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first used there. Piccadilly is believed to have derived its name from the tavern, and not from the collars known as " pickadils," and so largely sold by its owner.

B. R. THORNTON.

Brighton.

I understand " Piccadilly gates " to mean those finished with a small pike, or sharp point, as very many railings are. The word " piccadilly " came from a certain sort of lace finished if one may use the word with little points. According to Blount's ' Glossographia,' " Pickadil = the round hem, or several divisions set together about the skirt of a garment"; and "one Higgins, a Taylor," who built the famous ordinary near St. James's called " Picka- dilly," made his fortune by " Piccadilles." ALFRED CHAS. JONAS.

.Rognor.

HURLEY MANOR CRYPT (11 S. v. 46, 136). Lately, through thecourtesy of MR. LAURENCE HANCOCK, of Ladye Place, near Marlow, also of MR. J. H. MATHEWS, of 54, Parlia- ment Street, London, S.W., I was presented with copies of the finely produced book on Hurley and Ladye Place (written for private circulation by MR. HANCOCK, the present owner of Ladye Place, and Mr. R. M. Cunningham, his nephew). The following is the interesting inscription on the crypt, given in the book :

" Dust and Ashes. " Mortality and Vicissitude to all.

" Be it remembered that the Monastery of Ladye Place, of which this vault was the burial cavern, was founded at the time of the great Norman Revolution, by which Revolution the whole state of England was changed.

" Hi motus animorum ; atque haec certamina tanta pulveris exigui jactu compressa quiescunt.

" Be it also remembered that in this place 600 years afterwards the Revolution of 1688 was begun. This house was then in the possession of the family of Lord Lovelace, by whom private meetings of the nobility were assembled in the vault, and it is said that several consultations for calling in the Prince of Orange were held in this recess, on which account this vault was visited by that powerful Prince after he had ascended the throne.

" Be it also remembered that on the 29th May, 1780, this vault was visited by General Paoii, Commander of the Corsicans in the Revolution of that island.

" Be it remembered that this place was visited by their Majesties King George the Third and Queen Charlotte, on Monday, the 14th November 1785."

These inscriptions were lost or destroyed when the old house was pulled down in 1837, but have been copied and replaced (1908) by the present owner of the modern

house built on the site. There is a photo- graph of the crypt as it now stands given in the pamphlet. WILLIAM MACARTHUR. Dublin.

DEAN SWIFT AND T.HE REV. J. GEREE (11 S. v. 8, 76, 114). I subjoin a com- munication received from MR. J. W. BUR- MINGHAM giving extracts from the Farnham Parish Registers :

Baptisms.

John Geree the Younger, whose father was. Vicar of Farnham, was christened here.

1671, 8 May. Elizabeth, daughter of Mr. John Geree, \ 7 icar.

1672, 25 Oct. John Geree, the son of Mr. John Geree, Vicar. Born ? [I note you say 22 Oct.]

1674. Anne, the daughter of John Greene (?).

1676, 12 May. Prudence, daughter of Mr. John Gery, Vicar.

Burials.

1678, 17 Feb. His wife, Mrs. Mary Geree, died.

1708, 14 Feb. He died (or was buried), and on the 17th day of the same month there is an entry: "Mrs. Geree, the late Vicar's widow" (presumably his second wife).

Marriages.

1678. Mr. Awser Bettsworth of St. Saviour's, Southwark, and Mrs. Mary Geree of Ffarneham.

1699, 31 Dec. Mr. Robert Elwick, clerk, to Mrs. Elizabeth Geree.

1700, 26 Jan. Mr. Robert Wigmore to Mrs. Mary Geree.

Referring to the last entry, the marriage of Mr. Robert Wigmore with Mrs. Mary Geree in 1700 were these the parents of the Rev. John Wigmore, who became Vicar of Farnham, and died in February, 1769 ? This seems probable, as his maternal grandfather was a previous vicar.

A memorial tablet, erected, by public subscrip- tion, in the parish church, records the esteem in which he was held by the parishioners, but un- fortunately there is no date thereon.

A Rev. Mr. John Geary was buried in Farnham on 8 Oct., 1784.

J. W. BURMIXGHAM, late Parish Clerk.

J. LANDFEAR LUCAS.

THE HENRY MAYHEVV CENTENARY (11 S v. 145). Might I ask MR. HERBERT B. CLAYTON kindly to add to his interesting note the information as to where Henry Mayhew is buried ? His wife was evidently interred in the Jerrold family vault in Nor- wood Cemetery. On the north side of the coped memorial is recorded the name of Jane Matilda

Mayhew,

eldest daughter of

Douglas Jerrold.

Died 26th February 1880,

aged 53.

The number of the grave is 5459.

JOHN T. PAGE. Long Itchington, Warwickshire.