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marriage of Catherine Grey with Lord Beau- 
champ was brought “to a trial at the common 
law.” Mr. Hallam then adds that Mr. Luders 
considered this story as inaccurate; and that he 
himself thinks it not unlikely that “it is a con- 
fused account of what happened in the Court of 
Wards.” The accuracy of Dugdale’s story is, 
however, strongly confirmed by the fact, that 
Dugdale usually resided at Coleshill in Warwick- 
shire ; so that it is almost certain that he derived 
his information from the John Digby of Coleshill, 
whom he asserts to have been the foreman of the 
jury, and who could not have been mistaken as to 
what occurred. As Mr. Hallam has taken so 
much pains to elucidate this question, I conclude 
from his silence, that he was not aware of this 
trifling incident, which seems however to render 
Dugdale’s account unimpeachable. The pro- 
perty I allude to is now in the possession of Mr. 
William Dugdale, W. M. 
Temple, 
Penkridge in Staffordshire.—Mr. D'Alton, in 
his Memoirs of the Archbishops of Dublin (p. 294.), 
informs us as follows : 
“Jn 1698, the bishop of Coventry and Litchfield wrote 
to Archbishop [ Narcissus] Marsh respecting ‘the pecu- 
liar of Penkridge in Staffordshire,’ the manor and ad- 
yowson of which had been, as before mentioned [p. 82.], 
granted to Henry de Loundres [archbishop of Dublin, 
1213—1228], and enjoyed by his successors. The bishop 
of Coventry on this occasion represented, that it had not 
been visited by any of the archbishops of Dublin since 
1660, and he therefore prayed the permission of his grace 
to make a visitation of it in his, the archbishop’s name, 
which request was accordingly complied with; and the 
usual commission passed the consistorial seal, empowering 
the bishop of Coventry and Litchfield to visit for his 
grace, ‘ ejus peculiarem jurisdictionem de Penkridge.’ ” 
When, and under what circumstances, did the 
connexion between the see of Dublin and the 
peculiar of Penkridge come to anend? Asugpa. 
Hours for Marrying. — What is the origin of 
the limitation (now fixed by statute) of the time 
for marrying to the period between eight in the 
morning and noon ? Y.B.N. J. 
Anonymous Works. — Who are the authors of 
the following: 1. The Muse of Britain, a Dra- 
matic Ode. Inscribed to the Right Hon. Wm. 
Pitt, 4to,, 1785. 2. The Thunder Ode, written 
on the hurricanes in the West Indies, 4to., 1773. 
It was set to music by Dr. Arne. 3. Calif, a 
drama, 1826, said to have been written by a lady 
in Bedfordshire, ; 
Turnspit Dogs,— When were turnspit dogs 
first introduced ? me dy, 
Milton, relative to David.—In the Appendix to 
Belsham's Memoirs of the Rev. Theophilus Lindsay 
(2nd edit., 8vo., p. 373.) there occurs the follow- 
ing paragraph in a letter from the Duchess of 
Somerset : 
“ T was much obliged to you for sending that frasment 
of Milton, which pleased me much; and I took the liberty 
to copy and convey it to Miss Talbot, who was delighted 
with it, but made the same objection with yours, that he 
was wrong in regard to that part of the Bible account of 
David’s misfortunes and their source! I must now, under 
the seal of confession, own to you, that after reading the 
Bible every day of my life for forty years together, I 
always understood it as Milton seems to have done. But 
since I have received your letter, I have read the history 
of David in Samuel, with all the attention I am mistress 
of, to find some other cause; and rummaged the library 
to find some commentator who would explain it, but they 
all seem to be in Milton’s error; and even consulted the 
only divine in my reach (Clavering), who stared, and 
said he had always thought as Milton did.” 
What fragment is referred to? and what the 
error ascribed, wrongly or rightly, to the poet ? 
H 
Anonymous Pamphlets respecting Expedition to 
Rochefort.—1. In Park's Walpole (vol. iv. p. 251.), 
Bubb Doddington, Lord Melcombe, is mentioned 
as the author of “a pamphlet on the expedition to 
Rochefort.” What is the exact title of this pam- 
phlet ? : 
2. Who is the author of An Appeal to the 
Nation; being a Full and Fair Vindication of Mr. 
Mordaunt, and the other Gentlemen employed in the 
Conduct of the late Secret Expedition (8vo. 1757) ? 
W. H.C. 
126. Fleet Street. 
Early Printing in Norwich.— A few years ago 
it was stated in one of the local journals that 
Antbony Solempne or Solen, printed at Norwich 
several editions of the Bible in Dutch, copies 
of some of which were stated to be preserved 
in the library of Trinity College, Dublin. Can 
any contributor to “N. & Q.” refer me to this 
paragraph, or confirm it ? 
If true, could the Bibles have been intended for 
smuggling into the parts of Holland where Spanish 
persecutors still had sway, as in similar times 
in England English Bibles were printed on the 
continent to be introduced into this sounineh, af 
“ Naked Truth,” its Origin. — 
“Truth and Falsehood travelling one day, met at a 
river, and both went to bathe at the same place. False- 
hood coming first out of the water, took his companion’s 
clothes, and left his own vile raiment, and then went on 
his way. Truth coming out of the water, sought in vain 
for his own proper dress, disdaining to wear the garb of 
Falsehood, Truth started all naked in pursuit of the 
thief, but not being so swift of foot, has never overtaken 
ake fugitive. Ever since he has been known as ‘ Naked 
ruth, 
Will any of your correspondents favour us with a 
better explanation of the origin of the common 
