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NOTES AND QUERIES. m s. v. FEB. 17, 1912.

Northumberland and of Lincoln, was Lord or Earl of Kesteven, of which division Grant ham, Bourne (Brune), and Stamford were and are places of some importance.

Sir Charles Brandon, another of the Bruns, resided at Grimsthorpe Castle near by, and after marrying Mary, the youngest sister of King Henry VIII., was created Duke of Suffolk and presented with Tattershall Castle. The ancestors of the present Earl of Ancaster inherited Grims- thorpe on his death.

Graham, being derived from Granham, through the omission of the suffix in " Gran," Granham appears to be derived from G'Branham, through the omission of the initial in the prefix " Bran."

Elsham (? Ellas-ham) perhaps owes its origin to the family of Ella, the great King of Northumbria, and kinsman of the Bruns (which, I submit, is the surname of the ancestors of Robert Burns) ; as also would Elton and Allington, near Grantham ; Elshorp or Elsthorpe, near Grimsthorpe ; Ellastone (Stafford), Ellesmere (Cheshire), Elston (Notts), Elstow (Beds), and other place-names.

Wit ham a century ago was called Wit- ham, but most people to-day say With-am. I prefer the latter, for I believe its origin to be due to that Brun named Withlaf, King of Mercia, who died 840 A.D., and that it is directly derived from With-laf-ham, by the omission usual as pointed out byPKOF. SKE\T, ante, p. 45 in trisyllabic names.

CHARLES LANSDOWN.

Lincoln.

MURDERERS REPRIEVED FOR MARRIAGE (11 S. iii. 129, 172, 195, 298 ; v. 18). Before this is dismissed it should be added that large collections of instances have been gathered at 1 S. xii. 257, 348.

W. C. B.

BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION WANTED (11 S. v. 70). 1. TEMPLE HENRY CROKER, s Henry of Saresfield Court, co. Cork, pleb. Ch. Ch. matric. 25 Nov., 1746, aged 17.

A. R. BAYLEY.

2. SIR HOME RIGGS TOPHAM. Th ( Limerick Gazette for 5 Jan., 1819, gives th< following obituary notice : "Died at Kew, Surrey, aged 84, Mrs. Popham a native of Waterford, Relict of Joseph Popham Esq., Consul at Tetuan, the father of Lieut -Gen Pop.iam, and Rear-Adm. Sir Home Popham Iv.C.B.

L. E. MORIARTY. .35, Manor Park, Lee. S.E.

HURLEY MANOR CRYPT (11 S. v. 46). ith reference to MR. MACARTHUR'S note, it s not the case that " a new residence, Ladye Place," has been built in the grounds of the Id Benedictine monastery. The old farm- louse which has been used as the residence ince 1838 when the old mansion house of he Lovelaces was pulled down and the naterials sold being in a very dilapidated ondition, was partly rebuilt on the same area. The front part of the house, however, acing south, was left untouched. As MR. VlAcARTHUR seems interested in Ladye Place and its history, I shall be pleased to send him a little book I have compiled le will let me have his address.
 * hereon, for private circulation only, if

LAURENCE HANCOCK. Ladye Place, Hurley, near Marlow.

' GIL BLAS ' (11 S. v. 27). In his query MR. C. T. DRUERY describes six volumes which he owns. He may like to know that [ have a copy of a book published about the same time and by the same publishers :

' La vita | di I Don Alfonso | Bias di Lirias | fig- [iuolo di (iil Bias | di Santijlano | tradotte dall' idioma fran- | cese nell' Italiano | con figure in rame. [Illustration, a floriated human head.] In Venezia. MDCOLIX. | appresso Antonio Bortoli | con lieenza de' Superiori, e Privilegio."

With frontispiece, five other plates, and a genealogical tree of the Bias family. *

The publisher tells us that it is a sequel to the history of Gil Bias, and gives us the life of his son Alfonso.

E. G. VARNISH.

Constitutional Club.

REGIMENTAL SOBRIQUETS : BRITANNIA REGIMENT (11 S. iv. 446, 515). With regard to the origin of the figure of Britannia as the badge of the Norfolk Regiment late 9th (East Norfolk) Regiment of Foot Chichester and Surges- Short quote the following in their ' Records and Badges of the British Army,' from the remarks made by General Bainbrigge in presenting new colours to the regiment in November, 1848 :

" This distinguished badge was given to you for your gallantry at the battle of Almanza, during the War of Succession in Spain, by Queen Anne. On the occasion of that battle it is recorded that you lost 24 officers and had 300 killed and wounded out of 467. In retiring from the field the regi- ment covered the retreat of General Lord Galway, a most arduous, hazardous, and difficult service. The regiment thus upheld the honour of Great Britain, and was rewarded for it by Queen Anne by allowing them to wear the figure of Britannia on their breastplates."

G. YARROW BALDOCK, Major.