part of the play. Did Scott invent them? who are on the chart as sons of William Family tradition says that the three friends Mawbey? GERALD FOTHERGILL. were in the habit of making up and 11, Brussels Road, New Wandsworth, S. W. "spouting" queer rimes of all kinds, and I incline to think that this was one of them. PENN AND MEAD JURY, 1670.-Mr. Horace Unless another origin can be pointed out for J. Smith, of Philadelphia, has started a movethese lines, I shall conclude that we have in ment to provide a memorial commemorating them a trouvaille from Scott's young days, the jurymen who in 1670 refused to convict probably made by him, and at any rate often William Penn and William Mead for preachon his lips. ing in Gracechurch Street. As chairinan of the committee I shall be glad if readers of N. &Q.' can supply me with any information about these jurymen or their letters or portraits. JOHN HENRY LLOYD. Edgbaston Grove, Birmingham. I may add that the same family tradition tells that Scott and his two friends, in their college days, made a trip to the north of Ireland, crossing from Galloway; that there Scott usually rode while his companions walked; that the trip was cut short for some unknown reason; and that a riming account of it was preserved by John Irving, though it has long since disappeared. This excursion is not mentioned by Lockhart, nor, so far as I know, by any other chronicler of Scott's life. To many of us every trifle connected with the Great Magician is of value, so I make no apology for mentioning these. T. S. OMOND. 14, Calverley Park, Tunbridge Wells. THOMAS BARRY, the son of Spranger Barry, the famous actor, by his first wife, was admitted on the foundation at Westminster School in 1758. I should be glad to learn the maiden name of his mother, and any parG. F. R. B. ticulars of his career. NED: "TO RAISE NED."-Can any one give an explanation of the origin and early meaning of the phrase "to raise Ned"-a common expression applied to an active fellow who creates disturbances out of a pure love of mischief? That is to say, it was common enough in New England half a century, or more, ago. It signified a sort of harmless, yet provoking disorder in conduct. Is the expression current in England to-day? or has it ever obtained there? FRANK WARREN HACKETT. 1418, M Street, Washington, D.C. MALTBY: MAWBEY.-Miss Maltby, of 58, Grove Street, New Haven, Connecticut, has asked me to send the following to N. & Q.' Parentage is wanted of William Maltby, born 1645, and of his brother John; they emigrated to America about 1670. A Robert Maltbye witnesses a deed of land for William in 1673; the relationship of this Robert is unknown, as this is the only time he appears upon the records. In Betham's 'Baronetage,' vol. iii. p. 322, is to be found the pedigree of the Mawbeys of Botleys, Surrey. Can any one tell what became of the John and William MONUMENTAL BRASSES IN THE MEYRICK COLLECTION. common with many others in Hertfordshire, Sawbridgeworth Church, in has suffered the loss of many monumental brasses, some of which are in the Saffron Walden Museum, and others, apparently, were in the Meyrick collection. 66 Haines informs us (under Sawbridgeworth) that "a brass of a man in armour, about 1480, is at Goodrich Court, Herefordshire." This probably represents John Chauncy, whose effigy is missing from its matrix. chancel of Sawbridgeworth Church containCussans, referring to an altar-tomb in the ing matrices of a knight and his two wives Trinity, states: "These brasses are said to kneeling before a representation of the have been in the collection of Sir Samuel Meyrick at Goodrich Castle [Court?]." I am informed that the Meyrick collection is now entirely dispersed, and no references to these brasses is to be found in the sale catalogues. Is it possible to ascertain their whereabouts at the present time? Bishop's Stortford. W. B. GERISH. BORN WITH TEETH.-I am presently issuing a work to be called 'Dental Jottings,' and shall be obliged if any readers of N. & Q can send me the names of any distinguished persons of whom it is undoubtedly on record that they were born with teeth. CHAS. F. FORSHAW, LL D. am anxious to learn if Foster' WILL-POWER AS RECORDED IN HISTORICAL PORTRAITS.