2"^ S. X. Dkc. 1. 'CO.] 



NOTES AND QUEIRES. 



439 



lifu of St. Bernard, said to be cither by Alberfr 

 Diirer or from his designs, your correspondent 

 will like to be informed thnt it still exists in the 

 l.eautiful triple lancet window on the north side 

 of the chancel of St. Mary's church, Shrewsbury, 

 where it was placed by the late Itev. VV. G. Row- 

 land, the incumbent, who purchased it at, as I 

 have heard, the cost of about 700/. 



W. A. Leighton. 

 Shrewsbury. 



Akmouiaf- Bearings : Right to Quarter 

 Arms (-i'"' S. x. 386.) — In replying to the Query 

 of r. F. P., I will for the sake of distinction call 

 the man A. and his wife B. In no case can the 

 descendants of B. bear her arms, for even if she 

 were an heiress or coheiress, her descendants 

 could only qum-ter her arms with those of A.; but 

 as A. has no armorial bearings his descendants 

 must either obtain a grant of arms, and then quar- 

 ter the B. arms with them, or go without armorial 

 bearings altogether. On the other hand, if A. 

 Avere entitled to coat-armour, still in the case 

 given by P. P. P. the descendants of A. by his 

 wife B. could not bear her arms ; for I infer from 

 the expression " male issue " that B's brothers left 

 daughters, the descendants of whom, would alone 

 have the right of quartering the arms of the B. 

 family. J. A. P». 



Meaning of Ordinary (•2''"» S. x. 368.) — In 

 Dorsetshire J. C. S. may verify the use of the 

 word " ordinary " in Kent, where the sick poor, 

 when their health is inquired for, answer, " Oh, 

 very ordinary," with this ditfereuce, that in Somer- 

 setshire it is contracted into "ornary." Thus, a 

 plain young woman is termed "very ornary;" and 

 while ramm'd (raw milk) is the common name of 

 the best kind of cheese, that made from skim milk 

 is called '■'■07-nary cheese." So in the nasal dialect 

 of the adjoining county, Dorset, their strong beer 

 (not ale) is called "Xtraurnary ;" and when a 

 publican has an extraordinary good tap, his cus- 

 tomers say " you are handsome ! " Is this phrase 

 confined to Dorsetshire beer, or does it prevail in 

 Kent, and in other heavy counties ? Unde dei-i- 

 vatur handsome beer ? Is it from the bright, 

 golden luie which Old October assumes when 

 brewed from pure malt and hops ? " Brew in 

 October, svnd hop it for long keeping." Or does 

 it imply the quality — handsome and generous are 

 synonymous in Johnson — generous wine, hand- 

 some beer ? Or may the term have come to us 

 from our medieval ancestors, who mixed up reli- 

 gion with hostelries ? The " Salutation " was no 

 uncommon sign for an inn. When I was young, 

 some fifty years ago, in the old abbey town of 

 Sherborne, eight miles from Montacute, mine host 

 of the " Angel " of salutation to Mary was famed 

 for strong beer, brewed by himself; and both he 

 with his rosy face, and the jolly, good-looking 



hostess, were frequently addressed by the topers 

 {topff, a drinking-cup), holding up the glass to 

 the lijrht, *' You are very handsome to-day !" 



K.C. 



Nautical Heraldry (2"<i S. viii. 269.) — The 



arms referred to by C. J. appear to be those of 



the Trinity House, Kewcastle-upon-Tyne, a sketch 



of which I enclose. W. 1. H. 



Merchant Adventurers (2""* S. x. 410.) — lu 

 Craik's Britiali Commerce (vol. i. p. 233.) it is 

 stated that Henry VII. granted, in 1505, a char- 

 ter of incorporation to the Company of Merchant 

 Adventurers of England, whose proper business 

 was described to be to trade in woollen cloth of 

 all kinds to the Netherlands : the merchants of the 

 steelyard, or Easterlings, as they were called, 

 were expressly prohibited from interfering with 

 that branch of commerce ; and the aldermen or 

 governors of the association were obliged to enter 

 into a recognisance of two thousand mai-ks that 

 none of the members should carry any English 

 cloth to the place of residence of the English Mer- 

 chant Adventurers in the Low Countries. 



T. J. BUCKTON. 



Lichfield. 



■pii^ccUaufflu^. 

 NOTES ON BOOKS. 



Atdohioyraphy of the. Ren. Dr. Ale.vander CarlyJe, 3Ii- 

 nister of Inveresk. Contaiiuiic/ Memorials of the Men and 

 Events of his Time. (Blackwood & Sons.) 



This ver^' amusing volume possesses two distinct sources 

 of interest for the reader. The one arising from the posi- 

 tion of Dr. Cariyle as a minister of the Established 

 Church of Scotland, and the important part he played in 

 its history for the many years during which he was one 

 of its most influential members. The second is of a far 

 wider and more general interest ; for Dr. Carlyle, to use 

 the words of one of his countrymen — 



" Still hols us in gued tune with mon\' a crack " 

 about the number of remarkable men with whom he be- 

 came acquainted, and the many memorable events which 

 he witnessed in the course of his long and well-remem- 

 bered life. Among the most curious portions of the early 

 part of the volume are his pictures of college life in 

 Scotland; and also at Leyden, wliere ho was the asso- 

 ciate of Wilkes and Charles Townshcnd. He was present 

 at the battle of Preston Pans. He witnessed the escape 

 of Robertson, the execution of Wilson, and the Porteous 

 Row; and was present at the judgment of the House of 

 Lords in the great Douglas Cause, and he knew Erskine 

 of Grange and his wife Ladj' Grange, whose eventful his- 

 tory has made her name to be remembered. He was the 

 friend of Blair and Home — and took no small share in 

 the excitement which attended the appearance of Home's 

 tragedy. He tells us of his intimacy and interviews 

 with Smollett and Thomson ; describes a day spent with 

 Garrick at Hampton, when thej- played golf on Moulscj' 

 Hurst; and has, in stiort, anecdotes of all the notables 

 for rank or talent who were his contemporaries. When we 

 add that the Autobiography ahomids in curious incidental 

 illustrations of social progress, and very quaint pictures 

 of the manners and customs of his time, all told in most 

 pleasant gossip fashion, our readers will close the book 



