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 ns.x.D E c.i9,i9i4.] NOTES AND QUERIES.

MAKBIAGE OF JOAN DE GBEY. Could any reader give me some information concern- ing Joan de Grey, daxighter of Robert, fifth Baron Grey of Rotherfield ?

According to Archdale's ' Peerages ' and Burke's ' Dormant Peerages,' which I have, Joan de Grey married John Leke, twelfth Baron de Eyncourt, in 1401. In the same books, concerning Thomas du Lyttelton, she is said to have married Richard Quatre- main of Bycote, Oxfordshire. In a ' History of Thame ' that I have (which seems to be founded on facts) she is said to have married a Guy le Breton, and their daughter Kathe- rine to have married Thomas Quatremain of Weston, Oxon.

According to some Quatremain arms pre- served in the Ashmolean Museum, the marriage of Joan de Grey to Guy le Breton seems to be confirmed. In neither of the above ' Peerages ' is there any mention of the name "Le Breton." It is about the marriage of Joan de Grey to Guy le Breton that I wish to know mostly.

NEW ZEALAND READER.

TIMOTHY SKOTTOW OR SKOTTOWE OF NORWICH, GOLDSMITH, 1634 : CORPORATION RECORDS. Of what family was Timothy Skottowe, one of the leading goldsmiths of Norwich ? Was he related to Augustus Skdttow or Skottowe, also of Norwich, who married Anne, daughter of Robert Suckling of Woodton and Barsham, Norfolk, in 1638 ? and had he any connexion with the village of Skottowe in the same county ? I possess a silver tankard made by him, temp. King Charles I., having the Norwich plate-mark of 1642, with the letters " T. S.," and en- graved with the arms of my relations the Servington Savery family of Devon and Wilts, with plume mantlings c. 1670.

Timothy Skottowe is described in the Corporation records as providing beer cups and wine cups in 1634. English silver plate temp. Charles I. is very rare, as most of it was melted for coining during the Civil War. LEONARD C. PRICE.

Essex Lodge, Ewell.

FARTHING VICTORIAN STAMPS. I am not a philatelist now, but failure elsewhere to find an answer to this query impels me to a. c k the assistance of ' N. & Q.' In the eighties, as an urchin, on Saturday mornings I used to buy hot buns from the coffee- houses, my allowance being in hand. Thoughtfulness then supervening upon the replenishment of the inner man, I would betake myself to the Post Office, where I

would buy eight or twelve farthing stamps. As far as I can remember, these stamps were used in some way in connexion with newspapers, and were simply miniature Victorian stamps black printed or very dark-red black, just like the penny stamp, except for size. All philatelic journals ignore " the idea even " that such farthing stamps were issued then. I do not insist that they were for any other purpose than somehow in connexion with newspapers. Can any reader assist ? CECIL OWEN.

Subiaco, Western Australia.

WATERLOO AND THE FRANCO-GERMAN WAR. Is there any complete list of the French and German officers who were present at the battle of Waterloo and also took part in the Franco-German War of 1870-71 2

On 5 Dec., 1871, General von Hartmann, Commander of the 2nd Bavarian Corps, wrote to Bliebtreu, the battle painter :

" It was a heart-stirring thought for me that I had been present at the battle of Waterloo in 1815, and that I had in 1870-71 led an Army Corps against the enemy, on the 6th of August, in my 76th year ; that I had remained on horseback for fully 17 hours, at Frcischweiler, Reichshofen, and Niederbronn, and had had no food all day, except a piece of the privates' black bread."

J. LANDFEAR LUCAS. Glendora, Hindhead, Surrey.

" SPRUCE "==" NATTY." I should be glad of instances of uses of this word in litera- ture. Colloquially, I know the word in " As spruce as a little banker's clerk," " As spruce as a new pin," " As spruce as a barber's clerk." Whether barber's or barber- surgeon's clerk is indicated in the last instance I do not know.

JAS. CURTIS, F.S.A.

THE PRINCESS AND THE CRUMPLED ROSE- LEAF. Will you kindly refer me to examples of the story of the princess so delicate that she slept on rose-leaves, and when she com- plained that she could not rest it was found that one leaf was crumpled ?

EMERITUS.

SOUTHEY'S WORKS. Has any biblio- graphy of Robert Southey's works been published ? ROLAND AUSTIN.

Gloucester.

CROOKED LANE, LONDON BRIDGE. This street was famous for its fishing-tackle shops and birdcages previous to the rebuild- ing of London Bridge. Can any reader give any information as to inns, celebrated resi- dents, &c.? REGINALD JACOBS.

Junior Constitutional Club, W.