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NOTES AND QUERIES. [lo* s. n. JULY so, 190*.

Mary, and Singin for St. John are equally familiar. I have also met with Sample for St. Paul, Stanton for St. Anthony, and Sint- lin for St. Helen. As these contractions occur not infrequently in documents where their forms obscure the actual names, it would be of service to have a collection of all known instances. Can such a list be supplied 1 R. OLIVER HESLOP.

Newcastle-upon-Tyne.

[In the * Clergy Directory ' \re find a name which the bearer writes St. Clair spelt Sinclair. It is a second, and not a final, name.]

WOFFINGTON. Can any reader who is interested in nomenclature oblige with the information whether Woffington is a root- name or a mere variant? Dragged once upon a time from obscurity by the genius of a great but lowly-born actress, the name has always been rare, and now seems to be extinct. Although possessing an unmis- takable English air, it is, I am told, Flemish in its origin : a fact if fact it be that would seemingly account for its infrequency in our country. Information on the point would also be thankfully received. m If the current directories of the principal cities in the United Kingdom be any criterion, the name Woffington is now 'no longer extant. In them one can only trace possible variants in Woffenden, Woffendon, Woffindin, Wolfenden, Wolfendin, Wolfington, Woolfen- den, Woffendale, and Wolfendale. It is noteworthy that in Dublin, the natal city of Peg Woffington, records of the Woffendens are to be found as far back as the year 1664. REGINALD G. LAWRENCE.

LADY ELIZABETH GERMAIN. Is there an engraved portrait of this lady ? or where can any other portrait of her be seen ?

XYLOGRAPHER.

" REVERSION " OF TREES. I shall esteem it a favour if any of your correspondents can inform me whether any, and if so what, special name is given to trees, such as the orange and plum, the seeds of which appa- rently revert to their original wild type; also whether a list of them is given in any standard work. KERNEL.

GEORGE STEINMAN STEINMAN. This able antiquary, the historian of Croydon and biographer of Court favourites in the days of the second Charles, was an occasional con- tributor to ' 1ST. & Q.' from 1852 to 1869. His Notes on Grammont' (1 st S. viii. 461) are especially valuable. His separate publica- tions cover the period 1833-80. I do not see MR. feTEiNMAN's name in the Jubilee lists

of 1 N. & Q.,' 1899-1900. Is he still living? Information much desiderated.

ITA TESTOR.

COTTYNGHAM WILL. Among the * Wills- proved in Prerogative Court of Canterbury, 1383-1558' (British Record Society), under ] 546 occurs that of " Cottyngham, William, St. Marten, Ludgate, London, 29 Alen." Where can I see this will 1 I have tried Somerset House, but the will is not there.

IGNORAMUS.

'GOD SAVE THE KlNG ' PARODIED. An old

man who, if he were alive, would be more than a hundred years of age, used to sing a.

garody on * God save the King,' in which the allowing lines occurred :

Bring us good ale in store,

And when that 's done send us more

And the key of the cellar door.

Has this ditty ever been printed ? and if it has, where can I see it ? K. P. D. E.

EDMUND HALLEY, SURGEON R.N. A letter from the Public Record Office, dated 17 Nov., 1898, signed by the late Mr. J. J. Cartwright, courteously conveys the information follow- ing, as the result of a search made, under direction of the Deputy - Keeper, in the Admiralty records, relative to Edmund Halley, Surgeon R.N. :

Ship, Dursley ; rank, surgeon; entered 8 May, 1732 ; discharged 15 January, 1733. Quitted.

Half-pay surgeon ; entered 21 Feb., 1733 ; discharged 13 Sept., 1739.

Ship, Bristoll ; rank, surgeon ; entered 14 Sept., 1739 ; discharged 8 Aug., 1740. His- wife Isabella, Ex.

Is it known in what parish he resided or where he was buried 1 His domicile in 1736 appears to have been on property, presumably in or near London, formerly belonging to his. paternal grandfather (see 9 th S. xi. 464).

EUGENE FAIRFIELD McPiKE.

Chicago, U.S.

THOMAS RAYNOLDS. In his * Memorials Ecclesiastical of King Edward VI.,' ch. xix., Strype gives at the year 1552 a list of persons excepted from the general pardon granted by the long. Nearly at the end of the list we find " Thomas Raynolds of Whitstable, in the county of Kent, and another Thomas Ray- nolds." Who was the second Thomas Ray- nolds 1 Was he an ecclesiastic 1 And what was his offence 1 H. A.

TWERTON VICARS. In September last some queries as to a few former vicars of Twerton, Somerset, were so readily and truly answered