en by Sir
Peter in his later years, partly perhaps from memory, partly from notes,
and, as might be expected, is not free from errors of date which admit of
correction from other sources. Smith, following Camden, places Easter
Seatown, Young's chief residence, in Lothian, whereas it is in Forfarshire,
about a mile from Arbroath, and was part of the property of the great Abbey
to which that town belonged. Is it known whether this _Ephemeris_ is
extant? and, if so, where?

SCOTUS.

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_Defender of the Faith._--In Banks' _Dormant and Extinct Baronage_, pp.
408-9., vol. iv., I find the following:--

"He ( Henry VIII.) was the first English monarch who obtained the title
of Defender of the Faith, which was conferred upon him by Pope Leo X.,
for a book written by him against Martin Luther."

To which the following note is subjoined:--

"But in a letter from Christopher Wren, Esq., to Francis Peek, M.A.
(author of the _Desiderata Curiosa_), it is thus stated, viz., 'that
King Henry VII. had the title of Defender of the Faith, appears by the
Register of the Order of the Garter in the black book, (sic dictum a
tegmine), now in my hands, by office, which having been shown to King
Charles I., he received with much joy; nothing more pleasing him than
that the right of that title was fixed in the crown long before the
Pope's pretended donation, to all which I make protestation to all
posterity.' [Greek: Autographo], hoc meo. Ita testor. Chr. Wren, a
memoria, et secretis Honoratissimi Ordinis. Wrexham, 4 March, 1736-7."

In support of this note, I find in Chamberlayne's _Present State of
England_, 1669, p. 88., this statement:

"Defender of the Faith was anciently used by the Kings of England, as
appears by several charters granted to the University of Oxford, &c."

As the word _anciently_, I conceive, applies to a period anterior to 1521,
may I express a hope that some of your learned subscribers at Oxford will
favour your readers with the dates of the charters alluded to; and, if
possible, some information as to the circumstances which led to the
adoption of the title "Defender of the Faith" by the kings of England
previous to the reign of Henry VIII.

ROBERT ANSTRUTHER, Lieut.-Col.

Bayswater.

_Calendar of Sundays in Greek and Romish Churches._--Where can I find good
authority on the calendar of Sundays in the Greek Church, and in the Roman?
As to the