_Second Exhumation of King Arthur's Remains_ (Vol. v., p. 490.).--The details of the circumstances attending the first (I am not aware of any second) exhumation of these remains at Glastonbury in 1189, have been transmitted to us by Giraldus Cambrensis, who saw both the bones and the inscription, by the Monk of Glastonbury, and, briefly, by William of Malmesbury, all cotemporaries with the event. Sharon Turner, in his _History of the Anglo-Saxons_, 8vo. edit., 1823, vol. i. pp. 279-282., gives a full account, from these and other authorities, of this remarkable discovery. COWGILL. _Etymology of Mushroom_ (Vol. iii., p. 166.).--DR. RIMBAULT states that the earliest example with which he is acquainted of this word, being spelt _mushrump_, occurs in the following passage in Robert Southwell's _Spirituall Poems_, 1595: "He that high growth on cedars did bestow, Gave also lowly _mushrumps_ leave to growe." I suppose that this word has been derived from _Maesrhin_, one of the names of the mushroom in Welsh. As the meanings of the word _rhin_ are "a channel," "a virtue," "a secret," "a charm," none of which are applicable to a mushroom, I conjecture that it is a corruption of the word _rhum_ (also spelt _rhump_), but I am unable to mention an instance of the word being spelt by any Welsh writer of ancient times. The etymology which I suggest is _maesrhum_; from _maes_, "a field," and _rhum_, "a thing which bulges out." This meaning very nearly resembles that of the French name of one kind of mushroom, _champignon_. S. S. S. (2.) _The Grave of Cromwell_ (Vol. v., p. 477.).--MR. OLIVER PEMBERTON has referred your correspondent A. B. to Lockinge's _Naseby_ for an account of the Protector's funeral and probable burial on the field of Naseby. As the volume may not be very generally known, would A. B. like a summary of Mr. Lockinge's ten 12mo. pages? or could you, Mr. Editor, spare room for the whole? Mastin, in his _History of Naseby_, alludes to the doubts that have been expressed {599} "relative to the funeral-place of the Protector Cromwell", and quotes a passage from Banks's _Life of Cromwell_, but gives no opinion thereon. ESTE. _Edmund Bohun_ (Vol. v., p. 539.).--Of Edmund Bohun's _Historical Collections_, in eight vols. folio, I became the purchaser at Mr. Bright's sale. They consist of a most curious and interesting collection of the newspapers, ballads, tracts, broadsides of the period (1675-92) in regular series, bound up with original MS. documents, and with a manuscript correspondence with Bohun from Hickes, Roger, Coke, Charlotte, and others, relating to the politics and news of the day. If your correspondent MR. RIX, from whom I am glad to find we are to expect the private Diary of Bohun, wishes for a more particular description of the volumes, I shall be happy to furnish it. JAS. CROSSLEY.