reproduced as an engraving on p. 1353 in Mait- 66 mansion- -as is seen in the Diary of Master Samuel Pepys. 66 66 Mc. STINTING."-The earliest occurrence of this word in the 'N.E.D.' with the meaning of the allotments of stints, that is, pasturage for a limited number of cattle, according to kind, allotted to each definite portion into which pasture or common land is divided, is 1641, and the word stintage," with the same meaning, occurs in that year. Both words were found in use in North Yorkshire. The word was in use at a much earlier date. In a conveyance of land at West Raxen, in North Lincolnshire, dated 1439, is included vnum styntyng ac demidiam acram prati." W. B. Queries. We must request correspondents desiring information on family matters of only private interest in order that answers may be sent to them direct. to affix their names and addresses to their queries, EMERSON'S ENGLISH TRAITS.' (See 12 S. v. 234, 275).-I should be grateful for elucidations or references explaining any of this second batch of puzzles from the above work. References given here to pages and lines follow the "World's Classics Edition. Phrases in brackets are my own: 1. P. 41, 1. 9. [The English] think, with Henri Quatre, that manly exercises are the foundation of that elevation of mind which gives one nature ascendancy over another; or, with the Arabs, that the days spent in the chase are not counted in the length of life. [Can any source be suggested for reference to Henri IV. would be from Sully's either of these two references. I thought the 'Memoirs,' but I have not yet discovered it.] 2. P. 41, 1. 31. These men have written the game-books of all countries, as Hawker, Scrope, Murray, Herbert, Maxwell, Cumming, and a host of travellers. [I can identify four of these as authors of game-books; but can any one tell me and what are the titles of their chief works ?] what Murray or what Maxwell wrote such books, 3. P. 43, 1. 33. The Phoenician, the Celt, and the Goth, had already got in [i.e., into Britain before the Romans]. [Are there any traces of Phoenician settlements in Britain or is Emerson misrepresenting the trading relationships? Was there ever any Gothic incursion, or is this reference due to confusion with the Goidelic Celts ?] 4. P. 50, 1. 23. [Napoleon's remark] "that he had noticed that Providence always favoured the heaviest battalion." [A familiar quotation, but can any one give me an authoritative reference for it ?] 5. P. 51, 1. 6. Lord Collingwood was accus tomed to tell his men, that, if they could fire three SAM PATTERSON AND BURTON'S ANATOMY OF MELANCHOLY.'-I have Sir Samuel Egerton Brydges's copy of Sam Patterson's Bibliotheca Universalis Selecta' (sale catalogue, May 8, 1786, and thirty-five following days), with his autograph (May, 1805). The worthy baronet and antiquarian wrote on well-directed broadsides in five minutes, no vessel the fly-leaf: "Burton's Anatomy of Melan-they came to do it in three minutes and a half. could resist them; and, from constant practice, choly is classified as Medical! p. 263." [Any reference? I cannot find it in Collingwood's This is a fact. Sam Patterson was con- Correspondence and Memoirs.'] sidered by his bibliophile contemporaries a very learned auctioneer, but he was evidently unacquainted with Burton's 'Anatomy.' ANDREW DE TERNANT. :36 Somerleyton Road, Brixton, S.W. PENTECOST AS A CHRISTIAN NAME.-In 1868 (4 S. i. 568) a contributor wrote that usage of the above was especially frequent in the time of Queen Elizabeth. An instance a hundred years later is in Leicestershire and Rutland Notes and Queries, ii. 309, in the parish register of Belgrave: "1705, Oct. 9. Pentecost Hastings was buried." 6. P. 53, 1. 1. "To show capacity," a Frenchman described as the end of a speech in debate : "No," said an Englishman, "but to set your shoulder at the wheel-to advance the business." [Any reference for either remark?] was, its 7. P. 55, 1. 35. The Mark-Lane Express. [Is this still published? What is, or nature ?] 8. P. 57, 1. 