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'London

'A New View of London,' i. 81.
Daily Courant, July 2.
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Talbot Inn, the corner of Surrey
Street, near the Maypole in the
Strand, is a pair of able coach
mares, a coach and chariot, to be
sold, a penniworth, belonging to a
gentleman lately deceased. Either
the innkeeper or Michael the
coachman will shew them."
'Parish Clerks' Remarks of London,'
p. 382.

Rocque's' Survey.'

1759 Public Advertiser, Mar.

1777 Daily Advertiser, June 21.

'Life's Painter of Variegated Characters.'

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A PARLIAMENTARY ELECTION IN | ground in horsey downe intending to make the THE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY. THE following account of a by-election at Southwark for the Long Parliament on March 15, 1666, was written to John Smyth of Nibley, Glos., by his son Edward Smyth, a bencher of the Middle Temple, one of His Majesty's judges for the circuit of South Wales and High Steward of the Borough of Southwark. From it one may gather that the open poll offered certain advantages, as Edward Smyth was able to estimate the number of his supporters and judge it expedient probably on the score of expense among other considerations to offer the seat to his opponent, Sir Thomas Clarges, a politician who achieved some reputation in his time.

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I have at last determined my troublesome busines to the satisfaction of my friends and I think not to my owne disadvantage. On Tuesday, the bayliffe at 101 charge divided the Artilery

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election there ye day following, wch the same night soe soone as ye pale was well up, was counternext morning two companies of foot were sent manded by a letter from my lord Generall. The over, the one possessed the Hall; where the writt was to be read, the other the Artilery ground on Horsey downe; about 8 in ye morning Sr Tho Clarges had gotten a party about him by to St Margaretts hill; wch being added to that rideing from Horsey downe All up ye streetes vast multitude wch he had amassed together from Newington, Lambeth, Westm &c guessed at about 2000 of wch about 500 were allowed by ye spectators to be inhabitants & St Margaretts Hill soe full, that noe roome could able to passe ye poll: with these he possessed be left for my friends; about 9 of ye clock I gott on Horseback at ye further end of All the liberty below ye Tower, & rode up ye streets All the way to St Margaretts Hill: when ye writt was to be read: At ye meat market, I placed two sober men, to tell what number I had; ye place being streight, & my company marching orderly 4 in a ranke, who agreed 1530 and some odd and that when ye other party were garbled of All their unpollable men, I must necessarily carry it by great odds: when I came

to ye hill, I made a shift to gett up to the scaffold where ye writ was read, wch was filld by my lord Craven Sr Ph Howard & many others of ye Court, soe that my lord mai[or] who came downe to countenance ye selection agaynst me, was forced to stand in ye street in ye crowd: The writt being read, & the cry loud, on both sides; I demanded the poll, and an adjornement to a convenient place to take it, wch my Lord mai required should be St Georges fields, but I insisted that Horsey Downe was the fittest place. To wch the bayliffe presently adjorned till two of the clock; My lord mai offended hereat went streight to ye councell, and complained of the disobedience of his officer, and prayed an order of ye counsell requiring the bayliffe to adjorne to St Georges fields wch he obteyned & sent it over to us in the evening. At two of ye clock, in ye afternoone on Wednesday, I came up to ye place appoynted for ye poll, wch my friends had so fully possessed that Sr Tho Clarges could not come near, and designed to have polld of as many as I could that evening: as the bayliffe was beginning the poll, I receved a message from Sr Th Clarges to speake with me, wch with difficulty enough I obeyed, and came to him when he objected to ye streightnes of ye place and that he had noe friends up nor any clerke wch he could trust, & desired me to consent to meet him at 6 in ye evening, with five of a side & noe more where we would agree of a regular proceeding on both sides, and fitt or selves for ye poll the next morning and soe we adjorned till 8 of ye clock acordingly: When we were mett with 5 of a side, at 6 of ye clock acording to or agreement, the bayliffe was served with an order from ye counsell, Requiring him to take the poll in St Georges fields and not elsewhere at his perill. When now I saw the elction to be soe much under a force And the place for ye poll soe much to my disadvantage, I calld about 20 of my cheifest supporters to me and prayed their advice what to doe, 18 whereof were positive, not to lay it downe. The next morning acording to their advice I tooke, horse agayne and rode All along from my lodging to horsey Downe where ye adjornemt was to be made, and soe back agayne through ye street to St Georges fields; And now I found my Numbers grow thiner soe that when I came into ye field I called about 30 of ye most substantiall men I had, who had well observed All these proceedings, & desired their advice, professing to them that as I first undertooke to stand at their request, and had conducted it hitherto by their advice, soe would I keepe my word with them, & not give it up without their consents and they upon consideration of All circumstances now advised that if it myght be kindly taken it would be fitt to give it up without polling one man. After I had taken this advice I went to Sr Tho Clarges, & profered him the election, if he thought it worthy his acceptance, and that if he thought it not a courtisye I did not doubt but notwthstanding my thiner apearance I could well maintein the poll till Saterday night. He told me he did take it as a great respect done him, after wch we both came together to ye place appoynted to take ye poll, where in a short speech to ye people I recommended Sr Tho Clarges to them and perswaded my friends to

