Clearly, then, some blundering Frenchman informed me that it was an Australian confounded the famous Norwich physician word signifying the right shop to go to for with the unlucky Tom Brown "of Facetious anything. I see that the question of its Memory," whose religion, if we may appro- meaning was discussed at 10'S. iii. 168 and priate the words of a Cambridge humorist, 217, when one or two correspondents cited was "of that joyous bright Greek type, the 'E.D.D.,' where dinkum " is defined which saw no harm in anything in particular, to mean (6 work, due share of work." and didn't stick at it, when it did." WILLOUGHBY MAYCOCK. Dr. Greenhill adds that "the Note was said to have been written by Clément, formerly Garde de la Bibl. du Roi, who died 1700-1710." I cannot find that Nicolas Clément ever held the office of Garde de la Bibliothèque." According to the Biographie Universelle,' he was sous bibliothécaire and died in 1712. The Nouvelle Biographie Générale' styles him bibliothécaire en second," and assigne 1716 as the date of his death. EDWARD BENSLY. ST. TRUNNION: HIS IDENTITY.-Ball in his History of Barton-upon-Humber,' 1856, p. 68, says : "In the old enclosures to the west of the town was a spring of clear water called St. Trunnion's well, and in a field in the West Acridge a very old thorn tree called St. Trunnion's tree, which was standing in 1726; but who St. Trunnion was is not known, the question having been frequently discussed in Notes and Queries.' loft THE JUDGES' LEVEL.-There is a familiar legal anecdote of the judge who was seen told The story is, however, of much earlier date. In a commonplace-book of Charles II.'s time (Harleian MS. 6395) we are (Fragment No. 337) that Sir John Millicent excused his potations on the plea that he must "drink himself down to the capacity of the Bench." Sir John Millicent was only a county magistrate, whom James I. knighted at Royston. So the anecdote was not a slander against any of the king's courts at Westminster, but only against a provincial Quarter Sessions. CYRIL. Possibly St. Ninian " was the original form. In his will, dated April 1, 1528, RUTTER FAMILY NAME.-I have found George Portyngton of Barton-on-Humber that it is believed (and even by some who To the reparacion off saynt Nynyan bear the name) that Rutter is German chaple xvjd". Lincoln Wills' (Lincoln in origin. In the seventeenth century the Record Soc., vol. 10), ii. 73. word rutter" was used to designate a trooper, and it is customary to derive it from the Low Dutch ruiter. This is erroneous: the identification partly depends upon the vowel u, which in ruiter is merely orthographical. The Dutch word rimes pretty closely with English 'loiter," and could not therefore yield rutter. I would seek the origin of 'Rutter" in the French routier, and the reduction of ti to t similarly occurs in from gutter gouttière. It is well known that the last letter of the word saint " was often attracted to a saint's name, as in Tedan for St. Aidan, Tantony for St. Antony, Tooley and Tulius for St. Olaf, and Tobin for St. Aubin. In like manner we might have "Tninian" for St. Ninian ; and as ru would be more easily pronounced after the T than ni, the forms Trinian,' Trunian," and "Trunnion" may quite possibly have been developed after St. Ninian was forgotten. J. T. F. Winteron, Lincs. if we prefer the second meaning, "Rutter" would postulate *rōtarius, a Low Latin form which would signify a player upon the rote; cp. Chaucer-"Wel coude he singe and plaien on a rote" (' C. T.,' Prol., 1. 