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NOTES AND QUERIES.

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words became t in O.E.* In the next line Widsith tells us he visited Casere. This 13 the Count Caesarius who ruled over Walarlce, i.e., the Gallias, and who was slain at Seville in 448 by a Gothic nobleman named Agyulf. Cp. " Casere weold Creacum," 'N. & Q.,' 11 S. vii. 62.

Now Singiric, the king of the Visigoths who preceded Wala, was a brother of Sams, the enemy of Ataulf. In O.E. Germanic Sar- became Sser-, and yielded Sering- as a patronymic, according to rule. Cp. Casere < *Casseri < Caesarius ; and Caesar > Casaer > casering, a coin bearing Caesar's image.

ALFRED ANSCOMBE.

30, Albany Road, Stroud Green, N.

BRUCE : FREEMAN : PARRY : PYKE.

" The will of one Archibald Bruce, surgeon in the Royal Navy, was proved in 1729 in the Consistory Court of Rochester, Kent. The will gives all to wife Jane ; no other names men- tioned. This, probably, is the Archibald Bruce mentioned in the will of one William Pyke, of Greenwich (about 1727)."

The above data were supplied by MR. R. J. BEEVOR, M.A., St. Albans, England. (Cp. 10 S. viii. 45.)

I regret having overlooked the will of John Parry, of East Greenwich, Kent, 1781, in the book on ' Parry Wills ' by Lieut. -Col. G. S. Parry (11 S. ix. 146, 193). I am again indebted to COL. PARRY for some new facts, for he has kindly informed me that at St. Paul's, Deptford, is an "altar-tomb" with the following inscriptions :

" Mr. Isaac Parry of this parish died (6) Mar. 176(4), a. [aged] (55). Mary his relict, died (14) Oct., 1769, a. 60. John Parry, their son, died 25 Nov., 1769, a. 29 ; Mary, wife of Isaac Parry, jun., died Feb., 1777, a. 32. Mrs. Mary Parry, wife of John Parry and daughter of the above, died Apl. 24, 1793, a. 2(5). Mr. John Parry, son of the above John and Mary Parry, died Mar. 24, 1798, a. (5) years. [Apparently only one figure.]

"[Also] Mrs. Honour Higgins . . . . Mr. Wm. Higgins. . . .of the above-named Isaac Parry. . . . Oct. 30, 1798, a. 6(3). Also the remains of Mm. Martha. . . . [The above on the top slab. There has also been an inscription at the side.]"

COL. PARRY remarks that he does not at present see any sufficient reason to connect John Parry of East Greenwich (1781) with these Deptford Parrys.

In the churchyard at St. Paul's, Deptford, is an " altar-tomb " with this inscription : "This is the ; family vault of James Pike," but if there was ever any other inscription it has disappeared.

and also the following instances : " Sigene " : Nfauana : " Ijirnit.-fplb : JPrn-rPttAm " *T,l.. "
 * Cp. Wright, ' O.-E Grammar,' 1908, 12~),

Sfquatut ; " Liccit-felb si-ta ("silk").

Leco-cetum ;

MR. R. J. BEEVOR will renew his search among wills proved in the Consistory Court of Rochester, Kent, as there are Greenwich wills to be found among them, and the con- nexion of James Pyke with Greenwich is an established fact.

" We have no evidence that the John Parry who married Mary Freeman in 1744 had any connexion with Greenwich. He cannot have been born later than 1724, and so he was not a son of Isaac Parry who died 1764, aged 55 (see p. 6 of Third Series of ' Extracts from British Archives,' in Magazine of History, New York). If it is proved that this John Parry was not of Greenwich, that need not disturb any pre- viously framed hypotheses concerning him" (ex letter from MR. BEEVOR, 16 March, 1914).

EUGENE F. McPiKE. 1200, Michigan Av., Chicago.

" COB " : " EYRER." These two words, de- noting respectively the male swan and the female, occur in the Account Roll of the Bursars of Winchester College for the year from Saturday before Michaelmas, 6 Hen. IV., to Michaelmas, 7 Hen. IV. (1405-6), in the following item, under the heading ' Custus necessarii ' :

" In soluto Willelmo swanherde de Twyforde pro j novo [sic] eyrer enipt,' de eodem ad copuland.' cum le cpbbe existente in riparia eo quod vetus eyrer occisa t'uit cum j serpente anno ultimo elapso vjs. viijrf."

H. C.

WK 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.

GEORGE BUBB DODINGTON, LORD MEL- COMBE. I should be very glad to know if any specimens of this worthy's manuscript correspondence have been preserved in private collections. An interesting selection from his papers was published not long since by the Historical Manuscripts Commission (' Various Collections,' vol. vi.), but, as he was a most voluminous letter- writer, it seems likely that other effusions of his may still be in existence. LLOYD SANDERS.

59, Chancery Lane, W.C.

WHITFIELD. Information is desired about the Whitfield family of Wem, Hodnet, and Whixall, Salop especially evidence of bap- tism of Thomas Whitfield, who died 1773, and is buried at Whixall. He was born in 1678. Please reply direct to

E. S. B. WHITFIELD. 261, Lewisham High Koad, S.E.