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 IIS. VII. April 12, 1913.] NOTES AND QUERIES. 287 <$nttits. We must request correspondents desiring in- formation on family matters of only private interest to affix their names and addresses to their queries, in order that answers may be sent to them direct. " Esquire " by Charter.—In the year 1877 your columns had many paragraphs on the right to the use of the title " Esquire," and Mr. J. Llewelyn Curtis then wrote (5 S. viii. 157): " The members of several royal societies have the title of Esquire conferred on them by royal charter," &c. This statement was not contradicted at the time, nor, so far as a reference to later communications on the same subject in ' N. & Q.' shows, was it even alluded to. But is it correct ? And, if so, what are the societies in question ? Fred. C. Frost. Teignmouth. Works op Theodore Winthrop.—May I ask your readers if they will be so kind as to send me any information they can procure from volumes in their own private libraries concerning the dates, publishers, titles, and stated edition-number of any of the following books by Theodore Winthrop ?— John Brent. Cecil Drecrae. Edwin Brothertoft. The Canoe and the Saddle. Life in the Open Air. I have exhausted the possibilities of the public libraries, and so far have been able to determine definitely only a few of the editions, and any assistance, especially as to the dates and stated edition-numbers of any of the Ticknor & Fields imprints, will be very welcome, and will assist a great deal in making my bibliography exhaustive. It would be an additional kindness if the particulars were separately recorded upon small slips of paper. R. C. E., Spectator. Columbia University, New York City. Castle Strange, County Middlesex. —-This would appear, from the description in the ' Peerage,' to have been the residence of Sir John Hort when created a baronet in 1767. Perhaps some of your readers could tell where it was situated, for the name is not to be found in the usual works of reference, and the present holder of the title, though resident in Middlesex, cannot enlighten mo. Thos. U. Sadleir. Dublin. Smith : Richardson.—I am anxious to identify the pedigree (i) of the Smiths of Wroughton, Wilts. Arms: Argent, a uni- corn's head, couped gules; on a chief azure, three lozenges or. The heiress married Price, 1706; (ii) of the Richardsons of Smalley, co. Derby. Arms: Or, on a chief azure, three lions' heads couped. Sarah Richardson, coheiress, married Price in 1739. (Mrs.) Fortescue. Grove House, Winchester. Henry Morris, d. 1653 : Chas. Lodge, Baptist Minister.—I should be glad of any details possible concerning the life of Henry Morris up to 1640. when he was appointed incumbent of Burnley Parish Church, acting also for a period as parish clerk. What were his family, birthplace, training for the ministry, and appointments previous to 1640 ? Whom did he marry (it is sup- posed his wife's name was Abdy, of York- shire) ? He died at Burnley, 1653. What is known of the Rev. Chas. Lodge, who conducted an adult baptism in the river at Lockwood, Huddersfield, c. 1819 ? Where can I find any account of this ? To whom Would C. Lodge's private papers go ? and who is his representative at the present day ? Charlotte Simpson. " Four square humours."—On a dia- mond - shaped window - pane in Whitton Court, Shropshire, is scratched the following, here copied verbatim et lineatim :— William Barnebrooks succeeded Margaret Morgan and possessed this Messuage and garden the 7th of March whom God long preserved in the premisses 1690 and from the four square humors Vale. Nearly twenty years ago I invited the readers of ' N. & Q.' to give me some explana- tion of the Word " square " in this context, and I have made inquiries elsewhere ; but no one hitherto has accepted my invitation. I now venture a second appeal. Arthur Gaye, United University Club, Pall Mall East, S.W. T. Andrews, Portrait and Miniature Painter.—Can any one give me any informa- tion concerning this painter, who Was work- ing at the beginning of last century ? H. L.