Queries. WE must request correspondents desiring in formation on family matters of only private interest to affix their names and addresses to their queries, in order that answers may be sent to them direct. 66 66 Verses' to the memory of " unhappy White." 66 it would seem that he had some connexion FIREPLACES: AITCH STONES, FORD, passage on p. 117 in A Corner in the North OORLOG," DUTCH FOR WAR."-The primal sense of oorlog, i.e., war” in Dutch (besides its synonym krijg) = orloge and orlage in Old Dutch, has still remained obscure and questionable. Its Old Norse cognate örlög and örlygi, together with Swedish örlog and Danish orlog (esp. warfare at sea), is interpreted by G. Vigfusson, in his 'Icelandic-English Dictionary' (1873)=fate, weird, poîpa, conceived as coming in or by war. But does this supposed original meaning equally apply to the Old Dutch cognate orloge, orlage, and Modern Dutch NORTHUMBERLAND.-I find the following oorlog? Neither Franck's Etymological Dutch Dictionary,' ed. Van Wijk (1912), nor Verwijs and Verdam's Middle Dutch 'Woordenboek' (in vol. v., 1903), accepts that explanation, but both regard it as doubtful. Would it be more reasonable to presume that the primitive sense of orloge and orlage may have indicated a state or condition outside the fixed law, a transgression of the lawful state? Perhaps some of your contributors might help to elucidate this obscure term. I see in Clark-Hall's and Henry Sweet's AngloSaxon Dictionaries of 1894 and 1897, that the Anglo-Saxon corresponding word orleg is rendered by (1) fate, (2) contest, war (sic Clark-Hall), and only by hostility or war (sic H. Sweet). H. KREBS. "It may be worth while to record a curious thing I was told by a cottager of this village. She said there used to he a stone built in at the back when the fireplace was altered it was thrown away of her fireplace called an aitch' stone, but that into the wood, where it still was. She said there was one of these stones in other cottages also. In the days of the Border raids the 'aitch' stone, by emitting some peculiar sound, gave warning to the across the Till over the bridge. The woman died villagers of the approach of the raiders as they came soon after this, so that I was unable to ask her more about it, but I have since heard the same thing from another resident in the village in connexion with another of the oldest of the thatched cottages." Mr. Neville adds in a note : "I have spelt the word as I heard it pronounced, but probably the right word is 'echo.' Can any correspondent of N. & Q.' tell me whether such stones were formerly used on other parts of the Border, or elsewhere? B. L. R. C. FORD CASTLE was anciently in the barony of Chillingham, North Northumberland. Can any reader give me information as to the name of its founder and as to his wife and family? Ford Castle was built in 1287 WILLIAM HOLLOWAY, AUTHOR OF THE PEASANT'S FATE.'-This little book, published by Vernor & Hood in 1802, has lately come into my possession. It is produced in the best style as regards paper and print, and contains four fine copperplate illustrations engraved by Ridley: the frontispiece after Corbould, and the three others after E. M. Thomson. This particular copy of Holloway's work is bound up with Robert Bloomfield's 'Tales,' &c., 1801. The binding (contemporary) is very fine, straight-grained crimson morocco, richly and beautifully tooled. Being curious to learn something of a poet treated in his own day to such external honours, I searched, but in vain, for some account of him in the 'D.N.B., Allibone, Chambers, and Lang. At length in turning over the pages of Pickering's The fabric was restored by (I think) the "Aldine Edition (Lond., 1830) of Henry Marquis of Waterford in 1863, so that the Kirke White's poetical works, I found at the book referred to must have been published end of that book a collection of Tributary | before then. At a book sale many years ago, I remember seeing exposed a copy of an old volume giving views of castles in England, which I believe, contained a woodcut of Ford Castle, as a ruin. P. G. 