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 io- s. iv. NOV. 11,1905.] NOTES AND QUERIES. 389 duelling, why is the duellist punished ? On the contrary, if against it, why is a man who deliberately kills another allowed to escape with so light a sentence for bloodguiltiness? M. P. GEORGE III. AND SYDENHAM WELLS.—I have made several attempts to ascertain the date of the king's'visit, when he is said to have spent a day there and drunk the waters ; but I nave been unsuccessful. That this royal visit was no mere tradition, as some writers would have it, is proved by the fact that the present owner of the little house in Wells Road, Upper Sydenham, possesses the identical table at which the king sat on the occasion, and had, down to a recent date, the chair he used, though this, having almost perished, had to be broken up. The visit must have been made between the years 1791 and 1810—rather a wide range. I have searched the general index to The Gentleman's Magazine, but without finding any mention of it there. Perhaps one of your readers may know, or could help me to discover it, and will kindly communicate through 'N. & Q.' A. S. FOOKD. 11, Riverview Gardens, Barnes, S.W. TCTFNEL FAMILY.—I have accounts rendered by William and John Tufnel for bricklaying and joinery work done at " Her Majesties Receipt of Excheq1," and at the houses of Charles Dartiquenave in " Burlington Ground," 1711-1722. The name is Tufnell, Tuffnell, Tuffnel, by the same hands in different accounts. Is anything known re- specting these evidently important trades- men ? Are they in any way connected with the William Tufnell who in 1754, on the decease of Sir William Hatton, entered into possession of the manor of Barnsbury 1 ALECK ABRAHAMS. 39. Hillmarton Road, N. SIR ROBERT LYTTON.— Any biographical information, or references to books and manuscripts, relating to Sir Robert Lytton will be gladly received. He died 6 May, 1483, and was buried by his wife Isabella (who predeceased him in 1458) in Tides well Church, where is a well-preserved brass to their memory. He was an ancestor of the Lyttons of Knebworth. He is said to have been Under - Treasurer of England temp. Henry VI. JAS. M. J. FLETCHER. Tideswell Vicarage, near Buxton, Derbyshire. DEYDEN PORTRAITS.—I should be glad to know the present whereabouts of the follow- ing portraits of John Dryden. No doubt many have changed hands more than once since the date at which my list was com- piled—1800. • 1. A painting, artist unknown, probably painted in 1664, in picture gallery at Oxford. 2. A painting, supposed date 1690, by Closterman, engraved by Faithorne, Jun. 3. A painting by Riley, formerly in posses- sion of Mr. Davenport Bromley, of Bagintou, co. Warwick. 4. A painting by Kneller, formerly owned by Mr. Baker, of Bayfordbury, Herts. 5. A painting, engraved by Vertue and Houbraken, in possession of Edward, Earl of Oxford. 6. A painting once owned by Addison, and afterwards the property of Mr. J. Simpson, second son of Lord Bradford. 7. A painting in the possession of Horace, Earl of Orford, said to have been by Mau- 8. Duplicate of No. 7, owned by C. Bed- ford, of Brixton. 9. Drawing by Fab. Steele, in possession of Rev. Mr. Bilton, chaplain of All Souls College, Oxford. 10. Paintings in possession of the Piggott family of Shropshire. Any particulars of other known portraits would be gladly received. P- M. BRI : THE PLANCHE.—Can any reader tell me the meanings of the following names that appear in ray neighbourhood? A house is called Bri House. What does Bri mean ? A part of a parish is called the Planche. What does Planche mean 1 L. SUSSEX INSCRIPTION.—The subjoined in- scription on a mural tablet in a Sussex church recently attracted my attention :— Carolus Jollands q. obiit die mens A.D. mdccolxvj aetat. Ixxxij. Sarah uxor ej. q. obiit die mens A.D. mdoccxxxviij aetat. Ixj. What puzzles me is the meaning of " die mens." There is a mark of abbreviation in each case over the "ns" of "mens." If on day of month, then what day and what month 1 Neither the vicar nor the archdeacon, to whom I pointed it out, could explain it. A. E. BARRETT. 'JENETTA NORWEB,' A LOST BOOK.—Early in the last century a book was published entitled ' Jenetta Norweb ; or, the Tale, alas ! too True.' Such is the title as told to me by two friends, both of whom have been long dead. The volume was, I think, issued by subscription. Its writer was a Miss Mary Brown, who then lived at Brigg, in Lincoln- shire. I have heard that many people mis- took it for a novel; but it was in truth an