"Legend of Captain Jones." Can you or any of your correspondents furnish a little information as to the book entitled Legend of Captain Jones; relating his strange and incredible Adventures by Land and Sea, 12mo., Lond., 1670? It is written in verse, and in a recent bookseller's catalogue has the following note appended to it: "A gravely ironical burlesque: the hero of it was a distinguished commander in the days of Q. Elizabeth: priced in the Bib. Ang. Poet., 2l. 12s. 6d." Who was its author? Whom was it intended to ridicule ? I may mention that my copy has a curious folding plate at the commencement engraved by Marshall. H. C. Paddington. 66 [The poem is by David Lloyd, Dean of St. Asaph, "a person," says Anthony à Wood, "who was always esteemed an ingenious man, and poetically given." It is a very good burlesque in imitation of a Welsh poem, entitled Owdl Rich. Greulon. "The said Captain Jones," says Wood, on whom the legend was made, lived in the reign of Queen Elizabeth, and was in great renown for his high exploits, when Sir John Norris and his noble brethren, with Sir Walter Raleigh, were endeavouring for the honour of their nation to eternize their names by martial exploits." Andrew Marvell, in The Rehearsal Transprosed, edit. 1776, vol. ii. p. 19., speaking of the Legend of Captain Jones, says, "I have heard that there was indeed such a captain, an honest brave fellow but a wag, that had a mind to be merry with him, hath quite spoiled his history." The facetious Dean, it seems, by his generosity and loyalty having run himself much into debt, some wag, or perhaps himself, has thus memorialised him: [Very little seems to be known of Charles Vyse. The Biographical Dictionary of Living Authors, 1816, states that he was formerly master of an academy in Portland Street, and since a private teacher at Vauxhall. And in a letter from an old bookseller to his son in The Aldine Magazine, p. 134., it is farther stated, that "in the sale of Mr. Robinson's stock, the copyright alone of Vyse's Spelling, price one shilling, sold for 2,5004., besides an annuity of fifty guineas per annum to poor old Vyse, to whom your brothers went to school in Walnut-tree Walk, Lambeth, in the year 1805."] Condarius. One of the attesting witnesses to an undated deed of Philip de Belmeis, circa 1155, is 66 Petrus, Condarius meus." What was the office described by the word? And can any other instance be cited in which it occurs? Was it Chandler? I should have thought it an error of the transcriber for Camerarius, had not Richard Camerarius occurred as a witness to the same deed. THOMAS ROSSELL POTTER. [From a passage in Du Cange it seems that this was a legal officer, whose duties were the same as those of the referendary, one to whom all royal or papal petitions were referred: "Reverendissimo in Christo Patri Domino Domino Johanni de Montemirali, Papæ Prothonotario et Condario," &c. - Glossary, in voce. The same authority informs us, that this John de Montemirali was the Pope's referendary: "Hic Johannes de Montemirali summo Pontifici referendarius erat, anno 1476."] THEOBALD LE BOTILLER. (Vol. viii., p. 367. ; Vol. ix., p. 336.) At the time of the dissolution of the Irish Record Commission, considerable progress had been made in the transcription and printing of ancient charters relating to Ireland. It appears to have been the intention of the commissioners to publish transcripts of the various bulls, charters, &c., of ancient date, which are to be found in various places of deposit; but the sudden termination of this most useful work. The printed, but still untheir commission, has prevented the completion of published, portion of these "chartæ antiquæ," consists of ninety-two pages large folio: the earliest charter bearing date the 18th of Hen. II.; and amongst them I find, at p. 11., the transcript of a grant whereby Theobald Walter, the king's butler of Ireland, grants certain lands to the Abbey of Abbey Owney, situate in the county of Limerick. It commences in these terms: "Omnibus sancte matris ecclesie filiis tam presentibus quam futuris Theobaldus Walteri pincerna Hibernie salutem Sciatis me pro amore Dei et beate Dei genitricis Marie et pro anima domini mei H. Regis Anglie et Ricardi regis Anglie filii ejus et pro salute domini mei Johannis Comitis Moretonie et domini Hibernie et pro salute H. fratris