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NOTES AND QUERIES. [11 s. iv. DEC. 9, 1911.

JOCKEY DOCTORS. Charles II., when at Newmarket races, is said to have amused himself by dubbing people " M.D." indis- criminately, the holders of these bogus titles being known as " Jockey Doctors." Can any reader of ' N. & Q.' kindly furnish authority for this rumour ? M.D.

WILSON : CERTIFICATES OF BAPTISM WANTED. Can any one give information as to where Priscilla Putterill and Samuel Wilson were married ? It is believed to have been at Northampton, but may have been in one of the surrounding hamlets.

Also, could any one give information as to the certificate of baptism of John Wilson, born 26 Oct., 1832, in Bedfordshire or Northamptonshire ; and the certificate of baptism of Samuel Wilson, born at Ampthill or in the neighbourhood between July and December, 1793-1800 ?

Please reply direct. JAMES WILSON. 68, Beaconsfield Road, Lower Edmonton.

ANGLO- SAXON OBSOLETE WORDS. Is there any list of obsolete Anglo-Saxon words ? If so, I should be glad if you could give me particulars of the list or book. ANTRIM.

[Does our correspondent "want more than the ordinary Anglo-Saxon dictionary ?]

MARGARET ANNE JEFFRAY. This lady was the daughter of Dr. James Jeffray, Professor of Anatomy in the University of Glasgow, by his wife Mary Brisbane, the daughter of Walter Brisbane and Margaret Paterson, his wife. Her mother, Mrs. Jeffray, died before 1807, and her grand- mother, Mrs. Brisbane, died in 1808. In Robertson's edition of Crawfurd's ' Renfrew- shire ' (p. 394), published in 1818, it says :

" The said Margaret Anne Jeffray of Milton [parish of Carluke, Lanarkshire], as heiress of these two ladies, her grandmother and grand- aunt (Anne Paterson), now inherits the estates of the family of Paterson of Craigton."

Can any one tell me if the above Mar- garet Anne Jeffray married and' left descen- dants ? I should be grateful for any infor- mation regarding her or her descendants.

E. HAVILAND HILLMAN, F.S.G. c/o Anglo-South American Bank, Ltd., Old Broad Street, E.G.

LACKINGTON THE BOOKSELLER'S MEDALS. Did Lackington issue more than one medal ? I have one, which is rather larger than half-a-crown, and am told that he issued a smaller one. These medals were to "his self -glory," and cost him more than a hundred pounds, and he gave the whole issue away. THOS. RATCLIFFE.

PRIME SERJEANT. This was in the eigh- teenth century, and later, the title of an official in Ireland. What were his duties and status ? Is the office mentioned in books or records earlier than the eighteenth century ? Is it still in existence ; and, if not, when was it abolished ?

' The Century Dictionary ' says that " Prime or premier Serjeant " is, in England, " the queen's (or the king's) first x serjeant- at-law." I have so far failed to discover evidence that the title ever existed in Eng- land, and I have not found any trace of the form " premier Serjeant." I should be glad to know what is the foundation for the statement of ' The Century Dictionary.'

HENRY BRADLEY. Oxford.

EDWARD PURCELL.

(11 S. iv. 368.)

THE name of Edward Purcell first appears in the Registers of Westminster Abbey, where his entry of baptism occurs under date 6 Sept., 1689, " Edward, son of Henry and Frances Purcell " (Chester's ' Registers of Westminster Abbey,' p. 74). The Purcell family lived on the west side of Dean's Yard, Westminster (identified by Edward F. Rimbault in 1872 as being " on the site of a house now occupied by the Precentor"), and here, on 21 Nov., 1695, Henry Purcell died (Chester's ' Regis- ters,' p. 238), and his widow Frances was left sole executrix (see Henry Purcell' s will in W. H. Cummings's ' Life,' pp. 78-9). Edward Purcell was only six years old at the time of his father's death. His mother continued to reside in Great Dean's Yard with Edward and Frances, the two surviving children, and from here in 1696 she issued ' A Choice Collection of Lessons for the Harpsichord, or Spinnet- Composed by y e late Mr. Henry Pnrcell, Organist of his Majesties Chappel Royal & of St. Peters, Westminster.' Three editions of this book were sold at once, and in 1697 and 1698 further volumes of music appeared, viz., ' Ayres ' and ' Collections ' by " the late Henry Purcell." Edward Purcell' s home was, after 1698, moved to Richmond, Surrey, where his mother died in February, 1706, having previously made a nuncupative will, 7 Feb., 1705/6, " as she sat in a chair in the parlour of her dwelling-house at Richmond, co. Surrey." She appointed Mr.