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 36 NOTES AND QUERIES. [io<" s. iv. JULY s. 1905. WESLEY AND THE Wi<; (10th S. iii. 269).—I have a very old umbrella, which will answer the question whether John Wesley wore a wig. The handle of it is an ivory bus_t of John Wesley, with long hair falling in a wave round his neck at the back. It is evidently not meant for a wig, and is incom- patible with the wearing of a wig over it. My attention has been drawn to the con- cluding paragraph of the sketch of Wesley's life prefixed to his 'Journals,' published in 1836 :— "In dress, he was a pattern of neatness and sim- plicity. A narrow plaited stock; a coat, with small upright collar; no buckles at his knees ; no silk or velvet in any part of his apparel; and a head as white as snow gave an idea of something primitive and apostolic; while an air of neatness and cleanliness was diffused over his whole person." The italics are mine. A wig would not be thus described, and the hair of the portrait in the book agrees with the ivory bust. HENRY E. FRANKS. Rye, Sussex. SIR GEORGE DAVIES, BART. (10th S. iii. 469). —In the 'Synopsis of the Extinct Baro- netage of England,' by William (Jourthope, London, 1835, p. 60, is the following :— " Davies, of London. Or. 11 Jan. 1685-6. "1. Sir George Davies, consul and agent at Naples, created as above, concerning whom no further information has been obtained." In'The English Baronetage,'London, printed for Tho. Wotton, 1741, vol. iv. p. *278, is the following, under ' King James II.': " 890 Jan. 11. 1685. Davies, of London." This is in the list of' Baronets, Extinct, dec.' ROBERT PIERPOINT. QUENINGTON, GLOUCESTERSHIRE (10th S. iii. 489).—Previously to the reign of King John a preceptory for the Knights Hospitallers of St. John of Jerusalem was founded here by Agnes Laci, William de Poictou, and the Countess Cecilia; and the endowments being afterwards increased, the Knights became possessed of the entire manor, which, after the suppression, was granted to Sir Anthony Kingstone, A.D. 1545. At the beginning of last century it was the property of Michael Hicks Beach, Esq. The pre- ceptory was surrounded by a moat, then mostly filled up. See also Dugdale's ' Monas- ticon Anglicanum,' 1846, vol. vi. part ii. p. 803 ; Tanner's ' Notitia Monastica,' 1787 (Gloucestershire, xxvii.); and James Dug- dale's 'British Traveller,' 1819, vol. u. p. 468. Concerning lands in Formert belonging to the monastery of Queenington, •which is sometimes spelt " Quienington/' see Sir Robert Atkyns's ' Ancient and Present State of Gloucestershire,' 1768, • p. 234 and pp. 321-2. J. HOLDEN MACMICHAEL. HOUSE OF LORDS, 1625-60 (10th S. iii. 448, 497). — The following works may help G. T. :— The Order and Manner of the Sitting of the Lords as Peers of the Realme in the Higher House of Parliament. London, 16'JS. The Order of Sitting of the Upper House in the High Court of Parliament, ko. London, 1630. A Perfecter Platform then hath hitherto been published of the Lower House, &c., with the names of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal of the Upper House, tic. London, KV27. Catalogue of the Names of all such who were summoned to any Parliament (or Reputed Parlia- ment) from the year 1&40. London, 1661.—This gives the Lords, &c., at Oxford, 1613, and in the Parliament held in 1650. Peers, unless they had an English title, could not sit in the House of Lords before 1700. JOHN RADCLIFFE. WILLIAM WAYNFLBTB (10th S. iii. 461).— H. C. does not mention the theory advanced by Mr. A. F. Leach in his 'History of Winchester College,' pp. 204-5 (viz., that the bishop should be identified with the Winchester scholar William Patney, of Patney, Wilts), the reason for his silence being, I presume, that the author of the theory has now himself relegated it to the category of the "just possible"; see' 'Victoria History of Hampshire,' vol. ii. pp. 284-5. There seems to be no evidence either that Wayneflete had any connexion with Winchester College before he became head master, or that his father ever resided in Wiltshire. JOHN B. WAINEWRIGHT. HOLLICKE OR HOLLECK, CO. MIDDLESEX (10th S. iii. 387, 435).—As regards the name Hol- lick, I accept COL. PRIDEAUX'S derivation in preference to my own. In John Norden's map of Middlesex, "augmented by J. Speed" (about 1610), the town Hollick is placed between Muswell Hill and " Duccatts "—a sub-manor easily traceable to Duckett's Com- mon, in the Green Lanes. It is also important to note that in this map Hollick is separated from Friern Barnet by Colney Hatch. Whatever doubt, however, there may be as to the locality of the town, there is none as regards Hollick Wood. COL. PRIDKAUX, I observe, omits all mention of the woodv. Even so late as 1802 it was in existence, and known to be in the manor of Tottenham. This can be verified by reference to a docu- ment entitled ' Remarks on the Perambula- tion of the Parish of Tottenham made by the Parishioners on the 27th May, 1802.' The