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 216 NOTES AND QUERIES. [11 s. vn. mar. 15, ma legend, was, on his appearance at the Papal Court at Lyons, presented by the Pope with a rose, or other flower, of gold, and asked of what degree he was. Reginald replied that he was a plain knight bachelor, on which the Pope said that, as such a gift could be made only to kings, dukes, or earls, Reginald should be Earl of " Este," or Somerset, and to maintain his title granted him two hundred marks a year, and created him a count apostolic, with power to appoint public notaries. It is certain that he bore as his arms a dexter hand holding a fleur-de-lis and habited in a maunch, and sometimes styled himself Earl of Somerset; he did not, however, hold an English earldom (see 'D.N.B.,' vol. xxxviii. pp. Ill, 113). A. R. Bayley. General Elliot (11 S. vii. 150).—In February, 1724/5, Granville Elliot, aged 11, was admitted to Westminster School. He was a lieutenant-general in the German Army. Created Count von Morgen ; served at Minden; appointed a Major-General in the British service 21 April, 1758, and Colonel of the 61st Regiment of Foot same date. Died in Germany in the summer of 1759. Charles Dalton. "Monk" Lewis (11 S. vii. 129).—Dal- keith Palace is one of the principal seats of the Duke of Buccleuch. Your corre- spondent may care to know that there are letters from and references to Lewis in the ' Correspondence of Charles Kirkpatrick Sharpe ' (Blackwood, 1888). W. E. Wilson. Hawiok. Battle of Quiberon Bay, 1759 (11 S. vii. 109).—Messrs. T. H. Parker Bros.' Catalogue (No. 8, 1912) of Naval Prints quotes :— No. 1254. Line engraving, coloured, llg by 17}, 21. 12s. 6d. P. Swaine—P. Benazech 1255. Do. 7J by 12, 7/6 F. Swaine—J. Goldar. H. A. P. Repetition of Passages (US. vii. 148). —In George Moore's novel ' Esther Waters ' a passage (of more than one sentence, if I remember aright) describing the arrival of the heroine at a country railway station is repeated verbatim as a description of her return to the same place many years after. In this cose the author's object is to empha- size the changes that had occurred in the interval by showing them against a back- ground of unchanging everyday routine. In the case quoted from Anatole France the object is to express vividly the belief that civilization moves through cycles of growth and decay, and after profoundest changes returns to the same point again. A. MORLEY DAV1ES. This peculiarity, which in most cases is attributable to carelessness, and when used as an artistic trick palls on the reader very soon, is one of Zola's characteristics; in some of his novels it is found " usque ad nauseam," e.g.. in ' Lourdes ' and ' Docteur Pascal.' G. Krueger. Berlin. Thomas Chippendale, Upholsterer (10 S. vi. 447; vii. 37; 11 S. vi. 407; vii. 10, 54, 94, 153).—I have long wanted to identify a certain John Chippindale, whose book-plate I have. The arms on the book- plate are: Az., semee of fleurs-de-lis.... two lions' gambs erect and erased fesseways. Crest: A lion's gamb.... holding a fleur- de-lis. The date of the book-plate, I should say, is about 1800. If any reader can oblige me with informa- tion regarding John Chippindale, or his family, I shall be grateful. Chas. Halt, Crouch. 62, Nelson Road, Stroud Green, N. In the second part of the Otley register, about to be issued by the Yorks Parish Register Society, is the following baptismal entry: " 1718, June 5. Thomas, son of John Chippindale of Otley, joyner." G. D. L. The " Houlte Cuppe "(US. vii. 148).— I think the Cheshire saying " You must go to Holt to see Farndon Races " probably gives the clue, though the date 1624 does not seem to fit in. At Farndon-on-Dee in Cheshire an annual race for a Free Cup was established in 1632, and the saying arose because the races were best seen from Holt, a place in Wales just across the river. Chester Races were going in 1624, but owing, it is said, to some dispute, the rendezvous was moved to Farndon. Perhaps the change took place earlier than 1632. Lord Chol- mondeley and others were the subscribers to the Free Cup. See Ormerod's ' Cheshire ' (1882), ii. 753. R. S. B. Holt, in Childwall parish, was formerly known as Bretargh-Holt, and up to about 1626 it belonged to the Bretarghs, after which it passed to the Tarletons. If the Cup took its name from this place, it was probably the gift of a member of one of these two families. Henry Fishwick. The Heights, Rochdale.