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THE FRERE CABOMEZ. I am bringing out a text of some of the treatises of John of Arderne, a surgeon practising in London from 1370 onwards. Arderne treated a wealthy fishmonger who injured his arm by pricking it with a sharp iron standing " on the gymewez at the frere Caromez. n The " gymewez zs appears to be the swing door leading into the church, but I shall be glad to receive any information about the " frere Caromez." D'AncY POWER.

lt)A, Chandos Street, Cavendish Square, W.

BANISHED COVENANTERS. In his ' Tra- ditions of the Covenanters l the Rev. Robt. Simpson writes of John Matheson, who was banished to New Jersey, and afterwards returned :

"There is a pretty large account of his sufferings and wanderings written by himself, which is at present in the possession of a family in Galloway."

Presumably this is the account published by John Calderwood in ' Dying Testimonies.' The Rev. R. Simpson adds :

" Many such accounts, composed by individual sufferers in those trying times, are doubtless in the country, where they are kept as precious memorials."

Is any such manuscript written more particularly by a banished Covenanter known to exist ?

It may be noted that at least one repa- triated exile (not a Covenanter) printed an account of his wanderings. This was Peter Williamson, kidnapped and sold to an American planter. He returned to Scotland about 1765, published his story, and went from town to town selling the book (see Blackwood, May, 1848). C.

MRS. QUARME. What was the maiden name of the wife, of George Quarme, Com- missioner of Excise, who died in June, 1775 ? Was she a Miss Roach or Le Roche, sister of Lady Echlin ? I believe George Quarme was the brother of Robert Quarme, Usher of the Green Rod, mentioned by MR. A. B. BEAVEN at 10 S. xii. 377.

HORACE BLEACKLEY.

ROTHERHITHE. Is there any history of Rotherhithe or Deptford, especially during the eighteenth century ?

HORACE BLEACKLEY.

' N. & Q.' : LOST REFERENCE. Some- where in the Third Series of ' N. & Q. s lies buried a reference to, or quotation from, Hawkins's ' History of Music.* Can any one help to disinter it for me ?

W. McM.

MONTPELLIER AS STREET-NAME. Can you

tell me the origin of so many streets and squares being named Montpellier (spelt in different ways) ? These names appear con- stantly in towns such as Cheltenham, Brighton, and London, the houses having been built at the beginning of last century. H. L. HANSARD. Stanbridge, Romsey, Hants.

SHORT STORY c. 1892. I should feel grate- ful to any of your readers who could assist me in my search for a short story which appeared in one of the magazines circa 1892. It was a humorous description of furnishing either a houseboat or a holiday bungalow. I read it either in January or February, 1893. The title unfortunately escapes me. Please reply direct.

Louis WEIGHTON.

62, Fentiman Road, S.W.

POTHINUS AND BLANDiNA. In reading that carefully written and very charming book of Mr. J. W. Taylor's, ' The Coming of the Saints l (p. 258), I am startled to find him speaking of the prison of Pothinus and Blandina as having been in a crypt, still preserved, under the Hospice de PAnquitaille at Lyons. There is no mention of this hallowed spot in Murray, or in Hare, who draw the attention of confiding travellers to the Church of St. Martin d'Ainay, where the dungeons of the two saints are shown. Of course they may have been in prisons oft and various, and I should like to know what is the likelihood of their having been incar- cerated on the hill of Fourviere. Mr. Taylor does not vouch for the trustworthi- ness of some of his matter concerning the Hospice and its crypt ; but I do not gather that he hesitates as to the site of the prison of Pothinus and Blandina. ST. SWITHIN.

CANNON BALL HOUSE, EDINBURGH : SEBASTIEN DAVILONERT. Lovers of Old Edinburgh are face to face with the problem that the preservation of its remains can be attained only through two channels : (1) an intimate knowledge of what is worth pre- serving ; (2) a means of providing the needful cash and power to purchase, on the part of some responsible body, at a fair price imme- diately the property is in the market. Recently paragraphs have appeared in the local papers advertising the fact that the Cannon Ball House, Castlehill, was to be put up for sale at an upset price of 2, SOW. With a view to working up public interest, the history of the house was mysteriously garbled. It has no authenticated history.