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B. B. SHERIDAN AND ' THE DUENNA.' The first edition of this brilliant opera was, I believe, published in 1785 with the title ' The Duenna ; or, The Double Elopement.' But the first author's edition did not appear until 1794. It had additions which, on the authority of Thomas Moore, were not really written by Sheridan. If this be true, we have to look to the previous edi- tions to find the genuine version as it left Sheridan's hands. I have before me now :

" The | Governess : | a | Comic Opera : | as it is performed | at the | Theatre - Koyal | in I Crow-Street. | Dublin : | Printed in the Year |

51. DCC.LXXXVm."

Except for the title, this seems to me iden- tical with the versions of ' The Duenna ' published before the edition of 1794.

I should like to know why in what cir- cumstances and for what reasons the title of ' The Duenna ; or, The Double Elopement,' was changed to ' The Govern- ess,' as performed on the stage and pub- lished ; and how it came about that the older title was restored. Is there any evi- dence that the change was made by Sheridan himself, as presumably it was ? J. S.

SCOLES AND DTJNCOMBE FAMILIES. I should be very glad to receive any infor- mation as to intermarriage in the above families. Charlotte, daughter of William, Scoles esquire, married before 1838 Henry B. Duncombe, esquire, by whom she had a daughter Martha. To what family of Dun- combe did they belong ?

LEONARD C. PRICE.

Essex Lodge, EwelL

" KULTUR." Will any of your con- tributors who can do so say what the Germans really mean by this word ? It seems to me they can hardly mean what we do by " culture." Lucis.

GOTHIC MASON-SCULPTORS. Prof. Prior and Mr. Arthur Gardner in their recent fascinating ' Account of Mediaeval Figure - Sculpture in England ' mention the follow- ing, concerning whom I should be grateful for further particulars or bibliographical references :

1. Wilars de Honecort, maker of a thir- teenth-century mason's sketch-book.

2. John of Gloucester, master of a build- ing workshop ; or, according to some, as " King's mason," the artist who carved the
 * ' angels" of the Westminster triforium.

3. William de Hibernia.

4. Alexander of Abingdon (" le Imagi- neur ").

I should be particularly glad to know of any document giving details of the tools used by thirteenth - century sculptors in England, and the names for them then in use. L. M. H.

DE GLAMORGAN. (11 S. viii. 468; ix. 153, 476; x. 35, 211.)

IN stating that Sir John de Glamorgan's first wife was Eleanor de Gorges, I must confess myself to have blundered. My note from the Coll. Top. et Gen., iv. 365, was incorrectly taken.

Having since then consulted the original documents concerned, I am able to offer the following information, derived in great part from the valuable inquisition held on 1 1 May, 19 Ed. III. The writ that accompanies that inquisition in the public records, and that probably authorized it, is dated, however, 6 July, 16 Ed. III. What the explanation of the long delay is I do not know. The purport of the inquiry was chiefly to ascer- tain what lands John de Glamorgan, de- ceased, held of the " late King Edward " in, capite in the Isle of Wight on the day he died ; who his nearest heir was, his age, lands and his title to them ; and when he who was heir to (Sir) John died, &c.

Sir John de Glamorgan, we learn, who died on 26 Dec., 1337, died possessed, jointly with Alice his wife, as tenants for life, of the manors of Wolveton (with lands, &c., in Hardele, &c.), Mottistone, Staundon (or Estaundon), and La Wode, " and of no other lands [i.e., in chief] in the Isle of Wight on the day he died." The devolu- tion of the manors is then touched on. Wolveton had been settled by Sir John on himself and Alice his wife, as tenants for life, with remainder to his son and heir, John de Glamorgan, and Alienor, daughter of Theobald Bussel, Knt., and their heirs male lawfully begotten, with remainder in default to the right heirs of Sir John. Motti- stone, likewise, was settled by Sir John on himself and Alice his wife, with remainder, however, to their own male issue ; remainder in default to Dionysia, their daughter, and her male issue, with like remainder to her sister Anne (not "Alice"); remainder to Peter, son of said John de Glamorgan, and his male issue ; remainder in default to Sir