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Thomas Eyre, Mayor of, Sarum 1610, by Anne Jaye, and he had a son, Robert Eyre of Putney (buried in Bath Abbey), who married Anne Brisco. What Briscos were these ? L. E. T.

2, Little Dean's Yard, S.W.

" REGIUM PB^CEPTUM SCALIGERI." What is the " regium praeceptum Scaligeri " ? It has something to do with the formation of compound words in Greek ; but I can find nothing about it in any of the Greek grammars. KOM OMBO.

MRS. ANNA JAMESON (1794-1860) was an intimate friend of Ottilie von Goethe, and in her published works a number of highly interesting remarks on Weimar and the great poet's family are to be found. It is certain that her private letters must have contained many more such allusions. I should, therefore, be very grateful to any of the readers of ' N. & Q.' who could tell me whether and where any literary remains of, and letters to or from, Mrs. Jameson are preserved. Mrs. Gerardine Macpherson in her ' Memoirs of the Life of Anna Jameson (1878) informs us that Mrs. Jameson unfortunately destroyed most of the letters and diaries in her own posses- sion (p. x) ; but, as she quotes from letters addressed by the author to other persons as her father, sisters, husband, Robert Xoel, Esq., Miss Sedgwick, Mrs. Procter there is the possibility that these, as well as others, may still exist.

HEINRICH MUTSCHMANN.

University College, Nottingham.

" CALLANDAR'S CAT." In his ' Reminis- cences,' 1830, i. 81, Henry Angelo says of a fire -eating Hibernian Frenchman " that if he had not had as many lives as old Callandars cat, he could not have escaped." I shall be glad of an explanation of the allusion. G. L. APPERSON.

CRUCIFIX ON THE EDGAR TOWER, WOR- CESTER. In July last the empty niches on the Edgar Tower, Worcester, were on the outer face filled in. Among other effigies, one re- presenting St. Oswald, Archbishop of York and Bishop of Worcester, was erected. He appears with his mitre, &c., holding a crucifix in his hand. This crucifix shows the body of our Lord clothed only as on an ordinary cru- cifix, with the feet crossed and not separate. The Bishop died in 992. I wrote to The Worcester Herald on the subject, but no remarks have been made on my letter by any correspondent.

I now ask the readers of ' N. & Q.' whether they agree with me in thinking that the body of Christ should have been shown clad in long robes and with the feet separate, and with a crown upon His brow, bearing in mind the period during which the saint lived. STAPLETON MARTIN.

The Firs, Norton, Worcester.

INSCRIPTIONS ON BRASSES : COBHATVT CLERE. Can any reader of ' N. & Q.' give me the full inscriptions on the brass (1) to Sir Reginald Cobham, second Baron Cobham of Sterborough, ob. 1402, in Lingfield Church, Surrey ; (2) to Robert Clere, Dean of Battle, Sussex, ob. 1440 ? I have made out the greater part of them, but there are two or three words in each which I am unable to decipher. N. E. TOKE.

'THE OLD MAN'S LEGACY.'

" The Old Man's Legacy to his Daughters, wherein, tho' hidden, the mysteries of Faith and Experience are briefly described and laid down, in a plain and familiar Dialogue in six severall Conferences betwixt y author's two daughters Elizabeth and Margaret. To w ch is added some choice discourses of y e author's most excellent Experiences. In two parts. Written by N. T. deceased, w n near ninety years of age, for y private use of the Daughters aforesaid, and now made Publick at y e Bequest of many. By an

admirer of Grace and Truth London, printed

for H. Barnard of y Bible in y 6 Poultrey, 1692.' The above is an extract from a manuscript notebook, written by Abra. Scholefield of Walsden, Lanes, 1699.

I have never been able to find a copy of ' The Old Man's Legacy.' Query, who was " N. T.," and has any reader of ' N. & Q.' seen the book ? HENRY FISHWICK.

The Heights, Rochdale.

GREENSTONE. Sir W. Raleigh, in his ' Discovery of Guiana,' states that he saw " a kind of greenstone which was used for spleen-stones," and " for diseases of stone we also esteem them." Can any reader give any information about this " greenstone " its exact nature, and use ? RENIRA.

HURSLEY PARK AND COMPTON MONCEUX MANOR, HANTS. At the end of F. H. S.'s query headed ' Serjeant Pengelly and Richard Cromwell' (ante, p. 170) I note the statement that Sir Thomas Pengelly purchased the manor of Compton Monceux, near Stockbridge, "in 1717," and after- wards leased it "to the Rumbolds." I should be very glad to learn what family of that name is here referred to, the name being a somewhat uncommon one. LAC.