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NOTES AND QUERIES. 



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mosina Eegis in molendino de Can- 

 tuaria." 

 These entries regularly appear in each suc- 

 cessive year down to 30 H. 2., after which her son 

 seems to have been admitted to a share in the 

 pension. The next entry .being — 



31 II. 2. " Et Roheisie et Johanni filio suo, nepoti S. 



Tome, xi" de elemosina Regis in molendino 



Cantuarie." 

 Soon after which Roheisia seems to have died; for 

 in 34 II. 2. the entry is, — 



« Et Johanni filio Roheisie Sororis Sancti Tome, xi^' de 

 elemosina Regis in molendino Cantuarie." 

 My search did not extend beyond this year; 

 but wlien I next have the Pipe Rolls before me, 

 I will follow up the history of this pension, and 

 transmit to you the result. L. B. L. 



Minat <!h\itviti. 



Boger de Wahevfelde. — In note C 2. to Scott's 

 Lord of the Isles I find the following : 



" Many clerks and esquires were also there slain and 

 taken. Roger d'Northbrage, Keeper of the King's Signet, 

 was made prisoner with his two clerks — Roger de Waken- 

 felde and Thomas de Swinton — upon which the king 

 caused a seal to be made, and entitled it his privy seal, to 

 distinguish the same from the signet so lost." 



I have searched high and low to ascertain some 

 particulars respecting Roger de Wahenfelde, but 

 have failed; and therefore at last beg to apologise 

 for troubling you, the receptacle of all manner of 

 information. I am anxious to know where I can 

 obtain information respecting him, and if possible 

 the arms he bore (I refer to heraldic arms). E. C. 



Hogarth's " Country Inn Yard." — In this pic- 

 ture there are represented, sitting on the outside 

 of the Ilford stage, an English sailor and a French 

 lacquey. Now as the top of the coach is rounded, 

 or elliptical, like a segment of an egg in shape, 

 and without any rails at the edges, I am curious 

 to know how persons could possibly retain their 

 seats in such a position, and by what contrivance 

 they managed to "hold on." I presume that this 

 is a fair specimen of the stage coaches at that 

 period. Henry T. Riley. 



Doily. — In The Spectator, No. 283., it is men- 

 tioned that " the famous Doily is still fresh in 

 every one's memory, who raised a fortune by 

 finding out materials for such stuffs as might at 

 once be cheap and genteel." Is it from this man 

 that the small cloths laid at dessert are called 

 doilies ? And what were the cheap materials 

 which he discovered ? F. C. H. 



Chinese Inscriptions found in Egypt. — Sir G. 

 "Wilkinson mentions articles of earthenware, with 



Chinese inscriptions on them, being found in the 

 tombs of ancient Egypt. There is a very small 

 phial of this kind in Mr. Mayer's Museum at 

 Liverpool. Can any of your correspondents give 

 more detailed particulars as to these alleged dis- 

 coveries ? I have seen*(it asserted lately that they 

 are forgeries: the subject is worth inquiring into. 



Henry T. Rieet. 



Public-House Signs : " The Naked Man." — In 

 Skipton-in-Craven there is a public-house hav- 

 ing as its sign " The Naked Man." The sign ori- 

 ginally, I feel sure, did not mean a nude human 

 figure. There is in the wall a representation of a 

 figure about eighteen inches high, bearing on It 

 the date 1663, and the letters "I. S." What the 

 figure is I cannot tell, but I enclose you a rude 

 sketch. Can you tell me the meaning of it, or if 

 there are other similar signs in the country ? 



Prestonibnsis. 



Naked Boy Court. — In 1700 there was a court 

 in Ludgate thus oddly named. What was the 

 origin of the title ? Threlkbld. 



Cambridge. 



Bose Leaves. — Can any reader of " N. & Q." 

 inform me by what process rose-leaves can be 

 converted into black beads ? from which I have 

 seen some elegant bracelets and other ornaments 

 manufactured. P. R. H. 



Portraits Wanted. — Are there any portraits 

 existing, painted or engraved, of the following 

 worthies : John Hulse, founder of the Hulsean 

 Lectures ; Richard Heber, the bibliographer ; 

 Dr. Thomas Dod, Dean of Ripon ; W^illiam Steele, 

 Lord Chancellor of Ireland ? T. Hughes. 



Chester. 



" Harhinius de Cataractis, Amstelod., 1678 " 

 (2""^ S. ii. 116.). — In a copy of this book, in my 

 possession, is the following MS. note : " A plate 

 in page 257. suggested the idea to the Duke of 

 Bridgewater on the subject of the locks on canals." 



The plate in question gives an excellent repre- 

 sentation of the lock-gates on the river Brenta, 

 between Padua and Venice. Can this assertion 

 be substantiated ? Henry T. Riley. 



Marriage, its first Solemnisation in the Church. — 



" It is recorded that Pope Innocent III. was the first 

 to decree that marriage should be a church ceremony. 

 Before the reign of this Pontifi", it was only necessary for 

 the bridegroom to go in the presence of witnesses to the 

 bride's house, and lead her to his own home." 



Can this be verified ? W. W. 



Malta. 



Saucer. — Is not our word saucer derived from 

 the Latin salsarius, a salt-cellar ? In the time of 

 Edward III. one English name for a salt-cellar 

 was sausir: and I am not sure that a sauce- 



