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NOTES AND QUERIES. 



[2"d s. X. Dec. 16. '60. 



ney : and Her Majesty having been graciotisly pleased to 

 issue out her Royal Proclamation for apprehending the 

 said Macartnej', promising a Reward of Five hundred 

 Pounds to such person as shall apprehend him. Her 

 Grace the Dutchess of Hamilton & Brandon doth hereby 

 Promise that whosoever shall discover the said George 

 Macartney, commonly called Lieutenant-General Macart- 

 ney, so that he be apprehended and brought to Justice, 

 shall receive from Her Grace a reward of Three hundred 

 Pounds (over and above what is promised b}' Her Ma- 

 jesty) to be paid by the Right Honourable Sir Richard 

 Hoare, Lord Mayor of this City." 



An advertisement follows : — 



" To be sold by Auction, a Curious Collection of Ori- 

 ginal Paintings by the best Masters ; being the Collection 

 of Charles St. George, lately deceased, at the Pall Mall 

 Coffee House, in Pall Mall, on Friday next, the second of 

 January, at ten in the forenoon. The Pictures to be seen 

 on Wednesdaj' and Thursday before the Sale, when Cata- 

 logues may be had gratis." 



" The Case at large of Duke Hamilton and the Lord 

 Mohun, first, a full and exact relation of the Duel ; second, 

 the authentic Depositions taken before the Coroner, with 

 Colonel Hamilton's examination before the Council; third, 

 a particular account of the Wounds. Printed for E. Curll, 

 at the Dial & Bible, against St. Dunstan's Church in Fleet 

 Street. London, printed by E. Berington, in Silver Street, 

 Bloomsbury ; and sold by F. Morphew, near Stationers' 

 Hall." 



The Evening Post, No. 529. From Saturday, 

 Dec. 27, to Tuesday, Dec. 30, 1712. 



H. B., F.R.C.S. 



Haddiscoe Font (2"* S. x. 41 1.) — On a visit 

 to Haddiscoe church last week, I was looking at 

 the two trefoil-headed recesses mentioned by Me. 

 D'AvENET, and the idea that they must have been 

 intended for the reception of the baptismal oil 

 struck me too. 



In the curious little church of Thorpe next 

 Haddiscoe is a recess in the wall, near the font. 

 This is in size more like an aumbrie, but, from 

 its position, it might have had a similar use to 

 that at Haddiscoe. Haddiscoe church is now un- 

 dergoing repairs. Enough of the whitewash on 

 the north wall of the nave has been scraped off to 

 show part of two good frescoes. One is St. Chris- 

 topher. Let me here express a hope that the 

 modernising hands of a restoring (?) rector and 

 churchwardens may not, as so often happens, de- 

 stroy these interesting remnants of ancient art. 



G. W. M. 



The two recesses were unquestionably con- 

 structed for the reception of the "oil of cate- 

 chumens " and the " holy chrism " used in the 

 administration of baptism. It was strictly en- 

 joined by the canons that they should be securely 

 kept under lock and key. We read in the Con- 

 stitution " De Conservatione Olei et Chrismatis," 

 enacted in the Council of Oxford, 1322, under 

 Archbishop Reynold, — 



" Item tarn sanctum Oleum, qukm Chrisma, sub fideli 

 custodiS, clave adhibitS,, conservetur; ut non possit ad 

 ilia temeraria manus extendi ad horribilia." 



I presume, therefore, that in the present case 

 there are marks remaining which indicate the 

 former existence of doors. If not, the recesses 

 were used as convenient places for depositing the 

 vessels during the administration of the baptismal 

 rites. Perhaps it may not be amiss to quote the 

 directions of St. Charles Borromeo, Archbishop 

 of Milan, as to the construction of this "arma- 

 rium :" — 



" Armarium autem, in quo sacri chrismatis et olei ca- 

 tecbumenorum vasculum, liber ritualis sacramentorum, 

 mantilia, et reliqua ad baptismi ministrationem necessaria 

 reponuntur, ad baptisterii Romano Ambrosianove more 

 extructi usum, in ipsa capell§, ab aliquo latere in pariete, 

 aut parieti adherens, de consilio architecti fieri poterit; 

 valvis, sera et pessulo bene clausum ; marmoreoque opere, 

 sculptur^ve piis imaginibus elaborate, ornatum : intrin- 

 secus autem, partitum ac decenter distinctum, pro ratione 

 et usu rerum quae ibi asservandaa sunt." 



In the synod held at Oscott, July, 1352, it was 

 ordained, — 



" In novis ecclesiis sedificandis, praeparetur locus in quo 

 recondantur (oleum catechumenorum et sanctum chrisma) 

 in ipso baptisterio." 



It would be an interesting subject for an archae- 

 ologist to ascertain how far this arrangement was 

 carried out in our old churches. Mr. D'Aveney 

 thinks it a " rare appendage." Perhaps some 

 well-informed archaeological architect will en- 

 lighten us as to this point. My own impression 

 is, that it was not uncommon ; but that its ves- 

 tiges have disappeared in many instances, in con- 

 sequence of alterations and repairs. 



John Williams. 



Arno's Court. 



Paraphernalia (2"* S. x. 438.) — Surely the 

 legal definition oi paraphernalia does not bear out 

 the statement of F. C. B. 



As paraphernalia (from itaph and <l>epv))) are to 

 be accounted in our country only the woman's 

 wearing apparel, jewels, and personal ornaments 

 suitable to lier rank and degree, it has been ques- 

 tioned whether her bed is or not to be reckoned 

 among her bona paraphernalia. 



Ulpian seems to think that irapd^ipva may be 

 rendered by peculium : for paraphernalia may be 

 roughly defined as the private property of a wife, 

 not being part of her dower. W. C. 



Equestrianism, temp. Richard II., and Sir 

 Richard Baker (2"^ S. x. 187.) — Your corre- 

 spondent must have quoted from one of the earlier 

 editions of the " Chronicle." My copy, which is 

 the " 9lh impression, freed from many errors and 

 mistakes of the former Editions" 1696, does -not 

 contain the obnoxious passage referred to. The 

 only other edition which I have been able to ex- 

 amine is the seventh, or 1679 edition, in which, 

 notwithstanding it bears the above assurance on 

 the title-page, the passage is not suppressed, so 

 that the work of expurgation was a gradual one. 



