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was a service of carrying salt by tenants for their lords. C. GOLDING.

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REV. HENRY ADAMS (8th S. iii. 387, 417, 478.)-The statement quoted from the Gent. Mag. of July, 1839, to the effect that Mr. Adams had been at the time of his death, in 1839, for fortynine years chaplain to Lord Montagu, must be qualified by the fact that the eighth and last Viscount of Cowdray, was, as every one knows, drowned at the Falls of Laufenburg or Schaffhausen in 1793. It is true that Mark Antony Browne assumed the title, but as he had previously been a friar of the Roman Church, in which communion he died in 1797, it is unlikely that he required the services of the chaplain of Beaulieu. PERCEVAL LANDON.

ROBERT MONTGOMERY MARTIN (8th S. iii. 408, 477). A memoir of this writer is prepared, and will appear in due course in the 'Dictionary of National Biography.' SIDNEY LEE.

RELICS IN A LONDON CHURCH (8th S. iii. 466). -The correctness of the statements contained in the paragraph which appeared in the City Press has been challenged by no less an authority than the learned vicar of Holy Trinity, Minories, who, in the following extract from a letter addressed to the editor of the Standard, says :—

"An article has gone the round of the papers purporting to give particulars of my church and its past history, some extracts of which appeared in your morning and evening editions of the 25th instant. Will you permit me, then, to say that none of the statements in that article are correct? In the first place, the name of my church is not 'St. Mary in the Minories,' but Holy Trinity, Minories '; secondly, the mummified head which we have could not be that of the Duke of Norfolk, as the writer states, for that nobleman never had anything to do with the abbey or the church that I am aware of; but it may be the head of the Duke of Suffolk, to whom the abbey was given for a residence, by royal letters patent, in the reign of Edward VI., and who, whilst resident there, was beheaded for attempting to place his daughter, Lady Jane Grey, upon the throne. The head was found in 1853 in one of the vaults, in a box of oaken sawdust, which, acting as an antiseptic, has marvellously preserved the skin of the face. Thirdly, the writer says that the ancient Priory of Holy Trinity was founded by Matilda, Queen of Henry I., in 1108,' whereas we know that the abbey (not priory) and its church were built in 1293 by Queen Blanche, widow of Henry Le Gros, King of Navarre, who afterwards married Edmund, Earl of Lancaster. The arms of the Queen, with those of the Earl of Lancaster, are now in our vestry. Fourthly, the writer states that on the dissolution of monasteries by Henry VIII., the priory and its precincts were given to Thomas Audley, Lord Chancellor of England, who, after pulling down the church, made the place his residence until his death in the year 1554.' These mistakes are even worse than the former ones, for Henry VIII. gave the abbey to the Bishop of Bath and Wells (Dr. John Clerk) for a place of residence, where he died, and was buried in the vaults of our church, though afterwards his body was, for some cause, removed to Aldgate Church. This was the man who took to the Pope

of Rome a copy of King Henry's book against Luther, which led to that sovereign receiving the title of 'Defender of the Faith,' still used, though with a very different meaning. The church was not pulled down ou the dissolution of the abbey, but remained until 1706, when, being in a very dilapidated and dangerous state, it was taken down and rebuilt from the ground, with the exception of the north wall, upon which the chief monuments are placed. Then the writer says that the parishioners of St. Catherine Cree, in 1622, obtained leave of Charles I. to rebuild the priory church with the assistance of Lord Mayor Barkham. From this it is our church and the abbey with another church and some quite evident that the writer of the article has mixed up priory. What in the world could the parishioners of St. Catherine Cree have to do with Holy Trinity, Minories? Also, as the church was not rebuilt until 1706, it in 1622; but Sir William Pritchard, who was Lord Lord Mayor Barkham certainly did not assist to rebuild Mayor in 1683, purchased the abbey, and resided in it during his mayoralty, calling it, I believe, the Mansion House. EVERARD HOME COLEMAN.

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History of St. Edmund's College Old Hall. By the Very Rev. Bernard Ward, the President. (Kegan Paul & Co.)

