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NOTES AND QUERIES. [12 s. n. JULY 22. iwe.

BICHERAY, ARTIST. I possess a well- painted portrait, 26 in. by 32 in., signed " Bicheray pinxit, 1752," of a distinguished- looking man dressed in a blue velvet coat and red vest trimmed with gold lace. His right hand is thrust into his vest pocket. Under his left arm is a tricorne hat trimmed with gold braid. In the right-hand back- ground is a plinth and part of the shaft of a pillar. He wears a grey wig.

I can find no record of this painter in any list I have consulted, but I should be glad of reference to other work by him.

JOHN LANE.

The Bodley Head, Vigo Street, W.

HERALDIC QUERY. Upon one of the enamelled bosses of the knop of a late f ourteenth -century Italian chalice (Siena) is the following coat of arms : Barry of six, or and azure ; on a chief of the second, three five-pointed stars of the first. I shall be grateful for any information regarding these arms. H. D. ELLIS.

7 Roland Gardens, S.W.

" GOOD-NIGHT " TO THE DEAD. I have a note, made many years ago, that it was customary among the early Christians to bid " Good-night " to their dead, in reference to the coming resurrection as the everlasting morning of souls. Will some patristic scholar be so kind as to cite one or two authorities to bear this out ?

L. I. GUINEY.

EDMOND DUBLEDAY. It would interest me to know if the Edmond Dubleday mentioned by MB. JOHN B. WAINEWRIGHT ante, p. 25, was of the city of Westminster, and if his occupation and residence are speci- fied in the account of Selman's trial.

CHARLES J. GATTY.

47 Upper Grosvenor Street, W.

" HAT TRICK " : A CRICKET TERM. When three wickets fall to one bowler in successive balls the feat is described as a " hat trick.' When was this term first used, and why ' This is not in the ' N.E.D.'

HENRI TRTJYENS.

SAMUEL PARKER : BUXTON FAMILY. H was born, it is supposed, in Derbyshire, in some old hall or manor, on Oct. 2, 1751. H married Elizabeth Buxton, who died June 3 1786, aged 42, and after her death lef Derbyshire and lived for some years a Eaton Socon, Bedfordshire, where he had property. Ultimately he settled at Grea Staughton, Huntingdonshire, and died a The Place there on Feb. 13, 1844.

ate in life he had married Sarah Fowler, .vidow of a Huntingdonshire lawyer, who urvived him for many years. The Parkers nd Buxtons had intermarried several times, >ut I have never seen a Buxton quartering on he Parker coat, though there are many coats [uartered with Caldecott.

I am desirous of finding the parents of Samuel Parker ; and also the place of his marriage (Buxton), and the names of his >arents-in-law. The Parkers are of the tfacclesfield family an elder branch and >ear.the same arms. Some of the Buxtons ived at Ripley, and in the will of one "amuel Buxton, gentleman(" late of Ripley, mt now of Islington, Middlesex"), dated 3ct. 23, 1793, mention is made of Jarvis Buxton, gent., of Ripley, and his wife Grace, and then* sons and daughters, and of Samuel Packer's four daughters. O. A. E.

THE KINGSLEY PEDIGREE. The Rev. William Towler Kingsley, Rector of South Kilvington, has just died, aged 101 years. The obituary notices state that he was a ousin of Charles Kingsley. Can any one supply a pedigree of the Kingsleys ? C. Kingsley 's ' Life ' throws very little light on it. GENEALOGIST.

JOHN LOCKE. According to the ' Diet. Nat. Biog.,' xxxiv. 27, "his mother, Agnes Keene (b. 1597), was niece of Elizabeth Keene, second wife of his grandfather, Nicholas Locke." . I should be glad to know the name and the place of residence of her father, and the date and place of her death.

G. F. R. B.

NICHOLAS LOCKYER. According to the 'Diet. Nat. Biog.,' xxxiv. 54, he left "a son Cornelius and five daughters." I should be glad to learn the date and particulars of his marriage, of which no mention is made in the article. G. F. R. B.

MAJOR CAMPBELL'S DUEL. In Aitken's ' Memorials of Robert Burns ' the following reference is made to Grace Aitken, who died 1857, aged 80:

"She was often to be found in the homes of mourning, supporting and soothing the dying, and the afflicted mourners in their agony of grief. One such case occurred in my youth Mrs. Campbell, wife of Major Campbell, who, having quarrelled with a brother officer in Ireland, fought a fatal duel with him, in a room without seconds. The jury found a verdict of wilful murder against Campbell, who was executed." Pp. 131-2.

Can any of your readers refer me to an account of the "duel, and of the trial ?

Irvine, Ayrshire.

R. M. HOGG.