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Northumbrian family of Ridley, to which Bishop Ridley, the martyr, belonged. Here may also be .seen a tomb with the following truly episcopal inscription :

Here lies the body of Annabella Scott, Who departed this life, Jan. 28th, 1779, aged

73 years. .She was mother to James Scott, D.D., Rector of

the Parish, And granddaughter of Tobias Wickham, Dean of

York ; The grandson of William Wickham, Bishop of

Winchester ;

Who married Antonina Barlow, one of the 5

daughters of William Barlow, Bishop of Chester.

All of whom were married to Bishops, viz.

One to Tobias, Archbishop of York,

Another to Wickham, Bishop of Winchester,

A third to Overtoil, Bishop of Coventry and Lich-

tield,

A fourth to Westphaling, Bishop of Hereford, And a fifth to Day, Bishop of Chichester.

It is remarkable that

William Barlow was the first English Bishop that ever married."

HERBERT B. CLAYTON. 39, Renfrew Road, Lower Kennington Lane.

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

JOHN WESLEY : MISSING LETTERS. Between 1 June, 1765, and 17 Nov., 1769, John Wesley wrote 30 letters to one Mar- garet Dale, second daughter of Edward Dale of Tunstall in co. Durham. Of the 30 letters, 17 (two being copies of the originals) were in the possession of Thos. Dale, Dean of Rochester, who died in 1870 ; and 16 of these will be found printed in the life of his son, Thomas Pelham Dale, published by George Allen, 1894. The remaining letter, the existence of which was not known when the above-mentioned work was published, will be found in a privately printed periodical called The Family News (see British Museum Catalogue of Periodicals under Northwood).

What became of the other letters ? Mar- garet Dale married Edward Avison in March, 1773, and died s.p. Nov., 1777, aged 33. Her only brother Edward married and left a numerous family, all of whom died s.p. One of her sisters, Anne, died unmarried ; and the other, Mary, married a Mr. John Collinson of London, and died in 1812, leaving issue, viz., George Dale Collinson, John Collinson, Thermuthis Collinson, Ann Collinson, and Mary, wife of Christopher Godmond. Possibly the other letters may

be in the possession of one of the descend- ants of Mary Collinson (nee Dale). The undersigned will be grateful to any one who can put him into communication with any of the Collinson descendants, or tell him of the fate of the remaining Wesley letters.

T. C. DALE. 115, London Road, Croydon.

OXFORD EPIGRAM. Can anybody give satisfactory evidence as to the authorship of the well-known epigram on the Universities ?

The King, observing with judicious eyes The state of both his Universities, To one he sent a regiment, for why ? That learned body wanted loyalty. To t'other he sent books, as well discerning How much that loyal body wanted learning. The reference, of course, is to the Moore Library, given by George I. in 1714 ; and the equally well-known Whig and Cam- bridge answer is by Sir William Browne. In Whibley's ' Cap and Gown ' the Oxford Tory epigram is ascribed to Dr. Joseph Trapp, Professor of Poetry ; or to Tom Wharton (sic) the elder. Trapp is given as the author by Munk, ' College of Physi- cians,' ii. 96. I have found, however, in a MS. written circ. 1725, from which I quote the text above, an attribution to " Westly, usher of Westminster," i.e., Samuel Wesley, John Wesley's eldest brother. Is there any support for this ? J. P. G.

STAMMERING. I shall be very much obliged if some reader will kindly tell me if there is any school or institution in London where classes are held, or individual tuition given for the cure of stammering. Please reply direct. F. N. NTJNN.

36, Lillieshall Road, Clapham Common, S.W.

ELEANOR WOOD. I am anxious to find the baptism of Eleanor Wood between 1645 and 1655. Likely districts are Alber- bury, Shineton, and High Ercall, Shropshire.

DOCTOR. 216, Bohemia Road, St. Leonards-on-Sea.

LAW OF LATJRISTON. I am endeavouring to compile a pedigree of all the descendants of William Law of Edinburgh and Lauris- ton (father to John Law, known as " the Great Financier"), and I shall be grateful to any of your readers who can give me information which will assist me.

I may say that I have read the articles which have already appeared in ' N. & Q.' regarding the subject, and also that in Burke's Vicissitudes of Families.'

R. VAUGHAN GOWER.

Ferndale Lodge, Tunbridge Wells.