Apparently the ruins of the Palace received most notice when part of the site was cleared for the construction of the northern approach to the Strand or Waterloo Bridge. To this period belongs :— 2. "The History of the Ancient Savoy Palace (built by the Duke De Savoy, A.D. 1245), now the scite [sic] of the Waterloo or Strand Bridge, etc., by J. Bruce, 1817." This is an 8vo pamphlet in blue paper covers having a folding frontispiece with three views engraved: Savoy as it was in 1650." "As it was in 1790," and "Waterloo Bridge." The pagination is peculiar; of the 18 pages this frontispiece is apparently counted as 1-2, the title as 3-4, first page of text 5, so that the text actually runs 5-18. As a work it is of no importance but evidently supplied a demand as there are two editions, and it is not uncommon. Almost contemporary is an undated sixpenny pamphlet, 3. "Descriptive Particulars of the Ancient and Present State of the Savoy Palace, by B. Johnson. Savoy Side Warterloo [sic] Bridge." This consists of 16 leaves, 8vo, title, and text pp. 4-15, but successive editions added to the text until the third edition extends to 19 pages, and has a more pretentious title. The material used by Mr. Loftie for his book is before me, and includes copics of both these pamphlets enlarged by many notes and excerpts, including press cuttings and pages taken from the 12mo (1560) edition of Stow's Chronicle.' ་ The earliest pamphlet in my collection is of considerable interest. It is entitled: 4. "An Impartial and Exact Account of the Divers Popish Books, Beads, Crucifixes and Images, taken at the Savoy, by Sir William Waller, one of His Majestie's Justices of the Peace, and burnt by order, in the New Palace-yard, Westminster, the 11th of February. Written in a letter to a Friend in the country. London: Printed for R. G., 1678." This, a 2 sheet small 4to, text, pp. 1-5 only, reflects the anti-Catherine of Braganza activities of the Government. Other pamphlets on the Savoy relate to unimportant disputes with the clergy, and are not illustrative. The Iconography is interesting, but very fragmentary. It was never the subject of a large picture or engraving, but of the small 4to and 8vo plates there may be recommended the coloured aquatint in Ackermann's Repository,' vol. ii., 1816; and the etchings by H. W. Brewer, privately printed for his friends (circa 1880). There are some excellent drawings by James ROYALIST DELINQUENT ESTATES, NORFOLK.-"John Adgate, Phillipp Dutton, and William Dixon, Surveyors appointed by the said Committee for Surveyninge [sic] of Delinquents Estates within the County of Norfolk about March, One thousand six hundred fifty and two made a report to the Trustees (qy. Commonwealth Trustees) of the estates in South Wootton, North Wootton, and Gaywood, formerly belonging to William Lord Craven and Sir Robert Winde, Knight, and forfeited for treason. Nicholas Hamond of South Wootton, gent., appears to have contracted for the purchase of these estates for the sum of 1575l. 10s. 4d., being eleven years' purchase of the gross annual value thereof, viz., 138l. 138. 8d [sic]. These surveys are stated in subsequent proceedings to have been entered up detail in special registers kept by the Trustees at 'Drury House," together with the subsequent contract evidences and certificates issued to the purchasers. 66 in Are these Registers still in existence, and where may they be consulted? Who was the William Lord Craven referred to as owning lands in South Wootton ? Is anything known of the origin of the Hamond family of South Wootton and West Acre other than the references thereto in Mr. Rye's Norfolk Families.'? I was once informed (by whom I do not now know) that they were prominent Commonwealth tax collectors and came out of Yorkshire. Blomfield is entirely silent under South Wootton on this sale of forfeited estates THE REV. JOHN ATKINSON: ROBERT ULLEN. Two of the early headmasters of Mill Hill School, London, were the Rev. John Atkinson, 1807-10, and Robert Cullen, 1828-31. Practically nothing is known of either of these gentlemen. As editor of the School Register I should be grateful for any information concerning them, and also to be put into communicatioon with any of their descendants or present-day representatives. E. HAMPDEN-COOK. 8 King's Avenue, Talbot Road, Manchester. "WISDOM MEASURED BY THE LENGTH OF THE BEARD."