2n'' s. VI. 151., Nov. 20. '58.] NOTES AND QUERIES. 



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Minav caucrtcsT tnttlj ^niiotxS. 

 Bible, 1551. — I have got an old folio English 

 Bible, unfortunately imperfect. It begins on *1., 

 with running title, " An Exhortacion to." It is 

 pi-inted in double columns : the first begins with 

 " An exhortacion to the study of the holy Scrip- 

 ture, gathered out of the Byble;" the second col. 

 begins " The Summe and Content of the holy 

 Scripture, &c." Afterwards follow, " To the Chris- 

 tian reader;" "A description and Successe of the 

 Kynges of Juda and Jerusalem," &c. ; " A. Table 

 of the pryncipall matters," &c. ; " A perfit Sup- 

 putation of the yeares," &c. ; " A Prologue shew- 

 ynge the vse of the Scripture," &c. ; " The bokes 

 of the Byble;" "A llegister, or a briefe re- 

 hearsal!," &c. Then comes Genesis, Ai, 112 folios, 

 to end of Deuteronomy. There is after that a 

 title-page, " The seconde parte of the Byble con- 

 tayninge these bokes" (Josh, to Hiob), 155 folios. 

 Then "The thirde parte," foil. 190., to end of 

 Malachi. Then " The volume of the bokes called 

 Apocrypha," &c., foil. 102, Then "The newe 

 Testament of oure Sauyoure Jesu Christ, newly 

 and dylygently translated into English, with An- 

 notacions in the Merget, and other godlye Notes 

 in the ende of the chapters, to helpe the Reader to 

 y° vnderstandynge of the Texte . . . Imprynted 

 at London in the yeare of our Lorde God, 1551." 

 The title-pages have woodcuts round the letter- 

 press. Besides wanting the first title-page, this copy, 

 tolerably fair in general, has three or four leaves in 

 the Testament somewhat mutilated, and wants the 

 last leaf; but on a leaf supplied is "Imprynted 

 at London by Nicolas Hyl, for John Wyghte in 

 Paules churche'yarde, in the yere of our Lord 

 God, 1551." Will Mr. G. Offor kindly tell me 

 something of this Bible ? Can he say what the title- 

 page is ? Whether the supplied colophon is accu- 

 rate ? and what the value may be ? Q. Q. Q. Q. 



[The title-page to this Bible is enclosed in a similar 

 border to that of the New Testament : — " <i\ The Byble, 

 that is to saye, all the holj'e Scripture : In which are 

 contayned the okle and new Testament, truly and purely 

 translated into Englishe, & now lately with great in- 

 dustry & diligence recognysed, i^" l^° Ksay i. |^" 

 Herken to ye heaucns, & thou earth geue eare : For the 

 Lorde speaketh. * 67 Imprynted at London by Thomas 

 Petyt, dwellinge in Paules churche yarde, at the sygne 

 of the Maydcns heade. (E Cum gracia et Priuilegio ad 

 Impritnendum solum, vi day of Maye, m.d.li. (i^°) 

 On the reverse an " Almanake for xxix yeares, ji.d.xLix 

 to Jt.d.LXXvii. ;" followed by six leaves of Kalender. 

 After which, " *i.," as described. On the reverse of the 



last leaf of table : — "t-|p Here endeth the whole Byble 

 after the translation of Thomas Mathew, with >11 hys 

 Prologues, &c. Imprynted at London, by Nicolas Ilyll, 

 dwelling in Saynct .Johns streate, at the coste and charges 

 of cortaync honest menne of the oecupacyon whose names 

 be upon their bokes." Copies are in .St. Paul's, Lambeth, 

 Bristol, &c., under name of ".J"- Walley," "Robert 

 Fry," "J"" Wight," " Ab'" Vele," and "Thus. Petyt." It 

 is euaily distinguished by an error in the Contents of 

 Gca. xxxi.\. : " Pharaos wyfe tcpteth him." Ads vi. D, 



near the end, " whiche Jesus gaue," should be " whiche 

 I\Ioses gaue." The value of a perfect copy is about 261. 

 All depends upon, its condition. Geokge Offok.] 



Heraldic Queries. — Can any readers of '' N. 

 & Q." inform me to whom the subjoined coats 

 belong ? I believe them to be of some monastic 

 houses, but have not the means of searching : — 



Erm. two bars wavy sa., over all a crosier in 

 bend or. 



Az. two arrows in saltire within [enfiled by] a 

 coronet or. An East Saxon. 



[The first coat is that of the Augustinian Abbey at 

 Missenden, co. Buckingham : the second that of St. Ed- 

 mundsbury, co. Suffolk.] 



The two following coats are from Shropshire 

 or its vicinity : — 



Or, two bars gu. on a chief az. an escutcTieon 

 erm. 



Ar. on two bars gules, six martlets or 3 and 3, 

 all within a bordure engr. sa. in chief a cross 

 flory between two fleur-de-lys az. 



I should be much obliged if your readers could 

 inform me whose coats these are. Salopian. 



[The first is that of Norton of Stretton ; the second of 

 Warde, of Hinton and Newton, all in co. Salop. 



We take this opportunity of requesting our readers to 

 remember our limited space, and to make some little 

 search before they send such queries. It is not the trouble 

 we regard. Just now we have such a pressure of mat- 

 ter, we are frequently obliged to omit or postpone many 

 valuable articles. Now all the above four coats are 

 easily to be found in Mr. Papworth's Ordinary of British 

 Armorials, at a single inspection. 



Perhaps it will not be out of place to explain shortly 

 how to look up any coat in that very useful work. The 

 directions are given at length in the beginning of the 

 first number ; but the following is an epitome of them : — 

 Look first for the principal charge under its alphabetical 

 order at the head of the page ; if there be none, look for the 

 divisions of the field thus : per pale, per lend, &o. under 

 pale, herd, &c. Then consider whether there be one or 

 more of such charges ; thus in the second coat above an 

 ai-rnw is the charge, and there are two of them ; we find 

 two arrows at page 8. Then if there be no other charge, 

 simply look down the column till you come to the tincture 

 of the shield, and the coat is at once found. If there be 

 any other charges, first look whether there be anything 

 in chief, or in base, or a chief, or a base, thus, 3 annulets 

 and in chief a greyhound courant or (page 5.), is the 

 coat of Rhodes. Next, look whether there be any 

 charges between or within which the main charges are 

 placed, and whether there be also anything in or on a 

 chief or a base. Thus qu. a Lochaber-axe between 

 three boars' heads erased arg. (p. 10.) in Rankin, Scot- 

 land. Lastly, look whether there be any charge upon 

 the principal charge. Thus, to search for the second coat 

 given by Salopi^vn, we first must look in the head line 

 for two bars ; this we find .it page 14., and running 

 along the head-line, we find first " 2 bars in chief," 

 " then 2 bars between or within." Then " on 2 bars be- 

 tween and within," &c. &c., till at last we find " on 2 

 bars between and within and in chief;" running down 

 the column wc find the tinctures, and the charge in chief 

 a cross, and then follows the full blazon. 



Wo arc happy to hear that the second part for the 

 first year's subscription will be delivered shortly.] 



