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NOTES AND QUERIES. [ii s. i. JUNE is, 1910.

that 2s. was paid ' to a glazier for a panel of glass for the window where the picture of the pedlar stands.'

" The ground was marshy and an osier bed, and was known as Church Hoppys or Hope, denoting a neck of land projecting into the river, and it was not till 1690 that it was first described as Pedlar's Acre in a lease granted by Dr. Hooper, the rector, and churchwardens of St. Mary's, Lambeth, when it was let at a yearly rental of 61.

" The rents were used either towards the relief of the poor or the repair of the church, but in 1827 the estate was vested in the overseers for the relief of the rates, and afterwards in the old Lambeth Vestry, whose duties were taken over by the borough council. It has been ex- tensively built upon, and the council has used part as a depot and for wharves.

" Some difficulty has arisen over the disposal of the money, which has been paid into the Bank of England to the credit of the Court of Chancery. It has been suggested that 50,OOOL should be applied to educational purposes and for pensions for the aged poor of Lambetn, and the remainder retained by the borough council to provide a fresh depot."

Was this the " Pedlar's Acre " that gave rise to the drama entitled * Pedlar's Acre ; or, The Wife of Seven Husbands,' referred to under the head of ' Margaret Lessamore ? (or Lessamour) at 6 S. viii. 128 and 375 1

One does not hear much about Pouncy's works now ; but he exhibited three times at the Royal Academy between 1782 and 1789, and died at Lambeth in 1799.

BASIL BIRCH.

51, Tynemouth Road, South Tottenham.

CHARLES COXETER was admitted on the foundation at Westminster School in 1743, aged 14. He appears to have died while at school. Particulars of his parentage and the date of his death are desired.

G. F. R. B.

PECK AND BECKFORD FULLER. Peck Fuller was admitted to Westminster School in November, 1746, aged 14, and Beckford Fuller in September, 1747, aged 8. I have reason to believe that they belonged to a Jamaica family, and I should be glad to obtain any information concerning them.

G. F. R. B.

FRANCIS FAILLTEATJ was admitted to Westminster School in February, 1735/6, aged 12. I should be glad of any informa- tion concerning him. G. F. R. B.

" CANABULL BLUE SILKE." Thomas Lawley, of Much Wenloch, Salop, in his will, dated 6 Aug., 1559, bequeathed money to the parish church for "a hole sute of Vestments of Canabull blue silke." (16 Melhershe). What material is this ? A. RHODES.

TURKEY CAPTIVES : BRIEF AT WINCANTON. What captives were they in Turkey for whom a brief authorized collections at Wincanton, Somerset, in 1670 ? The sum of 4:1. 3s. was collected.

GEORGE SWEETMAN.

Wincanton.

JOANNES BRITANNUS. According to ' Virorum illustrium ex Ordine Eremitarum Divi Augustini Elogia,' by Cornelius Cur- tius (Antwerp, 1636), Augustinus Trium- phus, a member of that order, who died in 1328, wrote a treatise in defence of the Trinity and the Catholic religion " rogante Joanne Britanno, viro illustri et Ecclesise Varadiensis rectore." Is anything known about this John the Briton ? The church (a cathedral) of which he was rector is in Hungary, but the historians of the see are silent about him. L. L. K.

SMITH OF BOWLDOWN : JENNER FAMILY. James Dallaway, secretary to the Earl Marshal, in his MSS. states :

" The elder Jenner came from Marston, co. Wilts, of a sturdy race of yeomen, into which family Smith of Bowldowii married. He had two sons, who married sisters."

Who was Smith of Bowldown ? The sisters referred to were sisters of Dr. James Bradley, the Astronomer Royal.

R. J. FYNMORE.

Sandgate.

AALL OF SHADWELL AND NORWAY. Jakob Aall of Wapping Wai], Stepney,

married by 1702 Frances, and by her

had issue Niels, Benjamin, and Anthony. Anthony married firstly Mary -, who

died 1725, and secondly Hannah, who

was his executrix in 1737. Can any one give the surnames of these ladies ?

Information later than 1737 concerning this family in England would be of much interest. REGINALD M. GLENCROSS.

3, Challoner Street, West Kensington, W.

HORACE, ' CARMINA,* BOOK I. 5. Can any of your readers inform me whether " Thomas Hood, n the translator of this Ode, is the poet ? I append the first two lines of the first stanza :

Ah, Pyrrha, tell me whose the happy lot To woo thee on a couch of lavish roses.

The verses appear in Cooper's selected trans- lations from Horace.

I wish to identify the author, and also to ascertain when the translation first appeared. S. A. COURTAULD.