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NOTES AND QUERIES. 



[No. 162. 



There was formerly, in this parish, the " Lyde 

 Lane " and the " Lyde Farm." The latter is now 

 spelt and pronounced " Lloyd ;" but this is an 

 ascertained corruption. An old lease is before 

 me, " made the xiith daye of Februarye, in the 

 yeres of the rayne of our Sou'rand Lord and 

 Ladye Phylyppe and Marye, &c., thryd and 

 fourthe," in which the parcels are described as 

 " All that hys mesuage or tenemet callyd the 

 Xyrfe, lyeng w"" the lordship of Netherpen, with 

 half a yard of land," &c. A. H. B. 



Penn. 



Cullery Tenure. — What is the nature and origin 

 of the particular species of tenant-right custom 

 called " Cullery tenure," anciently used and ap- 

 proved of within the city of Carlisle ? S. W. 



^'■Per viam expedientia." — I asked (No. 160., 

 p. '487.) a question which I shall be agreeably 

 surprised if any reader of " N. & Q." can answer, 

 namely, What is " the old saying " which exists 

 in connexion with the well-known formula, " In 

 Nomine Domini ?" The same great divine, whose 

 writings suggest the preceding inquiry, writes also 

 as follows : 



" One of the popes, when one of the cardinals told 

 him he might not follow a certain line of policy, 'be- 

 cause it was not according to justice,' made answer 

 again, ' that though it might not be done per viamjus- 

 titice, yet it was to be done per viam expedientice.' " 



Quaere, What story, and which pope, is here re- 

 ferred to ? M. A. 



James Paget or Pagett. — ^Wanted : the residence, 

 issue, and date of death of James Pagett, sheriff of 

 Hampshire in 1580. Arthur Paget. 



Col. Si/kes'» Catalogue, Sfc. — Can you or any of 

 your readers kindly inform me where Col. Sykes's 

 Catalogue of the Animals found in the Dukkun 

 (India) is to be procured ? I am aware that it 

 was published in the Proceedings of the Zoological 

 Society for the Year 1832, but wish to procure a 

 copy, if published separately. Also, if a copy of 

 the above Proceedings could be had for that year ? 



A. Griffin. 



Privileges of the Degree of B.C. L. — I have been 

 told that a graduate in the civil law has always a 

 right to demand to be seated among the members 

 of the bar at assizes. Is this the case ; and are 

 there any other peculiar privileges attached to a 

 civilian's degree ? The holding of a plurality of 

 livings was one such formerly. An Oxford B.C.L. 



Inscription at Dewsbury. — 



" Lachen bitoch harajah hojim bemaveth, 

 Chi Choi habbasser chatzir hia." 

 Inscription in Dewsbury churchyard, Yorkshire. 

 What is it in English ? Rustic. 



Pepys's Book-plates. — Some years since I met 

 with a large quantity of the book-plates of 

 Mr. Secretary Pepys, consisting of four different 

 varieties. Two are beautifully engraved, and I 

 believe them to be the work of Faithorne. Many 

 were with the rough margin, as from the printer's, 

 but others cut quite close up to the edge of the 

 mantle on the arms ; and I am told this is the case 

 with those in his books preserved at Cambridge. 

 There were also many impressions of the two 

 plates by White, which used to be considered very 

 rare, inscribed, " Mens cujusque, is est Quisque," 

 as well as some few of the scarce mezzotint of 

 James II. with the anchor. I was told they came 

 from a broker, who had cleared out a house of an 

 old lady lately dead. Can any of your readers 

 say who the deceased was ? as it is evident this 

 collection must have remained just as it was when 

 in Pepys's own possession. Hugh W. Diamond. 



Monk Wearmouth Monastery.— In the year 1790 

 a portion of the monastic buildings, Monk Wear- 

 mouth, then used as a place of residence for the 

 curate of the parish, was destroyed by fire. Can 

 any of your readers inform me whether any parti- 

 culars, as to the state of those buildings previously 

 to the fire, or any sketch of them, is in existence ? 

 The refectory, I understand, was used as a kitchen 

 by the curate. The house was known as the " Old 

 Hall." Antiquary. 



Bishop Wearmouth. 



[Hutchinson, who published his History of Durham 

 in 1787, states that, in his time, " there were several re- 

 mains of the monastic buildings, which form three 

 sides of a square, with the church ; but none of the 

 offices can be ascertained from the edifice now stand- 

 ing" (vol. ii. p. 506.). Surtees notices the "Old 

 Hall," which, he says, was " a large, noble, old man- 

 sion, built about the age of James I. It formed three 

 sides of a square, with the church. The kitchens, 

 which fronted to the east, and closely adjoined the 

 church, were lofty and spacious, with large square 

 windows, divided by stone mullions and transoms ; 

 these had very probably formed part of the monastic 

 offices. A large dining-room was panneled with dark 

 oak, on which were painted landscapes and hunting- 

 pieces ; the staircase also was of dark oak. Several of 

 the out-offices were probably reared out of the remains 

 of the monastic buildings. This noble old mansion 

 perished by fire, April 12,1790," — Durham, vo\. u. 

 p. 10.] 



Laiv against Blasphemy. — In a discussion on 

 universal salvation between the Eev. Dr. Rice, 

 Presbyterian, and Rev. Mr. Plngree, Universalist, 

 I find in p. 169. the following quotations : 



" On the 2nd May, 1648, the parliament enacted a 

 law for the punishment of blasphemy and heresy : one 



