66 "TERSE" CLARET. In Sir C. Sedley's 'Bellamira,' Act II. sc. i. (of 1687), Merryman says, I am so full I should spill terse at every jolt; we drank gallons apiece"; and a little further on, "He grudg'd her money for honest terse, and so he's right enough serv'd." Here it appears that terse was the name, proper or in slang, of some beverage. Shadwell, The Humourists,' Act IV. (of 1671), has “Must I stay till by the strength of terse claret you have wet yourself into courage?" Here the epithet terse is applied to claret; whence we may perhaps conclude that the terse in Sedley But why is terse," and 66 stands for "terse claret.' claret described as, or called, what is the origin of the term? Claret no doubt was imported in "terses or "tierces," but so also, I suppose, were other wines. I do not find that Halliwell or Nares has dealt with terse in this sense, and shall be glad if readers of N. & Q.' can give us any light on it. JAMES A. H. MURRAY. Oxford. 66 THE BLACK PRINCE'S LANGUAGE.-It is stated in Mr. Edmund Storer's 'Peter the Cruel,' p. 308, that after the battle of Najara the Black Prince asked where Henry de Trastamara was :-"E lo bort, es mort o' pres?' ('And the bastard, is he dead or taken ?') he asked; and when they told him of his escape, he answered prophetically, with the intuition of a true general: Noy ay res faït ('Then nothing is done')." In what language or dialect was the Prince speaking-Provençal, Gascon, Languedocian, Béarnais, or what? Was it his usual language in France and Spain ? ALBAN DORAN. "DIE IN BEAUTY."-I have been reading lately the phrase in Schönheit sterben so often that it seems to me trite, but only now it occurs to me that I do not know its origin. Are readers of N. & Q.' in a better position with regard to it? G. KRUEGER. Berlin. ROGER GREATOREX, PAPER MANUFACTURER.-I should be grateful for any information regarding the family of Roger Greatorex, paper manufacturer. Between 1784 and 1795 he was living at Apsley Mill, in the parish of King's Langley, Herts. A later address may have been Two Waters Mill, Hemel Hempstead, same county. In 1800 he apparently had to move to Lancaster, and wrote of getting sailing accommodation for America; but whether he went or not, I do not know. His son Lawrence was a passenger on the American ship Washington, sailing from Lisbon in November, 1799. This Lawrence settled in America, and, I believe, owned and operated the first paper mills in that country, on the Brandywine, near Wilmington, Delaware. I want also the names of the wives of Roger Greatorex and his son Lawrence. E. HAVILAND HILLMAN. 3227, Campo S. Samuele, Venice. : BIBLIOGRAPHY OF FOLK-LORE. - In the first report of the Council of the Folk-lore Society, dated 29 May, 1879, it is stated :— the Council prepared and issued forms for the com "In April of last year it will be remembered that pilation of a Bibliography of English Folk-lore. But almost immediately a member came forward and offered the use of his valuable collection, made for a Bibliography of superstitions and religious belief, which was the result of many years' work, involving, among other labours, complete perusal of the British Museum catalogues. Although this collection was only in part available for the Society's purpose, and did not cover all the ground which the Bibliography of Folk-lore will occupy, the Council very thankfully accepted this offer, and they are "I would have all these moralists, as they affect to call themselves, suffer by such libertine principles, as cannot be pursued, but in violation of the very first laws of morality." vol. ii. and viijd of lawfull money of Englande unto the above named John Granger, his executors, hereafter following, That is to say at the castyng administrators, or assignes, in maner and forme of such a bell as the foresaide Andrewe and John Kent shall deliver unto the said John Granger 53s. 4d., and within one twelvemonth and one day next after the castyng of the said bell other 539. 4d., in full paiment of the foresaid some of £5 6s. 8d.-then this obligation to be void and of of and in either of the foresaid payments at either none effect; and if default of payment be made of the dayes above limited, in part or in all, contrary to the true intent and meanyng hereof, Then this obligation to stande in full strength and vertue." Lovelace refers once to B. de Mandeville's The Fable of the Bees; or, Private Vices, Public Benefits' : "At worst, I am entirely within my worthy friend Mandeville's assertion, that private vices are public benefits.' - Clarissa,' vi. 3. Berkeley's dialogue Alciphron; or, The Minute Philosopher,' is mentioned in Sir Charles Grandison,' i. 281: He is thought to be a modern wit, you must know and to speak after an admirable writer, a minute philosopher." Richardson's numerous references to Locke's Some Thoughts concerning Education in the sequel to 'Pamela' do not belong here. He does not seem to have read Locke's 'Essay concerning Human Understanding,' as the word "idea," first made popular by Locke, does not occur in his novels. Richardson, in opposition to Locke, considers that there are innate ideas : Principles that are in my mind; that I found there; implanted, no doubt, by the first gracious Planter." Clarissa,' iv. 165. Aachen. H. G. WARD. BELLS AND BELL-FOUNDERS, C. 1560: JOHN GRANGER.