hment of flaying.

R.V.
Winchester.

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MINOR QUERIES.

_Pokership or Parkership_.--In Collins' _Peerage_, vol. iv. p. 242.,
5th edition, 1779, we are told that Sir Robert Harley, of Wigmore
Castle, in 1604, was made Forester of Boringwood, alias Bringwood
Forest, in com. Hereford, _with the office of the 'Pokership_,' and
custody of the forest or chase of Prestwood for life. The same word
occurs in the edition (the 3rd) of 1741, and in that edited by Sir
Egerton Brydges in 1812 (vol. iv. p. 57.).

If _Pokership_ be not a misprint or misreading of the original
authority, viz. _Pat. 2. Jac. I._ p. 21., for _Parkership_, can any
of your readers tell me the meaning of "the _Pokership_," which is
not to be found in any book of reference within my reach? I like the
"NOTES AND QUERIES" very much.

Audley End, Jan. 9. 1850.
BRAYBROOKE.

_Boduc or Boduoc on British Coins._--I observe there is a prevailing
opinion that the inscription on the British coin, "Boduc or Boduoc,"
must be intended for the name of our magnanimous Queen Boadicea. I
am sorry to cast a cloud over so pleasant a vision, but your little
book of QUERIES tempts me to throw in a doubt.

Although the name Budic is not met with in the pedigrees of England,
commonly given by Welsh heralds, yet it is often found among the
families of the Welsh in Brittany, and as they are reported to be
early descendants of the Welsh of England, there can be little doubt
that the name was once common in England. I beg leave, therefore, to
_query_, Whether the inscription is not intended for a Regulus of
Britain of that name?

P.

_The Origin of the word Snob._--Can any of your valuable
correspondents give me the origin or derivation of the word Snob?

When, and under what peculiar circumstances, was it first introduced
into our language?

In the town in which I reside, in the north of England, the word
Snob was formerly applied to a _cobbler_, and the phrase was in use,
"_Snip_ the _tailor_, and _Snob_ the _cobbler_."

I cannot discover how and why the word Snob was enlarged into its
present comprehensive meaning.

Explanations of many of the slang phrases met with in the dramatic
works of the last century, such as, "Thank you, sir, I owe you one,"
"A Rowland for an Oliver," "Keep moving, dad," &c. &c. would perhaps
give much light upon the manners of the times, and an interesting
history might be compiled of the pro