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NOTES AND QUERIES, no s. vm. OCT. 26, 1907.

American and West Indian examples, it is possible that the owner was American, especially as I understand that the name is not uncommon in the States. Neither Burke's 'General Armory' (1843 edition) nor Papworth's ' Ordinary of British Armorials ' gives the arms, which are, if I read them correctly, Gu., a fess counter- vaire arg. and az. between two children's heads couped at the shoulders in chief, and a popinjay in base, all ppr. Motto, "Gaudet patientia duris." Crest, a child's head, as in the arms, but winged.

CARNEGY JOHNSON.

CONSTANTITTS CHLORUS AND ST. MAURICE.

Was Constantius Chlorus acquainted with, or did he witness the execution of, St. Maurice, the soldier of the Theban legion who was put to death under Maximianus ? In York, where Constantius Chlorus died in 306, stands a church dedicated to St Maurice, on the site of earlier churches dedicated to the same saint. At a short distance was the church of St. Helen-on-the- Walls, in which, legend said, was the tomb of Constantius. A record of the military service or employments of Constantius Chlorus, if such be extant, might shed some light on the matter. SADI.

'INTO THY HANDS, O LORD,' AN OIL PAINTING. Can any readers inform me as to the origin and signification of the above painting ? There is a knight in armour, save that the helmet is hanging on the saddle of the white horse he rides, which appears frightened by something in a cave, but what it is does not appear. Around the horse, and on the very rocky roadway, are depicted three dogs, all showing evident signs of terror. The knight holds his sword in his hand, but his lance or spear is seen on his right side, sloping backwards. A. J. W.

FEBRUARY 30. In the .Register of All Saints', Northampton, I find :

1576/7. "Mary filia Johis Bryan bapt. fuit Tri- cesimo die februarij."

And in the Register of Paulerspury, North- ants :

1647/8. "Feb. 30. Elizabeth Dorrell, dau. of William and Em [bur]."

I imagine these to be merely mistakes. Can there be any other explanation ?

HENRY ISHAM LONGDEN. Heyford Rectory, Weedon.

[For other instances of 30 February see 10 S. i.

WELSH HERALDRY. Where can I get any information as to the arms of the Welsh princes or old Welsh families ? Armorial bearings seem to have been used at an early date in Wales, and there are some interesting points connected with this old Welsh heraldry. A very common charge is the Saracen's head, termed in Welsh " Pen Sais," i.e. the Saxon's head. What is the history of this charge ? G. M. F.

LoRD-LlEUTENANTS IN SCOTLAND. When

were Lord-Lieutenants first appointed to Scotch counties ? M.

EDWARD AND MARY WARDOUR. I should be glad of information about Edward, eldest son of Sir Edward Wardour, Kt. or Bt., who married Mary, youngest daughter of Sir William Dyer, Kt., of Great Staugh- ton, Hunts, and Colmworth, Beds. Where were they married and buried ? Did they leave any issue ? Mary Wardour is men- tioned as married in the will of her mother, Lady Catherine Dyer, in 1653.

E. H. MARTIN.

The Cottage, Westhope, Craven Arms.

PEROUN.

(10 S. viii. 270.)

ACCORDING to V. Dahl's great glossary of the living Russian language (2nd ed., 1882), Peroun is described as

"a tall, broad-shouldered, bull - headed creature, with black hair and eyes and a golden beard, a bow in his right hand, and in his left a quiver with arrows ; he travels through the sky in a chariot, launching fiery shafts."

Karamzin the historian says that Vladimir made Perun with a silver head and placed him on a hill with other Slav idols (i.e., Khorsu, Dazhbog, and Stribog). Count Krasinski (' Lectures on Slavonia ') and the late M. Alfred Rambaud ( ' Histoire de la Russie '), on the authority of Nestor's chronicle, say that the idol was wooden, with a silver head and golden beard.

My esteemed friend Prof. Louis Leger, who probably knows as much about Slav subjects as any one alive, devotes a chapter in ' La Mythologie slave ' to Perun and Svantovit. Perun was worshipped not only at Kiev, but also at Novgorod ; and as Vladimir destroyed the better-known idol in the Dnieper, Bishop Akim (Joachim) flung the Novgorod idol into the Volkhov.