36. Sir Samuel Romilly's expedient for clearing the arrears of business in Chancery, his court. [Did Romilly ever make any such was the Chancellor's staying away entirely from suggestion?] 9. P. 58, 1. 22. It is the maxim of their economists," that the greater part in value of the wealth now existing in England has been produced by human hands within the last twelve months.' [Is this a verbatim quotation from some writer 10. P. 59, 1. 9. The Danish poet Ohlenschlager complains, that who writes in Danish, writes to two hundred readers. [Did Ohlenschlager make this complaint? Its substance is flatly contradicted by Laing's Observations on the Social and Political State of Denmark' (1852), where, at p. 353, Laing states that the Danish language escaped being divided into two languages, as happened in Germany, and that Danish, like English, is essentially the same in the mouth of prince or peasant."] " 11. P. 64, 1. 39. Mr. Cobbett attributes the huge popularity of Perceval, Prime Minister in 1810, to the fact that he was wont to go to church, every Sunday, with a large quarto gilt prayerbook under one arm, his wife hanging on the other, and followed by a long brood of children. [Does this appear in any of Cobbett's works? Is his statement about Perceval true ?] 12. P. 65, 1. 37. The barons say, "Nolumus mutari." [What was the historical occasion of this refusal ?] 66 13. P. 65, 1. 40. Bacon told them, "Time was advance the right reformer ";....Canning, to with the times"; and Wellington, that "habit was ten times nature.' [References desired for all three quotations.] 14. P. 69, 1. 23. The Northman Guttorm said to King Olaf: "It is royal work to fulfil royal words.' [Reference desired.] 15. P. 69, 1. 35. Even Lord Chesterfield,.. when he came to define a gentleman, declared that truth made his distinction. [Reference desired.] 16. P. 70, 1. 28. Madame de Stael says, that the English irritated Napoleon, mainly, because they have found out how to unite success with honesty. [Reference desired.] "; Any 17. P. 71, l. 14. On the King's birthday. Latimer gave Henry VIII. a copy of the Vulgate, with a mark at the passage: "Whoremongers and adulterers God will judge and.. the King passed it [Is this story true? authoritative reference for it?] 18. P. 73, 1. 13. English wit comes afterwardswhich the French denote as esprit d'escalier. [Is the originator of this phrase known?] over. 19. Pp. 73 and 74. [Can any one give me the names of the central figures in two stories told by Emerson to illustrate our hard-headedness: (a) of a man who deposited 100l. note in a sealed box in the Dublin Bank for six months, and advertised unsuccessfully for any somnambulist, mesmerizer, medium, &c., to win the note by telling him its number; (b) of “a good Sir John (sic Emerson) who was hopelessly perplexed by hearing both sides of a case stated by counsel, and exclaimed: So help me God! I will never listen to evidence again"?] 20. P. 74, 1. 8. I knew a very worthy man-a magistrate, I believe he was, in the town of Derby....Mr. B. [In December, 1847, Emerson spent two nights at Derby with a Mr. W. Birch. Was he a magistrate? Is there any corroboration of Emerson's story that Mr. B. interrupted an opera by protesting that a bridge on the stage was unsafe?] 21. P. 75, 1. 32. "Ils s'amusaient tristement, selon la coutume de leur pays," said Froissart [of the English]. [Reference desired.] 22. P. 77, 1. 24. Wellington said of the young coxcombs of the Life Guards delicately brought "They really mind shot no said of his sailors: " more than peas.' [References desired.] 23. P. 78, 1. 8. The Bohon Upas. [The legend' of the Upas-tree is familiar: but what is the "Bohon" and literal meaning of the words "Upas "?] 24. P. 78, 1. 9. At Naples they [i.e., the hard-headed English] put St. Januarius' blood in an alembic. [The story of St. Januarius is familiar; but have Englishmen ever attempted to analyse the contents of the phial believed to contain hisblood?] 25. P. 78, 1. 11. They saw a hole into the head of the "winking Virgin," to know why she winks.