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NOTES AND QUERIES.' 



[No. 96. 



the more correct one is kaherlaque. Does the 

 aflinity in sound between this latter term and 

 " cockroach," slight though it be, warrant the sup- 

 jiosition that the one may be derived from the 

 other ? Henkt II. Brebn. 



St. Lucia, May, 1851. 



96. Felton. — What has become of the letter 

 said to have been found in Felton's hat when he 

 stabbed the Duke of Buckingham? Upcott once 

 had it, but it did not appear in the sale catalogue 

 of his collection. ? ? 



97. Date of a Charier. — Having been in the 

 habit of making frequent consultations to the MSS. 

 in the British Museum respecting the county of 

 AVilts, I found a charter temp. Henry III., the 

 date of which is given as " Thursday next after the 

 day whereon the King sent his daughter into Sicily .'" 



It is now three years since I last saw the original, 

 and having mislaid my transcript, I quote I'rom 

 memory ; but I believe I am correct in my ren- 

 dering from tlie Latin. 



Can you, through the medium of your valuable 

 publication, lix with accuracy this date, as I have 

 not been able to do so. J. T. Hand. 



29. Threadneedle Street, Aug. 13. 1851. 



98. Thomas Timer the ^'■Husbandman." — Has 

 any new evidence been discovered to prove the 

 correct dates of the birth and decease of this "old 

 English worthy ? " On his own authority we 

 learn that Rivenhall, near Witham in Essex, was 

 the place of his nativity, and his remains were 

 interred (about 1580-?) in St. Mildred's church in 

 the Poultry. Are any particulars known of Sir 

 Richard Southwell, one of Tusser's patrons? 



Edward F. Rimbaui.t. 



99. Godfrey Higgins' Worhs. — Have the works 

 of Godfrey Higgins .(the Celtic Druids and the 

 Anacalypsis) ever been reviewed, and where ? if 

 not, can any of 3'Cvir readers inform me what is 

 the opinion generally entertained of these pro- 

 ductions? OCTIS. 



100. Nodes TemplaricB. — In turning over yes- 

 terday a MS. volume in the University Library, I 

 met with a tract of 8 pp., with the title. Nodes 

 Templarice : a Briefe Chronicle of the darke llaigne 

 of the bright Prince of burning Love. Stradilan is 

 the name of the principal character in this most 

 mad composition. As to the author, I shall be 

 glad to receive information from those better 

 acquainted with the fugitive literature of the 

 seventeenth century than W. K. C. 



Cambridge. 



101. Commissioners on Officers of Justice in 

 England. — On 3 vAy 27 1\\, 1733, commissionei-s 

 were appointed to survey the, officers of justice in 

 England and Wales, and to inquire into their fees. 

 Will any of your learned readers inform me 



whether these commissioners made any report of 

 the returns of fees which they received in pur- 

 suance of their commission, and where is such re- 

 port or returns deposited ? This inquiry may lead 

 to some important results. Inquirer. 



102. Marcus JEUus Antoninus. — Can you or any 

 of your correspondents inform me what writer is 

 concealed under the pseudonyme of Marcus .3ilius 

 Antoninus, in the following title? 



" De sciipto quodam cleri secundarii et leguleorum 

 coloniensium plane detestabili, adversus Evaugelii doc- 

 trinam et ordines Imperii nuper edito Querela Marci 

 JEln Antonini Imperatoris, qui Philosophus a bonis 

 Uteris magna laude cognominatus est. 1543." 



Ttro. 



Dublin. 



103. Derivation of Pic-nic. — Can any of your 

 subscribers inform me of the derivation of the 

 word " Pic-nic ? " A. F. S. 



Nottingham, Aug. 12. 



104. Sir Thomas Mores Knighthood. — I should 

 be glad of the date when the honour of knighthood 

 was conferred on this eminent man ; and also the 

 date of his admission into the privy council. If I 

 am rightly informed, the records of the privy 

 council are preserved only since 1540. 



Edward F. Rimbatjlt. 



105. Portrait of Mandeville, author of the Fable 

 of " The Bees." — Could any of your numerous 

 readers inform me whether there is in existence 

 any authenticated portrait of Dr. Bernard de Man- 

 deville, author of the fable of " The Bees ? " I 

 have made a fruitless search for several years 

 past. B. G. 



106. Divgle, early History of. — Any references 

 to works, MS. or printed, containing notices of the 

 early history of Dingle and its neighbourhood, in 

 the county of Kerry, Ireland, will much oblige 



K. H. 



107. Ancient Egypt., Language of . — What are 

 the best standard works on the study of the lan- 

 guage of ancient Egypt, as preserved in its monu- 

 ments ? What are the best works on its chro- 

 nology ? What translations exist of its " Ritual 

 of the Dead?" I am acquainted with Lepsius 

 Todtenbuch. What MSS. of it, if any, are pre- 

 served in British museums or libraries ? have they 

 been collated ? I am acquainted with that in the 

 library of Trinity College, Dublin, formerly in 

 possession of the late Lord Kingsborough, which, I 

 believe, has never been even lithographed ; though 

 amang the members of that university are a 

 Hincks, a Wall, and a Butcher. S. P. H. T. 



108. Dr.Mattheic Sutcliffe.— 'None of the bio- 

 graphers of the famous Dr. Matthew Sutclifl'e, 

 Dean of Exeter, the controversial writer, and 

 founder of Chelsea College, state where he was 



