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FRANCIS LODWICK. Par la presente j'ai Fhonneur de vous informer que j'aimerais a posseder des informations concernant Francis Lodwick, ou Lodowick, un marchand hollandais, demeurant a Londres (comparez ' List of the Principal Inhabitants of the City of London,' edited by W. J. Harvey, London. 1886). II etait membre de la Royal Society, et publia un article dans les Philosophic Transactions de 1686. Le British Museum contient deux manuscrits de sa main. Est-ce qu'il vous serait pos- sible de me procurer des informations (toute information me sera agreable) par votre journal honore ' N. & Q.' ? Voudriez- vous demander dans votre journal si quelqu'un sait quelque particularity con- cernant ce marchand et auteur ?

ANTH. FOLMEK. The Hague.

1. HENRY MEREDITH PARKER. Can any of your readers give me any information regarding Henry Meredith Parker of the Bengal Civil Service, author of ' Bole Ponjis,' &c. (Thacker, 1851), and con- tributor to Indian journals ? There is no mention of him in the ' D.N.p.' or other biographies. I shall be pleased to receive any information regarding him.

2. AUTHOR WANTED. Can any reader give me the name of the author of ' The Indian Pilgrim,' published presumably in the middle of the last century ?

3. REDDING : HERVEY : RICHARDSON. Has any reader any papers connected with Cyrus Redding, editor of The Ply- mouth Chronicle (early nineteenth century), T. K. Hervey, or D. L. Richardson, author of ' Literary Leaves,' &c. ?

The above information is required for a book dealing indirectly with these men. All documents will, of course, be returned, and copied if permitted.

H. R. W. BLUMFIELD.

JOHANNA WILUAMSCOTE. Whose daugh- ter was Johanna Williamscote, sometimes spelt Wyncott, Winkote, or Woncote ? This family is believed to have obtained the manorial rights of Bynton, Benin ton, or Bin ton (Warwickshire) through marriage of Elias de Woncote with Alice, daughter and heiress of Henry de " Buvinton," the last male heir, some time in the thirteenth century, and retained them until the reign of Henry VIII., when Thomas Wyncote parted with all the old ancestral estates of the manor and advowson of Binton in Warwickshire

and the manor of Wyncott in Gloucester- shire.

Joan was wife of Sir John Grevile, lord of the manor of Milcote, formerly resident at Cherlton Regis, and latterly at Milcote. He died 6 Aug., 1480, and was buried in the church of Weston-on-Avon.

Also, what was the coat of arms of the Williamscotes ? M.

ARTISTS AND PUBLISHERS. I have an original coloured drawing, signed J. N., 1809, entitled " Bandy Billy, alias William Legg, the Boot Catch at Stevens's, the Black Bull at Redburn, Hertfordshire." It repre- sents a bandy-legged dwarf, having a boot- jack on one arm, and carrying a Wellington boot in the other hand. Can any reader give me further information about this character, or about the artist ?

I have a pair of fine large stipple engrav- ings by I. (? J.) Pierson, engraver and designer, entitled ' The Fisherman ' and ' The Gamekeeper ' ; size of plate, 13J by 18|in. The publisher was J. Le Petit, Latimer House, Hammersmith (1801). I can find out nothing about either of these men. T. JESSON.

9A, Parkside, Cambridge.

BENEDICT ARNOLD. I have been trying to ascertain the burial-place of Benedict Arnold. The New York Library quotes from The Gentleman's Magazine of July, 1801 : ' * His remains were interred, on the 2 1 st [June] , at Brompton [a district of London]." Can any one inform me whether there was ever any change in the burial-place, and whether he has a monument ? If so, could I get a photograph ? Any information given will be greatly appreciated.

EDWARD F. BIGELOW.

Arcadia, Sound Beach, Conn.

[The question of Benedict Arnold's burial-place was discussed at 9 S. iii. 69, 152, 271, but nothing definite was elicited.]

THE " LAST GOVERNOR OF CALAIS " : THE BELLS OF !PowiCK. In a printed appeal issued in 1909 by the Vicar and church- wardens of Powick, Worcestershire, for the restoration of the church bells (a ring of six), the history of the bells is given as follows :

"Five out of the six bells date from the reign of Queen Anne (the tenor bell was recast in 1833). They are said to have been of French manufacture, and were recast on being brought to England. Tradition states that the last Governor of Calais was one of the Beauchamp family and Baron ot Powyke.' On quitting the scene of hi, governor- ship, and naturally not being over-popular on a