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NOTES AND QUERIES. 



[No. 260. 



Bell on leaving Church (Vol. ix., pp.225. 311, 

 312. 567.). — It is all very well for persons who 

 exult in the fancied " Golden days of good Queen 

 Bess," when 



" They thought it Sabbath-breaking if they dined with- 

 out a pudding, Sir," 



to attempt to make out that the bell rung or 

 tolled after the morning service, or at one o'clock, 

 is a mere notice to the public baker, and every 

 private cook in the parish. Pray allow me to 

 enter my protest against such a notion. Such a 

 bell may have been adopted as a signal ; indeed, 

 there is no saying what advantage may have been 

 made, in the way of signals, of any bells which 

 are regularly rung for church purposes ; and no 

 doubt the bell now spoken of would be very con- 

 venient for such a purpose, though intended as a 

 notice that there will be a service in the afternoon, 

 just as the bell is rung at eight or nine in the 

 morning as notice of the morning service. 



But I think it will be found to have had its 

 origin in early times, and for holy purposes, well 

 understood by the faithful of those days ; for very 

 early in the thirteenth century a bell called " Ave 

 Maria" was to be sounded (pulsanda) mane, me- 

 ridie, et vespere. These from ancient custom 

 might have been continued after the Reformation 

 (and are still continued), though the purpose may 

 be changed. 



At Weston, in Gordano, there is a little bell 

 inscribed — 



" Signis cessandis, et servis clamo cibandis." 

 by which it seems to have been set up as a signal 

 for stopping the tower bells (signd), and calling 

 the servants (query ringers) to meals, — to pudding 

 if you please. H. T. Ellacombe. 



Clyst St. George. 



Disinterment (Vol. x., p. 223.). — A clergyman 

 has^ no power to authorise the removal of a corpse 

 which has been interred in the church or church- 

 yard. The only legal mode is to obtain a faculty 

 from the ordinary, and this is recorded in the 

 court whence it is issued. To remove a body 

 without a faculty is a serious offence, and punish- 

 able by indictment. I am conversant with two 

 recent cases of a faculty having been granted 

 for the above purpose, Civilis. 



A. M. and M. A. (Vol. ix., pp. 475. 599. ; 

 Vol. X., p. 74.). — How much trouble would be 

 saved in discussions like the present, if corre- 

 spondents would simply avoid making dogmatical 

 statements which they have not ascei-tained to be 

 true. Had A. B. M., Oxon, merely referred to 

 the Oxford and Cambridge Calendars, which he 

 cites as his authority, he would hr.ve found that 

 they disprove, instead of substantiating, his rash 

 statement. One rule is observed by the editors 

 of both calendars, viz. to use A. M. when the con- 



text is in Latin, and i\r.A. when the context is in 

 English. For example, in the Cambridge Ca- 

 lendar, in the table called " Distributiones Feo- 

 dorum " we find A.M. ; and in the lists of members 

 of colleges M. A. is employed. I would not have 

 troubled you at this length, but that the present 

 case forms a fair example of the slovenly manner 

 in which many points of easy settlement are 

 treated by your correspondents. 



Cl,emens Mansfield Ingleby, A.M. 

 Birmingham. 



Heraldic (Vol. x., p. 164.). — The following 

 instalment of Replies to this Query will, I trust,- 

 prove acceptable to H. T. G. It will be observed 

 that I give only the coat armour ; should the 

 crests also be needed, they can be supplied. 



Challenor, of Chitlington and Kenwardes, 

 Azure, a chevron argent, between three mascles 

 or. 



Aylwin, of West Dean, Preston, and Treyford. 

 Argent, a fesse nebulee gules, between three lions 

 rampant sable. 



Plomer, of Pettingho and Mayfield. Per che- 

 vron flory, counterflory argent and gules, three 

 martlets counterchanged. 



Brockhull, of Aldington, co. Kent. Gules, a 

 cross engrailed argent, between twelve cross 

 crosslets or. 



Burton (Query Burston, co. Kent). Quarterly 

 gules and azure, on a bend of the first, three boars' 

 heads erased of the second. 



The above are all I can give with any certainty f 

 but I dare say the following particulars concerning 

 the remainder will not be entirely without value. 



Nicholls, of Baynham, Suffolk, bore for arms — 

 Gules, a chevron argent between three trefoils 

 stalked or. Another family of Nicholls were 

 granted by Cooke the coat named by H. T. G., 

 with the addition of a " canton of the last." 



Brooke, of Nacton, Suffolk, bore — Or, a cross 

 raguly per pale gules and sable. 



Arnold, of Ballesford, Suffolk. Sable, a chevron 

 between three dolphins embowed argent. 



Milles, of Suffolk. Argent, a chevron between 

 three millrinds sable. 



Bragg, of Essex and Middlesex. Or, a chevron 

 between three bulls sable. 



As to the arms of my fellow Cestrian, Alderman 

 Harper of Stockport, I aui entirely without in- 

 formation. T. Hughes. 

 Chester. 



Dr. William Nicohon, Bishop of Carlisle (Vol. x., 

 p. 245.). — Is John o' the Ford aware that Dr. 

 Nicolson was translated from Carlisle to Derry : 

 and again, in 1726, to the Archbishopric of Cashel ? 

 There is a very brief notice of this distinguished 

 prelate in the Ordnance Survey of the County of 

 Londonderry, p. 64. (4to., Dublin, 1837.) Abhba. 



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