2«d S. V. 127., June 5. '58.] 



NOTES AND QUERIES. 



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and of Prestbury, Maugerbury, and Oddington, in Glou- 

 cestershire. From the latter branch was descended Dr. 

 Edward Chamberlayne, who was born at Oddington, 

 Dec. 13, 1616, and buried in Chelsea churchj'ard on 

 May 27, 1703, where a monument is erected to his me- 

 mory on the left side of the great western window. 

 From the inscription we learn that the Doctor " was so 

 studious of doing good to all men, and especially to pos- 

 terity, that he ordered some of his books covered with 

 wax to be buried with him, which may be of use in times 

 to come." Cf. Wood's Athena and Fasti; Faulkner's 

 Chelsea ; and Chamberlayne's State of England, part i. 

 book iii. chap, iii.] 



Stockbrokers. — When do we find the first men- 

 tion of stockbrokers ? G. R. L. 



[Stock-jobbing or broking was contemporaneous with 

 the creation of our national debt, in the reign of William 

 III., 1695, and gave rise to that class of monej'-dealers who 

 have the exclusive entree to the Koyal Exchange. Mr. 

 Francis, in his Chronicles and Cimracters of the Stock 

 Exchange, 1855, writes at p. 23., "A new impulse had 

 been given to trade, and the nation was beginning to feel 

 the effect of the revolution. William had already tried 

 his power in the creation of a national debt: jobbing in 

 the English funds and East India stock succeeded ; and 

 the Royal Exchange became — what the Stock Exchange 

 has been since 1700 — the rendezvous of those who, hav- 

 ing money, hoped to increase it, and of that yet more 

 numerous and pretending class, who, having none them- 

 selves, try to gain it from those who have."] 



Mintons Encaustic Tiles. — The chancel of my 

 church has recently been laid with a very hand- 

 some pavement formed of these. But its beauty 

 is much impaired by an efflorescence of a saline 

 nature, which covers the surface more especially 

 of the black tiles. By the direction of the 

 lamented manufacturer we applied soft soap twice 

 a week, but without success. Can any reader of 

 " N. & Q." inform me what is the cause, and what 

 the remedy (more especially I want an answer to 

 this latter part of the Query) for this eyesore? 



E. G. R. 



[A friend to whom we have shown the above article 

 attributes the efflorescence on the surface of the tiles to 

 the decomposing matter upon which they have been un- 

 luckily laid. He fears E. G. R.'s only remedj' is in re- 

 laying them on a concrete at least three or four inches in 

 depth. This concrete should be composed of lime, tar, 

 and gravel, in equal proportions.] 



Greenwich Palace. — Where can I find a pic- 

 ture of old Greenwich Palace, in the time of 

 Henry VIII. ? W. C. S. 



[The old Palace of Greenwich was engraved by Basire 

 in 1767, by order of the Society of Antiquaries, from a 

 drawing in the possession of Dr. Ducarel. See also Vi- 

 truvius Britannicus, vol. i. pp. 14, 15., for a Plan and 

 Elevation of the King's House at Greenwich.} 



Edge- Bone of Beef . — Can you inform me the 

 derivation or proper name for the above ? I can- 

 not find it in any Plctionary ; but in an old 

 cookery-book find it mentioned as haunch-bone. 

 Is this correct ? Butcher. 



[See Wright's Provincial Dictionary: "Aitch-bone. 

 The edge-bone, os innominatum. Var. dial."] 



THE JEWS IN BRUSSELS AND THE MIRACULOUS 

 HOSTS. 



(2°* S! V. 294. 406.) 



In reply to H. A., I enclose the following state- 

 ment on the history of the " Tres Saint Sacra- 

 ment de Miracle " : — 



"A Jew called Jonathos, living at Enghien, in the 

 province of Hainaut, thought that there was something 

 wanting to his happiness so long as he could not give 

 vent to his hatred towards the Christians. He therefore 

 tried to engage Jean de Louvain, an apostate from Ju- 

 daism, to steal some hosts, promising him sixt}' moutons 

 d'or (about 40Z.) for committing the sacrilege. Jean, 

 tempted by the money, agreed to undertake it, but not 

 seeing any possibility of carrying out his object in En- 

 ghien, went to Brussels, and on the day of St. Bavon 

 entered St. Catherine's Church, and took'one large con- 

 secrated host and fifteen small ones. He returned with 

 his theft to Enghien, and delivered it into the hands of 

 Jonathos. Shortly after this, Jonathos was found dead 

 in his garden, and his wife, terrified on account of this 

 sudden death, could rest no longer in Enghien, and 

 set out for Brussels. She took the hosts with her, think- 

 ing that oy doing so she would be better received ; nor 

 was she disappointed. The Jews of Brussels welcomed 

 her in a most hearty manner, and consulted immediately 

 in what way they could enjoy themselves with these ob- 

 jects of Christian worship. They agreed, as did their an- 

 cestors before them, to insult Him whom they attached 

 in former times to the cross. On Good Friday, April 10, 

 1369, they assembled in their synagogue, arranged the 

 consecrated wafers on the table, and uttered the greatest 

 blasphemies against those adorable objects. God, present 

 in the bread, sufi'ered their abominable doings. Yet, not 

 satisfied with blaspheming, they took knives and poniards, 

 and pierced them through. But they shrank back thun- 

 derstruck, seeing streams of blood gushing from the con - 

 secrated bread, and, dreading the consequences of this 

 sacrilege, they resolved to get rid of the hosts. Thej' 

 engaged a Jewess named Catherine, who had embraced 

 Christianity, and told her what had happened, begging 

 her to take charge of the hosts, and to hide them some- 

 where so that the Christians might not discover them. 

 Catherine trembled at this proposal, but the promises of 

 reward being great, she agreed to take charge of them. 

 Nevertheless, she had remorse, and instead of hiding them, 

 went to the cur^ of the parish of Notre Dame, and related 

 to him the whole affair. This worthj' priest, very much 

 astonished at this extraordinary miracle, called on the 

 Vicar of St. Gudule, and the cure of St. Nicholas. They 

 agreed that Catherine ought to bring the bleeding hosts 

 to them in order to be deposited in the Church of Notre 

 Dame. After this they addressed themselves to the vicar 

 of the Bishop of Cambray, who at once assembled the whole 

 Chapter, before whom Catherine repeated once more what 

 had happened. She was put into prison, and the Duke 

 and Duchess of Brabant having heard of this affair, gave 

 orders to arrest all the Jews who were found in Brussels 

 and Louvain. Proceedings were commenced against 

 them; they were confronted with Catherine; but they 

 denied all. Nor could the most severe tortures extract 

 anything from them. The judges were very much em- 

 barrassed. At once there appeared a baptized Jew before 

 them, who had taken part in the crime and thought, 

 when confessing it, he would escape without punishment. 

 Confronted with the other Jews, it was impossible to 

 gainsay what he asserted, and they all avowed their 

 culpability. 



