  who  ' 
generally  aigned  himself  "J.  H."  Howell,  how- 
ever,  appears  (if  the  biographical  dictionaries  to 
which  I  have  referred  are  correct)  to  have  died 
ten  years  before  the  date  of  this  MS.,  although 
my  copy  of  his  CoUoni  Poitkmna  is  dated  1672. 

Lastly,  the  modesty  of  the  Preface  points  to  the 
probability  of  its  being,  not  the  work  of  an  habi- 
tual or  luiown  writer,  but  of  some  private  in- 
dividuai.    AjtA  if  so,  the  fact  that  the  Bolioitor- 


General  Winnington  (evidently  the  firat  a 
of  his  family)  married  a  member  of  tha  WorecatM* 
I  shire  branch  of  the  Herberts,  may  ollimalely 
I  prove  a  clm«  to  the  author.  S.  T. 

Tbk  Dbuheard's  Cohcbit  (V*  S.  L30S.)-- 
I  am  happy  to  be  able  to  supply  F.  C  H.,  and 
the  readers  of  "  N.  &  Q.,"  with  the  orijiinal  Ger- 
man of  the  very  amuaing  aong,  of  which  you  in- 
serted a  translation  in  yonr  last  number.  I  an 
entirely  quoting  from  memory ;  and  ahould  a  few 
worda  diner  from  the  original,  I  must  hea  your 
and  your  readerd'  kind  indulgence.  But  I  think 
that  the  authorship  has  always  been  attributed  to 
Mr.  Louis  Schneider,  an  excellent  comic  actor  of 
the  Boyal  Tbeatre  of  Berlin,  who  ia  also  the 
author  of  several  very  amnting  comedies  and 
farce*.  Mr.  Schneider,  who,  in  the  atormy  time* 
of  1848  ahowed  much  faithful  attachment  to  the 
rojal  family  of  Prussia,  retired  in  that  year  ttvt 
the  stage,  and  lived  for  several  year*  after  in  Sans 
Souci,  and,  aa  it  was  said,  on  very  intiniate  tonu 
with  the  lal«  King  of  Prussia. 

"  Omd'  au  dvn  Wirtlishsu 
EomiD'  ich  baraiu. 
Strana,  wis  iliihat  da 
Bq  irnadsrlieb  aiu! 
Sschier  Haod,  linkei  Hand, 

Alice  vtrtanacht; 

BIraMa.  ich  merk*  wohl 

Da  bist  beraoM^L 

-  Was  nir  ^a  sohnf  Gwieht, 

Hoad,  mtehst  dann  dni 

Sin  Ann  haat  da  aaf, 

Elaa  bast  dn  aa. 
Da  moist  batnnken  s^d, 
Das  muk'  Ich  scbatU ; 
Sohlma  dlek,  a^ne  diob. 
Altar  QMtll  t 
■■  Und  dia  Latarain  ant,' 
Waamnssishaabni 
KDaDW  aaf  kdnam  B«ia 

Garada  mehr  stebn ; 
WkFkaln  and  Eaekain 

Dia  Kreni  end  dia  Qaer, 
Lalaman,  wie  s^  Ibr 
Batrankau  so  achwei? 
'  Alias  im  Starmkrai^ 

Qroaa  odar  klaln  i  i 

Wag"  ich  mioli  oUditKe 

DiTDatar  allcia  7 
Da*  scfaeint  bwlanklich  mic 

Eia  WasaalQck  i 
D'niDi  kehr-  icb  llabar 
ZoB  Wirthshaoi  ■nrttek." 


L.  F.  L. 
aethbg 


Cbstehakiams  (S'' S.  i.2ei.)_It  is  boi 
that  we  have,  at  last,  an  instance  of  a  pereon 
living  upwards  of  one  hundred  years,  with  tbe 
evidence  in  proof. 

But  there  ia  still  room  for  doabt ;  and  I  am 
sure  that  either  Sir  G.  C.  Lbwis,  or  tbe  Ber.  C. 
J.  Elliott,  will  follow  out  the  inquiry  to  a  latis- 
factory  conclusion.    The  registor  is^  bo  doabt. 


Sr^  a  t  Mat  di»  *62.] 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES* 


353 


perfectly  correct.  Esther  Jackman  was  baptized 
at  Winkfield,  June  26th,  1759  ;  but  the  difficultj 
if,  to  identify  this  Esther  Jackman  with  Esther 
Strike,  nSe  Jackman,  who  died  last  February. 
Now,  would  the  Vicar  be  so  kind  as  to  examine 
the  Register  of  Deaths  for  a  few  years  after  June, 
1759,  and  see  (if  tJie  Jackmans  buried  there) 
wkether  there  is  any  record  of  the  child*8  death, 
•od  consequently  of  a  second  birth,  where  the 
•mme  name  was  given,  at  a  later  date  f  J.  R.,  M.D. 

H.  C.  F.  asks  what  is  known  of  the  celebrated 
Christian  Jacubsen  Drakenberg,  who  died  on 
Oct.  9,  1772,  at  the  age  of  145  years.  An  in- 
teresting biographical  account  of  him,  by  Mr. 
Thomas  Watts  of  the  British  Museum,  will  be 
Iband  in  Knight*s  English  Cydopadia  (Biogra- 
phy), IL  644.  J.  T. 

Fold,  a  Lancashire  and  CnESHias  Wobd 
(8^  S.  L  187.)  —  In  answer  to  J.'s  Query,  I  have 
a  map  of  Lancashire,  printed  about  the  end  of  the 
nzteenth  century,  and  can  assure  him  that  Dixon- 
fold  is  not  marked  thereon.  Neither  do  I  see 
the  termination  fold  elsewhere ;  hut  f eld  tji^  field 
occurs  in  such  places  as  these  (all  in  Lancashire), 
Hamfeld,  Aytenfeld,  Highfield,  Dunkenfeld,  Stan- 
fBsId,  &c.  I  should  feel  inclined  to  think  that 
fold  is  perhaps  a  corruption  of  feld^  the  meaning 
of  whicn  explains  itself.  Sidnst  Younq. 

Pomatum  (3^*  S.  i.  316.)— -P<wwm<Mfe  in  French, 
pomada,  Sp. ;  pomade^  Germ.. ;  pomatum,  Eng.,  are 
all  derived  from  pomdta,  Ital.  It  is  thus  de- 
scribed by  Charles  Nodier :  — 

''GMBpontion  fait*  avee  des  pommes  et  des  gnisset, 
dflot  OB  8«  sert  poor  divers  asaces.  On  donne  qaelque- 
Ibis  anz  pommes  Todear  de  qaelqnes  flears,  et  alora  elles 
prennent  le  nom  de  ces  flears,  comme  pommade  de  Jas- 
min, de  jonquille,  d'oraoge,  de  tnb^rease,'*  etc. 

In  France  the  pharmaciens  make  une  pommade 
pour  les  Uvres^  to  cure  le»  gergures  or  chaps,  which 
18  composed  of  bleached  wax,  spermaceti,  and  oil 
of  almonds,  and  coloured  by  the  root  of  the  An- 
^usa  iinctoriOf  with  a  little  of  some  essential  oil  to 
give  it  a  scent.  The  word  is  undoubtedly  La- 
tin— 

"  Porrigis  irato  pinero  ciim  poma,  recusat," 

Hor.  Sat.  n.  3,  258. 

and  it  is  only  as  an  esculent'that  I  find  it,  except 
with  the  French.  Samuel  Frederick  Gray  has, 
in  his  Treatise  of  Pharmacology  in  General,  4th 
edition,  1828,  pp.  465,  466,  a  list  of  all  sorts  of 
pommadet  or  pomatums,  with  an  analysis  of  their 
component  parts ;  and  I  find  only  one  in  which 
the  fruit  of  apples  enters.  It  is  entitled  **  Tom- 
made  pour  rafraichir  le  teint,  et  6ter  les  rongeurs 
du  TLsage.**  X  2. 

Paulson  (3**  S.  i.  210,  276.)  —The  story  here 
ia,  as  It  b  uiuaily  told,  the  Augur  says,  "Cut 
boldly.**  The  king  cuts.  On  what  authority? 
Liry  nji :  — 


**  Ira  regi  mota,  eladensqne  artem,  at  fernnt,  *  Agedam/ 
inquit,  divine  tu,  inaugara,  fierine  possit,  qaod  nunc  ego 
mente  concipio?'  Quum  ille,  in  aagurio  rem  expertas, 
profecto  futuram  dixiseet:  *Atqui  hoc  animo  cogitavi,' 
inqait,  *te  novacola  cotem  discissurum.  Cape  h«c,  et 
perage,  quod  aves  ta»  fieri  posse  portendunt.*  Turn' ilium 
naad  cunctanter  discidisse  cotem  femnt** — lAv.  Mist, 
1.86. 

Cicero*8  account  is  different,  though  not  di- 
rectly contradictory.  He  does  not  say  who  cut 
the  whetstone :  — 

**  CajuB  cam  tentaTit  scientiam  auguratds,  dixit  ei  se 
cogitars  quiddam,  id  possetno  fieri  conaalait.  Ille,  aa- 
gurio  acto,  *  posse '  respondit;  Tarqainias  autem  dixit, 
ae  co^itaase,  cotem  novacnlft  posse  pr«cidi.  Tom  At- 
tium  jutsisse  experiri.  Ita  cotem,  in  comitium  allatam,  in- 
snectante  rege,  et  popnlo,  novaealft  esse  discissam.*'  —  De 
Vimnathne,  L  17. 

What  is  the  authority  for  «<  Cut  boldly**  ? 

W.  D. 

Sra  John  Strahgb  :  John  Strange,  D.C.L.  (3*^ 
S.  i.  271.)  —  Sir  John  Strange  was  one  of  the  four 
eminent  clerks  of  Mr.  Salkeld,  the  famous  attor- 
ney in  Brooke  Street,  Holbom ;  the  others  being 
Torke  (afterwards  Earl  of  Hardwicke),  and  Lord 
Chancellor  Jocelyn  (afterwards  Lord  Chancellor 
of  Ireland),  and  Parker  (afterwards  Lord  Chief 
Baron  of  the  Exchequer.)  His  wife  was  Susan, 
eldest  daughter  and  coheir  of  Edward  Strong,  Esq. 
of  Greenwich.  She  died  21  January,  1747,  sst.  46. 
By  her  he  had  two  sons  and  seven  daughters,  who 
survived  him. 

John  Strange,  Esq.,  the  eldest  son,  was  of  Clare 
Hall,  Cambridge,  and  was  created  M.A.  as  a 
Privy  Councillor's  eldest  son,  1755.  In  1766  he 
was  admitted  F.R.S.  He  was  also  F.S.A.,  and 
member  of  various  foreign  literary  and  scientific 
societies.  For  several  years  he  was  the  British 
Besideni  at  Venice,  and  he  was  created  DXj.L  at 
Oxford,  4  July,  1798.  Ha  waa  a  very  distin- 
guished antiquary  and  naturalist;  his  death  oc- 
curred at  Ridge,  Hertfordshire,  19  March,  1799, 
at  the  age  of  sixty-seven,  and  he  was  buried  in 
April  at  Leyton,  Essex. 

His  wife  Sarah,  the  dauditer  of  Davidge  Grould, 
Esq.,  and  sister  of  Sir  I&nry  Gould,  Justice  of 
the  Common  Pleas,  died  in  1783,  and  was  buried 
at  Leyton. 

Matthew,  the  second  son  of  Sir  John  Strange, 
died  1759,  and  was  buried  at  Leyton. 

Martha,  one  of  his  daughters,  the  widow  of 
James  Wittewronge,Esq.,  of  Rothamsted,  in  Hert- 
fordshire, died  1758,  and  was  buried  at  Leyton. 

Another  of  his  daughters  married  James  For- 
ster,  Serjeant- at- Law. 

As  to  Sir  John  Strange,  see  Bromley *s  Cat.  of 
Engraved  Portraits,  285  ;  CampbelPs  Chancellors, 
4th  edit.  vi.  161,  189;  Georgian  Era,  ii.  535; 
Harris's  Life  of  Lord  Hardwicke,  i.  28,  33,  53, 72, 
75,  235,  351,  419;  ii.  298;  iii.  10,  11,  85,  630; 
Howeirs  StaU  Trials,  xvi.  7  ;  xvii.  164,  637,  851^ 
1093,  1191,  1211,  1^5  \  xs\vu^V\^^ai^^^S©k>««^^ 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


[Sr<  S.  L  Uat  B,  tt 


4;  Lno 
choli'i  tit.  Aated.  v.  2T4. 

Aa  to  Jobn  Strange,  D.C.L.,  les  Gent.  Mag. 
Ix.  (1)  34Si  Ljaoni'a  EnDirojtt,U.  I6S;  169;  vi. 
331;  Niuhots'g  Lit  Anted,  iii.  438,  735  j  viii. 
9-12 ;  iz.  673,  720 ;  Nichols's  Illiatr.  La.  tU  384, 
774;  Sale  Cat.  of  Dawson  Turner's  MSS.  lots 
4S4-4J9 ;  Watt's  Bibliotk.  Brit. 

C.  H.  XKD  laonraox  Coopbb. 

Cim  bridge. 

Gbadwblu,  Goudch,  btc  (Z-*  8.  i.  196, 213.) 
I  am  lorrj'  to  tell  A.  E.  L.  that  Graclwdli  is  a 
"  rubbisbj  "  old  farm  which  would  disappoint  him 
if  he  saw  it.  There  are  two  Kiuares  in  a  window, 
wilh  nW.  andaG.  in  jellow  stain,  and  the  iame  let- 
ters, in  mostclumij  brick  setting,  occur  on  a  gable. 
Bilber  the  house  haa  been  btudiouslj  common- 
place and  plain  from  the  first,  or  all  that  was  not 
BO  has  been  removed.  Tbe  chapel  ii  gone,  to  is 
the  priest's  hole  in  tbe  kitchen  chimnej.  There 
■re  brick  foundations  of  walls  and  cellars  (as  tbe 
tenant  calls  them)  in  the  croft,  to  be  found  for 
digging  for,  but  not  otherwise.  The  ctoh  in  the 
guden  is  plain  and  rough,  and  does  not  look 
older  than  1740.  There  is  no  d&te  about  the  pre- 
mises. Uoleis  there  be  proof  that  these  Wlnck- 
lejs  were  of  tbe  same  family  as  Ladj  Shellej,  I 
chuuld  [loubt  it.  The  Grodwells  nerer  appear  in 
Heralds'  Tiaitationa ;  tbej  belong  to  the  j'eoman 
ulase.  Goraucb  of  Gonuch  ii  in  (he  Yisitationi, 
and  Gonuch  Hsll  I'l  near  Scarisbrook  Bridge. 
It  is  true  that  Thomas  Eccleston,  Esq.,  repre- 
ECnted  the  fumiliea  of  Scoriabrook,  and  Dicconson 
iJso ;  but  bia  children  each  took  the  name  of  the 
familj  to  whose  property  ihej  succeeded.     F.  F. 

HoLTUND  Fahilt  (3'*  S.  1.  289.)  —  If  EuoT 
MoKTAUBAn  will  communicate  with  me  under  bis 
real  name,  and  show  me,  in  confidence,  the  ob- 
ject of  his  inqoiries,  I  shall  be  bappj  to  render 
him  anj  aasiatance  in  mj  power,  or  to  refer  him 
to  other  peraons,  more  capable  than  myself  of 
answering  hia  queries  respecting  the  particular 
branch  of  tbe  above  family,  mentioned  by  ue  in 
a  former  reply.  T.  Nchth. 

SoDtlifieldi,  Lticesler. 

Trial  or  Spkhcki  Cowpbb  (3'*  S.  i.  191,  214, 
27S.)— In  his  answer  to  J.  F.  Ms.  Fosa  says,  that 
"  J.  F.  rather  confuses  himself  between  tbe  mother 
of  tbe  deceased  and  the  mother  of  the  infant  heir- 
at-law  "  (the  appellant).  In  J.  F.'a  reply  he 
seems  to  me  to  be  still  more  confuaed.  He  asserts 
that  the  gMfirdian  in  tbe  appeal  was  "  tbe  mother 
of  the  appellant,"  when  in  fact  it  -was  the  mother 
of  the  deuensed  :  and  it  was  tbe  appellant's  mother, 
and  not  the  appellant's  guardian,  who  obtained 
the  writ  of  appeal  from  tbe  sheriff*. 

In  thua  delivering  up  the  writ,tbe  sheriff  was 
nndoubtudl^  to  blame;  but  I  agree  with  Mb. 
-Fiaw  ia  thinking  the  accused  was  entirely  ' — 


cent.  It  ia  unnecessary  to  trouble  yonr  readers 
with  further  details,  or  to  puzzle  them  by  re> 
viewinjr  a  controversy  wbich  has  been  judicially 
decided  for  more  than  a  century  and  a  half. 

Lbgaijs. 

STANDIWa    AT    TBB   LoBd'S    PbAIBK    (3"*    S.  i. 

26S,  269.)  — la  not  the  custom  of  tbe  miotster'a 
tbmding  whilst  saying  the  Lord's  Prayer  and  Col- 
lect at  the  commencement  of  the  Communion 
Service  to  be  accounted  for  by  the  general  prin- 
ciple that  intercessions  —  prayers  for  tbe  people- 
are  offered  b;  ibe  miniater  ttanding;  he  Vneeliog 
when  he  prays  mth  the  people  f  B.  L.  W. 

A  PBBDicTroM  (3"  S.  i.  249.)—.*.  E.  L.  defen 
to  the  close  of  the  next  four  seplenaries  — 1300  + 
300  +  90  =1  1 B90  —  (he  TtAtliurit  of  Muter  Ham- 
pole's  Cbronogram.  Reading  its  "  fift,"  not  as 
&Mi,  but  aa  GOy,  and  its  "  x  and  c "  not  as  c 
minuj  A,  but  as  x  plw  c,  we  obtain  1300  +  SO  + 
10  +  100  =  16G0  —  tbe  .^nnu  Redux  of  Charles 
Stuart. 

The  "  rejected  stone "  and  the  "  rcbcUioDS 
foes  "  are  unquestionably  accordant ;  as  is  the  leo- 
nine symbol  of  the  King  of  Scots,  whose  "  friends 
i'  the  Koitb"  crossed  tbe  Tweed  with  General 
Honk  in  a  "  fleeting  (floating)  wood,"  if  we  do 
but  make  allowance  for  his  lionabip'a  entering 
England  via  Dover  instead  of  Coldstream. 

A  diligent  inquirer  (a-*  S.  i.  225^410;  iii. 
510)  has  already  recorded  tbe  blazon  of  "the 
blue  lily  "  among  the  ffeun-de-lis  of  our  native 
armory  in  their  several  tinctures,  twenty-seven 
ceruleans  appearing  on  their  roll,  some  whereof 
we  may  fairly  assume  to  have  escorted  the  Uon 
gules  on  the  royal  May  morning  of  1660. 

Here,  however,  my  hermeneutics  are  at  fltnlt 
Tbe  date  of  Britain's  "trembling"  at  lily  or 
lion  demands  a  more  learned  chronicler  or  t 
shrewder  prophet.  Tet,  if  my  exposition  of  the 
Hampolean  oracle  be  not  in  le  trrei,  at  least  it 
satisfies  tbe  past  more  nearly  tbsn  A.  E.  L.'i 
reckoning  regards  the  future ;  the  twenty-eight 
years  between  this  our  day  and  the  year  of  grace 
1890  are  but  abort  allowance  for  "  slaying  the 
I  tjger,  wolf,  and  ape  "  which  are  yet  unborn,  and 
'■  crushing  the  rebellion,"  which  has  to  be  set 
up  before  it  can  be  put  down.  E.  L.  S. 

Aix-1a-Ctispell«. 

■  Clkbical  Kmigbts  (S-*  S.  i.  209.)  — The  fol- 
lowing extract  from  Micbaud's  Hittory  of  the 
Crvtadet  may,  perhaps,  throw  some  light  upon 
the  question  of  tbe  knishthood  of  the  clergy  dii* 
cussed  in  "  N.  &  Q.'  Possibly  some  of  your 
readers  may  be  able  to  verify  the  reference  to 
Bartholo :  — 

'  The  great  prlrilcgu  granted  to  Dnlrmides,  pnva 

,  the  eiteoin  in  which  leainioK  was  (btn  held.  Tbe  doo- 
tors  disputed  for  preccdeiicv  with  knighthood  itKlf,    If 

I  Bartholo  Is  (o  be  beliered,  ten  yescir  teschiog  of  the 


a-^  s.  I.  If  AT  s,  '61.] 


NOTES  AND  QUERIEa 


Soman  Ikw  coDferrad  tha  title  of  inigkL  Thli  dJgcily 
wai  eallad  the  h^ia^Aood  of  Itaming,  and  Ibty  who  o\>- 
blMd  il  wer*  called  hii^l-cltiii." — Bebiem't  Tmula- 
Ijn,  TOl.  iiL  p.  6S9, 

Tour  learned  correspondent  J.  G.  N't  whom, 
widt  othere.  I  have  to  tliunk  for  enlightening  tue 
(m  this  lubject,  iijB,  that  it  does  not  appear  that 
Sir  Bohert  Peat  "  had  the  degree  of  D.D."  Hj 
anthoritj  for  the  slatement  wu  Towniend's  CaUii- 
■  lior,  p.  108,  where  hi*  name  is  ipelt  correctlj  Peat. 
I'have  looked  in  the  liat  of  Oxford  Graduate!  for 
bia  name,  bat  i!o  not  find  it,  and  I  have  not  tiij 
Cambridge  Liber  Gradual:  at  hand.      G.  W.  lil. 

The  Rev.  Henrj  Bale  Dudlej,  rector  of  Wil- 
linghi"*.  Cambridgeshire,  and  subsequently  one  <iC 
tlie  prebendaries  of  FAj,  was  created  a  Baronet  in 
I8I2,  upon  account  of  hit  "  uncommon  merits  in 
bia  magisterial  cspacitj."  —  Vide  Annual  Bio- 
•  grapkg,  11..  411.  £.  H.  A. 

DAiraBTBXs  or  Wiluah  tbb  Lioir  (3'*  S.  i. 
M,  138.)  — I  believe  that  Ubrmbhtrdub  is  quite 
'  —  what  she  says  of  the  daughters  of  «'■'- 


thatahe ... 

I  dMntd,  however,  be  glad  to  know  whether 
Balfour,  quoted  bj  Mrs.  Everett  Green,  is  an 
authoritj  for  attributing  to  Margery,  the  youngest 
of  die  three  siitera,  the  name  of  Mariom  aa  an 

In  the  Annalt  of  Seotland,  by  Sir  David  Dal- 
rymple,  Lord  Uailes,  a  writer  of  great  research 
aad  singnlar  accnracj,  the  children  of  WiUi.[im 
Um  Lion  are  enumerated  as  follows :  — 

"AutxAnnsR  II.  bom  In  1198, 

*■  Jbroarrt,  marilsd  Hubert  d«  Bnrgb,  Joiticlaiy  of 
EBEUod.  ISiS. 

•■  Aaifib,  married  Bogtr,  ion  of  Hugh,  Earl  Bigot. 

"Marion,  married  Gilbert,  Eatl  Usrahil  of  Eeglund, 
ISSC 
"B 

Aimalt  of  ScMlBuJ,  vol.  iil. 

Lord  Hailes  alto  gives  a  list  of  the  natcrnl 
ebildreo  of  King  William,  but  for  our  present 
parposfl  I  do  not  think  it  neceesary  to  transcribe 
at 

It  remains  to  inquire  wbJch  of  the  sisters  above 
enamerated  King  John  was  under  engagement  to 
marry.  There  is  no  one  of  the  three  that  bus 
not  Men  assigned  to  him  bj  some  writer  or  other. 
Can  an^  of  your  correspondents  throw  li^ht  upon 
thiapomtT  Mblbtks. 

SMiLur'a  " Laon  lwd  Ctthha"  (S"  S.  i.  283.) 
Id  reference  to  the  article  on  Shelley's  Luan 
and  Cj/Oma,  allon  me  to  observe  that  I  purchaatd 
at  »  London  bDokaeller'a  a  few  years  since  lor 
3*.  6cf.  a  second-hand  copy  of  the  first  edition  of 
this  poem.    It  may  have  been  a  presentation  copy, 


as  the  flyleaf  at  the  beginning  was  tom  out.  A 
few  passages  in  the  pre^e  are  marked  with  nen- 
eillings,  not  apparently  of  deprecation.  It  is 
still  in  mj  possession. 

The  article  also  mentions  that  Shelley  had  sent 
to  Godwin  an  early  copy  of  the  printed  poem, 
who  had  forwarded  to  the  author  some  censures 
upon  it.  This  is  remarkable,  as  Godwin  asserted 
to  me  in  an  interview  I  had  with  him,  about  the 
year  182S  (having  been  introduced  by  Stiellej's 
widow),  that  hs  had  not  read  The  RetoU  of  It- 
lam,  respecting  which  mention  had  been  made 
by  me.  I  was  mnch  struck  at  the  time  with  this 
apparently  nngenial  remark,  but  did  not  venture 
on  comment.  I  had,  in  my  young  enthusiasm, 
associated  Godwin  with  the  "  hermit "  of  The 
Revolt  of  Itlam,  and  did  not  expect  this  literary 


HiBTDEKB  (S'*  S.  i.  SOL) —  Gilpin  takes  hia 
statement  from  an  earlier  book,  Hiitory  of  the 
Life  and  Suferiagt  of  Wieli^,  ^.,  by  Rev.  John 
Lewis,  published  originally  m  1719,  reprinted  at 
the  Oxford  press  about  thirty  years  ago. 

Lewis,  after  relating  the  incident  of  the  earth- 
quake during  the  Council  of  Bishops  in  13S2, 


[erydene,  eapS-byne,  din  or  naist 
of  the  earth,  earthquake." 

It  thns  appears  that  herydene  is  a  corruption  of 
the  Anglo-Saxon  word  for  earthquake,  viz.  eorll- 
byn,  or  as  above,  eBpS-bjne,  literolly  earth-din, 
which  passe*  through  the  forms,  Herihdtiie,  Her- 
dene,  Herydeue. 

In  his  translation  of  the  Bible  WickViffe  does 
not  use  this  word  for  earthquake,  but  the  toU 
lowing,  the  first  most  frequently  :  Erthe-moujnge, 
Erthe-schakynge,  Erthe-quaues,  (plural). 

Watch  Papbbb  (2-*  S.  xi.  4S1.)— I  have  just 
met  with  the  following  verse  in  an  old  engraved 
watch-paper.    It  may  possibly  interest  U.  O.  N. : 

■■Conlentlhy  selfe  wiihe  Ihyne  eilit. 
And  sende  no  poora  wight  from  Iby  gila; 
For  why,  tbii  couneell  1  Ibeo  give. 
To  laarne  to  dys,  iDil  dye  to  lyre." 

F.  SOMHBB.  MBSBTWEATBeB. 

FAaoniES  ow  Gray's  "Eleqt"  (3"  S.  i.  197.) 
Delta  asks  —  "Are  there  any  other  parodies  on 
the  Elegy  in  addition  to  those  which  have  already 
been  inserted  in  '  N.  &  Q.  F  * "    AUow  me  to  cite 


856 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


[3^&LMat3,'«1 


the  first  two  yertes  from  four  such  productions, 

which  I  have  selected  from  The  Spirit  of  Public 

Journals^  a  curious  repertory  of  stray  pieces,  an* 

nually  published,  from  the  year  1797  to  1814  in- 

dasive :  — 

"  From  the  Morning  Herald. 

**  St.  PauVs  proclaims  the  solemn  midnight  hoor. 
The  weary  cit  slow  tarns  the  master  key ; 
Time-stinted  'prentices  up  Ladgate  scoor, 
And  leave  the  street  to  darkness  and  to  me. 

**  STow  glimmering  lamps  afford  a  donbtfal  ray. 
And  scarce  a  sound  disturbs  the  night*s  dull  ear, 
Save  when  some  rambling  hack  directs  its  way, 
Or  frequent  tinklings  rouse  the  tavern  bar.** 

Vol.  ii.  179a 


**  Am  Elcgt  in  a  Londoit  Church  Tabix 

(From  the  Morning  Pott.) 

**  Great  Tom  now  sounds  the  close  of  busy  day. 
The  weary  dray-horse  rests  from  labour  free ; 
From  town/ till  morn,  the  merchant  speeds  his  way. 
And  London  leaves  to  tumult  and  to  me. 

**  Now  stars  terrestrial  glimmer  through  each  street. 
Through  all  the  ahr  a  din  confused  is  spread. 
Save  where  perchance  some  listening  crowd  you  meet, 
By  nightly  songster's  strains  discordant  led." 

Vol  UL  1719. 


**  Elbot  wiOTTDr  iH  Bartlut  Faib  at  Fiw  o*Clook 

in  THB  Mormug. 

(From  the  Manu»g  Chronidtk} 

«  The  clock'bell  tolls  the  hour  of  early  day. 

The  lowing  herd  their  Smithfield  peaaaee  see;     . 
The  watchman  homeward  plods  his  weary  way, 
And  leaves  the  Fair  —  all  solitude  —  to  me. 

**  Kow  the  first  beams  of  morning  glad  the  sight. 
And  oft  the  air  a  solemn  stillness  holds, 
Save  when  the  sheep-dog  bays  with  coarse  aftigfat, 
And  brutal  drovers  pen  the  unwilling  fold." 

Vol.  zvL  18X2. 


"  From  the  British  Frut. 
'*Tbe  cnrfew  tolls  the  knell  of  parting  day. 
The  lowing  herd  wind  slowly  o'er  the  lea ; 
Now  to  the  Lords  see  Jenky  takes  his  way. 
And  leaves  the  House  of  Commons  unto  me. 

''Now  comes  the  dreadful  business  of  the  night. 
And  all  the  House  a  solemn  stillness  holds; 
While  Abbot  counts  to  see  there's  forty  quite, 
And  pens  my  muttons  in  the  Treasury  folds." 

Jv.  xi..  2^» 

Surplice  wobn  in  Fsivatb  Adminibtbation 
OF  THB  CoMMUNioH  (S'^  S.  L  170.)  —  All  the 
statutes  le<;alising  the  church  liturgy,  speak  of  ii 
as  "  The  Book  of  Common  Prayer  and  Adminis- 
tration of  Sacraments  and  other  Rites  and  Cere- 
monies in  the  Church  of  England; "  and  the  title- 
page  to  every  prayer-book  issued  by  the  royal 
printers  is  in  words  to  the  like  effect.  The  68th 
canon  is  as  follows  :  — 

•*  Every  Minister  saying  the  Public  Prayers  or  minis- 
tering the  Sacraments  or  other  Rites  of  the' Church,  shall 
wear  a  decent  Surplice  with  sleeves,  to  be  provided  at  the 
charge  of  the  Parish." 


There  can  be  no  dovbt  that  not  only  ia  tlM 
service  for  the  Communion  of  the  Sick,  but  in  aU 
others  contained  in  the  Book  of  Common  Pray^, 
the  minister  officiating  ovght  to  wear  the  surpuce. 
He  is  in  the  rubric  throughout  such  services. re- 
cognised as  persona  eceUsitt,  Lbx. 

i 

Mask  of  Roscob  (S***  S.  L  250.)  —  In  answer  to 
the  inquiry  about  the  mask  of  Roscoe,  I  beg  to  say 
that  I  saw  lately  a  mask  iin  Mr.  Mayer  s  miueBm 
in  Liverpool,  which  appeared  to  me  to  be  thai  of 
the  author  of  the  Lorenzo  de  Medici,  The  resem- 
blance between  it  and  a  portrait  of  the  tame 
Carson  preserved  in  a  collection  of  paintinga  in 
iverpool,  induced  me  to  come  to  the  conclusion 
that  the  cast  in  the  museum  was  what  I  have  de- 
scribed. 


"  Not  too  good  to  bb  tbub  "  (S"*  S.  i.  332.) — 
In  ray  youth,  a  facetious  uncle  told  me  that  Day, 
of  **  Day  and  Martin's  blacking  firm,**  bad  on  Uf  ' 
carriage  (allusive  to  his  name  and  trade)  a  rinng 
stm,  with  the  motto  '*Mico  non  uro" — **!  shine 
but  don*t  burn.*'  Was  this  so?  Or,  was  it  mj 
witty  kinsman's  invention  ?  t. 

CuiSF  Babon  James  Rbtholds  :  Babok  Jium 
Rbtholds  (3'*i  S.  i.  276.)  — Was  Dr.  Edward 
Reynolds,  one  of  the  Puritan  divines  present  at 
the  Hampton  Court  Conferences,  and  who  after- 
wards became  Bishop  of  Norwich,  related  to  these 
two  judges  ?  F.  R.  R. 

Bbaittt  aim  Lotb  {Z^  S.  L  225.)  — Theae 
atansas  were  printed,  with  the  momc  compoeed  for 
them  by  Henry  Lawea,  the  friend  of  lAiltoB,  in 
Select  MusicaU  Ayree  and  LHaloguee^for  One  amd 
Two  Vopeee^  to  nng  to  the  I^eorbo,  Luie  or  Bmsee* 
Violl^  small  folio,  London,  1652 ;  and  also  in  the 
enlarged  editions  of  that  work,  which  appeared 
(with  varied  titles)  in  1653  ai^d  1659.  There  are 
several  verbal  differences  between  the  printed 
copies  and  that  given  by  Sib  Thomas  Wimnihg- 
toh  ;  e,g,  lines,  **  Quoth  love  "  for  *' Says  Love;" 
line  4,  "jrou  wait"  for  "thou  waitest,"  and  so 
forth.  Lwes  9  to  12  run  thus  in  the  printed 
oopiea:  — 

••  Away  fond  boy,"  then  Beauty  said, 
**  VVe  see  that  thou  art  blinde ; 
But  men  have  knowing  eyes^  and  can 
My  graces  better  finde." 

The  printed  copies  make  no  mention  of  the 
name  of  the  author,  or  of  any  inscription  of  the 
stanzas.  W.  H.  Hosk. 

Lbighton  Familt  (3''  S.  i.  210.)  — Burke,  in 
his  Diet,  of  the  Landed  Gentry^  gives  the  arms  of 
Lawton  of  Lawton  Hall,  Cheshire :  arg.  on  a  fesse 
inter  3  cross  crossletts  fitchde  sa.,  a  cinque- 
foil  of  the  first.  The  arms  of  Lay  ton  of  York- 
shire, borne  by  them  as  early  as  11  £dw.  IIL 
AJ>.  1337,  from  a  roll  of  arms  in  possession  of 


8^  S.  I  IfAT  8,  'es.] 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


357 


Stacej  Grimaldi,  Esq.,  F.S.A. ;  viz.  "  Dort  d'ar- 
gesit  OTC  une  fees  et  sjs  croiceletts  ncchees  de 
■able,*'  are  so  similar  that  they  Beem  as  of  a  com- 
mon origin.  At  "N.  &  Q."  2"*  S.  X.  108,  is 
mentioned  an  extract  from  a  Leighton  pedigree, 
^'a  quo  Lei^htons  of  co.-  York,  5  £dw.  IV.  A.o. 
1465/*  This  cannot  allude  to  the  Laytons  of 
Yorkshire,  who  bore  the  above  arms  in  1337,  and 
were  located  in  Richmondshire,  7  John,  1205. 
Can  the  Laughtons,  mentioned  by  your  correspon- 
dent, have  sprung  from  the  Cheshire  branch  of  the 
Leightons,  this  name  having  been  spelt  in  so  many 
ways?  Any  particulars  of  the  Richmondshire 
Laytons,  or  reference  to  pedigrees,  &c.,  would 
greatly  oblige.  Perhaps  some  of  your  correspon- 
dents could  inform  me  if  there  are  any  existing 
bnmciiet  of  this  family.  C.  M.  L. 

MiCHASL  ScoT*s  Writings  on  Astbonomt  (3'^ 
S.  i.  131,  176.)  — 

''Id  genus  hominibos  (Astrologis)  qaantum  fideret 
Fridericns  II.  Aagostns,  complaras  Uistorici  teatantar, 
fed  pnesertim  Sabas  Malaspina,  tomo  viii.  Rer.  Italica- 
ram,  qoi  cap.  2.  Histor.  bjsc  habtt:  Astrologoa,  et  Ai- 
^npMflwIiVci  ad§o  vemerabeUw,  et  Aru^ius,  ^[uod  eontm 
dkrimaiitmUnu  et  aiupiciie  Fredtrici  vehettehna  eogitatio  ad 
gimUkmJbiem  venti  vagabatur,  Adservator  ad  hoc  in  Am- 
broalana  Bibliotheca  manu  exaratos  Liber  partietUana 
JiCehaSie  8euli  AMtroiogi  Domini  Frederiei  jRomanorum 
JmperatariM  et  temper  Augutti,  quern  tecundo  loco  hrevUer 
nmplhvlf  ad  ejme  preees.  Ibi  Aatronomica,  Phyaica  et 
Pkyto-gromonioa  pertraetantor."  —  Mnratori,  Antiqmta' 
tm  jiaSem  Medii  JEm,  Dieeen,  44,  944. 

BlBLIOTHECAB.  CbXTHAM. 

VnoouKT  LiSLB  (3"^  S.  i.  290.)  —  Arthur  Plan- 
tagenet,  Yitconnt  Lisle,  married,  first,  Elizabeth, 
dragfater  of  £dw.  Grey,  Viscount  Lisle,  grand- 
dmghter  of  John  Talbot  also  Viscount  Lisle,  and 
iKdow  of  Sir  Edmund  Dudley,  by  whom  she  had 
one  Mm,  Sir  Jc^n  Dudley.  The  issue  of  her  mar- 
riage with  Arthur,  Viscount  Lble,  was  three 
dmgfaters. 

1.  Frances  married,  first,  John  Basset,  second 
«on  of  Sir  John  Basset  of  Umberleigh,  co.  Devon, 
and  is  thus  the  ancestress  of  the  present  family 
of  Bassetta  of  Umberleigh.*  She  married  secondly, 
Thoe.  Moule  of  Protheridge,  co.  Devon,  through 
whom  she  became  great-grandmother  of  Greneral 
Monk,  first  Duke  of  Albemarle. 

2.  Elizabeth  married  Sir  Francis  Jobson,  Lieu- 
tenant of  the  Tower,  and  Master  of  the  Jewel 
Office  to  Qaeen  Elizabeth. 

3.  Bridget  married  to  Sir  William  Garden. 
Artbur,    Viscount    Lisle,    re-married    Honor 

Granville,  but  had  no  issue  by  her.  She  was  the 
widow  of  Sir  John  Basset  of  Umberleigh,  by  whom 
die  had  a  large  family  of  children — J^n,  George, 
Jamea,  Philippe,  Catherine,  Anne,  and  Mary, 
Sir  John  having  also  two  daughters,  Jane  and 
Thomasine,  by  a  previous  marriage.  John  Basset, 
Honoris  eldcei  son,  was  the  same  who  married 
lier  atep*dangkter  Frances  Grey,  eldest  daughter 


of  Viscount  Lisle.  The  marriage  was  promoted 
by  her;  and  it  was  complained  that  she  injured 
the  prospects  of  her  other  step-daughters  by  per- 
suading her  husband  to  settle  a  large  proportion 
of  his  estates  on  her  daughter  Frances. 

When  Lord  Lisle  fell  into  disgrace  in  1541,  all 
his  papers,  private  as  well  as  public,  were  ordered 
to  be  seized,  and  are  still  preserved  in  the  Public 
Record  Office.  There  is  not  probably  existing  a 
mass  of  letters  of  the  period  so  full,  and  abound- 
ing in  details  relating  to  family  afiairs,  house- 
keeping, the  education  of  children,  &c.,  as  are  to 
be  found  in  the  Lisle  papers. 

M.  S.  EvBaSTT  G&BCN. 

7,  Upper  Grower  Street. 

KiLLiNGTON  Rbgisteb  (S"^  S.  i.  290.) — If  there 
is  no  register  to  be  found  at  the  church,  inquiry 
should  be  made  for  the  transcripts  of  the  Killing- 
ton  register  in  the  Bishop*s  Registry  at  York.  At 
the  time  of  the  Population  Rieturn,  1831,  it  ap- 
pears that  was  a  register  which  commenced  in 
1637,  extending  to  1772.  J.  R. 

Twill  Pahts  (3"*  S.  i.  291)  are  Tulipans,  that 
is.  Turbans,  the  name  under  which  the  tulip  was 
introduced,  from  its  supposed  resemblance  to  the 
•oriental  head-dress.  R.  C.  A.  P. 

PosTAGB  Stamps   (3*^  S.  i.  149.)  — A  short 

account  of  the  introduction  of  postage  stamps  at 

home  and  abroad,  and  the  development  of  the 

system  of  postage,  will  be  found  in  a  pamphlet 

entitled :  — 

**  Aids  to  Stamp  Collectors ;  being  a  List  of  Enf^Iish 
and  Foreign  Postiige  Stamps  in  Circulation  since  1840. 
By  a  Stamp  Collector.  Brighton:  H.  &  C.  Treacher, 
1,  North  Street ;  London :  Hamilton,  Adams,  &  Co." 

From  the  Introduction  to  this  little  work  it 
appears  that  *'  There  were  two  printed  envelopes 
issued,  the  first  being  a  black  penny,  and  the 
second  a  blue  twopenny,**  with  a  design  of  Bri* 
tannia  surrounded  by  representatives  of  all  na- 
tions, executed  in  1840  by  W.  Mulready,  Esq., 
R.A.  These  envelopes  are  rare,  as  they  were  not 
in  use  for  more  than  six  months,  and  then  an 
adhesive  stamp,  **  similar  in  design  to  that  now 
employed,  only  printed  in  black,**  was  used.  '*  This 
was,  however,  in  a  year  or  two,  replaced  by  the 
red  one,  which,  with  a  slight  alteration  in  colour, 
has  been  used  ever  since.**  Envelopes  with  em- 
bossed stamps  seem  to  have  been  issued  soon  afler 
1840,  —  the  penny  red  oval,  and  the  two- penny 
blue  oval,  with  and  without  date.  Amongst  the 
early  stamps  was  a  penny  brown  one. 

Hbbus  Fbatbb. 

Scnc-LiBCA  :  Scihlac  (3'*  S.  i.  189.)— Sharon 
Turner  {Hist,  Ang.-Sax.^  edit.  1823,  vol.  iii.  p. 
133),  in  reference  to  the  superstitions  of  our 
Anglo-Saxon  progenitors,  says :  — 

**  Scinlteea  was  a  species  of  phantom  or  apparition,  and 
was  also  used  as  the  name  cc  the  parson  who  had  Uia 


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NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


[S*«  &  L  Mat  8,  "SS. 


power  of  prodacing  such  things ;  it  is,  literally,  a  thming 
dead  body.*" 

In  a  note,  at  p.  135.,  he  gives  (from  Cott.  MS. 
Yitell.  C.  ill.)  this  recipe,  which  I  dare  say  was 
found  to  be  very  ef&cacious  by  all  who  adopted 
it:  — 

**  If  a  man  suffer  from  a  $einlaet  or  spectre,  let  him  eat 
Hon*8  flesh,  and  he  will  never  suffer  from  any  §cinlae 
again.*' 

^f  scitdac  and  spectre  be  synonymous  terms, 
there  can  be  no  diflliculty  in  deriving  the  word 
from  Ang.-Sax.  scinan^  Icel.  skinn^  to  shine  or 
shimmer  as  phosphorus ;  and  Ang.-Sax.  l(c,  Icel. 
lih,  an  appearance,  form,  cadaver,  from  Icel.  leika^ 
to  illude,  deceive.  Wm.  Matthews. 

Cowgill. 

Epigram  ov  the  Foub  Geobges  (S*^  S.  i.  328.) 
The  following  is  the  epigram  referred  to  by  Mr. 
Booth ;  its  author  is  Landor,  I  believe :  — 

*'  Qeorge  the  First  was  reckoned  vile, 
Viler,  Qeorge  the  Second, 
And  what  mortal  ever  heard 
Any  good  of  George  the  Third. 
When  from  earth  the  Fourth  ascended, 
God  he  praised,  the  Georges  ended  1*' 

John  Southward. 
Liverpool. 

James  Suxett  (S'^  S.  i.  39, 135.)  — This  artist, 
in  1828,  published  a  series  of  fift/^nine  litho- 
ffraphic  Views  of  the  Churches^  Chapels ^  and  other 
Public  Edifices  in  the  City  of  Norwich. 

Wm.  Matthews. 

Cowgill. 

Starachtbr  (2°^  S.  xi.  12.;  S'*  S.  i.  152.)  — 
A  detailed  account  of  the  actions  of  the  Scan- 
dinavian mythic  hero  Starhadr  (Starcaderus  vel 
Starcatherus)  is  given  by  the  very  learned  Finn 
Magnusen,  in  his  **  Lexicon  Mythologicum,**  ap- 
pended to  JEdda  Hythmica  seu  Antiquior^  wJgo 
Scsmundina  dicta,  published  by  the  Arnimagnsean 
Commission  at  Copenhagen,  the  first  volume  in 
1787,  the  second  in  1818,  and  the  third  in  1828. 
See  tom.  iii.  pp.  566,  572  et  seq.,  587. 

Wm.  Matthbws. 

Cowgill. 

Snuffers  (S*^*  S.  i.  290.) — Ancient  snuffers 
were  similar  to  those  in  modern  use.  They  were 
called  scissors,  and  are  thus  described  m  the 
"  Boke  of  Curtase"  (MS.  Sloane,  No.  1986,  p.  46), 
in  the  British  Museum :  — 

**  The  snof  of  hom  dose  away 
With  close  sesoars,  as  I  zou  say, 
The  sesours  ben  schort  and  rounde  yclose. 
With  plate  of  ime  upon  hose." 

Old  fashioned  perpendicular  snuffer-stands  are 
engraved  in  Archaologia,  vol.  xiv.  pi.  liv.  In 
Privy  Purse  Expenses  of  Henry  VIII.,  edited  by 
Sir  H.  Nicolas,  an  entry  occurs,  at  p.  184,  of 
••xx*"  paid  for  "  xij  snoffers  for  candilles."  '*Fyve 
paire  of  snoffera  of  iron"  are  mentioned  in  the 


Inventory  of  Henry's  Furniture,  &c.  (Harl.  MS. 
1419,  fol.  141  b.)    F.  SoMNER  Mbrrtweathrr. 

The  earliest  record  of  snuffers  is,  I  suppose,  the 
direction  given  to  Moses,  Exodus  xxv.  38 :  — 

**  And  the  tongs  thereof,  and  the  snaff-dishea  thereof 
shall  he  of  pure  gold." 

This  verse  I  find,  by  referring  to  my  "Breeches'* 
Bible  ("Imprinted  by  Robert  Barker,  1600,") 
reads  thus :  — 

**  The  snuffert  and  snnffe-dishes  thereof  shalbe  of  pore 
golde." 

See  also,  1  Kings  vii.  50,  and  2  Chron.  iv.  22. 

G.  W.  M. 

A  friend  of  mine  has  in  his  possession  Cardinal 
Baynbridge's  snuffers,  which  bear  the  Archbishop's 
arms  enamelled  on  the  side,  and  his  crest,,  a  squirrel, 
as  an  ornamental  knob. 

Mackerzie  £.  C.  Walcott,  M.A.,  F.S.A. 

Islet  Family  (S'*  S.  i.  310.)  —  L.  P.  will  find 
traces  of  this  family  during  the  period  mentioned 
in  Barbadoes.  There  are  families  in  which  the 
name,  as  a  Christian  name,  is  still  preserved  in 
that  island,  which,  as  is  well  known,  was  one  of 
the  chief  places  of  refuge  during  the  troubles  of 
the  Stuart  dynasty.  Spal. 

Cahadian  Seigmeurs  (S""*  S.  i.  810.)  —  Dar- 
ing many  months'  residence  in  Quebec,  I  could 
discover  no  armorial  bearings  of  the  period  of 
French  supremacy  in  connection  with  the  "  Seig- 
neurs,*'  which  even  indicated  that  they  were  en- 
titled to  coronets,  and  on  the  occasion  of  a  festi- 
val, intended  to  revive  old  associations,  and  at 
which  the  arms  of  Montcalm  (although  I  do  not 
say  that  he  was  one  of  the  order  in  question) 
emblazoned  carefully  appeared,  there  was  no- 
thing whatever  paraded  in  the  shape  of  a  coronet; 
and  I  think  that  I  am  right  in  saying  that  the 
Canadian  Seigneurs  were  simply  the  French 
counterpart  ox  the  New  England  settlers  and 
West  India  planters.  Some  of  them  no  doubt  had 
titles,  but  so  had  the  planters ;  but  the  appear- 
ance of  a  coronet  was  exceptional,  confined  to  the 
individual,  and  not  appertaining  to  his  class  in  the 
colony.  I  should  be  glad  to  be  corrected  if  in 
error.  Spal. 

These  seigneurs  were  merely  grantees  of  lands, 
with  special  privileges  not  much  unlike  our  lords 
of  manors.  There  were  233  of  such  grantees. 
A  note  of  the  terms  of  the  tenure  will  be  found 
in  the  article  **  Canada  "  of  the  first  Supplement 
of  the  Penny  Ct/clopcedia,  p.  277,  and  probably  in 
no  other  easily-accessible  work.  I  knew  several 
of  these  seigneurs  in  Lower  Canada,  and  I  never 
yet  heard  of  their  having,  nor  do  I  believe  them 
to  be  entitled  to,  any  heraldic  coronet.  The  seig- 
niorial tenure  was  abolished  by  the  Canadian  Act 
of  Parliament  of  the  18th  of  December,  1854  (18 
Vict.  c.  3),  called  '*  An  Act  for  the  Abolition  of 


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359 


Feudal  Rights  and  Duties  in  Lower  Canada.*'  A 
Tolume  of  Decisions  on  Seigniorial  Questions^  edited 
bjr  Messrs.  Lelievre  and  Angers,  printed  at  Que- 
bec and  Montreal,  1856,  is  now  before  me. 

T.F. 

Thb  GmAnas  (S'^  S.  L  269.)  —  There  is  a  view 
of  *'  the  Grange,**  erected  after  Inigo  Jones*s  de- 
signs, in  Duthjr*s  Sketches  in  Hampshire^  ja,  148, 
published  at  Winchester  (1839).  S.  Shaw. 

Alcumu  (S'*  S.  i.  21 1,  257.)  —  The  word  used 
in  Welsh  for  tin  is  alcam  or  alcan^  the  former 
spelling  is  that  (in  Isa.  i.  25)  of  the  first  edition 
of  the  version  of  Bishop  Parry  (1620),  a  copy  of 
which  lies  before  me,  and  also  of  two  others  that  I 
possess ;  one  of  them  of  the  last  century,  and  one 
of  recent  date.  Alcan^  however,  is  the  form  in  the 
dictionaries  of  Dr.  John  Davies  (1632),  Dr.  W. 
Owen  Pughe  (1832), and  Wm.Spurrel  (1861);  also 
in  the  Oeiriadtir  Ysgrythyrol  of  the  Rev.  Thomas 
Charles.  The  word  does  not  look  like  one  of 
British  formation,  whatever  be  its  orthography. 
How  early  is  it  found  in  Welsh  writings?  In 
Cornish  it  seems  ancient ;  for  the  name  Oodolphin 
is  taken  from  the  (3ornish  appellation  of  the  place 
Codalean,  which  has  generally  been  translated 
wood  of  tin ;  the  former  part  of  which  seems,  how- 
ever, to  me  to  be  more  probably  from  the  Cornish 
Terb  cody^  to  raise,  meaning  therefore  **  a  place 
where  tin  is  raised."  The  occurrence  of  the  word 
both  in  Welsh  and  Cornish  gives  some  grounds  for 
supposing  that,  whatever  its  origin  may  be,  it  was 
naturalised  in  the  Celtic  dialects  before  the  sepa- 
ration of  Welsh  and  Cornish.  A  meaning  given 
by  Dr.  John  Davies  is  orichalcum.  Can  alcam  be 
formed  from  the  last  two  syllables  of  this  word, 
just  as  the  French  orchal  is  from  the  three 
former?  Some  true  Welsh  scholars,  such  as  the 
Rev.  Silvan  Evans,  of  Llangian  in  Caernavon- 
shire,  could  no  doubt  point  out  its  earliest  occur- 
rence in  Welsh  writings.  The  material  of  Michael 
Scott's  wriiing'pen^  in  a  quotation  eiven  by  Sir 
Walter  Scott,  seems  to  be  the  same.  We  may  have 
to  go  to  the  Arabic  for  the  derivation ;  al  being 
then  the  article.  Ljelius. 

ViciNAQE  (3"*  S.  i.  150.) — This  word  occurs, 
before  Lord  Chatham's  time,  at  p.  83  of  The  De- 
fence of  Pluralities^  by  Wharton  and  Stanhope, 
temp.  William  III.  See  the  passage  in  Todd's 
Johnson^  sub  voc,  Wm.  Matthews. 

Cowgill. 

Ukiversitt  Discipline  (3'^*  S.  i.  291.) — Allow 
me  to  remind  Lex  of  the  memorable  case  of  Mr. 
G.  N.  Ward,  M.A.,  of  Baliol  Colleore,  Oxford,  and 
the  author  of  the  Ideal  of  the  Christian  Church. 
Mackenzie  E.  G.  VValcott,  M.A.,  F.S.A. 

"Ad  EtmoEM"  Degrees  (3'<*  S.  i.  288.) — 
LL.D.  would  best  obtain  information  by  applying 
to  the  Registrar  of  the  University.    I  believe  the 


only  advantage  obtained  from  one  of  these  de- 
grees is,  the  power  to  wear  the  hood  and  go^cn  of 
the  degree  in  the  University  in  which  it  is  taken, 
which  in  Cambridge  would  gain  admission  to  the 
University  Library,  but  would  certainly  not  give 
the  power  of  taking  out  the  books  (which  privi- 
lege belongs  to  all  M.A.*s,  &c.  of  Cambridge). 
Mav  I  draw  the  attention  of  the  readers  of 
" Is.  &  Q.**  to  the  constant  mistake  made  in  the 
punctuation  of  the  LL.D.^  which  should  not  have 
a  stop  after  the  first  L,  but  only  one  afler  the 
second;  thus,  LL.D.  Imagine  writing  "manu- 
scripts" M.S.S. !  —  an  exactly  similar  case. 

G.  W.  M. 

Sib  a.  Auson  and  Sir  P.  Fickle  (3'**  S.  i. 
128,  215.)  —  And  why  should  not  Sir  Archibald 
Alisen  have  mentioned  Sir  Peregrine  Pickle  as  a 
pall-bearer  on  so  solemn  an  occasion?  It  was 
not  half  a  dozen  years  before,  that  the  then  Vice- 
Chancellor  of  Oxford,  the  Warden  of  Wad  ham 
College,  the  Rev.  B.  P.  Symons,  D.D.,  announced 
publicly  in  the  Theatre,  at  Oxford,  "  Sir  Pere- 
grine Pickle*^  as  one  on  whom  the  honorary  de- 
gree of  D.C.L.  was  proposed  to  be  conferred ; 
and  accordingly  it  was  conferred.  LiELius. 

Prophecies  of  Archbishop  Malaghi:  Grb- 
GOBT  XVL  (3"»  S.  i.  174.)— F.  C.  H.  says,  "No 
one  has  ventured  to  show  how  De  halneis  He- 
iruriiB  applied  to  Gregory  XVI."  When  I  was 
shown,  in  the  spring  of  1846,  through  the  Etrus- 
can Museum  in  the  Vatican,  formed  by  this  Pope 
(by  means  of  a  private  order,  as  it  was  not  then 
open  to  the  public),  I  remember  that  we  were 
told  that  it  was  considered  that^  in  his  making 
this  collection  of  Etrurian  antiquities,  the  predic- 
tion of  St.  Malachi  has  found  its  application. 
This  was  then  the  opinion  in  the  Vatican.  Oa  the 
death  of  Pope  Gregory,  thcee  months  afterwards, 
the  election  of  his  successor  was  at  once  rightly 
prognosticated  from  the  terms  of  the  same  pro- 
phecy. It  was  boldly  asserted  that  Cardinal 
Mastai  Feretti  would  be  the  person  elected. 

L^ucs. 

Sun  and  Whalebonb  (S'*  S.  i.  336.)  — R.  S. 
CuABNOCK*8  qmet  disposal  of  D.  Allport  s  ex- 
planation, remmds  me  of  a  ludicrous  case  in  the 
Christian  Annotator^  an  exclusively  religious 
N.  &  Q.  Some  one  found,  in  an  old  Puritan,  the 
expression  —  "a  note  above  Elah"  —  and  (\sked 
for  its  meaning.  Several  learned  divines  gave 
replies  full  of  Hebrew,  Greek,  and  Latin,  to  show 
why  the  Valley  of  Elah  should  be  thus  alluded 
to — which  replies  were  duly  inserted.  I  hap- 
pened to  see,  in  the  Spectator^  a  letter  where  it 
was  said,  of  London  cries,  "  Milk  is  cried  in  a  note 
above  Elah*';  and  suggested,  that  it  had  some 
reference  to  music,  which  subsequent  correspon- 
dents abundantly  proved. 

The  editor,  Mr.  Tonna,  who  was  one  of  the 


NOTES  AND  QUERXEa 


[r«&LiaT3,w. 


BUNt  genial  of  men,  langLed  mott  lie«rtilr  at  lliu 
liomelr  ditpenion  of  u  mwij  profouna  apeca- 
biiont.  S- 

Usa.  Cdmbibbatch  (3''  S.  i.  269.)  — ^^a. 
Cumberbttch  (nie  Jones)  waa  aiater  of  the  late 
Mrs.  Dokin  (whose  huaband  wu  tome  time  mem- 
ber for  Southampton),  ftod  of  Ltd/  Arundel.  AU 
the  uaters  were  beautiful  women.  A.  U. 


H0TE3  ON  BOOKS,  ETQ 
7*«  LiUirt  amJ  Ufi  of  Frameii  BaaM.   Htehdhf  alt 

kk  actiaioiial  lFBrkt,Haefy  toUeeUd  md  it /nrtk  U  eliro- 
mohgieal  Order,  vltk  a  Cvmmtaturf,  Biogrtpkicai-  ami 
Biilorical.  By  Jamea  Speddiag.  Vols.  1.  and  II. 
(Longman,  1801.) 

Sir.  Speddlng  tias  la  theia  Tolamn  fbltowed  (be  ez- 
tmple  Mt  by  Ur.  Car1y1«  In  hii  LtUen  nf  CrvKmfl,  and 
with  simitar  good  eSrtt.  The  lifa  or  Baciin,  np  (o  the 
■nd  of  tba  releo  '■f  Elizabeth,  ataada  befora  ui  In  thsas 
Toiumei  dfillnailed  with  affsctiooat*  can  and  maiterl; 
akill.  Whether  Blr.  Spedding  hu  sucmdad  In  freeiog 
his  hero's  great  name  from  blamo  in  (he  matter  of  the 
Earl  ofEaoex,  we  will  not  ventora  to  proDirancB.  Who- 
ercr  daiires  to  inTciti^ite  tbe  qneition  will  here  find 
the  eTidence  set  fortb  with  the  utmoit  fiimeu  and  can- 
dour, and  will  be  at  no  lou  In  forming  hie  own  eooda- 
rioDS.  Uinjr  of  tba  latins  pnbliihed  or  reTerred  to  in 
ttaeao  TDlmnea  are  Id  the  Llbrarf  of  Lambeth  Palace,  and 
e  delighted  to  find  Hr.  Spedding  eipreeilng  him- 


Mir  with  n 


irked  e 


a  refert 


tloni  for  fociritiei  in  trmnicribing  them  lo  the  lata  libra- 
rian, Dr.  Maitland,  "from  whom,"  he  saya,  "the  dill- 
gttitl)'  diapowd  etndent  n«Ter  failed  to  receira  all  noaaible 
aasiatance  and  enconragement,  and  to  whom  I  in  par- 
ticular ani  indebted  for  facilitiea  i>i  itud^-ing  tbe  rolamea 
under  hii  charge,  foi  which  I  cannot  BuflicieDtl;  thank 
him."  Tlieae  norda,  we  are  aare,  will  And  an  echo  in 
the  heart  of  many  a  "  diligently  dliposcd  rtodent." 

CoBictanta  Ang/a-Pottka,  or  a  BlUioyrofAic  and  De- 
i  Oitalomi  nf  a  Fortum  of  a  Collcdim  of  Early 
"oUry.  uiA  ■       .  v,  .      ..        ,    h 


EM^Iiih  Poary, 


,  Colkdk.... ., 

«d  EilracU  and  tbmarkM, 
f  tin  Rn.  TboRiai  Coraer, 
and  IL     (PiiDted  for  tbe 


tbe  aethaa 
ftinds,  whir 
oflta  members  lu 


"e  they  less  indebted  t< 


the  liberality  of 


L  bii  wall'known  Library.  No  pnbliaher  conld 
rtakeu  a  work  of  luch  extant;  and  of  Ibe 
extent  lo  which  it  is  Hliely  to  reach,  our  reader*  may 
judge  when  they  learn  that  the  Poets,  being  arranged 
alphabetically,  the  160  pages,  of  which  the  Parte  before 
us  conust.  carry  ua  no  fartlier  than  to  the  end  of  the 
letter  B.  Our  old  fiToarile  Richard  Drathwaite,  tbe 
author  of  the  well-known  Barnaba  Itintrariitmt  6gnrei 
Bi  the  author  of  no  Inl  than  4B  volumea  (inclnding  edi- 
tions) in  Mr.  Coraer-s  library,  and  their  descriplipn  oc- 
cupiei  something  like  lUO  pages.  Tat  we  believe  no 
leader  of  the  carious  Notes,  I<^xtracts,  and  IllustratloDa, 
whicb  Mr.  Coraer'a  indn»tiy  baa  gathered  together,  would 


willingly  part  with  an*  paga  «f  thoB.  Wt  ahall  look 
with  considerable  anxiety  tot  rnrlhar  iaatalmeata  of 
Hr.  Conei'a  Catalogue.     , 

AfiK  KbUM  from  Pott  lAfc,  181S— 183!;  eiitid  bg  Sn. 
Franda  Trench.    (Parkers.  Oxford.) 

It  is  somewhat  unuinal  to  find  a  private  clergyman 
printing  tbe  leltera  that  paaaad  iialwean  himadf  ukl  hia 
mother  in  hie  teena.  And  yst  the  little  Toluna  ia  eotar- 
talning  enoogh  to  atone  Ibr  Ita  alngnlarlty ;  and  plelnna 
of  achoolboT-lite  at  Hamw  ntngla  pleaiHDtly  witti 
paaaing  nolkea  of  the  earrait  armti  ef  a  Moat  atlrrteg 

Kiod.  Glimpiss  here  are  given  n*  of  tbe  tMyhood  M 
■c  WillianaandHannsnUariralB;  of  the )ata  Blakop 
Bl«aifiald,  when  a  young  and  rUng  nan;  of  John  Hean 
Newman  aa  a  painstaking  and  unnoticed  tntor  of  Orial) 
of  the  Irish  famine ;  of  the  Reform  Asitatioa;  of  tka 
Bristol  Riots,  and  the  Cholera  of  1S3I.  Evea  tkoac  who 
migbt  ba  inclined  to  qnestion  the  proprtaly  of  the  psb- 


I.  priva 


a  soperlor  mother  and  a  dara  ac 


articles  of  especial  Intereet  to  oar  clerical  friend* — fiya**' 
sW,  and  the  Tyminiif  of  tlu  Orrgy.  The  great  qaar^— 
oftba  day  — Forte  otlron-clad  Ships-   i-— »-■>!— 

in  the  article  Tin  ittrrimae  and  tlu  it _ 

Teryabla  paper  on  TTu  Eaiirm  Arckiptlago,  and  anolhat 
on  The  Stale  and  Protpedi  nf  Tvrkey.  A  very  depred- 
ating notice  of  Thombary'e  /.•/(  of  THrxtr,  and  a  very 
Intaraating  sketch  of  TMe  latUr  tart  of  William  FiO, 
foanded  on  (he  two  concluding  volnmes  of  Lord  StlB- 
bope's  Life  c^  tbe  great  Statesman,  complete  the  Uat  of 
aitlctea.  and  altogether  make  up  a  capital  QuarttHj/. 

Heralda  and  genealogists  wilt  have  a  rare  feast  at  the 
rooms  of  the  Society  of  Antiquaries  on  the  S2ad  of  thif 
month.  Tbe  Conncil  of  the  Society  propose  to  collect  on 
that  evening  all  the  finest  specimens  of  heraldic  blaxcofy 
and  carious  genealogical  table*,  grant*  of  arms,  Ike,  that 
can  be  procured.    Art  will  there  appear  under  the  despsM 

that  tbe  exhibition  will  be  one  of  very  general  interesL 
Royalt}-,  Lord  Derby,  Lord  Wincbelsea,  and  indeed  moet 
of  the  noblest  families,  hare  sent  contribntiona;  aad 
tboae  who  have  seen  the  illuminations  and  embioidariaa 
in  some  of  their  baronial  halls  will  readily  imagine  that 
brightness  of  colonr,  quaintneis  of  form,  and  varietiaa  if 
paliem  will  not  be  wanting.  Tbe  City  CompaDiea  an 
also  among  the  leading  conlributore.  Mr.  J.  J.  Howard 
ha*  nndertakan  the  chief  selection  and  a 


varied  mateiial*.  muy  of  which  belong  to  a  v< 

date,  and  Ur.  King.  Tork  Herald,  will  md  a  h 

n  Engliah  Heraldry,  s*  illnstrated  by  the  collection  11 


I  Mirly  date,  ai 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


361 


SATURDAY.  MAY  ID,  ISffi. 


tX)NTENTS— N»,  10. 


Ii- 


'  The  BnriitwB  o: 


le  SUtloneri'  Comnany,  SI 


■Me  in  "Rameouiil  Juliet,"  36S  —  Patrick  Ruthve. . 
iuTot  NorllianibarLiad ;  lUid  HSS.  belonging  to  the 
iiTor  the  Fuciilty  of  Adfooit™,  /ft.  — "  Luko'i  Iron 
D^SM— Hr.  GaJliwd:  Sir  John  Hawkins, /ft. 

Ncraa:  —  Oriental  WordA  Ln  Enxiiah:  Gazette, Ua- 
B.CltiM,S»ttn--Philo»ophla.lSqrYeyor  Ireland" 
«■  ud  BeiRiiB— EnxUnd  uid  Fnnee  ~  Bebnstliin 
1  •  Knight  -The  Onnn  of  eihibitlng  the  Refill*  it 
oweT—UnaonaciouiPlKiariim  — TbeHmthTu— 
olj  Wooden  Churoh  in  Eoglud.  S&S. 
lEB:  —  John  Oswen,  the  WoPowtKr  PHntw  tn  the 
1  or  Edward  VI.,  SSI  — Ancient  Seals  —  Ammymoui 

"Bicon'i  BiM—Battle  of  TrttUm,  ITIS  —  Via- 
,  Canada  —  Charica  L  Eingi  —  Cecily  -  Corneferi  and 
an  of  Bewdley  —  CornwalliB  —  A  Fact  tor  GeologiaU : 
I  Humain  Petrifli  — Sir  Thomas  Crew  (1«38):   Btr 

Bowland.Knl.dOasj  —  Dr.  Donne's  Portnit  — Tlw 
U(4  of  Bradford,  Jtc.,  368, 

n  WITH  Ahswxbs:  —  Beredoa— "The  Lamcntatioa 
inner  "—Amende  —  Book  of  Oathi— Dr.  Oi-ddes,  S7*. 
SB :— Edmund  Burke  and  Lord  VemcT,  374-  Kinjn- 

of  Bldmantou,37B  — Yetlin.orYetlin^:  Malln.STA 


•  Old  Couiite 
l-imphltnii 


u  of  Desmond  —  Meai 


ofPlau 


—  Thom 


m  alluded  to 
ion -"Who 


Funily— Intcrmcnti  in  Donnybrook  Pariah,  near 
-  Cnanwell  Loo  —  Kinji  of  Spain  —  The  King"! 
^nn  or  Medal  of  Queen  Victoria— Wagner— Title- 


iConiimttdfrom  8"  S.  i.  323.) 
••   Decembr   fl392].  — John  Oienbridw. 
ed  for  hia  copie,  &c.  a  booke,  intituled  TtU 

I  Newe  Yeret  giju vj"*. 

M  latirical  and  ejifaeuar«l  pabliMtiOD,  of  wbich 
'•nootlier  aotica.J 

Dec.  —  John  Wolf.  Entred  for  bis  copis,  && 
le,  intituled  OrOiotpia  gaiUcaDO,  or  uu  par- 

•.ofpralUn vj^ 

*krd  White.  Entered  for  hi«  copie,  &c  A 
thtteitige  koK  a  fond  uonuin  faUly  aeautd 
fft  to  be  IIm  Kinge  of  Spainet  DimgMer,  and 
I  Jinaide  a  Iger,  mai  for  Me  lame  tekipped 
^A  London  the  xiHj'^  of  Deeember,  1592, 
!  tMOiKM  to  It  a  butehert  daughter  o/ London 

iw  gtvu  the  date  13th  Dec.,  bat  in  soma  particnlua 
be  Tary  terms  of  Ihe  entry.  He  a»y»  (.^nii.  p, 
•diU  IfiOfi],    "The    IS  of   December,  a    certabe 

•d  throBKh  the  ciiy  of  London  for  afSrmiDg  her 
I  be  the  daughter  of  Philip  King  of  Spaine,  ai  ah* 
eon  persuaded  by  aome  accompted  iDotbiaven, 
iroo*ad  liera.  for  (he  vai  knowne  to  be  a  batcher'a 
lar  in  Eaat  cheape."] 

'  die  Decembr.  — Tlio.  Eofte.  Enlred  for  hi« 
&C.  a  books,  entitled  Tkt  margner't  gugdt 
the  iitlktjbnu  of  a  dialogue     .    .    .    vj'. 


[We  knoT  of  no  azlsting  copj  rf  thi<  early  work  on 
naTigation.] 
I      xxij°  die  Decembrii.  —  John  Charleirood.  En- 
tered for  hia  copie,  &c.  »  booke  intituled  A  Seetnut 
proeediage    in    iJu   Uannony   of  Kinge   DaouTt 

[We  hare  bad  no  utry  of  any  "Jlrtl  pTBoaedlny."  It 
maat  probably  bare  been  a  Mqael  ta  •«>•  n«imni«D  •( 
(ha  Pulnu.  Sir  P.  Sidney  and  hii  iiiler  had  nada  aa 
experinwal  of  the  kind  anterior  to  1&B6,  and  their  tna*. 
laltoni  ba*«  been  printed  in  modem  limei.  Dnyton  bad 
publi*b«d  bl*  Barmuiii  »/  Ab  Chunk  in  UHl )  bnt  tin 
above  entry  could  hai^ly  hare  related  to  a  «cond  .pact 
of  hi*  iron,  which,  in  fact,  waa  not  fonndad  merely  on 
the  Paalma,  but  npon  diflaiant  portiona  of  B<:iiptura.J 

xij"  die  JanoBrij  {1392-3].  — John  Banter. 
Entred  for  hia  copie,  &c.  a  booke,  intituled  Tit 
.  apologie  of  Pierce  pennylet$t,  or  strange  ntvxt  of 
the  intereeptinge  eerten  LtUers  ami  a  contwy  ofi>e  '" 
a*  the]/  weri  goinge  to  victuaU  the  lotce  a 


[Thia'tnct  by  Naib,  In  which  hi  waght  to  avail  UmMtf 
of  the  extraoidinary  popularity  of  hit  fiem  Pmntot'i 
SuppHeation,  came  out  with  the  data  of  1592  on  the  litle- 
pagB,  and  eomo  capiaa  have  no  Matloner*)  name :  it  waa 
then  merely  called  Stnmge  Nata  of  llu  iiUrraptaig  cb^ 
laiM  LtUtrt,  &c,  bat  it  is  quite  clear  from  the  entir, 
tbat  whan  the  tract  wai  carried  la  the  Hall  on  IS  Jan. 
1692-3,  7%(  ApalngU  of  FUrct  PmntfaaH  waa  then  tha 
firit  part  of  the  title.  It  waa  reitened,  and  in  parti«- 
printad  in  1G93,  with  the  whole  of  the  title,  and  wilb  this 
imprint—  "  Imprinted  at  London  bv  John  Danlar,  dwel- 
ling in  Hoder  Une  neera  Holba me  Conduit.  IfiSS."  Hei» 
all  the  preliminary  mailer  had  been  newly  Mt  up,  bnt  lb* 
body  of  the  trwit  waa  atruck  off  from  the  old  typaa.  The 
dedication  ii  to  a  paiaoo  whom  Naah  calla  .^|iii  Lapit,  i.  a. 
Bee-atone,  and  peiaooi  of  the  name  of  Bcettonware  con- 
nected with  our  itoge  and  dramatic  parbrmaacea  fkom 
■boat  It86  nntU  after  the  Seatocation.  Apit  Lafit  wai^ 
no  doubt,  a  prolific  intbor,  (or  Naib  tanni  blm  "the 
most  coguoaa  Carminiit  of  out  tima."  The  whole  waa 
directed  againat  Gabriel  Harvev,  and  othaia  wba  bad 
aaaailed  the  memory  of  Robert  QreaBO)  and  Naab  cen- 
dadaa  with  a  sonnet,  in  which  he  vowa  eternal  boiliUtj' 
and  deadly  vengeance.] 

xvij*"  Januarij.  —  Tbo.  Eaate.  Entrad  for  hii 
copie,  &0.  A  pleMoat  coneeyl  ptaaulu  tet  oaf,  amd 
I  plaxnelit  preienied,  ai  a  newe  yn-M  nfte  to  Ik* 
I  9uan«(  tno"  at  Hampton  coiate,  anno  domini  1"" 


It  &j 


[One  of  tha  maa;)>  fi>rmi  whidi  flattery  a 
took,  to  recommend  itself  to  royal^  on  the  rainrn  of  toe 
new  year;  Ibr  " plalnelia "   in  the  aecond  Instance  we 
should  poMlbly  read  iwaWia] 

29  Jannarj.  —  John  Windet  Entred  for  hia 
copie,  The  Uivseit  of  eedetituHeaU  poUei*,  SigU 

boohei  by  Richard  Hooker vj*. 

Authorised  bj  the  Lord  Archbishop  of 
Canteib.  hia  gttae,  under  his  hand. 

[Such  ia  the  precise  form  of  the  entry  of  one  of  the  no- 
blaat  proM  monumenta  of  our  liDguaga;  the  note  an- 
demealh  it,  upon  which  no  remark  has  hllharlo  bean 
made,  is  pecnliafly  valnabl^  and  ahant  V^Mi.  «i«  -wk 
taken  hj  tha  Bta«Un«<  Gwn.'uui  "ii-' ' "^  * 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


[B^S.LMjltIO.«. 


Uthop  wu  or  MorM  Whilgift,  and  ve  ire  loM  in  lh« 
Dodflni  bii^grnphln  of  HookBri  wilh  Jait  m  much  poii- 
t[TcncM  M  if  a  Hirch  had  really  been  maile,  thai  "  hir- 
iDgftDbhcd/nii-bcxik-i  nr  his  Ecc/aiufica/i'a/iir,  the;  were 
«ol«red  at  Sutionen'  tiall,  in  March,  1S9!{  "  wtaer«B».  in- 
stead of  four  booka,  we  here  see  thai  rijAi  book*  were  wit- 
tered aa  completed,  not  in  Mareh,  1592,  bat  on  29  Jan. 
16BS-S  —  90  uteloHiI;  haa  infomiadon  been  obtained  and 
nUited.     OdI;  four  book*  nere  flrat  printed,  and  the;  did 

Unhbook  bears  tbe  daleof  lb97 ;  and  the  cevcnlh  and 
■iRhth  booki  were  rat  publiabed  anlii  nearly  6ttj  years 
•Ttsr  Iha  death  of  their  anthor.  Those  vlio  bave  argued 
against  Ibe  gmaineneia  oftbe  two  lait  booki  are  contra- 
dieted  by  tlie  imporlaat  fact,  not,  we  beliera,  until  now 
known,  that  The  Lavi  of  E^lniaaicai  Ptlic^,  Eioiir 
Books,  wen  entered  aa  Hooker's  in  Jan.  153-J-S,  full 
MTen  yeara  before  fail  death.] 

Tertio  die  Februarlj.  — John  Wolfle.  Entred 
for  hiaoopie,  &c.  A  defence  oftliorle  haire    .     vj*. 

[It  probably  aroee  ont  oftbe  con  troveriy  then  pending 
on  the  <ab|ect  of  long  and  fbort  hair,  between  Ibe  Pari- 
tana  and  their  opponenti.  We  know  which  party  sobse- 
qnently  gained  the  day,  and  (hat  love-locka,  aboat  fil\y 
jeara  afterwarda.  proi'urcd  great  tcandal  to  IboM  who 
Tentared  to  wear  them.] 

Tho.  Adnmg.  Jo,  Oienbridge.  Enlred  for  bia 
cople,  &c.  Greene'i  rtewet  bolfic  from  Utaaen  and 
Bell,^ vj^ 

[Thia  wu  one  of  the  nameroai  (racti  growing  oot  of 
the  preraaCnre  death  of  the  nolorloug  Robert  Greene,  in 
wbfch  ha  was  anppoaed  to  eonvey  inlelliKence  from  the 
Infernal  regioni,  aa  well  aa  from  heaven,  6r  the  ioitme- 
tioo.  or  rather  ammement,  of  readers.  It  wa»  by  Bar- 
oabe  Rich,  who  began  anthonhip  aonie  twelve  or  four- 
teen y«ra  earlier,  and  who  In  this  instance  nulr  put  his 
Jniliali  to  Ihework.  which  came  out  with  the  dale  of  1593, 
Ha  wai  an  entenaining  writer,  not  over  acmpuiona,  and 
devoted  many  of  bis  productiona  to  Ireland,  in  which 
country,  at  one  time,  ha  held  an  official  appointment. 
His  prose  ii  much  auperior  to  his  vereo,  into  which,  fof 
the  sake  of  variety,  he  sometimea  deviated.  It  it  re- 
markable that  Ri'         ' 


tbiav. 


dHtlla 

•"  Febr. 


Rich-t  JVw, 


».] 


io.  Jones.  Entred  for  hi 
Ac.  ■  booke  intituled  A  pUiant  fanrie  ot 
eonergt,  called  the  patsional  morrys  daunil  by  a 
erne  of  Eigkt  couple  of  teoret,  all  metre  Enimyei 
Io  lone ■vi'', 

[Richard  Jones  was  famons  for  tnannfaclnring  attrac- 
Wve  llltea  to  the  productions  of  bit  presa.  We  can  give 
no  information  regarding  this  literary  Morrico  Dance.] 

xiiij  Febr.  —  John  Wolf.  Entred  for  his  cople, 
&c.  a  booke  intituled  Philadelpkas,  or  a  defence  of 
Srvtiu  and  the  Bniinia  hiilorye      .     .     .     .     vj'. 

[Wo  ma.v  apacnialo  that  this  was  ■  vindication  of  lh« 
old  exploded  tradition,  that  Brutoi  was  the  first  aettlsr 
In  Britain.] 

xiiiij""  Febr.  —  Raphe  Hancockes.  Entered  for 
his  Copie,  Ac,  A  taiM  Sonnet  of  Thomas  Crowe, 
latt  me  of  the  yomen  of  her  ma"^  gvarde,  wryllen 
By  one  of  hit  fcdoicea vj*, 

[We  are  not  aware  of  the  existence  otany  information 
At  to  wiut  htd  befeliea  Iht  nnfortnnala  Thomas  Crews,  ] 


v"  Marcij.  —  John  Wolf.  Entred  for  his  copte^ 
Ac.  ft  l)c)oke  intituled  The  Garden  of  good  uHU  *j'. 

[In  the  Register  the  name  ofWolf  Is  ttmck  out,  and 
the  following  note  placed  under  it;— "Eilw.  Whilo  the 
xxvij'i>  of  Auguat.  1596."  The  meaning  profaablj'  wai, 
that  b;  that  date  the  property  in  the  book  had  bees 
transferred  from  Wolf  to  White.  We  apprehend  that 
The  Gardai  of  food  wUl  was  a  lap«i  pia»a  for  "  Garland 
of  Good  Will."  a  very  well  known,  and  often  reprinted,  col- 
lection of  ballads  by  Thomas  DeloDey.  All  tho  older 
editions  of  it  appear  to  have  perished,  and  wa  never  saw  it 
under  the  above  titleearlier  than  1611 ;  but  the  entr^  team 
to  show  that  it  was  first  printed  in  the  spring  of  ISSO. 
Some  of  the  same  balladi  were  subsequently  inserted  ia 
Deloney's  Slra,^  HiMaria,  1607.] 

John  DanUr.  Kotred  for  his  copie,  Ac.  a  booke 
intituled  The  pleaimit  history  of  Edieard  Lord  of 
Lancaiter,  Kl.  of  Ike  holy  enrne,  leilh  hit  adtt*- 
turti,  jr TJ*, 

[Probabtr  a  romince  professing,  in  aame  aort,  to  b< 
founded  on  English  history.] 

IS  Marcij,  —  Abcll  JelTes.  Entred  for  his  copie, 
Ac.  a  ballad  intituled  AjoyfuU  nnne  ballad  of  our 

n't  goinge  to  the  parliament,  thewing  her  noil 
^ ^tie  and  prosperoia  reigne,and  the  great  cart 
the  hath  for  the  government  of  her  people,  node 

thit  yere  1593 »j'. 

[The  retr  1533  would  not  at  that  period  commenca 
until  S5  MsTch:  "the  IS  of  February  the  pariltmeat 
began  at  Weitmimler."    (Slow.  p.  12Ti,  edit.  leOS.] 

ii°  Aprilif .  —  John  Wolff,  Entred  for  his  copie, 
Ac.  ■  booke  intituled  Churchyarde»  Challenge  TJ'. 

[Chorchj-ard  had  been  a  poet  throughout  the  reigns  oT 
Eliiabath  and  Mar.v,  having  commenced  while  Edw.TI. 


uthe 


The  . 


Challenge  m  pi'mled  bv  Woif  in  l^S.^Io.  la  the  dedica- 
tion in  Sir  John  Woller  Churdivard  tavt.  that  be  calbd  it 
bit  Chatlenge  because  he  challenged  "all  the  poema  it  his 

viz.  his  "Ullimum  Vale."  which  he  telle  us  waa  to  coo- 
siit  of  "twelve  long  Ules  for  Christmaa,  dedicated  to 
twelve  honourable  LoriK"  la  bis  Challenge  he  inserted 
his  "Shore's  Wife"  with  " augmenlations,"  in  Mpsd- 
■b  of  his  enemies  aa  had  nnjustl}'  denied  bio 


rnity  c 


it.] 


1 3  April.  —  Jo.  IV^olf.  Entred  for  hia  copje,  Ac. 
a  booke  intituled  A  ehorle  AntKtr  to  the  rtoKti 
iphick  the  popiehe  Reeiunnte*  aUege  tchy  they  leill 
not  come  to  am-  ehurchet,  Franeit  Emmy  being  It' 
Attlhor TJ', 

[It  was  in  the  vear  preceding,  vii.  159},  that  John 
Shakespeare  wa»  informed  against  for  recnaan^  in  bdI 
coming  to  the  TroteaUnt  Church  of  Stratford- upon- Aion. 
The  next  entry  relates  directly  to  his  sod.] 

xviij'  Aprilis.  —  Richard  Peild.  Entred  for  his 
copie  under  thnndes  of  the  Archbisahop  of  Cant. 
and  m'  vardpn  Stirrop,  a  booke  intuled  T'l'd 
Venut  ami  Adonit vj< 

[Sach  is  (he  exact  form  and  letters  of  tfa«  sailifat 
entry  of  any  known  proiioctioo  by  our  greet  dramatisti 
but  in  Ibe  margin  opposite  we  find  it  recorded,  that  lbs 

Soem  had  been  "auigned  over  to  U' Harrison,  sen',  IS 
any,  1594."    Ths  edition  of  ISM  m»M  tberaibn  bars 


tM  a  L  ICikr  10.  '61] 


NOTES  AND  QUEKIES. 


363 


com«  oat  before  Jane,  1594,  because  the  imprint  to  it  is 
precisely  the  same  m  that  of  1593.  It  was  not  until 
1696  that  the  name  of  John  Harrison  appeared  npon  the 
title-page.  The  very  form  and  wording  of  the  original 
entry  have  never  been  accurately  given:  yet  they  are 
important,  because  they  prove  that  the  first  edition  of 
Vmut  and  Adomi  came  oat  in  the  middle  of  April  1598, 
and  each  was  ita  popalari^,  that  it  was  reprinted  before 
Jane  of  the  same  year,  jneld,  the  printer,  was  a  native 
of  Stratford  on  Avon.] 

J.  Fathb  Coujbb. 


PASSAGE  IN  "  ROMEO  AND  JULIET." 

The  Shakspeare  scholars  of  three  centuries  have 
published  so  many  more  or  less  ingenious  notes 
about  Juliefs  runatoay,  and  yet  the  question  is  so 
£ur  from  getting  the  right  answer,  that  it  will  do 
no  harm  to  anyone  if  a  very  little  and  modest 
note  tries  to  give  it;  probably  with  the  same 
effect  as  the  other  notes  did. 

The  quarto  of  1599  has  the  quoted  line  as 
Ibllows :  — 

**  That  ronnawayes  eyes  may  wincke,  and  Romeo. . .  " 

If  we  take  in  view,  that  the  four  last  letters  of 
**  ronnawayes  *'  are  nearly  the  same  as  the  letters 
of  the  next  word  ^^  eyes,  it  will  not  be  through- 
out unjustified  to  suppose,  that  the  repetition  of 
these  four  letters  (for  a  and  e  are  very  easily 
changed)  results  from  an  error  of  the  compositor ; 
and  ttiat  the  real  word  in  question,  or  rather  the 
mutilated  word  only  is  **  runnawayes,'*  and  not 
•*  runnawayes  eyes." 

Now,  in  reading  Juliet*s  soliloquy,  we  find,  that 
she  wants  not  merely  "  night,**  but  quite  directly 
^ cloudy *'  night ;  she  is  otopinion  that  — 

■*  Lovers  can  see  to  do  their  amorous  rites 
By  their  owif  beauties." 

She  calls  the  night  a 

** .    .    .    sober  suited  matron,  all  in  black,*' 
and  a 

« black-brow'd  night    .    .    ." 

In  short,  she  wants  all  as  dark  as  possible,  and 
probably  will  have  nothing  to  do  with  the  inqui- 
sitire,  importunate,  and  prating  moonlight. 

The  ''close  curtain**  therefore  are,  as  I  suppose, 
the  clouds,  which  shall  make  wink  the  moon*s 
eyes ;  and  Juliet  says :  — 

"  Spread  thy  doee  curtain,  love-performing  night, 
[And  then,  lifting  up  her  hand  to  the  moon  and 
thestars^] 
That  pmder  eyes  may  wink ** 

If  we  now  remember,  that  the  quartos  generally 
are  published  after  some  short-hand  writing;  that, 
as  Collier  says,— 

**  The  person  or  persons,  who  prepared  the  transcripts 
of  the  plays  for  the  printer,  wrote  by  the  ear  and  not  by 
the  eye :  they  heard  the  dialogue,  and  wrote  it  down  as  it 
stmck  them,** — 


the  difference  of  some  of  the  letters  in  the  two 
words, 

runnawayes^ 
yonder  e  y  e  s^ 

will  not  be  of  any  importance;  if  we  state  the 
possibility,  that  one  could  beUeve  to  hear  pro* 
nounced  "runnawayes,**  while  the  other  said 
**  yonder  eyes.*'  (It  is  not  to  be  forgotten  that 
many  Englishmen  pronounce  w  instead  of  r  — 
gweai  for  great  /) 

For  the^  rest  let  me  say,  without  laying  a  great 
stress  on  it,  that  Shakspeare,  twice  in  Romeo  and 
Juliet^  uses  the  word  "  yonder,'*  with  regard  to  the 
moon  and  to  the  heaven,  for  — 

**....  by  yonder  blessed  moon  I  swear  .  .  ." 

One  word  more  for  those  who  mean  that  the 
sun  is  not  yet  gone :  — 

("  Gallop  apace •») 

And  that  Juliet,  therefore,  cannot  lifl  up  her  hand 
to  the  moon.  Well  1  she  lifts  up  her  hand  to  the 
cause  of  light,  may  that  be  the  sun  or  the  moon, 
and  '* yonder  eyes'*  b  an  epithet  quite  as  fit  for 
the  one  as  for  the  other,  ^ut  it  is  to  be  under* 
stood,  that  if  Juliet  speaks  of  Uie  sun's  eyes,  the 
"  close  curtain  "  can  be  as  well  (and  even  better) 
the  darkness,  as  the  clouds. 

And  now  let  it  go.  Tou  conceive  that  I  believe 
my  emendation  to  be  the  best,  for  else  I  would 
not  have  published  it;  but  that  is  not  enouffh, 
and  I  am  exceedingly  desirous  to  know  whether 
the  authorities  of  Shakspeare  criticism  laugh  at 
my  notes,  or  accept  its  contents. 

F.  A.  Lso,  Fh.  Dr. 

4,  Hafenplatz,  Berlin. 


PATRICK  RUTHVEN; 

THB  EARL  OF  NORTHUMBERLAND  ;  AND  M88.  BELONOINO 
TO  THB  LIBRARY  OF  THB  FACULTY  OF  ADVOCATES. 

In  the  collection  of  papers  from  which  the  black- 
letter  proclamation  for  the  apprehension  of  Earl 
Bothwell  was  taken,  and  which  the  reader  will 
find  on  p.  323,  occurs  a  variety  of  important  and 
detached  MSS.,  the  existence  of  which  do  not 
seem  to  be  generally  known.  There  the  account 
of  the  last  moments  of  Anne  of  Denmark,  and 
the  Answer  to  Weldon's  bitter  attack  on  Scot- 
land, are  to  be  found.  They  were  printed  in  the 
exceedingly  valuable  Miscellany  privateljr  printed 
for  the  Abbotsford  Club — a  work  which  is  hardly 
known  in  England,  although  from  the  historical 
portion  relative  to  that  portion  of  the  country, 
It  might  have  been  consulted  with  advanta|;e. 
Upon  looking  over  it  recently,  the  name  of  Patrick 
Ruthven  caught  the  eye;  and  as  any  thins  rela- 
tive to  that  unhappy  case  naturally  created  deep 
interest,  I  'procured  a  copy  of  the  paper,  which 
turned  out  to  be  his  letter  to  the  Earl  of  North- 
umberland, printed  in  the  Cabala  and  elsewhere. 


364 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


[r«  &  L  Hat  10»  tt 


I  will  not  ask  jou  to  reprint  the  letter,  admirable 
as  it  is,  but  merely  direct  attention  to  the  heading 
'which  is  given  to  it  in  this  mannscript.  I  do  not 
think  in  the  course  of  the  inquiries  respecting  tRe 
lady  to  whom  the  letter  relates,  who  was,  no 
doubt,  the  future  wife  of  her  protector,  and  the 
mother  of  Lady  Vandyke,  it  nas  ^et  appeared 
that  she  was,  at  the  time  of  the  incident  m  ques- 
tion, a  fellow-prisoner  yi  the  Tower  with  the  Earl 
and  Patrick  Ruthven.  Her  imprisonment  in  that 
fortress  would  indicate  that  she  was  a  woman  of 
rank. 
The  heading  alluded  to  is  as  follows:  — 

**  Patrick  Rathven  his  reply  to  my  Lord  of  Northumber- 
land, who  mtid  sum  verses  and  ryme  in  disgrace  of 
the  said  Patrick  and  oar  nation  because  be  taik  the 
mainteanance  of  an  honest  gentlewoman,  whom  my 
Lord  had  more  than  ones  assaulted  of  her  honor,  being 
all  three  prisoners  together  in  the  Tower  at  one  tyme. 

Have    the  EarFs    lines    in  disparagement  of 
Ruthven  and  the  Scottish  nation  ever  turned  up  ? 

J.M. 


"  LUKE'S  IRON  CROWN.» 

At  p.  57,  vol.  ix.  of  "  N.  &  Q."  (1st  Series),  a 
correspondent  asks  to  whom  the  above-quoted 
passage  from  Goldsmith  relates,  and  he  is  referred 
by  the  Editor  to  a  note  in  Mr.  Peter  Cunning- 
ham's edition  of  the  poet ;  which  states  that  Luke 
Dosa,  and  his  brother  George,  headed  a  revolt  in 
Hungary  in  the  beginning  of  the  sixteenth  cen- 
tury :  adding,  that  it  was  Georee,  and  not  Luke, 
who  underwent  the  torture  of  the  red-hot  crown. 
This  information  is  to  be  found  in  the  Biographic 
Univertelle^  at  the  word  **  Dosa.'*  It  is  strange 
that  Goldsmith  could  find  no  more  familiar  illus- 
tration of  torture  than  that  endured  by  a  man 
whose  name  not  one  English  reader  in  a  thousand 
ever  heard  of;  strange,  too,  to  designate  this  per- 
sonage by  his  Christian  name  only. 

In  the  Book  of  Familiar  Quotaiioniy  1862,  3rd 
edition,  p.  128,  I  find  Goldsmith's  line  printed 
thus,— 

**  ZeeVi  iron  crown,  and  Damiens*  bed  of  steel.*' 

And  the  anonymous  compiler  of  the  volume  says  in 
a  foot-note,  that  George  Zeck,  for  heading  a  re- 
volt of  the  Hungarians  in  1514,  was  punished  by 
having  a  red-hot  crown  put  on  his  nead,  —  evi- 
dently the  same  occurrence  related  in  the  Biog, 
VniverseUc^  and  other  works,  in  connexion  with 
George  Dosa.  Prior,  in  his  note  on  Goldsm  i  th*s  line, 
while  in  the  text  he  allows  the  word  ''Luke**  to 
stand  —  for,  no  doubt,  it  was  so  written  by  Gold- 
smith himself — quotes  the  Respublica  Hungarica 
to  the  effect,  that  the  brothers  Zecky  George  and 
Luke,  were  the  leaders  in  the  revolt  of  1514. 

Can  any  of  your  correspondents  refer  to  the 
Respitblica  Hungarica,  and  verify  this  quotation  ? 

I  find  the  confusion  of  names  increased  on  turn- 


ing to  a  very  recent  work,  describing  the  Binat 
of  Temesvar :  Oeschickte  des  Teme$er  BanaU^  by 
Leonhard  Bohm,  Leipzig,  1861.  The  leader  of 
the  insurrection  of  1514  is  there  stated  to  have 
been  "  George  D^sa,  a  Szekler,  bom  at  Dalnok, 
a  village  in  Siebenbiirgen,  and  commonly  called 
Szekelyi  **  (the  Szekler).  He  was  horribly  tor- 
tured at  Temesvar,  and  had  a  red-hot  iron  crown 
placed  on  his  head ;  but  his  brother,  who  was  be- 
headed without  previous  torture,  is  called  by 
Bohm  Gregor  (Gregory),  and  no  **  Luke**  is  men- 
tioned. 

I  cannot  but  think  that  the  word  Ze^  has 
arisen  from  some  misunderstanding  as  to  the 
nationality  of  George  D6sa ;  and  Szekler,  a  na- 
tional appellation  of  the  original  inhabitants  of 
Transylvania  (Siebenbiirgen),  having  been  mis- 
taken for  a  proper  name,  George  the  Szekler  has 
become  George  Zeck. 

Poor  Goldsmith  seems  to  have  been  almost  as 
unlucky  in  his  reference  to  Damiens,  as  in  that 
to  "  Luke.**  Mr.  Cunningham  quotes  Granger  as 
saying  that  he  questioned  Goldsmith  as  to  what, 
he  meant  by  **  Damiens*  bed  of  steeV  And  that 
(xoldsmith  sidd  he  meant  the  rack.  Now,  according 
to  the  minute  account  of  the  tortures  inflicted  on 
the  culprit,  given  in  the  Biog.  UniveneUe,  Da- 
miens  (not  Damien,  as  the  name  is  so  commonly 
spelt,)  was  never  put  on  the  rack  at  all ;  for  the 
pbysicians,  having  been  consulted  as  to  the  form 
of  torture  he  could  best  endure,  decided  in  favour 
of  the  hrodequins  — *'  the  boots.'*  His  final  exe- 
cution consisted,  as  is  well  known,  in  being  torn 
limb  from  limb  bv  four  horses. 

It  is  worth  while  to  ascertain  the  correct  read- 
ing of  a  passage  often  quoted,  and  occurring  in  so 
established  an  English  classic  as  GoldsmiUi ;  al- 
though I  confess  that  the  last  four  lines  of  The 
Traveller — a  poem  containing  so  many  beautiful 
passages — have  always  appeared  to  me  very  nearly 
approaching  to  nonsense.  J.  Dixoh. 


MR.  GALLIARD :  SIR  JOHN  HAWKINS. 

In  Sir  John  Hawkin8*s  account  of  Mr.  Galliard, 
is  the  following  paragraph,  which,  it  appears,  eon- 
tains  a  mistake  in  attributing  the  music  in  the 
tragedy  of  Brutus  to  Mr.  Galliard :  — 

**  About  the  year  1745,  he  (Mr.  Galliard)  had  a  con- 
cert for  his  benefit  at  Lincoln's -Inn-Fields  Theatre,  jo 
which  were  performed  the  choruses  to  Sheffield,  Dake  of 
Buckingham's,  two  tragedies  of  Bnttus  and  JmUm$  CaMor, 
set  to  music  by  Mr.  Galliard." —  History  of  Music,  voI.t. 

In  the  Rev.  Mr.  Duncombe*8  publication  of 
the  Letter Jt,  &c.,  of  Mr.  John  Hughes  (ed.  1773, 
vol.  ii.  p.  63),  is  the  following  note  from  Mr.  Gal* 
Hard  to  Mr.  Duncombe,  correcting  this  very  mis- 
take made  by  Sir  John,  who,  we  may  auppoeei  had 
followed  an  older  authority :  — 

*<  Dm.  lOth,  17Si. 

"  Sm,— I  thank  yon  for  the  present  of  the  works  of 


•^  a  L  Mat  1(H '620 


NOTES  AND  QUERIEa 


866 


Mr.  Hogbeg,  th«  limg-cmilnntd  friendship  of  whom  wm 
•lw«7B  dear  to  me,  and  whose  talents  1  valued.  Ck>n- 
eeming  the  paragraph  yon  mention,  I  ronst  set  yon  right 
in  some  particulars.  I  did  not  compose  the  choruses  to 
lH>tb  the  Duke  of  Buckingham's  tragedies,  for  Signer 
Bonondni  set  to  music  those  of  Marcus  Brutus,  written 
partly  by  the  Duke,  and  partly  by  Mr.  Pope,  and  I  set 
those  to  the  tragedy  of  Juliui  Ca^r,  entirely  written  by 
hia  Grace. 

"lam,  Sir, 

**  Tour  most  humble  Serrant, 
«« J.  E.  Galuakd.** 

Mr.  Buncombe  appends  a  note  to  this  letter, 

from  which  it  appears  another  writer  had  fallen 

into  an  error  precisely  the  reverse  of  that  which 

Mr.  Gkdliard  corrects,  and  into  which  Sir  John 

Hawkins  also  fell,  as  to  these  choruses.    This  is 

the  note :  — 

<*The  author  of  The  Britiih  Theatre  is  therefore  mis- 
taken in  saying  (p.  179)  that  *  the  choruses  of  ooth  these 
plays  were  set  to  music  by  that  great  composer.  Signer 
Bononcini.' " 

I  do  not  know  that  the*music'of  these  choruses 
in  Jtdhu  CtBsar  has  ever  been  printed,  but  I  have 
recently  had  an  opportunity  of  looking  at  the  MS. 
Ion  score  of  them,  dated  1723,  and  apparently 
Mr.  Galliard*8  own  copy.  It  is  a  folio  volume  of 
abore  200  pages,  the  choruses  being  rather  long 
eompocitions,  in  several  movements,  and  inter- 
spened  with  solos.  This  MS.  volume  bears  with 
it  a  mark  of  the  vicissitudes  which  books,  as  well 
as  men,  must  often  undergo.  Its  present  posses- 
sor obtained  it  from  a  principal  music-seller  in  an 
aristocratic  neighbourhood;  while  on  thetitle-pa^e, 
in  writing  apparently  eighty  or  ninety  years  old, 
is  the  ensuing  memorandum  — 

**  Granville  Sharp  \)<^  this  at  a  stall  near  Clare  Market." 

Tbere  if  a  laudable  antiquarian  feeling  of  a  d'e- 
iire  to  preserve  some  remains  of  that^  which,  not- 
withstanding a  certain  amount  of  real  merit,  has 
become  totuly  forgotten.  Mr.  Galliard*s  works, 
as  I  conceive,  contain  some  things  which  would 
constitute  a  case  in  point.  I  do  not  know  whether 
a  single  composition  of  his  can  be  obtained  in  a 
modem  form  (except  the  *'  Hymn  of  Adam  and 
Eve**),  yet  there  are  certainly  several  which  might 
still  ^ve  pleasure  if  revived.  Who  now  knows 
anything  of  the  fine  tenor  hunting-song,  *'  With 
early  horn  ?"  —  characterised  by  Dr.  'Burney  as 
**  6alliard*8  most  agreeable  of  all  hunting-songs ; " 
by  Sir  John  Hawkins,  as  "that  famous  song;" 
and  of  the  former  celebrity  of  which  we  find  a 
trace  in  Smollett's  '*  Count  Fathom,"  wherein  it  is 
told  as  one  of  the  feats  of  the  fox-hunter.  Sir 
Stentor  Stile,  that  '*he  sung,  or  rather  roared, 
the  *  Early  Horn/  so  as  to  alarm  the  whole  neigh- 
bourhood.** 

In  Sir  Charles  CHrandisoriy  Mr.  Galliard  obtains 
a  notice  of  another  kind  from  Miss  Byron,  who 
thus  writes  to  her  friend.   (See  Letter  xxii.) :  — 

**  Mr.  Grevills begged  me  to  sing  that 


whimsical  song  set  by  Galliard,  whieh  once  my  uncle 
made  me  sing  at  Selby  House  in  Mr.  Greville*s  hearing. 
....... 

*  Chloe,  by  all  the  powers  above,*  &c 
*'  The  gentlemen  were  very  lively  on  the  occasion,  and 
encored  it. 

«**Yoa  will  favor  ns»  however,  with  yonr  Discreet 
Lover,'  said  Mr.  Greville ;  *  that  is  a  song  written  entirely 
upon  your  own  principles.' 

**  *  Well,  then,  I  will  give  yon,'  said  I,  *  set  by  the  same 
hand,  the  Discreet  Lover— 

*  Te  fair,  that  would  be  blest  in  love,' "  &c. 

With  this  communication  I  send  a  music-book 
of  six  songs,  privately  printed,  and  containing 
three  of  Mr.  Gralliard's  bass  songs ;  two  from  his 
opera  of  Calypso  (1712),  and  one  from  the  NecrO" 
mancer  (1723;.  This  last  song  is  "  Arise,  ye  sub- 
tle forms,**  of  which  Sir  John  Hawkins  preserves 
the  anecdote,  that  Richard  Leveridge  valued  him- 
self much  upon  singing  it.  •  There  are  some  excel- 
lent songs  m  Calypso,  and  Minerva*8  song,  with 
oboe  accompaniment,  commencing 

**  See,  those  golden  beams  how  bright," 

is  truly  charming.  Alfbbd  Boira. 

Somers*  Town. 


SHixuiT  fiaM. 

Obieiital  Wobds  nr  English  :  Gazbttb,  Ma.- 
OAZiNB,  Cabat,  Satin.  —  Merchandise  has  cer- 
tainly enriched  the  modern  languages  of  Europe, 
and  among  the  words  which  I  ascribe  to  this 
source  are  the  above.  As  English  words,  we  may 
owe  them  to  the  Continent,  Venice  or  Spain,  but 
where  did  tiiey  originally  come  from  ?  Gazette  I 
would  derive  from  the  rersian  and  Syriac  word 
gaza,  treasure  or  wealth.  This  will  not  prevent 
us  from  admitting  that  the  Venetians  gave  the 
name  to  a  coin.  Gazetteer  is  of  course  formed 
from  gazette,  and  its  uses  are  well  known.  Maga- 
zine  is  pure  Arabic,  and  properly  denotes  a  store- 
house or  thesaurus.  It  very  likely  came  by  way 
of  Spain,  and  is  no  doubt  closely  allied  to  gazette. 
Carat  is  applied  to  parts  or  sections  into  which 
gold  is  divided.  I  suppose  it  comes  from  the 
Shemitic  root  of  the  same  form,  meaning  to  cut 
or  divide. 

Satin.  Is  not  this  also  of  Oriental  origin,  like 
sindon  in  Latin  and  Greek;  Heb.  sadin;  Arab. 
sadan,  &c.  ?  B.  H.  C. 

"  Philosofhical  SunrBT  of  Ibeland." — It 
may  be  well  to  notice  a  very  prevalent  mistake 
regarding  this  work.  In  nme  book-catalogues 
out  of  ten  it  is  entered  as  "  Watkinson's  Philo^ 
sophical  Survey  of  Ireland'' ;  whereas  the  author 
was  the  Rev.  Thomas  Campbell,  LL.D.,  whose 
Letters,  of  which  the  voluine  consists,  are  ad- 
dressed to  John  Watkinson,  M.D.  Tour  corre- 
spondent J.  P.  (S"^  S.  i.  311)  has  fallen  into  the 


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NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


[8^  a  L  ICat  10, 'O. 


mistake.  Dr.  Campbell  was  well  known  in  his 
day;  and  one  of  his  publications,  entitled  StriC' 
tares  on  the  Ecclesiastical  and  Literary  History  of 
Ireland  (8vo,  Dublin,  1789),  is  now  before  me. 

Abhba. 

Ybass  akd  Rbiohs. — Mr.Nichols*s  interesting 
article  on  the  Countess  of  Desmond  has  led  to  the 
following :  — 

1.  Old  Parr,  who  died  in  1635,  aged  152,  lived 
(if  that  be  true  *)  in  the  reigns  of  ten  sovereigns : 
Edward  IV.,  Edward  V.,  Richard  III.,  Henrj 
VII.,  Henry  VIII.,  Edward  VI.,  Mary,  Elizabeth, 
James  I.,  and  Charles  I. 

2.  Waller,  the  poet,  who  died  in  1687,  aged  82, 
lived  in  the  reigns  of  six  sovereigns  or  govern- 
ments: James  I.,  Charles  I.,  Commonwealth,  Oliver 
Cromwell,  Richard  Cromwell,  Charles  II.,  and 
James  II. 

3.  Young,  the  poet,  who  died  in  1765,  aged  84, 
lived  in  the  reigns  of  eight  sovereigns :  Charles  II., 
James  II.,  William  and  Mary,  William  III.,  Anne, 
George  I.,  George  II.,  and  George  III. 

4.  Rogers,  the  poet,  who  died  in  1855,  aged  92, 
lived  in  the  reigns  of  only  yinir  sovereigns :  Georije 
III.,  George  IV.,  William  IV.,  and  Queen  Victoria. 

The  case  of  Young  seems  to  me  the  most  re- 
markable :  Rogers,  however,  had  to  outlive  fifty- 
seven  years  of  one  reign.     Pbtbb  Cunninqham. 

England  and  Fbancb.  —  The  two  following 
proverbs  occur  in  a  chance  juxtaposition,  which  is 
▼erpr  amusing,  in  the  Adagia  Oermanica  of  Be* 
belms :  ♦  — 

**Taanu  revertetar  taoros;  etiam  si  Parrhisios  da- 
catur." 

**  Rana  ad  palades  resilit,  etiam  si  in  solium  locaveris,'* 

Which  I  suppose  we  may  translate  — 

**  John  Butt  comes  back  from  Paris  with  all  his  national 
prejadices." 

"  Johnny  Crapaud  makes  no  loDff  stay  in  England ;  he 
soon  hops  back,  made  uncomfortable  by  the  stability  of 
her  institutions." 

J.  Eliot  Hodgkin. 

West  Derby. 

Sebastian  Cabot  a  Knight.  —  Sparks,  in  his 
American  Biofpraphy  (Memoir  of  S.  Cabot,  p.  143), 
lias  the  followmg  passage :  — 

"  In  the  palace  at  Whitehall  formerly  hong  a  portrait 
of  Sebastian  Cabot,  under  which  was  the  fbUowing  in- 
scription :  *  Effigies  Seb.  Caboti  Angli  filij  Joannis  Caboti 
militis  anrati.'  This  possessed  just  enough  of  oracular 
ambi^ty  to  cause  great  tronble.  Were  the  terms  *  militis 
aurati '  to  be  applied  to  John  or  Sebastian  ?  Purchas  saw 
the  portrait,  and  immediately  knighted  the  latter ;  while 
Campbell  quotes  this  very  inscription  to  prove  that  the 
father  for  certain  services  became  Sir  John  Cabot.  We 
have  not  mentioned  either  as  having  been  knighted,  and 

['  We  wish  Mr.  J.  G.  Nichols,  or  some  other  such 
patient  and  intelligent  investigator,  would  tell  us  what 
are  the  real  ascertained  facts  in  the  cases  of  old  Parr  and 
Hennr  Jenkins.  —  Ed.  «  N.  &  Q.'*] 

t  Argent  Grttninger,  1608,  4to. 


if  we  will  guard  against  inaccuracieB  of  tranalatiiNi  we 
shall  see  the  above  inscription  affords  no  ground  for  as- 
cribing such  an  honour  to  either.  EqmtM,  and  not  mtfes, 
would  have  been  the  Latin  term  to  designate  knight- 
hood. Sir  H.  Gilbert,  Sir  H.  Wilioughby,  Sir  M.  Fro- 
bisher,  and  Sir  F.  Drake,  are  mentioned  by  Haklnjt, 
each  with  the  term  e^iies  cMratus,  and  no  other  of  their 
rank  is  thus  styled  otherwise." 

The  compiler  of  the  Biography  has  only  re- 
oopied  the  ignorance  of  another  writer,  for  nearly 
the  same  words  are  to  be  found  in  Biddle*8  ilfe- 
moirs  of  Cabot,  It  certainly  seems  a  very  bold 
assertion  to  make  that  miles  is  not  the  term  to 
designate  a  knight  when  a  host  of  inquisitiones  post 
mortem^  and  other  records^  might  be  adducea  u 
evidence  to  rebut  so  monstrous  an  averment.  Had 
he  taken  the  trouble  to  consult  any  Law  Diction- 
ary,  he  would  have  found  that  although  eques  is  a 
term  used  by  the  heralds,  it  is  never  employed  in 
law,  miles  being  invariably  the  legal  designation. 
That  there  are  distinctions  in  knighthood  there 
can  be  no  doubt,  and  the  word  auratus^  whether 
appended  to  miUs  or  eques,  may  have  some  con- 
nection with  gilded  spurs  or  gilded  armour ;  but 
doubtless  there  must  be  some  of  your  corre- 
spondents learned  enough  to  determine. 

It  is  just  possible  that  Seb.  Cabot  may  have 
been  knighted  without  any  record  extant  of  the 
fact ;  but  if  not,  I  think  we  may  assume  it  to  be  a 
lapsus  on  the  part  of  the  writer  of  the  inscription, 
wno  might  have  written  militis  aurati  in  error  for 


armtgert. 


Ithubul. 


Thb  Origin  of  ezhibitihq  the  Rboaua.  it 
the  towbb  :  — 

**Rb  (the  Master  and  the  Treasurer  of  the  Jewell 
House)  hath  a  particular  Servant  in  the  Tower,  intnisted 
with  that  great  treasure,  to  whom  fbecause  S'  Gflhsit 
Talbot  was  retrenched  in  all  the  perquisitea  and  profits  of 
his  place,  as  is  above  mentioned,  and  not  M%  to  allow 
him  a  competent  salary)  his  Majesty  doth  tacitly  allow 
him  that  he  shall  shew  the  Regalia  to  strangers,  which 
furnished  him  with  so  plentiful  a  lively-hood,  that  S'  Gil- 
bert Talbot  upon  the  death  of  his  servant  there,  had  aa 
offer  made  to  him  off  500  old  broad  pieces  of  gold  for  the 
place. 

**  Yet  he  first  gave  it  to  old  Mr.  Edwards  freely  (who 
had  been  his  father's  servant)  whom  Bind  mnithiand 
when  he  attempted  to  steal  the  Crown,  Olobe^  and 
Scepter."  Signed  •«  May  the  SOth,  1680."  —  AriAmobma, 
xxii.  122. 

W.P. 

Unconscious  Plaqi/lbism. — Sir  Walter  Scott*i 
couplet,  so  familiar  to  us  all, 

**  £*en  the  light  harebell  raised  its  head 
Elastic  from  her  airy  tread," 

most  probably  derived  its  parentage  from  the  fol- 
lowing of  Ben  Jonson : 

•  In  one  of  the  State  Papers  (Colonial  Series)  written 
about  1660,  Sebastian  Cabot  most  distinctly  has  the  pre- 
fix of  5ir  before  his  name.  The  passage  I  allnde  to 
running  thus :  "  S'  Sebastian  Cabott  being  in  the  year 
1497  employed  by  Henry  the  seaventh,"  m  ft& 


art  &  L  Mat  10,  "82.] 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


367 


"For  otlier  print  her  airy  step  ne'er  left  ;* 
Her  treading  woald  not  bend  a  blade  of  grass.** 

^lamone»  in  T%e  Sad  Shepherd, 

M.F. 

Thb  Hbabth  Tax.  —  We  often  now  hear  of  an 
estate  or  property  being  **  mortgaged  up  to  the 
back-door,**  but  that  appears  to  be  the  ne  plus 
ultra  of  encumbrances ;  and  mortgagees,  by  figu- 
ratively stopping  at  the  back-door,  seem  to  admit 
the  propriety  of  the  regulation  whicl^  makes  every 
man  s  house  his  castle.  But  there  was  a  time  when 
the  rubicon  of  even  the  back-door  was  passed, 
and  Englishmen  were  taxed  to  their  very  hearths. 
Just  2W)  years  ago  the  hearth,  or  chimney  tax, 
was  first  imposed  by  Charles  IL,  when  (1662)  it 
produced  200,000/.  a-year.  It  was  repeded  in 
1689.  The  following  receipt  from  a  collection  of 
sach  matters  in  my  possession,  is,  I  think,  worth 
reproduction  in  "  N.  &  Q.** ;  not  only  as  showing 
the  rate  of  the  taxation,  which  appears  to  have 
been  oppressively  heavy,  but  as,  fromi  its  date,  I 

i'udge  tnat  it  must  refer  to  the  last  collection  for 
learth  money :  — 

*«  Atig.  the  28, 1600,  and  Eighty  S, 

**  Received  of  Sr,  Tho,  Barker,  the  sam  of' 
Eleven  Shillings,  in  fall  for  1  half 

veer's  Daty  for  U  Fire 

hearths  in  bis  House  in  Lydon  due 

and  ended  at  Lady-Day  Last  past.    I  say 
Received  by-       -----. 

Fol.  25 

L.  15 
«*  Jo,  Borradale,  Collector.*' 

The  words  in  italics  and  the  figures  necessarily 
represent  the  written  part  of  the  receipt. 

xbe  Sir  Thomas  Barker  here  referred  to  was 
ihe  3od  and  last  Baronet  of  Hambleton,  co.  Rut- 
land. The  Lyndon  (not  Lydon  as  in  the  receipt) 
estate,  also  in  Rutland,  was  purchased  by  Sir 
Abel  Barker,  his  father,  who  erected  the  house 
with  eleven  hearths,  which  was  completed  in 
1675.  S.  T. 

The  onlt  Woodbh  Chusch  in  Enqland.  — 

**  Those  who  take  an  interest  in  wooden  architecture, 
flMV  like  to  know  that  the  church  of  Little  Greenstead, 
in  Essex,  is  the  one  ancient  wooden  church  which  exists 
ill  Eogland."—  Vaeatkm  Touriste,  p.  420,  note. 

E.  H.  A. 


lit. 


fftttfrM. 


JOHN  08WEN,  THE  WORCESTER  PRINTER  IN 
THE  REIGN  OF  EDWARD  VL 

The  interest  excited  at  the  annual  meeting  of 
iho  Archssological  Institute  last  July,  at  Feter- 
boMngh,  by  an  exhibition  in  the  Temporary 
Museum  of  a  collection  of  valuable  early  printed 
books,  then  contributed  with  kind  liberality  from 
tlie  trei^sures  in  possession  of  Mr.  Tite,  M.Jr.,  and 
the  Rev.  John  Fuller  Bussell,  has  suggested  a 


desire  for  some  similar  collection  in  the  Museum 
to  be  formed  at  the  Worcester  meeting  of  the 
Institute  in  July  next  By  the  courtesy  of  the 
Dean  and  Chapter,  the  ancient  Refectory,  now 
the  College  Hall,  has  been  appropriated  for  the 
purpose  of  forming  a  museum,  as  far  as  prac- 
ticable, illustrative  of  Worcestershire  antiquities 
and  history.  A  special  collection  is  contemplated, 
moreover,  in  connection  with  Worcestershire  wor- 
thies, to  consist  of  memorials  of  every  description, 
portraits,  autographs,  MS.  or  published  works, 
and  the  like,  illustrative  of  the  history  of  eminent 
persons  in  olden  times,  natives  of,  or  residents 
in,  the  county  visited  by  the  Society.  Amongst 
these  gatherings,  which  already  promise  to  form 
a  series  of  general,  as  well  as  special  local  interest, 
it  has  been  suggested  that  a  curious  feature  might 
be  presented,  m  illustration  of  one  of  the  earliest 
incunabula  of  provincial  typography  in  England, 
namely,  by  bringing  together  m  the  proposed 
Museum  the  productions  of  the  press  of  John 
Oswen,  which  are  of  considerable  rarity.  Oswen, 
it  is  well  known,  quitted  Ipswich,  where  two 
other  presses  had  been  established,  and  settled  at 
Worcester  in  1548.  He  had  a  license  from  Ed- 
ward YI.  for  seven  years  to  print  all  kinds  of 
books,  and  especially  those  set  forth  by  royal 
authority  concerning  services  to  be  used  in 
churches,  or  instructions  of  the  inhabitants  of 
Wales  and  the  adjacent  marshes.  The  volumes 
hitherto  known  to  have  been  produced  by  Oswen 
at  Worcester  are  enumerated  in  Ames*s  Typo^ 
graphical  Antiquities^  ed.  Herbert,  vol.  iii.  p.  1459. 
Of  twenty-one  volumes  there  described  four  are 
New  Testaments,  of  which  that  in  8vo,  which 
appeared  in  1550,  is  accompanied  by  an  almanac 
for  twenty -6ve  years  commencing  from  that  date. 
This  rare  book  is  stated  to  be  "  newly  imprinted 
at  Worseter  by  John  Oswen  appointed  by  the 
Eing*8  Majestic  and  his  highness*  honorable  coun- 
sail  for  the  principalitie  of  Wales  and  marches  of 
the  same :  they  be  also  to  sell  at  Shrewsbury.** 
Oswen's  Liturgy ^  printed  in  1549,  contains  a  sin- 
gular notification  of  a  restriction  as  to  price :  -^ 

**  The  king's  maiestie,  by  the  adaise  of  his  moste  dears 
uncle  the  lord  protector,  and  other  his  highnes  connsell, 
streightlye  char^th  and  commandeth  that  no  maner  of 
person  do  sdl  this  present  boke  vnbonnd,  aboue  the  price 
ii.  shillings  vL  pence  the  piece,  and  the  same  boond  in 
paste  or  in  booraes  not  above  the  price  of  four  shyllyngs 
the  piece.    God  save  the  King !  ** 

In  1727  Lord  Oxford  became  possessor  of  a 
copy  for  10/. ;  the  volume  would  now  command, 
doubtless,  a  very  ample  price.  After  the  death 
of  Edward  VL  we  find  no  trace  of  any  Worcester 
press  until  the  following  century.  It  is  veijr 
probable  that  some  of  the  rare  relics  of  Oswen  s 
industry  may  have  escaped  the  keen  reseArches 
even  of  Ames  and  Herbert,  and  I  would  invite 
the  friendly  assistance  of  those  who  maj  take 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


[>rt&LHATlO,<tt 


intereat  in  tlie  evlj  etUblufamenta  of  typognjih'f 
in  this  conntiTi  in  this  enile«vottr  to  bring  to- 
gether at  the  Worcester  meeting  u  Urge  «  series 
M  poiaible  of  volume*  iwued  from  thii  comparo* 
lively  obscure  local  preta.  Enconrogement  hu 
not  been  wanting  in  Worceitenhire  on  the  part  of 
tboae  vrho  engage  with  interest  in  the  investiga- 
tion of  earlj  literature ;  and  the  hope  mair  be  ex> 
pressed  that  our  friends  in  the  adjoining  county 
of  Salop  may  aid  in  bringing  to  light  some  for- 
cotten  extmplef  of  the  rare  volumes,  of  vrhich 
Oflwen,  as  we  have  seen,  announced,  —  "  thej  be 
also  to  sell  in  Shrewsbury."  Amongst  spacimens 
already  promised  may  be  mentioned  the  New 
Tegtamcnt  preserved  at  Balliol  College ;  that 
typographical  rarity  will,  through  the  lilKral  con- 
sideration of  the  Matter  and  the  College,  be 
entrusted  for  exhibition,  and  form  a  valuable 
accession  to  the  collection.  A  copy  of  Bishop 
Hooper'i  rare  "  Homelje  to  be  read  in  the  tyme 
of  pestylence,"  with  a  curious  woodeut  portrait 
of  Edward  VI.,  and  dated  1553,  is  In  the  library 
of  the  fiev,  J.  Fuller  Russell,  and  will,  we  hope, 
be  contributed  with  his  accustomed  kindness  in 
giving  furtherance  to  any  literary  or  antiquarian 
purpose.  An  Almanac,  ^so,  a  diminutive  volume 
of  very  portable  form,  probably  of  much  rarity, 
has  been  promised ;  this  is  obviously  of  a  claw  of 
books  aeldom  to  be  met  with,  having  commonly 
beeu  thrown  aside  when  superseded  by  later  and 
improved  editions. 

I  shall  thankfully  receive  any  suggestion  or 
assistance  in  the  proposed  illustration  of  Originet 
TyjH^raphiea  in  the  Faithful  City. 

AiABKT  Wat. 

Wonham  Uanor,  Rsigile. 


Ahcibht  Sbau.— I  have  recently  been  per- 
mitted to  take  impressions  in  gutta  percha  from 
waE  impressions  of  various  curious  seali,  which 
belonged  to  s  deceased  lady  ;  where  she  obtained 
her  impressions  in  wax,  I  cannot  state.  My  igno- 
rance of  seals  renders  me  incapable  of  deciding 
whether  any  of  them  are  worthy  of  remark ;  but 
I  transmit  the  descriptions  of  them  to  you,  for  my 
own  information,  and  possibly  for  the  entertain- 
ment of  some  of  your  readers :  — 

1.  Round;  an  ea^le.  Legend,  "Sigill.Henrici 
deFenhowe."  (Capitals.) 

2.  Round ;   arms    of   '" 

[gules] :   the  linctutes  .     

Hiield  surrounded  with  small  boughs  or  sprigs. 
Legend  (in  black  letter),  "Sigillum  [tliome?]  de 
elyifforde  armig." 

3.  Round.  A  crown  sorraonnting  a  fleur-de- 
lis.  Legend,  "  S.  Subiidii  pannorincom  [F]  Ea- 
iM."»  (Capitals.) 

4.  Oval.  A  bishop,  crosier  in  hand,  under  a 
c«nopy.    Legend  (black-Ielter),  much  defaced: 


"  Sigillum ....    ihan    .    .    .    eel    .    .    . 
s  .  .  g  .  is."  [?] 

5.  Oval.  A  ship,  with  waves  and  two  fishes 
underneath.  Legend  (capitals),  "  S.  irrdiggionii 
(?)  eccl'  led'  Saltwode." 

6.  Oval.  Virgin  and  Child ;  monk  in  prayer 
below.  Legend  (capitals),  "  S.  pragrls  [FJ  nicoUi 
de  sign  villa." 

7.  Oval.  A  saint,  or  the  Virgin,  at  the  top  (the 
bust  only)  :  two  saints  below,  the  bands  raised  la 
benediction ;  lower  still,  a  monk  [?]  kneeling  in 
prayer.  Legend  (capitals),  "  BL  Ginaldi  :  de 
Hweswullaohi  [P]." 

6.  Round.  A  cross  of  branohes,  witb  leant, 
three  dots  in  each  quarter.  Leg«id,  "  BigiUvm 
Alide  "  (capittb).  Bade  workmsnahip,  ia  very 
high  relief. 

9.  Very  rudely  carved.  Round.  A  rabbit  (F). 
Legend  (capitals),  "  alas,  now  . .  a  .  .  a." 

10  and  II.  Two  very  similar,  both  round. 
Two  heads,  looking  at  each  other,  man  and  wo- 
man.    Legend  (capitals)  "Love  me  as  nowe." 

12.  Seal  of  Edward  the  Black  Prince  aa  Doke 
of  Aquitaine.  Impression  faint  Bound;  three 
lions.  Legend,  almost  undecipherable,  "...  reg. 
Angl.  due,  aquit  .  .  .  ." 

13.  Signet-ring  of  King  John,  Round,  very 
small,  and  in  high  relief.  A  capital  I,  anrmounted 
by  a  crown.    Legend,  in  black  lett^,  "  Ayle  [?] 

The  aeals  numbered  I,  5,  6,  7,  8,  D,  10  and  11, 
appear  to  me  more  ancient  than  those  numbered 
S,  3,  and  4.  Hbbmbhtkvds. 

Anonthous  Tb\ct.  —  Can  any  one  tell  me  the 
anthor  of  the  following  tract? 

"  Ressoos  nby  a  FrotcstuiC  aboald  not  Inrn  Fspitt :  or, 
ProteslaDt  PnJadicM  sguast  the  Roman  Catbolii:  K»- 
liglon ;  proposed,  in  a  Letter  to  ■  Boiniih  PriesL  By  a 
Person  of  Quslily.     London,  1087,  41o. 

t  am  aware  that  it  ia  attributed,  in  the  Bodleian 
Catalogue,  to  the  Hon.  Kobcrt  Boyle,  but  I  am 
unable  to  discover  upon  what  authority.  I  have 
looked  into  his  Life,  by  Dr.  Birch,  as  well  as  that 
contained  in  Kippis's  edition  of  the  Biograpk^ 
Brilamiica,  both  very  minute  and  circnmstantis] 
respecting  his  writings,  but  could  find  no  mention 
of  it.  Dr.  Watt'alBibliolheca  Britannica  contains 
no  notice  of  it.  •AA«ii. 

Dublin. 

BicoH's  EsBAis.— Where  is  the  MS.  list  of 
editions  of  Bacon's  Eiiayi,  made  by  Malone,  to 
be  found  F  It  is  quoted  by  Mr.  Singer  in  the 
Preface  to  his  edition  of  the  EuayM  (p.  viii),  as 
the  authority  for  the  statement  that  relmprenions 
of  the  Euays  were  issued  In  1604  and  1606  both 
in  12mo,  and  in  1613,  1614,  and  1618  in  Sro. 
Mr.  Sbger  adds,  but  without  Ki*ii>g  U>j  anthoritj, 
"There  were,  it  seems,  editiODi  in  1622,  1633, 
1634,  in  4t«." 


8'<aLLIUTia,'6S.] 


NOTES  AND  QUERIEa 


£i  tlie  "  HaloniBna"  ftl  the  end  of  Sir  James 
Prior's  Zi/«  of  Malone,  p.  424,  tbe^imnreMioni  of 
1606  and  1618  aie  mentioned,  but  nochtagis  ssld 
of  thkt  of  1604.  The  editioiu,  genuine  and  pi- 
rated, which  I  have  seen  were  printed  in  1597, 
1398,  1606,  two  in  1612.  two  in  ]61S,  1614,  1624 
(not  4to),  ud  1625.  In  Reed's  Catal(^[ue,  No. 
16B3,  is  an  Sto  edition  of  the  Euaya  printed  in 
1619,  and  Ko.  1772  ii  a  quarto  cop;  with  the 
date  1622. 

Are  these  editions  of  1618  and  1619  auTthing 
more  than  the  Italian  and  French  translations  of 
the  EMtayt,  which  were  reapectivel;  published 
in  thoH  7«arB  F  And  where  do  copies  of  the  im* 
presuous  of  1604, 1622,  1623  exist  ?  Besides  these, 
are  an;  other  editions  known  to  hare  been  pub- 
lished between  the  jesrs  1597  and  1625  ? 

W.  A.  Wwoar. 

Cambridge. 

Bacok's  Ematb  — Rbtobhcki  to  QuoTAtioiia 
WAKTBD.  —  1.  The  »B;lng  of  Cosmua,  Duke  of 
JFlorence  (quoted  b;  Bacon,  En.  4.) 

2.  iKvidiafeilos  diet  non  agit  {E>*.  9,  AnHlheUt 
knd  eiaewhere.) 

8.  Ubiptccat  in  too  periclitatur  in  allero  (Eu.4i.) 

4.  ThesajiuR  of  Gonsalvo  (Eit.  51,  and  three 
other  passages  ID  Bacon's  Workt.) 

B.  atotia  reram  at  rapidii*  extra  locum,  plaeiibu 
inloco.  (<4<iu.o/£.  ii.  10.  §1.)    W.A.WKIOHT. 

Battli  or  Fbsbton,  1715.  — In  Onee  a  Week 
(toI.  vi.  274),  in  an  article  on  Crocker  the  medal- 
lift,  bj  F.  W.  Madden,  there  is  the  following 
document,  approving  of  a  medal  for  thia  battle,  as 
follow! :  — 

"  Hint  Offlcs.  Octobsi  %  1718. 

"  BaTing  peniMd  wbat  is  ibove  depicted  foi  (be  ra- 
TSna  of  ■  madal  upon  the  Tietaiy  at;FrMlDii.  «s  do  ip- 
prair«  tluraof,  and  aatborise  Hr.  Crocker  to  flalih  ;• 

■  Wm.  Thomfso!',  Ii.  Nkwton,  Mabtis  BiAnan." 
Are  there  anj  of  these  medalsjn  existeoce,  and 
what  is  their  design  P  Wh.  Dobsoh. 

PriMon. 

TncomT  Cakada.  —  Who  was  Visconnt  Ca- 
nada, and  are  there  any  representatives  of  the 
family  itlll  exuting  F     What  arms  did  the;  bear  t 

Chabj^bs  L  Boras.  —  I  bave  in  m;  possession 
BD  interesting  famil;  relic,  concerning  which  I 
■honld  like  to  ask  a  question  or  two  through  "  If . 
AQ." 

It  is  one  of  the  Charles  I.  rings,  of  which  it  is 
supposed  that  leveral  are  extant,  of  plain  gold, 
and  about  44  grains  in  weight,  with  a  coacBelv 
executed  miniature  of  the  Ro^al  Martjr  in  enamel, 
coloored  proper,  on  a  blue  lield,  with  the  legend, 
"  Me  Begem  sequere,"  at  the  hack  of  the  setting : 
the  ring  is  traditionallj  believed  to  be  that  given 
b;  the  King  to  Bishop  Juxon,  Have  all  these 
rings  posies  ?  and  is  thit  the  one  commonl;  in-  ' 


scribed?  or  ii  it  peculiar  to  the  memento  pre- 
sented to  that  Bight  Bev.  Confessor,  who,  with 
the  same  fate  not  improbablj  awaiting  himself 
never  wavered  in  his  dutiful  attachment  to  his 
Rojal  Master  in  his  adversitj,  but  bravel;  and 
lovally  ministered  to  him  in  prison  and  on  the 
scaffold? 

An;  information  on  the  above  points  from  ;our 
antiquarian  readers  would  much  oblige 

E  .  Pbisca  .  Fide. 

Cbcili. — In  the  ChronieUt  of  the  WkiU  Rott 
of  York,  London,  1845,  p.  313,  ■  genealogy  is 
quoted  from  William  Wjrrcester,  wherein  Cecilia, 
wife  of  Richard  Duke  of  York,  and  mother  of 
King  Edward  IV.,  is  described  as  "  Daughter  of 
the  illustrious  lord,  Ralph,  Earl  of  Westmore- 
land, b;  his  second  wife,  the  most  noble  lady  Joan, 
daughter  of  the  most  potent  prince,  John,  Dnka 
of  Lancaster,"  &c.  I  have  not  elsewhere  foand 
any  allusion  to  the  descent  of  the  famll;  of  York 
from  John  of  Gannt.  Will  you  kindl;  refer  me 
to  some  authorit;  for  an  explanation  F       B.  W. 

CoBMErBBB  AHD  CAirBBS  OF  Bbwdlbt.  —  In 
the  ancient  chapel  at  Bewdle;,  which  was  taken 
down  in  1746,  the  names  of  Bichard  Taylor 
Coraefer  and  others  were,  according  to  Habing- 
ton,  inscribed  on  the  window,  together  with  &n 
arms,  Sable,  three  goats'  heads,  erased,  argent, 
homed  or.  These,  I  presume,  were  the  arms  of 
the  Contfert,  or  hom-workert,  —  a  trade  now 
flourishing  in  that  ancient  borough. 

The  trade,  I  have  heard,  was  established  in 
Bewdle;  on  account  of  its  proximit;  to  the  oak 
forest  of  W;re,  fuel  from  oak  trett  being  necea- 
sanr  to  the  manufacture. 

I  do  not  know  whether  it  is  carried  on  as  a 
distinc^ve  trade  in  another  town,  or  has  been 
elsewhere  connected  with  suilds  bearing  arms. 

The  Cappers  of  Bewdley  were  also  an  im- 
portant trading  community.  An  Act  of  Queen  Eliz. 
abeth  was  passed  for  their  protection,  that  ever; 
one  above  six  ;ears  of  age,  except  some  persons 
of  qualit;,  should  wear  a  cap  of  wool  dr^ed  in 
Sneland,  upon  forfeiture  of  3*.  4d,  Bichard 
Willis,  Bishop  of  WinchesWr,  was  aon  of  a  Bewd- 
ley Capper.  The  last  in  the  trade,  whom  I  well 
remember,  died  abont  twenty  yesr^  since,  and  the 
ancient  manufacture  is  now  extinct.  Yarranton 
mentions  them  in  EnglaiuTt  Improvement  by  Sea 
and  2jit>d  as  an  important  industr;  |  but  I  cannot 


.  bearings  connected  with  tl 

The  trade  in  caps  is  said  to  bave  been  on- 

^nall;  introduced  into  Bewdley  from  Monmouth. 

Should  any  of  your  correspondents,  who  take 

interest  in  the  histor;  of  British  industry,  throw 

an;  Itghl  on  these  peculiar  trades,  it  would  oblige 

Tbomai  E.  Wixudiotoh. 

StanArd  Coort,  Woroesta. 


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NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


[8^aLMATlO,*61 


C0BHWA1.LI8.— Collins,  ID  his  Peeraget  ed.  1756, 
Tol.  ▼.  p.  274,  treating  of  Charles  Cornwallis,  a 
jounj^er  son  of  Sir  Thomas  Cornwallis  by  Anne 
Jerningham,  states  that  his  Brst  wife  was  Eliza- 
beth, daughter  of  Thomas  Farnham,  of  Fincham, 
CO.  Norfolk.  This  is  incorrect;  it  should  be 
Annej  daughter  of  Thomas  Fincliam,  of  Fincham. 
She  was  the  widow  of  Richard  NicoUs,  Esq., 
whom  she  married  18th  September,  1573,  and 
who  died  not  long  after  in  the  16th  of  Elizabeth. 
Anne  died  1584,  and  was  buried  at  Fincham 
29th  Julj.  William  Fincham,  brother  of  Anne, 
sold  the  Fincham  estate  to  Charles  Cornwallis, 
Esq.,  afterwards  knighted  by  King  James  in 
1603. 

The  Fincham  Register  contains,  howcTer,  the 
following  entries :  — 

**  1576.  Charles  Corawallia,  son  of  Edward  Cornwallis, 
and  Anne  bis  wife,  Bap'  16  Oct 

**  1584.  Edward  Cornwallis,  gent,  and  Elizabeth  his 
wife,  were  married  28*^  April." 

*I  am  unable  to  connect  Edward  Cornwallis 
with  the  family  of  Sir  Charles,  and  shall  be  obliged 
to  any  of  your  readers  for  information  on  the 
point.  G.  H.  D. 

A  Fact  fob  Gbolooists  —  Corps  Humaih 
Pbtbitie.  — 

**  L'an  mil  cinq  cens  nonante  six,  Moniienr  Billiocti, 
faomme  d'honnenr,  de  la  ville  d'Aix  en  Proaence,  eatant 
4  Lyon,  recita  4  Monsieur  &  4  Madame  de  Botheon,  pin- 
sienrs  autres  personnages  presens,  puis  roit  aossi  par 
escrit  &  soossigna  de  sa  main  ce  qui  s'ensuit  —  L'an  mil 
dnq  cens  hnitate  &  trois,  vn  citoye  de  la  ville  d*Aix  en 
Proaence,  ayant  vne  planteed'Olioiers  4yne  harquebuzade 
des  portes  de  la  ville,  print  certain  jour  aais  de  fiire 
rompre  certain  petit  roc,  qui  eatoit  en  ceste  plantee.  Et 
Gomme  il  enst  fait  anancer  la  besogne,  fut  trouue  au  mi- 
lieu du  roc  le  corps  entier  dVn  homme  de  petite  stature, 
incorportf  dedans  ce  roc,  de  telle  fa9on  que  la  pierre  du  roc 
remplissoit  le  vnide  &  entre-deux  qui  estoit  d'un  membre 
4 1'autre.  Et  ce  qui  estoit  encores  plus  admirable,  ores 
que  les  os  fossent  fort  endurcis,  si  est — ce  qu'en  les  grattant 
auec  Tongle  on  les  reduisoit  en  pouldre.  Mais  U  moilelle 
d*iceux  estoit  si  dure,  quVne  pierre  ne  Test  pas  d'anantage, 
&  n'estoit  possible  d'en  rien  enleuer.  Voire  que  le  cer- 
ueau  estoit  si  endurcy  &  petrifl^  qu'en  le  touchant  d'vn 
fuail  on  faiaoit  voler  les  estincelles  comme  d'vn  caillou  4 
feu.  Ce  skelete  est  demeur^  en  la  puissance  de  M.  Baltha- 
car  de  la  Burle  habitant  4  Aix,  &  premier  audiancier  en 
la  chancel  lerie  de  Prouence.  Tout  ce  que  dessus  ay-je 
oculairement  yen,  dit  Billiocti :  j'en  suis  bon  tesmoin, 
ayant  mesme  tenn  entre  mes  mains  le  cerueau  de  ce  corps, 
couvert  d'oe  etfvne  partie.  Ce  que  j'atteste  estre  vent- 
able.  Et  en  foy  de  ce  j'ay  sign^  la  presente  le  22  jour  de 
Nouembre,  1569.  Billiocti,  Memoirei  de  Ly&n,  (HittoireM 
AdmirableB  et  MemoraNes  de  nostre  temps,  &c.,  par  Simond 
Govlart,  Senlisien.  A  Paris  Chez  Jean  HovzS  au  Palais  en 
la  galerie  des  prisonniers,  allant  en  la  chancellerie  MDCX. 
16"">,  extracted  from  p.  177)." 

I  think  the  above  narrative  of  M.  Billiocti  may 
be  taken  as  authentic;  he  has,  however,  forgotten 
to  mention  the  kind  of  rock  in  which  this  ancient 
pigmy  inhabitont  of  the  world  was  embedded,  but 
I  have  no  doubt  it  was  of  the  calcareous  or  lime- 
stone species,  and  that  the  present  example  is,  on 


the  whole,  pretty  similar  to  the  foasil  haman  ske- 
leton from  Guadaloupe,  to  be  seen  in  the  British 
Museum. 

I  should  feel  obliged  to  any  correspondent  to 
inform  me  where  the  best  accounts  may  be  ob- 
tained of  such  discoveries  having  been  made  of 
human  remains,  whether  in  a  thoroughly  petrified 
or  in  a  simply  incnuted  state ?  G.  a. 

Sib  Thomas  Cbew  (1638) :  Sib  Johh  How- 
land,  Knt.  (1638).  —  Any  information  concern- 
ing either,  or  both,  will  much  oblige  r. 

Db.  Donne's  Pobtbait.  —  Can '  any  of  your 
correspondents  inform  me  if  the  portrait  of  Dr. 
Donne,  Dean  of  St.  PauVs  in  the  reign  of  King 
James  I.,  taken  shortly  before  his  death,  as  he 
would  appear  in  his  grave  clothes,  and  from  which 
his  statue  in  Old  St.  PauFs  Cathedral  was  copied, 
is  still  in  existence,  and  its  whereabouts  ?  This 
picture  he  bequeathed  to  Dr.  King,  subsequently 
Bishop  of  Chichester,  as  recorded  by  his  bio- 
grapher, Izaak  Walton.  Cloudbslit. 

The  Faibtaxes  of'Bbadfobd.  —  In  a  Tellum 
book,  entitled  Analecta  Fair/axiaMOf  compiled  by 
Charles  Fairfax,  uncle  of  the  parliamentary  ge- 
neral, and  which  was,  a  few  years  ago,  in  the 
{>ossession  of  a  daughter  of  the  late  Thomas  Pol- 
eyn  Moseley,  of  Burley  Hall,  there  are  found  the 
following  lines,  dated  Oct.  18^h,  1647 :  — 

"  Fairfax  the  fourth  is  bom,  a  gallant  boy* 
Father's,  grandfather's,  great-grandfa^her*s  Joy. 
Under  one  roof  these  dwelt  with  their  three  wives, 
And  at  one  table  eat  what  Heaven  gives ; 
Our  times  a  sweeter  harmony  have  not  known. 
They  are  six  persons,  yet  their  hearts  bat  one; 
And  of  these  six  is  none  hath  hitherto 
Known  marriage  twloe,  so  none  designs  to  do ; 
Mate  is  to  mate  what  detrest  dove  to  dove, 
Ev'n  grandsire's  wrinkles  are  top-full  of  love, 
In  these  three  pairs  BitADFORD  may  justly  glory— 
What  other  place  can  parallel  this  story  ?  ** 

The  author  of  these  lines  is  there  stated  to  have 
been  the  then  rector  of  the  parish  church,  Bradford. 
On  referring  to  the  list  of  vicars,  I  find  that  Edward 
Hudson  was  inducted  in  1640,  being  presented  to 
the  living  by  Charles  I.  He  remained  until  1667. 
Can  any  of  the  readers  of  "  N.  &  Q.**  inform  me 
where  I  may  find  any  information  about  Uiu  fa« 
mily  of  Faiifaxes  who  dwelt  here,  or  what  became 
of  them,  for  there  has  no  one  bearing  that  naoM 
resided  in  Bradford  for  manyyears  ?  Were  thej 
related  to  the  Fairfaxes  of  Wnarfedale,  as  would 
seem  to  be  the  case  from  the  fact  of  C.  Fahrfax 
being  in  possession  of  the  above  lines  ?      * 

Abbaham  Holbotd. 

Bradford. 

Fbench  Tbagic  Ezaqqbbation. — In  a  short 
IVeatise  on  Rhetorick,  by  J.  O.  Jent»  London, 
1726,  the  following  are  quoted  as  specimens  of 
French  tragic  exaggeration :  ^- 


.  r'&LHATio.'es.] 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


■  I  ihrink  from  fbod,  ftaring  thtt  Iotci'i  lurs 
Are  mingltd  with  mj  wiaci  or  that  >  bMrt. 
8coreli«d  by  my  eyes,  or  broktn  by  my  harahnon^ 
B«  nrved  in  a  rtgout,  becaDx  iu  owDsr, 
DriDB.  g»»e  charge  to  place  ic  nearer  mtoe 
Than  he  in  life  could  liopfl."~-7^  BnUiuiiaitt. 


BlangbCer  dot  fice  can  give  her  tons  ilarmi, 
Nornmine  ding  them,  while  they  keep  their  armi 
For  their  own  glory,  and  'ninst  thine  they'll  flght, 
EatiDg  thait  left,  and  amltlng  with  their  right." 


Of  coorte  these  are  not  fair  traniUtions; 
kre  they  extgKerationB  or  pure  fictions  ?  What 
Kre  the  playi  in  French,  and  who  are  their  au- 
thors? S.  T.  G. 

Bar.  JonH  Gobs.  —  Can  any  of  your  readen 
Kive  me  information  reipect!ng  the  Rev.  John 
Gore,  Rector  of  Wendenloft,  Esiez,  and  preacher 
«t  St.  Peter's,  Comhill,  in  the  middle  of  the  scTcn- 
teeuth  centarj  t  He  wu  the  author  of  sereral 
aermons,  among  which  are  A   Winter  Sermoa,  A 


•m  deairooi  to  ascertain,  if  pouible,  eomethlDg  of 
bii  history,  and  shall  be  glad  to  be  directed  to 
>nr  source  whence  anv  notices  of  him  ma;  be  ob- 


tmned. 


J.  S. 


Gkhwb,  OB  Gbbbn,  of  Hebbfobdshibb. — The 
nndersigned  will  be  obliged  to  any  one  who  can 
five  him  information  concerning  the  origin,  arms, 
ftc^  of  this  family.  Inaretum  made  13  Heo.VL, 
John  and  Richard  Green  are  described  among  the 
principal  gentry.  In  14B1  Roger  Green  was  in- 
cumbent of  Cowame  Masna.  In  the  rei^n  of 
Queen  Elisabeth  Henry  Green  was  M.F.  for  He- 
reford; and  in  that  of  Charles  II.  Thomas  Green 
was  Deputy  tinder  the  Marquis  of  Worcester, 
Chief  Steward.  At  Tamworth,  in  the  adjoining 
CO.  of  Gloaoeeter,  there  were  Greenes,  who  inter- 
married with  Herefordshire  families.  These  Tam- 
worth Greenes  bore  (with  a  diSi^rence)  the  arms 
of  the  family  of  the  same  name  at  Green's  Norton, 
CO,  Northampton  (az.  3  bucks  trippsot  or)  ;  and 
'  they  are  stated,  in  the  Tiaitations,  to  have  de- 
scended from  John  Green,  brother  of  Thomas 
Green,  of  Green's  Norton ;  which  Thomas  is  pre- 
sumed to  have  been  the  first  of  his  name,  called 
ftlao  Thos.  de  Bokelon,  Green.  In  a  Shropshire 
TiMtatioD  in  the  Britiah  Museum  (Bar).  MS. 
1390),  there  are  three  generations  of  Greenes  of 
Brampton  Bryan  (a  place  just  within  the  borders 
of  Herefordshire),  without  any  coat  of  arms.  And 
at  a  later  date  there  was  a  family  of  Greens  at 
Ashfoid,  not  far  from  Brampton  Bryan,  probably 
an  oBTihoot  of  the  last.  There  was  likewise  a 
ftmily  of  the  name  settled  at  Norton  Canon,  be* 
tween  Hereford  and  Weobley,  known  to  be  now 
sixtinct  in  th«  direct  male  line,  who  bore  armt 
umilar  to  tbg  Greenes  of  Tamworth  before  men- 


Heraldry  of  HereforcUkire,  as  like  those  borne  bj 
the  Warwickshire  Greens  (vert  3  backs  trippant, 
within  a  bordare  or).  A  MS.  in  the  British  Mu- 
seum (Harl.  6139),  containing  arms  of  many 
families  of  the  name,  givei  arg.  a  fesse  gn.  between 
3  [apparently]  bulls' heads,  cooped  in,  as  belong- 
ing to  Greene  of  Herefordshire ;  but  there  is  no 
clue  as  to  whst  psrticular  family  is  meant.  In- 
formation is  especially  sought  respecting  the 
family  which  lived  at  Norton  Canon.  There  ia 
reason  to  believe  that  they  iprung  from  the 
Greenes  of  Northamptonshire ;  and  were  may  be 
pedigrees  in  existence  to  show  whether  sucn  is 
the  fact ;  and  also  whether  the  family  came  direct 
from  Green's  Norton,  or  from  the  branch  at  Tam- 
worth, or  any  other.  The  earliest  volume  of  the 
Roisters  of  Norton  Canon,  which  might  have  fhr- 
nished  a  link,  is  anfortunat«ly  lost         Nsoiu. 

Loin  GtriLDroBD  Aim  Miss  Tmtob.  —  Will 
sny  of  your  readers  interested  in  genealogy  in- 
form me  whether,  among  the  "contraband  mar- 
riages" of  which  Horace  Walpole  speaks  in  his 
letters  to  George  Montagu,  anything  has  ever 
been  sud  of  a  private  marriage  between  a  Lord 
Guildford  and  a  Hiss  Trevor  F  Any  informaUon 
on  this  head  would  muchoblige  the  writer. 

HAtHTTED  HotrSBS.  —  A  long  time  seems  to  be 
required  before  a  ghost  is  laid,  and  periodical  re- 
vivals of  stories  about  haunted  houses  are  sure  to 
be  made  for  the  benefit  of  penny-a-liners. 

I  suspect  that'lhe  narration  now  goin^  through 
the  newspapers  of  the  "  woman  clothed  lo  grey  " 
sppeariog  to  one  of  the  gentlemen  attendant  on 
the  Lord  C(iancelIor  at  Uackwood  House,  near 
Basingstoke,  is  a  pure  inventJon  of  one  of  those 
provlden  of  the  daily  press,  founded  upon  the  an- 
cient reputation  of  the  mansion. 

My  conk  lived  in  the  neighbourhood  when  she 
was  a  child,  forty  or  fifty  ^years  ago,  and  at  that 
time  she  and  her  companions  were  always  fright- 
ened with  the  tale  of  a  woman  clothed  in  grey 
haunting  the  chambers.  This  is  a  long  time  tot  a 
^hoBt  to  live ;  an^  whether  it  has  appeared  in  the 
interval  may  be  the  subject  of  another  paragraph 
in  these  sensation  times.  D.  S, 

Db.  JomrsoB  on  FDntixa.  —  In  fail  r«ply,  en- 
titled "  Not  too  good  to  be  true,"  (S""  B.  i.  332), 
Mb.  DonOLAS  Allpobt  says :  "  the  man  who 
could  make  so  good  a  joke,  wonld  surelv  never 
have  placed  [uckpocketa  and  punsters  ia  the  same 
category." 

Where  does  Dr.  Johnson  dothis  F  I  have  often 
heard  the  learned  Doctor's  dictum  quoted;  but  I 
have  never  been  able  to  get  anyone  to  iKnnt  out 
where  the  saying  was  to  w  (wm&.       '%'C«xns» 


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NOTES  AND  QUERIES- 


[8^  &  L  Mat  10.  *«1 


Dm.  JoHH  Lbb. -^Wanted  some  information 
concerning  the  Rev.  Dr.  John  Lee  of  St.  John*8 
College,  Oxford  (1608)  P  F.  G.  L. 

MuSiE  Etonensbs.  —  Information  is  desired  as 
to  the  following  authors  of  Greek  and  Latin 
verses  in  Miua  Etonenset^  ed.  Herbert  \\ — 

Anguish,  no  date.  Jones,  1755. 

Anstey,  R.,  1776.  Lane,  1764. 

Bastard,  1772.  Lawrence,  1789. 

Bayley,  1783.  Longley,  no  date. 

Crooke,  1793.  Maddox,  1756. 

Duer,  no  date.  Rushout,  no  date. 

Fazakerley,  1775.  Sandys,  1755. 

Foote,  1761.  Sargent,  1766. 

Garnier,  no  date.  Simons,  no  date. 

Griffith,  no  date.  Tighe,  1755,  1756. 

James,  1754.  Tighe,  G.  W.,  1794. 

We  believe  that  we  have  been  enabled  to  trace 
all  but  the  above.       C.  H.  k  Thobipson  Coofbb. 

Cambridge. 

Obituabt  op  Officbbs  of  the  Abmt. — ^Very 
likely  it  will  be  in  the  power  of  some  of  your  kind 
readers,  well  up  in  obituary  information,  to  favour 
me  with  the  correct  dates  and  places  of  decease 
of  the  following  officers  of  the  army  :  — 

Lieut.-General  John  Henry  Bastide,  engineers, 
died  about  Sept.  1770. 

Major- General  David  Watson,  Colonel  of  38th 
Foot,  and  Quartermaster- Greneral,  died  7th  Nov. 
1761 ;  so  says  the  Oent.  Mag,  zzxi.  p.  539. 

Major-General  Matthew  Dixon,  Engineers, 
died  at  St.  Sid  well's,  Exeter,  —  1793.<-G'eR/. 
MafT, ;  JSurop,  Mag, 

Lieut-Colonel  William  Eyre,  44th  Regiment, 
died  about  1764. 

Mdor-General  George  Morrison,  Colonel  of 
4th  King's  Own  and  Quartermaster- Greneral,  died 
26  Nov.  1799.— iliw.  Reg,  Prin.  000.1799,  p.  176 ; 
JEurop,  Mag,  xxxvL  p.  430. 

Lieut.-General  John  Archer,  Engineers,  died 
30  August,  1799. 

General  George  Grarth,  Colonel  of  17th  Foot, 
and  Lieut.*Governor  of  Flacentia,  died  about 
1819. 

Major-Generalj  William  Roy,  Colonel  24th 
Foot,  and  Deputv-Quarter-M^ter  General,  died 
30  June  or  1  July,  1790.  See  Ann,  Meg:,  Chmt. 
Mag,,  JEurop,  Mag, 

Lieut.-General  Abraham  Daubant,  died  12 
July,  1805. 

General  Thomas  Hartcup  died  in  London  28 
Feb.  1820. 

The  only  dates  of  death  I  am  certain  of  are 
those  stated  against  the  names  of  Archer  and 
Daubant. 

The  Army  ListI  and  Haydn's  Book  of  Dtgni" 
ties  afford  no  information. 

If  any  tombs,  tablets,  or  gravestones  mark  the 
Festiog-places  of  these  old  offiders,  who  seem  to 


have  passed  away  without  the  notioe  wbicb,  in 

these  times,  would  have  been  accorded  to  officers 

of  such  high  rank,  it  will  materially  antst  the 

work  I  have  in  hand,  if  copies  of  the  epitaphs  or 

inscriptions  on  such  memorials   be  embraced  in 

the  replies  which  this  question  may  elicit. 

M.6.R. 
Brompton  Barracks. 

Pbglbb,  thb  Ajitist.  — I  possess  a  family  por- 
trait, admirably  painted  by  this  artiat,  about 
thirty  years  ago.  He  is  said  to  have  been  a  pupil 
of  Sir  Thomas  Lawrenoe.  Where  can  I  find  fur- 
ther particulars  of  him,  and  of  his  works  ? 

Qubbist. 

Pbbct  Quabtbbibgs. — The  Percy  shield  is 
said  to  contain  892  quarterings,  among  which  are 
the  arms  of — 

**  Hsnry  YII,  of  several  younger  brandiet  of  the  blood- 
royal,  of  the  sovereign  booMt  of  Fnmce.  Castile,  Leon, 
and  Scotland,  and  of  the  docal  booses  of  Normandy  and 
Brittany,  forming  a  galaxy  of  heraldic  honoars  alto- 
gether nnparalleled."  (Quarierfy  Review,  quoted  in 
Barkers  Heraldic  Rluetraiwns.) 

Is  this  unparalleled  ?  Where  can  I  find  a  list 
of  these  quarterings  ?  It  is  prettv  evident  that  in 
so  vast  an  assemblage  of  armorial  ensigns  a  sertei 
of  coats  must  occur  several  times.  In  a  sbield  of 
200  quarterings  I  am  engaged  in  marsfaalling,  the 
anns  of  the  Earls  of  Chester  (Scot,  Heschines, 
&c.),  occur  no  less  than^oe  times.         H.  S.  G. 

PiGOTT  OF  £i>OMoifo. — Where  can  I  find  a  foller 
account  of  this  family  than  that  given  in  Burke*8 
Commoners  f  Of  six  sons  of  Boot.  Pigott,  Esq., 
of  Chetwynd,  sherifi*  of  Shropshire,  1697,  only  two 
are  named,  the  eldest  and  fourth ;  and  I  wish  for 
further  particulars  of  the  other  four  sons.  In  the 
next  generation,  two  sons  out  of  three  are  not 
named,  and  of  the  daughters  one  only  is  recorded. 
As  these  sons  and  daughters  were  descended  from 
Henry  YII.  they  should  hardly  be  passed  over  in 
silence.  T.  B. 

"  Romantic  Mtthologt.** — ^Who  was  the  au- 
thor of  The  Romantic  Mythology,  in  two  parts. 
Part  II.  FaSry :  to  whicn  is  subjoined  a  letter 
illustrating  the  origin  of  our  marvellous  imagery, 
particular^  as  it  appears  to  be  derived  from  the 
Crothic  Mythology?  4to,  Lond.  1809.  The  au- 
thor dates  from  Stratford.  Was  the  first  part 
ever  publbhed  ?  SmiaoKj. 

Sacred  Ltbtc. — Who  is  the  author,  and  where 
may  it  be  found,  of  a  sacred  lyric  entitled,  **  Christ, 
the  Bread  of  Life  **  ?    It  commences  thus  — 

**  On  Thee,  on  Tbe«b 
Our  souls,  O  Lord,  moat  ever  fted ; 
Support  to  ft-ail  humanity, 
Thoa  art  our  bread  indeed." 

T. 


fi«  8.  L  Hat  10,  *ei] 


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373 


SHmiDJLir*  —  Was  th3  song  in  the  School  for 
Scandal  (published,  I  think,  in  1777)  suggested 
by  some  anonymous  lines  in  the  OentlemarCs 
Magazine  for  September,  1764,  entitled  **The 
Batchelor's  last  Shift,**  and  beginning, 

**  Come  sweet  fifteen ;  come  thirtj-five ; 
Come  misses  who  yoar  charms  surriTe ; 
Come  widows,  of  a  social  vein, 
Who  live  in  hope  to  try  again ; 
Come  honoured  madam ;  come  plain  goody ; 
Of  aspect  sallow,  pale,  or  ruddy : 
With  me  good  sense,  good  wit,  good  nature, 
Will  well  supply  defect  of  feature,"  &c. 

It  seems  as  if  this  must  be  something  more  than 
accidental  resemblance.  N.  B. 

F.  S. — After  I  had  sent  off  the  aboTe,  having 

the  Oenileman^s  Magazine  at  hand,  and  incited  by 

'^  N.  &  Q.,**  I  turned  to  see  what  Sylvanus  Urban 

might  have  said  on  the  subject  of  Fleet  marriages. 

The  Index  referred  me  to  vol.  v.  p.  93, — that  is, 

to  the  number  for  February,  1735.    There,  in- 

deedf  I  found  a  short  paragraph  relating  to  that 

aufaject;   but  my  eye  was  caught  by   an  essay 

on  the  same  page,  reprinted  from  the  Orub  Street 

Journal  of  Feb.  27,  No.  276,  and  entided,  "  Of 

Ballad  Singing.'*    It  begins :  — 

^Tba  scandalous  Practice  of  Ballad-singing  is  the 
bane  of  all  good  manners  and  morals,  a  nursery  for 
Idleiiy  Whores,  and  Pickpockets,  a  School  for  Scandal, 
smat,  and  debauchery,"  &c 

Had  the  phrase  been  in  use  before,  or  did  Mr. 
BaTiua,  of  the  Orub  Street  Journal,  invent  it  P 
The  Ualici,  1  should  say,  are  mine. 

Stop  and  Stat.  —  Are  these  words  of  equiva- 
lent meaning  to  sif;nifv  abiding  or  dwelling  in  a 
place.  Bartlett,  in  his  Dictionary  of  Ameri- 
eamsmi,  states  that  the  use  of  stop  in  this  sense  is 
peculiar  to  the  United  States.  I  have  a  strong 
impression,  however,  that  a  similar  application  of 
the  word  previuls  in  several  parts  of  England. 

H.N. 

Naw  York. 

Taatfb. — The  family  of  Taaffe  has  been  suf- 
ficiently interesting  in  its  vicissitudes  to  plead  my 
apology  for  now  asking  for  some  information  re- 
garding the  following  particulars,  which  are  to  be 
seen  in  some  of  their  wills :  — 

Henry  Taaffe,  ob,  1770-1,  had  four  sons?  What 
was  the  maiden  name  of  his  wife  ? 

He  had  a  brother  named  Arthur  Taaffe,  who 
died,  advanced  in  life,  in  1750. 

His  father's  name  was  Christopher  Taaffe.  He 
was  a  native  of  the  county  Louth,  and  his  wife*s 
Chriatian  name  was  Mary.  What  was  her  maiden 
surname? 

To  return :  Henry  Taaffe*s  four  sons  were  re- 
apectively  named,  1.  Arthur  Rodger,  "  sufficiently 
provided  for  with  his  mother's  estates**  (his 
goardiaa  wai  John  Grordon).     2.  John  Armi- 


stead.      3.    Richard    Brownrigg.      4.    Thomas 
Wheeler,  "  heir  to  his  cousin  Thomas  Wheeler.*' 

The  nephew  of  Henry  Taaffe  was  a  Henry 
Gordon,  who  inherited  the  right  of  his  mother, 
"  Anne  Taaffe,  a  portion  of  the  family  estate  in 
Ireland."  He  died  in  1788-9,  leavini»  several 
children.  Where  was  the  estate  alluded  to 
situated  ?  Was  it  in  the  parish  of  Duniskin  (?), 
CO.  Louth?  The  father  of  this  Henry  Gordon 
appears  to  have  resided  in  or  near  Ennbkillen, 
and  to  have  been  twice  married,  first,  to  a  Mary 
Jones  (of  a  family  of  some  consideration),  and, 
secondly,  to  Anne  Taaffe. 

Was  the  above  lady  a  daughter  of  Colonel 
Jones,  Governor  of  Dublin,  in  the  latter  part  of 
the  seventeenth  century  ? 

It  is  more  than  probable  that  the  clue  to  the 
connection  with  each  other  of  the  foregoing  fami- 
lies is  to  be  found  in  some  of  the  records  con- 
cerning the  descent  of  real  property,  preserved  in 
the  public  offices  of  Dublin  between  the  years 
1750  and  1790. 

Any  information  on  the  present  subject  would 
much  oblige  Sp. 

Th  :  Gh  :  Ph. — Are  these  letters  interchange- 
able in  the  old  languages  of  Northern  Europe  ? 
I  refer  especially  to  old  Norse.  F.  C.  B. 

Thbeb  Sons  born  on  Three  sucgessivb  Sun- 
DATS.  —  In  the  pedigree  of  Palmer,  one  of  the 
oldest  Baronets,  and  from  which  sprang  Roger 
Palmer,  Earl  of  Castlemaine,  the  husband  of  the 
Duchess  of  Cleveland,  besides  many  knights  dis- 
tinguished in  the  military  actions  of  the  sixteenth 
and  seventeenth  centuries,  occurs  this  marvellous 
story  :  —  Sir  Edward  Palmer,  of  Angmeriog,  Sus- 
sex, married  one  of  the  sisters  and  co-heirs  of 
Sir  Richard  Clement  of  the  Moat,  in  Ightham, 
Kent,  and  by  her  had  three  sons^  bom  on  three 
Sundays  successively,  who  all  lived  to  be  eminent  in 
their  generation.  John,  the  eldest,  was  twice 
sheriff  of  Surrey  and  Sussex,  25  &  85  Hen.  VIIL 
Sir  Henry,  the  second,  was  killed  in  the  defence 
of  Guisnes,  1  Phil,  and  Mary,  having  founded  the 
family  which  long  flourished  at  Wingham,  in  Kent. 
Sir  Thomas,  the  youngest,  is  memorable  as  having 
been  decapitated  with  the  Duke  of  Northumber- 
land in  1553  ;  after  having,  only  two  years  before, 
betrayed  hb  former  patron,  the  Protector  Somer- 
set. It  is  not  necessary  to  cite  authority  for  these 
particulars,  as  they  are  either  of  historical  no- 
toriety, or  will  be  found  in  the  Baronetages ;  but 
what  I  wish  to  ask  is,  Whether  the  passage 
printed  in  italics  is  at  all  probable  in  its  simjne 
meaning,  viz.  that  the  three  sons  were  born  on 
three  successive  Sundays  in  the  same  year  ?  Are 
there  any  parallel  cases  on  record  ?        N.  H.  S. 

Y£NTiLAT£.  —  Cau  any  instances  be  furnished 
of  the  use  of  this  word,  in  the  aensA  ol  ^Stos^st^-t 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


iDg,  uur  tbu 
until  within  the  lut  few  jears  F  * 
New  Yotk. 


REtBDM.  —  Will  Bome  correspondent  define 
aconratelj  the  meaning  of  the  following  word*, 
poilabtila,  rttrotabiilariwn,  relrotabulum,  poilaliare, 
retroallaref  DuCange  describes  thorn,  but  hardlj 
enough  for  Froteitanti  to  bare  a  clear  perception 
of  them.    Do  an;  of  them  mean  rertdot  t 

J.  DnvR  Gixmnn. 

[Tb«  TDUlnBT  in  irblcb  Dn  C>iig«  r«ren  from  each  of 
thus  wordg  to  one  or  more  ot  the  othsrg,  taken  In  con- 
niiloa  witb  his  mod*  of  defloing  lb>m,  Mama  to  Imply 
tbat  ba  ragards  ths  vhole  five  u  conTertible  tenni;  and 
it  appear*  lo  ua  tbit  all  and  eacb  of  them  must  be  taken 
aa  equivalent  to  oar  rmdos.  U  Ibere  be  any  dbtiactioD, 
It  ie  simnlj  thia ;  Ibst  rtridoi  bad  a  more  gauraj  d^lS- 
catlon.  It  »melimn  etood  foT  "  tbe  acrecn  or  partition- 
wall  MpaiatinK  tbe  chancel  from  tbe  body  of  the  chorch ;  " 
aometimea  for  "the  back  of  a  flre-place,"  an  "open  Qii»- 
beartb,  withont  grate."  —  Wriglil,'] 

"Taa  Lauehtation  or  a  Simmek." — A  hymn, 
orreligiouB  rkglAmie,  with  the  above  title,  apiieBTa 
at  the  end  of  a  copj  of  Stemhold  and  Hopjcini'i 
Vergi(mofaiePiatmt,pt\nled  in  J632.  I  Uiink  I 
have  al»o  Ken  it  at  the  end  of  one  of  the  earlieit 
editions  of  Einc  James's  Bible.  Some  few  reprinta 
of  the  Prayer  Book  contain  a  modernised  read- 
ing,—a  reading  aa  I  think  gre'tlj  injured  by  the 
changes  it  ha*  undergone.  The  old  ityle  rusi  — 
"O  Lord,  tnnu  not  away  thy  face  tnm  him  that  lies 
proatr>t«,"  &c 

Tbe  new  style  begins  — 
"  0  Lord,  torn  not  tby  face  away  ftvm  them  tbat  lowly 

Ai  a  whole  the  hymn  poaaesies  great  piety  and 
fervour,  nor  is  it  wanting  in  a  certain  kind  of 
beauty  or  dignity,  altbou^  it  never  rises  to  the 
poetic.  I  hope  some  of  yonr  correspondents  will 
be  able  to  tell  me  the  name  of  its  aathor. 

H.  B. 

[lo  Cmnra  Lilrraria,  edit.  1815,  L  H,  is  a  valuable 
article  by  Joeiph  Haalewood  on  the  contributor*  to 
Stemhold  and  Hopkins's  Faalma,  the  firat  metrieal  var- 
aioD  adopted  in  Charch  ■ervlcs.  "The  Hombls  Sataof  a 
Sinner,"  and  "  The  Lameuutjon  of  a  Sinnei,"  signed 
"  M,"  he  coiMectDTea  are  by  John  Hardley,  who  "  tnmed 
twanty-fbnr  Paalma  into  EnKltsh  odes,  and  made  many 
rellgiooa  aoogi."   Fuf<  also  Ritson'a  BiUic^T^ia  i^Mtl'ca, 

AMKHnE.  —  What  is  the  real  etymological 
meaning  of  the  French  word  amende,  a  fine  ?  Does 
it  imply  either  relrilmtion  or  compensa&m  t 

Mklbtes. 

["  Amaade  "  is  anpposed  lo  b*  derived  from  the  Latin 
mcmitatio,  correctiaa.  The  Latin  nada  and  nnifuii 
aignliy  a  fault  (  properly,  perbapt,  an  error  In  writing, 

[•  See  "  N.  i  a"  2°'  a.  Ix.  448,  ISO  1  I.  17.— Ed.] 


triboL._  ..   _   .      , 

compensation  rendered;  except  when  the  ameD 

lontsry  and  ipontaneoos,  in  which  caae  tha  term  would 
perhapa  impiv  compensatiou  only ;  so  that,  ahonld  aecl- 
deot  ever  betray  anyooe  Into  an  act  which  necM^lalaa  tb* 
.amauit  honorable,  the  only  gantlamaDly  way  of  gattinf 
out  of  the  scrape  Is  to  make  it  volantarily  and  promptly.] 
Book  or  Oaths.  —  The  Book  of  OatXt  and  tke 
teveral  Fonru  thereof,  &c.,  was  printed  in  1680. 
Is  it  known  br  whom  this  collection,  which  pro- 
fesses on  the  title-page  to  be  "  faithfnllj  collected 
out  of  sundry  Anthentick  Book*  of  Secordi  not 
heretofore  estant,"  was  compiled  f 

Is  there  any  earlier  collection  of  oaths,  or  Mr 
enlarged  edition  of  the  present  work  F  B.  O. 

[Thera  have  been  three  editioni  of  TV  Book  of  OaSit, 
1619,  ISmo;  1689,  8vo,  and  171fi,  Svo.  "In  tha  Appaa< 
dii  to  the  First  Report  of  the  House  oT  Commona  Coa- 
mittee  on  Public  Racorda,  there  is  a  CoUectioa  of  Oatha 
of  Office,  taken  lh>m  the  Book  of  Oatha  in  tbe  Officaa  of 
tha  Clarki  of  tbe  Crown  and  the  Petty  Bag  in  Cban- 
cerr,  and  fhim  (be  Blaek  Book  in  tbe  Chapter  Hooa^ 
and  Uie  Red  Book  in  the  Elng'B  Remembranear'a  Ofle* 
In  the  Exchequer."  US.  note  by  Francis  Hargrar*  la 
hia  copy  of  Tlkt  Sm*  a/ OafAi,  ad.  1689.1 

Db.  Gbddbs. — Dr.  Geddes,  a  learned  Bonan 
Catholic  divine  of  the  lut  century,  wia  bnried  ia 
Faddington  churchyard.  His  tombstone  has,  I 
nnderstand,  been  removed  some  years.  I  an 
anxious  to  recover  a  copy  of  the  inscription.  Has 
any  biography  of  Ibis  apright  scholar  ever  beea 
published  ?  Gum. 

[Thera  la  a  Ufe  of  Dr.  Alexander  Oeddes  tn-  bis  toil- 
mate  friend  John  Maun  Good,  HJ).,  Svo,  IB03,  whkA 
containt  soma  valnable  criticlama  on  Geddea'a  writiogi, 
aa  well  a*  other  interesting  information  to  the  blblM 
student.     In  1804  Lord  Peire  wai  at  tba  expaosa  </  tbt 

flain  upright  atone  to  hii  memory.  In  the  cfaurchyaid  of 
'addington,  with  the  following  inscription;  — 
••  Rev.  Alexander  Geddei,  LL.D.,  Translator  at  tbt 
Historical  Books  of  the  Old  TeaUmant,  died  Feb  H, 
]S03,  aged  tiKty-flve.  Oritlian  is  my  name,  and  OtMie 
my  aumsme.  I  grant  that  you  are  a  Qiristlsn  aa  wall 
aa  I,  and  embrace  you  as  my  fellow  disciple  of  Jasos; 
and  if  you  were  not  a  disciple  of  Jesn^  still  I  wonld  en- 
brace  you  as  my  follow  man."] 


MtgliMi. 


EDMUMD  BURKE  AND  LOBD  VEBNKT. 
(y*  S.  i.  221.) 
If  the  biographers  of  £dmund  Burke  have  not 
exerted  themselves  to  trace  his  linea^,  their  ex- 
cuse is  to  be  found  in  the  feeling  whidi  too  gene- 
rally exists,  tbat  such  matters  are  nnimportant  a 
comparison  with  a  full  relation  of  the  more  event- 
ful episodes  of  Burke's  eminent  career.  If  audi 
omission  be  found  in  the  existing  Uvea  of  Ed- 
mund Burke,  those  who  address  ttiemaelrea  to  tbe 
question  in  a  fair  and  candid  manner,  aod  with  a 


9^  &  L  Mat  10, '62.] 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


875 


▼iew  to  supply  the  deficiency,  deserve  the  thanks 
of  all ;  but  those  who  make  such  inquiry  the 
vehicle  of  slander,  deserve  the  reprobation  such 
acts  must  excite  in  every  honest  breast. 

Although  the  columns  of  this  journal  may  not 
be  in  general  the  proper  place  for  a  disquisition  of 
this  nature,  yet  your  correspondent  J.  R.  T.  has,  in 
bis  article  of  the  22nd  March,  passed  the  limits  of 
fair  inquiry  and  discussion  to  such  an  extent  that 
I,  as  we  representative  of  the  great  man  whose 
character  is  there  sought  to  be  mali/n^ed,  feel  it 
my  duty  to  come  forward,  and  challenge  such 
grave  charges  and  insinuations. 

J.  R.  T.*s  preliminary  assertion  that,  "the 
stories  told,  or  hinted  at  by  biographers,  about 
this  chancery  suit  have  not  been  to  the  credit  of 
Burke,**  is,  like  some  other  of  his  incidental  state- 
ments, made  without  any  authority  whatsoever. 

J.  B.  T.  admits  that  Edmund  tfurke  was  never 
proved  to  have  been  mixed  up  in  any  gambling 
transactions,  yet  says  he  cannot  otherwise  account 
for  his  ability  to  purchase  the  estate.  Happily  I 
am  able  to  set  at  rest  all  question  on  this  point. 
Edmund  Burke  contracted  to  purchase  the  estate, 
mansion,  and  furniture  of  Gregories,  Beaconsfield, 
for  about  20,000/.  Of  this  he  paid  nearly  6,000/. 
in  cash,  the  remaining  14,000i.  being  raised  by 
two  morteagM  —  one  fbr  10,400/.,  the  other  for 
3,600/.  Durinj^  his  life  the  estate  was  consider- 
ably increased  m  value  and  extent. 
.  As  to  the  suit  itself,  it  must  be  apparent  that 
to  ewety  specific  charge  in  Lord  Verney*s  Bill, 
there  is  a  specific  denial,  full,  comprehensive, 
and  somewhat  contemptuous  in  Edmund  Burke*s 
answer.  If  that  is  not  conclusive,  as  it  must  be, 
one  may  well  ask,  where  is  the  decree  ?  Doubt- 
less J.  A.  T.  has  been  diligent  in  his  search,  for  if 
hostile  to  Edmund  Burke,  with  what  triumph  would 
he  have  produced  that  decree.  I  think,  however, 
none  will  be  found,  for  I  have  carefully  searched 
in  the  proper  office  where  decrees  are  lodged; 
and  although  there  are  decrees  without  number 
in  suits  instituted  by  Lord  Yerney  asainst  dif- 
ferent persons,  I  do  not  find  one  in  the  suit  of 
Lord  Yerney  v.  Burke.  If  I  am  right  in  this, 
there  is  an  end  of  the  case.  At  even  thb  distance 
of  time  we  see  the  whole  matter  clearly  before  us. 
Lord  Yemey*s  legal  advisers,  who  knew  their  busi- 
ness at  least  as  well  as  J.  B.  T.,  considered  the 
answer  conclusive  a^unst  the  BiU,  and  wisely  for- 
bore, to  pursue  a  claim  suspicious  in  itself,  and  by 
the  solemn  oath  of  Edmund  Burke  alleged  to  be 
untrue. 

Strange  it  is  indeed,''as  J.  R.  T.  says,  that  Lord 
Yerney  should  have  waited  fourteen  years  before 
commencing  his  suit.  If^  as  J.  R.  T.  asserts. 
Lord  Yerney  was  during  that  time  in  desperate 
circumstances,  fighting  against  his  creditors,  there 
was  the  greater  reason  for  the  prosecution  of  his 
claim.    I  am  far  from  wishing  to  make  the  slight- 


est imputation,  but  there  is  certainly  more  reason 
in  supposing  that  Lord  Yemey*s  necessities  origi- 
nated his  claim,  than  that  it  was  retarded  by 
them. 

When  the  judicial  weight  of  the  Bill  as  against 
the  answer  is  considered ;  the  latter  upon  oath, 
the  former  not  upon  oath, — when  we  observe  the 
absence  of  a  decree,  and,  not  least,  the  length  of 
time  supposed  to  elapse  between  the  idleged  trans- 
action and  the  suit,  can  doubt  any  longer  linger 
in  an  impartial  mind? 

^  Charges  which  if,  as  here,  unproved,  would  be 
libellous  with  respect  to  the  living,  cannot  be  the 
less  so  when  they  afiect  the  memorv  of  the  dead. 
In  the  latter  case,  a  generous  mind  would  pause 
long  and  think  deeply —  it  would  not  gather  from 
it  a  fancied  immunity. 

So  confident  do  I  feel  in  the  perfect  purity  of 
my  illustrious  ancestor,  that  beyond  giving  the 
above  facts,  I  am  inclined  to  treat  with  scorn  these 
dark  attacks  upon  his  memory.  Your  corre- 
spondent writes  anonymously,  I  give  my  name. 

Edmund  Havilaiw-Burkb. 

Lincoln's  Inn. 


KING8MILLS  OF  SIDMANTON. 

(3'«  S.  i.  309.) 

Of  this  family,  in  which  there  were  two  judges, 
S.  M.  S.  will  find  some  account  in  my  Jmge9  of 
England^  vol.  v.  p.  57,  and  vol.  vi.  p.  163. 

Of  the  different  members  of  it  I  find  the  fol- 
lowing notices,  which  may  be  of  use  to  your  cor- 
respondent: — 

Richard  Kingsmill,  of  Barkham,^]n  Berkshire, 
is  the  earliest  of  the  name  that  I  have  traced. 
His  son, 

John  Kingsmill,  seems  to  be  the  first  who  was 
seated  at  Sidmanton,  in  Hampshire.  He  was  a 
Judge  of  the  Common  Pleas  in  the  reign  of 
Henry  YII.,  from  1503  to  1509.  By  his  marriage 
with  Joan,  daughter  of  Sir  John  Giffbrd  of  Ltlip, 
he  had 

Sir  John  Kingsmill,  no  doubt  the  Sheriff  of 
Hampshire,  named  by  Fuller,  in  35  Henry  YIII. 
He  married  Constance,  the  daughter  of  John 
Groring,  of  Burton  in  Sussex  (the  **  Ladie  Con- 
stance **  in  Bishop  Filkington*s  will),  and  by  her 
he  left  several  children. 

Sir  William  Kingsmill  was  Sir  John*s  eldest 
son,  who,  according  to  Burke*s  JExtinct  Baronet" 
cies,  p.  200,  was  the  father  of  another  Sir  William 
Kingsmill,  who  died  in  1600. 

Sir  George  Kingsmill  was  the  second  son  of 
Sir  j^ohn.  Ue  became  a  Judge  of  the  Common 
Pleas  in  the  reign  of  Elizabeth,  and  continued  so 
under  James  L  till  near  his  death  in  1606.  He 
married  Sarah,  daughter  of  Sir  James  Harrington, 
and  widow  of  Francis  Lord  Hastings,  and  his  lady 


376 


NOTES  AND  QUERIE8. 


■^ 


[8^&L1IAT10»««, 


after  his  death  took  Edward,  Lord  Zouch,  of 
Harrington,  for  her  third  husband. 

Andrew  Kingsmill,  the  Puritan  preacher,  was 
another  son  of  Sir  John.  (Wood's  Ath.  Oxon.  i. 
S73) ;  so  also  was  Thomas  (ibid,  758) ;  and  Sir 
Kicbard,  Surveyor  of  the  Court  of  Wards  (ibid, 
ii.  182.) 

The  male  descendants  of  the  family  failed  in 
1766,  when  the  property  deyolvinj^on  a  daughter, 
her  husband,  Admiral  Robert  Brice,  assumed  the 
name  of  Kingsmill,  and  received  a  baronetcy  in 
1800,  which  became  extinct  in  1823  by  the  failure 
of  male  issue  of  his  nephew,  the  second  baronet, 
under  a  special  remainder.  Edwabd  Foss. 

I  have  at  present  in  my  possession  two  minia- 
tures joined  tojrether,  on  the  backs^  of  which  are 
engraved  as  follows  :  — 

"Frances,  daughter  of  Sir  W™  Kingsmill,  Kn*,  of 
Sidinanton,  in  the  county  of  Hants,  who  married  Jno 
Croker,  Esq**,  of  Barton,  in  the  County  of  Ozon,  Son  of 
Sir  Ger<^  Croker,  Knt,  in  the  Four  and  twentieth  Year  of 
the  Reign  of  Queen  Elizabeth. 

**  John  Croker,  of  Barton,  in  the  County  of  Ozon,  £sq% 
Son  of  Sir  Gex^  Croker,  Kn*,  who  married  Frances, 
daughter  of  Sir  W»"  Kingsmill,  Knt.,  of  Sidmanton,  in 
the  County  of  Hants,  in  the  Four  and  twentieth  Year  of 
the  Keign  of  Queen  EUzabetb." 

H.  W.  S. 


Sir  John  Kingsmill,  of  Whitchurch  and  Sidman- 
ton, Knight  (son  of  John  Kingesmill  of  Basing* 
stoke),  died  on  the  1 1th  of  August,  3  &  4  Philip  and 
Mary.  The  inquisitio  post  mortem  upon  him  was 
taken  at  Basingstoke  on  the  24th  of  September 
following,  when  his  eldest  son  was  declared  to  be 
of  the  age  of  thirty  years,  &c.  His  will  bears  date 
20th  July,  1556.  By  his  wife  Constance  (who 
died  26th  May,  23  Eliz.),  the  daughter  of  John 
Goring  of  Burton,  co.  Sussex,  he  had  issue  nine 
sons,  named  severally  :  1,  William,  son  and  heir; 

2,  liichard;  3,  Koger ;  4,  Edward;  5,  Henry; 
6,  John ;  7,  George ;  8,  Andrew ;  9,  Thomas : 
and   three  daughters:    1,  Alice;    2,  Katherine; 

3,  Mary.  Of  these  children  Kichnrd,  the  second 
son,  was  of  High  Clcure*,  co.  Southampton  ;  and 
was  attorney  of  the  Court  of  Wards  to  Queen 
Elizabeth.  He  married  first,  Elizabeth,  sister  of 
—  Woodruffe,  Alderman  of  London;  and 
secondly,  Alice  Fawconer,  but  died  s,  p,  1605. 
Roger,  Henry,  and  John,  are  noticed  as  dying 
sine  prole,  George,  the  seventh  son,  who  died 
39  Eliz.,  married  Sarah,  daughter  of  Sir  James 
Harrington,  and  widow  of  Lord  Hastings.  He  la 
also  mentioned  as  of  High  Clcare,  and  was  one  of 
the  Judges  of  the  Common  Pleas. 

Sir  John  Kingsmill  was  succeeded  by  his  eldest 
son  and  heir  Sir  William  Kingsmill,  Knight,  who 
died  on  the  10th  of  Dec.  35  Eliz.    He  married 

•  Some  of  the  pedigrees  make  this  Richard  of  Otturley, 
CO.  Warw.,  and  invert  the  marriages  of  his  two  wives. 


Bridget,  daughter  of  G«orge  Ralei^  of  lliom- 
borough,  CO.  Warwick,  and  by  her  had  aerertl 
children :  the  eldest  of  whom,  William,  ia  men- 
tioned as  aged  thirty-six  at  the  mqmsUio  post 
mortem  of  his  father,  which  was  taken  at  Andover 
on  the  7th  of  April,  35  Eliz. 

This  last-named  William  Kinffenmll  (the  eldest 
of  seven  sons)  succeeded  his  uther.  His  wift*s 
name  was  Anne,  daughter  of  William  Wilks  of 
Hodnell,  in  co.  Warwick ;  and  widow  of  AnthoBv 
Dryden,  of  co.  Northampton.  Wm.  ELiogesnuU 
died  20th  June,  1618  (will  dated  26th  Aug.  16-*X 
leaving  a  son  and  heir,  Sir  Henry  KinseimiD, 
Knight  (at,  30,  at  the  death  of  his  fathe^.  He 
married,  in  1610,  Bridget,  daughter  of  John  White, 
Esq. ;  and  died  20th  October,  1624,  leaving,  with 
four  other  sons,  an  eldest  son  and  heir  William 
Kingesmill ;  who  was,  at  the  date  of  his  father's 
death,  of  the  age  of  eleven  years,  nine  months,  and 
fifteen  days. 

Pedigrees  of  the  Kingsmill  family  may  be  foaod 
in  Harfeian  MSS.,  1139,  fol.  18^  1544,  fols.  6  and 
89 ;  and  5865,  fol.  7  :  but  in  these,  several  dis- 
crepancies occur.  The  above  information  is  de- 
duced mainly  from  inquisitiones  post  mortem,  tad 
brings  down  the  Sidmanton  family  in  the  direct 
line  for  five  generations,  which  perhaps  may  suffi- 
ciently answer  the  purpose  of  S.  M.  S. ;  bot  I 
have  a'  few  other  genealogical  memoranda  of  the 
Kingesmill  s,  which  I  shall  feel  pleasure  in  plactog 
at  the  service  of  your  correspondent,  if  desirable. 

Cx*.  Hoppu. 


TETLIN.  OR  YETLING:  MESLIK. 
(2»*  S.  xii.  28,  898 ;  3'*  S.  i.  84.) 

In  thanking  your  four  correspondents  for  their 
answers  to  my  Query,  which  I  regret  not  having 
been  able  to  do  earlier,  I  may  briefly  obsarre^ 
that  the  oblong  pan  which  Mk.  Rsdmonb  de- 
scribes as  common  in  Ireland,  seems  to  differ 
in  form  as  much  as  in  name  from  the  jr^tfrs, 
which  is  of  a  deep  punch-bowl  shape,  but  with 
three  feet.  May  not  the  name  grisset  or  gridiag 
be  from  the  colour  of  the  iron,  which  must  have 
been  thought  a  contrast  to  the  earlier  pans  of 
yellow  metal,  or  earthenware?  Gn>,  Fr.  gray, 
grisly  or  grisled;  Todd's  Johnson,  gray.  Of 
can  it  have  any  possible  connexion  with  gris,  the 
old  word  for  pig  r  **  An  oblong  mass  of  unformed 
lead  or  iron,**  is  one  of  the  meanings  given  in- dic- 
tionaries to  the  word  pig,  but  peniaps  a  modem 
one. 

Perhaps  the  term  git  mentioned  by  Mr,  J.  E. 
HoDOKiN  u  the  abbreviation  of  the  technical 
getto,  which  I  see  in  Chambers*s  EncydopeBdia  is 
applied  to  the  cast  in  founding,  and  which  is  said 
to  be  from  the  Italian.  I  do  not  know  the  date  of 
Italian  influence  on  our  art  of  metallurgy,  but  I 
have  been  accustomed  to  think  the  word  ye^  in 


8>«  &  I.  Mat  10,  '62.] 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


377 


our  dialect  much  older.  If  I  am  miataken  I  hope 
some  person  acquainted  with  the  chronolojirj  of 
iron-founding  will  kindly  correct  me.  Of  **  the 
Italian  iron  I  happen  to  possess  a  specimen, 
which  from  its  ponderous  and  complicated  form,  I 
think  most  be  an  earlj  one.  It  is  cross-shaped, 
fixed  into  %  heavy  oaken  pedestal ;  the  upper  naif 
of  the  pillar  is  twice  the  circumference  of  the 
lower,  and  hollow  to  receive  a  heater  like  that  of 
a  teft*am,  which  has  a  loop  and  iron  to  raise  it,  and 
H  is  sarmonnted  by  a  spiral-shaped  lid  with  hinges. 
The  two  arms  are  of  unequal  tnickness,  on  one  of 
which  has  been  ironed  the  frills,  on  the  other  the 
flounces  of  a  past  generation ;  but,  from  family 
tradition,  I  thmk  this  is  not  a  hundred  years  old. 

