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NOTES AND QUERIES.

[12 S. I. JAN. 15, 1916.

words. Some, like amesa, table, go back to the Portuguese era ; but the majority are English, often quite unrecognizable, like yentos, faskera, and kamter. That the im- portation was not limited to words for im- ported articles is shown by the fact that Timne has taken over verbs also ; trai, to try, is a conspicuous example, as the com- bination tr is not known in Timne.

N. W. THOMAS. Egwoba, Manorgate Road, Norbiton.

EGBERT CHILD, M.P., THE BANKER (12 S. i. 11). In Mr. F. G. H. Price's little book, ' Temple Bar ; or, Some Account of " Ye Marygold " ' (1875), it is stated (p. 48) that this gentleman married Sarah, daughter of Paul Jodreil, Esq., but no date is given. He succeeded to the estates of his elder brother Francis on the death of the latter in 1763. He had also a sister, and there is still at Osterley Park an excellent group of these three when children, painted by Dandridge in 1741. He died June 28, 1782, and a monument to his memory is on the south wall of the chancel in Heston Church.

His father, Samuel Child, was the ninth son of Sir Francis Child, Knight, Lord Mayor of London 1698, and brother of Sir Francis Child, Knight and Lord Mayor in 1731, and he married circa 1730, or possibly a little earlier, a Miss Agatha Edgar, whose portrait is also to be seen at Osterley Park, and who died in 1763, her husband having pre- deceased her on Oct. 15, 1752.

ALAN STEWART.

Robert Child of Osterley married Sarah, daughter of Paul Jodreil, Esq. ; she re- married 1791 Lord Ducie.

For some particulars of the banking firm of Child & Co. see Price's ' Handbook of London Bankers,' 1890-91. At p. 36 it gives the death of Mrs. Agatha Child in 1763, probably widow of Samuel who died 1752.

Mr. Price also compiled ' The Marygold by Temple Bar,' giving a history of the firm, published by Quaritch.

R. J. FYNMORE.

He married Oct. 6, 1763, Sarah, daughter of Gilbert Jodreil, Esq., by whom he had a daughter, Sarah Anne, born 1764, who married, May 18, 1782, John, 10th Earl of Westmoreland ; vide ' The Marvgold bv Temple Bar,' by F. G. Hilton Price, 1902 p. 92. Robert Child's mother was Miss Agatha Edgar ; he died at Kingsgate, near Margate. ALECK ABRAHAMS.

DANDO, THE OYSTER-EATER (11 S. xii. 400, 444, 483). I have before me a little book published by Longmans, 13th ed., 1837, ' Hints on Etiquette,' &c., by Aywyos. Also, uniform with this, ' More Hints on Etiquette,' &c., by HouS'aywyos, with cuts by George Cruikshank, published by Charles Tilt, in 1838. The latter is a sort of burlesque on the former ; the " cuts " are admirable. Under the head of " Dinner," pp. 40-51, are instructions first how to get your dinner and then how to eat it. " It is a very easy thing to direct people to eat a dinner," we are told, "but it is no such easy matter to instruct them how to get one. The great Dando, to be sure, set a bad and daring example in this matter. Dando was a hero in his way." Then follow a couple of pages in support of this statement, and then, " We would, however, recommend the sponging system sponging for a dinner is much practised in genteel society," &c.

J. T. F. Winterton, Doncaster.

The ballad called The Life and Death of Dando ' I find in ' Fairbairn's Collection of Songs."

More than sixty years ago I heard an oyster-seller shouting at a country fair, " Fresh Dandy oysters, all alive," and some old people spoke of Dando oysters.

THOS. RATCLIFFE.

THE MORAY MINSTRELS (12 S. i. 10). This famous club of amateur glee singers used originally to meet at Moray Lodge, Regent's Park, the residence of Mr. Arthur Lewis. They afterwards gave their delight- ful smoking concerts in the picture galleries in Suffolk Street and elsewhere. Little Johnnie Foster, the well-known Lay Vicar of Westminster Abbey, used to conduct, and, if I remember rightly, clay pipes, tobacco, and drinks were provided for the visitors.

G. F. R. B.

J. G. LE MAISTRE (11 S. xii. 480; 12 S. i. 14). I find that I can now answer my own query contained in my reply. J. G. Le Maistre died at Cheltenham, aged 71, Nov. 4, 1840. See Gent. Mag., 1840, pt. ii., p. 672.

G. F. R. B.

FRANCIS MERES AND JOHN FLORIO (US. xii. 359, 458). I regret that MR. G. G. GREEN- WOOD should have published in your columns private information given by me in a letter, without further explanation. He had sent a query to this paper, which I did not notice, and he wrote me asking me to let him know