2"^ S. VIII. Aua. G. '69.] 



NOTES AND QUERIES. 



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3ril May, aged ninety-two, of William Chanter, 

 curate and incumbent of Hartland, in the diocese 

 of Exeter, for a period of seventy years. This 

 seems worthy of record in the pages of " N. & Q.," 

 as well as the more extraordinary fact that the 

 incumbency of the last three perpetual curates of 

 Heptonstall, in the county of York, has extended 

 over 150 years. 



Designation of Works under Eeview (!"' S. ix. 

 245. 516., x. 473., xi. 111. ; 2»'J S. vii. 505.) —As 

 the American word "caption," in the sense of 

 head or tide, is objectionable, and the word "ru- 

 bric" is only a suggestion of an addition to its 

 received use, we may be content with the word 

 " title " for the heading of our article. Thus 

 Article viii. of the Quarterly Reviev:, 1859, has 

 the running title " Bread," whilst the proper title 

 of the article is " [Review of] (1.) The English 

 Bread- Book ; (2.) Rapport sur le Frocede de 

 Panijication" and so on to the enumeration of 

 nine distinct works. Filling in the blank in the 

 example furnished in "N. & Q," (1'' S. xi. 111.), 

 we may say, " the subject is elaborately treated 

 in the second work [enumerated in the title] of 

 our Article viii.. Rapport sur le Frocede de Fani- 

 fication" Instead, however, of referring to the 

 number of the book in the title, it is usual to refer 

 to its author, and by name, if known. Sometimes 

 thus : " Of the works enumerated at the head of 

 this article, the second is, &c.," where head is the 

 synonym oi title. 



The title of an article in a review may comprise 



the titles of many books, but the same custom 



which furnishes the word title to a book, supplies 



it also to an article in a review. T. J. Buckton. 



Lichfield. 



Fassports. — In 2"^ S. v. 233., several questions 

 were asked respecting the origin of passports. 

 Now, without answering those questions, I for- 

 ward a copy of a document placed in my hands a 

 short time since for translation, which being a 

 passport granted by Queen Anne to her chief 

 harbinger Peter la Roche, a few months before 

 her death, proves that as late as 1713 permission 

 to leave the country was necessary before travel- 

 ling on the Continent. Thinking it might prove 

 as interesting to some of your readers as it did to 

 me, I made a copy of the original document, and 

 now forward it to you : — 



"Anna, Dei Gratia, Magnae Britanlas, Francije et Hi- 

 berniijs regina, Fidei defensor, &c. Omnibus et singulis 

 ad quos prtesentes Literae pervenerint, Salutem. Quan- 

 doquidem Fidelis et Dilectus Subditus Noster Petrus la 

 Roche Generosus, qui per plurimos annos sese servitio 

 nostro addixerit et jam munere Primi Prfecursoris Hos- 

 pitij Nostri perfungitur, mala vero laborans valetudine a 

 nobis petierit, ut ei libertatem concederemus in Galliam 

 Sanitatis recuperandae gratia proficiscendi, nos ejus preci- 

 bus annuentes quo tutius commodiusque iter institutum 

 tarn eundo quam redeundo peragat his nostris comme- 



atus Literis eum munire volulmns, rogandosque duximus 

 omnes et singulos Reges ac Principes cujusque Dignitatis 

 atque ordinis, Status Respublicas Liberasque Givitates 

 Amicos Nostros et Foederatos per quorum Ditiones transi- 

 turus sit, necnon Provinciarum Gubernatores Exercituum 

 Classiumque Duces, Prasfectos Limitaneos Arciumque 

 Custodes reliquosque ipsorum Officiales ac Ministros (id 

 quod subditis nostris quorum ullo modo intersit, firmiter 

 injungimus) ut praBfato Petro la Roche una cum uxore 

 sua, Famulis et Sarcinis quibuscunque non solum ubique 

 Locorum liberam et securam eundi transeundi commo- 

 randique, prout utris postulaverit, potestatem faciant, 

 verum etiam omnibus humanitatis et benevolentiae of- 

 ficiis excipiant adjuventque, ac novis insuper Commeatus 

 Literis, sicubi opus fuerit, communiant; Quod nos pari 

 vel alio studiorum genere prout occasio tulerit, grate 

 agnoscemus, rependique curabimus. Dabuntur in Arce 

 Nostra Windesoriensi vicesimo nono die Augusti, Anno 

 Domini Millesimo Septingesimo decimo tertio, Regnique 

 Nostri Duodecimo. 



" Ad mandatum Serenissimse Dominae Reginse, 



" BOLINGBROKE." 



It was countersigned " Anna R.," in a very 

 shaky hand, and seemed as though she had 

 written " Anne," and then changed the final e 

 to an a. Bolingbroke's was a very bold signa- 

 ture. T. W. WONFOB. 



Brighton. 



Mence or Mense Family (2°** S. vii. 514.) — We 

 have received from the editor of The Barnsley 

 Chronicle a copy of that journal of 23rd July, 

 into which Rainhill's Query had been trans- 

 ferred. The editor had, in so transferring it, 

 added the following valuable scraps of informa- 

 tion, which we gladly transfer to our columns, as 

 they may be the means of enabling our corre- 

 spondent to trace the pedigree of which he is in 

 search : — 



" We are told the late Mr. Charles T. Mence, solicitor, 

 of this town, used to speak of an ancient pedigree of their 

 family being in existence and in his possession. Can it 

 be the one referred to ? Rainhill is wrong about the 

 Rev. John William Mence being the last male descendant 

 of the family, as at the time of his decease (which took 

 place at Hoton, Leicestershire) he had two brothers 

 living in the neighbourhood of Barnsley, viz. Mr. B. H. 

 Mence (since deceased) and Mr. G. C. Mence. The last- 

 named gentleman still lives at Boggart House Farm, 

 Ardsley, near -Barnslej', and either he or his sisters, the 

 Misses Mence, of Barnslej-, would be able, if so minded, to 

 answer Rainhill's Query." 



Torture : S. Dominic (2""^ S. vii. 406.) — From 

 the concluding lines of Bertrand du Guesclin's 

 reply, it would appear to be inferred that S. Do- 

 minic was the first Grand Inquisitor, or that at 

 one period he held that office. That he was so is 

 the commonly received, but I think erroneous, 

 opinion. I should be obliged if any of your cor- 

 respondents could point out where I could find 

 evidence to prove that S. Dominic held that ap- 

 pointment, or that he acted, while in the southern 

 provinces of France, in any other capacity than as 

 a missionary employed for the conversion of the 

 Albigenses. Philip Philippson. 



