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OLD MAPS OF LANCASTEB. Can any one give me references to maps of the Borough of Lancaster prior to 1800, other than those by Speed (1610) and Thomas Mackreth (1778) ? I know of one other, by Mclntyre, which is of this period, but undated. Can any one fix its year ? Please reply direct.

T. CANN HUGHES, M.A., F.S.A. 78, Church Street, Lancaster.

THE OLDEST BUSINESS-HOUSE IN LONDON. Which is this ? I observe that Pickfords the carriers claim to have been established 300 years, which one w r ould imagine to be about a record. The publishers of ' Debrett ' also claim for that work an appearance in three centimes, but, of course, that means anything over 115 years.

J. LANDFEAB LUCAS.

Glendora, Hindhead, Surrey.

SOURCE OF QUOTATION WANTED. Speak- ing of unmarried men :

" The others were like Sir John Dunfern in the immortal story : ' They never yet had entertained the thought of yielding up their bacheloric ideas to supplant them with others which eventually should coincide with those of a different sex.' "

What is the " immortal story " referred 10 ? M. L. G.

CROMWELL QUERY. Did a daughter, a sister, or a granddaughter of Oliver Crom- well marry an Earl of Essex ? and did a daughter of that Earl of Essex marry against her father's wishes and go to America ? Please reply direct. HELEN BEACH.

Hotel Beau Rivage, Geneva.

THOMAS CHAPMAN of River Bank, Putney, b. 1670, d. 1731, married Elizabeth Tyson. What was his ancestry ? A descendant (of the fifth generation) is now a judge of the High Court in NewJZealand. E. H. H.

CONVENTION OR ASSONANCE IN NAMES OF TWINS. Wanted by a reader of Bendel Harris books, ' Dioscuri in Christian Legend,' mediaeval or modern instances of convention or assonance in the names of twins. E.g., Camden in his ' Britannia ' cites a case of twins at Lamerton, near Tavistock, who were famous all over the neighbourhood, and mentions that their names were Nicholas and Andrew.
 * Cult of Heavenly Twins,' ' Boanerges,' any

Wanted also, besides mediaeval or modern evidence of any convention or assonance, the combination of James and John, or any combination with Michael, or Nicholas, or Andrew. C. A. P.

SABELLICUS : MSS. SOUGHT. Can any reader of ' N. & Q.' inform me of the exist- ence and present hcme of fifteenth-century manuscripts of the orations of Marcus Antonius Ccccius, called Sabellicus, 1436- 1506 ? ^ H. C. M.

OLD ETONIANS. I shall be grateful for information regarding any of the following : (1) Medlycott, Thomas, admitted 27 Jan., 1756, left 1763. (2) Mitchell, Edward, ad- mitted 28 April, 1760, left 1762. (3) Mole, Christopher, admitted 20 April, 1760, left 1766. (4) Monk, Charles, admitted 3 Sept., 1765, left 1773. (5) Montgomery, George, admitted 7 July, 1765, left 1772. (6) Moore, Edward, admitted 5 July, 1765, left 1765. (7) Mordaunt, Charles, admitted 20 Jan., 1760, left 1762. (8) Morland, Jacob, admitted 19 Nov., 1755, left 1757. (9) Morland, John, admitted 19 Nov., 1755, left 1756. (10) Morshead, John Pentyne, admitted 6 April, 1764, left 1764. (11) Mott, Bichard, ad- mitted 8 June, 1761, left 1764. (12) Murphy, Thomas, admitted 26 June, 1759, left 1762. (13) Needham, William, admitted 26 Oct., 1756, left 1761. (14) Neville, Christopher, admitted 20 June, 1754, left 1762. (15) Newman, George, admitted 16 Jan., 1764, left 1769. (16) Newnham, John, admitted 22 Jan., 1760, left 1762. B. A. A.-L.

' AVE MARIS STELLA.' In a little bundle of Catholic papers of the time of Charles I. I found a hymn of twenty-eight lines, begin- ning :

Haile starre the otian guiding

Godis mother full of puritie

A virgin still abyding,

Blest gate of heaven's securitie. I presume the verses are unpublished. If so, it would be interesting to know whether the composition is contemporary or copied from some earlier manuscript. Perhaps some reader could tell me which is the earliest English version or imitation of the famous Latin hymn. E. WILLIAMS.

37, Newtown Road, Hove. APOLLO or THE DOORS. One phase "or representation of the Light -god among the Greeks was Apollon Thuraios. Will any one who has access to Roscher or other good authority on Greek antiquities be so kind as to inform me how he is represented under this character, and what is the significance of the doors ? I presume they stand for the barriers of darkness, either of the night or of the winter, which the Sun- god opens or rolls back. GSM

A. SMYTHE PALMER. Tullagee, Eastbourne.