re recondite authority for the
explanation of the word, as formerly used in England, be
desired, I would refer your querist to the pages of the
_Promptorium Parvulorum_, where may be found--"Bruwyn ale or
other drynke, _Pandoxor_. Browstar, or brewere, _Pandoxator,
Pandoxatrix_", the medieval Bass or Guinness having been, most
frequently, a female. And, having cited the primitive lexicographer
of Norfolk, I would seize the occasion to offer a note, in response
to the numerous queries regarding the too tardy advance of the work
in question, and to assure your readers, who may be interested in
the publications of the Camden Society, that a further instalment of
the _Promptorium_ is in forwardness, so that I hope to complete
a considerable portion, in readiness for issue, early in the current
year.

ALBERT WAY.

_Saint Thomas of Lancaster_.--Not having Brady at hand, I
cannot tell what authorities he cites; but, as Mr. Milnes (No. 12.
p. 181.) does not mention Rymer, he perhaps may not know that he
will find in that collection some documentary evidence on the
subject of this saint, if saint he was; for instance--

"_Super rumore Thomam nuper Comitem Lancastriae miraculis
corruscuri_."--Rym. Foed. iii. p. 1033. A.D. 1323.
"Quod," adds the king, "moleste gerimus."

But Edward III. was of quite another mind, and urged his
canonization of the Holy See. Witness Rymer:--

"_Ad Papam; pro canonisatione Thomae nuper Comitis
Lancastriae_."--Foed. iv. p. 2. A.D. 1326.

And again--

"_Pro custodi_" (Weryngton mentioned by Mr. Milnes),
"_Capellae ad montem ubi nuper comes Lancastriae decollatus
fuit_."--Ib. p. 291.

It seems that the bodies of some of Thomas's accomplices were also
supposed to have worked miracles; for we find an ordinance--

"_Contra Fingentes miracula fieri per inimicos Regis_."
--Rym. Foed. iv. p. 20. A.D. 1323.

Andrews says (_Hist_. i. 342.) that Richard II. renewed the
application for Thomas's canonization; but he does not give his
authority, and I have not time to look further through Rymer.

p. 184. _Jhon-John_.--I wonder Mr. Williams does not see that the
_h_ is not "_introduced_" for any purpose; it is an integral
part of the original name _Johannes_, which was contracted
into _Johan_, and in French into _Jehan_.

p. 185. _Slang Phrases_.--"_A Rowland for an Oliver_" is
no slang phrase of the eighteenth century; it is a proverbial
expression as old as th