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NOTES AND QUERIES. 



[July 21. 1855. 



eels.'" From the junction with the nave, to half 

 the length eastward, it is designated the " King's 

 Chancel :" thence to the eastern extremity, the 

 " High Chancel." There is now no visible line, 

 or mark of division, all being uniform with the 

 nave ; nor any document in the church which ex- 

 plains the matter. If any of the correspondents 

 of " N. & Q." can suggest a reason for the dis- 

 tinction, I shall feel greatly obliged for the favour. 



J. D. 

 Ormskirk. 



Bamford Family. — Can any one give me the 

 ancestry of Elizabeth Bamford, of Brinnington, 

 Derbyshire ; born in 1747, and who left that 

 neighbourhood in 1762 to reside with the family 

 of Mr. Tipping, partner in the firm of " Peel, 

 Yates, & Tipping" (the first Sir Robert Peel), of 

 Manchester ? John Scribe. 



Richard Kent, Esq. — This gentleman was 

 Cashier of the Customs previously to March 25, 

 1679, as appears on the face of the proceedings in 

 the impeachment of Lord Dan by (afterwards Duke 

 of Leeds) ; and, according to Chamberlayne, he 

 held the same office in 1692. There is reason to 

 believe that he was a partner in one of the Gold- 

 smith banking firms of his day. Can any of your 

 readers give me any information on this head, or 

 olherwise, of him ? J. K. 



" Aboard" " Ashore.'' — Can any of your cor- 

 respondents defend the use of these, and analogous 

 words ? I must confess I like them better than 

 the expressions " on board," " on shore," which 

 are generally preferred by fine-spoken people, 

 l)ut which seem to me very like corruptions of a 

 legitimate and very common form of adverb in 

 our language, made by the addition of the affix a 

 to a substantive. We all know what " a house 

 afire" is; but "a house on fire," though very 

 commonly substituted, is nonsense. Webster 

 says the affix is sometimes a contraction of the 

 Teutonic g-e, which anybody but a German pro- 

 fessor, with a liberal theory of the transmutations 

 of consonants and vowels, might think improbable. 

 Sometimes, he adds, it is a contraction of the 

 Saxon on, and, it may be, of the Celtic ag. I 

 should be glad to hear any other opinion. 



W. M. T. 



Phelps, Clerk of the Parliament. — Will any of 

 your numerous correspondents be kind enough to 

 inform me what became of the John Phelps who 

 •was clerk to the Parliament at the trial of 

 Charles L ? I find his name mentioned in the 

 Journals of the House of Commons, 12 Car. II. ; 

 Somers' Tracts, vol. v. p. 274. ; and in Statutes at 

 Large, art. xliv., 13 Car. II. I see also that he 

 was sentenced, with William Lord Monson, Sir 

 B. Mildmay, Sir James Harrington, and Robert 



No. 299.J 



Wallop, Esq., to be carried to the Tower, &c. 

 Was this sentence carried into execution, and 

 what became of him afterwards ? AVhere was he 

 born, and of what family ? Oldmixon mentions 

 the circumstance, and states that Echard says that 

 it was so done on January 30 following. 



Jos. Llotd Phelps. 



Alexander Pope. — Inquiries are just now making^ 

 in all directions for the works of, or works relat- 

 ing to, Pope. Your own pages make this mani- 

 fest; but the infection spreads, and I see that, 

 amongst "Books Wanted" by Mr. Kerslake of 

 Bristol, is a long list of Pope requirements, in- 

 cluding The Dunciad of 1727 ; notwithstanding 

 your elaborate report in proof that no such edi- 

 tion was ever published. No matter — all honour 

 to all seekers — good may result; and that is the 

 apology for my troubling you. 



From a cotemporary catalogue of the library of 

 Swift, Sir Walter Scott {Life, sect. 5.) gives a list 

 of such works as " have remarks and observations 

 on them in the hand of Dr. Swift." And amongst 

 these is " Pope's Works, vol. ii., containing his 

 Epistle and The Dunciad." Of course, the value 

 of this copy must depend on the extent and nature 

 of the remarks and observations. Is it known to 

 be in existence ? and if so, where is it ? A. P. I. 



Bridge, the Organ-builder. — May I ask for in- 

 formation as to the date of the death and place of 

 burial of the celebrated organ-builder Bridge? 

 Also for any particulars as to a partnership which 

 is said to have existed between that great " tone 

 artist" and his cotemporaries By field and Jordan? 



A list of the metropolitan and other church 

 organs built by Bridge would be very interesting. 



T. H. 



Lady Jane Home : Lord Robert Kerr. — Where 

 is any account to be found of the loves of Lady 

 Jane Home and Lord Robert Kerr ? In what 

 battle was Lord Robert killed ? D, 



Leamington. 



Schooley's Mountain : Sir Andrew Chadwich. 

 — Will you allow a literary backwoodsman and 

 former correspondent, to ask through your medium 

 for information respecting the family of Schooley, 

 and if there is such a place as Schooley's Moun- 

 tain in England? Also any information respecting 

 Sir Andrew Chadwick*, who died at the advanced 

 age of ninety-eight in 1768, will be thankfully 

 received by D. Stevens. 



Columbus, Ohio. 



David and Goliath. — The combat of David 

 and Goliath is often represented in stained glass, 

 and sometimes also in sculpture, in our English 



[* See a curious extract from the will of Sir Andrew 

 Chadwick in the Gentleman's Mag., vol. Ixxiii, part ii. 

 p. 1205.] 