It  is  very  interesting  to  hear  of  the  meslin'poi, 
for  which  we  are  indebted  to  X.  X.  X.  But  is 
not  this  merely  the  old  word  for  "  brasse-potte,** 
which  was  so  long  the  sole  metal  pan  of  many  a 
small  household,  and  the  name  of  which  has  de- 
ioended  when  its  signification  was  forgotten,  to 
the  pan  of  whatever  metal,  which  in  later  times 
•erred  for  the  same  offices?  English  dictionaries 
give  wiedin  as  "  mixed  metal/*  as  well  as  '*  mixed 
com;**  and  masUin^  the  yellow  metal  of  which 
church  ornaments  were  made  (^Imp,  Diet)  Mes* 
nMgt  Germ.,  brass,  copper,  and  tin ;  masU%  A.-S., 
totfs,  which  Ma.  Chance,  in  his  explanation  of 
maser-bowl,  says  is  strictly  a  mixture  of  metals. 
It  is  known  in  Cumberland  only  as  mixed  com, 
and  bread  is  commonly  made  of  it,  but  it  does 
not  give  a  name  to  any  vessel  used  in  its  prepara- 
tion, and  porridge  being  made^of  oatmeal,  is  less 
likely  to  have  done  so. 

I  cannot  help  protesting  against  the  calling  yet* 
Un  a  corruption  of  'meiUn  or  of  any  other  English 
word ;  such  a  corruption  would  be  contrary  to  all 
analogy  of  change  in  our  dialect,  though  changes 
from  |f  to  X,  to  F,  to  en  and  j,  are  all  usual.  Be- 
sides, a  word  which  I  hold  to  have  existed  in  this 
district  for  more  than  450  years,  is  surely  entitled 
to  more  respectful  treatment,  and  which  is  found 
in  an  inventory  with  a  Latin  commentary  and  an 
English  explanaUon.  I  confess  a  belief  that,  for 
the  word  and  the  article  designated,  we  are  in- 
debted to  the  north  of  Europe,  the  people  of 
which  were  so  skilled  in  iron  at  an  early  period, 
and  to  familiar  with  our  eastern  coasts.  But  if 
the  casting  of  iron  vessels  was  not  practised  in 
England  so  early  as  1411,  and  I  think  "yron 
pannys**  occur  only  in  later  inventories,  the 
"iii  zetlin|[s**  of  Finchale,  if  really  of  iron,  must 
have  been  imported ;  or  the  name  must  have  been 
one  bestowed  by  the  people  of  the  Scandinavian 
counties  on  the  mixed  metal  pan,  which  those  of 
counties  more  under  Saxon  influence  named  met' 
Un^  or  brass,  and  with  equal  correctness  —  the  one 
regarding  the  mixture^  and  the  other  the  fusion  of 
tlie  metsl.  And  it  is  consistent  with  many  other 
ikcta  that  these  names  should  have  existed,  and 


descended,  each  in  its  own  district,  to  our  days. 
If,  however,  as  Jamieson*8  Yedand  suggests,  the 
name  was  one  of  local  reference,  there  are  plenty 
of  analogies  in  old  northern  names  to  tempt  con- 
jecture; and  the  Yetlin  pan,  as  an  ironmonger 
called  it,  may  have  been  brought  to  us  in  the 
same  way  as  the  "  Italian  iron,**  "Dantzic  rye,*'  or 
'*  Swedish  turnips.** 

In  addition  to  the  mention  of  posnet,  in  an  old 
inventory  by  P.  P.,  I  see  by  a  specimen  of  York- 
shire dialect  in  the  Feb.  No.  of  ''  N.  &  Q.**  that 
the  word  is  still  in  use  in  that  county.       Mbta. 


The  Old  Coctntbss  or  Dbsmohd  (3"*^  S.  i.  801 .) 
Mr.  Nichols  has  been  misled  by  an  error  in  the 
DMin  Review  of  Feb.  last,  P*  61 .  The  document 
which  mentions  Gyles  ny  Uormyk,  first  wife  of 
Sir  Thomas  Fitzgerald,  afterwards  twelfth  Earl 
of  Desmond,  is  dated  20  Henry  VII.  (1505),  and 
not  20  Henry  VIU.  (1528).     Sir  Gerald  FiU- 

ferald,  grandfather  of  the  "  Old  Countess,**  was 
lOrd  of  Decies,  and  hence  it  would  appear  that 
the  earl  renewed  the  grant  of  the  country  of 
Decies  to  his  father-in-law  on  succeeding  to  his 
estates,  though  he  may  have  been  married  to  his 
second  wife  twenty-three  years  before. 

KiLDABB. 

Kilkea  Castle,  Mageney,  May  4. 

A  portrait  of  this  lady  was  exhibited  by  the 
Earl  of  Denbigh,  at  a  meeting  of  the  Leicester- 
shire Archasological  Society,  held  at  Lutterworth 
in  September  last,  and  was  thus  described  — - 
"  Portrait  of  the  Countess  of  Desmond,  taken  at 
the  age  of  121 ;  she  died  aged  140.  Artist  un- 
known.** T.  North. 

Southfields,  Leicester. 

Mbsmebism  atxudsd  to  ni  the  **AafFHiTRuo" 
OP  Plautds  (3"*  S.  i.  270.)  — The  passage  in  Act 
I.  Sc.  1  of  that  fine  old  comedy  was  noticed  in 
reference  to  Mesmerism  in  Eliot  Warburton*s 
Crescent  and  the  Cross,  The  tractim  tangam^ 
however,  has  nothing  to  do  with  Mesmerism.  The 
tractatores  were  men  employed  by  the  Komans 
to  induce  sleep  by  gentlv  rubbing  the  limbs  after 
the  bath.  Sometimes,  indeed,  tractatrices  were  em- 
ployed, as  recorded  by  Martial,  Epig.  82,  lib.  3  — 

*'  Percarrit  agili  corpus  arte  tractatrix, 
Manamqae  doctam  spargit  omnibas  membris." 

Seneca  had  such  shampooers  among  his  slaves  : 
"An  potius  optem  ut  malacissandos  articulos 
exoletis  meis  porrigam.'*  (JEp,  66.)  Tractim  in- 
dicates the  slow  and  prolonged  rubbing  under- 
gone. In  Aulus  Gellius  (lib.  xix.,  c  2),  a  "  litera 
tractim  pronunciata,*^  is  a  letter  long  drawn  out  in 
the  uttering.  J.  DoaAN. 

The  passage  of  Plautus'quoted'  by  J.  K,  T.  has 
no  reference  to  Mesmerism.  The  words  tractim 
tangam  allude  to  the  rod  of  Mercury,  which  had 


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NOTES  AND  QUEKIES. 


tbe  special  property  of  conferring  sleep. 
Homer,  Od,  xxiv.  2 :  — 

**  ix»  ik  ^dfiBop  ficroL  ycp<rir 
KaAiy*'.  XPWC*^*'{  Tn  r  av6fAv  ^iftara  94\y€i, 

Imitated  by  Virgil,  JEn.  iv.  242  :  — 

**  Turn  yirgam  capit :  hik  aninuM  ille  evocat  Oreo 
Pallentes ;  alias  sab  trisUa  Taitara  mittit ; 
Dot  tommo§  admUqut,  et  lamina  morte  resignat." 


L. 

Thomas  Simon  (2*<<  S.  xiL  403;  S'^  S.  i.  219, 
297.) — Recent  contributions  have^furnished  some 
▼aluable  materials  for  working  out  the  parentage 
of  Thomas  Simon  the  engraver. 

I  have  no  doubt  that  the  Peter  Simon,  bom  in 
Blackfriars,  mentioned  by  M&.  Coopbb  and  Mk. 
HoppBK,  was  the  Pierre  Simon  who,  as  appears 
from  the  copy  of  the  marriage  register  furnished 
by  Mr.  Burn,  married  Anne  Oermain  in  1611. 

We  collect  further,  that  this  Peter  Simon  was  a 
merchant  trading  beyond  the  seas;  that  his  father*s 


Thus  vol.  xxix.  p.  373 ;  and  an  etching  of  it  ib  giTen  ib 
the  Transactions  of  the  British  Archmologied 
Association,  at  its  Winchester  Congress,  1845, 
plate  17.  J.G.N. 

Your  correspondent  A.  F.  C.  has  been  misled 
by  the  euide-book,  to  which  he  alludes.  I  have 
to-day  inspected  tiie  engrayed^  slab  in  BrBffing 
church  (representations  of  wluch  I  b^iere  hste 
been  seyeral  times  published),  and  have  found  the 
person  commemorated  to  be,  not  Sir  John  Oiieni- 
bin,  but  the  **  nobilis  yir  [ Johammbs]  Chbbowd^ 
ABMiGBB,*'  who  died  on  the  last  day  of  Octobff, 
1441.  It  is  further  stated  in  the  inscription,  thst 
'^dum  vivebat*'lie  was  *^  connestabularius  caatri 
de  Porcester."  The  *'  Johannes,**  which  I  hare 
placed  within  brackets,  is  now  covered  by  tf« 
altar  rail. 

What  a  pity  it  is  that  we  haye  no  gidde-boob 
or  hand-books  that  can  be  depended  upon  in  litsk 
matters  of  this  kind.  The  one  mentioned  hy 
A.  F.  C.,  with  those  which  I  haye  seen,  are  aU 


name  was  also  Peter,  and  that  the  family  came  ^^jj  ^^  oiissions  and  careless  misUkes,  eyen  in  tk 
nrom  Bouen.  Is  there  any  information  respecting 
the  family  presenred  at  Bouen,  either  in  the  pub- 
lic library  or  in  the  archives  of  the  Department  ? 
Supposing  this  Peter  Simon  to  be  the  father  of  the 
engraver,  it  becomes  of  less  importance  to  trace 
the  hbtory  of  the  numerous  family  of  Simon  that 
appears  to  have  been  settled  at  Canterbury, 
though  I  think  it  not  at  all  improbable  that  there 


few  lines  devoted  to  a  little  place  like  Bradiog. 

Batbtm. 

Tbavbbs  Family  (3"^  S.  i.  231,  296.)  — I  §■ 
abliged  to  C.  J.  B.  and  A.  Z.  for  their  commmi- 
cations.  I  happen  fortunately  to  possess  a  deal  of 
information  about  the  Irish  brandh  of  this  fiuafly 
referred  to  by  A.  Z.,  but  my  more  immediate  » 


may  Ihave  been  some  connectiob  between  the  two  J?ct  is  to  get  a  decisive  solution  of  the  question- 
famUies.  I  believe  that  many  Protestant  refugees  ^^^  "^^  ^\^  ^^^^^^  ?f  J^h"  Travera,  ironmonger 
were  also  settled  at  Maidstone ;  and  I  should  be  ©^  Chester  ?  For  his  Puritan  principles  he  wii 
obliged  by  any  information  respecting  any  family  compelled  to  flee  that  city,  and  came  to  All  Bal- 
resident  in  that  town,  in  the  time  of  Charles  I.,  of  lows,  Barkuig,  London,  dying  there  either  1672 
the  name  of  Simon,  Busse,  De  La  Marihe,  or 
Fautrart, 

The  Abraham  Semon,  who  was  in  Bishopsgate 
Ward  in  1618,  could  not  be  the  son  of  Pierre 
Simon,  yrho  was  not  married  till  1611;  but  he 
may  very  well  have  been  his  brother. 

P.  S.  Cabbt. 

**  Who  steals  mt  ptjbse  steals  tbash,**  &c. 
(3^*  S.  i.  266.)  —The  coincidence  noticed  by  P.  P. 
was  pointed  out  by  Mr.  Staunton,  in  his  edition 
of  Shakspeare,  vol.  iii.  p.  711.  W.  McM. 

Sib  John  Ctjewbk  (3'«  S.  i.  328.)— A.  F.  C.  has 
fallen  into  a  very  absurd  misnomer  in  adopting 
"  Sir  John  Cherubin  **  as  the  name  of  the  person 
commemorated  by  an  ancient  gravestone  in  Brad- 
ing  church.  Isle  of  Wight.  The  real  spelling  of 
the  inscription  is  Cherounn,  and  Sir  John  was 
one  of  the  well-known  family  of  Curwen  of  Cum- 
berland. He  was  Constable  of  Porchester  Castle, 
and  died  in  1441.  As  the  slab  is  incised  or  en- 
graved, not  inlaid  with  brass  plates,  it  is  not 
catalogued  in  the  Oxford  Manual  of  Monumental 
Brasses ;  but  it  will  be  found  fully  described  in 
the  Archaologia  of  the  Society  of  Antiquaries, 


or  1674.  Could  any  gentleman  connected  with 
the  Ironmongers*  Company  of  Cheats  furnish  me 
with  the  requisite  informadon  P 

Sidnbt  Yoom. 

4,  Martin*8  Lane,  £.C. 

Intbbmekts  in  Dokntbbook  Pakish,  bbab 
DuBUN  (2-*  S.  xii.  470 ;  3^*  S.  i.  820.)  —  Since  I 
sent  my  Query,  I  have  been  able  to  identify  two 
of  those  respecting  whom  I  wished  for  some  in- 
formation :  — 
No.  14.  •*  John^Joealin,  Esq.,  18th  December,  17e5i" 
In  JEnshaw's  Magazine,  1765,  p.  784,  the  foUow 
ing  announcement  of  his  death  may  be  found:  — 

**  December  17,  John  Jocelyo,  Bso^  a  Major  on  half- 

yay,  and  nearly  allied  to  the  Right  Hon.  Lord  Visooaat 
ocelyn." 

No.  15.  "Chitwood  Eastace,  Esq.,  28th  May,  1766.* 
His  death  is  likewise  recorded  in  £nshtasi 
Magazine,  1766,  p.  444  :  — 

"  May  26,  Cbetwood  Eustace  of  Harristown,  ca.  Kil- 
dare,  Esq." 

With  regard  to  **  Madam  Claxton,**  who  was 
interred  19th  November,  1727,  I  may  obaerre^ 
that  she  was  probably  the  mother  of  Thomsi 
Claxton,  Esq.,  of  Dublin ;  whoeedftoghter  Fraocei 


8^  a  J.  Mat  10,  '620 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


379 


(relict  of  Ricbard  Grore,  first  Earl  of  Boss,)  mar- 
ried Robert  JocelTn,  Lord  Newport,  15th  Novem- 
ber, 1754,  and  died  25tb  May,  1772  (ArchdalL*s 
Lodge* 9  Peerage  of  Ireland^  vol.  iii.  p.  269).  The 
connexion  of  the  Jocelyn  family  with  Donny* 
brook  in  times  past  is  well  known.  Abhba. 

CmoirwBLL  Lbb  (3'^  S.  i.  310.)  —  Cromwell 
Lee,  who  was  a  member  of  St.  John*s  College, 
Oxford,  and  in  a  MS.  pedigree  in  my  possession 
it  styled  **  of  Holywell,**  with  a  note  added,  "  An- 
cestors settled  in  Lreland,**  married  Mary,  daugh- 
ter of  Sir  John  Harcourt,  Knt.,  and  relict  of 
Richard  Taverner,  Esq.  (Arms  of  Harcourt: 
Gules,  two  bars  or.)  There  are  at  least  four  or 
five  branches  or  representatives  of  the  Quarrendon 
Lees,  at  present  existing  in  Ireland,  viz.  the  Lees 
of  Bama,  co.  Tipperary ;  the  Lee-Guinesses  of 
Ashford  Park  and  Dublin ;  the  Rev.  Dr.  Lee  of 
Trinity  College,  Dublin  (a  younger  branch  of  the 
Bama  family) ;  and  Lord  Viscount  Dillon  (Lee- 
Dillon),  whose  great-grandfather  married  Lady 
Charlotte,  eldest  daughter  of  George  Henry, 
•eoond  Earl  of  Litchfield.  All  bear  the  old  arms 
ol*  the  family,  with  trifling  modifications  for  dis- 
tinction. The  Rev.  A.  T.  Lee,  Rector  of  Ahog- 
hillv  is  also  of  the  same  family,  but  traces  his 
descent  through  the  father  of  the  founder  of  the 
Quarrendon  branch, — John  Lee,  of  Lee  Hall,  co. 
Chester ;  who  married  Margaret,  daughter  of  Sir 
Balph  Hocknell,  Knt.,  of  Hocknell,  in  the  same 
county.  F.  G.  L. 

Fountain  Hall,  Aberdeen. 

KniQ  or  Spain  (3'*  S.  i.  248,  335.)— That 
Alphonso  X.  was  intended  is,  I  should  suppose, 
beyond  question :  but  I  am  not  aware  that  he  was 
himself  either  learned  in  astronomical  theory,  or 
given  to  astronomical  observation.  And  his  his- 
tory, as  usually  told,  is  that  of  a  kinjr  who  was 
bnsy  enough  with  politics  and  administration. 
The  Alphonsine  Tables  were  drawn  up  by  his 
Jewish  or  Mahometan  astronomers.  There  is  a 
dispute  as  to  who  actually  compiled  them :  but 
the  king  himself  is  not  one  of  the  parties  to  whom 
they  are  assigned.  Historians  have  more  than 
once  given  to  persons  of  eminent  rank  the  reputa- 
tion of  actual  cultivation  of  the  sciences  which 
they  patronised.  Thus  Duke  Humphry  of  Glou- 
cester had  at  one  time  the  reputation  of  an  astro- 
nomer, upon  the  strength  of  some  astronomical 
tables  which  he  suggested  and  aided  with  his 
parse,  and  which  the  author  therefore  called  after 
nim.  It  b  shameful  thaX  this  worthy  duke*s  name 
shonld  be  associated  with  want  of  a  dinner :  for 
he  was  celebrated  for  his  hospitality  to  men  of 
knowledge ;  some  of  whom  would  now  and  then 
have  dined  with  the  mythical  duke,  if  it  had  not 
been  for  the  real  one.  A.  Db  Morgan, 

Thb  KiHa*8  Evil.  (3*^  S.  i.  313,  &c.)  — An 
interesting  **  Essay  on  the  History  of  the  Roval 


Touch  **  was  commumcated  to  the  Archaoiogieal 
Journal  in  1853  by  Mr.  Edw.  Law  Hussey  (one 
of  the  surgeons  to  the  lladcliffe  Infirmary,  Ox- 
ford), and  was  re-issued  from  thence  in  the  form 
of  a  pam|>hlet.  The  same  gentleman  has  since 
then,  I  believe,  accumulated  many  additional  ma- 
terials, with  a  view  to  the  re-publication  of  his 
paper  at  some  time  in  an  extenoed  form. 

W.  D.  Macbat. 

Coin  ob  Mbdal  of  Qubbn  Yictobia  (3<^  S.  i. 
330.)  —  In  reply  to  Y.  Z,  I  think  I  am  correct 
in  saving  that  the  piece  alluded  to  was  intended 
for  circulation  as  a  coin,  but  that  it  was  found  to 
be  too  delicate  to  stand  wear  and  tear.  I  believe 
that  only  1,000  were  struck  off,  one  of  which  is  in 
the  possession  of  a  relative  of  mine,  from  whom  I 
learnt  these  particulars  some  five  years  ago. 

Gbobgb  F.  Chajibbbs. 

Kensington. 

In  answer  to  Y.  Z.,  the  coin  he  refers  to  of  her 
Majesty  Queen  Victoria,  is  the  pattern  goUiic 
crown,  date  1847,  with  the  motto  **Tueatur  unita 
Deus." 

As  to  his  statement  that  collectors  give  ten 
sovereigns  for  a  specimen,  he  must  have  been 
greatly  misinformed,  as  there  are  plenty  to  be  pur- 
chased at  from  ten  shillings  to  a  pound  each. 

A.  MOTJLTON. 

Waoneb  (3^*  S.  i.  330.)  —  Has  A.  M.  W. 
searched  the  Registers  of  St.  James*s,  Westmin- 
ster? George  Warner  and  his  son  Melchior 
were  carrying  on  busmess,  as  hatters,  in  Pali  Mall 
in  1785-95.  X. 

Title-Fages  (3^*  S.  i.  250.)  — 

1.  "Reflexions  upon  the  Devotions  of  the  Roman 
Church  with  the  Prayen,  Hymns,  and  Lessons  them- 
selves taken  oat  of  their  authentick  Books.  In  three 
parts.  The  First  Part  containing  their  Devotions  to 
Saints  and  Angels.  Also,  Two  Di|rres8ioos  concernioe 
the  Reliques  and  Miracles  in  Mr.  Cressy's  late  Ghnrcn 
History.  Utinam  tarn  faeiU  vera  invenire  pouewi,  yuam 
falaa  convincere.  Cicero  apud  Lactantium/  de  Urig. 
Erroris,  lib.  2.  London :  Printed  for  Richard  Royston, 
Bookseller  to  his  most  sacred  Migesty,  1674.** 

My  copy,  in  old  binding,  is  lettered  "  J.  Fatriclc 
on  Romish  Devotions.*'  Fitzhopkiks. 

Garrick  Club. 

Falm  (3"^  S.  i.  230,  295.)  —  Immediatelv  on 

reading  the  Query  concerning  the  Italian  palm,  I 

forwaxtled  a  reply;  which,  as  it  contained  some 

slight  inaccuracies,  I  am  rather  pleased  to  find 

omitted.    I  have  now  before  me  a  copy  of 

"  Le  Caissier  Italien,  on  TArt  de  connoitre  tontes  les 
Monnoies  .  .  .  etc  ...  les  Poids,  Meaurti,  et  autres 
Objets  r^atifs  an  Commerce."    Fol.,  Lyons,  1787. 

In  vol.  i.  p.  25,  is  an  engraving  of  a  Roman 
palm :  — 

•<Mesare  des  corps  ^tendu«-^«tt.f<^  iwX'^'^Sjsaw^  V"* 
mesofec  toates  let  itofw  »  gliifcrol.^^X*.^^^^^^^'^ 


380 


NOTES  AOT>  QtJBBIEa 


[«'*&I.MiTlO,«. 


dlviwen  bait  Palmei  —  Qastre  Pilmes  |  conMpondeiil 
b  ana  Aane  d«  Knni^e." 

I  httie  sccurswlj  meaaured  the  en^ived  palm, 
and  find  iU  length  to  be  9]  Inches ;  tha»  diSerJng 
GDnstdernblj  from  the  length  giTeu  by  A.  A. 

In  p.  63,  of  the  same  volume,  there  U  an  en- 
gravin);  of  the  "  Palmo  de  Naples,"  which  exactly 
meaiurea  lOf  inches  English.  The  same  page  in- 
forms us  that  the  standard  measure  for  ■'  led  corps 
^tcndua,"  at  Naples,  is  also  the  "  Canne,  compoi^e 
de  8  Palmi "  i  and  that  4  J  of  these  "  Fainii "  corre- 
spond to  the  French  "  aune." 

In  p.  291  is  a  drawing  of  a  French  "quart 
d'aune,"  nhicb  meaaurei  llg  inoheB :  so  that,  ac- 
curiiing  to  this,  the  French  "aune"  measures  46^ 
inches. 

In  Le  Livrt  uHlt  ouz  Nigoeiant  de  tEurope, 
firuxellet  (I7CT?),  Sto,  p.  26B,  there  is  a  note 
nhich  says  that  the  "aune  de  France  contient 
B24  lignes  du  pieil  de  Koi." 

I  may  add,  in  reference  to  the  answer  of  A.  A., 
that,  under  tlie  beads  of  Florence  and  Sardinio, 
no  aUusiou  is  made  in  Lb  Cauiifr,  ^c,  to  any 
•uch  measure  of  extension  as  the  palm  ;  but,  on 
the  oontrary,  it  is  stated  in  p.  103,  under  tbo 
head  "Tosconc,"  that  of  "corps  utendus":  "il 
D'y  a  actueltenient  qu'une  iiide  meiurt  dans  toute 
la  Tuscane  qu'on  appelle  Braccio  ou  Bras,  quatre 
dtis  quela  formeiit  une  canne."  A  drawing  of  the 
Florentine  demi-bras  measures  11^  inches. 

CBESlBOXODaa  Hj 


Kbhtish   M1LI.ER   (3'*   S.   i.   333.) —This 

merely  a  H/aceimenlo  of  the  old  epitaph  on  Durs 
dtis,  the  author  of  the  Rationale ;  — 


A.  A. 

Puts'  Corner. 

"  Tag  Stars  or  Niobt  "  (a"  S.  i.  20O.)  —  The 
poem  referred  to  by  Mr.  J.  C.  Udhibb  appeared  in 
Tka  AtAenaum  of  Sapteiaber  18,  1841,  and  b 
aigned  "  F.  B,"  G. 

Edlnbuigh. 


NOTES  ON  BOOKS.  ETC. 


A  DKlianary  of  tht  Bible,  conroriang  AntimiHitt,  Bio- 
paphi/,  Gcfgrapiy,  and  Natural  Biilory.  By  Vsrioiu 
Writen.  £dil«f  itfWillUm  Smith,  LL.D.  Partt  V.mtd 
VI.    {Murray.) 

These  two  now  parts  ef  Dr.  Smith'*  admirabla  and 
Kioat  uierul  Dictionary,  which  extend  from  tlie  atlidca 
"Eiypt"  to  "Greece,"  abounil  with  nrllclei  of  interest. 

7a«  Lwkfsmdflf  and  Oommaniief :  bting  Atitobtocrapfiieol 
Btrlchao/ hit  mm  Cartir.  i)>  Capt.  DaiiL  HaQ.  (BeU 
&U.ldy,) 

liobiH  Hood:  Ballaili  and  Smpi  rdaliag  lo  tlat  nfa- 
braltd  OuUuK,_u!lA  Afiadatr,  afliii  Life  from  BilKa  and 


printed  Series  of  Pocket  Volumes  cannot  fail  of  being  as 

a  Prattiral  Gmidt  to  dm 
Mttropalit  and  ill  Vididty.  IBntrtOtd  tm  Mapt,  PIm, 
and  Viap,.     (A.  &.  C.  BUck.) 

A  well-timed,  csrefull}' -compileil,  and  Deally-illostnttd 
guide  to  Ibe  sights  sod  gtariea  of  the  metropolisL 

Calsmdaus  ov  State  Papkbs,  and  CHaosicuss  Ann 
MEMORiALa  or  Gkeat  Britaik  asd  iKBT^Um.  W* 
hope  shortly  lo  lay  before  oar  readers  a  Jelaited  noHca  rf 
tlie»  valuable  contribulioiu  to  our  National  Qiatoij, 
wbich  are  now  ia  course  or  pubiieatloD  ondar  the  dllM-' 
tion  of  the  Muter  of  tbe  Rolls. 

The  Membera  of  Iba  Camden  SoeUtf  vera  well  pUai«l 
with  the  Reporli  preMOted  to  tbam  at  tbe  General  Mert- 
Ing  on  tba  Znd  oliy,  which  showed  a  balance  ui  th* 
bands  of  the  Treasurer  after  payioi;  for  tbe  Ihrea  cipilal 
booki.  CkauJicHaii't  IMtrrt,  Precttdingi  «  Kml  in  IGU), 
and  (ba  FarliaMtentan/  Dcbaiti,  1610,  iuued  during  the 
past  year.  Tbe  Council  announce  three  uaw  norki  of 
very  considerable  interast.  tIe.  A  Siriei  of  LitUtrM  from 
Sir  Bobert  Cecil  to  Sir  George  Oarae ;  Narratitt  of  tit 
Sirrlcri  of  M.  Dumml  Boiiaipai  u>  /reload;  and  a  re- 
markable collection  ailMfnBfMargartlofAnj»M,mJiap 
Brckiogton.  ^.  The  Conndl  remind  the  Hambwi  that 
tlie  lint  Bttawpt  to  procDTO  innreaeed  fiudlllias  for  Ulaniy 
uarcbes  in  iba  PrerogsliTa  Court,  for  which  literary  sm 
are  now  indebted  to  Sir  Creitwell  CreOweU,  oriein*t«d 
with  the  Candn  Bocitt^. 

Tub   Imtkrkationai.  ExiiiniTiOH   was   opened   oa 


Two  feelings  aeem  to  ban  parvaded  tbe  vast  uiultitnde 
who  were  there  asssmUedi  ono  of  detp  regret  that  the 
wise  Prince,  who  had  originated  tbe  great  work,  bad 
been  ramored  before  its  completion;  the  other  of  pride 
icb  bad  been  made  is  every 


at  the  decided  advance  v 

branch  of  Art  and  Science  aince  ISAL  Tben 
portion  of  tbe  present  Eabibition  which  muat  be  vUiUd 
and  revisited  t>eforE  anv  juat  appreciation  of  It  can  ba 
formed,  we  allnde  lo  tbo  Collectiou  of  Worka  of  tbs 
English  Painlera.  It  is  a  wonderfot  ctdlectlon,  and  al- 
mlrably  displayed. 


BOOKS    AND    ODD    VOLUMES 

WAKTED   TO   FDRCHa^. 


^iUioA  KfUt/,  IjtiicatB. 


fiatUtt  to  CorrtSfaanmU. 


tK  B.  L  Hat  17,  ■ee.] 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


tOtHMW.  UTUKDAY,  t 


CONTENTS— H».  20. 

NOTBS:  — Don  BvlK  and  tbe  Scrlblsrians  «.  I>T.  Wig- 
■U<h.  SSI  —  Banraii    6r«ea,   OMsmanl?   callgd   "  Ung 
Bob."%t  — "TbeSjiiisBp«Bchswd^ijen  ol  tbe  B«- 
glcidci,"/*. 
on 

dnhn-  —  LongBvilj, . 

eUntt  Sitter  "  —  Iba  Burnuoe  Tokv,  «i. 

QUE&lfiS:— Atheuiau  Maiuiori—Thu  Anns  of  D'Apcy  — 
AnnBli  of  UWrr— J.Colo— H™ryElli»on-E(H.I)r.B. 
Gardiner— Lady  UainUtoD;  Nelson  RcliqueB  —  Klnei- 
hridse.  Oo.  Devon  —  Lwemakom'  Cunom :  WEgs,  a  6ort  o( 
Oako  — Mettol^  Naral  Virtoij  nf  La  HoguB  in  ItHi  — 
Huoringi  ill  the  Tliamn  —  P.  D..  a  PalDlfr  —  Lord  Pal- 
nantOM'alUiilly  — Bav.T.  Polvheel  — INnr  Poll  — Pta- 
Mrton  KliM  Palnls  af  tbe  Iaw  —  Pridiwin  Famil;  — 
Ptvsn  fbrtbo  Great  Fim  or  Loudon  — Bichdale  Fsniil; 
—  Bw.  Bydnoy  Bmitli  —  Stiilo  CowihoB  — Tallin's  "Onni- 
SHinlwlca  "-Toads  in  Kocki  —  White  Quali>«  -  llcr- 
miaeea  in  WomslcriliirB,  S8«. 

QusHiu  WITH  AmwiBi :  —  Epitaph  —  Qeaat  and  Ihwdalo 
Tamili™  — Paiitl-'-  "->- "^-VT.     .. —     ... ._ 


Poatage  SUmpu,  393  —  Bfproducttoa  et  old  Wlttidmu,  3H 
^HenldlcValuinc- TheOpal  Hnnlrr- Hiue  Etonan- 
m:  S.  Anatnr  — Macleaa  of  Torloiik  —  Pniae-God  Ban- 
boH— Belatiie  Value  at  Kmur  —  Sot  loo  icood  to  be 
trtM  — bir  Jotan  gtrenge  —  loi&wliam  Church-  Pila- 
wllllam  Peerage  —  Coini  in  Tankard— LnWtboD'i  Cata- 
loRue  oT  Biblci,  tc.  —  Mode  and  Sale  of  EiecutioD  ot  the 
Huqoia  of  Arsyb  —  Sun  and  Whalebone,  tc,  SM. 

NotM  OD  Boolu. 


fiatri. 

DEAN  SWIFT  AND  TBE  SCRIBLEEIANS  t<.  DR. 
WA08TAFFE. 
Wbo  wrote,  or  who  compiled,  the  Mi»eeOtam»u 
WorkM  of  Dr.  William  Wagitaffe  f  and  who  wrote 
the  Memoir  prefjietl  to  the  volume  P  The  quei- 
lion  tna;  »t  fir»t  ^pear  somewhat  Bbsurd,  seeins 
that  we  have  a  long  account  of  the  Doctor  and 
hU  writings  Id  Chwmera's  Biographical  Dictioti- 
an;  but  tliat  account  h  taken  aubstantialiy  from 
Sichols's  Anecdotei,  and  NichoU'i  is  avowedlj 
Cram  tbe  Memoir.  Nicliolfl  indeed  addi  one  not 
nnimportnnt  paragraph  :  for  he  tells  us  that  "  his 
[Waj;»taffe'9]  character  was  thua  given  by  an 
eminent  physician,  soon  after  hit  death  :  '  Be  waM 
no  leu  valued  for  kit  ikill  in  bit  prafettimi,  loAieA 
he  ihoKtd  iR  several  lue/ul  trtatutt,  than  admired 
for  hit  jvit  and  /aeetioutneu  in  eonverioHon."' 
This,  which  looks  like  an  independent  testimony, 
it  however  taken,  italics  and  all,  from  the  Utle- 
page  of  the  same  miBcellaneoiu  volume  :  so  that 
•U  we  have  for  authority  is  the  anonymous  col- 


lector,  the   E 


and  the 


uionjmous  phji 

Now,  without  reference  to  tlie  Memoir,  all  the 
informatiiin  I  can  collect  is,  that  William  Wag- 
rtafie  took  the  degree  of  M.D.  at  Oxford  in  1714; 
tfaU  William  Wa}[Staffe  appears,  in  1733,  in  Cbam- 
berlayne's  Litl  of  the  CoUege  of  Phi/iieima,  and 
aa  one  of  the  phyiiciaoi  to  St.  Butholomew's  Hos- 


pital ;  and  The  PolUieal  Slate  records  that,  on  the 


late  Dr,  Wagstafie,  who  died  not  long  before  at 
the  Bath."  Thus  far  we  are  on  safe  ground; 
but  there  is  not  a  word  here  that  help*  to  esta- 
blish the  paternity  of  any  one  of  the  pieces  in- 
oluded  in  the  volume  of  Wogstaffe's  Miecellaniet, 
nor  any  bint  from  which  we  can  conjecture  what 
were  his  other  "  Works,"  which,  from  the  publico- 
tioa  of  bis  "  JUitoellaneous  Works,"  it  might  be 
inferred  that  he  bad  written ;  nor  the  name  of  any 
one  of  the  "several  useful  treatises;"  —  indeed 
alt  I  can  leant  from  Dr.  Munk's  XoU  of  the  Col- 
lege  of  Phj/ticitnu,  and  from  a  search  in  tha 
British  Museum,  ia,  that  Wm.  Wagstaffepiib- 
lished  A  Letter  thomag  the  Danger  aud  Vicer- 
tainb/  of  laoaJating  far  M#  SmallpoXt  the  third 
edition  of  which  was  published  in  1732  by  Bamuel 
Butler,  in  Holborn. 

But  it  may  be  asked,  by  those  who  have  not 
the  volume  to  refer  to.  Does  not  the  writer  of  the 
Uemwr  lay  anything  from  which  we  nay  infer 
his  authority  F  I  think  he  does,  aud  the  explan- 
ation is  curious  :  for  he  tells  us  that  the  several 
pieces  were  originally  "published  without  a  name; 
BO  it  is  presumed  the  Doctor  never  did  intend  it 
should  be  known  who  wrote  them;  but  the  per- 
son who  had  the  copies  of  them,  thinking  it  worth 
bia  while  to  reprint  them  at  this  time,  it  was 
judged  proper  to  give  the  public  thic  account 
both  of  the  author  and  his  writings." 

It  is  strange,  if  the  Doctor  "  never  did  intend 
it  should  be  known  who  wrote"  these  several 
tracts  and  pamphlets,  that  some  one,  (another 
anonymous  be  it  observed,)  should  know  him  to  be 
the  writer,  should  have  preserved  copies  of  all, 
and,  in  defiance  of  the  Doctor's  wish,  be  ready 
for  a  republication  so  soon  as  the  Doctor  riiould 
die.  This,  at  least,  is  obvious,— that  the  public 
were  at  the  mercy  of  this  anonymous  collector, 
who  might  have  doubled  the  collection  had  be 
thought  it  "  worth  his  while." 

It  ig  more  strange,  that  it  is  impossible  to  read 
many  of  the  papers  contained  in  the  collection 
without  a  conviction,  amounting  almost  to  cer- 
tainty, that  Swift  was  the  writer.  Sir  Walter 
Scott  said  of  one,  that  it  contained  internal  marks 
of  Swift ;  of  anodier,  that  it  was  probably  written 
under  his  direction ;  of  a  third,  that  it  has  strong 
msrki  of  Swift :  but  puzzled  by  the  Memoir- 
writer,  he  assumed  that WsgstaSe  must  have  been 
"  an  under-spur  leather  "  of  Swill.  What  shadow 
of  evidence  is  there,  beyond  the  Memoir,  tendine 
to  show  that  there  was  any  "  under-spur  leather 
at  all P 

The  Wagstaffe  MuceUanitt  were  publisbed  in 
1726  — the  very  time  that  Swift  was  collecting 
and  seleeting  the  tracts,  squibs,  and  Dun^leta 
whiob  be  was  about  la  iHiiK  u  ^^isi  Uw^Onooc* 


382 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES, 


[S»*  a  L  Mat  17,  "SI 


in  prose  and  verse  of  Swift  and  Pope,  published 
in  1727.  There  must  have  been  many  squibs 
and  pamphlets  written,  between  1710  and  1714, 
in  his  days  of  political  savaeerj,  which  Swift  might 
not  choose  to  own ;  and  it  is  certainly  extraor- 
dinary that,  80  far  as  I  can  discover,  these  Wag- 
Btaffe  Miscellanies^  with  one  exception  which  I 
will  hereafter  notice,  were  written  within  these 
exact  limits  of  time ;  though  Wagstaffe  lived  more 
than  a  dozen  years  afterwards,  and  then  died  at 
the  early  age  of  forty ;  and  they  were  all  pub- 
lished by  Morphew,  Swift's  publisher  at  that  time. 
Swift  and  Pope  acknowledged  in  the  Preface  to 
their  avowed  Miscellanies^  that  it  contained  per- 
soqalities  which  they  now  regret :  — 

'*  Id  regard  to  two  persons  onl}'  we  wish  oar  raillery, 
though  ever  so  tender,  or  resentment,  thoagh  ever  so 
jast,  had  not  been  indulged.  We  speak  of  Sir  John  Yan- 
burgb,  who  was  a  man  of  wit  and  of  honour;  and  of  Mr. 
Addison,  whose  name  deserves  all  respect  from  every 
lover  of  learning." 

But  the  attacks  on  Steele,  which  are  the  marking 
characteristics  of  some  of  these  Wagstaffe  MiseeU 
laniesj  were  beyond  tender  raillery;  they  were 
coarse,  and  in  some  instances  brutal  —  written 
with  a  personal  knowledge  of  the  man  and  his 
most  private  concernments ;  from  which  personal 
acquaintance,  if  not  friendship,  must  be  inferred. 
There  is  reference  to  his  personal  appearance, 
his  manners,  morals,  imprisonment,  and  to  the 
nature  of  the  claims  of  the  creditors,  who,  we 
are  told,  arrested  him  for  the  maintenance  of  his 
illegitimate  children.  Toby  insults  him  as  an  up- 
start Irishman,  who  has  set  up  for  a  gentleman  on 
some  little  estate  he  had  got  in  Wales  by  his 
wife's  mother's  death.  He  is  called  ajay,  made 
up  of  feathers  from  other  birds  —  told  that  **he 
borrowed  his  humour  of  Estcourt,  his  criticism  of 
Addison,  his  poetry  of  Pope ;"  —  no  mention  of  his 
obligations  to  Swift; — that  his  chief  assistants 
had  deserted  him,  though  I  doubt  if,  at  that  time, 
any  had  deserted  him  except  Swift  and  Pope; 
says  his  reputation  is  as  dead  as  Partridg^e ;  that 
he  has  undertaken  to  overturn  the  Ministry  in 
one  session,  which  **my  Lord  Wharton  and 
Somers  have  been  foiled  at  for  years."  Swift  de- 
clared himself  to  have  been  ilNtreated  by  both 
these  noblemen,  and  avowedly  hated  them  both ; 
but  why  should  Wagstafie  select  them  specially  P 
Steele  is  accused  of  ingratitude :  of  **  throwing 
dirt  and  abusing  the  unblemished  character  of  a 
Minister  of  State,  by  whose  interest  alone  he  has 
been  continued  in  the  Stamp  Office" — **  a  man  of 
such  public  and  enlarged  spirit  is  as  well  qualified 
as  any  Judas  of  them  ul  to  betray  his  friend.**  Now 
what  personal  wrongs  had  Wagstafie  to  complain 
of?  Why  should  he  protest  against  this  Judas, 
and  this  vile  betrayal  of  a  friend  P  How  should  he 
know  of  this  special  favour  of  Harley's?  But 
tbeae  are  the  very  charges  preferred  agamst  Steele 


in  Swift's  letter  to  Addison  of  I3th  May,  1713: 
**  Mr.  Steele  knows  very  well  that  my  Lord  Trea- 
surer has  kept  him  in  nis  employment  ttpoD  my 
treaty  and  intercession  ...  I  was  reproached  l!j 
my  Lord  Treasurer  upon  the  ill- returns  Mr. 
Steele  made  to  his  Lordship*s  indulgence."  The 
same  feeling  is  more  than  once  shown  in  the 
Journal  to  Stella^  where  he  notices  Steele*s  '*  devil- 
ish ingratitude." 

It  may  be  asked,  and  very  reasonably,  why,  if 
Swifl  had  a  twinge  of  conscience  about  having 
written  these  virulent  attacks  on  his  old  frienc^ 
did  he  republish  them  ?  I  reply,  to  prevent  other 
people  doing  so ;  and  he  republished,  under  the 
name  of  Wagstaffe,  to  prevent  the  name  of  Swift 
from  being  prefixed  *'  as  it  had  been,"  he  said,  **  to 
works  he  did  not  write ;"  and,  no  doubt,  to  works 
that  he  did  not  choose  to  acknowledge.  In  fact, 
Swift's  name  was  prefixed  to  Toby's  *'  Character 
of  Richard  Steele,  in  OuUiveriana^  where  we  are 
told:  — 

**  This  success  of  Sir  Richard  Steele  to  incensed  the 
party,  that  they  took  every  measure  to  distress  him.  They 
turned  him  out  of  his  employment,  and  they  expelled 
him  the  House  of  Commons.  His  fortune  was  brdkc^ 
and  his  person  and  life  were  reckoned  to  be  in  daoger; 
and  it  was  under  these  prosperous  circumstances  that 
the  pious  and  humane  Captam  [Swift]  sends  Tobv,  ia 
his  ridiculous  way,  to  support  and  comfort  him.  'Tliat 
very  Captain,  who  was  Steele's  old  friend  and  feUow- 
writer.  That  Captain!  whom  Steele  loved,  and  never 
disobliged  unless  it  could  be  by  his  writing  in  fovonr  of 
our  Constitution  against  the  Pretender. 

**  But  I'll  detain  you  no  longer  from  the  entertainment 
of  Master  Toby  alias  Gulliver,  alioM  Sw—i,aUa»  Examiner, 

aliat  D— n  of  St.  P 's,  alias  Draper,  aBas  Bickerstai!^ 

aKas  Remarker,  alias  Journalist  okas  Sonnetteer,  aUas 
Scriblerus." 

Even  the  Wagstafie  Memoir- writer  has  a  tondi 
of  tenderness  such  as  might  have  been  felt  by 
Swifl;,  so  many  years  after  the  fever  of  contro- 
versy had  subsided ;  and  he  acknowledges,  as 
Swift  had  acknowledged,  in  the  Preface  to  the 
avowed  Miscellanies,  that  — 

"  The  character  of  Richard  St — le,  Esq.,  does  indeed 
want  some  apology  to  be  made  for  it ;  because  it  saens 
to  bear  too  hard  upon  a  gentleman  of  known  parts  and 
abilities,  though  of  contrary  principles  to  the  Doctor .... 
The  Doctor,  who  had  some  friends  in  the  Ministry,  thought 
he  could  not  take  a  better  way  to  oblige  them  than  by 
thus  showing  his  dislike  to  a  gentleman  who  had  so 
much  endeavoured  on  all  occasions  to  oppose  them. 
Though  this  I  may  say  for  him,  that  he  was  so  fiu*  from 
having  any  personal  peak  or  enmity  against  the  gentle- 
man whose  character  he  wrote,  that,  at  the  time  of  his 
writing  it,  I  do  believe,  he  did  not  so  much  as  know  him 
even  by  sight,  whatever  he  might  afterwards." 

Let  any  one  read  the  *'  Character"  thus  referred 
to,  and  say  whether  the  writer  did  or  did  not 
know  Steele  personally, — not  '*even  by  sight.'' 
Steele,  in  the  very  last  number  of  Hke  EmgUsh" 
tnan^  refers  to  the  many  invectiyes  which  that 
paper  had  brought  on  him;  and,  amongst  others. 


»>«  a.  I.  Hit  17,  •88.] 


NOTES  AND  QUEBIEa 


383 


"  I  tbiok  I  know  the  mathor  of  this ;  lUil  to  show  him 
I  kpoi*  no  reringe  but  in  tho  method  of  heapin/;  coals  on 
his  head  by  bcneflli,  I  Torbear  i^rine  him  irhst  he  de- 
aervet )  for  no  other  rcaton,  but  thit  /  inow  hit  unaHnliri/ 
uf  reproach  ii  inch.  ai  tiist  be  would  be  unsble  to  bo»r 
TifD  itHlf,  ander  half  the  ill-lingnigs  he  has  givea  me." 

Did  this  apply  to  the  illustrioua  obscure,  Dr. 
Wsgstaff,  "  who  did  not  so  much  as  know  him  " ; 
or  to  his  old  friend  and  former  fullow-lnbourer, 
I>ean  Swift  F 

Swift  delighted  in  mjatification.  We  all  know 
the  Tamuiia  papers  he  wrote  uuiJer  the  name  of 
Sickerdtnir^  that  ne  are  lodebted  to  bis  sugKes- 
tioQ  for  llie  "  Lucubrations  of  Isaac  Biekcrstaff," 
who  claimed  kindred  with  "all  the  ramiE;  of  the 
Stafffl,"  inclmlin;;  Jacolistnff,  Lonnetaff,  WajTstaif, 
QuarterstafT,  WhitesUff,  FalsUtT,  Xipstaff,  Distaff, 
Pikestaff,  Mnpataff,  BroomaUff,  Ruggedstaffi  and 
^as  subEequenllj  ef'<^iousl}'  pleiiaed  to  receive 
*-'  as  kinsman  "  Mr.  FractorstafiT  of  Cambridge,  and 
Others  i  and  that  he  published  his  own  Polile  Con- 
vertation  under  the  name  of  "Simon  Wagetaffa" 

This  Character  of  Richard  Steele,  as  I  before 
observed,  wag  published  by  Morphew,  at  that  lime 
Swift's  publisher.  As  Swift  augsesled  the  name 
of  BickersUffe  for  the  writer  a?  The  Talkr,  he 
tnay  have  suggested  Morphew  as  the  publisher. 
Steele,  however,  quarrelled  with  Morphew  ;  The 
Taller  was  given  up,  and  The  SpectaUir  started 
with  another  publisher :  but  Moi'pbew  remained 
feilcnt  until  Swift  openly  quarrelled  with  Steele, 
and  forthwith  Morphew  became  active  in  bis  hos- 
Ulity.  He  not  only  published  Toby's  Character 
of  Richard  Steele,  but  A  LeUer/rom  the  facetiout 
Dr.  Andrew  Tripe,  at  Bath,  to  the  Venerable  Nea- 
ter Ironsides  (the  name  under  which  Steele  wrote 
The  Gaardion)  —  a  bitter  satire  on  Steele,  as 
Scott  acknowledges ;  and  one  of  which,  no  doubt, 
on  reflection.  Swift  was  ashamed.  Now  if  the 
strange  name  of  Tripe  be  not  sd  intimately  asso- 
elated  with  Swift  as  that  of  Watjstaffe,  it  was 
more  so  at  that  lime  than  wiilg  ntiy  other.  The 
poem  called  The  Swan  Tripe  Club,  published  in 
bablin,  1704,  had  been  republished  in  London  bv 
TonsoD  as  by  "  the  author  of  The  Tale  nfa  Tub'" 

The  reasons  I  have  suggested  for  the  publica- 
tion of  the  WagstoSe  Mitcellariiei  would  scarcely 
excuse  the  republication  of  Tripe's  letter;  yet, 
among  these  Miteellanies  we  find  "  A  Letter  from 
the  facetious  Dr.  Andrew  Tripe,  at  Bath";  and 
Pope,  in  the  Testimonies  prefiied  to  The  Ditiiciad, 
mokes  proBtabie  use  of  the  fact.  He,  it  apiicars, 
koew  of  the  publication  of  the  Wagstaffe  vofume ; 
and  he  telU  us,  as  we  had  been  told  belbrc  in  the 
Preface  to  the  Swift  and  Pope  iifiiceUaniea,  that 
the  Grub  Street  people,  to  lower  the  author's 
Buecesa,  persevere  in  attributing  to  him  worts  he 
never  wrote — even  works  "owned  hij  oOteri" ;  and 


then  instances  The  What  d'ye  Call  It,  "which  is 
Mr.  Gay's,"  and  "  the  pamphlet  called  '  Dr.  An- 
drew Tripe,"  viMch  proves  to  be  one  Dr.  Waff' 
flaffe'g."  By  this  reference  it  appears,  that  though 
Pope  knew  of  this  obscure  Tolume,  the  public 
could  have  known  very  little  of  the  writer  who  is 
here  tleacribed  as  "  one  Dr.  Wogalaffe."  Yet  a 
more  remarkable  fact  is,  that  the  "  Letter  from 
Dr.  Andrew  Tripe  of  Bath,"  published  among 
Wagstaffe's  Miicellaniei,  anil  wbith  publication 
was  turned  to  such  profitable  use,  is  a  wholly 
different  work  from  The  Letter  from  Dr.  Andrea 
Tripe  ofBath—t\te  bitter  satire  on  Steele,  which 
the  Scriblerians  were  accused  of  having  written. 
I  give  here  the  full  title  of  the  tract  in  thia  ^Vag- 
staffe  volume  :  — 

"  A  Letter  from  the  facelioua  Dr.  Andrew  TrFpe,  tt 


■riaioK  froin  a  rednndanc}-  of  Bilioss  Salts :  and  not  to  be 
eradicalud  but  bj  a  diurnal  Course  of  Oils  and  Voniits. 
With  an  Appendix  fonefrning  the  Appliealion  of  Socra- 
tes hi>  Clyster,  and  ihe  use  of  clean  Linen  in  Conlro- 
veray." 

I  have  not  succeeded  in  finding  a  copy  of  Lhe 
orjgiual  publication,  and'the  reprint  has  not  that 
"  Appendix  "  which  la  so  full  of  humorous  promise 
in  the  title-page.  There  is  no  copy  in  the  British 
Muaeum ;  and  though  the  title  figures  in  the 
Catalogue  of  tho  Library  of  the  Medical  Society, 

Ert-pared  in  18'2!l,  no  copy  is  to  be  found  in  the 
brary.  It  is  a  medical  satire,  and  could  not 
have  been  written  before  1719  or  1720,  many 
years  after  the  Morphew  battery  had  been  silent, 
but  when  Arbuthoot  and  Pope,  and  the  Scrible- 
rians, were  active  in  their  attack  on  "the  pro- 
found Greshamite,"  Dr.  Woodward ;  and  I  should 
say  it  probably  originated  with  the  Scriblerians, 
and  was  written  by  Arbuthoot, 

It  would  he  impossible,  within  any  reasonable 
limits,  to  enter  into  a  like  examination  of  the 
other  contents  of  this  WagntaSe  volume  i  but  I 
may  briefly  observe  that  The  Story  ^ Ihe  St.  Alban't 
Ghost,  a  skit  on  the  Duchess  of  Marlborough, 
was  thought  by  Scott,  "  from  the  style,"  and  Uie 
severity  with  which  Dr.  Garth  was  treated,  to 
have  been  the  joint  work  of  Swift  and  Arbutbnot. 
But  if  Dr.  Arbutbnot  was  assisting,  why  did  Swift 
require  the  further  assistance  of  Dr.  Wagstaffe? 

The  Comment  on  the  History  of  Tom  Thumb,  a 
parody  on  Addison's  criticism  on  Chevy  Chase,  is 
an  uiiiusing  trifle,  which  miybt  have  been  written 
by  anyone;  and  it  is  not  improbable,  and  is  very 
much  after  the  fashion  of  the  Scriblerians,  that 
they  introduced  some  triSes  of  this  character 
intu  the  Wagstaffe  volume  us  a  misleading  light. 
But  the  parody  contains  more  than  one  skit  at 
Swift's  old  nnUgonist  Dr.  Bentley  —  on  Black- 
more  and  his  Arthur;  and  the  writer  refers 
certain   disputed   points   to   the  decision  oC  <.b& 


384 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


tr*  s.  Liter  17, 'n. 


ftnthor  of  Tke  Tale  of  a  TtU>.  It  waa  eridetitljr 
throirn  off  ftt  a  moment;  and  thouf;h  there  t» 
no  ill  feeling  in  it,  I  do  not  think  it  would 
hkve  been  written  bj  anyone  in  perfect  good 
bumonr  with  Addison.  Now  Aildiaon's  papers 
appeared  in  Th«  Sptelator  in  Maj,  1711,  when 
Swift  was  Tery  angry  with  Addison  u  well  as 
with  Steele,  as  appears  from  hit  JaurmU  to  Stella ; 
and  it  was  published  by  Mcirphew,  followed  in  the 
autumn  by  the  same  publiiher  with  Swift's  famous 
pamphlet  on  Tht  Conduct  of  the  Alliei.  Anollier 
of  the  same  class,  witiiout  any  distinctive  cha- 
racter, is  The  Plain  Dealer,  alio  published  by 
IJorphew. 

The  Teitimoniei  of  the  Ciliten*  of  Fickleborovgh 
eonceming  the  Life  and  Character  of  Robert  Hath, 
commonly  coiled  Sob,  ia  anotber  of  the  squibs 
which  ba*e  no  sucb  literary  charactarutics  ■■ 
miglit  help  to  determine  who  was  the  writer.  Two 
letlera  appeared  in  September,  1712,  la  The  Fljf- 

3 J  Post,  conducted  by  Ridpatb,  si^ed  "Bob 
ush  of  Fickleborough,"  which  excited  public 
attention.  They  were  noticed  at  the  time  m  the 
Tory  Examiner,  with  which  Swift  was  intimately 
associated  as  well  aa  in  these  Teitimoniei.  Swift, 
we  find,  was  at  that  time  more  than  uaoally  Tioleat 
against  KIdpatb.  On  the  28tb  of  October,  he 
wrote  to  Stella  about  "these  devils  of  Grrub-Street 
Bogues  that  write  T/ie  Flying  Poit .  .  .  are  always 
mauling  Lord  Treasurer,  Lord  Bolingbroke,  and 
me.  ■  .  .  We  have  the  dogs  under  persecution,  but 
Bolingbroke  is  not  active  enough ;  but  I  hope  to 
swinge  him.  He  is  a  Scotch  rogue,  one  Ridpath." 
This  pamphlet  also  was  published  by  Morphew. 

I  aabout  these  speculations,  as  speeulalioiu,  to 
theiQ^:mentofthereadersof'' N.  ft  Q." 

D.S.  A. 


I  hii,  wbo  waa  thm  In  drcDmstaoosi  of  distnas,  and  iniead 

ID  prJKii.  Sb<  told  him  inmediatsly  that  hit  fritad'a 
'  trouble  would  contious  full  (Art*  torn  tkret  yuri,  ud  he 
'  would  thou  txpiritnca  o  pot  lUi Mnaat ,-  whieh.  Id  Tact, 
it  on  tbc  potot  of  being  Utanlly  vchflsd.  ■•  he  i*  at  this 
I  iniUDt  ia  th<  Conrt  o(  King's  Bsncli. 

"  Be  iheu  atkod  bar  if  iba  poanaad  any  tbnkDow- 
ledg«  of  wbit  was  about  to  coma  to  UM  on  the  snat 
stag*  of  tbe  world.*  To  which  aba  applied  in  ttaa  ■■»- 
ilice.  She  sud  Wu  would  be  (Areoteiwif  oiia,  ^mt  mmU 
nolha^xn;  bat  the  Mcoud  time  it  vonld  blase  ooE  In  all 


idtbat 


I  lately  picked  up  a  book  at  a  stall :  Literary 
and  Critieal  Remarfu  on  trmdry  Eminent  Disiaet 
and  Philoiophtrs  of  the  Latt  and  Preient  Age,  ^c. 
It  beara  no  author's  name,  but  was  published  by 
B.  Crosby,  1794.  The  book  is  not  diitinguiahed 
bjr  any  merit,  but  has  a  curious  Appendix,  fur- 
nishing a  number  of  remarkable  prophecies. 
Amongst  others,  I  find  mention  made  of  Uaanah 
Green,   and   the   following  account   is   given   of 

"  TItt  Pndieliant  f^  Hannah  Orteo,  eomnuntf  eaUed  LutO 
Bon,  Boar  living  mar  Ludi,  n  Yot>Mart. 
"  This  woman  has  been,  for  many  vears,  famous  in  ber 
neigbbonrhood  Air  the  Ri^  of  foret«1l)n|;  fulnrs  events. 
In  [he  year  1786,  Dr.  •  •  •  •,  of  Sheffield  (wbo  has  beea 
so  obliging  a>  to  fuiniih  the  editor  with  the  following 
panicuTara^,  being  al  Leeda,  had  the  curioaitv  to  pty  a 
viait  to  the  noted  Hannah  Green.  He  firit  'qneationed 
her  nspecliiig  tbe  htnrs  fortnns*  of  a  near  relative  of 


conneqaence  obtain  tbeir  freedom,  al- 
thoogh  after  bard  atrugglea.  After  the  year  1730,  lb* 
obaerred,  man;  great  penons,  even  Kings  and  QuesD^ 
wonld  lOH  their  lires,  and  tbit  not  hj  ftir  mtamt.  In 
1794,  a  great  warrior  of  bigh  blood  is  to  fall  in  the  flaU 
of  battle ;  and  in  I79G,  >  diilant  natlonf,  who  hara  baaa 
dragged  from  their  own  connlry,  will  rise,  aa  ena  aam, 
and  deliver  tbanuelvee  from  lb" — '  " 


The  notes  are  those  of  the  editor,  as  he  tcnw 
himself.  Is  anything  known  of  tfaia  woman  F  ^e 
appears  to  have  been  one  of  a  somewhat  nnrocroas 
class,  many  of  whom  were  resident  in  Yorkshire. 
Very  few  of  them  went  beyond  the  attempt  to 
foretell  the  future  events  in  tbe  lives  of  indivi- 
duala;  they  did  not  aim  at  such  an  ambitioiu 
scope  as  drawing  the  hotuscopes  of  nationa.  Tb«r 
predictions  were  always  vague,  and  so  framed  ss 
to  cover  a  number  of  the  most  probable  events  ia 
the  life  of  eveiy  individual.  As  the  pursuits  rf 
these  persons,  generally  known  as  planet  mlar^ 
involve  a  large  amount  of  privacy,  little  is  kaowm 
of  them.  T.  K 


-THE  DTINQ  SPEECHES  AND  PBATEBS  OF 

THE  SEGICIDK3." 
Tbe  month  of  October,  1660,  is  memorable  in 
the  annals  of  our  country  for  the  punishment  of 
the  iMding  r^icide*  who  survived  tbe  B«stal^ 
tion.  Pepya,  in  lua  Diary  of  the  20th  of  thai 
month,  aays,  "A  bloody  week  this  and  the  lait 
have  been,  there  being  ten  hanged,  drawn,  and 
quartered." 

The  first  that  suffered  the  vengeance  of  the  I» 
was  Major-General  Harrison,  the  son  of  a  butdiv 
at  Newcastle-nnder-Une,  appointed  by  CromweS 
to  convey  Charles  I.  from  Windsor  to  Whitehall, 
iu  order  to  his  trial.  He  also  sianed  the  warrant 
for  the  execution  of  the  King.    Pepys  aays :  — 

"OcC  IS.  I  went  out  W  Charing  Cnn.  to  sea  Uajor- 
General  HarTtnin  banged,  drawn,  and  qnartared ;  wbicb 
waa  done  tbera,  be  looking  aa  cheerful  as  any  man  caold 
do  in  that  condition.  Ha  waa  presently  cat  down,  and 
bis  bead  and  heart  ibown  to  the  people,  at  which  then 
was  great  shonts  of  joy.  It  Is  said,  that  be  said  that  bs 
waa  rare  to  come  shortly  at  the  right  hand  of  Christ  to 
Judge  Iharn  that  now  badjndged  blmt  and  that  bis  wiA 

*  "  These  appear  to  b«  Fraoea  and  Poland." 
t  "  I  know  not  what  people  this  can  allude  t(v  BBlass  tbs 
NagTo  slarss." 


S^  EL  L  Hat  17,  '61] 


do  axpset  hii  toming  igiin.  Thn»  it  wu  my  dwnw  U. 
w™  lh«  King  behwdtd  mt  White  H«ll,  and  to  *ee  (he  flnl 
lilood  ailed  in  rST^nge  for  the  King  at  Chmng  CroM." 

Two  dnja  aAer,  Colonel  John  Care*  itm  exe- 
cuted, lie  WIS  one  of  the  Fifth- Monarchj  men, 
and  a  Tiolent  and  Tiaionaiy  enthniiait.  Fepj»  re- 
lates— 

"OeL  15.  This  moraiiig  Mr.  Caiev  wu  hanged  and 

Joartered  at  Ciiering  Croii;  bat  hie  qnartera,  by  a  Ercal 
imor,  are  not  to  be  twDged  sp." 
The  next  and  two  following  dajs  Pep^a  was  so 
busily  engaged  in  domestic  aflijri  that  he  kept 
away  from  the  gallows,  and  was  not  an  eye-wit- 
ness to  the  execution  of  John  Cooke  and  Hugh  1 
Peters  on  the  16th,  or  of  Thomas  Scott,  Gregory 
Clement,  Adrian  Scroop,  and  John  Jones,  on  the 
17th.  On  the  19th,  be  informs  ui  that  Francis 
Hacker  and  Daniel  Axtell  "irere  hanged  and  ' 
quartered  as  the  rest  are."  CW.  Hacker  com-  | 
manded  the  goarda  at  the  murder  of  the  King,  i 
Axtell  was  captain  of  the  euard  of  the  High  Court  I 
of  Jaftice  at  whidi  the  King  was  triad.  I 

In  the  year  1660  was  printed  without  any  pub- 
Ikho-'B  aanw  the  following  work :  —  I 

"  The  9i>e**e»  and  Prayera  of  aoms  at  the  lite  KiiiB*»  i 
JndgM.  tIs.  Hajor-tienanl  H»rri«>n,  Octob.  IS;  Mr. 
John  Cvaw,  Oclob.  15;  Mr.  Jaatio  Cooke,  Hr.  Huh 
Peten,  Oclob.  le ;  Mt.  Tho^  Scot,  Mr.  GregDry  Clement, 
CoL  Adriu  3croop,  Col.  John  Jonea,  Octob.  17  j  CoL 
Daniel  Axtell,  uid  Col.  Frin.  Heclier,  Oct.  19,  16B0; 
the  timss  of  their  I>eath-,  together  with  eeTenil  ocoa- 
•ioniU  Speeebei  utd  Paaaana  in  their  ImprisonmeDt  till 
they  cSRio  to  the  place  of  Execution.  Faithfally  and 
impaitiaily  collected  for  further  aatiiAiction.  Heb.  iL  * :  , 
■And  by  it  he  being  Dead,  yet  apeaketh.'  Printed  Anno  ' 
Dom,  1€£0|  Ito." 

In  the  prefatoiT  notice  "  To  the  Reader  "  tin 
following  ^K>Iogy  is  made  for  its  publication  r  — 

"  There  hath  a«me  Hieeiall  reaioai  moved  oa  to  onder- 
iake  Ihia  matter:  a*  flril,  to  prewnt  that  wrong  which 
might  he  done  to  the  deoeaaed,  and  more  npadilly 
to  the  name  of  God,  by  false  and  impeiftet  coppiea.  Se- 
condly, to  aatigfie  Ihoee  niny  In  city  and  cooolre*  who 
hare  much  desired  it.  Thirdly,  to  let  ill  see  the  richa  of 
graCB  magnified  in  thoae  aenanta  of  Chriat.  Fourthly, 
that  men  may  aee  what  it  ie  to  have  an  inlereat  in  Christ 
In  a  dying  houre,  and  to  he  failhfnil  to  hia  cauae.  And 
laallT,  that  all  men  may  a>naid«  and  hoow,  that  every 
nan  i  judgement  ahali  be  from  the  Lord.  ProT.  zxix. 
26." 

TiuB  work  tnmed  up  in  one  cf  Tborpe'a  Ca- 
talogues, and  was  purchased  by  the  late  Eight 
Hun.  Thomas  GreuTille,  who  applied  to  the  Bev. 
Dr.  Blias  for  some  biblit^^r^ahiual  account  of  it. 
The  Doctor  returned  the  following  answer :  — 

"  Oxibrd,  July  IS,  ISU. 
■  Mt  DaAB  Sib,— No.  13049  of  Tborpe'a  CaUloeae,  pp. 
1«,  may  be  worth  7i  M  to  yoa.  It  1,  „  extniidiniV 
book,  though  not  a  rare  one.  and  ita  hiatory  ii  little 
known.  The  Speechea  and  Prayen  of  the  Kagiddes,  «o 
far  from  being  'faithfully  coliacled.'  are  ill  forgeries 
pcbliahed  with  the  treiaonable  intentioa  of  holding  up 
their  eoodaet  fw  imiUlion,  and  pntUng  ioto  the  moatha 
of  the  dying  men  apologiaa  for  their  diidoyalty.    It  Is,  in 


NOTES  AND  QtlEKUEa 


ftct,  an  incitement  to  the  diaconteoted  to  do  by  Cbarlaa 
the  SacODd  as  their  predeeaasora  had  prarionalr  dnae  br 
Charles  the  Pint. 

"  In  166S,  Brewater  a  bookaeller,  Dover  a  prfntw,  and 
Nathan  Brooks,  a  bocAbinder.  were  tried  at  the  Old 
Bailey  for  printing,  pubNthing,  and  uttering  this  book  and 
other  aeditiODi  pamphlets.  They  were  ftinnd  guilty,  flnet^ 
fmprtsoaad,  end  put  in  the  pillory.  At  the  aaBetimeooa 
John  Twrn  was  hangwl  bx  printing  'A  TraatiM  ef  the 
Execution  at  JuBlice,'whernn  ia  dearly  proved,  that  the 
Execution  of  Judgment  and  Justice  is  as  well  the  Peo- 
pls'a  ai  the  Magistrale's  Daty,  and  if  the  Magistralea 
pervert  JndgmeDl,  the  People  are  bound  by  the  Law  af 
Cod  to  execute  Judgement  withoat  them  and  upon  them.' 
Tbi)  I  have  not  yet  mat  with.  Alwaya,  my  dear  8il, 
faithfully  yoora 

"Philip  Blisb." 

The  trials  of  Iwyn,  Brewster,  Dover,  and 
Brooks,  on  Feb.  19,  1663,  will  be  foond  in  the 
SlaU  Trial$,  edit.  1810,  vi.  513-564.  J.  T. 


BaooM  OF  TKE  CowDBHKiiowES. — nieuroTthis 
beautiful  old  ballad  was  used  by  Gay  in  his  Beg- 
gat's  Opera,  a  fact  noticed  by  the  editor  of  toe 
new  edition  of  Jokiuott't  Mtueuat,  who,  in  a  note, 
baa  haxarded  a  belief  that  it  had  been  introdaeed 
into  England  at  a  much  earlier  period,  indeed, 
upwards  of  a  century  previously.  May  not  tho 
Scotch  origin  admit  of  doubt  ?  In  Capt.  Cox's 
collection  there  was  a  similar  ballad  —  one  with  A 
name  very  like  this  one;  and  in  "  The  CanavaL 
a  Comedy,  as  it  was  acted  at  the  Theatre  Boyal 
by  his  ilajestie'a  Servants,  written  by  Thoma* 
"^  "         London,   1664,"  the  s  '        " 


the  last  ai 


jong  I'  to 


to  the  ti 


of  the  Broom, 
the  Bonny  Broom,"  wtiich  commences  thus, — 
"  The  beard,  the  beard,  tbe  boony,  bonny  board, 
Oh  1  it  waa  of  a  wondrona  growth ; 
But,  eating  too  faat, 
Hia  apooo  be  miaplao'd. 
And  acalded  it  off  with  (ha  broth.' 
Chorus  still  of  mosic  — 

"  But  O,  what  fright,  one  part  did  stand  aprlgU, 
As  if  it  bad  guarded  his  facet 
The  other  a<f  by  the  stumps. 
Which  needa  must  put  him  in  tha  dnmpa. 
Had  quite  deserted  the  place."    &e. 
Scotch   airs  were,  however,  popular  after  the 
Restoration ;  and   Mr.  Maidment  remarks,   in   a 
note  to  big  version  of"  Gil  deroy,"  that  a  ballad,  with 
several  lines  pretty  much  the  same  as  those  subse- 
quently attributed  to  Hnlket,  is  included  in  the 
WettmiiuterDrc^lery.  See  that  gentleman's  jSm(mA 
Ballait,  Stevenson,  Edin.  J.  £. 

[For  some  interesting  notices  of  this  dellEhtful  oM 
ballad,  see  Chappell's  Pofmlar  M^m  of  the  OiUea  Timm, 
IL  469,618,  788.  — Ed.] 

HAnKBDABHBB. — Some  months  unoe,  I  bied  to 
Snd  the  origin  and  meaning  of  this  familiar  word, 
and  intended  to  have  troubled  ^n.  xv'^  ^^a  "m^ 


386 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


[8^  a  L  Mat  17,  tl. 


I 


satisfactory  result.*  Now  I  can  do  better,  but 
first  note  what  was  then  obtained.  ^  Haber- 
dashers, or  hosiers,  as  they  were  formerly  called, 
incorporated  1447,  were  anciently  called  indiffer- 
ently hurrers  and  milliners;**  also,  ** merchant 
haberdashers  "  in  1501.  *«  Milliners,'*  from  Milan, 
in  Italy,  whence  the  commodities  they  dealt  in 
chiefly  came.  Minshew  ingeniously  deduced  the 
word  from  haht  ihr  dtus^  the  German  for  *^  have 
ou  thbP*'  the  expression  of  a  shopkeeper  offering 
is  wares  for  sale.  (Johnson's  Dictionary,  fol.  edit.) 
Hosier,  above  cited,  it  is  scarcely  necessary  to  add, 
is  one  who  sells  stockings ;  but  this  does  not  tend 
to  clear  up  the  meaning  of  **  haberdasher.**  Mr. 
Riley  has  perhaps  solved  the  difficulty : 

**  In  the  Glossary  '*  (of  his  Itst  volame  of  Munimmta 
GUdhaUit  Londoniensis ;  Liber  Albus,  just  pnbliahed)  says 
7%«  AUwueum,  April  5,  p.  458,  he  derivea  **  the  word 
<  haberdaaberie  from  haperta*,  a  cloth  of  a  particular  tex- 
ture, *  which  may  be  identicaU  he  auggeata,  with  the  *  hal- 
beijeot,'  the  uniform  breadth  of  which  waa  aettled  by 
Magna  Charta.  If  this,  in  turn,  comes  ftt>m  hah,  the 
neck,  and  bergen,  to  cover,  implying  a  dreaa  which,  like  a 
monk's  reached  from  the  throat  to  the  heels,  we  cannot 
say,  but  we  agree  with  the  editor,  that  in  the  word  *  ha- 
pertaa'  there  can  be  little  doubt  that  we  have  the  origin 
of  our  preaent  word  '  haberdaaher/  the  more  especially  as 
the  word  is  represented  by  *  haberdaaaherie,'  in  an  almost 
similar  passage,  of  nearly  contemporary  date,  in  page 

W.P. 

LONOBVITT,    AND    ThIUSE    SsT8    Or    TbBTH. — 

Although,  from  the  article  on  "The  Old  Countess 
of  Desmond**  (3^  S.  i.  302),  it  would  appear  that 
no  credence  is  to  be  placed  on  the  stories  of  per- 
sons cutting  teeth  at  an  advanced  age;  ^et  it 
may  interest  some  of  your  readers  to  be  reminded 
of  another  historical  record  of  this  nature. 

I  quote  from  Le  N^ve:  "Edward  Progers," 
Groom  of  t^e  Chamber  to  Charles  II.,  died  a.d. 
1713,  at  the  age  of  ninety- six,  "  of  the  anguish  of 
cutting  his  teeth ;  he  having  cut  four  new  teeth, 
and  hiul  several  ready  to  cut,  which  so  inflamed 
his  gmns  that  he  died  thereof.** 

Also,  in  the  Limerick  Chronicle  (and  other 
Irish  papers).  May  29th,  1858,  is  the  following 
instance  given  of  the  same  phenomenon  :  — 

"  Mrs.  Fussell,  residing  at  Acton,  nearly  eighty  years 
of  age,  who  waa  for  many  years  toothleas,  baa  recently 
cut  an  entire  row  of  new  teeth.  They  caused  her  a  great 
deal  of  suffering." 

M.R 

Mount  Prospect,  Cork. 

"  Thb  Silbmt  Sistbb.**  —  In  Mr.  Goldwin 
Smith's  recent  volume,  entitled  Irish  History  and 
Irish  Character^  p.  87,  the  following  sentence  ap- 
pears:— 

**  Trinity  College  [Dublin]  itself  held  its  ground,  and 
grew  wealthy,  only  to  deserve  the  name  of  the  *  Silent 

r*  In  our  1"*  Series  (see  Gen.  Index)  our  correspondent 
win  and  ten  articles  on  the  etymology  of  Haberdasher.— 
JEdJ 


Sister ; '  while  its  great  endowments  served  effectually 
to  indemnify  it  agalnat  the  neceaait^  of  conforming  to  the 
conditions  under  which  alone  its  existence  could  be  nadiil 
to  the  whole  nation." 

A  very  satisfactory  repl^  to  this  oft-repeated 
charge  of  silence  appeared  in  the  Irish  Ecdeeia*' 
tical  Journal  (vol.  i.  p.  20,  August  1840),  and  may 
be  consulted  with  advantage.  The  Report  of  the 
Dublin  University  Commissioners  (1853),  I  may 
add,  contains  a  vast  fund  of  valuable  informaUon 
respecting  "  the  state,  discipline,  studies,  and  re- 
venues of  the  University  ot  Dublin,  and  the  Col- 
lege of  the  Holy  and  Undivided  Trinity  Uierein." 

Abhba. 

Thb  Sdbnabib  Foley.  —  Mr.  Lower,  in  hit 
Dictionary  of  Surnames  (sub  voce),  states  that  this 
family  name  is  "  local,  place  unknown,**  and  quotes 
ColIins*s  statement,  that  it  is  "  of  ancient  standing 
in  Worcestershire.**  The  first  recorded  ancestor, 
however,  of  the  noble  family  of  Foley  was  an 
itinerant  musician  at  Stourbridge  towards  the 
close  of  the  seventeenth  century,  who  laid  the 
foundation  of  the  great  fortune  enjoyed  by  his 
descendants  by  discovering,  in  an  extraordinary 
manner,  the  Swedish  method  of  splitting  iron.* 
The  Foleys  of  Ridgway  (who  bear  the  same  arms 
as  Lord  Foley)  claim  a  much  more  ancient  de- 
scent, their  name  having  been  oriffinallj  spelt 
Fowleigh,  Among  the  mayors  of  Worcester  oc- 
curs, in  1457,  a  Hugh  FoUey ;  in  1464,  a  Hugh 
ToUey;  and  in  1475,  a  Thomas  Tolle^r.  The 
surname  Tolley  is  still  extant  in  the  neighbour- 
hood of  Stourbridge ;  and  I  cannot  help  Uiinking 
that  the  two  names  of  Foley  and  Tolley  are  iden- 
tical. 

**  Toli  •*  (says  Lower,  sub  voce.  Toll),  *•  was  a 
Saxon  personal  name ;  **  but  strangely  enough  he 
gives  as  the  origin  of  the  surname  Toly,  **  a  con- 
traction of  St.  Olave,"  and  instances  Tooiey  Street, 
which  is  so-called  from  its  proximity  to  St.  01ave*t 
church.  H.  S.  G. 


Qurrtetf. 


Athenian  Mansion.  —  Mr.  Mitchell,  in  hit 
edition  of  Hie  Wasps,  describes  the  opening  scene 
thus:  — 

*'  A  larffe  and  splendid  mansion  occupies  the  stagey 
bearing  all  the  appearance  of  a  beleaguered  city. 

**  BriaUing  speara  are  aeen  at  a  distance ;  armed  men 
traverse  its  passages,  and  before  the  door  stand  two 
guards  in  panoply  complete.*' 

*  See  this  curious  anecdote  related  in  full  in  Scrivener'f 
Hitt,  of  the  Iron  Trade,  1841,  p.  ISO.  Shaw,  in  bii 
HUt  of  Slaffordihire,  however,  aaaerts  that  it  was  one 
of  the  Brindleys  of  the  Hyde,  near  Kinver,  Stafibrdabire, 
who  was  the  real  Simon  Pure.  Which  is  right?  BIchard 
Foley,  who  died  1657,  married  Alice  Brmdley*  which 
perhaps  accounts  for  the  confusion  of  names. 


9"  8. 1.  M«  17,  t%-] 


NOTES  AND  QUERIEa 


Mr.  Uitchell  is  a  faithful  traaiUtor,  but  u  he 
not  Bomeirhat  exub«r«Qt  iu  hit  description  of  r 
privftte  gentleman's  bouM  it  Atheni  F  Ii  there 
anj  authoritj  for  »uch  magDificence  t     S.  T.  G. 

Tas  AsMB  ot  D' Alter,  go.  Tork,  »■  borne  hj  a 
kniKht-lwiuieret  of  that  name,  temp.  Ch&rlee  I., 
wanted  bj  F.  G.  L. 

AnnALS  or  TJlstbb.  —  Id  the  earlj  DDinbers  of 
tho  Ulater  Journal  ofArehaology  were  given  ex- 
tracts from  these  Annali,  which  were  h  printed  ai 
to  be  detached,  and  form  a  separate  mlume.  I 
have  40  pages,  but  ther  seem  long  since  to  have 
been  discontinued.  Will  some  of  jour  corre- 
spondents inform  roe  whether  the  project  wis 
abandoned,  and  whether  40  pages  are  all  that  were 
printed  t  J.  R. 

J.  Cole.— I  have  the  title  of  a  book,  written  by 
J.  Cole,  of  SciBrbnrough,  Dialogiu*  in  the  Shade» 
rtspeeting  Cliff  Bridge ;  introducing  Quin,  Dr. 
Wittie,  Dick;  Dickenson,  &c.,  1827.  Is  this  a 
dramatic  piece  ?  Cole  published  a  book  called 
HervmoKO,  about  1832,  and  man^  other  works. 
Can  any  reader  of  "N.  &  Q."  giVe  any  biogra* 
phical  particulars  regarding  this  Yorkshire  book- 
seller  and  author  F  B.  Irqlis, 

Hbhkt  Eujson,  of  Christ  Church,  Oxford, 
anthor  of  Mad  SfomenU,  or  Firtt  Vene-AOetnpU 
iy  a  Bom-Nalural,  j-c.,  Malta,  1833,  2  vols.  12mo. 
Maj  I  be  permitted  to  repeat  a  former  fruitless 
Quer^  as  to  Mr.  Ellison  ?  I  am  very  anzioug  to 
have  information  coucerning  a  man  of  no  common 
genius.    All  niy  inquiries  tbus  far  have  failed,  r. 

Rbv.  Da.B.  Gabdihbk. — Can  you  give  me  any 
IriogrBphical  informatioa  r^arding  Uie  Rev.  B. 
Gardiner,  LL.D.,  Warden  of  All  SouU'  College, 
Oxford,  170-2-36.  He  was  Vice- Chancellor  in 
1714.  Thos.  Gardiner,  FeUow  of  All  Souls'  Col- 
lege, vacated  his  Fellowship  on  account  of  his  re- 
fusal to  take  the  oaths  in  1690.  Was  he  a  rela- 
tive of  the  Rev.  Dr.  GanUn«r,  the  Warder  f 

R-Iholu. 

LaDT  Hahiltoh  :  Nelsod  Rbliqdks.  —  I  pos- 
sess a  miniature  of  Lady  Hamilton,  which  was 
purchased  by  the  late  John  North,  Esq.,  at  the 
sale  of  the  effects  of  Sir  Alexander  Davidson, 
Lord  Nelson's  private  secretary.  I  with  to  know 
the  date  of  the  sale,  and  to  refer  to  the  ciUalogue. 
The  miniature  U  by  Dun,  a  French  artiat  settled 
at  Naples.  It  has  Lady  Hamilton's  hair  and 
initials  at  the  back,  the  latter  in  kdbII  pearls.  It 
was  taken  from  Nelson's  neck  after  he  was 
wounded  at  Trafalgar. 

I  have  understood  that  a  small  cenotaph  was 
made  from  the  guineas  found  on  the  person  of 
Nelson  after  his  deatL    I  believe  this  waa  alao 


EraosBaiDax,  Co.  Dbvoh.  —  In  a  catalogue  of 
the  printed  books  relating  to  the  county  of  Devon, 
by  Mr.  Jas.  Davison,  Exeter,  18S2,  there  is  one 
mentioned  under  the  following  title :  — 

"  An  Extract  from  the  Will  of  Thai.  Criipfn,  of  Exster, 
ud  ■  Ck>p^  of  lh<  Will  of  Wm.  Duncomba  of  Elngshrld^ 
for  FaandiDK  and  Eodoirliig  tha  Fne  Schools,  and  a  L«c- 
turMhip,  lo  Kingsbiidge."    Kiagsbridga,  1842.    Privata 

Will  any  reader  of  "  N.  A  Q."  oblige  me  with  a 
perusal  of  the  above  t  Jaius  Emowlks. 

CoUaga  Stcaat,  Fumqr,  S.  W. 

Lacn-HaKBKs'  Costoh:  Wias,  a  Sovt  or 
CazB.  —  In  Buckinghamshire,  on  Cattem  D» 
(St.  Catherine's,  25th  of  November,)  Uieae  hard- 
working people  hold  merry-makings,  and  eat  a 
sort  of  cakes  they  call  "wigs,"  and  drink  ale.  The 
tradition  says  it  is  In  remembrance  of  a  Queen 
Catharine;  who,  when  the  trade  was  dull,  burnt 
all  her  lace,  and  ordered  new  to  be  made.  The 
ladies  of  the  Court  could  not  but  follow  her  ex- 
ample, and  the  consequence  was  a  great  briskness 
in  the  manufacture.  Can  anyone  acquainted  with 
the  trade  inform  us :  —  1 .  whether  there  is  anj 
such  custom  among  the  lace-makers  elaewhere, 
at  Honiton  for  instance?  2.  Who  was  this  Queen 
Catharine  alluded  to,  and  is  there  any  record  of 
the  story  F  and  3.  What  is  derivation  of  the  w<Hrd 
"  "Ki"  **  applied  to  a  cake  F  A.  A. 

Poets'  Comar. 

Maoax.:  Naval  Tictokt  or  La  Hoghb  ra 
1692. — A  medal  was  sirnck  to  commemorate  this 
event.  The  obverse  bears  the  heads  of  William 
and  Mary  in  profile,  and  the  reverse  a  naval  en- 
gagement; with  the  motto,  "  Nox  kulla  sbcota 
■ST,"  above ;  and  below,  "  Fnaa.  hat.  ist.  Ama, 
btFr.,  2lKaii,  1692." 

Five  at  least  of  these  medals,  la  ailver,  are 
known  to  be  in  existence;  and  one,  in  gold,  with 
a  massive  gold  chain  attached  to  it  is  iu  tha  pos- 
session of  the  representative  of  the  eldest  branch 
of  the  Tupper  family  of  Guernsey,  who  have  been 
allowed  to  bear  it  on  a  canton,  as  an  honourable 
addition  to  their  arms :  the  medal  having  been 
resented  to  their  ancestor,  John  Tupper,  ny  the 
king  and  Queen,  as  a  reward  for  having,  at  srane 
personal  expense  apd  risk  of  capture,  passed 
either  through  or  in  sight  of  the  French  fleet, 
and  opportunely  conveyed  to  Admiral  Russell 
the  information  of  the  enemy's  being  in  the 
Channel.  Can  any  of  the  contributors  to  "N, 
&  Q."  inform  me  to  whom  the  medals  were  origi- 
nally distributed  F  And  more  especially,  whether 
any  other  instance  is  known  of  one  in  gold  bendes 
that  in  the  possession  of  the  Tupper  family  F 


388 


NOTES  AND  QXJERIES. 


[Ji*  a  L  Mat  17, 'W. 


MooBnros  in  the  Thames.  —  Peter  Barrel!, 
Lord  Girvdir,  had  a  grant  from  the  Crown,  under 
Letters  Patent,  of  all  the  mooring  chidns  for 
vessels  in  the  River  Thames,  subject  to  a  yearljr 
rent  Compensation  for  the  loss  he  sustained 
from  the  infringement  of  this  privilege,  in  conse- 
quence of  the  construction  of  Docks  in  the  Port 
of  London,  was  awarded  to  him  by  the  West 
India  Dock  Act  (39  Geo.  IIL  c.  69)  ;  although 
the  Corporation  of  the  City  of  London  opposed 
Lord  Gwydir*s  claim,  and  denied  his  legal  title  to 
the  mooring  chains.  Can  any  of  your  readers  give 
any  account  of  the  circumstances  under  which 
Lord  Gwydir  acquired  this  grant  P  What  services 
were  rendered,  or  what  consideration  was  given 
for  it  P  When  the  crown  first  assumed  the  ri^ht 
to  the  mooring  of  vessels  in  the  Thames  (of  which 
the  Lord  Mayor  of  the  City  of  London  was  the 
Conservator  from  time  immemorial),  and  when  it 
first  granted  the  profits  arising  from  such  moor- 
ings to  a  subject?  These  particulars  do  not 
appear  to  be  on  record  in  the  civic  archives. 

W.  T.  H. 

P.  D.,  A  Painteb.  —  A  large  painting  (about 
5  ft.  by  3  ft.),  of  Prometheus  bouno,  is  signed  P.  D. 
LE.    Whose  signature  is  it  ?  G.  A.  K. 

Lord  Palmebston^s  Familt.  — 

1.  The  Hon.  Richard  Temple,  M.P.,  second 
surviving  son  of  the  Ist  Lord  Palmerston  left,  at 
his  death,  8th  Aug.  1749,  an  only  son,  born  18th 
February  in  that  year.  Modern  peerages  make 
no  mention  of  this  son.     What  became  of  him  ? 

2.  The  2nd  Lord  Palmerston  is  also  erroneously 
stated  to  have  had  ^  no  issue  *'  by  his  first  wife. 
The  Viscountess  **  died  in  childbed,**  accordinf?  to 
the  inscription  on  her  monument,  Ist  June,  1769, 
leaving  a  daughter  born  17th  May  previously. 
Did  this  child  survive  infancy  P 

8.  Old  and  recent  peerapies  variously  state  the 
mother  of  the  present  Lord  Palmerston  to  have 
been  the  daughter  of  *^Beryaman**  and  "Ben- 
jamin **  Mee,  Esq.  What  was  her  father's  Chris- 
tian name  P  And  where  can  I  see  any  account 
of  her  descent  or  immediate  family  P  S.  T. 

Rey.  T.  Polwheei..  —  In  the  list  of  Nonjuring 
clergy,  in  Bowles's  Life  of  Bishop  Ken  (ii.  183), 
I  observe  the  Rev.  Thos.  Polwheel,  Rector  of 
Newland  (diocese  Exon).  Can  any  of  your 
readers  inform  roe  whether  he  was  of  the  same 
family  as  the  Rev.  Richard  Polwhele,  the  historian 
of  0>mwall  ?  R.  Ligus. 

Glasgow. 

POOB  Poi<L.  — 

**  Who  could  endure  to  hear  and  sing  hymns,  the 
meaning  and  force  of  which  he  really  felt  —  set,  as  they 
frequently  have  been,  to  melodies  from  the  Opera,  and 
even  worse,  or  massacred  by  the  repetition  of  the  end  of 
each  stanea,  no  matter  Mrhether  or  not  the  grammar  and 
senae  were  consistent  with  it?  Not  to  mention  the 
memorable  cases  of — 


And— 


*  My  poor  pol> 
My  poor  pol- 
My  poor  pollotad  heart; ' 

'  Oar  Great  Sal- 
Oor  Great  Salvatioo  cornea ! ' " 


I  copy  the  above  from  an  article  on  "  Hymno* 
logy,**  m  the  Quarterly  Review^  just  publiahed.  I 
shall  feel  much  obliged  to  anybody  who  will  tdl 
me  where  I  may  find  the  hymns  and  tanet  re- 
ferred to.  N.  B. 

Posesssioir  Nnrs  Poditb  of  the  Law.-— What 
is  the  origin  of  this  phrase  P  It  seems  to  indioste 
that  there  are  ten  points,  of  which  poweasion, 
though  wrongful,  has  the  strength  of  nine :  there 
would  be  less  point  in  the  proverb  if  there  were 
noore  than'  ten  points  in  the  law.  Coke^  in  his 
Commentary  on  LiUleton  (section  41),  Isfys  down 
ten  things  as  *^  necessarily  incident  *'  to  a  deed  i 
but  he  does  not  call  them  points^  though  I  think 
I  have  seen  this  name  applied  elsewhere.  Are 
these  the  ten  points?  Does  the  proverb  embody 
the  notion  that  possession  is  nine-tenths  as  good 
as  a  deed  of  conveyance  P  A.  J^i^  Moboae. 

Pbidbaux  Family.  —  Information  is  required 
on  the  following  inquiry :  — 

In  the  Baro7ielage  it  is  recorded  that  "Sr 
Edmund  Prideaux  **  married,  secondly,  Elizabeth, 
daughter  and  co-heiress  of  ^^GreorgeBaunderson,** 
of  Thorsby,  co.  Lincoln,  Esquire,  and  grand* 
daughter  of  "  Viscount  Castleton,"  by  whinn  he 
had  a  son,  "  John,**  successor  to  his  half-brother. 
The  exact  date  and  parish  is  wanting  reg^'^g 
the  marriage  of  the  said  Sir  Edmund  Prideauz, 
with  "  Elizabe^  Saunderson,**  his  second  wife. 

Aeoe. 

Pbatees  foe  the  Geeat  Fibb  or  IjOBimh.  -— 

When  was  this  service  appointed,  and  when  dis- 
continued P  I  cannot  find  any  alluaion  to  it  in 
any  work  on  the  Book  of  Conmion  Prayer  which 
is  accessible  to  me,  but  it  is  contained  in  a  Latin 
Prayer  Book  (published  in  1744)  under  the  title 
of  Formula  Precum  $ecwido  die  Septemhrii,  prop" 
ter  diram  Londini  Conjlagrationem^  q^wtannis  ugttr- 
panda.*  The  same  Prayer  Book  contains  the 
**  Forma  Strumosos  Attrectandi,**  the  form  of 
prayer  to  be  used  at  the  Touching  for  the  Eing*s 

Evil.  J.  WOODWAEO.* 

New  Sboreham. 

RicHDALE  Family. — Can  any  of  jowp  corre- 
spondents give  me  information  as  to  the  origin  of 
tne  name  of  Riohdale  P  And  furnish  me  with  any 
particulars  as  to  the  ancestors  of  Thomas  Bich- 
dale  of  Calke,  Derbyshire,  who  waa  joiiier  to  Sir 
Harry  Crewe,  Bart;  and  who  died,  and  was 
buried  at  Calke,  Jan.  1798,  in  his  seventy-first 

[*  The  Form  of  Prayer  for  the  Great  Fira  appears  in 
a  Prayer  Book  printed  at  Oxfi>rd  in  1682.  See  "  N.  & 
Q.-l-»S.v.78.  — Ed.1 


8>«  &  L  Mat  17,  '62.3 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES* 


389 


jear?     His  armorial  bearings  were  "The  fidd 
sable,  eight  martlets  within  an  orl  arnnt.** 

I  should  be  glad  of  any  copies  of  inscriptions 
from  tombstones  erected  in  Derbyshire  to  the 
memory  of  persons  bearing  that  name  ?       J.  H. 

Rby.  Stdnet  Smith. — In  the  celebrated  Third 
JLeiter  to  Archdeacon  Singleton^  the  witty  eccleuastic 
says.— 

**  To  read,  however,  his  Lordship  [the  then  Bishop  of 
Gloocester]  a  lesson  of  good  nunners,  I  had  prepared  for 
him  a  chtstisemeot  which  would  have  edioed  rroon  the 
Seagram  who  banqaeteth  in  the  Castle^  to  the  idiot  who 
spitteth  over  the  bridge  at  Gkmcester,  bat  the  following 
appeal  struck  my  eye,  and  stopped  my  pen,"  &c 

It  has  often  been  asked  what  circumstance  this 
paragraph  could  point  at ;  and  now  both  parties 
are  gone  where  all  controversies  cease,  it  would 
be  interesting  to  collect  any  information  that 
would  elucidate  this  popular  writer.  When  at 
Gloucester  I  inquired  as  to  the  "  idiot,**  but  could 
learn  nothing  on  the  subject.  Can  any  of  your 
correspondents  afford  us  information  as  to  this 
enrious  passage  ?  A.  A. 

Poets'  Comer. 

State  Coaches.— Can  any  of  your  correspon- 
dents say  when  the  Lord  Chancellor's  state  coach 
was  done  away  with  ?  The  Speaker's  still  exists, 
and  we  learn,  from  Lord  Colcnester's  Diary,  that 
it  was  built  in  1700.  The  present  City  state  coach 
seems  to  be  the  same  as  appears  in  Hogarth's  pic- 
ture of  the  Lord  Mayor's  Procession,  and  must 
be  at  least  120  years'  old.  The  present  Royal 
state  coach  was  built  for  George  III.,  on  his  ac- 
cession, and  cost  7000/.  G. 

TALiBus's  "  CoMifENTARiES."  —  I  have  a  copy 
of  TheCommentariea  of  AndomaruM  Taksus,  on  cer- 
tain portions  of  Cicero,  edited  by  Charles  of  Guise, 
the  famous  Duke  of  Lorraine  (Paris,  1550).  Is 
anything  known  of  the  commentator  ?  On  the 
fly-leaf  is  inscribed  the  name  of  the  "  Rev.  Mr. 
Betham,"  with  some  notes  apparently  in  his  hand- 
writing. Is  it  at  all  probable  that  this  Mr.  Be- 
tham  is  the  Rev.  William  Betham,  father  of  Sir 
William  Betham,  who  was  appointed  Ulster  King- 
of-Arms  in  1813  ?  AnoN. 

Toads  in  Rocks. — May  I,  as  a  perfect  stranger, 
trouble  you  with  the  following  Query  ?  Is  there 
undoubted  evidence  of  the  truth  of  what  has  been 
stated  as  a  fact,  viz.  that  living  toads  have  been 
found  imbedded  in  blocks  of  stone  t  G. 

White  Quakbbs. — Reading  NeaFs  JViftms,  I 
was  struck  with  the  likeness  of  George  Fox,  in 
1650,  to  Joshua  Jacob  of  1850,  whose  practice  was 
to  go  into  churches,  and  under  the  influence  of 
spiritual  feelings  interrupt  divine  service;  also, 
the  "doings"  of  the  "female  who  went  into 
Whitehall  Chapel  stark  naked,  in  the  midst  of 
fniblic  worship,  the  Lord  Protector  himself  being 


present;"  with  the  White  Quaker  women  of  Ja- 
cob's community.  I  have  heard  they  attempted 
to  do  the  same  m  the  public  streets  of  Duolin, 
and  which  is  hinted  at  by  your  correspondent 
EiRiowNACH,  in  "  N.  &  Q.,*^  2««  S.  xi.  362. 

Is  the  sect  of  White  Quakers  still  in  existence  f 
And  I  would  also  ask.  Can  this  stated  religious 
freak  of  the  women  be  substantiated  P 

GSOBGE  LlOTD. 

Hebmitagbs  in  Worcestbbshieb.  —  Some  at- 
tention will  probably  be  bestowed  on  the  ancient 
hermitages  of  Worcestershire  at  the  approadiing 
congress  of  the  Archssological  Institute.  Black- 
stone,  near  Bewdley;  Redstone,  near  Stourport, 
both  on  the  banks  of  the  Severn ;  and  Southstone, 
anciently  a  cell  of  the  Great  Abbey  of  Evesham, 
in  the  Teme  Valley. 

I  am  desirous  of  knowing  where  cells  and 
chapels  of  a  similar  nature  exist  in  other  counties 
of  England,  in  order  to  compare  the  descriptions 
of  them  with  the  three  remarkable  places  above 
stated. 

I  believe  hermitages  are  found  at  Warkworth, 
Northumberland ;  Corby,  Cumberland ;  and  Ky- 
naston  s  Cave,  Salop.       Thos.  E.  WumniOTON* 


attftif  tf  mitt  ITtudDtr^. 

Epitaph.  —  The  subjoined  lines  were  on  a 
head-stone  in  St.  James's  churchyard,  Clerken- 
well,  about  fifty  years  ago.  Subsequently  (1851) 
they  were  not  to  be  found.  Probably  some  of 
your  contributors  may  be  enabled  to  throw  some 
light  upon  the  matter,  as  to  the  author,  &c. :  — 

**  Earth  walks  on  Earth  like  glittering  gold; 
Earth  says  to  Earth,  *  We  are  but  mould.* 
Earth  builds  on  Earth  castles  and  towers; 
Earth  says  to  Earth,  «^/  shall  be  omrsi*" 

AuPBBD  John  Stbiz. 

[These  lines,  with  variations,  appear  to  have  done  dnty 
in  Melrose  Abbey  and  in  several  churchyards.  See  Pet- 
tigrew's  Chronicles  of  the  TVmtfts,  p.  67.  They  are  quoted 
from  an  old  inscription,  consisting  of  seven  stansas,  m  the 
church  of  Stratford-upon-Avon,  and  are  thus  noticed  by 
Mr.  R.  B.  Wheler  in  his  History  and  Antiquities  of  Strat- 
ford-vpon-Avon,  p.  98:  **  Against  the  west  wall  of  the 
nave,  upon  the  south  side  of  the  arch,  was  painted  the 
martyrdom  of  Thomas  h  Becket,  whilst  kneeling  at  the 
altar  of  SL  Benedict  in  Canterbury  cathedral :  below  this 
was  represented  the  figure  of  an  angel  (probably  St. 
Michael),  supporting  a  long  scroll,  upon  which  were 
written  the  following  rude  verses."  Vide  Longfellow's 
Outrtmer,  p.  66,  and  •* N.  &  Q."  1*  8.  vu.  498,  676;  viii. 
110,  858,  575.] 

Gbast  akd  Dugdalb  Faiitlibs.  —  What  were 
the  arms  and  motto  of  the  Geast  family,  whose 
representative  assumed  the  name  and  arms  of 
Dugdale  in  1799,  and  whose  descendant  b  William 
Stratford  Dugdale,  Esq.  of  Merevale  Hall,  co. War- 
wick? LiNDUH. 

[The  arms  given  in  Burke*a  Amtfyr^  «% — ^ie^^^^^"^'* 


390 


NOTES  AND  QUERIE& 


C>^S.LHATl7,>Ct. 


fint  and  foniib,  ug.  >  enm  ixillDa  gn.  In  daxtar  chiaf  a 
torUin,  for  Dugdila;  Mcond  and  tbird,  bin;  of  ten  Kg. 
and  11.  ■  lion  lampant  go.  Itiitlo :  "  FmLI*  patcia  pigiT- 

Pi^mtih's  Hebrew  Biblei.  —  What  are  the 

dalea  and  comparative  merit*  of  the  editions  (not 

iiilerlinear)of  ClirislopherFluitJn'iUebrei*BibleF 

Edw.  H.  Eitoin.Bs. 

Si.  Bm*. 

IBitlU  Saera  Hdmica  cnmpanctii,  Antir.  1566,  Hr. 
Pettigrew  informs  ns,  is  ■  very  elagmnt  Bditlon,  scarce, 
and  mach  HUcmed  by  the  lumed.  It  hai  bsen  printed 
In  iLo,  SrOk  and  IGmg ;  ud  acenrdiag  t«  L«  Long,  tb«as 
aditloDi  Oiflb  anlr  in  form.  Two  other  aditioof  ware 
pabliabad  in  1GT8,  ^n  donbls  colnnini,  ivo.  and  lima,  Ibe 
latter  in  2  voli,  and  another  edition  in  4to,  Ibii.  The  | 
type  of  the  edition  of  1686  w»»  «Uo_n»ed_ftir  the  flrstj' 


Tide 


Kxiawa,  roLL  pi.  n.  pp.  1SL-16S.} 

ToET.— In  Fuller's  WortkitM  (fol.  p.  216,  edit. 
1662),  he  givei  an  account  of  the  Cumberland 
Moaa-Troopera,  who,  he  lajs,  "lived  bj  stealing 
from  their  honest  neighbours."  He  then  tells  us 
that  "  Charles  Lord  Howard,  Earl  of  Carlisle, 
routed  these  English  Toriet  with  his  regiment," 
and  finallj  put  them  down.  This  seems  to  ghow  | 
that,  when  he  wrote,  the  word  was  not  applied  to  j 
an;  noliiicsl  part;.  Had  it  been  so,  the  staunch  ' 
old  Churchman  and  Rojalist  would  never  have  ' 
used  it  to  designate  a  hoi^e  of  brigands.  Can  any  | 
reader  of  "  N.  k  Q."  inform  us  where  the  word  is 
used  in  this  sense  at  a  later  date ;  for  very  shortlj 
after  it  became,  at  it  is  now,  the  designation  of  a  I 
particular  part;  in  the  state  ?  A.  A.    i 

Foela'  Comer.  { 

[Joupb  Gliniil,  who  died  in  1680,  nses  the  word  in  ! 
this  eenee  (Sermon  Iv.  p.  312):  "Let  anch  men  quit  all 
pretence*  to  civilily  and  breeding,  thej  ere  rader  tha 
iorjiei,  and  wild  Americens;  and  were  Ibey  truled  u 
coiding  to  their  deierti  from  mankind,  they  would  met 
every  where  with  chalna  iind  slrAppadoea."  Ta  De  Foe' 
"     '»,   Tii.  {A.D.    1711)   t        " 


wis  on  !nd  Feb.  1860,  and  unatj.    An  intMVetiligbhH 
grtpbical  account  of  him  ii  given  in  tba    Grnthmn'i 

Magazme  foT  Mrj,  1860,  p.  Sll.] 

AHonrMODB  Teact.  —  In  the  HarUiat  Mitetl- 
Itmy,  vol,  viiL  p.  315,  is  to  be  found  a  tract,  wiUi- 
out  name  or  date,  with  the  following  title  :  — 

"  An  Euay  towardi  cairying  on  tlie  present  Wu 
agalnat  France,  and  other  public  Occasion* :  a*  aleo  fbt 
paying  off  sU  I>ebls  contracted  in  the  iime,  or  olherwlee : 
and  newCoiningot*llonrMonles.withoatCfianiB|  to  the 
gntt  Increase  of  the  Honoar,  Streogth,  and  Waaith  of 
the  Nation.  Humbly  proposed  for  the  Parliaments  Con- 
■Ideratian,  and  inbmiitod  to  tbtii  great  Wisdom,  aod 
Lon  to  (hair  Connlry,"  &c 

I  have  spent  some  hours  in  a  careful  search  to 
ascertain  the  author  of  the  above-named  tract, 
and  fix  its  exact  date,  but  without  snccew.  At 
p.  322,  the  writer  speaks  of  what  occurred  to  Us 
own  observation,  "  whilst  I  wu  the  unworthj  go- 
vernor of  the  province  of  Pennsylvania,  vis.  about 
seven  years  since."  This,  if  the  tract  were  dated, 
might  aflbrd  an  apparenttj  eaij  clue  to  the  name 
of  the  author ;  hut  I  can  find  no  governor  of  Penn- 
sylvania mentioned  in  any  of  the  historiea  of  that 
[irovince  to  which  I  have  access,  who  is  at  all 
ikely  to  have  been  the  author.  It  ia  not  noUced 
in  MaccuUoch's  useful  work,  Tlu  Liltrttbtrt  o/ 
Polilical  Eeanomy.  From  the  statements  con- 
tained in  it  respec^Qg  the  wretched  state  of  Ike 
coinage  from  clipping,  I  should  conclude  that  tie 
dale  was  probably  about  1696.  If  you  or  anjr  of 
your  readere  should  be  able  to  throw  any  bgU 
upon  the  subject,  I  should  be  obliged.  VUh^i. 
Dublin. 
rrbii  work  is  by  Sir  William  Keith,  Barooet,  Gneisor 


«ylv. 


173S.    Foreo 
2°'^9.iii.266,464.516;  : 
:  o/f^£oJKbn./i>Ki(atw>i. 


1717  to  1726.   Itw. 


mcon*alt-Il.4Q,' 
I.  Tide  aleo  7«(  OiMJmi 
.LTrBet*.p.8B3.] 


ongiD 


of  the  tc 


'■  The  w 


in  Ireland  at  the  time  of  Queen  Eliubeth'i 
war,  10  aignify  a  robber  who  preyed  upon  the  country. 
In  thslriah  mauacre{LGll)you  had  them  Id  great  num- 
bera,  asnating  in  every  thing  that  waa  bloody  and  vil- 
lainouB ;  they  were  such  aa  (£ose  to  batcher  brothers  and 
siiten,  fathen  and  mothera,  the  deireat  friendi,  and 
neireet  relationt."  The  original  Irish  term,  alluded  to  bv 
De  Foe,  ia  luppoted  to  be  tomui,  from  fora^Un,  to  pur- 
sue or  make  sudden  iocnnioni.] 

Thomas  Ignatius  If  abia  Fobbtee. — I  find  this  ' 
name  on  the  title-page  of  an  extraordinary  volume  j 
of  prose  and  verse,  English  and  Latin,  called 
Philotopkia  Miaaram,  conlaining  Pan,  a  Patlorai  ' 
uf  the  Firif  Age,  leith  olher  Poena,  ^-e.,  Bruges,  | 
1843,  fcap.  Sto.  Can  any  reader  of  "  N.  &  H."  ; 
furnbh  any  information  about  this  Mr.  Forster  ?  i 
r.    I 

[notice*  of  Thomas  Fontac,  H.D.,  and  hi*  namerons  I 
WDrk^willl>*fonndia"N.&Q."  1"  S.  ii.  6(>9 ;  x.  108;  I 
a-"  S.  L  122 ;  a.  106  i  T.  801.    The  Doctor  died  at  Bms- 


SUfllici. 


ORIGIN  OF  THE  WORD  "  8UPEESTITI0N." 
(^Conlintied  Jivm  2°'  S.  vi.  301.) 

The  word  Supsbstttiox,  like  the  idea  which  it 
expresses,  is  wrapped  in  venerable  obecuriCf, 
reaching  back  till  it  i*  lost  in  the  ni^  of  far 
Antiquity  :  like  the  thing  signified,  too,  it  adapti 
itself  wonderfully  to  every  variety  of  opinion  and 
fancy.  A  word  so  piquant  from  its  intrinsic  in- 
terest, combined  with  the  dim  uncertainty  which 
hangs  over  it,  and  its  peculiarly  flexible  character, 
is  naturally  verv  tempting  to  Etymologists.  In 
illustration  of  the  versatile  powers  of  the  word 
itself,  SI  well  as  of  those  who  exercbe  their  in- 
genuity u]xin  it,  let  me  mention  a  few  out  of  tb 
many  origins  which  have  been  ast^ed  to  it. 

If  we  uke  the  word  on  its  own  showing,  Bnd  ig- 
nore the  hiitorical  origin  of  it  recorded  bj  Cieeto, 


srt8.LibTi7,'aa.] 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


the  firrt  idu  whicli  pretenta  itKlf  to  lu  u  tug- 
geiting  lit  ODCe  the  most  timple  and  moBt  probable 
origin,  ii  that  of  Saperjbntg  and  SHpererogation, 
£xceM  of  Fear  aod  Scruple,  OTerdoing;  of  8er- 
TJce,  in  mattera  of  Religion.  This  has  long  been 
the  popular  and  f^enerallf  received  derivation. 

Othera  derive  Superatition  from  the  dotaf^e  and 
fooliih  feira  of  old  folk,  who  have  outlived  their 
seoeration  and  their  facuUiea.  Again,  Lucretiua 
denrea  it  from  the  fear  of  theDivine  and  Heavenlj 
TliiKg*  Above  ia — fear  of  the  aupematural,  loper- 
btmun,  auperterreatrial. 

S.  laidore,  of  Seville,  givea  the  above  deriva- 
tiona  in  the  following  wordi :  — 

"  Separttitlo  dicta  m>  qood  tit  raparflaa,  aat  laparata- 
tnta  obMTVatio.  Alii  dlcant  k  Mniboi  quia  mnltlt  annla 
■opantitM  per  alatam  daliiant  at  crraot  lapintltiona 
ooadam,  Dlacjaitet  qiua  vaCeta  colanl,  aat  qua  vetcraoi 
^naii  aadacnnt.  Lucraliaa  aalam  Snpentitlonara  dicit 
■npantantisal  ranm,  Id  «U  ccalaatinra  at  dirlnoram  qua 
■spar  Doa  atant;  Md  mala  didL"—  Origiwtim,  lib.  vlii. 

Bp.  Tajlor  foUowi  tfaoie  writer*  who  aatert 
that  Stq>erititio  wat  intended  bj  the  Latini  to  be 
an  exact  equivalent  for  AnmSiutuirfa,  meaning  a 
Timor  Siq>tritititm,  a  Cult\u  Dcmotmm.  Without 
endorsing  tbia  derivation,  it  aeemg  to  me  much 
more  plausible  than  Sia  J.  Ekmboh  Tbrhriit  Ii  I 
willing  to  allow.  Aficrita/fuir  and  Acwiioifuii'Iii,  I 
like  SaperttiHo,  were  originallr  uaed  in  a  good 
aenie*,  and  so  St.  Paul  is  generallj  allowed  to  have  ' 
applied  the  epithet  tttt^ca/iortTt/povi  to  the  Athe-  , 
niani.  Again,  AaJ^v  and  ^m/iiyi'*,  were  so  uni-  i 
Teraallv  naed  in  a  good  senge  b;  the  ancients,  that 
it  has  been  doubted,  and  by  some  denied,  that  a  i 
nngle  instance  can  be  found  of  their  tieiag  used  in 
a  bad  sense  before  the  time  of  Christ.  Aaf^sf, 
moreover,  has  a  closer  relation  to  Superilei  than 
at  first  sight  appears,  for  it  means  — I.  A  Heavenlj 
Intelligence,  a  Divine  Power  itanding  oeer  vm, 
dwellioei  ■"  the  Heavens  abot>e  tu,  a  Supernatural 
Power  dwelling  in,  jet  above  Nature,  and  forming  . 
a  link  between  God  and  Man  :  from  this  order  of  ' 
Spirits,  Socrates  and  Plato  believed  that  Guardian 
Ansels  were  taken  and  assigned  to  men.  2.  The 
Soul  of  a  good  man,  which  has  rum'E«d  death  and 
liu  been  deified,  or  admitted  amonp;  the  Heavenly 
Powers.  See  Rose's  edition  of  Parkhurst's  Oreek 
Zexieon,  and  Dean  Trench's  Oreek  Synosi/m*  of 
&e  yew  TtitamenL 

The  passage  from'Bp.  Taylor  is  worth  quoting 
liere ;  it  occurs  in  the  3rd  part  of  his  Sermons 
On  Godh/  Fear  :  —  I 

"  I  am  now  to  give  aeeoant  Mncerning  iha  Execs*  of  I 
Fear,  not  direct!;  and  abalractsdlj  u  it  ta  ■  paauon,  I 
but  as  it  Is  ■ubjacted  io  Rsliglon,  and  diKcnentw  into 
Snpentitlon:  for  so  among  the  Oraeki,  fur  is  tfaa  in- 
gradiaDt,  and   half  oT  the  coDitltolioa  of  tbat  foil;; 


391 


I  Aitf4~>i«;.  fi«Mw,  a^d  HMjchini,  it  is  a  Fear  of  God. 

I  Auriimii^tuiM.tbttit  morei  it  ii  «  Timorontnem:  tbe 
•D]>entitJnDS  man  in  afnid  of  the  gndi,  said  tbs  EAjma- 
loiill,  >Ait  nin  <■»(  -m^  nit  nc^nbi,  fearing  rf  Qod  ■* 
if  be  were  a  ijrsiiE,  and  on  Dnreasanible  ezacter  of  daty 
DpoD  aneqail  terms. 

"  Bat  lh[g  Fear  some  of  the  old  Pbilosopbera  Ihoaght 
nnreaioasble  io  alt  easet,  even  tomrds  God  Hinuelf  i  and 
it  was  a  bnncb  of  the  Eplcarain  doctrine,  tbat  God 
meddled  not  wilb  anylhinK  below,  and  wu  to  ba  loved 
and  admired,  bnt  not/«(ntf  at  all.  .  .  .  and  thence  came 
this  acceputlon  of  tbe  word,  that  Snperatltian  should 
sigDif]'  an  anreaionible  Fear  of  God,  bat  ba  (Epicums) 
made  all  Fe>r  anreuonable  ... 

*■  Bot  bealdes  thl^  then  was  analher  part  of  its  defini- 
tion, 4«-/>-,>-.  •  rk  u}.A>  rift,  u>.i.Urf,t,  the  Snparsli- 
tlons  man  i>  an  Idolater,  >iJi.  nt-  1.-*,  one  that  ia  afraid 
of  totnelbiag  besideiGnd,  Tbe  Lttini,accardiDK  to  tbeir 
cnitom,  imiuting  (he  Greeks  In  all  their  learned  no^cM 
of  things,  bid  alto  tbe  lams  conception  of  this,  ind,  by 
their  word  Swpertiilio,  andeDlood  the  Wonbip  of  Dm- 
mons  or  sepuile  Spirits;  by  which  tbey  meant  eitbai 

braver  personigee,  whose  Soult  were  gupposed  to  lai 
after  dtatk ;  tbe  fault  of  this  wis  the  o&JkI  of  ibelr  Re- 
ligion :  tbey  gave  ■  WarMp,  or  a  Far,  to  whom  it  was 
DOl  da«i  for  wbeneTer  Ehey  warsbipped  the  Gr«at  God 
of  Heaven  and  Earth,  tbey  never  called  tbat  SapemUioD 
la  ac  evil  sense,  except  tbe  Abi,  ibey  that  believed 
there  was  no  God  at  alL  Hence  came  the  Etymology  of 
ScpaRSTTnon;  it  wu  a  Worshipping  or  Fearing  tba 
Spirila  of  their  dead  Heroes,  foof  Siqitntila  endtbant, 
whom  tbey  tboogbt  to  be  aJive  after  their  ilnSlMir,  or 
deification,  {uu  SMperitayiUt  erttUiant,  standing  In  place* 
and  thrones  ilove  ns)  and  It  atladei  to  that  admirable 
description  of  old  age  wbich  Solomon  made:  '  AI»o  duv 
thaU  bt  afraid  of  that  ithich  it  tiig/,,  and  /ear,  AoK  be  ia 
Iht  uay,'  Ecclea.  ilL  5 ;  intimating  the  weakness  of  old 
they  have  bi 


which  it  high ;  that    . ,        . , 

thoH  excellent  Beings  nhich  dwell  in  tbe  regions  above,  - 

meaning  (hat  then  tbev  are  SnpenUtlous.  .  .  . 

"  The  lam  Ig  tbii:  tbe  Alhiitl  called  all  Worship  of 
God  SiptriUtiaH;  the  Epicman  called  all  Fear  of  God 
SuperttitioiL,  but  did  not  condemn  [lis  Worship )  tbe 
other  part  of  viae  men  called  all  uinaiDiuUc  Fear,  and 
imrdiitalc  Wonhlp.  SuperMtiliim,  but  did  nut  rondemn  all 


Heywood,  probably  bsTing  in  mind  Uie  re- 
markable passage  in  the  bo^  of  Wisdom  (xiv. 
15,  16,)  which  I  quoted  in  my  first  Note,  says, 
"  Superstitio,  quasi  superttitem  facere,"  and  thus 
explains  it ;  — 

"  Of  the  word  Sdpkrbtitioh,  the  flrgt  ground 
Was  to  preserve  to  the  Hitare,  whole  and  sound. 
The  memorle  of  Fathers.  Sons,  ind  Frieuda, 
Before  deceased :  and  to  these  seeming  ends 
Were  Imagea  deviaed  ;  which  some  would  bring 
(As  their  first  author)  from  lb'  Assyrian  King 
NiDus,"  Ac' 
This  I  believe  to  be  the  true  derivation  of  llie 
vord — SuperiUtio,  qmui  mpentttemfaetrt ;   but 
the  right  explanation  of  it,  and  its  real  origin,  ii 
recorded  by  Cicbbo  alone  r  — 

•  BiBvrtUe  oflki  bfasMd  A«iaa,\jn«..V«b,-%.%- 


392 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


[fx  &  L  Mat  17, '«t 


**  Tliejr  who  aaed  to  prmy,  and  offor  nerifioas  whole 
days  together,  that  thmr  CkiUbrm  might  furnw  <Ai»»  were 
caUed  Superstitious  (^Su^entUioti),  which  nains  had 
afterwards  a  wider  application." 

In  illustration  of  this,  let  me  bring  forward  a 
most  remarkable  passaee  in  the  PcBtnander  of 
Hermes  Trismegistus,  which  I  have  never  before 
seen  quoted  or  referred  to  :  — 

**  God  is  the  Good :  His  other  title  is  the  Father,  he- 
cause  of  his  maliiiig  all  things ;  for  it  is  the  part  of  a 
Father  to  make.  Therefore  it  bath  been  the  greatest 
and  most  Religions  care  in  this  life,  to  them  that  are  wise 
and  right  minded,  to  beget  Children.  As  likewise,  it  is 
the  greatest  raisfortane  and  impiety,  for  any  to  be  sepa- 
rated from  Men,  without  Children :  and  this  man  is  pun- 
ished after  death  by  the  D»mons ;  and  the  punishment  is 
this;  the  Soul  of  the  childless  Man  is  adjudged  and  con- 
denmed  to  a  Body  that  hath  neither  the  nature  of  a  man, 
nor  of  a  woman,  which  is  an  accursed  thing  under  the 
sun.  Therefore,  O  Asclepius,  never  congratulate  any  man 
that  is  childless ;  but  on  the  contrary,  pity  his  misfor- 
tune, knowing  what  punishment  awaits  and  is  prepared 
for  him."  —  Lib.  ix.  sub.  Jin. 

This  curious  work,  the  Pcemander^  even  if  it 
were  not,  as  many  have  supposed,  written  by  the 
Egyptian  Hermes  some  hundreds  of  years  before 
the  time  of  Moses,  but,  according  to  the  received 
opinion,  compiled  by  some  Gnostic  Christian  or 
by  some  Alexandrian  Platonist  at  an  early  period 
of  the  Christian  ^ra,  is  yet  deserving  of  respect, 
as  it  is  allowed  to  be  based  on  ancient  records, 
and  to  be  full  of  the  genuine  lore  of  antiquity. 

Dr.  Johnson  observes  :  — 

**  Nothing  seems  to  have  been  more  nniversally  dreaded 
by  the  Ancients  than  Orbitv  or  want  of  Children ;  and, 
indeed,"  &c—The  Rambier,'^o.  69. 

Herodotus  observes  of  the  Persians :  — 

"  Next  to  prowess  in  arms,  it  is  regarded  as  the 
greatest  proof  of  manly  excellence  to  be  the  father  of 
many  8on$.  Every  year  the  king  sends  rich  gifts  to  the 
man  .who  can  show  the  largest  number*:  for  they  hold 
that  number  is  strength." —  Lib.  i.  cap.  136. 

Sir  H.  Rawlinson  appends  the  following  note  to 
this  passage :  — 

^  Sheik  AH  Mirza,  a  son  of  the  well-known  Futteh 
Ali  Shah,  was  accounted  the  proudest  and  happiest  man 
in  the  empire,  because,  when  he  rode  out  on  state  occa- 
sions, he  was  attended  by  a  body-guard  of  sixty  of  his 
own  sons.  At  the  time  of  Futteh  AH  Shah's  death,  his 
direct  descendants  amounted  to  nearly  three  thousand, 
some  of  them  being  in  the  fifth  degree ;  and  every  Persian 
in  consequence  felt  a  pride  in  being  the  subject  of  such  a 
king.    The  greatest  misfortune,  indeed,  that  can  befall  a 

*  This  reminds  one  of  Cristina,  Duchess  of  Savoy, 
pensioning  the  men  commonly  called  Sardinian  Nobles, 
t.  e.  the  fathers  of  large  families  in  the  Kingdom  of  Sar- 
dinia. A  law  of  Cristina,  bearing  date  the  2nd  of  June, 
1648,  enacted  that  all  subjects  of  the  House  of  Savoy, 
having  twelve  legitimate  Children,  should  be  exempted 
during  their  lifetime  from  all  taxes.  In  1819  this  privi- 
lege of  Piedmont  was  extended  to  the  Dukedom  of  Grenoa. 
The  law  has  since  been  altered,  subjecting  them  to  taxes, 
but  giving  them  instead  a  pension  of  250  francs.  See 
Forbea's  PhytmaaCt  HoUday,  Loud.,  1862,  p.  MO. 


man  in  Persia  is  to  be  childless.  Whaa  a  chirrs  *^ 
stone,'  as  it  was  said,  '  was  darh,'  he  lost  all  respect,  and 
hence  arose  the  now  universal  practice  of  AdoptiOB."— 
Vol.  I.  p.  277. 

Independentlv  of  the  mysteriooa  reasoiiB  which 
are  hinted  in  the  P^mandtfr,  and  whick  atiiui- 
lated  the  SuperstUiosi  to  extraordiaarj  efibrti  for 
the  preservation  of  their  childreo ;  the  Desire  for 
Posterity  is  a  powerful  instinct  in  the  hnmam 
heart.  Non  omnis  moriar  was  a  thought  as  na- 
tural as  it  was  pleasing,  when  the  mail  of  old*  vl 
the  decline  of  life,  contemplated  their  ofl&priiig. 
Their  Children,  then,  seemed  the  only  linlu  Idi 
by  which  they  could  still  in  a  measure  ding  tt 
life,  and  see  no  end  of  days  :  as  the  Arab  proverb 
says,  Mann  hhaUafa  ma  rnata^^^  He  whonas  left 
Children  is  not  dead."  To  survive  in  one^s  Chil- 
dren was  considered  by  most  of  the  Ancients  a 
much  more  real  continuance  of  life,  and  a  mach 
closer  connexion  with  it,  than  posthumous  Fame 
or  Glory.*  Yet  the  author  of  the  Book  of  Wis- 
dom, alluding  to  this  (iv.  1.),  says  :  "  Better  it  is 
to  have  no  Children  and  to  have  Virtue,  for  the 
Memorial  thereof  is  immortal,  because  it  is  ap- 
proved by  Grod  and  men.**  And  Solomon  asks : 
"  Who  knoweth  whether  my  successor  shall  be  s 
wise  man  or  a  fool  ?  This  is  also  vanity. "  Here 
I  cannot  refrain  from  quoting  part  of  a  striking 
passage  from  Dr.  Lucas  on  The  true  Noium  oj 
Human  Life :  — 

"  Convinced  that  the  decays  of  nature  cannot  be  long 
concealed  or  propt  up,  some  please  themselves  with  an 
opinion  of  Surviving  in  their  Posterity ;  as  if  Man,  by  gener- 
ation, did  but  multiply  himself;  and  Life  did  not,  like  a 
flame,  end  with  its  fuel,  but  were  convqred  and  trans- 
mitted firom  father  to  son,  grandchild*  and  so  «a — Uke  a 
stream  that's  still  the  same,. though  it  passed  thio«j;k 
numerous  pipea  Well,  for  my  part,  I  cannot  fool  myself 
with  a  vain  gingle  of  words — I  cannot  flatter  myself  that 
I  shall  live  in  bim,  who  probably  will  in  a  little  tlms 
forget  me,  however  he  owe  his  being  and  fbrtnna  to  me; 
nay,  it  may  be,  proud  and  ungrateful,  will  wish  that 
others  forgot  me  too. ...  I  cannot  flatter  myself  thai  I  can 
live  in  them,  whose  hopes  and  fears,  desires  and  joys,  will 
differ,  it  may  be,  no  less  from  mine,  whatever  they  now 
be,  than  the  dead  do  from  the  living.  Fools  that  we  are 
to  talk  80  wildl  V ;  as  if^  when  dead,  we  lived  m  Mr  eiUUrm. 
Do  we,  when  living,  share  in  their  distant  joys^  Or  do 
our  pulses  beat  with  their  passions?  I  would  sot  be 
mistaken,  as  if  I  designed  to  oppose  or  extinguish  natura 
I  know  the  great  Author  of  it,  for  wise  and  excelleat 

furposes,  has  implanted  in  us  kind  inclinations  toinirds 
*(Mterity,  but  then  these  are  for  the  sake  of  othen,  sot 


*  Feltham  observes,  in  his  Besolvts :  —  **  All  men  love 
to  live  in  Posterity.  Barrenness  is  a  cnne,  and  makes 
men  unwilling  to  die  ...  When  bragging  Cambysee 
would  compare  himself  with  his  father  ^rna,  and  some 
of  his  flatterers  told  him  he  did  excel  him, '  Stay,'  styi 
Croesus,  *yott  are  not  his  equal,  for  he  left  a  son  bebhid 
him.* . . .  When  Philip  viewed  his  yoang  son  Alexander, 
he  said  he  could  then  be  content  to  die.  Gonceic  of  a 
surviving  name  sweetens  I>eaUi'8  aloed  potioB.  Tb  for 
this,  we  so  love  those  that  are  to  pressrvs  as  in  sactsnded 


successions. 


XXIV. 


S^  8.  L  Mat  17,  "Si.] 


NOTES  AND  QUEBIES. 


S99 


BTsdf;  tbuy  rip<D  into  uitiuoi  tlikt  Mm  the  tom  of 
othtra,  not  my  oao  ;  I  onlj  bur  tbe'fhiit  wblch  other* 
mut  gttlier.  And  vrhfttavar  pleainn  I  may  dqw  Cm  in 
■  promigiDK  proapect  of  tha  bocour  tad  Tirtoe  of  mj 
Foalerity,  Vi  inch  B  one  as  Ibit  of  Moan  twiioliliiig 
Ctoun  St  B  distance,  bat  ntch  ■  diituao,  that  liB  moat 

In  my  former  Note  I  threw  out  the  conjecture, 
thst,  powiblj  the  motive  of  tbe  Superttitioti  wu 
to  aecure  for  themselves  the  rites  of  sepulture. 

A  modern  author,  the  learned  W.  Wogan,  con- 
tends that  the  ancient  belief  on  this  subject  is  not 
witliout  foundation  in  truth  and  fact,  but  that  in 
priuciple  it  is  supported  bj  Revelation.  Thus, 
commenting  on  Jer.  xsii.  18,  19,  he  observes:  — 

"  It  !■  plain  from  Ihia  and  other  parts  of  Scriptnrsi 
that  vhat  tha  Body  BatTen  after  Daith  (ilthoDgh  Itsalf 
ba  inetcilble)  ia  not  an  indifferent  thing  to  tha  parson  it 
belongs  to.      It  sppeari  from   many  pusagea  in   Holy 

ADtiijoily,  that  mourning  and  lamentation  for  tha  death 
of  fhends.  as  wall  as  decent  fanerals,  wai  not  only  a 
CDStom  agreeable  to  tbe  dictatea  both  of  reason  and  re- 
ligion i  bat  tbat  the  want  of  each  Funeral  Rites  and 
moiming  waa  accoanted  some  diminnlioii,  at  least,  of  tbe 
daceaaed  person's  repose  and  happlnaeB,  if  not  a  real  dia- 
gnst  That  this  was  agreeable  to  Heathen  Theology, 
appears  from  the  citaUoDi  ne  have  noted  at  the  end. 
But  tbe  passages  in  Scripture,  beaidea  this  (hat  occiua  in 
ooi  prtieDt  Lesson,  are  very  numerous,  and  sxpniiB,  when 
the  want  of  Burial,  when  threatened  or  inflicled,  is  n- 
pnaentedasa  cone  and  heavy  j  ndgmeot ;  whkh  it  could 
sot  ba  to  the  deceased,  if  the  departed  spirit  war«  not 
■enaibla  of,  nay,  were  it  not  aharply  affected  with  the 
indignity  ehown  to  the  body."  t 

Coleridge  fished  up  somewhere,  or  invented,  a 
most  characteristic  derivation  for  Superstition. 
He  ftravelj  tells  us  that  Superstition,  name  and 
tiling,  arose  from  taking  quod  itat  nper  for  quod 
ttat  tvbUr,  i.  e.  Surface  for  Subatance,  ugiu  for 
tbe  things  aigniSeti.     It  arose  — 

"  When  Religion  became  a  Science  of  Shadowa,  nnin- 
taltigible  to  the  majority.  For  thaie,  therefore,  there 
remained  only  Bitts  and  Ceremonies  Spectacles,  Shows, 
•nd  Semblances,  Thus,  amoaK  the  learned,  At  Svb- 
itance  of  things  hoprd  foi-  paaaed  off  into  imfiDiu,-  and 
(br  the  nnlearned,  the  Surfata  of  things  became  Sut- 
Siance.  Firimn  il  prnpriitattim,  gam  nm  niii  de  mMan- 
Omt  pradieari  poaaiU,  formii  tuperilanUbua  attributio,  tit 
avptrttUio:'—Aidt  to  RrJUclaa,  Sixth  Edition,  p.  H7. 

Coleridge  elsewhere  repeats  the  same  deriva- 
tion in  another  form,  which  makea  me  suspect 
that  the  Latin  is  his  own  ;  — 

■■  Supentilion  may  be  defined  as  Siifieritaiifi'iiai  (eu/u 


ft  paiu   nihil)    finidoatiafio.' 


rs 


poanded  bj  Sik  J.  Emebboh  Tbnubmt, 

•  HimatLifr;  Of.  A  Sramd  Part  of  tit  Eitquay  after 
Mmmaea,  by  Kichard  Lucae,  D.D.,  Fourth  Editica, 
lutaA.,  1764,  pp.  126-7. 

t  Sm  tbe  whole  of  Ihia  curioua  passage.  Eaay  <m  On 
Praptr  Leimni.  Third  Edition,  vol.  iv.  pp.  191-2,  196, 
Fonttesoth  Soaday  after  Trinity. 


recent  article  on  "  Supentition "  (3*  8.  L  243) 
induced  me  to  continue  mj  Note :  — 

"  It  admits  of  little  dmibt  that  a  word,  which  in  it* 
original  signification  meant  merely  those  rellgtoBS  dd>b- 
aions  which  ■  survived'  theiDflnencas  of  adraneing  Civi- 
lisation, came  in  proceis  of  time^  by  a  specie*  of  historic 
metonymy,  to  denote  the  stupiSed  ignorance,  the  nnob- 
aarvant  credulity,  and  the  nnreaaoning  awe,  by  which 
tbeae  mental  errors  were  characterised. 

Thus  ^e  Philosopher,  the  Theologian,  the  Me- 
taphjeictkn,  and  the  Historian,  each  deals  with 
Superstition  in  his  own  waj  :  — 

"  Strikes  lifs  into  its  speech,  and  ihowa  mni:h  mora 
His  own  conceiving.'' 


POSTAGE  STAMPS. 
(S'*  S.  L  149,  19S,  277,  357.) 

I  am  much  obliged  to  jour  correspondenta 
F.  C.  H,  JoBN  W.  Fhiixips,  and  Hebus  Fbatib, 
for  their  papers  about  postage  stamps.  When 
I  first  applied  for  information  on  this  sobject 
through  jour  columua,  about  four  montha  ago, 
mj  own  collection  was  quite  in  its  infancj,  and  I 
had  not  been  in  communicalion  with  anj  other 
collectors. 

Since  then  I  have  been  favoured  with  an  io- 
spection  of  the  most  famous  collection  in  this,  and 
I  believe  I  may  saj,  any  couotrjr.  It  consists  of 
about  eleven  hundred  distinct  specimen!.  With- 
out the  owner's  perniiasion,  I  could  not  mention 
his  name,  but  most  collectors  will  know  to  whom 
I  refer-  Mr.  Mount  Brown  has,  with  some  aasiat- 
ance  from  this  gentleman,  compiled  a  Catalogue 
detcribingabout  1200  distinct  specimens  of  DOstage  , 
stamps  and  envelopea ;  which  an vone  would  have 
no  aifficultj  in  obtaining,  it  having  been  ad< 
vertised  in  several  London  papers,  "N.  &  Q." 
amongst  the  number. 

I  would  accord  everj  praise  to  the  enterpriae 
of  the  firighlon  stamp  collector,  and  wish  the 
work  success ;  but  as  he  onlj  describes  SSS  stamps, 
it  will  require  considerable  addenda  to  make  it 

Modens,  Schleswig  Holstein,  and  Confederate 
States  of  America,  are  entirely  omitted ;  and  there 
are  omissions  and  inaccuracies  in  every  page. 

Argentine,  7  stamps  ;  Bahamas,  I  ;  Britiah 
Guiana,  3  ;  Brazils,  3  ;  Bavaria,  9 ;  Bnden,  all  the 
envelopes;  Buenos  Avre«,  3  republican  ;  Bruni* 
wick,  tbe  envelopes ;  Chili,  3  ;  California,  4 ;  Cape 
of  Good  Hope,  1  1  Cejlon,  2  envelopes ;  Denmark, 
4;  England,  7  envelopes;  Finland,  the  envetopei; 
and  so  on,  omilted.  Government  of  India,  1  anna 
is  a  bill  stamp,  and  not  postage,  as  tiierein  de- 
scribed. 

In  Granidina,  there  are  14  omitted.  Holland, 
20  c.  pink  and  white  doea  not  a^^iwx  ^A  <£uA» 


394 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


[8»d  a  I.  Mat  17,  'Si. 


The  Romagna  is  described  as  Rome,  and  that 
followiDg  "Papal  States**;  the  stamps  for  both 
of  which  are  correctly  described,  as  are  those  of 
Portugal.  Parma,  7  omitted ;  Poland,  2  omitted, 
the  10  cop.  black  and  white  envelope,  and  the 
6  cop.  blue  and  white  Warsaw  envelope ;  one 
described  ^  I  kop.  Gi,*'  black  and  white,  does  not 
exist. 

Russia  not  all  accurately  described;  for  the 
<K)rrect  description  from  the  actual  stamps  them- 
selves, I  must  refer  to  Mr.  Brown*8  book,  merely 
stating  further,  that  there  are  12  omitted  in  Swit- 
zerland, and  about  35  in  the  United  States  of 
America.  J.  S.  A. 


REPRODUCTION  OF  OLD  WITTXCISMa 

(3'*  S.  i.  324.) 

The  mistake  of  reading  an  order  for  "  3  or  4  ** 
monkeys,  as  an  order  for  ^'  304  **  monkeys,  is  very 
pleasantly  told  by  Calderon  in  his  El  Seereto  d 
Vocei^  which  we  know  to  have  been  written  not 
later  than  the  year  1662.  The  passage  is  to  be 
found  at  p.  416,  t.  i.  of  HartzenDusch*s  edition, 
and  at  p.  349,  t.  iii.  of  KeiPs.  A  metrical  version 
of  it  IS  given  in  my  translation  of  this  play 
{Dramas  from  the  Spanuh  of  Calderon,  2  vols. 
London,  1853,  vol.  i.  p.  152).  The  following 
translation  of  the  passage  into  French  by  M. 
Daraas-Hinard  {Ch^fs  (tOSuvre  du  Thiatre  Es- 
pagnolf  Calderon,  3*  serie,  p.  77),  may  amusingly 
contrast  with  that  given  by  Mm.  Bbucb  from  the 
letter  of  Sir  Edmund  Vemey :  — 

**  Un  habitant  de  TIemecen,  vitrier  de  son  ^tat,  faisait 
la  coar  k  ane  dame.  11  avait  son  meilleor  ami  qai  'de* 
menrait  k  T^taan.  Or  un  jour  )a  dame  pria  le  galant 
<L'^rire  k  son  ami  de  Ini  envoyer  un  singe ;  et  comme  un 
amoureux  eat  toujours  prgt  k  complaire  aux  d^lra  de  aa 
dame,  celui-ci  en  demanda  troia  on  quatre,  afin  qu'elle  put 
en  cboiair  un  qui  fQt  k  son  gout  Or  vooa  aaurez  que  le 
malheureux  ^rivit  troit  ou  quartre'en  chiffrea ;  et  corame 
Ik  baa,  en  Arabic,  To  equivaut  k  zero,  notre  bomme  de 
T^tuan  lut  ainai :  *  Mon  cber  ami,  pour  que  je  puisse  £tre 
4igr^ble  k  une  persoone  qui  m'est  cher,  envoyez  moi  aana 
retard  trois  cent  quatre  singes.*  L'bomme  de  T^tuan  fdt 
d'abord  bien  en  peine  pour  trouver  ce  qu*on  lui  deman- 
dait;  roais  le  vitrier  le  fiit  beaucoup  plus,  lorsqu'an 
bout  de  quelques  jours  il  vit  arriver  trois  cent  singes 
-faisant  trois  cent  mille  singeriea." 

M.  Damas-Hinard  has  a  note  on  this  passage 

admitting  the  inferiority  of  his  translation  to  the 

original,  for  the  reason  which  he  assigns :  — 

**  En  espagnol,  la  conjonction  alternative  ou  se  dit  o,  de 
sorte  que  celui  qui  demandait  trois  ou  quatre  singes  de- 
Toit  ^rire  en  chiffres,  8  o  4 ;  de  Ik  Terreur.  De  ik  vient 
aussi  que  cette  petite  histoire,  aui  est  fort  jolie  dana  I'ori- 
ginal,  perd  beaucoup  k  ctre  traduite." 

D.  F.  Mac-Cabtht. 

Summerfield,  Dalkey. 

The  Note  on  the  "  Reproduction  of  old  Wit- 
ticisms,** brought  to  my  recollection  a  ludicrous 


mistake,  which  occurred  about  fifty  years  ago.  A 
French  emigrant  priest  wrote  from  the  countir  to 
a  friend  in  London,  requesting  him  to  send  niin, 
as  soon  as  possible,  a  hundred  **  aspergei^  His 
friend,  being  a  Catholic,  imagined  that  he  meant  the 
small  brushes  which  are  uSed  for  sprinkling  holy 
water,  though  he  could  not  conceive  how  he  could 
require  so  many.  Accordingly,  he  went  round  to 
the  few  Catholic  booksellers  m  London,  who  were 
accustomed  to  supply  requisites  for  Cathc^c 
chapels,  and  bought  up  all  the  asperges  brushes 
they  had ;  but  which,  it  need  not  be  added,  fell 
very  far  short  of  a  hundred.  The  French  prie8t*s 
surprise  and  dismay  may  be  imagined  on  receiv- 
ing perhaps  twenty  or  thirty  aspergei  brashes, 
instead  of  what  he  meant  to  order,  a  httndred  of 
asparagiu  !  F.  C.  H. 

Hbbaij>ic  Volumb  (3*^  S.  i.  352.) — I  see  that 
one  of  your  correspondents  complains,  and  not 
unnaturally,  of  uncourteous  treatment ;  which  he 
believes  himself  to  have  suffered  at  the  hands  of 
the  Master  and  Bursar  of  Pembroke  College.  As 
I  am  the  real  person  to  blame  in  the  matter,  per- 
haps you  will  allow  me  to  explain  how  the  ap- 
parent want  of  civility  arose.  Some  time  aso,  I 
am  afrud  to  say  how  long,  the  Bursar  handed  me 
one  of  the  letters  alluded  to  by  your  correspon- 
dent, and  requested  me  to  furnish  the  required 
information.  This  I  prombed  to  do ;  but  having 
more  work  to  do  at  the  time  than  I  was  able  to 
accomplish,  I  am  ashamed  to  say  that  the  matter 
passed  entirely  out  of  my  head,  only  to  be  recalled 
by  the  notice  in  your  periodica.  The  letter 
handed  to  me  I  cannot  now  find,  but  I  may  state 
that  Bp.  Hall*s  books  contain  only  his  book-plate, 
and  not  his  autograph.  The  muniments,  whidi 
may  possibly  preserve  some  of  his  handwriting, 
are  in  the  custody  of  the  Bursar,  who  is  not  it 
present  in  Oxford.  If,  however,  your  correspon- 
dent will  favour  me  with  his  name  and  address,  I 
will  let  him  know  if  I  should  find  any  autograph  of 
the  Bishop,  and  will  gladly  compare  his  fac-smiile 
with  it.  Hbnbt  W.  Chardjlbb. 

Pembroke  College. 

The  Opal  HuifTEB  (3'*  S.  i.  329.)— I  have  not 
searched  the  Saturday  nor  the  Penny  Magazine^ 
but  in  Inglis*s  Solitary  Walks  in  Many  Lands  if 
"  The  Life  and  Adventures  of  a  Jewel  Hunter,** 
and  the  story  refers  to  a  lar^e  and  valuable  opsL 
May  not  this  be  the  narrative  inquired  for  by 
John  H.  van  Lbnnbp  ?  S.  Shaw. 

Andover. 

MusjE  Etonensbs  :  R.  Anstet  (Z^  S.  i.  372.) 
A  conjecture  may  be  hardly  worth  inserUng,  but 
it  seems  almost  certain  that  **  R.  Anstey,  1776,** 
was  a  son  of  the  celebrated  author  of  tJie  New 
Baih  Ouide,     He  was  himself  a  distiogoished 


8><  Sl  L  Hat  17,  ■62.] 


Eton 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


Maclkab  of  Tobloiss  {S"  S.  i.  329.)  —  The 
family  of  Maclean  of  Torloiak,  was  fouaded  by 
Lauchlan  Oig,  eecunJ  gnu  of  Sir  Lnudilan  M6r, 
Chief  of  Maclean,  and  Lord  of  Duart  and  Mor- 
vern.  by  tbe  Lady  Margaret,  second  daughter  of 
the  Earl  of  Gleiicairn.  Sir  Lsuchlan  wo;  slain  at 
Tra-Rruinnart  in  Isla,  on  Stb  Auguil,  1398. 
Lachlan  Mnelcan,  the  grandfather  of  the  late 
Marchioneas  of  Northampton,  nos  7th  Maclean  of 
Torloiak ;  having,  in  1 765,  succeeded  to  the  eatatea 
on  the  death,  without  issue,  of  bis  elder  brother 
Hector,  the  6th  in  lineal  successioD  from  Lauchlan 
Ofg.  Xiachlan  married  Margaret,  eldest  dnugbter 
of  Richard  Smith,  of  Auchtermairnie,  co.  Fife, 
Eaq. i  by  whom  he  left  an  only  daughter,  "the 
well- remembered,  handsome,  and  accompliahed 
^oung  heiresa  Marianne  Torloisk,"  who  married 
Major-General  Wm.  Douglaa  Clephane  of  Carg- 
logie,  CO.  Fife,  sometime  Governor  of  Grenoda, 
and  Commander  of  the  Forces  in  the  Leeward 
Islands,  who  died  at  Grenada  in  1803,  Upon  big 
marriage  with  the  heiress  of  Torloiak,  he  obtained 
authority  to  uae  the  name  of  Maclean  before 
that  of  Clephane,  and  to  quarter  the  arms  of 
:MadeBn  with  his  own.  The  iasue  of  this  mar- 
riage was  three  daughtera  ;  — 

1.  Margaret,  who,  in  1815,  married  the  late 
Marquig  of  Northampton. 

2.  Anna  Jane,  who  died  unmarried.     And 

3.  Wilmina  Marianne,  who,  in  1831,  married 
'Wilbelm,  Baron  de  Normann  of  Pruaaia ;  by  whom 
she  had  one  son,  Wilhelin  Frederic  Carl  Helmuih 
Theodore,  who  succeeded  his  father  as  Baron  de 
Normann  in  1832,  and  waa  one  of  the  victims  of 
Chinese  treachery  in  1860. 

Much  might  be  written  of  the  Macleons  of  Tor- 
loisk, and  I  shall  be  happy  to  give  S.  B.  any 
further  inforuiatiou  ia  my  power  if  he  will  write 
to  me  direct.  Jous  MACLBks. 

Uammfrtmitb. 

Psiisa-GoD  Babzdones  (3""  S.  i.  233.) — Tour 
correspondent  W.  H.  doea  not  appear  to  be  aware 
that  Barbone  was  one  of  the  aect  of  Fiflh-Mo- 
narehy  Men.  In  a  tract  which  I  lately  had  io  my 
posaession,  entitled  — 

"  A  Declaration  of  aeveral  of  tbe  Churches  of  Chriit 
and  Godiv  People,  in  and  about  the  CitT  of  London,  con- 
cuning  the  Klngl}-  lalereat  of  Cbtiiit,'>nd  the  preient 
SnfferiDgs  of  Urn  Cauu  and  Saiota  ia  EagUad.  Printed 
far  Livewell  Chapmao,  l<i54  "  — 
occur  aeveral  lists  of  namea  of  the  members  of  tbe 
different  "churches,"  and  one  of  these  is  headed, 
*'  The  Church  which  walks  with  Mr,  Barbone." 
In  another  rare  tract  which  I  have  now  iu  my  poa- 
session,  entitled  — 

"  Tim  old  Leaven  purged  oat,  or  tbe  ApoilKy  of  tbla 
Dav  further  opcaed.  Prialed  in  the  year  or  our  Laid 
1658,"  — 


I  find  "  Mr.  Barbone"  named  with  nine  otberSr 
among  whom  are  Mr.  Ireton,  Mr.  Cann,  and  Col. 
Dunvers,  as  a  committee  appointed  to  treat  with  a 
section  of  the  Fiflh-Monarchy  gecl,  who  had  sepa- 
rated froai  their  co- separatist  a,  and  set  up  a 
church  fur  themselvea.  In  both  the  tracts,  of 
which  I  have  given  the  titles,  Oliver  Cromwell  ia 
spakon  of  in  anything  but  respectful  lernu.  In 
the  latter  one  occurs  the  following  passage :  "  la 
not  Oliver  Cromwell  a  greater  tyrant  now  than 
ever  King  Charles  was  ?  "  and  at  tbe  end  ore  some 
letters,  the  firgt  of  which  begins  — 

"  John,  a  prisoner,  not  of  Crotnuell  and  bit  ranncil,  baL 
of  tbe  Lord  Jesoi  Cbriit.  unto  ibe  ■■ints,  and  faltbHiL 
bretbren,  wbich  meet  at  tbe  place  which  is  known  by  the 
Dame  of  Great  Allhallows,  Loadou,"  &c. 

If  Barbone  wos  a  Flfrh-Monnrchy  man,  as  ap- 
pears from  these  tracts,  I  think  he  must  be  allowed 
to  have  been  something  of  a  "  fanatic." 

F.  S.  Ellis. 

The  Phcenix  Fire  Office,  in  Lombard  Street, 
London,  claims  only  to  have  been  established  in 
1782,  not  in  1682.  There  must  be  some  mistake, 
therefore,  iu  the  statement  that  it  waa  founded 
by  a  son  of  Praise- God  Barbone,  who  was  bom 
in  1596,  and  could  have  hod  no  children  living. 
nearly  two  centuriea  afterwurda. 

The  "promoters"  of  the  existing  oflice  were 
mostly  influential  individuals  connected  with  onr 
sugar  refineries,  who,  as  the  event  has  abundantly 
proved,  thought  that  a  scale  of  charges  lower  than 
that  sought  to  be  imposed  by  the  other  insurance 
olGces,  would  be  amply  remunerative  for  that 
class  of  risk.  Dougi.as  Alu>obt. 

Relative  Value  or  Mopiet  (3'*  S.  i.  182.)  —  I 
think  that  a  farther  review  of  tbe  statistics,  which 
are  available  for  the  comparison  of  the  prices  of 
necessaries  in  the  time  of  Shakepeare  with  their 
present  value,  would  have  led  Mb.  Kbioqtlkt  to 
a  result  much  more  in  accordance  with  the  calcu- 
lations of  Mb.  Collies  and  Mb.  Dici  than  that 
at  which  he  has  arrived.  For  the  purpose  of  as- 
certaioing  how  far  a  certain  income  would  have 
gone  at  any  period,  as  many  of  the  items  of  ex- 
penditure should  be  compared  oa  is  poaaible  ;  and 
if  this  be  carefully  done,  a  very  close  approxima- 
tion may,  I  think,  be  arrived  at.  Tbe  proportion 
between  the  value  of  wlimt  at  the  beginning  of 
the  aevcnteenlh  century  and  at  the  present  time, 
is,  it  is  true,  only  about  as  3  to  3 ;  but  almost  all 
other  necessaries  show  a  far  greater  dtlference. 
The  most  useful  calculationa  on  ibia  subject  are, 
as  far  OS  I  am  aware,  in  tbu  paper  read  by  Sir  6. 
S.  Evelyn  before  the  Koyal  Society  in  1798. 

Tbe  figures  there  given  are  the  result,  it  is 
stated,  of  great  research,  and  the  title  ia  very  com- 
prehensive. He  gives  the  prices  at  various  times 
of  the  following  articles;  —  VtWw.^Vnwsfci^iJaii 


ass 


NOTES  AND  QUEKIES. 


cowl,  Aeep,  iHine,  ponltrr,  butter,  cbeese,  and 
beer,  uid  deducei  (infer  (dia)  tbe  following  re- 
sults—that the  price  of  teheal  in  1S50,  was  to 
that  of  whedt  in  1795,  aa  100  to  436  ;  in  167S,  as 
346  to  426  ;  tbat  of  meal,  as  100  in  1555,  and  as 
166  in  1675,  to  511  in  1795;  that  of  12  mitcella- 
lUiMU  orticlet  (poultry,  &c,)  in  15S3  as  100,  and 
in  1676,  as  239  to  752  in  1795  ;  tbat  ai  day  labow 
inlSSSsB  100,  and  in  1675,  as  1S8  ta436in  1795. 
And,  finallj,  bj  interpolation  and  averaffe,  lie 
finds  tbat  the  mean  cost  of  alt  these  artiulet  was 
03  144  in  1600,  to  562  in  179S.  Wheat  was  then 
a  little  higher  than  nox  [63>.  id.  per  quarter],  but 
all  other  articles  were  lower;  so  that  we  tuaj 
take  his  proportion  as  applicable  to  our  own  time, 
which  would  make  an  income  of  1,000/.  a-year  in 
Shakspeare's   lime  equivalent    to   ona   of  S,S0O/. 

We  seem  to  have  more  scantj  materials  for  the 
investigation  of  the  subject  tbout  the  jear  1600, 
than  at  periods  of  30  or  40  jears  before  and 
after  tbat  date,  but  one  question  raised  bj  Ub. 
Keiqhti.et,  that  of  tbe  price  of  ordinarj  horses, 
Ketat  settled  by  tbe  replies  of  your  correspon- 
dents Ma.  MEEKTWE^THBa  and  H.  C.  C.  The 
animals  mentioned  in  Jonson  miut  have  been  like 
those  to  which  Rarriaon  alludes,  "  well-coloured, 
justly  Ijmmcd,  and  having  thereto  an  easie  am- 
bling pace,"  which  be  saja,  "  are  grown  to  be  very 

The  capon  in  Falstafi's  bill  would  hardlj  be  an 
ordinary  fowl ;  for,  by  a  proclamation  made  in 
1633  *,  the  price  of  a  fat  capon  was  fixed  at  2a.  2d., 
and  thatof  a  fat  hen  at  It.  Tbe  wages  of  women 
servants,  in  1600,  were  fixed  at  rates  varying  from 
1K».  to  23<.  id.  per  annum. 

Dress  is  the  one  article  which  would  pull  up 
the  avera^ie,  but  we  must  remember  that  the 
clothes  of  those  times  were  far  more  durable,  and 
less  frequently  renewed  than  in  onr  days  of 
cotton,  Buoddj,  and  paper.     J.  Euoi  Hoimikib. 

Wwt  Derby. 

Not  too  good  to  bb  tkcb  (3''  S.  i.  332.}— The 
jest  (an  excellent  one)  of  "  Causes  produce  effectB," 
for  a  successful  barrister's  motto,  I  often  heard 
repeated  when  I  lived  in  cliambers  in  Lincoln's 
Inn,  and  always  attributed  to  Lord  Abinger,  then 
Mr.  Scarlet,  who,  if  not  so  profound  a  scholar  of 
law  as  Mr.  Holroyd  and  several  others,  was  said  to 
be  the  bett  red  man  at  the  bar.  J.  C.  H. 

Sn  JohnStsmob  (S"*  S.  i.  271,  353.)  — I  am 
mnch  obliged  by  tbe  information  furnished  by 
Mmbm.  Coopbs  of  Cambridge.  I  have  had  ac- 
cess to  most  of  the  books  to  which  they  refer  me, 
but  fail  to  find  in  them  tbe  principal  object  of  my 
inquiry,  vit.  the  parentage  of  Sir  John  Strange. 
The  books  mentioned,  which  are  not  within  my 
reach,  are  Georgian  Era,  and  Lysons's  £innrtmt. 


[3"  S.  L  Uai  17,  SL 

If  in  them  there  is  anythbg  that  tonchei  tbe 
point,  perhaps  they  or  some  other  friend,  will 
kindly  supply  me  with  the  particulars,  D.  S. 


ApFL  UI. 


I  LiSTiBOCAH  Church  (2-*  S.  lii.  211.) -In 
\  conning  over  your  last  volume  I  found  a  request 
I  for  "a  reference  to  any  description  and  historical 
I  account  of  the  very  curious  old  church  at  Last- 
ingbam,  near  Kirby-Moorside  in  Yorkshire,"  and 
an  answer  in  a  quotation  from  Allen's  HiMory  of 
I  the  Count;/  of  York.  It  may  interest  the  iaquirei^ 
I  and  perhaps  others,  to  know  tbat  in  Eastmead'a 
BUIoria  RitoalUatU;  containing  the  History  of 
Kirkby-Moorside  and  its  Vicinity,  published  in 
1824,  there  is  a  much  fuller  account  of  the  church 
and  its  history,  with  two  plates  presented  by  JahD 
Jackson,  B.A.,  — a  very  eminent  artist,  who  wu 
a  native  of  the  village ;  one  containing  a  view  of 
the  church,  and  the  crypt  beneath  it ;  and  the 
other  a  ground  plan,  engraved  fro«a  his  owa 
cbawingi.  Boon  after  the  publication  of  Ei*- 
mead's  HUtory,  Mr  Jacktoo  presented  a  splendid 
painting  by  himself  of  "  Christ  in  the  Ciarden 
for  an   altar-piece,  which  is  illuminated  throush 


the  picture  are  not  approved  by  the  learned  m 
ecclesiastical  architecture,  but  certainly  the  effect 
is  striking  and  beautiful.  J.  D> 


tion  he  desires  respecting  the  extinct  peeraijn  of 
FitEwilliam,  and  their  pedigree,  in  Blacker's  Brief 
Sietchei  of  the  Parishes  of  Boolerslomi  and  Dok- 
nybrooh,  in  tte  Cotmty  of  Dublin,  pp.  108-111 
Richard,  seventh  Viscount  FilrwIDiain,  whMS 
munificent  bequests  to  tbe  University  of  Chb- 
bridge  are  well  known,  died  in  1816,  when  kit 
large  landed  estates  passed,  according  to  the  term 
of  his  will  (dated  18tb  August,  1815,  and  printed 
at  full  length  in  3  &  4  Wm.  IV.  c  xivi.  a.  I,  and 
5  &  6  Vict.  c.  xxiii.  s.  1),  to  C^r^  Augnstns, 
eleventh  li^arl  of  Pembroke,  and  are  now  in  tlia 
possession  of  tbat  nobleman's  grandson,  the  ynuth- 
ful  Earl  of  Pembroke,  and  eldest  son  of  the  late 
deeply  lamented  Lord  Herbert  of  L».  The 
above-named  Lord  Fitzwilliam,  however,  was  not 
the  last  peer ;  for  the  honours  of  the  family  (with 
an  annuity)  devolved  upon  his  brother  Join, 
eighth  Viscount  FitEwilliam,  on  whose  death,  »;». 
in  1 833,  the  viscountcy  of  Fitzwilliam  of  Mei^D, 
and  the  barony  of  Thomeastle,  which  had  existed 
for  more  than  two  centuries,  became  extinct. 

Arcbdail'a  Lodge's  Peeroge  of  Ireland,  vol.  iv. 
pp.  306-321  ;  Plsyfair's  Britiik  Family  AiOiqidh, 
vol.  V.  pp.  38-44;  and  the  third  edition  of  Burkes 
Extinct  and  Dormaid  Peerage,  p.  667,  may  like- 
wise be  consulted  with  advantage.  Abhba. 


«'«a.I.HAYl7,'S2.] 


Coral  ra  Tanubdh  (3""  S.  i.  50, 277.)  —  I  well 
T«memb«T  more  than  fifty  yesrj  ago  that  when  a 
bowl  of  Bishop  wu  provided  for  ns  Eton  bojs  at 
"the  Christopher,"  the  ladle  with  which  we  helped 
ounelvet  to  its  apicj  contenta  hftd  a  aeven  ihil- 
Ung-piece  at  the  bottom  of  it.  B.  W.  B. 

Lba  Wilson's  Catai-ooub  of  Bibi^s,  etc.,  4to, 
London,  1845  (3'''  S.  i.  308.)  — The  late  Mr. 
Home  and  Bibuothbcab.  Cbctham.  are  mis- 
taken  in  the  number  of  copies  taken  off  of  this 
Tsluable  privately -printed  book.  The  number 
printed  by  Mr.  Whitttngham  naa  120,  and  not 
25.  Most  of  the  copies  were  distributed  by  Mr. 
Wiiion  to  public  libraries,  but  copies  are  to  be 
found  in  manyprivate  libraries, both  in  thiscountrj 
and  in  the  United  States.  Several  copies  have 
occurred  for  sale  within  the  past  year,  producing 
firom  HZ  to  ten  guineas  each.  G.  M.  B. 

MoDB  Am  Datr  op  ExEcrTioK  or  tbs  Mab- 
Qmsor  Abotle  (3^  S.  i.  326.)— T.  says  "In 
Scotland,  as  in  England,  decapitation,  not  hang- 
ing, was  alieayi  the  mode  of  putting  the  culprit 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


397 


o'death  for  that  crime  "  (high  treaMm).     This 
I  mistake  as  to  England.     la  high 


the 


r^ular  judgment  (until  altered  by  the  54  Geo. 
Ill  c.  146)  always  haa  been  that  Uie  traitor  "  be 
hanged  by  lite  neck,  and  cut  down  alive,  and  that 
hia  entrails  be  taken  out,  and  burnt  before  his  face 
whilst  he  is  alive  *,  and  his  head  cut  off,  and  hia 
body  divided  into  four  quarters,  and  his  head  and 
quarters  disposed  of  at  the  king's  pleasure, 
^awk.  P.  C.  b.  n.  c.  48,  a.  3;  1  Hale,  350).  And 
this  horrible  judgment  wu  but  too  faithfully  exe- 
cuted in  many  instances.  Now,  snppoaing  the 
Ibw  on  this  subject  to  be  same  in  Scotland,  the 
different  accounts  as  to  banging  and  beheading 
may  perhaps  be  reconciled,  for  U)e  marquis  ma; 
have  been  Doth  Iianged  and  beheaded  ;  and  as  to 
tbe  statement  that  "  he  shifted  to  lay  down  his 
bead,"  this  may  have  arisen  from  some  movement 
that  he  made  after  he  was  taken  down  from  the 
gallows,  for  there  is  an  instance  of  which  I  have, 
read  (I  think  in  the  case  of  one  of  the  regicides), 
where  the  traitor,  after  he  was  disembowelled, 
actuallv  knocked  down  bis  executioner.  It  is  pos- 
sible, tberefore,  that  all  the  facts  stated  may  be 
true,  though  each  author  has  only  stated  a  paft. 

There  are  many  instances  where  traitors  were 
only  beheaded ;  for,  afler  sentence,  the  King  often 
pardoned  all  the  puniahmeat  except  beheading. 
(1  Hale,  P.  C.  351.) 

The  54  Geo.  III.  c  146,  s.  I,  which  extends  to 
the  whole  of  tbe  United  Kingdom,  redtes  the  old 
sentence  nearly  in  the  same  terms  as  I  have  used, 
and  therefore  probably  the  old  sentence  was  the 

*  Hale  has  "  tpfoque  vivente,"  &e.,  and  adds  in  a  note, 
'TheM  words  are  so  material  that  thajodgnient  wu  re- 
TWted  for  want  of  Ibem  In  Waleofi  Cbsl    Hawkins  has 


Scotland  and  England.  Since  that  act 
nee  in  high  treason  is,  that  tbe  traitor  be 
hanged  until  he  be  dead,  and  that  hb  head  be 
severed  from  hia  body,  and  the  body,  divided  into 
four  quarters,  be  disposed  of  as  the  King  may  think 
fit ;  but  the  sentence  may  be  altered  to  beheading 
only.  C.  S.  Grbatm. 

Sun  and  Whaleboni  (3"*  S.  i.  3S6,  359.)  — 
I  do  not  imagine  that  the  Editor  of  "  N.  &  Q." 
would  have  devoted  an  entire  column  to  my  reply, 
had  he  thought  with  I.  that  Mb.  Chabkock's  three 
lines  "quietly  disposed"  of  the  question.  The 
diSJcuIty  seemed  to  lie  in  the  oddness  of  the  asso- 
ciation of  the  *un  with  whalebone;  and  I  cannot 
see  that  this  anomaly  b  explained  by  the  infor- 
mation,  that  Whalebone  is  the  name  of  an  estate 
:  in  the  neighbourhood,  any  better  than  it  would  be 
by  the  statement  that  whalebone  is  b  well-known 
article  of  commerce.  Had  "The  Moon  and  Mne- 
gleton"  figured  on  an  ale-houee  si^n,  would  the 
singularity  be  "  quietly  diaposed  "  of,  by  tbe  infor- 
I  mation  thai  Mug^leton  was  the  name  of  an  ob- 
'  acure  village  b  Dickens's  Pkkmidtf" 

Donous  Aixfobt. 

STARDnrO  VHII.B   THB  TjORD'b    PbATBB  IS  BEAD 

IK  THH  Second  Lkssod.  —  Not  having  seen  1"  8. 
ii.  127,257,567, 1  am  not  Bur«  whether  tbe  paridi 
I  church,  at  Windsor,  has  been  mentioned  as  one 
I  where  this  practice  prevails.  If  it  has  not,  it  may 
I  be  added  to  former  lists.  T.  £. 

I  Rkvitals  or  BBLiaion  :  Maccvli/kh  or  Cau- 
BUSLANO  (S'^  S.  i.  329.)— In  answer  to  Z.  «.,  I 
beg  to  state  that  he  will  find  many  memorabilia 
concerning  the  Revival  in  general,  and  the  excel- 
lent Macculloch'  in  particular,  in  1,  Gillies'a  Hit- 
Uyrietd  CoUeetiona,  edited,  in  a  targe  volume,  br 
Dr.  Bonar  of  Kelao ;  2,  Whitfield  md  tiu  Ret^wOi 
of  He  I8(A  CeM/ury,  from  MSS. —  a  volume  issued 
by  the  Free  Church  Publication  Society,  and 
eaaily  obtuned.  There  are  also  very  extensive 
MS.  collections,  including  letters  and  other  me- 
morials of  and  to  MoccuUocii,  in  the  Free  Churdi 
Library,  Edinburgh.  It  will  not  be  difficult  for 
.  2.  e.  to  hear  of  many  possessors  of  letters  of  Mao- 
I  culloch  in  Scotland.  I  know'of  various  in  Edin- 
burgh, r. 
'  Title  ot  Psalm  c«ijx.  (8^  S.  i.  348.)— Tora- 
ing  over  some  Bibles  in  my  possession,  1  see  that 
;  the  words  alluded  to  by  B.  H.  C.  are  not  found 
I  in  some  early  editions,  but  that  they  appear  sub- 
'  seqnently;  and  then,  still  later,  they  are  lost 
■gain.    In  1S76,  the  title  is  — 

"Ad  axhortatian  to  th«  Charch  to  praysa  the  Lord 
for  hia  victorw  and  conqoait,  that  he  ginelh  his  sahila 
I  against  all  man's  pawei. 

In  1611,  folio,  black-letter  (first  authorised 
edition,  and  second  issue  of  that  year),  it  is  this — 
1      "  1.  Tho  propbet  exbertflth  te  5tri■aQ(l^.^!I^V*.^s«» 


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NOTES  AND  QUEEIES. 


[8^  S.  L  Hat  17,  *62. 


to  the  Gharch,  6.  And  for  that  power,  which  hee  hath 
giaen  to  the  Church  to  rule  the  conadences  of  men." 

In  1794,  16mo,  Edinbargh,  printed  bj  Mark 
and  Charles  Kerr,  his  M^estj's  printers,  we 
have : — 

**  1.  The  Prophet  ezhorteth  to  praise  God  for  his  lore 
to  the  Church,  6.  And  for  that  power  which  he  hath 
given  to  his  saints." 

In  D*Ojly  and  Mant*s  edition  of  1817,  4  vols. 
4to,  we  find  the  same  title,  word  for  word,  as  in 
1611.  In  a  rojal  8vo,  Cambridge,  1833,  we 
have  the  same  as  in  1794  above.  And  in  a  24mo, 
Oxford,  1846,  we  perceive  still  another  difference, 
where  it  occurs  in  the  last  two  words,  as  com- 
pared with  the  instance  above,  under  date  1794 ; 
as  thus :  — 

**  1.  The  Prophet  ezhorteth  to  praise  God  for  his  love 
to  the  Church,  5.  And  for  that  power  which  he  hath 
given  to  the  Church.*' 

F.  Hutchinson. 

Pabodibs  on  Gbat's  "  Elegy']  (3**  S.  i.  197.)— 
In  Benileifs  Miscellany  Tvol.  xiii.  p.  554),  I  have 
found  another  parody,  besides  those  mentioned 
by  X.  A.  X.  (3'*  S.  I  355),  entitled  "  Elegy  in  a 
London  Theatre,  not  by  Gray,**  the  first  two 
verses  of  which  are  as  follows :  — 

"  The  curtain  falls  —  the  signal  all  is  o*er ; 
The  eager  crowd  along  the  lobby  throng ; 
The  youngsters  lean  against  the  crowded  door. 
Ogling  the  ladies  as  they  pass  along. 

"  The  gas-lamps  fade,  the  foot- lights  hide  their  heads, 
And  not  a  soul  beside  myself  is  seen, 
Save  where  the  lacquey  dirty  canvas  spreads. 
The  painted  boxes  from  the  dust  to  screen." 

H.  Palbcbb. 

• 

Age  op  Newspapebs  (S'*  S.  i.  351.)  —  In  the 
absence  of  books  and  memoranda  all  I  can  say  is, 
that  my  memory  fixes  the  origin  of  what  is  now 
called  the  Nottingham  Journal  in  the  year  1710. 
The  Nottingham  Date-Book  says  1716.  (The 
first  printed  books  under  my  notice  bear  date 
1713.)  I  have  seen  several  early  copies  of  the 
Journal  in  the  neighbourhood  of  Nottingham,  but 
they  seem  to  vanish  out  of  existence  when  again 
inquired  for.  Mr.  Job  Bradshaw,  Pelham  Street, 
Nottingham,  the  present  editor  and  proprietor, 
would  be  able  to  give  further  information,  and 
probablv  supply  G.  W.  M.  with  a  copy  of  a  re- 
print which  he  once  made  of  an  early  number. 

S.  f .  Cbesweli*. 

The  Castle,  Tonbridge,  Kent 

Allow  me  to  point  out  a  slight  error  in  Mb. 
Gilbebt*8  communication.  I  can  speak  with  much 
confidence  of  the  commencement  of  The  Times, 
strictly  so  called.  I  was  at  school,  during  the  years 
1787  and  1788,  where  the  boys  used  to  club  and 
take  in  a  newspaper.  The  paper  so  taken  in  was 
The  Siar^  which  appeared  m  the  evening,  till  a 
boy,  whose  friends  were  intimate  with  Mr.  Walter, 


announced  that  a  newly-modelled  paper,  under 
the  name  of  The  Timee^  was  to  be  started  by  that 
gentleman ;  and  then  it  was  resolvent  nem,  dU^ 
to  relinquish  The  Star  and  subscribe  to  Mr.  Wal- 
ter's Timee  If  I  do  not  mistake,  the  price  of  a 
single  paper  was  then,  as  it  now  is,  three  pence, 

Antbhjlc. 

[  The  Timu  first  appeared  under  that  title  on  the  1st 
January,  1788,  but  bore  the  number  941,  it  being  a  con- 
tinuation, under  a  new  name,  of  the  Unhermd  JUaider^  of 
which  940  numbers  had  been  published.  See  *«  N.  &  Q." 
l-»S.i.  76.  — Ed.] 

The  Vulgate  (S'*  S.  i.  349.)— The  divine  to 
whom  allusion  is  made  is  the  late  Dr.  Routh; 
who  used,  however,  to  join  with  the  Vulgate 
Schlettsner*s  Lexicon  to  the  New  Teetament 

£.  M. 

Quotation  (S^  S.  i.  348.)  --  M.  T.  S.  will  find 

the  quotation  referred  to  in  a  little  book,  entitled 

Maxims^  Morale,  and  Golden  Rules,  published  by 

James  Madden  and  Go.  in  1843,  p.  26  :  — 

**  For  every  ill  beneath  the  sun. 
There  is  some  remedy,  or  none ; 
Should  there  be  one,  resolve  to  find  it ; 
If  not,  submit;  and  never  mind  it.** 

^  I  have  thought  it  well  to  ^  copy  it  from  the 
above,  by  there  being  a  slight  difference  in  the 
wording  from  that  in  "  N.  &  Q."        H.  Tati^b. 

The  lines  — 

•*  For  every  evil,"  &C., 

quoted  in  "  N.  &  Q."  for  May  3,  1862,  are  printed 
in  the  Bagley  Parochial  Magazine  for  Feb.  1862. 
They  were  ^ven  to  the  rector  of  Ui^Iey^  by  the 
Rev.  Henry  rretyman,  who  had  them  m  his  note- 
book. He  cannot  remember  where  ht  gQt  them, 
but  believes' he  found  them  somewhere  as  aa  anony- 
mous quotation. 

In  the  same  note-book  were  the  following  lintf, 
about  which  I  shall  be  glad  of  the  same  informa- 
tion as  your  correspondent  asked  concerning  the 
former  ones :  — 

"It's  a  very  good  world  we  live  in. 
To  lend  or  to  spend  or  to  give  in ; 
But  to  beg  or  to  borrow  or  to  ask  for  your  owiw 
It's  the  very  worst  world  that  ever  was  ksown."  * 

Ltttbltoit. 

Did  not  the  lines  appear  in  the  Saturdocy  Ma^ 

gazihe  in  this  form  :  — 

**  For  every  ill  beneath  the  sun. 
There  is  a  remedy  or  none. 
If  there's  one  resolve  to  find  it. 
If  not,  submit,  and  never  mind  it** 

E.M. 

The  lines  in  your  last  are  a  translation  or  am- 
plification of  a  well-known  Castilian  proverb :  — 

I  Si  hay  remedio  porqui  te  apuras? 
i Si  no  hay  remedio  porqui  te  apuras? " 

J»  B. 

r*  This  epigram,  with  variationa,  appeared  in  our  1^  S. 
IL  71, 102, 166,  but  the  authorship  was  not  tnoed.— £d.1 


B^S.1.  Mat  17,  '62.] 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


399 


Cbntbkabiahism  (3'^  S.  i.  281.) — Hayinff  been 
personally  acauainted  with  '^old  Jack  Pratt,** 
daring  a  resiaence  of  some  years  in  Oxford,  I 
must  ask  permission  to  record  my  firm  belief  that 
he  is  not  a  man  likely  to  misrepresent  his  age  for 
the  sake  of  attractmg  sympathy.  He  is  still 
living,  in  great  poverty';  and  the  following  de- 
tails have  been  procured  from  himself.  My  in- 
formant **  found  him  much  weaker,  and  in  her 
opinion  he  cannot  live  long.** 

Old  Pratt  states  that  a  copy  of  the  register  of 
his  birth  is  in  the  possession  of  Miss  D.  Flumptre, 
of  University  College.  (I  have  been  told,  not  by 
Pratt,  that  Dr.  Acland  also  has  a  copy.)  He  was 
not  born  in  1756,  as  stated  in  Mr.  Tyerman*s 
pamphlet,  but  in  March  1755 ;  this  date  he  has 
always  named  both  to  my  correspondent  and 
myself.  His  eldest  son,  William  Pratt,  was  born 
at  South  Shields,  Northumberland  (I  think  about 
1783-8) ;  and  died  in  Shoreditch  parish,  at  the 
age  of  eighty.  Will  any  of  your  correspondents 
in  these  parishes  verify  these  statements  hj  con- 
sulting the  registers  ?  The  age  of  the  son,  if  cer- 
tified, will  of  course  to  a  certain  extent  prove 
that  of  the  father.  The  date  which  I  have  given 
above  for  William  Pratt's  birth,  is  not  his  father's 
statement,  but  my  own  deduction  from  some  of 
bis  remarks,  and  may  therefore  be  one  or  two 
years  in  error.  I  have  not  the  honour  of  Miss 
l?lumptre*s  acquaintance,  but  I  would  have  ven- 
tured to  ask  her  for  a  copy  of  the  register  had 
she  been  at  home,  which  I  understand  she  is 'not 

Hbrhentbude. 

Damboabd  (3^  S.  i.  347.) — A  ludicrous  cir- 
cumstance is  told  arising  from  the  Scottish  cor- 
ruption of  the  word  to  dambroad.  Two  ladies  of 
that  country  went  to  a  London  shop  where  table- 
cloths were  sold ;  the  patterns  of  which,  as  is 
known,  sometimes  resemble  the  squares  of  a  chess- 
board. After  being  shown  several  patterns,  they 
asked  the  shopman,  '^  Have  you  none  of  the  dam- 
broad  kind  ?  *  He  was  a  little  taken  aback  at 
what  he  thought  a  strange  question,  especially  by 
a  lady ;  but,  recovering  his  composure,  replied : 
^  No,  Ma'am ;  we  have  many  of  them  very  broad, 
but  none  of  them  dam-broad.**  T. 

Fold  (3'*  S.  i.  187,  353.)  —  That  the  name 
Dizon-Fold  is  not  marked  "  on  a  map  of  Lan- 
cashire, printed  at  the  end  of  the  sixteenth  cen- 
tury,** will  be  believed  at  once  by  any  one  at  all 
acquainted  with  Lancashire  names,  without  the 
additional  assurance  contained  in  Sidnbt  Youko*8 
Note.  The  word  fold  originally  means  enclosure, 
and  is  the  enclosure  round  some  tolerably  large 
farm.  The  farm  increases  in  importance,  other 
houses  are  built  near  it — these  soon  form  a  ham- 
lety  then  a  village,  next  perhaps  a  small  town  — 
and  the  original  name  of  the  one  house  is  retained 
as  the  appellation  of  the  larger  cluster.     That 


fold  is  Tiot  a  corruption  of  feld,  will  I  think  be 
evident,  from  the  systematic  and  repeated  use  of 
the  word.  I  can  enumerate  the  following  in  my 
own  neighbourhood  (East  Lancashire):  Townsend- 
foU  Gregory  Fold,  Hartley  feld^  Phinehas-Fold, 
and  Collinge  Fold.  All  these  were  originally 
single  farms,  but  are  now  either  clusters  of  nouses 
or  small  hamlets.  The  omission  of  the  possessive 
s  is  very  characteristic  of  our  district :  **  Dick- 
Bradshaw-wife,**  would  be  the  cam  spota  of  one 
Richard  Bradshaw.  Hence,  Townsend-Fold  would 
be  the  enclosed  farm  belonging  to  one  Townsend, 
probably  a  well-to-do  yeoman.  L.  H.  M. 

In  further  reply  to  J.'s  Query,  I  beg  to  state 
that,  in  the  neignbiourhood  of  Bury,  in  Lancashire, 
are  dozens  of  places  the  names  of  which  have  the 
termination /a/(f.  In  almost  every  case,  the  name 
belongs  to  a  factory  and  its  attendant  cottages : 
the  outbuildings  and  yard  at  the  back  of  which, 
being  enclosed  with  a  wall  in  which  is  a  gate,  this 
yard  very  much  resembles  a  fold  yard.  In  almost 
every  case,  too,  the  prefix  is  the  surname  of  the 
owner  of  the  premises.  One  or  two  exceptions  I 
could  mention,  Wool'fold  for  instance. 

H.  PAJLuaa. 

Cromwell  Lbb  (3"*  S.  i.  310.  379.)— Cromwell 
Lee's  descendants  lived  in  co.  Tipperary,  at  Craig 
Castle,  the  ruins  of  which  still  exist.  The  last 
proprietor  disinherited  his  only  son,  who  displeased 
him  by  a  marriage,  and  left  him  but  a  small  por- 
tion of  the  property  called  Barna,  which  lies 
within  half  a  mile  of  the  castle.  This  estate  has 
been  inherited  in  the  direct  line  up  to  the  present 
time.  I  am  one  of  the  sisters  of  tne  late  proprie- 
tor, Henry  Lee,  who  has  left  four  sons  all  young 
children.  A  portion  of  the  Litchfield  arms,  carved 
in  stone,  still  remain  at  Barna ;  the  family  papers 
are  all  destroyed,  and  the  title-deeds  were  cut  up 
by  my  great-grandfather  for  tailor*s  measures. 

£.  Lbb. 

Numismatic  :  Coin  oa  Mbdal  of  Quebn  Yic- 
ToaiA  (3"^  S.  i.  330,  379.)  —  Your  correspondent 
Y.  Z.  evidently  refers  to  what  is  called  the  **  Gothic 
Crown"  of  Queen  Victoria,  struck  as  a  pattern 
crown.  It  is  quite  of  the  type  of  the  current 
florin,  and  is  a  beautiful  piece  of  numismatic  de- 
sign and  executi6n.  The  artist  is  Mr.  Wyon,  R.A., 
chief  engraver  to  the  Mint.  The  following  is  a 
description  of  it :  —  Obverse.  Profile  bust  of  the 
Queen,  crowned,  to  the  lefl ;  her  robe  ornamented 
with  rose,  thistle,  and  shamrock.  The  legend,  in 
Gothic  letters,  "  Victoria  Dei  Gratia  Britanniar. 
Reg.  F.D.**  Reverse.  The  arms,  crowned,  of  the 
three  kingdoms,  represented  not  quarterly,  but  on 
separate  escutcheons,  ranged  base  to  base  in  the 
form  of  a  cross.  In  the  angles  an  elaborate  fret- 
work, with  rose,  thistle,  and  shamrock.  The  le- 
gend, **Tueatur  unita  Deus— Anno  MDCCCXLvn.*] 
On  tlie  edge,  "  Decus  et  Tutamen — Axuda  Brs^^ 


400 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


IV*  B.  J.  Hat  17,  ft 


Undecimo,"  with  krose  bettreen  each  word,  and  a 
erown  cluaing  the  scnlence.  Ai  to  tlic  value  of 
this  beantifui  pattern-crown,  surelj  Y.  Z.  ia  m 
error  in  aajing  that  ten  BOvemgnB  have  been 
offered  for  it  b;  collectors.  M;  specimen,  which 
ia  B  Tcrj  brilliaat  one,  cost  me  leia  than  one 
pound ;  and  in  a  sale  catalogue  before  me,  I  find 
the  coin  quoted  at  one  pound  one  EhilUiog.  £c 
majr  be  noted  that  the  laat  previous  sovereign 
crowned  upon  our  coins  was  Chsrles  IL 

Janh  J.  LuiB. 

Underwood  Cottage,  falBler. 

TiTLE-PiOEB  (3'"  S.  i.  2S0.)  —  The  "  Fables  " 
inquired  afier  bv  E,  D^  I  believe  he  will  find  to 
be  a  vnlutne  published  in  1768,  Svo,  hy  Dr.  Wil- 
liam Wilkie,  an  eccentric!  profesMr  at  St,  An* 
drew'i,  N.B ,  and  author  of  a  forgotten  epic,  baaed 
on  ID  episode  in  Homer,  which,  to  the  uonfusioa 
of  the  critics,  he  dubbed  The  Epigoniad.  yor 
notice  of  Wilkie,  abould  such  be  wisbed,  consult 
Grosart's  edition  of  the  Worki  of  the  Scottish 
poet,  Robert  Fergusaon,  who  wrol«  a,  pastoral 
elegy  on  his  death.  r. 

Islet  Familt  (S""  S.  i.  358.)  —Will  Sp*l  ob- 
lige me  with  a  reference  to  any  printed  docu- 
ments? L.  P. 

UmvBHsrrr  DisctPLntm  (S"*  8.  i,  291,  359.)  — 
Friends  of  Mr,  W.  G.  Ward  will  hardly  recoanise 
his  name  as  transmitted  to  posterity  by  Mb.  Wal- 
coTT  in  your  pnaes,  as  Mr.  G.  N.  Ward. 

G.  M.G. 


NOTES  OS  BOOKS.  ETC 


.  t./^^ 


■T>„ 


y  W.  Hipworth 


a  PiTintal  ttutnry  of 
Lord  Baeon  having  b»n  called  for  too  rapidly  ta  admit 
flE  bla  proBling  by  the  diMUflaioni  lo  which  it  gave  rise, 
he  hai  ia  Iha  present  valume  availed  himielf,  not  only  of 
the  Heir  lustBrisIs  vrbicb  have  been  discovered  at  ilaC- 
field  and  tbe  Six  Clerks'  Offiw,  but  also  of  lbs  advi<ie  of 
eame  of  the  moat  able  lawyers  OD  Ilia  bench,  and  has  almost 
Mtiiely  ra-writUa  it  Uia  views  of  Bicon'a  cbarac- 
Ur  ramaia  unaltered;  but  even  ibose  who  differ  most 
'Widely  in  tbair  eatimite  of  Bacon  from  Mr.  Dixon,  must 
admit  that  Ibis  Story  of  big  Life  ia  told  with  graal  ability, 
and  will  be  read  with  ^reat  interest. 

A  Sfemolr  of  Sir  Fhiiip  SiAiiy.  j^  H.  R.  Fos  Boorue. 
(Chapman  h  Hall.} 

That  Sir  Philip  Sidney,  who  seama  rather  a  hero  of 
lomanca  thaa  a  bero  of  biator]-,  and  whoaa  excallencea 
were  marred  by  so  few  infirmities,  should  havo  waited 
Utl  now  fnr  a  biographer  worthy  of  his  merits,  seems 
Indeed  most  strange,  well  indeed  might  Anibonyh  Wood 
remark,  that  it  was  "lo  be  wished  lliat  Sir  Philip  Sidney's 
life  might  be  written  bj  eome  judicioQ*  hand,  and  that 
the  imperfect  Essay  of  Lord  Brooke  might  be  supplied." 
What  honei-t  Anthony  wished  Mr.  Bourne  has  success- 
Ally  act^Duiplisbed.  VVe  have  in  tbe  volume  befoie  ns 
the  deuili  of  Iho  active  noble  life  of  Sidney,  sought  out 
irlth  great  diligence,  and  lold  witb  great  ability.    But 


much  as  ba  has  laboured  to  peoftray  Kdnay  as  a  soldier 
ler  •rill  rlss 


from  a  perusal  of  Mr,  Bourne's  labonra 

pnviation  of  Sidney's  characler,  and  certainly  nut  witb' 

ODI  acknowledging  the  merits  of  Sidney'a  last  and  b«( 

biographer. 


An  Essay  which  will  be  read  witb  pleasuis  by  clancal 
Blndenta. 

Tht  Boot  qf  Daui :  a  MuceJlarjl  of  Popuiar  Aatigutia 
ia  QnuudioH  Kxlh  lAi  Caltudar.  Parti  II.  IlJ.andiV. 
(\V.&B.Cbanibera.) 

These  three  Parle  of  this  new  Ettrf-Day  Bttnk  briogs 
the  Calendar  down  lo  Valentine's  Day.  More  varied 
Ibaa  its  predecessor  in  iti  literary  character,  it  is  aearcaly 
equal  to  it  in  its  woodcots. 

Ttda  IBulriOini  of  Omrcli  Hilfy.  Etnla*d :  VA  I. 
TV  Early  P^tiod.  E-gUnd .-  VoL  IL  tke  XiiiMal 
Period.     {J.  H.  &  J-  Parker.) 

We  ore  glad  to  aee  these  tales,  so  well  calcnlalM)  for 
use  in  Church  Schools,  issued  in  tbe  presaot  collected 


^a  have  been  added  to  the  library  daring  tfc* 
past  year.  That  during  the  same  period  there  have  MM 
added  to  the  Manuscript  Di;pertnieat  no  IcM  than  iH 
MSS..  among  whieh  are  tbe  "  Pmdenlius,"  the  "  Venan- 
tius  FortunalBs,"  sod  English  "  Folychronicon."  from 
IheTeniaon  Libraiyi  Henry  of  Huntiugdon's  "Historia 
Anglorum  ; "  "  Taxalio  Ecclesiaatica  Anglin ; "  BoMlvtl 
Transcripts  of  Privy  Seal  Documents,  from  Kkbard  I L  ta 
Heniy  V. ;  and  eome  iaedited  Chronicles  fnlnl  the  Savils 
Collection.  Various  other  articles  of  great  interest  are 
eanmerated,  among  wh<cb  are  no  less  than  120  odgins] 
Letters  and  Poems  of  Cowper. 

NATtoHA!.  PoETRAiT  GALLBitT.  —  The  additions  » 
this  interesting  gallery  during  the  past  vaar  are  pi)ilnil» 
of  Charles  11.,  Lord  Eimanth,  and  VVillisoi  tIuniiDgd«B. 
donations.  The  purchases  are  fifteen  in  number,  ria 
busts  of  Cromwell.  Charles  James  rox.  Laid  StowelL 
Francis  Jeffrey,  and  Lord  George  Benllnck  ;  aod  poi^ 
traits  of  Sir  I'homas  PIclon.  Queen  Anna  of  Denmark, 
Cardinal  York,  Oliver  Golrismith.  WhiilieU.  Wesley,^ 
Kiehard  Aikwriglit,  Admiral  Hood,  Lord  Byron,  and  tha 
Duke  of  Marlborough.  Well  may  the  trustees  coll  out 
for  additional  space  in  which  lo  display  their  tr 


Aotitt'  to  Carrc'iinnlirnU. 

r  V'aWi  Vaajr^crtDH  reonUif ,  mf  JU,  *■!,  V*  vifljaf,  LSSiAw' 
WMjF^lraEgnn^-l(™  q^^/iut  Mt.,fr  nf2ml"i>  M 


a«d  S.  I.  Mat  24,  '62.] 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


401 


LONDON  SATURDAY,  MAY  9h  1862. 


CONTENTS— No.  21. 


