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NOTES AND QUERIES. 



[2fl^ S. X. Aug. U. 'CO. 



CHaRCH Towers (2°'' S. x. 56.) — This Note 

 suggests to me a superstition about chancels. In 

 some churches the chancel is in the centre of the 

 gable of the nave, but a little on one side, as at 

 Shipmeadow, Suffolk. I have heard that this 

 was done intentionally, because our Saviour, when 

 on the cross, is supposed to have hung his head 

 on one side. Which? What is the authority for 

 this belief? 



I, too, have observed that in some churches 

 one tower is not quite so high as the other ; but 

 still in many they are equal. 



In spite of the pretty tradition mentioned by A. 

 C. M. I cannot help thinking either that they 

 were built at different periods, or that the builders 

 " did not first reckon the cost." It seems very 

 easy to invent symbols of this kind, but very 

 difficult to find any one who can understand them. 



G. W. M. 



Church Chancels (2""* S. x. 68.) — As Dk. 

 Rock mentioned, in the first part of his able de- 

 fence of the men of the Middle Ages, the deflec- 

 tion of the chancel to the north (or south') was 

 doubtless intended to represent the inclination of 

 our blessed Lord's head while hanging upon the 

 cross. Examples of this feature in old churches 

 are to be found also in S. Peter and Paul, Wan- 

 tage, the Cathedral of S. Chad, Lichfield, S. Mi- 

 chael, Coventry, and Patrington. It has also been 

 conjectured that the slant in the plan of the chan- 

 cel was intended to indicate the exact spot in the 

 horizon from whence the sun arose on the morning 

 of the dedication. Edmund Sedding. 



" It may here be observed that some churches diverge 

 northward at the chancel arch from a true line drawn 

 east and west. A very remarkable example is at St. 

 Michael's, Coventry; more frequently the direction is 

 soutjjnvard, as at Botham, Sussex. The symbolical reason 

 is that the inclination of our Lord's head on the cross is 

 so represented." — Hints on the Study of Eccles. Architec- 

 ture and Antiquity, Cambridge, 1843, p. 21. 



E. M. 



The obliquity in the direction of the chancels 

 of many of our old churches is described by eccle- 

 siologists by the term Orientation. It is under- 

 stood to symbolise the inclination of our Lord's 

 head while hanging on the cross ; the direction is 

 usually towards the south, but some diverge to- 

 wards the north. The theory is that the chancel 

 points towards that part of the horizon where the 

 sun rises on the day of the patron saint. An in- 

 vestigation of this theory is very desirable, and 

 the pages of " N. & Q." would be a good means of 

 communicating the results of any observations 

 which your readers may be disposed to make for 

 its elucidation. John Maclean. 



Hammersmith. 



Antrobus (2"* S. X. 27. 96.) — When a name 

 occurs in Domesday it is safer to build etymology 

 on the Norman or Saxon spelling than the modern 



corruption. In the present case this would be 

 Entrehus. 



I doubt not that the two first syllables represent 

 the Welsh " Hentre " or " Hendre." We have 

 " Hendre," a well known seat, in Monmouthshire 

 now. 



As to the " bus " a Cambrian should decide 

 whether it may be one of the corruptions of Ucha, 

 Upper or Over. Antrobus is in Ouerwhitley. . 



With respect to ramifications, the continuation 

 of the Antrobus pedigree was entered at the 

 Heralds' College by Mr. Townsend, for the late 

 Sir Edmund Antrobus, and may be easily con- 

 sulted. Lancastriensis. 



My first impression was that this surname — 

 which is derived from the local name — might be 

 from Antars hus or house. The local name, how- 

 ever, was anciently written Entrehus, which seems 

 to explain itself (i.e. Entre-bois). Cf. the French 

 surnames Entrecasteaux, EntrecoUes, Entremont, 

 &c. R. S. Charnock. 



Cold Harbour (2"'» S. ix. 139. 441.) — Bishop 

 Hall, describing a tenant refused a renewal of his 

 lease, remarks : — 



" Or thence thy starved brother live and die 

 Within the cold Cole-Harhour sanctuary : 

 Will one from Scots-banke bid but one grote more. 

 My old tenant may be turned out of dore." 



Virgidemiarum, book v. 



Query, Scots-banke ? G. H. K. 



Lodge Family (2"'' S. x. 69.) —In reply to the 

 Query respecting the wills specified in the Shak- 

 speare Society volume of Lodge, I have no doubt 

 that G. H. K. will find them d"uly recorded in 

 Doctors' Commons. D. L. 



Edinburgh. 



Lines on a Pigeon (2'"* S. ix. 483.) — These 

 lines are a parody on the following, which were 

 set to music, as a glee for three voices, by Dr. 

 Benjamin Cooke, organist of Westminster Abbey, 

 in August, 1771 : — 



" If 'tis joy to wound a lover, 



How much more to give him ease? 

 When his passion we discover, 



Oh how pleasing 'tis to please. 

 The bliss returns when we receive 

 Transports greater than we give." 



I regret my inability to furnish the name of the 

 writer, but neither the composer's autograph score 

 nor the copy of it printed in Warren's Vocal Har- 

 mony, supplies any information on the subject. 



W. H. Husk. 



Poetical Periodicals (2"* S. ix. 198.)— The 

 Poetical Register, edited by Mr. Davenport, was 

 probably a periodical of the kind your correspon- 

 dent has inquired after. It was published (an- 

 nually) for several years from about 1800 to 1810 

 or 1814. R. Inglis. 



