Notes and Queries, Number 84, June 7, 1851: A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc.Various
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Notes and Queries, Number 84, June 7, 1851: A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc.
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Questions and answers -- Periodicals
_Legend represented in Frettenham Church_ (Vol. iii, p. 407.).--Your
Cambridge correspondent C. J. E. will do well to refer to the _Acta
Sanctorum_ of the Bollandists, "June 25, St. Eloy,"--or to any of the
numerous biographical notices of that saint, so dear to the French,
especially to the Limousins; and he will find, if not the identical
legend represented in Frettenham Church, the one which probably
suggested it.
A. B.
_Family of Rowe_ (Vol. iii., p. 408.).--In answer to the inquiry of TEE
BEE, I beg to refer him to vol. iii. No. 10., pages 225. to 231. of the
_Antiquarian Repertory_, where he will find the will of Sir Thomas Rowe
of the 2d May, 1569; of his wife Dame Sarah Rowe of the 21st March,
1579; and of Sir Thomas Rowe of Woodford. They were communicated to the
publishers by T. Astle, Esq., as well worthy of publication, and
containing many pious and charitable bequests, particular directions for
their funerals, and the price of wearing apparel in the reign of Queen
Elizabeth.
I have been unable to learn in whose possession the original "MS.
Extracts of Wills" now remain.
J. R. D. T.
Miscellaneous.
NOTES ON BOOKS, SALES, CATALOGUES, ETC.
It having occurred to Mr. Hudson Turner that our national records might
be made available to illustrate the history of architecture in England,
he has for the last sixteen years "made a brief in his note-book" of
every fact bearing on the subject which came under his notice in the
course of his daily reference to those documents for professional
objects and he has now given to the world some portions of the valuable
materials thus collected in a handsome volume published by Mr. Parker,
of Oxford, under the title of _Some Account of Domestic Architecture in
England, from the Conquest to the end of the Thirteenth Century, with
numerous illustrations of existing Remains from original Drawings_. It
is not, of course, within our limits to trace even briefly the results
of Mr. Turner's labours, or to point out how much light he has thrown
upon a branch of architectural study which, although involved in great
obscurity, has hitherto received but little attention. But we may remark
that its perusal shows, that to an intimate acquaintance with the
invaluable materials for elucidating every department of historical or
antiquarian knowledge to be found in our records, Mr. Turner adds
considerable tact in the employment of his materials, and has
endeavoured therefore, and very successfully, to make his history of
domestic architecture an important contribution towards that of our
social progress. The consequence is, that while, thanks to the valuable
assistance of Mr. Parker, the architectural student will find in this
handsomely illustrated volume much to instruct and delight him, it may
be read with interest by those who are altogether indifferent to the
Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.
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