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NOTES AND QUERIES. 



t2° d S. IX. April 21. '60. 



The Tourmaline Crystal (2 nd S. ix. 241.) — 

 I was at the period to which Clammild's Note 

 refers, about thirty-five years ago, a resident at 

 Devonporr, and mineralogy was at that time my 

 hobby. Hearing of a discovery of Tourmaline at 

 Bovey (a village between Ashburton and Chud- 

 leigh), I hastened to the spot. It was late at 

 night when I arrived, but I at once went to Far- 

 mer Ellis ; and before I left him I bargained for 

 and brought away with me some magnificent 

 crystals, — one was of the size of my wrist. Profes- 

 sional business compelled me to leave Bovey for 

 my home very early the next morning, and I was 

 in consequence prevented from seeing the " wall" 

 which had been built of masses of the crystals, 

 and I learnt very soon afterwards that the whole 

 had disappeared (dealers and mineralogists having 

 quickly availed themselves of the discovery), and 

 I believe no other crystals have been since found. 

 On leaving Devonshire for London, thirty years 

 ago, I parted with my collection, which I assure 

 you I have ever since regretted. The crystals 

 were black as jet; there are some of them in the 

 British Museum. R. C. 



Hymns (2 nd S. ix. 234.) — The tune called Oli- 

 vers * was composed by Thomas Olivers some 

 time between tlie years 1762-1770, and first ap- 

 peared in Wesley's Sacred Harmony about 1770. 



T. Olivers also composed an hymn on the " Last 

 Judgment" before the year 1759 to the same 

 tune, commencing " Come immortal King of 

 Glory," of twenty verses, printed at Leeds (no 

 date), pp. 8. Some years later he enlarged tbis 

 hymn to thirty-six verses, with Scripture proofs 

 in the margin. Both these tracts are before the 

 writer; the first edition is of extreme rarity. 



Mr. Olivers is author of four hymns — an "Elegy 

 on John Wesley," and the tune to the Judgment 

 Hymn. For authority of the tune being Olivers, 

 see Creamer's Methodist Hymnology, New York, 

 1848, p. 77., and Stevens's History of Methodism, 

 New York, 1859, p. 48. Daniel Sedgwick. 



Sun Street, City. 



Devotional Poems (2 nd S. ix. 223.) — I have 

 an impression that I have somewhere seen these 

 Devotional Poems, 1699, about which Mr. Sedg- 

 wick inquires, attributed to Lancelot Addison, 

 father of the Secretary. G. M. G. 



"Bug" (2 nd S. ix. 261.) — In Derbyshire this 

 word is very common, and means proud, to make 

 much of. " He will be bug with it," means he 

 will be proud of it, will think highly of it. In 

 Derbyshire phraseology, " Hey is a bit bug out," 

 or, " Ow (she) nedna be so bug," are very com- 

 mon forms of expression. Llewellyn Jewitt. 



Derby. 



* It has been said that Olivers composed it from an 

 old hornpipe. ■ 



Eudode Rye (2 nd S. ix. 181. 205.)— Chelsega 

 will find in Dugdale's Baronage, under the head 

 " Rie," vol. i. p. 109., an account of Eudo's 

 family. As to the particular Query respecting 

 the issue of his marriage with Rohasia, I extract 

 the following : — 



" It is further memorable of this Eudo, that he built 

 the Castle at Colchester; also, that lying on his death 

 bed at the Castle of Preaux in Normandy, he disposed of 

 all his temporal estate according to the exhortation of 

 King Henry, who there visited him ; and bequeathing 

 his body to be buried in this his Abbey at Colchester, 

 then gave thereunto his lordship of BrighUingsie, and a 

 hundred pounds in money ; likewise his gold ring with a 

 topaz ; a standing cup- with cover, adorned with plates 

 of gold; together with his horse and mule. And there 

 departed this life ; leaving issue one sole daughter and 

 heir called Margaret, the wife of William de Mande- 

 ville, by whom she had issue Geoffrey Mandeville, Earl 

 of Essex, and Steward of Normandy through her right." 

 —P. 110. 



Rohasia, however, by her former marriage with 

 Richard Strongbow, son of Earl Gilbert, had issue 

 two sons, as may be seen in the Monasticon (vol. i. 

 p. 724., orig. ed.), in the account of the foundation 

 of Tintern Abbey. 



A copious account, also, of Eudo, as connected 

 with the foundation of the Abbey of Colchester, 

 may be seen in the Monasticon, vol. ii. p. 890. et 

 seq., orig. ed. Your second correspondent, Mr. 

 Dykes, makes a great oversight in referring to 

 the " curious " account in the Monasticon of the 

 foundation of the hospital at Colchester and the 

 laying of the three first stones. It was not the 

 hospital, but the monastery of St. John Baptist, 

 whose foundation is thus described. It was, after 

 some difficulty, occupied by a colony of thirteen 

 monks from the Benedictine Abbey of York, and 

 in process of time became one of the principal 

 monasteries of the kingdom, the abbot having a 

 seat in Parliament. As to the hospital for lepers, 

 Dugdale nowhere mentions it ; which, I think, 

 he certainly would have done, had Eudo founded 

 it. What authority has your correspondent 

 Chelsega for attributing its foundation to Eudo? 



John Williams. 



Arno's Court. 



Robert Seagrave (2" d S. ix. 250.) — The title 

 and dates of the four editions of the Hymn Book 

 partly composed by the author of " Rise my soul, 

 and stretch thy wingo," is as follows : — 



" Hymns for Christian Worship, partly composed, and 

 partly collected from various Authors." By Robert Sea- 

 grave. London, printed in the year MDCCXLH. 8vo. First 

 Edition, pp. 82. 



2nd Edition. London, 1742, pp. 90. 



3rd Edition. London, 1744, pp. 112. 



4th Edition. London, 1748, pp. 156. 



As Mr. Seagrave's Hymns will shorily be pub- 

 lished, the list of his other pieces will then be 

 given. Daniel Sedgwick. 



Suu Street, City. 



