TITLES CONFERRED BY THE CITY AND COUNTY. THE Howards, Dukes of Norfolk, are hereditary Earls Marshal of England, and the first peers of the realm next the blood royal. The Gordons are Earls of Norwich ;* the Conways are Earls of Yarmouth. Thetford confers the title of Viscount on the Fitzroys. The Townshends are Viscounts of Rainham and Barons of Lynn Regis. The De Greys are Barons of Walsingham; the Nelsons are Barons of Hilborough; the Howards are Barons of Castle Rising; the Hobarts are Barons of Blickling; the Calthorpes are Barons of Calthorpe; the Walpoles are Barons of Wolterton and Walpole; the Harbords are Barons of Suffield, and the Wodehouses are Barons of Kimberley. Mr. Nicholas, in his very interesting "Battle of Agincourt," at p. 398, says, that the roll which he has published of Names of Persons present at the Battle of Agincourt, is manifestly incomplete, as it cannot escape observation. that many names which are constantly associated with the battle are not to be found in it; for instance, the duke of York and David Gam, who, according to all historians, were there slain. Sir Richard Waller, who is said to have captured the duke of Orleans, and, in consequence to have added the prince's arms to his crest. JOHN WODEHOUSE, whose reputed gallantry on that occasion has caused his descendants to assume Agincourt' as their motto-together with some others—convinces him that the roll is not perfect, which is evident, both from its being called a "Parcel of the Names of the Men that were with the King at Egyncourt," and from the fact mentioned at p. 297 of Mr. N.'s work, that the gross number of men at arms and archers, of which it professes to be composed, was more than double the amount of those who are separately noted in that list. The city of Norwich, though so long conspicuous in the page of history, does not appear to have given any title of civil honour until the reign of Charles I., who, August 24th, 1626, created Edward, lord Denny, of Waltham, earl of Norwich. In the third inheritance, for want of issue male, it became extinct, and was revived by Charles II. in the twenty-fourth year of his reign, who created Henry Howard, lord Howard, of Castle Rising, earl of Norwich, who afterwards became duke of Norfolk. 1660. Horatio Townshend, bart. 1668. MEMBERS OF PARLIAMENT For the County of Norfolk, from the Restoration to the present time, with the number of Votes polled at each Contested Election. 2732 1686. 1987 ........ 1743 Sir John Holland Sir James Astley 2002 Sir Roger Kemp Sir John Hobart 1620 1530 Sir Jacob Astley, bart. 1670 1672. Sir Roger Potts, bart. .... 1153 Oct. 14th, 1812. Thomas William Coke, esq. April 28th, 1817.-Died, in Loudon, Sir J. II. Astley, bart., of Melton Constable, and one of the Representatives of this county, in the 61st year of his age.-E. R. Pratt, esq. of Ryston, and Edmond Wodehouse, esq. of Sennowe Lodge, offered themselves as candidates to succeed him. May 19th to 24th, 1817. June 23rd, 1818. March 13th, 1820. Thomas William Coke, esq. Edmond Wodehouse, esq. 3321 Norfolk Wiles. NORFOLK PROVERBS. Such is the skill (says the author of "English Worthies," 8vo. 1684,*) of the common people in the common law," that they are said to study law at the plough's tail, and some would persuade us, that they will enter an action for their neighbour's horse only looking over the hedge. 2. A Yarmouth capon signifies a red herring. 3. He is arrested by the baily of marshland, the ague caused by the unwholesomeness of the air in marshes. • In the work above alluded to, it is related under the head of noted sheriffs, that Philip Calthorpe, a fecetious gentlemen in the reign of Henry VII., when he understood that John Drakes, a shoemaker, had bought some of the same French tawney that himself had provided for a gown, commanded his tailor to cut his gown full of holes, which purged Drakes of his prond humour, that he would never be of the gentlemen's fashion again. After speaking of the introduction of Norwich stuffs, the author says, "there was one formerly called stand far off, which discovered its coarseness when near the eye; another called perpetuano, from the lasting thereof; also, satinisco, bombicino, Italiano, &c. Note to a passage in page xxxvi of the "Introduction." It is stated in the text, that "perhaps" the only allusion to the operation of grafting in the New Testament is in the General Epistle of James, chap. i, verse 21. But it is more elaborately made the subject of illustration in Saint Paul's Epistle to the Romans, chap. xi, verses 16 to 24, both inclusive. The apostle is exhorting the Gentiles to humility, and declares that God has not cast off the Jews entirely and for ever. He says, "If the root be holy, so are the branches; and if some of the branches be broken off, and thou, being a wild olive-tree, wert grafted in among them, and with them partakest of the root and fatness of the olive-tree, boast not against the branches: though thou boast, thou bearest not the root, but the root thee. Thou wilt say, then, the branches were broken off that I might be grafted in. Well: because of unbelief they were broken off, and thou standest by faith. Be not high-minded, but fear; for if God spared not the natural branches, take heed lest he also spare not thee. Behold, therefore, the goodness and severity of God; on them which fell, severity; but towards thee, goodness, if thou continue in his goodness; otherwise thou also shall be cut off. And they also, if they bide not still in unbelief, shall be grafted in; for God is able to graft them in again. For if thou wert cut out of the olive-tree which is wild by nature, and wert grafted contrary to nature into a good olive-tree, how much more shall these, which be the natural branches, be grafted into their own olive-tree.' It is worthy of remark, that the Greek verb here employed, throughout, is synergizw, while that employed by James, is upw; and that Wakefield translates the passage in the latter Apostle, "the doctrine implanted" in you, while he uses the word "grafted" in his translation of the several passages in St. Paul. |