^OTES :  —  The  Re^iaters  of  the  Stationers*  Company.  401 

—  Etymologies :  Gossamer.  Vouchsafe,  Mess,  Glove,  Cate. 
Catamaran,  Cot-quean,  Baron,  Marry  gup,  Babbit,  and 
Crawfish,  403  — North  Devonshire  Folk  Loro,  404— Old 
Mrmorial  Rhymes,  405. 

_iroB  NoTSS :  — Emendations  emended— Case  of  Forget- 
fiilness  of  having  eaten  after  Sleep— Holyland  Family, 
405. 

QUERIES:— Bishop  Coverdale*s  Bible,  406— Anonymous 

—  Arms  of  the  Kingdom  of  Leon —The  Battle  in  1016  be- 
tween Canute  and  Edmund  Ironsides  —  Robert  Bruce. 
Prince  of  the  Picts  —  The  Blaushords — Robert  Campbell, 
Esq.  — Lord  Chatham's  Coffin— Cochran  or  Dundonald 
Family  —  Douglas  Cause  —  Knighting  of  Sir  Francis  Drake 

—  The  Rev.  Jas.  Gray  —  Ueyworth  Genealogy  —  Hawkins 
Creet  —  Japanese  Laidies  —  Hackelcau  Fanuly— Mathew 

—  Monastic  Orders  —  Montague  Baron  Rokeby  —  "  Ob- 
servations on  the  Lord's  Prayer"  — English  Refugees  in 
Holland  —  St.  Catherine's  Hills  —  Stythe,  407. 

QusxiES  WITH  AirswBBfi :  —  Lough  Killikeon  and  Lough 
Onghter — Tapestry  in  the  late  House  of  Lords  —  William 
Browne's  "Britannia's  Pastorals "  —  " Hurlothrumbo : " 
••  Tom  Thumb  **  —  Jacob  and  James,  410. 

BEPLIES:—  Centenarians,  411  —  Moneyers'  Weights,  412— 
Kennedy  Familv,  413  —  Alliterative  Inscriptions,  411  — 
Anglo-Saxon  —  Patrick  Ruthven  —  Arms  of  Wilkes  —  Vis- 
count Canada  —  Edmund  Burke- Italian  Quotation  — 
Canadian  Seigneurs  —  Insecure  Envelopes  —  On  being 
covered  in  the  Royal  Presence — Lambeth  Degrees  —  An- 
thony Devis  —  Portraits  of  Archbishop  Cranmer  —  Por- 
traits by  G.  Flicciis— Ulric  von  Hutten— Orange-butter 


traits  oy  i 
— W.  Ofdyi 


St  &c,  414. 


THE  REGISTERS  OF  THE  STATIONERS' 

COMPANY. 

(^Continued  from  p.  363.) 

is  Aprilis  [1593].— Mr.  Woodcock.  Entred 

for  his  copie  a  booke  entituled  Idea.    The  Shep^ 

perdeM  garland,     Fasshioned  in  x  edoges,  and 

mlowed  under  Mr.  Hartwell's  hand:   iiiJtrat,  in 

id 


vj 


[Wa  have  a  copy  of  this  rare  work  by  Michael  Dray- 
ton tMfore  us,  which  has  the  additional  recommendation 
of  haTiog  once  belonged  to  the  unfortunate  Earl  of  Essex, 
to  whom  it  was  doubtless  presented  by  his  client,  the 
anthor.  In  addition  to  the  portion  of  the  title-page  given 
in  tlie  entry,  it  is  called  nowlandPt  Sacrifice  to  the  Nine 
JfiuMS ;  consisting  in  fact  of  only  nine  Eclogues,  instead 
of  ten,  as  the  clerk  at  Stationers'  Hall  erroneously  repre- 
sented. The  imprint,  repeated  at  the  end  of  the  work,  is 
as  follows:  —  "Imprinted  at  London  for  Thomas  Wood- 
Godce,  dwelling  in  Paul's  Churchyarde,  at  the  Signe  of  the 
black  Beare,  1593,"  4to.  This  was  Drayton's  second 
known  production.  The  concluding  words  of  the  entry 
mean,  c^  coarse,  that  the  license  was  granted  in  a  fhll 
Conrt  of  the  Company.] 

Widowe  Cbarlwood.  Entred  for  her  copie  a 
booke  intituled,  Gervis  Mackwin  his  Thyrsis  and 
Daphne vj**. 

[For  Gervis  Mackwin  we  should  in  all  probability 
Yead  Gervate  Markham,  who  afterwards  became  a  very 
well -known  writer,  and  who  appears  to  have  mainly  sub- 
aiated  by  his  pen.  No  such  poem  as  is  here  recorded  has 
come  down  to  vs.] 


2  Maij.-— Richard  Field.  Entred  for  his  copie, 

a  booke  intituled  The  firet  parte  of  christian  pas" 

sions,  conteyninge  a  hundred  Sonnetts  of  meditation^ 

humiliation^    and  prayer^    aucthorised  under  the 

hande  of  the  L,  Bisshop  of  London ,     .     .     .     vj*. 

[We  never  saw  any  copy  of  a  work  so  entitled :  if  it 
now  exist,  it  has  not  fallen  in  our  way.] 

7  May. — Tho.  Or  win.  Entred  for  his  copies,  by 
assent  of  a  Court  holden  this  day,  these  bookes 
folowinge,  whicbe  were  Kingston*s,  and  after 
George  Robinson*s,  whose  widowe  the  said  Orwin 
hath  married :  — 

The  Whetsion  of  Wytt. 

Mr,  WilsofCs  Retorih  and  Logik, 

Acolastus -V'  viij'. 

[The  widow  Robinson  not  long  afterward?  became  a 
widow  again,  and  as  "the  widow  Orwin"  published 
various  works.  The  Whetttone  of  Wit  is  known,  and  is 
merely  a  book  of  instruction  in  Arithmetic.  Dr.  Wilson's 
Arte  of  RAetorick  and  Loaick  hsd  been  published  fifty 
years  before  the  date  of  this  entry  of  these  reprints  of 
them.  Acolattue  must  have  been  a  new  edition  of  the 
translation  (by  Palsgrave,  or  by  some  later  author,)  of 
the  Latin  play  for  the  use  of  young  people.  Acolastut 
first  appeared  in  Holland  before  1530.] 

ix°  die  Maij. — Richard  Feild.  Entred  for  his 

copie,  a  booke  intituled  The  Theater  of  fyne  Dc- 

vises^  conteyning  an  hundred  morrall  Emblemes^ 

translated  out  of  French  by  Thomas  Combe  .    vj*. 

[We  have  never  met  with  any  production  of  this  cha- 
racter, and  under  this  title.  Thomas  Combe  is  not  a 
name  much  known  in  our  literature  of  that  period. 3 

10  May. — Jo.  Wolf.  Entred  for  his  copies,  twoo 
bookes,  &c.  tbone  intituled  Analysis  logica,  ^^c. 
and  thother  intituled  Parihenophil  and  parthenopcy 
by  B.  Barnes xij**. 

[The  only  existing  copy  of  Parihenophil  and  Parthe- 
no^te ;  Sonnettes,  Madriaale,  Elegiee,  and  Odee,  is  in  the 
library  of  the  Duke  of  l^evonshfre,  having  formerly  be- 
longed to  Bishop  Dampier.  The  printer's  name  and 
date,  if  it  ever  hsd  any,  are  cut  off  at  the  bottom  of  the 
title-page;  but  an  address  "to  the  Reader"  is  dated 
May,  1598.  The  dedication  is  **  to  the  right  noble  and 
vertuous  Gentleman,  M.  William  Percy,"  author  of  Son- 
nets  to  the  Faireet  Cadia,  1594,  and  of  some  MS.  plays,  also 
now  in  the  library  of  the  Duke  of  Devonshire.  Gabriel 
Harvey,  in  his  Pierce's  Supererrogation,  1593,  mentions 
the  ParthenophU  and  Parthenophe  of  Barnabe  Barnes  with 
extravagant  praise,  little  deserved  by  the  production  as 
it  has  come  down  to  us;  which  is  just  as  violently  over- 
abused  by  T.  Nash,  in  his  Have  with  you  to  Saffron  iValden, 
1596.  Harvey  puts  Barnes  on  a  level  with  Spenser,  and 
refers  to  his  services  as  a  soldier  under  the  Earl  of  Essex 
in  France,  Portugal,  and  the  Netherlands.  The  late 
Duke  of  Devonshire  promised  the  present  writer  an  op- 
portunity of  reprinting  ParthenophU  and  Paritienophef  but 
unfortunately  his  Grace  died  before  a  transcript  could  be 
made  of  it.] 

xvj®  Junij.  —  John  Wolf.  Entred  for  his  copie, 
&c.  a  booke  intituled  A  short  dialogue  concerninge 
the  arraignement  of  certen  CaterpiUers     .     .     vj*. 

xyj**  die  Junij.  —  John  Wolf.  Entred  €<st  Vaa^ 


402 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


[8^  &  L  Mat  U,  ■tt 


copie,  &c.  a  booke  intituled  The  Abuse  of  BeoaUye^ 

represented  under  the  title  of  Shore*s  wife     .    vj**. 

[Of  course,  by  Thomas  Churchyard :  it  was  re*written 
and  reprinted  by  him  sereral  times,  but  we  do  not  re- 
member ever  to  have  seen  a  copy  where  it  was  separated 
from  other  poems  by  the  same  author.  It  had  consider- 
able popularity;  and  the  writer  much  plumed  himself 
upon  a  performance  applauded  by  his  friend  T.  Nash. 
Churchyard  did  not  cease  to  write  until  some  time  after 
James  1.  came  to  the  throne.] 

25  Junij.  —  Robert  Robinson.  Entred  for  his 

copie,  &c.  twoo  bookes,  which  were  Singleton's 

copies,   tbone  called  The  pensive  matCs  practise^ 

and  thother  The  precious  pearle     .     .     [no  sum.] 

[  The  Pcngive  Man*i  Practice  was  by  John  Norden.  It 
first  came  out  in  ibSii ;  and  was  so  often  reprinted,  that 
it  reach  a  thirtieth  impression  before  the  year  1600.] 

xxvj°  die  Junij. — John  Norton.  Entered  for 
his  copie,  &c.  a  booke  intituled  A  discoverye  of 
the  unnaturall  and  trayterous  conspimcie  of  Scot' 
tish  papistes  apaynst  God,  his  churche^  their  native 
Cuntrey,  the  Kinges  ma*^  person,  and  his  estate^ 


Src. 


V 


id 


[At  this  period,  as  Camden  shows  (Konnett  II.  479), 
such  agitation  and  uneasiness  prevailed  in  England  re- 
specting the  King  of  Scotland  and  his  realm,  that  Queen 
Klizubeth  sent  a  special  envoy  to  the  North  on  the  sub- 
ject Out  of  proceedings  there,  the  production  in  ques- 
tion arose.] 

xxvij°  Junij.  —  Abell  Jefies.  Entred  for  his 
copies  twoo  ballads,  the  one  intituled  A  most 
godly  ballad  expressinge  the  wicked  behaviour  of 
age  and  yonih^  ^t.,  and  thother  intituled  7'he  sadd 
lamentation  of  a  constant  yonge  gentlewoman^  ^"c. 

30  Junij. — Tho.  Newman,  Jo.  Wynnyngton. 

Entred  for  their  cr)pies,  Tharraignmenty  judgement, 

and  execution  of  three  wytches  of  Huntingdonshire, 

beinge  recommended  for  matter  of  truthe  by  Mr. 

Juc^e  Fenner  under  his  handwrytinge,  ^c,    .     vj**. 

[No  other  record  of  these  witches,  that  we  are  aware 
of,  has  descended  to  our  time.  The  note  respecting  the 
certificate  of  Mr.  Justice  Fenner  is  very  remarkable; 
and  so  unusual  does  it  seem  to  have  been,  that  we  are 
told  in  a  sub -note  in  the  Register:  "The  note  under  Mr. 
Justice  Fennor*s  hand  is  layd  up  in  the  Warden's  cup- 
bord."] 

John  Danter.  Entred  for  his  copie,  &c.  a  booke 
intituled  The  Tyrror  of  the  night,  or  a  discourse 
of  apparisions vj'*. 

[By  Tbomns  Nash,  whose  name  is  on  the  title-page: 
the  tract  being  called,  •*  The  Terrors  of  the  Night;  or,  a 
Discourse  of  Apparitions — *  Post  Tencbras  Dies.*  Thos. 
Nashe.  London:  Printed  by  John  Danter  for  William 
Jones,"  &c.,  1594,  4to.  In  it  Nash  with  gratitude  con- 
fesses his  obligations  to  the  Carew  family ;  but  it  is  clear 
that  be  was  then  writing  under  the  pressure  of  pecuniarv 
wants.  It  is  one  of  the  rarest  and  worst  of  this  author's 
productions.] 

vj***  Julij. —William  Jones.  Entred  for  his 
copie,  &c.  a  booke  intituled  The  trouhlesom  Reign 
and  Lamentable  death  of  Edward  the  Second,  King 


of  England,  with  the  tragicall  faU  of  proud  Mot' 
tymer yj*. 

^This  is  the  entry  of  Marlowe*8  famous  tragedy;  M 
it  18  remarkable  that  it  did  not  come  from  the  press,  ii 
far  as  we  know,  until  1598,  when  it  was  **  Imprinted  il 
London  by  Richard  Bradocke  for  William  Jones."  It 
may  be  seen  in  vol.  ii.  of  Dodsley's  Old  Plays,  edit  I8tt 
Marlowe  had  been  killed  by  Francis  Archer  on  1st  Jum, 
1598,  about  a  month  before  the  date  at  which  we  htm 
now  arrived  in  the  Registers.] 

14  Julij. — John  Wolf.  Entred  for  his  copie,  ftc. 
The  biUes,  brief es,  notes,  and  larges  gyven  oHJt  fat 
the  sichfes,  weehely  or  otherwise      .     .     .     .    y^. 

[Old  Stowe,  who  on  other  matters  has  been  anosaany 
silent  at  this  period,  is  full  of  information  respecting  tki 
Plague  and  its  ravages  in  the  summer  and  aatoma  if  I 
1593.    The  Assizes  for  Surrey  were  held  in  a  tent  in  Si  I 
George's  Fields,  and  Bartholomew  Fair  was  not  allowed  I 
to  be  celebrated.     At  this  date  Thomas  Nash   lells  v,  | 
that  he  was  living  at  or  near  Croydon  (doubtloM  at  Bed* 
dington,  the  seat  of  the  Carews),  where  he  wrote  hii 
noted  drama  of  Summer''s  Last  Will  and  Tewiament,  which 
is  inserted  in  the  last  edition  of  Dod&ley's  Old  Plnp, 
vol.  ix.  p.  13.] 

11  Augusti. — John  Danter.   Item  entred  for 

his  copie,  &c.   a  booke  intituled    The  tearts  of 

fansie,  or  love  disdained.    By  T.  Watson     .    vj*. 

[Only  one  copy  of  this  graceful  collection  of  Soooed 
(for  such  it  is)  is  known,  and  that  is  imperfect  W« 
would  willingly  insert  a  specimen  or  two,  did  our  limits 
allow  of  it:  the  full  title  is  this:  **  The  Tears  of'Faneit; 
or,  Imvc  Di»dained ^- *  MtnsL  gravins  Amor.'  Printed  at 
London  for  William  Barley,  dwelling  in  Orations  Streetr, 
over  against  Leaden  Hall,  ]5»d,*'  4to.  The  initials  T.  W. 
are  at  the  close  of  tho  last  sonnet,  but  the  name  is  gim 
in  the  registration  at  Stationers'  Hall;  it  seems  to  han 
been  inserted  there  as  an  afterthooghL  The  sonnets  wen 
sixty  in  number,  but  four  of  them  are  wanting  in  tli 
middle  of  th«  volume.] 

8^  die  Septembr.  —  Alice  Cbarlewood.  Entiol 
for  her  copye  a  booke  intituled  Christens  tears  over 
Jerusalem yj*. 

[A  well-known  work  by  Thomas  Nash,  in  which  b« 
tried  his  hand  in  a  pious  strain  of  writioir.  Iliere  art 
only  two  editions  of  the  book,  in  1593  and  1613,  but  sonw 
copies  bear  the  date  of  1594.  In  the  first  the  antlur 
strove  to  make  amends  to  Gabriel  Harvey,  bnt  the  latter 
rejected  the  off*er,  apparently  on  the  groand  that  he  did 
not  think  it  sincere,  and  that  Nash  meant  to  pat  him  off 
his  guard,  and  take  advantage  of  him  —  hence  the  fierce 
renewal  of  the  paper  war.] 

xvij®  die  Septembr. — John  Wolf.  Entred  for 
his  copie,  &c.  a  booke  intituled  Tlie  unfortamte 
travellor vj'. 

[Also  bv  Nash,  who  seems  to  have  employed  fa» 
leisure  in  the  country,  while  avoiding  the  infection,  Terr 
industriously.  His  Unfortunate  Traveller,  or  the  Lift  cf 
Jack  WUton,  was  published  in  1594,  4to;  and  was  not 
thought  to  be  a  very  successful  imitation  of  the  st)'Is  of  k 
Thomas  Deloney,  in  his  Jack  of  Newlnay,  Tkamm  «(  ^ 
Reading^  &c.  The  only  copy  we  ever  saw  of  his  U^ff' 
tunate  Traveller  is  in  the  libraxr  which  George  IV.  gavt 
or  sold  to  the  British  Museom.  J 

xxviij^  die  Septembr. — John  Wol£  Eotred  for 
his  copje»  &c.  a  booke  intituled  LwcaiCt  fir^ 


} 


May  24,  »62.] 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


403 


f  the  famous  CiviU  war  betwixt  Pompey  and 

Englisbed  by  Christopher  Marlow .  vj*. 

recent  and  strange  death  of  Marlowe  bad  caused 
1  to  be  directed  to  bis  productions,  witb  a  view 
publication.  His  translation  of  tbe  first  book  of 
'talia  did  not,  however,  come  out  antil  1600,  wben 
Printed  by  P.  Short,  and  are  to  be  sold  by  Walter 
t  the  signe  of  tbe  Flo wer-de- Luce,  in  Panic's 
•ard,  1600,"  4to.  The  Rev.  Mr.  Dyce,  when  he 
1  it  in  1850,  does  not  seem  to  have  been  aware 
ad  many  years  before  been  reprinted  by  Bishop 
imong  the  specimens  of  blank-verse  anterior  to 

The  dedication  is  by  the  same  bookseller  as  the 
r  of  Shakspeare's  Sann^s,  viz.  Thorn.  Thorpe,  as 
d  his  name  in  1600,  and  not  TTtomas  Thorpe,  as 

Mr.  Dyce  gives  it.  The  difference  is  very  im- 
;  and  we  only  mention  it  for  the  sake  of  extreme 
»,  and  in  reference  to  a  recent  question  raised 
e  form  of  Thorpe's  dedication  to  Shakspeare's 
in  1609.] 

Wolf.  Entred  for  his  copye,  &c.  a  booke 
d  Hero  and  Leander^  being  an  amorous 
levised  by  Christopher  Mariow    .     .    vj*. 

owe's  paraphrase  from  Mutteug  was  published 
rs  before  his  first  book  of  Lucan,  bat  here  we  see 
tered  together  in  1593 ;  and  in  1600,  the  title- 
Hero  and  Leandtr  informs  us  that  the  first  book 
I  was  appended  to  it.  We,  however,  never  saw  a 
which  they  were  combined.  We  do  not  believe 
I  words,  **  an  amorous  poem,*'  were  ever  on  the 
^  of  any  printed  edition.] 

J.  Patnb  Collier. 


ETYMOLOGIES. 

11  commence  with  a  correction  of  a  wrong 
ion  I  once  gave :  — 

AMER.  —  A  good  many  years  ago,  in  a  note 
ale  of  mine  in  the  Fairy  Les^ends  of  Ire^ 
regarded  this  word  as  gorse-samyt,  tbe  fine 
'  texture  that  lay  on  the  gorse  or  furze, 
iring,  however,  that  tbe  gossamer  floats  in 
,  that  the  Germans  assigned  its  origin  to 
irf:<,  and  the  French  term  it^  or  toile  de  la 
I  now  think  its  original  name  may  have 
rod's'samyt.  I  need  hardly  say  that  t  and 
ommutable  with  r  as  well  as  with  /. 

:hsafe. — This  appears  to  me  to  be  merely 
?  veut  >auf:  as,  Vettx,  sauf  ton  honnenr^  me 
re.  As  to  its  proper  pronunciation,  I  think 
ot  have  been  that  given  in  Walker,  which 
two  words  of  it.  In  the  first  edition  of 
te  Losiy  it  is  printed  always  votUsafe^  and 
ay  have  been  pronounced.  But  as  vow  and 
rere  forms  of  vouch  and  avouch^  I  rather 
b  was  pronounced  vowsafe, 

s.  —  In  the  sense  of  food,  or  joint-eating,  I 

this  from  the  Spanbh  mesoy  a  table ;  in 

confusion,  &c.,  it  is  merely  a  corruption  of 

So  guize  became  guess^  in  **  another  guess 

*  person."  The  two  forms  occur  in  Fielding. 

VE.  —  This  word  is  peculiar  to  the  English 
the  Teutonic  and  Romanic  languages.    In 


the  former,  the  terms  corresponding  to  it  signify 
hand'skoe ;  and  those  in  the  latter  are  all  derived 
from  the  Teutonic  ?uindy  except  the  Portuguese 
luvoj  which  I  am  inclined  to  derive  from  the 
English  word.  The  latter  is  the  Anglo-Saxon 
gldft  which  may  perhaps  come  from  cUofian^  to 
cleave,  in  allusion  to  the  separation  of  the  fingers ; 
but  as  in  all,  or  nearly  all  languages,  the  name  of 
the  glove  is  connected  with  that  of  the  hand,  so 
the  root  of  ghve  may  possibly  be  the  Celtic  lav 
(Idmh)^  hand :  the  g  being  prefixed,  as  in  some 
other  Ando-Sax.  words.  In  Scottish,  loof  is  the 
palm  of  Sie  hand.  In  the  Danish  dictionary  of 
Kapp  and  Ferrall,  however,  I.  find  haand'lovey 
"  hollow  of  the  hand  ** ;  though  where  the  love 
came  from,  unless  from  the  Scottbh,  I  cannot  tell, 
for  the  Danish  love  has  no  such  sense. 

Gate. — This  seems  to  be  merely  a  form  of 
cakcy  just  as  we  have  mate  and  make ;  and  perhaps 
coty  a  small  boat,  may  be  only  a  form  of  cock 
(-boat).  I  think  it  not  unlikely,  too,  that  cat'tn^ 
pan  may  be  caie'in^pan — alluding  to  the  frequent 
turning  of  a  cake  when  baking  in  a  pan,  that  it 
may  be  done  equally  on  both  sides. 

Catamaran.  —  If  this  name  of  the  surf-boats 
used  at  Madras  is  not  of  Indian  origin,  I  would 
derive  it  from  the  Portuguese  Oata  marina,  *  sea- 
cat,  as  it  is  never  submerged ;  but,  like  the  cat, 
always,  as  we  may  say,  falls  on  its  feet.  This, 
however,  may  be  a  well-known  derivation,  but  I 
have  never  met  with  it. 

CoT-QUBAN.  —  This,  I  suspect,  is  simply  a  cor- 
ruption of  cook'queanf  or,  as  we  would  now  say, 
cook'maid :  — 

**  And  I  heard  him  say,  should  he  be  married. 
He'd  make  his  wife  a  cuck-quean" 

Four  Prentiss  of  London, 

A  man  that  interfered  in  the  kit<ihen  was  called 
a  cook-quean^  or  cot^quean :  just  as  a  boy  that  is 
effeminate  is  called  a  Afiss  MoUy. 

Baron. — This  word  signifying  warrior  in  the 
Romanic  tongues,  comes,  I  think,  from  wehrman, 
warrior — still  a  proper  name  in  Germany. 

Marrt  gup. — This  is  Marry ^  go  up,  sc.  to  me. 
The  same  in  sense  as  Marry^  come  up^  sc.  to  me ; 
go  being  the  same  as  come,  as  ^o  to  is  the  same  as 
come  to,  sc.  me. 

Rabbit,  Lapin^  Fr. —  I  would  derive  both  these 
words  from  the  Greek  name  Bcut^ovq,  -oSof  (dasypus, 
"odis,  Lat.).  By  syncope  it  became  dapod,  and  d 
is  commutable  with  /  and  r,  and  the  French  were 
fond  of  substituting  their  diminutive  in  or  on;  so 
of  AJberich  they  made  Oberon, 

CRAwnsH.  —  If  this,  and  not  crayfish,  be  the 
original  form,  it  may  be  merely  crawUfish  or  c2au7- 
fish,  either  of  which  is  expressive  of  its  nature. 
The  French  ecrevisse,  which  might  seem  to  be  the 
original  of  crayfish^  may  come  from  the  Dutch 
kreeft'viseh  (pr.  viss),  crab.    Tnoa.  E[j&v<»bxuk«.. 


404 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


[8»i  &  L  Mat  24,  *». 


NORTH  DEVONSHIRE  FOLK  LORE. 

Whilst  modern  supematuralism  is  presenting 
new  chapters  of  the  marvellous,  jou  may  be  wil- 
ling to  preserve  the  memory  of  a  departing  cre* 
(luUtjr  in  the  shape  of  a  strange  story  from  North 
Devon,  and  a  few  notes  of  wonderful  powers  not 
less  firmly  believed,  and  perhaps  not  less  worthy 
of  belief,  than  the  spiritual  intercourse  of  your 
London  saloons. 

Four  j^ears  ago,  as  Rector,  I  had  to  repair  the 
chancel  in  this  parish.  On  raising  the  pavement 
the  masons  came  upon  an  excavation  in  the  un- 
derlying rock,  which  had  contained  a  box  about 
15  or  18  inches  in  length.  It  fell  to  pieces  when 
discovered,  and  the  builder  supposed  it  might 
have  contained  the  body  of  a  still-oorn  child.  But 
on  returning  home  from  my  parish  round,  my 
man  accosted  me  with  the  inquiry,  whether  I  had 
seen  what  the  masons  had  found  ?  As  I  had  not, 
he  described  it  to  me ;  adding,  that  he  had  every 
reason  to  believe  that  there  were  some  very  affect- 
ing circumstances  connected  with  it.  It  required 
very  little  encouragement  to  draw  the  following 
story  from  him : — It  might  have  been  sixty  years 
ago  or  more,  at  Barnstaple  Fair  (the  great  epoch 
in  these  parts),  when  a  young  woman,  belonging 
to  our  parish  but  in  service  just  beyond  its  bor- 
ders, being  jeered  by  her  companions,  declared 
that  she  would  go  to  the  fair  and  not  return 
without  a  sweetheart,  though  it  should  be  the 
Evil  One  himself.  Molly  Richard8*s  charms,  how- 
ever, attracted  no  admirers ;  and  she  was  jogging 
homewards  alone,  when  she  was  joined  by  a  man 
who  called  himself  Will  Easton,  and  who,  after  a 
little  parley,  was  allowed  to  mount  behind  her. 
He  frequently  visited  her  in  the  evenings,  but 
always  disappeared  as  soon  as  a  light  was  brought 
across  the  threshold.  Oflen  he  was  heard  singing; 
and  the  farmer's  wife  once  called  out,  "  Thee*s  got 
a  beautiful  voice.  Will ;  I  wish  thee*d  let  us  see 
thy  face,**  —  but  her  request  was  in  vain.  So  the 
courtship  went  on,  till  one  night  a  terrible  noise 
was  heard,  as  of  a  number  of  men  threshing  upon 
the  roof;  and  the  unfortunate  Molly  was  found 
wedged  in  between  the  bed  and  the  wall,  in  a 
place  where  you  could  not  get  your  hand.  Ten 
men  could  not  draw  her  out ;  and  they  brought 
twelve  parsons  to  conjure  her,  but  all  in  vain,  till 
a  thirteenth,  the  pardon  of  Ashford,  came ;  who, 
being  a  great  scholar,  outwitted  the  enemy.  He 
asked  the  spirit  whether  he  claimed  immediate 
possession,  or  whether  he  would  wait  till  the 
candle  which  they  had  lighted  was  burnt  out. 
And  the  unwary  spirit,  either  out  of  politeness,  or 
fear  of  so  many  clergy,  having  consented  to  wait 
until  the  candle  was  burnt  out,  the  parson  imme- 
diately blew  it  out  and  put  it  into  a  box  ;  which 
box,  it  was  believed,  had  been  built  into  the  wall 
of  Marwood  church.    But  when  tibe  masons  came 


upon  a  small  box  underneath  the  pavement,  my 
man  had  no  doubt  that  it  was  the  identical  box. 
And,  "  Sure  enough,**  said  he,  *•  when  they  came 
to  search,  they  found  the  snuff  o*  the  candle.**  He 
"  minded  the  woman,**  when  he  was  himaelf  a  boj: 
an  awful  old  woman  who  used  to  wander  aboat  by 
the  lanes  and  hedges,  as  if  she  had  something  dreid- 
ful  upon  her  mind.  The  farmer  with  whom  he 
served  his  apprenticeship  was  one  of  the  ten  who 
tried  to  drag  her  out  from  behind  the  bed  ;  and  be 
never  liked  to  have  the  matter  talked  of,  nor 
would  give  any  satisfaction  to  **  his  missis  **  when 
her  feminine  curiosity  set  her  asking  about  it 
Hiey  sud  that  her  death  was  awful ;  and  that  the 
overseer,  who  was  with  her  at  the  last,  spent  the 
night  reading  his  Bible,  and  declared  that  nothing 
should  induce  him  to  go  through  sach  another 
night 

Such  was  the  story  told  to  me  by  a  middle- 
aged  man,  who  can  read  the  newspaper,  and  is  by 
no  means  a  fool ;  and  he  says  it  shows  us  bow 
dangerous  it  is  to  utter  such  rash  words.  I  after- 
wards asked  a  woman  of  eighty  about  the  case. 
She  remembered  the  woman,  and  told  the  story 
with  some  small  variations :  "  They  did  say — bat 
people  will  tell  lies  as  well  as  truth — that  she  was 
neard  screeching  as  the  devil  carried  her  away 
over  Lee  wood;**  but  she  was  sure  there  was 
something  in  it,  for  Jan  Janson,  the  tailor,  told 
her  so,  and  he  was  one  of  the  ten  who  tried  in 
vain  to  pull  her  out. 

I  found  this  latter  old  woman  one  day  searching 
for  a  verse  which  she  was  sure  was  in  the  Bible, 
which  enables  you  to  charm  an  adder  so  that  it 
cannot  bite  you :  it  must  not  be  told,  however,  to 
one  of  your  own  sex ;  but  only  by  a  man  to  a 
woman,  and  conversely,  or  else  **you  lose  your 
charter,  and  the  serpent  will  bite  you.**  I  have  a 
worthy  parishioner  who  assures  me  that  he  knows 
words  wat  will  stop  bleeding ;  and  that  persons 
have  been  brought  to  him,  wounded  or  bieedinff 
at  the  nose,  whose  bleeding  he  has  thus  stayed. 
I  cannot  persuade  him  that  the  bleeding  would 
have  stopped  as  soon,  if  he  had  kept  ms  good 
words  to  himself. 

It  b  generally  believed  that  the  seventh  or 
ninth  son  or  daughter  (the  succession  not  having 
been  broken  by  the  intervention  of  a  child  of  the 
other  sex),  has  the  power  of  curing  scrofula. 
Operator  and  patient  must  both  be  fasting ;  and 
something  of  a  mesmeric  treatment  (sirikitigiB  the 
local  word,  cf.  2  Kings  v.  11,  and  streichen^Uterm,) 
is  repeated  seven  or  nine  times  successively  on 
the  day  of  the  week  on  which  the  operator  was 
born.  No  money  must  pass,  but  a  present  is  given 
by  the  patient.  A  blacksmith  in  this  parish,  and 
a  small  coal-dealer  in  the  adjoining  parish,  are 
famous  in  this  way.  The  operation  is  said  to  have 
a  weakening  effect  on  the  mesmeriser ;  and  I  was 
told  that  one  of  these  two  men  (I  foi^t  which)  was 


S'*  a  I.  Mat  24,  '62.] 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES- 


405 


so  exhausted  by  the  resort  of  afHIctcd  persons  to 
him,  that  he  was  forced  to  change  his  residence. 
Usually  the  operator  and  patient  must  be  of  dif- 
ferent sexes;  but  some  persons  are  supposed  to 
have  the  power  of  healing  both  males  and  females. 
Several  persons  have  assured  me  that  they  could 

get  no  benefit  from  doctors,  but  that  the  striking 
ad  not  been  performed  more  than  two  or  three 
times  when  they  found  relief.  I  knew  a  woman 
vrho  set  off  on  this  errand  upon  a  winter*s  morn- 
ing ;  she  slipped  upon  some  ice,  breaking  her  arm 
and  extinguishing  the  light  in  her  lantern ;  but 
her  faith  was  so  strong  that  she  went  on  her  way, 
and,  as  she  says,  received  great  benefit. 

I  will  only  ask  room  for  one  more  story,  told 
me  by  a  clerical  neighbour.  A  man  had  lost  his 
vray  on  the  moor ;  and,  somehow,  whatever  direc- 
tion he  took,  it  always  brought  him  back  to  the 
same  spot.  He  had  heard  of  the  pixies,  and  the 
tricks  which  they  will  play  folks,  and  how  they 
vrere  to  be  baffled.  Very  likely  it  was  all  non- 
sense, but  there  was  no  harm  in  trying;  so  he 
stripped  off  his  coat,  and  turned  it  inside  out,  and 
after  that  he  had  no  difficulty  in  finding  his  way 
home.  F.  W.  Colluon. 

Marwood  Rectory,  Barnstaple. 


OLD  MEMORIAL  RHYMES. 

Amongst  the  MSS.  from  the  Tenison  Library 
sold  last  year  by  Sotheby  and  Wilkinson,  there 
was  a  remarkable  Latin  Service  Book,  or  Prymer, 
dated  1555,  unfortunately  imperfect,  but  full  of 
curious  particulars.  I  venture  to  offer  you  notices 
of  two  for  your  valuable  publication. 

1.  In  the  sale  catalogue  m  which  this  manuscript 

was  announced,  it  was  stated  that  on  the  recto  of 

the  calendar  for  March,  there  was  to  be  found  the 

following  stanza :  — 

**  In  Marche  after  ye  ferste  C 
Tlie  nexte  Priuie  tel  you  me 
The  yridde  [thridde  or  third'\  Snnday  fbl  I  wis 
Paske  dai,  sikir  [svre/y,  certainljf']  hit  is.*** 

When  the  rule  which  is  expressed  in  this  me- 
mory-verse is  rightly  understood,  it  is  probably 
the  shortest  and  easiest  of  all  the  extant  formulae 
for  finding  the  real  date  of  Easter.  The  '*  ferste 
C  **  is  emblematically  the  first  new  moon  in  the 
month ;  the  crescent  C  ([  ;  but  the  next  line  has 
been  either  corrupted  or  not  understood. 

The  word  is  printed  priuie  in  the  sale  catalogue, 
which  might  signify  the  next  secret  symbol ;  but  it 


r  *  This  imperfect  Samm  Missal  is  to  be  resold  on  the 
27th  inst  by  Messrs.  Sotheby  and  Wilkinson.  In  the  Ca- 
talogue of  this  sale  a  more  correct  reading  of  the  lines  Is 
given:  — 

'*  In  Marche  aftir  the  ferste  C 
The  nexte  prime  tell  to  me. 
The  thridde  Sunday  tal  I  wis 
Paske  dai  sikir  hit  is."— Ed.] 


is  much  more  likely  that  it  ought  to  be  read 
prime^  that  is,  the  next  full  moon,  for  which  that 
term  is  used  in  the  tables  prefixed  to  the  Common 
Prayer  Book.  The  universal  application  of  this 
rude  old  rhyming  rule  of  the  fifteenth  century 
may  be  exemplified  thus :  •— 

1786.  New  Moon,  Wednesday,  March  29th;  Ist 
Sunday,  April  2nd ;  2nd  Sunday,  9th ; 
3rd  Sunday,  16th — Easteb. 

1860.  Nsw  Moon,   Thursday,  March  22nd;  1st 

Sunday,  25th;  2nd  Sunday.,  April  1st; 
Srd  Sunday,  8th — Easteb. 

1861.  New  Moon,  Monday  11th;    1st  Sunday, 

17th;  2nd  Sunday,  24th;  drd  Sunday, 
31st— Easteb. 

1862.  New  Moon,  Sunday,  30th;    1st  Sunday, 

April  6th;  2nd  Sunday,  13th;  3rd  Sun- 
day, 20th — Easteb. 
And  so  much  for  this  curiosity. 

2.  There  are  some  other  specimens  of  memory- 
verses  in  the  calendar  prefixed  to  this  very  curi- 
ous book.  Take  the  verse  for  November,  with  the 
best  illustration  of  it  which  I  can  give.  The  verse 
is  as  follows :  — 

**  Sayntes* .  Sanies* .  in  Henen .  ben .  syc .  ker .         ^ 
As .  say .  eth .  Mar .  tyn' .  Brice .  er* 
Re . coide.  Hne^  .  and  .  Besse* .  that  .teU .  CadeJ (Qy. 

canne?) 
Cle.  mentB.Ka.  the.  rin  ».  and.  Sat^o.  anil . " 

From  the  strange  division  of  the  syllables,  and 
the  insertion  of  the  full  points  between  them, 
these  nonsense  rhymes  were  evidently  intended  to 
be  said  as  a  game,  by  which  young  persons  or  the 
commonalty  might  learn  the  principal  holydays 
in  every  month.  The  manner  of  playing  this 
pastime  was  either  by  holding  up  one  hand,  and 
touching  the  ends  of  the  fingers  with  the  other,  as 
each  syfiable  was  recited ;  or  by  laying  one  hand 
down  upon  a  table,  spreading  the  fingers,  and 
touching  the  intervals  whilst  uttering  the  words. 

WnJ^iAM  Tttb. 

42,  Lowndes  Square. 


Emendations  emended. — Some  time  since,  in 
"N.  &  Q,"  I  corrected  the  following  passage  in 
Peele's  Edward  /., — 

**  To  calm,  to  qnalliy,  and  to  compound 
Thank  EngtcauTB  strife  of  Scotland's  climbing  peers,"— 

by  reading  The  ambitious  for  Thank  EnglawTs, 
which  made  excellent   sense;  but  yet  did  not 

Ust  Nov.,  All  Saints.  «  Nov.  2nd,  All  Souls.  »lltb,8 
Martin.  « 18th,  S.  Brice,  Bp.  and  Coal  *  17th,  a  Hash 
Bp.  019th  S.  Elizabeth.  .^  Evidently  a  misprint  fiir 
eanne^  shown  by  the  rhjrme;  ^28td  8.  Clement,  Pope; 
» 25th,  S.  Catherine.  ^^  29th,  S.  Satornus.  "  30th  & 
Andrew. 


406 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


[r*  S.  I.  Mat  24,  '62. 


satisfy  me,  as  it  did  not  account  for  the  introduc- 
tion of  *^  England.**    I  now  read : 

"  The  enkindled  strife  of  Scotland's  climbing  peers,*' 
which  I  regard  as  certain  :  for   The  enkindled 
might    easily  become   Thank  Englandy    in    the 
printer's  mind. 

Again,  in 

**  There  sleeps  Titania  sometime  of  the  night. 
Lulled  in  these  flowers  with  dances  and  delight ; 
And  with  the  juice  of  thin  I'll  streak  her  eyes," 

Midsummer  Night^B  JDreamf 

I  saw  as  I  thought,  clearly,  that  a  line  or  a  couplet 
bad  been  lost  between  the  last  two  lines.  I  was 
not  then  aware  how  frequently  words  seem  to 
have  been  effaced,  or  rubbed  out,  in  the  beginning 
or  end  of  lines  in  the  manuscripts  of  plays ;  but  it 
has  since  occurred  to  me  that  such  may  nave  been 
the  case  here,  and  that  the  poet*s  word  may  have 
been  Than  (i.  e,  then) ;  and  the  two  first  letters 
having  disappeared,  the  printer  naturally  made 
the  remainder  And,  Then  (i.  e.  when  she  is 
asleep),  pronounced  with  emphasis,  will  make  very 
good  sense. 

In  my  reply  to  Ms.  Chance  on  "  Reins,*'  I  gave 
a  wrong  explanation  of  the  origin  of  the  Spanish 
rienda  :  for  it  was  formed  by  a  simple  metathesis 
of  d  and  n,  made  for  the  sake^of  euphony. 

Tuos.  Ebightjlet. 

Casb  ot  Fobgetfulness  of  having  eaten 
AiTEB  Slbbp.  —  The  following  very  curious  case 
may  be  found  in  Adventures  in  the  Peninnda,  by 
an  Officer  in  the  King*s  Grerman  Legion,  pub- 
lished in  London  by  Colburn,  without  date ;  and 
should,  I  think,  be  recorded  in  "  N.  &  Q.**  It  is 
said  (p.  160) :  — 

**  At  length  provisions  arrived,  but  were  not  to  be 
served  oat  till  midnight    I  ]bad  previously  composed 
myself  apon  a  delicious  bundle  of  straw,  and  slept  most 
sweetly !    On  awaking  in  the  morning,  much  refreshed, 
I  coula  not  avoid  expressing  to  an  officer  who  lay  beside 
me  my  regret  at  not  having  aroused  myself  to  partake 
of  the  meat  and  soup.     After  listening  awhile  to  my 
doleful  lamentations,  he  excited  in  me  no  small  surprise  ' 
by  saying  that  I  had  so  partaken — had  been  awakened —  \ 
devoured  my  share  with  uncommon  complacency — and  i 
dropped  off  to  sleep  again ;  and  in  a  few  moments  the  . 
whole  circumstance  floated  dimly  upon  my  recollection,  ; 
like  a  dream."  < 

I  shall  be  glad  if  any  of  your  readers  will  refer  j 
me  to  anv  similar  cases,  which,  if  not  previous- 
ly brougnt  forward,  they   might  transcribe   for 
•*  N.  &  Q. ;"  and  here  offer  my  protest  against  the 
ridiculous  habit  of  publishing  books  without  date. 

J.  Alex.  Davibs. 

HoLTLAND  Family. — As  correctness  is  essential 
in  genealogical,  no  less  than  in  other  researches, 
I  may  be  excused  for  pointing  out  that  "  the 
Hazeir*  in  "N.  &  Q.**  3'«  S.  i.  259,  in  the  Query 
concerning  the  Holylands*,  was  an  error,  caused 
possibly  by  indistinct  writing  on  my  part,  for 


*'the  Hazles,*'   which  is  the  true   name  of  the 
ancient  seat  of  the  chief  line  of  the  El  tons. 

While  on  this  subject,  I  may  as  well  state  that 
the  connection  between  Elton  and  Holyland  was 
that  a  daughter  of  the  Nether  Hall  family  mar- 
ried a  Holyland.  She  was  eventually  the  only 
child  of  her  father,  of  whom  descendants  re- 
mained.  Her  mother,  I  may  add,  was  an  Elton 
of  Pauncefoot  Court,  into  whose  ancestry  and 
lineage  I  would  also  willingly  investigate.  I 
should  be  glad  if  any  correspondent  can  give  a 
clue  to  Holylnnds  in  London,  or  in  Kent,  or 
wheresoever  else  they  may  be  met  with. 

EUOT  MONTAUBAN. 


^ntxiti. 


BISHOP  COVERDALE'S  BIBLE. 

I  have  a  copy  of  I^iyles  Coverdale*s  Bible  in 
quarto,  1 537,  black-letter,  respecting  which  I  shall 
be  glad  of  some  information,  as  it  does  not  appear 
to  agree  exactly  with  any  of  those  described  at 
various  times  in  "  N.  &  Q.** 

Mb.  Geobge  Offoe  says  ("  N.  &  Q."  1*  S.  v. 
60):  — 

**In  1537  this  book  was  reprinted,  both  in  folio  and 
qnarto,  probably  at  Antwerp,  and  in  these  the  words 
*  from  the  Douche  and  Latyn '  were  very  properly  omitted 

these  are  ornamented  with  large  initial  letters, 

with  a  dance  of  death,  and  are  the  rarest  volames  in  the 
English  langnafre.  In  these  the  dedication  is  altered 
from  Queen  Anne  to  Queen  Jane  as  the  wife  of  Henry 

vnL" 

Now  my  copy  agrees  with  this  description  in 
some  points,  but  differs  in  others :  Ist.  The  words 
^  from  the  Douche  and  Latyn  **  are  omitted ;  2ndly, 
the  dedication  is  altered  to  Queen  Jane;  but, 
drdly,  there  is  no  "  dance  of  death  '*  either  on  the 
title-pape  or  elsewhere  ;  4thly,  it  is  stated  to  have 
been  prmted  at  St.  Thomas*s  Hospital,  Southwark, 
by  James  Nycolson,  and  unless  the  type  indicates 
the  fact,  there  is  nothing  to  show  that  it  was 
printed  at  Antwerp. 

In  the  same  vol.  of  "  N.  &  Q.,**  quoted  above, 
p.  109,  the  late  Kev.  Henry  Walter  gave  a  colla* 
tion  of  a  few  verses  of  (renesis  xlL,  according 
to  different  versions ;  but  it  is  evident  be  bad  not 
seen,  or  at  any  rate  had  not  examined,  this  edition 
of  Coverdale*8  Bible,  for  all  his  examples,  except 
the  last,  in  my  copy  agree  with  that  version  which 
he  gives  as  TyndMsy  but  not  with  that  which  he 
gives  as  Cover(lale*s.  The  last  of  his  examples 
(Gen.  xli.  7)  differs  in  my  copy  from  all  of  those 
quoted  by  him. 

In  "N.  &  Q.**  (2°*  S.  iv.  178)  it  is  said  in  an 
interesting  and  elaborate  article :  -~ 

**  The  first  qnarto  edition  of  Coverdale's  Bible  in  a 
nearly  perfect  state  is  quite  as  rare  as  the  folio  edition 
of  1535.  It  wafl  printed  at  Zurich  by  Christopher 
Froschover  in  1550." 


8»*  a  I.  May  24,  '62.] 


NOTES  AND  QUEEIES. 


407 


I  would  ask,  how  is  this  statement  to  be  recon- 
ciled with  that  of  Mr.  Offor  above-giyen  ?  Or 
is  it  meant  that  the  only  rare  quarto  edition  is  the 
Zurich  edition  of  1550  ?  If  this  be  so,  then  it  is 
not  the  Jirst  quarto  edition  of  Coverdale  that  is 
the  rarity. 

I  suppose  my  copy  may  be  of  the  same  edition 
as  that  mentioned  by  Mb.  Offor  (*^N.  &  Q.** 
2"**  S.  vii.  484)  as  "  a  new  edition  in4to,1537; "  but 
it  does  not  a(n*ee  with  his  earlier  account  of  the 
same  edition  given  in  "  N.  &.  Q.,"  1"  S.  v.,  and 

auoted  above,  unless  indeed  the  folio  differed  from 
le  quarto  of  the  same  year,  in  having  the  '^  dance 
of  death,"  and  in  being  **  printed  at  Antwerp."  I 
therefore  venture  to  hope  that  Mb.  Offob  or 
some  other  learned  bibliographer  will  kindly  en- 
lighten me  upon  this  point;  and,  to  facilitate  a 
reply,  I  will  briefly  describe  my  copy. 

The  title-page,  which  is  damaged,  has  a  margin 
with  pillars,  tabernacle-work,  and  flowers,  with 
initial  letters  in  red,  and  runs  thus :  — 

"The  Bv[ble],  that  is  the  holye  Scrypta[re]  of  the 
Olde  and  I^ewe  Testamente  faythfally  translated  in  Eng- 
lysh  &  newly  ouersene  and  correcte.  [ne]  M.v.xxxyn. 
S.  Paul.  II.  Tessa,  iii.  Praye  for  vs  that  the  worde  of 
God  may  haue  fre  passage  and  be  gloryfyed. 

'*  S.  Paul.  Coloss.  III.  Let  the  worde  of  Christ  dwel  in 
yon  plenteouslye  in  al  wysedome. 

•*  Josoe.  I.  iJet  not  theBoke  of  thys lawe departe oute of 
thy  mouth,  but  exercyse  thyselfe  tberin  daye  and  nyghte, 
that  thou  mayeste  kepe  &  do  every  thynge  accordynge 
to  it  that  is  wrytten  therein. 

'*  Imprynted  in  Sowthwarke  in  Saynt  Thomas  Hospi- 
tals by  James  Nycolson. 

**  Set  forth  with  the  Kynges  moost  gracious  licecce." 

In  the  margin  at  the  top  is  a  medallion  with  a 
male  and  female  head  fronting  each  other ;  Ipi'e- 
8ume  of  King  Henry  YIII.  and  Queen  Jane.  Then 
follow  on  the  reverse  of  the  title-page  the  names 
or  "  Abreuiation  "  of  theR**  bokes ; "  then  "  An 
Epistle  to  the  Kynges  hyghnesse."  Next,  "a 
prologe,"  "Myles  Coverdale  unto  the  Christen 
reader ;  *'  then  **  An  Almanacke  for  xix  yeares," 
beginning  with  1537,  and  ending  with  1555,  both 
inclusive ;  then  **  A  prologue  or  preface  made  by 
the  moost  revered  father  i  God  Thomas  Arch- 
bishop of  Caturbury  Metropolita  &  Primat  of 
Englad ; "  then  "  The  contentes  of  the  Scripture.** 
Next,  **  The  names  of  all  the  bookes  of  the  Bible." 
After  these  preliminary  matters,  which,  including 
the  title,  occupy  13  leaves,  comes  the  Bible  itself: 
Ist,  The  Old  Testament;  2nd,  "The  Hagiogra- 
phi,"  t.  e,  the  Apocrypha ;  3rd,  "  The  newe  testa- 
ment;** and,  lastly,  after  the  Revelations,  '*A 
Table  to  finde  the  Epistles  and  Grospels  usually 
reade  in  the  Churche,  accordyng  unto  the  booke 
of  Comon  Prayer,**  of  which  the  last  of  the  two 
leaves  is  wanting. 

The  above  copy  has  been  in  my  family  for 
many  generations,  and  has  been  much  used, 
being  largely  underlined,  and  with  many  marginal 
MS.  notes  in  Latin ;  but  with  the  exceptions  above 


named,  and  one  or  two  leaves  partially  torn,  it  is 
perfect.  E.  A.  D. 

[Coverdale's  BiUe,  Imprynted  by  James  Nycolson, 
Southwark,  4to,  1537,  is  noticed  by  Lea  Wilson  as  among 
i?ie  Bibles,  Tt$tamenU,  etc.,  in  his  Cktlkction,  4to,  1845.  He 
states,  that  **  a  perfect  copy  of  this  rarest  of  editions  is  in 
Earl  Spencer*s  library  at  Althorp,  from  which  1  have  taken 
the  description  of  the  parts  defiaent  in  mine."  There  is  also 
an  imperfect  copy  in  the  British  Museum,  wanting  title - 
page ;  the  first  fire  and  thirteenth  leaf  of  the  prelimi- 
nary matter ;  foL  Cxi,  containing  part  of  the  table,  and 
last  leaf  containing  the  colophon.  Mr.  Wilson  has  also 
priven  a  description  of  C-overdale's  Bible,  fol.  1535,  de- 
dicated to  Henry  VIIL,  and  in  which  allusion  is  made  to 
the  King's  **  dearest  iust  wyfe,  and  most  vertnons  Pryn- 
cesse.  Queue  Anne."  This  volume  he  coinectures  was 
printed  by  Froechover  at  Zurich.  This  is  followed  by  a 
description  of  Goverdale's  Bible,  printed  by  Nycolson, 
Southwarke,  fol.  1586,  in  which  mention  is  made  in  the 
Dedication  of  Queen  Jane.  Perfect  copies  of  this  ex- 
tremely rare  edition  are  in  the  Baptist  Museum,  BnstoU 
and  in  the  Cathedral  Library  at  Lincoln.  —  Ed.] 


Anonymous. — Who  is  the  author  of  a  Poem  on 
Queen  Anne's  Death,  by  a  Lady  of  Quality,  1715  ? 
Also,  of  Dramas  for  Children^  18mo,  published 
by  Baldwin,  about  1825  to  1830  ?        K.  Inglis. 

Glasgow. 

Arms  of  the  Kingdom  of  Leon. — What  is  the 
proper  tincture  of  the  lion  in  the  arms  of  the 
kingdom  of  Leon  ?  Some  of  the  books  I  have 
consulted  say  purpure,  and  others  gules.     Hisp. 

The  Battle  in  1016  between  Canute  and 
Edmund  Ironsides. — The  site  of  this  battle  is  to 
this  day  a  vexed  question.  Various  places  have 
been  named:  Assundun  by  Florence  of  Worcester, 
and  Esesdune  by  Henry  of  Huntingdon.  Also, 
Ashdown,  Essex,  and  Aston,  Berks.  Opinions  of 
the  readers  of  "  N.  &  Q.*'  are  invited.  I  have 
come  to  the  conclusion  that  the  battle  took  place 
iu  the  parish  of  Essendine,  Rutland,  on  the  bor- 
ders of  Lincolnshire,  through  a  portion  of  which 
ground  the  Great  Northern  line  passes.  Early 
earthworks  can  be  traced  there  a  distance  of  half 
a  mile,  and  in  the  centre  of  a  large  field  is  an  ' 
artificial  circular  high  mound  of  considerable  cir- 
cumference. The  situation  of  and  access  to  the 
ground  renders  it  probable  that  it  has  not  been 
examined  by  the  antiquary.  It  is  a  part  of  the 
estate  of  Mr.  Hankey,  of  London. 

Stamfordiensis. 

Robert  Bruce,  Prince  of  the  Picts.  —  The 
following  statement,  on  which  I  should  be  glad  of 
further  information,  is  taken  from  A  Tour  in 
England  and  Scotland,  by  Thos.  Newte,  Esq., 
London,  1791.    It  is  this  — 

**  A  silver  coin  of  Robert  Bruce,  value  half  a  mark,  was 
given  by  a  gentleman  in  Argyleehire  to  Mr.  6.  Dempster, 
and  lost  bv  him  at  Pool-Ewe,  Ross-shire,  with  this  in- 
scription, *  Ikobertus,  Dei  Gratia,  iZex  Scotorum,  PRXBCEPa 
PiCTOBUM.'    This  fact,  whlclv  >a  «o^&sso.^ta^^A.V5'^'^' 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


[3"  a  L  Mat  !*,•«. 


n  side  or  the  couDtry  wu  htill 
el.  And  KCDiidlTi  It  la  ID  in- 
ra  (  ?),  or  the  Scotliih  Imiutlng 
'  '  many  thingi  imitated  the 
il.  contemporoTf  with  th« 
of  Scotluid,  »u  called  the  Prince  of  Wain, 
B  rouniiy  8ut>daed  oy  the  Enclith.  Kobert,  it  teems,  aa- 
ramcd  the  title  of  I'lioco  of  the  Picti,  a  people  that  had 
fallen  under  the  dominion  of  the  Scota." 

Now  tbig  is,  to  eaj  the  least  of  it,  a 
What  ligbt  can  numiBmatistB  and  archnologiats 
sbed  on  tbis  roundlj  asserted,  but  certainly  not 
very  generally  known,  tlUe  of  Robert  the  Bruce  f 
To  those  north  the  Tweed  it  may  seem  truer  to 
say  that  tbc  Scota  copied  the  Prencb  in  moat  cases 
directly,  owing  to  the  constant  intercouree  between 
the  two  nations;  while  those  south  the  Tweed  may 
prefer  to  cherish  the  belief  that  the  "  Britanni 
^ne  toto  orbe  divisi "  were  always  essentially 
John  Bullish,  and  more  inclined  to  fight  their 
Gallic  neighbours  than  to  imitate  tbem.  Con- 
cemin){  this  unique  (F)  coin,  however,  and  its 
superscription,  I  should  be  very  glad  of  any  in- 
formation that  correspondents  of"N.  &Q.  cut 
afford  me.  C.  H.  £.  Cabhichaxl. 

The  BLANBuABDa.  —  Can  any  of  the  numerous 
readers  of  your  valuable  periodical  give  me  some 
information  concerning  the  Bluubards  of  York- 
shire, those  who  have  always  spelt  their  name 
with  an  t  in  place  of  the  usual  and  more  correct  c  f 
Was  there  not  a  family  of  thb  name  seated  near 
Howden  or  Sulby  in  the  be^nning  of  the  last 
century?  What  are  the  arms  and  crest  of  Blan- 
•hardP  E.  B.  P. 

RoBiRT  Camfsell,  Esq.,  father  of  William 
Campbell,  Esq.,  Commissioner  of  Stamps  in  Ire- 
land, &c ,  held  some  office  in  tbe  household  of 
George  IIL  Any  information  respecdnff  him  will 
be  gratefully  received  by  C.  W.  B. 

LoED  Chatham's  Copfik.  —  Tt  is  stated  in  Mr. 
Cyrus  Bedding's  Fifly  Years'  RecoUectvms,  Lite- 
rary  and  Personal,  vol  i.  p.  25,  that  when  the 
Chatham  vault  was  opened  in  Westminster  Abbey 
for  the  burial  of  the  younger  Pitt,  Lord  Chat- 
ham's coffin  "  was  found  turned  on  its  side  .... 
This  was  attribiite<l  by  some  to  the  indiuc  of  tbe 
Thames,  which  bad  covered  tbe  vault  with  slime, 
but  couid  hardly  have  overturoed  a  heavy  leaden 
coffin."  This  statement  is  only  given  as  a  report 
b^  the  author.  Is  it  possible  at  this  distance  of 
time  to  disprove  or  confirm  it?  If  it  be  true, 
how  are  wo  to  account  for  it  f  Guu. 

COCHEAN    OB    DuHftOnALD    Fahilt.  —  In    the 

local  history  of  Renfrewshire  Robert  Cochran  is 
stated  to  be  the  son  and  heir  of  Allan  Cocbran, 
and  &tfaer  of  John  Cochran,  who  was  infeft  in  the 
lands  of  Cochran  about  1498,  wilfaont  any  other 


information  concerning  him  than  that  genealogical 
reference.  In  the  general  history  of  Scotland  itb 
stated  that  Robert  Cochran,  a  mason,  became  ■ 
chief  companion  of  King  James  III.  from  bis  taste 
for  architecture,  was  created  Earl  of  Murr  by  that 
monareh,  and  banged  over  Lauder  bridr^  in  1434 
for  debasing  tbe  coin  of  the  realm.  And  in  the 
Auiobiograpkg  of  a  Seamaji,  by  the  late  Eul  of 
Dundonald,  he  says  that  Kobert  Cocbran  the  ma- 
architect  and  ancestor  of  the 


hanged,  should  rather  have  stated  that  B 
Cochran,  Karl  of  Marr,  was  cruelly  murdered  by 
a  coarse  and  malicious  nobility,  from  his  talenlt 
for  the  fine  arts  and  bis  elevation  to  the  peerage. 
Two  of  the  murderers  belonged  to  Renfrewshire, 
Johu  Stewart,  first  Lord  Damley  and  Earl  of 
Lennox,  and  Robert  Ljle,  second  Lord  Lyie. 
Robert  Cocbran  was  likely  both  a  maaon  and  an 
architect.  Queries,  I.  Is  the  Earl  of  Dundonald 
correct  in  assuming  that  Robert  Cochran,  men- 
tioned in  local  and  general  history,  is  the  same 
person  P  and  2.  Where  did  Robert  Cochran  re* 
ceive  bis  first  rudiments  of  masonry,  or  building 
and  architecture  f  Faiblbt  Abbbt. 

Douglas  Cause,  —  In  the  number  for  this 
month  of  Blackwood's  Magazine,  there  is  a  state- 
ment made  (p.  547)  as  to  the  Duke  of  DouglM 
having  sent  a  gentleman  of  the  namo  of  H^lla- 
shan  to  Rueby  School,  in  1758  ;  at  which  time 
Archibald  Douglas  (afterwards  defendant  in  this 
great  law  plea)  was  one  of  the  pupils  there,  and 
that  this  gentleman  was  enabled  to  single  out 
young  Archibald  (whom  he  had  never  seen  be- 
fore) from  among  the  other  boys  from  his  likeneM 
to  the  family  of^Lady  Jane,  his  aliped  mother- 
It  is  added,  "  that  from  this,  and  other  inquiries, 
the  Duke  became  convinced  of  his  nephew  s  In- 
timacy, and  entailed  his  estat«s  accordingly." 

Now,  without  questioning  the  effect  which  the 
result  of  these  "other  inquiries"  may  have  had 
on  the  Duke,  it  seems  fairly  open  to  doubt  whe- 
ther this  circumstantial  detail  about  Mr.  JtfGla- 
shan  is  not  somewhat  apocryphal  ?  Naming  the 
individual  ^ves  it  no  doubt,  at  first  sight,  an  air 
of  probability  j  but  it  is  certainly  sinpilar  that, 
in  no  part  of  tbe  voluminous  printed  proofs  or 
pleadings  in  the  cause  —  which  extend  to  several 
thousand  pages  — is  there  the  slightest  allusion  to 
this  subject  Proof  of  likeness  was  amply  allowed; 
but  neither  is  this  Mr.  BfGlashan  produced  at  a 
witness  ;  nor,  supposing  he  may  have  di^  in  the 
mean  time,  is  the  evidence  of  the  Head  Master  of 
Rugby  School,  or  any  of  the  pupils,  to  be  foimd 
in  confirmation  of  Uie  statement.  What  adds 
much  to  its  improbability,  is,  that  what  was 
m'essed  on  the  Court  was  the  likeness  to  Lady 
Jane's  family,  not  of  Arohibald  Douglas,  the 
Rugby  scholar,  but  of  his  allied  twin  brothv, 


8'i  8. 1.  Mat  24|  '62.] 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


409 


who  died  young ;  while  as  to  Archibald,  anything 
that  np[)ear8  in  the  cause,  points  to  a  wish  to  show 
that  he  resembled  Sir  John  Stewart,  Lady  Jane*8 
husband,  and  his  imputed  father.  S. 

Ediaburgh. 

Kniqhtino  of  Sir  Francis  Drakr.  —  On  the 
4th  of  April,  1581,  Queen  Elizabeth  dined  with, 
and  knighted,  Drake,  on  board  "The  Golden 
Hind,**  at  Deptford.  A  full  account  of  the  cere- 
monies is  said  to  be  extant.  A  reference  either  to 
a  MS.  or  printed  work  will  very  greatly  oblige 

QURRIST. 

The  Rev.  Jas.  Gray,  formerly  one  of  the 
Masters  of  the  High  School,  Edinburgh,  is  re- 
ferred to  in  "  N.  &  Q."  (2»'»  S.  xi.  417,  &c.)  He 
is  there  mentioned  as  author  of  Essays  on  the 
Greek  Drama,  When  were  they  published  ?  He 
also  published  Coua,  and  other  Poems  [12mo, 
1 8 1 6 J .  Can  any  of  your  readers  give  any  further 
information  regarding  his  poetic  or  dramatic 
works  published,  or  MS.  ?  R.  Ingus. 

Glasgow. 

Hetworth  Genealogt.  —  James,  Lord  Aud- 
ley,  who  died  in  1385,  names  Maud  de  Heiworth 
as  one  of  his  legatees.  (Testamenia  Vetusta^  vol. i. 
p.  1 17-118.)  Was  Maud  any  relation  to  him,  and 
if  so,  what  relation  ?  Hrrm entrude. 

Hawkins  Crest. — ^In  Burke*s  General  Armory 
this  is  said  to  be  *^  A  demi  Moor  in  his  proper 
colour,  bound  and  captive,  with  annulets  on  his 
anus  and  ears  or,**  and  to  have  been  granted  in 
token  of  a  remarkable  victory  over  'the  Moors. 
But  in  Lower*s  Curiosities  of  Heraldry,  it  is  de- 
Hcribed  as  "a  negro  manacled  with  a  rope**;  and 
18  said  to  have  been  granted  to  Sir  John  Hawkins 
by  Queen  Elizabeth,  in  allusion  to  his  laudable 
concern  in  the  slave  trade  I     Which  is  correct  ? 

J.  Woodward. 

Japanese  Ladies. — Mr.  Oliphant,  in  his  iVar- 
rative  of  the  Earl  of  ElgiiCs  Mission  to  China  and 
Japan,  tells  us,  **  the  Japanese  youn^  ladies  colour 
their  cheeks  and  lips,  and  deck  their  hair ;  but  it 
is  not  until  they  have  made  a  conquest  of  some 
lucky  swain  that,  to  prove  their  devotion  to  him, 
they  begin  to  blacken  their  teeth  and  ptdl  out  their 
eyebrows"  (vol  ii.  p.  114). 

Should  Mr.  Oliphant  be  a  reader,  which  I  hope 
he  is,  of  your  excellent  miscellany,  will  he,  or  any 
other  of  your  readers,  inform  me  the  process 
adopted  by  the  Japanese  ladies  on  their  nuptial 
engagement  ?  I  am  utterly  at  a  loss  to  conceive 
the  process.  Painting  it  cannot  be :  for  the  saliva 
would  soon  wash  it  ol3*,  and  one  cannot  for  a  mo- 
ment suppose  the  mouth,  after  painting  of  the 
teeth,  is  kept  open  until  the  paint  is  thoroughly 
dried.  Of  the  plucking  out  the  hairs  of  the  eye- 
brows, I  assume  they  are  few  in  number.  If  the 
eyebrows  of  Eastern  ladies  are  as  bushy  and  beau- 


tiful as  those  which  distinguish  English  ladies,  it 
would  be  a  question  of  arithmetical  cslculation 
the  time  required  to  pluck  out  the  hairs ! 

FrA.  MEWDUfiN. 

Larcbfleld,  Darlington. 

Mackelcan  Family.  —  Information  respecting 
the  Mackelcan  family  will  oblige.  What  does  the 
name  Mackelcan  signify  ?    Is  it  Scotch  ? 

H.  M.  N. 

Mathew. — Abednego  Mathew,  an  officer  in  the 
Coldstream  Guards  (commission  dated  1741),  mar- 
ried Janet,  daughter  and  sole  heiress  of  W.  P. 
Buckley,  Esq.  I  shall  be  glad  if  any  of  your 
readers  can  inform  me  what  issue  there  was  from 
this  marriage,  and  whether  the  name  of  Janet  was 
continued  with  the  female  branches  ?    H.  W.  S. 

Monastic  Orders.  —  What  are  the  colours  of 
the  habits  of  the  Carthusians,  Cordeliers,  and  Be- 
nedictines ?  Are  the  two  former  offishoots  from 
any  other  order  ?  Hermentrude. 

Montague  Baron  Rorbrt. — I  am  anxious  to 
know  in  what  way  the  family  of  Montague 
(Barons  Rokeby)  descend  from  the  north  coun- 
try Rokebies?  William  Robinson,  Esq.,  Lord 
Rokeby*s  ancestor,  purchased  Rokeby  in  the  North 
Riding  of  Yorkshure,  in  1610.  The  family  take 
their  title  from  that  estate.  I  believe,  however, 
it  was  principallv  chosen  to  mark  their  descent 
from  that  illustrious  Northern  House. 

A  Lord  of  a  Manor. 

"  OnsERVATioNs  ON  'thb  Lord*s  Prater.**  — 
Who  was  the  author  of  a  pamphlet  entitled  Ob- 
servations on  the  Lord's  Prayer  (Dublin,  1816)  P 
It  is  in  the  form  of  "  A  Letter  from  a  Father  to 
his  Son,**  from  ""  Bath,  Jan.  1816  ;  **  and  contains 
within  moderate  bounds  a  considerable  amount 
of  sound  information.  Arhra. 

Engush  Rbtugbes  in  Holland.  —  In  a  letter 

from  a  refugee  Nonconformist  minister  settled 

in  Amsterdam,  dated  Jan.   18,  1662,  N.  S.  the 

following  passage  occurs :  — 

*'  Several  of  oar  friends  the  English  are  gone  and  goiag 
into  Germany,  to  Coant  Weed  his  country,  40  miles  from 
Colen ;  the  place  is  called  Newinweek  upon  the  Rhine ; 
he  lets  them  land  very  reasonably ;  .  .  .  .  the  place  they 
goe  [^to]  is  five  or  6  daies  ionmey  from  Amsterdam  .  .  .'* 

I  wish  to  obtain  some  information  concerning 
this  colony  and  the  noble-minded  personage  to 
whom  its  establishment  is  attributed. 

I  take  this  opportunity  of  thanking  D.  B. 
(p.  296)  for  his  reply  to  my  Query  in  reference  to 
the  Rev.  Chr.  Blackwood.  W.  W.  S. 

St.  Cath£B1Nb*8  Hills.  —  I  think  that  I  have 
seen  somewhere  that  the  many  St.  Catherine  Hills 
which  are  scattered  throughout  England,  are  cor* 
ruptions  of  some  word  which  means  the  fortified 
hills.  Can  you  help  me  to  the  reference,  or  give 
me  the  derivation  P  H.«  ^«  x^ « 


410 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


tSr«  S.  I.  Mat  24.  *62. 


Sttthb.  —  At  the  inquest  on  the  frightful  ac- 
cident at  the  Hartley  Colliery,  the  witnesses  de- 
scribed the  deadly  choke-damp  as  the  "  stythe." 
Considerable  inquiry  was  made  as  to  the  etymo- 
loofy  of  the  word.  Is  it  not  probably  deduced  from 
"stithy"  or  "sty thy/'  a  smith*8  forge  —  the  rising 
vapour  giving  out  somewhat  such  a  smell  ?  Ray 
(North  Country  Words)  says,  "  sty  thy  '*  means  an 
anvil,  from  the  Anglo-Saxon  sciS,  solid,  steadfast. 
JElfric*s  Glossary  gives  aiifilt  and  onfiU,  as  the 
words  for  anvil.  What  was  Ray*8  authoritv  ?  Can 
any  of  your  northern  readers  throw  further  light 
on  the  subject  ?  A,  A« 

Poets*  Corner, 


Lough  Killtkreic  akd  Lough  Ouohteb.  —  In 

the  Life  of  Bp.  Bedell^  written  by  his  son-in-law, 

the  Rev.  Alexander  Clogy,  and  published  by  Wert- 

helm,  &c.,  it  states  (p.  205)  — 

**  Upon  the  18th  Dec.,  possession  taking  of  the  Castle 
and  of  all  that  was  within  it,  they  took  my  lord  bishop 
and  his  two  sons,  with  Alexander  Clogy,  the  Minister  of 
Cavan,  prisoners,  and  brought  them  to  a  Castle  in  the 
midst  of  a  loch  within  two  miles  of  Kilmore  (the  only 
place  of  strength  in  the  whole  country)  called  Loughough- 
Ur,  There  was  of  old  a  little  island  about  it,  but  it  was 
worn  all  away  to  the  bare  stone  walls,  and  not  one  foot 
of  ground  now  to  be  seen  above  water,  only  a  tall  round 
tower  like  a  prison-house  standing  in  the  midst  of  the 
waters,  and  above  a  musket- shot  from  it  to  each  shore. 
Thither  they  bring  this  blessed  servant  of  God,"  &c. 

In  Lewis's  Topographical  Dictionary  of  Ireland 

I  see  under  the  head  of  "  Kilmore,**  it  states  — 

"  On  Trinity  Island  are  the  remains  of  an  abbey ;  and 
on  a  Mtnall  island  in  KiUikeen  Lake  are  the  ruins  of  the 
castle  of  Ciooghoughter,  in  which  Bishop  Bedell  was 
confined." 

Will  some  of  the  readers  of  "  N.  &  Q."  kindly 

mention  if  Lakes  Killikeen  and  Oughter  are  the 

same  or  separate  lakes  ?     And  if  separate  lakes,  if 

there  is  a  water  communication  between  them,  so 

that  a  boat  could  get  from  one  to  the  other,  as 

in  the  Lakes  of  Killarney  ?    Is  the  small  island 

in    Killikeen    Lake,   upon    which  the  ruins    of 

Cloughoughter  Castle  stand,   the  same  as  that 

mentioned  in  Alexander  Clogy*s  book  as  the  little 

island  worn  all  away  to  the  bare  stone  walls? 

From  what  I  can  make  out,  it  strikes  me  that 

Killikeen  Lake  must  be  a  branch  of  the  large 

expanse  of  water,  marked  in  the  map  as  Lough 

Oughter.    How   much  of  the  ruins  of  Clough- 

oughter  Castle  remain  ?  A.  B. 

[In  the  Ordnance  Survey  of  the  co.  Cavan,  the  Castle 
stands  in  a  branch  of  Lough  Oughter,  about  a  furlong  off 
a  tract  called  Inishconnel.  We  cannot  discover  Killykeen 
Lake,  but  there  is  a  locality  so-named  Iving  to  the  south 
of  the  Castle  — the  islands  of  Derinish  More  and  De- 
rinish  Beg  intervening.  Although  the  channels  are  very 
intricate,  there  appears  to  be  a  free  water  way  through- 
cat  the  Longh.    Oughter  Castle  stands  as  nearly  as  pos- 


sible in  the  centre  of  the  Lough.  In  Bishop  Mant'i 
Church  of  Jrelind,  from  the  RefornuUion  to  the  Revolutiomt 
ed.  1840,  p.  56ti,  is  an  engraving  of  two  viewg  of  the 
**  Remains  of  Loui;h  Oughter  Castle,  where  Bishop  Bedell 
was  confined  in  1641.**] 

Tapestbt  in  the  late  House  of  Lords. — To 
his  translation  of  Waghenaer*8  Spiegel  der  Zee* 
vacrdt  (fol.  1588),  Ashley. has  appended  eleven 
charts,  exhibiting  the  progress  of  the  Spanish 
Armada,  from  its  first  appearance  in  the  English 
Channel  to  its  final  dispersion  ofifthe  western  coast  of 
Ireland.  As  Spiering*s  famous  tableaux  in  tapestry, 
which  formerly  decorated  the  walls  of  the  House 
of  Lords,  appear  to  have  corresponded  in  ewexj 
particular  with  Ashley*s  charts,  I  am  curious  to 
know  who  was  the  real  designer  of  them  ?  Corne- 
lius Vroom,  an  obscure  Dutch  artist,  b  the  reputed 
author  of  the  tableaux ;  but  they  certainly  were 
not  designed  in  the  same  year  as  that  in  which 
Ashley  published  the  above-mentioned  work. 
What  is  known  of  Vroom?  Was  he  the  author 
of  any  similar  designs  ?  His  name  docs  not  occur 
in  our  popular  biographical  compilations. 

QUEBIST. 

[Henry  Cornelius  de  Vroom  was  undoubtedly  the  au- 
thor of  the  designs  for  the  tapestry  which  was  suspended 
on  the  walls  of  the  former  House  of  Lords,  and  which 
unfortunately  perished  in  the  great  fire  of  1834.  As  we 
nowhere  read  that  the  artist  was  present  in  the  sereral 
engagements  with  the  Spaniards,  or  was  a  spectator  of 
the  discomfiture  of  the  Armada,  we  most  conclude, 
therefore,  that  he  received  from  the  Lord  High  Adminl 
Howard,  for  whom  he  specially  prepared  the  teMe-nrj, 
the  necessary  charts  for  his  guidance ;  which,  no  doubt, 
were  identical  with  those  published  by  Mr.  (afterwardi 
Sir)  Anthony  Ashley.  That  gentleman,  some  time  clerk 
to  the  Privy  Council  of  Elizabeth,  was  a  personal  friend, 
and  an  occasional  companion  in  the  expeditions  of  Sir 
Francis  Drake,  and  not  improbably  accompanied  him  in 
the  memorable  summer  of  '88.  At  all  events,  the  assist- 
ance of  such  a  person  as  Ashley  was  likely  to  be  sought 
by  Howard,  when  he  had  resolved  to  employ  the  peculiar 
talents  of  the  Dutchman.  The  authenticity,  therefore, 
as  well  of  the  charts  as  of  the  tableaux^  may  be  relied  oa 
notwithstanding  the  depreciatory  judgment  of  Delvenne 
and  others:  **Quoique  ces  peintares  aieat  joni  d'nne 
grande  reputation,  on  trouve  que  le  dessin  des  vaissesax 
est  lourd  et  sans  ^Mgance,  que  la  disponition  n*en  est  pas 
heureuse."  Howard  desired,  and  doabtless  obtained,  a 
truthful,  and  not  a  fanciful,  delineation  of  his  glorious 
achievements.  For  notices  of  Vroom,  one  of  the  first 
marine  painters  of  his  age  (who  was  bom  at  Haeriem  in 
1566,  and  died  in  1619),  see  Hobbes^s  Pieturt  Cblleetor's 
ManuaU  Chalmers's  Bioq,  Diet,  and  Delvenne*s  Btogra- 
phie  dee  Paye-Bas.  Perhaps  some  of  oar  correspoodeots 
will  kindly  inform  as  under  what  circanistascee  Froncif 
Spiering*s  beautiful  tapestry  passed  out  of  the  family  of 
Howard,  and  was  suspended  on  the  walls  of  the  House  of 
Peers.  It  found  its  way  there,  we  believe,  in  the  times  of 
the  Commonwealth.] 

William Bbown£*8  "Britannia's  Pastoeals.** 
Can  any  one  tell  me  of  any  other  edition  of  these 
than  Oulde*s  [Qavilands?]  edition  of  1625, 
Thompson's  of  1772,  Sir  Egerton  Brydgea's  edi- 
tion, and  that  in  Southey'a  BriiUh  PotUf    Also 


S^  S.  I.  Mat  24,  '62.] 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


411 


are  any  facts  known  of  this  poet  other  than  are 
given  in  Prince's  Worthies,  and  the  above-men- 
tioned volumes?    Any  information  will  oblige 

Pelagius. 

[Our  correspondent  has  omitted  to  notice  the  first  and 
rarest  edition  of  Wm.  Browne*s  Britannia  b  PattoraU,  in 
Two  Books,  with  frontispiece  bj  Hole.  Part  I.  Load : 
print:  for  Geo:  Norton,  1613.  Part  II.  London :  printed 
by  Thomas  Snodham  for  George  Norton,  1616,  folio, 
pp.  266.  At  p.  GO  of  Part  I.  occur  some  verses,  wiUi 
figures  of  a  heart,  a  shepherd*s  hook,  and  a  comb,  on 
which  the  lines  are  inscribed.  These  figures  are  not  in 
any  of  the  later  editions.  The  second  edition  was  pub- 
lished in  1623,  8vo.  In  Haviland*s  reprint  of  1625,  8vo, 
the  dedications  and  commendatory  verses  correspond  with 
those  of  the  first  edition.  BritanniaU  PastoraU  have  also 
been  reprinted  in  Chalmers's  Englith  Poets,  1810,  vol.  vi. ; 
Sanrord*s  British  Poets,  1819,  vol.  v. ;  and  Clarke*s  Gi- 
binet  Series,  1845,  with  the  Rev.  Wm.  Thompson's  notes. 
In  1825,  the  Percy  Society  issued  a  small  volume,  entitled 
Britannia's  PastoraU:  a  Third  Book.  Edited  by  T. 
Crofton  Croker,  Esq.  The  MS.  of  this  work  was  dis- 
covered bound  up  with  a  copy  of  the  first  edition  of 
Browne's  Pastorals,  foL  Lond.  r613-16,  preserved  in  the 
library  of  Salisbury  Cathedral.  This  MS.  was  first 
pointed  out  to  public  notice  by  Mr.  Botfield,  in  his  work 
on  Cathedral  Libraries,  and  is  there  considered  to  be 
Browne's  own  composition.  Mr.  Croker,  however,  states 
that  **  an  attentive  perusal  of  the  poem  has  led  some  of 
his  friends  to  entertain  doubts  on  this  subject ;  not  merely 
from  the  notices  of  *  Willy,'  which  might  probably  be 
explained  away  as  examples  of  poetical  license,  but  fk'om 
the  character  of  the  composition,  which,  nevertheless,  it 
is  submitted,  will  bear  comparison  in  poetical  merit  with 
any  of  Browne's  verses."  At  the  meeting  of  the  Society 
of  Antiquaries  on  the  13th  of  February,  1851,  Robert 
Cole,  Esq.,  exhibited  a  copy  of  Browne's '.8n7annfa*«  Pas- 
torals, containing  a  great  many  manuscript  notes  believed 
to  be  in  the  hand-writing  of  John  Milton.  The  Betrospec- 
tive  Review,  ii.  149-185,  contains  a  valuable  article  on  this 
Devonshire  poet  Mr.  Thomas  Park  has  justly  remarked, 
that  **from  the  additional  specimens  of  Browne's  talent, 
retrieved  by  Sir  Egerton  jBr}*dges,  and  elegantly  set 
forth  by  the  Lee  press,  it  appears  that  this  poet  is  de- 
serving of  a  more  extended  reputation  than  had  before 
been  his  allotment  There  is  a  peaceful  delicacy  and 
pore  morality  in  these  recovered  strains,  which  surpass 
tliose  previously  collected  in  his  worka"  For  additional 
biographical  notices  of  this  author,  consult  Kippis's  Bio- 
graphia  Britannica,  ii.  624 ;  Gent  Mag,  Ivii.  1170 ;  Ixxxv. 
pt.  iL  299 ;  New  Ser.  M  arch,  1848,  p.  249 ;  and  "  N.  &.  Q." 
1««  Ser.  iii.  274;  2'»«*  Ser.  x.  205;  xi.  181.] 

"  HuBLOTHBUMBo  : "  " ToM  Thumb/'— Will 
Tou  inform  me  who  was  "  Hurlothrumbo  ?  '*  Is 
it  a  character  in  any  of  Swift's  works  ?  Also, 
who  wrote  the  farce  of  Tom  Thumb  f  It  was 
thought  to  be  a  character  in  it,  but  is  not.  It 
is  alluded  to  in  print  as  far  back  as  1774. 

H.  M.  Hbbts. 

[^Hwrlotfirumbo,  or,  the  Super'NatwraU  4to,  1729,  is  a 
play  written  by  Mr.  Samuel  Johnson,  a  native  of  Che* 
shire,  and  originally  a  dancing-master.  It  had  a  great 
mn,  owing  to  the  whimsical  madness  and  extravagance 
which  pervade  the  whole  comedy.  Johnson  was  also 
the  author  of  five  other  dramatic  pieces,  and  also  of  a 
mystical  work  entitled  A  Vision  of  Heaven,  8vo,  1788. 
He  died  in  1778,  aged  eighty-two,  and  waa  buried  in  the 
plantation  forming  part  of  the  pleasnre-gronnds  of  the 


Old  Hall  of  Gawsworth,  near  Macclesfield,  in  Cheshire. 
Some  amusing  anecdotes  of  his  eccentricities  will  be  found 
in  Baker's  Biographia  Dramatica,  ed.  1812,  i,  402. —  Tom 
Thumb  is  a  tragedy  by  Henry  Fielding,  8vo,  1730,  which 
was  subsequently  enlarged,  and  entitled  The  Tragedy  of 
Tragedies;  or  the  Life  and  Death  of  Tom  Thumb  the 
Great,  with  the  Annotations  of  U.  Scriblerus  Secundus, 
8vo,  1731 ;  5th  edit  1765.  Mrs.  Pilkington  savs,  **  Dean 
Swift  declared  to  her,  that  he  bad  not'  laughed  above 
twice  in  his  life;  once  at  some  trick  a  mountebank's 
Merry-Andrew  played,  and  the  other  time  at  the  circum- 
stance of  Tom  Thumb's  killing  the  ghost"  This  inci- 
dent was  omitted  after  the  first  edition  of  the  piece.3 

Jacob  and  James.  —  Why  is  the  word  in  the 
New  Testament,  which  in  the  original  is  Jacobs 
translated  James  ?  G. 

[There  are  in  the  Greek  New  Testament  two  proper 
names,  which,  though  of  common  origin  and  bearing  a 
common  resemblance,  have  distinct  significations.  One  is 
'laxat^f^  the  name  of  the  two  Apostles  usually  known  as 
the  Greater  and  the  Less.  This,  in  our  received  version, 
is  translated  James,  James  being  the  name  common  to 
those  two  Apostles  in  our  language.  The  other  is  'i»*^, 
indeclinable,  because  derived  with  less  variation  from  the 
indeclinable  Hebrew.  This  latter  our  version  renders 
Jacob,  and  it  has  a  threefold  application :  1.  To  the  father 
of  Joseph,  Mary's  husband.  Matt  i.  15,  16.  2.  To  the 
patriarch,  Isaac's  younger  son.  Matt  i.  2.  3.  To  the 
Jeilrish  people,  the  descendants  of  Jacob,  Rom.  xi.  26.] 


CKNTENARIANS. 
(3'*  S.  i.  281,  399.) 

Since  the  publication  of  my  former  article  on 
this  subject,  I  have  been  favoured  by  Mr.  W.  R. 
Cuningham,  of  86,  Great  King  Street,  Edinburgh, 
with  an  account  of  two  cases  of  centenarians,  sup- 
ported by  authentic  evidence. 

The  first  case  b  that  of  Mrs.  Elizabeth  Gray, 
who  was  born  in  May,  1748,  and  died  on  the  2nd 
of  April,  1856 :  she  had,  therefore,  nearly  com- 
pleted her  108th  year.  The  following  is  an  ex- 
tract from  the  Register  of  Births  in  the  parish  of 
Dolphinton,  Lanarkshire :  — 

**  May  17, 1748.  Elizabeth,  daughter  to  William  Gray, 
of  Newholm,  Writer  at  Edinburgh,  and  Mrs.  Jean  Dickie, 
his  lady ;  bom  May  — ,  and  baptized  May  17th.  Witnesses 
to  the  said  baptism,  John  Dickie  of  Corstorphine  hill, 
and  Mr.  James  Bradfute,  minister  of  the  gospel  at 
Dunsyre. 

**  Extracted  from  the  Register  of  Births,  &&,  in  the 
parish  of  Dolphinton,  by  Smollett  Whitelaw,  Sess.  Clerk, 
Dolphinton,  21  Feb.  1849." 

Mrs.  Elizabeth  Gray  was  never  married ;  she 
was  the  aunt  of  Mr.  Cuningham,  and  I  am  assured 
by  him  that  there  is  no  pjossibility  of  any  mistake 
as  to  her  identity.  During  the  last  fifteen  years 
of  her  life  she  resided  at  Edinburgh,  in  the  house 
now  occupied  by  him.  She  was  in  perfect  pos- 
session of  her  faculties  nearly  up  to  the  time  of 
her  death ;  and  latterly,  although  confined  to  her 
room,  she  could  moTe  about*    wVtib&OL^SspR  -^^t»x% 


412 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


[8'«  S.  L  Mat  H  "es. 


of  her  death,  ghe  could  plaj  at  cards  without  the 
aid  of  spectacles.  She  could  repeat,  and  was  fond 
of  repeating,  most  of  the  Psalms  of  David,  in  the 
Scottish  metrical  versions.  She  was  quite  aware 
of  her  great  age,  and  was  very  proud  to  speak  of 
it.     Her  memory  for  old  events  was  acute. 

Mr.  Cuningham  likewise  informs  me  that  he 
has  recently  seen  an  authentic  certificate  of  the 
birth  and  death  of  a  Miss  Agnes  Forester,  who 
was  born  at  Perth  on  the  4th  October,  1755 ;  and 
died  there  on  the  20th  of  February,  1861,  and 
therefore  at  an  age  exceeding  105  years.  The 
document  is  in  the  i)ossession  of  the  registrar  of 
births  and  deaths  in  the  Register  Office  of 
Edinburgh. 

It  will  be  observed  that  the  case  mentioned  in 
my  previous  article,  and  the  two  cases  supplied 
by  Mr.  Cuningham,  are  all  of  female  lives.  I 
have  not  hitherto  been  able  to  obtain  conclusivo 
evidence  of  a  male  centenarian.       G.  C.  Lewis. 


A  few  days  after  reading  Sib  Gbobob  C.  Lbwib^b 
remarks  on  the  probability  of  reputed  centena- 
rians being  younger  than  they  are  believed  to  be, 
I  chanced  to  see,  in  the  Berkshire  Chronicle^  that 
at  Seven  Oaks  there  is  living  one  William  Weaver, 
who  is  in  his  102nd  year.  I  at  once  addressed  a 
letter  to  him,  asking  for  evidence  of  bis  being  of 
the  great  age  reported  in  the  newspaper  above- 
named,  and  the  following  is  the  reply  :  — 

**  Seven  Oaks,  April  16th,  1862. 
«  Sir, 
*'  la  answer  to  yours  of  to-day,  respecting  the  age  of 
Wjlltam  Weaver,  I  most  inform  yoa  that  be  was  bom  at 
Frantfield,  in  Sussex  \  and  was  baptised  at  Bofted,  in  the 
same  county.    Ho  has  a  certificate  of  his  baptism,  which 
was  in  1762 ;  bat  from  an  entry  in  a  family  Bible,  which 
contains  the  list  of  the  births  oY  the  whole  family,  he  was 
born  December  27th,  1760 ;  and  he  is  now  in  good  health, 
and  gets  out  every  dav  when  the  weather  permits.    He 
has  to-day  walked  out  m>m  home  nearly  a  mile,  and  back. 
•*  1  am,  yoars  troly, 

**  Elizabbth  Weaver, 
*'  Granddaughter  of  Wm.  Weaver.*' 

Through  the  kindness  of  Mr.  Wm.  Coles,  Parish 
Clerk,  I  have  been  favoured  with  the  following 
extracts  from  the  Parish  Register,  relative  to  the 
baptism  and  burial  of  an  old  woman  who  died  in 
this  town  since  I  have  lived  here  :  — 

*<  Haoaah  Fulbrook,  baptized  December  7tb,  1750. 
"  Buried,  February  12th,  I860." 

She  was  married  to  a  man  named  Varndell ; 
and,  before  the  last  modification  of  our  criminal 
laws,  had  the  misfortune  to  lose  a  son,  who  was 
hanged  at  Winchester  for  a  burglary  in  this  town. 

There  is  a  woman,  named  Sarah  Cooper,  now 
living  in  this  parish,  who  was  baptized  May  4th, 

1758.  J.  W.  Batchelob. 

Odiham. 


concerned,  I  hope  I  may  be  permitted  to  correct 
a  mistake  in  my  former  communication.  Miss 
Plumptre  does  not  possess  Pratt*s  register  (which 
cannot  be  found),  but  she  has  those  of  two  of  his 
brothers.  The  old  man*s  memory  has  probably 
failed  him  in  this  matter ;  he  cannot  remember 
the  date  of  his  eldest  son*s  birth.  He  maintains, 
however,  that  he  perfectly  recollects  the  corona- 
tion of  George  III.  in  1762.  My  correspondent 
adds,  that  "the  doctors  who  have  attended  him 
say  that  the  complaints  from  which  he  sufiers 
are  not  those  of  a  man  of  eighty  ^r  ninety,  but  of 
a  much  greater  age.  There  are  persons  in  the 
village  where  be  was  born,  who  pan  recollect  the 
family."  Hebmbrtrudb. 


MONEYERS'  WEIGHTS. 

(8'*  S.  i.  347.) 

In  the  passage  in  question,  the  relation  of  nu- 
merical value  between  certain  coins  being  assumed, 
the  relation  between  certain  weights  is  deduced. 

The  livre  =  20  9oU  ~  240  deniers  =  480  oboUt, 
As  £  =  20  S.  =  240  D.  =  480  ob., 
whatever  the  particular  weight  of  the  £  might  be. 

S  =  ^  =s  12  D,  whether  it  stand  for  the  French 
20 

SOU  or  the  English  shilling. 

That  being  assumed,  we  have  declared  that,  as 
20  estelins  or  8  gro*  go  to  an  otrnce,  therefore  a 
grae  is  worth  two  enteliru  and  a  half.  Also  that 
the  ettelin  is  subdivided  into  smaller  weights, 
of  the  smallest  of  which  32  go  to  an  ests^  2  to 
a  quarter /e/in,  4  to  half  a /<?£»,  8  to  a/s/ift,  16  to 
a  maille. 

It  is  f\irther  declared  that  the  relation  between 
the  weiffhts  marc^  oncey  and  estelU  is  invariable, 
and  such  that  whatever  be  the  relations  between 
the  marc  weight  and  the  livre  coin,  whatever  the 
value  in  the  following  equation  of  x,  y,  and  z  — 

M  =  X  L  =  a:  (480  ob.) 

O  =  a:  (2  S  f  6  D)  =  a:  (  60  ob.) 
E=a:(    D  +  ob.)=a:(    3  ob.) 

M=y(S  =y(24ob.) 

0=y(D-hob.)      =y{     Sob.) 


0=z(S 


ob.v 


=  «  (  24  ob.) 


Though  the  Editor's  note  appears  to  close  this 
subject,  so  far  as  persons  under  120  years  are 


E=z(oh.+  -^')     =z(f  ob.) 

Whence  we  gather  that 

Marc  =  8  Onces  =  160  Esfelifu. 
Among  themselves  the  weights,  and  amongst  tbem^ 
selves  the  moneys,  preserve  the  same  invariable  re- 
lative numerical  values;  If,  therefore,  a  relation 
be  established  between  one  of  the  weights,  say  the 
marc  and  one  of  the  coins,  say  the  livre,  at  once 
there  is  a  relation  found  botween  (he  weigbti  and 


3'*  a  I.  Mat  24,  '62.] 


NOTES  AND  QUEEIES. 


413 


the  moneys.  The  English  sovereign  has  a  cer- 
tain definite  value  in  relation  to  all  other  English 
coins.  It  also  bears  a  certain  fixed  ratio  to  all 
English  weights. 

The  confusion  between  weight  and  number 
attends  us  in  all  numismatic  researches.  It  mis- 
leads much  those  who,  looking  at  money  from  a 
modern  point  of  view,  have  forgotten  that  the 
basis  and  origin  of  numerical  value  was  weight. 
Take  the  first  twenty  tolerable  intelligent  readers 
of  the  Bible  whom  you  may  meet,  and  see  what 
they  think  of  a  '*  talent.**  You  will  find  that  they 
look  upon  it  as  a  sttm  counted,  rather  than  as  a 
miantUy  weighed.  Ask  them  next  Sir  Robert 
Peel's  famous  question — "What  is  a  pound?** 
and  sec  what  sort  of  answer  you  get  to  your 
query. 

Let  me  just  quote  the  old  lines — 

**  Qaand  bonnet  rowfe  (Card.  Richelieu's  red  bat)  pastera 
par  la  fen§tre, 
A  quarant  onces  (M.  de  Cinq  Mars)  on  coupera  la  tdte, 
Et  tout  (M.  de  Thou)  finira.'' 

w.c. 

The  more  conveniently  to  solve  this  passage, 
the  object  of  which  seems  to  be  to  ascertain  Uie 
value  of  one-20th  part  of  an  estelin  in  terms  of  an 
ohoU^  it  will  be  as  well  to  give  the  relative  values 
of  the  known  terms  in  English. 

The  marc  is  thirteen  shillings  and  fourpence. 
The  livre  is  20  deniersj  or  1  sol  (or  shilling)  and 
eiphtpence.  The  sol  is  12  deniers,  or  one  shilling. 
The  denier  is  1  penny.     The  obole  is  1  halfpenny. 

The  word  sols  in  the  ninth  line  is  evidently  a 
mistake  for  deniers.  Translated,  or  rather  para- 
phrased, the  meaning  of  the  passage — comparing 
the  currency  of  Normandy  as  to  value  with  the 
then  currency  of  France  —  seems  to  be  as  fol- 
lows :  — 

'*  In  the  ounce  there  are  20  estelins,  the  ounce  also 
containing  8  gros ;  consequently  each  gros  is  equal 
to  2 1  estelins.  The  estelin  is  divided  into  2  mailles, 
and  each  maille  into  2  felins;  consequently  the 
estelin  is  worth  A  felins.  Th&felin  is  divided  into 
a  half,  a  fourth,  and  an  eighth  of  Afelin.  Now,  to 
compute  the  value  of  the  estelin^  it  should  be  ob- 
served that,  as  many  (8)  liwes  (or  sums  of  \s.  Sd. 
each)  as  there  are  in  a  marc^  so  many  sums  of 
2s.  6d,  each  are  there  in  an  ounce,  and  so  many 
sums  of  1  penny  halfpenny  each  in  an  estelin ;  or 
in  other  words,  as  many  pennies  (160)  as  there  are 
in  a  marc,  so  many  penny  halfpennies  (160)  are 
there  in  an  ounce;  and  in  the  same  proportion 
(20)  that  there  are  sols  in  the  ounce,  there  are 
sums  of  ^  1  halfpenny  (obole)  plus  l/5th  of  1  half- 
penny '  in  an  estelin," 

The  result  being,  in  fact,  that  the  estelin  was 
the  same  as  the  sol  in  value,  but  not  similarly  di- 
vided. 

I  will  only  add,  that  the  calculation,  though 
made  in  a  somewhat  circuitous  manner,  seems  to 


be  correct  enough ;  for,  if  the  ounce  equals  20  sols 
or  480  oholes,  the  estelin,  or  20th  part  of  an  ounce, 
equals  24  oboles ;  and  consequently  the  20th  part 
of  the  estelin  equals  1  obole  plus  1^5. 

I  suggest  the  above  solution  with  some  hesita- 
tion, as  I  have  little  doubt  that  some  among  your 
readers  are  much  better  able  than  myself  to  do 
justice  to  this  subject,     Hbkbt  Thomas  Riust. 


KENNEDY  FAMILY. 
(3-^  S.  i.  246.) 

Reference  to  Douglases  Peerage,  i.  336,  (Wood's 
edition)  gives  the  three  sons  of  Sir  Thomas  Ken- 
nedy of  Culzean*  as  follows  :  — 

*'  1.  Thomas  Kennedy,  younger  of  Callean,  to  whom 
bis  brother  James  was  served  heir  18th  May,  160t. 

**  2.  James  Kennedy,  of  CuUean,  who  had  a  precept  of 
Clare-constet  of  these  lands,  5th  Sept.  1606,  and  married 
Anne  Stewart ;  by  whom  he  had  a  son  James,  who  died 
without  issue. 

«•  8.  Sir  Alexander." 

In  the  earlier  edition  of  Douglas,  Sir  Thomas's 
issue  is  confined  to  two  sons :  James,  his  successor, 
and  Alexander,  who  carried  on  the  line  of  the 
family. 

Of  Sir  John  Kennedy's  children,  in  this  edition 
mention  is  only  made  of  the  three  sons  —  John, 
Thomas,  and  David.  According  to  Wood,  of  the 
twenty  children,  twelve  were  sons,  and  eight 
daughters.  Of  these  children /ourfeeii  died  young 
and  unmarried.  Of  the  sons  who  reached  ma- 
turity there  were  — 

1.  Sir  John. 

2.  Thomas,  ninth  Earl  of  Cassilis. 

3.  David,  tenth  Earl  of  Cassilis. 

The  daughters  were  — 

1.  Elizabeth,  married  to  Sir  John  Cathcart,  of 
Garleton,  in  the  county  of  Ayr,  Bart.,  and  had 
issue :  1.  Sir  John  Cathcart,  of  Garleton,  Bart., 
who  married  at  Rosel,  24th  Dec  1764,  Margaret, 
daughter  of  Robert  Hamilton  of  Bourtreehill, 
sister  of  the  Countesses  of  Crawford  and  Eglin- 
toun,  but  died  without  issue,  1784  ;  2.  Charles, 
died  without  issue ;  3.  Hugh,  died  without  issue  ; 
4.  Sir  Andrew  Cathcart,  of  Carleton,  Bart. — 
1.  Jane,  married  to  James  Chalmers  of  Kildo- 
nan ;  2.  Grizel,  married  to  Robert  Kennedy  of 

*  I  regret  to  see  either  Cnllean,  or  Calrean,  substituted 
for  the  time*honolired  and  classic  Culsean,  or  Golzean ; 
but  on  this  point  Burke  has  the  example  of  Douglas  to 
quote  fVom  — 

**  Upon  that  night,  when  feiries  light 
On  Cassillis  Duna&s  dance ; 
And  o*er  the  maze  in  splendid  blaze, 

On  stately  coursers  prance : 
Or  by  Colzean  the  rout  is  ta'en. 

Beneath  the  moon*s  pale  beams. 
There,  by  the  cove,  to  stray  and  rove 
Amang  the  woods  and  streams  — 
Unseen  that  ni^hC 


414 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


IP*  S.  I.  Mat  24, 161 


Daljirrock ;  3.  Elizabeth,  married  to  John  Cath- 
cart  of  Greenock ;  all  three  had  issue. 

2.  Jane,  married  to  John  Blair  of  Dunskej*  in 
the  county  of  Wigton,  and  bad  issue:  I.John, 
died  an  infant;  2.  John  Blair  of  Dunskej,  died 
unmarried ;  3.  James,  died  ^oung ;  4.  £j>Lntoun, 
died  joun^ ;  6.  Thomas,  died  joung ;  6.  David 
Blair  of  Dunskej,  died  unmarried;  7.  Robert, 
died  young. —  1.  Jane,  died  an  infant;  2.  Jane, 
heiress  of  Dunskey,  married  to  James  Hunter,  Esq., 
banker  in  Edinburgh,  afterwards  Sir  James  Hun- 
ter Blair  of  Dunskey  and  Bobertland,  Bart.,  and 
bad  issue*;  3.  Clementina,  married  to  John  Bell, 
Esq.,  W.  S.,  who  died  at  Cullean,  12th  July,  1776, 
leaving  two  sons — John  Bell,  Esq.,  W.  S.,  and 
Archibald  Bell,  Esq.,  advocate. 

3.  Clementina,  married  to  Creorge  Watson  of 
Hilton  Park,  in  the  county  of  York;  and  died 
without  issue,  11th  March,  1760. 

William  G  allow  at. 


ALLITERA'nVE  INSCRIPTIONS. 
(2»'»  S.  X.  447.) 

Every  man  has  an  occasional  vacancy  of  time, 
too  brief  for  study,  and  too  long  for  idleness. 
Literary  folks  take  up  an  **  Adversaria**  or  *^  Ana**; 
opening  at  hap-hazard,  and  reading  on  till  the 
hour- band  bids  them  lay  it  down.  My  resource  is 
the  Series  CtUtlaanay  in  one  or  other  of  "  N.  &  Q.'b** 
volumes  (now  two  dozen,  and  bidding  fuir  to 
outflank  Philemon  Holland,  Nicholas  De  Lyrn, 
the  Benedictine  Fathers,  or  the  Delphin  Classics) ; 
at  what  page,  or  on  what  subject,  matters  not : 
for  seldom  do  I  close  it  without  chancing  upon 
some  "Query**  still  unnoted,  and  worthy  to  be 
"  made  a  note  of.** 

In  this  manner  Mb.  Garstin  reminded  me,  the 
other  day,  of  a  less  palatable  dish  of  Ps  served  up 
to  an  unsuccessful  French  dramatist :  — 

**  L*Abb<$  Pellegrin  avait  doDD^  an  Th^Atre  une  pibce 
de  *  Pelop^e ' ;  elle  fut  sifflde  k  la  premiere  repr^ntatioo ; 
et  Tauteor  le  mSme  soir  reQut  au  cafe  Procope  oil  il  dtait, 
lino  lettre  con^ue  en  ces  ternies  •  P.  P.  P.  P.  P.  P.  P.  P.  P. 
P.  P.  P.  P.  P.  P.*  II  ne  sut  ce  que  cela  signitlait,  et  comma 
11  en  deraandait  ^explication,  an  plaisant  8*approcha  de  Ini 
et  lai  dit  — '  Cette  lettre  est  <$crit  en  abrtfviation ;  elle 
signifie,  Pelop^  Pi6ce  Pitoyable,  Prdsentde  Par  Pierre 

*  They  had  ten  sons  and  four  daof^bters :  1.  Sir  John 
Hunter  BUir,  died  unmarried;  2.  William,  died  in  in- 
fancy t  8.  William,  died  an  infant;  4.  Sir  David  Hunter 
IMair,  of  Brownhill,  Bart;  5.  James  Hunter  BUir;  6. 
Kobort,  a  Captain  in  the  army ;  7.  Forbes  Hunter  Blair, 
a  banker  in  Edinburgh ;  8.  Thomas  Hunter  Blair,  Cap- 
tain in  the  9l8t  Regiment,  wounded  at  the  battle  of  Tala- 
vera,  and  at  present  a  prisoner  in  France ;  9.  Archibald, 
who  died  young ;  10.  Heury  Dundas,  died  voung.  —  1. 
Anne,  married  to  William  Mure  of  Caldwdl,  and  has 
two  sons  and  six  daughters ;  2.  Clementina,  married  to 
Cant  J.  T.  Birch,  of  the  Boyal  Engineers;  8.  Jane; 
4.  Jamima. 


Pellegrin,  Pauvre  Petit  Po^te  Provencal,  Prctre,  Parante, 
Parfaitement  Pnni.' "  —  EueydoiMBdiama,  Paris,  1857. 

The  Alphabetica  Catena  supplies  another  link 
of  the  letter  P,  in  the  poem  which  I  have  some- 
where met  under  the  title  •*  Pugna  Porcorum  Per 
Publium  Porcium  Poetam";  but  which  Vosstus 
mentions  as  composed  by  Plaeenthu^  and  which 
his  commentator,  Sandius,  pronounces  to  be  im- 
possible. There  exists,  however,  in  the  *'  Delicia 
Poetarum  Dnnorum**  (tom.  ii.),  Hader  s  Caman 
cum  Cattis  Certamen  —  the  C  being,  of  course, 
uniformly  pronounced  as  K  :  and  which,  but  for 
our  obstinate  obligation  of  articles,  signs  of  cases, 
&C.,  might  be  emulatively  rendered  ^  The  Contest 
of  the  Curs  and  the  Cats.*'  Its  tLtpfUf  atilt  ^c«  opens 
thus :  — 

**  Cattonim  Canimus  CertaminaXlara  Cannmqae^ 
Calliope,  concede  Chelyn ! "  — ^" 

and  so  concurs  (or  cat- curs)  through  ninety- three 

lines.    In  the  ninth  century,  Hubald  dedicated  a 

poem  **  in  laudes  Calvitii  **  to  the  Emperor  Charles 

the  Bald,  having  this  courtly  commencement :  — 

**  Carmina  Clarisons  Calvis  Cantate,  CamoensB." 

These  opera  operosissima,  alike  discordant  as 
difficult,  have  given  place  to  the  syllabic  allitera- 
tion, more  easy  in  every  language  and  more  grace- 
ful ;  falling  in  with  that  accentual  unison  which 
assures  to  each  recurrent  letter  its  proper  har- 
mony. In  poetry  and  in  prose,  it  is  the  essential 
attribute  of  rhythm  :  even  the  Dog'Latin  of  the 
above  hexameter  and  a  half,  supplies  in  its  middle 
letters  a  proof  of  its  pervading  influence.  In- 
stances, ancient  or  modem,  would  be  matters  of 
supererogation.  E.  L.  S. 


Anglo-Saxon  (2°*  S.  ix.  29.)  — It  has  been 
objected,  apparently  on  good  grounds,  to  the  term 
Anglo'SaxoiL,  that  it  breaks  the  continuity  of 
English  history,  and  ought,  therefore,  to  be  dis- 
carded, and  Old-English  substituted  in  its  stead. 

To  the  works  mentioned,  as  giving  an  account 
of  Anglo-Saxon  literature,  should  be  added  Pe- 
theram*8  Historical  Sketch  of  the   Progress  and 
Present  State  of  Anglo-Saxon  Ltterature  in  Eng' 
land,  8vo,  London,  1840.  J.  Mac&at. 

Patrick  Ruthven  (3'*  S.  i.  863.)  —  In  a  com- 
munication from  J.  M.  touching  the  letter  in  the 
Cabala^  from  Patrick  Kuthven  to  the  Earl  of 
Northumberland,  then  both  state  prisoners  in  the 
Tower,  that  gentleman  says :  — 

**  I  do  not  think,  in  the  coarse  of  enaoiries  respediofc 
the  Lady  to  whom  the  letter  relates,  who  was  no  doubt 
the  future  wife  of  her  protector,  and  the  mother  of  Ladj 
Vandyke,  it  has  yet  appeared  that  she  was  at  the  time  of 
the  incident  in  question  a  fellow-prisoner  in  the  Toftet 
with  the  Earl  and  Patrick  Kuthven.  Her  imprisonment 
in  that  fortress  would  indicate  that  she  wom  a  womean  of 
rank," 

Patrick  Ruthven  married  Elizabeth  Woodford, 
second  wife  and  widow  of  Thomas,  first  Lord 


8">  a  I.  Mat  24,  '62.] 


NOTES  AND  QUERIEa 


415 


Gerrard  of  Abbots  Bromley,  ia  Stafibrdabire,  who 
died  when  Lord  President  of  Wales  in  1617. 
Beyond  the  above  fact,  every  step  lu  this  history 
is  a  mystery  and  a  romance.  To  use  Mr.  John 
Bruce*s  words  in  the  ArchcBohgxa  on  this  union : 

"  How  this  fair  young  lady  became  knowD  to  the 
prisoaer  in  the  Tower  —  where  they  were  married,  and 
when — remains  at  present  unknown." 

A  knowledge  communicated  by  any  of  the  cor- 
respondents  of  **  N.  &  Q.**  on  these  points,  would 
greatly  oblige  R.  P.  R. 

Arms  op  Wilkes  (2~»  S.  xii.  625;  3'*>  S.  i.  216, 
318.)  —  To  what  arms  John  Wilkes  was  properly 
entitled  I  do  not  know ;  but  can  speak  with  some 
certainty  of  those  which  he  adopted  and  used, 
having  in  my  possession  a  valuable  classic  from 
his  library,  with  an  impression  of  his  book  plate 
inserted.  The  arms  given  on  the  latter  are,  or,  a 
chevron  between  three  birds*  heads,  erased,  sable, 
in  the  middle  chief,  a  crescent.  Now,  as  to  the 
birds'  heads,  which  arc  called  those  of  ravens, 
they  certainly  look  very  much  like  eagles;  and 
Edmondson,  in  blazoning  the  arms  of  Wilkes  of 
Leighton  Buzzard,  gives  them  thus :  Per  pale  or 
and  argent ;  a  chevron  between  three  eagles^  heads 
erased,  sable.  The  crest  is  a  crossbow,  issuing 
out  of  what  appears  to  be  a  bush.  Motto :  "  Arcui 
meo  non  confido.'*  Beneath  the  arms  is  written 
«  John  Wilkes,  F.R.S.*'  W. 

Viscount  Canada  (3'*  S.  i.  369.)— Sir  William 
Alexander,  Secretary  of  State  for  Scotland  to 
King  James  I.,  obtained  from  him  in  1621  a 
charter,  granting  to  him  the  territory  of  Nova 
Scotia;  and  seven  years  later,  on  the  2nd  of  Feb- 
ruary, 1628,  he  received  from  Charles  I.  a  grant 
of  the  province  since  called  Canada.  Two  years 
subsequently,  viz.,  on  the  4th  of  September,  1630, 
he  was  raised  to  the  peerage  by  the  title  of  Vis- 
count of  Stirling  by  patent,  to  him  and  his  heirs 
male ;  and  on  the  14di  of  June,  1633,  on  the  oc- 
casion of  the  King*8  coronation,  he  was  advanced 
to  the  dignity  of  Earl  of  Stirling  and  Viscount 
Canada.  The  fifth  Earl  of  Stirling  died  without 
issue  on  the  4th  of  December^  1739.  Since  that 
time  the  peerage  has  been  dormant,  although 
twice  claimed,  the  last  claimant  having  been 
Alexander  Humphreys,  or  Alexander,  whose  trial 
for  forgery  took  place  before  the  High  Court  of 
Justiciary  in  Edinburgh  in  1839.  The  cbarge 
arose  respecting  certain  documents  and  charters 
on  which  the  prisoner  founded  his  claim  to  the 
Earldom  of  Stirling  and  Viscounty  of  Canada. 
The  jury  found  a  verdict  to  the  effect  that  a 
charter  and  certain  documents  were  forgeries,  but 
that  it  was  Not  Proven  that  the  prisoner  had 
forged  them,  or  had  uttered  them  knowing  them 
to  be  forged.  John  Pavin  Phillips. 

Haverfordwest 

This  title  was  claimed  as  a  second  title  by  the  per- 


son who  some  years  since  (about  thirty)  asserted 
his  right  to  be  Earl  of  Stirling.  I  believe  a  son 
of  his  actually  assumed  it  as  the  eldest  son  of  an 
earl.  A  Mr.  Bankes  (as  I  recollect  the  name), 
who  had  accepted  a  baronetcy,  which  the  alleged 
earl  asserted  he  had  the  right  of  creating  under 
some  Scottish  patent,  published  an  account  of  the 
family,  in  which,  if  it  exists  anywhere,  F.  G.  L. 
will  no  doubt  find  all  the  information  he  requires. 

J.    Ha   L. 

Edmund  Bubkb  (3'<i  S.  i.  161,  212.)  — In 
Trinity  College,  Dublin,  the  practice  was,  and  I 
suppose  still  is,  that  at  the  entrance  examination 
the  Senior  Lecturer  asked  each  candidate  his 
name,  age,  place  of  birth,  &c.  It  is  therefore 
quite  certain,  I  think,  that  in  the  year  1743,  pro- 
bably at  midsummer  or  in  October  (for  these  are 
the  principal  times  of  entrance),  Edmund  Burke 
stated  either  that  he  was  sixteen  or  that  he  was  in 
his  sixteenth  year,  and  that  he  was  bom  in  Dub- 
lin. We  therefore  have  these  two  facts  on  his 
own  authority. 

As  to  his  entrance  at  the  Temple  in  April  1747, 
that  is  before  his  undergraduate  course  had  been 
completed,  I  can  only  account  for  it  by  supposing 
that  in  order  to  lose  no  time  in  his  legal  career,  he 
had  run  over  to  London  for  a  few  days,  and  en- 
tered his  name  at  the  Temple. 

The  charge  against  him  mentioned  by  T.  C.  B. 
is  really  a  serious  one,  and  I  hope  it  may  prove 
not  to  be  true ;  for  if  so  it  must  sink  him  deeply 
in  the  estimation  of  every  honourable  mind.    K. 

Italian  Quotation  (3^  S.  i.  249.)  —  I  had 
supposed,  as  a  matter  of  course,  that  M.  E.*8 
Query  would  have  received  many  replies.  Its 
not  having  been  the  case  proves  to  me  how  little 
Italian  literature  is  now  cultivated  in  this  coun- 
try.   A  change,  I  trust,  will  soon  come. 

The  lines  quoted  by  M.  E.  are  not  in  Ariosto ; 
they  are  in  the  four  stanzas  inserted  by  Berni  in 
lib.  If.  c.  xxiv.  of  the  Orlando  Innamorato.  The 
idea,  as  Mr.  Panizzi  has  shown,  was  taken  from 
the  Ciriffo  Calcaneo  of  Pulci.  K. 

Canadian  Seigneurs  (Z^  S.  i.  310, 358.)—  The 
late  Sir  Richard  Brown,  Bart.,  was  my  authority 
for  the  statement  that  coronets  were  used  by 
some,  at  least,  of  the  Canadian  Seigneurs. 

At  a  meeting  of  the  Committee  of  the  Baronet- 
age for  Privileges  held  in  1841,  among  the  drawings 
and  impressions  of  seals  then  exhibited,  were 
'*  specimens  of  two  coronets  which  are  now  worn 
and  carried  by  a  class  of  our  fellow-subjects  in 
British  America,  who  rank  with  our  ancient  Lords 
of  Manors  in  England.  I  refer  to  those  Canadian 
proprietors,  of  French  extraction,  who  hold  their 
land  by  seigneurial  tenure.**    John  Woodward. 

Insecure  Envelopes  (2"*  S.  vi.  261.)  —  "  The 
priests  of  Mopsusjwere  as  skilful  as  the  ^%t- 


416 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


[8^  S.  L  Mat  24»  '62. 


master  of  Rugely  in  opening  envelopefi  warranted 
secure."  —  The  Danger  of  Circumstantial  Evi- 
(lencCf  a  small  pamphlet  of  twenty-four  pages, 
fiondon,  1856,  apparently  written  while  the  trial 
of  Palmer  was  in  progress.  What  is  the  allusion 
to  the  priests  of  Mopsus  ?  Have  any  secure  en- 
velopes been  invented  ?  J.  R. 

On  being  covbbbd  in  tub  Rotajl  Fbesence 
(8'^  S.  L  208,  313,  318,  350.)  --  It  may  be  inter- 
esting to  your  correspondent  S.  T.  to  be  informed, 
if  he  has  not  already  noted  it  for  his  forthcoming 
work,  that  a  form  of  licence  is  given  in  the  Booke 
of  Presidents  (vide  fo.  96,  ed.  1604.)  It  runs 
thus : — 

'*  Henry  the  8,  &c.  To  all  maner  our  subjects,  as  well 
of  npiritnall  preheminence  and  dignitie,  as  of  temporall  au- 
tboritie,  these  our  letters  hearing  or  seeing,  and  to  every 
of  them,  greeting.  Forasmuch  as  wee  be  credibly  in- 
fourmed,  that  our  welbeloved  T.  M.  for  divers  infirmities 
which  he  hath  in  his  head,  and  cannot  conveniently 
without  his  great  daunger  be  discovered  of  the  same : 
We  let  you  wit,  with  consideration  thereof,  wee  have  by 
these  presents  licenced  him  to  use  and  weare  a  Bonet  at 
all  times,  as  well  in  our  presence  as  elsewhere  at  his 
liberty.  We  therefore  wil  and  command  you  and  every 
of  you,  to  permit  and  suffer  him  so  to  doe,  without  any 
your  challenges  or  interruption  to  the  contrary,  as  ye 
tender  our  {Heasure  and  will  avoid  the  contrary.  Given 
under  our  adgnet  at  our  Palace  of  Westminster,  the  xx 
day  of  May  xxxvi.  yere  of  our  raigne." 

Fbedk.  Hbndbixs. 

Lambeth  Deobebs  (3"*  S.  i.  254,  336.)  —  In 
my  last  article,  sec.  26  of  the  Medical  Practi' 
tioners^  Act,  was  erroneously  quoted,  instead  of 
sec.  27,  to  which  I  intended  to  refer.  In  this 
latter  section  it  is  provided  that  every  year  shall 
be  published  '*a  correct  register  of  the  names 
medical  titles,  diplomas,  and  qualifica- 
tions conferred  by  any  corporation  or  university, 
or  by  doctorate  of  the  Archbishop  of  Canterbury, 
with  the  dates  thereof,  of  all  persons  appear- 
ing on  the  General  Register  as  existing  on  the 
first  day  of  January  in  every  year.**  Schedule  D. 
gives  the  form  of  the  register ;  each  page  of  the 
book  is  divided  into  four  columns,  headed  respec- 
tively— Name,  Residence,  Qualification,  Title. 
By  virtue  of  the  provisions  of  ss.  15  and  26,  the 
degree  of  M.D.  granted  by  the  Primate  prior  to 
the  passing  of  the  Act  would  be  inserted  in  the 
third  column,  and  no  other  qualification  would  be 
necessary  to  entitle  a  man  to  be  registered.  Since 
Aug.  2,  1858,  however,  as  the  Lambeth  degree 
does  not  entitle  a  man  to  be  registered,  all  such 
degrees  are  to  be  accounted  simply  as  *'  Medical 
Titles,**  and  therefore  appear  in  the  fourth  column 
of  the  register.  The  same  remarks  hold  good 
as  regards  degrees  conferred  by  foreign  universi- 
ties, those  granted  prior  to  21  &  22  Vict.  c.  90, 
being  reckoned  as  a  qualification;  those  since, 
merely  as  medical  titles. 

It  appears  doubtful  whether  the  58th  canon, 
quoted  by  Investigatob,  with  the  terms  of  which 


I  was  well  acquainted  at  the  time  of  writing  my 
former  article,  applies  to  possessors  of  Lambeth 
degrees,  so  far,  at  least,  as  the  prohibitory  clause  is 
concerned.  Is  it  well  decided  ihAtgraduate  means 
onlu  one  who  has  regularly  taken  a  degree  in  an 
university  ?  Is  not  a  Lambeth  M.A.  a  graduate  in 
the  sense  of  legally  possessing  a  degree  ? 

J.  A.  Pk. 

Abthobt  Dbvis  (3"*  S.  i.  209),  not  Davis,  the 
painter,  was  the  son  of  Anthony  Devis  by  his 
second  wife,  Ann  Blackburn.  They  were  married 
on  the  4th  June,  1728,  and  are  buried  in  the 
ground  belonging  to  St.  George  the  Martyr,  be- 
hind the  Foundling  Hospital,  close  to  the  wall, 
between  the  piers  18  and  19. 

Anthony  Devis,  the  painter,  was  born  on  the 
18th  March,  1729.  There  was  another  son  by 
the  same  wife,  viz.  John,  born  12th  Dec.  1734, 
who  was  a  watchmaker  in  Lamb*s  Conduit  Street. 
Anthony  Devis  bought  his  house  at  Albury  in 
1780,  of  Mr.  Marissall.  He  was,  in  1764,  at  the 
Hon.  Mr.  Vernon*s,  Newick  Park,  Sussex  ;  1770, 
Sept.,  at  Robert  Child's,  Esq.,  Osterly  Park ; 
1771,  Robert  Child's,  Esq.,  Upton,  Sir  John  Chi- 
chester's, Youlton,  near  Barnstaple;  1773,  June, 
Duke  of  Manchester*f^  Kimbolton ;  Sept.,  John 
Peploe  Birch,  Esq.,  Garnston,  Herefordshire;  Oct., 
the  Hon.  Mr.  Vernon*s,  Britton  Ferry,  Glamor- 
ganshire ;  1775,  July,  Lord  Ducie*s,  Woodchester 
Park ;  1776,  May,  Lord  Peters ;  June,  Sir  Rich. 
WorsleVs,  Appmdercomb,  Isle  of  Wight. 

I  shall  be  glad  to  see  an  account  of  any  of  the 
works  executed  during  these  visits. 

It  does  not  appear  that  Anthony  Devis,  the 
painter,  was  ever  married,  nor  whether  his  father 
was  in  business  or  of  any  profession.  His  mother 
was  from  Yorkshire,  and  born  at  a  house  called 
"Frier  Head.** 

Anthony  Devis,  the  elder,  had  four  sons  by  his 
first  wife;  the  eldest  of  whom,  Arthur,  was,  I 
think,  a  painter,  and  probably  also  his  son,  Thomas 
Anthony. 

I  have  a  copy  of  the  arms  of  the  Blackburn 
family,  and  pictures,  scraps,  and  sketches  of  the 
Devis  family ;  but  I  will  not  lengthen  this  reply 
by  describing  them.  T.  W.  D. 

PoBTBAiTS  OF  Abchbishof  Cbanmbb  (3*^  S.  i. 
269.)  —  Though  I  cannot  furnish  Mb.  Nichols 
with  any  biographical  particulars  of  the  painter 
Gerbicus  Flicciis,  I  may  point  out,  that  his  por- 
trait of  Cranmer  is  evidently  the  same  which  was 
engraved  by  Vertue,  and  by  him  attributed  to 
Holbein ;  as  is  shown  by  its  bearing  the  same  in- 
scription, "  Julij  2»,  ^t.  57."  (I  read  Jnij  2, 
instead  of  20,  the  former  being  Cranmer*8  birth- 
day). In  the  old  History  of  Nottinghamshire,  by 
Thoroton,  is  another  from  the  same  original,  hold- 
ing a  book  with  both  hands.  Granger  has  pointed 
out  the  remarkable  circumataQoe,  uat  this  picture 


3"  a  I.  Mat  M.  -ei.] 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


417 


wE,"™ 


represenU  the  Arcbbiibop  entirelj  irithout  beard; 
whereM,  in  Verherden's  Imaginet  and  Holland'a 
Hrroolngia,  1610,  he  la  exhibited  Kith  k  long  one. 
Is  the  latter  to  be  regarded  as  the  imagiDtrr  con- 
ception or  a  foreign  artist,  or  did  the  Archbufaop 
change  his  fashion?  FoMiblr  he  allowed  bia 
beard  to  jiroit  durlag  the  long  confinement  that 
preceded  his  martyrdom.  N.  H.  S. 

FosTBAiTS  Br  G.  Fucciis  (a-*  S.  i.  369.)  — 
I  am  told  that  there  are  several  portraits  attri- 
bated  lo  tbis  painter  at  Nevrbsttle  Abbejr,  the 

it  of  the  Marquess  of  Lothian  ;  and  in  a  Cato- 
of  the  pictures  there,  made  for  Sir  William 
rave  in  179S,  I  6nd  in  the  Great  Room  : 
'-  Lord  Douglas ;  he  was  wounded  at  the  battle  of 
Otterburn,  painted  by  Fliccui,  1S47."  Also,  in 
Ladj  Ancram's  Drening-room :  "Three  of  the 
James's,  Kings  of  Scotland,  bj  G.  Fliccus  " ;  as 
well  as  "  Another  of  the  James's,  and  one  of  hii 
wife,  attributed  to  Holbein."  I  should  be  glad  to 
receive  any  later  or  farther  account  of  them  f 

J.  G.  N. 

Ulbic  voh  Huttbb  (p'^  S.  I  171.)  —  B.  T.  will 
find  a  very  characteriitic  portrait  of  tbis  cele- 
brated Reformer,  together  with  an  engraving  of 
the  murder  of  his  cousin  in  a  wood,  in  a  quarto 
volume  of  his  works,  having  the  following  colo- 
phon :  - 

"  Hoc  Ulricbi  d«  Huttsn  Eqnii,  Ger.  Invectl  varam 
cnni  silia  qaibnsdsni  in  TyraDnnm  Wlrtinpergannm  opu 
•xcusam  in  arcs  Stakelbark.  An.  m.d.zix.  MenH 
viiBKi.  "  [a  lurious  abhriiviation  for  S^iltmbri,'] 

Ulrich  de  Hutten  calls  himself  "  Eques  Ger* 
manos."  By  whom  was  he  knighted  F  Or  was 
he  a  member  of  one  of  those  higher  degrees  of 
knighthood  which  most  of  the  early  Reformers 
are  said  to  have  foatered  and  belonged  to;  and 
which  are,  at  the  present  day,  in  active  existence 
in  some  of  the  higher  degrees  of  the  "Ancient 
and  Accepted  Rite  '  of  Freemasonry  f 

A  very  interesting  series  of  papers  on  Ulrich 
von  Hutten  may  be  found  in  the  OentUman'i 
Magazine  for  18^2.  Hbkbt  BLBRKiHiOF. 

Eaatgal«,  Warwick. 

0«AKoB-nnTTFB  (8"  S.  i.  3M,  316.)  — 

Botmll.  "Do  jDU  know.  Sir,  I  hiTo  dlKOnred  a  maou- 
Taotara  to  a  grsat  extent,  of  wbat  jan  only  plddl*  at  — 
BcrapinE  «i"S  drying  ths  peel  of  onaga*.  At  a  pUce  in 
Hawgals  Street  there  ie  ■  prodinioua  quantity  prsparad, 
which  they  »8ll  to  the  dislillBra."  Johnnm.  "Sir,  I  b«- 
liave  they  make  a  lii^her  thing  oat  of  them  than  s  spirit : 
they  make  what  ie  tilled  oranBa-hnMer,  lh«  oil  of  the 
orange  inspiuitei!,  wliich  thny  mii  parh«pi  with  common 
potDatoid,  and  mike  it  fragrant.  The  ail  doei  not  fly  off 
in  the  drvine."  —  Boaweira  .faAun,  anno  L7g8. 

N.  H.C. 


"  Oldrs,  Ambrosa,  adm.  scholar  of  WincbtsUr  Collage, 

"Uldya,  John,  adm.  161.'>,  of  Todmonteni  F.  nfKow 
College,  ICaS;  KA.  1G66;    d.   IGGO;    burlnl  at  Adder- 

"  Oldya,  Thomas,  adm,  1S57,  son  of  William,  Vicar  nf 
Adderbory,  of  Adderbnry;  F.  N.  C,  Daa.  13,  16e&: 
B.C.I.  167S,  0.  of  Tingewiok,  April  SI,  1690;  d.  there 
July  10, 17S1. 

"Oldyi,  William,  of  Elminater,  Doriet,  adm.  1606; 
F.  N,  C.  Aog.  9,  I6I2,  no.  18-27,  B.D.;  Proctor,  1828; 
T.  of  AdderEnrv,  March  U.  1G24;  Prab.  of  Wetls)  m' 
Haria,  daa.  oT'nia'SacheTflralli  murdared  by  the  lebelsi 
1646;  bar.  at  Adderbnry. 

"Oldys.  William,  adm.  1618;  F.  N.  C.  1696;  D.C.L. 
1667;  OSdal  of  Bucki,  Chancellor  of  LiDcoin.  Advocate 
in  (he  Uarshil  and  Admiralty  Court,  removed  in  1693, 
tieciDM  he  refneed  to  pronounce  the  atilon  actlDe  againet 
Eneland  under  the  oiilere  of  Janus  II,  Builly  of  tieawn 
and  piracy  i  he  died  1708." 

Mackbnzis  E.  C.  Wamjott,  M.A.,  F.S.A. 

"NOBBLBSS  EuSEBIAAKD  BIB  NoBELESS  NuKS  " 

(3'*  8.  i.  848.)  — for  Eusebia  read  Ebba.  In 
the  7ear  670,  according  to  Matthew  of  Westmin- 
ster, in  an  incursion  o?  the  Danes,  under  Hinguar 
and  Hubba,  S.  Ebba,  who  was  Abbess  of  Coldinz- 
hom  in  Berwickshire,  anxious,  not  for  her  lile, 
but  for  her  chastity,  had  reconrse  to  the  following 
stratagem.     Having  assembled  her   i      -   ^      -■  - 


munity.  The  frightful  spectacle  which  thejr 
exhibited  protected  (beir  virginity ;  but  the  Danes 
aet  fire  to  the  monastery,  and  S.  Ebba  and  her 
companions  were  given  as  victims  to  the  flames. 

S.  Ebba  and  her  companions  are  commemo- 
rated in  the  Latin  church  on  April  2.  (See  Al- 
ban  Butler's  LietM  of  the  SaiaUi  Matthew  of  West- 
minster ;  Baroniut,  ad  an.  S70).  J.  L.  G. 

WooDHAS  Fimi-i  (3"  S.  i.  346.)— TLe  Wood- 
formerly   located   at   Twining   near 


W.  OiDTS  (3'^  S.  i.  343.)  —  To  the  interesting 
notice  of  W.  Oldja,  I  can  add  the  fullowin>;  par- 
ticnlort  from  my  US.  Register  of  the  Scholars  of 
WlnehMter,  rolatlTS  to  persona  of  hii  nune :  — 


BiiTiNQ  Bbuts  to  haxb  tbbh  Tbrdbb  fS"  S. 
i.  346.)  —  As  a  slisbt  contribution  towaras  tha 
I  information  solicited  by  N.  B.,  I  send  the  follow- 
ing extract  from  the  M8S.  of  the  corporation  of 
this  borough.  At  a  Common  Hall  held  "on 
,  Thursday  before  St  Simon  and  St.  Jude,"  1467, 
among  several  orders  then  made  was  tho  follow- 
I  ing  :  —  "  No  butcher  to  kill  a  bull  till  baited." 
I  imagine,  however,  that  this  unmerciful  regu- 
lation had  reference  rather  to  (he  amusementa  of 
the  populace  than  to  any  supposed  improvement 
'  in  the  quality  of  the  meat  by  the  process  of  bait- 
I  ing ;  as  it  appears  that  at  Southamptun  it  was 
I  part  of  the  mayor's  office  to  see  that  plenty  of 
I  bulls  and  bears  were  provided  for  bvting.  At 
Winchester  (as  we  learn  from  the  Cor^arMiaa. 
Joornali)  it  woi  ordsral.  V&  \feft  V3i^'&'si^''^^:i^~< 


418  NOTES  AND  QUERIES.  [««» a  i.  Mat  24, '62. 

**  That  from  henaforthe  ther  shal  be  no  bulstake  the  son  (Samuel)  of  Samuel,  who  married  *'  Eliza- 
set  before  any  Mayor's  doore  to  bayte  any  bull,  betb,  daughter  of  Mr.  Thomas  Ogden,**  because 
but  onlie  at  the  bull-ringe  within  the  said  cytie.**  the  Ogdens  of  Halifax  became  Quakers  at  a  very 

William  Kellt.  early  period.    So  lately  as  1756  (Surtees's  Dur- 

Leicester.  ham^  vol.  i.  part  n.  p.  46),  *^  Thomas   Ogden  of 

SAin)PAiiiTiKGs(3'^S.i.848.)— Inl-»S.ix.of  Halifax"    was    the    husband   of    a    co-heireas 

'*N&Q.*'two  communications  appeared  on  this  ©^  t^©  Cold  Hesleden  estates;    she  being  the 

subject.    One,  at  p.  217,  was  from  me,  stating  my  grand-daughter  of  John  Hall,  "  a  noted  Quaker 

intimate  acquaintance,  about  fifty  years  ago,  with  preacher." 

a  well-known  artist  in  sand-painting,  who  indeed  Me.  NoSl  Saiksbubt  states  (2»*S.  xi.  434)  that 
claimed  to  be  its  inventor.  The  article  described  Sir  Samuel  had  a  cause  pending  with  **  his  bro- 
his  mode  of  forming  these  sand  pictures ;  but  the  *^®''*  **><i  brothers-in-law,"  which  is  also  a  con- 
process  of  fixing  them  he  kept  secret,  and  it  ap-  firmation  of  the  supposition ;  because  his  father 
pears  to  have  died  with  him.  The  second  com-  was  married  three  times,  and,  though  no  surviving 
munication,  at  p.  327,  was  from  a  relative  of  Mr.  ««^«e  are  named  by  Ebic  except  the  second  Sir 
Haas,  Mb.  John  Mummebt,  and  it  gave  a  very  Richard,  son  of  Anne  Ramsden,  and  Samuel,  son 
interesting  account  of  what  led  Mr.  Haas  to  the  of  Elizabeth  Ogden,  yet  "seven  others"  are  men- 
discovery  of  the  art.  tioned  from  this  second  marriage.  But  the  Samuel 
In  reference  to  the  Query  of  W.  F.,  Mb.  Mum-  "^^o  was  son  of  the  first  Sir  Richard,  is  called  by 
MBBT  spoke  of  some  of  these  pictures  being  in  Ebic  an  only  son.  R.  N. 

quainted,  was  sold  after  hU  death,  and  dispened.  »«*•)  T.^P""  "JlTr?        Oradmt,  Ca^g,- 

Seyeral  of  his  sand-pictures  were  purchLd,  I  ^''  (16«9-1823),   I  am  unable  to  find  any 

believe,  by  Mr.  MiWfor  bis  own  fine  collection;  ?"'',!". ^*iJ^  mentioned  therein    as  having  gra- 

but  others,  no  doubt,  still  exist  in  Bristol  and  its  ^uated  m  this  Umyersity.  Robert  Peel,  Emmanud 

neighbourhood.  F.  C.  H.  College,  B.A.  168(.,  furnishes  the  nearest  approach 

^  ^  to  the  required  patronymic.    He  does  not  appear 

Sebvicb  tob  Healing  (3^  S.  i.  313.)  —  A  to  have  advanced  beyond  his  B.A.  degree.    The 

Book  of  Common  Prayer  in  my  possession  (want-  reauired  Sir  Robert  appears  to  have  been  exer- 

ing  title-page)  contains  the  Service  "At  the  Heal-  cising  his  ministerial  functions  considerably  more 

inff,"  precisely  as  given  by  your  correspondent,  than  a  hundred  years  after  that  date,  as  may  be 

substituting  "  King^'  for  "  Queen,"  and  "His  " for  gathered  from  the  following  note  in  Watt*s  Bib- 

**  Her "  majesty.    It  is  uniform  in  type,  and  is  lioiheca  Britannica  :  — 

bound  up  with  a  copy  of  the  Holy  Bible,  printed        u  peat.  Rev.  Sir  Robert,  D.D.,  Bart,  Minister  of  SL 

by  J,  Baskett,  Oxford,  printer  to  the  University,  Lawrence,  North  Brentford.    Sernum  on  the  Thank^imn^ 

1723.    I  should  be  glad  to  know  in  what  earlier  Day  for  tite  Peace,  1814, 8vo." 

editions  of  the  Prayer  Book  this  service  is  in-        Both  names.  Peat  and  Peet,  are,  according  to 

serted,  and  whether  it  is  to  be  found  m  any  after  Patronymica  Britannica,  of  the  same  origin ;  biing 

the  reign  of  Greorge  I.  ?  either  diminutives  of  Peter,  or  local  names  derived 

R«  E.  Egbbtok  Wabbdbton.  fjpQm  ^j,g  bearer*s  residence  on  a  pett  or  moorish 

Arley,  Northwich.  ground.     I  do  not  think  that  either  name  is  re- 

Dabib  Mabgabbt  and  Gbobgb  Haltbubton  presented  in  the  Peerage  and  Baronetage  for  the 

(3"*  S.  i.  347.)  —  One  of  my  ancestors,  Greorge  present  year.  B. 

Haly burton,  was  minister  of  Aberdalgy,  and  mar-        ^.^^  _,  ,„  .  _    .  ^^^ . 

ried  Margaret  Playfair,  who  is  said  to  have  been  ,  M»Culloch  of  Cambuslahg  (3'*  S.  i.  329  )- 

allied  to  some  of  the  first  families  in  Scotland,  on  ^  biographic  noUce  of  the  Rev.  William  M*Cul- 

her  mother's  side.    This  George  Halyburton  was,  ^^^  mmister  at  Cambuslang.  will  be  found  m  a 

in  1662,  ejected  by  "his  near  kinsman,"  George  TP^^f «  «»^»^  ^f  RemvaU  of  the  Eighteenth 

Halyburton,  Bishop    of  Dunkeld.      Could    tbis  Century,  partic^Hy  at   Cambuslang,    compiled 

Margaret  Halyburton  be  the  Dame  Margaret  re-  under  the  auspices  of  the  Free  Church,  by  the 

ferred  to  by  Mabioh  ?    If  so,  I  can  give  some  Rev.  Dr.  Macfarlan  of  Renfrew.    The  materials 

particulars  of  the  pedigree.  John  S.  Bubn.  ^J?^  *!»"  ^'T't'^  Sfn'n  ^»^  have  been  chiefly 

The  Grove,  Henley.  furnished  by  Mr.  M^Culloch  s  son,  the  Rev.  Dr. 

rr       o  -CI  >'oM  o   •    nerx  \  Robcrt  MKDulloch,  minister  of  Dairsie,  and  pub- 

The  SAI.TOKSTALI,  FAMttT  (3'*  S.  I.  350  )-  u.^^  ^;t^  ^  ,„,„„,  „f  g^^^^^,  ;„  1793       ^ 

Tour  corresDondent  Ebic  seems  to  think  that  the        ^jj^  ^  ^^  ^^^^  ^SS.  it  is  menUoned  in 

Saltonstalls,  having  received  contrary  instructions  ^i^^  Preface  that 

from  the  Court  in  1660,  were  not  likely  to  have        „ «,.  '      •  *    r         i..  i.  *i.j      i 

.hown  favour  to  the  Quakers     But  thafi.  a  con-  p.^'';^'chW„[%^  .t'^^^SLTV^ulKS: 

firmation  of  his  supposition  that  Sir  Samuel  was  of  Cambuslang,  and  are  now  the  property  of  the  Free 


8»*  S.  L  May  24,  '62.] 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


419 


Church  Library  of  Mrs.  Contts,  Mr.  M'Calloch's  grind- 
daufifbter,  and  another  lad}'." 

or  the  MSS.  in  the  Free  Church  Library,  two 

quarto  volumes  are  noticed  *^  containing  a  hun* 

dred  and  five  cases,**  principally  in  Mr.  M^Cul- 

loch's  handwriting :  — 

•*  These  were  preserved  by  Mr.  M^Calloch's  family ; 
and  were,  in  1844,  presented  by  Mrs.  Coatts  of  Edinburgh, 
a  grand-daughter  of  Mr.  M*CulIoch,  to  the  Free  Church 
Library." 

The  Memoir  of  the  above  lady,  well  known  for 
her  Christian  character,  who  died  May  26th,  1849, 
may  also  be  consulted  with  advantage.  It  is 
written  by  the  Rev.  Dr.  Hetherin^ton,  Edin- 
burgh, 1854.  William  Galloway. 

Cecily,  Duchess  of  York  (3"*  S.  i.  369.)  — 
Had  your  correspondent  R.  W.  consulted  Sand- 
ford's  Genealogical  Hittory,  he  would  not  I  think 
have  doubted  the  statement  that  she  was  the 
daughter  of  Ralph,  Earl  of  Westmorland,  by 
Joan,  daughter  of  John  of  Gaunt. 

A  most  interesting  account  of  this  lady*s  daily 
life,  may  be  seen  in  the  Ordinances  of  the  Royal 
Household,  37* ;  and  an  abstract  of  her  will  is 
given  in  Testnmenta  Vetusta,  423. 

Touching  this  will  I  may  observe,  that  it  has 
occasioned  error  and  perplexity  in  consequence 
of  her  having  therein  called  her  grandchildren, 
and  grandchildrcn-in-law  her  sons  and  daugh- 
ters. The  persons  so  designated  appear  to  have 
been  Catharine,  daughter  of  Edw.  IV.,  and  wife 
of  William  Courtenay,  Earl  of  Devonshire;  Hum- 
phrey de  la  Pole,  clerk;  William,  Lord  Stourton, 
who  married  Catharine  de  la  Pole  ;  and  Anne  de 
la  Pole,  prioress  of  Syon.  C.  H.  Cooper. 

Cambridge. 

Shelley*8  "  Laon  and  Cythna'*  (3'*  S.  i.  283, 
355.)  —  At  p.  85,  of  the  Shelley  Memorials^  A.  B. 
will  find  part  of  a  letter  from  Shelley  to  Godwin, 
from  which  it  would  appear  that  the  latter  had 
read  Laon  and  Cythna,  inasmuch  as  it  is  a  reply 
to  some  strictures  passed  by  him  upon  that  work. 
The  discrepancy  between  this  circumstance  and 
Godwin's  statement  to  your  correspondent,  may 
perhaps  be  explained  on  the  supposition  that  he 
only  considered  himself  to  have  read  a  work  when 
he  had  read  it  attentively:  a  labour  which  he 
would  have  been  unwilling,  and  indeed  unable,  to 
bestow  upon  Shelley *s  epic  In  a  letter  to  Mrs. 
Shelley,  hitherto  unpublished,  he  speaks  with 
much  commendation  of  the  Cenci,  and  expresses 
Lis  satisfaction  that  Shelley  should  have  at  last 
condescended  to  treat  of  '*what  passes  among 
human  creatures.**  The  hermit  of  the  Revolt  of 
Islam  is  not  Godwin,  but  Dr.  Lind,  the  friend  of 
Shelley*s  boyhood. 

I  think  Mr.  Peacock  must  be  mistaken  in 
stating  that  only  three  copies  of  Laon  and  Cythna 
found  their  way  into  the  world,  as  that  mentioned 


by  A.  6.  is  the  third'with  the  existence  of  which 
I  am  myself  acquainted.  R,  Garnstt. 

British  Museum. 

Lacb-mak£R*s  Custom  :  Wigb  (Z^  S.  i.  387.)— 
For  a  solution  of  A.  A.*8  inquiry  how  wig  may 
mean  a  cake,  we  must  refer  to  that  great  store- 
house of  philology,  Adelung*s  Deutsches  Lexicon  ; 
where,  under  *^  Weck,**  his  second  signification  is 
"  Eine  Art  feinen  Weitzenbrotes,**  &c. :  a  sort  of 
fine  wheaten  bread,  which  in  some  measure  has 
the  form  of  two  clubs  joined  together.  He  enu- 
merates ChriMtwech^  ChristsioUe^  Osterwech^  Eyer^ 
weckf  Spitzweck^  Sfc.^  as  various  denominations; 
there  are  also  forms  in  which  butter  is  brought 
to  market,  called  Butterweck.  His  derivation  is 
curious,  as  derived  from  the  form  of  a  club,  its 
ancient  form,  which  pounds  of  butter  still  retain 
in  some  places ;  and  also  because  Cunewt^  in  Me- 
diaeval Latinity,  is  ofr«n  used  for  this  sort  of 
wheaten  bread ;  and  he  adduces  the  following 
quotation  from  Du  Fresne  :  *^  Uno  cuneo,  h.  e. 
albo  pane,  modicisque  cibariis  in  hebdomada  sus- 
tentebatur.**  In  Picardy,  Cuignet  is  still  the  name 
of  a  similar  four* tailed  loaf,  worked  with  milk, 
called  in  Lower  Saxony,  eine  Wecke,  or  Wegge, 

Wu.LiAM  Bell,  Phil.  Dr. 

Wbaleromb  and  Son  (3'**  S.  i.  250,  335,  359, 
397.)  —  In  ports  which  adventure  on  the  Green- 
land and  Davis*s  Straits  Whale  Fisheries,  the  jaw- 
bones are  always  preserved,  and  slung  to  the 
shrouds  of  the  vessels,  with  tubs  below  them  to 
catch  the  oil  drippings  which  run  from  them ; 
and  when  dry,  frequently  form  entrances  like  a 
Gothic  arch  to  the  paddocks  and  fields  of  the 
neighbourhood.  Frequently,  too,  the  scapula,  or 
fin-bone  of  the  whale,  is  preserved,  but  not  so 
often  ;  and  offering  a  broad  surface,  is  sometimes 
stuck  over  the  door  of  a  public- house,  and  painted 
as  a  sign  :  one  such  may  be  seen  at  Hull,  on  a  pot- 
house exactly  opposite  tlie  principal  entrance  to  the 
Trinity  House,  on  which  is  painted  the  sign  of  a 
native  fisherman  in  his  canoe — in  whale-fishing,  a 
Jachee-Ja;  in  the  Trinity  House  the  original  boat 
and  figure  of  the  Greenlander  is  kept.  The  surface 
of  the  bone,  like  the  gigantic  shoulder-blade  of  a 
sheep,  is  sufficiently  broad  to  receive  the  figure  of  a 
full-faced  sun ;  which,  in  the  sign  alluded  to,  may 
have  been  painted  upon  it,  and  thence  the  de- 
nomination. William  Bell,  Phil.  Dr. 

Luke's  Iron  Crown  (3"*  S.  i.  364.)  —  Gold- 
smith was  a  student  of  the  University  of  Lsyden, 
and  must  have  been  aware  of  two  celebrities  from 
that  town:  Lucas  of  Leyden,  the  painter,  and 
John  of  Leaden,  the  Anabaptist  leader ;  the  latter, 
after  suffermg  a  long  siege  by  the  Bishop  of  MUn- 
ster  in  the  Metropolitan  See  of  Westphalia,  was 
taken  prboncr  and  tortured  to  death  with  great 
barbarity.  Amongst  other  violence,  an  iron  rim  or 
crown,  red-hot,  was  ^asa^  ^^^  \aa^  \R3cfis<$is»^ 


420 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


[8r«  a  L  BUT  24»  '62. 


poflsibly  in  derision  of  hb  assumption  of  the  kinglj 
state  or  title.  And  it  is  most  probable  that  Gold- 
smith has  confounded  the  two  celebrities  of  the 
town  of  Leyden,  and  that  we  should  read  John's, 
.instead  of  Luke's  Iron  Crown.  The  inaccuracies 
in  **  Damiens*  bed  of  steel/'  marked  by  Mb.  J. 
Dixon,  is  voucher  sufficient  that  the  poet*s  memory 
was  treacherous  also  there. 

William  Bbll,  Phil.  Dr. 

The  concluding  lines  of  The  Traveller  were 
written  (Boswell  says,  in  a.d.  1766,)  by  Dr. 
Johnson.  C.  P.  £. 

Dedications  to  the  Deity  (2"*  S.  xii.  36.) — 
Among  the  works  dedicated  to  the  Almighty  is 
the  following,  which  I  have  just  met  with  : 

**  GodoAredii  Henselii  Synopsis  UniversaB  Pbilologite,  in 
qua  Harmonia  Liogaarum  grammatice  e  natura  vocuoi 
et  geoeraphice  nova  ratione  eniitur,  &c.,  sm.  8vo,  edit. 
2nd.  (Noriinb.),  1764." 

Dedication, 

"  Gloriosissimo  Lingaaraoi  Conditori  Dso  Trinuni  Ter 
Optimo Terqne  Maximo.  Et  in  specie:  Spiritui  Samcto 
LiNGUARUM  Unitori  Gelebratissimo  Conamina  isthasc 
Phiiologica  Sacrata  sunto  t " 

J.  Macsat. 

Oxford. 

The  Hearth  Tax  (8">  S.  i.  367.)  --  8.  T.  is 
mistaken  in  supposing  that  the  receipt  in  his  pos- 
session refers  to  the  last  collection  of  the  hearth 
money.  I  send  you  a  copy  of  one  dated  fourteen 
months  later :  — 

**  October  the  21,  1600  fc  Eighty-Nine. 

"  Received,  of  Capt.  Joneg,  tbe  sam  of  Thoenty  Seven 
shillinfcs  in  fall,  for  one  half  year's  Duty  for  TVenfy  Seven 
Fire  Hearths  in  his  House,  in  Clerkenwell  />*sA.,  dae  & 
ended  at  Lady-day  last  past.    I  say  Received  by 

Fol.  85-87 

L28 

**  Thomas  Bisuope,  Collector." 

The  return  of  the  number  of  fire  hearths  in 
each  house  was  at  first  made  by  tbe  parish  con- 
stable, but  from  the  unpopularity  of  the  tax,  it 
was  suspected  that  he  often  falsified  these  returns 
to  keep  peace  with  his  neighbours.  His  majesty, 
Charles  11.,  was  dissatisfied  with  this  mode  of 
assessing,  as  the  following  extract  from  the  ar- 
chives of  the  county  of  Middlesex  will  show  :  — 

"  His  Majesty,  taking  notice  of  a  retome  of  fire  hearths 
within  the  City  of  London  and  precincts  of  the  Bills  of 
Mortality,  wherein  he  believeth  great  negligence  or  de- 
ceipt  hath  been  used,  bath,  by  his  letters,  required  such  a 
course  to  be  taken  as  may  produce  the  instant  number  of 
Hearths  (according  to  the  true  intention  of  the  Act  of 
Parliament),  propounding  that  two  or  three  honest  and 
active  persons  (tucA  cm  me  Officers  of  hie  Revenue)^  may, 
at  his  Majesty's  charge,  be  joined  with  the  Constable  at 
each  parish  to  take  an  occular  view  of  the  fiaid  fire 
hearths."— Aug.  14.  Car.  H.  1662. 

It  was  this  "  occular  view  "  of  every  man*s  fire- 
side, tbat  made  the  tax  so  obnoxious  to  a  people. 


who  knew  how  to  value  the  sanctity  and  privileges 
of  home.  F.  Somksx  Mbrstwbathxb. 

Colney  Hatch. 

Obituary  of  Officbrs  :  Mobbison  :  Abchbb 
iV^  S.  i.  372.)— 

1.  Was  not  George  Morrison  a  full  "  General " 
when  he  died  ?  He  was  the  oldest  stafiT  officer  in 
the  army  at  the  time  of  his  death. 

2.  Archer  was,  and  perhaps  is  still,  a  Berkshire 
name.  A  Colonel  Archer  of  the  1st  Foot  Guards, 
probably  a  son  of  the  General,  was  married,  in 
1801,  to  a  Miss  Morgan  of  Bath. 

Can  M.  S.  R.  give  me  any  particulars  of  the 
great  B.  E.  family  of  Durnford  ? 

Chessboboogh. 

Harbertonford. 

Claim  of  Eldest  Sons  of  Babobbts  to 
Knighthood  (3^*  S.  i.  274.)  —  It  is  stated  that 
George  IV.  abolished  this  privilege,  yet  Sir  Wil- 
liam 0*MaIley  now  enjoys  a  knighthood  conferred 
on  him  (according  to  Dod*s  Peerage)  as  eldest 
son  of  a  baronet,  in  1835.  T.  Davies. 


BOOKS    AND    ODD    VOLUMES 
wantbo  to  fubchasb. 

Fuiioalan  of  Price,  ao.  of  the  fbUowina  Books  to  bo  etnt  direct  to 
the  gentlemen  br  whom  thejr  ere  reQoired,  and  whoee  nenrne  end  ed- 
dretiBi  are  atven  for  that  pnrpoee :  -. 

M ABiKoaiofr,  Edited  bf  Lady  Cherlotte  Oocet.   From  Put  VI.  to  end. 
Wanted  bj  fF.  J.  TUonu,  E»q.  4U.  St.  Oeorse'i  Squftre,  BelcniTv 

Boed.8.W. 


imwrm%tM»  on  Diaxouds  amd  Pcarm.     3rd  Edition. 

Wanted  by  Capt.  Bu4k,  United  Univerdty  Club,  PeU  1UU,S.W. 


LAKCASHtm  DinBCTORT.    Vol.  II.    \eti. 

LoOOe's  ljJ.OtTRATIOH>  OF   BuiTIMI   UtSTOBY.     VoL  HL      ttO.      1791. 

Wanted  by  E.  Waiford,  M.A„  17,  Church  Row,  Tfempeteod.  N.W. 


Moboan'i  (J.)  Vmtmntx  Britanmicvi.    4to.    London,  1731. 

Mbhoib*  or  ram  Sscrrt  ScRvtccs  or  Jobn  Mackv,  Km.    Svo.    Lod* 

don.  1793. 
CnAivouia's  (Samobi.,  D.D.),  LirK  or  David.    S  Yob.  Sto.    Londoa, 

1766. 
Baornr'i  (Vikckxt)  Pobm*.    4to.    lK>ndon.  I77S. 
Wbtt's  (Rrv.  Mattiirw)  Pokmi.    4to.    Dublin, «.  a. 
Fblltbam's  ^Owm)  Kk>ui.vb>.    8vo.    Lundon,  IttO. 

Wanted  by  Jicv.  D.  U.  Blacker,  Rokeby,  Blockrock,  Doblin. 


Wbob  and  Nbalb's  Dcranovs. 

Wanted  by  liev.  J.  B.  IViUcittton,  LavinKtoo.  Petworth. 


fiaiitti  t0  Carretf|ian)ietitK. 

We  arc  unavoidabli/  compelled  to  posttponc  imtil  next  werk  owr  lumal 
Notei  on  Books. 

T.  H.  TAN  LBHMBr  is  thanked  for  hu  very  accrptnble  eommmuoa- 
tum. 

Foirfkz  of  Borfsrd  in  our  next. 

Erratum.  -3rdS.  i.p.  37A.coI.  il.  lines  8  and  II  from  bottom, /or 
**  Enshaw's  Magazine  "  read  "  Exihaw's  Machine." 

'*  NoTBs  AMD  QoBRiBf  "  u  published  of  NooM  om  Friday,  OMd  i»  miso 
mued  in  Moivthi.v  Parts.  The  Smbterkttim  figr  Stajbpbd  ConB*  /br 
Six  Months  forwarded  dirtei  firom  Ike  FidHsken  [Imtmma  the  Half- 
vearlw  Ikobb)  is  lis.  4d.,  wUc*  mofUjmU  Iff  Foei^l^  Or^erin 
fopom  qfUnuis,  Baix  Aim  Dalot  '"  *         "  -^"^ 

•12  Oasutvmoaffioirs  ro» 


3'<i  S.  L  Mat  31,  '62.] 


NOTES  AND  QUEEIES. 


421 


LONDON  SATURDAY,  MAY  31,  1862. 


CONTENTS— No.  22. 


NOTES :  —  Mrs.  Anna  Williams,  421  —  Werriiigton  and  the 
Moricc  Family.  422 —  Canning's  Essays,  423  —  Collateral 
Descendants  of  Admiral  Blake,  Tb.  —  Singular  Custom  at 
Corby  (Northamptonshire) :  "  Pole  Fair,**  4a4~Dixoii'i 
«  Story  of  Lord  Bacon's  Life,"  Ih. 

MixoB  Notes:  — Blue  and  Buff— Lord  Strafford  — Jaco- 
bitf>s  and  Jacobins — The  Code  of  Menu  and  the  Chineso 
— En^ish  Language  —  Cats  in  Flowor  Gardens — BogUah 
Kings  entombed  in  France,  425. 

QUERIES:  —  Baldwin  Family:  Star  Clement  Farnham— 
British-bom  Emperor,  Ac.— Burning  as  a  legal  Puniih- 
meiit  in  Ireland  —  Church  used  hj  Churchmen  and  Roman 
Catholics  —  Chib  —  Brian  Bury  Collins  —  Deaf  and  Dumb 
Literature  —  Euchre  —  Edwvd  IV.— Families  of  Field 
and  Do  la  Fcld  or  Dclafield  —  Ghost  Stories  —  Monk 
Family— Nevison  the  Freebooter- Overton  cum  Tadley, 
Hants  —  Plurality  of  Beucficiis  —  "  The  School  of  Improve- 
ment "  —  Tarwoll,  or  Tarwhelp,  425. 

QrEniES  WITH  Answers:- "The  Diaboliad**  —  "After 
meat  — mustard"  — Chelsea  Oriental  China— Cat  Ice,  or 
Cat's  Ice  —  Low  Sunday  — Anonj'moua,  428. 

REPLIES:  —  Edmund  Burke,  4fi9  — The  Dying  Speochee 
and  Prayers  of  the  R^cides,  431  —  The  Fairfaxes  of  Bar- 
ford,  i6.  — Gray's  "Elegy"  parodied,  432  —  Major-Gen. 
Dixon  —  Coverdalc's  Bible  —  Fitzwilllam  Family  — GU- 
bort  Wakefield's  "  Rawc  Canono  "  —  Greeno.  of  Ware, 
Hertfonlshirc  —  American  Cents  —  Ago  of  Newspapers  — 
CecHy  —  IjonBrthened  Tenure  of  Church  Livings  —  Bnnis- 
killen  and  Rbssc  Arms  —  Leighton  —  Wigs,  a  sort  of  Cake 
—  Audomarus  Tala'us.  alias  Omcr  Talon  —  Congers  and 
Mackerel— Fontonellc  and  the  Jansenists  —  Coins  inserted 
in  Tankards  —  Family  of  Isley,  Ac,  433. 

Notes  on  Books. 


MRS.  ANNA  WILLIAMS. 

Rdsmarket,  a  small  village  distant  about  five 
miles  from  Haverfordwest,  is  worthy  of  notice  as 
having  been  the  birthplace  of  two  personages, 
wliose  names  will  be  handed  down  to  posterity  for 
two  very  different  reasons.  The  first  was  Lucj 
Walter,  the  mother  of  the  Duke  of  Monmouth ; 
the  second,  Dr.  Zachariah  Williams,  the  father  of 
the  blind  friend  and  companion  of  the  great  and 
good  Samuel  Johnson.  Educated  as  a  physician, 
Dr.  Williams  was  a  man  of  ability  and  learning, 
and  possessed  considerable  attainments  as  a  He- 
brew Scholar.  I  have  in  my  library  a  small 
volume,  entitled.  The  Universal  Hebrew  Grammar^ 
for  the  Use  of  Schools  and  Private  Gentlemen^ 
which  in  all  probability  belonged  to  Dr.  Williams; 
on  the  cover  is  inscribed,  in  a  straggling  irregular 
hand,  the  name  "  S.  Johnson,"  and  a  note  on  the 
fly  leaf  states  that  it  "was  bought  at  old  Jones's 
auction,  Ilolborn,  June  12,  1859.  He  purchased 
many  of  Dr.  Samuel  Johnson's  philological  books 
and  books  of  travels."  That  the  book  belonged 
to  Dr.  Williams  is  rendered  more  probable  from 
the  statement  of  the  title-page  that  it  was  "  printed 
in  London  for  the  author,  by  T.  Brewman,  at 
No.  2,  Peterborough  Court,  Fleet  Street,  and  sold 
at  the  Academy,  and  by  Mr.  Levi  Phillips,  jeweller, 
in  Haverfordwest."    Levi  Phillips  was  a  respect- 


able Hebrew  who  settled  in  Haverfordwest  nearly 
a  century  ago.  On  receiving  Christian  baptism 
he  took  Uie  name  of  PhiUips,  and  having  amassed 
considerable  wealth,  was,  at  the  time  of  his  deaUi, 
the  principal  banker  in  this  town.  At  his  shop, 
therefore,  it  is  probable  that  Dr.  Williams  bought 
the  Grammar,  and  passing  into  the  hands  of  nis 
daughter,  the  book  may  have  been  her  gift  to  Dr. 
Johnson.  The  signature,  *'  S.  Johnson,"  is  not  the 
autograph  of  the  great  author,  but  appears  to  be 
the  handwriting  of  a  woman.  The  attainments  of 
Dr.  Williams  brought  him  under  the  notice  of  Sir 
John  Philipps,  Bart,  of  Picton  Castle,  who  was 
ever  the  munificent  patron  of  strugsUng  merit. 
Having,  as  he  imagined,  succeeded  in  the  dis- 
covery of  the  longitude  by  means  of  magnetism, 
and  animated  by  the  prospect  of  a  splendid  re- 
ward, Dr.  Williams  removed  to  London,  with  his 
daughter,  somewhere  about  the  year  1727,  and 
had  to  experience  the  usual  fate  of  projectors  and 
experimentalists.  Here  he  receivect  much  kind- 
ness, and,  doubtless,  help  at  the  hands  of  Sir  John 
Philipps,  and  was  received  at  his  house  on  a  foot- 
ing of  friendly  intimacy,  as  the  following  extract 
from  the  Diary  of  Sir  Erasmus  Phihpps  will 
show :  -r- 

« 1728.  Feb7  17.  My  only  sister,  Mary,  died  of  the 
small  pox,  very  early  in  the  morning.  She  was  taken  ill 
on  the  7^  insS  the  confluent  sort ;  attended  by  D^  Cotes- 
worth  and  Hulst.  My  father  had  parted  with  M"  Tate, 
to  whom  he  gave  a  handsome  Present.  M^*  Ann  Williams* 
daughter  of  M^  Zachariah  Williams,  came,  and  w*^  my 
sister  when  she  died,  after  which  she  went  away.  Her 
Father  in  y*  Hoase,  and  lay  there  all  the  time  she  con- 
tinued in  y*  House  w**»  us." 

The  golden  hopes  of  Dr.  Williams  soon  faded 
away,  and  the  sole  result  of  his  splendid  visions 
was  an  admission  to  the  Charter  House,  which  was, 
in  all  probability,  procured  for  him  through  the 
instrumentality  of  Sir  John  Philipps.  This  asylum 
he  soon  forfeited  through  some  irregularity,  but 
in  a  pamphlet,  published  in  1749,  he  denied  the 
justice  of  his  expulsion.  In  1765  he  published  in 
Italian  and  English  an  account  of  An  Attempt  to 
ascertain  the  Longitude  at  Sea,  by  an  exact  Theory 
of  the  Magnetic  Needle,  written,  as  is  supposed, 
by  Dr.  Johnson,  and  translated  by  Baretti.  Mrs. 
Johnson  became  acquainted  with  Mrs.  Anna  Wil- 
liams, who  had  by  this  time  lost  her  sight  from 
cataracts,  and  soon  entertained  a  warm  regard  for 
her,  which  was  shared  in  an  almost  equal  decree 
by  her  illustrious  husband ;  for  on  the  death  of 
Mrs.  Johnson,  when  it  was  proposed,  by  means  of 
an  operation,  to  attempt  the  restoration  of  Mrs. 
Williams's  sight,  Dr.  Johnson  not  only  obtained 
the  services  of  Mr.  Sharp  the  oculist  to  perform 
the  operation,  but^  as  her  lodgings  were  small  and 
inconvenient,  assigned  her  apartments  in  his  own 
house.  The  operation  proved  nnsnccessfal,  bat 
Mrs,  Williams  never  again  quitted  the  hospitable 
shelter  of  Johnson's  roof.     Their  lodety  was 


422 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


CSxaLHATtLtt. 


idbT 
efol- 


mutnallj  beneficial :  the  conversational  powera  of 
Jobnaon  alleviated  tlie  solitade  of  blindncM,  and 
the  cheerfulueBs  which  this  compuiionihip  pro- 
duced in  Mra.  Williams  served  to  tnitigaM  the 
gloom  by  which  the  fine  intellect  of  Johnson  was 
too  fretjucncly  clouded.  Fenton,  in  his  Hittary  of 
Pembrokeshire,  pve»  an  account  of  ■  viiit  pud  ' 
him  to  Dr.  Johnson  and  Mrs.  Williams  i  *  ' 
lowing  words ;  — 

"  I  had  ones  the  pleasure  of  pisdng  a  d*;  in  compan; 
with  ber  and  the  great  moratist,  wbom  t  found,  csnlraiy 
to  mr  expectation  from  the  character  I  had  beard  of  him, 
atfiblE,  connnunicalive,  aod  not  at  all  dictalorial ',  and 
making  allowance  Tor  aorne  awkward  habita,  pecnliaritiee 
of  K«tuis  and  dnu,  and  a  »rt  of  conatitatlnnal.  chacac- 
teriitlc  growl,  peifecl];  well  bred.  Mr*.  Williams,  hii 
blind  proUgic,  fully  answered  Lady  Knight'i  acconol  of 
her.  for  she  displayed  fine  tastp,  a  releDtive  memory,  and 
strong  Judgmem,  and  seemed  to  have  varioui  powers  of 

S leasing.  She  bad  all  (be  Datiotiailty  of  her  canntry,  for 
nding  I  was  *  Welshman,  she  increased  her  alteatloas; 
bntwhenabe  had  traced  me  to  Pembrokeshire,  she  drew  her 
cbalr  cloHr,  took  me  famitisrly  by  the  hand  as  if  kindred 
blood  tingled  at  lier  fingers'  ends,  talked  of  past  tinier 
and  dwelt  with  rapture  on  BAs  HarkeL" 

The  publication  of  a  small  volume  of  poems 
(the  best  of  which  were  written  and  polished  b; 
Johnson,  and  one,  "  The  Three  Wartdngt,"  the 
composition  of  Mrs.  Thrale),  and  the  proceeds  of 
&  benefit  at  the  theatre,  |^t  up  for  her  by  Garrick, 
secured  the  Utier  dajs  of  Mrs.  Williams  from 
penurj.  Ladj  Fhllipps  and  other  ladies  of  her 
native  county  used  also  to  make  her  an  annual 
present ;  and  she  died  at  the  residence  of  her  be- 
nefactor on  September  6lb,  1783.  Johnson,  in 
writing  of  her  death  to  Mrs.  Thrale,  on  Sept.  22, 

■■  Poor  Williams  has,  I  hope,  seen  tbs  end  of  her  sfilic- 
.: —     CI ..1  _.:.(,  pfQijpnce,  and  she  bore  with  for- 


13  left  m 


,  la'en  thy  wages.'  " 
Joiin  Favih  Fbillips. 


WEBRINGTON  AND  THE  MOKICE  FAMILY. 

The  newspapers  having  announced  that  the  pro- 
perty of  Werrinfrton,  Devon,  hag  been  purchased 
for  H.R.H.  the  Prince  of  Wales,  perhaps  some 
pnrliculars  relating  to  it  may  not  lie  unacceptable 
to  your  resdera.  In  England' t  Gazetteer,  by 
Philip  Luckombe,  vol.  iii.  1790,  Werrinj-ton  is 
thus  described  ;  — 

"Oa  ibabordera  of  Cornwall,  Ihe  River  Tamsrmnniofl 
through  the  park;  (bis  deligbtful  apot  nas  long  in 


Of  this  ancient  family,  we  find  Sir  Wm.  Morice, 
Knt,  at  the  Kestoration  in  1660,  wu  appointed 


Secretary  of  State  *  ;  and  hia  son  'f'  woa  created 
a  baronet  in  1661,  nnder  the  title  of  Sir  Wm. 
Morice,  Bart,  of  Werrington.  HaTingconaider- 
able  property  also  in  Cornwall,  we  End  Humphrer 
Morice,  Esq.,  repreaenting  Launceston  in  several 
parliaments  after  the  accession  of  Geo.  III.,  as  his 
father.  Sir  Wm.,  had  done  daring  the  reign  of 
Geo.  It.  In  1763,  Mr.  Humphrey  Morice  was 
appointed  Lord  Warden  of  the  Stannaries,  and 
Steward  of  the  Duchy  of  Cornwall,  and  also  a 
Frivy  Councillor.  It,  however,  became  matter  of 
debate'^  in  the  House  of  Commons,  whether  Mr. 
Morice  having,  after  his  election,  accented  the 
offices  of  Warden  and'Steward,  vacated  his  seat  for 
Lannceston.  The  minister  of  the  day,  however, 
succeeded  in  its  passing  in  the  negative.  Mr. 
Morice  purchased  "  The  Grove,"  a  fine  seat  on  tha 
banks  of  the  Thames,  in  the  parish  of  Chiswick^ 
Middlesex,  adjoining  to  which  the  Chiswick  Sta- 
tion of  the  South  Western  Railway  is  now  placed, 
and  which  spot,  in  former  times,  had  been  the 
property  of  Sir' John  Denbam,  E.B,,  the  poetf, 
and  where  it  ia  supposed  he  wrote  bis  celebrated 

Km  of  "  Cooper  s  Hill."  Mr.  Morice  was  a 
n  fox-hunter,  and  kept  at  "The  Grove"  a 
capital  sChd  of  horses,  and  a  'pack  of  hounds. 
There  are  several  records  of  his  predilection  for 
the  chase;  and  the  attachment  of  Mr.  Morice  ti> 
his  horses  and  dogs  is  described  by  George  Col- 
man  the  Younger  ||,  in  bis  Random  Reeordt,  2 
vols,  1830;  but  as  he  was  in  most  of  his  writings 
rather  given  to  the  earicatura,  we  may  quote  a 
more  stayed,  sedate  author.  Sir  Richard  Phillips 
in  his  Afoming's  Walk  from  London  to  Keic,  8vo, 
Lend.  1817,  who,  although  be  commits  one  error 
at  the  beginning  of  his  notes,  in  considering  it  was 
Mr.  Valentine  Aforris,  instead  of  Mr.  Humphrey 
Morice,  to  whom  his  account  refers,  sajs  the 
latter,  on  bis  death-bed  in  Italy,  bequeathed  these 
premises,  "  The  Grove  estate,  as  a  provision  for 
about  thirty  aged  horses  and  dogs ;  and  that  some 
of  them,  living  to  the  ages  of  forty  and  fifty,  had 
died  within  the  last  seven  years,  "  Tlie  Grove" 
was  bequeathed  to  Mrs.  Luther,  but  was  at  her 
death  purchased  by  the  Duke  of  Devonshire,  whose 
fine  seat  at  Chiswick  abuts  upon  it.  I  rather 
think  "The  Grove  "  is  in  (he  hamlet  of  Strand-on- 
the-Green,  in  the  parish  of  Chiswick,  Mr,  Morice 
died  at  Naples  in  1785.^  The  beneficed  ofWer^ 
rington   and   Lnunceston   were    included   in   the 


See  fieatson's  Folitical  Indti,  8rd  edition,  Loodon, 
■6,  voL  i.  p.  401, 

Ibid,  vol  i.  p.  276. 

Joymali  of  d,i  Hoiae  of  Cemmomt,  vol.  xxiz.  p.  CIG, 
Martia,  Aprilii  19'».  -'— 


iTU5-1706,  p. 

^VoL  i.  p,  S80,  In  . 
See  GnOimm't 
^B19. 


r  Xov.  1786,  voL  1v. 


S'^  S.  L  Mat  81,  '62.] 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


423 


purchase  by  the  Duke  of  Northumberland  of  the 
Morice  property  in  Cornwall  and  Devon.  *. 

Ricbmoiid  Surrey. 


CANNING'S  ESSAYS. 

Looking  oyer  the  papers  of  a  relative,  who  died 
some  twenty  years  since»I  came  across  the  follow- 
ing lines,  which  may  be  interesting  to  the  readers 
of  *'N.  &  Q.,**  as  being  a  continuation  of  the 
rhymes  celebrated  by  George  Canning  in  Nos. 
11  and  12  of  the  Microcosm,  and  which  I  need 
hardly  refer  to  more  than  by  saying  they  com- 
mence — 

**  The  Qaeen  of  Hearts, 
She  made  tome  tarts,"  &c. 

The  continuation,  which  I  have  never  seen  in 
print,  apparently  contains  some  political  allu- 
sions :  — 

*  Te  Qoeen  of  Spades 

Herself  degrades 
By  dancing  on  the  Green ; 

Te  Knave  stood  by 

In  Extacy, 
Enamoured  of  ye  Qaeen, 

Te  King  so  brave 

Says  to  the  Knave, 
'  I  disapprove  this  dance ; 

Ton  make  more  work 

Than  Master  Barke 
Does,  with  ye  Qaeen  of  France.'  " 

The  following  is  written  as  a  variation  at  the 
end  of  the  MS. :  — 

**  Te  Qaeen  of  Spades 

She  beat  ye  maids 
For  their  immodesty ; 

Te  Knave  of  Spades 

He  kissed  those  maids, 
Which  made  the  Qaeen  to  cry; 

Te  King  then  carst 

That  Knave  who  dorst 
Make  Royalty  shed  tears: 

'  Vile  Knave,*  says  he, 

'TIS  my  decree 
That  yoa  lose  both  yonr  ears.* 

**  Te  Diamond  Qaeen 

WtLB  one  day  seen 
So  drank  she  coald  not  stand ; 

Te  Diamond  Knave 

He  blashed,  and  gave 
Te  Queen  a  reprimand. 

Te  King  distrest. 

That  his  dearest 
Should  do  80  vile  a  thing, 

Says  *  By  my  wig, 

She's  like  ye  pig 
Of  David,  ye  good  king.' 

'*Te  Qaeen  of  Clubs 

Made  Syllabubs ; 
Te  Knave  came  like  Big  Ben, 

He  snatched  3'e  cup, 

And  drank  it  up  — 
His  toast  wu '  BighU  of  Men.' 


With  hands  and  eyes 

That  marked  surprise, 

Te  Kinff  laments  his  fate : 

*  Alas ! '  says  he, 

*  I  plainly  see 

Te  Knave's  a  democrate.'  *' 
From  the  paper  and  the  style  of  writing,  I 
should  think  the  above  was  not  written  during  the 
present  century.  Should  you  consider  it  worth  per- 
petuating, it  may  call  to  the  mind  of  some  of  your 
readers  the  author,  and  the  occasion  on  which  it 
was  written.  I  may  add  that  the  continuation  of 
the  tale,  recently  published  for  the  use  of  children, 
is  very  difi*erent  from  the  foregoing.      H.  W.  S. 


COLLATERAL  DESCENDANTS  OF  ADMIRAL 

BLAKE. 

I  have  found  so  much  difficulty  in  reconciling 
with  certain  ascertained  facts  various  statements 
relative  to  the  family  of  Blake,  that  I  am  induced 
to  ask  for  such  information  on  the  subject  as  any 
of  the  correspondents  of  **  N.  &  Q."  may  be  able 
to  afford  me. 

1.  Admiral  Robert  Blake,  born  in  1598,  was 
the  eldest  son  of  his  father  Humphrey,  who  died 
in  1625. 

2.  Humphrey,  2nd  son,  it  is  said,  settled  in 
Carolina,  where  his  descendants  still  exist.  Qy. 
Is  not  this  an  error  ?  There  is  at  present,  resi- 
dent in  England,  a  gentleman  whom  I  believe  to 
be  the  only  male  representative  of  Humphrey 
Blake,  and,  moreover,  ne  possesses  some  remark* 
able  heir-looms  of  his  family. 

3.  William  was  ft  Doctor  of  the  Civil  Law,  In 
one  pedigree  it  is  M.D, 

4.  Nicholas  had  three  sons,  extinct,  or  supposed 
to  have  been  so  in  the  male  line,  in  1832. 

5.  Samuel,  an  officer  in  Fopham*s  regiment, 
killed  in  1643-4. 

6.  Benjamin  had  two  sous  and  two  daughters. 

7.  George. 
8. 
9. 

10. 

11. 

12. 

18.. 

14.  Alexander,  **  the  youngest  of  fourteen  bro- 
thers, of  whom  the  celebrat^  Admiral  was  one," 
died  in  1693  at  Eaton  Socon,  Bedfordshire. 

The  names  of  seven  of  these  brothers  are  com- 
paratively well  known.  Not  so  the  remainder; 
and  probably,  from  the  assumed  fact  that  they  died 
in  minority,  although  there  appears  to  be  no  direct 
proof  to  bear  out  such  an  inference. 

Amongst  the  manj  uncertainties  on  record  re- 
garding mmilies  of  this  name,  I  may  cite  the  absence 
of  any  proof  that  Patrick  Blake  of  Montserrat 
was  a  son  of  Patrick  Blake,  2nd  son  of  Martin 
Blake  of  Ballyglunini  by  his  wife  &vVv&Sa.^^^^^« 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


Then  there  is  the  abnence  of  anj  baptismal  re- 
cords to  prove  the  parentage  aad  descent  of  Sir 
Francis  Blake,  who  wae  knightwi  by  Kin^  William 
III.  I  do  not  question  the  facU,  but  eimplj  the 
proofs,  and  it  is  this  want  of  care  in  preserTiDg 
tbcm  that  has  susge^led  these  remarks. 

'Jbe  name  of  Blake  is  common  in  Hampshire 
and  the  adjoining  counties.  .  I 

In  St.  Lairreacc'a  Church,  Winchester,  there  is  | 
an  epitaph  recording  tbe  death  of  a  certain  John 
Blake,  Alderman  "of  this  Citj,"  who  died  in  Oct.  | 
1723,  aged  fifty-five  years.  On  the  same  stone  i 
are  the  arms  borne  by  Admiral  Blake,  with  the  I 
difference  of  a  crescent  on  tbe  chevron.*  | 

There  arc  fifteen  wills  at  least  of  persons  of  this 
Dome  recorded  before  1700  at  tbe  Probate  Court, 
&c,  in  Winchester;  white  there  are  no  fewer  than 
Mvcnteen  between  the  years  1700  and  1747.  In 
no  instance  have  I  fonnd  tbe  "fret"  of  tbe  trith 
family  borne  by  tbe  Hampshire  Blakes. 

There  is  on  record  the  will  of  a  certain  Bobert 
Beade  of  Linlcenholt,  co.  Hants,  in  which  the  tes-  I 
tator  beijueaths  a  portion  of  his  estate  to  bis 
cousin  Nicholas  Blake,  who  it  appears  was  Uayor 
of  Flymonth  in  16261;  but  this  wa«  not  the 
origin  of  the  settlement  of  tbe  Blake  family  in 
Hanb,  for  there  are  on  record  wills  of  peraooi  of 
tiie  name  in  the  county  so  far  back  as  1603. 

In  the  pedigree  of  Allan  of  Blackwell  Grange, 
the  following  occur:  — 

■Robt..  Tlh  son  of  Geo,  Allan,  died  at  Antlna,  leaviag 
an  oalj  daoghter  £Iu<iiiKA,  who  niirriad  a  Mr.  Barke, 
and  hail  an  only  daugliter,  who  marriad  Jobn  Kakt,E*q. 

"  JVhMm  .IJbn  was  (ha  8th  un  of  Gn.  Allan.  Hta 
muriige  in  1691  is  on  record." 

In  the  Blake  pedigree — whether  a  simple  coin- 
cidence, or  connected  with  the  abore,  it  is  at  pre- 
aent  impossible  to  sav—  there  occur  the  foUowing 
names,  much  about  tne  same  period  : — 

"  Nkholas  Blake  of  London,  Barbadoas,  and  who  had 
an  (lUle  io  Kent. 

"Sicliolas  Ulake,  Mayor  or  Portamoath. 

••  Nicholas  AIIeu  Blake  of  Barbadoes. 

".Nieholaa  Allen  Blake  of  Jumaica. 

"  Kiebolas  Allen  Bleke  of  Montserrat." 

Moreover,  contemporary  with  Martin  Blake  of 
Ballyglunin,  was  also  a  Martin  Blake  of  Jamaica, 
and  both,  strange  to  say,  Lad  brolhen  or  cduiiiib 
named  Nicholas  Blake. 

There  are  many  more  remarkable  coincidences 
and  similarities  in  these  pedigrees,  which  eeem  to 
indicate,  either  a  want  of  revision,  or  some  ori- 
ginal error. 

If  any  correspondent,  who  possesses  a  copy  of  tbe 


[JN  8.  L  Mat  81.  •O. 


n  inclined  to  believe  fbat 
a  colonial  connection  gnve  rise  to  the  belief  of  one 
previously  existing  in  the  mother  country  between 
the  same  families,  while  the  absence  of  dates  in 
some  of  these  pedigrees  justifies  and  seems  to  in- 
vite inquiry.  Spu. 


A  very 'curious  custom  prevails  at  Corby,  near 
Rockingham,  Norlhamptonsbirc.  Kvery  twenty 
years,  on  Whit  Alonday,  the  inhabitants  assemUe 
at  an  early  hour,  and  stop  up  all  roads  and  bye- 
ways  in  the  parish,  and  demand  a  certain  toll  of 
eTBry_  person,  gentle  or  simple,  who  may  bare 
occasion  to  paas  through  the  village  on  that  day. 
In  case  of  noncompliance  a  stout  pole  is  produced, 
and  Mr.  Nonconformist  is  placed  thereon,  in  s 
riding  attitude,  and  carried  through  the  villa^, 
followed  by  the  huotings  of  boyi  and  girls  of  ail 
a«es,  from  five  to  twenty-five,  joined  by  sundry 
old  women,  whose  shouts  and  yells  all  vie  with 
each  other  in  the  "concord  of  sweet  sounds." 
He  is  then  taken  to  the  pariah  stocks,  and  im- 
prisoned — 

"  IVIiere  lie  in  dnrance  mnst  abide. 
Id  dungeon  scarce  three  incbea  wide  " 

until  the  autborilies  choose  to  grant  a  dismissaL 
It  appears  that  Queen  Elizabeth  granted  to  the 
iababitants  of  Corby  a  charter  to  &ee  tbem  from 
town  toll  throughout  England,  Walea,  and  Scot' 
land ;  also  to  exempt  them  from  serving  on  juries 
at  Northampton,  and  t«  free  tbe  knights  of  the 
shire  from  tbe  militia  law.  This  custom  of  taking 
toll  bos  always  been  observed  every  twenty  years, 
in  commemoration  of  the  granting  of  the  cliarter, 
and  will  take  place  on  Whit  Monday,  June  Otb, 
1862,  and  well  deserves  a  visit  from  tbe  curious. 
The  greatest  hilarity  prevails ;  a  band  parades 
the  streets  tbroughont  the  day,  till  night  throirs 
her  sable  mantle  over  the  proceedings.  The  btisi- 
ness  of  the  day  then  ceases,  and  Corby  is  itself 
again.    God  save  the  Queen.     STAiiFOBDiB:«sia. 


will  (prov.  Sept.  1657)  of  Admiral  Robert  Blake, 

would  make  it  pr^'"~    "^'-' "'  '* 

discrepancies  and  i 


lublic,   possibly   many   of  these 
curious  (seeming)  coincidences, 
light  be  explained. 


DIXOSB  "STORT  OF  LOED  BACON'S  LIFE." 

Tbe  following  letter,  wbicb  has  been  addressed 
by  tbe  Master  of  Trinity  to  Mr.  Dixon,  should 
have  a  place  in  "  N.  &  Q."— 

'■  Trinity  Lodge,  May  1,  1B61 
"DoarSir.—  IhnvBftgain  to  tlianlt  you  for  yoor  kind- 
ness in  sending  me  yoar  Story  of  Lord  SacorCt  I^fi-  I 
have  read  It  through,  and  cannot  undeiBtaod  how  it  cia 
fail  to  coDvince  readers  of  the  absurd  iaianice  of  the  n- 
presentationi  of  Bacon's  chiraeter  aad  nistary  given  by 
Haciulay  and  CampbelL  In  your  story  all  is  coDsistint 
and  uitoial,  as  I  supposed  K  would  ba  when  the  story 


8^  S.  L  Uxt  >l,  "(S.] 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


>eiDg,  not  ODly  lioir  etttiiy  to  great 
a  m«n  was  riuiieu,  cat  also  wliot  a  bard  aad  obttinale 
tuk  it  a  to  reslare  his  fair  taiti<i  in  (be  eyn  of  after  ages 
when  onc8  it  liail  bten  macio  llic  m»tk  of  larcaim  and 
Bitire.  Aa  ihowing  how  easily  lilowa  struck  in  Iha  ceal 
at  refDimerB  may  hit  very  pure  men,  has  it  ever  occurred 
tOfOU  that  we  hsve  two  examples,  at  leail,  lu  our  own 
timeP  I  do  not  hehere  that  there  have  been  purer  men 
ai  to  political  corruption  than  Warburton,  the  late  mem- 
ber for  Eendal,  and  Lord  Helper.  Both  nere  vehement 
reformers;  yet  both  bare  been  found  guilty  of  corrupt 
practices  in  tlieir  electiooa. 

"  We  have  in  our  Culleite  Librair  a  collection  of  Utten 
(Civea  us  by  Mrs.  Anne  Sadler,  a  dauebler  of  Lord  Coke. 
Among  them  is  a  letter  wrillan  to  her,  giving  an  account 
of  the  battle  for  the  daaghler  in  some  detail.  The  letter 
is  written  from  the  Inner  Temple ;  the  aigualnre  is  lorn 
off.     It  seems  to  hare  been  a  abort  name.    I  do  not  know 

be  worth  your  reading:  I  have  had  a  transcript  made, 
and  send  it  you  in  a  aeparale  cover.  You  may  publish 
the  letter,  if  yon  think  it  wortli  while.  Would  not  your 
book  he  mors  easily  referred  to  if  it  bad  an  Index,  and 
also  a  Table  of  Contents  in  detail,  by  which  the  reader 
might  return  again  and  again  to  the  parts  of  the  story? 
B^re  me,  dear  Sir,  yoon  very  faithfnlly, 
"  W.  Uepwotth  DizoD,  Esq.  fr.  Whrwell." 


ff  (nor  fiattt. 

Bum  Axa  Bdff.  —  Smilei,  Livtt  of  the  E«' 
gineert,Yol.  i.  p.  217,  daKribu  the  formation  of  a 
coDipan;  by  Mr.  Thorotoo,  a  Yorluhire  gentle- 
niBD,  in  October  1745,  soon  after  iha  battle  of 
Prestonpatifl.  Wben  thej  marched  to  join  General 
Wade's  armj  at  Boronghbridge,  "Blind  Jack 
l^ayed  a  marcU  at  the  head  of  the  company, 
drilled  ill  blae  and  buff,  and  in  a  sold-laced  bat." 
"Blind  Jack"  is  John  Uetcalf,  wboae  life  Smiles 
is  writing.  The  dresa  of  blue  and  buff  Kcma  to 
be  here  appropriate  to  the  re^nient  fighting  for 
the  Whig  HoDOverian  Ebg  against  the  Pretender. 
If  this  interpretation  be  correct,  it  carriea  back 
the  use  of  blue  and  buff,  u  parly  eolonrs  in 
Eogland,  to  the  year  1745,  and  ia  therefore  in-  i 
consistent  wiih  the  explanation  which  derivea 
their  origin  from  the  time  of  the  American  War,  I 
See  the  remarks  in  "N.  k  Q."  2"'  S.  i.  269;  I 
V.304.  L.    I 

Loan  SiBArroBD. — Those  of  your  readers  who  I 
are  interested  in  such  mattcri,  may  be  glad  to  ' 
know  of  the  discovery  by  a  friend  of  mine  of  a  j 
red  and  black  chalk  portrait  of  Lord  Strafford, 
the  aize  of  life,  the  armour  just  showing,  and  the 
garter  al«o.  It  is  at  Messrs.  Colnaghi's,  in  Pall 
Sfall,  and  can  bo  seen  there  at  any  time.  It  is 
said  to  be  certainly  by  Vandyck.  S.  C.  L.     j 

Jacobitb9  and  Jacobths.  —  Lord  Stanhope  ' 
says,  in  the  Life  of  WiUiam  Pitt,  vol.  ii.  pp.  174- 
175  [1792]—  '^' 

"The  tide  of  (edilioui  publicalioas,  which  had  been 
checked  in  the  prerious  spring,  now  Hewed  aneir.    Among 


the  rest  we  may  observe  a  new  edition  of  that  eloquent 
incentive  to  tyrannicUlc,  the  tract  enlilleJ  Killing  no 
Miirdir,  which  liad  been  written  by  Colonel  Titus,  and  ts 
said  to  have  disturbed  the  last  days  of  Oliver  Cromwell. 
It  bad  also  been  reprinted  by  some  duperate  adherents 
of  the  Stuarts  in  1743.  and  it  is  itrikiog  to  God  that  on 
this  one  and  only  point  the  extremes  of  two  parties  dia- 
metrically opposed  in  llielr  tenets  —  the  Jacobllca  and 
the  Jacobins  —  agreed." 

