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your readers point out what became of his collec- 

 tion of papers, especially his extracts from the 

 archives of Dover ? G. E,. L. 



Who was Paulinus ? — 



" It is remarkable that in the compilation ascribed to 

 Nennius, the baptism of Edwine and his court, and of the 

 many thousands who received that holy rite, as ivell in 

 the oratory at York as in the waters of the Glen and the 

 Swale, is ascribed, not to Paulinus, but to Rum, the son of 

 Urien. It is possible that the two may have been iden- 

 tical ; that Paulinus was a Briton by birth, who assumed 

 the Latinised name under which he is known to us on 

 his consecration to the service of the church. His patro- 

 nymic designation of the ' son of Urien ' would farther 

 suggest that the zealous ecclesiastic who laboured so 

 diligently for the salvation of the Anglo-Saxon king, was 

 sprung from a father who was the most formidable op- 

 ponent of the extension of the Anglo-Saxon power in 

 Northumberland. We are farther told that Rum had a 

 son Royth, whose daughter, Riemmalth, became the wife 

 of Oswi, afterwards King of Northumberland, the son 

 of Ethelfrith and nephew of Edwine. 



" It must be remembered that Paulinus was sent from 

 Rome into Kent by Pope Gregory to assist Augustine in 

 the conversion of the people of that province, from whence 

 he accompanied Queen Ethelburga to Northumberland. 

 Now the following sequence of events is far from impro- 

 bable : — That, on the death of Urien of Reged *, and the 

 expulsion of his family from the throne, his son Rum re- 

 tired to Rome, and there entered into holy orders. That 

 when Gregory was looking about for missionaries to send 

 to Britain, he should gladly avail himself of the services 

 of a British priest highly connected, more especially when 

 we know how anxiously Augustine strove, though with- 

 out success, to obtain the cooperation of the British clergy 

 in the work of converting the Anglo-Saxons. Lastly, 

 that when the Kentish King had to select from the eccle- 

 siastics about him a chaplain to accompany his daughter 

 into Northumberland, he should make choice of a native 

 of the district." — Mr. Hodgson Hinde's Hist, of Nor- 

 thumberland, pp. 76, 77. 



E. H. A. 



Old Seed. — An old brass seal has the following 

 inscription in Lombardic capitals : 



" S. BELTHAMI, RUBEL d'cHSULINIS." 



Is anything known of him ? J. C. J. 



County Magistrates : Voters : Ratepayers. — 

 When was the office of county majiistrate (justice 

 of the peace) first instituted ? AVhere is the list 

 of those who have held the office kept ? Is there 

 a list in the Clerk of Peace Office in each county ? 

 or, is a general list kept, and where ? Does not 

 the Lord Chancellor, who in fact makes the ap- 

 pointment, keep a record ? 



What is the earliest list of voters ? When 

 commenced ? where ? probably to be seen? is there 

 a record in each county ? 



Are there no early rolls of tax-payers in each 

 county ? What were the earliest and successive 



• " We may p»>rhap8," says Mr. HInde, "trace in the 

 name of his capital. Re God, some reference to its position 

 on the river Ged or Jed, on which Jedburgh, formerly 

 written .Jedwine, now stands." — P, G'J, 



taxes, rolls of persons paying which are likely to 

 be existing, and where probably to be seen Y 



C.ED0 IliLDD. 



Tadcaster Bridge. — Where shall I find a good 

 description and a representation of the bridge 

 at Tadcaster in Yorkshire? I have found it men- 

 tioned only, and have failed in procuring farther 

 information. London Beidge. 



Marlis on Ancient Plate. — Mr. Octavius Mor- 

 gan, in the Archceological Journal, has taught how 

 the marks of old English plate may be deciphered : 

 but there are various other marks, belonginnf to 

 other places than the hall of the Goldsmiths of 

 London, which frequently occur, and which it 

 would be desirable to classify and interpret. On 

 a large silver spoon of antique appearance, havinw 

 a flat bowl, and a round moulded knob with a flat 

 end, which is engraved with the initials of its old 

 owners, is a circular mark (about the size of a 

 small pea), filled with a fleur-de-lis, and next it 

 another mark of a small w. I believe the w does not 

 enter in the London alphabets of marks. May I 

 ask the meaning of the two marks thus combined ? 



J. G. S. 



Strode of Parnham and Barrington. — I am en- 

 deavouring to correct and complete the pedigree 

 of this eminent west-country family, and should 

 be glad of any assistance which your correspon- 

 dents can afford me. 



In particular I wish to carry on the line of 

 Thomas Strode, who married (circ. 1550) Theo- 

 phila, sister to Sir John Clifton, Knt., and settled 

 at Stoke-sub-Hamdon. In the time of the Com- 

 monwealth, " Joan Strode and George, her son, 

 compounded for the estate of Stoke for 365Z." 



When may we hope to see a History of Somer* 

 set worthy of the size and importance of that 

 county ? K. C. W. 



Pew Door. — In the Collection of Wills (^Surrey 

 ArcTicBological Society'' s Journal, 184.) is one of 

 Gyffray (Jough, yeoman of the guard to King 

 Henry VHL, dated 7th*0ct. 1520. He leaves 

 " my body to be buried in erth at my pew dore 

 within our Lady chapell of my parish chtirch of 

 Mary Magdalen (St. Mary Overy) aforesaid," and 

 " for brikyng of the grounde where my body shall 

 ly, \\s. viiirf." There is earlier mention of "pews," 

 but I think this is the first of pew doors. What is 

 meant by " brikyng " of the ground ? is it break- 

 ing or digging it up, or is it bricking, lining with 

 brick ? It should be noticed he desires to be 

 buried " in erth." A. A. 



Gutla Percha Paper. — Reference was lately 

 made by a correspondent to gutta percha paper, as 

 " extensively used of late years in covering damp 

 walls." Can this paper be procured by the ordi- 

 nary paper hangers ? and would it be advan- 

 tageously used for the walls of a room, which, 



