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NOTES AND QUERIES.

[9 th S. I. JUNE 11, '98.

Majesties self, or before the Justice, and his

general

in the same, and to try quhat obedience beis schawin be the persones, quhom unto the saidis Valentines sail be directed."

A. G. REID. Auchterarder.

I have a very interesting specimen of one of these pleasing love missiles. It measures 13^ in. square, and is beautifully cut with a knife into an elaborate lace pattern, folded into eight divisions crossway. There are four amatory verses to "My Valentine," clearly written, though small, by W. S., and dated 18 February, 1748, so that it has now passed its hundred and fiftieth birthday.

J. ASTLEY.

'READING MERCURY '(9 th S. i. 428). There is no perfect collection of this valuable old county newspaper not even at the office itself. It was issued 1723. Are there any other old county newspapers prior to 18001

E. E. THOYTS. [Consult General Indexes to ' N. & Q.']

INDEXING (9 th S. i. 45, 237). In c The Year- Book of the Episcopal Church of Scotland' there is the following entry : " im Thurn [with a small i\ Colin Campbell." I fancy this is a correct method of indexing, just as we Scotch folks index all the Macs under M, our Irish friends all the O's under 0, and our Welsh friends all the Aps under Ap. At the same time there seems to be no absolute rule. I see that in Cates's ' Dictionary of General Biography ' Von Humboldt is entered under H, and not under V. I should like to be enlightened on this point. Is the Von of the German not just the equivalent of the son of the English, the 0' of the Irish, and the Ap of the Welsh 1 Or does it imply a territorial title, as meaning of the castle of So-and-So, or of the lands or estate of So-and-So 1 With us in Scotland it has long been the custom for not only a laird to be addressed by the name of his property, but also for a tenant- farmer to be addressed by the name of his farm, as if he was Von So-and-So. It certainly is not a bad custom, for where there are " a hundred Campbells an' a' an' a' " in one parish, it is useful to have a distinguishing mark for each. J. B. FLEMING.

Kelvinside, Glasgow.

BIBLIOPHILE should ere this have learnt that in the common estimation any one can make a catalogue or index. The average paid index-maker must be cheap, and the author, judged by results, does not appear generally well qualified to complete his work

by the compilation of a good index. In such popular works of reference as BIBLIOPHILE quotes it can hardly be expected that the index of personal names should be formed on a scientific plan. Im is, of course, the con- tracted form of in dem, and would be treated like de la and van der. JAMES DALLAS.

Will Sir Thomas More, asks PELOPS, be placed under Thomas ? Why not 1 It is the time-honoured custom. Thomas of Canter- bury, Thomas of Hereford, Thomas Aquinas, Thomas of Villanova, and so on. Some people in the Church of England want to canonize Charles I. and Archbishop Laud. Charles will go under his Christian name, I suppose, and the Archbishop surely will be William of Canterbury. But " Cardinal Borromeo hides under his Christian name of Charles." Yes ; because he is venerated and mentioned in Mass and Office not qud Cardinal, or Arch- bishop of Milan, but qud Charles, Confessor Pontiff. GEORGE ANGUS.

St. Andrews, N.B.

Stanley gives the proclamation of Henry VIII. ('Memorials,' p. 253), from which it appears that the name of St. Thomas was to be "rased

it would seem, the calendar. What was the legal force of this order? Im Thurn (Von Thurn in "Story of the Nations": 'Bohemia') is the name of a well-known Bohemian family, and certainly should be indexed under Thurn.

EDWARD H. MARSHALL, M.A. Hastings.

DERIVATION OP FOOT'S CRAY (9 th S. i. 169, 338). The spelling Fotescraye, used in 1291, confirms the etymology given at the above references. ISAAC TAYLOR.

WILLIAM PENN (8 th S. xii. 488 ; 9 th S. i. 50, 192, 298). A list of the companions of William Penn may be found appended to Armstrong's ' Address on the Occasion of the One Hundred and Sixty-ninth Anniversary of his Landing at Upland.' The same list may also be found on pp. 99-100 of Scharff and Westcott's 'History of Philadelphia,' and pp. 37-39 of Watson's 'Annals,' vol. iii. The Welcome sailed from Deal. GASTON DE BERNEVAL.

Philadelphia.

"ON" OR "UPON" (9 th S. i. 205, 296). In reference to the city of Kingston-upon-Hull, it may be well to note that to speak of it as Hull only is by no means the result of a modern craving after simplicity. In some injunctions issued by John Longland, Bishop of Lincoln, which were communicated by me to the Society of Antiquaries, and printed in