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NOTES AND QUERIES. [ 12 a.m. MARCH 24, 1917-

COOKERY WORDS IN 1742. In "The

Conapleat Confectioner By the late Mrs.

Bales, Confectioner to King William and Queen Ann. The third edition. London: 1742," we find, p. 4," Take th* Goosberries, nose and wash them." This sense of " nose " occurs in the ' Oxford Dictionary ' from 1736 only, and from a different book. P. 5, " and make Fruit- Jambals." The ' Diction- ary ' ignores this spelling of "jumbal." The Bodleian copy of this book is bound with " A Curious Collection of Receipts. London: 1742." On p. 23 of this one finds, " and one Quart of flap Mushrooms well rubb'd and pick'd." The ' Dictionary ' omits this use of " flap." On p. 54, in the heading " To make TATEES for a Dish of Fish," is the word in capitals a misprint of " patees," or does it mean potato-shaped balls of forced fish, as seems possible from the receipt which it introduces, and in which potatoes are not named ? On p. 17, " amulete " occurs for " omelette."

E. S. DODGSON.

FROM THE ' MASTER PAPERS ' : Two HOTEL DINNER BILLS. Among the ' Master Papers' (cf. 12 S. ii. 271) are two hotel dinner bills, dated June 27 and June 30, 1715, the first being that for the wedding breakfast at the marriage of Gilbert, 4th Earl of Coventry, to Anne, daughter of Sir Streynsham Master, the other for a dinner three days later. The endorsements on both bills are in the handwriting of Sir Streynsham. Through the courtesy of Mr. J. H. Master (owner of the MSS.) I am able to reproduce these interesting documents. Perhaps some reader of ' N. & Q.' can throw more light on " the Company at Dinner."

HAMSTEAD HEATH.

Bread and Beere

Wine

Lamb and Coly flow lers sic]

Mutton and Beans

Baccon and beans

Fricatie

pudin

Ducks

Rabitte

Chickins

peas

pastrey

Sallitt oyle and V ng

Discert

to y e Sarvants

Horses

Lemons and Sugar

June 27> 1715 To my Lords Cook To 3 Servants

g. d. 036 260 036 046 026 066 026 050 030 060 020 060 020 01 4 066 014

654 116

00 7 6

Endorsed :] Bill for Dinner at Hamsted Heath June 27th, 1715. 67.14.0

To gin' Silver

7 10

7 14

Meate & Fruit. .

Ale

Paid att the barr

Coffee

Drinke for the servants

Tobacco

Mountaine

Costie rostie [C6te R6tie]

Burgundy

Hermitage

Pontac

Oporto

French Wh

Champaighn

Drawers, etc. Paid gold* Silver

Coach home

etin

Seting up the coach

s. d.

17 0- 020

& 026 080- 006 030 070- 070

1 1 0> 6 O 14 030 150-

22 8 6

093

22 11 9-

6 0-

22 17 9' 016=

22 19 3 1 O 1

23 $

COMPANY AT DINNER. 2. Lord Coventryf & Lady. 2. Sir William CarewJ & Lady. 1. Lady Crossly. 1. Mother Legh. 1. Sir Streynsham Master. 1. Mr. Tuxon. 1. Brother Caveley Legh. 1. Mr. Veal Lord Lowchaplin.|] 1. Mr. Sandbach his gentleman. 11 at Table. [Endorsed :]

Bill for Dinner

at Pontacks^f June 30th. 1715.

Paid 22: 19: 3.

R. C. TEMPLE.

7 14 4

the value of the guinea, according to these bill; would appear at that date to have been 11. Is. 6c
 * The calculations seem rather shaky, bu

t Gilbert, 4th Earl of Coventry (d. Oct. 27 1719), succeeded his nephew Thomas, 3rd Ear in January, 1712. He married twice. His firs wife was Dorothy, daughter of Sir William Key Bart. His second marriage with Anne, daughte of Sir Streynsham Master, Knt., of Codnor Castl co. Derby, is given as June 25, 1715, by Burke.

f Sir William Carew, Bart., of Anthony, Corn wall, married (Jan. 5, 1714) Gilbert Earl Coventry's only daughter by his first wife.

Sir Streynsham Master's mother-in-law. Hi second wife was Elizabeth Legh, daughter Richard Legh of Lyme, Cheshire, whom married in September, 1690.

11 Lord Low's chaplain(?).

IT Pontack's Head, a tavern in Abchuroh Lane the most fashionable eating-house in London that date.