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 Diwm Notes and Queries. 25 to Polsloe. In 1196 William Brewer had succeeded to the patronage of that one» and was a joint giver with another William Tracy and a Drogo de Mungirun of the other one to Tor. Can any genealogist explain the connection ? Oswald J. Rsichel. 21. — Coat of Battishill impaling ? — ^The accom- panying illustration I made from my tracing of the original quarry re-set in a window at West Wyke, in South Tawton. The dexter half is for BattishuU or Battishill, of West Wyke, South Tawton, co. Devon. At. a cross crossleit in saUire or, betw. four owls or, beaked and legged or. The impalement, or sinister side, I am unable to identify. It is, as nearly as I can blazon it, az. three towers or. with ports gu, [or Teune?'] in the battlement of the lower tower a bird sejant or. It is possible that, as the tinctures are much faded, so that the **gu" might pass for **tenn'6," there may be birds sejant in the two upper towers, for there are some indefinite markings to be seen beneath the leading which would hide their bodies if these existed. A corbel let into a wall of the house, is carved with a millrind which may represent the coat or crest of another family unknown. The oldest inscribed date at Wickington, 1585, is on a stone built into the front of the house. C. Lega-Weekes. 22. Winsland Family. — Can any of your readers give me any information concerning a Devonshire family of the name of Winsland. Some of that name are supposed to have lived and died in the town of Modbury, S. Devon. One, John (?) Winsland, was an army contractor and lived in St. Michael's Terrace, Plymouth, where he died about 1 81 5. The Winslands were connected with the family of Andrews of Modbury. H.A.H. [There was no St. MichaePs Terrace in Plymouth as early as 18 15. There are entries of Winsland in the registers of the parishes of Plymplon St. Maurice and Plympton St. Mary. — Eds.] 23. FoRKiSTON, FoRSTON, LuKEHAM. — Can any one help me to locate Forkiston, Forston and Lukeham ? These places are stated to be in the county of Devon. Hardinge F. Giffard. 24. Sub-Marine Vessels — John Lethbridge anx> others. — The history of the construction of sub-marine "vessels as a powerful means of offence as well as of defence