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NOTES AND QUERIES. 



[No. 5^ 



Defender of the Faith. — In Banks' Doj-mant and 

 Extinct Baronage, pp. 408-9., vol. iv., I find the 

 ibllowing : — 



'' He (Henry VIIl.) tras the first Englisli monarch 

 ■who obtained the title of Defender of tlie Faiili, which 

 was conferred upon liini by Pope Leo X., for a book 

 written by him against JMartin Lutber." 



To which the following note is subjoined : — 



"But in a letter from Chiistopber Wren, Esq., to 

 Francis Peek, M.A. (author of the Deshltrala Curiosa), 

 it is thus stated ; viz.. ' tliat King Henry VII. had the 

 title of Defender of the Faith, appears by the Register 

 of the Order of the Garter in the black book, (sic dic- 

 tum a tegmine), now in my hands, by office, wliich 

 having been shown to King Charles I., he received 

 with much joy ; notliing more pleasing liim tliau that 

 the right of tliat title was fixed in the cro«n long be- 

 fore the Pope's pretended donation, to all which [ 

 make protestation to all posterity.' AiroypoKpu, hoc 

 meo. Ita testor. Chr. Wren, a memoria, et secretis 

 Honoratissimi Ordinis. Wrexham, 4 March, 17S6-7." 

 In support of this note, I finil in Cliambcr- 

 layne's Present Slcde of England, 1669, p. 88., this 

 statement : 



" Defender of the Faith was anciently used bv the 

 Kings of England, as appears by several charters 

 granted to the University of Oxford, &c." 



As the word anciently, I conceive, applies to a 

 period anterior to 1.521, nray I express a hope that 

 sonic of your learned subscribers at Oxford will 

 favour your readers with the dates of the charters 

 alluded to ; and, if po^sib!e, some information as 

 to the circumstances wiiich led to the adoption of 

 the title " Defender of the Faith " by the kings 

 of England previous to the reign of Henry VIII. 

 Eobi;kt Anstrutuek, Lieut.- Col. 



Bayswater. 



Calendar of Sundai/s in Greek and Bomixh 

 Churches. — Where can I find good authority on 

 the calendar of Sundays in the Greek Church, and 

 in the Roman ? As to the latter, the missals and 

 directories only give the current year : as to the 

 former, there is no work I know of which gives 

 anything. " M. 



Dandridge the Painter. — At Osterley Park 

 (Lord Jersey's) is the only example of the pencil 

 of Dandridge, bearing his signature and the date 

 1741. 



Through neglect and the effect of time this able 

 work has been dried up, so that we may say — 

 " The wine of life is drawn, and nothing 

 Left but the mere lees :" 



but there's savour of merit and signs of goodly 

 craft for the dark age of its birth. In the group 

 of three children of life-size we have a rare work 

 of the perio<l when few men of genius wielded the 

 brush or daubed canvas, even through the in- 

 spiring patronage of a wealthy banker, whose 

 progeny they are— and this is executed too before 



academies and societies offered their fostering aid, 

 and when Hogarth struggled on probably side by 

 side with Dandridge. Some of your readers may 

 have traces of him and of his works, and may be 

 able to trace his memory to tlie grave. All that 

 AValpole has of him is (p. 439.) : 



" Son of a house painter ; had great business from 

 his felicity in taking a likeness. He sometimes painted 

 small conversations, but died in the vigour of his age." 



QUESTOR. 



Athenaeum, Nov. 20. 1850. 



Chance?'^s Portrait hy Occleve. — Is the portrait 

 of Chaucer which Occleve dreio in his translation 

 of Egidius de Roma to be found in all the MSS. 

 of that work ? and, if so, has it ever been en- 

 graved. I have not Urry's Chaucer by me, or 

 perhaps he could save you the trouble of answer- 

 ing the question. 



On reference to Watts, I find he does not even 

 mention this work of Occleve, but contents himself 

 with a piece of supercilious criticism : whereas, 

 the notices which Occleve takes of passing events 

 (of which the character of Chaucer is one) are at 

 least valuable (although his poetry maj' not be the 

 best in the world), and his work is also valuable 

 in giving us the phraseology of the fourteenth 

 century. P. 



John o'Gi'oafs House. — Does any authenticated 

 view of the building called John d'Oroafs House 

 in Caithness e.xist, and are any traditions respect- 

 ing it known beyond the certainly ridiculous 

 account in the fifth volume oi Beauties of Scotland, 

 p. S3. ? 



Can any of your readers point out an engraving 

 of the old Konigs or Kaisei'stuhl, cd liheuse, on the 

 Rhine, as well as of its restoration in 1848, alter 

 being destroyed by the hordes of revolutionary 

 France, in 1792? It is not in Merian or Zeiler. 

 I have seen it, but cannot call to mind the author. 

 Perhaps Ahatia Llustruta ? 



William Bell, Phil. Dr. 



Dancing the Bride to Bed — Old Heicson the 

 Cohler. — I have a tune called ".4 romid dance [to 

 dance the bride to bed.'' Can any of your readers 

 favour me with notices of such a custom pre- 

 vailing? The tune dates about 1630 or earlier, 

 and resembles that of " The Hunt is up." 



Another, printed about 1730, is called, "■ Aly 

 name is Old Hewson the Cohler.'' Is this a cava- 

 lier's song in ridicide of the Roundhead Colonel 

 Hewson ; and are the words to be found ? 



Wm. Chappell. 



[We trust these Queries may bo regarded as a sign 

 that IMr. Chappell is preparing a new edition of his 

 valuable collection of National Evglish Airs En.] 



Duke and Earl of Albemarle. — Albemarle has 

 given a title of duke to the celebrated General 

 Monk, and that of earl to the fitmily of Keppel. 

 Will some of your correspondents tell me where 



