Fes. 2. 1850.] NOTES AND QUERIES. 
elevation, the highest, noble, chief, &e &e., and dr in 
Hebrew, Chaldean, and Armenian, has the same mean- 
ing. Magh isa field, a plain, ground, &c., as well as 
a town, dwelling, &c.” 
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| was succeeded by Charles Killegrew; the degree 
of the relationship between the two Killegrews I 
do not know; and in the London Gazette, Dec. 7. 
1685, there is a notice commanding all “ rope- 
Now, the topographical description of the 
county of Armagh is that it is hilly, and the hills 
(not very high) are of granite rock. The town 
dancers, prize-players, strollers, and other persons 
showing motions and other sights, to have licenses 
from Charles Killegrew, Esq., Master of the 
| of Armagh again is described as situated on an 
eminence. I suggest, therefore, the high field or | 
|| ground, or the field of the Hill, or the dwelling or | 
| town of the Hill, as very natural derivations. 
Revells.” || 
Charles Killegrew was one of the managers of 
Drury Lane Theatre at the time of the union of | 
the King’s and Duke of York’s servants; and 
If your correspondent prefers it, Av bears also 
the signification of rock, and M. Bullet says: — 
«“ Ce terme nous a été conservé dans la Vie de Saint 
Colomb.” 
Who knows, therefore, whether in building the 
monastery alluded to by Camden, he may not 
have given it the name of 
The dwelling of the Rock ? 
The Celtic language affords many other pos- 
sibilities, but an accurate knowledge of the loca- | 
| lity is requisite in judging of their probability. 
The etymology of Armagh, in Ireland, is very 
simple. Ard, high, great, noble, a purely Celtic 
root, found in many languages. 
high, &c. Welsh, hardh, fair, handsome, &c. 
Magh, a plain, a level tract of land, a field. Ard- 
magh, the great plain. Others derive it from 
Eamhuin-magh, from the regal residence of the 
kings of Ulster, that stood in its vicinity; but the 
former is considered by those best capable of 
judging as the most correct. The original name 
was Druim-sailech, “the hill of sallows,’ which | 
was changed to Ard-sailech, “the height of sal- 
lows,” and then again to Ardmagh. Although 
now spelt Armagh, it was formerly more correctly 
written Ardmagh, which is undoubtedly the proper 
way. Hipernicvs. 
Jan 8. '850. 
THE OFFICE OF MASTER OF THE REVELLS. 
Your esteemed correspondent, “J.G.N.,” asks 
(p. 158.) for the meaning of the letters “C. K. 
M. R” and “T.S.,” appended to the passage 
he quotes from the Common-place Book of Charles, 
Duke of Dorset. I think I can tell him. “C.K. 
M. R.” stands for Charles Killegrew, Master of the 
Revells; and “T.S.” means Thomas Skipwith, 
one of the patentees of Drury Lane Theatre, who 
died in 1710. Sir Henry Herbert died in 1673 ; 
and his successor in the office was Thomas Kille- 
mer This person had previously been Sir 
enry’s deputy; and I am in possession of a 
curious list of MS. instructions, “the heads of 
what I gave to Mr. Tho. Killegrew the 29th of 
March, 1664,” in the hand-writing of Sir Henry 
Herbert. Thomas Killegrew died in 1683, and 
Latin, Arduus, | 
Dryden calls him, in the Dedication to his trans- 
lation of Juvenal’s Satires, his ‘ingenious friend.” 
Upon the death of the latter, in 1725, Charles 
Henry Lee succeeded to the vacant office ; who, 
| dying in 1744, Solomon Dayrolle was appointed 
in hisroom. Ido not know the date of the de- 
cease of the last-named gentleman ; but with him, 
| I believe, died the office of Master of the Revells. 
The ancient jurisdiction of the Master of the 
Revells had been transferred, in 1737, by legal 
authority, to a “licenser of the stage,” who, in 
Fea || conjunction with a deputy licenser, performed all 
the functions of the ancient office. 
Epwarp I. Rimsavrr. 
REPLIES TO MINOR QUERIES. 
The Red Maids of Bristol.— The answer to the 
query of “ Mr. A. Grirrinsoor ” (No.12. p.184.), 
why the ‘“‘ Red Maids” in Bristol are so called, is, 
because they are dressed in bright scarlet gowns. 
They are the incumbents of a benevolent school, 
founded in 1627, by one of Bristol’s great bene- 
factors, Alderman Whitson, of pious memory, for 
the maintenance and education of 40 girls, which 
number has now increased to 120. Your corre- 
spondent’s curiosity respecting their name mfeht 
be fully satisfied, and his interest increased, if he 
should happen to be in Bristol on some sunny 
afternoon in the later part of May, or the begin- 
ning of June, by a sight of this bright “ regiment 
of women” —the gay colour of their gowns sub- 
dued by the quaintness of their fashion, and the 
clean whiteness of their aprons, collars, &c. — 
proceeding, in double file, towards the downs, for 
air and recreation. An account of their foun- 
dation may be found in Barrett’s Hist. of Bristol, 
p-415. ‘ Blue-Boys,” so called for a similar 
reason, are a parallel case of much more general 
occurrence. Yours, &c. Rura. 
Poetical Symbolism. —In answer to the ques- 
tion of your correspondent, “ SrepHen Brav- 
cHame” (No. 11. p. 173.), I beg leave to mention 
a work, which answers in some degree to the de- 
scription which he gives; namely, De Symbolica 
Egyptiorum Sapientia, and Polyhistor Symbolicus, 
electarum Symbolarum et Parabolarum Histuricarum 
Stromata XIT. Libris complectens, by Nicolas Caus- | 
