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 374 NOTES AND QUERIES. [ 12 S.VIIL MAY 7,1921. DEATH or WILLIAM RuJFus (12 S. viii. 308, 352). In his ' National and Domestic History of England,' W. H. S. Aubrey writes as follows : No one could answer the questions : no one could tell, or dared to tell. It is impossible to even guess at the truth, when the faithful Eadmer, the eye and ear witness of the trans- actions, which at the distance of nearly eight centuries are narrated from his words, declares his utter inability to dispel the doubts he raised. I think it is generally agreed that the priests hated William Rufus, and what they say about the place and manner of his death can only be regarded as tainted evidence. OLIVER YEOMAN. OLD SONG WANTED (12 S. viii. 250, 299, 315). The complete words for which J. W. F. inquires appear in the Salvation Army's Song Book, No. 798 : 'Tis the very same Jesus The Jews crucified. But He rose, He rose, But He rose, and went to Heaven in a cloud. One Joseph begged His body, And laid it in the tomb. But He rose, &c. The grave it could not hold Him, For He was the Son of God. But He rose, &c. Down came a mighty angel, And rolled away the stone. But He rose, &c. The earth began to tremble : The Roman soldiers fell. But He rose, &c. Poor Mary she came weeping, And looking for her Lord. But He rose, &c. Oh, where have you laid Him ? He's not within the tomb. For He rose, &c. Go tell to John and Peter Their Jesus lives again. For He rose, &c. But, oh, He said He'd come again, And take His people Home. For He rose, &c. The song was introduced by the Army from the Southern States of America in 1874. It was written much earlier probably than the 'seventies. Whilst in its style it is suggestive of the negro songs, there was nothing in the " imported " copy to indicate that it was so. G. L. CARPENTER. "SINGING BREAD" (12 S. viii. 269, 297, 333). -Anyone who knows what "singing hinnies " really are, namely, thickish cakes made of very moist paste containing much cream, lard or butter, &c., and hence also called " fat rascals," can very well understand what a hissing noise proceeds from them while baking on the hot girdle, " singing " indeed, as is said of a kettle " on the boil." But the verb " sing " has been used of the recitation, musical or otherwise, of the Mass and other church services, ever since before A.D. 850 see ' N.E.D.' under sing v. 3, 11. The wafer-bread used in the Mass makes no noise in the baking, but is closely connected with the " singing " of Mass. The 'N.E.D.' gives also "singing cake " as a Scottish term for a cake given to singers on Hogmanay or " Cake-day," the last day of the year, " an oatmeal cake or the like." " Singing hinnies " are, or used to be, supplied to visitors at the farmhouse at Finshale Abbey, with plenty of good tea and cream ad libitum, and I remember how Bishop Lightfoot once enjoyed some (and their names) in my rooms at Durham. J. T. F. Winterton, Lines. I think our old friend James Pigg would have been much surprised if he had been told there was any connexion between " singin' hinnies " and the wafer. Readers of ' Handley Cross ' will remember the locus classicus where he describes these dainties to the farmer and his wife, on the night of the celebrated bye -day, when the field, consisting of Mr. Jorrocks, Pigg, and Charley Stobbs, got lost. T. F. D. RESIDENCE OF MRS. FITZHERBERT (12 S. viii. 331). Kelly's Directory of Brighton, 1920, at pp. 16/17, says : The mansion so long inhabited by Mrs. Fitzherbert, on the west side of the Old Steine, was sold in January, 1884, to the Committee of the local Young Men's Christian Association. Since the death of Mrs. Fitzherbert, March 27, 1837, when it was bought by the late Judge Turner, who resided there for several years, the house has undergone several changes in its internal arrangements, though externally it remains in much the same condition as when it was constantly visited by George IV. and his associates. The mansion itself was built by Mr. Porden, who was employed as an architect for part of the Pavilion, and cost Mrs. Fitzherbert 4,000; during 1913 it was restored and re- decorated, the basement being adapted for a Junior Section and the Gymnasium enlarged at a cost of 2,000. The antique stoves, and " Adams " [sic] mantelpieces in most rooms still