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178. Cute de Assele. de Assele, lescu pale dor 179. Cu'te de karrik. 2 and 1, or. (Cunte de q'ntefoiles dor.)

Sable, three pallets or. (Cunte
& de sable.)
Sable, three cinquefoils pierced,
Karrik, lescu de sable od treis

180. Walt le fiz hunfrie. Quarterly argent and sable. (Munsire Walt le fiz hunfrey, lescu esqrtele darge't & de sable.)

181. Cunte de Jungi. Gules, an eagle displayed argent, crowned or. (Cunte de Jungi, lescu de gules a un egle dargent corone dor.)

182. Will' chamberlens. The tincture azure alone remains. (Munsire Will' le chamberlens, lescu de azur od treis clefs dor.)

183. Johan comyn. Gules, three garbs, 2 and 1, or. (Munsire John Comyn, lescu de gules a treis garbes dor.)

184. Sire de brussele. Or, a saltire gules. (Sire de brussele, lescu dor a un sautur de gules.)

185. Name omitted. Argent, fretty of six gules. described in blazon.)

(Not

186. Nich' de kuggeho. Gules, a fesse between three crescents argent, a bordure or. (Munsire Nichol de Kuggeho, lescu de gules a une fesse darge't od treis losenges darge't.)

187. Robt de muscegros. Or, a lion rampant gules. (Munsire Robt de Muscegros, lescu dor a un leun rampant de gules.)

188. Moris de berkele. Gules, a chevron argent. (Munsire Moris de berkel', lescu de gules a un cheuerun dargent.)

189. Guncelyn de badele'me. Argent, a fesse between two bars gemelles gules. (Munsire guncelyn de badelesmere, lescu dargent od une fesse de gules a deus listes de gules.)

190. Rauf de Sei't leger. Azure, fretty of six argent, a chief or. (Munsire Rauf de seynt leger, lescu dazur frette darge't od le chef dor.)

191. Johan louel. Barry undy of six or and gules. No trace of a label. (Munsire ioh'n louel, lescu undee dor & de gules a un label de azur.)

192. Rauf de Normanuil. Gules, a fesse between two bars gemelles argent. (Munsire Rauf de Normanuil', lescu de gules a une fesse darge't od deus listes darge't.)

193. Godefrei de brabant. Sable, a lion rampant or, debruised by a bend gules. (Munsire Godefrey de breban, lescu de sable a un leun ra'pant dor od une Le'de de gules.)

194. Will de flandres. Or, three pallets azure, a lion rampant sable, debruised by a bend gules. (Munsire Will de flandres, lescu dor a un leun rampa't de sable od une be'de de gules.)

195. James de tru'pi'ton'. Gules, two trumpets in pile between ten cross-crosslets or. (Munsire James de Trumpynton', lescu de gules a deus tru'pes dor crusile dor.)

196. Moriz le fiz geroud. Argent, a saltire gules. (Munsire moris le fiz geroul, lescu de argent a un saut' de gules.)

197. Robt de Ros. Gules, three water-bougets, 2 and 1, argent. (Munsire Rob't de ros, lescu de gules a treis bussels dargent.)

198. henr' tregoz. The tincture azure alone remains. (Munsire henr' tregoz, lescu dazur od deus lystes dor a un leun passant dor.)

199. Robt de cokeseud. Gules, a fleur-de-lys ermine. (Munsire Robt de Cokesend, lescu de gules a une flur de glagel dermine.)

200. Will' heringaud. The tincture azure alone remains. (Munsire Will' heringaud, lescu de azur od sis harangs dor crusile dor.)

201. Will' de heuere. Gules, a cross argent, a label azure. (Munsire Will' de heuere, lescu de gules od une croiz darge't a un label dazur.)

202. Will' de valoynes. Argent, three pallets undy gules. (Munsire Will' de valoynes, lescu undee de lung darge't & de gules.)

Here the blazon on the back of the parchment terminates.

203. Robt de seuans. mains. 204. Werreis de valoynes. 205. Will' de detlinge. 3, 2, and 1, argent. 206. Ric' le Waleys. 207. Sire de breda. label gules.

208. Sire de fenes.

The tincture azure alone re

Gules, fretty of six ermine.
Sable, six lions rampant,

Gules, a fesse ermine.
Sable, a lion rampant argent, a

Argent, a lion rampant sable.

