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so, and because he wished to do good. I give six lines from his New Year's Eve Soliloquy, p. 1:00. :

"With Thee let every day be past,

And when that comes which proves my last, May glory dawn within! Then banish from me every doubt, And ere life's glimmering lamp goes out, Let endless joys begin!" B. H. C. HERYNGHAM.-Wanted information respecting the family of Mr. John Heryngham, whose daughter Elizabeth married Lord (William ?) Russell about the fourteenth or fifteenth century. The name and the arms (three herrings barwise) ap. pear amongst others on the library walls of Endsleigh Cottage.

W. W. H. JOHN HUSS, THE BOHEMIAN REFORMER.-At a public meeting of the British and Foreign Bible Society recently held at one of the speakers produced a piece of stone brought from Constance, which he said was part of the very stone broken off from that to which John Huss was

ehained when burnt at the stake.

Have any of the readers of "N. & Q." visited the remains of the old Dominican monastery at Constance (now used as a large cotton factory and block-printing establishment), and seen there the stone which is shown as the identical one to which the martyr was fastened? and, if so, their opinion of it is anxiously asked by VERITAS. FAMILY OF HUSSEY.-Joseph Husee of Stourpaine, Dorset, born 1600 to 1610 (about), is believed to have been succeeded by a son, "Joseph Husee of Tomson," Dorset, who was surviving in 1686. Can any correspondent prove this latter Joseph to have been the son of the former? The former is believed to have married Katherine Hodder. Whom did the latter marry? Hutchins' Dorset is at fault in this branch of the great Husey family. Does Collinson's Hist. of Somerset help, under letter C., for Charlton Horethorn or Compton Pauncefoot? P. P. P. ROYAL HOSPITAL, KILMAINHAM, NEAR DUBLIN. A small 12mo. volume, entitled An Account of the Foundation of the Royal Hospital of King Charles II, was published in Dublin in 1713, and gives many particulars of this noble institution, which,

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"for the relief and maintenance of ancient and infirm officers and soldiers serving in the Army of Ireland, [was] begun by His Grace James Duke of Ormonde, Anno 1680 (at that time Lord Lieutenant of Ireland), and compleated by His Excellency Henry Earl of Clarendon, Lord Lieutenant of the same, in the year 1686." The book was dedicated by Thomas Wilson to James Duke of Ormonde, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, and several other

personages.

I wish, for a particular purpose, to learn something about this Thomas Wilson. Who was he?

what means of information did he possess? and is he known as the author of any other publication? Not long since I met with a very beautifully-executed MS., which is now before me, bearing Wilson's name, and agreeing almost word for word and page for page with the printed volume. The handwriting is apparently of about the commencement of the last century. Dr. Burton's History of the Royal Hospital, Kilmainham (8vo. Dublin, 1843) is likewise before me, but it does not supply the required information.

ABHBA.

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"The hum of bees was heard in various parts of the country, and their whereabouts is indicated by the name of Mells."

To this etymology I demur. The Anglo-Saxons did not want a Latin word for honey; in fact it is probable that but little Latin was known, especially by beekeepers, in those days, who called themselves "beoceorls," and not "apiarians," and their nector "hunig," and not "mel." Most places beginning with Mel, I believe, owe their name to the fact of a mill existing there in Anglo-Saxon times. Chaucer tells us —

"At Trompyngtoun nat fer fro Cantebrigge

Ther goth a brook and over that a brigge,
Upon the whiche brooke ther stant a melle:
And this is verray sothe that I you telle.
A meller was ther dwellyng many a day,

As any pecok he was proud and gay.

I have myself heard the pronunciation mell in High Suffolk, and indeed think that Chaucer intended his Reeve to speak the Icenian dialect, as it is admitted that the two scholars speak a Northern

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POMONA IN THE ORKNEY ISLANDS. How came the principal island in this group to receive the Latin name of Pomona, when the names of all the surrounding islands are of unmistakable Norse origin, as was likewise the ancient name by which this island was known to its early inhabitants? The presumption that the name was given to it by the Latins is strengthened by the historian

Solinus, who records the fact that it was at the

period when he wrote, about the middle of the third century, known by this name; and he adds, that such name had been given to it on account of the length of the day in that region, which definition of its origin may be subject to some doubt, from its apparent unlikelihood. It has occurred to the writer, from perusing an hypothesis contained in an early geographical treatise, by which it is attempted to be proved that this group of islands are identical with the fabled Islands of the

Blest, that some early Roman navigator, in discovering this group of western isles, through some supposed identity or association with the abovementioned prolific source of Greek and Roman fable, may have bestowed on the principal island of the group the name of Pomona. Can reader any farther elucidate the inquiry. J. G. F.

