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undertook to raise 10,000 men, including officers, at the rate of 107. per head. The men enlisted had to take an oath of fidelity to the Queen, and to engage to serve for the whole war. and a year longer. At the expiration of their period of service the non- commissioned officers and soldiers were to receive a year's pay and to be conveyed either to their own country or Canada, where land was to be ceded to them. The Duke of Cambridge was appointed by Lord Panmure to the command in chief of this Foreign Legion :

" His Royal Highness haying resided for several years in Hanover, where his father the late Duke was the representative of William IV., the Germans consider him as one of themselves ; and being well acquainted with their habits and dispositions, and speaking German fluently, his nomination to the high post is hailed with satisfaction by the whole Legion, whom he accompanies to the Crimea."

In August, 1855, her Royal Highness the Princess Mary of Cambridge (her late R.H. the Duchess of Teck, mother of our present Queen) presented the colours to Col. Wool- dridge's brigade of the Legion in the park of Mr. Raikes Currie, who gave a magnificent entertainment to the officers, whilst the gentlemen of Kent, as a testimony of their appreciation of the good conduct of the men whilst at Shorncliffe, provided " the good cheer of old England," roast beef and plum- pudding, for all the soldiers present before their embarkation at Dover for the Crimea. It appears the 10,000 men were to be divided into two brigades, each consisting of four regiments of infantry and two of light cavalry, the regiments not being divided into battalions, but consisting of ten com- panies of 100 men, each with a captain, a lieutenant, and an ensign. Their dress was similar to that of the Brunswick troops, and they were armed with the Minie rifle.

G. YARROW BALDOCK, Major.

'HAMLET' IN 1585 (11 S. iii. 267, 311, 398). See the biographical account oJ Kyd in Prof. Boas's edition of that drama- tist's works ; also a very suggestive little book, ' The Genesis of Hamlet,' by Charlton M. Lewis of Yale University (New York Henry Holt & Co., 1907). N. W. HILL.

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BOOTHS Y FAMILY QUARTERTNGS (US. iii 269). The REV. W. G. D. FLETCHER wil find that the quarterings he inquires aboui were the arms of " Hanap " and " Raincurt.' As to the first, Ermine, on a chief gules 3 bucks' heads caboshed or, will be found I believe, on the brass of Sir Thomas Brok

n Thorncombe Church, Devon, for his wife j oan, younger daughter and coheir of Simon lanham, widow of Robert Cheddar of Bristol ; but she had at least a son by both I msbands who left issue. It is therefore ather doubtful whether the Brokes w r ere I mtitled to this quartering as well as the Cheddars. The Hanhams (probably named | rom Hanham in Gloucestershire) had lands j n Cheddar before this match.

The arms of Reincurt, Gules, a fesse ! dancette between 6 garbs or, must have been \ a very early coat, for Robert Foliot had the j >arony of Wardon, in right of Margaret de j Reincurt his wife, before 1166 at least. She was surviving in 1203, and must have been all i )ut a centenarian as the granddaughter of i kVido de " Reinbudcurt " of Domesday j 3ook, 1086, and niece of " Ingelrannus," ven then the tenant of his father's lands in ji .incolnshire. A. S. ELLIS.

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SANDY MACKAYE IN * ALTON LOCKE * 11 S. iii. 209). Sandy or Saunders Mac- i iaye is something of a unique creation, and can hardly be paralleled in the pages of any i other writer. Perhaps Dominie Sampson : in ' Guy Mannering,' a Scot, a lover of books, | and a very learned man, comes nearest, but represents, at the same time, a totally dif- ! ferent cast of character. Mrs. Ward's David Grieve, bookseller, learned man, and lover of books, may also be named. SUTOCS.

SCOTTISH TITLES CONFERRED BY OLIVER CROMWELL (11 S. iii. 88, 193, 374). Sir ; Archibald Johnston of Warristoun was un- i doubtedly one of the persons nominated by Cromwell for his "other House" or House of Lords. Its members did not assume '< territorial titles in consequence of their elevation, but were known as Lord White- locke, Lord Lenthall, Lord Barkstead, asi life peers are in the present day. The onlyi two hereditary peerages of Cromwell's reign] that I can trace were Col. Charles Howard, created 20 July, 1657, Baron of Gillesland and Viscount Howard of Morpeth, and Edmund Dunch (a connexion of Cromwell'*)) created 6 April, 1658, Baron Burnel of East Wittenham in Berkshire. Both these > I think, were created by patent.

I have been for some time collecting! material on this and kindred subjects oij Oliver's Protectorate, with a view to pub-i lication, and should be grateful for aitfj information your correspondents would b< pleased to give me. BURGHCLE

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