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Viscount Wolseley's statement on the above subject unreliable ; indeed, the family tra- dition referred to by him seems to be corro- borated by the interesting quotations given by ME. HOPE. Apparently the ancestors of both of us with their horses came into inti- mate personal relations with William III. in the course of that long day, as doubtless did many other officers. W. H. MULLOY.

I have in my possession Godfrey Kneller's picture of * William III. after the Battle of the Boyne.' It measures 50 by 34 inches. The horse on which the king is mounted is white. FRANK PENNY.

Supposing the historic picture, or rather the engraving of it, to represent faithfully the battle of the Boyne, it is evident that William III. crossed the river at very shallow water, and very likely when the ground was swampy. On the right of the spectator, the Duke of Schomberg, mortally wounded, is represented as being carried through the river, apparently scarcely covering the tops of the jack boots of the bearers.

On p. 370 the name ought to have been printed D'Arcy, and not Davey. The bearer was Earl of Holderness, and married Frede- rica, granddaughter of Frederick, Duke of Schomberg. JOHN PICKFORD, M.A.

Newbourne Rectory, Woodbridge.

GEORGE STEINMAN STEINMAN (10 th S. ii. 88, 314, 350). I have often testified to the value of Mr. Steinman's antiquarian works, and I think it would be a good thing if his privately printed commentaries on Grammont could be made available to that section of the literary world which takes an interest in the Kestoration period. I have sometimes thought of undertaking a revised edition of these books myself, but want of leisure has pre- vented me. Mr. Steinman originally took this work in hand with the view of sup- plementing an edition of Grammont's ' Memoirs ' which Lord Braybrooke, the editor of Pepys, intended at one time to produce. The books consist of (1) 'Some Particulars contributed towards a Memoir of Mrs. Myddelton, the Great Beauty of the Time of Charles II.,' 1864, with 'Addenda,' 1880 ; (2) ' Althorp Memoirs; or, Biographical Notices of Lady Denham, the Countess of Shrewsbury, the Countess of Falmouth, Mrs. Jenyns, the Duchess of Tyrconnel, and Lucy Walter, Six Ladies whose Portraits are to be found in the Picture Gallery of His Excellency Earl Spencer, E.G.,' 1869, with 'Addenda/ 1880; (3) 'A Memoir of Barbara, Duchess of Cleveland,' 1871, with

'Addenda/ 1874, and 'Second Addenda, 7 1878. As the copyright period has not yet expired, it would be necessary, I presume, to obtain permission for the reissue of these books from the representatives of Mr. Steinman. That gentleman was, I believe, the son of George Leonard Steinman, who was born at St. Gall in Switzerland (where his father, Leonard Steinman, lived), 1 March, 1758, and died at Croydon, 4 January, 1830 (Steinman's 'History of Croydon,' 1834, p. 178). Mr. Steinman married, 2 February, 1836, Emma Catherine Collier, second daughter of John Christy, Esq., of Apuld re- field, Kent (third son of Miller Christy, Esq.), by his wife Sarah, second daughter of Abraham de Home, of Surrey Square. By this lady Mr. Steinman had issue : (1) Matravers Harcourt Collier Bernhard Stein- man, Captain R.H.A., born 13 April, 1839, married 24 April, 1867, Jane Harriet, daughter of Richard Puckle, Esq., of Broadwater, Sussex; (2) Ellen Gertrude de Home Christy Steinman, married 20 August, 1862, William Kemmis, Esq., Captain R.A., and has issue ; (3) Emma Isabella de Home Christy Stein- man. W. F. PRIDEATJX.

BOTTESFORD (10 th S. ii. 349). Your corre- spondents N. M. & A. appear to have been led into a misunderstanding as to the locality of this Bottesford by the curious coincidence of the name of the river, upon which this small town in Leicestershire is situated, being the Devon, sometimes varied in its spelling as the Devan or Deven ; but in the ' Beauties of England and Wales (Leicester- shire) ' it is spelt in the same way as the name of the county. Much concerning this- Bottesford will be found in the ' Antiquities of Leicestershire ' (' Bibliotheca Topographica Britannica,' 1790).

J. HOLDEN MACMlCHAEL.

GWILLIM'S 'DISPLAY OF HERALDRIE' (10 th S. ii. 328). In November, 1858, the Editor of ' N. & Q.,' in reply to a querist, gave the following answer (2 nd S. vi. 403) :

"It is quite true that Dr. John Barkham, or Barcham, Dean of Booking, was the author of Gwillim's ' Heraldry.' Consult Nicolson's l His- torical Libraries'; Wood's ' Athense Oxon.,' by Bliss, ii. 297-299: iii. 36 : Moule's * Biblioth. Herald.,' and Brydges's 'Censura Literaria.'"

See also 2 nd S. vi. 10.

EVERARD HOME COLEMAN, 71, Brecknock Road.

It has been stated that John Guillim gofc possession of the work of Dr. John Bark- ham, Dean of Booking, Essex, and printed the 'Display ' as his. own production ; but the