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NOTES AND QUERIES, [lo* s. v. MARCH 31, im

denote it by the E. letter w, two good examples occur in werea, plural of weros, a year, allied to Lat. uetus, old ; and in WCTTCS, a word, whence the E. ejric.

WALTER W. SKEAT.

IVY LANE, STRAND (10 th S. v. 81, 136, 175). In June, 1C37, "one Googe, younge sonne to Dr. Googe [Win. Gouge], minister of the Black friers," was strangled and stabbed, and "was found dead in the Thames, at Ivye bridge in the Strand " (' Documents relating to Prynne, 3 Camd. Soc., p. 81).

W. C. B.

COPES AND COPE- CHESTS (10 th S. v. 189). There is a cope-chest at Salisbury Cathedral, and another at Gloucester Cathedral ; both -are, I believe, mediaeval.

J. A. J. HOUSDEN.

An excellent example of a mediaeval cope- -chest may be seen in the fine fifteenth- century church of St. Eustachius at Tavistock. Trapezoid in shape, it looks not unlike a quadrant box. Made of oak, it opens by a folding lid, upon which is a wealth of charming old wrought iron work.

Another, of similar form, may been seen in the undercroft at Wells Cathedral.

HARRY HEMS.

Fair Park, Exeter.

In regard to MR. CA.NINT HUGHES'S inquiry Oxford, may I say that they were given by the founder, arid are therefore considerably anterior to Laud's time ? The fullest account of them, and what is known of their history, is in the volume on ' S. John Baptist College, Oxford,' in the series published by F. E. Robinson & Co. W. H. HUTTON.
 * as to the vestments in St. John's College,

St. John's College, Oxford.

CROMWELL'S BURIAL-PLACE (10 th S. v. 205). "The story of Cromwell's burial in the .grounds of Fleetwood House is one of those pleasant traditions that have no solid foundation in fact. It appears to be quite modern, and is not mentioned by Robinson or the older historians of Stoke Newington. Mr. Walford doubted the truth of the legend, and his explanation in 'Old and New London,' v. 542, rightly accounts for it.

General Fleetwood did not reside in Fleetwood House with his wife Bridget, the daughter of Oliver Cromwell, as stated by Lizzie Alldridge in her article entitled 'lii Search of Dr. Watts. 3 There is no reason to suppose that Bridget, the daughter of Cromwell, the widow of Ireton, and the wife of Charles Fleetwood, ever entered

Hartopp House, as it was called during her lifetime. She was buried at St. Ann's, Blackfriars, 1 July, 1662 ; and on 14 Jan., 1663/4, Fleetwood married at that church, as his third wife, Mary, the daughter of Sir John Coke, of Melbourne, and widow of Sir Edward Hartopp, of Freathby, in Leices- tershire. By this marriage Fleetwood came into possession of Hartopp House, which had been built by Sir Edward Hartopp or his father, but which was thenceforward called Fleetwood House. The old house was pulled down in the spring of 1872, and in April of that year it was visited by the late REV. S. ARNOTT in company with the late MR. E. J. SAGE, as well as by MR. A. ANDREWS. These three gentlemen gave descriptions of the house in the columns of them made any mention of the Cromwell tradition^. The date of Bridget Fleetwood's death was worked out by that great genea- logist COL. JOSEPH LEMUEL CHESTER in 4 N. & Q.,' 4 th S. ii. 600 ; iii. 156.
 * N. & Q.' (4 th S. ix. 296, 362), but none of

W. F. PRIDEAUX.

'CHERRY RIPE' (10 th S. iv. 469; v. 214). MR. SCARGILL writes :

" This song occurs in a musical drama performed at the ' King's house,' and was sung by Nell Gwynne before King Charles II. I forget the name of the piece and the date. It is referred to by Samuel Pepys in his diary."

On looking carefully through the diary I find that Pepys enters under date 23 Jan- uary, 1667, the following remark :

"To the King's House, and there saw ' The Humorous Lieutenant,' a silly play, I think. Knipp's singing did please me. In Mrs. Pearce's box, Knipp took us all in and brought in Nelly [Nell Gwynne], who acted the great part of Crelia to-day, very tine ; and did it pretty well. I kissed her, and so did my wife, and a mighty pretty soul she is."

On turning to Beaumont and Fletcher's tragi-comedy 'The Humorous Lieutenant,' I see no song is assigned to Co3lia. The only song in the play is in Act IV. sc. iii., which is allotted to " Magician " and " The Spirits dancing round the bowl." Pepys, on 20 April, 1661, mentions seeing this play acted before the king ; his only comment then is, " Nofc very well done." Pepys praises Nell G Wynne's clever performances in comical parts, " most as a mad girl," " but best of all like a young gallant," also when " she dances in boy's clothes," but he never alludes to her singing, though he highly extols Mrs. Knipp as a vocalist.

'Cherrie Ripe' was written by Robert Herrick in * Hesperides,' published in 1678. It was not set to music until 1824, when