mei Cantuar' archiepiscopi et pro anima chari mei Ranulfi de Glanvilla et pro anima Hervei Walteri patris mei et pro anima Matilde de Waltines matris mee et pro salute anime mee et pro salute Matilde sponse mee et pro salute animarum omnium amicorum et antecessorum et successorum meorum." It will be perceived that there is but a trifling variance between the charter (so far as it goes) and the pedigree. In the first named Theobald Walter gives the name of his father as Hervey, or Herveius Walter; while in the pedigree, he is called Hubbart Walter. The pedigree which is given by Lodge appears also to have been compiled with care. The name of Theobald's father, as it appears in his publication, is Herveius Walter, who was married to Maud, the eldest daughter of Theobald de Valoines; and not to De Waltines, as it is given in Theobald's Charter. Amongst the Cottonian MSS., Titus, B. xi. p. 246., there is a transcript of a charter made by John, Archbishop of Dublin, "Theobaldo FitzWalteri pincerna domini comitis Moretoniæ in Hibernia;" and also another charter made to him by the prior of Manath (?); and at p. 232., a grant made to him by John, Earl of Moreton, of "totam Almodernes" (?), in the time of Richard I. Some doubt appears to exist as to who was the first Butler or pincerna for Ireland. Upon this question I would wish to refer to the claim of John Butler, Esq., of Kilkenny Castle, to the dignities of Earl of Ormond, Earl of Ossory, and Viscount Thurles, presented to the House of Lords in Ireland in the year 1790; wherein Theobald Butler, who was married to Margery, daughter of Richard de Burgo, is called the third honorary Butler. I would refer also to the letter of Walter, Earl of Ormonde, written in the year 1619, wherein he calls "Tibbott fithe (fitz) Walter the first of his name that went for Ireland" (MS. Brit. Mus., Julius, C. iii. p. 75. dorso); and to Lodge, who states that the butlerage was conferred upon the Theobald Walter in question A.D. 1177. In reply to a Query which has appeared in "N. & Q.," I beg leave to add, that it is stated in the Book of Pedigrees in manuscript, to which I have referred, that "Roesia, daughter to Nicholas de Vardon," married Theobald Walter, the second hereditary butler for Ireland; and the authority which is given for this statement is Record. Tur. Londin. in anno 8 Hen. III. JAMES F. FERGUSON. Dublin. BOOKS BURNT. (Vol. xi., pp. 161. 288.) In addition to the list of books enumerated by MESSRS. COWPER and WOOD, the following particulars may be interesting. They refer to the proceedings of the Irish Parliament respecting a book published by the Irish Jacobites in 1715, and are to be found in the journals of the Irish House of Commons for that year. "March 24, 1715. "A motion being made that a book, intituled A Long History of a Short Session of a certain Parliament in a certain Kingdom, contains in it many reflections on the proceedings of the late House of Commons of this kingdom, and several paragraphs therein being read: "Resolved, Nemine contradicente, That a book intituled A Long History of a Short Session of a certain Parliament in a certain Kingdom, is a false, scandalous, and malicious libel, highly reflecting on the proceedings and honour of the late House of Commons. "Ordered, - That Mr. Maynard, Colonel Barry, &c., or any three of them, be appointed a committee to meet in the Speaker's chamber to-morrow morning, at eight of the clock, to inquire who was the author, printer, and publisher of a book intituled A Long History of a Short Session of a certain Parliament in a certain Kingdom. That they have power to send for persons, papers, and records, and to adjourn from time to time, and place to place, as they shall think fit, and report their proceedings with their opinion therein to the house. "Resolved, That an humble address be presented to their excellencies the Lords Justices, that they will be pleased to issue a proclamation for giving a reward to any person who shall discover the author of the said book. "Ordered, That the said address be presented to their excellencies by such members of this house as are of his Majesty's most honourable Privy Council. "Ordered, That the said book be burnt by the hands of the common hangman upon the gate of this house, on Saturday next, at twelve of the clock, and that the Sheriffs of the City