-In some magazine article by Mr. Harry Furniss, which I came across not long ago, the author remarked that as a caricaturist he had observed that women of marked intellect had masculine-looking jaws. Great women singers, whose gift is physical, may have the lower part of the face feminine in type, but the other celebrities of their sex resemble men in this respect. Is Mr. Furniss's opinion borne out by those historical portraits which are considered to be more accurate than flattering? Further, do masculine portraits confirm the general belief that a heavy jaw indicates a commanding will? Have the great men of action, whose special faculty is the power of compelling others to follow their lead, stronger jaws and chins than other gifted people with capacious skulls and highly organized brains? Personally I have known a very weak jaw go with great tenacity, and on the contrary, have observed strong jaws whose possessors never got a hold on the wills they were anxious to guide. It has yet to be discovered, I believe, how it is that certain men, without apparent effort, extort obedience from the rest of their world; while others, however right and reasonable, however steadfast to their point, are as impotent for good as Cassandra. J. A. CALFHILL FAMILY.-In 1570 James Calfhill was nominated to the bishopric of Worcester, but died before consecration. In 1601 James Calfhill was curate (vicar) of Folkestone, Kent. Were they related? gives the earliest account of the piper who went into an underground passage at Castle Bytham, in Lincolnshire, and was never seen again, although he could be heard playing on his pipes for some time? If my memory does not deceive me, he is spoken of as a Scot in Wild's History of Castle Bytham'; but surely this is a modern error. Does not the tale come down to us from a time when Lincolnshire pipers were well known? What other versions of the story occur? I imagine the legend must be current in many parts of the British Islands. G. T. RIGGS. Under date of 12 July, 1666, Pepys records in his immortal 'Diary' : "With Sir W. Coventry into London to the office. And all the way I observed him mightily to make mirth of the Duke of Albemarle and his people about him, saying, that he was the happiest instruments. And so particularized in Sir W. man in the world for doing of great things by sorry Clerke, and Riggs, and Halsey, and others." Who and what was this Riggs? In 1689 Ensign John Riggs brought to Lieut.-Governor Nicholson, of New York, the official announcement from England of the accession of William and Mary to the throne. Can any reader inform me who this E. FRANCIS RIGGS. Washington, D.C. I also find in a pedigree of Kennet of Sel-officer was? lendge, in Kent, and of Coxhoe, co. Pal. Durham, that Reginald Kennett, about 1480, married Anne, daughter and heir of Sir John Calfhill, of Kent. Arms, Erm., a calf passant gules. I do not find the name in the general index to Archeologia Cantiana. Sandgate. R. J. FYNMORE. 'CENSUS REPORT, 1851.'- Who was the author responsible for the historical part (vi-lxxix) of the 'Results and ObservaQ. V. tions'? ROBERT WESTON. I should be much obliged if any reader could help me to the birthplace and parentage of a Robert Weston, who was born 1740, and was steward of the manors of Christ Church, Duchy, and Windsor. He married a Jane Howard, of Brackley. His birthplace will probably be found in Oxfordshire or Northants. F. H. WESTON. Lastingham Vicarage, Sinnington, RSO, Yorks. BRANDON, DUKE OF SUFFOLK.-Sir William Brandon, Knt, married Elizabeth, daughter of Sir Robert Wingfield, of Letheringham, M. P. for Suffolk, 6 Hen. VIII., by Elizabeth, daughter and coheir of Sir Robert Gousell by Lady Elizabeth Fitzalan his wife, heir to Thomas, eleventh Earl of Arundel; and their grandson was Charles Brandon, Duke of Suffolk, brother-in-law to Henry VIII. Sir Thomas Brandon died 10 September, 1497, having married Anne, daughter of Sir Thomas Fiennes, son of Lord Dacre, and widow of William, second Lord Berkeley. Was Sir Thomas the father of Charles Brandon, Duke of Suffolk? If not, who were E. his father and mother? [The 'D.N.B.,' vi. 218, says that the Duke of Suffolk was son and heir of William Brandon, who was Henry VII.'s standard-bearer at Bosworth Field, and was killed by Richard III. in personal encounter. "This William, who with his brother Thomas had come with Henry out of Brittany, does not appear to have been a knight, though called Sir William by Hall the chronicler, and thus some confusion has arisen between him and his father, Sir William Brandon, who survived him..... On 6 Feb., 1510, he [Charles] was made marshal of the king's bench, in the room of his uncle, Sir Thomas Braudon, recently deceased."] GRINDLETON. Looking through back numbers of N. & Q,' I met with the review of Onomasticon Anglo-Saxonicum' (9th S. i. 199), in which the following remark occurs: "Students of the Beowulf' will notice the interesting place-names Grend les mere and Grindeles pytt." Will some student of the 'Beowulf' assist me by explaining the meaning of Grendle or Grindele? If this is a personal name, is it A.-S. or Norse? It has been suggested to me that the village of Grindleton (West Riding) takes its name from the "Green Dale," a narrow valley in which is situated a small cotton factory named Greendale Mill. A connexion with the aforesaid Grindele seems more in accordance with the laws of euphony. FRED. G. ACKERLEY. Grindleton Vicarage, Clitheroe. History of British Journalism from the 3. The same is the case with English newspapers: Chapters in the History of Journalism,' by H. R. Fox Bourne, 2 vols. (London, Chatto, 1887). 