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sion of the Gospels, 9s. 6d. With the examples of 

 Miss Elstob and Miss Gurney, both so distin- 

 guished and successful as students of Anglo-Saxon 

 literature, your correspondent may be encouraged 

 to commence her studies ; with the conviction 

 that neither time nor money will be unprofitably 

 expended. I remember now Mr. Thorpe's Ana- 

 lecta Anglo- Saxonica, which, after some progress 

 has been made in the language, is invaluable. 

 Before concluding, may I ask why the old Frisian 

 language is so overlooked by so many even of 

 those who have devoted themselves to the study 

 of English etymology ? E. F. Woodman. 



" Bromley Letters" (Vol. xl., p. 46.). — If it will 

 be of any use to the lady who is editing the Let- 

 ters of Queen Henrietta Maria, I may mention the 

 following, from two very scarce works : 



1st. The Last Battell of the Soule in Death, by 

 Mr. Zacharie Boyd, Preacher of God's Word at 

 Glasgow : printed by the heires of Andro Hart, 

 1629, 2 vols. The preacher, who was a very loyal 

 subject, dedicated the first volume to Charles I. 

 and to his queen Henrietta ; to her by an address 

 in French, " A La Royne," — in whicli he pays her, 

 although not a Protestant, many highly flattering 

 compliments. The second volume is dedicated 

 " To the most Excellent Princesse Elizabeth, 

 Queene of Bohemia," &c., that noble pattern of 

 her sex : to which is added " The Lamentations 

 of the Queene of Bohemia for the Losse of that 

 hopefuU Prince her First borne ; to these are sub- 

 joined the Balrae of Comfortes ;" in both of which, 

 with the most tender sympathy, he enters into her 

 griefs and trials. Her son was drowned while 

 crossing in a ferry-boat to Amsterdam. 



2nd. The preacher farther published rather a 

 remarkable poetical work, entitled The Garden of 

 Zion, printed at Glasgow by George Anderson, 

 1644, 2 vols. : again dedicating the second volume 

 *' To the most Roy all Lady Elizabeth, his Majes- 

 ties only Sister, Princesse of Palatine of Rhine," 

 &c. In this he notices her political calamities : 



" Madame, the tops of high trees are mightily shaken 

 by the windes, while the lower branches suffer a more 

 gentle wagging. The thunderbolts smite oftest upon 

 the tops of steepest rocks, while the base valleyes enjoy a 

 calm in a gentle gale. Your Highnesse, very eminent 

 both in Grace and Place, hath felt thus in your time, as 

 much as any other in the land . . . Your comfort is like 

 the Prophet's vision; though it tarry wait for it, be- 

 cause it will come, it will not tarry." 



Of her Wellwood observes : 



" It is hard to say whether the virtues of this lady or 

 her misfortunes were greater : for as she was one of the 

 best of women, she may be likewise reckoned among the 

 number of the unfortunate." 



G.N. 



Two Brothel's with same Christian Name (Vol. x., 

 p. 513. et passim). — I can add to the cases al- 

 ready sent. In the reign of Hen. II., Adam 



D'Ameneville obtained the manor of Bitton or 

 Button, Glouc. : he had two sons called Robert ; 

 the one continued the father's name ; the other, 

 having migrated yrom Bitton to Hanham, took the 

 name of the place, and became the ancestor of 

 the family of De Button or Bitton. The other 

 Robert had two daughters called Petronilla ; the 

 one married Nic. De Oxehay, and died without 

 issue ; the other married William de Putot, Sheriff 

 of Glouc, 1222, &c., and on account of which 

 marriage the father was excused scutage in 1225, 

 because his son-in-law was serving in Wascon. 

 They had one daughter, Petronilla, who first 

 married Hugh de Vivon, who was killed in Wales, 

 1257; and secondly, David le Blund or Blount, in 

 whose descendants the half manor of Bitton con- 

 tinued till 1515, for the manor was divided be- 

 tween the two Petronillas ; the other half was 

 called Oldland, and passed into other hands. 



In the sixteenth century William Lacye by 

 Alice Pipard had two sons called John. One was 

 John Lacye of Bristol, merchant, who in 1565 

 purchased the manor of Hanham Abbats in Bit- 

 ton ; he died 1577. The other was John Lacye 

 of London, clothworker ; he had a house near 

 Putney Bridge, where, Lysons tells us, he used to 

 entertain Queen Elizabeth. The inquisition on 

 his death was not taken till 1607. 



From the first descended the Lacys of Hartrow, 

 CO. Som. ; and from the second the _ Lacys of 

 Shipton, Oxon. ; all now, I believe, extinct. 



H. T. Ellacombb. 



Rectory, Clyst St. George. 



Corpse passing makes a Right of Way (Vol. iy., 

 pp. 124. 240.). — In some former Numbers notice 

 has been taken of the common opinion, that a 

 public right of way is established by the passing 

 of a funeral over any ground, or along any line of 

 road. I am not able to refer to the previous com- 

 munications that have been made to you on this 

 point, but I venture to think that the following 

 anecdote may be interesting to some of your 

 readers. On Sunday last (Feb. 11), it was neces- 

 sary to convey a cofiin, for some three or four 

 miles, from a cottage on one of the commons in 

 Surrey to the parish church. The usual roads 

 were blocked up with snow-drift, and the wain 

 that carried the coffin had to pass through various 

 fields in the occupation of sundry persons, and 

 in one place along the drive of a gent eman's 

 residence. Permission had previously beenl asked, 

 and everywhere at once granted, with the kindest 

 offers of assistance, but with the premise that 

 a toll (a nominal one) would be demanded. So 

 it happened, that wherever the wain left a pub- 

 lic road, if a field was " broken into," the 

 farmer who occupied the land was there, and re- 

 ceived from the undertaker a penny. When the 

 drive was entered, the esquire's coachman was 



