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NOTES AND QUERIES. [n s. vii. APRIL 5, 1913.

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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.

DIDEROT : LETTERS AND ESSAY ON SCULP- TURE. I shall be glad to hear of any letters of Diderot to his English friends, particu- larly Hume, Garrick, and Wilkes, other than those printed in the Assezat-Tourneux edi- tion of Diderot (Paris, 1875-7, 20 vols.) and those in Egerton MS. 19 and Addit. 30, 877, ff. 81, 83, 85, in the British Museum.

Is the French original of Diderot's letter to Wilkes, dated 2 April, 1768, and printed in English by John Almon (' Corresp. of the late John Wilkes,' London, 1805, v. 243), still extant ?

I should also like to know where I might find the following book :

"Pieces written by Mons. Falconet and Mons. Diderot on sculpture in general, and particularly on the celebrated statue of Peter the Great, now finishing by the former at St. Petersburg. Trans- lated from the French, with several additions, by the Rev. William Tooke." London, 1774, 4to(with an engraving of the statue).

R. L. CRU.

New York.

BUKATY FAMILY. On 16 Sept., 1783 Joseph Bukaty, " secretary to the Polish Embassy at London," was admitted a member of the Masonic Lodge St. David, Edinburgh, No. 36 (Sir Walter Scott's Lodge), along with three other gentlemen from Poland (two with Scots surnames). The ceremony was performed and translated into Latin, as none of them understood Eng- lish. Was Joseph Bukaty any relation of Francis Bukaty, who was a member of the Sun Fire Office Lodge, London, and repre- sentative of the Grand Lodge of Poland in 1784 ? J. M. BULLOCH.

HORATIO HELE. On 25 Feb., 1729/30, at Stockleigh English, Horatio Hele married Frances Bellew. Frances Bellew was the daughter of Henry Bellew of Stockleigh Court by his wife Frances, the daughter of William Barbor of Lary and Raleigh, co. Devon. Horatio Hele Was a surgeon at Great Torrington, and his will was proved in 1784. He was the heir of the Rev. Richard Hele, Rector of Rampisham, Dorset.

Can any one say who Was the father of Horatio Hele ? also, what relation he was to the Rev. Richard Hele ?

(Miss) A. Q. CARTER.

46, Barlow Moor Road, Didsbury, Manchester.

MANOR OF ST. JAMES, WESTMINSTER. The Manor of St. James at Westminster is said to have passed into the hands of Henry III. by exchange. Simon Pincerna,. its owner, received in its place the Manor of Connerton, with the bailiwick of the Hundred of Penwith. Hals states this in his ' History of Cornwall,' and gives as his authority " letters patent yet [c. 1700] to be seen at Lanherne." Can this statement be either disproved or supported ? To which royal or baronial family was Simon Pincerna hereditary butler? J. H. R.

AUTHORS OF QUOTATIONS WANTED.

1. Heart of my heart, she has broken the heart of

me

Soul of my soul, she will never be part of me 8he whom I love, but will never be love of me.

Song of my sorrows,

My lady of moods.

2. And though they sleep in dungeons deep,

Or flee, exiled and banned, We love them yet, we won't forget The felons of the land.

3. Those she refuses, she treats still

With so much sweet behaviour, That her refusals, through her skill, Seem almost like a favour.

R. L. MORETON.

GILBERT OF KILMINCHY AND KNOCKINAY. Is there anything known of the parentage of Sir William Gilbert, Kt., of Kilminchy and Knockinay, Queen's Co., Governor of the Fort of Leix ? He was born 1599, and married Catherine, daughter of Peter Castelion, a captain in Ireland, by his wife Thomasine, daughter of Sir Christopher Peyton, Auditor of Ireland. He was knighted at Dublin, 23 Oct., 1629, and was buried in St. John's Church, Dublin, on 8 June, 1654.

WM. JACKSON PIGOTT.

Manor House, Dundrum, co. Down.

" COLUMPNAS." This is a word occurring in the Close Roll of 22 Edw. I. in the follow- ing connexion : " Order to deliver various properties in the columpnas of Blethevagh in Wales."

Can any of your readers help me to the exact meaning of the term, and to another instance of its use in England or Wales ? I have looked up Ducange. E. O.

COMPANIONS OF GEORGE I. Is there any record extant of the Germans or Hano- verians who came with or followed the Elector of Hanover's son into this country on his accession to the English throne in 1714 ? J. T. WELLDON,