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NOTES AND QUERIES. [12 s. n. OCT. 7, we.

the lancer regiments. Prof. J. K. La nghton in ' D.X.B.,'"v. 175-6, says :

" It was at this time that, according to the popular story, he [Troinp] wore the br, mm at the masthead, as signifying that he had swept, or was going to sweep, tln> English from the seas. There is no reason to believe that he ever did anything of the sort. ; the statement is entirely unsupported by contemporary evidence ; not one writer of any credit, English or Dutch, mentions it even as a rumour ; but months afterwards an anonymous and unauthenticated writer in a newspaper wrote : ' Mr. Trump, when he was in France, we understand, wore a (lag of broom ' (Daily In- telligencer, Xo. 113, March, 1652/3). The story was probably invented as a joke in the fleet, without a shadow of foundation."

A. R. BAYLEY.

2. " What was the origin of the pennant? ' I have not been able to trace the origin of the pennant, but it was certainly in use during the reign of Henry VII., because amongst the fittings of the ship that took Beauchamp, Earl of Warwick, to France in that king's reign was a " grete stremour for the shippe, XI yardes in length, VII j yardes in brede." ARCHIBALD SPARKE.

2. Commander Robinson in ' The British Fleet ' says :

" The pennant has always denoted the rank of the commander of the vessel. In ancient times he was a soldier and, in the smaller craft, a man- at-arms, bearing on his lance a single-tailed pennon which he transferred to the ship. In more im- portant vessels he was a knight, carrying a swallow-tailed banner, now the distinguishing burgee or flag of a commodore, or captain in command of a division. On more important occasions a knight-banneret went afloat, and his square flag is now carried by our admirals."

A. G. KEALY, R.X.,

Chaplain (retired).

CALDECOTT (12 S. ii. 107, 195, 237). In the church of Stanford-on-Avon, North- amptonshire, is an elaborate memorial inscribed as follows :

" To the Memory of Mr. James Calcutt, | Who | Having first approved his Fidelity in the Family of John Brown of | Eydon in this County E.?q r, Clerk of the Parliament, was afterwards | for the Space of 40 Years & upwards, successively Steward to S r Roger J Cave, S r Thomas Cave. S r Verney Cave, & >S r Thomas Cave, of | Stanford in this County Baronets, whom he served with Industry, | & Integrity, always preferring Their Advantage and Interest whensoever They | came in Competition with his own. He died the 24 th day of February | 1734 in the 82 nd Year of his Age, leaving Issue an only Child James Calcutt, | whom He educated to the Profession of the Law, <fc for whom during so long | a Stewardship He chose to Provide a moderate Fortune only, with the | durable Blessing annex'd to it of having been Honestly acquired ; Who | in Duty &

Gratitude that his Remains may rest with Those, In whose | Service \; Esteem he spent his Life, by his last Will appointed this Monument | to be erected ; <.v. according to his own Desire lies interr'd in the same Vault. | He died Sept. I 9t , 1751 | ^Etatis suae 58."

In the upper part of the memorial was subsequently inscribed:

" Mrs. Mary Calcutt died January 22nd, 1769, aged 71."

At the west end of the south aisle, on a diamond-shaped slab in the floor, is recorded :

J. C.

Obiit Sept* 1

1751

JEtatis suae 58.

JOHN T. PAGE. Long Itchington, Warwickshire.

The following announcement appeared in, The Clare Journal of Monday, Oct. 19, 1807 :

" On Tuesday, 13th inst., William Calcutt, Esq., 5th Dragoon Guards, to Miss Macnamira,, only daughter of Francis Macnamara of Wellpark, co. Galway, Esq."

Mrs. Calcutt was a member of the Mac- namara family of Doolen and of Eanis- tymon House, co. Clare. Her son, Francis. Macnamara Calcutt, was M.P. for co. Clare fifty or sixty years ago.

ALFRED MOLOXY.

48 Dartmouth Park Hill, N.W.

EPITAPH ON A PORK BUTCHER (12 S. ii. 188, 259). As monumental inscriptions con- taining references to pork butchers are not very common, the following may be worth recording. It comes from the churchyard at Bickleigli (near Tiverton), co. Devon, a place well known in connexion with the Carew family. A further point of interest is the mention of the day of the week on which the death occurred. The monumental inscrip- tion reads :

" Edward GIBBONS of this parish killed by the stab of a knife at Little Burn in this parish by the hand of Robert Husaey as he was assisting him in butchering of a swine-hog of which wound in his right thigh through the immense loss of blood he expired within 15 minutes on Monday 21st Dec. 1789, aged 32."

M.

" QUITE ALL RIGHT" (12 S. ii. 207). The expression " quite all right " has been, in circulation in London, to my knowledge, for a number of years probably ten or more as have also " quite nice," " quite good," and similar expressions. Your corre- spondent's ungallant suggestion that it is mainly confined to the " weaker sex," I traverse. Pleonasms, solecisms, " howlers," slang, false grammar, and bad English