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NOTES AND QUERIES. [12 s. m. JAN. 27, 1917.

for cinematograph purposes, he readily enough consented to partake of an additional bird in the open, and satisfactorily effected his purpose. The fourteenth bird took JBelstrip twenty-five minutes to devour. He was a man of 6 feet 6 inches in height, and was at the time in his 37th year. It does not, at first blush, sound a particularly marvellous feat to eat a pigeon a day for a fortnight, but they are notoriously indigestible, so I conclude it is not an easy matter. I have never tried it myself, so cannot speak from experience. WILLOUGHBY MAYCOCK.

ROGER HANDASYDE, M.P. FOE HUNTING- DON (12 S. iii. 28). Roger Handasyde or Handasyd was son of Thomas Handasyde, who was colonel of the 22nd Foot. It is not known when he entered the army, but he was made a brigadier-general, November, 1735 ; major-general, July, 1739 ; lieutenant- general, March, 1743 ; and general, March, 1761 He was colonel of the 22nd Regiment of Foot from April, 1712, to July, 1730, and of the 16th Regiment of Foot from that time to his death on Jan. 4, 1763, at which time he was one of the oldest generals in the army. He was Governor of Fort Philip in Minorca for a time, and was M.P. for Huntingdon from 1722 to 1741, and M.P. for Scarborough from 1747 to 1754.

ARCHIBALD SPARKE.

[See also 12 S. ii. 324, 393. At the former refer- ence the date of his first commission, as ensign, is given as 1694.]

PORTRAITS IN STAINED GLASS (12S. ii. 172, 211, 275, 317, 337, 374, 458, 517 ; iii. 15, 36). In a two-light window on the south side of the chancel at Witton-le-Wear in co. Durham are two conventional represen- tations of saints, and under them striking likenesses of the venerable vicar and his wife kneeling at desks, the former in cassock, surplice, &c., the latter in unobtrusive modern costume. In the background of the former the church is represented, in that of the latter, the vicarage. J. T. F.

In the vestry of Stratfield Mortimer Church, Berks, is a portrait of William of Wykeham, who held that manor from the Crown for some years. The bishop's like- ness a head only is on a pane of glass 10 by 11 inches. He is represented in a furred robe, and wears a flat cap, and in the corner of the picture are his arms and motto. The relic occurs amongst pieces of glass of various periods which were formerly in the east window of the old church, taken down about 1870. M. S. T.

There was formerly, depicted as kneeling at a desk, the portrait of Edward Hastings. Lord Hastings of Loughborough (died 1573), in stained glass, in the church at Stoke Poges^. Bucks. An illustration and description are in Nichols's ' Leicestershire.' A local topo- graphical work of 1907 says :

" The stained - glass window of Stoke Poges church, containing the picture of Edward Hastings, Lord Loughborough, is said to have been removed to Donington Hall, and placed in one of its windows."

W. B. H.

MOTHER AND CHILD (12 S. ii. 190, 316 r iii. 17). Among adherents to the doctrine of maternal impressions in the eighteenth century we may reckon Casanova, who, though his early inclinations to a medical career were thwarted by his family, retained throughoxit life his interest in certain branches of medicine, and did not hesitate to express a dogmatic opinion on subjects connected therewith. During a visit to Rome he had a heated argument with a doctor named Salicetti on the subject of birth-marks, and succeeded in " pulverizing" him (' Memoires,' ed. Flammarion, i. 233).

A belief in the reality of maternal impres- sions is still held by some medical men (v. British Journal of Dermatology, 1915.. xxvii. 354). J. D. ROLLESTON, M.D.

THE NAMING OF LOCOMOTIVES (12 S. iii. 23). If owners are incited by this note to seek appropriate names for locomotives, they may find my experience useful.

Years ago, before this war and the last, I bought a steam-roller to level a cricket pitch in my own field and in the neighbour- ing recreation ground, and I offered a small prize for the best name. " Rough on Ruts," " The Flatterer," " Grace's Darling," " Free- man's Folly," and many others were sug- gested, but the prize, which was awarded by the votes of competitors, was given to " The Gorgon Roller." " Honest Injun " came too late for competition. Finally, the roller was named " Old Rowley " in honour of the witty monarch. J. J. FREEMAN.

FRANCIS TIMBRELL (12 S. ii. 507). An old lady of 80 informs me that her grandmother- was a Miss Sophia Timbrell, who was born at Walsall in 1789 and married a Mountford Clarkson, who was born at The Camp, Kingsbury, Warwickshire. The Timbrells were Huguenots who came over from France- during the persecution by Louis XIV., and settled at " Tiverton near Bath," where- several members of the family lie buried..