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ed. 6, p. 677). See the "Index illustrium Anglias Scriptorum qui fuerunt Scholastic! " on pp. 947-52 of the book. According to Pitseus's heading, they are " numero vide- licet centum sexaginta " (not 180). The names given are 161. The British Museum copy of Pitseus's ' Relationes ' bears the signature of Augustine Vincent, a con- temporary of Burton. EDWARD BENSLY.

JAMES HALL PRINGLE I have of late had access to genealogical material bearing on the collaterals, and on three generations of the ascendants (going back to the year 1689), of a James Hall Pringle. The name is not a common combination, and it is probably safe to identify him with the James Hall Pringle of Dirrie, Wigtonshire, in the early part of last century.

If any of his direct or collateral descendants care to communicate direct with me, I shall be pleased to supply them with the details at my command.

W. J. RUTHERFURD, M.D. Jesmond, Renfrew.

'' POSTALLY." Surely this is a new word. In The Herts Express a letter from the General Post Office, London, 14 December, 1909, contains this word : "To the best of his [Mr. Buxton's] knowledge, he said that postally there was nothing to choose between Starling's Bridge and Bancroft Road."

I think the coiner of the word may be congratulated, as it is brief and suggestive.

~ M.A.

DUKE'S PLACE, ALDGATE. I have heard it said that this curious " open space " in the heart of the City was formerly part of the gardens or approaches to the first Duke of St. Alban's town house. For aught I know to the contrary, the Duke's Place Synagogue is part of the original mansion.

M. L. R. BRESLAR.

"LOYOLA": ORIGIN OF THE NAME. In a volume of sermons entitled ' Caeleste Pantheon, sive Cselum Novum, in Festa et Gesta Sanctorum Totius Anni, Morali Doctrina, ac Profana Historia varie illustra- tum,' by Father Henricus Engelgrave of the Society of Jesus, the following derivation of its noble founder's cognomen is given. I quote from the sixth edition, printed at Cologne in 1727, ' Pars Posterior : Festum S. Jacobi Majoris,' pp. 31-2 :

" Omnis Biscajae nobilitas pro insignibus habet lupos (et hoc signum gentis avitae), quibus ad aliquod familiarum inter se discrimen, additur aliud symbolum, quod de more patriae, peti con- suevit ex insigni all quo facinore. Quo in genere

illustre est, quod de antiquissima, ac nobilissima Lojolae familia referri solet : haec in scuto suo gentilitio duos habet lupos, eosque in pedes erectos, atque in ollam 6 camino pendentem introspicientes. Id autem hinc ortuni habet : Caput Lojolae families ab alio Nobili graviter dissidebat, in cujus aedes, cum inopinato esset ingressus, eumque alte sopitum ac dormientem reperisset, nihil omnino mail illi intulit, sed ollam duntaxat (qua? forte e camino, subjecto etiam igne, dependebat) abstulit, ut vel inde nosset adversarius fuisse se in Lojolae, id est, hostis sui manu, ac potestate ; et tamen etiam eo loco parcitum. Ex nobili illo, ac vere regio facinore, tota Lojolae familia pro symbolo suo sumpsit lupos, in ollam e camino suspensam prospicientes, ut una cum illo et avita nobilitas, et nomen Lobo en olla, quasi lupus in olla, et illi quodammodo cognata virtus injuriarum remissio, probaretur."

BREECH-LOADING CANNON IN ENGLAND. A contribution to the history of breech - loading cannon in this country is furnished in Mr. F. A. Simpson's work ' The Rise of Louis Napoleon'- (1909). There is printed for the first time a letter of Louis Napoleon to General Sir Robert Wilson, dated 24 March, 1836, accompanying a gift of his ' Manuel d'Artillerie,' in which he requests that the work might be forwarded ' ' to any distinguished officer of the English artillery, asking him on my behalf to be kind enough to give exact particulars of the breech- loading cannon recently constructed in England."- In the original, a facsimile of which is given, the words ' ' charges par la culasse " are underlined.

ALFRED F. ROBBINS.

, WE must request corresppndents 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.

CAPT. JOHN KNOWLES. The descendants in America of Capt. John Knowles desire to ascertain his ancestry in England. Capt. Knowles came to Virginia in 1663, and settled at Jamestown ; later he moved to his large landed estate in Henrico County, where he died in 1676. His wife's name was Bethenia. His daughter Bethenia married William Giles, who came to Virginia about 1678 wHh Rebecca Giles, perhaps his mother.

Who were the ancestors of Capt. John Knowles ? Was he a student at Oxford ? Was he an officer in the British Army ?

(Miss) RUBY FELDER RAY,

State Editor, Daughters of the American Revolution.

23, Crew Street, Atlanta, Ga.