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leaving a son Richard, who died without male issue. By his second wife St. John had two children : (1) Oliver, who married Elizabeth, daughter of William Hammond ; (2) Elizabeth, who married on Feb. 26, 1655/6, John -Bernard of Huntingdon.

A. R. BAYLEY.

The Cromwells had property at Hursley in Hampshire, and the St. Johns at Farlej' Chamberlayne (sometimes called Farley St. John), the adjoining parish. I do not know for certain whether Oliver Cromwell was of Hursley. His son, I believe, cer- tainly was. There were several Oliver St. Johns, lords of the manor of Farley see an article by Mrs. Suckling on ' Lords of the Manor of Farley ' in the Proceedings of the Hampshire Field" Club). It is possible that some clue may be found here as to the connexion spoken of. C. H. S. M.

Oliver St. John, Chief Justice of the Common Pleas, married (as his second wife, on Jan. 21, 1638) Elizabeth, daughter of Henry Cromwell of Upwood, co. Hunting- don, the Protector's uncle. By her he had two children : ( 1 ) Oliver, who married (Aug. 6, 1680) Elizabeth, daughter of William Hammond of Nunnington, co. Kent ; and (2) Elizabeth, who married (Feb. 26, 1656) John Bernard of Huntingdon.

A biography of the Chief Justice appears in the ' Dictionary of National Biography ' ; and Cromwell's close friendship with his cousin Mrs. St. John is referred to therein.

ALFRED T. EVERITT.

[MR. T. CRAIB and MR. W. D. PIXK also thanked for replies.]

FACT OR FANCY ? (12 S. i. 509 ; ii. 17, 59.) 1 . ' ' That an Englishman' s house is his cast le. ' ? On May 10, 1880, Mr. John J. Ingalls of Kansas said in the U.S. Senate : " There is an old saying that an Englishman's house is his castle " ; and he added :

" 1 think some orator commenting upon that fact said that, though the winds of heaven might whistle around an Enslishman's cottage, the King of England could not." Cong. Record, p. 3170/1.

An odd way of stating the proposition !

RICHARD H. THORNTON.

THE GRAVE OF MARGARET GODOLPHIN (12 S. ii. 129, 176). The epitaph given by ME. BAYLEY at the latter reference is probably what Evelyn at first intended for his friend's coffin. The plate on it when taken up in 1891 bore the same words as that on the altar, the inscription being entirely in Latin, and, like the other, signed " J. E."

YGREC.

" ONE'S PLACE IN THE SUN " (12 S. ii. 170). I have verified Pascal's phrase on the original scrap of paper ; it was really written as always printed : " Ce chien est a moi r disaient ces pauvres enfants ; c'est la ma place au soleil." But, when analyzed, those words are absurd. Several children cannot say, " That dog is mine," nor can they claim together a place in the svm, which would be the beginning of communistic propriety, not of usurpation. So Pascal rmist have intended to write : " disait 1'un de ces pauvres en- fants," and make another one claim a place in the sun. But as there is no indication whatever of the latter claim, a second difficulty arises. " C'est la," in the text as it stands, can only apply to the dog ! I have thought, years ago, of reading coin (corner) instead of cJiien, in spite of the- manuscript, so that a translation might read as follows :

'"This corner is mine.' said one of those poor children : ' that is my place in the sun.' Such is the beginning and image of the usurpation of the whole earth."

In fact, as Pascal deals with the origin of individual possession of land (" usurpation de toute la terre "), the mention of a corner is more to. the point than that of a dog. But I frankly admit that such tampering with Pascal's notes is dangerous ; the fact remains that the text, as it stands, is unin- telligible to me. S. REINACH. Boulogne-sur-Seine.

EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY DENTISTS (12 S.. ii. 64, 115, 194). Chamberlayne' s ' Present State ' for 1727 gives in the list of Court officials : " Operator for the Teeth, Mr. Pet. Hemmet," and for 1755 Mr. William Green; and from the 'Court and City Register,' &c. r the following names appear as holding the same position : In 1750 and 1753, Peter Hemet ; in 1759 and 1765, William Green ; in 1766 and 1783, Operators for the Teeth, Thomas Berdmore, James Spence (" All in Gift of Lord Chamberlain"); in 1784 and 1786, T. Berdmore, T. R, Spence; in 1787 and 1792, T. R. Spence, Tho. Normansell ; in 1793 and 1806, Dentist in ordinary, Geo. Spence, Esq. ; Dentists extraordinary, T. R. Spence, Tho. Normansell, Esqs. In 1800 r however, George Spence' s name also appears as Dentist to the Queen's Household ; in 1800 and 1806, Surgeon Dentists to the Prince of Wales and to the Duke of Sussex, Chevalier B. Ruspini & Son ; Dentist to the same, Mr. Dumergue. The Duke and Duchess of York had also a dentist apiece,, as had likewise the Dukes of Clarence, Kent,. and Cumberland. W. R. W.