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168 NOTES AND QUERIES. [12 S. X. MAR. 4, 1922, gariter nuncupatum le Grymys Medow, cum communi pastura unius equi et 4 de le sowmoys in dicta villa de Cavertoun.

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THE " HAND AND PEN." In a collection of letters written to India in 1703 I have found one dated " London Bell Yard Gracechurch Street from the Hand and Pen llth March 1702/3." I do not see the " Hand and Pen " in either of MB. DE CASTRO'S lists of eighteenth-century inns and coffee-houses. Is anything known of it ? L. M. ANSTEY. NICHOLAS HILLIABD. A few years ago an article appeared in one of the archaeo- logical journals or elsewhere showing that Nicholas Hilliard, the miniaturist, was finan- cially interested in a gold -mining venture in Scotland. I should be glad of the exact reference. B. S. L. "THE BALL AND MOUTH." In one of Byron's letters, just published, he describes the appearance of the superannuated " In- fant Roscius," in 1812. " His face like the ball and mouth on the panels of a heavy coach." What was this " ball and mouth," and does it shed any light on the question whether the old sign of the ** Bull and Mouth " was really a corruption of " Boulogne Mouth " ? I should be glad if any of your readers can enlighten me. FBASEB BADDELEY. " THE PARLEB WITHIN THE MANOB PLACE." In a deed of 1535, Anthony Daston obtains from the Abbot of Pershore a lease of certain lands, including " the farm of all the houses, buildings, &c., belonging to the Manor of Broadway with the two Sheepcotes and with the Parler and the -Chamber to the same adjacent, in the house of the Manor aforesaid." In a large corpus of documents in the Public Record Office relating to a lawsuit in the year 1541 about this lease, " the Parler within the Manor place of Broadway and the Chamber thereunto adjoining " are again mentioned. In the will of Anthony Daston, dated 1572, he devises to Thomas Porter " the house of the Parsonage of Hinton, the Parlef and adjacent Chamber excepted." The phrase " the Parler and Chamber ad- jacent " is somewhat puzzling. Were these, in pre-Reformation times, expressly reserved for the use of the priest ? E. A. B. B. " SELF-HELP." I am with all humility writing an addendum to Samuel Smiles's ' Self -Help,' which I think I have practically completed with the exception of the Indus- trial section. Could any reader supply me with parti- culars of Englishmen that is Britishers who from humble beginnings have become "captains of industry"? I am anxious to get right up to date, including men who are still living. Also I should be glad of particulars as to existing biographies- or autobiographies, if any. (MBS.) MARGARET HOPKINS. ADDISON'S ' SPECTATOB.' There is an edition " printed for J. and R. Tonson and S. Draper " with frontispiece illustra- tions " F. Hayman delin." and " C. Grignion sculp." What is the date of this edition ? S. HENRY SIDDONS. I am told that Henry Siddons (1774-1815), son of the famous Sarah Siddons, wrote some poems. If so, were these embodied in his plays or issued separately ? Was he author of a poem entitled ' The Triumphs of Commerce r (about 1793) ? If so, does it contain any memorable or poetical passages ? RUSSELL MABKLAND. FBANCIS REDFEBN. Can anyone give- biographical particulars of this historian of Uttoxeter, Staffordshire, dates of birth and death, &c. He wrote ' Dove Valley Rhymes/ 1875. Does this little book contain any poems of merit ? RUSSELL MABKLAND. REFUSAL TO KOTOW. On two occasions I have come across an allusion to an ac- count of an English private who, being brought before- some Eastern potentate, I think the Emperor of China, was told to enter the presence in the local manner, refusal entailing dteath. The private re- fused and was killed. I would be much obEged by being referred to the original account of this episode. F. A. S. CADBY. A contemporary account of the International Exhibition of 1862 mentions among its features " Cadby's grand piano ' r and Distin's band. Distin's name survived to a later date, but who was Cadby, and 1 was he maker of or player upon the grand piano ? Was his career connected with the- Hall of that name, now the headquarters of well-known caterers ? W. B. H.