Chapter C: Mansfield Ingleby

Birmingham.

"Purely, I thank you," is a common reply of the country folks in this part when accosted as to their health. I recollect once asking a market-woman about her son who had been ill, and received for an answer: "Oh he's quite _fierce_ again, thank you, Sir." Meaning, of course, that he had quite recovered.

NORRIS DECK.

Cambridge.

_Mrs. Tighe_ (Vol. viii., p. 103.).--"There is a likeness of Mrs. Henry Tighe, the authoress of 'Psyche,' in the _Ladies' Monthly Museum_ for February, 1818. It is engraved by J. Hopwood, jun., from a drawing by Miss Emma Drummond. Underneath the engraving referred to, are the words 'Mrs. Henry Tighe;' but she is called in {231} the memoir, 'wife of William Tighe, Esq., M.P. for Wicklow, whose residence is Woodstock, county of Kilkenny, author of _The Plants_, a poem, 8vo.: published in 1808 and 1811; and _Statistical Observations on the County of Kilkenny_, 1800. Mrs. Tighe is described as having had a pleasing person, and a countenance that indicated melancholy and deep reflection; was amiable in her domestic relations; had a mind well stored with classic literature; and, with strong feelings and affections, expressed her thoughts with the nicest discrimination, and taste the most refined and delicate. Thus endued, it is to be regretted that Mrs. Tighe should have fallen a victim to a lingering disease of six years at the premature age of thirty-seven, on March 24, 1810.'--The remainder of the short notice does not throw any additional light on Mrs. Tighe, or family; but if you, Sir, or the Editor of "N. & Q." wish, I will cheerfully transcribe it.--I am, Sir, yours in haste,

VIX.

"Belfast, Aug. 15."

[We are indebted for the above reply to the _Dublin Weekly Telegraph_,
which not only does us the honour to quote very freely from our pages,
but always most liberally acknowledges the source from which the
articles so quoted are derived.]

_Satirical Medal_ (Vol. viii., p. 57.).--I have seen the same medal of Sir R. Walpole (the latest instance of the mediæval _hell-mouth_ with which I am acquainted) bearing on the obverse--"THE GENEROUSE (_sic_) DUKE OF ARGYLE;" and at the foot--"NO PENTIONS."

S. Z. Z. S.

"_They shot him dead at the Nine-Stone Rig_" (Vol. viii., p. 78.).--Your correspondent the BORDERER will find the fragment of the ballad he is in search of commencing with the above line, in the second volume of the _Minstrelsy of the Scottish Border_, p. 114. It is entitled "Barthram's Dirge," and "was taken down," says Scott, "by Mr. Surtees, from the recitation of Anne Douglas, an old woman, who weeded his garden."

Since the death of Mr. Surtees, however, it has been ascertained that this ballad, as well as "The Death of Featherstonhaugh," and some others in the same collection, were composed by him and passed off upon Scott as genuine old Scottish ballads.

Farther particulars respecting this clever literary imposition are given in a review of the "Memoir of Robert Surtees," in the _Athenæum_ of August 7, 1852.

J. K. R. W.

_Hendericus du Booys: Helena Leonora de Sievéri_ (Vol. v., p. 370.).--Are two different portraits of each of these two persons to be found? By no means. There exists, however, a plate of each, engraved by C. Visscher; but the first impressions bear the address of E. du Booys, the later that of E. Cooper. As I am informed by Mr. Bodel Nijenhuis, Hendericus du Booys took part in the celebrated three-days' fight, Feb. 18, 19, and 20, 1653, between Blake and Tromp.--From the _Navorscher_.

M.

_House-marks, &c_. (Vol. vii., p. 594. Vol. viii., p. 62.).--May I be allowed to inform MR. COLLYNS that the custom he refers to is by no means of modern date. Nearly all the cattle which come to Malta from Barbary to be stall-fed for consumption, or horses to be sold in the garrison, bring with them their distinguishing marks by which they may be easily known.

