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Probably the present pastors or secretaries of the churches of which H. H. Piper was the minister, at Norton (near Sheffield) and Banbury, could, if these churches still exist, give further details. RONALD DIXON.

46, Marlborough Avenue, Hull.

COL. LOWTHER (11 S. vi. 131, 176). The following is from Dalton's ' English Army Lists and Commission Registers,' vol. vi. pp. 98 and 33940 : Antony Lowther, son of John Lowther, merchant of Dantzic, a nephew of first Viscount Lonsdale, ap- pointed ensign in the Earl of Barrymore's Regiment of Foot 27 Jan., 1706 ; com- mission as captain in the Scots Fusiliers (1 Jan., 1708), renewed by George -I. ; transferred to the Coldstream Guards as captain-lieutenant and lieutenant-colonel 20 Dec., 1717; lieutenant - colonel and captain 8 July, 1721 ; colonel of a newly raised regiment of marines 19 Nov., 1739 ; major-general May, 1745 ; died 14 Jan., 1746, and buried in Westminster Abbey. ASTLEY TERRY, Major-General.

BRITISH MEMORIALS OF THE PENINSULAR CAMPAIGN (11 S. v. 204, 302). In the second column of p. 303 F. A. W. writes concerning the monument of Lieut. -Col. Rickard Lloyd of the 84th Regiment and the restoration thereof in 1904 :

" The badge of the York and Lancaster Regi- ment (ex-65th and 84th Foot) engraved on the slab leads one to think that some officers of that corps suggested or supported this work of renova- tion."

Although the badge apparently is on the new slab, its introduction would appear to require no explanation, except that the Union rose was the badge of the 84th (York and Lancaster) Regiment.

The badge of the 66th (2nd Yorkshire North Riding) Regiment was the royal tiger, superscribed " India."

ROBERT PIERPOINT.

"NEVERMASS" (11 S. vi. 170). This word means " never," '* at the Greek Kalends," "at the Latter Lammas." The Germans say " Auf den Nimmermehrstag " = " On Nevermore Day," or " Zu Sanct Nimmer- stag " = " At St. Never's Day." P. K. M.

Webster's 'Dictionary,' 1911, in the lower section of minor words, has " Never- mass, the day that never was or will be, obs." The ' New English Dictionary,' s.v. ' Never,' sense 8, under " Misc. combs.," quotes c. 1550 ^Thersites ' in Hazlitt's ' Dodsley,' i. 429 :

That shall be at Nevermass, Which never

shall be, nor never was" ; also 1631, R. H., ' Arraignm. Whole Creature,' xiv. 2, 244 : " As our Country Phrase is, when Hens make Holy-water, at new-Never-masse."

TOM JOKES.

BALLAD OF LORD LOVEL (11 S. v. 330 ; vi. 37, 115, 171). I think it more than probable that the eighth stanza of this ballad, which COL. PRIDEATJX conjectures was added by a minstrel of the " Cave of Harmony type," emanated from the pen of one Sam Cowell, a comic singer in the sixties, for I took the version you printed on p. 115 ante from a little book of ' 120 Songs sung by Sam Cowell,' on whom bo peace. WILLOUGHBY MAYCOCK.

COBBETT BIBLIOGRAPHY (11 S. vi. 1, 22,

62, 84, 122, 143). The following are offered

as a supplement :

Guglielmo Cobbett. Storia della riforma pro- testante in Inghilterra ed in Irlanda la quale dimostra come un tal avvenimento ha im- poverito e degradato il grosso del popolo in quei paesi in una serie di lettere indirizzate a tutti i sensati e giusti Inglesi. Trad, italiana da Dom. Gregorii. Napoli, 1826.

Lettere di William Cobbett ai Ministri della Chiesa d' Inghilterra e d' Irlanda voltate in Italiano. Napoli, 1841.

L. L. K.

COLOMAN MlKSzATH'S WORKS IN ENGLISH

(11 S. iv. 310, 394). 'The Horses and the Bride of John Gelyi ' in Fair Play (a New York weekly), 20 Jan., 1912. ' The Marvel of Bagy,' ibidem, 13 Feb., 1912. C. F.

New York:

BRODRIBB OF SOMERSET (11 S. v. 71. 251, 450; vi. 30, 97, 111, 177). Ri. and Robert Brodrepp and other Brodrepps frequently sign accounts about years 1680- 1 760. The following entry on the fly-leaf of an old register is interesting, but has no date :

" Mr. Robert Brodrepp paid his marriage money within this parish, and had a certificate from Daniel Ward the collector for the same.... the duty that he paid was 11. 2s. 6d."

4nd in another Parish book is : Jan. llth, 1729. Given to the Protestant* of Copenhagen :

Col. Brodrepp. . os. Od.

Mad. Brodrepp. . 2s. 6d.

The following interesting note is on the fly-leaf of a register volume :

10 Aug., 1846. Mapperton Church being under repair, we opened up the vault in the Chancel, and found there 8 coffins, or rather the remains of them, 3 only being in a state of preservation ; they were all save one of wood. A quantity of remains were in one corner of the vault, which is spacious. There is a night of steps down to it. It is very