237). The correption of the stem vowel of *rotarius can be easily paralleled: cp. O.F. mōton, F. mouton, Engl. mutton ; O.F. bōton, F. bouton, Engl. button.' Similarly the Lat. butyrum became O.E. butere, Engl. "butter." Now the ancient Cheshire family of Rutter derives its origin from Peter le Roter de Thornton, lord of Kingsley and Norley, and a descendant of Ranulf de Meschines, Earl of Chester temp. Henry I. This phrase "le Roter" is undoubtedly the forerunner of Rutter," and it supports my hypothesis inasmuch as it points to rotarius > roter, and signifies an official player on the rote or violin-in this case, at the court of the Earl Palatine of Chester. ALFRED ANSCOMBE. MARKSHALL AND THE FULLER FAMILY. (See 10 S. ix. 144; 12 S. iii. 53; iv. 234, 263); The following facts may be of additional interest. In Misc. Gen. et Her., Fourth Series, vol. iv. pp. 30-5, I published a ffulwer or ffuller pedigree; and at p. 66 I added notes from which it appears beyond doubt that, at a very remote date, the Fullers were lords of the manor of Markeshall. To save space I confine my extracts to a summary from the notes only, in which the generations are numbered :- : (14) Ric'us de fulwer de Markeshall in com' Essex Magdalene file Ric'i Danbye. (15) Thomas fulwer de Markeshall-Anne une file et here Wilhelmi Bersett, miles. (16) Thomas fulwer de Markshall = Agnes file et here Henrici Ashewell in Com' Cantabrigii. (17) Thomas fulwer de Nettes[hall] in Shepey Erminelde une file et heredu'....Benet de Kent. Members of this branch were at this time also lords of the manor of Neatshall and of the manor of Tempsford, co. Bedford, as proved by the following extracts from the Heralds' College. Grant of crest to Ralph ffulwar of London, gent., son of Thomas ffulwar, Esq., lord of Netes (who was son of Thomas ffulwar, Esq., lord of Netes, by dau. and heir of Benet of Kent, Esq.), and great-grandson of Thomas ffulwar of Markeshall, co. Essex, Esq., Dec. 20, 3 Elizabeth. Grant of crest to John Fullwer, lord of the manor of Tempsford, co. Bedford, Esq., and judge in the Guildhall of the Court of one of the Sheriffs of London, son of Thomas ffulwer, lord of Netes in the Isle of Sheppey, co. Kent, Esq. (by Margaret his wife, daughter and heir of Nicholas Clarell of Edgecott, co. Northampton, Esq.), and grandson of Thomas ffulwar, lord of Markes Hall in the county of Essex, Esq., Dec. 20, 3 Elizabeth. Grant of crest to James ffulwarr of London, Merchant of the Staple and Merchant Adventurer (brother of John Fulwer, lord of the manor of Tempsford), Dec. 20, 3 Elizabeth. There is an earlier grant of arms, July 7, 1551, to William ffulwar of Holewell, co. Hertford, brother of John ffulwer, lord of Tempsford. But I am travelling beyond Markshall, and will conclude. J. F. FULLER, F.S.A. Let us think of them that sleep, By thy wild and stormy steep, and in Hamlet'-does not betray its true origin in its English guise, which approaches closely to the French form, Elseneur. The town, a seaport of some importance, called in Danish Helsingoer, stands at the entrance to the Sound, separated by a few miles from the Swedish port of Helsingborg on the mainland opposite. Helsingland is another Swedish place in the same category of nomenclature, to which also belongs Helsingfors in Finland, the ancient sept of the Helsings having given their tribal name to the series. The different suffixes signify respectively oer, isles; borg, castle or burg; land, country, and fors, force, current, or rushing stream. As Elsinore is situated on the shore of the island of Zealand, it may have received its name from having been built on land that has since been filled in or reclaimed, as in the case of Burntisland, Fifeshire. N. W. HILL. EMPSON E. MIDDLETON.