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Witch Jugs. — In pulling down an old house at 

 Saffron Walden the workmen found a small grey- 

 beard jug embedded in the chalk. It has been 

 pronounced by people in the town a loitch jug, it 

 being customary about that time (1610, in which 

 the house was built) to place under the entrance 

 door a jug filled with horse-shoe nails, to prevent 

 the entrance of witches. Can any of your sub- 

 scribers inform me whether this was general at that 

 time, or merely a local superstition in the town of 

 Saffron Walden ? H. B. 



llickling. 



Bishops' Lawn Sleeves. — ^What is the date of the 

 present robes of Anglican bishops, — the lawn 

 sleeves, &c. ? Is it of post-lleformational origin or 

 no ? J. G. T. 



Baptist May. — What relation was the notorious 

 Bab. May, Privy Purse to Charles II., to Hugh 

 May, the architect, the friend of Evelyn and Pepys, 

 and to Sir Humphrey May ? I believe he was 

 brother to Hugh. I should be glad to be referred 

 to any source of information respecting Bab. be- 

 sides Pepys and Evelyn, especially as to the offices 

 held by him, and as to his illegitimate issue ? 



J. K. 



Harvest Moon. — Is it true that the " harvest 

 moon," which shines during the month of August, 

 is longer visible, and appears larger than at any 

 other part of the year ? If so, why ? E. A. S. 



'''•St. Luke's Day.'' — Amongst ray portraits, &c. 

 I have a print published 1816, by J. T. Smith, 

 called " St. Luke's Day : a poor Painter remov- 

 ing," with '^ in the corner. 



Can you or any of your readers tell me anything 

 about it ? Is it a caricature upon some artist of 

 the time ? E. F. 



Lalys. — I have for some time been looking for 

 information concerning this architect, who is men- 

 tioned in Sir 11. C. Uoare's edition of Baldwin's 

 Itinerary as having designed Neath Abbey. He 

 was originally brought by Richard Granville 

 "from the land of Canaan;" he was eminent "in 

 the art of masonry, and constructed the most 

 celebrated monasteries, castles, and churches in 

 the country. He obtained land Llanewydd, and 

 built Lalyston (Trev Lalys), and removed the 

 church to that place ; after that he went to Lon- 

 don, and was architect to King Henry I. ; and he 

 taught the art to many of the Welsh and English." 

 I should feel greatly obliged by any information 

 upon Lalys' life and career, and the works he 

 executed for King Henry and others. BoXis. 



Roman Road in Berkshire. — In a country walk 

 a few days since on the llsley Downs, about two 



miles north-east from Blewbery, in Berkshire, I 

 stumbled upon what I conceive to be one of the 

 old Roman roads, in excellent preservation ; it 

 extends to the distance of three miles from the 

 point before mentioned. It is a beautiful green 

 road, twenty-one yards wide, with embankments 

 of three feet high on the south and north sides. 

 At the point about two miles west from the Wal- 

 lingford Road station running to the south, there 

 appears to be the remains of a Roman station. 

 About a quarter of a mile east from this, the road 

 continues perfectly straight and nearly level for 

 the space of one mile. A rustic informed me it 

 was called the fair mile. Will some of your cor- 

 respondents kindly inform me if this be a portion 

 of the old Roman Ridgeway, or Inkling Street, 

 which enters the county of Berks from AV iltshire, 

 which will much oblige Gbokge Hodges. 



" Cap of Maintenance." — Can any of your cor- 

 respondents tell me the origin of the "Cap of Dig- 

 nity" or " Maintenance ?" If ever worn, when, 

 where (in what country), and by whom ? 



I have not been able to trace it further than 

 Henry VIH., who received it from Pope Julius II. 

 for defending the Roman Catholic faith. A. K. C. 



Dr. Swiney. — Can you or any of your readers 

 inform me where Dr. Swiney was born? He died 

 In 1844, leaving a very curious will ; and, among 

 other bequests, a prize goblet every five years to 

 the author of the best work on medical jurispru- 

 dence : the judges to be the Members of the 

 Society of Arts, and the Fellows of the College of 

 Physicians, with the wives of such of both as may- 

 be married. 



As the adjudication will again soon take place, 

 I am anxious to know something about Dr. SwI- 

 ney's birth and parentage. Inquisitor. 



The Irvivgites. — What books have been pub- 

 lished relating to the " Irvingites," their history, 

 or their doctrines ? B. II. A. 



" Works of the Learned" S,-c. — Many of your cor- 

 respondents are versed In the bibliography of parti- 

 cular subjects. It would be an excellent thing. If, 

 without waiting to have it drawn out by Queries, 

 they would severally throw tlieir mites Into the 

 treasury, on detached points which are under con- 

 fusion. For instance, what between the Acta 

 Eruditorum, the Nouvelles de la Repuhlique des 

 Lettres, the Ouvrages des Savaiis, the Present 

 State of the Republic of Letters, the }Vorks of the 

 Learned, Sj^c, Sfc. and the occasional disposition to 

 speak of the foreign works under translated titles, 

 I have often found myself puzzled. Could any- 

 one give a distinct account of the English periodi- 

 cals of the above names, or others of the same 

 class ? M. 



