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NOTES AND QUERIES. m s. iv. OCT. H, 1911.

DR. WILLIAM MEAD, CENTENARIAN. Mead was a physician of considerable eminence ; he resided at Ware, Herts, and died there 28 October, 1652, aged 148 years. When and where was he born, and was any memorial erected to his memory ?

A Richard Mead, also a distinguished physician, was born at Stepney, 1673 ; he was the son of the Rev. Matthew Mead, originally Rector of Great Brickhill, Bucks, and afterwards of Stepney, whence he was ejected in 1662 for non-conformity. Was either of these persons related to Dr. William Mead ? L. H. CHAMBERS.,

Amersham.

EARL OF JERSEY : LINES ON HIS ANCES- TRESS. In a notice of the Earl of Jersey which appeared in The Sketch of 30 July, 1902, it was stated that he " has royal blood in his veins, one of his ancestresses having been that Queen Dowager of France, a sister of Henry VIII., who inspired some of the finest verses ever written in our language." Is this descent through Eleanor, second daughter of Mary Tudor ? It can scarcely be through Catherine, granddaughter of the latter and sister of Lady Jane Dudley (Grey), for her marriage to Lord Hertford seems to have been called in question. I cannot recollect whom Eleanor married, though I think I have seen it stated, but I have searched in vain among my books of reference. What were these verses, and by whom were they written ?

E. L. H. TEW.

Upham Rectory.

OBSOLETE FISH. Recently there came into my possession a quaint 54-page pam- phlet entitled ' Walwyn's Housekeeper's Guide and Tradesman's Instructor ' for 1831-2 (1, Nevil's Court, Fetter Lane, one shilling). It gives the fish in season for each quarter of the year, with the majority of which we are familiar ; but the following are unknown to me, and contemporary dictionaries have failed to help me :

Guard fish. Tusk.

Alloc (? alose = shad). Rocket.

Shafflings. Kinsori.

Glout. Dose (? dace).

Teries. Gollin.

Tollis. Bearbet.

Lying, (? ling). Hollebet (? halibut).

The pamphlet seems to have been care- lessly compiled, and these names may have been casually taken from older books. What were these fishes ?

FRANK SCHLOESSER.

COLOMAN MlKSZlTH's WORKS IN ENGLISH.

I can find only the*following translations :

'St. Peter's Umbrella' (four editions).

'The Good People of Palocz ' (instead of 'The

oodPalocz People').

'Garments of the King: a Story,' in the New York ' Current Literature,' vol. xliii. (1907).

I have in years gone by seen translations of other short stories of this popular Hun- garian writer in English magazines, but cannot find them again. Can any reader help me ? Now that he is dead, his grateful countrymen are collecting his works in all

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languages. L. JL. i\*

JOHN LORD, AFTERWARDS OWEN, BT. I shall be glad if some reader of 'N. & Q.' will refer me to a pedigree (printed or other- wise) of Joseph Lord of co. Pembroke, who married Corbetta, daughter of General John Owen, and whose son John assumed the name and arms of Owen, and was created a baronet in 1813. J. H. Y.

WANSTEAD FLATS AND GEORGE III. In ' Nooks and Corners in Essex ' it is said concerning Wanstead Flats : "It was here that King George III. held the review of his 10,000 troops." What was the date of this review, and where can an account of it be found ? There does not appear to be any mention of it in Broadley's ' Napoleon and the Invasion of England.' G. H. W.

ANGELL FAMILY OF BERKS. Can any reader give me information respecting the early history of the Angell family, who owned property, and lived in Binfield, for about 200 years ? K. E. CAS WALL.

Angell House, Binfield, Berks.

" FRIDAY " AS CHRISTIAN NAME. The other day, when near Waltham Abbey, I was surprised to hear a child called by this name. I believe Sunday has been so used. Have the other days of the week been drawn upon by parents at the christening of their offspring ? It seems a strange custom to me. M. L. R. BRESLAR.

[See ' Christian Names derived from Weekdays,' by the late JAMES PLATT, at 8 S. viii. 388.J

LE BOTILER OR BUTLER FAMILY. Were the Le Botilers (Butlers) of England and Ireland descended from the Norman and Jersey family of Le Boutillier (viz., the Cupbearer) ? In a charter of Henry II. Hamond le Bouteillier gave lands to the hospital at Caen founded by William the Conqueror. Among the Norman seigneurs who were benefactors to St. Etienne, Guil- laume le Bouteillier d'Aubigny au Cotentin (Comte de Sussex) is mentioned.