J. REES. There is a work called The Dramatic Authors of America, by James Rees, Philadelphia, 1845. Can any American reader give me any account of the author? Where could I obtain a copy, and at what price? Is this book in the Museum library? [No.]

STARACHTER AND MURDOCH. "Dirty Starachter, who was able

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To eat raw meat on unwashed table,
And gnawed his beard, to get relief
From hunger, rather than roast beef;
Who butter scorned, and found more good in
Unleavened dough than boil'd plum-pudding;
Compound of pugilist and bard*,
Put into lyrics lame and hard

His rules of diet, crude and nasty

Ast Murdoch's cat and herring pasty;

This famed for walking, that for fighting,

Both for foul feeding and bad writing."

"The Progress of Cookery," by W. Woty, in The Poetical Miscellany, London, 1771. The above notes may have been explanatory ninety years ago; they are not now. A reference to any account of Starąchter or Murdoch will oblige E. C.

FRANCES, DUCHESS OF SUFFOLK. -This lady, after the death of her husband, Henry Grey Duke of Suffolk, who was beheaded in 1554, married Adrian Stokes, Esq. Can any of your readers say who he was, and when he died? Does she appear named in any public document between 1554 and her death in 1559; and, if so, * Vide Wormius ap. T. Hearne.

The famous walking parson, and Sabellian polemic. [See "N. & Q." 1st S. vi. 225.; xii. 451.-ED.]

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how is she described? It is strange that little or nothing should be known of the step-father of Lady Jane Grey. S. E. G.

Queries with Answers.

THOMAS BURTON'S "DIARY."- Some years since Mr. Upcott, whilst on a visit to Edinburgh,

informed me that this work was in the handwrit

ing of Lord Clarendon, who, he asserted, was the true author. He said he had seen the MS., and had no doubt of the fact. He added, that the reason for ascribing it to Burton, was to prevent the interference of the University of Oxford, which had the exclusive privilege of printing all the works of the Earl. How far Mr. Upcottwhose knowledge of calligraphy is well knownwas correct I have no means of ascertaining. long been allowed to remain on the shelves of the The work, though exceedingly valuable, has so

booksellers, that if the statement be true, it is not very likely the University would put forth any claim to it.

J. M.

[There is certainly an apparent similarity in the handwriting of this Parliamentary Diary and an autograph of the Earl's both in the British Museum; but it must be borne in mind that, at the date of these parliamentary proceedings (1656-1659), Clarendon was residing at Bruges and Antwerp. Not the least hint is given in the Catalogue of Mr. Upcott's Manuscripts that this document is by the Earl, This Diary, together with the Correspondence of Henry and Laurence Hyde, sons of the Chancellor, so ably edited by the late Mr. Singer in 1828, were obtained by Mr. Upcott from a lady who inherited them from persons very nearly connected with the noble family of Hyde. It is probable that both these manuscripts formerly belonged to Henry, the second Earl; for Evelyn (Correspondence, iii. 301., edit. 1852,) informs us that the library of this noble Earl contained "the manuscript copies of what concerns the Parliamentary Records, Journals, and Transactions, which I have heard both himself and the late unfortunate Earl of Essex (who had also the same curiosity) affirm, cost them 500l. transcribing and binding." After all, it still remains an open question, who was the original reporter of this Parliamentary Diary: for the Editor, Mr. Rutt, has attributed it to Thomas Burton, M.P., for Westmoreland, on what, after the question now raised, must be considered very insufficient proofs. See vol. ii. p. 159.]

"MACBETH."—Who is Editor of Macbeth, a Tragedy by Wm. Shakspeare, collated with the old and modern editions, 8vo., 1773? This would appear to be a different edition from that of Mr. Charles Jennens, who about this time published Hamlet, Macbeth, Lear, &c. ZETA.

[There was but one edition of Macbeth in 1773, and this, in most of the lists of Shaksperiana, is attributed to Charles Jennens of Gopsal; but in the Catalogue of the King's library, British Museum, the name of Abbott [who is he?] is given as the Editor. The Dedication prefixed to Lear is as follows:

"To Charles Jennens, Esq., at Gopsal, Leicestershire, under whose patronage, by access to whose library, and from whose hints and remarks, the Editor hath been

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how is she described? It is strange that little or
nothing should be known of the step-father of
Lady Jane Grey.
S. E. G.

Queries with Answers.

