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coronet of nine balls, a mitre and pastoral staff; on a ribbon below "B. H. de Fourey."

3. Quarterly, 1 and 4, Gu., a dimidiated eagle displayed or ; 2 and 3, Az., an arm extended from the dexter side, grasping a scimitar upright. In pretence, Az., a lion ramp, arg., facing the sinister, grasping a sword upright. Supporters, two lions. Crest, three ostrich feathers issuing from a coronet of nine balls, with the motto, on a ribbon round the feathers, " Prudentia." Ensigned by two lances, each with a square flag, Az., a bend arg. Motto below the shield, "Un dieu, un roi, un amour."

4. On the shield a ducal coronet, issuant therefrom two palm branches, in base two swords in saltire. The shield ensigned with a bishop's hat.

5. Quarterly, 1, Gu., two dragons ramp, supporting in their paws a coronet ; 2, Az., an eagle displayed sa. ; 3, Or, a man on horse- back gu., in his right hand a sword ; 4, Arg., man's face with moustaches and wings. Supporters, two eagles. Ensigned with a crown having eighteen pearls on the bridge and an orb surmounted by a cross. Initials below ^ the whole "P. P. t." Pendant from the shield a Maltese cross, with an eagle dis- played thereon. Mottoes, " Nee temere nee timide" and " Pro fide, rege et lege."

F. SYDNEY WADDINGTON. 243, Queen's Road, Dalston, N.E.

SCHOOL COMPANY. Where can I find an extended account of a school company which maintains some sixty proprietary schools in England ? D. M.

Philadelphia.

I MAJUSCULE. Can any of your readers inform me why the pronoun I is written with a capital letter 1

Queries inserted in other periodicals have failed to elicit a satisfactory explanation.

Louis C. HURT.

" JESSO." I have an earthenware bedroom set with the word "Jesso" written on it. The makers are Morgan, Wood & Co. I shall be much obliged if any one can tell me the meaning of the word and the date of the set.

M.A.OxoN.

[Is the word a variant of gesso ? See the ' N.E.D. ' s.v.]

DENNY FAMILY. I should be glad of any information regarding MSS., &c., relating to the above family, or the whereabouts of portraits, &c. I am engaged in making col- lections with a view to producing an exten- sive history of the Denny family their ancestors and descendants, which would in-

clude, amongst others, the following families : Troutbeck (ante 1550) ; Champernowne (ante 1600) ; Edgcumbe(twtel620); Koper, Viscounts Baltinglass; Maynard, of London, and Curry- glass, co. Cork ; Coningsby,Earl of Coningsby; Day, of Kerry ; Lyster, of co. Roscommon.

I am particularly desirous of information on the following points :

1. Does any description exist of the monu- ment erected in St. Benet's, Paul's Wharf* London, to the memory of Sir Edmond Denny, Baron of the Exchequer in 1520 1

2. Whose are the following arms quartered by Denny (before Troutbeck, brought in temp. Hen. VII.) : Or, a fesse dancet. gu., and in chief three martlets sable 1

3. Whom did the Kev. Hill Denny, of Herts, marry? and what became of his son William, B.A.Oxon. 1729-30, cet. twenty, and, circa 1743, of Cheshunt, Herts, and a cornet in the Duke of Montague's Kegiment of Horse? (Rev.) H. L. L. DENNY.

Londonderry.

LUDOVICO. I have a painting of ' Cupids with Garlands, 5 exhibited many years aga under the name of Ludovico. I cannot find this name in either Bryan or Pilkington. Will some one kindly tell me the real name of the artist? The picture is very old, and certainly of the Italian School.

C. P. TABOR.

JACOBITE VERSES. Upwards of ten years- ago I quoted from J. R. Best's 'Four Years in France' (see 8 th S. iv. 466) a jingle which connects George I. with turnips, point- ing out that at Norwich Assizes, 2 August, 1716, a certain Mr. Matthew Fern, who had drunk the exiled monarch's health, and called George a " turnip-hougher," had been con- demned to a year's imprisonment and a heavy fine (Salmon, * Chronological Historian/ p. 364). At the time of writing I did not understand why turnips, in the mind of the Jacobite verse -writer and Mr. Fern, had become connected with George I. In reading Thomas Hearne's ' Remarks and Collections/ I have found the reason. I transcribe the passage, which some of your readers may like to see :

" Jan. 31 [1718]. There is a Ballad handed about both in MS. & print, called 'The Turnip Hoer.' The Author is said to be one Mr. Wharton, a young Master of Arts of Magd. Coll. It is a Satyr upon K. George, who when he first came to England, talk'd of turning St. James' Park into Turnip Ground, & to imploy Turnip Hoers." Vol. vi. p. 134 (Oxford Historical Society).

If the ballad be yet in existence it would be well if it were printed in 'N. & Q.' As to Mr. Fern, who got into such serious trouble