2'"« S. VII. Jan. 22. '69.] 



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kept them until the Restoration, when they were de- 

 posited in the chapel of the Holy Apostles on the north- 

 east side of the choir. But it by no means follows that 

 the remains of the unfortunate duke were deposited near 

 liis monument ; and, therefore, taking the authority of 

 Leland as correlative testimony, we may reasonably infer 

 that Eobert Duke of Normandy was interred in the Chap- 

 ter-house of Glocester Cathedral." — Times Neivspaper, Oct. 

 15, 1858. 



I have lighted on the above extracts from the 

 only cotemporary journal I see ; and though all 

 such are not to be depended on, yet if the source 

 be given, I hope when any illustrations of sub- 

 jects of literary interest occur in publications not 

 likely to be preserved for reference, they will be 

 added to the valuable stores existing in " N. & 

 Q.," and that the Editor will give them a place in 

 its pages. E. S. Taylob. 



SIB FBANCIS WINNINGTON S rEE-BOOK. 



In the library of Stanford Court, Worcester- 

 shire, has been preserved the fee-book of Sir 

 Francis Winnington, Knt., Solicitor-General to 

 King Charles II. ; a curious document illustrative 

 of the professional remuneration at that date. It 

 commences in 1671, in which year Sir Francis re- 

 ceived in Easter Term 459Z. ; in Trinity Term, 

 449/. 105. ; Michaelmas Term, 52\l. ; and in Hilary 

 Term, the following year, 361Z. 10*.; exclusive of 

 his gains on the Oxford Circuit, and during vaca- 

 tions. Each fee is separately entered in the book, 

 among which is found a standing fee of \0l. an- 

 nually from Prince Rupert ; a fee of 2/. from the 

 Duke of York, whose Solicitor-General we find 

 him appointed in 1672, at a salary of 160/. ; various 

 sums received from Lord Salisbury, Duke of Or- 

 mond, Duke of Richmond, Lady Rochester, 

 amongst others. 



On Dec. 1674, an entry is made that he kissed 

 hands on his appointment of Solicitor-General to 

 Charles II. ; and he sums up his gains at the close 

 of that year at 3560/., whereas the previous year, 

 when Solicitor- General to the Duke of York, he 

 received 3371/. Amongst the entries in 1675, is 

 50 guineas from Virginia, numerous office fees 

 appertaining to his Solicitorship ; occasional re- 

 freshers at 50/. from the Duke of York ; a salary 

 of 8/. from the city of London annually at Christ- 

 mas : the total for 1675 being 3637/., together 

 with 429/. office fees, making 4066/. In the long 

 vacation of 1676, he received 105/., and 15/. office 

 fees ; his salary from the king is marked at 70/. 

 He makes a note that on 19th Feb. 1676, he was 

 chosen burgess for the town of Windsor by the 

 king's command, to sit in Parliament. 



In the commencement of 1678, Parliament was 

 prorogued ; and in consequence of his vote on the 

 Exclusion Bill, Sir Francis Winnington was dis- 

 charged of his office of Solicitor- General. In the 

 Feb. 7 ensuing, he makes a note of his return as 

 a member for the city of Worcester. 



The note-book extends over several years, and 

 much complaint is made of the interruption caused 

 by attendance in Parliament to the professional 

 emoluments. J. W. 



A Catholic Bishop and a Protestant Dean, —Is 

 there any such instance as the following on re- 

 cord ? I think it worthy a place in " N. & Q." 

 In 1846, I was in Gort, county Galway, where 

 Dr. French, the Roman Catholic Bishop of the 

 district, resided. I had a letter of introduction to 

 him, but before I could present it, he honoured 

 me with a visit at the hotel where I was staying. 

 Whilst sitting at the window, he pointed out a 

 gentleman riding down the street, and asked me 

 if I knew him ? The reply was in the negative, 

 for I never was in the locality before. " That 

 gentleman," he said, " is Dr. Kirwan, the Pro- 

 testant Dean of the diocese. He is the son of 

 a Roman Catholic priest, and I am the son of a 

 Protestant clergyman. Both our fathers held 

 parishes in this diocese ; my father became a 

 Catholic, and I am now a Catholic bishop ; his 

 father became a Protestant, and he is now a Pro- 

 testant Dean." It is at least a curious coinci- 

 dence, as well as fact. S. Redmond. 

 Liverpool. 



Early Woodcuts hy the Little Master. — I have 

 always been interested in finding out the names 

 of the engravers in the printed books of the fif- 

 teenth and sixteenth centuries. For a long time, 

 among others, I have admired the beautiful little 

 woodcuts, mostly reduced from Albert Durer's, 

 in the books of Christian Egenolphus of Francfort ; 

 but could not find out who was the engraver till 

 some time back, when I came across a little book 

 which settled it. It is — 



" Typi in Apocalypsi Johannis depicti ut clavices vati- 

 cinia Joannis intelligi possint. Cum Caes. Majestatis pri- 

 vilegio. Francforti, Xtianus Egenolphus excudebat. 



D.M.XXXIX." 



On the title is the monogram p-B, which 

 stands for Hans Sebald Beham, the well-known 

 " Little Master." The prints are twenty-six in 

 number, after Albert Durer. J. C. J. 



Halflings and Feorthlings. — In Ivanhoe, Isaac 

 of York protests he has not even a "halfling" 

 about his person. I have little doubt that this 

 will prove to have been a common term for the 

 halved penny rather than the minted half-penny; 

 but however this may be, can any of the readers 

 of " N. & Q." supply me with authorities for this 

 use of the word ? The deeply indented cross, 

 reaching to the outer edge of the coin, is common 

 to the pennies of many Saxon and English kings, 

 and it is precisely these which I have found ex- 

 tensively halved and quartered, — not by fracture, 



