7 NOTES AND QUERIES. LONDON, SATURDAY, JANUARY 7, 1911. " - " CONTENTS.-No. 54. NOTES:-Milton Bibles, 1-Bishopsgate Street Without, 2 -Chamney Family, 3-Anglo-American Mail Service: its Bicentenary-South African Bibliography-Samuel Richardson and the English Philosophers, 5-Bells and Bell-Founders, 1560-Legal Macaronics, 6. QUERIES:-"Terse" Claret-The Black Prince's Language "Die in beauty"-Roger Greatorex-Bibliography of Folk-lore, 7-Thread-Papers-Pitt and Wilkes on Disfranchisement - Prebendary Gabriel Grant Militia Claims, 1716-Anne Boleyn: Bulley Family-Lacy as a Place-Name, 8- John Hudson- Pilgrim's Progress' Imitated Oundle -"Ennomic' Caeqehouias "Carent":"Patricksmas" : "Lukesmas "-" Instant" or "Current"- -Rev. J. Samwell: Rev. J. Peacock Roeites of Calverton, 9-Andrew Arter's MemorialChurch with Wooden Bell-Turret-"God moves in a mysterious way," 10. REPLIES:-Motto of 1851 Exhibition, 10-Lord Mayor Trecothick, 11-Turcopolier-Corn and Dishonesty, 12Eminent Librarians-Great Snow in 1614, 13-Christmas Mummers - Christmas Bough or Bush-Owls called "Cherubims"-Authors Wanted-John Bright's Quotations, 15-Gentleman's Magazine' Danes'- Blood, a Flower, 16-High Stewards and Recorders-Dante and a Font-Miss Sumner, 17-Elizabeth Woodville and the Kings of Cologne-Babies and Kittens-Lowthers v. Howards, 18. UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA John Phillips is a year younger, about Octob. My daughter Anne was born July the 29th on the fast at eevning about half an houre after six 1646. "My daughter Mary was born on Wedensday, Octob. 25th, on the fast day in the morning about 6 a clock, 1648. My son John was born on Sunday, March the 16th about half an hower past nine at night, 1650. May, being Sunday, somwhat before 3 of the "My daughter Deborah was born the 24 of clock in the morning, 1652. [His] My wife hir mother dyed about 3 days after. And my son about six weeks after his mother. Katherin my daughter, by Katherin my The Bible-an octavo edition of 1636 "Anne my Daughter was born July the 29th the day of the Monthly Fast between six and seven, or about half an hour after six the Ev'ning 1646. 66 6 Mary my Daughter was born on Wednesday Octob. 25 on the Fast Day in the morning about six o'clock 1645. My Son John was born on Sunday March in 666 A BIBLE in the British Museum (Add. MS. : "The Holy Bible printed by Robert Barker, London, 1612: a copy which belonged to John Milton, who on the page here reproduced [facing the beginning of Genesis] entered memoranda of the dates of the birth, &c., of himself and members of his family, including his brother Christopher Milton [baptized 3 Dec., 1615] and his nephews Edward and John Phillips. The first five entries appear to have been made together in 1646 the last two, written in 1657/8, after Milton had become totally blind, were added under his direction by another hand.-Add. MS. 32, 310." The entries are as follows: "John Milton was born the 9th of December, 1608, die Veneris half an howr after in the MS. 4244. Mrs. Foster, daughter of Deborah, third 66 a All Milton's children are mentioned excepting Katherin. Masson gives the following entries from the burial registers of St. Margaret's, Westminster, "Feb. 10, 1657/8, Mrs. Katherin Milton," and again, "March 20, 1657/8, Mrs. Katherin Milton," and remarks that from these entries we should not know which designated the mother and which the child. He quotes, however, a sentence in Phillips's memoir of his uncle * Marked through. |