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NOTES AND QUERIES. 112 s. i. FEB. 20, me.

Britanni, ' Palamedes, sive de Tabula Lusoria, Alea et Variis Ludis Libri Tres ' (Leyden, 1622), the following : " Quartum genus pilse fuit Harpastum (Anglis foeth- balj." L. L. K.

WE must request correspondents desiring in- iorniation on family matters of only private interest to affix their names and addresses to their queries, in order that answers may be sent to them direct.

DAVID MARTIN, PAINTER 1737-98. Can any reader tell me whether David Martin painted any portraits of the family of Keir, or of the Bruces of Kiriloch, about the years 1765-75, and where I can obtain information about them ? JOHN MURRAY.

50 Albeniirle Street, W.

JOSEPH BRAMAH. We are desirous of obtaining a portrait of Joseph Bramah, who, we understand, died in 1814. We shall be glad of any information which will enable us to obtain one.

H. J. WHITLOCK & SONS, LTD. 11 New Street, Birmingham.

CORBETT OF HANFORD, STAFFS. Wanted,

particulars of pedigree of this family between 1600 and 1800. J. PARRY LLOYD.

Tachbrook, Alderley Edge.

"MONIALIS." Touching the transfeienceof Leofric and his see from Crediton to Exete^ in 1050, William of Malmesbury wrote (c. 1125) : " Hie Lefricus, eject is sanc- timonialibus a Sancti Petri Monasterio, episcopatum et canonicos statuit ...."*

The Rev. F. E. Warren (' Leofric Missal,' Preface, p. xxv), who renders the word sanctimonialibus " nuns," remarks that " all modern writers, except Mr. Freeman, assert, without making any mention of nuns, that monks were ejected by Leofric." He sites Dagdale, ' Monast,,' li. 513; Leland, ' Itin.,' iii. 67 ; and " Dr. Oliver, following Godwin." I may add that both Britton (' ExeterCath."p. 14) who gives Malmesbury as his authority and Dr. E. A. Freeman ("Historic Towns " : ' Exeter,' p. 32) translate the word in question " monks." But Hooker, in his (MS.) ' History of Exeter,' tells us that nuns as well as monks had their houses within the Close, which were " vnited by Bysshoj:/ Leofricus unto the Cathedrall Churche." Assuming this to have been a fact (though

No. 52, ed. by N. Hamilton, p. 201.
 * 'Gesta Pdntificum Anglorum,' Rolls Series,

it is possible that Hooker himself derived his "nuns " only from Malmesbury 's version), and granting that Ducange (' Diet. Med. et Infim. Lat.') equates monialis, sancti- monialis, with monacha, I am led to query whether the word monialis was ever used indifferently for both genders. (Cf. the adj. monasterialis = monastic.) I should be very glad to be informed if any instance of such use is known.

ETHEL LEGA-WEEKES.

' ANECDOTES OF MONKEYS.' Can any of your readers help me to find a book with some such title as the above, published, I think, during the second quarter of the last century ? I saw it in a bookseller's cata- logue some few years ago, but I was too late to procure it.

I have been unable to find any trace of it at the British Museum, for want, no doubt, of sufficient particulars.

J. S. UDAL, F.S.A.

ST. MARY CRAY (SUDCRAI). I should be glad to obtain any information concerning the past history of St. Mary Cray, more especially with regard to the parish church. Arch. Cantiana, Glynne, Hussey, Grayling, Hasted, and Harris have been consulted. References to other authorities would be much appreciated. R. C. STEVENSON.

THE KNAVE OF CLUBS IN CHURCHES. In ' The Book of Common Prayer ' (Pullan), p. 118, it says that Feckenham " spoke of the revolting blasphemy of the Protestants, who trampled on the sacraments and hung the Knave of Clubs over the altars in de- rision." What does this mean ? I am informed that there was a picture of the Knave of Clubs in Limber Church, Lincoln- shire, about 1800, and am anxious to find out if there is any possibility of this having been a case in point. J. rr. CHAMBERLAIN.

Oldmead, Freshwater, Isle of Wight.

THE REV. MATTHEW DRIFT OF LAVENHAM, SUFFOLK. Was he a brother of Adrian Drift (1675 ?-1737), Mat. Prior's secretary and executor ? G. F. R. B.

JANE BUTTERFIELD. She was tried at Croydoii on Aug. 19, 1775, on the charge of having poisoned William Scawen of Wood- i cote Lodge, arid acquitted. See " Trial of Jane Butterfield for the Wilful Murder of William Scawen. . . .Taken in shorthand by Joseph Gurney and Wm. Blanchard . . . . " (W. Owen and G. Kearsly) ; ' Observations on the Case of Miss Butterfield ' (Williams). Walpole alludes to the excitement caused by