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for Compositors'; but in the 'N.E.D.' we are informed that "broach 1 ' arid "brooch" are the same word, both having reference to the spit or pin which forms part of the article, " the differentiation of spelling being only recent and hardly yet established.' Yet the former spelling indicates " a tapering instrument," "a spit," &c., and the latter is said to be " now used mainly as a (female^ ornament." The examples cited of the latter use go back as far as Chaucer, and in them the word is uniformly spelt without an a. How long a period is considered necessary by philologists before a spelling can be said to have become established 1

ALAN STEWART. 7, New .Square, Lincoln's Inn.

" WALKYN SILVER." Can any reader of ' N. & Q.' inform me what was the nature of this payment, formerly exacted from some estates in Westmorland 1

JOSEPH A. MARTINDALE.

Staveley, Kendal.

" WAPITI " : ITS PRONUNCIATION. All dic- tionaries spell the name of this animal in the same way, and mark it as stressed upon the first syllable (wapiti). I was therefore sur-

grised to find that Paul Fountain, in his new ook on ' The Great North- West' (1904), not only always spells it wipiti, but in his glos- sary, p 349, accents it upon the second syllable (tmpiti). Is this an error of the press ? Or can any reader confirm this pro- nunciation, from personal knowledge of how the term is sounded in Canada 1

JAMES PLATT, Jun.

PEMBROKE COLLEGE, CAMBRIDGE. Once, when I was staying at my old college, the late Master (Dr. Searle) showed me a beau- tifully executed MS. history of the college, written by his predecessor (Dr. Gilbert Ainslie). Has this ever been printed ? I have considerable collections for the college history, and have been disappointed that no book on it has been printed by Messrs. F. E Robinson & Co. in their " College Histories " series. T. CANN HUGHES, M.A., F.S.A.

Lancaster.

SIR THOMAS CORNWALLIS. According to Brydges's ' Collins' s Peerage,' vol. ii. p. 546, this knight's tomb in Brome Church, Suffolk, bears the inscription :

"Here lies Sir Thomas Cornwallis, son of Sir John, who was of Queen Mary princely Councell, and Treasurer of Gales, and after Controller of her Majesties household, in especiall grace and trust of his mistress at his untimely death. 1 '

As he died (probably in the eighty-sixth year

of his age) in 1604, one does not quite see how his death could be called untimely. Should "her" be read for "his" in the last line?

Among the MSS. belonging to Lord Bray- brooke at Audley End mentioned 'Eighth Rep. Hist. MSS. Comrn.,' p. 277, is the char- tulary and register of Sir Thos. Cornwallis, and the third document therein transcribed is said to be

" 3 & 4 Philip & Mary Letters Patent of the guardianship of the heir of Sir Thomas Cornwall-it* Qtalics mine] to John Bowall [i.e. BoxallJ, I).])., William Cordell, Esq., their Majesties' Solicitor- General, and John Suliarde, Esq"." Can any one explain how there came to be an heir of Sir Thomas Cornwallis at that date, the guardianship of whom was vested in the Crown? During the whole of the above regnal year, i.e. from 25 July, 1556, to 5 July, 1557 (except between the 9th of August and the 1st of September, 1556), Sir Thomas was at Calais, where he was Treasurer.

JOHN B. WAINEWRIGIIT.

"BLOOD-FUNKERS." Was this a common term of abuse as blood-letting fell out of fashion ? M EDICU LU.S.

" CAVEAC " TAVERN. I should be much obliged if any of your readers could give me any information about an old London tavern known as the " Caveac" Tavern, formerly in Spread Eagle Court, Finch Lane, E.G. It i.s supposed to have been erected about 1700, and pulled down about 1800, " Caveac " being the corruption of the name Cahuac, a French- man, the first proprietor. J. P. SIMPSON.

ABBOTSLEY, ST. NEOTS, HUNT*. I should be very glad if any one could send me a list of the incumbents of Abbotsley from the earliest times up to the present, or could tell me where the information is to be found.

CHR. WATSON.

264, AYorple Road, Wimbledon.

"HEART OF MY HEART." -- Will any one kindly indicate where I can find the poem from which the following is an extract ? Heart of my heart, she has broken the heart of me : Soul of my soul, she will never be part of me She whom I love, but will never be love of me ; Song of my sorrows,

My lady of moods.

ENQUIRER.

POLICE UNIFORMS: OMNIBUSES. When was the present London police uniform adopted ? and when did the existing form of omnibus iave heard so frequently discussed, and with mch extravagant vagueness of date, that ifc
 * ome into use? Each of these questions I