"Defender of the Faith was anciently used by the Kings of England, as appears by several charters granted to the University of Oxford, &c."
As the word anciently, I conceive, applies to a period anterior to 1521, may I express a hope that some of your learned subscribers at Oxford will favour your readers with the dates of the charters alluded to; and, if possible, some information as to the circumstances which led to the adoption of the title "Defender of the Faith" by the kings of England previous to the reign of Henry VIII.
ROBERT ANSTRUTHER, Lieut.-Col.
Bayswater.
Calendar of Sundays in Greek and Romish Churches.—Where can I find good authority on the calendar of Sundays in the Greek Church, and in the Roman? As to the latter, the missals and directories only give the current year: as to the former, there is no work I know of which gives anything.
M.
Dandridge the Painter.—At Osterley Park (Lord Jersey's) is the only example of the pencil of Dandridge, bearing his signature and the date 1741.
Through neglect and the effect of time this able work has been dried up, so that we may say—
"The wine of life is drawn, and nothing
Left but the mere lees:"