"When found, make a note of."—CAPTAIN CUTTLE.
VOL. V.—No. 130.
SATURDAY,APRIL 24. 1852.
Price Fourpence. Stamped Edition, 5d.
NOTES:—
The Tredescants and Elias Ashmole—concluded, by S. W. Singer 385
Inedited Poetry, by W. Sparrow Simpson 387
Note on Virgil, by Rev. E. S. Taylor 387
MSS. of Dr. Whitby, and Petition of Inhabitants of Allington, Kent, by Rev. Richard Hooper 388
Bills for Printing and Binding "the King's Booke," by Joseph Burtt 389
Sir Ralph Vernon, by W. Sneyd 389
The Fallacy of Traditions 390
On the Derivation of "the Rack," by Samuel Hickson 390
Minor Notes:—Book-keepers—The Substitution of the Letter "I" for "J" in the Names of "John, James, Jane," &c.—Daniel De Foe—English Surnames: Bolingbroke—Waistcoats worn by Women—"Thirty Days hath September," &c. (Antiquity of) 391
Folk Lore:—The Frog—An Oath in Court—St. Clement's and St. Thomas's Day 393
QUERIES:—
Speaker Lenthall, by F. Kyffin Lenthall 393
Notte of Imbercourt, Surrey 393
Minor Queries:—Suffragan Bishops—Poison—Dr. Elizabeth Blackwell—Martha, Countess of Middleton—Lord Lieutenant and Sheriff—Vikingr Skotar—The Abbot of Croyland's Motto—Apple Sauce with Pork—Gipsies—Breezes from Gas Works—The Phrase "and tye"—Stonehenge, a Pastoral, by John Speed—"Buro · Berto · Beriora"—'Prentice Pillars—Archer Rolls: Master of Archery—Witchcraft: Mrs. Hicks and her Daughter—Antony Hungerford—Rev. William Dawson—"Up, Guards, and at them!"—St. Botolph—Rental of Arable Land in 1333, &c. ...