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NOTES AND QU KKIKS. [io s. XL JAN. 2, 1909.

of St. Giles, Cripplegate ; while Lynton is doubtless one with the John de Lynton who was Chamberlain and Minor Canon of St. Paul's, and Rector of St. Dunstan-in-the- East and of St. Vedast, Foster Lane, &c., about the same period.

WILLIAM MCMURRAY.

MITRED ABBOTS AND PRIORS (10 S. x. 410, 455). In ' Rites of Durham,' ch. xxv., we read that Robert Berrington of Walworth, Prior 1374-91, first obtained the use of the mitre with the crutch or staff. The primary authorities for this are William de Chambre in ' Scriptores Tres,' 136, and documents there referred to. J. T. F.

Durham.

R. B. has omitted Chertsey. The abbots, though mitred and having large possessions, do not appear to have been called to sit in Parliament, although some histories say so.

F. TURNER.

LE BLON MEZZOS IN FOUR COLOURS (10 S. x. 450). Surely MR. HAYES is wrong in suggesting that these are printed in red, blue, green, and yellow. The fact is that Le Blon, alone of the colour-printers of the eighteenth century, recognized that with the three primary colours any tints could be produced. The green in the plates mentioned is without doubt composed of the blue and yellow impressions. MR. HAYES asks further " what the discoveries of the last three hundred years amounted to." I think he must recognize that in the applica- tion of photography to illustration, and in its combination with the modern scientific three-colour process, a degree of accuracy is obtained which is far beyond anything that could have been produced in the eigh- teenth century.

I may add that a full and accurate account of Le B Ion's work may be found in No. 2 of a series of articles entitled ' Some Notes on the History of Printing in Colours,' which appeared in The British and Colonial Printer for 2 July, 1903. R. A. PEDDIE.

St. Bride Foundation, Bride Lane, E.G.

BISHOP SAMPSON or LICHFIELD (10 S. x. 429). Though I cannot tell MR. PIGOTT the parentage of the Bishop, I would suggest that his birthplace was at or near Patting- ham, co. Staff., for his brother William mar- ried at that place, 28 July, 1577, Joane, daughter of Walter Northwood, and widow of Thomas Hardwycke, to whom she was married in 1533. Both these were of Patting- ham. EGLANTINE.

BELL CUSTOMS AT SIBSON, LEICESTERSHIRE: (10 S. x. 430). The evening Angelus or Curfew bell was rung at Baldock from March to October at 8 P.M., but at Hitchin it was rung at the same time from September to March. Both these, and that at Sibson, are probably survivals of pre-Reformation days when the canonical hours were observed, the bells being rung by clerics in minor orders. The alteration to an earlier hour on Saturdays may be a later innovation for some special local reason.

The Matins bell was rung at 7 A.M. at Much Hadham, St. Stephens, St. Albans, Tring, and Watford ; while not fewer than thirty-three churches in Herts had the bell rung one hour later. Mr. North (' Church Bells of Hertfordshire,' 1886) suggests that this 8 o'clock " Sermon bell " (as it is locally known) originated in the days of Elizabeth, when for a time many churches were served by " Readers," who were strictly forbidden to preach, and this early bell announced a sermon by a priest licensed by the bishop of the diocese.

It seems more probable that it is a survival of days when the morning service was held at an earlier hour. Our forefathers were more robust, and to a man who habitually rose at 4 or 5 A.M. the Church's service at the hours named was quite fit and proper.

W. B. GERISH.

Bishop's Stortford.

JOANNA SOUTHCOTT'S CELESTIAL PASS- PORTS (10 S. x. 405). In Devon Notes and' Queries, October, 1903, p. 241, I believe there is an account of one of these passports which was then in existence. I have not the book by me, so cannot give any details. EDWARD PEACOCK.

PALL MALL, No. 93 (10 S. x. 425). The- sale of William Upcott's library and collec- tions was conducted by Messrs. Sotheby at " the rooms of Messrs. Evans, 106, New Bond Street," not 93, Pall Mall. Had not Evans left the latter address before 1846 ? The sale was transferred to Messrs. Sotheby because they had been specifically named by Upcott in his will, dated 25 Aug., 1832 :

"The rest of my printed books, hooks of prints, and cabinets of coins and medals I desire may be publicly sold by auction by Messrs. Sotheby & bons in Wellington Street."

There was excellent reason for this in- struction. During 1819-20, when he was assistant to R. H. Evans, then at 26, Pall Mall, his diary constantly refers to the supposed hardships he suffered and the bad business principles of his employer. This-