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NOTES AND QUERIES. 



[No. 134. 



in painted glass ; if so, where ? " This I am un- 

 able to answer; but your learned correspondent 

 Jarltzberg having sent you one version of the 

 legend attached to this saint, may I venture to 

 remind you of another ? This is the one attached 

 to the celebrated picture, " The Descent from the 

 Cross," by Rubens, in the cathedral of Antwerp, 

 in which the painter, adopting the Greek deriva- 

 tion of the name as given by Jarltzberg, repre- 

 sents the saint supporting Christ on his removal 

 from the crucifix. The picture was painted for 

 the Arquebusiers of Antwerp, whose patron was 

 St. Christopher; but they were dissatisfied with it, 

 and refused Rubens his promised reward, a piece 

 of land in their possession contiguous to his own, 

 for which he had accomplished this, certainly one of 

 his most beautiful paintings. T. W. P. 



. GENEEAL PARDONS — SIR JOHN TEENCHARD. 



(Vol. iii., p. 279.) 



I am not aware of any general pardon under the 

 great seal having been printed ; but the following 

 transcript of one (the original with the seal at- 

 tached is in the collection of my friend, R. Rising, 

 Esq., of Horsey) is very much at J. G. N.'s service, 

 and is especially interesting, as being one of the 

 last acts of James II. before he quitted England 

 for ever. 



•'SaCD6ltS ^MUnlfU^ Mti tiratt: Anglle, Scocie, 

 ffrancie & hibuie Rex, fidei defensor, &c. OmttttlU!? 

 ad quos p'sentes he n're pveniu't saltem. Sciatis qd 

 Nos pietate moti, ac gr'a n'ra sp'iali ac ex certa scientia 

 & mero motu n'ris ^ariJ0nabtmttS rt-Iaxavim" et re- 

 misim' ac p p'sentes p Nobis heredibus, & successoribus 

 n'ris, Pardonam' relaxam' et remittim' Johi Tren- 

 chard nug de medio Templo Londin' armigero seu 

 quocunque alio nomine vel cognomine artis, misterii, 

 loci vel locor' idem Jolies Trenchard sciaf censeat"^ 

 vocef vel nuncupef aut nup' sciebaf, censebaf, voca- 

 bat' seu nuncupa baf omn' et omnl'od' Prodic'ones 

 crimina lese maiestatis, mispris'ones Prodic'onis, Con- 

 spirac'ones, Sedic'ones, Insurrecc'ones, Concelament' 

 Bellor', gestiones Bellor', machlnac'ones, Imaginac'ones, 

 et attempt' Illicit', convinc'ones verbor', p'palac'ones ac 

 om'ia & singula ffelon', et al' maleli'a crimina Trans- 

 gressiones, contempt' et ofFens' quecunq: p ip'um 

 Joiiem Trenchard p se solum sive cum aliqua alia 

 p'sona, seu aliquib' aliis p'sonis qualicunq:, quando- 

 cunq:, seu ubicunq: antehac contra psonam n'ram 

 Regnl' vel Gub'nac'onem n'ram, vel contra Person' Dni 

 Caroli scdi nup Regis Anglic preclarissimi ffratris n'ri 

 vel Regimen suu' vel leges & statut' regni n'ri Anglie 

 fact' coTniss' sive ppetrat'. — Necnon fugam & fugas su- 

 pinde fact'. Et licet p'fat' Jofies Trenchard pimle ar- 

 restat', ind'cat', impetit', utlagat', rectat' appellat' con- 

 deinnat' convict' altinct' seu adiudicat' existit vel non 

 existit aut inde arrestari, adiudicari, impetiri, utlagari 

 rectari, appellari, condemnari, convinci, attingi seu 

 adiudicari contigerit in futuro. Ac om'ia & singula 



Jud'camenta, convlc'cones, judicia, condempnac'onas 

 attinctur', execuc'ones imprisonamenta, Penas mortis, 

 Penas corporales, fforisfutur', punic'ones & om'es al' 

