RUGGE OR RUDGE FAMILY.-This very ancient family was originally seated at Rudge Hall, near Pattishall, co. Stafford, and also at Seisdon. Sir William Molyneux, Kt. (who took two standards from the Scotch with his own hands at the battle of Flodden, and won the Earl of Huntly's arms, and died 1548), It is recorded in Blomefield's 'Norfolk,' married temp. Hen. VII. Jane, only xi. 35, that "William de Rugg was father of William, under William, under age 56 Hen. III. John Rugg of Rugg. ? 1st son, Robert = Isabell (Fines Salop, 49 Ed. III., No. 57). 2nd son, Nicholas, daughter and heir of Sir Richard Rugge, where Jane lies buried. I shall be most grateful for any assistance Comreaders of N. & Q.' can render me. munications direct will greatly oblige. FRANCIS H. RELTON. 9, Broughton Road, Thornton Heath. 'BAAL; OR, SKETCHES OF SOCIAL EVILS.' -Who was the anonymous author of this poem "in ten flights," published by William Freeman, 102, Fleet Street, 1861 ? The principal poem occupies 210 pages, twentyfour minor poems making the volume up W. B. H. to a total of 299 pages. it "VERGEL."-This Spanish word may I am endeavouring to show the connexion, which undoubtedly existed, between the Ruggs or Rugges of Norfolk and the Rugges of Seisdon (or Seysdon), apparently, accord-mean either a garden or an orchard. Has ing to Blomefield, the elder branch. any connexion with the French for The first mention I have found of the orchard, verger? This, according to Littré, latter is in Shaw's 'Staffordshire,' where is derived ultimately from the Latin viridis, John de Rugge is recorded as of Seysdon, green. The first mention he gives of verger co. Staffs, living there 4 Ed. III. (1330). May he have been an elder son of William de Rugg, and brother to William under age 56 Hen. III. (1272) ? from La Fontaine. Comtesse Genlis speaks of "le verger de Charles V.," which des Plantes in Paris. was situated on the site of the present Jardin W. T. LYNN. Blackheath. In Harl. Soc. xxxii. 228- Visitation of Norfolk, 1563, 1589, and 1613'-there is a AS THE FARMER SOWS HIS SEED.". pedigree of Repps (als. Rugg or Rugge, An interesting game, which I have in years Blomefield's Norfolk,' xi. 35) commencing past often seen children playing in a ring, with "Robert Repps, descended of a had no name except "As the Farmer." younger brother of Rugg of Salop, lived As usual, the players were mostly little girls 2 Ed. III." (1328). -boys beyond five or six years shunt,' as they say, such things. They formed a ring, and went through motions" in accordance with the words, partly delivered in a sing-song sort of way : May not 2 Ed. III. (1328) have been an error for 2 Ed. IV. (1462)? The greatgreat-grandson of Robert Repps, William Rugg, was Bishop of Norwich 28 Hen. VIII. (1536), which, if the former date were correct, would give the extraordinary interval of 208 years between Robert and his great-great-grandson. If Robert Repps lived 2 Ed. IV., he would appear to be identical with Robert Rugge living 2 Ed. IV., great-great-grandson of Nicholas above given, the descendants of, and arms borne by, this Robert being identical with those of Robert Repps, alias Rugg (see Harl. Soc. xxxii. 228 and Blomefield's Norfolk,' xi. 35). 6 66 As the farmer sows his seed, 66 Then turns him round to view the land. As they sing the motion of sowing seed is shown by swinging both hands right and left; then the players stand hand in hand; their hands are clapped; next each child turns round to view the land; and finally they join hands and romp madly round, singing the words over again. It is now many years since I saw children engaged in this pastime, and longer still Since I romped round with them. I am not quite sure if I rightly remember the words, and shall be glad to know if anywhere children still engage in his seed." Worksop. 66 As the farmer sows THOS. RATCLIFFE. ARCHBISHOP OF DOVER.-In a charter of confirmation by King Canute to the monastery at Exeter, Lyfing, Archbishop of Canterbury, signs as a witness thus: 'Ego Lyvynge Dovernensis Basilice Primus,' &c. Was it customary for the early archbishops to describe themselves as of Dover ? and if so, for what reason did they do it? GREGORY GRUSELIER. CHRISTOPHER THOMSON was ordained acolyte at Chester in June, 1557, and subsequently received Anglican orders. On 19 March, 1569, he was instituted to the living of Winwick in Lancashire, on the presentation of the Queen; and according to Baines's Lancashire' (iii. 622), the next incumbent was John Coldwell, instituted 7 Jan., 1575, on the death of the last. This, however, must be a