-Who was the sea-captain who, when some foreign ruler (I think it was the Bey of Tunis) asked why his master had sent him a "beardless boy replied, "If my master had measured wisdom by the length of the beard he would have sent your highness a he-goat" as envoy, be freed from French custody, and what STATUETTE OF SHAKESPEARE.-I have a statuette of Shakespeare which is a reduction in marble of the statue by Roubiliac which stands in the British Museum entrance hall. Tradition says it was presented by Warren Hastings to his friend John Shakespear. Can any one oblige me by giving me a hint as to where to search for information as to when the reduction was made and for proof of the truth or the reverse of the tradition. JOHN SHAKESPEAR. MANOR OF CHURCHILL, OXON.-Are the Court Rolls of this Manor in existence, and if so where are they? I have found two membranes in the Record Office, temp. Edward VI., when the manor was vested in the Crown, but nothing since. I have not traced the descent of the manor, but since that time it has been held by the following families: Barantyne, Morecroft, Copland, from whom it G. H. J. was purchased by the Walters of Sarsden in 1689. These sold it towards the end of the eighteenth century to the Langstons, ancestors of the present proprietor. E. ST. JOHN BROOKS. 'HISTORY OF THE NAVY': H.M.S. COVENTRY.-In Sir W. L. Clowes's 'History of the British Navy,' vol. iv. p. 77, under the year 1782, it is stated that : "On January 11th, the British frigate Coventry, 28, Captain William Wolseley, cruising in the Bay of Bengal, sailed into the midst of a French squadron on the Orissa coast, mistaking it for a fleet of British merchantmen, and was captured." In the same volume a page or two further on, it is related that : "On August 12th, the British frigate Coventry, 28, Captain Andrew Mitchell (1), whilst on her way to join Hughes's squadron of (sic) Ceylon, fell in with the French Bellone of 32 guns, Captain de Piervert. The two closed and fought a desperate but indecisive action for two or two and a half hours, early in which the French captain fell. The second and third officers of the Bellone disputed as to the command, and meanwhile the French ship was paralysed. Each side accused the other of retiring; the British captain alleging that the Bellone was only saved by the arrival of the French fleet. Both ships sustained severe damage and heavy loss." But so far as I have been able to verify, nothing is told us in the book as to what happened to the Coventry between the two episodes. How did she happen to be in the British service again within seven months of her capture by the French? How, where and when did she manage to escape or to WILLIAM DE EU.-Some years ago there was some controversy as to whether the William Eu (or Owe) mentioned in Domesday as holding lands in several of the southern counties in England, was or was not identical with Count William de Eu. I have in my mind an account of The Counts of Eu,' by Mr. E. C. Waters which appeared in the Yorkshire Archaeological and Topographical Journal for 1886, vol. ix. pp. 257-301, in connexion with the Honour of Tickhill, where he seems to prove that they were separate persons. There were also remarks by the Rev. R. W. Eyton in his Keys to Domesday' for Dorset in 1878, and for Somerset, 1880, where he says most emphatically that "William de Ow has been nost erroneously identified with the Comes de Ow." These two authorities have not, as far as I am aware, been refuted or confirmed in any printed work, though I am given to understand that Mr. Waters modified somewhat his views before his death. Would it be possible for some of our living authorities as, for instance, Dr. Horace Round, to give us the last word on this subject in the light of more recent research? EDW. ALEX. FRY. THWAITES.-Sir George Pierrepont, of Holine Pierrepont, co. Notts, knighted 1547, d. Mar. 21, 1564, grandfather of Robert, first Earl of Kingston (cr. July 25, 1628), and Viscount Newark (cr. June 29, 1627), m. Winfred, dau. of William Thwaites of Oulton, co. Suffolk, sometimes described as Sir William T. of Mallowtree, co. Essex. She m. secondly, Sir Gervaise Clifton of Clifton, who d. Jan. 20, 1587. What was the parentage of William Thwaites, and what was the name and parentage of his wife? H. P.-G. MANDERSTOUN AND ST. ANDREWS.