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 ws.iv.AcG.5.1905.) NOTES AND QUERIES. 107 whose works we have not perused. It cannot be denied, however, that such crosses are in use, and that they were formerly in vogue in certain places, particularly with the English prelates. It is gene- rally supposed that they found their way into Eng- land from the East in the time of the Crusades. It is supposed, too, that his lordship Anthony Beck, Bishop of Durham, whom Pope Clement V., in 1305, created Patriarch of Jerusalem, had something to do with their introduction, for they were very common with the Greeks (Dr. Rock, ' Church of our Fathers,' vol. ii. pp. 218-23). It may interest the reader to know that the only two prelates in the Church who are mentioned by name as having a peculiar right to the double cross are the Patriarch of Venice and the Archbishop of Agria [»'.«., presumably. Agram or Zagrab], in Hungary (Kozma, 73, note 3)." There is evidence that St. Thomas of Can- terbury used the simple cross ; in there any evidence that Roger of York used the double cross t Of course in art (and in heraldry) the double cross has an unassailable position. The question is, How far was, or is, it actually in use ? JOHN B. WAINEWRIGHT. [See 9th S. vii. 89, 154, 231, 355.] BALLAD : SPANISH LADY'S LOVE FOR AN ENGLISHMAN. — How many versions are there of the legend on which this ballad is founded, Percy, in his ' Reliques,' speaks of a mem- ber of the Popham family as the hero of the story in the west of England, and adds that "another tradition hath pointed out Sir Richard Levison, of Trentham, in Stafford- shire, as the subject of this ballad." In Lincolnshire Sir John Bolle, of Thorpe Hall, is believed to have been the " gallant captain." Are there other claimants 1 S. A. GREAT EVKNTS IN CHURCH HISTORY IN PICTURES. — I am anxious to get a list of pictures relating to great events in the history of the Established Church which have been used as the subject of important pictures, like ' Kriox preaching before Mary, Queen of Scots,' in the National Collection. Can any readers of ' N. & Q.' help me ? E. C. ." — Is Kniaz, in the ship name Kniaz Potemkin= prince? T. WILSON. "BOMBAY GRAB." — I should be glad to know what was the origin of the sign of the "Bombay Grab" at Bow Bridge, a hostel where the owners of the Stratford Abbey Land were used to meet in the eighteenth century. P. M. ' DON QUIXOTE,' 1595-6. — I have two volumes (the second and the fourth) of ' His- toire de 1'Admirable Don Quixote de la Mancha," the one published in 1595, the other in 1596. The books are bound in white vellum, and are in almost perfect condition. I should feel deeply indebted if you, or one of your readers, would tell me if these books are of value ; and, if so, of what value. W. G. P.I. UK IK MURDOCH. 34, Marchmont Crescent, Edinburgh. [Early editions of the great romance of Cervantes are all scarce.] JOHN LEECH.— 1. Was Leech ever the regular cartoonist to Punch 1 Tenniel, I believe, drew all the cartoons from 1860 to the end of the century. 2. Who preceded him ? In the forties and fifties there appear to be some signed J. L. (which is presumably Leech), and others unsigned. 3. Is it known who was the artist of these ? J. FOSTER PALMER. DOHERTY, WINCHESTER COMMONER.—Was the son of Lord Chief Justice Doherty who entered Winchester College as a Commoner in 1840 his eldest son, the late John Canning- Doherty, Esq., or his second son, the late Kev. Charles William Doherty ? If the latter, whence did he derive his M.A. degree—from Durham or Lambeth 1 JOHN B. WAINEWRIGHT. ROBERT HENRY IEVERS was admitted into college at Westminster School in 1800, and is said to have been drowned off the African coast. He was a son of Henry levers, of Limerick. I should be glad to receive further information about him. G. F. R. B. GENERAL OFFICERS.—An account of the services of distinguished general officers was published about the year 1830. Could any of your readers give a clue to the account referred to! A. O. H. " THE SCREAMING SKULL."—Can any reader throw light on the history of " The Screaming Skull" at Warbleton Priory, in Sussex! What is the first authentic date at which the owners were obliged to keep the skull in the house ! and to wnom did it belong ? Is this the only instance of the story of the scream- ing skull in England ? G. H. MARTIN. The Cottage, \esthope, Craven Arms. MELISANDE : ETTARRE.—Did Maeterlinck invent the name Meiisande in his play 'Pelleas et Melisande,' or does it occur (as does Pelleas) in the Arthurian legends? Is Melisande an ordinary French female Chris- tian name? Has the name any connexion with the name or the legend of Melusine? There seems some resemblance between the story of Melusine and Maeterlinck's drama.
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