209. Rauf de badelesm'e. Ermine, a fesse between two bars gemelles gules.

210. henr' de breban. Sable, a lion rampant argent. 211. John de munceus. Gules, a manche or. 212. Nich' de la hese. Argent, three human legs couped at the thigh, 2 and 1 (hose ?), gules. 213. Will' de hastinge. Argent, a fesse between three lozenges azure.

214. Cunte del ildle. Or, a lion rampant azure. 215. Barth' de briancun. Gyronny of ten argent and azure.

216. Robt de betune. Or, a lion rampant sable. 217. Will' de Northie. Quarterly argent and azure. 218. Boges de knouile. Gules, three mullets of six points, 2 and 1, or, a label azure.

219. Cunte de cestre. The tincture azure alone remains.

220. John de Repinghal'. Sable, two bars argent, in chief three plates.

221. Cu'te de Salesbire.

3, 2, and 1......

Azure, six lions rampant,

222. Robt de munteny. Azure, a bend argent. (No trace of further charges.)

223. Rog de Scirlande. Azure, five lions rampant, 2, 2, and 1, argent, a quarter ermine. 224. Gerard le giable.

passant gules.

225. hamun de gatton'. 226. Sire de Saschant. demi fleur-de-lys gules. 227. John de horbire. a bend gules.

Sable, on a chief argent a lion

Checqué argent and azure. Sable, on a chief argent a

Barry of six argent and azure,

Azure, a lion rampant argent. Paly of eight or and gules. Vairé or and azure, a label

228. Rog de Munhaut. 229. Cunte de Prouence. 230. Sire ernold de guines. gules.

231. Chastelein de louain. Bendy of six gules and or. 232. Will de basoges. Gules, three pallets argent, on a chief or a lion passant of the field.

233. Bertout de bredan. Gules, three pallets argent, on a canton sable a lion rampant argent.

231. Will' de guynes. Vairé or and azure, on a bordure gules eight bezants (plates?).

235. John de guynes. Vairé or and azure, a bend gules.

236. Cunte de bar. The tincture azure alone remains. 237. Wiot de guynes. Vairé or and azure, a quarter ermine. 238. Cunte patrik. Gules, a lion rampant argent, on a bordure of the second eight cinquefoils pierced (roses)

of the field.

239. Baudewin de ekont. The tincture azure alone remains.

240. Cute de boloyne. The field or only visible,

241. Phelipe burnel. Argent, a lion rampant sable debruised by a bend gules.

242. henr' de ekout. Gules, three crescents, 2 and 1, between nine cross-crosslets fitchées or.

243. Sire de cochi. Barry of six vair and gules. 244. John louel le fiz. Barry undy of six or and gules. (No trace of any surcharge.)

245. Will' de Ekout. The tincture azure alone remains.

246. Sire de florence. Or, six fleurs-de-lys, 3, 2, and 1, gules.

247. Race de lyuecarke. The tincture azure alone visible.

248. Walt de Redesh m. Checqué argent and gules. 249. hue Wake. Gules, two bars or, and in chief three bezants.

250. Johan de lyuecarke. Or, three lions rampant, 2 and 1, sable.

251. henr' de Sauueye. Argent, an eagle displayed sable.

252. amys de Sauueye. Or, an eagle displayed sable, beaked gules.

253. Aubrey de Witlebire. The tincture azure only remains.

254. Rauf de oty'ngden'. Ermine, a cross gules, voided argent.

255. Will' Maufe. Argent, a lion rampant sable between seven escallops gules.

256. henr' de lucenburg. Barry of twelve argent and azure, a lion rampant gules.

257. Sire de rode. The tincture azure alone remains. 259. Johan de Asse. Or, a fesse azure, debruised by a saltire gules.

259. Sire de parueis. Gules, a fesse argent. 260. phelip de bruborg. Or, a lion rampant between seven escallops sable.

261. Ernaud de wisemale. Gules, three fleurs-de-lys, 2 and 1, or.

262. Sire de Creseikes. Traces of or. 263. Janc de Wisemale. Gules, three fleurs-de-lys, 2 and 1, argent.

264. Cunte de gulg. 265. Cunte de Cliue. chée, sable.

Gules, an inescutcheon argent.
Or, a lion rampant, queue four-

266. Cu'te de estr'erne. Gules, two chevrons or. 267. Chastelein de gant. Sable, a chief argent. 268. Rauf de otingbu'. Argent, with some indistinct charges sable.

269. symon de Mu'tagu. remains. 270. Sire de Wingan. Argent, a chevron gules.

