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 166 NOTES AND QUERIES. [io-h s. iv. AUG. at. iocs. was called to answer Thomas a Ventre on a plea why he did not pay him 101. which he owed him, and unjustly detained ; and Thomas, by John Benge, his attorney, says that he, on 26 September in the third year of the reign of the king that now is, at Tun- bridge, demised to the same John Vane the manor of Hilden with its appurtenances in Tunbridge, except 10*. l^d. of rent and the rent of four peppercorns, two ploughshares, three hens, and twenty-four eggs, parcel of the manor aforesaid, to have and to hold the manor aforesaid, except the above, to John Vane and his assigns, from Michaelmas next following for seven years at a rent of five mares. Vane had neglected to pay the rent ; hence the action. By John Nethersole, his attorney, he asks leave to imparle the plaintiff, which is granted (De Banco, 847, Trin. 13 E. IV. m. 158). It seems not unlikely that John West or his father changed his name on his marriage with Vane. If this is so, further light may be obtainable on the much disputed history of the Vane family. MARK W. BULLEN. Ealing. " JIGGERY - POKERY." — The expression " Hickery-puckery," which MR. JAS. PLATT justly styles (ante, p. 87) singular, brings to mind one, of apparently a similar con- struction, which in years gone by I was in the habit of constantly hearing, viz., "Jiggery-pokery." This was an expression then (and may be it is still) in everyday use with the conjuring fraternity and many other showmen, where their aim was to delude the public. Its meaning seems to be closely allied to that of the phrase alluded to by MR. PLATT, which we may take to be trickery. The expression which I now give was rather forcibly brought to memory within the last week, when I came across two men disputing over some matter; one, shaking his clenched fist at the other, said menacingly, _" Mind ! I '11 have no jiggery-pokery about it," which seemed to imply that he fancied some subterfuge was intended. Of course, I know that, although the sound of the two expressions shows some similarity, their origin 'may be widely different, so I should like to have expert opinion on the matter. W. E. HARLAND-OXLEY. Westminster. HENRY LUCAS.—I have been reading in the ' Diet. Nat. Biog.' the article on Henry Lucas, founder of the Cambridge Mathe- matical Professorship. It omits, I see, one or two interesting points connected with him. It does not mention, for instance, that he belonged to the Middle Temple. His entry is thus recorded on the books of that Inn :— "February 6, 1605.—Henry Lucas, son and heir of Edward Lucas, of Thriplow, co. Cambridge, Esq., deceased." In the account given of him in the 'Diet. Nat. Biog.' he is represented as dying on 22 July, 1663. I think there must be an error here, as this date does not accord with an entry in the Temple Church register of burials. A copy of this, furnished to me by the late Dr. Vaughan, Master of the Temple, runs thus:— " Lucas.—Henry Lucas, of the Middle Temple, Esq: was buried in the high Chancell under Serj' Turner's Moniment the one and twentieth day of July, 1663." It has sometimes been imagined that the above Henry Lucas belonged to the family of Lucases residing at Guilsborough; but this would appear to be incorrect, as the latter bear different arms. The Lucases of Thriplow were of the same stock as the well-known family who were settled in Suffolk as early as 1180. This race owned numerous manors in that county, one of which was Little Saxham. Here Thomas Fitz Lucas, secretary to Jasper, Duke of Bedford, Solicitor - General, 19 Hen. VII., erected a fine mansion, and the church at one time contained many striking monu- ments to the Lucas family. John Lucas, third son of this Thomas Fitz Lucas, removed to Colchester, and became the founder of the Essex branch. Of these the more noted were Sir Thomas Lucas, Knt., of Lexden, and his brothers, Lord Lucas of Shenfield, and Sir Charles Lucas, Knt., the defender of Colchester, who, along with Sir George Lisle, was shot, by the order of Lord Fairfax, when the town surrendered, 28 August, 1648. Their sister Margaret became the wife of William Cavendish, the loyal Duke of Newcastle. Mary, daughter of the first Lord Lucas, was created Baroness Lucas of Crud well, Wilts, and carried with her several of the family estates on her marriage to Anthony de Grey, Earl of Kent (Kev.) J. STRATTON, Master of Lucas's Hospital, Wokingham. EASTER BY THE JULIAN AND GREGORIAN STYLES.—Now that the attention of almanac- makers is being turned towards 1906, and the time is approaching when others will follow them in this, it may be of some interest to point out that Easter Day next year will fall on the same actual day by both styles of the calendar, though we shall call it 15 April, and those of the Eastern Church 2 April. This coincidence has not happened for ten