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41 Dummy." "ducked" at Castle Heding- ham, Essex, 3 Aug., 1863 died 4 Sept., assailants charged 23 Sept. (see Times, 24 Sept., 1863, and Lecky's ' Rationalism,' fourth edition, p. 122, note). In 1875, says Haydn's ' Dictionary of Dates,' Ann Turner was killed at Long Compton, but her assailant was not sane. E. R. WATSON.

BATLEY GRAMMAR SCHOOL, YORKSHIRE <11 S. v. 249). See a page and a half of information in Nicholas Carlisle's ' Concise Description of the Endowed Grammar Schools in England and Wales,' 1818, vol. ii. pp. 780-81. J. HOLDEN MAC-MICHAEL. 26, Auriol Road, W. Kensington.

THE NATIONAL ANTHEM (US. v. 266). The curious suggestion was mentioned by Lord Houghton in The Times, 1 February, 1878. The whole mythical story of the

critically examined and exposed in The Quarterly Review, March and June, 1834. A full account of the matter may be read in
 * Memoirs of Madame de Crequey ' was

Words of the National Anthem,' published by Novello & Co.
 * The Origin and History of the Music and

WILLIAM H. CUMMINGS.

At 10 S. ii. 46 MR. DODGSON quotes from the Gil Bias of Paris for 2 June, 1904, a statement that the melody dates from the time of Constantine XI. Palaeologus, the last Byzantine Emperor (1448-53).

A writer in The Irish Musical Monthly of January, 1903, said :

" There is ample evidence to sustain the opinion that ' God save the King ' was originally an Irish air. Quite a library has been furnished with the literature on the authorship of ' The National Anthem," Dr. W. H. Cummings inclining to its having been written by Dr. John Kull, who died at Antwerp in 1628. The present version was first sung in 1740, as adapted by Henry Cai-ey, and is, certainly, a very slight variant of an old Irish air, which has the typical burden of Ochone, Ochone. The Irish original was printed by D'Urfey in 1707, but previously it had appeared in ' Apollo's Banquet ' in 1669, under the name of ' Ohone.' "

At 10 S. ix. 83, 211, and 397 MR. JAGGARD appears to make the extraordinary state- ment that Jeremiah (or, as he calls him, John) Savile, because he was the composer of " Here 's a health unto his Majesty " must be taken to be either the author or the composer of ' God save the King ' ; though the two compositions are as different as chalk from cheese, as was pointed out at 10 S. ix. 153 and 294 by MR. DAVEY, and at 10 S. ix. 431 by DR. CUMMINGS. The

author of the words of ' The National Anthem ' may well be left to languish in obscurity ; but the origin of the melody is of great interest. Is it Byzantine, or is it Irish ? Or was it composed by Lully or by Bull ? I understand that ' Heil dir im Siegerkranz ' is merely a modern adaptation of German words to our National Anthem, and that the Germans lay no claim to the tune. JOHN B. WAINEWRIGHT.

COMBE-MARTIN MARKET CHARTER (11 S. v. 249). This charter is enrolled on the Charter Roll for 49 Henry III. m. 6, and is dated 12 February, 1265, and can be seen at the Public Record Office. E. A. FRY. [T. C. also thanked for reply.]

POWELL (US. v. 270). The Rev. George Gervas Powell, Vicar of Elton, Derbyshire, and Curate of New Romney, Kent, was buried in Folkestone Churchyard.

DANIEL HIPWELL.

Possibly son of the Rev. Gervas Powell, s. of Reece of Llanheron, co. Glamorgan, gent. Hertford Coll.. Oxen, matric. 3 Feb., 1741/2, aged 18 ; B.C.L. from University Coll. 10 March, 1748/9; died 1795.

A. R. BAYLEY.

FAMILIES : DURATION IN MALE LINE (11 S. v. 27, 92, 132, 174, 213, 314). At p. 174, MR. ELLIS says: "'It is very rare to find son succeeding father for more than five or six generations." May I quote an instance that is said to be practically unique, viz. , that of my own family ? I am eighteenth Lord of the Manor of Spurway, co. Devon, in direct descent from father to son, as verified in the pedigree compiled at the Heralds' College, which pedigree commences A.D. 1296. CHARLES SPURWAY.

Spurway, co. Devon.

The Arden family can trace a direct pedigree in the male line from Saxon times. So also the Shirleys of Nether Ettington, Warwickshire. They have carved in stone over one of the entrances to the manor house verses to the effect that their earliest known ancestor lived in good King Edward's days (the Saxon king), and that the property remained in the male line of the same family over a thousand years until Victoria's reign. It still survives. Nether Ettington was let to the Underbills on a lease of a hundred years during the sixteenth century, but that breaks only the seeming continuation.

C. C. STOPES.