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NOTES AND QUERIES. m s. iv. SEPT. 9, MIL

CHARLES ELSTOB, son of the Rev. Charles Elstob, D.D., Prebendary of Canterbury, was admitted to St. John's College, Cam- bridge, 22 May, 1714, aged 16. Who was his mother ? When did he die ?

G. F. R, B.

ABRAHAM ELTHAM was admitted to West- minster School in March, 1717/18, aged 11. I should be glad to obtain any infor- mation about him. G. F. R. B.

GEORGE ENGLAND was admitted to West- minster School in April, 1719, aged 12. Particulars of his parentage and career are desired. G. F. R. B.

THE REV. ILIFF is described as one of the Masters of Westminster School by G. E. C. in his ' Complete Peerage ' (iii. 248, v. 34) under ' Egremont ' and ' Leconfield.' I should be glad to learn his Christian name and how long he was an assistant master there. Whom did he marry ? and when did he die ? G. F. R. B.

GEORGE IRELAND graduated B.A. at Oxford from Exeter College 3 February, 1736/7. I should be glad to ascertain the date of his death and any further particulars of his career. G. F. R. B.

IVATT. William Ivatt was admitted to Westminster School in April, 1719, aged 8 ; and Richard Ivatt in September, 1728, aged 8. I should be glad to learn particulars of their parentage and careers.

G. F. R. B.

GORDON HOUSE, SCUTARI. Dr. Douglas Arthur Reid, formerly assistant surgeon of the 90th Light Infantry, in his ' Memories of the Crimean War ' says (p. 86) that in August, 1855, he was sent to Gordon House, " a Turkish house attached to the Hospital " at Scutari. Why was it called Gordon House ? after Sir John William Gordon R.E., of Gordon's Battery ?

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MOYLE BOOK-PLATE. Are there any book- plates (armorial) of this family extant ? The arms are Gules, a mule passant argent Lhere is no example in the British Museum collection. ARTHUR STEPHENS DYER

207, Kingston Road, Teddington.

LEMAN STREET, E. I should be pleased if any one could inform me of the pronun- ciation and of the origin of the name of this street. Is it called after Sir John Leman who was Lord Mayor of London in 1616 ?

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MASONIC DRINKING -MUG: FROG OR TOAD MUGS.

(11 S. iv. 168.)

QUEEN'S COLLEGE, OXFORD, has a mug of the same capacity as that described by MR. C. S. BURDON, with a brown frog (or perhaps toad) attached inside. The outside is, however, decorated not with Masonic em- blems, but with a picture inscribed :

" An East View of the iron Bridge over the Wear near Sunderland. Foundation Stone laid by R. Burdon, M.P. Sep*. 24 th 93 Height 200 f t Span 236 "

The picture is signed " Edw d Barker." Below, and outside the fringe which frames the picture at the bottom, is on either side "Cast Iron 214 tons," "Wrought do. 46 Tons," and in the middle " Vix Desper- andus in Auspice Deo."

William Owen, a former butler of the College, has inscribed on a paper attached to the bottom of the mug :

" ' The Wear Pottery,' at South wick, n r Sunderland, established by Messrs. Brunton & Co., succeeded by Messrs. Moore & Co. See Chaffers, p. 589.

" On another of these mugs is inscribed : Though malt and venom seem united, Don't break my pot or be affrighted."

The pot was formerly used by the Taber- dars of the College when entertaining their friends at their supper on Christmas Eve. It was filled with beer, and as the drinker gradually emptied the vessel, the liquor gurgled round the toad's body. When he looked into the mug for the cause, he saw the toad's eyes glistening out of the fluid. The supper was discontinued shortly after 1861.

More than one Burdon has been a member of the College. John, whom I knew, was Michel Fellow from 1834 to 1845, and Rector of English Bicknor, then in the gift of the College, from 1844 to 1877.

JOHN R. MAGRATH.

An interesting and well-illustrated article on these Sunderland frog mugs and jugs will be found in The Connoisseur, vol. ix. p. 94. Several firms who made them are named, and among them Messrs. Phillips, who had potteries near Sunderland at the commence- ment of the last century, and at Hylton on Tyne in 1817. The Wear Bridge, which appears on many of them, was begun in 1793 (when the foundation stone was laid