of Dublin be required to see the same done accordingly." Waterford. THOMAS GIMLETTE, Clk. THE RED DRAGON. (Vol. xi., p. 445.) The following remarks of Garter Anstis upon the origin and institution of the office of Rouge Dragon Pursuivant may be interesting to your Querist, inasmuch as they are accompanied by references to proofs, and the evidence upon which he founds his statements: Rouge Dragon, or the Red Dragon, instituted, as Sir Henry Spelman1 saith, by Henry VII. in 1 Spelm. Gloss. v. Herald: "Rouge dragon a rubro allusion to the (right) supporter of his shield, assumed by him as according to Sandford 2, from the (supposed) ensign of Cadwallader 3, from whom he derived himself in a male line; but a French 1 and also a Dutch author intimate that this denomination was taken from the banner6 ascribed to St. George, who in the legend is feigned to have killed one. As the dragon was anciently the standard or banner of our kings, the authors quoted in the margin (see notes below) may be consulted, and the reader is left to his own judgment whether Dragons Pursuivant sent hither by the King of Scotland in 12 Hen. VI., and then remitted to the Duke of Burgundy, was an officer of this kingdom. Henry VII. created an officer by this title the day before his coronation, immediately after he had made the Knights of the Bath; and on the 25th April, in his first year 10, grants to Rouge 8 Spelm. Aspilogia, p. 17. Dufresne, Gloss., voce Draco. 7 Hoveden, p. 397.b n. 10. Richard I. being in the Holy Land, "tradidit Draconem suum Petro de Pratellis ad portandum contra calumniam Rob. Trussebut," &c. Claus. 28 Henry III. n. 7. "17 Junii mandatum est Edrō fil Odonis-quod habere faciat unum Draconem in modum unius vexilli de quodam rubro sanulo, qui ubiq; sit de auro extencellatus, cujus lingua sit facta tanquam ignis comburens, et continuè appareat, moveatur et ejus oculi fiant de Saphiris vel de aliis lapidibus eidem convenientibus, et illum ponat in ecclia beati Petri Westm contra Adventum Regis ibidem." 8 Henri, &c., at Tres, &c., que a Dragance pursevant nadgairs envoier de nre tres ch et tres ame Cousin le Roy de' Escoce avec certeins Ires de credence a nous et a mesme nre counsaill facez avoir cynge marcs, &c., VI. ffeverer l'an douszisme (Hen. VI.). 9 MS. Ant. à Wood in Mus. Ashm., 33, p. 23., H. V., penes me p. 312 b. created Rouge Dragon by King Henry VII., immediately as he had made the Knights of the Bath. MS. Wriothesley, Garter penes Dom. Jos. Jekyll Mil. Mag. Rotulorum, in the ceremonial of the creation of the Duke of Buckingham and others to be Knights of the Bath; the king created a Pursuivant and named him Rouge Dragon. 10 Pat. 1 Henry VII. p. 3. in 13. "Rex omnibus ad quos Salutem, Sciatis quod nos in consideratione veri et fidelis servitij quod delectus serviens noster Rouge Dragon nobis impendit et sic inposterum impendere intendit, dedimus et concessimus ei quandam annuitatem sive annualem redditum decem librarum sterlingorum habend' et percipiend' annuatim a festo Sancti Michaelis Archangeli ultimo preterito pro termino vitæ suæ ad Recep Dragon during life a salary of ten pounds yearly, which is entered 11 as paid to him in the succeeding years, and in the sixth year he (being misentered 12 by the title of a herald) attended on the ambassadors of Bretagne; and in the ninth year Rouge Dragon hath the annuity 13 granted him which Faucon enjoyed before he was promoted to be a herald, which was paid him in that 14 and in the two following years, and in the eleventh year he had been sent into foreign parts.15 G. R. D. seeks for information on the subject of the Red Dragon, which can be given in a few words. The Red Dragon is essentially Welsh. It was the banner of Cadwaladyr, King of Britain; and it led the Welsh to victory under Henry VII. at the battle of Bosworth; in honour of which that monarch created the heraldic office of Rouge Dragon, still existing in the Heralds' College, and which it was intended should always be filled by tam Scaccarij nostri per manus Thesaurarij et Camerariorum ejusdem pro tempore existentium ad festa Pascha et St. Michaelis Archangeli per equales portiones, aliquo statuto actu ordinatione provisione vel restrictione in contrarium factis nonobstantibus. In cujus, etc. teste Rege apud Eborum 25 die Aprilis. Per breve de privato sigillo et de data," &c. 11 Lib. Computat. in Off. Pel., P. 1 Henry VII., Rougedragon pursevant de feodo suo. Ibm. M. 2 Henry VII. Rougedrago pursivant de annuitate sua xl. Ibm. M. 3 Henry VII. Rougedragon pursevant de x libri annuis. Ibm. M. 4 Henry VII. Rougedragon pursuivant de annuitate x1 per annum. Ibm. P. 5 Henry VII. Rougedragon pursuivant super annuitate suâ x1. Ibm. P. 6 Henry VII. Rougedragon pursuivant de certo suo annuo, &c. 12 Ibm. 6 Henry VII. Rougedragon Heraldo pro custubus et expensis suis in consimili casu 6s. 8d., i. e. pro attendentia super ambassiatores Britanniæ nuper venientes a Rege Romanorum. 