q., her Majesty's
Remembrancer in the Court of Exchequer, was called to the degree
of Barrister at Law." {135}

I have inquired of one of the oldest benchers of Gray's Inn, now
resident in the city from which I write, for an explanation of the
origin or meaning of the phrase "pension," neither of which was he
acquainted with; informing me at the same time that the Query had often
been a subject discussed among the learned on the dais, but that no
definite solution had been elicited.

Had the celebrated etymologist and antiquary, Mr. Ritson, formerly a
member of the Society, been living, he might have solved the difficulty.
But I have little doubt that there are many of the erudite, and, I am
delighted to find, willing readers of your valuable publication who will
be able to furnish a solution.

J.M.G.

Worcester.

_Stars and Stripes of the American Arms._--What is the origin of the
American arms, viz. stars and stripes?

JARLTZBERG.

_Passages from Shakspeare._--May I beg for an interpretation of the two
following passages from Shakspeare:--

"_Isab._ Else let my brother die,
If not a feodary, but only he,
Owe, and succeed thy weakness."

_Measure for Measure,_ Act ii. Sc. 4.

"_Imogen._ Some jay of Italy,
Whose mother was her painting, hath betrayed him."

_Cymbeline_, Act iii. Sc. 4.

TREBOR.

King's College, London.

_Nursery Rhyme._--What is the date of the nursery rhyme:--

"Come when you're called,
Do what you're bid,
Shut the door after you,
Never be chid?"--Ed. 1754.

In Howell's _Letters_ (book i. sect. v. letter 18. p. 211. ed. 1754) I
find--

He will come when you call him, go when you bid him, and shut
the door after him.

J.E.B. MAYOR.

_"George" worn by Charles I._--I should be glad if any of your
correspondents could give me information as to who is the present
possessor of the "George" worn by Charles I. It was, I believe, in the
possession of the late Marquis Wellesley, but since his death it has
been lost sight of. Such a relic must be interesting to either
antiquaries or royalists.

SPERANS.

_Family of Manning of Norfolk._--Can any of your readers supply me with
an extract from, or the name of a work on heraldry or genealogy,
containing an account of the family of _Manning_ of _Norfolk_. Such a
work was seen by a relative of mine about fifty years since. It related
that a Count Manning, of Manning in Saxony, having