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but I have come upon another instance of the word pudding that is not susceptible of any such explanation. It occurs in the churchwardens' accounts of Exbourne, Devon, in 1679, thus : " Paid for building up the ehimly in the church hous, and footing up the puding end of the hous."

Could there be an affinity between this term and put-log ? and if so, could pudding jutting ? ETHEL LEGA-WEEKES.

JAMES KENSELL was elected from West- minster to Trinity College, Cambridge, in 1662. Particulars of his parentage and career are desired. G. F. R. B.

HENRY GABY was elected, from West- minster to Trinity College, Cambridge, in 1662. I should be glad of any information about him. G. F. R. B.

SIB JOHN STUART (1759-1815), THE HERO OF MAIDA. I desire to ascertain some par- ticulars of his mother, but the ' Diet. Nat. Biog.,' Iv. 98, gives no assistance.

G. F. R. B.

SIR ROBERT TAYLOR (1714-88), ABCHI- TECT. When and whom did he marry ?

G. F. R. B.

MANUSCRIPT HORJE. In an illuminated manuscript on vellum, apparently of the fifteenth century, now before me, I find several quaint rubrics in the vernacular interspersed between the Latin portions. In one of these, now transcribed and modernized, two lines have been erased at an early period. Can any one kindly supply the missing parts, or state whether this rubric occurs elsewhere ?

" All that say this Oryson following with good devotion and they be in due life and intend to be sorry for their sins shall search

merciful mother of our sovereign saviour

before they shall depart out of this wretched vale of dissolution."

WM. JAGGARD. 139, Canning Street, Liverpool.

SIR DAVID WILKIE : COPIES OF HIS PICTURES. An American correspondent writes to me regarding two copies of paint- ings by Wilkie. Perhaps some readers of 4 N. & Q.' may be able to oblige me with information on a matter which reveals a fresh line of interest as to Wilkie's work. Particular features of note in the writer's statement are the fact that these copies were done during the painter's lifetime, and the omission of certain details. The volume

referred to by the correspondent is ' Sir David Wilkie, R.A.,' in "The Makers of British Art," published by the Walter Scott Publishing Company. This is the description given of the copies :

" These paintings are copies of Wilkie's 'Blind Fiddler ' and ' Blind Man's Buff.' They must have been done during Wilkie's lifetime, as they have been in our family since 1840. In compar- ing them with the reproductions in your book, I find that one figure and some details are left out in the ' Blind Man's Buff ' ; one figure also, that behind the young mother's chair, in ' The Blind Fiddler.' They are painted on wood, are about 13 in. by 16 in., and in fine condition." Is it possible to trace the history and origin of these drawings ? WILLIAM BAYNE.

Training College, Dundee.

MAIMONIDES. I recently met the follow- ing statement, and am desirous to know what amount of accuracy there is in it.

Mr. Jacobson, a travelling antiquary, purchased from a monastery at Toledo in Spain, about 1873, an autobiography of Moses Maimonides, the great Jewish Rabbi (born 1131 at Cordova), also called Moses Egyptus. Where now is this MS. ? It is on 1,200 vellum pages, and contains a vast amount of ancient, rare, and valuable in- formation about many peoples, nations, &c. The author also endeavours to point out the present descendants of all the Hebrew tribes. He employed Jacob Ben Israel, of the tribe of Simeon, to travel for twelve years to discover the tribal localities. The work is accompanied with many useful maps, pen sketches of Biblical objects, &c. Prof. Crum undertook to edit it in 1880.

Unfortunately, the writer of the article gives no authority nor reference for his statements, nor his name. Is such an autobiography in existence ? In fact, is the statement correct ? (See British Israel Messenger, by Unwin, 1880, vol. i. p. Ill-)

D. J

[Has the work referred to any connexion with ' The Itinerary of Benjamin of Tudela,' of which a critical edition has been recently published by Mr. M. N. Adler? See the review in The Aihenteum of 8 Feb., 1908.]

" KEMPISHAWE." Perhaps some reader of ' N. & Q.' can tell me if this is still a field- name or otherwise identified with a spot in Hillingdon or Ickenham, Middlesex. The name occurs in a deed of 1532 (listed in Mr. F. Marcham's third monthly catalogue of deeds). It has been stated that Kensal Green, Willesden, owes its name to a similar spelling, and indicates either the house of one named Kemp, or possibly a " soldier's box." At Hillingdon and Uxbridge Kempes