'NORTHANGER WATCH HOUSE," EWELL, SURREY.-I should be glad to know the date when Watch Houses in villages were first started, and if there are any still existing and dated. Mr. Gordon Home, in his guide to Epsom and district, 1901, says "HORRID ABBEY': ROMANCES -It will be remembered that in "At Ewell, near the opposite corner of Church Street, the quaint little Watch House may still be seen, its stucco-covered wall pierced by two doorways, and an opening above filled with iron bars. Here the disorderly folk of the village were locked up overnight, being taken on to Epsom the next morning. An old and highly respected inhabitant of Ewell clearly remembers, when a boy, seeing ne'er-do-wells confined in the little house. He also recalls how it was no one's concern to watch prisoners, whose chums he has actually seen passing pewter pots of ale and long churchwarden clay pipes through the grating still remaining in one of the solid oak doors. But the advent of the Metropolitan Police has removed such proceedings I should be very grateful if any reader to the picturesque days of beadles and stocks." could supply me with the names of, and Some years ago (since Mr. Gordon Home's particulars concerning, the authors of the time), when the stucco was removed, carved above romances, or in any way help me to in stone beneath was discovered Watch locate copies, as I am most desirous of House," which may now be seen. reading them. MONTAGUE SUMMERS. Another specimen existed at Sutton, Surrey, [Information on this subject will be found at till about eight years ago; and that at Epsom 11 S. vii. 14, 97, 238, 315, 396.] was pulled down in 1848. Essex Lodge, Ewell. 66 LEONARD C. PRICE. PEAT AND MOSS: HEALING PROPERTIES.— What kind of peat is supposed to have healing properties when applied to wounds? RICHARD SWIFT.-I am anxious to learn I am aware that rock moss "has healing particulars of the parentage and career of properties when bound upon a crushed foot Richard Swift, who was the first Catholic or hand, and I have seen it so applied by Sheriff of London (1851-2) since the Re-workmen, who took the moss from a patch formation, and especially to trace a portrait of him. He was also member of Parliament for Sligo about the same period. All likely sources of information at the Guildhall have been consulted without success. The Illustrated London News of the time gives a representation of his carriage, but not a portrait. G. POTTER. 10 Priestwood Mansions, Highgate, N. THEAGER'S GIRDLE.-An allusion to this was made in an article of The Times recently -query=pain or suffering. The context infers that good literature is a solace to those who wear Theager's girdle." What is the origin of the phrase? HIC ET UBIQUE. 66 growing upon a rock in a quarry. It was bound with the under side, i.e., the root part of the moss, in contact with the wound. I believe that several moss growths are so used in folk medicine, and I have also heard it said that moss taken from the skull of a dead man has special healing properties. THOS. RATCLIFFE. ST. MADRON'S WELL, NEAR PENZANCE.In Southey's Commonplace Book,' Second Series, at pp. 121-2 Bishop Hall is cited, without a reference, as follows :— "Of this kind was that marvellous cure which was wrought upon a poor cripple at St. Maderus, in Cornwall, whereof, besides the attestation of many hundreds of the neighbours, I took a strict exami nation in my last visitation. This man, for sixteen years together, was obliged to walk upon his hands, by reason the sinews of his legs were so contracted. Upon an admonition in his dream to wash in a certain well, he was suddenly so restored to his limbs that I saw him able to walk and get his own maintenance. The name of this cripple was John Trebble." re WILLIAM VAUX AND NICHOLAS RIDLEY.In 1586 William Vaux, with two others, was indicted for the murder of Nicholas Ridley; all three were acquitted. Was this Nicholas Ridley the bishop who was burnt in 1555, thirty-one years before? Six years afterwards the charge was newed, and William Vaux was executed at Newcastle-on-Tyne. G. B. VAUX. Carshalton Rectory, Surrey. Mr. J. Harris Stone, in England's Riviera,' at pp. 211, 212, gives Bishop Hall's work as the Great Mystery of LEGE. F. GRANDINEAU, PROFESSOR OF THE FRENCH LANGUAGE AT WESTMINSTER COL-Where can one find an account of F. Grandineau ? He is interesting as having taken part in the education of Queen Victoria, and as being the author of the following books::- 1. Le Petit Précepteur; or, First Step to French Conversation.' (London, 1832 and 1875.) 