The tincture azure alone

WALTER J. WESTON.

AN ESSAY BY SHELLEY.-The following short essay, by the poet Shelley, is buried in a forgotten annual, the Keepsake, for 1829; and no apology is necessary for placing it en permanence in the columns of " N. & Q.":

ON LOVE.

By Percy Bysshe Shelley..

the interval between us, and to a greater distance have the points of sympathy been withdrawn. With a spirit ill-fitted to sustain such proof, trembling and feeble through its tenderness, I have every where sought, and have found only repulse and disappointment.

Thou demandest what is Love. It is that powerful attraction towards all we conceive, or fear, or hope beyond ourselves, when we find within our own thoughts the chasm of an insufficient void, and seek to awaken in all things that are, a community with what we experience within ourselves. If we reason we would be understood; if we imagine we would that the airy children of our brain were born anew within another's; if we feel we would that another's nerves should vibrate to our own, that the beams of their eyes should kindle at once and mix and melt into our own; that lips of motionless ice should not reply to lips quivering and burning with the heart's best blood:-this is Love. This is the bond and the sanction which connects not only man with man, but with every thing which exists. We are born into the world, and there is something within us, which from the instant that we live, more and more thirsts after its likeness. It is probably in correspondence with this law that the infant drains milk from the bosom of its mother; this propensity develops itself with the development of our nature. We dimly see within our intellectual nature, a miniature as it were of our entire self, yet deprived of all that we condemn or despise, the ideal prototype of every thing excellent and lovely that we are capable of conceiving as belonging to the nature of man. Not only the portrait of our external being, but an assemblage of the minutest particles of which our nature is composed:* a mirror whose surface reflects only the forms of purity and brightness: a soul within our own soul that describes a circle around its proper Paradise, which pain and sorrow and evil dare not overleap. To this we eagerly refer all sensations, thirsting that they should resemble and correspond with it. The discovery of its antitype; the meeting with an understanding capable of clearly estimating our own; an imagination which should enter into and seize upon the subtle and delicate peculiarities which we have delighted to cherish and unfold in secret, with a frame, whose nerves, like the chords of two exquisite lyres, strung to the accompaniment of one delightful voice, vibrate with the vibrations of our own; and a combination of all these in such proportion as the type within demands: this is the invisible and unattainable point to which Love tends; and to attain which, it urges forth the powers of man to arrest the faintest shadow of that, without the possession of which, there is no rest nor respite to the heart over which it rules. Hence in solitude, or that deserted state when we are surrounded by human beings and yet they sympathize not with us, we love the flowers, the grass, the waters, and the sky. In the motion of the very leaves of spring, in the blue air, there is then found a secret correspondence with our heart. There is eloquence in the tongueless wind, and a melody in the flowing brooks and the rustling of the reeds beside them, which by their inconceivable relation to something within the soul awaken the spirits to dance of breathless rapture, and bring tears of mysterious tenderness to the eyes, like the

What is Love? Ask him who lives what is life; ask enthusiasm of patriotic success, or the voice of one behim who adores what is God.

I know not the internal constitution of other men, nor even of thine whom I now address. I see that in some external attributes they resemble me, but when, misled by that appearance, I have thought to appeal to something in common and unburthen my inmost soul to them, I have found my language misunderstood, like one in a distant and savage land. The more opportunities they have afforded me for experience, the wider has appeared

loved singing to you alone. Sterne says that if he were in a desert he would love some cypress. So soon as this want or power is dead, man becomes a living sepulchre of himself, and what yet survives is the mere husk of what once he was.

E. WALFORD, M.A.

These words are ineffectual and metaphorical, Most words are so,—no help!

VISITS OF THE LIVING TO THE DEAD (see 6th S. vii. 161).—The interesting accounts given in previous numbers of "N. & Q." under this heading remind me of a statement, in reference to the unburied body of a Duke of Croy, which I found in a well-written book, bought by me years ago at Stockholm. I have ventured to translate the narrative, which will be found in the chapter on "Réval," at p. 508 of La Baltique, by L. Léouzon le Duc (Paris, Hachette, 1855).

continued up to 1819, the period when the Marquis
Panlucci was appointed Governor of the Baltic pro-
vinces and came to Réval. Feeling compassion for the
illustrious corpse, he caused the wooden box to be made
at his own expense in which the Duke of Croy now
reposes."

