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The literary associations of St. Nicholas's, Deptford, include John Evelyn, the diarist, wha worshipped here, and whose two sons rest within its walls. His father-in-law, Sir Richard Browne, the owner of Sayes Court, who died in 1683, rests in the church- yard, under the south-east window. The parish register records the death of Kit Marlowe, the dramatist, who was killed in Deptford in 1593, in a brawl with one Francis Archer. The grave cannot be identified ; the entry in the register runs : "1st June 1593 Christopher Marlowe slaine by Francis Archer."

WILLIAM MACARTHTJR.

BOLEYN FAMILY IN IRELAND : VARIOUS SPELLINGS. (See ante, p. 6.) For a further account of the finding of the Bullyn tomb at Clonoona Castle, King's County, see Burke' s ' Anecdotes of the Aristocracy,' 2nd ed., 1849, vol. ii. p. 242.

In MS. F. 3, 23, Trin. Coll. Library, Dublin, it is stated :

" Dudley, son of Sir Thomas Phillips, m. Francesca, dau. of Sir Robert Newcomen, Bart., by his first wife ' Anna Bullein, proneptis Eliz. Reg. Angliae.' "

From ' Burke's Peerage ' :

" Sir Alexander Stewart, 2nd Bart, of Fort Stewart, m. Catherine, dau. of Sir Robert New- comen, Bart., by his wife Anne Boleyn. She m. secondly Sir Arthur Forbes, 1st Earl of Granard, and d. 1714."

From Trinity College, Dublin, Matricula- tion Registers : 1682, May 15. Godfrey Boleyn, aged 16, born in

co. Meath, son of Thomas B. 1684, June 16. Thomas Bullen, aged 24, son of

Thomas B. of Cheshire, born in Cheshire,

and educated at Chester. 1703/4. Pullen Whitney, aged 17, son of Thomas

W. of co. Meath. 1719, March 17. Thomas Bullen, aged 18, son

of Thomas B., M.D., born at Nant-

wight (sic) in England, educated at

Dublin. 1723, Oct. 2. Richard Bullen, aged 18, son of

Edward B., gent., born near Kingsale. 1751, July 10. George Boleign Whitney, aged 15,

son of Boleign W.

From Fifteenth Report of Commissioners on the Public Records of Ireland : 1667, July 17. John Bolan (or Bolane), grantee

of 329 a. 2 r. 16 p. in lands of Fennor,

co. Meath.

From documents in Public Record Office, Dublin :

Prerog. Grant of Admon., 8 Sept., 1694, to Mary Boleyne, widow and admix, of Godfrey B. of Fennor, co. Meath, gent., deceased, intestate. Jane B. and Patience B. minors, daughters of said deceased.

Prerog. Marriage Licence, 26 Nov., 1695. John Leigh of Rathkenny, co. Meath, about to

marry Mary Boleyne of St. Peter's, Drogheda, widow.

Prerog. Marriage Licence, 20 Dec., 1669. Thomas Whitney of Mullingar, co. Westmeath, gent., about to marry Maria Bulleyne of Drogheda, spinster.

Prerog. Will dated 8 Jan., 1702/3, proved 8 June, 1703, of Jane Boleyn of Drogheda, widow. Mentions her Whitney, Fox, and West grand- children.

From * Burke's Peerage ' (sub ' Wicklow ') : " Rt. Rev. Robert HoWard, Lord Bishop of Elphin, b. 1683, m. in 1724 Patience, dau. and sole heir of Godfrey Boleyne, of Fennor, by Mary his wife, sister of the Rt. Hon. Henry Singleton, Lord Chief Justice of the Common Pleas, and had, With other issue, Ralph, 1st Viscount WickloW."

ERSKINE E. WEST. Cowper Gardens, Dublin.

SUNDAY SCHOOLS IN 1789. Kentish Gazette, Feb., 1789: "The Corporation voted five guineas to John Lott Eaton, Esq., for the use of the Sunday School." Letter from Hythe in Kent, 4 Feb., 1789.

R. J. FYNMORE.

" WRITES ME " : " STAND IT." Some years ago I ventured to pillory (7 S. ix. 305), under my old pen-name J. B. S., and with much subsequent approbation, the too general use of " He don't " as an ungram- matical substitute for " He doesn't." Let me now be bold enough to tilt against the two equally objectionable misuses of English which head this note. The first has obtained such wide currency, alike in books, news- papers, and correspondence, that it is almost hopeless to recall it. But it is never too late to make a bold stand against it. That irresponsible penny-a-liners and private letter- writers use " he writes me " with wearisome iteration, instead of "he writes to me," is no absolution for authors of repute or the makers of books generally. Yet many such seem to use it. A recent instance occurs in ' Chats on Autographs,' by Mr. A. M. Broadley, p. 293 : " Of Napo- leon I. as a scribe my friend Dr. J. Holland Rose writes me as follows." " Writes me " what ? Presumably a letter, but grammar exacts either the addition of that noun or the interposition of " to."

Then as to " stand it " another growing linguistic impurity. This, too, is spoken and written in varying forms with impunity : " stand it " and " stood it " for " put it standing." Mr. Harold Begbie furnishes a glaring example of " how not to do it " in his ' Broken Earthenware,' p. 18 :

" We think that a tramp may be lifted from the gutters, stood upon his feet, put to some task, and made a citizen."