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the pillow, was supposed to help it. Did it operate as a charm or spell ? I cannot trace any other instance of its vise in the many cases of witchcraft I have examined.

W. B. GERISH. Bishop's Stortford.

[7 S. x. 464 ; xi. 336, 413, 497.)

BYDE FAMILY OF WARE PARK. Thomas Byde, who died in 1731-2, married twice. Who was his first wife ? His second wife was Katharine, daughter of John Plumer of Blakesware. According to Clutterbuck's ' History of Hertfordshire,' he had a son, Thomas Plumer, by his first wife. If this is correct, did Thomas Plumer, after the second marriage of his father, assume the name of his stepmother ? A daughter of Thomas Byde, Elizabeth, married William Plumer of Blakesware in 1731. In Berry's ' Pedigrees of Hertfordshire Families ' (sub Plumer) she is described as a daughter of Thomas Byde, Esq., of Ware Park, by his first wife ; whereas in Clutterbuck's ' His- tory ' she appears as the daughter of his second wife, Katharine. Which is correct ?

The son of Thomas Plumer Byde was Thomas Hope Byde. Whom did he marry ? Probably a lady of the name of Peacock, as his son was John Peacock Byde. I shall be glad to receive any information about the family. HELLIER GOSSELIN.

Benseo Hall, Hertford.

' WILLIAM TELL.' Years ago I possessed a book in which, among other things, was a " drawing-room " play entitled as above. It was comic, and adapted for children's acting. I think it commenced :

Hereditary Bondsmen, don't you know that Who would be free themselves must strike the

Blow that Try something else

oh, certainly here goes The haughty Jester's domineering nose I '11 soon disjoint, remove our country's curse Or die upon the floor of

worse and worse, &c.

I have applied to several well-known book- sellers, who are unable to help me. Can any of your readers do so ?

Hie ET UBIQUE. Beepham, Norfolk.

RICH HEWET.

Here lyes rich Hewet.a Gentleman of note

For why he gave three Owles in his coate,

Ye see he is buried in the Church of Saint Paul,

He was wise, because rich, and now you know all.

This epitaph appears in Camden's ' Remaines

concerning Britain,' 1637, p. 411, and, in

Burke's ' Peerage,' 1848, an account is given of a family of this name whose then repre- sentative was Col. Sir George Henry Hewett of Nethersall, co. Leicester. His arms are given as a chevron embattled between three owls, and his lineage is not traced beyond a William Hewett, High Sheriff of Leicester in 1647.

I should be glad to know why the Hewet of the epitaph was described as rich, and what his connexion was with the family mentioned in Burke. WM. NORMAN.

PIERRE Lon : EASTER ISLAND. The news that a British expedition is to start shortly for Easter Island in the South Pacific to try to solve the mystery of a " lost continent," reminds me that I was told some years ago on a French steamer that Pierre Loti in one of his novels describes the scenery in that island, but my informant was unable to remember the title of the book, and I have been unable to discover it. Could some correspondent kindly help me ?

L. L. K.

GTTIDARELLO GCTIDARELLI. Can any one give me some information about Guidarello Guidarelli, to whose memory there is a most beautiful monument in Ravenna ? He is simply designated as a " Warrior of Ra- venna," and all I could glean was that he was called the Fortebraccio of Ravenna, and that he died by treachery at Imola. I should be grateful for any information about him. RAVEN.

[See 'Encyclop. Brit.,' vol. xxii. p. 925.]

BATTLE OF BOSWORTH. I should be glad to know where any information could be found concerning the knights and gentlemen who came from Wales to the Battle of Bos- worth with the Duke of Richmond (Henry VII.) or Sir Rhys ap Thomas. Are there any records extant showing the rewards given by King Henry VII. to his adherents in the battle ? H. J. B. CLEMENTS.

[See 7 S. viii. 449 ; ix. 76.]

THE " ROVING ENGLISHMAN." Who was this ? He wrote for Household Words some sixty years ago. I have before me a charm- ing work by him on ' Turkey ' (G. Routledge, 1857). FREDERICK CHARLES.

12, Empire Parade, Sydenham.

DUPPA'S OR DTTPPER'S HILL, CROYDON. Whence does this place derive its name ? Has it any connexion with the seventeenth- century bishop, Brian Duppa ?

E. M. Fox.