schools at Oakham and Uppingham; for "THE FIRST EARRING.'-Some time in 1903, I think (my numbers of N. & Q.' for that year are now bound and in England, so that I cannot verify this), I made a small contribution relating to the French phrase or proverb "Il faut souffrir pour être belle," in which I referred to an engraving bearing the title of The First Earring' as being, I believed, from a painting by Sir Edwin Landseer. During a recent visit to England I came across this very engraving, and discovered that it was not from Landseer, but from Sir David Wilkie, R.A., and that it was engraved by W. Chevalier, and dedicated to John, Duke of Bedford. In the firm assurance that 'N. & Q.' is nothing if not accurate, I venture, in sincere penitence, to offer this correction. J. S. UDAL, F.S.A. Antigua, W.I. [The year is right. The article appeared at 9th S. xii. 352.] CYPRIPEDIUM. That the name of this genus of orchids is derived from Κύπρις= Venus and ódiov, dim. of Toús, a foot, used for a covering to the foot, i.e., slipper, there is no sufficient reason to doubt. In the Encyclopædic Dictionary,' however, the suggestion is made that the second part of the word is "more probably from medíov, a plain." There does not seem much sense in this, and Dr. Murray in the 'N.E.D.' thinks that the word is a corruption of Cypripodium. The labellum of the flower has a resemblance to a shoe or slipper; hence it is called the lady's slipper, in French "sabot de NotreDame," and in German "Frauenschuh." 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. "THE BATTEL OF THE CATTS.'-Information is sought as to the references in the following pamphlet. Likely authorities in Ulster have been tried without success : "The Famous Battel of the Catts, in the Province of Ulster. June 25. 1668. In the Savoy, Printed by T. Newcomb in the Year, 1668." 4to, pp. 11 (in verse). We learn that If from the English Catts you'll win Trophies, with Ireland first begin. The concluding couplet, which does not seem to fit on to anything that precedes, runs thus: For now or never we must stickle When Playhouse turns to Conventicle. πεδίον, The precise date in the title-page appears to point to some definite occurrence, which the present writer has not been able to identify. The lampoon seems to be politicoreligious; but, in the absence of further information, conjectural assignment of the designations Catts, Ratts, and Mice is rather blind work. V.H.I.L.I.C.I.V. W. T. LYNN. HURSTMONCEAUX CASTLE. Ι copy the following from The Times of 14 August:"The Estates Gazette says: Hurstmonceaux Castle, built of brick in the time of Henry VI. by Sir Roger de Fiennes, the largest and oldest baronial mansion of the kind in England, together with 182 acres of the surrounding beautifully timbered park, has come into the market, and is now being offered by private treaty by Messrs. Debenham, Tewson, Farmer & Bridgewater. The castle fell into decay about 1777, but it remains a most interesting specimen of the fortified mansion of the later feudal times, with its great flanking towers, watch turrets, and courtyards."" F. E. R. POLLARD-URQUHART. Craigston Castle, Turriff, N.B. FRENCH REVOLUTION POTTERY.-Can any of the readers of N. & Q.' give me information as to the place of manufacture and the purpose of some rough earthenware glazed plates which are apparently French, but were lately purchased at Torquay? The earliest date is 1783; the design, a man with a scythe, and lying on the ground a cannon, bayonet, and banner. The motto is "Paix et Travail." A second is dated 1790, and has a V (perhaps a mason's square) with a sword, point downwards, rising from it. Above, crossed branches, with the letter G in the middle. At the top a half sun. Another is dated 1789. Design, a pike and bayonet, with a pole surmounted with a cap of liberty. The motto "VV la liberté." One, with the date 1791, has a design of a man holding a cloth in both hands, raised archwise over his head. The motto "Vivre libre ou mourir." Two others are dated 1792. One has an oval shield