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NOTES AND QUERIES. [ii s. x. OCT. 3, wu.

BAKER OF ASHCOMBE. In ' Debrett's Baronetage' (1910 edition) the baronetcy held by the present Sir Randolf Littlehales Baker, fourth Baronet, is described I pre- sume, in accordance with the original grant as " Baker of Ashcombe, Sussex."

In no other Baronetage to which I have access is this description given, nor in the ' Boll of the Baronets.' I shall be glad of an explanation. I presume " Ashcombe " is a farm-house of that name in the vicinity of Lewes. What connexion with this place had the family ? A. J. BICKETTS.

HELMET WORN AT FLODDEN FIELD. Can any Suffolk person or any other reader inform me in which village church in Suffolk is preserved the helmet worn by the Earl of Suffolk at the battle of Flodden Field ?

T. D. DYKE.

Union Club, Trafalgar Square, S.W.

MACE FAMILY. I shall be most grateful for information regarding this name in Gloucestershire and Oxfordshire, in the parishes given below, &c.

1. Mace (Thomas Holloway) of Great Bissington went to live at the manor there in 1811. Born 1776 or 1777, married Eliza- beth Akerman about 1803, died 1856. Name of father and mother and ancestors.

2. Mace of Windrush.

3. Mace of Westcote.

4. Any other family by that name in either county. I shall also be glad of pedi- grees before 1811 or any particulars.

CHARLES A. MACE. 4, Kingsland Road, N.E.

BESZANT FAMILY. In the fifth ed. of 'The Encyclopaedia Britannica,' 1799, it is stated that no family in France is allowed to use the dolphin as charge on their arms, except the Beszant family. Could any reader suggest the reason for this ? I should also be grateful for being directed to any published account of this old French family. HENRY BEAZANT.

Roundway, Friern Barnet, N.

HERALDIC. Can any one tell me to whom the following arms belong they are moulded on an old brown stoneware jug, and are very indistinct ?

A plain cross extending over the whole shield, except the pointed base, which i charged with the Ulster hand. In the centre of the cross an escutcheon of pretence. In the first quarter what may be a billet ; in the second, crossed keys ; in the third, a chevron dividing three bugle- horns (without strings 2 and 1 )'; in the fourth, a four-legged beast

The crest looks like a boy or cupid, and below it is a lump which may be a coronet. Supporters : two draped figures, the dexter bearing a sword.

ASTLEY TERRY, Major-General. 48, Combe Park, Bath.

AUTHORS WANTED. Is it known who in- vented the following?

1. They said to the camel-bird, " Carry." [t answered, " 1 cannot, for I am a bird." They aid, " Fly." It answered, " I cannot, for I am

a camel."

2. Perimus licitis.

3. Dii laneos habent pedes.

4. Prends le premier conseil d'une femme et non le second.

5. Le vin est vers6 ; il faut le boire.

F. H.

CONVENTUAL GUEST-CHAPELS. At Stan- ley St. Leonards, commonly called Leonard Stanley, Gloucestershire, there is an old chapel, which has been used for farm purposes since the Dissolution. That it was the original Saxon parish chapel there is good reason to believe ; but a recognized authority is of opinion that it is also a rare example of a monastic guest-chapel. It stands quite close to the Norman priory church. I should be grateful for any in- formation on the subject of guest-chapels. Also, if we have here a guest-chapel, what other examples exist ?

C. SWYNNERTON.

EPAULETS. In Capt. Marryat's books naval lieutenants are represented as wearing an epaulet on one shoulder only. What was the rule in the case of a commander ? and when was the practice discontinued? I think that I have seen pictures of Army officers with but a single epaulet. Cer- tainly in 1866, when at St. Malo, I noticed a French subaltern with the epaulet on one side only, but as a scale (without fringe) was worn on the other shoulder, the lop- sided appearance was not so greatly marked.

E. L. H. TEW.

Upham Rectory, Hants.

[Epaulets were discussed at 7 S. xi. 49, 176, 372 ; xii. 238 ; and at 1 S. viii. 244.]

FRASER. 1. Lieut. -Col. James, Military Secretary to Generals Nichols and Bellasis, 1780-1813 ; killed at Java. Possibly con- nected with Inverness-shire.

Information required as to his birthplace and clan-title, if any.

2. Major father of the above ; served with 78th Highlanders in the reigns of George II. and III. ; one of the few officers