[I should be particularly glad to track down this win king Virgin "; she has baffled many a learned friend of mine.] 26. P. 78, 1. 19. [Englishmen] translate and send to Bentley the arcanum bribed and bullied away from shuddering Brahmins. [Would this be more likely to refer to Rev. Richard Bentley the scholar (1662-1742), or to Rev. Richard Bentley the publisher of Bentley's Miscellany' (1794-1871), or to Samuel Bentley the antiquary (1785-1868)?] 27. P. 78, 1. 34. What was said two hundred' years ago, of one particular Oxford scholar: "Ho was a very bold man, uttered anything that came into his mind, not only among his companions,. but in public coffee-houses, and would often speak his mind of particular persons then accidentally present, without examining the company he was in; for which he was often reprimanded, and several times threatened to be kicked and beaten.” [Reference desired.] (Rev.) R. FLETCHER. Buckland Faringdon, Berks. HIDDEN NAMES IN DEDICATIONS, &C., TO ELIZABETHAN BOOKS.-I would be obliged to anyone who can give me the name of any work on this subject. W. H. M. GRIMSHAW. Eastry, Kent. BRAMBLE. Can any of your readers kindly inform me what is the origin of the surname Bramble, and in what county it is known? I should be very grateful for any informa P. BRAMBLE. tion. Caister on Sea, Great Yarmouth. HUTTON.-Richard Hutton "of Lincoln's Inn, Gentleman," made a will 20 Oct., 1721 [P.C.C. 235 Richmond], proved 15 Nov., 1723, in favour, among others, of Charity his sister, wife of Simon Michell [b. 1676, Member of the Middle Temple, 1704, of Lincoln's Inn, 22 Oct., 1714, d. 30 Aug., 1750, buried, portrait and M.I. at St. John's, Clerkenwell, of which he was a benefactor]. Charity was b. circa 1669 and d. 2 March, 1745. Richard Hutton was not a member of Lincoln's Inn.. He leaves a legacy of 10l. to his godson Francis, son of the deceased William Taylor “heretofore my Fellow Clerk in the Home Circuit." What was the parentage and ancestry of Richard and Charity Hutton? H. PIRIE-GORDON. PIRIE.-Alexander Pirie, tenant of Meikle Tipperty, parish of Foveran, Aberdeenshire, and afterwards of Auchnacant in that Parish, was Clerk and Collector of Poll Tax for the neighbouring parish of Logie-Buchan, 1695-6. He m. Agnes [b. 1668, d. 14 Feb., 1696, bur. Foveran], daughter of Andrew Moir in Old Mill, b. 1621, Burgess of Aberdeen, 11 Sept., 1688, and had issue. Who were the parents of Alexander Pirie? Who were the parents of Sir John Pirie, Lord Mayor of London, 1842 ? H. PIRIE-GORDON. 20 Warwick Gardens, Kensington, W.14. GENERAL STONEWALL JACKSON. Can any reader give me the maiden name of General Stonewall Jackson's mother, where she was born, married and died, and if there are any portraits known of her? I have a painting said to be of her. On the back of the canvas is the following inscription : "Mrs. Jackson | painted by Waldo and Jewett | New York | America 1816." (Or it may be 1818.) It was sold at Christie's some few years ago. Samuel Waldo and William Jewett worked in collaboration for many years in U.S. Stonewall Jackson was, of course, very popular in England, but it seems difficult to account for the portrait of his mother being in this country. JOHN LANE. FRENCH SCHOOL OF FINE ARTS IN LONDON. —I have a charming picture-Sea View, Taken near Fécamps,' by Louis Bentabole, which was exhibited at the third annual exhibition of the French School of Fine Arts in London, 1856. I shall be obliged if any reader can refer me to any particulars, such as the catalogues, &c., of these exhibitions, where held and when they terminated. These exhibitions must have been the first on record of French Art in England. JOHN LANE. The Bodley Head, Vigo Street, W.1. WILLIAM PHILLIPS: TRACE OF MSS. WANTED.-William Phillips, town clerk at Brecon, antiquary, d. 1685. In the sale of the Towneley MSS. on 28 June, 1883, lot 149, was a volume in MS. of Welsh Pedigree, apparently collected by W. Phillips, with his autograph on the last page; green It was bought by the late Mr. Bernard Quaritch for 15l. 15s., who sold it about four years later. I should be most obliged to any reader who could give me any information about this book. morocco. L. HUGHES. ELEPHANT AND CASTLE: MEANING OF SIGN.