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Elizabeth, only dau. ('Reg. Gt. Seal,' 1647) of Sir Henry Wardlaw, 2nd Bart., and sister and heiress of Sir Henry Wardlaw, 3rd Bart. ; and d. 4 Mar., 1680, leaving issuej: (1) Sir Henry, 5th Bart. (2) Margaret, bapt. at Dunfermline 26 March, 1647 ; m. at Pitreavie, 6 March, 1663 (Reg. at Dunfermline), James Kynninmond of that ilk and of Craighall, " bot a young man " (Lament, p. 160), and had issue. (3) Christian, bapt. at Dunfermline 11 July, 1650. (4) Elizabeth, bapt. there 25 June, 1658 ; mentioned in instrument of resigna- tion in 1672.

VI. Sir Henry Wardlaw of Pitreavie, 5th Bart., son and h. He is called 3rd Bart, by Burke, and 2nd by Foster and Lodge, and given as a son to his great-uncle. He was bapt. at Dunfermline 19 Oct., 1648 ; had a charter of resignation to him in fee 6 Dec., 1672, with sasine 28 Dec. following ; and succeeded his father 4 March, 1680, having m. at the Kirk of Auchtertool, 24 April, 1673 (Reg. at Dunfermline), Eliza- beth, dau. of John Skene of Hallyards, by whom he had issue. Further than this I have not gone. RUVIGNY.

Chertsey.

NORMAN COURT, HAMPSHIRE : NAMELESS PORTRAITS. An interesting old Hampshire mansion was recently thrown open to the public on the occasion of a sale by auction ; and it was among the rubbish then rele- gated to a corner in one of the rooms that the present writer discovered two portraits, and purchased them for a mere song for the sake of their handsomely carved frames. In the hope that some of your readers may be interested I give descriptions of them :

Half-length oil portrait of a lady, time of Charles I. or II. Twenty-five and a half inches by thirty and a half. Three-quarter face to left. Dark curls on the forehead, which is high and wide. Dark eyes, fairly young. Dressed in white satin, open at the neck, edged with lace. Necklace of large single pearls. Canvas cracked and mended ; wood worm-eaten ; no lettering.

Portrait of a gentleman (pair with the above \ aged between forty and fifty. Dark eyes. Dark hair, curled, falling to shoulders. Three-quarter face to right. Point-lace tie ; lace ruffle. The sleeve, which is all that is clearly visible of the dress, appears to be buff overlaid with scarlet, the latter colour showing vividly in the cracks of the paint. There is no lettering.

From an artistic point of view they are

doubtless of little value, but from a genea- logical they may be of great interest.

Kelly's Hampshire ' gives no clue to the j builders and original owners of Norman Court, merely stating that the house was 1 restored by tho late Mr. Thomas Baring. I interest to readers of ' N. & Q.' On the- j same authority we learn that the house- j stands on the borders of Hampshire and i through which runs the old Roman road from Winchester to Sarum. Along that road William the Conqueror rode over Teg down to the site of Norman Court, where, accord- ing to Hampshire tradition, he encamped in August, 1086. Mr. T. W. Shore, in his- History of Hampshire' (p. 104), says that the place is recorded in Domesday Book under the name of Chinges Camp, and that the Conqueror rode there to meet all the- landholders of substance, who there swore- oaths of allegiance to him, and hence the- name Norman Court. F. H. SUCKLING. Highwood, Romsey.
 * Its early history would doubtless be of
 * Wiltshire, in the parish of West Tytherley,.

" PECCAVI " : "I HAVE SINDH." The- following editorial note, which appears in the number for October of The East and the West, p. 467, deserves a place in ' N. & Q,,' as it professes to give the origin of this- historic pun :

" In the article in our last issue entitled ' The Influence of Laymen on Missions ' the writer says - 'Readers of Indian history will remember th& famous laconic message in which Sir Charles Napier announced to the Viceroy his disobedience to orders, and its result in the occupation of Sindh : "Peccavi."' Mrs. C. Mackintosh writes to us to say that this message was never sent by Sir Charles Napier, but was invented by her cousin Catherine Wentworth*, the translator of ' Lyra Germauica. r Catherine Wentworth was then a young girl just out of the schoolroom, and was receiving lessons from Mr. Gaskell, to whom, after discussing with him Sir Charles Napier's conquest, she made the remark, '"Peccavi, I have Sindh.' On his sug- gestion the joke was sent to Punch, the editor of which sent her a cheque in acknowledgment."

I wonder if there is any record of this cheque in the account-books in Punch's office. Mr. Spielmann in ' The History of " Punch," ' writing about this " admirable- ' Peccavi ' despatch," knows nothing about Miss Catherine Winkworth as its author. The joke appears in Punch in the following brilliant couplet :

" Peccavi ! I 've Scinde," said Lord Ellen so proud Dalhousie, more modest, said " Vovi I 've Oude ! "

Mr. Spielmann says that according to The Times this couplet was contended for by

Evidently a clerical error for " Winkworth."