13 Priv. Sigil. deliberat Cancellario 18 Januarij 9 Henry VII. Rex Servienti nostro Rougedragon x libr. durante vita quas ffawcon nuper unus pursuivandorum nostrorum et jam unus Heraldorum nostrorum nuper habuit, etc. In Capilla Rotulorum Pat. 9 Henry VII. p. unica 18 Januarij. 14 Priv. Sig. in libro in Off. Pell. M. 9 Henry VII. Rougedragon pursevant pro termino vitæ suæ per annum xl. Lib. Comp. P. 10 Henry VII. Rougedrago pursue▾t de annuitate sua xli. Ibm. P. 11 Henry VII. Rougedragon pursevt de annuitate sua x1. 15 Signet in Off. Pell. "Right Trusty and Welbeloved, We grete you well, Forsomoche as We, for certain great causes and considerations us moving, send at this tyme our welbeloved servant Rowgedragoon, oon of our Pursyvants in our espetial message into the parties beyond the Sea, Ye pay him all suche somes of money as growen due unto hym by reason of his fee at this fest of Estre last passed," &c. 24 April, 11 Henry VII. been Lib. Comput. P. 11 Henry VII. Pro arreragijs feodi Rougedragon missi versus partes transmarinas, &c. a Welshman. And it was so filled in the time of Queen Elizabeth, when the celebrated Lewys Dwnn made his heraldic visitations in Wales (long before the existence of the Heralds' College); which visitations have to a great extent, though not wholly, been collected and edited by the late learned genealogist Sir Samuel R. Meyrick, and published in two quarto volumes by the Welsh MSS. Society. These volumes contain also, a fac-simile of a drawing, in the British Museum, of the banner, containing the arms of Wales (four lions passant counterchanged), which was borne at the funeral of Queen Elizabeth, and which has been most unaccountably omitted on state occasions of late years. The Red Dragon of Wales is depicted in Holbein's famous picture of the meeting of Henry VIII. and Francis I. ("Le Champ de drap d'Or"), belonging to the royal collection in Windsor Castle, of which also there are engravings; where the Dragon of Wales appears flying over the head of the Tudor monarch, and is also depicted on every flag which marks the quarter of the British host. The Red Dragon may also be seen in Henry VII.'s Chapel in Westminster Abbey, as the companion supporter to the lion of England; which it was, until supplanted by the unicorn of Scotland, brought in by James I. The field of the banner of the Red Dragon is green and white: hence the royal colours and livery of the Tudors was green and white. And when Princess Margaret, daughter of Henry VII., espoused James of Scotland, it is recorded that the royal liveries of the servants who accompanied her were green and white; which is also the colour of the leek, the national emblem of Wales. It is a matter worth inquiry, what the undercurrent could be that was strong enough, not only to supplant the Cambrian dragon, without the aid of which the Stuarts could never have reigned over England and Wales; but which banished from the royal shield the arms of the country through whose princess the King of Scotland became heir to the throne of the Tudors? In the Heralds' College may be now seen a drawing of Queen Elizabeth's seal, where the lions of Wales held their proper place; and it would be but historical justice to restore them to their own place. G. G. PHOTOGRAPHIC CORRESPONDENCE. Mr. Lyte's Process (continued from p. 16.). The plate then being exposed in the camera for the same time as is usually given in the ordinary process, is to be taken into a dark room to be developed; and the first part of this operation consists in disengaging from the plate all the syrup by long soaking in a weak nitrate bath of about 5 to 10 grains of nitrate to the pint of distilled water (cold, not hot). This bath should be frequently renewed, and the