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 230 NOTES AND QUERIES, m* 8. vi. SEPT. 22,1000. our phrase "moving heaven," &c., has sprung. If I am mistaken in my rash conjecture, mayhap some good Latinist will enlighten me as to the nature of my error. Nor shall I be surprised to hear that the question has been answered in the older series of ' N. & Q.' M. L. R. BRESLAE. "GOAL" AND "GAOL." —When did the word " goal " eventually become " gaol" t In the ' History of Buckingham' by Browne Willis (ed. 1755, p. 49) the "Goal at Ayles- bury" is mentioned. On a Bath token in the writers possession is the legend "Pray for the debtors in Ilchester Goal," with the date 1794. But there was an advertisement in the Taimton Courier of 5 April, 1820, for a turn- key at Ilchester Gaol; so that between the two dates last given thechange of spelling had presumably taken place. Can the date be more exactly fixed ? I believe the derivation of "goal" is obscure. Can it be derived from the French gavle ? Curiously enough, Leland spelt it " gaiol," sub Ilchester. WILLIAM LOCKE RADFOHD. llrainster. POLE-CARE w.— From which locality was the name of Pole derived—from Pole or Poole in Dorset, or Poole in Cheshire 1 Hamsworthy in the former county was at a very remote period associated with the Carews or Carys. Pole-Carew of Anthony bears, Azure, semee de lys, a lion rampant arg., same as Poole of Poole Hall, Chester. Chandos - Pole bears, Arg., a chevron between three crescents. Which was the correct shield of Pole ; or was the family entitled to both coats ? T. W. CAREY. FEROCIOUS DOOLYS. (See 2nd S. iv. 367, 420.)—The tale of the ferocious Doolys seizing upon the wounded has already been discussed in these columns, and it is said to have been first told by Burke in the trial of Warren Hastings. Yule and Burnell (' Hobson- Jobson,' 242) have been unable to trace it. Can any of your readers assist in fixing the origin of the story 1 W. CROOKE. Langton House, Charlton Kings. "TEMPERANCE."—Will you or one of your correspondents let me know when and how our word temperance began to be used as meaning " total abstinence " from alcohol ? C. SUNDER, Major. Gaya, Bengal. FEUDAL COURTS BARON.—Can you inform me when the_ old Courts Baron, held in the different parishes for the regulation of local disputes, and certifying the title to custom- ary land, &c.. ceased to have jurisdiction and power to enforce penalties ] M. N. JOSEPH FIREBUCK, GUNMAKER.—I have in my possession an old single percussion muzzle-loading gun, of good workmanship, marked on the side plate "Joseph Firebuck, London," and on the top of the barrel " Oldmarket, London." Can any one tell me anything of this maker 1 W. H. QUARRELL. ETON COLLEGE AND RAM HUNTING.—Horace Walpole, in his ' Letters' (Cunningham's edition, vol. vii. p. 200), mentions Ducarel's translation of a ' History of the Abbey of Bee,' and writes that it contains a mention of " a very curious circumstance, at least valuable to us disciples of Alma Mater Btonensis. The ram hunting was derived from the manor of Wrotham in Norfolk, which formerly belonged to Bee, and being forfeited, together with other alien priories, was bestowed by Henry VI. on our college.' What was the ram hunting here mentioned ? H. T. B. [See 8th S. i. 315, 401.] OLD MASONIC ENGRAVING.—I have recently purchased an old masonic engraving (steel), presumably executed in the early years of this century, and containing no fewer than one hundred and twenty emblems peculiar to freemasonry. Can any reader tell me its exact age ? It was " Printed and Published for B. A. Neely, 41, Gt. Jackson St., Hulme, by John Bradshaw, 6; Church Street, Man- chester," and is " Dedicated to the Ancient and Honorable Fraternity of Free Masons." CHAS. F. FORSHAW, LL.D. 48, Hanover Square, Bradford. SHREWSBURY RECORDS.—Can some Shrop- shire reader state whether the municipal archives at Shrewsbury contain any record of the sittings of the Council of the Marches at Shrewsbury Town Hall under John Wil- cock, Bishop of Worcester, and Lord Rivers in 1478, before the Court was transferred to Ludlow Castle ? T. CANN HUGHES, M.A. "OLD ENGLAND."—How far back in our literature can this phrase be traced ? POLITICIAN. WALTON.—Can any reader tell me if Bess's 'Sufferings of the Quakers' mentions the name of Walton of Bibury t A lady residing in Trenton, N.J., U.S., states that she is a descendant of one of four brothers of the name who left Bibury in 1675 and settled in the Delaware Valley, Pennsylvania, naming the spot Bibury, now known as Byberry, a