1. Thomas Bedyll.—It is said that Thomas Bedyll, once Rector of Hadleigh, A.D. 1531-1534, and afterwards Archdeacon of Cornwall, was one of the Commissioners appointed by Henry 8th to visit the Monasteries. Where is the authority for this statement to be found?

2. Bason of Alchymy. In the inventory of Church Plate at Hadleigh mention is made of a" Bason of Alchymy." What was Alchymy?

3. Busturn.-Amongst the vestments was a Vestment of white Bus turn for Lenton." What was Busturn?

4. Hepeyneys or Chepeyneys.-Also a Cloth of white Damask powdered with the word looks like "Hepeyneys" or or "Chepeyneys." Can any explanation be suggested?

5. Learings" Item two cloaths for Learings of white Bawdkin." What were Learings Viols? Lyra Viol was a musical instrument, 6. Temp'all." Item a Temp'all for Monks' use." What is a Temp'all? 7. Peminnys." Item a Peminnys for y. Pascall, of Silk." The word appears to be Peminnys. The meaning of it is sought.

8. Book of Cryes" Item a book of Cryes." Can this mean a book of Kyries alluding to the anthem "Kyrie Elieson."

9. Pars Oculi."Item pars oculi." This was the name of a book, so called from the opening Latin words. Can any member of the Institute explain what it was more fully?

10. Crucifix and Branches." Item a Chalice silver and over-gilt with a Crucifix and Branches thereby." What were these Branches? do they signify that the Cross was what is called a triumphant" Cross?

11. Catholicon.- -"Item a Catholicon."

What was a Catholicon ?-P.

Secret Poisoning.-Is there fair reason for believing that the crime of secret poisoning by arsenic has been discontinued in Norfolk and Suffolk, or has it been carried on of late years with greater precaution ?-W.

Deadly Nightshade given to Horses.-Can any facts be produced showing the present continuance of the practice, once common in some parts of Suffolk, of giving the Atropa Belladonna (Deadly Nightshade) to farm horses, for the sake for improving the appearance of their coats. Many mysterious cases of horse-blindness were formerly traced to this custom. Is it one of the traditional secrets passed from generation to generation of agricultural servants "—W.

Corton, near Lowestoft.-Not long ago I was in Corton churchyard, near Lowestoft, and saw the sexton turn out, from a grave he was then digging, five skulls lying one under the other at different depths. They had evidently been undisturbed from the time of their burial, very many years ago, I was informed that other parts of the churchyard were quite as much crowded with remains. What further evidence beyond that of the size of the ruins of the church, and the contents of old graves, is there of the former populousness of this parish, where now the inhabitants are only few and scattered?-W.

Conovulus Coniformis.-Can any of your Suffolk readers give information as to the exact habitats of Conovulus Coniformis ?-Gasteropod family, Auriculidæ.-W.

Settlement of a Hospital on Clare Hall, Cambridge. In a folio MS. book of transcripts from the MSS. in Bennet College Library, made by the Rev. John Corey, B.D., Rector of Landbeach, Cambridgeshire, and now in the library of the Cathedral of Ely, is the following letter from Mr. Edward Leeds, Master of Clare Hall, Cambridgeshire :

"My duty in humble wise remembred, may it please your Gr. to understand that my Ld. of Ely, vpon sight of yr. l'res, after some musing did ratify and confirm my doings for the hospital, as the deed for him was devised; for which Clare Hall, specially the poor scholars that are to be brought up by that benefit, shall be bound to pray for your Gr. as a special benefactor and helper forward of so good a purpose. I now espy daily more and more the lack of Smith which was chosen to Eaton. I cannot by any means get the like man. My Lord of Ely is falne sick. God grant him good recovery, and to yr Gr. many yeares in much honour. "From Clare Hall, the 8th of Aprill, 1562.

"Yr. Gr. servant,

EDWARD LEEDS."

To whom was this letter addressed? to what hospital does it refer? and who was "Smith which was chosen to Eaton ?"-ELIENSIS.

Carved Stonework in Wingfield Church.-In the vestry of Wingfield Church is preserved a piece of stonework (now much damaged), carved and coloured to represent a contest between a Lion and a Dragon. Can any of your correspondents inform me to what part of the former decorations of the Church it belonged ?-R. J. S.

