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 374 NOTES AND QUERIES. CM* a. iv. NOV. «. MB. ancient documents, but I suspect these docu- ments existed only in Parton's imagination, or else that he confused the lane with the authentic "Elde Strate" (Old Street), in the parish of St. Giles without Cripplegate. _ A "strate" means a paved road, and it is im- probable that a thoroughfare of this descrip- tion would have sunk into the condition of the country lane that we see depicted by Aggas. It is a practice of topographers to •copy from their predecessors without any •examination of evidence, and after a time fiction acquires the force of fact. This is shown by the statement that Hog Lane, about the year 1762, received the name of Crown Street, and was called so after the " Rose and Crown " Tavern at the corner of Rose Street. It was, I believe, Cunningham who first made a suggestion to this effect in his 'Handbook of London.' This suggestion has now developed into a statement of fact. But Hatton, in his 'New View of London,' 1708, i. 270, in describing the boundaries of St. Giles's parish, calls the thoroughfare 41 Hog Lane or Crown Street," so the name is nearly sixty years older than Cunningham imagined. That it continued to be known as Hog Lane is only in accordance with human nature, which dislikes innovation of this kind. Up to the present day I always think of the thoroughfare connecting Paddington with Islington as the New Road, in which faith I was brought up. It requires an effort to recall the fact that years ago an inventive genius split the road into Marylebone and Euston. In olden days these mnemonic exercises were still more difficult, as the streets were not universally labelled. But in 1762, if Cunningham is correct, the local authorities jogged people's memories by fixing up a tablet with the inscription, "This is Crown Street, 1762," and after that date Hog Lane was forgotten by map-makers. As regards the name, Maitland, ' History of London,' 1739, p. 760, says :— "The Gallows was erected at the north end of the Garden Wall belonging to the Hospital opposite the Pound, where at present the Crown Tavern is situate, between the ends of St. Giles's High Street and Hog Lane." Hatton, in his list of London streets, ' New View,1 i. 22, gives "Crown Yard, at the N. end of Hog Lane, by St. Giles's Pound." He also gives, ' New View,' i. 70, " Rose and Crown Yard, at the northerly side of the broad part of St. Giles's Street." It is evident, therefore, that Crown Street derived its name from the " Crown " Tavern at its northern end, and not from the " Rose and Crown," which was a different place of entertainment, whether situate in Broad Street, or at the corner of Rose Street, Soho. W. F. PRIDEAUX. S. iv. 309).—H. H. B. is right in his surmises; the old Rue des Postes was renamed Rue Lhomond, 27 February, 1867, and Rue Neuve Ste. Genevieve became Rue Tournefort, 24 August, 1864. The College Rollin was No. 34, Rue des Postes, but in 1823 it was called College Ste. Barbe, and did not take the name of Rollin till after the Revolution of 1830. Rue Copeau is now Rue Lacepede ; and Rue du Petit Banquier is Rue Watteau. The Rue de Pontoise has existed since 1772, and still remains. Rue du Battoir—there should be a comma between "Battoir "and " St. Victor " in H. H. B.'s query—retained its name till 17 January, 1894, since when it is called Rue de Quatrefag_es. The Roe St. Victor of the present day is only part of the old street; a portion has been renamed Rue Jussieu, and a portion is now Rue Linne, Having made Old Paris my special study for fifteen years, I consider myself rather an authority on the subject, and shall be glad to give any readers of 'N. &_Q.,' who may be searching in our city, any information in my power. ROBERT B. DOUGLAS. 64, Rue des Martyrs, Paris. RIPLEY ARMS (10th S. iii. 167; iv. 314).- When Edward Baines wrote his ' History of the County of York,' 1822, there was in the great staircase of Ripley Castle a superb Venetian window of stained glass,ornamented with a series of escutcheons displaying the quarterings and intermarriages of the Ingilby family during a period of 443 years- Is it not probable, if this window still exists, that the Ripley arms will be found quartered here with those of the Sir Thomas de Ingilby who, in 1378, married the heiress of the Ripley family, and then came into possession of the estate? The Ingilby Amcotts arms are given in Burke's ' General Armory.' where also those of Ripley, co. York, are said to be Per chevron, dovetailed or and vert, three lions rampant counterchanged. Crest, a demi-lion rampant, reguardant, vert, col- lared argent, holding between the paws an escutcheon per chevron, or and azure. J. HOLDEN MACMlCHABL. HENRY ALVAREZ, S.J.: HENRY AIWAY (10th S. iv. 126).—In the Winchester College Register of Scholars the marginal note to the name of Henry Alway (elected 1534) i« " Sacerdos," and this note seems to support MR. WAINEWRIGHT'S conjecture that Henry Alvarez, S.J., was the same man. Henry
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