infinitesimal quantity of silver therein contained may be taken out by the addition of common salt. (See No. 298.] remarks at the end, the treatment of residues, &c.) It should lie in this bath not less than four hours, being bath; or if the horizontal bath before described be used, constantly moved about, and taken in and out of the it is to be frequently tilted up and down to well wash the surface of the plate. Here the three processes again unite in one for the first case, with ordinary collodion, the plate is best developed at once on leaving the camera, by the instantaneous process likewise, though if the honey be not of the very best quality it is possible that the use of the weak washing bath of 10 grains to the ounce may be beneficial in removing the syrup before developing. Next the glucosed plate, on coming from this last bath, is also fit to be developed. The plate is now to be placed on a levelling-stand, and there is to be poured over it the following mixture: Pyrogallic acid, 2 grains; water, 1 ounce; acetic acid (glacial), 40 minims. Pour enough of this on the plate to well cover it all over (do not be sparing of it), and then keep moving the plate by lifting alternately each corner of it till the image is well up. In the case of the instantaneous and ordinary processes, should the exposure, &c. have been well conducted be forehand, the first quantity poured on will bring the negative up to the correct intensity; but in the case of the preservative process the picture requires to be darkened, as, although the whole details are apparent, they are not dark enough through the want of a sufficiency of nitrate of silver being present. A similar effect is produced by over exposure, which seems to produce the same effect practically as too little exposure, and produces a negative which is red and transparent in the parts which should be opaque. When this is the case, pour off the first portion of developing liquid, and having put an equal portion into a glass, add to it about 10 drops of a solution of nitrate of silver of 10 per cent., and treat the negative with this, with the same precautions before described. This will be found immediately to darken all the dark parts of the picture, and to convert what might before have been styled a bad negative into a fine and intense one. picture is now to be washed under a tap of water, or a stream of water to be poured on it, the plate being held in a slanting position to the stream; the developing liquid is thus removed. The negative may now be dried and kept till we wish to fix it, which process consists in the taking out from its surface the iodide and bromide of silver which the light has not affected, and which being is black, we are sure to know when this is done, by the yellow, while that reduced by the photographic agency removal of all the yellow colour from the negative. To do this, take 1 pint of water, and in it dissolve 100 grains. of cyanide of potassium (commercial), and add 10 grains. of iodide of silver and 5 of nitrate. This is to be poured on to the negative, to remove the iodide of silver as I before said; and when the operation terminated, the liquid is to be returned into the bottle, as it rather improves than spoils by use; and when once made, all we have to do is to keep the bottle always full, by adding water, in which is dissolved a proportionate quantity of cyanide of potassium. The removal of the iodide may be known by the clearing up of the picture and the disappearance of the yellow colour, which latter will be more easily seen on turning over the plate and looking at the back of it, when the undissolved iodide will be perceived as primrose-coloured spots. I may add that, for the convenience of the operator in enabling him to see this more plainly, that this part of the process is as well conducted in full daylight, as the plate is no longer sensitive. The plate is now at once to be subjected to a stream of water, as before, so as to completely remove all the cyanide, and when considered sufficiently washed, to be stood up on one corner to dry; when dry it may be varnished. The The best varnish I know is that recommended by DR. DIAMOND, and sold by Hockin and Williams; and the operator will do best to buy some of it, as he cannot make it as cheaply as he can buy it. But a very good varnish is made by dissolving about 15 parts of shellac in 100 parts of absolute alcohol by the aid of heat, standing the bottle loosely corked in some hot water and constantly shaking it till dissolved, and then filtering it, while hot, through a flannel, which is covered with a slip of glass to prevent evaporation. The negative may now be considered finished. F. MAXWELL LYTE. Bagnères de Bigorre, Hautes-Pyrénées. Replies to Minor Queries. "Two Pound Ten" (Vol. xi., p. 503.).