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CONTENTS. 

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The English, Irish, and Scotch Knights of the Order of 



St. John of Jerusalem, by William Winthrop .» - 189 



Diiport's Lines to Izaak Walton - - - - 193 



Shakspeare Cnrrespondence, by C. Mansfield Ingleby, 

 James Cornish, &c. . . . - . 193 



JVIiNOR Notes : — Sir Francis Drake — Similarity of Idea 

 in St. Luke and Juvenal — Sincere — Epitaph in 

 Appleby Churchyard, Leicestershire - - - 195 



•QuKniES : — 



The Crescent, by W. Robson - - - .196 



Minor Queries: — The Hebrew Testament — Dr. 

 Franklin — Flemish liefugees — "Sad are the rose 

 leaves " — References wanted — Tea-marks — William 

 ■the Conqueror's Surname — Old Saying — To pluck 

 « Crow with One — " Well's a fret " — Pay the Piper 



— Greek Inscription upon a Font, mentioned by 

 Jeremy Taylor — Acharis — Attainment of Majority— 

 'Hartman's Account of W^aterloo — Henry Chicheley, 

 Archbishop of Canterbury— Translation of Athenasus 



— Passages from Euripides — Anderson's Royal Gene> 

 alogies --..... 196 



Minor Queries with Answers : — Louis le Hutin - 199 



Bee-Park — Bee-Hall 



Milton's Widow, by J. F. Marsh and T. Hughes 



Peculiar Ornament in Crosthwaite Church 

 'Curious Mistranslations, by Henry H. Breen 

 '^ To speak in lutestring," by the Rev. W. Eraser 



Burial in Unconsecrated Places, by Wm. T. Hesleden 

 and R. W. Elliot 



Photographic Corresfondknce :— Mr. Mailer's Pro- 

 cei,,-! — Detail on Negative Paper — Ammonio-nitrate 

 ■of Silver -.----. 



Ueflies to Minor Queries: — "Up, guards, and at 

 them!" — German Heraldry — The Kve — Canute's 

 Point, Southampton — Symon Patrick, 6ishnp of Ely: 

 Durham: Weston — Battle of Villers en Couche — 

 Curious Posthumous Occurrence — Passage in Job—. 

 St. Paul and Seneca — Haulf naked — Books chained 

 to Desks in Churches — Scheltrum — Quarrel — Wild 

 Plants, and their Names — Jeremy Taylor and Chris- 

 topher Lord Hatton — Burial on the North Side of 

 Churches — Rubrical Query — Stone Pillar Worship 



— Bad — Porc-pisee — Lowbell — Praying to the West 



— Old Dog — Contested Elections — " Rathe" in the 

 Sense of "early" — Chip in Forricige — " A saint in 

 <;rape is twice a saint in lawn" — Gibbon's Library : 

 West's Portrait of Franklin — Derivation of "Island" 



— Spur— On the Use of the Hour-glass in Pulpits — 

 Selling a Wife —Impossibilities of History — Lad and 

 Lass — Enough ---... 



SiIiscellaneous : 



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THE ENGLISH, IRISH, AND SCOTCH KNIGHTS OF 

 THE ORDER OF ST. JOHN OF JERUSALEM. 



For the following list of the English, Irish, and 

 Scotch knights of the Order of St. John, who are 

 mentioned in the records of this island when 

 under its rule, I am in a great measure indebted 

 to Dr. Vella, who, after having made at my re- 

 quest a diligent search through very many old 

 volumes and manuscripts, has kindly favoured me 

 with the result of his labours. The names of the 

 knights and places mentioned in this Note are 

 written, in every instance, as Dr. Vella and my- 

 self have seen them recorded. Before commenc- 

 ing with the list, I have a few remarks to offer, 

 that the terms peculiar to the Order which I shall 

 make use of may be understood by those of your 

 readers who are unacquainted with its history. 



The English tongue comprised the priories of 

 England, Ireland, and Scotland, and thirty-two 

 different comraanderies. Its property, which was 

 seized by Henry VIII. in 1534, was afterwards 

 restored by Queen Mary, and finally and effec- 

 tually confiscated by Elizabeth in the first year 

 of her reign. Her Majesty's order for the seizure 

 of the Irish estates was dated on the 3rd of June, 

 1559, and addressed to William Fitzwilliam. 

 Vide the " Diplomatic Code of the Order," and 

 Rymer, vol. xv. p. 527. 



Although Dr. Vella and myself had every wish 

 to classify the knights of the English tongue 

 under their different languages, still we have 

 failed in our first attempt, and to enable us to 

 succeed we must ask for assistance from your cor- 

 respondents in England. They must be known 

 by their names ; thus, for instance, the Dundas's of 

 1524 and 1538 were as evidently of Scotch, as the 

 Russells of 1536, 1537, and 1554 were of English 

 descent. We might apply the same remark to 

 many other knights whose names will be found 

 recorded in the following list. 



Whenever a vacancy occurred by the death of 

 a grand master, who was always a sovereign 

 prince, the election for his successor could only 

 take place in the convent. It was not necessary that 

 the person elected should be present. Villiers De 



