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and Mid Claydon, Bucks, who, according to Metcalfe, was knighted circa 1537-42. Dr. Shaw says " after Nov. 15, 1538." He was undoubtedly a knight when nominated Sheriff of Bucks in 1541. By " Robert Whytneyeof Gloucestershire" is intended, it can hardly be doubted, Sir Robert Whitney of Whitney, co. Hereford, M.P. for Hereford- shire, 1559, who was knighted 19 Oct., 1553 (Shaw).

It is more difficult to identify those whose Christian names are not given. " Mr. Corbet t," I should say, stands for Sir Andrew Corbet of Moreton, knighted at Berwick, 3 Oct., 1547. He is the nearest Corbet t knight to the date that I can find. By -'Mr. Wyndham " is almost certainly intended Sir Edward (or Edmond ) Windham of Felbrigge, knighted between 1533 and 1537 (Metcalfe), after 15 Nov., 1538 (Shaw). He was an " Esq." when Sheriff of Norfolk and Suffolk in 1537-8, but " Knight " very shortly afterwards. " Mr. Barkeley " refers probably to either Sir Maurice Berkeley of Bruton (who was an Esq. in 1539) or to Sir John Berkeley of Stoke Gifford, both of whom were knighted at the conquest of " Bolleyne " in 1544. " John Germyne " is a perplexing individual, owing to the con- fusion between Jermyn and Jermy. The name may refer to " Sir John Jermyn ol Suffolk," knighted by Edward VI. in 1547 (according to both Metcalfe and Shaw) whose precise identity so far I have not been able to establish ; but I am rather of opinion that the name should read Thomas Jermyn a knight who clearly nourished at this period but whose name seems to be absent from all known lists of knights. W. D. PINK. Winslade, Lowton, Newtou-le- Willows.



John or=:==j Roger Churchill, of Cather- ston, co. Dorset.

=Ja,ne Peverel, of Bradford, relict of Nicholas Meggs.

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RUSSIAN NAMES : THEIK PRONUNCIATION (11 S. xii. 340). Dvinsk should be pro nounced in English just as it is written In Polish as well as in German the name o this town is Dwinsk (also called Diinaburg] Polish and German w, preceding a vowe] sounds like v in English, as, for instan e, / Polish Warszawa = German Warschau, whic! should be correctly rendered' Varshava in English spelling (instead of Warsaw), it Russian name being Varshava, and sound- ing like Polish Warszawa. H. KREBS.

See Spectator for 21 August and 11 Septem- ber. I would strongly recommend that English writers should transliterate Russian names in accordance with the table at the latter reference, except the letter q, which should be transliterated as tsh and not as ch;

he latter only creates confusion, as one is

ot always sure whether it is meant for a

'rench ch or a guttural ch as in Scotch

loch." Russian writers themselves when

ransliterating are not satisfied with a bare

h, but add a t as in Tchaikovsky, Tchitcherin.

~ut if there are to be three letters, why not

use tsh and avoid all ambiguity ?

L. L. K.

CHURCHILL (11 S. xii. 319). According to lutchins's ' History of Dorset,' third edition , rol. iv. p. 469, the pedigree runs as follows :

William Churchill=pMary Creuse of Wycroft Castle co. Devon.

William C., John Churchill, of Gorton, who settled Dorset. at Muston,

v. Hutchins, ii. 415.

Matthew Churchill,=p Alice Gould, of Dorchester. of Bradford, Somerset.

Jasper Churchill,=p Elizabeth Chaplet, of Herringston. of Bradford. I

John Churchill,=r3arah of Minterne, co. Dorset,

and

Middle Temple, d. 1652.

dau. and

coheir of Henry Winston, of Standish, co. Gloster, by Dionysia, dau. of Sir Thomas Bond, Lord Mayor of London.

Churchill.

Sir Winston^ Elizabeth Churchill, I (or Mary) 1620(?)-88, I Drake,

v. 'D.N.B.,' x. 342.

of Ashe.

Sir John Churchill,= Susan

d. 1685, Prideaux.

Master of the Rolls, v. 1 D.N.B.,'X. 314.

John, first Duke of Marlborough, v. 'D.N.B.,'x. 315.

But a long note (pp. 470-71 in Hutchins) throws considerable doubt upon the pedigree of which the above is a part : " The truth is, the first of the Duke of Marlborough' s family from whom we can trace his descent with accuracy is John Churchill, his grandfather." The great duke's maternal grandmother Eleanor, widow of -Sir John Drake, Bt. of Ashe, was half-niece of George Villiers, first Duke of Buckingham, being a daughter of John, Lord Boteler of Bramfield, Herts, by Elizabeth, daughter of Sir George Villiers of Brokesby. The ' D.N.B.' makes Sir