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NOTES AND QUERIES. [ 12 s.n. SEPT. 30,1916.

ARMS CUT ON GLASS PUNCH - BOWL. Identification is solicited of a coat of arms cut on a handsome Waterford cut-glass punch-bawl that has been for five generations in the Studdy family, its present possessor being the Rev. Hubert Studdy, recently Bector of Chagford, and now Rector of Cockington, Torquay.

The tinctures are not indicated by tooling, but the charges are as follows : Quarterly : First grand quarter (repeated in fourth), 1 and 4, a fesse between 3 rustres (i.e., lozenges round -pierced) ; 2 and 3, a chevron between 3 beasts' heads ( ? griffins' or wolves') erased ; Second grand quarter (repeated in third), 10 roundels, 4, 3, 2, and 1, in chief a lion passant.

Escutcheon of pretence, a cross of (? 9 or ? 10) lozenges conjoined.

In Papworth and Burke the only name I find as bearing (arg.) a fesse between 3 rustres (sa.) is Parry (Ireland).

A fesse between 3 lozenges is borne by Parry (Exeter, co. Hereford, co. Warwick), and between 3 mascles (i.e., lozenges lozenge- pierced) variously tinctured, by Winde (co. Norfolk), Champ, Hoker, Melville, Bethune, Beaton, Hyde, Cleseby, Eschabor, Constable, Hokeley, Michell, Whitaker, &c.

A chevron between. 3 wolves' heads is borne by Meredith, Caston, Lovell, White, How (co. Suffolk), De Routhe, Jacob, &c.

A chevron between 3 griffins' heads by Winde (co. Northumberland), Tilney, Drake- low, Ellison, Payne, Howes (co. Norfolk), Adeane, Cop lest one, Cordall, Cotton, Hayes, Skynner, Snaith, Jennings, Gassy, Pitys, Laxton, Aldred, Bridges, Gedding, Ashpitel (quartering Hurst), Aspinall, Campe, &c. ?!

Ten roundels (ogresses, plates, &c., accord- ing to tincture), in chief a lion passant, is the coat of Bridgman (Beswick has the lion pass, guard.).

A cross of 9 or 10 lozenges is attributed only to Stawell or Stowell, though crosses of fewer lozenges and crosses lozengy are borne by divers other families.

The fact that Windes are found bearing (approximately) both the coats that appear in the first grand quarter of the shield on the bowl suggests that a Winde of co. Northumber- land may have married a Parry and impaled her arms, and that a Winde of co. Norfolk, descended from them, may have assumed the femme's instead of the baron's half ; but evidence is better than surmise, and it would be satisfactory to learn of alliances between families possibly represented by any of the quarterings under discussion.

ETHEL LEGA-WEEKES.

RESTORATION OF OLD DEEDS AND MANU- SCRIPTS. I have a collection of old deeds and manuscripts, many of which have been injured by decay caused by dampness and general neglect. I should be grateful if any of your readers could refer me to any book or treatise which will help me in restoring them for future preservation. I have consulted a number of works on bookbinding, but none of them is of any value. Many of the deeds in question are so firmly stuck together where they have been folded that it is impossible to open them without tearing them. Would it be advisable to soak them in water or steam them ? Others are so decayed and fragile that they fall to pieces when touched. Is there any transparent substance to which they could be attached ? and after being re- paired what is the best way to store them for future reference ? Would it be advisable to bind them into book- form ? Or should they be kept folded and stored in specially made boxes with ventilation holes ? Binding leems feasible and safe except in the case of those which have seals attached. I shall be glad of any hints which your readers may be good enough to give. It seems to me to be a> subject of interest to many collectors.

CURIOSUS II.

CERTAIN GENTLEMEN OF THE SIXTEENTH CENTURY. Francis Talbot, 5th Earl of Shrewsbury, was buried in the Parish Church, Sheffield, on Oct. 21, 1560. Amongst those who took part in the funeral ceremonies were the Lord Talbot, the Lord Darcy of the North, Sir William Vavasour, Sir Gervase Clifton, Sir John Neville, Sir Thomas Eton, Nicholas Longford, Francis Rolleston, Peter Frechvill, Arthur Copley, Alexander Nevill, Francis Bailey, John Dod, Francis Aston, George Massey, George Scaldfield, Thomas Gascoigne, and Robert Shakerley, about any of whom information is asked for. j. H. LESLIE, Major.

CAPEL-LE-FERNE, KENT. The church of this remote village is dedicated in honour of St. Mary and St. Mary Magdalene, but is known by the name of St. Mary Merge or Marge. About A.D. 1258 the "church is called " Capella de Mauregge " in a deed by which Hamo de Crevequer grants the advowson to the Abbot of St. Radegund's. About 1310, in a lawsuit between the family of Avrenches and the convent, the church is called " Capella of the Blessed Mary the Virgin of Mauregge." In a will dated 1493 the testator wishes to be buried in the " church of St. Mary Marige." In the beginning of the sixteenth century the