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NOTES AND QUERIES. [9* s. vn. JUNE i, 1901.

substantive camp defined as " martial ^con- not concern me, but I am deeply i test, combat, fight, battle, war." On turning in all that relates to the pronunciation to tiie corresponding verb I find that a place names, and I shall be glad *^&<*. where contests were wont to be held was other reader can tell me what is the correc called a "camping close" or " camping local pronunciation of Iveagh Is it two pightel." The question occurs, Was the syllables or three j Dr. Joyce Irish Names substantive camp ever transferred from the of Places,' second series, 1875, p. IDD, give contest to the place of contest itself? If so, | Uibh-Eachach as the Gaelic orthography, the descriptive phrases which gave rise to the surname Kemp are easily explained. The

'H.E.D.,' however, gives no instance of the U ne ear iy years of the last century a person transferred use here suggested. In any case en titled to property in Boston, Lincolnshire. campus would be the Latin equivalent of as we ^ as a t Sutterton, Lincolnshire, could

JAS. PLATT, Jun. BOSTON LOCAL RECORDS. Some time in

"camping close"; but how is the form "atte Camp " to be accounted for unless camp signified a place of some kind 1 Cempa probably gave rise to the surname Campion through the Latin campio. As I am assist- ing in the production of a work on the history of the Kemp and Kempe families, I shall

not be found by my grandfather, his heir, and I have been given to understand that the property was taken possession of by the Crown. This person's death has now been traced, and it is not known that he has left any legitimate issue. How can I find records of property in Boston and its vicinity s

be glad to have the opinion of competent was told that a complete register could be

ftViAln.rs a.s t,r f.hft rmnrWs nf tJiP .Hp.riva.t.inn I ^ afc gp O ttisWOOde's pf property held by

the Crown, but on application could not get it. NOTSRAM.

REV. GEORGE WILLIS. Can any Hampshire reader tell me if this person is buried at Stoke Charity, where he was living (and possibly vicar) in 1823; and if so, will he kindly send me a copy of the inscription on his tombstone 1 T. CANN HUGHES, F.b.A.

Lancaster.

RA WLINS- WHITE. Who was Rawlins- White, who suffered martyrdom at the Reformation? See Burke's 'Landed Gentry,' p. 1241 (1898).

F. RAWLINS

BEARD OF THE PINNA AND SILK MANU- FACTURE. Can you tell me if the beard of the pinna is still used any where to make silk] In the Levant it is now onlv used medicinally. W. H. D. ROUSE.

as to the soundness of the derivation of the name here proposed. Camp is a frequent element in English place-names, such as Castle Camps, Shudy Camps, Camps End, and Camps Green, to which Camp by itself ought to be added. JOHN T. KEMP. 4, Gotham Grove, Bristol.

THE RAT : ITS FIEST INTRODUCTION INTO EUROPE. Was any species of rat known in Europe in the early centuries of our era? The part played by the rat in the spread of plague is recognized on all hands, although its importance is variously estimated. Bubonic plague ravaged Europe in the sixth century, during the reign of Justinian. Is there any evidence of the existence of the rat in Europe before that date? The brown rat is of recent introduction, but, according to the writer in ' Chambers's Encyclopaedia,' the presence of the black rat is noticed by Albertus Magnus in the thirteenth century. Was it then a new- comer 1? A. D.

UNMARRIED LORD MAYORS. In * The Lord Mayors and Sheriffs of London, 1601-25,' Mr.

ISABEL OF PORTUGAL. The death of this Cokayne informs us that Sir John Leman,
 * ^^ fK^ri ,;* 4-^ PU,-K~ 4-u~ r\ j T\..I__ I L or d Mayor 1616-17, "died unmarried (a

very unusual thing for one who had been Lord Mayor)." It would be interesting to know what previous Lord Mayors of London were bachelors during their mayoralty, and whether any of them were subsequently married. E. C.

princess, third wife to Philip the Good, Duke of Burgundy (d. 1467), is sometimes dated 1471, sometimes 1472. Which year is correct 1? The day, it is agreed, was 17 December.

C. S. WARD. Wootton St. Lawrence, Basingstoke.

CORNISH DAISY NAMES. The common daisy, Bellis perennis, in Cornish is egr, often

IVEAGH, co. DOWN. Turning over a back number of the Saturday Review (30 October,

ioy/^, J. came across the statement, in an i utiisy, JJGI/MS /^e/'e/wts, m ^unnan ia ^i/'j *j>.wi*

article entitled ' The Guinness Pedigree,' that rendered egr Dew, or the daisy of God. What

" Lord Iveagh had about as much idea how does egr mean 1 It suggests eye, especially in

to pronounce the title he had chosen as he connexion with the daisy (day's eye, A.-S.

had the right to claim descent from the dcegesege). Another obsolete Cornish name

ancient Lords." The second part of this does for the small daisy the derivation of which I