4. By whom was it sold? Was it by the last hereditary possessor; and if so, what was his name? Or was it by the king, on the death of one of the possessors, for the purpose of enriching himself?
5. Is it known whether there is any other instance of its having been sold: and when did it come to be, as now, a ministerial office?
JOHN BRANFILL HARRISON.
Maidstone.
Minor Queries.
300. "No Cross no Crown."
—Where did Penn get the title of his well-known work? St. Paulinus, Bishop of Nola, in allusion to the custom of crowning crosses, has these lines:—
"Cerne coronatam Domini super atria Christi,
Stare crucem, duro spondentem celsa labori
Præmia: tolle crucem, qui vis auferre coronam."