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duced into England, and again providentially has 

 disappeared. According to Wright's Prov. JDict, 

 in Devonshire claio-ill is an ulcer in the feet of 

 cattle. Can the clausick have been the disease in 

 the feet and mouths of cattle now called " the 

 epidemic "? Mercurial ointment is used for it, as 

 well as for the foot-rot. Where was, or is, the 

 MS. Consuet. Domus de Farendon here quoted ? 



E. G. E. 



Dibdin's ^'■Introduction to the Classics" edit. 

 1804. — In "N. & Q.," 1" S. vi. 289., J. R. of 

 Cork states that Dr. Dibdin " transformed the 

 play of Aristophanes, @^<TiJ.o^opia^ovaai, or Festival 

 of Ceres, intq a commentator of that poet ! " Can 

 this charge be verified ? At p. 34. Dr. Dibdin 

 calls it a comedy, not a commentator. 



Joseph Eix. 

 St. Neots. 



Prometheus by Call. — In the Literary Gazette, 

 1845 (p. 659.), there are some remarks on the 

 Prometheus of -3*lschylus. The writer of these 

 remarks (Mr. Burges) mentions, among other 

 English translations of the Prometheus, one by 

 Call. AVhen was it published ? Iota. 



A Transcriber's Orthography. — In extracting 

 entries from written documents, say of the six- 

 teenth century, such as local records, church- 

 wardens' accounts, inventories, &c., is it well to 

 preserve the orthography whilst obtaining the 

 facts chronicled in the manuscripts ? Some anti- 

 quaries say the information is all that is desirable, 

 and not the bad spelling ; whilst others assert that 

 the information derives additional value by being 

 " served up " in its original antique dress. 



T. NOBTH. 



Leicester. 



Peverel Family. — Was Robert Peverel, of 

 Bradford Peverel, Dorset, temp. King John, al- 

 luded to thus in the Testa de Nevill, — 



" Hundr'm de S'co Georgio. 

 Rob'tus Peverel ten't Bradefort in capite de dono d'ni J. 

 Regis de feodo Ade de Pare et est escaeta et hundr' nescit' 

 p quod Serviciu tenet' nee Rob'tus int'fuit inquisic'oni," 



descended from William Peverel, Earl of Notting- 

 ham, the natural son of William the Conqueror ? 

 Hutchins says the fact is uncertain. Among 

 the readers of " N. & Q." are many persons of far 

 more extensive learning than the good old careful 

 historian of his native county. Will they inves- 

 tigate the point, particularly as John Churchill, 

 the real Duke of Marlborough, traced his descent 

 from the Peverels of Bradford Peverel ? Hut- 

 chins says, vol. i. p. 443., — 



"The arms of the Peverels of Nottingham, whence the 

 other families were descended, Avere different from ours, 

 being, according to Dr. Thoroton, quarterly 1 and 4, g. a 

 lion rampant, a. and vairy : 2 and 3, o. and az." 



The Qoat armour of the Peverels of Bradford 



Peverel was " Giorny of 8, a. and g.," and that of 

 Catherine Peverel, who married Walter Lord 

 Hungerford, " Azure 3 gerbes a. a chief o." They 

 quartered the arms of Bardolfe. The Peverels 

 of Bradford Peverel bore the Christian names of 

 the Norman dukes, Robert, Richard, William, 

 John. T. P. H. 



NicoU of Northamptonshire and Buckingham- 

 shire. — John NicoU, of Willen, in Buckingham- 

 shire, and who was residing there in 1601, had for 

 his arms, az., three eyletts in bend between two 

 cottices engrailed, and six crosslets fichce, az. 

 Crest (which was granted by the Norroy King of 

 Arms in 1601), eagle rouzant supporting a ci'oss 

 crosslette fichee az. Motto, " Fidi sed cui vide." 

 His great-great-grandfather, John NicoU, died at 

 Islip, Nortiiamptonshire, in 1467. 



Mathias NicoU, who was either the grandson or 

 great-grandson of John of Willen, came to New 

 York as secretary of Col. Richard NicoUs, the 

 first colonial governor, on the conquest of the 

 province in 1664. I am desirous of knowing who 

 are the descendants in England of this family, and 

 will thank anyone who may be able to furnish the 

 information, to send the same to me by letter. 



Henry Nicoll. 



New York. 



Juries. — When was it first required by law or 

 custom that juries should be unanimous in their 

 verdicts ? Also, how old is the practice of locking 

 up jurors till they deliver a verdict, without fire, 

 candle, or food — " or tobacco " as the Recorder 

 added, on the trial of Penn and Mead in 1670 ? 



Alexander Andrews. 



Cronhelm's Book-keeping. — Who was F. W. 

 Cronhelm, author of a system of book-keeping 

 called Double Entry by Single, exemplifed in Five 

 ^ets of Books, London, 1818 ? Is the work of 

 any repute ? Libra. 



Hatchments in Churches. — May I request from 

 the readers of "N. & Q." information as to the 

 custom of placing hatchments in churches, and as 

 to the right of families to retain them there when 

 no longer connected with the parishes to which 

 the churches belong ? In a village church of 

 small dimensions in Kent, the family of a former 

 incumbent placed on the chancel walls not only a 

 monumental tablet to his memory, having the 

 family arms engraved thereon, as well as a tablet 

 to other parts of the family who lived and died 

 elsewhere, but also two hatchments, having on 

 one the same coat of arms, and on the other the 

 same varied with those of another family. These 

 appear to have been originally placed on the 

 houses of residence of the parties to which they 

 refer, and then to have been transferred to the 

 church in question. During repairs which took 

 place some years ago, these hatchments were re- 



