time from Buckingham Palace (where she is in residence) on Wednesday, the 22nd of June; it is based on a combination of the British and Danish standards, a large cross being a prominent feature. JOHN COLLINS FRANCIS. [With N. & Q.' for 30 June, 1900, was issued a Supplement containing a coloured illustration of the National Flag, and an article by Mr. W. H. St. John Hope. This Supplement has been reprinted, and can be obtained from the office. Various questions connected with the National Flag are discussed at 9 S. v. 414, 440, 457, 478; vi. 17, 31, 351, 451, 519; vii. 193; viii. 67, 173; ix. 485; x. 31, 94, 118; xii. 327, 372, 398, 454, 508; 10 S. ix. 128, 154, 174, 255, 292, 396, 502, 514; x. 72, 130, 193, 331. At 10 S. ix. 502 is printed the letter we received from the Under Secretary of State at the Home Office respecting the use of the National Flag.] SIR THOMAS COOKE, MAYOR OF LONDON. -The 'D.N.B.' article on this civic worthy is not very satisfactory. He is described therein as "Lord Mayor," which is certainly an anachronism. It is also stated in the original issue of the 'D.N.B.' that he was elected Alderman of Vintry Ward in 1454," and discharged from his office of Alderman of Broad Street Ward in December, 1468, but reinstated in "the following year." Now his election for Vintry took place on 4 October, 1456 (Journal 6, fo. 107); he was removed to Broad Street in 1458, discharged by command of the king (Edward IV.) 21 November, 1468 (Journal 7, fo. 182), and again elected Alderman (but of Bread Street, not Broad Street) in October, 1470 -not 1469, as "the following year 22 of the text suggests (Journal 7, fo. 225b). Some of these corrections are made, at my instance, in the new issue of the 'D.N.B.' The writer of the article has missed the fact that Cooke was M.P. for London in the Parliament of 1460; and although he refers to him as a member of the Parliament of 1470, he does not note that he represented the City then, as at the earlier date. 66 22 Sir John Stockton is a misnomer in the case of the Mayor to whom Cooke acted as Deputy in 1470-71, as he was not knighted until after Edward's victory at Tewkesbury. I do not know upon what authority Cooke is stated to have been one of the leaders of the Yorkist party in the City. All his later associations were with the Lancastrians. He had married the daughter of Philip Malpas, who was a leading Lancastrian; he was ejected from his Aldermanry by Edward IV., and restored to it during the short interval (1470-71) of Henry VI.'s Restoration, being again turned out on Edward's return. It is true that, as is pointed out in the 'D.N.B.,' he was made a K.B. by Edward IV. in May, 1465; but so also at the same time was John Plomer, who was removed from his Aldermanry (and charged with treason, on account of his Lancastrian sympathies) in 1468, a few months before Cooke himself. It is, of course, possible that Cooke may have been a leader first on one side and then on the other; but, if so, I should like to have more certain evidence of his early Yorkist sympathies than the article in the 'D.N.B.' supplies. ALFRED B. BEAVEN. Leamington. "BULLION."-The 'N.E.D.' tells us that this word is first recorded in the Statutes of the Realm, A.D. 1336, where it is spelt bullion, as now. It is further said that this form appears to point to identity with F. bouillon," which is derived from F. bouillir (A.F. boillir), to boil. fact that, in another MS. of the above This solution is as good as settled by the Statutes, the word is actually spelt boillon, the connexion of which with the A.F. boillir cannot easily be missed. WALTER W. SKEAT. PORTABLE RAILWAY.-I am sorry not to find in the 'N.E.D.' a reference to the patent granted 5 Feb., 1770, to Richard Lovell Edgeworth, of Hare Hatch (Berks), Esq. For a new invented Portable Railway, or Artificial Road, to move along with any Carriage to which it is applied." No doubt that sort of thing is re-invented every few years. (See 'Sixth Report of Deputy Keeper,' App. II. 160.) Q. V. A PATTERN.-A recent cause PEPITA,' pepita célèbre reminds me that 22 is the name of the well-known pattern of small black-and-white squares in Eastern Europe (in heraldry: Chequy sable and argent), and that it was called after a famous dancer of the name of Pepita more than forty or I have heard English schoolfifty years ago. articles are very often made of a fabric of boys call it as these useful sponge bags," the same pattern. 