I should wish moreover to elicit some further particulars of _Thomas Madox, the Historiographer Royal_, who has so well deserved of all lovers of ancient English history by the four books in folio which he has left us: especially his _Formulare Anglicanum_, and that work of prodigious industry and research, his _History of the Exchequer_. There is some account in Nichols' _Lit. Anecdotes_, but I should wish to see some more particulars of his life and studies, and a more exact critique upon his several works. J. T. A. _Crown Jewels once kept at Holt Castle._--I remember reading many years since (I have forgotten both the title and the subject of the work) that the _crown jewels_ were once deposited in Holt Castle, about five miles from Worcester, for greater safety. Can any of your kind correspondents inform me when and upon what turbulent occasion it was thought necessary to forward them to the above stronghold on the banks of the Severn, and who resided there at the time? J. B. WHITBORNE. _"Cane Decane," &c._--I should like to know, if you can inform me, where the following couplet is to be found, upon an ecclesiastic singing a hunting song: "Cane Decane canis; sed ne cane, cane Decane, De cane, de canis, cane Decane, cane." Which may be thus freely translated: "Hoary Deacon, sing; but then, Not of dogs, but hoary men." W. W. E. T. Warwick Square, Belgravia. _Rev. John Meekins, D.D._--Are there any letters of the Rev. Jno. Meekins, D.D., Oxon., chaplain to George, Prince of Denmark, the royal consort of Queen Anne, extant? and in what year did he die? MICOENIS. _Finsbury Manor._--Will some of your correspondents kindly inform me where I can meet with an authority to prove the Lord Mayor of London is styled _mayor_ by virtue of crown charters, and lord as _lord_ of the manor of Finsbury? I have seen such a statement, but cannot bring to mind the work in which it occurred. AMANUENSIS. _Frebord._--I want information on this matter, and consider "N. & Q." peculiarly the place wherein to seek it, because it is a matter mainly dependent on local custom. All the notice of Frebord that I have been able to discover in books is derived from Dugdale. For instance, in Jacob's _Law Dictionary_, ed. 1807, I read-- "Frebord, _Franchordus_, ground claimed in some places more or less, beyond, or without the fence. It is said to contain two foot and a half." _Mon. Ang._, tom. ii. p. 141. I heard, the other day, of a Warwickshire gentleman who claimed ten or twelve feet; but the immediate reason for my Query is a claim at present under the notice of a friend of mine is for sixty-six feet freebord! Is not such a claim preposterous? P. M. M.