The  logic  of  this  quotation  does  not  appear  cor- 
rect, for  some  of  the  Jacobites  only,  as  in  the 
case  of  Sir  John  Fennii;k,  of  Hexham  Abbey,  in 
lGd6,  advocatod  the  lawfulness  of  killing  a  usur- 
per ;  but  Ihcy  did  not  adhere  to  the  opinion  that 
itwns  proper  to  kill  a  lawful  king,  believing  aa 
I  they  did,  that  it  was  liglit  to  "  render  unto  Cassar 
the  tilings  that  are  Cieaar'a,  and  unto  God  the 
things  that  are  God's."  Whereas  the  Jacobins  of 
1793  neither  believed  in  the  sacred  writings, 
which  point  out  from  whence  kings  derive  their 
authority,  nor  did  they  allow  kings  a  right  to 
their  lives,  while  assuming  the  right  of  existence 
iu  common  with  other  natural  righu  to  every 
humaa  being,  except  kings  and  their  adherents. 

Thb  Com  or  Mend  akd  tbb  Chinese.  — 
Certain  writers  have  called  the  Chinese  standard 
of  faith  and  morals  a  "  philosophy,"  while  in  the 
act  of  descanting  on  the  original  purity  of  the 
Hindoo  religion,  aa  discovered  in  the  Code  of 
Menu.  Now  is  it  not  rather  the  Chinese  who 
hare  preserved  the  original  tenets  and  symbols  of 
the  same  faith,  while  in  India  it  has  become 
idolatry  ?  Of  course,  as  will  be  perceived,  for 
brevity's  sake,  I  abstain  from  (qualifying  these 
remarks,  or  drawing  exact  dittinctiODS.  The  dual 
creative  principle  of  Menu,  formed  by  the  dijiiiion 
of  the  mundane  egg ,-  and  the  "  self-exiiting  power 
that  with  ^ne  element*  created  the  visible  uni- 
verse," —  are  they  not  identical,  or  nearij  so,  witb 
the  Chinese  circular  paqua,  divided  by  a  curved 
line,  and  thus  forming  the  two  creative  prindplea 
of  Yin  and  Yan,  which  produced  a  third,  by 
which  all  things  were  created  P  and  the  legend 
□f  the  Five  Genii  (whose  temple  at  Canton  is 
especially  interesting),  who  wove  garments  of 
five  elementary  colours  (black,  white,  red,  yellow 
nod  blue,  according  to  the  Chinese),  and  rode 
each  on  a  ram  of  a  different  colour,  bearing  in 
their  mouths  lix-tared  beads  of  corn,  which  thej 
left  with  the  Celestials  and  then  vanished?   Spal 

Enqlish  Lakodaqe.  —  In  a  recent  hiatorioal 
work,  1  End  the  expression  ;  "  The  king,  dissimn- 
lating  the  danger"  from  his  mistress.  la  this 
English  ?  The  work  is  composed  from  French 
materials,  often  very  clumsily  translated  ;  but  a 
stand  must  be  made  against  the  introduction  of 
French  idioms  Into  English  works,  or  "  the  pure 
well  of  English  und e filed  "  will  soon  be  a  mere 
figure  of  speech.  F.  C.  B. 


426 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


[SM  8.  L  Mat  ai,  tS. 


Catr  IK  FutwBX  Gabdehs.  —  CoireapondeDta 
of'N.&Q."  (2»*S.xi.515;  xii. 37) Lbtb pointed 
out  certain  pUntf,  auch  ax  tiie  Nendphila  iniignii 
nnd  the  Valeriana  officinalU,  for  wliich  cats  bare 
Buch  a  natural  propensity  that  tbej  Trill  detect 
them  anjwbere,  and  wbicb  have  a  Btupefactive  or 
nucoLic  eflect  upon  tlie  animals  nben  thej  roll 
themselveB  upon  them.  The  nemdphUa  is  a  verj 
prettj  neat  flower,  and  I  have  iritb  some  trouble 
•ecuT«d  it  from  these  visitations  bj  dusting  it 
freeljr  from  the  pepper-caster,  vbich  has  a  ster- 
nutatory effect  upon  the  feline  tribe  ;  tbougb  the 


n  washes  it  ol 


jxpen- 


sive  condiment  for  their  favourite  repast.  This 
year  these  creatures  have  [JajeU  sad  bavock  with 
A  bed  of  the  CommUaria  majalit  (the  lilj  of  the 
TBlley),  of  which  Profeuor  Martjn  remarks, 
"  How  different  li  the  sweet,  the  elegantly -modest 
lilj  of  the  yalley  from  the  flsun  tin «  beauty  of  ihe 
tulip  I  "  Perhaps  some  one  ma;  be  able  to  indi- 
cate how  I  may  preserve  this  delightful  flower 
from  such  depredations.  Amco. 

EnoLiBB  KiNQB  BHTOHBED  IX  Frakcb.— Bead- 
Ill^  a  work  lately  published  entitled  Reminiieenees 
of  a  ScoUiih  Oettlicmatt,  it  appears  that  the  author, 
while  travelling  in  France,  for  the  re-establiab- 
ment  of  his  daufihler's  health,  visited  the  church 
■of  Fontevranlt  (D£p.  de  Maine  et  Loire),  where 
he  found  the  effigies,  which  still  remained,  nf  two 
of  our  kinss  over  their  tombs.  These  were  Henry 
ZI.,  and  bis  son  Richard  I.  (Cceur  de  Lion.)  The 
author  adds,  "It  would  be  well  to  have  these  re- 
moved to  Westminster  Abbey,  to  which  it  is  pro- 
bable the  French  Government  would  make  no 
objecUon."  Surely  the  French  Government  will 
readily  accede  to  anj  authorised  application  from 
the  executive  of  this  country  fur  that  pnrpose, 
especially  when  the  generous  and  prompt  manner 
in  which  the  Gnglish  consented  to  the  transport- 
ing the  remaioi  of  the  Emperor  Napoleon  from 
St.  HelesK  ii  conridered.*  HoiroKAift. 


Visitation  for  Bucks,  taken  in  1634,  from  whidi 
it  appears  that  he  bad  an  onir  ion,  John,  who 
married  the  daughter  of  John  l^ringham  of  T^- 
ingham,  Bucks,  and  died  i.  p.  in  bi>  father's  life- 
time, and  three  daughters,  his  coheiresses,  two  of 
whom  married  respectively  into  the  Buckingham- 
shire families  of  Fackington  and  Burlace.  His 
arms,  as  there  given  and  as  described  bj  Lips- 
comb, Hut.  Bucki,  p.  309,  were,  Arg.  3  oak  leaves 
slipped,  sa.  accrued  prop.,  quartering  erm.,  a  fesa 
chequy  or  and  az.  (qy.  arms  of  Aden  or  Arden). 
These  same  arms  and  quarteringa,  with  some  vari- 
ations in  the  former  for  difference,  were  borne 
bj  the  Baldwins  or  Baldwins  (as  the  word  was 
more  generally  written),  of  Redheatli,  Herts, 
therefore  I  presume  the  two  families  must  have 
been  originally  most  closely  connected,  though  I 
have,  much  to  my  regret,  been  hitherto  unsuc- 
cessful in  tracing  the  link  between  them.  Can 
anv  of  your  learned  correspondents  help  meT 

With  teap«;t  to  the  second  part  of  my  former 
query,  respecting  SirClementFamham,  KoL,  who 
married  Cathenne  Baldwyn,  I  have  since  dis- 
covered, from  Peter  Le  Neve's  Pedigreet  of 
KtiigkU,  ^.  (Brit.  Mus.),  that  be  wa*  knighted 
at  Leicesur  July  4,  166^.  This  is  all  I  can  learn 
respecting  him.  His  name  does  not  occur  in  the 
pedigrees  of  the  families  of  Farnham  of  Quandon, 
&c.,  as  given  in  Nichob's  HiiL  of  LeUettertkirt. 
Perhaps  some  one  ma;  still  b«  able  to  eive  me 
more  information  respecting  him.  H.  C.  F. 

Berts. 

BsmsB-BORH  EupiaoB,  vro.  —  The  following 

is  in  A  Letter  to  Dr.  C ,  <m  Diet  and  ClimaU^ 

London,, 1758,  pp.  33 ;  — 


BaIiDWIII  Fahilt  :  Sis  Ci.bhbiit  Fikhbam.— 
As  no  reply  has,  I  regret  to  say,  yet  been  given 
to  my  former  queries  under  these  headings  (3''  S. 
i.  1 10),  will  you  kindl;  allow  me  to  revive  it  so  far 
as  to  enquire  whether  aD;thing  authentic  Is  known 
respecting  tbe  parentage,  life,  character,  and  also 
the  burial  place  of  Sir  John  Baldwin  ofAyles- 
bur;,  Bucks,  Knight,  Lord  Chief  Justice  of  the 
Common  Pleas  from  IfiSG  lo  1546,  tbe  ;ear  of  bis 
decease.  Lord  Campbell,  In  his  Lives  of  the  Chief 
Juiticet,  gives  little  or  no  account  of  him.  His 
pedinree,  commencing  with  himtelf,  is  given  in  the 


"An  EDglinh 


T  fbrgats  lbs  w 


salts  tbs  biroiDfltsr  at  Cairo  a'm  London.  Ttia  British- 
bom  emperar,  when  b*  prohibited  wilchcnll,  mads  sa 
exception  In  fkvoer  or  health  aed  vaalher.  Under  hlai 
one  night  have  whistled  for  a  wind  or  worn  a  chann  for 
the  toothache.  Ths  Isearian,  lusd  to  a  Mody  climite 
and  the  gnat  inland  lik(^  lelt  no  such  sj'mpatliiei,  asd 
fbrbade  all  chams  under  pain  of  death." 

An  explanation  of  this  passage,  which  seems 
to  be  studiedly  obscure,  will  oblige.  J.  E. 

BUBKIHO  AS  A  LadAI.  PoiUBHUXIIT  IK  IbSLASS. 

When  did  "burning"  cease,  as  a  recognised  legal 
sentence  in  Ireland?  and  who  was  Ihe  last  victim 
of  this  brutal  form  of  punishment  F 

I  find  tbe  following  note  in  an  interesting  CkrO' 
tuilogy  of  lome  remarkable  AccideJih  from  the  Cre- 
atiim  of  Ike  World  to  the  Year  1742,  which  was 
published  by  James  Carson,  in  Dublin,  in  1743  ; 

"1722,  SI 
drowning  oi 

At  this  period,  and  subsequently,  the  Green 
appears  to  have  been  a  favourite  loinlilj  for  exe- 
cutions, for  on 


8*'  a  L  Hat  81,  '62.] 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES- 


427 


*'  Feb.  14th,  1732,  Captains  Moonj  and  Mag  wick  were 
executed  at  Stephen's  Green  for  enlisting  men  for  foreign 


service." 

W.F. 

Chorch  used  bt  Churchmen  and  Roman  Ca- 
tholics. —  Some  jears  ago  I  visited  a  friend  who 
resided  near  Winchester,  and  in  one  of  our  excur* 
sions  I  was  shown  a  verj  pecnliar  church.  It  was 
divided  in  the  centre  by  an  iron  railing,  and  I  was 
informed,  that  one  part  was  used  by  the  Roman 
Catholics,  and  the  other  by  the  Protestants,  for 
divine  worship.  Perhaps  one  of  your  correspond- 
ents can  give  me  the  name  of  the  village,  and  can 
state  whether  there  are  other  instances  of  churches 
being  so  appropriated.  N.  H.  R. 

Club.— Would  Dm.  Chance  (S'^  S.  i.  294) 
carry  his  researches  a  little  further,  and  inform 
me  anent  the  derivation,  &c.  of  "  to  club  a  regi- 
ment on  parade,**  a  general  military  phrase  for 
throwing  a  regiment  when  manoeuvring  into  in- 
extricable confusion  P  Ebosacum. 

Brian  Burt  Collins,  son  of  John  Collins, 
painter,  and  Elizabeth  Jane  (Bury)  his  wife,  was 
born  17  June,  1752,  in  the  parish  of  St.  Michael, 
Stamford.  After  being  educated  by  Mr.  Head 
near  Richmond,  in  Yorkshire,  he  was  admitted 
a  sizar  of  S.  John's  College,  Cambridge,  8  Feb. 
1771,  his  father  having  then  been  dead  above 
twelve  years.  He  was  B.A.  1776,  and  M.A.  1780. 
George  Dyer  (Life  of  Robert  Robinson^  p.  125), 
terms  Mr.  Collins  a  person  of  great  worth,  an 
elegant  poet,  and  a  popular  preacher.  Additional 
information  respecting  him  is  desired  by 

C.  H.  &  Thompson  Coopbb. 

Cambridge. 

*  Deaf  and  Dumb  Literature.  —  Can  you  or 
any  of  your  readers  give  me  information  where  to 
look  for  the  earliest  account  of  systematic  efforts 
to  teach  the  deaf  and  dumb  ?  Also  what  authors, 
£nr;Iish  and  foreign,  have  written  upon  the  sub- 
ject ?  Any  hints  relating  to  the  past  or  present 
condition  of  these  afflicted  people  will  be  accepta- 
ble to  your  reader.  A.  M.  Z. 

Euchre.  —  Can  you  or  any  of  your  corre- 
spondents give  any  information  as  respects  the 
origin  of  this  mysterious  word,  or  of  the  invention 
of  the  game  of  cards  of  which  it  is  the  name  ?  The 
game  of  Euchre  is  the  most  popular  card-game 
played  in  the  United  States  of  America,  into  which 
country  it  is  supposed  to  have  been  introduced  by 
the  early  German  settlers  of  the  State  of  Pennsyl- 
vania. E.  A. 

Edward  FV. — Authorities  are  very  conflicting 
as  to  the  time  of  the  birth  of  this  king,  ranging 
between  1441-2-3.  Can  any  correspondent  oblige 
me  with  the  reference  to  any  trustworthy  docu- 
ment of  the  period  as  to  the  real  fact  ? 

Jambs  Gilbert. 

2,  Devonshire  Grove,  Old  Kent  Koad,  S.  £. 


Families  of  Field  and  De  la  Feld  or  Dxla- 
FiELD.  —  Can  anyone  give  me  information  tend- 
ing to  prove  that  the  family  of  Field,  anciently 
written  Feld,  are  descended  from  the  De  la  Feldt, 
I  may  mention  that  the  arms  of  the  De  la  Felds 
of  Audley,  co.  Hereford,  are  sable,  three  garbs 
argent,  being  the  same  as  those  of  the  Fields  ex- 
cept that  the  latter  bear  a  chevron.  Also,  that 
in  the  adjoining  counties  of  Herefordshire  and 
Gloucestershire,  and  in  Hertfordshire,  where  the 
Felds  and  Fields  were  mostly  found  in  the  fif- 
teenth and  sixteenth  centuries,  at  an  earlier  date 
the  De  la  Felds  were  numerous.  To  name  one 
case :  I  find  that  Thomas  de  la  Felde  was  por- 
tionary  of  Bromyard,  co.  Hereford,  a.d.  1311  f 
and  that  in  1565,  Roger  Field  was  patron  of  A  ven- 
bury  church,  which  stands  on  the  right  side  of 
Bromyard  Brook,  in  1565. 

Lastly,  in  Rudder*s  History  of  Gloucestershire 
it  is  stated  that  the  estates  of  Thomas  Field  of 
Parkenhall  in  that  county,  who  died  in  15 10, 
passed  to  John  de  la  Field  Phelps,  Esq.,  of  Dur* 
sley.  I  have  never  met  with  the  name  Feld 
earlier  than  1400,  except  with  the  prefixes.      O. 

Ghost  Stories.  —  In  the  numerous  stories  of 
persons  appearing  at  the  time  of  their  death  to 
friends  separated  from  them  by  distance,  has  the 
difference  of  the  hour  ever  been  taken  into  ac- 
count P  I  think  not ;  yet  a  person  dying  at  noou 
in  England  would,  if  his  spirit  instantly  visited 
his  friend,  appear  at  New  York  about  7  a.m. 

W.F. 

Monk  Family.  —  Can  any  of  the  readers  of 
*'  N.  &  Q.*'  give  any  information  respecting  the 
Monk  family  and  the  Herveys,  who  married  into 
the  Monk  family  ? 

Kin^  Charles  IL  granted  Greneral  George  Monk 
a  pension  of  7000/.  per  annum,  with  the  estate  of 
New  Hall,  in  Essex  (and  his  heirs  for  ever),  for 
his  services.  General  George  Monk,  Duke  of  Al- 
bemarle, &c.,  died  in  1669,  and  was  succeeded  in 
honours  and  estate  by  his  son  Christopher,  who 
married  Elizabeth,  eldest  daughter  of  Henry  Earl 
Ogle,  son  and  heir-apparent  of  William  Cavendish, 
Duke  of  Newcastle. 

The  Duke  of  Albemarle,  son  of  General  Monk, 
&c.,  died  in  Jamaica  in  1688.  The  estate  de- 
scended to  his  wife,  on  whom  he  had  settled  it,  he, 
the  Duke,  having  died  without  issue.  She  after- 
wards espoused  Ralph,  Duke  of  Montague,  and 
before  the  decease  of  the  Duchess  her  heirs  sold 
the  reversion  of  the  Lordship  and  the  estates 
thereunto  belonging. 

How  could  the  Duchess  of  Montague  (though 
she  had  a  life  interest  in  the  property)  allow  her 
heirs  to  sell  the  reversion  of  the  estate,  no  relatives 
of  the  Monk  family  ?  Who  is  now  receiving  the 
pension  which  was  sratite5i  \siCk^\iKx^^^^'^'*=^^ 


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[y*  a  L  Mat  «1,  •«. 


office  where  information  can  be  obtained  as  to  the 
original  grant,  the  limitations  or  contingencies  of 
the  same?  Cbristopher,  Duke  of  Albemarle, 
dying  without  issue,  would  not  the  heirs  of  his 
sbter,  Frances  Monk,  daughter  of  (general  Monk, 
succeed  to  the  pension  and  estates  ?      Blanche. 

Kbtison  the  Fsbebootbr.  —  Can  any  of  your 
readers  inform  me  of  the  birth-place  of  this  famous 
robber,  whom  Charles  II.  nicknamed  "  Swift 
Nick."  In  Yorkshire  it  is  asserted  to  be  Upsall, 
near  Thirsk,  nnd  a  good  farm  house  is  still  stand- 
ing there  called  Nevison  House,  with  two  huge 
iron  shoes  let  into  the  walls.  A  cottage  hard  by 
is  called  "  Nick's  Home."  I  can  find  no  entry  in 
the  parish  register  of  Upsall ;  the  only  names 
mentioned  are,  "1711,  Elizabeth,  y*  dau.  of  Mr. 
Will.  Nevesson,  bapt.  Nov.  7.  1720,  Mr.  Will. 
Nevinson,  gent.  bur.  March  26."  Wortley,  Pon- 
tefract,  and  Knaresborough,  also  lay  claim  to  be 
bis  birth-places.  The  legend  of  the  famous  ride 
to  York  by  Nevison  was  m  existence  long  before 
Dick  Turpin's  birth,  though  Ainsworth,  in  Rook* 
wood,  gives  the  latter  the  fame  of  it.  Any  inform- 
ation about  Nevison  will  be  thankfully  received  ? 

Ebosacum. 

Overton  cum  Tadlet,  Hants. — Can  the  Editor 
of  "N.  &  Q,"  or  any  of  his  numerous  readers, 
supply  me  with  a  list  of  the  vicars,  rectors,  and 
euratos  of  this  parish?  Information  respecting 
them,  or  any  of  them,  will  much  oblige.      D.  B. 

Plurality  of  Benefices.  —  Has  the  Clergy 
List  existed  in  its  present  form  for  forty  years  ? 
If  not,  what  is  the  title  of  the  book  which,  forty 
years  ago,  gave  similar  information  P 

And  will  any  of  your  correspondents  who  has 
access  to  such  a  booK  of  that  date  give  me  a  list  of 
the  livings  held  by  a  certain  Reverend  William 
Williams  ? 

A  Leicestershire  man  told  me  the  other  day, 
that  fortv  years  ago  in  his  connty  there  was  a  man 
named  William  Williams  who  held  twenty  different 
livings  in  all  parts  of  the  kingdom,  my  enquiry 
is  (if  the  number  twenty  was  not  a  figure  of 
speech),  what  were  these  livings  and  where  situ- 
ated P  Vrtan  Rheoed. 

"The  Scuool  op  Improvement,'*  two  juvenile 
dramas,  18 mo,  with  plates,  was  announced  in 
1819.  Was  the  book  published,  and  who  was  the 
author  ?  R.  Inqlis. 

Glasgow. 

Yarwell,  or  Yarwhelp.  — What  bird  is  thus 
desigTiated?     Bewick  (vol.  ii.  p.  78,  1804)  in  de- 
scribing the  Godwit,  ^ives  as  synonyms  *'  God- 
wyn,  Yarwhelp,  or  Yarwip  ;"  but  in  the  Appendix 
»  Thf!  Washingtonsy  where   so   many  interesting 
"acts  from  the  Althorp  Household- books  occur, 
d  Godwita  and  Yarwells  entered  as  diffweiit 


birds.  At  p.  xiii.  there  are  pavmenta  for  "  Yar* 
wells  1  dozen  and  11,  Dotterills  8,  Godwita  3;" 
and  at  p.  xv.  **  for  4  dozen  of  Godwitts,  and  for  2 
Yarwelb.**  Jatdxb. 


"  The  Diaboliad.**  —  Perhaps  some  of  your 
literary  correspondents  can  render  information 
concerning  the  unavowed  authorship  of  The  Dia- 
boliad,  a  metrical  satire  that  appeared  in  the  year 
1777.  The  poem  is  dedicated  to  the  worst  man 
in  his  majesty's  dominions ;  and  its  close  applica* 
tion  to  the  characters  indicated  rendered  it 
extremely  popular.  By  internal^  evidence  I 
should  attach  its  production  to  Thistlewaite,  the 
friend  of  Chatterton.  Its  caustic  style  and 
scenical  construcUon  bear  a  marked  resemblance 
to  the  Consultation  of  that  author,  which  was  pub- 
lished in  Bristol,  and  applied  to  local  characters. 
Thistlewaite  removed  to  London  about  the  date 
of  the  publication  of  the  The  Diaboliad,  which 
fact  may  strengthen  the  probability  of  his  being 
the  author.  John  Tavlor. 

IThe  Diaboliad  is  hy  William  Coombe,  Esq.,  the  well- 
known  author  of  The  T\mr  of  Dr,  Syntax  t»  Search  of 
the  Pictureeque.  (Vide  Oent  Mag,  Aug.  1828,  p.  185,  and 
May,  1859;  p.  467.)  This  work  originally  excited  great 
attention  in  the  fuhiooable  world,  aad  appeared  in  Two 
Parts,  the  second  of  which  is  far  inferior  to  the  first.  It 
is  thus  noticed  by  Horace  Walpole :  **  There  is  another 
scurrilous  poem  [  ?  Part  ii.]  by  the  author  of  The  ZHabo- 
Had,  It  is  particularly  hurled  at  the  heads  of  the  Hert- 
fords.  The  writer  is  supposed  to  be  a  Captain  Coombe, 
whose  title  to  the  office  of  censor-general,  is  having  been 
guilty  of  forgery;  and  to  be  executioner,  to  having 
married  a  common  woman,  who  was  kept  by  Lord  Bean- 
champ.  Are  not  we  an  exemplary  people?**  (Letteri, 
edit  1857,  vi.  480.)  Again,  **  I  heofd  t'other  day  of  the 
World  at  it  Ooea,  a  poem  published  lost  spring,  but  which 
I  had  never  seen.  It  is  by  that  infamous  boombei  the  au- 
thor of  TTie  Diaboliad:' ^Ib,  vu.  262.] 

•*  Aftbb  meat — MusTABD.** — What  is  the  origin 
and  meaning  of  this  proverb,  used  by  Lord  Pal- 
merston  in  a  recent  debate  ?  Cabi.  B. 

[We  have  always  understood  this  proverb  as  referring 
to  anvthing  which  comes  too  late.  The  mustard  is 
broufTDt,  but  not  till  the  dinner  is  over.  So  in  Greek  Mit« 
r*»  trikiftM  %  rufAf*mxi»'  Post  bellunt  auxilium.  When  the 
war  is  over  oar  allies  appear  on  the  field.  Erasm.  Adttg.^ 
ed.  1643,  p.  637.  -So  in  English,  **  After  death  the  doc- 
tor." (Bohn*8  Hand' Book  of  Prwerbg,  pp.  84,  806.) 
There  are  other  proverbs,  or  proverbial  piirases,  to  the 
same  effect.] 

Chblse A  Obtbi«tal  China.  —Will  any  of  those 
readers  of  "  N.  &  Q."  who  are  curious  in,  and  col- 
lective of,  Chelsea  china,  inform  me  if  any  porce- 
lain of  the  otiental  character  issued  from  the 
manufactory ;  and  if  so,  what  are  its  peculiarities? 

C. 

\ljlt.  VL«xt^«.i,  in  his  valaable  HUhry  of  PotUry  and 


^  &  I  Ma?  SI/C2.] 


NOTES  AND  QUEJiiES. 


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F^rtdtdm^  MtdUeval  and  Modern^  in  which  will  b«  foand 
a  very  interesting  account  of  the  China  Manafactory  at 
Chelflea,  tells  us,  at  p.  277,  **  The  earlv  specimens  of 
Chelsea  were  painted  closely  to  re8emk>)e  the  Chinese 
porcelain/'  and  adds  in  a  note,  "  Wlien  the  French 
manufacturers  of  Vincennes  In  1740,  complained  of  the 
injury  which  resulted  to  their  fabrics  from  the  Chelsea 
porcelain,  they  probably  meant  the  Oriental,  which  was 
painted  and  decorated  at  Chelsea.  An  embossed  oval 
with  a  raised  anchor  upon  it,  and  the  anchor  with  the 
cross,  are  supposed  to  be  the  earliest  marks."— See  Mar- 
ryat,285,  &c.,  for  other  marks.] 

Cat  Ice,  oe  Cat's  Icb.  —  A  yery  thin  coat  of 
ice  floating  on  the  surface  of  water  it)  called  by^this 
name  in  Buckinghamshire  and  t^e  neighbouring 
counties.    What  is  the  origin  of  the  phrase  ? 

A.  A. 

Poets'  Comer. 

[Cat-ice,  according  to  Wright,  is  a  Northamptonshire 
term  for  <*  ice  from  which  the  water  has  receded."  Cat's 
ice  has  in  Kent  the  same  signification.  The  expression 
may  be  allusive,  referring  to  the  boyish  amusement  of 
placing  on  the  ice  a  cat  shod  with  walnut-shelhi  —  of 
course  not  very  amusing  to  the  cat.  Ice  unsafe  for  the 
boys  might  serve  for  the  cat,  and  hence  be  called  "  cat's 
ice."  Or  "  cat's  ice  "  may  be  ccUch  iet^  from  its  dangerous 
character.  Or,  again,  it  may  bear  the  same  meaning,  but 
from  a  different  source.  The  old  word  cazzo  (pronounced 
catzo)  signified  in  Italian,  when  employed  as  descriptive 
of  character,  merely  **an  honest  simpleton."  But  in 
passing  into  our  language  the  term  lost  its  innocence ; 
and  in  old  English  we  had  catso,  a  rog^e,  **  borrowed 
from  the  Italians,"  says  Nares,  *'  by  ignorant  travellers, 
who  probably  knew  not  its  real  meaning."  From  eatto^ 
in  this  roguish  sense,  might  be  formed  **  cat's  ice,"  that 
ia,  treacherous  ice ;  in  short,  ice  that  will  let  you  in.** 
Mica,  a  mineral  of  which  the  colour  is  often  a  silver- 
white,  was  formerly  called  cat-silver.    Nomenclator.'] 

Low  Sunday.  —  I  should  feel  much  obliged  if 
any  of  your  numerous  readers  would  tell  me  the 
origin  and  meaning  of  Low  Sunday,  the  Sunday 
after  Easter ;  it  is  purely  an  English  term.  In 
Grermany  it  is  called  "White  Sunday,**  in  the 
Missal  "  Dominica  in  albis ; "  in  French  "  Le  Di- 
mancbe  do  Quasimodo;**  but  why  Low  Sunday 
I  cannot  understand.  Nor  can  it  be  in  contrast 
to  the  higher  festival  of  Easter,  as  we  have  no 
difference  in  the  service,  with  the  exception  of  the 
proper  prayers;  while  in  the  Catholic  Church 
there  may  be  a  difference  in  the  festival,  but 
nothing,  so  far  as  I  can  learn,  to  apply  the  term 
Low  Sunday.  H.  L. 

{On  Low  Sunday  it  was  formerly  the  custom  to  repeat 
y  some  part  of  the  service  used  on  Easter  Day.  iiVom 
this  cause  it  took  the  name  of  Low  Sunday,  beine  cele- 
brated as  a  feast,  thongh  of  a  lower  degree  than  Easter 

Day  itself,  which  is  emphatically  a  high  day the  Queen 

of  Festivals.  (Hook,  Procter,  Wheatly,  and  Mant)  This 
day  has  also  been  called  White,  or  Low  Sunday,  because, 
in  the  primitive  Church,  the  neophytes  who  on  Easter 
Eve  were  baptized  and  clad  in  white  garments,  did  to- 
day put  them  off;  and  the  epithet  low  alluded  to  new- 
ness of  life;  they  were  expected  to  be  low  (lowly),  hum- 
ble, See;  (lirandl)  May  we  not  add  a  third  conjecture? 
In  the  interval  between  Our  Lord's  death  and  His  ascen- 
sion, the  Apostles  and  first  believers,  although  the  Saviour 


after  His  resarrtoiion  did  oecasionally  visit  His  *<  little 
flock,"  <LPpMr  to  have  been  in  a  depressed  and  low  con- 
dition. The  crucifixion  had  disappointed  those  expec- 
tations which  they  had  evidently  formed,  respecting  the 
re-establishment  of  the  Jewish  monarchy  under  the  head* 
ship  of  the  Messiah ;  and  on  the  di^  of  the  resurNctioa 
we  find  two  of  them  saying,  as  if  in  a  complaining  tone^ 
*'  We  trusted  that  it  had  been  He  which  should  have  re- 
deemed Israel,"  not  duly  sensible  that  Our  Lord  had 
already  eflfected  the  tme*redemption  of  Jew  and  Oentlle 
by  His  sufferings  and  death.  Nor  even  at  a  later  period 
do  the  first  believers  appear  to  have  been  wholly  dis* 
abused  as  to  their  expectation,  so  natural  to  them  as 
Jews,  of  a  temporal  kingdom.  The  short  interval  be* 
tween  Ascension  Day  and  Whit-Sunday,  indeed,  was  pro- 
babl  V  a  more  joyous  period ;  and  is  called  **  Expectation 
Week"  (though  less  than  a  week),  because  the  Early 
Church  was  then  cheered  by  the  hope  and  expectation  of 
the  Comforter.  And  in  the  same  way  the  octave  after 
Easter  Day  may  be  called  Low  Sunday,  as  a  day  of  some 
depression  and  despondency.  The  Holv  Evangelists  re» 
cord  several  distinct  appearances  of  Our  risen  Lord  on 
Easter  Day ;  but  on  the  Sunday  following  only  one ;  and 
that,  it  appears,  paid  chiefly  with  the  beniguant  pur- 
pose of  rebuking  an  Apostle's  imperfect  faith.] 

AifONTMous.  —  Can  any  of  the  readers  of 
"  N.  &  Q***  give  me  the  name  of  an  anonymous 
translator  of 

''The  Argonautio  Expedition  of  ApoUonlus  Rhodins 
into  English  Verse,  with  Critical,  Historical,  and  Ex- 
planatory Remarks,  and  Prefatory  Essays,  with  a  large 
Appendix,  inscribed  to  the  Duke  of  Marlborough,  in 
2  vols,  small  8vo.  London,  printed  for  Thomas  Pavne 
and  Son,  at  the  Mews  Gate,  St.  Martinis,  and  Robert 
Fanlder,  New  Bond  Street,  1780  "? 

W.  B.  Phil.  Dr. 

[By  Edward  Bumaby  Greene,  Esq.,  a  gentleman  well 
known  in  the  regions  of  Parnassus.  —  Vide  Gent,  Mag. 
vol.  IvUL  part  l  p.  27G.] 


EDMUND  BURKE. 
(8""  S.  i.  874.) 

Ms.  Hayiland  Bubke*8  assertions  and  assump- 
tions as  to  other  people's  motives  and  feelings  are 
irrelevant  to  the  questions  at  issue.  As,  however, 
Mb.  Burkb  writes  as  one  having  authority  —  as 
**  the  representative  of  the  great  man  **  Edmund 
Burke,  **my  illustrious  ancestor**  —  I  must  of 
necessity  test  the  value  of  his  evidence  as  against 
the  information  of  other  people,  even  of  an  anony- 
mous correspondent ;  for  your  readers  might  ex- 
pect from  this  relationship  some  special  information 
of  tradition,  or  of  a  fact.  Let  us  then  consider 
this  question  as  one  of  probability. 

Mb.  Haviland  Bubke*s  great  grandmother  was 
Edmund  Burke*s  sister.  Edmund  Burke  was 
born  in  Dublin,  where  his  father  was  a  practiKing 
attorney.  His  sister  was  baptised  at  Castletown 
Roche,  countv  of  Cork ;  and  there  brought  up  by 
her  grandfather.  Edmund,  whose  health  was 
delicate,  was  for  a  time  «.t  C.^a^^R^l«^'^^  -MJkX.Nss^Nsj^ 


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[S^  &  L  Mat  SI,  *«. 


I  infer,  as  he  was  taught  to  read  by  his  mother, 
and  we  find  him,  at  eight  years  of  age,  at  school 
in  Dublin;  whence  he  was  removed  to  Bali- 
tore,  county  of  Kildare,  and  there  remained  till 
he  entered  Trinity  College,  Dublin ;  where  he 
took  his  degree  in  1748,  and  thence  came  to  the 
Inner  Temple,  London ;  where  he  had  been  en- 
tered twelve  months  before,  in  April  1747.  From 
that  time,  snys  Prior,  **  circumstances  tended  to 
keep  up  little  more  than  an  epistolary  correspon- 
dence between  them."  I  doubt,  indeed,  if  they 
ever  met  more  than  twice  during  their  long  re- 
maining lives ;  and  we  know,  from  Burke*s  own 
letters,  that  when  she  died,  in  1790,  he  had  not 
seen  her  for  fouT'and'twenty  years.  This  lady 
married  a  Mr.  French,  of  the  county  of  Galway ; 
and  on  her  death  I  believe,  Miss  French,  their 
daughter,  was  invited  to  Beaconsfield.  She  mar- 
ried a  Major  Haviland,  who  soon  after  died  in  the 
West  Indies.  On  Edmund  Burke's  death,  in  1797, 
Mrs.  Haviland  was  invited  to  reside  with  Burke*s 
widow,  and  did  so  until  within  a  short  period  of  the 
death  of  Mrs.  Burke ;  who  left  5000^  to  Mrs.  Havi- 
land, the  rest  of  her  property  to  her  own  family— 
the  Nugeiits ;  but  the  MS.  papers  of  her  late  hus* 
hand  to  Earl  Fitzwilliam^  the  Bishop  of 'Rochester ^ 
and  the  Right  Hon.  William  Elliot.  Some  time 
after  Mrs.  Haviland*s  death,  her  son,  then  only 
twenty-two  years  of  age,  applied  for  and  obtained 
license  to  take  the  name  of  Burke.  This,  the 
first  of  the  name,  died  in  1852,  while  your  corre- 
spondent was  a  boy  at  school.  Under  these  cir- 
cumstances, I  cannot  see  how  Mb.  Havu^akd 
Burke  is  likely  to  be  better  informed  as  to  the 
earlv  history  of  Edmund  Burke  than  other  people, 
or  than  an  anonymous  correspondent. 

I  will  now  proceed  to  consider  what  little  Ms. 
Hayilamd  Borkb  does  tell  us  on  authority,  not 
on  evidence,  about  the  purchase  of  Gregories. 
*^  Happily,*'  he  writes,  "  /  am  able  to  set  at  rest  all 
questions  on  this  point.  Edmund  Burke  contracted 
to  purchase  the  estate,  mansion,  and  furniture  of 
Gregories,  Beaconsfield,  for  about  20,000/.  Of 
this  he  paid  nearly  6000/.  in  cash :  the  remaining 
14,000/.  being  raised  by  two  mortgages — one  for 
10,400/.,  and  the  other  for  3600/." 

This  story  is  clear  and  circumstantial ;  but  what 
then  is  to  become  of  all  the  friendly  biographers,  and 
all  the  trumpeting  about  the  nobleness  and  gene- 
rosity of  the  Marquis  of  Rockingham,  which  has 
been  sounding  in  the  public  ear  for  more  than 
half  a  century  ?  Dr.  Bisset  told  us  that  **  the 
whole  price  was  twenty-three  thousand  pounds.** 
And  to  meet  the  public  questioning  as  to  how 
Burke  obtained  the  money,  he  thus  wrote.  The 
best  authenticated  account,  is,  *'  that  the  Marquis 
of  Kockingham  advanced  10,000/.  on  a  simple 
bond,  never  intended  to  be  reclaimed ;  that  Dr. 
Saunders,  of  Spring  Gardens,  advanced  5,000/. 
secured  on    mprtgage.     It  is    certain  that,  at 


Dr.  Saunders's  death,  a  mortgage  on  Burke's 
estate  was  found  by  the  executors  for  that  sum, 
and  that  the  principal  was  considerably  increased 
bv  arrears  of  interest"  Why,  the  Doctor  is  as 
circumstantial  as  Mb.  Hayilahd  Bdbkb  !  And  jret 
both  stories  cannot  be  true.  *'  How  the  remaining 
8,000/.  was  procured/*  the  Doctor  admits  he  could 
not  explain.  Here  Sir  James  Prior  comes  to  oar 
assistance :  *'  A  great  part  [of  the  purchase 
money]  undoubtedly  was  his  own,  the  bequest  of 
his  elder  brother.  The  remainder  was  to  have 
been  raised  upon  mortgage;  when  the  Marquis 
of  Rockingham,  hearing  of  his  intention,  volon- 
tarily  offered  the  loan  of  the  amount  required  to 
complete  the  purchase  '* ;  which  purchase,  he  tells 
us,  cost  Burke  ^*  above  20,000/.  increased** — and 
this  on  the  authority  of  Burke*s-  awn  letters,  by 
his  being  '*  obliged  to  take  the  seller's  coUectioo 
of  pictures  and  marbles.** 

HQre  are  contradictions  enough;  but  if  Mt. 
Haviland  Bubke*8  revelation,  made  just  a  cen- 
tury afler  the  purchase,  be  true,  how  can  it  be 
reconciled  with  known  and  proveable  facts  ?  Thus 
Burke  swore  (ante  S'*  S.  i.  221,)  that,  "  in  order 
to  make  and  accomplish  **  this  purchase,  he  had 
occasion  for  a  considerable  sum  of  money,  which 
he  believed  was  6,000/.,  and  which  he  llorrowed 
from  a  friend  who  voluntarily  ofiered  to  lend 
it  to  him.  Why,  if  he  gave  20,000/.  for  the 
property  —  as  Mb.  Haviland  Bdbkb  asserts  — 
then  he  wanted  twenty  thousand  to  pay  for  it : 
for  that  he  borrowed  6,000/.,  b  as  certain  as 
anything  can  be  that  relates  to  Burke;  and 
Mb.  Haviland  Bubkb  says  that  he  borrowed 
14,000/.  on  mortgage ;  so  that  his  '^  iliustrioos  an* 
cestor**  bought  the  property  without  having  a 
shilling  to  pay  for  it  —  and  with  a  noble  mansion 
on  it  whico,  as  we  are  told  by  the  county  his- 
torian, had  *'  at  a  little  distance  the  dignity  of  a 
Royal  residence  in  miniature,  by  the  similitude 
to  Queen  Charlotte's  palace,  called  Buckingham 
House.**  I  leave  the  reader  to  consider  whether 
Mb.  Haviland  Bubke  has  "  happily  set  the  ques- 
tion at  rest.** 

Here  I  would  willingly  take  my  leave;  but 
Mb.  Haviland  Bubke  observes,  that  J.  R.  T.*s 
assertion,  that  **  the  stories  told,  or  hinted  at,  by 
the  biographers  about  this  Chancery  suit  [Vith 
Lord  Verney]  have  not  been  to  the  credit  of 
Burke,  is  like  some  other  of  his  incidental  state- 
ments, made  without  any  authority  whole oer** 

My  attention  having  been  thus  drawn  to  the 
exact  form  of  expression,  I  see  with  regret  that 
it  admits  of  misconstruction.  The  biographers 
(Bisset  and  Prior)  are  blind  eulogists  of  Burke, 
and  defend  him  against  all  objections  or  objectors; 
yet  a  defence,  of  necessity,  includes  some  refer- 
ence to,  or  hint  at,  the  charges  themselves.  The 
only  real  difference  between  your  correspondent 
and  Mr.  Haviland  Bubkb  is,  or  ought  to  be  — 


8^'  &  I.  Mat  81,  '62.] 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


431 


Were  the  public  satisfied  with  Burke's  conduct 
in  the  trial  with  LordVemey  ?  Let  us  hear  what 
Dr.  Bisset  says ;  who,  as  he  was  living  at  the  time, 
is  presumptively  the  best  authority  :  — 

**  Aboat  this  period  Barke  was  Defendant  in  a  Chan- 
cery snit,  in  which  Lord  Vemey  was  Plaintiff.  It  was 
alleged  by  Lord  Vemey  that  Burke,  his  brother,  and 
cousin,  had  been  engaged  with  him  in  a  stock-jobbing 
speculation,  by  which  very  great  loss  had  been  incurred ; 
that  Lord  Verney  was  the  ostensible  man,  and  had  been 
obliged  to  make  out  the  engagements;  that  Edmund 
Barke,  being  the  only  one  of  the  rest  who  had  any  pro- 
perty, Yemey  had  applied  to  him  to  defray  his  share  of 
the  debt.  On  refusal,  he  filed  a  Bill  against  him  in 
Chancery  claiming  Burke  as  his  partner.  Burke  making 
affidavit  that  he  was  not,  the  matter  was  of  course  con- 
cluded in  Burke's  favour.  A  great  clamour  arose  againU 
Swke  for  clearing  himself  in  this  manner  ;  but  a  positive 
oath  of  a  man  of  character  is  certainly  better  evidence 
than  any  vague  rumour." 

This  is  sufficient  for  my  purpose ;  but  I  will 
add,  that  Sir  James  Prior  hints  at  —  delicately, 
but  distinctly — **some  degree  of  misrepresenta- 
tion having  prevailed  upon  the  subject.  And  a 
contemporary  (Remarks,  j-c,  on  the  Preface,  Sfc, 
of  Laurence  and  King,")  says  :  — 

**  It  has  been  confidently  and  repeatedly  asserted  that 
the  various  members  of  the  Burke  family  had  been  con- 
nected in  a  stock*jobbing  adventure  with  the  late  Earl 
Vemey,  which  was  the  ruin  of  that  nobleman,  though  of 
great  advantage  to  Mr.  Burke's  connexions." 

I  shall  not,  on  this  occasion,  inquire  into  the 
truth  or  probability  of  these  charges ;  it  is  suOl- 
cient  for  my  present  purpose  to  show  that,  with 
reference  to  this  chancery  suit,  stories  were  told 
or  hinted  at  by  the  biosraphers,  not  to  the  credit 
of  Burke,  that  the  public  were  not  satisfied  with 
Burke*B  conduct  towards  Lord  Verney,  or  with 
his  defence  on  the  Chancery  suit,  and  therefore  I 
desired  to  know  what  were  the  facts.      J.  R.  T. 


to  me,  all  in  their  favour.  The  only  writer  of 
any  importance,  if  I  may  call  him  so,  that  occurs 
t^  me,  who  has  thrown  doubt  upon  the  authen- 
ticity of  these  Speeches  and  Prayers,  is  the  violent 
and  unscrupulous  author  of  Regicides  no  Saints 
nor  Martyrs^  1700,  8vo ;  and  whom  White  Ken- 
nett  has  copied  in  his  Chronicle.  The  arguments 
this  writer  has  alleged,  in  proof  of  his  opinion,  are, 
"  that  many  times  in  relating  what  they  spake  or 
pray*d,  *tis  ushered  in  with  that  common  salvo,  to 
this  effect";  and  that  it  cannot  be  imagined  '*how 
anyone,  unless  truly  inspired  —  not  a  Fanatick 
Pretender,  whose  memories  are  generally  as  weak 
as  their  judgments — should  carry  off  such  abomin- 
able presumptions  and  religious  delusions.*'  That 
in  some  instances  the  report  of  what  was  said 
might  be  corrected,  or  supplemented,  from  the 
notes  prepared  by  the  speakers,  is  possible  enough; 
but  this  does  not  impugn  the  general  authenticity 
and  bond  fide  character  of  the  printed  report. 
And  though  the  government  had  no  short-hand 
writers  to  take  down  the  speeches  at  the  execu- 
tion of  the  regicides,  as  they  had  taken  care  to  have 
at  their  trials,  it  by  no  means  follows  that  the 
friends  of  the  dying  men,  who  looked  up  to  them 
as  martyrs,  did  not  adopt  that  precaution  for 
perpetuating  their  testimony.  But  even  without 
short-hand  1  see  no  difficulty,  judging  from  many 
contemporary  reports  of  Sermons,  Lectures,  &C.9 
which  1  have  seen,  and  which  are  in'  unabbre- 
viated characters,  and  were  taken  on  the  spot, 
in  arriving  at  the  conclusion,  that  everjr  word 
which  is  given  in  the  published  report,  might  be 
taken  down  with  sufficient  correctness  as  it  stands. 

Jas.  CaOSSLET. 


THE  DYING  SPEECHES  AND  PRAYERS  OF 

THE  REGICIDES. 

(3'*  S.  i.  384.) 

The  assertion  in  Dr.  Bliss*s  letter  to  Mr.  Thomas 
Grenville,  that  these  Speeches  and  Prayers  **  are 
all  forgeries,**  has  rather  surprbed  me.  Dr.  Bliss's 
authority  is  always  entitled  to  respect,  but  where 
is  the  evidence  for  so  sweeping  an  assertion  ?  It 
is  not  found,  certainly,  in  the  trial  of  the  printers 
instate  Trials,  edit.  1810,  vi.  513):  an  occasion 
when  so  material  a  point  against  them  was  not 
likely  to  have  been  neglected  by  L'Estrange,  or 
Chief  Justice  Hyde.  On  the  contrary,  it  seems  . 
to  have  been  an  admitted  fact,  at  a  time  when  the 
truth  could  not  fail  to  be  known,  that  however  it 
might  be  challenged  on  the  score  of  sedition  or 
disloyalty,  the  report  was  at  all  events  not  a  false 
one.  Again,  if  we  compare  them  with  their  un- 
doubted writings — take  those  of  Hugh  Peters  for 
instance — the  internal  evidence  is,  as  it  appears 


THE  FAIRFAXES  OF  HARFORD. 
(3^  S.  i.  370.) 

By  a  curious  error,  Srorfford  is  written  for  Bar* 
ford  —  a  village  near  Warwick.  In  a  somewhat 
scarce  book,  entitled  — 

<*  lli^;  TltXuxtuZiat ;  OF,  s  Discourss  Concerning  the  Having 
Many  Children.  In  which  The  Prejudices  against  a 
Numerous  Offspring  are  removed.  And  the  Objection* 
Answered.  In  a  Letter  to  a  Friend.  London.  Svo, 
1696,"  — 

is  to  be  found  an  account  of  the  Fairfax  family  of 
Barford.  At  p.  84,  we  find  the  following  men- 
tion of  this  family  :  — 

*'  And  thongh  it  be  not  on  a  Marble  Monument  (which 
yet  it  deserves),  yet  in  the  best  Records  the  Parish  hath, 
is  the  Memory  preserved  of  the  Nameroas  Family  of  Mr. 
Richard  Fairfax  of  Barford,  in  the  County  of  Warwick. 
Not  that  his  immediate  children  were  so  many;  but  with 
Himself  he  could  number  in  the  same  House  Four  De- 
scents, all  at  once  alive.  So  that  whereas  others  do 
usually  count  their  single  Children  in  order  as  they  were 
born:'Tbi8  is  my  Eldest  Son,  and  so  onwards;  he  might 
reckon  thus.  This  is  my  EUkst  Generation ;  tiv^  S««md. 
This;  That  my  TUitd\  wi^  «J\  >^«»  V^  ^^  -^-AwX  ^ 


432 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


[a>«&i.iUTSi.*it 


manner,  that  the  Father,  Orand&ther,  and  Great-Grand- 
father  were  all  conjugally  pair'd,  and  not  one  of  them  twice 
married ;  all  living  most  lovingly  together,  in  very  good 
Credit  and  Plenty.  The  thing  being,  in  all  its  Circum- 
etancea,  perhaps  not  any  where  to  be  match'd.  The  late 
Beverend  Rector  of  the  Place,  Mr.  Thomas  Dagard,  waa 
80  affected  with  it,  aa  to  pat  it  into  this  Epi^pwn ;  which 
yon,  I  dare  say,  will  not  blame  if  it  be  sabjom'd  here :  — 

*  Qunrtus  in  ^theriara  Fairfaxios  editnr  anram, 

Patris,  Avi,  Proavi,  gandia  Magna  saL 
Hos  tegit  Una  Domas,  cum  terna  Uxore  Maritos ; 

Unaque  alit  laatis  Mensa  benigna  cibis. 
Non  magis  unanimes  norunt  hnc  Secula  Mentes ; 

Est  bis  corporibus  Mens  velat  una  tribas. 
Totque  ex  Conjugibua  bis  Vincla  jugalia  nemo 

Nexuit ;  et  nemo  nexa  soluta  cnpit 
More  Columbamm  laetatur  conjuge  conjax; 

Deseruit  rup^aa  nee  juvenilis  amor. 
Hisce  tribus  Paribus  Barfordia  jure  superbit; 

Nam  par  his  Paribus  qiiis  locus  alter  babet? ' 

*^  Englished  by  the  Reverend  Dr.  Ford,  thos :  — 

*  Fourth  Fairfax,  who  on  Earth VStage  now  appears, 
Sire,  Grandsire,  and  Great-Grandsire  jointiv  cheers. 
These  Three  one  House  doth  lodge,  one  Table  feed ; 
And  each  bis  Partner  hath  at  Board  and  Bed. 
So  closely  all  in  mutual  Love  conjoin'd, 
Th'  whole  Six  seem  acted  by  one  single  Mind. 
And  none  e'er  had  or  wished,  on  cither  side, 
A  Second  nusband,  or  a  Second  Bride. 
But  Turtle-like,  prcserv'd  their  Love's  chaste  Flame, 
From  smooth- facd  Youth  to  wrinkled  Age  the  same. 
In  Three  such  Pairs  boast,  Barford^  till  there  be 
A  Place  for  Three  like  Pairs  found  like  to  Thee.*  " 

The  author  of  this  work  was  the  Rev.  Samuel 
Dugard,  a  native  of  Warwick,  and  son  of  the  Rev. 
Thomas  Dugard,  rector  of  Barford,  near  War- 
wick.* The  author  was  Fellow  of  Trinity  Col- 
lege, Oxford,  and  Prebendary  of  Lichfield.  He 
died  at  Forton,  in  StafTordshire ;  of  which  place  he 
was  rector  in  1697. 

Camden,  in  the  Britannia,  mentions  Samuel 
Fairfax,  born  in  1647 ;  who,  at  twelve  years  of 
age,  formed  one  member  of  this  family.  And 
Ireland,  in  his  Avon,  p.  150,  says :  — 

**  Neither  the  longevity,  nor  domestic  happiness  of  this 
extraordinary  family,  could  avert  the  ill-fortune  that 
pursued  the  last  male  branch  of  it  to  Warwick  gaol  a  few 
years  since ;  where  he  lingered  and  died  for  a  debt  con- 
tracted by  a  shopkeeper  in  his  village,  for  whom  he  waa 
surety." 

A  Miss  Fairfax,  however,  a  spinster'  of  a  cer- 
tain age  and  the  lineal  descendant  of  this  ancient 
family,  is  now  living  at  Barford,  proud  of  the 
good  name  of  her  numerous  ancestors ;  and, 
standing  alone  in  a  field  in  the  midst  of  the  same 
village,  is  an  old  many-gabled  house,,  said  to  have 
been  their  residence  for  many  generations. 

Henry  Blenkinsop. 
Warwick. 


•  See  Wood's  Athena  Oxonienses,  edit  Bliss.  voL  iv. 
-  67A 


GRATIS  ''BLEGT"  PABODIED. 
(2»*  S.  xiL  128 ;  8^  S.  L  112, 197.) 

In  addition  to  the  parodies  mentioned  by  your- 
self and  your  correspondent  Delta,  I  send  joa  a 
copy  of  one  written  by  Sir  William  Young,  some- 
time Governor  of  the  Island  of  Tobago,  where  he 
died  in  1815. 

I  am  not  aware  that  it  has  ever  been  printed, 
and  therefore  the  transcript  may  be  interesting  to 
Delta,  and  others  of  your  correspondents. 

"THE  CAMP. 

"A  PABODY  ON  ORAY*S  'ELEGY  IN  A  OOUHTBT 
CHURCHY  AKD.' 

"  The  evening  gan  declares  the  day  ia  spent : 
Tlie  dram's  tattoo  and  fife*s  responsive  glee 
Each  soldier  bids  retire  to  bis  tent, 
And  leave  the  world  to  sentries  and  to  me ! 

**  Now  o*er  the  camp  scarce  gleams  the  twilii^ht  ray. 
And  all  is  bush'd  tbroagboat  the  whiten'd  plsin. 
Save  in  the  rear  occurs  some  wanton  frar. 
Or  from  the  mess-room  sounds  a  jovial  atrain. 

"  Save  that  from  yonder  cliff,  where  breaks  the  wave, 
The  pickets  challenge  strangers  seen  below; 
And  such  as  pass,  nor  countersign  may  have^ 
Till  morn,  in  rear,  or  quarterguard  bestow. 

**  Beneath  the  cloud-rob'd  moon  where  lowly  riae 
Those  tents,— in  each,  the  measure  of  a  grave. 
Five  crowded  veterans  close  their  lowr'ing  eyes ; 
Such  is  the  bed  of  Honour — and  the  Brave ! 

"  Tis  but  one  shot,  and  each  no  more  may  hear 
The  loud  reveille  greet  the  op'ning  mora ; 
No  more  the  angry  adjutant  shall  fear. 
Or  baste  for  guard  his  person  to  adorn : 

^  No  more  for  him  shall  Kate  the  aoup  prepare 

With  verdant  cresses,  and  wild  mai^oram  swMt; 
No  more  with  him  the  soldier's  ration  share, 
Or  Sunday's  walk,  or  pay-day's  welcome  treat. 

**  Oft  in  the  embattled  field,  he'd  danger  face ; 
As  oft  returning  with  his  constant  Kate*. 
How  jocund  then  the  aun-burnt  pair  embrace^ 
How  quaff  their  nut-brown  ale,  and  smile  at  fate! 

<*  Let  not  the  agent  of  their  dues  beguile. 

Or  mulct  the  comforts  of  the  veteran  band. 
Nor  peaceful  tenants  of  this  happy  Isle 
Neglect  the  men,  who  fought,  and  saved  their  land ! 

**  The  patriot's  speech, — the  gentle  courtier's  place, — 
And  all  that  power  can  give,  or  flattery  get. 
Await  alike  some  paragraph  to  grace : 
The  grant  of  honours  leads  to  the  Gazette ! 

**  Despatches  ne'er  record  the  soldier's  name ; 
Senates  vote  thanks  to  armies  in  the  maaa! 
Yet  may  each  soldier  have  a  separate  claim. 
And  noblest  service  may  unheeded  pass  1 

**  Perhaps  within  that  canvas  cell  may  rest 

Some  genius  formed  for  stratagems  and  war ; 
Some  partizan  that  might  have  taken  Brest, 
Or  engineer,  to  plan  it,  from  afar ! 

'*  But  them  no  military  school  inform*d, 

No  schemes  of  war  did  show,  no  tactics  teach ; 
They  knew  not  why, — thev  yet  the  fortress  atorm*d ! 
They  knew  not  howr-they  got  within  the  bieachl 


8^  S.  L  Mat  81, '6S.3 


NOTES  AND  QUEBIES. 


433 


^  Foil  many  a  child  of  nature  and  of  love, 

Known  to  no  parent,  thro'  the  world  doth  stray ; 
Fall  manv  a  star  which  makes  the  heaven  aboye, 
Doth  gleam  annoticed  in  the  milky  way. 

**  Perhaps  some  villsge  Nelson  may  be  there, — 
For  star  and  ribbon,  with  a  Corporal's  knot ; 
Perhaps  the  tent  some  private  veterans  share, 
Worthy  the  gallant  Lake's  high  honor*d  lot ! 

"  To  wield  Britannia's  thunders  o'er  the  main, 
To  lead  her  warlike  troops  with  vengeful  arm. 
Her  laws  with  temper'd  wisdom  to  snstain. 
To  rule  her  councils,  and  avert  th'  alarm, 

**  Their  lot  forbade  I  nor  yet  alone  did  bar 

The  rise  of  genius,  but  the  growth  of  crime ; 
Forbade  to  make  a  shameful  trade  of  war. 
And  manage  contracts  in  a  foreign  clime ! 

**  The  claims  of  rival  merit  to  suppress. 

The  better  thus  to  make  their  own  appear : 
The  tale  of  victory  with  art  to  dress. 

And  gain  by  garbled  truths  their  Sovereign's  ear  I 

**  Yet—  e'en  the  humble  veteran  to  raise. 
Tradition  gives  the  story  and  the  song ; 
Bade,  yet  alluring,  are  the  notes  of  praise. 

That  cheer  the  march,  and  urge  the  line  along ! 

**  Look,  gentle  stranger,  on  that  parchment  roll ; 

Their  names  thou'lt  read— for  thou  canst  read—they 
say; 
Their  humble  virtues  too — the  nether  scroll 
In  simple  truth  and  language  doth  displa}* : 

*'  <  Ne'er  did  they  leave  their  arms  to  rust  a  spoil : 

Ne'er  vilely  barter  shirts  or  shoes  for  gin ; 

Ne'er  skulk  their  duty —or  refuse  their  toil ; — 

Ne'er  feign  a  tale  to  take  their  captain  in.' 

.  **  Tho'  far  from  glory's  snmmit,  and  the  meed 
Of  mighty  actions,  wide  recording  fame. 
Yet,  for  their  country,  were  they  proud  to  bleed, 
VVhilst  brother  soldiers  praised  a  soldier's  name. 

"  For  who  to  coward  infamy  a  slave. 

Fled  e'er  untimely  from  the  well-fought  day? 
E'er  left  his  foe  the  lanrel  of  the  brave. 
Nor  felt  one  willing,  warlike  wish  to  stay  ? 

**  On  some  fond  love  proud  honour  still  relies. 

Some  praise  from  Nancy  still  the  heart  reqofaresl 
E'en  when  in  glory's  field  the  soldier  dies, 
E'en  from  the  cottage  glowed  his  martial  fires. 

*  For  thee,— who  ask'st  the  soldier's  humble  worth. 
Who  waits  this  evening's  chill  in  solemn  mood, 
Haply  his  comrades  say — *  He  trod  this  earth 
With  love  and  honor,  for  the  wise  and  good. 

**  *  His  mien  was  careless,  and  his  manners  gay. 
Yet  now  he'd  sudden  knit  the  pensive  eye ; 
And  now  with  folded  arms,  he'd  musing  stray, — 
Then  smile  and  pass  the  gloom  of  fancy  by  I 

**  *  Of  late  we  mark'd  him  on  the  trim  parade 

With  hair  loose-tied,  nor  shoes,  nor  gaiters  clean ; 
But  yester  morn  we  saw  him  slowly  tread 

From  yonder  hut, — at  noon  too  was  he  seen ; — 

**  *  The  evening  came — nor  at  bis  tent  was  he, — 
Nor  on  parade  was  seen  tho  gentle  lad ; — 
The  night  crept  on  and  shadow'd  o'er  the  lea, — 
And  Laura  wspt,  and  Damon's  heart  was  sad ! 

"  *  The  morrow  saw  him  borne  on  sable  bier ; 

His  sword  and  helmet  o'er  the  corpse  were  spread ; 
The  grave  and  merry  gave  him  each,  a  tear: 
And  e'en  the  Muse,— there,  last  sad  bonoors  shed.' 


«  XPITAPH. 

^  Kind  was  the  youth, — and  honest  too, 
Who  rests  his  head  beneath  this  stone ; 
For  most  he  felt  another's  woe. 
And  most  the  faults  that  were  his  own. 

**  The  sage's  le8Son,->poet's  theme, — 
Alternate  filled  his  raptured  mind ; — 
But  happiest  was  his  fancy's  dream. 
Of  friend  that's  true,  and  love  that's  kind ! 

**  Nor  seek  now  further  to  disclose 
Or  aught  of  frailty,  or  of  worth ; 
The  God  of  Battles  either  knows,  — 
His  trumpet's  sound  shall  call  them  forth !  " 

William  James  Smith. 


Major-Gen.  Dixon  (3""  S.  i.  872.)  — In  reply 
to  M.  S.  R.,  I  send  the  following  copy  of  an  entry 
in  the  Register  of  Burials  of  my  parish  church  : — 

"Burials,  1793. 
**  Nov*"  7.   Matthew  Dixon,  Esq*",  Major-General  of  the 
Royal  Engineers.  —  Jambs  Xkwcombe." 

J.  Lincoln  Galton, 
Incumbent  of  S.  Sidweirs,  Exeter. 

CovEU>ALE*8  Bible  (3'**  S.  i.  406.)— Your  cor- 
respondent appears  to  be  in  error  as  it  regards 
this  book,  in  supposing  it  to  be  Coverdale*s.  I 
consider  it  to  be  a  reprint  of  Tyndale's  Bible, 
mot  Coverdale's.  I  am  well  aware  that  there  is 
an  edition  of  Tyndale*8  Bible,  1537,  in  quarto, 
but  where  printed  is  unknown.  My  Coverdale*s 
Bibles  are  printed  in  1535,  1536,  1537,  in  folio 
and  quarto ;  also  by  Froscbover  at  Zurich,  1 550, . 
and  the  same  edition  is  republished  in  1553. 
These  editions  by  Froschover  are  the  most  com- 
mon. This  is  the  series  of  Coverdale  as  yet 
discovered.  The  quarto  1537  of  Coverdale  may 
be  known  by  its  having  the  Apocrypha  printed  in 
a  series  connecting  the  historical  books  at  the  end 
of  Esther,  and  not  at  the  end  of  the  Old  Testa- 
ment, as  is  usually  the  case.  It  also  has  prefixed 
to  each  of  the  books  a  large  initial  letter,  con- 
taining in  it  some  part  of  the  Dance  of  Death.  If 
in  these  respects  it  differs,  then  I  suppose  it  to  be 
not  Coverdale's,  but  Tyndalc*s  Bible,  an  exactly 
similar  volume  in  quarto,  1537,  usually  supposed 
to  be  printed  at  Antwerp,  although  under  the 
name  of  St.  Thomases  Hospital,  Southwark. 

I  beg  to  suggest  to  E.  A.  D.  that  he  be  par- 
ticularly careful  in  his  collation  of  this  book.  If 
he  will  furnish  me  with  the  particulars  privately, 
I  will  examine  the  different  editions.  The  Book 
of  Esther  ends  on  page  230,  and  the  Apocrypha 
commences  on  the  reverse  of  230.  The  initial 
letter  has  Death  drawing  away  the  Fool;  the 
same  initial  is  also  found  in  the  Book  of  Joshua 
and  in  the  Book  of  Ju(l«Tes.  The  title  to  the  New 
Testament  is,  "  The  New  Testament  faythfully 
translated  and  lately  correcte  by  Myles  Cover- 
dale."  Quotations  from  Mark  xvi.  and  Roinsw\&  v. 
I  am  much  mv&\Ak^XL  \l  ^ihawt^  >a  "c^r^*  ^  "^^e^ 


434 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


£S^  &  L  ILkT  SI,  tL 


Testament  the  same  size,  by  Tyndale,  but  of  a 
very  different  translation,  in   Canterbury  Cathe- 
dral Library.  Geobge  Offob. 
Grove  Street,  South  Hackney. 

FiTzwiLLiAM  Family  (3^  S.  i.  348.) — In  reply 
to  Mb.  Habdmam*8  second  and  fourth  Queries,  I 
beg  to  offer  the  following  remarks  :  — 

2nd.  The  pedigree  and  account  of  the  Irish 
Fitzwilliams  may  be  found  in  any  good  **  Genea- 
logical Peerage  "  previous  to  1833 — say  Sharpc*8, 
3  vols.,  12mo,  1830.  It  was  not  the  last  peer  who 
founded  the  "  Fitzwilliam  Library,*'  but  Richard, 
the  7th  Viscount,  who  died  in  1816. 

4th.  In  reference  to  the  marriages  of  the  junior 
branches  of  the  Fitzgeralds,  between  1700  and 
1800,  I  have  been  able  to  collect  only  the  fol- 
lowing :  — 

I.  Younger  children  of  James,  1st  Duke  of 
Leinstcr : 

1.  Emilia  Maria  Margaret,  married,  1774,  Charles 
Coote,  Earl  of  Hellamore.     Title  now  extinct. 

2.  Charles  James,  created  Baron  Ardglass,  1800, 
married,  1808,  Julia,  relict  of  T.  Carton ;  died 
without  issue,  1810. 

3.  Charlotte  Mary  Gertrude,  created  Baroness 
Rayleigh,  1811;  married,  1789,  John  Holden 
Strutt,  Esq.,  of  Terling  Place,  in  Essex,  and  has 
issue. 

4.  Henry,  born  1761 ;  married  Charlotte,  Baro- 
ness de  Ros. 

5.  Edward,  born  1763 ;  married  Pamela,  nat.- 
daughter  of  the  Duke  of  Orleans,  by  whom  he 
had  issue : 

a,  Edward  Fox,  bom  1794;  married,  1827, 
Jane,  daughter  of  Sir  John  Dean  Paul. 

b,  Pamela,  born    1795;   married,  1820,  Sir 
Guy  Campbell,  Bart 

c,  Lucy,  born  1798;  married,  1825,  CaptG. 
F.  Lyon,  R.N. 

6.  Robert  Stephen,  bom  1765 ;  married,  1792, 
Sophia,  daughter  of  Capt.  C.  Fielding,  R.N. ;  and 
has  issue. 

7.  Lucy  Anne,  born  1778 ;  married,  1802, 
Admiral  Sir  T.  Foley,  G.C.B. 

II.  Younger  children  of  William  Robert,  2nd 
Duke : 

1.  Mary  Rebecca,  born  1777;  married,  1790, 
Lieut. -Gen.  Sir  C.  Ross,  Bart. 

2.  Emily  Elizabeth,  born  1778;  married,  1801, 
J.  J.  Henry,  Esq.,  of  Straffan.  And  others  who 
married  in  1805,  1806. 

I  believe  the  above  to  be  a  full  reply  to  Mb. 
IIabuman*9  fourth  Query.  Chessbobough. 

Uarbertonford. 

GiLBEBT  Wakefield's  "  Ran^  Canob-e"  (2°* 
S.  xii.  503.)— The  author  of  the  Letter  to  the 
Rt.  Hon.  Spencer  Perceval  described  a  book  which 
he  bad  either  Dot  seen  or  very  curBorily  examined. 


\ 


The  full  title-pAge  will  show  that  he  intended 
Rana  ComiccB  Evangelizanles^  or  the  Comic  Frop 
turned  Methodist.  London :  printed  for  E.  Midd- 
le w,  No.  9,  Haymarket,  1786.  It  u  yoid  of  wit, 
and  has  no  sign  of  learning  bevond  a  quotatioB 
of  seven  lines  from  the  Rana.  There  is  no  "adap- 
tation" of  Aristophanes,  but  a  froff-choma  of 
fifty-four  lines  of  bad  verse,  followed  by  thirty- 
four  pages  of  worse  prose.  The  whole  is  dull, 
dirty,  and  profane,  and  not  like  anything  which  I 
have  read  of  Gilbert  Wakefield'^:  The  following 
lines  will  vindicate  his  memory;  for,  though  his 
attempts  to  improve  upon  Pope  showed  that  be 
was  not  a  poet,  ne  could  not  have  written  down  to 
these :  — 

*'  Happy  lot  of  Labber-Iand, 
There  reside  a  chosen  band- 
Pious  folks  who  ne*er  did  bend  the  knee 
To  cavelling  Philosophy; 
Nor  e'er  did  seek  the  sinfol  tents 
Of  Home  or  sceptic  commoo -tense ; 
But  to  the  parson's  eyes  implidtly, 
Trasting  with  Christian  simplicity. 
Swallowed  the  angel-smelling  aas, 
And  bolted  whale  that  swallowed  Jonas."— P.  IL 

FlTZHOPKIBS. 

Garrick  Club. 

Greene,  of  Ware,  Hertfobdshirb  (3''  S.  I 
371.)  —  I  have  a  volume  of  Poenu  and  Hymmt  by 
me  composed  by  Thomas  Greene,  of  Ware,  Hert- 
fordshire, 1780 ;  who,  possibly,  was  of  thu  ancient 
family  of  the  Greenes.  The  Hymns  first  appeared 
in  Dr.  Dodd^s  Christian  Magazine,  1764^  before 
they  were  collected  into  the  above  yolume.  I 
have  been  told  that  Thomas  Greene  was  a  fanner 
at  Ware.  This  book  reached  a  second  edition  in 
1802 ;  which  I  also  have,  as  well  as  Dr.  Dodd*! 
Christian  Magazine  in  eight  volames. 

Daxui  Sedgwick. 

Sui  Street,  City. 

American  Cents  (3^*  S.  i.  255.)— I  b^  to  give 
a  description  of  some  of  the  above  coins  in  my 
possession,  that  are  not  mentioned  bv  Samitbl 
Shaw  in  his  reply  to  Charles  Clat«  M.D.  ^ 

In  addition  to  most  of  the  coins  he  mentions,  I 
have  cents  with  the  following  types  :  — 

1.  The  letters  U.  S.  A.  in  a  monogram,  on  a  plaia 
ground.  Rev.  18  bars.  This  coin  is  extremely  rare,  one 
having  been  sold  lately  at  Philadelphia,  U.  S.,  for  22.  or 
10  dolls. 

2.  Head  of  Liberty  to  the  right,  with  a  bow  or  knot 
behind;  1797  in  exergue.  Rev.  ^Om  Cent"  in  laard 
wreath ;  ^  in  exergue,  "  United  States  of  America."  A 
duplicate  of  this  coin  sold  at  the  above  sale  for  2Z.  12i^ 
or  18  dolls. 

3.  A  rather  scarce  ^  cent,  with  head  of  Liberty  to  the 
right;  a  cap  behind,  **  libectt " over;  1793  in  exergoe. 
lUv.  As  last  coin,  but  with  ^  in  exergne. 

Mr.  Shaw  does  not  mention  the  Massachusetts 
cent,  which  has  on  the  obverse  an  eagle,  with  a 
shield  of  arms  of  the  United  States  on  its  breast 


r*  a.  L  Hat  81,  ■62.] 


NOTES  AND  QUERIEa 


435 


» MMMohnsetts,"  1788.  IUb.  An  Indian,  with 
bow,  &c.  "  Common  wealth." 

Ferhapi  «ome  of  your  correspondenU  can  give 
me  «ome  inforination  relative  to  three  coini  that 
I  have  latelj  added  to  mj  collection:  —  lat.  A 
large  silver  medallion  of  Faustina,  Sen.,  with  her 
bust  in  very  high  relief;  "favstina  .  avo  .  ah- 
TOHiNi .  AVO .  rii  riL."  Rev.  The  Empress  sacri- 
ficing on  a  small  altar,  five  women  attendinff ;  ■ 
kind  of  temple  behind.  S.  C.  in  exergue.  I  nave 
examined  various  works  on  numlBmatics,  but  can 
find  no  mention  of  this  medal.  Query.  Is  it  pub- 
lished, or  unique?  ^nd.  A  silver  coin,  the  size  of 
the  SaxoD  silver  pennies.  Obv.  The  Saviour 
seated  on  a  throne ;  ie  to  the  left,  and  xi  to  right 
of  head.  Rev.  Two  saints  holding  a  banner,  with 
o  B  H  in  a  perpendicular  line  :  "  S.  Odonvs "  on 
left,  and  "  S.  Micael"  to  the  right.  This  coin  is 
evidently  of  the  early  Mediaeval  Periodj  and  I 
wish  to  know  to  what  monarch,  nation,  and  date 
to  assign  it  ?  3rd.  Bather  smaller  than  last  coin : 
Shield,  with  two  dragons  rampant,  party  per  pale ; 
'  "dvx  .  BBABAKTiE."  Rett.  hoDg  cToss,  wilh  pel- 
lets in  three  of  the  angles,  an  annulet  in  the 
fourth  :  "  MOHETA  .  iiOVAK  .  K  .  M  ." — a  Maltese 
cross. 

If  any  of  your  talented  correspondents  can  give 
me  any  information  as  to  the  above,  I  shall  feel 
extremelr  obliged.  C.  B.  Jxbtbs. 

Oraenwich. 

Aax  OF  NswsFAFEBB  (3"  S.  i.  [287,  351.)— 
What  a  "battle  of  the  Standard"  some  of  your  cor- 
TMpondents  have  engaged  in  I  May  I  be  allowed 
to  strike  a  blow  in  defence  ?  Taking  my  stand 
on  Mr.  Mitchell's  Nemtpaper  and  Preu  Directory, 
let  me  try  Ma.  Gilbbbt's  strength  first :  — 

I.  "  London  Gazette,  established  November  7tli 
(Dot  14tb),  1665." 

S.  '^Morning  Chrmide,  1770"  (not  1769). 

S.  'TiTMs,  1788,  1st  January";  at  ail  evenia, 
mxler  its    present   name,   which   Mk.   Guabbt 

4.  "  Felix  Farley's  BmtoZ  Journal,"  bom  1733 
(not  1715) ;  married  to  BritloC  JHmei,  1853. 

5.  "  Caledonian  Mercury,  establiahed  in  1660 ; 
fint  a  daji  paper  in  1722.'  See  its  own  adver< 
tisement. 

Secondly,  G.  W.  M.  may  be  right  about  the 
date  of  the  Nottingham  Journal;  which  he  says 
sboold  be  1716,  Mr.  Mitchell  says  1710. 

Thirdly,  J.  Macbit  will  find  that  the  pro- 
prietors of  the  Caledonian  Mercury,  in  their  ad- 
vertisement referred  to  above,  commence  thus : 
"This  journal,  which  is  the  oldeil  in  Great  Sri- 

The  object  of  Ua.  Stkvbrs's  Note  was  to  test 
the  accuracy  of  the  dates  as  eiven  by  7^  Stan- 
dard. This  paper,  no  doubt,  derived  these  dates  j 
from  the  Preu  Directory.  I  do  not  undertake  to 
offer  an  opinion  ns  to  which  of  the  accoanti  is 


correct:  that  given  by  Tha  Standard  and  Mr. 
Mitchell,  or  that  of  youi^  correspondents.  Mr. 
Mit^iheli's  sources  of  Information,  however,  I 
should  imagine  arc  to  he  depended  on.  Surely 
the  question  of  the  Caledonian  Mercury  requires 
looking  into :  Mebsbs.  Gilbebt  and  Macbai  al- 
leging, doubtless  on  good  authority,  tbat  it  was 
born  in  1720;  whereas  ita  own  advertisement 
claims,  as  the  eraa  of  its  two  phases,  1660  and 
1722.  Cbbssbobodoh. 

Harb«rtaarord. 

Cecilt  (3""  S.  i.  369.)— The  genealogy  of  Cicely 
of  Kaby,  wife  of  Richard,  Duke  of  York,  and 
mother  of  Edw.  IV.  and  Richard  III,,  with  the 
date  and  proof  of  her  will,  will  be  found  in  Sur- 
tees'  Durham,  vol.  iv.  pp.  159,  161. 

She  was  the  youngest  of  twenty-one  children, 
and  familiarly  styled  "  The  White  Rose  of  Raby," 
in  allusion  to  her  private  character,  as  well  as  to 
the  distineuisbing  colour  of  the  Yorkists  in  the 
Wars  of  the  Roses.  The  novel,  with  that  title, 
published  in  1794,'will  interest  R.  W. 

H.  M.  Vahb. 
Lbhothbded  Tbhuke  tye  Cbubch  Livnras 
(3'«  S.  i.  109,  179.)  — The  Rev.  Chag.  Isham,  rec- 
tor of  Polebrook,  Northamptonshire,  who  died  on 
the  17th  Uarcb,  1862,  at  the  age  of  eighty-six, 
had  been  rector  of  Polebrook  for  the  unusually 
long  period  of  sixty-two  years,  having  been  in- 
stituted to  the  living  in  the  year  1800.  But  what 
makes  bis  case  a  very  remarkable  one,  if  not  alto- 
gether unprecedented,  is  this  :  his  household  con> 
sisted  of  a  lady  housekeeper  and  five  indoor 
servants,  and,  at  the  time  of  his  death,  they  had 
lived  with  him  at  Polebrook  Rectory  for  the  fal- 
lowing periods :  — 
Lady  housekeeper      -        -        '23  years. 

Cook 30^    „ 

Housemud        -        •        -        •    S4      „ 
Kitcheunaid      •        -        -        -     II      „ 

BuUer 31      „ 

Coachman  •        •        •        -    34      « 

This  remarkable  list  speaks  ai  much  for  the 
late  rector  of  Polebrook  as  it  does  for  his  ter- 
vauts ;  and  in  these  days,  when  domestic  servants 
change  their  "  masters  and  missusses  "  as  readily 
a«  sheep  change  their  pastures,  it  reads  like  a 
record  of  past  days  that  are  never  more  to  be 
recalled.  Cdtbbebt  Bbdb. 

ENIII5KILI.BIf  ABD  RoSSB  AbMS  (3"*  S.  1.  309,)— 

The  coat,  borne  by  Sir  John  Qole  of  New  land,  and 
his  son.  Lord  Ranela^h,  is  given  in  Lodge's  Peer- 
age of  Ireland,  published  1754,  in  the  heraldic 
terms  used  for  peers,  as  —  Pearl,  a  bull  passant, 
diamond  armed  and  unguled,  gold,  within  a  bor- 
der of  the  second  bezantee.  In  a  dexter  canton, 
sapphire,  a  golden  harp  wilh  silver  strings. 
In  heraldic  terms,  applicable  to  the  armar'iaL 


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NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


[S'*  a  L  Mat  81, '«. 


coats  of  Commoners,  tbe  arms  would  be  described 
thus :  Argent,  a  bull  passant,  within  a  border 
sable,  charged  with  eight  bezants ;  on  a  dexter 
canton,  az.  a  harp,  or,  stringed  arg. 

In  Burke's  Peerage  for  1861,  the  arms  are  as 
above  ;  but  he  does  not  state  whether  the  canton 
is  on  dexter  or  sinister  side.  I  apprehend,  when 
no  place  is  named,  the  dexter  side  is  always  meant. 

The  paternal  coat  of  the  Parsons*  family.  Earls 
of  Rosse,  is,  Gules,  three  leopards'  faces,  two  and 
one,  or.  The  ])resent  Earl  bears  that  coat.  Your 
correspondent's  difficulty  is  caused  by  the  fact, 
that  when  Laurence  Ilarman  Parsons  was  created 
Baron  of  Oxmantoun  and  Earl  of  Kosse,  in  1792 
(with  rcmaiudcr  to  his  nephew,  the  then  Baronet 
of  Birr  Castle),  he  assumed  the  name  and  arms  of 
Harman,  of  which  family  his  mother  was  heir : 
and,  consequently,  the  peerages  gave  as  his  arms, 
Sable,  a  chevrou  between  three  rams,  passant,  or, 
being  the  arms  of  Harman.  On  the  death  of 
Laurence  Ilarman  Parsons,  Earl  of  Rosse,  in  1807, 
his  half-nephew,  Sir  Laurence  Parsons  of ,  Birr 
Castle,  Baronet,  succeeded  to  the  title,  but  not  to 
the  Harman  fortune ;  and,  therefore,  he  did  not 
assume,  as  the  late  peer  bad  done,  the  arms  of 
Harman  ;  but  kept  his  own  ancestral  coat  of  Gules, 
three  leopards*  faces,  two  and  one,  or. 

However,  subsequent  peerages  improperly  con- 
tinued the  Ilarman  arms  to  this  nobleman,  hence 
the  confusion  created  on  the  subject.  Reference 
to  any  peerage  will  show  that  the  "Senior  line  of 
the  Parsons*  family  (ennobled  first  in  the  year 
1681,  and  extinct  m  the  year  1764,)  always  bore 
their  ancestral  coat :  Gu.,  three  leopards*  faces,  or. 
It  was  the  1st  Lord  Rosse  of  tbe  second  creation, 
in  1792,  who  was  heir  to  his  mother,  who  took  for 
his  life  her  arms ;  which  were  laid  aside  by  his 
successor  in  the  earldom.  Sir  Laurence  Parsona,  of 
Birr  Castle,  Bart.,  and  the  incorrect  peerages 
assigned  to  the  latter  the  Harman  arma. 

CoMNBCnON. 

Leighton  (3^*  S.  i.  188.)— Can  your  correspon- 
dent inform  me  which  of  the  several  coats  of  arms 
that  he  has  enumerated  was  borne  by  Sir  Thomas 
Leighton,  the  Captain  of  Guernsey ;  who  was  at 
the  siege  of  Rouen,  in  1591  ? 

Is  there  any  portrait  of  Sir  Thomas  Leighton 
known  to  be  in  existence  P  P.  S.  CikBBT. 

Wigs,  a  Soet  of  Cake  (a'-*  S.  i.  387.)  —  Cakes 
called  "  wigs  '*  were  very  commonly  sold  in  the 
Midland  Counties  some  years  ago ;  and  they  are 
even  mentioned  as  allowable  at  the  collation  in 
Lent  by  a  Catholic  writer,  nearly  two  centuries 
ago.  I  remember  them  well ;  they  were  light  and 
spongy,  and  something  like  very  light  ginger- 
bread. As  to  the  derivation  of  the  name  **  wig,*' 
as  applied  to  them,  I  never  dreamed  of  seeking  it 
anywhere  but  in  the  shape  of  these  cakes,  which 
greatly  resembled  a  wig ;  being  round,  and  having 


a  thick  rim  round  them,  which  turned  up  like  the 
curls  of  a  wig  of  the  olden  times.  F.  C.  H. 

AuDOMARUS  Talji^:us,  alias  Omeb  Talok  (3*^**  S. 
1.  389.)  —He  was  a  native  of  Picardy,  and  a  great 
friend  of  the  celebrated  Peter  Ramus,  on  whose 
Dialectics  he  wrote  a  commentary.  He  died  at 
Paris  in  15G2.  An  account  of  him,  under  the 
name  of  Omer  Talon^  is  to  be  found  in  the  Bio* 
graphic  Universellc,  \K\itvz. 

Dablin. 

Congers  akd  Mackerel  (3'''  S.  i.  248,  332.)— 
The  extract  given  by  Mr.  MacCullocu,  from  the 
Placiiorum  Abbreviation  appears  to  give  the  result 
of  the  proceedings  in  quo  warranto  referred  to  in 
my  former  communication.  As  far  as  I  can  col- 
lect from  the  Report  in  the  Year  Booky  the  pomt 
of  law  decided  by  the  court  was  a  very  singular 
one.  If  I  understand  it  rightly,  the  point  was 
that  upon  a  quo  warranto  brought  to  try  by  what 
right  certain  dues  were  levied,  if  the  defendant 
pleaded  that  he  levied  them  by  virtue  of  a  fran- 
chise, and  it  was  replied  that  they  were  levied 
by  oppression  of  the  people,  the  quo  warranto  fell 
to  the  ground ;  and,  in  the  instance  before  ui, 
the  consequence  appears  to  have  been  that  the 
claim  was  allowed.  I  may  observe  that  the  state- 
ment made  on  the  authority  of  Warburton, 
that  King  John  was  the  first  who  impoaed  a  duty 
on  congers,  appears  to  be  at  variance  witk  tfaie 
case  set  up  by  the  abbot,  who  alleges  in  his  plea 
that  the  duty  on  congers  had  existed  from  time 
immemorial.  This  is  a  point  of  some  interest; 
for  if  there  was  in  fact  a  duty  on  congers  before 
the  time  of  King  John,  the  solution  ffiTen  bj 
Mr.  MacCuixoch,  of  the  point  of  natural  history, 
would  lose  much  of  its  probabilitj.         Xavier. 

FONTENELLE     AND     THE     JaNSEVISTS     (S^     8. 

xi.  48.)  —  Is  not  "  Fontenelle  "  a  slip  of  the  pen 
for  Fenelon  ?  The  former  had  no  quarrel  with 
Bossuet,  nor  was  he  ever  banished  from  the  court, 
or  likely  to  be  suspected  of  any  decided  religious 
tendency.  To  the  latter,  I  believe,  Jansenism 
and  everything  likelj  to  make  him  disagreeable  at 
court  were  imputed.  E.  N.  H. 

Coins  inserted  in  Tankards  (3"^  S.  i.  277.) 
Old  Mem.  appears  desirous  of  obtaining  inform- 
ation on  the  practice  of  inserting  coins  and  medals 
in  dishes,  plates,  tankards^  cups,  &c.  I  beg  to  in- 
form him  I  have  a  silver  patch  box,  the  lid  of 
which  is  formed  of  a  medal  struck  in  commemora* 
tion  of  the  coronation  of  Queen  Anne. 

H.  D*AVKNBT. 

Family  of  Islet  (3'*  S.  i.  400.)— Possibly 
L.  P.  might  find  notices  of  the  above  name  at  the 
City  Record  Office,  Fetter  Lane,  in  a  MS.  volume 
containing  Transactions  connected  with  Barba- 
does  about  1G60.    The  MS.  in  question  is  in- 


teresting. 


Spal. 


9r^3,l.  ^Ut  31,  '62.] 


NOTES  AND  QUERIEa 


437 


OBiENTAii  Words  (S**  S.  i.  365.) — Is  your  cor- 
respondent aware  that  the  seeds  pf  the  Ahrus 
j^ecatorhis  are  used  for  c^irdf-weight  by  jewellers 
in  Northern  and  Western  Africa,  and  also  in 
India  ?  Spal. 

Unsuccessful  Fbize  Poems  (3'*  S.  i.  58.) — 
If  it  be  thouj^ht  worth  recording,  I  can  give  G. 
another  distich  of  the  unsuccessful  poem  on  Ne- 
buchadnezzar he  mentions.  I  believe  it  to  be 
genuine :  — 

"Nebuchadnezzar  ate  unwonted  grass. 
With  horned  cattle,  and  the  long* eared  ass." 

Pelagius. 

Corps  Humain  Petrifib  (3'*  S.  i.  370.)  —  A 
petrified  corpse  was  discovered  in  Hathersage 
churchyard  in  Derbjrshire,  of  which  the  following 
is  a  description,  copied  verbatim  from  a  letter  in 
the  possession  of  the  son  of  the  gentleman  to 
whom  it  was  addressed :  — 

*<  Carrhead,  Hathersage, 
•^  9th  Dec  1789. 
"Dear  Sir,— 

**  By  your  request  I  send  yon  as  parUcalar  account 
as  possible  relating  to  the  corpse  of  M*^  Benji^  Ashton ; 
he  was  interred  the  29*^  Dec',  1725,  in  the  forty-second 
year  of  his  axe  (very  corpulent),  and  was  taken  up  May 
81^,  1781.  His  coffin  was  of  oak  boards,  inch  and  half 
thick,  and  as  sound  as  when  laid  in  the  ground ;  as  they 
lay  over  head  in  water,  men  were  set  to  lade  water  all 
night  for  to  keep  it  down  while  the  corpse  was  laid 
in  the  ground  again.  The  coffin  being  opened,  his 
body  was  found  entirely  in  the  same  posture  as  when 
laid  in,  only  with  this  difference,  that  it  was  congealed 
as  hard  as  flint.  His  breast,  belly,  and  face  were  swarthy, 
but  when  turned  over,  his  back  and  all  the  parts  that 
lay  under  was  nearly  of  the  same  color  as  when  put 
into  the  coffin  at  first.  His  Head  was  broke  off  with 
taking  him  out  of  the  coffin,  but  was  put  in  again  as  near 
the  same  posture  as  possible.  This  is  as  minute  account 
as  I  can  give  you. 

•*  From  your  obed*  humble  Serv*, 

**Hknbt  Ibbotson. 

•ToM'N C i 

"Edale." 
In  a  memorandum  at  the  foot  of  the  letter  it  is 
laid  that  Henry  Ibbotson  was  believed  to  be  clerk 
of  Hathersage  church.  The  above  circumstance 
I  find  recorded  by  the  Rev.  D.  P.  Davies  in  his 
History  of  Derbyshire,  pp.  670  and  671. 

John  Pabkin. 
Idridgehay,  near  Wirksworth. 

ToKT  {S'^  S.  i.  390.)  —  Although  De  Foe  says 
that  the  word  Tory  was  first  used  in  Ireland  at 
the  time  of  Queen  Elizabeth's  war,  I  do  not  think 
that  this  term  came  into  use  until  the  time  of  the 
Commonwealth,  when  it  may  have  originated  thus : 
The  Irish,  to  signify  their  loyalty,  as  opposed  to 
the  republicans,  may  have  called  themselves  TVo/A- 
righ,  1.  e.  the  people  of  the  Kin^,  or  the  king's 
people;  and  as  their  pronunciation  of  the  two 
words  would  resemble  toa-rie,  the  term  may  have 
been  so  derived.  Tuaih,  in  its  various  forms  of 
spelling,  seems  to  be  the  same  word  as  Teuton, 


and,  as  signifying  a  people  or  sept,  is  the  begin- 
ning of  many  local  denominations  in  Ireland. 

As  the  word  in  question  was  subsequently  ap- 
plied in  scorn  to  the  royalist  party,  perhaps  the 
above-suggested  derivation  is  correct. 

H£aB£BT  T.  HOAE. 

Conservative  Club. 

Wooden  CHuaciiES  (3'**  S.  i.  367.)— Although 
the  interesting  church  of  Little  Grecnstead,  in 
Essex,  is  cliiefiy  composed  of  upright  wooden 
blocks  laid  close  together,  yet  it  has  (or  had) 
brick  buttresses  and  a  brick  chancel.  Newland 
Church,  Worcestershire,  two  miles  from  Malvern, 
on  the  Worcester  road,  is  one  of  the  few  wooden- 
framed  churches  remaining  in  the  country.  The 
panelling  between  the  frame-work  is  lath    and 

51aister,  but  here  and  there  repaired  with  brick, 
'he  little  church  is  supposed  to  have  been  a 
grange  belonging  to  the  Priory  of  Great  Malvern, 
and  resembles  many  of  the  half-timbered  houses 
in  that  neighbourhood  ^  that  at  Pickersleigh,  for 
example.  There  is  a  wooden  porch,  a  wooden 
bell-cot,  and  two-light  windows  with  wooden 
frames.  It  is  supposed  to  have  been  erected  in 
the  fifteenth  century.  (See  Noake*8  Hamhks  in 
Worcestershire^  iii.  7.)  The  font,  however,  is  early 
Norman,  and  is  thought  to  have  been  brought 
from  Malvern  Abbey  church.  I  enclose  you  a 
sketch  that  I  made  of  it  a  few  years  since.  The 
church  also  contains  a  chained  copy  of  Erasmus's 
Paraphrase,  date  1522.  Cctdbebt  Bbdb. 

Rev.  Sydney  Smith  (3'^«  S.  i.  389.)  — "  The 
idiot,  who  spitteth  over  the  bridge  at  Gloucester," 
I  take  to  have  been  precisely  as  much  the  creature 
of  the  witty  Canon*8  ima^nation  as  the  extract 
from  the  Dutch  Chronicle  in  Letter  One.     B.  B. 

BuNKEB*8  Hiu.  (3^  S.  i.  236.)  --  Your  cor- 
respondent E.  G.  R.  on  the  subject  of  Bunker*8 
HiU  has  justly  complained  of  the  presumed  im- 
provement of  the  ordnance  officers,  and  adds, 
"  but  such  alterations  should  be  recorded." 

The  errors  committed  in  general  are  misnomers, 
and  consequently  possess  only  a  local  interest,  and 
the  corrections  are  matters  of  indifierence  to  the 
public  at  large,  though  of  considerable  importance 
m  the  several  localities. 

The  following  deviations  and  corrections  are 
tendered  in  no  unfriendly  feeling,  but  solely  with 
the  desire  to  correct  the  misguiding  influence  of 
a  great  national  work :  — 

"  Pedham,**  the  surviving  name  of  a  truly  small 
but  lost  village.  The  stream  is  too  small  to  turn 
a  mill  of  the  humblest  pretensions,  and  the  *^ped**' 
ling  *'  dam  **  but  a  trifling  eflbrt  of  engineering. 
The  beautiful  sheet  of  water  has  now  been  re- 
corded by  the  Government  snrvevors  under  the 
prefix  of  a  non-existing  combustible,  at  least  in 
this  part  of  Norfolk,  and  the  lost  village  u  now 
revived  under  the  misnomer  of  "  Peatham^ 


438 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


[8^  &  I.  Hat  81,  "tt. 


The  boundaries  of  a  long- lost  village,  but  ap- 
parently from  recent  discoveries  of  some  import- 
ance, and  situated  on  the  estuary  of  the  Tare,  are 
accurately  marked,  but  no  name  given.  This 
was  "  Brundall  St.  Clements.** 

Lechford  —  the  crossing  of  a  very  small  stream. 
The  derivation  may  be  from  the  residence  of  the 
"leech,**  or  the  "water  reptile,**  but  certainly 
not  from  lake,  the  word  broad  being  applied 
to  every  expanse  of  water  beyond  those  of  the 
most  trifling  dimensions  in  the  county.  This  is 
called  in  the  map  "  Lakefordy 

Brundall  Marsh,  in  the  oldest  records,  and  the 
only  local  evidence  of  the  ancient  village,  is  called 
**Brade8ton  Marsh.*' 

The  omissions  probably  are  a  subject  of  com- 
plaint of  equal  importance  with  the  misnomers 
already  named.  All  are  taken  from  the  map 
numbered  66  at  the  end,  each  within  an  ordinary 
ramble  of  the  other :  — 

Brundall  St.  Clement*s  church;  site  of,  near 
the  station. 

Bradeston  Cross,  by  the  angle  of  the  road  from 
the  hall  to  the  church. 

Bail  Brigg,  a  y&ry  ancient  name,  and  long  the 
terror  of  the  benighted  peasants,  who  firmly  be- 
lieved it  was  one  of  the  forty  bridges  Sir  Thomas 
Balyn  was  compelled  to  cross  to  avoid  the  tor- 
ments of  the  furies.  H.  D*AvsNBr. 

^'NOSBLBSS  EUSBBIA  AHD  HBB  NoSBLBSS  NUNS** 

(3'*  S.  i.  348)  — 

**  Lcs  Sarrasins  arment  leur  flotte,  ils  menacent  jusqa'^ 
Ifaneille;  dirai-je  la  l^eDde  de  sainte  Eus^bie,  ab- 
besse  d*un  pieux  monast^  affili^e  it  Saint  Victor,  d*aii- 
tiaae  ni^moire?  £lle  avait  qaarante  soeura  dans  les 
cellules,  et  lorsqne  les  Sarrasins  parorent  sur  le  rivage, 
poar  ne  point  §ire  exposes  aux  passions  bnitalea  de  ces 
barbares,  elles  se  mutilerent  le  nez ;  tant  la  laideur  du 
p^b^  est  pins  bideose  que  celle  du  visage.*'— Capefigue*s 
CharUmagne,  t,  iL 

The  above  passage  has  the  following  foot-note 
appended : — 

**  11  existe  encore  k  Marseille  nne  inscription  relative  k 
sainte  Eus^bie;  elle  ne  porte  pas  de  date.  Mabillon, 
Annal,  saint  Benedict,  place  la  martyre  de  sainte  Eus^bie 
en  782." 

^  In  Camden*8  Britannia  (Gough*s  edition)  is  a 
similar  legend  respecting  the  abbess  and  nuns  of 
some  English  monastery ;  but  I  cannot  find  the 
volume  and  page.  W.  D. 

Peace  Congress  proposed  in  1693  (3''  S.  i. 
13.)  —  In  reply  to  the  inquiry  of  P.  C.  P.,  I  can 
inform  him  that  the  work  he  mentions.  An  Essay 
towards  the  Present  and  Future  Peace  of  Europe^ 
v/as  written  by  William  Penn,  the  founder  of 
Pennsylvania.  It  is  found  in  the  edition  of  his 
collected  works  printed  in  folio  in  1726,  beginning 
at  p.  838,  and  ending  at  p.  848  of  the  second 
volume.  Akow. 


Trial  of  SpehcbeCowpbb(3'*  S.  i.  91,  115.)— 
A  correspondent  having,  in  the  latter  page,  re- 
ferred an  inquirer  to  Macaulaj*8  poathomoiu 
volume  for  a  full  account  of  this  trial,  allow  me  to 
observe  that  in  Blackwood's  Magazine  for  July, 
1861,  will  be  found  some  strictures  on  that  ac- 
count, which  should,  in  fairness,  be  also  read  bj 
those  who  wish  for  a  correct  representation  of  tlie 
matter.  Amoh. 

"  Matter  **  (3"*  S.  i.  290,  &c.)— Phiix>ix>gub  and 
Littleton  will  find  in  ItichardsoiCs  Diciionarf 
the  following  quotation  from  an  older  than  ^  Old 
Ben  '* :  — 

**  For  Sosianus  and  Sag^itta  ware  men  vile  and  of  no 
account,  neither  mattered  it  where  they  lived.** — Sank, 
Taeitw'  HiUorie,  p.  161. 

aR. 

Epigram  wanted  (3"*  S.  L  347.)  — 

*«  Pour  niettre  au  dessous  da  Portrait  de  N.  Su  J.  C 
habille  en  Jesuite. 

**  Si  J^us  Christ  ressuscit^ 

Sous  cet  habit  ent  pH  paraitre, 
Thomas  avec  raison  eut  meconnu  son  maitre, 
£t  nous  celebrions  son  incredulity** 

JUeueit  de  piha  choisieB,  p.  96.  torn.  L 
AUHa7e,1759,2vQk 

W.D. 

Hamnah  Gbbbn,  commomlt  caixbd  "  Loia 
Bob**  (S'^  S.  i.  384.)— The  editor  of  LUawry 
and  Criticall  Remarks,  &c.,  has  dropped  the  more 
characteristic  cognomen  of  this  noted  sybil,  who 
lived  in  a  cottage  on  the  edge  of  the  moor  on 
the  left  of  the  old  road  from  Otley  to  Bradford, 
between  Carlton  and  Yeadon,  and  eight  miks 
from  Leeds. 

She  was  popularly  known  as  '*  The  Ling-bob 
Witch,**  a  name  given  her,  I  suppose,  from  her 
living  among  the  ling-bobs,  or,  laying  aside  the 
provmcial  vernacular,  the  heather  tufts.  She  was 
resorted  to  from  "  far  and  near,**  on  account  of 
her  supposed  knowledge  of  future^  events;  but, 
like  the  rest  of  her  class,  her  principal  forte  was 
fortune-telling,  from  which,  it  is  said,  she  for  her- 
self realised  a  handsome  fortune. 

Many  strange  tales  have  been  told  of  her;  such 
as  her  power  of  transforming  herself,  after  night* 
fall,  into  the  shape  of  any  animal  she  list ;  and  of 
her  odd  pranks  in  her  nightly  rambles,  her  fa- 
vourite character  being  that  of  the  hare,  in  which 
personation  she  was  unluckily  shot  by  an  unsus- 
pecting poacher,  who  was  almost  terrified  out  of 
his  senses  by  the  awful  screams  which  followed, 
and  the  sudden  death  of  the  Ling- bob  Witch. 

Her  death  really  happened  on  the  12th  of  May, 
1810,  afler  having  practised  her  art  about  forty 
years,  and  Ling-bob  became  a  haunted  and 
dreaded  place.  The  house  remained  some  years 
untenanted  and  ruinous,  but  was  afterwards  par- 
tially repaired  and  occupied,  and  probably  is  yet 
standing. 


S^  &  L  Hat  81,  Vt.] 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES., 


439 


Her  dnughter  and  ancceMor,  Huinab  Spence, 
Uid  clkim  to  the  Mme  ipirit,  but  it  need  hudly  be 
■ud,  without  tbe  same  aucaeu. 

No  doubt  aocoK  of  the  older  inhabitants  of  Yea- 
don  could  yet  tell  aomo  wondroui  storiei  about 
her,  and  perhaps  fnrniah  mors  particular*  of  her 
career  than  C.  Fobbkbx. 

Uhivkiisitt  DieciPLinK  (S"*  S.  L  291.)— There 
13  no  doubt  thut  tbe  Universitj  of  Cambridge  had 
the  poirer,  under  the  old  itatutea,  of  depriving  a 
fnwuate  of  any  degree.  For  inatance,  Riohard 
Bentlej  was  deprived  of  all  hU  degrees,  which 
were  afWrwarda  restored. 

If  I  recollect  right,  an  attempt  wai  made  at 
Oxford,  tome  years  ago,  to  deprive  Mr.  W.  G. 
Ward  of  his  degrees.  This  fulled,  I  think,  through 
the  proctor's  veto.  I  believe  the  universities 
have  still  the  power  of  degrading  a  graduate  under 
tlie  reformed  etatutei.  S.  C. 

Kiito  or  Sfaik  (a"  S.  i.  2J9,  335.)  — Perhaps  j 
tbe  very  words,  in  which  the  sarcasm  is  given  by  i 
the  great   Spanish  historian,  may  be  worth   in- 

•■  Don  AloDEo,  R«7  de  CutJlU,  en  periMia  do  alto  in- 

Knio;  p«ra  poca  reeaIado,iiii  ORJUHberviis,  lu  lengna 
seoftsnada :  ma*  a  prnposilo  para  las  letrat,  qua  para 
•1  foviamo  ds  los  vaswiloa :  comlenipUva  tl  dsllo  y  mi- 
niTa  lis  eatnllu :  ma*  am  el  oitntaoto  perdio  la  Uerta 
y  el  Rsvno."  —  Mariana,  Hulnria  di  EipaHa,  lib.  xiU. 
c.  20. 

E.  N.  H. 

The   SoawAMB   op   Fowr   (3''   S.   i.  386.)  — 

Richard  Foley,  of  Stourbridge,  was  a  nail-maker 


LoWQBTm  AHD  TwaiB  Sbts  op  TBBTa  (3"  S. 
i.  pattim.') — I  see  you  have  several  articles  on  thia 
BUDJect.  I  fear  your  correspondents  are  hoaxing 
you.  So  far  from  its  being  an  estraordina^ 
event,  it  really  is  a  most  common  case,  and  I  will 
venture  to  assert  that  there  are  very  few  persona 
who  arrive  to  my  age  who  have  not  had  three  sets 
of  teeth.  I  can  speak  from  experience.  First,  I 
had  my  infantine  set.  Next,  I  had  the  set  which, 
after  serving  me  usefully  for  many  years,  gradu- 
ally decayed,  and  left  me.  And,  lastly,  I  now 
have  a  third  set,  from  which  I  can  truly  say  I  titf- 
fered  muck  cost  in  iht  cutting  —  by  an  eminent 
dentist  in  the  West  End, 

Ssprr AG  BN Alius  rr  tlvs. 

SHR0YHTDBBDAT(3'«S.i. 224.)— The  "Curi- 
ous Custom  in  Dorking"  prevails  also  here,  to  tbe 
great  annoyance  of  our  respectable  tradesmen; 
compelled  to  close  tneir  ibops  while  the 

DovQLAS  Allpokt- 


went  twice  to  Unula,  in  Sweden,  in  the  reign  of 
Charles  I.  His  son  became  High  Sheriff  of  Wor- 
ceatershire,  and  subsequently  Lord  Foley. 

JahBS    GlLBEBI. 

3,  Deronibire  Grora,  Old  Kent  Road. 

Babtlon's  DBALino  iM  "  Souls  op  Mbn,"  Rev. 
xriii.  13  (3^*  S.  i.  282.)— I  think  I  shall  but  have 
lo  remind  Ma.  Embrsoi*  Temibkt  of  the  words 
^ii%ifiirafwi,  i|vx(pvDpu(l(,  and  ^vxiimopa^,  to  show 
nim  what  is  meant  by  the  Apostle's  allusion  to 
Babylon's  trade  in  "souls  of  men."  It  is  that 
trmde  which,  'feoma  years  ago,  was  brought  under 
the  notice  of  Parliament — a  trade  most  appro- 
priately belonging  to  tlic  traffic  of  "  the  great 
whore"  (not  Rome,  but  the  world  in  general,)  — 
the  trade  in  kidnapped  innocence. 
""BatolioiDihall  offend  ona  of  these  little  onei,  which 


NOTES  OS  BOOKS,  Era 

Tht  CSurcA  and  tin  Churehii;  or.  The  Fapacy  and  At 

Trmpotat  Pomtr.     An  Hiilarieal  and  Polilical  Rmae. 

Ba  Ur.  DolliBger.     Tnnulattd.  with  tht  Atitkor'i  FeiviU- 

M*. !»,  William  Bernard  MscCabe.  (Hunt  &  B1ackelt.> 

This  pains-Uking  and  most  conscienlions  Uinslallon 

or  a  l>ook  bj  a  dinlinguiihed  and  lib«nl  Romanitt,  on  a 

bjecC  to  wbicb  the  attention  of  all  Sulesmen  is  anit  to 

xiouilv  tllrected,  is  ong  well  deserving  neruaal  by  all 

10  art'intereaied  in  the  solotioD  of  the  Roman  Qucs- 

ro.      Should  the  Pope  be   deprived  of  bia  territorial 

asessiona,    it   is  Dr.  Dollinger's   opinion  (hit  one  of 

ne  evenlnalities  will  come  to  pass:  "Either  the  lost 

la  Papal  States  ii  only  temporarj^,  and  tbe  teTrilory 


will  n 


e  int 


ening  ci 


tirely  or  in  part,  to  its  riBblfnl  >overetgii ;  or.  ProTidcDCB 

tbe  object,  nanielv,  the  independenr^  and  ft'ee  action  of 
the  Papal  See,  itilhoDt  those  meani  which  bare  hitherto 
anfflced  for  it;  or  Isatly,  «■  are  approaching  great  eata- 
■tropbes  in  turope  —  a  cullapse  of  the  whole  tdiSce  of 
existing  social  order — OTcnta  of  which  tbe  dontiratl  of 
the  Popal  Slates  ia  only  the  precursor,  or  aa  it  may  be 
eager.'         " 


!r  for  lii 


milUtone 


wars  bangcil  aiinut  bit  neck,  and  that  he ' 

in  tbe  depth  of  the  aea."— St,  Matthew,  xviii.  U. 

"  And  a  mighty  angel  took  up  a  stone  like  a  great 
millltone,  and  caat  it  into  the  aea,  saying,  Thai  tcilh  vio- 
fbicf  Aall  that  gnat  citw  Babfhm  bt  lArnva  dmm,  md  tW/ 
trfimnd  no  mart  at  all'."— Say.  xviii.  31. 

Jonii  H.  VAN  Lbhrbp. 
Zey  tt,  near  Utrecht. 


Dr.  DolllngeT 
the  moat  pro- 
bable, ia  replete  nrith  Infomialibn  and  comment  npon  the 
state  of  Christendom  nenerally;  and  the  work  is  one, 
tberefore,  which  deserves  and  will  repay  tbe  alleulive 
petoaal  of  every  thinking  man. 

Tlu  Lift  and  Ltltiri  o/  JfaihinctoH  Irviiw.  EdUtd  JW 
hU  A'«p*w.  I'ie'"  M-  Irv'ng-  ■'a  Thm  ValMHUt.  VaL  I. 
(Bentloy.) 

Washington  IrTing  was  *o  thoronghly  EDgli*h  tD  hi* 
admiration  of  the  OldCoDntry~-and  appreciated  Mijaatly 
and  heartily  the  timBhaiionrad  casloms  and  fealiD^a 


.NOTES  AND  QUERlEa 


[S^S.LIUtSI.'B. 


irbtch  priTiilcd  in  It,  at  ths  period  when  ba  flnt  lUtcd 
oa,  and  which  lia  ponrtriyad  with  to  much  feeling  aod 
hiuDDDr  in  his  Sti^ck  Boo*,  Bnictbrids'  Hi^  ^-  —  tbaC 
all  oqb'i  beat  feeLiogs  and  tympatbiee  were  enliited  in 
bit  favour,  and  he  was  regarded  by  muir  at  more  Eng- 
liah  than  the  EngUah.  The  recorda  of  bli  lift  could  not 
fkii,  therefore,  of  being  interesting  to  the  English  public, 
and  Ihat  not  only  on  Wathiagtoa  Irring'i  own  aBconnt, 
bnt  for  Ibe  incidental  aketches  wliich  tbay  contain  of  tba 
men  of  geniui  in  literature  and  art  who  were  hii  con- 
temporaricB  and  aaaocialei.  The  pceaent  DiTislon  of  tbe 
work,  which  only  cornea  to  the  publication  of  TU  ShtU* 
Book,  abouuda  in  pleasant  gossip  and  amiuiag  anecdote, 

A  Cniiie  upon  Whrdi;  th  Chronicle  of  Kan  JuhBiia 
Wandrrings  anumg  llit  dmrlnl  Fott-roadl  of  Frano.  By 
Cbarlea  Alaton  Collina.     Z  Vols.     (Roolledge.) 

These  two  TolDmea,  wriUen  expciimentallT  to  interest 


tnTcIs  Deed  be.  The  experiment  has  bd  far  proved  aac- 
ceaafut ;  and  it  miy  be  ao,  beyond  the  writer'a  eipectation 
by  leniplin^  many  wandering  rpiriti  to  tl;  the  beaten 
paiha  of  ordinary  travellers,  and  seek  novelty  and  amnie- 
nent  in  the  dcierled  poat  roada  of  France. 

Aihe,il,irrs  of  Baron  ire«er$liuo  irratitLiie  of  lUitro- 
ails.  tTAaC  he  hv  in  tht  T,nkuA  Mtlnpnlii,  ConiloH- 
linopli ;  txperititctd  in  hiM  Capthilg ;  and  after  hit  happy 
Jttlam  to  his  Gwntrv-  OomnaUid  l»  Writing  in  thi  rear 
ofBHT  IjiTit  ISSy.  Liltmlh  Iranslalid  from  Ihc  oriaiiiat 
Sohtmian  hg  A.  H.  Wralialaw.  MA,  Htad  Mailir  of 
tkt  Crnnumir  School,  Bars  St.  Jidiw«d\  %c.  (Bell 
&  Daldj.) 

Thi)  very  cnrioua  narrative,  written  ai  Ion;;  ago  aa 
1599,  and  opparentlv  only  fur  privalD  circulation,  re- 
raained  in  MS.  till  1777,  when  it  was  publiahetl  by  I'elzel 
at  I'ragne,  and  a  aecond  edition  naa  publiihed  by  Kra- 
neriua  in  lii07.  A  very  imperfect  German  tranalalion 
of  it  appeared  in  1780.  The  antbor  went  ai  a  youth  in 
tbe  retinue  of  the  Imperial  Amboaudor  to  tbe  Conrt  of 
Conalantlnoplc.  and  narralea  with  great  nuauleneaa  the 
cireumslancea  atlendarl  on  the  reaidence  of  the  Embaaay 


t  Consi 
long'  protrai 


ed  sulTerii 


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BOOKS    AND    ODD    VOLUMES 


licr,  E«im1nBt«n  Fuk  ConHT.S- 


fiatUtt  to  €ntttfan'atnU. 


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BOOK-BUYER&  — W.  J.    SACKETTS 

bonehk  or  ekoGanctd. 


Microscopes. 


d  Cililocnti  br  Fun,  Tiro  f 


A   New  loBtniiuent  to  allow  (he  albnin*ponr«iti  with 


"JN    GOUT    AND    RHEUMATISM.     A  new 


blllnff  ft-niftf  (Ir  new,  cen«lii,  KDd  nft  in 


KEWBERVaBO.Ntl.» 


|JICOLL'S  WRAPPERS  for  Ladies  and  QcDtlenn 

111,  lie.  iia,iio.lV!K^80w^W^g^g|jU^  L5b4iiiii  ml 


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NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


441 


Loyaoy  satcrday,  juse  t,  is 


CONTENTS— S*.  88. 


KOTBB:  — AKhbiihopLi'<Kh(oa:  hia Iiioumbencv oT New- 
battle.  441  —  Sir  John  Bllot,  MS  — CurlouB  Ciuloiiw  la  tba 
Countj  or  Weirord,  4M. 

MlHOB   NoTEB:  — The  PHnce  Conwm  — The  TTIithtininle 

-       .  .     .  ^^.^    RegiMfi  - 

|r  U&ehluerr, 

QUERIES:  — Tbc  Houw  oT  TaU  Hall.  448  —  Quotntioo 
KeTimncen.  Ix.,  wanted.  449  —  Ad  perpendkuhim  —  Tha 
Athenimi  Utiio^niat  —  Mn.  BHil|rnau  of  Hanover  Square 
CapiUI  Puuishm^it  —  Hr.  Carringtan  —  Davutgoii  Famlij 

—  ThP  Ferula  —  Forelim  Baromln  the  Commoni  — Gor- 
man Fliilosophen—  RichanI  Hnne— "Tbe  luvertlvo"  — 

afalTini«-Hai7Que«>iorScota:  BoltwiCaatlo-Hedla 
of  tbe  late  Duke  ot  Tork  —  Hooro  —  Noblraienaud  Snnna 

—  PHIIipi-«    "CmesUa"  —  Vertllotlon 


Jenu^lem  — ' 


■'  Babos  in  the  Wood," 


484  —  Explanation  ._   ....  ...,,. 

Tenure  alAringt  —  "Uurlothnii ...  ... 

B.T.F.  mhI  D.D.  — ExecuUnaor  AiBjIo  —  H onulic  Orden 
— et.  Caihcrtno'i  Hills  — Go»Muner— AnDujmom  Trart— 
ChrhlmiigDejanderUu^CoRinianwealth- Btlthe:  Stlth; 
—  hgeant  —  Pope  Joan  ~  "  Hams  Canora  "  —  Gboit 
StoriM  —  Vliite  Quaken  —  HorvM  triglilcQed  at  tbe 
SiEfatofaCaniel.Uf. 

Vote*  OQ  Hook*. 


ARCHBISHOP  LEIGHTON;  HIS  IHCUMBENCT 
OF  NEWBATTLK 
The  interest  felt  in  the  communication*  of  70ur 
eorretpnnd  en  la,  EiaioNKACH  and  M&.  Sbckbtar, 
ngmrding  Archbishop  Leifthlon,  laadt  me  to  think 
titu  some  particulars,  which  throw  lipht  on  a 
perifxl  of  his  life  of  which  little  has  hitherto  been 
KBowD,  naj  not  be  unwelcome  to  man;  of  tout 
raiders.  It  will  be  remembered  that  Leighton 
wu,  for  rather  more  than  eleven  jean  (from  Dec, 
1641,  to  Feb.  16fi3),  minlater  of  the  parish  of 
Kewbfittle  (then  called  Nenbotle),  in  the  Fre*- 
Wterr  of  Dalkeith.  Hu  history  durina  thi«  pe- 
riod u,  in  the  biographies  of  him  which  hare 
Utbnto  been  written,  almost  a  blank ;  indeed, 
with  tbe  exception  of  what  Bishop  Burnet  sajs 
on  the  Buliject,  and  which  has,  without  inquiry 
and  without  investigation,  been  tervilely  copied 
bf  one  bit^trapher  aAer  another,  it  may  be  re- 
garded ai  entirely  so.  Sume  inqoiries  which  I 
WH  recently  making  having  led  me  to  peruse 
dte  Records  of  the  Presbytery  of  Dalkeith  from 
1639  to  1653,  which  fill  a  closely  written  folio 
volume  of  about  four  hundrsil  pages,  I  was  so 
much  struck  with  the  new  liglit  wbich  thev  throw 
upon  the  connection  of  my  illuatrious  predeceasw 
with  tbe  Church  of  Scotland,  and  with  the  re- 
futatim  which  tbey  give  to  certain  statements 


of  Burnet,  that  I  copied  out  all  the  portions  di- 
rectly relatinj;  to  Leighton.  I  subsequently  copied 
out  of  our  Parochial  Records  a  number  of  pas-' 
sages  bearing  on  his  connection  niih  this  parisb. 
The  whole  of  these  were  read  by  Mr.  Laing  of 
Edinburgh  to  the  Antiquarian  Society  there,  and 
will,  in  due  course,  be  published  in  lis  Trantao- 
liont.  As,  however,  it  will  be  some  little  time 
before  they  are  printed,  and  as  their  circulation 
in  this  form  must  be  comparatively  limited,  it  has 
occurred  to  me,  that  it  might  interest  yiiur  readors 
to  state  shortly  the  substance  of  Ibese  extracts,  and 
to  quote  a  few  of  the  more  interesting. 

Before  proceeding  to  do  this,  I  may  mention 
that  a  part  of  Newbattle  Mnnse,  in  which  I  live, 
furnu  the  house  inhabited  by  Leizhton.  It  ap- 
pears from  the  parochial  records,  that  it  was  hutlt 
m  162J,  during  tbe  incumbency  of  Me.  John 
Aird,  while  over  one  of  the  windows  is  engraved 
in  stone  Ibe  inscription  "Evangelio  et  Poeteris." 
The  pulpit  in  Newbatile  church  is  that  from  which 
Leighton  preai:hed,  having,  according  to  tradition, 
been  removed  from  the  old  church  to  the  new 
when  the  latter  was  built  in  1727.  Tbe  four 
communion  cups  of  gilver  ore  the  same  that  were 
used  by  him,  having  been  presented  to  tbe  "  Kirk 
of  Newbotle "  by  various  parishioners  on  39th 
May,  1646. 

The  first  mention  of  Leighton's  name  in  the 
Presbytery  Hecords  occurs  on  July  15th,  1641, 
when  "Mr.  Rob'  Licbtoa  is  appointed  to  adde 
the  next  day,"  which  he  doea.  On  September 
3rd  his  presentation  is  lodged.  Tbe  usual  steps 
are  gone  through,  and  on  Dec  I6tb  it  is  men- 

"Qlk  day  aflsr  sennoD  Mr.  Jobne  Knox  pMsd  j*  s'* 
Ur.  Ko>  Licblone  and  y  parochiners  of  Newhotle  w* 
•ondrrqiKistiona  cooipetent  to  )••  occasion;  llr.Bo<iwith 

impoiitian  of  haBda  and  solemu  prayer,  was  adiiutt«l 
miaister  at  Sevbotle." 

Burnet  enlarges  on  the  fidelity  with  wbich 
Leighton  discharged  the  pastoral  duties  of  bis 
cure.  This  is  corroborated  by  some  entries  in  tbe 
Parochial,  Records  which  we  extant  from  March 
12,  1643  till  about  1650.  Thus  on  14th  August, 
1643,  there  is  a  long  minute,  in  which  it  is  said  that 
"The  miniatn  andtJdBtm  of  the  parochin  of  NewbaMrtl. 
coniidering  Ibe  mania  eTillii  that  Tallow  upon  tba  aeglect 
of  bringing  npchUilringat  acbool,  and  eepeui ally  that  It  Is 
not  only  ane  miine  canse  of  tbeir  groue  rudneu  and  ia- 
clvillt;,  bot  of  Ibiir  nagodlioea  and  ignoranc«  or  the 
principillii  of  religion,  and  makis  Cbem  also  almort  an- 
leacbablll,  have  ordained  that  all  parent!  H<ia  (be  laid 
paroch  be  cairfnll,  so  (oone  aa  thair  cblldring  ci 
pabill  yeiria  to  Knd  tbem  ' 
learn  at  y  lelst  to  reid.  and 
w'in  this  paroch  to  fiiill  helrin,  sill  be  obliged  to  pay  as 
give  they  did  send  (hair  childring  to  school  according  to 
the  number  of  Ibame  or  be  nttaerwayei  cenanied  as  th« 
Session  sail  think  fiitiog." 

In  the  accounts  of  the  Session,  which  arc  kept 
«tb  great  fiUneas  and  aocaiacy,  it  would  teem 


442 


NOTES  AND  QUEEIE& 


[S»t8.I.JiniB7,l 


tlint  greit  liberalitr  wu  exercbed  in  p^yiag  for 
the  educition  of  poor  children.  Nomeroui  en- 
triet  of  pajmenls  of  scbool  feea  for  them  are 
found :  the  uiual  rate  being  ten  shillings  (ScoU) 
^r  ({uarter,  or  eomewhit  less  than  t  penn;  iter- 
lind  per  week. 

A  lon^t  tninnte  i«  found  under  date  Feb,  11, 
1644,  bj  which  the  whole  parish  was  divided  into 
districts  of  manaj^eable  size,  and  an  dder  ap- 
pointed to  visit  and  superintend  each  district; 
and  then  it  is  ordained  :  — 

■"Thrtt 


uid  lind  Id  sntt  ratlremenU  iwladilit 


linn,  uid  lind  in  ptt  tvureni 

I  of  hit  omi  pariih  of  Neabotlo.' 


■t  to'it  aucli  diiardouT 


lick, 


»af  thRme  to  iha  Mini 


ling  ind  exctralve  i 
I  fond  among  tbem, . 


iking. 


Subsequent  to  1645,  the  minute*  are  kept  with 
less  care  than  previoutU,  and  the  great  Diajorit]r 
(MT  the  entries  relate  to  the  exercise  of  discipline. 

Burnet  further  lajs  "  he  had  a  very  low  voice, 
and  so  could  not  be  heard  by  a  great  crowd." 

On  6tb  April,  1648,  the  brethren  present  were 
atked  whether  they  had  all  read  the  Declaration 
sent  down  by  the  CommiHion  of  the  General  As- 
sembly, and  all  declared  they  bad  :  "  onelj  Robert 
ForteouB  the  Elder  of  Nenbutlc,  declared  that 
Mr.  Robert  Leightoun  bad  made  the  precentor 
read  it,  and  that  because  of  the  lownetae  of  his 
ovue  voice,  which  could  not  be  heard  tborow  the 
whole  Kirk." 

On  June  IStb,  being  inteirogated  on  the  sub- 
ject, Leighton  answered,  "  that  that  Sabboth  q" 
the  Declaration  wes  to  be  red,  he  wes  lo  troubled 
w'  ane  great  dufluctlon,  tbat  he  wes  not  able  to 
extend  bis  voyce,  and  iherfore  wes  necessitat  to 
do  that,  farr  by  his  intention,  bot  it  shall  be 
helpet  in  tyme  coming." 

And  again,  on  3rd  Feb.,  16S3,  he  assigns  as  his 
reasons  tor  wishing  "  to  be  lowsed  from  bis  minis- 
trie  at  y"  Kirk  of  Newbotle,  y"  greatness  of  y" 
confcregatioD  farre  exceeding  bis  strength  for  dis- 
charging y*  dewties  y'of,  especially  the  extreme 
weakness  of  his  voice ;  not  being  able  to  reache 
the  halfe  of  them  when  they  are  convened,  which 
hes  long  pressed  him  very  sore,  as  he  had  formerly 
oflen  expreseed."  (A  Report  on  the  Estate  of 
Neubotle,  on  Not.  2,  1648,  says  that  there  were 
in  it  "  about  900  coiiiunicant».") 

So  far  Burnet  is  confirmed  by  conteoiporarj 
evidence.  He  makes  other  statements,  however, 
which  are  directly  contradicted  bj  the  Records  of 
the  Presbytery.     Thus  he  says :  — 

"  Leighton  sooa  cam*  to  ica  tha  foliiei  of  Ihc  Praaby- 
tariana.  lod  (o  dislike  tbair  Corenant,  particnlariy  tb«i[ 
imposing  ir,  and  iheir  fury  agaiDst  ail  wIid  diffend  rrom 
tbam.  lie  Toaadtbey  wera  aotcapabia  of  large  tboughtg; 
theirs  were  narrow  as  their  tampers  irsra  soar;  so  he 
«rtw  waaiy  of  nUiug  with  them.    E«  scarce  erar  went 


to  tbair  msetlii| 
only  the  i 

Whether  the  aen^mentt  which  Leighton  ia  here 
represented  as  having,  during  his  iacumbeney  of 
Newbattle,  entertiioed  towards  hii  brethren  of 
the  PreabyCery  of  Dalkeith,  were  a  mere  imsctna- 
tion  of  Bumet,  or  whether  Leighton  himaelf,  at 
a  Butnequent  period  of  his  life,  fantjed  aod  told 
him  that  such  had  been  the  case,  it  i*  impoa- 
aible  now  to  determine  ;  bnt  that  Leighton  did 
entertain  them  at  the  time,  the  Records  of  the 
Presbytery  show  was  not  the  case;  while  they 
prove  beyond  a  doubt,  that  the  atatement  that 
"he  scarce  ever  went  to  their  meetinga"  ia  with- 
out a  shadow  of  foundation. 

That  he  did  not  sympathise  keenly  with  those 
who  were  very  lealoua  for  the  covenant,  is  likely 
enough.  I  do  not  think  that  be  ever  sympathised 
Tery  keenly  with  any  party  whatever  which  de- 
nounced and  persecuted  those  who  differed  from  it. 
So  far  as  church  goveminent  and  order  were 
concerned,  he  seema  nt  all  periods  of  faia  life  to 
have  been  a  thorough- going  latitudinarian.  Bat 
that  he  disliked  the  Covenant  and  bis  brethren  of 
the  Preabvtery,  I  should,  fur  hia  own  aake,  be 
very  unwilling  to  believe :  for,  to  admit  thi^ 
would  be  to  deal  a  heavy  blow  to  his  noceritj  tod 
itraightfurwardnesB. 

'  The  Society  of  Antiquaries  in  Edinburgh  po^ 
leases  the  Original  Covenant  signed  br  him,  by 
Lord  Lothian,  and  by  about  two  hundred  other 
parishioners  of  Newbotle,  in  October,  1643.*  At 
various  meetings  of  Presbyterj,  at  which  be  was 
present,  resolutions  were  nnaaimoutly  come  tD 
regarding  the  reading  of  declarations  connected 
with  the  Covenant ;  and  specially  on  Slst  DeoeM- 
ber,  1648,  when  be  was  presoit,  it  is  recorded 
that  "  the  Brethren,  being  particularly  enqnyred 
by  the  Moderator  if  they  had  ohaerred  the  fai^ 
and  renewed  the  Covenant,  according  to  the  di- 
rections given  by  the  Commission  of  the  General 
Assembly,  answered  all  that  thej  had  so  done, 
which  Mr.  Jh.  Knox  was  ordained  to  retort  to 
the  Commission." 

That  he  was  not  on  good  term*  with  his  bre- 
thren, there  ii  no  evidence ;  nay,  all  the  presump- 
tions sre  to  the  contrarj.  He  was,  u  it  will  be 
immediately  shown,  a  good  attender  of  the  Pres- 
bytery ;  and  from  the  circumstance  that,  on  May  i, 
I6A0,  Mr.  Robert  Cowper,  minister  of  TemplCi 
was  censured  "  for  absenting  himself  from  the 
brethren's  company  at  dinner" — his  reason  bnni, 
"  an  unwillingnesse  to  be  reconciled  to  the  god- 
wife  of  the  house  where  they  dined,  with  wbv 
he  had  some  variance,"  the  presumption  is,  tbil 

'  la  the  aeconnt  of  Iba  Saasion  of  Nawbattla^  tht  M- 

lairing  entry  ocean  under  data,  S^itd  Ootiaber,  1S43:  — 

"Given  for  the  AcU  ofy*  Asssmblr      -    00  U  4 

Uair  fin  the  CoTBBSBt       ...   OOMO' 


8»*  a  I.  Jvmt  7,  '62.3 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


443 


it  wad  the  custom  for  all  the  members  to  dine  to- 
gether. In  the  minute  for  April  15,  1652,  there 
18  inserted  the  Call  to  a  Mr.  John  Weir,  to  be 
minister  of  Borthwick,  a  parish  in  the  Presbytery. 
Tlie  Call,  among  other  things,  makes  him  promise, 
'^  y*  it  will  be  your  studie  not  to  break,  bot  enter- 
taine  and  preserve  y*  union  and  Harmonie  of  this 
Presbyterie  q'in  they  are  so  singularly  happie  in 
this  distracted  time.  I  find,  too,  that  whenever 
m  committee  was  appointed  to  transact  any  busi- 
ness of  special  difficulty  or  delicacy,  Leighton  was 
almost  invariably  a  member.  On  the  whole,  there- 
fore, there  seems  no  ground  for  believing  that 
Leighton  did  not  live  in  amity  with  his  brethren 
of  the  Presbytery. 

Burnet  next  asserts  that  Leighton  scarce  ever 
went  to  the  meetings  of  the  Presbytery.  To  this 
the  Records  afford  the  most  explicit  contradiction. 
The  Presbytery  then  met  ordinarily  on  the  Thurs- 
day of  every  week.  For  the  whole  period  of 
Leighton*s  incumbency  of  Newbattle,  the  Records 
of  the  Presbytery  are  quite  complete,  with  the 
exception  of  one  leaf  which  has  been  accidentally 
lost,  and  each  minute  shows  who  were  present 
Up  till  May,  1647,  it  had  been  the  custom  to 
enter  the  names  merely  of  those  who  were  absent. 
At  that  time,  however,  the  Synod  found  fault 
with  this  practice ;  and  enjoined  the  Presbytery 
to  enter  in  full  the  names  both  of  the  present  and 
absent  members,  which  was  afterwards  done. 
Tliere  are,  therefore,  the  most  ample  means  for 
deciding  as  to  the  r^ularity  of  an^  member*s  at- 
tendance. For  the  first  year  of  his  incumbency, 
Leighton  was  somewhat  irregular  in  his  attend- 
ance. Having  a  large  parish,  he  found,  I  dare 
say,  that  it  was  not  easy,  while  he  was  making 
himself  acquainted  with  the  state  of  his  flock,  to 
give  one  aay  every  week  to  attendance  at  the 
PVesbytery.  Afler  a  time,  and  as  his  acquain- 
tance with  its  members  increased,  he  became  more 
regular ;  so  that,  from  1644  downwards,  he  pave 
at  least  an  average  attendance  at  its  meetings. 
I  took  the  trouble  of  counting  the  number  of 
times  he  was  present  at  the  Presbytery  during  the 
first  year  afler  the  sederunt  began  to  be  entered 
in  full ;  and  I  found  that  firom  May  20th,  1647, 
when  he  seems  to  have  returned  from  London,  to 
which  place  he  had  been  sent  for  in  February 
^  by  his  father,  who  was  lying  sick,**  till  March  23, 
1648,  when  he  again  left  for  EngUnd  on  "some 
necessary  businesse**  there  were  forty-one  meet- 
ings of  Presbytery, — some  of  these  being  merely 
visitations  in  distant  parishes ;  —  and  that  Leigh- 
ton was  present  at  twenty-nine  of  them. 

The  fact  is  that  no  one  could  be  habitually 
absent  without  cause  from  the  meetings  of  Pres- 
bytery, so  strict  was  the  supervision  both  of  the 
Presbytery  and  Synod.  Thus  I  find  under  Nov.  23, 
1643,  the  following  entry :  — 

•'  Mr.  William  Calderwood  (Minister  of  Heriot)  being 


inqnired  that  day  anent  the  reason  of  his  absence  from 
the  Synod  answered,  that  he  was  so  taken  ap  with  sondrie 
weightie  basinesaea,  and  espedallie  with  the  marying  of 
a  wyfe,  that  he  had  no  leisure  to  be  present  tbir.  The 
Brethren  thoagbt  the  reason  not  to  be  sufficient  to  hinder 
him  from  the  Synod,  and  therfor  they  censured  him  for 
his  absence." 

The  only  occasions  on  which  anything  occurred 
that  could  ^ive  the  slightest  foundation  for  the 
report  of  his  not  living  in  friendship  with  his 
brethren  of  the  Presbytery  were^-once,  when  he 
went  away  to  England  without  leave  and  remained 
for  a  considerable  time ;  and  another  time  when 
he  declined  attending  the  Greneral  Assembly  after 
he  had  been  elected  the  representative  member 
from  the  Presbytery.  It  may  be  mentioned  that 
Leighton,  during  the  time  of  his  incumbency  here, 
was  a  frequent  visitor  to  England.  After  1646 
he  seems  to  have  gone  there  every  year,  —  some- 
times on  account  of  his  father  s  health,  and  some- 
times on  account  of  **  weightie  businesse.**  It 
was  then,  as  it  is  now,  the  law  of  the  Church  of 
Scotland,  that  a  minister  cannot  be  absent  more 
than  a  few  weeks  in  the  year  from  his  parish 
without  leave  asked  and  obtained  from  the  Pres- 
bytery of  the  bounds.  Year  after  year  Leighton 
appears  asking  for  leave  to  go  to  England,  usualij 
to  see  his  father.    This  is  regularly  given ;  and 

Cat  kindness  and  consideration  seem  always  to 
'e  been  shown  to  him.  His  absence  usually 
extended  to  two  or  three  months.  In  1648,  how- 
ever, he  seems  to  have  gone  away  without  permis- 
sion, and  on  June  15  —  the  same  day  on  wnich  he 
made  the  explanation  already  quoted  regarding 
his  not  reading  the  declaration  himself — ne  was 
asked  '*  Why  ne  went  away  to  England  without 
obtaining  libertie  from  the  rresbyterie,  seeing  ther 
wes  acts  expresly  prohibiting  ministers  to  be  ab- 
sent from  their  charge  three  Sabboths  together 
under  the  pain  of  deposition,  unlesse  thev  have 
obtainet  libertie  from  ther  presbyterie?  *  ^  He 
excused  himself  by  saying,  among  other  things^ 
that,  **  When  he  went  away  he  intendit  onlie  to 
have  been  absent  two  or  three  Sabboths^  at  the 
most,**  **  bot  when  he  cam  to  York  he  found  an 
busines  of  an  neir  friend's,  but  non  of  his  own, 
that  necessitat  him  to  go  further  and  stay  longer 
than  he  intendet.** 

After  further  proceedings,  "he  being  removit 
and  his  excuses  being  considerit  and  they  charit- 
ablie  constructed,  did  appoynt  him  to  be  gravlie 
admonishet  to  amend,  which  was  accordingly  done 
be  the  Moderator  afler  his  incalling,  and  reseavit 
be  him  humblie  and  promisit  be  the  grace  of 
(God)  to  amend.** 

At  the  next  meeting,  June  22,  Leighton  is 
elected  one  of  the  Commissioners  to  the  General 
Assembly.  He  assigns  various  reasons  for  not 
accepting  the  office.  The  Presbytery  persists, 
and  gives  him  fourteen  days  for  considering  the 
matter.    He  is  not  present  at  that  meetui^>VM&»^a^ 


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[8^aLJim7,fS. 


Aug.  31  '^  WC8  posit  why  he  did  not  come  to  that 
meeting  of  Prcsbjterie  and  embrace  the  commis- 
sion ?  **  His  answer  was  that  ^^  he  wes  so  troubled 
with  an  (distillation  ?)  y^  he  was  not  able  to  come  | 
out  for  the  space  of  two  or  thrie  days,"  and  also 
**  that  he  wes  very  infirm  and  feared  that  he 
should  not  have  been  able  to  have  waited  on  the 
sitting  of  the  grail  Assembly."  Other  reasons  are 
assigned,  all  of  which,  ^  bniing  ponderit  be  the 
Brethren  and  found  pomewhat  weak  they  thought 
him  censurable."     On  Septr.  7, 

**  Having  charitably  considerit  bis  reasons,  and  finding 
that  it  wes  not  disaffection  unto  the  cause  of  Christ, 
neither  out  of  anv  disrenpect  unto  the  ordinance  of  his 
bretheren,  but  judging^  it  modestie  in  thair  brother  wbos 
infirmitie  in  budie  movit  him  to  it,  Did  ordain  him 
anavly  to  be  admonishet  be  the  Moderator  for  bis  impra- 
dent  cariage,  and  to  beware  of  the  lyk  in  tyme  coming, 
which  wes  accordingly  downe,  and  wes  modestly  taken 
by  him  and  w*all  promisit  be  the  grace  of  God  to  amend.'* 

Another  statement  of  Burnet's  which  these  re- 
cords disprove  is  to  the  following  effect : 

"  In  the  year  1648  Leighton  declared  himself  for  the 
engagement  for  the  King.  But  the  Earl  of  Lothian,  who 
li\'ed  in  his  parish,  bad  so  high  an  esteem  for  htm  that  he 
persuaded  the  violent  men  not  to  meddle  with  him, 
though  he  gave  occasion  to  great  exception ;  for,  when 
some  in  his  parish  who  had  been  in  the  engagement  were 
ordered  to  make  public  profession  of  their  repentance 
for  it,  he  told  them  they  had  been  in  an  engagement  in 
which  they  had  neglected  their  duty  to  God,  and  had 
been  guiltie  of  injustice  and  violence,  of  drunkenness, 
ami  other  immoralities,  and  he  charged  them  to  repent 
of  these  seriously,  without  meddling  with  the  quarrel  or 
grounds  of  that  wan** 

The  assertion  that  Leighton  declared  for  the  En- 
gagement in  1648  has  been  adopted  by  biographer 
after  biographer,  without  any  one  ever  taking  the 
trouble  to  make  any  inquiry  regarding  its  correct- 
ness. Of  course,  it  is  never  so  easy  to  prove  a  neg- 
ative as  a  positive,  and  therefore  it  is  not  so  easy  to 
prove  that  Leighton  did  not  do  a  certain  thing,  as 
to  prove  that  he  was  a  regular  attender  of  the 
Presbytery.  Still  I  am  sure  that  no  one  could 
read  over  the  narrative  of  the  proceedings  of  the 
Presbytery  of  Dalkeith  during  1648  and  1649, 
without  coming  to  the  conclusion  that  it  was 
utterly  impossible  for  any  member  of  the  Presby- 
tery to  have  acted  as  Leighton  is  said  to  have 
acted,  without  the  matter  having  been  taken  up 
by  the  Presbytery,  and  proceedings  instituted 
against  him,  —  and  this  apart  altogether  from  the 
positive  proof  which  they  afford  that  Leighton 
joined  with  his  brethren  in  finding  fault  with  and 
rebuking  those  who  joined  in  the  Engagement. 

To  bring  forward  all  the  evidence  adducible  on 
this  point  would  occupy  too  much  of  your  space. 
Investigations  were  made  in  every  parish  re- 
garding all  who  had  shown  any  favour  to  the 
Engagement,  and  all  who  were  discovered  to  have 
done  so,  including  the  Earl  of  Dalhousie,  Lord 


Ramsay,  and  many  others,  had  to  appear  before 
the  Presbytery  and  sign  a  disavowal  and  recan- 
tation of  the  Engagement.  A  whole  page  of  the 
volume  is  filled  with  these  names.  No  minister 
appears  among  them,  nor  any  parishioner  of  New- 
battle  ;  but  there  are  several  Expectants,  as  they 
were  then  called.  One,  named  Robert  Wbyte, 
was  charged  with  not  having  prayed  in  the  Laird 
of  Lugton*s  family,  where  he  was  tutcHr  and  chap- 
lain, against  the  Engagement.  Afler  a  long  pro- 
cess, in  which  Leighton  took  part>  Whyte  was 
suspended,  and  had  ultimately  to  sign  the  recant* 
ation.  To  suppose,  dierefore,  that  leighton  coald 
have  spoken  to  any  of  his  people,  as  Burnet  re- 
presents him  to  have  done,  is  uimply  ludicrous. 

But  we  are  not  lefl  to  merely  nep^tive  evidence 
on  this  point.  Unless  we  are  to  suppose  that 
Leighton  was  destitute  of  all  honour  and  sin- 
cerity, he  could  not,  if  he  entertained  the  views 
ascribed  to  him  by  Burnet,  have  acted  as  we  find 
him  doing.  Thus  on  August  5,  1648,  he  was 
present  and  took  part  in  arrangements  by  the 
Presbvtery  about  copying  and  reading  '*  The  De- 
claration against  the  Engagement.*'  In  Sept.  1648 
he  was  present  at  the  process  against  Robert 
Whyte.  On  Kov.  7,  1648,  he  was  member  of  a 
Committee  of  Synod  appointed  for  **  trying  if 
any  member  of  the  assemblie  had  bein  active 
promoters  of  the  last  sinfull  ingadgement,  or  had 
accession  y'to,  or  had  hand  in  carieing  on  the 
samen.**  This  Committee  reported  that  they  had 
^  cleared  their  number,"  but  that  there  "  are 
fyve  ruling  Elders  who  have  had  accession  to  the 
ingagement."  On  Feb.  8,  1649,  John  Priniele, 
another  Expectant,  is  charged  with  not  preaching 
against  the  Engagement.  Evidence  is  led  at  some 
length,  and  in  the  end  certain  charges  are  found 
proven,  such  as  "  that  he  was  erroneous  in  his 
judgment  by  thinking  the  engagement  lawfiill, 
and  in  his  practice  by  venting  this  his  erroneous 
judgment  in  diverse  places  and  companies,**  &c. ; 
**  for  which  causes,**  it  is  added,  **  though  some  of 
the  brethren,  namely,  Mr.  Robert  Leightone  and 
Mr.  Jhone  Sinclare  (thought)  that  to  their  best 
sense  and  judgment,  he  had  testified  to  them  and 
evidenced  true  signes  of  sorrow  and  repentance  for 
his  errors  and  miscarriages  in  relation  to  the  late 
engagement,  the  Presbytery  suspended  him  firom 
preaching  till  he  should  give  furder  evidences  of 
repentance.**  Again,  on  Sept.  6,  164^  when  M' 
Ro^  Lighten  was  present  and  concorring,  ^the 
Presbyterie  appointed  every  brother  to  give  in  the 
names  of  all  qho  in  their  parishes  had  bene  upon 
the  lait  unlawful  ingagement,  and  had  not  as  yet 
neither  satisfied  nor  supplicate.** 

Surely  it  is  inconceivable  that  a  man  of  Leigh- 
ton*s  high  principle  and  honour  could  have  acted 
in  this  way,  ana  judged  others  as  he  did,  if  he 
had  in  secret  held  the  same  opinions;  and  it  is  still 
more  inconceivable,  if  he  had  acUially  declared 


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445 


for  the  Engagement,  and  spoken  to  his  own  pa- 
rishioners, in  the  way  Burnet  says  he  did. 

I  hoped  to  have  found  something  connected 
with  bis  resignation  of  his  charge  that  would  have 
thrown  light  upon  this  step.  I  was,  however,  dis- 
appointed. The  proceedings  connected  with  his 
resignation  are  recorded  at  full  length,  and  he  is 
called  upon  to  state  his  reasons  for  desiring  to  be 
loosed  from  the  ministry.  The  only  reasons,  how- 
ever, which  he  assigns  are  those  already  men- 
tiooed,  viz.  his  want  of  strength,  and  the  extreme 
weakness  of  his  voice.  Shortly  before  he  had 
been  taking  a  more  than  usually  active  share  in 
the  Kirk*8  business.  At  the  meeting  of  Synod  in 
Nov.  4,  1651,  his  name  appears  on  every  Com- 
mittee,— among  others,  on  that  **  for  healing  the 
present  ruptures  of  the  Kirk,**  and  on  that  ap- 
pointed '*  to  consider  of  y*  mariage  and  fornica- 
tion of  o'  women  w^  the  English  souldiers,  and  y* 
baptizme  of  children  gotten  betwixt  them  in  for- 
nication, &c.'V 

In  connection  with  Leighton,  however,  the  most 
'  interesting  proceeding  of  that  Synod  was  ^*  in  re- 
lation to  y°  prisoners  in  the  tower  of  London  and 
about  y*  city.**  It  was  resolved,  among  other 
things,  ^  that  a  letter  should  be  written  to  them, 
showing  sympathie,**  and  **  that  a  fitt  mann  of  the 
Synod  be  pitched  upon  to  be  sent  to  London  w^ 
commission  to  negotiate  their  liberation  and  free- 
dom.** **  Mr.  Ro*  Leightoun  is  unanimously  chosen 
and  earnestly  desyred  by  the  Synod  to  undertake 
tills  charge,  "  q***  he  accepted,'*  and  "  60  peeces 
were  allowed  toward  his  charges.**  His  commis- 
sion and  the  letter  to  the  imprisoned  brethren  are 
inserted  in  full. 

He  did  not,  however,  set  out  till  April,  1652,  as 
appears  from  the  Presbytery's  minute  of  April  29. 

**  The  qlk  day  ther  com  an  letter  from  M'  Ro^  Licbton, 
desyring  the  Brethren  to  have  an  cair  of  Buppling  his 
place  daring  his  abode  in  England,  in  respect  be  wes  go- 
uiff  to  see  if  he  can  obtaine  any  sort  of  libertie  to  those 
ministers  who  wer  keepet  in  the  tower  and  ulher  places.'* 

His  name  does  not  again  occur  till  Dec.  16, 
wlien  it  is  recorded  that  there  was  "  a  letter  from 
Mr.  Ro^  Lichtone  presented  be  Mr.  Heu  Camp- 
bell, q'in  he  demits  his  charge  of  his  ministrie  at 
Neubotle :  qlk  the  Presbyterie  refused  to  accept. 
Appoints  the  Moderator  to  writ  to  him,  and  to 
desyre  him  to  retume  to  his  charge.** 

From  this  it  is  evident  that  he  remuned  in 
London  from  May  till  December  1652.  What  was 
the  secret  history  of  these  eight  months,  and  what 
tiie  influences  that  acted  upon  him,  it  is  impos- 
sible now  to  say,  so  that  the  precise  reason  for  his 
demission  of  his  charge,  whether  that  was  the  dis- 
tracted state  of  the  Kirk,  circumstances  con- 
nected with  his  mission  to  London,  a  change  of 
opinion,  or,  as  he  himself  alleges,  simply  his  bodily 
infirmity,  must,  I  fear,  remain  a  mystery. 

There  are  varioos  other  points  which  I  might 


have  noticed,  but  my  note  has  already  extended 
to  too  great  a  length ;  I  must  therefore  content 
myself  with  the  notice  of  two  otlier  extracts.  On 
June  14,  1649,  ^*  Mr.  Robert  Lighten  declaired 
that  his  father  being  under  sickries  had  written 
for  him,  and  thairfor  desyred  libertie  to  goe  and 
visite  him.**  Permission  was  given,  and  he  seems 
to  have  remained  away  till  September.  It  is  pro- 
bable that  his  father*s  death  occurred  at  this  time, 
as  on  his  next  visit  to  London  in  March,  1650,  he 
obtained  libertie  to  go  on  **  weightie  businesse.** 
This  *^  weightie  busmesse,**  doubtless,  was  the 
failure  of  the  merchant  in  whose  hands  was  placed 
the  1000^  which  Leighton  had  inherited  from  his 
father,  and  about  which  he  wrote  to  Mr.  Light- 
maker  on  Dec.  31,  1649,  and  Feb.  4,  1650.  In 
connection  with  this  a  curious  document  occurs 
in  the  Parochial  Records  of  this  parish,  from 
which  it  would  seem  that  Leighton  had  been  put 
to  inconvenience  by  the  loss  of  the  money.  In- 
deed, at  an  earlier  period  of  his  incumbency,  he 
would  seem  to  have  been  in  straits,  as  on  June  29, 
1645,  the  following  entry  had  been  made  (it  was 
erased  subsequently  by  a  pen  being  drawn  through 
it,  but  it  is  still  legible)  :  "  Thair  lent  out  of  the 
pooris  money  to  the  mmister  w*  consent  of  the 
Session,  500  merks  scottis.**  In  1650,  however, 
he  actually  did  borrow  from  the  Session  : 

•The  term  of  Mertemess,  1650.  The  qlk  day,  Ro« 
Porteos  did  disschairg  himself  off  the  monv  qlk  he  was 
dew  to  the  scharch  off  Newbottell,  and  his  deburseroent  is 
all  allowet.  He  reatit  off  fre  mony,  y  soume  off  ane 
thoasaod  merks  scotis,  quhitch  were  delyverit  to  Mr. 
lichtonne,  minister  thaire,  for  y*  qabitch  he  hes  gevan 
his  bond  to  pay  interest,  and  now  at  this  term  of  Wit- 
aonday,  1651,  y*  b^  Mr.  lichtonne  hes  debarset  y*  halff 
yeirs  interest  from  Mertemess,  1650,  to  Witsounday,  1651, 
at  dispositione  of  the  Elders,  and  to  testifie  thir  premisses, 
we  J*  Elders  underwritten  hes  subscrjrvit  with  o'  hands. 

*•  Thomas  Megot,  Witness. 

**  Ro»  PoRTEOUs.  Yonger. 

*•  John  Trent,  Witness. 

*«  John  EDMONaTONE,  Witness." 

I  have  only  to  add  that  the  "  Extracts  *'  which 
form  the  groundwork  of  this  communication,  will 
be  published  in  full  in  the  next  number  of  the 
Transactions  of  (he  Antiquarian  Society  of  Ediu" 
hurgh.  Thomas  Gtosdon. 

Newbattle  Manse. 


SIR  JOHN  ELIOT. 
In  Mr.  Forster's  Life  of  this  Statesman  {States-- 
men  of  the  CommonweallfL,  i.  9),  he  mentions 
a  mistake  of  the  late  Mr.  DTsraeli,  who  appears 
to  have  confounded  Sir  John  with  his  son ;  and 
states  that  he  was  "  fined  by  the  Court  of  Wards, 
by  reason  of  his  marriage  with  Sir  Daniel  Nor- 
ton's daughter.*'  This  sUtement  Mr.  Forster  cor- 
rects upon  the  authority  of  what  he  believes  to  be 
«<  the  only  record  in  existence  bearing  upon  sunk 


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[8^  a  L  JuVB  7,  '62« 


a  subject,**  viz.  "  an  entry  in  the  Earl  of  Leices- 
ter*8  Journal.** 

In  turning  over  Hutchin8*8  History  of  Dorset^ 
however,  I  nnd  another  record,  which  somewhat 
remarkably  corroborates  Mr.  Forster*s  conclusion. 
In  the  church  of  Cranborne,  Dorset,  described  by 
Hutchins,  vol.  ii.  p.  144,  edit.  1774,  there  is,  or 
was,  a  monument,  the  inscription  of  which  I  tran- 
scribe, as  he  gives  it :  — 

-  Desideratiatimi  capitis  JobaoDis  Eliot,  Jo.  F.  Comn- 
biensis  Armigeri,  ex  Honora  F.  Danielis  Norton  Militia 
South,  qui  dam  hie  vemacnlis  literis  incubuit,  repentina 
vi  morbi  oppressus  occnbuit,  2  Febniar.  mdgxu. 

**  At  qaalis  adoleacentulns,  quantai  spei  in  aetate  tarn 
paerili,  vix  uapiam  majus  exeraplum  memoriae,  comitatis, 
ingenii,  dotom  denique  nataraa  omnium.  Quas  dum  arte 
aedulb  et  studios^  perpolire  conatur,  ropercressus  fere 
modum  human  am,  Aogelonim  insehtur  cnoro.  Avia  D. 
K.  Nepoti  bene  merenti  maarens 

«« P.P. 
"  Parvus  avos  referens,  puer  hie  non  degener  ambos 
Nortonum  vivos,  Eliotumque  dedit. 
Septenni  incidit  vitam,  laudeeque  parentum. 

Mors,  vitas  victrix,  laudibus  inferior, 
Quaa  tamen  immodicos  virtutis  crescere  fructuj, 
In  teneria  annis  imperiosa  vetat" 

Though  I  am  not  quite  sure  that  I  understand 
all  this,  and  specially  the  "  longs  and  shorts,**  I 
believe  the  long  and  short  of  the  matter  to  be, 
that  John  Eliot,  son  of  John  Eliot,  Esq.  of  Corn- 
wall, by  Honora,  daughter  of  Sir  Daniel  Norton, 
of  South  wick,  CO.  of  Hants,  a  very  clever  little 
boy,  resembling,  either  in  person  or  character, 
both  his  paternal  and  maternal  grandsires,  died 
suddenly  at  Cranborne,  where  he  was  obtaining 
the  English  part  of  his  education,  at  the  early 
age  of  seven  years,  in  Feb.  1642  (according  to 
modern  calculation)  ;  and  that  his  afflicted  grand- 
mother, Lady  Norton,  erected  this  monument  to 
his  memory. 

Now,  as  good  Sir  John  was  "  done  to  death  ** 
in  1632,  the  poor  little  boy,  who  died  aged  seven 
in  1642,  could  not  of  course  be  his  son;  whilst  all 
the  evidence  we  have  favours  the  hypothesis  that 
he  was  his  grandson, — son  of  the  wild  voung  man, 
who  was  fined  for  running  away  with  Honora 
Norton,  daughter  of  stout  old  Sir  Daniel,  by 
Honora,  daughter  and  co-heiress  of  John  White, 
of  Southwick,  Esq. 

I  make  the  less  apology  for  this  over-long  note ; 
first,  because  it  is  possible  that  the  Epitaph  may 
have  been  overlooked  by  the  genealogists  of  the 
Eliot  family,  who  have  no  other  local  connexion 
with  Dorsetshire,  as  far  as  I  am  aware ;  secondly, 
because  we  shall  be  triad  of  any  elucidation  of  the 
matter  for  Messrs.  Shipp  &  Ho(lson*s  forthcoming 
edition  of  Hutchins;  and  thirdly,  because  the 
smallest  fact  becomes  interesting,  when  it  relates 
to  men  like  that  illustrious  protO'martyr  of  Eng- 
lish liberty.  Sir  John  Eiiot.        C.  W.  Bjnguam. 


CURIOUS  CUSTOMS  IN  THE  COUNTY  OF  WEX- 
FORD. 

Having  spent  some  pleasant  juvenile  days  in 
the  county  of  Wexford,  I  was  enabled  to  observe 
many  curious  customs  amongst  the  people.  These 
customs  were  nat  confined  to  anv  class,  but  pre- 
vailed from  the  highest  to  the  humbler  classes  alike. 
For  instance,  when  the  children  of  a  family  caught 
the  "  chin  cough,**  they  were  at  once,  soon  as  it 
was  ascertained  to  be  that  epidemic,  sent  off  to 
the  nearest  country  mill,  and  dipped  three  times 
in  the  hopper  (everyone  knows  what  the  "  hopper  ** 
of  a  mill  is),  and  then  passed  three  times  under 
the  belly  and  over  the  back  of  an  ass.  I  have 
seen  it  performed  several  times,  but  will  not  vouch 
for  any  efiicacy.  The  operation  was  attempted  on 
myself  when  about  eight  years  of  age,  but  I  kicked 
so  vigorously  and  screamed  so  awfully  that  it 
was  given  up ;  and  I  believe  that  kicking  and 
screaming  had  more  effect  on  the  cure  than  the 
hopper  and  ass  operation  could  have  exercised. 

They  had  a  custom  (I  suppose  they  have  it 
still),  of  lighting  candles  (more  or  less)  in  every* 
window  in  the  house,  on  the  night  of  the  Vigil  of 
All  Souls,  and  when  travelling  along  a  country 
road,  where  farm-houses  and  cottages  were  plenty, 
the  effect  was  quite  picturesque  of  a  dark  Novem- 
ber eve. 

Another  custom  was  in  regard  to  a  "  stye  on 
the  eye.**  It  was  supposed  never  to  get  well 
unless  it  was  pricked  with  a  thorn  from  a  goose- 
berry bush,  and  I  have  known  the  peasantry  to 
^  two  or  three  miles  for  a  thorn  of  that  fruit  tree, 
in  order  to  produce  the  cure. 

When  very  young  I  was  an  ardent  discifde  of 
old  Izaak  Walton  (and  so  still  if  opportunity 
served),  and  having  uncontrolled  liberty  of  the 
best  trout  and  salmon  rivers,  with  rod,  in  Ire- 
land (the  Slaney),  I  indulged  in  the  sport  with 
various  success.  One  day,  returning  without  any 
success  at  all,  an  old  man,  after  looking  at  my  flies, 
told  me  that  I  must  get  a  fresh  supply,  and  then  put 
a  grass  mouse  in  my  book  amongst  them ;  that 
there  was  a  peculiar  charm  about  the  mouse  that 
the  trout  could  not  resist  I  I  procured  a  fresh 
supply  of  flies  from  Dublin,  and,  after  great  hunt- 
in^,  got  the  mouse  —  for  it  is  a  peculiar  little 
thmg,  not  easily  to  be  met  with, — and  on  the 
first  use  of  the  flies,  with  the  "  charm,**  I  was  ex- 
ceedingly successful.  In  the  evening  I  met  an 
old  and  experienced  **  whipper  of  the  stream,**  who 
appeared  quite  astonished  at  my  basket,  and  at 
last  asked  me  if  I  had  got  a  grass  mouse.  I  re- 
plied in  the  affirmative,  when  he  cautioned  me 
particularly  never  to  confide  that  secret  to  any- 
one unless  a  brother  of  the  **  gentle  art,**  for  if  I 
did  the  charm  would  cease.  Some  years  after- 
wards I  found  out  that  the  secret  of  success  lay  in 
the  flies,  and  not  in  the  mouse,  but  also  found  out 
that  the  all-successful  anglers  carried  one  in  their 


8H  S.  I.  JuKB  7,  *C2.] 


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books.  Reason  had,  in  the  meantime,  eschewed 
the  charm  so  far  as  I  was  concerned,  but  I  met 
many  old,  and  otherwise  sensible,  men  who  be- 
lieved in  it  roost  firmlj,  and  kept  the  secret 
aroongst  themselves.  The  mouse  m  question  is 
much  smaller  than  the  domestic  mouse,  and  lives 
in  fields  and  groves.  From  the  snout  to  the  apex 
of  the  head,  is  nearly  half  the  entire  length  of  the 
whole.  The  colour  is  much  brighter  —  I  might 
say  gayer  —  than  its  namesake,  and  it  emits  rather 
an  agreeable  odour.  This  little  animal  is  difficult 
to  be  got.     What  is  it  in  natural  history  ? 

S.  Redmond. 

UverpooL 


The  Prince  Consobt  :  —  In  Memoriam. 


IXBBBTI 

PRINCIPIS  OPTIMI 

VJkLDISSIMB    DEFLBTI 

IN  MEMOBIAM. 


Fracta  columna  meam  posui  tellure  coronam ; 
Fracta  tamen  reliqud  sidera  parte  peto. 

R. 

T41B  Nightingale  and  the  Hop.  ^-  In  speak- 
ing of  the  nightingales  who  have  recently  been 
heard  in  the  neighbourhood  of  Manchester,  the 
editor  of  the  Worcester  Herald  makes  the  follow- 
ing observation  in  his  paper  for  May  17th :  — 

*' There  is  a  tradition  of  hops  having  been  planted 
many  years  ago  near  Doncaster,  and  of  the  nightingale 
making  its  appearance  about  the  same  time.  The  popu- 
lar idea  was,  that  between  the  bird  and  the  plant  some 
mysterious  connecting  link  existed,  but  both  the  hop  and 
the  nightingale  disappeared  long  ago." 

This  is  a  bit  of  folk  lore  worth  preserving ;  but 
what  gave  rise  to  the  idea  ?  It  is  certain  that  it 
b  not  a  fact.  For  example:  although  within 
half  a  mile  of  the  house  in  Huntingdonshire  from 
whence  I  write  this  Note  there  is  a  large  field  by 
the  side  of  the  Great  North  Road,  which  still  re- 
tains the  name  of  "  the  Hop  Grounds,**  and  helps 
to  remind  us  of  a  time  when  this  county  was 
described  by  Bede  and  William  of  Malmesbury 
as  '*the  garden  of  England,**  and  was  rich  in 
vines  and  hops,  yet  I  should  suppose  that  there  is 
not  a  hop-yard  within  a  very  extensive  radius  of 
this  locality,  nor  has  been  for  centuries ;  never- 
theless, nightingales  abound  in  every  direction, 
singing  night  and  day  — 

*•  By  the  dusty  roadside  drear," 
and  in  every  spinny  and  wood. 

CuTHDEBT  Bede. 

On  the  25th  of  May,  at  half-past  10  at  night,  I 
heard  a  nightingale  in  a  shrubbery  belonging  to 
£d.  Peyton,  Esq.,  of  Moor  Green,  near  Moseley ; 
and  as  it  is  almost  unknown  in  this  neighbour- 


hood, and  I  believe  rarely  seen  or  heard  north  of 
Warwick  in  this  county,  I  think  it  rather  strange, 
especially  so  near  to  a  large  town  as  Birmingham. 
Those  of  your  correspondents  who  reside  in  the 
more  favoured  counties  of  the  South  of  England 
may  be  surprised  at  these  remarks,  but  this  bird 
is  almost  as  great  a  rarity  here  as  the  robin -red- 
breast would  be  in  Australia. 

Can  you  inform  me  what  is  the  meaning  of 
-gale,  in  the  termination  of  nightin^a/e  f  Bailey 
derives  the  word  from  the  Saxon  ni^hc^aale, 
{Node  canens  gaUus).  J.  £.  P. 

Edgbaston. 

[The  following  is  Richardson's  derivation  of  nightin- 
gale :  •*  A.-8.  Nicht-gale ;  Dut  Nacht-gaU ;  Ger.  Nachtigal, 
from  nichtt  the  night,  and  galan,  to  gale,  to  sing."  Chan- 
cer, as  cited  by  Kichardson,  employs  the  verb,  to  ffok,  in 
the  sense  of  singing. — £d.] 

Spanish  Abmada.  —  The  despatch,  preserved 
in  her  Majesty*8  State  Paper  Office,  announcing 
the  arrival  of  the  Spanish  Armada  in  the  English 
Channel  is  a  relic  of  the  age  no  less  curious  than 
interesting.  The  writer  of  it  was  one  Edward 
Doddington,  a  gentleman  serving,  most  probably, 
on  board  the  Lord  Admirals  ship. 

"July  26th. 

**  Right  Ho.  Heare  is  a  ffleete  at  this  instant  coming 
in  nppon  us.  semid  at  north  west,  by  all  lykelywode  it 
shoudbe  the  enymy.  Hast  makes  mee,  I  can  write  noe 
more.  I  beseech  y'  LI.  to  pardon  mee,  and  see  referr  all 
to  y  bo.  most  depyst  considerationes. 

**  Your  ho.  most  humbel  to  comand, 
•*  Ed.  DoDUfGTOW. 

"  Ffrom  the  Ffleete  at  Plymouthe 
**the25of  Juliel58i" 

But  the  most  curious  part  is  the  address : 

"  For  her  Maj**««  spetiall  sarvise 

To  the  Right  honorable  the 

Lords  of  her  Ma**  moste 

ho.  prevy  cunsell 

hast  post  hast 

ffor  lyflTe  hast 

hast  post  hast 

ffor  lyffe." 

Preserved  in  the  same  office  are  two  or  three 
more  letters,  also  having  on  their  covers  the  figure 
of  a  gallows,  to  denote  the  writer*s  baste,  and  the 
consequences  to  all  dilatory  bearers.  When  and 
where  did  this  unmistakeable  symbol  of  despatch 
originate  ?  Qdebist. 

Pabish  Rbgisteb.  —  I  note  an  account  (2™*  S. 
xii.  412),  of  the  rescue  and  restoration,  by  Mr. 
Robert  Fitch,  of  a  register  of  the  parish  of  North 
Elmham,  co.  Norfolk ;  and  on  the  next  page  an 
account  of  a  similar  rescue  and  restoration  of  a 
register  of  the  parish  of  Kingston-on-Thames  by 
Mr.  J.  Bell  :  here  is  another  chance  for  some  one 
to  do  good  in  the  same  way. 

In  the  current  book  Catalogue,  No.  xix.,  of 
James  Coleman,  22,  High  Street  Bloomsbury, 
London,  is  the  following  item :— "  302.  The  Re- 
ligion of  Protestants  a  Safe  Wa^  t^  ^'^i^'^^ssv^J 


I 

o 


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NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


ca^&LjDnr.vt 


with  this  note  bj  the  bonkieller ;  "  Tbia  appears 
to  have  been  the  minister's  copy  of  a  pariih  in 
Breconshiri; ;  it  has  the  oriNinal  regilter  of  mar- 
riageB,  bupt.isms,  and  burials  for  the  year  169jI,  in 
the  handwriting  of  the  minister,  '  Thomas  Har- 
per's book,  1693.'  "  JiMBB  Kbowlbs. 

Bekebdodihe  Fakibh.  —  When  looking  over 
the  "  furniture  "  of  the  Communion  Table  of  the 
pariah  of  St.  Peter's,  Bekeabourue,  with  a  view 
to  my  answer,  as  churchvarden,  to  the  articles 
exhibited  by  the  Archdaocon  of  Canterbury,  I 
copied  the  following  inscriptions  on  Tarinus  ar- 
ticles of  the  communion  plate,  which  maj  be  de- 
servinfi  of  record  in  "N.  &  Q."  On  a  chalice, 
"  Bekeborn,  in  aii'dmi.  IS78."  On  a  patine,  "Ec- 
clesiiB  de  Beaks-born,  Kicolaua  Batlelj,  A.M., 
D.D.D.;"  and  on  a  complete  service,  "Beakes. 
bourn  Church,  1846,  the  Gift  of  Jane,  the  wife  of 
George  Gipps  of  How  let  ti.  Esquire." 

My  attention  was  first  directed  to  the  rarioue 
ways  in  which  the  name  of  this  parish  is  spelt. 
The  foregoing  are,  however,  aftm  from  an  almost 
endli'ss  list.  The  Loodon,  Chatham,  and  Dover 
Railway  Company,  having  adopted  "  BekeS' 
bourne"  for  tbeir  station  here,  I  conclude  that 
this  form  must  ba  accepted  as  finoL 

CHA1.M  BlKB. 

Bekssbaame  Hoaie. 

CoUFOSiNG    Type     bt    Machinest.  —  Seven 

years  ago  I  submitted  a  plan  to  the  proprietors  of 
Tht  7'imf.tthat  they  should  have  the  debates  in  par- 
liament reported  direct  from  thence  to  iheir  com- 
posing office,  by  means  of  the  electric  telegraph  j 
this,  as  yet,  has  not  become  a  realised  fact,  though, 
doubtlcas,  it  will  ultimately  be  so. 

In  the  International  Exhibition,  however,  there 
is  a  machine  by  the  aid  of  which  the  speeches  in 
both  houses  might  be  there  and  then  put  into 
type.  A  brief  description  of  il  I  think  should 
appear  in  your  columns, 

This  machine,  the  principle  of  which  is  not  en- 
tirelj  new,  is  in  front  like  a  piano,  each  note  or 
key  being  marked  with  the  various  kind  of  letters 
or  numerals  used  in  composing ;  these  keys  com- 
municate by  wires  with  the  correapouding  letters 
in  reservoirs  above,  so  that  when  a  key-note  is 
depressed,  the  type  required  slides  from  the  re- 
servoir down  an  inclined  plane  into  the  receiving- 
case  ;  thence  by  means  of  a  small  pusher,  put  in 
motion  by  an  instrument  worked  bj  the  player's 
foot,  it  is  pushed  forward  to  make  room  for  the 
succeeding  type.  The  machine  is  supplied  with 
as  many  reservoirs  and  beys  as  there  are  distinct 
characters  in  a  fount  of  type;  so  that  any  player 
can  listen  to  a  speech  or  read  a  MS.,  and,  by  the 
aid  of  the  iceys,  set  up  the  words  and  sentences  as 
fast  as  his  or  her  skill  in  the  u*e  of  the  instrument  I 
►dmits.  By  these  means  12,000  letters  per  hour  j 
cu  at  ;>resent  be  set  up;  by  rapid  habit,  and 


constant  praetica  double  this  number  per  bom 
might  be  composed  bj  the  present  madtioe-  HVbo 
can  now  tell  what  an  improved  construction  nx] 
ultimately  accompiish  P  Juna  GiiAin, 

2,  Davonihirs  Grovs,  Old  Etnt  Rood. 


tBttrtM. 


THE  HOUSE  OF  FALA  HAr.t,. 
In  the  Scottiih  Jouraai  of  5th  Febmarj,  18JS, 
correspondent,  W.  D.,  makes  a  very  interesting 
iiiquiry  regarding  the  whereabouts  of  tbii  ancient 
'  baronial  structure.  He  states  that  ba  has  for 
I  several  years  been  fruitlessly  anxious  to  learn 
,  pome  particulars  regarding  the  condition  of  an  edi- 
fice designated  by  our  great  heraldic  authority,  the 
learned  and  judicious  Nisbet,  "an  ancient  monn- 
I  mentof  ariiis,"and  to  which,  in  the  5th  [Istf]  vo- 
lume of  his  Heraldry,  be  makes  reference  upwards 
of  twenty  times,  in  illustration  of  the  armorial 
bearings  of  as  many  barons  "illuminate,"  to  use 
bis  own  expression,  in  the  House  of  Fala  Hall. 
W.  D.  appears  never  to  bave  received  any  answer 
to  bis  inqnirj,  and  be  remarks,  that  it  seems 
strange  that  every  reminiscence  of  the  heraldic 
splendour  of  a  fabric  which  may  be  retuonably 
supposed  to  have  been  entire  for  nearlj  half  a 
centurj  after  it  was  so  strikingly  diaraeterised  by 
NiabeC  in  1773  (and  also  in  his  ^nd  vulume,  of 
date    1744),   should  have  been   altogether  obU- 

The  following  are  a  few  of  the  barons'  names 
whose  arms  were  "illuminate,  at  I  hint  wn 
them"  says  Nisbet,  "with  those  of  other  Scot* 
barons,  on  the  roof  of  Fala  UaU,  an  ancient  monu- 
ment of  arms  "  (a.d.  1604):  — 

"  The  Ogilvys  of  that  Ilk ;  the  Ogllvys  of  Inefamvtiae ; 
lbs  OgMvys  of  FinlBtcr;  Landy  of  that  Ilk;  Hair  of 
CildwBlli  MaxwsllorCaldsrwood)  Jardioaof  Apnlggirthi 
Sbft,  Lord  Jedborgi  TnBedia  of  DrumslziR-i  EdmiMoo 
nf  Duntreath  ;  UcUaagsUorGarthluid  ;  Hutlaadof  Lstk- 
mgton  I  Falconer  ofHalkcrton  ;  Blukwldsr  uf  TnlliallaD; 
Irvinaof  Drum;  Lumisden  oftbiit  11k  ;  Griema of  Lagg ; 
Lord  ThirlMtane;  Crawford  of  Lacknoiria ;  Aacbtarionr 
at  Kelly,"  it 

That  Fala,  wherever  situated,  had  been  »  jdwie 
of  some  note  may  be  seen  from  the  followiag  pn^ 

''Jaues  Hex. 

"  We  Jamaa  by  ths  Grica  of  God,  King  of  Scots^  esB- 
,jdai>nd.  the  Faltb  end  frood  9«rvk  of  our  right  tnM 
Priand,  Jolin  Scot  of  Thirlestoine,  qnha  comiaaad  to  Ow 
Boat  at  Soulra  Edge,  with  tbree  scon  and  tan  Lumdeis 
on  Horaa  back,  of  bis  friendi  and  fotlawers,  and  baand 
inlline  to  gang  with  ua  into  England,  when  all  onrnobln 
,ind  Dlbers  refassd,  he  wia  ready  to  stake  all  at  our  bid- 
iling  ;  for  wbich  caiuB  It  ia  our  will :  And  we  do  Btridly 
ibarge  aad  comiaand  oar  Lioa  Heraald  and  hia  Depntita 
far  the  Time  beuad,  to  give  and  to  grant  to  tba  nid  John 
Scot,  an  Border  of  Flower-de-LlaM^  about  his  Coat  sf 
Aima,  alek  as  in  oar  Boyal  Bonnar,  and  alMwaa  aae 


8»*  S.  L  JuHE  7,  'e^o 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


449 


Bandle  of  Lannces  above  hU  Helmet,  with  the  words 
etkddy,  Ky  Readdjr :  that  he  and  all  bis  aftercammers  may 
brack  the  samen,  as  a  Pledge  and  Taiken  of  our  Goodwill 
and  Kindness  fur  bis  Trew  Worthiness ;  And  thir  our  Let- 
ters seen,  ye  naeways  failzie  to  do.  Given  at  Fakt'muire, 
nnder  oaf  hand  and  Privy  Casket,  the  zxvii.  day  of 
Jaly,  1542  years. 

**  By  the  King's  Special  Ordinance, 

'*Tbomas  Areskinb." 

I  should  be  glad  if  any  of  the  numerous  corre- 
spondents of  *^  N.  &  Q.*'  could  give  any  infonna- 
tion  regarding  this  ancient  baronial  structure. 

Mabchmoht. 

[Fala  Hall  has  already  been  inquired  after  in  oar 
1"*  S.  vi.  632;  viii.  184.  Fala  parish  is  situate  in  Mid 
Lothian,  co.  Edinburgh,  and  is  now  united  with  Soutra 
in  East  Lothian.  In  this  locality  the  ancient  sites  of  Ha- 
milton and  Fala  Halls  (although  their  mansions  are  now 
deserted  and  dismantled),  by  the  singular  beauty  of  their 
aitaation,  their  cultivated  fields  and  wooded  enclosures, 
and  their  interesting  hills,  afford  every  variety  of  delight 
to  the  lover  of  the  picturesque.  —  Statiitieal  Account  of 
Scatbmd,  i.  585.  See  also  Chalmers's  Cakdoma,  ii.  824.— 
Ed.] 


QUOTATION  REFERENCES,  ETC,  WANTED. 

Can  any  readers  of  N.  &  Q.**  kindly  help  with 
references  for  more  or  fewer  of  the  subjoined  quo- 
tations ?  As  the  work  for  which  the  verifications 
arc  required  is  beins  passed  Uirough  the  press, 
early  answers  througn  ^*-  N.  &  Q."  or  by  letter  to 
the  Editor,  will  very  much  oblige. 

From  8t,  Augustine- 

1.  '■As  St  Austin  saith  very  well,  between  these  two, 
tribulation  on  our  part,  and  comfort  on  God's  part,  our 
life  runs  between  these  two.  Our  crosses  and  Grod*s  com- 
forts, they  are  both  mingled  together  .  .  .  ." 

2.  *'As  St.  Austin  answers  this  in  himself.  Do  but 
begin  to  live  as  a  Christian  should,  and  see  if  thou  shalt 
not  be  used  unchristianly  of  them  that  are  Christians  in 
name  but  not  in  deed." 

3.  ''As  St  Austin  saith,  nothing  is  more  strong  than 
a  humble,  empty  spirit,  because  it  makes  the  creature  to 
go  out  of  itself  to  Him  that  is  strength  itself  and  comfort 
itself  ....'• 

4.  **  Saith  St  Austin,  I  dare  say  and  stand  to  it,  that 
it  is  profitable  for  some  men  to  fall:  they  grow  more 
holy  by  their  slips  .  .  .  ." 

5.  **  As  St  Austin  saith  well,  A  man  that  is  freed  from 
ain  ought  to  thank  God  as  well  for  the  sins  that  he  hath 
not  committed,  as  for  the  sins  that  he  hath  bad  for- 
given.** 

8.  **  As  St  Austin  saith  well,  God  hath  made  the  rich 
far  the  poor,  and  the  poor  for  the  rich  .  .  .  ." 

7.  **  So  holy  St  Austin,  what  saith  he  to  a  Donatist 
that  wronged  him  in  his  reputation  ?  Think  of  Austin 
what  you  please,  as  long  as  my  conscience  accuseth  me 
not  with  God,  I  will  give  you  leave  to  think  what  you 
will  .  .  .  ." 

8.  **  Therefore  St  Austin  doth  well  define  predestina- 
tion ;  it  is  an  ordaining  to  salvation,  and  a  preparing  of 
sdl  means  thereto." 

9.  "  As  St  Austin  saith  .  .  .  Christ,  saith  he,  speaks 
to  the  sea,  and  it  was  quiet  ....  but  be  speaks  to  us  in 
the  ministry  to  stay  our  violent  courses  in  sin,  and  we 
pnff  and  swell  when  we  are  told  of  our  faults." 

10.  **To  farce  mea  to  the  means  of  iaith,  it  ia  not  to 


domineer  over  faith.  St.  Austin  himself  was  once  of  this 
mind,  that  people  were  not  to  be  forced.  It  is  true.  But 
they  may  be  compelled  to  the  means." 

11.  "He  hath  his  chair  in  heaven  that  teacheth  the 
heart,  as  St  Austin  saith." 

From  St.  Ckryutttom, 

12.  ^  St  Chrysostom  yields  me  one  observation :  It  is 
the  wisdom  of  a  Christian  to  see  how  God  describes  him- 
self, there  beins  something  in  God  answerable  to  what- 
soever is  ill  in  the  world  .  .  ." 

Id.  '*  As  St  Chrysostom  saith,  whatsoever  is  written  in 
the  conscience  may  be  wiped  out  by  daily  repentance." 

14.  '*  It  is  an  old  observation  of  St  Chrysostom,  we  do  all 
that  we  may  joy." 

From  8t,  (hnorian, 

15.  '*  As  St  Cyprian  saith,  Vv  e  carry  as  much  from  God 
as  we  bring  vessels." 

16.  **  Tour  aHctpite»t  as  Cyprian  calls  them,  your  dole- 
ful flatterers  of  the  times." 

From  Luther. 

17.  *' Luther's  speech  is  very  good,  All  things  come 
from  God  to  his  church  esjiroially,  in  contraries." 

18.  "  Luther  was  wont  to  say.  Good  works  are  good, 
but  to  trust  in  good  works  is  damnable." 

19.  **  Luther  saith.  Go  to  God  in  Christ  in  the  pro- 
mises." 

The  Schoolmen* 

20.  **  The  Schoolmen  say, that  Christ's  pains 

were  the  greatest  pains,  because  his  senses  were  not 
dulled  and  stupified  with  sensuality,"  && 

Anonymous. 

21.  '*  In  a  war  of  theirs  [the  Papists]  with  the  Turks, 
the  story  is  well  known,  when  the  cardinals  bad  broken 
their  promise  after  they  had  in  a  manner  gotten  the  vic- 
tory, the  Turks  cried  to  Christ  that  he  would  revenge 
their  treachery,  and  the  Turks  again  came  upon  them 
and  overcame  them."    [Authority  for  this  story?] 

22.  **  As  the  heathen  man  said,  The  disease  is  above  the 
cure."    [Who?] 

28.  ''Many  build  castles  in  the  air,  comb-Downes 
[stc],  as  we  say."    [Comb-downes,  what?] 

From  St.  Ambrose. 

24.  **  Saith  St  Ambrose,  £t  nobis  malus,  &c..  Our  care 
must  be  that  no  man  speak  ill  of  us  without  a  lie." 

25.  "  Remember  the  saying  of  St  Ambrose,  We  must 
not  strive  for  victory  but  for  truth." 

From  Josephus. 

26.  "  As  Josephus  writes  of  the  Samaritans,  they  are 
as  water  which  is  fashioned  to  the  vessel" 

From  Damascene, 

27.  <*  The  very  angels  are  changeable  as  they  are  crea- 
tures :  all  things  created  are  mutable.  It  is  the  observa- 
tion of  Damascene." 

From  St.  Bernard 

28.  **  St  Bernard  pitched  his  hope  on  chariiatem  adap- 
tionis,  the  love  of  God  in  making  him  his  child;  and 
tferitatem  promissionis,  the  truth  of  God  in  performing  his 
promise." 

FVom  Cicero. 

29.  **  Saith  the  heathen  man,  TuUy,  I  thought  myself 
wise,  but  I  never  was  so." 

r. 


Ad  fbbfendjculum.  —  Among  the  numeroua 
acts  of  oppression  that  Cicero    charged  Yerrea 
with,  one  was,  that  when  th^  T^bks^^  ^  ^*^^c 
waa  to  V»  d^v^^T^  m^^  ViVvov  ^«^^^  \si.^sR»- 


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[r<B.LJnm7,«t 


repair,  he  determiaed  to  fin 
plain  of:  — 

"Tenit  ipie  in  j£dem  Cutoria,  coDsidcnt  templam: 
TJdet  uadiqDB  l«ctum  palcberrime  Uquexum,  pralerek 
eaten  niiT*  itque  initgro.  Vanit  >e :  qiuerlt,  qatd  igal. 
Dicit  ei  qnidam  ei.  illi«  canibiu,  quo*  tata  Liguri  dinrat 
«ue  diM  M  multoa ;  ■  To,  VerrH,  hi*  quod  moIlBre,  nihil 
hib«;  niit  fbite  via  ad  perptndiailim  calumnu  tzigeta.' 
Homo  OQiniurn  rerum  imperiliu,  qusrit  quid  kit,  ad  per- 
pndieuliini.  Dicunt  ei,  fen  nullBin  eus  calumnam,  qun 
ad  piTjiBuliciiliim  aua  poiidL  '  Jam,  mabercule,'  juanit, 
'alogamiu:  ColnmniB  ad perjiiiidiciilim txignaWi.'  — 
CEcaro,  io  Vtrrat,  Act  II.  lib.  i.  51. 

I  would  beg  to  ini]ulre  —  1.  What  is  the  pre- 
cise meaning  of  ad  perpeudieulum  T 

2.  Is  it  true,  in  point  of  fact,  tbat  in  Romtn 
buildings  tbcre  can  hardlj  be  found  a  oolumn 
that  ia  ad  perpeiulicuium  f 

3.  Li  this  the  case  in  other  buildin)^  ? 

P.  S.  Cabkt. 
Thb  Atueniin  Misogthist. — 

"  Lci  feminea  aont  eo  leor  droit  mqi-  1m  aHairas,  car, 
comma  le  miwgyna  Atb^aien  dit,  allai  na  leronl  jamais 
Iromp^s,  aliu  aont  irop  habilu^  k  tromper  ailaa- 
mcmai,"p.  96.  —  Euait,  par  H.D***.     Monlpalier,  I  val. 


Hits.  BkIDGMATI  of  H4K0TEB  SauABB.  —  Wat- 
pole,  in  bia  Aiiecdutt*  of  Painting,  referg  to  a 
manuscript  office  book,  and  states  tbat  "  it  was 
in  tbecollection  of  Mrs.  Bridgraan  of  Mauoyer 
Square."     I  wish   to  see  this  work:  can  any  of 

Jour  readers  inform  me  what  became  of  tbe  col- 
ection,  or  of  the  librarj.  Cunningham's  Hand^ 
book  doea  not  mention  luch  a  personage  as  having 
resided  there.  W.  P. 

Capitai,  PuMisaMKNT.—What  was  the  original 
meaning  of  the  term  "Capital  Piinishment?"  and 
when  was  the  term  first  applied  exclusivel)i  to  tbe 
puniahment  of  death?  Xavieb. 

At  a.  Cabbinotoh.  —  In  the  Oentleman't  Mag. 
1826  (Parti,  p.  31),  are  eome  observations  on 
Mr.  Carrington's  translation  of  PliJiit,  bj  an  Old 
Wjkhamist.  Can  ;ou  give  me  anj  iulormation 
regarding  the  translator?  He  was  of  Queen's 
College,  Oxford ;  M.A.  1827.  R.  Irqub. 

Glugow. 

D^THMon  Fahilt. — Particulars  are  requested 
respecting  the  ancestors  and  descendants  ot  John 
Davidaon  of  Woodaide,  co.  Diimfriee,  Scotland, 
whose  ilaughter  Helen  married,  in  October,  1761, 
James  Reid,  merchant  of  Dumfries,  and  tbe  late 
Sir  Thomas  Reid,  Bart.,  was  their  son.  (Sec 
Debrett's  Banmelage  of  England,  p.  460,  Lond. 
1840.)  I  am  also  anxious  to  know  when  the 
above  John  Davidaoa  died,  and  where  he  is  , 
bariod.  Jaitas  Habxib-    I 


The  Fbbula.  —  I  write  to  bsIc  if  any  of  jotir 
correspondents  can  give  any  information  concern- 
ing that  instrument  of  scholastic  punishment,  the 
fervla  f  I  believe  there  was  something  peculiar 
in  the  feruia,  distinguishiog  it  from  any  other 
instrument.  Can  they  inform  me  what  shape  it 
waa,  how  it  was  made,  and  whether  it  was  used 
like  the  birch.  I  am  a  Scotchman,  and  hare  made 
inquiries  among  several  pedagoRues  as  to  what 
instruments  they  use  for  punishing  scholars,  but 
all  tbey  can  tell  me  is  that  they  have  a  taiote,  or 
leather  belt  cut  into  strips,  willi  which  they 
inflict  stripes  both  upon  the  palms  of  tbe  hands 
and  elsewhere.  Perhaps  the  finda  waa  used  in 
the  same  way.  If  you  can  inform  me  I  shall  be 
extremely  obliged.  Allem  Ddbstablb, 

F.S.  Are  tbe  birch  and  ferula  out  of  use  now  ? 

FOBEIOH  BabOKS  IH  THE  CoHHOHS. Will  JOQ 

or  any  of  your  able  correspondente  be  ao  good  as 
explain  how  it  is  that  Messrs.  L.  and  U,  de  Kolb- 
schild  are  styled  in  Parliamentary  Records  and 
Lists  "  Barons  "  ?  The  general  impression  ia  that 
none  but  British  subjects  can  sit  in  Parliament, 
and  that  no  British  subject  can  use  in  this  country 
a  foreign  title  as  a  nomm  Jurit.  If,  however,  the 
,  Messrs.  de  Rothschild,  without  beinji  Barons  of 
'  England,  Scotland,  Ireland,  Great  Britain,  or  the 
United  Kingdom  are  allowed  to  sit  in  ParliaoMnt 
under  that  title,  have  not  all  holdera  of  titles  of 
foreign  nobility  or  knighthood  an  equal  right  ta 
use  such  titles  publicly  in  this  country  ? 

Absrdean. 

Gebmar  Philosophebs. — 

"A  Garmau  pbi1aw>phBr  hia  commiltad  bimniriDtha 
idea  that  polylbelsnt  will  ba  revivad." —  Tki  Tima, 
Aug.  S4,  1S59.     (Second  leading  articia). 

"Tbera  sra  moat  illustrioua  Garman  acholara  at  tbii 
moment  who  ara  larrent  Catbolica.  Thare  are  othen  wlia 
beliave  notbiaK-  Thara  was  latelj  oneemioent  aatbority 
who  fell  back  oa  Boddhism ;  and  anotber,  wa  bdiara 
■liii  llriRg.  German  writer,  has  been  tht  cbampioa  o( 
liMhoaod."  —  Thi  Sptetalor,  Hay  17, 1862,  p.  6S6. 

Statements  similar  in  purport  to  tbe  above  are 
of  frequent  occurrence  in  our  popular  literature. 
I  have  always  found  it  impossible  to  verify  such 
assertions.  Will  some  one  tell  me  wbidi  German 
philosopher  it  is  who  anticipates  the  revival  of 
polytheism?  who  has  fallen  back  into  Buddhism? 
and  what  writer  has  become  "  tbe  champion  of 
Mahound  "  F  Until  the  names  of  tbe  persons  in- 
dicated are  given,  I  shall  continue  to  doubt  tbe 
truth  of  the  above  charges,  Gbimb. 

