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 98 NOTES AND QUERIES. [12 s. vn. ju^ si, 102^ A LATE BRASS : GREENWOOD FAMILY (12 S. vii. 5, 38, 56). I have been much interested in the reference to Benjamin anc Austin Greenwood on p. 56. Austin was the son of John Greenwood (Mayor of Lancaster, 1671, 1678, 1688). Augustine was bapt. on July 5, 1656, at St. Mary's, Lancaster, and buried there on Apr. 6, 1701. He was not a Freeman of the borough, though his son Benjamin (the subject of the brass) took up his Freedom in 1721-2. T. CANN HUGHES, M.A., F.S.A. There is a small late brass of high quality and charming execution, an inscription only, no figures in Mawgan Church (Mawgan in Meneage) near Helston. The inscription is : Hanniball Basser here interd doth lie Who dying lives to all Eternitye Hee departed this life the 17th of Jan. 1708/9 in the 22nd year of his age. A lover of ^learning. Shall wee all dye, Wee shall dye all, All dye shall wee, Dye all wee shall. W. H. QUARRELL. ROBES OF SERJEANTS-AT-LAW (12 S. vi. 334; vii. 37). In my recollection (my father was made a Serjeant-at-Law, and a member of Serjeants Inn, in the year 1852) the Ser- jeants never spelt the title with a g, as they do in the army. I fancy Serjeant Pulling was the last one made in 1864. RALPH THOMAS. ORIGIN OF " JOHN BULL " (12 S. vii. 69) The title of Arbuthnot's satire in which " John Bull " was first introduced to the public was not ' The History of John Bull, &c.' (see editorial note at above reference), but ' ' Law is a Bottomless Pit. Exemplified in the case of The Lord Strutt, John Bull, Nicholas Frog, and Lewis Baboon : who spent all they had in a Law suit." It is perhaps worth noting as an instance of human fallibility that when the ' N.E.D.' arrived at the letter " J," Dr. Murray was at a loss for the origin of the nickname and inquired for it in his list of desiderata for the forthcoming section of the Dictionary. My attention was called to this by an article, evidently from the pen of Andrew Lang, in The Daily News, and I wrote to that paper suggesting Arbuthnot as the origi- nator. Dr. Murray in a very contemptuous letter replied that we might as well go to the Second Book of Samuel for the origin of " Brother Jonathan " as a name for United States of America. I was, however,, able to convince him of the soundness of my suggestion, which wars consequently adopted in the Dictionary. If I remembeV rightly the earliest quotation for the term- that Dr. Murray had up till then received was of later date than Colman's play r ' John Bull ' ! C. C. B. MOSS-TROOPERS: BIBLIOGHAPHY (12 S. vii. 31). Your correspondent may find the*- following novels of use to him. Crockett (S. R.) The Moss Troopers-. Forster (R. H.) The Last Foray. ARCHIBALD SPARKE. See Lord Ernest Hamilton's ' Outlaws of the Marches,' a novel. For history, see- Borland's ' Border Raids and Raiders.' Hawick. W. E. WILSON. WILD DARRELL (12 S. vii. 30, 53). In the list given in the last reference of works- relating to this notable case, I observe the- omission of one of the most important,, namely, Mr. Hubert Hall's 'Society in the Elizabethan Age,' a third edition of which, appeared in 1892. In this volume there is. not only an extended account of the tragedy, but also much documentary evidence- bearing upon it, together with biographical details of the parties implicated, and of Sir John Popham, the judge who tried the case,, and who was alleged to have been bribed by bhe defendant. J. E. HARTING. ST. ANTHONY OF PADUA (12 S. vii. 31). I think it was in a little church on the- outskirts of Cahors, that perusal of a prayer- rinted on a card and offered for the use of worshippers, first made me aware that St. Anthony's aid was invoked in cases of articles being lost. I have sought in vain for any legend which seems to justify the- appeal, and have come to the conclusion, t was resemblance in sound between Padoue and perdu which suggested it. At some- stage of his life Anthony would seem to lave been in Limousin. He was born at Lisbon and must not be accounted an Italian. ST. SWITHIN. PROHIBITED MASSES (12 S. vii. 8). A earned priest tells me that MR. SUMMERS- will find much information on the subject of his query in Mgr. Barbier de Montault's CEuvres,' torn, yi, pp. 235-265 ; but I am. unable to look up the passage myself. JOHN B. WAINE WRIGHT.