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 s. iv. JULY is, loos.] NOTES AND QUERIES. 49 the family history of Richard Cox, Bishop of Ely, 1581, and first Dean of Christ Church, Oxford, beyond that given in the 'D.N.B.'? I am specially anxious to obtain it, E. G. C. " NADGAIRS."—I should be glad to learn the meaning of the word "Nadgairs" in the following title of "Les Reports du tres erudite Edmund Anderson, Cnivalier, Nadgairs, Seigniour Chief Justice del Common-Bank. London, Printed by T. E. for Andrew Crook [and others] and are to be sold at their Shops. 1664." ARTHUR DENMAN. 29, Cranley Gardens, S.W. • [Is it possible that the word is an effort after naguire—formerly ?] HOGARTH.—On 3 June, at Christie's, was sold this artist's '• conversation piece," "The Wanstead Assembly,' which fetched the sum of 2.887J. 10s. Hogarth was thirty-one years of age when he painted this picture for Lord Castlemaine. Is there any record of so large a sum ever before having been given for a painting by an artist at that age? Further, is not that the largest sum ever paid for a Hogarth 1 J. HARRIS STONE. Oxford and Cambridge Club. [What about Raphael ?] PAUL FAMILY.—Can any reader state in what actions George Paul took part? His first commission as lieutenant was in 1783, and it is believed that he rose to the rank of Commodore. He was living in 1829. The district from which he hailed is thought to have been New Alresford or Winchester. Is it known who his ancestors were ] F. P. WILLIAM MASON'S PORTRAITS.—What ori- ginal portraits of William Mason, the poet, are known 1 I possess a copy of his 'Elfrida,' , with an engraving, facing to the left, by I Ridley. " from an original painting." Where "; is this ? Possibly in Pembroke College, Cam- bridge, though I do not remember seeing it there. T. CANN HUGHES, M.A. F.S.A. Lancaster. ' CORYAT'S CRUDITIES ': ERROR IN 1905 EDITION.—In MacLehose's edition of Coryat's book, at p. 98 of the second volume (p. 3_79 of the original edition), some words are omitted. LI. 7, 8, read thus: "either with fair monu- ments, or | beautified by Carolus Magnus." What are the words which are omitted 1 J. F. R. Godalming. SHAKESPEARE'S VOCABULARY.—Nearly three years ago MR. REGINALD HAINES wrote (9th S. x. 52) that he hoped shortly to state the exact proportion of words that Shakspere and Bacon have in common, not being " words common to all writers of that period." I shall be glad to know where I can see the result of his investigations. Q. V. "CONCERTS OF ANTIENT MUSIC." (10th S. iii. 488.) THE "King's Concert Rooms" in Totten- ham Street were built about 1770 by Francis Pasquali (not Paschali), who was associated in the undertaking with Michael Novosielski, the builder of the rooms and husband of Pasquali's daughter Regina, who afterwards became a celebrated singer. In the " King's Rooms " were held the " Concerts of Antient Music " from about 1770 to 1794, when they were transferred to the King's Theatre in the Haymarket, which had been built by Novosielski as an opera-house in 1790, and which survived as "Her Majesty's Theatre " till 1867, when it was destroyed by fire. In April, 1786, Pasquali and Novosielski had leased the rooms to the directors of the " Concerts of Antient Music " for a period of twenty-one years. Further information re- garding this place of entertainment, which either flourished or withered as a theatre under many names, will be found in St. Pan- eras Notes and Queries, pp. 83, 85, 108, 180a, 207, 214, and 216. I have been informed that only about forty complete copies of this valuable periodical are in existence, but one will be found in the British Museum. W. F. PRIDEAUX. So early as the year 1710, several eminent composers and performers in London con- certed a plan for the study and practice of vocal and instrumental music. This scheme, supported and encouraged by persons of the first rank, was the starting-point of the "Academy of Ancient Music," instituted at the " Crown and Anchor" in the Strand. Amongst the distinguished authors of the project were Dr. Pepuscb, Mr. John Lamert, Galliard, and Mr. Gates, gentleman of the King's Chapel. But the " Concert of Ancient Music," known later as the King's Con- cert, was a branch which seceded from the Academy of Ancient Music. The younger society was also known as the " Ancient Concert," and was established in 1776, when Thomas Greatorex (who arranged many musical compositions for the "Concert" by adding complete orchestral, vocal, and instrumental parts, to what, perhaps, was