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NOTES AND QUERIES. [io s. vm. DEC. u, 1907.

Christian IV., of the Duchies of Schleswig, Holstein, and Dithmarschen, Prefect of the Castle (Arx) of Segeberg, Lord in Breden- berg, Ranzow, Ranzouisholm, Nutschow, Melbeck, &c. (ibid, p. 584).

ROBERT PIERPOINT.

KRAPINA (10 S. viii. 188, 258). I suggest the explanation that the little borough was the birthplace of Ljudevit Gaj,the originator and apostle of the political movement known as " Illyrism." L. L. K.

SUDLOW^FAMILY (10 S. viii. 310). If he has not done so, MR. STTDLOW should apply to the Secretary of the Society of Friends, London, who would doubtless give some information from their registers. S. F.

LONDON^REMAINS (10 S. viii. 226. 271, 337, 392). Near the Cricket Ground in Victoria Park, E., some of the semi-octagonal recesses or refuges which, according to the inscriptions upon them, came from old London Bridge, have been placed in position, and serve as alcoves. Most authorities, however, doubt this statement, and assert that they came from old Westminster Bridge. It is of interest to note that the site of Victoria Park was purchased out of the proceeds of sale of Stafford (formerly York) House, St. James's, to the Duke of Suther- land under an Act of Parliament of 1840, and was opened in 1845. Since it came under the management of the L.C.C. it is decidedly one of the prettiest of the London parks. What percentage of West-End Londoners have ever seen it in its summer glory ?

Beneath the statue of Queen Elizabeth, above the main entrance to the church of St. Dunstan-in-the West is an inscription as follows :

" This statue of Queen Elizabeth formerly stood on the west side of Ludgate. That gate being taken down in 1760 to open the street, it was given by the City to Sir Francis Gosling, Knt., Alderman of this Ward, and he caused it to be placed here."

Apropos of St. Dunstan's, the following paragraph I from The Daily Graphic of 20 November seems worth noting :

" Many notable associations centre round St. Dun- stan s House, Regent's Park, submitted for sale at the Mart yesterday. Leased by the late Lord Alden- ham, St. Dunstan's House was built for the third Marquess of Hertford the Marquess of Steyne in Vanity Fair.' By the side of the house is the old clock from St. Dunstan's-in-the-West, Fleet Street, so frequently mentioned as ' Under the Clock ' in publishers' announcements, even in the days of the Shakespeare folios. When the church was pulled down, the clock, with the two giant figures that strike the quarters and the hours, was taken to the

Regent's Park house, and later were added the dilapidated statues of King Lud and one of his sons brought from Ludgste when that City gateway was removed. The property was withdrawn at 8.40W."

ALAN STEWART.

A bit of the old Westminster Bridewell is still to be seen preserved in the area at the rear of the Middlesex County Hall in the Broad Sanctuary, opposite the north front of Westminster Abbey. All who love the past of Westminster, whether in its palaces or prisons, will be glad to see this old relic. It consists of the stonework of the door and the original stone which informed the passer- by as to the use of the building and the reason of its erection. The description reads as follows :

" Here are several sorts of work for the Poor of the Parish of St. Margaret, Westminster, as also the County, according to LAW, and for such as \vill beg and live idle in this.City and Liberty of Westminster, anno 1655."

It seems as if we may gather from this notice that, in addition to being a Bridewell or House of Correction, it was a kind of Poor House, combining strict disciplinary over- sight for such " sturdy rogues " and " valiant beggars " as declined to work for their living with watchfulness for those who were prevented by circumstances beyond their own control from doing so.

This remnant from past ages was, before the erection of the present County Hall, affixed to the north side of the old Sessions House (which formerly occupied this site), at a higher level and in a better position to meet the public eye.

W. E. HARLAND-OXLEY.

Westminster.

Ingress Abbey at Greenhithe, mentioned by MR. RALPH THOMAS (ante, p. 338), was, I understand, entirely erected from the stones of old London Bridge. "Peter Rayleigh " in his recently issued volume ' The Cogers and Fleet Street ' refers to Alderman Harmer (p. 320) :

He died at Insrress, Greenhithe, a mansion erected by himself from the stones of old London Bridge, and now used as the museum of a public park. The cost of ' Ingress ' was so great that, after having spent 100,000/. on it, all attempt to keep the account was abandoned."

ALECK ABRAHAMS.

In this connexion reference should be made to an entertaining article by Mr. J. Tavenor Perry in the November Antiquary, entitled ' London's Movable Monuments.' G. L. APPERSON.