And it may not be out of place to remark, that being one of a party in the winter of 1830, travelling overland from Smyrna to Ephesus, we reached a place just before sunset where a roving band of Turcomans had encamped for the night. On nearing these people we observed that the women were preparing food for their supper, while the men were employed in branding with a hot iron, under the camel's upper lip, their own peculiar mark,--a very necessary precaution, it must be allowed, with people who are so well known for their pilfering propensities, not only practised on each other, but also on all those who come within their neighbourhood. Having as strangers paid our tribute to their great dexterity in their profession, the circumstance was published at the time, and to this day is not forgotten.

W. W.

Malta.

"_Qui facit per alium, facit per se_."--In Vol. vii., p. 488., I observe an attempt to trace the source of the expression, "Qui facit per alium, facit per se." A few months since I met with the quotation under some such form as "Qui facit per alium, per se facere videtur," in the preface to a book on _Surveying_, by Fitzherbert (printed by Berthelet about 1535), where it is attributed to St. Augustine. As I know of no copy of the works of that father in these parts (though I heard him quoted last Sunday in the pulpit), I cannot at present verify the reference.

J. SLEEDNOT.

Halifax.

_Engin-à-verge_ (Vol. vii., p. 619. Vol. viii., p. 65.).--H. C. K. is mistaken in his conjecture respecting this word, as the following definition of it will show:

"_Engins-à-verge_. Ils comprenaient les diverges espèces de catapultes,
les pierriers, &c."--Bescherelle, _Dictionnaire National_.

B. H. C.

_Campvere, Privileges of_ (Vol viii., p. 89.).--"Jus Gruis liberæ." Does not this mean the privilege of using a crane to raise their goods free of dues, municipal or fiscal? _Grus_, _grue_, _krahn_, {232} _kraan_, all mean, in their different languages, crane the bird, and crane the machine.

J. H. L.

_Humbug_--_Ambages_ (Vol. viii., p. 64.).--May I be permitted to inform your correspondent that Mr. May was certainly correct when using the word "ambages" as an English word in his translation of Lucan.

In Howell's _Dictionary_, published in London in May 1660, I find it thus recorded

"Ambages, or circumstances." "Full of ambages."

W. W.

Malta.

"_Going to Old Weston_" (Vol. iii., p. 449.).--In turning over the pages of the third volume of "N. & Q." recently, I stumbled on ARUN'S notice of the above proverb. It immediately struck me that I had heard it used myself a few days before, without being conscious at the time of the similarity of the expression. I was asking an old man, who had been absent from home, where he had been to? His reply was, "To Old Weston, Sir. You know I must go there before I die." Knowing that he had relatives living there, I did not, at the time, notice anything extraordinary in the answer; but, since reading ARUN'S note, I have made some inquires, and find the saying is a common one on this (the Northamptonshire) side of Old Weston, as well as in Huntingdonshire. I have been unable to obtain any explanation of it, but think the one suggested by your correspondent must be right. One of my informants (an old woman upwards of seventy) told me she had often heard it used, and wondered what could be its meaning, when she was a child.

W. W.

B---- Rectory, Northamptonshire.

_Reynolds's Nephew_ (Vol. viii., p. 102.).--I think I can certify A. Z. that two distinct branches of the Palmer family, the Deans, and another claiming like kindred to Sir Joshua Reynolds, still exist; from which I conclude that Sir Joshua had at least two nephews of that name. I regret that I cannot inform your correspondent as to the authorship of the piece about which he inquires; but, in the event of A. Z. not receiving a satisfactory answer to his Query through the medium of our publication, if he will furnish me with any farther particulars he may possess on the subject, I shall be happy to try what I can do towards possessing him with the desired information.

J. SANSOM.

Oxford.

_The Laird of Brodie_ (Vol. viii., p. 103.).--I. H. B. mistakes, I think, the meaning of the lines. The idea is not that the Laird was less than a gentleman, but that he was a gentleman of mark; at least, I have never heard any other interpretation put upon it in Scotland, where the ballad of "We'll gang nae mair a-roving," is a great favourite. King James is the _subject_ of the ballad. That merry monarch made many lively escapades, and on this occasion he personated a beggarman. The damsel, to whom he successfully paid his addresses, saw through the disguise at first; but from the king's good acting, when he pretended to be afraid that the dongs would "rive his meal pokes," she began to think she had been mistaken. Then she expressed her disgust by saying, that she had thought her lover could not be anything less than the Laird of Brodie, the highest untitled gentleman probably in the neighbourhood: implying that she suspected he might be peer or prince.

