Gloves ([Vol. i., pp. 72.] [405.]; [Vol. ii., p. 4.]; [Vol. iii., p. 220.]).—Blount, in his Law Dictionary, fo. 1670, under the title "Capias Utlagatum," observes:
"At present, in the King's Bench, the outlawry cannot be reversed, unless the defendant appear in person, and, by a present of gloves to the judges, implore and obtains their favour to reverse it."
Perhaps some of your correspondents may be able to state when the practice of presenting gloves to the judges on moving to reverse an outlawry in the King's Bench was discontinued. The statute 4 & 5 Will. and Mar. c. 18., rendered unnecessary a personal appearance in that court to reverse an outlawry (except for treason or felony, or where special bail was ordered).
C. H. COOPER.
Cambridge, March 24. 1851.
Knapp Family in Norfolk and Suffolk.—I should be much obliged to any Norfolk or Suffolk antiquary who would give me information as to the family of Knapp formerly settled in those counties, especially at Ipswich, Tuddenham, and Needham Market in the latter county. My inquiries have not discovered any person of the name at present residing in any of these places; and my wish is to learn how the name was lost in the locality; whether by migration—and if so, when, and to what other part of the county; or if in the female line, into what family the last heiress of Knapp married; and, as nearly as may be, when either of these events occurred?
G. E. F.
To learn by "Heart."—Can you give any account of the origin of a very common expression both in French and English, i. e. "Apprendre par cœur, to learn by heart?" To learn by memory would be intelligible.
A SUBSCRIBER TO YOUR JOURNAL.
Knights.—At some periods of our history the reigning monarch bestowed the honour of knighthood, 1306, Edward I.; at other times, those in possession of a certain amount of property were compelled to assume the order, 1254. Query, Was there any difference in rank between the two sorts of knights?
B. DE. M.