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ORMSBY FAMILY. Arthur Ormsby (I. son and heir of William Ormsby and Mar garet his wife, and nephew of Arthur Ormsby (II.), made his will 2 Aug., 1467 The will was proved 15 Nov., 1468. H left the manor of Nun-Ormsby to his wif Edith for life, with remainder to his brothe John for life, with other remainders over including his nephew Arthur Ormsby (III. son of John. An Inquisition was take: (20 Nov., 1480) on the death of Edith John Ormsby made his will 6 June, 1506 which was proved 10 June, 1507. He had son Arthur Ormsby (III.), who predeceasec him (Foule v. Ormsby, Early Chancer t Proceedings, b. 135, No. 35), and a grandsor Arthur Ormsby (IV.), a minor in 1506, wh died (Inq. p.m.) 20 April, 29 Henry VIII (1537).

On 20 May, 13 Henry VII. (1498), an Inquisition taken at Spital-upon-Street co. Lincoln, found that Arthur Ormsby (V.) senior, died seized of the manor of Nun Ormsby on 1 May, 10 Edw. IV. (1470) and that on his death Nun-Ormsby descendec bo his son and heir Arthur Ormsby (VI.) aged sixty years and over at the taking ol the Inquisition.

How can the findings of this Inquisition be reconciled with the dates from the wills ? The copies of the Herald's Visitation in the British Museum make Arthur (III.) the son of Arthur (I.). H. L. O.

GERMAN ENCYCLOPEDIA AND DICTIONARY OF PHRASE AND FABLE. 1. What is the most complete and up-to-date German encyclopaedia ?

2. What is the best German Dictionary of Phrase and Fable ? It there nothing better than Buchmann's ' Gefliigelte Worte '

KOM OMBO.

[1. 'Meyer's Kou versa tions- Lexicon.' with Sup- plement, 1899 - 1900, fifth edition, Leipsic and Vienna, Bibliographisches Institut, we have found most useful.]

SEVENTEENTH-CENTURY INVENTORIES. Can any one furnish information as to the whereabouts of the inventories of the possessions of the City churches prior to the Great Fire which were drawn up in 1667-8 for the information of Commis- sioners ? These inventories were ordered to be taken in accordance with instructions contained in a letter from the Privy Council to the Lord Mayor, dated 19 Oct., 1666, and were undoubtedly made out and sent in, the wardens' accounts of at least one parish containing several references to their com- pilation. Evidently they were required

to be exhaustive, for the first one made by the parish was rejected, and another, "more fuller," ordered to be drawn up; and yet a third had to be furnished before the Commissioners were satisfied, appa- rently.

The documents would doubtless yield some valuable information, especially as regards parishes of which the early records are imperfect, and do not contain any transcript of the return. The question is, Where are they ? Nothing seems to be known of them at the Record Office, the Guildhall (where the Commission appears to have sat), or the Bishop's Registry ; and they are certainly not in the Museum. Compiled since the Fire, however, they certainly ought still to be in existence. I hope that this inquiry will not pass alto- gether unanswered (like several of my former queries), the matter being, I venture to consider, of some little general interest and importance. WILLIAM McMuRRAY.

MINISTERS' LEVEES. When did the fashion go out of levees being held, formally or informally, by Ministers or great noble- men ? Probably it was about the end of the eighteenth century, but is the particular time known ? W.

ESTATES HELD BY PECULIAR TENURES. The Daily Despatch of 16 September states that two manors in Kent were granted by Edward I. for the service of holding the king's head in the event of his being seasick. ~!an any reader inform me as to the names of these manors or their present possessors ?

E. GANDY. Inland Revenue, Aberayron.

CALLARD : DOLBEARE. A Daniel Callard or Collard) was living in 1730, and was of Devon. Can readers of ' N. & Q.' kindly

ive me any notes respecting him ?

What might be the coat armour (if any)

of the ancient family of Dolbeare of Dol-

aeare in Ashburton, Devon ? The family

an be traced back to circa 1180. Of this

amily was " Sir " Walter Dolbeare, Canon

of Lichfield 1391, rector of South Hill,

iornwall, and chaplain to the chantry of

Sticklepath, Devon. His brother Sir Ralph

)olbeare was Apparitor for the Diocese

f Exeter in 1396. John Dolbeare held

iortion of Dolbeare in 1793, and bequeathed

} to his daughter Susanna Parham (wife of

benjamin Parham, a county-court judge).

ubsequently it belonged to the Rev.

ohn Dolbeare Parham.

The Dolbeares have not died out in the