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NOTES AND QUERIES. 



12"^ S. N" 47., Nov. 22. '56. 



tlie year 1760 is added, and the series consists of 

 104 prints. This was "Digested and published 

 by M. Darly, at the Acorn in Ryders Court, 

 Cranborn Alley, Leicester Fields." 



The second volume of this edition had been 

 originally published with the title of — 



" A Political and Satyrical History Displaying the un- 

 liappy Influence of Scotch Prevalency in the years 

 1761,' 17G2, and 1763, being a regular series of ninety-six 

 humorous, transparent, and entertaining Prints." 



Some of these prints are folding, and are num- 

 bered with two consecutive numbers : some are 

 also transparent, and have each four numbers. 

 Thus the numbers (not the prints) run up, in the 

 two volumes, to 200. 



. These volumes are rare, even in an imperfect 

 state, and very rare when perfect. 



Edw. Hawkins. 



ARTILLERY. 



(2°^ S. ii. 328.) 



Subjoined are two lists of parish armour, as it 

 existed about two hundred years ago in the con- 

 tiguous parishes of Ecclesfield and Sheffield, which 

 I think will show what was the kind of artillery 

 then in use. The first list is from an original do- 

 cument in Ecclesfield parish chest ; the other is 

 from Hunter's Hallamshire^ p. 105, : 



" P'ishe Armor [1610]. 

 Costelhetcs with hcade peces and all thinges be- 

 longing - - - - - ii'J 



Muskytes - - - - - iij 



Callyveres - - - - ' \\ 



Bandeleres, with Charges - - " jJ 



J>wordes ----- vij 



Gyrdelles - - - - - ij 



Headepeces . . - - - yj 



tflaxes & C'uch boxes . - - - iij 



One Jacko - - - - - j 



A Longe bowe and Arrowes. 



One headpece to y^ Jack. 



Pyckes - - - - - - iiij 



One peare of pannyars. 



Muskyet Eestes - - - - iij" 



" Anns belongliif) to the Township of Sheffield, A.i). 1615. 



3 corslets. 



8 headpieces. 



4 musketts. 

 1 Caliever. 



9 Swords & 3 girdles & hangers. 



4 Muskett rests. 



5 bandilieross. 

 5 pikes. 



5 flaxes. 



5 tuch-boxes, & 2 pnire ofbullett moodcs. 



And of old armour ; 



8 daggers & 8 girdles. 



3 corsletts. 



3 headpieces & 2 old cnlivers." 



The first mention of armour in the Ecclesfield 

 parish accounts is in 1500 : 



" To Thomas Crosleye for dressinge the armo'', iij'." 



Again, 1592 : 



" Thos. Crossley for hys whole yeres wages for kepingo 

 the armo'", viij^ 



1605: 



" Payd to Brodely for dressinge the p'ishe Armo'' & 

 laying y t in showdes the ix of June, 1G05, viij<i." 



Query, what are showdes ? J. Eastwood. 



D. W. asks what artillery was used 200 years 

 ago for shooting at Town-butts ? The answer is 

 the long-bow. 



As late as the reign of James I. the word " ar- 

 tillery" meant any instrument for the projecting 

 of missiles. Thus in the authorised version of the 

 Bible of 1611, in the 20th chapter of the First 

 Book of Samuel, after stating that Jonathan di- 

 rected a lad to pick up his arrows, it is added at 

 v. 40. : "And Jonathan gave his artillery unto 

 his lad," evidently meaning his bow, as the lad 

 had already got the arrows. 



Sir Samuel Meyrick, in his Treatise on Ancient 

 Armour (vol. ii. p. 296.), says : 



" The Honourable Artillery Company of London was 

 instituted by Henry VIII., in the year 1537, for the en- 

 convngement of Archery. The fraternity were also au- 

 thorised to exercise themselves in shooting with lonff-hows, 

 cross-hows, and hand-guns, at all manner of marks and 

 butts." 



By the Statute 3 H[enry VIII. chap. 3., all men 

 under the age of forty, some certain persons only 

 excepted, were ordered to have bows and arrows, 

 and to use shooting, and the inhabitants of every 

 city, town, and place, were to erect butts and 

 use shooting on holidays, and at every other con- 

 venient time. F. A. Carrington. 



Ogbourne St. George. 



In "the King's Majestie's declaration to his 

 subjects concerning lawful sports to be used," 

 published in 1618, in a pamphlet of nine pages 

 (and thence called King James' Book of Sports), 

 republished by King Charles in 1633, and by an 

 ordinance of 'Parliament in 1643 burnt by the 

 common hangman, one of the lawful recreations 

 mentioned, from which none were to be dis- 

 couraged in their own parish, after the ending of 

 Divine service, upon the Sunday's afternoon, was 

 " archerie for men ; " and, as the word " artillery " 

 was formei'ly applied to signify all missile weapons 

 and the machinery for projecting them, the an- 

 swer to D. W.'s inquiry, what kind of artillery 

 was used 200 years ago for practising at the Town- 

 butts, will probably be " bows and arrows." Such 

 seems to have been the common application of 

 the word about the period in question. For in 



