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12 8. 1. MAY 13, 1916.] NOTES AND QUERIES.

389 Diss Rectory, Norfolk, asked for information re Robertsons of Richmond, but in replies thereto there is nothing to show who Mrs. Margaret Robertson was before her marriage. I have indirect evidence that her name was Berry.

—Where may be found the line:—

I have a notion that it is from Ben Jonson.

—In 'Notes on Sussex Churches' (Hove, 1908) at p. 37 Mr. Frederick Harrison, writing of St. Nicholas's, Brighton, says:—

In 'The South Downs,' recently published by the L.B. & S.C. Railway Company, at p. 57 it is stated that among the pupils of the Rev. Thomas Redman Hooker, D.D., Vicar of Rottingdean from 1792 to 1838, "were the Duke of Wellington, Cardinal Manning, and Bulwer Lytton."

For how long and in what years was Wellington a pupil (1) of Mr. Michell and (2) of Dr. Hooker?

—In some of the illustrations of Sir Paul Pindar's House the adjoining archway giving entrance to Halfmoon Alley or Street is shown as being in the style of the early fourteenth century. Is this a fragment of a building of that period? Two inferences are suggested. Either Sir Paul Pindar in building on this site allowed the arch to remain, or transported it from some early London building, as its style and dimensions were suitable for his purpose.

—What is the origin of this expression? It seems to be much used both in speech and in articles of modern date.

—Who was Sam. Theoph. Hainrich, a Hungarian artist, painter of a portrait of an old servant of William Penn, the Quaker, about 1734?

ARMORIAL BEARINGS SOUGHT. Just be" fore Christmas (US. xii. 503) I put in a query as to some armorial bearings. I got most of them in replies, but a few are still wanting, and I should be glad if any one can supply them. They are as follows : De Credonia, thirteenth century ; Sir Wm. de Fandles (Spaniard), thirteenth century ; Murdach, temp. Henry II. ; Whitchester or Whytchestre, fifteenth century.

I am also seeking the arms of Sudgrove, fifteenth century ; FitzPeter, fifteenth century. G. H. PALMER.

Hey wood Park, White Waltham, Berkshire.

ROBERT LUCAS DE PEARSALL, MUSICAL COMPOSER. The ' D.N.B.,' xliv. 158, states that " his mother was Elizabeth Lucas, from whom he inherited his musical taste." I should be glad to learn the particulars of her parentage. By the same authority he is said to have left a widow and children at his death. When and whom did he marry ?

G. F. R. B.

" SEVERE." A London and North- Western engine, built in 1869 and scrapped several years ago, bore the name " Bevere." Can any one tell me the meaning and origin of this name ? The Company are unable to give any information on the subject.

J. H. HOBBS.

19 Tremadoc Road, Clapham, S.W.

AUTHOR WANTED : THE LOBSTER. Which author made the grotesque blunder of referring to a lobster as " the Cardinal of the Deep " ? W. H. WALLACE.

11 Grafton Street, W.

EDWIN EDWARDS, ETCHER. Can any particulars be imparted about him ?

ANEURIN WILLIAMS.

REFERENCE WANTED. Where does Arthur Young say that " the magic of property turns sand to gold " ?

J. D. W.

ELIZABETH BEHARRELL. Can any one say f there was any descendant of Elizabeth Beharrell, widow, living at Peterborough in 783 with her two daughters, Rebecca and Ann Beharrell ? R. D. GARDNER.

A CHURCH BELL AT FARNHAM IN DORSET.

Mr. E. C. Moore, of the Pitt-Rivers Museum, at Farnham by Blandford, has entatively read " Ora Mater pia" as the

inscription on a bell in the tower of the Church of St. Laurence, Farnham, which is escribed as being beautifully green, possibly ast in the fourteenth century, and very