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NOTES AND QUEKIES. 



[2'«i S. VI. 133., July 17. '58. 



two ounces of bruised shellac, and boil them in a 

 covered vessel, stirring them occasionally till dis- 

 solved. Filter when cold through coarse filtering 

 paper ; add one ounce of mucilage ; boil fur a few 

 minute.*!, adding sufficient powdered indigo or 

 lamp-blauk to colour it. Leave the mixture for 

 two or three" hours to allow the coarser particles to 

 subside. Pour it from the dregs, and bottle for 

 use. 



Carbon Ink. — Dissolve real Indian ink in 

 common black ink ; or add a small quantity of 

 lamp-black, previously heated to redness, ground 

 perfectly smooth, with a small portion of the ink 

 made very hot. J. B. Neil. 



Matthew Tindal, D.C.L. — As my ancestor Dr. 

 Matthew Tindal has been frequently mentioned 

 in " N. & Q." in the article entitled "Stray Notes 

 on Edmund Curll," by S. N. M., I send you the 

 following information relating to himself and his 

 family ; it is extracted from a pedigree recently 

 compiled for me from legal evidence by Mr. G. 

 W. Collen of the Heralds' College : —Matthew 

 Tindal, D.C.L., Fellow of All Souls' Coll., Oxford, 

 was baptized at Beerferris, co. Devon, May 12, 

 1657. He was the eldest son of the Rev. John 

 Tindal, B D., Rector of the same pari.sh, and 

 Anne his wife, daughter of Matthew Hals of 

 Efford, in the county of Devon, Esq., by Sabina, 

 daughter of Thomas Clifford of Ugbrook in the 

 parish of Chudleigh, co. Devon, Esij., and aunt of 

 Thomas Lord Clifford of Chudleigh, Lord High 

 Treasurer of England. He had one brother, the 

 Rev. John Tindal, rector of St. Ives, Cornwall, 

 and vicar of Cornwood, co. Devon, who married 

 Elizabeth, eldest daughter of Nicolas Prideaux of 

 St. Thomas, in the island of Barbados, Esq., and 

 Member of Council. No sister is mentioned 

 either in the will of the father, John Tindal of 

 Beerferris, or in the pedigree compiled by Mr. 

 Collen ; consequently I am at a loss to know who 

 " Mrs. Anne Parre" can be who is mentioned in 

 the " Stray Notes," as a sister of Matthew Tindal, 

 and who is said to have commenced a suit in 

 Doctors' Commons to set aside his will. 



Acton Tindal. 

 Manor House, Aylesbury. 



"Hibernia Merlinus" 1683. — I have a copy of 

 a curious little volume of forty -eight pages, 24mo., 

 and entitled Hibernice Merliiius for the Year of 

 Our Lord 1683, which was purchased at the sale of 

 Mr. Monck Ma.son's library on the 29th of March 

 last (No. 16. in the catalogue). It was compiled 

 by John Bourk, Philomath; was printed in Dub- 

 lin in 1683, by Benjamin Tooke and John Crooke, 

 printers to the king ; and contains " the Constitu- 



tions of the Air, the Rising and Setting of the 

 Sun, the Tides, the Terms and their Returns, with 



; many other Useful Ob.servations, fitted to the 

 Longitude and Latitude of all Places within this 



i Kingdom of Ircbind, and the Western Parts of 

 England." There is likewise " a Chronology of 

 all the Chief Governours from 1172 to 1682, with 

 many other Remarkable Observations and useful 

 Tables, with Additions; with High-ways, Fairs, 

 and Markets." 



Is there any earlier specimen of an Irish al- 

 manac ? Abhba. 



Original Sin. — Who first gave the inherent 

 corruption of our nature the term of original sin ? 



TAat. 



Cathedral Virge. — 



" Acts, orders, and decrees made, ordained, decrfied, and 

 enjoyned by the R'. Rev^. tfather in God, Edward L'* Bp, 

 of Corke and Rosse in the ordinary visitacon of the Deane 

 and Chapter; and in the vi.sitacon of the Quire of the 

 Cathedrall Church of S'. ffinbarj-, Corke. beguune the 

 third day of Novemb^ Ann Dni 1688, and from tlience 

 duely continued from day to day before the said L*. Bp. 

 in the Chapter House aforesaid, in presence of Rich*. 

 Sampson, Not. Pub. Dep. Reg." 



" Item, the said Lord Bp. decreed, enjoyned, and or- 

 dered as in his last visitacon that the Virge be not sett 

 up an end hereafter by the Deanes stall, but that it be 

 laid downe by the cushion before the senior dignitary or 

 pbendary then psent, according to the Antient and usuall 

 cnstonie of all Cathedralls both in England and Ireland. 

 And that for better observation hereof the Irons nailed to 

 the post by the Deane's Stall for such rediculous setting 

 up the Virge be forthwith taken or strucken down before 

 they be three years standing. 



" E. Corke and Rosse." 



Is this custom of laying the virge on the cushion 

 before the senior dignitary or prebendary's stall 

 still observed in any of the English cathedrals? 

 In this country I have always remarked that the 

 virge was placed in an erect position against the 

 pillar at the left side of the (lean's stall, whether 

 he happened to be present or not. R. C. 



Cork. 



Bonhams of Essex. — Can any of your readers 

 inform me when General Pinson Bonham died ? 



H. J. H. 



Judges, §*c.. Gowns, Wigs, Sfc. — As the con- 

 troversial matter in " N. & Q." relating to aca- 

 demic gowns may now be considered to be at an 

 end, can you be induced to reprint the table with 

 the corrections it has received ? Permit me also 

 to ask, how are the gowns described worn by 

 judges, queen's counsel, barristers, &c., in Eng- 

 land, Ireland, and Scotland ? Also, what are the 

 varieties of wigs ? Judges of Courts of Record in 

 England are entitled to wear silk gowns; and 

 on this account they are worn by county court 

 judges and recorders. What wigs are they en- 

 titled to wear ? Lastly, what is the legal prece- 

 dence of judges of county courts since the act 



