_Meaning of "Knarres."_--In a minister's account of the time of Edward II., relating to Caernarvonshire, is an entry for rent received "de terra morosa et knarres:" the word is sometimes written _gnarres_. What does it mean? I believe in Norfolk and in other counties a description of scrubby woodland is known by the name of _carrs_ (Query spelling). We find _Knares_-borough in Yorkshire, and _Knares_-dale in Northumberland, _Nar_-borough in Leicester, _Nar_-burgh and _Nar_-ford in Norfolk. Taking the _n_ to be the expressive letter, we have perhaps specimens of its softened sound in the names of _Snare_-hill, _Snar_-gate, _Snares_-brook, &c., in various counties. Some of your etymological readers may be able to explain the derivation of these names, should they be considered to come from a common source, and with that the sentence quoted above. J. BT. _Sir John Cheke._--May I hope for a reply to my Queries--in what court poor Sir John Cheke was forced to sit beside Bishop Bonner, at the trials of the martyrs? and at whose trials he was present? His sad recantation took place in the year 1556, and his death, from a broken heart, in the year following; so that his being compelled to sit on the bench beside Bonner, must have been at the trials which took place between those two dates. I have Foxe, Fuller, and Strype's memoirs of Sir John Cheke; but I shall be grateful for any information about him from any other old volumes, or from private sources. C. B. T. _Arms of Yarmouth._--What authority has Gwillim, in his _Display of Heraldrie_, p. 258., for asserting-- "He beareth argent a chevron between three seals, feet erected, sable erased. These armes doe pertaine to the towne of Yarmouth in Norfolk." C. I. P. Gt. Yarmouth. "_Litera Scripta Manet._"--This is a favourite expression both with speakers and with writers. Is it a quotation? If so, I should be glad to learn whence it comes. It can scarcely be part of a verse, inasmuch as it contains a violation of a well-known metrical canon: final _a_ short before _sc_. W. S. Linwood. _Bull the Barrel._--What is the origin and exact meaning of the word _bull_ in this phrase? I made a note of the passage in which I found it, thinking that it might possibly be connected in some way with Milton's "bullish." (See vol. iii., p. 241; vol. iv., p. 394.) "On the third day after my departure from Zashiversk, my liquor was at an end from the effects of a very common sort of leak--it had been tapped too often. I could do nothing but _bull_ the barrel, that is, put a little water into it, and so preserve at least the appearance of vodkey." Cochrane's _Narrative of a Pedestrian Journey through Russia and Siberian Tartary, during the years 1820-23_. [Murray, 1824, one vol. 8vo.] p. 225. C. FORBES. Temple.