containing a scythe; from behind the shield on both sides appear cannons. At the top of the shield "II," and below (apparently) C.D. The other has a figure of a man, seated, and holding a scroll inscribed 66 a ca ira"; above is the motto "Le patriote satisfait." Two others dated 1793, one with a tree surmounted with a cap of liberty and a tricolour banner. "Liberte ou la mort "" is the motto. The other has a cannon on its carriage, with tricolour banner and cap of liberty, and the motto a ca ira." 66 There are two undated- -one with a female figure holding a pole surmounted with a cap of liberty, and below "VV la liberté.". On the other the design is a house exhibiting a sign inscribed "Hotel de la paix," and a man pointing to it, and with the motto "Je desire Ꭹ arriver." Godalming. J. F. R. BROUGHAM CASTLE.-I shall feel much obliged if any reader will tell me whether there are any books relating to the history of Brougham Castle, on the junction of the rivers Eamont and Lowther. Who is the present owner of this ruin? S. BIRNBAUM. ICELANDIC DICTIONARY.-I cannot find that there is a compendious dictionary of Icelandic to be got in London. We sadly want an epitome of Cleasby - Vigfusson, which no doubt will come in due time. Perhaps some correspondent can let me know if there is any prospect of it. EDWARD SMITH. GIBBETS.-It is rather curious nowadays to hear of a gibbet yet existing along a high road. I write this at Hindhead, Surrey, where there is a "Gibbet Hill," now distinguished by a tall and handsome Iona cross, reared in 1851, on the site of the gibbet which formerly awed travellers passing it on the Portsmouth Road. But we read to-day that somewhere among the Cheviot Hills General Booth and his motoring party passed "a gibbet, on a hill a few yards from the road, from the arm of which was suspended a block of wood, carved into the shape of a face with a horrible leering smile. In the wind the head swung to and fro as we sped down the hill" (Daily Telegraph, p. 8, Aug. 28). The face, or head, and its purpose need further explanation. But I would ask if any veritable gibbets of the olden time are yet known to exist on high roads. W. L. RUTTON. "O! FOR A BOOKE." (See 3rd S. iv. 288; 7th S. xii. 489; 8th S. i. 99, 219.)— O! for a booke and a shadie nooke With the grene leaves whisp'ring overhede The non-success attending two previous to the extreme obscurity surrounding the inquiries on this subject may be partly due printed source. lish poems and ballads passed through my A generation ago a volume of early Enghands, of which; unfortunately, I retained no record, save that it contained the above lines, which I transcribed at the time with others. I should now be grateful to any one who can recall the title or author of the volume in question. ' The poem is referred to as an old English song" by Lord Avebury in 'Pleasures of Life, and by Ireland, to whom I sent the lines for inclusion in his 'Enchiridion.' WM. JAGGARD. 139, Canning Street, Liverpool. SPANISH VERSE. - Where can I obtain a volume of translations from the Spanish by Archdeacon Churton, from which Mr. Fitzmaurice Kelly so often quotes in his 'Spanish Literature'? At Mr. Heinemann's suggestion, I wrote to Mr. Kelly many moons ago, but up to the present have received no reply. S. J. A. F. of Cumbermere Abbey, Cheshire, in existence CUMBERMERE ABBEY.-Is there a cartulary in separate form, MS. or otherwise? If so, where? 76, Cambridge Road, Ilford. S. B. BERESFORD. LODGE, ULSTER KING OF ARMS.-In the British Museum MS. Department are several volumes of Lodge's manuscripts (Add. MSS. 23693-23702), which, being for the most part written in shorthand, are unreadable by the ordinary student. Can any reader tell me whose system it is, and if a key to it is obtainable? FITZGERALD. AMERICAN CIVIL WAR VERSES.