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NOTES AND QUERIES. 112 s. m. APRIL u, 1917.

"Chambers' s ' Book of ' Days,' first edition, vol. ii. p. 280. No mention, however, is made of the special point upon which MR. HOGG seeks information, but much stress is laid and justly upon the fact that this great and well-meant make-belief was al- inost completely spoiled by a series of pour- ing wet days.

H. MAXWELL PRIDEAUX.

A " JUDY " (12 S. iii. 229)." Judy " is a well-known expression in Notts and Derbyshire for the woman who only too often is seen on tramp with a man, who may be either her husband or tramping companion. As a rule her position towards him is an uncertain one, and she always was to be seen " trapsing " in his rear. It was quite common when such a pair was observed to say : " There's a tramp an' 'is Judy comin'," and usually they would be welcomed with : " Hey ! how's yer Judy ? " The male's companion whether wife or "woman" was always referred to as " a Judy."

Worksop.

THOS. RATCI.IFFE.

I think this use of the word is of Celtic origin. In Mrs. M. E. Francis's ' A Daughter of the Soil ' one of her people remarks (p. 11):-

" As an old Irish friend of mine used to say, ' When a young man is mysterious and unsatis- factory, depend upon it, it is a case of either Punch or Judy.' "

ST. SWITHIN.

The word " Judy " was in use in Lincoln- shire and Yorkshire in the middle of the last century, as will be seen by reference to Wright's ' Dialect Dictionary.' It seems, however, to have passed into general use, as it appears in The Daily News for July 26, 1886, and in Runciman's ' The Chequers,' p. 80, in 1888. Among the Anglo-Chinese it is used to mean a native courtesan. In London Jewry the word " Judy-slayer " means a lady-killer.

AKCHIBALD SPARKS.

PORTRAITS IN STAINED GLASS (12 S. ii. 172, 211, 275, 317, 337, 374, 458, 517 ; iii. 15, 36, 76, 95, 159, 198, 218). In 1884 the interior of Pembroke College Chapel, Oxford (con- secrated 1732), was beautified under the superintendence of Charles Earner Kempe, afterwards Honorary Fellow. The second window on the south side, counting from the east, the ' Adoration of the Shepherds,' is an Eton window, with a medallion re- presenting Provost Francis Rous, Speaker of the Little, or Barebones, Parliament and a

benefactor to the College. Window seven on the south is a Founders' window, re- presenting King James I. (the so-called Royal Founder), William Herbert, 3rd Earl of Pem- broke (the godfather), and Thomas Tesdale and Richard Wightwicke, the actual co- founders of the College. In window eight, on the north, King Charles I., one of the bene- factors, is praying before the College altar (a pardonable anachronism) in his white corona- tion robes ; beside him axe, crown, and sceptre. Two attendant figures, " Bene- factio" and "Abnegatio," carry the words, " Kings shall be thy nursing-fathers," and " Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends." Above, a medallion shows Queen Anne, a benefactor. This and the Founders' window were added in 1892 as a memorial to Dr. Evans, Master 1864-91.

A. R. BAYLEY.

In Sandringham Church is a memorial window to the late Duke of Clarence, repre- senting him as a knight in armour. I do not know the name of the artist, but the portrait of the late Prince is considered very good. FREDERICK T. HIBGAME.

54 Chapel Field Road, Norwich.

Country Life of Oct. 19, 1901, in giving an illustrated description of Melford Hall, Suffolk, reproduces a stained-glass portrait of Queen Elizabeth.

Any reader of ' N. & Q.' interested is welcome to the cutting.

W. CTJRZON YEO.

WATTS' s CHARITY, ROCHESTER (12 S. iii. 127). I have made inquiries in Roches- ter, but have failed to gain precise in- formation. We have the authority of The Gentleman's Magazine of 1753 for the statement that the then inscription was different from that now familiar to passers- by in Rochester High Street. The guide- book says that the almshouse was rebuilt in 1771, and "not very long ago." The present inscription states that the charity was reorganized in 1836, and the stone of the inscription renewed in 1865. The cus- todian tells me that the front was re-faced within his memory, thirty or forty years ago. This will be the " not very long ago " of the guide-book, and it does not concern us, for Dickens knew the present inscription before 1865, or the date of re-facing. It should be said that the guide-book's im- plication that the building is modern has no foundation in fact. With the exception of a new dining-hall, Watts's hostel is as it