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effigies of Sir Thomas and Lady Grantham, from St. Martin's, Lincoln ; also, from Goltho Church, in the same county, of a stained- glass window, dated 1657, exhibiting the armorial bearings of the ancient Lincoln Grantham family (see Maddison's 'Lincoln Pedigrees '). These monuments Mr. Gran- tham removed to Barcombe, in Sussex, his residence being Barcombe Place, formerly known as Barcombe Cross Farm ; and he then asked the rector to allow him to erect them in the neighbouring St. Mary's Church. Permission being given (without a faculty, however) by the rector for admission of the window only, the tomb, gilt and touched up, is reposing in a mission room, probably to remain there till a chance occurs of transfer- ing it to Barcombe parish church. In 1880 Mr. Grantham received from the Heralds' College a coat of arms very similar to those of the Lincoln family, and adopted the motto " Forwards" ; but after acquiring the Goltho window he changed the latter for u Cornme Dieu Grantit," shown thereon.

It seems to me very wrong of the clergy, or any authority whatever, to allow of such transference of ancient monuments from one county to another. Surely these interesting memorials of the long - extinct Lincoln Granthams should have been preserved in a museum or public institution at Lincoln. Grantham, moreover, was formerly a very common name in Sussex : one of the race was a trigger, a scotcher of waggon- wheels on the steep hill of East Grinstead, in 1592 ; others were husbandmen in 1632 ; and quite recently some lived by basket-making, iron- mongery, and sundry retail trades at Lewes. But no Grantham of Sussex has ever been shown to be connected in any way with Lincolnshire.

To an archaeologist the above details naturally suggest unpleasant reflections; because it is certain that if these Lincoln monuments remain in Barcombe, under the protection and ownership of Sussex Gran- thams sprung from a totally different origin, they will sooner or later gravely mislead students of history, as well as encourage that fabrication of ancestors which has often been apparent in the published lineage of nouveaux riches. LINDUM COLONIA.

RICHARD KlRBY, ARCHITECT (10 th S. V. 147).

Richard Kirby is supposed to have de- signed (in a commonplace Italian style) Mounthaut or Hill Hall, Essex, near the old manor house, for Sir Thomas Smith (principal secretary to Edward VI.), who by his will, dated February, 1576/7, and proved August,

1577, left him 20. as "chief architect, to be- paid as soon as the new house was tiled and all the carpentry work done." To John Dighton, "steward of the house and over- seer of the works, 10. for encouragement to see the workmen do their duty " ('Life of Sir T. Smith' by Strype, 8vo, London, 1698, ii 228). At pp. 205 and 219 it is suggested that the " platform " or design was made by Smith himself (in the list of books in his library, given therein, are four copies of Vitruvius, the only works on architecture named). The curious painted window, dated 1569, in the hall, is given as frontispiece in colours to Knight's 'Old England, 'fol., London, 1845-6 ; and a view of the hall in fig. 2108, ' Diet, of Architecture,' v. K. 23. JOHN HEBB.

ENGLISH SPELLING : ENGLISH CULTURE (10 th S. v. 148, 198). About ten years ago the late Prof. Meiklejohn published, through Mr. Alfred M. Holden, 23, Paternoster Row, a very useful little work entitled ' A New Spelling-Book on the Comparative Method, with Side-lights from History.'

THOMAS BAYNE.

SIR T. BROWNE'S DAUGHTER AND HER DESCENDANTS (10 th S. v. 169). The pedigree of the Bosville family, down to date, is given in Foster's ' Pedigrees of Yorkshire Families/ West Riding, vol. i. (1874). W. C. B.

SHAKESPEARE AND THE MUSICAL GLASSES (10 th S. v. 128). Gray seems to have derived much delight from the musical glasses. Under dated 8 Dec., 1761, he writes to Mason thus :

" Of all loves come to Cambridge out of hand, for here is Mr. Delaval and a charming set of glasses that sing like nightingales ; and we have concerts every other night, and shall stay here this month or two."

Mr. Gosse refers to this statement on

&154 of his volume on Grey in the "English en of Letters." W. B.

ARCHER OF UMBERSLADE (10 th S. v. 148, 195). This peer owed his preferment to a fortunate marriage, involving a near re- lationship to the ennobled Russells of Bed- ford ; his wife was Anne Cheke, a grand- niece of Duke William, who died in 1700, and next of kin to Edward, Earl of Orford.

This last title was in remainder to the male issue of Letitia Russell, so her daughter's husband, by courtesy of the Crown, obtained his barony by way of compensation. A. H.

"DUMPING" (10 fch S. v. 127, 175). Refer- ence to the 'English Dialect Dictionary' (not consulted) will show that the word is known