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NOTES AND QUERIES. U i s. m. MAY is, 1911.

For the above collection the Rev. Joseph Stevenson edited :

Historical Works of the Venerable Beda. 1853.

Anglo-Saxon Chronicle ; Chronicle of Florence of Worcester. 1853.

History of Kings of England, &c., hy William of Malmesbury. 1854.

Chronicle of Fabius Ethehverd ; Asser's Annals of King Alfred ; The Book of Hyde ; Chronicles of John of Wallingford ; History of Ingulf ; and Gaimar. 1854.

Historical Works of Simeon of Durham. 1855.

History of William of Newburgh ; Chronicles of Robert de Monte. 1856.

Chronicles of John and Richard of Hexham ; of Holyrood ; of Melrose ; and Jordan Fantosme's Chronicle. 1856.

A. R. BAYLEY.

The series known as ' The Church His- torians of England ' was edited, and in part translated from the originals, by the Rev. Joseph Stevenson. It was begun in 1853, and brought to a close in 1858. The series, according to Allibone, is complete in 5 vols. extended to 8, that is, three of the volumes contained two parts. Vol. i., 1853, vol. ii., 1854, and vol. iv., 1856, were double or two two-part volumes ; vols. iii. and v. were single. ' The Historical Works of the Venerable Beda ' were contained in vol. i. part i., vol. i. part ii. consisted of ' The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle ' and the ' Chronicle of Florence of Worcester.' There was no second part of vol. v. W. SCOTT.

LAMB, BURTON, AND FRANCIS SPIERA (11 S. iii. 61, 152, 212). PROF. BENSLY is quite right, and I must apologize, and am much obliged to him for having challenged my statements, as it induced me to renew my researches.

There is a copy of ' Francisci Spierse Historia ' in the British Museum (press-mark 719. e. 38), but without place or date, and the Transylvanian writer's contribution occurs at the reference indicated by PROF. BENSLY. In the introduction the writer is described as

'* Sigisraundus Gelous, Pannonius, cujus eruditio et probitas, et pietas singularis, non in Pannonia modo, sed etiam apud I talcs' et Saxonas [sic], celebratur."

Petrus Paulus Vergerius, another of the four witnesses in the book, refers to him as " D. Sigismundus Gelous, philosophise professor."

Having thus obtained a clue, I pursued the search in another direction, and soon discovered that Gelous was known in his native country under the name of " Torda," who published in Vienna, in 1554, some ' Epigrammata Sigismundi Tordas Geloi.'

According to Szabo, the Hungarian biblio- grapher, his name was Dr. Sigismundus Torda de Gyalu ; he was a doctor of medicine and professor at Eperjes in Hungary. Gyalu in Transylvania was, no doubt, his native place, and Gelous is meant for "native of Gyalu." An ' Oratio de Beatudine was published by him at Padua with a dedication dated 1549. At Melanchthon's suggestion, he tells us, he translated into Latin the ' Orestes ' of Euripides, and pub- lished the translation at Basel in 1551. The same year he married Euphemia, the daughter pf Georgius Wernherus, the well-known author of * De admirandis Hungariae aquis,' the event being celebrated by the publication in Prague of " epigrammata aliquot " written "a Boiemis poeticse studiosis." He seems to have got on well in the world, as he published in Vienna, in 1563, a new edition of Galeoti Martii 'Libellus Elegans de Egregie, Sapienter, Jocose Dictis F,C Factis Matthiae Sereniss. Ungarise Regis,' upon the title-page of which he names and describes himself as " Sigismundus Torda Cameras Hungaricae, et Sacrae Caesariae Regiaeque Majestatis, &c. Consiliarius."

I have not been able to discover anything about him after this date. L. L. K.

SCOTTISH TITLES CONFERRED BY OLIVER CROMWELL (US. iii. 88, 193). If the Blue- book of ' Members of Parliament,' 69 L, is correct, Sir Archibald Johnestone was Lord Waristoune some years before Cromwell instituted his Upper House.

In the Blue-book, under " Parliament cf Scotland, 20-22 Charles I. (1644-7)," one of the representatives of Edinburghshire was " Sir Archibald Johnestone, Lord Waris- toune, Senator of the College of Justice, Sess. 1, 2, 5, 6."

In the preceding " Convention of the Estates of Scotland," 19-20 Charles I. (1643-4), appears for Edinburghshire "Sir Archibald Johnston, of Waristoun, Senator of the College of Justice, Sess. 1, 2."

In the succeeding " Parliament of Scot- land, 23 Charles I. 3 Charles II. (1648-51)," under " Edinburghshire "is " Sir Archibald Johnstoun, of Warristoun, Knt., Senator of the College of Justice, Sess. 2."

" Sess." means " Sessions," and the numbers indicate the member's sessions of attendance.

Assuming Sir Archibald was Lord Waris- toune in 16447, it would appear that he did not " receive " that title from Cromwell, who may have summoned him under that title to his Upper House. It may be, how-