Hyrne (Vol. v., p. 152.).
—MR. CHADWICK inquires the meaning of this word. In Bosworth's Anglo-Saxon Dictionary I find, "Hyrne, a horn, corner;" "Hirne, an angle, a corner;" and in Halliwell's Dictionary of Archaic and Provincial Words I find "Hirne, a corner." In many villages in the fen districts of Lincolnshire are found places called the Hirne, the Hurne, or the Horn's-end all being portions of the respective villages situated in an angle or corner at the extreme end of the parish.
"Horncastle in Lincolnshire, the Banovallum of the Roman geographer Ravennas, derives its name from its situation in an angle formed by the junction of two small rivers, the Bane and the Waring. Horncastle is a corruption of Hyrncastre, a fortification in an angle or corner."—See Weir's Horncastle.
P. T.
Stoke Newington.
Stops, when first introduced (Vol. v., p. 1.).
—In the Alvearie, or Quadruple Dictionarie, by Baret, published in 1580, may be found the comma, colon, semicolon, and period. The semicolon appears, as far as my observation has gone, to have been there used, not as a stop, but as a note of contraction. The point of interrogation is plentifully scattered throughout the same work; as also, the index ☞.
FRANCISCUS.
Heraldical MSS. of Sir H. St. George Garter (Vol. v., p. 59.).
—Your correspondent as to MSS. formerly at Enmore may learn their fate on applying to Mr. Woodgate, of Lincoln's Inn. I think the MSS. were sent to the then Lord Perceval. Mr. N. B. Acworth, of the English bar, would also probably know.