I will add the query, Is the corpse of the Duke
of Croy still exhibited in the Church of St. Nicolas
at Réval?
P. S. H.

34, Abingdon Villas, Kensington,

There is a very interesting account of the opening of the tomb of Edward I. in a letter from Mr. Gough to Tyson, in vol. viii. p. 612 of Nichols's Literary Anecdotes. It is probably well known to most readers of "N. & Q."; but I copy it, in case it should not have been already noticed in these pages:

"The greatest curiosity of the Church of St. Nicolas is a mummy-corpse. The sacristan who acts as cicerone to strangers shows it last of all, as the bouquet of the visit. You enter a chapel and see on a platform a sarcophagus, or rather an open box of wood painted in imitation of white and black marble. Approach!' says the sacristan. You then see extended within the box a corpse of gigantic stature, entirely enveloped in a "The opening of the tomb of Edward I., and the mantle of black velvet. The head is covered by a actual view of the dead conqueror of Scotland, enshrined huge wig with long curls. Round the neck is a in robes of royalty, his crown on his head and two cravat of fine Dutch linen, embroidered, and the feet sceptres in his hands, his visage so well preserved as to are in white silk stockings. The hands are crossed on exhibit a likeness to an able draughtsman, a mantle of the breast. The expression of the face is startling; it red paned with white, and at every square a jewel of is that of a man who died suddenly in a paroxysm of chased work, besprent with pearls and red and blue fever. The complexion is grey. The extremity of the stones; a superb fibula fastening the mantle on the right nose is slightly injured, and the lips are thin and pain-shoulder, studded with pearls and twenty-two joints, fully drawn. The colour of the skin of the body is headed and screwed in by a brilliant sapphire; his hands a yellowish brown. This singular corpse is that of bare and entire (bone with tanned skin, but no nails), Charles Eugene, Duke of Croy, Prince of the Holy holding, the right, a sceptre surmounted by a cross Roman Empire, Marquis of Monte Cornetto and of fleuré; the left, another, longer, surmounted by three Renti, &c. How did he get to Réval and to this place? clusters of oak leaves diminishing, and terminating by The story is curious. a dove. These sceptres were of gilt metal, as also the crown of fleur-de-lis. The feet were enveloped; but the toes, planta, and talus might be felt, distinct and fleshy, and the whole body of 6 ft. 2 in. long. Over the mantle was a wrapper or two, one strongly cerated."

"The Duke of Croy was the descendant of an ancient and illustrious family of Belgium, whose ancestors were derived from the kings of Hungary. His father was Philip, Duke of Croy, his mother, Isabella, Countess of Bronkhorst. He was born in 1651. At twenty-five years of age he entered the service of Christian V., King of Denmark, who nominated him lieutenant-general and commandant of the fortress of Helsingborg. Denmark was then at war with Sweden. At the conclusion of peace the Duke of Croy took leave of King Christian and offered his services to the Emperor Leopold I., who gave him the baton of field-marshal and put him at the head of his armies. Croy carried on the war with the Turks and won numerous victories. Falling into disgrace, on account of having prematurely raised the siege of Belgrade, he went to Poland, thence to Saxony, and at last to Russia, where he was employed by Peter the Great against Charles XII. Here was to terminate the adventurous career of this cosmopolitan warrior. He was wounded at Narwa and made a prisoner. The Swedes sent him into the interior, to Réval, where he

Hampden's grave, in Great Hampden Church, was opened by his biographer, Lord Nugent, "and the body was found in such a perfect state that the picture on the staircase of the house was known to be his from the likeness" (Timbs's Abbeys, Castles, and Ancient Halls of England and Wales). STRYX.

In 1796 the bodies of Lady Kilsyth (widow of Viscount Dundee, the celebrated Claverhouse, and wife of the last Viscount Kilsyth) and her infant son were exhumed, and found in the most extraordinary state of preservation. They met their death in 1717 in Flanders by the falling in of the roof of a house in which they and a "The Duke of Croy had loved magnificence and ex- number of other Scottish exiles were assembled. penditure. He contracted enormous debts which he Their bodies were embalmed, and sent over to had been unable to pay. The burgomasters of Réval, Scotland, where they were buried with great pomp in conformity with existing laws, and no doubt with a at

died on the 20th of January, 1702.

