George Herbert and the Church at Leighton Bromswold.—Little Gidding.—Some of your readers may not be aware that George Herbert built the church of Leighton Bromswold, Hunts as well as that of Bemerton. The church stands about three-quarters of a mile to the right of the road from Huntingdon to Thrapston, and a view of it is given in Zouch's 4to. edition of Isaac Walton's Lives; it is stated, in a note, to be near Spalding, for which read Spaldwick. Herbert desired the pulpit and reading-desk to be placed on opposite sides of the church, and of the same height; to show that "preaching ought not to be esteemed above praying, nor praying above preaching."
Query, What is the state of the interior now, as to pews, &c.?
The nuns, if I may so call them, in the monastery at Little Gidding, Hunts, employed themselves in covering or in ornamenting the covers of books, in patterns, with silver and coloured-silk threads: a friend of mine in Surrey has a small volume so ornamented by them.
E. H.
Norwich, Jan. 20.
Etymology of Kobold.—At page 239. of Mr. Bohn's edition of Keightley's Fairy Mythology, we find that Mr. K., after heading a chapter with "Kobolds," says in a note:—
"This word is usually derived from the Greek κόβαλος, a knave, but as this is only found in lexicographers, it may in reality be a Teutonic word in a Greek form."
Surely, Mr. Keightley has forgotten the following passages—
1. Ar. Equites, 450. Dindf. [Conf. Ranæ, 1015.]
"ΚΛΕΩΝ: κόβαλος εἶ.