I have thought it possible that some of his productions may have been attributed to Zincke, whose style he emulated. A short account of Lee's life, by myself, appeared in The Connoisseur, January, 1918, but I shall be glad to hear from any of your readers who may possess examples of his work, or who could supply details of his ancestry. F. GORDON ROE. Arts Club, 40 Dover Street, W.1. LE CAPITAINE BLAISE.-Who was this character, and where can I obtain information about him? An account of his life, or some of his adventures, was published some years ago by Sisleys. Is the volume still obtainable, either first- or second-hand? D. KING. Dolphinholme, St. Annes-on-Sea. "THE NORMAN PEOPLE.'-Who is the author of this work: The Norman People and their Existing Descendants in the British Dominions and the U.S.A.,' London, 1874 ? ALFRED RANSFORD. author of the book. I shall be grateful if Tardeo, Bombay. EXEMPTIONS.-A frequent entry in Calen. dars of the Patent Rolls is that of the grant of an exemption for life from being put on assizes, juries, or recognitions, and in many cases also from appointment as mayor, sheriff, coroner, or other such official, against one's will. The exemptions are sometimes granted by the request of a person of im portance. Where that is not the case on what grounds were they generally given? I am thinking at the moment of the middle of the fourteenth century, but I should be glad both in earlier and later centuries. to know what was the rule in this matte: E. R. HENRY DE VERE'S SPONSORS.-Henry de Vere, son and heir of Edward de Vere, was born in 1592 and baptized at Stoke Newing ton-the year before Shakespeare dedicated FRAMES.-The Encyclopædia Britannica tells us that we have no record of frames-Venus and Adonis' to Henry Wriothesley, to enclose a picture or mirror-before the sixteenth century. I should be glad of further information on this subject. Was the invention used first for mirrors I should also be glad to be referred to any article relating to the frames in the National Gallery, or to be given any information concerning them. PEREGRINUS. FANI PARKAS.-Wanderings of a Pilgrim in Search of the Picturesque during Fourand-twenty Years in the East, with Revelations of Life in the Zenana' is rather a long title of a book published at London in 1850, in two volumes. It is written by one who styles himself Fani Parkas, written in Persian character. This is evidently pseudonym or pen-name selected by the a third Earl of Southampton. Was Henry Wriothesley, to whom Shakespeare refers as godfather to the poem, actually godfather to Henry de Vere ? J. THOMAS LOONEY. Low Fell, Gateshead-on-Tyne. TENNYSON ON TOBACCO.-In Fairholt's Tobacco, &c.' (1859), p. 148, it is stated that "Tennyson....echoed its praises with Byron in immortal verse. What are Tennyson's lines, and where are they to be found? R. M. LIGHTFOOT MARRIAGE. In the query on this subject, ante, p. 168, for " John Lightfoot and Anchoret read John Lightfoot and Anchore! Anchoret being the Christian name, and the lady's maiden surname being desired. AUTHOR OF QUOTATION Wanted.— So gracious to the hand she tasked, 14 Shadwell Road, Bristol. Replies. THE HAWKHURST GANG. (12 S. vi. 67, 153.) THERE is a considerable-if rather diffuse latter local tradition accords the following story. One Sunday morning, whilst every one was at church except the old cook, who was preparing the Sunday dinner, a convoy guarded by three of the Hawkhurst gang came down the sheer-way. One of them came to the house and demanded-or rather begged in a menacing manner-the dinner bibliography of this notorious gang of that the old lady was preparing. The smugglers who operated during the first half smuggler was dressed up as a woman, but the of the eighteenth century, and whose "diem old lady noticed something about his feet clausit extremum was effected through the which gave him away; and, instinctively instrumentality of the ci-devant smuggler, guessing who he really was, she smote him John Pixley. The tradition here referred to over the head with her basting ladle, and he is recorded in The Smugglers,' by Harper. dropped like a log, falling into the fire. References to the gang may also be found in Immediately the old lady hurried off and G. P. R. James's novel of the same name; in rang the great bell-a relic probably of the Furley's Weald of Kent'; and in the old priory. The sound of the bell was heard Proceedings of the Sussex Archæological by some one who-evading the sermon most Society. The house referred to is presum-likely was in the churchyard of the parish ably that which is now incorporated in the church. He ran in and gave the alarm to stable belonging to Lord Goschen's present house. were the congregation, who immediately trooped to the rescue. When they arrived at the farm they