66 L. L. K. J. R. SMITH : DR. W. SAUNDERS.-The only reference in Mrs. Frankau's John Raphael Smith (1902) to a portrait of Dr. Saunders is Smith's exhibit at the Royal Academy of 1802 (No. 351). There is abundant evidence that Smith published an engraving of this portrait by himself, inasmuch as a notice of it appeared in The Monthly Magazine, July, 1803, where it is 2 was said to be extremely well engraved." picturings of the old illiterate ages, but a single In Evans's Catalogue (No. 9291) the word in great legible roman capitals, and the word portrait is described as three quarters, PATATRAC [sic] sitting. It is entirely omitted from Mrs. Frankau's Catalogue. When the engraving was published the original picture was in the possession of Dr. Curry, physician to Guy's Hospital. Queries. W. ROBERTS. 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. GEORGE I.'s STATUE AT HACKWOOD.In front of this house is an equestrian figure, in lead, of George I., presented by him to one of the Dukes of Bolton who resided here in the eighteenth century. I think that it must either have been identical with or have closely resembled the one which I remember as a boy in Leicester Square, and which came to such an ignominious end. I have read somewhere that there was another mounted effigy of the same king, also of lead, and gilded, which stood in front of Canons in Middlesex. Readers of N. & Q. have, I believe, made a study of the question of royal and other statues both in and outside of London. I wonder, therefore, if they could refer me to any sources of information about any of these figures, or could tell me if there is any statue of George I. now surviving beyond the one here. CURZON OF KEDLESTON. [Royal and other statues in London are discussed at considerable length at 10 S. ix. 1, 102, 282, 363, 481; x. 122, 211, 258, 290, 370, 491.] smashing and crashing that was effected on so large And when, at a later period, I heard of the a scale by the Communards, of the falling of ruined palaces and streets, of the upsetting of the Vendôme Column, I said 'This is Garabaldi's Patatrac,' and that word on the banner which flapped in the November wind seemed a word of baleful prophecy, a sinister suggestion of all the evil that was to come."-Third ed., pp. 389-90. Has any one ever seen that flag, with its queer motto ? Is it mentioned elsewhere? R. DE KERALLAIN. 3, Rue de la Mairie, Quimper, Finistère. the WILLIAM PENN'S LETTERS.-With endorsement and co-operation of the Historical society of Pennsylvania, I hope to arrange for the publication of the complete works of William Penn. I shall therefore be glad to receive information concerning any of Penn's letters in public or private collections. Please reply direct. ALBERT COOK MYERS. Kentmere Lodge, Moylan, Pennsylvania. TOPHANES.-Is it known who of the Lascaris ANDRONICUS LASCARIS: MUSIC TO ARISfamily had the Christian name Andronicus ? of the fifteenth century, containing various I possess a Greek manuscript, apparently classical poetical works, which, as appears from repeated internal evidence, was written by one Alexander for Andronicus Lascaris. find out all I can about its provenance, seeing Though the manuscript is late, I wish to that it apparently purports (a unique feature) to give the actual music of a portion of one of the choruses of Aristophanes. R. JOHNSON WALKER. Little Holland House, Kensington, W. DONNE'S POEMS.-I should be grateful if any of the readers of N. & Q." could give me information on the following points. very GARIBALDI AND HIS FLAG.-The late Mr. Philip Gilbert Hamerton, who lived long in France, near Autun, and married a Frenchwoman, wrote in his charming book 'Round In N. & Q.' for 28 May, 1892 (8 S. i. 440), my House 2 a very strange story about T. R. O'FL., commenting on Grosart's Garibaldi and his flag during the Franco-edition of Donne, says that he has in his German War of 1870. "The day after his arrival," says Hamerton, "Garibaldi held a little review and sat in a carriage whilst his regiments marched past......There was unfolded his own personal Garibaldian flag, an invention of his own, a very original invention' too, and one not by any means calculated to reassure the lovers of tranquillity. It