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NOTES AND QUEEIES. [n s. vm. OCT. 25, 1913.

WE must request correspondents desiring in- formation on family matters of only private interest to affix their names and addresses to their queries, in order that answers may be sent to them direct.

BRADDOCK. Can any of your readers give me any information with regard to the following points concerning General Brad- dock, who commanded the forces in America in 1755, and was killed in the expedition against Fort Duquesne ?

1. The ' D.N.B.' states that his residence was in Arlington Street. What was the number ?

2. The 'D.N.B.' and other authorities state that he made a will in favour of John Calcraft, the Army agent, and Mrs. G. A. Bellamy ; whereas his will states that he leaves everything to his two friends Mary York (the wife of John York, lieutenant in the Royal Regiment of Artillery, then on duty at Gibraltar) and John Calcraft. Are there any descendants of John Calcraft and his reputed wife (Mrs. G. A. Bellamy) and of Mary York alive ? if so, have they any relics of Braddock ?

3. Mrs. G. A. Bellamy, in her ' Apology,' vol. iii. p. 149, says : " A demand was made from the Treasury of the Government plate left us by the late unfortunate General Brad- dock." Was it the custom (and is it so still ?) to present to a commander-in -chief plate bearing the royal arms ? and if so, of what did it consist ?

4. Walpole says :

" But a more ridiculous story of Braddock, and which is recorded in heroics by Fielding in his ' Coyent Garden Tragedy,' was an amorous dis- cussion he formerly had with a Mrs. Upton, who kept him."

Is anything known of this Mrs. Upton or of her connexion with Braddock ? Does Fielding or any editor of his works state that Braddock is the Capt. Bilkum in the above tragedy ?

5. Can any one supply a list of the periodical papers published from 1680 to 1755, and say which of them may be seen at the British Museum ?

F. ROBERTSON SMITH.

STATUE OF WILLIAM III., HOGHTON, LANCASHIRE. Information concerning the statue of William III. in the inner court- yard of Hoghton Tower, Lancashire, also words of inscription, if any, would be welcome. WILLIAM MAC ARTHUR.

Dublin.

GODIVA AND HORSE-TOLL. All local ac- counts agree that Godiva made Coventry toll-free except for horses on the occasion of her famous ride. There is documentary evidence to prove that in 1355 the Prior of Coventry agreed to take no toll at the Friday cattle market held on his estate except for horses. Are there any instances of this exemption and exception in other markets ? On the other hand, in the time of Edward I. the burgesses appear to have been free even from this toll. Dugdale (' Warw.,' i. 162) says that it appears that '' the whole town was then exempt from Toll, ex- cepting for Horses, whereof the Burgers were only freed ; but that the said Burgers had Toll of Horses for their own tenants there inhabiting."

Is it possible to clear up this passage by the citation of any parallel ?

MARY DORMER HARRIS.

BERGAMOT.

As though his highest lot

To plant the Bergamot.

In ' Chambers's Encyclopaedia ' three distinct plants are described under this heading : Mellarosa (or Bergamot orange), Bergamot pear, and the labiate Mentha citrata. To which plant does Marvell refer in the above quotation from the ' Horatian Ode ' ?

E. M. F.

CONSECRATION CROSSES NEAR PISCINJE. Does any reader know of examples of con- secration crosses above, at the back of, or near piscinae in our ancient churches ?

G. B.

SMITH FAMILY: OFFICERS IN ROYAI* ARTILLERY. I am anxious to ascertain the Christian name of the father of the three following officers in the Artillery : 1. John Smith, first lieutenant 14 Sept., 1801 ; captain 1 Sept., 1808 ; died at Island Bridge, Dublin, 19 Feb., 1813 ; he entered the Artillery 5 Sept., 1799. 2. Henry, who was a " vet.," 24 April, 1805. and retired on half pay 20 July, 1816 ; he is said to have married a Miss Nicholls, probably of Plymouth or some part of Devon. 3. William, second lieutenant commissary 14 Jan., 1807; first lieutenant 3 March, 1809 ; retired 1 July, 1816 ; died at Lisbon, where he was British Consul, 11 Nov., 1865. Another son named George was, I imagine, also in the Artillery. Their father, whose Christian name I wish to find, was said to be an officer in the Artillery ; he certainly was in some regiment with which the fourth Duke of Richmond was connected. Any assistance will be gratefully acknowledged. A. STEPHENS DYER.

207, Kingston Road, Teddington.