 Penas ac penalitates quascunq: de, p, sive concernen'' 

 p'missa, vel aliqua p'missor' insupvel versus p'fat Jollem 

 Trenchard habit' fact' reddit' sive adiudicat' vel im- 

 poster' h'end' fiend' reddend', sive adiudicand' aut que 

 nos versus ip'um Jotiem Trenchard p p'missis vel aliquQ 

 p'missor' h'uimus h'emiis seu imposter' h'ere poterimus, 

 ac heredes seu successores n'ri uUo modo he're poterint 

 in futuro. Necnon omnes et singul' utlagar' versus 

 p'fat' Jotiem Trenchard rac'one seu occac'one Dmissor* 

 seu eor' alicuius pmulgat' seu imposter' p'mulgand' At 

 om'es & om'iod' sect', Querel', fforisfutur' impetic'ones 

 & Demand' quecunq: que nos versus p'fat' Joiiem 

 Trenchard p p'missis vel aliquo p'missor' h'uim' h'emus 

 seu infuturo h'ere poterimus. Sectamq : pacis n're que 

 ad nos versus p'fat Johem Trenchard ptinet seu ptinere 

 poterit, rac'one seu occac'one p'missor' seu eor' alicui. 

 Et firmam pacem n'ram ei inde dam' et concedim' p 

 p'sentes. ^olciltc^ q'd ip'e idem Joties Trenchard 

 p Justitiar' Vice Comites Mariscallos Escaetor', Co- 

 ronator*, Ballivos seu .iliquos al' ministros n're heredum 

 vel successor' n'ror' quoscunq : rac'onib' seu occac'onib* 

 p'd'tis seu eor' aliqu' molestet' p'turbef seu in aliquo 

 gravef JHoICUtr^ q'd he I're n're patentes quoad om'ia 

 singul' p'missa supind* menc'onat' bene, firme, valide, 

 sufficien' et effectual' in lege erunt et existent licet 

 Prodic'ones, crimina lese maiestatis, misprisiones Pro- 

 dic'onis, eonspirac'ones, sedic'ones, Insurrecc'ones, con- 

 celament' Bellor', Gestion' Bellor', machlnac'ones, 

 Imaginac'ones, vel attempt' Illicit', convinc'ones verbor', 

 Propalac'ones & ffelon' crimina, & offens" p'dict', minus 

 certe specificat' existim't. Q'dq: hec Pardonaco' n'ra 

 in om'ib' curiis n'ris et alibi interpretef et adiudicet' 

 in beneficentissimo sensu 4) firmiore exonerac'one re- 

 laxac'one & Pardonac'one p'fat' Joliis Trenchard ac 

 etiam p'litef & allocef in om'ib: Curiis n'ris absq: 

 aliquo Brevi de Allocac'one mea parte pr'm's obtent* 

 sive obtinend'. Et non obstante aliqua dcf'tu vel ali- 

 quib' def tibus in his I'ris n'ris patentib' content' aut 

 aliquo statu to, acto, ordinac'one provisione seu Re- 

 stricc'one aut aliqua al' re, causa, vel materia quacunq: 

 in contrar' inde ullo modo non obstante. 



In Cuius rei testimoniu' has I'ras n'ras fier' fecimus 

 Patentes. 



Teste me ip'o apud West' decimo sept'o die De- 

 cembris anno regni n'ri tertio. 



Per Breve de p'rato Sigillo 

 Barker." 



This was in the year 1 688, just seven days after, 

 according to Macaulay, that he had fled secretly 

 from the kingdom, having previously thrown the 

 great seal into the Thames, whence it was dredged 

 up some months after by a fisherman. Being 

 driven back by stress of weather, he returned to 

 London, and on the 17th Pepys states, 



" That night was a council ; his Ma*y refuses to 

 assent to all the proposals, goes away again to Ro- 

 chester." 



and on that very night was this pardon granted, 

 James probably endeavouring to prop up his tot- 