-Mr. William Manderstoun, doctor of medicine, makes his testament on May 21, 1548, his two nephews, John Forres and George Manderstoun, binding themselves to execute his will. He died before June 17, 1549. Apparently his desire was to found something in St. Andrew's University, and Bartholomew Manderstoun takes instrument later in presence of Mr. John Manderstoun, Vicar of Gogar ( Records of Dysart '). Is there any recorded foundation by him at St. Andrew's ? J. R. MANDERSON. of the few crimes of which Gilles de Rais seems to have been innocent, though he was accused of it. In Ben Jonson's Catiline,' the conspirator's oath sanctioned by drinking a slave's blood is described as "this bloody and black sacrament." But that is clearly no fixed phrase. It would be worth while to record at least the first occurrence in English of “black mass." G. G. L. SAILORS' CHANTIES.-Can any one give me any information concerning the chanties (or shanties) that were sung by the sailors while performing their various duties, in the days of the sailing ship? These songs must surely take their place as the nautical equivalent of that treasure-house of national song to which Mr. Cecil Sharp and his colleagues have devoted so much time to rescue for us from failing memories. S. C. SIR WILLIAM HOWARD RUSSELL: LIST of WORKS WANTED.--Can any one furnish me with a complete list of all the books written by the late Sir W. H. Russell? And are IGNORAMUS. they still procurable ? ['Who's Who' for 1906-the year preceding Sir W. H. Russell's death-gives the following: Letters from the Crimea; British Expedition to South; Diary in the Last Great War; Hesperothen the Crimea; Diary in India; Diary-North and Adventures of Dr. Brady; a Retrospect of the Crimea; Todleben's Sebastopol, &c.] "MESS-MASTER."-Would someone kindly explain this term as used in the early part of the nineteenth century. Was the messmaster an officer? If so, what rank did he hold? E. JOHN. a CONTINUATION OF DON JUAN.'-I have small volume entitled Don Juan: XVIIth and XVIIIth Cantos.' published by Arliss Andrews, Ltd., 31 Museum Street, London, W.C. It is undated. Apparently, it is a continuation of Byron's work, though nothing is said by way of introduction. Who was responsible for this sequel? C. P. HALE. KIPLING REFERENCE WANTED. Could somebody tell me in which of Kipling's stories the following appears :— "There are not many happinesses so complete as those that are snatched under the shadow of the sword." "APPLE" IN PLACE-NAMES.-A place named Appledore is referred to at 12 S. vi. 152. In the A.B.C. Railway Guide,' there are two places of the name, and five other stations with the samne or similar prefix. The Post Office Guide ' has twentyin one two places with the prefix "apple or another form. In addition to these there are Appuldurcombe near Ventnor, Isle of Wight; and Apuldram, a parish near Chichester. The latter part of the name Appuldurcombe would mean water, or wet valley, and Apuldram would represent Apuldurham, though locally it is now often spelled Appledram. Can any reader explain the element "apul," "appul," or apple"? It can hardly be connected with the fruit. ALFRED LLOYD. 66 The Dome Bognor, Sussex. LOWESTOFT CHINA.-Was China ever made at Lowestoft ? J. R. H. SERVINGTON FAMILY OF DEVON, DORSET, AND SOMERSET.-I should be glad to know in what churches in Devon, Dorset and Somerset there are memorials of the extinct family of Servington: the earliest I have come across is the monumental effigy of Sir Oliver de Servington about 1340 (51st of Edward III. and 5th of Richard II.), in RIBES SANGUINEUM.-Are the berries of Whatley Church, Frome, Somerset, which this flowering currant poisonous ? has the arms, Ermine, on a chevron azure three bucks heads cabossed or, any in formation will be gratefully received. Essex Lodge, Ewell. LEONARD C. PRICE. H. HOPE CREALOCK.-Is anything known of this artist ? I have two chromolithographs, the one entitled His Lordship (a sketch in the Phoenix).' This is of an officer of the 11th Hussars, apparently Lord Cardigan, but the artist's name is not on the print. The other, which is entitled The White Charger (a sketch in the Phoenix)' bears the artist's name at the lower right hand corner. It is rather peculiar as it is unfinished. It depicts an officer of the 16th Lancers, with an orderly, in the Phoenix Park, Dublin; but there is no clue as to who the officer is. He is mounted on a white horse. The painting of the regimental cypher on the saddle cloth (? Shabracq) is not finished, apparently through an oversight. There is a mention of General Crealocke at page 21 of Ralph Neville's British Military Prints,' presumably the artist in question. I should be glad of information regarding Crealock, and his work, and also as to the identity of the officer on the "white charger." H. WILBERFORCE-BELL. ALFRED S. E. ACKERMANN. ALFRED S. E. ACKERMANN. THE MALVERN MERCURY.'