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Bradley, gent., was proved at Bury in 1704 ; also the will of Philippa Sanderson of Great Bradley, widow, in 1747. Extracts from these wills would be much appreciated, and I shall be pleased to correspond with any one interested in the name, whether of Great Bradley or elsewhere.

Were these Sandersons connected with those of Little Thurlow, in which branch the Christian name Martin occurs ?

CHAS. HALL, CROUCH.

48, Nelson Road, Stroud Green, N.

MAJOR W. LAWLOR. I am anxious to discover the parentage of Major William Lawlor, of the 1st Battalion Halifax (Nova Scotia) Regiment, who resided in 1807 at Thornton Avenue, Greenwich, Kent. He was father of Sophia Reed, the wife of Sir John Theophilis Lee, R.N., D.L., J.P., of Lauriston Hall, Torquay ; and of Elizabeth, who married Provo Featherstone Wallis, and who had among other children Admiral of the Fleet Sir Provo William Parry Wallis, G.C.B., and Elizabeth, who married Capt. Lord James Townshend, son of George 4th Viscount Townshend.

I also desire to know the names of Major Lawlor's wife and of her parents, and par- ticulars of the family to which she belonged, with dates ; and the names of the children of Major Lawlor, with dates of their births, marriages, and deaths.

R. VATJGHAN GOWEB. Ferndale Lodge, Tunbridge Wells.

BLANCHER OR BLANCHERD OF HULL. Can any reader of ' N. & Q.' say where I may find the Christian name of Alderman Blancher or Blancherd of Hull, circa 1640, or the name of his wife ? He had a daughter Mary, who became the second wife of Thomas Pigott of Banagher, King's County, son of John Pigott of Raheenduff, Queen's County, by his second wife, daughter of Francis Edgeworth (probably the clerk in the Hanaper Office, Dublin, whose will was proved 1627) of Edgeworthstown, co. Longford, and widow of Pierce Moore of Raheenduff. WM. JACKSON PIGOTT.

Manor House, Dundrum, co. Down.

THOMAS BALNBRIDGE, c. 1568. Is any- thing known of the family of Thomas Bain- bridge, said to have been burnt for heresy before 1568 ? The name of Bainbridge occurs in the old deeds of the manor of East Tyther- ley, Hants, of which they are supposed to have been lords early in the fifteenth century. The ' D.N.B.' gives a Thomas Bainbrigg, Master of Christ's College, Cam-

bridge (d. 1646), and another Thomas, 1636- 1703 both too late. I shall be grateful for information.

(Mrs.) F. H. STICKLING. Romsey, Hampshire.

CLEMENT'S INN KNOCKER. What became of the colossal brass knocker which up to less than twenty years ago adorned the door of the Hall of Clement's Inn, now pulled down ? Albert Smith's description in ' Christopher Tadpole ' " a knocker evi- dently intended for the use of some ogre residing there, who lives entirely upon broiled clients, garnished with fricasseed indentures " will keep its memory green ; but, apart from that, I have the personal recollection of a debating society held at the Hall in 1869, and should be glad to know if this probably unique door-knocker is in public or private hands, and where.

W. B. H.

' THE MILLENNIAL STAR.' Can any one tell me where there is a file of this news- paper ? I do not find it in the British Museum. It was an exponent of Mor- monism in the early days of the movement, and was, I think, printed in Liverpool. Another early Mormon paper, The Prophet (New York), appears to be exceedingly rare. I found some numbers of it at Salt Lake City in 1907. RICHARD H. THORNTON.

36, Upper Bedford Place, W.C.

ESSEX'S IRISH CAMPAIGN. To which epi- sode in Essex's Irish campaign, 1599, is reference made in the opening scene of ' Much Ado about Nothing ' ? See Temple edition. H. H. STEWART.

SCOTTISH LAW CASE: SIR COOLIE CON- DIDDLE. What was the case alluded to by Sir William Ashton in the following passage in ' The Bride of Lammermoor ' ?

' I remember the celebrated case of Sir Coolie Condiddle of Condiddle, who was tried for theft under trust, of which all the world knew him guilty, and yet was not only acquitted, but lived to sit in judgment on honester folk." Chap. xvi. It was said in Scotland prior to the Union, " Show me the man, and I will show you the law." JOHN PICKFORD, M.A.

Newbourne Rectory, Woodbridge.

THIRD FOOT GUARDS AT THE BATTLE OF BAYONNE, 1814. I should be greatly obliged if any correspondent could give a few notes concerning the above regiment about this time, viz., the date of embarkation from England, with name of vessel ; port of ailing ; date of battle ; also names of