mistake. There can be no doubt that it was he, now described as of London diocese, who was at the English College at Douay in 1576, and left 30 April for Louvain, whence he proceeded to England, and, as it would seem, revisited Lancashire. On 27 March, 1577, he returned to Douay, and was ordained priest on Holy Saturday, 6 April, at Cambrai by the Archbishop, Mgr. Louis de Berlaymont, leaving on the following 24th for Louvain, on the way to England. These visits to the Continent became known, and in consequence the Earl of Derby arrested the ex-parson of Winwick in the summer of 1578 as a suspected Papist, and put him into gaol. By command of the Privy Council, dated 23 August, he was sent to London by the end of September, and on or about the 3rd of November was committed to the Marshalsea. Thence, towards the end of December, 1580, he was removed to the Tower, where he was racked on 3 Jan., 1581 (Douay Diaries' passim ; 'P.C.A.,' N.S., x. 309, 370; Simpson's Campion,' 1896, ed., pp. 261, 267). With nineteen other priests and a layman he was put on board the Mary Martin of Colchester at Tower Wharf on 21 Jan., 1585, and on 2 February was landed at Boulogne (Holinshed's Chronicle,' iv. 554-6). Two later he was in Paris (Strype, Ann., III. ii. 599). Is anything further known of him? JOHN B. WAINEWRIGHT. years LLECHYLCHED, ANGLESEY.-1. Is any thing known of the dedication of the old church of the parish of Llechylched, near Bryngwran, Anglesey, which was pulled down in 1842 ? 2. Is there any published account of excavations undertaken in the immediate neighbourhood by the late Mr. Richard Bennett of Liverpool among some of the hut circles there. 3. What evidence is there to show that the ancient paved road that passed through the parish is of Roman origin. 4. Was there a saint of the name of Cylched; or is the parish named after & stone circle ? 5. Has the well near the site of the old church any traditional name or legend ? FRED. G. ACKERLEY. QUEEN. (10 S. x. 110.) IN the Encyclopædia of the Laws of England,' 2nd ed., vol. i. p. 626, title, 'The Attorney-General of the Queen Consort,' is the following :— "The Queen Consort is in law a public person exempt and distinct from the King. She may sue and be sued without the King being joined; but she has an Attorney-General in whose name she sues and is sued. This privilege does not extend to a Queen Dowager." The following references may also be useful: "The Queen Consort is a subject, though privileged in certain ways......She has her separate officers and legal advisers."-Anson's Law and Custom of the Constitution,' vol. ii., 'The Crown,' p. 255. "Queen Consort......She has separate courts and officers distinct from the King's, not only in matters of ceremony, but even of law; and her Attorney and Solicitor General are entitled to a place within the Bar of His Majesty's Courts together with the King's Counsel."-Wharton's 'Law Lexicon,' 1902. "With the King's Counsel rank the Queen Consort's Attorney-General and Solicitor-General."The Laws of England' (Lord Halsbury), vol. ii., 'Barristers,' 'Precedence.' TOOTHACHE (10 S. x. 121).—W. C. B.'s It is an interesting, though an acutely painnote on toothache is well worthy of attention. When Caroline, the Princess of Wales, ful subject. The teeth now decay at a much became Queen in 1820, she appointed earlier period of life than they did in former Brougham her Attorney-General and Den-days. I have made many inquiries as to man her Solicitor-General. I do not know the reason of this change in human habits, whether Adelaide, the Queen Consort of but have learnt nothing of a satisfactory William IV., appointed an Attorney-General. Her Majesty Queen Alexandra has not appointed an Attorney-General. She could, however, appoint one at any time if she should think it desirable to do so. Inner Temple. HARRY B. POLAND. I do not know that the office has ever been formally abolished: it is probably open to Queen Alexandra to appoint an Attorney-General if she desires to do 80. Previous queens consort, up to Queen Adelaide inclusive, have employed such an officer. The following is perhaps not a complete list for the period it covers, but may be useful as far as it goes : To Queen Catherine (of Braganza). To Queen Maria (of Modena). 1685. Hon. Roger North. To Queen Mary II. 1689. Thomas Trevor. To Queen Caroline (of Anspach). 1729. Hon. John Verney. To Queen Charlotte. 1761. Richard Hussey. 1770. John Morton. 1782. Charles Ambler. 1794. George Hardinge. 1816. John Vaughan. To Queen Caroline (of Brunswick). 1820. Henry Brougham. To Queen Adelaide. 