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NOTES AND QUERIES. [io* s. v. JAN. 20, igoe.

twizzle-twigs, or jointed rush, mentioned by MR. STILWELL? The hamlet stands 700ft. above sea-level, on the edge of the celebrated Broornhead grouse moors, where, however, logs and rushy olaces frequently occur.

T. WALTER HALL.

TETE-A-TETE PORTRAITS IN { THE TOWN AND COUNTRY MAGAZINE' (10 th S. iv. 241, 342, 462,522). There seems to be little doubt that CAPT. HERBERT KING HALL has identi- fied Admiral "Sternpost," for there is no evidence that any other than Harry Paulet, sixth Duke of Bolton, bore such a sobriquet. The Magazine, however, gives a different explanation of the origin of the nickname :

" He called, as it is said, a council of war with his carpenter, in order to determine upon the reed or imaginary state of his sternpost, and from whence he has derived the title of Admiral Sternpost."

The editor of the ' Tete-a-Tetes' goes on to give another obvious clue :

" Like his predecessor in his title, he was caught in the same net by the lures of Polly Peachum. It is true he could not boast that he had the original Polly."

The reference, of course, points to Lavinia Fenton, the Polly Peachum of ' The Beggar's Opera/ who married Charles Paulet, third Duke of Bolton, the uncle of Admiral Stern- post. A comparison of this Tete-a-tete portrait with a contemporary print would probably clear away any uncertainty.

There are other blanks in my list which a person well acquainted with naval bio graphics would be able to fill up, such as the Valiant Commander (vol. xii. 457), the Gallant Admiral (vol. xiv. 171), the Blooms- bury Bon Vivant (vol. xvii. 401), the Gallant Sea Captain (vol. xix. 249), the Dastardly Mariner (vol. xx. 200), and Old Nauticus (vol. xx. 440). I hope that CAPT. KING HALL can spare the time to refer to these pages of the Magazine.

HORACE BLEACKLEY.

Fox Oak, Walton-on-Thames.

SCALLIONS (10 th S. iv. 327, 375). In the 'Promptorium Parvulorum,' iii. 442, undei from Palsgrave, " scale of a ladder ; escheilonj and from Cotgrave, "a little ladder or skale a small step or greece." W. C. B.
 * Scale, of a leddur, 7 quotations are given

I think that I am misrepresented at th( last reference when I am made to say thai Bailey in his ' Dictionary' (1740) gives "ar ascalon" as being "a kind of small onior of Ascalon, a City of Palestine." What Bailey says, and what I said, was that "a SCALLION is a kind of small onion o; Ascalon." J. HOLDEN MACMICHAEL.

WAKERLEY (10 th S. iv. 369, 433). Robert /Vakerley was appointed rector of Covington, luntingdonshire, in 1556, the patron of the iving being "Lady Anna Russell, Countess >f Bedford." He died in February, 1557, ind willed to be buried in the chancel. He eft 50s. to the church, and 50s. to the chancel dilapidations, the 5l. to be in the hands of Sir Anthony Hopkins and John Robynson, of Spaldwick. Ri. Hopkins was appointed prebendary of Spaldwick in 1557.

W. R. W.

CRICKET : PICTURES AND ENGRAVINGS 10 th S. iv. 9, 132, 238, 496). In Mr. Lionel Just's ' History of Eton College,' Duckworth k Co., 1899, facing p. 240, is a picture described in the list of illustrations as "A

ricket-match at Eton. From a Fish Strainer." In the foreground are the players wearing knee-breeches and tall hats. The umpire has top boots on. It is a single- wicket game, close to the Thames. In the background is Windsor Castle.

ROBERT PIERPOINT.

I have just come upon an early example, about 1790, oblong 8vo, probably an illustra- tion from The Gentleman s Magazine or some similar journal of the period. It is entitled 'View of Harrow School,' engraved (on copper) by S. Rawle, and depicts seven boys, in knee-breeches and white stockings, engaged in the game. Only one wide short wicket, of two stumps, is visible. The familiar school and church form the back- ground, and four other boys are merely looking on. WM. JAGGARD.

139, Canning Street, Liverpool.

HERALDS' VISITATIONS, NORTHAMPTONSHIRE, 1681 (10 th S. iv. 530). Mr. W. C. Metcalfe, in the preface to his edition of the Visitations of the above county, 1564 and 1618, says : "The third and last visitation of Northamp- tonshire, including Rutlandshire, is that of 1681-2, being K.I. at the College of Arms, no copy of which is known to exist else- where." Mr. G. W. Marshall, in The Genealogist, vol. ii. p. 265, N.S., states the same. ' JOHN RADCLIFFE.

THE POUND, ROCHESTER Row (10 th S. iv. _j8). I am afraid that it is impossible to hold out to MR. TANSLEY much hope as to a picture of the old Pound being procurable. I have no recollection of having seen one, and I think that if such had been obtainable, it would have been reproduced in Mr. J. E. Smith's * Memorials of St. John the Evange- list,' where one would naturally look for it ; indeed, 1 have some faint recollection of its