Notes and Queries, Number 66, February 1, 1851

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notes

1

Thoresby's History of Leeds.

2

"Martial.—The name of a famous French perfumer, emulating the Frangipani of Rome."—Miscellaneous Writings of John Evelyn, pp. 705. 711. 4to. edit. 1825.

3

See Brady's Clavis Calendaria, November 12.

4

See the Gentleman's Magazine for August 1848; in which an accurate representation of this seal is given.