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Cyclades, comes from St. Irene, who was martyred here. Further information about this St Irene is desired.

W. A. HENDERSON. Dublin.

KING JOHN'S BAGGAGE LOST CROSSING THE WASH. A writer in The Globe of 25 April says that the person in whose custody the baggage was at the time of the loss was a knight of the name of Mildemay. Can this statement be verified] Nothing like it can be found in any of the histories of King John that have been examined.

H. A. ST. J. M.

PERCIVAL GUNSTON, OF THORPE ON-TEES. I have seen it stated that in 14 Elizabeth (1571) a Percival Gunston (or Gunson) had a grant made him from the Crown of the free chapel at Thorpe-on-Tees. called St. Tilde's Chapel, with a garden and two rods of land. Can any one give me the authority for the statement? H. D. PRITCHETT.

8, West Terrace, Darlington.

CATHERINE : KATHARINE : KATHERINE. With reference to Catherine Maria Fan- shawe's epistle (in verse) to Earl Harcourt, on his wishing her to spell the name of Cathe- rine with a K (1801), I should be glad of a full list of the famous and notorious Cathe- rines and Katharines in history or fiction. I have noticed that almost invariably Cathe- rine is called Catherm, and Katharine, Katha- rine. The K seems to give the word a 44 haughty" or harsh and determined sig- nification. Please reply direct.

JAS. CURTIS, F.S.A. Glenburn, Worcester Road, Sutton.

SOCIETY LADIES. Would any of your readers kindly tell me the name of a paper which was published between twelve and fifteen years ago and had short articles on various ladies in society amongst others, the Dowager Lady Stanley of Alderley, Mrs. Vyner, and myself ? I think the paper only lasted one season.

I should like to get copies of those three numbers, if any one has them and would sell them to me.

(Hon. Mrs.) GERALDINE F. HALFORD.

50, Prince's Gate, S.W.

KEENE OR KYME FAMILY. Is anything known of the Keene or Kyme family of Wellhall, in Eltham, Kent? William Keene was second husband to Agnes Chichele, grand-niece of Archbishop Chichele ; their son was Sir George Keene, alias Kyme, whose daughter Edith married Jenkin Mansel, of Oxwich, in Glamorganshire. The

Brigstocke family are supposed to be of founder's kin (see ante, p. 286), and thereby entitled to a preference for Fellowships at All Souls College, through the marriage of Mary Mansel, great-great-granddaughter of Jenkin and Edith Mansel, with David Lloyd, Esq., of Glyn, in Carmarthenshire, whose descendant in the fifth degree, Mary Lloyd, married in 1739 William Brigstocke, Esq., J.P., of Blaenpant, in Cardiganshire, and High Sheriff in 1735. G. R. B.

' ' RIME" v. " RHYME." May I ask the authority for the new spelling of this word in 4 N. & Q.'? I see in the erudite dic- tionaries of the present age that rime is nearer the O. Eng. and the A.-S. But if our current English is to be thus judged, con- demned, and executed, we shall have lost our mother-tongue, and may pass sadly to the shades. SENEX.

[The spelling rime is not new, but old. Prof- Skeat points out in his 'Dictionary' (1888) that "it is, I believe, utterly impossible to find an instance of the spelling rhyme before A.D. 1550; perhaps not so soon." The First Folio of Shake- speare has the spelling rime in several places, and this form is also used by Coleridge in ' The Rime of the Ancient Mariner.']

THOMAS PHELPES, 1679. Is anything known regarding the ancestry of a Thomas Phelpes, of St. Martin-in-the-Fields, Middle- sex, whose will is dated 30 June, 1655, and proved 1679 ? He had issue Thomas, William, John, Robert, Ellen, and Elizabeth, and mentions his brother-in-law Thomas Turner. WM. JACKSON PIGOTT.

Manor House, Dundrum, co. Down.

FLAGS. I shall be glad of references to any authoritative information on flags and their use, particularly with respect to Irish and Scotch flags. Although Irish and Scotch flags (so called) are continually in use, I am told they do not (legally) exist. Are any official orders in existence to regulate the use of flags? H. T. C.

[The shield of Ireland is the harp on the light- blue ground, and this is often flown as a flag. But the Scottish flag, unlike the Irish, has official recognition, and may be noticed on the top of the Scotch Office on any public holiday.]

GORDON : THE NAME IN RUSSIA. The use of the name Gordon by Jews in Russia has been the subject of much discussion. It is said to have been so used for a hundred years. On 7 March, 1796, a private Act of Parliament (36 Geo. III. No. 69) was passed
 * or naturalizing "Maria Gordan, otherwise

Allan, spinster, born at Petersburgh in Russia." The Act is to be found in MS only