book i

. ch. xix. of the English translation of _De Imitatione Christi_,

of which Hallam says more editions have been published than of any other book except the Bible.--Can any of your correspondents tell me whether the saying originated with the author, Thomas A. Kempis?

A. B. C.

_Garrick Street, May Fair._--In Hertford Street, May Fair, there is fixed in the wall of a house (No. 15.) a square stone on which is inscribed:

"Garrick Street, January 15, 1764."

I shall be glad to know the circumstances connected with this inscription, which is not in any way alluded to in the works descriptive of London to which I have referred.

C. I. R.

_The Forlorn Hope._--The "Forlorn Hope" is the body of men who volunteer first to enter a besieged town, after a breach has been made in the fortifications. That I know: but it is evidently some quotation, and if any of your readers should be able to give any information as to its origin, and where it is to be found, I should, as I said before, be much obliged.

FENTON.

_Mitred Abbot in Wroughton Church, Wilts._--Not very long ago, while this church was under repair, there was discovered on one of the pillars, behind the pulpit, a fresco painting of a mitred abbot. I have corresponded with the rector on the subject, but unfortunately he kept no drawing of it; and all the information he is able to afford me is, that "the vestments were those ordinarily pourtrayed, with scrip, crosier," &c. Such being the case, I have troubled "N. & Q." with this Query, in the hope that some one may be able to give me farther information as to date, name, &c.

RUSSELL GOLE.

_Reynolds' Portrait of Barretti._--Can any of your correspondents inform me where the portrait of Barretti, by Sir Joshua Reynolds, now is?

GEO. R. CORNER.

_Crosses on Stoles._--When were the three crosses now usually embroidered on priests' stoles in the Roman Catholic Church introduced? Were they used in England before the Reformation? In sepulchral brasses the stoles, although embroidered and fringed, and sometimes also enlarged at the ends, are (so far as I have observed) without the crosses. If used, what was their form?

H. P.

{412} _Temporalities of the Church._--Is there any record existing of a want of money for the maintenance of the clergy, or for other pious uses, in any part of the world before the establishment of the Christian religion under Constantine? or of any necessity having arisen for enforcing the payment of tithes or offerings by ecclesiastical censures during that period?

H. P.

_Etymology of "The Lizard."_--What is the etymology of the name "The Lizard," as applied in our maps to that long low green point, stretching out into the sea at the extreme south of England? My idea of the etymology would be (judging from the name and pronunciation of a small town in the immediate neighbourhood of the point) _lys-ard_, from two Celtic words: the first, _lys_, as found in the name _Lismore_, and others of a like class in Ireland and the Highlands of Scotland; the second _ard_, a long point running into the sea. In Cornwall, to my ear, the name had quite the Celtic intonation _L[=y]s-[=a]rd_; not at all like _L[(i]z[=a]rd_, as we would speak it, short.

C. D. LAMONT.

Greenock.

_Worm in Books._--Can you or any of your numerous correspondents suggest a remedy for the worm in old books and MSS.? I know of a valuable collection in the muniment room of a nobleman in the country, which is suffering severely at the present time from the above destructive agent; and although smoke has been tried, and shavings of Russia leather inserted within the pages of the books, the evil still exists. As this question has most likely been asked before, and answered in your valuable little work, I shall be obliged by your pointing out in what volume it occurs, as I have not a set by me to refer to and thus save you the trouble.

ALETHES.

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MINOR QUERIES WITH ANSWERS.

_Siller Gun of Dumfries._--Can any of your readers tell me the history of the "Siller Gun of Dundee" [Dumfries], and give me an account of the annual shooting for it?

