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" Oh, the merry bells of England 1 what rapture fills the 



scene, 

 When their joyous peals the day reveals, the birthday 



of our Queen, 

 As 'mid their shout the tones ring out, and voices clear 



and gay 

 Proclaim a nation's homage on Victoria's natal day. 



" Oh t may they sound as time comes round, and fill with 

 joy the air. 

 On many a happy birthday of Old England's choicest 



fair: 

 There's nought a people's loyalty more truly, clearly 



tells 

 Than a Briton's native music, Old England's merry 

 bells." 



R. W. Hackwood. 



Two Children of the same Christian Name in a 

 Family (2"*^ S. iv. 207.) — In the preparation of 

 my forthcoming volumes, I met with the follow- 

 ing instance, as well of the same christian name 

 being given to two sons, as of a name of baptism 

 being altered at confirmation, which may be in- 

 teresting to your correspondent. 



Thomas Gawdy, made a serjeant-at-law in the 

 reign of Edward VI., married three wives, and 

 had several children by them. Both his eldest 

 son by his first wife, and his third son by his third 

 wife, were christened Thomas, and both became 

 judges. The name of the younger was changed 

 at confirmation to Francis, by which he was ever 

 afterwards called, and under which he is known 

 as Chief Justice of the Common Pleas in the reign 

 of James I. 



Coke, in his Commentaries upon Lyttleton (3. a.), 

 thus refers to it : — 



" If a man be baptized by the name of Thomas, and 

 after his confirmation by the bishop he is named John, 

 he may purchase in the name of his confirmation. And 

 this was the case of Sir Francis Gawdie, late chief-justice 

 of the court of common pleas, whose name of baptism was 

 Thomas, and his name of confirmation Francis : and that 

 name of Francis, by the advice of all |lie judges, in anno 

 86 Hen. 8., he did beare, and after used in all his pur- 

 chases and grants." 



Edwabd Foss. 



Antiquity of the Family of Bishop Butts (2"'' S. 

 iv. 35.) — A pedigree is of little or no value un- 

 less it rests on sound evidence, and at least pro- 

 bable inference, if not strict legal proof. In 

 E.D.B.'s account of the family of Butts (2"'' S. ii. 

 17.) he claimed for them an antiquity at Should- 

 ham Thorpe in Norfolk, of which he gave no 

 proof, and which the early deeds and Court Rolls, 

 &c., to which I have access, give no support. Of 

 the descendants of the Shouldham Thorpe family, 

 or of the family at Thomage, I did not then, and 

 do not now, profess to know much. I confess I 

 felt some doubt as to the Tale of Poictiers, think- 

 ing that Mrs. Sherwood might have been misled 

 by some tradition, or have confounded one battle 

 with another ; inasmuch as I found it stated by 

 Bloomfield, or his continuator, Hist. Norf, vol. vii. 

 p. 165., that Sir William Butts of Thomage was 



" slain at Musleburgh Field, 1 Edw. VI. I am 

 obliged, however, to E. D. B. for calling attention 

 to this point, although it convicts me of careless- 

 ness in taking on trust the statement of an author 

 without verifying dates. I have in my list of 

 sheriffs the name of Sir William Butts for 1562- 

 63, but unfortunately trusting to the History of 

 Norfolk, killed him some years previously. 



I shall be glad to trace out the Butts pedigree 

 correctly, and much obliged to E. D. B. for the 

 reference to Camden, respecting Sir W. Butts, as 

 I cannot find him mentioned in the Britannia ; as 

 also for the proof of, or any clue by which to 

 trace, the connexion between the Shouldham 

 Thorpe and Thomage families. There is no in- 

 scription I am told on the altar tomb in Thomage 

 church, only the date 1583, with the arms of 

 Butts and Bacon. From the register it appears 

 Sir William was buried Oct. 3, 1583, and that his 

 widow, Jane, the Lady Butts, was buried Oct. 26, 

 1593. 



Round the sacramental cup is this inscription : 

 " This is y^ gifte of John Bote and Margaret hys 

 wife, Ao. 1456." Query, is this the John Butt, 

 Alderman of Norwich, and Sheriff in 1456, men- 

 tioned by Mr. W. Mathews (2"'' S. iii. 137.) ? 

 This discussion may not generally interest the 

 readers of " N. & Q.," but I shall be happy to 

 communicate with E. D. B. by letter, and to im- 

 part or receive inforpiation on the subject. 



G. H. Dashwood. 



Stow Bardolph, Downham, Norfolk. 



Misprints (2"^ S. iv. 218.) — A rather droll mis- 

 print occurs in a quarto edition of the Prayer- 

 Book (in my possession), printed by John Arch- 

 deacon, printer to the University of Cambridge, 

 1778. By the insertion of a superfluous s, the 

 10th verse of the 105th psalm is made to read : 

 " Their land brought forth frogs, yea seven in 

 their king's chambers." Certainly rather a cir- 

 cumstantial account of owe of the plagues of Egypt. 



RoBT. Barker. 



Regimental Colours (2"'^ S. iv. 172.) — The 

 origin of blessing the colours of a regiment dates 

 from early times of sacred and profane history. 

 The Romans, together with their eagles, carried 

 images of their gods at the head of their legions ; 

 and the Israelites carried the brazen serpent and 

 the sacred standard of the Macchabees with the 

 Hebrew initial letters of the text (Exod. xv. 11.), 

 " Who is like to thee among the strong, O Lord ?" 

 Constantine exalted the cross upon the imperial 

 labarum, which was borne in all his armies. 

 Christian kings, when they went forth to fight 

 against infidels, first received the sacred standard 

 at the foot of the altar ; and the Church still con- 

 secrates the colours of regiments. The intention 

 of this pious ceremony is, that soldiers may bear 

 in mind that the God of armies, the Lord of Hosts, 