Bicdabd  Hukb. — Can  any  of  your  numeroui 
readers  ^ive  rae  any  information  respecting  an 
early  printed  little  book,  entitled  The  Enqvrit 
and  verditt  of  the  Quest  pamtld  of  the  death  of 
Richard  Hune,  which  watfotmde  hanged  »  Lol^'i 
toae  T?  It  ia  not  paged,  and  the  oopy  whieh  I 
twTQ  i>  nofortuoatflly  imperieot  st  lh«  vuL     I 


8'*  8.  L  JcmB  7,  »61] 


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should  be  gUd  to  know  how  mftny  leaves  it  should 
consist  of,  and  also  the  date  and  printer's  name.* 

G.  H. 

"Thb  Tmvectivb.** — There  appeared  in  1796 
at  Glasgow,  printed  by  Robert  Chapman,  8vo,  a 
poetical  tract  entitled,  The  Invective,  a  Poem, 
with  Specimens  of  Translation  from  the  Greek 
Comic  and  Tragic  Dramas.  The  dedication  is  to 
**  Dr.  J.  Hill,  L.H.F.,'*  and  the  author  apologises 
for  presuming  to  solicit  Dr.  Hill*s  **  respect  to  a 
bastj,  and  perhaps  abortive  attempt  in  Invective 
Poetry."  The  gentleman  thus  addressed  is  Dr. 
Hill,  Professor  of  Humanity,  as  the  Scotch  usually 
designate  the  university  Professor  of  Latin. 

The  translations  are  upon  the  whole  very  good, 
especially  those  from  Aristophanes.  Can  any  of 
your  correspondents  throw  light  on  the  author- 
ship ?  J.  M. 

Johnson.  —  Robert  Johnson,  a  Baron  of  the 
Exchequer  in  Ireland,  1703  to  1714,  born  in 
London  in  1657  had  (with  6ve  others)  a  brother 
Hales  Johnson  born  in  London  in  1661.  Their 
father,  Robert,  a  Justice  of  the  Common  Pleas 
in  Ireland  in  1669,  was  admitted  into  the  Inner 
Temple  13th  Nov.  1644 ;  his  will,  dated  1683,  was 
proved  in  1687.  What  was  the  maiden  name  of 
the  justice's  wife  Elizabeth  ?  Was  it  Hales  ?  Her 
will,  dated  1699,  was  proved  1703.  The  justice's 
father,  Edward,  was  a  bencher  of  the  Inner  Temple 
in  1644 ;  he  was  admitted  into  that  society  19th 
Jan.,  7th  Jas.  I.  Who  was  his  wife  ?  He  was  son 
of  Robert  Johnson  of  London,  gentleman;  the 
same,  I  believe,  who,  under  the  name  of  **  John- 
son of  the  Tower  of  London,"  obtained  in  1604 
a  grant  of  arms,  **  gules,  three  spears'  heads,  two 
and  one  argent,  a  chief  ermine."  Any  particulars 
of  the  family  will  be  acceptable.  Y.  S.  M. 

Lewis. — On  the  monument  of  a  certain  Hon. 
Hugh  Lewis,  Esq.,  of  Jamaica,  who  died  in  1785, 
there  is  the  followinjir  coat  of  arms,  with  ^uarter- 
ings.  Of  what  family  was  the  gentleman  in  ques- 
tion, and  whose  arms  did  he  quarter  ?  — 

One  and  four,  azure,  a  chev.  arg.  between  three 
garbs  or ;  two,  per  chev.  az.  and  arg.,  in  chief  two 

hawks  rising;   three,  on  a  field (colour 

perished),  a  cross  or,  charged  with  five  escallops 

.  .  .  (Villier  ?)  Sfal. 

LiTBRATXJRB  OF  LuNATics.  —  I  am  at  present 
engaged  in  preparing  a  work  on  the  literature  and 
artistic  productions  of  lunatics.  I  possess  some 
original  papers,  emanating  from  mad-houses  in 
France  —  poetical  effusions,  rough  sketches  in 
pencil  or  ink.  I  am  anxious  to  procure  similar 
specimens  illustrative  of  the  partitive  action  of  the 
intellect  even  in  those  afflicted  by  decided  mental 

[*  The  date  and  printer  of  this  very  rare  piece  were 
unknown  to  Amea  and  Uerbert.  —  Vide  Typographical 
Aniiqmties,  ed.  1790,  iii.  1152.  — £0.] 


aberration  from  English  lunatic  asylums.  If  any 
of  the  readers  of  "  N.  &  Q."  can  put  me  in  the 
way  of  procuring  such  documents,  printed  or  origri- 
nal,  I  shall  indeed  feel  truly  grateful.  V.  P. 

Paris. 

Lunatics  in  old  Times.  —  Can  any  of  your 
readers  furnish  me  with  any  information  respect- 
ing the  treatment  of  lunatics  in  the  fifteenth,  six- 
teenth, and  seventeenth  centuries,  particularly 
with  reference  to  the  "  tree  or  stump  of  truth,** 
upon  which  they  were  wont  to  be  whipped  ? 

Numerous  references  are  made  in  the  State 
Papers  of  that  period  to  the  whipping  from  village 
to  village ;  or,  as  Shakspeare  hath  it,  **from  tyth- 
ing  to  ty thing  *'  of  "  vagabonds,  purposeless  per- 
sons, and  sturdy  beggars;**  but  I  am  doubtful 
wSether  lunatics,  who,  at  that  time,  were  licen- 
tiated,  as  Aubrey  tells  us,  to  beg  throughout  the 
country,  under  the  badge  of  the  star  of  Bethle- 
hem, were  included  in  the  appellations  **  purpose- 
less persons**  and  ** beggars,**  and  treated  in  a 
similar  manner.  I  am  inclined  to  believe  that  this 
was  the  case  from  the  words  of  Shakspeare  in 
King  Lear :  — 

"  Poor  Tom,  poor  Tom ;  that  eats  the  swimming  frog, 
the  toad,  the  tadpole,  the  wall-newt,  and  the  water; 
awallowA  the  old  rat  and  the  ditch -dog;  drinks  the 
green  mantle  of  the  standing  pool ;  10^  i«  whipped  from 
tything  to  tythitig,  and  stocked,  punished,  and  impriiioned.'' 

F.N. 

Mabt  Queen  of  Scots:  Bolton  Castle. — 
Is  there  any  published  collection  of  views  of 
Queen  Mary  Stuart*s  various  places  of  confine- 
ment and  residence  in  Scotland  and  England? 
And  where  is  to  be  procured  a  print  of  Bulton 
Castle,  Yorkshire  ?  T.  J.  H. 

Medal  of  the  late  Dukjs  of  York.  -~  What 
is  the  history  of  a  little  gold  medal  of  the  late 
Duke  of  York,  weighing  only  about  ten  grains, 
and  only  about  three-tenths  of  an  inch  in  diame- 
ter P  It  has,  on  the  obverse,  a  head  of  the  Duke, 
with  the  inscription,  "fbedebicus  dux  ebobac.** 
and  the  letters  **  i.  p.**  (I  think)  beneath  the  head. 
On  the  reverse  is  the  inscription,  **  multis  ille 

BONIS  FLBBILIS  OCCIDIT.      NON.  JANUAB.  1827.*' 

C.  W.  Bingham. 

MooBB. — Who  was  the  Rev.  Stephen  Moore, 
Yicar  of  Doncaster,  who  is  stated  in  Dodsley's 
Annual  Register,  vol.  zlix.,  to  have  died  in  Feb. 
1 807,  at  the  age  of  fifly-nine  P  Who  was  Stephen 
Moore,  surgeon  of  the  4th  Regiment  of  Horde, 
who  died  in  July,  1771  P  Y.  S.  M. 

Noblemen  and  Babons.  —  In  Cunningham*8 
Church  Hintory  of  Scotland  (ii.  36),  I  meet  with 
the  following  expression :  — 

**  At  the  sides  of  the  lonj;  table  were  set  forms  for  tlie 
noblemen,  baront,  burgetse*,  bisbopsi,  and  doctors." 

This  is  in  the  description  of  the  Assembly  at 
Perth  in  IG 18. 


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[S»<  S.  L  Junk  7,  «. 


Are  barons  not  noblemen  in  Scotland  ?  I  con- 
clude there  is  a  technical  distinction,  for  Mr. 
Cunninn^ham  is  not  the  man  to  use  words  without 
a  meaning ;  though  be  delights  in  technical  terms 
(familiar  enough,  no  doubt,  in  North  Britain)  to 
a  degree  very  perplexing  to  a  southron.       S.  C. 

Fhillip8*8  "Cbhbama." — In  FhiHips*s  Cerealia^ 
a  poem  in  praise  of  ale,  occurs  the  following  pas- 
sage,  the  meaning  of  which  may  be  plain  enough 
to  certain  readers  of  *^  N.  &  Q.,**  but  to  me  it  con- 
tains so  many  obscurities,  as  well  in  allusions  as 
by  some  of  the  terms  employed,  that  I  shall  be 
thankful  for  a  brief  exposition:  — 

**  When  Britain's  hardy  sons  too  slightly  prise^ 
Should  they  with  high  defence  of  triple  brass. 
Wide  circling,  live  immured  (as  erst  was  tried  » 

By  Bacon's  charms,  on  which  the  sickening  moon 
Look'd  wan,  and  cheerless  mew*d  her  crescent  horns, 
Whilst  Demogorgon  beard  his  stem  behest) ; 
Thrice  the  prevailing  power  of  Gallia's  arms. 
Should  there  resistless  ravage,  as  of  old 
Great  Pharamond,  the  founder  of  her  fame 
Was  wont,  when  first  his  marshall'd  peerage  pass'd 
The  subject  Rhene." 

B. 

Vebification  of  Quotations  wanted.  —  Said 
to  be  from  Pope  Gregory's  writings :  — 

**  Lento  gradu  divina  procedit  severitas,  sed  tarditatem 
gravitate  compensat.'* 

'*  Non  caret  scrupulo  societatis  occultro,  qui  manifesto 
facinori  desinit  obviare." — From  Seneca.^  ?) 

**  Heu,  mihi,  quia  seroivivus  arbitrio  hostlum'meomm 
sum  perimendus,  quia  arbitrio  inimicorum  mori  est  bis 


mon. 


B.  A. 


tSivitriti  toCQ)  ^nifotri. 


Parson  Whallbt's  Walk  to  Jbbusalem. — 

In  Hook's  Gumey  Married,  yoI.  i.  p.  146,  ed.  1838, 

occurs  the  following  sentence  :  — 

<*  I  should  as  soon  think  of  walking  to  Jerusalem,  as 
Parson  Whalley  did  in  my  father's  time.** 

Who  was  Parson  Whalley  f  Did  he  walk  to 
Jerusalem  ?  Did  it  happen  in  the  last  generation 
preceding  our  own  ?  Clericus  Whallbt. 

[A  young  Irish  gentleman  of  the  name  of  Whaley  set 
out  on  the  pedestrian  feat  from  Dublin  on  Monday,  the 
22nd  of  September,  1788,  to  walk  to  the  Holy  Land  and 
back  again  in  one  year,  and  which  he  accomplished 
within  the  given  time.  The  different  wagers  which  he 
betted  on  the  performance  of  this  expedition  it  is  said 
amounted  to  nearly  20,0001  —  Vide  Gent  Mag.  and  An* 
nucU  Begister  for  1788  and  1789.] 

Consecration  Chabactbbs. — The  Penny  Cydo' 
ptsdicL,  Art.  ^*  Consecration,"  speaking  of  the  form 
of  consecration  adopted  in  the  Romish  Church, 
says :  — 

"On  the  admission  of  the  Bishop  and  Clergy  the 
'  Yeni  Creator '  is  chaunted,  ashes  strewn  upon  the  floor 

in  the  form  of  a  cross,  in  which  the  Bishop  with 

his  staff  traces  some  alphabetical  characters,"  &c 


Query.  What  are  the  alphabetical  chamcten 
thus  traced,  and  what  is  emblematised  thereby  ? 

C.  Edwards. 

[While  the  choir  is  singing  the  Antiphon,  the  Bishop 
resumes  his  Mitre  and  Staffs  and  beginning  at  Um  angle 
of  the  church  to  the  left  of  the  grand  entrance,  according 
to  the  direction  of  the  lines  that  hare  been  made  (a  sal- 
tire,  or  St.  Andrew*s  cross),  he  describes  upon  the  asbes, 
with  the  extremity  of  his  staff,  the  letters  of  the  Greek 
alphabet,  at  such  distances  from  each  other  as  to  occopj 
the  entire  space ;  and  in  like  manner,  on  the  other  Une, 
he  makes  the  Latin  Alphabet  Dorandiis  infonns  Up 
that  the  alphabet  written  upon  the  cross  repreeenteth  three 
things :  1.  The  writing  made  in  Greek  and  Latin  cha- 
racters in  the  shape  of  a  cross  representeth  the  conjunc- 
tion or  union  in  faith  of  both  people,  namely,  the  Jews 
and  the  Greeks,  which  is  made  throngfa  th«  Cross  of 
Christ;  according  to  the  saying  that  Jacob  bleeaed  his 
sons  with  his  hands  crossed.  2.  The  writing  on  the 
alphabet  representeth  the  page  of  both  Testaments,  be- 
cause they  be  fulfilled  by  the  Cross  of  Christ.  8.  It  re- 
presenteth the  Article:!  of  Faith ;  for  the  pavement  of  the 
church  is  the  foundation  of  our  Faith.  The  elements 
written  thereon  are  the  articles  of  faith,  in  which  igno- 
rant men  and  neophytes  from  both  peoples  be  instraded 
in  the  church.  The  i^mlmca,  or  staff,  with  which  the 
alphabet  is  written  showeth  the  doctrine  of  the  ApoBtkSi 
or  the  mystery  of  the  teachers.] 

QuiFoe.  —  Can  you  inform  me  what  the  gmat 

or  knot  records  of  Peru  were,  and  where  1  ean 

meet  with  an  account  of  them  P       C.  Edwasds. 

[QtfiJNM,  ropes  of  various  colours,  and  with  diiliennt 
knots,  used  by  the  ancient  inhabitants  of  Pern  to  rseord 
memorable  events  and  keep  accounts.  (Neaman's  9pa», 
Diet.)  The  quipu  (says  Mr.  Prescott)  was  a  cord  aboni 
two  feet  long,  composed  of  different  coloured  threads 
tightlv  twisted  together,  fVom  which  a  quantity  of  smaller 
threads  were  suspended  in  the  manner  of  a  firinge  Ilia 
threads  were  of  different  colours,  and  were  tied  into 
knots;  the  word  qukm^  indeed,  signifies  a  k$tot  Tke 
colours  denoted  sensible  objects :  as,  for  instance,  wbita 
represented  silver,  and  yellow,  gold.  They  sonetamsi 
also  stood  for  abstract  ideas ;  thus,  white  signifiMi  peace, 
and  red,  war.  But  the  guifmt  were  chiefly  used  for 
arithmetical  purposes.  The  knots  served  instead  of 
ciphers,  and  could  be  combined  in  such  a  manner  as  to 
represent  numbers  to  any  amount  they  reqaired.  By 
means  of  these  they  went  through  their  calculations  with 
great  rapidity,  and  the  Spaniards  who  first  visited  the 
country  bear  testimony  to  their  accuracy.  See  Prascott's 
History  of  the  ConqueMt  of  Peru,  edit.  1847,  L  109-113.] 

Lathe.  —  Can  you  inform  me  the  origin  or 
derivation  of  the  word  lathe  in  the  sense  of  aMig. 
It  is  constantly  used  in  Yorkshire  and  Lancashire, 
but  only  in  connexion  with  a  burial  —  We  toere 
*  lathed   to  the  funeral  is  a  very  common  phrase.* 

G.V.S. 

[Lathe,  to  invite.  Cheek.  Lathing,  an  iovitatioB. 
(Wrisht^  We  think  this  word  most  be  viewed  ss  a 
modification  of  the  old  Teutonic  or  Gothic  Imdem,  lathen, 
to  call,  to  invite,  the  d  and  the  th  being  convertibles  *'Ni 
quam  iathon  uswaurbtans.**  I  came  not  to  call  righte- 
ous persons.  {Evtmg.  Goth.,  Mar.  ii  17.)  It  especially 
signified  invitation  to  a  feast,  or  to  any  other  fneodly 

[*  For  the  derivation  of  Spmrringe,  or  pnblicatioB  of 
banns,  see  **  N.  &  Q.,*'  2B<i  S.  ziL  271, 832»  402.— £dw] 


8^  a  L  Ju»B  7,  -63.] 


NOTES  AND  QUERIEa 


453 


iDMtiag:  "ffdrfAoA,"  were  wiled  or  iavitsd.  {Evang. 
Argloiax.  John  ii.  2.)  See  Wachter  on  Wn.  Tb«  Gar- 
Rinni  have  ttill  lbs  eipTeuioa,  "  Jemanden  xn  Oaate,  lar 
Hoehiilt,  xum  Tbjiio,  ium  Ebwh  !»den,"  to  invile  any 
(.netoanenterlaiDnienl,&o.a 

Eastbb  OrrEBinas.  —  Is  there  any  I^^ol  claim 
for  tbe  parment  of  Eiuter  Oflerings,  and  to  wboin 
paid  P  To  the  rector  or  to  any  clerRyman 
under  the  rank  ?  How  much  \a  the  legal  sum  F 
So  much  per  head  in  a  familv  ?  Or  what  to  the 
curates,  or  can  thej  claim  a  Ehare  7  W.  H. 

[By  Ibfl  MKute  3  &  8  Edir.  TI.  up.'viii.  §  10  (which 
hM  nenr  beec  repBa1ed},it  [■  anaetfd  "Th«t  all  and 
every  perwQ  or  panoaa,  who  by  tba  lain  and  engtoms  of 
thia  reilm  OD^ht  to  make  or  pay  tbtir  oSeringa,  ahall 
yearli  wtU  aad  truly  contenl  and  pay  the  aima  to  tbo 
parson,  vicsr,  proprietor,  or  Iboir  deputiei  or  fanoars,  of 
the  pariabea  wbere  ibev  ahall  dwall  or  abide:"  so  that 
'---,  Eailer  Offerings,  or  personal  tithes,  a«  Ibey 


.ve  been 
■□ded.  It  is 


?aignat< 


<Q  right  or  by  cottom  only.  Tha 
deeiaiaDS  of  the  law  iMiurts,  in  this  respect,  are  vary  con- 
Indlctorj.  Tin  ctaea  reporled  would  iMm  to  wanant 
tlie  propcaition,  that  Easter  OSeringa  ar*  due  at  ths  rata 
of  twopeaca  tor  aveiy  penoa  of  lixtMn  yean  of  age  and 
npwaida.] 

"  Basis  im  thb  Wood."  —  Can  any  correipon- 
dent  of  "  N.  &  Q."  tell  the  origin  of  this  tale,  and 
whether  it  is  founded  on  fact  ?  or  refer  to  it  in 
print  P  N.  M. 

[SbiroD  Tamer  aays,  "  I  have  somatimes  fancied  that 
the  iHipslar  ballad  of  lit  Ckildrtu  m  At  Wood  may  hare 
Ucn  written  at  thia  time,  on  Kichard  [111.1  and  hia 
nephews,  before  it  waa  qoile  safe  to  stigmatize  him  mors 
ODBDly."  (Ifiil.  of  Englaitd,  iiL  487,  4to.)  This  theory 
has  been  ably  advocste-l  by  Miss  Q slated.  In  the  Ap- 

Sndix  to  her  Rici^rif  ///.  <u  Duke  of  Glotnittr  and 
mg  of  England.  Her  argument  is  based  chiefly  upon 
iDtamal  evidence,  there  being  no  direct  proof  that  tbe 
ballad  ia  older  than  the  date  of  the  entry  at  Statioaars' 
HalL  16th  Oct,  15S6.— Fids  ChappeU's  Feptiar  MuUe  of 


however,  cheerful ;  and  appears  to  be  waiting  his 
appointed  time  in  a  spirit  of  pious  trust  and  hope- 
I  fulness.  He  \i  not,  I  am  glad  to  be  informed,  in 
I  any  actual  dJatrees,  althou<;h  poor  :  one  head  of  a 
'  college,  anil  several  members  of  tbe  nniversitT, 
frequently  contributing  to  his  relief,  ami  the  vtei- 
I  tors  of  tbe  pBriah  affording  occasional  help.  With 
I  regard  to  his  Dee,  be  gave  aa  the  date  of  nis  birth 
the  same  wbicu  is  mentioned  in  Mr.  Tyerman's 
j  pamphlet,  viz.  5th  March,  1726  —  not  one  year 
I  earlier,  as  stated  by  your  correspondent  Hbbubh- 
TBunB.  With  reference  to  the  fact,  that  the  entry 
of  his  baptiam  is  not  found  in  the  register  of 
Gren  don -under -Wood,  he  says  that  he  was  bap- 
tised privately  when  one  week  old ;  and,  sinco 
registers  were  not  kept  with  scrtipulous  esactneas 
in  the  last  century,  aa  well  as  somewhat  later,  it 
is  probable  that  the  entry  may  through  this  cauao 
:  have  been  forgotten.  He  states  that  be  had  a 
family  Bible  m  which  the  date  of  bis  father's 
.  birib,  as  well  as  of  his  own,  was  entered  ;  that  it 
was  from  this  entry  that  his  own  knowledge  of 
the  date  waa  derived,  sod  that  he  is  certain  of  the 
accuracy  of  his  recollection.  This  Bible  he  used 
to  carry  with  him  in  his  wanderings,  undl  it  was 
worn  out :  he  then  copied  the  entries  on  a  paper, 
which  he  carried  with  him  in  a  tin  box ;  but  at 
I  length,  during  one  of  his  ioumeys,  the  box  waa 
I  lost,  and  with  it  was  lost  all  the  evidence  he  had 
I  of  liis  age.  I  forgot  to  oak  him  where  his  first 
marriage  took  place,  tbe  register  of  which  would 
'  of  course  afford  sufficiently  proxitnate  proof  con- 
I  currently  with  that  of  tbe  baptism  of  bis  eldest 
'  son,  as  suggested  by  Hebmektrodij  ;  but  he  inci- 
,  dentally  uietitioned,  in  the  course  of  conversatioo, 
I  that  tbe  firat  of_/uur/££ii  Scottish  peregrioations  waa 
!  made  in  tbe  year  1780,  eighty-two  years  ago.  It 
I  is  hardly  probable  that  a  self-taught  Oifordsbire 
'  ^'  Rimnl^r  '  all  of  nhoiw  travi^lfl  wpn^  mnilp  (in  fnnt 


n  foot, 


CENTEKARIANlSUi  JOHN  PRATT. 
(3"'S.  i.  281,399,  412.) 
On  the  2nd  of  tbe  present  month  (May),  I 
called  on  John  Pratt,  in  company  with  the  cnrate 
of  the  parish  in  which  he  lives,  with  the  view  of 
ucertatning,  if  possible,  tbe  evidence  by  which  his 
Oasertion  respecting  bis  age  may  be  proved.  I 
found  him  in  wonderfully  good  health,  but  nearly 
blind ;  feeble  in  bis  IJmb.i,  but  with  bis  voice 
strong  and  facultiea  remarkably  clear.  His  ap- 
pearance is  very  venerable,  and  hia  countenance 
pleasing.  His  chief  infirmity  appears  to  be  a 
constant  wakefulness,  and  he  complains  beside  of 
pains  in  hia  head,  and  of  becoming  soon  confused 
and  dixzy  on  attempting  to  think  much.     He  is, 


iler,  all  of  whose  travels  were  made  u: 
woulo  be  iodoced  to  extend  bis  ti 
and  moors  of  Scotland,  for  the  sake  of  a  few  rare 
herbs  not  to  be  met  with  in  the  rich  dells  and 
woods  of  the  South,  before  be  bad  reached  that 
age  which,  if  Fralt's  memory  be  correct,  this 
year  assigns. 

It  appears  from  jour  correspondence,  that  au- 
thenticated instances  of  as  great  longevity  are  by 
no  means  nnknown;  but  as  Pratt's  case  has  ol)- 
tained  an  unusual  degree  of  notice,  it  nay  ba 
worth  while  to  endeavour  to  verify  it  still  more 
positively.  If  any  of  your  readers,  who  may  have 
Deen  interested  by  the  notice  of  him,  should  fe«I 
disposed  to  forward  any  trifling  contribution  to- 
wards increasing  his  few  comforts,  or  mitigaUng 
the  burden  which  hia  load  of  years  imposes,  I 
shall  be  bappy  to  be  the  hearer  of  their  alms 
when  calling  on  him  once  more  (as  I  propose  to 
do),  to  make  inquiry  about  the  place  and  date  of 
bis  marriage.  W.  D.  Macbat. 

Magdalen  Colics,  Oxfbrd. 


454 


KOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


[8^  8.  L  Juss  7,  "ei 


SiK  G.  C.  Lewis  will  probably  be  interested  in 
being  informed  of  the  fact,  which  is  undoubted 
and  beyond  a  question,  that  during  the  last  six 
or  seven  years  three  persons  have  died  in  the 
county  of  Sussex,  all  of  whom  lived  to  upwards  of 
one  hundred  years.  They  belonged  to  the  gentry 
of  the  county,  were  well  educated,  and  were  to 
the  last  in  the  habit  of  mingling  more  or  less  in 
society.  In  that  society,  years  before  they  be- 
came centenarians,  their  age  was  a  topic  of  conver- 
sation and  remark ;  any  exaggeration  as  regards 
age  would,  therefore,  have  been  easily  detected 
by  those  who  were  their  contemporaries  or  a  few 
years  their  seniors.  I  believe  no  Sussex  person, 
who  was  acquainted  with  either  of  these  indi- 
viduals, ever  entertained  a  doubt  of  their  being 
of  the  age  ascribed  to  them.  Their  names  were, 
Mr.  Totty,  rector  of  Fairlight ;  Mrs.  Mary  Turner, 
of  Ditchling ;  and  Mrs.  Constable,  of  Cowfold. 

LL.D. 


This  question  could  be  siHed  if  some  one,  hav- 
ing access  to  the  Registrar-Generars  returns, 
would  post  in  your  columns  a  Ibt  of  persons  re- 
puted to  be  of  the  age  of  100  yeiirs  and  more  at 
the  census  of  1861.  Local  friends  of  "  N.  &  Q." 
could  then  test  the  entries;  always  remembering 
that  family  names  repeat  themselves,  even  simul- 
taneously among  brothers  and  sisters. 

In  Murray's  Handbook  to  Kent  and  Sussex  is 
the  following,  p.  232,  sub  voce  Etchingham  (Sus- 
sex) :  — 

*'  The  charch  has  been  most  carefully  restored  through- 
ont :  the  chancel  at  the  cost  of  the  rector,  the  Rev.  Dr. 
Totty,  now  (1857)  in  bis  lOlst  year."  • 

I  fancy  his  death  has  been  announced  in  the 

Eapers  since  that  date,  and  that  he  was  in  the 
abit,  while  able,  of  going  to  Bath  yearly  in  his 
carriage,  by  way  of  protesting  against  railroads. 
This  is  an  instance  in  which  documents  and  family 
information  would  be  less  likely  to  deceive  through 
ignorance  or  interest  than  in  the  case  of  very  poor 
people;  and  besides,  this  may  supply  a  well- 
authenticated  male  example,  such  as  Sis  G.  C. 
Lewis  desires.  S.  F.  Cbbswell. 

The  Castle,  Tonbridge,  Kent. 

I  copy  the  following  from  the  Cambridge  Chro* 

nicle  of  May  31 :  — 

**  May 8.  at  Syddanf,  Meath.  [of?]  Essex,  aged  114,  Mr. 
James  Uaahfonl.  Up  to  the  moment  of  his  death  he  was 
in  full  possession  of  all  his  faculties.  He  was  born  in  the 
year  1748,  and  from  that  time  up  to  the  period  of  bis 
demise  he  enjoyed  almost  uninterrupted  good  health." 

Can  any  authentic  information  be  obtained  with 
regard  to  this  case  ? 

Last  year  I  saw  a  pensioner  in  Chelsea  Hospi- 
tal who  was  suid  to  be  106  years  old.     As  Sir  G. 

*  His  death  took  placo  at  Bath  in  Dec.  1857.— Ed.] 
In  Fallarton*8  Gazetteer  of  the  World,  Syddan  is  said 
to  be  io  CO.  Meath,  Ireland,  4m.  KS.E.  of  Kobber. 


C.  Lewis  has  been  unable  "  to  obtain  conclusiTe 
evidence  of  a  male  centenarian,"  he  would  do  well 
to  make  inquiry  concerning  this  case.  F.  Chajicb. 

<*  LoNOEvrrr.  —  The  Returns,  which  have  been  issacd 
for  1860,  show  that  in  that  year  22  men  died  in  Englaiid 
and  Wales  who  bad  reached  or  passed  the  age  of  100^ 
and  47  women.  The  oldest  woman.  111  yeara  of  age, 
died  in  Glamorganshire.  With  the  men  there  was  a  tie ; 
a  man,  aged  107,  died  in  Hampshire,  and  another  of  the 
same  ago  in  Pembrokeshire.  Four  of  the  centenarians 
died  in  London;  two  others  at  Camberwell;  one  also 
at  Greenwich ;  and  one  at  Lewishara.  More  men  died 
in  the  year  than  women ;  but  of  the  595  persons  who  bad 
reached  the  age  of  95  or  upwards ;  before  thev  died,  nearly 
two-thirds  were  women."-*  Timez^  May  22,' 1862. 

J.  W.  Batcoelbb. 

Odiham. 


I  enclose  the  accompanying  cutting  from  this 
weeks  Lancet  (May  31)  as  it  may  be  intereating 
to  some  of  your  correspondents :  — 

"  Extraordinary  LoNGEvmr.  —  Two  deaths  of  ceo- 
teoarians  are  chronicled  by  the  Northern  Ensim,  The 
former  is  that  of  Donald  Tarrel,  a  pauper  of  Wick  parish, 
but  residing  in  the  estate  of  Forse,  parish  of  Latheroo,  of 
which  paritth  he  was  a  native,  for  some  years.  Tarrel  had 
reached  the  great  age  of  104  years.  The  other  was  a  John 
Murray,  a  native  of  the  parish  of  Dornoch,  but  a  pauiMr 
of  the  parish  of  Latheron.  He  died  at  Bonltach,  La* 
theronwheel,  at  the  still  greater  age  of  107  years.  It  is 
somewhat  singular  that  both  died  on  the  same  day- 
Friday  last,  their  united  ages  being  211  years!  £k>th 
were  strong  and  healthy  men,  and  were  in  their  better 
dars  engaged  in  out- door  employment." 

W.  L  S.  H. 


\' 


POOR  POLL. 
(S"^  S.  i.  388.) 

If  N.  B.  wants  the  actual  hymns  from  whidi 
the  lines  quoted  by  him  from  the  very  excellent 
article  in  the  last  Quarterly  on  "  Hymnology**  are 
taken,  I  cannot  answer  him ;  but  I  can,  at  any 
rate,  supply  him  with  tune  and  verse,  in  my 
opinion  quite  as  ridiculous. 

If  he  will  sing  a  common  metre  tune,  called 
"  Miles*s  Lane,"  to  anv  of  the  following  hymns, 
he  will  produce  the  effect  set  forth  in  the  Quar- 
terly*s  illustrations  :  — 

Verse  5,  of  hymn  32,  book  2,  Dr.  Watt8*8  Psalmi 
Ofid  Hymits :  — 

**  And  see  Sal — see  Sal->see  Salvation  nigh." 

Verse  7,  of  hymn  107,  book  2,  Dr.  Watts : 
•*  Where  my  Sal— my  Sal— my  Salvation  stands." 

Verse  4,  of  hymn  104,  book  1,  Dr.  Watts : 
<<  No  more  poll — more  poll — more  pollute  our  hands.** 

Or,  crowning  absurdity  of  all,  let  him  try  the 
same  tune  to  verse  5,  of  hymn  126,  book  2,  Dr. 
Watts:  — 

"  And  more  etjgs — more  e^gw— more  exalts  cor  joys." 

It  is  but  fair  to  say  that  thb  tune  was  written, 


8»*  a  L  JuKB  7,  '62.] 


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455 


and  is  usually  sung,  to  the  well-known  words — 
**  All  hail  the  power  of  Jesus*  name'* ;  and  the 
repetition  of  the  words  **  Crown  Him,**  in  the  last 
line  of  each  verse,  is  not  so  objectionable  as  is  the 
case  with  "  repeating  **  tunes  generally.  Fortu- 
nately for  the  ears  and  risibilities  of  the  present 
generation,  our  tunes  are  now  selected  with  much 
greater  regard  to  the  proprieties  than  some  thirty 
or  forty  years  ago.  In  some  country  churches 
and  chapels  there  may  yet  be  heard  such  abor- 
tions as  "  Devizes,*'  "  Cranbrook,"  "  Derby  Hun- 
dred," "Job,**  "Olivers,**  (taken  from  "Miss 
Colley's  hornpipe,  as  performed  at  the  Theatre 
Uoyal,  Drury  Lane  "),  and  many  others  of  equally 
heinous  character. 
The  simple  line  — 

**  And  love  thee  better  than  before,*' — 
when  sung  to  "  Job,"  produces  the  following  fine 
effect :  — 

**  And  love  thee  Bet — 
And  love  thee  better  than  before." 
Or.- 

**  Stir  up  this  stu — 
Stir  up  this  stupid  heart  to  pray." 

An  old  fugueing  tune,  the  name  of  which  has 
quite  escaped  my  memory,  but  which  I  have 
heard  many  a  time,  commits  the  subjoined  havoc 
on  the  last  line  of  a  hymn  (No.  17,  in  Dr.  Raffles's 
Liverpool  Selection) :  — 

Two  trebles  sin*;,  "  And  learn  to  kiss " ;  two 
trebles  and  alto,  "  And  learn  to  kiss  '* ;  two  trebles, 
alto,  and  tenor,  "  And  learn  to  kiss  ** ;  the  bass, 
solus,  "The  rod."  The  line  is  then  repeated  by  the 
whole  choir. 

If  N.  B.  is  desirous  of -investigating  the  ridicu- 
lous or  incongruous  in  hymn-tunes,  as  applied  to 
bymns,  I  can  promise  him  some  very  hard  work, 
but  also  very  great  amusement.  Carl  B. 

The  correct  version  b  "  Upon  a  poor  pol-",  and 
it  forms  part  of  the  2nd  verse  of  the  21st  hymn, 
in  the  first  book  of  Dr.  Watts*s  Hymns.  It 
would  not  be  difficult,  I  think,  to  find  a  tune 
among  those  in  general  use  some  years  ago,  and 
not  yet  quite  out  of  use,  in  which  such  a  dissever- 
ance of  the  word  "polluted"  would  occur. 

I  believe  "  Our  great  salvation  "  is  to  be  found 
in  one  or  more  hymns,  but  I  do  not  at  the  present 
inoment  recall  an  instance.  I  have  never  seen  it 
in  danger  of  being  so  atrociously  mutilated  as  to 
become  "  Our  preat  Sal-**.  This,  however,  hca 
been  quite  possible. 

I  have  myself  heard  a  choir  sing  to  the  tune 

"  Aaron  "  7s.  :— 

«  With  thy  Benny— 
With  thy  Benny— 
With  thy  benediction  seal." 

It  has  just  been  stated  in  the  newspapers,  that 
very  recently  was  sung  in  a  fashionable  church  in 
London :  — 


<*  And  Uke  thy  pil— 
And  take  thy  pil — 
And  take  thy  pilgrim  home." 

May  I  ask,  through  "  N.  &  Q.,"  v^here  these 
lines  are  to  be  found  ?  B.  W.  F. 

P.S.  It  might  not  be  amiss  to  aipplement  a 
correspondence,  arising  out  of  Hymndogy,  with  an 
account  of  a  curious  circumstance  whbh  took  place 
some  years  ago  in  the  church  of  the  t>wn  in  which 
the  writer  lives.  The  hymn — "No  strength  of  na- 
ture can  suffice  ** — had  been  given  ou.  by  the  clerk. 
The  precentor  began,  "  No  strength" ;  and  then, 
dealing  with  the  words  in  the  mosi  literal  man* 
ner,  failed  to  go  further.  He  agan  sang,  "No 
strength  " ;  but  with  no  better  resul,  for  the  tune 
again  forsook  him.  The  third  time  he  sang,  "  No 
strength" ;  and  the  third  time  filled,  and  the 
hymn  was  not  sung  at  all. 

I  also  recollect  that,  at  a  dissentng  chapel  only 
a  few  miles  distant,  the  appointed  ninister  had  to 
come  from  a  distance,  and  he  ws  behind  time : 
so  late,  in  fact,  that  he  was  given  ip.  The  worthy 
deacon,  therefore,  gave  out  the  verse : 

**  Lord,  what  a  wretched  land  is  this, 
That  yields  us  no  suppliei." 

When  in  comes  the  parson  I 


In  searching  for  the  hymns  alluded  to,  perhaps 
that  to  which  the  following  belongs  may  also  be 
found :  — 

♦*  And  we  will  catch  the  flee^ 
And  we  will  catch  the  flee — 
And  we  will  catch  the  flee— ee— eeting  hour." 

S*  H.  H. 


EXPLANATION  OF  THE  CORPS  HUMAIN 

PETRIFIE. 

(3"«  S.  i.  370.) 

Permit  me  to  suggest,  that  the  "  petit  roc"  of  the 
olive  grove  at  Aix  was  the  hardened  lime  which 
had  been  poured  over  the  body  of  a  person  (pro- 
bably, from  the  "  petite  stature,"  a  woman)  of  the 
period  of  the  Roman  occupation,  or  later ;  or  the 
hardened  lime,  plus  the  encasing  stone  coffin  or 
tomb.  Four  examples  of  this  mode  of  sepulture 
are  preserved  in  the  Yorkshire  Philosophical  So- 
ciety's Museum,  and  were,  with  others,  found  in 
or  near  the  city  of  York.  Two  of  these  so  buried 
were  males  and  two  females,  and  of  the  four,  three 
were  buried  in  monolithic  coffins  (true  sarco* 
phagi)y  with  monolithic  covers,  while  the  lime 
around  the  fourth  had  originally  been  contained 
in  a  wooden  (supposed  cedar)  coffin  as  shown  by 
minute  portions  that  still  remain  embedded  in  the 
lime,  and  the  whole  enclosed  in  a  low  but  largo 
quadrilateral  flat-topped  tomb  of  squared  slabs, 
two  forming  either  side,  one  either  end,  and  three 
or  four  the  top. 


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L8^  &  L  Jem  7,  fl 


All  M.  Blliocti*s  statements  tend  to  confirm 
this  suggestun.  The  "petit  roc"  was  evidently  not 
known  to  be  part  of  any  formation,  but  seemed  to 
crop  out  into  or  above  the  surrounding  soil,  as  an 
old  tomb  or  coffin  would  do ;  and  on  any  other 
supposition  it  is  passing  strange  that  a  little  out- 
cropping rock  should  be  exactly  that  piece  which 
contained  a  ptrfect  human  form.  That  there  was 
no  really  petrified  body,  but  merely,  as  in  the  ex- 
amples at  York,  a  more  or  less  perfect  mould  of 
the  shape  is  )hown  by  the  mention  of  the  bones 
and  skeleton ;  and  it  also  appears  that  these  bones 
were  not  fosilized,  but  also,  like  the  bones  at 
York,  decayed  since  it  is  stated  that  on  scratch- 
ing them  with  the  nail  they  could  be  reduced  to 
powder.  That  the  brain  and  marrow  of  the  bones, 
two  really  different  substances,  should  have  be- 
come so  fossilizBd  as  to  strike  fire  with  steel,  while 
the  flesh  had  wiolly  decayed  and  the  bones  become 
softened,  is  impossible  on  any  supposition,  and  is 
a  middle-age  mirvel.  So  far,  however,  as  it  can 
be  taken,  it  corroborates  my  view  very  stron<»ly ; 
for  if  the  person  had  been  killed  by  a  blow  which 
laid  the  skull  open  —  and  M.  Billiocti  states  that 
he  himself  had  the  brain  in  his  hand,  with  pari  of 
the  bone  attached  —  and  more  especially  if  the 
body  had  lain  a  few  days  before  interment,  then 
the  fluid  lime  might  easily  have  entered  the  skull 
and  spine. 

That  tendency  to  see  marvels  which  made  people 
falsify  the  evidence  of  their  senses,  and  renders  so 
many  stories  of  similar  date  untrustworthy,  is 
shown  in  the  "  chose  admirable,"  that  thous^h  the 
bones  were  "  fort  endurcis  "  greatly  hardened,  you 
could  scrape  them  into  powder  with  the  nail ;  and 
I  dwell  on  this  and  the  previous  marvel  as  proving 
the  inaccurate  nature  of  a  seemingly  formal  proces 
verbal,  and  as  justifying  the  following  consider- 
ations :  —  First,  that  notwithstanding  the  word 
"  tout,"  it  is  not  at  all  clear  that  M.  Billiocti  saw 
more  than  the  results  of  the  exhumation,  and  pos- 
sibly not  all  those.  Secondly,  that  if  he  had  been 
a  little  bavard  in  talking  of  an  eagerly  listened-to 
marvel,  he  was  not  likely  at  Lyons,  where  none 
could  contradict  him,  to  falsify  his  own  words  by 
writing  a  tamer  and  more  exact  account.  And 
lastly,  that  his  account  is  dated  thirteen  years 
after  the  discovery.  Now  years  act  on  a  good 
story  much  as  they  do  on  wine,  they  improve  or 
destroy,  and  in  either  case  alter  it. 

If  the  body  were  like  those  at  York,  wrapped 
in  coarse  cloth,  as  shown  by  the  impress  on  the 
lime,  &c.,  the  sex  might  only  be  determinable  by 
an  anatomist.  Benj.  East,  M.D. 


Tbwtjre  or  Livings  (3'*  S.  i.  326.)  —  A  friend 
to  whom  I  lent  this  number  has  just  returned  it 
to  me  with  the  following  Note  on  the  margin :  — 


"  John  Timbrell,  D.D.,  Vicar  of  Bedcford,  near  Tewkes- 
bury (some  years  in  advance  of-  ninety),  is  at  this  time, 
May,  18(>2,  visiting  his  Archdeaconry  of  Gloucester ;  he 
was  inducted  into  the  vicarage  in  1797,  sixty-five  years 
since  1  " 

As  my  friend  is  a  very  accurate  man,  and  resi- 
dent in  the  Archdeaconry,  I  have  no  doubt  that 
the  statement  may  be  relied  on.  N.  B. 

«*  HuBLOTHBUMBO : "  "  ToM  Thumb  ^  (8'*»  S.  i. 

411.)  — 

•*  Ye  Sons  of  Fire,  read  my  Hurlothrumbo, 
Turn  it  betwixt  your  Finger  and  your  Thumbo, 
And  being  quite  oat  done,  be  quite  struck  dumbo." 

Motto  an  Title-page, 

"  This  play  was  performed  in  1722,  at  the  Theatre 
in  the  Haymarket,  above  thirty  nights.  The  Epilogue, 
by  the  late  Dr.  Byrom,  of  Manchester,  was  written  with 
a  friendly  intention  of  pointin^^  out  to  the  Author  the 
extravagance  and  absurdity  of  his  play.  Mr.  Johnsoo, 
however,  so  far  from  perceiving  the  ridicule,  received  it 
as  a  compliment,  and  had  it  both  spoken  and  printed.^'— 
Newspaper  Cutting. 

**  The  subject  of  the  following  Epitaph  was  buried  at 
his  own  request  in  a  solitary  grove  within  a  mile  of 
Gawsworth  Church,  near  Macclesfield:  — 
"Under  this  Stonk 
"  Rest  the  remains  of  Mr.  Samobl  JoHKSOir, 
Afterwards  ennobled  with  the  grand  titJe  ot 

l4frlr  fUmtf 

Who  after  having  been  in  his  life  distinct  from  all 

other  men 

By  the  excentricities  of  his  Genins 

Chose  to  retain  the  same  character  after  his  death 

And  was  at  his  own  desire  buried  here.  May  5th, 

A.D.  MDCCLxxni,  aged  82. 

**  Stay  thou  whom  Chance  directs,  or  Ease  persuade*. 
To  seek  the  quiet  of  these  Svlvan  shades. 
Here,  undisturb'd,  and  hid  nrom  vulgar  eyes, 
A  Wit,  Musician^  Poet^  Player,  lies ; 
A  dancinf^-master  too,  in  grace  he  shone^ 
And  all  the  arts  of  Op*txi  were  his  own ; 
In  Comedy  well  skillM,  he  drew  Lord  Tulke, 
Acted  the  Part,  and  gain'd  himself  the  Name. 
Averse  to  strife,  how  oft  he*d  gravely  say 
These  peaceful  groves  should  shade  his  breathless clsyi 
That  when  he  rose  again,  laid  here  alone. 
No  friend  and  he  should  quarrel  for  a  bone : 
Thinking  that  were  some  old  lame  gossips  »mi4. 
They  possibly  might  take  his  Leg  or  TJii^  ^ 

Maccletjfield  Courier,  Sept  28tb,  1811. 

The  printed  play  has  two  dedicatory  epistles; 
one  to  Lady  Delves,  signed  "Lord  Flame;"  the 
other  to  Lord  Walpole,  signed  in  the  author's 
own  name;  and  a  somewhat  aristocratic  list  of 
subscribers,  in  which  Lord  Walpole  figures  for 
thirty  copies.  Should  H.  M.  Hebts.  like  to  see 
the  play,  I  would  gladly  send  it  to  him  by  post, 
on  receipt  of  a  Ime  to  that  eflfect,  addressed  as 
below. 

Although  a  mass  of  gross  absurdities,  it  still 

contains  some  noble  thoughts,  of  which  the  two 

following  may  be  taken  as  specimens :  — 

"  Lord  Flame, — Oh  you,  I  know  you  well  {pointing  to 
ihe  King),  you  are  the  roost  covetous  Man  in  the  Uoi' 
verse,  you  give  what  you  have  away  to  the  Poor,  thai 


S^  &  L  JcHB  7,  '8S.] 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


467 


yon  may  enjoy  it  all  yoanelf ;  and  when  yoor  time  is  to 
die,  yoaUI  not  leave  a  Farthing  behind  yon  to  fling 
away." 

**  He  that  lives  in  Pleasure  rans  up  a  Score,  and  he 
that  is  afflicted,  is  paying  Debts." 

My  friend  Mr.  Alfred  Boflfe  informs  me  that 
Johnson  composed  music  for  the  songs  in  his 
p]ay,  a  copy  of  which  he  has  met  with  in  print. 

Tom  Thumbs  in  the  first  and  second  editions, 
did  not  kill  the  ghost,  but  the  ghost  of  Tom 
Thumb  was  killed  by  Lord  Grizzle.   See  ed.  1730. 

S.  H.  Hablowe. 
2,  North  Bank,  St  John's  Wood. 

S.T.P.  AND  D.D.  (3'*  S.  i.  318,'333.)— F.  C.  H. 
is  no  doubt  quite  right  in  taking  D.D.  (as  Mr. 
TucKkTT  had  done  before  him)  as  standing  for  the 
English  **  Doctor  of  Divinity."  But,  in  the  Eng- 
lish universities  on  a  ceremonial  occasion  when 
Latin  is  used,  a  Doctor  may  describe  himself  as 
S.T.P.  or  S.T.D.  indifferently,  as  any  one  who  has 
witnessed  a  university  election,  mare  Burgensium^ 
can  testify.  And  this  is  in  accordance  with  an- 
cient practice ;  a  Doctor  and  a  Profeesqr  in  any 
Faculty  are  identical,  according  to  the  constitu- 
tion of  the  university.  I  would  refer  F.  C.  H.  to 
Sir  W.  Hamilton's  Discussions^  ^.,  p.  391,  ed. 
1852 ;  but  the  same  truth  is  to  be  found  in  any 
work  on  university  antiquities. 

I  am  of  course  aware  that  by  modem  custom, 
the  name  "  Professor  **  is  appropriated  to  certain 
salaried  "Beaders,"  **Lectores ;  **  but  this  does  not 
alter  the  fact  that  S.T.P.  may  be,  and  is,  used  by 
simple  Doctors  who  are  no  "  Professors  **  in  tiie 
modern  sense,  to  designate  their  degree.  This  is 
so  common  that  I  wonder  that  F.  C.  H.  never 
noticed  it.  For  instance,  I  have  lying  before  me 
certain  **  Scriptorum  Ecclesiasticorum  Opuscula  ** 
• . .  *^  recensuit  Martinus  Josepbus  Bouth,  S.T.P.** 
I  suppose  Dr.  Bouth*s  authority  in  a  matter  of 
this  Jkind  is  not  to  be  disputed.  He  was  not  a 
*'  Professor  of  Theology  **  in  the  special  sense,  but 
simply,  in  plain  English,  a  ^  Doctor  of  Divinity.** 
So  far  as  my  observation  goes,  S.T.P.  is  far  more 
common  on  the  title-pages  of  Latin  works  pub- 
lished in  England  than  S.T.D. 

If  F.  C.  H.  has  any  authority^  in  a  university 
statute  or  the  like,  for  distinguishing  between 
"Professor**  and  "Doctor,"  I  hope  he  will  publish 
it;  for  I  fancy  most  students  of  university  his- 
tory are  as  ignorant  as  myself  of  such  a  distinc- 
tion. S.  C. 

ExBcunoN  OF  Abgtle  (3^*  S.  i.  397.) — I  feel 
indebted  to  Mr.  Greaves  for  his  correction  of  my 
former  statement,  which  was  not  sufficiently  ac- 
curate, as  to  the  English  mode  of  punishment.  In 
regard  to  the  Scotch  mode,  I  nave  looked  into 
various  instances  mentioned  in  Pitcaim's  Collec- 
tion of  Trials^  and  find  that  it  was  sometimes 
hanging  and  beheading,  and  sometimes  (in  the 
case  of  Peers  almost  invariably)  beheading  alone. 


When,  howerer,  the  culprit  was  doomed  to  be 
hanged  and  afterwards  beheaded,  the  first  part 
of  the  sentence  was  always  **  quhill  he  be  deid,*' 
t.  e.  **  until  he  be  dead.**  The  practice  of  par- 
tial hanging  and  disembowelling  (horrible  as 
Mr.  Grbavbs  justly  calls  it)  was  unknown  in 
Scotland  till  the  treason  law  of  that  country 
(previously  much  milder)  was  assunilated  to  the 
English  at  the  Union. 

There  is  no  ground,  therefore,  for  assuming 
that  the  Marquis  of  Argyle*8  shifting  of  his  head 
at  the  block  took  place  after  a  partial  hanging 
and  disembowdling ;  and  had  indeed  such  been 
the  fact,  it  would  have  been  absurd  in  Sir  George 
Mackenzie  to  allude  to  the  shifting  as  showing  any 
want  of  firmness.  Let  me  add  that  the  alleged 
circumstance  referred  to  by  Mb.  Greaves  of  a 
culprit  having,  after  he  was  half  hanged  and  dis- 
embowelled, knocked  down  the  executioner,  is 
(even  on  the  unlikely  supposition  that  his  arms 
wejre  untied),  utterly  incredible,  and  would  need 
much  better  authority  than  that  which  he  gives 
for  it.  It  would  be  fully  as  credible  to  be  told 
that  after  the  culprit  was  decapitated,  he  threw 
his  head  in  the  executioner's  face. 

Pitcaim*s  Collection  does  not  come  down  to  the 
date  of  the  Marquis's  execution.  T. 

Monastic  Obdbbs  (3»^  S.  i.  409.)  —  The  habit 
of  the  Carthusians  is  entirely  white,  when  worn 
in  doors,  but  a  black  cloak  and  hood  are  worn  over 
it  when  they  appear  abroad.  The  Cordeliers  are 
the  same  as  the  Observantins,  or  Friars  of  the  re- 
gular observance  of  the  Bule  of  St.  Francis,  as 
distinguished  from  the  Conventual  Friars,  who 
live  in  communities,  and  have  the  Bule  somewhat 
mitigated.  The  habit  of  the  Cordeliers  is  brown, 
and  confined  round  the  waist  with  a  cord,  having 
knots  in  it  at  intervals,  and  hanging  down  on  the 
right  side.  The  habit  of  the  Benedictine  Monks 
is  black. 

H.  W.  S.  inauires  if  the  Carthusians  and  Cor- 
deliers are  ofi'^oots  from  any  other  order.  The 
Carthusians  are  an  original  order,  founded  by  St 
Bruno  in  1084,  but  they  follow  in  great  measure 
the  Bule  of  St.  Francis.  The  Cordeliers,  as  above 
stated,  are  Franciscans.  F.  C.  H. 

The  Benedictine  dress  was  black:  hence  they 
were  called  Black  Monks  in  distinction  to  the 
Cistercians,  who  were  known  as  White  Monks. 

The  Carthusians  were  a  branch  of  the  Benedic- 
tines ;  their  habit  was  white  with  a  black  cloak. 
The  Cordeliers  or  Franciscans  were  called  Grey 
Friars  from  their  dress,  in  dbtinction  to  the  Do- 
minicans, who,  for  a  similar  cause,  were  known  as 
Black  Friars,  and  Carmelites  as  White  Friars. 
They  had  their  own  special  rule. 

Mackenzie  E.  C.  Walcott,  M.A.,  F.S.A. 

St.  Cathbbibb's  Hills  (3'^  S.  i.  409.)  —  Mr. 
Li^e  Bowles  derived  the  name  of  Catherine  Hiiit 


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NOTES  AND  QUEEIES. 


[a-aLJMKT.-et 


fVom  CaterftQ,  which  he  Bud  mesot  an  Rrmed  man. 
The  two  St.  Catherine's  Hilla  in  Hants  known  to 
me,  one  at  Winchester,  the  other  at  Chriilcbarch, 
were  so-called  from  chapels  dedicated  to  that 
aainL  The  foundations  of  that  at  Winchester, 
which  was  destroyed  by  Cardinal  Wolaoy,  were 
laid  bare,  I  tliink,  by  the  Archsological  Associa- 
tion ;  the  marks  of  the  other,  near  Christchurch, 
are  still  upon  the  brow  of  the  hill,  and  the  site  is 
strongly  aelineated  br  the  smootlinesa  of  the  i 
green  sward,  wbile  all  the  p«und  about  it  is  i 
covered  with  gorse  and  heather.  Some  aingultr 
clay  knobs  marked  with  a  cross,  and  fragments  of 
Purbeek  marble,  limestone,  and  other  building 
materials,not  found  within  several  miles,  can  easily 
be  dug  up  upon  the  spot.  I  hope  shortly  to  hear 
that  a  perfect  czamination  has  been  made  of  the 

The  idea  of  building  these  chapels  on  prominent 
bills,  doubtless  arose  froin  the  old  legend  of  St. 
Catherine  being  carried  by  angels  to  her  grave 
on  Mount  Sinai. 

MtcKENzis  E.  C.  WALCorr,  M.A.,  F.S.A. 

When  I  was  a  boy  I  remember  bearing  from  an 
ancient  dame  in  Aberdeen  many  curious  stories 
about  a  St.  Catherine's  Hill,  which  had  to  undergo 
the  process  of  levelling,  in  consequence  of  t£e 
formation  of  a  new  street,  Union  Street,  and  its 
approaches.  Adelphi  Court  now  leads  to  the  site 
of  the  Hill,  which  was  popularly  considered,  ac< 
cording  to  my  venerable  informant,  as  haunted  by 
the  fairy-folk,  and  the  scene  of  many  wonderful 
revels,  to  her  accounts  of  which  I  listened  with 
nndoubting  faiih.  Are  the  St.  Catherine  Hills  in 
England  aasoeiated  vitb  Bimilar  traditions  of 
fairy-lore  ?  J.  MacaAi. 

Oxlbnl. 

GoaauuB  (3''  S.  L  403.)  —  In  German  folk 
lore  these  curious  films  have  very  numerous  de- 
nominations :  SoiDmei-FHden,Uarien-Fdden,  Ma- 
riencarn,  &c.  The  common  people  of  the  Catho- 
lic fuilh  consider  them  as  threads  of  the  garments 
of  the  Virj>Ln  in  which  she  was  buried,  and  which 
Jell  from  her  on  her  ascension.  The  reason  for 
their  being  called  lommer-  or  tummgr-/6den  is 
from  the  idea  that  flying  with  them  the  summer 
flies  away.  From  the  time  when  they  generally 
appear  (the  2 1st  September,  St.  Matthias  the 
ApOBtle'a  day),  they  are  also  called  in  Bavaria 
matliichen-iomnter,  whiuh  again  is  frequently 
turned  into  Marien-sominer.  For  this  period  we 
have  avery  beautiful  piece  of  poetry  in  Sngen  der 
Baieritchm  Lande,  by  Scboppner,  K"  1I2T,  Dei 
Lidb  Frua-Summa,  in  the  dialect  of  the  Altuiuhl 
Thai,  beginning  — 

"  Wann  koi  Bloima  m^hr  blfUht, 

Und  kcw  Grs'wl  kIiiuvI  mahr, 
Wana  ds  Wind  voir  aihinB  Liubat 

Treibt  mascliat  dabct." 


.         doYMthBl 

In  these  numerous  attributions  to  heareoly 
patronage  no  doubt  one  may  have  been  HerrgeO- 
ituRour,  from  which  the  deduction  may  be  right 
in  the  corruption  of  gotsamer,  by  the  elision  of 
the  fifit  Bjliable.  Williais  Bbix,  Phil.  Dr. 

AnoNTMons  TsAct  (3-'  S.  i.  368.)  — ThU  tract 
is  assigned  to  Hoyle  in  the  Bodleian  Catdtogve  on 
the  authority  of  a  conlemporarj  MS.  entry  on 
the  title-page  of  the  library  copy,  which  gives  hij 
name  as  that  of  the  author.         W.  D.  Macbai. 

CaanTKAS  Dat  cndbb  thr  Couuorwbai,tb 
(3'*  S.  i.  246,)  —  Some  pretty  specimens  of  the 
littleness  and  bigotry  of  the  Puritans  will  be 
found  in  the  Records  of  Broad-mead  ChapA 
Briitol,  printed  some  years  since  by  the  Hanserd 
Knollys  Society.  Amongst  other  instance^  I 
remember  the  laudations  bestowed  upon  a  certain 
Mrs.  Kelly,  "the  Bristol  Deborah,"  who  "wwiU 
keep  open  her  shop  on  the  time  they  called  Chriit- 
mas  Day ;  and  sit  sewing  in  her  shop,  as  a  wit* 
ness  for  God  in  the  midst  of  the  city,  in  the  face 
of  the  sun,  and  in  the  sight  of  all  men !  " 

"  Haw  rich,  how  poor,  haw  abject,  how  angut. 
How  campllcata,  how  wonderful  ia  man  t  " 

D0DCI.AS  Allpobt. 

Epsom. 

Stithb  :  Stithi  (3'*  S.  i.  410.)  —In  Sheffield, 
we  have  many  '*  smithies,"  and  mor«  "  stitbica": 
the  latter  word  undoubtedly,  and  everywhere, 
meaning  "  anvil,"  as  Ray  explains  it — the  former 
a  smith's  shop.  The  "  stythe,"  or  choke>dainp 
of  the  northern  pitmen,  is  the  "  smithen  "  of  our 
forgemen  :  a  term  applied  to  the  carbonic-acid 
gas  arising  from  their  fires  under  certain  circum- 
stances, or  to  other  stiQing  effluvia  of  a  iimilar 
nature.  I  have  not  met  with  other  instances  in 
print  where  the  "stithy"  was  confounded  with 
"  the  smithy."  D. 

Pagbaict  (3''  S.  i. .)  —  A  correspondent  of 

"N.  k  Q."  puU  me  to  the  blush  bj  directly  ap- 
plying to  me  for  a  Dutch  derivation  of  the  word 
pageant.  After  gome  research  I  have  come  to  the 
coDclusion,  that  we  both  must  make  ametde 
honorable  to  your  learned  and  friendly  medium 
of  intercommunication,  and  inquire  whether  pa- 
I  geaitt,  in  its  original  meaning  of  trivmp/ud  aw, 
may  in  some  probability,  represent  the  Anglicised 
form  of  our  Dutch  jcagen,  from  whence  your 
waggon?  It  is  useless  to  remind  you,  that  m 
the  public  shows  of  our  rhetoricians,  as  still  ia 
'  some  outlandish  processions,  a  monster-vehids 
constituted  the  principal  pageant 

John  H.  va(i  hmtMtt. 

i  Zeyit,  near  Utrecht. 

.      r.S.  Will  you  allow  me  to  correct  a  slip  of  iht 


8^  9. 1.  Imn  T, 


I!.] 


KOTES  AND  QITEBIES. 


pen  in  my  esplanstion  of  "  Whip  up  Smoucfaj  or 
Font "  (3"*  S.  i.  239)  F  In  the  ninth  line  of  tha 
second  column  I  wrote  tubntil,  ftnd  meant  «unnu«. 
On  p.  86,  col.  2, 1.  24,  from  beneatb,  jour  reader 
chanfied  tajfarded  into  faded.  It  nutj  seem  of 
no  consequence,  but  m;  irorda  are  the  espression 
of  mj  thoughts. 

Ton  Joiir  (l"  8.  iii.  263,  306,  395,  463 ;  yi. 
483  ;  2°*  S.  li.  187,  232  ;  xii.  349.)  —Two  yews 
nfUr  the  publication  of  the  latest  of  the  Notes  in 
the  1st  Series  of  "K.  &  Q."  above  referred  !«, 
which  is  the  last  one  that  has  a  direct  reference  to 
the  subject,  namely,  in  1SS4,  n  nork  was  pub- 
lished in  New  York,  in  two  volumes  small  Sto, 
called  "A  Re/ulation  nf  Milner't  End  of  Contra- 
versg,  in  a  series  of  letters  addressed  to  the  moit 
Bev.  Francis  Patrick  Keorick,  Roman  Catholic 
Archbishop  of  Baltimnre,  by  John  H.  Hopkini, 
D.D.,  LL.D,  (Protestant)  Bishop  of  Vermont," 
Letter  XXVI.,  vol.  ii.  pp.  13  -23,  is  devoted  to  tbe 
examination  of  the  evidence  on  which  is  founded 
the  history  of  Pope  Joan ;  which,  the  Bishnp  says, 
"it  has  become  fashionable  to  call  a  fable  ever 
■ince  the  Protestant  Blondel,  and  the  critic  and 
philosopher  Biyle,  published  their  refutatioa." 
The  learned  Bishop  then  critically  examines  the 
evidence,  and  comes  to  this  conclusion :  — 

"  On  (ha  Khole, 

L  Bs^Ib,  Blondel,  anil  Bower  10  Ibe  contrary 
noiwitbilaading.  And  I  am  very  conSdent  tbat  tnj 
candid  mind,  accuatomed  to  [lis  weighing  of  evidence, 
will  concur  in  the  result,  and  consider  the  proof  amply 
snOeieDt  lo  eatablisb  iny  fact  in  hiitorj." 

That  the  good  —  for  he  is  good  as  well  as 
learned  —  Bishop  has  himself  a  "candid  mind, 
accustomed  to  the  weighing  of  evidence,"  espe- 
cially of  evidence  of  the  description  in  question, 
will  be  readily  admitted  by  every  one  who  knows 
him  and  his  published  writings,  particularly  his 
ni«  Church  of  Rome,  in  her  Ptimitive  Puritg, 
eompared  with  Ihs  Church  of  Rome  at  the  Pment 
Vajf  (1837)  i  and  his  Hittory  of  the  Confeitional 
(1850). 

Cooke's  Diniogue,  referred  to  by  Mk.  Har- 
BinaTOH  in  1"  S.  iii.  306,  though  very  prolix,  is 
really  valuable  for  the  great  number  of  authori- 
ties cited  in  support  of  the  respective  allegations 
of  the  two  imaginary  antagonists.  It  will  be 
found,  reprinted  from  tbe  edition  of  1625,  in 
vol.  iv.  of  The  Harleian  JUUeeUany,  Bvo,  edition  of 
1809,  pp.  9—109.*  Eaic. 

Villa  llaris,  Canada. 

"R««  CaBORSi"  (2°^  S.  xii.  303;  3""  S,  i. 
434.)— I  can  assert  with  some  anlhority  and  con- 
fidence, that  tbe  late  Mr.  Gilbert  Wakefield  never 

[^*  In  JDurting  this  cammuaication,  we  wia)i  it  to  b« 
disiinetlf  uadenlood,  ibat  we  do  so  on  account  of  Ih* 
liiblionraphical  inrannation  it  contains ;  anil  not  lor  the 
pnrpOM  ttt  leviTins  th«  cootioveny.  —  En. "  N.  &  ^"3 


wrote  a  piece  bearing  the  above  title ;  end  I  am 
quite  sure  he  was  incapable  of  perverting  learn- 
inc  or  wit  by  pablishing  anything  of  a  profane  or 
inaeoant  character.  R.  W. 

Gbost  SToaiBi  (3'*  S.  i.  427.)  —  I  took  th« 
point  in  Booty's  case,  "  N.  &  Q."  1  S.  iii.  170. 
One  BO  obvioua  miut,  I  think,  have  been  taken 
before.  H.  B.  C. 

U.  O.  CInb. 

WaiTB  QnaKMB  (2'*  S.  xi.  362;  3-*  S.  i 
389.)- In  reply  to  Ms.  Lipid's  Queries,  I  send 
tbe  following  particulars.  Id  1835-6,  Joshua 
Jacob  and  his  wife  took  a  leading  part  in  tbe 
Dublin  Quakera'  monthly  meeting,  and  endea- 
voured to  revive  >nany  of  the  obsolele  customs  of 
tbe  early  Quakers.  They  succeeded  in  adding  to 
the  Book  of  Diteipline  Bcverol  strinjjent  rules ; 
but  eventually,  the  "leadings  and  guidings,"  the 
"  willings  and  runnings,"  of  this  worthy  pair 
proved  too  much  for  the  digestion  of  the  Society, 
BO  they  separated  themselves  from  it,  Joshua 
then  published  a  series  of  tracts,  which  he  had 
the  assurance  to  enliile  The  Truth  at  it  u  in  Jemt, 
in  which  he  atrempted  to  prove  that  the  White 
Quakers,  and  they  only,  were  tbe  true  folliiwera 
of  George  Fox.  There  oould  be  no  difficulty, 
I  should  imagine,  in  iubatantiating  the  fact  that 
they  attempted  to  go  about  naked.  I  have  a 
pretty  distinct  remembrance  of  reading  account* 
in  tbe  Irish  papers  of  their  having  been  brought 
lo  the  police  offices  for  this  'oflence ;  and  if  so, 
the  police  records  would  furnish  full  particulars. 
They  left  Clondalkln  soma  yean  ago,  and  I  be- 
lieve still  hold  together  somewhere  in  the  nrigh- 
bourhood  of  Rathminea,  or  Bathfarnbam,  in  the 
outskirts  of  Dublin. 

Let  me  refer  Mb.  Lloid  to  a  most  remarkahla 
and  interesting  book — the  only  book  that  faaf 
ever  appeared  which  unvdls  Quakerism,  and  en- 
ables us  to  know  it  as  it  real Iv  is — Quakeritm; 
or,  Tht  Storg  of  mg  Life,  Dublin,  18S1.  As  the 
respected  author  has  since  given  her  name  in  full 
in  another  work  on  the  same  subject,  I  may  men- 
tion that  this  valuable  work  was  written  by  Mrs. 
Tbonits  Grier,  formerly  UissStrangnian  of  Water- 
ford,  who  for  forty  years  was  a  member  of  the 
Society  of  Friends.  The  last  chapter  treats  of 
the  White  Quaker*.  Eibiokkach. 

HoKSBS  raianTBHiD  at  the  Sight  of  a  Cauxi. 
(2"*  S.  viii.  354,  406.)  ~  Since  my  Query  in  the 
above,  I  have  noted  a  couple  of  instances  recorded 
in  the  Hexapla  on  Lev.  xi.  4,  and  which  may  not 
be  out  of  place  to  detail  in  "  N.  &  Q." 

"  The  Camell  bath  natnrall  enmity  with  the  Hars^  as 
Cyras  (Herod,  lib.  1.)  VHd  this  stralagem  ■gwnit  the 
BabyloDiani  who  excelled  in  hanemaDshlp;  Ibr  the 
Camell.  both  with  his  sight  and  strong  smell  tanlfluh 

tbe  horse. 'ills  natorall  anmhy  betwaaoe  tha 

Camell  and  the  horss,  is  otMUTvl  t>3  fcdaHiiteVlH'Kainr.. 


460 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


[S^  a  L  Juins  7,  •8t 


lil>.  vi.  cap.  18.),  that  the  Camell  alwajrea  and  ahogeAmr  U 
an  Adverwary  to  the  Jfforae," 

But,  as  tbe  old  saying  runs,  one  fact  is  worth  a 
thousand  arj^uments;  I  enclose  a  cutting  from  the 
Huddersfield  Chronicle  of  April  19,  1862,  which 
is  not  onljr  a  fact,  but  an  illustration  of 

**  Horses  frightened  by  Camki^. — On  Wednesday, 
Sanger's  trarelling  circas  and  menagerie  left  Scarborough 
for  Malton.  The  caravans  passed  safely  throagh  the 
village  of  Snainton,  but  not  without  considerably  mffliug 
the  tempers  of  two  horses  which  were  yoked  to  a  corn 
drill.  A  short  distance  behind  was  a  group  of  camels 
belonging  to  the  circus;  but  the  horses  refused  to  meat 
them,  and,  wheeling  round,  set  off  with  tbe  drill  at  fall 
speed.  It  was  afterwards  found  impossible  to  calm  the 
fears  of  the  horses,  or  make  them  face  the  camels.  Un- 
fortunately, the  driver  of  the  horses,  Thomss  Stubbs,  was 
knocked  down  and  run  over,  and  is  greatly  injured  by 
the  drill,  besides  receiving  a  broken  leg.*' 

Geobgb  Llotb. 

Thurstonland. 

Sib  Fkakcis  Dbake  (3"*  S.  i.  409.)  — An  ac- 
count of  the  ceremony  of  his  knightage  will  be 
found  in  Camden,  pp.  354 — 360 ;  Stowe,  p.  687  ; 
Harris,  vol.  i.  p.  19.  James  Gilbbbt. 

2,  I>evonshire  Grove,  Old  Kent  Road. 


NOTES  ON  BOOKS,  ETC. 

We  may  well  be  pardoned  if,  on  this  week  of  sight- 
seeing, we  dedicate  this  portion  of  our  journal  to  a  few 
Notes  not  upon  Books,  but  upon  those  matters  to  which 
during  the  last  few  days  public  attention  has  been  more 
immediately  directed.  First  among  these,  in  importance 
as  in  interest,  stands  — 

The  International  ExmnmoN.  Of  the  permanent 
success  of  this  great  work,  Wednesday  last  gave  unde- 
niable evidence.  On  the  day  of  the  most  crowded  Derby 
that  has  ever  been  known,  upwards  of  60,000  visitors 
presented  themselves  at  the  Exhibition ;  and  those  who 
watched  these  masses  most  narrowly,  had  tbe  gratifica- 
tion of  finding  that  the  impression  which  the  sight  of  the 
varied  objects  of  beauty  and  utility  there  collected  pro- 
duced upon  them,  was  one  of  thorough  and  hearty  satis- 
faction. Perhaps  there  has  been  no  incident  connected 
with  the  Exhibition,  which  has  touched  the  public  sym- 
pathy more  deeply,  than  Her  Majesty*s  large  purchase  of 
tickets,  to  be  distributed  (imong  the  men  employed  in  its 
construction,  in  order  that  those  who  gave  their  energies 
to  the  work  might  see  the  result  of  their  labours. 

The  Art  Treasures  Collection,  which  has  been  for 
some  months  past  accumulating  at  the  South  Kensino- 
ton  Museum,  next  dmerves  our  notice.  The  Collection, 
entirely  contributed  on  loan,  includes  goldsmiths'  work, 
jewels,  carvings  in  ivory,  decorative  furniture,  broniea, 
porcelain  and  pottery,  glass,  enamels,  ancient  illumina- 
tions, bookbindings,  embroidered  vestments,  miniatures, 
&c.  Following  the  example  of  Her  Majesty  the  Queen, 
who  has  contributed  without  reserve  many  of  the  choicest 
Art  Treasures  of  the  Crown,  almost  all  collectors  of  im- 
portance in  Great  Britain  have  lent  their  aid,  and  will 
have  their  collections  represented  bj  the  most  valued 
specimens.  It  may  indeed  safely  be  said,  that  so  rich  a 
gathering  has  never  before  been  brcmght  together  in  one 


building.    All  admirers  of  art,  and  lovers  c»f  antiqaarisQ 
study,  will  be  delighted  with  this  unparalleled  display. 

The  AHCHiEOLOoicAL  iNsrrruTB  baa  also  opened  a 
special  Exhibition  of  peculiar  interest,  Ulnstrating  the 
Arts  of  Enamel  and  Niello,  not  only  in  Enrope  during  the 
Middle  Ages,  but  in  countries  of  the  Esist;  but  more 
especially  the  varieties  of  the  Art  of  Enamel,  bitlKnto 
very  imperfectly  known  during  the  so-called  Celtic  and 
the  Roman  period,  and  in  comparison  with  these,  speci- 
mens of  the  Ensmels  produced  at  Limoges,  in  GfTmaoj, 
and  in  Italy.  Specimens  of  Niello  —  relics  of  eztrrae 
rarity— from  the  earliest  period  to  the  times  of  Finigoerra, 
and  the  origin  of  Calcography,  add  to  the  interest  sod 
value  of  this  Exhibition. 

Tub  Social  Science  Association.  —  The  sixth  Ses- 
sion of  this  Association,  commencing  with  a  apedal 
Service  at  Westminster  Abbey  on  Thursday,  is  to  be 
signalised  by  a  Soir^  on  Saturday  evening  in  tbe 
Palace  of  Westminster,  which  has  been  granted  for  that 
purpose  by  tbe  First  Commissioner  of  Public  Woiks. 
Guildhall,  Exeter  Hall,  and  the  College  of  Phvsieiani^ 
will  all  be  open  for  the  meetings  and  for  the  receptioa  i 
the  members. 

We  have  much  pleasure  in  announcing  that  the  Master 
of  the  Rolls,  with  his  characteristic  liberality,  has  jost 
issued  a  new  order,  by  which  literary  students  visitiof 
the  Record  Office  (with  which  the  State  Paper  OIBosii 
now  combined),  in  Rolls  Buildings,  Chancery  Laiie^  may 
henceforth  consult  any  State  Papers  in  his  keeping,  dova 
to  the  death  of  King  George  II.  Hitherto  it  was  rs- 
quired,  in  order  to  see  any  state  document  dated  subse- 
nuently  to  the  Revolution  of  1688,  to  obtain  a  spcdal 
license  from  the  Home  Secretsry.  These  increased  ncili- 
ties  for  making  historical  researches,  nnder  this  nev 
rule,  will  be  duly  appreciated,  no  doubt,  by  onr  liteniy 
friends. 


BOOKS    AND    ODD    VOLUMES 

WANTED  TO  PURCHASS. 

Miix's  SBiiMoit  ON  THs  TswPTAnojr  or  ooA  Lmid. 
8.  p.  G.  MoNTHLr  RscoRD.    Vol.  fiMT  1S5S. 

•••  Letters,  itaUiiff  p«rti«iilara  aad  lowwt  otIm, 
■ent  to  MsMRk.  Bbu.  a  Daj.dv,  PabUaacn  of 


QUERIES,**  186,  Fleet  Street.  ^.C. 


K 


loba 
AJrO 


Partieulan  of  Price,  ac,  of  the  foUowinr  Book*  to  be 
the  gcAtleman  by  whom  they  are  reqaiiw,  and  whose 
dreei  are  giren  for  that  purpoeet  — 

Rmtt't  Ewcrct/^pjsDtA.    Vol.  XXIV. 
Bbllamt**  Bibls.    4to.    %  Vol*. 
Bacon's  Opos  Majoi.    Folio. 
Qilfin's  Lakb*  or  Enoland. 

Wanted  bj  That.  MiOard,  70,  Newcale  Sliecl,  Otf, 


Amtte 
aadad- 


fiatitti  ia  Corrfifponlrftitt* 

Notci  on  Bookf,  indwUng  thoae  on  The  Leadbeaier  Favers;  Tfet 
Italian  Sealpture  CoUeetion  at  Booth  KeBaington;  Tkmip*i  Aa^ 
Saxon  Homei  tmd  Bum't  EUitory  of  Parich  Registen,  in  oar  mat 

Eli«>t  Montaoban.  We  have  a  letttr  far  tiba  oorrenNmdnil.  F^f* 
«AaU  itbeaentr 

J.  FoflTBH  (Sunderland)  ujQl  tee  that  Me  QMenee'iewe  tee 

Zrta.  Ettlier.  fty  the  Rev,  C.  B.  Oreatrtx^  ia  a  poem  ^Jlmr  w.  . 
BraiUiord'M  Poemi,  amd  The  Cheeeboani  of  LUb,  iy  Qmbt^mre  m<  «i  tie 
BritiMh  Jfutenm. 

Erhatom Srd  S.  1.  p.  4St,ooL  L  linetl,  >br  **Eail 

read  "  Earl  of  BellanunU.** 

**  NoTM  An  Qoaaias  **  «e  ptMUkd  mt  mm  «•  TMA 
iMiied  in  MoNrai.T  FAan. 
oix  MoiKBu  /onpttmoa  utretx 
meariw  Ihdux)  ia  lie.  4d.,  wkieh 
fanomr  f/MsMae.  Bmu,  and  Daxj»» 
aU  OeKkomeATtom  roa  um 


kh  mmm  t$jmid  lyJ^MqjSi  QaJiith 


S»*  a  L  JuKB  14^  '62.] 


NOTES  AND  QUEBIES. 


461 


LONDON  SATURDAY,  JUNE  14,  1862. 


CONTENTS— N«.  24. 


KOTES:  — The  Eefl^sten  of  the  Stationers*  Company,  461 

—  Pritwell  Antiquities,  463— A  New  Version  of  an  Old 
Scots  Ballad,  lb. 

MiFOB  Notes:  — Sacrilege— A  Witch  in  the  Nineteenth 
Centuiy  —  Paracleptics  —  Parish  Registers,  464. 

QUEEIE8:  — Charles  Lambe,  464  — Beare's  PoUtical  Bal- 
lads and  Browne's  Country  Parson's  Advice,  465  — Who 
was  Sara  Holmes  ?  /&.  —  Bail  BrlgK  —  "  Christmas  and  the 
New  Year"  —  Cryptography  —  His  Grace,  the  King's 
Grace —Itineraries  of  Bdward  I.  and  II.,  Ac.  —  "La- 
chrrmn  HibernicaB,"  Ac.  —Nicholas  Loftus  —  Macbeth: 
Malcolm  Can  more—  Merrion  Graveyard,  near  Dublin  — 
Owtherquedaunce  —  Pitt  —  Bathlin  —  Bivaulx  Abbey : 
Lords  de  Bosi—Wallenstein  —  " Yankee  Doodle  borroMrs 
cash."  466. 

QlTBRiBS  WITH  AiTswBBS :— Ben  Wilson,  the  Caricaturist 

—  Soul-food  —  Works  on  Covetousness  —  Greek  Plays  — 
Bibliogr^;>hica1, 468. 

KEPLIBS:- The  Old  Countess  of  Desmond, 469— Names 
of  Pkuits.  470  —  Dunfonl,  Dumford,  or  Dureford,  lb.  — 
Arms  of  the  Kingdom  of  Leon,  471  —  Sir  John  Baldwin,  lb. 

—  Blue  and  Buff,  472  —  Whalel)one  and  Sun  —  Nevison  the 
Freebooter— Catamaran  —  French  Tragic  Exaggeration  — 
Phrases  — Tilney  Family  —  Obituary  of  Officers  —Insecure 
Envelopes  —  Postage  Stamps— MusajEtonenses:  Charles 
Anguish,  Robert  Anstey,  Sir  John  Baylev.  John  Simons  — 
ITnburied  Ambas>adors  —  Burning  as  a  Legal  Punishment 
in  Ireland  — Relative  Value  of  Money— Deaf  and  Dumb 
literature  —  Sir  Isaac  Newton  —  Superstition  —  Tithes  of 
Servants  and  Women  — Devis  the  Painter— Families  of 
Field  and  Delafeld  —  John  Hutchinson  — Canadian  Seig- 
neurs—Cutting off  with  a  Shilling,  Ac.,  473. 

Notes  on  Books. 


THE  REGISTERS  OF  THE  STATIONERS* 

COMPANY. 

(Continued  from  p.  403.) 
1  October  [1593].  — Jo.  Wolf.  Entred  for  bis 
copie,  &c.  A  Letter  from  D,  Harvie  to  J,  Wolf. 

[This  was  Dr.  Gabriel  Harvey's  « New  Letter  of 
notable  Contents,*'  which  was  addressed  by  him  to 
Wolf,  the  printer.  As  it  wss  reprinted  in  T.  Park's 
Archaica,  vol  ii.,  with  tolerable  accuracy,  it  is  not  neces- 
gary  to  say  more  of  it  here,  than  that  it  bears  date  only 
foartcen  days  before  the  above  entry.  1 

Stepban  Peele.  Entred  for  bis  copie  a  ballad  of 
Betwixt  Life  and  Deaths  the  true  have  with  yon 
into  the  cuntrey vj'. 

[As  Stephen  Peele  was,  in  all  probability,  the  father 
of  the  celebrated  poet  George  Peele,  (who  was  born  in 
London,  and  not,  as  Wood  conjectured,  in  Devonshire), 
we  may  mention  that  Stephen  Peele  was  admitted  free- 
man of  the  Stationers'  Company  on  Nov.  13,  1570 ;  and 
that  on  Feb.  17,  1595,  he  *' made  a  presentment"  of 
IVilliam  James  as  his  apprentice,  for  which  he  paid  the 
ntnal  fee  of  2«.  6<2.  He  was  himself  a  bailad-whter,  and 
kas  left  several  favonrable  specimens  of  his  talents  in 
this  department,  especially  a  laudation  of  the  dames  of 
London,  for  their  beauty  and  good  manners :  it  was  not 

Kbiishsd  by  himself,  but  by  Henry  Kirkham.  He  was, 
wavor,  the  pablisber  of  Bishop  Bale's  God^t  Promiiet, 
im  1577,  and  carried  on  business  in  Rood  Lane.  One 
of  his  aarliest  productions  was  in  the  very  year  when  he 
became  free  of  theStatiooen'  Company;  it  was  on  the 


execution  of  John  Felton,  for  banging  the  Pope's  Bull 
on  the  palace  gate  of  the  Bishop  of  London,  but  this  waa 
not  published  by  himself.  The  most  curious  perform- 
ance on  this  event  was  by  Thomss  Knell,  the  famous 
sctor,  which  came  out,  not  as  a  broadside  such  as  S. 
Peele  had  put  forth,  but  as  a  tract  Only  a  single  copy 
of  it  is  known,  and  that  is  now  being  reprinted.] 

2  die  Octobris.  —  Ricb.  Jones.  Entred  for  big 
copie,  &c.  a  ballad  intituled  A  sorrowfuU  songe  of 
LondiorCs  lamentation  for  thehsse  of  the  terme^  &c. 

[In  consequence  of  the  prevalence  of  the  Plagae,  to 
which  we  have  already  adverted.] 

8  die  Octobris. — John  Jackson  and  bis  parte- 
ners.  Entred  for  theire  copie,  &c.  a  booke  in- 
tituled The  Phcenix  neste^  ^c.    Compiled  by  R.  S. 

[The  names  of  Jackson's  **  partners  **  no  where  ap« 
pear,  the  Imprint  to  this  excellent  miscellaneous  collec- 
tion of  poems,  with  the  date  of  1593,  assigning  it  only  to 
Jackson.  The  entry  affords  us  no  clue  to  the  appropria- 
tion of  the  initials  R.S.,  but  we  think  that  Robert  South- 
well, though  subsequently  a  priest,  has  the  best  title  to 
them.  The  reprint  in  Heliconian  vol.  ii.,  was  made  with 
singular  carelessness,  and  in  one  poem  only,  six  or  seven 
ttanziis  are  omitted  in  different  places,  to  say  nothing 
of  minor  delinquencies.] 

jx*»  Oct.  —  Abell  Jeffes.  Entred  for  his  copie, 
&c.  a  ballad  entytuled  A  Christmas  Caroll  .     vj*". 

viij°  die  Octobris.  —  Abell  Jeffes.  Entred  for 
bis  copie,  &c.  an  enterlude  entituled  the  Chronicle 
of  Kinge  Edward  thefrste^  surnamed  Longshankes^ 
with  his  Retoume  out  of  the  holye  lande^  with  the 
^yf^  ff  Leuhlen  Rehell  in  wales^  with  the  sinhivge 
of  Queene  Elinor vj<*. 

[Of  course  Geo.  Peele's  historical  drama,  the  title  of 
which  may  be  seen  at  large  in  Dyce*8  Peele* t  Wor**,  vol.  i. 
and  in  the  la«t  edit,  of  Dodsley's  Old  Playg^  vol.  xi.:  from 
the  latter  the  text  of  the  former  was  in  the  main  taken. 
The  play  was  unquestionably  very  corruptly  printed  by 
Abel  Jeffes  in  1598,  and  it  was  so  far  not  improved  in 
1509,  when  it  came  out  for  the  second  time,  that  all  the 
old  blunders  were  repeated,  and  new  ones  introduced. 
The  Clerk  seems  here  to  have  transposed  the  dates,  for 
he  has  made  the  9th  Oct.  precede  the  8th  Oct.] 

xj**  die  Octobris.  —  John  Danter.  Entred  fop 

bis  copie  a  ballad  intituled  Lancashier*8  lamenta^ 

tionfor  thedeathe  of  the  noble  Erie  of  Derbie  vj*. 

[This  was  H«nry  Stanley,  whose  death  Sir  Harris 
Nicolas  places  erroneously  in  1592,  whereas  we  here  see 
that  it  did  not  occur  until  Oct  1598 :  Camden  also  in- 
cludes it  in  his  obituary  of  1593  (Kennett,  ii.  574.)] 

xij®  die  Octobr. — Willjam  Ponsonbye.  Entred 
for  bis  copie,  &c.  Historie  de  Oeorges  Castriot^ 
sumomme  Scanderbeg,  Roy  d'Albanie^  contenant 
ses  iUustres  faicts  d'armes^  et  memorables  victories 
a  rencontre  des  Titrcs  pour  lafoy  de  Jesus  Christ : 
le  tout  en  dome  litres.    Par  Jaques  Delavardin, 

[There  was  probably  no  intention  to  republish  this 
work  in  French,  but  by  the  entry  of  the  original  to  aeears 
a  right  to  the  translation.  It  did  not  come  oat  until 
1696,  folio,  when  it  followed  very  much  the  French  (iUa^ 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


LS**  a  L  Jun  14.  ■G 


pnMDted  hu  not  bsaa  uorUiaed;  but  it  Uia  bottom 
of  thg  litle-piga  ir«  read,  ■■  Londoii.  Imprinted  for  Wil- 
liam PoDioDby,  1596."  Ths  tvpognpby  wta  tbo  work 
of  Rkbird  Field,  wba  had  •uccMded  to  TauCroUin'i 
bwineH.  ThB  molt  remarkable  circumitancc  about  tbe 
book,  of  more  than  600  folio  pageii  K  thit  it  wei  iatra- 
dnced  b;  a  Sonnet  signed  Ed.  Speniet:  1596,  it  will  b* 
nmemlMTed,  wai  the  date  when  Spenaer  iuoed  the 
•econd  edition  of  liii  Fobj  Quant,  and  we  may  feel 
•atnred  tbat  Ponsonb;  had  reaorted  to onrgreat  romenllc 
poet  for  tbia  letter  of  recommendatiDn.  We  need  hardlr 
aa;  that  Poaionbj  vai  the  Stationer  who  put  forth  boUi 
impresaiona  of  Speoier'a  work.  There  are  two  other  com- 
mendalorr  lonnela  to  the  Life  of  Seamdaiig  b}r  R.  C 

■DdCC.] 

xiiij  die  Octobr.  —  Thomi  Man.  EntFed  for  bi« 
copie,  iic.  B  bnoke  entlluled,  A  nialiti*  to  good 
teoorket,  or  rather  to  true  ehrittiamtie  .     .     ,     vy. 

[B}-  the  fimoua  Philip  Stubbce,  the  author  of  The 
Anatomi/ of  AbxMi,  loSS.&c  It  relatea  hia  obiarrationa 
during  a  journey  in  England,  and  we  have  norer  aeen 
any  other  copr  than  that  before  na.  The  title  ia  a  long 
one,  and  the  imprint  is,  ■'  London :  Printed  lor  Thomai 
Uan,  dwelling  in  Pater  Noiter  rowe,  at  the  eigne  of  the 
Talbot.  ]fi93,"  Sco.  Lowndea  eirea  It  the  date  of  IS92, 
bat  ha  clearly  neror  saw  the  b<>ok,  and  doi!i  not  mention 
the  aale  of  a  alngls  copy  of  it.  The  dedication  to  the 
Lord  Mayor  i«  "  8  of  Kovember,  1698,"  nearlv 
after  the  date  of  the  preceding  entry.  We  ihall 
Id  due  conraa,] 

ix?   die   Octobria.  —  John   Daunter.    Entred 


I  reprint  it 


for  hil 


X5. 


&c.  Twoo  ballndej,  tbe  q 


:  entituled 


Iht  Lover  t  lamentation,  j-c,  and  thotber  tbe  May- 
(Un't  wiitye  aniiaere  to  the  tame vj'. 

Symoii  WatereoQ.  Entred  for  hia  copie,  &c.  a 
booke  intituled  the  Tragtdye  of  Cleopatra  .  vj*. 
'  ~         '  luction,  hia  Ddla  of  1593 

>u  of  a  poor  proie  tranila- 
Tii  Tragidyt  of  Claopatra  wia  obviously 
not  Intended  for  tbe  ataga,  beinjc  coaatracted,  not  upon  the 
romantic  model,  like  Sliaketpeara'a  drama  on  the  aame 
aubJBct,  hut  upon  the  daaiicat  model :  it  deaervedly  hid, 
bowerer,  sxM  lucceaa  in  tbe  clocet,  and  wai  frequently 
reprinted.] 

20  Oct. — Willm.  Hosking.  Entred  for  his  copic, 
&c.  A  Lamentable  *o»ge  on  the  death  of  the  lord 
Gray,   who   deceated   in   Northpt  ekirt  the  16  of 

Octob TJ*. 

\T\\\.t  memorandum  aacertaina  the  preciaa  day  of  the 
decease  of  Arthur  Lord  Qrey  of  Wilton,  SpenMr*!  patron. 
We  ihall  preaenlly  hare  to  record  the  inaertlon  of  another 
reBistralion  of  a  poem  on  lbs  death  of  th«  earns  &nioaa 
nobleman.] 

22  die  Ootobr.— Jo. Wolff.  Entred  for  hia  copie, 
&c,  a  booke  of  Proerit  and  Cephalvt,  divided  into 
foure  partea vj'. 

[Thii  ii  doubllesa  the  pnem  an  Procrli  and  Cepbaloa, 
vhtch  Naah  in  1696  imputed  (o  Anthony  Chute,  wbo.  It 
■lao  appears,  was  then  dead :  It  doea  not  now  exist,  bat 
the  same  aatbor'i  Btauiu  Duluiiiaitttd,  on  the  storv  of 
Jane  Shore  and  EdwardlV.iieiUnI;  it  wai  written  In 
rlralry  of  Churchyard.  Chats  hu  also  soma  rblmea  and 
a  Sounet  against  Maih  in  O.  Uarrey'a  Pitm'M  Simr- 
1. 1?98.]  ^^ 


Tho.  Creede.  Entred  for  hii  copie,  &e.  An  epi- 

Sak  upptm  the  death  of  the  righle  honorable  Hearie, 
rUofDerbie ij*. 

[A  poem  on  the  sama  erent,  ws  hays  seen,  waa  regia' 
tersd  by  John  Danter  on  tlie  Itth  of  thii  montb.] 

23  die  Octobria.— John  Daimler.  Entred  for 
hia  copie,  &c.  an  Enterlnde  of  the  Igfe  arid  deoAs 
of  Jaeh  Strawe »j*. 

[Printed  in  1593,  bat  with  the  date  of  1691  at  the  tod 
of  lbs  play;  which  is  most  Imperfect  and  incomplete  in 
STsry  respect,  and  is  dirided  into  only  four  acts.] 

34  die  Octobr.  —  Thomai  Creede.  Entred  for 
his  copie,  &c.  A  memoriiiil  or  epilaphe  of  the  life 
and  death  of  Sr  William  Rowe,  knighle,  late  horde 
Maior  of  the  Cillie  of  London iq'. 

[He  was  not  the  Lord  Mayor  of  Ihs  yttr,  for  ha  was 
named  Cathbert  Buckle,  and  waa  not  knightad.  K* 
such  piece  has  come  down  to  us.] 

25  die  Octobria.  —  Thomai  Creede.  Entred  for 
his  copie,  &c.  A  memoriail  of  the  life  and  deatie  af 
the  right  konoraile  and  renowned  learrior,  thi 
valiant  lorde  Qraye  of  Wdtan,  dieeaied    .     .    TJ'. 

[Bee  the  Life  of  Spenaer,  pab.  by  B^U  &  Daldy,  IStl, 

6.  cJT,  where  tbia  entry  is  qnoled.  The  words  "  by  E. 
peuier  "  are  interlined  la  tlie  Register,  and  were  after- 
wards struck  oat:  there  is  little. donbt,  thenfors,  tliat 
this  "  memorial "  was  not  by  the  author  of  Tia  /ksf 
Q«e«t.l 

29  die  Octobria.  —  Thomas  Creede.  Entred  fbc 
his  copie,  Ccc  a  ballkd  intituled  A  heaoeid)  prv 
dam^lion  tent  from  Ood,  dedaringe  hie  greate 
litae  toieardet  London,. and  kit  tneregelo  aa  thai 

that  truly  repent TJ*. 

[A  sort  of  supplication  in  conaeqasnca  of  tbs  coatlia- 
ance  of  tho  ravaget  of  the  Plague  In  ISS3.] 

Ultimo  die  Octobria. — Tboinaa  Creede.  Eotred 
for  his  copje  &c.  »  ballad  intituled  Tkt  Ciu- 
treyman'i   lorrowe  to  tee  th*   Uarme  k»pt   in  Si, 

Aibani ij'. 

[This  was  reprinted  in  lGDZ-8,  aa  in  soma  degree  ap- 
plicable to  tbat  period.  Sea  also  thi  entrj  on  OeLt, 
1593.] 

14  Norembria.  —  Thomat  Creede.  Entred  for 
his  copie,  &c.  &  booke  intituled  Aritbat  Eaphtet, 
or  Cupidei  Jomey  to  Hell yj'. 

[If  this  tract  sver  sppeared  it  hea  now  totally  dis- 
appeared. It  was  probably  some  imitatjoa  of  the  aljii 
and  aabjecla  of  Greene  and  Naah.  Crc«de  moat  hart 
been  nncommonly  busy  with  popular  prodnGtiaaa  at  this 
perind,  aince  all  tbe  late  enlriea,  bat  one,  ware  tnads  by  or 


fori 


«■] 


xTJ  die  Novcinbr, — Catbbert  Burbfe,  Entred 
for  bii  copie  he.  The  teeonde  Reporle  of  Dottor 
Famtus,  uiilh  thr  ends  of  Wagner'*  Life  .     ,    tj*. 


id  report  "bean  date  in  IBM;  and  ha  aids 
Liiai  11  nn  -■  not  a  transUtliHi,  thoagh  tha  chief  mate- 
rials were  derlTed  fhim  tbe  German  "  work  of  tfi9&  It 
wai  printed  by  Abel  Jttfea  tar  Cnthbart  Burby,  or  Bai^ 
badge,  for  he  was  in  fact  tbe  brolhar  of  Blouid  Bat- 
badge,  the  graat  8hak«p«arlaiL  adnr.] 


S'^  a  I.  Jtnrs  H  '63.] 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


463 


xxj  die  Novembr.  —  John  Daunter.  Entred 
for  his  copte,  &c.  theis  three  Ballads  ensuinge,  tiz. 

The  first,  entjtuled  the  Thisselkeper's  wedUhe, 

The  second,  entituled  Youthfidl  delyte. 

The  third,  The  honnour  of  the  tiUhe  xvij^  No- 

pembrU  1593   • xviij*. 

[The  17th  Not.  was  the  accession  daj  of  Queen  Eliz- 
abeth, on  which  a  tiUing  match  was  commonlj  held  at 
the  Conrt,  whether  at  Whitehall  or  Greenwich:  these 
displays  were  often  celebrated  by  the  poets  of  the  day.] 

J.  Fathb  Gollieb. 


FRITVVELL  ANTIQUITIES. 

In  making  a  professional  survey  for  rating  pur- 
poses of  the  parish  of  Fritwell,  an  Oxfoi^hire 
pariah  on  the  Northamptonshire  border,  I  *' found, 
and  made  a  note  of**  the  following  particulars:  — 
In  the  north-eastern  part  of  the  parish  the  Earl  of 
Effingham  possesses  three  fields,  known  as  **  Lon- 
don-ford-fields," wherein  and  near  which  I  was 
able  to  trace  vestiges  of  a  pitched  ford  in  the 
rivulet  dividing  the  two  counties,  and  of  a  road 
on  both  sides  of  it,  being,  according  to  tradition, 
the  way  by  which  agricultural  produce  was  trans- 
mitted to  London,  on  packhorses  and  in  beayv 
vehicles,  before  turnpike  roads  existed.  This 
must  have  been  the  outlet  from 'Banbury  and 
Brackley  neighbourhood  to  the  metropolis,  and 
the  name  survives,  though  the  use  has  been  aban- 
doned nearly  two  centuries. 

The  rector  of  the  adjoining  parish  of  Souldern 
has  an  estate  (appurtenant  to  his  rectory)  in  Frit- 
wcU  of  rather  more  than  120  acres.  This  may 
be  because  Souldern  was  once  accounted  the 
mother  church  of  Fritwell.  This  much,  however, 
is  matter  of  history.  There  was  anciently  a  hide  of 
land  at  Fritwell,  called  Souldern  Hide,  the  tithes 
of  which  were  claimed  by  the  rector  of  Souldern. 
Hereupon  the  impropriate  owners  of  Fritwell  (the 
canons  of  St.  Frideswide  in  Oxford)  appealed  to 
Pope  Gregory  IX.,  who  delegated  the  trial  to  two 
Finors,  ana  to  the  Dean  of  Northampton.  These 
delegiLtcB  decided  in  favour  of  the  canons ;  but  the 
controversy  was  tried  three  several  times,  and 
eventually  the  decision  was  in  favour  of  the 
Rector  of  Souldern,  who  was  however  to  pay  a 
fee-farm  rent  of  two  shillings  to  the  canons.  This 
was  in  February,  1236,  and  it  led  to  the  excommu- 
nicaUon  (by  sentence  of  the  Pope^  of  Stephen, 
parson  of  Fritwell,  whose  submission  after  two 
years  was  testified  by  the  Prior  of  Brackley,  and 
the  Rector  of  Aynho.  Upon  the  inclosure  by 
Act  of  Parliament  of  Fritwell  in  1808,  the  then 
vicar,  Dr.  Linton,  advanced  a  claim  to  vicarial 
tithes  on  the  estate  of  the  Rector  of  Souldern, 
which  the  three  commissioners  expressly  disal- 
lowed, finding  the  rector's  estate  at  Fritwell,  im- 
mediately  before  the  enclosure,  to  consist  of 
"  four  yard-lands,  glebe-lands,  with  rights  of  com- 


mon appurtenant,  and  three  bushels    of  wheat 
yearly  out  of  the  lands  of  William  Fermor,  Esq.** 
Fragments  of  a  rood-loft  taken  down  in  1830 
are  incorporated  into  some  of  the  unsightly  pews 
and  wainscotting  in  Fritwell  church. 

William  Wikq. 
Steeple  Aston. 


A  NEW  VERSION  OF  AN  OLD  SCOTS  BALLAD. 

The  other  day  I  purchased  a  copy  of  Jamie- 
son's  Poptdar  BaUads  and  Songs  (2  vols.  Edin- 
burgh, 1806),  at  the  sale  of  the  Library  of  the 
Aliens  of  Enrol  in  the  Carse  of  Gowrie ;  and  on 
examining  the  book,  I  found  a  new  but  somewhat 
imperfect  version  of  the  old  Scottish  ballad  of 
**  Lizie  Lindsay,*'  written,  in  a  female  hand,  on  a 
sheet  of  letter  paper,  which  was  folded  and  in- 
serted in  the  second  volume  at  the  place  where 
the  ballad  of  the  same  name  begins.  At  the  end 
of  the  MS.  is  a  marking  — 

"  From  recit". 
Sept'  1828." 

Perhaps  this  fragment,  token  apparently  from 
recitation,  may  be  worth  preservation  in  the  psgea 
of  '*  N.  &  Q*"  It  differs  from  any  of  the  versions 
hitherto  publbhed. 

'*Lbbzxe  Lindsay. 

**  *  Will  you  go  to  the  Highlands  wi'  me,  Leezie? 
VVifl  you  go  to  the  Highlands  vfV  me? 
Will  yon  go  to  the  Higblanda  wi'  me,  Leezio  ? 
And  you  shall  have  cords  and  green  whey. 

<<  Then  np  spoke  Leezie's  mother  — 
A  gallant  old  lady  was  she,  — 
'  If  you  talk  so  to  my  daughter, 
High  hanged  Til  gar  you  be  I ' 

**  And  then  she  changed  her  coaties, 

And  then  she  changed  them  to  green ; 
And  then  she  changed  her  coaties. 
Young  Donald  to  gang  wi*. 

**  Bat  the  roads  grew  broad  and  broad. 

And  the  mountaina  grew  high  and  high, 
Which  caused  many  a  tear 
To  fall  from  Leezie's  eye. 

**  But  the  roads  grew  broad  and  broad. 

And  the  mountains  grew  hish  and  high. 
Till  they  came  to  the  Glens  of  Glen  Koustie, 
And  out  there  came  an  old  Die. 

"  *  You're  welcome  here.  Sir  Donald, 
And  your  fair  ladie.' 


« *  Oh !  call  not  me  Sir  Donald, 
But  call  me  Donald,  your  son ; 
And  I  will  call  you  mother. 
Till  this  long  night  be  done.' 

*<  These  words  were  spoken  in  Gaelic, 
And  Leezie  did  not  them  ken ; 
These  words  were  spoken  in  Qacdic, 
And  then  plain  English  began. 


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NOTES  AND  QUERIEa 


IP^  &  L  Stmu  H  '62. 


<*  <  Oh  t  make  her  a  sapper,  mother. 
Oh  1  make  her  a  supper  wi*  me  — 
Oh !  make  her  a  sapper,  mother, 
or  curds  and  green  whey.' 

«<You  must  get  up,  Leezie  Lindsaj, 

You  must  get  up,  Leezie  Lindsay ; 
For  it  is  far  in  the  day.' 

"And  then  they  went  out  together. 
And  a  braw  new  bigging  saw  she, 
And  out  cam'  Lord  Macdonald, 
And  his  gay  companie. 

" '  You're  welcome  here,  Leezie  Lindsay, 
The  flower  of  a*  your  kin ! 
And  you  shall  be  Lady  Macdonald, 
Since  you  have  got  Donald,  my  son.' " 

R.  S.  FlTTM. 

Perth. 


Minav  fioM. 

Sacbilege. — The  occupation  of  the  Fairfax 
Court  House,  alternately  by  the  Federal  and 
Confederate  forces  in  Virginia,  has  caused  the 
almost  entire  dismantlement  of  the  Episcopal 
Church  at  that  place,  so  renowned  for  its  anti- 
quity ;  and  the  soldiers  of  both  armies,  when 
encamped  there,  spent  much  of  their  time  in  con- 
verting pieces  of  the  wood<work  of  the  sacred 
edifice  into  souvenirs  for  themselves  and  friends. 
Many  of  these  took  the  shape  of  smoking-pipes, 
and  we  have  seen  some  of  very  neat  shape  and 
finish.  The  church  at  Fairfax  Court  House  was 
built  by  Lord  Fairfax,  and  the  pulpit  and  altar 
were  constructed  in  England.  In  this  church, 
and  at  this  altar,  George  Washington  was  married. 
The  altar  has  nearly  all  been  cut  away,  and  it  is 
mostly  from  tl:e  material  (x>mpo6ing  it  that  the 
pipes  are  made  by  the  souvenir  seekers.  —  Weekly 
Missouri  Republican^  Nov.  8,  1861.  J.  Y. 

A  Witch  in  the  Nihetbenth  Centubt. — The 
following  cutting  may  be  worth  preserving  in 
"  N.  &  Q."— 

•*  A  Bewitched  Woman.  —The  Morayahire  AdvertUer 
is  responsible  for  the  following  horrible  story :  —  'A 
farmer's  wife  in  Kelias  grew  seriously  ill  the  other  day, 
and  her  imagination  having  struck  her  that  she  was  be- 
witched, the  sister  of  the  far-famed  Willox  was  conse- 
quently sent  for,  who  came  upwards  of  forty  miles  to  visit 
the  unfortunate  woman.  She,  being  a  believer  in  this 
superstitious  idea,  administered  the  following  cure:  —  A 
large  male  cat  was  caught,  and  a  fire  kindled  in  the  kail 
yard.  The  cat  was  then  tied  by  the  bind  legs,  and  hung 
over  the  fire,  and  in  this  way  burned  to  death ! ' " 

N.  H.  R. 

Fabacleptics. — Victor  Hugo,  in  bis  MisSrables^ 
has  favoured  us  with  an  ancient  charm  against 
larceners,  grand  or  petty,  which  was  put  in  opera- 
tion by  Madame  de  Genlis  for  the  safeguard  of 
her  library  against  book-lifters  and  borrowers. 
With  what  effect,  the  dlBtinguished  romancist  aaith  I 


not ;  but,  as  "  N.  k  Q.*8  *"  Folk  Lore  abundtDth 
certifies  us,  Faith  being  the  sole  condition  in  ra^ 
matters,  and  understanding  wholly  superfloous, 
the  original  Latin  may  be  conspicuonaly  ticketed 
in  every  shop  and  bazaar  throughout  the  Queen^s 
dominions,  unencumbered  with  a  vernacular  ver- 
sion, for  the  dehortation  of  easy  conscienceai  or 
the  paralyzation  of  slippery  fingers  :  — 

^  Imparibus  mentis  pendent  tria  corpora  nunis; 
Dismas,  et  Gesmas,  media  est  Divina  Potestas ; 
Alta  petit  Dismas,  infelix  infima  Geamas. 
Nos  et  res  nostras  conservet  Samma  Potettaa !  — 
Hos  versus  dicas,  ne  tu  furto  tua  perdaa." 

£.  L.  S. 

Parish  Rbgistbes.  —  The  following  notes  re* 
specting  the  deficiency  of  registers  in  the  pariahei 
of  Pishull^  CO.  Oxon,  and  Arundel,  co.  Sussex,  in 
the  handwriting  of  F.  S.  Townsend,  Esq.,  Windsor 
Herald,  may  be  worthy  of  preservation  in  a  page 
of  "  N.  &  Q."  for  the  benefit  of  future  ioijairen. 
Mr.  Townsend  has  evidently  been  searebmg  for 
entries  respecting  the  family  of  Jerningham,  for 
one  of  whom  he  bad  found  the  inscription  there 
given,  which  supplied  the  defect  of  the  biirisl 
register. 

**Pi$hull  Church,  Cki.  Ozoo,  2  Nov.  1807.  On  a  &t 
Stone  in  the  Chancel :  — 

9r 
Here  lyeth  the  Body  of 

Of 
John  Jerningham,  Esq., 
Eldest  Son  of 
Sir  George  Jerningham,  Bar*. 
Of  Cossey  Hall,  in  the  County  of  KoHblk. 
He  died  at  Stonor,  June  y«  80*^  1757, 
Aged  22  Teara. 
R.  I.  P. 

**  The  Church  was  robbed  some  Tears  ago  and  the  books 
and  papers  burned  by  the  Thieves  in  a  neighboart  Md. 
The  Register  was  produced  to  me^  bat  it  contains  nothiog 
before  1784." 

"ArundfL  —  There  is  no  Register  of  Bnriab  from 
18  Feb.  1788  to  9  Jan.  17G4. 

"  Mr.  Groom,  the  present  Vicar,  hegan  to  keep  Be^ 
Feb.  1780— he  observed  the  Want  of  the  Book  at  m 
first  coming,  and  enquired  for  it,  bat  coald  not  neomt 
it." 

J.R. 


CHARLES  LAMBE. 

Chakles  Lambe,  B.A.,  of  Christ  Church,  Ox' 
ford,  6th  May,  1701,  was  incorporated  in  that 
degree  at  Camhridge ;  where  he  commenced  ILA., 
in  1709,  as  a  member  of  King's  College.  He  wis 
sometime  curate  of  Enfield,  and  af^rwatdi  in- 
cumbent of  St.  Catharine  Cree  in  London,  and 
lecturer  of  Allhallows.  At  his  outset  in  life,  i 
zealous  Tory,  he  appears  ultimatelj  to  hate 
adopted  opposite  opinions. 


S'^"  S.  I.  Junk  14,  '62.] 


NOtES  AND  QUERIES. 


465 


The  following  list  of  his  publications  is  pro- 
bably incomplete :  — 

1.  **  Thanksgiving  Sermon  on  1  Chron.  xvi.  8.  Lond. 
4to.    1706." 

2.  **  A  Vindication  of  Dr.  Henry  Sacheverell  from  the 
False,  Scandalous,  and  Malicious  Aspersions  cast  upon 
him  in  a  late  infamous  Pamphlet,  intituled  *  The  Modern 
Fanatick.'  Land.  8vo.  1710."  (This  Vindication  has 
been  attributed  to  Dr.  William  King;  but  it  seems 
erroneously,  as  Lambe  subsequently  expressed  his  con- 
trition for  certain  passages  in  it.) 

3.  **  The  True  Faith  of  a  Christian  in  a  short  Abridg- 
ment of  Bishop  Pearson's  *  Exposition  of  the  Apostles* 
Creed.'    Lond.    8vo.     1713." 

4.  "The  Popish  Plot  a  fair  Caution  to  Protestants  not 
to  engage  in  a  Popish  Hebellion:  a  Sermon  on.Ps. 
oxxir.  6.    Lond.    8to.    1716." 

5.  **  The  Pretences  for  the  present  Hebellion  considered ; 
a  Fast  Sermon,  6  Oct.  1715,  on  Prov.  xxiv.  21.  Lond. 
8vo.    1716." 

6.  **  A  Thanksgiving  Sermon  on  Ps.  cxviii.  C.  for  the 
Suppression  of  the  late  Rebellion.    Lond.    8vo.    1716." 

7.  **  The  Possibility  of  leaving  the  Tories  and  speaking 
the  Truth  afterwards.    Lond.    8vo.    1716." 

8.  "  An  Assize  Sermon  on  Coloss.  iii.  16.  Lond.  8vo. 
1716." 

0.  '*  Stedfastnesa  to  the  Protestant  Beligion  recom- 
mended in  a  Sermon  on  1  Cor.  xv.  68.  Lond.  8ro. 
1717." 

10.  *<  Ten  Sermons  on  several  Occasions.  Lond.  8vo. 
1717." 

11.  «  An  Account  of  the  Charitv  School  of  St  Catha- 
rine Cree  Church.    Lond.    4to.    1718." 

We  shall  be  glad  of  any  additional  particulars, 
and  are  especially  anxious  to  obtain  the  date  of 
his  death.  G.  H.  &  Thompson  Coopeb. 

Cambridge. 


BEARFS  POLITICAL  BALLADS  AND  BROWNE'S 
COUNTRY  PARSON'S  ADVICE. 

On  the  19th  October,  7  William  IIL,  one  John 
•   Beare  of  Buckland  tout  Saints,  in  the  county  of 
Devon,  Esq.,  published  various  ballads  of  a  poli- 
tical nature,  for  which  he  was  prosecuted.     I 
am  anxious  to  know  where  I  may  find  printed 
copies  of  these  ballads,  and  if  any  correspondent 
of  **  N.  &  Q.**  can  assist  me  I  shall  feel  indebted. 
The  following  is  a  list  of  these  productions  :  — 
''The  Belgick  Boar,    to  the   tune   of  Chevy 
Chase/*  containing  the  following  passage  :  — 

**  God  prosper  long  oar  noble  king,  our  hopes  and  wishes 
all; 

A  fatall  landing  late  there  did  in  Devonshire  befall. 

To  drive  onr  Sovereigne  from  his  Throne  Prince  Nas- 
sau took  his  way ; 

The  babe  mayrae  that's  lately  bom  his  landing  at 
Torbay,"  &c. 

A  ballad,  without  title,  containing  the  following 
pAMftfl^e:  — 

**  Bat  in  the  street  what  objects  we  meet 

Of  tradesmen  who  befr  for  reliefe, 

Whilst  the  Datch  at  Whitehall  from  the  English  take 

aU, 
By  command  of  P.  0.  the  proud  theife,"  &c. 


A  ballad  entitled  "  The  Three  Williams,"  con- 
taining the  following  passage  :  — 

**  William  the  First,  sarnam*d  the  Conqaeroar 

(A  Norman  theife  and  son  of  a  damn  d  w e), 

Rob'd  the  English  of  their  rights. 
And  left  them  slaves  and  poor/'  Ac. 

A  ballad  entitled  "  The  History  of  W.,**  con- 
taining the  following  passage :  — 

**  A  Protestant  muse,  yet  a  lover  of  kings, 
(Of  true  ones  I  mean,  not  Dutchified  thinesO 
On  th'  age  grown  a  little  satyricall  sings,"  &c.  '' 

A  ballad,  without  title,  commencing  thus  :  — 

« Whilst  William  Van  Naesaw,  with  Renting  Boarda- 
chan/*  &c 

A  ballad  entitled  "  A  Satyr  against  Rebellion,** 

containing  the  following  passage  :  — 

"Happy  the  time  when  men  rejoyc*d  to  pay 
All  just  obedience  to  the  Royal  sway. 
When  traeth  and  justice  rul'd  their  hearts  alone. 
And  no  Dutch  Boar  had  yet  defil'd  the  Throne,"  &c. 

Beare  at  the  same  time  published  two  othef 

seditious  libels  not  in  the  form  of  ballads.    The 

first  one  appears  to  be  entitled  "England's  Crisis, 

or  the  World  well  mended  ; "  the  other  is  without 

title,  and  has  the  following  passage  :  — 

*'  A  young  pragmaticall  fellow  just  come  from  the  uni- 
versity, very  brisk  and  bigg,  with  his  Barbara  Celarent 
and  his  catagoricall  and  hipotheticall  sjllogisms,"  &c 

If  I  recollect  rightly,  Wilkins,  in  his  Political 
Ballads  of  the  Seventeenth  and  Eighteenth  Ceti" 
turieSf  prints  one  of  the  before-mentioned  produc- 
tions.* 

Again,  where  shall  I  find  a  printed  copy  of 
"The  Country  Parson*s  honest  Advice  to  that 
judicious  Lawyer  and  worthy  Minister  of  State, 
my  Lord  Keeper,"  for  publishing  which  Joseph 
Browne  was  prosecuted  in  the  fifth  year  of  Queen 
Anne*s  reign  ?     William  Henbt  Habt,  F.SA. 

Folkestone  House,  Roupell 
Park,  Streatham. 


WHO  WAS  SARA  HOLMES? 

On  July  12,  1824,  appeared  the  following  ad- 
vertisement in  the  Morning  Chronicle  .  — 

**  Heir  at  law  of  Sara  Holmes,  afterwards  of  Sara 
Monson. — The  said  Sara  Holmes  was  married  to  her  first 
husband,  Mr.  John  Holmes,  in  Nov.  1684,  by  whom  she 

[•  The  Belgic  Boar  is  printed  by  Wilkins,  vol.  ii.  p.  44. 
This  curious  collection  of  political  poems  is,  we  fear,  not 

so  well  known  as  it  deserves  to  be. The  Country  Pat' 

son*i  Honest  Advice  is  in  the  British  Museum  (Press 
mark.  Poetical  Broadsides,  C.  'zO,  f.  p.  223.)  In  the  same 
volume  (p.  179)  is  The  Lawyer**  Answer  to  the  Country 
Parwn^t  Good  Advice  to  my  LordKemer,  fol.  1706.  Con- 
salt  also,  A  Letter  to  the  Rt.  Hon.  Mr,  Secretary  Harley, 
by  Dr.  Browne,  occasioned  from  his  late  Commitment  to 
Newgate,  together  with  his  Interpretation  of  that  paper^ 
call'd  The  Cbuntry  Parton't  Adviat^  UXjI  \ft  Via  ^%x^|pw 
Lond.  4to,  U06.— to.  »* ^.  %u  ^^'^ 


466 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


[S'*  S.  L  JcstB  14,  '6?. 


had  one  child  only,  tvho  survired  to  the  age  of  matnrity, 
nnd  wus  baptized  William  in  1G89.  The  said  Mr.  John 
llolmes  died  in  1700,  when  his  widow  married  Mr.  Philip 
Monson,  by  whom  she  had  one  son  named  Philip  Men- 
son. 

**  She  survired  her  second  husband,  who  died  in  1780, 
at  which  time  she  was  about  65  years  of  age,  and  lived 
in  St  Margaret's,  Westminster ;  where  she  died,  or  where 
buried,  is  not  known. 

**  Her  eldest  son,  Mr.  William  Holmes,  practised  as  a 
surgeon  in  or  near  London,  and  is  supposed  afterwards  to 
have  gone  to  Ireland. 

'*  If  any  one  can  prove  his  descent  from  the  said  Sara 
Holmes  through  her  son  William  Holmes,  or  in  case  his 
issue  hath  become  extinct,  through  hereon  Philip  Monson, 
upon  giving  such  information,  by  letter,  addressed  to 
T.  Z.,  to  be  left  at  Mr.  Abrahams,  Law  Stationers,  Mid- 
dle Temple  Lane,  will  be  put  into  possession  of  a  landed 
estate  of  £4000  per  annum.  All  communications  must  be 
post  paid." 

It  is  believed  that  at  the  time  this  advertisement 
produced  no  results ;  and  of  course  after  thirty- 
eight  years  greater  difficulties  exist  in  tracing, 
not  only  the  object  of  that  inquiry,  but  who  was 
the  inquirer,  and  the  grounds  and  extent  of  his 
information.  What  can  be  ascertained  is  as  fol- 
lows. 

Mr.  Abrahams  is  still  living,  but  no  record  has 
been  kept  that  would  identify  T.  Z.  He,  how- 
ever, has  kindly  assisted  with  a  surmise  that,  as 
at  that  period  he  had  business  transactions  with  a 
solicitor  of  the  name  of  Holmes,  the  advertise- 
ment might  have  proceeded  from  him.  The  Mr. 
Holmes  of  that  time  is  dead,  but  his  nephew,  Mr. 
Hichard  Holmes,  on  being  applied  to,  courteously 
replies,  that  ^ 

**  While  he  is  unable  to  trace  the  name  of  Sara  Holmes 
in  his  pedigree,  there  are  several  families  of  the  name  of 
Holmes,  in  Sussex ;  "  also,  *'  that  his  uncle  and  father  did 
formerly  employ  Mr.  Abrahams,  a  law  stationer,  and  that 
he  hat  no  doubt  his  unclct  Mr.  WUliam  Holmeg,  interted 
the  advertitement,  but  with  what  object  he  cannot  9ay** 

The  unsatisfactoriness  of  this  opinion  arises,  not 
merely  from  the  failure  of  any  clue  in  this  quar- 
ter, but  because,  if  the  late  Mr.  W.  Holmes  be 
the  originator  of  the  advertisement^  it  lessens  the 
hope  of  a  discovery  elsewhere. 

Still  one  chance  exists  now  which  did  not  in 
1824  —  we  can  invoke  Notes  and  Queries  to  the 
rescue.  It  is  just  possible,  among  its  numerous 
readers,  that  some  may  possess  the  knowledge  of 
that  which  would  be  the  key  to  the  mystery, 
namely,  tcho  was  Sara  Holmes  f  The  wording  of 
the  paragraph  shows  that  the  advertiser  knew 
this ;  and,  moreover,  the  dates  referred  to  imply 
that  his  authority  was  derived  from  registers. 

I  will  merely  add  the  one  item  that  I  can 
supply  to  the  subject  in  question.  Philip  Monson 
was  the  scion  of  a  younger  and  very  distant 
branch  of  our  family.  The  son  by  Sara  Holmes 
also  married,  but  it  is  believed  all  issue  has  been 
long  extinct.  In  the  printed  pedigree  that  ac- 
companied the  Camoys*  Peerage  case,  Philip 
MonsoDj  the  eider,  is  said  to  die  «.  p.,  which  was 


certainly  not  the  case ;  and  it  is  difficult  to  under- 
stand on  what  evidence  it  was  assumed,  or  the 
assumption  admitted.  MoiieoK. 

Chart  Lodge,  Sevenoaks. 


Bail  Brigo.  —  At  the  conclusion  of  the  arti- 
cle headed  "Bunker's  Hill."  at  pp.    437-8,  of 
"  K.  &  Q.**  for  May  31,  Mb.  D*Ayeiiet  excites  m^ 
curiosity  by  his  reference  to  a  singular  sapersti- 
tion  at  Bail  Brigg,  which,  though  a  diligent  stu- 
dent of  folk  lore,  is  quite  new  to  me.     I  do  not 
even  know  who  Sir  Tnomas  Balyn  was,  and  shall 
feel  much  obliged  to  your  contributor  if  he  will 
take  the  trouble  of  relating  the  tradition  in  the 
paffes  of  "  N.  &  Q.,;  '*  or,  if  this  is  too  much  to  ask, 
if  he  will  refer  me  to  his  sources  of  information, 
though  I  much  fear  that  these  may  not  be  acces- 
sible to  me.  M.  F. 

"  Christmas  ai«d  the  New  Year,**  a  Masque, 
in  four  acts.  Printed  by  £.  Lees,  Worcester, 
1827.     Who  is  the  author  ?  R.  Imqus. 

Crtptoqrapht.  —  The     following    paragraph 

appeared  in  the  Journal  of  the  Society  of  Arts  for 

November  21,  1856,  and  I  should  be  glad  to  learn 

whether  the   inventor's  challenge  met  with  any 

response,  and  whether  the  cypher  be  really  as 

secure  as  he  appears  to  imagine. 

"  A  new  Cypher, 
*'  The  Secretary  has  received  the  following  specimen  of 
a  cypher  invented  by  Mr.  N.  G.  Wilklns,  of  27,  Sl  PeleriB 
Roaa,  Mile  End,  who  desires  the  opinion  of  those  versed 
in  such  matters  as  to  its  merits:  — 

**  2808,  112a,  25r. 

**  The  inventor  states  that  the  above  is  a  short  disser- 
tation (about  100  words)  on  the  subject  of  the  C3rpber; 
that  it  was  written  in  about  ten  minutes,  and  with  the 
aid  of  the  key  may  be  translated  in  about  six  mioutei, 
though  he  considers  it  impossible  to  decypher  it  without 
such  assistance."  , 

Delta. 

His  Grace,  thb  Kinoes  Grace.  —  What  is  the 
meaning,  or  in  what  sense  is  the  word  Grace  ap« 
plied  to  kings,  dukes,  and  archbishops  ?  What  is 
the  term  Baron  as  applied  to  the  Barons  of  the 
Exchequer  ?  In  TEaTiOATOR. 

Itineraries  of  Edward  I.  and  XL,  etc. — The 
Rev.  Joseph  Hunter,  in  a  note  to  his  Essay  on  the 
Death  of  Eleanor  of  Castile,  Consort  of  Edward 
1.  CArchaologia,  xxiz.  169),  states  that  '*a  com- 
plete Itinerary  of  this  reign  was  made  for  the  late 
Record  Commission."  I  also  learn  that  a  similtr 
Itinerary  of  the  reign  of  Edward  IL  has  been 
compiled,  but  I  do  not  find  either  of  these  in  any 
of  the  Record  publications  presented  to  our  town 
library,  which,  nowever,  do  not  comprise  the  whole 
of  the  series. 

Where  are  these  Itineraries  to  be  found  t  I 
shall  also  feel  obliged  for  eftriy  information  whe- 
ther any  other  royal  Itineraries  hftre  been  pub- 


8'*  a  I.  June  14,  *62.] 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


467 


lished  in  addition  to  that  of  the  reign  of  King 

John  in  yo1.*I.  of  the  Roluli  LiUerantm  Patentium^ 

and  the  Iter  Carolinum^  in  the  Harleian  MUceU 

lany.    An  Itinerary  of  the  reign  of  Henrj  III. 

waB,  I  believe,  prepared  for  the  2nd  vol.  of  the 

Hot.  Liit,  Pat..,  but  which  was  not  issued  by  the 

Record  Commissioners.    I  seek  for  information 

respecting  royal  visits  to  this  town. 

William  Ebllt. 
Leicester. 

**  Lachbtma  Hibbbnicje,**  &c. — Who  was  the 
author  of  an  octavo  pamphlet,  entitled  Lachryma 
HihemictB ;  or,  the  Grievances  of  the  Peasantry  of 
Ireland,  especially  in  the  Western  Counties,  and 
published  in  Dublin  in  the  year  1822  ?  He  was 
*'a  resident  native,**  as  would  appear  from  the 
title-page.  Abhba. 

Lorrus,  Nicholas,  created  Viscount  Loftus, 
married,  1st,  in  1708,  Anne,  daughter  of  William 
Ponsonby,  created  Viscount  Duncannon.  When 
did  she  die  ?  Viscount  Loftus  married,  2ndly,  the 
widow  of  Arthur  Viscount  Loftus  of  £lye. 

Y.  S.  M. 

Macbeth  :  Malcolm  Ganmobe.  —  Some  time 
has  elapsed  since  I  endeavoured  to  call  the  atten- 
tion of  some  of  your  contributors,  better  qualified 
for  the  investigation  than  I  am,  to  the  injustice 
with  which  the  reputation  of  this  unhappy  monarch 
has  been  treateo,  but  I  am  not  aware  of  any 
answer  to  my  statement — that  Duncan  was  never 
assassinated  under  trust ;  that,  on  the  contrary,  he 
was  wounded  severely  during  an  inroad  into  Mo- 
ray, the  territory  of  Macbeth,  who  held  it  as  mar- 
mor  or  sub-king ;  and  that  he  died  of  the  injury 
sustuned  at  Elgin  —  then  the  capital  of  the  Mo- 
ray sub-monarchy  —  from  whence  his  body  was 
transmitted  to  I-Colm-Eill  by  his  conqueror,  and 
interred  in  the  royal  cemetery. 

Shall  I  be  able  to  elicit  an  answer  to  another 
inquiry  —  Who  was  Malcolm  Can- more?  That 
he  was  son  of  Duncan  is  apparently  undeniable, 
bat  who  was  his  mother  ?  If  Macbeth  married 
Gmoch,  the  widow  of  Duncan — a  fact  which  seems 
established  —  Malcolm  would  have  been  his  step- 
son, a  remarkable  circumstance  truly. 

Winton  removes  the  difficulty.  He  positively 
asserts  that  Malcolm  was  the  natural  son  of  Dun- 
can by  the  daughter  of  the  miller  of  Forteviot, 
whom  the  "venerable**  monarch  had  picked  up 
while  hunting.  Illegitimacy  was  thought  no 
impediment  in  those  days,  as  MalcoIm^s  con- 
temporary, William  "  Bastardus,**  indicates ;  and, 
backed  with  a  good  Northumbrian  army,  wh^ 
should  the  aspirant  to  a  diadem  not  make  his 
claim  effectual  ?  Surely,  as  the  son  of  Dupcan, 
he  had  a  better  right  to  a  crown  than  the  Norman 
invader  had,  who  could  put  forth  no  relationship 
of  the  kind  to  the  Confessor. 

This  also  explains  the  absence  of  the  two  chil- 


dren by  Gruoch  from  the  pages  of  history  until 
the  death  of  Malcolm,  when  Donaldbain  reappears 
on  the  stage,  and  sets  aside  for  a  short  time  the 
claims  of  the  children  of  his  brother  illegitimate. 

Winton  is  very  particular  in  his  account  of  the 
rtaughty  lady.  Retells  us  that  she  would  have  risen 
to  a  high  position  at  court  under  the  wing  of  her 
powerful  protector — that  she  married  subsequent- 
ly, and  got  a  grant  of  lands  which  were  inherited  by 
her  survivors,  and  were  known  in  his  (Winton*s) 
time.  It  will  not  be  forgotten  that  this  usually 
trustworthy  writer  had  in  his  possession  and 
keeping  various  ancient  muniments,  one  of  which 
still  exists,  and  was  printed  by  Mr,  Tindal  Bruce 
for  the  Bannatyne  Club.  In  this  interesting  re- 
cord are  several  entries  of  grants  by  "  Macabeta 
Rex  '*  and  "  Gruoch  Regina  Scotorum "  to  the 
Culdees.  J.  M. 

Mbrbion  Graveyard,  kear  Dublin. — Can  any 
one  of  your  Irish  correspondents  tell  me  to  what 
religious  house  the  old  graveyard  of  Merrion  be- 
longed? "I  remember,'*  writes  an  antiquarian 
friend,  whose  name  stands  very  high  indeed  in 
matters  of  the  kind,  **  once  happening  on  it,  but  I 
forget  the  authority  ...  I  would  suspect  St. 
Mary*s  Abbey.*'  AnnnA. 

Owtherquedaunge.  —  I  should  feel  greatly 
obliged  by  an  explanation  of  the  word  owtherque^ 
dauuce,  which  occurs  in  an  **  Answer  to  the  De- 
maundes  of  the  Rebelles  in  Yorkcbhire,*'  temp. 
Hen.  VIIL,  1536  :  — 

"  And  though  owtherquedaance  of  som,  may  chaance, 
wyll  not  let  them  to  knowlege  it  so,  yet  I  tru9t  and  doubt 
not,  bat  the  most  parte  of  oar  lovyng  sabjects,"  &c.  — 
StaU  Papers  lien,  VIIL,  1 607. 

'*  Quedaunce,**  I  think,  is  wickedness. 

Vedette. 

Pitt.— There  appeared  a  pamphlet,  printed  at 
"  Edinburgh,  bv  John  Ballantjne  &  Co.  fur  John 
Ballantyne  &  do.,  Hanover  Street,  and  Longman, 
Hurst,  Rees,  &  Orme,  London,"  in  1819,  8vo, 
consisting  of  forty  pages  (exclusive  of  title  and 
advertisement),  and  entitled  — 

**  A  Vindication  of  thu  Character  of  the  lato  Right 
Hon.  William  Pitt,  from  the  Calamnies  against  him  con- 
tained  in  the  Fifih  Article  of  the  *  Edinburgh  Review.' " 

It  is  written  with  great  spirit.  The  author, 
however,  conceals  his  name.  Could  Sir  Walter 
Scott^  the  patron  of  the  Ballantynes,  have  any- 
thing to  do  with  it  ?  J.  M. 

Ratblin.  "  Will  some  correspondent  oblige 
me  with  a  reference  to  any  volume  containing  a 
good  tlescription  of  the  past  and  present  state  of 
the  Isle  of  Eathlin,  within  the  province  of  Ulster, 
Ireland  ?  Ikquibeb. 

BiVAULx  Abbet  ;  Lords  db  Bos. — Some  eight 
years  ago,  Frederick  Mackenzie^^o  U^vw^^t^ss^tv  v% 
the  beat  wdQL\\.^^\Mi«jL  ^t«ca^\wjiV3^^sv^\««^^^ 


468 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


[SM  a.  L  Juas  14,  ■61 


bsve  ever  liad,  nas  ehowing  me  some  exquisite 
outline  (Iravriiigs  of  Kivuulx  Abbey  »bieh  be  bad 
made  thirtj  years  before.  At  tbe  time  he  made 
bii  (Irawingii,  ibe  ruins  were  in  a  verj  neglected 
state  —  choked  nith  weeds  and  brambUaj  but 
Mr.  Duncombc,  the  then  proprietor,  upon  leeijig 
the  drawings,  was  so  struck  with  the  Leautj  ot 
the  treasure  he  possessed,  ihut  be  set  to  work,  — 
fenced  round  the  ruins  to  keep  cattle  fiotn  straying 
amongst  them,  cleared  awaj  the  brushwood,  &c. ; 
and  being  advised  to  do  so  bj  Muckenzie,  began 
trenuliing  in  front  of  tlic  high  altar,  and  short!/ 
came  up<>D  three  thirteenth  century  stone  colllria. 
Upon  beiog  openeil,  these  coHins  dis:;li>se[l  tbe 
Tetnains  or  three  figures,  each  with  red  huir  and 
beard.  Now  it  is  known  that  Blvnulx  Abbey  wa) 
founded  by  the  Lords  de  Kos;  so  far  the  Note. 
The  Query  is,  Did  ibis  family  take  their  name  from 
the  colour  of  tbe  bnir  ?  J]arb:iro^sa  is  a  cose  in 
point.  Henbv  Uueshubv. 

Wallbkstbin.  —  Most  bistjiricul  readers  have 
perused  Colonel  Mitchell's  fascinating  Xi/e  ofihe 
Duk»  of  FriedlatuI,  wbicU  is  diffeclive,  iieverihe- 
lew,  in  two  essentials  —  an  index  and  a  litt  of 
references.  Uecently  the  lollowing  work,  in  small 
quarto,  came  under  my  notice,  ns  to  which  I 
■nould  like  some  information,  AWerli  Fritltamli, 
perdafUionU  Cham,  lice  ingrtUi  Auimi  Chaos. 
Cum  LicentiS  Supeiiorum.  Anno  m.dcxxxiv. 

It  has  neither  the  printer'^  name  nor  place  of 
publication,  if  it  ever  was  published,  and  it  con- 
sists of  cjgiity  pages.  The  leaves  arc  not  num- 
bered. J.  M. 

"Yahkbk  doodle  dosbows  cash." — Some  years 
ago  there  appeared  a  clever  parody  of  "Yankee 
Doodle,"  of  which  I  only  recollect  these  lines :  — 
"  Y»nke«  Doodle  borrows  cash, 

Yankee  Doodle  spends  it. 
And  then  be  snaps  nis  Baesrs  at 

The  jolly  flat  that  lends" it." 
I    should  be  glad  if  any  of  the  readers  of 
"N.  &  Q."   would  refer  me  to  where  the  re- 
mainder may  be  met  witbf  A.  Davisom. 
Dablin. 


Ben  WiLtoN,  tub  Cakicatcbist.  — Who  was 
tbia  oentleman  ?  In  a  political  pamphlet  pub- 
lished in  1770,  in  which  George  Grenvilie  is 
charged  with  associating  with  men  nbo  have 
libelled  in  verse  and  proae,  and  hung  him,up  I'n 
tffigy  in  half  the  coffee-himacs  in  London,  we  ore 
told   in   a   foot-note   explanatory   of   this   latter 

"See  the  Fmeral  of  JOSa  Amy  Stamp,  s  print  en- 
graved by  Ben  Wilson,  in  intimate  friend  o(  Iba  Harqni* 
afS ■»  "  fawWDgham). 


A'  friend,  learned  in  caricatures,  to  whom  I 
have  applied  for  iDfomwtion  on  this  subject, 
writes  r  — 

"  1  have  four  different  engraving*  evidanllj  from  the 
same  arlf^inal,  but  verv  slightly  varied.  Tba  title  of  each 
ll  Tie  Brpral,  or  the  Funend  ofMia  Amy  Stanp.  Ttieta 
is  not  on  my  of  them  any  rererencs  to  uienvBr  or  pab- 
liiber.  But  I  hive  aiucbed  '  Eiiitinatioa  of  Itae  Bepeal, 
it  it  to  lie  bad  at  the  print-abops  at 
I,  and  all  others." 

B.  W.  C. 

of  Leeds  in  Voriuhire, 


I  Print,'  which  si 
the  Royal  Exchai 


[Uenjamin  Wilson  was  a  n 
ind  was  pstTfiTiiscd  by  Dr. 
Charter -houss.  Br  his  nstui 
siderabls  abilities  a%  a  portr>i: 
style 


r,  and  endcavoarsd 


(lie  Buard  of  Ordnancr,  and  died 


1788.    Tbi 


into  hi*  picture*.'    Wil»oc 

theitre  inatitute<l  in  Pimlica  bv  the  Ute  Duke  orToit 
and  Sir  Francia  BUke  Uelaval,  under  the  manageiMit  of 
Foole.  lie  had  alio  s  contidersble  knnwledfie  of  nalortl 
philosaph}-,  wliieh  procured  him  idniission  Into  the  Koyal 
j^ociel}-.    AIkiuI  1773  he  was  tppninied  master- piloter  Is 

leal  print  ef 
I  was  inienaea  to  riuicuie  the  poliliciaoa  who 
the  cause  or  the  Americana  in  tbe  alTair  of  Ike 

itterial  party.  His  olhar  etchingi  on— An  Uld 
>d,  with  a  h*t  end  fealber,  and  a  mO;  in  imila- 
:mbrniidL  A  small  landscape,  ieugthwayi,  ill 
or  the  same  tnoater.  His  own  portrait,  io  s 
rery  litlls  draper}'.  There  are  several  mean- 
'  hia  pictures,  ai  Gsrrick  in  Hamlal ;  the  saaa 
iu  Laar,  and  a  portrait  of  Sir  Gaorga  SaviUa. 
IS  made  aome  drawiogs  after  pictaras  of  lb* 
^  for  the  Ute  ^Idermaa  John  BoydelL  FiJi 
and  Bryan'*  Virli',„arUi,  Hobbea's  i^rhm  Oil- 
laial,  p.  496,  and  OtHt,  May,  voL  Iviii.  pt  n. 


,6.] 


S0111.-F00D.  —  What  is  tbe  deriratioD  of  tfaii 
word,  pronounced  "  soul-food,"  but  I  fancy,  ii 
spelt  teawl  or  loul,  and  means  any  kind  of  food 
except  corn  P  G.  V.  S. 

[The  term  seems  properly  to  have  sif^lGed  aayAol 
that  satiate*,  or  sstlsnea  the  appetite ;  and  It  has  accord- 
ingly been  derived  from  tbe  old  French  naal  now  ntL 
Saoul,  or  soQI,  ha*  been  traced  to  (he  Latin  aatnAii;  aid 
between  (hem  lies  tbe  Rom.  Kuloi:  "El  veatn  dsl  Mo 
noD  er  ja  sadolti"  (The  knave's  bellv  will  never  bs 
satisaed.)  The  French  have  alto  the  verb  aoAfcr,  femeilv 
luou/rr,  to  satiate.  "Sooi_  anything  eaten  with  breaA 
Narih,  Anything  used  to  flavour  bread,  eucb  as  balier, 
cheeu.  &c,  ja  called  M»no  Pembrokashire."  {H^SwiU.) 
The  transition  (o  this  mesninf;  is  probably  due  to  Iht 
prsvalent  opinion,  thst  bresd  aim*  U  not  satU^lng.] 

WoBKs  OK  CovBTOosNESB.  —  A  qoartcr  of  1 
century  ago  great  excitement  traa  cmnaed  \tj  (ha 

Jublicstion  of  a  Prize  Essay,  entitled  MamMe*. 
a  the  advertisement  it  is  stated  that  many  com* 
peting  essays  were  considered  br  tbe  judge*  to 
be  of  very  great  merit,  and  tbey  ooped  that  miH 
of  them  would  be  published.  Were  any,  in  fact, 
10  published,  and,  tf  so,  under  what  titlea  or  de- 
scriptions P  B.  F. 
[Id  addition  to  Dr.  Harrii'a  FiIm  Vtmy,  Ktmmmt  sr 


B^S.J.  JoKB  14»  '62.] 


NOTES  AND  QUEBIE& 


469 


CkmetouMHeu  the  Sin  of  the  Chittian  Church,  12mo,  1836, 
there  appeared  aboat  the  same  time  the  following  works 
4MI  the  aame  sabject:  —  On  Cbvetouaneut  by  Kichard 
Treffcy,  jon.  I8mo,  1836.  Oowtoumeut  Ui  Preoalencej 
EviU,  and  Cure,  bv  Esther  Copley,  12ino,  1836.  Chris- 
Uan  Liberality  in  the  Distribution  of  Property,  by  J.  6. 
Pike,  18ino,  1836.  Inquiry  into  Cbvetousness,  by  Jamei 
Oiaisford,  8vo.] 

Greek  Flats.  —  At  the  time  Dr.  Parr  was 
master  of  the  school  at  Stanmore,  he  had  tito  of 
the  plays  of  Sophocles  acted  by  his  pupils,  in  1775 
nod  1776.  This  was  the  first  occasion  of  Greek 
plays  being  acted  in  England.  J  believe  there  is 
fome  account  of  these  performances  in  Memoirs  of 
ike  Rev,  T,  Maurice  (Part  i.  p.  63,  &c.)  Does 
Mr.  Maurice  give  the  names  oi  the  performers  ? 

ZfiTA. 

(Mr.  Maarice  has  only  given  some  notices  of  his  trans- 
lation of  the  (Edipus  Tyrannus  of  Sophocles,  acted  before 
a  vast  body  of  assembled  literati,  but  without  the  names 
of  the  performers.  This  tragedy  was  subseqaently  pub- 
lished by  him,  and  entitled  A  Free  Trantiation  of  the 
(Edipus  Tyrannus  of  Sophocles,  the  noblest  production  of  the 
Oreeh  Dramatic  Muse,  8vo,  1822.  In  the  Advertisement 
ha  says,  **  The  important  intelligence  of  its  not  having 
been  acted  before  for  *2440  years,'  could  not  possibly 
come  before  me,  because  I  happened  myself  to  be  one  of 
the  conspicuous  actors  in  this  very  drama,  when  it  was 
performed  at  Stanmore,  in  the  original  Greek,  before  Dr. 
Samuel  Johnson,  and  a  great  body  of  British  aud  Foreign 
literati,  in  the  year  1776.] 

BiBLioGRAFHiGAL. -— 1.  The  date  of  entry  of 
Meres*s  Palladis  Tamia  at  Stationers*  Hall  ? 

2.  In  the  original  quarto  of  Lovers  Labours  Lost^ 

18  (a)  the  word  exit  opposite  Beronne  or  Boyet  in 

Act  II.  — 

B€r,  «   .  Sir,  adieo. 

Boy,  Farewell  to  me^  Sir,  and  welcome  to  yon?  " 

And  (li)  is  Armatho  spelt  as  in  the  First  Folio, 
ArmaihrOy  in  Costard's  remarks  at  end  of  Act  IV. 
Bel? 

8.  What  is  the  nature  of  the  contents  of  the 
pages  of  Holinshed*s  2nd  vol.  that  were  cancelled 
m  Elizabeth's  time,  and  republished  in  1703? 
dod  to  whose  reigns  do  they  belong  ? 

Bbnj.  East. 

[1.  Heres's  Palladis  Tamia  was  first  published  in  1698, 
small  8vo,  174  leaves.  The  date  of  its  entry  at  Sta- 
tioners* Hall  we  have  not  discovered. 

9.  In  the  quarto  edition  of  Loues  Labours  hsi,  1681  (a), 
Jgxit  is  opposite  BoyeL  (6)  In  Costard's  remarks  Jr- 
tmaikor  is  the  spelling. 

8,  The  Castrations  of  Holinshed  were  republished  in 
1728  (not  1708)  by  Dr.  Drake,  in  a  thin  folio  black-letter 
Tolome.  In  the  second  volume  there  are  onlv  four  sheets 
•nppretsed,  and  those  in  the  Annales  of  Scotland,  and  artf 
chiefly  some  of  the  additions  made  by  Fr.  Thin.  The  first  is 
fnm  p.  421  to  424  inclusive;  the  second,  from  p.  488  to 
486 1  and  the  third  and  fourth  together,  from  p.  448  to  450. 
Hie  passages  relate  to  the  violent  contention  which  sub- 
sisted in  the  years  1577,  &c.,  between  the  two  opposite 
parties  in  Scotland,  and  Queen  Elizabeth's  interference 
oy  her  varioos  ambassadors —  points  which  she  did  not 
fiara  to  hava  made  pafe^e.  For  a  notice  of  the  castrations 
in  T9l*  Uit  tM  My.  J9Htaii.  ed.  1750-7,  It.  262<^.] 


THE  OLD  COUNTESS  OF  DESMONp. 
(3'«  S.  i.  377.) 

I  beg  to  thank  the  Marquess  or  Kildaki  for 
his  correction  of  the  date  of  the  record  relative  to 
"  Gyles  ny  Cormyk,  wife  to  Sir  Thomas  of  Des- 
mond,** which  I  was  misled  to  suppose  to  be  ' 
20  Hen.  VIII.  instead  of  20  Hen.  VII.  This  cer- 
tainly invalidates  considerably  my  argument  for 
a  large  reduction  of  the  assumed  longevity  of  his 
second  wife,  the  Old  Countess  of  Desmond,  in  re* 
ference  to  her  becoming  a  mother.  But  still  that 
argument  retains  some  of  its  force,  and  the  pro- 
bability of  her  being  nearly  of  her  husband's  affe, 
or  within  ten  years  of  it,  is  not  restored.  In 
20  Hen.  VII.  (1505)  he  was  fifty-one.  As  after 
her  marriage  at  some  period  after  that  date, — 
now  unknown,  but  it  may  be  ten,  fifteen,  or  twentj 
years,  —  she  gave  birth  to  Katberine,  subsequently 
the  wife  of  Philip  Barry  Oge,  it  is  at  least  probable 
that,  instead  being  only  ten  years  younger  than 
her  husband,  which  was  all  that  her  reputed  longe- 
vity made  her,  she  was  considerably  more. 

The  pictures  called  portraits  of  the  Old  Coun- 
tess of  Desmond  are  evidently  very  numerous. 
Besides  others  formerly  seen  and  mentioned,  as 
noticed  by  the  writer  of  the  article  in  the  Dublin 
Review,  the  following  are  now  preserved  in  known 
localities :  — 

1.  At  Windsor  Castle. 

2.  At  Chats  worth. 

3.  At  Knole. 

4.  At  Burghley. 

5.  At  Bedgebury. 

6.  At  Newnbam  Fadox. 
In  Ireland :  — 

7.  At  Muckross  Abbey. 

8.  At  Ballynruderry. 

9.  At  Dromana. 
In  Scotland :  — 

10.  At  Dupplin  Castle. 

11.  At  Newbattle  Abbey. 
And  probably  others. 

No.  1.  is  certainly  a  picture  by  Rembrandt,  and 
a  portrait  of  his  mother ;  and  it  is  certainly  the 
ordinal  of  most  of  the  rest,  possibly  of  all. 

By  the  kindness  of  the  Duke  of  Devonshire,  his 
picture  (No.  2)  has  been  brought  to  the  house  of 
the  National  Portrait  Gallery,  and  is  ascertained 
to  be  derived  from  the  preceding,  as  Horace  Wal- 
pole  pronounced  it  to  be. 

All  the  four  next  I  believe  will  prove  to  be  of 
the  like  character,  or  otherwise  imi^sinary. 

The  picture  (No.  7)  belonging  to  Mr.  Herbert 
at  Muckross  Abbey,  is  that  which  is  accompanied 
by  a  long  inscription  of  the  assumed  history  oC 
the  Countess,  and  photoaT«.^\i^  %s^  '^ofe  V^3?^_ 
piece  to  \li^  \sifcftl&.x,  iksSo.^ttw5ia^&«^«^^^««=^ 


470 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


[8**  &  L  Ju»B  li,  *6J. 


on  her  history.  I  believe  both  picture  and  in- 
scription to  have  been  fabricated,  at  the  time 
when  these  pictures  were  admired  and  multiplied. 
It  would,  however,  be  a  satisfaction  to  have  it  cri- 
ticallj  examined  bv  some  competent  judges. 

The  Knifi;ht  of  Kerry  has  already  had  tbe  kind- 
ness to  bring  his  picture  (No.  8)  to  the  National 
Portrait  Gallery.  It  is  excellent  as  a  work  of 
art,  and  has  the  signature  of  O.  Douw^  but  is 
clearly  derived  from  the  Windsor  picture,  though 
with  some  varieties  of  treatment  and  of  costume. 
This  is  more  obvious  upon  examination  of  the 
picture  than  was  observaole  in  the  mezzo-tint  en- 
graving by  Gro^an.  That  Gerard  Douw  should 
have  copied  a  picture  of  his  master  Rembrandt, 
with  variations  of  his  own,  is  an  occurrence  quite 
in  due  course. 

Lord  Stuart  de  Decies  proposes  to  brine  his 
picture  from  Dromana  to  London,  and  I  Iook  for 
it  with  some  curiosity,  as  I  do  not  gather,  from 
the  accounts  of  tbe  Quarterly  Reviewer  and  Sir 
Bernard  Burke,  whether  it  resembles  those  already 
noticed  or  no. 

The  Earl  of  Kinnouirs  picture  (No.  10.)  is  cer- 
tainly derived  from  that  at  Windsor,  as  is  shown 
by  the  engraving  in  Fennant*s  Toiir  in  Scotland. 

Of  the  Marquess  of  Lothiau*s  picture  at  New- 
battle  Abbey  1  know  nothing,  and  I  mention  it 
now  for  the  first  time,  having  found  it  as  an  item 
in  a  catalogue  of  that  collection  written  in  1798. 

Lord  Inchiquin  has  two  small  pictures  of  an 
Earl  and  Countess  of  Desmond,  and  he  proposes 
to  bring  them  to  London  :  but  it  has  not  been  as- 
certained to  which  Earl  and  Countess  they  be- 
long. 

Should  any  further  information  arise  upon  this 
long-debated  subject,  I  will  not  fail  to  report  it. 

Joasf  GouGH  Nichols. 


NAMES  OF  PLANTS. 
(3'«>  S.  i.  347.) 
The  dock  has  its  name  from  A.-S.  docce;  the 
yarrow  from  A.'S,  gearwe,  Avens  would  cor- 
rupt from  advenlus^  but  why  it  should  have  been 
so  called  seems  doubtful.  The  O.  Fr.  les  avens, 
Signifies  the  **fdte  of  the  advent'*  The  name 
charlock,  or  carlock,  is  in  some  countries  also 
called  cadlockygarloch,  and  voarlock ;  and  in  Saxon 
is  written  cerTice*  Again,  cerUce  might  corrupt 
from  gearlic^  yearly,  annual ;  but  the  latter  appel- 
lation would  be  equally  applicable  to  any  annual. 
If,  however,  the  Saxon  had  a  corresponding  word 
to  the  Brit,  garw^  "  rough,**  the  name  might  mean 
rough-ish  Qar^lic),  Indeed,  in  Yorkshire,  the 
charlock  is  called  also  runsh ;  a  name  which  may 
have  been  given  to  it  on  account  of  its  hirsute  stem, 
from  the  provincial  word  runUh,  "  rough."    The 


and  starch- wort.    Lords-and-ladies  is  one  of  iti 
most  common  appellations;   and  in  Worcester- 
shire it  is  called  bIoody-men*s-finger8.    According 
to  Miller  {Oard.  Diet.),  it  has  its  first  name  from 
its  acrimony ;  its  second  and  third  from  tbe  form 
of  the  spadix ;  and  calf *s- foot  from  the  Dutch, 
halfivoet.    The  French  have  a  voriety  of  names 
for  this  plant:  among  others,  pied-de-veau  and 
goult-commun.    Its  classical  name  arum  (in  Ger. 
Aran,  Gr.  ''Apov,)  is  said  to  be  from  itpii,  bane,  de- 
triment.    Bailey  derives  tares  from   **the   Low 
S.  teeren,  Grer.  zehren,  to  consume ;  because  they 
consume    tbe    corn.**      Rumex    (Flin.,    in    Gr. 
KiQiiZov)  is  derived  by  some  from  rumpo,  or  nipo; 
or,   according  to  Yossius,  from  rvmo,  to  suck. 
Prunella,  or  brunella,  is  said  to  be  from  the  Ger. 
die  braune,  **  a  disorder  in  the  jaws  and  throat," 
which  the  self-heal  is  supposed  to  cure.  The  plant 
called  **gold-of- pleasure,  derives  its  classical  name 
Myagfum  (Flin.  M^aypof,  Dioscor,),  from  iivm^  a 
fly;   &7pe^,  to  catch.    Varro  derives  ^'vicia,**  a 
vinciendo,   "because  it  has  its  tendrils  like  the 
vine,  by  which  it  binds  other  plants;'*  but  Yos- 
sius thinks  it  rather  from  the  Greek;  because, 
teste  Oalen,  the  Asiatic  Greeks  call  it  $liciop.   Mil- 
ler says  the  Vicia  sativa  is  so  called,  because  it 
has  been  long  cultivated  under  the  names  of  tares 
and  vetches  (Frovin.  fitches)  for  the  seeds ;  which 
are  an  excellent  food  for  pigeons,  and  also  for 
green  food  of  horses,  kine,  and  sheep,  particu- 
larly for  soiling  horses.  R.  S.  Chabkock. 


DUNFORD,  DUMFORD,  OR  DUREFORD. 
(3"»  S.  i.  278.) 

It  was  not  worth  troubling  you  merely  to  sty 
that  the  doubt  which  I  meant  to  have  expressed 
in  my  former  letter  was  between  Dunford  and 
Dumford,  and  that  Durnford  was  an  error,  either 
of  mine  or  of  the  printer.  Your  correspoDdeDt 
J*  G.  N.  has  raised  a  new  question,  by  his  con- 
jecture that  Dunford  was  a  lapidary's  error,  and 
that  the  name  should  have  been  Durcford,  from 
the  abbey  situated  not  far  from  Harting  and  the 
other  estates  of  John  Caryll.  Thb  b  plausible 
but  not  conclusive.  Did  your  correspondent  re* 
member  that  Harting  and  the  other  estates,  and 
the  abbey  itself,  are  all  situated  in  the  Hundred 
of  Dumpford,  or  Demetford  ?  If  this  h^.  one  of 
the  origmal  hundreds  into  which  the  county  was 
idivided,  is  it  not  more  probable  that  the  little 
abbey,  always  a  poor  place,  took  ita  name  from  its 
situation,  and  was  popularly  called  Uie  **  Abbey  of 
Demetford**?  The  county  aronnd  is  studded  with 
names  of  like  derivation.  As  to  tbe  variations  in 
the  spelling  and  to  the  corruption  of  names,  your 
correspondent  is  much  better  informed  than  lam; 
but  in  illustration  of  this  special  qaestioDi  I  will 


wake'robin  baa  many  other  names  —  as  cuckoo-     ^ ^ ^ 

piai  or  piatle,  pr/est's-pintle,  otlfs-foot,  itimY^\Q\Mftt'9«^%Xi\&.^^»^IliaTe0eeD,  a  refortneeif    I 


8«"  a  L  JuNB  14,  '62.] 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


471 


therein  made  to  certain  legal  proceedings  in  the 
time  of  Henry  II.,  and  that  the  Hundred  is  there 
called  *^  Demetforde  ** ;  and  in  a  subsequent  quo- 
tation from  or  reference  to  proceedings  in  the 
time  of  Edward  I.,  it  is  called  '^  Dempforde  *' ; 
while  in  the  document  itself,  dated  1632,  it  is 
written  both  Dempforde  and  Dumpforde.  In  a 
deed  of  1605,  referring  to  lands  which  I  believe 
belonged  formerly  to  the  abbey,  they  are  de- 
scribed as  situate  in  Dumptford ;  in  another,  of 
1609,  as  lands  in  Durford ;  and,  1632, 1  find  men- 
tion of  "  Durford  Bridge  "  and  "  Durford  War- 
ren.** In  the  Ordnance  Map  there  is  marked 
upon  what  appears  to  be  the  site  of  the  abbey, 
"Dumford  Farm,"  and*»Dumford  Park  Farm** 
adjoining. 

I  shall  now  refer  to  a  document  to  show  what 
may  have  been  the  opinion  of  the  titular  lord 
himself,  for  it  was  made  in  his  life-time,  and 
for  his  own  use.  It  is  a  "  Table  of  Customary 
fees  belonging  to  the  Steward,  Bailiff,  &c,  of 
Rogate  Court,  as  agreed  upon  oath.*'  This  formal 
document,  on  parchment,  signed  by  the  jurors,  is 
headed  ** Dumford**;  and  the  abbey,  be  it  re- 
membered, was  situated  in  the  manor  of  Rogate. 

D. 


ARMS  OF  THE  KINGDOM  OF  LEON. 
(3'«>  S.  i.  407.) 

The  uncertainty  as  to  the  proper  tinctnre  of 
the  lion  in  the  arms  of  Leon,  noted  by  Uisp.,  has 
doubtless  arisen  from  the'vagueness  attending  the 
use  of  the  word  purpureus,  or  molochimu^  in  the 
Latin  blazon  of  those  arms.  There  can,  I  think, 
be  little  doubt  that  gules  is  the  proper  colour, 
both  from  the  fact  that  purpure  was  formerly  not 
admitted  as  an  heraldic  tincture  (see  on  this  point 
VAri  du  Blason  iustifii^  par  le  F^re  Menestrier, 
Lyon,  1661)  ;  and  because  the  balance  of  autho- 
rities, as  well  Spanish  as  foreign,  is  decidedly  in 
faTour  of  cules. 

The  only  work  of  authority  that  I  know  of,  in 
which  purpure  is  given  as  the  tincture,  is  Chifflet*s 
Jjuignia  Qentililia  equibim  ordinis  VeUeris  Aurei 
(Le  Blason  des  Armoiries  des  Chevaliers  de  la 
Toison  d*Or),  Antwerp,  16.32.  There  in  the  Latin 
blason  of  the  arms  of  Ferdinand,  Kino;  of  Sicily, 
the  words  '*  leo  molochinus,**  and  in  the  French, 
**  lyon  de  pour  pre,**  are  used.  (Vredius,  in  SigiUa 
Comihan  Flandnce^  also  uses  the  word  **  molochi- 
nus **  in  blasoning  the  arms  of  the  Spanish  family 
of  Manoel ;  but  see  below.) 

Favyn,  Thiatre  d'Honneur  et  de  Chevalerie, 
tome  ii.  p.  1159  (Paris,  1620),  gives  the  arms  of 
Leon  thus :  *^  Le  Lyon  rempant  de  Gueulcs,  ou  de 
Sable**;  whence  Guillim,  perhaps  (Display  of 
HeraMrv^  p.  381,)  ^Luna,  a  lion  rampand 
Saturn, —which  is  certainly  incorrect.   The  fol- 


lowing are  a  few  of  the  Spanish  authorities  for 
gules :  — 

Argote  de  Molina,  in  his  book,  De  la  Nohleza 
del  Andaluzia,  liv.  i.  cap.  42,  speaks  of  *'el  Leon 
roxo  rampantc  **  as  being  the  arms  of  Leon ;  and 
p.  190,  in  describing  the  arms  of  Manoel,  says : 
**  Us6  por  armas  del  leon  roxo  en  campo  de  plata 
de  las  armas  ileales,**  &c. 

Rodrigo  Mendez  Silva,  in  La  Poblagion  general 
de  Espaiiay  gives  to  the  town  of  Leon  for  arms  : 
^'  £n  Escudo  plata  leon  ro/o.** 

Ambrosio  Salazar  gives  the  arms  of  the  Girons, 
who  bear  Castile  and  Leon  tierced  in  mantle  with 
their  own  arms,  thus :  *^  Tra^'n  por  armas  un  Cas- 
tillo rojo  campo  de  oro,  y  un  leon  rampante  rojo 
campo  de  plata,**  &c.  (See  Henninges  Theatrum 
Genealogicunt,  tom.  iv.  ful.  34 ;  and  L*Art  du  Bla^ 
sonjusttfiiy  pp.  58,  59.) 

Menestrier,  Methode  du  Blason^  p.  206,  figures 
the  lion  gules ;  and  Ashmole,  History  of  the  Order 
of  the  Garter  (8vo  edit.),  p-  517,  gives  the  second 
quarter  of  the  arms  of  Ferdinand,  King  of  Castile 
and  Leon,  as  "  Arg.  a  lyon  ramp,  gules^  crowned 
or. 

Goussancourt,  Martyrologe  des  Chevaliers  de 
Malte  (Paris,  1643),  tome  i.  p.  3,  blasons  Leon, 
**  d*argent  au  lion  de  gueules**  So  also  the  Germtn 
heralds,  Triers,  JSirSeitung  zu  der  Wapen^Kunst 
(Leipzig,  1744),  pp.  28,  324,  520 :  "In  silbernem 
Felde  ein  rother  gecronter  Lowe.**  In  Siebma* 
cher's  Wappenbuch  (NUrnberg,  1734),  in  every 
plate  in  wnich  the  arms  of  Leon  appear,  the  lion 
IS  marked  roth  (vol.  i.  pi.  2.  4. ;  vol.  v.  die  Hoch- 
Meister  Teiitschen  Ordens,  pi.  29  ;  vol.  vi.  Rom. 
Kayscrlicher  Wappen,  plate  1,3;  Wappen  der 
Ertz-Hertzoge  zu  Oesterreich,  pi.  5  ) 

John  Woodward. 

New  Shoreham. 


SIR  JOHN  BALDWIN. 

(3^*  S.  i.  426.) 

As  H.  C.  F.  is  evidently  not  in  possession  of 
the  book,  I  send  the  following  fuller  account  of 
Sir  John  Baldwin,  extracted  from  Foss*s  Judges 
of  England,  vol,  v.  p.  134 :  — 

"  John  Baldwin  was  the  son  of  WiUiam  Baldwin  and 
Agnes,  the  daughter  of  William  Dormer,  Eaq,,  of  Wy- 
combe, in  Buckinghamshire,  the  ancestor  of  Lord  Dor- 
mer. At  the  Inner  Temple,  where  he  studied  the  law, 
he  attained  so  high  a  reputation  that  he  received  the 
uncommon  distinction  of  being  thrice  appointed  reader, 
in  autumn  1516,  in  Lent  1624,  and  in  autumn  1531.  The 
last  occasion  was  on  account  of  his  having  been  called 
upon  to  take  the  degree  of  the  coif;  which  he  accordingly 
assumed  in  the  following  November,  when  he  was  im- 
mediately constituted  one  of  the  King's  Serjeants.  In 
1530,  he  held  the  oflSce  of  treasurer  of  his  inn. 

**  He  probably  practised  in  the  Court  of  Chancery,  as 
he  was  one  of  the  persons  assigned,  in  June,  1529,  to  aid 
Cardinal  Wolsey  in  hearing  causes  there.  He  and  Ser- 
jeant Waiottghby  w«w  VmtfiW«l>»^V^5i^N>«*s^^ 


472 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


[8«»  a  l:jdw  14,  "e. 


Serjeants,  as  is  noticed  in  Spe1man*s  MS.  Eeports,  who 
ever  submitted  to  receive  that  hononr.  In  1535  he  was 
elevated  to  the  chief  juRticeship  of  the  Common  Pleas. 
The  precise  date  of  his  patent  is  not  known ;  bat  as  the 
last  fine  levie<l  before  his  pre«ieces»or,  Sir  Robert  Nor- 
wich, was  in  Febraary,  and  the  first  before  him  in  April, 
it  most  have  been  granted  between  those  dates.  Within 
a  few  weeks  he  was  called  upon  to  act  as  a  commissioner 
on  the  trials  of  Sir  Thomas  More  and  Bishop  Fisher,  in 
which,  however,  he  does  not  appear  to  have  taken  any 
active  part.  He  continued  Chief  Justice  for  ten  years; 
resigning  between  Trinity  Term,  1545,  the  date  of  the 
last  fine  levied  before  him,  and  November  6,  when  his 
place  was  supplied  by  Sir  Edward  Montagu.*  Uis  death 
occurred  in  December  22. 

**  Notwithstanding  his  early  promise,  he  does  not  seem 
to  have  been  much  esteemed  as  a  judge.  He  differed 
frequently  from  his  brethren,  and  was  certainly  thought 
little  of  by  Chief  Justice  Dyer,  who  on  one  occasion  says 
in  his  Reports :  *  But  Baldwin  was  of  a  contrary  opinio'n, 
though  neither  I,  nor  anyone  else,  I  believe,  understood 
his  refutation.* 

**  He  possessed  the  manor  of  Aylesbury,  in  Bucks ;  and 
in  ths  last  year  of  his  life  he  obtained  some  valuable 
grants  from  the  King  of  the  farms  of  several  manors  in 
that  county  and  in  Oxfordshire,  which  had  been  either 
forfeited  by  the  attainder  of  their  former  possessors,  or 
seized  on  the  dissolution  of  the  monasteries.^    All  his 

Eroperty,  for  want  of  male  heirs,  was  divided  amongst 
is  daughters :  one  of  whom,  Catherine,  was  married  to 
Robert  rakington,  M.P.  for  London  (assassinated  in  the 
stieets  in  1536),  who  was  the  ancestor  of  the  barunets  of 
that  name,  of  Aylesbury,  whoso  title  became  extinct  in 
1830."  X 

Wotton,  in  his  Baronetage^  I  sec,  makes  William 
Dormer's  daughter  the  wife  of  Sir  John  Baldwin ; 
but  that  she  was  his  mother  appears  in  the  lineage 
of  Lord  Dormer,  as  given  in  Brydges's  Collinses 
Peerage^  vol.  vii.  p.  67  ;  and  is  confirmed  by  Wil- 
liam Dormer's  will  in  Nicolas's  J'estamenta  Ve- 
tusta^  vol.  ii.  p.  474.  £.  G. 


BLUE  AND  BUFF. 
(3'«  S.  i.  425.) 

Your  correspondent  L.  will  find  that  blue  and 
buff  have  been  party  colours  in  England  from  a 
period  long  antecedent  to  the  forty- five.  Blue 
was  the  colour  of  the  Puritans,  when  or  by  whom 
first  chosen  is,  I  believe,  unknown.  It  is  probable 
that  the  English  Puritans  had  it  from  their  Scot- 
tish brethren.  Blue  had  been  for  ages  the  symbol 
of  truth,  that  alone  might  induce  the  members  of 
a  body,  suffering  for  conscience*  sake,  to  odont  it 
as  their  badge.  Perhaps  a  stronger  reason  is  to 
be  found  in  the  symbolical  use  made  of  this  colour 
in  the  Jewish  law  :  — 

*'  Speaks  vnto  the  children  of  Israel,  and  bid  them 
they  make  them  fringes  vpon  the  borders  of  their  gar- 
ments throwout  their  generations,  and  put  vpon  the 
fringes  of  the  borders  a  ribband  of  bluesilke.  And  ye 
shall  have  the  fringes,  that  when  ye  looke  upon  them  ye 

•  Dugdale's  Orig.,  47,  137,  163,  164,  170;  StaU  Trkdi, 
i.  887,  898. 

J  9  Rq),  Pub.  Rect  App.  ii.  162. 
WotUm'B  MaronH,,  i.  888. 


may  remember  all  the  commandments  of  the  lord  and  do 
them."  ♦ 

I  am  not  aware  that  any  of  the  banners  used  in 
the  great  Civil  War  are  still  preserved,  but  it  is 
probable  that  the  Bluidy  Banner  o£  Dnimclog 
was  a  reproduction  of  those  used  in  the  earlier 
struggle.  This  relic  has  recently  been  discovered 
sketched,  and  described  bj  James  Prummond, 
Esq.,  R.S.A. :  — 

<*  It  is  of  Blue  silk,  here  and  there  a  little  faded,  bat 
having  been  treasured  as  a  precious  heir-loom,  ia  in  yeiy 
good  preservation.  On  it  is  inscribed  in  Hebrew  charac- 
ters, gilded,  *Jehova  nissi'  (the  Lord  Is  my  banner.) 
The  silk  has  given  way  where  some  of  these  letters  are 
painted,  and  what  letters  remain  are  so  tender  that  they 
will  hardly  bear  touching.  The  next  line  is  painted  ia 
white, '  For  Christ  and  His  Truth  ';  and  then  comes  the 
line  from  which  the  banner  derives  its  name — 

•  No  QuABTERs  To  Y*  AcTivB  Ehiues  of  T«  Co- 
venant.* 

This  seems  to  have  been  painted  in  some  light  colonr 
first,  and  afterwards  repainted  in  a  dall  faded-looking 
red,  in  fact,  quite  a  •  bluidy  colour.*  "  f 

Buff  or  orange-tawny  was  the  colour  of  Robert 
Devereux,  third  Earl  of  Essex,  the  first  General  of 
the  parlimentary  army. 

Whitelock  writes,  under  the  date  of  Aug.  22, 
1642 :  — 

**  The  Earl  of  Essex's  colours  was  a  deep  yellow,  othen 
setting  up  another  colour  were  held  malignants,  and  ill- 
affected  to  the  Parliament's  cause.*'  X 

The  orange*  tawny  scarfs  of  the  parliamentary 
general  became  memorable,  from  the  accident 
which  happened  to  the  troop  under  the  commtnd 
of  Sir  Faithful  Fortescue  at  the  battle  of  Edge 
Hill,  23rd  Oct.  1642. 

It  would  seem  that  Sir  Faithful  Fortescue  had 
come  out  of  Ireland  a  short  time  before  the 
breaking  out  of  actual  war,  for  the  purpose  of 
hastening  supplies  for  the  campaign  in  that  country, 
and  that  when  in  England,  the  troop  of  which  he 
was  appointed  colonel  was  drafted  mto  the  army 
which  was  destined  to  act  against  the  king.  There 
is  no  reason  to  suppose  that  Fortescue's  feelings 
were  on  the  side  of  the  Parliament :  it  is  impos- 
sible, however,  to  justify  his  deaertion  of  tneir 
army  in  the  moment  of  battle.  The  Cavalier 
Historian  tells  the  story  thus :  -^ 

**  For  as  the  right  wing  of  the  King's  Horse  advanced 
to  charge,  the  left  wing  which  was  the  gross  of  the 

enemy's  horse.  Sir  Faithful  Fortescue wiUi  his 

whole  troop  adranced  from  the  gross  of  their  horee,  and 
discharging  all  their  pistols  on  the  ground,  within  little 
more  than  carbine  shot  of  his  own  body,  preeeoted  him- 
self and  his  troop  to  Prince  Rupert;  and  immediatelyt 

with  his  highness,  charged  the  enemy 

which  had  not  so  good  fortune  as  they  deserved ;  for  by 
the  negligence  of  not  throwing  away  their  orange  tawoy 

*  Numbers  xv.  88.    Geneva  Version. 

t  Menumah  and  Ltiten  iUustraiive  of  Uu  IJ^%  «ni 
77me«  of  John  Graham  of  Chverhotutt  ▼dl.  i.  p.  xHv. 

X  Whitelock's  MemonaU  of  EmfM  Ajj^i,  edit  178S^ 
p.  62;  orvoli.p.l80,ofthtO«foidcefMrlBteri868. 


p'S.J.  3vn  14,  'OS.] 


NOTES  AND  QTTEEIES. 


Karft,  vhich  t1i«v  all  won  u  tlia  Earl  of  Eifei's  coloun 
and  bebg  Immeiilitelj-  engigtd  in  (hs  Fbarge,  niiiny  a 
thFm,  not  fewer  IbDn  saventeeti  or  eighlErn.  vrera  lud 
deoly  killed  by  those  (d  nbom  thay  joiaail  IbrmMlTei."  ' 

K.  P.  D.  E. 


Whalbbokb  and  Scn  f3'*  S.  I.  2S0, 419.  &e.)— 
Dk.  Bell  baa.  in  my  ojiinion,  "dispoied"  of  this 
question  much  more  satiafactoTilj  tliin  unj  pre- 
"vious  correspondent.  At  Brockley,  near  Lewishum, 
there  etande  a  lit  lie  rural  house  of  enter  la  innient, 
tlie  proper  «igii  of  wliich  I  never  heard,  tli'mjili  it 
-was  usually  knc^n  by  tlie  name  of  "firocklej 
Chorcb,"  —  I  proaiima  from  Ita  being  eo  much 
freqtiented  on  the  Sunday  by  our  pent-up  Lon- 
<loners.  Froui  a  tree  overshaiiotviii^  tlic  rif>bt 
iring  of  the  building',  there  hung  very  lately  the 
huge  blade-bone  of  a  wbale,  which  tvui  likely 
«notieh  to  have  obtained  for  tho  hiiuse  the  name 
of  "  The  Whitlebone,"  in  addition  to  it«  proper  or 
criglnal  dealgnation  ;  about  which  the  neigbhoun 
even  were  nut  agreed. 

The  jaw-bonea  of  the  wbalp,  disposed  in  the 
tnanner  described  by  your  correspondent,  formed 
Hot  unfreiluenlly  the  entrance-arch  lo  our  subur- 
ban  tea-gsrilL>ns ;  and  ncfre  very  likely,  in  a  rural 
iliatrict,  to  eclipse  the  older  glories  even  of  a 
ilaming  sun  on  the  broad  grin,  as  be  is  uaually 
figured  on  our  couulry  sign-boarda. 

Don  OLA  9  Allport. 

Nkvibon,  the  Fheebooier  (3'*  S,  i.  428.)— A 
■work  entitled.  A  Gciierai  Huliin/  of  the  Litct  aud 
Adveaturei  of  Ike  moitfamoia  Highxpiiymen,  JUiir- 
derert.  Street  Robhert,  Sec,  by  Cajitain  Charle* 
JoliitMD,  published  1734,  folio,  gives  a  long  ac- 
count  of  William  NevisoQ,  the  bigbwajman,  and 
■tales  that  bo  hbs  born  at  Pomfret  about  the  year 
1639,  of  "  well-reputed,  honest  and  rea^onablj 
e(tat«d  ptirenls;"  that  at  the  age  of  thirteen  be 
took  to  thieving,  and  in  after  years  was  bo  nolo- 
Tioat,  ibat  ft  reward  was  ollered  for  big  capture. 
After  tbooting  dead  one  of  two  brothers,  named 
f  letcher,  who  tried  to  waylay  him,  be  was  taken 
by  Capt,  Hardcastte,  lodged  iu  York  Gaol,  and  in 
a  week,  tried  and  executed,  at  the  age  of  fortj- 
tive.  Louisa  JuLti  Nobhah, 

Cataharak  (y  S.  i.  p.  403.)  — Allow  me  to 
remind  Mb.  KeiGHTLEt  that  the  surf-boats  used 
■t  Madras  are  not  catamaran,  hut  massoulah.  T. 

Fkbiccu  Tbaqtc  Esaooeration  (3"  S.  i. 
871.)  — The  first  example  is  nut  from  a  tragedy, 
but  k  comedy  —  Lei  Visionnairei,  by  Desmaresti 
deSt.  Sorlin:— 

"  'A  table  jo  redonle  un  brcnTBge  do  cbarmes ; 
Ja  crains  qae  qUBlqa'arnanl  n'ail.  avsnl  loo  tr^pa*. 


pp.* 


•  Clan 


idon'a  Siilory  oflKi  Hebellion,  ri 


9,  \U3, 


It  qn'on  la  d^gnli 
nellre  ilans  mwa 


IG  pllt  Vi 


3c.O. 

ThJe  comedy  is  generally  called  the  cliff  ifaatre 
of  it*  author,  who  had  the  literary  misfurtuuei  of 
being  patronised  by  Bichelicu,  and  sa^rised  by 
Boileau.  I  have  ventured  to  say  a  good  word  for 
him  (2'*  S.  XI.  373),  which  I  am  not  disponed  lo 
qualify ;  although  M.  H.  Rigault  (Hiit.  tie  la 
Querella   ila   Aiicieiii   el    dei   Moderaxi,  c.  vii.) 

"  Son  pofema  chriflien  de  Marle-lUngdnJcne  est  encore- 
plus  i|;nDii<  aujourd-hui  rju'iJ  n'a  ilf  c^itbre  au  aviL 
S]»c1e.  It  aaD>  Uaileau  qui  ronnutrait  ChvUf  S»  eomiidle 
dca  Viilonaalrtt,  agr^abla  at  iplriUelle  (Moli&re  n'elalt 
pas  TEDu)  a  iiiS  irop  rant^  par  FelisiDo,  qui  la  declarait 

When  Molicre  came,  be  thought  sufliciently  wgU 
of  the  VUionmiirei  to  transfer,  villi  ili<;ht  altera- 
tion, four  lines  from  it  to  Le>  Feinaui  Savantet  t 
see  Geruzez,  H.  dt  la  LiUirature  Fma^aiie,  torn.  i. 
p.  143.  Iam  Viiioitaairet,  when  produced  at  tba 
H6tel  do  Itourgogne,  in  1637,  bad  a  prodigious 
luecetB;  when  revived  in  1715,  it  woi  not  borne 
tilt  the  end.  It  is  well  worth  reading; ;  and  the 
description  which  I'halunto  gives  of  his  visionary 
country  bouse,  shows  that  Desmsresls  could  ba*g  , 
designed  a  mansion,  a  palace  and  gordent,  worthy 
the  age  of  Louia  XIV. 

I  believe  editions  vnrj.  That  from  which  I 
quote  ii  La  Ilaye,  1714. 

I  cannot  Sod  any  old  French  play  named  Por- 
lenna.  The  Dictionnaire  dei  The4^rei,  Piris,  17G3, 
a  very  accurate  work,  does  not  mention  such. 
Perhaps  the  second  csamplc  may  also  be  from  a 
Comecfy,  II.  B.  C. 

U.  U.  Club. 

PiiBASEs  (3"  S.  i.  348.)  —  "  The  lad  ihepherd 
of  Segrais." — I  remember  two  lines  ascribed  to 
Segrais,  but  not  where  they  are  to  be  found  :  — 

'■  Ce  bean  burger,  portadt  partout  son  triste  ennai, 
Nb  se  plalsait  qu'aox  lieux  aussi  trislea  qua  luL" 

"  To  dance  Buraaby  " ; 

.  .  .  "Cavum  coDversa  cuapide  moatem. 
Imputlt  in  lata*;  at  renli  velut  agmine  facto. 
Qua  dita  porta,  ruunt,  et  terru  torbiaa  prrDaat." 


Hendered  by  Cotton 


Virgil  Travetlie: 
"'Uounce,' cries  lUe  porthole ;  out  they  fly. 
And  make  tho  world  daace  Damab^." 

1^  ITZtlOrKJltS. 

Garrick  Club. 

Tilhet  Family  (3'*S.  i.  329.)  —  In  answer  to 
Sigha-Tad's  inquiry  respecting  the  knightly  fa- 
mily of  Tilney,  it  may  be  observed,  that  the  race 
of  sixteen  knigbta  began  and  ended  in  n  Sir  Fre- 
derick. Of  the  first  of  the  line,  the  companion  in 
arms  of  Cu^ur- de-Lion,  the  quaint  Fuller  thu 


474 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


[8^«  a  I.  JuvE  14,  HH 


"  Sir  Frederick  Tilney  had  his  chief  residence  at  Bos- 
tone  in  this  county.  He  was  a  man  of  mighty  stature 
and  strength  above  the  pro{iortion  of  ordinary  persons. 
He  attended  King  Richard  I.,  anno  Domini,  1190,  to  the 
siege  of  Aeon,  in  the  Holy  Land,  where  his  achievements 
were  such  that  he  struck  terror  into  the  infldels.  Re- 
turning home  in  safety,  he  lived  and  died  at  Terrington, 
nigh  Tilney,  in  Norfolk,  where  the  measure  of  his  incre- 
dible stature  was  for  many  years  preserved.  Sixteen 
knights  flourished  from  him  successively  in  the  male 
line,  till  at  last  theic  heir-general  being 'married  to  the 
Duke  of  Norfolk  put  a  period  to  the  lustre  of  that  ancient 
famib'.** —  Worthie$t  Lincolnshire, 

This  heiress  was  Elizabeth,  widow  of  Lord  Ber- 
ners,  and  dau^rhter  and  sole  heir  of  Sir  Frederick 
Tilney  the  lust  of  his  heroic  line,  whose  father, 
Sir  Philip  Tilney,  was  present  at  the  Field  of  the 
Cloth  of  Gold.  Elizabeth  Tilney  became  the  first 
wife  of  Thomas  Howard,  the  gallant  Earl  of 
Surrey,  who  commanded  the  English  forces  at  the 
famous  Field  of  Flodden,  and,  for  his  eminent 
services  there,  restored  to  the  Dukedom  of  Nor- 
folk, which  had  been  forfeited  by  the  attainder  of 
his  father,  Shakspeare*s  "  Jockey  of  Norfolk,"  for 
his  adherence  to  the  cause  of  Richard  III.  From 
this  marriage  spring  all  the  peerage  houses  of 
Norfolk,  Suffolk,  Carlisle,  and  Howards  of  Corby 
Castle.  It  is  probable  that  an  account  of  some  of 
the  Tilneys  may  be  found  in  Blomefield,  or  other 
county  historians,  which^  I  have  not  at  hand  to 
refer  to.  G.  R.  F. 

Obituary  of  Officebs  (3">  S.  i.  372,  420.)  — 
Chkssbobouqh  is  right ;  George  Morrison  was  a 
general.  His  being,  at  the  time  of  his  death,  the 
oldest  staff*  officer  in  the  service,  is  made  clear, 

Sast  question,  by  the  annual  Army  Lists.  General 
lorrison  had  shared  in  much  hard  duty  and  ac- 
tion before  receiving  the  commission  of  quarter- 
master-general. At  Court  he  was  a  constant  at- 
tendant, and  sometimes  travelled  abroad  with  the 
Prince  of  Wales,  Duke  of  York,  and  the  King. 
He  was  with  the  Duke  of  York  on  his  last  foreign 
tour,  and  brought  home  the  remains  of  H.  R.  H. 
from  Monaco,  where  he  died,  1767.  At  that  time 
the  general  had  a  family  of  six  children  ;  one  of 
them,  Henrietta  Jane,  his  eldest  daughter,  was 
married  to  George  Arnold,  Esq.,  gentleman  of  the 
Privy  Chamber,  of  Ashby  Legers,  Northampton- 
shire, and  Mirables,  Isle  of  Wight  She  died  1 7th 
Sept.,  1849,  at  Mirables,  aged  92.  Her  father, 
the  general,  must  have  died  even  at  a  more  vener- 
able age.  He  entered  the  train  of  artillery  Oct.  1, 
1722,  as  a  gunner,  and  dying  in  November,  1799, 
was  on  full  pay  for  more  than  seventy-seven  years. 
Could  the  date  of  his  birth  be  ascertained,  he  would 
probably  be  entitled  to  a  place  among  centena- 
rians. 

Of  the  descendants  of  Lieut.- General  John 
Archer  I  know  nothing,  but  shall  be  glad  of  any 
information  concerning  these  two  generals,  and  of 
the  other  ofBcers  named  in  my  query  (3^  S. 


i.  372)  which  it  may  be  in  the  power  of  your  cor- 
respondents to  offer :  dates  and  places  of  decease 
particularly.  M.  S.  R. 

BromptoD  Barracks. 

Insecure  Envelopes  (3'*  S.  i.  415.)  —  Mopfus 
being  able  to  penetrate  the  secret  of  letten  may 
possibly  refer  to  an  au<2ur  of  that  name  in  the 
ArgonatUicon  of  Valerius  Flaccus,  lib.  !•  t.  207, 
who  sees  all  passing  in  the  depths  of  the  sea :  — 

**  Ecce  sacer,  totasque  dei,  per  litora,  Mopsos 
Immanis  visu  — 

Heu,  quaenam  aspicio !  nostris  modo  conscius  amm 
i^quoreos  vocat  ecce  Dcos  Neptunns,  et  ingeos 
Concilium." 

William  Bsll,  FhiL  Dr. 

Postage  Stamps  (3^*  S.  i.  149,  278,  &c)— The 
plate  engraved  with  Mulready*s  design  for  the 
covers  of  envelopes,  described  by  Me.  Pbilups, 
is  now  in  the  Museum  at  South  Kensington  (near 
the  door  of  a  passage  leading  to  the  officen* 
room»)  ;  and  I  would  suggest  that  a  few  hundred 
impressions  should  be  taken  from  it  and  sold  to 
the  stamp  collectors,  for  the  benefit  of  the  Chan- 
cellor of  the  Exechequer.  Delta. 

Musf  Etokenses  :  Charles  Anguish,  Robbit 
Anstet,  Sie  John  Batlet,  John  Simons  (3**^  S. 
i.  372,  394.)  —  We  have  received  from  a  kind 
friend  information  which  we  believe  enables  us  to 
identify  four  of  the  writers  about  whom  we  in- 
quired. 

Charles  Anguish,  son  of  Thomas  Anguish,  £fq^ 
Accountant- General  of  the  Court  of  Chancery; 
born  in  St.  George*s,  Bloomsburv,  15th  Mardi, 
1769;  nominated  for  King's  College  Slst  Julj, 
1786 ;  an  officer  in  the  army ;  died  at  the  Cape  of 
Good  Hope  25 ih  May,  1797. 

Robert  Anstey,  son  of  Christopher  Anstey,  Esq.; 
born  at  Trumpinglon  30th  March,  1760;  nomi- 
nated to  King*8  College  28th  July,  1777,  and  27th 
July,  1778 ;  admitted  a  pensioner  of  St.  John*s 
College,  Cambridge,  7th  July,  1779;  took  no  de- 
gree ;  described  as  of  Canons  Leigh  House,  De- 
vonshire, in  1796;  died  at  Bath  12th  April,  1818. 
It  will  be  seen  that  Lord  LTTTELToif*8  conjecture 
respecting  him  is  perfectly  correct. 

John  Bayley,  son  of  John  Bayley,  of  Elton, 

Huntingdonshire,  and Kennet ;  bom  at 

Elton  4th  August,  1763;  nominated  for  King's 
College  29th  July,  1782  ;  Serjeant  at  Law,  1799; 
Justice  of  King's  Bench  and  a  Knight,  1808; 
Baron  of  the  Exchequer,  1830-1834;  created  a 
Baronet  1834;  died  1 0th  Oct.,  1841.  Nothing  is 
said  as  to  his  education  in  the  memoir  of  this  emi- 
nent judge  in  Geni,  Mag.^  N.  S.  xvi.  6^2.  In 
Georgian  Era^  ii.  548,  it  is  stated  that  he  was  of 
St.  John's  College,  Cambridge,  where  he  grada- 
nted  with  distinction,  and  obtained  a  fellowship. 
This  is  incorrect.  His  name  cannot  be  found  m 
the  College  Register  of  Admissions,  nor  was  he  a 


8'«  &  L  June  14»  *62.] 


NOTES  AND  QUEBIES. 


476 


member  of  any  other  college  in  Cambridge ;  or,  at 
any  rate,  he  was  never  matriculnted. 

John  Simons,  born  at  Eton  17th  Sept.,  1755 ; 
nominated  for  King*s  College  25th  July,  1774; 
admitted  a  pensioner  of  Qucen*s  College,  Cam- 
bridge, 4th  July,  1775 ;  rector  of  Paul's  Cray, 
Kent,  1782 ;  LL.B.  1783;  died  8th  August,  1836.* 
Author  of 

**  A  Letter  to  a  highly-respected  Friend,  on  the  Subject 
of  certain  Errors  of  the  Antinorofan  Kind,  which  have 
lately  sprang  up  in  the  West  of  England,  and  are  now 
making  an  alarming  Progress  throughout  the  Kingdom." 
Lend.  8yo»  1818. 

C.  H.  &  Thompson  Cooper. 

Cambridge. 