2. "Conversations Familières; or, Conversational Lessons; for the use of Young Ladies: respectfully dedicated to Her Royal Highness the Princess Victoria. By F. Grandineau, French Master to Her Royal Highness, and Professor of the French Language at Westminster College, &c., &c.. Author of Le Petit Précepteur.' Kensington: Printed for the Author, by W. Birch. 1832." Of this the 12th edition appeared in 1858. 3. Il Piccolo Precettore.' (London, 1853.) 4. "Grammaire Royale,......ouvrage écrit pour servir à l'instruction de Son Altesse Royale La Princesse Victoria d'Angleterre, par F. Grandineau. Londres: 1835." The Préface' of this ends thus : "Les progrès faits sous l'influence de ces vues par une auguste élève, ont encouragé mes essais. La pureté de sa diction, le choix heureux de ses expressions. l'aisance quí caractérise ses entretiens dans cette langue. m'ont permis de rapporter une partie de ces succès au choix des moyens, et m'ont donné la hardiesse de présenter le résultat de mon travail au public sous le patronage de l'illustre Princesse qui a daigné en agréer la dédicace." EDWARD S. DODGSON. Oxford Union Society, Oxford. SIR PATRICK WALSH.-Can any correspondent of N. & Q.' give me the names of the children, and the maiden name of the wife (Anne -?), of Sir Patrick Walsh, Mayor of Waterford in 1578, whose Prerogative will was dated or proved in 1600 ? WM. JACKSON PIGOTT. Manor House, Dundrum, co. Down. INHERITED FAMILY LIKENESSES.-Is there any reason to believe that family likenesses, that is, from father to son, persist as a general thing, through countless generations? If so, has this been proved, in any considerable number of cases, where the likenesses In the case of a family which has intermarried during hundreds of years, such as the Habsburgs, one can understand how some prominent features have been carried down in all its branches. QUIEN SABE. will be found at 9 S. vii. 472 (sub Adam Buck') [Some interesting examples of the kind sought for and also ibid. viii. 62, 169, 268, 335, 369, 448.] CECILIA MARIA DE CANDIA.-I have lately acquired an aneroid which once belonged to Bishop Samuel Wilberforce. It bears the following inscription : " To the Lord Bishop of Winchester, in grateful remembrance of 19 Feb., 1872. From Cecilia Maria De Candia.' I should be grateful for any information about this lady. 18 Wilton Street, S.W. G. W. E. RUSSELL. SEATS IN CHURCH: ORDERS BY BISHOPS.In 1287, at his synod of Exeter, Bishop Quivil ordered "that, except noblemen and patrons, no one should call any seat in church his own; but he who shall first enter the church for the sake of praying may take his place where he will."- Wilkins's Concilia,' ed. 1737, vol. ii. p. 140. I should be glad to know of any other orders made by bishops before the nineteenth century with regard to seats in church, whether general orders such as the above, or with respect to any particular church. ENQUIRER. SEA: FOLK-LORE AT THE RABBIT IN BRITAIN.-Can your correspondent Y. T., who writes under the above heading, give the instance she alludes to (as provided by ST. SWITHIN) and others_on the same subject? PAMELA GLENCONNER. [The replies from ST. SWITHIN, for which our correspondent Y. T. expressed gratitude, appeared in our last volume, pp. 154 (Feb. 19) and 317 (April 15).] THE TRUSTY SERVANT.'-Can any correspondent supply information as to the origin and history of the symbol at Winchester known as The Trusty Servant' ? PAMELA GLENCONNER. Winchester correspondent H. C.-in 'N. & Q.' [CANON DEEDES, of Chichester, and our valued for Sept. 11 and Oct. 30, 1915, respectively-gave full accounts of The Trusty Servant.'] 