"In the obituary register for the ancient parish of St. Leonard, Shoreditch, is to be found the following very singular entry, viz.: 'Thomas Cam, died on the 28th of January, 1588, at the astonishing age of 207 years. He was born in the year 1381, in the reign of King Richard II., and lived in the reigns of twelve kings and queens.'"--_Times_, Dec.--1848? Can this be authenticated; is there any truth in the story? Surely so venerable a patriarch must have attracted the notice of some of his cotemporaries. Your correspondent O. C. D. will, I fear, place this "instance" in the category of "ante-register longevities." W. R. DEERE SALMON. [At the time the above paragraph was going the round of the papers, a friend consulted the parish clerk of St. Leonard, Shoreditch, respecting its authenticity, and was informed that some mischievous individual had altered the figure 1 into 2. It is correctly given by Sir Henry Ellis in his _History of Shoreditch_, p. 77., as follows:--"Thomas Cam, aged 107, 28 January, 1588."] _Solidus Gallicus, &c._--Will any of your correspondents kindly construe for me the following sentences? "Valebat siclus sanctuarii tetradrachma Atticum: quod Budaeus estimat 14 solidis Gallicis, aut circiter: nam didrachma septim facit solidos, sicuti drachma simplex duos, et sesquialterum, minus denario turonico." What was the value of "solidus Gallicus," or French sol, or sous; for this I presume to be its meaning in 1573, the date of the passage? And what was the value of the "denier Tournois," if that be the meaning of "denarium Turonicum?" References are useless, for I have no access to libraries. C. W. B. [A numismatic friend, to whom we referred this Query, writes, "If it were not for the context, 'nam didrachma septim facit solidos,' I should suppose the 14 to be a misprint for 4. Where _could_ this passage be taken from? The shekel was worth a tetradrachm. The French 'sol' was the twentieth part of a pound. The 'denier Tournois' was a penny. The whole passage, after the first line (which is plain enough), is to me unintelligible."] _Sept._--What is the etymology, and what the correct use, of this Anglo-Irish word? A. N. [Dr. Ogilvie, in his _Imperial Dictionary_, has suggested the following derivation: "Qy. _sapia_, in the L. _prosapia_; or Heb. _shabet_, a clan, race, or family, proceeding from a common progenitor."] _Essay towards Catholic Communion_ (Vol. v., p. 198.).--_An Essay to procure Catholic Communion on Catholic Principles_, alluded to by J. Y., has just been republished by Darling, Gt. Queen Street. It is taken from Deacon's _Complete Collection of Devotions_, 1734, and the editors attribute its authorship to Dr. Brett, on the authority of Peter Hall's _Fragmenta Liturgica_, vol. i. p. 42. If J. Y. has not seen the reprint, perhaps this note may assist him in his inquiry. R. J. S.