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36,129, f. 112, Brit. Mus.), was possibly identical with the subject of this note.

See ' Monumental Inscriptions in Wands- worth Parish Church,' compiled by Cecil T. Davis, 1903, p. 3 ; Manning and Bray's 1662-8 ' ; Lysons's ' Environs of London,' i. 507, 570 ; Foss, ' Judges of England,' viii. (1864) 102; John E. Martin, 'Masters of the Bench of the Inner Temple,' 1883, p. 65 ; C.C.C.C. Admission Registers ; Inner Temple Records. DANIEL HIPWEIX.
 * Surrey,' i. 558 ; ' Visitation of Surrey,

CURIOSITIES OF THE GREGORIAN CALEN- DAR. In the ' Science Jottings ' column of a London evening paper the reader is treated to " some facts about the calendar which are obvious enough "and others which are not so obvious, one of which, moreover, is a mistake. We are told that " a century can never begin on a Wednesday, Friday, or Saturday." Why not ? As a matter of fact three centuries of the Christian era have baerun on a Wednesday (A.D. 301, 1001, and 1701 O.S.), three on a Friday (A.D. 101, 801, and 1501), and four on a Saturday (A.D. 1, 701, 1401, and 1701 N.S.). Cf. Tables C and D in Sir Harris Nicolas's 'Chronology of History.' The "facts" are quoted from the German periodical Welt der Technik.

L. L. K.

" POINTERS." " According to Plutarch, Dionysius might have given pointers to his Satanic majesty " (' Sicily : the History, People, Institutions, &c.. of the Island,' by Will S. Monroe, London, 1908). Mr. Monroe may be assumed not to refer to sporting dogs nor wooden pointed rods used in con- nexion with blackboards or maps, but to have had in his mind some game, say billiards, in which Dionysius might have conceded " points " to Satan to make a level game ; but if so, why " pointers " ? Are " pointers " the same as " points," or different ? (We may disregard Plutarch, I think, in this connexion.)

In the annexed cutting " pointer " seems to be a tip or hint :

" Say, old man, don't get disheartened just because your first investment went wrong ; the market is full of good things, and if you will come down to the office I '11 give you a pointer."

Perhaps in Mr. Monroe's text "pointer" has this meaning, " Dionysius might have given hints," <fcc.

WILLIAM GEORGE BLACK.

BISHOP R. FOXE, D. 1528. The ' D.N.B.,' vol. xx. p. 155, relate 5 that this eminent Churchman endowed the Grammar School at Grantham, but does- not mention that

he was a Canon of S lisbury in Grantham Church. The Bishop's Register at Lincoln records that Magister Christopher Bain- bridge, afterwards Archbishop o f York and Cardinal, resigned the XortbT Prebend of Grantham, whereupon " Magister Ricardus ffox legum doctor putatus " was instituted, 1486 ; and that in 1487 Magister John ffoster was instituted on the consecration to Exeter of Ric. ffox. Thus Foxe held this North Canonry 1486-7.

ALFRED WELBY. 26, Sloane Court, S.W.

WE must request correspondents desiring in- formation on family matters of only private interest to affix their names and addresses to their queries, in order that answers may be saut to them direct.

CAMPIONE AND THE AMBROSIAN RITE. Antonio Balbiani, in his ' Como,' published by Francesco Pagnoni at Milan and Xaples in 1877, writes at pp. 6G-7 :

" Non possiamo passar a Lugano senza una visita a Campione o Campilione, com' alcuni scrissero, terra della provincia comense nel mandamento di Castiglioiie d' Intelvi, a cui meiia una via, quantunque sembra' dovere, per la situazione esser svizzera, delta qual gente non gode che il vantaggto de' tabacchi. Fino all' 835 fu un feudo imperiale libero de' monaci di sant' Ambrogio in Milano, i quah vi inviavano un loro monaco che doveva esercitare le funzioni di parroco, come i Cistercensi vi intrattenevano un giudice a loro soggetto ; ma per quello che apparteneva alle alte giudicature, faceva parte del commissariato imperiale, che aveva la sua residenza in Lugano. Nel 1796, essendo stato soppresso il monastero di sant' Ambrogio, il villaggio venne aggiunto, per quanto spetta all' ecclesiastico, alia chiesa di san Mamete in val Solda. A Campiono, che conta pochi abitanti "328, dura sempre il rito ambrosiano c percio il carnevalone, talche qui vengono a scapponarla quei laghisti che vogliono prolungare gli spassi quando in casa loro gia risuona il Meniento, homo, quin pull-is es et in pulverem reverteris. Sulla sponda opposta possiede il villaggio lombardo un altro palmo di terra denominate Kan Martina, dovo venivano impiecati i malfattori, sotto il baliaggio di Lugano."

Campione, though completely surrounded by Swiss territory, is still in Lombardy, but San Martino is now in Switzerland. The " Carnevalone " is the long Carnival which lasts in the archdiocese of Milan down to Quadragesima Sunday. It would be inter- esting to know whether the Ambrosian Rite is still followed at Campione, and whether there is any other place outside the arch- diocese where it still obtains. The verb scapponare apparently means " to feed on capons." JOHN B. WAINE WRIGHT.