-Can you or one of your numerous readers furnish me with the words of a poem which appeared during the progress of the American Civil War? It related to a period when the feel ings of the combatants had become particularly embittered-so much so that in some cases the ordinary usages of "civilized" warfare were departed from, sentries being shot by one side or the other. The poem referred to was found on the body of a sentry or picket who had been shot in the circumstances described. It commenced thus : All quiet along the Potomac to-night, DUDLEY ARMS.-What were the arms borne by Sir Robert Dudley (1573-1649), who assumed the titles of Duke of Northumberland and Earl of Warwick? A. T. M. NAPPER TANDY. I want information about the career of James Napper Tandy, who took part in the French expedition to Ireland in 1798, was delivered up to the English by the Hamburgers in 1799, and was liberated in 1802. What was his history previous to 1798? W. D. SPRINGETT. St. Matthew's Vicarage, 67, Brixton Hill, S.W. [Have you consulted the life in 'D.N.B.'?] SHAKESPEARE 'PROFESSION OF FAITH.' Where is the manuscript of the 'Profession of Faith' of John Shakspere, first printed by Edmond Malone in his 1790 edition? I have been told that it is now in the Shakspere Library at Weimar, but have been unable to confirm the statement. JOHN MALONE. Players' Club, New York. THE GENEALOGICAL AND HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF GREAT BRITAIN.-Sims, in his Manual for the Genealogist,' refers to the above, founded, as he says, in 1853, "for the elucidation and compilation of Family History, Lineage, and Biography, and for authenticating and illustrating the same." In the course of a fairly long and wide acquaintance with genealogical literature and the collections of genealogical antiquaries, I cannot say that I have ever met with any other references to this Society, or with anything produced by its secretary, "Rycroft Reeve, Esq. " "No profit," says Sims, "is made by the Society in any of its transactions, except by the sale of its publications to non-subscribers." This must have been the secret of its early demise. We learn further that the Committee of Research met every Monday at 18, Charles Street, St. James's Square, its duties being "to make researches relating to Genealogy and Family History from Public and Private Records and MSS.; to collect evidences of family descent and antiquity; and to form MS. compilations for the Society." Is anything known about itwhether any compilations were ever made; and, if so, where they are now? GEORGE F. T. SHERWOOD. 66 melodrama was produced at 12 April, 1841. It is described as Royal Surrey Theatre" on Easter Monday, new, original, historical, legendary drama an entirely 66 founded on the well-known facetious Local Story and called 'Tom Moore of Fleet Street, and the Starling of the Saloup House."" In the first act, scene i. represented "Fleet Street in 1760 by moonlight"; scene iv., "Lockyer's Old Saloup House, Fleet Street, an attempt will be made in this scene (so celebrated for its various changes of High and Low Life) to depict the current events of one epoch of its dissoluteness, namely, Life in a 'Finish' of 1670-Time, Four in the morning." The confusion of dates is amusing, Pitts, of Seven Dials, in one of the numbers of his Droll Story-Teller,' gave the story at some length; but are there no other particulars of this local story? and was the melodrama ever published? Any information will be apALECK ABRAHAMS. preciated. 39, Hillmarton Road, N. her church at Bayona there is this not very Westmoreland.-Shapp or Hepp, abb. clearly expressed dedication in roman Worcester.-Hales Owen, abb. Dodford (cell capitals, with points over the 's : D.O.M. THE following list is extracted from the catalogue of religious houses given in Abbot Gasquet's English Monastic Life,' 1904, pp. 251-317. I have arranged the Premonstratensian houses under the names of the counties in which their remains are to be found. Bucks.-Lavenden, abb. Carmarthen.-Talley or Tallagh, abb. Dale, or Stanley Devon. Torre, abb. Kent.-Black wase or Blackhouse (cell of Blanch Northants.-Sulby or Welford, abb. Sussex. Begham or Bayham, abb. Dureford, abb. Otteham-in-Hailsham (trans. to Bayham). of ditto). Yorks.