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Loring. He would have avoided this con- fusion if he had consulted Beltz's where both forms of the name are given <p. 65).
 * Memorials of the Order of the Garter, 1

Again, the 23rd Lord Willoughby d'Eres- by, Joint Hereditary Great Chamberlain of England, was christened Alberic, evidently to mark his descent from that Albericus (= Aubrey) de Vere to whom Henry I. granted the office of Master Chamberlain of England in 1133. A worse mistranslation of Albericus was perpetrated by Gleig 5 in his life of Sir Francis Vere (in 'The Cabinet Cyclopaedia'), where he styled the founder of the house " Alaric n de Vere.

In the eighteenth century an unfortunate man was named Galfrid, obviously from Galfridus ( = Geoffrey) ; and a living member of the baronetage is called Hugo (=Hugh).

G. H. WHITE.

Jjowestoft.

" ROUNDHEAD," A WEAPON. Although recently quoted in the * N.E.D.,* and known since its publication ten years ago by Nottingham students, there occurs a passage in the fifth volume of the * Notting- ham Borough Records * that deserves wide publicity, in view of the circumstance that it appears to disprove the very old assump- tion that the term " Roundheads,' 1 as applied to the Parliamentarians, grew out of their practice of cropping their hair. The follow- ing is extracted from the " Necessarie Ex- penses n figuring in the accounts of the town Chamberlains for the year 1644-5 :

" Item, paid to Richard Smith, for roundheads for the towne, "V7i."

"Item, for remoueing the roundheads into the armerie, XHrf."

A. S.

BELGIAN FISHEB FOLK-LOBE. (Paris) of 7 January contained the follow- ing curious bit of fisher folk-lore :

" Un folkloriste beige, M. Haron, qui recueille actuellement les traditions, tegendes et super- stitions des pe'cheurs de Bla[n]kenberghe, vient de faire une decouverte curieuse chez ces braves gens. Us ont supprime de la coutume et de la langue le chiffre 30. Ils ne vendent jamais un objet trente francs, ni trente sous. De 29 ils passent a 31. Lors-qu'ils doivent prononcer le quantieme du mois, et dire, par exemple, le 30 decembre, ils font un effort et enoncent le chiffre redoute ; niais c'est pour ajouter aussitdt : Ter eerc Gods, en 1'honneur de Dieu. Cette pratique existe de temps immemorial. Elle a pour but evident de fletrir la trahison de Judas, qui vendit son maitre pour trente deniers."

W. ROBERTS.

FEMALE GBOOMS OF THE ROYAL CHAMBEB- The .use of the essentially masculine title of " Groom " as applied to women may be worth noting.

On 12 June, 1675, the Master of the Ward- robe was instructed " that you deliver unto the Rt. Hon. the Countess of Stiff olke, groom of ye Stole to the Queen's Majestie, two Bare hides of Oxe leather,'* &c.

Again in August, 1681, the Master is to cause to be delivered " to the Rt. Hon. the Countess of Arlington, Groome of the Stole to the Queen's Majestie, 480 ells of Holland " (L.C. 285). ABLINGTON.

Querus*

WE must request correspondents desiring in- formation on family matters of only private interest to affix their names and addresses to their queries, in order that answers may be sent to them direct.

ST. ANNE'S, ALDERSGATE:

ECCLESIASTICAL RECORDS AT SOMERSET HOUSE.

THE parish records of St. Anne's, Aldersgate (consisting of the wardens'- accounts only : the vestry minutes have unfortunately perished), contain numerous references to disturbances extending over a period of several years prior to the Great Fire ; but nowhere is anything definitely ascertainable as to the cause of the trouble, nor have I been able to light upon mention of the affair elsewhere, though I am inclined to think that it must have been somewhat notorious at the time. For instance, Henry Muddi- man, news collector to the Surveyor of the Press, wrote from Whitehall on 15 March, 1666, to Edward Dyer of Dover as follows :

" At St. Ann's Aldersgate y e Booke of Common prayer was [tor]ne. The Insolence is complain'd of to y e Councell, and order will be given for punish- ment of it." State Papers, Dom. Chas. II., vol. cli. No. 23 (44).

The Privy Council Register has no entry in regard to the matter, notwithstanding the State Paper reference. I should be greatly indebted to any student who, having made a study of the literature and MSS. of the Restoration periods, could furnish me with any further illustration of the matter touched upon in the excerpt.

I take this opportunity of calling the attention of students also to the unfortunate condition of affairs obtaining in regard to the non-testamentary records of the eccle- siastical courts, now at Somerset House, whereto they were transferred (with the