_John of Padua._--Who was this person, who in various accounts of Henry VIII.'s time is styled "Deviser of his majesty's buildings?" Where was he educated? and what were his works previous to his arrival in England? He survived his royal master, and enjoyed the favour of the Protector Somerset, who employed him to build his famous palace in the Strand. From a warrant dated 1544, printed in Rymer's _Foedera_, it appears that _Johannes de Padua_ was a "musician" as well as an architect. EDWARD F. RIMBAULT. _St. Kenelm._--Can any of your readers inform me where the life or legend of St. Kenelm, spoken of by Leland, in his _Itinerary_ and _Collectanea_, may be seen, if it is now in existence. Leland says, in speaking of the murder of Kenelm, in Clinte in Cowbage, near Winchelcumb (now Winchcomb), Gloucestershire:-- "He (Averey parson of Dene) tolde me that it is in _S. Kenelme's Lyfe_ that Ascaperius was married to Quendreda, &c. &c." "He sayth that it aperithe _by Seint Kenelme's Legend_ that Winchelcombe was oppidum muro cinctum." What does Clinthe or Clent in Cowbage mean in the Anglo-Saxon? E. T. B. Hereford. _Church._--What is the derivation of this word? and if from the Greek, how is it that it prevails only in the Teutonic countries (England, Scandinavia, the Netherlands, and Germany), while the Latin Ecclesia prevails in the rest of Europe? GEORGE STEPHENS. Copenhagen. Minor Queries Answered. _Hieroglyphics of Vagrants and Criminals._--In one of the recent deeply interesting Sanitary Reports of Mr. Rawlinson to the General Board of Health--reports which frequently contain scraps of antiquarian, among a mass of more directly utilitarian information--there is passage which opens up a curious subject, upon which, possibly, some of your readers may be able to furnish illustrations from their literary stores. I allude to that portion of his Report on the Parish of Havant (Southamptonshire), in which he states:-- "There is a sort of _blackguard's literature_, and the initiated understand each other by slang terms, by pantomimic signs, and by hieroglyphics. The vagrant's mark may be seen in Havant, on corners of streets, on door-posts, and on house-steps. Simple as these chalk lines appear, they inform the succeeding vagrants of all they require to know; and a few white scratches may say 'be importunate,' or 'pass on.' The murderer's signal is even exhibited from the gallows; as, a red handkerchief held in the hand of the felon about to be executed, is a token that he dies without having betrayed any professional secrets." This is a curious subject; and I think it would prove interesting to many readers, if any illustration could be afforded of the above strange and somewhat startling statements. J. J. S.