-St. Agatha's or Easby, abb. Coverham, abb. Egleston (abb. in catalogue, priory in map). Swainby (trans. to Coverham). A. R. BAYLEY. A list of establishments of the Premonstratensians, or White Canons, is given by Mr. Blaauw in Suss. Arch. Coll. (viii. 42-44), along with some interesting remarks on the order, based apparently on Sloane MS. 4934 (pp. 10, 5-11). The following more complete list is taken from Godwin's English Archæologist's Handbook'- the additions within parentheses being respectively the date of foundation, the name of the founder, and the estimated revenue at the Dissolution. Alnwick Abbey, Northumberland. Eustace Fitz John, 1947. 78.) Barlings Abbey, Lincolnshire. (1154, Ralph de Haya, 3077. 16s. 6d.) (1147, Beauchef Abbey, Derbyshire. (1183, Robert Bileigh Abbey (near Maldon), Essex. (1180, 2521. 12s. 11d.) Dodford Cell, Worcestershire. (A cell to Hales Owen.) Dureford Abbey, Sussex. (1165, Henry de Hoese, 108/. 13s. 9d.) (1175, Her Egleston Abbey, Yorkshire. (1189, Ralph de (1215, Peter de Rupibus, Bishop of Winchester, 3371. 158. 6d. ) Home Lacy or Hamm Abbey, Herefordshire (Temp. Henry III., Wm. Fitz Wain.) Horneby Abbey, Lancashire. (Subordinate Northumberland; Leiston, Suffolk; Crowle, to Croxton, founded before 1200 by an Lincolnshire, making in all forty-five. ancestor of the Lords of Monteagle.) Irford Nunnery, Lincolnshire. (......Ralph de Albany, 147.) Kalenda or Kaylend Abbey, Northants. (? A cell in parish of Cottesbrook.) Langdon Abbey, Kent. (1212, William D'Auberville, 561. 6s. 9d.) Langley Abbey, Norfolk. (1198, Robert Fitz Roger Helke, 1287. 19s. 9d.) Lavendon Abbey, Bucks. (Temp. Henry II., John de Bidun, 797. 13s. 8d.; Speed gives 911. 88. 3 d.) Le Dale or De Parco Stanley Abbey, Derbyshire. (1204, William Fitz Ralph, 1447. 12s.) Leystone Abbey, Suffolk. (1183, Ranulph de Newhouse or Newsham Abbey, Lincolnshire. Titchfield Abbey, Hants. (1231, Peter de Rupibus, Bishop of Winchester, 2801. 19s. 10d.) Torr Abbey, Devonshire. (1196, William de High Street, Portsmouth. Abbot Gasquet gives a chronological list of ancient English Premonstratensian foundations on pp. vii and viii of his 'Collectanea Anglo-Premonstratensia,' vol. i., published by the Royal Historical Society in 1904. JOHN B. WAINEWRIGHT. There are thirty-two named in 5th S. vii. 390, and six in a supplemental list (p. 516). To these may be added Coverham, Yorkshire; Halesowen, Worcestershire; Great Parndon, Essex; Dryburgh, Berwick; Blanchland, EVERARD HOME COLEMAN. The following list is given in Mackenzie Walcott's 'Minsters and Abbey Ruins of the United Kingdom' (1860): William II., 2; Stephen, 5; Henry II., 16; Richard L, 8; John, 3; Henry III., 3; total, 37. Houses W. B. H. By the kindness of my friend and fellowcontributor MR. R. C. BOSTOCK, of Ramsgate, I have been enabled to see the following booklet, which is most helpful: "A Sketch of the Premonstratensian Order and their in Great Britain and Ireland. London, Burns & Oates, Portman Street, 1878." T. CANN HUGHES, M.A., F.S.A. Lancaster. [Our readers will, we think, be grateful for the double alphabetical arrangement. MR. ROLAND AUSTIN, MR. W. E. A. AXON, MR. J. HOLDEN MACMICHAEL, MR. J. A. RANDOLPH, ST. SWITHIN, and the REV. C. S. WARD are also thanked for replies.] แ "HICKERY PUCKERY "" (10th S. iv. 87)."Puckery-hickery" and "hickery-puckery" are merely local or personal variations of the slang term "hokery-pokery," which is a descriptive form of the conjurer's "hocus pocus," whose derivation is doubtless known to your correspondents. FRANK PENNY. GYTHA, MOTHER OF HAROLD II. (10th S. iv. 168).-She was sister to Earl Ulf (son-in-law to Cnut), and was married to Godwine about 1019. He died in 1053. When Harold fell at Senlac she was denied his body, though she offered its weight in gold. She then retired to Exeter, which the Conqueror took the next year. For a time she found refuge on the Steep Holm in the Bristol Channel, and afterwards went thence over sea to St. Omer's (A.-S. Chron.,' 1067). The date of her death is unknown. C. S. WARD. |