ii s. ix. JAN. 3, 19R] NOTES AND QUERIES.
I am not sure that there is any available
and certain source from which the dates of
incorporated trades can be ascertained,
except from the actual date of the charter
itself.
NOTES.
Goldsmiths. Are mentioned earlier than the date named at viii. 144 for in the Chronicles of the Mayors and Sheriffs of London a certain dispute is mentioned that arose between the craft of Tailors and Gold- smiths in 1267.
Ironmongers. In 1248 one " Alexander le Ferrun " was elected an Alderman of the City of London. I, of course, have here supposed " Ferrun " to mean " ironmonger." In 1 269 Alexander appears among those who were expelled from the Citj, and who were to " betake themselves away from it, never to return.
Pepperers. Must have been in existence as early as 1251, for Andrew le Pepperer appears in a plea of the Crown held at the Tower.
Vintners who had " broken the assize of Wine " had to appear before the Justiciar at the Guildhall in 1256.
I find "Coffierer," " Lingedraper," "Flau- ner," "Mercer," "Draper," "Plumer" (sup- posed to be a feathermonger), " Stock- fishmonger., " " Barber, " &c.
ALFRED CHAS. JONAS.
COUNTY MAPS. Interest in English carto-
graphy has received a great impetus through
the bibliographies of the maps of certain
counties which have been published in
recent years. Sir H. G. Fordham must be
accorded full recognition for pioneer work
in this respect, his valuable lists of maps of
Hertfordshire and Cambridgeshire being in
the front rank. The former was published
in the Transactions of the Hertfordshire
Natural History Society and Field Club,
vol. xi. parts i. and vi., vol. xii. part v.,
and vol. xiii. part ii., 1901-7, and described
the maps of the county from 1579 to 1900.
This was followed by an annotated list of
maps of Cambridgeshire, 1579-1897, pub-
lished in the Communications of the Cam-
bridge Antiquarian Society, 1905 and 1908.
Both lists were reissued as complete pub-
lications in 1908, and form invaluable guides
to the history of county atlases, &c. In
1907 Mr. William Harrison published in the
Transactions of the Lancashire and Cheshire
Antiquarian Society, vol. xxv., ' Early Maps
of Lancashire and their Makers.' In 1911
Mr. T. Chubb, of the Map Room, British
Museum, compiled ' A Descriptive Catalogue-
of the Printed Maps of Wiltshire from 157
to 1885,' which was published in The Wilt-
shire Archaeological and Natural History
Magazine, vol. xxxvii. pp. 211-326; and in
October last there was issued, as a separate
volume of Transactions of the Bristol and
Gloucestershire Archaeological Society, ' A
Descriptive Catalogue of the Printed Maps
of Gloucestershire, 1577-1911, with Bio-
graphical Notes and Illustrations,' also
compiled by Mr. Chubb. The Somerset
Archaeological and Natural History Society
expect to publish shortly Mr. Chubb's
list of maps of Somerset. It is to be hoped
that, with such examples before them, other
societies will endeavour to publish similar
lists for their respective districts, and that
thus in a few years a systematic record of
maps of the counties of England will be
accomplished. ROLAND AUSTIN.
"CARENT." (See 11 S. iii. 9.) A query as to the meaning of this word appeared in ' N. & Q.' at the above reference. It was found in a diary of a Scottish minister of the year 1705. I have recently been examining some accounts of about 1700,. belonging to a Scottish parish, and find the word " @rent " constantly mentioned ; it is occasionally found written in full, " annual' rent," i.e., interest. No doubt the loop of the " @ " was written like a " C " in the minister's diary. I noticed also that " the above written " was contracted to " the^ @ written." A. W. ANDERSON.
NEWTON FERRERS : ERROR IN ' CAL. INQ. 10 EDW. III.' In a recent Record Office publication (' Cal. of Inquisitions,, 10 Edw. III.') Westneyweton, in Cornwall, the home of John, son of Nich. de Ferrariis,. is identified as Newton Ferrers.
This is very misleading, as the latter place is in Devon, and was held by another branch, whose members employed much the same Christian names, and on that account are often hard to distinguish from their Cornish cousins of Callingtoii and West Newton. The latter Newton was; probably called " West " to distinguish it. from the better-known Newton Ferrers.
OLD SARUM.
THE ROMAN BATH IN THE STRAND. One would naturally think that in a city like London, which can boast of but few Roman remains in situ, the authorities would be anxious to make those that still exist easily accessible. That this is not the case I was disagreeably surprised to find the-