vote for him, wch was done to the good content of All: Sr Tho Clarges & I raising 20 of each of ye partyes, to seal the Indentures, and soe or busines ended: Whether the difference between ye bayliffe and my lord mai may end soe well or noe I cannot say, but I find ye Aldermen willing to defend him & my selfe bound in All honesty to stick to him for he hath done nothing unworthy his place: I have gien you this long relation of the busines to prevent all mistakes about it, and whatsoever you may hear of it you may assure yor selfe this is ye truth. I shall now make what haste I can out of towne when I have seen All my scores payd wch have run higher than ever I would imagine, though in noe proportion to ye other side, Sr Tho Clarges his bills amounting to above 700li as I am informed and after All this I hope you will excuse me if I add noe more than that I am Yor most observt sone

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Ralph Watson.
(Mr. Jeffreys.
Mr. Thurlebame.
Roger Warne.
Mr. Hide.

(Abraham Ashworth.
William Freeman.
Thomas Ryles.
John Swall (Swale).
Michael Johnson.
William Clayton.
(Joseph Button.
Richard. Randall.
John Fowle(r).
Mr. Goddard.
Mr. Clements.

Mr. Piesly.
Mr. Wilmot.

Benjamin Smithurst.
Nevil Simonds.
Jonathan Taylor.
George Unite.
John Montford.
Mr. Gray.
Mr. Hilliard. (25)

WALKER.

T. Webster. Edward Burgess. Mr. Webb.

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James Blithe.
Robert Gaylard.
Richard Gunne.
Mr. Freeman.
Mr. Loveday.
Philip Bishop.
John Marsh.
Edward Score.
James Wilde.
Thomas Ryles.
John Swale.
Mr. Heartshorn.
Simon Marten.
Michael Johnson.
Mr. Knight.
Mr. Clayton.
Rich. Randall.
John Fowler.
Will. Ward.

H. Clements, senior.
Anth. Peisly.
J. Wilmot.
Mr. Bouchier.
Mr. Smithurst.
Ralph Watson, jun.
John Cook.
Mr. Taylor.
George Unite.
J. Montford.
Francis Hildyard.

John Walker (1674-1747) appears to have belonged entirely to Devon. But he must have had friends in Essex, for about fifty of his subscribers lived in Colchester. It is worth notice that no Bristol bookseller is mentioned in the foregoing lists. Richard Brickdale of Bristol, grocer, did subscribe for Walker's Sufferings.' Manchester, on the other hand, was almost a village in the time of Queen Anne, yet it had a bookseller. RICHARD H. THORNTON.

EDWARD FITZGERALD E. F. G.-Those who claim to know most about the translator of Omar Khayyám have told us that it is wrong to write "Fitzgerald" with a small "g," as the abbreviation "E. F-G. suggests. Lately, however, a Cambridge friend who comes from Woodbridge showed me a series of FitzGerald's signed notes extending over several years, and they do not support the assumption that he never wrote "Fitzgerald." Indeed, that form seems his latest choice in the way of spelling. In 1879 he wrote his name with a big "G" in the middle of it. In the later autographs the "G," so far as I and my friend can discern, is a small one. Similarly he wrote "Littlegrange "the name of his house in his last years as one word continuously with a small "g," whereas he had written it earlier as "Little Grange." The first

mention of the house in his 'Letters to Fanny Kemble' is in 1874, p. 43; and on 'such a the same page is a reference to delicious bit" of Spedding's in 'N. & Q.' The notes I have seen show that the writer's fondness for capital letters was not confined to his published works. V. R.

APPRENTICES TO AND FROM OVERSEAS.The Apprentice Books recently discovered in the vaults of Somerset House should prove of great interest to all Americans anxious to trace their connexion with the Old Country. In a search extending over some months many American names have been noticed: Taft, Washington, Garfield, Francklin, House, Baxter, Lincoln, Page, &c.

These records also give particulars of American boys apprenticed in England, as instance :

5 June 1717. Leon Augustus son of Leon Augustus Carter, late of York River in Gloucester County in ye Province of Virginia, Planter, apprenticed to James Debraufree, Citizen and Clockmaker. Consideration £25. (Inland Revenue 1/5-136.) English boys apprenticed to Americans are also to be found:

Chipping Wycomb, Bucks, apprenticed to John 22 Aug. 1728. Harding of ye Province of Pensilvania, Miller. (Inland Revenue 1/6-81.)