found that the poor old lady had been swung up, apparently by the backlash of the great bell, and had broken her back. No trace of the smugglers—who had removed their injured comrade-was, however, to be found; and perhaps it was just as well. "Sea-cock" and "smuggler synonymous terms for these gentry; and it is imagined by some that the name of the heath is derived from that fact. This, however, is not the case, the mediæval name of the heath having been Sicocks Hoth. Not that smuggling did not exist in those days. Paradoxically, evasion of the law is An insalubrious spot this for cooks antecedent to the law-being a very cause apparently! For it was at Flimwell in of it; and this form of evasion is a very 1264 that, owing to the murder of his cook ancient one. There is an amusing story here, Henry III. caused many of the country connected with this name. The first Lord round, who had been summoned as the local Goschen was anxious to get at its deriva-levy to assist him against his rebellious "surrounded like so many tion; and with this purpose applied to a barons, to be very old inhabitant of the neighbouring innocent lambs and beheaded." Close by village of Flimwell. With a smile of pleasure the farm-and forming the water supply of at being able to impart information of any the priory in days gone by, as it does of the sort, the old man assured him that it was farm now-is a most beautiful spring of so called from the fact that at one part of it water (chalybeate as most of it is in these one could see Cox Heath (near Maidstone). parts) which bubbles up into a big basin made of large stone blocks, and the sides are patched with moulded stones from the old priory, included amongst them being a font-shaped piscina from the chapel which was dedicated to St. Mary. Altogether an interesting spot, whose history is yet to write. F. LAMBARDE. On the highroad to Hastings from London, a bare mile short of Flimwell Vent, and just before you come to the Pillory, standing a short way north of the road, is the site of the old Priory of Combwell. On the site is a solidly built farmhouse, erected towards the end of the eighteenth century from the ruins of a house which itself had been erected about a century previously from the MAISON ROUGE, FRANKFORT (12 S. v. 321). ruins of the old priory. The present house-In Letters from Italy,' by Mariana is remarkable for two things. One is for Starke, 2nd edit., 1815, vol. ii., p. 302, i.e.,in a sculptured plaque let into the gable end the Appendix, s.v. Frankfort, the names of on the north side. The other is for a curious three inns are given. The first is "La bust over the front door representing a stout Maison rouge (cne of the best in Europe)." old lady with a basting ladle in her hand. This praise does not quite equal that given "The former is possibly an old sign of the by Mrs. Starke, ibid., p. 113, to L'Hôtel de Post Boy Inn on the road close by. To the Pologne, Dresden, which she says "is PHARMACEUTICAL BOOK-PLATES (12 S. vi. 131).-The Chemist and Druggist published several articles on this subject, with illustrations, in August and September, 1907. The names included Wm. Oliver (of biscuit fame), John Maud of Aldersgate Street, and others. I kept the articles but regret I cannot lay my hands on them at present. J. DE BERNIERE SMITH. 4 Gloucester Gate, Regent's Park, N.W.1. BATTLE BRIDGE CINDERS AND MOSCOW (12 S. vi. 135).—MR. PAUL DE CASTRO, at the conclusion of his descriptive note on the site of the present King's Cross station, states that the cinders formerly accumulated on the site "were eventually purchased by Russia for use in the rebuilding of Moscow.' Having in former years imported many and various classes of goods into Russia from this country, this statement seems to me extraordinary. Moscow was burnt in 1812. The first railway built in Russia, from Petrograd to Tsarskoe-selo was not opened until 1837 and the Nikolai railway to Moscow was not built until 1851. To transport cinders by ship to Russia and cart them 400 miles to Moscow is unthinkable. Another correspondent shows that the site of Battle Bridge was taken in hand by speculative builders and re-named in 1821. It would be interesting to know whence MR. DE CASTRO'S statement is derived. HUGH R. WATKIN. : "William Pirie of Rothieniäy, co. Banff, m. Isabella Thain, and d. 1793, leaving a son, John Pirie of Dunse, co. Berwick, who m. Helen (d. Sept. 25, 1838), dau. of George Renton of Paxton, in same county, and d. Nov. 12, 1812, having had John, created a bart. April 13, 1842 ; William and George, both d. young; Isabel, m. 1794 to John Aitcheson of Dunse; Christian, m. 1803 to George Gibson of Alnwick-upon-Tweed; and Jean, m. 1813 to Andrew Pirie of Kelso. Sir John Pirie was b. Sept. 18, 1781, m. April, 1807, Jean., dau. of Robert Nichol of Kelso; LOUISA SPELT LEWEEZER (12 S. v. 237, 276). I think your correspondent errs in supposing that "Weezer " is probably that it is the diminutive or abbreviation of an abbreviation of Louisa; it is more likely Aloysius, the Saint of the Roman Catholic Church, and is often used in Roman Catholic families for boys. If it was from Louisa it seems to me it would be used for girls, but I have not heard of any cases. ARCHIBALD SPARKE. THE TEMPLE OF THE MUSES (12 S. vi. 131).