Use of Apertures called Hagioscopes.—I have never yet met with any full and satisfactory explanation of the use of the apertures occasionally found in the north chancel wall of churches, called hagioscopes, two fine specimens of which may be seen at Wingfield Church.-R. J. S.

Origin of the word Bonfire.-In Suckling's History of Suffolk, vol. ii., p. 53, is a list of the sums collected in Somerleyton, "towards the building a bone fire, at the Coronation of king Charles the Second," and among the items of expenditure is this: "John Dale, a load of bones." Is this the origin of the word ?—C.

Wick and Wich.-What is the distinction between wick and wich, as terminations to names of places: as Dunwich, Norwich, Walberswick, &c. C.

Dance in a Hog's Trough.-Some few years since I heard a lad, of Great Whelnetham, giving evidence before the justices in Petty Sessions, at the Shire Hall, Bury St. Edmund's, say, " If the youngest child marries before the eldest the latter will have to dance in a Hog's Trough." Is this phrase known beyond the locality of the lad? and what is the origin of it ?—B.

House of the Augustine Friars at Orford, in Suffolk.-The Augustine Friars first settled in Orford about A.D. 1294, In Tanner's MSS. are several notices of legacies to the house, and I should be glad if some of your antiquarian readers could furnish me with the names of any of the Masters from the foundation to the time of its disolution in 1540.-GIPPUS.

Blocked-up Rooms.-Some few years since (1848), I was told that a blocked-up room had been found at Bardwell farm, near Ixworth, in which were a table, writing desk, pipkins, &c. Can any one of your readers supply any information as to this discovery, and if it be traditionally accounted for, give the curious at a distance the benefit of the tradition.-I.

The Bustard.-It is stated in Jesse's Country Life, p. 16, that " the last that was killed near Thetford, in Norfolk (the Bustard country), was in the year 1831. The last Bustard known to be killed in England, was shot in the spring of 1843, in Cornwall." Is this correct?

The Tau in the Drury Arms.-How came the Tau cross to find a place in the Drury Arms? The pedigree of the Drurys says that the tau was assumed as an augmentation to the family arms by Nicholas Drury, Esq., of Thurston, in consequence of his having been in the expedition or crusade to Spain with the Duke of Lancaster in 1386, but this assertion is unsupported, for it is manifest, as Sir John Cullum remarks (Hist of Hawstead), that if Nicholas Drury was in this expedition-crusade it could not properly be called —he must have been a youth at the time.—B.

Frog Attached to the Ear of a Knight-From the right ear of the effigy of Sir John Poley, kt., in Boxted Church, Suffolk, hangs a gold frog. The portrait of the same chevalier at Boxted Hall, the residence of his descendants, has the like appendage. What is the signification of this badge or ornament, and is there any other instance of its use in the same ?-B.

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[A correspondent of Notes and Queries for June 29th, 1850, vol ii., 76, in answer to a similar inquiry in that most valuable periodical, says "it appears from the treatise of Bircherodius on the Knights of the Elephant, an order of knighthood in Denmark, conferred upon none but persons of the first quality and merit, that a frog is among the devices adopted by them; and we need not further seek for a reason why this symbolum heroicum was worn by Sir John Poley, who served under Christian, King of Denmark, and distinguished himself much by his military achievements in the Low Countries."]

Family of Battely.-Can any one refer me to any notices of the Rev. John Battely, S.T.P., Archdeacon of Canterbury, author of "Antiquates S. Edmundi Burgi," &c., and supply any information as to his descendants.-B.

Cleket House.—In the will of John Buttery, of Bury, 1557, is this item: "My capitall mesuage, with the maltinge house and the tenement called Banyards, with all the gardaines, yards, and close to them belonginge-except the ij tenements called the Clekit House."

What is the meaning of Clekit? Forby (Vocab. East Anglia) has "Clicket, v. to Chatter. Dim of Clack." Phillips (New World of Words) has " Clicket, the knocker of a door; but Chaucer uses it for a key."-H.

[A correspondent of Notes and Queries, vol iv., 573. says that “in Scotland a Cleek signifies a hook; and to cleek is to hook or join together; thus a lady and gentle-. man walking arm-in-arm are said to be cleekit together. On this supposition the meaning would be, that the two tenements communicated with each other in someway-probably by a bridge thrown across-so as to form one house, which obtained its name from their being thus joined or cleekit together."]

