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 NOTES AND QUERIES. w* a. vi. JULY 7, woa in York Minster, but though I searched for some hours I failed to find any monument. A. C. FOX-DAVIES. THE KINGDOM OF KAZAR.—Mention is made in a little book entitled 'The Jews,' by J. Alexander, 1870, of a Turcomanish kingdom, Kazar, on the Caspian Sea, reigned over by Jewish sovereigns for about two centuries and a half from the year 740. Pro- fessors of all religions were allowed to live in the country, but the occupant of the throne was required to be a Jew. Where can further information be obtained respecting this somewhat mysterious kingdom? JAMES HOOPER. Norwich. ISAAC OF NORWICH.—In Cole's' Documents,' p. 300, we read of Isaac's " homines," which is simple enough—his henchmen and work- people. But what is meant by "Hugo,armiger dicti Isaac "? Was Isaac of Norwich a knight? M. D. DAVIS. [Armiper does not moan a knight. It implies an esquire, or, in later days, one entitled to bear arms.] "RULE, BRITANNIA."—I have heard a tradi- tion to the effect that, on one of the first nights ou which ' Alfred' was publicly per- formed (the play was first performed at Clieveden [1 August, 1740], before the Prince of Wales and the Court), the news came to London of a great naval victory, and that the subsequent singing of the great war ode was attended with extraordinary enthusiasm. Is there any foundation for this story ? W. [' Alfred' was first publicly performed at Drury Lane, 23 February, 1750, and was played apparently, in all, nine times, not on consecutive days. We know of no victory which synchronizes with the date.] LATIN MAXIM.—Written, in an old hand, on the fly-leaf of a copy of Horace, 1663 : " Non bene de eo judicat cui timide se com'ittit. Whose is it f W. 0. B. HON. HENRY PAGET.—In what year did the Hon. Henry Paget (second surviving son of William, fifth Baron Paget, and Lady Frances Rich) die, where was he interred, and did he leave a will ? WM. JACKSON PIGOTT. BRKJHAM TOWN AND FAMILY.—Will you kindly furnish information as to the origin of the name " Brigham" as given to a town in Cumberland, near Cocker- mouth ? Will you also inform me whether 01 not there is any connexion between the town of Brigham and the American family of Brigham, whose founder emigrated from England in 1745 ? Morse's ' Brigham Lineage," printed about forty years ago, and now not • > be had, says Thomas Brigham was a native of Cumberland, and, if I remember correctly, of the town of Brigham. Any light you may De able to throw on the subject will be highly appreciated by JOHNSON BRIGHAM. Iowa State Library. PLUCKING A PROCTOR'S SLEEVE.—Is any nstance known of the plucking of an Oxford proctor's sleeve by any creditor of any candi- date for a degree t When was the change made from debtor-student's sleeve to proctor's ? M. W. Cambridge, U.S. CASANOVA.—In the ' Alraanach der Ritter- Drden,' by Friedrich Gottschalck (Leipzig, 1818), ii. part ii. 105, in the list of the Tuscan Order of St. Joseph, No. 6 of the mights is Jac. Casanova, O.L. These two letters stand for Oberst-Lieutenant. The order was founded on 19 March, 1807, by the Grand Duke Ferdinand III., who was then only Grand Duke of Wiirzburg. Tuscany having been restored to him in 1814, he carried the order with him, and renewed it in 1817. Was this Casanova a relation of Casanova de Seingalt 1 ROBEKT PlERPOINT. ' PELLEAS ET MELISANDE.'—In the printed edition of this work of M. Maeterlinck the accents are as I give them. Those on Pelleas seem strange to me. Is not the accent on the first e uncommon in a word of this class ' H. T. THREE GREAT JOKES OF THE MIDDLE AGES.—Vernon Lee, in 'Baldwin,' says that Michelet called " la grimace du pendu " one of the three great jokes of the Middle Ages. Where did Michelet say this? M. N. G. PEDIGREE RESEARCH.—I wish to trace my descent back for several generations, and at the same time to obtain particulars as to any members of other branches of the family who may exist, following especially the male line direct. The family has been always resident in a remote Highland parish, and I have been told that records of parishes are kept in Edinburgh, but can obtain no authentic in- formation. Where, and to whom, should I apply ; and would the foregoing necessitate any great expense ? M. GOLD GIGLIATO AND ITS VALUE.—In con- nexion with some literary work I am