Unbusied  Ambassadors  (2****  S.  xii/53, 424.) — 
The  editorial  note  to  the  Oent  Mag.  for  1784,  pt.  i. 
p.  405,  runs  to  this  effect,  — "  Much  has  heen  said 
about  the  Spanish  ambassadors  in  one  of  the 
chapels  of  Westminster  Abbey,  who  are  said  to 
have  been  kept  above  ground  for  debt,  but  this 
story  also  we  have  no  doubt  may  be  classed  among 
the  vulgar  errors.**  It  is  certain,  however,  that 
one  ambassador  was  kept  unburied  from  1691  to 
1708,  the  date  of  the  New  View,  in  which  Hutton 
mentions  that  **  in  a  feretory  in  the  Duke  of  Rich- 
mond's little  chapel,  by  his  tomb,  lieth  visibly  a 
coffin,  covered  with  red  leather,  and  unburied, 
wherein  are  the  corps  of  Don  Pedro  de  Ronquillo 
Conde  de  Grenado,  Del  Con.  Sexo  de  Estado,  &c., 
ambassador  extraordinary  from  Spain  to  King 
James  II.  and  to  King  William  and  Queen  Mary, 
ob.  1691,**  (ii.  514).  It  is  not  improbable  that 
there  was  some  difficulty  raised  about  the  burial 
service  by  the  friends  of  the  departed  ambassador. 
Mackrhzib  E.  C.  Walcott,  M.A.,  F.S.A. 

Burking  as  a  legal  PuNrsHMSNT  in  Ireland 
(3""  S.  i.  426.)  —  In  Gilbert's  History  of  the  City 
of  Dublin^  vol.  i.  p.  94,  are  the  following  particu- 
iars:  — 

**  A  woman  known  as  *  Darkey  Kelly,*  who  kept  an  in- 
fiimoas  establishment  in  this  [Copper]  Alley,  was  tried 
for  a  cipital  offence  about  1764,  sentenced  to  death,  and 

Ciblioly  burned  in  Stephen's  Green.  Her  sister,  Maria 
lewellin,  was  condemned  to  be  hanged  in  1788,  for  her 
complicity  in  the  affair  of  the  Kcals  with  Lord  Carhamp- 
ton.'' 

Abhba. 

Relative  Value  op  Monet  (3'*  S.  i.  395.)  — 
I  did  not  reply  to  Mr.  Merrtweather  and  to 
H.  C.  C,  because  I  regarded  their  statements  as 
irrelevant,  as  they  and  I  were  speaking  of  differ- 
ent parts  of  England.  I  thought  everyone  was 
aware  that  in  those  times,  owing  to  want  of 
roads,  &c.,  the  different  parts  of  England  were 
like  different  countries ;  and  an  article,  especially 


[•  For  an  Account  of  the  Services  at  the  Funeral  of 
the  Rev.  John  Simons,  and  the  Sermon  preached  on  the 
oecasion  by  the  Rev.  Thomas  Bagnall  Baker,  M.A.,  see 
The  Pafpit,  xxviii.  881.  —  Ed.] 


of  food,  might  be  twice,  thrice,  or  more  times  the 
price  in  one  place  that  it  was  in  another.  Even 
within  the  present  century,  there  were  places  in 
England  noted  for  cheap  living.  What  I  said  of 
prices  applied  only  to  London  and  its  vicinity, 
with  a  radius  of,  say  from  thirty  to  ^(tj  miles ; 
and  I  still  think  I  was  not  far  from  the  truth. 

Mr.  Hodgkin  is  then  in  error  when  he  says 
that  the  question  of  ^*  the  price  of  ordinary  horses 
seems  settled  by  the  replies  of  your  correspon- 
dents " ;  for  they  and  I  were  speaking  of  ^uite 
different  things.  They  spoke  in  general  of  ordinary 
farm-horses  in  remoter  parts  of  the  country,  which 
were  at  that  time  a  poor  feeble  breed,  /  of  good 
roadsters;  not  those  to  which  Harrison  alludes, 
but  ordinary  serviceable  horses,  of  which  the 
prices  ranged  from  20^  to  1002. 

Not  having  access  to  Sir  6.  Evelyn's  paper,  I 
cannot  speak  positively  about  it ;  but  the  results 
seem  to  me  very  strange,  and  I  suspect  that  he 
jumbled  together  all  parts  of  England.  I  really 
wonder  that  Mr.  Hodqkin  did  not  see  at  once 
the  absurdity  of  setting  down  Shakspeare*s  sup- 
posed expenditure  at  3,800Z.  a-year  of  our  pre- 
sent money.  A  man,  with  only  a  wife  and  daugh- 
ter, without  horses  and  carriages,  or  a  retinue  of 
servant^  or  any  of  the  other  present  means  of 
wasting  money,  and  living  in  a  remote  country 
town  at  the  rate  of  nearly  4,000Z.  a-year !  Surely 
the  vicar  of  Stratford  and  his  informants  naust 
have  been  fools ;  they  to  tell  and  he  to  believe 
such  an  impossibility.  In  fine,  till  better  in- 
formed, I  must  remain  in  the  belief  that  in  London 
and  its  vicinity,  money  in  Shakspeare*B  time  was 
not  of  double  its  present  value. 

Thos.  Eeigbtlet. 

Dea7  and  Dumb"  Literature  (3'*  S.  i.  427.) — 
Knight's  English  Cyclopedia,  Art.  "Deaf  and 
Dumb,"  by  Mr.  Charles  Baker,  of  the  Yorkshire 
Institution  for  the  Deaf  and  Dumb,  contains  the 
information  asked  for  by  A.  M.  Z.  J.  S. 

Sir  Isaac  Newton  (2**  S.  xii.  399.)  — If  your 
correspondent  C.  S.  Greaves  will  refer  to  Burke*8 
Peerage,  title  "Rossmore,"  he  will  find  that  a 
title  is  not  always  limited  to  a  person  of  the  blood 
of  the  original  grantee.  General  Robert  Cuning- 
hame  was  created  in  1796  Baron  Rossmore,  With 
remainder  in  default  of  issue  male  to  the  isstie 
male  of  the  sisters  of  his  wife,  under  which  limi- 
tation the  title  is  now  enjoyed  by  a  member  of 
the  Westenra  family,  a  total  stranger  in  blood  to 
the  family  of  the  first  nobleman.  Y.  S.  M. 

Superstition.  —  I  fear  the  remarks  on  super- 
stition in  3'*  S.  i.  243, 390,  exemplify  the  tendency 
to  make  etymology  a  camel  for  every  burden,  whe- 
ther heavy  or  light.  As  I  take  it,  superstition  is 
rightly  so  named  from  its  characteristic,  viz.,  the 
realisation  to  an  undue  degree,  in  the  superstitious 
man*s  mind,  of  the  constant  pressure  of  unseen 


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[8»i  S.  L  Jdhb  li  <62. 


agent?,  and,  as  fear  of  the  unseen  freneraily 
predominated,  of  unseen  agents  for  evil,  always 
supersianteSy  or  impending  or  hovering  over  and 
influencing  him  in  particular.  Hence,  in  its  very 
nature,  it  implied  fear  and  trist. 

So  accurate  and  concise  a  writer  as  Tacitus  did 
not  use  his  words  without  due  care  and  choice, 
and  when  he  applied  the  term  "  superstitio  "  to  a 
wholly  new  religion,  I  apprehend  that  he  did  so  of 
full  purpose,  as  one  who  judged  according  to  the 
lax  notions  of  the  educated  of  his  time,  of  those 
doctrines  of  the  ever- presence  of  the  Deity,  and  of 
Christ,  and  of  the  princes  of  the  powers  of  the  air, 
and  of  the  indwelling  of  the  Iloly  Spirit,  which 
were  sure  to  be  preached  in  so  depraved  a  city. 

Hence,  Sturi^oufiovla,  taken  in  mcdam  partem, 
would  be  a  good  Greek  equivalent  for  superstitio, 
St.  Paul,  however,  as  others  in  your  columns  have 
remarked,  doubtless  used  it  in  a  general  sense. 
*^  To  you,  Athenians,  who,  above  others,  are  fearers 
of  supernal  influences,  I,  who  from  similar  fear 
and  reverence  go  about  preaching,  address  my- 
self.*' Without  committing  himself  he  took  a 
common  ground  of  departure,  and  the  whole  open- 
ing, including  the  allusion  to  the  unknown  God, 
in  which  he  addresses  himself  to  the  two  charac- 
teristics of  the  Athenians,  their  superstition  and 
their  love  of  news,  is  probably  as  masterly  an  ex- 
ordium as  can  be  found,  and  succeeded  in  pro- 
curing a  prolonged  attention  to  the  ^little  Jew 
speaking  from  Mars*  Hill. 

It  is  known  that  to  be  unmarried  or  childless 
was,  and  among  Easterns  still  is,  a  great  reproach. 
The  reasons  were  partly  natural  feelings,  but 
chiefly,  I  suspect,  social  and  political,  and  to  these 
—  but  probably  not  till  a  later  period  —  religion 
lent  her  aid.  Cicero,  therefore,  had  a  better 
foundation  than  usual  on  which  to  support  his 
conjectural  etymology  of  superstition.  But  I 
wholly  deny  that  this  etymology  is  historical,  or 
gives  the  real  origin  of  the  word,  or  is  anything 
but  a  conjecture,  and  the  proof  is,  that  superstitio 
is  never  used  in  this  sense  by  any  Latin  author. 
I  likened  etymology  just  now  to  a  camel,  but 
ancient  etymology  would  be  more  fitly  repre- 
sented by  the  scholastic  "  chimera  bomblnans  in 
Tacuo.**  Like  Eirionnach,  I  cotton  to  facts,  but 
many  so  called  are  but  empty  suits,  or  if  they  have 
any  entity,  it  is  that  of  a  lady  k-la-mode,  some- 
thing very  difi*erent  from  what  appears. 

Bekj.  East. 

Tithes  op  Servants  aud  Women  (S'^  S.  i.  231 .) 
I  do  not  observe  that  any  one  has  answered  the 
query  of  the  Rev.  Charles  Yomge  Crawlet, 
which  appeared  in  one  of  your  numbers  several 
weeks  since,  respecting  certain  money  puyments 
made  at  the  beginning  of  the  seventeenth  century, 
by  certain  domestic  servants  who  received  the 
holj  communion  at  Trinity,  to  the  minister  of  the 


church  of  the  "  Holie  Trinitie  *'  in  Glonceater,  u 
a  sort  of  tithe. 

On  referring  to  authorities  on  the  subject  of 
tithes,  it  will  be  found  that  payments  of  thiatort 
are  predial,  personal,  and  mixed.  Personal  tithes 
being  those  which  are  paid  from  the  indnstrj  of 
the  parishioners.  These,  says  Jacob,  Law  JDieL 
under  **  Tithes,*'  are  ^  the  tenth  part  of  a  man*s 
clear  gains  in  trade,  &c.,  only  paid  when  dae  by 
custom,  though  but  seldom  in  England,  and  are 
payable  where  the  party  dwells,  hears  serTice,**&c 

The  minister  of  *''  HolIe  Trinitie,**  Gloucester,  s 
church  which  was  pulled  down  at  the  Restoration, 
having  been  but  scantily,  if  at  all,  endowed  otber- 
wise,  was  evidently  supported  by  payment  of  per- 
sonal tithes.  Mr.  Crawlet  seems  surprised  at 
the  small  amount  of  wages  paid  to  domestic  ser- 
vants at  that  period,  estimating  them  by  the 
amount  of  tithe  paid.  The  profits  and  emolu- 
ments of  that  day  may  be  calculated  bj  another 
entry  in  the  same  MS.  from  which  your  corre« 
spondent  quotes. 

*^  Rec<*  of  William  Sandie,  lodging  at  William  Joasflto^ 
a  journeyman  shoemaker,  for  his  handes  (which  I  take  to 
mean  his  handywork,  industry)  this  year,  lG2a,  ij^.** 

A  tithe  pig  in  the  same  MS.  is  valued,  in  1629, 
at  xij*. 

This  answer  will  also  apply  to  the  query  of  yov 
correspondent,  Meletes  (3^*  S.  i.  311). 

The  *'  Declma  de  Mulier  *'  was  doubtless  a  per- 
sonal tithe  receivable  when  there  was  any  tithe- 
able  industry,  which  it  appears  there  was  not  in 
the  case  referred  to  by  Meletes,  as  the  women 
appear  to  have  been  "  franc  **  (free). 

It  may  not  be  uninteresting  to  your  readers  to 
add  to  the  *^  moneys  for  offerings,  personall  tythes, 
and  houses,  due  to  Rich'  Marwood,  Vicar  of  the 
Holie  Trinitie  in  Gloucester,** — 

*'Rec<iof  Edward  Smithe,  Phisition,  lodging  at  John 
Freames,  for  practice  and  liis  offerings  this  3*ear,  1624.*' 

It  is  much  to  be  regretted  that  the  amount  is 
omitted,  as  it  would  a^ord  an  interesting  evidence 
of  the  value  of  a  medical  man*8  practice  in  those 
days.  Samubl  Ltsohb. 

liempstead  Court,  near  Gloucester. 

Devis  the  Paintee  (3^**  S.  i.  209,  416.)  — As 
your  correspondent  T.  \V.  D.  asks  for  an  account 
of  some  of  the  works  executed  by  Mr.  Devis, 
I  would  remark,  in  the  first  place,  that  if  Edwards, 
in  his  Anecdotes  of  Painters  bom  in  England, 
(1808),   be  correct,   the  name  of  the  portrait- 

Eainter  was  Arthur  Devis,  not  Anthony  or  Antony 
>evis*,  p.  122. 
Antony   is  said  to  have  been  the  brother  of 

*  Arthur  died  July  24,  1787,  aged  about  79  vearL  It 
may  be  worth  while  to  re-examine  the  grave  stons  in 
the  burial-ground  of  St.  George-the- Martyr,  which  is 
referred  to  by  your  correspondent,  and  give  the  inscrip- 
tion. 


«rt  a  L  Jtms  li  '62.] 


NOTES  AND  QUERIED 


477 


Artbttr,  and  for  some  years  in  **  considerable  re- 
putation as  a  landscape-painter  and  drawing- 
master.**  Edwards  continues,  **  He  had  been 
residing  at  Lanib*8  Conduit  Street,  but  had  long 
retired  to  Alberry,  near  Guildford,  where  he  was 
still  living.**  We  maj  conclude  from  this  state- 
ment that  Antony  was  not  a  painter  of  portraits 
in  oil. 

As  a  Lancashire  man,  Arthur  Deyis  met  with 
employment  from  my  own  and  other  families  in 
that  county.  With  the  portraits  of  the  family  of 
Mr.  Peploe  Birch  (a  gentleman  referred  to  by 
T.  W.  D.)  I  was  familiar,  and  I  possess  three 
others  of  members  of  my  own  family,  viz.  a  gen- 
tleman and  two  ladies;  they  measure  alike  19^ 
inches  by  ISjf  inches,  and  are  beautifully  painted. 
That  of  one  of  the  ladies  met  with  very  warm 
approval  from  my  late  friend  Sir  M.  A.  Sbee. 

I  always  understood  that  the  painter  of  these 
portraits  was  the  father  of  the  late  Mr.  Devis,  the 
artist,  who  resided  sometimes  in  the  East  Indies, 
and  of  Miss  Devis,  whose  seminary  for  young 
ladies  was  in  high  repute  half  a  century  ago. 

Edwards  mentions  that  Arthur  was  a  pupil  of 
Peter  Tileman*s ;  that  he  "  painted  in  a  variety  of 
ways,  mostly  in  small  whole  lengths,  and  conver- 
sation pieces ;  **  that  "  he  lived  long  in  Great 
Queen  Street,  Lincoln's  Inn  Fields,  where  he  sup- 
ported the  character  of  a  respectable  artist.** 
(P.  123.) 

It  might  have  been  well  if  some  modern  artists, 
instead  of  covering  many  feet  of  canvass,  had 
confined  themselves  to  the  modest  dimensions  of 
Devi8*s  pictures.  These  can  claim  admission  into 
houses  of  very  limited  extent,  from  which  pic- 
tures of  the  size  of  life  are  frequently  excluded. 

J.  H.  Markland. 

Families  of  Field  and  Delafeld  (3''  S.  i. 
427.)  —  There  appear  to  have  been  two  families 
in  England  of  the  names  of  Atte  Feld  and  De  la 
Feld  or  Felde.  In  the  Rotuli  Hundrednrum,  the 
names  of  both  appear  in  the  same  page,  781,  temp, 
Edward  L:  "  Linot  atte  Feld  — Ric**  ate  Feld. 
Willus  de  la  Feld  —Reg'"-  de  la  Felde." 

Wh3ther  one  or  both  of  these  dropped  the 
article  and  assumed  simply  the  name  of  Feld  or 
Field  it  may  be  difficult  to  say,  but  in  the  Inqui- 
sUionespost  mortem  we  find,  **  Richd  Felde  Parson 
of  St.  Michaers  Cornhill,  1392  ;  JohVs  Felde, 
17  Edw.  IV.  1478.**  The  families  of  Hereford- 
shire and  Gloucestershire,  adjoining  counties,  were 
probably  identical. 

Wm.  de  la  Felde  was  summoned,  according  to 
the  Parliamentary  writs,  from  Hereford,  for  mili- 
tary service  against  the  Scots,  1301.  Robert  de 
la  Felde  was  certified  one  of  the  Lords  of  Hard- 
wicke  in  Gloucestershire,  1316,  which  estate 
continued  in  the  family  of  Field  for  many  gene- 
rations, and  is  still  called  Field  Court,  now  the 
property  of  John  Curtis  Hay  ward,  Esq. 


The  estate  called  Field  Place  at  Paganhill, 
otherwise  Pakenhill,  in  the  parish  of  Stroud  (pot 
Parkenhall),  according  to  Sir  Robert  Atkyns,  nad 
been  for  many  generations  in  the  family  of  Field. 
Thomas  Field  ob.  1510,  and  was  buried  at  Stroud 
Church,  where  his  monumental  efiSgy  existed  in 
Atkyns*s  time.     It  has  since  disappeared. 

Fosbrooke,  Hist.  Gloucestershire ^  says  :  — 

"  The  Fields  were  a  family  of  repate  long  seated  here. 

Feld  of  Pagenhull  or  of  Strode  had  issue  Thomas  of 

Paganhill,  &c." 

This  estate  became  the  property  of  Phelps  of 
Dursley,  descended  from  the  nephew  of  the  last 
Thomas  Field,  Esq. 

My  late  friend  John  de  la  Field  Phelps  re- 
ceived his  name  from  his  connection  witn  the 
former  possessors  of  the  property.  The  arms  of 
the  Fields  of  Paganhill  parish  of  Stroud  were,  Or, 
a  fesse  sable  between  an  eagle  displayed  sable^ 
and  a  stag*s  head  sable.  Robert  de  la  Felde  died 
seised  at  the  Field  in  the  parish  of  Hardwicke, 
near  Queddesley,  of  a  capital  messuage,  182 
acres,  &c.,  leaving  Robert  son  and  heir.  (JS«c. 
9  Ed.  IL  No.  16.)  The  families  of  Hardwicke 
and  Stroud  were  probably  identical ;  while  the 
Atte  Feldes  seem  to  have  been  of  Surrey,  Nor- 
folk, Sussex,  and  Wilts.  Samubl  Ltsoks. 

Hempsted  Court,  near  Gloucester. 

John  Hutchinson  (3'**  S.  i.  188.)  —  As  the 
more  learned  correspondents  of  "  N.  &  Q.**  have 
not  yet  furnished  an  answer  to  the  inquiries  of 
NosNiHCTUH  touching  the  descendants  of  the 
philosopher  of  Spennithorne  and  the  arms  they 
are  entitled  to  bear,  I  may  peihaps  remind  your 
readers  of  a  want  that  is  yet  unsatisfied,  by  sug- 
gesting that  the  heraldic  pomps  and  vanities  which 
fall  to  the  share  of  this  branch  of  the  widely- 
extended  family  of  Hutchinson  may  be  those 
described  by  Berry,  Encychpcedia  Heraldica^ 
under  the  head  "  Hutchinson  (Yorkshire  or 
Essex),  per  pale  gu.  and  az.  a  lion  rampant  az. 
betw.  eight  cross  crosslels  or.** 

In  1660-1  Cbrist*s  College,  Cambridge,  num- 
bered among  its  students  one  Simon  Hutchin- 
son who  came  somewhere  from  the  neighbourhood 
of  the  northern  Richmond,  but  I  am  not  aware 
that  he  was  connected  by  any  degree  of  cousin- 
ship  with  the  (at  one  time)  illustrious  John,  who 
did  not  come  into  being  until  fifteen  jears  later. 

St,  Swithin. 

Canadian  Seigneuks  (3'*  S.  i.  358,  415.)  — I 
have  no  doubt  that  Spal  is  quite  correct  in  sup- 
posing that  the  Canadian  Seigneurs  were  never 
entitled  to  coronets.  Even  in  England,  coronets 
were  not  worn  by  barons  till  they  were  assigned 
to  them  by  Charles  II.  after  his  restoration. 

Clio. 

Cutting  off  with  a  Shilling  {2>^  S«  i*  331.) 
That  a  legacy  of  twelve  pence  was  frequently  U& 


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[S^  &  L  JovB  H  "61 


as  a  mark  of  kindly  remembrance  is  shown  bj  the 
following  extract  from  the  will  of  W.  Bagshaw, 
**  the  Apostle  of  the  Peak,**  dated  15th  Oct,  1701. 
(See  The  Reliquary,  April,  1862.)  Afler  giying 
to  **  every  sister-in-law  I  have,  a  practical  booE 
worth  4s,  or  5s,  apiece,**  he  continues,  "  Item,  I 
give  to  every  one  to  whom  I  am  uncle  I2d.  a- 
piece.**  T.  Nobth. 

Soathfields,  Leicester. 

RoKBBT  Family  (S''  S.  i.  409.) — Allow  me  to 
inform  A  Lobd  of  the  Manob,  that  there  is  no 
connexion  in  blood  between  the  present  Lord 
Rokeby,  and  the  ancient  and  knightly  family  of 
that  name,  seated  from  the  Conquest  on  the 
northern  border  of  Yorkshire,  in  a  domain  famous 
for  its  picturesque  scenery,  and  so  charmingly 
described  by  Sir  Walter  Scott  in  his  poem  of 
Rokeby,  This  domain  was  held  by  the  olu  family, 
many  of  whom  were  highly  distinguished  as  war- 
riors, churchmen,  and  lawyers,  until  Sir  Thomas 
Rokeby,  Knight,  in  1610,  sold  the  estate  to  Wil- 
liam Robinson,  merchant,  of  London  and  also  of 
Brignall,  near  Rokeby.  He  died  in  1643,  leaving 
a  son  Thomas,  whose  eldest  son,  William  Robin- 
son of  Rokeby,  was  grandfather  of  the  Right  Rev. 
Richard  Robinson,  Archbishop  of  Armagh  176^  ; 
created,  26th  Feb.  1777,  Baron  Rokeby  of  Ar- 
magh, with  remainder,  on  failure  of  issue  male  of 
bis  Dody,  to  his  kinsman  Matthew  Robinson,  and 
the  heirs  male  of  his  body.  At  the  Archbishop*s 
death,  1794,  without  issue,  the  barony  devolved 
on  the  son  of  the  above-named  Matthew,  of  the 
same  name;  but  he  dying  unmarried,  was  suc- 
ceeded by  his  nephew,  Morris  Robinson;  who, 
leaving  no  issue,  was  succeeded  in  1829  by  his 
brother,  Matthew  Robinson,  as  fourth  Lord 
Rokeby,  who  had  taken  in  1776  the  name  and 
arms  of  Montagu ;  it  mav  be  presumed  from  the 
marriage  of  his  aunt,  Elizabeth  Robinson,  with 
Edward  Montagu  (grandson  of  the  first  Earl  of 
Sandwich),  and  whose  heir  he  probably  became, 
as  they  died  without  surviving  bsuc.  The  title 
of  Rokeby  is,  therefore,  the  only  connection  be- 
tween its  holder  and  the  old  feudal  lords  of  that 
place.  This  estate  was  sold  by  one  of  the  Robin- 
son family,  in  the  last  century,  to  Mr.  Morritt ;  to 
whose  son,  *^  in  token  of  sincere  friendship,**  the 
great  Northern  Minstrel  dedicated  Rokeby, 

G.  R.  F. 

Toads  in  Rocks  (3'*  S.  i.  389.)— There  is  much 
reason  to  doubt  that  toads  have  ever  been  found 
alive  in  the  heart  of  blocks  of  stone,  hermetically 
closed.  They  mav  have  sometimes  cre^t  in 
through  chinks  and  crannies,  and  have  continued 
alive  for  a  comparatively  long  period;  but  the 
many  stories  told  of  their  discovery  in  the  solid 
and  undisturbed  strata  of  our  earth  will  not  bear 
examination.  To  a  geologist,  the  thing  is  simply 
impossible:  the  toad  belonging  to  one  age,  and 


the  rock  to  another,  separated  from  it  by  millions 
of  years.  The  toads,  for  example,  of  our  second- 
ary periods — the  labyrinihodons  of  the  Crystal 
Palace  restorations — were  vastly  unlike  those  of  our 
own  degenerate  days;  and  experiments  have  shown 
that,  so  far  from  being  able  to  sustain  life  for 
ages,  this  reptile  di^  slowly  indeed,  bat  surely, 
in  a  few  months,  if  immured  in  the  manner  re- 
ferred to  by  your  correspondent ;  who  may  find 
the  subject  very  fairly  discussed  in  White's  Na* 
tural  History  of  Selbome^  edited  by  Capt.  Thomas 
Brown,  Edmborgh,  1833,  note  to  Letter  xxil 

p.  55,  DOUGJUAS  AlXFOBT.  - 

Chubcr  used  bt  Chubchmen  abd  Romav 
Catholics  (3'^  S.  i.  427.)  —  The  church  alluded 
to  is  that  of  Titchborne,  near  Arlesford,  Hants. 
Whether  or  not  the  arrangement  still  exists  I  am 
unaware,  but  I  know  it  was  a  source  of  strife  and 
much  unchristian  feeling  a  few  years  ago. 

S*  o*  a* 

Plubalttt  of  Bekbficbs  (3^*  S.  i.  428.) — A 
Clergy  List  was  published  in  1822,  perhaps  before. 
It  contained  an  Alphabetical  List  of  the  Cler^, 
and  also  a  list  of  their  Livings.  I  bad  occasion 
some  time  since  to  consult  it  for  a  **  Wright,**  I 
believe  the  Christian  name  began  with  "  J.**  I 
found  the  party  inquired  after  had  about  six  livings, 
ranging  from  Bucks  to  Brecon.  On  referring  to 
the  List  of  Livings,  it  was  quite  clear  the  names 
of  all  the  "  Wrights  **  whose  Christian  name  com- 
menced with  the  same  letter,  were  in  the  Alpha- 
betical List  treated  as  one  incumbent.  Before 
the  Penny  Post  I  do  not  see  how  inquiriea  conld 
be  made.  J.  H.  L. 

In  1822,  Messrs.  Rivingtons  published  the 
second  edition,  corrected,  of  The  Clerical  Gvidfy 
or  Ecclesiastical  Directory,  TTie  Rev.  William 
Williams*s  preferments  stand  as  follows :  — 

"  Medboume  com  Holt  R.  Monseley/G. 
Nether  Avon  V.  Flyford  Flavel,  U. 
Bisbton,  C.  Kglwysoewdd,  C. 
Cadoxton  near  Neath,  V.  Caerwjs,  R. 
Kegidock,  R.  Kollif^arn,  R. 
Llangoven.  C.  Llantiliio  Cressney  V.  cum  Peorhos; 

Mager,  V.  cum  Redwick,  C. 
Nandee,  C.  Pendoylonn,  Y. 
Pen  y  Clawd,  C.    Roaslench,  R. 
Trallong,  C.    Trawsfyndd,  R. 
Llanadhaiam,  R.  Llannor,  V.  cam  Denio^  C.** 

I  believe  he  died  in  1825. 

Louisa  Juua  Nobmav. 

Monk  Family  (S'*  S.  i.  427.)  — Geoiye,  the 
General  and  Admiral,  was  born  at  Potlieridge,  in 
Devon,  the  county  histories  of  which,  with  the 
genealo^rical  works  of  Mr.  Burke  and  Mr.  Wal* 
ford,  will  supply  Blanche  with  the  information 
sought  for. 

Jambs  Gilbert. 


a»4  S.  I.  JUNB  14,  'C2.] 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


479 


ToBT  (3'*  S.  i.  437.)— Br.  Lingard  says,  "  This 
celebrated  party  name  (1653)  is  derived  from 
*  toruighim,*  to  pursue  for  the  sake  of  plunder.** 
See  0*Conner,  Bib,  Siowensis^  ii.  460. 

James  Gilbbbt. 

Agb  of  Newspapbbs  (y^  S.  i.  287,  351,  435). 
With  regard  to  the  date  of  the  Nottingham 
Joumali  the  following  particulars,  kindly  given 
me  by  Mr.  Job  Bradshaw,  will  perhaps  l^  in- 
teresting. He  says  that  the  Journal  was  first 
Sublished  by  the  title  of  The  NoUbigham  and 
\eicuter  Journal  in  1757.  He  believes  that  the 
Post  commenced  in  1710,  and  this,  together  with 
the  CauratUy  became  merged  in  the  Journal  in 
1769.  This,  therefore,  shows  that  the  Journal, 
properly  so  called,  did  not  commence  till  1757. 

G.  W.  M.  . 

The  Nottingham  Weekly  Courant,  of  which  the 
present  Nottingham  Journal  is  the  representative, 
appeared  first  on  Monday,  November  27,  1710. 
The  second  number  gives  the  Queen*s  Speech, 
copied  from  Dyer*s  LeUer  of  Nov.  28. 

S.  F.  Cbeswbll. 

The  Castle,  Tonbridge.  Kent. 

I  was  aware  of  the  correct  date  of  the  Oxford 
Gazette,  and  detected  the  error  of  my  pen  when 
I  saw  it  in  type. 

I  adhere  to  my  date  of  the  Morning  Chronicle 
(1769).  Woodfall,  its  then  printer,  is  my  au- 
thority. 

So  I  do  to  the  date  of  1715  for  Felix  Farley*s 
Brietol  Journal,  not  1735. 

I  must  doubt  the  **  advertisement  **  about  the 
Caledonian  Mercury,  unless  supported  by  distinct 
evidence.  I  believe  my  dates  in  both  instances 
to  be  correct.  Mr.  MitchelFs  Directory^  for  com- 
mercial purposes,  is  a  very  useful  work,  but  I  am 
not  disposed  to  think  that  he  lays  claim  to  its 
being  a  final  authority  on  questions  of  date. 

James  Gilbbbt. 

*'  Luke's  Ibon  Cbown  and  Dam ibns*  Bed  of 
Stbbl^*  (S''*  S.  i.  364.  419.)— If  Goldsmith  was 
inaccurate  in  saying  '^  bed  of  steel,'*  at  least  he 
may  have  had  some  excuse  for  his  inaccuracy.  I 
have  before  me  the  Pieces  Origitiales  et  Procedures 
du  Proces  fait  a  Robert  •Franqois  Damiens. 
Paris,  1757.  These  fill  a  quarto  volume  of  610 
pages. 

On  page  399  begins  the  examination  of  Damiens 
by  the  **  Question  ordinaire  et  extraordinaire.**  He 
is  said  to  have  been  **  saisi  et  li6  par  TExecuteur  de 
la  haute  Justice,**  and  to  have  been  **  assis  sur  la 
sellette.**  What  is  the  "  sellette  *'  ?  Richelet,  in  his 
IHetiannaire  (1732),  says :  — 

''Ce  mot  se  dit  en  parlant  de  crimincls.  C'est  one 
etpto  de  petit  banc  on  l*on  fait  Mseoir  en  presence  de 
aes  joges  une  personne  accost  poor  Tinterroger  avant 
qae  de  la  jnger  tont-k-fait." 

This  18  not  a  bed.    But  Goldsmith  might  have 


thought  that  the  license  of  a  poet  entitled  him  to 
describe  it  as  one ;  especially  as  we  read  at  p.  405 
that  at  the  end  of  the  **  Question  extraordinaire,** 
"  Damiens  a  et6  detache"  Now  it  would  not  be 
easy  to  keep  a  person  in  a  sitting  posture  under  such 
terrible  circumstances  on  a  bench  (banc)  unless 
he  was  bound  fiat  upon  it.  It  wouia  very  likely 
be  covered  with  iron.  Further,  the  account  of 
the  completion  of  the  sentence  in  the  Place  de 
Greve,  obviously  implies,  though  it  does  not  ex- 
precis,  that  Damiens  must  have  been  laid  down 
flat  upon  something. 

**Au  mSme  instant  le  dit  condamn^  a  4t4  tonallltf 
aux  mammelles,  bras,  calases,  et  gras  de  jambes,  and  aor 
lea  dita  endroita  a  6t4  jette  da  nlomb  fondu,  de  Thoile 
bouillante,  de  la  poix>r^sine  brnlante,  de  la  cire  et  da 
souffre  foudus  ensemble.'' 

These  tortures  could  only  have  been  applied  to 
a  person  laid  down.  The  bed  might  reasonably 
have  been  of  "  steel.*' 

It  is  impossible  to  read  the  history  of  the  suf- 
ferings of  any  human  being  without  strong  feel- 
ings of  pity  and  regret.  But  Db.  Bell,  speaking 
with  commiseration  of  the  painful  death  of  John 
of  Leyden  does  not  mention,  what  ought  never 
to  be  forgotten,  that  this  impostor  bad  exceeded 
in  sacrilege,  blasphemy,  and  violence  any  of  his 
contemporaries.  Among  other  pleasantries,  he  had 
beheaded  in  the  market-place  one  of  a  crew  of 
women,  whom  he  called  his  wives,  because  she  had 
complained  of  famine.  D.  P. 

Stuart*8  Lodge,  Malvern  Wells. 

Ancient  Seals  (3'<^  S.  i.  368.) — It  is  probable 
that  Nos.  10  and  11  in  Hebmkntbudb*s  collection 
of  impressions  of  seals  are  of  a  similar  character 
to  a  brass  matrix  in  my  possession.  It  was  pur- 
chased by  my  father,  about  fifteen  years  ago,  from 
a  man  who  had  found  it  among  some  rubbish 
which  once  formed  part  of  the  outbuildings  at- 
tached to  the  Manor  House  at  Messinghaui,  in 
this  county.  The  design  is  two  heads  looking  at 
each  other  separated  by  a  branch  of  six  leaves. 
Legend,  **  Love  me  and  dye.** 

Edwabd  Pbacock. 

Bottesford  Manor,  Brigg. 

Obsebvations  on  thb  Lobd*8  Pbateb  (3^^  S. 
i.  409.) — The  author  of  Observations  on  the  Lord's 
Prayer,  Dublin,  1816,  t>i  the  Form  of  a  Letter  from 
a  Father  to  his  Son,  was  the  late  \Vm.  Tighe,  Esq. 
of  Woodstock  Mistioge,  co.  Kilkenny.  His  sons 
are  Right  Hon.  Wm.  Tighe,  of  Woodstock,  and 
Daniel  Tighe,  Esq.,  of  Rosanna,  co.  Wicklow.  The 
late  Mr.  Tigbe  was  author  of  The  Plants,  a  poem 
in  four  cantos,  **  The  Hose,  the  Oak,  the  Vine,  and 
the  Palm.**  His  brother,  Mr.  H.  Tighe,  was  mar- 
ried to  Miss  Blackford,  better  known  as  Mrs. 
Henry  Tighe,  authoress  of  Psyche.  H.  H. 

AbCHBISH0P*8  MlTBB  WITH  A  DUGAL  COBOMBT 

(2»<>  S.  viii.  248 ;  is.  67.)^Pegge,  in  his  Astei«&(a%<<t 


480 


NOTES  AND  QUEEIE8. 


iS^^  &  L  Jun  14,  '«2. 


of  Coins  fabricated  by  Authority  of  the  Archbishops 
of  Canterbury,  p.  7,  acknowledges  the  a<ldition*of 
a  ducal  coronet  to  the  Primate*s  mitre  to  be  a 
•*  practice  lately  introduced.** 

Mackenzie  E,  C.  Walcott,  M.A.,  F.S.A. 


jKMcellaneotur. 

NOTES  OX  BOOKS,  ETC. 

Tht  Anglo' Saxon  Home.  A  H'ntory  of  the  Domettie 
Jn»tituttnn»  and  Ctutnms  of  Enqland,  from  the  Fifth  to  tht 
Eleventh  Century.     By  John  Thrupp.     (Iy>nprman  &  Co.) 

Takinfc  u  the  basiA  of  his  work  The  Law*  and  In»ti- 
tute$  of  England,  publinhcd  by  the  Record  CommiaMon, 
and  Kemble'a  invaluable  Codex  Diphmatieut  Anglo- 
Saxonum^  and  workinpf  out  the  ideas  which  they  snfirfypst 
by  the  fragments  of  Anglo-Saxon  poetry  which  have  sur- 
vived to  the  present  lime,  and  the  narratives  of  the  old 
Chroniclers;  and  with  the  aid  of  occasional  illustrations 
from  the  laws.  &c..  of  the  Angles,  Saxons,  Jutes,  nnd  Fri- 
sians—  Mr.  Thrupp  traces  in  this  very  instructive  and 
amusing  volume  the  life  of  the  Anglo -Saxon  from  the  cradle 
to  the  grave.  In  doing  so,  he  considers  the  Anglo-Saxon 
in  every  rank  and  station ;  and  shows,  clearly,  that  the 
social  state  of  England,  from  the  middle  of  the  fifth  to 
nearly  the  end  of  the  eleventh  century,  was  one  of  marked 
though  irregular  progress:  and  we  think  few  of  his 
readers  will  deny  the  justice  of  his  statement,  **  that  the 
social  history  ofAnglo-Saxon  England  exhibits  a  state 
of  moral  and  domestic  improvement ;  and  that  this  ad- 
vance may  be  mainly  traced  to  the  influence  of  the  Chris- 
tian religion,  and  of  Roman  laws  and  literature,  and  to 
the  adventurous  self-reliant  spirit  of  the  Anglo-Saxon 


It 


race. 

Regiitrum  Ecclexia  Parochialis.  The  History  of  Pariith 
Registera  in  England^  also  ofthn  Registers  of  Scotland,  Ire- 
land,  tlu  East  and  West  Indies,  the  Disxrnters*,  and  the 
JEpisenpal  Chapels  in  and  about  fjondoH,  With  Observations 
on  Bithops*  Transcripts,  §*c.  Second  Edition.  By  John 
Sonthernden  Burn,  E<«q     (J.  Russell  Smith.) 

This  History  of  what  are  to  the  greit  mass  of  the 
people  by  far  the  most  valuable  of  our  Recorils,  has  lung 
Deen  out  of  print.  During  the  thirty  years  which  have 
elapsed  since  the  first  edition  was  published,  Mr.  Burn 
has  collected  much  new  and  important  information  con- 
nected with  the  subject,  such  as  the  "  Livre  des  Anglois," 
List  of  Chapels  ante  1754 ;  New  Law  of  Fees  for  Searchcj ; 
The  Aquavity  Man ;  Saltpetre  Man,  &c.  But  not  the 
least  important  result  of  the  publication  will,  we  trust, 
be  its  drawing  attention  to  the  fact  shown  by  a  Parlia- 
mentary Return,  that  the  transmi8<«ion  of  transcripts  to 
the  Bishops  is  still  neglected,  and  that  many  of  the  Dio- 
cesan Registries  are  not  secure  from  fire.  The  state  of 
the  Parish  Registers  generally  is  one  calling  loudly  for 
legislative  Interference;  and  besides  giving  to  antiqua- 
ries and  historical  students  much  nseful  information,  Mr. 
Burn  will  have  done  the  state  good  service  if,  by  this 
publication,  he  recalls  attention  to  this  important  subject. 

South  Kensington  Museum.  Italian  Sculpture  of  the 
MiddU  Ages  and  Period  of  the  Revival  of  Art.  A  Z>e- 
icriptive  Catalogue  of  the  Wtrks  forming  the  above  Section 
of  the  Museum.,  vnth  additional  Illustrative  Notices,  By 
J.  C.  Robinson,  F.S.A.     (Chapman  &  Hall.) 

Mr.  Robinson,  the  accomplished  Superintendent  of  the 
Art  Collections  of  the  South  Kensington  Museum,  has, 
by  the  publication  of  this  handsome  and  instructive 
volume,  done  much  both  to  make  these  beautiful  coUec- 
iions  better  known  and  more  instructive}  and  also  to 


foster  among  us  an  increased  taste  for,  an4  a  juater  ap- 
preciation of,  the  beauties  of  Mediaeval  Art.  The  pur- 
chase of  the  Gherardini  collection  of  original  models  by 
great  Italian  artists  in  1854,  may  be  considered  the  foun- 
dation of  the  sculpture  series  described  in  the  work 
before  us.  Additional  specimens  were  gradually  obtained 
and  grouped  around  this  original  nucleus,  until  it  ob- 
taine<i  its  present  state  of  comparative  completeness  by 
the  purchase  of  a  large  selection  from  the  Gigli  and  Cam- 
pana  collections  in  1859-60.  These  various  objects  ore 
here  carefully  and  critically  described ;  the  description  of 
the  more  striking  among  them  being  illustrated  by  en- 
gravings. Mr.  Robinson  pleads,  and  we  believe  justly, 
the  meagreness  of  our  present  stock  of  knowledge  with 
respect  to  the  history  of  this  branch  of  art  as  an  excuse 
for  any  shortcoming's  which  may  be  found  in  his  Cata- 
logue. And  when  he  adds  his  hope  of  amending  it  b«re- 
after,  he  adds  a  hope  which  will  be  'shared  b^  all  who 
know  how  much  the  Art  Collections  at  South  Kensingtoo 
owe  to  his  zeal  and  his  intelligence. 

TTie  Invasion  of  Britain  by  Julius  Gesar;  with  RepJiet 
to  the  Remarks  of  the  Astronomer  Royal^  and  nf  the  late 
Camden  Professor  of  Ancient  History  at  Oxford,  By 
Thomas  Lewin,  M.A.    Second  Edition.    (Longman.) 

If  the  appearance  in  so  short  a  time  of  a  second  edi- 
tion of  the  able  Essay  in  which  Mr.  Lewin  advocates 
Romney  Marsh  as  the  site  on  which  C«sar  landed,  be 
not  a  proof  of  the  interest  felt  in  this  historical  question, 
such  proof  will  surely  be  found  in  the  fact  that  the  Society 
of  Antiquaries,  at  the  suggestion  of  Earl  Stanhope,  their 
President,  having  applied  to  the  Admiralty  for  their  as- 
sistance in  ascertaining  the  set  of  the  tide.' at  the  preciis 
time  of  Ciesar's  arrival,  on  which  the  whole  oontroversr 
indeed  may  be  said  to  turn,  the  Admiralty  have  with 
great  liberality  given  directions  for  the  nece»ary  in- 
quiries, and  we  may  therefore  presume  that  this  curioui 
point  in  our  national  history  will  shortlj  be  satisfactorily 
decided. 

Books  received. — 

Kangaroo  Land,  By  the  Rev.  A.  Polehampton.  (Bent- 
ley.) 

A  warning  narrative  of  one  who  seems  to  have  fSiiled 
in  his  endeavours  to  obtain  a  living  in  Kangaroo  Lend, 
albeit  he  was  everything  by  turns,  and  nothing  long. 

Citalogue  of  the  Antiquitien  of  Gold  in  the  Museum  of 
the  Royal  Irish  Academy.  By  W.  R  Wilde,  V.P.K.IX 
Illustrated  with  ninety  Wood  Engravings,  (Hodges  & 
Smith.) 

This  is,  we  believe,  by  far  the  roost  complete  Collec- 
tion of  Irish  Gold  Ornaments  in  existence.  It  is  described 
by  Mr.  Wilde  with  the  same  accuracy  and  care  which 
distinguish  the  two  former  parts  of  his  valnable  Obfa- 
logue  of  Antiquities  in  the  Museum  of  the  Rojal  Irish 
Academy. 


finiitzi  in  Carre^paitlrmtir* 

Etohiaw.    Eikon  Boiilike,  which  Jlrtt  appeared  in  1S48,  is  not  a  l.. 
bonk :  neither  ia  James  llutceVa  FaiuiUor  UeUers.   A  new  edUiom  qftle 
latter  is,  wf  bclifvc,  in  preparation. 

RKrKRPNcrs.  We  hart  once  more  to  request  our  oorrentomienis  vft* 
rcplff  to  Qiurics,  to  add  to  their  kin--JncM,  by  'precise  rmrencti  to  tkt 
volume  fin/pa^e  on  which  the  Qtieri-S  rephea  to  map  fte  /tiiMtrf.  Tht 
trouble  i*  vrry  little  to  the  writer,  tcho  has  th$  page  open  before  Mm,  M 
it$  omifsion  cost*  much  time  and  trvmble  to  us,  44  gtUing  Iks  omeft 
ready  for  the  printer. 

Wm.  OoRNsr.  For  the  derivation  qf  London,  ma  **  N.  a  Q."  HI  8. 
{▼.437,505. 

**NoTn  AWD  Qosanu  **  u  pMithed  ai 
issued  in  Moivtvlt  Part*.     Tht  MhK 
Six  Months  forwarded  direct  from  tks 
vearlu  Ittomx)  is  Ms.  id.,  vhick  wsaw  be 
favour  qfM.ms»t.  Emu.  Attn  D^ldt, 
Ail  CoMMvuiQAxtom  vom  nu 


■"s.i.Jracai.'ea.] 


NOTES  AND  QUERIEa 


4S1 


lOltDOlf  SATURDAY,  JUNE  !I,  IE 


CONTENTS— H".  25. 


Vthox  Norm;  — EtymoloBior  Psnon  — TurnBrthePslo- 
Mr— The  Ph«mci»n  Shlpi  —  Aii»logf  between  Colour*  »nd 
HuMckl  Sound*  —  Of  the  Glinuto  otBaglmod,  4M. 

QUBIUES :  —  Adjoitment  ot  tbs  Ere  (0  DMuce  —  Anqn;- 
moiu—Board  of  Tnd«  —  ConTDcatlon  in  Ireluid  —  The 
Don  ot  Thibet :  Heroic  Epistle  —  Hodtme  Lmlae  Dtnrtat 

—  "The  Klu**  Gift"  Hiiin  — Lins*  on  Pitt—  John 
KothcrbT-Noana  and  Prlnn  H8S.  -  Namenma  £dl- 
tln»  of  Book*— Poems  — PolaoniDg  wilh  Dlunood  Diut 

—  Prlnto  Act— Tetburr  — Chief-Banm  Edwmrd  Willca: 
JiulEO  Edward  Wllks,  4&3. 

Qimnii  WITH  Aubwebi  :  - 


BBPLIES:  —  Costor  Pestivsl  M  Hiarkm.  488  —  Draoie 
Punily,  1I4D  — HsbblE,  IW— Low  Sundiy,  Wl  — Dururord 
Familv^  409  — L««ODds  on  Swordi,  49S— Stsngsla  Hole, 


perpend  ici 


r  H^[  -  Qhom"stoieH  -  Ac( 

»  frishMiiod  U  Camela  —  Com- 

Sertico  at  thnHe»llj 


-pHSKefrom  PliiUl|/> " Oreiaia ■       

■od  Baron*  —  Foreign  Baroiii  in  tho  Commona  —  Cente 
wuiana- Doif  and  Dumb  —  Edward  Jenner  MJ>.- "  Th 
diute  Leudope  br  the  Patriarch  loied  —  Tumba  o 
Henrr  II.  Md  BJchard  L-Dr.  Johnson  ou  Punning- 
Hoore  — Jamea  Nibel— "  Histor;  of  John  Bull"  — lllu' 
and  Buff,  We. 


MODERN  ASTROLOGT. 

It  vonld  be  tn  acquiaition  to  our  knowl«dse  if 
■ome  one  competent  to  the  task  would  collect 
materiala  for  a  bistorj  of  tbe  men  who,  within  the 
pretent  century,  have  made  a  profeaaion  of  juiii- 
cial  aatrologv.  Their  pursuits  ere  sucb  as  to  ez- 
clade  them  from  public  notice,  but  the  men  tbem- 
aelTei  have  exerted  a  Terr  powerful  iofiuence 
over  the  nneducated  mind  of  the  country.  Several 
occurrences  lately  bare  drawn  attention  to  the 
practices  of  itinerant  fortune-tellers,  many  of 
whom  stiil  procure  a  livelihood.  The  astrologer, 
however,  or,  as  he  is  denominated  in  some  dii< 
tricts  of  England —  I  speak  more  particularly  of 
Yorkshire  —  "a  planet  ruler,"  and  sometimes  " a 
wise  man,"  is  of  a  higher  order.  He  does  not 
iUoerate,  is  generally  a  man  of  Bome  education, 

Cisessed  of  a  good  deal  of  fragmentary  know- 
ge,  and  a  imatCering  of  science.  He  very  often 
OODC^la  bis  real  profession  by  practising  as  a 
"  Water  Doctor,"  or  as  a  "  Bone  Setter,"  and  some 
I  have  known  poaseased  a  large  amount  of  skill 
in  the  treatnient  of  ordinary  diseases. 

The  more  lucrative  part  of  their  business  was 
that  which  they  csrried  on  in  a  secret  way.  They 
were  consulted  in  all  cases  of  difficulty  by  a  class 
of  raperstitions  people,  and  an  implicit  faith  was 
placea  in  tiieir  statements  and  predictions.    The 


vntgar  are  ever  loth  to  seek  out  natural  causes  for 
any  of  the  calamities  of  life,  but  try  to  discover 
occult  springs  for  all  common  events.  The  "  wise 
man  "  was  sought  in  all  cases  of  accident,  disaster, 
or  loss.  He  was  consulted  as  to  tbe  probabilidea 
of  the  return,  and  safety  of  the  distant  and  the 
absent ;  of  Ihe  chances  of  tbe  recovery  of  the  sick, 
and  of  tbe  destiny  of  some  beloved  fhend  or  rela- 
tive. Tbe  consultation  with  these  men  would  often 
have  a  sinister  um  :  to  discorer  by  the  stars  whe- 
ther an  obnoxious  husband  would  survive,  or 
whether  the  afiections  of  a  courted  or  inconstant 
lover  could  be  secured.  Very  often  long-con- 
tinued diseases  and  inveterate  maladies  were  as- 
cribed to  an  "  ill-wish,"  and  the  pleoet-mler  was 
sought  to  discover  who  wai  tbe  ill-wisher,  and 
what  chsrm  would  remove  the  spell.  It  is  need- 
less to  say  that  tbe  practices  of  these  astrologers 
were  productive,  in  a  large  number  of  cases,  of 
much  disturbance  among  neighbours  and  relatives, 
and  great  mischief  to  all  concerned,  except  the 
man  who  profited  by  the  credulity  of  bis  dupes- 
It  may  be  interesting  to  give  from  time  to  ^me  a 
few  Notes  from  my  own  personal  recollections  of 
this  class  of  charlatans.  Some  of  tbem  no  doubt 
were  believers  in  tbe  imposture,  but  the  greater 
number  were  arrant  cheats;  and  I  believe  the 
latter  were  tbe  most  harmless.  In  Leeds  and  its 
neighbourhood  there  were  several  "  wise  men," 
with  whose  doings  I  became  acquainted  some 
thirty-five  years  ago  ;  in  fact,  I  had  some  per- 
sonal knowledge  of  one  or  two  of  them.  I  am 
not  aware  tbat  any  local  history  speaks  of  them, 
and  their  reputation  seems  to  have  passed  away. 

Among  tbe  number  was  a  man  known  by  no 
other  name  than  that  of  "  Witch  Pickles."  He 
was  avowedly  an  Astrological  Doctor,  and  mttd 
tht  planets  for  those  who  sought  him  for  that  pur- 
pose. He  dwelt  in  a  retired  house  on  tbe  road 
from  Leeds  to  York,  about  a  mile  from  the 
"  Shoulder  of  Mutton  "  public-house,  at  the  top 
of  Mareb  Lane.  His  celebrity  extended  for  above 
fifly  miles,  and  I  have  known  instances  of  persona 
coming  from  the  Yorkshire  Wolds  to  consult  him. 
I  remember  the  man  and  the  house  very  well, 
and  tbe  awe  in  which  both  were  held  by  boys, 
and  even  older  persons,  who  had  belief  in  his 
powers.  Little  was  known  of  bis  habits,  and  I 
believe  be  had  few  visitors  but  those  who  sought 
bis  professional  assistance.  Tliose  who  sought 
him  gave  no  doubt  exaggerated  descriptions  of  bis 
savings  and  doings.  I  never  heard  that  he  com- 
mitted anything  to  writing.  He  was  particular 
in  inquiring  into  all  the  circumatancca  of  any  case 
on  which  he  was  consulted  before  he  pronounced. 
He  then,  as  be  termed  it,  proceedea  to  dram  a 
figure  in  order  to  discover  the  conjunction  of  the 
planets,  and  then  entered  upon  the  explanation  of 
what  tbe  stars  predicted.  Strange  tbinp  were 
told  of  him,  such  as  that  he  perframed  locaou- 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


[8"S.LJokb21,'SI 


tiont  at  midaight  on  cerUla  dftjs  in  the  jeK 
when  particular  planeti  were  in  the  ascendaDt; 
and  that  on  (ucn  occaaiona  strange  aighti  and 
aoandi  would  be  seen  and  heard  by  persons  pass- 
ine  the  house.  These  were  the  embellubmeDts  of 
vmgar  rumour.  The  man  was  quiet  and  ino&en- 
tive  in  his  demeanour,  and,  I  Bhould  think,  waa 
fullj  sensible  of  the  necesait;  of  a  life  of  seclu- 
sion. From  communications  I  had  with  some  of 
those  who  consulted  him,  I  believe  that  he  prac- 
tised a  few  tricks  to  awo  hia  -visitors  —  such  as 
lighting  a  candle  or  fire  without  risible  agencj, 
and  others  far  more  ingenious  than  the  modern 
table-rapping.  So  many  and  so  extraordinary 
were  the  statements  made  about "  Pickles,"  that 
it  will  be  difficult  to  procure  reliable  information.  | 
I  had  lefli  Leeds  before  he  disappeared,  but  there 
will  no  doubt  be  many  living  who  can  supply  facts 
in  relation  to  him. 

He  was  only  one  among  a  number  who  derived 
a  la^e  profit  from  this  kind  nf  occupation.  He 
.  was  in  many  respects  one  of  the  more  respectable 
of  tbe  class,  as  1  never  heard  of  his  descending  to 
the  vile  tricks  of  others  of  the  profession  —  tricks  , 
practised  upon  weak  and  credulous  women  and  . 
girls,  which  will  not  bear  description.  T.  B.    | 


"A  SnuncB  CfSTOM  *T  ORAMTHajL — On  Friday 
■vcDing  wmIc  Hr.  W.  E.  Linrencc  let  b;  anction  lbs 
pl«c  of  Una  termed  tb«  'Wbite  Bread  Heulow,'  c<a- 
tiining  about  fiva  roods,  mod  silaata  in  tba  Mcmdov 
DniTa  In  Bouni  Nortb  Fen.  On  Ibis  occssioa  Simoal 
Nison  was  (ba  higheiC  bidder,  at  6L  15*.  A  novel  nu- 
tam  axiati  in  conneclion  with  tbe  maiugceDient  mi 
admiDlatration  of  tbia  cbarity.  On  tlie  eveDiog  of  lb* 
letting,  wbicb  takes  place  vinuiUy,  tbo  saetioneer  pro- 
ceeds to  the  Queen's  BiidKe,  in  the  Eutgate,  where  tba 
company  meet  him,  and  the  auction  cammences:  a  boj 
who  li  called  a  '  ninner,'  ia  sent  about  fifty  yard*  dowa 
the  Esilsate,  and  ntaros  to  lh»  itarting  point ;  if  dniigg 
hii  >  run    uij  further  bid  ia  made,  anolhat  t»y  is  atarltd. 


illfth 


bid,  tba 

ID  end.  Tbe  pariihioners  of  the  Eastgate  appoint 
inu  sisTiardi,  itho  on  the  day  of  the  letting  porcbiM 
between  il.  and  fit  worth  of  pennj-  and  twopenny  Imto, 
and  diatribnta  them  in  qoantitiea  of  from  ■  pennywerth 
to  11  vepeanj  worth  at  each  booae  in  what  ia  conaideRd 
tbe  Eaitgsta  ward.  Until  Ibis  year  it  haa  been  the  cua- 
tom  to  Imvo  the  bread  at  those  hontes  only  which  wcie 
said  to  be  old  houaea ;  tbia  year  a  portion  woa  left  at 
every  boose  in  the  Eaatgate  dbitrict.  At  the  cloaa  orihi 
auction  (he  company  proceed  to  one  of  the  Eaatgate  iiai 
to  'take  a  ieetle  rerreahmeot.'  Braad  and  cheese,  ami 
onions,  sad  aie,  in  abundance,  and  of  excellent  qnaUtj,  ii 
brought  in.  and  amplejustics  is  done  thereto  by  the  cooi- 
psny;  who  by  tbia  time  have  become  rather  namerea^ 
and  each  one  on  good  term*  with  bimseir,  if  not  with 

elae.    Then  rollowsthe  busineaa  of  tbe  ereoiag; 


FOLK  LORE. 
Ci;sTON3  AT  Christmas.  —  From  inquiries  I 
have  made  since  I  wrote  you  last  on  this  subject, 
I  have  no  doubt  tbnt  the  custom  of  seeking  a 
male  person  with  black  or  dark  hair,  to  enter  a 
house  tbe  first  on  the  morning  of  Christmas  Day, 
and  also  New  Year's  Day,  is  associated  with  the  I 
tradition  that  Judas  had  red  bair.  There  are  ' 
several  other  matters  of  superstitious  observance 
which,  although  rigidly  adhered  to  even  to  this 
day,  cannot  be  explained.  One  is,  that  no  lisbt 
must  be  allowed  to  pass  out  of  the  house  during 
Cliristmas ;  that  i<,  from  Christmas  Day  to  New 
Year's  Day  inclusive.  I  remember  cases  of  serious 
inconvenience  occurring  when  I  was  a  youth. 
This  was  in  the  days  of  the  old  tinder- box,  bt^fore 
lucifer  matches  were  introduced.  Whatever  might  | 
be  the  emergency,  a  neighbour  could  not  witbout 
great  diiSculty  procure  a  lisbt  from  another.  In 
the  neighbourhood  where  1  was  brought  up,  in 
the  West  Riding  of  Yorkshire,  these  customs  still 
prevail;  but  are  giving  way  before  tbe  advance  . 
of  education.  It  would  be  curious  to  discover  j 
the  origin  of  this  singular  superstition.  T.  B.  I 

SiHGVLAB  Custom  at  Grantham. — I  have  just 

met  with  tbe  account  of  a  singular  custom  at 
GrantbaiD,  which  I  forward  with  this  Note.  It  is 
from  a  local  paper.  Perhaps  some  of  your  nu- 
merous reoders  can  give  some  further  informa- 
tion as  to  the  origin  of  this  singular  practice,  and 
bj  whom  the  land  was  arigiaally  given  t  — 


r«f^'n.m"y> 


'ethi 


leetine  withtbel 


expenaea  i 
following  ■ 


last  y 


rtaiarf 


int,  5/.  ISi. ;  total,  bl.  16*.  bd.  On  the  other 
aide  there  wai  —  paid  Tor  bread,  4L  Gi. ;  the  two  atewatdi 
it-lM.  each  ;  auctioneer,  S*. ;  crier,  li. ;  bottle  of  gin, 
2i.  Gd.  (to  stimulate  the  bidding  at  the  auction);  asd 
I7(.  6d.  for  cheeae,  onions,  and  ale,  to  balance  tbe  accMuL 
This  left  M.  in  hand,  which  it  was  eaggeated  aboold  be 
apent  in  tobacco ;  to  this,  however,  tbe  stewarda  obj«cl»d, 
being  in  farour  of  relaining  this  balance  in  hand  until 
the  nCKt  letting." 

R.  F.  Whbbleb. 
Whitby,  North  Shields. 

Folk  IiObe, — I  have  recently  heard  the  fol- 
lowing scraps  of  folk  lore,  which  are  new  to  me, 
and  I  believe  will  also  be  new  to  the  paces  of 
"N.  &Q.:"- 

1.  When  i 

2.  If  the  twins  are  of  opposite  sexes,  the  one  is 
sure  to  die  when  young. 

3.  You  should  always  kill  leeches  that  have 
been  applied  for  any  inflammatory  complaint,  be- 
cause the  inflammation  dies  with  the  leech. 

4.  If,  in  a  row  of  beans,  one  should  come  np 
white  (instead  of  green),  there  will  be  a  death  in 
the  family  within  tue  year.        Cuthbbrt  Bxdi. 


a  good  apple  year,  it  i«  a  gi 


THE  HYNDFOSD  PAPERS. 

Accidentally  looking  over  a  fragment  of  Tit 

Seotiman  newspaper  for  October  loat,  I  found  tha 

following  "  Query  for  Antiquaries'*  cddretsed  to 


8»*  a  L  JuwE  21,  '62.] 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


483 


the  Editor,  which  may  very  appropriately  be  in- 
serted in  "  N.  &  Q." :  — 

**  Sir,  —  la  the  Tiwographiecd  Dictionary  of  Scotland, 
under  the  article  *  Carmichael,  a  Parish  in  the  Upper 
Ward  of  Lanarkshire,*  it  is  stated  that  John,  third  Earl 
of  Uyndford,  bom  1701,  died  1767,  left  in  his  library 
*  twenty-three  manuscript  yolumes  of  his  political  life  in 
bla  own  handwriting.'  It  is  also  stated  that  on  his  death 
hia  estates  and  property,  inclnding,  I  presume,  his  library, 
passed  into  the  hands  of  his  heir.  Sir  John  Carmichael 
Anstruther,  of  Elie,  Baronet  The  Earl  of  Hyndford  was 
a  man  of  mark  in  his  day.  He  was  sent  as  Ambassador 
to  the  Court  of  Russia,  and'  on  his  return  to  Scotland 
took  an  active  part  in  the  social  and  political  improve- 
ment of  the  country. 

**  Can  any  of  your  antiquarian  readers  give  ns  an  ac- 
count of  these  volumes  ?  If  they  are  still  in  existence,  it 
•eems  to  me  a  pity  that  they  are  not  exhumed  from  their 
hiding  place,  and  made  to  form  a  published  contribution 
to  the  history  of  Scotland. — I  am,  &c., 

*'  MONKBABNS." 

There  is  some  inaccuracy  in  this  assumption, 
Although  in  the  essential  portion  of  it  the  writer 
is  correct  enough.  There  certainly  was  a  collec- 
tion of  papers,  formerly  in  the  possession  of  the 
Hyndford  family,  which  had  carefully  been  pre- 
served, and  half-bound  in  volumes.  These  con- 
sbted  almost  entirely,  so  far  as  I  can  remember, 
of  original  drafts  of  letters  by  the  Earl,  and  an- 
swers by  correspondents,  during  his  foreign  em- 
bassies. They  were,  sometime  afler  the  extinction 
of  the  title,  exposed  for  sale  in  the  late  Mr.  C. 
Tait*s  Sale  Room,  with  the  very  curious  and 
valuable  family  library  which  belonged  to  the 
noble  Earl ;  but  which  formed  no  portion  what- 
ever of  the  Elie  library  —  a  separate  collection, 
which,  as  personal  property,  was  disposed  of  bv 
auction  by  Mrs.  Anstruther  and  her  husbana. 
The  lady  was  sister  of  Sir  Wyndham  Anstruther, 
who  succeeded,  on  the  untimely  death  of  his  nephew 
(Sir  John  Anstruther),  in  1831,  to  the  landed 
estates,  while  Mrs.  Anstruther  took  the  moveable 
property.  Elie  has  now  passed  entirely  from  the 
Anstruther  family. 

The  Hyndford  papers  were  of  interest  and  value. 
Endeavours  were  used  to  induce  the  Faculty  of 
Advocates  to  become  purchasers,^  but  without 
effect :  want  of  funds  being  the  excuse.  The 
collection  brought  a  small  sum,  and  it  is  believed 
went  to  England.  This  is  but  one  amongst  many 
instances,  where  the  injudicious  expenditure  of 
funds  prevented  the  purchase  of  manuscripts  and 
scarce  volumes,  which  were  generally  transferred 
from  this  kingdom  to  the  sister  country. 

The  Elie  library  was,  for  condition  and  value, 
perhaps  the  finest  ever  brought  to  the  hammer  in 
Scotland.  It  had  been  collected  during  nearly 
two  centuries  by  the  ancient  family  of  Anstruther, 
and  many  a  work  was  preserved  there  which 
money  now  could  hardly  procure.  One  instance 
may  be  given:  the  1616  edition  of  Barbour's 
Bruce,  printed  by  Andro  Hart,  in  black-letter.    It 


is,  at  least  so  sajs  Professor  Innes  in  his  carious 
and  interesting  introduction  to  the  Spalding  edi- 
tion of  Barbour,  the  only  perfect  copy  known : 
the  one  at  Oxford  being  imperfect.  There  was 
also  in  the  same  library,  the  1620  edition  of 
Blind  Harry's  Wallace,  a  book  of  great  rarity ; 
but  of  which  there  is  a  copy  in  the  Faculty 
Library,  purchased  at  a  time  when  the  members 
knew  how  to  make  a  proper  use  of  their  funds. 
The  Hyndford  library  was  almost  as  valuable. 

Mr.  T.  Nisbet,  who  succeeded  Mr.  Tait,  has  the 
books,  and  probably  Catalogues  of  his  predecessor : 
so  that  the  purchaser's  name,  and  price  of  the 
Hyndford  MSS.,  might  be  procured  without 
much  difficulty  from  that  gentleman.  J.  M. 


AMBROSE  RANDOLPH. 

Of  this  gentleman,  who  was  one  of  the  sons  of 
Thomas  Randolph,  LL.D.,  the  famous  diplomatist, 
a  brief  notice  is  preQxed  to  the  Private  Corre^ 
nxmdence  of  Lady  Jane  Comwallis,  published  by 
Lord  Braybrooke,  1842, 1  am  enabled  to  add  the 
following  particulars :  — 

He  was  living  at  Ongar,  in  Essex,  in  1610. 

His  wife  Dorothy,  to  whom  he  was  married  in 
or  about  1612,  was  daughter  of  Sir  Thomas  Wil- 
son, keeper  of  the  State  Papers.  In  1618,  men- 
tion is  made  of  a  sister  Elizabeth;  yet,  about 
1622,  Sir  Thomas  Wilson  terms  Randolph's  wife 
his  only  child. 

On  25th  July,  1614,  he  and  his  father-in-law 
were  constituted  keepers  of  the  State  Papers. 
Levinus  Munck,  who  had  previously  been  joint 
keeper  with  Wilson,  having  surrendered  his  pa- 
tent. 

In  the  same  year,  Mr.  Randolph  presented  to 
the  rectory  of  Gunton,  in  Norfolk. 

On  24th  August,  1615,  his  father-in-law  wrote 
to  him,  advising  him  to  apply  for  the  office  of 
Keeper  of  the  Exchequer  Records,  then  vacant  by 
the  death  of  Arthur  Agarde.  It  does  not  appear 
whether  he  succeeded  in  obtaining  this  appoint- 
ment. Lord  Braybrooke  says,  that  in  1627  he 
was  appointed  to  a  place  in  the  Exchequer,  the 
duties  of  which  are  not  specified. 

About  1622,  Sir  Thomas  Wilson  requested  the 
honour  of  knighthood  for  his  son-in-law. 

On  26th  May,  1623,  Ambrose  Randolph  and 
bis  brother  Robert  purchased  of  Edward  Cop- 
pinger  of  Kirklington,  Nottinghamshire,  houses 
and  lands  in  Fish  toll,  Frieston,  and  Boston,  co. 
Lincoln ;  which  they  resold  to  Francis  Empsou, 
16th  Feb.,  1626-7. 

Dorothe  Randolph  was  second  cousin  to  Lady 
Jane  Cornwallis ;  Doroth^*s  father,  Thomas  Wil- 
son, having  married  at  St.  Clement's  Danes  19tU 
July,  1593,  Margaret,  daughter  of  Henry  Meau- 
tys,  brother  of  Hercules  Meautys,  who  was  the 
father  of  Lady  Jane. 


484 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


[d'A  &  L  JuxB  21,  ^et 


The  relations  between  Ambrose  R&ndolph  and 
Sir  Thomas  Wilson,  who  appears  to  have  been  in 
deeply  embarrassed  circumstances,  were  not  always 
of  an  amicable  character. 

These  facts  are  derived  from  Blomefield*s  iVbr- 
/ott,  viii.  123 ;  Green's  Cal.  Dom.  State  Papers, 
Jas.  I. ;  and  Bruoe's  Cal.  Dom,  State  Papers^ 
Car.  L 

I  embrace  this  opportunity  of  bearing  my 
humble  testimony  to  the  immense  utility  of  the 
Calendars  of  State  Papers.  The  present  com- 
munication relates  to  an  individual  of  little  note ; 
it  may,  however,  serve  to  direct  attention  to  the 
especial  value  of  these  Calendars  as  sources  of 
biographical  illustration. 

In  one  of  his  letters  Sir  Thomas  Wilson  terms 
Thomas  Randolph,  the  ambassador,  Sir  Thomas 
Randolph.  Wood  says  also  that  he  was  knighted. 
The  statement  has  been  adopted  by  the  writer  of 
his  Life  in  Biographia  Britannica^  and  he  is  con- 
stantly referred  to  as  Sir  Thomas.  It  is  certain, 
however,  from  his  funeral  certificate,  that  he  was 
only  an  Esquire.  Wood's  assertion  that  he  was 
knighted  is  the  more .  remarkable,  as  it  is  clear 
that  he  had  seen  and  used  this  certificate. 

C.  H.  COOPEB. 

Cambridge. 


Ettholooy  of  Fabsoic. — In  Marsh's  Lectures 
on  the  English  Language^  recently  edited  by  Dr. 
William  Smith  (Murray,  1862),  there  are  some 
remarks  on  the  extravagance  of  certain  etymo- 
logista ;  in  the  course  of  which,  the  following  pas- 
sage occurs :  ^- 

"  One  can  hardly  believe  Roger  Ascbam  serious  in 
deriving  war  from  warre  or  werre,  the  old  form  of  the 
comparative  wone^  because  war  is  worse  than  peace ;  but 
even  this  derivation  is  only  less  absurd  than  Blackstone's 
of  parmm  from  penonaty  per»ona  ecclentBy  because  the  par- 
son personates  or  represents  the  church"  (p.  51).  , 

The  reason  given  by  Blackstone  for  his  etymo- 
logy may  be  erroneous;  but  that  the  English 
wordjMxrson  is  derived  from  the  Latin  wordj9^- 
sona^  as  used  by  mediaeval  writers,  is  certain  and 
indisputable.  A  reference  to  the  articles  in  Du- 
cange's  Glossary  is  sufficient  to  settle  the  ques- 
tion :  — 

**  Personn,  cleric!,  qui  beneficia  ecclesiastica  obtinent, 
quod,  nt  ^uidam  pntant,  magnam  propter  officium  per' 
eanamtuMhneant;  sed  maxime  ii,qui  beneficiis,  seu  ecclesiis 
per  vicarios  deserviri  curant,  dum  ipsi  potiori  reditnum 
parte  fruuntur." 

**  Persona  sspius  pro  Curio,  parochus  occurrit  Bri- 
tanni  etiamnum  peruonnet  Aogli  parson  eft  notione 
dicant'* 

**  Personatus,  jus,  quo  personam  in  eoclesift  aliquft  quis 
constituere  potest" 

**  Personator,  idem  quod  persona." 


**  PersonatuB,  persons  dignitas,  seu  beneficiam  ipsum." 

**  Personagium,  idem  quod  personatua." 

"  Impersonare,  in  personatus  possessionem  mittere." 

The  word  occurs  in  Chaucer  in  its  original 
form:  — 

**  A  good  man  ther  was  of  rellgioun, 
That  was  a  poure  per§one  of  a  Unid  : 
But  rich  he  was  of  holy  thought  and  werk." 

FroL4680, 

The  word  persona^  or  parson^  seems  to  have 
properly  signified  the  incumbent  of  the  living, 
the  holder  of  the  benefice,  as  distinguished  from 
the  curate,  in  the  modern  sense  of  that  word.  L« 

TuRHEB  THB  Painter. — Mackenzie,  the  archi- 
tectural draftsman,  was  a  pupil  of  the  elder  Rep- 
ton,  the  architect  of  Komford,  in  which  ofiice 
also,  was  the  late  great  painter  Turner,  as  a  clerk, 
respecting  whom  ;MacKenzie,  shortly  before  he 
died,  told  me  the  following  anecdote :  ^- 

The  surveyors  of  those  days  had  a  set  fashion 
in  getting  up  their  elevation, — light  brick-coloured 
walls,  blue  roofs,  and  black  windows,  with  the 
sash  bars  ruled  in  with  flake  white.  Reptonwent 
from  home  for  a  few  days,  and  left  Turner  to  tint 
an  elevation  during  his  absence.  Turner  was  by 
no  means  inclined  to  keep  to  the  rule,  but  tinted 
the  drawing  according  to  his  own  notion,  —  the 
windows  neutral  tint,  the  high  lights  left,  and  an 
occasional  blind  or  a  curtain ;  the  walls  and  roof 
anything  but  en  regie  as  to  smooth  flat  tints,  with 
the  blue  of  the  roof  a  little  darker  at  the  top,  and 
carefully  "  softened  ofl*."  When  Repton  came 
back,  he  asked  Turner  what  on  earth  he  meant  by 
making  such  a  mess  as  that  P  ^-  asked  him  if  he 
did  not  know  the  rule  for  windows  was  black 
glass  and  white  bars ;  and  even  light  tints,  not 
blotched  about,  for  the  walls  and  roof?  Turner 
answered  that  he  never  saw  a  black  window,  and 
couldn't  make  one,  whereupon  Repton  angrilj 
desired  him  to  alter  the  drawing,  and  oo  it 
properly;  but  Turner  flatly  refused,  sticking  to 
it  that  he  never  saw  such  a  thing  in  nature,  snd 
would  not  do  it,  and  so  they  quarrelled  and  parted. 
Query,  in  this  case.  Supposing  Repton  had  sc- 
quiesced  in  the  innovation,  and  Turner  hsd  ^t 
money  enough  to  live  comfortably  by  Unting 
architectural  drawings,  would  he  have  ever  done 
anything  elseP  Would  not  the  enjoyment  of  the 
certainty  of  mediocre  comfort  have'  kept  him 
where  he  was,  and  deprived  the  world  of  the 
greatest  landscape  painter-poet  that  erer  lived  ? 
Just  as  Clive  might  have  been  a  trader*s  clerk  sll 
his  life,  but  for  the  combination  of  circumstances 
which  made  him  a  great  general  and  a  peer  of 
England. 

i  believe  I  can  rely  upon  the  accuracy  of  the 
facts  in  both  these  cases,  and  I  should  think  there 
are  plenty  of  persons  living  who  can  oorroborate 
Ihem,  if  thought  neoesaary.    Hjutrt  Dubsbubt. 


8^  &  I.  JuVB  21,  *62.] 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


486 


The  Fh2bacian  Ships  (^Odyssey,  viii.  655) : — 
"  EiV4  8«  ftoi  ycuA¥  rt  t*^v,  8^/A^y  rt,  ftiXtv  rt, 
''O^pa  <rf  T^  x4fjiTm<ri  rirv<nc6fAtvai  ^p9a\  pii9s» 

'AAA*  atrrol  Kirouri  ^tyfifuvra  Kcd  ^p4vas  kifZpAv' 
K«i2  wdirrvp  tvcuri  w6\tcts  koH  wiovtu  kypoifs 
*AvBpAwwr  Kol  XcuTfia  r^x^^  ^^^  itcmpSmriy^ 
'H4fH  Kcd  P9^4\'p  KtKa\vfifi4ycu'  oM  irord  v^uf 
Otfrc  rt  irnfJLoy^cu  txi  Uos^  o(8*  kitoKMat^^ 

The  PhflBacian  vessels,  as  thus  described,  seem 
to  bear  a  vague  resemblance  to  steamers ;  at  leasi 
to  what  steamers  would  appear  to  persons  ignorant 
of  their  principle  and  construction.  I  have  some- 
where read  that  one  of  the  Pharaohs  of  Egypt  bad 
steam  vessels;  if  so,  from  these,  or  from  the  report 
of  them,  Homer  may  have  taken  his  idea. 

•The  Burmese,  in  our  first  war  with  them,  took 
the  little^  war  steamer,  **  Nemesis,**  for  an  intel- 
ligent being,  or  rather  monster,  armed  with  super- 
human power.  W.  D. 

Analog  T  between  Coloubs  and  Musical 
Sounds.  —  Have  any  works  ever  been  published 
with  a  view  to  prove  an  analogy  between  colours 
and  musical  sounds  ?  The  two  following  facts  are 
worthy  of  notice,  and  have  led  me  to  make  these 
inquiries:  —  1.  The  number  of  the  colours  in  the 
solar  spectrum  (7)  are  identical  with  that  of  the 
notes  of  the  major  diatonic  scale  in  music.  2.  The 
proportion  of  the  three  primary  colours  in  the 
solar  ray  coincides  with  the  order  of  the  notes 
which  form  the  **  common  chord,*'  viz.,  3, 5,  and  8. 

The  anecdote  of  the  blind  man  who  compared 
the  colour  scarlet  to  the  sound  of  a  trumpet,  may, 
perhaps,  throw  some  light  on  the.'subject. 

Chromophonb. 

Of  the  Climate  of  England. — In  this  month's 
Temple  Bar  Magazine  a  writer  **  On  Climates  ** 
informs  us,  the  climate  of  Brighton  and  that  of 
Torquay  are  well  known  to  differ  essentially. 
The  climate  of  Bath  is  very  different  from  that  o£ 
Cheltenham ;  and  Malvern,  again,  is  different  from 
both.  All  these,  the  writer  adds,  are  quite  dis- 
tinct from  Harrogate,  and  Harrogate  is.different 
from  Scarboroucb,  while  both  are  unlike  the  lake 
districts  of  Cumberland  and  Westmoreland.  The 
writer  observes,  it  would  be  difficult  at  present  to 
say  exactly  why  these  differences  exist ;  but  the 
fact  is  notorious,  and  the  full  bearing  of  such  a 
fact  is  extremely  important.  May  Task  any  of 
jour  scientific  readers  to  turn  his  attention  to  the 
notorious  fact  stated  by  the  writer  on  climates  in 
Temple  Bar  Magazine^  and  explain  the  differences, 

fiving  his  reasons  for  the  opinion  he  entertains? 
agree  with  the  writer,  *^  the  full  bearing  of  such 
A  fact  is  extremely  important.     Fba.  Mbwbubn. 
Larchfield,  Darlington,  May  19, 18C2. 


tftutrM. 

Adjustmbnt  of  the  Ete  to  Distance.  — In 
Dr.  George  Wilson's  Esgay  on  Chemical  Final 
Causes^  first  published  in  Edinburgh  Essays^  1856, 
p.  346,  reprinted  in  the  newly-issued  volume  en- 
titled Religio  Chemici,  p.  159,  it  is  said :  — 

**Tba  Optician pressed  upon  the  attention  of 

the  physiologist  that  the  living  eye  most  possess  the 
power  of  adjnstiog  its  focas  to  the  vision  of  objects  at 
different  distances.    And  after  some  two  centaries  of  an- 

snccesiAiI  endeavonrs the  physiologists  of  our 

own  day  have,  within  the  last  three  years,  jostified  tha 
optician  by  solving  the  problem " 

Will  any  reader  of  "  N.  &.  Q."  favour  me  with 
a  reference  to  the  solution  here  spoken  of?  The 
date  indicated  must  be  about  1853.  J.  H. 

Glasgow. 

Anonymous.  —  Can  you  give  any  information 
regarding  the  authorship  of  the  following  anony- 
mous works?  —  1.  Morgan  de  la  Faye,  a  Drama. 
Lond.  N.  D.,  priv.  printed.  2.  Barra,  or.  The 
Lord  of  the  Isles,  a  Drama.  Reading,  1825.  8. 
Dramatic  Sketch  descriptive  of  Lord  Clifford's 
Return  from  London,  1838,  Exeter.  4.  Orfried,  a 
Drama.     Canterbury,  1884.  TtVtk, 

Boabd  op  Trade.  —  The  Mercuriut  Publieus 
for  Dec.  6,  1660,  records  that  — 

**  It  bath  likewise  pleased  bis  Majesty  by  bis  Let 
Patent,  under  the  Qreat  Seal  of  England,  to  establish  a 
standing  Council  for  trade  and  commerce,  consisting  of 
many  of  the  most  honourable  Lords  of  his  Mig^^'^  most 
honourable  Privy  Council  and  other  his  Lords,  Knights, 
Gentlemen,  and  Citizens  of  Imown  ability  and  approved 
integrity." 

Is  this  the  origin  of  the  Board  of  Trade  P  Was 
the  idea  of  this  council  new,  or  but  a  continua- 
tion of  a  similar  body  which  had  existed  under 
the  previous  governments  P  Gbimb. 

Convocation  in  Ibbland.  —  I  shall  be  obliged 
to  any  of  your  correspondents  who  can  direct  me 
to  any  authentic  source  of  information  respecting 
the  proceedings  of  Irish  convocations,  from  1615 
to  1711,  besides  those  contained  in  the  Church 
Histories  of  Ireland,  such  as  Mant  and  King,  or 
the  works  of  Bramhall  and  Uisher. 

Alfbbd  T.  Lbb. 

Ahoghill  Rectory,  Ballymena. 

The  Dogs  of  Thibet  :  Hbboic  Epistle. — 
**  Huge  dogs  of  Thibet  bark  in  yonder  grove, 
Here  parrots  prate,  there  cats  make  cruel  love." 

Beroie  EmtUe  to  Sir  WilHam  Chambers 
(W.Mason?). 

The  above  lines  were  brought  to  my  recollec- 
tion two  years  ago,  when,  in  Kensington  GrardenSi 
I  met  with  a  person  leading  a  huge  mastiff;  I  was 
induced  to  inquire  of  what  country  this  dog  was 
a  native.  The  answer  was,  "Of  Thibet**  I 
was  further  informed  that  the  price  of  the  animal 
was  50^.,  and  that  he  was  about  to  be  offered  ta 


486 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


[8^^  &  L  Sum  81,  ^es. 


Prince  Albert.  What  was  the  result  of  this  ofler 
I  never  heard.  He  was  of  a  light  brindled  colour, 
like  a  lion. 

• 

I  lately  read,  in  the  police  reports,  of  a  person 
being  brought  before  a  magistrate  for  attempting, 
as  was  allesed,  to  steal  one  of  these  Thibetian 
mastifis.  He  was  of  the  same  lisht  colour,  was 
eight  feet  long,  and,  I  suppose,  tall  in  proportion : 
his  price  was  150^. 

I  have  no  description  of  Thibet  at  hand  ;  but, 
on  consulting  Rees*s  jEncyclopadta^  I  find  that 
that  country  is  "  remarkable  for  a  large  breed  of 
dogs." 

Ferhaps  the  two  xvpts  kpyoiy  that  followed  Tele- 
machus  (in  the  Odyssey)^  were  of  this  light  fawn 
or  tawny  colour. 

According  to  Horace,  the  Molossian  mastiffs 
(from  Epirus)  were  in  high  repute  among  the 
Romans ;  but  we  have  no  information,  that  I  am 
aware  of,  respecting  their  colour  or  size. 

Xerxes,  on  his  expedition  to  Greece,  was 
accompanied  by  a  number  of  Indian  dogs,  with 
their  attendants.  These  dogs  probably  caiue  from 
some  northern  district,  perhaps  from  Thibet. 
Herodot.  vii.  187.  (Polyhymnia).  W.  D. 

Madams  Louise  D auriat.  —  It  is  stated  in 
The  Atherusum  of  April  11,  1835,  that  "Madame 
Louise  Dauriat  is  giving  lectures  in  Paris  every 
Thursday  Evening  on  the  Social  Rights  of  Women. 
Have  the  lectures  of  this  lady  ever  been  pub- 
lished ?  If  not,  where  shall  I  find  any  contem- 
porary account  of  them  P        Edward  Peacock. 

Bottesford  Manor,  Brigg. 

"  The  King's  Gift  "  Rings.  —  Those  of  your 

readers  who  are  curious  in  rings  and  ring- posies 

will  be  interested  in  the  accompanying  extract 

from  an  old  newspaper  now  before  me.     Are  any 

of  these  rings  known  to  be  in  existence  P 

<*We  cannot  forget  the  msnner  of  disbanding  Sir 
Anthony  Ashley  Cooper's  Regiment  at  Salisbury;  for 
after  a  pertinent  speech  by  that  worthy  Gentleman  the 
Major  of  the  Regiment  (better  known  heretofore  by  the 
name  of  Col.  Brown,  a  gallant  Commander,  in  hia  Majes- 
tie*8  Army),  they  joyfully  welcomed  his  Majestie*s 
Commissioners  bv shouts  and  acclamations;  and  under- 
standing of  His  ilajestie^s  goodness  in  bestowing  freely 
a  fall  week's  pay  over  and  above  their  just  arrears,  they 
broke  out  into  another  great  shout,  and  then  unani- 
mously resolved  with  that  week's  pay  to  buy  each  man 
a  ring,  whose  Posie  should  be,  thb  kino's  gift,  as  an 
Earnest  and  Memorandum  to  be  ready  on  all  occasions 
when  His  Majestie's  service  (and  none  but  his)  should 
call  them."  — JIfercttrttif  PuUicus,  November  29,  16G0. 

Lucy  Peacock. 
I)ottesford  Manor,  Brigg. 

LiKEB  ON  Pitt.  —  Information  is  requested  as 
to  the  source  of  certain  lines  on  William  Pitt, 
beginning  — 

"  And  thou,  bright  star  of  Europe's  darkest  hour. 
Whose  words  were  wisdom,  and  whose  counsels  power." 

Sciolist. 


John  Mothbbbt.  —  Who  was  John  Motherby, 
to  whose  memory  the  German  poet,  Schenkendorf, 
dedicates  some  affecting  lines,  and  who  is  de- 
scribed as  being  "  Royal  Counsellor,  and  a  Cap- 
tain in  the  Konigsberg  Militia  P  **      J.  Mackat. 

NoussE  AND  Frinn  MSS.  —  Where  are  the 
MSS.  of  Nourse,  quoted  by  Foabrooke  in  his 
GhvceMtershire,  to  be  found  P  Also,  where  are  the 
Frinn  MSS.  quoted  by  the  same  authority  P  Who 
was  the  author  of  the  Genealogy  of  Jestyn  ap 
Owrgan^  and  where  can  a  copy  be  obtained  P 

Samuel  Ltsons. 

Numerous  Editions  of  Books.  —  What  is  the 
largest  number  of  editions  any  one  work  has  passed 
through  P  It  would  be  interesting  to  the  general 
public  to  know  how  many  copies  are  usually 
printed  for  a  single  edition,  and  if  there  is  any 
rule  by  which  the  number  of  an  edition  u  regu* 
lated  by  the  publishers.  A.  T.  L. 

Poems.  —  What  is  the  name  of  the  author 
and  title  of  a  small  volume  of  poems  published 
not  very  long  ago,  which  opens  with  some  verses 
on  the  sailing  of  the  English  fleet  to  the  Baltic 
Sea  at  the  commencement  of  the  Crimean  War? 
I  subjoin  the  first  stanza :  — 

**  On  the  Baltic  Sea  the  sun  went  down. 
And  reddened  its  sounding  floor ; 
And  the  shadows  came  with  a  gathering  frown 
From  the  hills  of  the  Swedish  shore." 

Sciolist. 

FoisoNiNo  WITH  Diamond  Dust. — I  do  not 
consider  that  I  am  guilty  of  any  breach  of  deO- 
cacy,  and  certainly  none  of  confidence,  in  placin| 
the  following  on  record.  That  portion  of  what  I 
state  in  the  latter  part  of  the  above  sentence  was 
not  confided  in  confidence,  nor  was  there  any  re- 
straint placed  on  me  in  regard  to  it;  and  the 
other  portion  is  of  too  world-wide  reputation  to 
clothe  it  with  delicacy.  Reading  a  few  days  ago, 
of  poisoning  on  the  Continent  having  been  effected 
by  **  diamond  dust,'*  I  turned  to  my  note- book, 
knowing  I  had  **  Cuttlised  *'  something  on  the 

?oint,  and  found  the  substance  of  the  following, 
was  in  London  immediately  after  Fnlmer  was 
hanged  for  the  murder  of  Cook,  and  when  hardly 
any  other  subject  was  spoken  of.  Amongst  some 
friends,  I  met  a  surgeon  and  two  students  be- 
longing to  the  University  College;  and  they 
assured  me,  that  it  was  well  known  amongst  the 
profession  at  the  time  that  Cook  was  not  poisoned 
with  strychnine^  but  with  diamond  dust.  That  ex- 
periments had  been  made  with  it,  and  that  the 
symptoms  were  analogous,  or  nearly  so,  to  strych- 
nine ;  and  that  the  chemical  analysis  proved  the 
factf  and  that  the  dust  was  mistaken  for  the  other 
substance.  This  may  raise  a  question  of  deep  in- 
terest to  the  profession.  Falmer  never  denied 
that  Cook  teas  poisoned;  but,  to  the  last,  he 


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487 


penisted  in  sajing  "he  iraa  not  polioned  mfA 
ibychmne."    I  think  it^worth  recordin)^. 

S.  Kbdhohd, 

Liverpool. 

FiivATB  Act.  —  Biitton,  in  his  ArchiUctto'al 
Atitiquitiet,  ipeikbg  of  certain  Undo  in  Euex  | 
ezchsneed  with  Sir  Brjan  Tuke,  refers  in  s.  note 
to  "  PriTate  Acts,  35lb  Hen.  Till.  oh.  9."  Where 
■     "  "  n  »b- 

Tbtdukt. — In  the  Arekaohgical  Journal  of  the 
Institute  of  Great  Britain,  No.  72,  there  is  a  paper 
upon  the  names  of  places  in  Gloucestershire.  It  is 
to  belataentedtbatitis  much  too  brief  in  compass, 
thoagh  well  treated  in  its  limited  extent.  I  have 
been  desirous  to  ascertain  the  etjmologj  of  Tet- 
burj,  a  considerable  town  in  thnt  countj,  which 
■eems  enveloped  in  obscurity.  The  Rev.  Alfred 
Lee,  in  his  lliitory  of  tbe  place,  thinks  it  is  de- 
rived from  Tedd-burj,  which  would  signify  "  B 
forlress  in  an  open  plain."  In  tbe  midland  coun- 
ties, and  especially  in  Warwickshire,  Ted  andJTet 
■eem  to  have  been  used  indifierentlj, — ex.  gr.  as 
Ted  for  Edward,  and  Tet  for  Elizabeth,  or  more 
affectionately,  Tetty  —  of  which  last  Dr:  Johnson 
alwaj'B  avuled  himself  when  speaking  of  bis  wife  * ; 
and  with  reeard  to  Tetbury  during  the  seven- 
teenth and  long  in  (be  eigbteentb  century,  it 
seems  to  have  been  more  frequently  written  and 
pronounced  Tedburj.  Of  the  local  Tokens  t  cir- 
culated in  tbe  neighbourhood  shortly  after  the 
Bestoratioa  (tcn/i.  Charles  II.)  four  are  stamped 
aa  being  iesued  at  Tcdburv.  Still  as  I  think  tbe 
origin  of  tbe  name  is  problematical,  I  wish  to  anb- 
mit  it  as  a  Query  to  yonr  readers  for  elucidation. 

DUBITANS. 

CBnr-BiBOX  Euwabd  Wiu.Ka  :  Jddqb  Ed- 
WAJU>  WiLi.ES.  —  I  have  so  often  experienced  tbe 
benefit  arisiog  from  inquiries  circulated  in  your 
publication,  that  I  venture  to  propose  another,  with 
ft  conviction  that  I  shall  receive  all  the  informa- 
tion that  is  attainable.  My  present  question  is, 
whether  Edward  Willes,  tbe  Chief  Biron  of  the 
Irish  Exchequer,  and  Edward  Wiltes,  the  EnglUh 
judge,  were  one  and  the  same  individnal?  And 
ifnot,  who  the  former  waif     These  are  the  facta. 

Sir  John  WiUea  was  Chief  Justice  of  the  Com- 
mon Fleas  from  1737  till  his  death  in  1761  \  and 
was  first  Commissioner  of  the  Great  Seal  from 
November  19,  17S6,  to  June  30,  1757. 

Sir  Edward  Willes,  bis  son,  was  Solicitor- 
General  from  August  6,  1766,  till  January  27, 
1768,  when  he  was  constituted  a  Judge  of  tbe 
King's  Bench.    He  died  In  January,  17B7. 

*  Sea  Prayo 
Ber.  George  S 

t  cJltclava  Gtoueatrimia,  by  Mr.  Phelps  of  Cbs- 
Tenags  Eoasa,  near  Tstborr,  p.  SS8— SSI. 


Edward  Wilies  was  appointed  Lord  Chief  Baron 
in;lreland  by  patent  dated  March  29,  1797  (while 
Sir  John  Willes  was  first  Commissioner  of  the 
Great  Seal  in  England);  and  resigned  in  1766,- 
with  a  pension  of  1,0001.  a-year.  ] 

Smyth,  in  his  Lain  Offietrt  of  iTeland,  says  in  a 
note  to  p.  144,  that  tbe  latter  aflerwards  became 
tbe  Solicitor-  General  and  the  Judge.of  the  King's 
Bench.  But  in  Ihe  obituary  of  the  OenlUman't 
Magaxine,  vol.  ssxviii.  p,  349.  the  death  of  "The 
Bight  Houourable  Edward  Wilier,  Esq.,  late  Lord 
Cbief  Baron  of  the  Exchequer  in  Ireland,"  is  an- 
nounced as  taking  place  in  July,  1768. 

As  one  or  tbe  other  of  these  statements  is  in- 
correct, I  am  puzzled  on  which  to  rely ;  especially 
as  in  the  Willes  pedigree,  in  Berry's  CoUtcliom, 
the  Chief  Baron  is  not  named,  but  only  ths  Ed- 
ward who  was  Judge  of  the  King's  Bench. 

Some  of  your  Warwickshire  or  Northampton- 
shire correspondents  will  perhaps  help  me. 

EnwAKD  Foes. 


Ret.  Wiixiah  Cdlb. —  Can  jou  inform  me 
where  tbe  Rev.  Wm.  Cole,  tbe  eminent  antiquary, 
was  buried  ?  He  died  at  Milton  near  Cambridge, 
IGth  Dec.  1782.  If  he  has  any  monument  or 
epitaph  any  where,  a  copy  of  it  would  be  aocept- 
aole.  Hss  anything  like  a  cataloEfue  of  tbe  con- 
tents of  tbe  ninety-two  volumes  of  MSS.,  which  he 
bequeathed  to  tbe  British  Museum  ever  been 
printed  P  P.  G. 

[Tills  celebrated  literarj  anliqaary  was  boriad  aoder 
the  belfry  aC  St  Clement's  Cbnrcb,  in  Cambridge.  On 
the  risht  hind  of  the  entrance  Is  lUs  moDmnent,  with 
(he  followiag  iaKiiptian:  "In  a  tomb  In  the  centra  of 
Ibis  steeple  (erected  by  him  pursuant  to  big  will,  aod 
with  money  left  by  bim  for  that  purpoae)  are  depedtad 
tbe  remuna  of  ibe  Rev.  William  Colx,  A.M.,  fornieTly 
of  Clsra  Hall  in  this  University  i  he  was  Vicar  of  Bara- 
bim,  in  the  conDly  of  Buckingham  ;  but  realded  ehlet^ 
at  UiltOD,  in  the  connty  of  Cambridge,  of  whicb  he  was 
a  megiilrete,  and  Deputy -Lieuttnint,  for  many  yeaia. 
He  died  ou  the  16tb  day  of  Dec  1782,  in  the  GStb  year  of 
bl)  ige."  The  front  of  tbe  steeple  bears  bis  motto,  Dich 
Cole.  The  epitspb  pnpared  bji  himself  «  himeelf  ia  In 
AddiLMS.fi808,p.l79,*odisprin(«diDNIchols'sLi(«nDy 
AataioUt,  L  668.  Then  il  DO  onalnl  catalogM  Of  Celt's 
voluminoui  --'■—'—  -'■■- — ■-  "--■ '-  •■■- 

■    -roof  (■  ui  Jlr 

..    British  Mneeom   three  fi 

script  Indexes  to  bis  collections,  osmelv,  1.  Incloding 
vols.  I,  to  Xlll.  (Addit.  MS.  5799.)  S.  Incloding  vols. 
XLI.  to  XLIX.  (Addit.  MS.  6800,1  8,  A  General  Indue 
to  vols.  1,  to  XLVI.  (Addit.  M3.  6801.)  To  tbe  last 
volume  he  has  prtfiTcd  tbe  following  note:  "Thtslslkt 
from  being  a  complete  particular  Index  to  XBV  fbcty-slx 
volumes  of  US.  coilectioni.  llr  old  Index  was  get  M 
numerous,  snd  ioterliaed,  sod  lunbl^  that  It  was  t«7 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


[S**  &  I.  JmiE.  21,  %2. 


Iroablnoma ;  lo  !□  ■  fit  of  th»  gont  *  la  ths  mmmcr  of 
177S,  I  Mt  about  making  i  nav  one,  In  a  gananl  manaer, 
Mcb  Tolunie  b«ing  (I«aigii«d  to  bs  iDdiiM  in  ■  pmlcular 
iIitton«r,uid  man;  oftham  alraaii;  completed)  bat  then 
being  KTaril  or  my  latar  Tolamei  that  Ken  not  put  into 
tha  Qenenl  Index,  I  run  OTar  tbem  la  ■  alight  manner, 
wbldi  baa  awaUed  tbia  General  Index  to  aU  tbe  Tolumea, 
lo  be  ■  plrtlcuiar  ona  to  mas;  of  them."] 


S,S7i 

nt  inTlcf 


[We  find  tbe  first  mention  of  thia  Hjing  lo  TartolUaa, 
who  noticea  it,  not  aa  employsd  b;  an;  partienlar  anthor, 
bat  ai  a  nmark  current  among  tha  heathen:  "'Sea,' 
"  ;,  'hoiT  Ibev  love  ona  another 'i  for  tbar  tham- 
tbe  heathen]  hale  ono  anotbar."  -  Vide,  inquEnat, 
cem  ae  diligaot;  ipii  enim  iaTleam  oderuat." 
lApol.  adc.  Oml.  c  30.)  Bingbam  (AHtig.,  book  XT. 
cap.  vii.  §  10)  glras  the  laying  parapbraallcaily,  "Set 
bow  lAtM  CkriiHara  lava  ona  another.^  TbU  Uet  J*  the 
form  in  which  wa  now  have  tha  layiiij;.] 

Dbbatm  on  TBE  Umoi'  in  1))(>0.  —  Doea  any 
report  exist  of  the  debates  on  this  important  mea- 
sure in  the  English  or  Irish  House  or  Commons  f 
Thefith  Article  of  tbe  Act  of  Union,  M  prepared  bj 
the  Irish  Farliam  en  t,providedror  the  presence  of  tbe 
Irish  bishops  and  proctors  of  the  cIbtc;  in  Engliah 
oonTOcalion  (Querj,  Canterbury  or  York,  or  both 
united  F) ;  but,  in  the  EngliBh  Parliament,  on  the 
motion  of  Mr.  Pitt,  this  clause  itbs  omitted,  on  tbe 
ground  that  the  sovereign  could  summon  sunb  a 
convocation  when  ha  pleased.  Where  can  I  lind 
•n  BcoouQt  of  this  debate  ?         AiiMed  T.  Lbb. 

[Consult  for  Iralind  Tht  Jomili  of  tht  Hautt  ef  Cam- 
Burnt  of  the  Kingdom  of  Inland  /ran  the  19th  Jtfoy,  16IS, 
totluindAiigtat,{^<ia,{a\.  Dublin,  1796-1800.  For  Eng- 
land see  77k<  FarBamrHtary  Httloiy  at  Ei^/laid,  vols. 
xzxiv.  and  xiiv.  Ixind.  Sto,  1819,  The  Speech  of  tha 
Bt.  Hon.  William  Pitt.  Jan.  81,  1799,  on  offering  Id  the 
Honae  the  Beiolutlona  which  ha  propoged  aa  the  baala  of 
■n  Union  betwaan  Great  BHtsin  and  Inland,  was  pab- 
liahad  aa  a  pamphlet.  Sbb  71ii  CaialogM  of  IM  LmUbn 
Jiutitutiim,  L  899-402,  for  (he  tiilaa  of  Tracts  for  and 
■gslost  tha  Union,  boimd  In  aeran  volnmas,  8to.] 

A.Donous.  —  Can  any  contributor  to  "N.&Q," 
tell  me  who  was  A.  Douglas,  who,  being  in  Swit- 
■erland  during  the  French  war,  obtained  the 
special  indulgence  of  tha  latter  goTernment  to 
return  to  England  through  France,  and  who 
pinted,  in  1797,  fbr  priTate  friends,  JVbfaj  of  this 
Journey  across  the  enemies'  territory  ?  J,  0. 

[Andrew  Doualis,  M.D.,  was  bom  at  Tariotdale,  and 
neelred  hia  medical  education  at  Edinburgh,  In  17G6, 
he  was  appointed  a  surgeon  In  the  navy,  and  afterwarda 
■sltlad  at  Deal,  bat  eTentaally  rstoniad  to  Edlcbargb, 
where  he  gradoated  Doctor  of  Medlciaa.  He  was  ad- 
mltlwl  a  ticentlal*  of  the  College  of  Pb/aioiana  snth  Rin- 
tsmber,  I77S,  and  then,  settling  In  London, 
Umself  to  the  practice  of  mldwir^ry,  and  waa  ft 

;aan  physician  to  tha  Charit;  for  Dali«ring  Pi 

Tied  Women  at  their  own  hooaea.     Having  acqnlnd  a 


[•  An  iUnatntionof  apassagein  8hak>pe■n:  — 
"Thelaboar  wedelight  iaphyilcspaiD."— Ed.] 


conridsrable  foitune  by  marriage,  Dr.  Douglas  rdln- 
qnisbed  p^aetic^  and  In  1791  rlaited  the  Coiitiaeat. 
There  ha  was  daUined,  and  it  was  not  until  1T9G  that  he 
obtained  permiaaion  fiom  the  Direelory  to  retBin  hooN. 
In  ISOD  be  lemored  to  Ednam-honse.  Kelso,  (one  of  the 
moat  elegant  prirata  mansions  that  Nlabet  ever  dealgned,) 
which  he  had  reeenti;  parchaaed,  and  was  on  hla  way 
thence  to  London  whan  he  waa  taken  sariooa];  ill  it 
Buxton,  and  died  there  IDth  Jana,  180S,  agwl  saTSDtT. 
The  first  adltlDn  of  bis  Nota  of  a  Jmrwcs  from  Benu  la 
Englami  lArough  Frana,  Svo,  1797,  beioK  incorrectly 
printed. bs  republished  it  with  additions  at  Kdao  in  1801. 


xlylii.687.J 

Stasdabd  in  CoKHinu;.. — C.  A.  H.beiair  anxious 
to  ascertain  the  exact  position  which  "tbe  Standard 
in  Comhill "  (from  which  distances  were  mea- 
sured) formerly  occupied,  would  feel  obliged  if 
the  Editor  of  "  K.  &  Q."  could  give  the  necessaij 
information. 

eS,  Parliament  Street. 

[This  water  standard,  with  four  spouts  (hence  called 
the  CarrtfouT,  or  QMln-Voia).  stood  at  the  east  end 
of  Comhill,  at  its  junction  with  Qracechurch  Stnst, 
Biabopigate  Street,  and  Leadenhall  Street.  It  was  erected 
b;  Paler  Horris,  a  German,  and  wa  beiiaT*  was  lbs 
earlieat  instance  of  raising  water  in  England  by  means  U 
an  artidclal  forcier.  The  inquiailive  Pepy^  wishing  lo 
get  >  sigbt  of  the  Rnieian  ambanador,  slatiooed  hlmRlf 
at  (be  Comhill  Standard.  "  After  1  bad  dlDad,"Jia  says, 
■■  I  walked  to  (ha  Conduit  in  Iba  Qusmfowr,  at  the  md 
of  Grscioui  Street  and  Comhill ;  and  there,  the  spooti 
thereof  running  very  near  ma  upon  all  the  psopls  that 
were  under  it,  I  saw  Iheoi  pntt;  wait  go  by,  I  could  not 
see  the  Embaiudor  in  bis  coach  ;  but  his  attendants  is 
their  habits  and  fur  caps  very  handsome,  cornel;  moi, 
and  most  of  Iham  with  bawkea  apon  their  fiata  to  prfsene 
to  tha  King.  But,  Lordl  to  see  the  absaid  natsn  it 
Englisbmeu  that  cannot  fortnu  laugbing  and  jasriag  at 
avary  thing  that  looks  strange."  The  Combill  Btandud 
a  few  Tears  after  waa  impaired  by  the  Great  Fin,  tod 
Anally  nmored  bt  July,  1671.] 

Babbai>osb.  —  Can  any  reader  of  "IT.  &  ^' 
oblige  me  with  a  list  of  tbe  names  of  the  pasaea- 

Krs  shipped  in  the  "  Tirgiu  of  Hampton"  for  Bsr- 
does  m  March  1640?  And  also  the  names  of 
passengers  for  Barbadnes  between  the  31st  Dee. 
1638,  and  Jan.  31st,  1640  F  Such  lists,  aoMrding 
to  the  Calendar  of  SUte  Papers  (Colonial  Series^ 
are  to  be  found  in  Uhe  State  Paper  Office,  and  are 
numbered  63,  6ru. 


oondltlon.] 


COBTEB  FESTIVAL  AT  HAflRLBK. 
C2''S.«ii.417.) 
I  oannot  find  anr  history  or  programme  of  the 
Festival,  but  the  third  ceolenary  jubilee  of  the 
invention  of  printing  was  celebrated,  at  Haarlem, 
and  the  claims  of  ^eter  were  stronEly  aawrted. 
They  are  set  forth  io  "Het  dtrde  Jut^aJir  der 


8*«&L7[mn,'«l] 


NOTES  AKD  QUEBIES. 


yUgnondene   BoekdnJAoiut,  door   Joban   Chris- 
tiaan   Seiz,    Franco -Germanum.      Te    Haarlem, 
1740."  8vo,  pp.  273.   I  do  not  know  wliat  "  Franco- 
GermaQum'''  meaog, — perhaps  Alsatian.  The  hook 
if  irell-irritteii,  and  hu  six  plates  of  statues  and 
busts  of  Koster,  medab  etrucK  to  bis  hoDOur,  and 
the  house  in  which  he  lived ;  all  well  engraved, 
and  the  medals  beautifully.    A  catalogue  ofau< 
tbors  who  have  written  upon  the  discovery  of 
OTintine  is  prefixed,  and  reaBons  given  for  treating 
Kost«r  s  Spiegel  der  Bekaudeniue,  of  which  spe< 
cimens  are  given,  as  the  first  printed  book.    On 
January   1,   1740,  Peter  Langendjk   recited  a 
copy   of  verses  in  the  Council  Chamber  of  the 
"  Fellicaannisten."     The  historical  element  pre- 
ponderates over  the  poetical,  but  a  few  lines  may 
De  quoted  to  show  the  belief  of  the  people  of 
Haarlem  aa  to  printing  and  their  taste  in  poetry  : 
"  ToBn  wUrd,  a  Hurlem  I   in  nw  vindingryko  itaat 
Door  Laarans  EosCer,  wiena  geKfalachL  op't  kiuaea  ist, 
De  Knnit  gerondeD,  waar  door  alls  Kunnlcn  Icveu. 
Bywandlende  in  den  Hout  door  beukeboomea  dncven, 
Snjd  lettars  uit  md  schDra.  en  oft  de  hemel  gaf 
Drake  bv  die  op  papier  met  iakC  at  apaeUnda  af. 
Da  brachtsr  in  den  zin  of' t  mooglyk  mocht  gelnkkea, 
Eaa  lebrift  dat  leesbar  wai  op  deeze  wvi  le  drokkeo. 
D«  b«m«l  legeade'a  miai  yver  wocdeibair, 
Hy  goot  de  Utters  nu,  an  vMgde  le  Bin  elka&r, 
Bn  viadMa  dmkpen  nit.    Toan  zig  bet  edel.tpaaren 
Hat  MtiU  an  wallig  kinil  dtr  natla  drukkniut  bairan 
finnssmd  de  apiEOEi.  dkr  BaiiouDENis,  een  wsrk, 
Dat  '•  vaden  grootea  naam  veihefl  lot  aan  bet  znerk." 
Six  medals  bear  the  date  1740.     They  are 
doHribad  in  the  letter-press,  and  some  are  illus- 
trated in  verse  by  Peter  Langendyk,  who   also 
Dontributes   some   introductory  itanias.     In  the 
body  of  the  work  the  claims  of  Gutenberg,  Faust, 
and  Scheffsr  to  the  discovery  of  printing  are  dis* 
ouased,  and  Koiter's  preferred.     I  believe  auch 
is  not  DOW  the  prevailing  opinion.    The  eighth 
chapter  dves  an  aooount  of  the  introduction  of 
printing  in  every  eountry  where  it  was  known  to 
juve  found  its  way. 

I  cannot  find  any  other  memorial  of  Peter 
Langendyk.  Perhaps  his  fame  did  not  extend 
mnob  beyond  Haarlem,  but  biographical  diction- 
aries are  very  deficient  in  notices  of  Dutch 
writert.  If  any  Dutchman  has  attempted  to  do 
jaatice  to  his  countrymen  seneraltjr  in  a  work  of 
thai  claaSi  I  shall  ba  glad  to  be  informed  of  it. 
fiurman  published  a  quarto  on  the  diatinguiahed 
men  of  Utrecht,  and  I  believe  the  same  has  been 
done  for  other  universities.  Can  any  one  tell  me 
about  the  "Pellicans"  of  Haarlem.  Were  they 
a  literary  guild,  like  the  Italian  Arcadians  and 
the  German  FeigniU<SohaeflerB  F  H.  B.  C. 

BBAOSE  FAUILT. 

(2"  S.  iv.  434.) 

Robert  de  Braose  waa  the  son  of  John  de 

Braose,  both  of  tbem  judges  (Foss  ii.  47  ;  Exc.  e 


Rot.  Finium,  42,  &Q.,  Hen.  III.).  Robert  mar- 
ried two  heiresses:  one  was  Uie  danght«r  of 
Paulinus  Tayden,  vith  whom  ha  acquired  Tav- 
den,  &o.,  in  Essex,  and  Risington,  &o.,  in  toe 
county  of  Gloucester ;  the  other  waa  Beatrice 
Evermne,  with  whom  he  had  Bunham,  in  Suffolk, 
and  estates  in  Lincolnshire,  He  left  surviving 
issue  by  neither,  and  their  lands  reverted  to  their 
respective  families.  By  another  wife  he  had  % 
son  and  heir,  John  ;  who,  in  4  Edw.  I.,  succeeded 
hia  father  in  the  &mily  estates  in  Somerset  i 
and  whose  only  daughter  and  heiress  married 
Robert  Burnel,  nephew  of  Robert  Bumel,  Bishop 
of  Bath  and  Wells. 

A  few  other  points  may  be  noticed  in  the  hi^ 
tory  of  the  Braosea. 

Genealogists  say  that  William,  the  last  Braose 
but  one  who  waa  Lord  of  Bramber,  married  Haria, 
daughter  of  William  Lord  Ros  of  Hamlake  :  that 
she  married,  secondly,  Thomas  Brothcrton,  son  of 
Edward  I.,  Earl  of  Norfolk ;  and  thirdly,  Ral[j| 
de  Cobham.  Maria,  relict  of  William  de  Braoae, 
died  in  19  Edw.  II.  (Esc,  No.  90);  and  Maria, 
the  Countess  Marshal,  in  36  Edw.  IIL  (Eio., 
No.  0)  ;  BO  they  were  not  one  and  the  same.  And 
there  is  no  record  that  either  wa*  a  daughter  of 
a  Ros  of  Hamlake.  Williim  de  Braose,  who  was 
the  son  of  John  de  Braose  by  Margaret  Llewelyn, 
had  a  brother  Richard ;  who  married  Alicia,  re- 
lict of  Richard  Longeapee,  and  daughter  of  Wil- 
liam le  Rufus,  or  £iu,  by  Agatha,  daughter  of 
Roger  le  Clere,  by  Matilda,  sister  of  John  de  Fay, 
lord  of  Bromley.  All  these  ladies  were  heiresses. 
The  Inquisition,  after  the  death  of  William  le 
Rus  (37  Hen.  IIL,  No.  49),  states,  that  Alioia 
was  his  only  daughter  and  heir.  There  is,  how- 
ever, reason  to  suppose  that  Maria,  wifb  of  Wil- 
liam de  Braose,  was  his  daughter,  but  illegitimata. 
This  would  account  for  the  name  in  the  pedigrees, 
and  the  grants  and  interabange  of  estates  inti- 
mate consanguinity.  In  56  Hen.  III.  William  de 
Braose  granUd  by  fine,  to  Richard  de  Braow  and 
Alice  his  wife,  the  manor  and  advowson  of  Aken- 
ham,  with  those  of  Cleydon  and  Hemingstone 
(these  had  belonged  to  Le  Rus)  i  they  granting 
to  William,  and  Maria  his  wife,  the  manor  of 
Bromley  in  Surrey,  &c.  (Blomefteld'a  Norfolk). 
In  S  Edw.  I.,  Richard  de  Braoae  proffered  thft 
service  of  one  and  a  half  kniEht's  fee  for  Bron* 
ley,  &c.  (Palgrave's  WtUm).  In  8  Edw.  L,  WH- 
liam  de  Braose  and  Maria  his  wife,  in  answer  to 
a  7110  uarranto  respecting  the  manor  of  Bromin-, 
produced  a  charter  of  King  John  to  Ralph  ae 
Fay ;  and  claimed  as  heirs  (Abbr.  Plao.  Bo.  SS), 
In  9  Edw.  II,,  Maria  wis  returned  as  posteased 
of  the  townships  of  Bromley,  Surrey,  FindoB,  ftc, 
in  Sussex  (Palgrave's  WrUt).  In  14  Edw.  I, 
in  reply  to  a  quo  learrmito,  Riehard  and  Alicia 
claimed  view  of  frankpledge,  &c.,  in  Akenham, 
Suffolk,  &o.,  M  exerdied  by  their  anoeatAT«.  'Chn 


490 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


18^^  S.  L  JuxB  21,  »6?. 


family  of  Rus  bad  Suffolk  property  in  the  reign 
of  Stephen.    By  Maria,  William  de  Braose  had  a 
daughter  and  three  sons.    One  of  the  sons,  named 
William  (as  was  his  eldest  and  half-brother),  may 
have  had  for  his  second  wife  Maria,  aflerwards 
Countess  of  Norfolk,  and  who  was  probably  a 
Wedon.   William*s  first  wife  was  Eleanor,  daugh- 
ter of  Roger  de  Bavent,  sister,  and  eventually 
heiress,  of  John  de  Bavent.     By  her  he  had  a  son 
Peter,  who  married  Joan,  daughter  and  heir  of 
Sir  John  Wedon  by  the  daughter  and  heir  of 
Thomas  and  Ada  Sandford.     Peter  had  a  son 
John ;  and  John  (of  whose  wife  presently)  a  son 
of  the  same  name.     The  latter,  m  22  Edw.  III., 
conveyed  to  Maria,  Countess  of  Norfolk  and  Mar- 
shal  of  England,   his   manor   of  Boyton,    Wilts 
(Harl.  Charter,  83  D.  44).    Maria  died  seized  of 
Wedon-on-the-Hill.     At  her  death,    the  King 
granted  it  to  her  son  John  de  Cobham  ;  and  after- 
wards (Rot.  Pat.  39  Edw.  III.  1"*  Pars.  M.  6.) 
unto  Peter  de  Braose.     Maria  was  seized  also  of 
the  following  in  Bucks,  viz.  Maswortb,  Saunder- 
ton,  Wedon  juxta  Aylesbury,  and  Wingrave  (Esc. 
36  Edw.  III.,  No.  9)  ;  and  these,  in  2  Edw.  III., 
were  held  by  Ralph  de  Wedon  (Esc.   49,  2nd 
Nos.).    They  were  at  that  time  confiscated  (Rot. 
Claus.  m.  25) ;    but  were  probably  granted   to 
Maria  as  a  Wedon.     These  circumstances  seem 
to   warrant  the  supposition   that   Maria  wns   a 
Wedon;   perhaps  daughter  of  Ralph  and  Eliza- 
beth, and  cousin  of  Peter  de  Braosc*s  wife.   Peter*s 
son  John  appears  to  have  married  a  daughter  of 
John  de  Warrenne,  Earl  of  Surrey,  by  his  concu- 
bine Maud  de  Nerford.     There  is  much  circum- 
stantial, though  no  positive  evidence  of  this.    The 
Earl,  by  license  from  the  crown,  granted  to  John 
divers   estates ;  and  the  King  made  him  grants 
of  lands,   that  had  been  the  Earl's  (Rot.  Pat., 
8  Edw.  III.,  No.  27 ;  14  Edw.  III.,  No.  43;  and 
Pt.  2,  M.  32).      In   8  Edw.  III.    (Rot.   Chart., 
No.  8),  the  Earl  and  John  de  Braose  had,  jointly, 
a  charter  for  a  market  and  fairs,  free  warren,  m 
Wanton,  Surrey.      By  an  Inquisition  held  here 
in  31  Edw.  III.,  it  was  found  that  John  de  Braose, 
who  died  in  16  Edw.  III.,  was  not  at  his  death 
in  possession  of  Wanton  ;  that  Earl  Warrenne  had 
it  for  life ;  that  at  his  deaths  it  should  come  to  John 
de  Braose  and  his  heirs;  that  after  the  EarPs  death, 
Maria,  Countess  Marshal,  had  it  four  years,  &c. 
Boyton,  Wilts,  that  was  granted  to  the  Countess, 
had  belonged  to  the  Nerfords.     Among  the  be- 

Suests  in  the  EarPs  will,  we  find :  **  leo  dcvys  a 
lonsire  William  de  Friskeneye  dcus  hotels  d*ar- 
gmt  ove  escuchounz  des  armes  Monsire  lohan  de 
reouse"  (York  Wilis,  p.  43). 
Any  confirmation,  correction,  or  refutation  of 
the  above  particulars,  will  oblige  F.  L. 


RABBIT. 
(S^-*  S.  403.) 

Mb.  KEiGnTLET*8  derivation  of  this  word  from 
iour^nrovs  will,  I  think,  hardly  find  acceptance.  lo 
the  first  place  there  is  only  one  letter  common  to 
both,  ana  that  letter,  unfortunately,  is  a  voxcel; 
and,  in  the  second  place,  although  Ms.  Kbightlet, 
from  what  he  says  under  **  Gossamer,*'  seems  to 
think  that  everybody  could  quote  examples  in 
which  t  and  d  have  been  exchanged  for  r  and  i^ 
or  vice  versa,  I  must  say  that  I  think  such  ex- 
amples are  very  rare,  and  at  the  present  moment 
I  can  remember  one  only,  the  far-famed  one  of 
^dKpuop  and  Itichryma,  I  am  inclined,  therefore, 
to  view  any  etymologies  involving  such  changes 
with  suspicion.  I  myself  have  investigated  the 
etymology  of  the  word  rabbit,  and  although  I 
cannot  say  that  my  investigations  have  led  to  a 
result  satisfactory  to  myself,  yet  I  think  I  can 
point  out  the  right  track. 

Rabbit  appears  to  be  the  same  word  as  rabbet 
(also  written  rabbit),  a  groove  or  channel  by 
means  of  which  two  pieces  of  wood  may  be  fitted 
together.  Similarly,  the  Lat.  cuniculus*  means 
both  rabbit  and  also  a  subterranean  passage,  a 
cavity,  canal,  or  m,ine.  Now  one  of  the  equiva- 
lents of  rabbet  in  French  is  rdblure,  and  closely 
allied  to  this  is  ruble,  which  means  the  back  and 
loins  of  certain  quadrupeds,  and  is  especially 
used  of  the  rabbit  nnd  the  hare,  Bdble  and 
rabbit  are,  I  think,  therefore  clearly  connected 
(comp.  the  Fr.  rabouiliere,  rabbit- hole,  but  what 
is  the  derivation  of  ruble?  Well,  here  our 
difficulties  commence.  It  is  derived  by  many 
from  rapulum,  dim.  of  rapum  f,  turnip,  &c.,  Fr. 
rave,  which  is  applied  to  several  roots,  whilst  the 
Span.  rcJfo,  which  is  generally  considered  to  be 
of  the  same  origin,  means  toi/,  perhaps  from  the 
shape.  The  objection  to  this  derivation  is  the 
circumflex  on  ruble,  I  would,  therefore,  rather 
connect  rable  J  with  the  Mid.-Lat.  raspa  (dim. 


•  From  this  word,  or  from  the  same  root,  an  derived 
the  equivalents  of  rabbit  in  most  of  the  Bomanic  and 
Teatonic  laogaages.  Thus  we  have  in  Ital  eomiqUo,  Span. 
conejo.  Port  coelho,  Prov.  eounU,  &c,  Germ.  Kumhuken, 
Dut.  Kmijnf  Dan.  and  Swed.  Kanin,  our  amey^  &c  Cw 
niciduB  comes  from  the  Gr.  «^<«A«r,  also'  written  «^#«AJf 
and  MifutXat,  and  these  may  possibly  be  akin  to  tim,  mhL-, 
dog.    The  Mod.  Gr.  is  ntvtiXi  or  mm/^. 

t  In  Mid.-Lat.  rapum  becomes  rapa  and  raba,  from  the 
latter  of  which  we  might  form  the  dim.  rtdnda  and  to 
rable  (without  a  circumflex),  just  as  table  comes  fttira 
tabula.  In  old  H.  Germ,  too  Hiba  means  tunup^  and  cor- 
responds to  the  Mod.  Germ.  Riibe  and  (KohiynM^  and  oar 
rape.  Has  ra£M<  been  derived  from  these  words?  Compw 
the  Fr.  rabetle  (Bescherelle)  a  eort  of  wild  turnip,  or  rapt. 

X  In  one  of  its  meanings  rdble  is  thoaght  to  come  from 
rutabulum  (ruo)  an  oven-rake  or  pohtr,  and  this  is  pos- 
sible, as  among  its  equivalents  in  Prov.  we  find  riaile, 
redable,  radable,  roabl^  and  in  Ital.  riaf>o!o. 


8<«8.LJin<B31,'Ba:] 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


491 


rtupula)  *,  a  nap,  J!U,  (which  the  back-bone  f  or 
■n  animal  somewhat  resemblei).  Germ.  Batpel^, 
Fr.  rape.  Now  the  Germ,  verb  ratpen,  our  roMp, 
ia  considered  by  man;  to  be  bIcid  to  the  LaC. 
radere,  aup.  ratam  (comp.  raitram,  a  rakey,  and 
radtrt  means  not  ooly  (o  lerape,  bat  alio  to  grate, 
to  glide  iwifUy  pott  anything.  So  again,  in  Alid.- 
Germ.,  raepen  =  tha  mod.  Germ,  raffen,  to  tnaieh 
tip,  wblUt  the  low  Germ,  equiraleot  rappea,  or 
rapten  (with  the  tp  transposed),  is  interpreted  $ 
getchwiitd  reitien,  eilig  raffea,  and  ripi-rop$,  ia 
■aid  to  mean  in  nller  EUe,  raptim.  So  too  in 
tbia  dialect  rap  means  quick,  Mwift,  ai  also  in 
Dot.  Dan.  ana  Swed.  (rapp)  |[,  whilst  in  Dan. 
rappe  tig  neana  to  make  hatte,  hany.  These 
words  ate  evidently  akin  to  the  Lat,^  rapere  and 
rapiduM  and  there  is  therefore  some  reason  for 
SDpposing  that  the  rabbit  may  have  derived  its 
Dame  from  the  swiftneaa  of  its  coarse.  At  any  ; 
ratp,  wherever  the  origin  of  the  word  b  to  be 
aonght,  I  expect  |that  its  root  is  contained  in  the 
first  three  letters  (rab),  and  thnt  the  second  b 
belongs  TBtber  to  the  first  b  than  to  the  it. 

Rabbet  is  by  some  connected  with  the  Fr.  ndiot, 
plane,  bnt  of  tbia  word  the  derivation  is  also 
doubtful,  though  I  think  (especially  as  in  Prov.  it 


LOW  SUSDAY. 
(3-*  S.  i.  429.) 
The  usual  explanations  of  the  term  Lna,  aa  ap- 
plied to  this  Sunday,  are  very  unsatisfactory.  The 
service  on  this  day  in  the  old  English  Sarum  Uee 
woa  the  aame  as  on  Baeter  Sunday ;  and  the  ru- 
bric ezpreaaly  says, "  Ad  Misaam  omnia  fiant  sicut 
in  die  paschie  pnster  graduaie,"  instead  of  which 
it  direoii  a  diSerent  one,  with  two  Alleluias,  and 
a  different  lequence,  of  which  presently.  The  dif- 
ference, however,  is  too  slight  to  afford  any  ground 


*  Ao^pw/a  would  readily  t»  conlractwl  lalo  liple;  see 
nMe  t  »a  pnvjoni  pigs. 

t  Comp.  ipiHt,  from  jpino,  prop,  a  (Aon,  and  h«iee  from 
tbs  TOW  (^  JijnJw,  or  *pinma  proeetaet,  the  backbone,  6dfjl. 

J  In  Hi1p«rt's  Germ.  Diet.  0D«  of  the  maioinga  given 

to  Jtaipclia  RABBKT-filt. 

iBremiach-niedenacba.  WSrlerb.     Dremen.  1768. 
From  Ihia  we  hiva  RafiptSta,  Germ.  AeMnAii  (ilao 
AppAkAii)  liL  rapid  fiiicl,  but  =  partridifi.     Ia  tba  Germ. 
fbrm  tha  p  bu  become  a  b. 

^  From  the  iime,  nr  an  allied,  root,  appears  to  coma 
ma  rob  and  raplth.  Germ,  ronieii,  Dan.  riioe,  whanca 
(5u)ruiin-  (Germ.  SteiSabtr')  lit.  tta-rabbrr.  I.e.,  piratt, 
rovtr,  so  that  the  primair  meaoing  of  la  row  it  lo  rob,  nnd 
Dot  lo  nam.  Hero  again  we  lee  the  coDoectlon  between 
§o  erixe.  gathrr  itp  haUiig,  to  match  (sometimea  ^  'o  *tetil. 
aa  in  boily-natcAfr],  and  (o  mme  abo¥l  icilA  qvieiitai, 
to  emote  oioiif,  to  rtm,  8a  the  Germ,  rciuta  meana  U> 
ratal  (comp,  Rsiai-au  nehmen),  and  notcA,  Uor;  and  ws 


for  the  aasertioQ  that  ^e  Sunday  was  called  Lou 

on  tbia  account.  Beaidea,  aa  the  octave  of  Easter 
Day,  it  has  always  ranked  as  one  of  the  highest 
Sundays.  The  second  explanation,  that  tbe  epi- 
thet Loui  alluded  to  the  humility  expected  of  the 
neophytea,  is  hardly  worth  a  moment's  attention, 
and  would  have  been  far  more  applicable  to  them 
on  Easter  Sunday,  when  they  first  appeared  in  tha  ' 
Church  in  their  ~white  garments.  Nor  can  the 
third  supposition  be  at  all  borne  out.  It  is  too 
vague  and  far-fetched  to  have  fixed  the  name  of 
this  particular  Sunday.  Indeed  it  is  directly  at 
variance  with  the  very  worda  of  the  'Gospel  read 
on  Low  Sunday ;  for  St.  John  says,  "  The  dis- 
ciples therefure  were  g'ad  when  Ihey  saw  tbe 
Lord."  So  that  this  Sunday,  least  of  all  those 
after£aster,wouId  justify  the  epithet  of  £oic,ia  the 
sense  of  sorrow  and  depression.  The  short  interval 
between  Ascension  Day  and  Whit  Sunday,  which, 
by  the  way,  was  ten  days,  instead  of  "  less  than  a 
week,"  is  wholly  inapplicable  to  Low  Sunday.  It 
was,  moreover,  a  period  of  lively  joy  and  expect- 
ation ;  for  the  eleven,  after  our  Lord's  ascension, 
"  went  back  to  Jerusalem  with  great  joy."  (St. 
Luko  xxiv.  52,) 

Other  attempts  have  been  made  to  explain  tha 
epithet  Low.  One  would  derive  it  from  the 
Greek,  Afiw&t,  white,  on  the  principle  of  ita  being 
called  Dominica  ia  albif ;  but  why  should  BngH^ 
Catholics  have  accommodated  a  Greek  name  to 
this  Sunday  ?  The  late  Dr.  Lingerd  suggested  to 
me  that  tba  word  Low  might  have  come  from  a 
word  used  in  the  north  of  England  for  twilight, 


long  been  satis&ed  that  the  origin  of  the  term  w 
very  different. 

It  was  usual  to  call  certain  Sundays  after  the 
first  word  of  the  Introit  of  tbe  Mass.  Thus,  tha 
fourth  Sundav  of  Lent  was,  and  alill  is  called, 
Ltrtare,  and  the  third  of  Advent,  Gaudete.  But 
as  on  Low  Sunday  the  Introit  waa  the  same  aa  on 
Easter  Sunday,  Reiurrexi  et  adhw  tecum  ram,  it 
could  not  be  distinguished  by  tbe  first  word  of  tbe 
Introit  from  Easter  Sunday  itself.  In  tbe  Ro- 
man, French,  and  other  Uissals,  the  Inlniit  for 
Low  Sunday  began  with  Quotintodo  genili  in- 
fantet,  etc.  which  accounts  for  Low  Sunday  being 
so  generally  called  Quanmodo;  but  though  the 
Sarum  rJle  has  a  Mass  also  with  this  Introit,  this 
Mass  ia  appointed  to  be  said  during  the  week  fol- 
lowing only,  but  not  on  the  Sunday  itself.  It  waa 
necessary,  thereforc'to  diatinguish  this  Sunday  by 
a  name  a<Inpted  from  some  other  leading  portion 
of  the  office ;  and  recourse  was  naturally  had  to 
the  splendid  sequence  or  prose  which  was  used, 
and  which  distinguished  Low  Sunday  so  remark- 
ably. It  began  thus :  "  Laude*  Solvatori  voce 
modulemus  supplici."  It  ia  most  probable  that 
the  Sunday  acquired  its  name  from  the  first  word 


492 


NOTES  AND  QXTERIEa 


[8»*  &  L  JuHB  21,  "Cl 


of  this  Bequenoe,  Laudes^  and  that  Low  Sunday  is 
merely  a  corruption  of  Lautl  or  Lauds  Sunday. 
When  I  first  met  with  this  solution,  it  appeared  to 
me  so  obvious  and  satisfactory,  that  I  at  once 
adopted  it,  and  have  long  ceased  to  look  for  any 
other.  F.  C.  H. 


DURNFOBD  FAMILY. 
(S'*  S.  i.  420.) 

My  information  of  this  family  only  extends  to 
its  engineer  members.  *^  The  great  R.  E.  family 
of  Durnford  "  was  great  in  more  senses  than  one — 
pre-eminently  so  in  CnESSBOBouGH*s  view  of  it, 
for  between  1755  and  1856,  no  less  than  ten  Dum- 
fords  are  counted  on  the  long  roll  of  the  corps  of 
engineers —  a  fact  sufficiently  novel  to  be  noted ; 
more  so,  perhaps,  as  another  instance  of  genera- 
tion succeeding  generation  (direct  and  collateral) 
with  such  pertinacity,  may  not  find  a  parallel  in 
any  regiment  or  corps  in  the  army.  The  genealo- 
gical and  other  particulars  subjoined  are  copied 
from  notes  in  my  possession.  Chessbobough, 
who  has  appealed  to  me,  is  welcome  to  them.  As 
far  as  they  go,  he  will  find  them  accurate,  being 
derived  from  family  pedigrees  and  other  manu- 
script papers  both  private  and  official,  to  which 
I  have  had  access. 

The  first  of  the  family  that  I  have  been  able 
to  trace  is  Thomas  Durnford,  baptized  at  An- 
dover  June  14, 1684;  married  Mary  Lane, May  16, 
1719;  buried  at  Ringwood  December  21,  1737; 
from  whom  came  — 

Elias  Durnford,  born  at  Ringwood,  March  11, 
1720;  married  Martha  Gannaway,  April  15,  1738. 
At  Norwood,  in  Surrey,  he  resided,  and  was 
buried  at  Streatham  in  May,  1774. 

Elios  Durnford,  their  eldest  son,  born  at  Rine- 
wood,  June  13,  1739 ;  entered  the  corps  of  Engi- 
neers in  1759,  attaining  the  rank  of  Colonel  in  1793. 
With  distinction  he  served  at  the  sieges  of  Belle- 
isle  and  Havannah.  Many  years  he  was  Lieut.- 
{ governor  of  West  Florida,  and  commanded  the 
ittle  nondescript  garrison  of  Mobile  when  besieged 
in  1781  by  a  crushing  force  under  Don  Galvez, 
to  whom  he  was  at  length  compelled  to  surrender 
himself  and  his  force  prisoners  of  war.  In  1794 
he  was  chief-engineer  at  the  siege  of  Martinique ; 
was  also  at  the  reduction  of  St.  Lucia  and  Gua- 
deloupe, and  died  at  Tobago,  ^June  21,  1794.  He 
married  Rebecca  Walker  of  LowestoA,  August 
25,  1769. 

Elias  Walker  Durnford,  a  son  of  the  preceding, 
received  his  commission  in  the  Engineers  Oct.  17, 
1793.  In  the  expedition  to  the  West  Indies 
under  Sir  Charles  Grey,  he  served  at  the  siege  of 
Martinique,  the  captures  of  St.  Lucia  and  Guade- 
loupe, and  in  the  subsequent  actions  occasioned  by 


the  landing  of  the  French  under  Victor  Hngues^ 
until  taken  prisoner  in  1794,  at  Point  ^  Pitre. 
A  paper  bv  him,  entitled  "  Scenes  in  an  Officer's 
early  Life,  describing  the  hard  services  in  which 
he  shared  on  that  expedition,  is  in  the  United 
Service  Journal  for  August,  1850,  pp.  605 — 614. 
Speaking  of  his  ancestors,  he  states  that  he  has 
*Uraced  them  from  1590  in  re^^ular  succession  to 
the  present  time,**  1850.  This  pedigree,  unfor- 
tunately, if  ever  committed  to  writing,  does  not 
seem  to  be  forthcoming.  His  subsequent  ser- 
vices were  passed  in  conducting  engineerinjj|^  works 
at  Chatibam,  Woolwich,  Portsmouth,  and  in  Ire- 
land ;  then  for  many  years  he  was  chief  engineer 
at  Newfoundland,  later  at  Quebec,  and  lastly  at 
Portsmouth.  Ultimately  he  was  advanced  to  the 
rank  of  Lieut. -General,  and  died  at  Tunbridge 
Wells,  March  8,  1850.  I  have  no  note  of  his 
marriage. 

Elias  Durnford,  eldest  son  of  the  Lieut-Gen- 
eral, was  commissioned  into  the  corps  in  1822,  and 
died  on  his  passage  to  Ceylon,  Feb.  6,  1835. 

Yiney  Durnfonl,  sixth  and  youngest  son  of  the 
Lieut.-Gcnera1,  entered  the  corps  as  Second- 
lieutenant  in  1830,  and  died  at  Portsmouth,  Not 
vember  5,  1836. 

With  Yiney  ends  one  branch  of  the  engineer 
Durnfords;  another,  springing  from  the  same 
root,  follows. 

Andrew  Durnford,  third  son  of  Elias  and 
Martha  Gannaway  above,  born  in  1744  at  Ford- 
ingbridgc,  Hants,  in  the  **  Hundred-windowed 
house,"  was  commissioned  into  the  Engineers, 
July  28,  1769,  and  was  next  year  appointed  As- 
sistant-Commissary to  superintend  the  demolition 
of  the  fortifications  and  canal  of  Dunkirk  ac- 
cording to  the  terms  of  the  treaty  of  1763.  He 
was  selected  for  this  office  from  his  well-known 
talents  as  a  draftsman  and  engineer,  haying  been 
employed  for  some  years  at  the  Tower  under 
Colonel  Desmaretz.  Quitting  Dunkirk  in  1774, 
he  passed  two  years  at  the  defences  of  Plymoath, 
and  in  1776,  sailing  for  America,  served  through- 
out the  war,  holding  the  staff  post  of  Deputy- 
Assistant  Quartermaster- General  in  Greorgia  and 
West  Florida  from  May  26»  1780,  to  June  4, 1783. 
From  1785  to  1787,  be  was  chief  engineer  of  the 
works  at  Chatham.  When  be  returned  fttnn 
America  in  1783,  he  visited  Bermuda,  making, 
during  his  short  stay,  a  survey  and  report  of  toe 
islands.  A  few  years  after,  Bermuda  was  ordered 
to  be  fortified,  and  Captain  Andrew  Durnford 
was  chosen  for  the  duty.  He  was  the  first  British 
engineer  sent  to  the  station.  On  July  18,  1788, 
he  sailed  for  his  destination,  and  remained  there 
till  his  death  on  Sept  10,  1798,  when  he  held  the 
rank  of  Major.  He  married  Jemima  Margaret 
Isaacson,  second  daughter  and  cooheireif  of  An- 
thony Isaacson,  Esq.  She  was  bom  at  New- 
castle July  24,  1741,  ob.  August  39,  1798,  and 


8»*  a  I.  JuwB  21,  '62.] 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


493 


buried  in  the  Isaacson  family  vault  at  St  Anne*8 
church,  Soho. 

Passing  over  an  intermediate  link  (not  in  the 
Sngineers),  comes  — 

Edward  William  Durnford,  grandson  of  An- 
drew and  Jemima  Margaret,  his  wife,  now  Colonel 
in  the  Engineers ;  then  — 

Anthonj  William  Durnford,  eldest  son  of  the 
preceding,  now  Captain  in  the  corps ;  and 

Arthur  George  Durnford,  youngest  son  of  the 
Colonel,  now  a  Lieutenant  in  the  corps. 

So  ends  this  line.  There  yet  remain  two  Dum- 
fords  to  be  accounted  for. 

Augustus  Durnford  bore  no  genealogical  con- 
nection, that  I  can  trace,  to  the  above  families. 
He  is  descended  from  Thomas  Durnford,  of 
Durnford,  near  Salisbury,  whose  son,  the  Rev. 
Thomas  Durnford,  rector  of  Rockbourn  and 
Witchbury,  Hants,  married  Susannah  Stilling- 
fleet  (a  descendant^of  Edward  Stiliixigfleet,  Bishop 
of  Worcester),  August  6, 1713 ;  ob.  July  18, 1741. 
From  this  union  sprang  a  family  of  ten  children, 
of  whom  Augustus,  fourth  son,  was  born  at  West- 
park  in  1735.  He  entered  the  cor^s  of  engineers 
in  1755,  attained  the  rank  of  Captain  Lieutenant, 
and  after  serving  at  Rochfort,  Louisbourg,  Que- 
bec, and  in  the  other  actions  which  ended  with 
the  conquest  of  Canada,  died  in  August,  1761, 
and  was  buried  in  Bramdean  church. 

Desmaretz  Durnford  received  his  first  commis- 
sion in  the  Engineers  in  December,  1770.  No 
potitiye  clue  can,  however,  be  traced  of  his  an- 
cestry. The  eldest  son  of  the  rector  of  Rock- 
bourn  and  Witchbury  was  Thomas.  In  the  family 
pedigree  he  is  stated  to  have  had  three  sons  and 
three  daughters,  the  names  being  omitted,  as  also 
that  of  their  mother.  It  is  verj  likely  that  Des- 
maretz was  a  son  of  this  Thomas,  as  the  name  of 
Desmaretz  had  come  into  the  family  by  the  mar- 
riage of  Stillingfleet  Durnford,  second  son  of  the 
rector,  with  Mary,  daughter  of  Colonel  John 
Peter  Desmaretz,  of  the  Engineers,  who  died 
Sept.  16,  1768.  He  may  have  been,  although  I 
have  little  encouragement  for  thinking  so,  a  son 
of  StilliDgfleet  Durnford.  This  Desmaretz  Durn- 
ford had  his  share  of  severe  service  while  in  the 
eorpfl.  He  was  in  the  early  part  of  the  American 
War,  and  taken  prisoner  in  the  action  at  Ben- 
nington in  1777.  In  1781  he  was  present  in  the 
neVal  fight  in  Forto  Fraya  Bay,  St.  Jago,  when 
tiie  French  squadron  under  Sunrein  was  defeated, 
and  in  some  actions  under  General  Meadows  in 
India,  whei^e  he  died  in  1782. 

Of  these  military  engineers  I  possess  consider- 
ably more  information  than  is  here  given.  Chess- 
BOBOUGH  being  rather  vague  in  his  question,  I 
hftve  conceived  it  adequate,  for  present  purposes, 
to  confine  myself  to  these  saiient  features  — 
enough,  certainly,  to  identifv  every  individual  of 
tlie  engineer  Durnford  families.    Should  Chesb- 


BOBOUGH  desire  more,  I  shall  be  ready,  if  he 
write  to  me  in  his  own  name  through  the  Editor 
of  **  N.  &  Q.,**  who  has  my  address,  to  furnish 
Um  with  as  much  of  their  history  as,  perhaps,  he 
may  wish  to  learn.  At  the  same  time,  I  shall  be 
glad  if  he  will  disclose  any  facts  of  interest  which 
he  may  have  treasured  among  hia  notes,  con- 
cerning the  Durnford  family.  M.  S.  R. 
Brompton  Barracks. 


LEGENDS  ON  SWORDS. 
(2"«  S.  xi.  390.) 

From  a  few  sources  within  reach,  I  have  ga- 
thered together  sundry  inscriptions  figured,  some 
on  the  blades,  and  some  on  the  hilts  of  swords. 
These  legends  may  be  divided  into  four  several 
classes :  1.  Those  which  are  solely  of  a  religious 
character ;  2.  Those  which  commemorate  or  bear 
upon  historical  events  and  personages ;  3.  Those 
which  are  a  medley  of  religious,  patriotic,  and 
chivalrous  aspirations ;  4.  Those  which,  alluding 
to  **  Mars  and  Venus,*'  **  Love  and  Glory,"  may 
be  termed  posies  and  sentimental  mottoes.  Under 
the  head  of  Class  1. 1  note  the  following :  — 

On  a  two-handed  sword  (in  the  Musee  d*Artil* 
lerie  at  Paris)  attributed  to  the  time  of  Philip 
Augustus  — 

"nrax," 

On  the  cross-guard  of  the  sword  which*  Francis 
I.  used  at  Pavia,  and  which  for  a  long  time  was 
at  Madrid,  but  is  now  in  the  Mus6e  uArtillerie 
at  Paris  — 

'<IN  BRACHIO  SUO 


» 


FEcrr  roTUNciAU. 

On  the  blade  of  the  sword  of  St.  Ferdinand 
(Ferd.  III.)  King  of  Spain,  in  the  Armeria  R6al  at 
Madrid  — 

**D0MIKU8  MICIII  ADIVTOB,  ET  XOIT  TIMSBO 
QUI  FACIAT  mCUI 

OMO  ET  EOO  DESriCIAM  INDIICOS  MBOB. 
PRBVAQ  ATYBRSYS  EOS. 

MA(ria)  vi(rg)o       j.h.8.    autem  TRA(n)sTr 
r(er?)  siNrrB  (e?)0B  abise  si  ebgo  me 

QUBBITIS. 

^.  VIRGO  MAR.  CSI  MA  .  M 

BEATA  DO  (to  ?)  DIONABE  ME  LAVDARE  TE." 

On  the  pommel  of  another  sword  belonging  to 
St.  Ferdinand,  which  bears  engraved  on  the 
blade  his  patroness,  St.  Justine  of  Seville  — 

**ICH*  HALTE  JE8V8  WO  MARIA.** 

On  the  blade  of  a  rapier  by  Juan  Martinez  of 
Toledo,  in  the  collection  of  Wm.  Meyrick,  Esq., 
London  — 

''IN  TE,  DOMINE,  SPERAVL" 

And  on  the  blade  of  a  rapier  W  the  same  maker, 
in  the  possession  of  the  writer  of  this  Note  — 

"  IN  TB  DOMINE  8PBBAVIT  (flc) 
EON  OONEVNDAB  IN  STBBKWL, 


494 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


[8'dS.LJDKE«l,'62. 


No8.  2441  and  2599  of  the  Bernal  Sale  Cata- 
logue, are  swords  which  bore  — 

**  sou  DKO  GLORIA.** 

And  hunting  knives,  No.  2636,  of  the  same  cas 
talogue  — 

"AVE  MARIA  GRATIA  PLKNA   DKS  TE. 
MEMENTO  MEI,  MATKR   DEI." 

In  the  2nd  Class  are  ranged  the  following  le- 
gends :  — 

On  the  pommel  of  the  sword  of  Gonzalvo  de 
Cordoba,  preserved  in  the  Armeria  B6al  at  Ma- 
drid— 


"  GONSALVI 
AGIDARI 
VICTORIA 
DE   GALLIS 
AD  CAN2JAS 


OONSALVVS 
AGIDARIV8  TVR 
CAL  .  DKI  .  ILQ.C.D. 
DICTATOR  III. 
PARTA   rrALI-K 
PACE   JANVM 


CI^VSIT. 


(I 


The  blade  of  a  sword,  in  the  Madrid  Armory, 
attributed  to  Bernardo  del  Carpio,  bears  the  name 
of  that  hero  legibly  inscribed  on  the  blade.  The 
inscription,  however, 'and  most  likely  the  sword, 
are  of  later  date  than  the  days  of  Del  Carpio,  and 
arc  consequently  apocryphal. 

On  the  blade  of  a  sword,  blessed  by  Pope  Eu^e- 
nius  IV.,  and  presented  by  his  Holiness  to  John  IL, 
King  of  Castille,  a.d.  1437  — 


(4 


EVGENIVS  PAPA   <iVART^'S 
PONTIFICATVS  SVI   ANNO   SEXTO  DECI310. 


It 


On  the  blade  of  a  coutcl,  traditionally  reported 
to  have  belonged  to  Henry  YIII.,  and  commemo- 
rating the  siege  of  Boulogne,  a.d.  1513  — 

"HENRICI  OCTAVI   LETARE,  BOLONIA,   DVCIV, 
PVRPVREIS  TVRICES  CONSPICIENDA   ROSIS. 
JAM  TRACTA  JACENT   MALE  OLENTIA   ULIA,  PVLSVS 
GALX.VS,  ET   INVICTA   REGNAT  IN   ARCE  LEO: 
SIC  TIBI  NEC   VIRTV8   DEERIT,  NEC    GRATIA  FORM.E, 


CVM   LEO  TVTELA,   CVM   ROSA  SIT   DECORL  ' 

Examples  of  Class  No.  3  :  — 

On  the  pommel  of  a  sword  attributed  to  Isa- 
bella la  Catolica,  in  the  Armeria  Real  at  Madrid. 

N.B.  It  is  curious  to  see  here  a  combination  of 
Latin  ana  Spanish  in  one  sentence  — 

"nvn(c)  caveo,  PAZ  co(n)  migo. 

DESEO  81ENPRE  ONERA." 

On  the  blade  of  a  sword  which  belonged  to  the 
Emperor  Charles  V.  in  the  Armeria  at  Madrid, 
are  engraved  his  devices  of  the  double-headed 
eagle  and  the  pillars  of  Hercules,  with  the  in- 
scription — 

"NE  PLVS  VLTRA." 

On  the  blade  of  a  most  magnificent  specimen  of 
armourer's  work,  also  believed  to  have  been  one 
of  Charles  V.'s  swords,  at  Madrid  — 


**  PRO   FIDE 
ET  PATRIA 

PRO   CHRI8TO 
ET   PATRIA 


PUGNA  r(())RO 
PATRIA 

PRO   ARIS 
ET  FOCIS 


INTER  ARMA 
SILENT  LEGES 

SOU   DEO      • 
GIX)RIA 


NEC  TEMERE 
NEO  TIMIDB 

FIDE,  SCD 
CVI   VIDE." 


On  the  blade  of  a  sword  of  the  sixteenth  cen- 
tury, in  the  collection  of  Wm.  Meyrick,  Esq. 
London  (No.  2132  of  the  Bernal  Sale  Catalogue) 
is  another  instance  of  this  oflen -repeated  inscrip- 
tion — 

"NO  me  SAQVta  SIN  RA30N, 

NO   ME   EMBAINKS  SIN   HONOR  " 

On  a  small  sword,  Bernal  Sale  Catalogue,  No. 
2448  — 

•*POR  DIGS  E   MY    REY.      1030." 

On  a  broad-bladcd  sword,  Bernal  Sale  Cata- 
logue, No.  2591  — 

"VIVE  LE   ROT.      REGIMENT  I>E  RENEPONT." 

On  a  sword,  No.  2594,  same  catalogue  — 

«*  PRO   ARIS   ET   FOC13.      PRO  CHRISTO   ET   PATRIA." 

On  a  sword  (Italian),  No.  2621,  same  cata- 
logue — 

"pack   PORTO,  GVERA   CEBCIIO.** 

On  the  sword  which  belonged  to  James  Y.  of 
Scotland,  brought  from  Flodden,  and  now  at 
Heralds*  College  — 

"  ESPOIR  CONFORTE  LE  OVEVAL  '*    [Q}'.  CHEVAL(ier).l 

In  the  4th  Class  I  have  placed  the  following :  — 

On  the  pommel  of  an  Italian  sword,  seventeenth 
century,  collection  of  Lord  Londcsborough  — 

"  CHE  aARA." 

On  a  dress -sword,  Bernal  Sale  Catalogue,  No. 
2588  — 

"EN   CIIERCIIANT  l'HONNEVR,  JE   TROUVE  LA  MOST." 

On  a  dress-sword,  early  in  the  eighteenth  cen- 
tury, in  the  Cape  Town  Museum  — 

"  JE  VOLE  OU   LE  DIEU   MARS  M^APPELLE, 

MAIS  JE   GARDE  MON  CCEUR  POUR  MA   BELLE.** 

For  almost  all  the  above  examples,  I  am  in- 
debted to  Jubinal's  Armeria  liM  de  Madrid^ 
Fairholt*s  Miscellanea  Graphica^  Bohn*8  Catalogue 
of  the  Bernal  Sale,  and  a  privately  printed  and 
illustrated  Catalogue  of  the  Collection  of  Wm. 
Mejrick,  Esq.  ^  I  would  here  add,  that  I  am  in- 
duced to  contribute  the  foregoing  mite  of  infor- 
mation in  the  hope  that  it  may  lead  to  further 
instalments,  from  the  readers  of  ^*  N.  &  Q.,**  respect- 
ing the  very  interesting  subject  I  have  touched 
upon.  Siomi^-Tau. 

Cape  Town,  C.  Good  Hope. 
April  15,  18G2. 


STANGATE  HOLE.      . 
(3'*  S.   i.    18,    155.) 

In  the  Po$t  Ojpce  London  Directory^  there  are 
three  places  bearing  the  name  of  Stangate;  the 
district  so-called,  Stangate  Street,  and  Stangate 


L  June  21,  '62.] 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


495 


,  situate,  as  Mr.  Frebman  states,  near  the 
r  Astley*s  Theatre.  Stangate  Hole^  to  which 
iquiry  more  strictly  refers,  does  not,  I  be- 
at present  exist;  but  was  most  probably 
obscure  dock  or  creek  infested  by  mudlarks 
muggUrn  !  Not  many  years  since  a  vessel 
ed  in  this  illicit  traffic  was  overhauled  as 
as  Battersea ;  and,  within  memory,  these 
lad  their  well-known  haunts  in  the  lonelier 
of  Lambeth  parish,  and  with  other  bad  cha* 
8  kept  the    neighbourhood  in  a  state  of 

• 

may  probably  interest  MA.  Freeman  and 

I  of  your  readers  to  learn  that  the  liberty  he 

iken  in  striking  out  the  letter  d  from  the 

is  justified  by  high  authority. 

.  Stukeley  supposed  that  the  original  Atbeling  or 
ig  Street  passed  to  the  west  of  Westminster,  cross- 
e  Thames  at  Stane-gate  or  Stangtite,  and  joining 
esent  Kent  Road  near  the  end  of  Kent  Street 
onjectare  has  been  confirmed  by  the  discovery  of 
I  Roman  remains  near  the  latter  spot  —  a  Roman 
nany  fragments  of  pottery,  and  other  antiqnitiea 
liscovered  in  1825,  in  digging  the  foundations  of 
r  Church.  This  is  supposed  to  have  been  very 
»,  if  not  identical  with,  the  locality  referred  to  by 
in  his  Tour  through  Great  Britain,  1742.  *  At  the 
Kent  Street,*  he  says,  *  there  was  a  very  strong 
ation  of  stone,  the  foundations  of  which  were  dug 
the  year  1G85 ;  this  ran  'cross  a  garden,  about  a 
r  of  a  mile  from  the  Stones  End.  In  digging  up 
I  foundation,  there  appeared  two  ancient  pillars 
arge  gate,  upon  each  of  them  had  been  placed 
with  two  faces  curiously  cut  in  stone,  one  of 
was  taken  up,  but  the  other  lying  in  a  quicksand 
rhence  the  springs  flowed  out  pretty  freely,  was 
id  more  difficult  to  be  taken  up ;  and  the  curiosity 
people  being  not  very  great,  they  contented  them- 
with  getting  up  one  of  the  heads,  which  was 
over  the  gardener's  door,  where  it  remained  for 
years,  until  it  was  known  to  the  learned  Dr. 
rard,  who  purchased  it,  and  kept  it  in  his  valuable 
on  of  curiosities.* 
w  Montfaucon  tells  us  *  there  were  several  cross- 

I  old  Rome,  called  jani,  where  there  stood  a  statue 
us,  usually  with  two,  but  sometimes  with  three  or 
'aces,*  according  probably,  to  the  number  of  roads 
ing  from  these  several  points.  It  is  therefore  very 
that  these  heads  on  the  gateway  marked  the  jonc- 

the  old  or  British  Watling  Street  with  the  nearer 
ade  after  London  rose  to  greater  eminence,  and 
Stone  Street,  which  led  to  the  Thames  opposite 
ate  or  Dowgate,  and  thence  through  the  present 
g  Street." 

I I  should  be  charged^with  plagiarism,  allow 
state  that  I  am  here  quoting  from  a  lecture 
red  by  myself  before  the  Walworth  Institu- 
i  1845  ;  which,  though  printed  only  for  the 

the  members,  and  not  published,  may  pos- 
lave  been  seen  by  some  of  the  numerous 
idely- scattered  readers  of  "N.  &  Q." 

Douglas  Ajllfort. 


41JND  BuRKB  (3'*  S.  i.  221,  374,  429.)  — 
T.  has,  by  a  refusal  of  my  challenge  to  sup- 


port his  statements  and  opinions  with  his  name, 
pronounced  a  practical  judgment  on  his  own  cha« 
racter. 

I  address  the  following  remarks  to  the  public. 
Some  of  your  readers  may  not  be  aware  that  a 
lecture  on  Edmund  Burke  was  last  week  de- 
livered in  Dublin,  by  the  Right  Hon.  Joseph 
Napier,  Chancellor  of  the  late  administration 
under  Lord  Derby.  Mr.  Napier  gives,  with  very 
severe  but  just  comments,  a  complete  answer  to 
some  long-forgotten  libels  lately  dragged  to  light 
by  certain  anonymous  writers  in  **  N.  &  Q.** ;  and 
he  also  gives  an  account,  which  confirms  mine,  of 
the  means  by  which  Edmund  Burke  was  enabled 
to  purchase  Gregories.  Mr.Napier*s  information  is 
from  an  indisputable  source — namely,  an  exami* 
nation  of  the  title-deeds  and  documents  courte- 
ously placed  at  his  disposal  by  the  present  owner 
of  the  estate.  Edmund  Haviland-Bubkb. 

Lincoln's  Inn. 

[We  certainly  had  not  intended  to  insert  this  commu- 
nication, in  which,  as  it  appears  to  us,  Mr.  Havilamd- 
BuRKR  substitutes  vituperation*for  argument;  but»  as 
Mr.  Burkr,  in  complaining  of  the  omission,  states  that 
the  **  letter  contains  a  confirmation  of  bis  previous  state- 
ment," we  think  it  right  to  place  such  confirmation  before 
our  readers.  Edmund  Burke;  a  Lecture,  by  the  Right 
Honble.  Joseph  Napier,  LL.D.,  has  the  merit  of  doing 
justice  to  Burke's  genius,  and  of  producing  new  materials 
for  his  biography.  But  whether  those  new  facts  warrant 
the  deductions  which  Mr.  Napier  draws  from  them  is  a 
question  on  which  we  suspect  many  will  be  at  issue  with 
Mr.  Napier.  — Ed.  «N.  &  Q."] 

Fala  Hall  (3'^  S.  i.  448.)  —  I  ought  to  have 
sooner  communicated  to  '^  N.  &  Q."  that,  about 
three  years  a^o,  in  consequence  of  inquiries  made 
there  regarding  Fala  Hall,  and  my  own  interest 
in  a  house  alluded  to  by  Nisbet  in  his  Heraldry^ 
I  addressed  inquiries  on  the  subject  to  the  Earl  of 
Stair,  a  large  proprietor  in  the  aistrict.  Through 
his  lordship*s  kind  intervention,  and  the  active  as* 
sistance  of  Lord  Dalrymple,  I  was  able  to  identify 
the  house  as  one  still  existing,  with  some  slight 
changes  which  it  had  undergone,  on  sinking  from 
the  condition  of  a  gentleman's  house  to  that  of  a 
farmer's,  and  it  yet  bears  the  name  of  Fala  Hall, 
being  the  property  of  the  Earl  of  Stair.  With 
some  help  from  the  people  thereabouts,  who  have 
their  traditions  about  the  former  condition  of  the 
house,  we  found  the  room  which  had  once  been 
adorned  with  the  heraldic  bearings  of  so  many 
good  Scotch  families  and  where  Nisbet  had  pro- 
bably often  been  an  honoured  guest ;  but  there 
was  not  a  trace  of  those  interesting  decorations. 
It  was  a  neat,  and  what  would  now  be  thought,  a 
moderate  sized  room,  at  the  end  of  a  passage  on 
the  upper  floor,  and  no  way  distinguished  in  ap- 
pearance from  hundreds  of  farmer's  parlours  in 
houses  of  the  last  century.  I  rather  think  the 
house  has  undergone  some  modifications  of  its 
exterior  also.  R.  Chambbbs. 

Athenieam  Club. 


496 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


[»«S.LJoinll,'ll 


Ghobt  Stokibb  (3">  S.  i.  427.)— Being  sngiged 
for  many  jear«  put  in  collecting  materiali  for  a 
work  upon  lupcntilion  in  j^enernl.jchoit  atories 
naturftllj  form  a  lection  of  it;  tnd  I  have  by  no 
menns  overlooked  the  important  point  indicated 
by  W.  F.,  namely,  the  lapoe  of  time  between  the 
death  of  the  body  and  that  of  the  appearance  of  , 
the  spiritual  form  or  aemblance  to  lome  pergon  at  | 
a  distance ;  but  I  End  great  difHcultj  in  obtaining 
the  dates  with  auffii^icnt  preciiion. 

May  I  inquire  by  whtil  rait  W.  F.hai  cuIcnUlcd 
the  time  of  a  gbost  s  journey  from  England  to  New  ' 
York  ?  Doe*  be  consider  that  it  traveli  vith  the 
■peed  of  light,  of  electricity,  or  of  »ome  other  ethe-  . 
nal  eitence  ?  or,  if  the  freed  apirit  travels  upon 
"  the  wings  of  the  wind,"  may  not  its  progreu  be 
Bomctimes  impeded  by  adverie  currents?  The 
guluect  ia  unquestionably  a  very  interesting  one, 
and  I  hope  wllf  awaken  the  curioaity,  and  stimulate 
the  obiervatinn  of  many,  as  it  would  tend  to  clear 
ap  part  of  the  mystery  in  which  the  subject  of 
"  Gbosta  "  is  involved,  apart  from  the  main  ques- 
tion "  Can  such  tbinfs  be  ?  "  M.  F. 

Ad  Firpbndicdldm,  stc.  (3''  S.  J.  449, 450.)— 
In  answer  to  P.  S.  C&bbt,  I  may  state  that  the 
words  ad  perpendiadam  simply  mean  "  plumb," 
according  to  the  perpeiidictUunt,  or  plumblinc. 
Scliellcr  (sub  voce),  adds  the  following:  "  ad  per- 
pendiculum  columnaa  exisere,  Cic.  Verr.  i.  SI,  to 
examine  by  it  (ic.  the  plumbline)  :  thus  also,  ad 
perpendiculum  esse,  ifi.,  to  be  perpendicular." 

With  respect  to  the  second  and  third  questions, 
I  should  reply  that  not  only  at  Rome,  but  any- 
where else,  it  would  be  very  difficult  to  find 
buildings  of  long  standing  that  would  bear  the 
test  of  the  plumbline.  In  many  cases,  particularly 
when  the  edifice  is  carried  to  a  considerfbls 
height,  or  adorned  with  heavy  cornices,  a  few 
montiis  suffice  to  throw  parts  of  it  eitibly  out  of 
the  perpendicular.  I  have  noticed  thin  in  the 
Free-Trade  Hall,  Manchester,  the  new  Town 
Hall,  Tweeds,  and  St.  George's  Hall,  Liverpool. 
Of  courae  age  would  aggravate  the  defect  When 
Verres  adopted  the  notable  expedient  of  white- 
washing its  columns,  the  temple  of  Castor  was 
juat  about  fifty  years  old. 

In  the  next  paragraph,  £.  H.  puts  a  qaer^ 
about  the  Athenian  Misogynist.  Of  course,  thia 
means  Euripides.  I  have  not  a  complete  edition 
of  his  plays  by  me,  but  I  distinctly  remember  a 
passage  very  cloaely  reaembling  the  one  quoted, 
in  Hippolytus  Coronifer.  The  story  of  tbe  poet's 
two  wives,  of  tbeir  shocking  conduct,  and  of  big 
consequent  prejudice  against  la  torture  charntaTitt 
du  marioge  is  well  known,  though  probably  un- 
true.   However,  ai  a  story,  it  is  no  worse  on  that 


In  reply  to  a  Query  lately  put  in  "  N.  &  Q." 
about  the  derivation  of  some  [common  names  of 
English  flowers,  I  may,  perhaps,  be  allowed  to 


mention  that  I  hara  in  preparation  ft  paper  on 
the  trivial  names  of  certain  well-known  planta. 
When  complete,  I  intend  to  forward  it  for  inaer- 
lion  in  these  pagea.  L-  C.  UiaLU 

Hoasis  TBioHTaHBD  AT  Camxu  (3"  S.  L  439.) 
Many  years  ago  I  was  travelling  on  tha  top  of  a 
coach,  when  we  saw  two  camels,  driven  by  show- 
men, on  the  road  before  va.  lie  hortea  pricked 
up  their  ears,  and  it  was  evident  that  it  wonid  b« 
difficult  to  make  them  pass  tbe  strange  animal*. 
Hie  coachman  pulled  up,  and  called  out  to  the 
showmen  to  turp  the  camels  up  a  lane  to  the 
right-hand ;  but  as  they  showed  no  disposition  to 
do  this,  tbe  passengers  all  got  down,  and  pro- 
ceeded to  compel  the  showmen  to  turn  tneir 
camels  out  of  the  way  till  the  coach  had  passed. 
We,  of  course,  made  them  do  so  ;  but  it  was  not 
till  the  camels  were  some  way  up  the  lane,  and 
made  to  kneel  down,  that  the  coauli  horaes  could 
be  got  by  in  safety. 

But  DOW  avdi  alteram  partem.  Only  a  few 
months  ago,  I  saw  tbe  camels  of  a  menagerie, 
— probably  the  aame  spoken  of  in  tbe  extract 
g^ven  by  your  correspondent,  —  driven  openly 
through  the  street*  of  a  lai^e  city,  hameMsd  to 
an  elegant  van,  which  contained  tiie  band,  who 
played  as  they  rode  along,  I  saw  no  horsej 
taking  fright  at  the  camels,  though  they  met 
many  as  they  went  steadily  stridinK  along  the 
streets,  and  turning  the  comers  with  admirable 
ease  and  adroitness  :  and  if  there  had  been  any 
apprehension  of  horses  taking  fright,  surely  the 
m^istrate*  would  not  have  allowed  tbe  camels 
to  be  thus  paraded  through  the  city.  Two  camels 
drew  the  van,  harnessed  one  before  the  other, 
taiidem  fashion,  and  were  driven  with  rrin*,  like 
horses,  by  a  coachman  on  the  box  of  the  van. 

F.C.H. 

CoMPOSixa  TiPB  BT  Macbimbbt  (3*^  S.  i. 
448.)  — Mb.  Jaubs  Gii.bbbt  was  posstUy  not 
aware  of  the  fact,  but  I  think  it  just  (and  in- 
teresting  to  readere  of  this  periodica^,  to  mention 
that  the  type-composing  machine  at  the  Inter- 
national Exhibition  is  being  worked  by  the  en- 
terprising printers  of  "  N.  &  Q.,"  —  Mestrs. 
Spottiswooae  &  Co.,  who  were,  I  understand,  tbe 
first  to  introduce  these  and  the  "  Distribnting 
Machines "  into  this  country,  and  who  have 
printed  vol.  viii.  of  Macaulay's  Hitlory  of  Eng- 
land, and  several  other  works,  by  their  means. 
Sddsb  Cuiqdi. 

SXBVICB  AT  THB  Hbiliko  (3'*  S.  i.  313,  31S.) 
Mx.  Wabbdbtoh  may  like  to  know  that  the 
writer  of  this  note  has  a  handsome  folio  edition  of 
the  Book  of  Common  Prayer,  printed  "at  the 
University  Press,  Oxford,  ujkxx.ii,"  which  has 
the  Healing- Service  in  it.  The  Service  is  not 
included  in  the  list  of  content*,  but  it  fonn*  an 
int^ral  portion  of  the  book,  and  immediately 


8"^  S.  L  JuVB  21,  '62.] 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


497 


follows  **  the  Form  of  Prayer  and  Thanksgivioff  ** 
for  Queen  Anne*8  accession ;  at  the  foot  of  tne 
laat  page  of  which  is  the  catch -word  **  at,**  fol- 
lowed by  the  leaf  containing  the  "  at  the  hbal- 
IMQ  **  service ;  at  the  end  of  this  the  printer*s 
^  FiKis  **  is  duly  placed,  as  the  termination  of  the 
Tolume.  X.  A.  X. 

TouoHnro  foe  the  EiNO*ii  Eyil  (3^^  S.  i.  208.) 
The  following  regidation  connected  with  this 
matter  may  be  new  to  some  of  the  correspondents 
of  "N.  &  Q.**  "Touch  and  take"  seems  to  have 
been  the  rule,  and  if  the  patient  did  not  take  health 
by  the  first  touch  of  the  royal  hand,  no  further 
chance  was  allowed  him  of  recovery  by  the  same 
means :  — 

**  His  Majesty  bath  commanded  that  notice  be  given 
that  no  persons  whatsoever  do  come  to  be  healed  of  the 
King's  Evil,  unless  they  bring  a  certificate  under  the 
hands  and  seals  of  the  ministers  and  churchwardens  of 
the  parishes  where  they  inhabit,  that  they  have  not  been 
touched  before :  And  bis  Majesty  requires  that  the  minis- 
ters, in  their  respective  parishes  do  keep  a  constant  re- 
gister of  such  persons  to  whom  they  give  their  certifi- 
cates."—  London  Gazette,  from  Monday,  November  18  to 
Thursday,  November  21, 1672.  (Printed  by  Thomas  New- 
comb,  in  the  Savoy.) 

J.  DoEAH . 

Capital  Punishment  (8'<*  S.  i.  450.) — Xaviee 
■ska  what  was  the  ori^nal  meaning  of  the  term 
^*  capital  punishment,  and  when  the  term  was 
first  applied  exclusively  to  the  punishment  of 
death.  The  origin  of  the  term  pcena  capitaUs  is 
explained  in  the  art.  *'  Caput  **  in  Dr.  Smithes 
Diet,  of  Greek  and  Roman  Antiquities,  Its  use  is 
illastrated  by  the  following  passage  of  Faulus,  in 
ihe  Digest,  4S.  1.2.:  — 

'*Pablicomm  judidorum  quiedam  capitalia  sunt,  qusB- 
dam  non  capitalia.  Capitalia  sunt,  ex  quibns  poena  mors 
aat  exilinm  est,  hoc  est,  aqu»  et  ignis  interdictio ;  per 
has  enim  poenas  eximitur  caput  de  civitate.*' 

In  the  language  of  modem  jurists,  the  term 
^  capital  punishment  **  is  confined  to  death,  and 
18  not  extended  to  penal  banishment,  or  trans- 
portation. L. 

This  is  usually  explained  to  mean  punishment 
iDYolTing  the  loss  of  a  person's  head  (caput),  or 
life;  and  is  continued  from  the  usage  of  the 
ancient  Boman  law  courts,  in  which  capite  damnari 
meant,  '*  to  be  condemned  to  death,"  and  was  pro- 
baUy  80  ^*  applied  exclusively  **  from  the  time  the 
phrase  was  first  used.  J.  Eastwood. 

Htmes  (3'"^  S.  i.  388,  454.)— The  absurdities 
practised  by  hymn  singers,  or  attributed  to  them, 
are  endless..  There  is  a  hymn  which,  after  de- 
scribing the  good  things  of  this  life,  goes  on  :  — 

*  Ready  at  Thy  command  to  lay 
Them  down  I  always  am." 

This  has  been  sung  to  a  tune  called  "  Sprowston 
Lodge,**  necessitating  the  repetition  three  times 
over  of  the  last  line  I 


A  favourite  Methodist  hymn  begins,  — 
**  0  what  shall  I  do,  my  Saviour  to  praise?  " 

This  was  **  given  out**  in  a  country  chapel,  where 
the  clerk,  among  other  duties,  had  to  snuff  the 
candles,  and  was  so  engaged  at  the  moment  when 
it  was  his  duty  to  lead  the  singing.  The  candles 
were  high  and  he  was  short ;  preoccupied  as  he 
was,  the  tune  forsook  him,  ana  at  several  trials, 
he  could  get  no  further  than  the  words  **  O  what 
shall  I  do  ?  **  struggling  all  the  while  to  reach  the 
candles.  Suddenly,  a  shrill  female  voice  struck 
up  to  help  him  out,  but  could  not  proceed  beyond 
"  O  what  shall  I  do  ?  **  till  the  preacher  in  de- 
spair was  forced  to  select  another  hymn,  with  a 
less  suggestive  commencement. 

The  Rev.  Samuel  AVesley,  rector  of  Epworth 
(father  of  the  original  Methodists),  had  a  derk, 
to  whom  he  gave  his  cast-off  wigs.  The  clerk 
was  a  little  man,  and  was  buried  in  them  ;  yet  he 
was  proud  of  the  dignity  they  conferred  upon 
him.  One  Sunday,  when  his  face  seemed  to  be 
more  deeply  imbedded  in  wig  than  ever,  Mr. 
Wesley  determined  to  play  off  a  joke  upon  him, 
and  accordingly  told  him  he  should  choose  a 
particular  psalm,  which  he  desired  to  be  sung. 
The  clerk  promised  to  obey,  and  the  rector  had 
the  cruelty  to  make  him  read  out  these  words, 
which  he  did,  in  his  usual  cracked  treble,  amid 
the  laughter  of  the  congregation :  — 

**  Like  to  an  owl  in  ivy  bush, 
That  rueful  thing  am  L*' 

Severe  as  the  lesson  was,  it  did  not  destroy  the 
unhappy  clerk*8  conceit;  for  some  time  after,  on 
the  return  of  King  William  III.  from  a  visit  to 
Holland,  he  gave  out,  *'  Let  us  sing  to  the  praise 
and  glory  of  God,  a  hymn  of  my  own  composing : 

**  BLin^  William  is  come  home,  come  home  s 
King  William  home  is  come ; 
Therefore  let  us  together  sing 
The  hymn  that's  called  Te  D*um." 

Job  J.  Babdwell  Wobkabd,  M.A. 

Fassagb  'fbom  Fhillifs*s  "  Cbbeaua'*  (3*^  S. 
i.  452.)  —  Alluding,  evidently,  to  the  story  of 
Friar  Bacon*s  brazen  head,  by  which  (if  he  heard 
it  speak)  England  was  to  have  been  walled  round 
with  brass.  It  spoke,  but  Bacon  was  asleep,  after 
many  days*  watcning ;  and  his  attendant  tnought 
the  remarks  "Time  is**  and  "Time  was"  too 
trivial  to  trouble  the  friar  about :  so  the  image 
cried,  "Time  is  past,**  and  fell  with  a  crash, 
waking  him  a  moment  too  late.  England  has  in 
consequence  been  obliged  to  rely  upon  her  wooden 
walls  till  now ;  but  it  would  seem  from  recent 
events  in  America,  that  Roger  Bacon  was  right 
after  all,  and  that  metal  is  the  only  thing  trust- 
worthy.        Job  J.  Babdwbll  Wobkabd,  M.A. 

Noblbmek  and  Baboks  (3^  S.  i.  451.) — For- 
merly in  Scotland,  "  baron  ^  did  not  necessarilT 


498 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


19^  &  L  JuxB  21,  *«! 


mean  a  peer,  but  often  merely  the  possessor  of  a 
baronial  estate.  Such  was  John  Napier,  Baron 
of  Merchistoun,  the  inventor  of  logarithms ;  and, 
to  give  a  more  familiar  illustration,  such  was  the 
Baron  of  Bradwardine,  in  Sir  W.  Scott*s  novel  of 
Waverley.  Indeed,  in  the  very  same  number  of 
^  N.  &  Q>**  with  S.C.*s  Query,  is  a  communication 
(**Fala  Hall,**  p.  448)  in  which  various  families 
are  enumerated  as  *^  Scots  barons,**  two  among 
them  being  distinguished  from  the  rest  as  peers, 
Lord  Jedburgh  and  Lord  Thirlestane :  these  alone 
could  have  been  called  '^  noblemen.** 

Job  J.  Babdwbll  Wobkabd,  M.A. 

Foreign  Babons  in  thb  Commons  (3"^'  S.  i. 
450.)  —  I  think  Censob  will  find  that  in  all  legal 
records,  — that  is,  the  return  of  the  election,  ad- 
vertisements in  the  Gazette,  &c.,  these  gentlemen 
are  described  by  their  legal  English  title,  as  — 
Esquire.  It  is  only  in  the  Division  Lists,  and 
other  papers,  printed  merely  for  the  information 
of  members  and  the  public,  but  having  no  legal 
bearing,  that  their  foreign  titles  are  given  to  them, 
as  matter  of  courtesy  ;  just  as  for  the  same  reason 
Mr.  0*Donoghue  and  other  Irish  Chieftains  are 
printed  as  "  The  O'Donoghue,"  "  The  O'Conor 
Don,**  &c.     Job  J.  Babdwell  Wobkabd,  M.A. 

Cbntenabians  (S'**  S.  i.  454.) — In  the  church- 
vaid  at  Battle,  in  Sussex,  there  is  an  ordinary 
looking  gravestone,  with  the  simple  fact  recorded, 
without  comment,  that  the  man  there  buried  died 
aged  120. 

When  I  was  there  some  years  ago,  I  happened 
to  see  in  the  churchyard  an  old  man  who  said  he 
knew  the  man  in  question :  that  be  lay  in  bed 
for  the  last  years  of  his  life,  but  was  well. 

I  forget  the  name  and  the  date ;  but  I  saw  it 
myself.  Ltttelton. 

Deaf  and  Dumb  (S^**  S.  i.  427.)  —  Sir  W. 
Hamilton,  in  the  Edinburgh  "Review  for  July, 
1835,  p.  407,  or,  "  Discussions,**  p.  176),  gives 
some  interesting  historical  notices  of  the  inven- 
tion of  a  deaf  and  dumb  alphabet.  He  maintains 
that  Greorge  Dalgarno  of  Aberdeen  first  exhibited 
a  finger  alphabet,  and  that  in  its  most  perfect 
form.  There  is  a  very  copious  article  on  the 
subject  in  the  Penny  Cyclopadia^  and  in  the 
English  Cyclopadia,  under  the  heading  "  Deaf 
and  Dumb  *'  or  "  Dactylology.**  W.  S.  J. 

Eowabd  Jenneb,  M.D.  (3'*  S.  i.  292.)  —  Ac- 
cording to  the  latest  edition  of  Haydn's  Dictionary 
of  Dates^  the  statue  erected  in  Trafalgar  Square, 
in  honour  of  this  universal  benefactor,  was  in- 
augurated Sept.  17th,  1858.  Amicus  will  scarcely 
meet  with  a  better  account  of  the  ceremony  ob- 
served on  that  occasion,  or  a  fuller  report  of  the 
speeches  which  were  then  made,  than  may  be  ob- 
tained from  the  columns  of  The  TimeSy  and  other 
daily  papers,  next   published  afler  the    public 


though  tardy  acknowledgment  of  our  gratitude  to 
the  discoverer  of  vaccination.  St.  Swrraur. 

"Tub  chastb  Lbucipfb  bt  thb  Patbiabcb 
LovBD**  (3'*S.  i.  348.)  — . "  The  patriarch"  was 
Fhotius  of  Constantinople,  and  his  '^  love  **  for 
Leucippe  is  shown  in  the  following  epigram,  said 
to  be  the  only  piece*  of  his  poetry  extant.  The 
text  is  corrupt  and  the  sense  not  very  clear, 
nevertheless  I  will  transcribe  it  as  it  is : 

«  ^(orlov  irarpuipxov 

"Eporra  irucfhvy  &AAd  ff^pora  filow^ 

'O  KXciro^wvTOf  fkkv  vap^fi^aipwt  Xiyos' 

*0  Acv/r/vvT);  8i  frta^pop4<rrtpos  fiios 

"Airamas  i^iamia'i^  vws  rtrvfifUrfij 

KtKopiA^i^  re  fco)  KaTii)^>€w/iiyrif 

Th  9r)  fAiyiffroy,  rpU  Ottyovt  iKapr4p€u 

Efrcp  8^^  fco)  ffh  ffwpfHtvuy  0cXffis,  ^iXof, 

M^  r^y  vAptpyop  riis  ypauptis  vk&wu  9^, 

T^y  rov  \6yov  tk  irphs  r\  (rvvipofi^  f^^i 

Nuju^cKTroAc?  yap  rovs  iro69VKrcu  ififpinfs*^ 

Anthologia  Grac.  Oxon,  1766,  p.  106, 
Epigram  683  ('En^c/smw.) 

The  following,  from  Gibbon,  seems  to  militate 
against  the  notion  that  Fhotius  was  the  author  of 
the  epigram : 

*<  By  the  confession  even  of  priestly  hatred,  no  art  or 
science,  except  poetry^  was  foreign  to  this  oniversal  schoUr, 
who  was  deep  in  thoaght,  indefatigable  in  reading,  and 
eloquent  in  diction." — Decline  and  Fall,  chap.  58. 

But  I  suppose  the  compilers  of  the  Anthologia 
know  best. 

By  Nicetas  Davides  Paphlago,  in  his  Life  of 
the  Patriarch  Ignatius,  Fhotius  is  spoken  of  as  dis- 
tinguished **  carminis  pangendi ** — 

(Ilankius,  De  Byzantinarum  Rerum  Seriptoribus, 
p.  393.)  W.  D. 

Tombs  of  Henbt  IL  and  Richabd  L  (S''  S. 
i.  426.) — It  was  only  the  bodv  of  Richard  I.  that 
was  buried  at  Fontevrault.  His  bowels  were  de- 
posited at  Chaluz,  and  his  heart  at  Rouen.  Ac- 
cording to  the  old  epigram, 

**  Viscera  Carleolam,  corpus  fons  servat  Ebrardif 
£t  cor  Rothomagam,  magne  Richarde,  taom.** 
Camden's  Britannia,  i.  288  (Googh's  edition). 

The  French  did  a  foolish  thing  when  they 
brought  away  the  remains  of  Bonaparte  from  St 
Helena ;  and  I  think,  with  due  submission,  that 
we  should  be  doing  a  still  more  foolish  thing  in 
disturbing  the  two  royal  tombs  mentioned  al^ve. 
Fontevrault  was  a  proper  place  of  interment  for 
princes  of  half-Norman  and  half- Anglian  origin. 
They  were  more  French  than  English,  and  their 
possessions  on  that  side  of  the  Channel  were  verjr 
extensive.  W.  D. 

Db.  Johnson  on  Funking  (3^*  S.  i.  STL)  —  I 
have  been  waiting  most  anxiously  for  Mm.  Doug- 
las ALLroBT*8  reply  to  Fun8T£b*8  query  on  this 


S'«S.I.7(imS1,'62.] 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


499 


anbject.  Aa  he  mnkei  no  sign,  tntj  I  request 
aome  of  jour  other  correapondeDta  to  mj  whether 
Dr.  Johnion  is  the  4uthor  of  the  oft-used  quota- 
tion, tnd  where  it  is  to  be  found  F 

Permit  me  to  idd,  that  in  a  reply  to  a,  query  of 
mine  pat  toMk.Ai.LPOHT,hesaid  (2°''S.xii.  140): 
It  mtds  >t  the  Ute  mcetiDg  of  the  Ei 


ima  *.  work  entltlwl  TTumgkli  gn  LongliUr." 

Does  Mb.  Allfost  get  the  sajing  of  Dr.  John- 
son merely  from  some  quotation?  If  so,  it  is  it 
Tery  strange  commentary  on  the  objection  lie 
made  at  Maidstone  to  the  exact  copies  of  the  Pipe 
Bolls  as  possessing  any  value  as  evidence,  and 
(till  further  on  the  reason  he  gave  for  mahiog  the 
statement  that  I  questioned : 

"  Tha  ori^nal  work  1  never  uw,  and  I  merely  idTcrted 
to  the  circumiUnce  b?  way  of  llliuLratEon,  ray  object 
being  to  show  tha  neceuily  of  pradicalli/.  pernmallji,  >Bd 
w  lilK  mreali gating  all  the  ■  belonginKB'  of  tboie  objecis 
whicb  fonn  the  stndy  of  srchBOloEiat).  instead  of  inspect- 
ing tbem  in  private  galleries  or  mnsenms." 

A  statement  founded  on  a  quotation  is  ta  likely 

ieum.  1  ther 

e  trust  that  Mb.  Aij.pobt  will  show  us  thnt  be 
has  read  Dr.  Johnson  in  "  the  original,"  or  aid  us 
in  discovering  whence  arose  the  most  illogical  and 
pointless  dogma  that  ever  obtained  currency  on 
the  authority  of  a  great  name.  Clarit. 

Moo»B  (3"*  S.  i.  451.)  —.Hunter's  account  of 
the  Rev.  Stephen  Moore,  given  in  the  list  of  the 
Ticars  of  Doncasler,  is  simply, 

"  Stephen  Hoore,  1790—1807,  Chipliin  la  Archbiibop 
DmrnmoDd,  a  Pnbendarv  in  Iha  chnrcb  af  York,  and  ■ 
Jutice  of  Peace  for  (ha  West  Riding."— Dtaury  of  Don- 
taller,  L  86. 

He  also  adds  that  he  was  previously  Rector  of 
Brodsworth,  which  he  exchanged  with  the  Rev. 
G,  Hay  Drummond,  the  former  Vicar  of  Don- 
catter.  J.  Eabtwood. 

JiMM  NiHBL  (3'"  S.  i.  329.)  —  I  huve  in  my 
collection  an  impression  of  tlie  aenl  of  Dr.  Law- 
rence fiihetl,  who  was  conaecrated  Roman  Catholic 
Bishop  of  the  diocese  of  Kilfenora  and  Kilmac- 
duogh  in  17B3 :  the  arms  (which  must  be  his 
family  ones)  are  as  follows :  "  Gules,  a  man  in  ar- 
monr,  helmeted,  holding  in  his  dexter  hand  a. 
Bword,  argent,  on  a  chief  aeure  three  stora  of  the 
second,  over  all  a  cardinal's  hat,  legend,  -fL^c- 

KVHT  .  NlHELI.  .  EfISC  .  FlKABOB  .  ET .  DuACSKS." 

The  ancient  arms  of  these  sees  are  engraved   in 
CanlGeld's  Sigilia  Ecclei.  Hiiemica  lUiut. 

Cork. 

"HisTOBi  OF  JoHK  Boll"  (S-*  S.  i.  340.)— 
Tour  correspondent  W.  G.  uks  a  quea^on,  touch- 
ing the  authorship  of  this  political  burlesque, 
which  it  would  be  rery  desirable  could  be  an- 


s  incorrect  as  an  inference 
formed  from  the  inspection  of  a  mueeum.  I  there- 


awered  so  a«  to  leave  no  douht  who  wrote  it.  In 
Sir  Walter  Scott's  edition  of  Desn  Swift's  Workt, 
vol.  vi.  (2nd  ed.),  from  his  introductory  remarks 
on  the  Hintori/,  Scott  seems  certain  Arbuthnot 
was  the  author,  and  says  "  Swifl  was  not  the  au- 
thor." His  reasons  for  this  assumption  appear  to 
be  very  slight ;  viz.  a  few  Scotticisms,  and  "  from 
the  character,  conduct,  and  language  of  Sister 
Pm  being  traced  with  a  Scottish  pencil." 

Now,  I  humbly  thick  that  almost  any  one  who 
reads  csrefnlly  what  "  Peg  "  says,  and  the  descrip- 
tion given  of  her  and  her  country,  might  reasonably 
infer  that  the  Dean  was  quit«  as  likely  to  write 
what  is  said  of  her  as  the  Scotchman,  Arbuthnot. 

In  an  edition  of  Arbuthnot's  Works,  two  vols., 
published  at  Glasgow  in  1751,  we  have  "The  His- 
tory of  John  Bull ; "  but  as  Arbuthnot's  son  had 
said  that  not  one-third  of  the  writings  palmed  off 
as  his  father's  were  his  production;  and  as,  with 
the  exception  of  the  History,  every  piece  in  those 
two  vols,  evinces  nothing  but  a  trashy  aHectation 
of,  or  straining  after,  wit  or  humour,  we  may,  I 
think,  justly  conclude  that  the  Uiitortj  was  not 
written  by  Arbuthnot. 

As,  in  tha  edition  of  the  MitceUanieii,  published 
by  Motte  and  Bathurst  in  1736,  but  two  years 
after  Arbuthnot's  death,  we  have  the  assertion 
made,  that  those  pieces  which  have  "  the  trade 
mark  "  (^  •)  of  Swift's  productions,  were  written 
by  the  Dean,  and  we  find  these  marks  attached  to 
the  Hillary ;  and  no  effort  appears,  that  I  am 
aware  of,  to  have  been  made  to  contradict  or  nega- 
tive Motte's  assertion,  either  by  Swift  himself, 
who  was  then  at  the  zenith  of  his  literary  glory,  or 
by  Arhutlinol's  son,  we  mny  fairly,  I  think,  infer 
that  if  one  or  other  of  those  eminent  men  were 
the  author  of  this  justly  celebrated  piece,  it  must 
be  the  Dean,  and  not  Arbuth'not,  who  wrote  iL 

The  few  remarks  I  have  deferentially  offered 
on  this  most  interesting  subject  will,  I  hope,  in- 
duce W.  G.,  or  some  abler  person  than  myself,  to 
discuss  the  matter,  so  that  it  may  be  determined 
without  doubt  who  was  tlie  author  of  this  ori^nal 
satire,  inimitable  for  its  "exquisite  simplicity, 
brevity,  and  solemnity  of  narration." 

John  Booth. 

Bromyard. 

