132. _Abacot._--The word ABACOT, now inserted in foreign as well as English dictionaries, was adopted by Spelman in his Glossary: the authority which he gives _seems_ to be the passage (stating that King Henry VI.'s "high cap of estate, called _Abacot_, garnished with two rich crowns," was presented to King Edward IV. after the battle of Hexham) which is in Holinshed, (the third volume of _Chronicles_, fol. Lond. 1577, p. 666. col. 2. line 28.): but this appears to be copied from Grafton (_A Chronicle, &c._, fol. Lond. 1569), where the word stands _Abococket_. If this author took it from Hall (_The Union, &c._, fol. Lond. 1549) I think it there stands the same: but in Fabyan's _Chronicle_, as edited by Ellis, it is printed _Bycoket_; and in one black-letter copy in the British Museum, it may be seen _Bicoket_, corrected in the margin by a hand of the sixteenth century, _Brioket_. Can any reader point out the right word, and give its derivation? J. W. P. 133. _Princesses of Wales_ (Vol. iv., p. 24.).--C. C. R. has clearly shown what is Hume's authority for the passage quoted by Mr. Christian in his edition of _Blackstone_, and referred to by me in my former communication, Vol. iii., p. 477. Can he point out where the passage in Hume is found? Mr. Christian refers to Hume, iv. p. 113.; but I have not been able to find it at the place referred to in any edition of Hume which I have had the opportunity of consulting. G. Minor Queries Answered. _A Kelso Convoy._--What is the origin of a _Kelso convoy_,--a Scotch phrase, used to express going a little way with a person? B. [Jamieson, in his _Dictionary of the Scottish Language_, Johnstone's Abridgment, thus explains the phrase:-- "KELSO CONVOY, an escort scarcely deserving the name south of Scotland. 'A step and a half ower the door stane.' (_Antiquary._) This is rather farther than a _Scotch Convoy_, which, according to some, is only to the door. It is, however, explained by others as signifying that one goes as far as the friend whom he accompanies has to go, although to his own door."] _Cardinal Wolsey._--In the life of Wolsey in the _Penny Cyclopædia_ is the following: "It is said that while he lived at Lymington, he got drunk at a neighbouring fair. For some such cause it is certain that Sir Amias Paulett put him into the stocks,--a punishment for which we find that he subsequently revenged himself." I have been unable to find what was his revenge. B.