by the Esturmys in
Savernak forest, 8 Edw. III., occurs--

"Et omnia placita de leporibus, rechibus, heymectis, tessonibus,
vulpibus, murilegis, et perdricibus:"

which I translate--

"And all pleas concerning hares, traps, hedgehogs, badgers, foxes,
wild-cats, and partridges:"

but I confess I have no confidence in some of these words, as the
glossaries in the British Museum Library fail to explain them. I therefore
solicit your courteous assistance.

JAMES WAYLEN.

_Family of Queen Katherine Parr._--The pedigree of the once eminent family
of Parr, as recorded in various printed works--Dugdale, Nicholls, Burke,
&c., is far from being complete or satisfactory. Could any one versed in
the genealogy of the northern counties supply any information on the
following points?--

I. The early descent.--Dugdale in his _Baronage_, commences with Sir
William Parr, who married Elizabeth De Ros, 1383; but he states the family
to have been previously "of knightly degree." A MS. pedigree in the
Herald's College also mentions Sir William as "descended from a race of
knights." Where is an account of this race to be found?

II. The separation between the two lines of Parr and Kendal.--Sir Thomas
Parr, father of Queen Katherine, died 1518, and his _Inq. p. m._ states him
to have held manors, messuages, lands, woods, and rents, in Parr, Wigan,
and Sutton. Ten years afterwards, 1528, Bryan Parr was found by _Inq. p.
m._ to have held the manor, messauges, woods, lands, &c. of Parr. How was
Bryan related to Sir Thomas?

III. The descendant in the fourth degree of Bryan was Henry Parr, of Parr,
who was, according to a MS. in the college, aged twenty in 1621. Had he any
descendants?

If no positive information can be afforded, yet a clue to where it might be
sought for would oblige.

GENEALOGICUS LANCASTRIENSIS.

_Skort._--

"Or wily Cyppus that can wink and snort,
While his wife dallies on Maecenas' skort."--Hall, _Satires_, Book iv.
Sat. 1. (Whittingham's edition, 1824.)

Of course the general meaning of these two verses is obvious enough. But
how is the latter to be read? Are we to read "dallies on," as one word,
_i.e._ keeps dallying, and "skort" (as a mere abbreviation of the Latin
"scortum") as nominative in apposition with "wife?" If so, the verse is
intelligible, though harsh enough even for Hall.

If not, the word "skort" must have some other meaning which I am
unacquainted with. I cannot f