Aug. 31. 1850.] 



NOTES AND QUERIES. 



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The house, 41. Skinner Street, is also worthy of 

 remark from another circumstance. It was for- 

 merly occupied by Willliani Godwin, the well- 

 known author of Caleb Williams, Political Justice, 

 &c. It was here he opened a bookseller's shop, 

 and published his numerous juvenile works, under 

 the assumed name of Edward Baldwin. 



E. B. Price. 



Walthcof (Vol. ii., p. 167.).— I believe that Wal- 

 theof (or Wallef, as lie is always styled in Dooms- 

 day Book) ni;ver appeared at the court of 

 William the Conqueror in the character of an 

 envoy ; but in 1067, little bettL-r than six months 

 after the first landing of the Normans, we find 

 hiui, in conjunction with Eiigar Atheling and 

 others, accompanying the Conqueror in his trium- 

 phal return to Normandy, as a hostage and guaran- 

 tee for the quiescence of his countrymen. At this 

 perio<l, it is probable he might have first become 

 acquainted with .Tuditli : but this must rest on 

 conjecture. At all events, we have the authority 

 of William of Mahusbury for saying that Wal- 

 theof's marriage did not take place until the year 

 1070, soon after his reconciliation with the king on 

 the banks of the Tees. Your correspondent errs in 

 ascribing 1070 as the date of Waltheof 's execution ; 

 the Saxon Chronicle distinctly states May 31st, 

 1076, as the date of his death ; while the chronicle 

 of Mailros, and Florence of Worcester, assign it 

 to the preceding year : in which they are followed 

 by Augustin Thierry. T. E. L. !>. has also fallen 

 into an error as to the cause of Waliheof's execu- 

 tion, wliich he states arose from his participation 

 in a conspiracy at York. Now the crime for 

 which he was accused, and condemned (on the 

 evidence of his wife), was his inviting over the 

 Danes to the invasion of England. This was the 

 primary cause ; althougli his being present at the 

 celebrated marriage-feast at Norwich was doubt- 

 less a secondary one. According to Thierry, he 

 left two children by Judith. David Stjsvess. 



Godaliiiing. 



The Dodo (Vol. ;., pp. 261. 410.). — I have the 

 pleasure to sui)[)ly Mr. Strickland witli the eluci- 

 dation he desires in his Query 7., by referring to 

 Hytla, Ilistoria Religionis Vet. Persarum, p. 312. 



" Et ut <ie Patre (Zoroastris) conveniunt, sic inter 

 omnes conveiiit Matris ejus nomeu fuisse Doglidu, 

 quod (liijiiescc'iite (/It ut in vocil>us Aiifjlicis, hir/h, 

 miijhty, fic.) apud eos |)leruinque sunat Diidu ; nam 

 suiius Gain in medio voc-nin fore cvanescere solet. 

 Ilocquu noincMi iiinuit ()iiasi fVccuncridate ea siniilis essct 

 ejusdum nominis Gallin.x' Indiea>, ciijus Icon apud 

 IlLTbertnin in Itirierario extat sul) nouiinu Dodo, ciijiis 

 utiam extiviic t'arcl;c in AuditoriD Anatoniico Oxoniunsi 

 strvantur. Itflicpia i-x Iconu (h^^nosfantur. Pluriina 

 parit ova, unde ut coniinodum IVccunditatis emi>lLMna." 



T. J. 



" Under the Rose " (Vol. i., p. 214.). — I find the 

 three following derivations for this phrase in my 

 note-book : — 



I. "The expression, 'under the rose,' took its origin," 

 says Jenoway, " from the wars between the Houses of 

 York and Lancaster. Tlie parties respectively swore 

 by the red or the white rose, and these opposite em- 

 blems were displayed as the sit/ns of two taverns : one 

 of which was by tlie side of, and the other opposite to, 

 the Parliament House in Old Palace Yard, Westniin- 

 ster. Here the retainers and servants of the noblemen 

 attached to the Duke of York and Henry VI. used to 

 meet. Here also, as disturbances were frequent, mea- 

 sures either of defence or annoyance were taken, and 

 every transaction was said to be done ' under the rose ;' 

 by which expression the most profound secrecy was 

 implied." 



II. According to others, this term originated 

 in the fable of Cupid giving the rose to Ilarpo- 

 crates, the god of silence, as a bribe to prevent 

 him betraying the amours of Venus, and was 

 hence adopted as the emblem of silence. The rose 

 was for this reason frequently sculptured on the 

 ceilings of drinking and feasting rooms, as a warn- 

 ing to the guests that what was said in moments 

 of conviviality sh(mld not be repeated ; from 

 which, what was intended to be kept secret was 

 said to be held " under the rose." 



III. Roses were consecrated as presents from 

 the Pope. In 1526, they were placed over the 

 goals of confessionals as the symbols of secrecy. 

 Hence the origin of the phrase " Under the Rose." 



Jahltzberg. 



Ergli, Er, or Argh. — Might not these words 

 (([ueried by T. W., Vol. ii. p. 22.) be corruptions of 

 " burgh," aspirated wurgh, and the asjHrate then 

 dropped ; or might not ark, urgh, &c., be corrup- 

 tions of "ii'arft.-" thus Southwark, commonly pro- 

 nounced Southark? I merely offer this as a 

 conjecture. Jarltzberg. 



Royal Supporters (Vol. ii., p. 136.). — E. C. 

 asks when and why the unicorn was introduced as 

 one of the royal supporters. It was introduced 

 by James VI. of Scotland when he ascended the 

 throne of England, on account of the Scottish 

 royal sup|)orters being two unicorns rampant 

 argent, crowned with imperial, and gorged with 

 antique, crowns, with chains affixed to the latter 

 passing between their forelegs and refle.xe<l over 

 their backs, unguled, armed, and crined, all or ; 

 the <lexter one embracing and bearing up a 

 banner of gold charged with the royal arms ; the 

 sinister, another banner azure, charged with the 

 cross of St. Andrew, ai-gent. Queen Elizabeth 

 had used as supporters, dexter, a lion rampant 

 gardant, crowned ; and sinister, a dragon rampant, 

 both or. She also used a lion ramp, gardant 

 crowned, and a greyhound, both or. James 

 adopted as supporters, de.xter, a lion ramp, gar- 



