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know of the existence of this Bible I should much like to refer to it, the Furlys being ancestors of mine. ARTHUR BRENT.

ARMORIAL. Can any one tell me what arms were borne by the Friars Minor or Grey Friars (Franciscans) ? GRIS-NEZ.

" KINGS ! " What is the origin of this expression, used by boys when they wish for a while to be excused from a game? It is very common ; but I have never seen it explained. C. C. B.

GOVERNMENT OFFICES, 1818. Where can I find a list of officials resident in the block of buildings that stood on the south side of the Horse Guards parade ? A. C. H.

POPE STREET, ELTHAM. Can any of your

of the name Pope Street, applied to one of the roads in my parish ? There is a local tradition that it was a Roman " street," and we are not far from the old Roman road to Dover, but the origin of the name " Pope " seems quite lost. I should be grateful for any suggestion. T. NORMAN ROWSELL.

ROBERT SCOTT GODFREY. One of the faces of a triangular stone, cut in the form of a heart, which was found some years ago among the remains of Nini's terra-cotta works, near the Chateau de Chaumont, in the neighbour- hood of Blois, bore the following inscription : "A la Grace de Dieu, L 8 XV., Roi de France et de Navare. Cette Pierre est Pose[e] par le Noble Mon. Bob* Scott God-Frey de la Nation Angloise et Peintre en verre du Roi de France, 1770." See 'Blois et ses Environs,' par L. de la Saussaye, p. 344. Is anything known of this artist in his native country 1

ST. SWITHIN.

^ TRINITY WINDOWS. Can any reader give information as to how many so- called " Trinity windows " there are in Eng- land, and explain the drawings? There is one in the cnurch of Holy Trinity, Good- ramgate, York, which is very curious.

E. B.

TRETHOWAN. Trethowan, the name of an abode situated in Dorsetshire, seems to be of Cornish origin, and to designate, in Cornish, perhaps, a home near the sandy beach. Being, however, uncertain about it, I should be glad to be enlightened concerning its meaning.

INQUIRER.

SIR GERVASE CLIFFORD. " He was secre- tary to the Lord Treasurer Cromwell, and custodian of the temporalities of the Arch-

bishop of Canterbury." Was there such a person ; or is it meant for Sir Gervase Clif- ton, of Clifton, Notts? If so, probably his influence helped John Cromwell to migrate from Notts to Wimbledon. A. C. H.

GENERAL GAGE JOHN HALL. I shall be obliged if some of the readers of ' N. & Q.' can give me information respecting the parentage of General Gage John Hall, who was honorary colonel of the 99th Foot and 70th Foot, and at one time Governor of the Mauritius. His commission of ensign was dated 1783, and he died near Exeter, 18 April, 1854.

T. GEO. H. GREEN.

SILVER LADLE. An ancient ladle, pre- sumably of silver, has recently come into my possession. A coin of George III. (1787) is inserted in the bowl, but no hall-mark is discoverable. The following legend, in minute

characters, scarcely discernible, appears on the rim of the bowl, " Anno tricesimo tertio

(3 rd S. i. 397), aprojios of several earlier notes on coins inserted in tankards, there is a note by R. W. B. concerning ladles with coins inserted, but no mention is made of in- scriptions or hall-marks. It would interest me also to know if these curious articles are rare. LIESE M. SHERRING.

Willesden, N.W.

AUTHORS OF QUOTATIONS WANTED.

Beautiful feet are those that go On kindly ministry to and fro, Down lowliest ways if God wills so.

M. CARUS- WILSON,

My ornaments are arms, My pastime is war,

My bed is cold

Upon the wold, My lamp yon star.

IOTA.

F E L I B R E.

(9 th S. ii. 368.)

THE word Felibre was adopted at a meeting of seven Provencal poets Theodore Aubanel, Jean Bonnet, Anselme Mathieu,, Fre'deric Mistral, J. Roumanille, A. Tavan,, and Paul Giera at a banquet at Castel Fontsegugne, near Chateau Neuf - de - Gadagne, Vaucluse, on 21 May, 1854. The word is taken from an ancient ProvenQal ballad which the now celebrated Felibreen poet Frederic Mistral had met with at Mail- lane, his native place in Provence. In this