—"Two pound ten" was the burden of a mail-coach anecdote which James Smith turned into a song. A fellow passenger, a stranger to Smith, who had, he said, run short of cash, asked him to lend him two pound ten, to be repaid at the journey's end. Smith's reluctance to lend; his doubts as they travelled along about the repayment; and his final satisfaction, when, at last, the stranger paid the two pound ten, are the theme of this pleasantry, which Smith used to sing very agreeably, as he did several other anecdotical songs. I should suppose that it is reprinted in his brother Horace Smith's account of James; but I have not the book at hand. C. Descendants of Sir Walter Raleigh (Vol. X., pp. 373. 475.).-I am obliged by L. H. J. T.'s information; but fear, as B. H. C. observes, that the family relic mentioned cannot be the great Sir Walter's; but it may have very well belonged to his grandson, another Sir Walter Raleigh, who survived the Restoration some time, and whom there is no improbability in supposing to have been possessed of a tea-pot. J. S. WARDEN. Naval Victories (Vol. xi., p. 462.).—The "Pasquinade" quoted by . is illustrated by a caricature published in England, by which it appears that the capture of Quebec was the immediate provocative to the satire. Mercury is descending upon the earth, announcing "Québec pris par les Anglois le 18 Sept., 1759." Boats are sailing about with brooms at the mast-head. Soldiers are offering themselves to let by beat of drum. A minister is suspended from one arm of a great cross. A general is broken upon the wheel. A female ghost rises from the grave astonished at the scene, and the Maid of Orleans is also rising. Madame Pompadour is studying a scheme of "Invasion," and a French gentleman is imploring her to pity the poor prisoners in England. France at this time ceased to maintain her prisoners, but left them to the charity of the English, by whom large subscriptions were raised for their support. In June, 1759, it had been announced that two thousand workmen were employed at Havre in building one hundred and fifty flat-bottomed boats; a like number were building at St. Maloes, Nantes, Port l'Orient, Morlaix, &c., all which were rendered unavailing by the late English successes. ---- Walpole calls the lines quoted by 4. an epigram on Mad. Pompadour, stating that there were fifty vile translations, and adding one of his own : "O, yes! here are flat-bottom'd boats to be sold, And soldiers to let, rather hungry than bold; Here are ministers richly deserving to swing, And commanders, whose recompense should be a string. O, France! still your fate you may lay at . . . .'s door, You were saved by a maid, and undone by a wh—.” EDWARD HAWKINS. Doorway Inscriptions (Vol. xi., p. 134.). — 1. At Naples, over the gate of the large hospital of the Annunciata, and to express the ample provision therein made for the varied wants of the poor: "Lac pueris, dotem nuptis, velumque pudicis, Datque medelam ægris hæc opulenta domus." 2. At Vienna or Berlin (?), over the entrance to the military hospital: Ditto, over the door of the university called "Della Sapienza :" "Initium sapientiæ timor Domini." Ditto, over the Gregorian university, or as it is commonly called, the "Collegio Romano:" "Religioni ac bonis artibus." 4. At Rhodes, over the inmost of the seven gates that gave admission, through seven lines of bastions and walls, into the fortress of the Knights of St. John, built in 1399, and called "St. Peter's of the Freed," there was formerly this inscription: "Nisi Dominus custodierit, frustra vigilat qui custodit." CEYREP. On a stone over the door of Hillfield House, a castellated mansion near Solihull, Warwickshire, is the following inscription: "Hic hospites In cælo cives. H. W. V. 1579." The initials are supposed to be those of the builders of the house, William Hawes and Ursula his wife. EDEN WARWICK. Birmingham. |