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found in no inconsiderable number speaking of a colony called "Barbadoes." Every postage stamp grave.' ever issued from the island will, I believe, be found to have the word "Barbados" upon it. A letter from me calling attention to this appeared in the Literary World two or three years ago. Locally the middle syllable is strongly accented che and the last syllable often sounded much like dz. No doubt the spelling with an e was once used in il- the island as well as in England, but it is obsolete See all official documents emanating from HERBERT Sturmer.

and contributed to the Academy for nearly forty
years, namely, from 1786 to 1823? I appeal in
vain to dictionaries of painters and biographies,
and the Royal Academy knows nothing of him.
Any facts, however slight, will be valued.
A. D.

two M.P.8 identical respectively with "John Nelthorp of Barton-upon-Humber" and "James Nelthorp of Bartholomew Close, London," the third and fifth sons of Edward Nelthorp, of Glassford Briggs, Lincoln ? (Vide Kimber's 'Baronetage,' ii. 331.) John Nelthorp, of Beverley, was admitted to Gray's Inn Nov. 19, 1634, the same day as (? his cousin) "John Nelthorp, second son of 1792).—I shall be very glad of any biographical REV. EDWARD WOODCOCK, LL.D. (temp. 1735Richard Nelthorp, of Glanfordbridge, co. Lincoln " (Foster's 'Register'). The latter was created a in the chancel of West Haddon Church, Northdetails concerning this gentleman. He is buried baronet in 1666, a dignity that became extinct in amptonshire. A tablet to his memory formerly 1865. The registers of St. James's, Clerkenwell, occupied a position on the north chancel wall, but contain several Nelthorp entries, but relating was, with others, removed a few years ago to make mostly, it would seem, to the family of Sir God-room for the organ chamber. It has now been dard, second baronet. W. D. PINK. placed about the centre on the north aisle wall.

"

"DURING."-Is it quite correct to use "during » It bears the following inscription :—

with reference to a point of time and the occurrence of a particular event? Should the word not always denote continuity of existence or action? Yet we are constantly coming upon such a sentence as this: "Two books of different classes of interest have been issued during the week" (Saturday Review of June 16, p. 628). Does this not mean that the process of issuing took the entire week for its consummation? The books appeared at some time, or times, in the course of the week; but, unless the publication were protracted throughout six days, it is surely inexact to say that they were issued "during the week."

Helensburgh, N.B.

THOMAS BAYNE.

GREEN HOUSE, KENSINGTON GARDENS.-I have read that the Green House in Kensington Gardens, in which George II. took so much pleasure, was the work of Inigo Jones. In 1815 it underwent complete repair, after having been neglected for so long a time that it had become quite dilapidated. Is anything known of this Green House? Does it still exist? C. A. WHITE.

HEDGEHOG'S JAWBONE FOR EYE-ACHE.-The peasants in Algarve, at least at Bensafrim, one of the most archæological of Portuguese villages, wear as a charm to cure pains in the eye the jawbone of a hedgehog which has received the benison of a priest. They wear it on the breast, suspended from a string round the neck. Does the same superstition exist among the country folk in any parts of the British Islands? PALAMEDES.

GERMAN BANDS.-There is a belief in Suffolk that the advent of a German band to a village is the precursor of rain. In what other counties does a similar belief prevail?

F. C. BIRKBECK TERRY.

GEORGE SAMUEL.-Can any of your readers favour me with information as to the life and work of George Samuel, a landscape painter, who was born in the latter half of the eighteenth century,

of

He

Sacred to the memory

of the Revd Edward Woodcock, LL.D.
Vicar of Watford in the county of Hertford
and Rector of the united Parishes of
St. Michael, Wood Street,

and St. Mary Steyning, in the City of London.
He married Hannah the only surviving Daughter of
Thomas Whitfield Esq' late of this place:
whom the youngest Son and eight Daughters have
and had by her four Sons and ten Daughters

survived their most excellent father:

departed this life upon the 6th of June 1792 aged 57. This monument is erected by his Widow to testify her affectionate regard for her most beloved Husband

and to perpetuate the Memory of the best of Men.
Also, near this place are deposited the remains
of Edward Whitfield Woodcock Esq

their second Son who departed this Life
the 224 of September 1779 :
Aged 21.

The West Haddon register of burials contains the following entry :

"1792, June 16th. The Rev. Edward Woodcock, LL.D. buried in the chancel."

A tablet to the memory of Mrs. Woodcock has also been removed from the north chancel wall to a position near the west end of the south aisle wall. It bears the following inscription :Sacred to the memory

of

Hannah Woodcock

widow of the Rev. Edward Woodcock, LL.D.
who also is interred in this chancel.
This stone is raised and inscribed by
her surviving Children

in token of her Virtues

and of their dutiful Affection and Gratitude;
She died deeply lamented

on the 1st day of May

1796

in the 64th year of her Age.

Any replies sent direct or through 'N. & Q.' would be much appreciated. JOHN T. PAGE.

5, Capel Terrace, Southend-on-Sea.

