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NOTES AND QUERIES. [12 s. v. SEPT., 1919.

STAND ABD: REFERENCE WANTED. In, a poem written a number of years ago relating to a picture shown in some British exhibi- tion, and representing a grandmother, daughter, and granddaughter, it is said of the last that she was in the Court that

Greeted, when the "standard" fell, A Hanoverian king.

I am not sure that I have the lines exactly right, but there was a reference to the " standard." What is the meaning of this reference? HENRY LEFFMAUN.

Philadelphia.

" OLD LADY OF THREAD NEEDLE STREET." . Can any reader kindly inform me when and by whom the Bank of England first got the name of " The Old Lady of Threadneedle Street " ? MABERLY PHILLIPS, F.S.A.

Steyning, Enfield.

[See 11 S. i. 89, 177.]

CAPT. B. GRANT. Can any of your cor- respondents give me any information regard- ing Capt. B. Grant, wounded at Waterloo while serving in an infantry regiment ?

A. T. CROSSE.

13, Drayton Gardens, S.W.10.

TWINING -H A YNES MARRIAGE. Want ed ,

evidence of the marriage of John Aldred

Twining of Twickenham and Emma Haynes,

probably about 1808. Please reply direct to

(Sir) ALFRED IRWIN.

49 Ailesbury Road, Dublin.

SHIELD OF FLANDERS. The ancient shield of Flanders was : Gyronny or and azure, an inescutcheon gules. The modern shield is : Or, a lion rampant sable. When and by whom was the change made ?

H. I. HALL.

9 Neeld Parade, Wembley Hill.

sion recently of an engraving entitled ' The Moat Island,' T. Sandby del., F. Nivarez, sculp. The number " 3 " in the corner seems to indicate that this picture is one of a series. It was published March 2, 1772, by John Boydell, engraver, in Cheapside, London. I would like to find out whether the picture refers to some existing locality, and if so, where this moat island is to be found.
 * THE MOAT ISLAND.' I came into posses-

R. P. HOMMELL.

Lehigh University, U.S.A.

EDWARD THE CONFESSOR'S CROWN. The English " regalia," including the famous crown of Edward the Confessor, were destroyed about the time of the Common- wealth. I am interested in a representation, I believe, of this crown in a tapestry I suppose

to be of James I.'s time. The shape is of a sort of circle surmounted by two half-circles, enriched with pearls, and at the top by a small orb with lion. Are any other repre- sentations of the same known in England or does any reliable description exist ?

P. TURPIN. 44 Heath Terrace, Leamington.

DAVID, " EPISCOPUS RECREENSIS." In 1315, after the death of Archbishop William Greenfield, David, " Episcopus Recreensis," was commissioned by the Dean and Chapter of York to reconcile the churchyard of St. Mary, Bishophill, senior, Yorks, polluted by blood-shedding. Is it known from what see this bishop derived his title ? An Irish origin has been suggested.

WILLIAM BROWN.

The Old House, Sowerby, Thirsk.

ELEPHANT : OLIPHANT. In The Times Literary Supplement for August some corre- spondence has been published concerning the site of the Elephant tavern in South- wark, and old documents are quoted where the words " elephant " and " oliphant " are both used to indicate the place. Did this well-known Scottish surname originate in the name of the quadruped ?

J. LAND FEAR LUCAS.

Glendora, Hindhead, Surrey.

COL. BARNARD, 1778. Who was the Col. Barnard who is represented in the portrait group by Romney recently purchased for the National Gallery. A description of the picture appeared in The Times of June 9 last. H. C. B.

BIRTH AND BARTH PLACE-NAMES. In the Registers of the Society of Friends at Somerset House, I find two persons de- scribed as "of Birth" and "of Barth " respectively. As they both appear in- digenous to Suffolk, I suppose these place?, or this place, to be in Suffolk, but can find no trace of such a place in that county. Have your readers any suggestion ?

RICHARD FREE.

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

ST. JOHN BAPTIST HEADS. (See ante, p. 209.)- In what building in Nottingham are these and the other figures mentioned by Dr. Philip Nelson to be found ?

ST. SWITHIN.

POEMS WANTED. Wanted the title of a book of poems written in India in 1867-8 by the late Sir Gilbert Campbell.

F. M. BLAND.