April 9. 1853.] 



NOTES AND QUERIES. 



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translation from William of Lorris and John of Meun; 

 Troilus and Creseide, from LoUius of Urbino ; The 

 Cock and the Fox, from the Lais of Marie ; The House 

 of Fame, from the French or Italian : and poor Gower 

 he uses as if he were only a brick-kiln or stone quarry, 

 out of which to build his house." — Representative Men; 

 Shakspeare or the Poet, by R. W. Emerson. 



From what sources in the French or Italian is 

 " The House of Fame " taken ? And ought not 

 an attack on Chaucer's claim to be the original 

 author of that beautiful poetical vision to be 

 grounded, especially by an American, on some 

 better evidence than bare assertion ? 



An Oxford B. C. L. 



Magistrates wearing Hats in Court. — "What 

 authority is there for magistrates wearing their 

 hats in a court of justice, and is it an old custom ? 



Parvus Homo. 



West Chillington, Hurst, Sussex. 



Derby Municipal Seal. — What is the origin and 

 meaning of the " buck in the park," on the seal 

 now in use at the Town Hall, Derby ? * B. L. 



Sir Josias Bodley. — Was Sir Josias Bodley, as 

 stated by Harris in Ware's Writers of Ireland, a 

 younger brother of Sir Thomas Bodley, the founder 

 of the Bodleian Library ? Who did Sir Josias 

 Bodley marry ; where did he live after his em- 

 ployment in Ireland ceased, and where did he die ? 

 Any information relating to him and his descend- 

 ants will be most gratefully received. Y. L. 



Sir Edwin Sadler. — In the Appendix to the 

 Cambridge University Commission Report, p. 468., 

 we find that nothing is known of Sir E. Sadler, 

 the husband of Dame Mary Sadler, foundress of 

 the " AlgibrfB " Lectures in that university. Can 

 any of your correspondents throw any light on 

 this ? P. J. F. Gantillon, B.A. 



The Cross given hy Richard I. to the Patriarch 

 of Antioch. — The " hero of Acre," Sir Sidney 

 Smith, received from the hands of the Archbishop 

 of Cyprus, in the name of a grateful people, a cross 

 of which the tradition was, that it had been given 

 by King Richard Coeur de Lion to the Patriarch 

 of Antioch, when he went to Palestine on the third 

 Croisade. This gift was preserved by Sir Sidney 

 with the care due to a relique so venerable in its 

 associations ; and it was bequeathed by him to the 

 Convent of the Order of St. John of Jerusalem, at 

 Paris, as successors of the Templars, from whose 

 Order it originally came. He directed that it 

 should be worn by the grand masters in per- 



[* Edmondson gives the arms, as painted in the 

 Town Hall, as " Ar. on a mount vert, a stag lodged 

 within park-pales and gate, all proper. The seal, 

 which is very ancient, has not any park-pales ; and the 

 stag is there represented as lodged in a wood." — Ed.] 



petuity. In the biographical memoirs of Sir Sidney 

 Smith, published a few years ago, the cross is stated . 

 to be preserved in the house of the Order at Paris. 

 Perhaps some member of the Order residing there 

 would take the trouble to give some description of 

 this interesting relique, and would say whether its 

 style and character are consistent with the tradition 

 of its antiquity ? I am not at all acquainted witk 

 the evidence on which the tradition rests ; but any 

 particulars relating to such a relique must be in- 

 teresting to the countrymen of the illustrious- 

 admiral, and would much oblige his godson, 



Wm. Sidney Gibson. 

 Newcastle-on-Tync. 



P.S. — Apropos of Sir Sydney Smith, may I be 

 allowed to suggest that, in the decoration of The 

 St. Jean d Acre, recently launched,* some personal 

 souvenir might be introduced that would visibly 

 connect his memory with the stately vessel whose 

 name commemorates the scene of his greatest 

 victory. 



Lister Family. — In a communication relating to» 

 Major-Generul Lambert (Vol. vil., p. 269.), Lord 

 Bratbrooke mentions his marriage with Frances, 

 daughter of Sir William Lister, of Thornton iu' 

 Craven. I imagine that this lady was sister to Sir- 

 Martin Lister, physician to King Charles I., of 

 whose (Sir Martin's) descendants I shall be glad of 

 any information. 



Sir Martin Lister married Susanna, daughter 

 of Sir Alexander Temple, widow of Sir GiflTord 

 Thornhurst. This lady, by her first husband 

 (Thornhurst), had issue a daughter, who married 

 Mr. Jennings, and became the mother of three 

 celebrated women ; of whom one was Sarah, 

 duchess of Marlborough, wife of the great duke. 



Had Sir Martin Lister any Issue by her? and, 

 if so, can their descendants be traced ? 



Mr. Lister, of Burwell Park, Lincolnshire, rs 

 probably descended from Sir Martin (if he left 

 issue), or is of kin to him, through Dr. Mai-tla 

 Lister, physician to Queen Anne, who. If not a 

 son or grandson, was certainly his nephew. 



My mother's great-grandmother was a Lister, » 

 daughter of Dr. Martin Lister. 



Any information through the pages of " N. & Q." 

 will be appreciated. R. B. A. 



Waltliamstow, Essex. 



Family of Abrahall, Eborall, or Ebrall. — I shail 

 be obliged if any of your readers can give me some 

 information relative to this family, or refer me to 

 any work containing an account of it, more parti- 

 cularly as regards the first settlers in England, 

 The arms are— Azure, three hedgehogs or. 



QU-ERIST. 



Eulenspiegel — Murner's Visit to England. — 

 Are any of your correspondents acquainted with 

 the history and literature of the German tales 



