Caleva, according to Ptolemy's map, was on the north of the Thames; a portion of the present Oxfordshire being in the country assigned by the same geographer to the Atrebates. G. J. 310. _Abigail._--Whence, or when, originated the application of _Abigail_, as applied to a lady's maid? It is used by Dean Swift in this sense; but in a way that shows that it was no new phrase in those days. J. S. WARDEN. Balica. 311. _Etymology of Durden._--Jacob, in his _Law Dictionary_, giving Cowel as his authority (who, however, advances no further elucidation), derives the word from _dur-den_, a coppice in a valley. Does the word _dur_ signify wood, or, if the British _dwr_, is it not water? F. R. R. 312. _Connecticut Halfpenny._--I have a halfpenny, apparently American, bearing on the obverse, a head to the right, and "Auctori Connect.;" and on the reverse, "Inde." for _independence_, and "Lib." for liberty; date in the exerg., 1781 or 1787; and between "Inde." and "Lib." five stars. Can any of your correspondents tell me if my explanation of the reverse is the correct one? and also who was the "_Auctori Connect._," or founder of the state of Connecticut? J. N. C. King's Lynn. Minor Queries Answered. _Arms displayed on Spread Eagle._--For what reason are the arms of Methwen (and some others, I believe) placed on the breast of a two-headed eagle displayed sable? H. N. E. [When armorial ensigns are borne upon the breast of an eagle, the general inference is that the bearers thereof are Counts of the Holy Roman Empire, it being the practice in Germany for Counts of the Empire so to display the eagle. There are some cases in which especial grants have been made to Englishmen so to do, as in the case of the family of _Methwen_; and persons having received the royal licence in England to accept the dignity of Count of the Empire, so carry their arms, as in the cases of Earl Cowper, Lord Arundel of Wardour, St. Paul, &c.] _St. Beuno._--Where can I obtain any information respecting St. Beuno, to whom I find several churches dedicated in Wales? J. D. D. [In Rees's _Essay on the Welsh Saints_, p. 268., and Williams's _Ecclesiastical Antiquities of the Cymry_, p. 137. The college of Beuno is now called Clynog Vawr. See also _The Cambro-Briton_, vol. iii. p. 14.] _Lists of Knights Bachelor._--What publication contains a list of the _knights bachelor_ made by George I. and George II. (1714-1760)? With regard to the subsequent reign I have found the _Calendar of Knights_, by Francis Townsend, London, 1828, very accurate and perfect. ==> N.