Page:Notes and Queries - Series 12 - Volume 1.djvu/195

Rh –Amongst the trades enumerated in Mr. W. J. Hardy's 'Middlesex County Records' (London, 1908) is that of a wooden-hat maker (p. 3). I wish to know whether these hats were made by cementing together wooden shavings, somewhat after the manner in which straw hats are now made, or were they turned out of the solid? Samuel Smiles, in his 'Lives of Boulton and Watt,' tells a story about the first meeting between William Murdock and Matthew Boulton, when the young Scotchman came to Soho seeking work. Boulton was attracted by the hat which Murdock was dangling in his hand, and asked what it was made of. Murdock in reply said that it was made of wood, and that he turned it in a lathe of his own invention. Doubts have been cast upon the truth of this story, but, if it can be shown that the articles made by the wooden-hat makers in Mr. Hardy's list were turned out of the solid, the story may, I think, be accepted, though a head-covering of that description would be most uncomfortable.

—Charles I. took sundry extraordinary methods of raising money, one of which was "coat and conduct money" from every county. The phrase "coat and conduct money" is mentioned, but not explained, under "coat" in the 'N.E.D.,' and I can get no explanation elsewhere. Can any reader explain it, or say where an explanation is to be found? A reply direct, or through 'N. & Q.,' will be much esteemed.

—Can any one give me precise information as to the origin of the Turkish badge, the crescent and star? I have seen it somewhere asserted that the crescent was assumed as a Turkish emblem after the taking of Constantinople in 1453, and that it was found by the victors on some antique altar (of Selene?).

—A writer in a contemporary has recently stated that he inclines to the belief that the place was called Hawthorn Hive in the first instance. Will readers of 'N. & Q.' please give their views on the correct spelling and its derivation?

was buried in Surrey Chapel in 1833. Surrey Chapel has since been demolished. What has become of Rowland Hill?

—Can any reader give me the whole of a song I used to hear in the North of England about thirty or forty years ago? It began:—

and each verse ended with:—

Or can any reader tell me where I can find a copy of the words?

—What is the meaning of this word, which occurs in a passage of Hall's 'Triumphant Reign of King Henry VIII.,' in which he is said to have worn on his head "a chapeau montabyn"? Neither the 'New English Dictionary' nor Halliwell-Phillipps's 'Archaic Dictionary' throws any light on the question; nor does Littré's French Dictionary.

THE SECOND WIFE OF JOHN MOYLE OF EASTWELL, KENT. According to the pedi- grees of the Moyles of Eastwell, the second wife of this man was a daughter of Sir Robert Drury of Essex ; but in the Inquisition post mortem taken at Wye about Nov. 11, 17 Hen. VII. (1501), and which has been recently printed, he is stated to have married, about June, the 22nd year of Edward IV., Anne Darcy, and Giles Moyle, his son and heir, is said to be aged 15 years and more. Is Darcy a misreading for Drury ? I have not seen the original at the Record Office, but quote from the printed copy. He is said in the pedigree to have had seven other children by the daughter of Sir Robert Drury, among them Sir Thomas Moyle. A. STEPHENS DYER. 207 Kingston Road, Teddingtou.

ST. ANTHONY IN ROSELAND, CORNWALL. This was a cell of the Augustinian Conventual Priory of Plympton, Devon. Is it known when and by whom it was founded ? Ac- cording to Dugdale's ' Monasticon ' (1846 edition, vi. p. 52) it " was supplied with two monks only." JOHN B. WAINEWRIGHT.

SIR ROBERT CAREY'S RIDE. Queen Eliza- beth died early on March 24, 1603. Sir Robert Carey started from Richmond Palace at close on 9 o'clock the same morning in order to convey the news to James at Holyrood, arriving there on the evening of the 26th. Perhaps some of your readers could furnish particulars of this wonderful ride, and give names of works where details might be found as to the route he took.