INSCRIPTIONS ON CHURCH BELLS. (P. 5.)

For more than ten years I have been making a collection of inscriptions, &c., from bells, and accumulating no inconsiderable stock of general campanological lore. I shall have great pleasure in assisting in such a collection as proposed by H. P., and can offer inscriptions from the whole Suffolk Deanery of Fordham and the Deaneries of Blackburn, Thedwestry, Thingoe, Hartismere, and Clare in part.

I am especially collecting for the County of Cambridge, in the hope of publishing the results. The smallest contributions (particularly from the Isle of Ely and the S. and W. parts of the county) will be most thankfully received." With regard to measures, the mouth diameter by itself will give a good idea of the weight of the bell (see Lukis, pp. 53, &c.), but nothing further. Diameter at mouth and thickness of sound-bow may, together, give the musical note; but the height is a most important element, and not an easy one to take. A bell is a very complicated figure, made up of all manner of curved surfaces, and it is not at all clear to me what dimensions would suffice for a fair idea of any individual of the species. Perhaps the following are the principal

1. Mouth diameter or circumference.

2. Thickness at sound-bow.

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3. Circumference at shoulder, from which diameter, if required, can be obtained.

4. Vertical height from rim to shoulder.

5. Height from rim to crown, or from shoulder to crown.

N.B. It is not so easy to say where the crown proper begins, as any one who tries to take the measure of a bell will discover. A tolerable guess, however, can be generally made. I should feel greatly obliged if H. P. would give the inscription from Kersey, in the next "East Anglian." The Grayes (Miles and Christopher) were of a highly nomad character, especially the latter, whose foundry was at Haddenham, in the Isle of Ely, in 1683, and in the following year at King's Lynn, as I am led to conclude from the parish books of S. Michael's, Cambridge.

Sevenoaks, Nov. 24th, 1858.

J. J. RAVEN.

I have copied numerous inscriptions on Bells, and think that the best and most facile mode of obtaining good and lasting impressions of the inscriptions and ornaments, is by means of tissue paper and a wash leather rubber, with black lead and oil, such as I suppose every ecclesiologist of experience invariably carries in his knapsack or travelling bag, not only for that object but for many other purposes. A small and compact bull's-eye lamp or lantern is essential, whether for the examination of bells or belfries.-K.

Westleton, Suffolk.-The old bell was taken down in September, 1849, and a new one hung in its place. The old bell was made in 1500, and bore the legend: "Sancta Maria ora pro nobis.”—C

ORIGIN OF THE NAME OF KESGRAVE. (P. 6.)

Kes or Cas is another instance of interchange of vowels, not unlike Tot, &c. I find Keston (Kent), written Cheston' in Domesday book. Is it not an abbreviation of Chesterton'? Like Tyro, I should be very glad to hear the name satisfactorily explained. But (though it seems paradoxical), ‘grave' has nothing to do with 'bury,' I apprehend.-J. J. R.

MR. BOWES AND THE COUNTESS OF STRATHMORE.

A short time since I literally rescued from a grocer's shop the following letter, bearing on this extraordinary case. It is numbered 186, and may perhaps be the only one of a voluminous series now extant.-L.

June 8th.

Doctr. Wasdale presents his most respectful compliments to Mr. Bowes; is just returned from the City, where he had the honor of attends his Grace at an interview with Mr. Farrer, on Mr. Bowes's acct; the result of wch, he is sorry to say, is not of so favourable a complexion as he could wish, owing entirely to a late publication agt Lady Strathmore, wch, Mr. Farrer asserts, has been done at Mr. Bowes's instigation, and since his Grace has interposed in Mr. Bowes's behalf. However his Grace has condescended to see Mr. Cooke on Mr. Bowes's acct either tomorrow morning, or Saturday morning, at 11 o'clock, wch the Doctr requests Mr. Bowes will not neglect to inform Mr. Cooke of-and also desire Mr. Cooke when he calls at Norfolk House to enquire for Dr. W. by which means Mr. C. will procure a more immediate audience of his Grace.

A. R. Bowes, Esq:

Thursday June 8th, 4 o'clock p.m.