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if not all, of the Montacute property came into the possession of Alice's third son, John Nevill, who was summoned to Parliament as Baron Nevill of Montagu in 1461, and created Marquis of Montagu in 1470. After his death on Barnet Field in 1471, he was succeeded by his son George, who had been created Duke of Bedford in 1469, but was degraded from all his dignities in 1477. On his death without issue in 1483, the Monta- pute possessions came into the hands of his five sisters, as coheiresses of their father, the first Marquis of Montagu.

The Tibetot property was shared between the three sisters and coheiresses of John Tibetot, Earl of Worcester, the second of whom, Joan, married Sir Edmund Ingalde- thorpe or Inglethorpe, as shown by MB. MERGER. Their daughter Isabella married John Nevill, Marquis of Montagu. This property, of course, had nothing to do with Richard, Earl of Warwick.

W. F. PRIDEAUX.

THACKERAY'S NOSE (11 S. iii. 162). The following from The Westminster Gazette of 10 March would appear to throw a fresh light upon this interesting discussion :

" Many years ago an intimate friend of Thackeray told me that in the fight with Venables the nose was injured, but not seriously. The accident by which Thackeray was disfigured for life took place at St. Cloud, when he was living in Paris. There was a picnic, and the party were riding upon donkeys, when Thackeray's animal suddenly stopped, and he was thrown headlong on a heap of stones by the side of the road."

CECIL CLARKE. Junior Athenaeum Club.

' YOUNG FOLKS' (11 S. ii, 450, 511 ; iii. 34, 71). May I return hearty thanks to those of your readers who have replied to my query ? I may mention for the benefit of those interested that Messrs. Henderson are reissuing in penny parts most of the " giant stories " of Young Folks under the series title of " Young Folks Tales."

WM. GIFFORD HALE.

THE FIRST PERFORATED POSTAGE STAMPS (11 S. iii. 183). I am just old enough to remember (and I think I do remember) the old sheets of unperforated stamps. A terrible nuisance it must have been, cutting them off. Perforation, so obvious now, was in its day a brilliant discovery. I re- member about forty years ago a lady telling mo the origin of the discovery. She said that a hunting man, about to start out, had to stamp a letter. Having neither knife nor scissors handy, he thought of

trying the rowel of his spur. He ran it along a stamp, perforating the edge, and tore it off. This, at any rate, was her story.

D. O.

I can remember the first coming of the postage stamp, which, after " a lick to the back," you put on the letter and hit it hard with the ball of the hand to " make sure " that it would not drop off. People were very choice over using the " Queen's yeds," as most folks called them, and asked for them at the shop which was the post office in any village of size. To ask for and get "a Queen's head" was not the work of a moment OP two, for the stamp had to be cut with extreme care along the lines, it being held to be something that would have to be " answered for " if the stamp was damaged in any way, or " stuck on the wrong way up." I remember how carefully the old lady used to handle her scissors and the sheet of stamps as she served one with " a Queen's head," and how carefully she affixed it for those who did not feel equal to doing so.

When the perforated stamps came, they tore off so badly that scissors were used for a long time to detach them from the sheet ; and at the town post offices the clerks would first crease a row along the perforations, to make them tear off the easier.

THOS. RATCLIFFE.

TERRACE (11 S. iii. 207). At 10 S. v. 186 I cited a mortgage bearing date 20 August, 1782, by which the brothers Adam assigned as security for a loan houses on the " Royal Taras." This is evidently the first name by which Adelphi Terrace was identified, and the first terrace erected in London. It would be of interest to ascertain if during Garrick's residence at No. 4 (1772-9) his house re- ceived in his correspondence any other indica- tion than " in the Adelphi."

ALECK ABRAHAMS.

Adelphi Terrace, " facing the Thames, the second on the right in Adam Street, from 73, Strand," is given in Lockie's ' Topography of London,' 1810. Whether it was called Adelphi Terrace before this I cannot say. J. HOLDEN MACMICHAEL.

Lambeth Terrace, behind Lambeth Palace, is marked on ' A New and Accurate Plan of London,' &c., published by Laurie & Whittle in 1796. It seems to have formed part of the present Lambeth Road.

H. J. B. CLEMENTS. Killadoon, Celbridge.