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NOTES AND QUERIES. ['12 s. v. MAY, 1919.

after the first full moon after Michaelmas-day and are lighted every evening at 6, burning till 1, 2 or more in the morning. They are said to be the invention of one Mr. Hemmings.

" Conic Lights. The office is situated in Lambs Conduit Row. Mr. Cole was the first inventor of them about the year 1704 ; the present proprietors are Mr. Hart, Mr. Staples, &c. They light in common streets, without the city for 4s. between Michaelmas and Lady Day."

I should be glad to know what these " inventions " were. The " convex lights " were probp.bly, I suppose, what we know as a " bull's-eye " ; but the " conic lights " want a little explanation.

WALTER H. PHILLIPS.

Dulwich, S.E.

" PENNTLES BENCH." In a court roll of the manor of Prescot, Lancashire, 1639, the following occurs :

" Item, whereas Penniles Bench is some parte of it taken away, it is ordered that what person or persons tooke or conveyed the same away shall bringe it againe and make the place sufficient as it was before. Subpena vis. 8d."

What does this refer to ? The orders before and after this entry refer to the payment of highway charges and fencing of passages. Were stocks ever called by any such name ?

R. S. B.

[The ' New Eng. Diet.' says : " Name of a covered bench which formerly stood beside Carfax Church, Oxford ; and apparently of similar open-air seats elsewhere : probably as being the resort of destitute wayfarers." The quotations range from 1500 at Oxford to 1C20 at Canterbury, an Oxford quotation c. 1600 supplying a good history of the actual bench.]

BLTJECOAT SCHOOLS. Will some of your, readers give me a list of the various schools in England known as Bluecoat Schools, beginning with Christ's Hospital, London, founded 1553 ? There are several others, I know, as at Liverpool, Manchester, Bir- mingham, and Oldham. I should be glad to know the dates of foundation, and if the schools are still in existence.

J. MARSHALL TAYLOR. 477 Lord Street, Southport.

EDWARD ALLEN, PAINTER AND ENGRAVER. Edward Allen died s.p. at Theale, Berks, of which place he was a native, in 1836, and left a small bread charity for the benefit of the poor of Theale. He was the son of John and Elizabeth Allen of North Street, Theale, and descended from the Aliens of Hardwell, Berks. Their arms were Arg.,

Memorial of the Battle of St. Vincent,' was by him ; also severa.1 family portraits. An oil painting of himself was sold at or near Dartford (Kent) in the nineties of last century. Traces of it are desired. He seems to have had some sort of appointment at Somerset House which included the destruction of a very large number of packs of cards bearing unstamped aces of spades. Any details will be acceptable. Please reply direct to

ALFRED ALLEN HARRISON. Fort Augustus, N.B.

W. H. ARNOLD. I should feel obliged for references to W. H. Arnold, author of ' The Devil's Bridge,' ' The Woodman's Hut,' and other dramatic pieces. The date of his death is specially desired.

Irvine.

R. M. HOGG.

two bars az., a silver anchor over all. a lion's head collared.

Crest,

SIR EDWARD PAGET. Is there a steel (or other) engraving of Lie ut.- General the Hon. Sir .Edward Paget, K.C.B., who served in the Peninsular War ; as Governor of Ceylon (1821-3) ; and finally as Com- mander-in-Chief in India ? He died in 1849, and is buried at Chelsea Hospital. He was the father of the Rev. Francis Paget, author of ' St. Antholin's.'

PENRY LEWIS.

AARON HUGH. I should be much obliged if any reader of ' N. & Q.' could give me any information about Aaron Hugh, who is upposed to have kept an inn or alehouse somewhere in" Sussex between 1800 and 1823. LEWIS HUGHES.

49 Emerald Street, Roath, Cardiff.

"PERVERSITY OF INANIMATE OBJECTS." Who was it that first spoke of " the perver-

sity of inanimate objects "

J. R, H.

CLEMENTS FAMILY. Can any reader of * N. & Q.' kindly give me information about this family ? I am seeking to identify Sarah Clements (b. 1779-80, d. 1850), who at the time of her marriage to Edmund Hayward of Needham Market, Suffolk, Nov. 2, 1802, was described as "of Rings- hall (Suffolk), spinster." She can only have been living for a short time at Rings - hall, possibly at the Hall, the residence of Thos. Hayward, her future brother-in-law. Her father is believed to have been a London cloth - merchant ; certainly her brother George was a cloth -merchant in the metro- polis. A married sister, Mrs. Fielder, Jived

Is anything known of him as an engraver I at Kennington. H. R. LINGWOOD.

and painter ? An engraving (coloured), ' A ' 15 Richmond Road, Ipswich.