P.S.— Itwill  be  seen  that  the  few  remarks  I 
have  made  as  to  the  paternity  of  The  Ritlory  of 
John  Bull,  are  confined  to  Motte's  edition  of  the 
Miacetlaniei,  Scott's  Swi/t't  Wor»A,  and  the  Glas- 
gow edition  of  Arbuthnot ;  but  there  may  bs, 
and  most  probably  are,  other  editions  of  the  works 
of  Swift  and  Arbuthnot,  published  between  1736 
and  1751,  which  may  throw  some  light  on  this 
subject,  and  enable  tha  candid  inquirer  to  deter- 
mine with  certainty  who  was  the  writer  of  the 
Hittory.  If  such  editions  exist,  which  I  have  no 
means  of  ascertaining,  it  i*  to  be  hoped  that  those 
who  are    possessed  of  them  will,  in  a  fbture 


500 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


[3»<  a  L  JuxB  21,  •62. 


number  of  jour  excellent  publication,  give  such 
extracts  from  them  as  may  finally  settle  the  ques- 
tion asked  by  your  correspondent  W.  G. 

Blub  and  Burr  (3"*  S.  L  472.)  —  Your  corre* 
spondent,  K.  P.  D.  £.,  will  find  that  the  use  of 
true  blue  b^  the  Scottbh  Presbyterians  and  the 
English  Puritans,  and  its  supposed  derivation  from 
Numbers  xv.  38,  have  been  pointed  out  in  former 
articles  of  "  N.  &  Q."  See  2»«  S.  i.  269 ;  iii.  513. 

He  has  been  the  first  to  call  attention  to  the 
fact  that  yellow,  or  orange-tawny,  was  the  colour 
of  the  Earl  of  Essex,  the  Parliament  Greneral. 

But  the  separate  use  of  blue,  and  also  of  orange, 
as  party  colours,  does  not  prove  their  use  in  the 
peculiar  cQmbinations  of  blue  and  buff.  Wraxall 
says  that  the  use  of  blue  and  buff  originated  with 
Washington  and  his  friends  in  the  American  war. 
The  passage  which  I  have  quoted  from  the  recent 
publication  of  Smiles  seems  to  carry  its  use,  as  a 
native  English  party  badge,  up  to  the  year  1745. 
Can  the  combination  of  blue  and  buff,  as  party 
colours,  be  traced  to  an  earlier  date  ?  L. 

Literature  op  Lunatics  (3"*  S.  i.  451.)  — 
y.  P.  is  informed  that  there  have  been  occasion- 
ally published  specimens  of  literary  productions  of 
inmates  of  the  Royal  Morningside  Asylum,  Edin- 
burgh, and  I  have  no  doubt  that  Dr.  Skae,  the 
eminent  physician  to  that  institution,  will,  on  ap- 
plication, send  your  correspondent  copies.        G. 

Edinburgh. 

Longevity  (S'^  S.  i.  281,  399,*4ll.)— The  late 
Mrs.  Drury  Lowe,  of  Locko  Park,  Derbyshire, 
whose  maiden  name  was  Steer,  was  born  July  21, 
and  baptized  July  23,  1 745,  as  appears  by  [the 
Begister  of  Burton  Latimer,  a  certified  copy  of 
which  now  lies  by  me.  She  died  Nov.  13,  1848, 
and  was  buried  at  Denby,  Derbyshire.  She  there- 
fore was  more  than  one  hundred  and  three  years 
of  age  when  she  died. 

The  present  Sir  Mathew  Blakiston  has  just  en- 
tered on  his  eightieth  year,  and  his  venerable 
mother,  the  Dowager  Lady  Blakiston,  is  now 
living  in  her  hundred  and  first  year;  and  her 
picture,  taken  when  she  was  a  hundred,  is  now  in 
the  Academy  Exhibition  in  Trafalgar  Square. 

In  the  Register  of  Kedleston,  Derbyshire,  this 
entry  occurs, — "George  Curzon,  being  an  hundred 
and  four  years  old,  was  buryed  Mar.  25,  1652." 
The  Begister  does  not  exist  early  enough  to  con- 
tain his  baptism ;  but  it  is  not  very  likely  that 
there  should  have  been  a  mistake  in  the  age  of  a 
member  of  the  Curzon  family. 

In  Robinson's  Whitby ^  p.  137,  nineteen  deaths 
at  one  hundred  and  upwards  are  mentioned  from 
Registers  and  tombstones  at  Whitby  and  the 
neighbourhood;  and,  should  I  visit  that  place 
agam,  I  will  try  to  verify  some  of  them  by  the 
registers  of  their  baptisms.  I  am  at  present  in- 
quiring after  the  baptisms  of  several  in  Derby- 


shire, Staffordshire,  and  Warwickshire,  two  of 
whom  I  knew ;  one  of  them  came  to  a  magistrates' 
meeting  at  Mayfield,  a  distance  of  nine  miles, 
when  she  was  a  hundred  and  four.  She  was  a 
little  stout  woman,  with  no  appearance  of  great 
age,  and,  excepting  that  she  was'deaf,  had  all  her 
faculties  about  her. 

I  have  frequently  remarked  that  very  old  people 
generally  have  very  strong  and  clear  voices. 

C.  S.  G&SAVBS. 


THE  HANDEL  FESTIVAL. 

We  beg  to  call  the  attention  of  snch  of  our  readers  as 
are  admirers  of  the  greatest  musician  whom  the  world 
has  yet  seen,  George  Fredariek  Hamde^  to  the  notice  in  oar 
advertising  colamos  of  the  approaching  BEandel  Festival 
at  the  Crystal  Palace,  when  several  of  the  masterpieces 
of  this  great  composer  will,  we  believe,  be  performed, 
with  each  a  combination  of  power  and  brilliancy  of  exe- 
cation  as  has  never  been  equalled,  we  might  almost  say, 
approached. 


BOOKS    AND    ODD    VOLUMES 

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PMtteaUn  of  Priet,ae.  of  the  fBllowiM  Book*  to  bo  Mot  diioek  to 
the  gentlemen  bjr  whom  thejr  ore  requlrootond  whooo  aoiBee  oad  od> 
I  ore  slvoa  for  that  pofvooe  t — 


SoAw't  ZooLoor.    (Keonler.  Fleet  RtreetO   Part  I.  of  voL  I.  {wA  the 
Lectures),  and  Fart  II.  of  toI.  XIV. 

Wanted  by  Mr.  W.  WOaon,  Spottinroodo  &  Co..  Nov  Street  Sqoare. 

Catboucjo  DocranrjB,  bjr  John  Hooper,  M.  A.,  Reetor  of  Alborr. 

Wanted  by  Rev.  John  Pid^fbrd^  Shorington,  near  Newport-PagBcl, 

Booka. 


or  Joffiok   Ixndoa 


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1813.    Sto. 
Bomb  Nsw  Facti,  ajtd  a  wooQwatmo  Krw  THOoar  ▲«  to  ms  Ami<Mi« 

■HIP  or  TBS  Lbttsks  or  Jomua,  by  Sir  Forlonatuj  Dvarria,  Kat. 

8ro.    I&VO. 


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Any  Worki  of  Walter  Traren  the  Dirlne,  who  llred  In  the  Sxteeotk 

Centary* 
AIk>  a  Print  of  W.  T.  of  about  the  tame  date. 

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fiatitfK  ta  C0rreK|^0tarni(ir. 


We  mrt  tomptlM,  to  postpone  mua  next  wedfc  o«r  Wotaf  en  Beokt.  in- 
eluding  thope  on  The  Lead  beater  Paper*;  leoa  SUonuBt  Walker'*  Suf- 
ferlntts  of  the  Clergy  i  The  Middlnex  Domeedar  Ejrtended  end  Tnar- 
laiedi  Beminiioencee,  fee.,  of  Rev.  T.  HartweU  Homo,  4c. 

LimaATOKB  or  Lo* atics.  —V.  P.  (Parle.)  IT*  hasoe  Moeral  otamf 
Kicatiana  for  V.  P,    How  can  Hte  forward  them  t 

Ink  ( Welle.)   Several  of  the  artielct  are  only  pottpomed. 

A.  T.L.  SepenarHeleiionthefinfing**Mind9omrPJ'»andQ.'^'ef 
peared  tnourlH  Series.   See  Gen.  index,  i».  107. 

.jL-  P'J-    ^°^  '**  <''^»»  <if.^in»dk  Law,  ste  "  N.  fe  Q.**  1st  8.  lU. «,  7H 
tad  8.  Ti.  M7.  S7S,  S38, 518;  adl.  SSS. 

Oborob  Lloto.  a  View  of  the  Soal  In  Borerol  Traeli.  fcL  IHB.^ 
attrfbuted  to  Mr.  Satmder$  by  Dr.  Watt.  l%e  Conftarional  u  by  Fiw 
cia Blaekbumef  Archdeacon  qf  Cleveland, 


Errata — 8. !.  p.  479,  col.  it.  line  10  from  bottom,  far  " 

MieUogej"  r«ad  *^^C2iMUK^.ljxMim"»mA  came  col.  line  4  boB 
bottom,/br  "  Blackford  "  read  **  Blachfbffd.** 

"  None  Airo  <|DBarBs  **  ae  jwWiefced  nC  neon  on  Friday,  mmi  fc  d^ 
<Miierf  in  MoirrBx.T  PAan.  77b«  JnfteeKptfan  fir  BraairBB  Oerua  ff 
Six  ManthM  AnrwanUd dk-eet  /HmfAe  Xbmmn  tton&Wji Wffr^ 
VMrfv  Ihou)  i$  lie.  td.,  wMA  wmm  UjfmU  «v  aSTmSb  flNkr •• 
^M«r  ^Maeene.  Bau  Am  DA&orri 
all  CoHmrfnoanom  ron  nn  Bniton 


S^  H.  L  3mm  28^  -W.] 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


LOUDON  SATURDAY.  JUKE  SB,  IBSL 


CONTENTS— H*.  S6. 

NOTKS:  — TbeBegiitoB  of  the  Btationan*  Compuiv,  SOI 

—Villikm  Godwin,  GOS  —  CoMomi  In  tbeConttj  ofwei- 

HiHim  Nom:— Tbe  CutleoT  UTerpool  — HlitorSo  Fbo- 
tOKTuhlo  Ga]leT7~&ralKUI'a  "IddKe'B  P«ei^B  of  In- 
taod''— I^Neir  fillbapor  Cork— Motwrn  indCMiiiaa 
— Curioni  Election  Return— Fv*  (ad  Himma,  MM. 

QUBRIES:— BirtlMlv  or  G«II>EB  IIL,  W— JahD  Nordcn 
the  TopDgiubar,  ifr.— Bum — 'CceiuTidlbuit'  — Lord 
Ohathui'.  ^HudA  LaBscnev  —  Cnv—Sir  B*enrd  Ols- 

£■  lEieoutian-The  FmaHlT  ol  IdiishM:   Dr.  L-^ 
imu  Poet— Be*.  Timothf  Kent.  KX^  Deiibf. 
■hire— L»e-chow  laUndj— JUpof  thBCminly  rfuon 
Wmlianal  Synodi- ^NorthBra  Iris"- J.  Ndjon's  " 


Tork- 


—  Bark  —  Iftohle  —  TiukeTCOcdn  —  WiSslnghmm 
i~uuj,  ..06. 

QtiBUBt  wiiK  A>swBW;  —  Bp,  Clw*".  «*  Clogher  — 
"Le  CiBf^l'tBuYre  d'uo  Inconnu-— lUphBua  Teglu*  — 
pMUOck's  Works  —  Biddenden  lUda  —  3Ir  Thomi*  Hare, 

BKPLIKa.-Cole,  of  BcMborou^  Wo^k^  MB-Amu  of 
the  Kingdom  of  Leon,  filO  —  Enunoa  wd  tlMch  Hfltlen, 
Bll— The  Ferula,  8lS  —  "TMikM  Doodle  bofTowi  e«h"— 
BoKliih  BeTiwHS  in  UoUud- John  BabOeld  Fhelp*, 
Bki  — Poor  Pcdl— Dekfud  Dumb  Utantvre  —  Nablo- 
)nen>DdB>nHu~Qmkcn— Buoa — •' 'BaamCmnntm" — 
Hn.  BUabeth  Whittle  —  FdrtniU  of  AnhbUiop  Cna- 
uer  —  Dune  Kvit^xvt  tai  George  Hsljburlon  —  Tory  — 
Hii  Gnoe:  Baron- Mr.  Jimee  BaahAml- Cnttiw  otf 
with  »8hil]ins  — Owtberquediiunce  — Hon.TTm.  Pitt  — 
" Bious  Plaj^arisDi  —  EelatlTi  ""  " 


THE  REGISTERS  OF  THE  8TATI0NEES' 

COMPANY. 

(CotiHmud  from  p,  463.) 

22  Not.  [1593.]  — John  Wolf.  Entred  for  bu 

Gopie,  &C.  A  books  of  ntwe*  of  Twoo  angtU  that 

tame  lefore  the  Cylie  of  Droppa  in  SUna     .     TJ'. 

Entred  for  his  copie,  &c.  A  ballad  of  the 

tame  Taoo  aagelUi *j*. 

[A  prote  "  book,"  and  a  prodnction  in  »er«e  npoo  the 
nme  anbjecC,  bat  neither  of  them  dow  known,] 

28  Novemb. — Jobo  Danter.  Eotred  for  hii 
oopie,  &c.  1  ballad  intitnled  The  cioiiiTimana  Re- 
port of  the  utage  of  them  at  St.  Alboru  Terme  .  tj*. 

rln  consequence  of  the  plague,  Hichielmai  Term  Lad 
been  kept  at  St.  Albani.  Stow  (^Ann.  12T4,  edit.  160S) 
tells  na  that  no  fever  than  fonr  aldermen  were  carried  off 
br  the  infeclion  in  London  in  1593,  viz.  Sir  W.  Roe,  Lord 
Jiayor,  Sir  Rowland  Uowanl,  Sit  WolBCone  Dixie,  and 
William  Elkeo.  We  have  already  seen  an  "  epitaph  "  on 
Sir  W.  Roe  or  Eo<re  entered  on  S4th  Dec  He  bid  died 
only  the  day  preceding,  so  that  the  pott  sboved  great 
alaciit3'  in  seizing  the  occasion.] 

iij  Decemb.  —  Nichos  Linge,  JobnBasble.  En- 
tred for  their  copie,  &c.  A  bnoke  entituled  Pierce 
OavUton,  Erie  of  CorneivaU,  hii  life,  death,  and 
fortune TJ'. 

[MaTtowe'i  tragedy  of  "  Edward  11."  incladed  a  part 
oT  tbli  subject,  which  was  mon  elabcntdr  tr««(M  in 


Drayton's  Mar^mtriailet,  the  loamfaUt  Ob^  Warm  xf 
Eduard  II.,  In.,  but  that  waa  not  printed  until  U96.] 

4  Dec. — Joha  Danter.  Entred  for  his  copie, 
&C.  A  lamentable  Songt  of  the  Three  Wj/chet  of 
Warbot,  and  executed  at  Hunt. tj*. 

[  We  believe  that  no  ench  "  lamsntibls  Song  "  la  ex- 
tant.  bnt  an  elaborate  tntct  upon  the  aaioe  subject  was 
published  in  I&9S,  4to,  the  explaDatOTT  title  of  which  we 
tranacribe:  "The  moat  stranBa  and  admimbla  Discovtrj 
of  the  three  Witches  of  V/tAoyt,  exocntod  at  Hunting- 
don for  bewltehlnK  of  the  G  danghten  of  K.  Tfarockmor- 
lon,  Esqoire,  and  others  with  dinlliah  and  giieToos 
torments :  also  the  bewitching  to  death  of  the  Ltdf  . 
Cromwell."] 

7  December. — John  Daater.  Entred  tx  hi* 
copie,  &c.  ■  pl«ie  booke  intituled  The  kittorft  of  , 
Orlaitdo  Farioto,  one  of  the  xy  peeret  of  Fhivnce 

rTha  wcU'knowB  play  by  Robert  Greene,  the  subject  of 
which  had  beeoroe  popular  mainly  in  consequeace  of  Sir 
i.  Hirington's  tianslstion  of  Arioeto's  Bonuooe  in  1£9L 
See  Dyce's  Grrtru'i  Work*,  I  6.  Begarding  this  most 
fsTonrile  perTormince  there  is  one  pecullaiitj,  unknown 
lo  that  Editor,  which  we  apprehend  belong!  to  no  other 
drama  i^  eo  aaiiy  a  date,  via.  that  the  originai  HS.  of  the 
whole  part  of  the  hero,  as  written  out  tor  Henalone's 
Theatre,  has  been  preserved  at  Dulwicb,  the  character  of 
Orlando  haTing  been  ofiglnsllr  tnstaiiMd  br  Edward 
Allejn,  tin  ImmdeT  of  that  eolleaa.  See  7V  Ltft  »f 
AO^  printed  bv  tbe  Shskvpaan  Society  in  1841,  p.  197. 
Had  the  Rev.  Mr.  Dyes  been  acqaainted  willi  this  Ma  fa* 
would  DO  doi^  bars  esmctod^itsoma  of  themiiprlnta 
in  the  eariy  iapresskina  of  Oraaoe's  plan  bnt  it  woald 
not  have  applied  to  such  errors  as  ■■  nbaled  "  for  rdmHtd, 
a  miatake  twice  ooouiitled  (pp.  8,  tt) ;  nor  lo  "  Lord's 
denial  "  Instead  ef  love's  deiial,  p.  SI,  which  makea 
nonsaoae  of  Angelica's  answer  to  Saciipaat  la  the 
margin  of  the  Register,  oppomle  the  preoMlnfc  entiy,  we 
read  "  This  copie  is  put  over  by  the  consent  of  John  Daa- 
ter  to  Cnlbert  Bnitye,  id  pattt,  18  Hay,  ISSl."  The  flitt 
edition  was  therefore  "  Printed  by  John  Danter  for  Cath- 
bert  Bnrbie,  1S91,"  4lo.] 

12D«eenibr.— JoluWol^  EolndfoThiscofne, 
&c.  a  newe  ballad  intituled  Chritinia*  Detighte* 

[In  preparation  for  the  approscbtng  season  of  merrl- 
meot.  A  ballad  on  the  sports  of  Cbrislmas  in  tbe  rstgn 
of  Eliubeth,  if  it  had  bem  preeerred,  would  have  bean  a 
Taluabls  relic] 

xxij  die  Deoembr,  —  Tho.  Farroote,  Sen',  Tha. 
Purfoote,  Junior.  Entred  for  their  copie,  &C. 
a  booke  intituled  Ceamrt  dialogue      .     .     .     vj*. 

24  Dec.  —  Tho,  Gubbjn,  Entred  for  his  copift, 
&e.  A  Reiuembranee  of  the  late  righte  honorable 
Erie  of  Derby  deceased vj*. 

[This  "  remembrance,"  no  doubt  In  Teres,  came  rather 
late,  for  on  22  Oct.  Creede  had  entered  an  "  epitaph"  opoa 
the  same  nobleman;  and  Blill  earlier,  on  11  Oct.,  Danlar 
bad  registered  a  "  lamentation  "  upon  the  erenL] 

Ultimo  Decembr.— Mr.  Ponsonbye.  Entred  for 
his  copie.  &c.  a  booke  intituled  Seiaaaetoi,  or  (ite 
thadoice  of  nighle TJ**. 

[The  eirlifst  work  by  George  Chapman,  tbe  tnDslalor 
of  llomer,  Hetiod,  &c  ZjuHxm,  lit  Shadow  ijf  Niaht, 
»ii(a>iH9  tm  paMadl  ifiauua,  ikwiMd.  b,  Q.  C.  <3«l. 


fi02 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


[8^  &  L  Juvs  28. '82. 


WM  pnblished  by  Ponaonby,  with  the  date  of  1594.  It 
iraa  aedicated  toM.  Roydon,  himself  a  poet,  and  then  in 
floarishing  circamstancee,  bat  afterwards  so  much  re- 
daced  that  he  was  relieved  by  the  gift  of  sixpence  from 
£dw.  Alleyn,  after  he  had  founded  Dulwicn  College. 
Roydon  is  also  mentioned  as  a  leader  and  patron  among 
literary  men*in  Lodge*s  PoitoraU,  1595.] 

Tii®  Januarij  [1593-4].  —  Rich.  Jonea.  Entred 

for  his  copie,  &c.  a  comedie  entitled  A  Knack  to 

hunoe  a  Knave^  newlye  sett  fourth^  as  it  hath  sun- 

drye  tymes  ben  plaid  by  Ned  Allen  and  his  Com" 

panie,  with  Kemps  applauded  Merymentes  of  the 

men  of  Ooteham TJ^. 

[This  anonymoos  play,  famous  chiefly  throogh  the 
exertions  of  the  two  great  actors,  Alleyn  and  Kemp,  was 
pnblished  by  Jones  in  1594.  Although  by  no  means  a 
good  drama,  and  partaking  in  a  considerable  degree  of 
the  style  and  form  of  the  old  Morality,  it  is  much  su- 
perior to  a  play,  intended  to  form  a  species  of  second  part 
to  it,  called  A  Knack  to  know  an  Honest  Man,  which  was 
printed  in  1596.  A  Knock  to  know  a  Knave  was  per- 
rormed  by  Henslowe's  company  in  1592,  and  few  pieces 
were  more  popular.] 

Rich.  Jones.    Entred  for  his  copie,  &c.  The 

Arbor  of  Amarus  delightes,  by  N.  B,gent.    .    vj*. 

[<"  N.  B.,  Gent.,*'  is  Nicholas  Breton,  gentleman ;  but 
some  difficulty  presents  itself,  because  his  Arbor  of 
Amoroui  Device$  was  not  printed  until  1597,  and  because 
the  word  **  delightes  "  in  tne  Register  seems  taken  from  a 
previous  work  by  Clement  Robinson.  At  the  same  time, 
it  is  not  at  all  impossible  that  Breton's  collection  was  at 
first  called  The  Arbor  of  Amoroue  Delighte,  and  that  it  was 
originally  printed  in  1594,  though  no  such  edition  is,  we 
believe,  known.  ** Devices"  may,  in  1597,  have  been 
substituted  for  "  Delights,"  in  order  to  avoid  the  resem- 
blance to  the  title  of  Robinson's  work  of  1584.] 

22  die  Januarij.  —  Rich.  Jones.  Entred  for  hb 

copie,  &c.  A  newe  Songe  of  Londonx  JoyfvU  weU 

come  to  the  Nobilitie^  Gentlemen,  and  Commonaltie 

to  HiUarye  Terme vj*. 

[At  this  date  Term-time  was  the  period  when  much 
business  was  done  in  many  trades,  but  especially  among 
booksellers.  The  plague  having  disappeared  in  conse- 
quence of  the  cool  weather,  the  term  was  again  held  in 
Westminster  Hall,  and  not  at  SL  Albans.] 

26^®  Januarij. — Nicholas  Linge  and  John  Bus- 
bye.  Entred  for  their  copie,  &c.  a  booke  called 
Cornelia^  Thomas  Kydd  beinge  the  Author    .    vj*. 

[Kydd's  Cornelia  came  out  anonymously  in  1594,  al- 
though we  here,  rather  unusually,  find  his  name  in  the 
registration.  It  was  a  translation  from  the  French  of 
Gamier,  a  fact  stated  (together  with  the  translator's 
name)  on  the  title-page  of  the  second  impression  in 
1595 ;  both  were  in  4to.  Very  recently  a  prose  tract  by 
Kydd,  on  a  dreadful  murder  committed  in  1592,  has 
come  to  light,  and  has  been  very  recently  reprinted. 
Kydd  began  writing  for  the  stage,  at  least  as  early  as— if 
not  earlier  than— Shakespeare ;  and  his  power  and  popu- 
larity were  both  great  before  the  year  1590.] 

Christopher  Hunt.  Entred  for  his  copie,  &c.  a 
booke  called  Godfrey  of  BuUoigne^  an  heroyacaU 
poem  of  Sr  Torquato  Tasso,  englisshed  by  jR.  C 
JEsguier vj*. 

[Richard  Carew,  Esq.,  of  Anthony  in  Cornwall,  was  the 
author  of  this  earliest  version  of  Tasso,  and  it  was  pub- 


lished at  Exeter  (at  least  some  copies  so  state),  with  the 
vear  1594  upon  the  title-page:  it  consisted  only  of  four 
Dooks,  and  the  whole  poem  was*  not  printed  in  English 
until  it  was  translated  by  Fairfax  in  1600,  folio.  Some 
copies  of  Carew's  attempt  have  the  name  of  Thomas  Maa 
at  the  bottom  of  the  Utle-page.  It  was  not  recy  soceess- 
ful,  or  probably  it  would  have  been  continaed  by  Carsv. 
Spenser  imitated  some  part  of  Taaso  in  his  Faerf  Qaeem, 
and  Fairfax,  just  after  the  death  of  that  poet,  had  the 
merit  of  availing  himself  of  Spenser's  adniiimble,  though 
unavowed,  imitations.] 

27  Januarij.  —  Abell  Jeffes.  Entred  for  his 
copie,  &c.  Af  ballad  of  the  Lamentable  lyfe  aai 
death  of  Robert  Stumunif  who  suffered  at  Tybome 
the  24  of  Januarie tj'. 

[For  what  crime  nowhere  appears,  that  we  are  aware 
of.    Stow  does  not  mention  the  case.] 

Primo  die  Februarij.  —  John  Danter.  Entred 
for  his  copie,  &c.  a  booke  intituled  Greene  his  fa' 
neralles .    .    vj'. 

[  Greene's  FuneraUt,  by  K  B.,  Gent,  was  printed  with 
the  date  of  1594  in  consequence  of  the  above  memerui- 
dum.  The  initials  only  have  led  to  the  supposition  that 
Richard  Bamfield  was  the  writer  of  these  sonnets,  but,  u 
the  Rev.  Mr.  Dyce  says,  they  are  unworthy  of  that  "^eas- 
ing poet : "  he  was  not  apparently  acquainted  with  the 
fact,  which  he  might  have  ascertained  from  Bamfiehl's 
CynMio,  1595,  that  the  **  pleasing  poet"  had  actually  dis- 
owned them.] 

vj*»  die  Febr.  —  John  Wolf.    Entred  for  hii 

copye,  &C.  a  book  entituled  The  newefoumde  Arts 

of  Catchinge  of  Connye  Catchers,  or  a  frapp  to  take 

a  hnave vjl 

[This  tract,  which  we  have  never  seen,  most  likely  grew 
out  of  various  small  publications  imputed  to  Robert 
Greene  on  the  subject  of  pocket-picking  and  frandnleDt 
trickery.  One  of  them,  77^  GrowKuiworke  of  Oom^f-catek- 
ing,  had  come  out  in  1592.] 

vj^  die  Februarij.  —  John  Danter.   Entred  for 

his  copye,  under  thandes  of  both  the  wardens, 

a  booke  intituled  A  Noble  Roman  Historye  of 

Tyttts  Andronicus vj^ 

[The  earliest  known  impression  of  Tiim  Andnmieus 
was  <" printed  by  I.  R.  for  Edward  White"  in  16U0;  bat 
there  can  be  little  doubt,  though  such  an  edition  i»  now 
lost,  that  it  originally  came  out  in  1594  pursuant  to  the 
above  entry  by  Danter.  We  were  once  tdd  of  a  copy 
dated  1594,  but  when  we  came  to  examine  it,  the  date 
had  been  altered  from  1600  to  1594.] 

John  Danter.  Entred  alsoe  unto  him,  by  war- 
rant from  Mr.  Woodcock,  the  ballad  thereof 

^- 

[Dates  are  seldom  given  upon  old  ballads ;  and  thon^ 
we  have  seen  several  reprints  of  the  ballad  of  TUmm  Am' 
dronicus,  we  never  met  with  one  certainly  so  old  si 
1594.] 

ix*  die  Februarij.— John  Wolf.  Entred  for  his 
copie  A  letter  sent  by  Amorath,  the  greate  Ttarkefo 
Christendome •     .     .     .    TJ'> 

11  Febr. — Adam  Islip.  Entered  for  hiscopiei 
&c.  a  booke  intituled  The  triall  of  Baetardy  .  rf' 

20  Februarij.  ^  John  Danter.  Entred  for  his 


8^  a  L  JuKS  28,  '62.] 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


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copie,  &c.  a  booke  intituled  The  RoyaUie  of  Eng' 

land vj*. 

22'*Febniarij.  — Willm  Matts.  Entred  for  his 
copie,  &c.  a  booke  intituled  The  hnnentation  of 
Traye/or  the  death  of  Hector^  with  an  old  womaru 
tale  in  a  Solitarie  Cell TJ'. 

[This  entnr  serves  to  remind  ns  of  two  distinct  prodac- 
tlons  by  6.  Feele,  his  Tale  of  Tn^,  and  his  Old  mv^t 
Tale;  but  it  is  not  connected  with  either.  We  have 
also  several  tracts  relating  to  tales  in  solitary  cells,  both 
bj  Greene  and  Lodge.  Warton  {U,  E,  P.  iv.  73,  edit. 
1824)  directs  attention  to  the  preceding  registration,  bat 
affords  no  information  respecting  the  work :  be  attributes 
the  publication  to  Matthews  instead  of  Matts.] 

J.  Paths  Colubr. 


WILLIAM  GODWIN. 

The  following  particulars  relating  to  the  family 
of  William  Godwin  (author  of  Caleh  Williams), 
which  I  lately  gathered  from  an  abstract  of  title, 
m^  be  acceptable  to  some  one :  — 

In  1764,  his  father,  John  Godwin,  described  as 
of  Guestwick,  in  the  county  of  Norfolk,  Grentle- 
man,  purchased  a  small  estate  at  Hindolveston, 
in  that  county,  which,  by  his  will,  dated  Oct.  20, 
1772,  wherein  he  styles  himself  of  Guestwick, 
Clerk,  he  gave  to  Ann  his  wife  for  life,  and  then 
directed  to  be  sold.  The  will  was  proved  at 
Doctors*  Commons  on  Dec.  30,  1772.  In  it  he 
names  the  following  eight  children :  — Edward, 
John,  William,  Joseph,  Conyers  Jocelyn,  Han- 
nah, Philip  Hull,  and  Nathaniel.  Of  these,  as 
appears  from  letters  of  administration,  Edward, 
described  of  St.  Leonard's,  Shoreditch,  in  the 
county  of  Middlesex,  Gent.,  died  s,  p,  in  April, 
1779  :  John  was  of  the  Inner  Temple,  and  died, 
also  s.  p.  in  Dec.  1805.  Conyers  Jocelyn  assumed 
the  name  of  John  Hull,  and  died,  «.  p.,  on  board 
the  **  Fox  **  East  Indiaman,  having  made  his  will, 
dated  March  6, 1783,  of  which  he  appointed  hb 
mother  sole  executrix ;  and  in  May,  1790,  she,  as 
Ann  Godwin,  of  Wood  Dalling,  Norfolk,  widow, 
proved  the  same  at  Doctors*  Commons,  as  the  will 
of  Conyers  Godwin,  otherwise  John  Hull.  After 
the  widow's  death,  the  estate  was  sold,  and  on 
June  11,  1810,  William  Godwin,  of  the  City  of 
London,  Esq.,  eldest  surviving  son  and  heir  of 
John  Godwin,  late  of  Guestwick,  Clerk ;  Joseph 
Godwin,  of  London,  Gent. ;  Hannah  Godwin,  of 
London,  spinster ;  Philip  Hull  Godwin,  of  East 
Bradenham,  in  Norfolk,  farmer ;  and  Nathaniel 
Godwin,  of  London,  gent.,  only  surviving  children 
of  the  said  John  Godwin,  were  parties  to  the  deed 
of  conveyance.  It  is  remarkable  that  John  God- 
win, the  father,  who  I  believe  to  have  been  a  dis- 
senting minister,  and  therefore  might  by  custom 
have  adopted  the  prefix  of  Reverend,  should  in  so 
solemn  an  act  as  his  will,  have  used  the  addition 
of  Clerk,  1  can  only  attribute  it  to  the  ignorance 
of  the  solicitor  who  prepared  the  instrument,  as 


to  the  real  status  of  his  client.  The  fact  of  the 
sailor  son,  Conyers  Jocelyn,  having  taken  the 
name  of  John  Hull,  requires  explanation.  Philip 
Hull  Godwin,  who  was  a  tenant  farmer  at  East 
Bradenham,  died  there  only  a  few  years  since, 
without  issue. 

Since  writing  the  above,  I  am  informed  that 
Philip  Hull  Godwin  left  a  large  family,  some 
members  of  which  are  now  living  in  this  neigh- 
bourhood. The  father  of  John  G^win,  of  Guest- 
wick, was,  I  am  told,  minister  of  a  dissenting 
congregation  at  Wisbeach.  G.  A.  C. 


CUSTOMS  IN  THE  COUNTY  OF  WEXFORD. 

One  of  the  customs  related  by  S.  Rbdmohd  is 
not  peculiar  to  the  county  of  Wexford,  nor  even 
to  Ireland.    In  1847 1  happened  to  be  at  Honiton, 
in  Devonshire ;  and  was  mformed,  one  day  at  the 
dinner  table,  of  an  incident  which  had  recently 
occurred  curiously  illustrative  of  the  superstitions 
of  the  people.    A  girl,  as  I  believe,  labouring  in 
the  last  stages  of  consumption,  had  been  tfULcn 
out    and    submitted  to  the    process    described, 
namely,  passed  three  times  under  the  belly  and 
three  times  over  the  back  of  a  donkey.    I  may 
not  remember  all  the  particulars ;  but  to  the  best 
of  my  recollection,  this  operation  had  to  be  per- 
formed at  some  place  where  four  roads  meet,  and 
on  a  night  when  the  moon  was  at  the  full.    This 
was  done  at  the  suggestion  of  a  **  wizard,**  or 
"wise  man,**  to  dispel  some  enchantment  or  *M11 
wish**  under  which  the  patient  was  supposed  to 
be  bound.     The  excitement  and  exposure  had 
hastened  the  death  of  the  poor  girl,  as  she  died 
either  in    being    carri^   home  or  immediately 
after.    An  inquest  bad  been  held,  and  thus  con- 
siderable notoriety  given  to  the  circumstance.    Li 
the  West  of  England  this  is,  I  am  told,  a  common 
method  of  dispelling  enchantments ;  but  I  am  not 
aware  that  it  prevails  in  the  Northern  Counties. 
I  think  it  would  be  in  vain  to  seek  any  origin  for 
this  custom,  except  the  cunning  of  some  professed 
dealer  in  spells  and  conjurations. 

There  are  very  many  curious  customs  in  the 
sister  country  which  were  quite  new  to  me.  I 
had  not  found  their  counterparts  in  the  parts  of 
England  with  which  I  am  acquainted. 

In  the  summer  of  1 858, 1  made  a  tour  of  Con- 
nemara  with  a  friend,  and  was  passing,  on  one 
fine  evening,  from  Galway  on  the  road  to  Lime- 
rick. We  travelled  in  a  car,  hired  for  the  occa- 
sion. When  some  miles  from  Galway  we  met  a 
funeral,  with  a  long  array  of  mourners  and  at- 
tendants :  in  all  kinds  of  vehicles— cars,  carts,  and 
waggons — and  attired  in  all  sorts  of  costume ;  and 
many  on  foot  It  appeared  as  if  the  whole  popu- 
lation of  a  village  had  turned  out,  to  honour  the 
last  earthly  journey  of  the  departed.    On  nearing 


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NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


[8^  S.  L  June  28,  *62. 


the  procefsioiif  our  carman  stopped,  drawing  up 
to  the  side  of  the  road.  A  man,  who  appeared  to 
be  the  conductor  of  the  ceremony,  advanced ;  and 
with  a  native  politeness,  which  no  people  possess 
in  a  greater  degree  than  the  humbler  classes  of 
the  Irish,  asked  that  we  would  be  f;ood  enough  to 
allow  the  car  to  follow  the  procession;  adiding, 
that  it  was  a  custom  with  which  we  might  not  be 
acquainted.  This  was  done ;  and  after  our  cars 
had  followed  some  hundred  paces,  he  thanked  us, 
said  that  would  do ;  and  wc  observed  that  he  then 
resumed  his  place  at  the  liead  of  the  procession. 
Our  driver,  who  was  a  very  dull  and  stupid  spe- 
cimen of  his  class,  could  give  no  explanation,  but 
that  it  was  usual  for  any  party  thus  meeting  a 
funeral  to  turn  round  and  follow  it. 

The  custom  of  lighting  candles  on  the  evening 
of  the  Vigil  of  All  Souls  extends  over  the  whole 
of  Ireland.  I  happened  to  be  in  BelmuUet  some 
years  before,  on  the  evening  of  that  day,  when 
every  window  was  thus  illuminated.  Is  not  this 
the  custom  in  all  Catholic  countries  ?  T.  B. 


SBLinar  fiotnT. 

Thb  Castia  of  Liveepool.  —  The  authors  of 
the  Pictorial  History  of  JEngiand^  vol.  i.  p.  83, 
describing  the  sentence  passed  upon  Alianor  Cob- 
ham,  Duchess  of  Gloucester,  in  1441,  state  that  — 

**  Bhe  was  condemned  to  do  pnbUc  'penance  in  three 

E laces  within  the  city  of  London,  and  siterwarda  to  pasa 
er  life  a  prisoner  in  the  Isle  of  Man,  under  charge  of  Sir 
John  Stanley.'' 

I  find  in  the  Annales  of  William  of  Wyrcester 
the  latter  part  of  her  sentence  thus  described :  — 

''Et  tnne  fait  assig^ta  pea  mandatnm  Begis  ad  cas- 
tellnm  de  Let-Poole  sob  coatodia  domini  Thonua  Stanley 
militis." 

Now,  there  can  be  no  question  that  Lei' Poole 
is  a  misreading  for  Lerpoole  or  Liverpool,  as 
that  place  is  well-known  to  have  belonged  to  the 
Stanleys ;  and  I  am  not  aware  that  the  historical 
writers  of  Lancashire  have  hitherto  observed  this 
early  and  interesting  notice  of  that  now  world- 
known  place.  The  Duchess  of  Gloucester  may 
have  been  first  committed  to  the  castle  of  Liver- 
pool, and  afterward  removed,  for  greater  secu- 
rity, to  the  Isle  of  Man.  J.  G.  N. 

Historic  Photographic  Gallery. — Will  not 
some  firm  undertake  a  historic  photo^^raphic  gid- 
lery  of  persons  and  places  ?  Architecture,  land- 
scape (under  which  may  be  included  passing 
open-air  history  and  geographical  discovery) ; 
the  arts  and  the  technicalities  of  science ;  the 
professions,  the  stage,  and  very  still  life  indeed ; 
together  with  the  persons  and  scenes  of  the  day, 
fill  the  Londoa  stop  windows;  but  if  it  were 
wanted  to  buy  a  photograph  from  a  statue  or 


painting  of  Edward  m.,  or  Loyola,  or  Colbert, 
or  a  correct  series  of  the  Napoleonic  medals,  or  a 
plan  of  the  Dutch  entry  into  the  Thames,  or  o£ 
some  dead  witness  of  antiquity,  as  London  Stone, 
the  chances  are  that  one  would  not  quickly  be 
found,   or  would  be  very  second-hand,  or  not 
authentic     Certainly,  where  a  spot  constitutes 
one  of  the  sights,  as  the  Tower  of  London,  or 
Killiecrankie  Pass,  or  Kit*s  Coty  House,  there  is 
no  difficulty  in  getting  a  view  on  paper ;  but  what 
is  wanted  is,  a  shop  to  which  you  coold  apply  for 
a  certain  series  of  historic  places  and  persons, 
with  the  certainty  of  a  previous  due  care  in  the 
artist's  selection  of  views  and  portraits.    Dates 
should  be  affixed,  and,  as  exceptions  to  the  pre- 
sent dear  practice,  some  specimens  left  unmounted 
for  the  purpose  of  being  pasted  in  portfolios  and 
books,  so  as  to  please  one*s  own  taste. 

S.  F.  Creswrix. 
Tonbridge. 

ArCHDALL*8   "  LODGB^S  PSBRAGB  OF  IbBLABD."' 

I  would  suggest^  to  some  one  who  has  the  leisure 
and  ability  for  an  undertaking  of  the  kind,  the 
compilation  of  a  general  index  to  the  Rer.  Morvyn 
Archdall*s  revised  and  enlarged  edition  of  Lodjg^e'e 
Peerage  of  Ireland  (7  vols.  8vo,  Dublin,  1789.) 
It  certainly  is  a  desideratum,  as  I  have  ofientiBies 
found  to  my  cost,  and,  if  well  executed,  wovld 
prove  a  vervfgreat  boon  to  many  a  reader. 

The  work  in  question  is  wonderfully  correct, 
when  we  consider  the  vast  amount  of  particniais 
it  contains;  but  there  are  some  rather  strai^ 
mistakes ;  for  example,  in  vol.  iv.  p.  314,  in  the 
copy  of  the  inscription  on  the  large  slab  in  me- 
mory of  James  Bermingham  and  Ellinor  Fitv- 
William,^  at  Lusk,  in  the  county  of  Dublin,  the 
editor  gives,  as  the  concluding  portion,  *'  wm  ihi 
MBRCATORi.**  For  thcso  somewhat  puzzling  words, 
which  Archdall  copied  from  Lodge  without  cor- 
rection, read  ^  V2b  mihi  pbccatori.*'        Abhba. 

Thb  Nrw  Bishop  ot  Cork.  —  The  foUowiog 
lines,  written  whilst  Bbhop  Gregg*s  appointment 
was  still  pending,  may  perhaps  find  a  place  in 
your  columns.  It  will  be  remembered  that  Dean 
Graves  and  Dr.  Magee,  of  Enniskillen,  were  men- 
tioned as  likely  to  ^succeed  Bp.  Fiti^g^ald  at 
Ck>rk. 

"  Who  shall  have  the  vacant  See^ 
Down  betide  the  River  Lee, 
Oregg,  or  Graves,  or  Will  Magee? 
Asked  a  stranger  curionsly. 

**  Graves's  maoneri  are  too  cold ; 
Magee  has  time  ere  he  grow  old ; 
Gregg  shall  be  shepherd  of  the  fold. 
Answered  Carlisle  presently.*' 

D.  S.  £. 

Mortars  akd  Cawhon.— The  Ardkaologia,  1790, 
pi.  zxxvii.,  illustrates  a  mortar  at  Eridge  Green, 
of  cast  and  wrought  iron,  used  by  the  people  on 


8>«  a  I.  JoKB  28,  '61] 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


505 


liolidajs,  &c.  It  also  mentions  that  the  first  gtau 
were  made  at  Buxted  furnace,  about  ten  miles 
fjrom  Lewes,  Surrey  (p.  472).  W.  P. 

Craious  Election  Return.  —  At  the  election 
for  the  borough  of  Antrim,  in  1776,  the  members 
were  as  follows  at  the  close  of  the  poll :  — 

«  Hon.  W.  J.  Skefflngton  -  -  -  162 

Hon.  Chichester  Skeffioslon  -  -  162 

SkeflSofl^ton  Thompson,  Esq.  -  •  184 

Alex.  Stewart,  Esq.        -  -  -  184" 

Each  party  seems  to  have  exerted  itself  to  the 
utmost.  A.  T.  L. 

Papa  and  Mamma.  —  To  listen  to  the  conver- 
sation of  young  people  in  the  present  day,  one 
would  think  that  fathers  and  mothers  were  aa 
much  things  of  the  past  as  hair-powder  and 
patches  ;  and  that  the  world  was  getting  on  quite 
as  well  without  them  as  it  contrives  to  do  without 
other  articles  which  are  now  denounced  as  un- 
fashionable. We  have  no  means  of  obtaining 
accurate  statistical  information  on  the  subject; 
but  it  is  scarcely  possible  that  railways  can  have 
done  more  to  extirpate  mail-coaches,  than  have 
modern  slang  and  modem  affectation  to  exter- 
minate all  traces  of  the  names  by  which  children 
were  formerly  wont  to  address  their  parents.  The 
managers  of  the  Crystal  Palace,  always  on  the 
alert  to  add  to  the  attractions  of  Sydenham,  will 
doubtless,  ere  long,  place  accurate  representations 
of  a  middle-class  father  and  mother  amongst  the 
other  extinct  animals  which  grace  their  grounds. 
Meanwhile,  in  anticipation  of  the  new  official  guide, 
which  shall  be  published  when  these  interesting 
objects  are  ready  for  public  inspection,  I  would 
aak  when  the  first  sign  of  decadence  in  fathers 
4md  mothers  began  to  appear  ?  When  papas  and 
mammas  were  proposed  as  '*  efficient  substitutes**? 
and  if  the  innovation  met  with  the  ridicule  which 
it  deserved  ?  St.  Swithik. 


^turiti. 


BIRTH-DAY  OF  GEORGE  HL 

I  should  be  glad  to  see  it  clearly  explained, 
that  the  birth-day  of  this  monarch  was  celebrated, 
throughout  his  reign  of  sixty  years,  on  the  right 
day,  namely,  the  fourth  of  June. 

That  day,  in  the  year  1738,  has  invariably  been 
stated  to  have  been  the  date  of  his  birth.  Kow, 
that  must  have  been  according  to  the  Julian  Ca- 
lendar, or  old  sfyle,  then  in  use  in  England,  as  the 
Act  of  Parliament  passed  in  the  24th  year  of  the 
reign  of  George  II.,  c.  23,  which  substituted  the 
new  for  the  old  style,  did  not  come  into  form 
until  **  from  and  after  the  last  day  of  December, 
1751  ;**  when,  by  the  operation  of  the  first  sec- 
tion, the  next  following  day,  the  1st  of  January, 
instead  of  the  following  25  th  of  March,  became 


the  first  day  of  the  year  1 752 ;  and  **  the  natural 
day  next  immediately  following  the  second  day  of 
September,"  in  the  same  year,  became  the  14th  in- 
stead of  the  3rd  of  that  month ;  and  the  sixth  sec- 
tion provided,  inter  alia^  that  nothing  in  the  Act 
*'  should  be  construed  to  extend  to  .  .  •  the  time 
of  the  attaining  the  age  of  one-and-twenty  years, 
or  any  other  age,  ...  by  any  person  or  persons 
whomsoever  now  born  or  who  shall  be  born  before 
the  said  14th  day  of  September  (1752),  .  .  .  and 
...  no  person  or  persons  whatsoever  shall  be 
deemed  or  taken  to  nave  attained  the  age  of  one- 
and-twenty  years,  or  any  other  such  age  as  afore- 
said, .  .  .  until  the  full  number  of  years  and  days 
shall  be  elapsed  on  which  such  person  or  per- 
sons respectively  would  have  attained  such  age 
...  in  case  this  act  had  not  been  made.**  Thus, 
the  Calendar  was,  if  I  may  so  express  m^sel^ 
ptdied  up  ten  days,  so  that  the  14th  immediately 
followed  the  2nd  of  Sept.  1752;  and  Mo/ having 
the  like  effect  on  every  succeeding  month,  the 
4th  of  June,  N.S.,  took  the  place  of  the  25th  of 
May,  O.S.;  and  the  14th  of  June,  N.S.,  took  the 

?lace  of  the  4th  of  June,  O.S.,  in  the  year  1753. 
'herefore,  it  was  on  the  14th  of  June,  1753,  that 
George  III.  completed  his  fifteenth  year ;  and  on 
that  day,  and  not  on  the  4th,  in  every  subsequent 
year,  the  anniversary  of  his  birth-day  should  have 
been  celebrated.  Tet,  for  sixty  years,  and  through- 
out the  British  dominions,  it  was  celebrated  ten 
days  earlier  than  it  should  have  been!  I  hope 
I  have  not  ^*  discovered  a  mare*s  nest** !  Has  tne 
question  ever  before  been  mooted  P  Esic. 

Ville  Marie,  Canada; 


JOHN  NORDEN  THE  TOPOGRAPHER. 

In  my  Descriptive  Catalogue  of  the  Worhs  of 
the  Canuten  Society^  I  have  stated  that — 

**  John  Korden  was  a  snrveyor  patronJsedl  by  Lord 
Bargbley.  It  is  doabtfol  whether  a  contemporary  John 
Norden,  the  author  of  maoy  religious  books*  was  the 
same  individual  or  no.*' 

In  making  that  statement  I  was  guided  by  the 
facts  stated  by  Sir  Henry  Ellis  that,  whilst  on  the 
one  hand  Anthony  k  Wood  ascribes  (to  one  and 
the  same  person  the  devotional  pieces  and  the 
Speculum  BritannicB^  Granger  thought  The  Pen" 
sive  Maris  Practice^  which  passed  through  forty 
editions.  The  Progress  of  Piefy^  which  was  re- 
printed by  the  Parker  Society  in  1847,  and  the 
rest  of  those  books  in  divinity,  **  belonged  to 
another  person,  possibly  his  father."  Sir  Henry 
Ellis  did  not  notice  that  Hearne,  as  well  as 
Anthony  k  Wood,  ascribed  both  classes  of  books 
to  one  writer ;  and  tells  the  following  anecdote 
r^arding  his  religious  authorship :  — 

*<  This  Mr.  Norden  had  a  Patent  about  concealed  Lands, 

and  being  foand  out  in  some  faults,  such  as  backwaid- 

j  ness  in  returning  the  money,  &&,  it  ooeaaionad  him  to 


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NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


'[S^  &  L  JuvB  28,  *62. 


write  bis  pions  books,  wbereof  there  are  Mveral.'* — Notes 
at  the  end  of  Uber  Niger  Seaecarii,  8ro,  1728,  p.  751.) 

Whatever  may  be  the  value  of  this  story,  it  is 
s  somewhat  interesting  point  of  literary  history 
io  be  ascertuned,  and  it  is  certainly  stranp^e 
if,  among  so  many  works  of  both  classes,  there 
are  not  some  passages  that  would  identify,  or 
effectually  distinguish,  the  writer  or  writers. 

At  the  end  of  The  Language  of  Amu,  by  Syl- 
vanus  Morgan,  1666,  there  is  an  important  pas- 
sage regarding  the  works  of  Norden,  that  is 
unnoticed  by  Sir  Henry  Ellis :  — 

**  The  Author  doth  also  advise,  that  be  had,  and  can 
still  procure,  several  pieces  of  John  Norden  his  Speeuhtm 
BrilannuBt  viz.  Kent.  Essex,  Surrey,  Sussex,  Hampshire^ 
the  Isles  of  Whight,  Gersey,  and  Gumesey.*' 

Now,  as  of  all  these  portions  of  Norden*8  ver^ 
interesting  work,  the  only  one  since  published  is 
Essex  (by  the  Camden  Society  in  1840),  it  is 
much  to  be  regretted  that  the  rest  should  have 
been  either  lost,  or,  if  any  of  them  are  still  lurking 
in  manuscript  stores,  that  they  should  not  be 
drawn  forth  from  their  hiding  places.  Can  any  of 
the  readers  of  '^  N.  &  Q.**  assist  in  effecting  that 
desirable  object  ?        ^     John  Gouqh  Nichols. 


Baxus.  —  I  find  this  as  English  for  a  house  or 
residence :  — 

''Paschalis  episcopns,  futbltationem  Ang\or}im  (^Baxut 
eorum  lingua  nuncupatam)  combustam,  audiens,  et  ex 
iisdem  incendiis  pene  totam  porticnm  qn«  ducit  ad  ba- 
silicam  apostolorum  devastari,'*  &c. — Anastasius  Biblioth. 
in  Patch,,  quoted  in  Giov.  Severano*s  Memorie  Sacre, 
1G30. 

The  nearest  modem  equivalent  to  Baxus  is 
box;  "the  Cit*s  country  box^  What  is  the 
word  really  meant?  Paschal  belongs  to  a.d.  817 
—824.  B.  H.  C. 

"  CiEUB  Vaillaht."  —  In  her  recent  work  on 
Henry  IV.  and  Marie  de  Medici,  Miss  Freer  has 
placed  on  the  title-page  the  following  motto  :  — 

"  ^A  coBur  vaillant  rien  d'impossible." 

Legende  de  Henry  IV. 

This  was  the  punning  and  somewhat  arrogant 
motto  of  the  famous  Jacques  Coeur,  the  merchant 
of  Bourges.  When,  and  on  what  occasion,  did 
Henry  lY.  assume  it  ?  Clio. 

Lord  Chatham  :  Spanish  Lanquaqe.  — 

*'  Lord  Chatham,  at  seventy,  learned  Spanish  for  the 
sake  of  enjoying  Don  Quixote"'— Saturday  Review,  Feb.  1, 
1862,  p.  125. 

Is  there  any  foundation  for  this  statement,  or  b 
^  Lord  Chatham  *'  a  mere  slip  of  the  pen  ? 

W.D. 

Cray. — I  am  told  there  is  a  stream  of  this  name, 
and  we  all  know  the  word  occurs  frequently  in 
Kent— St.  Mary*s  Cray,  Foot's  Cray,  &c.  All  I 
want  to  know  is,  whether  this  word  is  the  same 


as  the  French  craie,  meaning  chalk.  I  think  it 
is,  and  am  confirmed  in  my  opinion  by  the  word 
crayon,  where  no  doubt  of  the  meaning  can  exist, 
and  where  the  form  cray  appears.  B.  H.  C. 

Sn  £vbbasd'Diobt*s  ExBcunoH.* — The  fol- 
lowing appeared  in  the  '*  Variety  "  column  of  The 
Birmingham  Saturday  Evening  Post  of  December 
10,  1859 :  — 

**  Francis  Lord  Bacon  relates  that  when  the  execu- 
tioner, doing  his  office  npon  Sir  Everard  Digby,  sentenced 
to  be  hanged,  drawn,  and  quartered  for  ms  share  in  tbe 
ganpowder  plot,  plucked  oat  his  heart  and  held  it  np. 
exdaimine  as  the  manner  then  was,  *  Here*t  the  heart  of 
a  traitor,'  Sir  Everard  made  answer,  *  Thoa  liest!  * " 

Does  Francis  Lord  Bacon  say  so,  and  if  he  does, 
where  ?  FirzHorKUis. 

Garrick  Club. 

Thb  FAcuLxr  or  Laughter  :  Dr.  Last. — 

**  Wlien  we  find  Dr.  Last  asserting,  that  '  to  laugh  is  a 
right  given  only  to  man,*  we  recognise  a  portion  of  the 
moral  maxim  of  Epictetus,  which  begins  by  deelariqg 
that  of  all  animals  it  is  given  to  man  alone  to  be  a 
laughing  animal." — Athenaum,  OcL  18,  1856. 

What  Dr.  Last  ?  Not  Foote's,  in  The  Devil  to 
Pay ;  nor  Bickerstafie*s  in  Dr.  Last  in  his  Charint 

I  shall  be  obliged  by  a  reference  to  the  passage 
in  Epictetus,  with  whom  the  declaration  was  not 
original.  W.  D. 

German  Poet.  —  In  the  Orbs  of  Heaven,  by 
O.  M.  Mitchell  of  thel^Cincinnati  Observatory, 
the  lecture  (viiij),  on  **  The  Scale  on  which  the 
Universe  is  built,**  is  concluded  by  the  wild  dream 
of  a  German  poet,  which  thus  begins :  — 

**  God  called  up  from  dreams  a  man  in  the  vestibule  of 
Heaven,  saying,  *  Come  thou  hither,  and  see  the  glory  of 
my  house.' " 

^  Who  was  the  author  of  this  sublime  composi- 
tion, and  in  what  work  is  it  to  be  found  ? 

Ernest  W.  Bartlbtt. 

Rev.  Timothy  Kent,  A.M.,  Denbt,  York- 
shire. —  On  taking  down  the  east  wall  of  the  old 
church  at  Denby,  a  slab  which  had  been  buried 
in  plaister  was  discovered,  and  which  bears  the 
following  inscription.  The  present  rector  has  very 
properly  inserted  it  into  the  wall  of  the  new 
church,  and  inside  instead  of  outside  as  formerly. 
I  will  give  an  exact  copy :  — 

*' Christum  olim  ventumm  hie  prsestolator  Hmothens 

Kent, 
Artium  Magister,  et  hujus  Ecdesie  nuper  Minister 

Pastor 
Probus,  fidelis,  (si  quis  alius)  YigUantissimus  Condo- 

nator, 
Assiduus,   utilis,    Facnndus;    Argumentorom   tamea 

acumine 
Et  pondere,  quam  Terborum  Jenodnio  et  jactantia 

potentior 

*  See  EzecuUon  of  Azgyle^  8»i  B.  i.  897,  457. 


8^  S.  I  Jon  28,  '61] 


NOTES  AND  QUEEIES. 


507 


Yir  bonns,  et  elogio  melior.  At  qiuB  non  potest  Mannor 
Proprie  Virtates  et  Amicornm  aesideria  loqaentnr. 
Obijt  Aug.  28,  anno  domino  1691.'^ 

(I  wonder  who  penned  it  ?)  But  my  Query  is 
about  the  Rev.  Timothy  Kent — What  college? 
Can  you  give  me  any  information  about  him  ? 

George  Li^td. 

Lae-chow  Islands.  —  It  was  remarked  by  a 
traveller  who  visited  the  Lae-chow  Islands,  on 
the  north-eastern  coast  of  Siberia,  that  one  of 
these  islands  is  little  more  than  a  mass  of  the 
bones  of  extinct  elephants.  Can  a  reference  be 
given  to  the  book,  its  author,  and  publisher  ? 

Ebnbst  W.  Babtlxtt. 

Map  or  the  Couktt  o»  Dowh.  —  I  have  a 
copy  of  a  rather  larged-sized  and  curious  *'  Map  of 
the  County  of  Downe,  with  a  Chart  of  the  Sea 
Coast,  done  from  Actual  Surveys  and  accurate 
Observations,  1755.  John  Ridge,  Sculp.**  To 
whom  are  we  indebted  for  it,  the  surveyor*s  name 
not  appearing  thereon  ?  Abhba. 

Nationaii  Synods.  —  This  question  is  now  ex- 
citing much  interest,  especially  since  the  memorial 
of  the  Irish  Bishops  on  this  subject  has  been  pre- 
sented to  her  majesty.  Has  any  national  synod 
assembled  since  1540,  when  Henry  YIII.  sum- 
moned one  to  annul  his  marriage  with  Anne  of 
Cleves  ?  A.  T.  L. 

"  NoBTHBBN  Ibis.**  —  Can  any  of  your  Aber- 
deen readers  give  information  regarding  a  perio- 
dical called  T?ie  Northern  IrU  f  Who  was  the 
editor  ?  It  was  published  by  A.  Stevenson,  Aber- 
deen. Zeta. 

J.  Nelson's  **  Miscellany.**  —  In  a  volume  of 
Miscellanies  by  Jas.  Nelson,  apothecary,  London, 
1786,  there  is  a  comedy  of  considerable  merit 
called  The  Sentimental  Mother,  Where  is  the 
scene  of  the  comedy,  the  dramatis  persona^  &c.  ? 
See  a  notice  of  it  in  Nichols's  Literary  Anecdotes^ 
vol.  ix.  Zeta. 

Sabk.  —  During  my  absence  on  the  Continent 
for  the  last  few  months  there  appeared  in  one  of 
the  periodicals  an  interesting  little  article  on  Sark, 
one  of  the  Channel  Islands.  To  this,  being  about 
to  visit  the  island,  I  am  anxious  to  refer.  I  should 
be  much  obliged  for  the  information,  from  some 
one,  of  where  I  may  look  for  said  article? 

A  Constant  Readeb. 

Tbeblb.  —  I  put  a  Query  (2"*  S.  i.  195.)  re- 
garding the  origin  of  the  word  treble^  but  got  no 
satisfactory  answer.  I  have  since  read  that  it  b 
derived  from  thurihtUarius^  an  incense-bearer. 
The  thuribularii  were  boys,  and  hence  the  de- 
nomination treble  was  applied  to  boys,  and  so  to 
their  voices.  I  dare  say  F.  C.  H.  can  give  me 
aome  information.  Notsa. 

TuBKEYcocKS. — In  the  Catalogue  of  the  Sherifls 
of  the  County  of  Devon,  at  the  end  of  Izacke*s 


Antiquities  of  the  City  of  Exeter  (1677),  I  find  in 
the  d2nd  year  of  Edward  III. : — 

**  William  Too  bears  Argent  a  chevron  sable,  between 
three  tarkeycocks  in  their  pride  proper." 

Is  there  any  sufficient  authority  for  the  suppo- 
sition that  turkeycocks  formed  part  of  any  armo- 
rial bearings  so  early  as  the  reign  of  Edward  III.  ? 

Clio. 

Walsingham  Family.  —  What  was  the  affinity 
between  the  celebrated  Sir  Francis  Walsingham 
and  Sir  Edmund  Walsingham,  who  was  Lieutenant 
of  the  Tower  of  London  for  twenty-two  years? 

See  Hasted's  KerU^  vol  i.  p.  99,  where  it  is  stated 
of  Sir  Edmund  that  he  was  son  of  Sir  James  W., 
and  had  a  brother  James,  and  that  brother  James 
married  Eleanor,  eldest  daughter  and  coheir  of 
Walter  Writtle,  of  the  county  of  Essex,  and  died 
1540,  and  that  he  had  four  sons  and  seven  daugh- 
ters, and  **  one  of  the  sons  was  that  famous  states- 
man Sir  Francis  Walsingham.**  According  to  this. 
Sir  Francis  was  nephew  to  Sir  Edmund. 

See  Lod2e*s  Portraits^  vol.  iii.,  where  it  is  stated 
that  ^*  Sir  Francis  was  third  and  youngest  son  of 
Wm.  Walsingham  of  Scadbury,  in  Chiselhurst,  by 
Joyce,  daughter  of  Sir  Edmund  Denny  of  Ches- 
hunt,  in^Herts.** 

Hasted  says  that  Sir  Edmund  succeeded  his 
father  in  his  estate  of  Scadbury,  and  married 
Eleanor,  daughter  of  John  Gunter,  Esq.,  of  Surrey, 
by  whom  he  had  Thomas  (afterwanu  knighted), 
and  Mary  J  Alice^  and  Eleanor.  I  should  be  glad 
to  know  whether  Alice  and  Eleanor  married. 
Mary  married  Sir  Thos.  Bamardiston,  Knight,  of 
Ketton,  in  Suffi^lk.  Is  this  contradiction  in  the 
pedigree  of  the  historical  family  of  Walsingham 
capable  of  explanation  with  certainty  ?       A.  K. 


Bf.  Clayton,  or  Cloqhbb. — In  the  Edinburgh 
Review^  No.  ex.,  mention  is  made  of  an  Arian 
Treatise,  published  by  Bp.  Clayton  in  1751,  but 
not  written  by  himself  The  Irish  Convocation,  it  is 
said,  determined  to  proceed  against  him,  when  he 
was  seized  with  a  nervous  fever  which  terminated 
his  life  in  1758.  Is  anything  known  of  the  real 
author  of  this  treatise,  and  where  can  I  find  any 
record  of  the  proceedings  of  the  Irish  Convocation 
above  mentioned  ?  Alfbed  T.  Lee. 

[The  name  of  the  real  author  of  the  celebrated  disser- 
tation, An  Enay  <m  Spirii,  8vo,  1751,  has  never,  we  be- 
lieve, been  avowed.  This  work,  though  ascribed  to  Dr. 
Clayton,  was,  in  fact,  the  production  of  a  young  clergy- 
man in  his  diocese,  whom  he  befriended  so  far  as  to  take 
the  expense  and  responsibility  of  the  publication  upon 
himself.  It  was  in  1757,  after  Bishop  Clayton  had  pab- 
lished  the  third  part  of  his  VineUcatioH  ofths  Hittonts  o^ 
the  Old  and  New  Te$tament  (in  which  he  renewed  his 
attacks  upon  the  Trinity),  that  the  King  ordered  the 
Lord  Lieutenant  to  Uke  the  proper  steps  toward  a  IsffX 


508 


KOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


C8r«  S.  L  Jun  28»  "ei 


prosecntion  of  him.  A  dar  was  fixed  for  a  general  meet- 
ing of  the  Irish  prelates '(not  the  Convocation)  at  the 
house  of  the  primate,  to  which  Dr.  Clayton  was  snm- 
moned,  that  he  might  receive  from  them  the  notification  of 
their  intetitioos.  Bat,  before  the  time  appointed,  he  was 
»eised  with  a  nervoon  fever,  of  which  he  died  on  the  26th 
Febmary,  1756.  Bardy,  in  his  Lif€  of  the  Bev.  PluUp 
SkdUm,  mentions  an  anecdote  that  Bishop  Clayton  con- 
Kolted  a  lawyer  of  eminence  on  the  sabject  of  the  commis- 
sion, and  asked  if  he  thought  that  he  shoald  lose  his  bishop- 
rick.  **  My  Lord,**  he  answered,  ••  I  believe  you  will." 
**  Sir,"  be  replied,  ^  you  have  siven  me  a  stroke  which  I 
shall  never  get  the  better  of  J'  Whereupon  he  was  in- 
stantly seised  with  a  disorder,  and  soon  arter  died.] 

"  Lb  Chef-d'(Eovk¥  d'un  Incowkd." — Can  you 
give  me  any  information  respecting  a  ctirio'bs  old 
book  which  I  have  lately  picked  up  on  a  book- 
stand in  this  city  ?  It  is  of  12mo.  size,  and  en- 
titled—  Le  Chef'dCEuvre  (fun  Inconnu^  Poeme 
heureusemeni  decouvert  et  mis  au  jour,  avec  des 
remarques  savatUes  et  recherchSes,  par  M.  le  Doc- 
teor  Chrisoetome  Matanasius.  Quatri^me  edition. 
'A  la  Have,  cher  Pierre  Huuon,  1716.  It  is 
prefaced  by  recommendatory  verses  in  several 
languages,  but  with  regard  to  those  purporting  to 
be  m  Hebrew  and  Greek,  I  have  discovered  that 
the  former  are  merely  French,  and  the  latter 
English  rhymes  spelled  in  the  characters  of  those 
languages.  I  have  failed  to  make  out  any  object 
aimed  at  by  the  publication  of  the  book,  unless, 
perhaps,  it  be  to  ridicule  the  critics  of  the  time.  I 
should,  however,  like  to  have  the  opinion  of  some- 
body else  who  may  have  met  with  it  before  con- 
sidering it  (as  I  am  at  present  very  much  inclined 
to  do)  a  worthless  squib,  written  by  somebody 
who  felt  time  hanging  heavily  on  his  hands,  to 
while  away  the  ennui  of  his  abundant  leisure. 

T.T. 

Trinity  College,  Dublin. 

[A  good  account  of  the  author  of  this  work,  whose  real 
name  was  Saint- Hyacinthe  (Hyacinthe  Cordonnier),  mav 
be  seen  in  the  Biograpfde  univermlle.  The  work  itself 
appears  to  have  attracted  much  attention,  and  speedily 
ran  through  several  editions.  **  The  work  which  did  him 
most  credit,  and  to  which  be  owes  all  his  renown,  is  the 
Chef-(p€euvre  d'un  IncannUf  which  he  published  in  1714 
This  Ouf-d'ceuvre,  as  is  well  known,  is  a  popular  song, 
which  he  embellished  with  a  mock  commentary,  and  wiui 
all  those  prolegomena  with  which  Dutch  scholars  accom- 
pany their  editions  of  the  classics.  It  was  a  roost  clever 
and  witty  ezpos^  of  erudition  carried  to  excess,  and  in- 
flicted a  blow  from  which  pedantry  has  never  recovered. 
The  success  of  this  work  was  extraordinary.  Three 
editions,  printed  nearly  all  at  once,  scarce  satisfied  the 
impatience  of  readers.  Saint*  Hyacinthe,  who  had  con- 
cealed his  name,  had  the  satisfaction  of  seeing  his  work 
attributed  to  Fontenelle  and  to  La  Monnoye ;  and  when  he 
became  known  as  the  author,  he  could  not  resist  the  invi- 
tation which  he  received  to  Paris,  where  he  was  made 
welcome  by  the  literary  chiefs."  The  work  was  reprinted 
with  additions.  The  most  complete  is  that  published  by 
P.  X  Leschevin,  Paris,  1807,  in  two  large  vols.  8vo.  pre- 
ceded by  a  ** Notice"  of  103  pages  on  the  life  and  writ- 
ings of  Saint- Hyacinthe.  It  contains  amongst  other 
things  the  Anti'MatlionaWt  a  mock  critique  on  the  Chef^ 


Maphius  Vegics.— Can  you  give  me  any  in- 
formation relative  to  a  work  in  my  library  which 
unfortunatelj  u  defective  after  fofio  xciiL  ?  The 
following  is  a  copy  of  the  title :  — 

**  Mapbei  Tegii  Lauddsis  diuinaru  scriptarsmm  cU  pri- 
mis  peritissimi  oratoris  ite  &  poete  celeberrimi  Martini 
pape  qninti  Datarij :  De  perseuer&tia  religionis  libri 
■epte  elegfttia  no  minus^  sententie  granitau  redoleatea.** 

Then  follows  a  printer's  device,  with  "  bebm- 
BOLT  **  on  a  scroll  near  the  bottom.  Next  cornea 
sixteen  lines  in  Latin  verse,  inscribed  '*  Joannes 
Noctttinus  ad  leetorem.*' 

The  above  is  surrounded  by  a  neat  border,  but 
there  is  neither  date  nor  place  of  printing.  The 
dedicatory  epistle  commences  on  the  back  of  the 
title,  and  is  followed  by  an  *'  Index  Alphabetieoa 
annotatorum  in  hoo  oposculo.*'  J.  M. 

[HapheusYegius,  aLatin  poet  of  the  fifteenth  century, 
was  bom  at  Lodi  in  U06,and  died  at  Rome  in  1459L  Thr 
poem  for  which  he  is  most  celebrated  is  his  SappWoMDl 
to  the  JEneid,  He  imagined  that  Virgil  had  not  con- 
cluded that  work,  and  therefore  resolved  to  add  a  thir- 
teenth book.  Ghilini,  (7ea^  part  ii.  p.  188)«  erroneously 
thought  that  the  seven  books  Ih  Ptnntraniia  Bdimomu 
were  never  printed.  Our  correspondent's  copv  is  deacjeat 
of  the  last  three  leaves.  On  fol.  xcvL  is  the  following 
imprint:  ** Parisius  per  magistrum  Bertholdum  Rembolt 
&  lohannem  waterloes  In  Sole  Aureo  vici  Dini  lacobi. 
Anno  d](i  millesimo  quingentesimo  vndecimow  Die  vero 
xxiii.  Octobris."  An  epitome  in  manuscript  of  the  cele- 
brated work  of  Yegiua,  Dm  Libtrorum  Educatume^  dated 
1444,  was  sold  in  the  miscellaneous  portion  of  the  Libri 
library  (lot  7827)  on  July  26, 1861.] 

P£AC0CK*8  WoBxs. — There  are  few  if  any 
books  that  I  oflener  or  with  greater  pleasure 
recur  to,  than  those  inimitable  admixtures  of  learn- 
ing, shrewdness,  saUre,  and  genuine  warmhearted- 
ness, pervaded  hj  such  a  thorough  abhorrence  oT 
cant  and  humbug,  the  one-vol.  novelettes  of  Pea* 
cock.  I  believe  I  have  all  his  works,  namely* 
HeadUmg  HaU,  Nightmare  Abhey,  Maid  MarioM^ 
Crochet  Castle,  MeUneourt,  and  Chryll  Orange^ 
the  last  of  which  originally  appeared  in  Fraser*» 
Magazine;  and  in  its  republication  presents  a 
choice  specimen  of  what  typography  has  been,  but 
what,  alas !  it  seldom  is  now ;  and  in  which,  aa 
Lord  Facing'both'tDoys,  the  President  of  the  Panto^ 
pragmatic  Society,  1  was  delighted  to  reco^ise 
again  **the  learned  friend**  of  Crochet  Qutie. 
Can  you  or  any  of  the  correspondents  of  "  N.&  Q.** 
inform  me  whether  the  above  comprise  the  whole 
of  Mr.  Peacock's  published  works  ?  Ion. 

[Add  the  following:  TTie  Philosophy  of  Mdandwhft 
a  poem  in  four  parts,  with  a  Ikfythoioyieal  Ode,  Lood. 
4to,1812.  A\90,ReeoUectiontofChUiau)od,in**Tiiimtnm 
Bentley,"  Part  l  8vo,  1859.] 

BiBDBNDBH  Maids.  —  Where  can  I  find  any 
notice  of  the  Biddenden  maids  —  a  pair  of  ancient 
twins,  k  la  Siamese?  Some  of  your  Kentish 
readers  will  doubtless  be  able  to  tell  us  how  the 
curious  Easter  cake  distribution  arose,  and  what 
its  concomitants  are.    I  have  one  of  the  cakes^ 


a^  a  L  Jv»E  28,  "eso 


NOTES  AND  QUERIE& 


509 


lyhich  remarkablj  resembles  some  of  the  leaden 
antiques  now  so  much  debated.  I  also  have  a 
small  handbill  about  the  '*  Biddenden  maids,^  bat 
I  want  the  real  history  and  mjstery.      B.  H.  C. 

[Hasted  says  (anno  1798),  that  the  print  of  the  woman 
on  the  cakes'  **  has  taken  place  only  within  these  fifty 
years ;  **  and  that  the  truth  seems  to  be,  that  the  land 
was  the  gift  of  two  maidens  named  Preston.  It  is  there- 
fore extremely  probable  that  the  story  of  the  comjointd 
Biddenham  Maids,  has  arisen  solely  /rom  the  mcM  im- 
pression on  the  cakes,  and  been  chiefly  promulgated  by 
two  hand-bills,  one  of  which  is  entitled** A  Short  but 
Concise  Account  of  Elisabeth  and  Mary  Chnlkhurst;*' 
and  the  other  printed  by  Hone  {Every-Dtuf  Book,  iL443) 
called  *'  A  New  and  Enlarged  Account  of  the  Biddeaden 
Maids  in  Kent,  bom  joined  at  the  Hips  and  Shoalders." 
That  there  were  really  no  such  persons,  the  silenoe  of  sJl 
the  early  historians  of  Kent  on  tlie  snbject  affords  a 
strong  presumption;  and  also  the  proceedings  on  a  snit 
in  the  Exchequer,  brought  for  the  recoTery  of  the  lands, 
as  g^ren  for  the  angmsntation  of  the  Glebe,  by  the  Rot. 
W.  Homer,  Rector  of  Biddenden,  in  1666,  who  was,  bow- 
ever,  nonsuited.  Vide  Hasted's  KmU^  viL  138;  Gent, 
Mao.  xl.  872;  Brand*a  Antiqmtie$  (Boba's  edition), 
1  166;  Bscmetet  of  Enaland  and  Wdk^  TiiL  1207;  and 
««N.  &  Q."  2»<i  S.  it  404.  It  may  be  remarlMd,  that  a 
similar  t«1e  is  told  of  two  females  whose  figfoves  appear 
<Mi  tbe  pavement  of  Norton  St  Philip  Choreh,  in  Soaer- 
setsbire.] 

Sib  Thomas  Moee.  —  What  was  the  date  of 
Sir  Thomas  More*s  marriage  f  P.  R. 

^Foss,  in  his  Jwd^ea  of  England,  T.  207,  states  that  Sir 
Thomas  More  married  the  eldest  daughter  of  one  Maiater 
Colte,  a  gentleman  of  £8sex,  in  1605.] 


^tfXiti. 


COLE,  OF  SCARBOROUGH,  WORKS. 

(3^  S.  i.  387.) 

I  knew  a  person  of  this  name,  and  probably 
the  one  R.  Inglis  asks  after.  Something  like 
thirty  years  ago,  a  widower,  John  Cole,  and  his 
family,  went  from  Scarborough,  I  believe  to  live 
at  Wellingborough.  There  Cole  opened  a  small 
school,  and  placed  geological  specimens,  &&,  in 
his  window  for  sale.  He  was  a  quiet  man,  and 
was  regarded  as  very  eccentric,  because  he 
and  his  sons  would  go  out  all  day,  and  return 
laden  with  wild  plants,  &c.  Cole  wrote  a  small 
history  of  Northampton,  and  topographical  no- 
tices of  Ecton,  Weston- Favel,  Filey,  &c.  He 
wrote,  and  published  by  subscription  in  1838,  a 
History  of  WeUinghonmgh^  and  sometime  after  a 
History  of  Uigham  Ferrer*  and  other  places  near 
it.  Hii  industrious  curiosity  was  never  appre- 
ciated vt  Northamptonshire,  where  he  dragged  out 
a  miserasle  existence.  From  Wellingborough  he 
removed '«  Ringstead  or  some  village  in  its  vici- 
nity, wheie  he  ransacked  every  nook  for  relics  of 
antiquicy  and  natural  curiosities.  One  of  the  last 
things  [  heaiKl  of  him  was  his  finding  one  or  two 
Saxon  graves  in  the  valley  of  the  Nen,  with 


skeletons  and  iron  weapons.  The  bones  and  wea- 
pons in  part  1  saw,  but  one  of  the  latter  had  been 
ground  down  by  its  possessor,  and  stuck  in  a 
handle  to  do  duty  as  a  small  knife !  I  was  in- 
formed that  Cole  was  in  great  want  and  distress 
at  tbe  time  of  his  death  in  tiie  retreat  I  have 
alluded  to.  He  died  probably  ten  years  ago. 
That  this  is  the  John  Cole  inquired  after  b  toler- 
ably evident.  The  Herveiana  was  doubtless  by 
the  author  of  the  History  of  WeitoU'Favel;  and 
as  the  writer  of  the  notice  of  Filey,  it  is  plain 
that  he  was  one  of  the  Coles  whose  names  are  not 
unknown  in  the  literary  histonr  of  Yorkshire.  I 
remembw,  too,  tbat  when  J.  Cole  first  came  to 
Wellingborough,  I,  as  a  boy,  was  fond  of  reading 
the  little  books  about  Scarborough  in  'I^Jb^  &<l» 
which  he  exhibited  in  his  window.  The  only 
man  I  knew  who  could  relate  this  man*s  painftd 
history  is  now  no  longer  with  as.  B.  H.  C. 


In  reply  to  the  inquiry  of  your  correspondent 
R.  Ingus,  I  enclose  a  letter  from  John  Cole,  the 
Scarborough  bookseller. 

It  was  addressed  to  my  late  brother  in  1637, 
and  contains  a  list  of  Mr.  Cole's  various  publica- 
tions; among  others,  that  alluded  to  by  Ma. 
Inglis. 

1.  History  of  Northampton  and  its  Yidnity.  Fcap. 
8vo,  pp.  151.  With  a  view  of  Queen's  Cross.  North- 
ampton, 1815. 

2.  The  Talents  of  Edmund  Kean  deHneated.  Demy 
8vo,  pp.  19.    A  limited  impression. 

3.  A  Catalogue  of  Standard  Books,  msde  out  on  an 
entirely  new  plan.  Fcap.  8vo,  pp.  8.  The  titles  of  books 
are  here  formed  into  snigmas. 

4.  An  Enigmatical  Catalogue  of  Books  of  Merit,  on  an 
entirely  new  plan.  Fcap.  8vo,  pp.  4i.  Scarbro',  1821. 
Tlie  above  is  a  second  edit,  enlarged,  of  No.  8.  A  angle 
copy,  tinted. 

5.  A  Key  to  Co1e*8  iBnigmatkal  Catalogue  of  Books. 
Fcap.  8vo,  pp.  16,  1821. 

6.  Herveiana ;  or.  Graphic  and  Literary  Sketches,  il- 
lustrative of  the  Life  and  Writings  of  the  Rev.  James 
Hervey,  M.A.,  1822,8,  6.  8  Parts.  Fcap.  8va  Twenty- 
five  of  each  part  in  post  8vo.  6  of  Part  1.  on  tinted  paper. 
Appended  to  Part  IL  are  several  Original  Letters  of 
Hervey,  never  before  printed.  An  unpublished  dedica- 
tion printed. 

7.  Graphic  and  Historical  Sketches  of  Scarborough, 
with  several  fine  wood  engravings  by  Mason.  Fcap.  8vo. 
Scarb.  1822.    50  copies  on  large  paper ;  1  tftited. 

8.  Bibliographicsl  and  Descriptive  Tonr  from  Scar- 
borough to  the  Library  of  a  Pbilobiblist  1824.  The 
impression  of  this  work  consisted  of  only  150  copies. 
Post8vo;  50  on  writing  demy,  and  12  on  tinted  paper. 
A  fsw  supplementary  pages  were  afterwards  printed,  bat 
not  published. 

9.  The  Scarborough  Repository,  consisting  of  his- 
torical, biographical,  and  topographical  subjects.  Demy 
8vo,  1824.    A  few  copies  tinted. 

10.  The  Scarborough  Album  of  History  and  Poetry. 
Fcap.  8vo,  1825.  25  Copies  only  on  demy  8vo,  with  prooJb 
of  the  plates,  and  2  on  pink  satin,  and  2  on  white  satin. 

11.  Scarborough  Guide,  fcap.  8vo,  new  edit.  1825. 

12.  The  History  and  Antiqoities  of  Seton,  ooontj  of 


510 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


[8^  &  L  JoKB  28,  '62. 


Northampton.  Demy  8vo,  1825.  Only  150  printod.  Afow 
on  demy  writing,  and  on  tinted  post  A  cancelled  sheet. 
18.  Memoirs  of  the  Life,  Writings,  and  Character  of 
the  late  Thomas  Hinderwell,  Esq.,  author  of  The  History 
and  Antiquities  of  Scarborough.  Demy  8to,  1826.  Only 
250  printed,  and  18  on  4to. 

14.  The  Antiquarian  Trio.  Demy8vo,  1826.  An  un- 
published leaf  was  printed  for  thispamphlet.    1826. 

15.  The  Antiquarian  Bijou,  1829.  A  few  copies  on 
drawing  paper. 

16.  The  Antiquarian  Casket,  1829.  A  few  copies  on 
drawing  paper. 

17.  A  Tour  round  Scarborough,  historically  and  bibli- 
ographically  unfolded.  Demy  8ro,  1826.  Only  25  copies, 
with  a  few  on  tinted  paper.  There  are  etchings  attached 
to  this  work,  which  are  different  in  all  the  copies.  There 
are  two  copies  so  arranged  in  regard  to  the  letter-press  as 
to  introduce  a  portrait  of  Eginus,  a  fancied  character  in 
the  Tour. 

18.  Bookselling  spiritualtsed.  Books  and  articles  of 
stationery  rendered  monitors  of  religion.  Demy  8vo, 
1826.    Only  60  copies. 

19.  The  History  and  Antiquities  of  Weston  Fayell,  in 
the  Ca  of  Northampton,  demy  8yo.  Portrait  of  Her- 
yey;  his  birth-place;  rectory- house ;  and  figures  on 
bricks,  1827.    Only  50  printed. 

20.  The  Scarborough  Souyenir.  Fcap.  8yo,  with  fron- 
tispiece, 1827. 

21.  The  History  and  Antiquities  of  Filey,  in  the  Co. 
of  York.  Demy  8yo.  Views  of  the  Bay  and  Church  of 
Filey,  and  the  Representation  of  an  undescribed  Bird. 
12  copies  on  tinted  paper.  The  whole  impression  small, 
1828. 

22.  The  Scarborough  Collector  and  Journal  of  the 
Olden  Time.  Demy  8yo,  with  plates,  1828.  Only  150 
printed. 

23.  A  Biographical  Account  of  the  Key.  Samuel  Bot- 
tomley,  of  S^rborough.  Demy  8vo,  pp.  22.  A  few 
copies  on  tinted  paper. 

24.  A  Biographical  Sketch  of  the  hite  Robert  North, 
Esq.,  the  Founder  of  the  Amicable  Society,  Scarborough. 
Demy  8yo^  pp.  15, 1828.  A  few  8yo  copies  tinted,  and  a 
few  on  4to.  paper. 

25.  A  Descriptiye  Catalogue  of  a  Select  Portion  of  the 
Stock  of  John  Cole.  Demy  8yo,  1825.  2  copies  on 
drawing  paper,  6  on  tinted  paper,  25  medium  writing, 
being  the  whole  impression. 

26.  A  Pleasant  and  Profitable  Journey  to  London. 
Fcap.  8yo,  pp.  1 1.  Scarborough :  printed  (only  50  copies) 
for  priyate  distribution,  1828. 

27.  Scarborough  Worthies.  Demy  8vo,  pp.  64, 1826. 
Only  18  copies  printed. 

28.  Tribute  to  the  Memory  of  Mr.  Wm.  Abbott  Demy 
8yo,  pp.  10,  1827.    Only  a  limited  impression. 

29.  An  Unique  Bibliomaniac  displayed  in  a  biograph- 
ical Account  of  Mr.  Wm.  Abbott,  1827.  Only  6  copies, 
with  the  Catalogue  of  his  Books  complete. 

80.  Dialogues  in  the  Shades  respecting  the  Cliff  Bridge, 
Scarborough.  Demy  8yo,  1827.  Only  a  limited  impres- 
sion. 

81.  Historical  Sketches  of  Scalby,  Bumiston,  and 
Cloughton,  with  descriptiye  Notices  of  Haybum  Wyke 
and  Stanton  Dale  in  the  co.  of  York.  Demy  8yo,  1829. 
A  few  copies  on  tinted  paper. 

82.  Le  Petit  Yisiteur;  conUining  a  Sketch  of  the  His- 
tory of  Scarborough;  a  Series  of  Cabinet  Views;  and 
Scarborough  Lyrics  by  a  Lady.  Fcap.  8yo.  1826.  Only 
12  printed. 

83.  Casket  of  Poetry.  Fcap.  8yo,  1827.  12  copies  on 
tinted  paper. 

34.  BibliothecaColeiana:  a  Catalogue  of  the  Collection 
of  Books,  the  private  property  of  John  Cole,  of  Scar- 


borough. Scarborough:  printed  by  John  Cole  for  the 
perusal  of  his  friends,  and  not  for  sale,  1829.  The  whole 
impression  of  this  Catalogue  consists  of  but  4  copies  on 
pink  demy;  14  on  drawing  paper;  50  on  crimped  demy. 

85.  Histrionic  Topography;  18  fine  plates  by  Storer, 
1818. 

86.  Scarborough  Natural  Historians.  Fcap.  8yo,  pp. 
70. 

87.  Report  of  the  Committee  Meeting  on  a  Monument 
to  the  Memory  of  Henrey.  Fcap.  8ya  Scarborough: 
printed  (only  25)  by  John  Cole,  for  the  amusement  of 
idM  Friends. 

88.  Original  Letters  of  the  Rey.  James  Henrey,  M.A 
From  the  Originals  in  the  Collection  of  the  Rey.  R.  H. 
Knight  Demy  8vo,  pp.  60, 1829.  A  few  copies  on  tinted 
paper. 

89.  Biographical  Account  of  Master  Herbert  Demy 
8yo.  1880.    8  copies  on  drawing  paper,  16  tinted. 

40.  Scarborough  Graphic  Q^ns,  Demy  16mOk  plates^ 
1829. 

4L  Reminiscences  tributary  to  the  Memory  of  Thomas 
Allen.  Demy  8yo,  pp.  8.  Northampton:  printed  for 
priyate  distribution  and  not  for  sale.  Only  50  copies. 
1888.    About  12  on  tinted  paper. 

42.  An  Account  of  the  Proceedings  at  the  Commemora- 
tion in  Honour  of  Henrey,  at  Weston  Fayell,  June  18, 
1838.  Northampton :  printed  for  John  Cole  for  private 
distribution.    Only  50  copies.    Fcap.  8yo,  pp.  16. 

48.  Historical  Notices  of  Wellingborough.  Only  50 
copies,  12mo,  pp.  6.    Wellingborough,  1884. 

44.  History  and  Antiquities  of  Wellingborough.  Demy 
12mo.  Now  publishing  in  parts,  5  out  of  6  being  now 
out    2  copies  tinted. 

45.  The  North-Westem  Graphic  Cabinet  Fcap.  8yOb 
plates,  1883. 

46.  Ten  Minutes'  Advice  on  Shaying,  1834. 

47.  A  Month's  Excursion.  Fcap.  8yo»  pp.  IL  A 
limited  impression,  not  for  sale.    1829. 

48.  Verses  in  Commemoration  of  the  Rey.  James 
Henrey.    By  James  Montgomery.    4to. 

49.  Weep  Not  An  Elegy  on  the  Death  of  an  Infant, 
4to,  1822. 

50.  Questions  on  Cooke's  Topography  of  the  Co.  of 
York,  1821. 

51.  Questions  on  Cooke's  Topography  of  the  Go.  of 
Northampton,  1834. 

52.  History  of  Lincoln,  18mo.    Lincoln,  1818. 

53.  Sketch  of  the  History  of  Scarborough.  Fcapi  8yo^ 
1824. 

54.  Oldfieldian  Cookery  Book.  Fcap.  8yo,  pp.  24^ 
1828. 

55.  Elegiac  Stanzas  on  the  late  Rey.  S.  Bottomley. 
y  a  Lady.    4to,  pp.  4.    Only  25  printed,  1831. 

William  Jam£S  Sjora. 
Conservative  Club. 


ARMS  OF  THE  KINGDOM  OF  LEON. 
(3'«  S.  i.  407, 471.) 

I  can  offer  Hisp.  some  notes,  which  I  hcpe  may 
not  be  without  interest  to  him  and  any  ot^er  per- 
sons entertaining  the  question. 

Elias  Reusner,  in  his  BeuriXorwy  Opus  Cenealogi' 
cum  Catholicum  (Frankfort,  1592),  givei  at  p.  53, 
the  "  Stirps  Legionensis,**  that  is,  the  descent  of 
the  Kings  of  Leon.  He  begins  witii  Pelagicu^ 
(Pelayo,  the  founder  of  the  monarchy),  ▲.».  722 : 

**  Pelagius,  ex  regio  Gothomm  sanguine, a 


Srt  s.  L  Jinn  28,  '62.] 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


511 


Chrisiianornm  reliqaijs,  qua  in  montes  AstariflB  confage- 
rant.  Rex  consalaUtas  ....  in  ipso  sUtim  limine  regni 
hosti  Legionem  ciyitatem  eripait :  ubi  sedem  sni  princi- 
patus  flgens  novum  coiteUum  ....  extruxit :  onde  comi- 
tea  postea  Castella  dicti :  qai  labentibas  annis  . . .  Castel- 
lie  Reges  nominati  snnt.  DimiBsis  autem  Gothorum  intig- 
nibns  insignia  cepit  Leonem  rubrum  in  campo  candido : 
qoiboB  hodi^  adhuc  Reges  Legionensea  atontor." 

This  seems  to  be  good  evidence.  But  Andrew 
Favine,  writing  in  1619,  says  (p.  132,  book  vi. 
English  edition,  1623) :  — 

**  Le  Lyon  rempant  de  Gaealles,  on  de  Sablt,  en  champ 
d*Argent,  which  is  given  to  the  Kings  of  Leon  for  arms, 
belonged  not  to  Pelagios,  who  is  not  knowne  to  have 
any." 

Here  sable  is  given  as  an  alternative  to  gales, 
for  the  lion. 

Then  Father  Silvester  Petra  Sancta,  in  his 
Tessera  Gen/i/tYtes  (Rome,  1638),  at  p.  672,  blazons 
the  coat  of  Leon  — 

*'  lanthinos  leo,  cnm  diademoUe^  lingua,  et  fidcnlis  aureis, 
in  valvulo  argenteo." 

Here  we  have  the  lion  violet,  that  is,  purple ; 
and  it  will  be  noticed  that  the  lion  is  crowned. 
This  distinction  is  often  omitted;  Curiously  enough, 
it  is  omitted  in  the  engraving  of  this  blazon  of 
Fetra  Sancta,  on  the  same  page. 

But,  again,  in  the  great  Franciscan  Map  of  the 
Arms  of  the  Popes,  Bishops,  Kings,  Princes,  and 
Kobles,  who  had  been  aggregated  to  that  illustri- 
ous order,  the  fourth  shield  in  the  eleventh  row 
on  the  left  side,  reckoning  from  the  top,  is  labelled 
^'£x  Begibus  Gastillss,**  and  has  Castile  and  Leon 
quarterly.  Here  Leon  is  given,  argent,  a  lion 
rampant  gtdes^  crowned ;  and  so  elsewhere  in  the 
map.  And  also  in  the  shields  of  nobles  to  whom 
concession  of  part  of  the  royal  bearings  was  made, 
the  lion  appears  gvles.  This  map  was  published 
at  Antwerp  in  1650. 

Father  Menestrier,  in  his  La  MSlhode  du  BlasoUj 
Paris,  1688,  gives,  at  p.  313,  an  engraving  of  the 
Spanish  shield,  in  which  the  lion  is  gules.  Marc* 
Antonio  Ginanni  published  his  VArte'del  Blasone 
at  Venice  in  1756. 

In  blazoning  the  shield  of  Austria  he  says :  — 

^8  di  Castiglia,  di  rosso  con  un  Castello,  o  maschio  di 
fortezza,  d*oro :  partito  di  Leone,  d'argento  con  ^un  Leone 
di  rosso,  o,  covm  vollero  i  Franzesif  di  porporaj* 

This,  probably,  is  the  solution  of  the  question ; 
and  one  would  prefer  taking  a  Spanish  statement. 

Guillim  (p.  381,  ed.  1660,  second  issue),  blazons 
Leon,  "Luna,  a  lion  rampand,  Saturn"  It  is 
worth  noting  that  he  places  Leon  in  the^r«/  quar- 
ter. Possibly  the  blazon  of  sable,  or  saturn,  may 
hsLve  arisen  from  the  darkening  of  purple  into 
black. 

In  Paul  Wright*8  edition  of  Heylyn*s  Help  to 
English  History  (1773)  at  JohA  of  Gaunt*s  mar- 
riaj^e  with  the  daughter  of  the  King  of  Castile  and 
Leon,  Leon  is  given,  argent,  a  lion  rampant  pvr- 
pure. 


Nisbet,  in  hisSt/stemof  Heraldry^  reprint  of  1816, 
Part  in,  p.  43,  blazons  the  lion  gvles,  and  quotes 
Hoppingius  as  saying  of  the  Kings  of  Castile  and 
Leon,  that  they  bear  a  shield  **  in  parte  superior! 
sinistrd  et  inferior!  dextrd  leonem/u/iwm  in  campo 
albo  exhibens.**  He  repeats  the  statement  at  p.  86. 
On  the  tomb  of  Isabella  Le  Despenser,  Countess  of 
Warwick,  in  the  church  of  Tewkesbury  Abbey, 
is  still  to  be  seen,  after  long  ruin  and  neglect,  a 
shield  of  Castile  and  Leon.  In  this  the  lion  is 
gules.  D.  P. 

Stuarts  Lodge,  Malvern  Hills. 


ERASMUS  AND  ULRICH  HtJTTEN. 
(3^  S.  i.  289.) 

I  have  notes  of  the  following  translations  of  the 
Colloquies  of  Erasmus  or  of  parts  of  that  work. 
They  are  all,  with  perhaps  one  exception,  to  be 
found  in  the  Bodleian  Library :  — 

**  The  Colloquies  or  Familiar  Discourses  of  Desiderins 

Erasmus  of  Ruterdam  Rendered  into  English By 

H.  M.  Gent.    London,  1671,  8vo." 

**  Twenty  [two]  select  Colloquies  of  Erasmus  Roteroda- 
mus,  Pleasantly  representing  several  Superstitious  Levities 
that  were  crept  into  the  Church  of  Kome  in  his  days. 
By  Sir  Roger  L'Estrange,  K*.  To  which  are  added 
Seven  more  Dialogues,  with  the  Life  of  the  Author,  by 
Mr  Tho.  Brown.    London,  1680,  1699, 1725,  8vo." 

**Colloquia  Selecta,  with  an  English  translation  by 
John  Clarke.    Nottingham,  1720,  8vo." 

'*Colloquia,  translated  by  N.  Bailey.  London,  17S3, 
8vo." 

**  Pilgrimages  to  Saint  Mary  of  Walshingham,  and 
Saint  Thomas  of  Canterbury;* by  Desiderius  Erasmus: 
Newly  translated,  with  the  Colloquy  on  Rash  Vows,  by 
the  same  Author,  and  his  character  of  Archbishop  War- 
ham,  and  Dean  Colet,  illustrated  with  Notes,  by  John 
Gough  Nichols,  F.S.A.    London,  1849,  Svo." 

There  is  no  book  of  the  sixteenth  century, 
hardly  indeed  of  any  century,  which  gives  in  an 
incidental  manner  so  much  curious  information  as 
to  the  social  life,  religious  feelings,  and  supersti- 
tions of  the  past.  A  translation  of  the  CoUoouies^ 
with  notes  illustrative  of  these  matters,  would  be 
an  exceedingly  useful  addition  to  modem  litera- 
ture. I  have  long  intended  to  undertake  such  a 
work,  and,  in  my  reading  of  Mediasval  Literature, 
have  not  failed  to  make  notes  of  such  passages 
as  seem  tome  illustrative  of  the  subjects  discussed 
or  noticed  by  Erasmus.  I  hope,  however,  if  your 
correspondent  has  any  thoughts  of  presenting  his 
favourite  to  the  public  in  an  English  dress  of  new 
fashion,  that  my  designs  will  not  cause  him  to 
abandon  his  purpose. 

The  CoUo^uies  of  Erasmus  must  have  had  a 
great  effect  m  forming  the  minds  of  former  gene- 
rations of  Englishmen.  I  believe  they  were  almost 
universally  used  as  a  school-book  until  about  a 
hundred  years  ago.  It  is  not  improbable  that 
there  are  persons  still  alive  who  made  their  first 


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NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


[8»*  a  L  JtnrE  «8,  •61 


Acquaintance  witli  Latin  in  tlie  pages  of  the  great 
Hollander.  The  Rev.  T.  Hewitt  of  Bacton,  in 
the  county  of  Norfolk,  who  prepared  Porson  for 
Eton,  tells  a  correspondent  that,  in  the  year  1773, 
his  pupil  and  his  own  sons  were  reading  the  CoUo' 

fides  together  (J.  S.  Watson*i  Life  of  Porson^  p.  13.) 
s  it  not  possible  that  some  of  Porson's  feelings 
and  opinions  may  be  traced  to  this  school-book  ? 

I  do  not  remember  that  ih^EpUtuliB  Obicurorum 
Virorum  have  ever  been  translated.  How  could 
they  indeed  ?  In  the  original  they  are  among  the 
most  laughter-moving  of  books,  but  their  wit  and 
humour  is  frequently  of  that  kind  which  would 
entirely  evaporate  in  the  crucible  of  the  transla- 
tor. Besides  this,  an  abridged  version  would  be 
worth  little,  and  it  would  be  impossible  in  these 
days  to  present  the  whole  of  the  EpietoUe  in  Eng- 
lish. Like  many  other  productions  of  its  age,  it 
has  a  high  moral  tone,  accompanied  with  a  coarse- 
ness of  allusion  and  ezpresaion  far  beyond  any- 
thing which  would  be  tolerated  in  our  modern 
literature.  Edwaju>  Pbacock,  FJSJk.. 

Botlesford  Manor,  Brigg. 


THE  FERULA. 

(3'*»  S.  L  450.) 

Fendoj  fennel,  Plin.  Nat.  Hist.  Ferule  (a 
feriendo),  a  reed,  or  cane  from  the  fens,  giant- 
fennel.  "  TrUtes  fenda^  eceptra  Ptedagogomm^ 
rods  (reeds)  with  which  Roman  boys  were  cor- 
rected at  schools :  Martial. 

"  £t  nos  ergo  manam  (emla  sabdoximoa.'* 

Jav.  8aL  L  16. 

<*  Hie/roRpiY/crdai,  mbet  ille  flagellis, 
Hie  8caUc&.^— /<i.  t&.  vi.  478. 

Yalpy  interprets  the  passage,  '*  rods  broken  over 
the  back." 

"  Nee  scatica  dignnm  horribil!  sectere  flagello. 
Ne  ferul&  ctedas  meritam  majora  sabire 
Tarbera,  non  vereor." — Hor.  Sat,  I.  iii.  118.  * 

Anthon  says,  ecutica^  a  strap,  or  thong  of  leather; 
ferula^  a  rod,  or  stick ;  both  used  for  correcting 
school-boys ;  flageUum^  a  lash,  or  whip  made  of 
leathern  thongs,  or  twisted  cords,  tied  to  the  end 
of  a  stick,  sometimes  sharpened  with  small  bits  of 
iron  or  lead  at  the  end.  Dr.  Johnson  say8,/ertf/e 
was  used  on  the  hand.  He  ought  to  understand 
the  difference  between  ferula  and  virga  (vritk^ 
Sanscrit),  switch- rod,  having  himself  been  scourged 
over  the  buttery-hatch  at  Oxford.  The  virga  of 
the  mediaeval  ages  may  be  tested  by  turning  up 
the  old  oak-seats  in  Cathedral  choirs,  on  many  of 
which  are  carved  a  monkish  school-master  with  a 
bare-breeched  boy  in  his  lap,  and  the  uplifted  rod 
(fennel  ?)  in  his  hand,  ready  for  execution.  Whe- 
ther the  Romans,  on  finally  quitting  the  island, 
left  ihefenda  a  legacy  for  the  Britons,  or  whether 
it  was  originally  a  native  instrument  of  punish- 


ment, I  know  not ;  hut  this  I  know  from  personal 
experience,  that,  sixty  years  ago,  at  a  writing 
school  in  the  West  of  England,  the  master  irt' 
quenUy  fended  the  dunces  on  the  palm  of  tke* 
hand  with  a  flat  bat^  such  as  boys  use  for  **  bat- 
and-ball ;  **  and  more  freauently  gave  idle  adiolart 
*^  a  rap  on  the  knuckles  with  a  round  ruler  (fe- 
rule f)  Afterwards,  as  an  alumnus  at  the  King^s 
School,  I  found  the  birch  and  the  Uock  used  for 
corporal  punishment  —  the  ferule  being  con- 
sidered infra  dig.  at  a  grammar  school.  I  learn, 
however,  from  a  contemporary,  a  Scotsman,  that 
the  iawse  was  the  instrument  of  correction,  in  hb 
day,  at  the  High  School,  Edinburgh.  He  de- 
scribes it  as  a  stick-handle,  with  straps,  or  strips, 
of  leather  fastened  to  it,  and  that  the  ends  of  the 
straps  were  hardened  in  the  fire,  to  make  them 
knobbly,  i.  e.  like  the  knots  in  a  cat-o'-nine-tails,  or 
the  ^6ira\a  rvKtrrd  of  the  JBthiopians,  Heit)d.Tn.69. 
No  doubt  for  the  same  purpose  the  Romans  sewed 
bits  of  metal  into  the  flagellum,  that  the  punish- 
ment might  be  sharper.  And  so  also,  in  the 
ferule  a  small  round  hole  was  cut  out  in  the  ooitre, 
that  the  skin  might  be  drawn  up,  and  the  pain  be 
more  acute.  Only  a  week  past,  I,  bj  aoddenli 
got  into  conversation  with  a  Yorkshire  mechanic, 
**  an  engine-fitter,**  and  in  discussing  the  cfassge 
in  education  of  the  present  day,  he  said,  in  the 
North  Riding  dialect,  *"  When  master  ferwted  me, 
I  thought  to  myself,  FU  hide  thee«  when  Pm  ■ 
man,** — the  cow-hiding  of  the  Yankees,  or  the 
buirs  hide  of  the  ancients.  Here  ire  jret  die 
tetose  —  tonnes,  a  bull;  Gaelic,  ihtr;  Penan, 
tttwbn;  A.-S.  hwit  tawere,  a  dresser  of  wUts 
leather  (vellum  [veal]  calfs  skin)  with  size.  Ml 
with  the  oak-bark  the  tanner  uses  for  bnlts  hide. 
A  tawer  is  a  fellmonger  (peUii)^  a  skin-dresser; 
touw  (Dutch)  tow ;  to  give  a  tnose,  a  oobubob 
vulgar  phrase,  may  mean  the  rope's  end,  or  strap. 
The  tawee  (I  learn  from  another  Scotch  frieiid  of 
my  own  age)  was  used  both  on  the  hand,  and 
elsewhere ;  but  so  frequently  on'  the  hand,  tint 
boys  used  to  ask  each  other  in  the  pUy-gnrand. 
**  How  many  pamees  (palnuB)  did  yon  get  tohday  ?** 
And  the  maxumfemlm  subduximus  was  practised, 
not  by  pulling  back  the  hand,  but  by  psUing 
down  the  cuff  of  the  coat  over  the  palm,  to  cat» 
the  blow  of  the  taicse, 

Allah  Duhstablb  inquires.  Whether  the  use 
of  the  ferula  still  exists  r  It  has,  as  far  as  my 
observation  goes,  become  extinct,  through  the 
modem  exclusion  of  corporal  punbhment  in  scho- 
lastic teaching.  But  the  birch  still  keeps  iti 
ground  at  Eton,  and  elsewhere.  Indeed,  wichia 
the  present  Session,  it  has  been  enacted  in  the 
House  of  Commons,  that  all  boys  under  fourteea 
years  of  age  ordered  to  be  whipped  in  oovstf 
gaols  shall  be  punished  with  the  birdi,  not  with 
the  cat,  with  which  adults  are  still  to  be  oorreeled, 
when  spare  diet  and  solitary  cells  fail  to  make  ft 


S><  &  L  Jvn  !S,  ■».] 


NOTES  AJ?D  QUEEIES. 


dne  impreBiion  on  them.  But  the  critical  qoet* 
tion  on  tbc  Jervia  Btill  remaiDi  unaniwered,  vis. 
Whether  Ruman  Khoolmuters  whipped  "Bmall 
boyi "  with  a  rod  made  from  the  featherj  ihoota, 
fattieuhtm,  F.  /Mail!,  E.  /mitel ;  or  whether  the 
giant-BtalLs,  the  big-fennel  of  Pllnr,  were  thi 
fateu  carried  hj  Ae  Licton  before  the  Frslar  F 
Que    *    " 


The  ferula  properly  ^niade,  and  lued,  \a  an  io- 
sbnment  of  oorpcHral  punishraeDt  id  achoola  leu 
objectiontble  than  anj  other.  Some  feniiu  were 
made  of  wood,  bein^  flat  piece*  of  wood  roanded 
at  the  end,  with  which  the  delinquent  was  itmck 
on  the  band ;  and  in  lome  case*  thej  had  a  small 
opening  which  pinched  up  the  boy'*  hand,  with 
rarbiroQi  and  unjustifiable  cruelty.  Indeed,  the 
wooden  fmda  was  a  hard,  iU-aoatri*ed,  and  cruel 
initrament  in  iti  best  shape.  I  ncTcr  taw  ooev 
bnt  I  have  (o  often  he«rd  descriptiong  of  it  from 
boyi  who  bad /«i/  it,  that  I  give  ue  above  deacrl^ 
tion  with  full  confidence. 

But  the  feraia  of  leather  i*  as  fair  an  inatm- 


oorporal  pnniihmeot  is  to  be  retained  —  and  it  i* 
difficnlt  to  see  how  it  can  be  wholly  diipcQMd 
with — the  leather  fenda  is  the  least  open  to  ob- 

C'oQ,  It  is  about  ten  inches  long,  the  end 
^  rounded,  and  meaauriog  between  four  and 
fiv«  inches  in  the  broadest  parL  From  thi*  it 
0owa  graduallpr  narrower,  till  it  cornea  to  the 
DnAdtb  of  an  inch  and  a  hal^  and  the  estremitj 
k  fattened  to  a  long  wooden  stick,  or  handle. 
Tbe  leather  is  thick,  being  tueh  at  ihoemakera 
«M  feir  the  tolei  of  shoe* :  it  it  hammered  rather 
hard,  but  retains  itt  elatlicity.  It  ig  nted  for 
■diking  the  palm  of  tbe  boy'a  hand  only.  The 
boj  holds  out  his  lell  hand  to  receive  the  stroke, 
at  being  most  convenient  for  the  master,  who 
Strikes  with  his  risht.  The  pain  is  a  smart  tingling 
lensation,  which  while  it  inflicts  adequate  chattiae* 
meat,  is  accompanied  with  no  danger  of  wounding 
or  bruising,  and  is  entirely  free  from  the  re- 
Tolting  circumstances  of  punishment  with  the 
rod.  One  or  two  strokes  of  the  femia  upon  the 
hand  are  commonly  sufficient,  though  hardened 
delinquents  may  deterre  half  a  dosen,  or  even 
more.  F.  C.  H. 


I  remember  teeing  more  than  one  specimen  of 
this  very  eSective  instrument  of  panishment,  in  S. 
Torkshlre  schools  some  thirty  years  ago ;  the 
tnaterial  was  luually  leather,  or  tough  wood ;  tbe 
form  that  of  a  spoon  beaten  flat :  the  place  of  in- 
fliction was  the  open  palm  of  the  hand.  In  Gerard 
Oonw's  picture  of  the  School -master,  in  the  Vitz- 
william  Museum,  Cambridge,  the  master  holds  in 
me  hand  an  el^nt  specimen  of  the  tnstrument 


inquired  after.  I  have  not  teen  or  heard  of  its 
use  in  any  of  the  numerous  acbools  that  I  have  of 
late  yeara  come  in  contact  with.      J.  Eastwood. 

At  a  large  private  school  at  Bath  I  remember 
to  have  seen  the  infliction  of  "  pandying"  by  the 
master  on  tbe  open  hand  of  oflendera,  with  an 
instrument  of  torture  of  circular  shape  provided 
with  a  handle,  which  weut  by  the  name  of  a 
ferule.  A  common  ronnd  mler  wat  sometimes 
employed  as  a  substitute. 

Mackbheub  £.  C.  WiucoTt,  UlA.,  F.S.A. 


If  your  correspondent,  Aiaxs  DmnTABLB,  wilt 
refer  to  a  Latin  dictionary,  he  wilt  find  that/«ni£i 
means,  lit.  "  An  herb  like  big  fennel,  and  which 
may  be  called  fennel-giant."  2nd. "  A  rod,  stick, 
or  ferula,  wherewith  children  are  corrected  in 
schoola."  3rd.  "  A  cane  or  reed ;  a  walking  ttaC" 
Ecclesiastically  it  meana  Virga  Piutaraia,  ten 
Baeidum  Piulorak,  "  Epiteopi  pastorea  gregis 
Dominici  sunt,  ideo  bacnlum  (sen  ferulam)  in 
custodia  przferunt."  "  Per  baculum  (aeu  feru- 
lam) potestas  regiminis  figuratur."  (Vid.  Macri 
HieroUxieoii,  verbb.  Femta,  Baeuhim  EpiteopaU, 
Narthtx,  &c,)  Again,  in  the  ancient  churches, 
the  first  division  wat  called  the  HarOux  in  Greek, 
and  FcTTda  in  Latin,  and  was  "  a  narrow  vestibule 
extending  tbe  whde  width  of  the  church;"  "so 
called  because  the  figure  of  it  was  supposed  to 
resemble  a  Fertda,  that  is,  a  rod,  or  Btafl|  called 
bj  tbe  Greeks  NarlhexT  (See  Bingham,  book  viii. 
cb.  4.)  I  fear,  however,  that  Uie  information 
contained  in  the  latter  moiety  of  this  communi- 
cation will  excite  but  little  iniereat  (if  it  be  not 
rqected),  on  (A«  Norlhoftht  Tweed. 

E.  C.  HAXnrGTOH. 
The  CloM,  Eutar. 


"YawKBi  DooDi^  BORBowa  cash"  (3^  S.  i. 
468.)  —  I  have  a  cutting,  unfortunately  without 
date,  but  not  lese  than  tiiteen  years  old,  in  which 
the  lines  inquired  after  are  said  to  be  copied  from 
the  LiUranj  Qaztlie.  Aa  they  are  worth  preterr- 
ing  in  **  N.  &  Q.,"  a  copy  is  aubjoined. 

"  A  Naw  Bono  to  *«  Owi  Ttraa. 
"  Ymiuit  Doedlt. 
"  Yankee  Doodl«  borrows  ash, 
Tankta  Doodls  ipenda  it. 
And  tbso  he  nupa  hit  fingtra  at 

Tbe  jolly  fliti  who  lendi  IL 
Aak  biia  whea  he  mcuia  to  pay, 

He  showg  no  besilalioD, 
Bat  iivi  he'll  take  the  ahorteat  way. 
And  Ihafa  repudiatioo ! 

cnoru— YukM  Doodle  borrowa,  &c 
"Taakie  vows  that  every  But* 
la  fres  and  mdependent ; 
And  If  Ibey  paid  eacfa  otker's  debts, 
Thare'd  never  be  an  ind  on't 


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[8^.aJ.JiTsr2f8,'61 


They  keep  distinct  till '  settling '  comes. 
And  then,  throaehoat  the  nation, 

They  all  become  *  United  SUtes  * 
To  preach  repudiation  I 

<*  Lending  cash  to  Illinois, 

Or  to  Pennsylvania, 
Florida  or  Mississippi, 

Once  was  qaite  a  mania. 
Of  all  the  SUtes  'tis  bard  to  say 

Which  makes  the  proudest  show.  Sirs, 
Bat  Yankee  seems  himself  to  like 

The  sUte  of  O-I-Owe,  Sirs! 

**  The  reverend  joker  of  St,  Paul's 

Don't  relish  much  their  plunder. 
And  often  at  their  knavish  tricks 

Has  hurl'd  his  witty  thunder. 
But  Jonathan  by  nature  wears 

A  hide  of  toughest  leather. 
Which  braves  the  sharpest-pointed  darts 

And  canon$  put  together ! 

*<He  tells  'em  they  are  clapping  on 

Their  credit  quite  a  stopper. 
And  when  they  want  to  go  to  war 

They'll  never  raise  a  copper. 
If  that's  the  case,  they  coolly  say, 

Just  as  if  to  spite  us. 
They'd  better  stop  our  dividends, 

And  hoard  'em  up  to  fight  us. 

**  What's  the  use  of  monev'd  friends 

If  you  mustn't  bleed  'em  ? 
Ours,  I  guess,  says  Jonathan, 

The  country  is  of  freedom ! 
And  what  does  freedom  mean,  if  not 

To  whop  your  slaves  at  pleasure. 
And  borrow  money  when  you  can. 

To  pay  it  at  your  leisure  ? 

'*  Great  and  free  Amerikee 

With  all  the  world  is  vying ; 
That  she's  the  *  land  ofpromi$e  * 

There's  surely  no  denying. 
Be  it  known  henceforth' to  all. 

Who  hold  their  L  O.  U.  Sirs, 
A  Yankee  Doodle  promise  is 
A  Yankee  Doodle  <fo,  Sirs ! 

"Cecil  Harbotti.b.'* 
J.  Eastwood. 

English  Refugees  in  Holland  (3^^  S.  i.  409.) 
Your  correspondent  will  probably  find  Newinweek^ 
the  place  he  mentions,  to  be  Neuenwied,  now  iVeu- 
wiedy  a  town  on  the  Rhine,  about  ten  miles  N.  W. 
from  Coblentz,  and  to  which  a  party  of  French- 
reformed  members  of  the  United  Brethren,  who 
had  been  compelled  to  quit  Herrnhaag,  removed 
in  the  year  1750,  at  the  invitation  of  its  then 

grince,  John-Frederick- Alexander  Count  Wied. 
iee  Holmes*s  History  of  the  United  Brethren^ 
vol.  i.  p.  409 ;  vol.  ii.  pp.  27,  87,  199.  This  may 
possibly  serve  as  a  key  to  the  information  sought 
by  W.  W.  S.  D.  B. 

18,  Regent  Square,  W.  C. 

John  Delafield  Phelps,  Esq.  (3'*  S.  i.  477). 
This  gentleman  resided  at  Chavenage  House,  near 
Tetbury.  By  the  London  Gazette  of  January  31, 
1761,  his  father  was  appointed  Sheriff  for  Glou- 
cestershire, of  which  country  Mr.  Phelps  was  a 


native,  and,  in  correspondent  time,  a  magistrate. 
The  name  of  Delafield  was  adopted  by  the  family, 
in  consequence  of  their  possessing  property  at 
Pagan  Hill,  near  Stroudwater,  as  stated  by  your 
correspondent.  I  find  by  Clarke's  Law  Lut^  Mr. 
Phelps  is  designated  as  a  barrister  in  1824;  bat 
inclination  and  an  ample  patrimony  seem  Ut  have 
induced  him  to  pursue  ardently  the  invesUgation 
of  the  antiquities,  and  to  collect  materials  of 
every  description  for  a  history  of  his  county.  A 
very  short  time  previous  to  his  decease  he  pub- 
lished the  result  of  his  labours  in  a  volume,  crown 
8vo,  entitled  Collectanea  Ghucestriensis,  being  a 
Catalogue  of  Books,  Tracts,  MSS.,  Prints,  Articlei 
of  Topography,  Plans,  Coins,  Seals,  Portraitr,  &c 
&C.  (with  descriptions  of  the  local  tokens  which 
were  circulated  in  Gloucestershire  ten^.  Crom- 
well, and  a  few  years  after  the  restoration  of 
Charles  II.,  then  in  the  possession  of  Mr.  Phelps, 
at  Chavenage  House),  Lond. :  Wm.  Nicol,  60,Ptll 
Mall,  1842.  These  were  printed  solely  for  circu- 
lation among  his  intimate  friends.  Mr.  Phelps 
was  one  of  the  earliest  and  most  zealous  sup- 
porters of  the  Roxburghe  Club,  which  met  for 
the  first  time  at  the  St.  Alban*s  Tavern,  on  Wed- 
nesday June  17,  1812,  and  when  it  was  agreed  by 
the  seventeen  members  then  assembled,  that  each 
member  should  reprint  the  number,  limited  to 
those  present,  of  some  ancient  and  scarce  work, 
which  should  be  interchanged  amonfr  those  form- 
ing that  meeting.  Mr.  Phelps,  for  his  contribu- 
tion, chose  The  Glutton's  Feaver^  by  Thomas  Ban- 
croft, 4to,  1633.  Mr.  Phelps  possessed  what  ii 
now  perfectly  unique  —  the  Gloucester  Jemnd 
complete  from  its  commencement  in  1722 ;  and 
his  collections  are  so  diverse  and  general,  it  wiU 
be  much  to  be  regretted  if  they  should  not  bs 
preserved  to  form  a  nwitieus  for  an  archsBoIogical 
museum  much  wanted  in  that  counfy.    Notahs. 

Poor  Poll  (3'"»  S.  i.  388,- 454.)  —The  follow- 
ing was  pointed  out  to  me,  man^  years  ago,  by  a 
musical  u'iend,  in  a  certain  metrical  psalm,  when 
sung  to  a  tune  called  '^  Boyce :  *' 

•*  Thou  art  my  bull — 
Thou  art  my  bull — 
Thou  art  ray  bulwark  and  defence." 

J.  Eastwood. 

Your  interesting  articles  on  "  Hymnolosy  "  ir- 
resistibly remind  me  of  a  negro- cnild*s  scuiool  tt 
Barbadoes,  where  this  hymn  in  praise  of  the  Bible 
was  sung  to  the  tune  of  **  Soldier  Laddie,** — 

''Holy  Bible,  book  divine! 

Tooral  loo,  tooral  loo! 
Precious  treasure,  thou  art  mine! 
Tooral  loo,  tooral  loo  t " 

It  was  Wesleyan,  I  thinL  A.  L 

Monkstown,  Ireland. 

Dbaf  and  Dumb  Litbeatubg  (d'^  S.  L  437.) 
Your  correspondent  A.  M.  Z.  may  find  soote  of 


S^S.LJ(nn2S,-6S.] 


NOTES  AND  QUERIEa 


the  inroniution  he  desire*  id  the  Ute  Dr.  Chirlea  I 
£.  H.  Orpen'*  Atuedolet  and  Atmalt  of  the  Dtaf  , 
and  Dumb  (2nd  e.d,  London,  1836),  and  Mesars. 
RingUnd  knd  Gclstoa'a  Rtport  of  a  DtpnttUio*  to  , 
SrUuk  iBttUutions  for  the  Deaf  and  Duab  (Dub- 
lin, IS56).  AuHBA. 

Your  cormpondeot  A.  M.  Z.  will  find  two 
■rticlei  on  Ihi*  asbject  in  7^e  Mirror,  vol.  iii.  i 
pp.  147,  193.  W.  L  S.  H.    , 

NoBUUisH  AMD  BiBons  (3"  S.  L  431.)— Yoar 
eoiTMpoQiient,  S.  C,  ia,  I  dare  m^,  not  singular  in  I 
not  beinxfamiliiu'  with  the  conttilution  of  the  old 
Scottiih  rtrliament,  in  which  the  Three  Eatatea,  I 
Clersj,  Baronage,  and  BuT;;easea,  were  not  lepa-  J 
ratea  into  the  Upper  and  Lower  Houae*,  but  u-  \ 
■erobled  together,  as  on  the  Continent.  Hence  ' 
sll  "  freeholden  by  knight- service,"  from  tie  Earl  | 
or  Duke  to  the  amallest  Squire,  u  we  should  now 
MT  in  England,  were  inuluded  in  ibe  Baronage.  ; 
The  LeMer  Barons,  who  were  not  ennobled  bj  die  i 
wvereign,  were  uBuall;  known  ai  LairAi  instead  j 
of  Lordt,  and  may  be  considered  much  the  same  . 
clui  as  our  "  Lords  of  the  Manor,"  or  Squire- 
srchT.  These  were  the  Barons  who  sat  with  the 
JVoMsmen.  SioaxT.     | 

Qdaxbis  (3''  S.  i.  439.) — I  can  inform  your  cor-  | 
reapondent,  Euiornach,  that  the  White  Quakers 
have  for  some  years  been  extinct,  and  that  their 
leader,  Joshua  Jacob,  has  terminated  his  vagaries 
by  seeking  rest  in  the  bosom  of  the  Romiih 
Chnrch.  I 

Bnt  my  chief  object  in  repljring  to  Eiuonfack 
ii  not  to  set  him  richt  respecting  the  crazy  little 
couununity  called  White  Quakers,  but  to  correct 
hia  statement  that  Mrs.  Grier'a  book  ii  a  trust- 
wortfar  source  of  information  regarding  the  Society 
of  IVienda.     I  was  myself  a  member  of  that  So- 


cietj  for  the  first  thirty  years  of  my  life,  and  for 
a  coiudderable  portion  of  that  time  I  had  frequent 
interconree  with  many  influential  members  of  that 


community.  I  hare  besides,  at  variona  times, 
read  and  thought  much  on  the  various  contro' 
reraiea  between  the  Quakers  and  other  Christian 
bodies.  I  have  now  been  for  about  twenty-five 
years  an  attached  member  of  the  Church  of  Eng- 
land, but  I  glill  retain  a  warm  friendship  and  re- 
rird  for  many  members  of  the  Society  of  Friends. 
amy  thus  much  about  myself  to  show  that  my 
opinions  on  this  subject  have  not  been  hastily  or 
•uperficially  formed,  and  to  serve  as  an  apology  to 
£iBiOMMACH  for  assuring  him  that  what  he  calls 
*'  the  only  book  that  has  ever  appeared  which  un- 
Teila  Quakerism  "  ia  a  groaa  caricature,  and  abounda 
in  fictions.     If  Eibionrach  bad  bad  the  same  op- 

rirtunities  for  obtaining  correct  information  that 
h»ve  bad,  I  have  no  doubt  he  would  be  of  the 
same  opinion. 

To  any  one,  however,  who  is  desirous  of  seeing 
k  TCry  able  and  fairly  written  defence  of  Quaker- 


ism in  itapreanijphaae  (for  it  is  just  now  under- 
going [coniiderable  transformation),  I  would  re- 
commend the  perusal  of  alittlc  book  just  published 
by  Bell  and  Daldy,  entitled  Ckarlet  and  Joiiah,  or 
Priendbj  Convertationi  hetween  a  Charchmari  and 
a  Quaker.  One  peculiar  recommendation  of  this 
work  is,  that  it  is  mjunly  a  genuine  dialogue,  the 
part  of  Charles  being  written  by  a  layman,  and  re- 
vised by  a  clergyman  of  the  church  of  England ; 
while  that  of  Josiah  was,  in  a  great  degree,  written 
by  a  Quaker,  in  consultation  with  some  of  the 
leading  members  of  his  own  community. 

HtBBBno-  C  ATBouctra. 

Babdr  (3*^  S.  i.  403.)  —  I  cannot  agree  with 
Ms.  KsrasTLiT,  who  d^ves  this  wwd  fi-om 
Wehrmiuin.  If  he  had  aaid  Wehr  alone,  his  de- 
rirntioD  might  have  passed  muster,  but  the  teord 
JIAmn  certunly  does  not  form  part  of  ^nm,  al- 
though baron  originally  meant  Jlfan  (Germ.  Matin). 
The  termination  on  is  not  a  corruption  of  Mann, 
but  a  mere  ending,  which  is  very  common  in 
Engl.,  Fr.,  and  Span.,  and  is  equivalent  to  the 
Lat.  O  (aa  io;xico,  &c.),  and  the  Ital.  one.  What 
it  originallj^  signified  1  cannot  undertake  to  say, 
but  tiiere  is  no  reason  for  supposing  that  it  has 
any  connection  with  the  word  Mann.  The  re- 
mainder hir  ^  the  Sanak.*  vira.  Hind.' bir,  Lat. 
ej>,  Goth,  vair,  Old  H.  Germ.  JVir,  Wer,  A.-Sax. 
Wer,  Iceland,  ver  (vir,  maritus),  &c.  &c.  That 
iaron  ia  derived  from  this  source  ia,  I  think,  in- 
disputably proved  by  the  Span,  varou,  which  still 
means  a  male,  a  man  of  diitinction,  and  a  baron.^ 
It  ia  doubtful  whether  Wehr  (Che  first  syll.  of 
Wehrmannj  old  H.  Germ.  Wer,  has  the  same 
origin.  Grimm  gays  it  has ;  Diefenbacb  thinks  it 
has  not  If  Grimm  ia  right,  then  the  second  ayll. 
of  Wehrmami  would  be  a  tranalatiou  of  the  firat, 
just  as  in  Benton  t,  ton  is  the  translation  of  the 
first  syU.  Ben  (Hebr.  13,  ton). 

The  bar  of  doron  may  possibly  be  connected 
with  the  Chald.  13  (bar)  ion,  for  the  same  ex- 
pression  which   we    find    in   Dan.  vii.  13,  viz., 

*  Id  Saoskr.  rira  means  nrnii ;  vara,  butband  (in  Uem. 
alio  Jlfami.)  Comp.  Oitffnbach't  VergleieluMltt  WSrIeri. 
d.  godi.  Spr.,  Boworlh'a  Jng.-Sax.  Diet.,  and  Graffs 
AtlhoehdetttMcher  SpracAufiatz. 

t  But  comp.  Fan,  and  Can,  which  in  clua.  LaL  means 
a  ttupid  UAiv,  a  libKkhead;  in  late  Lat.  a  tlnmg,  vigotout 
man,  and  in  mid.  Lit.  a  htuboTuL  Tfae  prioisry  meaeiDg 
ot  varointlAio  he  a  Nnck  of  loiigh,  bard  BVodiVontiy). 
Graff  gives  bar  (from  wUch  ha  derivea  ban)  in  Old  H. 

with  the  adj.  tar,  which  he  traaslatei  punti,  liber,  midu, 
vonuj,  iaanti,  and  vlilcb  "  A.  S.  tat,  bar,  onr  ban, 
Gerin.  boar  (bare,  pure).  CuTioasly  iDongb  the  Htb.  1^ 
(bar)  also  tneans  pure  and  (Prov.  ziv.  i)  perfaapa  anphi. 
Tbe  connection  between  parily,  frttdom,  and  oaptiiui^  la 
evident.    They  all  irnpl}'  the  abiemx  or  want  of  aomt- 

t  Benson  ia,  aa  doubt,  a  contractioa  fw  Beii'i  m.  La, 
the  son  of  Ben,  or  Banjamin. 


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NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


[3^  S.  L  Jdxb  28,  ■d 


K'JtJ  13  (son  of  man)^  or,  contracted,  K'J  T2  (bar' 
ndsh)^  is  constantly  used  in  Syriac  in  the  sense 
of  man.  F.  Chamcb. 

"RANiE  CANORA3]'  (2^*  S.  xii.  503;  3"»  S. 
i.  434,  &c.) — I  feel  it  right  to  apologise  for  in- 
truding on  your  space  in  again  referring  to  the 
above  unworthy  subject;  but  with  reference  to 
your  correspondent's  (Fitzhopkius')  remarks,  I 
think  it  only  justice  to  the  memory  of  the  late 
Mr.  Wakefield  to  say,  that  although  he  did  not 
imagine  himself  a  poet,  yet  some  of  hb  altera- 
tions of  Pope*s  version  of  Homer  are  conceived 
in  good  taste,  and  may  fairly  be  called  improve- 
ments on  Pope.  And  such  they  certainly  were 
thought  by  a  critic  in  Blackwood's  Mag.^  who,  some 
thirty  years  ago,  spoke  very  favourably  of  them 
in  reviewing  Troliope*s  translation  of  the  lliad^ 
who  availed  himself  of  Mr.  W.*8  alterations,  with- 
out the  slightest  acknowledgment;  in  confirma- 
tion of  which  I  find  the  following  remark  in  the 
Monthly  Review  for  June,  1830  :  — 

"  We  are  sorry  to  remark,  and  deem  it  no  more  than 
jastice  that  the  fact  should  be  generally  known,  that  Mr. 
Wakefield  has  experienced  the  fate  of  manv  other  dis- 
tiDgtiished  critics,  in  having  the  most  valuable  of  his 
notes  pilfered  without  acknowledgment  by  succeeding 
editors.    See  some  remarks  on  Trollope*8  //u»  Homeru** 

K.  W. 

Mbs.  Elizabeth  Whittle  (3"*  S.  i.  288.)  — 
The  first  wife  of  Sir  Stephen  Fox,  whom  Pepys 
had  known  when  a  boy,  was  Elizabeth,  daughter 
of  William  Whittle,  of  London :  she  died  in  1696, 
and  the  names  of  her  children  will  be  found  in 
the  pedigree  of  Fox  in  Hoare's  Modern  Wiltshire^ 
hundred  of  Alderbury,  n.  37.  I  am  not  sure  that 
Old  Mem.  requires  this  information,  or  merely 
to  re- invent  repys*8  anagrams.  If  the  latter,  I 
beg  his  pardon,  and  will  leave  the  undertaking  to 
those  who,  as  he  suggests,  have  more  time  and 
patience.  \  J.  G.  N. 

PoBTBAiTs  OF  Abchbishop  Cbanmbb  (3^**  S.  L 
269,  416.)  —The  suggestion  of  N.  H.  S.  that 
Cranmer,  though  he  had  been  close  shaven  in  his 
prosperity,  yet  allowed  his  beard  to  grow  during 
the  confinement  of  his  latter  days,  appears  to  be 
confirmed  by  the  following  passage  m  the  narra- 
tive of  his  martyrdom,  describing  his  memorable 
act  of  burning  '*  his  unworthy  right  hand  *' :  — 

'*  When  he  was  bound  to  the  stake,  as  soon  as  the  fire 
was  kindled,  he  raised  his  left  band  to  heaven,  and 
thrusting  out  the  other,  held  it  in  the  flames,  not  re- 
moving it,  except  once  to  ttrook  hit  becard,  till  it  was  quite 
consumed." 

This  appears  to  fortify  the  idea  that  the  bearded 
portrait  of  Cranmer  may  truly  represent  him  as 
ne  appeared  on  the  last  awful  trial  of  his  meek 
and  timid  but  faithful  spirit. 

John  Gough  Nichols. 

Dame  Mabgabbt  ahd  Geobgb  Haltbubton 
(3^*  S.  I  347,  418.)  — Although  unable  to  iden- 


tify Dame  Margaret  Halyburton,  I  have  no  doubt 
Bbhop  Guthrie  refers  to  the  Lady  of  Fitcar; 
from  which  family  both  George  Haly barton, 
minister  of  Aberdalgie,  and  Greorge  Halyburton, 
minister  of  Ferth,  and  future  Bishop  of  DunkeU, 
were  descended. 

The  Lordship  of  Coupar  was  erected  by  James 
VL,  in  1607,  out  of  lands  previously  pertaining 
to  the  abbey  of  Coupar,  in  the  immediate  vicinity 
of  Fitcar,  and  conferred  upon  a  younger  son  o( 
the  first  Lord  Balmerino.  This  Lord  Conpar 
married  Margaret,  daughter  of  Sir  James  Haly- 
burton of  Fitcar,  and  died  s.  p.  1669,  the  estate 
and  titles  devolving  upon  Lord  Balmerino. 

Assuming  the  date  of  Lord  Coupar*8  death  to 
be  correct,  I  do  not  know  how  the  title  came  to 
be  in  dispute  in  1645. 

George  Halyburton,  minister  at  Ferth,  had 
brought  himself  into  collision  with  the  covenant- 
ing party  in  the  church  on  account  of  hb  com- 
munications with  Montrose,  with  which  party 
Lord  Balmerino  exercised  a  powerful  influence, 
and  hence  Dame  Margaret's  appeal. 

I  shall  be  much  indebted  for  the  particulars  so 
kindly  offered  by  your  correspondent  regarding 
George  Halyburton  of  Aberdalgie ;  or  by  any  in- 
formation tending  to  elucidate  Uie  connexion  be- 
tween George  Halyburton  of  Ferth,  and  the 
Fitcar  family. 

It  is  to  be  regretted  that,  owing  to  the  failure 
of  the  title,  the  history  of  the  Haly  bur  tons  is  not 
to  be  found  in  the  Scottish  peerage  at  the  period 
in  question,  and  any  hints  upon  the  subject  would 
be  esteemed  a  favour. 

F.S.  Did  Sir  Walter  Scott  edit  a  History  of  the 
Halyhurtons  (from  which  he  was  also  descended, 
and  whose  arms  he  quartered  with  his  own  arms), 
and  where  may  a  copy  of  it  be  seen  ?*    MABimr. 

Toby  (Z^  S.  i.  390, 437.)— During  the  reign  of 

Charles  II.,  we  find  Dryden  using  the  word  Tory 

with  its  present  political  signification,  witness  the 

following  passage  in  his  epilogue  to  *'  The  Duke 

of  Guise,- 1683:  — 

*'  Damn'd  neuters,  in  their  middle  way  of  steering^ 
Are  neither  fish,  nor  flesh,  nor  good  red  herring: 
Nor  Whigs,  nor  Tories  they ;  nor  this  nor  that ; 
Not  birds,  not  beasts,  bat  just  a  kind  of  bat ; 
A  twilif(ht  animal,  true  to  neither  caase, 
With  Tiny  wings,  but  Whiygith  teeth  and  daws.** 

From  the  footnote  to  A.  A.*8  communicattoQ 
(3'^S.  i.  390),  it  is  evident  the  word  must  bsve 
changed  as  to  its  application  since  the  time  wken 
Joseph  Glanvirs  Sermons  were  published,  or  more 
correctly  written,  and  the  date  of  Dryden*s  lines. 
I  should  be  glad  to  know  the  year  of  issue  of  tbe 

[*  Sir  Walter  Scott's  respect  for  the  worthy  baroai  d 
Newmains  and  Dryburgh  was  testified  by  his  Memoriak  ^ 
Hie  UaliburtonSf  printed  for  private  circulation  only  is  tM 
year  18*20,  4to.  A  copy  is  in  the  Granville  CcAeetioO) 
British  Museum. — £d.] 


DHE  18,  '62.] 


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517 


mofu\  as  it  might  assist  in  defining;  the 
Ate  of  the  disuse  of  the  word  as  Fuller 
t,  and  likewise  the  advent  of  the  term  as 
:e  of  a  political  party.  W.  I.  S.  H. 

t  heard  another  derivation  attributed  to 
t  name  of  Tory  —  Tahhraidh  (Give  ye, 
id  deliver).  The  pronunciation  of  the 
rd  has  much  the  same  sound  as  Tory. 

H.  C.  G* 

Jbacb:  Babos  (3"*  S.  i.  466.)— "His 
is  a  title  of  Lancastrian  origin,  Henry  lY. 
ind  having  been  the  first  to  assume  the 
t  would  seem  to  have  been  derived  from 
n  formula,  Dei  Crratia;  which  is  found 
irst  time  on  coins  of  Edward  IIL's  reign, 
in  use,  though  whether  as  a  clerical  ad- 
ly  I  know  not,  as  early  as  the  time  of 
agne.  The  title  of  JBarons,  as  applied 
Karons  of  Exchequer,  probably  denotes 
more  than  the  chief  men  presiding  over 
k:  — 

enry  Spelman  (Glouarium^  1626,  In  voce  baro,) 
>e  word  baron  as  a  conmption  of  the  Latin  vir; 
a  distinct  Latin  word,  need  by  Cicero  for  in- 
id  tlie  Bopposition  of  corrnption  is,  therefore, 
ry.  The  Spanish  word  varon,  and  the  Portu- 
oo,  are  slightly  varied  forms.  The  radical  parts 
baro  are  probably  the  same,  b  and  r  being  con- 
itters.  The  word  bonnes  (also. written  bawte§) 
•s,  as  far  as  we  know,  in  the  book  entitled  De 
xandrino  (cap.  53),  where  barones  are  men- 
long  the  guards  of  Cassias  Longinus  in  Spain ; 
'ord  may  possibly  be  of  native  Spanish  or  Gallic 
The  Roman  writers,  Cicero  and  Persios,  use  the 
>  in  a  disparaging  sense;  but  this  may  not  have 
primary  signification  of  the  word,  which  might 
lean  man.  But  the  word  had  acquired  a  re- 
ense  before  its  introduction  into  £ngland."  — 
^yclopadia. 

I,*'  says  Mr.  Fosbroke,  ^was  a  term  applied 
le  Romans  to  the  servants  of  the  Equites,  but 
time  of  Augustine  noblemen  in  the  service  of 
ere  so  called.  Because  the  Franks,  and  other 
nations  called  any  man  Baron,  the  word  came 
'  any  man  or  husband,  whence  our  Baron  and 
law.  Princes  styled  their  vassals  by  knight's 
^aroM,  because  they  would  distinguish  them 
r  men." 

F.  Phillott. 

^AMKs  Bashford  (S'*  S.  L  454.)  — I  have 
(13th  June)  received  from  the  Rector  of 
in  the  county  of  Meath,  a  few  particulars 

ate  Mr.  James  Bashford,  which  may  be 

lie  to  some  of  your  correspondents.    My 

it  writes  as  follows :  — 

ijed  answering  your  letter  until  I  conld  aseer- 
>tbing  correct  about  Mr.  James  Bashford.  I 
L  told  by  a  near  relative  of  his,  that  he  was  fully 
I  of  age ;  that  for  two  years  back,  he  was  not 
sound  in  intellect ;  that  during  that  time,  he 
ned  to  his  bed :  but  that  he  had  a  good  appetite 

le  DhcourseSf  Sermons^  and  Remains^  by  the 
ph  Glanville.    Lond.  1C81,  4to.— Ed.] 


to  the  day  of  bis  death,  which  seems  to  have  happened 
rather  unexpectedly.  He  was  reduced  to  a  skeleton. 
His  hair  had  not  turned  grey\  and  up  to  the  period 
above-mentioned,  he  was  always  in  good  health.  He 
was  the  son  of  a  Mr.  James  Bashford,  of  Donagbmoine, 
near  Carrickmacross  [in  the  county  of  Monaghan].  In 
after-life  he  became  wealthy,  and  held  land  under  the 
present  Lord  Justice  Blackbnrne." 

His  father  having  been  a  Protestant^  the  child's 
baptism  may  be  on  record  in  the  panah  register 
of  Donagbmoine.  •  Abhba. 

Cutting  off  with  a  SniLLnvG  (S**  S.  i.  331, 
477.) — ^The  Rev.  Dr.  Samuel  Annesley  (cousin  to 
the  first  Viscount  Valentla)  had  twenty-four  or 
twenty-five  children.  By  his  will  (made  late  in 
the  seventeenth  century)  he  left  one  shilling  to 
each  who  should  survive  him;  and  directed  the 
residue  to  be  divided  among  three  of  them,  who 
were  dependent  upon  him. 

Job  J.  Bakdwell  Workabd,  M.A. 

OwTHERQUEBAUNCB  (3'''*  S.  1.  467)  is  merely  a 
form  of  outre- cuidance,  presumption,  overweening. 
The  ^knowledge'*  of  the  same  passage  is  our 
acknowledge.  Benj.  East. 

How.  Wm.  Ffft  (3'*  S.  i.  467.)— The  author  of 
the  pamphlet,  about  which  J.  iSL  inquires,  was 
Mr.  James  Walker,  an  advocate  at  the  Scotch 
Bar,  and  who  latterly  was  one  of  the  principal 
clerks  of  the  Court  of  Session ;  previous  to  his 
appointment  to  which  ofi&ce,  he  was  sheriff-depute 
of  the  county  of  Wigton.     He  died  in  1856. 

The  date  of  the  publication  was  1810,  not 
1819,  as  stated  in  the  Query;  and  I  am  old 
enough  to  recollect  that  it  was  quite  understood, 
at  the  time,  that  Mr.  Walker  was  the  avowed 
author.  He  was  a  thorough-paced  Tory;  and 
the  pamphlet  was  consequently  much  be -praised 
by  politicians  of  that  party,  but  I  do  not  think  it 
made  much  impression  on  the  public  mind  gene- 
rally, and  it  was  soon  forgotten  :  nor  am  I  aware 
that  the  author,  though  a  most  worthy  and  re- 
spectable man,  was  ever  distinguished  in  the 
literary  world,  or  favoured  it  with  any  subsequent 
contribution.  S. 

BoTTxrAKG  (2»*  S.  V.  394 ;  xi.  139.)— 

**  Julius  GsBserBottefang  pneter  singularem  in  omnibns 
artibns  liberalibns  peritiam,  femoralia,  tboraces,  eibi  ipsi 
formabat  snebatc^ne ;  omni  instrumento  musico  non  cane^ 
bat  solum  egregie,  sed  et  illi  melius  quam  quivis  alius 
artifex  conficiebat;  penicillin  Pictores;  acu  pingendo 
Arachnen  ipeam  provocabat ;  ut  mulierculis,  qua  artem 
illam  profitabnntnr  pndorem  incutereU"  —  Morhcfii 
Foiyhistor^  torn.  i.  p.  2.    Lubec,  1708. 

The  ballad  seems  to  have  been  taken  from 
Morhof's  account  rather  than  Moreri*s.  The 
above  extract  is  not  very  important,  but  I  send 
it,  partly,  because  any  additional  knowledge  is  of 
some  value  where  so  little  is  known ;  but  prin- 
cipally, because  its  insertion  will  show  that  replies 
to  old  Queries  are  acceptable.   Some  readers  haTe 


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[8^  a  L  JuKB  28,  *9l 


an  impression  that  a  Query  which  has  appeared 
a  year  or  two  becomes  antiquated.  My  own 
▼lew  is  that  by  answers  to  Queries,  old  or  new, 
the  value  of  the  work  is  increased.         £.  N.  H. 

Uncokscious  Fjlagiarism  (3"^  S.  i.  366.)  — 
Probably  both  were  suggested  by  the  floating 
hyperbole,  the  best  known  instance  of  which  is  in 
JEn.  vii.  807  :  — 

**  Ilia  vel  intacta  segetb  per  snmma  volaret 
Gramino,  nee  teneraa  corsa  laesiBset  aristas  " ; 

which  Pope  has  made  even  more  familiar  by  — - 

**  Not  80  when  swift  Camilla  scours  the  plain. 
Flies  o*er  th'  unbending  corn,   or  skims  along  the 
main." 

Heyne  says  it  was  trite  in  the  time  of  Virgil  :«- 

**  Yelocitatis  denotatlonem  temere  reprehendunt  yiri 
docti.  Nee  ilia  ntlqne  convenit  nostris  sensibus ;  sed, 
qnum  Maro  ea  uteretur,  a  vetuitaie  quan  per  mantu  erat 
tradUa." 

He  then  cites  Homer  and  Apollonius,  who  had 
used  the  thought  before  Virgil,  and  many  other 
good  writers  who  followed  him.  £.  H. 

Rblativb  Valub  op  Mokbt  (3**  S.  i.  475.)  — 
I  vm  quite  aware  of  the  great  difference  in  the 
prices  of  articles  of  food  at  certain  periods,  even 
in  neighbouring  counties.  Indeed  it  was  no  un- 
usual circumstance  for  the  magistrates  to  forbid 
the  transmission  of  provisions  out  of  their  own 
county.  This  was  aone  to  keep  things  **good 
and  cheap  '*  among  themselyes.  But  allow  me  to 
say,  that  I  cannot  see  why  Mr.  Keightlet  should 
regard  my  statement  on  the  yalue  of  horses  in 
Shakspeare*s  time  as  irrelevant,  even  if  Mr. 
Keightley's  remarks  were  confined  to  the  vi- 
cinity of  London,  seeing  that  I  was  quoting  from 
the  Sessions  Rolls  of  the  county  of  Middlesex ;  a 
county  which  embraces  the  limits  mentioned  by 
him. 

As  regards  horses,  cattle,  food,  rents,  &c.,  it 
would  be  easy  to  show,  that  money  in  Shak- 
speare*8  time  was  considerably  more  than  double, 
or  even  treble,  its  present  value ;  but  the  cost  of 
manufactured  articles  of  dress  and  household 
furniture  was  excessive,  in  proportion  to  the  cost 
of  the  ordinary  articles  of  consumption.  This,  I 
think,  explains  how  Shakspeare  could  have  spent 
so  large  an  income  without  making  any  extra- 
ordinary show.  I  gave  some  illustrations  of  the 
prices  of  such  things  in  the  sixteenth  century,  in 
a  paper  in  the  OewUemarCs  Magazine  of  January, 
1861,  abo  drawn  from  the  county  records. 

F.  SOMNBR  MbBBTWEATHER. 
Colney  Hatch. 

Arthur  Rose,  last  Primate  of  Scotland 
(2°**  S.  xii.  309,  424.)— I  am  interested  in  ascer- 
taining whether  Dactyl,  who  sent  a  Query  con- 
cerning this  prelate  in  October,  1861,  had  any 
other  authority  than  Douglas*s  Baronage^  for  as- 


serting that  a  daughter  of  the  archbishop  mar- 
ried the  Rev.  WiUiam  Smyth^  Parson  of  Money- 
die,  His  son  Dr.  James  Smyth  married  the 
heiress  of  Athemie,  in  Fifeshire,  and  there  are 
three  families  descended  from  his  daughters  and 
co-heiresses.  I  have  been  informed  by  the  head 
of  these  families  that  the  Parson  of  Moneydie 
married  quite  another  person,  viz.,  Mary,  daughter 
of  Jamee  Aitkin,  Bishop  of  Galloway,  Either  tiie 
Peerage  Books,  as  Douglas,  Burke,  &C.,  are  wrong, 
and  the  information  given  me  is  correct,  or  else 
we  are  not  so  well  acquainted  with  our  descent 
as]!  believe  to  be  the  case.  It  may  be  that  >V11- 
liam  Smyth  married  twice ;  in  that  case,  I  should 
fancy  he  may  have  jfifst  married  the  Primate*s 
daughter,  and  then  Bp.  Aitkin*s,  and  had  issne 
by  die  last  I  should  like  to  know  more  on  this 
point  I  may  mention,  as  that  part  of  the  Query 
does  not  seem  to  have  been  answered,  that  the  Rev. 
Wm.  Smyth  was  son  of  Patrick  Smyth  of  Braco 
and  Methven,  in  Perthshire,  which  family  still 
flourishes,  but  its  present  head  is  not  descended 
from  the  Rev.  Wm.  Smyth,  who  is  represented 
only  in  the  female  line.  Traditionally,  the  Smyths 
of  Methven  connect  themselves  with  the  ^*Fair 
Maid  of  Perth.**  C.  H.  £.  Cabmichael. 

Epigram  on  the  Four  Georges  (3"*  S.  i.  328, 
358.) — The  version  of  this  epigram  given  by  Ma. 
Southward  is  not  quite  correct.  I  think  he  will 
admit  the  superiority  of  the  following:  — 

"  Oeorgt  the  First  was  always  reckoned 
Vile  —  bat  viler  George  the  Second ; 
And  what  mortal  ever  heard 
Any  good  of  George  the  Third? 
When  from  earth  the  Fourth  diescended, 
God  be  praised,  the  Georges  ended." 

These  lines  appeared  some  ^ears  ago  in  the 
Atlas  newspaper  with  the  initials  W.  S.  L.  an- 
nexed; so,  from  style  and  signature,  there  are 
good  grounds  for  assuming  Candor  to  be  the 
author.  A.  Davisoh. 

Dablin. 

Centenarians  (3^*^  S.  i.  pauim,)— 

<*  Dec.  1Q%  1758,  at  11  in  the  morning,  died  the  Ber. 
George  Brathwaite  of  St  Mary's,  Carlisle,  Corate.  aged 
110  or  111  years,  being  Sunday.  He  retained  his  memory 
to  the  last,  and  was  between  90  and  100  years  in  the 
Cathedral.  He  was  blind  before  he  died,  and  conld  re- 
peat all  the  Psalms  and  Service  by  heart,  except  the 
lessons  i  could  marry,  church,  christen,  &c ;  was  led  in 
later  declining  years  by  his  grandson  George  Dalton,  sob 
of  Thomas,  and  always  shed  tears,  or  rather  tears  were 
always  seen  in  his  eyes  when  the  Psalm  was  read  con- 
taining the  words,  *  0  that  I  had  wings  like  a  dove,  then 
would  I  flee  away  and  be  at  rest'" 

The  above  is  an  extract  from  a  family  Bible 
belon^ng  to  a  member  of  the  Dalton  family* 
The  fact  is  no  doubt  capable  of  yerification  by 
anybody  who  will  examine  the  records  of  St* 
Mary's,  Carlisle.  E.  F.  D.  C 


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519 


LoRGEYiTT  OP  Lawtbbs  (3**  S.  i.  345.)  — 
Hr.  Leake  died  May  16th,  at  Thorpe  Hall,  Essex, 
aged  89.  He  graduated  at  Cambridge  in  1794, 
M.A.  1797,  and  was  senior  Master  of  Arts  on  the 
boards  of  St.  John's.    See,Cam6.  Chron,  May  24. 

'  F.  J.  F.  Gantillon. 

KsHxmAH  RooBSs  (2*^  S.  xiL  179,  &c.)  — 
Seyeral  **  Notes  and  Queries  *'  have  been  made 
upon  persons  of  this  name.  I  add  the  following : 
Edmund  Porter,  Prebendary  of  Norwich  and 
Rector  of  Heveningham,  had  a  daughter  Mary, 
bom  Sept  13,  baptized  September  21,  1628,  at 
Norwich;  marriea  to  Nehemiah,  eldest  son  of 
Nehemiah  Rogers,  Rector  of  Teye  in  Essex. 

C  J.  R. 

NiGHTiNGALBS  (3"*  S.  i.  447.) — I  observe  in  a 
late  number  a  letter  signed  J.  L.  G.,  from  Edg- 
baston,  stating  that  — 

**  A  DightiDgale  has  been  heard  singinff  in  a  shrabbery 
belonging  to  Edward  Peyton,  Esq.,  at  Moor  Green,  near 
Moeeley  —  a  drcamstanoe  almost  unknown  in  the  neigh* 
bonrhood,  and  1  beUoTe  rarely  seen  or  heard  north  of 
Warwick,  in  this  county.  I  think  it  rather  strange, 
especially  so  near  to  a  huge  town  as  Birmingham.** 

In  the  year  1820,  in  the  month  of  April,  whilst 
walking  down  Great  Charles  Street  late  at  night, 
I  was  much  surprised  at  hearing  a  nightingale 
singing  very  sweetly;  indeed  I  heard  it  upon 
seyeral  occasions,  both  in  the  day  time  and  in 
the  night. 

I  took  some  pains  to  trace  the  unusual  visitor, 
and  found  it  in  a  garden  in  the  sand  pits,  and  the 
last  time  I  saw  it,  I  observed  it,  perched  on  a 
tree  with  a  crowd  about  listening  to  its  sweet 
notes. 

A  few  days  afterwards  I  heard  that  the  poor 
bird  had  been  shot.  I  will  hope  that  the  late 
vbitor  has  not  shared  its  fate  I  E.  C. 

London. 

Buff  and  Blue  (3'^  S.  i.  425.)— I  believe  the 
uniform  worn  by  the  Scotch  troops  in  the  service 
of  Gustavus  Adolphus  was  buff  and  blue ;  whence 
those  colours  came  to  be  regarded  as  the  badges 
of  religious  liberty. 

I  cannot  recover  my  authority  for  this  state- 
ment. Perhaps  some  reader  of  '*  N.  &  Q.*'  will 
confirm  or  refute  it.  S.  C. 

Epitaph  on  Durandus  (3"*  S.  i.  380.)  —  The 
epitaph  quoted  by  A.  A.  certainly  is  not  on  the 
beautiful  canopied  gothic  high  tomb  of  Durandus, 
in  the  church  of  Ste.  Maria  sopra  Minerva  at 
Rome.  I  have  a  copy  of  the  epitaph  (which  is  a 
long  one),  made  by  myself  on  the  spot,  and  shall 
be  glad  to  send  it,  with  the  dates  and  armorial 
bearings,  should  it  be  considered  worth  insertion;.* 

F.  D.  H. 

[•  We  shaU  be  very  glad  to  insert  It.  —  Ed.  ••  N.  &  Q."n 


Charles  I.  Rings  (3^^  S.  i.  369.) — I  possess 
one  of  the  rings  alluded  to  by  E  .  Prisca  .  Fn>B. 
The  family  tradition  is  that  it  was  given  to  a  ma- 
ternal ancestor,  one  of  the  Fiennes  family,  by 
King  Charles  on  the  eve  of  his  martyrdom.  The 
portrait,  in  enamel,  is  set  between  two  small  dia- 
monds ;  there  is  no  legend  at  the  back,  and  I  am 
at  a  loss  to  know  what  your  correspondent  means 
by  "  powea."  F.  D.  H. 

CHT7RCH  USED  BT  CflURCHlCRN  AND  RoMAN  Ca- 

THoucs  (3'^  S.  i.  427.^  —  It  would  be  curious  to 
ascertain  the  period  wnen  Tichbome  church  was 
th\fs  divided.  There  are  some  minute  church 
notes  given  in  Geni,  Mag.  April,  1810,  p.  305,  with 
a  view  of  the  interior ;  but  no  mention  is  made  of 
any  peculiar  custom.  The  Roman  Catholic  family 
of  Tichborne  formed  the  chief  residents. 

Mackenzie  E.  C.  Wai.cott,  M.A.,  F.S.A. 


NOTES  ON  BOOKS,  ETa 

7%«  Sufferingi  of  the  Clemy  during  the  Great  RtheWon, 
By  the  Rev.  John  Walker,  M.A.,  eomedme  of  Exeter  Col' 
leae,  Oxford,  and  Rector  of  St,  Mary  Majors  Exeter, 
Epitomued  by  the  Author  of**The  Annals  of  England,** 
(J.  H.  &  J.  Parker.) 

Good  comes  out  of  evil.  The  advantage  which  the 
enemies  of  the  Charch  of  England  are  taking  of  what 
they  are  pleased  to  designate  the  Bicentenary  Com- 
memoration, and  the  attention  which  they  are  draw- 
ing to  the  80* called  **  Bartholomew  Confessors,"  have 
been  the  means  of  calling  forth  this  well-timed  epitome 
of  the  great  work  of  pious,  earnest,  honest  John  Walker; 
which  he  modestly  entitled,  Attempt  towarde  recover- 
ing  an  Account  of  the  Nundtere  and  Sufferinge  of  the 
clergy  of  the  Cnurch  of  England,  Headt  of  OtUegeM, 
Eellows,  ScholarBf  |rc.,  who  were  Sequeatered,  ffarraae'd, 
^.,  tn  t/ie  late  Timee  of  the  Great  RebelUon:  occa- 
wmed  by  the  Ninth  Chaffer  (note;  the  Second  Volume) 
of  Dr.  Caiamy*a  '^Abridgment  of  the  Life  of  Mr.  Baxter,*' 
Together  with  an  Examination  of  that  Otapter.  Walker's 
closely  printed  folio,  of  700  or  800  pages,  is  not  likely  to 
fall  into  the  hands  of  many  general  readers;  and  the 
truths  to  be  found  in  it  are,  therefore,  little  likely  to  be 
80  well  known  as  they  ought  The  present  epitome  will, 
however,  well  supply  its  place,  and  probably  tempt  many 
to  turn  to  the  original  work. 

The  Leadbeater  Fapere,  The  Annale  of  Ballitore,  by 
Mary  Leadbeater,  witn  a  Memoir  of  the  Author,  Letter* 
from  Edmund  Burke  heretofore  Unpubliehed ;  and  the  Cor- 
respondence of  Mrs,  R,  Trench  and  Rev.  George  Crabbe  with 
Mary  Leadbeater.    2  Vols.    (Bell  &  Daldy.) 

These  two  little  volumes  possess  considerable  and  varied 
interest  Mary  Leadbeater,  the  daughter  of  Richard 
Shackleton,  Burke*s  early  friend,  and  the  granddaughter 
of  Abraham  Shackleton,  his  schoolmaster,  was  no  ordi- 
nary woman.  Her  many  writings  on  the  Irish  poor, 
their  virtues,  their  sufferings,  and  the  best  mode  of  im- 
proving their  condition,  received  a  practical  comment 
from  her  endeavours  to  carry  out  her  views  of  ameliora- 
tion :  and  one  part  of  the  present  work,  her  Correspon- 
dence with  Mrs.  Trench,  originated  in  her  cooperation 
with  that  lady  in  her  endeayoura  tA  t^'VASk^^so^s^Ks^'^^ 


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body  of  tenantry,  on  one  of  hor  estates,  from  misery  and 
degradation  to  comfort  and  industry.  *'Ttie  Annals  of 
Bull  tore  "  give  a  carious  picture  of  that  Qualcer  village 
daring  half  a  century;  and  the  hitherto  unpublished 
Letters  of  Edmund  Burke,  although  they  may  not  con- 
tribute much  new  materials  to  his  biography,  will  be 
very  acceptable  to  the  admirers  of  his  genius,  eloquence^ 
and  statesmanship. 

A  lAteral  Exttmion  of  the  LtUin  Text,  and  an  EnglUk 
TVandaiion  of  Domesday  Book,  in  relation  to  tke  Ootmty  of 
Middlesex.     To  cLCcompany  the  FaC'Simile  Copy  Photozin^ 
eographed  under  the  Direction  of  Col,  Sir  H.  Jameg,  R»E, 
(  Vacher  &  Sons.) 

If  it  be  a  wise  and  proper  thing  to  publish  in  separate 
counties  a  fac-simile  of  that  invaluable  historical  mona* 
ment,  Domesday  Book — and  of  the  wisdom  and  propriety 
of  that  proceeding  there  cannot  be  a  question — it  follow 
that  the  pnblieation  of  an  extension  and  translation  of 
the  ]>om««day  of  each  county  is  equally  wise  and  de- 
sirable.  Messrs.  Vacher,  in  undertaking  this  work,  are 
taking  the  first  steps  towards  securing  such  a  Local  His- 
tory of  England  as  Camden,  had  he  now  lived,  would 
himself  have  contemplated.  That  the  task  of  extending 
Domesday  is  a  formidable  one,  any  scholar  who  has  tried 
his  hand  at  it  will  be  the  first  to  admit:  and  we  feel  sure 
that  the  few  who  are  capable  of  appreciating  the  diflicuU 
ties  which  the  editor  of  the  present  volume  must  have 
encountered,  will  be  the  first  to  pardon  any  slight  inac- 
curacies into  which  he  may  have  fallen.  An  Index  of 
Places,  and  an  Index  of  Names,  give  additional  value  to 
the  work ;  which  will,  we  trust,  receive  such  a  share  of 
public  favour  as  to  encourage  Messrs.  Vacher  to  the  pub- 
lication of  the  other  counties. 

Isca  Silunan ;  or  an  lUuttrated  Catalogue  t^tke  MuBmm 
of  Aniiquitiu  at  Caerlmn,  By  John  Edward  Lee,  F.S.A., 
&c    (Longman.) 

In  this  well-digested  Catalogue  of  the  various  Anti- 
quities, Roman,  Celtic,  and  Mediieval  recovered  in  the 
neighbourhood  of  Caerleon,  and  now  preserved  in  its 
Museam,  we  have  one  of  the  most  perfect  Monographs  of 
the  archsBolc^ical  riches  of  one  p«caliar  locality  which 
has  ever  been  published ;  and  when  we  add  that  it  is  illus- 
trated with  no  less  than  fifty-two  lithographic  plates  of 
objects  executed  by  Mr.  Lee  himself,  and  that  that  gen- 
tleman has  been  aided  in  his  endeavours  to  describe  these 
objects  by  Mr.  Way,  Mr.  Octavius  Morgan,  Mr.  Franks, 
Mr.  Roach  Smith,  and  many  other  distinguished  anti- 
quaries, it  will  easily  be  conceived  what  a  valuable  con- 
tribution to  archsBological  literature  Mr.  Lee  has  pre- 
sented to  students  of  our  national  antiquities. 

*  The  Cat-Stane,  Edinburghshire;  Is  it  not  the  Tomb- 
stone of  the  Grandfather  of  Hevgist  and  Horsa?  By  J. 
Y.  Simpson,  M.D.,  F.R.S.E.    (Edinburgh,  Neill  &  Co.) 

This  interesting  pamphlet,  in  which  the  author  argues 
with  great  success  that  the  well-known  Cat- Stone,  near 
Edinburgh,  is  the  monument  of  Vetta,  the  grandfather  of 
Hengist  and  Horsa,  shows  that  Professor  Simpson  is  no 
less  skilled  in  the  field  of  arclueological  research  than  in 
that  profession  of  which  he  is  so  distinguished  a  member. 

Leech's  Gallery.  —  For  season  after  season  has  the 
clever,  yet  kindly  pencil,  of  John  Leech  sketched  in  the 
pages  of  our  witty  contemporary  Plnch,  those  foibles  of 
our  sisters,  cousins,  wive?,  sweethearts,  and  daughters, 
which  make  us  leve  them  all  the  more  dearly.  The 
series  is  one  of  which  the  men  of  England  may  well  be 
proud  —  one  to  which  future  historians  of  our  good 
Queen  maj'  point  hereafter  as  evidence  that,  under  her 
influcnco,  English  beauties  were  as  good  as  beautiful.  A 
selection  of  the  sketches,  enlarged  by  a  new  process,  and 
painted  in  oil  bjr  Leech  himself,  may  now  be  seea  at  the 


Egyptian  Hall.  They  are  well  worth  a  morning's  visit ; 
and  many  will  no  doubt,  like  ourselves,  come  away  with 
the  feeling  that,  if  it  be  true  that  John  Leech  finds  his 
fair  sitters  onder  his  own  roof-tree,  a  happy  man  ia 
John  Leech. 

The  Hakdbl  Festival  has  more  than  realized  our 
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INDEX. 


THIRD    SERIES.— VOL.   I. 


[For  cUasiltod  uttotes,  Me  ANOMrMoos  Wowu,  Books  kbckxtlt  Phbusbed,   Epitaphs,  Folk  Lom^   Pboverm 

AND  Fbbabbs,  QuoTATioirB,  Shabspkbiama,  and  Sonus  and  BaUads.]] 


A.  (A.)  on  cat's  ioe,  429 

Cronj,  its  deriymtion,  50 

Durandos's  epitaph,  380 

Gloucester  idiot,  &&,  389 

Lace-maken*  ciutQiii :  Wigs,  387 

Palm:  Boman  fiset,  295 

Stythe,  its  etymology,  410 

Torjsaa  robber,  390 
A.  (A.  0.)  on  Banqueting-hoiue,  WbitehaU,  177 
A.  (B.)  on  verification  of  quotatiooa,  452 
Abbotstone,  views  oi,  269 
Abbba  on  Archdairs  Lodge's  Peerage  of  Irdaad,  504 

Bashford  (Mr.  James),  517 

Castle  Backrent,  186 

Deaf  and  Dumb  literatnre,  514 

Donnjbrook  parish,  interments,  878 

Droz  (Rev.  John  Peter),  a  French  refagee,  3d 

Fitzwilliam  peerage,  396 

Ireland,  its  national  colour,  68 

History  of  the  Kings  of  Scotland,  249 

Johnson  (Dr.  SamuelX  diploma  from  Dablio,  SO 

Kennedy's  History  of  the  fitnart  Family,  230 

*"  Lachrymal  Hibernice,"  467 

Map  of  the  County  of  Down,  507 

Maxwell  (Mi8.),«d  Amazon,  68 
•       Merrion  graveyard,  near  Dublin,  467 

CBryan  (Wm.),  marriage,  218 

"  Observations  oo  the  Lord's  Prayer,*'  409 

"Philosophical  Survey  of  IrelaDd,"  365 

Silent  Sister,  i.  &  Trinity  College,  Dnib^  886 
Abracadabra  on  embalming  the  dead,  248 
Academy  in  England  for  eminence  in  literatniB,  266 
**  Acokstus,"  a  play,  401 
Ad  enndem  degrees,  their  advantagOB,  288,  359 
Addington  manor,  its  tenon,  170 
"  Adeste  Udeles,"  its  composer,  109 
Adrian  IV^  manner  of  hia  death,  313 
Adverb,  its  wrong  poeitioD,  88 
A.  (K)  on  Enchre,  a  game  at  eaids,  427 
A.  (£.  H.)  on  clerical  knights,  355 

Greenstead  wooden  cbnrch,  367 

HewortJi  ebnroh  dedication,  257 

*«  laa,"  a  tragedy,i>y  Mrs.  Wihaot,  233 

Naples,  rdigioBS  cnatom  at,  246 

Percy  (Lady),  258 


A.  (E.  H.)  on  Simon  of  Sndbnry,  his  skull,  251 

Trinity  House  corporation,  349 

Vulgate  as  a  commentary,  348 
A.  (£.  P.)  on  Aggravate,  288 
Afghans,  literature  of,  299 
A.  (G.  A.)  on  Sir  Henry  Langford,  Bart,  12 
Aggravate,  its  colloquial  use,  288 
Amger  (Alfred)  en  Sir  John  Daviet  and  Bob.  Montgo- 
mery, 108 
A.  (J.)  on  "  The  Progiwa  of  Pietie,"  298 
A.  (J.  S.)  on  postage  stamps,  149,  393 
A.  (L.)  on  Jacobites  and  Jaeobins,  425 
Albemarle  (Gea  Monk,  Duke  of),  fiunilj,  427 
Albert,  Archduke  of  Anstria,  his  funeral,  65 
Albert,  Prince  Consort,  In  Memoriam,  447;  proposed 

Order  of  Merit,  87,  113,155 
Alchemy  and  Mysticism,  bibliography  of,  89,  136,  156 
Alcumie  stuff  explained,  211, 257,  359 
Aldermen  of  London,  list  of,  133 
Aldwin,  first  prior  of  Dorbam,  102,  103 
Alida,  or  Adelaide  ==  Alice,  29 
'AAic^r  on  Anonymous  Tract,  390 

Crony,  its  derivation,  118 

Dol8cias(Paulns),  116 

"  History  of  the  Three  Kings  of  Sootland,"  336 

*'  Itinerarium  ItalisB,"  278 

Johnson  (Dr.  Samuel),  dij^ma,  98 

^  Beasons  why  a  Protestant  should  not  turn  Pa- 
pist," 368 

St.  Aniaire,  quatrain  on,  119 

Talon  (Omer),  436 
Alison  (Sir  Arch.)  and  Sir  Peregrine  Pickle,  128,  215, 

359;  blunder  in  "  Life  of  CasUefeagh,"  128, 215 
All  Hallow  Eve  custom,  223,  316 
AUport  (DougUs)  on  tiie  beginning  of  the  end,  257 

Circular  bordure,  256 

Christmas  Day  under  the  Commonwealth,  458 

Coins,  defaced  and  .worn,  215 

Earthquakes  in  England^  15 

Fossils,  315 

Interdicted  marriages,  153 

Jetsam,  Flotsam,  and  Lagan,  78 

King'd  Evil,  form  at  the  HesJiiig,  313 

Mottoes,  punning,  332 

Patents  forfeited,  195 

Paulson,  276 

PhcBoix  Fire  Office,  395 


6S2 


INDEX. 


Allport  (Doaglas)  on  qaoUtioD,  **  0  call  as  not  weeds,** 
195. 

Sermons,  long,  256 

Shrove  Tuesdaj  costom,  439 

Squeers  and  the  Do-the-Bojs'  Hall,  319 

Stangate  Hole,  494 

Stonebenge,  59 

Sun  and  Whalebone,  335,  397,  473 

Sunday  newspapers  in  America,  197 

Superstition,  its  etymology,  335 

Tabard,  a  garment,  260 

*^  The  beginning  of  the  end,**  217 

Toads  in  rocks,  478 
Allport  (John),  Recorder,  186 
All  Sooht*  Eve,  custom  in  Warwickshire,  217 
Allworthy  (Squire),  i.  e.  Ralph  Allen  of  Bsth,  186 
Alpha  on  heraldic  query,  230 

Alphonso  the  Wise,  studiousness,  248,  335,  379,  439 
Alsowlyn  branch,  149,  199 
«  Affladis  de  Oaule,**  translated,  202 
Ambassadors,  English,  to  France,  11,  78 
Ambassadors,  the  unburied,  475 
Ambrose  (Isaac),  allusion  to,  269 
Amende,  its  etymology,  374 
America  before  Columbus,  7,  75 
America,  European  ignorance  of,  177 
America,  names  of  towns  and  Tillages,  224 
American  cents,  208,  255,  434 
American  standiiard  and  New  England  flag,  72 
Amiens  on  Tottenham  in  his  boots,  132 
Amicus,  Jiichmondf  on  Edward  Jenner,  Sil.D.,  229 
Anderson  (James),  antiquary,  letters  to,  144 
Anderson  (Wm.),  provost  of  Glasgow,  245 
Angier  (S.  H.)  on  Amenian  Society,  110 

Lengthened  tenure  of  church  livings,  179 
Ang1o>Si^on  literature,  414,  480 
AngouISme  (Duchess  d*)  and  Count  de  Cbambord,  68 
Anguish  (Charles),  noticed,  372,  474 
A.  (N.  J.)  on  Knave*8  Acre,  58 

Anonymooi  Works:  — 

Apollonius  Rhodius,  Argouautic  Expedition,  tram- 

Utor,  429 
Aristodemus,  a  mono-drama,  229 
Benevolent  Cut  Throat,  209 
Charles  I.,  Sermon  on  his  martyrdom,  250 
Chrbtmas  and  the  New  Year,  a  ^lasque,  466 
Deposition,  a  drama,  28 
Devil  to  Pay,  a  fiirce,  289 
Diaboliad,  428 

Discourse  of  the  Communion  in  one  kind,  70 
Edinburgh  Delivered,  dramatic  poem,  289 
Essay  towards  carrying  on'the  present  War  against 

France,  390 
Essay  towards  the  Present  Peace  of  Europe,  13 
Epitome  of  the  Lives  of  the  Kings  of  France,  14 
History  of  the  Lives  and  Reigns  of  the  Kings  of 

Scothmd,  249,  336 
Invective,  a  Poem,  451 
Innocent  Usurper,  a  drama,  132 
Itinerarium  Italiss,  209,  278 
Ivar,  a  tragedy,  148 
Jack  and  Sue,  29 

Job,  an  oratorio,  author  of  the  words,  29 
Julia,  or  the  Fatal  Return,  132 
LachiymsB  UibemicsB,  &c.,  467 


Anonymoni  Works :  — 

More  Kotzebue,  or  My  own  Pizarro,  209 

Morgan  de  la  Faye,  a  drama,  485 

Observations  on  the  Lord*s  Prayer,  409,  479 

Orfried,  a  drama,  485 

Othryades,  a  mono-drama,  229 

Parodies  on  Gay,  231,  255 

Piromides,  an  Egyptian  tragedy,  131 

Pitt:   Ylndication  of  the  Character  of  WHliam 
Pitt,  467.517 

Poem  on  Queen  Anne*s  Death,  407 

Reasons  why  a  Protestant  should  not  turn  Papist, 
368,  458 

Reception,  a  pUy,  148 

Redemption  of  Israel,  an  oratorio,  29 

Reflections    upon  the  Devotions  of   the   Roman 
Church,  250,  320,  379 

Romantic  Mythology,  372 

St  Leonard's  Priory,  28 

Scraps  from  the  Mountains,  311 

Somerset  House  Gazette,  331 

Tancred  and  Gismund,  150 

Theatrical  Portraits  epigrammatieally  delineated,39 

Transubstantiation,  Disoourse  against,  69 

View  of  the  whole  Controversy  between  the  Bepce- 
senter  and  the  Answerer,  70 
Anstey  (Robert),  son  of  the  author  of  the  "  New  Bath 

Guide,**  372,  394,  474 
Anstrather  fiunily,  483 

Antiquaries,  Society   of,  plea  ibrtadmitting  ladies  as 
members,  168,  237;  exhibittoo  of  antognphs,  300- 
of  heraldic  blazonry,  360 
"  Any,**  as  exclusively  adapted  to  negation,  23 
Appeal  of  murder  abolished,  91,  191,  214 
Arbuthnot  (Dr.  John),  ''Histtvy  of  John  Bull,**  300 

340, 499 
Archsdological  Institute  Exhibition,  460 
Archery  proverbs,  59 
Architects,  medissval,  270 
Architectural  proportion,  58 
Architecture,  Indian,  327 

''  Arden  of  Feversham  and  Black  Will,**  a  tragedy,  202 
Argenton  family  arms,  99 
Ai^le  (Archibald  Campbell,  9tli  Earl),  execnted,  326 

397,  457 
*'  Arisbas  Euphues,  or  Cupid*s  Journey  to  Hell,**  462 
Aristotle  on  Indian  kings,  56,  1 14 
Armiger  on  archery  proverbs,  59 
Armorial  gUss,  temp.  James  I.,  10 
Army  lists,  75,  198,  220,  256,  317 
Army  officers,  obituary  of,  372,  420,  474 
Ame  (Thomas),  father  of  Dr.  Ame,  18 
Arnenian  Society,  1 10 
Art  Treasures  Collection,  460 
Arundel  parish  register,  464 
A.  (S.)  on  Hussey  or  Hurst,  a  local  aflSx,  196 
Ascham  (Roger),  quotations  in  his  **  Scholemaster,**  89 
Ashby  (Robert),  Lord  of  the  Admiralty,  marriage  of  his 

daughter  Elizabeth,  346 
Ashford  (Bfary),  her  murder,  57 
Ashton  (Benj.),  his  petrified  corpse,  437 
Asmar  (Maria  Theresa),  a  Babylooian  princess,  247 
Ass  ascends  the  hulder,  explained,  14, 197 
Assundnn,  its  locality,  407 
Aston  (Joseph),  editor  of  Rochdale  Recorder,  97 


INDEX. 


6S3 


Aitroiogjf  modeniy  481 

Asijn  (Stephen)  of  Loose,  in  Kent,  208 

Athenian  mansion,  386 

Athenian  Misogynist,  450 

Aula!  re  (St),  qnatrain  to  the  Dnchess  da  Maine,  52 

Australia,  the  first  bank  in,  67 

Autographs  exhibited  by  Society  of  Antiquaries,  300 

Aveland,  its  derivation,  346 

ATignon  inscriptions,  11 

B 

B.  on  clerical  knights,  354 
Peat  (Sir  Bobert),  418 
Wolves  in  England,  232 
B.  (A.)  on  Lough  Killikeen  and  Lough  Oaghter,  410 
Shelley's  *^  Laon  and  Cythna,"  355 
Tyson  (Gilbert),  Lord  of  Alnwick,**  &c.,  37 
''  Babes  in  the  Wood,"  origin  of  the  tale,  453 
Babylonian  Princess,  247 

Bacon  (Francis  Lord),  Letters  and  Life,  360, 400;  editions 
of  his  ^  Essays,**  368;  the  sculptor  of  his  statue,  148 
Bacon  (Roger),  manuscripts,  288 
Bail  Brigg,  superstition  at,  466 
Baldwin  family,  1 10 
Baldwin  (Sir  John),  and  family,  426 
Ballads  entered  in  the  Stationers'  Registers,  44,  45,  46, 
104,  105, 106,  141,  242,  321-323,  361,362,461, 
463,  501,  502 
Banister  (J.)  on  Stangate  Hole,  155 
Bank  note  of  satin,  111 
Bankers  of  London,  their  case  in  1676, 151 
Banqueting-house  window  at  Whitehall,  69,  177 
Barbadoes,  passengers  to  in  1640,  488 
Barebones  (Damned  Dr.),  211,  253 
Barebones  (Praise-God),  211,  253, 395 
Barnes  (Barnabe),  ^  Parthenophil  and  Parthenoplip,"  401 
Barnfield  (Richard),  poet,  201 
Barometers,  their  inventor,  112 
Baron,  its  etymology,  403,   515;    as  applied  to  the 

Barons  of  the  Exchequer,  466 
Baron  (Robert),  **  Blirza,**  its  commendatory  verses,  80 
Baronets,  chum  of  eldest  sons  to  the  title,  275,  420 
Barons  and  noblemen  in  Scotland,  451,  497,  515 
Barons,  foreign,  in  the  Commons,  450,  498 
Bar-Point  on  Farmers-General,  251 
Barrett  (Wm.),  "  History  of  Bristol,"  101,  181 
Barrow-Gonmay  church,  iamily  monuments,  348 
Bartlett  (E.  W.)  on  books  and  their  authors,  66 

German  poet,  506 

Lae-chow  Islands,  507 

Seismology,  210 
Bashford  (James),  longevity,  454,  517 
Batchelor  (J.  W.)  on  centenarians,  411,  454 
Bates  (Wm.)  on  Mary  Ashford,  57 

Book-worm,  recipe  for  its  extiqxation,  57 
Bathurst- Woodman  family,  346,  417 
Baxter  (Richard),  his  long  sennon,  169,  256 
Baxus,  its  meaning,  506 
Bayle  (Peter),  editors  of  the  English  edition  of  hia  Die* 

tionary,  41 
Bayley  (John),  Bart,  372,  474 
B.  (B.)  on  Master  Brightwell,  288 

Smith  (Rev.  Sydney),  437 
B.  (B.  B.)  on  Franklyn  family,  209 
B.  (C.  £.)  on  mutilation  of  sepulchral  monuments,  1 7 
B.  (C.  W.)  OQ  Bobert  Campbell,  Esq.,  408 


B.  (D.)  on  Bev.  Christopher  Blackwood,  296 

Overton-cum-Tadley  incumbents,  428 
Beans:  ^  How  many  beuis  make  five?  "Ill 
Bears  (John),  political  ballads,  465 
Beasts  baited  to  be  made  tender,  346, 417 
Beattie  (James),  early  edition  of  his  '*  Poems,"  85,  95 
"  Beauty  and  Love,"  a  poem,  225,  356 
Bcde  (Cuthbert)  on  Rev.  Charles  Isham,  435 

Mole  and  the  Campbells,  58 

Nightingale  and  the  hop,  447 

Shoe,  a  prison,  207 

St  abbreviated  to  T,  219 

Turbulent  (Mr.)  in  Geoiige  in.'8  court,  31 

Wooden  churches,  437 
Bedell  (Bp.),  imprisonment  at  Longh  Ougbter,  410 
Beech  tree,  legend  of,  30 
Beisly  (Sidney)  on  a  brace  of  shakes,  334 

St  Patrick  and  the  shamrock,  224 

Twill  pants,  291 
Beke  (Charles)  on  Bekesboume  communion  plate,  448 

Eastern  costume,  95,  192 
Bekesboume  parish,  its  communion  plate,  448 
Belcher  (T.  W.)  on  medical  degrees,  288 
Bell  (Dr.  Wm.)  on  derivation  of  Gonamer,  458 

Insecure  envelopes,  474 

Late-maker's  custom :  Wigs,  4 19 

Luke's  Iron  Crown,  419 

Sun  and  whalebone,  419 
Benedictines,  colour  of  their  habits,  409, 457 
Beraiiger  (P.  J.  de),  *^  Le  Chant  du  Cosaque,"  330 
Berkeley  (Bp.),  his  giant  Macgrath,  31 1 
Besford  church,  co.  Worcester,  arms  on  west  window,  280 
B.  (E.  Y.)  on  gold  rings  to  the  infirmarius,  149 
Bewdley,  comefers  and  cappers  of,  369 
B.  (F.  C.)  on  Biad.  D'Arblay's  Diary,  336 

Earthquakes  in  England,  94 

English  language,  425 

Natoaca,  Princess  of  Yii^ginia,  135 

Th:  Gh:  Ph,  interchangeable,  373 
B.  (G.)  on  topography  of  Ireland,  117 
B.  (G.  M.)  on  Wilson's  Catalogue  of  Bibles,  397 
B.  (H.)  on  **  The  Lamen^ition  of  a  Sinner,"  374 
Bible  in  various  languages,  172,  233 
Bible,  Paris  edition  of  1586,  328 
Bibliography,  its  cultivation  in  England,  22,  43 
Bibliothecar.  Chetham.  on  Manchester  in  the  year  1559, 
127 

Prophecies  fulfilled,  173 

Scot  (Michael),  works  on  astronomy,  357 

**  Sic  transit  gloria  mundi,"  36 

SparUn  duplicity,  292 

Wilson  (Lea),  "  CaUlogue  of  Bibles,  &c ,"  308 
Biddenham  msids,  508 

Bingham  (C.)  on  "  God's  providence  is  mine  inheri- 
tance," 119 
Bingham  (C.  W.)  on  Bartholin's  work  on  Umcoms,  118 
Eliot  (Sir  John),  445 
Medal  of  the  late  Duke  of  York,  451 
**  Biogrsphia  Britannica,"  Its  editors,  62 
Birch  (C.  E.)  on  interdicted  marriages,  218 
Birch  (Mr.  Serjeant  John),  Curritor  Baron,  29,  78     . 
Birch  (Dr.  Thomas),  kindness  to  Wm.  Oklys,  63 
Bishops'  charges  inquired  after,  71 
Bishops'  thrones,  their  position,  56 
Bishops,  triafof  the  seven,  temp.  James  IL,  303 
B.  (J.)  on  Jos.  Aston,  editor  of  Rochdale  Beeonier,  97 


524 


INDEX. 


Black  (Dr.  Joba)  and  "  The  FalU  of  Clyde,**  1S9,  194 

Black  (Wm.)  on  Burns  and  Andrew  Homer,  856 

Blackwell  (J.  A.),  author  of  "  Badolf  of  Yararaej,"  129 

BlackTTOod  (Rer.  Chriftiopber),  228,  296 

Blake  (Adm.  Robert),  descendants,  423 

Blanc  (Sir  Simon  le),  Judge  of  King's  Bench,  208,  277 

Blanche  on  Monk  £ftmilj,427 

Blanshard  family  of  Yorkshire,  408 

Blcnkinsop  (Henry)  on  Fair£a  family,  431 

Ulric  von  Hutten,  417 
Bliss  (Dr.  Philip),  letter  to  Hon.  Thomas  Grenville,  385 
Blue  and  Buff,  as  party  ooloors,  425,  472,  500,  519 
B.  (M.  N.)  on  the  Bullen  family,  148 
B.  (M.  W.)  on  fossils,  238 
B.  (N.)  on  baiting  beasts  to  make  them  tender,  346 

Dunwell  and  Trillet,  248 

Hearto  of  Oak,  347 

Hymn  tunes,  Poor  Poll,  388 

Kegro  seryants  sold  in  England,  348 

School  for  Scandal,  373 

Tenure  of  livings,  456 
Board  of  Trade,  its  origm,  485 
Beckett  (Edward  HalMy),  tomb  in  Bath  Abbey,  38 
Bohn  (H.  G.)  on  Biblical  versions,  233 
Boiardo  (Matteo  Bfaria),  "  Histoire  de  Boland  L'amoa- 

rcux,"  241 
Boiling  to  death,  185 

Bolton  Castle,  Yorkshire,  en^raTings  of,  451 
Bolton  (Harry  Powlett,  Duke  of),  anecdote,  324 
Bolton  (Rev.  Dr.  Samuel),  parentage,  169 
Bonefire  and  bonfire,  109 

Bonny  (P.),  '*  Answer  to  the  Poptshe  Recusantes,"  362 
Books  and  their  autlK»rs,  66 
Books,  number  of  copies  to  an  edition,  486 

Books  recently  pabllshed :  ^^ 

Bacon  (Lord),  Letters  and  Life,  by  J.Spodding,  360 
Barra»  or  the  Lord  of  the  Isles,  485 
Beamish's  Life  of  Sir  11 1.  Brunei,  180 
Bourne's  Memoir  of  Sir  Philip  Sidney,  400 
Bright's  Ancient  Collects  and  Prayers,  120 
Burgon's  Letters  from  Rome,  120 
Bum's  History  of  Parish  Registers,  480 
Burton's  Book-Hunter,  340 
Camden  Society:  Nichols's  Descriptive  Catalogtie 
of  its  Works,  200  ;  Sir  Edward  Dering's  Pro- 
ceedings in  the  County  of  Kent,  279  ;  Parliamen- 
tary Debates,1610,  edited  by  S.  R.  Gardiner,  279 
Carter's  Medals  of  the  British  Army,  100 
Chambers's  Book  of  Days,  100,  400 
Chambers's  Domestic  Annals  of  Scotland,  300 
Clogy's  Life  of  Bishop  Bedell,  159 
Collins's  Cruise  upon  Wbeeb,  440 
Corser's  Collectanea  Anglo-Poetica,  360 
De  Quineey's  Works,  180 
Dialect  of  Leeds  and  its  Keighbourhood,  79 
Dizon-s  Story  of  Lord  Bacon's  Life,  400 
Dollinger's  Church  and  the  Churches,  translated, 

439 
Drake's  Memoir  of  Sir  Walter  Raleigh,  340 
Dramatic  Sketch  of  Lord  Clifford's  Retnm,  485 
Dyer's  History  of  Modern  Europe,  40 
Domesday  Book,  Middle^iez,  520 
Essays  and  Reviews,  Replies  to,  159  * 
Everybody's  Pudding  Book,  159 
'  Ferrey's  Recollections  of  the  Pugms,  40 


Books  reeently  publisked :  ^^ 

Foss^Darcoaae's  Melanges  corieoz  et'aiiflcdotiqaes, 

139 
Gatty*s  Old  Folks  from  Home,  40 
Gloucester  Fragments,  60 
Grant's  Original  Hymns  and  Poems,  240 
Guizot's  Christian  Church  and  Socie^  in  1861,  ISO 
Hibberd's  Brambles  and  Bay-leaves,  180 
Hislop's  Proverbs  of  ScotUnd,  79  r^?-- 

Hook's  Lives  of  the  Archbishops  of  Canterbury,  159 
Hymns  for  the  Church  of  England,  120 
Intellectual  Observer  Review,  159,  279 
Irving's  History  of  Scottish  Poetry,  79 
Irvmg  (Washingtoo),  Life  and  Lciters,  439 
Jewitt's  Manoal  of  Wood  Carving,  300 
Journal  of  Sacred  Literature,  159,  300 
Kennedy's  Essays,  Ethnological  and  LingmsUc,100 
Lacoor  (Louis),  Annualre  du  Bibliophile,  139 
Laon's  Qxadoated  Lessons  in  Translatioo,  159 
Leadbeater  Papers,  519 
Lee's  Isca  Silurum,  520 

Lewin's  Invasion  of  Britain  by  Julius  Cssar,  480 
Lindsay  (Lord),  Theoiy  of  the  English  Hexameter, 

400 
London  and  ita  Environs  (Black),  380 
London  Diocesan  Calendar  and  Clergy  List,  40 
Markhind  (J.  H.)i  The  Ofiertoi7,240 
Men  of  the  Tune,  180 
Oliver's  Hist(Mry  of  Exeter,  100 
Papworth's  IMctiQaary  of  Coats  of  Arms,  240 
Phito,  Selections  from,  by  Lady  Chatterton,  279 
Polehampton's  Kangaroo  Land,  480 
Pusey  on  the  Mmor  Prophets,  240 
Quarterly  Review,  No.  221,  79  ;  No.  228,  360 
Raverty's  Poetry  of  the  Afghans,  299 
Rhind's  Thebes,  its  Tombs  and  Tenants,  340 
Robinson's  South  Kensington  Hoseom,  480 
Salverte's  History  of  Men,  Nations,  and  Places,  79 
Seymoui's  Eighteen  Years  of  a  Clerical  Meeting,  340 
Shakspeare,  Life  of,  by  W.  S.  Fnllom,  200 
Shak4«are:  On  the  Received  Text,  by  S.  Bailey,  200 
Shakspeare,  reprint  of  his  Works,  ed.  1623, 60, 199 
Shakspeare :  The  Footsteps  of  Shakspeare;  or,  a 

Ramble  with  the  Early  Dramatists,  200 
Shelton's  Historical  Finger-Post,  100 
Simpson  (Dr.  J.  Y.),  The  Cat-Stane,  520 
Smith's  Dictionary  of  the  Bible,  120,  240,  380 
Snrtees  Society,  Depositions  from  the  Csstle  oi 

York,  239 
Sussex  ArcbsBological  ColloctioDs,  340 
Tales  illustrative  of  Chnrch  ffistory,  400 
Thomson  (James),  Works  by  Cunningham,  279 
Thrupp's  Anglo-Saxon  Home,  480 
Timbs's  Schod-days  of  Eminent  Men,  180 
Timbs's  Year-Book  of  Facts,  180 
Trench's  Notes  from  Past  Life,  360 
Turner's  Liber  Studiorum,  60 
Virgil,  with  Notes  by  C.  D.  Yonge,  159 
Walker's  Sufferings  of  the  Clergy,  519 
West  garth's  Australia,  100 
Whitehead's  VilUge  Sketches,  40 
Whitmore's  HandU>ok  of  American  Genealogy,  34 
Wiffen's  Alfabeto  Christiano,  120 
Wilde's  Catalogue  of  Irish  Gold  Ornaments,  480 
Wood's  Illustrated  Natural  Histoiy,  279 


INDEX. 