-The Times on Nov. 21, 1917, gave extracts from the will and codicils of Mr. Empson Edward Middleton, author of Ah, Happy England! mentioned at 12 S. iii. 30. From these it appeared that the testator claimed large sums from the British Government and other quarters for inventions he had put forward. Mr. Middleton's published works included metrical translations from Virgil, books on yachting and seamanship, and others directed against received views on natural philosophy, &c. W. B. H. Queries. WE must request correspondents desiring information on family matters of only private interest to affix their names and addresses to their queries, in order that answers may be sent to them direct. QUERELLE D'ALLEMAND." In The Quarterly Review for October, 1874, there is a very interesting article on 'The Republic of Venice, its Rise, Decline, and Fall.' Among quotations from other authorities there is one from P. Daru's 'Histoire de la République de Venise' (Paris, 1821), the passage being translated into English. This author, in describing the innumerable devices to which the Ten of Venice used to have con OATH OF FEALTY: EDWARD III.-On recourse for getting rid of such persons as PP. 295-7 of the 'Histoire des Inaugurations were obnoxious to their policy or des Rois' (Paris, 1776) there is a graphic venience, relates how in 1618 many hundreds account of the ceremonies attendant upon of victims were tortured and done to death the taking of the oath of fealty for the on charges of complicity in the alleged Duchy of Guienne by Edward III. in conspiracy with Spain. Even informers and witnesses against those accused, after being openly rewarded by the Council for their services, were either secretly executed or disposed of by hired assassins. Thus, says Daru, "another witness, to whom a pension of 50 ducats per month and a gratification of 300 ducats had been assigned, was ordered to repair to Candia, where, immediately on his arrival, he was killed in a quarrel forced on him-querelle d'Allemand as it is termed."Daru, liv. xxxi. The term querelle d'Allemand is familiar to me. In the sense of a quarrel forced "how exactly it applies to the action of the Kaiser and his ministers in 1941! But what is its origin ? Monreith. HERBERT MAXWELL. Amiens Cathedral in 1329. King Edward, we are informed, upon approaching the throne of his suzerain, was instructed by the Great Chamberlain to remove his crown, sword, and spurs, as it was contrary to the very essence of the act he was about to perform for the oath to be administered to him still vested in these outward signs of his independent sovereignty and of his knighthood. These details are apparently taken from some contemporary or nearly contemporary description of the scene, and I should be glad to know what this source may be. References to similar scenes containing the same details in contemporary chronicles or romances will be welcomed. CHARLES BEARD. COL. A. R. MACDONELL'S DUEL WITH [Hatzfeld and Darmesteter's ' 'Dictionnaire NORMAN MACLEOD.-My great-grandfather Général,' 2 vols., 8.v. Allemand, merely says: Col. Alexander Ranaldson Macdonell of "Loc. prov. Querelle d'Allemand, sans sujet." But Littré is much fuller (1883, vol. i.): "Alle- a young subaltern, Norman Macleod, at Glengarry (d. 1828) fought a fatal duel with mand (a-le-man), s.m. Ce mot est employé Fort William, and was subsequently tried dans quelques phrases proverbiales : Une querelle d'allemand, c'est-à-dire une querelle for murder at Inverness. I should like to sans sujet.... Quant à allemand, dans la locution know both the dates of the duel and the querelle d'allemand, il s'agit bien, sans doute, trial and where to find any particulars of des Allemands. Pourtant on en a donné une either, as I have been unable so far to find étymologie différente: on écrit alors alleman, et here the information for which I have been l'on cite le dicton : Gare la queue des Alleman! Ce dicton a appartenu au Dauphiné, dont la seeking. région montagneuse entre le Drac et l'Isère history of the Macdonalds at home when We had a copy of Mackenzie's était occupée par une puissante et nombreuse I was a boy, but, speaking from memory, famille de seigneurs portant tous le d'Alleman. Malheur au voisin qui provoquait nom I do not think that any particulars were un membre de cette famille ! il se les attirait given in it. I remember meeting, when tous sur les bras. De l'ardeur avec laquelle quite a boy, an old lady-a Mrs. Mildmay, cette famille vengeait la plus petite injure est née Drummond of Megginch-who told me that she was in Inverness at the time of the THE CONSTANT REFORMATION, FLAGSHIP: trial, so I fancy that it took place about the ITS. CHAPLAIN.