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NOTES AND QUERIES. 



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The foregoing arras appear on the gravestone of 

 a merchant of IBridlington, Yorkshire, 1671, be- 

 sides his family arms. I shall be glad if anyone 

 can inform me whether there was, or is, any mari- 

 ners' company, company of merchant-seamen, &c. 

 to which they belong ? C. J. 



Meaning of Coron. — In John Lambert's An- 

 swers to the Bishops' Articles, as printed in Foxe's 

 Acts and Moimments, ed. 1563, under Article 16, 

 occurs the following passage : — 



" Christ's law, that in Psalm xi. for the pureness 

 thereof is called ' Argentum igne examinatum, purgatum 

 septuplum,' i. e. silver coron and fined, often and many 

 sithes [times] through fire."* 



I should feel much obliged to any of your 

 readers who would explain what is meant by 

 " coron : " it answers to the word " examination " 

 in. the Latin, which is quoted from the Latin 

 Vulgate. Has it any connexion with corona, 

 as a mint or assay mark ? In Du Cange, v.Moneta, 

 is a long list of coins, distinguished by such de- 

 scriptions as — d'argent fin d la Couronne : in one 

 instance, Coronne : d'argent fin au soleil, &c. 



J. P. 



PortcvlUs. — When was this officer first ap- 

 pointed, who first held the office, and what led 

 to the selection of the title of Portcullis ? T. 



Inlaid Books. — Is any one particularly noted 

 as excelling in this branch of art ? I have re- 

 cently met with some specimens which are beau- 

 tifully executed, but I suspect they are done by 

 an amateur, and not by a tradesman. Perhaps 

 some of your readers can give me the address of 

 a clever workman. Cato. 



Oriel College. 



The Prince of Orange's Dog. — Sir Roger Wil- 

 liams, in his Actions of the Lowe Countries 

 ("printed by Humfrey Lownes, for Mathew 

 Lownes, 1618") 4to., p. 49., gives an interesting 

 account of a camisado, or night attack, by Julian 

 Romero upon the camp of the Prince of Orange, 

 ;.i which the Prince's life was saved by a dog : 



"For I heard the Prince say often, that as hee thought, 

 but for a dog he- had been taken. The camisado was 

 given with such resolution, that the place of armes tooke 

 no alarme, untill their fellowes were running in with the 

 enemies in their tailes. Whereupon this dogge, hearing 

 a great noyse, fell to scratching and crying, and withall 

 leapt on the Prince's face, awaking him being asleep, 

 before any of his men. And albeit the Prince lay in his 

 armes, with a lackey alwaies holding one of his horses 

 ready bridled ; yet at the going out of his tent, with 

 much adoe hee recovered his horse before the enemie ar- 

 rived. Nevertheless one of his Quiries was slaine taking 

 horse presentlj' after him ; and divers of his servants were 

 forced to escape amongst the guards of foote, which could 



[* Canon Townsend, in his reprint of Foxc, has omitted 

 the word " coron." — Ed.] 



not recover their horses. For truth, ever since, untill tlie 

 Prince's dying day, he kept one of that dog's race ; so 

 did many of his friends and followers. The most or all of 

 these dogs were white little hounds, with crooked noses, 

 called Camuses." 



The fashionable lap-dog of the days of the first 

 two Georges was the ugly little Dutch pug. It 

 was also customary to decorate them with orange- 

 coloured ribbons. Query, Is the origin of this 

 fashion to be traced to Sir Roger Williams' anec- 

 dote ? Edward F. Rimbault. 



Defaced Coins. — I well remember, some years 

 ago, reading the details of a process by which 

 coins, obliterated by age and constant use, might 

 be easily deciphered. So far as my memory goes, 

 the coin was dipped into burning sulphur, or 

 something of that description, and through the 

 film so produced upon the coin the original image 

 was distinctly visible. Can anyone explain the 

 process more correctly ? T. Hughes. 



Chester. 



Captain Ja. Peacock. — Attached to the declara- 

 tion of the generals at sea, and the captains under 

 their command, published in the Perfect Diurnal 

 of April 25 — May 2, 1653, and reprinted in the 

 Cromwelliana, occurs the name of Captain " Ja. 

 Peacock." Who was he? Where can I find any 

 particulars about him as to his birth, family, 

 arms, if he bore any, &c. ? Edward Peacock. 



The Manor, Bottesford, Brigg. 



Sign of " The Honest Lawyer." — I have seen 

 an inn sign representing a man carrying his head 

 under his arm, and called the " Honest Lawyer." 

 What is the meaning and origin of this ? I haye 

 asked many people, but never received but one 

 answer, — " I don't know." Can any body say, 

 "I do know?" If so, I wish he would kindly 

 enlighten Archaeologist. 



Portrait of Graham of Claverhouse. — Is any 

 painted likeness known to exist of John Graham 

 of Claverhouse, Viscount Dundee, excepting the 

 one that formerly belonged to Sir Walter Scott, 

 and is probably now at Abbotsford ? 



It is said that an engraving was made from 

 this picture, and that Sir Walter wrote some 

 poetry to be engraved beneath it. I cannot hear 

 of the existence of any such engraving, and the 

 verses do not occur in any of the collected edi- 

 tions of his works that I have examined. 



Glis p. Templ. 



John ChadwicL — In making out my_ family 

 pedigree, I have some difficulty in tracing the 

 birthplace and parentage of my great-grandfather 

 John Chadwick; and with a view to ascertaining 

 those facts, I shall be obliged by your insertion of 

 a Query to that eflect. 



He is traditionally said to have come from a 



