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"William Pyke, of Greenwich, poulterer; sister Jane Day; brother-in-law Edward Day ; nephew Edward Day silver tankard with my coat of arms engraved on it, to be delivered to him after the decease of my wife Elizabeth Pyke; loving niece Mary Reeve, late Mary Bland, fully provided for by my late dear father Richard Pyke ; uncle John Pyke ; cousin Edward Pyke ; cousin Archibald Bruce. Dated Sept. 11, 1727 ; proved Oct. 10, 1727." -P.C.C., reg. Farraut, 240.

"John Pyke, citizen and tallow chandler, of London : to dear and loving wife Ann Pyke messuage in Crutched Friars, in the parish of St. Olave s, Hart St.; late uncle Thornbury; daughter Prudence Edmonds ; son Edward Pyke ; daughters Eleanor Thorpe and Ann Trew and each of their children. Dated July 8, 1729; proved Oct. 16, 1730."

"Edward Pyke, of St. Mary Magdalene, Ber- mondsey; to Thomas Plummer, of St. Clements Danes, woollen draper, and Richard Harling, of Red Cross, grocer, annuities and bank stock, in trust for Thomas Blagrave, son of Thomas Blagrave, deceased ; lands in Wilmington and Sutton, at Lone, Kent ; two freehold messuages in Crutched Friars. Dated Feb. 21, 1766; proved July 20, 1767." P.C.C., reg. Legard, 278.

John Pyke, corn chandler, of St. Saviour's, Southwark, about twenty-seven, and Anne Thornbury, of St. Olave's, Hart Street, spinster, about twenty-four, obtained Vicar- General's licence to marry January, 1679/80.

" Thomas Pyke, of St. John's, Wapping, Middle- sex ; to be buried in family vault in St. George-in- the-East. Freehold estate at Daddington, North Hants. Freehold estate in Gravel Lane to wife Ann Pike for life, then to niece Ann Freeman and her heirs. Silver plate to wife, except one

silver tankard with my arms on to sister Sarah

Freeman, widow. Dated June 18, 1774 ; witnesses, Henry Crane, William Bowing, Samuel Ravencroft, 64, Crutched Friars. Proved Nov. 26, 1774. "P. C. C.

"Isaac Pyke, of Greenwich, Esquire, late governor of St. Hellena ; some friends to support the fall [pall?] be chosen, most out of club and my- self belonged to, and I think Mr. Hally make

up the most part to Dr. Halley the Professor

my model of the present Christian temple at Jeru- salem and Paugarang Mongua Raja Creese with head [perhaps equivalent to a Malay creese, kris, sword] ; sister Mary Bradford and Anna her daughter ; niece Buffar ; nephew John Buffar. Dated Jan. 5, 1730 ; proved April 10, 1739."- P.C.C., reg. Henchman, 87.

An account of Isaac Pyke and the Buffar family of Greenwich is given in the ' Hundred of Blackheath,' Hasted' s ' Hist, of Kent,' edited by H. H. Drake, p. 78. The Pyke and Buffar arms were embossed on each side of the gateway to Buffar House, Greenwich.

"Ann Pyke, Aug. 10, 1710; now lieth dangerous ill ; my son Isaac Pyke now gone to the East Indies. Adm. granted July 7, 1726, to Isaac Pyke, armiger, on account of his near relationship to Anna Pyke, lately of Greenwich."

" James Pyke, of Deptford, Kent ; wife Cathe- rine ; sons William, George, and James; wife and eldest son executors. Dated Feb. 17, 1718 ; proved Mar. 11, 1718." P.C.C.

The poll-list of London livery published in Extra Special Daily Post of 1734 shows " James Pyke, Shoreditch, London, a member of the Weaver Company."

The index to register Spurway (1740) gives " Kent " after the name of Surgeon Edmond Halley, with the addition of " pts." as a marginal note. It would appear that his domicile was somewhere in Kent circa 1740 ; his widow was buried at Green- wich in 1772, a certificate of the latter fact having been kindly supplied by Mr. A. L. Kirdel, parish clerk. It seems that she was previously married (cf. 10 S. vii. 89).

For all the foregoing inedited wills and for many other interesting items the writer is indebted to the courtesy of Mr. Ralph J. Beevor, of St. Albans. The residence of both Halleys and Pykes. at Greenwich, contemporaneously, has now been estab- lished (cf. Magazine of History, New York,, 1907 ; The Genealogist, London, New Series,, xxiii. pp. 199, 272).

EUGENE F. McPiKE,

1, Park Row, Chicago, U.S.

REGISTER OF WALGBAVE, NOBTHANTS. In looking through the registers of Rothers- thorpe, Northants, on 6 June, 1904, I dis- covered that part of the parchment cover of Book II. is a transcript, or portion of a transcript, of the Walgrave register for the year 1587 and part of 1588.

HENBY ISHAM LONGDEN.

Heyford Rectory, Weedon.

REGISTEB OF BLAKESLEY, NOBTHANTS. On 6 Aug., 1903, I was examining the books in the parish chest of Pattishall, Northants. and found therein a book which did not belong to that parish. It was contemporary with part of the Pattishall register, and had been in recent years bound at the expense of the church. Needless to add it had been undiscovered at triennial inspections by the rural dean. On careful examination,, however, I discovered the principal names in the register to be those of Blakesley gentle families, such as Butler, Watts, and Foxley of Foxley, in the parish of Blakesley. On visiting Blakesley, I found that the leaves of that register were all loose, and that the portion just found at Pattishall fitted in exactly. This missing portion was for the years 1614 to 1630 inclusive, and contained christenings, marriages, and burials. I am glad to say that, since then, the Pattishall authorities have restored the book to Blakesley.

I have just put in order the whole of the