Notes and Queries, Number 233, April 15, 1854: A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc.Various
History
Notes and Queries, Number 233, April 15, 1854: A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc.
Various
Questions and answers -- Periodicals
_Arms of Anthony Kitchen._--Can any of your correspondents inform me what
were the arms of Anthony Kitchen, Bishop of Llandaff in 1545? And what
relation, if any, of Robert Kitchen, who was Mayor of Bristol in 1588? The
latter was of Kendal in Westmoreland.
D. F. T.
_Griesbach Arms._--Could any correspondent versed in German heraldry tell
me the arms of the German family of Griesbach, or refer me to any work
containing a collection of German arms?
CID.
_Postage System of the Romans._--Could any of your correspondents inform me
where I may find a perfect account of the postal system of the Romans? We
know that they must have had such a system, but I have forgotten the author
who gives any description of it.
ARDELIO.
_Three Crowns and Sugar-loaf._--Passing through Franche (a village near
Kidderminster in Worcestershire) the other day, I saw an inn called "The
Three Crowns and Sugar-loaf." As there seems to me not the _least_
connexion between a crown and a sugar-loaf, I send this to "N. & Q." in
hopes of an explanation from some of its readers more skilled than myself
in such matters.
CID.
_Helen MacGregor._--In Burke's _Landed Gentry_ (Supplement, art. "MacGregor
of Craigrostan and Inversnaid") this redoubted heroine is described as "a
woman of _agreeable temper_ and domestic habits, active and careful in the
management of her family affairs." This is so directly opposed, not only to
Scott's description, but to the generality of traditions about her, that,
as Campbell says, "it makes the hair of one's literary faith stand on end."
Helen was, very likely, a different person from what she afterwards became,
ere the events happened that drove Rob Roy "to the hill-side to become a
broken man;" but one can hardly imagine her, in her most happy days, to
have been such a person as is above depicted--an amiable wife and clever
housekeeper. The pen of a descendant is evident, in the partial description
given of both husband and wife.
J. S. WARDEN.
_Francis Grose the Antiquary._--Francis Grose, the distinguished antiquary,
was Captain and Adjutant of the Surrey Militia, commanded by Col. Hodges,
in which regiment he served for many years; but on some occasion, probably
breach of discipline, he was brought to a general court-martial. The
regiment formed part of the large encampment of 15,000 men on Cocksheath,
near Maidstone, in 1778. I think the trial took place then, or within a
year or two of that date; and should be thankful to any reader of "N. & Q."
who would supply me with the precise date when the court-martial assembled?
[Greek: Ss.]
"_King of Kings:" Bishop Andrews' Sermons._--From MS. Account of Fellows of
Kings, compiled from 1750, A.D. 1583, Geffrey King, D.D., Professor of
Hebrew, Cambridge, first chaplain to Bancroft and James I., whether he or
Thos. King, 1605, or James King, 1609? One of them began his sermon at St.
James: "I, King of Kings, come to James the First and Sixth, nothing
wavering."
Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.
Reviews
Reviews
No reviews yet
Be the first to share your thoughts on this work.
Join the Discussion
Join the discussion
Sign in to leave a comment or review.
Sign InorCreate an account