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NOTES AND QUERIES. 



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or as the earlier editions have it, " newly trans- 

 lated out of the Originall Tongues, and with the 

 former Translations diligently compared and re- 

 vised by his Majesty's speciall Commandment." 

 But in the Preface no claim is made to any such 

 originality of purpose. On the contrary, it is 

 stated in emphatic terms, — " Truly, good Christian 

 Reader, we never thought from the beginning 

 that we should need to make a new Translation." 

 Nor, in fact, were they appointed to do anything 

 of the soi't. Upon this point their instructions 

 from the King are very explicit. I take them 

 from Home's Introduction : — 



" 1. The Ordinary Bible read in the Church, commonly 

 called the Bishops' Bible, to be followed, and as little 

 altered as the original will permit." 



" 14. These translations to be used, when they agree 

 better with the Text than the Bishops' Bible, viz. Tyn- 

 dal's, Coverdale's, Matthews's, Whitchurch's, Geneva." 



Such being the task assigned to the divines 

 selected by King James, it is obviously of im- 

 portance to know, not only what was the text that 

 they had before them, but also what was the text 

 upon which the former translations were made. 

 A thorough examination of this subject would 

 form a valuable introduction to the English Hex- 

 apla. But even without going into the matter at 

 any length, it would be of great service to the 

 Biblical student if he could be furnished with a 

 table in two columns, — the one containing a list 

 of the several translations of the Bible into Eng- 

 lish, arranged in chronological order, — the other 

 containing a similar list of the principal editions 

 of the original texts down to the year 1611. I 

 may add that in some of the earlier translations 

 into English recourse was had to the Septuagint 

 and the Vulgate, and It might therefore be de- 

 sirable that the principal editions of these should 

 also be Inserted in the list. Meletes. 



Upright Bukial (2°* S. x. 296.)— To the 

 numerous instances of upright burial narrated In 

 your columns, one should be added, the greatest 

 of them all. There is a large, well-known, mar- 

 ble slab, inscribed "Carolo Magno," in the old 

 chapelle of the singular cathedral of AIx- " La- 

 Chapelle," which was built by Charlemagne at 

 the end of the eighth century, to be the " store- 

 house of his bones, after the manner of the tomb 

 of Theodoric at Ravenna." The chapelle, said 

 to have been destroyed by the Normans, was 

 rebuilt by Otho III. in 983. Over the slab hangs 

 the remarkable chandelier, of about 9 feet dia- 

 meter, given by Fred. Barbarossa. The tomb 

 beneath the slab Is now empty, the great originator 

 of tithes having been disinterred by Otho in 997. 

 When it was opened, he lay not in a sarcophagus, 

 but sat crowned upon his throne, like an earthly 

 king, the Gospels being upon his knees, the im- 

 perial mantle upon him, and his sword at his side. 

 These relics were afterwards used at the corona- 



tioti of the emperors of Germany, and are now 

 at Vienna. The throne and steps, which are of 

 marble, are at Alx-la-chapelle still. 



J. D, Gakdnee. 

 Bishop Henshaw (2"'^ S. x! 161. 331.)— G. W. 

 M. asks the meaning of this surname. I take it 

 that " Saxonice Oldhaugh " Is a misrendering, 

 and made on the assumption that the first syllable 

 is hen, which in Celtic means " old." I should 

 render it " Hen's haugh," i. e. " Hen's enclosure," 

 lit. " that which is enclosed by a hedge," from 

 A.-S. Jiaga, a hedge. Again, Hen may be the 

 same as Henny, for Henrietta, or another ortho- 

 graphy of Han (i. e. Icuawajs). That shaw in com- 

 position of local names means a " wood," Is very 

 doubtful. It Is much more probable that some 

 hundreds of persons, whose names would seem to 

 be compounded of sJiaw, should possess a piece of 

 enclosed land, than that each should be proprietor 

 of a wood. I assume, therefore, that Bradshaw 

 Is " Brad's haugh ; " Grimshaw, " G rim's haugh." 

 The name Henshaw would also contract from 

 Heron's haugh. R. S. Charnock. 



Monk Lewis (2"^ S. x. 349.) — In answering the 

 Query of your correspondent, it Is necessary, pri- 

 marily, to mention specially two persons, viz. Mat- 

 thew Lewis (his father), who was many years De- 

 puty Secretary of War, principally towards the 

 close of the last century and commencement of 

 this, under Chief Secretaries Viscount Barrlngton, 

 Col. Fitzpatrick, Sir Geo. Yonge, K.B., Wm. Wind- 

 ham, and Charles Yorke, and died in Devonshire 

 Place, London, on May 17, 1812. The other is the 

 Rt. Hon. Sir Thomas Sewell, Master of the Rolls 

 1764 to 1784. Mr. Lewis married the youngest 

 daughter of the Master of the Rolls, Miss F. M. 

 Sewell, the issue of which marriage was Matthew 

 Gregory, commonly styled Monk, Lewis, who 

 was born 9th July, 1775. Incidentally I may 

 mention that of the other two daughters of Sir 

 Thos. Sewell, one was married to Lieut.- General 

 Sir John Whitelocke (cashiered In 1808), and 

 the other to General Sir Robert Brownrigg, 

 G.C.B., who died in 1838. The Sewells had good 

 property in Surrey, viz. the Manor of Stannards 

 with Ottershaw, near Chertsey, which Lleut.-Col. 

 Sewell, the son, sold in 1795 to Charles Boehm, 

 Esq. Lieut.-Col. Sewell (ob. 19 October, 1803) 

 was burled at Chobham, five miles beyond Chert- 

 sey, where there is a monument in the church to 

 his memory. To return to Monk Lewis : a few 

 years ago I was strolling about the village of 

 Barnes, which I knew was latterly a favourite 

 retreat of his, when I met with an intelligent 

 person who recollected him well, and pointed 

 out to me where he resided, in what was called 

 Hermitage Cottage, in Goodenough's Lane, after- 

 wards occupied by a Mr. Greenhill, and very 

 near the church. I was also shown his customary 



