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degree, viz. Orangeman. Afterwards, in the year 1796, 

 the Purple Degree was added by John Templeton, near 

 Loughgall or Portadoun. After that the Mark-man's 

 Degree, and the Heroine of Jericho, were added, which 

 have been since annulled." 



Kennedy M'Nab, 



Fraser. — On the monument recently erected 

 in Kegworth Church (Leicestershire), to the 

 memory of the late rector, the Rev. Peter Fraser, 

 it is stated that he was born at Richmond, in 

 Yorkshire. From some conversation I once had 

 with that gentleman, I inferred (though he did 

 not exactly say so) that he was a member of the 

 family of Fraser of Lovat, There was a degree 

 of mystery about the learned and reverend gen- 

 tleman's ancestry, which may probably justify my 

 asking any reader of " N. & Q." to enlighten me 

 on the point. Thomas R. Potter. 



'■'■Church and Queen" — In a note appended to 

 Payne's Brief Description of Ireland (edited for 

 the Irish ArchEcological Society by Dr. Aquilla 

 Smith, 1841), I find the following words : 



" May not the custom of giving the ' Church and 

 Queen' as the first toast after dinner, in our times, be 

 derived from those of Henry VIH. ? when the grace 

 after dinner, as published in his primer, concluded with 

 the words : ' God save the Church, our King and realme, 

 and God have mercy upon all Christian souls. Amen.^ " 



Can any one throw light upon this point ? 



Abhba. 



St. Cyprian^ s, Ughrooke. — In Dolman's Metro- 

 politan and Provincial Catholic Almanac for this 

 year I find, under the head of the " Diocese of 

 Plymouth : " 



" Ugbrooke, St. Cj'prian, consecrated by Dr. Anthony 

 Sparrow, Bishop of Exeter, July 11, 1671, but converted 

 to Catholic uses in 1779." 



Can you or any of your correspondents inform 

 me under what circumstances the above-named 

 church or chapel of ease was diverted from its 

 original use to its present one ? 



Charles Geo. Rhodes. 



The Cardinal De Rohan. — The following is 

 translated from the Memoirs of the Baroness 

 jy Oherhirchc : 



" Louis were struck at the Strasburg mint at the time 

 of the law proceedings respecting the necklace, with an 

 infamous and insulting alteration. It need not be said 

 that this was not repeated, and that the authors of it were 

 rigorously prosecuted, although they protested that it 

 was an accident in the engraving." 



Could farther particulars respecting the alter- 

 ation be given, without offending decency, in the 

 columns of " N. & Q. ?" * Uneda. 



Coleridge^s unpublished Manuscripts (Vol. ix., 

 pp. 496. 543. 591.). — This appears a proper time 

 to revive the following Note and Query, which are 



[• The louis had horns inscribed upon them.] 



extracted from an article on Coleridge in Black- 

 wood's Magazine for January, 1845 (p. 118. foot- 

 note). 



"We ourselves had the honour of presenting to Mr. 

 Coleridge Law's English version of Jacob Bohmen, a set 

 of huge 4tos. Some months afterwards we saw this work 

 lying open, and one volume, at least, overflowing, in part, 

 with the Commentaries and the Corollaries of Coleridge. 

 Whither has this work, and so many others swathed 

 about with Coleridge's MS. notes, vanished from the 

 world?" 



J. M. 



Oxford. 



Croyland, its Epithets. — In HoldXich's History 

 of Croyland, 1816, it is said that the place is not 

 uncommonly called " Curs'd Croyland." May not 

 this be a curious corruption of its ancient epithet 

 curteys, or courteous ; which, according to In- 

 gulph's History, was given to it by Turketul, on 

 being kindly received by the Sempects, and which 

 still survives in some rhymes which you have 

 given in former Numbers ? As the place was 

 said to have been the abode of evil spirits and 

 sorcerers till St. Guthlac took up his residence 

 there, it is just possible that its original bad repu- 

 tation survives in its title " Curs'd Croyland." 



Henry T. Rilet. 



The Fashion of Brittany. — The Baroness 

 D'Oberkirche, in her Memoirs (lately published 

 in Paris), says : 



" The eldest (daughter) of Madame de Chatillon mar- 

 ried the Duke of Crussel, her uncle, after the fashion of 

 Brittany." — Vol. ii. p. 53. 



What was this fashion of Brittany ? Uneda. 



Philadelphia. 



Sir Peter Temple. — Extract from the register 

 of the parish church of St. Peter Mancroft, Nor- 

 wich. Buried — 



" January 14, 1659. — a Gent, stranger, called by the- 

 name of John Brown, otherwise after his buryall an- 

 nounced by the name of Sir Peter Temple." 



Will any of your subscribers favour me with any 

 particulars of this " gent," or of his family and 

 connexions ? H. D. 



" Manual of Devout Prayers.''' — It appears by an 

 original order of the Court of Exchequer in Ire- 

 land, bearing date 1709, that two booksellers of 

 Dublin, named James Malone and Luke Dowling, 

 were convicted for selling a book entitled A 

 Manual of Devout Prayers. From tlie affidavits, 

 &c., which accompany the order, it would seem 

 that this book was extensively sold in Dublin, as 

 several editions published by different parties are 

 mentioned. Is there anything known of its au- 

 thor? The seditious character of some of the 

 prayers was the cause of the booksellers being 

 fined. Enivri. 



Monkstown, Dublin. 



