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the churchyard wall a truly deplorable sight.

In the Liverpool Public Library there is a most admirable collection of the city churchyard inscriptions (I think made anonymously). If only we had been so fortunate as to have similar enthusiasts in bygone London ! G. J., F.S.A.

WELTHEN. Can any one give me any information about the name Welthen ? I have come across only one instance of it. I find it as a female Christian name of a married woman who died in 1737. She had several children, and I have seen records of their baptisms and their mother's name in the registers of two different parishes in North Somerset. The dates of the baptisms of her children are from 1 690 to 1698. In the registers of one parish the name is spelt con- sistently throughout as Welthen ; in the registers of the other parish the spellings are Welthen, Wellin. Welt h in, Melthin (?). I should be glad to know of any other in- stances of this name, or to receive any information as to its derivation and proven- ance. Is it a true name or a corruption or misreading of a true name, or an arbitrary- invention ? E. J. D. HELLIER. Enfield, Albert Road, Clevedon.

AUTHOR WANTED. Can any of your readers give me any information as to the " poem " from which the subjoined lines were taken ?

I believe there was a small book full of verses of the same character published in the seventies or thereabouts, and I should be glad to get hold of a copy :

The Ancestor remote of Man,

Says Darwin, is the Ascidian,

A scanty sort of water beast,

That for ninety million years at least

Before Gorillas came to be

Went roaming up and down the sea, &c.

T. V. HODGSON, Curator. Museum and Art Gallery, Plymouth.

ABELL BARNARD OF WINDSOR CASTLE AND CLEWER. 1. Information is sought con- cerning Abell Barnard, described in his will '(1658) as " of Windsor Castle Gent." Are there any published records which might show what appointment he held at the ( 'a.st le, and who his father was ?

2. In the printed Somerset wills (1653) there is mention of a " Mr. Joel Barnard our Parson (of Clewer, Berks)." In Foster's ' Alumni ' there is mention of Dudley, son of Abel Barnard, Vicar of Clewer, Berks, who matriculated 1639. A few years ago, however, I was informed that there was no

record of a Barnard having been vicar of Clewer. I shall be extremely obliged if any of your readers will kindly direct me how to obtain further information on this subject. I presume Abell Barnard of Windsor Castle would not have been described as " Gent." had he been a parson. H. C. B.

DRAKE'S SHIP. Information is desired on the following points in connexion with the ultimate fate of Drake's famous ship " that compassed the world " :

1. What is known of " John Davis of Deptford, Esq.," who presented to the University Library in Oxford a chair made from her timbers ?

2. When did this presentation take place ?

3. What is the authority for the statement that a serving table made from the timbers of the same ship is preserved in the Hall of the Middle Temple ?

R. PEARSE CHOPE.

QUAKER GRAMMAR. Was it in conse- quence of some conscientious objection to the ordinary rule of English speech that members of the Society of Friends ignored the nominative of the second person singular and used the accusative instead of it, with a verb in the plural ? I should like to be able to follow their reasoning. " Mary, are thee there ? " jars on an ear educated beyond the pale, and so does " How nice thee look ! " I take these examples from the ' Life and Letters of Mrs. Sewell.' She died some thirty-five years ago, since when Quaker syntax may have been revised.

ST. SWITHIN.

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" TEFAL." In a document dated July 4, 1620, mention is made of a lease procured from the King " of the artillery yard near unto the minorits [Minories, J. H. L.] under an antient obsolete name of the Tefal yard."

What Ls the word '.' tefal " ?

J. H. LESLIE, Major.

KEPIER SCHOOL, HOUGHTON-LE-SPRING, 1770-90. During this period two Queen's College men occupied the post of head master in succession at this school. The first was William Cooper, who in 1780 was succeeded by William Fleming. Under their guidance there were many paying scholars, some boarding at the school, others residing in different parts of the neighbourhood. The ' Victoria History of the County of Durham ' states of that time. " The school wasmainly a boarding school, and a good many county families resorted to it." Can any reader