388 NOTES AND QUERIES. [12 s. ix. NOV. 12, 1921.
Queries.
We must request correspondents desiring information on family matters of only private interest to affix their names and addresses to their queries in order that answers may be sent to them direct.
Signora Sartoris.—Did a lady of this name, well known in the musical world and who gave a series of concerts, reside in London about the year 1760?
And was she an ancestor of the Edward John Sartoris who married Adelaide Kemble in 1843? Horace Bleackley.
W. WINSTANLEY. Who was the " Wil- liam Winstanley " who in 1741 drew an interesting view (engraved by Toms) of Rushton Hall, Northants ? Would he be the same person as the " W. Winstanley " who in 1737 painted a life-size portrait (not beautiful but not without merit) of the first wife and two children of the then owner of that place ? I suspect him of being a brother of Hamlet Winstanley ( 1698- 1756), who is noticed in Bryan's ' Dictionary ' and more fully in the ' D.N.B,' where much of the information given is culled from ' N. & Q.' (5 S. viii. 404). Is any other work of W. Winstanley 's known ? . OF A. [Sir George Scharf , writer of the article referred to, died April 19, 1895.] MADINGLEY, GAMES. I picked up a modern book of commonplaces about two years ago and saw this name in the index. In the book was an anecdote of some (eighteenth century ?) scholars who scribbled some Greek remark on the wall of the porch. The vicar, seeing this, replied in the same manner. I have never seen this anecdote recorded anywhere else. Can anyone supply me with the reference ? C. SAYLE. " STAND ABDS." Does this mean " fix- i tures " when applied to furniture inside a house, and is it ever used now in legal ! documents ? Richard Southam, of Neithrop, near Banbury, in his will, proved P.C.C., Nov. 11, 1768, states, inter alia, in connexion with furniture, " one long table in the j Parlour . . . my will and meaning is that they shall be Standards upon the Premises." Was it intended that the table and other things could not be moved to another room, j and never be taken out of the house, even j should the family leave the same ? Many years ago I saw a fine old oak table (in a Shropshire farm-house, formerly manor house), which had passed from tenant to tenant. HEBBEBT SOUTHAM. RUBBING DOWN COINS. Among common offences against the Crown we have records of criminal lessening of the weight of gold and silver coins by clipping, by eating with acids and by rubbing. I believe I have seen a quite circumstantial account of the last method. A mass of coins was placed in a wash-leather bag, and this was swung back over the shoulder and forcibly down on to a solid block of wood or metal. The resultant gold (or silver) dust was merely poured out of the bag. I should much like to know whether my memory or my imagination is responsible, and to have reference to any sources. Q.V. 'N.E.D.' DINNEB, 1899. I believe that most of the very interesting speeches delivered at this festivity were reported either in The Oxford Chronicle or in The Oxford Times. Will some reader tell me whether either report is fairly complete and add the date ? I do not want to bring a volume needlessly from Hendon. Q. V. [For ' Shaconiana ' see Notices to Correspon- dents, p. 400.] " ABEILLAGE." In Godefroy's ' Dic- tionnaire de 1'ancienne langue fran?aise ' these words occur: Abeillage droit du seigneur sur les abeilles eparses ou disseminees qui se trouvaient dans les forets de sa seigneurie (1319, ' Livre de la Maison de Sulli '). Can any reader refer me to books that give more information on this feudal right in England or France ? Honey casks are mentioned, I believe, in royal inventories, and hives must have been kept in large numbers. J. CHBISTY. IBISH, SCOTCH AND WELSH HEBALDBY. I shall be much obliged to any ' N. & Q.'-ist furnishing me with names of works on the above. M'QUILLIN. Glen Parva, Leicestershire. EARLY STANDABDS. Will some reader kindly give the text of the contemporary description of the standard which gave the name to the Battle of Northallerton in 1138 ? Contemporary texts on early standards, the dragon, and the Caroccio Would be welcomed. D. L. GALBBEATH.
