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NOTES AND QUERIES. 



[No. 126. 



" In Witness whereof we have hereunto suhscribed 

 our names the fourthe of December in the nine and 

 thirtiethe year of the raigne of our Sovraigne lady 

 Elizabethe by the grace of God of England Fraunce 

 and Ireland Queene Defender of the ffaith a.d. 1 596. 



H. Winston. 



WHERE LOLLARD WAS BURIED, AND WHAT BECAME 

 OF HIS BONES. 



In referring to the passage of Ileda's history re- 

 lating to bishop-boiling, the following curious fact 

 caught my eye. Speaking of the same bishop, 

 Piorentius de Wevelichoveu, he says : 



" Fecit et exhumari ossa cujusdam ha;retici Matthaei 

 LoUaert atque ante atrium Pontificale comburi, cine- 

 resque in fossas urbis dispergi." — Hist. Episcopor, 

 Ultiaject. p. 259. 



Now though the Christian name, Matthcms, of 

 this LoUaert does not agree with that usually 

 assigned to Lollard, viz., Walter; nor yet this 

 nssertion that his bones were dug up, and burned 

 at Utrecht, with the current story that Lollard 

 was buried alive at Cologne ; yet it is evident from 

 the note upon this passage on p. 263., that Heda 

 is speaking of the founder of the sect of the Lol- 

 lards. In this note he refers to Prateolus and 

 Walsingham, to which I turned in order to ascer- 

 tain where he got his information ; but, alas, in 

 vain ! They only give a very meagre account of 

 the origin of the Lollards. Heda must therefore 

 have had some independent source from which he 

 wrote, as he could hardly have invented the story. 

 The form of name, LoUaert, would make it more 

 than probable that Lollard was a Dutchman, which 

 agrees very well with the account that he preached 

 in Germany. 



How much is it to be wished that some member 

 of the many learned Dutch Antiquarian Societies 

 now in existence, would endeavour at last to clear 

 lip the history of Lollard by reference to the 

 records of the city of Utrecht, if they are still in 

 being, and extend so far back as the fourteenth 

 century. 



Florentius became Bishop of Utrecht in 1379, 

 and died 1394. J.B.McC. 



British Museum. 



DEAN SWIFT S LIBRART. 



The letters and other MSS. of Dr. John Lyon, 

 who was prebendary of Rathmichael, in the arch- 

 diocese of Dublin, between the years 1 755 and 1 7 64, 

 by some chance or another recently got into the 

 possession of a shopkeeper in this city, by whom 

 ■^ey have been, for the most part, used as waste 

 paper. The originals from which the following 



transcripts have been made, are now in my pos- 

 session. 



" The Booksellers' Certificate. 

 " We the undernamed have examined and considered 

 y« Catalogue of y^ late Dr. Swift's Books, to wliich we 

 find were added Dr. Wilson's Books. The whole is 

 done with great exactness, and correctly printed. And 

 in consideration that y" Gentleman who made and 

 corrected y« said Catalogues not only pieced and num- 

 bered all y said Books, but examined them also leaf 

 by leaf, in order to distinguish those with a Star in y® 

 Printed Catalogues that were noted and observed upoa 

 by Dr. Swift ; which added very much to rise y^ value 

 of y« said Books at y time of Sale, as may be seen by 

 y* Prices paid for many of them. We are of opinioa 

 that y" Gentleman who took all y'= trouble above men- 

 tioned did deserve to be paid one shilling per Pound 

 upon y' sale of y" said Books. Given under our hands 

 this 26 day of January 1749. George Faulkkeh. 



John Torbuek. 



" Mr. Walker's Charge and profit upon y« Sale, as he 

 returned it to y'= Exec". 



£ s. d, 

 " The whole, both Dr. Swift's and Dr. 



Wilson's Books, sold for - - 270 O 



For y« Catalogues and Sale of w'='' Mr. 



Walker charged - - - - 27 

 Deduct Is. per pd. for forming y" 



Catalogues and marking y^ Books IS 10 



Mr. Walker paid for print- 

 ing y" Catalogue about - £3 5 



The Auctioneer ought to 

 have had oaly 6d. per pd. 

 viz. - - - - 6 15 



Charge for a Clerk and Fire O 15 



£13 10 O 



£10 15 10 15 O 



Because Mr. Walker was imposed upon 

 by his Auctioneer, I am willing to 

 allow him £5 10«. out of my propor- 

 tion of £13 10s., viz. - - _ 



Mr. Walker ought to have this Ba- 

 lance clear, if he was not deceived 

 by y° man he imployed - - - 



£2 15 O 



5 10 



5 O 



" Rockfield, Fryday Ev^. 

 " Lord Shelburne's compliments to Docf Lyons, 

 and has many thanks to return to him for his Incom- 

 parable Present of Dr. Burnet's History, the property, 

 of Dean Swift. It has been his daily Intention to 

 wait upon Doct' Lyons, but has been prevented by the- 

 attention which his private affairs have required. H& 

 is just return'd from the Co. Meath. Lady Arabella 

 Denny joins Lord Shelburne in requesting the favour 

 of D'' Lyons' company to-morrow to Dinner, at Pea- . 



