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NOTES AND QUERIES. [2>'0 S. VI. m., July 3. '68. 



that, at that time, the following were the vraxen 

 figures exhibited in the Presses : — 



" Henry the Sevctith and bis fair Queen, 

 Edward the First and his Queen ; 

 Henry the Fifth liere stands upright, 

 And his fair Queen was this Queen. 



" The noble prince, Pri7ice Henri/, 

 Kinsc James's eblest son; 

 King James, Queen Anne, Queen Elizabeth, 

 And so this Chapel 's done." 

 Peacham, in his Worth of a Penny, enumerat- 

 ing what the simple worth of a penny will effect, 

 says, — 



" For a penny you may hear a most eloquent oration 

 upon our English kings and queens, if, keeping your 

 hands olf, you seriously listen to him who keeps the 

 monuments at Westminster." 



I suspect that the exhibition of these figures 

 originated in the preservation of the carved figures 

 earned in state at the funerals of the respective 

 royal families. ' D- 



Mixture of the Chalice in the Office for Holy 

 Communion. — Are there any known churches in 

 England where this ancient custom has been 

 handed down from early times ? O. S. 



Women in Parliament. — Have women ever sat 

 and voted in parliament, either in the House of 

 Lords or the House of Commons ? If so, under 

 what circumstances ? J. C. W. 



'■^Lot-Mead." — John Aubrey, speaking of the 

 parish of Wanborough, says : — 



" Here fe a Lott-Mead, celebrated yearly with great 

 ceremony. The Lord weareth a garland of flowers ; the 

 mowers have a pound of beef and a head of garlick every 

 man . . . with many other old customs still retayned." 



Lot-mead is a common name for a field in many 

 Wiltshire parishes ; but I do not find in Brand, 

 or other books of that sort, any account of the 

 custom here alluded to. J. 



Mr. Thomas Cary, a Poet of Note. — What is 

 known of this poet, and was he connected with 

 the Falkland family ? He is tlius noticed by 

 Izaak Walton in his MS. collections for a life of 

 the memorable John Hales of Eton, preserved 

 among the Fulman MSS. in Corpus Christi Col- 

 lege, O.xford : — 



" Then was told this by Mr. Anthony Faringdon, and 

 have heard it discourst by others, that Sir. Thomas Gary, 

 a poet of note, and a great libertine in his life and talke, 

 and one that had in his youth bein acquainted with Mr. 

 Ha., sent for Mr. Hales to come to him in a d.angerous 

 fit of sickness, and desired his advice and absolution, 

 which Mr. Hales, upon a promise of amendment, gave 

 him, (this was I think in the country). But Mr. Gary 

 came to London, fell to his own compan}-, ai?d into a more 

 viaable scandalous life, and especially in his discourse, 

 and be (being?) taken very sick, that which proved his 

 last, and being much trowbled in mind, procured Mr. Ha. 

 to come to him in this his sickness and agony of minde, 



desyring earnestly, after a confession of many of his sins, 

 to have his prayers and his absolution. Mr. Ha. told 

 him he shooj have his prayers, but wood by noe meanes 

 give him then either the sacrament or absolution." 



J. Yeowell. 



Stage-Coaches termed '■'■Machines ; " " Bathing- 

 Machines." — When was the name machine first 

 applied to stage-coaches ? and when did it be- 

 come disused ? We constantly meet with it in 

 newspaper advertisements of the last century. It 

 is curious that, although the word, as applied to a 

 public carriage, is quite obsolete, the horses used 

 in stage-coaches and omnibuses are, at the present 

 day, always known as machiners. The word 

 " bathing-machine " must surely have reference 

 to the once familiar name for a public carriage ; 

 bathing-machine, quasi bathing-coach — not appa* 

 ratus or machinery constructed for bathers. 



Jaydeb. 



Church of St. Oswald, Grasmere. — On a re- 

 cent tour to the lakes of Westmoreland, curiosity 

 led me, and certain friends of mine, to the pic- 

 turesque churchyard of St. Oswald, Grasmere, 

 where lie in sacred repose the mortal remains of 

 William Wordsworth. Our curiosity extended, 

 of course, to the church itself, — an object of pe- 

 culiar interest to all who loved the poet. On in- 

 quiring of the obliging official (who has the keys 

 of the church, and who gave us much pleasing 

 information about the inscriptions therein on the 

 several tablets), we were told that no record ex- 

 isted of the antiquity of the building. It was 

 supposed to have been built " about 1000 years 

 ago." Can any of your antiquarian readers set 

 this ifateresting question at rest, by naming the 

 precise year in which the first stone was laid ? 



William Kidd. 



Ancient Jewish Coins. — Will some competent 

 m£fti say when these were first coined ? C. M. A. 



George Henderson, ^'■c. — Two individuals of the 

 respective names of George and John Henderson 

 were farmers at Dirrington and Kippetlaws, in 

 the parish of Lonformacus, in Lammermoor, 

 during the early years of the last century, being 

 tenants of the Trotters of Catlleshiel. Could any 

 of the readers of " N. & Q." give any account of 

 the descendants of the above-mentioned George 

 Henderson ? Of the descendants of his brother 

 John, I am already well acquainted down to the 

 present time. Of the father of the above indivi- 

 du.als, whose name is supposed to have been 

 Thomas, I should like to know something also, 

 especially his age, and the date of his decease. It 

 is traditional that he was the writer of the old 

 Scottish song of " Muirland Willie." It is also 

 conjectured that George and John Henderson 

 were natives of the neighbouring parish of Gordon. 

 Where did the family come from to that parish ? 

 There are still several persons of the name living 



