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O.H.G. angar, a " mead " (from Isaac Tay- lor's 'Names and their Histories'). Others have sought to connect Ung-\a,nd, J?ng-\ish, with the German eng, " narrow," making the English the "dwellers in the narrow land" of Sleswick. Which of these two etymologies is the more generally received among scholars, or is there another solution 1 G. C.

[The 'N.E.D.' says that England is from "OE. Engla land, lit. ' the land of the Angles,' " and refers to ' Angle V which is said to be adopted from Fr. angle, a regular phonetic descendant of Lat. angul-um (nom. -us), corner, a diminutive form, " of which the prim. *angus is not in L. ; cf. Gk. ay/<os, a bend, a hollow angle." The Angles are defined

as "the people of Angul, -ol, -el, ON. Ongull a

district of Holstein, so called from its shape."]

DAVID EVANS, D.D. The Rev. David Evans, D.D., who is given by Boyle in his 'Fashionable Guide,' 1792, as residing at 21, Harley Street, London, was one of his Majesty's preachers at Whitehall. He was rector of West Tilbury, Essex, to which he was preferred by the king in July, 1778. He died in Harley Street on 12 January, 1795. Is anything known of his parentage 1 ? His widow (nee Isabella Howard) married at Hammersmith, on 9 September, 1797, Mr. Francis Jones, of Grosvenor Street, London.

W. ROBERTS.

47, Lansdowne Gardens, Clapham, S.W.

TRAVELS IN CHINA. Can any of your readers recommend a history of travels by Englishmen in China in the middle of the seventeenth century, going into details as regards travellers' names 1

(Rev.) EDWIN S. CRANE.

Thringstone Vicarage, Whitwick, Leicester.

T. BEACH : R. S. HAWKER. (See ante, pp. 285, 286.) MR. HIBGAME has done good service in drawing attention to the recent erection of memorials to these two men. Might one of your readers suggest that if copies of the inscriptions thereon were now forthcoming the value of the notes would be considerably augmented ? EDDONE.

" MR. PILBLISTER AND BETSY HIS SISTER." Who wrote the lines beginning

Mr. Pilblister and Betsy his sister Determined on giving a rout?

M. C.

MUNICIPAL ETIQUETTE. Can any of the contributors to l N. & Q.' refer me to an autho- ritative utterance upon municipal etiquette ? For instance, should I in addressing a com- munication to an alderman write "Mr. Alderman Pompos," or simply "Alderman Pompos" ? In some places the prefix "Mr."

is given only to councillors, and not to aldermen. Why ?

Is it wrong to address a member of a council as "Esquire," even though he be a magistrate ?

Also, when one is a magistrate and a university graduate should the J.P. precede the M.A. ? The magistracy, being a royal bestowal, should, in my opinion, take pre- cedence of a university honour, but others- think contrarily. A. R. C.

HERALDIC. To what families do the fol- lowing arms belong, which I find on an old silver tankard of mine? Party per pale, dexter, a fesse, in chief three fleurs-de-lys ; sinister, a chevron between two fleurs-de-lys. in chief and a crab in base.

A. N. RADCLIFFE,

45, Kensington Square, W.

RICHARD OF SCOTLAND. When in Lucca, on 12 September, I visited the ancient church of S. Frediano, a basilica of the seventh century. In the Cappella del S. Sacramento, beneath the altar, is an inscription to the effect that within lie the remains of Richard, King of Scotland. A printed card in English (very rare in such parts of Italy), with this- legend, " The tomb of King Richard of Scot- land," hangs near at hand. Who was " King " Richard ? Opposite the altar are the tomb- stones of the founder of the chapel (in 1416) and his wife ; but of course this does not even approximately date the king's tomb. WILLIAM GEORGE BLACK.

Ramoyle, Dowanhill, Glasgow.

GOURBILLON OR COURBILLON FAMILY. I

am desirous of tracing a French family which I believe settled in the West Country (Cornwall) or in the West Indies towards the end of the eighteenth century. The name- is Gourbillon (sometimes spelt Courbillon)*. One member, Louis Gourbillon, who took the name of Diancourt, was administrator of the Loterie Royale. Madame Gourbillon, lectrice of the Comtesse, assisted the Comte and Comtesse de Provence to escape from Paris in 1791. A M. Gourbillon was Directeur des Postes at Lille in 1787. I cannot find further particulars before or after of any of the family, and shall be most grateful for information.

J. P. DAVID. 23, Foster Street, Lincoln.

CRICKLEWOOD. The origin of this place- name is still in doubt. Mr. B. W. Dexter's Cricklewood and District ' suggests that it may come from " crick " as a variant of creek, and that the word Cricklewood thus repre-