was all red, to begin with, red as the Sanguinary Revolution, and this is a colour which the lovers of order admire only when it is worn by the Princes of the Church. On the flag were none of the devices of heraldry, no lions, nor eagles, nor any such possession two copies of the First and Second Anniversary,' 1612. T. R. O'FL. was, I suppose, the T. R. O'Flahertie whose library would appear to have been broken up, as I have met with MSS. which have come from it. Could any one tell me where I could now see a copy of this edition of 1612, which is the first edition of the Second Anniversary? I have examined and collated the 1611 edition of the First Anniversary, but I cannot find that of 1612. University of Aberdeen. SPEXHALL CHURCH.-Our ancient round tower fell in 1720. Our squire is about to raise it up again, and he and his architect would be grateful if they could look at any picture or print of the tower as it formerly stood. If any readers of 'N. & Q.' possessing the information would kindly communicate with me, I should be very grateful. J. GARFORTH, Rector. Spexhall Rectory, Halesworth, Suffolk. GEORGE II. POEM ON HIS DEATH.-We are in possession of a MS. poem (96 lines) On the Death of the King' (George II.). The opening lines are as under :Reclined on Camus' rushy fringed banks, Which slowly roll'd along his silent stream, Striking her pensive breast, sad Granta thus Burst forth into complaints. Ye sisters nine, &c. The poem is in a contemporary hand. Can readers of N. & Q.' assist us in tracing its CHAS. J. SAWYER, LTD. author? 23, New Oxford Street. CORNELIUS DE WITT.-Can any one suggest how I can find the intervening generations between Cornelius de Witt (murdered with his brother John de Witt in 1672) and John Albra de Witt ? I cannot give the exact date of the latter, but his wife Mary was born in 1734, and died in 1814. John Albra de Witt was a sugar merchant in London. CONSTANCE RUSSELL. Swallowfield Park, Reading. SIR EDWARD SEAWARD'S NARRATIVE.'Can any of your readers give information as to this work? It has run me through several editions; the one before me is 1841. It is edited by Miss Jane Porter, who was a novelist, and is mentioned in the 'D.N.B.,' and professes to be a copy of the diary of the above Sir Edward, which was written in the years 1733-49. Sir Edward was shipwrecked on some unknown islands near the Mosquito Coast of Central America, and discovered there a pirates' hoard. 35, Paulton's Square, S.W. PRINCE EUGENE OF SAVOY.-With regard to the lists of public statues which have appeared in N. & Q. of late, what has become of the statue of this famous general, who, in conjunction with Marlborough, gained some of the most decisive and It was by Kent, and there are two drawings splendid victories in our military history? of it in the Crace Collection, British Museum. It stood in Carlton House Gardens. J. HOLDEN MACMICHAEL. Wroxton Grange, Folkestone. COMMONWEALTH GRANTS OF ARMS.-The Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries for the 1st of April, 1897, contains grants of arms to William Rowe, 1651, John Cooke, 1653, and Thomas Moore, 1654. I have been informed that none of the republican grants now remain in the Heralds' College. Do they exist elsewhere, either in the original grants or in any other form? It is not to be questioned that a large number of grants were issued during that period, and it is almost certain that some of the arms now in use had their origin in this source. L. S. M. PARISH REGISTERS BURNT IN 1837.-Is any record to be found of the destruction by fire of the registers in a parish church soon after 16 October, 1837 ? This church was probably in Sussex, and perhaps in the neighbourhood of Lewes. HENRY W. Рook, Col. 121, Hither Green Lane, Lewisham, S.E. STONES IN EARLY VILLAGE LIFE.-What part did large stones play in early village life? They must have had some significance, to judge by the care that was taken of them and the fact that they entered into the construction of place-names. Here in Eastern Hertfordshire, for example, we have three places which derive part of their titles from still existing stones-Standon (or Stondon, as it was originally called), Walton-at-Stone, and Stonebury, the last now only a farm-house. There are two other stans, Stanstead and Stanborough, but there appear to be no stones visible in connexion with them. HEWORTH: ITS ETYMOLOGY.