2"^ S. VI. 152., Nov. 27. '58.] 



NOTES AND QUERIES. 



431 



discussed and criticised. Can any one give me 

 the title of tbe volume of Letters referred to ? 



G. H. 



Passage in Phocylides. — I believe there is a line 



in Phocylides to the effect that " there is no way 



for a lazy man to live but by stealing." Will one 



of your readers supply the words and reference ? 



^^ R. N. S. 



The Buffs. — Can it be ascertained where this 

 corps, now the 3rd Regiment of Foot, was sta- 

 tioned in March, 1761 P It sailed from Spithead 

 for Belleisle on Thursday, May 14th, 1761, in 

 company with part of Erskine's Regiment (now 

 67th Regiment, on passage to India), in ten trans- 

 ports, under convoy of " Warspite " and " Tor- 

 rington," ships of war. Why has this corps been 

 termed " The Nutcrackers," since the Peninsular 

 War ? Also, " The Resurrectionists," after May 

 16th, 1811 ?* Also, Whether this regiment is en- 

 titled to the motto : " Veteri frondescit honore ? " 

 and if so, why ? 



Was it opposed to Lord Clare's Regiment at the 

 battle of Ramillies, May 23, 1706 ? and with what 

 result ? 



Were the Coldstream Guards opposed to Buck- 

 ley's Regiment at Fontenoy, April 30 (May 11, 

 N. S.), 174-5 ? and which corps was victorious ? 



HiSTORICUS. 



A List of Names of Norman Barons. — Sir 

 Walter Scott, in his precis of the contents of the 

 Auchinlech MS., prefixed to his Sir Tristrem, 

 mentions such a list as to be found therein, be- 

 ginning with Aumerle, Bertram, Brehuse, Bar- 

 dolf, &c. Some (he says) are familiar in history, 

 as Percy, Audely, Waryne, and the like. Others 

 seem romantic epithets, as " Oylle de buffe. Front 

 de buffe, Longespee," &c. Has the list been pub- 

 lished? If it has not, I think that the contents 

 might be interesting enough for a Note, and some 

 Edinburgh student might supply it. Thierry 

 seems to have known some of its contents, as he 

 alludes, in his Conquele de V Angleterre, to the 



[* At the battle of Albuera, May IG, 1811, after con- 

 duct which proved them in every way worthy of their 

 old renown, the Butfs were taken in the rear by four re- 

 giments of the enemy's Polish lancers and hussars, who 

 had been mistaken in the fog for Spanish cavalry. (See 

 Marshal Beresford's dispatch.) A dreadful massacre en- 

 sued. The Buffs were, in military phraseology, " rolled 

 up ; " and the report of the d,iy was, that all were wounded 

 or killed. Next morning, however, a portion of the re- 

 giment appeared at muster — probably not only the few 

 wlio had escaped unhurt, but some of the sufferers who 

 were least disabled by tlieir wounds. This unexpected 

 reappearance obtained" for the regiment the sobriquet of 

 "The Resurrectionists." We had the foregoing explana- 

 tion from a gallant major who was present at Albuera. 

 The attitude of the enemy menaced a second attack on 

 the 17th (Napier), which may account for the slaughtered 

 regiment's making so respectable a muster after the disas- 

 ter of the day before. The sobriquet, therefore, is com- 

 mendatory, and highly honourable to the corps.] 



nicknames, the same as those which are quoted by 

 Sir Walter ; and considers them to have been 

 names assumed by nameless adventurers who had 

 thrust in their hands in the scramble for England 

 amongst more lordly competitors. H. C. C. 



Greenhuryes or Greenborrows. — Who were the 

 Greenburyes or Greenborrows, painters ? One 

 Richard Greenbury contracted to supply the 

 chapel of Magdalen College, Oxford, with painted 

 glass in 1632. A Greenbury also (perhaps the 

 same) painted a portrait of the founder of the 

 college in 1638. And Evelyn mentions in his 

 Diary, Oct. 24, 1664, a painting in Magdalen 

 chapel on blue cloth in cMaro oscuro, being a 

 Coena Domini, by one Greenborrow. Gould {Diet, 

 of Painters) merely says, " Greenbury, an English 

 copyist who died about 1670." Magdaxenensis. 



Heraldic Query. — Is there any coat of arms 

 belonging to the family of Jean in the north of 

 England ? and if so, what is it ? J. 



Payments to Members of Parliament. — When 

 was the payment of wages to members of parlia- 

 ment discontinued in Ireland ? The daily wages, 

 or fees (as they were often termed), of a knight 

 of the shire in 1613 was 13s. 4d. ; of a citizen, 

 105.; and of a burgess, 6s. 8d. The following 

 sums, which are on record as having been due to 

 members for their attendance during that session 

 will serve as examples : — 



£ s. d. 

 " Armagh County. 

 Sir Toby Caulfeild and Francis Annesley - 130 5 



" Armagh Borough. 

 Jlark Ussher and Christopher Conway - 99 . 6 8 



" Carlow Countij. 

 George Bagnall and Morgan Cavanagh - 198 13 4 



"Dublin City. 

 Eichard Bolton and Richard Barry - - 149 0." 



Abhba. 



M'Cliire and the Puritan Emigrants. — On be- 

 half of a friend, I wish to ask the aid of " N. & 

 Q." in the following case : — 



" Many years ago, I copied from a book which 1 

 chanced to meet with in Derry, a brief but striking 

 prayer, uttered by a person of the name of M'Clure, when 

 about to embark on the Shannon with his fellow emi- 

 grants for Virginia, whither they were going as fugitives 

 from the religious persecution to which they were ex- 

 posed in Ireland. I am very anxious to ascertain the 

 title of the work, which I omitted to note at the time. 

 Can you help me? " 



Having turned in vain to several likely sources, 

 I beg to ventilate the inquiry in this more open 

 manner. D. 



" Rep " on Denier of Richard I. — I should be 

 much obliged if some of your correspondents 

 would elucidate the meaning of " Rep " on a de- 

 nier of Richard I. struck at Poitiers. Fuimus, 



