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NOTES AND QUERIES. [n a. v. MAY 4, 1912.

Burke's ' History of the Commoners,' 1836, vol. i. p. 280,. has this about Kings- cote :

" ' It may be said,' says Sinythe of Nibley, ' of this family, as doubtless of noe other in the county of Gloucester, nor, I think, of many others in this kingdom, that the present Mr. Kingscote and his lineal ancestors have continued in this manor nowe about 500 yeares, never attainted, nor dwellinge out of it elsewhere, nor hath the tide of his estate higher or lower flowed or ebbed, in better or worse condition. . . .As to the name of the first ancestor that is not perished, Ausgerus, it iinporteth that it is hereditary Saxon.' Aus- gerus living 085, grandfather of Nigell Fitz- Arthur, who wedded Adera, daughter of Robert FitzHardinge, grandson of Suedo, King of Den- mark, by Eva, niece of William the Conqueror. With this lady he received as dower the manor of Kingscote (called in Domesday Book Chinges- cote)."

Burke's ' Peerage and Baronetage ' says under Dering :

" This is one of the very few houses still existing in England of undoubted Saxon origin ; an origin confirmed not only by tradition, but by authentic family documents."

R. J. FYNMORE.

A BOY (ARMY) BANDMASTER (11 S. v. 228). Only bandmasters of the regulars (cavalry and infantry) are " officially " appointed, i.e., by the War Office, and they alone have a right to the title " Army bandmaster."

The old-time Militia (now the Reserve) bands are instructed and conducted by a non-commissioned officer serving on his Army engagement, whose correct status and title is sergeant drummer ; his uni- form is generally minus badges of rank and the appointment is made by the officer commanding. Conductors of bands belong- ing to the Yeomanry (to which the North- umberland Hussars belong) and the Terri- torials (formerly Volunteers) are appointee by the lieutenant-colonel commanding ; in some cases they are not even serving in the corps, being civilians pure and simple though wearing the uniform at engagements and trainings.

It often occurs that ex -Army band- masters, band sergeants, and even bands- men, are at the head of these bands, but without any conditions of service. Talem alone would not furnish a man with the right to be considered either an " Army bandmaster," or " bandmaster in the British military service." A long course of training at the Royal Military School o Music, Kneller Hall, and the passing o severe professional and educational exaini nations, are essential for appointment a:

Army bandmaster, with its attendant warrant rank, which does not exist outside he regular forces.

CHARLES S. BURDON.

LIEUT. -GENERAL SIR JOHN ELLEY (11 S. v. 248). In the engraving entitled ' Heroes of Waterloo,' Sir John Elley is one of the group. Mr. Thomas Elley, 7, Aungier Street, Dublin, a descendant of the distinguished officer,, las a copy, also his enlistment paper. There is a bust of Sir John Elley in the Chapel at Windsor, where he was buried. [ should be glad to have details of his career. WILLIAM MAOARTHTTR.

A portrait of Lieut. -General Sir John Elley, Colonel of the 17th Regiment of Lancers, M.P., K.C.B., &c., was painted by Andrew Morton in 1837, and exhibited at the Royal Academy in that year, No. 387 ALGERNON GRAVES.

42, Old Bond Street, W T.

[There is an account of Sir John Elley in the ' I3.N.B.' Various authorities are cited at the end of the article.]

MUSICIANS' EPITAPHS (11 S. v. 109). William Inglott was organist of Norwich Cathedral from 1608 to 1621. The tablet to his memory placed on a pillar near the organ screen in 1622, having become dilapi- dated, was repaired at the expense of Dr. Wm. Croft some time in the succeeding century. WILLIAM H. CUMMINGS.

William Inglott, organist of the Cathe- dral Church of Norwich, lies buried in the above-named cathedral, and, by an inscrip- tion to his memory, seems to have been in his day a famous organist ; at least Dr. Croft may be supposed to have thought so when he repaired his monument, on which are the following lines :

Here William Inglott organist doth rest,

Whose art in musick this cathedral blest,

For descant most, for voluntary all,

He past on organ, song and virginall :

He left this life at age of sixty-seven,

And here 'mongst angells all sings first in heav'n,

His fame flies far, his name shall never die,

See art and age here crown his memorie.

Non digitis Inglotte tuis terrestria tangis ; Tangis nunc digitis organa celsa poli.

Anno Dom.1621.

This erected the 15th day Buried the last day of June, 1622.

of December 1621.

The above is taken from Hawkins's ' History of Music,' Novello ed., 1875. J. S. S.