view also of provoking the intervention of the family of the defunct in favour of the creditors, decided on depriving him of the rites of sepulture until such time as his debts should be acquitted. They placed him, covered with the robe of his rank, in a corner of the mortuary chapel in the Church of St. Nicolas. Years passed. Neither his family nor any one in the world appeared disquieted on account of this man, who during his life had lived so gorgeously and possessed such fine domains. He remained there, worse off than the poorest, not having a corner of earth to cover his remains. This

Kilsyth, in the family vault. The minister of Kilsyth thus describes their appearance in 1796 :—

"The body of Lady Kilsyth was quite entire; every feature and every limb was as full as the day she was lodged in the tomb. The features, nay, the very expression of her countenance, were marked and distinct. The body of her son lay at her knee. His features were as composed as if he were asleep; his colour was as fresh, and his flesh as plump and full as in the perfect glow of health. Perhaps the most singular phenomenon was that the bodies seemed not to have undergone the

smallest decomposition, and they retained their elasticity even after being exposed to the open air for many months. Several medical gentlemen examined them, and an incision was made into the arm of the infant.

The bodies seem to have been preserved in a liquid of the appearance of brandy, and the head inclined on a pillow containing strong scented herbs. Balm, sage, and mint were easily distinguished." CONSTANCE RUSSELL.

Swallowfield Park, Reading.

The following account of the tomb of Edward I. in Westminster Abbey is taken from Dean Stanley's Memorials of Westminster Abbey, p. 142: "In the middle of the last century it was opened in the presence of the Society of Antiquaries, and the king was found in his royal robes, wrapped in a large waxed linen cloth. Then for the last time was seen that figure, lean and tall, and erect as a palm tree, whether running or riding. But the long shanks, which gave him his sur name, were concealed in the cloth of gold; the eyes, with the cast which he had inherited from his father, were no longer visible; nor the hair, which had been yellow, or silver-bright in childhood, black in youth, and snow white in age, on his high, broad forehead." The body was measured, and found to be six feet ARTHUR RICKARDS.

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nier published at Florence a letter written by Prof. G. Frascheri, Sulla Statua di Galileo eseguita da Emelio Demi, in which occurs the following pas

sage :—

"O Galileo, i poveri fanciulli di Middleburgo assai più ti largivano che i tuoi signori: senza quei poveri fanciulli forse tu non trovavi il telescopo, e le vie del firmamento ti rimanevano chiuse......I miseri figliuoli di Jausen, io lo ripeto, fecero più per la tua gloria che non tutti i potenti della terra."

I should be glad if any of your readers conversant with the subject would explain the author's allusion to "Middleburgo" and "i miseri figliuoli di Jausen." ROBERT PARKER.

BUTLER SERVICE.-Is butler service an extinct tenure? Is there nowadays any recognized chief butler at the coronation ceremony who owes his position to his being a tenant by "bottery" or butlery? In the course of my investigations re the Buckenham (Bokenham) pedigree, I found that William d'Albini, of Normandy, was granted the manor of Buckenham, in Norfolk, by the Conqueror, "by the Grand Serjeantry of the Office of Chief Butler at his Coronation." In 1454 (vide Harrod's Castles and Convents of Norfolk), it is stated, on the authority of the Calendar ham Castle, who had purchased the property from of State Papers, that Hugh Audley, of Buckenthe Knyvets, the last holders, claimed to act as butler at the coronation of Charles II., but his claim was rejected, and the duty was performed by the mayor of Oxford. From Buckenham to Oxford is a far cry. Can any of your readers enlighten me, both as to the general question, and as to why Audley, the owner of Buckenham, was rejected, and the Mayor of Oxford, so far as appears a mere official, and a stranger to the tenure, was chosen? According to Burke, "at the nuptials of Henry III., 1236, the Earl of Warren served the Royal Cup, as the Earl of Arundel was but a youth, and not yet knighted" (vide Extinct Peerages, D'Albini).

Since writing the above I have read in Agnes, Strickland's Lives of the Queens of England that this office "has descended by hereditary custom to the Duke of Norfolk, his, William d'Albini's, rightful representative and heir"; and in the History of East Dereham, by the late G. A. Carthew, F.S.A., a statement that there is in the church at that place a fine carved oak chest, presented by Samuel Rash, Esq., Jan. 1, 1786, a portion of the inscription on which reads, "tradition says this curious chest and lock is upwards of 400 years old, and was taken out of the ruins of Buckenham Castle, many years since the property of the noble family of the Howards, Dukes of Norfolk, and vsed by them for depositing their money and other valuables." What were the dates of the Howards' acquiring and parting with the castle? M. CATHROW TURNER,

