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town which had been seized into the king's hands restored (Cooper's * Annals of Cam- bridge,' 1843, vol. i. p. 117, quoting Madox, 'Firma Burgi,' 142). The two individuals seem, however, to have been frequently con- fused by writers (cf. 'D.N.B.,' and Foss, 'The Judges of England,' art. ' John de Cantebrig ').

In 1340 we find a Stephen de Cambridge mentioned in Cooper's 'Annals of Cambridge,' vol. i. p. 93, who acted as attorney for the Mayor and Bailiffs of the town of Cambridge.

In 1392 the will of Isabel Cambridge (Langley), Duchess of Euerwyk and Countess of Foderingey, co. Northants, was proved in the Prerogative Court of Canterbury (Reg. 7 Rous).

There was Sir William Cauntebrigg, who was Alderman and Sheriff of the City of London in 1415 (Ry ley's 4 Memorials,' p. 620; Letter - Book I., fol. clix). By his will, which was proved in the Prerogative Court of Canterbury (Reg. 16 Luffenam), in 1432, from which it appears that he was a member of the Grocers' Company, he left property to his wife Edith for her life, with remainder to the Prior of the London Charterhouse. The will was dated 27 December, 1431, and was registered in the Court of Husting 6 May, 1433 (R. R. Sharpe, Gal. of Wills Court of Husting,' vol. ii. p. 463).

H. W. UNDERDOWN.

CRICKET. It may interest the readers of rately printed references, if not the first, to a cricket match is a folio broadside, " printed for J. Parker in Paternoster Row,'' 1712, a copy of which (probably unique) was sold at Sotheby's rooms, 21 June last, lot 480, entitled " The Devil and the Peers ; or. The Princely way of Sabbath-breaking. Being a True Account of a famous Cricket-Match
 * N. & Q.' to know that one of the earliest sepa-

between the Duke of M, another Lord,

and two Boys, on Sunday the 25th of May last, 1712, near Fern-Hill in Windsor Forrest ; for Twenty Guineas." I am under the im- pression that I have seen an advertisement of a still earlier cricket match, viz., of the year 1705, in a contemporary newspaper (the Postman, I believe); but the same cannot, of course, be considered a "separately printed reference " in the sense of the above.

W. I. R, V.

monthly was delivered at my residence upon its first appearance in May, 1878, and received regularly there until it expired in July. The first three volumes were smaller (royal 8vo) than were the after issues. Further, these earlier books, as bound, are bibliographical
 * MAGAZINE OF ART.' This now defunct

curiosities, possessing no preface, date, or indication of their respective dates of issue. The first volume contains eight parts only. Upon the next, under an etching by Hubert Herkomer, occur the words, "Magazine of Art. Vol. II.," but absolutely no date. Vol. III. is also dateless. Messrs. Cassell & Co., the publishers, explained to me, many years ago, that, originally published simply as monthly issues, until the Magazine of Art had attained its fourth year they were not at all sure the venture was going to survive. Hence the omissions mentioned.

HARRY HEMS. Fair Park, Exeter.

BROOM SQUIRES. In that delightful book 'Old West Surrey,' by Gertrude Jekyll, re- cently published, allusion is made to a notable rural industry heath and birch broom - making and the makers of those unrivalled domestic necessities, who are popularly known as " broom squires." Mr. Baring-Gould has made those humble workers of the country- side famous in his Hind head story ' The- Broom Squire.'

Some light upon the origin of this now generally acknowledged sobriquet will b& acceptable, certainly to the writer. Miss Jekyll calls them " broom-squarers."

Another explanation, which is given as received from a member of my own family, who has been familiar with the story from his boyhood, has, I think, never been pub- lished. It is this. In the early years of the last century an old broom - maker named White lived at Shottermill, in Surrey. He was in a larger way in the broom business than was, perhaps, usual in that day, and was an employer of labour. Top-boots were then the special privilege of men of the squire class. Our friend the broom-maker appeared one day in a brand-new pair of top- boots, and created a sensation. The neigh- bours humorously dubbed him " the Broom- Squire," thus inaugurating a nickname des- tined to live and gain considerable currency in the south of England.

I do not know if this matter has been investigated to any extent in * N. & Q.' ; but information or conclusions from other corre- spondents may possibly interest regular readers. CHARLES PANNELL.

FIRST BISHOP CONSECRATED IN WESTMINSTER CATHEDRAL. It is interesting to note that the Right Rev. Patrick Fen ton, who was consecrated Bishop of Amycla on Sunday,. 29 May, is the first bishop consecrated in Westminster Cathedral, and in all pro- bability the first Roman Catholic bisnop