2>"> S. No 76., June 13. '57.] 



NOTES AND QUERIES. 



469 



Professor Mommsen, of Oldenburg, found a copy 

 in a library in Germany with the following im- 

 print : " At London, By G. Eld for T. T., and 

 are to be solde by John Wright, dwelling at 

 Christ Church gate." The late Mr. Caldecot pre- 

 sented an examplar with this imprint to the Bod- 

 leian Library, but it wanted the date of the year, 

 1609, at the bottom of the title-page, because it 

 had been carelessly cut away by a binder. 



J. Payne Coluer. 

 Maidenhead, May 30, 1857. 



Copies of Skalispeare's Sonnets exist with two 

 different imprints. One purports to be printed 

 " At London, By G. Eld for T. T., and are to be 

 solde by William Aspley, 1609;" the other, "At 

 London, By G. Eld for T. T., and are to be solde 

 by John Wright, dwelling at Christ Church Gate." 

 The copy of the latter, presented by the late Mr. 

 Caldecot to the Bodleian Library, has no date, 

 but it is possible that it may have been cut off" by 

 the binder. In all respects but the imprint, the 

 two editions agree exactly. 



Aspley's edition, sold at the sale of Dr. Farmer's 

 library for %l. ; at Steevens' for 3?. 19*. ; at the 

 Duke^of Roxburghe's for 1\l.\ at the White 

 KnigETs for 37Z. ; at Bosweirs for 38Z. 18*. ; and 

 at Sotheby's (June, 1826) for 40Z. 19s. _ 



Shakspeare's peems were all republished col- 

 lectively in 1640, under the following title : 



"Poems, Avritten by Wil. Shakespeare, Gent. Small 

 8vo. Printed by Thomas Cotes, and are to be sold by 

 John Benson, 1640." 



This edition, which contains much for which 

 Shakspeare is not answerable, is preceded by a 

 portrait of the author by William Marshall. 



Edward F. Rimbault. 



BELLOT family. 



(2"'i S. ili. 413.) 



One of my friends, contributor I believe to 

 " N. & Q.," has forwarded to me the Number for 

 May 23, marking a paragraph relating to the Belet 

 or Bellot family. Myself holding the name, and 

 bearing the arms that have been handed down to 

 me, viz. shield argent, chief gules (or sable for 

 one branch), with three cinquefoils of the field ; 

 crest, an arm couped at the elbow, armed proper, 

 holding a field marshal's baton, tipped sable, or 

 « or." 



The Ballets of Lincolnshire bear the same arms 

 with a difference, a lion rampant on the shield. 

 I do not know what crest : vide Yorke's Union of 

 Honour. 



" The Beliefs were early seated in Norfolk, and became 

 subsequently located in Cheshire bj- the marriage of John 

 Bellet, Esquire, temp. Henry the Sixth, with Katherine, 

 sister and heir of italph Moretoa of Great Moretoa in the 



Palatinate. Of this alliance the lineal descendant, Sir 

 Jolin Bellot, was created a baronet in 1663." — Vide 

 Burke's Patrician, vol. 1. 138., " Battle Roll." 



In Great Moreton Hall, which still exists near 

 Astbury (near Congleton), there are family monu- 

 ments, bearing the same "arms." Near Great 

 Moreton Hall was Bellot Hall, or Little Moreton, 

 a fine old house, lately pulled down, and a large 

 castellated building erected near the old site by 



Achers, Esq ., who I think purchased the old 



hall. Great Moreton still belongs (or did very 

 lately) to the Moretons, who I think reside in the 

 South. I have an engraving of the hall in my 

 dining-room ; a beautiful specimen of " black and 

 white," with a moat. The baronetage became ex- 

 tinct June 30, 1663, Charles II. (Vide Kimber's 

 and R. Johnson's Baronetage, 1771.) 



Hugh Bellot, Bishop of Chester, was preferred 

 June 25, 1595, from Bangor ; buried at Wrex- 

 ham, North Wales: of the Cheshire branch. 



My grandfather, Anthony Bellot, inherited 

 landed property near Chapel-on-the-Frith, called 

 " Castle Nase :" near or upon the property are or 

 were remains of a Roman encampment. This 

 property I understand has been in the posses- 

 sion of this branch for several hundred years, and 

 was sold by my grandfather, — at least what re- 

 mained of it ; my father and uncles were born there, 

 and remembered the ruin or ruins of one or more 

 houses. I do not agree with the idea that the 

 name was derived from Belette (weasel), but am 

 inclined to think the old French word bellof, 

 feminine bellotte, gentle or pretty, is more na- 

 tural ; and thus, un bellot homme, a gentleman. 



I beg to enclose my coat of arms, with my 

 motto. 



My brother, Thomas Bellot, R.N., author of 

 Bellot's Sanskrit Derivations, dedicated by per- 

 mission to the late Earl of Ellesmere, thought that 

 the name might even go back to the Romans, — 

 " Bellus," as the name is still in Italy and France ; 

 and to bear this out, the Roman encampment on 

 property so long in possession of the Bellots. 

 Taking so much interest in any research into the 

 early history of the Bellot family, I should feel 

 specially obliged for any further information, or 

 that any portion of my communication relative to 

 the name or family might find a place in your 

 most interesting and valuable journal. 



Wm. Henry Bbm-ot, F.R.C.S.E. 



BAILEY, HALLIWELL, AND WRIGHT. — ARCHAISMS. 



(1" S. vii. 569. ; 2°'! S. iii. 382.) 

 It would be presumption in me to enter upon 

 the defence of these three mighty aids towards 

 readily gaining acquaintance with the language of 

 our forefathers ; still I cannot but think they would 

 have added much to the expense and cumber- 



