Ashby-de-la-Zouch.
_Colfabias._--Can any of your learned correspondents furnish the origin and
meaning of this word? It was the name of the _privy_ attached to the Priory
of Holy Trinity in Dublin; and still is to be seen in old leases of that
religious house (now Christ Church Cathedral), spelled sometimes as above,
and other times _coolfabioos_.
The present dean and chapter are quite in the dark upon the subject. I hope
you will be able to give us a little light from your general stock.