THE Catholic College of Old Hall is the only existing educational institution which can trace its history back to the times of the penal laws, when it was contrary to statute for the Roman Catholic body to have schools of their own where their faith was taught. Twyford School was established in the reign of James II., when for a short time the penal statutes were suspended. The Revolution does not seem to have materially affected Twyford, for Mr. Ward tells us that it continued to exist for more than fifty years. It was suspended during the Rebellion of 1745, but was revived at Standon eight years. after, from which place it was removed to Old Hall, where it yet remains, in 1769. In its earlier days it was a mere lay school; but when the French Revolution swept away the English colleges on the Continent, Old Hall received a large influx from Douay, so that the present college of Old Hall may be said to have a double parentage, the one lay and the other ecclesiastical, Douay was founded in the reign of Elizabeth as a place of education for Catholic exiles by Cardinal William Allen, a Lancashire man, who had been educated at Oriel College, Oxford. He graduated in arts in 1554, and shortly after became head of St. Mary's Hall and a canon of York. When Protestantism was established by Queen Elizabeth he threw up his preferments and went over sea, where at length he founded Douay, which was an important educational centre until 1793. In a certain shadowy way Douay may be said to have represented the old traditions of Oxford, and to have handed them on to its daughter Old Hall,

We have seldom met with a fuller or more accurate history of an educational establishment. From the first page to the last Mr. Ward's book overflows with facts, many of which will prove of interest to all personswhatever their form of religious belief-who care for the educational progress which has been so marked a characteristic of the century now closing. The fifth chapter, which gives an account of the sufferings

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Two Centuries of Stepney_History, 1480-1680. Three Lectures. By Walter Howard Frere. (Thomas & Boutell.) MR. FRERE is one of the curates of Stepney parish church. He has occupied his leisure in compiling these lectures, which were, we gather, delivered to his people. Their character and tone are excellent, and the breadth of view all that could be wished. In popular lectures of this kind we do not expect to find original discoveries. Probably there are no facts in Mr. Frere's pages which have not before found their way into printed books; but he has been a diligent student not only of the local annals of his parish, but also of general history so far as it has affected Stepney. Dean Colet, Bishop Fox, the Charterhouse monks, Thomas Cromwell (Henry VIII.'s Vicar General), and many other notable men of the Reformation period flit before us. Their respective characters are sketched in a few words, and this is done without prejudice or partisan bitterness. When we arrive at the period of the great Puritan revolt, in the following century, Mr. Frere becomes more sketchy; but he chronicles several matters of importance. The account of the local dissenting congregations in the reign of Charles II. is very good.

Marriages, Regular and Irregular, with Leading Cases. By an Advocate. (Glasgow, William Hodge & Co.) THIS book is intended for those persons about to marry, and others of the general public who are interested in the subject. It has not been written for the legal practitioner, but for the ignorant layman, whose loose and hazy conceptions of marriage quite astonish the learned advocate. Free use has been made of the law reports, and many of the cases which have aroused great popular interest are referred to. Much curious and interesting matter will be found in the pages of this little book.

A Fragment of the Apocryphal Gospel of St. Peter found at Akhmim in Egypt. Translated from the Greek. (Norgate.) THE apocryphal gospel attributed to St. Peter has been discussed so fully in magazines and newspapers that we shall discharge our duty by acknowledging this translation and saying that the rendering is correct and scholarlike. Where difficulties occur-and there are several-the anonymous author of this version has given the alternative renderings of other scholars.

WE have received the fifth volume of the Acts of the Privy Council of England, edited for the Master of the Rolls by John Roche Dasent (Her Majesty's Stationery Office). It includes the years 1554-1556. In the sixteenth century the Privy Council was in many respects a far different body from what it is now. The servile parliaments of the Tudors dared not resist the royal will, whether it was on the side of the old religion or the new. The Privy Council was a committee nominated by the sovereign, and we have no reason to suppose that either the Peers or the Commons had any influence, however indirect, in the appointment of its members. The years included in this volume were the times of great Papal reaction. Almost every page bears witness of this, and for the purposes of the local his

torian the facts it contains are invaluable; we do not think, however, that it adds so much to our stock of knowledge as to general history as some of the previous volumes have done. We need hardly say that the editorial work is excellent.

