[The first two in the following list of the works of Humphry Smith, the
Quaker, are in the British Museum; the remainder are in the Bodleian:
1. A Sad and Mournful Lamentation for the People of these Nations, but
especially for the Priests and Leaders of them, 4to. 1660. 2.
Meditations of an Humble Heart, 4to. 3. Something further laid open of
the Cruel Persecution of the People called Quakers, by the Magistrates
and People of Evesham, 4to. 1656. 4. For the Honour of the King, and
the great advancing thereof (amongst men) over all nations in the
world, in some proposals tending thereunto; stated in six particulars,
4to. 1661. 5. Sound Things Asserted in the King's own words, from late
experience, from Scripture truth, and according to reason and equity,
offered in meekness and goodwill unto the consideration of all Kings,
Lords, Counsellors, &c., 4to. 1662. 6. Something in Reply to Edmund
Skipp's book, which he calles "The World's Wonder, or the Quaker's
Blazing Starre," at the end of an Answer to Edmund Skipp's book by R.
F. Watt, in his _Bibliotheca_, has confounded Smith the Quaker with
Humphry Smith, Vicar of Tounstal and St. Saviour's, Dartmouth.]
_Meaning and Etymology of "Conyngers" or "Connigries."_--In the preamble to
the statute 13 Rich. II. c. 13., entitled "None shall hunt but they which
have a sufficient living," this word occurs; and I am totally at a loss as
to its meaning. The passage is--
"Vont chaceants es parkes, garennes et conyngers des seignurs et
autres;"
which, in Pickering's edition of the _Statutes at Large_, is translated:
"They go hunting in parks, warrens, and connigries of lords and
others."
Would any reader of "N. & Q." kindly enlighten me on the subject?