-Sir Wm. Laird Clowes in his beginning of the nineteenth century. I should'History of the Royal Navy,' vol. ii. p. 134, be glad to obtain a copy of Mackenzie's work. Melbourne. PENRHYN R. M. H. DEVIL AS A KNOCKER.I recently came across a small brass knocker for a bedroom door, the design of which puzzles me a good deal. It is obviously itself a quite modern piece of work, but its appearance suggests that it is a reproduction of some object of legendary interest. It consists of a grotesque crouching human figure with distorted head and cloven hoofs; the head hangs very much sideways, and is weighed down by a thick chain passing round the neck and down the front of the body; at the end of the chain is a human skull, which the figure holds in both hands and apparently gloats over. It bears on the base, in partially obliterated lettering, the words "Penrhyn Devil." As the knocker is quite new, this faintness of lettering must, I think, be an attempt to correspond with an original. I have failed to find any legend connected with Penrhyn bearing on the matter, and shall feel obliged if any of your readers can help me. C. F. DOYLE. HOMES OF FOULSHOTLAW: JANET DICKSON.-I should be very grateful for any information about the above, who are mentioned in the Historical Manuscripts Commission Report on the MSS. of Col. David Milne Home of Wedderburn Castle. No. 619 is a "Disposition by James Brounfield of Quhythous, to Mr. John Home of Foulshotlaw and Janet Dickson his spouse (for whom Abraham Home in Kennetsydeheid is cautioner) of the third part," of certain lands of Hassington and the croft called Clerkcroft. Dated at Hassington, April 11, 1634. Alexander and George, sons of Robert Dicksone of Stainfald, are among witnesses. Foulshotlaw is in the parish of Greenlaw. W. K. BENSON. was says that the Constant Reformation, Prince Rupert's flagship, sank off the Azores in a gale in September, 1651, Prince Rupert and a few others being saved by a small boat from the Honest Seaman ; and he quotes Warburton's 'History of the Cavaliers,' vol. iii. p. 333: 'At 9 P.M. the ship, burning two firepikes to give us notice of their departure, took leave of the world.", Eva Scott in Rupert, Prince Palatine,' says (P. 248) that the chaplain of the Constant Reformation refused to leave the sinking ship, called all hands to Holy Communion, and sank with them. Can anybody give the name of the chaplain ? In searching the Muster Books at the P. R. O. for my List of Chaplains of the Royal Navy, 1626-1903,' I did not find it. The Constant Reformation was one of the eleven ships carried over to the Prince of Wales by Admiral Batten in June, 1648, when he joined the Royalists in Holland. Bedford. A. G. KEALY. KINGHORN OF FIREBURNMILL.-Margaret Kinghorn (or Nisbet), wife of James King- MAW FAMILY.-In the Herald's Visitation horn, farmer in "Fireburnmilne," for Suffolk there is a pedigree in which it served heir general to her uncle Patric is stated that Symon Maw of Rendlesham Home of Foulshotlaw, Aug. 20, 1741 (see Service of Heirs in Scotland'). Fireburnmill is near Coldstream. I should be glad of further information about these Kinghorns. W. K. BENSON. The Corner House, Chobham Road, Woking, Surrey. (father of Leonard Maw, Bishop of Bath and Wells in 1621) was the son of John Maw of Epworth, gent. This John Maw would probably bo living at Epworth about the year 1500. I should be glad of any notes concerning this family or any of its branches. In the Yorks Inquisitions the name of Mawe is found as early as 1271. I shall be very grateful if any reader of 'N. & Q.' can inform me if the name Maw or Mawe occurs in early Lincolnshire records, as, if not, it is probable that the Maws of Epworth are of Yorkshire extraction. GERALD W. MAW, M.R.C.S. 30 Kempston Road, Bedford. 