-The book with the above title is merely an English translation, published in 1738, of the following book : Tableaux du temple des Muses, tirez du cabinet de feu M. Favereau, et gravez en tailles &c.] pour représenter les vertus et les vices sur les douces par les meilleurs maistres [C. Bloemmaert. plus illustres fables de l'antiquité; avec les descriptions, remarques, et annotations; composées par....M. de M. [Michel de Marolles). Paris, 1655." Another edition, with the descriptions and notes partly founded upon those of Marolles, was published at Amsterdam in 1733, as follows: : "Le temple des Muses, orné de LX. tableaux où sont représentés les évènemens les plus remarquables de l'antiquité fabuleuse; dessinés accompagnés d'explications et de remarques [by et gravés par B. Picart et autres... maîtres, et A. de la Barre de Beaumarchais] qui découvrent le vrai sens des fables, &c." J. SYMMONS OF PADDINGTON HOUSE (12 S. v. 265). The Ambulator,' 11th edition, London, 1811, at p. 202, has this entry : "PADDINGTON GREEN, is about a mile N.N.W from Tyburn turnpike, on which stands Padding ton House, the residence of Mr. Symmonds. In the front court are four bronzed antique figures, very fine. This gentleman possesses a most ample for tune, and is of very great and improved allowanc His favourite pursuit ten years ago was botany, JOHN B. WAINEWRIGHT. THE THIRD TROOP OF GUARDS (12 S. vi. 111, 156).—I should be obliged if MR. W. R. WILLIAMS could inform me whether he knows of any record which could be pasture appurtenant to lands in New Ridley by Broomley, on the enclosure of Broomley Common in 1817. 9. George Stobart was awarded an allotment of two acres at the same place in 1817. 10. Charles Stobart voted at the election for his freehold lands in New Ridley by of knights of the shire of Northumberland Broomley in 1826 and 1832. 11. Emanuel Stobart of Dunglas in Scotland voted at the same election for his freehold farm at Redshaw foot, Ridley, in 1832. J. W. FAWCETT. Templestown House, Consett. PR searched to see if the name of James Younger vi. 36, 150). Was it not Christabella, the BINCE CHARLES IN NORTH DEVON (12 S. appears as belonging to the Third Troop. He was the father of a celebrated actress, who afterwards married the Hon. Joh Finch, brother of the Earl of Winchel 66 Her mother was a near relative offe of Edmund Wyndham, who was Prince Earl Marshal. G. W. You 2 Mecklenburgh Square, W.C.1. STOBART FAMILY (12 S. vi following notices of members (Stobberd, Stobbert) familh Northumberland, in r 1524. in 1570 and 1576. NGER. Charles's nurse ?-a lady of a very Swallowfield Park, Reading. "DIDDYKITES AND GIPSIES (12 S. 132). The vi. 149).—In Somerset this word is "didicoy" of the Stobart 66 ¡ or didicai," and we natives of the "Land Northumberland, from day collection of peculiar to our county, and, in fact, is hy of Broomley, of Summer pride ourselves that it is Northumberland family in compiling a pedigreed of this family:ofrecords, may help limited to a somewhat prescribed portion. 1. William Stobberd A didicai" is a gipsy. The term is more Lee in Riding by i Bywell St. Andrew, kerne, Chard, Landport, and Castle Cary was a tenant in teh likely to be heard in the district of Crewthan elsewhere. A variant of it has apparently slipped over the border into Dorset, but by whatever name gipsies may be known I think it is only in Somerset one will hear them called "didicais." It will bewaste of time to look in the ordinary dictionary or local glossary for the word and, therefore, there is much doubt as to its derivation. Some assert that it means a deceiver or pretender. Years ago, in Somerset cottages, if a child were offered something and declined it, though it was well known the present would be acceptable, the remark was made: "She (or he) is a regular little didicai," meaning a pretender. And would not this explanation apply to the old-fashioned gipsy who used to come round to the country cottages and pretend to forecast the future? There was nothing which used to please us more as children than to see a little boy didicai." He was always quaintly picturesque, because he was a reduced copy of the old “didicai ”his father-even to the billycock hat and the cut of his little trousers, coat, waistcoat, and coloured scarf. These children always appeared shy when among strangers, spoke