Notes and Queries, Vol. V, Number 121, February 21, 1852: A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc.Various
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Notes and Queries, Vol. V, Number 121, February 21, 1852: A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc.
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Questions and answers -- Periodicals
_Monastic Establishments in Scotland_ (Vol. v., p. 104.).--In
_Picturesque Antiquities of Scotland_, etched by Adam de Cardonnel, is
a list of the different monastic establishments in Scotland. If your
correspondent has not seen this volume, which I apprehend to be rather
scarce (it was printed for the author in 1788), I shall be happy to
supply him with a transcript of the list that Mr. De Cardonnel has given
in his introduction.
M. S.
_History of Brittany_ (Vol. v., p. 59.).--MR. KERSLEY will find much
information of the kind he wishes in the genealogies of the families of
Bretagne by D'Hosier, "Chevalier, Conseiller du roy en ses conseils,
Juge d'Armes de la Noblesse de France," circiter 1765.
My copy of the _Genealogies of Normandy_, by d'Hosier, was bought at
Quaritch's, who also, I remember, a few months ago advertised other sets
of the same herald, and I think Brittany amongst them.
I. J. H. H.
St. Asaph.
_Marches of Wales, and Lords Marchers_ (Vol. v., pp. 30. 135.).--In
connexion with this Query, it may be interesting to G. to know that Mr.
Thos. Davies Lloyd, of Bronwydd, Caermarthenshire, is the only "Lord
Marcher now extant in the kingdom" (extract from a letter of Mr. Lloyd
to me). Mr. Lloyd holds the barony of Kemes, in the county of Pembroke,
which was erected into a Lordship Marcher by Martin de Tours, one of the
companions of William I., who exercised the Jura Regalia, and other
peculiar privileges.
I. J. H. H.
St. Asaph.
_The Broad Arrow_ (Vol. iv., pp. 315. 371. 412.; Vol. v., p. 115.).--I
can see nothing to connect this symbol with the worship of Mithras, but
I have always fancied it of much earlier date than that commonly
assigned to it. A coin of Carausius with a Greek legend would be an
object of great interest to our English numismatists, but nothing of the
kind has ever been seen! My reason for thinking that the symbol of the
"broad arrow" is one of considerable antiquity is, that the name by
which sailors and "longshore" people designate it, namely, the "Broad
Ar," is clearly not a vulgarism, but an archaism. In the north of
England "ar" or "arr" is still used for a mark. It occurs on very early
Danish coins, and I entertained a hope that some northern antiquary
would have told me how it originated; but my enquiry has ended in
disappointment. Query, When was the Pheon, which it is supposed to be,
first used as an heraldic device? I have before me a coin of Stralsund,
minted in the fourteenth century, with the Pheon for the principal type.
By German writers this object is called a fishspear, but I cannot help
thinking that its origin may be connected with the broad arrow.
J. Y. AKERMAN.
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