W. C.

_Mulciber_ (Vol. viii., p. 102).--It may not be a sufficient answer to MR. WARD'S Query, but I wish to state that there was no "Mayor of Bromigham" until after the passing of the Reform Bill. I think that it may be inferred from the extract given below, that the mayor was no more a reality than the shield which he is said to have wrought:

"His shield was wrought, if we may credit Fame,
By Mulciber, the Mayor of Bromigham.
A foliage of dissembl'd senna leaves
Grav'd round its brim, the wond'ring sight deceives.
Embost upon its field, a battle stood,
Of leeches spouting hemorrhoidal blood.
The artist too expresst the solemn state,
Of grave physicians at a consult met;
About each symptom how they disagree!
But how unanimous in case of fee!
And whilst one ass-ass-in another plies
With starch'd civilities--the patient dyes."

N. W. S.

_Voiding Knife_ (Vol. vi., pp. 150. 280.).--The following quotation from Leland will throw more light on the ancient custom of _voyding_:

"In the mean time the server geueth a voyder to the carver, and he doth
_voyde_ into it the trenchers that lyeth under the _knyues_ point, and
so cleanseth the tables cleane."--_Collectanea_, vol. vi. p. 11., "The
Intronization of Nevill."

Q.

Bloomsbury.

_Sir John Vanbrugh_ (Vol. viii., pp. 65. 160.).--Previous to sending you my Query about the birthplace of Sir John Vanbrugh, I had carefully gone through the Registers of the Holy Trinity parish, Chester, and had discovered the baptisms or burials of seven sons and six daughters of Mr. Giles Vanbrugh duly registered therein. Sir John's name is not included in the list; therefore, if he was born in Chester, his baptism must have been registered at one of the many other parish churches of this city. The registers of St. Peter's Church, a neighbouring parish, have also been {233} examined, but contain no notice of the baptism of the future knight. I will, however, continue the chace; and should I eventually fall in with the object of my search, will give my fellow-labourers the benefit of my explorations. Mr. Vanbrugh sen. died at Chester, and was buried with several of his children at Trinity Church, July 19, 1689.

T. HUGHES.

Chester.

_Portrait of Charles I._--The portrait of Charles I. by Vandyke (the subject of MR. BREEN'S Query, "N. & Q.," Vol. viii., p. 151.) is no less than the celebrated picture in which the monarch is represented standing, with his right hand resting on a walking cane, and his left (the arm being beautifully foreshortened) against his hip; and immediately behind him his horse is held by an equerry, supposed to be the Marquis of Hamilton. The picture hangs in the great square room at the Louvre, close on the left hand of the usual entrance door, and is undoubtedly one of the finest in that magnificent collection. As a portrait, it is without a rival. It is well known in this country by the admirable engraving from it, executed in 1782, by Sir Robert Strange.

The description of this picture in the Catalogue for 1852 _du Musée Nationale du Louvre_, is as follows:--

"Gravé par Strange; par Bonnefoy; par Duparc;--Filhol, t. 1. pl. 5.

"Collection de Louis XV.--Ce tableau, qui a été exécuté vers 1635, ne
fut payé à van Dyck que 100 livres sterling. En 1754, il faisait
partie, suivant Descamps, du cabinet du marquis de Lassay. On trouve
cette note dans les mémoires secrets de Bachaument," &c.

Then follows the passage quoted by MR. BREEN. I can find no mention of a Dubarry among the ancestors of the monarch.

H. C. K.

_Burial in an erect Posture_ (Vol. viii., p. 59.).--

"Pass, pass, who will yon chantry door,
And through the chink in the fractured floor
Look down, and see a grisly sight,
A vault where the bodies are buried upright;
There face to face and hand lay hand
The Claphams and Mauleverers stand."
Wordsworth, _White Doe of Rylstone_, Canto I.,
p. 5., line 17., new edition, 1837.

See note on line 17 taken from Whitaker's _Craven_:

"At the east end of the north aisle of Bolton Priory Church is a
chantry belonging to Bethmesley Hall, and a vault where, according to
tradition, the Claphams were buried upright."

