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NOTES AND QUERIES. 



[Dec. 1. 1855. 



some of your readers to know that there is a pair 

 in excellent preservation on the round tower of 

 Abernethy, Perthshire (itself an object well 

 wortliy the attention of the curious). In the 

 neighbouring parish of Newburgh, a pair was 

 appended to the church porch, but were taken 

 down about twenty-five years ago, when the porch 

 was removed. Numerous allusions, if I recollect 

 aright, are made to them in the records of the 

 latter parisli, which, by the way, contain much 

 interesting information ; amongst other things, an 

 account of a trial for witchcraft, which could be 

 copied out if desired by any of your readers. 



LiNDORES. 



Thomas Perceval, .'F.S.A. (Vol. xii., pp. 266. 

 373.). — Alpha is obliged to F. R. R. for the 

 favour of his information ; and, in reference to his 

 Query, as to the destination of Mr. Perceval's 

 MS. collections, begs to add, that in a communi- 

 cation to the Gentleman's Mag., 1823 (part i. 

 p. 505.), signed " W. I. Roberts," it is stated that 

 they were at that period at Milnsbridge House, 

 CO. York, in the library of the late Sir Joseph 

 Radcliffe, Bart., who married Mr. Perceval's only 

 child and heir. Alpha 



Bishop Parry (Vol. xii., p. 365.). — Henry 

 Parry, Dean of Chester, was consecrated Bishop 

 of Gloucester in 1607, in succession to Thomas 

 Ravis, translated to London, In 1610, Parry 

 was translated to Worcester, vice Babington, 

 translated to Exeter. 



Probably " BishopJ of Rochester " ought to be 

 " Dean of Chester." Thomas Collis. 



Boston. 



Bronze Mortar (Vol. xii., p. 345.). — If Mr. 

 Ingleby will take a trip to Holland, he may see 

 vessels similar to the one he describes in the 

 dwelling of every Dutchman. Filled with live 

 charcoal or peat, they serve to light the pipes of 

 those sempiternal consumers of the fragrant weed. 

 The inscription, I imagine, is not quite perfect, 

 the initial syllable bo being wanting to the third 

 word. AVith this correction it would mean, — 

 " Praise God above all." John Scott. 



Norwich. 



Newton of Edgefield, co. Norfolk (Vol. xii., 

 p. 344.). — In reply to S. E. G.'s inquiry, I have 

 to inform you that in the 33rd Charles II., Tho- 

 mas Newton succeeded to the Manor of Edgefield 

 ElUngham's, in the parish of Edgefield, on the 

 death of Lady Mary, relict of Sir Thomas Germyn, 

 Bart., of Rushbrook, co. Suffolk. This occurs in 

 Blomefield's Norfolk, vol. ix. p. 383. I also ob- 

 serve at vol. iv. p. 483. of Blomefield's Norfolk, 

 that a mural monument of this Thomas Newton, 

 and Rebecca, his wife, is on the south chancel 

 wall of St. Martin at the Oak's Church, in Nor- 

 wich. He appears to have been Mayor of Norwich 



No. 318.] 



in 1722, and to have died 11th July, 1738. His 

 wife died 8th February, 1738. Blomefield also 

 notices the crest and arms of Newton ; but 1 have 

 been unable to find out anything more about this 

 family in Blomefield, as there is no published in- 

 dex, although I have the only one in manuscript. 

 This, at any rate, may assist your correspondent, 

 as the dates correspond with his Query. 



John Nurse Chadwick. 

 King's Lynn. 



Towns in the Crimea and Caucasus (Vol. x., 

 p. 490. ; Vol. xii., pp. 266. 371.).— The travels of 

 Pallas are the best authority ; next. Dr. Clarke's, 

 with Heber's notes, chiefly for the Crimea. To 

 judge critically of their etymological accuracy, 

 some knowledge of the Tartar element of the 

 Turkish language, also of the Greek, including 

 notices by Arriau and Strabo, the Syriac or Ara- 

 bic, the Italian, and particularly of Russian, is 

 indispensable. See also the numerous authorities 

 in Malte Brun's geography, especially in reference 

 to the many-languaged people of Caucasus. 



T. J. BUCKTON. 



Lichfield. 



Ariosto's " Brutto Mostro " (Vol. xi., pp. 297. 

 329.). — In looking over a collection of ancient 

 Scottish poetry, I find in a poetical " New Yeir 

 Gift to Queen Mary, when she came first hame, 

 1562," signed Alexr. Scot, the following passage, 

 furnishing an illustrative comment upon the view 

 taken by your correspondent E. C. H., of the 

 meaning of Ariosto's allegory, and serving to ex- 

 plain the apparent connexion of Protestantism and 

 avarice in the mind of the poet : 

 "XV. 

 " The Epistles and Evangells now are preicht, 

 Bot sophestrie or ceremonys vain ; 

 Thy people, maist part, truely now are teicht 



To put away idolatrie profane. 

 But in sum hearts is graven new again, 



An image callit cursed covetice ofgeir ; 

 Now to expell that idol stands up plain, 



God give thee grace agaius this gude new yeir. 



« XVI. 



" For sum are sene at sermons, some sa haly, 



Singand Sanct David's Psalter on their buiks, 

 And are but Biblists fairsing full their belly, 



Backbytand nybours noying them in nuiks. 

 Ruggand and reiving up kirk rents like rukes ; 



Lyke very wasps against God's word mak weir : 

 Now sic Christians to kiss with Chanter's kuiks, 

 God give thee grace agains this gude new yeir." 

 J. A. Perthensis. 



" The Four Alls " (Vol. xii. pp. 1 85. 292.). — 

 A friend has sent me the following account for 

 insertion in " N. &. Q." 



About three miles from the large town of 

 Kingston-upon-Hull, in the parish of Sutton, be- 

 tween the third and fourth milestones of the high 

 road leading from Hull to Hornsea and Aldbrougb, 



