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NOTES AND QUERIES. [ii s. vi. DEC. as, mt.

" TROW " : " WAYZGOOSE." The follow- ing is an extract from The Clevedon Mercury of 22 June, 1912 :

" In the early hours of Thursday morning, when a heavy wind was blowing from the direc- tion of W.N.W., the trow Mary Ann foundered off Clevedon. Happily, there was no loss of life, the crew of three hands taking to their boat and reaching Portishead in safety."

" Trow " seems to be the local word for a ketch. Is it used elsewhere than on the Somerset coast ?

What is the origin of " wayzgoose," and is it now generally known ? The Clevedon Mercury seems to use it as a matter of course, thus :

" Mercurians' Wayzgoose. Another Visit to Blackpool. Blackpool would almost seem to have cast a spell over the staff of the Clevedon Printing Company (Limited) and Clevedon Mercury and Courier, for occasion was again taken of the annual outing on Saturday last to make the long journey north to this ever-popular Lan- cashire seaside resort, thus making the fifth time since the wayzgoose was started at this

office fifteen years ago In the still more rural

districts, and there only, the wayzgoose reigns unclouded in its pristine glory." Clevedon Mercury, 24 Aug., 1912.

PENBY LEWIS.

[Wayzgoose. has" been much discussed in 'N. & Q.' See 7 S. x. 187, 233, 373 ; xi. 34 ; 8 S. x. 432, 483 ; xi. 30, 157, 254.]

JAMES TOWNSHEND SAWABD. On 5 March, 1857, this man, better known, perhaps, as " Jim the Penman," then aged 58, was found guilty of forgery, and was sentenced to be transported for life. Perhaps some one with access to the books and archives of the Inner Temple can say who his parents were, when he was called to the Bar, how long he occupied chambers in the Temple and where they were situated, how long he survived his sentence, and where he died.

JOHN B. WAINEWBIGHT.

[Mr. F. Boase's 'Modern English Biography,' vol. in. col. 428, says of James Townsend Saward : "Barrister I.T. 20 Nov., 1840." Among the authorities cited is Major A. Griffiths's 'New- gate,' ii, 395-8.]

FULWOOD. According to Egerton's ' Life of the Actress, Mrs. Anne Oldfield,' a bar- rister of Gray's Inn named Fulwood was killed in a duel in Lincoln's Inn Fields during the reign of Queen Anne.

Can any reader give me further particulars of this Mr. Fulwood his Christian name, age, date of his death, family, &c. ? Is there any mention of him in the records of Gray's Inn ? G. R. LAGLEN.

JANE AUSTEN : GODMEBSHAM HOUSE. Can any one inform me whether Godmer- sham House in Kent, the property of Jane Austen's brother, is described in any of her novels ? Many of her letters in the volume edited by her great-nephew, the first Lord Brabourne, were written there.

W. T.

" FUNK " : " FINK." Is any connexion possible between our slang word " funk " and the German Fink (a finch) ? I am not sure of German usage, but I know that in Switzerland " Er ist einFink " is equivalent to " He is a funk." The ' N.E.D.' has little to say on the connexions of this word.

HABOLD PICTON.

' IAN ROY.' In ' Ian Roy of Skellater,' by James Neil, M.D., appears the following :

" His clansman and collateral descendant, Mr. TJrquhart Forbes, fascinated by the romance of his career, has made him the hero of the tale of ' Ian Boy.' "

Will some reader of ' N. & Q.' inform me where I can obtain a copy of this work ?

J. F. J. Minneapolis.

PRIVILEGE AND LICENCE TO PUBLISH: COPYRIGHT.

(11 S. v. 324.)

MB. PIEBPOINT'S communication raises a question of much interest. Mary's charter to the Stationers' Company (ratified by Elizabeth, 1559) forbids any books to be printed by any person not a member of the Stationers' Company (Arber, ' Tran- scripts of Stationers' Register,' Introduction, p. xxx ).

A by-law of the Company (17 Aug., 1681), which was probably declaratory of existing practice, ordained that where any entry is, or hereafter shall be, duly made of any book in the said Register Book of the Com- pany by or for any member of the Com- pany, in such case, if any member shall thereafter, without licence or consent of such member, print such book, he shall forfeit to the Company the sum of twelve pence for every copy printed or sold (Arber, i. 22).

The Stationers' Register for 6 April, 1584, contains this entry :

" Tho. Cadman. Yt is graunted unto him that if he can gett the commedie of Sappho lawfully alowed unto him, Then none of this companie shall interrupt him to enjoye yt."