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NOTES AND QUERIES. 



[No. 81. 



. Stanedge Pole. — Can any one inform me in 

 what part of Yorkshire tlie antiquarian remains of 

 Stanedge Pole are situated; and where the de- 

 scription of them is to be found ? A. N. 



Names of the Ferret. — I should be much 

 obliged by any one of your readers informing me 

 what peculiar names are given to the male and 

 female ferret ? Do they occur any where in any 

 author? as by knowing how the words arc spelt, 

 we may arrive at their etymology. 



T. Lawkence. 



Ashley-de-la- Zoucb. 



Colfabias. — Can any of j-our learned corre- 

 spondents furnish the origin and meaning of this 

 word ? It was the name of the privy attached to 

 the Priory of Holy Trinity in Dublin; and still is 

 to be seen in old leases of that religious house 

 (now Christ Church Cathedral), spelled sometimes 

 as above, and other times cuolfahioos. 



The present dean and chapter are quite in the 

 dark upon the subject. I hope you will be able to 

 give us a little light from your general stock. 



A Cu. Ch. I\Ian. 



Dublin. 



School of the Heart. — This work consists of 

 short poems similar in character and merit to 

 Quarles's Emblems, and adorned with cuts of the 

 same class. I have at hand none but modern 

 editions, and in these the production is ascribed to 

 Quarles. But Montgomery, in his Christian Poet, 

 quotes the School of the Heart, without ex- 

 planation, as the work of Thomas Harvey, 1647. 

 Can any of your readers throw light on this mat- 

 ter ? S. T. D. 



Milton and the Culves-head Club. — I quote the 

 following from 77(e Secret History of the Calves- 

 head Club: or the Republican UnmasqiCd, 4to., 1703. 

 The author is relating what was told him by " a 

 certain active Whigg, who, in all other respects, 

 was a man of probity enough." 



" He further told me that Milton, and some other 

 creatures of the Commonwealth, had instituted this 

 Club [the Calves-bead Club], as be was infovm'd, in 

 opposition to Bp. Juxon, Dr. Sanderson, Dr. Ham- 

 mond, and other divines of the Cluu-cb of England, who 

 met privately every ."JOth of January ; and tboujjb it 

 was under the Time of Usurpation, bad conipil'd a 

 private Form of Service for tbe Day, not much dif- 

 ferent from what we now lind in tbe Liturgy." 



Do any of Milton's biographers racntior. his 

 connexion with this club ?' Does the form of 

 prayer compiled by Juxon, Sanderson, and Ham- 

 niond exist ? K. P. D. E. 



Daoid Rizzio's Signature. — Can any reader of 

 "ZSToTES AND Queries" furnish the applicant with 

 either a Aic-simile or a minute description of the 

 signature and handwriting of David Rizzio ? The 

 application is made in order to the verification of 



a most remarkable alleged instance of clairvoyance, 

 recorded at large in a volume on that and its 

 kindred subjects just published by Dr. Gregory 

 of Edinburgh. i\ K. 



Lambert Simnel — Was this his real Name? — 

 It occurs to me that we are not in possession of 

 the real name of Lambert Simnel, the famous 

 claimant of the crown of England. We are told 

 that he was the son of a baker ; and we learn from 

 Johnson's Dictionary that the word " simnel " 

 signified a kind of sweet-bread or cake. Now, 

 considering the uncertainty and mutability of sur- 

 names in former times, I am led to suspect that 

 " Simnel " may have been a nickname first applied 

 to his father, in allusion to his trade ; and I am 

 strengthened in my suspicion by not finding any 

 such name as "Simnel" in any index of ancient 

 names. Could any of your correspondents throw 

 light on this question, or tell whether Lambert 

 left any posterity ? T. 



Honor of Clare, Norfolk. — I have seen a letter, 

 dated about 1702, in the possession of a gentle- 

 man of this town, which alludes " To His Majesty^ s 

 Honor of Clare ,•" and I shall feel obliged if any 

 of your correspondents can render me any in- 

 formatioti as to whether there are any documents 

 relative to this " Honor" in existence : and if so, 

 where they are to be met with? for I much wish 

 to be informed what fragments were made from 

 South Green (a part of this town), which was held 

 of the above-mentioned " Honor," and by whom 

 made ; and further, who is the collector of them 

 at this period ? J. K. C. 



Sponge. — When was the sponge of commerce 

 first known in England ? Thudt. 



Babingtons Conspii-acy . — Miss Strickland, in 

 her life of Queen Elizabeth (Lives of the Queens 

 of England, vol. vii. p. 33.), after describing the 

 particulars of this plot, adds in a Note, — 



" After bis condemnation, Babington wrote a piteous 

 letter of supplication to Elizabeth, imploring her 

 mercy for t'ne sake of liis wife and children." — Ilaw- 

 linson MSS., Oxford, vol. 1340. No. 53. f. 19. 



A copy of a letter to which the description given 

 by Miss Strickland would apply, has been lately 

 found among some papers originally belonging to 

 Lord Burleigh ; and it would be very desirable to 

 compare it with the letter said to be in the llaw- 

 linson collection. I have, however, authority for 

 saying that the reference above quoted is incorrect. 

 I should be very glad indeed to find whether the 

 letter referred to by Jliss Strickland is printed in 

 any collection, or to trace the authority for the 

 refierencc given in the Lives of the Queens. The 

 MS. copies in the British Museum are known. 



J.Bt. 



Family of Sir John Banks. — R. H. wishes 

 to be infoi'med how many children were left by 



