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Sir Josce de Dinant. His daughter

Hawise = Sir Fulke Fitz-Warine, who f ant<i

1195 (Banks, ' Dormant and Extinct Baron-

age,' ii. 214 ; Burke, ' Extinct Peerage,'

1840 ed., p. 210).

Sir John Fresh marsh. His daughter Catherine=1189 Amatellus St. Quintin, Feudal Baron of St. Quintin (Burke, ' Ex- tinct Baronetcies,' p. 462 ; Banks, ' Baronies in Fee,' i. 407).

Sir John Brumfield. His daughter Jane = John Chute, living 1274 (Burke's ' Com- moners,' i. 632).

Sir John Chadioke or Chideoke. His daughter Christian = Cut hbert Chute (ibid.).

Sir John Britton. His daughter (un- named) = Philip Chute (ibid.).

Sir John Chichester. His daughter Anabel= Ambrose Chute (ibid.).

Sir John de Ingham, living 5 John= Albreda, daughter and coheir of Walter Waleran (Banks, 'Dormant and Extinct Baronage,' i. 349 ; Burke, ' Extinct Peerage,' 1840 ed., p. 290).

Sir Simon de Veer of Goxhall, co. Lincoln, and Sproatley, Holderness, who = Ada, daughter of Roger 'Bertram, summoned to Parliament 14 Dec., 1264, as a Baron (Burke, ' Extinct Peerage,' 1840 ed., p. 59).

FRANCIS H. RELTON. 8, Lansdowne Road, East Croydon.

SAYING or BEDE'S.

" The saying of Beda is to be remembered so work as to offer Prayer ; so Praye as to work not with thy Lips alone." ' Heliotropes,' 1625.

I should be glad of the reference in Bede. It seems a variant of " laborare est orare "

H. N. E.

BURIAL-PLACE OF ELEANOR OF PROVENCE.

Can any contributor give me reliable information as to where Eleanor of Provence was buried ? 1 have heard she died a nun nineteen years after her husband. Any information will be gratefully received.

C. E. CHRETIEN.

" HURLEY -HACKET.'' Can any reader

explain the origin of the use of the word

in the expression " hurley-

hacket, a sliding down a steep place in a

trough or sledge ?

"Racket" as a proper name is the diminutive of Hal (Henry) as " Halket." d * is a

HACKETT '

Washington,

FAMOUS ULSTJERMEN. Has any list been made of famous Ulstermen who have served under the Crown, notably in the East ? Perhaps your readers would help in com- pilation. WILLIAM MAGV\RTHUR.

1. EPIGRAM ON FREDERICK THE GREAT. Wanted, the occasion and original (appa- rently French) of the epigram of which the following translation occurs in a letter dated 29 March, 1741 :

How can you doubt if the Xew King Means what he writes, or feigns,

Since what his learned pen conceals His honest sword explains.

2. HENRY IV. 's SUPPER OF HENS. In a letter to West, Gray writes :

" My life is like Harry the Fourth's supper of hens, ' Poulets a la broche, Poulets en Ragout, Poulets en Hachis, Poulets en Fricasees.' Read- ing here, Reading there ; nothing but books with different sauces."

Can any one explain this allusion ?

3. THE FIRST PHILOSOPHER AND THE OLYMPIC GAMES. In a letter to Walpole, Gray writes :

" The first man that ever bore the name [of philosopher], if you remember, used to say that life was like the Olympic games (the greatest public assembly of his age and country), whore some came to show the strength and agility of body, as the champions ; others, as the musicians, orators, poets, and historians, to show their excellence in those arts ; the traders, to get money ; and the better sort, to enjoy the spec- tacle, and judge of all these."

Can any one supply the reference to the philosopher here referred to ?

4. JOHANNES RENAD^US. In a letter to Walpole, Gray mentions a certain Johannes Renadaeus as the author of * Dispensatorium Medicum et Antidotarium ' (Paris, 1609). I should be glad of information as to the nationality and date of this writer.

5. THE DUCHESS OF MARLBOROUGH'S STRIPED GOWN. In a letter to Walpole, dated 15 April, 1764, Gray writes:

" Patriotism appears again with all its old faults on its head, even to the Dutchess of Marl- borough's striped gown." Can any one explain this allusion ?

6. "QCEEN ELINOR IN THE BALLAD." In a letter to Gray from Paris,dated 25 Jan., 1766, Walpole writes :

" Like Queen Elinor in the ballad, I sunk afc Charing-cross, and have risen in the Fauxbourg St. Germain."

What is the ballad here referred to ?

PAGET TOYNBEE. Fiveways, Burnham, Bucks.