4. "The Pictorial Press: its Origin and Progress,' by Mason Jackson (London, Hurst & Blackett, 1885), has really a wider scope than its title would indicate. It is, of course, specially useful in its treatment of woodblock engravings. 5. An unpretending, but excellent little volume, that cannot be neglected, is English Journalism, and the Men who have Made It,' by Charles Pebody-at one time, I think, of The Bristol Mirror, subsequently of The Yorkshire Post (London, Cassell, second ed., 1882). 6. The following is not well known, but will be found, on the whole, excellent: 'A Chronological List of Newspapers, from the Epoch of the Civil Wars,' forming Appendix No. 6 in The Life of Thomas Ruddiman, A.M., the Keeper, for almost Fifty Years, of the Library belonging to the Faculty of Advocates, Edinburgh,' by George Chalmers (London, 1794). The periods covered are:(a) List of newspapers, &c., 1640 - 59, pp. 404-20. (b) Period of the Restoration, 1660-88, PP. 421-9. (c) Period of the Revolution, 1688 - 91, PP. 430-2. (d) Eighteenth century, pp. 432-7. (e) English provincial papers (alphabetical by towns), pp. 437-41. (f) Scottish papers in 1793, pp. 441-2. P. L. See Timperley's Dictionary of Printers and Printing,' 1839, pp. 583-806. See the following: Wм. H. PEET. "The Newspaper Press,' by James Grant, The Reputed Earliest English Newspaper,' Penny Magazine, 18 Jan. 1840. Early Newspapers of Modern Europe,' Chambers's Journal, vol. xli. p. 636. There is a list of London newspapers appearing in 1803 in The Picture of London' for that year, pp. 240-7. J. HOLDEN MACMICHAEL. 6, Elgin Court, Elgin Avenue, W. 'KING NUTCRACKER (10th S. iv. 508).-I have a translation of this book for children. It is not dated, but from my own memories I should say that the date of its appearance in my house is about 1850. The title-page is as follows: "King Nut-cracker or the Dream of Poor Reinhold. A Fairy Tale for Children freely rendered from the German of Dr. Heinrich Hoffman [Author of 'Struwwelpeter'] by J. R. Planché, Esq. Author of 'The Golden Branch,' Island of Jewels,' etc. Leipsig Friedrich Volckmar. London William Tegg & Co. 85 Queen Street, Cheapside. London A. & S. Joseph, Myers & Co. 144 Leadenhall-Street." There are twenty-eight leaves, including the title-page, printed on one side only, each having its highly coloured picture or pictures. P. 25 has, after the coloured Struwwelpeter procession picture, one of the three boys who were dipped in the inkstand by "Tall Agrippa" (see 'Struwwelpeter'). This is, of course, in black ink. P. 26 has in addition to its coloured picture two little outline drawings. The pictures appear to be the production of the artist who drew those in the betterknown Struw welpeter.' I have no doubt that they are German. The following is Planche's rendering of the passage given by MR. HEBB : Up spoke the king to his subjects around,— But though the wicked were then all drowned, As Hoffman's pages plainly show." As he spoke he waved his hand, And forward came a well known band; Peter, with hair like horrid hedge hog; Messrs. Routledge published in 1850 A Picture Story Book, with Four Hundred Illustrations. The full-page illustrations are well coloured. It contains 'The History of Dame Mitchell and her Cat,''The History of a Nut-cracker,' and 'The Strange and Interesting Adventures of Prince Hempseed and his Little Sister.' The second story in its preface is called 'The Nut-cracker of Nuremberg,' and Hoffman is mentioned as its author. Probably this is Dr. Heinrich Hoffman. The story is a long one. A considerable part of it is The History of the Crackatook Nut and Princess Pirlipata,' told by" Godfather Drosselmayer." There is, I think, nothing but (probably) authorship and similarity of names to connect The Nut-cracker of Nuremberg' with 'King Nut-cracker; or, the Dream of Poor Reinhold.' ROBERT PIERPOINT. "Mozart's 12th Mass.-A rather old copy of this work in my possession supplies an answer to the query which appeared lately in the London N. & Q.,' and which was quoted in your Notes and Queries' of last week by Brocklehurst.' In my copy, which has the date 1869 written under a former owner's name, appears the following printed note:-'In addition to the original Latin Words, an adaptation to English Words has been added by R. G. Loraine, Esq.' "AB YOLIN." The King Nut-cracker' which I quote is HERBERT SOUTHAM. not a little book: it measures about 10 by CHARLES LAMB (10th S. iv. 445, 512, 538).