Vol. V.—No. 130. NOTES AND QUERIES: A MEDIUM OF INTER-COMMUNICATION FOR LITERARY MEN, ARTISTS, ANTIQUARIES, GENEALOGISTS, ETC.

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

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. 394

MINOR QUERIES ANSWERED:—Knollys Family—Emblematical Halfpenny—National Proverbs—Heraldic Query—Chantrey's Marble Children—Autobiography of Timour 397

The Earl of Erroll 398

General Wolfe 398

James Wilson, M.D., by Professor De Morgan 399

Oliver Cromwell: the "Whale" and the "Storm" in 1658, by A. Grayan 400

Authenticated Instances of Longevity 401

Replies to Minor Queries:—Haberdascher—Cou-bache—Meaning of Groom—Grinning like a Cheshire Cat—Mallet's Death and Burial—Town-halls, &c. 402

Notes on Books, &c. 406

Books and Odd Volumes wanted 406

Notices to Correspondents 406

Advertisements 407