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Authors of Quotations Wanted.—Upwards of twenty years ago I asked in your pages where the following lines were to be found. May I repeat the question?
Bells they shall ring for thee,
Priests they shall sing for thee,
Gentlest of ladies,
Sweet lady of ……
If the forgotten word in the last line could be recovered, it might supply evidence as to authorship. Edward Peacock.
Will one of your readers help a busy man to the exact ""locale " of the two following rather threadbare quotations?
1. "She let the Legions thunder past, and plunged in thought again."
2. "Who God-like clasps the triple forks, and King-like wears the crown."
[1. M. Arnold, 'Obermann Once More.']
Where in Macaulay's 'History' does the following passage occur?
"We possess an aristocracy the most democratic, and a democracy the most aristocratic, of any country in the world."
Cornelius Cordiner was at Westminster School in the second decade of the eighteenth century. Any information concerning his parentage and career would be useful.
John Crooke, son of Samuel Crooke of St. Christophers, was elected a King's Scholar at Westminster in 1757. I should be glad to obtain further information concerning him and his family.
Page of Wembley.—Can any of your readers state where I can see a pedigree of Page of Wembley, Middlesex?
Hy. Reeves.
[Many particulars are supplied ante, pp. 322, 410.]
Shakespeare edited by Scott.—In 1822 Sir Walter Scott was commissioned to edit a projected edition of the national poet. After three volumes had appeared the crash of 1826 put an end to the scheme. Can any one kindly refer me to a set of the three volumes, or odd ones? Presumably the size is octavo, and date of publication between 1822 and 1826—perhaps 1825.
Autograph Letters sold by Auction.—Has it been ascertained when autograph letters were first sold by auction in England? I have no opportunity at present of seaching the earlier sale catalogues, and in those at hand the first occasion apparently was in the sale of the second portion of Dr. Mead's library, April, 1755. They occur on p. 239 of the catalogue:—
"39. Epistolæ. 3,200 Autographæ ineditæ virorum in republica literaria per Europam clarissimorum ad Joannem Georgium Grævium inter quos eminent nomina Basnagii, Baylei, Burmanni, Clerici, Fabri, Fabricii, Gronovii, Kusteri, Limborchi, Puffendorfii, Salmasii, Spanheimi, Spinosæ, Tollii, Bentleii, Dodwelli, Lockii, Potteri, Bossueti, Bignoni, Harduini, Huetii, Menagii, Sponii, Vaillantii, &c. ab anno 1670 at annum 1703. Quo mortuus est Grævius.
"40. Epitolæ plusquam. 500 Autographæ ineditæ N. Heinsii ad patrem Danielem Heinsium, et ad plurimos doctissimos viros, una cum responsionibus."
My copy of the catalogue is without names of purchasers or prices.
[See also Mr. McGovern's note, ante, p. 424.]
"Tinners" in Military Musters.—In 1572, a commission having been issued "for general musters and training of all manner of persons hable for the wars," the Sheriff and Justices of Devon returned a certificate wherein it was stated that "the nomber of th' abell men mustered within the said countie, as well Tynners as Marryners, are mccxxiiii."[1] Can any one explain the above use of the term "Tynners"? Were these the Dartmoor miners or "Stannators?" and if so, were they peculiarly liable to be called out on military service? There was a Guild of Tin Miners[2]: did they constitute a special regiment? A certain number of men were, we read, "to be trained and armed at the reasonable chardge of the inhabitants in everie shire." Were the "Stannary towns" responsible for the training of the "Tinners"?
In the churchwardens' accounts of South Tawton, in the year 1557-8, I note the item: "To Willya' Smyth for the Tyners xxijs" ; also expenses for repairing "the Harnes" (i.e., the parish armour) and for the purchase of "a Narming Sorde." This was a year of enforced activity in matters military—see the Instructions to the Earl of Bedford,[1] Lieutenant of co. Devon (inter alia).
South Tawton was "Ancient Demesne of the Crown," and, lying on the border of the forest, included many tinners among its inhabitants.
The Lay Subsidy Rolls at the Record Office—that of 1348, for instance (95/14,
