Yarmouth was anciently called Gernemutha, or Iernemutha; and Ives attributes this seal to Yarmouth, though both the legend and the workmanship have a decidedly foreign appearance. Can any more satisfactory locality be assigned it? 2. Circular (1 in. in diameter). Three fishes naiant (the arms of Yarmouth), within a bordure of six cusps. Legend: SAAL D' ASAI D' GRANT GARNAMVT. Workmanship of about the fourteenth century; use unknown; but it has been employed for sealing burgess letters for many years past, until 1847. Can it have reference to the staple? (Vid. Statutes at Large, Anne; 27 Ed. III. stat. 2.; 43 Ed. III. cap. 1.; 14 Ric. II. cap. 1.) 3. Circular (size 1.1 in. diameter). On an escutcheon a herring hauriant; the only instance of this bearing in connection with Yarmouth. Legend: S. OFFIC : CORROTULAT : I : NOVE : IERNMUTH. Of this seal nothing whatever is known. Its workmanship is of the fifteenth century. The suggested extension of the legend is "Sigillum officii contrarotulatoris"--in nova Jernemutha, or in _nave_ Jernemuthe. But was Yarmouth ever called _nova Gernemutha_? or what was the office alluded to? The above are required for a literary purpose; and as speedy an answer as possible would much oblige me. E. S. TAYLOR. * * * * * Minor Queries. _Hand in Bishop Canning's Church._--In Bishop Canning's Church, Wilts, is a curious painting of a hand outstretched, and having on the fingers and thumb several inscriptions in abbreviated Latin. Can any correspondent tell me when and why this was placed in the church; and also the inscriptions which appear thereon? RUSSELL GOLE. _"I put a spoke in his wheel."_--What is the meaning of the phrase, "I put a spoke in his wheel?" In April last, a petition was heard in the Rolls Court on the part of the trustees of Manchester New College, praying that they might be allowed to remove that institution to London; and a single trustee was heard against such removal. One of the friends of the college was on this occasion heard to remark, "the removal to London was going on very smoothly, and it would have been done by this time, if this one trustee had not _put his spoke in the wheel_:" meaning, that the conscientious scruple of this trustee was the sole _impediment to the movement_. Is this the _customary_ and proper mode of using the phrase; and, if so, how can putting a spoke to a wheel impede its motion?