Notes and Queries, Number 52, October 26, 1850 | Page 7

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IOTA.
Liverpool, October, 1850.
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Minor Queries.
Osnaburg Bishopric.--Can any of your correspondents inform me who
succeeded the late Duke of York as Bishop of Osnaburg? how the Duke
of York attained it? and whether there were any ecclesiastical duties

attached to it? or whether the appointment was a lay one?
B. M.
Meaning of "Farlief".--May I ask for a definition of the word "farlief",
used in Devonshire to designate some service or payment to the lord of
the manor by his copyholders, apparently analogous to the old feudal
"relief"?
V. J. S.
Margaret Dyneley.--In Stanford Dingley Church, Berkshire, there is a
"brass" of Margaret Dyneley, from whose family, I presume, the parish
has received its appellation of Dingley. As, however, I have not yet
succeeded in obtaining any account as to this lady or her ancestors, I
should feel obliged by any information which your learned
correspondents only be able to afford.
J. H. K.
Tristan d'Acunha.--COSMOPOLITE will be glad to have references to
any authentic sources of information respecting the island of Tristan
d'Acunha.
Production of Fire by Friction.--In most of the accounts written by
persons who have visited the South Sea Islands, we meet with
descriptions of the method adopted by the natives to produce fire by the
rapid attrition of two bits of wood. Now I wish to ask whether any
person has ever seen the same effect produced in this country by
similar means? If not, to what cause is the difficulty--if such difficulty
really exists--attributable?
{359} Does it depend upon the nature of the wood used, the condition
of the atmosphere, or the dexterity of the operator? I have not quoted
any particular passages, as they are sufficiently familiar to readers of
voyages and travels in the South Sea hemisphere; and although they
exhibit some diversity in the modus operandi, the principle involved is
essentially the same in each mode. I need scarcely add, that I am of

course well aware of the means by which, whether by accident or
design, heat is ordinarily generated by friction in this country.
D.
Rotherfield.
Murderer hanged when pardoned.--I have a copy of the Protestant's
Almanack for 1680, full of MS. notes of the period, written by one of
the Crew family. Among other matter it states:
"A man was hung for a murder in Southwark (I think), notwithstanding
the king's pardon had been obtained for him, and he actually had it in
his pocket at the time."
Will some kind friend oblige me with further information of this case,
or tell me where I may obtain it?
GILBERT.
Burke, Passage from.--The following passage is quoted as a motto from
Burke:--
"The swarthy daughters of Cadmus may hang their trophies on high, for
when all the pride of the chisel and the pomp of heraldry yield to the
silent touches of time, a single line, a half worn-out inscription, remain
faithful to their trust."
In what composition of Burke's is it to be found?
Q.(2.)
Licensing of Books.--Can any of your readers inform me what was the
law in 1665 relative to the licensing of books? also when it was
introduced (or revived), and when modified? I find in a manual of
devotion printed in that year the following page, after the preface:--
"I have perused this book, and finding nothing in it but what may tend
to the increase of private devotion and piety, I recommend it to my

Lord the Bishop of London for his licence to have it printed."
JO. DURESME.
"Imprimatur: Tho. Grigg, R. P. D. Hamff. Ep. Lond. a Sac. Dom. Ex
Ædibus, Lond. Mart. 28. 1665."
R. N.
Captain John Stevens.--I should be glad to learn some account of Capt.
John Stevens, the continuator of Dugdale's Monasticon in 1722. He is
generally considered to have edited the English abridgment of the
Monasticon, in one vol. 1718, though a passage in Thoresby's Diary
mentions that it contained "some reflections upon the Reformation,
which the Spanish Priest, who is said to be translator and abridger of
the three Latin volumes, would not omit."
A note by the editor of Thoresby's Diary says that--
"Mr. Gough was uncertain by whom this Translation and Abridgment
was prepared. He supposed that it was done by Captain Stevens, the
author, or rather compiler of a valuable, Supplement to the Monasticon,
in which he was assisted by Thoresby."
J. T. A.
Le Bon Gendarme.--Close to the boundary stone which separates the
parishes of Fulham and Hammersmith, and facing the lane which leads
to Brook Green, on the Hammersmith Road, is a way-side public-house,
known as "The Black Bull." So late as three months ago, in addition to
the sign of the Black Bull, there was painted over the door, but
somewhat high