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engaged for the task the " statuary." " Mr. Gringlin Gibbons, the bearer, who desires your robes." This letter, which misplaces but does not eliminate the g in Grinling, was preserved among the manuscripts of Capt. Stewart of Alltyrodyn.

Lastly, in the seventh volume of the Duke of Portland's manuscripts, p. 38, are two references to Gibbon as being employed by the Bishop of Winchester to provide a statue of Cardinal Wolsey in marble for one hundred guineas. These references are dated 2 and 7 July, 1711, H. C. S.

Particulars of some of Gibbons's carving will be found in ' London Churches, Ancient and Modern,' by T. Francis Bumpus, pub- lished by Mr. Werner Laurie. The best specimens of his art are the foliage in Windsor Chapel ; the stalls in the choir of St. Paul's Cathedral ; the font of St. James's Church, Piccadilly ; the carving about the altar- piece at*St. Mary Abchurch, and the orna- ments of Petworth House.

Gibbons for some time lived in Belle Sauvage Court on Ludgate Hill.

L. H. CHAMBEBS.

Am er sham.

DANIEL HOBRY (11 S. iv. 89) mentioned by G. F. R. B. was undoubtedly a descen- dant of Daniel Horry, a Huguenot (French or Swiss) who arrived in South Carolina in 1692. He may have been the son of Col. Daniel Horry, who in the American War of Independence commanded a regi- ment of dragoons raised in 1779, and who in 1780 or 1781 accepted the protection of, and declared allegiance to, Great Britain. Possibly a letter addressed to the Secretary of the South Carolina Historical Society, Charleston, South Carolina, might bring more detailed information. E. H. H.

DEER-LEAPS (11 S. iv. 89). Many par- ticulars and references were got together at 10 S. i. 85, under " Purlieu : Bow-rake : Buck-leap." See further under " frebord" in 1 S. v., and " freeboard " in ' N.E.D.' Consult ' D.N.B.' under ' Manwood,' and Dr. Cox's ' Royal Forests,' 1905. There is a section on " deer-leaps " in J. E. Harting's ' Recreations of a Naturalist,' 1906, pp. 63-73. The entry " Purlue " in ' Les Termes de la Ley,' 1667, p. 517, may be noted. Quarles describes and condemns these " lawless purlieus," * Emblems,' iii. 9. W. C. B.

in Sutton Coldfield in a paper contributed to the Transactions of the Birmingham Archaeological Society, by Mr. Egbert de Hamel of Middleton Hall, in the volume for 1901. HOWARD S. PEARSON.

Windsor Forest was bounded on the south by a dike too deep and too wide for deer to leap. At the end of Long Down, and be- tween it and Edge Barrow in the parish of Sandhurst, Berks, a hart is said to have leaped the dike, and a house beside it is known as Hart's Leap.

J. P. STILWELL.

THE ROYAL EXCHANGE (US. iii. 385). The City Press of 29 July has the following :

" Mr. Deputy Coates, J.P., Chairman of the Gresham Committee (City side), desires us to say that the question of removing the inverted commas which enclose the inscriptions under- neath the wall pictures in the Royal Exchange is receiving attention. He says the Gresham Committee are glad to find that their efforts to- improve the interior of the Royal Exchange meet with public approval."

It is pleasant to note that so much care and attention to detail are being bestowed upon the frescoes, &c., within the historic building, with a corresponding apprecia- tion of its treasures on the part of the public.

CECIL CLARKE. Junior Athen?eum Club.

SAMPSON FAMILY or YORKSHIRE : LORD DE BLAQUIERE (11 S. iii. 349). It would be interesting to have particulars of that Lord de Blaquiere who is stated by MR. H. COLLETT to have married a daughter of the Rev. George Sampson, Rector of Leven, near Hull. B. B.

Manila.

IRISH SCHOOLBOYS : DESCRIPTIONS or PARENTS (11 S. iv. 70). Mensor means either architect or surveyor ; L. T. Duds means Lieutenant ; Dux Militum means Captain ; Centurio probably means Major ; Juris Consultus means barrister-at-law.

JOHN B. WAINE WRIGHT.

" WIMPLE " (11 S. i. 202, 498). In support of MR. BAYNE'S interesting note on this word there may be instanced its usage in the song of ' Kate Dalrymple ' :

Though his right e'e did spellie, and his right leg did wimple.

The meaning is obviously " to bend " or " to twist." W.. B.

If MR. FAIR-BANK desires information ! MUMMY USED As PAINT BY ARTISTS- with regard to particular instances of deer- (US. iv. 7, 56). See 10 S.. ii.. 188, 229. leaps, he will find something about those j DIEGO..