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NOTES AND QUERIES. [us. V.APRIL 27,1912-,

printed in ' Sitzungsberichte der Berliner Akademie,' 1904, J. 906-16. Mgr. Kirsch says of the statement in the ' Liber Ponti- ficalis ' (which, he says, is " a compilation of papal biographies that in its earliest form cannot antedate the first quarter of the sixth century "), " Hie accepit epistulam a Lucio Britannio rege ut Christianus effi- ceretur per ejus mandatum," that it is. historically speaking, " quite improbable, and is rejected by all recent critics." Ac- cording to Harnack, the king in question was Lucius ^Elius Septimus Megas Abgar IX. of Edessa.

As to the patron saint of Chur, the Ca- puchin, Father Otto Jeron, in his article on Chur in ' The Catholic Encyclopaedia,' says :

" The first mention of a Bishop of Chur (St. Asimo) is at the Synod of Milan, as early as 451 (Mansi, iv, 141). . . .According to local traditions, the first Bishop of Chur was St. Lucius, a reputed King of Britain, who is said to have died a martyr at Chur about the year 170, and whose relics are preserved in the cathedral."

He refers to G. Mayer, ' St. Luzi bei Chur,' Lindau, 1876. The first reference to St. Lucius of Chur, according to Mgr. Kirsch, occurs in an eighth- or ninth-century manuscript.

As to dates, I see MB. USSHER states that St. Eleutherius was Pope from 177 to 193. According to the current ' Catholic Direc- tory,' he was Pope from 182 to 193. Ac- cording to Mgr. Kirsch, he was Pope from c. 174 to 189. In any case we may be safe in assuming that the relics in Chur Cathedral are not those of a British king.

JOHN B. WAINEWRIGHT.

MATTHEW FERN, JACOBITE (US. v. 150, 257). My version of the song is this : As I was going to Temple Bar, I met King William in his car : I took up a turnip, and knocked him down, And bade him give up King James's crown.

G. W. E. R.

BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION WANTED : EDMUND BACON (11 S. v. 229). This was Sir Edmund Bacon, second baronet, eldest son of Sir Nicholas Bacon, the first baronet of Redgrave, who was the eldest son of Sir Nicholas Bacon, Lord Keeper of the Great Seal. He married the Hon. Philippa Wotton, daughter and coheir of Edward, Lord Wotton of Morley, but dying without issue on 10 April, 1649, was succeeded in the title by his brother Robert. He was executor, in 1624, to the will of his sister Anne, the wife of the last Sir Robert Drury 6f Hawstead. His own will is dated 1648.

and by it he left 301. to the " town of Hal- stead neere Bury," the interest of which was to be paid to the sexton of the parish, or some other appointed person, for the " well looking to the two toombes in that church, the one being the tombe of S r Robert Drury and my deare sister his wife, and thother that of my^ neece Elizabeth their daughter." ' Bury Wills' (Camden Society).

CHARLES DRURY,

In Chauncy's ' Herts ' it is said Sir' Nicholas Bacon of Gorhambury had a son Sir Edmund Bacon (of Redgrave, in Suffolk), Bart., who was his heir. Sir Nicholas was Keeper of the Great Seal in 1558, and died in 1579. May not the son be the Edmund your correspondent is seeking ? I should be glad of further information about Edmund Bacon. It seems strange to me that Sir Nicholas made more of Francis and Anthony, sons of his second wife. He had by his first wife Edmund and two other sons. Chauncy does not give her name. M.A.OxoN.

DANISH NATIONAL FLAG (11 S. v. 249). : There is only one Danish national flag, the Danebrog, the origin of which is said to be connected with the victorious campaign in 1219 of King Waldemar II. against the heathen Esthonians.

Hans C. Andersen made a poetic slip in mixing the flag up with the national, not royal, coat of arms, the three lions and nine leaves of the water - lily not hearts, which this heraldic device was erroneously sup- posed to represent. W. R. PRIOR.

The royal banner of Denmark bears the- royal achievement placed upon the Danne- brog. The arms of Denmark proper are : Or, seme of hearts proper, three lions passant- guardant azure, armed gules, crowned of the first. A. R. BAYLEY.

AUTHORS OR EXPLANATIONS WANTED (11 S. v. 230). 1. Probably refers to the- outbreak of the Pastoureaux, or Shepherds (so called from their supposed simplicity),, which for a time led astray even Blanche of Castile, while her son, Louis IX. of France, was a captive in Egypt in 1250.

A. R. BAYLEY.

15. This extract is from ' Wilhelm Meister's Apprenticeship,' book v. chap. xvi. See- Carlyle's translation, vol. ii. p. 59, Popular Edition :

" Ere long he must feel how true it is, that doubt of any kind can be removed by nothing but activity."

It is quoted also in

Sartor Resartus.'

P. C. PARR,