66 SICK AS A LANDRAIL."-In James I have referred to follow Walpole, but my Wilson's A Voyage round the Coasts of example tends to prove his first name Scotland and the Isles,' 1842, vol. i. p. 39, commenced with an E. Is anything known occurs the sentence :of the career of Capt. Taylor ? AITCHO. "One of the crew......was so affected by the violence of the motion [during a squall] that......he became as sick as a landrail." I am not aware that sickness is a special Replies. (12 S. i. 428, 473.) attribute of the landrail (Crex crex), and JOHN RANBY: HENRY FIELDING. possibly the author may have used the expression with a jocular emphasis on the word land. I should, however, be glad to learn whether the expression occurs elsewhere, and whether it may be regarded as a phrase or saying. HUGH S. GLADSTONE. A LOST LIFE OF HUGH PETERS.-The following advertisement appeared several times in 1660, and at the end of the "Fourth and last Part" of Clement Walker's History of Independency' (signed "T. M." and published in that year) runs as follows:"There is now in the press, ready to come forth that so much desired book intituled An Exact History of the Life and Actions of Hugh Peters: as also his Diary. Sold by H. Brome and H. Marsh," &c. I have sought for this book everywhere, but without success. If Hugh Peters really left a diary, it would be valuable from every point of view. Is any reader of N. & Q' aware of a copy? 66 J. B. WILLIAMS. EVERY ENGLISHMAN IS AN ISLAND.". In the recent issue of La Renaissance, May, 1916, devoted to England, M. Paul Deschanel credits Emerson with the saying: "Every Englishman is an island." Can any reader verify that statement with proper references ? O. G. ["In short, every one of these islanders is an island himself, safe, tranquil, incommunicable."Emerson, English Traits,' vi. Manners, beginning of seventh paragraph.] 'WATERLOO HEROES.'- This picture, painted by Knight, was engraved by Lewis, and is said now to be at the Hague. I should be glad to know whether and where a key to it may be obtained. J. GOOD. Stanley Street, Bedford. As certain of your correspondents are manifesting an interest in John Ranby, 1703-73-consequent, perhaps, on his contributions to the surgery of gun-shot wounds inflicted in warfare-it may be opportune to record the hitherto unsuspected, but not uninteresting, fact that this distinguished surgeon succeeded Fielding as tenant of Fordhook, Ealing, the country residence and small farm whence the latter set out for Lisbon on June 26, 1754. The RateBooks of Ealing and Old Brentford show that the rates and tithes in respect of this property were paid either by or on behalf of Henry Fielding till Sept. 18, 1754; that the next rates, due on Feb. 12, 1755, were paid in part by John Ranbey (sic) and in part by Fielding's half-brother John, who probably retained control over those farming operations concerning which Henry Fielding made such searching inquiries from Lisbon. The rates on Sept. 3, 1755, were paid by John Ranby (the spelling being corrected), and John Fielding's name disappears. We know from his Lisbon correspondence that Fielding was anxious to let Fordhook, and it is more than probable Ranby was glad to assist the family of the departed friend who had perpetuated him to posterity in these words : "This surgeon had the first character in his profession, and was serjeant-surgeon to the King. He had, moreover, many good qualities, and was a very generous, good-hearted man, and ready to do any service to his fellow-creatures."-Tom Jones,' Readers of the Journal of a Voyage to Lisbon' will likewise recall the handsome reference to Ranby in the Introduction. viii. 13. This additional link between Fielding and Ranby is due entirely to Mr. Austin Dobson, who last year, with the good offices of the Borough Engineer and Surveyor, Mr. W. R. Hicks, made an examination of the old parish Rate-Books in the possession of the Ealing local authorities. Mr. Austin Dobson very obligingly placed his notes at my disposal to be recorded in a more permanent form, but the war renders this at present impracticable. J. PAUL De Castro. ADMIRAL NICHOLAS HADDOCK, 1686-1746 6 6 66 MEDIEVAL LATIN (12 S. i. 489).