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language in such compound words as " farewell," " thoroughfare," &c., which would more easily account for the sobriquet. A "fare-showman" or a " f arer " would come easily to the lips of the north and south folk of East Anglia.

FRANK PENNY.

Perhaps this name, when applied to a travelling showman, is merely a facetious rendering of " fairer " or " farer." In France his undertaking is called a theatre forain, and I think he himself is sometimes referred to as un forain. ST. SWITHIN.

If a gipsy, he would of course be a ruler of Egyptians. Gipsies in the East of Europe call themselves " Pharaoh's people."

L. L. K.

GARGOYLES (12 S. iv. 74). To the authorities referred to at 11 S. i. 369 by my friend the late MR. HARRY HEMS I would add ' Gargoyles,' by T. Tindall Wildridge, s.v. ' Antiquities and Curiosities of the Church,' edited by Wm. Andrews (1897). ' Gargoyles ' also*,formed the subject of an article in The Buttder of Aug. 16, 1890.

JOHN T. PAGE.

WILLIAM OUGHTRED (12 S. iii. 128). Such works of reference as Chamberlayne's ' Present State of Great Britain ' and the (annual) ' Court and City Register,' or its successor the ' Royal Kalendar,' all give lists of officials in the Custom House and other Government offices. W. R. W.

' THE CLOWN OF LONDON ' (12 S. iv. 12). The British Museum Catalogue states that this periodical issued 30 numbers in 1845. ARCHIBALD SPARKE.

65TH REGIMENT OF FOOT (12 S. iv. 77). The 65th were raised in 1756 as the 2nd Battalion of the 12th Regiment, and became the 65th Foot two years later. They went to the West Indies at the end of 1758, and a few references to their services there may be found in Fortescue's ' History of the British Army,' vols. ii. and iii. They took part in the capture of Guadeloupe (May 1, 1759), and, together with the 4th and 63rd Regiments, were left to garrison the island. In January, 1762, the regiment, or a detachment of it, is stated to have been employed at the capture of Martinique, but " Martinique, 1762," is not among their battle honours. Later they served in America. They were sent to Boston in January, 1769, but were removed from the

town in the following July. The flank companies fought at Bunker's Hill on June 17, 1775. The regiment is not men- tioned again by name, but presumably it was among the twenty battalions of in- fantry which evacuated Boston and sailed to Halifax on March 17, 1776. It would appear to have returned to England, as it formed part of the force which went to the West Indies in 1794, captured Martinique, and surrendered to Hugues at Berville, Guadeloupe, Oct. 6, 1794.

' The Roll of the Officers of the York and Lancaster Regiment, 1st Battalion, for- merly 65th Regiment, 1756-1884,' was pub- lished by Col. Raikes in 1885.

C. W. FIREBRACE, Capt.

PETITOT'S MINIATURE OF THE COMTESSE D'OLONNE (12 S. iv. 75). MR. P. MARIETTE will find in my catalogue of the miniatures in the J. Pierpont Morgan collection, vol. iii., in the B.M., a portrait of Comtesse d'Olonne, and some notes about her. The enamel of her, lot 53 in the Strawberry Hill sale, was bought for 141Z. 15s. by Robert Holford, and to the best of my belief still belongs to Sir George Holford of Dorchester House, Park Lane, W.

G. C. WILLIAMSON.

Burgh House, Hampstead, N.W.3.

[MB. H. J. B. CLEMENTS also thanked for reply.]

WEEKES (12 S. iv. 73). In Kirby's ' Winchester Scholars,' at pp. 211, 238, under the years 1692 and 1732 respectively, are these entries :

" Weekes, Abrahnm (13), St. Olement, London- To Magd. Coll., Oxford, 1696. M.A."

" Weekes, Francis (Bapt. 18 March, 1719/20), Sparsholt, Hants. Left 1737 : d. young."

It would seem not improbable that Abraham was the father of the three Westminster boys, and that Francis came on to Winchester from Westminster.

JOHN B. WAINEWKIGHT.

GRAMMAR SCHOOL REGISTERS (12 S. iv. 78). One can only surmise that a great many Grammar School Registers must be in existence, if one could but discover who possesses them. At all events, the Register of my Alma Mater Crewkerne Grammar School is in existence from 1828, and is procurable in a most handy and interesting form, for it is embodied in ' The History of Crewkerne Grammar School,' by the Rev. R. Grosvenor BarteJot, an " old boy," The book contains more. In it will be found the list of Wardens from 1608 ; of Feoffees from 1558 ; of Masters from 1547 ; of School