-Could any of your readers give me the meaning of the sign of the Elephant and Castle? I always understood it meant an elephant with a fighting howdah, but, according to the enclosed newspaper cutting (evidently written by a very modest old maid) I am more in the dark than ever : ANCIENT SIGNIFICANCE OF MODERN SIGN. How many people know the origin of the curious sign, the Elephant and Castle? Canon Westlake, the custodian of Westminster Abbey, showed the London Rambling Society, in the ancient library of the Abbey, an illuminated vestiary, dates probably about 1240, which gives a strange story of its original significance. As a matter of fact, the sign was known centuries before Eleanor was born, and this priceless old vestiary shows that in medieval symbolism the Elephant and Castle represented Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden! The old story, which can hardly be told in its crude original form, had to do with the lady elephant and the precautions she took to prevent her young being seized by the dragon. Perhaps, if the tale is too 'shocking' to publish, it might still be enough hinted at to make the idea intelligible. WALTER WINANS. Also of John Brown, of Wrestlingworth, Beds, in 1382, mentioned in Victoria County History. Arms, pedigree and descendants? John Broun, Braunsden, Little Grandsden, Cambs, mentioned in Patent Rolls, same date. He went with the Duke of Clarence to Ireland. James Brown, Potton, Beds; marriage with Elizabeth whose tombstone states she was buried there 9 Nov., 1724, aged 47. Ancestors and Arms of husband. Origin of John de Bellingues, who went to first Crusade; also pedigree of Billings, Beds (same Arms). · Hopcroft, or Hopcraft, Bucks, before 1800. Also Hoppesort, Hoppeschort, or Hopesorth. What is the meaning of Brownteslond (near Wrestlingworth) and Braunsden, Little Grandsden, Cambs ? F. BROWN. GRAVE OF EMPEROR HONORIUS, A.D. 423.-Rodolfo Lanciani in his book, 'Pagan and Christian Rome,' speaking of the Rotunda of St. Petronilla, called the chapel of the Kings of France, now covered by a part of the Basilica of St. Peter, mentions the discovery in 1544 of the tomb of Maria, daughter of Stilicho and wife of Honorius ; and adds: "A greater treasure of gems, gold, and precious objects has never been found in a single tomb." and later on he says:- "We know from Paul Diaconus that Honorius was laid to rest by the side of his empress; his coffin, however, has never been found. It must still be concealed under the pavement at the southern end of transept, near the altar of the Crucifixion of St. Peter." Why, then, are we told by some, that one of the beautiful sarcophagi in the mausoleum of his half-sister, Galla Placidia, at Ravenna, contains the ashes of Honorius ? And why should a Christian Emperor have been cremated? A. R. BAYLEY. The Nest, Croydon Road, Caterham, Surrey. "BEAUTY IS BUT SKIN DEEP."-Who first used this expression? Was it Sir Thomas Overbury, in his poem, 'A Wife' ? J. R. H. URCHFONT.-There is a village in Wiltshire called Urchfont. Could any reader tell me the origin of the name? J. R. H. NEW ENGLAND.-There is a hamlet of this name south of Bagshot, Surrey; also a district at Peterborough; and many villages or hamlets throughout England. Can anyone suggest the origin of this name? PRESCOTT Row. PAGINATION. (See 10 S. viii. 386).-At this reference I directed attention to what I termed "the vagaries of printers and publishers in this matter," giving two modern instances thereof, viz. : inserting the numbers at the bottom of the page, and introducing them into the context. I have since learned that these vagaries are not entirely modern, for in my edition (1630) of the 'Adagia of Erasmus the leaves are only paged alternately, i.e., the first bears the first has the second numeral. What was the object in this deformity, and was it very general in the seventeenth century? It is more annoying to the reader than pagination in calce. Can further examples of such idiosyncracies be adduced? J. B. McGoVERN. St. Stephen's Rectory, C.