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NOTES AND QUERIES. 



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3. How long has it been a custom for the minis- 

 ters to have whitebait dinners? And how many 

 dinners do they have during the year ? There is 

 always one at the close of the session ; but is there 

 not also one at Whitsuntide? 



If Dr. Doran, who I believe has not touched 

 upon these points in his amusing Table Traits, or 

 any other of your correspondents learned in such 

 matters, would kindly reply to these inquiries, I 

 have no doubt others would be pleased and in- 

 structed equally with Apicius. 



Sir Andrew de Harcla. — I am in search of par- 

 ticulars respecting the family of Sir Andrew de 

 Harcla, Earl of Carlisle, who was beheaded for 

 high treason in 1333. Could any of your corre- 

 spondents afford me information as to its origin, 

 arms, &c. ? His family was seated originally at 

 Harcla, county of Westmorland, whence they 

 probably derived their name. Also, whether the 

 family has at present any representatives ? 



Whilst I am troubling you, could you inform 

 me the cost of a grant of arms, and whether one is 

 <iifficult to obtain ? John Slax£B. 



Manchester. 



Norse Sagas. — In 910, a Norwegian expedi- 

 tion, headed by Eric Blodoxe, then very young, 

 ^nd his foster father Roald of More, landed in the 

 Severn, and passed into Herefordshire over a pass 

 called Symond's Rock, retreating by a place called 

 St. Briavels to their vessels. 



There was a saga writer called Saemund in the 

 twelfth century ; and in the Series Dynastarum of 

 Torfaeus, mention is made of a saga of the battle 

 of Bravalla. 



Can any of your correspondents say whether 

 either of these legendary sources refers to the 

 expedition in question ? B. R. I. 



Royal Licence for Change of Surname. — An 

 article appeared in your paper (Vol. i., p. 337.), 

 by which I obtained much information. May \ 

 farther ask, could you give any idea what the fee 

 is for procuring the royal licence ? Also, where 

 should one apply for it ? is it to the Heralds' Office? 



A.B. 



Dublin. 



Objects impressed on the Bodies of Persons struck 

 by Lightning. — I have just lighted upon a para- 

 graph detailing two or three cases in which per- 

 sons struck by lightning were found after death to 

 have had photographic (?) impressions of objects 

 near them at the time they were struck imprinted 

 on various parts of their bodies. Can any of your 

 readers authenticate any similar cases ; and if such 

 a fact can be established, ought not the attention of 



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photographers to be directed to the phenomenon 

 as intimately connecting their art with electricity ? 



R. W. Hackwood. 



Grayling. — The Secbbtart of the West of 

 Scotland Angling Club would be glad to know 

 if any correspondents of " N. & Q." have any in- 

 formation on the subject of the introduction of the 

 grayling into the English rivers. The fish in ques- 

 tion is understood to be originally a native of 

 Switzerland, and introduced into England by the 

 monks. Is anything known as to when this was 

 done, and how ? 

 Glasgow. 



Freeman Family. — Will any one be good 

 enough to inform me who William Freeman, 

 D.D., was, whose daughter Mary married Henry 

 Brougham, Esq., grandfather of the ex-Chancellor, 

 and died in lS07, aged ninety- three years ? Was 

 this lady, who survived her husband, the mother 

 of his children, or was he twice married? If so, 

 who was his first wife ? E. H. A. 



Leonard Milbu?-n. — A native of HuUerbank m 

 Cumberland is stated to have married Frances 

 Dacre, a daughter of Francis Daere, the claimant 

 of the baronies of Gilsland and Greystoke against 

 the Howards in the reign of Queen Elizabeth. 

 Can any of your correspondents state what issue 

 came of this marriage, and whether or not any 

 descendant now remains ? Leonard Milburn was 

 a brother of Richard Milburn, Bishop of Carlisle. 

 In the will of another brother in the year 1615, 

 he is called Sir Leonard Milburn. Probably he 

 was a clergyman. 



Francis Dacre appears to have had four daugh- 

 ters, viz. Elinor, Elizabeth, Frances, and Anne. 

 Elinor died in the year 1599. Elizabeth is men- 

 tioned in the will of Lady Mountague as " Elizth. 

 Dacre." Query, did she or her sister Anne marry, 

 an4 if so, with whom ? $. 



Magazine Tale. — Has any of your readers seen 

 a short tale (" of hapless love ") which^ended with 

 these words : 



"And we sealed it with his (or her) favourite seal, 

 having the emblem of the withered leaf and motto ' Je ne 

 change qu'en mourant.' " 



It appeared in a magazine many years ago. Can 



any of your readers say where it is to be met 



with ? Ji(S. 



Newburgh, Fife. 



Limberham. — An impure woman destroys " the 

 soul of the miserable man who is dunce enough to 

 become a limberham to the execrable wretch." 

 {Memoirs of John Buncle, vol. iv. p. 249.) Limber- 

 ham evidently means a paramour. Query, au- 

 thority for the word ? J. K. L. 



