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 9* S. III. MAR. 25, '99.] NOTES AND QUERIES.

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LONDON, SATURDAY, MARCH 25, 1899.

CONTENTS. -No. 65.

NI )TBS : Durham Account Rolls, 221 Shakspeariana, 222 Lancashire Witches, 223" Fey" Chaucer and Horace jhakspeare and Rabelais Title of Marquess, 224 Dickens n Welsh Red Cross Society Curious Christian Name Sarthquake The Twentieth Century, 225 Provencal Vliracle-Play Long Tenure of Office " Steading " Dante's Wife, 226.

Q TERIBS: Lady Garascar's Chapel "Been to" Author Wanted Goodhall " Motiled": "Motlet": " Mullett," 227 Dr. Dale's Ancestry Groucutt Le Bouteillier Malketon Definition of a Preface Historical Societies " Kiss the rod "Old Poem Carlow Date of Wedding- Johnson's House, 228 "Stickit Minister "Gray's 'Elegy' " A hard siege"' Lucy's Flitting 'Leaves marked by Vapours of Tartarus Northumberland House MS. Edward Taylor" Sooner or later" Authors Wanted, 229.

REPLIES: 'Gentleman's Magazine,' 230-Earlv Italian- Rounds or Rungs, 231 Taking the Pledge Goldsmith's 'Earth and Animated Nature' "Fretish," 232 Prison Reform Duke of Albany " Parley's Penny Library." 233 Sirdar Mary E Bowes Era in Monkish Chronology, 234" Unspeakable Turk "Merlin's Mechanical Museum Cromwell and Christmas Nag's Head Device and Motto, 235 The Consonantal Combination "st" Hands without Hair Kipling's ' Recessional ' " Cow-rake "A Missing Picture, 236 Charade Monument to a Flea "Writer of sorts" Paragon " Gambaleery "Surnames in -son W. Boyle Roger Williams " Rummer," 237 Glyndyfrdwy "The policy of pin-pricks," 238.

NOTES ON BOOKS : Matthews's Cardiff Records.' Vol. I. Beesly's ' Life of Danton ' Vincent's ' Poems of Thomas Carew 'Venn's ' History of Gonville and Caius College ' ' The Clergy Directory for 1899.'

Notices to Correspondents.

DURHAM ACCOUNT ROLLS. IN the first volume of these rolls, recently issued by the Surtees Society, are many words which have hitherto bafflea all my attempts to find satisfactory explanations of them. I have consulted the usual sources of informa- tion, viz., ' H.E.D.' (A to Hod), Skeat, Wright- I Wiilcker, Halliwell, Ducange, the ' Catholicon ' Anglicum,' and the 'Promptorium Parvu- lorum,' as well as many other books and I glossaries. I should be grateful for genuine firmed by evidence.
 * information concerning any of the words,
 * but guesses are not of much use unless con-

Allerhennes, p. 121. " Recepta. Nothing for Renthennes and Allerhennes." Alni? 7." In alnis (or alvis?) ad molencl., 3s. 6d." Anastas,, 36. Weekly "liberaciones": "Domui Dei, 2s.; Anastas., 3|rl ; Cupar (the cooper), 3s. 3^d.' " Anastas." only occurs this once.

Anise? 140. "In uno lecto empt. de Anise (?) Werke, 26s. 8d." Qy. Arras ?

Bekettes, 238." Oum quatuor lapidibus pro le bekettes ad ostium ejusdem ecclesie. Bostillyng, 210. " In factura murorum dicte

capelie et Infirm arie cum bostillyng et dealba-

cione, 31s. 4d" Qy. embattling?

Buthavant.l\S, "Fabricant. caminum super le Hautbuthavant " ; 129, "in j dorsorio pro le JBoty- yand infra aulam"; 130, "cum j tapeto pro camino ignis pro le Boty vaunt"; 134, "in uno dorsorio

empt. pro le Botifant." It appears to have been in the guest hall.

Calnyng, 250. "Pro le calnyng circa arbores."

Card. Occident., 5. "In faccione card. Occident, per vices, 14d."

Clatisura, 274. " In j cilicio pro altari cum clausur'."

Clokmyln, 250. The name of a water-mill.

Cordele, 171. "j pannus integer de virid. cordele, 40s. 8d."

Courtsyngyls, 232. " In emendacione 1 novi

panell cum 3 courtsyngyls, 22d." Qy. short girths?

Cratels, 161. "Pro extraccione straminis, 14c/., una cum I2d. pro le cratels."

Crwit, 130. "iiij mappe crwit." Qy. cruet- napkins ?

Dawdenys, 53. "In 2 pyks de dawdenys per bursar ium, 5s." The price seems very high for two pike.

Dogdrave, passim. A comparison of many pas- sages leads rne to think that these fish, purchased in enormous quantities, sometimes of large size, and sometimes dried in the sun, can have been nothing but cod, which are never mentioned by that name, though there are occasional entries of " moruc' " and of " codlinges " or " kelings."

Fiscen'ia, 48. " Stipendia T. Stafford, 3s. Id.;

fiscen'ia, 2s. Qd." Apparently connected with fysinus, g.v. Fiscina is an eel-basket, or some- thing used in making cheese.

Flaniol', 135. "Cum j linthiamine capit. et

iij flaniol' empt."

Fokes, 42. "In di. petr. de fokesemp. et canabo, 12M." Qy.flokes, flocks?

Foraiwes, 130. "j par de foraiwes."

Frethyngs.4:3, "In Draghtrapes (et) 12 frethyngs empt. pro Lardar, 2s. 3d."; 60, "In 2 Draghrapis et 3 frethyng', Wd." The 'H.E.D.' gives the former quotation under frithing, brushwood ; but I do not understand it so in this connexion.

Frethys, 50. "In frethys, Qd.; in girthys, 3d."

Freyn^es clothes, 102. "Pro 14 freyn3es clothez." Qy. fringed ?

Fridys, 60." Item in fridys, 6d." Qy. same as frethys and both brushwood ?

Frissones, 165. " Pro vj f rissonibus pro iiij or frokis ad iiij or novic." Qy. pieces of frieze ?

Frystys, 131." Fro factura ij parium de Syles et copulacione 9 Rylbys (or Ry wis or Ribbys ? reading doubtful) et frystys eadem domo, 4s."

Fysinus, 58. "In 3 garniamentis pro sezer (the seether), fysino, subulco, 15s. IQd."

Ganeyls, 132. " Pro iij Ganeyls in eadem domo, iij*.'

Gathes. 11, "In 7 Gathes emp. pro eadem (coquina), lid."; 17, "5 gatis, I8d.; 2 scopis pro coquina, Id."

Gormoivne, 224. "Pro Ifratrede Gormowne.

Where was it ?

Grapays. 15, " Empc. Lardar. In 2 petr. de Gra- pays rem. post comp. ; 42, "In grapays emp., IQd."

Gurnus or Gurnum, 100. " Pro cariag. 24 plaustr. de soddez a gurno usque Westorchard ad 2d., 4s."

Halfetyn, le, 237, 241 bis, 242. A house so called, but why ?

Hamyrbarell, 69 (under "Empcio piscium"). "Item in 2 hamyrbarell emp. de relicta Joh'is Nor- ham, 36,9."

Haivkkes, 247. "Item ij hawkkes pro sabulo." Qy. implements for houking it up at the sandpit

Hoterell, ffotrell.226, "Pro factura clausure circa Hotrell"; 228, "6s. 8d. (rec.) de herbagio cimi-