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of ' St. Johnstoun ' " (10 S. ii. 407). a novel which was published in 1829 ; but this also failed to elicit a reply.

Mr. Lang also contributed a note on Iron- in Homer ' (10 S. vii. 141), which was, virtu- ally a reply to a review of ' Homer and his Age,' which had appeared at p. 39 of the same volume.

Lastly, he contributed a reply headec

The Glamis Mystery' (10 S. x. 311),

which was signed with a pseudonym, " Ye

Ken Wha, :? but there was no mistaking the

familiar and allusive style. All his other

contributions were signed with his name.

W. F. PRIDEATJX.

FORLORN HOPE AT BADAJOS (US. V. 288,

394,492 ; vi. 56, 155). Perhaps MR. HENRY HOWARD, and, through him, Baron W. von Girsewald, would like to have the reference for the Girsewald episode contained in my reply at v. 492, and the ipsissima verba.

The account is given in Robert Southey's ' History of the Peninsular War,' new edition, 1837, vol. v. p. 446 (as to the taking of the Castle of Badajos by assault) :

" An officer of the German Legion, Girsewald by name, who was remarkable for his bodily strength, was one of the first who mounted. A French soldier fired at and missed him, then made a thrust with his bayonet ; Girsewald, with his left hand, parried the bayonet and seized it, and held it so firmly, that the exertions which the Frenchman made for recovering his weapon, assisted him in mounting, till he got high enough to aim a blow in his turn, with which he severed his antagonist's head from his shoulders .... One of the last shots which were fired struck Girsewald on the knee ; he would not let the limb be amputated, and therefore the wound proved fatal."

ROBERT PIERPOINT.

PLACE or DEPOSIT OF WILLS (11 S. vi. 129, 194). MR. CANN HUGHES will find Mr. J. Henry Lea's ' Genealogical Research in England, Scotland, and Ireland,' 1906, the best handbook on the places of deposit of wills prior to 1858. It is arranged under counties, and gives the Diocesan, Archi- diaconal, Manorial, and Peculiar Courts, the districts or parishes under their juris- diction, and the date of the earliest will in each court. As MISTLETOE says, the Rich- mondshire wills and those of the Court of the Honour of Knaresborough have recently (and very properly, I think) been removed from London to York. I do not agree with him that they are any more inaccessible to the genealogist there than at Somerset House ; they have certainly been removed

to where they are most required to the great centre for the working genealogists of the North ; and there are plenty of skilled genealogists at York able and willing to make the abstracts he desires for quite as moderate prices as their brethren in London. THOS. M. BLAGG, F.S.A.

Hon. General Editor to the British Record Society.

The statement that " the original Rich- mond wills down to 1748, which until recently were at Somerset House, have now . . . .been removed from London to York," requires modification. Only the testament- ary records of those Probate Courts within the Archdeaconry of Richmond which had jurisdiction in the county of Yorkshire have been sent to York, namely, those of the Deaneries of Richmond, Catterick, and Boroughbridge, and the Peculiars of Hun- singore, Masham, Knaresborough, and Middleham. The other Richmond wills, namely, those of the Deaneries of Copeland, Kendal, Furness, Lonsdale, and Amounder- ness, covering parts of Cumberland, West- morland, and Lancashire, remain at Somerset House. PERCEVAL LUCAS.

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DOGS ON TOMBS (11 S. vi. 129, 195). The figure of a dog was placed beneath the feet of monumental effigies at an early date in the Western counties. The following are examples of its use : On a memorial ascribed to Robert, third Lord Berkeley, died 1220, St. Mary Redcliffe, Bristol ; on the effigies of Robert de Button, c. 1225, Bitton, Glos. ; of Maurice de Gaunt, 1230, St. Mark's, Bristol ; of a De Malet knight, c. 1240, Shepton Mallet, Som. ; of Eva de Cantilupe, 1257, Abergavenny, Mon. ; and of a priest, Gervase de Prestaller, c. 1260, Axminster, Devon.

The earliest appearance of a dog on a brass is at the feet of Sir Roger de Trumping- ton, 1289, Tmmpington, Cambs.

IDA M. ROPER.

Bristol.

LUDOVICK ROBSERT, LORD BOCRCHIER

(US. vi. 130, 197). If the arms in the third quarter of the Robsert shield (3 buckles) belonged to the Barons Malet, as suggested by COL. HAROLD MALET, by what right was coat quartered by Lewis Robsert, Lord Bourchier ? Robert Malet (Hen. III. Roll) sore Sable, three silver buckles, and later Vlalets or Mallets have borne either three or more buckles. One would assume that