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 10 s. xii. SEPT. 4, 1909.] NOTES AND QUERIES.

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' The London Pleasure Gardens,' by Warwick Wroth, F.S.A., 1896, pp. 56-67 ; and ' The Amusements of London,' by Wm. B. Boulton, 1901, vol. i. pp. 35, 50-54, and 77.

J. HOLDEN MACMlOHAEL. 10, Royal Crescent, W.

Louis XVIII. 's QUEEN AND WESTMINSTER ABBEY (10 S. xii. 108). Stanley's 'Memo- rials of Westminster Abbey,' 3rd ed., 1869, p. 203, has :

"In the same vault as the Duke of Montpensier, was interred (with the burial-place marked) Louise de Savoy, the Queen of Louis XVIIL, who died at Hartwell. Her remains were removed to Sardinia on March 5, 1811 (Burial Register): and at the same time the coffins of two Spanish ambassadors one, that of Don Pedro Ronquillo (see Evelyn's 'Memoirs,' iii. 41), which had lain in the Lennox Chapel since the time of William III. (Crull, p. 107), the other which had been deposited in the Ormoncl vault March 2, 1811 were sent back to Spain."

In the margin is : " Queen Louise de Savoy, Nov. 26, 1810." This gives, I suppose, the date of her death. The name of the second Spanish ambassador is not given.

Hartwell, in Buckinghamshire, a seat belonging to the Marquis of Buckingham, was inhabited by Louis XVIII. from 1807 to 1814. The vault referred to is in the south-east corner of Henry VII. 's Chapel.

I may mention that the reference to Crull is in my copy of ' The Antiquities of St. Peter's ; or, The Abbey-Church of West- minster,' 3rd ed., 1722, vol. i. p. 124, where the named Spanish ambassador is described as

"Don Pedro de Ronquillo, Conde de Granado? &o,, Ambassador Extraordinary from the King of Spain to King James II. and to King William III. and Queen Mary, who dying in the Year 1691, his Corps was deposited here,"

i.e., in the Duke of Richmond's Chapel in Henry VTI.'s Chapel.

ROBERT PIEBPOINT.

In the ' Historical Memorials of West- minster Abbey,' by the late Dean Stanley, in a foot-note on p. 188, the learned author states that

" in the same vault as the Duke of Montpensier was interred (with the burial-place marked) Louise de Savoy, Queen of Louis XVIII. (Register), who died at Hartwell. Her remains were removed to St. Denys in 1813 (' Beauties of England and Wales,' Book X. pt. iii. p. 76)."*

work in eighteen volumes, with an introduction by J. N. Brewer. The work was written by various hands, the portion relating to London and West- minster being by the Rev. J. Nightingale.
 * The 'Beauties of England and Wales' was a

The date of the interment is given as 26 Nov., 1810, and not, as stated by MB. SHOBTEB, 13 Nov., 1810.

The late Dean Bradley' s daughter Mrs, A. Murray Smith, in her book ' The Roll Call of Westminster Abbey,' p. 384, says, speak- ing of the vault in which the Duke of Mont- pensier had been buried, " where rested after- wards (1810) for a few months the remains of Queen Louise of Savoy, wife of Louis XVIIL, before they were removed to Sar- dinia." This information is also found, in slightly varying words, in the ' Deanery Guide ' to the Abbey, written by the same lady in conjunction with her sister Mrs. Birchenough.

It will thus be seen that there is a diverg- ence between the authorities quoted as to the date of the removal of the Queen's remains and the- place to which they were removed. The interment at St. Denys may have been another temporary one on French soil, preparatory to the final one in the Queen's native land. If the coffin was afterwards seen in the crypt of Cagliari Cathedral, it would appear that this must be so.

W. E. HABLAND-OXLEY.

Westminster.

In Chester's ' Westminster Abbey,' under date 26 Nov., 1810, is the record of her burial ; but the relative note says that the interment was intended to be only tem- porary, and that, according to the Funeral Book, her remains were taken up on 5 March, 1811, and delivered to Mr. Martin, under- taker, for the purpose of being removed to Sardinia. DIEGO.

[MR. A. R. BAYLEY, COL. F. E. R. POLLARD- URQUHART, and URLLAD also thanked tor replies.]

" BOSTING " (10 S. xi. 508 ; xii. 75, 113). Parker's ' Glossary ' gives :

"Boast, Ebaucher, Fr., Abbozzare, Ital., Bosiren, Ger. ; to boast, boaat out, or block out a piece of stone or woodwork, is to shape it into the simple form that approaches the nearest to its ultimate figure, leaving its smaller details to be worked out after- wards Also Bossage is any stone that is intended

for subsequent sculpture in a building."

In my experience the terms boasting, boasted, are generally applied to masonry. I cannot say I ever heard them in connexion with woodwork. W. HENRY JEWITT.

38, North Road, Highgate.

In a well-kept stable the lower parts of the polished woodwork of the sides of the stalls are protected against damage by kicking by a kind of extra dado of wood, which is renewed as occasion requires ; and when