-I have just found on the Common Plea Roll for Michaelmas term, 9-10 Eliz. (1567), the following notes on the above subject, which I think should find a place in N. & Q.' 66 In the first entry Andrew Blease and John Kent, husbandmen, brought an action against John Granger of London, bellfounder (otherwise called John Graunger of Ightfelde, co. Salop, bell-founder), Humphrey Cole of Ightfelde, yoman,' and Henry Hewes of London (otherwise Henry Hewes of Assheparva, co. Salop, yoman"), to recover a debt of 11. This is a mere entry of adjournment, and no particulars are given; but the second entry relates to a cross suit in which John Kent of Olner, co. Chester, was summoned to answer the above John Granger or Graunger. It recites the following bond, dated 20 April, 1 Eliz. (1559): "The condition of this obligation is such that if the above-bounden Andrew Blese and John Kent or either of them, their executors, administrators, and assigns, or the executors, administrators, or assigns of either of them, well and truly content and pay or cause to be contented and paide the somme of fyve poundes syx shillinges 666 THE BLACK PRINCE'S LANGUAGE.-It is stated in Mr. Edmund Storer's 'Peter the Cruel,' p. 308, that after the battle of Najara the Black Prince asked where Henry de Trastamara was :— "E lo bort, es mort o' pres?' ('And the bastard, is he dead or taken?') he asked; and when they told him of his escape, he answered prophetically, with the intuition of a true general: Noy ay res faït' ('Then nothing is done ')." In what language or dialect was the Prince speaking-Provençal, Gascon, Languedocian, Béarnais, or what? Was it his usual language in France and Spain ? ALBAN DORAN. "DIE IN BEAUTY."-I have been reading lately the phrase "in Schönheit sterben "n'est qu un Nurse [when] le child est nee, et so often that it seems to me trite, but only l'statute come careful mother prist ceo en ses braches a preserver ceo.' And again : Dodderidge dit que les parolls d'un Judgment doit estre certen et nemy destre vary ou frame solonque le pleasure et fond conceit de chescun home." I have extended the abbreviations. There is a mine of comedy in the old Reports. RICHARD H. THORNTON. 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. TERSE CLARET. In Sir C. Sedley's 'Bellamira,' Act II. sc. i. (of 1687), Merryman says, "I am so full I should spill terse at every jolt; we drank gallons apiece"; and a little further on, "He grudg'd her money for honest terse, and so he's right enough serv'd." Here it appears that terse was the name, proper or in slang, of some beverage. Shadwell, The Humourists,' Act IV. (of 1671), has "Must I stay till by the strength of terse claret you have wet yourself into courage? Here the epithet terse is applied to claret; whence we may perhaps conclude that the terse in Sedley stands for terse claret.' But why is claret described as, or called, terse, and what is the origin of the term? Claret no doubt was imported in "terses" or "tierces,' but so also, I suppose, were other wines. do not find that Halliwell or Nares has dealt with " terse in this sense, and shall be glad if readers of N. & Q.' can give us any light on it. JAMES A. H. MURRAY. Oxford. now it occurs to me that I do not know its origin. Are readers of N. & Q.' in a better position with regard to it? G. KRUEGER. Berlin. MANUFAC ROGER GREATOREX, PAPER TURER.-I should be grateful for any information regarding the family of Roger Greatorex, paper manufacturer. Between 1784 and 1795 he was living at Apsley Mill, in the parish of King's Langley, Herts. A later address may have been Two Waters Mill, Hemel Hempstead, same county. In 1800 he apparently had to move to Lancaster, and wrote of getting sailing accommodation for America; but whether he went or not, I do not know. His son Lawrence was a passenger on the American ship Washington, sailing from Lisbon in November, 1799. This Lawrence settled in America, and, I believe, owned and operated the first paper mills in that country, on the Brandywine, near Wilmington, Delaware. I want also the names of the wives of Roger Greatorex and his son Lawrence. E. HAVILAND HILLMAN. 3227, Campo S. Samuele, Venice. BIBLIOGRAPHY OF FOLK-LORE. In the first report of the Council of the Folk-lore Society, dated 29 May, 1879, it is stated :the Council prepared and issued forms for the com "In April of last year it will be remembered that pilation of a Bibliography of English Folk-lore. But almost immediately a member came forward and offered the use of his valuable collection, made for a Bibliography of superstitions and religious belief, which was the result of many years' work, involving, among other labours, complete perusal of the British Museum catalogues. Although this collection was only in part available for the Society's purpose, and did not cover all the ground which the Bibliography of Folk-lore will occupy, the Council very thankfully accepted this offer, and they are Madam, May 1, 1722. You tell me it is your Opinion, that no man was ever heartily in Love, without being seiz'd, at one time or other, with a Fit of Poetry, &c. This letter, too long to give in extenso, is accompanied by a 'Song' beginning Haste, Shepherds, haste and come away, This joyful Sun gave Cloe birth, which is thus alluded to in the letter to the lady : "If my Labours are honour'd with a Station among your Thread-Papers, I shall take it as a happy Omen: More Labours, more Thread-Papers. If not, e'en let them share the same Fate with the Author, that is, be set on Fire by you......" The writer signs himself "Poor Strephon." J. HOLDEN MACMICHAEL. PITT AND WILKES ON DISFRANCHISEMENT. -May I venture to repeat a question which I put, without eliciting a reply, just eighteen years since (8 S. ii. 468) ? Where is to be found a list of the thirtysix decayed boroughs which the younger Pitt proposed, in 1785, to disfranchise, and of the ten corporations which he desired should transfer the right of return to the citizens ? And is there extant a list of the boroughs which Wilkes would have disfranchised by his proposal of 1776 ? POLITICIAN. GABRIEL GRANT, PREBENDARY AND ARCHDEACON OF WESTMINSTER.