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NOTES AND QUERIES. [ii s. vm. OCT. is, 1913.

"TRAMWAYS." (See 2 S. v. 128 ; xii. 229, 276, 358; 6 S. ii. 225, 356, 498; iii. 12, 218. 413, 433. 477 ; 7 S. iii. 96, 373 : vi. 285 ; 11 S. viii. 168, 275.) The article ' Railway ' in ' Chambers's Encyclopaedia ' (ed. 1880) states that

"in 1745 one was in operation in Scotland

namely a short coal-line from Tranent to Cockenzie, which General Cope selected as a position at the battle of Prestonpans."

John Home ('Hist, of the Rebellion in the Year 1745,' 1802, at p. 113) describes this as " the waggon road from Tranent to Cockenzie." Are there instances of its being called a " tramroad " or " tramway " (or a "railway ") in contemporary accounts of the battle ? So far as I know, the earliest instance supplied of " tramroad " for the ' Oxford English Dictionary ' is of 1 804 ; and the earliest of " tramway " is of 1825 ; so I am sure the editor will be glad to have the words traced back right into the eigh- teenth century, if it be possible. Q. V.

SlMON DE MONTFORT AND LEWES.

After the Battle of Lewes, on 12 May, 1264, the- victorious Earl Simon advanced upon the town, and met the King at the West Gate.

1. Have we any detailed account of this meeting ? and where is it to be found ?

2. Have we any authentic likeness of Earl Simon, or any record from which w r e may learn what manner of man he was ?

These questions are asked in view of proposals now under discussion for the erection at Lewes of some sort of memorial to Earl Simon. C. E. GRAVELY.

JOHN, MARK, AND JEREMIAH ARCHER. I should be glad if any of your readers could supply information relative to John Archer, who had farms at Bishopwearmouth and Newbottle, in the county of Durham, between 1689 and 1700.

He had, with other issue, two sons : Mark, baptized at Bishopwearmouth in 1691 ; and Jeremiah, baptized there 1696. These distinctive Christian names may prove a clue in affiliating this line of Archer. HENRY LEIGHTON.

37, Southampton Bow, W.C.

HIGHLANDERS AT QUEBEC, 1759. Can any of your readers tell me who the High- landers were who were present at the taking of Quebec in 1759 ? I have seen them called " Frasers " and the 78th, but there is no Highland regiment, according to the Army List, that bears Quebec on its colours. ALFRED GWYTHER.

NEVILLE-ROLFE : GARNETT : BROOKS - BANK. Edmund Rolfe of Heacham Hall, Norfolk, died without issue on 17 Dec., 1836. and he left his estates to the Rev. Strick- land Charles Edward Neville, M.A., Vicar of Heacham (who assumed by royal licence,, bearing date 1 March, 1837, the surname and arms of Rolfe), who was the eldest son of a deceased Lieut. -General Charles Edward Neville, R.A.

Information is sought respecting the parentage of this General Neville, ancl also- concerning the origin of two sisters, Martha and Elizabeth Rolfe, who were known to be related to the Neville family, and married Thomas Garnett and Thomas

There is extant a curious ghost story relating to the above-mentioned persons and place. F. W. R. GARNETT.

Wellington Club, Grosvenor Place, S.W.

NUMERALS. Can any of your readers tell me in what language the numerals are somewhat like " ina," " dina," " deina " (i.e., one, two, three) ? I think it is one of the Gaelic group, and I should like to know the numerals up to 21.

F. J. JENCKEN, Colonel A. M.S.

Fedamore, Lexden Road, Colchester.

[See the authorities cited at 6S. xi. 206^336, 47?,

8S.

under 'Numbers used in scoring Sheep,' and at S. iv. 45, under 'Anglo-Cymric Score.']

ORIGIN OF PICTURE SOUGHT : ' THE LAST COMMUNION OF ST. MARY.' A lady resid- ing in Ohio has charge of an old picture which had long been neglected, but which she had carefully cleaned and photographed in 1911. It represents the scene in the popular legend of the life of the Madonna when, being notified by an angel that she was soon to be removed from, earth, she expressed the wish that the Apostles should be assembled that they might make their communion with her for the last time before her assumption into heaven.

The picture shows her reclining in the foreground, and St. John about to com- municate her, while St. Peter and his fellow - Apostles surround her except St. Thomas, who appears at the door, pressing forward in haste. Above the group heaven is opened, and God the Father is depicted in the act of benediction. Some parts of the photograph are obscure.

I have been assured that the picture has been in Ohio for fifty years. The suggestion has been made that it was originally an altarpiece somewhere in Europe, or that it is a replica of such a picture. But this