Some years

POMONA IN THE ORKNEY ISLANDS.-How came the principal island in this group to receive the Latin name of Pomona, when the names of all the surrounding islands are of unmistakable Norse origin, as was likewise the ancient name by which this island was known to its early inhabitants? The presumption that the name was given to it THOMAS BURTON'S "DIARY." by the Latins is strengthened by the historian since Mr. Upcott, whilst on a visit to Edinburgh, Solinus, who records the fact that it was at the informed me that this work was in the handwritperiod when he wrote, about the middle of the ing of Lord Clarendon, who, he asserted, was the third century, known by this name; and he adds, true author. He said he had seen the MS., and that such name had been given to it on account had no doubt of the fact. He added, that the of the length of the day in that region, which definition of its origin may be subject to some doubt, the interference of the University of Oxford, reason for ascribing it to Burton, was to prevent from its apparent unlikelihood. It has occurred which had the exclusive privilege of printing all to the writer, from perusing an hypothesis conthe works of the Earl. How far Mr. Upcotttained in an early geographical treatise, by which it is attempted to be proved that this group of whose knowledge of calligraphy is well knownwas correct I have no means of ascertaining. long been allowed to remain on the shelves of the The work, though exceedingly valuable, has so

islands are identical with the fabled Islands of the

Blest, that some early Roman navigator, in dis-
covering this group of western isles, through some
supposed identity or association with the above-
mentioned prolific source of Greek and Roman
fable, may have bestowed on the principal island
of the group the name of Pomona. Can any reader
farther elucidate the inquiry.
J. G. F.

J. REES. There is a work called The Dramatic Authors of America, by James Rees, Philadelphia, 1845. Can any American reader give me any account of the author? Where could I obtain a copy, and at what price? Is this book in the Museum library? [No.]

STARACHTER AND MURDOCH. "Dirty Starachter, who was able

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To eat raw meat on unwashed table,
And gnawed his beard, to get relief
From hunger, rather than roast beef;
Who butter scorned, and found more good in
Unleavened dough than boil'd plum-pudding;
Compound of pugilist and bard *,
Put into lyrics lame and hard

His rules of diet, crude and nasty

Ast Murdoch's cat and herring pasty; This famed for walking, that for fighting, Both for foul feeding and bad writing." "The Progress of Cookery," by W. Woty, in The Poetical Miscellany, London, 1771. The above notes may have been explanatory ninety years ago; they are not now. A reference to any account of Starąchter or Murdoch will oblige E. C.

FRANCES, DUCHESS OF SUFFOLK. This lady, after the death of her husband, Henry Grey Duke of Suffolk, who was beheaded in 1554, married Adrian Stokes, Esq. Can any of your readers say who he was, and when he died? Does she appear named in any public document between 1554 and her death in 1559; and, if so, * Vide Wormius ap. T. Hearne.

The famous walking parson, and Sabellian polemic. [See "N. & Q." 1st S. vi. 225.; xii. 451.-ED.]

booksellers, that if the statement be true, it is not

very likely the University would put forth any

claim to it.

J. M.

[There is certainly an apparent similarity in the handwriting of this Parliamentary Diary and an autograph of the Earl's both in the British Museum; but it must be borne in mind that, at the date of these parliamentary proceedings (1656-1659), Clarendon was residing at Bruges and Antwerp. Not the least hint is given in the Catalogue of Mr. Upcott's Manuscripts that this document is by the Earl. This Diary, together with the Correspondence of Henry and Laurence Hyde, sons of the Chancellor, so ably edited by the late Mr. Singer in 1828, were obtained by Mr. Upcott from a lady who inherited them from persons very nearly connected with the noble family of Hyde. It is probable that both these manuscripts formerly belonged to Henry, the second Earl; for Evelyn (Correspondence, iii. 301., edit. 1852,) informs us that the library of this noble Earl contained "the manuscript copies of what concerns the Parliamentary Records, Journals, and Transactions, which I have heard both himself and the late unfortunate Earl of Essex (who had also the same curiosity) affirm, cost them 5007. transcribing and binding." After all, it still remains an open question, who was the original reporter of this Parliamentary Diary: for the Editor, Mr. Rutt, has attributed it to Thomas Burton, M.P., for Westmoreland, on what, after the question now raised, must be considered very insufficient proofs. See vol. ii. p. 159.]

"MACBETH."-Who is Editor of Macbeth, a Tragedy by Wm. Shakspeare, collated with the old and modern editions, 8vo., 1773? This would appear to be a different edition from that of Mr. Charles Jennens, who about this time published Hamlet, Macbeth, Lear, &c.

ZETA.

[There was but one edition of Macbeth in 1773, and this, in most of the lists of Shaksperiana, is attributed to Charles Jennens of Gopsal; but in the Catalogue of the King's library, British Museum, the name of Abbott [who is he?] is given as the Editor. The Dedication prefixed to Lear is as follows:

"To Charles Jennens, Esq., at Gopsal, Leicestershire, under whose patronage, by access to whose library, and from whose hints and remarks, the Editor hath been

enabled to attempt an Edition of Shakspeare, the same is inscribed, with the greatest respect and gratitude, by his most obliged and obedient humble servant. "THE EDITOR."

From the account, however, of the eccentricities of Charles Jennens, in Nichols's Anecdotes of Wm. Bowyer, p. 442., it would appear that Jennens himself collated these plays.]

