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NOTES AND QUERIES. 



[2»* S. VII. Jan. 15. '6ft 



a member, corresponding to those accumulated in 

 the earlier part of the line. Why any change ? 



W. 

 Baltimore, U. S. A. 



Bread Seals, SfC. (p.''^ S. vi. 344. 512.) — A good 

 substance for seal impressions, far preferable to 

 bread, is obtained by dissolving over a slow fire 

 some isinglass in brandy or proof spirit, in a small 

 bottle, the mouth being covered with brown paper 

 with a pin-hole in the centre, and the bottle set 

 in a saucepan or pipkin of cold water, and allowed 

 to heat gradually. The solution must be suffi- 

 ciently thick, and if poured on the seal, or in a 

 mould of card-board, and so stamped while warm, 

 and left to grow cold, it will take a clear sharp 

 impression and keep a glossy appearance. It may 

 be coloured while melting. F. C. H. 



A glossy impression will be obtained from 

 bread seals, provided they have been made long 

 enough to become quite hard. If the seal be used 

 too new, the hot wax generates a little steam on 

 its surface, causing a dull impression. When the 

 seals are perfectly dry and hard, a film of sweet 

 oil put on carefully with a soft brush improves 

 both seal and impression. Septimus Piesse. 



A Commoner's Private Chapel (2°"* S. vi. 233.) — 

 Your observations on this subject, in answer to 

 the Queries of X. Y. Z., have just fallen under 

 my notice, and I have not before me the subse- 

 quent numbers to see if any farther answer has 

 been given [see ante, p. 278.] ; but if not, perhaps it 

 may prevent X. Y. Z. falling into an error, if he is 

 informed explicitly, that he cannot have, a clergy- 

 man to conduct divine service for any but the 

 members of his own family without the licence of 

 the bishop. His tenants are of course not mem- 

 bers of his family. The point was discussed a few 

 years ago in the case of Mr. Neale, Warden of 

 Sackville College, in the diocese of Chichester * ; 

 in which it was held that even the members of the 

 College were no part of the Warden's family, and 

 that he could not perform divine service before 

 them in the chapel without the bishop's licence. 

 This may perhaps have gone too far, but there 

 can be no doubt as to the position of tenants : so 

 X. Y. Z. must take care what he is about. 



Caveat. 



*' Colgumelmor" (2"'^ S. vi. 526.) — E. K. in- 

 (juires the derivation of this word, stated to occur 

 in a confirmation of King John's charter to Beau- 

 lieu Abbey. There seems to be a clerical error, 

 as the word is printed " Colgrimesmore" in King 

 John's charter (Ellis's Mon. Aug., v. 683.) in the 

 grant of lands in the New Forest from a point 

 where a stream falls into the sea : " sub Colgri- 

 mesmore, quae Freiswater dicitur, et exinde usque 

 jid caput de Colgrimesmore, ubi Mora se furcat." 



* Freeland v. Neale, 12 Jurist Rep. 634. 



A place of somewhat similar name, the " Foss of 

 the Cemetery of Kilgrimol, situated near Ly thorn 

 Priory and the JCstuary of the Ribble in Lanca- 

 shire," is noticed in Ormerod's Miscellanea Pala- 

 Una, p. 111.; and if identical with Kilgrimhow 

 Grange, mentioned among places in Eibblesdale, 

 occurs also in the account of Joreval Abbey, Mon. 

 Ang., y. 567. This coincidence may give a clue 

 to the inquirer. Lancastriensts. 



Plaistow (2"^ S. vi. 327.) — Mr. Hyde Clarke 

 says that Plaistow, a hamlet of Bromley, Kent, is 

 near to a Roman site. The nearest I know there is 

 at Holwood, which, although in the next parish to 

 Bromley, is at least five miles distant. My Query 

 is, have Roman remains, and what, been discovered 

 at Plaistow? A. J. Dunkin. 



Dartford. 



The Donkeys of Brighton (2"'^ S. vi. 526.) — 

 Your correspondent. Bachelor, alludes to the 

 "very delicate compliment issued to the fair sex" 

 by Bennett of donkey notoriety at Margate : was 

 it, however, as neat as what was said of the 

 Brighton donkeys, in almost similar terms ? — 



" Though Balaam's ass got many a thwack, 

 Yet was his fortune rare, 

 He bore a Prophet on his back, 

 And saw an Angel fair. 



" Is not your fortune far more bright, 

 Te Brighton donkeys say ? 

 Who carry Spirits * every night, 

 And Angels every day ? " 



Hbeit. 

 Newcastle. 



Registry of Private Baptisms, Sec. (2"* S. vi. 

 527.) — Several years ago, I asked my then arch- 

 deacon a question about the propriety of register- 

 ing private baptisms, which up to that time had 

 not been registered in our parish. He pointed 

 out a fact which answers Mr. Lee's first Query. 

 The present registers profess to be " Baptisms in 



the Parish of ;" not in the parish church 



alone, and should therefore include all baptisms 

 by " a lawful minister " as well private as public 

 within the parish. With regard to the second 

 Query, the practice of affixing initials only, is, to 

 say the least of it, a slovenly one, and often very 

 inconvenient when a certified copy is wanted of 

 some single entry. So also Is the not uncommon 

 practice of only putting the year and month once 

 in a page, unless there is a change. A copy would 

 be useless which had only the day, and not the 

 month and year mentioned ; and yet in many 

 cases it would not be, strictly speaking, " a true 

 copy," if they were mentioned. Every entry 

 should be complete in itself. To the third Query 

 a similar answer to the first may be given. The 

 heading of the third column merely is " by whom 

 the Ceremony was performed," and says nothing 



* Donkeys were used in smuggling, &c. 



