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NOTES AND QUERIES.

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LONDON, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 1899.

CONTENTS. -No. 60.

N )TBS : Founders of Colleges, 121 "True Blue Club," 122 Customs of Brasenose College, 123 Decollation of Charles I. Hickory Aylwin,' 124 'A Lover's Com- plaint' Miss Frances Moore Marriage of Landor Wm. Hall Duke of Albany, 125 The Siege of Troy and the Siege of Belgrade " JEregraphans " All Souls' Day Ditty Trousers, 126 Syntax of Relative Pronouns, 127.

Q CJBRIES : Key to ' Aylwin' C. Dalton D. Andre"-' The Butterfly's Ball' M. Floyd Barton Princes Arthur and Henry at South Tawton Anglo-Saxon : Scotch : Scotch- man, 127 Name and Composer of Song Trotter Letters of Dr. Young Cipher Bast India Company Ida Barony Books with Curious Titles Bnstone Key to Picture, 128 "And which" A. O'Shaughnessy : 'Zuleika' Prison Reform Sanderson Family Lieut. C. T. Metcalfe McDowell Authors Wanted, 129.

REPLIES : Relics of Charles I., 130 Horace Walpole, 131 The Real JEneas Remembrance of Past Joy, 132 Gibbet Irons Consonantal Combination "st" "Hear, Hear!" 133-Cardinal Rossi Beetle and Wedge Mrs. Yates. 134 Damage to Bridge Simeon Slingsby Dr. John King The Six Clerks in Chancery The Domesday " Mansio," 135 The Imperfect Subjunctive Blotting Paper Pilla- tery Minutes and Seconds Withycombe Church, 136 " Rummer " Silver Ladle, 137 Lewes and Locke " Xmas "Names of the Cowslip" Snipers," 138.

NOTES ON BOOKS : Trevelyan's 'American Revolution' Lawrence and Wicksteed's Witte's ' Essays on Dante ' Aitken's ' The Tatler,' Vols. III. and IV. Thiselton Dyer's Old English Social Life ' ' The Saga-Book of the Viking Club,' Vol. II.

Notices to Correspondents.

THE FOUNDERS OF COLLEGES AT

OXFORD AND CAMBRIDGE. THE following classified list of the founders of the existing colleges at Oxford and Cam- bridge will. I trust, be of interest to readers of <N. &Q.':-

Kings and Queens Regnant.

Edward IL, 1326. Co-founder Oriel. He supported scholars at Cambridge as early as 1317.

Henry VI. : 1437, co-founder All Souls'; 1440, King's and Eton.

Henry VIII., 1546. Christ Church, Oxon, and Trinity, Cantab.

Elizabeth, 1571. Co-founder Jesus, Oxon.

James I., 1624. Pembroke, Oxon.

Queens Consort.

Philippa of Hainault, 1340. Co-founder Queen's, Oxon.

Margaret of Anjou, 1448. Co-founder Queens', Cantab.

Elizabeth Wydvile, 1465. Second founder Queens', Cantab.

Ladies of the Blood Royal. Devorguilla de Balliol, 1282. Co-founder Balliol College. Grand-niece to King Wil- liam the Lion, and mother of that John

to whom King Edward I. of England ad- judged the Scottish crown in 1292.

Elizabeth de Burg, 1338. Clare Hall. Daughter of Gilbert de Clare, Earl of Glou- cester, and granddaughter of King Edward I.

Margaret de Beaufort: 1505, Christ's; 1511, St. John Evangelist College, Cantab. Countess of Kichmond and Derby, great- granddaughter of John of Gaunt, and mother of King Henry VII.

Peeresses.

Marie de St. Paul. 1347. Hall of Valence- Marie, now Pembroke, Cantab. Daughter of Guv, Count of Chatillon and St. Paul, and widow of Aymer de Valence, Earl of Pem- broke, and cousin to King Edward I., the " Joseph the Jew " who destroyed Nigel Bruce, Piers Gaveston, and Thomas, Earl of Lancaster.

Frances Sidney, Countess of Sussex, 1589. Her bequest founded Sidney Sussex College. Aunt of Sir Philip Sidney and widow of second Earl of Sussex.

Untitled Lady.

Dorothy Wadham, 1610. Co-founder Wad- ham College. Daughter of Sir William Petre, statesman and benefactor to Exeter College, and widow of Nicholas Wadham.

Peers.

John de Balliol, 1260. Co-founder Balliol College. Of Bernard Castle, co. Durham, and, by right of his wife, Earl of Huntingdon and Baron of Galloway.

Thomas, Lord Audley of Walden, 1542. Magdalene, Cantab. Lord High Chancellor.

Bishops.

Walter de Merton, Bishop of Eochester, 1274. Merton College. Lord High Chan- cellor.

Hugh de Balsham, Bishop of Ely, 1284. Peterhouse.

Walter de Stapledon, Bishop of Exeter, 1314. Exeter College. Lord High Treasurer and Gustos of City of London.

William Bateman, Bishop of Norwich, 1350. Trinity Hall. Ambassador to the Pope at Avignon.

Williamde Wykeham, Bishopof Winchester : 1379, New College j 1387, Winchester College. Lord High Chancellor.

Eichard Fleming, Bishop of Lincoln, 1427. Co-founder Lincoln College. Pope Martin V. advanced him to Archbishopric of York, but King Henry VI. refused to sanction the nomination.

Thomas de Eotheram, Bishop of Lincoln, 1478. Co-founder Lincoln College. Lord High Chancellor and Archbishop of York.