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NOTES AND QUERIES. 



[2«»* S. No 76., June 13. 'i>7. 



The inscription above referred to is all that 

 the people of Warkworth have had to show for 

 many years by way of title to Warkworth Moor, 

 which, it may be observed, they have recently 

 sold to the Duke of Northumberland. 



Now, who was this Hugh of Morwicke ? There 

 is a village in the Skyrack hundred of the West 

 Riding of Yorkshire — not far from Leeds — 

 called Morwick, but nothing is known of the Hugh 

 of Warkworth memory. Morwicke is said to 

 have formerly belonged to the family of Grey, 

 probably of Warke, but the name of Morwicke 

 does not occur in their pedigree. 



I find, on further investigation, two coats in 

 Burke's Armory which resemble the arms on the 

 shield borne by the recumbent figure on Hugh of 

 Morewicke's tomb : one, " Arg. on a cross sable, 

 five eagles displayed of the field," assigned to the 

 family of "Abeline;" and the other, "Or, on a 

 cross, sa., five eaglets disp. arg." assigned to the 

 family of " Albyn;'' but no family bearing either 

 of these names appears to have ever flourished in 

 Warkworth, or the neighbourhood. The eflSgy on 

 the tomb represents a knight in full harness and 

 cross-legged, and the tradition is that he was a 

 Knight Templar or a Crusader. There is no date 

 on the tomb. 



Again I ask, who was this Hugh of Morewicke ? 

 R. Francis Yarkeb. 



Conynger Hurst, Ulverstoii. 



Minat ahntrit^, 



Samuel Buck was appointed Counsel to the 

 University of Cambridge, 1671. We are desirous 

 of obtaining further information respecting him. 

 One Mr. Buck of Gray's Inn was made serjeant- 

 at-law, 1692 (N. Luttrell, ii. 404.). 



C. H. & Thompson Cooper. 



Cambridge. 



Edmund Hoskins was appointed Counsel to the 

 University of Cambridge, 1767. He is referred 

 to in Nichols's Literary Anecdotes, ii. 664. We 

 trust some of your correspondents may be able to 

 give some account of this gentleman, especially 

 the date of his death. 



C. H. & Thompson Cooper. 



Cambridge. 



Cannons and Long Bows. — Where may I see 

 a pictorial illustration of the use of cannon and 

 of the long bow on board ship at one time, as de- 

 scribed in the ballad of Sir Andrew Barton ? 



G. R. L. 



Ludovicus Frois : his " History of Japan.^' — 

 In his Anat. Mel. part i. s. 2. m. 4. s. 4., Burton 

 gives an account of a tremendous earthquake at 

 Fusclnum, Meacuin, and Sacia, cities of Japan, 

 and quotes fi'oui the above work, written by 



L. Frois, a Jesuit, as his authority. Can any of 

 your correspondents say what is the nature of 

 this work, as to truthfulness ; and what are the 

 particulars of the embassy from the King of China 

 (to Japan, I presume) there mentioned ? 



Henry T. Riley. 



Manuscript Sermons. — The following note i$ 

 appended to No. 4102. in Kerslake's last Cata- 

 logue : 



"The present practice of taking a single manuscript 

 sermon into the pulpit is scarcely a centurj- old. The 

 older clergy preached from an octavo or duodecimo vo- 

 lume, containing 10, 20, or 30 sermons, usually in black 

 binding." 



Was it so ? Abhba. 



J. Straycock. — Can you give me any informa- 

 tion regarding J. Straycock, mariner, who wrote 

 The Loyal Peasants, a comedy, 8vo., 1804? 

 Where was the piece printed ? X. 



Deira Kings. — A King Ethelred III. stands at 

 the head of the Neville Pedigree. Was he one of 

 the Deira Kings ? If so, where can I find any 

 account of them ? R. W. Dixon. 



Seaton Carew, co. Durham. 



The Pisani-Pard Veronese. — In the purchase 

 of the Pisani-Paul Veronese detailed in the com- 

 munication of Morris Moore to the Athencsum, 

 various servants of Count Pisani received vails or 

 gratuities, such as the first steward 300Z. ; the 

 chambermaid \0l. ; the cook 6Z., &c. &c. 



Is it customary for Italian servants to receive 

 vails or gratuities in this manner ? 



May these servants have thus realised, being 

 about to lose a painting the showing of which 

 brought them profit in fees ? 



The Count Pisani's share was 12,360Z. ; besides 

 this sum others took I290Z. ! G. R. L. 



Sarum Breviary. — It is believed that there 

 existed a very fine Sarum Breviary MS. of the 

 fifteenth century, large folio, written in double 

 columns, twenty-seven lines in a page, in a very 

 large and clean hand, the capitals, &c., considera- 

 bly illuminated in gold and colours, formerly be- 

 longing to the " confraternity of S. Nicolas in 

 Southwark." There was also a peculiarity in it. 

 The first few words of the psalm which occurs in 

 any page were written as a guide on the margin 

 at the bottom, sometimes with the music. Is this 

 book known to be still in existence, and if so, 

 where ? J. C. J. 



Miraculous Changes of Seasons. — The chap- 

 books so well described by M. Nisard are be- 

 coming scarce, and the stamp and licence will 

 prevent their reproduction. One of these which 

 he has not noticed lately fell in my way, the 

 Almanach de Touraine, 1849, pr. 25". It is free 



