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NOTES AND QUERIES. [12 s.n. JULY 22,1916.

Otway, captain, son of General Charles Otway, d. Oct. 19, 1764.

Benjamin Carpenter, colonel of 12th Dragoons Sept. 20, 1764, and of 4th Light iOrasoons Oct. 24, 1770, to his death, March 8, 1788, aged 75 ; general Feb. 19, 1783.

Hon. James Cholmondeley b. April 18, 1708, general April 13, 1770, d. Oct. 10, 1775, buried in Westminster Abbey.

Samuel Saville d. July or August, 1745.

Wills, major in the Life Guards, d. July 18, 1747.

Charles Bradshaigh d. Aug. 1, 1765

Wm. Hollingworth d. January, 1744.

Wm. Merrick, major-general 1745, d. Sept, 8, 1747.

Francis Burton, colonel, d. May 22, 1753.

John Stevenson, colonel Guards, d. July, 1778. FREDEKIC BOASE.

In the ' Present State of Great Britain,' 1718, I find the following:

1st Troop Horse Guards. John Blathwent, Esq., Lieutenant.

2nd Troop. Earl of Hertford, Captain. Henry Cornwall, Esq., Lieutenant.

3rd Troop. John Baynes, Esq., Lieutenant. His name is erased, and there is substituted in writing " Kien, Esq., Lieutenant."

From the Army List, 1773, I take the following :

Justin MacCarty, Lieut. -Col. 9 April, 1748, h.p. Being on half-pay, he was most likely unattached. He was probably related to Lord De La Warr, the colonel, who married a daughter of the Earl of Clancarty.

Peter Ryves Hawker, Guidon and Major, 31 Dec., 1770, 1st Troop Horse Guards, and Thomas Dufour Eaton, 21 Jan., 1768, Exempt and Captain.

4th Dragoons. Col. Benjamin Carpenter, 24 Oct., 1770 ; Lieut.-General 25 May, 1772.

16th Light Dragoons. John Burgoyne, Col. 18 March, 1763 ; Major-General 25 May, 1772.

Burke's ' Peerage and Baronetage,' 10th ed., 1848, p. 997, mentions :

Thomas Twysden, Lieut.-Col. 1st Life Guards, d. 19 July, 1784.

R. J. FYNMORE. Sandgate.

BRITISH HERB : HERB TOBACCO (12 S. i. 48, 136, 317, 432, 474 ; ii. 16). A British herb tobacco is still smoked, partly for medicinal reasons, and Mr. Ford, herbalist, of Newport Pagnell, has kindly favoured me with the actual recipe for the " blend " the ingredients should be slowly sun-dried : 2 oz. rose leaves, 2 oz. coltsfoot leaves, 2 oz. meadow sweet, 2 oz. yarrow leaves, 1 oz. lobelia leaves, 1 oz. sweet marjoram, 1 oz. lavender, 1 oz. clivas.

THOS. M. BLAGG. 124 Chancery Lane, W.C.

WILLIAM MILDMAY, HARVARD COLLEGE, 1647 (12 S. i. 488; ii. 18). His will was proved in P.C.C. in 1682 (Cottle, 125) ; his widow's in 1731 (Isham, 214). She wished that her body should be buried at Barking, as near to her dead father's as possible.

There is a very fine monument to William Holyday in the church of St. Lawrence Jewry, Cresham Street, E.G., on which there is a bust of his daughter Dame Anne Mild- may, widow of Sir Henry, and mother of the William about whom your correspondent is inquiring. Probably he owes his Christian name to Holyday.

C. H. ST. JOBOSt-MlLDMAY. Athenzeum Club, Pall Mall, S.W.

"THEAGER'S GIRDLE" (12 S. ii. 9). This is a misprint for " Theages' bridle." The reference is to Plato's ' Republic,' vi., p. 496 B. I quote from Jowett's transla- tion : " perad venture there are some who are restrained by our friend Theages' bridl6 His ill-health keeps him from politics."

J. E. SANDYS.. Cambridge.

[H. C N thanked for reply.]

PACE-EGGING (12 S. i. 488; ii. 12). A pamphlet entitled ' Old Chorlton,' published by C. F. SarlL the Electric Press, Chorlton, Manchester, gives the subjoined under the heading of ' Pace-Egging ' :

" The custom of Pace-Egg acting and Pace- or Pasche-Egging is of great antiquity. Formerly the younger inhabitants of the village would form themselves into companies, fancifully de- corated with cardboard, tinsel, ribbon, and calico of various colours, and, presenting a very gaudy- appearance, would set off on the dawn of Good Friday for a tour of the village and the surrounding district, calling at the farmsteads, various resi- dences, and public-houses, the occupants of which,, expecting the call, were quite prepared to receive them. The company comprised Open the Door,. Saint George, Bold Slasher, Black Morocco, King,. Doctor, Doubt, and The Devil ; and each carried a sword, with the exception of the doctor, who- carried a large stick and bottle. One of the number was dressed as a lady, whose duty it was to carry the basket for the receipt of eggs and .other gifts.

" The middle-aged men of the village also- formed themselves into companies, generally about half-a-dozen, placing a white shirt over their ordinary dress, tied at the bottom and stuffing it with hay or straw, with masks over their faces to disguise themselves. They promenaded the village with the skull of a horse's head fixed on the top of a short pole, carried by a person concealed under a horse cloth, who worked the jaws of the horse's mouth with a small lever. One of the party was dressed as a lady, as in the other case., to carry the gifts received."

FRED. L. TAVAKE.

22 Trent ham Street, Pendleton, Manchester..