Sept. 28. 1850.] 



NOTES AND QUERIES. 



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ment of Humphry Walrond, Eskj , in Ilmiiisfer 

 Church, are those of the family of lirokehamjjton. 

 Humphry Wah'ond (who died 1580) married 

 Elizabeth, daughter and coheir of John Broke- 

 hampton, of Sea, and so obtained that estate. 



W. DouNiNG Beuce. 

 Middle Temple. 



Blachguard (Vol. ii., p. 134.). — An early in- 

 stance of the use of this word occurs in a letter 

 from Richard Topeliffe (Aug. 30, 1578), printed 

 in Lodge's Illustrutious, vol. ii. p. 188. I quote 

 from JNIr. Jardine's Criminal Trials, vol. ii. p. 13. : 

 " His house, Euston, far unmeet for her Highness, 

 but titter for the Black Giucrd." 



It also occurs in Fuller's Church History (Book 

 ix. cent. xvi. sect. vii. § 35. vol. v. p. 160. ed. 

 Brewer) : — " For who can otherwise conceive but 

 such a prince-principal of darkness must be pro- 

 portionably attended with a Mack guard of mon- 

 strous opinions ? " J. E. B. Mayob. 



Scala Cali (Vol. i., pp. 366. 402. 455.).— 

 Maundrell mentions, " at the coming out of Pilate's 

 house, a descent, where was anciently the Scala 

 Sancta." {Journey from Aleppo to Jeni.^ulem, p. 107.) 

 This holy or heavenly stair was that by which the 

 Redeemer was led down, by order of Pilate, ac- 

 cording to the legend, and afterwards was, among 

 other relics, carried to Rome. It is now in the 

 Church of St. John Lateran, whither it is said to 

 have been brought by St. Helena from Jerusalem. 

 Pope Alexander VI., and his successor Julius, 

 granted to the Chapel of St. Mary, built by King 

 Henry VII., in Westminster Abbey — 



" Easdem iiuliilgencias et peccatorum remis.siones . . . 

 quas Celebrantes pro DLf'unctis in Cap>;lla Scuta Coeli 

 nuncupata in Ecclesia Trium Fontiiiin extra muros 

 Urbis Cisterciensis Oidiiiis .... consequuiitur." 



Tiiis indulgence of Pope Julius was dated in the 

 year 1504; and its intention of drawing thitlier 

 pilgrims and offerings was fully reali.sed, we may 

 believe: for in the year 1519 we (ind the brother- 

 hood of St. Mary of Rouncevall by Charing Cross 

 paying : — 



" To the keper of Scala CA\ in tlie Abby - vjd." 



(See Rymer's Fcedera, torn. v. pt. iv. ; and Dug- 

 dale's Monasticoii, vol. i. p. 320.) 



Mack.i;nzie Walcott, M. A. Oxon. 



Sitting during the Lessons (Vol. ii., p. 46.). — 

 With respect to L.'s Query respecting sitting duiing 

 the Lessons, I can venture no remarks; but the 

 custom of standing cluring the reading of the 

 tiospel is very ancient. In the mass of St. Ciiry- 

 sostom the priest exclaims, " Stand u]), let us iiear 

 the holy Gospel." (Goar, Itituale (rrfecorum, p. (]'J.) 

 The same custom a[)[)ears in the Latin Liturgy of 

 St. Basil: — " Cuimpie interpres Evangidii (licit 

 ' State cum timore Dei ' convertilur Sacerdos ad oc- 



cidentem," &c. {Renaudot, vol. i. p. 7. Vide also 

 " Liturgy of St. Mark," Ren. vol. i. p. 126.) The 

 edition of Reuaudot's Liturgies is the reprint in 

 1847. N. E. R. (a subscriber). 



Sitting during during the Lessom. — There is no 

 doubt, I believe, that in former times the people 

 stood when the minister read the Lessons, to show 

 their reverence. It is recorded in Nehemiah, viii. 

 5. : 



" And Ezra opened the Book in the sight of all the 

 people (for he was above all tlie people), and when he 

 opened it all the people stood up." 



Why this practice should have been altered, 

 or why our Rubric should be silent on this head, 

 does not appear quite clear, though I (ind in 

 AVhealley {On the Book of Common Prayer, 

 chap. vi. sec. vi.) that which seems to me to be 

 a very sufficient reason, if not for the sitting dur- 

 ing the Lessons, certainly for the standing during 

 the reading of the Gospel, and sitting during the 

 Epistle : — 



" In St. Augustine's time the people always stood 

 when tlie lessons were read, to show their reverence 

 to God's holy word : but afterwards, when this was 

 thought too great a burden, they were allowed to sit 

 down at the lessons, and were only obliged to stand at 

 the reading of the GospL'l ; which always contains 

 something that Our Lard did speak, or suifered in His 

 own person. By which gesture they showed they had 

 a greater respect to the Son of God himself than they 

 had to any other inspired person, though speaking the 

 word of God, and by God's authority." 



AValter Montague. 



Aerostation,Works on (Vol. ii., p. 199.). — To the 

 numercms list of works on Aerostation which 

 will no doubt be communicated to you in answer 

 to the inquiry of C. B. M., I beg to add the fol- 

 lowing small contribution : — 



" Saggio Aereonautico di Giuseppe Donini Tifernate," 

 8vo. pp. 92. With four large folding Plates. Fireuze, 

 1819. 



Siguor Donini also published in 1823 (in 

 Citta <li Castello per il Donati) the following 

 pamphlet : — 



" Circolare Areonautico (sic) Guiscppe Donini di 

 Citta di Castello a tutti i doiti, e ricchi nazionali, e 

 stranieii. 8vo." pp. 16. 



J.M, 



Oxford. 



Aerostation. — Your correspondent C. B. ]\I. 

 (Vol. ii., p. 199.) will find some curious matter on 

 ai'rostation in poor Colonel Maceroni's Autobio- 

 graphy, 2 vols. 8vo. W. C. 



Pole .Money (Vol. ii., p. 231.). — The "pole 

 money" alluded to in the extracts given by 

 T. N. I., was doubtless the poll tax, which was 

 revived in the reign of Charles II. Every one 