—A 6 has in the late Mr. Charles Trice Martin's There is a delightful article, which appeared in The Scotsman, July 28, 1895, by the late Dr. Thomas Graves Law of Edinburgh, and was reprinted in the Collected Essays and Reviews,' Edinburgh, 1904, of this learned author. It is entitled Some Curious Translations of Mediæval Latin,' see pp. 98104, in which the author says : (12 S. i. 488).-Cf. Eighteenth-Century medieval or Low Latin-English dictionary Virginian Letters' (12 S. i. 309, 354, 415, remains still a desideratum. There is, of 454), whereby it would seem, from what is course, the well-known Promptorium Parsaid at the last two references, that the vulorum by Geoffrey the Grammarian, Admiral's wife (who died in 1735) bore the c. 1440, edited by A. Way for the Camden Christian name of Frances. Moreover, he Society, 3 vols., 1843-65; and by A. L. called her Fanny in a letter of Aug. 4, Mayhew for the Early English Text Society, 1718 (Correspondence of Family of Had-E.S., 1908, which is useful. Then, again, one dock, 1657-1719,' Camden Soc. Miscellany, viii. 53). It may be, therefore, that they were the "Nicholas Haddock, of St. Olives, Southwark, batchelor, and Francess Emmes, of Allhallows, Barking, spinster," who were married (by licence from the Archbishop's Office) at St. Paul's Cathedral on Feb. 9, 1713/4. See Registers of St. Paul's Cathedral, 1697-1899' (Harl. Soc.), 35. I have examined at Somerset House the Admiral's will (P.C.C., 297 Edmunds), but it throws no light on the point. In this will, dated Nov. 6, 1741, the Admiral is described as Rear Admiral of the Red Squadron of His Majesty's Fleet." He mentions, besides the executors, his three sons, Nicholas, Richard, "It is rumoured that a competent scholar has and Charles, and his daughter Elizabeth (to in hand the preparation of a lexicon or glossary whom he bequeathed the ring presented to of Low Latin, based exclusively on Scottish him by the King of Portugal), and his charters and records. If this be true, it is good "sister Katherine Wragg," sister Hay," news. Few private students can be expected to and his nephews Richard Lyddell,-Clarke, of Du Cange (ed. 1840-50); and the wretchedly provide themselves with the seven quarto volumes and Richard Haddock. The will was proved, inadequate Compendium, compiled by Maigne Oct. 1, 1746, by his brother, Richard Had- d'Arnis for the Abbé Migne (1866), is often misdock, Comptroller of the Navy; his nephew leading.....A portable medieval dictionary, at the Rev. Charles Lyddell, Rector of Ardingly, and specially adapted for the student of Scottish once abbreviating and supplementing Du Cange, Sussex; and his secretary, Walter Harris. records, would indeed be a boon for us all." Charles Lyddell, who was of Christ Church, Those who have never read these 'ColOxford, B.C.L. (Foster's A. O.'), was son of Dennis Lyddell, of Wakehurst Place, Ard-lected Essays and Reviews' of the late ingly, a commissioner of the Navy (see them, if they come across this charming Horsfield's Sussex,' i. 259), by his marriage with the Admiral's sister Martha (see Marriage Licences, Faculty Office of Archbishop of Canterbury,' Harl. Soc., 197). I was wrong in saying at 12 S. i. 454, that the Admiral was his father's eldest son. See 66 learned Dr. Law have a treat in store for work. Thornton, Horncastle. J. C. H. SPARKE thanked for replies.] [SIR HERBERT MAXWELL and MR. ARCHIBALD PACE-EGGING (12 S. i. 488).—At Rochdale 'D.N.B.,' xxiii. 428. Was the Admiral's boys go round wife related to Capt. Fleetwood Emms or Friday, and probably more pace-egging on Good pace-eggers Emes, R.N., who was lost, with "his wife can be seen there than at any other place in and son and all ye men in ye Restauration," the country. Messrs. Edwards & Bryning, on ye Goodwin," in 1703 ? See the above-Castle Works, Rochdale, publish a book of mentionedCorrespondence,' p. 45. H. C. |