158 Devon and Cornwall Notes and Queries. had been really intended, it would have been described as •'« savin tree frudcd ppv., instead of "a savin tree ppr. friided gules, seeing that gules is the natural or " proper " colour of the fruit of the yew tree. According to Holme, the yew was borne by the name of Jewen, and it is described as " very like the Firr Tree, having long small or narrow leaves set on either side of all the branches. The berries of this tree are red, growing close to the branch on short foot stalks " (vol. ii., p. 52). The savin tree is stated to be an evergreen shrub, " like leaved to the Firr, and the fruit round like to an apple" (vol. ii., p. 49). What tree is here referred to is not quite clear, but it is certainly not the yew. The name savin or savin tree is, indeed, applied to several trees or shrubs resembling Jtiniperus Sahina, no less than eight (chiefly foreign) being enumerated in the Neiv English Did. (in- cluding the stinking cedar or stinking yew, but not the common English yew). It would be interesting to know not only the precise localities in which the name is still employed (" G. S." does not mention this), but also the particular trees or shrubs to which it is applied. •2,^^ f P- /7^.'77 ■ R- Pearse Chope. 128. Hunt Family of Devonshire (IX., p. 21, par. 19, et ante). — Tho. Hunt is a witness to a bond entered into by one " Christopher Locke of Totnes, paynter," with the Feoffees of Kingsbridge, 24 Feb., 1653. {Kingsbridge Feoffees Muniments.) 1658, June 6 — died Sigaima Hunt, wiffe of Thomas Hunt. 1659, Sept. 2 — died Thomas Hunt. [Kingsbridge Parish Register.) 1647, (?) Richard Hunt, North Bovey. Will. 1672, October— Richard Hunt, North Bovey. Test. (MS.) Calendar of Wills proved in the Archdeaconry of Totnes. (Probate Registry, Exeter.) E. L.- W. 129. Holcomb Rogus Parish Accounts: The Dog Whipper. — In searching through the old parish accounts for the parish of Holcomb Rogus, I find under the year 1728 and subsequently the following entry: — "Paid Rob*- Smeeth his Sallary for Whipping the Doggs, 00 10 00." Can any of your readers explain the meaning of this ? %jU . P • '7 ^ ' / 75"' Fred Day.
