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NOTES AND QUERIES. 



[No. 289. 



not the date). Will any of your correspondents 

 tell me who the said Daniel Timmins was, and 

 why it was painted there ? J. D. T. 



Saints Dorothy and Pior, ^c. — In a letter to 

 Rev. John Wesley, by a country clergyman, Lon- 

 don, 1772, is the following: 



" Your hymns to jigs and sarabands are no new inven- 

 tion, and j^our advice to 3'our disciples to close their eyes 

 against the world, and not to waste their time in visits, 

 are anticipated by your French model in his celebrations 

 of Saints Dorothy and Pior; but they follow the French 

 example better, and only half shutting their ej'es, ogle 

 worldlj' things through the corners. The Abbe is more 

 practical, as well as more musical." 



Can any of your readers explain the above ? 

 Who were the saints and the abbe ? T. 



Sir John Grea or Gray. — In the Calendarium 

 Inquisit. post Mort., vol. iv. p. 127., 8 Hen. VI., 

 mention is made of " Margareta quas fuit uxor 

 Johannis Gra* militis filia et haeres Rogeri Swil- 

 lington chival." 



Can you tell me, if this was the same Sir John 

 Grey who fought at Agincourt ; and how he was 

 related (if at all) to the Sir John Grey who fell 

 at St. Alban's ? J. Sansom. 



Was Napoleon I. ever in England? — Some 

 weeks ago a leader in The Times referred to his 

 presence in London ; this was denied, and a letter 

 appeared in the Birmingham Journal of April 21, 

 affirming the fact on the authority of — 



" Mr. J. Coleman of the Strand, who is now 104 years 

 of age, and whose portrait and biographical sketch ap- 

 peared in the Illustrated London News, Feb., 1850, and 

 who knew perfectly well M. Bonaparte, who, while he 

 lived in London, which was for five weeks, in 1791 or 1792, 

 lodged at a house in George Street, Strand, and whose 

 chief occupation appeared to be in taking pedestrian ex- 

 ercise in the streets of London. Hence his .marvellous 

 knowledge of the great Metropolis, which used to astonish 

 any Englishmen of distinction who were not aware of 

 this visit. 1 have also heard Mr. Matthews, the grand- 

 father of the celebrated comedian, Mr. Thomas Goldsmith 

 of the Strand, Mr. Graves, Mr. Dniry, and my father, all 

 of whom were tradesmen in the Strand in the immediate 

 vicinity of George Street, speak of this visit. He oc- 

 casionally took his cup of chocolate at the Northumber- 

 land, occupj'ing himself in reading, and preserving a 

 provoking taciturnity to the gentlemen in the room ; 

 though his manner was stern, his deportment was that of 

 a gentleman. P. T. W. can rely upon the memory of the 

 above old gentleman, whose faculties are yet in full 

 vigour. G. Batson." 



Is there any truth in the above story ? It is 

 circumstantial enough, and may" easily be dis- 

 proved if false. If any of your correspondents 

 can prove or disprove it, they will oblige Estb. 



Birmingham. • 



• This Sir John Graa (or Gray) is described by 

 Thoroton as " of South Ingleby in the county of Lincoln " 

 (^Hist. Nott, edit. Throsbj', vol. iii. p. 51.). Conf. Par- 

 kins's Norfolk, edit. Lynn, 1775, vol. v. p. 1126. 



Provincially -printed Boohs Is there any col- 

 lection of provincially-printed books, as distinct 

 from those appertaining to particular counties? 

 Of the latter class, which are the most extensive? 

 What works and catalogues would give informa- 

 tion generally applicable and useful ? Fdkvus. 



Plumstead Common. 



Viscount Iveagh. — Magenis Viscount Iveagb, 

 who had been married to the Lady Margaret de 

 Burgh, daughter of William, seventh Earl of 

 Clanrickarde, after the surrender of Limerick in 

 1690, proceeded to Germany with his regiment, 

 and was killed fighting against the Turkish forces 

 about 1692. Where can a detailed account of his 

 services and death be found ? W. R. G. 



Brawn — Plum-pudding. — Having lately had 

 occasion to refer to Dr. King's Art of Cookery, 

 and finding that Brawn is in several passages^ 

 spoken of in the same way as Kitcat, Locket, and 

 other well-known keepers of houses of entertain- 

 ment of the time, as in the following passage : 



" Why not with Brawn, with Locket, or with me." 



and in the letter at the end (p. 85.) : 



"^Vhat estates might Brawn or Locket have got in 

 those days." — P. 104. 



and that Brawn is elsewhere spoken of (p. 71.) 

 as a native invention — 



" But Pudding, Brawn, and Whitepots, own'd to be 

 Th' effects of native ingenuity." — 



and not finding any earlier mention of that dainty 

 dish so entitled, and for which Canterbury is now 

 so famous, I am inclined to ask, Was this Brawn 

 the inventor of the dish which bears his name? 



Let me add one other Query. Though the 

 doctor in this poem, published about 1709 (I quote 

 the second edition, which is not dated), mentiou» 

 (p. 49.)- 

 " Porridge with plums and turkeys with the chine," — 



he is silent on the subject of plum-pudding. 

 When, then, was plum-porridge changed to plum- 

 pudding, and by what writer is the latter first 

 mentioned ? M. N. S. 



" Code de la Nature" Sfc. — 



" Code de la Nature, ou le Ve'ritable Esprit de ses Loix,. 

 de tout tems neglig^ ou m&onnu. Par-tout, chez le 

 Vrai Sage. 1755." 



Who was the " Vrai Sage " who here prescribes 

 an Utopian code for the reformation of society ? 

 ^ J. O. 



[A notice of this work, too long to be quoted, will be 

 found in Barbier, Dictionnaire des Oicvrages Anonymes et 

 Pseudonymes, vol. i. p. 183.] 



