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NOTES AND QUERIES. [11 s. vn. FEE. s, 1913.

BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION WANTED. 1. BAR WELL. Stephen Barwell was ad- mitted to Westminster School in February, 1745/6, aged 11, and William Barwell in January, 1749/50, aged 9. They probably belonged to the Anglo-Indian family of that name. Can any correspondent of
 * N. & Q.' identify them ?

2. JAMES BEAUCLERK was admitted to Westminster School in June, 1746, aged 8, at the same time as Aubrey Beauclerk, afterwards fifth Duke of St. Albans. I should be glad to ascertain any information about him.

3. PETER KEITH graduated B.A. at Oxford from Ch. Ch. in 1738. He was the author of some verses on Milton, which were printed in the sixth edition of Vincent Bourne's ' Poems.' When did he die ?

4. LANGDALE STANHOPE, son of George Stanhope of Pontefract, graduated B.C.E. at Oxford in 1728 from Ch. Ch. I should be glad to ascertain further particulars concerning him.

5. BERTRAM STOTE, M.P. for Northumber- land 1702-5. Who was his mother, and what was the date of her marriage with Sir Richard Stote ? Did Bertram Stote ever marry ? If so, when and to whom ?

G. F. R. B.

" SCALING THE HENNERY " : " MOUSE BUTTOCK." What is the meaning of these two curious expressions ? The first is apparently of American coinage, occurring in ' Up the River,' by F. W. Shelton, New York, 1853, p. 37. The second is to be found in ' Cookery Made Easy,' by M. Willis, London, 1829, p. 150, as " A Mouse Buttock of Beef." Both books are in the Bodleian Library. J. B. McGoVERN.

St. Stephen's Rectory, C.-on-M., Manchester.

THE BATTLE OF MALDON. Can any one inform me where I can find a modern verse rendering of the old English poem ' The Battle of Maldon ' ? I have seen one, but cannot remember the author. C. M. B.

THE ALCHEMIST'S APE. In old pictures representing the interior of a physician's consulting-room or of an alchemist's labora- tory, an ape or a monkey is often figured sitting on a window-sill, or perched on the back of a chair. A stuffed alligator or crocodile may also often be sean hung against the wall. Can any reader inform me of the significance of these- especially of the

H. C. H.-A.

CHURCHYARD INSCRIPTIONS : LISTS OF TRANSCRIPTIONS.

(11 S. vi. 206, 255, 278, 354, 418, 474.)

GLOUCESTERSHIRE is fortunate in possessing Bigland's ' Historical, Monumental, and Genealogical Collections, relative to the County of Gloucester,' a work of prime importance for the monumental and other inscriptions in the county churches and burial-grounds. The publication of this work was spread over a period of 103 years. In 1791-2 vols. i. (commenced in 1786) and ii. were published, some of the parishes including inscriptions to the year 1790. The ' Continuations ' to Bigland were pub- lished in nine parts between 1838 and 1889, and in most of these additional inscriptions to the Bigland MSS. are given, some being as late as 1883. Excepting for the parishes of St. Jacob and St. Philip, and St. George, Bristol, the work is complete for the whole county. There is an Index to Names in the first volume, but none in the second or in the ' Continuations,' though some of the larger parishes in the latter have separate Indexes. Bigland gives practically full transcripts of all the inscriptions on monu- ments within the churches and on flat stones in the burial-grounds, and all essential particulars of those on headstones. A valuable Index to the heraldry given in the work has been prepared by Mr. Francis Were, and published by the Bristol and Gloucs. Arch. Society. Bigland's collec- tions for the city of Gloucester were pub- lished separately by T. D. Fosbroke in his 1819. The inscriptions were printed in abbreviated form to save space, though all information of a biographical nature was included.
 * Original History of the City of Gloucester,'

The late Mr. H. Y. J. Taylor made full transcripts of the inscriptions in all the ancient burial-grounds in Gloucester, and these are at present in my custody. They include the burial-grounds of the Jews, the Friends, and other Nonconformist bodies, and are a valuable supplement to the lists in Fosbroke.

The late Rev. B. H. Blacker (an old con- tributor to ' N. & Q.') published in Glouces- tershire Notes and Queries, vols. i. -iii., Indexes to the monumental and other inscriptions at St. Peter's in Cheltenham, Cubberley, Longney, Prestbury, Swindon,