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NOTES AND QUERIES. 



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i^inax Outvies. 



The New Temple. — As your correspondent 

 L. B. L. states (Vol. ii., p. 75.) that he has tran- 

 scribed a MS. survey of the Hospitallers' lands in 

 England, taken in 1338, he will do me a great 

 kindness if he will extract so much of it as con- 

 tains a description of the ISTew Temple in London, 

 of which they became possessed just before that 

 date. It will probably state whether it was then 

 in the occupation of themselves or others : and, 

 even if it does not throw any light on the tradition 

 that the lawj^ers were then established there, or 

 explain the division into the Inner and Middle 

 Temple, it will at least give some idea of the 

 boundaries, and perhaps determine whether the , 

 site of Essex House, which, in an ancient record is 

 called the Outer Temple, was then comprehended 

 within them. Edward Foss. 



''■Junius Identified^ — The name of " John Taylor" 

 is affixed to the Preface, and there can be little 

 doubt, I presume, that ]\Ir. John Taylor was lite- 

 rally the writer of this work. It has, however, 

 already become a question of some interest, to 

 what extent he was assisted by Mr. Dubois. The 

 late Mr. George Woodfall always spoke of the 

 pamphlet as the work of Dubois. Lord Campbell, 

 in his Lives of the Chancellors, published a state- 

 ment by Lady Francis in respect to Sir Philip's 

 claim to the authorship of Junius' Lettei's, and thus 

 introduced it : — "I am indebted for it to the kind- 

 ness of my old and excellent friend, Mr. Edward 

 Dubois, the ingenious author of ^ Junius Identified.'' " 

 Mr. Dubois was then, and Mr. Taylor is now 

 living, and both remained silent. Sir Fortunatus 

 Dwarris, the intimate friend of Dubois, states that 

 he was "a connection of Sir Philip Francis," and 

 that the pamphlet is " said, I know not with what 

 truth, to have been prepared under the eye of Sir 

 Philip Francis, it may be, through the agency of 

 Dubois." Dubois was certainly connected with, 

 though not, I believe, related to Sir Philip ; and 

 at the time of the publication he was also connected 

 with Mr. Taylor. I hope, under these circuui- 

 stances, that Mr. Taylor will think it right to 

 favour you with a statement of the facts, that 

 future " Note "-makers may not perplex future 

 editors with endless " Queries" on the subject. 



R.J. 



Mildew in Books. — Can you, or any of your 

 reailers, sug'.fest a preventive for mildew in books? 



In a valual)le pulilic library in this town (Liver- 

 pool), much injury has been occasioned by mildew, 

 the operations of which appear very capricious ; 

 in some cases attacking the printed part of an en- 

 graving, leaving the margin unaffected; in others 

 attacking the inside of the backs oidy ; and in a 

 few instances it attacks all parts with the utmost 

 impartiality. 



Any hints as to cause or remedy will be most 

 acceptable. B. 



George Herbert's Burial-place. — Can any of 

 your correspondents inform me where the venera- 

 ble George Herbert, rector of Bemerton, co.AVilts., 

 was buried, and whether there is any monument 

 of him existing in any church ? J. 11. Fox. 



The Earl of Essex, and " The Finding of the 

 Hayned Deer." — 



" Tlicre is a boke printed at Franker in Friseland, 

 in English, entitled The Finding of the liayned Deer, 

 but it bears title to be printed in Antwerp, it should 

 say to be done by soin prieste in defence of the late 

 Essex's tumult." 



The above is the postscript to a letter of the cele- 

 brated Father Parsons written " to one Eure, in 

 England," April 30, IGOl, a contemporary copy 

 of which exists in the State Paper Office [Rome,] 

 Whitehall. Can any of your readers tell me 

 whether anything is known of this book ? 



Spes. 

 June 28. 1850. 



The Lass of Richmond Hill. — I should be much 

 obliged by being informed who wrote the ivords 

 of the above song, and when, if it was produced 

 originally at some place of public entertainment. 

 The Rev. Tliomas Maurice, in his elegant poem on 

 Richmond Hill, has considered it to have been 

 written upon a Miss Crop, who committed suicide 

 on that spot, April 23rd, 1782; but he was evi- 

 dently misinformed, as it appeared some few years 

 later, and had no reference to that event. 1 have 

 heard it attributed to Leonard Mac Nally, a writer 

 of some dramatic pieces, but on no certain grounds; 

 and it may have been a Vauxhall song about the 

 year 1788. The music was by James Hook, the 

 father of Theodore Hook. Qu^ro. 



Curfew. — In what towns or villages in England 

 is the old custom of ringing the curfew still re- 

 tained ? Naboc. 



Alumni of Oxford, Cambridge, and Winchester. 

 — Are the aluinni of the various colleges of Ox- 

 ford, Cambridge, and Winchester, published from 

 an early period, and the various preferments they 

 held, similar to the one published at Eton. 



J. R. Fox. 



St. Legers Life of Archbishop Walsh. — In 

 Doctor Oliver's Ilistori/ of the Jesuits, it is stated 

 that William St. Legci-, an Irish member of that 

 Society, wrote the Life of Thomas Walsh, Arch- 

 bishop of Cashel, in Ireland, published in 4to. at 

 Antwerj) in 1G55. Can any of your numerous 

 readers inform me if a co])y of this work is to he 

 fouTid in the British Museum, or any other public 

 library, and something of its contents';* 



J. W. H. 