-Whom and wnen did he marry? He is said to have married twice. He died in 1638. G. F. R. B. Rector of Creek a 3rd part. Rector of Yelvertoft 25th militia does this refer? Is it to be assumed To what particular assembly of the that rectors of parishes generally were charged with a special levy for militia? JOHN T. PAGE. Long Itchington, Warwickshire. ANNE BOLEYN OR BULLEYN: BULLEY FAMILY.-Can any of your readers tell me the correct way of spelling the name of the second wife of Henry VIII.? In the Life of Archbishop Tait I see that he twice refers to her, spelling the name Bulleyn. This is the only instance I have seen of the name being thus spelt. In Queen Elizabeth's reign there was a well-known doctor named Bulley, who was said to be distantly related to the Queen. In that case the n must have been dropped about the middle of the sixteenth century. The Dr. Bulley, President of Magdalen College, question is of interest to me, as my cousin Oxford, from 1856 to 1890, considered that his family were descended from a collateral branch of the Boleyn or Bulleyn family. Will any one kindly tell me when the change in the spelling took place, if the name was ever correctly spelt Bulleyn ? H. A. B. [The spelling of the Queen's name was discussed at 8 S. i. 435; ii. 13.] LACY AS A PLACE-NAME.-In some parts of Surrey-and I believe in other counties"Lacy occurs as part of the name of an estate or village. I know of Polesden Lacy (where Sheridan lived), Camilla Lacy (the residence of Fanny Burney), Wilton Lacy, and others. What is the origin of the suffix "Lacy ? JOHN HUDSON (LATE BURKITT & HUDSON). The terms Patricksmas and Lukes-I should much like to know when John mas," presumably 17 March and 18 October, Hudson, printseller and publisher, 85, Cheap- are also used in the diary. Were those side, was carrying on his business. I have recognized term-days in Scotland at that found his label among the pasted paper on period? I can find no mention of them elsethe back of the frame of a portrait of a where. ANGLO-SCOT. general (?) officer. I should guess 1820 as about the date of the portrait, which Hudson's date of business may help me to identify. ROBERT PIERPOINT. 8A, Bickenhall Mansions, W. 'PILGRIM'S PROGRESS' IMITATED.-Who was the author of The Progress of the Pilgrim Good-Intent, in Jacobinical Times'? The seventh edition was printed in 1801 by J. Bateson for John Hatchard of Piccadilly. Though a little heavy, the parable is carried on with ingenuity. There are allusions to the elder Darwin, Fulton, and Godwin on p. 30; to the guillotine, p. 123; and to cosmopolitanism, pp. 159-60. The paper is water-marked " M. & E." RICHARD H. THORNTON. 36, Upper Bedford Place, W.C. OUNDLE.—What is the origin of this place- name ? 66 "CARENT : "PATRICKSMAS : "LUKESMAS."-Can any reader give me the meaning of the old Scottish word carent"? It occurs several times in a diary of a Dumbartonshire minister of the year 1705, and some ecclesiastical appears to refer to assessment or interest, as carent due to the Mortification"; "he came in to speak about his carent, but brought no money to give our obligement to transact his debts to the value of the price [of some land] against Whitsunday, bearing carent from Martinmas last.' The word is not to be found in Jamieson's 'Dictionary.' 66 [The 'N.E.D.' states that "Lukesmas" is now obsolete in Scotland, but was formerly a customary date (18 October) for payment of accounts. The latest example cited is from 1671, so that our correspondent brings the use of the word down to the next century.] "INSTANT" OR "CURRENT."-In 'N. & Q.' for 26 November last (p. 440) it is said that the late F. H. Collins died 66 on the 16th inst." Are we to understand that this use of the word 66 instant is sanctioned by N. & Q.,' as I regret to see it is by some dictionaries ? To our fathers it would have sounded much like saying that a man had died to-morrow. T. S. O. [The use in question is, we think, generally recognized.] REV. J. SAMWELL: REV. J. PEACOCK.I am anxious to find out what particulars I can respecting the Rev. John Samwell and the Rev. John Peacock, who were successive ministers of Broadway Meeting, co. Somerset. All I know of Mr. Samwell is that he was in office in July, 1763, and that a small annuity was bequeathed to him and his successors in that year. I am told that he relinquished his ministry to study medicine, but that after a time he resumed his old position. Whether this was so or no, the first instalment under the legacy was apparently paid on 10 March, 1765, to Mr. Peacock, who seems to have been his |