James son of Thomas Penn of

It may be as well to state that these registers of apprenticeships are a record of the tax levied on indentures at the rate of sixpence in the pound for sums under £50, and one shilling for sums over £50, the period covered being from 1710-1810, parentage being given in most cases down to 1752. Scotland and Wales are included in this return, but not Ireland.

The genealogical value of this record is immense, as it forms a central register of parentage for a large proportion of our population, many years before the birth records at Somerset House commence.

It only remains to say that the Society of Genealogists of London is making an alphabetical digest of these apprenticeship lists, and has already reached the year 1716. GERALD FOTHERGILL.

11, Brussels Road, New Wandsworth, S.W.11. INEQUALITY OF POSTAL RATES.-There are less curious facts than this recorded for the information of posterity: At Christmastide, 1921, it was possible to send a printed card to Uganda for a halfpenny, whereas if you addressed a like communication to your next-door neighbour, Government would not carry it to him for less than a penny. ST. SWITHIN,

"DEAR CLIFFORD'S SEAT."-At a village near Stratford-on-Avon, called in 'Polyolbion '

dear Clifford's seat (the place of health and sport), Which many a time hath been the Muse's quiet port,

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CAEN WOOD.-The pending sale and hopedfor purchase for public use of Caen Wood calls for some further notice in these columns. The house, the very beautiful grounds and their associations will be familiar to many, because they have by constant allusion become as well known as the Palace of Hampton Court. This should ensure its preservation, and will if the matter is dealt with by a thoroughly representative committee.

I believe that a record has recently been established, proving that Drayton was correct in calling this picturesque spot the place of health." In 1887 the church was restored, and when the work was completed a new team of ringers was appointed. From its bibliography I would select for These same men rang many changes on the mention the late Mr. J. H. Lloyd's 'Caen bells without a change among themselves Wood and its Associations,' originally a until 1919, 32 years, when the conductor lecture delivered on March 15, 1892, and died, and his brother, not wishing to con- printed by request of the members of some tinue after this loss, resigned. Their names local institution before whom it was dewere George Lynes (conductor), James livered. Its iconography is also abundant, Lynes, William Liveley, John Liveley, Enoch and possibly the most interesting thing in this Liveley, John Bettridge and John Salmon. is a colour-aquatint after F. W. Stockdale, John Liveley has been clerk since 1887, having then succeeded his father, who had held the office for 27 years.

In the same village the staff of eight men working at the mill in 1919 had lengths of service ranging from 30 years to upwards of 50.

These facts were communicated to me by Mr. John James, churchwarden, who annually at Christmas invites the ringers to a feast, where good fare, song and story fill up a pleasant evening.

F. C. MORGAN.

SUSSEX PRONUNCIATION OF PLACE-NAMES.

published in oblong 8vo early in the nineteenth century. Of MSS. there are many, apparently unpublished, in a local private collection, and generally there is no lack of material illustrating the very interesting record of the house and its estate, yet the descriptive appeals an diligent journalists have dragged into their allusion to Pope having visited the old Earl here (!). Coleridge was originally responsible for this error (Gentleman's Magazine, cited by Lloyd, p. 49). The first Lord Mansfield was not in possession to entertain Pope until 1755, -The late Canon Isaac Taylor, in Words when that critic-poet had been dead eleven and Places,' traces the suffix ham to years. two distinct sources: first, ham, or home (cf. German heim); and, secondly, hăm, an enclosure, a place hemmed in. In Sussex this distinction appears still to be observed in the pronunciation of place-names. Some 20 or 30 years ago, when walking in West Sussex, I inquired of a party of labourers the way to Pállingham. I was at once corrected: "Pallingham," said one of them, who almost in the same sentence mentioned Stopham, which he pronounced Stāhp'm.

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The accentuation of the final syllable is, however, a Sussex peculiarity, e.g., Etchinghám, Withyhám, Ardingly, Seaford, &c. A rather amusing instance of this came to my notice when walking near Haywards Heath a few years ago. My map showed a footpath near a farm marked Sidney Farm, and I inquired whether one could go that way. Yes," was the reply; we call it Sidnye here." F. ALBAN BARRAUD.

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The second Lord Mansfield was

evidently responsible for laying out and planting the grounds, and some years ago I quoted in these pages a letter from him to Sir William Hamilton, dated Aug. 29, 1793, in which occurs the following allusion:Kenwood, where I am carrying on very extensive In less than a Fortnight we shall return to works. Offices now absolutely necessary, and as Lord Md had so frequently recommended to me the Embellishment of Kenwood I resolved that they should be upon a handsome plan. This draws on an addition to the House, &c. I had naturally an aversion to Brick and mortar, but I doubt I am engaged now for life. The Improvements out of Doors I shall delight in, as that is a subject that in a degree at least I understand.

