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M.x4. 1694. On the death of his father he appears to have been for a short time curate-in-cliarge of Lydiard Millicent. Is anything known of his subsequent career ? R. J. FYNMORE. Sandgate.

SIR ANTHONY JACKSON. Can any corre- spondent give me particulars of the lineage and the name of the wife of Sir Anthony Jackson, born 1599, admitted to the Inner Temple in 1616. and knighted at Breda, Holland. 1650 ?

This lady visited her husband when he was a prisoner in the Tower in 1651, and it is probable she was married while he was still a student in the Temple (c. 1616-25). Did they leave any issue ? and who are the present descendants of the name ?

WM. JACKSON PIGOTT. Manor House, Dundrum, co. Down.

A WINNOWER. I have a winnower which was the property of a farmer in this village, now deceased It consists of an axle about 6 ft. in length, along which run, fixed into it, four narrow boards at right angles to one another : to the outer edge of these boards canvas was attached to serve for sails, some of which remains, but the whole is in a dilapidated condition. This was the only special member of the winnower. For working it was placed under a shed 5 ft. or 6 ft. from the ground, and made to revolve by an endless strap and wheel. Men stand- ing on stools poured out from buckets the mixture to be winnowed for the draught from the sails to catch.

I should like to know (1) whether this was a method widely or long used, or only short-lived, or an experiment ; (2) whether it is enough of a curiosity for any one to desire to house it. It is excluded by size from museums. F. W. M.

S. Muskham Vicarage, Newark.

ZODIAC OF TEN SIGNS. In the writings of H. P. Blavatsky and Eliphaz Levi we read that a Zodiac of Ten Signs was used before the Zodiac of Twelve Signs. Can any reader supply a quotation from any astronomer or any ancient author ?

WYNN WESTCOTT.

" MEMORIA TECHNICA." Is there any known, easily remembered method of " me- mo ria technica ' ? which can be utilized by way of application to everyday incidents of life ? I know of Gray's book, and have seen several more or less complicated " systems, " mainly designed for some one

defined and special purpose, but have not met with any such as above indicated. If it exists, knowledge of it, and in what form it is accessible, would be advantageous to many. W. B. H.

VICARS OF HOLNE, DEVON. Can any one give me particulars of any of the following (especially reference to any por- traits), who were vicars of Holne, Dartmoor (in the vicarage of which Charles Kingsley was born), at the dates named ?

1660. Nicholas Stephens.

1699. Nicholas Hunt.

1709. John Rowe.

1746. Philip Atherton.

1752. John Nosworthy.

1765. John Bradford.

1769. John Brutton.

1771. John Mogridge.

1783. John Charter.

1821. William Ilbert Birdwood.

1827. Samuel Lane.

Please reply direct.

T. CANN HUGHES, M.A., F.S.A.

78, Church Street, Lancaster.

REFERENCES WANTED. Can any of your readers give me the reference for the following ideas ?

1. " Ancestral Masks, each in its little cedarn chest below the cornice"

2. Glazed Windows. Where would these be mentioned in the later Roman period ?

3. Epitaphs. Where can the best collec- tion of these with classical references be found ?

4. Showmen. What writer gives the best account of these ?

5. Dreams, and the connexion of ^Escu- lapius with them. What are the best classical references ?

6. Where do the following come from ? " Made perfect by the love of visible beauty."

" If thou wouldst have all about thee like the colours of some fresh picture, in a clear light, be temperate in thy religious notions, in love, in wine, in all things, and of a peaceful heart with thy fellows."

ARTHUR W. CREE.

' MANMOURMURIAN.' This is the name of a book (author unknown). The work itself is of a fantastical nature, but what does the title signify ? It has been suggested to me that it is very possibly an Armenian word, and I shall be glad if some reader of ' N. & Q.' can say whether this is so; and, if it be, what its significance is. It has occurred to me that it may be connected with the Sanskrit for " thought " or " reflec- tion." Louis A. KLEMANTASKI.