D. X.
Petworth Registers (Vol. iii., pp. 449. 485.).
—The period over which these Registers extend is thus shown in the Accounts and Papers printed by order of Parliament in the year 1833, vol. xxxviii. p. 335:—
"County of Sussex.—Arundel Rape.
"Parish Register Books earlier than the new Registers commencing with A. D. 1813 (according to 52 Geo. III. c. 146.), remain at the following places:—
"Petworth R. No. I. Bap. Bur. 1559-1794, Marr. 1559-1753; No. II. Bap. Bur. 1795-1812; Nos. III.-VI., Marr. 1754-1812."
The earlier register-book used by Heylin must have been removed from the proper custody before the year 1831. If still preserved in any public or private library it may perhaps reward some reader of "NOTES AND QUERIES" in the next century by turning up when unsought for. In the mean time, however, is there no official copy to be found in the Archbishop's courts at Canterbury?
LLEWELLYN.
Arms of the Isle of Man (Vol. iii., p. 373.).
—The symbol of three legs conjoined no doubt denotes the triangular shapes of the Isle of Man, and Sicily or Trinacria. The τρία ἄκρα from which the name of the latter is derived are the promontories of Lilybæum, Pachynus, and Pelorus, now Capes S. Vito, Passaro, and Faro (Virg. Æn. iii. 384.). It is somewhat curious that the earliest coinage of this island, A.D. 1709 (which by the bye is cast, and not struck in the usual way: Obv. The crest of the Earls of Derby, the Eagle and Child, SANS CHANGER; Rev. The three legs), has the motto QVOCVNQVE · GESSERIS · STABIT. The coinage of 1723 is exactly similar, but struck; whereas that of 1733 and all the succeeding coinages have QUOCUNQUE · JECERIS · STABIT, which is clearly the correct reading. I may add that I am engaged on a work on the Copper Coinage of Great Britain and her Colonies, and shall be thankful for any information on the subject respecting rare types, their history, &c.