2"* S. VI. 143., Sept. 25. '58.1 NOTES AND QUERIES. 



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The general rule of law is, that the status a 

 woman acquires by marriage she loses by remar- 

 riage, following the position and state of her hus- 

 band, unless she has by birth any positive rank of 

 her own. G. 



Ancient Medal (2°* S, vi. 207.) — The kind of 

 medal about which Ina would like to have some 

 information is no doubt the stamped lead, or 

 "bulla," which gave and yet gives the name of 

 "bull" to the Papal document to which it is 

 fastened instead of a seal. If Ina will closely 

 look at his, I think he will find it made up of two 

 pieces so struck together, in the stamping, as to 

 form one solid piece, through which ran a thin flat 

 string, platted with two threads ; one of red, the 

 other of yellow silk — the colours of the old Papal 

 banner. As Ina's " bulla" was found within the 

 precincts of a priory, it is likely it once hung 

 from one of those ecclesiastical documents about 

 which I have spoken, at some length, in The 

 Church of Our Fathers, vol. ii. p. 480., &c. 



D. EocK. 



Brook Green, Hammersmith. 



The Almlci (2"* S. vi. 207.) —The name of the 

 company (ray^uaTos) of Abulci, mentioned by Zo- 

 simus (ii. 51.), occurs nowhere else, according to 

 Heyne, than in the Notitia dign. utrmsque Im- 

 perii in Gall, et Britann., supposed to have been 

 written in the reign of Theodosius : and as the 

 Roman legions were not only distinguished by 

 numbers, and by the names of Emperors, but 

 also from the locality where they were raised, or 

 where they distinguished themselves {Penny Cyc, 

 Art. Legion), it is highly probable that Abulci is 

 a name derived from some place, which, however, 

 was unknown to Pancirollus, who wrote a com- 

 mentary on the Notitia. The conjecture of A. A. 

 as to the Obrdci from Spain is equally entitled to 

 respect with Somner's and Brady's Ahula in old 

 Castile. Comparing the above two notices with 

 Polybius (vi. 1. 470. c), we may infer that the 

 troops garrisoned at Anderida (Eastbourne) were 

 a small company of spearmen (hastati), and part 

 of the legion of Abulci mentioned by Zosimus. 

 (See Ilorsfield's Sussex, i. 48.) The battle to 

 which A. A. refers was not on the Rhone in Dau- 

 phine, but at Mursa, now Eszek, on the Drave, 

 near its junction with the Danube, in Hungary 

 (Gibbon, iii. 18. 159.). T. J. Buckton. 



Lichfield. 



Arms of Bruce (2"'* S. vi. 135.)— It is much to 

 be regretted that in some matters we cannot di- 

 vine the intentions of others. Were it so, I should 

 not have expended a considerable portion of time to 

 no purpose, in preparing a Synopsis of the Scottish 

 Peerage upon the plan of my late friend Sir H. 

 Nicolas' work, during intervals of many different 

 engngement.s over the last eighteen months. But 

 in consigning to the waste basket my MS. (em- 



bracing nearly two-thirds of the whole) I have 

 the less regret in seeing that your correspondent 

 at Barrackpore — if I may judge by the specimen 

 — is about to produce a similar manual, in all re- 

 spects deserving of encouragement and thanks. 

 And no small praise is due to a gentleman who, 

 located on the sultry shores of the Hooghly, occu- 

 pies himself so usefully and well. I trust that 

 we may soon be able to acquire the completed 

 fruits of his labour. M. L. 



Lincoln's Inn. 



Shakspeare Portraits (2°o S. vi. 227.) — A few 

 years since I purchased at an obscure print-shop, 

 long shut up, a copy in pencil of the famous Shak- 

 speare bust (size of life), certainly well done, and 

 presenting what Mr. Lowne is anxious to meet 

 with — "a clear and distinct copy of the bust." 

 My drawing is endorsed " B. 1823," and exactly re- 

 sembles in all respects but size the engraving of 

 the bust in Mr. Boaden's work upon Shakspeare 

 Portraits, and which engraving is there stated to 

 be " drawn by Mr. John Boaden from the Strat- 

 ford bust," engraved by Scriven. Mr. Boaden's 

 work was, I think, published in 1825; and I have 

 sometimes thought that my drawing was the ori- 

 ginal one made by Mr. B. ; but this could scarcely 

 be. At all events Me. Lowne is very welcome to 

 see and to use the drawing if lie pleases. 



Edw. J. Sage. 



16. Spenser Road, Newington Green. 



Mr. E. Y. Lowne may get a very good cast of 

 the Stratford monument from Signer A. Micheli 

 of Moor Street in this town. I bought one a few 

 weeks ago which pleases all who see it, cost only 

 a few shillings, and is an excellent addition to any 

 library. 



Mr. Lowne will find in the curious and very 

 scarce volume (and supplement) on the Shakspeare 

 Portraits, by the late Mr. Wivall of this town, a 

 full account of the portraits and pseudo-portraits 

 of the great bard. Este. 



Birmingham. 



Forged Assignats (2"* S. vi. 70. 134.)— The paper 

 for the assignats was manufactured at Haugh- 

 ton paper-mill (built in 1788), a few miles 

 from Hexham, in a very picturesque part of 

 Northumberland. The transaction was managed 

 for Mr. Pitt by Mr. (afterwards Alderman) Mag- 

 nay, whose family was and is connected with that 

 part of the county. One of the moulds in which 

 the paper was made is still in the possession of the 

 proprietor of the mill, in whose family some of the 

 assignats were also long preserved, but they have 

 now been lost. The assignats were probably 

 printed in London, but on this and other ques- 

 tions information might probably be obtained from 

 the successors of the alderman, who might, per- 

 haps, also be able to tell what number, and in 

 what year they were circulated. 



