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During the Revolution the church was desecrated and the coffin opened, when the corpse was found in an extraordinary state of preservation ; and, by order, it is said, of Robespierre, it was carefully preserved.

When the allies came to Paris in 1813 the body still remained above ground, and the Regent ordered it to be carried in funeral procession to St. Germain and interred in the church, where most of the English in Paris attended in the deepest mourning ; and afterwards he had a white marble monument placed there to the memory of King James. CONSTANCE RUSSELL.

Swallowfield.

For a detailed account of the disposal of the king's remains, see 1 st S. ii. 243, 281, 427 ; iv. 498. See also Times of 8 and 26 January, 1887, and ' Diet. Nat. Biog.'

GEO. WILL. CAMPBELL.

Leamington.

Your correspondent should consult Petti- grew's * Collection of Epitaphs,' 1857 (Bohn), in which appear quotations from *N. & Q.' and ' Collect. Top. et Gen.'

GEORGE C. PEACHEY.

TOWNS WHICH HAVE CHANGED THEIR SlTES

(9 th S. vii. 206, 273, 359, 417, 492). MR. T. P. ARMSTRONG, in reply to the above query, quotes from Hunter's 'Guide to Perthshire' that

"there are charters extant more than a century older than 1210 [that is, earlier than 1110] which describe streets and tenements which make it almost certain that Perth stood then where it stands to-day."

I am afraid that Hunter magnifies the anti- quity of his charters, as there are but few Scottish charters extant older than the reign of David I. (1124-53).

J. G. WALLACE-JAMES, M.B. Haddington.

Will MR. T. P. ARMSTRONG tell me where I can see

" charters extant more than a century older than 1210 which describe streets and tenements which make it almost certain that Perth stood then where it stands to-day " ?

Before 1110 is very early for Scottish writings.

G. S. C. S.

CORNISH PLACE-NAMES (9 th S. vii. 488). Bolitho (pronounced with stress upon the i) is the name of a hamlet in Crowan parish, also used as a surname. According to Pol- whele ('Cornish-English Vocabulary,' 1808) it means " the great belly," from the words bol, belly, and itho t great. Perhaps some one better acquainted than I am with Cornish will explain the second elements in the names

Bosanko and Bosistow. The prefix I take to be the familiar bos, dwelling, which is almost as common in Cornwall as tre, pol, or pen. It is sometimes contracted to bo, as in the name Bonython, "the furzy dwelling," from bo, dwelling ; an, the ; ithen, furze.

JAS. PLATT, Jun.

Though unable to translate the names cited by YGREC, I can say that the prefix bo- or bos- signifies an abode (Welsh bod). The affix -o, -oe, -a is the common plural termina- tion (Welsh -au). Bo- and bos- are followed by common nouns, while tre- nearly always precedes a personal name.

JOHN HOBSON MATTHEWS.

Town Hall, Cardiff.

The Rev. John Bannister, in his * Glossary of Cornish Names,' gives the following deri- vations and meanings :

"Bolitho, ? great (itho), or most distant (eithaw, W.) hill (bol), or pit or pool (pol), or i.q. Boleit or Beloitha, the dairy or milk (lait) cottage (bod) ; the place of slaughter (ladh) ; ? house of the clan (leid)."

" Vingoe (family name), wine taster ; wine (gwin) man (gwr)."

"Bosanko, house (bos) of death (ancow)."

W.) house ; or i.q. Bosustick, the house of Usteg (a Welsh saint)."
 * ' Bosistow, Bossustow, ? the advocate's (sistwr,

E. MEIN.

Blundellsands.

CIVIL WAR : STORMING OF LINCOLN (9 th S. viii. 43). There is a long and, I believe, fairly complete list of the prisoners taken at the storming of Lincoln on 2 May, 1644, in a rare relation by William Goode, an old Puritan who was in Cromwell's camp before Lincoln, entitled

"A Particular Relation of the severall Removes, Services, and Successes of the Right Honorable the Earle of Manchester's Army (drawn forth of the Associated Counties of Norfolke, Suffolke, Essex, Cambridge, &c.) since he went from Bedford, April 20, to the com pleating of the great Victory at Lincolne, May the 6th, 1644. Sent by William Goode from the Earles Quarters at Lincolne to Mr. Simeon Ash (of the Assembly of Divines), both Chapleines to the said Noble Earle. Published to draw forth thankfulnesse to the Lord of Hoasts from all, chiefly those who have prayed for that Armies good successe. Allowed of by Authoritie, and entered according to Order. London, Printed for Thomas Underbill, at the Bible in Woodstreet, 1644."

Four leaves. There is not, I believe, a copy of this important tract in the British Museum, nor is there one in the extensive collection of Lincolnshire literature in the Lincoln Public Library, but I understand that Mr. Ernest L. Grange, M.A., LL.M., a former editor of Lincolnshire Notes and Queries and