A NEW LITERARY SOCIETY.-The birth of a new literary society, which we hope to make one of the first rank, is an event worthy of being chronicled in 'N. & Q.' The happy event took place at the Royal United Service Institution on the afternoon of Tuesday, the 13th inst., when, by a meeting called together to consider the question, it was formally resolved "That a society be, and is hereby, formed for the publication of rare or unedited Works relating to the Navy." Lord Spencer has accepted the office of president, and a provisional committee was appointed to consider the name of the society, to draft laws, &c., and prepare a list of council and officers, all which are to be reported to a general meeting of the society, at the United Service Institution, on Tuesday, July 4, at 5 P.M. Though nominally a meeting of the society, we shall be glad to welcome any one who is interested in the subject of naval literature. The society contemplates working on similar lines to those of the Camden and Hakluyt Societies, and printing for its members some of the interesting and important MSS. in the Record Office, the British Museum, or in private collections, as well as some of the rare works of which only one or two copies now exist, and some also of those not perhaps so rare, but practically inaccessible from the form in which they have been published. Monson's it, in Churchill's collection of voyages, is avowedly 'Tracts' is one such work; and as the only version of

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edited," it is not improbable that when we come to compare it with the original MS. we may find the printed copy as much Churchill's hack as Monson. Many others might be named; but I will not trespass further on your space, except to say that if any one wishes to become a member of the society, or wants to know more about it, let him ask, not a policeman, but the provisional secretary, J. K. LAUGHTON.

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INDEX.

EIGHTH SERIES.-VOL. III.

[For classified articles, see ANONYMOUS Works, Bibliography, BOOKS RECENTLY PUBLISHED, EPIGRAMS, Epitaphs,
FOLK-LORE, HERALDRY, PROVERBS AND PHRASES, QUOTATIONS, SHAKSPEARIANA, and SONGS AND Ballads.]

A. on heraldic query, 91

A.M. and P.M., 34

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A. (A.) on Ware bell chimes, 172

A. (E. S.) on "Luce," 372

"Stilbon," in Chaucer, 249, 432
Yearn, its meaning, 496

A. (H.) on "Sing old Rose," 78
A. (J.) on heraldic query, 91
A. (S. P.) on stormy petrel, 7

Abbé, or abbot, 375

Abbey churches, double, 188, 257, 349, 378, 451

Abbotsford, "a romance in stone and lime," 68, 151
Aberdeen, its church of the Grey Friars, 386
Abernethy (Dr. John) and Hunter, 307

Acre, Austrian flag at, 427, 497

Actress, English, in Paris, 1748, 308, 395

Ad Librum on works of King Alfred, 347
Telephonic message, 174

Veto, royal, 369

Adamant on preposition followed by a clause, 112, 435
Adams family of Essex, 288, 373

Adams family of Gore Hall, Kent, 247

Adams (F.) on "Ale-dagger,” 436

Alvernus, Mount, 197

Belinda, the name, 66

Both, with verb singular, 85

Brouette, its meaning, 70, 251
Cæsar, his sword, 118
Confessor, its meaning, 152
"Cousin Betty," 338
Cutts (John), 152

"Dimanche de Quasimodo," 437
"Eating poor Jack," 215

Editorial note, curious, 106

Eke-names, parish, 251

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Adams (F.) on "Luce," 372, 493

Mandragora, 498

Oast, fish trade term, 173
Philazer, his office, 97

Proverbs, 234, 265

Rose, damask, 149, 339

St. Grasinus, 232

St. Thomas of Waterings, 369

Sedan chair, 214

Shakspeariana, 103, 284

"Simple Simon," 25

Squin, its meaning, 299

"Thirty days hath September," 475
Towell surname, 56

Tram, its derivation, 373
"Ventre-saint-gris," 354

Verlucio, its locality, 272, 397
"Whether or no," 356

Yeomen of the Guard, 86

Adams (Rev. Henry), M.A., his biography, 387, 417,
478, 499

Adams (Col. William Henry), his biography, 167
Addy (S. O.) on Hastler land, 466

"Sans Paviours," 148

Alba Columba on Furye family, 68

Albacini (Carlo), Italian sculptor, 369, 495
Albini family, 268

Aldgate or Aldersgate, 488

Aldred (H. W.) on Cope family, 187

Ale-dagger, its meaning, 387, 436, 494
Alexander the Great, his age, 25

Alfred (King), his works, 347, 438, 474
Alger (J. G.) on Sir George Barclay, 285
Newspaper cutting agencies, 65
Alice on rhymed deeds, 233

"Laborare est orare," 147
Wedding wreaths, 333

Allen (S.) on Lucy of Leinster, 274
Alphabet, Christ Cross or Criss-cross, 428
Altar Communion table, 168, 254, 397
Alvernus, Mount, its locality, 110, 197

America, first English theatrical company in, 65

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