— 7 inches. The colours are as florid, and the MAJOR BUTTERWORTH is doubtless right in faces in the procession, mentioned above, are the explanation which he offers of the referthe same, as those in the original 'Struwwel-ence to Lamb's continental tour in The peter.' Mirror, and it is to be regretted that Lamb did not give to the world that "digest" of his travels-limited as they were-which his friends understood that he was preparing. The first issue of 'Elia' had the following title-page : "Elia. Essays which have appeared under that signature in the | London Magazine. | London : Printed for Taylor and Hessey, | Fleet - Street. 1823." I have not seen a copy of this issue with a half-title, and Messrs. Sotheby have expressly stated in their catalogues that it did not possess one. A perfect copy of this issue contains at the end a leaf announcing The London Magazine, and two leaves of advertisements of Taylor & Hessey's publications. After a certain number of copies had been issued the original title page was cancelled, and the following substituted : "Elia. | Essays which have appeared under that signature in the London Magazine. | London : | Printed for Taylor and Hessey, | 93, Fleet Street, and 13, Waterloo Place. | 1823." This issue possesses a half title, which is rarely found in bound copies. My own copy has at the end the announcement of The London Magazine. In his fine edition of Lamb, Mr. E. V. Lucas gives a facsimile of this second title-page, but not of the first. From the label on the back of the volume we learn that the published price of 'Elia' was 98. 6d. W. F. PRIDEAUX. CROCKFORD'S (10th S. iv. 489).—In addition to the articles mentioned in the 'D.N.B.,' notices of Crockford appeared in The Gaming House Expositor, 1825-6; The London Magazine, February, 1828; Baily's Magazine, November, 1888, and February, 1891; and in many letters to The Times about the year 1824. In Raikes's diary for 1844 there is a brief memoir of Crockford (May 27). I have a portrait, with An Ode to W. Crockford, Esq.,' signed "Reveller," which is evidently an excerpt from a newspaper, perhaps The Town. The Evidence of W. Crockford, Esq.,' occupies several pages of the Report from the Select Committee on Gaming, 1844. F. JESSEL. MILITARY DISCIPLINE' (10th S. iv. 489).This book is by Capt. William Barriff. The title of the first edition is as follows: "Military Discipline; or, the yong Artillery Man. Wherein is discoursed and showne the Postures both of Musket and Pike: the exactest way, &c. Together with the Motions which are to be used, in the exercising of a Foot Company. With divers and severall formes and figures of Battell; with their reducements; very necessary for all such as are studious in the Art Military. By William Barriff. Psal. 144. 1. Blessed be the Lord my strength which teacheth my hands to warre, and my fingers to fight. London, Printed by Thomas Harper, for Ralph Mab, 1635." The first and third editions lie before me, and contain 326 and 421 pages respectively, so that I am afraid your correspondent's copy is very incomplete. The third edition has a still longer title, and was "printed by John Dawson, and are to be sold by Andrew Crooke, at the signe of the Green Dragon in Pauls Church-yard, 1643." The title page in both editions is preceded by a portrait of the author and the arms of the Honourable Artillery Company. It is interesting to note that the portrait has been brought up to date in the later edition. EDWARD M. BORRAJO. The Library, Guildhall, E.C. Capt. W. Bariffe (or Barriffe) was the author of this book. It is quoted in Clifford Walton's "History of the British Army.' About a year ago Messrs. Maggs offered a copy of the edition of 1661, in the original calf, for 21. 108. I have a copy of the second edition of Military Discipline, or the Art of War,' London, 1689, in which reference is made to "Barriff." W. S. Military Discipline 'is by William Barriffe. It passed through six editions in twenty-six years. See my 'Bib. Military Books up to 1642,' No. 133. M. J. D. COCKLE. Walton-on-Thames. OSCAR WILDE BIBLIOGRAPHY (10th S. iv. 266).-I possess The Harlot's House' in one of my scrap-books, and I am firmly of the opinion that the poem originally appeared in a sixpenny weekly publication called Life, about the years 1877-80. It is a very powerful poem of twelve stanzas. S. J. A. F. BOWES OF ELFORD (10th S. iv. 408, 457).— Durham, "the collateral descendants of Sir In the quotation from Surtees's 'History of Jerome Bowes were of Elford, in Suffolk," is not Suffolk a misprint for Staffordshire, in which county Elford is situate? NORTH MIDLAND. REPARTEE OF ROYALTY (10th S. iv. 467)."Court Memoirs," Surely the numerous "Recollections," and biographies "by a late member of the Court" published in the last decade are the best source for examples of ALECK ABRAHAMS. royal repartee. 39, Hillmarton Road. ALMANAC, c. 1744 (10th S. iv. 486).—I think the leaf which MISTLETOE has reproduced is |