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NOTES AND QUERIES. 



[No. 230. 



whom I suppose Speed may also have taken the rela- 

 tion. I shall therefore only beg to set this gentle- 

 man, to whom all our historians are I doubt equally 

 unknown, right in two particulars; by telling him, 

 that neither was Filzherbert the man who prohibited the 

 archbishop, neither was he Chief Justice when he did it. 

 His name was Geoffrey Fitz-Peter. He was Earl of 

 Essex, and a very eminent man in those days ; and his 

 place was much greater than this author represents it ; 

 even Lord Justice of England, which he was first 

 made by King Richard, anno 1198; and held in the 

 King's absence to his death, anno 1213; in which 

 year King John, going over into France, constituted 

 Peter, Bishop of Winchester, Lord Justice in his 

 place." — Wake's Authority of Christian Princes as- 

 serted, pp. 284-6. 



Wm. Fbaser, B.C.L. 

 Tor-Mohun. 



The Privileges of the See of Canterbury 

 (Vol. viii., p. 56.). — A3 no one lias yet volun- 

 teered to solve Mr. Fraser's question, How the 

 letter of Pope Boniface ordaining that, however 

 human circumstances might he changed, the city of 

 Canterbury should ever thereafter be esteemed 

 the metropolitan see, can be reconciled with the 

 creation of the archiepiscopal see of Westminster, 

 — I may suggest as a solution this maxim : 



" Nihil tarn conveniens est naturali a?quitati, unum- 

 quodque dissolvi eo ligamine quo ligatum est." 



It is possible, too, that Pope Pius IX. may have 

 Considered that a case had arisen for applying this 

 principle, — 



" Necessitas publica major est quam privata." 



But be this as it may (and you will excuse me in 

 observing, by the way, that I do not concur in the 

 correctness of this hypothetical view if taken by 

 his holiness), I hope we shall hear from Mr. 

 Fraser whether the former of the above maxims 

 has been effectual to remove his difficulties, which, 

 as I presume from their insertion in " N. & Q.," 

 are not of a purely theological nature. 



Respondens. 



Chauncy or Chancy (Vol. ix., p. 126.). — Your 

 correspondent J. Y. will find an account of Charles 

 Chauncey, B.D., and Fellow of Trinity College, 

 Cambridge, born in 1589, and died in 1671, in 

 vol. iii. p. 451. of Brook's Lives of the Puritans. 

 See also Chalmers's Biographical Dictionary. 



'AXuvs. 



Dublin. 



"Three cats" Sfc. (Vol. ix., p. 173.). — Miss 

 Bockett wishes for the remainder of the " old 

 ballad" beginning with "Three cats;" and I beg 

 to inform her, that there never was any more than 

 what she mentions. The object of the singer was, 

 to cause fun by an elaborately modulated cadenza 

 on the word coal-dust, and then to call on the com- 



pany to join in chorus. He next continued with 

 some significant word, as " notwithstanding ;" and, 

 after a pause of some bars rest, he went on with 

 " Three cats," as before, ad infinitum, changing the 

 initial word each time. It required some tact to 

 give it effect ; but, if sung by a clever humorist, 

 was sure to keep the room in a roar of laughter. 

 But its day is gone by. Grimalkin. 



Halliwell, in his Collection of Nursery Rhymes, 

 does not mention " Three cats by the fire-side," 

 &c. ; but I have in my possession several not 

 named by him, and " Three cats," &c. amongst 

 the number, which I have much pleasure in tran- 

 scribing for the benefit of Julia R. Bockett's 

 ancient friend : 



" Three cats sat by the fire-side, 

 In a basket full of coal-dust, 

 One cat said to the other 

 In fun, pell mell, ' Queen Anne's dead.' 

 ' Is she,' said Grimalkin, ' then I'll reign queen in 



her stead,' 

 Then up, up, up, they flew up the chimney." 



Anon. 



Probably this is the song of ■ The Turnspits : " 



" Two little dogs sat by the fire-side, 

 In a basket full of coal-dust; 

 Says one little dog to the other little dog, 

 ' If you don't go in, I must.' " 



N.B. — Into the wheel. Smokejack. 



Officers of Charles I. (Vol. ix., p. 74.). — Sir 

 T. Metcalfe mentions, as among the " curious 

 stray sheets" in his possession, "a list of all the 

 gentlemen and officers who fell in the cause of 

 Charles I." As I have long wished to see a list of 

 King Charles's officers, but have never, as yet, 

 met with anything like a complete catalogue of 

 those who fell, or of those who survived, it would 

 be interesting to me, as I doubt not it would be 

 interesting to many of your readers, to see this 

 " curious stray sheet " transferred to the pages of 

 " N. & Q." 



Can you refer me to any published, or other- 

 wise accessible, list of the officers who fought 

 against Charles I., whether by sea or land ? 



Is there any printed list of officers at the time 

 of the Restoration ? 



D. O. M. (Vol. iii., p. 173.; Vol. ix., p. 137.). 

 — Would R. W. D. state his reasons for rendering 

 these letters " Datur omnibus mori ? " Such an 

 inscription would of course be a propos in the case 

 of a tombstone ; but the ordinary interpretation, 

 " Deo Optimo Maximo," would likewise be fitting, 

 and it is not probable that the same initials should 

 have two distinct meanings. W. M. N. 



Whitewashing in Churches (Vol. ix., p. 148.). — 

 Mr. Hudson Turner informs us {Domestic Archi- 



