Mar. 22. 1851.] 



NOTES AND QUEPJES. 



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Are there arty instances to be met with where 

 tlie place of punishment by the stocks or pillory 

 in olden times, was known by that name ? 



There was a king of Brittany who resigned 'his 

 crown, and obtained the honours of canonisation 

 as Saint (iiguel, in the seventh century. St. Giles, 

 who died about the sixth century, might, perhaps. 

 Lave had some connexion with those who are 

 traditionally believed to liave been punislied on 

 the spot; that is, if we judge by his clients, who 

 locate themselves under the sanctity of his nam^e as 

 a "Guild" or fratemity in London. 



There is, however, a curious use by Shakspeare 

 of the word gig. It occurs in Loves Labour's Lost, 

 ActV. Sc. L: 



Ilolofernes says, 



" What is the figure ? 

 Moth lluiiis. 



Holof.rnp.s, Thou disputcst like an infant. Go, 

 whip thy gig." 



I submit this matter, as local names have often 

 their origin in religious associations or in pro- 

 verl)ial philosophy. 



It has been suggested that giggle, as a mark of 

 the derision to which the culprit was exposed, 

 might so become corrupted. 



If the term be connected with the punishment, 

 it would be, doubtless, one of general ajiplicatlon. 

 The smallest contribution will be thankfully re- 

 ceived. K. 



^(> John Vmighan. — In the patent under which 

 the barony of Hamilton of Hackallen, in the county 

 of i\Ieath, was granted on the 20th of October, in 

 the second year of the reign of George I., to 

 Gustavus Hamilton, he is described as son of 

 Sir Frederick Hamilton, Knt., by Sidney, daugh- 

 ter and heiress of Sir John Yaughan, Knt. ; and 

 that tliie said Dame Sidney Hamilton was descended 

 from an honourable line of ancestors, one of whom. 

 Sir AVill Sidney, was Chamberlain to Henry II., 

 another of the same name Comptroller of the 

 Household to Henry VIII., &c., &c. 



Can any of your genealogical friends inform 

 me who the alxive-named Sir John Vaiighan mar- 

 pied, and in what way she was connected with the 

 Sidneys of Penshurst, as the pedigree given by 

 (Collins contains no mention of any such marriage? 



The arms of Sir John Vanghan, which appear 

 quartered with those of Hamilton and Arran in 

 the margin of the grant, are, — Argent, a chevron 

 sable between three infants' heads couped at the 

 siiouldcrs, each entwined round the neck with a 

 snake, all ])roper, thereby intimating his descent 

 from the Vaiighans of Forthanil Treto-wer, &c., 

 in the county of Brecon. J. V. O. 



Quebecca and his Epitaph. — 



" Here lies the body of .lolni Quobeei'a, precentor 

 to my Lurd the liinjf. When his spirit shall enter 



the Kingdom of Heaven, the Almighty will say to the 

 Angelic Choir, ' Silence, ye calves ! and let me hear 

 John Quebecca, precentor to my Lord the King.' " 



Can any of your correspondents inform me Vv^ho 

 John Quebecca was, and where the epitaph may 

 be tbund? E. Hailsture. 



A Monumental Inscription. — Near the chancel 

 door of the parish-church of Wath-upon-Dearne, 

 in Yorkshire, is ail upright slab inscribed to the 

 memory of William Burroughs. After stating 

 that he was of Masbro', gentleman, and that he 

 died in the year 1722, the monument contains 

 the two following hexameters : — 



" Durgus in hoc tumnlo nunc; Orthodoxus Iternius, 

 Deposnit cineres, animam revocabit Olympus." 



The meaning of all vi'hich is obvious, except of 

 the words " Orthodoxus Itermus :" and I should 

 be glad to have this unscanning doggrel trans- 

 lated. It has been conjectured that Itermus must 

 be derived from iter, and hence that Burroughs 

 may have been a traveller, or possibly an orthodox 

 itinerant preacher : surely there can be no pun- 

 ning refiircnce to a journeyman I The lines have 

 been submitted, in vain, to some high literati in 

 Oxford. A. G. 



Ecclesfield. 



Sir Thomas Hei-herfs Memoirs of Charles I. 

 (Vol. iii., p. 157.). — My friend, who is in posses- 

 sion of the original AIS. af this work, is desirous 

 of ascertaining whether the volume published in 

 1702 be a complete and exact copy of it. I will 

 transcribe the commencing and concluding pas- 

 sages of the ]\IS., and shall be obliged if jMr. 

 Bolton Coeney will compare them with the booK 

 in his possession, and tell me the result. 



" S-', 



" By your's of the 22d of August last, I find you 

 have receaved my fornner letters of the first and thir- 

 teenth of May, 1678 ; and seeing 'tis your further 

 desire," &c. 



" This briefe narrative shall conclude with the king's 

 owrie excellent expression .• Crowns and hinydoms are 

 not so valuable as iitij honour and reputation — those must 

 have a period with my life ; but these survive to a glorious 

 kind of immortality when I am dead and gone: a good 

 name beiny the cmbalmiiiy of 'princes, and a sweet conse- 

 cratiny of them to an eternily of love and gratitude 

 amonyst poiterity." 



The present owner of the MS. has an idea that 

 an incoriect copy was fraudulently obtained and 

 published about 1813. Is there any foundation 

 for this supposition ? Alfkkd Gatty. 



Ecclesfield. 



Comets. ^ Where may a correct list of tlic 

 several comets and eclipses, visible in France or 

 England, which ai)pearcd, or took place, between 

 the" years 1066 and 1 GOO, be obtained? 



S. P. 0. II. 



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