1830. William Horne. 1830. John Williams. 1832. William Taddy. Leamington. ALFRED B. BEAVEN, M.A. OLD ENGLISH DRAMATISTS (10 S. ix. 301). -I regret to say that I find that some of the emendations and suggestions on the text of Elizabethan dramatists which I contributed to the above reference had been previously made by others-four by Prof. J. Le Gay Brereton of Sydney in Englische Studien, xxxii. 231; The Modern Language Review, Oct., 1907, and Anglia, Beiblätter, xvii. 122; and one (that on James IV.,' I. ii.) by Prof. Churton Collins in his edition of Greene. 6 G. C. MOORE SMITH. nature. Here is an example, however, of the fact which may be useful, though lacking interpretation. About a quarter of a century ago a drain was made across the north part of Bottesford Churchyard, wherein there had been no interments for a long period-probably skulls were dug up during the process. By never since the Reformation. About thirty far the greater part of these possessed perfect sets of teeth. small skull, in which, though every tooth There was one remarkably was in its place, and every one of them sound, they were all very much worn, as if the food eaten for long years had been of a hard quality. I and others who examined it came to the conclusion that it had belonged to a very old woman. Till comparatively recent times it has been the custom in this county, and I believe elsewhere, for blacksmiths to draw teeth. I have known more than one who did this, and have heard of several others; indeed, I should not be surprised to discover that the custom is not yet quite extinct in the rural districts. For a long period professional tooth-drawers have been well known in cities and towns, but it was not until travelling became swift and easy that they seem to have penetrated the rural districts. The following passage appears to prove that tooth-drawers by profession were in the habit of wearing scarves decorated with human teeth : "The appointed hour for the operation being come, there was a great concourse of those Licentiates, who are distinguish'd from other Doctors by shoulder-belts inlaid with the Spoils of the humane Gums."- Account of the Last Distemper of Tom Whig, Esq.,' 1710, Part I. p. 14. In Jean Baptiste Thiers's Traité des Superstitions qui regardent les Sacremens,' 4th ed., 1777, there are many instances of toothache folk-lore. I have noted the following: vol. i. 326, 329, 340, 361; iii. 19. post was considered In Lancashire a fragment of a gibbeta cure for toothache. See H. S. Cowper, Hawkshead,' p. lxxxvii. 'Parish Registers of A charm for toothache, of which I do not possess a copy, occurs in Cornish Notes and Queries, 1906, p. 203. EDWARD PEACOCK. Wickentree House, Kirton-in-Lindsey, Lincs. 6 OXGATE MANOR, WILLESDEN (10 S. ix. 403). The subjoined pedigree shows the heirs of Frideswide Cheney at the time of Sir Thomas's death. The survivors who became entitled to the lands held by him in right of his wife were Anna Crowmer (of), Anna Kemp († of }), Alice Kemp (of), Frances Cheney (), and Thomas Parratt (). But a partition of the reversionary interests had been made on 8 March, 3 Edward VI. (1549), whereby the sole interest in Oxgate Manor appears to have become vested in Anne, afterwards mother of Thomas Parratt. This manor, held of Katherine, d. 20 March, 3 Edw. VI. = Master Braband, clerk, Prebendary of Oxgate and Willesden, in socage, at the rent of 17. per annum, was worth, beyond reprises, 131. 68. 8d. It had formerly been held by Bartholomew Willesden, and after by Thomas Willesden, his son. The above information is derived from a contemporary office copy of Sir Thomas Cheney's Inq. P.M., and the pedigree also is based entirely on the same document, which is in our possession. Hennessy, p. 42, gives the Prebendary as John Brabant, cl., who died 1564; will 21 Coade. W. MCB. AND F. MARCHAM. Frideswide, dau. and h. of Sir Thos. Frowyke, d. before 1528-9. Thomas Kemp, Kt., living 1558. Margaret, William Crowmer, living 1558. d. 25 Oct., 1557. Thomas Cheney, Kt., &c., d. 18 Dec., 1558. Anne, John Parratt, d. about 1528. 2 Sept., 1553. Kt., living 1558. Anna, b. Oct., 1557. ST. MARGARET'S HOSPITAL OR GREEN COAT SCHOOL, WESTMINSTER (10 S. x. 129). -The old house was photographed by Mr. Stiles of Kensington High Street. Mr. Stiles is no longer on the same site, but I think he transferred his business not far away. It is unnecessary to tell MR. HARLANDOXLEY that there is a brief account of the Green Coat Hospital and of Dacre's Almshouses, or Emmanuel Hospital in Westminster (but to note the reference may be useful), in Cunningham's London' and in Wheatley's 'London.' The Green Coat School was merged in the United Westminster (Endowed) Schools, under schemes issued in 1873 and 1878. See also The Daily Telegraph, 2 Sept., 1890, a long article on Emmanuel Hospital; and The Pall Mall Magazine, April, 1895, 'The Green Coat Boy.' J. HOLDEN MACMICHAEL. EDWARD SHARPHAM (10 S. x. 21).