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NOTES AND QUERIES. 



[2" d S. IX. Mar. 10. '60. 



are not "mythical personages," I could wish to 

 draw his attention to three points — first to in- 

 quire whether the " lady possessor" that he speaks 

 of was Harriet Lady Cotgreave ? secondly, was 

 the gentleman who " courteously communicated 

 with him in 1852" Mr. William Sidney Spence? 

 and thirdly, to beg him to note that the statement 

 said to be derived from Camden about " being 

 slain fighting, &c," is word for word a repetition 

 (except so far as the mother is concerned, and 

 with a few changes rung in the quarterings) of 

 what was attributed to one of my name, a de- 

 cidedly "mythical personage," in a communica- 

 tion of 1848. 



I can only repeat my recommendation of last 

 week, to test the matter by a search among the 

 Randle Holme MSS. in the British Museum ; 

 though I fairly own as respects my own case, I 

 should, even if such extracts were found, con- 

 tinue sceptical of their truth, unless there were 

 very authentic proofs indeed of the authority of 

 Camden. Monson. 



Torquay. 



Nichols' Leicestershire (2 nd S. ix. 142.)— 

 Mr. Saville Hyde, of Quorndon Hall, Leicester- 

 shire, was the representative of the ancient family 

 of Hyde, to whom Hyde Park once belonged. 

 His death took place some time about 1830, but 

 as I am now absent from home I cannot refer to 

 the exact date. Mr. Hyde's sale took place at 

 Quorndon very soon after his decease, when his 

 library, which was very valuable, was disposed of. 

 The eight volumes of Nichols's Leicestershire were 

 bought by my father, the late Edward Manners, 

 of Goadby Hall, Leicestershire. The note inside 

 one of the volumes in the possession of Vix is 

 in his handwriting. 



The four volumes which your Correspondent 

 inquires about are my property, and are in my 

 possession. I shall be very glad if Vix will 

 favour me with a private communication, and 

 address it to Goadby Hall, Melton Mowbray. 



Louisa Julia Norman. 



"Don Quixote" in Spanish (2 nd S. ix. 146.) 

 — Your correspondent will find some valuable 

 notices of the early editions of Don Quixote in 

 Ford's Hand-book for Spain, vol. ii. 315., pre- 

 ceded by some very able remarks on the work 

 generally, on the character of Don Quixote and 

 his Squire, and on the locality of their adventures. 



Francis Trench. 



Soiled Books (2 nd S. ix. 103.)— Having in my 

 time done something in the way of restoring old 

 books, I can advise J. N. of a very simple plan. 

 Take the book to pieces, if much stained ; if not, 

 take out only the leaves that most require 

 cleansing. Lay a sheet or a few leaves in a large 

 earthenware dish, and pour on them boiling water. 

 Let them lie for six or eight hours, then take 



them out and lay between clean blotting-paper till 

 dry. Many a rare old print, full of foxy stains 

 and time marks, have I restored to a beautiful 

 freshness by this simple process. A drop or two 

 of muriatic acid may sometimes be added, but 

 there is a risk -in using any acid when the fabric 

 is aged. Connoisseurs in prints and books should 

 practise the method with old fly-leaves first, to 

 acquire expertness in the handling of the wet 

 leaves. Shirley Hibberd. 



Terminations in " -ness " (2 nd S. vii. 386. ; 

 viii. 388.) — I beg to offer my best thanks to Mr. 

 Pishey Thompson for his courteous reply. Clay- 

 ness, CleeNess, or Cleaness, is laid down in Tuke's 

 (1787), Smith's (1804), and Greenwood's (1817) 

 maps. These authorities place it in Bradley- 

 Haverstoe Wapentake, at the mouth of the 

 Humber. I also find Skittemess in Yarborough 

 Hundred. So that there are four places, at least, 

 with the above affix in the county of Lincoln. 



Wm. Matthews. 



Cowgill. 



Anderson Family (2"* S. ix. 89.) — Allow me 

 to point out a singular^nistake of a contributor : 

 — Anon, has metamorphosed James Anderson the 

 concoctor of the Royal Genealogies into James 

 Anderson the Scotch Postmaster-General, whose 

 Diplomata Scotia is, and will always be, deserv- 

 edly held in the highest estimation by all historical 

 students. 



It is not supposed that there was any relation- 

 ship between the two : but as to this I cannot be 

 positive. This much is certain, that our James 

 had only one sister, who married Pitcairn of 

 Dreghorn, from whom the historian of Charles V. 

 is descended, and no brother, at least none that 

 survived for any time. The father was a Presby- 

 terian clergyman in Lanarkshire, and he probably 

 had a brother, who was the father of the indi- 

 vidual styled cousin by the diplomatist, a London 

 merchant who lived on the best terms with his 

 relative, and was of great service to the family. 



J. M. 



Decanatus Christianitatis (2 n<! S. viii. 415. 

 539.) — The use of this title to part of the diocese 

 of Worcester is not a solitary one. It appears on 

 other maps attached to the Valor Ecclesiasticus 

 applied to the cities of Exeter and Lincoln and 

 the town of Leicester, small districts under the 

 shadow, as it were, of the Cathedral, — for Leicester 

 was also once the seat of a bishop's see, — and dif- 

 fering in those respects from the one in Warwick- 

 shire, which, besides its remoteness, was as large 

 in extent as many an archdeaconry. 



The etymology of Barlichway, mentioned in 

 the question as the civil division about corre- 

 sponding in limits with the ecclesiastical, is some- 

 what singular, being from three Saxon words im- 

 plying " the naked-corpse-road," and, whether it 



