[Another work by this author may be found in some of our public
libraries, entitled _Poems on various {132} Subjects and different
Occasions, chiefly adapted to Rural Entertainment in the United States
of America_. 8vo. 1797. The Preface to this work also gives some
account of Searson's residence in Ireland, where, he says, "I lived
happily for fifteen years, till another king (or agent) arose, who knew
not Joseph, who, in the most inhuman, cruel, and tyrannical manner,
made use of his interest to have me put out of my place." The work
concludes with the following advertisement respecting himself:--"Being
unemployed at present, should any of my kind subscribers know of any
vacancy as tutor in some gentleman's family, a place in some public
office, genteel compting-house, or vacancy for a schoolmaster, the
author will be grateful for the favour of acquainting him of it. He may
be heard of by applying to Mr. Mathew Carey, of Market Street,
bookseller."]
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Minor Queries.
_Haberdon, or Habyrdon._--A manor now belonging to the school at Bury St.
Edmund's bears this name. Can any meaning be given to the word?
The land formerly belonging to the Abbey of St. Edmund, several registers
of that monastery, A.D. 1520 and 1533, let the said manor of Habyrdon, on
condition the tenant should yearly find one white bull, &c. The leases all
describe this manor of Habyrdon and make it specially necessary to find a
white bull. The land is contiguous to the town of Bury, and is called
Haberdon at the present time, presents a hilly appearance and remains of
ancient intrenchments. I have not heard of any other place by this name.