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NOTES AND QUERIES. 



[2°d S. No 47., Nov. 22, '56. 



penclage worn in front by the bishops of the Church 

 of England is called ? You are aware that these 

 venerable prelates appear in the streets in the 

 dress usually worn by ecclesiastics, but with this 

 addition, which to the eyes of an uninformed laic 

 has the appearance of an apron. An Inqijireb. 

 Charleston, South Carolina. 



[This apron is nothing more than the short cassock, 

 and is not peculiarl}' a part of the episcopal dress ; for the 

 practice of the bishops wearing it only demonstrates 

 t!int they are attentive to the spirit of the 74th canon, 

 which extends its obligaition, and forces its authority 

 alike on the dignitar_v, the priest, and the deacon. The 

 short cassock differs from the long one in its having no 

 collar or sleeves, and in its extending only about two 

 inches below the knees. It was so commonly used about 

 a century ago that there were then various kinds of 

 them made ; some adapted for riding, and others for 

 Avalking. Fielding relates, that Parson Adams both rode 

 and walked in his, as occasion served. And Savage, in 

 ■his satire The Progress of a Divine, 1735, after describing 

 his hero in his college progress, and taking his first de- 

 gree, proceeds — 



" Let testimonials then his worth disclose, 

 He gains a cassoch, beaver, and a rose." 



Archdeacon Sharp, commenting upon the 74th canon, 

 says, " There are some parts of our peculiar dress, which 

 win at all times, and in all places, sufficiently distinguish 

 us from laymen, and which may without the least incon- 

 venience be worn on every occasion that calls us abroad, 

 and even upon journeys. Such badges of our order for 

 instance as the band, hat-band, or short cassock : which 

 latter I the rather mention here, because it falls in with 

 one of the directions in this canon, which is yet very 

 practicable as well as decent: viz. ' uti ne in publicum 

 nisi promissis vestibus induti prodeant : ' which ' pro- 

 missaj vestes ' are interpreted in a marginal note by cas- 

 socks, and in the English version of the canon by a para- 

 phrase, which implies a liberty of wearing them short."] 



Heralds'' Visitation. — Perhaps you can inform 

 me if any other of the "Heralds' Visitations" than 

 Camden's (reprinted by the Camden Society) are 

 to be had in print ? N. E. P. 



[The Visitations of Berkshire by Harvcj', 1566 ; Cam- 

 den, 1623 ; and Bvsshe, 1664, have been privately printed 

 by Sir Thomas Phillipps, Bart., who has also printed 

 Camden's Visitation of Cambridgeshire in 1619; Bysshe's 

 Visitation of Middlesex, 1663 ; and Camden's Visitation 

 of Somersetshire and Wiltshire, 1623: Flower's Visitation 

 of Durham, 1575, was printed at Newcastle-upon-Tyne 

 in 1820 ; St. George's Visitation of Durham, 1615, printed 

 at Sunderland in 1820. The Topographer for March, 1821, 

 privately printed bvSir Thomas Phillipps, Bart, contains 

 the Visitations of Hertfordshire and Cooke's of Oxford- 

 shire, 1574. The Visitation of Westmoreland, in 1615, 

 was printed in a narrative foi'm by J. G. Bell, in 1853. 

 An Index to the Warwickshire Visitation in the Harleian 

 Library has been privately printed by Sir Thomas Phil- 

 lipps, Bart. The Visitations of Lancashire, under the edi- 

 torship of Mr. Hibberd, are preparing for publication by 

 the Chetham Society. For these particulars we are in- 

 debted to Mr. Sims's useful Manual for the Genealogist, 

 Topographer, Antiquary, and Legal Professor, 1856.] 



Captain Morris. — It is stated that this well- 

 known lyrist became before his death, not in name 

 only, but in reality, a man of deep religious feeling. 



How far is this statement, which has been made 

 with great confidence, to be depended upon? T. 



[Captain Charles Morris, whose convivial songs were 

 once in such high repute, died at Brockham Lodge, Dor- 

 king, in his ninety- third j'ear, on July 11, 1838. Just 

 before his death he seems to have collected what he calls 

 " the trifling scraps of his humble muse," which were 

 published after his death, entitled, Lyra Urbanica ; or the 

 Social Effusions of the celebrated Captain Charles 3Iorris, 

 of the late Life Guards, 2 vols. 8vo., 1840. In his Pre- 

 face " To the Public," he thus apologises for the careless 

 gaieties and sprightly fancies of his mirthful muse. " As 

 it will be seen, perhaps, that I make tiie quickening in- 

 spiration of wine the awakening cause of the heart's wor- 

 thiest emotions and sweetest gratifications, I must here, 

 in vindication, remark, that it is from a wish to give the 

 pensive, gloomy, world-worn breast a more gay and vivid 

 perception of the fair side of human condition, and awaken 

 it to a brighter aspect of Nature, that I recommend the 

 depressed spirit a sip of the care-repelling fountain ; but 

 not to dim the brightness produced from the sparkling 

 drop by the heavy clouds of intemperate stupidity. I 

 beg leave, at the same time, to add, that I am a professed 

 enemy to all excess, and abuse of the human faculties: 

 abhor the practice and despise the effect ; and, as a votary 

 of mirth and pleasure, I revolt at the sottish stupidity 

 and debasing shame, and would fly the brutal influence 

 as I would a contagion." At p. 332. of the second volume 

 of this collection are " Verses occasioned by an earnest 

 request from the Members of the Beef-Steak Society to 

 Captain Morris, then on the verge of ninety years of age, 

 to appear once more amongst them before he quitted 

 the world." Had the compiler of the interesting Iland- 

 Book of Dorking, 1855, seen the captain's prefatory re- 

 marks to his pieces, he would perhaps have modified in 

 some degree the following notice of him : " Brockham 

 Lodge was the residence of Captain Morice (^sic), a lyric 

 bard, beloved by all convivial spirits, but religiously 

 shunned by the sober and serious portion of the commu- 

 nity. The popularit}' which he once possessed has con- 

 siderably diminished of late years; and justly so, for no 

 tolerance of feeling should ever forgive, except by for- 

 getting, the desecration of the noble gift of poesy."] 



Durham University. — Can you afford me in- 

 formation respecting the University founded at 

 Durham by Oliver Cromwell in the year 1657 ? 

 It would not merely confer a personal favour 

 upon myself, but would also materially benefit 

 many others who take an interest in the present 

 University, and in the history of its antecedents. 



DUNELMENSIS. 



The Castle, Durham. 



[A writ of privy seal for founding an university at 

 Durham was signed by Oliver Cromwell, May 15, 1657. 

 This university, rather intended to be founded than 

 actually settled, was soon suppressed. The original writ 

 is preserved in the archives of the Dean and Cliapter of 

 Durham. It had been obtained by The Humble Desires 

 of the Gentlemen, Freeholders, and Inhabitants of the 

 County and City of Durham, fol. 1652, a copy of which is 

 in the British"^ Museum. George Allan, of Darlington, 

 published in 1777, " The Recommendatory Letter of Oliver 

 Cromwell to William Lenthall, Esq., Speaker of the House 

 of Commons, for Erecting a College and University at 

 Durham, and his Letters Patent (when Lord Protector) 

 for founding the same," &c. This Letter is in the Gren- 

 ville library at the British Museum. It appears to have 

 been suppressed on account of petitions against it from 



