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MBS. ABINGTON. Can any reader of ' N. <t Q.' say where this celebrated actress the original Lady Teazle died and was buried ? WILLOUGHBY MAYCOCK.

BLANCHARD FAMILY ALLIANCES. In the church of St. Catharine, near Batheaston, Somerset, is a tomb to William Blanchard (who died 1631) giving the arms of Blanchard, Gules, a chevron or ; in chief two bezants ; in base a griffin's head of the second, impaling Or, on a cross .sable five lions rampant of the first (Whale of Yatton). Beneath are figures of his son and three daughters, and over the son's head is a shield almost bare of colour, but, as far as I can make out, it displays the following : Blanchard impaling Argent, a cross (or possibly a fesse) gules ; and on the right side of the arm of the cross or fesse is a faint sign of some figure in gold. There were probably five of these figures if it was a cross, and three if a fesse. Can any one tell me whose arms they are ?

Also another monument in the same church shows Blanchard impaling Sable, a bend argent between six mullets argent. Whose arms are these ?

G. ST. J. STBUTT (Capt.).

Godstone, Surrey.

BROWNE OF LEICESTERSHIRE : SEABBOOK OF ESSEX. I should be grateful to learn the ancestry and birthplace of the late William Garl Browne, who resided at Washington, D.C., for many years. He was an artist of renown, and his works hang in several Government buildings of that city.

Members of the family of Seabrook of Essex migrated to South Carolina many years ago. I should be glad of information about them also. Please answer direct. (Miss) E. LAURENCE.

Grange Avenue, Wickford, Essex.

SCOTT OF HARTWOODMYRE AND OF HARDEN. James Johnstone of Westerhall (who died in 1633) married about 1623, as his third wife, Janet Scott, widow of William Scott of Hartwoodmyre. I shall be glad to know the descent of these Scotts of Hart- woodmyre and the parentage of Janet Scott.

James Johnstone of Westerhall, son of the above James and his second wife Euphemia Oliphant, married Isobel Scott " of the family of Harden," and died 1643, leaving (with probably other children) 1, James ; 2, Francis ; 3, Euphemia.

I cannot trace the above Isobel Scott as a daughter of any Scott of Harden. I shall be very glad if any reader can tell me Isobel Scott's real parentage. F A. J.

FREE FAMILY c. 1800. I should be grateful for any information respecting the ancestry of the husband (Christian name unknown) of Ann Free, who died about 1815. Free appears to have been an Irishman settled in Suffolk, and was pro- bably born about 1725. He had two sons : John ; and William, a Quaker, born 1753- died 1826. William kept school at Middle, ton-cum-Fordly, among his pupils being Mary Baker, his future wife. William's father had " learning." Did he get it from his father ? Who was his father ? And from what part of Ireland did he hail ? The name Free is apparently Norman French. RICHARD FREE.

St. Clement's Vicarage, Fulham, S.W.

FREEMAN OF LAMB'S CONDUIT STREET. I should be glad of information concerning the family of William George Freeman of Lamb's Conduit Street, Bloomsbury, who died 1782. His wife Margaret died in Bloomsbury in 1794. Their children appear to have been Charles and Thomas, and Polly, wife of Col. Thomas Bridges. I wish to trace this family further.

A. B. MlLNEB. Micheldever, Hants.

" THE BATCH " : " THE DINGS." In this town there is a road unofficially known as " The Batch." The street atithorities have named it Midland Road, but the people of the neighbourhood seldom or never refer to it by this name ; the old name, " The Batch," still persisting. It leads down to a working-class district called " The Dings." I shall be very glad if any of your readers can enlighten me as to the derivation and meaning of these two terms, and also whether there are districts in any other towns bearing these names. WM. SANIGAB.

205 Avon Vale Road, Barton Hiil, Bristol.

CLERICAL INDEXES. A company of men and women interested in this work (of which I am one) are engaged in indexing the parochial clergy lists of the various English counties. We have finished those of Northumberland, Durham, Cumberland, and Westmorland, and are now working on Yorkshire. We are in want of certain volumes for purposes of reference, and seeing that we cannot purchase them, we have to depend on loans. Can any reader help us in the matter ? The?- works at present wanted are : Cobbe and Blayde's ' Bedford- shire Incumbents,' Cox's ' Churches ^ of Derbyshire,' Phillipps' ' Institutions for Wilt-