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NOTES AND QUERIES. 



[2'"» S. N" 116., Mak. 20. '58. 



Arms of Bruce, Earl of Carrick. — Robert, 

 Fifth Lord of Annandale, married Martha, daugh- 

 ter and heiress of Thomas [ ?] Earl of 



Carrick, and had issue (inter alios) Robert de 

 Bruce, King of Scotland, and Sir Edward (crowned 

 King of Ireland) Earl of Carrick. (Betham's Ge- 

 nealogical Tables of the Sovereigns of the World, 

 Tab. DCXXI.) 



Wanted the arms of the Earls of Carrick, as 

 borne by Sir Edward de Bruce, in right of his 

 mother, Martha. James Graves. 



Kilkenny. 



Flapping and Babbling. — Until very lately a 

 most singular custom was annually observed at 

 Ottringham, a village of Middle Holderness, about 

 seven miles from Hedon. This took place on the 

 eve of November 5, and consisted in what was 

 called Flapping the church ; to do which each lad 

 in the parish having provided himself with a cord 

 to which was attached a stout piece of leather 

 about six inches long, proceeded to the church, 

 headed by the parish clerk. Being all assembled 

 in the church, which was lighted up for the occa- 

 sion, the ringers commenced a peal, and then com- 

 menced the flapping. The clerk having shouted 

 out, "Now, boys, flap away," directly all the pews 

 in the church were assailed, inside and out, by 

 the flappers. Having thrashed the pews for some 

 time (encouraged by the clerk's cry of " Boys, 

 flap away "), the leathern missiles were generally 

 at the finish directed against each other ; and the 

 whole ceremony ended with a regular steeple 

 chase throughout the sacred edifice. At Roos, 

 in Middle Holderness, was a similar custom, but 

 was here called " Babbling." Also at Skirlaugh, 

 in North Holderness, this ceremony of flapping 

 or babbling was yearly observed. I have talked 

 to many who have been present at and who have 

 taken part in these flappings, but can obtain no 

 information as to their meaning or origin. Can 

 any correspondent of " N. & Q." throw any light 

 on the subject, or say if this custom exists, or ever 

 did exist, in any other part of the kingdom ? 



H.B. 



Hedon. 



Bartolomeus de Scaccario. — Who was " Bartolo- 

 meus de Scaccario," • of the first year of the reign 

 of King Edward II. (a. d. 1307-8] ? 



In the Gentleman's Magazine of the present 

 month, in a very interesting paper on the subject 

 of the Templars' possessions in London, I find the 

 name of Bartolomeus de Scaccario. 



I am tolerably well acquainted with the names 

 of all the Exchequer officers during the reigns of 

 the three first Edwards after the Conquest, and 

 after having gone through my large collection of 

 materials for a future History of the Exchequer, 

 I am unable to identify the above-named gentle- 

 man^ 



The contributor to Mr. Urban may not enjoy 

 so ext0kded an acquaintance with the Barons of 

 the Exchequer as Scorpio. 



Boulogne - sur-Mer. 



Lepers' Windows. — I have seen two of the small 

 low chancel windows, supposed to have been for 

 the use of lepers, recently opened, one, on the 

 north side, at Albury in Hertfordshire, and the 

 other on the south, at Hawkwell, in Essex. What 

 was the real use of these windows ? 



A. Holt White. 



Sanskrit MSS. — Some years ago, on his re- 

 turn to India, a friend of mine (since deceased) 

 left in my charge three Sanskrit MSS., two of 

 which have been very handsomely bound and let- 

 tered respectively " Udhyatura Ramayuna " and 

 " Mahabharata Sahba Parva." The third, which 

 is a smaller work, and remains in its original 

 cloth cover, has, I am sorry to say, been a good 

 deal damaged by the ravages of the destruc- 

 tive book-worm. I should be obliged if any 

 oriental scholar would give me any information 

 respecting the above-named MSS., and state 

 whether they are of any considerable value. 



E. H. A. 



Padre Martinis History of Music. — The work 

 was printed at Bologna ; the first volume in 1757, 

 the second in 1770, and the third in 1781. The j 

 rest of the work is said to remain in MS. in the | 

 library of the Liceo at Bologna. Can any reader 

 of " N. & Q." refer me to any authentic account 

 of the worthy Padre's MSS. ? 



Edward F. Rimbault. 



Stains in Engravings. — Having some valuable 

 engravings taken from copper-plates, in which 

 there are stains of a light brown colour, from 

 dampness as I suppose, I should be obliged to 

 any correspondent of " N. & Q." who will inform 

 me in what way these may be removed without 

 injury to the printing and margin, or if not to 

 both, to the first only. I have been told in the 

 Annali di Chimica of Brugnatelli a process is 

 given ; but I have not the work to consult, and 

 think his plan in the course of sixty or seventy 

 years must have been improved upon. Sigma. 



The Fair Maid of Kent. — Where can I find the 

 best particulars of the death and funeral, &c., of 

 Joan the " Fair Maid of Kent." She died at 

 Wallingford, Berks, in 1385, and was buried at 

 Stamford, Lincoln. G. L. 



[Joan the Fair Maid of Kent, after the death of her 

 first husband, Sir Thomas Holland, Earl of Kent, became 

 the wife of Edward the Black Prince. She died at Wal- 

 lingford Castle, Jul}' 8, 1385, and was buried in the church 

 of the Friars Minors at Stamford. For particulars of her 



