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eo Diamond for a fresh corruption of Dymond. A word ending in -land would have some dim suggestion of sense to an Englishman Ian would be quite unmeaning. If these two variations are accepted, Kellond as surname would signify that the originator of the name came from Kelland in Cornwall, a place-name equivalent to Church Grove. (Rev.) F. J. ODELL, RN.

Some references to Kelland of Kelland in Lapford, co. Devon, and of other places in the same county may be found in the Bibliographical Collections of the Devon- shire Association. M.

GEORGE WASHINGTON'S WEALTH (12 S. v. 94). This was undoubtedly very great. His half-brother Lawrence left Mount Vernon to him ; while his marriage increased his property by some $100,000 " making him one of the richest men in the Colonies." Was the source of some of his wealth the eternal land speculation ?

His biographer writes in the 'Encyclopaedia Britannica ' of the very outset of his career :

" He always retained a disposition to speculate in Western lands, the ultimate value of which he early appreciated ; many of his later investments of this character are treated in C. W. Butterfield's ' Washington-Crawford Letters ' (1877)."

The fact that he refused all salary musl of course have contributed to the idea o: great wealth. GEORGE MARSHALL.

TILLY KETTLE (12 S. v. 154, 189). MR LANDFEAR LUCAS will find full particulars ir Bryan's ' Dictionary of Painters and En gravers ' (ed. 1886, p. 728), and in the ' Catalogue of the Pictures in Alleyn's College of God's Gift at Dulwich,' where there are two portraits (Nos. 582, 583) him.

The large picture mentioned by Bryan a having been exhibited at the Academy in 1781, is described in The Gentleman's Maga zine for 1786, pt. ii. p. 1145, as of the Shah Allum, the Great Mogul, reviewing the Eas India Company's troops at Allahabad ; am it is therein stated that the picture was, ir 1786, at Busbridge House, near Godalming

I take a personal interest in this pictur because a kinsman of mine appeared in it He was William Denman, Brigade Major t Sir Robert Barker, the Commander-in-Chief and, as the said William Denman died before Mar. 23, 1777, the picture must have been painted before Tilly Kettle's return from India in 1776. Where is it now ?

ARTHUR DENMAN, F.S.A.

12 Harley Gardens, S.W.10.

In the obituary of the Gent. Mag. for )ec., 1786, occurs the following :

"Lately, on his way to Bengal, Tilly Kettle, sq. His abilities as an artist could only be ex- eeded by his virtues as a man. Society loses a tost amiable member, and his family and friends

man endued with every virtue, which rendered im highly respected, while living, and deservedly amented. A large piece by him of Sir Robert barker and other officers having audience of the ^abob, is at Busbridge house, whither he lately ent a large picture of ihe mother and her seven hildren martyred by Antiochus."

The Scots Mag. dates his death in Nov. 786. W. R. WILLIAMS.

PROCLAMATION STONES (12 S. v. 178). Joyce's ' A Social History of Ancient "reland,' vol. i. p. 45, gives the following :

"Each tribe used an inauguration stone a ustom common also among the Celts of Scotland. Some of the inauguration stones had the impression of two feet, popularly believed to be the exact size of the feet of the first chief of the tribe who took 3ossession of the territory. Sometimes there was a stone chair, on which the king sat during a part of the ceremony."

The laws were recited and the chief swore to observe them. Plutarch (' Solon,' 25) tells how the thesmothetae at Athens swore to observe the laws at a stone in the market- place. Sir J. G. Frazer regards the stability of great stones as the secret of their efficacy in such rites. The stone at Tara uttered a roar when a king of the old Milerian race stood on it, which would no doubt enhance the efficacy. G. G. L.

ANGUISH STREET (12 S. v. 122, 165, 194). A Thomas Anguish of Great Rusrell Street, Bloomsbury, purchased the Manor of " Oulton High House, with lands, &c., in Oulton and Lowest oft (deeds dated Dec. 21 and 22, 1772) from Delme Van Heythuson. Anguish held his first court the following year. He by his will dated Sept. 3, 1784, directed his trustees and executors, Sir William Henry Ashurst, Kt., and John Hare, to sell the same. This they did in 1789 by deeds dated Sept. 1 and 2 in that year. They conveyed the Manor, &c., to Susanna Blackwell, then of Normanston House. The - description of the property conveyed was :

"The Manor or Lordship of Oulton, and the capital mansion or manor house called Oulton

High House, etc and certain lands in Oulton

and Lowestoft Oulton Broad and Fishings, and

all wastes, court-leets, courts-baron, view of frank- pledge, and rights, royalties, and appurtenances except the advowson."

Susanna Blackwellfheld her first court in 1793. 4 H. W. B. WAYMAN.

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