[Vossioner seems to be corruption of the Italian _vossignor_, your
lord, or the lord, _i.e._ owner or proprietor. Many similar words were
introduced by the Italian ecclesiastics inducted into Church livings
during the sixteenth century. The inscription is given in Dugdale's
_Warwickshire_, vol. i. p. 358.]
_The Game of Chess._--At what period was the noble game of chess introduced
into the British Isles; and to whom are we indebted for its introduction
among us?