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 78 NOTES AND QUERIES. [12 S. X. JAN. 28, 1922. that his ' Dives Roll ' is by no means free from errors (Monthly Review, June, 1901, pp. 97-'98). I do not know Delisle's authority for including Robert de Harcourt amongst the companions of the Conqueror, but it seems very likely that he relied on Wace's reference to the Sieur de Harcourt, and added the Christian name from his own, knowledge of the pedigree, rejecting the alleged Errand de Harcourt as im- aginary. It is very probable that the Anschitel de Harcourt living in 1130 was the son or grandson of a companion of the Conqueror, but I fear it will be difficult to discover the missing links. In the article cited above, Round showed how few of our oldest families could bridge the "grievous gap" of 80 years between 1086 and 1166. A genuine male descent from 1130 ought to satisfy the most unreasonable person. It is a pleasure to learn that a younger branch of the family still survives, and I hasten to offer my apologies to the Harcourts of the Ankerwyke line for having treated them as extinct. As to MB. CARTER'S sug- gestion that a little research would unearth other cadet lines in the Midlands, it is to be hoped that he will be able to undertake the research himself, as any investigations carried out by him Would command general confidence. G. H. WHITE. 23, Weighton Road, Anerley. I should be much obliged for any replies in elucidation of the following topographical enigmas : 1. Which was the original town of Har- court in Normandy whence this family derives its name ? There is one in the Depart- ment of Eure, 10 miles north-east of Bernay, and another in Calvados, 15 miles north-west of Falaise. The latter is either prefixed or affixed by Thury, with a hyphen connecting it with Harcourt. (Thury, by the way, is derived from the Scandinavian cri de guerre " Tur die " by Thor's aid). In most works of reference it is stated that the Harcourt in the Department of Eure is the original. If so, it is probable that the Hare ourt in the Department of Calvados was named after the Harcourt who Was in possession at some subsequent date. The Duchess of Cleveland (' Battle Abbey Roll Call,' vol. ii., p. 149), however, seems to think that the latter was the original lordship which Was acquired by Bernard the Dane in 876. 2. Where are Cailleville and Beauficiel, the lordships of which Bernard acquired at the same time, which information will probably be the means of solving the previous query, in some degree ? 3. How many castles were in possession of the family in Normandy during feudal times, or, say, up to 1450, when the French finally recovered the Duchy ? I have indications of three at least, viz., one each at Harcourt and Thury-Harcourt, and another at St.-Sauveur-le-Vicomte, in La Manche, which was in possession of Geoffrey de Harcourt, who was one of the Marshals in the English Army at the Battle of Crecy. I also believe that there was another castle belonging to Jean d'Harcourt, Count of Aumale, at Aumale, c. 1400. 4. Robert Baron de Harcourt, who is stated to have been present at the Battle of Hastings, is recorded to have built a castle at Harcourt in 1100. At which of the two towns of Harcourt Was this ? I presume that it Was the one near Bernay in the Department of Eure, which sur- rendered to Peter de Breze in 1449, when the English garrison were so alarmed at the first cannon-ball which went through the wall that they thereupon made terms to capitulate within eight days if not re- lieved by Talbot. WILLIAM HARCOURT-BATH. PHARAOH AS SURNAME (12 S. ix. 407, 454, 537 ; x. 15). There Was a dealer in milk at Oxford about twenty years ago named Pharaoh ; and much merriment there was in a certain law court on a certain occasion about " Pharaoh's lean kine " and the milk they produced. FAMA. TAVERN SIGNS : " THE FIVE ALLS "(12 S. ix. 145, 355.. 390). Even if no "Five Alls " inn existed in London the name must have been known and understood there, for Antony Wood records of 1662 ('Life of Wood,' ed. A. Clark, Oxf. Hist. Soc., i. 465), that " This year such a saying come up in London " (as a satire) : The Bishops get all, The Courtiers spend all, The Citizens pay for all, The King neglects all, 4nd the Diviils take all. FAMA. THE MACCABEES (12 S. ix. 370, 414, 436). MR. WAINEWRIGHT inquires who " Dr. Wells " was, who wrote on Jewish geo- graphy. No doubt it was Dr. Edward Wells, ! whose 'Historical Geography of the Old and New Testaments' (Lond., 1711-18,