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NOTES AND QUERIES. 



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of Richard Jennens of Long Wittenham, High 

 Sheriff of Berks in 1678, will be very acceptable 

 to tlie undersigned. 



To the marriage settlement (dated Sept. 27, 

 1653) of Catherine Jennens and Thos. Herbert of 

 Stretton, Agnes Jennings of Stretton, widow, and 

 Thos. Jennings her son, James Jennens of Long 

 Wittenham, Richaj'd Jennens his son, and Cathe- 

 rine Jennens his daughter were parties. 



And a deed of 1638 recites that certain property 

 at Stretton on Dunsmore had been recently pur- 

 chased of Edmund Jennings. 



In the Visitation of Warwickshix'e of 1619 is a 

 short pedigree of 



William Jenina, Lancasters Herald, 8 Hen. VIII.= 



John Jenens of Spesley, co. Warwick=Daughter of Markham of 

 I Astwood. 



Fulke Jenens. Geoffrey Jenens=Margery, daughter of Poultey. 



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I 'r ' \ I 



Oliver. Willm. Edw. JohnJenins, 



aetat 24, 1 6 19. 



Qyery, Did the Jennings of Stretton spring 

 from this fiimily ? and what relations were they, 

 if any, to Humphrey Jennens, ancestor of Lord 

 Howe ? ~ Mkmor. 



" A View of the Jeivish Religion." — In the 

 Publick Intelligencer, Jan. 28. to Feb. 4, 1655-6, 

 in a note, is this advertisement of a book : 



" A View of the Je>wsh Religion, containing the 

 manner of Life, Rites, Ceremonies, and Customes of tiie 

 Jewisli Nation throughout the World at this present 

 time ; together with their Articles of Faith as now re- 

 ceived; faithfully collected by A. B. Sold by E. Brew- 

 ster and J. Miller at the Crane and at the Star in 

 Paul's Churchyard." 



Can any of your readers refer me to tlie library 

 where I can have the inspection of the above 

 work ? It was published close upon the moment 

 when the return of tlie Jews to this country was 

 accomplished. Y. S. 



Thomas Barker, an Early English Printer. — 

 A pamphlet is preserved in a volume in the library 

 of the British Museum, 13 M. M. g., 1716: en- 

 titled : 



" Copie va Sekere antwoorde aende Staten op tVer- 

 soeck van nieerder Secours ghegeuen tot Groenwits de 

 vyftlen, Februarij m.d.lxxxvuj. Ghedrucht tot London, 

 by Thomas Barcker, 1588. 4to." (^Dutch.) 



But at the end, " God save the Queen." l^o 

 Thomas Barker occurs, as an English printer, in 

 Herbert's edition of Ames's Typographical Anti- 

 quities. Can any of your readers supply informa- 

 tion regarding this tract ? H. E. 



Bell Founders in 1722. — Was there any cele- 

 brated bell-founder living in 1722, whose initials 

 were A. R. The bells of this church have this 

 date and initials on the rim. Alfred T. Lee. 



Tetbury, Gloucestershire. 



Thanks after Reading the Gospel. — Being at 

 Fairfield Church, near Buxton, this summer, I was 

 agreeably surprised, after the officiating minister 

 had finished reading the Gospel for the day, by 

 the clerk's responding, " Thanks be to God for 

 his holy Gospel," or words to that effect. Wheatly 

 says, " This custom is as old as St. Chrysostom, 

 but we have no authority for it in our present 

 Liturgy." Are there any other places where it is 

 still observed ? 



Whilst on this subject, I may mention, that at 

 Corbridge, in Northumberland, I observed that 

 many of the older portion of the congregation did 

 reverence when the minister came to those words 

 in the Venite, " O come let us worship and fall 

 down," &c. Does that custom obtain elsewhere ? 



J. Eastwood. 

 Eckington. 



" Adventures of a Black Coat," Sfc. — 



1. Who was the author of a thin little book, in 

 12mo., entitled Adventures of a Black Coat ? It 

 was printed at Edinburgh, without date, some- 

 where between 1770 and 1780. The scene lies in 

 London ; it is far from destitute of humour. 



2. The History of a French Louse, in which the 

 Chevalier Deon, Beaiimarchais, Duke of Richmond, 

 Franklin, and other celebrated personages figure. 

 A note in my copy ascribes it to Mr. Richard 

 Tickell, author of Anticipation ; but this seems 

 questionable. 



3. Who was "William Freke,. Esq. ?" author 

 of— 



" Select Essays tending to the Universal Reformation 

 of Learning: concluded with the Art of War, or a Sum- 

 mary of the Martial Precepts necessary for an OflBcer." 

 London, 1693, small 8vo. 



Was he a predecessor of the Lords Carbery ? 



J. Mt. 



Bell Gable for Three Bells. — On the chuixjh at 

 Ford, in Northumberland, there is an Early En- 

 glish bell gable, pierced for three bells, one being 

 above the other two. Can any of your readers 

 inform me of any similar instance, as none has 

 come under my own notice. J. R. K. 



Oxford. 



Cold Tea. — In the Spectator, Tatler, or Guar- 

 dian, we find mention made of a " keg of cold 

 tea," as an appropriate present to a lady. When 

 did this fashion of drinking cold tea go out? and 

 what was the method of preparing it ? Did it at 

 all resemble the liqueur of the present day, known 

 (I think) as creme de the? Henky T. Riley. 



Fransham of Norwich. — Whence can I obtain 

 any information respecting Isaac Fransham, of 

 Norwich, who died May 7, 1743? His epitaph 

 runs thus : 



" Spe beatoe Resurrection is, in tumulo non procul ab 

 hoc Marmoi'is Monumento jacent Cineres Isaac! Fransham, 



