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BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION WANTED.

1. BELSON. George Belson was admitted to Westminster School 22 Jan., 1770, and William W. Belson left the School in 1808. I should be glad to obtain any information about these two Belsons.

2. BERESFORD. Marcus Beresford was admitted to Westminster School 13 Jan.,

1777 ; another Marcus Beresford, 13 Feb.,

1778 ; and Charles Griffis Beresford, 6 June, 1787. Information concerning these Beres- fords is desired.

3. ROBERT BERNEY was admitted to Westminster School 26 Sept., 1770. Can any correspondent of ' N. & Q.' help me to identify him ?

4. EDWARD LITTLETON. Is it possible to ascertain the date of Littleton's death ? The ' D.N.B.,' xxxiii. 368, does not give it.

5. CHARLES THOMAS LONGLEY, ARCH- BISHOP OF CANTERBURY. Who was his mother ? The ' D.N.B.,' xxxiv. 121, gives his father's name, but not his mother's.

6. MARK MILBANKE. When did he marry Miss Mary Webber, and whose daughter was she ? The ' D.N.B.,' xxxvii. 369, does not give the required information.

7. SIR ROBERT TAYLOR, ARCHITECT. When and whom did Taylor marry ? The 'D.N.B.,' Iv. 460, does not give the required information. G. F. R. B.

SANSKRIT AND WELSH. I have heard it stated that there are many words in the Welsh language nearly akin to Sanskrit, and having much the same meaning. Where can I consult any authority on this subject which gives examples ?

CURIOUS.

' PISHOKEN.' In a life of Hogarth (pub- lished by Heinemann and written in French ; but I believe there is an English version, or that this life was first written in English by Austin Dobson ?) he and his friends are said to have sung on a boat rowing down the river Thames a song ' Pishoken.' I should like to ask what song is meant by this. J. A. CRAWLEY.

KING ENGLE AND HIS SONS. In some miscellaneous historical notes in a Guis- borough MS. in a fifteenth -century hand there was an account of one Engle who formerly ruled England, and divided it among his seventeen sons. Is there any other or earlier version of the story, or is it the invention of the Northern scribe ? It is, of course, unhistorical ; for one of the

sons is identified with St. Edmund, king and martyr, while another was a remote ancestor of King Arthur. J. B.

T. CAMPBELL, c. 1729. A Thomas Camp- bell matriculated at Glasgow University 6 April, 1719; laureated 29 April, 1729. It is said he was son of a Duke of Argyll. Was he ? Any information concerning him would be welcome. WILLIAM GILBERT.

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' THE CHAMBER OVER THE GATE.' Can any one tell me where to find a poem with this title and give me the author ?

LEZZE.

WILLIAM KNIGHT. I am seeking further biographical data and the unpublished papers of this Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries, whose library was sold by Messrs. Sotheby 2 Aug., 1847. By profession an architect, he was associated with Rennie in the build- ing of London Bridge, and had offices in Upper Thames Street. Henry Ellis read to the Society, 18 March, 1830, his "Obser- vations on the mode of construction of the present Old London Bridge, as discovered in the years 1826 and 1827," which were com- municated to him in a letter from Knight, and afterwards printed in vol. xxiii. of the Transactions. For W. Herbert's unfinished ' History of St. Michael, Crooked Lane,' he provided a plan ; and he had made from the piles of the old bridge a number of boxes, on the lid of which were the arms of the City and Southwark, monograms of Peter of Colechurch, and an inscription " London Bridge 1176." These are not uncommon, and a handbill giving an illustration and description of them is frequently met with.

Richard Thomson (' Chronicles of London Bridge,' 1827) was under some obligations to him for information, and refers (p. 536) to " the MS. Journal of Mr. William Knight of Mr. Rennie's office." He lived for many years at Canonbury Place, having also a country seat at Oaklands, near St. Albans. At Islington he was a friend of W. Upcott, George Daniel, and other local antiquaries, and probably his library was formed with their advice and assistance. It was of some importance, realizing 4,5021. 6*. Qd. ; and there was also a large collection of prints.

I shall be greatly obliged for references to any biographical notices of this dis- tinguished Islingtonian, and for the sight of any correspondence, and of the MS. Journal referred to by Thomson.

ALECK ABRAHAMS,