Notes and Queries, Vol. III, Number 86, June 21, 1851: A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc.Various
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Notes and Queries, Vol. III, Number 86, June 21, 1851: A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc.
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Questions and answers -- Periodicals
_Petworth Registers_ (Vol. iii., pp. 449. 485.).--The period over which
these Registers extend is thus shown in the Accounts and Papers printed
by order of Parliament in the year 1833, vol. xxxviii. p. 335:--
"County of Sussex.--Arundel Rape.
"Parish Register Books earlier than the new Registers commencing
with A. D. 1813 (according to 52 Geo. III. c. 146.), remain at the
following places:--
"Petworth R. No. I. Bap. Bur. 1559-1794, Marr. 1559-1753; No. II.
Bap. Bur. 1795-1812; Nos. III.-VI., Marr. 1754-1812."
The earlier register-book used by Heylin must have been removed from the
proper custody before the year 1831. If still preserved in any public or
private library it may perhaps reward some reader of "NOTES AND QUERIES"
in the next century by turning up when unsought for. In the mean time,
however, is there no official copy to be found in the Archbishop's
courts at Canterbury?
LLEWELLYN.
_Arms of the Isle of Man_ (Vol. iii., p. 373.).--The symbol of three
legs conjoined no doubt denotes the triangular shapes of the Isle of
Man, and Sicily or Trinacria. The τρια ακρα from which the name
of the latter is derived are the promontories of Lilybæum, Pachynus, and
Pelorus, now Capes S. Vito, Passaro, and Faro (Virg. Æn. iii. 384.). It
is somewhat curious that the earliest coinage of this island, A.D. 1709
(which by the bye is cast, and not struck in the usual way: Obv. The
crest of the Earls of Derby, the Eagle and Child, SANS CHANGER; Rev. The
three legs), has the motto QVOCVNQVE · _GESSERIS_ · STABIT. The coinage
of 1723 is exactly similar, but struck; whereas that of 1733 and all the
succeeding ·coinages have QUOCUNQUE · JECERIS · STABIT, which is clearly
the correct reading. I may add that I am engaged on a work on the Copper
Coinage of Great Britain and her Colonies, and shall be thankful for any
information on the subject respecting rare types, their history, &c.
E. S. TAYLOR.
Miscellaneous.
NOTES ON BOOKS, SALES, CATALOGUES, ETC.
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