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therefore, most probably, that inscription was in 

 memory only of bis having caused that window to be 

 made of painted glass. 



" jMost probably under this stone lies interred the 

 body of Sir William Parr, father of the said Sir 

 Thomas : for the arms of the tombstone are encircled 

 with the Garter, and no other of the family besides 

 this Sir William, and his grandson, William Marquis 

 of Northampton, was dignified with that honour : and 

 the latter, we have found, was buried at Warwick." 



I made the above extract under an intention, if 

 ever again I paid a visit to Kendal, that I would 

 examine this tomb ; for it has struck me that it 

 may refer to the third and last Sir William Pelliam, 

 Knight, of Brocklesby, one of the ancestors of the 

 present Earl of Yarborough. Sir William Pelham 

 was a strong and warm adherent to the cause of 

 liis sovereign, Charles T., on whose behalf he raised 

 a troop of cavaliers, whom he commanded at the 

 gi-eat battle fought at Marston Moor, when the 

 Koyal forces were so signally defeated by Crom- 

 well. This repulse had such an effect on Sir 

 William Pelham's feelings that he fell sick under 

 it at Kendal, and a prey to chagrin and disappoint- 

 ment. He actually died there of a broken heart, 

 and according to the family records he was there 

 interred. 



This is not the first tomb that I have met with, 

 of the period of Cromwell's usurpation, that is 

 without an inscription; and it would be a satisfac- 

 tion to me if any of your correspondents at Kendal 

 would inspect it, and note whether or not there is 

 any indication of the buckle and belt of the Pelham 

 family on the arms, or upon the tomb, so as to 

 corroborate my surmise. If I recollect right, the 

 present incitmbent of Kendal was formerly resi- 

 dent in Lincolnshire, and he may perhaps feel an 

 interest in the inquiry. William S. Hesleden. 



Portraits of Wolseij. — I shall be much obliged 

 if you, or any of your numerous correspondents, 

 can inform me if there is any authority for the 

 reason commonly alleged for the portraits of Car- 

 dinal Wolsey having been taken in profile, namely, 

 that he had but one eye ? or if there is any por- 

 trait that is not so taken ? Semloh. 



Was Bossuet married ? — There is good reason 

 for believing that Bossuet, the renowned champion 

 of Romanism, was himself privately married. (See 

 Mcinoires et Anecdotes de la Cow et du Clerge de 

 France: Londres, 1712.) Can any of your corre- 

 spondents throw light upon this point ? 



Mariconda. 



Goose Fair. — Can any one inform me of the 

 origin of the Nottingham Goose Fair, and why so 

 called ? It was formerly a fair of some repute, 

 and of three weeks' duration. L. J. 



"7 Bide my Time." — With whom, and under 

 what circumstances, did the saying "I bide my 

 time " originate ? H. M. 



Biting the Thumb. — Can any of your readers 

 inform me what is the origin of biting the tliumb 

 at any one, to sliow contempt, &c., as in liomeo 

 and Juliet, Act I. Sc. 1. : 



" I will bite my thumb at them, which is a disgrace 

 to them if they boar it ?" 



I cannot find any satisfactory note to it anywhere. 

 Montague C. RorEK. 



Camdeiis Definition of Cockney (Vol. iv., p. 237.). 

 — Blount, in his Glossographia, 1670, says: 



" Cambden takes the etymology of cockney from the 

 river Tliamcsis, which runs by London, and was of old 

 time called Cockney. Others say the little brook which 

 runs by Turnbole or Turnmill Street was anciently so 

 called." 



Where does Camden give this etymology ? I do 

 not find it in his Britannia. J. Lewelyn Curtis. 



Judge Jeffries. — What is the origin of so 

 many places being pointed out as the residence of 

 Judge eJefTries ? Mumfords, a manor house oppo- 

 site Bidstrode Park, has always since 1814 been 

 named as one, and I have seen it stated that he 

 lived at Bulstrode. I have never within that 

 time heard in the neighbourhood the story as to the 

 camp, given in Lower's Curiosities of Heraldry, 

 p. 166. (See Vol. i., p. 470.) A. C. 



Robert Stanser, Second Bishop of Nova Scotia, 

 1816—1824. — He resigned his sec in 1824 ; but I 

 cannot find when or where lie died, or what pre- 

 ferments he held in the church previously to being 

 elevated to the colonial see of Nova Scotia. Any 

 information on these points will be acceptable; 

 also at what university educated (Oxford appa- 

 rently) ? A. S. A. 



Wuzzeerabad. 



Colonial Neivspapers. — When was the first 

 West India newspaper printed? What was its 

 title, and in what langunge was it printed ? D. X. 



St. Ivucia. 



Church Brasses snhseqiicnt to 1688. — In the 

 parish church at Pimpcrne, Dorsetshire, there is 

 on the south wall a brass, eighteen Inches square, 

 to the memory of Mrs. Dorothy Williams, a. x>. 

 1698. It represents a female figure, in the costume 

 of the period, rising from a skeleton, which lies 

 stretched upon a mattress. At the corner is 

 " Edmund Colepeper fecit." 



Can any correspondent inform me of the exist- 

 ence of brasses later than the Revolution of 1688? 



W. EWART. 



Pimpcrne, Blandford. 



