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Cramahe-Hamilton as she was represented by Sir James Craig as very old in 1807. We must also bear in mind that Hector Theophilus Cramahe was himself a Swiss by birth like Mrs. Margaret Hamilton interred in Fulham churchyard. These facts will probably help in discovering the identity of the centenarian Mrs. Hamilton. Any more information about her and especially about her three supposed husbands Stuart, Cramahe, and Hamilton would be most welcome. A. FAUTEUX.

Montreal.

" TOPONYMICS " IN GREAT BRITAIN. Can any reader of ' N. & Q.' tell me where to get a complete list of names derived from localities in Great Britain, e.g., Londoner, Oxonian, Aberdonian, Dubliner, &c. ? I note Novocastrian from Newcastle, Lincolner (once in seventeenth century) from Lincoln, but what is a native of Edinburgh called

- Edinburgher, or Edinburrovian, or Edinburian ? Is a man from Pimlico Pimlicite, or from Soho Sohoan ? I have not been able to find any paragraph upon this subject in ' N. & Q.,' save only by chance, such as United-States-ian, Novo- castrian. Even such names I call them toponymies, cf. patronymics in English from places and countries outside England are welcome, if they are not too well known. Have such formations as Sydneyite, Clap- hamite, Bromstedian (cf. Wells' ' The New Machiavelli '), a certain contemptuous, or, in some cases, academical meaning ? Is it possible to 'use "a Novocastrian" just as "a Newcastle man" ? G. LANGENFELT.

Upsala, Sweden.

DUMB ANIMALS: AN EIGHTEENTH - CEN- TURY FRIEND. Against the buttress of the north-west angle of the church of St. Mary at Wirksworth in Derbyshire, is a small brass tablet, bearing the following quaint inscription :

" Near this place 'lies the body of Philip Shallcross, once an Eminent quill driver to the attorneys of this town ; he died the 17 of Novr., 1787 ; aged 67. Viewing Philip in a moral light, the most prominent and remarkable features in his character were his real and invincible attachment to dogs and cats, and his unbounded benevolence toward them as well as toward his fellow creatures.

To the Critic

Seek not to shew the devious paths Phil trode, Nor draw his frailties from the dread abode ; In modest sculpture let this tombstone tell That much esteemed he liv'd, and much regretted

Does any one know of any similar early epitaph? J. W. FAWCZTT.

Consett, co. Durham.

HENRY WASHINGTON. Can any reader enable me to identify a person of this name,, whose autograph " Hen. Washington " is inscribed on the title-page and again on,. Speght's dedicatory letter to Sir Robert Cecil (afterwards 1st Earl of Salisbury) in the folio edition of Chaucer's ' Works,' printed by Geo. Bishop in 1598 ? Thfr volume has my great-grandfather's book- plate in it. He died in 1811, and the hand- writing of the previous owner may be of the late seventeenth or early eighteenth century.. HERBERT MAXWELL.

Monreith.

' HINTS TO FRESHMEN IN THE UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD ' : AUTHOR WANTED. My copy of this little pamphlet (Oxford, published by J. Vincent, 1853) bears " Third edition " on, the paper cover. It, contains the prefaces to the first and second editions, neither dated, but the second consists almost wholly of a letter professing to be from " Frank Law- less," and dated " Mitre Inn, Oxford, Hilarious Term, 1846."

If all the parodies in the third edition appeared in the first, its first appearance was after 1844 ; see Parody VIII., beginning : 'T is the last weed of Hudson's

Left lying alone.

The preliminary note speaks of the author as graduating in 1844.

ROBERT PIERPOINT.

"NEY": TERMINAL TO SURNAMES, &c. I would be obliged for information in regard' to the meaning of the terminal "ney" in surnames and others, such as Macartney, Chasney, Furney, Romney, Stepney &c.. Does it not signify "native."? It is the- origin and meaning of the surname Macart- ney that I wish to clear up.

J. LOVE. 13 Lauderdale Street, Preston.

REV. THOMAS AUBREY. (See ante, p. 200. ^ His grave is opposite the porch on south side of Bredwardine Church, and the recum- bent tombstone (badly cracked) bears thfr following inscription :

"Reader observe here under neatb doth lye one that [ was once Rector of Brobury i Vicar of Bred- wardine and if | you trace | Hi? Birth a Briton but of | Norman Race | Profoundly learned and I a man of parts | Bred up in Oxford M r | of the Arts | His name was Thomas | Aubrey now in the dust | Waiting the Resurrection i of the Just. He dyed the 22 nd day of May, 1707 | Aged 59 years."

In 1681 (1690 according to Duiicomb- Cooke, p. 41) Mr. Aubrey came into posses- sion of one moiety of the manor of Brobury by transfer from. Geo.. Skipp of Ledbury