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 48 NOTES AND QUERIES. [12 s.x. JAN. 21, 1922. he was " rebellious " as because he had murdered his friend (a Spaniard), and no one else would do it. The name of the street which the house faces is Market Street. PENRY LEWIS. uerietf. WE must request correspondents desiring in- formation on family matters of only private interest to affix their names and addresses to their queries in order that answers may be sent to them direct. RUVIGNY'S PLANTAGENET ROLL. The late Marquis of Ruvigny, for some time prior to his. death, was collecting materials for Part II. of his ' Mortimer-Gercy ' volume, Part I. of which was published in 1911. In whose hands are his MSS. ? Was the part at all near completion at his death ? It was his intention to bring out a series of volumes, embracing all the known descendants of King Edward III. a most formidable task. I know that the present high cost of printing was a barrier to the completion of his work. W. G. D. FLETCHER, F.S.A. ' BRITISH MELODIES,' printed for the Editor (not for sale) by John Stacy, Norwich, post 8vo, n.d. An introductory essay called ' The Pilgrimage of Living Poets to the Stream of Castaly ' is signed J. H. R. My copy has a pencil correction of H to L and " Joseph Ritson " almost illegibly written underneath. Can anyone confirm this as- cription or the date 1820 given in the British Museum Catalogue, and identify any of the " many original pieces never before pub- lished " in the volume ? CHRISTOPHER STONE. Peppers, near Steyning. PORTRAIT OF NELSON BY. H. EDRIDGE. The ' D.N.B.' mentions a drawing (small full-length figure, facing the spectator) exe- cuted in 1802 and purchased by the Trustees of the National Portrait Gallery in 1891. I have a half-length oval engraving (stipple) by W. Evans of a drawing by H. Edridge, published May 12, 1798, by Molteno, and should be grateful for information as to the original portrait. CHRISTOPHER STONE. Peppers, near Steyning. LAND MEASUREMENT TERMS. In going through some old East Yorkshire and Lin- colnshire terriers I have frequently come across the word " wylot," obviously as a term signifiying a certain measurement. For instance : Little Field (arable) the narrow Heudale North of Edmund Julian 1 3 Gad. Stutfold Meadow : A 2 gad at Short Gildam Ends. A wylot at Toft Balk End. A 2 gad in Littlefield Arcass Carr. A 3 gad at Stutfold End going to Black but side. The word " bidale " (more often spelled "bidle") also occurs frequently as a measurement of land. A " gad " repre- ! sented a perch or 10ft., but what was a " wylot " and what a " bidle " and also a " gildam," which also occurs thus : " (1) 3 Gad gildam 3d of Toft Balk " ? I gather that the land had been " Com- mons " and had in 1796 (the date of the terriers) come into private ownership. J. FAIRFAX-BLAKEBOROUGH. Grove House, Norton-on-Tees. HENSHAW OF UTTOXETER AND CHESHUNT r WEAKE OF NORFOLK. Can any reader give me any particulars regarding the Henshaws who came originally from Cam- bridge Hall, Uttoxeter ? In the reign of Charles I., the head of the family was Receiver -General of Taxes for the County of Derby. His son settled in London, and it was his son, Robert Henshaw, who lived at Cheshunt, who gained eminence as a " black-letter lawyer " ; he was a Commis- sioner of Bankruptcy and Governor of Guy's Hospital and Christ's Hospital. He mar- ried Elizabeth Weake, daughter of William Weake, said to be " Chief Clerk in the House of Commons." His family were related to Anne Boleyn, and Elizabeth Henshaw inherited the baby clothing of Queen Elizabeth, which passed to her daughter Henrietta, who married James Rattray of Arthurstone in 1774. Is there any account of these two families in any county or local history ? I should be glad to obtain any particulars concerning them. (MRS.) A. N. GAMBLE. Gorse Cottage, Hook Heath, Woking. ARMSTRONG. John Armstrong, a farmer of South Benfleet, in Essex, married Mary, daughter of Joseph Thorn of St. Osyth, and died in 1803. His son, the Rev. John Armstrong of St. John's College, Cam- bridge (in 1806), afterwards married Eliza- beth Damont. Another son was a doctor in London. Information concerning the descent of this family, who by the name presumably came originally from the Border, is requested. ENQUIRER.