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The name of the fleet courier who was sent before the battle to ask the assistance of the Spartans is sometimes given as Pheidippides, but the more probable read- ing is Pheilippides, also the name of an Athenian comic poet in later times.

W. T. LYNN. Blackheath.

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WE must request correspondents desiring in- formation on family matters of only private interest to affix their names and addresses to their queries, in order that answers may be sent to them direct.

JOHNSONIANS, A RELIGIOUS SECT. Napo- leon at St. Helena

"wished to have his curiosity gratified respecting a religious community in Scotland called Johnsonians, who, he understood, were a very active sect in that part of Britain."

Can any one tell me anything about this sect ? The word " Johnsonian " is applied in the ' New English ' and the ' Century ' dictionaries only in association with Dr. Johnson. CLEMENT SHORTER.

[MR. W. E. A. AXON gave at 9 S. iii. 284 a long extract from a hook published in 1811 describing this sect.]

MALONE FAMILY. I want information concerning Richard Malone, who was born in or about 1777, and died in 1836. As far as I can find out, he was a well-educated man, a member of the Masonic order, and served in the Army either in the Peninsula or at Waterloo.

I want to know particularly where he was born, or if he was in any way related to Richard Malone, Lord Sunderlin, who be- longed to Baronston, co. Westmeath (born 1738, died 1816), brother of Edmund Malone, the author. What makes it seem likely that he was related to them is the Christian name Richard. The present pos- sessor of Lord Sunderlin' s estates is Mr. John Richard Malone, a descendant of an elder brother of an uncle of Lord Sunderlin' s. Was the next of kin of Lord Sunderlin advertised for ? S. W. M.

ROSES AS BADGES : WHERE BORNE. As Master of Design for the late Gloucester- shire Historical Pageant, I was not quite satisfied with the popular idea that real roses were worn on the helmets of the Yorkists and Lancastrians as badges of their party on the field of battle. The im- probability of their being able to obtain

these flowers at all seasons must be against such a theory. However, in deference to the opinion of others, I allowed them to be used. Perhaps jbhe subject may be worthy of discussion, and some of your readers may be able to give valuable in- formation. My own idea is that the rose, whether red or white, was worn as a badge upon a collar, not on the surcoat, pennon, or helmet. The monumental effigies of Yorkist and Lancastrian knights have no such badge on pennon or surcoat. The private arms of the knight alone appear upon them. There are several examples of the Yorkist collar of suns and roses represented as worn around the neck by knights and noblemen. The sun in its splendour combined with the white rose was adopted by Edward IV. after the battle of Mortimer's Cross, and of course the sun device dates back to Cressy. The Lancas- trian collar with the double SS is also sculptured on the effigies of military men of the latter party.

In the little illumination of the battle of Tewkesbury which formed the vignette of the letter sent by Edward IV. to the Duke of Burgundy, the rose appears on small banners, but no roses are seen on helmets or surcoats. SYDNEY HERBERT.

Carlton Lodge, Cheltenham.

SEIZE QUARTIERS. I am writing an article on ' Seize Quartiers and Ascending Pedigrees ' for a series in course of publica- tion, and should be very glad of references to English pedigrees of this class, both in printed works and in accessible MSS. I know of the ' Seize Quartiers of the Kings and Queens of England,' and the ' 4,096 Quar- tiers of King Edward VII.' in The Genealogist. Please reply direct. PERCEVAL LUCAS.

188, Marylebone Road, N.W.

[Articles on seize and quarterings will be found in 5 S. ii., vii. ; 6 S. vi., vii., viii., ix.]

" BUCCADO." I find the following in a writer at the end of the seventeenth century :

"He wonder'd at our strictness, since on their Fasting-Days they were allowed a Buccado of Sweetmeats and a Glass of Wine before Noon." What is a " buccado " ? I cannot find it in the * N.E.D.' EMERITUS.

REV. WM. VEITCH. Dr. M'Crie in his ' Memoirs of Veitch,' &c., refers in a note to a genealogical tree of the Veitch family. Can any of your readers tell me where this document is to be found ? I understand that Dr. M'Crie' s papers were dispersed after his death. Veitch, it will be remem-