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Suffolk, father of Lady Jane Grey, says : "A photo was taken of his head when the alterations took place in St. Peter's Church in the Tower of London. There is a good deal of grim expression in the face." One would naturally infer from this paragraph that the duke's remains were found intact during the alterations of 1876. Is this so? In June, 1893, when visiting the church of the Holy Trinity, Minories, I was shown a human head (preserved in a glass case) which is presumed to be that of the said duke. It was discovered in the vaults below the church by the Earl of Dartmouth in 1852, in a box filled with oak sawdust, which acted as an antiseptic and preserved the skin in a remark- able manner. But as the duke cannot have possessed two heads, I shall be glad to learn further particulars concerning the discovery at St. Peter ad Vincula. Were the Duke of Suffolk's remains positively identified ? and, if so, was the head missing or not 1

JOHN T. PAGE.

West Haddon, Northamptonshire. [See 8 th S. viii. 286, 393 ; x. 72, 144 ; xii. 114.]

' WILLY WOOD AND GREEDY GRIZZLE.' Is the author known of this eighteenth-century booklet ? The title-page ran :

" Willy Wood and Greedy Grizzle : a Tale of the Present Century, founded on Fact. Evil be to him who evil thinks. To which are subjoined Three New Songs. London : Printed for the Author : Sold by J. Forbes, Tavistock Row, Covent Garden ; and all the Booksellers in town and country. Price One Shilling." viii-32 pp. 8vo.

The work is dedicated to the Magisterial Rooks of the Corporation of -Sw-castle (New- castle-upon-Tyne), and is not written for young persons. At the end is a song for a Newcastle man, an exercise in the "burr" calculated to try his articulation severely. It begins :

Rough roll'd the roaring river's stream,

And rapid ran the rain, When Robert Rutter dreamt a dream Which rack'd his heart with pain.

This is almost as bad as the well - known shibboleth <: O'er rugged rocks the ragged rascals ran," which, until the advent of School Boards, was supposed to try the anatomy of an ordinary Novocastrian.

RICHARD WELFORD.

ROBERT GILES. In a recent article in the Dublin Review, vol. cxxxii., the Bishop of Salford has noted that Robert Giles, " legum Anglise professor egregius," who had married a daughter of Sir Thomas Stradling (as to whom see 'D.N.B.,' Iv. 16), died at Louvain in 1578, aged forty - four, and was buried in the church of St. Michael there. He

does not appear to have been at Oxford. Was he at Cambridge ? On 3 May, 1564, one Robert Gyell was admitted to Lincoln's Inn. On 23 July, 1566, Edward Randolph (as to whom see ' D.N.B.,' xlvii. 271) constituted Sir James Shelley and Robert Giles his true and lawful attorneys ('S.P. Dom., Eliz.,' xl. 35). The name of Robert Gyles, gent., of Kent, occurs in a list of fugitives over the sea dated 29 Jan., 1576 (Strype, 'Ann.,' II. ii. 597). Any further details concerning him would be welcome. JOHN B. WAINEWRIGHT.

WEST-COUNTRY FAIR. I should be glad to be referred to any sources which illustrate fairs in the West of England at the end of the seventeenth or beginning of the eigh- teenth century, especially in Dorset.

HIPPOCLIDES.

ST. PATRICK AT ORVIETO. The 'Encyclo- paedia Britannica ' mentions, under ' Orvieto,' a celebrated " pozzo di S. Patrizio," or well of St. Patrick. I have consulted several works on Orvieto, but none of them do more than mention this well, some not even so fully as the 'Encyclopaedia' does. Is there any tra- dition that Ireland's apostle ever passed through Orvieto, which might account for the name of the well ? Where may some- thing on this subject be found 1

F. C. W.

TUCKETT. Biographical information is desired for an historical publication concern- ing the late Mr. John Tuckett, of Kentish Town, especially the dates of birth, death, &c. Any information will be acceptable.

T.

HERBERT SPENCER ON BILLIARDS. Can any one give me the exact text and locate the original publication of a remark said to have been made by Herbert Spencer to a young man who defeated him at a game of billiards ? " Sir, a moderate measure of skill at billiards may very properly be a source of satisfaction ; but such a degree of proficiency as you exhibit is conclusive proof of a misspent life." D. M.

Philadelphia.

"ALL ROADS LEAD TO ROME." Can you tell me the origin of this saying ?

FAIRHOLME.

CAPT. DEATH. Who was "the celebrated Capt. Death" for whose widow a benefit performance of ' Cato ' was given at Drury Lane on 27 February, 1757 ? It is note- worthy that Genest has no record of this remarkable performance, despite the fact that the principal members of both theatres