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spicially being an able, and a deserving man in his quallytye, and an oulde man, and suggests that if there be convenience for him he should reside within the fort and be ready upon all alarums."

Capt. Collins was in charge of Mote's Bulwark, Dover.

Lieut. -Col. Francis Coningsby was ap- pointed Commissary General of all the castles and fortifications in England by Charles I., Jan. 22, 1636.

William Eldred, sixty years master gunner, Dover, published ' The Gunner's Glasse,'

London, 1646.

R. J. FYNMORE.

A tablet, which was in Woolwich Church, in memory of Capt. Leake, Master Gunner of England, is mentioned at 8 S. ii. 249, 313. He appears to have died in 1696.

ROBERT PIERPOINT.

CHURCH OF ENGLAND MARRIAGE SERVICE (12 S. v. 208, 242). The point of my inquiry has been missed. Of course I knew that the service in question begins with " Dearly beloved " and ends with " amazement." I wished to know if the sarcasm on marriage founded on this were a current witticism, or an invention of Scott's. It seemed to me probable that Hardy's use of it was suggested by the passage in ' The Fortunes of Nigel.'

Lerwick.

JOHN WILLCOCK.

MARY CLARKE OF NEW YORK : VASSALL (12 S. v. 236). In Archer's 'Monumental Inscriptions of the British AVest Indies,' under ' Jamaica,' there is this inscription : 11 Here lies interr'd the body of Florentius, son of Florentius Vassal, Esq. Born, April 18, 1732, departed this life May 29 following." B.M. black marble ? Arms : In chief, the sun in splendour, and in base an uncovered cup. Crest over an esquire's helmet, a three-masted ship with sails furled (a kind of lymphad). See ' Pedigree of Vassals of Vassal of Milford.' But I cannot find any information about Richard Vassall nor of his wife Mary Clarke. M.A.OxoN.

She was daughter of Thomas Clarke of New York ; married first Richard Vassall, son of Florentius Vassall of Jamaica ; he was born 1733, died 1795. She afterwards married (July 18, 1796), at St. George's, Hanover Square, Sir Gilbert Affleck, bart., of Dalham Hall, Suffolk, and died 1835. For fuller information re the Vassall family see Graves and Cronin's ' History of the Works of Sir Joshua Reynolds,' pp. 1427-8. Reynolds painted her portrait, now owned by Lord Normanton at Somerley. ifej HARRY P. POLLARD.

BOWSHOT: THE LONGEST (12 S. v. 180, 220). Shakespeare's evidence is of interest. In Justice Shallow's reminiscences of old Double we are presumably told what was considered to be a good performance in Shakespeare's own day :

"Jesu, JPSU, dead ! a' drew a good bow; and dead ! a' shot a fine shoot : John a Gaunt loved him well, and betted much money on his head. Dead ! a' would have clapped i" the clout at twelve score ; and carried you a forehand shaft a fourteen and fourteen and a half, that if would have done a man's heart good to see." '2 Henry IV.' III., ii.

Old Double could hit the mark at 240 yards, and send an arrow a distance of 280 or

290 vards.

EDWARD BENSLY.

Oudle Cottage, Much Hadham, Herts.

" WHEN YOU DIE OF OLD AGE I SHALL QUAKE FOR FEAR" (12 S. v. 235). I came across this proverb a few years ago in a slightly different form, in a small village in Staffordshire. The vicar of the parish was visiting some parishioners, and we saw two women, each with a baby, sitting together on the grass. " They were both born the same day," one of them said, and added : " When one dies of old age the other will quake for fear." I presume it is a fairly prevalent saying. J. FOSTER PALMER.

' THE MOAT ISLAND ' (12 S. v. 238). This is one of a set of coloured engravings of Windsor Great Park ( I have a set). They were designs by Paul Sandby for beautifying the park. The others are": c The Lodge,' ' The Great Bridge,' ' The Lake/ l Belvedere Tower,' ' Grotto,' &c. I have seen small engravings of some of them.

MRS. COPE. Finchampstead Place, Berkshire.

GENERAL WILLIAM HAVILAND (12 S. ii. 250). Peter Haviland's commission as lieutenant in Sir Henry Goring's 31st Foot in Ireland was renewed by George I. on June 1, 1715. He was made captain - lieutenant Aug. 1, 1727, and was captain of a company therein, June 20, O.S. 1735, till he " quits " Apr. 1, 1744. He was first made lieutenant in July, 1714. It is pro- bable that his regiment would be split up into detachments of one or two companies each, and quartered in different parts of the country. His son William's name appears in a " List of Gents, humbly recommended to his Majesty by Lord Cat heart, for lieutenants in the American Troops," 1739. Among the " Names of Gents, carrying Arms," with the " Date of Service and Character," is : " Wm. Havaland, a pretty young gent., has carried arms in Col. Handy-