POEMS OF RICHARD VERSTEGAN.-Have these ever been collected and edited in modern times ? From the specimen given in Mr. Orby Shipley's

Carmina Mariana' and the scraps quoted in Mr.
Gillow's 'St. Thomas's Priory, Stafford,' they seem
well worthy of introduction to the modern reader.
K. P. D. E.

NORRIS OR NORREYS.-Sir Thomas Norris, a
younger son of Lord Norris, of Rycote, was Lord
President of Munster, temp. Elizabeth. Whom
did he marry His daughter Elizabeth was
married to Sir John Jephson, but I cannot dis-
cover her mother's name.
Y. S. M.

MILITARY OFFICERS IN IRELAND.-Can any one
inform me if there is any list of officers who served
under Cromwell in Ireland now known to be ex-
tant, in print or MS.; also any list of officers who
served under William III. about the time of the
battle of Aughrim; and where respectively to be
seen? Or is there information on these subjects
in any work on the Cromwellian settlement of
Ireland?
H. Y. POWELL.

17, Bayswater Terrace, Lancaster Gate.

(8th S. v. 261, 301, 369, 429, 509.) While painstaking Giuseppe de Blasiis has not been able to discover even the name of Fra Roberto in any state paper or contemporary chronicle, excellent Matteo Camero has succeeded in proving to MR. BADDELEY's entire satisfaction that it was the wily friar who, acting on instructions received from Hungary, incited Andrew to seize the crown. We are told that he was opposed in this purpose by Joan, who endeavoured to strictly fulfil her grandfather's will, which purposely excluded Andrew from the sovereign position, and in so doing-MR. BADDELEY surmises-she doubtless acted in accordance with the advice of Queen San cia, "the sur viving widow of that beloved monarch." reads as if King Robert had left more than on widow.

Thi

HELMERAWE FAMILY.-I should be much obliged to any correspondent who could give me information respecting the family of Helmerawe. It is evidently a place name, and apparently a Durham one. There was a John de Helmerawe at Hesilden, co. Durham, in 1384, who had land of the prior. A Leonard Helmerawe, of Evenwood, co. Durham, circa 1550, married a Hall of Birtley; and a Unfortunately for excellent Signor Matteo Thomas Helmerawe, 1580-1620, was living at Camera's theory, there are no fewer than four letters Keverston, co. Durham; since when the pedigree extant in the Vatican collection, all dated Febis clear. Is it possible that the present Helming-ruary 2, 1344 (iv. nonas Feb. Anno ii.), in which ton Row, co. Durham, was the place of origin? THOS. HELMER.

HEAVING LIFTING.-Is heaving or lifting a custom amongst the continental peasantry? I ask the question because the Rev. S. Baring-Gould says, in a note on p. 65 of W. Henderson's Folklore of the Northern Counties of England' (1866), that "the same custom prevails in the Pyrenees, where I have been lifted by a party of stout Basque damsels." My question is not prompted by idle curiosity; and if the custom prevail, I shall be glad to have references, though I need hardly say that I do not want references to the custom in England. PAUL BIERLEY.

LOCAL LONGEVITY.-The North Devon Journal of Jan. 18 contains a list of sixty-five deaths, all Occurring between Jan. 5 and 17, in the district within about twenty miles of Barnstaple.

Of

the Pope informs the addressees that-yielding to the solicitations of King Louis of Hungary, Queen Elizabeth, his mother, Queen Joan herself, Queen Sancia, her grandmother, and the archbishops, bishops, nobles, &c., of the kingdom of Sicily-it was resolved in the Consistory held on January 19, to grant Andrew permission to have himself crowned and anointed king. The resolution was moved by Aymerich, Cardinal of St. Martinus in Montibus. Here is an ounce of fact against Camera's tons of theory.

Aymerich, the reader will remember, was the shepherd sent by the Pope to Naples for the protection of his two pet lambs, Joan and her sister. But as, in the elder lambkin's opinion, the cardinal's protection was wholly superfluous, and the fun enjoyed by her in the company of the wolves no doubt far more to her taste when the shepherd was absent than when he was present, the cardinal, "i "impeded by Queen Joan" in every way, had no alternative but to resign his post and leave the kingdom.

I am sorry to be obliged to disappoint MR. BADDELEY by telling him that the story of An

* Regest. Vat. Pontif. Clem. VI., vol. cxxxvii Nos. 672-675. Cf. also the Pope's letter to Andrew. Jan. 19, 1344 (Ibid., No. 1221).