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COPPER COIN OF JAMES THE SECOND, DATED THAN 1688. Probably some of your readers may know something of the origin of these coins, three specimens of which are now before me. They bear the well-known head of James, with the inscription "Jacobus II., Dei

Gratia" On the reverse is a crown in the centre upon two crossed sceptres. On the left and right respectively are the letters "J.," "R."; above the crown is the day of the month in Roman numerals, and, at the foot, the month. The date of the year is at the top of all. The inscription is the common one, Mag. Br. Fra. et Hib. Rex." The date of my coins are 6th Aug. 1689, 12th Aug. 1690, and 30th July, 1690.

I have no earlier copper coin of this reign.

W. T.

[The copper pieces to which our correspondent refers were coined either at Limerick, or at the Mint-House in Capel Street, Dublin, to meet "the present necessity" of King James II., when he made his feeble attempt in Ireland to recover his crown. Such pieces were made current in all payments, except the duties of custom and excise, upon the importation of foreign goods, &c.; and all persons who refused to receive the same (with the above exceptions) were to be punished with the utmost rigour of the law, as contemners of the royal prerogative and command. For further particulars of this and the other "degraded coinage " executed by James during his final struggles in the sister kingdom, consult Simon's Essay on Irish Coins, London, 1749, and Dublin, 1810; Ruding's Annals, ii. 24. et seq. 4to. London, 1840; and "N. & Q." 1st S. x. 385, xi. 18.]

Replies.

The

SILVER PLATE- THE MONTEITH. (1st S. ix. 452. 599., xi. 374.; 2nd S. x. 407.) MR. JOHN GOUGH NICHOLS has thrown fresh light upon the early use of this piece of plate, which he has traced to the latter part of the seventeenth century, as shown by a quotation from The Pagan Prince, 1690, for which MR. NICHOLS acknowledges himself indebted to the new edition of Nares' Glossary by Mr. Halliwell and Mr. T. Wright. adoption of this appliance of social luxury may, however, be carried back to a somewhat earlier period. The earliest allusion to the use of a vessel of such description which has fallen under my notice, is to be found in the Life of Anthony à Wood, written by himself, and edited by the late Dr. Bliss for the Ecclesiastical History Society. Under the year 1680-1 the following entry

occurs:

"This year in the summer came up a vessel or a bason notched at the brimms to let drinking glasses hang there by the foot, so that the body and drinking place might hang in the water to cool them."

I have never been able to trace the convivial Col. Monteith, to whom, as I have heard a tradition, the introduction of the vessel into this country was due. I may observe, however, that in every village in the South of Europe, at the open shop door or place of entertainment where refreshing drinks are sold, there may be seen such vessels, "notched at the brimms," with glasses hanging thereon, and a jug of lemonade or some other cool potation usually stands close at hand. These refrigeratories are commonly of oval form and of glazed earthenware. I have noticed specimens fashioned with considerable elegance. I have seen no Monteith in England of earlier date than the pair to which MR. NICHOLS refers, preserved among the plate of the Stationers' Company.

ALBERT WAY,

THE LAWRENCES OF CHELSEA.
(2nd S. x. 428.)

I cannot assist your correspondent MAGDALENENSIS to any biographical information of importance respecting the Lawrences of Chelsea. A brief notice of the Sir John Lawrence to whom he refers, and who was at one time Lord Mayor of London, will be found in Faulkner's History of Chelsea; and of Sir Thomas he will find it recorded in Burke, that he "spent all his estate," and retired to Maryland about the year 1700. He left no male issue, and the baronetcy expired with him. I have, however, in my possession three original letters (copies of which I enclose), dated in the year 1621; two of them being written by Sir Edward Cecil, and the other by the first Sir John Lawrence (the father of your correspondent's Sir John), relative to a disputed pew in the Lawrence Chapel, which are so characteristic that I think, if you can find space to print them, they will not only interest MAGDALENENSIS but your general readers also.

"Sir Edward Cecill to Sir John Laurence.

"Sir; I received a Letter from you, wherin you tell mee of exceptions you take at a pue I made in the Church at Chelsea; which I had then answered, if your dwelling had beene so well knowne to mee, as mine is to you. You pretend a claime of royaltie by inheritance vnto it. I send you now an account of myself, and my purpose touching your claime. When I came into the Church, I found all men accommodated with pues; speciallie you and your house; sufficientlie becomming your person and qualitie. I intruded vpon no man; but found out an vnhandsome neglected corner, imployed in nothing but for the roome of an old rotten chest; seeing everie man served, I thought it no iniurie to goe into that poore corner my selfe to serve God in. I have beene at the charge of the pue in that place, which was never putt to this vse before. You take a Rent for your owne; and make vse of

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