525 


Books  reoently  publiihed :  '— 

Woid8wortli*8    Theophilas    AngKeaniu,    Fmch 

translaticm,  240 
WratUIaw  (Baron),  Adventnns,  440 
Book-stealers  and  borrowers,  charm  against,  464 
Book-worm,  reeeipt  for  tlidr  extirpation,  57 
Booth  (J.)  on  epigram  on  the  four  Georges,  328 
Earthquakes  in  England,  94 
"  HistOTj  of  John  Bnn,**  its  anthor,  499 
Borage,  origin  of  the  word,  SS9 
Boroaghmongering  in  olden  times,  226 
Boesaet  (J.  B.),  passage  in  his  works,  11 
Bothwell  (J.  U.  Earl  of),  prodamation  fbr  his  appre- 
hension, 323 
Botte&ng  (Jolios  Caesar),  517 
Bottesford  registers,  extract^  343 
Boydell  (John),  Lord  Mayor,  arms,  257,  333 
Bradshaw  (H.)  on  Aristotle^  ''De  Regiinine  Principum,'' 

114 
Brandon  (Jacob),  motto,  "  Qoid  rides,"  245 
Bransgrove  family,  arms  and  crest,  310 
Braose  family,  489 

Brathwaite  (Rev.  George),  his  longevity,  518 
Brathwaite  (Bichard),  *' Epitome  of  the  Lives  of  the 

Kings  of  France,*'  14 
Brazil,  its  derivation,  256,  338 
Breachan  on  Prophecy  of  Halachi,  77 
Breconshire,  a  parish  register  offered  fbr  sale,  447 
Breton  (Nicholas), "  The  Arbor  of  Amorous  Devices,**  502 ; 
"The   PUgrimage  to   Paradise,**  46;   *" Bowers  of 
Delightes,**  46 
Breviary,  Parisian,  Hymns  translated,  212 
Brewen  (John),  his  moider,  241, 242 
Bridgman  (Cbirles),  gardener  to  George  II,  227 
Bridgman  (Mrs.)  of  Hanover  Sqoare,  460 
Brightwell  (Master)  of  Oxford,  288 
Brining  (Thomas),  mayor  of  Liverpool,  296 
Bristol  Cathedral,  monumental  inscriptions,  209,  277 
''  British  Librarian,**  by  Wm.  Oldys,  22,  41 
British  Mnsenm,  additions  to  the  library,  1861-2,  400 
Brodie  (Alex.),  "  Method  of  Book-keeping,"  306 
Brome  (Richard), ''  The  Love-stek  Maid  **  acted,  168 
Brown  (Christopher),  his  privilege  to  renudn  covered 

before  royalty,  319 
Brown  (Francis)  of  Tolethorp,  eo.  Bntkod,  350 
"  Brown  study,**  origin  of  the  phrase,  190 
Browne  (Joseph),  "  The  Country  Parson's  Honest  Ad- 
vice," 465 
Browne  (Mary  Anne),  verses,  "  The  Sleepers,**  19 
Browne  (Ned),  coney-catcher,  321 
Browne  (Wm.),  **  Britannia*s  Pastorals,**  410 
Browning  (Robert),  alhdon  in  his  poem,  89,  136 
Bruce  (David),  Moravian  missionarf,  his  burial,  39 
Bruce  (John)  on  Abp.  Leighton's  library,  74 

Oldys  (Dr.  William).  Vicar  of  Addsrbury,  343 
Witticisms  reproduced,  324 
Bruce  (John  Wyndham),  transUtor  of  SchilWs  "  Don 

Karios,*'  91 
Bruce  (Robert),  Pictiiih  prince,  his  coin,  407 
Brunei  (Sir  Marc  Isambard),  Life,  180 
B.  (R.  W.)  on  coins  in  tankards,  397 
Bryan  (Sir  Francis),  ambassador  and  poet,  1 10, 1 66, 1 76 
Bryans  (J.  W.)  on  clerical  knights,  274 

Order  of  Merit  and  the  late  Prince  Consort,  87 
Order  of  St  Jc^n  of  Jerusalem,  230 


B.  (&)  on  arms  of  Eari  of  Stair,  309 
B.  (T.)  on  Modem  Astrology,  481 

Capital  punishment,  75 

Comets  and  epidemia,  129 

Custom  at  Christmas,  482 

Fair&z  (Edw.)  and  Dnmooologia,  150 

Green  (Hannah),  aUtu  Ling  Bob,  384 

New  Year,  letting  in,  223 

Washing  parchment  and  vellum,  138 

Wexford,  customs  in  the  county  of,  503 
B.  (T.  W.)  on  the  cover  of  ".Burnt  Njal,**  187 
Bnckton  (T.  J.)  on  Biblical  versions,  283 

Euripides  and  Menander,  178 

Isabel  and  Elizabeth,  59 

Knaves*  Acre,  58 

Polyphemus  of  Turner,  67 

Von  Baumer's  eitatioa  ftom  Cicero,  194,  220 

Walsall,  curious  custom  at,  316 
Bulkeley  (Sophia),  Udy  of  the  bedduunber,  69 
Bull  (John),  origin  of  the  cognomen,  800 
Bullen  £smily,  148 

Bullion,  jokes  on  its  scarcity,  128,  196 
Bunker's  Hill  in  Norfolk  and  Sufiblk,  236,  437 
Burbage  (Cuthbert),  stationer,  241 
Burdens  of  Easington,  their  descendants,  129 
Burgh  (Frances  de),  her  mother,  89 
Burial  in  a  sitting  posture,  38,  99 
Burke  (Edmund)  and  his  fsmily,  161,  212,277,  415, 
429;  the  Clohir  estate,  212  ;  legal  proceedings  of 
Earl  Vemey,  221,  374,  430,  496;  trustee  to  Capt. 
Kane  Homcnk's  property,  269  ;  money  relations,  326; 
editor  of  the  "  Annual  Register,**  346  ;  his  admired 
poet,  228 
Burke  (Garrett)  and  the  Clohir  estate,  212 
Burke  (William)  and  Earl  Vemcy's  chancery  bill,  221 
Bum  (J.  Sw)  on  appointment  of  churchwardens,  19 

Coins  inserted  in  tankards,  116 

Folk  lore,  482 

Halyburtoo  (Margaret  and  George),  418 

King  Plays,  220 

Nodcynge  and  dowell  money,  220 

Sunon  fomily,  219 
Burning  a  legal  punishment  in  Ireland,  426,  475 
Bums  (Robert)  and  Andrew  Homer,  147,  266 
"  Bumt  Njal,**  inscriptioos  on  the  cover,  187  • 
Burton  (Robert),  his  works,  14 
Buiy  (Dr.  Arthur),  Vicar  of  Brampton,  264 
Bury  St.  Edmund's,  lifaniy  at  St  James*s,  56 
Buzaglia,91,  119 

B.  (W.)  on  the  Empeior  Napoleon  HI.,  334 
Byblus  (PhUo),  "History  of  Phcsnida,**  313 

c 

C.  on  article  "  Use  and  Have,**  17 

Chelsea  oriental  china,  428 

Douglas  (N«l)  of  Ghwgow,  19 
C.  de  D.  on  Mr.  Seijeant  John  Birch,  78 
Cabot  (Sebastian),  birth-pkce,  48;  an  episode  in  his 

life,  125;  a  knight,  366 
Cesar  (Julius),  invasion  of  Britain,  480 
C.  (A.  F.)  on  Sir  John  Chembin,  328 
Calas  (John)  and  family,  their  trial,  &&,  151 
"  Caledonian  Mercury,**  newspaper,  351,  479 
Calendar,  memorial  lines,  405 
Calendars  of  l^tate  Papers,  380 
Calver  (John)  on  Biehard  Shelley,  59 


526 


INDEX. 


Cambridge  Chancellor  elected  biennially  formerljr,  129 

Cambridge  Begins  Profenora,  official  anna,  311 

Camel  a  bierogljphic,  246,  333 

Camillas  (J.), Genvensis," De Ordlne ao Methodo^"  331 

Campbell  (Hugh),  poetical  works,  310 

Campbell  (Robert),  of  the  court  of  George  III.,  408 

Campbell  (Dr.  Thomas),  "  Philoso^ical  Sarreyof  Ir»- 

hind.*'365 
Campbells  of  Cantire  and  the  Mole,  58 
Canada  (Viaconnt),  anna  and  famil/,  369,  415 
Canadian  seignears,  310,  358,  415,  477 
Candlestick,  the  seven-branched,  its  fate,  132 
Canmore  (Malcolm),  noticed,  467 
Canning  (Geo.),  parody  on  "  The  Queen  of  Hearts,'*  423 
Canoe,  origin  of  the  word,  129 
Canterbury  Cathedral,  epitaph  in,  158 
Capital  punishment  of  the  innocent,  75 
Capital  punishments,  procedure  respecting,  33 . 
Cappers  of  Bewdley,  369 
Carat,  its  derivation,  365, 437 
Carew  (C.  B.)  on  old  allusions  to  Shakspeare,  266 
Carew  (Richaid),  **  Godfrey  of  Bulloigne,'*  502 
Carey  (P.  S.)  on  Cicero's  "  Ad  perpenaiculuQi,"  449 
Deflection  of  chancels,  154 
Jones  the  dockmaker,  210 
Leighton  (Sir  Thomas),  436 
Lengo  Moundino,  37 
Ifoneyers'  weights,  347 
Simon  (ThomasX  medallist,  378 
Caricatures  and  satirical  prints,  arrangement,  227,  333 
Carl  B.  oo  **  After  meat — mustard,"  428 
Hymn  tunes,  454 
Island  of  Cerigotto,  29 
Carlile's  "  Weekly  Register,"  289  i 

Carmichael  (C.  H.  £.)  on  clerical  knights,  274 
Bruce  (Robert),  Pictish  prince,  his  coin,  407 
Jeanne  d'Evreux,  Queen  of  France,  339 
Nihil  (James),  nonjuror,  329 
Nonjuring  bishops  and  their  ordinations,  311 
Rose  (Arthur),  Abp.  of  St.  Andrew's,  518 
Valcknaer  family,  210 
Came  (Edward),  epitaph,  259 
Carnival  custom  at  Boulogne-sur-Mer,  298 
Caroline  (Princess),  her  funeral,  64 
Caroline  (Qoeen),  consort  of  Goorge  IV.,  anecdote,  188 ; 
residence  at  Blackheath,  89, 119;  '*  A  Delicato  Inves- 
tigation," 32,  76,  137 
Carpenter  (Harriet)  oo  Wm.  Carpenter's  alleged  plagia* 

rlNms,  55 
Carpenter  (Wm.),  his  present  misfortune,  17,  55 
**  Carrack,'  a  largo  Spanish  ship,  322 
Carrickfergus  descn*bed,  117 
Carrington  (E.  F.  J.),  translator  of  "  Plutos,"  450 
Carter  Lane  Meeting-house,  172 
Carthusians,  colour  of  their  habits,  409,  457 
Carylls  of  Harting  and  I^dyholt,  185,  203,  278,  334 
Castle  Rackrent,  co.  Fermanagh,  186 
Cat  ice,  explained,  429 
Catamaran,  its  etymology,  403,  473 
"  Catchinge  of  Connye  Catchers,"  502 
Cate,  and  cate-in-pan,  et3rmoIogy,  403 
Catesby  (Robert),  conspirator,  341 
Catherine's  (St.)  Hills  in  EngUnd,  409,  457 
Cats  in  flower-gardens,  426 
Catullus,  authorised  translator  of,  67, 138 
"  Causes  produce  effects,"  a  barrister's  motto,  332 


Cavendish  (Sir  Tbos.),  note  to  his  Voyages,  9 
C.  (B.  fi.)  on  the  meaning  of  Bazns,  506 

Biddenham  maida,  508 

Brazil,  its  derivation,  838 

Cole  (John),  of  Scarborough,  509 

Cray,  its  meaning,  506 

Dolscius  (Paul),  Psalter  in  Greek  verse,  116 

French  tragic  exaggeration,  473 

Isabel  and  EUzabeth,  174 

Luther's  version  of  the  Apocrypha,  39 

Criental  words  in  English,  365 

Parker  (Bishop),  338 

Pascha's  Filgnmage  to  Palestine,  12 

Psahn  cxlix.,  its  title,  348 

Repartee  by  two  gentlemen,  210 

Ryot  and  Riot,  838 

Somerwt-House  Gaaette.  331 

St.  NapoleoD,  13 

Xavier  and  Indian  missioiis,  116 
C.  (D.  E.)  on  Latin  graces  in  the  Universities,  188 
C.  (E.)  on  early  appearance  of  nightingales,  519 
C.  (E.  F.  D.)  on  Ceotenuiant,  518 
Censor  on  foreign  barons  in  Parliament,  450 
**  Censuria  Literaria,"  indodes  Oldya's  notes,  83 
Centenarians,  alleged  cases,  281,  352,  399,  400,  411, 

453,  498,  500.    See  LontfevHy 
Centones,  or  patchwork,  53 
Cerigotto^  present  state  of  the  island,  29 
C.  (G.  A.)  on  William  Godwin,  503 
Chadwick  (J.  K.)  on  Elisa  Cook's  lines,  78 

Jakuis,  a  family  name,  115 

Sillett  (Mr.),  miniature  painter,  39,  194 
Chambers  (G.  F.)  oo  coin  of  Queen  Victoria,  379 
Chamben  (R.)  on  FaU  Hall,  495 
Chance  (Dr.  F.)  on  James  Bashford's  longevity,  454 

Baron,  its  derivation,  515 

Club,  ito  derivation,  294 

Hebrew  Grammatical  Exercises,  139 

Isabel  and  Elisabeth,  113, 175 

Liquorice,  its  derivation,  46 

Reuis  (bridle),  its  etymol<^,  206 

Toad-eater,  276 

Treacle,  its  derivation,  145 
Chancels,  their  deflecti<m,  154 
Chandler  (H.  W.)  on  Heraldic  volume,  394 
Chapman  (Geo.),  dramatist,  his  baptism,  170  ;  '^Sdi- 

nuctos,  or  the  Shadow  of  Night,'*  501 
Charles  I.,  his  rings,  369, 519 ;  lives  of  those  who  signed 
his  death-warrant,  291;  his  ** Remember"   on  the 
'    scafibld,  76 

Charies  II.,  escape  afUr  the  battle  of  Worcester,  38 
Chariett  (Dr.  Arthur),  Master  of  University  Colkge. 

Oxford,  261 ;  letter  respecting  ToUnd,  6 
Chamock  (Rob.),  Vioe-Pres.  of  Magdalen  Collie,  263 
Chamock  (R.  S.)  on  Ikon,  a  termination,  etymdcgy,  111 

Names  of  plants,  470 

Rousseau  on  the  rearing  of  infiuits,  20 

Tenants  in  socage,  137 

Thackwell  famUy,  336 

Tiffany,  its  derivation,  75 

Uriconiom,  or  Wroxeter,  16 

Whalebone,  its  derivation,  336 
Chasles  (M.  Philar^te),  discovery  respecting  Siakspeare's 

sonnets,  87;  bibliographical  notice,  162 
Chatham  (Wm.  Pitt,  Earl  of),  his  coffin,  408  ;  onun- 
poBsibilities,  129  ;  and  the  Spanish  language,  506 


INDEX. 


527 


ChattertoD  (Thomas),  litenuy  forgeries,  lOl,  181 
Chaucer  (Geoffrey),  Works,  1592,  322 
Chaucer's  Tabard  Inn,  and  fire  at  Soathwark,  99^  193 
C.  (U.  B.)  on  Clinical  lectores,  320 

Coster  festival  at  Haarlem,  488 

English  epitaphs  at  Borne,  209 

Ghost  stones,  459 

Lucian,  passage  in,  194 

Paulson,  276 

Pelajo's  visits  to  north  of  Spain,  71 
C.  (H.  C.)  on  bonefire  and  bonfire,  109 

Degrees  of  comparison,  137 

Doomsday  extended  and  translated,  184 

FuUuht,  the  Anglo-Sason  baptism,  158 

Horses,  then:  valae  in  Shakspeare's  time,  299 

Tory,  its  derivation,  517 

Turgesius  the  Dane,  150 
Chelsea  oriental  china,  428 
Chessborough  on  age  of  newspapers,  435        •^: 

Fitzwilliam  family,  434 

Obituary  of  officers,  420 
Cliester,  Jacob's  well  at,  26 
Chettle  (Henry),  "  The  Baiting  of  Diogenes,"   141  ; 

"  Kinde  Hartes  Dreame,"  323 
Chiaucangi,  Egyptian  fartune-teller,  187 
Chief  Justices  quondam  highwaymen,  47 
Children  bunged,  39 

''  Children  in  the  Wood, ""  origin  of  the  tale,  433 
Chilton  Candover,  views  of,  269 
Chinese  and  the  Code  of  Menu,  425 
Chohneley  (Sir  Roger),  aspersion  on  his  character,  47 
"  Christ  the  bread  of  Life,"  a  lyric,  372 
Christening  bowls  and  spoons,  112 
Christmas-day,  its  observance  under  the  Commonwealth 

246,  458;  customs,  482 
Chromophone  on  colours  and  musical  sounds,  485 
Chronicles  and  Memorials  of  Great  Britain  and  Ireland, 

380 
Church  aisle  and  monuments,  328 
Church  livings,  lengthened  tenure,  109,  179, 435 
Church,  Roman  form  of  consecration,  452 
Church  used  by  Churchmen  and  Romanists,  427,  478, 

519 
Churches  built  East  and  Weit  on  the  Continent,  187, 

334 
Churches,  wooden,  367,  437 
Churchwardens,  who  appoints  them,  19 
Churchyard  (Thomas),  «  The  Abuse  of  Beantye,"  402 

"  Challenge,"  362 
Chute  (Anthony),  "  Procris  and  Cephalus,"  462 
C.  (H.  W.)  on  aldermen  of  London,  133 
Cibber  (Theophilus),  «  Lives  of  the  Poets,"  83 
Cicero  quoted  by  Von  Raumer,  111,  194,  220 
Circular  bordure  explained,  170,  256 
Clarke  (J.  H.)  on  P.  W.  Owtrem,  19 
Clarke  (Richard),  Lord  Mayor,  arms,  257 
Clarry  on  Dr.  Johnson  on  punning,  498 
Clay  (Charles),  M.D.,  on  American  cents,  208 

Isle  of  Lundy,  works  on,  171 
Clayton  (Bp.),  and  an  "  Essay  on  Spirit,"  507 
Clergyman's  right  to  take  the  chair,  18,  177,  193 
Clerical  Knights,  209,  273,  354 
Clerical  lists,  1780—1830,  346 
Clerical  longevity,  109,  179 
Clericus,  F.S.A.,  on  Prayer  Book  of  1604,  13 
Clever,  an  American  provincialism,  187 


Clifton  on  the  «  Silken  Cord,"  210 
Climate  of  England,  485 
Clinical  lectures,  248,  320,  334 
Clinton  (H.)  on  name  of  the  Royal  Family  of  England, 
258 

Oila  Podrida,  260 

Turgesius  the  Dane,  217 
Clio  on  churches  built  east  and  west,  334 

Canadian  seigneurs,  477 

Henry  IV.'s  motto,  506 

Rutland:  coonty  or  shire,  315 

Simon  (Thomas),  engraver,  178 

Steriing,  its  former  meaning,  186 

Turkey-cocks  in  armorial  bearings,  507 
Cloth  and  Woollen  trades,  209 
Cloudesley  on  Dr.  Donne's  portrait,  370 
Clover,  four-bladed,  298 

Club,  its  derivation,  294;  "To  club  a  regiment^"  427 
Clubs,  four  and  deuce  of,  223 
C.  (M.  A.)  on  the  Courts  of  Love,  291 
C.  (N.  H.)  on  orange  butter,  417 
Coaches,  state,  389 
Cochran  or  Dundonald  family,  408 
Cocklo  (James)  on  mathematical  bibliography,  64,  168, 

306 
Codrington  (Rob.),  monument  in  Bristol  cathedral,  90 
Coin  of  William  and  Alary,  leaden  one,  207,  259 
Coin,  leaden,  found  at  Clare,  197 
Coinage,  origin  of  poundk,  shillings,  and  pence,  112 
Coins  inserted  in  tankards,  50,  1 16,  277,  397, 436  ; 
restoration  of  decayed,    130,    196^  215  ;  tarnished 
silver,  31,  99,  116 
Cole  (John)  of  Scarboroagh,^87,  509 
Cole  (Rev.  Wm.),  burial-place  and  epitaph,  487 
Coleridge  (S.  T.),  *"  Table  Talk,"  name  wanted,  52 
Culiberts,  tenants  in  socage,  187,252 
Collier  (J.  Payne)  on  extracts  from  the  Registers  of  the 
Stationen'  Company,  44,  104,141,  201,241,321, 
361,401,461,  501 
Collins  (Rev.  Brian  Bury),  427 
Collins  (Mortimer)  on  St.  Aulaire's  qoatrain,  52 

Earthquake  in  Guernsey,  177 

"  Wliip  up  Smouchy  or  Pont,"  117 
Collison  (F.  W.),  on  North  Devonshire  folk  lore,  404 
Colonel,  its  derivation  and  pronunciation,  130,  196 
Colours  and  musical  sounds,  485 
Colours,  primary,  246 
Combe  (Harvey  Christian),  arms,  257 
Combe  (Thos.),  translator  of  "  The  Theater  of  fync  De- 

vises,"  40 
Comets  and  epidemia,  129 
Common  Prayer  Book  of  1604,  13,  76 
Commonwealth  marriages,  228 
Concordances  and  Verbal  Indexes,  list  o^  345 
Congers,  a  franchise,  248,  332,  436 
Constable  (Henry),  "  Diann."   321 
Constantine  on  the  saying  "  To  wit,"  349  -  '  r 

Consumptions,  Scottish  recipes  for,  307 
"  Controversy  between  the  Fleayand  Women,"  45 
Convocation  in  Ireland,  485 
Cooke  (Dr.  Benj.),  Shaksperian  settings,  265 
Cooke  (W.  B.)  on  Francis  de  Burgh*8  mother,  89 

Cromwell  family,  336 

H6tel  des  Invalides  k  Paris,  309 

Tabard,  a  miliUry  dress,  337 
Coombc  (Wm.),  author  of  "  The  DiaboliAd,"  4S8 


518 


INDEX. 


Cooper  (C.  H.)  on  Coefly,  DaebMi  cf  Toric,  419 

Randolph  (Ambrose),  483 
Cooper  (C.  H.,  and  Thompeoo)  on  Briaa  Bniy  CoSm^ 
427 

Holden  (John  Bose),  199 

Lambe  (Charles),  464 

Manisty  (Edward),  of  Clan  HaU,  217 

Masfl9  Etonensas,  372 

Sackville  (Sir.  Wm.)>  Lord  BtMkhnrBt,  820 

Strange  (Sir  John)  and  hia  aoo,  353 
Cooper  (Feuimore)  oo  the  Bermndaa,  128 
Cooper  (Thompeon)  on  Ffiiiai^*a  **  Art  of  Mtmorj" 

169. 
Cooper  (Wm.  Dmrant)  od  gmiigglhig  in  Sostex,  215 

Simon  (Thomas),  medaUvt,  297 
Copland  (A.)  on  children  hanged,  39 
Coplej  (Anthony),  minor  poet,  942 
Corby,  oow  Northampton,  aingnlar  costora,  424 
CordeUers,  colour  of  their  hi&ta,  409,  457 
Comefers  of  Bewdley,  369 
Comer  (Q.  R)  on  Chaucer's  Tabnid  Inn,  and  firt  of 

Southwark,  193 
Comey  (Bolton)  on  America  before  Colambni,  7 
Cornwall  (Pierce  Ga?eatooe,  Earl  of),**  Lift,  Denthyttd 

Fortune,"  501 
Comwallia  family,  370 
Corps  hDmain  petrifi^,  370,  437,  455 
Cortex  (Hernando),  arma  of  lua  wires,  137 
Coster  festival  at  Haarlem,  4w 
Cotgresve  fiorgeries  of  W.  S.  Spenoe,  8,  54,  92 
Cot^uean,  its  etymology,  403 
County  and  shure  distinjmished.  Ill,  197,  258, 815 
Courtney  (R.  J.)  on  Engnsn  ambassadors  to  Fnnct,  78 
Courts  of  Lore,  works  on,  291 
Corerdale  (Myles),  editions  of  his  BiUe,  406,  433 
CoTetousness,  works  on,  468 
Cowell  (Dr.  John),  "  laberj^n^  condemned,''  9,  74 
Cowper  (Spencer)  his  trial  Ibr  morder,  91,  115, 191, 

214,  275,  354,  438 
Coxeter  rThomas),  notes  on  English  posts,  83 
C.  (P.  S.)  on  St.  Benlgne,  Dijon,  18 
C.  (B.)  C(frh,  on  James  Kihel,  499 
Craggs  (Thomas)  on  Bums  and  Andrew  Homer,  147 
Cranmer  (Abp.),  portraits,  269,  416,  516 
Craskell  (Thomas),  engineer,  96 
Crawfish,  its  derivation,  403 
Crawley  (C.  Y.)  on  servants  at    Holy  Conmnmisn, 

231 
Cray,  a  local  name,  its  meanmg,  506 
Creech  (Thomas),  Fellow  of  All  Souls,  Oxford,  261 
Creswell  (S.  F.)  on  cases  of  longevity,  454 

Historic  photographic  gallery,  504 

Neirspapers,  their  age,  398, 479 

Previous  question,  345 

St.  Patrick's  day  at  Eton,  329 

Visiting  cards,  267 
Crew  (Sir  Thomas),  370 
Crimean  war  foretold,  90 
CrinoUnes  fai  1737,  296 
Cromek  (T.  H.)  on  "  Parodies  on  Gay,"  231 

Peacock  (Miss),  friend  of  Thomas  Campbell,  90 
Cromwell  family  arms,  109,  289,  317,  336 
Cromwell  (Oliver),  prudent  care  of  official  documents, 

109;  shield,  179 
Cromwell  (Col.  WUiUm),  otroa  1642,  68 
Crony,  its  dsrivatko,  50,  118 


Crofisley  (James)  on  *^  SpssGhss  and  Pcmysn  of  thn 

R^icides,"  430 
Crow^  (Thomas),  '^  A  Sndd  Sonnsi  "  on  faim,  862 
C.  (S.)  on  authorised  traasktor  of  Gatnllns,  67 

Blue  and  buff,  519 

Coleridge's  Tabis  Talk,  52 

Degrees  of  S.T.P.  and  D.D.,  457 

Noblemen  and  barons  fai  Scotland,  451 

Polygamy  in  Sicily,  231 

Rabbit,  its  etymology,  490 

Sermon  on  Charles  L,  250 

University  discipline,  439 
C.  (S.  F.)  on  tenon  of  livmgs,  326 
C.  (T.)  on  BathoDatical  enigma,  384 
Cuber  on  Easter  and  Whitsontido  rinnds,  248 

Wigan  mayors,  232 
Cumberbatch  (Mrs.)  portrait,  269,  860 
Cunningham  (Peter)  on  Squire  Allworthy,  186 

Lord  Bacon's  status,  148 

Bridgman  (Charles),  gardener  to  George  11^ 
227 

Brome  (Dick),  '<  The  Love-Sick  Maid,"  168 

Chapnan  (George),  entry  of  his  bi^ism,  1 70 

Jonson  (Ben)  and  the  aUerman's  pension,  149 

Martin  (BSohard),  Recorder  of  London,  168 

MasslBger's  widow,  188 

Wake  (Sir  Isaac),  207 

Years  and  reigns,  866 

Toung  (Dr.),  noticed  in  a  posm,  188 
Curates,  three-penny,  271,  387 
Curmudgeon,  a  cnrions  etymology,  180,  194 
Cursons  of  Walerferry,  co.  Oxford,  228 
Corwen  (Sir  John),  governor  of  Porchestor  Cattle,  318, 

378 
Customary  of  the  Abbey  of  Milton,  148 

C.  (W.)  on  husbandman  in  fonnar  timoB,  115 

Metric  prose,  115  * 

Moneyers'  weights,  412 
Cypher,  a  new  one,  466 

D 

D.  on  hunter's  moon,  224 

Monk  (Christ)  pedigree,  77 

Stithe;  SUtby,  458 

''  The  Passing  Bell,"  a  poem,  52 
D.  1.  on  the  Carylls  of  Ladyholt,  203 
A.  on  Stephen  Kemble*s  baptism,  268 
A.  1,  on  clerical  incumbents,  346 
8.  on*'  l^ot  too  good  to  be  true,"  366 

Sun  and  whalebone,  359 
Dacre  of  the  North,  217 
'*  Daily  Advertiser,"  complete  sets,  187 
Dalby  (J.  W.),  editor  of  **  Historic  Keepsake,"  347 
Dambroad,  its  derivation,  347,  399 
Danby  of  Leake  and  Kirkbj  Knowle,  97,  195 
Daniel  (Samuel),  "Delia,"*  202  ;  **  Tragedy  of  Cleopt- 

tra,"  462 
Danish  writer  on  uniooms,  50,  118 
D'Arcy  family,  co.  York,  arms,  387 
Dauriat  (Madame  Louise),  lectures,  486 
D'  Aveney  (H.)  on  Bunker's  Hill,  437 

Cdns  inserted  in  tankarda,  436 

Sillett  (James),  miniature  painter,  185 
Davidson  family  of  Dumfiiea,  450 
Davies  (J.  A.)  on  Martin's  pietnies,  845 


IKDEX 


529 


DaTief  (J.  A.)  on  Bobioson  Cnitoe  tmi.  De  Fot»  908 

Sleep,  forgetfnlnesB  of  eatiog  afWr,  406 

The 'swine  brother  to  num,  291 
DaTies  (Sir  John),  "  ImmorUHtj  of  the  SoqI,**  108 
Daviee  (T.)  on  claim  of  eldest  sods  of  harooete,  4S0 
DaTies  (Thos.),  Catalogne  of  Oldys's  booka,  88 
Davis  (Jefferson),  his  family,  49,  118 
Davison  (A.)  on  epigram  on  the  Fcter  Qeofges,  518 

**  Yankee  Doodle  borrows  cash,"  468 
Davy  (Sir  Humphrey),  on  gai-light,  61,  117, 877 
Days  lucky  and  unlucky,  176 
D.  (E.)  on  Title-pages  unknown,  250 

Whateley  finnily,  225 
D.  (EUA.)  00  Corerdale's  Bibles,  406 

Panlo  Dolscio^  **  Psalterium,*  68 
Deaf  and  Dumb  literature,  427,  475,  498,  514 
Deane  (W.  J)  on  quotation  from  Ensmut,  218 
Dedications  to  the  Deity,  420 
Deer  parks,  reduction  of,  187 
"  Defender  of  the  Faith,**  use  of  the  title,  847 
Defnial  on  a  curious  cmncidence,  845 

Petronius  Arbiter,  10 
De  Foe  (Daniel),  <*  Bobinaon  Crusoe,"  808 
Degrees,  "Ad  eundem,"  their  advantages,  288,  359 
Degrees  of  comparison,  48,  137 
Degrees  of  S.T.P.  and  D.D.,  231,  318,  833,  457 
Delta  on  bibliography  of  Alchemy  and  Mysticism,  89 

*' Delicate  Investigation,''  32 

Cbiaucungi,  the  EgypUan  fortnna-teller,  187 

Cryptography,  466 

Flight  of  wild  geese  and  cranes,  96 

Forman  (Dr.),  Discourse  of  Crystalloimaoay,  169 

Gray*8  Elegy  parodied,  197 

Guyon  (Madame),  "  Autobiography/  51 

King's  evil,  worka  on  the,  314 

Oughtred  (Wm.),  mathemaUoiaii,  210 

Postage  atampe,  474 

Steam  navigation,  207 
Delafeld  families,  427,  477,  514 
Dcloney  (Thomas), "  the  balUdiog  silk-wearer,"  105; 
**  The  LamenUtion  of  Chris.  TomliMon,"  822;  *^  Gar- 
land of  Good  Will,''  362 
Delta,  Eichmond,  on  Army  Lists,  256 
De  Mareville  on  Foilles  de  Gletoan,  319 

Turgesius  the  Dane,  317 
Denkmal  on  monumental  effigies,  90 
Denton  (Wm.)  on  Dr.  John  Pordags^  136 
Deptford,  Lo>'e  Lane  Chapel,  210 
Derby  (Henry  Stanley,  Earl  oQ,  death,  461 
Desmond  (the  dd  Counteis  of),  biographical  ooUmi, 

301,  377,  469 
Devil  turning  fiddler,  206 
Devis  (Anthony),  the  painter,  208, 416, 476 
Devonshire  custom,  132  ;  folk  lore,  404 
Dewell  (Wm.),  resuscitated  after  hanging,  344 
D.  (G.  H.)  on  Cotgrave  foigedes,  54 

Comwallis  family,  370 

Warner  pedigree,  53 
Diamond  dost  a  poison,  486 
Dibdin  (R.  W.)  on  Weat  Street  Chapel,  111 
Dicconson  0^''^*)»  <^  Wrightington,  209 
Dickens  (Charles),  and  Yorkshire  schools,  212 
Digby  (Sir  Everard),  his  execution,  506 
Dixon  (J.)  on  lawn  and  crape,  188 

"  Luke's  iron  crown,"  364 
Dixon  (Major-Gen.  Matthew),  burial,  433 


Dixon  (R.  W.)  on  clergyman's  right  to  take  the  ohair, 

177 
Dixon  (W.H.)  "Story  of  Lord  Baeon's  Iifb,''400,  424 
Dixonfdd  as  a  local  name,  187 
D.  (J.),  on  Lastingham  church,  396 
D.  (J.  R)  on  "  Daily  Advertiser,"  197 
D.  (L.  L.)  on  modem  British  cofaiaga,  112 

Christening  bowb,  112 
DobsoD  (Wm.)  on  medal  of  Prerton  battle,  369 
Dodington  (Ed.),  letter  on  the  arrival  of  tlie  Spanisk 

Armada,  447 
Dodshon  of  Stranton,  deseendants,  130 
Dodwell  (Henry),  Camden  professor,  261 
Dolscio  (Paulo),  "  Psalterium,"  68, 116, 
Domesday  Book  photozincographed,  184,  187,  252 
Domestic  architecture,  289 
Donne  (Dr.  John),  portrait  in  his  grave  clothes,  370 
Donnybrook  parish,  interments  in,  320,  378 
Doian  (Dr.  J.)  on  America  before  Columboa,  75 

King's  evil,  touching  for  the,  497 

Mesmerism  not  alluded  to  by  Plautos,  377 

Oldys  (Wm.)  and  the  bend  sinister,  97 

Shorter  (Arthur),  59 
Dorking,  custom  on  Shrove  Tuesday,  224,  489 
Doubler,  a  provincialism,  148,  216 
Douglas  (Andrew),  M.D.,  488 
Donghw  Cause,  408 
Douglas,  Duke  of  Tonrune,  288 
Doughw  (Mrs.),  "  The  Life  of  G.  F.  Genert,"  289 
Douglas  (Neil),  Universalist  preacher,  18,  92,  139 
Douglas  (Wm.)  on  *•  Theatrical  Portraits,"  39 
Dowell  money,  149,  199,  220,  256 
Down,  Map  of  the  County  ^  507 
Dowson  of  Chester  fomily,  110, 178 
D.  (Q.)  on  Fairfox  and  D«nondk)gia,  218 
Drake  (Sir  Francis),  ceremony  u)f  his  knighthood,  409» 

460;  note  to  his  Voyages,  9 
Drakenberg  (Christian  Jacobaen),  hia  longevity,  853 
Dramas,  manuscript,  32 
Dray  (Thomas)  of  Famingham,  epitaph,  287 
Drayton  (Michael),  "  The  Shepperdea  GarUnd,"  401; 
Sonnets,    164;    "Trinmphes  <tf   the  Chureh,"   44; 
Works,  edit.  1748,61 
Dreams,  phenomena  of,  187 
Droz  (Rev.  John  Peter),  French  refugee,  88 
Drunkard's  Conceit,  a  song,  305,  352 
D.  (T.  W.)  on  Anthony  Devis,  416 
*'  Dublin  Literary  Gazette,"  to  editor,  28 
Du  Cane  (Arthur)  on  "  A  true  blue  apron  retom,"  348 
Duchess,  or  Dutchess,  187 
Dudley  (Rev.  Henry  Bate),  Bart.,  355 
Dnesbury  (Henry)  on  Bivaulx  Abbey,  467 

Turner  the  painter,  484 
Dunford,  Dumford,  or  Dureford,  203,  278,  470 
Dunstable  (Allen)  on  the  ferula,  450 
Dnnwell  (Joseph),  portrait,  248 
Durandus,  epitaph  on,  380,  519 
Durham  on  Burdon  of  Easington,  129 
Dumford  family,  492 
Dutch  paper  trade,  86 
Dutch  Psalter  printed  by  A.  Solemne,  172 
D.  (^V.)  on  Edm.  Burke  ajid  "Annual  Register,"  346 

Chatham  (Lord)  and  the  Spanish  language,  506 

Cowper  (Spencer),  his  trial,  91 

Epigram,  438 

Exorcism:  Luther,  171 


530 


INDEX. 


D.  (W.)  on  facaltj  of  kngbter:  Dr.  Last^  506 
Homer  on  hawking,  158 
"  Leucippe  by  the  patriarch  loved,"  498 
Noseless  Eusebia,  and  noaeless  nuns,  438 
Paulson,  353 
Pbseacian  ships,  485 

Richard  II.  and  Henry  I.,  their  tombs,  498 
"  The  Trifle,"  a  poUtical  baUad,  327 
Thibet  do^  485 
Vane  (Lady),  152 

D.  (W.  J.)  on  leaden  coin  found  at  Chire,  197 

Paiglcs,  or  cowslips,  330 
Pronunciation  of  proper  names,  28 
Walker's  ''  Sufferings  of  the  Clergy,**  312 
Dyoe  (Rev.  Alex.)  and  Thomas  Keightley,  85 

E 

E.  on  Sobieski,  semi- Welch  family  name,  210 
Earthquakes  in  EngUnd,  15, 94, 177;  statistics  of,  210 
Easter  and  Whitsuntide  viands,  248 

Easter  offerings,  their  legal  claim,  453 

Eastern  costume,  95 

Eastwood  (J.)  on  All  Souls*  eve  custom,  217 

Capital  punishment,  497 

Dacre  of  the  North,  217 

Ferula,  instrument  of  punishment,  513 

Hebrew  Grammatical  Exercises,  139 

King*s  evil,  travelling  payment  to  London,  314 

Moore  (Rev.  Stephen),  499 

Nockynge,  Dowell  money,  etc.,  199 

Pheasants  first  known  in  England,  313 

"  Poor  Poll,**  etc,  514^ 

Turners  of  Eckington,  198 

*'  Yankee  Doodle  borrows  cash,"  513 
Easy  CBenJ.)  on  bibliographical  queries,  469 

Corps  humain  petrifi<^,  455 

Derivation  of  Dambord,  347 

Superstition,  its  etymology,  475 
£.  fi,  E.  on  the  word  Toad-eater,  128 
Eboraeum  on  Club,  a  military  phrase,  427 

Nevison  the  freebooter,  428 
Ecclesiastical  Commission  of  1650,  130 
Eders  (John),  highwayman,  209 
Edgar  (Miss),  author  of  poems,  328 
Edisfield  (Peter  de),  his  arms,  347 
E.  (D.  S.)  on  the  new  Bishop  of  Cork,  505 
Edward  L,  Itinerary  of,  466 
Edward  II.,  Itinerary  of,  466 
Edward  IV.,  date  of  his  birth,  427 
Edwards  (C.)  on  Quipos,  or  knot  records  of  Peru,  452 

Roman  form  of  consecrating  a  church,  452 
^K8i  ^  symbol,  34 
Egypt,  the  royal  crown,  328 
£.  (H.)  on  Gray*s  Elegy  parodied,  112 

Royal  library  at  St.  James's,  204 
Eirionnach  on  ''Discourse  against  Transubstantiatioo," 
69 

**  God's  providence  is  mine  inheritance,"  51 

Leighton  (Abp.),  library  at  Dunblane,  3 

Superstition,  origin  of  the  word,  390 

White  Quakers,  459 
£.  (K.  P.  D.)  on  All  Hallow  eve  custom,  223 

Blue  and  buff,  472 

Danby  of  Kirkby  Knowle,  195 

Earthquake  in  England,  177 

First  bank  in  Australia,  67 


E.  (K.  P.  D.)  on  Greek  orator,  110 

Sunday  newspapers  in  America,  49 
E.  (L.)  on  domestic  architecture,  289 
Election  return,  a  curious  one,  505 
Electioneerers,  a  vulgarism,  130, 197 
Elephant's  skull,  126 
Eliot  (Sir  John),  epitaph,  445 
Elizabeth  and  Isabel,  the  same  name,  59,  113,  174 
Elizabeth  (Queen),  letter,  267 

Elhicombo  (H.  T.)  on  clergynum's  right  to  take  the 
chair,  193 

Giles  Green  and  Capt.  Plnnkett,  209 
Ellis  (F.  S.)  on  Praise-God  Barebones,  395 
Ellidon  (Henry),  author  of  **  Mad  Moments,"  387 
Eltham,  Queen  Elizabeth's  entertainment  at,  141 
El  Uyte  on  Richard  de  Marisco's  arms,  91 
Ely  (Loftus,  Marquis  of),  arms,  309 
£.  (M.)  on  lucky  and  unlucky  days,  176 

Paulson,  equestrian,  210 
Embalming  the  dead  by  undertakers,  248 
Emperor,  British-bom,  426 
England  and  France,  proverbs  respecting,  366 
EngUnd,  name  of  the  Royal  family  of,  258 
England,  the  climate  of,  485 
"*  EngUmd's  Black  Tribunall,"  112 
"  EngUnd's  Parnassus,"  by  Robert  AUott,  82 
English  language,  written  and  spoken,  98 
Enniskillen  (Cole,  Earl  of),  arms,  309, 435 
Envelopes,  insecure,  415, 474 
Epigrams:  Christ  dressed  as  a  Jesuit,  347,  438 

Four  Georges,  328,  358,  518 

EpitaphB :  — 

Came  (Edward),  at  Rome,  259 

Dray  (Thomas),  Faraingham,  287 

Duraodns,  380, 519 

"  Earth  walks  on  earth,"  etc,  389 

Eliot  (Sir  John),  446 

Geddes  (Dr.  Alexander),  374 

Jemingham  (John),  of  Cossey  Hall,  464 

Kent  (Rev.  Timothy)  of  Danby,  506 

Peckham  (Robert)  at  Rome,  259 

Thoroton  (Rev.  Sir  John),  Bottesford  church,  273 
Erasmus  andUlrich  Htttten,  289,  511 
Eric  on  buih-day  of  George  IIL,  505 

Pope  Joan,  459 

SaltonstalT  family,  350 
Essendon,  locality  of  the  battle  of,  407 
Estcourt  (E.  E.)  on  Sir  Francis  Biyan,  176 
Estefort  on  Vice-Adm.  James  Sayer,  133 
Eton  College,  custom  on  St  Patrick's  day  329 
Euchre,  a  game  at  cards,  427 
Euripides  and  Menander  quoted,  51,  178,  292 
Executions  in  France,  1831-60,  308 
Exeter  College,  Oxford,  its  affairs  in  1692,  264 
Exhibition,  the  International,  1862, 380,  460 
Exon  on  Robert  Browning's  Lyrics,  89 

"  Pr«ces  Privataj,"  1564,  70 
Exorcism  and  Alartin  Luther,  171,  218 
Eye,  its  adjustment  to  distance,  485 
Eyres  (James),  a  respited  convict,  33 

F 

F.  on  Skelton's  descendants,  290 

F.  (A.  B.)  on  church  aisle  and  monnmenta,  323 

Fairfax  Court  House,  fate  of  Ita  dinrcfa,  464 


INDEX. 


531 


Fairfax  (Edir.)  «  Discourse  on  Witclicraft,"  150,  218 

Fairfax  familv,  of  Barford,  370,  431 

Fairly  (Mr.)  in  Mad.  D'Arblay'a  Diary,  96,  336 

Fala  Hall,  in  Mid  Lothian,  448,  495 

Falconia  (Proba),  "  Cento  Mrgilianua,"  53 

Families  who  trace  from  Saxon  times,  51 

Fanners-General,  their  collection  of  painting,  251 

Farnbam  (Sir  Clement),  Knt,  110,  426,  471 

Faustus  (Dr.)  "  The  Second  Report,"  462 

F.  (E.)  on  biblical  versions,  172 

Feasetraw  explained,  211 

Feinaiglc  (M.  G  von)  "  Art  of  Memory,"  author,  169 

Fenclun  and  the  Jansenists,  436 

Ferrey  (Benj.)  on  Holland,  Duke  of  Exeter,  217 

Napoleon  III.'s  residence  in  England,  88 
Ferula,  instrument  of  punishment,  450,  512 
Ffolliot  family.  88,  158,  216,  338 
F.  (G.  R.)  on  Rokeby  family,  478 

Tilney  family,  473 
F.  (H.  C.)  on  Baldwin  family,  110,  426 

'•  England's  Black  Tribunull,"  112 

Longevity  cases,  282 
Shorter  (Arthur),  family,  219 
Field,  or  Delafield  families,  427,  477 
Fielding  (Henry),  "Tom  Thumb,"  411 
hinch  (Hon.  Leopold  W.),  262 
Fire  of  London,  Prayers  for  the  great,  388 
Fishwick  (H.)  on  earthquakes  in  England,  94 
Fist  weighing  exactly  a  pound,  168 
Fittid  (R.  S.)  on  Leezie  Lindsay,  463 
Fitz  Gerald  family,  1700-1800,  348 
Fitziiarris  (Mr.),  his  impeachment,  303 
Fitzhopkins  on  Sir  Kverard  Digby's  execution,  506 

Patrick's  "  Reflexions  on  the  Roman  Cbnrch,"  379 

Phrases,  473 

Starachter  and  Murdoch,  1 52 

Wakefield  (Gilbert),  <<  Ranse  Canone,"  434 

Weeping  among  the  ancients,  196 
Fitzwilliam  extinct  Irish  peerage,  S48, 396,  434 
F.  (J.)  on  the  trial  of  Spencer  Cowper,  191,  275 
FUxc,  the  American  and  New  England,  72 
Fletcher  (Jacob),  dramatist,  110 
Flick  (Gerlach),  painter,  269,  416,  417 
Flurio  (John),  bis  Italian  Proverbs,  82 
Flower  (Franci:>),  licenser  of  books,  143 
"  Fly,"  an  anacreontic,  21 
F.  (M.)  on  Bail  Brigg,  466 

Drinking  mayor,  296 

Earthquakes  in  England,  16 

Freeman  family,  269 

Ghost  stories,  496 

Longevity,  and  three  sets  of  teeth,  386 

l*aper  money,  119 

Proverbial  saying,  189 

Rainbow  in  1644,271 

Surnames,  177 

Unconscious  plagiarism,  366 

Willoughby  (Lady).  "Diary,"  272,  340 
F.  (M.  G.)  on  Commissariat  of  Lander,  37 
Fuiiles  de  glctuers,  96,  319 
F<dd,  a  local  affix,  187,  339,  399 
Foley,  origin  of  the  surname,  386,  439 

Folk  Lore  x  — * 

Apple  year  and  twins,  482 
All  Hallow  eve  custom,  283 


Folk  Lore  :— 

Beans,  white,  482 
Christmas  custom,  482 
Clubs,  four  and  deuce  of,  223 
Devonshire,  North,  404 
Ghosts  seen  by  persons  boiii  at  midnight,  223 
Grantham,  curious  custom  at;  482 
Irish  superstition,  223 
Leeches  to  be  killed,  482 
New  Year  letting  in,  223 
Folliott  (Hon.  Rebecca),  and  her  family,  88,  158,  216, 

339 
Fonts,  Norman,  230 

Ford  (Joseph),  M.D.,  uncle  of  Dr.  Johnson,  310 
Forman  (Dr.),  Discourse  of  Crystallomancy,  169 
Forrest  (C.)  on  Hannah  Green,  438 
Forster    (Thomas),    M.D.,  his    death,  390;    '*Atmo 

spherical  Origin  of  Epidemic  Disorders,"  129 
Forth  (Wm.),  mayor  of  Wigan,  232 
Fos8  (Edward)  on  Mr.  Serjeant  John  Bird),  29 
Cowper  (Spencer),  thai  of,  214 
Page  (Sir  Francis),  **  the  hanging  judge,"  13 
Reynolds  (Chief  Baron,  and  Baron  James),  149, 

276 
Willes  (Chief  Baron  Edward),  487 
Fossils,  how  extracted,  148,  238,  315 
Foster  family  arms,  289 

Foster  (Sir  Michael)  on  impressment  for  the  navy,  70 
Foundation  stones  of  churches,  248 
FoxUy  on  Joseph  Hallet,  272* 
France  and  the  Pope  195  years  ago,  297 
France,  executions  in,  1831-60,  308 
Franklyn  (John  and  Richard)  of  Jamaica,  209 
Frater  (Herns)  on  the  Baron  Reynolds,  235 
Grantees  of  monasteries,  -349 
Postage  stamps,  357 
Fraunce  (Abraham),  ''  The  Countease  of  Pembrt>ok^a 

Ivy  Churche,"  and  "  Emanuel,"  44,  322 
'*  Frauncis  Fayre  weather,"  1590-1, 44 
Frazer  (Wm.),  M.D.,  on  Puritans  and  Presbyterians  io 

Ireland,  311 
Freeman  family,  269 
Freeman  (H.)  on  Stangate  Hole,  155 
French  books,  monthly  feuilleton  on,  139 
French  revolution  predicted,  186 
French  Subscriber  on  the  **  Wandering  Jew,"  14 
French  tragic  exaggeration,  370,  473 
Fridays,  Saints*  days,  and  Fast  days,  113,  155,  192, 

235, 298 
Friedland  (Albert,  Duke  oQ, '' Perdnellionis  Chaos,"  468 
Fritwell  antiquities,  463 
Frye  (Thomas),  engraved  heads,  110,  172 
F.  (T.)  on  boroughmongering  in  olden  times,  226 
Bransgrove  family,  310 
Canadian  seigneurs,  358 
Godschall  (Sir  Robert)^  151 
Welsh  mottoes,  273 
Fuller  (Thos.)  ''  Worthies  of  England,"  annotated,  84 
Fulluht,  the  Anglo-Saxon  baptism,  158 
Funerals,  princely,  65 

F.  (W.)  on  burning,  a  legal  punishment,  426 
Interments  in  Donnybrooke  parish,  320 
Ghost  stories,  427 
S.-ind-paintin^,  348 


633 


INDEX. 


G 

G.  on  Jacob  and  James,  411 

State  coaches,  389 

Toads  in  rocks,  389 
(G.)  on  Palestine  Association,  270 
G.  EdifAwrgk,  oo  catting  off  with  A  ihiUing,  %i^ 

Duubler,  a  large  dish,  216 

Doaglas  (Neil),  139 

Literature  of  lunatics,  500 

Passage  in  Cicero,  111  ' 

Poems,  nnsoccessful  prize,  58 

Prophecy  respecting  the  Crimean  war,  90 

Resuscitation  after  banging,  344 

"^  The  Stars  of  Kigbt,"  380 
.  on  Sir  Thomas  Crew  and  Sir  J.  Howlani,  870 

Douglas  (Neil),  of  Glasgow,  18 

Ellibon  (Henry),  387 

Forster  (Thomas),  M.D.,  390 

"  Heart  Treasure,"  an  anooymooi  MS.,  29 

Macculloch  of  Camboslang,  397 

QuoUtions  wanted,  270,  449 

Scottish  medical  recipes,  307 

Touching  for  the  King's  evil,  258 

Von  Raumer's  citation  from  Cicero,  195 

Wilkie  (Dr.  Wm.).  "  Fables,"  277 
G.  (A.)  on  Neil  Douglas's  works,  92 
GalUard  (J.  £.)  and  the  music  in  Brutos,  364 
Galloway  (Wm.)  on  Kennedy  family,  413 

M'CuUoch  of  Cambuslang,  418 

York  Buildings  Company,  119 
Galton  (J.  L.)  on  Biajor-Qen.  Dixon,  433 
Games,  ancient,  53 

Gantilion  (P.  J.  F.)  on  longevity  of  lawyers,  519 
Gardiner  (Dr.  B.)  Warden  of  All  Sonls,  Oxford,  387 
Gardner  (J.  D.)  on  Beredos,  874 
"  Gargantua,  bis  prophesie,**  202,  241 
Gamett  (&)  on  Shelley's  '*  Laon  and  Cythna,"  419 
Gamier  (Robert),  ''  The  tragedie  of  Antonie,"  241 
Gascoyne  (Richard),  record-heraldiit,  deitractioa  of  liis 

MSS.,8 
Gauthiotz  (S.)  on  bibliography  of  alchymy,  156 
Gazette,  its  derivation,  365 
Gd.  00  caricatures  and  satirical  prints,  333 
G.  (£.)  on  an  early  edition  of  Terence,  131 

Sir  John  Baldwin,  471 
Geast  and  Dngdale  family  arms,  389 
Geddes  (Dr.  Alex.),  epiuph,  374 
Geese  ami  cranes,  flight  of,  96 
Genealogist  on  Scarlett  family,  231 
Geology,  corps  humain  petrifitf,  370,  487,  455 
George  L,  statue  in  Leicester  Square,  227 
George  III.,  anecdote,  307 ;  birth-day,  505 
George  (Prince)  of  Denmark,  patron  of  sdeiioe,  169 
Georges,  the  Four,  epigram  on,  328,  358,  518 
German  philosophers,  450 
G.  (F.)  on  biographical  queries,  208 

Rev.  William  Cole's  burial-place,  487 
G.  (G.  M.)  00  Bp.  Patrick's  "  Devotions  of  the  BomM 
Church,"  820 
University  discipline,  400 
G.  (H.)  on  being  covered  in  the  Royal  presence,  350 
Di>w8on  family,  179 
Paravicin  fainilv,  179 
Pemlierton  (Sir  Ja-nes),  arms,  19 
Pitt  aud  OiU^U  of  Kensington,  77 


G.  (H.)  on  Robertson  family  arms,  77 

Scarlett  family,  299 

Wase  or  Wast,  family  arms,  178 
Gliost  stories,  427,  459,  496 
G.  (H.  S.)  on  Alderman  Boydell,  333 

Cromwell  family  arms,  109 

Edisfield,  Scotenay,  and  Passenham,  347 

Foley,  as  a  surname,  386 

Ford  (Joseph),  M.D.,  Dr.  Johnson's  uncle,  310 

Grammar  schools,  177 

Mathews  and  Gough  families,  157 

Percy  quar|erings,  372 

Starch,  its  earliest  use  in  England.  156 

VereUt  (Lodvick),  171 
Giant  found  at  St.  Bees,  1 1 
Gibb  (John  S.)  on  James  Beattie's  poems,  35 
Giffardier  (Rev.  Charles),  aliat  Mr.  Turbulent,  96 
Giffurd  (Bonaventure),  at  Oxford,  263 
Gilbert  (J.)  on  Adrian  IV.,  manner  of  his  death,  313 

Drake  (Sir  Francis),  knighthood,  460 

Edward  IV.,  date  of  his  birUi,  427 

Family  Registers,  320 

Foley,  as  a  surname,  439 

Monk  family,  478 

Newspapers,  age  of,  351, 479 

Roger  Bacon's  manuscripts,  288 

Tory,  its  derivation,  479 

Type  composed  by  machinery,  448 

«  Wandering  Jew,"  and  Croly's  "  Salathiel,"  77 
"  Gilded  chamber,"  as  used  by  poets,  68 
Gisors,  the  prisoner  of,  329 
G.  (J.  L.)  on  St.  Ebba,  abbess  of  Coldingbam,  417 
G.  (J.  R.)  on  Scripture  paraphrase,  134 
Glasgow,  iU  old  bridge,  123,  244 
Glassford  (James),  version  of  Guarini's  madrigal,  19 
Glastonbury,  origin  of  the  name,  148 
Glenham  (Edw.),  his  valiant  conquests,  45 
Gloucester  idiot,  389,  437 
Glove,  its  etymology,  403 
Glover  family,  182 

Glwysig  on  Mr.  Reynolds,  Wilkes's  attorney,  210 
G.  (BI.  A.  E.)  on  Mary  Ann  Browne's  reiaes,  19 
G.  (M.  R.)  on  Eoriiddes  and  Menander,  51 
Gnarus  on  the  egg,  a  symbol,  34 
Goddard  (Mr.),  saUrist,  141 
''  God's  providence  is  mine  inheritance,"  51, 119,  237 
Godschall  (Sir  Robert),  Lord  Mayor,  151 
Godwin  (Wm.),  author  of »'  Caleb  Williams,"  603 
Godwyn  (Dr.  Thomas),  ''Moses and  Aaxxw,*'  349 
Goodeve  fumily  of  Goodeve  Castle,  346 
Gordon  (Thomas),  on  Abp.  Leighton  at  Newbattle,  441 
Gore  (John),  Rector  of  WendenlofV,  Essex,  371 
Gorsuch  family,  213,  354 
Gossamer,  its  etymology,  403,  458 
Gusson  (Rev.  Stephen),  noticed, '201 
Gosson  (Thomas),  stationer,  201 
Gothe  (J.  W.  von),  autographs,  310 
Gough  and  Mathews  families,  89,  157 
Grace,  as  applied  to  Dukes  and  Archbishops,  466,  617 
Gradwell  family,  196,  354 
Grafton  (Isabella,  Duchess  of),  account-book,  205 
Grammar  Schools  founded  by  Edwaid  VI.,  36,  177 
Grange  Hall,  views  of,  266,  359 
Grant  (John),  of  Norbrook,  341 
Grantham,  singular  custom  at,  488 
Gray  (Elizabeih),  longevity,  411 


INDEX. 


533 


Grav  (Rey.  James),  his  poetic  works.  409 

Gray  (Thomas);  "Klegy" parodied,  112, 197,  220,255, 

339,  355,  398,  432 
Greaves  (C.  S.)  on  Marqais  of  Argyle's  execution,  397 
Carylls  of  Ladjholt,  278 
Learner,  a  nat,  36 
Longevity,  500 
Newtonsof  Whitby,  17 
Greek  orator,  110 
Greek  statues,  their  properties,  31 1 
Green  (Giles),  M.P.,  209 
Green  (Hannah),  called  *' Ling-Bob,"  384,  438 
Green  (M.  S.  K.)  on  Viscount  Li^Ie,  357 
Green  Sleeves,  a  tune,  147 
Greene  (Edvr.  Barnaby),  translator  of  "  The  Argonautic 

Expedition  of  Apollonins  Rbodius,"  429 
Greene  family,  co.  Hereford,  371 
Greene  (Robert),  his  death,  322  ;  intelligence  from  the 
;    infernal  regions,  362  ;  "  Groat's-worth  of  Wit,"  821, 
323  ;  ••  Orlando  Furioso,"  501  ;  "  Philomela,'*  242  ; 
"  A  Quip  for  an  Upstart  Courtier,"  242  ;  '*  Spanish 
Masquerado."  104;  "The  Maiden's  Dream/'  106,  142; 
*'  Notable  Discoveiy  of  Coosnage,"  142 
••  Greene's  Funeralls,"  by  B.  B.  Gent,  602 
Greene  (Thomas),  "  Poems  and  Hymns,"  434 
Greenstead,  Little,  its  wooden  church,  367 
Greenwood   (I.   J.)  on  American  standard  and  New 

England  flag,  72 
Grezg  (Bishop),  lines  on  his  appointment,  504 
Gregory  (Josiali)  of  Paulton,  49 
Gregory  (St.),  "  Regula  Pastoralis,"  136 
Grev  (Arthur  Lord)  of  Wilton,  death,  462 
Griffith  (T.  T.)  on  Taylor  family,  75 
Grime  on  Board  of  Trade,  485 

Philo-Byblius'  History  of  Phoenicia,  313 
Chatham  (Earl  of),  his  coffin,  408 
Geddes  (Dr.  Alexander),  epitaph,  374 
German  philosophers,  450 
Grosart  (A.  B.)  on  Sibbes's  "  Gospel  Anointings,"  IS 
Grose  (Francis),  his  "  Olio,"  characterised,  64 
Groihill,  near  Edinburgh,  329 
G.  (S.  T.)  on  Athenian  mansion,  386 
French  tragic  exaggeration,  370 
Guildeforde  (Wm.  de)  on  Loftus  family,  170 
Guildford  (Lord)  and  MIks  Trevor,  371 
Guildhall,  Westminster,  painting  of,  89 
Guinea,  the  spado,  230,  299 
nunpowd(!r  Plot  papers,  341 
Guy  (Sir)  of  Warwick,  a  ballad,  201 
Guyon  (Madame),  *'  Antobi(^raphy,"  51 
G.  (W.)  on  "  The  History  of  John  Bull,"  840 
Gwvdir  (Peter  Burrell,  Lord),  grant  of  mooring  chains, 

388 
Gwyn  (Nelly),  her  first  loye,  286 


H 

H.  on  alcumie  stuff,  257 

Halierdasher,  origin  of  the  word,  385 

Hacket  (Bishop  Thomas),  bis  birth,  229 

Uacket  (Wm.),  his  execution,  105 

Hair,  a  defence  of  short,  362 

Half- bowls,  a  game,  54 

Hall  (Dr.  John),  Bishop  of  Bristol,  352 

Hallet  (, Joseph),  Arian  minister  at  Exeter,  272 


Hulybnrton  (Dame  Margaret  and  George),  their  reU* 

tionship,  347,  418,  516 
Hamilton  (Emma,  Lady),  miniature  portrait,  387 
Hampden  (John),  enthusiasm  in  his  favour,  17 
Hampshire  mummers,  66 
Handel  festival,  600,   520;  author  of  the   vojr^a  of 

"  Esther,"  289 
Hanging,  resuscitation  after,  344 
Hannes  (Edw.),  professor  of  chemistry,  264 
Harberton  (Chessborough)  on  four  and  deace  pf  clubs, 
223 
Gray  s  Elegy  parodied,  220 
Ireland,  its  national  colour,  219 
Irish  topography,  192 
Kennedy  family,  246 
Palm,  the  Italian,  379 
Pandects,  95 
Spade  guinea,  299 
Tabards  worn  by  ladies,  217 
Hardman  (J.  W.)  on  sundry  queries,  348 
Harford  (F.  K.)  on  architectural  views,  269 
Harington  (E.  C.)  on  the  ferula,  518 
Harington  (Sir  John)  **  Orlando  Furioao,"  44 
Harkirke,  its  meaning,  229 

Harleian  Library,  Oldys's  catdogue  of  pamphlets,  48 
Hiirleian  Miscellany,  edited  by  Wm.  Oldys,  43;  Par^Vi 

edition,  43 
Harley  (Edward,  Earl  of  Oxford),  Oldys's  patron,  21 
Harlowe  (S.  H  )  on  Sam.  Johnson,  alias  Lord  Flame, 

456 
Harp  in  the  arms  of  Ireland,  192,  269 
Harris  (James)  on  Davidson  family,  450 
Harrison  family  of  Berkshire,  51 
Harrison  (Major*Gen),  executed,  384 
Harry  (G.  0)  "  Genealogy  of  Jamee  L,'*  330 
Hart  (W.  H.)  on  Domesday  Book,  252 

Beare's  Ballads  and  Browne's  Country  Parson's 
Advice,  465 
Harvey  (Dr.  Gabriel),  "  New  Letter  of  Notable  Con- 
tents," 461 
Haslewood  (Joseph)  his  annotated  Langbaine,  83 
Hatton  (Sir  Chris.),  discourse  on  his  death,  142 
Haughmond  on  Queen's  pennant  on  passage  vessela,  117 
Haunted  houses,  371 

Haverfordwest,  address  to  the  electors  in  .17 1 8,  244 
Haviland-Burke  (Edmund)  on  Edmund  Burke  and  Loid 

Vemey,  374, 495 
H.  (A.  W.)  on  the  ass  and  the  ladder,  14 
Hawkhig  noticed  by  Homer,  158 
Hawkins  (Crosar),  family,  210 
Hawkins  family  crest,  409 
Hawkins  (Sir  John), «'  Life  of  Walton,"  81 
Hawthorne  (Mr.)  and  Longfellow,  287 
Hawtrey  (Rev.  Dr.  Edward  Craven),  his  death,  100 
Huy  (Richard),  "  Origin  of  the  Stuart  family,"  295 
Hazles,  seat  of  the  Elton  family,  249,  406 
Hazlitt  (W.  C.)  on  Old  Street  fields,  186 
H.  (B.  L.)  on  Princess  Alice  as  Duchess  of  Saxony,  190 
H.  (C  )  on  Lady  Sophia  Bulkeley,  69 

Bankers'  misfortunes  in  1676,  151 
H.  (C.  A.)  on  Standard  in  Coinhill,  488 
H.  (E.)  on  Athenian  Misogynist,  450 
Carter  Lane  meeting-house,  172 
Unconscious  plagiarism,  518 
"  Heart  Treasure,  or  the  Saints'  Diri&e  RielMi/'  an  ano* 
nymous  MS.,  29 


534 


INDEX. 


Hearth. tax  in  1600,  367;  in  1689,  420 
"  Hearts  of  Oak,"  origin  of  tlie  phrase,  347 
Heath  (Joiin),  Judge  of  Cominon  Pleas,  208,  276 
Heath  (Robert),  Recorder  of  London,  168 
Hebrevr  grammatical  exercises,  89,  139 
H.  (E.  D.  )  on  an  historical  aliuhion,  249 
Heineken  (N.  T.)  on  sundial  and  compass,  39 
H.  (E.  N.)  on  Alphonso  the  Wise,  439 

Bottefung  (Julius  Cajsar),  517 

Fenelon  and  the  Junsenibts,  436 

Kentish  miller,  335 

Phrnscd  unexplained.  348 
Hendrik  en  Alida,  a  Dutch  merchant-vessel,  29 
Hendriks  (Fred.)  on  being  covered  before  rojalty,  416 

Prophecies  of  St.  Maluchi,  49 
Henry  I.  and  his  surname  Beanclerc,  148 
Hi'ury  ir..effi.i:y  at  F*»ntevrault,  426,  498 
Henry  IV.  of  France,  his  motto,  506 
Henry  on  a  giant  found  at  St.  Bees,  1 1 
Her.  on  circular  bordure,  172 
Heraldic  queries,  30,  68,  77,  99 
Heraldic  volumo  temp,  Charles  II.,  352,  394 
Heraldicus  on  Taylor  family,  31 7 
Heraldry,  sham,  31 

Herbert  (George),  poem  "Virtue,"  249,  319 
Hereditary  dignities,  149 

Hermentrude  on  the  Duchess  d'Angonl^me  and  the 
Count  de  Chambord,  68 

Adverb,  its  wrong  position,  88 

Charles  I.,  his  "  Remember,"  76 

Elizabeth  (Queen),  her  letter,  267 

Henry  I.,  suraamed  Beauclero,  148 

Heraldic  query,  30 

Heyworth  genealogy,  409 

Isabella,  Duchess  of  Grafton,  account  book,  205 

Jaqueline  of  Hainanlt,  249 

Jeanne  d'  Evrenx,  Queen  of  France,  230 

Journal  of  Louise  de  Savoie,  20 

Monastic  orders,  409 
Hermitages  in  Worcestershire,  389 
Herydone,  used  by  Wicliff,  291,  355 
Hewett  (Dr.  John),  warrant  for  his  execution,   54  ; 

execution,  etc,  112 
Hewett  (Thomas),  father  of  Dr.  Hewett,  229 
Heworth  church,  its  dedication,  257 
Hey  wood  (John),  woiks,  105 
Heyworth  geneiJogy,  409 
H.  (F.  C.)  on  coins,  restoring  defaced  and  worn,  196 

Coins  inserted  in  tankards,  116 

Doubler,  a  large  dish,  217 

Drunkard's  conceit,  305 

Exorcism  :  Lnther,  218 

Ferula,  an  irtstrument  of  punishment,5 1 3 

Fridays,  saints*  days,  and  fiist  day?,  235 

Horses  frightened  by  camels,  496 

Jokes  on  Uie  scarcity  of  bullion,  196 

Low  Sunday,  491 

Monastic  orders,  their  habit,  457 

NeomcHioscope,  183 

Kockynge,  Dowell  money,  etc.,  199 

Postage  stamps,  195 

Prophecies  of  St.  Malaohi,  174 

Reading  the  Bible  in  16th  and  17th  centuries, 
218 

Sand-paintings,  418 

St.  Napoleon,  39 


H.  (F.  C.)  on  S.T.P.  and  D.D.,  333 
Trial  of  the  Princess  of  Wales,  137 
Wells  city  seals  and  their  symbols,  39 
Witticisms,  reproduction  of  old,  394 
Wigs,  a  sort  of  cake,  436 
Xavicr  and  Indian  l^Iissiena,  116 
H.  (F.  D.)  on  rings  of  Charies  I,  519 

Epitaph  on  Darandus,  519 
H.  (G.)  on  Richard  Hune's  "*  Enqnirie  and  Verdite,**  450 
H.  (H.)  on  author  of  "  Observations  on  Lord's  Prayer," 

479 
Higgon  (Rev.  John),  his  longevity,  109 
Hinehcliffe  (T.  0.)  on  Rev.  Dr.  Sam.  Bolton,  169 
Hi«p.  on  arms  of  the  kingdom  of  Leon,  407 
H.  (J.)  on  abbey  counters  or  tokens,  7 1 
Adjustment  of  the  eye  to  distance,  485 
Redmond  creat,  52  "* 

Richdttle  family,  388 
H.  (J.  A.)  on  Dr.  William  Norton,  251 
H.  (J.  C.)  on  Heraldric  query,  68 

Legal  pan,  396 
Hodgkin  (J.  £.)  on  England  and  France,  proverbs  re- 
specting, 366 
Money,  its  relative  value,  395 
Yetlin,  an  iron  ntensil,  35 
Hody  (Humph.),  Regius  Prof,  of  Divinity,  Oxford,  262 
Holand  family,  52,  157,  217 
Holden  (John  Rose),  longevity,  159,  199 
Holinshed  (Ralph),  '<  Chronicles,"  castrations,  469 
Holland,  English  refugees  in,  409,  514 
Holmes  (Sara),  inquired  after,  465 
Holroyd  (Abraham)  on  doabler,  148 
Fairfax  family  of  Bradford,  370 
Holyland  family,  259,  354,  406 
Hook  (Charles)  on  a  fist  weighing  a  pound,  16S 
Hooker  (Richard),  entry  of  his  *'  Ecclesiastical  Polity  " 

in  the  Stationers*  registers,  361 
Hooper  (John),  Bp.  of  Gloucester,  family,  229 
Hoop,  petticoats  in  1737,  286 
Hopper  (CUrence),  on  Sebastian  Cabot,  125 
Dowson  family,  1 78 
Kingsmills  of  Sidmanton,  376 
Motto  :  "  Causes  produce  effects,**  332 
Simon  (Thomas),  297 
Tenure  of  the  manor  of  Addington,  170 
Hore  (Herbert),  on  Orkney  Islaud  discoveries,  37 
Topography  of  Ireland,  96 
Tory,  ongin  of  the  word,  437 
Home  (Bp.  Gea)  and  the  Great  Masters,  248 
Home  (Rev.  Thomas  Hartwell),  his  death,  100 
Horse,  its  value  in  Shakspeare*s  time,  182,  238.  299 
Horse  trembling  at  the  sight  of  a  camel,  459,  496 
Horticultural  Society's  Exhibition,  240 
Hdtel  des  Invalides  a  Paris,  309 
Houses  haunted,  371 
Howell  (James),  M.P.  for  Richmond,  253 
Howell  (I^nrence),  nonjuror,  his  ordination,  312 
Howland  (Sir  John),  knt.,  370 
Hoyle  (W.  D.)  oh  Wellington  register,  290 
H.  (S.  H.)  on  hymn  tunes,  455 

Church  used  by  churchmen  and  Romanists,  478 
II.  (T.  J.)  on  Mary  Queen  of  Scots,  and  Bolton  Ca&tle, 

451 
Huckle  (Godfrey  Kneller),  aulogrsph,  97 
Hughes  (T.)  on  Cursons  of  Waterferry,  co.  Oxford,  228 
Foundation  stones  of  chnrches,  249 


INDEX. 


535 


Hughes  (T.)  on  Jacob's  well  at  Chester,  26 

Webbe,  (Sir  William),  knt.,  31 
Humphrey  (Duke)  of  Gloucester,  his  hospitality,  379 
Hune  (Richard),  **  Enquirie  and  Verdite  on  his  death," 

450 
Hunter  (J.  C.)  on  "  The  Stars  of  Night,"  290 
Hunter's  moon,  224,  334 
Huntingdon  (Geo.  1st  Earl  of),  his  obit,  349 
"  Hurlothrumbo,  or  the  Super-Natural,"  41 1,  456 
Husbandman,  its  old  meaning,  30,  77,  115 
Husi,  the  protector,  31 
Husk  (W.  H.)  on  Dr.  Ame's  father,  18 

Beauty  and  Love,  356 

GrHy's  Elegy  purodied,  339 

Latin  Graces,  339 

May  erne  (Sir  Theodore),  326 
Ilussey,  Hurst,  local  uames,  137,  196 
Hutchinson  (Juhn),  his  descendants,  188,  477 
Hutcliiuson  (P.)  on  arms  in  Cromwell's  slileld,  179 

Foster  and  Walrond  arms,  289 

Psalm  czlix.,  its  title,  397 

St.  abbreviated  to  T,  296 
Hiitten  (Ulrich),  and  Erasmus,  289,  511;  noticed,  171, 

417 
Hutton  (Luke),  "  Repentance  of  Rob.  Greene,"  322 
H.  (VV.)  on  Praise-God  Barebones,  253 

Easter  offerings,  453 

Ryot  and  Riot,  257 

Slip-slop,  its  early  use,  250 
H,  (W.  I.  S.)  on  cases  of  longevity,  454 

Tory,  its  derivation,  516 
H.  (W.  T.)  on  moorings  in  the  Thames,  388 
Hymn  tunes,  poor  Poll,  etc.,  388,  454,  497,  514 
Hyndford,  (John,  3rd  Earl  oQ?  papers,  482 


"Idone,  or  Incidents  in  the  Life  of  a  Dreamer,"  188 
I.  (E.)  on  the  Cotgreave  forgeries,  92'     ■ 
Ikon,  a  termination,  its  etymology.  111 
Impressment  of  mariners,  statutes  on  the,  70 
Ina  on  origin  of  the  name,  Glastonbury,  148 

Jackdaw,  a  weather  proverb,  67 

Llewellin  fitmily,  28 

Lottery  at  Wales,  a.d.  1568,  103 

Press-gang  in  1706,  70 

Prohibition  against  eating  flesh  in  Lent,  88 

Solicitors'  bills,  55 

Somersetshire  wills,  125 

Trade  prohibitions  at  Wells,  147 

Wells  city  se^ils  and  their  symbols,  10 

White  (Thos.)  Recorder  of  Wales,  31 
Index  (U.  C.)  on  Simon  family,  219 
Indexes,  Verbal,  list  of,  345 
India  missions,  works  on,  90,  116,  195 
In6rmaries,  gold  rings  of  the,  149 
Ingledew  (0.  J.  D.)  on  Mrs.  Kettlewell's  death,  91 
Inglis  (R.)  on  anonymous  works,  28,  289,  407 

Carrington  (E.  F.  J.)  translator  of  Plutus,  450 

Campbell  (Hugh),  poetical  works,  310 

*'  Christmas  and  the  New  Year,"  a  masque,  466 

Cole  (John),  of  Scarborough,  387 

Dulby  (J.  W.),  editor  of"  HUtoric  Keepsake,"  347 

Douglas  (Mrs.),  289 

Dramas,  Manuscript,  32 

Edgar  (Miss),  author  of  "  Poems,"  328 


Inglis  (R.)  on  Gardiner  (Rev.  Dr.  B.)  of  Oxford,  387 

Gray  (Rev.  James),  409 

Moisey  (Dr.),  actor,  290 

Murray  (Mrs.),  authoress  of*'  The  Gleans,"  12 

Polwheel  (Rev.  T.),  nonjuror,  388 

Reddel  (Constantia  Louisa),  311 

School  of  Improvement,  428 

Scraps  from  the  Mountains,  311 

Thompson  (Rev.  Wm.),  poet,  220 

Westminster  plays  in  1838—9,  233 
Inncs  (Rev.  Robert),  circa  1740 — 50,  parentage,  170 
Inquirer  on  the  early  use  of  starch,  90 

Trap  spider,  70 
Inquisitor  on  Universal  Society,  250 
Inscriptions,  alliterative,  414 
Investigator  on  Lambeth  degrees,  330 
Ion  on  Peacock's  works,  508 
Ireland,  its  national  colour,  68,  219 
Ireland,  topography  of,  96,  117,  192,  259 
Irish  convocation,  485 
Irish  national  synods,  507 

Irish  peers,  arms,  309;  oaths  in  an  English  court,  52 
Irish  wolf-dog,  158 
Irvine  (Aiken),  on  epigrams  on  the  Popes  of  Rome,  1 1 

Pius  IX.,  acts  of  his  pontificate,  30 
Isabel  and  Elizabeth,  the  same  name,  59,  113,  174 
Isham  (Rev.  Cliarlcs),  rector  of  Polebrook.  326,  435 
Isley  family  of  Kent,  310,  358,  400,  436 
Italian  proverbs,  12 

Italians,  their  fondness  for  English  fashions,  2G9 
Ithuriel  on  Sebastion  Cabot,  a  knight,  366 

Cowell's  Interpreter  condemned,  9 

Documents  preserved  by  Cromwell,  109 
Itineraries,  Royal,  466 

J 

J.  on  Dowson  family  of  Chester,  110 

Fold,  a  local  office,  187 

Husbandman,  its  old  meaning,  30 

Peerages,  errors  in,  37 
Jackdaw,  a  weather  prophet,  67 
Jacob  and  James,  in  English  New  Testament,  41 1 
Jacob's  well  at  Chester,  26 
Jacobites  and  Jacobins,  425 
Jakius,  origin  of  the  name,  68,  115 
Jal.  on  trial  by  battel,  259 
James  I.,  Harry's  genealogy  of,  330 
James  II.,  declaration  for  libierty  of  conscience,  304; 

alniication,  324 
Jameson  (Thomas),  his  prediction,  249,  354 
Janssen  (Sir  Stephen),  "  Smuggling  laid  open,"  1 72 
Japanese  ladies,  their  nuptial  etiquette,  409 
Jaqueline  of  Hainault,  249 
Jaydee  on  Autobiography  of  Cornelia  Knight,  108 

Bartholinus  on  Unicorns,  118 

Yarwell,  or  Yarwhelph,  a  bird,  428 
Jay  tee  on  Lord  Guildford  and  Miss  Trevor,  371 

Roscoe's  mask,  356 
Jeanne  D'Evreux,  Queen  of  France,  230,  339 
Jeannette  on  the  Shamrock,  319 
Jeeves  (C.  B.")  on  American  cents,  434 
Jenncr  (Edw.),  M.D.,  statne  removed  from  Tm&lgar 

Square,  229,  498 
Jcniingham  (John),  epitaph,  464 
Jetsam,  Flotsam,  and  Lagan,  78 
J.  (F.)  on  DoOshon  of  Strauton,  130 


636 


INDEX. 


Jigs  in  our  early  theatres,  143 

J.  (J.  C.)  on  coins  inserted  in  tankards,  50 

FiksmLs,  how  to  be  extracted,  148 
Joan  (Pope),  Bp.  Hopkins's  reraarka  on,  459 
Jockey  Club,  lampoon  on,  290 
John  of  Milan,  and  the  '*  Schola  Salerni,"  63 
Johnson  (Robert),  Baron  of  the  Exchequer  in  Irehnd, 

his  family,  451 
Johnson  (Dr.  Samuel),  diploma  conferred  by  the  Uni- 

ver»ity  of  Dublin,  30,  98;  on  punning,  332,  371, 

498 
Johnson  (Sam.),  "  Hurlothrumbo,''  411,  450 
Jones  (Henry),  dock-maker,  112,  210 
Jones  of  Dingcstow,  family  arms.  111 
Jonson  (Ben)  on  the  withdrawal  of  the  pension  to  the 

City  Poet,  149 
Jopling  (Joseph)  on  Savonarola's  manuscripts,  147 
J.  (R.  0.)  on  Routh  family,  90 
Judges'  maces,  347 
Judges'  scats  in  courts  of  justice,  127 
Juryman's  o:ith  at  the  Restoration,  52,  138,  298 
J.  (W.  B.)  on  John  Eders  and  John  Wilkes,  209 

Weeping  among  the  ancients,  132 
J.  (W.  S.)  on  Deaf  and  Dumb  Literature,  498 

K 

K.  on  Edmund  Burke,  415 

Italian  quotation,  415 

Length  of  palm  in  Southern  Europe,  230 
K.  (A.)  on  Wakhingham  family,  507 
Kangaroo  Land,  480 
Keightley  (Thomas)  on  Mr.  Dyce's  criticism,  85 

Etymologies,  403 

Money,  its  relative  value,  182,  475 

Peele  (Geo.),  passage  in  Edward  L,  405 

Iteins,  its  derivation,  297 
Kellington,  its  early  parish  roister,  290,  857 
Kelly  (Wm.)  on  baiting  beasts,  417 

Iiineraries  royal,  466 
Kemble  (Stephen),  baptismal  entry,  268 
Kempe  (Wm.),  his  "  Jigge,"  143;  translator  of  Bamot' 

Arethmetiko,  201 
Kennedy  (Sir  Archibald),  247 
Kennedy  family,  246,  413 
Kennedy  (Matthew),  "  History  of  the  Stixart  FamUy," 

230,  295 
Kensington,  its  old  inhabitants,  24 
Kensington,  South  Museum,  480 
Kent,  proceedings  relating  to  the  county,  279 
Kent  (Rev.  Timothy),  epitaph,  506 
Kentish  miller,  335,  380 
Kernow  on  Domesday  B(X)k,  187 
Keltlewell  (Rev.  John),  death  of  his  wife,  91,  119 
Key  (James)  on  family  registers,  248 

Place-Groen  House,  Sidcup,  Kent,  188 
K.  (F.)  on  quotations,  69 
K.  (G.  A.)  on  P.  D.,  a  painter,  388 
Khevenhilller,  volunteers,  33 

Kildare  (Marquis  oQ  on  old  Countess  of  pesmond,  337 
Kilmacrenan  parish,  117 

King  Play,  or  Game,  temp.  Philip  and  Mary,  155,  220 
Kings,  English,  entombed  in  France,  426,  498 
King's  evil,  touching  for,  208,  258,  350,  879,  497; 

Service  at  the  healing,  313,  388,  418,  496 
Kingsale  (Lord),  his  privilege  to  remain  covered  before 
royalty,  208,  318 


Kingsbridge,  co.  Devon,  endowment  at,  387 

Kings^mills  of  Sidmanton,  309,  375 

Kissing,  salutation  among  men,  30 

K.  (J.)  on  British-born  Emperor,  &c,  326 

Kleptomania,  Henri  IV.  affected  with,  169 

Klosse,  or  Closh,  a  game,  54 

"  Knack  to  know  a  Knave,"  a  comedy,  502 

Knave's  Acre,  its  locality,  58,  96 

Knell  (Thomas),  actor,  461 

Kneller  (Sir  Godfrey),  autograph,  97 

Knight  (G.)  on  Union-Jack  flag,  206 

Knight  (Miss  Cornelia),  "  Autobiography,"  errata,  108 

Knighthood  conferred  on  the  clergy,  274 

Knights  clerical,  209,  273,  354 

Knowles  (E.  H.)  on  archseokgy  of  snuffers,  290 
Plantin's  Hebrew  Bibles,  390 

Knowlea  (James)  on  Kingsbridge,  co.  Devon,  387 
Parish  register  restorations,  447 

K.  (W.)  on  Rev.  E.  Mainsty,  or  Manisty,  99 

Kydde  (Thomas),  tract,  **  The  Murder  of  John  Brewen," 
ficc,  241, 321 ;  "  The  Spanish  Ti-agedie  of  Don  Hora- 
tio,"* 322;  "  Tragedy  of  Salamon  and  Perceda,"  322; 
"  Cornelia."  502 


L.  on  Blue  and  Buff,  425,  500 

Borage  and  Spinach,  339 

Capital  punishments,  33,  497 

Henrich  en  Alida,  29 

Mesmerism  not  alluded  to  by  Plautos,  377 

Parson,  its  etymology,  484 
L.  Oxford,  on  authorised  translatore  of  CatulloS;  138 

Duchess,  or  Dutchess,  187 
L.  1.  on  Haudel's  Esther,  author  of  words,  289 
L.  (A.)  on  hymn  tunes,  514 

Judges'  maces,  347 

"  Memoir  of  Lady  Vane,"  232 

"  Not  worth  a  rap,"  212 
Lace- makers'  custom  :  Wigs,  a  cake,  387,  419,  436 
L.  (A.  E.)  on  Wm.  Dicconson,  209 

Gorsuch  family,  213 

Harkirke,  its  meaning,  229 

Leaden  coin  of  William  and  Mary,  207 

Marginal  notes,  246 

Percy  (Lady  Mary),  170 

Prediction  in  manuscript,  249 

Seymour  (Jane),  prayers  for  her  safe  deliverv,  186 

Winckley  family,  196 
Lae-chow  Islands,  507 
Laelius  on  Alcumie,  359 

Malachi  (Abp.),  "  Prophecies,"  359   ' 

Sir  A.  AUson  and  Sir  P.  Pickle,  359 
La  Hogue  naval  victory,  medal,  387 
Lamb  (J.  J.)  on  jokes  on  the  scarcity  of  bullion,  128 

Coin  or  medal  of  Queen  Victoiia,  399 

Spade  guinea,  230 
I^mbe  (Charles),  incumbent  of  St.  Catharine  Cree,  461 
Lambeth  degrees,  36,  133,  175, 238,  254,  336 
*'  Lamentation  of  a  Sinner,"  its  author,  374 
Laminas,  pictures  on  brass,  37 
Lammiman,  or  Lamb-man,  138 
Lammin  (W.  H.)  on  Gleanings  from  the  Statutes,  47 

Monk  (Christopher),  137 
Lancastriensis  on  Cotgrave  forgeries,  54 

Cowell's  Interpreter,  74 

Eiirtliquakes  in  England,  94 


INDEX. 


637 


ancastrienbis  on  Taylor  (Bp.  Jeremy),   "  Great  Ex- 
emplar," 27 

angbairie  (Gerard),  "  Account  of  the  early  Dramatick 
Poet5,"  annotated  copies,  82,  S'^ 
angford  (Sir  Henry)  of  Devon,  12,  155 
ast  (Dr.)  and  the  faculty  of  laughter,  506 
astingiiam  church,  396 
.  (A.  T.)  on  numerous  editions  of  books.  486 

Curious  election  return,  505 

National  synods  in  Ireland,  507 
athe  =  asking,  a  proTincialism,  452 
atin  graces  at  King's  College,  Cambridge,  and  Christ 
Church,  Oxford,  188,  339 
auder,  commissariat  of,  37,  55 
.aughton  of  Kastfield,  arms,  210,  357 
,awn  and  crape,  188 
.awyers,  their  longevity,  345,  519 
..  (C.  M.)  on  Leighton  family,  356 
,.  (D.  C.)  on  letters  of  Napoleon  III.,  213 
.each  (Henry)  on  ZuingUus*  "  Image  of  bothe  Pas- 

toures,"  151 
<eamer,  a  nut,  36 
.ee  (Alfred  T.)  on  Bp.  Clayton  in  Ireland,  507 

Convocation  in  Ireland,  485 

Debates  on  the  Union  of  1800,  488 
,ee  (Cromwell),  children,  310,  379,  399 
,ee  (Dr.  John),  of  St.  John's,  Oxford,  372 
see  (E.)  on  Cromwell  Lee,  399 
see  family  of  Quarendon,  12 
.ce  (M.  H.)  on  Mathews  and  Gough  families,  89 
.eech  (John).  Gallery  of  Sketches,  520 
^ecds,  its  dialect,  and  that  of  its  neighbourhood,  79 
^galis  on  trial  of  Spencer  Cowper,  354 
-.eicebter  Square,  227 

lighten  (Abp.  Robert),  letten,  106,  121,  143,  165, 
244;    incumbency  at   Newbattle,   441;    library    at 
Dunblane,  3,  74,  179 
.eiphton  (Dr.  Alex.),   107,  448,  445,*  "  Sion'«  Plea," 

320 
.eighton  &mily,  356;  arms,  188,  436 
^eightun  (Sir  Thomas),  arms  and  portrait,  436 
^eighton  (W.  A.)  on  John  Allport,  Recorder,  186 

Gorsuch  family,  213 

Liueiiton  pedigree,  210 

Leighton  arms,  188 

Parkes  family,  1 70 
l^engo  Moundino,  37 

l.ennep  (John  H.  van)  on  Babylon's  dealing  in  souU  of 
men,  439 

Brazil,  its  derivation,  256 

Burial  in  a  sitting  posture,  38 

D'Arcy  family  arms,  387 

Dutch  paper  trade,  86 

Dutch  pugs  in  England,  289 

English  popular  books,  289 

Muff,  a  slang  word,  56 

Note  to  the  Voyages  of  Sir  Francis  Drake  oud  Sir 
Thomas  Cavendish,  9 

Opal-Hunter,  329 

Orlers's  "  Account  of  Leyden,"  239 

Pageant,  its  derivation,  458 

Vaenius  (Otho),  portrait  of  Justus  Lipeios,  256 

Whip  up  Smouchy  or  Pont,  239 
Lent,  flesh  prohibited  in,  88 

Leo  (Dr.  F.  A.)  on  passage  in  "  Romeo  and  Juliet,"  363 
Leon,  anus  uf  the  Kiugdom  of,  407,  471,  510 


Lewis  (the  Rt.  Hon.  Sir  G.  C.)  on  Aristotle  on  Indian 
Kings,  56 
Centenarians,  281,  411 
Scot  (Michael),  writings  on  astronomy,  131 
Lewis  (Rev.  John)  of  Margate,  birthplace,  310 
Lewis  (Hon.  LewLi)  of  Jamaica,  arms,  451 
Lex  on  surplice  worn  in  private  commonion,  356 

University  discipline,  291 
L.  (F.)  on  Braose  family,  489 
L.  (F.  G.)  on  Viscount  Canada,  369 
Lee  (Cromwell),  379 
Lee  (Dr.  John),  372 
Lee  of  Quarendon,  12 
Young  family,  349 
L.  (H.)  on  Low  Sunday,  429 
Librar}',  Royal,  proposals  for  building  one,  204 
Libya  on  Doddridge's  lines,  250 
Festrawe:  Alcumie  stofiv,  211 
Ventilate,  an  old  word,  218 
Wakiall  Christmas  custom,  223 
Ligan,  its  derivation,  78 
Lilly  (John),  "  Endymion,"  &a,  141 
Lindsay  (J.  C.)  on  Carnival  at  Boulogne>8ar-mer,  298 
''  Gustavides,"  and  Ben  Jonson,  248 
Hawthorne  and  Longfellow,  287 
Lindum  on  Geast  and  Dugdale  families,  389 
Liquorice,  its  derivation,  46,  119 
Lisle  (Arthur  Plantagenet,  Viscount),  issue,  290,  357 
Literature,  suggested  Academy  for  eminence  in,  266 
Lithgow  (Wm.),  his  poems,  30;  "Discourse  npon  the 

Disaster  at  Dunglasse,"  308 
Liverpool,  anciently  Let-Poole,  504 
Lizars  family  in  Scotland,  178 
L.  (J.  H.)  on  Viscount  Canada,  41 5 

Plurality  of  benefices,  478 
L.  (L.)  on  Praise-God  Barehones,  211 
Cloth  and  woollen  trades,  209 
Palatines  in  Kent,  252 
Whitney  (John),  a  kver  of  the  oogle,  172 
Llewellin,  the  family  of,  28 
L.  (L.  F.)  on  "  The  Drunkard's  Conceit,"  352 
Lloyd  (Geo.)  on  Sir  H.  Davy  and  James  Watt,  877 
"  God's  providence  is  mine  inheritance,"  277 
Godwyn's  Moses  and  Aaron,  349 
Horses  trembling  at  camels,  459 
"  Laugh  of  a  child,"  30 
Kent  (Rev  Timothy)  of  Deaby,  506 
Quakers,  the  White,  389 
Rats  leaving  a  sinking  ship,  296 
Scripture  paraphrase,  317 
Wandering  Jew,  258 
Willet  (A.),  «  Synopsis  Papismi,"  32 
Lodge  (Thos.),  ''  Eupliues  Shadowe,"  202 
"  Luge's  Peerage  of  Ireland,"  Index  suggested,  504 
Lofhis  family,  170        • 
Loftus  (Nicholas  Viscount),  death  of  his  first  wife, 

467 
London  aldermen,  list  of,  133 

London,  books  and  pamphlets  on,  c<dlected  by  Oldys,  84 
London  stone,  its  palladium,  13 
Longevity,  remarkable  cases,   226,    386,  454.      See 

Centenariafu. 
Longfellow  (H.  W.),  origin  of  bU  **  Evangeline,"  287 
Lottery  at  Wells  in  1568,  108 
Lord's  Day  ob^erved  by  the  Puritans,  346 
Lord's  Prayer  in  varioas  languages,  178,  233 


538 


INDEX. 


Loi'd's  Pi-njer  in  Comniuuion  Service,  the  minister  or 
dered  to  stiind,  268,  354;  standing  whilst  read,  397 
Lough  Ooghter  Castle,  410 
Louis  Philippe,  anecdote,  188 
Love  Lane  Chapel,  Deptford,  210 
Lovelace  (John,  Srd  Lord),  263 
Low  Sunday,  why  so  nam^,  429,  491 
L — r  on  Pordage  family,  57 
L.  (S.)  on  clergyman's  right  to  take  the  chair,  IS 

Clerical  knights,  274 

Literary  anecdotes,  194 
L.  (S.  C.)  on  Lord  Strafford's  portrait,  425 
L.  (S.  D.)  on  Charles  I.'s  judges,  291 
Lucas  (AugUbtus)  on  Thomas  CraskelI,9C 
Lucian,  passage  in,  194 
Lucky  and  unlucky  days,  176 
"  Luke's  iron  crown,*'  364,  419,  479 
Lumen  on  architectural  proportions,  58 

Foilles  de  Gletuers,  «6 

Irish  peers,  their  oath  in  Englibh  court,  52 

Juryman's  oath  at  the  Bestoration,  52,  298 

Rutland  :  County  or  Shire,  258 

Townships,  189 
Lunatics  of  old  time,  their  ti'eatmcut,  451 ;  literature 

of,  451,500 
Lundy,  the  Isle  of,  171 
Luuell  family  of  Stapleton,  346 
Luther  (Martin), "  Table  Talk  "  quoted,  218;  and  exor- 

cism,  171,  218;  version  of  the  Apocrypha,  39 
Luxor  palace,  its  architecture,  154 
L.  (W.)  on  an  epigram,  347 
Lysons  (Samuel)  on  Field  and  Dclafeld  familiesi  477 

Nonrse  and  Prinn  manuscripts,  486 

Tithes  of  servants  and  women,  476 
Lyttelton  (Lord)  on  R.  Anstey,  394 

Centenarians,  498 

Cowper  (Spencer),  his  trial,  115 

Fridays,  Saints'  days,  and  Fast-days,  1 55,  236 

Herbert  (George),  poem  "  Virtue,"  319 

Longevity,  282,  498 

Matter,  the  use  of  the  verb,  315 

Quotations:  " For  every  evil,"  &c.,  398 

Sermons,  long,  319 

Superstition:  Acts,  xvii.  22,  335 

Toad-eater,  its  etymology,  1 76 

M 

M.  on  Order  of  Merit,  155 
M.  1.  on  Col.  William  Cromwell,  68 
M.  (A.)  on  Mrs.  Cnmberbatch,  360 
M.  A.  Cantabf  on  the  Cambridge  chancellorship,  129 
l^Iacbeth  and  the  death  of  Duncan,  467 
ifacCabe  (W.  B.)  on  St.  Malachi's  Prophecies,  174 
MacCarthv  (D.  F.)  on  Sbakspeare's  "Much  Ado  about 
Nothing."  264 
Shelley's  ''Laon  and  C}thna,"  and    *' Revolt  of 

Islam,"  283 
Witticisms  reproduced,  394 
MacCulIoch  (Edgar)  on  congers  and  mackerel,  332 
MacCulloch,  the  revivalist,  329,  397,  418 
Mackelcan  family,  409 

Blackenzie  (Fred.),  drawings  of  Rivaulx  Abbey,  467 
Mackerel  a  franchise,  248,  332,  436 
3iacJenn  family  of  Torloisk,  329,  395 
Macleui  (John)  oo  clerical  longetity,  159 


Maclean  (John)  on  Kennedy  (Matthew),  296 
Kettlewell  (Mrs.),  her  death,  1 19 
Maclean  of  Torioisk,  395 
Royal  Exchange  motto,  267 
Shrove  Tuesday  custom,  224 
Macduff  (Sholto)  on  Sir  A.  Alison's  blunder,  215 
All-Hallow  Even,  316 
Hunter's  moon,  334 
Kennedy  (Matthew),  295 
Paper,  uses  to  which  it  is  applied,  127 
Macgrath,  the  giant^  311 
Machifacture,  a. new  word,  27 
Maclcod  (Malcolm)  on  Tilt  family,  52 
McM.  (W.)  on  passage  in  "  Othello,"  378 
M'C.  (R.)  on  Trial  of  the  Princess  of  Wales,  76 
Macray  (J.)  on  the  "  Caledonian  Mercury,"  351 ' 
Dedications  to  the  Deity,  420 
Home  (Bp  ),  and  the  Great  Masters,  248 
l^Iutherby  (John),  486 
St.  Catherine's  Hill,  458 
Scot  (Michael),  writings  on  Astronomy,  176 
Macray  (W.  D.)  on  an  anonymous  tract,  458 

Hampden  (John),  enthnsiaam  in  hia  favour,  17 
King's  evil,  379 
Nonjuring  consecrations,  225 
Pratt  (Jolm),  his  longevity,  453 
Walker  (Dr.  John),  manuscripts,  218 
Macrubins  on  anecdote  of  George  IIL,  307 
Magazine,  its  derivation,  365 
Mainsty,  orManisty  (Rev.  E.),  89,  217 
Blaitlund  (Dr.  S.  R.)  on  Dr.  A.  Charlett's  letter  respect- 
ing Juhn  Toland,  6 
Maittaire  (Michael),  his  Dedication  to  "  Catalogus  Bib- 

liothecsB  Harleiann,"  42 
Mahichi  (St),  Prophecies  respecting  the  popes,  49,  77, 

173,  359 
Malcolm  Canmore  noticed,  467 
Malleson  (F.  A.)  on  the  Rev.  H.  Pien's  Sermons,  146 
Mallet  (David),  Thomson's  lettera  to,  279 
Mancetter  martyrs,  182 
Manchester  in  the  year  1559, 127 
Manor  law,  works  on,  76 
Mansel  (Bp.  Wm.  Lort),  his  epigrams,  131,  199 
Manuscripts,  mi>sing,  or  dislocated,  109 
Mapletoft  (Rev.  Edmund),  his  issue,  249 
Maquay  (Rev.  Thomas)  of  Dublin,  320 
Murble  Arch  at  Cumberland  Gate,  80 
Marchmont  on  the  boose  of  FaU  Hall,  448 
Mardley  (John),  minor  poet,  374 
Marginal  notes,  246 

Marion  on  Margaret  and  Geo.  Halybarton,  347.  516 
Marisco  (Richard  de),  Bishop  of  Durham,  liis  arms,  91 
Markham  (Geivasc),  •*Thyr8is  and  Daphne,"  401 
Markland  (J.  H.)  on  Devis  the  painter,  476 
Marlow  (Chris.),  "Edward  the  Second,"  tragedy,  402; 
translation  of  "  Pharsalia,"  ib.;  "  Hero  and  Leaudcr,*' 
403 
"  Marriage  of  Wit  and  Wisdom,"  105      -♦ 
Marriage  special  licenses,  76 
Man-iages  interdicted,  153,  218 
Marriages,  temp,  the  Commonwealth,  226 
Marry  gup,  i  e.  Marry,  go  op,  403 
Marsh  (Laurance),  249 

Mursh,  Marisco,  and  Marais,  the  same  family  name,  91 
Martin  (John),  his  magnificant  lactores,  345 
*'Martm  Mar  Sixtus,'  u  tract,  143 


INDEX 


539 


Cartin  (Richard),  Becorder  of  London,  168 

Mar/  Magdalen*!  Funeral!  Tears,"  142 

larj  Qaeea  of  Scots,  views  of  her  places  of  confinement, 

451 
[aryland,  early  emigrants  to,  148 
lassey  (John),  Dean  of  Christ  Church,  Oxford,  263 
lasainger  (Philip),  death  of  his  wife,  188 
lasson  (Gostare)  monthly  feuilleton  on  French  hooks, 
139 

Metric  prose  in  D*l8raeli*s   "Wondrous  Tale  of 

Alroy,"  67 
Pare  aux  cer^  49 
faster  of  Arts  degree,  can  it  be  cancelled?  291 
Iaterialii=ingredients,  by  what  word  signified,  52 
fathematical  bibliography,  64, 167,  306 
fathematical  enigma,  229,  334 
lathew  (Abednego),  his  family,  409 
lathews  and  Gough  families,  89,  157 
fatter,  as  a  verb,  early  examples,  290,  315,  439 
fatthews  (Wm.)  on  Scin-Lsecat.Scinlac,  357 

Sillett  (James),  artist,  353 

Staracliter,  358 

Vicinage,  359 
fanrice  (Rer.  T.),  transUtion  of  ^'  Gldipus  Tyrannns," 

469 
f.  (A.  W.)  on  Buzaglia  at  Great  Yarmouth,  91 
laxwell  (Mrs.),  an  Amazon,  68 
Mayden*s  Choyce,"  a  ballad,  106 
fayerne  (Sir  Theodore),  noticed,  326 
layor  (John  E.  B.)  on  quotations  in  Ascham's  "  Schole- 

master,"  89 
Tayors  noted  for  drinking,  206,  296 
[.  (D.)  on  Lizars  family,  178 
L  (E.)  on  coins  inserted  in  tankards,  116 

Quotation :  "  For  every  evil,"  &c,  398 

Konth  (Dr.)  and  the  Vulgate,  398 
[edal  of  the  Peace  Of  Munster,  298 
[edallic  query,  89 

[edical  degrees  and  the  College  of  Physicians,  134, 156, 
176,  254,  278,  336,  416;  conferred  by  the  Irish 
College  of  Physicians,  238 
!e]etes  on  Amende,  its  etymology,  374 

Army  and  Navy  Lists,  317 

Chatham  (Earl  oQ  on  impossibilities,  129 

Douglas,  Duke  of  Tonraine,  288 

English  language,  98 

Holand,  Duke  of  Exeter,  157 

Tithe:  Canonic!  de  Loch,  311 

William  the  Lion,  his  daughters,  95,  355 
Helton  (Edward)  on  medallie  query,  90 
!emor  on  Cities  of  Samaria,  151 

Mutiny  Act,  178 

Simon  (Thomas)  and  Peter  Simoo,  178 

Tyson  (Gilbert),  198 
[enu  Code  and  the  Chinese,  425 
:eres  (Francis).  "  Palkdis  Tamia,"  469 
'errion  graveyard,  near  Dublin,  467 
.erryweather  (F.  S.)  on  Guildhall,  Westminster,  89 

Hearth  tax,  1689,  420 

Hbrses,  their  value  in  Shakspesre's  time,  238,  518 

Snuffers,  ancient,  358 

Watch  paper  lines,  355 
iesmerism  noticed  by  Plautos,  270,  377 
ess,  its  etymology,  403 
eta  on  legend  of  the  beech-tree,  30 

Yetlin,  or  Yetling:  Meslin,  376  I 


Metric  prose,  115;  in  DTsraeli's  ''Wondrous  Ta^e  of 

Atroy,"  67 
Mewburn  (Fr.)  on  the  climate  of  England,  485 
Deer  parks,  187 
Indian  architecture,  327 
Japanese  ladies,  409 
Judges' seats  in  courts  of  justice,  127 
Men  kissing  each  other  in  the  streets,  30 
Moscow,  burning  of,  228 
M.  (G.  W.)  on  **  Ad  eundem  "  degrees,  359 
Book  of  Common  Prayer,  1604,  76 
Bristol  cathedral,  inscriptions,  209 
Clerical  knights,  209,  355 
Cumberbatch  (Mrs.),  269 
Devonshire  custom,  132 
Fridays,  saints*  days,  and  fast  days,  193 
Newspapers,  age  of,  351,  479 
Shropshire  visitation,  127 
Snuffers,  ancient,  358 
Micall  (L.  C.)  on  Ad  perpcndieulnm,  496 

Derivation  of  Mysteries,  107 
Milan  cathedral,  saints  on,  98 
Milbud  (John),  and  *<  The  New  Art  of  Memory,**  169 
Millner(T.)  on  Sacred  Lyric,  372 
Mills  (Dr.  Johp),  Greek  TesUment,  264 
Milton  abbey,  its  customary,  148 
Milton  (John),  residence  in  St  Donstan's,  East,  146 
Miracle  plays,  108 

Mitre,  Archbishop's,  with  a  ducal  coronet,  479 
M.  (J.)  Edinburgh^  on  letters  to  James  Anderson,  144 
Army  and  Navy  List,  198 
Bothwell,  proclamation  for  his  apprehension,  323 
Brodie*s  "  Method  of  BookSkeeping,"  305 
Camillus  (Joan.),  "^  De  Ordiue  ao  Methodo,"  331 
Friedland  (Duke  oQi  *"  Petdueliioois  Chaos,"  468 
Hyndford  Papers,  482 
**  Invective,**  Poem,"  451 
Lithgow  (Wm.),  "Disaster  at  DonglasM,"  308 
MaeUeth:  Malcolm  Canmore,  467 
Maphens  Vegios,  ^  De  Perseverantia  Beligionis," 

508 
Baban  (Edward),  printer,  198 
Bnthven  (Patrick),  letter  t4>  Earl  of  Korthomber- 

land,  363 
*"  Vindication  of  the  Character  of  Wm.  Pitt,"  467 
Wilson's  *<  Trigonometry,"  330 
M.  (L.)  on  Whitehall  banqueting-house  window,  69 
M.  (L.  A.)  on  Sun  and  Whalebone,  an  inn  sign,  250 

Wolves  in  Enghind,  78 
M.  (L.  H.)  on  Fold,  in  local  names,  399 

Literary  anecdotes,  130 
M.  (N.)  on  **  Babes  in  the  Wood,"  453 
Mofiet  (Dr.),  "*  Health's  Improvement,"  61 
Moisey  (Dr.),  sctor,  290 
Monasteries,  list  of  grantees,  349 
Money,  p^per,  at  Leyden,  12, 119 
Money,  relative  value  of,  182,  238, 395,  475,  518 
Moneyen'  weights,  347,  412 
Monk  (Christopher)  of  Jamaica,  77,  137 
Monk  family,  427, 478 
Monk's  Sleigh,  church  library,  56 
Monson  (Lord)  on  Sara  Holmes,  465 

Newton  (Su:  Isaac),  his  fiunily,  190 
Montague,  Baron  Bokeby,  ancestry,  409 
MonUnban  (E.)  on  Bntland ;  County  or  Shire,  1 1 1 , 2  58 ; 
Holyland  famUy,  259, 406 


0«O 


IKDEX. 


Uonigomerj  (Rtr.  Robtii),  phtgurismi,  lOB 

Monamentid  effigiesi  90 

Monument!,  sepolchnl,  tbeir  mutUatioBf  119,  218 

Moore  (Stephen),  sorgeon  of  4th  rag.  of  bone,  451 

Moore  (Stephen),  vicar  of  DoocMler,  451,  499 

Moorings  in  the  Thames,  388 

More  (Sir  Thomas),  date  of  his  marriage,  509 

Morgan  (Prof.  A.  De)  on  tlie  word  "Any,''  23 

Brandon  (Jacob),  carriage  motto^  245 

Colonel,  its  praooDdatioo,  196 

Materialssringredients,  its  old  English  wisd,  52 

Possession  nine  poinU  of  the  law,  888 

Scot  (Michael),  writings  oo  astnioomjr,  176 

Vossius,  "  De  Historieis  Gxvds,*  74 
Morgan  (Sidney  Lady),  patenial  arms,  311 
Morice  (Humphrey),  particolars,  422 
Mor  Merrion  on  Stoneheoge  and  London  Stone,  18 
Mornay  (Philip  oO»  ''  ADiscoone  of  Lt£b  and  Dvath," 

241 
Morrison  (Gen.  George),  372,  420,  474 
Mortars  and  cannon,  504 
Moscow,  the  burning  of,  228 
Moses,  the  Finding  of,  a  pcofiuw  pwrody,  134,  317 
Motherby  (John),  486 
Mottoes,  punning,  245,  332,  356,  396 
Moulton  (A.)  on  coin  of  Qaeen  Victoria,  379 

"  How  many  beans  make  five?  "Ill 
Mouse,  the  grass,  in  co.  Wexford,  446 
Moyer  (Samnel),  Puritan  M.P.  lor  Loodoo,  158 
M.  (a  a)  on  Puritan  observanoe  of  Lord's  Day,  346 

Boecoe  (Wm.),  pUster  cast,  251 
Maff,  a  slang  word,  56 
Mummers,  Hampshire,  tl6 
Munday  (Anthony),  poet,  202 
Munster,  medal  of  the  Peace  of,  298 
Murray  (Rev.  Sir  Andrew)  of  Balvaird,  274 
Murray  (Airs.),  authoress  of  "  The  GIAner,"  12 
"  Mxum  Etonenses,"  its  writers,  372,  394,  474 
Mutiny  act  extending  to  limb,  178 
M.  (T.  SJ)  on  Bob.  Johnson,  Baron  of  Ez(^ttsr,  451 

Loftus  (Nicholas  Viscount),  death  o(  his  first  wife, 
466 

Moore  (Ber.  Stephen),  451 

Newton  (Sir  Isaac),  475 
Mysteries,  deriyatioa  of  the  word,  107 
Mysticisms,  bibliography  of,  89,  136,  156 

.N 

Name,  change  of,  327 

Names,  origin  of  those  of  men,  natiofis,  and  plaoes,  79 

Names,  pronunciation  of  proper,  28 

Napier  (Kt.  Hon.  Joseph),  L'' Edmnud  Burks,  a  U^ 
ture,"  495 

Naples,  religious  custom  ftt,  246 

Napoleon  III.,  residence  in  EngUnd,  88,  157,213,  384 

Napoleon  (St.),  his  biogrspbj,  13,  39 

Naah  (Thomas),  "The  Temn  of  the  Night,"  402; 
^^ Christ's  Tears  orer  Jemsalem,"  t6.;  "The  Unfor- 
tunate Traveller,"  t6.;  "Pierce  Penniksse,"  321; 
'"  The  Apologie  of  Pierce  Pennilesse,"  361  j  oontRyfeEij 
with  Harvey,  322  ^ 

National  Portrait  Gallery,  additions  in  1861-2,  400 

Natoaca,  Princess  of  Virginia,  135 

Nature,  belief  in  iU  general  decay,  328 

Navy  lists,  198,  220,  317 


Nedals  on  Green  fiunily,  co.  Hcnlbrd,  371 

Negroes  imported  into  England  in  1764,  348 

Nelson  (Horatio,  Lord),  xeUes,  387 

Nelson  (J.),  comedy  in  his  "  MisoeUanj,"  507 

Neomonoscope,  a  new  tistmment|  183 

NetheiBole  (John)  of  Kent,  350 

Nevile  (Rob.),  verses  prefijced  to  "  The  Pmt  Scholar,"  80 

Nevison  (Wm.)  the  fnebooter,  428,  473 

New  EngUnd  flag,  72 

Newland,  oo.  Woroester,  its  wooden  church,  437 

Newspapers,  dates  of  English,  287,  351,  898,  435,  479 

Newspapers,  Sunday,  in  America,  49,  118,  197 

Newton  family  of  Whitl^,  17,  97 

Newton  (J.  J.  C.)  on  Sir  Isaac  Newton's  pedigree,  158 

Newton  (Sur  Isaac),  his  fismilj,  17,  97,  158, 190  ;  hii 

home  in  1727,  24  ;  psdigrae,  158,  475 
New- Year's  Day  customs,  52,  St23 
N.  (F.)  on  lunatics  of  old  times,  451 
N.  (F.  M.)  oo  Canute's  Jaw  for  Satardaj  half-holidsy, 

10 
N.  (G.)  on. Geology  :  corps  hnmain  petzifi^,  370 

GUsgow  old  bridge,  244 

Tongue  not  indispensable  in  speseh,  268 
N.  (H.)  on  Stop  and  SUy,  373 

Ventilate,  its  early  use,  372 

Vicinage,  a  coined  wofd,  150 
N.  (H.  M.)  on  Mackelcan  fiuni^,  409 
Nichols  (Francis)  on  Abp.  Tenison's  libnij,  27 
Nichols  (J.  G.)  on  Sir  Francis  Bryan,  110 

Chief  Justices  quondam  highwaymen,  47 

Countess  of  Dennond,  her  longevity,  301,  469 

Flicciis  (Geriaohus),  portrait-painter,  269,  417 

Norden  (John)  the  topographer,  505 

Portraits  of  Archbishop  Cranmer,  516 
Nicholson  (C.)  on  Lord  Warden  of  tke  Marches,  220 
Nightingale,  its  derivation,  447;  early  appeanuKe  in 

1862,  447,  519 
Nihil  (James),  nonjuror,  329,  499 
Nil  Novum  on  the  French  king  and  the  Pope,  297 
N.  (J.  G.)  on  annorial  gkss,  teapu  James  L,  10 

Buzaglia,  or  Buzaglo,  119 

Clerical  knighU,  273 

Carylls  of  LadyhoU,  278 

Curwen  (Sir  John),  378 

Liverpool,  anciently  Let-Poole,  504 

Poet-haste  in  1600,  287 

Whittle  (Mrs.  Elizabeth),  516 
N— n  on  Norfolk  visitaUon,  1664,  91 
Nockynge  money,  149,  199,  220,  256 
Nonjuring  consecrations  and  ordinations,  225,  31 1 
Norden  (John),  "  The  Pensive  Man's  Practise,"  402^ 

«  Progress  of  Pietie,"  141,  298 
Norden  (John)  the  topographer,  505 
Norfolk  (Edward  Howard,  Duke  of),  befriends  TTm. 

Oldys,  63 
Norfolk  visiUtion,  1664,  91 
Norman  fonts,  230 
Norman  (Louisa  Julia)  oo  Nevison  the  freebooter,  473 

Williams  (Bev.  Wm.)  prsfennents,  478 
North  (T.)  on  "  CnjUing  off  with  a  shilling,"  477 

Earl  of  Huntingdon's  obit,  849 

Desmond  (old  Countess  of),  portimi^  377 

Holyland  fiunily,  354 
"  Northern  Iris,"  its  editor,  507 
Norton  (Dr.  Wm.),  preacher  of  Gray's  Inn,  251 
Notes  and  Queries,  a  word  pnfatoiy  to  the  Third  Series,  I 


INBBX. 


541 


Kotia  on  the  oompowr  of  "  Ad«te  Fidekfl,**  109 

Kotsa  on  the  word  Treble,  507 

Noone  Glouceetenhira  maniucriptf ,  486 

N.  (R.)  on  SaltoutaU  futuly,  418 

N.  (T.  C.)  on  recent  caaee  of  loDgerity,  226 

Nngent  (Tiord)  on  capital  ponishiDentii  33,  75 

N.  (U.  O.)  on  lespitee  and  zeprieres  of  executions,  34 

Satin  bank-note,  217 
N.  (X.)  on  chvches  built  east  and  west,  187 

o 

0.  on  Field  families,  427 
Oaths,  the  Book  of,  editions,  374 
(Ehlenschlager's  "  Hakon  Jarl,"  translator,  170 
Ofibr  (George)  on  catalogue  of  Alchemj  and  Mystkismi^ 
136 
Coins  inserted  in  tsnkards,  116 
Coverdale's  Bible,  433 
Juryman's  oath,  138 
0.  (F.  J.)  on  Lady  Hamiltoa  and  Kelson  rdiot,  887 
0.  (J.)  on  Beattie*8  Poems,  98 

Black  (Dr.  John^  '*  Falls  of  Clyde,"  &e.,  194 
Douglas  (Andrew),  M.D.,  488 
Earthquakes  in  England,  94 
"  Epitome  of  the  Lives  of  the  Ein^  of  Fsance/'  14 
Old  Mem.  on  coins  inserted  in  tankards,  277 
Parkyns  (Thomas),  a  fisunons  wieitler,  268 
Pepys's  anagram,  288 
Seward  (Anua)  snd  George  Hardinge,  26 
Old  Street,  St.  Luke's,  ita  fields  in  1614,  186 
Oldys  (Dr.  Wm.),  Vicar  of  Adderbory,  343,  417 
Oldys  (Dr.  Wm.),  civilian,  1,  2 
Oldys  (Wm.),  parentage,  1;  visits  Yorkshire,  S;  pa- 
tronised by  the  Earl  of  Oxford,  21,  41;  his  life  of 
Baleigh,  22;  "  British  Librsnan,"*  22;  assisU  on  the 
Catalogue  of  the  Harleian  Library,  42 ;  editor  of  the 
"Harleian  Miscellany,''  43;  his  "Catalogue  of  Pam- 
phlets  in  the  Harleian  library,  43;  artidss  in  the 
"Biographia  Britannica,''  62;  pecuniary  diffieulties, 
63;  appointed  Korroy  i^ng-at-Arxns,  63;  death,  81 ; 
portrait,  ib.;  annotated  Langbaine,  82;  sale  oJP  his 
library,  83;  manuscripts,  84;  literary  laboniBf  85 
"  011a  podrida,"  its  correct  meaning,  260 
Opal  hunter,  account  of,  329,  394 
Orange  butter,  205,  316,  353,  417 
Order  of  merit,  and  late  Prince  Consort,  87,  113, 155 
Orientation,  247 
Orkney  Island  diseoveries,  37 
Orlers  (Jan)  "  Account  of  Leyden,**  239 
Orr  (J.  H.)  on  Fidei  Defensor,  347 
Osborne  (Thomas),  bookseller,  his  *'  Catalogus  BibGD- 

tbeca)  HarleiaasB,*'  42;  exploits  and  wealth,  61 
O.  (S.  M.)  on  tarnished  silver  coins,  99 
Oswald  (John),  "  Banse  CanorK,*  434,  459,  516 
Oswen  (John),  Worcester  printer,  367 
O.  (T.  C.)  on  the  Carylls  of  Hartiog,  185 
Oughtred  (Wnu),  matJieroatician,  210 
Overtou-cum-Tadley,  Hants,  list  of  vicars,  &c.,  428 
Owtherquedaunce,  its  meaning,  467,  517 
Owtrem  (Peter  Watkinson)  of  Wirksworth,  19 
Oxford  ecclesiastical  affairs,  1688^2,  261 
Oxford  Regius  Professors,  oifficial  arms,  311 
Oxford  (Edward,  Second  Earl  of)  library,  41,  42;  ca- 

talogue  of,  42,  43;  his  death,  42 
Ozmond  ou  four-bladed  clover,  298 

Medal  of  the  Peace  of  Monster,  298 


P.  on  officers  at  Quebec,  290 

Becovery  of  things  lost,  36 
Page  (Sir  Francis),  **  the  hanging  judge,**  13,  153, 237 
Pageant,  its  derivation,  458 
Pagles,  cowslips,  330 

Painter  (Dr.  Wm.),  Sector  of  WottoD,  264 
Palcologus  family,  179 
Palatines  in  Englaiod,  252 
Palestine  Association,  270 

Palm,  its  length  in  Southern  Europe,  230,  295,  379 
Palmer  (H.)  on  Fold  in  local  names,  399 

Parodies  on  Grey's  Elegy,  398 
Palmerston  (Lord),  his  fandly,  388 
Pandects,  particuhirs  of,  95 
Papa  and  mamma,  origin  of  the  names,  505 
Paper,  its  various  uses,  127 
Paper  trade  in  Holland,  86 
Paravicin  family,  110,  179,  234,336 
Pare  aux  Cerfs,  temp,  Louis  XV.,  49 
Parchment,  how  to  remove  stains  from,  138 
Parisian  Breviary,  hymns  translated,  212 
Park  (Thomas),  editor  of**  Harleian  Miscellany,"  43 
Parker  (Bp.  Samuel),  epigram  on,  262, 338 
Parkes  family,  oo.  Worcester,  170 
Parkin  (John)  on  corps  humain  petrifi^,  437  , 
Parkyns  (Thomas),  famous  wrestler,  268 
Parliamentary  Acts  repealed  in  1861, 268 
Parliamentary  members,  payment  of^  149 
Parma  (Prince  of),  liis  **  Happie  Overthrowe,"  105 
Parochial  registers  of  Plshull  and  Arundel,  464 
Parochial  registers,  their  history,  480 
Parr  (Old  Thomas),  longevity,  366 
Parson,  its  etymology,  484 
Pascha's  Pilgrimage  to  Palestine,  12 
Passenham  (Will,  de),  his  arm^,  847 
"  Passing  Bell ,"  a  poem,  its  author,  52 
Patents  forfeited,  195 

Paton  (J.)  on  Xavier  and  Indian  missions,  90 
Patrick  (John),  ^  Beflections  upon  the  Devotions  of  the 

Boman  Church,"  320 
Patrick  (St)  and  the  shamrock,  224,  319 
Paulson,  Uie  equestrian,  210,  277,  353 
P.  (B.  W.),  on  hymn  tunes,  455 
P.  (C.)  on  lines  on  "  Woe,"  290 
P.  (C.  J.)  on  the  Camel,  an  hieroglyphic,' 24 6 

Davis  (Jefibrson),  49 
P.  (D.)  oa  arms  of  the  kingdom  of  Leon,  510 

English  epitaphs  at  Iknne,  259 

Fridays,  saints'  days,  and  fast  days,  192,  298 

Luke's  Iron  Crown,  &c.,  479 

Touching  fi>r  the  king's  evil,  258 

Wandesrorde  (Christopher),  314 
Peace  Congress  proposed  in  1 693,  13, 438 
Peacock  (Edward)  on  Avignon  inscriptions,  11 

Bottesfurd  registers,  343 

Change  of  name,  327 

Dauriat  (Madame  Louise),  lectures,  486 

Erasmus  and  Ulrkh  Htitten,  511 

Executions  in  France,  1831-60.  308 

Pttcocke  (William),  his  will,  331 

Sean,  ancient,  479 
Peacock  (Lucy)  on  the  king's  gift  of  rings,  486 
Peacock  (Miss),  a  friend  of  Thomas  Campbell,  90 
Peacock  (Mr.),  his  works,  508 


542 


INDEX. 


Peacock  (William),  Lis  will,  331 

Peat  (Rev.  Sir  liobert),  209,  273,  355,  418 

Pockham  (Robert),  epitaph,  259 

Peele  (Geo),  "  Clironicle  of  King  Edward  I.,"  405,  461 ; 

"  The  HunUng  of  Cupid,"  105 
Peele  (Stephen),  ballad  writer  and  stationer,  461 
Peerages,  erron  in,  37 
Pegler  (Mr.),  artUt,  372 
Pelagius  on  Wm.  Browne's  Britannia's  Pastcrals,  410 

Unsuccessful  prize  poems,  437 
Pelayo's  visits  to  north  of  Spain,  71 
Pemberton  (Sir  James),  his  arms,  19 
Pembroke  (Wm.  Herbert,  third  Earl  oQ,  87 
Pencil-writing,  138,  199,  237 
Pepys  (Samuel),  "  gadding  after  beauties,"  69 
Ptrcj  (Bp.),  his  annotated  Langbaine,  83 
Percy  family,  heraldic  quarterings,  372 
Percy  (Lady  Mary),  170,  258 
Perpendiculum,  as  used  by  Cicero,  449,  496 
Petronius  Arbiter  quoted,  10 
Pettigrew  famiW,  126,  216,  260 
P.  (F.)  on  «  A  brace  of  shakes,"  91 

Apparitions,  who  see  them,  223 

Liquorice,  119 

Stonehenge,  59 
P.  (G.  P.)  on  Warren  of  WaltersUff,  100 

Tokens  of  Devon  and  Cornwall,  133 
Phasacian  vessels,  485 
Pheasants,  introduction  into  Britain,  313 
Phelps  (John  Delafield),  477,  514 
^.  on  Warriogton  and  the  Morice  family,  422 
Philipps  (Sir  John),  address  to  the  Electors  of  Haver- 

ibrdwest,  244 
Philips  (John),  passage  in  *'  Cerealia,''  452, 497 
PhiUips  (J.  P.)  on  Viscount  Canada,  415 

Clerical  longevity,  109 

George  (Prince),  of  Denmark,  p&tron  of  scienee, 
169 

Shorter  (Arthur),  118 

Williams  (Mrs.  Anna),  421  ; 

Phillips  (J.  W.)  on  postage  stamps,  277 
PhiUott  (F.)  on  His  Grace,  Baron,  517 

Gregory  of  Paulton,  49 
Philologus  on  the  word  Matter,  290 
PhcBnix  Pure  Office,  395 
**  Phcsniz  Nest,"  first  edition,  461 
Photogram,  a  new  word,  226 
Photographic  Gallery  for  historical  subjects,  504 
Physicians,  Irish  College  of,  and  medical  degrees,  238 
Pickering  family,  270 
Pickles,  tlie  witch,  481 

Piers  (Rev.  Henry),  his  sermons  commended,  146 
Piesso  (G.  W.  S.)  on  tarnished  silver  coins,  100 

Orange  butter,  316 
Pigott  family  of  Kdgmond,  372 
Pikeryng  (John),  "  A  newe  Entcriude  of  Vice,"  131 
Pishull,  ca  Oxon,  its  registers,  464 
Pit  and  Orbell  of  Kensington,  77 
Pitt  (William),  lines  on,  486;  speech  on  the  Union  be- 
tween England  and  Ireland,  488 
Pius  IX.,  acts  of  his  pontificate,  30 
P.  (J.)  on  belief  of  the  decay  of  nature,  328  # 

Macgrath,  Bishop  Berkeley's  giant,  311 
P.  (J.  L.)  on  the  nightingale,  447 
P.  (L.)  on  Isley  family  of  Kent,  310,  400 

Works  on  smuggling,  172 


PUce  Green  House,  Sidcup,  Kent,  188 

Plague  in  1593,  402,  462,  501 

PUintin  (Chris.),  Hebrew  Bibles,  390 

Plants,  derivation  of  names  of  some,  347,  470 

Pktttus,  supposed  allusion  to  Mesmerism,  270,  377 

Phiutus  and  **  Colyn  Blowbol's  Testament,"  345 

Plumbe  (Samuel),  Lord  Mayor,  family,  348 

Plunkett(Capt.),209 

Pn.  (J.  A.)  on  Lambeth  degrees,  254, 416 

Pope  burned,  170 
Poached  eggs,  derivation,  251 
Pocahontas,  Princess  of  Virginia,  135 
Poems,  unsuccessful  prize,  58,  437 
Poetry,  catalogue  of  early  English,  360 
Poisoning  with  diamond  dust,  486 
Pole  Fair  at  Corby,  co.  Northampton,  424 
Polwheel  (Rev.  Thonias),  nonjuror,  388 
Polygamy  in  Sicily,  231 
Polyglottus  ou  Isabel  and  Elizabeth,  114 
Pomatum,  its  derivation  and  compositions,  316, 353 
Pond  (Miss),  Uie  equestrian,  172,  218 
Pope  and  the  King  of  France  195  years  ago,  297 
Pope  burned,  170 
Pope's  eye  explained,  300 
Popes  of  Rome,  epigrams  on,  11 
Popham  (Sur  Edw.),  his  character  aspersed,  47 
Pordage  (Dr.  Jdm),  burials  of  bis  family,  57,  136 
**  Portuguese  Hymn,"  its  composer,  109 
'*  Possession  nine  p(mits  of  the  law,**  origin  of  tlie  phnse, 

388 
Postage  sUmps,  origin,  149,  195,  277,  357,  393,  474 
Post-haste  in  1600,  287 
Powell  (G.  E.  J.)  on  Goethe's  antDgraphs,  310 

Mathematical  enigma,  229 
P.  (P.)  on  F.  Cooper^s  notice  of  the  Bermudas,  128 

Caroline  (Queen)  and  Louis  Philippe,  188,  839 

Danby  of  Kirkby  Knowle,  97 

Fold,  its  meaning,  339 

Gradwell  and  Gorsuch  £unilies,  354 
.Harris  (Rev.  Robert),  207 

Shakspeare,  ^  Who  steals  my  parse,"  266 

Satin  bank-note.  111 

Taylor  of  Bifrons,  137 

Yellow  starch,  237 

Yetlin,  an  iron  pot,  35 
P.  (R)  on  bishops'  charges,  71 

Works  on  covetonsness,  468 
Pratt  (John),  his  longevity,  281,  399,  412,  453 
P.  (R.  B.)  on  the  Blanshard  family,  408 
"  Preces  PrivatsB "  described,  70 
Predictions,  249,  354 
Presbyterian  settlements  in  Ireland,  311 
Presentations  at  Court,  90 
Press-gang  in  1706,  70 
Preston  battle,  medal,  369 
**  Previous  Question,"  what  it  means,  345 
Price  (R.),  jun.,  author  of  *•  William  Tell,"  170 
Prideaux  (Sir  Edmund),  bis  marriage,  388 
Prinn  Gloucestershire  manuscripts,  486 
Prior  (R.  C.  A.)  on  names  of  plants,  347 

Twill  pants,  357 
Pritchard  (A.)  on  Acts   of  Parliament    repealed, 

268 
Private  Acts,  temp.  Henry  VHL,  487 
Prophecies  fulfilled,  49,  90,  173,  959 
Prophecy  found  in  an  abbsj,  iSO 


INDEX. 


543 


^Terbf  and  PbniM:-^ 

Alter  meat — mii8tard/428 

Archerj,  59 

Afls  ascending  the  ladder,  14 

Brown  atndj,  190 

Champagne  to  the  mast-head,  112 

Cutting  off  with  a  shUIiog,  245,  477,  517 

Down  the  hanks,  189 

Dwelling  near  the  rose,  29 

Exception  proves  the  rale,  177 

God's  providence  is  mine  inheritance,  51 

Hearts  of  oak,  347 

He  knows  how  many  beans  make  five,  111 

I  was  like  a  priesfs  jnaid,  348 

Italian,  12 

Possession  nine  points  of  the  law,  388 

Shakes:  "  A  brace  of  shakes,"*  91,  334 

Sic  transit  gloria  mnndi,  36 

Sow:  '*  The  right  sow  by  the  ear,"  232,  338 

T^tes  carr^  189 

T6tes  rondei,  189 

The  beginning  of  the  end,  217 

The  sad  shepherd  of  Segrais,  473 

To  dance  Bnmaby,  473 

To  wit,  its  derivation,  349 

Tme  bine  apron  return,  348 

Weather,  78 

Whip  up  Smoochy  or  Pont,  171,  239 

Winkin:  '*  To  ran  Vkt  winkin,**  91 
'roverhs  of  Scotland,  79 
'ryce  (George)  on  Thomas  Bowley's  biography,  181 

Turgot,  Chatterton,  and  Bowley  poems,  101 

Wasbrongh  (Matthew),   and  the  steam-engine, 
292 
'salm  czlix.,  its  title,  348,  397 
'.  (S.  T.)  on  clergyman's  right  to  take  the  chair,  193 
'ogin  (A.  N.  Welby  and  Augnstus),  Memdrs,  40 
ags,  Datch,  in  England,  289 
anishment,  capital,  its  origin,  450,  497 
'oritan  observance  of  the  Lord's  Day,  346 
arltan  settlements  in  Ireland,  311 
Qttenham  (Geo.),  "The  Arts  of  English  Poesie," 
142 
.  (V.)  on  the  literature  of  lunatics,  451 
'.  (W.)  on  Mrs.  Bridgman  of  Hanover  Square,  450 

Exhibiting  the  regalia  at  the  tower,  366 

Haberdasher,  origin  of  the  word,  385 

Mortars  and  cannon,  504 
yne  (Wm.  Henry),  artist,  331 

Q 

.  on  burial  in  a  sitting  posture,  99 

Hereditary  dignities,  149 

Strype's  edition  of  Stow,  296 
.  (Q.)  on  Coweirs  Interpreter,  75 
uakers,  White,  389,  459,  515 
uebec,  officers  at  the  siege,  290 
aeen's  Gardens  on  the  fernla,  512 

Sacks  of  Joseph's  brethren,  71 
aeen's  pennant  on  passage  vessels,  117 
Quid  rides,''  origin  of  the  motto^  245 
tiidam  on  Orientation,  247 
aipos,  or  knot  records  of  Pera,  452 
iivis  on  shoe  nailed  to  the  mast,  111 


Qnotationi  :— 

Cosi  oolui  del  cdpo  non  accorto,  249 

£t  qualem  infelix  amisit  Mantua  campum,  250, 336 

For  every  ill  beneath  the  sun,  348,  398 

For  let  your  subject  be  or  low  or  high,  69 

Forgiveness  to  the  injured  doth  belong,  69, 138, 

215 
Go,  shine  till  thou  ontshin'st  the  gleam,  69 
I  love  it,  I  love  it,  the  kugh  of  a  child,  30,  78 
It  was  a  night  of  lovely  June,  250 
It's  a  very  good  world  we  live  in,  398 
Just  notions  will  into  good  actions  grow,  69 
Afove  on,  ye  wheeb  of  Time,  170 
Of  this  blest  man,  let  this  just  praise  be  given,  14 
Please  all  men  in  the  trath,  170 
See  how  these  Christians  love  one  another,  488 
The  bridal  of  the  earth  and  sky,  249 
The  chaste  Leucippe  by  the  patriarch  loved,  498 
The  lark  hath  got  a  most  fantastic  pipe,  250 
The  strange  superfluous  gloiy  of  the  air,  170 
Till  with  a  pleased  surprise  we  laugh,  69 
Vous  dtffendez  que  je  vous  aims,  69 
What  though  the  form  be  fair,  69 
Tet  died  he  as  the  wise  might  wish  to  die,  69 

E 

B.  on  the  Prince  Consort :  In  Memoriam,  447 

PhUips's  Cerealia,  452 
Baban  (Edward),  Scottish  printer,  198 
Babbit,  lapm,  its  derivation,  403,  490 
Bainbowin  1644,271 
B.  (A  L.)  on  the  prisoner  of  Gisors,  329 
Baleigh  (Sir  Walter)  and  Virginia,  147;  Life  by  Oldyi 

22 
**  BansB  CanorK,**  by  John  Oswald,.  434,  459,  516 
Bandolph  (Ambrose),  biography,  483 
Banew  (Nathaniel),  bookMller,  311 
Bap:  *<  Not  worth  a'rap,"  212 
B.  (A  S.  P.  A.)  on  Thomas's  Historic  of  Italic,  291 
Bathlin,  Isle  of,  described,  467 
Bats  leaving  a  sinking  ship,  78,  296 
Baumer  (Yon),  quotation  from  Cicero,  111,  194 
B.  (C.)  on  arms  of  Irish  peers,  309 

**  Matter,"  as  a  verb,  438 
R  (C.  J.)  on  Bishop  Thomas  Hackett,  229 

Hawkins  (CsMar),  family,  211 

Marsh  (Laurence),  249 

PaUedogus  family,  179 

Pickering  family,  270 

BogeiB  (Nehemiah),  519 

SwinglehuTBt  (Bichard  and  Henry),  250 

Travers  fiimily,  296 
Beading  (John),  composer  of  "  Adeste  Fideles,"  109 
B.  (E.  B.)  on  the  Bev.  Charles  Giffiurdier,  96 
Bebecca  at  the  well,  her  costume,  95,  192 
Becord  Office,  facilities  for  historical  researches,  460 
Becoveiy  of  things  lost,  36 
Beddel  (Constantia  Louisa),  particulars  of,  311 
Bedmon^rest,  52,  157,  158 
Bedmon(n[S.)  on  Babylonian  Princess,  247 

Customs  in  the  county  of  Wexford,  446 

Poisoning  with  diamond  dust,  486 

Squeers  and  Dotheboy's  Hall,  212 

"  The  right  sow  by  the  ear,"  232 


544 


INDEX. 


Bedmond  (S.)  on  Yetlin,  or  Yelling,  34 
R.  (E.  G.)  on  Banker's  Hill,  235 

Dalch  Psalter,  printed  by  A.  Sokmne,  172 

Scin-Laeca:  Scinlac,  189 

Spontaneoos  combostion  of  trees,  237 
Begiddes,  dying  Speeches  and  Prayers,  384,  431 
Begister  for  families,  plan  for,  248,  320 
Beins,  or  bridlO)  etymology,  206,  297 
Bepartee,  by  two  gentlemen,  210 
Beredos  explained,  374 
Beynolds  (Baron  James),  149,  235,  276 
Beynolds  (Chief  Baron  James),  149,  235,  276 
Beynolds  (Dr.  Edward),  puritan  divine,  356 
Beynolds  (Mr.)  Wilkes's  attorney,  210 
B.  (F.)  on  Barke's  admired  poet,  228 

Danish  writer  on  nnicoms,  50 
B.  (F.  B.)  on  Dr.  Edward  Bernolds,  356 
Bh^ged  (Vryan)  on  Hynma  from  the  PariBian  Brsiriaiy, 
212 

Plarality  of  benefices,  428 

Spelling  matches,  128 
Bice  (H.  M.)  on  Samael  Plambe,  Lord  Kayor,  348 
Bich  (Bamabe),  "Greene's  Newes  bothe  from  BMJOk 

and  Hell,"  362;  pieces  by,  142;  noticed,  201 
Bichard  I.,  eflSgy  at  Fontevraalt,  426,  498 
Bichdale  family,  388 
Biley  (H.  T.)  on  moneyers'  weights,  412 
Bimbault  (Dr,  E.  F.)  on  earthquakes  in  England,  94 

Kneller  (Sir  Godfrey),  autograph,  97 

St  Martin's-in-the-Fields,  dd  monuments,  329 

Waits  of  the  City  of  London,  337   . 
Bings,  gold,  in  the  Infirmarins,  149 
Bings  (^  the  king's  gift,  486 
Bivaulx  abbey,  Mackenzie's  drawings,  467 
B.  (J.)  on  Annals  of  Ulster,  387 

Insecure  envelopes,  415 

Killington  register,  357 

Lambeth  degrees,  36,  133, 175,  336 

Paravicin  family,  234 

Parish  registers,  464 
B.  (J.),  M.D.  on  centenarians,  352 
B.  (L.  M.  M.)  on  '*  Green  Sleeyes,"  a  tune,  147, 
B.  (L.  X.)  on  Warden  of  the  Marches,  171 
B.  (M.  H.)  on  Bristol  cathedral  monuments,  277 
B.  (M.  S.)  on  Dumford  family,  492 

Obituary  of  officers  of  the  army,  372,  474 
B.  (K.  H.)  on  Church  used  by  Churchmen  and  Ro- 
manists, 427 

Irish  superstition,  223 

Witch  in  the  nineteenth  centory,  464 
Bobertson  of  Strowan,  arms,  77,  99 
"  Bobin  Conscience,"  an  old  interlude,  45 
"  Bobinson  Crusoe,"  its  authenticity,  308 
Bobinson  (L.  G.)  on  passage  in  Boesuet,  1 1 

Commonwealth  marriages,  228 

Henri  IV.'s  disease  of  kleptomania,  169 

Italian  proverbs,  12 

<<  The  bridal  of  the  earth  and  sky,"  249 
Bodwell  (J.  M.)  on  old  libraries,  56 
Boe  (Sir  Wm.),  his  death,  462,  501 
Boffe  (Alfred)  on  Galliard's  music  in  Brutus, 

Shakspeare's  music,  265 
Boffe  (Edwin)  on  Thomas  Dray's  eptaph,  287 
Bogers  (Nehemiah),  noticed,  519 
Bogers  (Samuel),  poet,  his  longevity,  366 
Bokeb/  (Montague,  Baron),  ancestry,  409,  478 


Boman  feet  explained,  295 

Bomanes  (Bobert),  (m  Commissariat  of  Linder,  55 

Bome,  English  epitaphs  at,  209,  259 

Bos  (Lords  de),  origin  of  tlie  oaioe,  467 

Boscoe  (Wm.),  bas-relief  cast,  250,  356 

Bose  (Arthur),  Archbishop  of  St.  Andrews,  518 

Bose  (Robert),  the  bard  of  cobnr,  131 

Boss  (Alex.),  cut  his  son  off  with  a  shilling,  245 

Boas  (John)  on  Coney  family,  29 

Bosse  (Parsons,  Earl  oC),  arms,  309,  435 

Bossetti  (Gabriele),  Neapolitan  poet,  157 

Bossetti  (W.  M.)  on  Browning's  Lyrics,  136 

Napoleon  UL  ia  England,  157 
Bothschild  (Messrs.  L.  and  M.  de)  as  Barons  in  England 

450,  498 
Boundell  of  Gladstone  and  Screven  pedigree,  54 
Bouth  (Dr.)  and  the  Vulgate  a  commentary,  349, 398 
Bouth  family,  90 

Bowe  (Sir  Wm.),  Lord  Mayor,  death,  501 ;  epitaph,  462 
"  Rowland's  Godsonne  Moralised,"  202 
Bowley  (Thomas),  poems,  101;  biography,  181 
Boyal  Exchange  motto^  267 
Royal  family  ^  England,  £umly  name,  258 
Royalty,  sitting  covered  before,  208,  318,  350,  416 
Roydon  (M.),  a  poet,  502 
R.  (P.)  on  Rev.  Edward  Mapletofl's  issue,  249 

More  (Sir  Thomas),  his  marriage,  509 

Stephenson  (Rev.  A.),  descendants,  250  ■ 
R.  (R.)  on  James  Glassford  of  DongalsUm,  19 

Newton  (Sir  Richard)  of  Newton,  17 
R.  (R  P.)  on  Patrick  Rnthvcn,  414 
R.  (T.)  on  Pigott  of  Edgmond,  372 

Standing  while  the  Lord's  Prayer  is  read,  397 
Roding  (Rogers),  annotated  Langbaine,  83 
Rugby  School,  early  notices,  271 
Russell  (C.  P.)  on  tomb  of  Edw.  H.  Bockett,  38 
Ruthven  (Patrick),  letter  to  Earl  of  NortLnmberiand, 

363,  414 
R.  (V.  V.)  on  poached  eggs,  251 

Suicide,  286 

Tdtes  rondes  and  T^tes  carrto,  189 

Tom  Thumb's  ancestry,  311 
Rye,  riot,  and  xyot,  derivation,  207,  257,  339 


S.  on  Champagne  to  the  mast-head,  112 

Douglas  Cause,  408 

Pamphlet  on  the  Hon.  William  Pitt,  517 

Rye,  riot,  and  ryot,  207 

Stangate  Hole,  13 

Watch  case  in  ^Scotland,  327 
Sacks  carried  by  Joseph's  brethren,  71 
Sackville  (Sir  WUliam),  death,  242,  320 
Sage  (J.  W.)  on  Taylor  family,  76 
Sainsbury  (W.  N.)  on  Van  Veen,  **  Embkmata,"  117 
St  abbreviated  to  T,  219,  256,  296 
St.  Anthony,  eUitu  Tanthony,  219,  256,  296 
St.  Aulaire,  quatrain  to  Duchess  dn  Madne,  52,  119 
St.  Bees,  giant  found  at,  11 
St  Benigne,  Dijon,  18 
St.  Catherine's  Hills  in  England,  409,  457 
St  Ebba,  abbess  of  Coldingham,  417,  438 
Saint  Hyacinthe,  '<Le  Chef  d\Ettrre  d'nn  iDOonDa," 

508 
St  John  of  Jerusalem,  French  Langne,  230 


INDEX. 


545 


lachi's  prophecies  respeetifig  the  popes,  49,  77, 
,  359 

rtin's>in-the-Fie1ds,  old  monumeDts,  329 
poleoo,  bis  biographj,  13,  39 
;rick  and  the  shamrock,  224,  319 
rick's  daj  at  Eton,  329 
thin  on  grammar  schools  of  Edward  VI.,  36 
utchinson  (John),*  47  7 
snner  (Edward,  M.  D.)»  his  statue,  498 
ipa  and  Mamma,  their  origiii,  505 
lam  heraldry,  31 
iren  to  sheep,  1 36 
taU  family,  350,  418 
a,  the  cities  of,  wtien  founded,  151 
)  on  Engraving  of  a  sea-fight,  30 
iminas,  or  pictures  on  brass,  37 
law  of  Sanchie  and  Greenock  arms,  38 
blves  eating  earth,  20 
untings,  348,  418 
(Bev.  Sir  Edwin  Windsor),  274 
n  article  on,  507 

sis  on  medal  of  victory  of  La  Hogne,  387 
Missal,  memorial  lines,  405 
ch  on  families  who  trace  from  Saxon  times,  51 
ts  derivation,  365 

ly  half-holiday  enforced  by  Cannte,  10 
C Louise  de),  Jonmal,  20 
-ola's  inedited  mannscripts,  147 
amiiies  now  in  England,  51 
(Dnkes  and  Duchesses),  a  title   borne  by  the 
ish  Royal  family,  190 
Vice-Adm.  James)  notieed,  133 
on  minister  standing  at  the  Lord's  Prayer,  268 
be^,  his  "  Historic,"  461 
)rough  Miscellany,"  21 
family,  231,299 
>,  their  supposed  advantages,  249 
I  Salemi,"  and  John  of  Imlan,  53 
for  Scandal,"  origin  of  phrase,  373 
of  Improvement,"  dramas,  428 
(Francis),  "  Itinersrium  Italis,"  209,  278 
!ca  :  Sdnlac,  189,  357 
on  lines  on  William  Pitt,.  486 
em  on  the  Baltic  Sea,  486 
>hn)  of  Tbirlestaine,  grant  of  arms,  448 
ichael)  writings  on  astronomy,  131,  176,  357 
r  (Lambert  de),  his  arms,  347 
,  its  domestic  annals,  300 
ir  Walter)  and  Ben  Jonsoir,  366,  518 
medical  recipes,  307 
poetry,  its  history,  79 
proverbs,  79 
e-rcading  in  the  16th  and  17th  oentnries,  166, 


m  biographical  queries,  2715 
nolines  in  1737,  287 
unted  houses,  371 
;e  (Judge),  237 
ange  (Sir  John),  271,  396 
t,  old  engraving  of  one,  30 
cient,  368,  479 

(C.  F.)  on  Abp.  Leighton's  letters,  106,  121 
165 

I  (Dan.)  on  Green's  Poems  and  Hymns,  434 
.)  on  alliterative  inscriptions,  414 
acleptics,  464 


I 


S.  (E.  L.)  on  Parayiein*s  borial-plaoe,  234 

Spirituality  or  spiritualty,  311 
Senescens  on  Lammiman,  138 
Senex  on  Jakins,  a  ftimily  name,  115 

Tenants  in  socage,  31 
Sennoke  on  '^  Romantic  Mythology,"  its  author,  372 

Shakspeare  fiunily  pedigree.  111 
Sepulchral  memorials,  their  mutilatioD,  17,  119,  218 
Sermons,  long,  169,  256,  319 
Servants  at  Holy  Communion,  231,  476 
Se'vignd  (Madame  de).  Letters,  140 
Seward  (Anna)  and  George  Hardinge,  26 
Sexagenarius  on  WiUet's  *'  Synopsis,"  256 
Seymour  (Jane),  prayers  for  her  safe  deliveiy,  186 
S.  (F.)  on  Grothill,  near  Edmburgb,  329 

Nathaniel  Ranew,  bookseller,  31 1 
S.  (F.  R.)  on  army  and  navy  lists,  220 
S.  (G.  y.)  on  Lathe=asking,  a  proTineialim,  452 

Soul-food,  468 

Shakspeare:—' 

Contemporary  allusions  to  Shakspean,  266 
Hamlet,  Act  V.  So.  2 :  **If  it  be  now,"  &e.,  266 
*'  Measure  for  Measure^"  Act  IIL  Sc.  1:  *'  Delighted," 

266 
Midsummer's  Night's  Dream, Act  II.  Sc  1 :  ''When 

thou  W€ut  stolen  away  from  fiairy-land,"  85 
Much  Ado  about  Nothing,  Act  IL  Sc  1 :  "  Ttmll 

beat  the  post,"  264 
Oldys's  oolleotions  for  his  life,  81 
Music,  265,  364 
Othello,  Act  IIL  Sc.  3:  *•  Who  steals  my  purse," 

266,  378 
Pedigree  of  his  fiunily,  1 1 1 
Bomeoand  Juliet,  Act  IIL  Sc  2;  ''That  run- 

awayea  eyes  may  wink,"  363 
Sonnets,  inscription  prefixed  to,  87,  163;  Biblio- 

gra^ical  account  of  the,  163 
Venus  and  Adonis,  in  Stationers'  Registers,  362 
Works,  reprint  of  1623,  60 
Shamrock,  Oxaiii  eomiculaia,  224,  319 
Sharps  (Samuel)  on  degrees  of  comparison,  48 
Shaw  (Samuel)  on  American  cents,  255 
Grange  Hall,  view  of,  359 
Leaden  coin  of  William  and  Mary,  259 
Opal-hunter,  394 
Shaw  of  Sanchie  and  Greenock,  arms,  38,  98 
Shebbeare  (Dr.  John),  supposed  author  of  **  Memoir  of 

Lady  Vane,"  232 
Shelley  (Percy  Byssfae),  <*  Laon  and  Cythna,"  and  "•  Re- 
volt of  Islam,"  283,  355,  419 
Shelley  (Sir  Richard),  Grand  Prior  of  England,  19,  59 
Shenur,  or  Husi,  the  proteetor,  31 
''Shepherd's  Calendar,"  1590-1,  45,  142 
"  Shepherd's  Starre,"  a  poem,  45 
Sheridan  (R.  B.),  song  in  "  The  School  for  Scandal, 

373 
Sherlock  (Dr.  Wm.),  conduct  at  the  Revolution,  325 
Shilling:  "  Cutting  off  with  a  shUUng,"  245,  331 
Ships,  armour-clad,  and  the  elephant's  skull,  126 
Shoe,  a  prison,  207 
Shoe  nailed  to  the  mast.  111 
Shorter  (Arthur),  noticed,  59,  1 18,  219 
Shoaldham  family  pedigree,  3is 
Shropshire  visitation,  127,  218 
Shrove  Tuesday  custom,  224,  439 


546 


INDEX. 


S.  (H.  W.)  on  Abednego  Matheir,  400 

Kingsmills  of  SidmanUm,  376 

**  The  Qaeen  of  Spades,"  423 
Sibbes  (Dr.  Richard),  **  Gospel  ADoioUDgs,**  13 
Sicilian  Jews,  practice  of  poljgamj,  231 
Sidney  (Sir  PhiUp),  Memdr,  400 
Sigma-Taa  oo  Paris  edition  of  the  Bible,  1586,  328 

Legends  on  swords,  493 

Maocnlloch  of  Cambnslang,  329 

Maclean  of  Torloisk,  329 

Tilney,  or  Tinlejr  fiimily,  329 
Signet  on  Noblemen  and  Barons,  515 
"  Silent  Sister,"  alias  Trinity  College,  Dublin,  386 
"  Silken  Cord,"  its  meaning,  210 
Sillett  (James),  miniatore  painter,  39,  135,  194,  358 
Simon  (Thomas),  engraver,  178,  219,  297,  378 
Simons  (Rot.  John)  of  Paul's  Cray,  372,  475 
S.  (J.)  oo  deaf  and  dumb  literature,  475 

Ber.  John  Gore,  371 
S.  (J.  A.)  on  William  Lithgow's  poems,  30 
S.  (J.  F.)  on  Fridays,  sainU',  and  fast-days,  115,  S36 

Gray's  Elegy  parodied,  220 

Spelling  matches,  239 
Skelton  (Philip),  present  deseendantj,  290 
Slaves  and  freemen,  th«r  status  as  noticed  in  the  Scrip- 
tures, 282,  439 
Sleep,  forgetfnlness  of  having  eaten  after,  406 
Slide-thrift  or  shove-groat,  M 
Slipslop,  its  earliest  use,  250 
Smith  (F.  W.)  on  a  new  word  "*  Machifactur^"  27 
Smith  (Wm.  James)  on  John  Cole's  Works,  509 

Sir  Wm.  Young's  parody  oo  Gray's  Elegy,  432 

Taylor  family,  76 
Smith  (W.  J.  B.)  oo  representations  of  the  First  Person 

of  the  Holy  Trinity,  17 
SmoUett  (Dr.  Tobias),  '*  Memoir  of  Lady  Vane,"  232 
Smaggling,  Histoiy  c^,  172,  215 
S.  (N.)  on  St.  Gregory's  *<  Regula  Pastoiilis,"  136 
Snuffers,  their  archnolog}^  290,  358 
Sobieski,  name  oaed  by  semi-Welch  families,  210 
Social  Science  Association,  460 
Solicitors' billa,  55,  118 

Songs  and  Ballads:-^ 

Broom  of  the'Cowdenknowes,  385 

Drunkard's  Conceit,  305,  352 

Leezie  liddsay,  463 

The  Queen  of  Spades,  423 

Trifle,  a  political  balUd,  327 

Yankee  Doodle  borrows  cash,  468,  513 
Sons,  three  bom  on  three  successive  Sundays,  373 
Soul-food,  its  derivation,  468 
Southward  (John)  on  epigram  on  the  Four  Georges, 

358 
Southwark,  fire  in  ^667,  99, 193 
Southwell  (Mr.)  uf  Codcermouth,  befriends  Oldys,  63 
Southwell  (Robert),  *«  The  Phcsniz  Nest,"  461 
Sow,  a  vessel  with  ears,  232 
Sp.  on  the  American  flag,  74 

Robert  Ashby's  danghter,  346 

Taafie  family,  373 
Spade  guinea,  when  first  coined,  230,  299 
Spal.  on  Admiral  Blake's  descendants,  423 

Canadian  Seigneurs,  358 

Code  of  Menu  and  the  Chinese,  425 

laley  family,  358,  436 


Spal.  on  Lewis  (Hoo.  Hugh)  of  Jamaica,  451 

Oriental  words,  437 

Passengers  to  Barbadoes  in  1640,  488 

Primaiy  ookmrs,  246 

Vandyke's  Portrait  of  Boelef  Warmolts,  211 
Spanish  Armada,  Dodington's  letter  on  its  arrival,  447 
Spartan  dnpUcity,  51, 178,  292 
Spelling  matches,  126,  179,  239 
Spenee  (W.  S.)  heraldk  loigeries,  8,  54,  92 
Spider,  the  trap,  two  spedes,  70 
Spinach,  origin  of  the  word,  339 
Spirituality  and  Spiritual^,  311 
Squeers  and  Dotheboys  Hall,  212,  319 
X  (X)  on  derivatkn  of  pooiatum,  353 
S.  (S.  M.)  oo  Indian  missions,  195 

Kingsmills  of  Sidipantan,  309 

Leighton  (Abp.),  notices  of,  179 

Mancetter  martyrs  and  Glover  fiunily,  182 

Somames,  tmasnal,  67 
S.  (S.  &)oo  nnUph  in  Canterbury  cathedral,  158 
Stair  (Earl  of),  his  arms,  309 
Stamfbrdiensis  on  derivation  of  Aveland,  346 

Battle  of  Assundun,  407 

Rutland,  a  county  or  shire,  316 

SinguUr  custom  at  Corby,  424 
Standard  in  Comhill,  488 
SUngate  Hole,  its  locality,  13, 155,  494 
Starachter  and  Murdoch,  152,  358 
Starch,  iU  early  use,  90, 156;  yellow,  237 
**  Stan  of  Night,"  a  poem,  290,  380 
Stationers'  Company,  extracts  from  their  Registen,  44 

104,  141,  201,241,  321,  361,  401,461,  501 
**  Statutes  at  Lxrge,'  gleanings  from,  47 
[^eam  na^gatioo,  207 

Steele  (Sir  Richard),  atUcked  by  Swift,  382 
Steevens  (Geo.),  annotated    Langbune,    83 ;  Follei'i 

''Worthies,"  84 
Stephens  (Rev.  Wm.)  of  St.  Andrew's,  Plymootb,  57 
Stephensoo  (Rev.  A.)  descendants,  250 
Sterling,  originally  a  penny,  186 
Stevens  (D.  M.)  on  Barometers  first  made,  112 

Chnstmas-day  nnder  the  Commonwealth,  246 

County  and  shhpe,  the  same,  197 

Crony,  its  derivadoo,  118 

Davis  (Jeffinsoo),  118 

Electioneerers,  197 

**  God's  providence  is  my  inheritanoe,**  237 

Husbandman  «■  fitrmer,  77 

Innes  (Rev.  Robert),  170 

Italians'  love  of  Enfdish  fashions,  269 

King  plays,  temp.  Philip  and  Mary,  155 

Longevity  of  lawyers,  345 

Maryland,  early  emigrants  to,  148 

Mutilation  of  sepulchral  monnments,  119 

Newspapers  in  England,  dates  of,  287 

Nockynge  and  Dowell  money,  149,  256 

Parliamentary  members,  payments  of,  149 

Raleigh  (Sir  Walter),  and  Virginia,  147 

Scripture  reading  in  16th  and  17th  centmieS) 
166 

Spelling  matches,  179 

Sunday  newspapers  in  America,  118 

Terms  misapplied,  108 

Universal  suffrage  in  olden  times,  131 

Waits  of  the  city  of  London,  171     , 

Wheeler  (Capt.  Thomas  Lucas),  189 


INDEX. 


547 


SteTeos  (D.  M.)  on  Wiokin  :  <'  To  rnn  like  winkio/*  91 

Wioslow  (Col.  Thomas),  118 
Stonehenge,  composition  of  its  stone,  13,  59 
**  Stop  and  Suj,"  meaning  of  the  phrase,  373 
Stow  (John),  "  Sonrey  "  hy  Strype,  211,  296 
8.T.P.  and  D.D.  degrees,  231,  318,  333,  457 
S.  (T.  B.)  on  sainU  on  Milan  Cathedral,  98 
Strafford  (Thomas,  Earl  oQ,  arrival  in  Ireland,  251; 

noticed,  272;  pcnrtiait,  425 
Strange  (John),  antiquary  and  natnralist,  353 
Strange  (Sir  John),  Master  of  the  Bolls,  271,  353, 

396 
Straw  (Jack),  ''Lifo  and  Death,"  462 
Strike  (Mrs.  Esther),  her  loogerity,  282 
Strix  (A.  J.)  on  Sir  Humphry  Davy,  117 

Epitaph  in  St  Jame8*s  Clerkenwell,  389 
Stoart  (James  Francis  Edward^,  son  of  James  II ,  his 

birth,  304 
Stnbbes  (Philip),  ^'Disooorse  on  the  death  of  his  wife," 

104;  **.  A  Motive  to  Good  Works,"  462 
Stythe,  its  etymology,  410,  458 
Sadbury  (Abp.),  skull  exhibited,  351 
Soicide,  origin  of  the  word,  286 
"  Son  and  Whalebone,"  an  inn  sign,  250, 335, 359,  397, 

419,  472 
Sunderland  (Eman.  le  Scrope,  Earl  of),  272 
Sun-dial  and  Compass,  39 
Superstition,  its  derivation,  243,  335,  391,  475 
Surnames,  unusual  ones,  67,  177 
Surplice  worn  at  private  communioo,  170,  356 
Sussex  on  spelling  matches,  179 
Sutton  family,  131,  216,  277 
Sutton  (J.  P.)  on  Sutton  family,  131 
S.  (W.)  on  Chaucer's  Tabard  Inn  and  fire  of  Soathwaric, 
99 

Clever,  an  Americanism,  187 

Devil  tunung  fiddler,  206 

Domesday  Book,  253 

Electioneerers,  130 

Mansel  (Dr.)  epigrams,  199 

Toad-eater,  its  derivation,  176 
Swift  (Dean),  and  the  *"  History  of  John  Bull,"  499 ;  and 

Wagsta£Ee's  Miscellanies,  381 
Swifte  (E.  L.)  on  princely  funerals,  65 
Swine  brother  to  man,  291 
Swinglehurst  (Bichard  and  Heniy),  250 
Swords,  legend  on,  493 
S.  ( W.  W.)  on  Bev.  Christopher  BUu^wood,  228 

English  refugees  in  Holland,  409 
Sylvester  (Joshua),  transhtion  of  Du  Bartas,  106 


T.  on  Catamaran,  473 

Execution  of  the  Marquis  of  Argylf,  326,  457 

Dambroad,  399 
Taafe  family  in  IieUnd,  373 
Tabard,  a  military  dress,  260,  337 
TalsBus  (Andomams),  his  '*  Commentaries,"  389,  436 
Talon  (OmerX  noticed,  389,  436 
Tancarville  (Sir  Henry  Grey,  Ist  Earl),  arms,  317 
Tapestry  in  the  kte  House  of  Lords,  410 
Tarrel  (Donald),  longevity,  454 
Taylor  (Chevalier),  noticed,  81 
Taylor  (H.)  on  quotation,  "  For  every  evil,"  &c,  398 
Taylor  (H.  Ws  S.)  on  Argenton  family  arms,  99 


Taylor  (H.  W.  S.)  on  Cromwell  fiunily  arms,  317 

Bobertson  family  arms,  99 

Tankerville  family  arms,  317 

Woffington  (Mary),  actress,  38 
Taylor  fiunily,  75,  317;  of  Bifronn,  137 
Taylor  (Bp.  Jeremy),  early  editions  of  his  '^  Great 

Exemplar,"  27;  on  Superstition,  391 
Taylor  (John),  author  of  "  Monsieur  Tonson,"  I,  63,  81 
Taylor  (John),  oculist,  63,  81 
Taylor  (John)  on  Dr.  Mansel's  epigrams,  131 

'*  Diaboliad,"  its  author,  428 
Taylor  (B.  A.)  on  Norman  fonts,  230 
T.  (D.  S.)  on  Caroline,  Princess  of  Wales,  at  Charlton, 

89 
Teeth,  three  sets  in  aged  persons,  386,  439 
Temple  family  in  Yorkshire,  330 
Tenants  in  socage, 31,  137,  196 
Tenison  (Abp.),  his  library,  27 
Tennent  (Sir  J.  Emerson)  on  armour-clad  ships,  and 
the  skull  of  the  elephant,  126 

Slavery  and  the  Scriptures,  282 

Superstition,  its  derivation,  243 
Terms  misapplied,  108 
Terence,  an  early  edition,  131 
Tetbury,  its  etymology,  487 
<<  T^tes  rondes,"  and  **  Tdtes  carr^,"  sobriquets,  189 
Thackwell  family,  250 
Thibet  dogs,  485 

T.  (H.  J.)  on  Fridays,  saints'  days,  and  fast-days,  155 
T.  (H.  L.)  en  James  Howell,  M.P.  for  Bichmond,  252 

Straflford  (Lord),  appointed  Lord  Deputy,  251 

Sunderland  (Emanuel  le  Scrope,  Earl  of),  272 

Wandesforde  (Sir  Christc^er),  271 
Thomas  (Wm.)  "^  Historic  of  Italie,"  291 
Thompwrn  (Joeiah)  of  CUpham,  his  MSS.,  228 
Thompson  (Bev.  Wm.),  poet,  220 
Thoms  (W.  J.)  on  caricatures  and  satirical  prints,  227 
Thomson  (James),  Poetical  Works,  279 
Thoroton  (Bev.  Sir  John)j  epitaph,  273 
Three-penny  curates,  271,  35r 
Thynne  (Francis),  "^  The  Debate  between  Pride  and 

Lowlines,"  242 
Tichbome  church,  519 
Tiffimy,  its  derivation,  75,  219 
Tillotson  (Abp.)    ^  Disconnse  against  Transubstanti- 

ation,"  69 
Tibey  or  Tinley  fsmilv,  329,  473 
Tilt  fiimUy,  52 

Timbrill  (Dr.  John),  Vicar  of  Beckfoid,  longevity,  456 
Times  newspaper,  earliest  date,  287,  351,  398 
Timme  or  Tym  (Thomas),  **  A  Discoveiye  of  Tenne 

English  Leapen,"  241 
Tindal  (Acton)  on  James  Eyres,  respited  eoovict,  33 
TineUi,  his ""  Emblems,"  68 
Tite  (William)  on  old  memorial  lines,  405 
TiUie,  ''Canonici  de  Loch*,"  311 
Tithes  of  servants  and  women,  231, 476 
Titus  Androoicus,  "^  Historyeof,"  502 
T.  ^J.)  on  the  Bev.  John  Lewis's  birth-plaoe,  310 
T.  (J.  E)  on  dwelling  near  the  rose,  29 

Mesmerism  noticed  by  Plautos,  270 
T.  (J.  R)  on  Edmund  Burke,  221,  429 
Toad-eater,  origin  of  the  term,  128, 176,  236, 27 
Toads  in  rocks,  389, 478 
Tokens,  abbey,  works  oo,  71 
Tokens  of  Devon  and  Cornwall,  133 


648 


IKDEX 


Toland  (JohnX  biB  chanoler,  6 

"  Tom  Thumb,"  a  tragedy,  41 1 

Tom  Thamb,  his  mncestry,  311 

ToDgoe  not  absolutelj  neoeBsarj  in  speech,  268,  837 

Topling  (Joeeph)  on  Newton's  home  in  1727,  24 

Tory,  a  robber,  390  ;  a  loyalist,  437,  479,  516 

Tottenham  in  his  boots,  132 

Totty  (Dr.  Hugh),  Rector  of  Etehingham,  and  Vicar  ^f 

Fairlight,  his  longevity,  454 
Tower  of  London,  origin  of  exhibiting  the  regalia,  366 
Townships,  places  to  which  a  constable  is  appointed,  189 
T.  (R)  on  "  Brown  study,*'  190 
Trafford  (Thos.)  of  Bridge  Txafford,  Chester,  210 
Travers  family,  231,  296,  378 
Treacle,  its  derivation,  145 
Treble,  origin  of  the  word,  507 
Trees,  their  spontaneous  combustion,  237 
Trial  by  battle  abolished,  91,  191,  214,  259,  275 
*"  Trifle,"  a  political  ballad,  327 
Trillet  (P.),  artist,  248 

Trinity,  representations  of  the  First  Person  of  the,' 17 
Trinity  College,  Dublin,  called  "  The  Silent  Sister,"  S86 
Trinity  House  Corporation,  349 
Trioummus  on  three-penny  curates,  271,  337 
Tristis  on  Sidney,  Lady  Moigan's  arms,  311 
Tronveur  (Jean  de)  on  Voltaire's  insdited  Works,  165 
T.  (S.)  on  clerical  knights,  274 

Cotgreave  forgeries  of  W.  S.  Spenee,  8 

Earthquakes  in  England,  94 

Ffolliot  family,  216 

Folliott  (Hon.  Bebeooa),  her  death,  88 

Hearth  tax  in  1600,  367 

Heraldic  volume,  tetiyk  Charles  IL,  352 

HUtten  (Ukic  von),  171 

Newtons  of  Whitby,  97,  190 

Palmerston  (Lord),  his  fiunily,  88 

Pettigrew  family,  216,  260 

Spanish  ambassadors,  temp.  Henry  VllL,  281 

Touching  for  the  King's  Evil,  &c,  208 

Visitation  of  Shropshire,  218 
T.  (T.)  OD  "^  Le  Chef-d'CEurre  d'un  Inoonnn,"  508 
Tucker  (Dr.  Wm.),  "  Charisma,"  208 
Tuckett  (John)  on  degrees  of  S.T.P.  and  DJ)^  231 

Langford  (Sir  Henry),  155 

West  Street  Chapel,  215 
Tupper  family,  of  Guernsey,  387 
Turbulent  (Mr.),  of  Geoi^e  IIL's  household,  31,  96 
Turgesius  the  Dane,  1 50,  2 1 7,  31 7 
Turgot  the  historian,  life  and  works,  101 
Turkey  cocks  in  armorial  bearings,  507 
Turner  (J.  M.  W.),  his  early  days,  484;  "TcAjjikt- 

mus,"  67 
Turners  of  Eckington,  90,  198 
T.  (W.)  on  Bishop  Hooper's  family,  229 
Twin  pant,  its  meamng,  291,  357 
T.  (W.  J.)  on  Dr.  John  Hewett's  execution,  54 
Tyndale  (Wm.)  proposed  column  to  his  memory,  240 
Type  composed  by  machinery,  448,  496 
Tyson  (Gilbert),  Lord  of  Akwick,  &c,  37,  198 

u 

Ulster  Annals,  387 

Underbill  family,  notes  on,  285 

Underbill  (Wm.)  on  Underbill  family,  285 

Uued;i  on  European  ignorance  of  America,  177 


Uneda  on  **  Exception  proves  the  role,"  177 

Irish  wolf-dog,  158 

Natoaca,  Princess  of  Virginia,  135 

Surnames  in  America,  178 
Union  between  England  and  Irelsod,  debates  on,  488 
Union  Jack,  a  flag,  207 
Universal  Society,  250 
"  Universal  Spectator,"  its  writers,  21 
Universal  suffrage  in  olden  times,  131,  197,  316 
University  discipline,  291,  359,  400,  439 
Unyte  on  Dr.  John  Hewett's  father,  229 

Stow's  Survey,  Strype's  edition,  211 

Waters  family  arms,  199 

Wilks  (John),  arms,  216 
Uriconium,  or  Wroxeter,  15 
Ursula  on  pencil-writing,  199 
"  Use  and  have,"  an  ar^de  in  Chambexa'  Joomal,  17 
Utrecht,  St.  Mary's  Church,  28 


Valckenaer  family  of  the  Hagne,  210 

Vandyke  (Sir  Antony),  BoelefWannoltB' portrait,  211 

Vane  (H.  M.)  on  Lady  Vane,  236 

Cecily,  wife  of  Bichard,  Duke  of  Toxic,  435 
Vane  (Lady),  noticed  in  "  Pexegrine  Pickle,"  152,  232, 

236 
Vane  (Miss),  mistress  to  Frederie  Pkiooe  of  Wales,  152 
Vedette  on  medieval  architects,  270 

Owtherquedannoe,  467 

Private  Act  of  Heniy  VIIL,  487 

Rats  leaving  a  sinking  ship,  78 
Vegius  (Mapheus),  **  De  Perseverantki  Belig^XDs,*  508 
Vellum,  method  of  washing,  138 
Venius  (Otho),  "  Emblemata  Horatiana,"  53, 117,  256 
VentiUte  =  to  discuss,  its  early  use,  218,  373 
Verelst  (Lodvick),  ob.  1704, 171 
Vemey  (Earl),  Chancery  bill  agunst  Edmund  Burke, 

221,  374,  495 
Vemey  (Sir  Richard),  knt,  350 
Vertue  (Geo.),  notice  of  the  death  of  Edwaxd,  Earl  of 

Oxford,  42 
Vestry  meetings,  appointment  of  diairmsn,  18, 177, 193 
Vicinage,  origin  of  the  word,  150,859 
Victoria  (Queen),  silver-peoe  of  1847, 880, 379,  899 
Villein,  original  meaning,  207 
Viret  (Peter),  transition  of  his  **  Christian  Dispats- 

tions,"  291 
Visiting  cards  in  1799 — 1800,  267 
Voltaire  (M.  F.  A.),  inedited  Works,  185 
Vossius,  ^'  De  Histcnicis  Gnecis,"  74 
Vouchsafe,  its  etymology,  403 
Vroom  (Hen.  Corn,  de),  marine  painter,  410 
V.  (R.  W.  T.)  on  Turners  of  Eckington,  90 
V.  (W.)  on  Jakins  as  a  sumama,  68 

w 

W.  on  Isaac  Ambrose,  269 
Wilkes  (John),  arms,  415 
Winckley  family  of  Preston,  287 
W.  (A.)  on  "  Christians  loving  ooe  another,"  488 
Wagner  (MelcUor),  his  family,  880,  879 
Wagstaffe  (Wm.),  M.D.,  who  wrote  v  cQiB|Qed  hi 

"  Miscellaneous  Works,"  881 
Waits  of  the  City  t)f  London,  171,887  . 


INDEX 


649 


Wake  (Sir  Isaac),  pajments  after  bis  death,  207 
Wakefield  (Gilbert),  "BaiUB  Canom,"*  434,  459,  516 
Walcott  (M.  £.  C.)  on  arobbishap's  mitre  with  a  dncal 
coronet,  479 

Army  Lists,  75 

Correspondence  at  tbo  landix:^  of  the  Piixioe  of 
Orange,  303,  324 

Ferula,  513 

Hampshire  mummen,  66 

Oldys  (Dr.  William),  417 

Oxford  in  1688—92,  from  original  lettars,  261 

Snnfifers,  ancient,  358 

St.  Catherine's  Hills,  467 

Tichborne  church,  519 

Unburied  ambassadore,  475 
Walford  (Edward),  on  Bristol  families,  346 
Walgrow  (John),  Rector  of  West  Charlton,  his  will,  125 
Walker  (John),  works'  illnstratiye  of  his  **  Snflforings  of 

the  Clergy,"  312 
Walker  (Obadiah),  his  affidn  at  Oxford,  263 
Waller  (Edmund),  poet,  hb  longoTity,  366 
Walrond  family  arms,  109,  179 
Walsall,  Christmas  cnstom,  223,  316 
Walsingbam  fiimily,  507 
Walton  and  Cotton  Club,  273 

Walton  (Izaak),  his  life  by  Oldys  and  Sir  John  Haw- 
kins, 81 ;  couplet  on  Dr.  Sibbn,  14 
W.  (A.  M.)  on  Melchior  Wagner's  family,  330 
"  Wandering  Jew,"  English  versions  of,  14, 77,  258 
Wandesforde  (Chris.),  Lord-Deputy  of  Ireland,(271,  814 
Warburton  (R  E.  £.)  on  Senrice  for  Healing,  418 
Warden  of  English  and  Scottish  Marches,  171,  290 
Warmolts  (Roelef)  of  Gromngen,  portrait,  211 
Warner  pedigree,  53 
Warren  ftam\j  arms,  109 
Warren  of  Waterstave,  co.  Devon,  190 
Warwick  (Eden)  on  origin  of  the  word  Canoe,  129 

French  revolution  predicted,  186 

Monastic  orders,  their  dress,  457 

Shakspeare's  Hamlet,  Act  Y.  Sc  2,  266;  <"  De- 
lighted," in  Measmre  for  Measure,  t^. 
Wasbrough  (Matthew)  and  the  steam-engine,  292 
Wase,  or  Wast,  family  arms,  68,  178 
Watch,  disputed  case  in  ScotUnd,  327 
Watch- paper  lines,  355 
Waters  family  arms,  199 
Watson  (T.),  "  The  Tears  of  Fande,"  402 
Wauon  (Thomas),  "  Amint»  Gaudia,"  322 
Watt  (James)  and  the  steam-engine,  293;  OB  steam- 
navigation,  51,  277 
Way  (Albert)  on  John  Oswen,  Worcester  printer,  367 
W.  (B.)  on  mutilation  of  sepulchral  monuments,  218 
W.  (B.  L.)  on  standing  at  the  Lord's  Prayer,  354 
W.  (D.)  on  Walton  and  Cotton  Club,  273 
Weather  proverbs,  Scottish,  78 
Weaver  (Wm.),  longevity,  412 
Webb  family,  131 

Webbe  (Sir  Wm.),  Knt.,  his  family,  31 
Webster  (J.)  on  Alphonso  the  Wise,  335 
Weed  (Count)  of  Newinweek,  409 
Weeping  among  the  ancients,  132,  196 
Wellington  (Arthur,  Duke  of)  family  name,  330 
Wells  city  seals  and  their  symbols,  10,  39;  trade  pro- 
hibitions, 147 
Welsh  mottoes,  273 
Wcnceslaua  XClemeos),  '^Gostavides,''  248 


Wentworth  House,  Yorkshire,  2 

Wentworth  (Thomas),  Marquis  of  Rockingham,  2 

Werrington  and  the  Morice  family,  422 

W.  (E.  &)  on  Charles  IL  after  the  battle  of  Worcestar, 

38 
Westminster  play  in  1839,  233 
West  Street  Chapel,  St.  Giles'- in-tbe-Fields,  111,215 
Wexford  county,  curious  customs,  446,  503 
W.  (F.  G.)  on  arms  of  London  Lord  Mayors,  257 
W.  (H.)  ou  arms  of  Jones  of  Diugestow,  111 
Whaley  (Parson),  walk  to  Janualem,  452 
Whateley  (Mr.),  banker,  miniatmre-portrait,  225 
W.  (H.  B.)  on  St.  Catherme's  HUls,  409 
Wheeler  (Captain  Thomas  Lucas),  189  j 
Wheeler  (R.  F.)  on  custom  at  Grantham,  482 
"  Whetstone  of  Wit,"  an  arithmetieal  work,  401 
Whewell  (Wm.)  and  "  Story  of  Lord  Bacou's  Life,"  424 
Whi£f,  origin  of  the  word,  349 
Whitby  (Dr.  Daniel)  and  Henxy  DodweU,  262 
Whitchurch  in  Cemaes,  330 
White  (Thomas),  Recorder  of  Wells,  31 
Whitehall  banquetiog-hoose  window,  69,  177 
Whit-Mooday  custom  at  Corby,  424 
Whitney  (IsabeUa),  poetess,  32 
Whitney  (John),  a  lover  of  the  angle,  170 
Whittle  (Eliz.),  Pepys*s  anagram  on  her  name,  288, 51 6 
W.  (H.  M.)  on  Traffiird  funUy,  210 
Whyman,  its  derivation,  138 
Wigan,  mayors  of,  232 
Wigs,  a  sort  of  cake,  387,  419,  436 
Wilkes  (John),  arms,  216,  318,  415;  last  speech  in 

parliament,  271,  339 
Wilkes  (John),  highwayman  209 
Wilkie  (Dr.  WUliam),  "  Fables,"  250,  277,  400 
Willes  (Chief-Baron  Edward),  487 
Willet  (Andrew),  "Synopsis  Papiami,"  32,  256 
William  III.,  correspondence  at  his  landing,  303,  324 
William  IV.  and  Maxy,  leaden  coin  of,  207,  259 
William  the  Lion,  his  daughters,  95,  138,  355 
Williams  (Dr.  Zachariah),  421 
Williams  (Mrs.  Anna),  Dr.  Johnson's  friend,  421 
Williams  (Rev.  Wm.),  pluralist,  428, 478 
WiUoughby  (Lady), "  Diaiy,"  272,  340 
Wilmot  (MrB.\  '*  Ina,"  a  tragedy,  233 
Wilson  (Benj.),  the  caricaturist,  468 
Wilson  (E.  a)  on  Sutton  family,  277 
Wilson  (John),  "  Trigonometry,"  330 
Wilson  (Lea),  "  Catalogue  of  Pamphlets,"  308,  397 
Winckley  family,  196,  237,  354 
Wing  (William)  on  Judge  Page,  153 

Fritwell  antiquities,  463 
Winnington  (Sir  T.  E.)  on  "  Beauty  and  Love,"  225 

Comofers  and  cappers  of  Bewdley,  369 

Falconia  (Proba),  "  Cento  Virgilianus,"  53 

FfoUiott  &mily,  158,  338 

Harry's  Genealogy  of  James  I.,  330 

Hermitages  in  Worcestershire,  389 

Paper  money  at  Leyden,  12 

Prophecy  fonnd  in  an  abbey,  230 

St.  Mary's  church,  Utrecht,  28 
Winsloe  (Col.  Thomas),  ob.  1766,  69, 118 
Winter  (Thos.)  of  Huddington,  his  letters,  341 
Witch  in  the  nineteenth  century,  464 
Witches  of  Huntingdonshu^,  1593,  402 
Witches  of  Warfooys,  song  on,  501 
Witticisms,  reprodactioQ  of  old,  324,  894 


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INDEX 


W.  (J.)  00  Love  Lane  Chapel,  Deptfbrd,  210 

W.  (M.)  00  Ecclesiastical  Commissioa  d  1650,  ISO 

Milton  Abbejr  Castomary,  148 
Woe,  lines  on,  290 
Woffiugton  C^Iaiy),  actress,  38,  156 
WolMog,  tlie  Irish,  158 
Wolves  in  Enghmd,  78,  232;  eating  eartli,  20 
«  Wonum's  Vagaries,"  a  tract,  141 
Woodman  family,  346,  417 
Woodivard  (J.)  on  the  camel  an  hieroglyphic,  333 
Canadian  seignenrt,  310,  415 
Clerical  knighU,  274 
Harp  in  the  anns  of  Irehuid,  259 
Hawkins  crest,  409 
Leon,  arms  of  the  kingdom  of,  471 
Official  arms  of  Segios  profesMrs,  311 
Prayers  for  the  Great  Firo  of  London,  388 
Privilege  of  being  covered  before  royjdty,  319 
Boyal  crown  of  Egjpt,  328 
Shelley  (Sir  Richard),  Turcopolier,  19 
Woodward  (John),  prebendary  of  Gbmeester,  21 1 
Worcestershire  hermitagei,  389 
Workard  (J.  J.  B.)  on  an  amnsing  blonder,  128 
Barons,  foreign,  in  the  Commons,  498 
Carpenter  0^*"*)*  pr^nent  affliction,  17 
Clergyman's  ri^ht  to  take  tlie  chair,  18 
Catting  off  with  a  shilling,  517 
Electioneeren,  197 
Hymnology,  497 
Lambeth  degrees,  175 
Literary  anecdotes,  194 
Money,  its  value  in  former  times,  238 
Noblemen  and  barons  in  Scotland,  497 
Philips's  *'  Cerealia,"  passage  in,  497 
Society  of  antiquaries  and  ladies,  237 
Tongue,  its  nse  in  speech,  337 
Universal  suffrage,  197 
Weeping  among  the  ancients,  197 
Worthy  (Charles)  on  earthquake  at  Exeter,  177 
W.  (R.)  on  Cecily,  wife  of  Richard  Duke  of  York,  369 
Earthquakes  in  Enghind,  16 
Herydone,  used  by  Widiff,  291 
"  Banse  Canone,"  and  Gilbert  Wakefield,  459,  516 
Wright  (Robert  le),  his  marriage,  228 
Wright  (W.  A.)  on  Bacon's  Essays,  368 
W.  (T.)  on  Domesday  Book,  252 
W.  (W.)  on  Harrisons  of  Berkshire,  51 

Webb  family,  131 
W.  (W.  0.)  on  Gunpowder  Plot  papers,  341 
Wylie  (Charles)  on  Princess  Caroline  at  Charlton,  119 
Frye*s  engraved  heads,  110, 172 
Woffington  (^laiy),  156 

X 

X  on  TinclU*s  emblems,  68 
Wagner  (Melchior),  379 
Wellington  (Duke  of),  family  name,  330 


X.  (1.)  00  Col.  Thomas  Winsloe,  69 
Xavier  oo  capital  ponishmeot,  450 

Coogers  aod  mackerel,  248,  436 

Propertiet  of  Greek  statues,  31 1 

Redmond  family,  158 
Xavier  and  Indian  misBioos,  90,  116 
X.  (X.  A.)  on  Baxter's  long  sermon,  169 

Parodies  oo  Gray's  El^,  355 

Service  at  the  Healing,  496 
X.  (X.)  on  Rev.  Wro.  Ste^ient  of  Plymootb,  57 
XXX.  00  YetUn,  a  nood  iroo  pot,  35 


YarwcU,  or  yarwhdp,  a  bird,  428 

Yeowell  (J.)  on  Nelly  Gwyn's  first  kre,  286 

Knave's  Acre,  Harp  Alley,  96 
Yerac  on  CaUs  fiuidly,  151 

Jetsam,  Flotsam,  and  Lagan,  78 

Manor  law,  works  on,  76 

Special  lioenoas  for  marriage,  76 
Yetlin,  or  Yetling,  an  iron  utensil,  34, 376 
Y.  (J.)  00  Christian  Jaoobsen  Drakeoberg,  353 

Fair&x  Coort-house  desecratioo,  464 

Speeches  and  Prayers  of  tht  Bcgicidte,  384 
York  Buildings  Company,  1 19 
York  (Fred.  Duke  of),  medal,  1827,  451 
York,  ofienoes  in  the  north  in  17th  oentniy,  239 
York  (Richard,  Doks  of),  wife  Cedlia,  369.  419,  433 
Young  (Dr.  Edward),  Dean  of  Salisbory,  349 
Young  ^Dr.  Edward),  poet,  his  loogevity,  366;  de- 
scribed in  a  poem,  188 
Young  (Sidney)  oo  Fold,  as  a  provindalism,  353 

Traveni  family,  231,  378 
Young  (Sir  Wm.),  parody  on  Gray's  Elegy,  432 


Z.  (A.)  on  Viscount  Lisle,  290 

Travers  family,  296 
Z.  (A.  M.)  on  deaf  and  dumb  Hteratnre,  427 
Zeta  on  Anonymous  works,  131, 133,  229,  485 

Brace's  ^'DooKarios,"  91 

Fletcher  (Jacob),  dramatbt,  IIO 

Gwman  drama,  209 

Greek  play,  469 

**  Ivar,^  a  tragedy,  its  author',  148 

Nelson's  Miscellany,  a  comedy  in  it,  507 

'*  Northern  Iris,"  its  editor,  507 

(Ehlensdilager's  Hakoo  Jarl,  translator,  1 70 

Pickeryng  (John),  dramatist^  131 

Price  (R.),  author  of  William  Tell,  170 

Reception,  a  play,  its  author,  148 

Tanoned  and  Gismond,  iti  authors,  150 
Z.  (L.)  on  the  author  of  **Tbt  Falls  of  Clyde,"  129 
Zwinglius  (Ulrich),  "  Image  of  bothe  Pastourea,"  151 
Z.  (X.  Y.)  on  Cromwell  Lee,  310 
Z.  (Y.)  on  coin  or  medal  of  Queen  Victoria,  330 


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