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Grobber, from the German gruber, applied as 
a term of reproach to a rude clownish fellow. 
Skhudamore, probably from the Danish skude, 
applied to one who runs away. 
Bowerman, probably a name given to a person 
appointed to attend to the apartments belonging 
to a lady. 
Wallinger, probably from the German waillen, 
meaning a rambler or tramper. : 
Towher, probably a corruption of the Scottish 
word ¢ocker, or the Cumbrian word towgher. 
Lyte; this word is derived from the Anglo- 
Saxon, and means a list of names of persons to 
elect from; it also means a short while. 
Gamull, derived from the Scotch word gammul, 
to gobble up. 
Shaa, probably from the term sha ; a term used 
to incite animals to the chase; or it may probably 
come from the word schaw, a wood. 
Murchison, from the English word murche, a 
dwarf, the son of a dwarf. 
Rand, probably a contraction of the word 
Randolf. 
Rosser, from rosizere ; perhaps meaning a cul- 
tivator of the rosary. 
Grindler, a name perhaps given to one who 
attended the “ gryndyng” stones of a mill. 
Lister from Lystyr; a person employed in 
weaying the “‘lyste” to cloth. 
J.R. J. 
Having given some attention to the derivation 
of surnames, I would suggest the following pro- 
bable etymologies to Mr. Lowrr :— 
“ Brygs (Welsh, Pinc), smart, gay; p and b mutable.” 
“ BowERMAN (Sax., Burhe), town’s man.” 
“ Lyect (Wile), or of, Lille.” 
“ Prynne (Welsh, Pryn), redeemed, purchased out of 
slavery. 
“ Towker (Tucker?), of (tuck) tent-cloth, a fuller of 
cloth.” —N. Bailey’s Dict. 
“ Lister (Flemish, Litester), a dyer.” — Roll of Cits of 
York, temp. Edward I., published by York Arch. Assoc. 
W. J. Pinks. 
Doubtless, Mr. Lower has “mastered” the fol- 
lowing, as I do not find them in his list : — 
Peakome, Gammie, Laprimandaye, Yaldwin, Cay, 
Quidgley, Umphleby, Twaddell, Schnell, Gunnis, 
Whichcord, Farmiloe, Inverarity, Petch, Boobyer, 
Glanvid, Uniacke, Prag, ‘Taddy, Fuggle, Shugar. 
These I saw in the columns of The Times a few 
months back, and happened to make a note of. 
R. W. Hacxwoon, 
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BOOKS BURNT. 
(1" S, xi. 77. &e.) 
By an oversight I omitted to send you all m 
Notes on this subject a year or more ago, and 
am reminded of it by an article in your last 
Number. Nothing has been lost, however, by 
delay, as I have obtained some additional items, 
which are at your service, if at all likely to prove 
acceptable to your readers. I observe that a copy 
of the Dictionnaire critique, littéraire et bibliogra- 
phique des principaux Livres condamnés au feu, &¢., 
of Peignot, is advertised for sale in the Catalogue 
of the library of the late M. F. Busch, of Stras- 
burg, lot No. 4263.* iknow not if the book is 
scarce, but thought it might be referred to. 
My first Note is a Query. Was not Froude’s 
Nemesis of Faith burned at Oxford ? 
On May 20, 1661, and following days, the par- 
liament ordered to be burned by the common 
hangman diverse acts passed during the troubles ; 
viz. the Solemn League and Covenant, the acts 
for the erection of a court of justice charged with 
the conduct of the trial of Charles Stuart, — for 
subscribing the engagement against a king and 
house of peers, — for declaring the people of Eng- 
land a republic,—for renouncing the title of 
Charles Stuart, —and for the safety of the Lord 
Protector. 
Sir Walter Raleigh is said to have burned the 
second volume of his History. The story, how- 
ever, is doubtful. 
“Sat. Jan. 14, 1738. — This morning, between one and 
two o’clock, a most dreadful fire broke out in the kitchen 
of Mr. Basket’s dwelling-house in Blackfriars, printer to 
His Majesty, which in a short time consumed the same, 
and the king’s printing-house adjoining. The fire was 
so sudden and violent that the family saved themselves 
with the utmost difficulty. The printing-house was very 
grand, and the finest of the kind in the world. The 
printing materials alone amounted to several thousand 
pounds, besides a vast number of Bibles, Common Prayer 
Books, Acts of Parliament, &c., which were entirely con- 
sumed. *Tis said the loss in the whole amounts to near 
20,0002." — London Mag., 1738, p. 45. 
1553. Michael Servetus escaped from Vienna, 
where he was confined. So on June 17, he was 
condemned to be burnt alive with a slow fire if he 
could be apprehended: and in the meantime to be 
burned in effigy with his books. Accordingly on 
the same day his efligy, being laid on a cart, was 
carried to the place of execution fastened to a 
gibbet, and burned with five bales of his books. 
(Old Whig, No. 152.) Servetus was retaken, and 
at Geneva, Oct. 26, the judges condemned the 
unhappy man to be burnt alive the next day, to- 
gether with all his books, both printed and in 
MS. 
“ We condemn thee, Michael Servetus, to be bound and 
carried to the place called Champel, and there to be 
fastened to a stake and burnt alive, with thy books, both 
written with thine own hand and printed.” 
The book of Eutychius of Constantinople, on 
* The sale to commence May 19. Williams and Nor- 
gate, Covent Garden, undertake to execute commissions. 