'INDEX ECCLESIASTICUS, 1550-1800.'The late Joseph Foster left a collection of MSS. for añ Index Ecclesiasticus' from about 1550 to 1800. Can any reader say if this is still extant, and where it may be seen ? J. W. F. NICCOLÒ DA UZZANO.-Can J. W. F. any reader tell me anything about Niccolò da Uzzano, whose bust by Donatello is in the National Museum at Florence? BRADSTOW. [He was a Florentine statesman of the Guelph party, and waged war against Visconti, Duke of Milan, from 1423 to 1428. He died in 1432.] JOSEPH CLOVER OF NORWICH.-" Joseph Clover, Esq., late barrack-master at Norwich" (1756-1824), was also a promoter of the first " Swedenborgian" congregation in that city. His son, another Joseph (17791853), was a professional artist, and exhibited at the Royal Academy from 1804 to 1836. Were they, respectively, son and grandson to the Joseph Clover, 1725-1811, farrier, blacksmith in Norwich," noticed in 'D.N.B.,' vol. xi. p. 131 ? CHARLES HIGHAM. DAVERDY : PIPCHINESQUE.” In 'The Little Man, and other Satires,' by John Galsworthy, p. 256, we read: garbed, if I remember, in a daverdy brown over coat." This word is not in the N.E.D.' or the 'Eng. Dialect Dict.' There is a West-Country verb, to daver, to fade or wither, and the past participle, daver'd, is quoted. Does daverdy" mean faded ? On 257 of the same work Mr. Galsworthy uses the phrase matched his pipchinesque little old face." I suppose Dombey and Son.' It is a great tribute to the descriptive powers of Dickens and H. K. Browne to assume that modern readers will understand the meaning of this word. The puzzle is that the word is used to describe a delightfully amiable, childlike old man, with a "face that riveted attention. Thin, cherry-red, and wind-dried as old wood, it had a special sort of brightness, with its spikes and waves of silvery hair, and blue eyes that seemed to shine.” Mrs. Pipchin is described by her creator as a marvellous ill-favoured, ill-conditioned old lady, of a stooping figure, with a mottled face, like bad marble, a hook nose, and a hard grey eye, that looked as if it might have been hammered at on an anvil without sustaining any injury." How can these descriptions be reconciled? J. J. FREEMAN. Shepperton, S.0. I am GEORGE POWELL, THE DRAMATIST.-I have recently obtained a copy of the Reliquiæ Wottonianæ,' 4th ed., 8vo, 1685, on the fly-leaf of which is written "E Libris Georgii Powell, 26th Decemb., 1692." desirous of learning whether there are of George Powell, the author of The extant any specimens of the handwriting Treacherous Brothers (4to, 1690) and 'Bonduca' (4to, 1696), with which I might compare my fly-leaf inscription. C. W. B. H. EARL OF BEACONSFIELD: THE FIRST LORD LYTTON MARTIN TUPPER.-In‘A Bockman's Letters,' 1913, Sir W. Robertson Nicoll has much about Mark Rutherford (William Hale White), and quotes the following from his fugitive writings : "Lord Lytton....drew a wonderful horoscope of his friend Benjamin Disraeli, in which by some strange freak of fate nearly every one of the predictions was fulfilled." "Lord Beaconsfield, charmed, I suppose, by the mystery of the line, 'A fool is bent upon a twig, but wise men dread a bandit,' pensioned its author, Mr. Martin Tupper." I should like to ask, as to the first, if showings and their fulfilment. anything is known of the horoscope, its As to the the late Sir W. S. Gilbert ? second, was not the author of the line given included it in his Bab Ballad of FerdiHe certainly nando and Elvira; or, The Gentle Pieman': Mister Close expressed a wish that he could only get anigh to me; And Mister Martin Tupper sent the following reply to me: "A fool is bent upon a twig, but wise men dread a bandit," this refers to the original illustration in Which I know was very clever, but I didn't understand it. |