In the King's Bench, in certain cases, any other plaintiff could declare by the bye against the defendant, and that even before the original plaintiffs had declared. See Crompton's Practice Common-placed, 2nd ed., 1783, vol. i. p. 100.
The Doctor (in chap. cx.) says—
"By the bye, which is the same thing, in common parlance, as by the way, though critically there may seem to be a difference; for by the bye might seem to denote a collateral remark, and by the way a direct one."
By the bye, what a pity it is there is no Index to The Doctor.
C. H. COOPER.
Cambridge, March 24, 1851.
Bigod de Loges ([Vol. iii., p. 306.]).—There is an error, perhaps a clerical one, in M. J. T.'s statement, that "Bigod, whose name was attached to the charter of foundation of St. Werburgh's Abbey, is elsewhere, according to Ormerod, called Robert."
The remark is by Leycester, not Ormerod, and the purport is exactly the converse. To the words "Signum Roberti de Loges" is added, "alii Bigot de Loges hic legunt." Vide Monasticon, pars I., pp. 200. 202.
This passage will be found in Leycester's Antiquities, p. 111., reprinted in Hist. Chesh., vol. i. p. 13. But Leycester's Prolegomena is the heading, and the initials "P. L." are appended to the note.
LANCASTRIENSIS.
Knebsend or Nebsend, co. York ([Vol. iii., p. 263.]).—A part of Sheffield is called Neepsend, which is probably the place inquired after by J. N. C., especially as the ordinary pronunciation of it is Nepsend.