-Can any of your readers kindly say what was the origin of the name Heworth, a suburb of York? It is styled "Heuuarde " in Domesday Book: Orm had land there.. SADI. EDW. HATTON.-Who and what was he? There is a portrait of him engraved by W. Sherwin. XYLOGRAPHER. SIR ISAAC'S WALK.-In the business part of Colchester there is a thoroughfare known as Sir Isaac's Walk. Who was the local celebrity whose name is thus celebrated? M. L. R. BRESLAR. EPISCOPAL VISITATIONS: ARTICLES OF INQUIRY.-Can any correspondent refer me to publications containing articles of the following bishops ? Bell, of Worcester, 1540. Highbury, Lydney. F. S. HOCKADAY. 66 CHAPEL LE FRITH. Could any of your correspondents give me trustworthy_infor mation as to the meaning of le Frith 22 in the place-name Chapel le Frith? I have been told that the name means Chapel in the Wood," but my informant could not explain how this meaning was arrived at. [Stones are, of course, widely connected with Here in Devon we are familiar with the word pre-Christian religion and astronomy.] The subject has perhaps been dealt with before; if so, references will be valued. W. B. GERISH. PRIOR'S SALFORD CHURCH: CLARKE MONUMENTS.-In 1874 the Rev. Thos. Procter Wadley, Rector of Naunton Beauchamp, co. Worcester, prepared a paper, under the name of Vestigans," upon the above. I possess a copy, privately printed in recent years, but wish to know if the paper ever appeared in the proceedings of any local society. R. S. B. CLERGY RETIRING FROM THE DINNERTABLE.-In Esmond' Thackeray alludes to the custom of the clergy retiring from the dinner-table at the entrance of the sweets. What was the significance of the custom? When did it commence, and fall into desuetude? Did the prohibition extend to bishops and archbishops? ENQUIRER. vraith, and in Somerset they have wreath, Alaronde, Lympstone. ["Le" is probably "near," as explained earlier in N. & Q.'] 6 M. DE CALONNE'S HOUSE IN PICCADILLY.In that excellent work Round About Piccadilly and Pall Mall' Mr. H. B. Wheatley at p. 37 identifies Nos. 146 and 147 as covering the site of the handsome building erected by Charles Alexandre de Calonne when he fled to this country in 1787. It may be of interest to note that the contents of the mansion were sold 13 May, 1793, and eleven following days by Skinner & Dyke, on the premises, "the extremity of Piccadilly." The pictures were not included in this cata logue, so presumably they were sold at the E. PRINCE RUPERT.-There is a legend that the Prince, riding by Shepperton Church, fired a pistol at the weathercock and hit it. This being considered an accident he fired again, and brought the weathercock down. I cannot find any authority for this story, and ask for help. J. J. FREEMAN. GOLDSMITH AND HACKNEY.-It appears that Oliver Goldsmith in 1762 was lodging in Canonbury. Is there any record extant of the celebrated dramatist showing his occasional visits to the neighbouring village of Hackney. Milton and Charles Lamb are connected with this old borough, and I am anxious to discover whether Samuel Johnson and Goldsmith and their coterie paid occasional trips to its rustic shrines. M. L. R. BRESLAR. Replies. GEORGE BUBB DODINGTON AND HIS LITERARY CIRCLE. D. E. D. E. D. E. By G-d that's heavenly! so in turn you talk, And hear the Cuckow and the Linnet Sing, Dear Witty Marlborow street, for once be wise, Not lost my Place! yes but I did by G-d! I cryd, and so did all my Family. What shed a Tear because you lost a Place! I once resign'd my Place about the Prince, And got by that the Green Cloth for the King. Argyle and I are prais'd by every Tongue, By G-d they lye that tell you that you are: The People's Idol, and their Monarch's Choice! D. When the Excise Scheme shall no more be blam'd, E. (10 S. xii. 461, 504; 11 S. i. 70, 443.) A DIALOGUE BETWEEN G. EARLE, ESQ., and B— E. My Dear Pall Mall, I hear you are got in And please the Duke by your late damnd I live with Walpole-You live at his Grace's, D. Yes on the great Argyle I often wait, E. When the Convention shall no more be nam'd, D-mn You voted for them both, and thought them Or did not like the Triumph of Disgrace, I own my Crime,-I blush,—and dare repent. As you repent, that you're no longer in. me Whilst I like other Poets prophesy: ALBERT HARTSHORNE. |