2«»S. N<»62., Mar. 7. '67.] 



NOTES AND QUERIES. 



18Y 



is so easily to be taken (by reason of the light- 

 ness of the whole body), as I could hold it up 

 with one hand, being about 8 or 9 pounds weight, 

 and all of it looks rather like singed bacon, as if 

 it had been overdryed in a hot place than as if it 

 had been cured by Surgeons, or wrapt up in Cire 

 cloths, &c. Dec. 10. 1675. H. C." 



The paper is endorsed, " L^ Coleraine's Ace* of the 

 behaviour of a certain Dutchess."*] 



Minav c^ucrtc^. 



Forthcoming " Life of Doctor Doyle." — I have 

 been for some time engaged in preparing for pub- 

 lication a memoir of the Life and Times of the 

 late llight Rev. Dr. Doyle, R. C. Bishop of Kil- 

 dare and Leighlin, whose remarkably able writings, 

 both under his own signature, and that of " J. K. 

 L." excited so wide a sensation and influence, 

 some twenty years ago. I possess a considerable 

 quantity of the Bishop's valuable papers and cor- 

 respondence : but as the latter was exceedingly 

 varied and extensive, I am quite sure much exists 

 in many a home to which " N. & Q." is no stranger. 

 I would be glad to receive either the original 

 autographs, or verbatim copies. If entrusted 

 with the former, I pledge myself to return them 

 promptly and carefully. Some of the most re- 

 spected and distinguished men in Great Britain 

 have already aided the work. I shall acknow- 

 ledge my obligation to them in my Preface ; to 

 do so now might appear premature. From the 

 nature of my materials, the work will form a 

 valuable fragment of Irish Ecclesiastical and Po- 

 litical History. Perhaps some of the newspaper 

 press would kindly copy this announcement. 



Wii-LiAM John Fitz-Patbick. 

 Kilmacud Manor, Stillorgan, Dublin. 



Great Bells at Westminster, and a Guild for 

 ringing them. — At a time when we are hearing so 

 much about Big Ben, and the forthcoming Great 

 Bell of Westminster, it may be interesting to note 

 that Westminster was celebrated for great bells 

 many centuries ago, as the following entry in the 

 Patent Rolls (39 Henry HI. m. 12.) will prove : 



" D' Puhaide magne Campane Westm. — B Omib. & 

 Sciatis qd concessimu. g nob. & her. nfis frib. de Gilda 

 Westm. qui assignati sut ad pulsand: magnas campanas 

 Westm. qd ipi^ eor. successores singiis annis pcipiant 

 C. solidos ad Seem nrm videit 1. solidos ad Pascha & 1. so- 

 lidos ad festum SCi Micliis donee eis pviderun. in cent 

 solidat dre vt redditus ad p'dcam pulsacoem facienda. 

 Et qd fres ipi & eor. successores imppetuu. Beant omes 



[* Since the foregoing was in type, we have ascertained 

 that Lord Coleraine's narrative was known to Cole (see 

 Add. MS. 5833., p. 120.) who communicated it to Gough, 

 Jan. 25th, 1774, hy whom probably it was printed in The 

 Antiquarian Repertory, vol. i. p. 74. The Duchess referred 

 to was the Duchess of Cleveland.] 



lihtates & libas consuetudines quas habuerat a tempore 

 tr. Edward. Reg. & Confessoris usq. ad tempus confectionis 

 p'senciu. In cuj. &c. T ut sup" [T. R. apud Westm. viij 

 die Mare.]. 



_ Without further note at present on societies of 

 ringers, I would now append a Query : Is any- 

 thing known of the fraternity alluded to in the 

 time of Edward the Confessor ? and what were 

 the privileges and customs of such an important 

 guild as they must have been ? 



H. T. ElXACOMBB. 

 The Rectory, Clyst St. George. 



Rollo, the Son ofJarl Ragnvald. — 



" When Rollo became Duke of Normandy, and his de- 

 scendants Kings of England, genealogists had no diffi- 

 culty in making out a suitable pedigree for him, tracing 

 his ancestors in the maternal line up to Sigurd Ring, and 

 in the paternal to the Finnish family of Fornjdtr, which 

 they supposed had been established from time imme- 

 morial in Norwaj'. Modern writers have given this 

 genealogy as they found it in works which furnished the 

 materials of their respective compilations." — Mallett'a 

 Northern Antiquities, p. 183. 



The genealogy itself, or the authors named, 

 would much oblige A Descendant of Roi^lo. 



" The Triumphs of the Sons of Belial."— Who is 

 the author of the following satire on the ministry, 

 published about the time Sir Francis Burdett was 

 committed to the Tower, The Triumphs of the 

 Sons of Belial ; or, Liberty Vanquished ? A mock 

 heroic tragedy in five acts, by the author of The 

 Acts of the Apostles, S)C., 8vo., 1810. X. 



Old Prayer-Booh. — I have in my possession a 

 copy of the Book of Common Prayer, minus the 

 title-page, which directs (in the Litany) the 

 prayers of the people for " Charles our most gra- 

 cious king and governour ; " and also for " our 

 gracious Queene Mary, Prince Charles, the Lady 

 Mary, Frederiche the Prince Electour Palatine, and 

 the Lady Elizabeth his wife with their Princely 

 issue." Are you able to assign to it its true date, 

 and to give me any idea of its value ? J. B. 



Dr. Solomon^ s Balm of Gilead. — What has be- 

 come of this once famous quack medicine, of 

 which however some wonderful things are related ? 

 Does any one know the ingredients, and where 

 can a bottle be procured ? H. 



Zouch Townley. — The elder Disraeli (^Curio- 

 sities of Literature, vol. ii. p. 416., 8vo., 1849) 

 names that an effusion of poetry (which he pub- 

 lishes), the ardent breathings of a pure and youth- 

 ful spirit, was addressed to Felton, the assassin of 

 Buckingham, by Zouch Townley, " of the ancient 

 family of the Townleys in Lancashire, to whose 

 last descendant the nation owes the first public 

 collection of ancient art." It is well known to 

 whom the last somewhat inaccurate statement 

 refers, but I should be glad to Jtpow to Tvjiich of 



