_MS. Catalogue of Norman Nobility_ (Vol. iii., p. 266.).--The MS. Catalogue of Norman Nobility referred to in No. 75., a document of great value, is or was in the possession of Sir William Betham, having been purchased by him about six years ago, from Mr. Boone, of New Bond Street. Your correspondent will find that Odardus de Loges was infeoffed by Earl Ranulph the 1st in the barony of Wigton in Cumberland, in which he was confirmed by Henry I. Bigod, whose name was attached to the charter of foundation of St. Werburg's Abbey, is elsewhere, according to Ormerod, called Robert. M. J. T. _Illustrations of Chaucer, No. III._ (Vol. iii., p. 258.).-- "_Fro Venus_ VALANUS _might this palais see._" (or) volant ? Might Venus, _volans_ fro this palais, see. (flying) [Greek: Phôs]. _Comets_ (Vol. iii., pp. 223. 253.).--If your correspondent S. P. O. R. wish to go fully into the history of comets, and be not alarmed at the prospect of three thick folios, through which I have gone, I can assure him, with considerable interest, let me recommend to him _Theatrum Cometicum, Auctore Stanislao Lubienietz Lubieniecio Rolitsio_, Amst., in 2 vols. (but generally bound in three) folio. The first contains an immense correspondence, not merely with astronomers, but with poets, critics, physicians, and philosophers, to whom the indefatigable editor wrote for their opinions on the subject of comets. The second vol. gives a history of comets from the Deluge to 1665, and is a repository of everything bearing upon the subject. From this work Bayle derived his learning, when he wrote his most amusing work on comets. JAMES CROSSLEY. _Pope Joan_ (Vol. iii., p. 265.).--NEMO will find much information on the question, "Whether Pope Joan ever held the keys of St. Peter?" in Alexander Cooke's _Dialogue between a Protestant and a Papist; manifestly proving that a Woman_ {307} _called Joane was Pope of Rome: against the surmises and objections made to the contrary by Robert Bellarmini and Cæsar Baronius, Cardinals, Florimondus Ræmondus, and other Popish Writers, impudently denying the same_, 4to, pp. 128, 1610. The work was dedicated to the Archbishop of York, and was reprinted in 1625 in 4to., and in French, 1633, 8vo. The author, in his address _To the Popish Reader_, says: "_I offer unto thee here a discourse touching_ POPE JOANE _(if thou darest read it, for fear of falling into thy Pope's curse), whose Popedome I will make good unto thee, not by the testimonies of_ Pantaleon, _and_ Functius, _and_ Sleidan, _and_ Illyricus, _and_ Constantinus Phrygio, _and_ John Bale, _and_ Robert Barnes, _because thou hast condemned their persons, and their books too, to hell; but by the testimonies of thy brethren, the sonnes of thine own mother; because, as one saith_, 'Amici contra amicum, et inimici pro inimico, invincibile testimonium est.'" E. C. HARINGTON. The Close, Exeter.