O. L. R. G.

[The Siller gun of Dumfries is a small silver tube, like the barrel of a pistol, but derives great importance from its being the gift of James VI., that monarch having ordained it as a prize to the best marksman among the corporations of Dumfries. The contest was, by royal authority, licensed to take place every year; but in consequence of the trouble and expense attending it, the custom has not been so frequently observed. Whenever the festival was appointed, the 4th of June, during the long reign of George III., was invariably chosen for that purpose, being his majesty's birthday. The institution itself may be regarded as a memorial of the _Waponshaw_, or showing of arms, the shooting at butts and bowmarks, and other military and gymnastic sports, introduced by our ancestors to keep alive, by competition and prizes, the martial ardour and heroic spirit of the people. In archery, the usual prize to the best shooter was a silver arrow: at Dumfries the contest was transferred to fire-arms. See the preface to the _Siller Gun_, a poem in five cantos, by John Mayne, 1836.]

_Margery Trussell._--Margery, daughter and coheiress of Roger Trussell, of Macclesfield, married Edmund de Downes (of the old Cheshire family of Downes of Taxall, Shrigley, &c.) in the fourth year of Edward II. Query, What arms did she bear? and were the Trussells of Macclesfield of the same family as that which, in consequence of a marriage with an heiress of Mainwaring, settled at Warmineham, in the reign of Edward III., and whose heiress, in later times, married a De Vere, Earl of Oxford?

W. SNEYD.

Denton.

[In the Harleian MS. 4031. fol. 170. is a long and curious pedigree of the Trussells and their intermarriage with the Mainwarings, in the person of Sir William Trussell, Lord of Cubbleston, with Maud, daughter and heiress of Sir Warren Mainwaring. The arms are: Argent a fret gu. bezanté for Trussell. The same arms are found on the window of the church of Warmineham in Cheshire. These would consequently be the arms of Margery, daughter of Roger Trussell. The arms originally were: Argent a cross formée flory gu.; but changed on the marriage of Sir William Trussell of Mershton, co. Northampton, with Rose, daughter and heiress to William Pantolph, Lord of Cubbleston, who bore, Argent a fret gu. bezanté.]

_Caves at Settle, Yorkshire._--Being engaged on antiquarian investigations, I have found it necessary to refer to some discoveries made in the caves at Settle in Yorkshire, of which my friends in that county have spoken. Now, I cannot find any printed account. I have referred to all the works on the county antiquities, and particularly to Mr. Phillips's book lately published (which professes to describe local antiquities), but in vain. I cannot find any notice of them. It is very likely some one of your better-informed readers may be able to assist me.

BRIGANTIA.

Battersea.

[See two letters by Charles Roach Smith and Joseph Jackson in _Archæologia_, vol. xxix. p. 384., on the "Roman Remains discovered in the Caves near Settle in Yorkshire." Our correspondent has perhaps consulted the following work:--_A Tour to the Caves in the Environs of Ingleborough and Settle, in the West Riding of Yorkshire_, 8vo. 1781.]

_The Morrow of a Feast._--It appears from the papers, that the presentation of the civic functionaries to the Cursitor Baron at Westminster, took place on Sept. 30. Pray is this the _morrow_ of St. Michael, as commonly supposed? Does not the analogy of "Morrow of All Souls" (certainly the {413} same day as All Souls Day, _i. e._ Nov. 2) point out that the Morrow of St. Michael is the 29th, _i. e._ Michaelmas Day. That _morrow_ was anciently equivalent to morning, we may infer from the following passages:

"Upon a morrow tide."--Gower, _Conf. Am._, b. iii.

"Tho' when appeared the third morrow bright, Upon the waves," &c.

Spenser's _Fairy Queen_, II. xii. 2.

"Good morrow."--_Passim._

R. H.

[Is not our correspondent confounding the morrow of _All Saint_s, which the 2nd of November certainly is, with the morrow of _All Souls_? Sir H. Nicolas, in his most useful _Chronology of History_, says most distinctly:--"The morrow of a feast is the day following. Thus, the feast of St. Peter ad Vincula is the 1st of August, and the morrow of that feast is consequently the 2nd of August."--P. 99.]

_Hotchpot._--Will you kindly tell me what is the derivation of the local term _hotchpot_, and when it was first used?

M. G. B.

[The origin of this phrase is involved in some obscurity. Jacob, in his _Law Dictionary_, speaks of it as "from the French," and his definition is _verbatim_ that given in _The Termes of the Law_ (ed. 1598), with a very slight addition. Blackstone (