AN OLD LINE ENGRAVING.-I should feel much obliged if any of the readers of "N. & Q." could throw any light upon the subject of an old line engraving which has been in our family for many years, and which we have an idea is curious or valuable. It is a very clear, well-cut steel engraving, size 8 in. by 5 in. The subject is a man leaning against an oak tree. Very little of the upper part of the tree is seen, only a small branch or two, with acorns on them. On the trunk of the tree, above the man's head, are the words, "Robur Brita'nicum," and at the foot of the tree is a scroll, with the words, "Heic tutus obumbror," on the inside; on the outside are the words, "Symbol. Auth." On the ground on the left hand, "C. Melan et Bosse sculp." The man's figure is very well designed; he is leaning in a very easy attitude, one leg crossed; his elbow against the tree supports his head. His hair falls over his hand. He wears moustaches and the short pointed beard of Charles I.'s time. His expression is very earnest and thoughtful. A low-crowned broad-brimmed hat, short full cloak, a plain broad collar falling over the cloak, rather open sleeves, very wide tops to his boots, large spurs, and a long plain sword, make up his costume. In the far distance is seen his horse, held by his servant, who also wears a sword, and has what looks like a spear or lance in his left hand. The dress too nearly approaches that of a cavalier for the figure to be Oliver Cromwell, and yet there is a resemblance. Apparently the scene is in an avenue, and the figure which fills up the centre of the picture is in deep thought. All the margin has been cut off, but on the back of the frame is pasted a paper, on which is written, in very old-fashioned writing, "Sold by Humphry Moseley at his shop at the Prince's Arms, St. Paul's Churchyard, 1650." Y. A. K.

PUR: CHILVER.-What is the origin of these country words, used by "A Dorset Landowner," writing to the Standard, April 21, 1883 ?—

"Moreover, the lambs that are slaughtered are nearly all purs, and could not assist in the increase of our flocks. If restrictions are necessary, the chilver (or breeding lamb) might be protected from the butcher's knife for a year or two."

A. SMYTHE PALMER.

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PUTNEY PUTTENHAM.-Has the word Putney anything to do with the Dutch put, a well? Although in Domesday Book it is called Putelei, yet it would appear that Futtenheth was the original designation, and by that name the place was known till the time of the Tudors. I have never seen any etymology of Putney, but the above conjecture arose from reading a note in the fifth volume of Brayley's History of Surrey, where, speaking of Puttenham, a village at the southern foot of the Hog's Back, about four miles west of Guildford, the author tells us that a Surrey friend, writing to him about the etymology of that placename, said :

"There is near Ghent a village called Püttenheim; in that name I recognize our Puttenham, for which a derivation has hitherto been wanting. We gain it from wells, and true enough at our Puttenham no drinkable the Flemish word. Püttenheim signifies the village of stream (generally the attraction of the original settlement of a village) exists. In Flemish, or Low Dutch, a well is Pütte, in the plural, Pütten.” There is another Puttenham in Hertfordshire, near Tring, on the road to Aylesbury; but I do not know the nature of its situation. With regard to Putney, it is only the fact of the first part of the word meaning "well," in its original form "wells" (of which the n in the modern word is doubtless a remainder), that leads me to ask whether any one can point out a probable connexion between the two. W. T. LYNN.

Blackheath,

SPONSORS IN SCOTLAND, 1628-37.-I have a record of the births of a family in Scotland from 1628 to 1637, where there are four godfathers and four godmothers for each child. Can any of your readers give me an explanation of this unusual number? J. A.

CHAIN CABLES OF IRON.-We know that the "Veneti" used iron chains for cables, and for parts of the rigging of their barks; but can any one point out an earlier use of chain cables, suitable for ships of 500 or 600 tons, than 1787, or an earlier manufacturer of them than William Griffiths, anchor smith, Bristol? In short, was he not the re-inventor? J. F. NICHOLLS. Bristol.

SIR WALTER SCOTT AND THE ROLL OF HONOR. Can you or any of my fellow readers of "N. & Q." give me any answer to the following inquiry? I have a miniature portrait of Sir W. Scott painted on silver, at the back of which are some forty-three names engraved, and these are members of the "Roll of Honor." Where can I obtain or find any record of this society or its origin? PHILIP BETTLE.

FREE CHAPELS.-Collier, in his Eccl. Hist. (vol. v. p. 227, edit. 1845), speaking of chantries

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