-In Byron's 'Letters and Journals,' edited by R. E. Prothero, vol. v. p. 366, is this statement :— "With respect to what Anna Seward calls the liberty of transcript,'-when complaining of Miss Matilda Muggleton, the accomplished daughter of a choral vicar of Worcester Cathedral, who had abused the said liberty of transcript,' by inserting in the Malvern Mercury Miss Seward's Elegy on the South Pole,' as her own production, with her own signature, two years after having taken a copy, by permission of the authoresswith regard, say, to the liberty of transcript,' I by no means oppose an occasional copy to the benevolent few." Is a copy of the Malvern Mercury in existence? There is not one at the British F. C. MORGAN, Librarian. Museum. AUTHORS OF QUOTATIONS WANTED. 1. Can any one tell me where the following come from, and if they are correctly We have no glory great enough for you I lay this tribute at thy feet. taking out a brace of pistols, he offered one to the JOB HEATH'S POSSET CUP. (See 12 S. iii. 9, 314). As I am still without any definite information as to the parentage and marriage of the assumed possessor of this cup, I should be grateful for the least light that can be thrown upon it. Since these two above communications to N. & Q.' I have been informed of one more Job Heath The same was the son of John Heath of Carmount Side, Burslem whose Will is dated Dec. 3, 1697, and proved at Lichfield, May 19, 1698. Three sons are mentioned John, Job and Joshua. The two last are described as minors. The first and last became celebrated potters What Job became doubtful. Did he marry Hannah Did he migrate to London? JOHN W. BROWN. is - ? that the houses be not defaced." Can one explain the word "yeantinge-stone"? A. D. T. MILITIA ACTS.-Can any reader indicate source of information regarding compulsory service (ie., militia, press-gangs, &c.) of men of Essex county prior to and including the institution of Pitt's Militia Acts of 1756-7 ? E. H. ALLEN. 9 Ravenswood Road, Walthamstow, E.17. R. S. 2. Can any correspondent tell me where the following verse is to be found? I quote from memory. My heart is like a rusty lock, And rub, and rub, and rub it, Lord, Replies. M. L. M. BRITISH COFFEE-HOUSE. (12 S. vi. 31.) IN the Lists of Eighteenth Century Taverns this house is stated by me to have been situate "in Cockspur Street almost opposite the Cannon Coffee-house, and adjoining the Court of Requests." More precisely defined it stood on the site of the premises occupied at the end of the nineteenth century by Stanford, the map-seller. The British was a famous house asso ciated among other noted names with Smollett, John Hunter, Dr. Pitcairn and Robert Garrick, Johnson, Wedderburn, William and as architect when the house was rebuilt in 1770, and Adam's delicately designed façade is reproduced in Shelley's Inns and Taverns of Old London.' Mr. J. Holden Macmichael gives a graphic description of the social history of the "British at pp.3 5-38 of his Adam. The last named was commissioned Charing Cross.' At p. 282, however, Mr. Macmichael makes a further reference to the "British" in which I now find I followed him too closely. He sets out an advertisement taken from The Daily Advertiser of May 20, 1742, running : "To be sold by Auction by Mr. Pinchbeck, senior, this day and to-morrow at the British Coffee-house, adjoining to his shop in the Court of Request the entire collection of original pictures of the late Captain John Mitchell. LITTLE WILD STREET BAPTIST CHAPEL.Mr. Macmichael then adds the comment : May I inquire whether any reader of 'N. & Q.'small debts were superseded in 1846-7... by "The Courts of Request for the recovery of knows the whereabouts of the Minute Books the County Courts of which there are now over and other records, prior to 1800, of the above 500. One of these courts [of Request] was in chapel, of which Dr. Stennet was at one time Cockspur Street." pastor? W. H. CHALLEN. 9 Eldon Bark, South Norwood, S.E. I fancy the last sentence is an inference only from the advertisement, which in fact is not |