f Taunton? Any
particulars of him will be acceptable.

Y. S. M.

_Early English MSS._--What is the earliest document, of any historical
import to this country, now existing in MS.?

T. HUGHES.

_Curing of Henry IV._--The best account of the curing of Hen. IV. from the
leprosy: vide Lambard's _Dictionary_, p. 306.

A. J. DUNKIN.

_Standard of Weights and Measures._--I would gladly learn something of the
system of weights and measures in other countries, and particularly whether
in England and America there exists for this object any government
inspection; and if so, how this is executed? A list of works on this
subject would be most welcome. I am acquainted only with the works of
Ravon, _Fabrication des Poids et Mesures_, Paris, 1843, and of Tarbe,
_Poids, Mesures et Verification_, both found in the _Encyclopedie Roret_;
and the _Vollstaendige Darstellung_ {341} _des Masz- and Gewicht-Systems in
Grossherzogthum Hessen_, by F. W. Grimm, Darmstadt, 1840.--From the
_Navorscher_.

[Phi]. [Phi].

_Parish Clerks' Company._--

"In making searches in registers of parishes within the bills of
mortality, a facility is afforded by the company of parish clerks; by
paying a fee of about two guineas, a circular is sent to all the parish
clerks, with the particulars of information required: the registers are
accordingly searched, and the result communicated to the clerk of the
company."

The above I give from Burn's _History of Parish Registers_, p. 217. note,
published in 1829. Is this the case at present and if so, what is the
direction of the clerk of the Company? I wish this system existed in
Oxford.

Y. S. M.

_Orange Blossom._--Can any reader of "N. & Q." inform me why the flowers of
the orange blossom are so universally used in the dress of a bride? and
from what date they have been so used?

AUGUSTA.

_Mr. Pepys his Queries._--I cannot say that I met with Pepys as Fielding
did Shakspeare, in a _Journey from this World to the next_; but I met with
seven of his Queries among the Rawlinson MSS. in the Bodleian, addressed to
Sir William Dugdale, a name dear to all orthodox antiquaries. It would
appear the Secretary to the Admiralty felt the want of a "medium of
inter-communication" in his day. Here are his Queries:

1. Whether any foreigners are to be found in our list of English admirals?

2. The reason or account to be given of the place assigned to our admirals
in the Act of Precede