are arranged in volumes, and so preserved in the Record Tower of Dublin Castle. That which J. F. F. inquires about will be found in Vol. M. p. 338. Two centuries before the days of the "Swan of Avon," we have had our own Shakspeare floating on the Bay of Youghal, Thomas Shakesper having been in 1376 appointed by King Edward supervisor of the shipping of that town, and subsequently a receiver of the customs within its harbour. Let English genealogists look to this! JOHN D'ALTON.

Dublin.

Rhymes on Places (Vol. vi., p. 350.). - In your many rhymes on places I do not remember seeing those on Preston, "Proud Preston," as our town is often called; a name it no doubt derived from its being the residence of genteel families in days of yore, before the introduction of the cotton trade, having been, as Dr. Whitaker, historian of Whalley, says, "the resort of well-born but ill-portioned and ill-endowed old maids and widows." The paschal lamb couchant, with the letters "P. P." (Princeps Pacis, Prince of Peace), forms the shield of the town's armorial bearings. The old lines, induced perhaps by these initials, are,

designations, it but remains for an Irishman to say that the prefix of Aber is to be found, though very rarely, in this country. I find it twice in the county Tyrone, as at Aber-corne and Abercharagh; and thrice in Donegal, in Aber-mullan or Aber-millan, Aber-rocterment and Aber-nedcupple. Inver is of yet more frequent occurrence here; we have our Bay of Inver, or, as it is sometimes spelt, Enver, on the coast of Donegal. The mouth of the Boyne, at the east side of Ireland, was for centuries prior to the Scottish Plantation, called Inver-Colpa (for the derivation of which name see Hist. of Drogheda, vol. ii. p. 2.). In very "auld lang syne," a religious house was established at Inver-Dagan; others at Inver-daoile and at Inver-naile, will be found mentioned in Archdall's Monast. Hib.; and at Inver, near the Bay of Larne, in the county Antrim, was another church, whose annals, picturesque bearings, and cemetery crowded with the memorials of Scottish settlers hereabout, I have noted some years since in aid of a history of that county, which I vainly hoped would be encouraged to the press.

Dublin.

JOHN D'ALTON.

Print of the Head of Christ (Vol. vi., p. 414.). — The engraving is by Claude Mellan, a French artist, born at Abbeville in 1601. He adopted the mode of working by single lines, the shades being expressed by the same lines being made stronger. The inscription is intelligible by the word linea being understood :

"Formatur Unicus Una (linea) non alter." The print has been copied more than once. There are specimens of this plate in the collection of Mellan's works in the British Museum.

H. W. D.

Cross-legged Efigies (Vol. iv., p. 382.). - At Tilton-on-the-Hill, in this county, is "Imago hominis cum crure super crurem, hâc inscriptione,

Jehan de Digby gist icy. praies pur lui." Nichols thus notices it:

"Under the fourth arch (from the west), which separates the nave from the south aisle, lies a man in freestone in complete armour, cross-legged, and at his feet a lion, a large shield upon his left arm, on which

is a large fleur-de-lis, on the sinister chief a half moon, dexter chief (the sun) obliterated; on his left side a sword, his left hand holding the scabbard, and his right in the act of drawing it. Pl. LXVII. fig. 6. John Digby died about 1296." - See Nichols' History of Leicestershire, vol. iii. pt. i. pp. 471, 472.

I have seen this effigy, and it is very finely THOS. L. WALKER.

sculptured. Leicester.

Under a semicircular arched recess in the south wall of the south aisle of the nave of Melton Mowbray Church, in this county, is an effigy of a knight in complete armour, beautifully executed, in the cross-legged attitude. There is no inscription coeval with the sculpture, but on the back of the recess is the following memorandum in characters of circa 1650:

"This is the Lord Hamon Belers Brother to the Lord Mowbray."

And affixed to the back of the recess is an iron bracket holding a pointed helmet which has been richly gilt. THOMAS L. WALKER. Leicester.

Exterior Stoups. There is one of these at the door of the library of Winchester College, formerly a chapel. W. H. G.

There is an exterior stoup at Oakham Church of the fifteenth century: it is of hexagonal form, and is in good preservation. J. G. KNIGHT.

Oakham.

There are exterior stoups at Coggeshall and Thetford Churches. The former is on the south

side, and east of the priest's door. The latter has been discovered during the present restorations; it is on the north side. ALFRED.

"Sheets," a Kentish Word (Vol. vi., p. 338.)." Shot, or kinde of hogge, sic dict. quod brevi instar germinis quod Anglis idem sonat, crescit; propriè enim Shots porcos dicimus qui unicum agunt annum; qui sunt ut lingua vernacula dicimus, well shot up, vel fiat à G. Cochón, I. H. Cochino, à kot, kot, voce imitatitia grumientis."-Minshew.

ROBERT J. ALLEN.

Springs and Wells (Vol. vi., p. 28.). - There is one of the "by-way" wells, about which Mr. RAWLINSON inquires, near the little hamlet of Sawr, which is situated about six miles from Llandilo Fawr in Carmarthenshire. It is much resorted to for the cure of sore eyes.

So also is the spring known as "Holy Well," or Cefyn Bryn (a mountain which runs down the peninsula of Gower). This last is still supposed to be under the especial patronage of the Virgin

Mary, and a crooked pin is the offering of every visitor to its sacred precincts. It is believed, that if this pin be dropped in with fervent faith, all the many pins which have ever been thrown into it may be seen rising from the bottom to greet the new one. Argue the impossibility of the thing, and you are told that it is true it never happens now, such earnestness of faith being, "alas!" extinct. SELEUCUS,

Longevity (Vol. vi., pp. 62. 231.). In the churchyard of Cheve Prior, Worcestershire, there is a record of a venerable worthy who died at the patriarchal age of 309! It is probably meant for 39, but the village chiseller thought fit to put the 30 first, and 9 afterwards. I copy this from the Worcester Chronicle for September 4.

Kidderminster.

R. C. WARDE.

In the grave-yard at the east end of Battle Church, Sussex, is an upright stone

"To the memory of Isaac Ingall, who died April 2, 1798, aged 120 years." JOHN MILAND.

Dodo Queries (Vol. vi., pp. 35. 159.). - The derivation of this name from the Portuguese "Doudo" will not hold water at all, as the word has a directly opposite meaning to the idea we form of the Dodo as a stupid, foolish bird. Doudo means rather mad than foolish, and is commonly applied to noisy, rattling, crackbrained persons. To indicate lumpish, idiotic characters, a different term is used.

J. S. WARDEN.

Was Elizabeth fair or dark? (Vol. v., p. 201.).Her hair was of a reddish tinge, which I believe is invariably accompanied by a fair complexion. She may have discoloured her skin afterwards by the use of cosmetics. If Elizabeth's beauty was too much flattered in her own time, it has been too much depreciated since: her good looks are mentioned by writers who were not very favourable to her, and at a time when there was no motive for flattery. J. S. WARDEN.

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We have received from Messrs. Williams and Norgate the Prospectus of a splendidly illustrated edition of Göthe's Faust. The publishers the house of Cotta of Stuttgart-announce that they have secured, for the purpose of doing justice to this masterpiece of the greatest poet of Germany, the talents of an artist, Engelbert Seiberg, who has devoted his life to the study of it; and the book promises to be one of the most splendid ever produced.

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