but little; they accepted any present-say 128. in 159 2. Matho Stobarol Roll, with horse a attended the Muster by Bywell St. Pand harness, for Broomley 1538; was a lessweter, Northumberland, in at the annual ece of a tenement of 12 acres lease of Sept. 1ent of 128. in Broomley, by and was living, 1566, for twenty-one years; 3. Edmund Mathew) wa Stobert (probably son of Broomley of s tenant of a tenement in 12 acres at the annual rent of 4. Edm and in 1608. last) was nd Stobart (perhaps same as Broomley rated at 61. for his freehold in 5. Ed in the Book of Rates in 1663. Edmundard Stobert (perhaps son of one chin) paid the hearth-tax or subsidy for 6. Genney in Broomley in 1665. for one brge Stobbertt paid the hearth-tax by Broc chimney in New Ridley Greavship 7. Thomley in 1665. Elsdon, omas Stobart of Troughend by election Northumberland, berland, of knights of the shire of Northumby Bro in respect of lands at New Ridley 8. Riemley, in 1748 and 1774. allotmenhard Stobart was awarded an t of one acre, in lieu of common of voted at the 66 I have thought it possible that some of his productions may have been attributed to Zincke, whose style he emulated. A short account of Lee's life, by myself, appeared in The Connoisseur, January, 1918, but I shall be glad to hear from any of your readers who may possess examples of his work, or who could supply details of his ancestry. F. GORDON ROE. Arts Club, 40 Dover Street, W.1. LE CAPITAINE BLAISE.-Who was this character, and where can I obtain information about him? An account of his life, or some of his adventures, was published some years ago by Sisleys. Is the volume still obtainable, either first- or second-hand? D. KING. Dolphinholme, St. Annes-on-Sea. "THE NORMAN PEOPLE.'-Who is the author of this work: The Norman People and their Existing Descendants in the British Dominions and the U.S.A.,' London, 1874 ? ALFRED RANSFORD. THE ARTIST OF THE ANTIQUARIAN ITINERARY.'-Could any one tell me the name of the designer and engraver of the beautiful woodcuts-giving specimens of architecture, monastic, castellated, or domestic-used as head- and tail-pieces in the 'Antiquarian Itinerary,' published by Clark, Murray, Bags ter, &c., London, 1815-18 ? H. C. MERCER. Doylestoun, Pa. author of the book. I shall be grateful if Tardeo, Bombay. EXEMPTIONS.-A frequent entry in Calen. dars of the Patent Rolls is that of the grant of an exemption for life from being put on assizes, juries, or recognitions, and in many cases also from appointment as mayor, sheriff, coroner, or other such official, against one's will. The exemptions are sometimes granted by the request of a person of importance. Where that is not the case on what grounds were they generally given? I am thinking at the moment of the middle of the fourteenth century, but I should be glad to know what was the rule in this matter both in earlier and later centuries. Can any E. R. EDWARD DE VERE'S MOTHER.-After the death of John de Vere, sixteenth Earl of Oxford, in 1562, his widow married Sir Charles (or Christopher) Tyrrel. Histories of Essex mention the fact, but give no date. The matter may be of importance in identifying Edward de Vere with Hamlet. local antiquary furnish particulars? J. THOMAS LOONEY. HENRY DE VERE'S SPONSORS.-Henry de Vere, son and heir of Edward de Vere, was born in 1592 and baptized at Stoke Newington-the year before Shakespeare dedicated Venus and Adonis' to Henry Wriothesley, Wriothesley, to whom Shakespeare refers as third Earl of Southampton. Was Henry godfather to the poem, actually godfather to Henry de Vere? or for FRAMES.-The Encyclopædia Britannica' i nvention used first for mirrors I should also be glad to be referred to any article relating to the frames in the National Gallery, or to be given any information concerning them. PEREGRINUS. 6 J. THOMAS LOONEY. Low Fell, Gateshead-on-Tyne. TENNYSON ON TOBACCo.- In Fairholt's Tobacco, &c.' (1859), p. 148, it is stated that "Tennyson....echoed its praises with Byron in immortal verse. What are Tenny. son's lines, and where are they to be found? R. M. LIGHTFOOT MARRIAGE.—In the query on this subject, ante, p. 168, for " John Lightfoot and Anchoret read John Lightfoot and Anchore the lady's maiden surname being desired. -, Anchoret being the Christian name, and AUTHOR OF QUOTATION WANTED. Who is the author of the following lines and to FANI PARKAS.-Wanderings of a Pilgrim in Search of the Picturesque during Fourand-twenty Years in the East, with Revelations of Life in the Zenana' is rather a long title of a book published at London in 1850, in two volumes. It is written by one who whom do they refer? styles himself Fani Parkas, written in Persian character. This is evidently a pseudonym or pen-name selected by the So gracious to the hand she tasked, 14 Shadwell Road, Bristol. |