-PROF. MOORE SMITH states that Sharpham's remains, "if they have not been disturbed, must now be lying in St. Margaret's Churchyard.' It must be observed that there is no record in the burial register, or elsewhere at the church, as to the position in the ground where the interment took place. Few, if any, changes are noted as having taken place here until the formation of the Underground (District) Railway, when a considerable slice of the burial-ground, at the north-west corner, was cleared of human remains (which were reinterred at Woking Cemetery), and the ground thrown into the public highway. If Sharpham should have been laid to rest at this spot, it is probable-nay, almost certain that his remains (if any then existed) were disturbed with the others. There is a plan of the churchyard, wit.. 8 list of all inscriptions then legible, made at the time of the improvements therein (see 10 S. i. 23, 62), 1881-3. I have searched through these, and cannot find a trace of the name; and besides, if there had been a stone originally, the probability is that it would have been broken and removed, for it must be remembered that for about two centuries and three-quarters there had been a public way for traffic across the churchyard from and to various points, the majority of the stones lying flat on the ground, and so subject to a great deal of wear and tear. W. E. HARLAND-OXLEY. Westminster. ONE-TREE HILL, GREENWICH (10 S. x. 70).-Although_not, perhaps, so named at the time when Le Notre, the famous French architect and ornamental gardener, laid out Greenwich Park in the days of the second Charles—and it of course possibly existed before Le Notre "viewed the landscape o'er "-yet the presumption is reasonable enough that the "One Tree existed long before James I. walled round the 188 acres then constituting the royal demesne. The tree, if I mistake not, from MR. GOULD's description, was too old to have been planted by Le Notre. J. HOLDEN MACMICHAEL. 66 CARDINAL OF ST. PAUL'S (10 S. I. 85).-A list of the successive holders of the office of "Senior Cardinal, or Second Minor Canon," also of that of Junior Cardinal, or Third Minor Canon," is given in Hennessy's 'Novum Repertorium.' Each list commences with the year 1309, and comprises over thirty names to c. 1880; the succession is complete from temp. Elizabeth only. In the fifteenth century the two posts appear to have been held conjointly on several occasions. Perhaps the most celebrated cleric named in either list is Richard Harris Barham, author of The Ingoldsby Legends,' who held the office of Senior Cardinal from 1833 till his death in 1845. The phrase inquired after by K. P. D. E., ante, p. 108, 66 Sufficit huic tumulus cui non suffecerat orbis," is given in Cassell's Book of Quotations' as an epitaph on Alexander the Great, but no author is mentioned. Whoever wrote it must have had in his mind these lines of Juvenal (x. 168-73):— Unus Pellæo juveni non sufficit orbis : Estuat infelix angusto limite mundi, Ut Gyaræ clausus scopulis parvaque Seripho. Cum tamen a figulis munitam intraverit urbem, Sarcophago contentus erit, Mors sola fatetur, Quantula sint hominum corpuscula. R. A. POTTS. T. X. S. will find "The idols of the market AUTHORS OF QUOTATIONS WANTED (10 S. place," &c. (ante, p. 129), in the Novum vii. 228).— Organum,' Book I. § lix. I have at hand only Johnson's translation (Bell & Daldy, 1859). F. JARRATT. Vir bonus es doctus prudens ast haud tibi spiro. MR. SHAWCROSs does not refer to any source for this line in his recent edition of Coleridge's Biographia Literaria and Esthetical Essays' (2 vols., Clarendon Press, 1908). The words "Non tibi spiro" form the heading of one of Joachim Camerarius's Emblems ('Symbola et Emblemata,' Cent. i. 93), the pig and marjoram. 46 The first of MR. RUSSELL's quotations, ante, p. 129, Yet who would stop, or fear to advance, is from the first stanza of Wordsworth's Stepping Westward.' The prefatory note says that the poem was the result of an incident while he was walking "by the side of Loch Katrine, one fine evening after In Coleridge's text (chap. xii.) the words Haud tibi spiro are distinguished from the rest of the line by being in italics. The sunset." W. B. |