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ever, both Mendez and Pinto are Jewish names, and if any one can give me informa- tion about the man, I shall be very grateful.

M. L. R. BRESLAR. Percy House, South Hackney.

CHARLES CROCKER, POET. William Hay- ley was born in the Pallant, Chichester, 1745 ; and in humble quarters, another poet of equal merit Charles Crocker (Elwes, F.S.A.). Can any reader locate the place and date of his birth ? Names and particulars of other members of the family would be much appreciated. One of Crocker's poems is descriptive of Kingly Vale, a beautiful district in the neighbour- hood of Chichester. F. K. P.

[The ' D.N.B.' says that Crocker was born 22 June, 1797, and died 6 Oct., 1861. Gent. Mag., June, 1862, is referred to for a notice of Crocker.]

NEW ZEALAND FOSSIL SHELLS. In Mrs. Campbell Praed's book 'The Last Earl of Elian,' 1906, p. 120, 1 read :

" Coiled twice round her neck, she wore a quaint chain made of the yellow-green fossil shell which on one side resembles a human eye."

Is there any book, or scientific journal, in which I can find a detailed account of these fossils ? My wife has some jewellery made of what appears to be the same thing. It is the operculum of a kind of winkle, found in the islands of the Pacific. Ours came from New Zealand.

JAS. PLATT, Jun.

ARMY AND MILITIA LISTS. I have ' A List of all the Officers of the Army,' dated War Office, 4 June, 1779, and should be glad to learn in what year the Army List was first published, who was its publisher, and how many editions were published. I should like similar information as to Militia Lists, and Volunteer and Yeomanry Li ^. I should be greatly obliged if any collector interested in the subject would kindly give me the benefit of his experience as regards the best and speediest way of forming a collection of old Army Lists.

W. R. WILLIAMS.

Talybont, Brecon.

[Much information on Army Lists from 1642 to 1898 will be found in the note by the late HENRY GERALD HOPE at 9 S. i. 406.]

NATHANIEL SALMON, 1675-1742. I am trying to trace if any portrait of this anti- quary and county historian is in existence. I am informed that one was found among his papers which he had originally intended for, and willed to, the Society of Anti- quaries ; but some unpleasantness with

that body caused him to cancel the bequest. I cannot learn that the portrait was ever engraved, nor am I able to trace the original, or the will above referred to. Perhaps some correspondentT^can assist me to^ find them. W. B. GERISH.

Bishop's Stortford.

E. F. HOLT, PAINTER. I shall feel grateful if any reader can afford me information as to the residence and family of E. F. Holt, who is said to have been a painter of some merit, and who was living in 1865. His name does not appear in Bryan's ' Dic- tionary of Painters and Engravers.'

FRANK WARD.

38, Wordsworth Road, Small Heath.

[Mr. Algernon Graves in his ' Royal Academy of Arts ' includes several pictures by E. F. Holt, from 1854 to 1858. His addresses in those years were 50, Bay ham Street. Camden Town ; 1, Poland Street; 34, Sloane Street; and 1, Alma Road, Croydon.]

HERENDEN FAMILY. I shall be glad if any correspondent can direct me to a small octavo work (on the subject of London topography, I think) containing genealogical memoranda, &c., relating to the family of Herenden of St. Martin's-le-Grand, sixteenth century. I came casually upon the book some few years ago, and all note of its title seems to have escaped me. I am not con- fusing Stow. WILLIAM McMuRRAY.

HORSE HILL. Can any one locate a place of this name for me ? It was so called in 1644. M. L. S.

SPEAKERS OF THE HOUSE OF COMMONS. Can any one tell me where I can find a list of the Speakers of the House of Commons, with other information respecting them ?

G. H. S.

GEORGE COLTMAN. I shall much esteem any information as to the parentage or ancestry of George Coltman, who at the time of his death, 24 July, 1770, was Re- ceiver-General in the Stamp Office.

In December, 1749, he entered into part- nership with Mr. Thomas Witherby, law stationer in Birchin Lane, whose sister he married ; and his three eldest children were baptized at St. Edmund the King, Lom- bard Street. When or where he was born or married, and where he was buried, I have been unable to ascertain.

George Coltman had an elder half-brother John, of Horncastle, who died while visiting some friends at Bath, and was buried in the abbey there. S. S. McDowALL.