and S. Vil. Feb. 12. '59.] 



NOTES AND QUERIES. 



137 



Middleton's Ecclesiastical Decades of George 

 III., p. 196. Dr. Hurd " came off with torn pon- 

 tificals " at the riots, 1780. 



Forbes' Life of JDr. Beatlie. See reference to, 

 in letters of January 22, 1777, June 28, 1781, 

 That of July 21, 1786, was addressed to the 

 Bishop. S. M. S. 



Separation of Sexes in Churches (2""^ S. vii. 76.) 

 — This custom exists at Pitchingham Church, 

 Norfolk. G. W. M. 



In Bulkington Church, Warwickshire, the men 

 occupy the north aisle, the women the south. 



W. T. 



Hahham of Sussex, temp. Henry IV. and VI. 

 (2"<» S. vii. 105.) — Philippa de Strabolgi, the 

 younger of the two daughters and coheirs of 

 David de Strabolgi, Earl of Athol, and third and 

 last Baron de Strabolgi (in England), obiit 1369, 

 married to her first husband Sir Ralph Percy, 

 younger brother of the renowned Hotspur (her 

 sister Elizabeth having married another brother, 

 Sir Thomas). By Sir Kalph she had no issue. 

 She married, secondly, John Halsham, Esq., temp. 

 Richard II. and Henry IV. Presuming Joan 

 Halsham to be the daughter or descendant of 

 John Halsham, and to have had no brotliers sur- 

 viving, she would be the representative of the 

 younger coheir of David de Strabolgi, &c. The 

 issue of the other sister terminated in the families 

 of De Burgh of Gainsborough, and De Vere of 

 Oxford. Frecheville L. B. Dykes. 



Ingwell. 



Drury Sir Drue (2°'^ S. vii. 89.) — In Davy's 

 Suffolk Collections in the British Museum (Add. 

 MSS. 19,127.) is a carefully-compiled pedigree of 

 the family of Drury of Norfolk. Sir Drue Drury, 

 of Eccles and Rollesby, married Anne, daughter 

 and heir of Thomas Lord Burgh ; but as it is not 

 shown that either he or his brother, Roger Drury, 

 left any descendants, I conclude that both died 

 s. p. It is not, however, so stated. Mr. Swat- 

 man alludes to the sal« of Rollesby ; but I know 

 not when that occurred. Perhaps Sir Drue re- 

 sided at Eccles afterwards. Mr. Swatman is of 

 course aware that there were two other Sir Drue 

 Drurys living temp. James I., viz. the first baro- 

 net of that name and his father. The latter died 

 1617, aged ninety-nine, and the former 1632, aged 

 forty-four years, leaving a son of the same name, 

 born 1611, who succeeded him. John Maclean. 



Hammersmith. 



Drowning the Miller (2°^ S. vii. 70.) — In this 

 part of the country, Derbyshire, this is a very 

 common expression, but is never used except 

 with regard to baking. When the housewife, in 

 mixing her dough Q)aste, as it is called here), 

 puts too much water to her flour, she says she 

 has " drowned the miller." It is a very expres- 



sive phrase when used in this sense, and this must 

 have been its original meaning. L. Jewitt. 



Derby. 



"Drown the miller" means too much water at 

 the mill. If the mill-stream below the mill is 

 dammed or stopped, the water is ponded back and 

 the mill becomes what the millers call " tailed ;" 

 and there being too much water, the mill cannot 

 work, and so the miller is said to be " drowned." 



D. 



Madame de la Motte (2"^ S. vii. 9.) — Carlyle 

 states that the house from whence Madame de la 

 Motte fell out of window was situated near " the 

 Temple of Flora." 



Many years ago there was a very celebrated 

 artificial flower manufactory bearing that name, 

 and conducted by a man of the name of Lambert, 

 situated in the London Road, i. e. the road lead- 

 ing from the Elephant and Castle to the Black- 

 friars' Road, Southwark. The house in question 

 stood on the left-hand side about a quarter of ^ 

 mile from the well-known sign. The shop must 

 have existed under the name of the Temple of 

 Flora for many years, and it was much frequented 

 by customers from the west end. Probably even 

 at this day some of the old inhabitants in the 

 neighbourhood might be able to throw farther 

 light on the matter. I believe the locality lies 

 within the Rules of the Bench. M. G. 



Hudibrastic Couplet, " He that fights'' ^c. (2""^ S, 

 vi. 218.) — In the Satyre Menippee (my edition, 

 and that not the first, is dated 1599) will be found 

 some verses composed for or at an event which oc- 

 curred in 1593. The following is one : — 



" Souvent celui qui demeure 

 Est cause de son meschef ; 

 Celui qui fuit de bonne heure 

 Peut combattre de rechef." 



A. J. IL 

 Nicholas Brady (2°^ S. vii. 33.) —The following 

 items from the parish register of Christ church, 

 Cork, may be of interest to those engaged in com- 

 piling the pedigree of the Brady family : — 



"Burials, 1664, Jan. 27, Doroth}-, dr. of Nicks Braidy." 

 " Baptisms, 1665, March 1, Berberrie, dr. of Nick Braidy 

 and Martha." 



The above register is the oldest in this city. It 

 was discovered by the writer about a year and a 

 half ago; a description of its contents shall be 

 given in a future number. R. C. 



Cork. 



Leathern Dollar (2"'' S. vi. 460.) — The passage 

 of which D. R. retains a faint recollection, may 

 possibly be the following one from Camden's 

 Remaines, art. " Money " : — 



" There also hath been stamped money of leather, as 

 appeareth by Seneca, who mentioned that there was in 

 ancient time Corium forma publica percussum : and also 



