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NOTES AND QUERIES. 



[2«'a S. VII. Feb. 26. '59. 



Sir E. Coke observes that the Templars were freed from 

 tenths and fifteenths to be paid to the King, that they 

 were discharged of purveyance, that they could not be 

 sued for anj- ecclesiastical cause before the ordinary, sed 

 coram conservatoribus suoru/n privUegiorum ; and that of 

 ancient time they claimed that a felon might take to 

 their houses having their crosses for his safety, as well as 

 to any church" — C. G. Addison, Knights Templars, pp. 

 59, 60. 



As Temple Newsara, near Leeds, was a settle- 

 ment of the Templars, no doubt many houses in 

 that town were owned by that establishment ; but 

 as the Order was suppressed ad. 1311, when these 

 lands were bestowed on Sir John D'Arcy by Ed- 

 ward III., it seems difficult to understand what 

 are the privileges still attached to them, unless it 

 be exemption from tithes. Any information on 

 this subject will oblige A. M. G. L. 



Sydenham. 



BURGH CASTJLE. 



Can any of your correspondents oblige the 

 proprietor of Burgh Castle in Suffolk — the Ga- 

 rianonum of the Romans — with authentic inform- 

 ation of any coins or other relics of the time of 

 the Saxons discovered there ? or of any notices of 

 the occupation of that site by the Saxons in our 

 old Chronicles or writers ? 1 am only aware of 

 two Saxon coins found there : a Sceatta, and a 

 coin of a king of the Mercians ; and I know of no 

 Saxon remains of any other description. 



Rapin (vol. i. folio, p. 66.) mentions a monastery 

 at Cnobersburgh, said to be Burgh, founded by 

 the Saxons. And Ives, in his Garianonum (p. 

 42.), quotes Bede {Hist. Eccl. lib. iii. cap, 19.) 

 for the same fact, and that Cnobersburgh was 

 " Cunoberi Urbs from a Saxon chief who formerly 

 resided here." John P. Boileac. 



Ketteringham, Wvmondham, 

 Norfolk, Feb. 2l. 1859. 



English Subscription for the Empress Maria 

 Theresa. — Voltaire, Siecle de Lmds X V, c. 6. 

 states that the enthusiasm of the English in 1741, 

 in favour of Maria Theresa, was so great that it 

 was proposed to raise a sutn of money by private 

 subscription to assist her in the war against 

 France; that the Duchess of Marlborough con- 

 vened a meeting of the principal ladies of London, 

 and that they contributed 100,000/., the Duchess 

 herself givinjj 40,000/. Voltaire adds that the 

 empress declined the gift thus generously offered. 



Sismondi, in his Histoire des Frungais, tom. 

 xxviii. p. 233., repeats this story, but adds that 

 it is not mentioned either by Smollett or by Lord 

 Mahon. Qu. Is the story authentic ? It seems 

 very improbable that ladies should have been the 

 principal movers in a subscription of this magni- 



tude ; it seems likewise improbable that the 

 Duchess of Marlborough should have offered so 

 large a sum as 40,000/. L. 



Roger Dudley. — The following Query occurs 

 in The Historical Magazine and Notes arid Queries 

 of America, New York, C. B. Richardson, No- 

 vember, 1858. Edward Peacock. 



" Can Notes §• Queries, London, say who was the father 

 of Roger Dudley, a captain in the army of Queen Eliza- 

 beth, who died, probably in Flanders, about 1586? 



" Dudley, Jr." 



Gipsy Langufige of Indian Origin. — Having 

 frequently heard and seen it asserted that Indian 

 officers have been able to understand the gipsy 

 language by means of their knowledge of Hindus- 

 tani, I have been very anxious to meet with a 

 gipsy vocabulary in order to try the experiment. 

 The only book containing words in that language 

 that has come in my way is Mr. Borrow's Laven- 

 gro, and even in the few there given I have re- 

 cognised some old acquaintances, e.g. : — 



Sap=i^^;La (samp), a snake. 



Manus= -[^ (mantes), a man. 



Churi= , (chhuri), a knife. 



Bebee=: »^ (blbl), a woman. 



Can any of your correspondents kindly inform 

 me where I can get a more perfect vocabulary in 

 order to follow up the experiment more fully ? I 

 shall feel much obliged if they will direct me to 

 some get-at-able book, as I am at present far away 

 from all shops. Exul. 



Bombay Pres. 



Hearing through the Mouth. — The following 

 advertisement lately appeared in the Bury Post:— 



" Missing, on Sunday afternoon, a young man, of 

 weak intellect. The lobes of his ears are closed, but 

 when spoken to, he opens his mouth, and is then able to 

 hear." 



Is this generally the case where a similar mal- 

 formation exists ? If to a certain extent re- 

 spiration takes place through the ears, it seems 

 possible that there might be hearing through the 

 throat. Vebna. 



Quotation Wanted. — 



" . . . Get thee apart and weep — 

 Sorrow is catching — and mine eyes, 

 Seeing the drops of sadness hang in thine, 

 Begin to water." 



E. Hart Vinbn. 

 Lieut. Wm. Bligh. — Can any reader say whe- 

 ther Captain Bligh lost his papers when the mu- 

 tineers drove him and others from the sliip ? in 

 particular, whether he left his log-book behind ? 



James Wylson. 