As regards Joan's privity to the crime of her consort's murder, MR. BADDELEY's ways of pleading on her behalf are unique if ingenious. As Alphonse Karr would say, "Mesdames les Assassines," please note that if there be grave circumstantial evidence of having killed your husbands against you, of such a peculiar nature” that the best of advocates could not save your necks, "deny the accusation indignantly," make lavish use of "substantial expressions of grief,"

"write and send envoys" to the victim's brother, putting yourself upon his protection, have the body of the victim removed for burial "as soon as practicable," and pay "for masses to be said daily for the repose of his soul." Further, promptly give effect to any edict authorizing judicial severities to be taken against anybody else save yourselves, professing all the time not to know anything about the murder; but on no account face a trial, and leave the place in a huff if any judge dare have the impudence to cite you peremptorily. If your would-be judge should at the same time be looking out for some landed property, and you should be in a position to be able to gratify his wish, so much the better.

drew's death, as related by the Modena Chronicle, was not new, but well known to me long before be announced the discovery. When, however, in the first part of his communication he forewarned his readers to be prepared for a fresh development in the story, as he held in reserve another account of the murder by a contemporary chronicler, far more convincing to his mind than Gravina, I certainly was not prepared to see the Modena Chronicle's version produced. I trust MR. BADDELEY can be induced to see in what an ex-state that you "have been paralyzed by the blow," tremely delicate situation he has thereby placed not only himself, but also the queen whose cause he has espoused. MR. BADDELEY himself confesses that the elaborate account of the Duke of Durazzo's secret marriage given by this "far more convincing" chronicler is wholly a fabrication, and that the orations so glibly and constantly put by him into the mouths of his characters are as long and as elaborate as if some one had taken them down in shorthand. Yet (can it be believed?) MR. BADDELEY accepts this obviously prevaricating writer's version of the murder, and summarily rejects Joan's own account thereof as communicated by her in the " quasi-official" letter addressed to the Republic of Florence. Both versions cannot possibly be true, because, whereas according to the chronicler Joan heard the struggle and screamed "Open the door!" Geoffroy, one of the conspirators, all the time pointing his knife to her throat, the queen, in her letter to the Republic of Florence, on the other hand, professes to have been wholly ignorant of what was going on outside her bedchamber, and not to have heard of the murder till the nurse informed her that she had found Andrew's body, with the rope round its neck, on the lawn below. This "diversity of description" cannot very well be reconciled by a supercilious reference to The Ring and the Book,' unless one reads the two accounts with one's capo figuratively in a sacco. If an accused person's statement, in which she tries to exculpate herself, is disbelieved even by her own counsel, that person's case, I fear, is getting desperate.

I made, it seems, a very good guess when I stated that perhaps MR. BADDELEY had not dipped very deeply into his Muratori. If he had done so he would, no doubt, have left the Modena Chronicle severely alone and pounced upon the version furnished by the Este Chronicle (R. I.S.,' xv. 445) in preference. It was this account (strictly expurgated, of course) that I thought MR. BADDELEY had in view when promising his readers a new version of the story.

MR. BADDELEY credits me with having given undue importance to the account of the murder supplied by Gravina. If he will kindly refer to my note again he will see that I simply pointed to the fact that his account was merely an expurgated version of that Ghibelline chronicler's narrative.

According to MR. BADDELEY it was on the substantial expressions of grief contained in her letters to Avignon that Clement and his advisers based largely their belief in the queen's innocence. But if he will peep at p. 89 of Wills's Principles of Circumstantial Evidence' he will find that "the officious affectation of grief and concern" is a wellknown "artifice to prevent or avert suspicion."

In face of these facts I fear that, unless MR. BADDELEY can produce more substantial proofs of Joan's innocence, the guilt of Andrew's murder will have to "continue to hang picturesquely on the shoulders of the young, beautiful, and muchtempted queen."

MR. BADDELEY rallies me for having stated that he had devoted to the subject of Joan's socalled "trial" a whole chapter, and pleads that I ought to have deducted all pages containing extraneous matters. But if we were to apply the same boiling-down process to the contents of the whole book there would not be left much of

Joanna I.' According to the opinion of the English Historical Review, the book various historical points which are not always closely "consists of a series of diffuse sketches and essays on related to the life of his heroine, and which convey a minimum of historical information with a maximum of cheap eloquence."

I quote this opinion in order to prove that want of space cannot be urged as an excuse for the wholly inadequate treatment of the subject, and that MR. BADDELEY and I are not the only people who are dissatisfied with the book. The chapter in question is headed "Queen Joanna at Avignon,"

ENGLISH MONUMENTS IN THE CRIMEA (8th S. v. 428).-Probably this extract from the Standard of May 31, 1884, will serve MR. FARMER for answer. I thought it would very probably have been reprinted in N. & Q.' at the time, but I cannot find it :

"A Correspondent writes to us :-The British cemetery on Cathcart's Hill was consecrated on the morning of May the 23rd, by the Bishop of Gibraltar, intimation having been previously given by Earl Granville of his approval to her Majesty's Consul General at Odessa. The cemetery has just been greatly enlarged, and surrounded by a strong and high wall. All the memorial-stones have been transferred hither from the other cemeteries, except two stone crosses at Balaclava, marking the graves of Sisters of Mercy attached during the war to the hospital there. These have been left, in compliance with special request. The remains of the brave men who fell in the cause of duty for Queen and country thirty years ago have not been disturbed. Even had it been possible to remove them, reverence demanded that they should rest in the ground where they were buried. The number of cemeteries was reduced in 1875 from the original number of one hundred and thirty-nine to eleven. Even this reduced number it was found impossible to protect against the depredations of roving Tartars. Accordingly, the committee appointed last year, at a meeting held in London under the presidency of the Prince of Wales,