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 9th S. IV. Sept. 9, '99.) 207 NOTES AND QUERIES. facility of consultation, greatly promote local research and intercommunication. Its articles, under alphabetic headings with unstinted cross-references, should not merely consist of rdchaufffa of Parker and Turner, but embrace the results of independent investigations and up-to-date criticism, and, as your corre- spondent suggests, should abound in citations of the best treatises on each subject, whether in standard works or in new, and even in periodical publications (with which an annual supplement could keep pace). It should in- clude a vocabulary of the antique and obso- lete terms that often puzzle one in old accounts and inventories, ana, above all, it should be profusely illustrated, especially with details of simple ancient dwellings and their furni- ture, such as the rural branches of the photo- graphic societies fast spreading through all the counties might, under proper organiza- tion, readily supply. Ethel Lega-Weekes. Qutxits. We must request correspondents desiring infor- mation on family matters of only private interest to affix their names and addresses to their queries, in order that the answers may be addressed to them direct. "Grisky": " Grissy." — These are two Yorkshire words describing peculiar states of the weather. "Grisky" appears to be used in West Yorkshire for weather which looks threatening. " Grissy " in North York- shire is used of damp and warm weather. The words appear to be rare, as I have not found either in any Yorkshire glossary. Can any of your readers tell me anything about them? A. L. Mayhew. Oxford. "Gribble."—This is a word used in Exeter for the refuse from "brack" (the fat covering the intestines of a pig) when made into lard. From this " gribble " they make coarse cakes, _by rubbing it up with a little flour and "frying it. These are called " gribble-cakes." Is the word used in this sense out of Devon ? There is another " gribble" used in Dorset, Somerset, Devon, and Cornwall, in the sense of an apple-tree for grafting. A. L. Mayhew. Oxford. Passage in Thackeray Sought.—In which of Thackeray's works does the following quotation occur ? " Love ! sure the word is composed of the softest vowels and con- sonants in the language," <fec. J. C. Cambridge. Sunken' Lanes.—Can you refer me to any previous notes in your paper concerning the origin of the sunken roads and lanes which we see all over the country, or any theories whatever bearing on the subject ? I should be glad also to be informed of any books or articles on the origin of roads generally. W. T. V. Henrie Stephen's ' A World of Wonders,' London, 1007, folio.—Who was R. C, the translator of this most curious and enter- taining work from the French of Henri Estienne ? At 5th S. viii. 246 the late James Crossley asked this question, and suggested that it might have been Richard Carew, of Anthony. Perhaps some one may now be able to speak with authority on the subject. C. D. Calvert Family.—Can any one give mo information on the subject of the Calverts of Nine Ashes, Hertfordshire 1 William Cal- vert, of Furneaux Pelham in that county, married, about 1690, his cousin Honor, the daughter of Peter Calvert, of Nine Ashes. Whom did this Peter marry ? Kathleen Ward. Castle Ward, Downpatrick, Ireland. Nicolson Family.—Felix Calvert (the son of the above William) married, about 1720, Christian Nicolson, daughter of Josias Nicol- son, of Clapham. I am anxious to trace these Nicolsons further. Can any one give me the parentage of Josias and the name of his wife 1 Kathleen Ward. Castle Ward, Downpatrick, Ireland. Cornish Armoury.—What is the date of the oldest list in existence of Cornish coats of arms ? What families are included in it 1 Could you or any of your readers furnish the names 1 It would be very interesting to have them put on record in ' N. & Q.' Am I right in supposing that there is a list which ante- dates the first visitation of the heralds 1 CORNISHMAN. Churchyard in ' Bleak House.' (See 8"' S. v. 227, 289, 417 ; vi. 213.)— " Very few people who know Covent Garden and Drury Lane were, until recently, aware of the fact that there is, or rather was, a cemetery in the vicinity, although it is described in ' Bleak House.' There was a cemetery there for centuries, and it contained the bones of many aristocrats and wealthy people, for the neighbourhood of Covent Garden was at one time a highly fashionable locality—the beginning of the great West-End. To-day a new thoroughfare is to be constructed between the Strand and Holborn, and as the cemetery is in the line of route it became necessary to remove the bones and deposit them elsewhere. This has been