armilla (?) was not found in Northumberland, but in
Sussex, together with several others of the same form, a torques and celts.

W. C. TREVELYAN.

Wallington.

_To grab._--A very popular writer has lately rightly denounced the use of
this word as a vulgarism. Like many other monosyllables used by our working
classes, it may plead antiquity in extenuation of its vulgarity. It has
been derived from the Welsh word _grabiaw_, to grasp, and in ancient times
was one of our "household words." The retention by a tailor of a portion of
the cloth delivered to him, although it had been a usage from time
immemorial, might have been considered by our forefathers as a _grabbage_:
we now call it _cabbage_.

N. W. S.

_Curfew at Sandwich._--Sometime back it was stated that the curfew at
Sandwich had been discontinued. It has been resumed in consequence of the
opposition made by the inhabitants. The same occurred about twenty years
ago. (From information on the spot.)

E. M.

_Ecclesiastical Censure._--Ecclesiastical censure was often used in the
Middle Ages to enforce civil rights, specially that of the exemption of the
clergy from the judgment of a lay tribunal. The following instance thereof
is new to me. I have copied it from "Collectanea Gervasii Holles," vol. i.
p. 529., Lansdowne MS. 207., in the British Museum:

"Ex Archis Linc. a^o 1307.

"The Major and Burgesses of Grimesby hanged a Preist for theft called
Richard of Notingham. Hereupon y[=e] B^p sendes to y[=e] Abbott of
Wellow to associate to himselfe twelue adjacent chapleins to examine
y[=e] cause, and in St. James his Church Excommunicates all y^t had any
hand in it of whatsoever condition they were, y[=e] King, Queen, and
Prince of Wales excepted; {467} and y[=e] B^p himselfe did
Excommunicate them in y[=e] Cathedral Church of Lincolne, y[=e] fifth
of y[=e] Ides of Aprill following."

EDWARD PEACOCK.

Bottesford Moors, Kirton-in-Lindsey.

_The Natural History of Balmoral._--Dr. William Macgillivray, Professor of
Civil and Natural History in the Marischal College of Aberdeen, and who
died there Sept. 5, 1852, left an unpublished MS. on "The Natural History
of Balmoral and its Neighbourhood." This work has been purchased from his
executors by His Royal Highness Prince Albert; and is to be printed for the
use of Her Majesty and the Royal Family, and for circulation among their
august relatives. It was the last work on which