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NOTES AND QUERIES. [9 th s. i. MAR. 12,

place and personal names in which z is used for y. I will not trench upon space further than by mentioning one of them, the sur- name Chedzoy, locally pronounced Chedgey, which, curiously enough, occurs in Tom Taylor's * Sheep in Wolf s Clothing,' recently performed at the Comedy Theatre.

J. PLATT, Jun.

Has B. consulted ' The Origin and Progress of Writing,' by Thomas Astle, Keeper of the Records of the Tower of London, 1784? For the reason Astle gives that " these notes of abbreviation are not the original members of an alphabet ; they were the result of later reflection, ana were introduced for dispatch"

may they not have been nameless ? B. will find the Saxon th (J> of the fifth century) at p. 169, and the Roman-Saxon 3 (g, latter end of the seventh century) at pp. 99, 100, plate 16. HAEOLD MALET, Col.

MAGINN AND 'BLACKWOOD'S MAGAZINE' (9 th S. i. 122). The anecdotes related here remind me of another one. When Samuel Rogers, the banker, published his ' Pleasures of Memory,' Lord Eldon, referring to his own banker Gosling, said : "If I ever find that Gozzy takes to writing poetry, I will with- draw my account at once." E. YARDLEY.

" CROZZIL" (9 th S. i. 107). This is a common word in Derbyshire, but does not always mean burnt to a cinder. Things shrivelled by heat, but not burnt, are " crozziled." Hair thrown on a fire "crozzils up." Cinders and slag are "crozzils." An over -cooked rasher of bacon is " done to a crozzil."

THOS. RATCLIFFE.

Worksop.

COPE AND MITRE (8 th S. xii. 106, 175, 350, 493 ; 9" 1 S. i. 14). Will you allow me to ask what is MR. ANGUS'S authority for stating that at the Reformation chasubles were dis- used and copes worn in their stead at the Eucharistic service? True, the rubric required the wearing of the vestment (i. e., chasuble) or cope, but the alternative was not optional, as is evident from the subsequent direction that on Wednesdays and Fridays after Litany, even though there be no communi- cants, the liturgy shall be said at the altar, the service on these occasions terminating after the offertory, when certain specified prayers were to be added, concluding with the blessing, and at this service the priest was ordered to wear the plain alb or surplice and cope. The above clearly shows that the use of the chasuble was to be restricted to the full Eucharistic service; for the Missa Sicca the cope was provided. E. C. A.

BIBLIOGRAPHY (9 th S. i. 143). The upright strokes are designed to show at a glance where the lines of the title end, for the pur- pose of identification, for which I think they ought to be "obtrusive," like similar lines, &c., in Psalters meant to be sung from. To me it would be irritating to see such abnormal commas as those in "Facetiae, of. Oxford and Cam-," or to see commas turned the wrong way. But is it not like the great question of whether a book -back should be lettered upward or downward rather a case of much ado about nothing ? J. T. F.

FRENCH PRISONERS OF WAR IN THE SAVOY (9 th S. i. 128). There was a prison in the Savoy for " felons and deserters " in 1781, and an attempt at prison-breaking is recorded in the 'Annual Register,' xxiv. 179.

EDWARD H. MARSHALL, M.A.

Hastings.

Has your correspondent consulted 'The History of the Ancient Savoy Palace, built by the Duke of Savoy A.D. 1245, now the Site of the Waterloo Bridge,' London, 1817, a copy of which is in the Corporation Library, Guildhall? EVERARD HOME COLEMAN.

71, Brecknock Road.

WILLOW PATTERN PLATE RHYME (8 th S. xii. 326, 413, 514). The following version, as fugitive as the rest, deals with the case more minutely and exhibits better technique than the others quoted. It deserves to rank as the standard description of the subject :

Two wild pigeons flying high,

A little vessel sailing by,

A weeping willow hanging o'er,

A bridge with three men if not four.

Here the giant's castles stand,

Famous, known throughout the land,

Here 's a tree with apples on,

Here 's a fence to end the song.

ARTHUR MAYALL.

BIBLIOGRAPHY OF THE RYE HOUSE PLOT (9 th S. i. 68). See the Gentleman's Magazine, xxxiii.; Evelyn's 'Diary,' ii. ; Jesse's 'Eng- land under the Stuarts,' iii. ; Rapin's 'History of England,' xiv. 321; All the Year Round, Second Series, vi. 434; Penny Magazine, ix. ; ' Old England,' with an illustration. For the ' Rye House Plot Cards ' see ' N. & Q.,' 3 rd S. v. 9, 141. EVERARD HOME COLEMAN.

71, Brecknock Road.

COL. HENRY FERRIBOSCO IN JAMAICA (8 th S. xii. 348, 413, 474; 9 th S. i. 95). I am much obliged to AYEAHR for his notes on the Ferra- bosco family, though I knew the references which he kindly gives. Several extracts from the Greenwich parish registers were printed