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ROBERT VILLIERS c. 1640. In the list o Royalist Compounders (Mason's ' Historj of Norfolk') appears the name of " Rober Villiers of London."

What relation was he to Sir John Villiers (afterwards Lord Purbeck, brother of Buck ingham), who married the younger daughter of Sir Edward Coke by his second wife Lady (Elizabeth) Hatton, widow of Sir William Hatton, and daughter of Thoma Cecil, 2nd Lord Bnrleigh ?

Robert Villiers of London " had interest in the manor of Fakenham." Lady Eliza- beth Hatton purchased that manor from the Crown, but was swindled out of it by her husband, Coke. It was restored to her after Coke's death by the King's order in Council in 1638, In 1647 Mr. James Cal- thorpe became owner of the manor, and it is supposed he bought it from a " Mr. Villiers," possibly Mr. Robert Villiers.

FAKENHAM.

AIGUILLETTES. Are the aiguillettes wonx by staff officers and A.D.C.'s in full dress a relic of the time when the squire was supposed to carry the piquet ing-rope ar.d pegs of the knight he was attending ?

M.D. (2).

ST. CLEMENT AS PATRON SAINT. I saw in a book the other day that St. Clement was the patron of merchants and traders. Is there any authority for this statement ? St. Giles, St. Clement, and others are supposed to protect smiths, but I want to know of a connexion between St. Clement and traders. W. A. HIRST.

THE STEELYARD IN THAMES STREET. Does any one know the exact date of the building of the Steelyard in Thames Street? Its later history is well known, but I cannot find particulars about the origin of the earliest building. W. A. HIRST.

REV. JOHN DA VIES, D.D., CANON OF DURHAM. Could any reader give me in- formation about this versatile clergyman ? His ' Pursuits of Literature and Philosophy considered as subservient to Morality and Religion' (J. W. Parker, 1841) has for years been a favourite of mine. His name sounds so Welsh that I am anxious to know whether we can claim him among oxtr " eminent Welshmen," whereof so many different lists have been compiled in late years. He became Rector of Gateshead in 1840, arid he was still there in 1860, but his name has disappeared from ' Crockford ' by 1868. T. LLECHID JONES.

LJysfaen Rectory, Colwyn Bay.

YEAMANS. Can any of your corre- spondents help me to identify Edward Yeamans, who was admitted to West- minster School in 1724, aged 9, and John Yeamans, admitted to the same school in 1722, aged 9 ? The latter may have been Sir John Yeamans, the fifth baronet of that name, who matriculated at Oxford from Queen's College in 1738, aged 18. The information in Burke' s ' Extinct Baronetcies' and G. E. C.'s 'Baronetage' concerning this baronetcy is meagre. G. F. R. B.

PARISH REGISTERS PRINTED. Is there any up-to-date list of the parish registers which have been printed ? In particular, have the registers of Stepney, Twickenham, and Workington been printed yet ?

A. M. B. IRWIN, Kt.

49 Ailesbury Road, Dublin.

[The best lists of printed parish registers are Matthews's 'Contemporary Index to Printed Parish (and Non-Parochial) Registers,' 1909, issued to sub- scribers ; and ' Catalogue of Phillimore's Parish Register Series, 1913 ' (price6d., 120 Chancery Lane, W.C.2). The Marriages of St. Dunstan's, Stepney, 1568-1719, have been printed in 3 vols. by Mr. Colyer-Fergusson ; of Twickenham, 1538-1812, in vol. iii. of Phillimore's Middlesex Series; and of Workington, 1670-1837, in Phillimore's Cumberland Series, vol. L]

WALDER MARTEN. Somewhere in a West Sussex village churchyard is the gravestone of Walder Marten. Copy of inscription is required by A. E. MARTEN.

Stuart House, Ely, Cambs.

" HEUEWERC." Can any of your readers say what is the meaning of this word ? It occurs in a twelfth-century account of rent >aid on Lammas day, i.e., ad gulam Augusti, he 1st of August. ' R. A. POTTS.

BOREMAN'S ' DESCRIPTION OF A GREAT

VARIETY OF ANIMALS AND VEGETABLES.'

What is the date of this work, and where can

a copy be seen ? It is referred to in Brand's

Popular Antiquities.' E. E. SQUIRES.

DUTCH LITERATURE. Is there in English, French, or Dutch a useful book on Dutch and Flemish lit erature, including folk-songs ? Does a good anthology of Dutch and Flemish yrics exist ? Have any lyrists of un- leniably great genius written in Dutch and Flemish, especially during the last half- entury ? Finally, is there a good collec- ion of Dutch and Flemish proverbs ?

A collection of the best lyrics of Holland Norway, Sweden, and Denmark, accorn- anied by a line-for-line prose translation, s a thing to be desired. G. W.