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Wager, and William Clayton, Esq., for their great Favour to this Parish in obtaining the said Grant, and that William Ireland, Nathaniel Blackerby, Alexander Chocke, W m Lowndes, John Lawton, Mark Frecker, John Grainger, John Dives, Richard Farwell, and Gideon Harvey, Esq ra, together with the Churchwardens, do wait upon the aforesaid Gentlemen for that purpose.'

" 27 th October, 1733. ' Ord' 1 That the Toll for the Hay and Straw to be brought to the Markett in the .Broadway be fixed as follows, viz fc, for every Cart Loaded with Hay three pence, and for every Cart Loaded with Straw two pence.'

" ' Ord d That the Markett be Proclaimed in the Broadway, where the patent is to be read, and that the same be afterward proclaimed at Charing Crosse and Saint James, Haymarkett.'

" ' Ord a That the Hackney Coachmen have Notice to remove their Stands from the Said Markett.' "

The patent under which the market was granted, being a magnificent specimen of the calligraphic art, and bearing the Great Seal attached, is preserved among the many beautiful deeds, charters, &c., in the pos- session of the Westminster City Council at the Town Hall.

W. E. HARLAND-OXLEY.

Westminster.

The broad street denominated the Hay- market, connecting Pall Mall East with the eastern end of Piccadilly, was a place for the sale of farm produce as far back as the reign of Elizabeth ; and in Aggas's plan it appears under its present name. It was then evidently a rural spot, as there were hedgerows on either side, and few indications of habitations nearer than the " village of Charing." At that time, as may be gathered from an inspection of the plan referred to. the air was so pure and clear that the washerwomen dried their linen by spreading it upon the grass in the fields, as nearly as possible on the spot where now stands His Majesty's Theatre. Down to the reign of William III. it was the public highway, in which carts loaded with hay and straw were allowed to stand toll-free ; but in 1692 the street was paved, and a tax levied on the carts according to their loads.

But this was not the first market held here ; for, as far back as the reign oJ Charles II., John Harvey and another person received a grant empowering them and their heirs after them, to hold markets here for the sale of oxen and sheep on Mon days and Wednesdays ; but the grant was found to violate a part of the charter granted by Edward III. to the City of Lon- don, and was accordingly annulled. At the beginning of the eighteenth century we fine the Crown, however, leasing the tolls of the Haymarket for ninety-nine years to one

Derick Stork. The market for hay and straw, three times a week, continued to be held here as lately as the reign of George IV., when it was removed to Cumber- and Market, near Regent's Park.* About 18 15 some low and mean houses that stood Between the market and Pall Mall were demolished, and these were soon afterwards bllowed by the market itself, in order to r orm the broad and spacious thoroughfares of Lower Regent Street and Waterloo Place.

ALFRED SYDNEY LEWIS. Library, Constitutional Club.

Memory is a funny thing ; but am I wrong in thinking I have seen hay carts, with hay for sale, standing down the centre of the Haymarket say fifty or sixty years ago ? Hie ET UBIQUE.

HORNSEY WOOD HOUSE : HARRINGAY HOUSE (10 S. vii. 106, 157, 216, 253, 274). If I understand PROF. SKEAT aright, he considers that Harringay and Hornsey are two different names, the former answering to an A.-S. Heringa-gg, or " isle of the Herings," and the latter to Heringes-eg, or, " isle of Hering." The history of the names, which can be easily traced in the Middlesex Feet of Fines, does not seem to substantiate this view.

In my former reply (ante, p. 216) I gave instances of the form " Haryngeseye " in the latter half of the fourteenth century. In the time of Henry VII. we get to the form " Harnyssay," which runs side by side with " Haringay " until the reign of Elizabeth. In a fine dated 4 & 5 Eliz. (' Calendar of Feet of Fines for London and Middlesex,' ed. Hardy and Page, I. ii. 120), we find that date Haringay disappears altogether, and only Harnsey or Hornsey occurs in the fines. Norden in his ' Speculum Britannise,' 1593, makes no mention of Haringay, but in his list of Middlesex towns and villages enters only " Harnsey, of some Hornesey." From this date the old name vanishes in favour of the new one, just as about the same date " Stebonhith " or " Stebonheath " gives place to Stepney, and " Chelchith " or " Chelsith " to Chelsea. The modern Harringay is apparently a revival, possibly due to the builder of Harringay House in the eighteenth century. This was the age of Strawberry Hill, Lord Holland's buildings
 * Haryngey otherwise Harnessey " ; and after

market was opened in 1664, and was removed to Cumberland Market, 1 Jan., 1831.
 * ' Haydn's Dictionary of Dates ' states that the