-on-M., Manchester. CHAIR C. 1786: INFORMATION WANTED.We have lately had presented to the Pump Room by a visitor to Bath, a chair which he believes dates from about 1786, and marks and the present Bath chair. a transition period between the sedan chair The body is wood, shaped much like a sedan chair, but with a small door at each side like a miniature brougham. There are small windows of the carriage type, with a deep rail underneath. I believe the whole carriage is known as the 'Barker' type. The vehicle has four wheels, two small wheels in front on a swivel carriage, to which is attached a handle for the man, while the rear wheels are much larger. I forward a photograph, and should be glad if any reader could give me any information about this type of chair. differing little from the first one by him, JOHN WITTY.-At 6 S. ii. 148 appears the except that the coat was thrown open, following query! John Witty, author of showing a heavy gold watch-chain. I have works on Mosaic history, against Deism, a large coloured photograph of this very | 1705–34. Who was he ?-W. C. B.' He pleasing portrait, showing a heavy gold double chain round the neck and going down towards the waist, and thought it was purposely displayed by the artist, because Sir Walter was Sheriff of Selkirkshire. JOHN THORNTON.-In 1405 John Thornton of Coventry contracted to fill the great east window of York Minster with coloured glass, the work to be completed within three years whilst in 1410 one John Thornton, presumably the same man, was admitted a freeman of the City of York. Is anything known of Thornton's career, either previous or subsequent to these years, that could identify him as the John of Coventry who, in 1353, was one of those engaged about the glazing of the king's new chapel at Windsor ? Winchester. JOHN LE COUTEUR. MONKSHOOD.-Can any reader tell me why the common monkshood is called Aconitum napellus? If napellus is an adjective why does it not agree with the neuter noun? In any case what does the name mean? The botanical books have been able to consult throw no light on the subject. J. ANDERSON SMITH, M.D. CAPT. I. W. CARLETON.-Can any of your readers refer me to a life of Capt. I. W. Carleton, who wrote the Young Sportsman's Manual' published about fifty years ago by Messrs. Bell & Daldy? The 'D.N.B.' contains no notice of him. He wrote under the name of Craven. S. P. KENNY. Primrose Club, St. James's, W. HENRY JENKINS: KILLED IN A DUEL. Is anything known of Henry Jenkins, who, according to an old MS., was killed in a duel by a Mr. Glover, brother to Richard Glover, the author of Leonidas'? Was he a soldier, and who were his parents? He married Hannah Taylor, born 1726. . was the Rev. John Witty, son of Richard Witty, of Lund, Co. York. Baptised there 1679. Entered St. John's College, Cambridge, 1696. M.A., 1711. Can any reader help me as to what livings he held or where he died? In 1709 two letters were addressed to him, "att Mr John Wyatt's house at the sign of the Cross in St. Paul's Church-yard' (Ad. MSS. 4276). After this I can find no trace of him. The date 1734 given by the previous querist above is hard to understand, as his last work in the B.M. Catalogue is dated 1707. L. S. CAPT. J. C. GRANT DUFF.-I am at present of Capt. J. C. Grant Duff's 'History of the engaged in the preparation of a new edition Mahrattas, and am anxious to obtain for the introduction some details of his career as well as a copy of a portrait which might S. M. EDWARDES, C.S.I., C.V.O., 'SONNETS OF THIS CENTURY.'-I have somewhere read that upon issue of the above collection, edited by William Sharp, and published by Walter Scott in 1886, difficulty arose in connection with copyright claimed for one or more authors who were included. Can it be stated to which of the contents such claims applied, and if the latter assumed any tangible form? |