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radical men (the latest in 1651) were Aldermen before the present Lord Mayor. To these may certainly be added Hugh Smith, Alderman of Tower Ward 1775-7, who was a practising M.D. : his Company was that of the Salters. Gideon Delaune (of whom a notice appears in 'D.N.B.') was elected Alderman of Dowgate in 1626, but was unseated, being an alien by birth. John Lorymer (or Lorrimore), who was Alderman of Walbrook in 1652, was Master of the Apothecaries' Company in 1654-5 (as Delaune had been in 1628-9 and 1636-7) ; and William Bell, who was* Alderman of Farringdon Without in 1652-3, was a member of the same Company.

ALFRED B. BEAVEN. Leamington.

Referring to DR. CLIPPINGD ALE'S comment upon my former reply, may I mention that out of fifteen Aldermen who have passed the chair as Lord Mayor, only four are members of one of the twelve Great Livery Com- panies ? PELLIPAR.

NELSON: "MUSLE" (11 S. iv. 307, 351, 373, 414, 476). May not " musle " really be " moosoo," i.e., Frenchman? "Hardy, there's life in a moosoo yet," makes excellent sense in the circumstances mentioned, and "moosoo" carelessly written might not be unlike " musle."

E. MONTEITH MACPHAIL.

Madras Christian College, South India.

DEAN SWIFT AND THE REV. - GEREE (11 S. v. 8). John Geree, s. John of Let- combe, Berks, cler., Pembroke Coll., Oxon, matric. 3 Nov., 1731, aged 17 : of Corpus Christi Coll., B.A. 1 March, 1736/7.

On Sunday, 25 Jan., 1712/13, Swift writes to Stella :

" I had a letter some days ago from Moll Gery ; her name is now Wigmore, and her husband 'is turned parson. She desires nothing but that I would get Lord Keeper to give him a living ; hut I will send her no answer, though she desires it much. She still makes mantuas at Farnham."

John Wigmore, s. Richard of Farnham, Surrey, cler., Corpus Christi Coll., Oxon, matric. 18 March, 1718/19, aged 18; B.A. 1723, Vicar of Farnham 1752. See Gent. Mag., 1774, p. 47. A. R, BAYLEY.

The Rev. John Geree was Rector of Let combe Bassett, near Wantage, Berkshire. Swift spent many weeks of the summer oJ 1714 on a visit to him there. See p. 134 vol. ii., ' Correspondence of Dean Swift, edited by Mr. Elrington Ball, which contains

'acing p. 134, a view of Letcombe Bassett Rectory.

Further information about Geree may be 'ound in Mr. Geo. A. Aitken's edition of The Journal to Stella ' (pub. by Methuen. n 1901), in a note on p. 439. L. A. W.

Dublin.

Much about John Geree, " a friend of Dean Swift," is in Foster's 'Alumni Oxoni- mses,' First Series, ii. 558, No. 27.

W. C. B.

[MR. WM. B. BROWNING 'is also thanked for reply.]

MINIATURE OF MARY, QUEEN or SCOTS (11 S. v. 7). Portraits of Mary, genuine and apocryphal, are, of course, very numerous indeed, both in public and private collections. The same is probably the case with regard to miniatures. I own one, set in an oval gold frame, forming the centre of a plain gold ring, showing bust turned to the right, three-quarter face, white fur collar to dress, single-row necklace, black coif, blue background.

This relic (I have every reason to believe) was presented by the Queen herself on 17 May, 1568, to Sir Edward Musgrave of Hayton Castle, near Aspatria, where Mary passed the night either of her actual landing at Workington, a few miles distant, on 1 6 May, or of 17 May. The ring has been handed down in the same family ever since. H.

BISHOPS ADDRESSED AS " MY LORD "

(11 S. iv. 508; v. 36). The designation of a bishop as " Lord Bishop " seems to have for its origin the "Dominus Episcopus " by which he appears to have been addressed while Latin was the diplomatic language, the " Dominus " not referring to any temporal " lordship," but being rather a courtesy title. This may be compared with the practice of the older universities, which refer to their graduates in their lists as "Ds."

The " Dominus " of the bishop, however, became confused with the " Dominus " prefixed to the names of peers in the Parlia- mentary Rolls, where the "Domini Episcopi " appear also. There are two explanations current for the summoning of the bishops to Parliament. The first is that afforded by the Conqueror's reforms. After the Con- quest the bishops first appeared in Parlia- ment as Barons, holding their temporalities as baronies, by which means they acquired one right to the title " Dominus." The second is stated as follows. In the Witena- gemot all bishops then created appeared,