F. W. J.

_Strut-Stowers and Yeathers or Yadders_ (Vol. viii., p. 148.).--The former of these words is, I believe, obsolete, or nearly so. It means bracing-stakes: _strut_, in carpentry, is to _brace_; and _stower_ is a small kind of stake, as distinguished from the "ten stakes" mentioned in the legend quoted by MR. COOPER.

The other word, _Yeather_ or _Yadder_, is yet in use in Northumberland (vid. Brockett's _Glossary_), and is mentioned by Charlton in his _History of Whitby_. The legend referred to by MR. COOPER is, I suspect, of modern origin but Dr. Young, in his _History of Whitby_, vol. i. p. 310., attributes it to some of the monks of the abbey; on what grounds he does not say. The records of the abbey contain no allusion to the legend; and no ancient MS. of it, either in Latin or English, has ever been produced. The _penny-hedge_ is yearly renewed to this day but it is a service performed for a different reason than that attributed in the legend. (See Young and Charlton's histories.)

F. M.

The term _strut_ is commonly used by carpenters for a brace or stay. _Stower_, in Bailey's _Dictionary_, is a stake; Halliwell spells it _stoure_, and says it is still in use. Forby connects the Norfolk word _stour_, stiff, inflexible, applied to standing corn, with this word, which he says is Lowland Scotch, and derives them both from Sui.-G. _stoer_, stipes. A _yeather_ or _yadder_ seems to be a rod to wattle the stakes with. In Norfolk, wattling a live fence is called _ethering_ it, which word, evidently with _yeather_, may be derived from A.-S. _ether_ or _edor_, a hedge. The barons, therefore, had to drive their stakes perpendicularly into the sand, to put the strut-stowers diagonally to enable them to withstand the force of the tide, and finally to wattle them together with the yeathers.

E. G. R.

_Arms of See of York_ (Vol. viii., p. 111.).--It appears that the arms of the See of York were certainly changed during Wolsey's time, for on the vaulting of Christ Church Gate, Canterbury, is a shield bearing (in sculpture) the same arms as those now used by the Metropolitan See of Canterbury, impaling those of Wolsey, and over the shield a cardinal's hat. This gateway was built in 1517; yet in the parliament roll of 6th Henry VIII., 1515, the _keys_ and _crown_ are impaled with the arms of Wolsey as Archbishop of York (see fac-simile, published by Willement, 4to. Lond. 1829), showing that the alteration was not generally known when the gateway was built.

Although the charges on the earlier arms of the See of York were the same as on that of Canterbury, the colours of their fields differed; for in a north window of the choir of York Minster is a shield of arms, bearing the arms of Archbishop Bowett, who held the see from 1407 to 1423, impaled by the pall and pastoral staff, on a field _gules_. The glass is to all appearance of the fifteenth century.

T. WT.

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_Leman Family_ (Vol. viii., p. 150.).--Without being able to give a substantial reply to R. W. L.'s Query, it may assist him to know that Sir John Leman had but _one_ brother (William), who certainly did not emigrate from his native land. Sir John died, March 26, 1632, without issue; and was buried in the chancel of St. Michael, Crooked Lane, London. His elder brother, William, had five sons; all settled comfortably in England, and not at all likely to have left their native country. One of the _Heralds' Visitations_ for the counties of Norfolk or Suffolk would materially assist your Philadelphian correspondent.

T. HUGHES.

Chester

_Position of Font_ (Vol. vii., p. 149.).--In the church of Milton near Cambridge, the font is _built into_ the north pier of the chancel arch; and from the appearance of the masonry, &c., this is evidently the original position. I have visited some hundreds of churches, and this is the only instance I have observed of a font in this position. Numerous instances occur where it is _built into_ the south-western pier of the nave.

NORRIS DECK.

Cambridge.

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Corrections made to printed original.

page 215, "MONUMENTAL INSCRIPTION IN PETERBOROUGH CATHEDRAL.": 'PETERBOROUH' in original.

page 216, "In this dilemma": 'dilemna' in original.

page 221, "from the ninth to the twelfth centuries": spurious 'in' before 'from' in original.