Notes and Queries, Number 75, April 5, 1851, page 1 by Various Authors
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s and Adonis--Moorfields in Charles II.'s Time--Derivation of Yankee--A Word to Literary Men 260
QUERIES:
Poems of John Seguard of Norwich, by Sir F. Madden 261
Epitaph on the Countess of Pembroke 262
Minor Queries:--The Vellum-bound Junius--What is a Tye?--"Marriage is such a Rabble Rout"--Arms of Robert Nelson--Knebsend or Nebsend, co. York --Moore's Almanack--Archbishop Loftus--Matrix of Monastic Seal--Syriac Scriptures and Lexicon-- Villiers Duke of Buckingham--Porci solidi-pedes-- The Heywood Family--Was Charles II. ever in Wales?--Dog's Head in the Pot--"Poor Alinda's growing old" 262
MINOR QUERIES ANSWERED:--Who was the Author of "The Modest Enquiry, &c."?--William Penn's Family --Deal, Dover, and Harwich--Author of Broad Stone of Honour--Pope Joan--The Well o' the World's End--Sides and Angles--Meaning of Ratche --"Feast of Reason," &c.--Tu autem 264
REPLIES:--
Barons of Hugh Lupus 266
Edmund Prideaux and the First Post-office 266
Lady Jane of Westmoreland 268
Replies to Minor Queries:--Ulm Manuscript--Father Maximilian Hell--Meaning of "strained" as used by Shakspeare--Headings of Chapters in English Bibles 269
MISCELLANEOUS:--
Notes on Books, Sales, Catalogues, &c. 269
Books and Odd Volumes wanted 270
Notices to Correspondents 270
Advertisements 271
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Notes.
TWO CHANCELLORS.
Although neither your readers nor I are politicians enough to interfere in the changes proposed with reference to the office of Lord Chancellor, I doubt not that some of them, now the subject is on the tapis, may feel interested in a fact connected with it, which our ancient records disclose: namely, that on one occasion there were two chancellors acting at the same time for several months together, and both regularly appointed by the king.
It is an unique instance, occurring in the reign of Edward IV.: the two chancellors being Thomas Ro