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NOTES AND QUERIES. 



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of fact that assumption is positively rebutted by 

 Coleridge himself, in the following words : 



"Likewise, we distinguish various degrees of under- 

 standing there, and even discover from inductions sup- 

 plied by the zoologists, that the understanding appears, 

 aa a general rule, in an inverse proportion to the instinct." 



It is obvious that if, as Caspar explains Coleridge, 

 instinct and understanding are merely different 

 degrees of the same faculty, an inverse proportion 

 could not exist between them ; the perfection of 

 the one could not be the absence of the other. 



C. Mansfield Ingleby. 



Birmingham. 



Sidney Montagu (2"^ S. ii. 211.) — Sidney 

 Montagu, about whom Mr. Hopper inquires, was 

 the sixth and youngest son of Sir Edward Mon- 

 tagu, Knt., of Hemington in Northamptonshire, 

 by Elizabeth, eldest daughter of Sir James Har- 

 rington, Knt., of Ex ton, who is mentioned by 

 Bridges {History of Noi'thamptonshire, vol. ii. 

 p. 402.) as the old blind Lady Montagu. Sidney 

 Montagu having gained the esteem of James I., 

 whom he served as Groom of the Bedchamber, 

 was knighted by the king in I6I6, and in the fol- 

 lowing reign became Master of the Court of lie- 

 quests. He died in 1644, and left issue by his 

 wife Paulina, daughter of John Pepys of Cotten- 

 ham, Edward Montagu, created Earl of Sand- 

 wich in 1660. B. 



Slavery in England (2"'^ S. ii. 187.) — A re- 

 markable illustration of the collars borne by negro 

 slaves in England may be seen in the bust of the 

 favourite slave of William III. at Hampton 

 Court ; the head of which is of black marble, the 

 draping round the shoulders and chest of veined 

 yellow marble, while a carefully carved white 

 marble collar, with a padlock, and in every respect 

 made like a dog's metal collar, encircles the throat 

 of the favourite slave of the champion of British 

 liberty ! G. M. Z. 



Unedited Letter from Dean Swift (2"'' S. ii. 

 182.) — This letter is not unedited. It is to be 

 found in Scott's edition of Swift, xv. 465. ; but 

 the name of the person to whom it is addressed is 

 left in blank. There is a slight variance between 

 the copies : in that in Scott, Swift desires the 

 answer to be addressed to " Erasmus Lewis at 

 Lord Dartmouth' s Office, Whitehall;" in the letter 

 in "N. & Q." it is "Lord Dartmouth's house.'' 

 From this I guess that the copy of " N. & Q." is 

 not from the original autograph. C. 



The Nine Churches at Chilcomh, near Winches- 

 ter (2"'' S. ii. 165.) — Your correspondent Mr. 

 B. B. Woodward evidently confounds the an- 

 cient and extensive manor of Chilcomb with the 

 present diminutive parish of the same name, when 



he questions the accuracy of the statement in the 

 Domesday Book that the said manor contained 

 nine churches. The manor comprised the whole 

 of the possessions of the monks of Winchester in 

 the vicinity, and was assessed at the enormous sum 

 of 104/., and it still continues the most valuable 

 property belonging to the dean and chapter, the 

 successors of the said monks, and extends over 

 nine parishes, namely, Chilcomb, Ovington, Mor- 

 stead, Winnall, St. Faith, Compton, Week, Spar- 

 sholt, and Littleton, all of which probably pos- 

 sessed a church in the reign of the Conqueror, and 

 of which all, with the exception of St. Faith, do at 

 present. 



The manor is now known by the name of Barton, 

 and as such appears in the Taxation of Pope Ni- 

 cholas, 1292 ; but the reason why in the Domes- 

 day Book it is designated Chilcomb is, that the 

 greater portion of the land of the manor-farm, still 

 known as Priors Barton, was situated in the present 

 parish of Chilcomb. The mansion was, and is, 

 in the parish of St. Faitii, but when the Chilcomb 

 part was separated from that of St. Faith, it ob- 

 tained the title of New Barton, by which it is 

 still known. The Domesday Book states that 

 there were four mills at Chilcomb, and it is singu- 

 lar that is the exact number which are still exist- 

 ing in the manor of Barton. 



It is also remarkable that in the Domesday Book 

 we have the extent southward of the Chilcomb 

 manor, noticed as being held by Ralph de Mor- 

 timer at Otterbourn, the manor of which still ad- 

 joins that of Chilcomb. Henry Moody, 

 Curator of the Winchester Museum. 



Winchester, Holy Cross. 



Duchess of Fitz-James (2°'' S. ii. 210.) — The 

 following statement will, 1 hope, afford the in- 

 formation sought by Mr. M. A. Lower. James 

 Fitz-James, a natural son of James II. by Ara- 

 bella Churchill, sister of the celebrated Duke of 

 Marlborougli, was created in March, 1687, Duke 

 of Berwick-upon-Tweed, with other titles of lower 

 degree. Upon the abdication of his father he 

 retired into France with him, and took service in 

 the armies of Louis XIV, : the subsequent career 

 of the Duke of Berwick is matter of history, and 

 I need not enter upon it here. The duke was at- 

 tainted in 1695, when the Dukedom of Berwick, 

 and the minor English honours, became extinct. 

 By Philip V. of Spain he was created Duke of 

 Leria and Xerica in that kingdom, which titles 

 were inherited by the issue of his first marriage. 

 In 1710 he was created by Louis XIV. Duke of 

 Fitzjames and a peer of France, with remainder 

 to the issue of his second marriage ; and from such 

 second marriage is lineally descended the present 

 Due de Fitz-James, now resident in Paris. The 

 lady named in the inscription in the window of 

 the church at Rouen was, I believe, the grand- 



