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 ii s. ix. JAN. 3, 19R] NOTES AND QUERIES.

I am not sure that there is any available and certain source from which the dates of incorporated trades can be ascertained, except from the actual date of the charter itself.

NOTES.

Goldsmiths. Are mentioned earlier than the date named at viii. 144 for in the Chronicles of the Mayors and Sheriffs of London a certain dispute is mentioned that arose between the craft of Tailors and Gold- smiths in 1267.

Ironmongers. In 1248 one " Alexander le Ferrun " was elected an Alderman of the City of London. I, of course, have here supposed " Ferrun " to mean " ironmonger." In 1 269 Alexander appears among those who were expelled from the Citj, and who were to " betake themselves away from it, never to return.''

Pepperers. Must have been in existence as early as 1251, for Andrew le Pepperer appears in a plea of the Crown held at the Tower.

Vintners who had " broken the assize of Wine " had to appear before the Justiciar at the Guildhall in 1256.

I find "Coffierer," " Lingedraper," "Flau- ner," "Mercer," "Draper," "Plumer" (sup- posed to be a feathermonger), " Stock- fishmonger., " " Barber, " &c.

ALFRED CHAS. JONAS.

COUNTY MAPS. Interest in English carto- graphy has received a great impetus through the bibliographies of the maps of certain counties which have been published in recent years. Sir H. G. Fordham must be accorded full recognition for pioneer work in this respect, his valuable lists of maps of Hertfordshire and Cambridgeshire being in the front rank. The former was published in the Transactions of the Hertfordshire Natural History Society and Field Club, vol. xi. parts i. and vi., vol. xii. part v., and vol. xiii. part ii., 1901-7, and described the maps of the county from 1579 to 1900. This was followed by an annotated list of maps of Cambridgeshire, 1579-1897, pub- lished in the Communications of the Cam- bridge Antiquarian Society, 1905 and 1908. Both lists were reissued as complete pub- lications in 1908, and form invaluable guides to the history of county atlases, &c. In 1907 Mr. William Harrison published in the Transactions of the Lancashire and Cheshire Antiquarian Society, vol. xxv., ' Early Maps of Lancashire and their Makers.' In 1911 Mr. T. Chubb, of the Map Room, British

Museum, compiled ' A Descriptive Catalogue- of the Printed Maps of Wiltshire from 157 to 1885,' which was published in The Wilt- shire Archaeological and Natural History Magazine, vol. xxxvii. pp. 211-326; and in October last there was issued, as a separate volume of Transactions of the Bristol and Gloucestershire Archaeological Society, ' A Descriptive Catalogue of the Printed Maps of Gloucestershire, 1577-1911, with Bio- graphical Notes and Illustrations,' also compiled by Mr. Chubb. The Somerset Archaeological and Natural History Society expect to publish shortly Mr. Chubb's list of maps of Somerset. It is to be hoped that, with such examples before them, other societies will endeavour to publish similar lists for their respective districts, and that thus in a few years a systematic record of maps of the counties of England will be accomplished. ROLAND AUSTIN.

"CARENT." (See 11 S. iii. 9.) A query as to the meaning of this word appeared in ' N. & Q.' at the above reference. It was found in a diary of a Scottish minister of the year 1705. I have recently been examining some accounts of about 1700,. belonging to a Scottish parish, and find the word " @rent " constantly mentioned ; it is occasionally found written in full, " annual' rent," i.e., interest. No doubt the loop of the " @ " was written like a " C " in the minister's diary. I noticed also that " the above written " was contracted to " the^ @ written." A. W. ANDERSON.

NEWTON FERRERS : ERROR IN ' CAL. INQ. 10 EDW. III.' In a recent Record Office publication (' Cal. of Inquisitions,, 10 Edw. III.') Westneyweton, in Cornwall, the home of John, son of Nich. de Ferrariis,. is identified as Newton Ferrers.

This is very misleading, as the latter place is in Devon, and was held by another branch, whose members employed much the same Christian names, and on that account are often hard to distinguish from their Cornish cousins of Callingtoii and West Newton. The latter Newton was; probably called " West " to distinguish it. from the better-known Newton Ferrers.

OLD SARUM.

THE ROMAN BATH IN THE STRAND. One would naturally think that in a city like London, which can boast of but few Roman remains in situ, the authorities would be anxious to make those that still exist easily accessible. That this is not the case I was disagreeably surprised to find the-