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Rh grandfather by a grandson. Or was the murdered man Gamel de Tettesworth of Alderley, near Leek, co. Stafford?

Tradition has it that the murder took place at a spot known as Solomon's Hollow, near Leek, and, sixty years ago, men who were returning from Leek market would not cross the hollow for fear of seeing "Old Gamel," and stayed the night at an inn on the Leek side of the valley. In Domesday Alderley in Cheshire is spelled Aldredeslega, whilst Audley, near Newcastle, is spelled Aldidiley.

It appears from this evidence that Liulf de Alditheley and Liulf de Aldredeslega were two different persons.

Moreover, it is difficult to believe that Gamel, the Domesday owner of Aldidiley, was living up to 1130. Alderley is close to Solomon's Hollow, the place which tradition associates with the murder, whilst Audley is fifteen miles distant. I shall be glad of any information on these points. G. A. S.

—There is an account of this estate in the 'Victoria History of Surrey' (vol. iv. p. 71), which concludes as follows:—

Who painted the picture referred to, and where is it now? On Oct. 1, 1812, John Harris of St. Paul's Churchyard, London, published a print of the back of the house from the grounds, which was "engraved by Shury from a Drawing by J. F. Neale for the Beauties of England and Wales," on which the building is described as "the Seminary of the Revd. Win. Pearson." If the original drawing is still extant, I should like to know where it is.

—I am anxious to trace a family of this name in Scotland, a member of which, William Brown, in the seventeenth century emigrated to Virginia, where he left numerous descendants. A very distinguishing mark amongst these latter is that many of them have what are called "stiff fingers," that is, the fingers are lacking the first joints of the hands, and the fingers, although of normal length, cannot be bent at the first joint.

About ten years ago there appeared in a stock paper published in Chicago an advertisement from a William Brown in Scotland. A member of the Virginia family wrote to him, and found that not only had they a common ancestor, but that he also had the same family trait.

The address of this William Brown in Scotland has been lost. I shall be grateful for his address, or that of any other member of this family who has this very characteristic peculiarity.

—Richard Ford, in his 'Handbook of Spain' (ed. 1845, vol. i. p. 138), writes of Wellington's dispatches:—

Whence comes his quotation, or is it Ford's adaptation of Pliny's fine sentiment (Epist. vi. 17):—

It looks more like a quotation, but I have quite failed to trace it.

—What is the meaning of this phrase? It occurs in a letter dated June 25, 1786, written by a member of my family. The context is:—

F. M. M.

—A volume containing them from 1593 to 1758 was sold by Mr. Sotheby by auction, Feb. 25, 1822, and was bought by Evans, the printseller. What has become of them?

—I should be glad to receive from any reader of 'N. & Q.' information respecting (1) the parentage and ancestry of Thomas Ryder or Rider, who was in the East India Company's service about the middle of the eighteenth century, and became a Director of the East India Company. His daughter Frances