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NOTES AND QUERIES. 



[No. 255. 



being refused, he buried the horse in his orchard, and de- 

 termined that when called to the sleep that knows no 

 waking, he would repose near the remains of his faithful 

 servant." — Gibson's Sketches of Northumbrian Castles and 

 Churches, p. 117. 



" George Horsley, of Milbum Grange, in the county of 

 Northumberland, by his will, dated August 17, 1684, left 

 his body to be buried in his orchard there ; and an altar 

 tombstone in it still marks the site of his grave." — 

 Hodgson's Northumberland, vol. ii. part ii. p. 443. 



April 27, 1819, the remains of Mr. John 

 Mitchell, of Newcastle-on-Tyne, editor of the 

 Tyne Mercury, were interred at the foot of the 

 garden of his residence. The local papers state 

 that " the funeral service was read in the most 

 impressive manner from the reformed liturgy of 

 Dr. Lindsey, by the Eev. W. Turner of Hanover 

 Square chapel, who also delivered an address 

 suited to the occasion." E. H. A. 



The " Old WeeKs Preparation" (Vol. x., 

 p. 46.). — As the name of the author of the Old 

 WeeKs Preparation still is unknown, perhaps the 

 titles of the following four religious works, which 

 were also the productions of his pen, and were 

 published by S. Keble, may assist some of your 

 readers in discovering him : 



1. " The Church of England's Man's Private Devotions, 

 being a collection of Prayers out of the Common Prayer- 

 Book for Morning, Noon, and Evening, and other' oc- 

 casions ; together with the Holy Feasts and Fasts as they 

 are observed in the Church of England, explained : and 

 Reasons why they are yearly celebrated." 



2. " Preparations to a Holy Life, or Devotions for Fa- 

 milies and Private Persons, with Devotions suited to most 

 particular cases : also Meditations, Prayers, and Rules for 

 the more pious observing the Holy Time of Lent." 



3. "A Collection of Miscellanies upon several Subjects, 

 Pivine and Moral." 



_ 4. " The Holy or Passion Week before Easter ; in Me- 

 ditations, Ejaculations, and Prayers, upon the last Suffer- 

 ings of our Saviour Jesus Christ." 



I should be glad to receive information as to 

 the sources from whence the Old WeeKs Prepara- 

 tion was compiled. William Fraseb, B.C.L. 



Alton, Staffordshire. 



The Whityngton Stone (Vol. ix., pp. 397. 501.).— 

 A humble stone monument has been recently 

 erected by direction of the parochial authorities 

 of the parish of Islington, at Highgate Hill, which 

 is in that parish, where the celebrated Whityngton 

 (thrice Lord Mayor of London) stopped, as the 

 legend states, when he heard the sound of Bow 

 bells, which he imagined prophesied his obtaining 

 the dignity of Lord Mayor of London. For many 

 years a large stone occupied the site, which had 

 an inscription on one side of it, and which gave a 

 brief record of his life, but which time had nearly 

 obliterated. This was removed, and there were 

 fears that there would be no monument to per- 

 petuate the memory of the event. A plain stone 

 about two feet high is now erected there, which 



has chiselled on it the following brief history of 

 his life : 



" Whityngton Stone. Sir R. Whityngton, thrice Lord 

 Mayor of London. 1397, Richard 11. 1406, Henry IV. 

 1420, Henry V. Sheriff, 1395." 



Times, Sept. 12, 1854. 



j.y. 



The ^^ Perverse Widow" (Vol. x., p. 161.) 



If Abhba should be so located as to be able to call 

 upon me, I have no doubt of being able to con- 

 vince him, as I have already convinced many 

 others, of the authenticity and genuineness of the 

 autographs of the "Perverse Widow" and the 

 " Malicious Confident " of The Spectator, which 

 have been so absurdly disputed in another journal. 



Thomas Kebslake. 

 Bristol. 



Euirical Query (Vol. x., p. 127.). — Mr. W. 

 Fraseb asks, " on what authority the priest kneels 

 down again," after he has been directed to " stand 

 up " by " the rubric to the versicles that pre- 

 cede the three collects at Morning and Evening 

 Prayer ? " If your correspondent will refer to the 

 rubric immediately preceding the three collects, 

 in the " Order for Morning Prayer " [I have before 

 me Master's reprint of the sealed book, which cor- 

 responds with the editions in common use], he 

 will find these collects directed to be said " all 

 kneeling;" which, as the congregation are sup- 

 posed to be already kneeling, must signify that the 

 priest is to kneel also. 



It is true that these words are not found in the 

 corresponding rubric, in the " Order for Evening 

 Prayer;" but this omission may be (perhaps) 

 accounted for by the fact, that the previous direc- 

 tion for the priest to " stand up " was " first added 

 in 1552 ;" the former book of Edward VI. having 

 apparently intended the officiating priest to kneel 

 with the people throughout. (See Wheatly, sect. 

 xviii. § 3.) J. Sansom. 



Oxford. 



r We have also been favoured with similar replies from 

 F. B. W., H. D. W., A. G. H., and N. L. T.] 



Registration Act (Vol. x., pp. 144. 193.). —-To' 

 the question, " which is the legal name" of a child 

 baptized in one Christian name, and registered in 

 another ? the answer is very easily arrived at. 

 The law recognises that name by which a person 

 is generally known or called as the legal name. 

 Hence it arises, independent of either the baptis- 

 mal name, or the registered name, that a person 

 may assume any name he pleases ; and if he is 

 generally known by such assumed name, then it is 

 his legal and proper name. There is certainly 

 this drawback in the assumption of a name dif- 

 ferent from that given at first, the person subjects 

 himself to the risk of having an alias appended to 

 his designation. The law seems to favour a man 



