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Hyde, Isle of Wight. Since then I have heard nothing of him. Excepting this gentleman I have never met with the name of Pannell in the West of England outside my own family. A. J. DAVY.

Torquay.

WILLIAM OF WYKEHAM (10 th S. i. 222). ME. R. C. BOSTOCK'S theory is that the per- sons whom William of Wykeham regarded as his parents were identical with John Launge and his wife, who were respectively " yeoman " and " damsel " to Queen Isabella at the time of the birth of her son Edward, afterwards King Edward III., and who, being the first to bring to King Edward II. the news of the birth, were rewarded with the grant of an annuity of 801. for their lives, to De paid out of the farm of the City of London by the sheriffs ('Calendar of Patent Rolls, 1307-13,' p. 519). MR. BOSTOCK can hardly be aware that on 21 October, 1331, John Launge and his wife surrendered this annuity and its arrears* in consideration of 300/. to be paid at the Exchequer by instalments, and that between the grant of the annuity and its surrender this same John Launge received the honour of knighthood ('Calendar of Patent Rolls, 1330-34,' p. 187). To accept ME. BOSTOCK'S theory about William of Wykeham's parentage it is necessary to sup- pose that, though his reputed father was a knight, the fact that he received knighthood escaped the notice of the bishop himself, as well as of his contemporaries and earliest biographers. ME. BOSTOCK unfortunately follows Miss Strickland in giving Isabel as the name of Sir John Launge's wife. The above mentioned ' Calendars ' show that her real name was Joan. H. C.

QUOTATIONS (10 th S. i. 190). The quotation "And better death," &c., is to be found in the Poet Laureate's sonnet entitled 'Love's Wisdom.' C. TUENEE ROOM.

7, Cromwell Place, Highgate, N.

LONDON RUBBISH AT Moscow (10 th S. i. 208). Particular reference is made to the " heap of rubbish " at Battle Bridge in Mr. F. Miller's 'History of St. Pancras, Past and Present,' published (if I remember rightly} about thirty years ago, and dedicated to the late George Cruikshank, who was an old resident in that parish. Not having the work before me, I am unable to give an extract. The account, however, is of a some- what romantic character, and varies consider-

1322 ('Calendar of Close Rolls, 1318-23,' p. 611).
 * The annuity remained wholly unpaid down to

ably from that contained in the extract from ihe St. James's Gazette. J. BASIL BIRCH. 54, Eade Road, Finsbury Park.

Perhaps this story may be grounded on the account of the removal of gravel from Orme Square, Bayswater, for which see 8 th S. x. 35.

W. C. B.

OUR OLDEST PUBLIC SCHOOL (10 th S. i. 166, 215). Another school, now known to be far older than was formerly supposed, is King Edward's School, Stratford-on-Avon, which in all probability educated William Shake- speare in 1571-8, Walter Roche, Fellow of C.C.C., Oxon, being at that time master. The school prospectus states that it was founded before 1400 by the Guild of the Holy Cross, endowed in 1482 by Thomas Jqllyfie, and received its charter in 1553 from King Edward VI. But Mr. A. F. Leach has discovered the fact that, as early as 1295, a schoolmaster was ordained deacon with William of Grenefield, rector of Stratford, and afterwards Lord High Chancellor and Archbishop of York. He has also practically proved that Richard Foxe, afterwards Lord Privy Seal, Bishop of Winchester, and founder of C.C.C., Oxon, was master there from 1477 to 1482. The beautiful old build- ings, which still exist, adjoining the Guild Chapel and near the site of Shakespeare's house, New Place, were erected 1424-5.

A. R. BAYLEY.

Nearly all the greater monasteries had schools for the boys of the neighbourhood, and many of the present cathedral and grammar schools are practically continua- tions of previous monastic provisions. Docu- mentary evidence may not be always forth- coming ; but it would not be easy to decide that this or that is the " oldest public school."

The present grammar school at Evesham has an endowment of not more than 101. a year, being the sum allowed by Henry VIII. on the dissolution of Evesham Abbey, which was founded in 703. W. C. B.

WILLIAM WILLIE (10 th S. i. 67). I cannot state that I have ever been acquainted with any one bearing what might be called a " double name." But I have personal know- ledge of what might be called "duplicate names " in the same family. My mother was a native of Truro, and her parents had eleven children, but only nine names, thus indicat- ing there were two duplicate names in the family. There were two Mary Anns ; the first one dying in infancy, the second suc- ceeded to the name and place of the former. There were also two Emmas, the first one