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 .V.APRIL 28, 1906.) NOTES AND QUERIES.

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the church was actually built of white stone, and to distinguish it from that of Stanmore Magna, which was built of brick. Pre- sumably, therefore, the tower of Stanmore Parva, the only remaining part of the old church, which was rebuilt in 1715 by the Duke of Chandos, is of stone.

Whitchurch in Cheshire, 18 or 20 miles N.N.E. of Shrewsbury, and on the Ellesmere Canal, was anciently called Album Monas- terium and Blancminster ; and there are many other Whitchurches in England which would doubtless bespeak a similar origin.

J. HOLDEN MACMlCHAEL.

DR. WILLIAM MEAD (10 th S. v. 228). Jeaffreson's 'A Book about Doctors,' 1861, p. 161, art. 'Richard Mead,' says :

" Mead was not the first of his name to enter the medical profession. William George Meade was an eminent physician at Tunbridge Wells, and, dying there on the 4th Nov., 1652, was buried at Ware, in Hertfordshire. This gentleman left 51. a-year for ever to the poof; but he is more remarkable for longevity than generosity. He died at the extraordinary age of 148 years and nine months. This is one of the most astonishing instances of longevity on record."

R. J. FYNMORE.

Sandgate.

According to Foster's * Alumni Oxonienses,' George Mede, D.Med. of Padua (25 August, 1651), was incorporated at Oxford on 8 April, 1652. See also Wood's 'Fasti Oxonienses' (Bliss), ii. 172. H. C.

This remarkable instance of longevity might easily have escaped notice in the middle of the seventeenth century. Camden records a similar case in his * Britannia' :

"In the year 1664 were summoned out of a small village in Craven, called Dent (West Riding, York- shire), two persons as Witnesses in a Cause at York- Assizes, the father and the son, the first of whdm wanted only half a year of 140, and the second was above 100 years of age." Ed. Gibson, 1722, vol. ii. col. 858.

J. HOLDEN MACMICHAEL.

EDWARD BREREWOOD (10 th S. v. 208, 258). M.A. of B.N.C. 1590, and six years later first Professor of Astronomy at Gresham College ; see 'D.N.B.,' vi. 273. A. R. BAYLEY.

ALLAN CUNNINGHAM'S 'THE KING OF THE PEAK' (10 th S. v. 208, 271). As to the author- ship of the novel thus entitled there can be no doubt whatever, for in 4 th S. x. 57 I printed a letter from my old friend Mr. William Bonnet, solicitor, of Chapel - en - le - Frith, dated 24 June, 1872, in which he distinctly claims the paternity of this book, as well as of 'The Cavalier,' 'Malpas,' and 'Owain

Goch.' In his letter he mentions " that they were published by Longmans, who returned the MS., which I now possess." The date of ' The King of the Peak ' was probably 1821. JOHN PICKFORD, M.A. Newbourne Rectory, Wood bridge.

FENCIBLE REGIMENT (10 th S. v. 230). Burke's 4 Peerage and Baronetage,' 1848, gives Alexander, second son of Evan Murray, Esq., as colonel of the Royal Clanalpin Fencibles. The eldest son, John Murray, resumed the surname of the family, MacGregor, by royal licence in 1822, and was created a baronet. Another brother, Robert, is described as late lieu tenant- colonel of the Royal Clanalpin Fencibles. R. J. FYNMORE.

Sandgate.

LEWES GRAMMAR SCHOOL (10 th S. v. 268). The only person who can give any reliable information in reply to the questions asked about Lewes Grammar School by SPERMO- LOGUS is our courteous Town Clerk, Mr. Montague S. Blaker, Municipal Buildings, who holds all deeds connected with the school, and is ever ready to answer any inquiries concerning our ancient borough.

CAROLINE STEGGALL.

The Croft, Southover, Lewes.

BEN JONSON'S ' UNDERWOODS,' XLI. (10 th S. v. 25). The difficulty raised at the above reference with regard to the meaning of the words "'that' con/." seems to be due to a singular misunderstanding. The obvious meaning of the " critical " note cited is that the word that is offered to the reader as a conjecture.

It is only fair, I think, that Dr. A. W. Ward should be relieved of any charge of explaining that in the passage in question as a conjunction. EDWARD BENSLY.

4 SPECULUM EPISCOPI ' (10 fch S. v. 288). The author of this book, the Rev. George Roberts, did not " remain " a curate. He was yicar of Monmouth from 1837 to 1851, and in 1853 became minister of St. John's, Cheltenham. He appears to have died about 1866. A list of his numerous publications will be found in the first issue of Crockford's 'Clerical Directory' in 1860, and in the subsequent volumes. W. D. MACRAY.

Ducklington.

THE HENRY BROUGHAM, STEAMER (10 th S. v. 269). This steamer was probably a sister ship of the Sir Robert Peel, which was boarded, robbed, and set on fire by outlaws in one of the Canadian ports on 30 May, 1838. See 'Annual Register.' According