ALECK ABRAHAMS.

A SINGULAR REQUEST.-The Times of Jan. 10, 1921 (p. 10), records that a Mr. S. Radges, who had recently died in the United States, paid for a twenty-year subscription to his local newspaper, directing that a copy of it should be delivered daily at the vault in which he is interred. R. B.

Queries.

We must request correspondents desiring information on family matters of only private interest to affix their names and addresses to their queries in order that answers may be sent to them direct.

DR. GIDEON A. MANTELL, F.R.S.-The portrait of this distinguished geologist, by Masquerier, hangs in the rooms of the Royal Society, but I cannot trace a bust of him by Edward M. Richardson, exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1855, three years after Dr. Mantell's death. It is desired to place a profile portrait plaque on the house in Lewes in which he lived whilst making his remarkable discoveries in the Sussex Weald, and for this the bust is essential.

Richardson exhibited 45 pieces of sculpture between 1829 and 1866-28 of them in the R.A. SIDNEY SPOKES.

4, Portland Place, W.1.

BARON GRANT.—When and where did the lines about Baron Grant originally appear? In The Romance of Madame Tussaud's they are given as follows:

Kings can titles give, but honour can't,

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So title without honour's but a barren Grant. I have heard them quoted differently Honours a King can give, honour he can't, Honours without honour are a Baron Grant. Can anyone give the correct version?

G. L. BEAUCHAMP : MOSELEY: WOODHAM (WODHAM). Can any reader give me a description

of the arms of these three families?

An heiress of a Beauchamp in Essex married a Dawnay in King Stephen's reign. A Moseley heiress of Co. York married a Dawnay in or about the year 1644, and heiresses of the Whitworth family, quartering Woodham or Wodham of Durham, married a Legard, an heiress of which family also married a Dawnay.

ARTHUR F. G. LEVESON GOWER. Society of Antiquaries, Burlington House. SONG-BOOK BY TOBIAS HUME.-Can any reader locate a book of songs entitled 'First Part of Ayres French Polish and Others, composed by Tobias Hume, and published in London by John Windet in 1605? I am doing a piece of graduate work at the University of Pennsylvania on the Life and Works of Tobias Hume, and this book would be of vast service to me. I should be perfectly willing to buy the book if I could only procure it.

(MISS) MARIE C. F. LEHMUTH.

ST. JOHN THE ALMONER.-Can anyone kindly give me more information of this saint than is already contained in Mackey's Lexicon of Freemasonry.' He has been canonized by both the Greek and Roman Churches-his festival among the former occurring on Nov. 11 and among the latter on Jan. 23. He was a son of the King of Cyprus in the sixth century. He gave up all chances to the throne to go to Jerusalem in order to assist the knights and pilgrims visiting the Holy Sepulchre. He does not appear to be recognized as a saint by the ROY GARART. English Church.

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Royal Artillery Mess, Kowloon, Hong-Kong. [The account quoted by our correspondent hardly seems correct. The father of St. John the Almoner was Epiphanius, Governor (not King) of Cyprus. John was born at Amathus, in Cyprus, c. 550, and died there 616. young man he married and had children; having lost his wife and children he entered the religious his youth-in which he saw life. His course was determined by a vision of an olive-crowned maiden who told him that she was Compassion, eldest daughter of the Great King. He therefore gave himself to works of benevolence, and when, at the request of the Alexandrians, he was made Patriarch of Alexandria by the Emperor Heraclius, he used all the powers and opportunities of his position for the relief of the unfortunate. Many stories are told of his indefatigable charity. He reorganized the system of weights and measures in the interests of the poor, and set himself strenuously against official corruption. When the Persians sacked Jerusalem in 614, John sent supplies to the Christian refugees. the Patriarch was forced to flee to his native The Persians occupied Alexandria, whereupon city, where he died. His body was taken successively to Constantinople, Ofen, Toll and Presburg Cathedral, where it now lies. The authorities for his Life are Simeon Metaphrastes and Leontius, Bishop of Neapolis in Cyprus. Leontius's work professes to be merely supplementary to a Life of St. John (now lost) by Joannes and Sophronius. We have it in the Latin translation made by Anastasius the Librarian. As to St. John the Almoner having been the original patron of the Knights Hospitallers, this seems to be a mistake grounded upon the erection of an altar to him in the Hospital at Jerusalem, the patron of the Order being St. John Baptist.

that a thirteenth-century MS. at Trinity College, Our correspondent may be interested to know Cambridge-given to the College by Thomas Neville (Master 1592; d. 1614) contains a translation of Leontius's Life of St. John the Almoner into French verse.]

LAUNCHING OF SHIPS.-Is this done stern foremost for mechanical reasons, or is there any tradition or custom to account for it? ROY GARART.

Royal Artillery Mess, Kowloon, Hong-Kong.

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