2nd §, No 4, Jan, 26. 756.) 
and their Authors,”’! at the end of the second 
volume of Dunlap’s History of the American The- 
atre, published in 1833. In reference to this 
catalogue, Mr. Dunlap says: 
“To J. F. Foote, Esq., I am indebted for access to a col- 
lection of materials made by him for a new and improved 
Biographia Dramatica, the publication of which, I hope, 
will repay his labours.” 
Was this work ever published ? R. J. 
Collections for County History. —In making 
topographical; collections, much time and trouble 
might doubtless be spared by attention to a good 
method of arranging the materials. Perhaps some 
of your able antiquarian correspondents will lay 
before the readers of “N. & Q.” the best ‘plans 
adopted for the arrangement of facts in order to 
compile a parochial history. G. M. R. 
Journals of the House of Commons and Bishop 
Latimer. —In the Memoir of Latimer, prefixed to 
his Sermons, edited for the Parker Society by the 
Rey. George Elwes Corrie, B.D., 1844, p. xii., it 
is stated that — 
“Edward VI. having succeeded to the crown in Ja- 
nuary, 1547, the Bishoprick of Worcester was again 
offered to Mr. Latimer, during the year following, in con- 
sequence of an address from the House of Commons to the 
Lord Protector.” 
And in a note is quoted, ‘‘ Journ. H. of Commons, 
Jan. 8, 1548.” As the printed Journals of the 
House of Commons do not commence before the 
year 1613, this statement must have been derived 
from some other source: and from what? And 
as the session of parliament in Edward’s first year 
lasted only from Nov. 4, to Dec. 24, 1547, its 
second session from Nov. 24, 1548, to March 14, 
1548-9, the date of “ Jan. 8,” for anything done 
in parliament, must belong to 1548-9, which was 
not “during the year-following ” Edward's suc- 
cession to the throne. The biography of Latimer, 
particularly at this period, when he declined to 
resume his episcopal functions, is sufficiently im- 
portant to encourage further inquiry. J.G.N. 
Thomas Norris. — Can any of your readers 
render information concerning Thomas Norris, a 
bellfounder of some note in Hampshire in the 
seventeenth century? Also I wish to know some- 
thing about the following motto, which appears on 
a bell, dated 1620: 
“ Merorem mestis, letis sic lta sonabo.” 
Pas 
St. Ives. - 
Rickling Pig. —I1 was lately conversing with a 
friend on those words in -ling which are used in a 
contemptuous sense, as hire-ling, world-ling, lurd- 
ling, shave-ling, ground-ling, under-ling, &c.; and 
he suggested that in some counties the weakest pig 
in a farrow is called the reck-ling, (or wrech-ling ?) 
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of the farrow. In Lancashire it is called variously 
the rick-ling, rig-ling, or more commonly the rit- 
ling, or rit-lin; and near Lancaster the “‘ritlin o’ th’ 
farth” is used to signify the weakest in a brood or 
farrow. For instance, a neighbour coming to call 
upon a friend, and noticing that one of the chil- 
dren was weakly, would observe, “ Well, I reckon 
this is th’ ritlin; but never mind, ritlin often 
turns out best pig i’ th’ farth.” 
I should. be glad to obtain some knowledge of 
the origin and derivation of this word, as also of 
the corresponding terms, “ pitman,” or ‘‘ petman,” 
and “nestletripe,” by which terms the same un- 
fortunate pig is designated in Norfolk and some 
other parts of England. Wm. Rusuron. 
University College. : 
La Princesse de Monaco. — Are the Memoirs of 
the Princess of Monaco, said to have been written 
by herself, and edited by A. Dumas, genuine or 
not? P. M. 
Sepulchral Monuments destroyed by the Con- 
queror. — It has been said that William the Con- 
queror, by the advice of one of his followers, 
caused all sepulchral monuments to be destroyed, 
that no memory of ancient pedigrees might be 
preserved, in case such mementoes should induce 
the people to revolt. What authority is there for 
such P H. T, Extacomss, M.A. 
Rectory, Clyst St. George. 
Frere, or Freer Family. —A family of this 
name attained considerable eminence in Perth- 
shire during the last century. One of its members 
purchased the large estate of Innernethy, now in 
the possession of Sir T. Moncrieffe, Bart. They 
are said to have been a branch of the family of 
Frere, of Roydon Hall, Norfolk. Can any of 
your readers verify this tradition? M, F. Fannr. 
Did Handel possess a Musical Library ? — The 
great composers of music are known not to have 
possessed any collection of music worthy to be 
called a library. The reason for this may be that 
the works of the old masters formed the subject- 
matter of their youthful studies; and having 
created their several methods of thought and de- 
velopment, the labours of their contemporaries 
were for the most part wanting in interest and 
attraction. Handel, it is believed, left his music 
by will to his amanuensis, Mr. Smith. Is there 
any record respecting it, and was there much be- 
sides the fair copies of his own compositions ? 
May I also ask if there be any evidence ‘that 
Handel knew the music of Bach, or that he pos- 
sessed any of Bach’s vocal or organ compositions ? 
SALOPIENSIS. 
Samuel Brewer, of the Inner Temple.— Samuel 
Brewer, of the Inner Temple, by his will, 1684, 
bequeathed certain lands in the parishes of Berk- 
